Vehicle low speed rear-end impact is a familiar traffic accident type. In order to prevent the occupants' cervical whiplash injury in this accident, different countries are promoting the development of passive safety technologies. This paper analyses similarities and differences of the test methods, scoring methods and assessment systems of Chinese, European, Japanese and American whiplash test programs. The whiplash test is added to China New Car Assessment Program (C-NACP) of 2012 new version which is different from European New Car Assessment Program (Euro-NCAP), Japanese New Car Assessment Program(J-NCAP(and that of the American Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). This paper scores the same test data based on the above scoring methods and assessment systems, transforms the scoring results into the 3 points system and analyses the results. The results show that although various assessment systems have differences, but assessment results have high consistency. The C-NCAP assessment score is higher than the others.


Background/Aim: There is limited evidence about the procedures and rationale for head posture assessment in clinical practice for patients with neck pain. The aim of this study was to gather information from physiotherapists about the rationale and protocols they use when assessing head posture for these patients. Methods: This is a qualitative research study employing focus group interviews. Twenty-one physiotherapists with at least 3 years experience of working with patients with neck pain were asked to comment on their use of head posture assessment, including the procedures of assessment and the rationale for these. Interviews were audiotaped, transcribed and analysed using thematic analysis. Findings: Physiotherapists reported that they routinely assess head posture for patients with neck pain. Head posture was assessed by observing 'deviations from the norm' against an imaginary line of reference. Outcome was recorded using simple 2- and 4-point severity category scales. Participants claimed that th...


Comprehensive understanding of energetic-ion-driven global instabilities such as Alfvén eigenmodes (AEs) and their impact on energetic ions and bulk plasma is crucially important for tokamak and stellarator/helical plasmas and in the future for deuterium–tritium (DT) burning plasma experiments. Various types of global modes and their associated enhanced energetic ion transport are commonly observed in toroidal plasmas. Toroidicity-induced AEs and ellipticity-induced AEs, whose gaps are generated through poloidal mode coupling, are observed in both tokamak and stellarator/helical plasmas. Global AEs and reversed shear AEs, where toroidal couplings are not as dominant were also observed in those plasmas. Helicity induced AEs that exist only in 3D plasmas are observed in the large helical device (LHD) and Wendelstein 7 Advanced Stellarator plasmas. In addition, the geodesic acoustic mode that comes from plasma compressibility is destabilized by energetic ions in both tokamak and LHD plasmas. Nonlinear interaction of these modes and their influence on the confinement of the bulk plasma as well as energetic ions are observed in both plasmas. In this paper, the similarities and differences in these instabilities and their consequences for tokamak and stellarator/helical plasmas are summarized through comparison with the data sets obtained in LHD. In particular, this paper focuses on the differences caused by the rotational transform profile and the 2D or 3D geometrical structure of the plasma equilibrium. Important issues left for future study are listed.


Abstract Next-generation 21cm observations will enable imaging of reionization on very large scales. These images will contain more astrophysical and cosmological information than the power spectrum, and hence providing an alternative way to constrain the contribution of different reionizing sources populations to cosmic reionization. Using Convolutional Neural Networks, we present a simple network architecture that is sufficient to discriminate between Galaxy-dominated versus AGN-dominated models, even in the presence of simulated noise from different experiments such as the HERA and SKA.


This paper presents the study of asymptotic normality of posterior in Bayesian learning from the point of view of computational learning theory. Three reduced regular conditions, which are more convenient to be used than Walker's and Heyde's, are presented. The theorem, which shows under certain regular condition the poster distribution is not only consistent, but also approximately normal, is proved. Since the computation of normal distribution is relatively simpler, then the results can become the theoretic foundation for further study, for instance, assigning results prior distribution and simplifying the computation in Bayesian learning.


Inspired by the competition-driven evolution in nature such as for organismal complexity expansion, the covalent bond (CB)/coordination bond (COB) competitive reactions as the universal toolbox were conceived to construct the unparalleled molecular separation trinity coating.


The synthesis of novel stationary phases for the HPLC group-type separation of several classes of nitrogen containing aromatic compound (NCAC) is described. They allow a molecular sorting of NCACs according to the type of nitrogen functionality. A coal tar pitch was chosen as a complex real-world sample. The NCACs were preconcentrated on neutral alumina followed by a group separation on a hafnium(IV) modified silica into four subfractions containing: (1) the nitrogen-free polycyclic aromatic compounds (PAC); (2) the neutral polycyclic aromatic nitrogen heterocycles (PANH) together with the nitriles, (3) the aminosubstituted PACs; and (4) the basic PANHs. Each compound group was eluted after a stepwise change of the solvent composition. All fractions were analyzed by GC-MS and a large number of NCACs were identified. The separations are necessary since many compounds are isomeric with compounds containing other functional groups so that MS methods do not suffice to identify the chemical class. The preseparation involves the removal of matrix components and a preconcentration of analytes of low concentration, thus enabling their analysis in complex mixtures. A separation of the (isomeric) neutral PANHs and the nitriles on a nickel(II)-containing metal organic framework (MOF) is also described, thus presenting a simple possibility to analyze nitriles without interference from other constituents of the sample.


The use of reproducible energies has acquired higher significance in our time. A majority of the countries of the world tend to shift to production of electricity through reproducible sources. Among the different reproducible energies, the solar energy has always been studied thoroughly as the biggest energy source of the universe. DG sporadic generators sources have played an increasingly prominent role in a more sufficient distribution system and its certitude. The use of DG generators in the distribution system has a lot of interests for the producing companies, electricity consumers and the society in general. Reduction of lines casualty, the improvement of voltage profiles, reduction of the production of polluting gases, gradation of security and network certitude, improvement of potency quality, releasing the capacities of distribution and transmission systems, delaying the need of investment for expanding the network, gradation of profitability and improvement of security for sensitive and important loads of the distribution networks are among the positive results of using DG for producers and operators of the network. In this article, a method for optimizing the sporadic production in the distribution system has been presented and for a more desirable placement of the DG, mathematical calculations and evaluation factors have been used. The goal of this study is to minimize the casualties and to optimize voltage profile and the comparison of the casualties with and without the DG will be presented. The results will be done on a 20 bass IEEE network and the accuracy of our study will be demonstrated.


A rapid and highly efficient route to fused polycyclic scaffolds from simple, readily available β-ketoesters and alkynyl aldehydes is developed as a one-pot reaction by combining three reactions, that is, the Knoevenagel condensation, Nazarov cyclization, and Conia-ene reactions.


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Mg(NH2)2 with three different particle sizes of 100, 500, and 2000 nm are obtained by a series of reactions between Mg, H2, and NH3. The ammonia desorption temperature decreases with the particle size. In addition, the hydrogen desorption kinetics increases obviously with decreasing the particle size of amide after mixing with LiH. The desorption activation energy of the three mixed samples is 122.2, 134.7, and 182.0 kJ/mol with increasing the particle size. After dehydrogenation, the particle size of the product is similar to that of the amide before dehydrogenation. Due to the larger specific surface area and reduced diffusion distance, the absorption kinetics increases as well with decreasing the particle size. The relationship between particle size and hydrogen sorption kinetics is also discussed.


Newborn neurons are generated and incorporated into existing neural circuitry throughout the lifetime of adult mammals. In rodents, the major targets of neurogenesis are the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus and the olfactory bulb. In the olfactory system, neural precursor cells (NPCs) generated in the lateral ventricle migrate via the rostral migratory stream and radiate into the granule and glomerular layers of the olfactory bulb. Throughout adulthood, NPCs give rise to local inhibitory neurons, granule cells and periglomerular cells, which receive glutamatergic inputs in the bulb. However, the properties of NPCs and the mechanisms that regulate their movement are not thoroughly understood. Here we show that olfactory bulb NPCs express Ca²⁺-permeable AMPA receptors (AMPARs), and that activation of these receptors inhibits NPC motility. Glutamate spillover from distant excitatory synapses in bulb slices is sufficient to activate NPC AMPARs and inhibit their migration. Surprisingly, this effect on migration is independent of Ca²⁺ influx through AMPARs. In many other systems of neural cell migration, intracellular Ca²⁺ signaling plays a critical role in cell motility. Therefore, this Ca²⁺-independent inhibition of NPC migration is a highly unique aspect of olfactory bulb neurogenesis. To further test the relationship between intracellular Ca²⁺ and migration in NPCs, we characterize the intrinsic membrane properties of the cells and show that NPCs are capable of firing regenerative Ca²⁺ spikes, and that they express L-type voltage-sensitive Ca²⁺ channels (VSCCs) that underlie spontaneous elevations in intracellular Ca²⁺. Consistent with our finding that AMPAR -mediated inhibition of migration is independent of Ca²⁺ signaling, modulation of L-type VSCCs in NPCs does not alter migration


Two layers of insulating and conducting viscous liquids confined between two plane parallel electrodes and subjected to a unipolar ion injection are considered. The linear electrohydrodynamic instability in this system is studied theoretically. The critical Rayleigh numbers are determined for a wide range of parameters: weak and strong injections, by rigid electrode or through the liquid-liquid interface, for different ratios of the liquid viscosities and liquid layer thicknesses. The viscous shear forces acting at the liquid interface have a destabilizing effect in comparison with the case of a single layer between rigid electrodes or a rigid electrode and the free surface.


