Zinc Oxide (ZnO) has received lot of attention as a nanostructured material because of unique properties rendering it suitable for various applications. One particular application focussed here for the first time is to form ClayZnO nanocomposites for use in drilling fluids to ensure uniform dispersion and superior rheology. Two major clays namely bentonite and attapulgite were tested. Bentonite is commonly used as a rheology modifier but faces the limitations of flocculation and instability at high temperature conditions. Attapulgite whereas, is a new clay material and have shown to be better than bentonite based clays. The rheology of drilling fluids plays an important role in controlling drilling operations. Severe drilling problems like lost circulation, pipe sticking, formation damage and high torque and drag are common in extended reach drilling operations that limits the performance and are mainly responsible for huge financial losses in the form of expensive drilling fluid additives and lost production time. This work presents an initiative to modify the commonly used clays by coating them with zinc oxide nanorods (sizes ranging from 6-10 nm) to maintain remarkable colloidal suspensions thus enabling homogeneous drilling fluid recipes.


The spectrum of the Hodge–Laplace operator of all holomorphic vector bundles (with parallel curvature metrics) over a flat elliptic curve is shown to be the union of the spectra of some infinite set of (explicit) finite rank matrices. The analytic torsion is then deduced by direct computation. Another evaluation of the analytic torsion is then performed using Bismut, Gillet, and Soule's comparison formula for short exact sequences of vector bundles. This is a test for this method which could be useful when direct calculation is hopeless.


Objective To evaluate the effect of glucurolactone (hepatinica of detoxification) combined with inosine (hepatinica of metabolism promoter) to treat hepatalgia patients with chronic hepatitis B with normal liver function. Methods 48 cases in the observation group were given glucurolactone 100 mg tid,combined with inosine 400 mg tid for 6 weeks. Whereas the other 42 cases in the control group were only given glucurolactone as the method of the observation ones. The level of pain and anxiety were evaluated through visual analogue scale (VAS) and self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) respectively. The liver function and hepatitis B copies were also detected. Results All the upper indexes declined after treatment and the scores of VAS and SAS in the observation were significantly lower than that of the control ones (P 0. 05),so were the alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and HBV-DNA (P 0. 05). Conclusion Glucurolactone combined with inosine could better help relieve hepatalgia for patients with chronic hepatitis B with normal liver function.


An AFC system has been developed for stabilizing the frequency of a voltage-tunable oscillator near any one of many discrete frequencies. A delay line takes the place of the conventional cavity in the discriminator. The discrete steps correspond to the electrical length of the delay line, e.g., 2 Mc in the S-band system reported herein. Slow frequency fluctuations inherent in the oscillator are reduced; a stabilization factor of 100 has been achieved in a system for jumping frequency rapidly by stepping the tuning voltage. The nature of the hysteresis loops and means for their reduction are discussed. The system is significant for improving the stability and the spectrum of wide-band tunable oscillators as used in frequency hopping apparatus.


An experiment was conducted at the Fruit Research Farm of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab during 2019–20 to study the impact of mineral nutrients on fruit drop, powdery mildew and quality attributes of ber (Ziziphus mauritiana Lam.) cv. Umran. A 15 year's old ber plants were sprayed with nutrients like calcium nitrate @0.25 and 0.50%; potassium sulphate @0.25 and 0.50%; boric acid @0.40 and 0.60% and liquid sulphur @0.25 and 0.50% along with control (water spray) during mid-November, mid-December and mid-January (2019–20). Fruit drop and powdery mildew incidence was recorded periodically from November-March. Ber fruits were analysed for physical and bio-chemical parameters after harvesting. Among all the foliar applications, potassium sulphate @0.50% resulted in minimum fruit drop (65.52%). Maximum fruit length (4.86 cm), fruit diameter (3.06 cm), pulp content (93.96%) and fruit colour values (59.50, -4.0 and 33.46) was also recorded in potassium sulphate applied @0.50%. Maximum TSS (15.63 0B), TSS/acid ratio (120.23), ascorbic acid content (110.25 mg/100 g), total sugars (12.70%), reducing sugars (5.75%), non-reducing sugars (6.60%) and minimum titrable acidity (0.130%) was recorded with boric acid @0.60% which was statistically at par with potassium sulphate @0.50%. However, minimum incidence of powdery mildew was observed in liquid sulphur (0.50%) followed by potassium sulphate (0.50%). From the present studies, it is concluded that 3 foliar applications of potassium sulphate @0.50% resulted in improved quality attributes, reduction in fruit drop as well as reduced incidence of powdery mildew in ber cv. Umran.


PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a movable computer system which uses radio communication to avoid resource limitation. SOLUTION: This system distributes processing between a movable computer 12 and a fixed computer which has more resources than the computer 12 and is placed at a remote location. In the process of distributing processing between the computer 12 and the fixed computer system, when a user activates an application, the computer 12 executes a 1st version of algorithm which carries out a function related to the application the user activates and acquires a 1st result, and in parallel with which the fixed computer system similarly executes a 2nd version of the algorithm which carries out the function related to the application the user activates and acquires a 2nd result. The first acquired result (usually generated by the computer 12) is first sent to the user of the computer 12, i.e., the application. Thereafter, the result is updated by the 2nd result that has more reliability than usual by means of the fixed computer system.


Objectives: To assess causes, signs & symptoms of mechanical obstruction of the small bowel. Background: Mechanical obstruction of the small bowel is a common clinical and surgical condition, often presenting with signs and symptoms like those seen in other acute abdominal disorders controversy remains as to which patients with small bowel obstruction need immediate surgical intervention and which may be managed conservatively. Patients and Methods: A prospective study to assess incidence, causes, signs, and symptoms among ninety-two patients undergoing surgeries due to mechanical small bowel obstruction in Al-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital. In a period between October 2016 and October 2017 patients have divided into two groups 1 patients had surgery during the first 24hr from the start of signs & symptoms and a group of 2 patients had surgery after 24hr since the beginning of signs & symptoms. Results: Among ninety-two patients included in this study the result was 54 male (58.7%) and 38 female (41.3%). Patients with the previous scar were 62 cases (67.4%). The most common causes of MOSB were adhesions (63%), obstructed hernia (29.3%) most common type was inguinal hernia (16.3%), tumors (4.34%) and other causes were Crohn's, bezoar, and intussuscept. Conclusion: Mechanical obstruction. The small bowel is a severe condition and moderately common in cases of acute abdomen adhesions were the commonest cause of MOSB also a high incidence of strangulation was seen in obstructed hernia, and patients generally present with abdominal pain, nausea and emesis, abdominal distension, and progressive obstipation, the clinical finding of high fever. Localized or generalized severe abdominal tenderness, rebound tenderness, severe leukocytosis, or metabolic changes suggest possible complications of bowel necrosis, perforation, or generalized peritonitis. MSBO is usually suggested by plain abdominal radiographs and confirmed by a CT scan.


As the global population ages, assisted living technologies for the elderly are becoming more popular. A person normally performs activities of daily living (ADLs) on a regular basis. A person's ability to perform recurring ADLs indicates the person's wellness. Anomalies in activity patterns of a person might indicate changes in the person's wellness. A method is proposed in this paper for detecting anomalies in activity patterns of a lone occupant using his/her electricity consumption data. The proposed method infers anomalies in activity patterns of an occupant from electricity consumption patterns instead of explicitly monitoring the underlying individual activities. The proposed method provides a score which is a quantitative assessment of anomalies in electricity consumption pattern of an occupant for a given day. A survey was conducted to obtain the hourly activities of three lone occupants for a month. From the survey, the level of suspicion values which are quantitative assessments of anomalies in activity patterns of the occupants were deduced. Using Fuzzy C-Means (FCM) clustering with Euclidean distance measure, the scores and level of suspicion values were clustered respectively. A day was then classified as regular or irregular from an electricity consumption perspective (score) and an activity perspective (level of suspicion value) respectively. Our results show that anomalies in electricity consumption patterns correlate well with anomalies in the underlying activity patterns.


