The material's code is the most basic information in enterprise logistics information system.In order to satisfy the requirement in construction,implementation and application of integrated business information system(IBIS),systematic conception should be introduced to material coding.This paper summarizes the main problems of material coding which exist in construction,implementation and application of IBIS,presents new requirements on it.Successful experience of material coding in implementation of IBIS of Shanghai Municipal Electric Power Company is emphatically summarized and key points of general coding method is introduced.It has certain reference value for power enterprises and is worthy of application and promotion.


An increasing number of firms with dual class shares are deciding to unify their shares around the world. In the most common type of stock unification a non-voting share can be converted into a voting share. In most countries either the price differential between the two classes of shares is low or a form of compensation for voting shareholders is provided. Italian stock unifications see the highest value of voting rights and no form of compensation for voting shareholders. I observe the 43 Italian stock unifications made in the 1974-2003 period and I develop a model that quantifies their wealth effects on the two classes of shares. Stock unifications can be a form of expropriation of minority voting shareholders, as confirmed by five case studies where majority shareholders hedge or even take advantage of such unifications by engaging in the following activities some months before the unification decision: buying relevant blocks of nv-shares, selling voting shares or approving stock option plans on nv-shares. At the stock unification announcement the price of a voting share in the five case studies dropped by a minimum of -4,26%, to a maximum of -10,41% confirming that dual class unifications can expropriate minority-voting shareholders to the benefit of the controlling shareholder and "lucky" minority nv-shareholders.


It has been discovered recently that soils from certain regions of the Chilean Atacama Desert have some characteristics that are similar to the surface materials tested by the Viking Landers. Navarro-Gonzalez et al. demonstrated that the quantity and diversity of heterotrophic bacteria increase as a function of local water availability in the Atacama, and that for some soil samples collected in the driest regions, no culturable bacteria could be isolated. Additionally, Navarro-Gonzalez et al. reported that pyrolysis-GCMS analysis of soils collected from these regions revealed extremely low levels of organic matter. Although the mechanism resulting in the low level of organics in these regions was not established by Navarro-Gonzalez, the condition of organic-depleted, near-sterile soil offers an interesting Earth analog of the martian surface material, as the Viking Gas Exchange (GEx) experiment and Labeled Release (LR) experiment were unable to demonstrate the presence of culturable bacteria, and the Viking pyrolysis- GCMS was unable to detect organic compounds.


It is important that young people have places that offer them healthy fun also it fit the life they lead convictions are these: cultural, social or religious. In the specific case, the project aims to provide the youth of this community a tailored, consistent with their beliefs and way of life they have decided to follow. This document contains analysis and financial evaluation of the project to create an entertainment center for young Christians in the city of Guayaquil, whose main idea is to offer drinks and various food dishes, also the site consist of several rooms, where they offer youth music band concerts. Regarding the first part of document sets out market research was conducted to gain insight into consumers and competitors interact in the market for restaurants and bars, then presented the marketing plan that ensures business success also performed a technical analysis to verify the location of the project and the requirements and supplies needed to start the business. Finally, the financial evaluation is performed which allowed us to demonstrate the feasibility of the project, however some recommendations are written to complement the survey.


With the increasing ageing of Tongzhou District of Nantong,it is vital to speed up the construction of social endowment service system.Upon analysis of its current situation in Tongzhou,the thesis analyzes the main problems in the social endowment service system construction of Tongzhou and puts forward the relevant countermeasures to promote the construction.


Background: Prostate needle biopsies (PNBX) that are obtained during the initial diagnostic workup are often the only source of tumor tissue that is available to determine the severity of prostate cancer (PC). Interestingly, tumor grades and pathologic features in PNBXs of men with lethal metastatic disease (M1 stage) are indistinguishable from those of high-grade nonmetastatic tumors of patients who do not progress after treatment (M0 stage). We hypothesize that the morphology of tumor nuclei can be used as a source of biomarker development to distinguish M1 tumors from high-grade localized M0 tumors. Methods: Our study consists of a cohort of 85 high-grade M0 and 78 M1 cases, within a biorepository of 2150 patients at the Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs hospital. PNBX slides were digitized at 40X and pathologists annotated all cancer foci. These annotated regions were divided into smaller image tiles (dimensions) and fed into our digital image analysis pipeline for nuclear segmentation and feature extraction. We applied two distinct feature extraction methods to capture morphologic information within tumor nuclei. The 64 Handcrafted (HC) features describe nuclear properties such as shape, area, and chromatin conformation. The 62 Autoencoder (AE) features are abstract descriptors generated by a deep learning algorithm, which learns to redraw the nuclei. We built 2 machine learning models using AE or/and HC features for classification of M1 versus M0 cases. We divided our patients into 3 groups: training, testing and validation. A 7-fold cross-validation was performed in the training and testing sets and the area under the curve of the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) was calculated in the validation set. Results: Model 1 utilizes processed features derived from patient-level distributions and generalized linear model. The estimated AUC for predicting M1 stage is 0.79 and 0.74 for HC and AE features, respectively. Model 2 uses the average of each features obtained from dominant group of nuclei within individual tiles and neural network models. Nuclei groups were assigned by unsupervised clustering method. For this model, the AUC of predicting M1 stage is 0.77 and 0.75 for HC and AE features, respectively. Conclusion: By applying two distinct feature extraction methods and two approaches to summarize features, we obtain similar prediction accuracies. These results demonstrate that quantitative nuclear features contain information to classify M1 and M0 cases, which cannot be classified based on tumor grade or pathologic features. Citation Format: Fangjin Huang, Nathan Ing, Eric N. Miller, Hootan Salemi, Michael S. Lewis, Isla P. Garraway, Arkadiusz Gertych, Beatrice S. Knudsen. Nuclear morphology predicts prostate cancer metastasis at diagnosis [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2018; 2018 Apr 14-18; Chicago, IL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2018;78(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 3042.


Res_eng:The richness and well-being of countries, organisations and individuals have been founded on the creation, dissemination and use of
knowledge. Therefore, there are moments in the life of peoples and societies, where sharing a common enlarged civic feeling leads to consensus over the imperative to act with courage and determination on an emergent need, namely: What are the needs of higher education in Portugal? In what way can higher education contribute so that Portugal may face the challenges
for the next decades?
An usual conclusion is that gobal reordering is considered as a priority.
The time signs point to an interplay of favourable conditions to this quality
leap, namely a huge contextual change, an international opportunity and
the insatisfaction among meaningful segments of society.
The timely initiative of promoting a discussion about the condition of the
Portuguese higher education remains a central issue in a debate that is still lively and should lead us to a calm yet courageous reflection on the matter. The redefinition of the university and polytechnic sub-systems is urgent, with well distinct competencies translated to practice. Currently decades of academic governance are under discussion. Hence the need to name the main proposals for the future of the Portuguese polytechnic
higher education, on the path to its construction and in accordance with a strategic vision aiming at a thorough and rigorous reform.


In this paper we construct multidimensional codes with high dimension. The codes can correct high dimensional errors which have the form of either small clusters, or confined to an area with a small radius. We also consider small number of errors in a small area. The clusters which are discussed are mainly spheres such as semi-crosses and crosses. Also considered are clusters with small number of errors such as 2-bursts, two errors in various clusters, and three errors on a line. Our main focus is on the redundancy of the codes when the most dominant parameter is the dimension of the code.


The shortage of the endurance of electric vehicles has seriously affected its promotion. The reasonable use of the dual characteristics of electric and power generation of motors can effectively extend the endurance mileage of electric vehicles by making energy feedback during braking. By introducing the braking characteristics of electric vehicles, this paper analyzes and compares two conventional motor energy feedback braking strategies, and proposes a strategy based on maximum allowable braking torque control, which can effectively ensure the safety of energy regenerative braking. Finally, with the powerful simulation function of MATLAB, the three motor energy feedback strategies are simulated and compared to highlight their advantages and disadvantages more intuitively.


A study is performed on the effectiveness of assessing accuracies of radial basis functions (RBFs) at design (or sampling) points. The RBF has been shown to be appropriate for creating approximation functions for linear, quadratic, and higher-order nonlinear responses even with a relatively small size of design samples. One favourable feature of RBFs is that all RBF models pass exactly through design points; therefore, an RBF model has no error at design points. However, this feature prevents the use of statistical parameters, which are commonly used in polynomial-regression approximations, to obtain model accuracy based on evaluations at design points. Since obtaining additional samples for many complex engineering applications is expensive, it is desirable to have some knowledge of the model accuracy based on evaluations at design points so that the best RBF model(s) can be selected. In this study, the effectiveness of using statistical parameter R2 for prediction (R) is evaluated for two highly accurate RBFs using mathematical functions and real engineering applications. The results show that R is inappropriate for RBF models, and should be used cautiously for highly nonlinear responses with a small number of sampling points and/or a large number of design variables. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Berdyaev's theory was constructed on the basis of the criticism on the objectificated outlook on world and he believed that the crisis of this time was originated from objectification.He considered that objectification is externalization,falling and the alienation generated from the spirit to its own.The characteristics of objectification were displayed as the alienation generated from the object to the subject,the swallow from universality to specificity,and the individual understanding from certainty to free preexistence and characterless individual.Berdyaev thought that human being's thinking features tended to be objectification and was liable to be Caesar's kingdom rather than spiritual anarchy.The occurrence of objectification and its following alienation was due to human being's pursuing the enslaved Caesar's kingdom instead of the God kingdom.So,Berdyaev considered if you wanted to get rid of the enslavedness that the objectificated world exerted on human beings,you must change the wrong consciousness structure firstly.