The 3rd ACM/SIGOPS workshop on Large-Scale Distributed Systems and Middleware (LADIS'09) was held on October 10-11, 2009, in conjunction with the 22nd Symposium on Operating System Principles (SOSP) in Big Sky, Montana. The workshop was dedicated to hot topics in cloud computing. It lasted for one and a half days and featured keynote talks by industry leaders, peer-reviewed position papers from both academia and industry, and late-night break-out sessions fostering further discussion of important topics. LADIS'09 provided a forum for presenting and discussing cutting-edge ideas, and touched upon topics as diverse as distributed computing infrastructure, programming models, data storage, and security and privacy. This report summarizes key themes and conclusions from the workshop.


Iqṭāʿ is the delegation of "fiscal rights of the state over lands remaining juridically in the hands of their former owners." 1 Iqṭāʿ is a major question in studies of medieval Islamic society. In spite of the amount of previous research many points still need to be clarified. To date, the iqṭāʿ system has been studied mainly from a legal point of view: the assignment of iqṭāʿ, the duties and rights of the muqṭaʿ, etc. 2 However, the emotional relations and loyalties underlying it, as well as relationships between levels of power, have been neglected. While investigating these topics I have frequently come across the use of the term khubz in reference to iqṭāʿ in Ayyubid and early Mamluk chronicles. The question underlying this article is whether a semantic study of the term used to refer to the iqṭāʿ, above and beyond its intrinsic value, can contribute to a deeper understanding of the iqṭāʿ system and how it functioned. In spite of its repeated appearance, no comprehensive inquiries exist to date on this particular use of the term khubz. Brief notes on the topic can be found in the critical editions and translations of Arabic texts and in research on the iqṭāʿ system. 3 The main issues to be considered in this article are, first of all, whether the use of the term changes from one author to another and whether the two terms are used interchangeably by the authors under discussion. Secondly, I will verify to what extent khubz was perceived and used as a substitute for iqṭāʿ and whether the main meaning of khubz—bread, subsistence—influences its use in a given context or expression. In order to investigate these issues, after an overview on the authors' uses of the term, I will concentrate on three particular cases. Although the article focuses on four works from the Ayyubid and early Mamluk periods, I will also give a brief overview of the use of khubz in later centuries. Through


Ammonia(NH3)is a noxious gas and may reduce animal production performance,cause respiratory ailment and great harm to both swine and humans health.In the present paper,ammonia emissions and measurement techniques from swine animal feeding operations were reviewed,which might be as reference for air quality in swine facilities.


This study focused on the the competitiveness of small and medium agribusiness firms in East Java and specifically refers to the sources of competitiveness, scale advantages, handicaps imposed on small firms by their size, avoiding the disadvantages of small size, constraints on growth, sources of crises, and the resurgence of small firms. This study can be classified as applied and explanatory research. This study was conducted using both primary and secondary data. In collecting primary data, observations and interviews were the main techniques. A questionnaire was sent to the managers and top managers of 41 agribusiness firms in East Java. Information was obtained from 30 firms. The results indicate that The small and medium enterprises are less vertically integrated than large firms. One obvious explanation for this difference is that large firms are more likely to be able to fully utilize an optimum size, or at least a larger- scale facility for performing a process or providing a service which could be bought out. Three sources of competitiveness stood out: 'the channels of distribution used', 'product development' and 'the quality of the services provided for customers'. The fourth most important source of competitiveness was efficiency of production, and this was closely followed by marketing expertise.


There is plenty of evidence that people in England do not take enough exercise, but little knowledge of how to change this. We report here an analysis of people who were not taking adequate exercise but declared an intention to take more exercise: there is evidence that intent predicts actual behaviour change. In a random household survey in Colchester, Essex, which achieved an 86 per cent response rate, 179 respondents had taken exercise on less than three occasions in the week before the survey; of these, 43 declared an intent to take more exercise in the next three months. Age and current activity level, but not sex, social class, beliefs about benefits of and barriers to exercise, or peer support, were associated with declared intent to exercise. People who take some, but not enough, exercise are an important target group.


Abstract The mitotic-inhibiting herbicide pronamide controls susceptible annual bluegrass (Poa annua L.) pre- and postemergence, but in some resistant populations, postemergence activity is compromised, hypothetically due to a target-site mutation, lack of root uptake, or an unknown resistance mechanism. Three suspected pronamide-resistant (LH-R, SC-R, and SL-R) and two pronamide-susceptible (BS-S and HH-S) populations were collected from Mississippi golf courses. Dose–response experiments were conducted to confirm and quantify pronamide resistance, as well as resistance to flazasulfuron and simazine. Target sites known to confer resistance to mitotic-inhibiting herbicides were sequenced, as were target sites for herbicides inhibiting acetolactate synthase (ALS) and photosystem II (PSII). Pronamide absorption and translocation were investigated following foliar and soil applications. Dose–response experiments confirmed pronamide resistance of LH-R, SC-R, and SL-R populations, as well as instances of multiple resistance to ALS- and PSII-inhibiting herbicides. Sequencing of the α-tubulin gene confirmed the presence of a mutation that substituted isoleucine for threonine at position 239 (Thr-239-Ile) in LH-R, SC-R, SL-R, and BS-S populations. Foliar application experiments failed to identify differences in pronamide absorption and translocation between the five populations, regardless of harvest time. All populations had limited basipetal translocation—only 3% to 13% of the absorbed pronamide—across harvest times. Soil application experiments revealed that pronamide translocation was similar between SC-R, SL-R, and both susceptible populations across harvest times. The LH-R population translocated less soil-applied pronamide than susceptible populations at 24, 72, and 168 h after treatment, suggesting that reduced acropetal translocation may contribute to pronamide resistance. This study reports three new pronamide-resistant populations, two of which are resistant to two modes of action (MOAs), and one of which is resistant to three MOAs. Results suggest that both target site– and translocation-based mechanisms may be associated with pronamide resistance. Further research is needed to confirm the link between pronamide resistance and the Thr-239-Ile mutation of the α-tubulin gene.


The article deals with the intercourse competence formation in the context of educational support of higher educational institution students social competence formation that is treated as the unity of communicative, perceptional and interactive competences. The concept and structure of each competence are presented. The experimental work results of the educational support of their formation are given.


We evaluate the classic sum ∑ n∈Z e −πn2 . The novelty of our approach is that it does not require any prior knowledge about modular forms, elliptic functions or analytic continuations. Even the Γ function, in terms of which the result is expressed, only appears as a complex function in the computation of a real integral by the residue theorem. Another contribution of this note is to provide a very simple proof of the Kronecker limit formula.


Abstract:This article calls attention to a classically inspired paratextual narrative of recusatio that unfolds across three poems ("The Authour here declareth the cause why hee wrote these Histories, and forewent the translation of the learned Poet Lucan," "The Authors Epilogue," and "The Authors excuse for writing these and other fancies, with promise of grauer matter hereafter") in George Turberville's Tragicall Tales of ca. 1574. The conspicuously Ovidian authorial self-portrait that Turberville constructs for himself in this volume's intertextually rich narrative frame arguably represents one of the most sophisticated adaptations of the Amores to have been produced in sixteenth-century England. More than this, however, it also functions as a significant piece of early modern literary criticism. Turberville's focus on matters of genre and style in this triad of poems ultimately reveals much about how the tragic and elegiac modes—and the tensions between them—were conceived in the mid-Tudor period.


Wit and wisdom permeate this tome from its wonderful title to the end of the last chapter. The idea of Jews even considering the pos sibi l ity of consuming brisket of prai rie dog (without the cream gravy, of course) is h i larious. But behind this humor is the serious question of why the matter would even be considered. The book's title comes from the chi ld of early Jewish immigrants of South Dakota recall ing "my par ents got ti red of eating potatoes, and prai rie dogs weren't kosher." This book was original ly planned to accompany a large exhibi tion entitled "Unpacking on the Prairie: Jewish Women in the Upper Midwest" organized by the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Mid west and the Minnesota Historical Society. After opening in St. Paul , a smaller traveling exhibit (very instructive in itself) was to have been shown at other sites throughout the midwest. The book, however, has taken on a l ife of its own in deal ing with a subject often ignored, namely, the sur vival of ethnicity i n fami l ies or small groups of people who are somewhat isolated from their larger ethn ic groups which , in tum, are often minori t ies with in a larger society. In this case, studies of Jews in New York and other metropol itan centers, particularly in the urban east, are abundant. On the other hand, studies of Jews in the midwest and south are small in number. The covert strategies of survival and the historical experi ences that Jews have had in the midwest, however, are quite instructive regarding ethnicity. The experiences of Jewish immigrants in the United States are not monolithic. To the contrary, they have varied . In es sence, Jews l iving in the midwest have perhaps been forced to concep tual ize and nurture their identities more than metropOl itan Jews whose group identities are normally assumed and sustained by communal syna gogues, mikvahs, yeshivas, and kosher butchers. USing the voices of Jewish pioneer women, and working from a wide variety of published, archival , and oral historical sources, Schloff d iscusses how and why fami l ies left the old world, settled in the midwest, set up households, found work, establ ished syagogues, and created supportive sodalities. Jewish women were compelled to f igure out ways, for example, to main tain a kosher household or least preserve their rel igious traditions as they perceived them. If, in fact, the food they prepared was not strictly kosher, then these pioneer women could at least honor and perpetuate the Sabbath (ritually and conceptually) by l ighting the ceremonial candles and saying a blessing over their chal lah. The text is accompanied by abundant photographs and maps that help tell the stories and elucidate the general pattern that Schloff is interpret ing. This book is a worthwhile source for those interested in


AbstractA study has been made of available experimental data for the cross section and fission parameters for U233. These data have been used to arrive at recommended values of the parameters for 2200 m/sec neutrons as follows: σnT = 586 ± 2 b; σn,n = 13 ± 3 b; σnX = 573 ± 4 b; 1 + α = 1.0935 ± 0.0038; σn,f = 524 ± 4 b; σn,γ = 49 ± 2 b; η = 2.291 ± 0.009; 2.50 ± 0.012. The methods used in deriving the recommended values are presented in detail and brief summaries of the measurements are included. Energy dependent absorption and fission data from 0.02 to 1 ev that have recently become available are presented.