Trans-boundary water resources contain trans-boundary groundwater systems as well as international rivers,lakes and their tributaries,or the entrances and exits of international rivers.Environmental protection is a duty of every state.Every basin state has the duty to protect international basin water resources,who should take reasonable measures such as international cooperation and lateral measures to prevent from significant trans-boundary harm.The legal papers that provides for the problem of protecting trans-boundary water resources contains global water treaties,regional and basin water treaties,the resolutions,declarations and rules adopted by some intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations.According to these papers and the practice of international society,every basin state should take such measures as environmental impact assessment,exchanging data and information,supervision,informing,controlling pollution,public participation to prevent from and minimize harm.China has taken some measures to protect involved trans-boundary water resources.


Abstract : Molecular oxygen, O2 is involved in a wide variety of significant reactions in the earth's upper atmosphere. However, a pre-1972 review of the literature revealed the surprising fact that much of the molecular structure of O2 in terms of term analysis, Morse-curves, etc., and the detailed quantitative photon interaction processes with O2 in the region from 6 to 15 eV were still largely unknown. The following research then represents an effort to bridge known gaps, and the resulting publications can be grouped under two general headings: (1) An analysis of the Vacuum UV Absorption Spectrum of neutral O2 and (2) the Measurement of Absorption Cross Sections of O2 either in the Ground or in a Metastable State.


The purpose of this qualitative study was to determine the concerns of mothers referred to health center in south Tehran, Iran about immunizing children aged 0–24 months. Data were collected using individual semi-structured interviews and analyzed using content analysis. The mothers' concerns over immunizing their children fell into 5 main categories: (1) "Factors that cause mothers' concerns," (2) "Factors that influence mothers' concerns," (3) "Information, education, and communication barriers," (4) "Informational/educational needs and sources," and (5) "The necessity of childhood vaccinations." According to study findings, mothers consider immunizing children important and they have enough trust in the health system. A deep understanding of maternal concerns about immunizing their children at 0–24 months allows nurses to reduce mothers' concerns by removing communication barriers and providing appropriate and adequate information.


We present a novel approach, clustering on local image profiles, for statistically characterizing image intensity in object boundary regions. In deformable model segmentation, a driving consideration is the geometry to image match, the degree to which the target image conforms to some template within the object boundary regions. The template should account for variation over a training set and yet be specific enough to drive an optimization to a desirable result. Using clustering, a template can be built that is optimal over the training data in the metric used, such as normalized correlation. We present a method that first determines local cross-boundary image profile types in the space of training data and then builds a template of optimal types. Also presented are the results of a study using this approach on the human kidney in the context of medial representation deformable model segmentation. The results show an improvement in the automatic segmentations using the cluster template, over a previously built template.


As an agglomerative hierarchical clustering algorithm, CURE firstly employs the method of representing clusters by selecting some "representative points". Through the analysis of the feature of traditional hierarchical clus- tering algorithm, a novel agglomerative hierarchical clustering algorithm called WRPC is proposed in this paper. WR- PC can identify clusters with complex shapes and avrious size by introducing the influence-weight-based representative points selection mechanism and k-nearest-neighbor-method-based clusters nesting mechanim. Experimental results show that WRPC can provide better clustering result with high executing efficiency.


Both below and above the glass ceiling, male bonding can be used consciously and unconsciously to isolate women and marginalise their concerns. We know we have the right to be treated as a human being rather than as an extra-terrestrial but, in practice, what do we do? Do we: (i) come reluctantly to the view that we must swallow our principles and seek acceptance as honorary blokes to survive in the job? (i) try to change the communal culture, either subtly or assertively? (ii) decide to run a parallel culture (perhaps of one)? (iii) choose a male mentor? Or (iv) try any combination of (i) to (iv) or a better strategy? Or (v) retire into our shell, then drop out? Sharing experience at all levels assists in developing coping strategies. Here I draw on my own experience and encourage others to do the same.


