Bashang highland of northwestern Hebei province is one of three great landform unions,where neotectonic movement happens very fiercely,and intermission vertical displacement among the differential blocks is very obviously.It shows the multilevel layer landform,fierce volcano movement,basin movement,rupture action,and earthquake et al.There are Beitai stage and Tangxian stage planation surface,with about 1 700 meters and 1 500 meters height above the sea level,which formed in late Cretaceous Period - early Eocene Epoch and Miocene Epoch -Pliocene Epoch respectively.There are three layer(Ⅰ-Ⅲ) terraces in the area.Ⅰ layer terrace formed in the early period of late Holocene epoch with 1-2 meter height above the river level.Ⅱ layer terrace formed in the initial stage of early Holocene epoch with 6-12 meter height above the river level.And Ⅲ layer terrace formed in the later period of the late Pleistocene epoch with 25-30 meter height above the river level.From old to new,the basin moves from west to east in the place.The basin belongs to fault basin and obviously controlled by the ruptures.


Single-factor experiment and quadratic orthogonal rotation combination design were applied to study the effects of three main technological conditions,including ratio of solvent to solid,extraction temperature,extraction time on extraction yield of water-soluble polysaccharides from sunflower seeds.Results showed that various extraction conditions affected extraction yield in the following order: ratio of solvent to solidextraction timeextraction temperature.The optimal extraction conditions were 34.9min,at 64.2 ℃ with a ratio of solvent to solid 17.6∶1 by frequency analysis.The yield of crude polysaccharide could attain 7.1%.


Watched by his bodyguard, ANC [African National Congress] Deputy President Mr Nelson Mandela had the last word at the ANC rally in Mitchell's Plain yesterday. Seated are ANC head of the Internal Leadership Core, Mr Walter Sisulu, left, and South African Communist Party Secretary General Mr Joe Slovo.


Negative-capacitance fin field-effect transistors (NC-FinFETs), due to their superior gate electrostatics and dominance over short channel effects (SCEs), have been a key technology among conventional devices. The improved device performance in terms of the various engineering practices has paved the way for the advancement of NC-FinFETs. In the following work, we have proposed a novel buried oxide strategy for the NC-FinFET architecture, in which we have altered the depth of the interfacial gate oxide (IGO) layer inside the channel and analyzed the performance characteristics using TCAD Sentaurus. First, we varied the IGO thickness that was buried inside the channel and performed a comparative analysis between the DC, mixed-mode, and SCE parameters for the various buried configurations of the proposed NC-FinFET in order to realize the optimized depth. We also present the tolerable degradation in the circuit characteristics that occurs with the varying buried IGO (BIGO) depth. It can be inferred from the presented interface trap discussion that the idea of BIGO thickness holds well for low-power electronics.


Two pot trails were consummated in the nursery of Orman Botanical Garden, Giza, Egypt, during the two consecutive seasons of 2003/2004 and 2004/2005, in order to find out the effect of pre-sowing gamma irradiation on some germination and chemical traits of the four palms: Livistona chinensis, Phoenix canariensis, Sabal peregrina and Washingtonia fillifera seeds from certain mother plants were soaked for 24 hours in a tap-water, then irradiated with gamma rays at 0.0, 5.0, 10.0, 15.0, 20.0, 25.0, 30.0 and 35.0 Kr, (dose rate= 2.37 rad/sec.) during both seasons. It could be concluded that the seeds of Canary Island palm and Washingtonia showed good germination characters in response to all the studied irradiation doses, however, the 15 Kr. dose for the first mentioned palm seeds and the 10.0, 15.0, and 20.0 Kr. doses for the later one, resulted the best germination traits expressed as the highest germination percentage (G%), germination rate index (G.R.I), seed viability (S.V), velocity co-efficient (V.C) and high indole content and total sugars%, in seeds as well as the quickest germination time and mean time to 50% germination, but the least total phenols content in seeds. The 15.0 Kr. irradiation and more and the 25.0 Kr. and more were lethal to seeds of Livistona and Sabal, respectively, whereas the 5.0 Kr. gamma irradiation dose gave the best G%, G.R.I, S.V., V.C., indoles content and total sugars% in seeds and the speedest germination time and mean time to 50% germination, but the lowest content of total phenols in irradiated seeds.


This chapter describes the advanced ceramic materials that include both noncomposite, or monolithic, ceramics (for example, oxides, carbides, nitrides, and borides) and ceramic-matrix composites (CMCs). It describes the rationale for use of ceramics and intrinsic limitations of ceramics. The chapter presents four key considerations that must be taken into account when carrying out tensile tests on advanced monolithic ceramics and CMCs. These include effects of flaw type and location on tensile tests, separation of flaw populations, design strength and scale effects, and lifetime predictions and environmental effects. The chapter discusses the advantages, problems, and complications of four basic categories of tensile testing techniques as applied to ceramics and CMCs. These categories are true direct uniaxial tensile tests at ambient temperatures, indirect tensile tests, tests where failure is presumed to result from tensile stresses, and high-temperature tensile tests.