A novel luminescent metal-containing POSS, bearing in the structure the europium ion, was synthesized and characterized. The corner-capping reaction between the partially condensed isobutyl-POSS (molecular formula (C4H9)7Si7O9(OH)3) and the anhydrous EuCl3, under basic conditions, led to a completely condensed Eu(III)-containing POSS. The molecular compound involves THF molecules, coming from the reaction medium, in the coordination sphere on Eu(III). A deep optical characterization demonstrated that the Eu(III)-POSS sample is characterized by a quantum efficiency of ca. 14% and high photostability. Both these properties render this molecular platform an ideal candidate for the construction of luminescent devices and light-harvesting systems.


The role of reflection and self-regulation in academic performance was tested using the "Exam Wrapper" strategy with a writing assignment for a technical elective course. The technical writing assignment involved the creation of a detailed outline for a technical report. This outline was submitted for grading and feedback before a subsequent extended technical report assignment. The outline was graded by the course teaching assistant, following a detailed grading rubric.
After receiving the grade and feedback, students could resubmit a revised outline for re-grading, and include a reflection on the circumstances of their performance. Using the grading rubric, the resubmission was graded by the course instructor. A second graduate student evaluated the student reflection quality, and the resubmission quality.
The effect of the self-reflection quality on re-submitted assignment improvement was assessed. The average grade improvement for students who resubmitted a reflection was +15.1 % (n=16), and for students who resubmitted without a reflection was +6.3 % (n=3). The difference between the average resubmitted and first submission grades positively correlated with reflection quality. These results suggest that a reflection exercise associated with a resubmission has potential to improve student technical writing quality.


The Philadelphia-Lindenwold High-Speed Line, a modern park-n-ride rail rapid transit system, may be regarded as a prototype of transit systems being evaluated by several U.S. metropolitan areas. Two analyses of the line are presented which are potentially useful for evaluating the potential of similar transit systems for conserving energy. First, the electrical energy consumption, fuel consumption and fuel cost per passenger-mile and car-mile are estimated from operating data, and compared with estimates for auto and bus modes. Second, these estimates are applied to the 1970 Census journey-to-work data to estimate person-miles of travel, fuel consumption and fuel cost by mode, origin and destination for an actual commuting situation. Interpretation of the results and a brief policy assessment of the role of such systems in energy conservation conclude the report.


An ultrasonic therapeutic apparatus for treating bone fracture is composed of power supply, ultrasonic generator with gain programmable amplifier for compensating the attenuation of soft tissue to ultrasonic wave, transducer connected to ultrasonic generator, and processor for controlling whole apparatus.


It has recently been claimed that there is a reduction in the number of parathyroid glands and abnormal fusion of parathyroid and thymic tissues in the sudden unexpected death (SUD) syndrome in infancy. In the present study, the parathyroid glands and thymus were dissected under the stereomicroscope at autopsy in 55 infants, including 31 with features of SUD. The identity of the glands was confirmed histologically. Parathyroid glands were identified in comparable numbers and sites in infants dying with the SUD syndrome or from some ascertainable cause. Cervical thymic tissue was commonly found in infants, whatever the cause of death, and fusion of parathyroid and thymic tissues was not confined to the SUD syndrome. The study provides no evidence to support the claim that there is a deficiency of parathyroid glands in the SUD syndrome or that fusion of thymic and parathyroid tissues normally does not occur.


The sequelae of traumatic brain injury (TBI) include frontal lobe deficits such as reduced self-awareness and pragnosia. Alexithymia is an impairment in identifying and describing emotion. This study examined the relationship between alexithymia and affective behavior following TBI. Eleven individuals diagnosed with moderate to severe TBI and a control group of 13 individuals matched for age and education participated. The Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS20) was used to measure alexithymia. The Neurobehavioral Affect Profile (NBAP) was used to measure affective behavior. Significant positive correlations between the TAS20, and the Indifference and Pragnosia scales of the NBAP were found in the TBI group. These results support a relationship between reduced self-awareness, pragnosia, and alexithymia following TBI that may be mediated by frontal lobe damage.  2001 Academic Press


The blisk is a key component of aero engines, and its surface processing quality directly affects the service performance of the aero engine. In using the new open belt grinding process, different degrees of vibration will occur, and they seriously affect the dimensional accuracy and surface quality of the blisk-blade profile. In view of the above-mentioned problems, this paper first built the physical model for the blisk-blade abrasive belt grinding and analyzed the weak stiffness characteristics of the blisk-blade abrasive belt grinding system. Then, based on the kinetic analysis method, the grinding mechanism of the abrasive belt of the blisk-blade was studied, and the process parameters and stability grinding conditions affecting the grinding stability of the blisk-blade belt were analyzed. In addition, the grinding process of the blisk-blade profile belt was simulated by a numerical method. The influence of different process parameters on the grinding vibration of the blisk-blade was quantified, and the optimal combination of process parameters was obtained. Finally, the feasibility of process parameter optimization was verified experimentally. Studies have shown that the weak stiffness of the blisk-blade grinding system always runs through the entire grinding process, but the impact size has a primary and secondary order. The grinding vibration of the blisk-blade belt is related to the process parameters, such as the grinding positive pressure, the belt speed, the feed rate, and the contact wheel hardness. The primary and secondary orders of each influencing factor are grinding positive pressure, belt speed, feed rate, and contact wheel hardness. The optimal combination of various factors was obtained: belt speed  $v_{b} = 3$  m/s, grinding positive pressure  $F_{n}=4$  N, feed rate  $v_{g}=0.6$  m/s, and contact wheel hardness Hs/A55. Through the sand belt grinding verification experiment on the blisk-blade, the grinding belt grinding quality of the blisk-blade surface roughness and blade profile precision is improved after the process optimization.


In the conditions of economy formation, the main object of analysis becomes an individual, his/her potential development and its realization. This causes substantial changes in the structure, direction and mechanism of formation and realization of social policy in conditions of setting up innovation economy as a form of realizing human potential through the mechanism of innovation social policy.


CHARACTERISTIC COMPOSITION OF MYELIN 56 The composition of myelin is well characterized because it can be isolated in high yield and purity by subcellular fractionation 56 Central nervous system myelin is enriched in certain lipids 56 Peripheral and central nervous system myelin lipids are qualitatively similar 58 Central nervous system myelin contains some unique proteins 58 Peripheral nervous system myelin also contains unique proteins 63 Some classically defined myelin proteins are common to both peripheral and central myelin 64 Myelin sheaths contain other proteins, some of which have only recently been established as myelin-related 65


Background: Obesity is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular and renal complications. We previously reported that the Arg16Gly, &bgr;2-adrenoceptor (ADRB2) polymorphism, accompanying high plasma norepinephrine (NE) could predict future weight gain, BP elevation and renal injury. The 1st line of treatment for obesity is weight loss (WL). In this study, we evaluated the relationships between ADRB2 polymorphisms (Arg16Gly), prevalence of LVH and renal function (creatinine clearance) over 2 years with WL program. Methods: Obese Japanese men (n = 154) were measured BMI, BP, plasma NE, leptin, creatinine, creatinine clearance (CCr), LVH determined by ECG and ADRB2 polymorphisms (Arg16Gly, Gln27Glu) before and after WL program (low caloric diet + exercise) over 2 years. Significant WL was defined >10% WL of entry BMI. Results: Significant WL was noted in 97 (63%) subjects and the frequencies of Gly16 were 39% for WL group vs. 54% for non-WL group (P < 0.05). At entry, subjects with Gly16 allele had higher levels of plasma NE, leptin, creatinine, higher prevalence of LVH, and lower CCr compared to those without Gly16 allele. WL group had lower fat-mass, NE, leptin and creatinine and LVH prevalence and higher CCr at entry compare dto non-WL group. WL group had greater changes in BMI, fat-mass, creatinine and CCr, and greater % reductions in NE and leptin over a 2-year period. Changes in fat-mass correlated with changes in creatinine, CCr, NE and BP over 2 years. Changes in plasma NE correlated with changes in CCr. In multiple regression analysis, plasma NE, fat-mass and BP levels were determinants for prevalence of LVH at entry and 2-year period. Conclusions: ADRB2 polymorphisms (Arg16Gly) accompanying high plasma NE is related to the prevalence of LVH and improving CCr with WL. Arg16Gly associated with high plasma NE may play an important role in cardio- and renal-complications in obesity.


The aim of this work was to investigate the frequency of polymorphic variants of the gene TSLP in patients with ВА and healthy individuals in the Republic of Bashkortostan, and to analyse possible associations of genotypes of this gene with the development of ВА. The results of the study have shown that this disease markers are CC genotype and allele C(OR = 2,48 and OR = 1,91, respectively) of polymorphic locus rs1837253 of gene TSLP. It has also been established that the disease protective markers are CT genotype and allele T (OR = 0,37 and OR = 0,52, respectively).


EXPRESS is a powerful object-oriented data model descriptive language and independent of any platform. However, it is a kind of descriptive language rather than a programming language. This brings difficulty to implement the EXPRESS data model on a computer and it also undoubtedly brings a big problem with the STEP data model processing so that we have to translate EXPRESS language model into a certain programming language model. In this paper, an approach is presented to translate the EXPRESS language model into the C language model. In addition, this paper proves the validity of this translation theoretically.