The technology of elliptic curve cryptography is now an important branch in public-key based crypto-system. Cryptographic mechanisms based on elliptic curves depend on the arithmetic of points on the curve. The most important arithmetic is multiplying a point on the curve by an integer. This operation is known as elliptic curve scalar (or point) multiplication operation. A cryptographic device is supposed to perform this operation efficiently and securely. The elliptic curve scalar multiplication operation is performed by combining the elliptic curve point routines that are defined in terms of the underlying finite field arithmetic operations. This thesis focuses on hardware architecture designs of elliptic curve operations. In the first part, we aim at finding new architectures to implement the finite field arithmetic multiplication operation more efficiently. In this regard, we propose novel schemes for the serial-out bit-level (SOBL) arithmetic multiplication operation in the polynomial basis over F2m . We show that the smallest SOBL scheme presented here can provide about 24-26% reduction in area-complexity cost and about 21-22% reduction in power consumptions for F2163 compared to the current state-of-the-art bit-level multiplier schemes. Then, we employ the proposed SOBL schemes to present new hybrid-double multiplication architectures that perform two multiplications with latency comparable to the latency of a single multiplication. Then, in the second part of this thesis, we investigate the different algorithms for the implementation of elliptic curve scalar multiplication operation. We focus our interest in three aspects, namely, the finite field arithmetic cost, the critical path delay, and the protection strength from side-channel attacks (SCAs) based on simple power analysis. In this regard, we propose a novel scheme for the scalar multiplication operation that is based on processing three bits of the scalar in the exact same sequence of five point arithmetic operations. We analyse the security of our scheme and show that its security holds against both SCAs and safe-error fault attacks. In addition, we show how the properties of the proposed elliptic curve scalar multiplication scheme yields an efficient hardware design for the implementation of a single scalar multiplication on a prime extended twisted Edwards curve incorporating 8 parallel multiplication operations. Our comparison results show that the proposed hardware architecture for the twisted Edwards curve model implemented using the proposed scalar multiplication scheme is the fastest secure SCA protected scalar multiplication scheme over prime field reported in the literature.


Transportation problem, either in general or specifically in traffic, is a phenomenon occuring in human life. As the population of city increased, so does the traffic rate. If this is not followed by adequate improvement of transportation infrastructure, an imbalance might occur which will result in traffic jam. It can be seen particularly at Lingkar Tengah – Dr. Leimena road junction connecting Jalan Perintis Kemerdekaan - Dr Leimena road due to driver/rider against the direction. Data analysis and planning using method of road capacity manual (MKJI 1997) and the traffic modelling using PTV Vissim. Based on road performance analysis it is known that DS (degree of saturation) is 0.12 with service level ‗A' and average speed ≥23km/h with service level ‗D'. From the calculation result, modelling is conducted using PTV Vissim modelling. Alternative for handling the intersection is using 2 methods, which are traffic light signaling for 3 phases with immediate straight at west corner and immediate left turning at east corner and bridge closure on Dr. Leimena road. Using PTV Vissim, the result is that intensity of travel time increases about 47.68% and 57.40% on the intersection.


Using a sample of 269 activist events from 1994 to 2005, we show that targets of experienced hedge fund activists earn higher long-term stock returns than targets of less experienced activists or a matched target sample. Hedge fund expertise includes past industry experience in the hedge fund's industry of specialization or prior portfolio management/ leadership experience at similar hedge funds. Experienced activists also boast better overall hedge fund performance. Investigating the sources of performance, we find that more experienced activists follow a well defined course of action by initially putting the target firm "on notice" that the hedge fund may become more aggressive. If target firm performance does not improve quickly, these activists typically turn hostile by initiating and often winning proxy fights, making proxy threats, forcing targets to sign standstill agreements, and/or agitating for and frequently getting the sale of the target firm. Importantly, ours is the first study to document large-scale evidence that hedge fund activism can lead to superior long-term target firm and hedge fund performance and to document the source of this outperformance. These results provide compelling evidence of skill among certain hedge fund managers – those with the experience and expertise to engage in activism.