Cooperative games model situations where the actors can collaborate, can form coalitions. We know many static models, but our world is more complex. Despite the fact that there have been several experimental studies on coalition formation there are only very few theoretical papers dealing with the problem in a dynamic context. These papers are not only few in number, but the presented concepts are poorly related. In this paper I discuss two approaches: I explain the process of dynamic coalition formation, and I look at and review a learning model.


Music is a universal feature of human societies, which suggests that an evolutionary perspective should help us understand our appreciation. The reward (pleasure) system of the brain offers a suitable framework. The question is why we evolved rewards for listening to and producing sounds with particular qualities. The primary evolutionary advantage is probably related to the importance of language; features of sound, such as purity, harmony, complexity, and rhythmicity, are useful for facilitating oral communication. One would expect evolution to associate rewards with these qualities in order to stimulate the development of brain regions involved in interpreting and producing relevant sounds. There are additional adaptive aspects of music, such as relaxation, social coherence, and sexual selection. Music can be regarded as a superstimulus that accentuates and exploits rewards associated with hearing. As such, music is not necessarily adaptive in a biological sense, but serves the purpose of improving quality of life.


Multi-display environments (MDE) are replacing single-display environments (SDE) to increase productivity of users. Although, little research of MDEs was conducted in domains of limited use of computer system. One such domain is pharmacy, in which computer systems are used by pharmacists to effect payment, search for medicines and offering services to patients. In this preliminary study we conducted a field experiment with the help of a domain expert evaluating the use of SDE and MDE in a Slovak pharmacy setting. The experiment was evaluated objectively and subjectively. Objective measures consist of window active time (WAT), workload on program windows and frequency of switching between windows. The measured data showed, that MDE in pharmacy domain positively affects the pharmacist work experience and has effect on his/her work, although the measuring effect of MDE on his/her productivity stays a challenge for the future work.


With the constant development of teacher's professionalization and the principal's professionalization,the educational administrative cadres' specialization increasingly has aroused widespread concern.The educational administrative cadres' specialization means that the educational administrative cadres through longterm professional training,obtain the profes-sional knowledge and skills of education admini stration,achieve professional autonomy,and become the professional person in management of education.At present,the educational administrative cadres has not yet to reach the professional standard,mainly in professional knowledge,professional ethics,professional training and professional development,the basicreason of the constraints of specialization is that the system is not perfect,it is necessary to build the selection system,training system,evaluation system and accountability system to promote the educational administrative cadres' specialization.


A 75-year-old man with idiopathic pulmonary upper lobe fibrosis (IPUF) presented with a history of weight loss, hoarseness, dry cough, chest discomfort and swallowing difficulties. He had a bilateral pneumothorax and was treated conservatively (Picture 1). Chest CT showed collapse and fibrotic changes in both upper lobes and a cystic opacity in the right lung (Picture 2). We diagnosed latent aspiration pneumonia as the cause of the patient's swallowing difficulty and conducted a videoendoscopic examination of his swallowing function. Rehabilitation was initiated under the suspicion of laryngeal dysfunction; however, no symptomatic improvements were noted. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy showed the segmental dilatation of the esophagus between 25 and 30 cm from the incisor. Esophagography revealed a giant esophageal diverticulum (Picture 3). Consideration: The clinical course of IPUF is characterized by repeated episodes of pneumothorax. The reason for this phenomenon is unclear; however, an esophageal diverticulum may be created by pulling on a weak portion of the esophagus due to repeated pneumothorax formation.


ABSTRACT In order to characterize redox properties of biomolecules, specific methods for evaluating the antioxidant capacity of some biological structures or their components (like aminoacids) are used, such as chemiluminescence (CL) and cyclic voltametry coupled with UV-VIS spectroscopy. The CL antioxidant capacity, the reduction potential (ϵ1/2), and the anodic current intensity (Ia) have been determined by controlling the behavior of the compounds under redox conditions. The value of the half-wave potential of the first peak was correlated with the reduction tendency on the electrode, and this behavior was analyzed in relation to the antioxidant capacity observed by CL.


A method for fabricating solder particles according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: adding a first magnetic bar into a first container which contains a mixture including first solder particles formed through a mixing process; arranging the first container inside a second container containing a second magnetic bar; operating the first magnetic bar and the second magnetic bar; and melting the first solder particles by heating the first container.


The composer is of course peculiarly concerned with time; as the poet, dramatist, film-maker, and choreographer, he is in the business of making structures which require real time to be fulfilled. He is working, however, with material the arrangement of which is very loosely bound by "communicative" strictures, if at all, and these are subject to a variety of interpretation: questions of what music "means" and how, even if it can "mean" at all, are still topics of thorough debate. As all other artists, the composer is involved with his development and growth as an artist, with his continual re-attacking the same evasive problems. One's achievement in his art may be seen as a steady and ongoing search for, exploration of, and affirmation of his personal mythos. How we deal with our lives is thus affective of our art; each's aggregated personal experience over the years clearly shapes his responses, stances, the very flavor of perception and affirmation. Our concern is thus not only with "arrangement in time" in working out the music we write but also the pervasive immediacy of, and uses of, the past, our own as well as "historical", and with immediate response to the present. Much of this has been accultured into us: the models of how we live and react, of how we work, of how we postulate future choices and actions, and those models that we live by and move with, all shape, sometimes indirectly, our responses in and out of art.


Routing technology is the key technology of Ad Hoc network and is one of the most important factors influencing overall performance of network. Routing protocol has not adapted to topological structure of dynamic change for Ad Hoc network, so the new Ad Hoc routing protocol must be designed. The paper starts from the basic concept of Ad Hoc network and proposes an effective key protocol agreement in Ad Hoc network based on bilinear pairing and hierarchical routing protocol which not only makes logical key agreement model correspond to topological structure of actual network , but also supports the establishment and dynamic update of initial group of key and has less communication traffic. The performance analysis indicates that the protocol proposed in the paper is very effective on the network with larger range, stronger ability of equipment process and worse communication environment.


Sir, A 15-day-old boy was admitted to our hospital, with a history of unexplained deaths of siblings. Physical examination revealed a marked thyromegaly: 2 x 3 cm on the left lobe and 2.5 x 3 cm on the right lobe (Fig. 1). In the family history, his two sibs had died suddenly at three and four months of age. There was no consanguinity between his parents. Blood smear, urine analysis, liver and kidney function tests were normal, but blood uric acid concentration was 11.4 mg/dl. Thyroid hormone values were in the normal range: T3 12 pg/dl; T4 150 ng/dl; rT3 85 ng/dl; TBG 2.6 mg/dl; TSH 3.5 mIU/1. The patient's plasma was milky in appearance and plasma lipid and lipoprotein levels were found to be significantly elevated: cholesterol 580 mg/dl; triglycer-


This paper demonstrates the relation between flatness index of the eigen values of the covariance matrix of the feature vectors and the correlation between the features in a multidimensional feature space. The constant distance loci of Mahalanobis metric has been used to interpret the relation. The intuitive interpretation of the flatness index and correlation has been given using 2D synthetic data. The usefulness of log function to reduce the correlation between features has been shown using synthetic data and real feature vectors extracted from speech data for text-independent speaker identification using MFCC, LFCC and IMFCC feature sets.


Abstract Objective: Prior to plasmonic photothermal therapy, involving heating of gold nanoparticles (GNPs) by laser, we explored some subcellular events that may threaten the viability of rat kidney cells (RKCs) incubated with GNPs irradiated with pulsed laser. Background data: We have previously shown a decrease in the viability of RKCs, on incubation with GNPs irradiated with pulsed laser. This decrease in viability was concomitant to a reduction in GNP diameter size, and reflected the occurrence of subcellular toxic events. Methods: After incubation of RKCs with GNPs irradiated with 532 nm pulsed laser (50 mJ/pulse energy, 5 ns duration, and 10 Hz repetition rate for 1, 3, and 5 min), we studied the cell membrane integrity, the induction of apoptosis, and the occurrence of oxidative stress. We reported the changes induced on RKCs by GNPs irradiated with pulsed laser and those induced on the same cells and after the same time intervals by unirradiated GNPs; both were related to a negative control. Resu...


Psychiatric diagnosis is accepted and pervasive in mental health care and adjoining social systems throughout the world. The recognition of the inadequacy of diagnosis in advancing positive outcome...


Over the last decade, the use of foodstuffs such as corn, wheat and soybean in biofuels production has been growing sharply in the United States, Canada and Europe. This growth has increased total demand for agricultural commodities and stimulated agricultural prices. However, corn, rice, wheat and soybean are the most important sources of calorific energy for West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) member statesi¯ population, and WAEMU countries are highly dependent on the imports of these products. Consequently, rising prices can have an important impact on imports and severe consequences on food security in these developing countries. This paper aims to investigate: (i) the short-term and long-term relationships between the prices of corn, rice, wheat, soybean and oil and their volatilities, and (ii) the effects of these agricultural commodities prices shocks on the imports of each WAEMU member states. The Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model, the Multivariate Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (MGARCH) model and the Granger causality test are used in this investigation. The results show that imports of agricultural commodities in WAEMU countries are highly and significantly sensitive to price changes in international market. In short term as well as in long term, there is a significant relationship between the prices of these products. We find a positive relationship in general between prices volatilities, and negative effects of price volatility on imports. Thus, distortions in world agricultural markets threaten considerably food security in WAEMU countries, especially access to food for vulnerable and low-income populations. Policy makers must adopt viable strategies to increase agricultural production and limit their dependence on imports.


An electromagnetic energy collecting and sensing device is described. The device uses enhanced fields to emit electrons for energy collection. The device is configured to collect energy from visible light, infrared radiation and ultraviolet electromagnetic radiation. The device includes a waveguide with a geometry selected to enhance the electric field along a conductor to create a high, localized electric field, which causes electron emission across a gap to an electron return plane.