In order to unveil the status quo and demand of special student families accessible to family support service and analyze the differences between the acquirement and demand for the family support service by different families and children, the article conducts a questionnaire survey on parents of students studying in some special education schools in Sichuan province. The survey results show, (1) the status quo of special student families accessible to family support service is not as good as expected, of which, the spiritual and financial supports are better, yet the career planning and information supports are the least, and the acquirement of six family support services are obviously lower than the demand; (2) special student families are in a high demand for the six family support services, of which, the career planning ranks the first, followed by the information support; (3) the acquirement and demand for special student family support service vary obviously with parental education and occupation, children's grade, handicap classification and degree and more. Keywords—special students; family support; family demand


The production of neutrons by primary cosmic radiation and the associated albedo of the earth's atmosphere, the decay-in-flight contribution from neutrons to the Van Allen zones, the possible existence of solar neutrons, and the production of neutrons by solar protons during flares are discussed. (R.E.U.)


For a favorable treatment result, early diagnosis of pathological cancerous micro-areas with their subsequent removal is highly important and can be achieved by the development of new modeling techniques and conducting relevant experiments. Various models of the bladder can be developed and applied to provide a platform for studying, processing and improving the signals received from various video systems. Here, in order to study visualization properties at fluorescence endoscopy, 3D optical phantoms of urinary bladder have been developed. The phantoms simulated optical properties of the bladder wall, including localized areas that represent tumor tissues and contained PpIX photosensitizer at various concentrations for fluorescence "diagnostics". To perform bimodal fluorescence imaging, a two-channel video fluorescence system was used. First, intraoperative images of the bladder wall were obtained in a patient with bladder cancer. A video system was used to reveal and image pathological areas with increased fluorescence intensity. Fluorescence indices in tumor tissue were recorded and corresponded to different concentrations of PpIX photosensitizer. Then, a bimodal fluorescence imaging was performed on 3D phantoms. The obtained images and fluorescence intensity measurements showed the ability of the video fluorescence system to register bladder wall structures and accumulated in them photosensitizers in concentrations from 0.25 to 20 mg/kg. The developed models can serve as a useful instrument for test measurements for constructing multimodal mosaic panoramic images of the bladder surface. This will help to advance in solving problems of endoscopic image processing using bimodal imaging, which uses diagnostic (fluorescence) and color channels.


Chief guest, Distinguished guests, Dr . Mrs Nagaraja, honourable members of the IPS and my dear colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, I a m indeed grateful to you all, for crealing this occasion for me . I am quite conscious of the responsibilities reposed on me and my inadequacy for the same. With reverence, 1 remember the greal names of Indian Psychiatry whose footprints I shall t ry to follow and whose blessings I cherish. It is indeed gratifying for me to speak at a place, which happen to be. my alma mater . Yes, I had my first posigraduation here and it is very heartening to see my respected teacher Dr. L. P. Va rma be ing present on this occasion.


Bioinformatic and systems biology developments should be accompanied not only by a plethora of computer tools, but also by an in-depth reflection on the distinctive nature of biological information. In this work we attempt a consistent approach to the multiple varieties of information in the living cell by starting out from the conceptualization of molecular recognition phenomena. Subsequently, an elementary approach to the "informational architectures" behind cellular complexity may be chartered. In the interplay of the different informational architectures two cellular subsystems should be highlighted: on the one side the transcriptional regulatory network, and on the other, the cellular signaling system that is in charge of the interrelationship with the environment. The embodiment of functional agents and the peculiar handling of DNA sequences along the evolutionary process will suggest a parallel with the von Neumann scheme of modern computers, including the cellular capability to "rewrite the DNA rules" along ontogenetic development.


Representation is a very important communication tool to communicate scientific concepts. Biologists produce phylogenetic representation to express their understanding of evolutionary relationships. The phylogenetic tree is visual representation depict a hypothesis about the evolutionary relationship and widely used in the biological sciences. Phylogenetic tree currently growing for many disciplines in biology. Consequently, learning about phylogenetic tree become an important part of biological education and an interesting area for biology education research. However, research showed many students often struggle with interpreting the information that phylogenetic trees depict. The purpose of this study was to investigate undergraduate students' difficulties in reading and constructing a phylogenetic tree. The method of this study is a descriptive method. In this study, we used questionnaires, interviews, multiple choice and open-ended questions, reflective journals and observations. The findings showed students experiencing difficulties, especially in constructing a phylogenetic tree. The students' responds indicated that main reasons for difficulties in constructing a phylogenetic tree are difficult to placing taxa in a phylogenetic tree based on the data provided so that the phylogenetic tree constructed does not describe the actual evolutionary relationship (incorrect relatedness). Students also have difficulties in determining the sister group, character synapomorphy, autapomorphy from data provided (character table) and comparing among phylogenetic tree. According to them building the phylogenetic tree is more difficult than reading the phylogenetic tree. Finding this studies provide information to undergraduate instructor and students to overcome learning difficulties of reading and constructing phylogenetic tree.


The company as an organization must maintain internal order, both in human resources, general resources and collaborators, inventory is considered a fundamental part of production in an organization, which must also be regulated. Various methodologies allow an organization to maintain internal order, however, it is necessary that it can be adapted to organizational needs. The application of the 5s methodology allows the organization to operate with the necessary resources, preserve the collaborators, be organized, which entails sustaining a high level of productivity over time, these factors are relevant applied in inventory management.


These Japanese investigators previously demonstrated that thermal therapy can improve hemodynamics and symptoms in patients with congestive heart failure ( Circulation 1995; 91:2582). Now, the investigators assess whether changes in vascular endothelial function contribute to the improvement. Twelve men and 8 women …


An emerging body of literature has claimed that poverty is multidimensional and therefore the unidimensional measure cannot serve as a good proxy for poverty. The actual debate is about the inclusion of other dimensions in the poverty analysis framework. Regarding this, the current study examines poverty measurement in rice farming communities in the municipality of Malanville, Benin using both unidimensional and multidimensional poverty indices. It also assesses the effect of involvement in irrigation on multidimensional poverty through an estimation of a two-stage instrumental variable probit model. Results indicate that incidence of monetary poverty was 45.8%. In term of multidimensional poverty, 53.4% of the rice farmers were found to be multidimensionally poor. Overall, the analysis shows lower incidence of poverty for irrigation farmers compared to dry land farmers. We find that the use of irrigation contributes to reducing the likelihood of being multidimensionally poor by 11%. Other determinants include age of the farmer, gender, farm size, use of improved seed, access to credit, off-farm income and market participation. The positive relationship between use of irrigation and poverty reduction justifies the need for irrigation development targeting to implement poverty reduction policies in developing countries.


The effect of dents in metallic aircraft fuselage was examined on the compressive failure load using the finite element method. The study considered a single impact dent on two different fuselage panels at various locations and impact speeds. The material used for the finite element models was aluminum alloy 2024-T3, a typical material used for fuselages of old transport aircraft. The finite element model consisted of impact analysis followed by either linear eigenvalue analysis or postbuckling compression analysis. These analyses were performed on both stiffened and unstiffened aluminum panels. It was found that, depending on a dent status in an aluminum panel, the dent might increase or decrease the compressive failure load of the panel compared with that of the virgin panel without a dent. The compressive failure load of a panel after a low-velocity impact was generally lower than that of the virgin plate. As the impact velocity increased, the failure load of the dented panel increased, exceeding that of its virgin plate. In addition, the existence of a critical impact velocity was noticed, at which the failure load of the dented panel reached maximum and after which it started to decrease.


inconstant, unless human eyes seeing is the only condition. The manner in which its visuality is connected to proximity, location, activity, and aspiration is a significant, unremarked takeaway of this book. Iconographic tracking exposes a fundamental ontological concern in that images not only become rhetorical under constantly changing conditions but also become visual as well. On the road to giving images a material, vital life of their own, Gries infers that visuality does not precede rhetoricity, which stands above all in contrast to rhetorical analyses that treat visuality as a material given.


Objective To observe the results of infantile skin proliferative hemangioma treated with CO2 laser. Methods Totally 576 infants with skin proliferative hemangioma were treated with CO2 laser in our department in recent years.Results All the 576 patients were followed-up for 6 months to 3 years.550 cases obtained satisfactory results except for one case with partial skin scar(about 3cm in diameter)and 25 cases with local skin hypepigmentation. Conclusion The CO2 laser treatment for infantile skin proliferative hemangioma was characterized by simplicity,low complication occurrence and high cure rate.It deserves to be recommended.


Distributed learning is recently an important research topic, while the information theoretic optimality of the distributed learning algorithms is often not sufficiently addressed. This paper studies the distributed learning problems such that each node observes i.i.d. samples and sends a feature function of observed samples to the central machine for decision making. Both the binary hypothesis testing in information theory and the classification problems in machine learning are considered, and the optimal error exponent and the set of optimal features are characterized. By exploiting an information theoretic framework, we show that these two problems share the same set of optimal features, from which the information theoretic optimality of some machine learning algorithms can be established. Finally, we generalize our analyses to $M$-ary distributed hypothesis testing and classification problems. A full version of this paper is accessible at: https://xiangxiangxu.com/media/documents/isit2021.pdf


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To explore the feasibility of utilizing the Bar-On mixed model of emotional–social intelligence as a framework for the competencies and traits needed for reference and information services librarians. Through a survey of the literature, the author created a baseline list of competencies, which was compared and contrasted with the abilities, traits, and competencies that comprise the Bar-On model of emotional–social intelligence. The author conducted a pilot study with a small group (n = 10) of reference and user services librarians who took the EQ-i 2.0. The competencies and traits of reference and user services librarians identified in the literature compare favorably with those measured by the EQ-i 2.0. Overall, a majority of the participants (70%) obtained a total score on the EQ-i 2.0 in the mid or high range. Composite scales with the highest overall mean scores were decision-making and self-perception. Subscales with the highest scores included the following: impulse control, self-actualization, social responsibility, problem solving, and reality testing. As a pilot study, it was conducted using a small population of academic reference and user services librarians. Further research should be conducted utilizing a larger population of reference and user services librarians or librarians who have been recognized as exemplary in reference librarianship. The findings of this study could assist pre-service and in-service reference and user services librarians in further developing their emotional–social intelligence competencies and abilities by identifying areas where improvements could occur.