The knowledge on benthic fauna is important to know the biological interactions of the ecosystem. Abundance and composition of benthos along with some physico-chemical parameters of water of Rajdhalabeel, Netrokona was carried out from May 1998 to April 1999. The water parameters varied between or within the months but they did not vary from location to location. The benthic organisms had fluctuated both quantitatively and qualitatively. Considerable variation of benthos was detected during the period of the study. The composition of benthos were 38.26%, 29.86% and 25.22% for molluscs, oligochaetes and chironimids respectively. The highest number (1310.98 ind/m2) was recorded in July, 1998 while it was lowest (333.3 ind/m2) in April, 1999.The study revealed the beel as productive one and implementation of a little development work, good management and protect fishes from poaching may turn the beel into a very good fish resource.
Bangladesh J. Zool. 49(1): 57-68, 2021


Although the concept of theoretical saturation (ThS) was first introduced by Glaser and Strauss's grounded theory methodology, it is now more widely used as a fundamental concept in interview-based qualitative research. Despite its widespread use, the concept is nebulous and lacks systematization. An extensive literature review in 2007, and again in 2013, shows that this inexactitude characterizes most claims for using ThS. Yet qualitative methodologists seem strangely reluctant to accept criticism or possible improvement. By assuming ThS to be an analogue of the principle of diminishing returns, we propose a quantitative technique for determining ThS using lognormal distribution principles. Applying the technique to three large data sets provided strong evidence that the method is efficacious. Usefully, this study also shows both that the technique is not affected by the order of interviews and that corpus size is not necessarily a true indication of theoretical saturation.


. We derive a representation of the isomorphic spaces O C of very slowly increasing functions and O (cid:2) M of very rapidly decreasing distributions as a completed topological tensor product of sequence spaces. In order to describe this completed topological tensor product as a space of double sequences, we construct a representation as an inductive limit of vector valued sequence spaces. Moreover we compare the representations of O C and O M .


Hydroxyapatite (HAp), a member of the apatite family is similar in structural and chemical composition to the natural bone. HAp is bioactive and biocompatible and has been used for several biomedical applications. Synthesizing HAp from natural sources can contribute significantly towards natural resource management, health care, waste utilization amongst others. Therefore, in this summarized review, we highlight the classification of HAp, discuss the sources and synthesis of hydroxyapatite, enumerate some applications of hydroxyapatite and touch on polymeric scaffolding materials based on naturally synthesized hydroxyapatite. The overall idea of this article is to summarize recent studies on this subject and link it to the waste management potentials of natural biowastes for the synthesis and biomedical applications of HAp.


The evaluation of long-term care demonstrations has to deal with complex organizational entities, with large, heterogeneous client populations that, during the course of study, may have to change features of their organization or operation. The implications of such "real-time" changes are discussed for analyses of the operation and performance of Social/Health Maintenance Organizations over a 5-year period (2 years of start-up and enrollment and 3 years of follow-up). Analyses conducted of the plans in the context of realtime changes have to be based on different statistical models than for classic experimental study designs, where treatment factors are fixed rather than dynamic. A number of issues that may arise are identified, and possible approaches to their solutions described.


The quinonoid isomer of 6,7-dimethyltetrahydropterin has been prepared in situ from the tetrahydropterin by rapid oxidation with potassium ferricyanide. Measurements of the kinetics of the rearrangement of the quinonoid dihydropterin to 7,8-dihydropterin show that the reaction is buffer-catalyzed. Both the acidic and basic forms of the buffer participate as catalysts, with the relative contribution of each species toward the rate of the reaction being dependent on the pKa value of each buffer. Isotopic experiments have shown that the cleavage of the C—H bond at position 6 is rate-limiting during both the acid- and the base-catalyzed rearrangements.