The paper discusses the metrological aspects of building a model of an NTP server intended for use in an autonomous differential correction system (SDK). It is shown that the deliberate distortion of the data of the GPS / GLONASS signal state vector and differential corrections of control and correcting stations (CCS) is the main task of a cyberattack on A-GPS or GPS algorithms of mobile devices (smartphones). This type of hacker attack belongs to modification attacks. To eliminate the threat of violation of the integrity of differential corrections, the procedure for authenticating the correcting information (CI) transmitted by the CCS is applied. At the same time, the transmitted KKS data is checked for modification, the order of passage and the timeliness of delivery of KI messages. The process of authenticating broadcast messages involves attaching a fixed-size data block called a Message Authentication Code (MAC) to the CI. It is assumed that the two parties involved in the exchange of data, the KKS and the user's mobile device, use a common current MAC and NTP server trust timestamp. The main task of the NTP server is to independently synchronize the transfer of information and the formation of the current MAC. To form the current MAC, the modified code of the current value of the NTP server time is used in accordance with the X9.95 scheme.


The project was aimed at the creation of software tools for managing instances of a multi representation geodatabase, able to define multiple representations and topological constraints, in relation to modelled objects and structures according to the classification of IntesaGIS first and, later, the Italian national technical specifications of the November 10, Italian Ministerial Decree 2011. An original conceptual model was created, capable of expressing the different representations (scale, time) of the same geographic entities and relationships between them, directly into the geodatabase structure, by inserting an additional level of abstraction. In addition, various software tools were developed to create the database schema and its population using command line on Windows and Linux systems, as well as a graphical interface. The final goal is to be able to meet the needs of the production and use of geographical information with spatial and temporal components, with four dimensions: structure, space, time, and multiple representations. These dimensions are perpendicular to one another and enable individual operations to be performed independently of each other. Keyword-Geographical database, Multi representation, Conceptual model, Topological relations, Constraints


In a long-distance Brillouin sensing system, modulation instability (MI) effect could deplete the probe pulse at a high pulse power in a standard single-mode fiber, which decreases the Brillouin gain and signal-to-noise ratio, and thus limits the spatial resolution and sensing length. In this paper, a dispersion shifted fiber with normal dispersion is used to avoid the MI effect; a spatial resolution of 0.5 m is realized using differential Brillouin gain in a 25-km dispersion shifted fiber, to the best of our knowledge, which is the best value in such a length.


Ontogeny of the orbits of Pan troglodytes: structural and functional implications. The orbits of Haplorrhini primates are distinct among mammals because they are completely separated from the temporal fenestra and surrounded by bone; they are also convergent and frontalized, and provide the basis for the development of a notorious supraorbital torus. These characteristics have been described both as adaptations to their life habits and as resulting from structural rearrangements of the skull functional matrices. The goal of this work is to analyze morphological changes of the orbits in a transversal ontogenetic sample of Pan troglodytes and their association with adjacent structures in order to discuss structural and functional implications of these changes. We used 52 computerized tomography images of Pan troglodytes skulls ranging in age from 8 months to adults. Landmarks were recorded; in addition, volumetric and linear measurements were taken to extract angular variables and proportions. ANOVA, linear and partial regressions and Revista del Museo de La Plata, 2018, Vol. 3, Núm. 2: 309-323 310 Principal Component Analysis were performed. Our results indicate that the adaptive (functional) traits of the orbits in Pan troglodytes are set early in ontogeny and do not vary during the postnatal period, whereas their relationship with adjacent structures undergoes major changes.


Capgras Syndrome (named after Joseph Capgras), is of the rare delusional misidentification syndromes, along with Fregoli syndrome, syndrome of intermetamorphosis and syndrome of subjective doubles [1]. The patient with Capgras syndrome believes someone close to them has been replaced by an imposter. Capgras syndrome has been described in the literature, but there a few case studies of Capgras syndrome of time [2]. This case study will describe a patient who presented with Capgras syndrome of time as part of her psychotic depression.


Lesinurad is a novel selective uric acid reabsorption inhibitor approved for treatment of hyperuricemia associated with gout in combination with xanthine oxidase inhibitors (XOIs). Open‐label pharmacokinetic studies were performed in volunteers or subjects with hyperuricemia (serum uric acid ≥ 8 mg/dL) to investigate interactions of lesinurad (with and without concurrent XOIs) with colchicine and 2 nonsteroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs: naproxen and indomethacin. Colchicine studies included consecutive 7‐day treatment periods of (1) allopurinol 300 mg, allopurinol 300 mg plus lesinurad 400 or 600 mg, and continued lesinurad 400 or 600 mg; or (2) febuxostat 40 or 80 mg, febuxostat 40 or 80 mg plus lesinurad 400 mg, and continued febuxostat 40 or 80 mg plus lesinurad 600 mg. Naproxen and indomethacin studies included lesinurad 400 mg on day 1, naproxen 250 mg twice daily or indomethacin 25 mg twice daily on days 2–6, and lesinurad 400 mg plus continued naproxen or indomethacin on days 7–13 and the morning of day 14. Lesinurad did not alter the pharmacokinetics of naproxen and modestly altered exposure to colchicine (AUC decrease of ≤ 25%) and indomethacin (AUC increase of ∼35%). Indomethacin did not alter the pharmacokinetics of lesinurad, whereas naproxen modestly decreased the Cmax of lesinurad by ∼27%.


In thisstudy,we characterized a fiber-optic scintillating detector forhighenergyelectron beamtherapy. Fiber-optic radiation detector isfabricated using anorganic scintillator. Withthisdetector, we measuredintensities of lights atdifferent field sizes, electron beamenergies and monitor units ofaCLINAC.Alsotheintensity ofCerenkov light ismeasured andcharacterized asafunction ofincident angle ofelectron beam.Asameasuring device, aphotodiode- amplifier systemisused, anda subtraction methodusing a background optical fiber isinvestigated toremoveaCerenkov light.


Note: Unlike the main article, I have not put constant symbols into typewriter font in this proof. There is only so much time I want to spend making fiddly typographical edits in a document that probably no one will ever read. I have not tidied up the numbering on lemmas/definitions for the same reason. One necessary constraint in the problem specification was accidentally deleted from the current draft of the paper P1.37 holds(s1,rccEC # (manipSpace1,oTable2)). plus transitivity of ordering and the density of time points, inherited from real numbers. In general below, I will omit the aspects of proofs that depend purely on unrolling definitions TD.1 – TD.23 or that depend on applying the properties of the real numbers to time points.


━━ Background. While pembrolizumab has come to be recognized as an important agent for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer in recent years, various immune-related adverse events have been re-ported and should be carefully followed. Case. A man in his 60s was admitted to our hospital because of cough and breathlessness. Chest computed tomography showed a mass extending from the right hilum to the anterior medi-astinum, right pleural effusion, and pericardial effusion. A thoracoscopic biopsy was performed. The histological diagnosis was squamous cell carcinoma with a high tumor expression of PD-L1 (tumor proportion score of 100%). We made the diagnosis of right upper lobe lung cancer (cT4N1M1a cStage IVA) and started the patient on pembrolizumab monotherapy. On day 13, the patient developed pyrexia and malaise and was readmitted to the hospital with suspected myocarditis. As his cardiac function was relatively well-preserved, administration of diuretics was initiated. On day 16, the patient went into shock and was admitted to the intensive-care unit. Mechanical car-diopulmonary support and ventricular pacing were started. Intravenous steroid therapy was started on day 17. The treatments proved ineffective, and the patient died on day 18. An autopsy revealed that the myocarditis was consistent with an immune-related adverse event, as the myocardial tissue showed infiltration of CD8-positive lymphocytes. Rhabdomyolysis was also confirmed. Conclusion. We report the case of a patient who developed fulminant myocarditis, supposedly as an immune-related adverse reaction to pembrolizumab. As underscored by the clinical course in this case, it is important to make an early diagnosis in close cooperation with the related de-partments and promptly start appropriate treatment.


The theory of magnetohydrodynamic "switch-on" shock waves is well understood when the electrical conductivity is large ahead of the shock front. If the conductivity is zero, the analysis is more difficult. Kulikovskii and Lyubimov have shown in principle how the solution proceeds in this case; there are two regions in the shock front, separated by a temperature T* above which the electrical resistivity is smaller than the viscosity and thermal conductivity. We apply this general theory to the switch-on ionizing shock wave, and we provide a method for calculating T*. The shock velocity and the flow parameters behind the front are then obtained in terms of the parameters ahead of the front and the magnitude of the jump in the transverse magnetic field.


Though most research workers are nowadays familiar with the Stroboconn, it is time that an assessment should be made of the best way of using it in the field of African music. For the benefit of the uninitiated, we start with a brief description. The Stroboconn is an apparatus for measuring the pitch of notes, either sung or played: this it does to an accuracy of one hundredth of a semitone (= 1 cent). It consists of twelve stroboscopes, one for each semitone of an octave tuned in equal temperament, that is, our western chromatic scale, with a basic pitch of A = 440 v.p.s.


The bosonization equivalence between the 2–dimensional Dirac and Laplacian operators can be used to derive new interesting identities involving Theta functions. We use these formulae to compute the multiloop partition function of the bosonic open string in presence of a constant electromagnetic field.