Land use zoning policies in California have a dual function of land use control and strategic target decomposition, which guarantees the efficiency of the long-run goals of the general planning and routine administration of land use.This paper delineates the organization,application,evaluation of land use zoning policies and its consistency with land division and land use designation in the general planning,based on "General Plan Guidelines of California".It is evident that land use zoning policies in California achieve conversion of macro-scale targets of the general planning into micro-level and routine administration of land use as well as the consistency between land use zoning and division and land use designation,which provides useful reference for the overall land use planning and land administration in our country.


Speech recognition focus on the translation of speech from an audio format to a text. Popular models are available for the English language as open source in the domain of voice/speech recognition; however, German language open models and training schemes are rather rare. An end-to-end real-time German speech-to-text system based on multiple German language datasets is worthy of more attention and further investigation. In this paper, we combined multiple German datasets on the market and optimizes the Deep-speech for training a real-time German speech-to-text model. A GUI is also proposed for functionality demonstration. Our model performs considerably well compared to other state-of-the-art since we utilized noisy data to replicate real-life scenarios. We released our fully trained German model along with its parameter configurations to promote the diversification of the open-source model for the German language.


The prevention and treatment effect of plan-d erived compound insecticide on tobacco aphid and on predators of tobacco aphid was studied by the method of field investigation and laboratory rearing,combining with statistical results.The experiment indicated that the ideal applied concentration of plant-derived compound insecticide was 400 times and 600 times,both of which had a significant killing effect on tobacco aphid,and no negative influence on predators of tobacco aphid.The effect of 400 times was slightly better,but the difference between was not significant,600 times was recommended.


Next to our own, the eighteenth century is the most exciting, vibrant, and productive century in more than five hundred years of literary production in Urdu. Perhaps the most remarkable thing that happened in Urdu literature during that time—traditionally represented by British historiography-influenced writers as a period of decay and disintegration—was the consolidation and discovery of a poetics, of a whole new way of charting out a course for literary creativity in a language that, in Delhi at least, was still a little tottery on its legs in the field of literary production. Delhi, even in the middle of the eighteenth century, boasted of Persian as the zaban-e urdu-e mua'alla-e shahjahanabad (the language of the exalted city of Shajahanabad). It described Sanskrit as hindi-e kitabi 1(learned Hindi=Indian), and the city's common, spoken language, was known as plain Hindi or Hindvi. Very little literature in Hindi/Hindvi was produced in Delhi during the period 1600-1700—and hardly any during the four preceding centuries—and the literary form of Hindi in which this literature was produced was called Rekhta (mixed, poured, cement-and-mortar, etc). The term Urdu as language name came into use much later. Rekhta/Hindi remained the universal name for the language until very nearly the end of the eighteenth century. Rekhta may have begun independently, as a pidgin. It is more likely that it began as a kind of macaronic verse in Hindi, and gradually assumed a life of its own, so much that the pidgin element was eliminated, giving room to a literary Hindi, such as was already being written in the Deccan, particularly Aurangabad, under the name of Dakani and/or Hindi. However, Delhi, with its cosmopolitan cultural environment, long continued to look upon Rekhta with a faint air of disapproval, as something different from, and inferior to Persian. There is a famous verse by Qa'im Chandpuri (1724-94):


The shoreline of Dunkirk Seaport partly consists of a macrotidal beach oriented WSW-ENE backed by a 6 km long coated dike called "digue du Braek". Aeolian sand transport was estimated on asphalt by means of sand traps. Also, time-averaged wind speed profiles were measured using cup anemometers under various wind velocities and directions along a transversal profile on the dike and the upper beach. High rates of sand transport enabled the setup of different kinds of experimental windbreaks on asphalt, in order to test potential dune formation on this kind of substrate. Under oblique onshore winds, it was regularly observed that amounts of sand captured in the traps placed on the dike were more important than those in traps placed on the upper beach. These results were related to sand sources: windblown sand captured on the dike originated from the coastal dunes developed at the dike toe, while sand trapped on the upper beach came from the tidal zone were aeolian transport is limited by complex intertidal bar-trough topography. It also appeared from the topographic surveys carried out on the windbreaks that although their location seemed to play a major role on the amount of sand captured, fences and synthetic fabrics deployed on sandy surfaces were also able to trap windblown sand on the seaport dike.


Integrated optics are key technologies for developing compact and low-cost optical devices needed to realize WDM networks. Semiconductor devices have been developed to enable monolithic and hybrid integration with a view toward applying them to WDM networks in the future. The author reviews the recent progress in semiconductor devices for monolithic and hybrid integration.


An 18-year-old, female patient presented with fever, sore throat and joint pain. Laboratory tests revealed elevated inflammation markers. During her hospitalization she presented a non-pruritic, salmon-colored rash, which was appearing with the fever in the evening hours and was vanishing during apyrexia. The rash could be seen in various parts of the body, such as the limbs, the face and the neck. The diagnosis of Adult-onset Still disease (AOSD) was established, since the patient was fulfilling the relevant criteria. AOSD is a rare, systemic inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology that typically presents as a high spiking fever accompanied by systemic symptoms. Various skin lesions have been described in patients with AOSD, both typical and atypical ones. Our patient presented significant clinical improvement after initiation of corticosteroid treatment.


This paper presents the novelty of adaptive Capon beamforming on received experimental second-harmonic pulse-echo ultrasound imaging channel-data. IQ channel datasets were collected when imaging a tissue-mimicking phantom: two with the transmit frequency 1.7 MHz and the receive band-pass filters centered around 1.7 and 3.4 MHz respectively, as well as one with both the transmit and receive center frequencies being 3.4 MHz. Images are displayed and analyzed for all datasets both using Capon and conventional delay-and-sum beamforming. This work proves the feasibility of Capon beamforming applied to tissue-harmonic imaging.


The objective of this research was to propose an instrument for improvement the Social Responsibility practices directed to the internal audience in a Federal Institution of Higher Education: the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE). To attend the objective we sought after to (1) select a set of indicators, related to the internal public, present in three established models in the literature (A3P, ETHOS and ECP-Social); (2) To know the normative tools of the federal level, directed the introduction of Social Responsibility with the internal public in Public Administration and, finally; (3) and (4) Validate and analyze the practices according to the instrument elaborated in the internal environment of UFPE. The theoretical foundation used was composed of the following thematic: the evolution of the concept of the Social Responsibility and the discussion on their regulation; the main views and dimensions related to Social Responsibility with the internal public; the models, indicators and indexes designed to measure levels of organizational Social Responsibility in the private and public sector; and, the between law and Social Responsibility actions with the internal public on federal Public Administration sphere. Methodologically, for this study it was adopted a multi perspective method (qualitative and quantitative), combining the techniques of case study, documentary research, semi-structured interviews and questionnaires with open and closed issues. The main results allow the conceive of an instrument to monitor Social Responsibility practices in UFPE, following a rigorous method, in addition to indicating different levels of Social Responsibility in their practices, standing out more positively their performance in respect to minorities of their staff, according to gender, ethnicity, sexual choice and physical disability.


Photocatalysis is an advanced oxidation process that is an environmentally friendly option and one of the most critical technologies in green chemistry today. This work studied the upscaling of photocatalysis as a suitable process for wastewater treatment to remove emerging pollutants. For this purpose, unsupported and supported TiO2 photocatalysts were tested in the photodegradation of ciprofloxacin as a model molecule of an emerging wastewater component, using visible, UV radiation, and solar light. The suitability of TiO2 as a photocatalyst to decompose ciprofloxacin was confirmed in batch photoreactor under Visible and UV radiation, with degradation rates up to 90% after 30 min of irradiation and low adsorption values. TiO2 as a photocatalyst coated in glass support material at the packed bed photoreactor showed good photoactivity for emergent contaminants degradation (95%) under solar radiation. It has been possible to verify that the photocatalytic reactor system constitutes a viable process for eliminating emerging contaminants through environmentally sustainable treatments. Our results corroborate the possibility of degrading emerging contaminants by solar radiation using a packed bed photoreactor, providing a more effective option from a practical and economical point of view for wastewater effluent treatments.


— The Self Compacting Concrete (SCC) was to be the future in the construction industry. To reduce the amount of cement in the concrete mix, fly ash was replaced in the self-compacting concrete mix. The study deals with reducing the cement content in the self-compacting concretemixwith replacement of 15%, 20% and 25% of fly ash. The concrete mix includes four mixes with one conventional mix and three mixes with replacement of fly ash instead of cement with different percentage. With the addition of Superplasticizers and Viscosity modifying agent the concrete mix enriches the quality of workability in this study. The self-compacting concrete thus generated was subjected for testing the mechanical and durability properties of the concrete. The testing includes compressive strength, split tensile test, flexural testing and rapid chloride penetration test. The result concludes, compared to the replacement of fly ash with the percentage of 25% and 20% the concrete mix with replacement of fly ash with 15% gives greater strength and more durable. When the concrete structure is completed, the owner should further be provided with a proper service manual for the future operation of the structure.