Heme-dependent proteins participate in a diverse array of biochemical phenomena including oxygen transport (hemoglobin) and activation (cytochrome P-450 enzymes). The proteinoid appendage of these species serves as a steric impediments that precludes μ-oxo oligomer formation, as a protective barrier that prevents oxidative decomposition of the porphyrin periphery, as a water-soluble carrier of the heme, and as an entity that maintains the hydrophobic nature of the active site, we have synthesized a porphyrin encased within a protective barrier that is circumscribed by a hydrophobic groove. The tetraamino porphyrin (prepared in three steps from p-hydroxybenzaldehyde) forms an inclusion complex upon exposure to 10 equiv of heptakis (2,6-di-O-methyl)-β-cyclodextrin in aqueous solution at pH 6.0


We present a model of household behavior to explore the complex interactions between the decision-making process within the household and social norms. The household is viewed as two separate spheres – the female and the male – both linked by a public good and a "conjugal contract" trough which spouses exchange resources. The conjugal contract negotiated within the couple is partly influenced by social norms given the conformism of individuals. Social norms are endogenously determined as the average conjugal contract. We find that the closer spouses' wages are in the labor market, the more equally they share household tasks. Wage policies promoting gender wage equality lead all couples to renegotiate the terms of their conjugal contract, which in turn changes social norms. Even though spouses aim at maximizing the household's welfare, the resulting equilibrium allocation is not Pareto efficient and inefficiency increases with social conformism.


In this paper we develop the interrelationships between the steady-state and transient behavior for cw-pumped Kerr-like conjugators in which the optical Kerr effect is considered to respond instantaneously. We use Laplace-transform techniques to develop an expression for the conjugate response to input pulses of arbitrary form. For stable conjugator operation (in which the cw conjugate reflectivity is finite for all input frequencies), the expression reduces to an antilinear Fourier-transform relationship, which is readily adaptable to computer simulation. The cw filter function of Pepper and Abrams (Opt. Lett. 3, 312 (1978)) is found to play a central role. We show, both numerically and analytically, that our calculated delta-function response agrees with that previously published. We numerically demonstrate temporal spreading and reshaping when the conjugator transit time becomes equal to or longer than the duration of the input pulse, and we show numerically the perfect chirp reversal for sufficiently thin conjugators and the deviations from perfect chirp reversal upon increasing the thickness of the conjugator. These numerical results can be understood in terms of the bandwidth of the associated cw filter function.


According to reflectivity spectrum,equivalent optical constant dispersive curve,BRDF,and the root mean squared of the surface material of target,the theoretical model was established.The changing relation of the visible light scattering for a simple space on orbit targets between wavelength and orbital altitude was calculated and analyzed.The results showed that the reflectivity of space targets material is higher,and scattering intensity will be stronger under the same orbit;in the other hands,the scattering intensity for the space target decreased as the orbital altitude increased.


Through the help of software developed by the authors, several aspects of design of gear teeth are considered in an
integrated way, namely the kinematics, static stress analysis and design for residual life. In particular, computer codes
have been set up by the authors for generating BEM or FEM meshes of gears manufactured by means of user defined
shape of the tools and cut parameters.
The use of FEM permits a greater versatility in finding the correct constraint or loading conditions, or when important
residual stresses are present, whereas BEM is easier to use for a complete and automatic subcritical propagation
analysis of cracks.
As application it is studied the effect on the fatigue life and on the crack paths of the rack shift factors and of the rim
thickness in gear manufactured on thin hollow shaft for aeronautical applications.


This document proposes an allocation framework for the management of
the LISP EID address prefix (requested in [I-D.ietf-lisp-eid-block]).
The framework described relies on hierarchical distribution of the
address space with sub-prefixes allocated on a temporary basis to
requesting organizations.


Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 bce), statesman, orator, and writer, is our main source for the culture and history of the Roman Republic in its last generation, and fundamental to the moral and political thought of the Latin Fathers (Augustine, Jerome, Lactantius), of the humanist renaissance of Italy, and of the eighteenth-century Enlightenment in Europe and America.

Keywords:

political history;
Roman history


Purpose
This study aims to contribute to the body of knowledge through focusing on the moderating effect of risk-taking propensity in the relationship between network linkage and business performance.