Cache miss rates are quoted for a specific program, cache configuration, and input set; the effect of program layout on the miss rate has largely been ignored. This paper examines the miss variation, that is, the variation in the miss rate for instruction and data caches resulting from randomly generated layouts; the layouts were generated by changing the order of the modules on the command line when linking. This analysis is performed for several cache sizes, lines sizes, set-associativities, input sets, compiler versions, and optimization levels for five programs in the SPEC92 benchmark suite. Miss rates were observed that varied from 60% to 180% of the mean miss rate. We did not observe any consistently good layouts across different parameters; in contrast, several layouts were consistently bad. Overall, cache line size and input set has little effect on the miss variation, while increasing the cache size (i.e. decreasing the miss rate), decreasing the set-associativity, or increasing the optimization level increases the miss variation. For a direct-mapped cache, the results in this paper call into question the validity of using a single layout (i) to determine the miss rate of a given program, (ii) to determine how a given compiler optimization affects the miss rate, and (iii) to make architecture design decisions based on the miss rate.


In this paper, we study the sensitivity of an optimal control problem of bilinear type. The cost is differentiable, strictly convex and quadratic. The system is governed by a fourth order parabolic operator and has an additive perturbation in the state equation, and a bilinear part with respect to the control u and the state z of the form (u · ∇)z. Under conditions of smallness of the initial state and perturbation, we exploit the properties of regularity and uniqueness of optimal control to demonstrate the stability of the optimal value function. The formula for directional derivatives at zero of the optimal value is explained. Mots-clés : contrôle optimal bilinéaire, bilaplacien, équations paraboliques, contraintes sur l'état, conditions d'optimalité du second ordre, analyse de sensibilité, valeur optimale. Classification math. : 35K55, 49K20, 49K40.


In this paper, a hybrid conjugate gradient algorithm with weighted preconditioner is proposed. The algorithm can efficiently solve the minimizing problem of general function deriving from finite element discretization of the p-Laplacian. The algorithm is efficient, and its convergence rate is mesh-independent. Numerical experiments show that the hybrid conjugate gradient direction of the algorithm is superior to the steepest descent one when p is large.


Objective: Evaluate whether prebiotic and probiotic feed additives influenced the immune response during the weaning period in beef calves. Hypothesis: Addition of both prebiotic and probiotic feed additives provided in a post weaning ration will enhance immune response and minimize morbidity. Furthermore, it is expected this will provide elevated IgG serum concentrations as compared to the control ration.


Objective To understand the status of tableware disinfection in areas under Chengdu Railway Administration,analyze the affecting factors,and provide recommendations and improvement approaches to existing problems.Methods Monitoring was conducted according to national standard by using paper disk method.Results The passing rate of disinfection from 2006 to 2008 were 92.23%,77.33% and 85.93% respectively,the difference(χ2= 59.46,P0.05) was statistical significant.The passing rate of boiling,chemical and electronic cabin disinfection were 96.74%,89.55% and 68.37% respectively,the difference(χ2=293.68,P0.05) was statistical significant.Conclusion The passing rate of tableware disinfection in state-owned units is higher than that of individual-owned restaurants,the highest passing rate is boiling disinfection,while the lowest is electric disinfection cabinet.


Outdoor water use is one of the components of household water use whose main purpose is irrigation. There are several previous studies that have estimated how much water is used for residential irrigation purposes, principally at the national level. However, estimates can vary from 30% to 64% as the percentages of total water use in a household that would be devoted for irrigation purposes. We established a methodology to estimate irrigation considering a range of impervious surfaces (5%, 15%, and 20%) and two established methods to estimate basic indoor water use, at the household scale. Monthly water billing records for Tampa and Orlando, Florida, were available from 2003 to 2007. These values were compared with a theoretical irrigation requirement calculated by a daily soil water balance equation to assess if homeowners were over-irrigating. Orlando showed higher values of estimated irrigation, compared to Tampa. Up to 76% of homeowner utility accounts over irrigated in Orlando, when the per capita method (to estimate indoor water use) was used. In Tampa, an average of 35% of households over irrigated. There was an inverse correlation between rainfall and estimated irrigation in Orlando, but not in Tampa.


Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, Institute of Liver Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, Medanta-The Medicity, Gurugram, India, Imperial College Renal and Transplant Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Nephrology and Renal Transplantation Centre, The Medical City, Baghdad, Iraq, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States


-This article presents useful ancient energy technologies that have been used many years for natural cooling of buildings during summer in a hot and humid province in the worldwide. By use of these technologies, people were able to live in comfort without any electrical air conditioning system. These technologies include use of color glazed windows, wooden windows frames, light colored walls and roofs, insulated walls, wooden roofs covered with leaves and mud. In addition, these technologies made use of terraces, use of louvers, constructing the lanes as narrow as possible and shading the buildings with the nearby buildings, all of which are now the modern experienced technologies.


This thesis reflects the experience carried out with the work developed during the last years in the Electronics and Telecommunications Department of the University of Aveiro with the participation in several national and international projects covering the hypermedia and computer supported collaborative work fields. (...) keywords: hypermedia; computer supported; collaborative work Ph.D., 1997 more info. http://opac.ua.pt/F/?func=find-b&find_code=SYS&REQUEST=000102934


DEAR SIRs-Mr. G. I. Scott's interesting and informative article on the operative treatment of congenital ptosis (British Journal of Ophthalmology, 36, 362) will be of interest to all ophthalmic surgeons. He rightly stresses that where there is any action at all in the levator muscle, and even sometimes when there seems to be none, the best cosmetic and functional result is achieved by shortening this muscle, the only debatable point being which is the better method of approach to it. Of late, the fashion has been to operate from the conjunctival surface-the Blaskovicz operation-, but I should like to put forward the claims and possible advantages of the cutaneous approach, which seem to me to be these:


11057 Background: Immune checkpoint inhibitors that promote sustained T cell activation may have synergistic activity with an mTOR inhibitor. This phase 1/2 study is aimed to investigate if ABI-009 a novel albumin-bound mTOR inhibitor is feasible and improve clinical outcomes in combination with nivolumab. Methods: Eligible patients with advanced UPS, LPS, CS, OS, or Ewing sarcoma are treated with the standard dose of nivolumab (240 mg given IV every 3 weeks, Day 1 of every 21-day Cycle). ABI-009 will be given IV on Days 8 and 15 of each cycle starting on Cycle 2 following the 2nd nivolumab dose. Phase 1 portion is a dose-finding study using the 3+3 design. The starting dose of ABI-009 is 56 mg/m2, and sequentially escalating doses are 75 and 100 mg/m2. The primary endpoint is to identify the maximum-tolerated dose (MTD) of ABI-009 + nivolumab, secondary endpoints include disease control rate, progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS). Exploratory endpoints include correlation of PFS and OS with PD-L1 and other biomarkers. The Phase 2 part of study will enroll 31 additional patients to further assess efficacy and safety at the MTD. Results: 9 patients were treated in Phase 1 (n = 3 each dose level); 5/9 patients had OS, 3/9 CS, and 1 had Ewing sarcoma. No dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs) were observed, the MTD was not reached, and 100 mg/m2 ABI-009 was designated as the recommended phase 2 dose. Safety analysis: At Dose 1: Grade 3 treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs) included hyper dyslipidemia (n = 1), and hyperglycemia (n = 1). At Dose 2: Grade 3 TRAEs included increased ALT (n = 1). At Dose 3: Grade 3 TRAEs included hypophosphatemia (n = 1). Seven of 9 patients have discontinued treatment: 5 patients due to PD, 2 with SD opted to stop treatment due to drug-related Grade 2 AEs (pruritus, acneiform rash, and 2 with SD are still on therapy at Dose 3. The median PFS at dose level 3 has not yet been reached. Conclusions: The MTD was not reached and Dose 3 (100 mg/m2) has been designated as the phase 2 dose of ABI- 009, combinable with nivolumab. Enrollment to phase 2 is ongoing. Clinical trial information: NCT03190174.


Counterexamples are given which show that for n≥4 the permanent is not convex on the n by n correlation matrices.


This paper shows the development and results of the implementation of a methodology for the determination of the critical components and the failure analysis in systems for generating electricity. The case study method was entitled "Cycle of Routines" in thermoelectric power plants diesel engine – TPP, where they were identified, analyzed, systematized, classified, standardized and parametrized the systems and subsystems of generation, forming the basis for structured knowledge, which allowed the completion of adjustments in programs to maintain them. This study was motivated by the need to identify the TPP critical points, characterizing and quantifying the most common operational faults while suggesting procedures to solve them. This methodology was developed and implemented in current diesel TPPs in the north region of Brazil. The results of the implementation of the "Cycle of Routines" caused an increase in the operational reliability of the generating units – GUs and an overall reduction in the operation and maintenance over time. This method refers to a more comprehensive management approach called "Cycle of Routines for Process Systems Improvement and Power Generation", which aims at the development and implementation of a systematic management and planning of activities, maintenance operation, and the monitoring and diagnosis of the TPP generating units. This methodology uses artificial intelligence elements such as Fuzzy logic, genetic algorithms and neural networks As results of the implementation of this methodology, was obteined a redution in operating costs by 20%, as well as the number of outages at 15%.


To date, two‐dimensional β‐ketoenamine‐linked covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have exhibited tremendous potential in visible light photocatalysis due to their broad absorption and favorable stability provided by the linkage. Here, with 1,3,5‐triformylphloroglucinol (Tp) as the stationary building block, various COFs can be constructed to address different challenges. To inspire state‐of‐the‐art advancements toward photocatalysis, in the Concept article, the rational design of β‐ketoenamine‐linked COFs is summarized. First, the dimension of engineering the linker is considered to improve the activity of the COFs. The photocatalysis could be extended by just the linker length or by the inserted functionalities in the other building block. Second, the other dimension of integrating cocatalysts like transition metals or 2,2,6,6‐tetramethylpiperidine‐N‐oxyl (TEMPO) with β‐ketoenamine‐linked COFs could further expand the potential in photocatalytic reactions. These prior accomplishments establish that the rational design of β‐ketoenamine‐linked COFs is instrumental in improving the photocatalytic activity, laying the foundation for future explorations.