We present a high resolution 3D visual information acquiring method by fusing 3D information of structured light vision measurement system with the high resolution grayscale image captured by the 2D line-scan camera.


In 2018 an Iron Age scabbard chape was reported to the Portable Antiquities Scheme, having been discovered during metal-detecting on cultivated land in the parish of Liss, east Hampshire. Although the object is an isolated find, and no other components of the scabbard were discovered,
 it is a significant discovery. This is because it represents the most southerly evidence for a group of scabbards which are overwhelmingly distributed between the rivers Forth and Humber. This short account provides details of the object and comments on its regional and national significance.


Background: The cerebroplacental ratio (CPR) may be able to detect fetus that do not develops fully at term and predict poor pregnancy outcomes. In third-trimester studies of high-risk pregnancies, low CRP due to increased umbilical artery (UA) or fetus middle cerebral artery pulsatility index (MCA-PI) has been linked to poor pregnancy outcomes. . Objective: To assess the predictive utility of doppler CPR for screening of full-term (37 week - 40 week) normal un-complicated pregnancies with a bad outcome. Methodology: This observational hospital based cross sectional study was conducted on 500 women normal uncomplicated full-term pregnancy (37-40 weeks), giving birth at Al-Zahraa university hospital and Elsinbelaween general hospital from June 2021 to June 2022. All women were subjected to measurement of abdominal ultrasound, femur length (FL), abdominal circumference (AC), gestational age, complete, cardiotocography (CTG) to assess fetal, and umbilical and placental doppler for middle cerebral artery (MCA) and umbilical artery (UA). Results: MCA systolic / diastolic (S/D) ratio was inversely correlated with pCO 2 , while UA-S/D ratio was positively correlated with pCO 2 and negatively correlated with all other parameters except neonatal death and neonatal intensive care unit admission. Conclusion: In full-term normal pregnancy, the CPR is an excellent predictor of unfavorable perinatal outcome. JRAM 2023; 4(1):47-54


This paper aims at primarily developing course in the minitype auto-stere-storage,to introduce its kinds types developing process and applications.There are different type of racks in rotary and lifting in minitype auto-stere-storage,and according to its locations connection with conveyor,AGV and other relative places.In modern industry,the application of minitype auto-stere-storage is widely used in spreading development logistics.The minitype auto-stere-storage have achieved latent capacity in different profession in today's society.


Firstly this paper analyzes the variability of events in the realistic world and the possibility of people to use it.Based on which,system structure graphical representation of similarity transformation of five basic types of structure including series,parallel,expansion contraction,inclusion and feedback are researched,and then their change forms and rules are formally described by using error function and logical proposition.Then we list structure graphical representation of variability,and the transformation way,transformation parameter and transformation system of six basic types of transformation are given.


The petroleum system division and reservoir_forming history of the Northern Fringe in Qaidam Basin were studied on the basis of characteristic description,evolution modeling and oil_to?_source correlation of hydrocarbon source rocks.It is concluded that the primary hydrocarbon source rocks in the fringe are those source rocks developed in Middle_Lower Jurassic,including mudstone in coal measure,carbonaceous mudstone and coal seam.There are five types of organic matters(Ⅰ,Ⅱ 1,Ⅱ 2,Ⅲ 1 and Ⅲ 2) in those source rocks.Most of the Middle_Lower Jurassic source rocks are in the over_maturity stage.The source rocks are of the maximum accumulative generation intensity over ten thousands kg/m 2 and expulsive intensity over four thousands kg/m 2 in the stage of the Upper Gancaigou Formation to the Lower Youshashan Formation of the Lower Jurassic,while maximum accumulative generation intensity is over two thousands kg/m 2 and expulsive intensity is below one thousands kg/m 2 in the Middle Jurassic.There are two petroleum systems in this fringe.One is in J 1?R(!) oil and gas system,and the key moment for hydrocarbon generation and expulsion is in the deposition stage of Lower Ganchaigou to Upper Youshashan Formation.Another is in J 2?J 3(!) system with a key moment during deposition of Lower Youshashan_Shizhigou Formation.


Objective:To evaluate the effectiveness of administration of mifepristone combined with laparoscopy for tubal pregnancy on reduction in blooding of cilium implantation and prevention of ectopic pregnancy.Methods:Eighty-seven patients were diagnosised as tubal pregnancy, who has 4 cm dimension ectopic pregnancy masses, some of which the fetal heart can be seen, the titer of serumβ-HCG≥2 000 U/L.They were randomly divided into A and B group. Group A were given oral administration of mifepristone 300 mg the day before laparoscopy while group B laparoscopy only and after that, the pregnancy site were given MTX 20 mg injection. The amount of bleeding, the β-HCG reducing and the later pregnancy rate were observed.Results:In group A 38 cases (86.36%) were cured successfully; 6 cases (13.63%) were received salpingectomy for continually bleeding. In group B, 32 cases (74.42%) were cured successfully; only 11 cases (25.58%) were received salpingectomy for continually bleeding. The intrauterine pregnancy in group A was 22(62.85%)while that in group B was 23(62.16%);and ectopic pregnancy in group A was 5(14.28%)while that in group B was 6(15.78%),so there was no significant difference between group A and B.Conclusion:The patient who has the serum titer ofβ-HCG≥2 000 U/L, little bleeding and a good life condition is given mifepristone before laparoscopy will have a higher rate of oviduct reservation. The use of mifepristone can still reduce the rate of persistent ectopic pregnancy.


2 and storage tank of configured to include each separate aerosol generating composition, and attracting the composition from the reservoir, means for generating an aerosol user inhales from the respective storage tanks a mixing means for mixing the sucked each composition, the aerosol generating device and a as configured mixing means that the user can select the relative proportions of these two compositions in the aerosol. .FIELD 1


The Rayleigh scattering in nematic liquid crystals wasfirst studied by Chatelain [l] who investigated the angular dependence of the scattered light intensity. Resuming this experiment, we have now observed, not the intensity, but the power spectrum of the scattered light, usingan optical beat laser spsctromrter. Intensity fluctuations are caused by thermal distortionsof the nematic monocrystal, superposition of (( bending », ((twist, 1) and cc splay )) of the optical axis. We identify the two low frequency purely dissipative modes recently predicted [2]. A preliminary ~ tudy [3] of the angular dependence of the width of these modes allows a determination of three among the six viscosity coefficients introduced by Leslie [4].


The kinetics of the reaction of hypochlorous acid with potassium hexacyanoferrate(II) has been investigated spectrophotometrically at 25.1 °C in buffered aqueous solutions at pH 7.74 and 9.45. With HOCl in excess, the rate is given by equation (i). However, with hexacyanoferrate(II) in –d//dt[FeII]=kobs·[FeII](i), –d//dt([FeII]0+[FeII]0–[FeIII]t)=k0([FeII]0+[FeIII]0–[FeIII]t)2[HOC]//k*([FeII]0+[FeIII]0)+(kb–k*)([FeII]0+[FeIII]0–[FeIII]t)(ii) excess, the rate is given by equation (ii). The results obtained are interpreted in terms of a reaction mechanism in which the first stage, FeII+ HOCl → Cl˙+ OH–+ FeIII, can occur either by an irreversible or reversible process.


First 50nm HP and 24nm iso line scanning stripe exposures with 1.4nm 1sigma stripe butting are shown of a proof-ofconcept electron multi-beam Mask Exposure Tool (eMET POC), operating the column with an Aperture Plate System (APS), providing 256k (k=1024) programmable beams of 20nm beam size and 50keV beam energy at substrate within 82μm × 82μm beam array fields. Multi-beam proximity effect correction (PEC) is shown with long range corrections by local dose adjustments. The capability of exposing OPC jog patterns down to 1nm jog height is demonstrated as well as the possibility to expose complex ILT (inverse lithography techniques) patterns at no loss of throughput. The possibility to use low sensitive pCAR resist material with 80μC/cm2 exposure dose is shown. The novel electron-optical column is suitable for Alpha, Beta and multi-generational HVM tools.


A fundamental challenge in peer-to-peer and online social networks is the design of a simple, distributed algorithm that allows users to discover, and connect to, peers who closely match their interests or preferences. In this paper, we consider an algorithm that is based on simple, local comparisons, and analyze it to provide insights into why similar peer discovery algorithms work well in practice. To do so, we use a mathematical framework to characterize the closeness of individual interests, and formally introduce the notion of a "perfect network formation" under the framework. Our analysis shows that the proposed algorithm indeeds achieves perfect network formation. Our analysis uses bounding techniques based on Chernoff bounds.


Impact ionization plays a crucial role for electron transport in semiconductors at high electric fields. We derive appropriate quantum kinetic equations for electron transport in semiconductors within linear response theory. The field-dependent collision integral is evaluated for the process of impact ionization. A known, essentially analytical result is reproduced within the parabolic band approximation [W. Quade et al., Phys. Rev. B 50, 7398 (1994)]. Based on the numerical results for zero field strengths but realistic band structures, a fit formula is proposed for the respective field-dependent impact ionization rate. Explicit results are given for GaAs, Si, GaN, ZnS, and SrS.


Restricted by the topographic and geologic conditions at the bridge site,the bridge types that can be selected for the 360-m span Wujiang River Bridge are mainly the cable-stayed bridge and arch bridge.To choose a rational bridge type for the bridge,the design schemes for the bridge are systematically analyzed,studied and compared on the basis of analysis of the factors that may have influences on the schemes,the about equal construction scale and construction cost,the careful consideration of the construction conditions and also in the light of the dynamic reliability,later time maintenance and repair,risk evaluation,environment protection and landscape effect of the bridge type.The comprehensive comparison of the advantages and disadvantages of the different design schemes concludes that the design scheme of the cable-stayed bridge should be recommended to the bridge to be built.