Objective:To assess whether Ramadan intermittent fasting (RIF) affects 5000-m running performance and physiological parameters classically associated with middle-distance performance. Design:Two experimental groups (Ramadan fasting, n = 9, vs control, n = 9) participated in 2 experimental sessions, one before RIF and the other at the last week of fasting. Setting:For each session, subjects completed 4 tests in the same order: a maximal running test, a maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) of knee extensor, 2 rectangular submaximal exercises on treadmill for 6 minutes at an intensity corresponding to the first ventilatory threshold (VT1), and a running performance test (5000 m). Participants:Eighteen, well-trained, middle-distance runners. Main Outcome Measures:Maximal oxygen consumption, MVC, running performance, running efficiency, submaximal &OV0312;O2 kinetics parameters (&OV0312;O2, &OV0312;O2b, time constant τ, and amplitude A1) and anthropometric parameters were recorded or calculated. Results:At the end of Ramadan fasting, a decrease in MVC was observed (−3.2%; P < 0.00001; η2, 0.80), associated with an increase in the time constant of oxygen kinetics (+51%; P < 0.00007; η2, 0.72) and a decrease in performance (−5%; P < 0.0007; η2, 0.51). No effect was observed on running efficiency or maximal aerobic power. Conclusions:These results suggest that Ramadan changes in muscular performance and oxygen kinetics could affect performance during middle-distance events and need to be considered to choose training protocols during RIF.


This work presents a case study on The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital (HKU-SZH), which was the �rst to implement an outpatient appointment registration system. This study provides an anatomy of the hospital outpatient process through various methods and theories, such as literature review, �eld research, expert consultation, business process improvement theory and Information technology, with the objective of identifying objectives and strategies of the hospital case in improving its outpatient process. By means of outpatient process improvement, this study aim to increase the case hospital's e�ciency and raise its patients' satisfaction so that the hospital may enhance its comprehensive competence. In addition, an effective and operable methodology will be generated, which is expected to serve as a reference for other hospitals to improve their operation and their management. Therefore, the research question is to know which factors most in�uence patient satisfaction. It was found that service attitude, service value, and waiting time have a signi�cant in�uence on patient satisfaction.


This review explores various studies and articles on the effects of Web 2.0 pedagogy on student engagement, collaboration, and achievement in a K-undergraduate setting. A critical review of purposefully selected peer-reviewed journal articles highlight the relationship between Web 2.0 pedagogy and student engagement, collaboration, and achievement. This literature review provides an analysis for administrators and teachers when implementing Web 2.0 pedagogy. This review suggests that the implementation of Web 2.0 pedagogy increases student engagement, collaboration, and achievement.


We describe a single frequency, unidirectional erbium fiber ring laser. Wavelength selection is performed by a ''continuous fiber'' filter of the fiber to planar waveguide coupler type. Varying the refractive index experienced by the exposed surface of the filter allowed the single longitudinal mode output from the laser to be tuned, discretely, from 1556–1561 nm with a resolution limited linewidth of 52 kHz.


Purpose – This paper aims to describe the changes taking place at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy, after the introduction of a new automated system, and to propose the integration of the work of the Document Supply (DS) and the Circulation Departments with radical changes in the job descriptions of both.Design/methodology/approach – The paper is descriptive in nature.Findings – Automation has led to process changes but not yet to the staffing changes that have become possible.Originality/value – The paper shows how one university is responding to the changes that are taking place technologically and particularly in relation to document supply librarians and staff in the service areas of the main library.


The number of competitors and the competition is so tight, making the company wants consumers to remember and awaken their brand presence. The attractiveness of advertising, community effects, and brand activation are all factors that can affect brand awareness. This type of research is explanatory research. The sampling technique including nonprobability sampling is purposive sampling. The sample in this study amounted to 100 respondents who are students of S1 FISIP Diponegoro University of Semarang. In the analysis used qualitative analysis and quantitative test with SPSS 16.0. Based on analysis, community effects, and brand activation has an influence to brand awareness. Brand activation variables have the most influence is 41.4%. Meanwhile, the attractiveness of advertising and community effect has the effect of 37.4% and 14.7% to brand awareness. Simultaneously, the attractiveness of advertising, community effects, and brand activation effect on brand awareness with F count> F table (44.742> 2,70). In conclusion, the attractiveness of advertising, community effects, and brand activation effect on brand awareness. Based on these results, IM3 should focus on marketing activities such as advertising and brand activation as well as improving the effects of the community on an ongoing basis in order to brand awareness IM3 be top of mind.