There are generally three folds when developing neural network classifiers. They are as follows: 1) discriminant function; 2) lots of parameters in the design of classifier; and 3) high dimensional training data. Along with this viewpoint, we propose space search optimized polynomial neural network classifier (PNNC) with the aid of data preprocessing technique and simultaneous tuning strategy, which is a balance optimization strategy used in the design of PNNC when running space search optimization. Unlike the conventional probabilistic neural network classifier, the proposed neural network classifier adopts two type of polynomials for developing discriminant functions. The overall optimization of PNNC is realized with the aid of so-called structure optimization and parameter optimization with the use of simultaneous tuning strategy. Space search optimization algorithm is considered as a optimize vehicle to help the implement both structure and parameter optimization in the construction of PNNC. Furthermore, principal component analysis and linear discriminate analysis are selected as the data preprocessing techniques for PNNC. Experimental results show that the proposed neural network classifier obtains better performance in comparison with some other well-known classifiers in terms of accuracy classification rate.


In Nigeria, electricity consumers often complain about inaccurate collections of data from their respective meters which resulted to over charged bills issued to consumers for the power consumed, while the energy distribution companies also face the continuous challenge of boycotting distribution service mains and low payment in return. This paper presents solution to enable accurate collection and delivery of consumer data by Automated Meter Reading (AMR) through the use of Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM). Automated Meter Reading consist of different modules connected together. This device receives data through the GSM phone number integrated into the devices via the microcontroller coupled to the wattmeter using an opto-coupler. The accurate data of energy consumed is then transferred via the GPRS to the distribution company database collection system. This eliminates the challenges encounter when using manual means of collecting data and allows collection of large numbers of relevant data from the residential and commercial consumers meters and then process to different information beneficiaries.


The various responsibilities in intelligent systems design--responsibilities to acquire certain knowledge and skills--suggest strongly that effective interaction design is inherently interdisciplinary. As a consequence, gaps in knowledge acquisition and creativity on the part of design teams are bound to emerge as long as responsibilities are abrogated because they are tied to roles (such as cognitive systems engineers versus systems engineers). Communication, collaboration, and knowledge sharing are essential components of success, and a language that cuts across discipline-specific jargon is likely to make the development effort much more effective. This essay describes similarities between two related approaches to interaction design that resonate with each other and share principles: ecological interface design and human-centered computing. These similarities are emphasized by noting similarities between two different interfaces for computer network defense that were independently developed from each approach.


In this paper new metal's drop image segmentation algorithms are presented. They concern utilization of digital processing and analysis of drop images at high temperatures in a process of wetting tension and contact angle measurements.


The resources available to breeding seabirds within their foraging ranges can influence productivity, either directly through the quality and quantity of food consumed by chicks, or indirectly by affecting the foraging behaviour and efficiency of parent birds. Where local resource availability is low, or the quality of resources are poor, species with flexible time-energy budgets can increase their foraging effort to provide adequate energy and nutrients to their chicks, although this may come at the expense of nest attendance. We investigated provisioning rates and nest attendance in European Herring Gulls Larus argentatus from seven colonies across southwest Scotland and Northern Ireland during two chick-rearing periods (2013 and 2014) in relation to the food resources used by these colonies. We observed variation in provisioning rates and nest attendance between colonies, and variation between years in nest attendance. We found no significant relationships between these behaviours and the proportion of intertidal prey consumed, suggesting that provisioning rate and nest attendance did not differ between resource types at the colony level. We also found no evidence that variation in behaviours was related to breeding success. Our results suggest that, within this region, the type of resources consumed had a greater influence on Herring Gull breeding success than differences in two proxies of foraging efficiency (provisioning rate and nest attendance), although other factors may also have influenced breeding success. Our work highlights the benefit of determining what food resources are provided to chicks, in addition to measuring foraging behaviours, to fully understand the consequences of consuming different resources on the breeding success of generalist foragers.


Generation and migration of helium and other point defects under irradiation causes ferritic steels based on the Fe-Cr system to age and fail. This is motivation to study point defect migration and the He equation of state using atomistic simulations due to the steels' use in future reactors. A new potential for the Fe-Cr-He system developed by collaborators at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory was validated using published experimental data. The results for the He equation of state agree well with experimental data. The activation energies for the migration of He- and Fe-interstitials in varying compositions of Fe-Cr lattices agree well with prior work. This research did not find a strong correlation between lattice ordering and interstitial migration energy


Essential tremor is an abnormal movement characterized by postural and/or kinetic tremor. In some essential tremor patients, rest tremor (RT) is observed but it is not clear if this RT is a feature of essential tremor or a symptom of Parkinson's disease (PD). I123‐FP‐CIT single‐photon emission tomography is used to distinguish essential tremor and PD.


We identify the homomorphism induced on rational homotopy groups by the evaluation map ω : map(X, Y ; f) → Y , in terms of a map of complexes of derivations constructed using Sullivan minimal models. Our identification allows for the characterization of the rationalization of the nth evaluation subgroup of f , that is, of the image of ω# in πn(Y ). It also allows for the identification of several long exact sequences of rational homotopy groups, including the long exact sequence induced on rational homotopy groups by the evaluation fibration. As a consequence, we obtain an identification of the rationalization of the so-called G-sequence of the map f . We use these results to study the G-sequence in the context of rational homotopy theory. We give new examples of non-exact G-sequences and uncover a relationship between the homology of the rational G-sequence and negative derivations of rational cohomology. We also relate the splitting of the rational G-sequence of a fibre inclusion to a well-known conjecture in rational homotopy theory.


FLORA IN THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES H. P. COOPER, J. K. WILSON, AND J. H. BARRON Very few systematic ecological studies have been made of the pasture flora in the northeastern states. The works of Sampson (6a) and others apply largely to the regions having a relatively light rainfall. The publications of Carrier (10), Carrier and Oakley (9), Graber (26, 27), Hutcheson and Wolfe (35), Schuster (65), Skinner and Noll (69), White and Holben (84), White and Gardner (85), Wiggans (89), and Sprague and Reuszer (73) represent some of the work which has been done in this region. British workers have


Abstract : In microwave joining of composite materials as well as in high frequency dielectric heating for processing of polymeric materials, proper loss factors in the joining adhesives and in the sensitizers are essential. A composite material can be tailored through its chiral microstructure to attain a desired absorption mechanism. For surface heating as well as in microwave joining, a fairly high loss factor is produced in chiral composite materials. For volumetric heating, a preferred loss factor can be obtained using chiral composites to optimize the dielectric processing.


Cylinders and bars of bulk YBa2CuO7-Y2BaCuO5 textured ceramic composites (123-211) have been prepared through different directional solidification processes. Green ceramic preforms for the directional solidification process have been obtained by sintering the starting powders (123) and (211) in ceramic moulds at small pressures and by using a Cold Isostatic Pressing technique (CIP). The bars were melted and solidified in a vertical gradient furnace by the Bridgman technique at different rates up to 5mm/h. Cylinders were melted and solidified at 1-2oC/h using single crystal seeds of different materials at different vertical gradients. We have studied the influence of (123)/(211) ratios, additions, particle size of the precursors and thermal treatments. The complex microstructure of these ceramic composites has been investigated by SEM, TEM and optical microscope. The directional solidification process allows to obtain quasi-single crystal superconductors with critical currents above 105A/cm2 at 77k and zero field.


Dual-comb spectroscopy enables spectral measurement with large bandwidth spanning tens of nanometers, but it is limited to measuring absorption spectra and has to trade-off spectral resolution versus acquisition frame rate set by the repetition rate. Here, to alleviate these restrictions, we innovatively propose and demonstrate a hybrid dual-comb emission spectroscopy featuring a spectral resolution of 0.63 pm, a frame rate of 1 MHz, and a measurement bandwidth of 13.6 nm, simultaneously. A mode-locked fiber comb is harnessed to interrogate emission spectral features with high resolution via optical Fourier transform and a soliton microcomb serving as a probe pulse implement parallel multi-point sampling to significantly increase the acquisition rate by nearly 3 orders of magnitude from 1 kHz to 1 MHz. We believe that chip-scale microcombs will make the fast and high-resolution emission spectroscopy presented here a powerful tool for widespread applications.


Counselors in Colleges act as the leaders of basic units of student work,organizational managers and coordinators with undertaking the important responsibilities.Therefore,counselors must improve their political attainments,keep promoting their personality charm and accomplish student works under new situation seriously.Firstly,counselors should learn political theory continuously to raise their theoretical level;possess firm political belief to improve political attainments;stick to the scientific development view and improve abilities of comprehensive work.Secondly,concerning with personality construction,counselors should be models of virtue for others;set examples for students.They ought to win the respect of students by their erudition;to move the students with love and care,to attract students with language art and to show their personality charm with creative spirit.It is important to make every effort to improve and accomplish the counselor works.