California cotton growers may choose in 1959 between Plan A-price supports at not less than 80% of parity coupled with regular allotments-and Plan R-price supports at 15% of parity less than for Plan A, but with allotments up to 40% larger. Announced price support levels under this program are 30.44 per pound for Plan A and 24.74 per pound for Plan K , basis IJ. S. average location and middling 78'' rotton. Estimated Calilornia support prices, considering the average grade and staple length for the 1958 season. but including no location adjustment, are 34.534 per pound for Plan A and 28.834 per pound for Plan B. The following analysis of the comparative incomes to California cotton producers under the two alternative programs is based on slightly lower prices, however: 33.64 per pound for Plan A and 27.34 per pound for Plan B. Growers who elect Plan B will require 1.51 acres of cotton at 2.5 bales per acre yield to equal Plan A earnings on one acre. Usually, the 0.31 acre shifted to cotton was returning some net income in an alternative crop and cotton profits must coker that amount, in addition to compensating with added cotton acres for lower net earnings per acre. The profit advantage of Plan B over Plan A is narrou and-apparently-will not bring 1959 earnings up to the 1958 level for most growers. However, there are good reasons for some farmers to choose Plan B over Plan A, but the income advantage of Plan B is in no sense absolute for all conditions. A favorable year for crops other than cotton, plus a higher support price for the more restricted cotton acreage in 1959, would make it advantageous to many farmers-particularly on the smaller farms-to elect Plan A. Domestic cotton prices to growers are influenced by price support policies and Commodity Credit Corporation loan and purchase rates; by the particular disposition of Commodity Credit Corporation stocks; by the quantity and quality of production ; by the prim of competitive


Ancient Indonesian sculpture, as yet a relatively unexplored area of research, is discussed in this volume from various angles. The nine contributions originate from an international symposium at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.


ism. By exploring the Parisian scene from a number of perspectives, Diefendorf has not only reasserted the importance of the religious context and religious conflict in the interpretation of the French Civil Wars, but has also successfully utilized the methodology of the social and cultural historian in clarifying events that early modern French historians have long discussed, debated, and disagreed about. At last we have an analysis and interpretation that makes sense in view of what preceded and followed the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. It is not surprising that this book won the Huguenot Society award for "best work of Scholarship, 1991-1993."


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During testing, there are several reasons to exclude some of the components used by the unit under test, such as: (1) the component affects the state of the world in an irreversible way; (2) the component is not accessible for testing purposes (e.g., a web service); (3) the component introduces a major performance degradation to the testing phase (e.g., due to long computations); (4) it is hard (i.e., statistically unlikely) to obtain the output required by the test from the component. In such cases, we replace the component with a mock one. In this paper, we integrate the synthesis of mock components with the generation of test cases for the current testing goal (e.g., coverage). To avoid the generation of meaningless data, which may lead to assertion violation not related to bugs, we include a weak mock postcondition. We consider ways to automatically synthesize such postcondition. We empirically evaluate the quality of the mocks generated by our approach, as well as the benefits mocks introduce in terms of improved coverage and improved performance of the test case generator.


ATLAS12 makes use of some non-standard features of the VAX/VMS compiler, which is highly appreciable if one uses a VMS workstation, but causes problems of portabil- ity that make it di cult to compile ATLAS12 on various non-VMS operating systems. This article describes the modifications to ATLAS12 that became necessary in order to get this code running with the open source GNU compiler (g77), which is easily available on most Linux/Unix based systems (including Mac OS X). We also present our parallel and modu- larised Ada95 version of ATLAS12 and give an overview of CAMAS, our new magnetic stellar atmosphere code.


A technique is described for measuring various angles used in orthodontic cephalometry without the use of radiography. This new method utilizes the properties of polarized light to transfer the data required from the patient to the apparatus, where it is stored and displayed electronically. Some preliminary results indicate that the method is potentially of sufficient accuracy to merit further development.


Seafood consumption in Poland is regularly increasing, although it still remains at a relatively low level compared to the consumption of fi sh and their products. The aim of the study was to obtain information on the frequency of seafood consumption and purchasing preferences among consumer groups in both a large and a small urban center, taking into account not only the place of residence, but also respondents' age and gender. The study was attended by 204 people (50 men and 154 women). A survey questionnaire verifi ed in a pilot survey was used as a research tool. The research was carried out in a small (approx. 4,000 inhabitants) and a large (approx. 400,000 inhabitants) urban center on consumers going in and out of shops. A factor that signifi cantly infl uenced all the studied characteristics and purchasing preferences was the respondents' age. The respondents' gender signifi cantly infl uenced the recognition of diff erent seafood types, the place of consumption and the motivation for purchase. The size of the place of residence was the least infl uential factor in the study. There is a strong need to inform Polish consumers about seafood and the possibility of its consumption


The objectives of this study were twofold. One objective was to analyze the effects of growth in the social security tax, when combined with recent changes in U.S. income tax law, on the distribution of the combined income and social security tax burden during the 1980s. The second objective was to estimate the effects of certain proposals for social security tax reform upon that distribution. The above analyses were performed using simulation techniques applied to the 1984 IRS Individual Tax Model File. The data from this file were used to estimate the income and social security tax liabilities for sample taxpayers under tax law in effect in 1980, 1984 and 1988 and under fourteen proposals for social security reform (under 1988 law). The results indicated that the income tax distribution was almost 25 percent more progressive under 1988 tax law than under 1980 tax law. In contrast, the combined distribution of income and social security taxes was almost 25 percent less progressive under 1988 income and social security tax law relative to 1980. Two types of social security tax reform were analyzed. One type consisted of reforms to the basic social security tax structure, such as removal of the earnings ceiling, provision of exemptions and replacement of the current single tax rate with a two-tiered graduated rate structure. The second type of reform consisted of proposals to expand the theoretical tax base subject to the social security levy. The results suggested that these reforms could generate substantial increases in progressivity in the combined tax distribution. In general, it would appear that changes in the social security tax structure could generate greater improvements in progressivity than expansion of the theoretical tax base, although the greatest improvement was associated with a combination of these two reforms. With regard to horizontal equity, expansion of the theoretical tax base generated the most improvement.


1.1 Institutional and social failure of higher education The field of higher education in India has in recent times been besieged by a sense of crisis. This phenomenon is multi faceted and calls into question various aspects of higher educa tion. These include, on the one hand, the aims and purposes of higher education, the relevance of what is taught and the dis junction between the kinds of education provided and the needs of society, the quality of the products of higher education, the survival and development of institutions of higher education; and on the other hand, the role of higher education in social change, its performance with respect to equity objectives, and the growth of the "educated-unemployed". The sense of crisis has thus served to highlight what may be termed the "institutional fai lure" of higher education as well as its "social failure".'*' Responding to this crisis demands action at the policy level as well as the level of individual institutions. This implies learning from the efforts of both mainstream and marginal institutions which were initiated to counter such "failure", or have responded to it. This study focusses on the lessons for institutional and macro-level policy action, offered by a mar-


Students Cooperation (Kopma) which was still difficult to improve the welfare of its members was one factor influencing the low interest of students to be the members of Kopma . The objective of this study was to know and understand the factors that affect the interest of cooperation economics education students to become the members of Kopma.The population of the study were the 2 nd semester of Cooperation Economics Education students. The data used in this research was the primary data obtained from the respondents directly. The data collections were students' knowledge about Kopma, the benefits of Kopma and the Cooperation Subject. The data analysis was logit analysis with likelihood maximum method. The result of analysis using 5% significance level was that students' knowledge about Kopma, the benefits of Kopma, and good understanding of Cooperative Subjects gave the positive effect to students' interest to be the members of Kopma in Semarang State University (Unnes) for Cooperation Economics Education students.


These are notes from T. Schedler's talk (with D. Ben-Zvi) on smooth/strong Gcategories at U. Oregon, Eugene, OR, on Aug 16, 2012. Acknowledgements. This talk was part of the workshop on Categorical Representation Theory at U. Oregon, 13 August–17 August, 2012, organized by N. Proudfoot, led mathematically by D. Ben-Zvi, and funded by an NSF CAREER grant. Thanks especially to D. Ben-Zvi for his many generous explanations and time, as well as the syllabus which included this talk. Thanks to N. Proudfoot for organizing the enriching workshop. Finally, I am very grateful to all the participants for their many helpful questions, comments, and corrections. Please send me more corrections as you find errors! Note: Nothing in this talk is due to me; if I neglected any attributions, I apologize. 1. Motivation: Beilinson-Bernstein localization Possible ref: Ben-Zvi + Nadler (bn.pdf) ; talk 1.1. Recollection: BB localization theorem. Let G be a reductive group and B < G a Borel. Then we have the flag variety G/B. As we saw in a previous talk, there are quasi-inverse equivalences of categories, Γ : D(G/B) ∼ → Ug-mod0,M 7→ Γ(G/B,M); (1.1) ∆ : Ug-mod0 → D(G/B)-mod,M 7→ DG/B ⊗Ug M. (1.2) Here Ug-mod0 denotes Ug-modules (i.e., g-modules) on which the augmentation ideal Z+ ⊆ Z(Ug) of the center acts trivially. The action of Ug on global sections Γ(M) comes from the fact that Γ(D(G/B)) = Ug/Z+ · Ug. Interpretation: This is saying that the variety G/B is D-affine, i.e., that the global sections functor on D-modules on G/B is an equivalence. This is not true for O-modules on G/B, since G/B is not affine!! 1.2. Structure of smooth G-categories. This is an awesome result, but there is additional structure that has been omitted from the above. Namely, both sides of the equivalence canonically carry an action of D(G), the category of D-modules on G. To explain this, note that G obviously acts on G/B by left translation, and hence it should act canonically on the category of D-modules on G/B. Naively, given g ∈ G and a D-module M on G/B, we can translate M by g to g∗M . This alone would give a "weak G-action on D(G/B)" (see below). To upgrade this to a strong action, we need to equip this with a trivialization of the g = LieG action, or more precisely, with the action of the formal group Ĝ1 of G. In this case, we get such a trivialization because the action of g on D(G/B) by translation is inner. More generally, if G acts on a variety X, we have the infinitesimal action of g on D-modules on X via the composition


The purpose of this article is to evaluate the role played of the Physical Education curriculum component in the early elementary school years, considering that the classes for this segment of basic education was made a few year s ago and there is a lack of scholarly work on the subject. To that end, we interviewed on e (01) Physical Education teacher network of state public schools in São Paulo to ana lyze and interpret their meanings about their work with students in the early years for whi ch she teaches. The analysis and interpretation of data indicate that the teacher se k to legitimize Physical Education in this segment of basic education through probable contrib utions that can offer the versatile teacher, possibly due to its recent inclusion in sc hools and his fragile history in schools in the early years of elementary school. It discusses th end what is the role of physical education as a curriculum component in the early ye ars of elementary school. Key-Words: School Physical Education; Curriculum; Senses and meanings.