Design/methodology/approach
Exploratory factor analysis was conducted so as to verify the items. Furthermore, the direct and moderation tests were conducted through the PROCESS macro.

Findings
The findings revealed the propensity for risk-taking is a significant moderator of the relationship between network linkage and business performance.

Practical implications
Women entrepreneurs are urged to increase their level of involvement in the networks so as to obtain external resources. Also, women entrepreneurs are encouraged to improve their risk-taking behaviour through training.

Originality/value
Little is known about the moderating role of risk-taking proclivity in the relationship between network linkage and business performance, particularly for women-owned businesses.


Substantial variability has been reported in the binaural interaction of middle latency potentials [Dobie and Norton, Electroenceph. Clin. Neurophysiol. 49, 303–313 (1980)]. The present investigation studies intrasubject reliability and intersubject variability of binaural interaction and lateral asymmetry in the middle latency response by employing a factorial design addressing potential earphone and electronic channel asymmetries. Summed monaural responses were subtracted from summed binaural responses to yield the binaural interaction component (BIC), while lateral asymmetries were derived by comparing right and left responses under both monaural and binaural conditions. A point‐by‐point analysis of variance was carried out on the middle latency responses and an exact determination was made of the probability of specific similarities. Data obtained from four subjects, each tested under 48 conditions, describe the reliability of binaural interaction and lateral asymmetry in the middle latency response, ...


Abstract : The major objective of this dissertation is to design simple low-dispersion Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) methods for electromagnetics. Literature review indicated that the Nonstandard Finite Difference (NSFD) method exhibits great potentials in dispersion reduction. Different from the Standard Finite Difference (SFD) methods, the NSFD methods are derived directly based upon dispersion analysis. In this dissertation, the basic concepts of the NSFD methods are generalized to various extended finite-difference stencils. Furthermore, several improved NSFD Numerical simulations show that these schemes significantly reduce the dispersion error of their standard counterparts. Many technical issues in practical implementations, such as absorbing boundary conditions, stability conditions, and Gauss's Laws, are discussed and justified. Moreover, two special conditions are proposed for the extended stencils in the vicinity of the dielectric material discontinuities. It was demonstrated that the accuracy of the fourth-order stencil is fully restored by applying these conditions.


An investigation is made of the consolidation settlement for a soil whose top surface is impervious and loaded uniformly on an infinite strip of constant width. The settlement under the load is accompanied by considerable swelling of the unloaded area on both sides of the load.


K-Ar dating of illitic clays at Jenolan Caves has given the first direct evidence for the great antiquity of eastern Australian caves. It shows that sections of the caves formed in the Visean, before 340 Ma, making them the World's oldest dated accessible caves by more than 240 Ma. Early Devonian (394 Ma) volcaniclastic palaeokarst was also identified. Permian and Triassic dates for some <0.4 μm fractions indicate growth of acicular illite during burial below the Sydney Basin. As well as raising problems about landform persistence, these dates set a new minimum age for folding in the eastern Lachlan Fold Belt. The most recent "Kanimblan" folding must have occurred prior to 340 Ma.


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The contrast in the emissivity spectra of phosphorite and associated carbonate rock can be used as a guide to delineate phosphorite within dolomite. The thermal emissivity spectrum of phosphorite is characterized by a strong doublet emissivity feature with their absorption minima at 9 µm and 9.5 µm; whereas, host rock dolomite has relatively subdued emissivity minima at ~9 µm. Using the contrast in the emissivity spectra of phosphorite and dolomite, data obtained by the thermal bands of Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) sensor were processed to delineate phosphorite within dolomite. A decorrelation stretched ASTER radiance composite could not enhance phosphorite rich zones within the dolomite host rock. However, a decorrelation stretched image composite of selected emissivity bands derived using the emissivity normalization method was suitable to enhance large surface exposures of phosphorite. We have found that the depth of the emissivity minima of phosphorite gradually has increased from dolomite to high-grade phosphorite, while low-grade phosphate has an intermediate emissivity value and the emissivity feature can be studied using three thermal bands of ASTER. In this context, we also propose a relative band depth (RBD) image using selected emissivity bands (bands 11, 12, and 13) to delineate phosphorite from the host rock. We also propose that the RBD image can be used as a proxy to estimate the relative grades of phosphorites, provided the surface exposures of phosphorite are large enough to subdue the role of intrapixel spectral mixing, which can also influence the depth of the diagnostic feature along with the grade. We have validated the phosphorite pixels of the RBD image in the field by carrying out colorimetric analysis to confirm the presence of phosphorite. The result of the study indicates the utility of the proposed relative band depth image derived using ASTER TIR bands for delineating Proterozoic carbonate-hosted phosphorite.