In the first part of this paper, conceptions of trainee teachers are defined, together with their importance for the process of teacher education. Many studies concerning teacher conceptions and models of teacher development show that the conceptions of instruction, knowledge, and teacher and learner roles are a key part of the teacher's professional equipment. They affect his/her thinking, experiences and actions, and thus directly determine the quality of instruction and the teacher's professional growth. The Slovene school system has been undergoing many changes in the past decade. The success of the reforms largely depends on the way teachers perceive knowledge and other basic educational categories. The purpose of the present study was to identify the conceptions of knowledge, teacher and learner roles held by the student teachers in primary education at the beginning of their professional training. Numerous categorizations of these conceptions were reviewed to form a four‐tiered hierarchic taxonomy of conception categories, ranging from teacher and content centred to learner and learning centred. The study shows that trainee teachers largely hold conceptions typical of the transmission model of education. The key question arising from this is how to shift the students' conceptions towards a modern, cognitive‐constructivist model of education, which is an important basis for the didactic reform of the Slovene school system.


Mental stress is one of the major health problems in modern societies. Detecting mental stress at its early stage and developing a method of stress mitigation is very important for safety, health and quality of life. In this study, we employed a modified Stroop Color Word Task (SCWT) with time constrains and negative feedback about the performance, together with Binaural Beats Stimulation (BBs), to induce three varied levels of mental stress. Level one was based on SCWT alone and level two was based on SCWT+time-pressure and level three was by utilizing SCWT+time-pressure+BBs. We then quantified the level of stress using a NASA TLX questionnaire and functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). The fNIRS signals were then analyzed using the Welch power spectrum density (PSD) to investigate the discrepancy in brain activity across the three levels of mental stress. We found that the mean PSD value in the frequency range of 0.2 to 0.5 Hz has significantly changed between the three stress levels. These findings indicate that the fNIRS power spectrum analysis method could be used as a robust marker for mental stress.


THE NEW PROJECT LEADER Leadership in Project Management: A Defining Moment Emergence of the Service-based Project Leader Trends in Project Management! Project Management Certifications: The Leadership Angle Professionalism and the Project Manager Trends Favoring the Service-based Project Leader Discovering the New Project Leader in You Finding Meaning in Creating, Rather Than Problem Solving Making the Commitment THE MYPROJECTADVISOR(R) LEADERSHIP COMPETENCY FRAMEWORK Competence: The Foundation of Leadership The Customer's Perception of Your Project: Stakeholder Management The Strengths of a Service-based Project Leader: The MyProjectAdvisor(R) Leadership Competency Pyramid Building Your Base (Knowledge, Skills, Experience) Building Subject Matter Expertise Trust-Based Relationships Consultative Leadership: Becoming a Service-based Project Leader Courage SELF-DIRECTED PROJECT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT The Conscious Leader Commitment to Leadership: Taking Control Acquiring and Assessing Project Leadership Skills Practicing to be a Service-Based Project Leader Serving Your Community: As Teacher and Student Communities of Practice Developing Your Action Plan UNDERSTANDING ASSESSMENTS Introduction to Assessments for Project Leaders What?! My Boss Wants Me to Take a 360-degree: What You Need to Know Team Effectiveness Appendix A-Leadership Theories for Project Management Appendix B-Self-Directed Project Leadership Workbook


A theoretical study of polarization outputs of a polarization-maintaining fiber ring resonator with a photoinduced birefringent grating written in the whole fiber loop is presented. The polarization conversion due to the photoinduced birefringent grating can stabilize the resonator output, especially the separation between the resonance points. The dependence of the parameters of the photoinduced birefringent grating on the polarization output of the ring resonator is investigated.<<ETX>>


Photograph of Neal Smatresk, UNT President, standing on a stage behind a podium and speaking to those gathered for a formal dinner during the 2017 Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. The event and conference were held at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center in Grapevine, TX.


An enzyme inhibiton method for the determination of serum levels of DDMP is described. This has proved to be a simple, practical, and reliable method for the clinical monitoring of patients.


The diagnostic value of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing of
 blood and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) samples was evaluated as part of a
 clinical trial to eradicate OPA from a severely infected flock by snatching
 the lambs at birth and rearing them artificially.
 A simple and ecomomical technique for BAL sampling in sheep was
 developed, which can be used for sampling large numbers of animals under
 field conditions. After a short-term medical immobilisation the animal is
 intubated endotracheally and a smaller tube introduced into the lower
 airways. The lavage is performed using four aliquots of 25 ml sterile 0.9%
 NaCl solution. A decent sample for the intended PCR examination could be
 obtained from 94.5% of the animals examined. The method bears a very low risk
 of fatal aspiration pneumonia (0.13% of the 760 animals that had been
 sampled).
 The relative sensitivity and specificity of a PCR test for proviral
 DNA from blood and BAL samples as well as the caudal mediastinal lymph node
 was evaluated using histological examination as golden standard. Samples from
 124 animals designated for post mortem examination as well as 127 slaughter
 sheep from OPA-infected flocks were obtained for that purpose. In addition,
 the results of a thorough clinical examination were compared to those of gross
 pathology and histology, and additional information was gathered on the age
 distribution of diseased animals and on the prevalence in slaughter animals
 from infected flocks and in the maternal flock where the motherless reared
 lambs were taken from.
 Of the 47 animals with clinical or clinically suspected OPA 61.7% were
 two years old or younger, as well as 50.6% of the 79 animals with grossly or
 histologically proven lesions. The median of the age of clinical cases was
 one year, while the median was two years for the group of animals with
 grossly or histologically proven lesions. The youngest animals that showed
 clinical OPA were four months old, the oldest one was ten years. The
 prevalence in slaughter animals from infected flocks was 17.3% and in the maternal
 flock as high as 28.3%.
 Clinical examination is of high diagnostic value in advanced cases
 only. In 87 apparently clinically healthy sheep or animals showing just very
 slight or inconclusive respiratory signs, 23.0% showed grossly or
 histologically discernable lesions of OPA. PCR testing of blood samples
 resulted in a relative sensitivity of 5.7% compared to the results of
 histological examination. It can therefore be considered as useless for
 diagnostic purposes. PCR testing of BAL samples showed a relative sensitivity
 of 90.2% (n=51) and a relative specificity of 98.4% (n=64). The relative
 sensitivity of PCR testing of tissue samples from the caudal mediastinal
 lymph node is 81.2% (n=69) with a relative specificity of 100% (n=63).
 The motherless reared flock has now grown to a number of 509 breeding
 stock. Among several techniques to examine this flock for the presence of OPA
 gross pathological and histological examination of slaughter specimen was
 applied. The lungs of all the 299 animals slaughtered between autumn 2000 and
 the end of 2003 were examined grossly. 56.5% of these were also examined
 histologically. In addition, 105 lymph node samples were examined by PCR. A
 regular clinical examination of the flock was performed and in summer 2002
 und 2003 BAL samples for PCR examination were taken from all animals older
 than two years of age. OPA was diagnosed histologically (there were no
 discernible gross lesions) in one lamb 13 months old, which was slaughtered
 in spring 2001. This diagnosis was confirmed by PCR testing of the lymph node
 sample and immunohistochemistry. Examination of the two rams that had been
 introduced into the flock and of the positive lamb's mother did exclude
 re-introduction of OPA into the flock and intrauterine transmission. The most
 likely source of infection appears to be perinatal infection.
 There was not obtained any other positive result from any other of the
 samples or animals described above, and no clinical or suspicious cases have
 been seen during the three years that have passed since the histologically
 positive animal was removed from the flock.
 The estimated prevalence of possible other cases of OPA in the
 remaining flock is less than 1 % with a statistical confidence of 95%. Today
 OPA can be considered as eradicated from this flock.


Abstract In our previous studies, pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L.), groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.), and rice (Oryza sativa L.) were found to have a higher ability to take up Fe- or Al-bound phosphorus (P) than soybean (Glycine max L.) and sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.). Phosphorus absorption characteristics like I max, K m, C min, and FeIII reduction activity of roots, and root exudates in various crops were examined with a view to analyzing the mechanisms of P uptake. Phosphorus uptake ability was largely unrelated to variations in I max, K m, C min, and FeIII reduction activity of roots. Phosphorus-solubilizing activity in anionic fractions of root exudates was detected in pigeonpea but not in rice or groundnut. Malonic acid was the major component followed by oxalic and piscidic acid. These organic acids were able to release P from FePO4 and A1PO4. The higher P uptake ability of pigeonpea in soils with low P fertility presumably depends on the secretion of such organic acids from roots.


Use cases are a useful and simple technique to express the expected behavior of an information system in successful scenarios or in exceptional circumstances. The weakness of use cases has been always the vague semantics of the relationships, in particular the extend relationship. The main contribution of this article is an attempt to clarify the different interpretations that can be adopted. A major revision of the UML standard would be impractical, but the extension point concept could be completed, including minimum and maximum multiplicity attributes. Using these minor changes, the legal combination of base/extending use cases in the requirements models would be unequivocally defined. Therefore, the ambiguity of the original UML models would be removed.


The presence of the complex scaling behavior in network traffic makes accurate traffic prediction a challenging task. Some conventional prediction tools such as the recursive least square method are not appropriate for network traffic prediction. In this paper we propose a timescale decomposition approach to real time traffic prediction. The raw traffic data is first decomposed into multiple timescales using the a trous Haar wavelet transform. The wavelet coefficients and the scaling coefficients at each scale are predicted independently using the ARIMA model. The predicted wavelet coefficients and scaling coefficient are then combined to give the predicted traffic value. This timescale decomposition approach can better capture the correlation structure of the traffic caused by different network mechanisms, which may not be obvious when examining the raw data directly. The proposed prediction algorithm is applied to real network traffic. It is shown that the proposed algorithm outperforms traffic prediction algorithms in the literature and gives more accurate results.


Twelve new Mesostigmata species and findings of 26 rare or restricted to the specific habitats species were recorded. Family Polyaspinidae and genus Polyaspis with species P. sansonei new to the fauna of Latvia was recorded. Short description of localities and habitats is given.