Abstract Increased variability in growing season climates continues to threaten the growth and yields of many crops. The impacts of individual climate stress conditions on crops has been documented frequently, yet how crops respond to multiple abiotic stress components is less well understood. Here, we report on the main and interactive effects of growth temperature, water deficit and a heatwave on leaf physiology and biomass production of cotton plants (Gossypium hirsutum L.). Plants were raised under two day/night growth temperature regimes (28/18 °C and 32/22 °C) and their corresponding nocturnal warming (+4 °C) scenarios (i.e. 28/22 °C and 32/26 °C). Following the emergence of the first square (flower bud), plants were subjected to two water treatments (well-watered and water deficit) until the beginning of the flowering stage, and then half of the plants in all temperature treatments were exposed to a 5-day heatwave treatment (40/26 °C). We found that elevated growth temperature increased growth rate (as defined by plant height) and leaf-level carbon gain, but decreased total aboveground biomass. Water deficit stress decreased leaf level carbon gain and biomass, but these impacts were generally less pronounced. Nocturnal warming moderately decreased leaf carbon gain for plants grown under the cool temperature regime (i.e. 28/18 °C), but not the warm temperature regime (i.e. 32/22 °C), and its impacts on biomass were also thermal regime specific. In contrast, leaf carbon gain was promoted by the heatwave under the cool daytime temperature treatment, but not the warm daytime temperature treatment. However, total aboveground biomass was less affected by the heatwave due to high resilience of gas exchange, although there was decreased fruit biomass. Overall, both short- and long-term increases in daytime temperature decreased cotton fruit biomass, while nocturnal warming had limited capacity to buffer that impact. Moderate soil water deficit will not strongly reduce carbon gain and growth. This study adds to the knowledge regarding the response of cotton plants to climate change and underscores the complexity of plant response to multiple environmental factors.


A simple electrochemical method for the preparation of AlN and other metal nitride ceramic precursors is described. Constant-current eletrolysis in a cell containing a NH 4 Br/NH 3 electrolyte solution and Al electrodes yields a solid mixture consisting primarily of Al(NH 3 ) 6 Br 3 and [Al(NH 2 )(NH)] n after excess NH 3 is removed


Interest in diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary embolism (PE), a potentially fatal disease, is always high, especially among oncologic patients. In fact, not only tumors but also chemotherapy increases the risk to develop thromboembolic events in these particular patients. Moreover, nowadays, it frequently happens to detect incidental PE by imaging examinations performed for other purposes and, as oncologic patients are surely the ones who undergo the most of the diagnostic procedures, they are also the ones that more often are found to be affected by incidental, asymptomatic, pulmonary embolism.


By evaluating the exact population difference between resonant electrons with velocities smaller and larger than the phase velocity, a correction to Landau damping proportional to the square of the wave amplitude is obtained theoretically.


It is shown that a consistent application of Bayesian updating from a prior probability density to a posterior using evidence in the form of expectation constraints leads to exactly the same results as the application of the maximum entropy principle, namely a posterior belonging to the exponential family. The Bayesian updating procedure presented in this work is not expressed as a variational principle, and does not involve the concept of entropy. Therefore it conceptually constitutes a complete alternative to entropic methods of inference.


The invention relates to a small-sized food processor, which comprises a container for holding foods, a food processing assembly equipped inside the container and capable of rotating relative to the container, and a container cover assembly fixed and covering the opening of the container. The container cover assembly comprises a cover body, a driving assembly equipped on the top of the cover bodyand a transmission mechanism equipped inside the cover body. The driving assembly drives the food processing assembly to rotate relative to the container by the transmission mechanism. The driving assembly is a pull rod assembly which comprises a sliding chute equipped on the top of the cover body and a pull rod equipped inside the sliding chute. The pull rod is provided with a tooth bar which engages with a rack and pinion formed on the transmission mechanism. By adopting the pull rod assembly as the driving assembly, the food processor can be operated by drawing the pull rod in a reciprocating way. Compared with a prior art which is operated by rotating a turn button, the small-sized food processor is more convenient. Furthermore, by equipping a relatively long pull rod, the transmission ratio during a drive can be improved.


In [1] two interesting invariance notions were introduced: the notions of a set of godel numbers being invariant to automorphisms of the structures (ω, ·) and (ω, E) respectively. Here, · and E are defined by n · m ≃ φn (m) and nEm if and only if n Є Wm, where {φn} and {Wn} are acceptable enumerations of the partial recursive functions and r.e. sets respectively. In this paper we continue the study of the invariant sets, and especially the invariant r.e. sets, of gödel numbers. We start off with an easy result which characterizes the Turing degrees containing invariant sets. We then take a closer look at r.e. sets invariant with respect to automorphisms of (ω,E). Using the characterization [1, Theorem 4.2] of such sets, we will derive a somewhat different characterization (which was stated, but not proved, in [1, Proposition 4.4]) and, using it as a tool for constructing invariant sets, prove that the r.e. sets invariant with respect to automorphisms of (ω, E) cannot be effectively enumerated. We will next discuss representations of r.e. sets invariant with respect to automorphisms of (ω, ·). Although these sets do not have as nice a characterization as the r.e. sets invariant with respect to automorphisms of (ω, E) do, the techniques of [1] can still profitably be used to investigate their structure. In particular, if f is a partial recursive function whose graph is invariant with respect to automorphisms of (ω, ·), then for every a in the domain of f, there is a term t(a) built up from a and · only such that f(a) ≃ t(a). This is an analog to [1, Corollary 4.3]. We will also prove an analog to a result mentioned in the previous paragraph: the r.e. sets invariant with respect to automorphisms of (ω, ·) cannot be effectively enumerated.


jfponline.com Vol 59, no 4 | ApRil 2010 | The jouRnAl of fAmily pRAcTice A 48-year-old Caucasian man comes to your office with redness and blurring of vision in his right eye that started the day before. For 3 weeks, he has had a productive cough with sputum, chills, and lowgrade fever. Conjunctival injection is obvious. The view through the cornea is hazy, and there is a creamy white, layered settlement in the anterior chamber (FIGURE 1).


Knowledge of the basic mechanisms of heat transfer in gas fluidized beds with immersed heat exchanger surface or bed walls is essential for any optimum design. Convective heat transfer from/to a heat exchanger surface in a gas fluidized bed can be described by the gas and/or particle convection. While many studies have been conducted on this topic, the contribution through particle convection inadequately described, especially in turbulent fluidized beds. The role of hydrodynamics of the dense bed, status of particles in form of cluster and density of clusters near the heat exchanging surface in particle convection is briefly outlined. The existing contact time models in the literature suggest a constant decrease of particle-wall contact time when increasing the gas velocity. However, it has been shown experimentally that the contact time increases in the bubbling regime of fluidization and increases in the turbulent fluidization when increasing the gas velocity. A theoretical stochastic model is developed to represent such a trend and improve agreement with experimental data presented in literature. The comparison of predicted results with latest experimental data from literature confirms the validity of the present model for fluidized bed of sand particles in the dense section of the bed. Key-Words: Contact Time, Fluidization, Heat Transfer, Particle Convection


. Retrospective chart reviews will be conducted on a small consecutive sample of children with T1D using CGM from Rady Children's Endocrinology Outpatient Clinic. HbgbA1c levels will be gathered pre and post CGM initiation to analyze the difference in glycemic control. Episodes of hypoglycemia will also be measured to identify the incidence of hypoglycemia in patients with CGM.


During the past quarter-century it has become increasingly apparent that, for efficient metabolism and growth, living matter must be supplied a proper balance of biologically available trace metals (2-4). A corollary to this observation has been sometimes recognized: namely, that a specific distortion of normal metabolism often can be achieved by appropriate alteration of the balance ofavailable trace metals. Recognition and utilization of this corollary has occurred unevenly in the various basic and applied areas of biology; at present, however, a considerable number of abnormal or diseased metabolic states ofmicrobes, plants, animals, and man are known to be associated with imbalances of trace metals in either the


The development of high power gyrotrons in continuous wave operation for heating of plasmas used in nuclear fusion research has been in progress for several years in a collaboration between different European research institutes and industrial partners. The 140 GHz gyrotron is designed for an output power of 1 MW in continuous wave operation and is operated in the TE28,8 mode. The first prototype type had been built with several modification with respect to the "Maquette".