Abstract New phosphoryl α-hydroxyphosphonates, their acylated derivatives, as well as α-aminophosphonates were synthesized as potentionally biologycally active substrates. The reverzible formation of α-hydroxyphosphonates allowing a few interesting side-reactions was also observed. Graphical Abstract


Summary Waveform inversion in the Laplace domain has been proposed recently. The Laplace-domain waveform inversion is robust, is not sensitive to the initial model, and generates a long-wavelength velocity model for field data as it exploits a well behaved objective function. To improve the applicability of the waveform inversion, we adopted the adaptive finite element method to deal with the sources and receivers at shallow depths. Since the Laplace-domain wavefield damps out rapidly as a receiver becomes sufficiently far from a source, we applied the Dirichlet boundary condition on the edges of the extended model instead of using an absorbing boundary condition. By these two improvements in forward modeling, a numerical test was conducted on a time-domain original BP benchmark dataset. The Laplace-domain waveform inversion using the adaptive mesh successfully provided a long-wavelength velocity model of the true model. The inverted smooth velocity model was used as a good initial model for the frequency-domain waveform inversion. The followed frequency-domain inversion recovered almost every features of the BP model except some sub-salt structures.


There is conflicting evidence regarding the use of statins to reduce the risk of post-operative atrial fibrillation (POAF) in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.

 We sought to determine the effects of statin use on the burden of new-onset post-discharge POAF in the Post-Surgical Enhanced Monitoring for Cardiac Arrhythmias and Atrial Fibrillation (SEARCH-AF) CardioLink-1 randomized controlled trial.

 In the SEARCH-AF trial, 336 patients with risk factors for stroke (CHA2DS2-VASc score ≥2) and no history of preoperative AF were randomized to usual care or continuous cardiac rhythm monitoring for 30 days after discharge from cardiac surgery with a wearable, patched-based device. The primary endpoint was the occurrence of cumulative atrial fibrillation/flutter (AF/AFL) lasting for ≥6 minutes detected by continuous monitoring or AF/AFL documented by a 12-lead electrocardiogram within 30 days of randomization. Using time-to-event analysis and Cox regression, we evaluated the association between the risk of post-operative AF in relation to statin use and dosing intensity (low, moderate, high) at the time of discharge. We excluded patients who experienced post-operative AF during hospitalization in this analysis.

 In the overall cohort (n=336), 260 (77.4%) patients were treated with statins at the time of hospital discharge. There were 18 (5.4%) patients who experienced post-operative AF during hospitalization. Patients prescribed with statins were more likely to be male (p=0.018), had lower CHA2DS2-VASc scores (p=0.011), and were more likely to undergo isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) (p=0.083). Baseline characteristics were otherwise similar between the 2 groups. Patients treated with statins at discharge had a 2-fold lower rate of post-operative AF than those who were not treated with statins in the overall cohort (17.6% vs. 8.2%, Log-Rank p=0.017) and among those who were randomized to continuous cardiac rhythm monitoring (31.6% vs. 16.0%, Log-Rank p=0.027) (Figure). After adjusting for surgery type (CABG vs. valve surgery) and the CHA2DS2-VASc score, statin use at discharge was associated with a lower risk of post-operative AF within 30 days after surgery (hazard ratio 0.48, 95% CI 0.24–0.97). Furthermore, increasing intensity of statin therapy was associated with lower risk of POAF (ptrend=0.0012) (Figure 1)

 Among cardiac surgery patients with risk factors for stroke and no history of pre-operative AF, the use of statins was associated with a reduction in post-operative AF risk within 30 days of discharge. The routine use of high-intensity statin to prevent post-operative AF after cardiac surgery deserves further study.

 Type of funding sources: Other. Main funding source(s): Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada


Substance use disorders are a widespread issue in society today with approximately 20 million people in the U.S. alone experiencing drug-related problems (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2012). However, treatment is often ineffectual with approximately 50% o f addicted individuals returning to substance use. One factor found to impact individuals' treatment response is their neuropsychological functioning. Drug-abusers frequently exhibit severe executive functioning impairments across a number o f domains, and there is evidence that these deficits may be time and substance-dependent. Executive functions are mental processes critical in motivation, planning, and goal-directed behaviors. With extended abstinence, research suggests cognitive improvements will occur for many addicts. The goal o f the present study was to evaluate specific impairments in cognitive abilities and executive functions associated with substance abuse for individuals entering residential treatment and to assess the relationship between self-report executive functioning problems and functioning observed on neuropsychological tests. It was hypothesized that participants would exhibit significant impairments in the areas o f working memory, set-shifting, inhibition, planning, verbal fluency, and sustained attention. Further, it was hypothesized that improvements in executive functioning would be observed after approximately 45 days o f treatment. Moreover, it was hypothesized that executive functioning measures, both self-report and performance-based, would predict substance-related problems, years o f abuse, and problematic personality traits. Finally, better neurocognitive functioning at intake was hypothesized to be related to treatment retention. This study examined adult participants receiving treatment within a private residential addiction center. Findings generally did not provide support for hypotheses. Results found participants reported significant levels o f executive functioning problems but exhibited significantly poorer performance on only one neuropsychological measure (Comprehensive Trail-M aking Task) compared to established norms which indicated deficits in set-shifting ability. Further, significant improvements at follow-up testing were observed in only three executive functioning tasks, although fewer executive functioning problems were reported by participants across multiple domains. It may be that more extensive cognitive improvements were not observed given the generally average performance o f the sample across the neuropsychological battery administered. Further, the only executive functioning measure found to be a significant predictor o f substancerelated problems and problematic personality traits was the self-report Barkley Deficits in Executive Functioning Scales. Finally, scores on initial executive functioning measures were not found to be predictive o f treatment retention. One possible explanation for these results may be the characteristics o f the sample studied as the participants were generally well-educated with likely higher levels o f general cognitive functioning compared to similar research. APPROVAL FOR SCHOLARLY DISSEMINATION The author grants to the Prescott Memorial Library o f Louisiana Tech University the right to reproduce, by appropriate methods, upon request, any or all portions o f this Dissertation. It is understood that "proper request" consists o f the agreement, on the part o f the requesting party, that said reproduction is for his personal use and that subsequent reproduction will not occur without written approval o f the author o f this Dissertation. Further, any portions o f the Dissertation used in books, papers, and other works must be appropriately referenced to this Dissertation. Finally, the author o f this Dissertation reserves the right to publish freely, in the literature, at any time, any or all portions o f this Dissertation.


Many pet owners consider their pets to be family. During disasters, this could be problematic because pet owners face unique challenges and, thus, may have unique communicative exigencies. This research queries how pet owner identity may impact informational needs, media uses, and informational sources in the context of Hurricane Harvey. Data were gathered using a three-stage, mixed-method design that sampled from Harvey-affected pet owners. Findings suggest that pet owner identity influenced informational needs and subsequent media uses and sources. Findings highlight the importance of targeted crisis communication and preparedness. Implications are discussed related to research, theory, and praxis.


Abstract : ICT in education becomes a matter being discussed at this time. Arabic Language Learning as a part of a Foreign Language Learning is one of many aspect that influenced by ICT. Some researcher believe that ICT can solve some problematic of language learning. Arabic Language Learning has its own problems of non-linguistic that make some difficulties to the learner. This paper discusses the role of ICT in improving the quality of learning Arabic by optimizing the use of ICT in improving cultural competence in learning. DOI:  10.15408/tjems.v1i1.1113


Thesis (M.A.) -- American University of Beirut. Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Department of Education, 1995.;"Advisor: Dr. Saouma BouJaoude, Associate Professor, Education and Science and Mathematics Education Center – Members of Committee: Dr. Munir Bash


To make a summary of the nursing experience of 10 patients whose breast was reconstructed by double vessel pedicle transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap (TRAM).Enhancing mental care and protecting skin of donor site should be done before operation.Administrating correct position and sufficient nutritional support,and applying infrared ray may increase blood supply of myocutaneous flap after operation.Drainage tube must be unobstructed,and the color character and quantity of fluid discharged should be observed.Thenecresis and infection of myocutaneous flap should be carefully observed. There were 2 patients whose myocutaneous flap was infected,and 1 patient had hydrops subcutaneously,through active treat- ment,all healed finely.The form of reconstructive breast was satisfactory,chemotherapy was carried as scheduled.


The recent emergence of spaceborne Solar-Induced chlorophyll Fluorescence (SIF) represents a major breakthrough in understanding, monitoring and quantifying global carbon cycle variability and change. However, the existing spaceborne SIF products are typically noisy, coarse and sparse in both time and space coverage, thus are not suitable for regional carbon cycle studies. In this study, we are taking advantage of the complementary characteristics of the Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment (GOME-2) SIF and MODIS observations of terrestrial ecosystems to downscale the coarse-resolution SIF products into finer spatial and temporal resolutions, using an innovative Ensemble Kalman Filter and parameter estimation with Adaptive Spatial Average scheme (ASA-EnKF) data assimilation technique. We used a simplified version of the Soil Canopy Observation, Photochemistry and Energy fluxes (SCOPE), level-2 GOME-2 ungridded SIF product to develop a high-quality/resolution (i.e., 1km, hourly, gap-free) SIF dataset, over the Western United States. This paper demonstrates some preliminary result of our work.


. In this study, the influence of centrally placed circular and square cutouts on vibration and buckling characteristics of different ply-oriented laminated panels under the action of compressive and/or tensile types of nonuniform in-plane edge loads are investigated. The panels are inspected under the action of uniaxial compression, uniaxial tension and biaxial, compression-tension, loading configurations. Furthermore, the effects of different degrees of edge restraints and panel aspect ratios are also addressed in this work. Towards this, a nine-node heterosis plate element has been adopted which includes the effect of shear deformation and rotary inertia. According to the results, the tensile buckling loads are higher than that of compressive buckling loads. However, the tensile buckling load continuously reduces with the increased cutout sizes irrespective of ply-orientations. This is also true for compressive buckling loads except for some particular ply-orientations with higher sized cutouts.


The paper deals with serious problems that are existent in quality supervision of Xinjiang hydropower engineering ,and it also presents suggestions of enhancement in quality supervision.


During the 1960s, the US government entered into an agreement with the UK government to construct a military facility in the Chagos Archipelago. The UK government excised the Archipelago from the colony of Mauritius and created the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT). Diego Garcia was transferred to the United States and the indigenous people of the entire Archipelago were secretly banished. This process led to their chronic impoverishment. In the Bancoult cases, the English courts held the exile to be unlawful and that the Chagossian people possess a public law right of abode in the Chagos Islands. This article examines whether international law can facilitate the resettlement to the Chagos Islands via recognition of BIOT's non-self-governing status. It also explores the prospect of securing compensation for the loss of ancestral lands by reference to existing and evolving international standards on indigenous rights.


This paper examines the psychological aspects of family planning. Additionally the WHO technical report series (No. 442) is discussed. The article also identifies the psychological barriers to the spread of information on contraception. According to the report about 10% of pregnancies are unplanned. High maternal mortality and morbidity rates are observed in illegal abortions. Moreover higher parity have been associated with several pregnancy complications nutritional deficiencies in the mother and increasing fetal deaths. This further strengthens the resolve of the organization to incorporate integrated family planning into family health services. After the Second World War striking changes in family planning had taken place. Education and womens liberation have all contributed to the acceptance of contraception and the reduction of infant mortality. Traditions still play a part in the selection of contraceptive methods in several countries and misconceptions about these methods were oftentimes not clarified because it is considered as sexual taboos. The study concludes that medical personnel teachers and parents play a vital role in the information campaign and the change of preconceived ideas on contraception.


The purposes of this study were to investigate female adolescents' attitude toward the social instrumentality of appearance and to examine the effects of the attitude toward the social instrumentality of appearance on female adolescents' body satisfaction and appearance management behaviors. The subjects for this study were 435 female middle school and high school students in Daejeon and Chungnam province. The research method was a survey and the measuring instruments were a self-administrated questionnaire with 4 parts (social instrumentality of appearance, body satisfaction, appearance management behaviors, and subjects' demographics attributions). The data were analyzed by Cronbach's α, factor analysis, cluster analysis, χ² test, t-test, using SPSS statistical program. The results were as follows. Three dimensions (the utility of interpersonal relationship, sexual partnership and social achievement) were emerged on social instrumentality of appearance, and female adolescents were divided into 2 groups(unreceptive group and receptive group) by social instrumentality of appearance. Social instrumentality of appearance had significant effects on female adolescents' body satisfaction and appearance management behaviors. The group who had receptive attitude toward the social instrumentality of appearance was showed the lower body satisfaction and more positive attitude to perform appearance management behaviors including clothing and accessories management, fitness, skin and hair care, and plastic surgery than unreceptive group.


A directed Zn-distance magic labeling of an oriented graph −→ G = (V,A) of order n is a bijection −→ : V → Zn with the property that there exists μ ∈ Zn (called the magic constant) such that


Rats 1-2 mo. old were placed on a low calcium or a low calcium and low magnesium diet. Absorption in isolated rat intestine was studied in vitro. Duodenal segments which actively took up and actively transported Ca45++ well, actively took up and actively transported Sr85++ well; where Ca45++ active uptake and active transport was poor, that of Sr85++ was low. The uptakes of Ca45++, Sr85++, and Mg28++ by the gut tissue were greater than the amounts transported. Ca++, Sr++, and Mg++ decreased the active uptake of Ca45++ and Sr85++ by the duodenum. Ca++ decreased the rate of active transport to the serosal media of Ca40++ and Sr85++. Ca++ was more effective in decreasing the active uptake of Sr55++ than was Sr++. The active uptake of Ca45++ by the ileum was reduced by Mg++ and Sr++. The active uptake of Mg28++ by the ileum was reduced by Ca++. The rate at which Mg28++ crosses and is taken up by the small intestine increases as one progresses from the proximal duodenum to the distal ileum. Ca++ was actively transported by the colon. Ca++, Sr++, and Mg++ appear to share a common pathway for absorption by the gut, but in the various areas of the intestine the rate of absorption of a particular divalent cation and the degree of competition between the divalent cations varies. Therefore, the absorption of a particular cation may involve also other pathways.


Li-rich layered material Li1.2Ni0.2Mn0.6O2 possesses high voltage and high specific capacity, which makes it an attractive candidate for the transportation industry and sustainable energy storage systems. The rechargeable capacity of the Li-ion battery is linked largely to the structural stability of the cathode materials during the charge–discharge cycles. However, the structure and cation distribution in pristine Li1.2Ni0.2Mn0.6O2 have not yet been fully characterized. Using a combination of aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy, X-ray energy-dispersive spectroscopy (XEDS), electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS), and complementary multislice image simulation, we have probed the crystal structure, cation/anion distribution, and electronic structure of the Li1.2Ni0.2Mn0.6O2 nanoparticle. The electronic structure and valence state of transition-metal ions show significant variations, which have been identified to be attributed to the oxygen deficiency near certain particle surfac...


This research is conducted based on the phenomenon of the teenagers' minimum interest in batik. Many teenagers do not realize what they really want. That is the reason why consumers cannot tell the strong reason of buying and not buying batik. Related to the consumers' interest to buy something, we know purchase interest. Purchase interest is the part of the processes leading consumers to buy something. We need product image analysis to give a contribution in choosing and valuing product, for example adjust something cheap or high qualified and build
ideal product image. From that background of study, the researcher tries to conduct the research entitled "The Relationship between Image Products and Teenagers' Purchase Interest in Batik in Pekalongan". The research design is non-experimental and the research's instrument is method of summated rating scale or well-known by Likert scale, which consists of product image scale and purchase interest-scale. Questioners are spread to 110 students of SMA Muhammadiyah I Pekalongan in 6-7 April 2008 uses purposive sampling technique. While the analysis uses product moment analysis.
The research result shows that there is positive and very significant relationship between image product and purchase interest. It can be seen from correlation coefficient (r), which shows 0,676 and p ( false opportunity ) is 0,000. It means, if product image of batik is positive, the
opportunity of teenagers' purchase interest is high. On the contrary, if product image of batik is negative, so teenagers' purchase interest is low. The high influence of image product to the purchase interest is reflected in the percentage that shows 45.7%. Whereas the rest 54.3% is
influenced by the other factors. The researcher hopes that teenagers can rise the purchase interest by searching the information of batik products and following the development of batik products.


The effects of milling variables on the particle sizes and purity of mechanically alloyed Nb-30W powders were quantitatively investigated using orthogonal test of three factors consisting of milling time A (12h, 24h and 48h), ball-to-powder ratio B (6:1, 10:1 and 20:1) and solid-to-liquid ratio C (1:0.2, 1:0.5 and 1:1) at three levels in order to optimize the milling variables of mechanically alloyed Nb-30W powders. Results indicated that the particle size was mainly determined by the solid-to-liquid ratio and the purity of powder was mainly affected by the ball-to-powder ratio and the milling time; best combination of all variables was found to be A2B2C1 with the particle size 12.62μm and Fe content 0.399%. After hot pressed, A2B2C1 combination obtained the highest mechanical properties. With the refining of particles during milling, the Fe contaminations of milled powder increased and were dissolved into Nb lattices to form Nb (Fe) solid solution; meanwhile, macro stress caused by plastic deformation of Nb particles was released.


recycled aggregate concrete made with recycled aggregate was one of the effective ways to reuse the construction and demolition waste. Due to the weak complex interface transition zone of recycled aggregate concrete, the defect had great effect on the bearing capacity and durability of recycled aggregate concrete. The fracture performance of recycled aggregate concrete was studied, which was of great practical significance and engineering value. The wedge splitting test of 200mm × 200mm × 230mm specimens was carried out using the fatigue testing machine (MTS). The elastic modulus of the specimens were measured and calculated by strain gauge and dynamic resistance strain gauge, and the elastic modulus was about 4GPa lower than that of standard test. Based on double-K fracture model of recycled aggregate concrete, the crack initiation fracture toughness and the unstable fracture toughness was obtained. The test results show that the replacement level of recycled aggregate is not obvious to the crack initiation fracture toughness, and the unstable fracture toughness is lower than that of natural concrete. Using the exponential function to fit the tail of the PH-COMD curve of the wedge splitting test, it is found that the fracture energy of the recycled aggregate concrete is not reduced with the increase of the replacement level of the recycled aggregate.


Korean peninsula has been divided for around two generations because of ideological difference between South Korea and North Korea. So Korean culture has become different one and shapes strange one to each other. In order to unify into one Korea from two Koreas, each Korea has tried to spread their ideology into each other. One of the way to escalate Korea unification is to consider what North Korea women"s situation are and suggest alternatives to move to the Korea unification. North Korea Women has been discriminated by men who have power to dominate and govern their country. They have been marginal position and few power as their people in their country. They just has worked for giving a pleasure to men who dominated and controlled their country with unfair power. They could not speak out their voices to break this paradigm. They could not help following men"s directions and policies. Men who has privileges to govern their country has used their power with unjustice. In order to unify Korean peninsula, women should realize what unfair power is and consider ways to protect women from men"s unjustice. Another way to unify Korea is to strength women"s power to let privileged men class influence.