Introduction: One of the major challenging problems, facing the reconstructive surgeons is how to cover soft tissue defects with exposed bones and tendons in the lower third of the leg, ankle, heel, and foot. Numerous solutions have been proposed in last few years including local, distant, and free flaps. Goal: To evaluate and prove that the distally based sural artery flap is a very versatile flap to be used in coverage and reconstruction of such defects of the lower leg, heel and foot. Patients and Methods: Thirty three patients were operated in this series with some added and confirmed tips in the flap harvesting technique. Outcome and Conclusion: Flap survival and success was 87.8% in this series with reasonable low incidence of complications. So, distally based sural artery flap is recommended for coverage of skin and soft tissue defects of the lower leg, heel and foot.


Upon graduation from University many students lose access to support structures such as peers, academic mentoring, etc. This may lead to tension, stress and failure to perform effectively in their new workplaces, especially if the workplace itself is stressful, as it is in construction. Evidence indicates that the construction sector is a uniquely stressful environment, where the development of resilience is imperative for success. There is currently a perception that the development of resilience skills is not included as learning outcomes within units of study within the built environment discipline. In order to determine the scope and depth of resilience within construction curricula, staff and students from seven universities were interviewed using a semi structured instrument. These interviews were preceded and followed by industry roundtable discussions to contextualize enhanced learning opportunity and benefit. Emerging themes suggest that there are many opportunities to provide resilience learning within curricula with little adaptation required. Examples of useful case study type introductions to industry that may bolster students were provided by the interviewees. These examples are utilized in a Resilience Toolkit that is outlined. Noteworthy advice from students regarding best practice lecturing suggests that an academic with a balanced career path, comprising both industry experience or industry contacts to draw from, together with academic standing appears to provide a learning experience best suited to incorporate resilience behaviours and requisite training.


We show that with proper accounting of convention-dependent phases the mass spectra evaluated by us in an earlier paper satisfy the trace, SU(5) reassembly and Goldstone counting consistency checks. Phase accounting shows that the transposition symmetry called Hermiticity will be manifest only if signs arising from the product of six phase factors are reinserted. This uncovers the errors in the claims of others (retracted in subsequent work) concerning the inconsistency of our results. The chiral multiplet spectra of the two calculations are equivalent. However our method also gives all gauge and gauge chiral spectra as well as a decomposition of all SO(10) minimal supersymmetric grand unified theory couplings, for both tensors and spinors, which are unavailable, even in principle, using the methods of the above papers.


Objective –  To compare the recently introduced wide‐range C‐reactive protein (wr‐CRP) with the widely used high‐sensitivity Behring Dade method (hs‐CRP) in acute stroke/transient ischemic attack (TIA) patients.


A method is provided for operating a directly actuated valve that comprises a strain-type actuator to actuate a valve member to travel between a closed position and an open position, the method comprising transmitting displacements from the strain-type actuator to the valve member, maintaining a compressive stress on the actuator that is greater than a predetermined minimum stress by applying a pre-load compressive stress and limiting to less than predetermined limits at least one of: (a) acceleration and deceleration of the valve member when moving between open positions and the closed position; and (b) velocity of said valve member immediately before contacting the valve seat.


Abstract The volatile components of the flower of Cytisus sessilifolius L. were obtained by hydrodistillation and identified by GC and GC-MS. Altogether 78 components were identified, mostly fatty acids and hydrocarbons. Oil not shows antimicrobial activity.


The purpose of the study to investigate and analyze the realities for the social physical deucation with those of handicapped(937 persons) in korea except for Je-ju. The distinction of sex was male(75.1%), female(24.9%), the area distribution was kyung-gi(27.8%), Seoul(36.0%). The age-distribution was 23-30 years(39.9%), 31-40years(28.0%), 11-20years(15.0%) and the school career was high school(39.9%), special high school(12.9%), junior high school(11.6%), university(10.8%). The difficulty foams were polio-myelitis(27.2%), amputation(20.0%), cerebral palsy(15.0%). The appearance stage was 1-6years(27.6%), 20-30years(25.8%), 0-6years(23.1%). The difficulty causes were accident(37.2% ), disease(35.0%). The men to need social physical education(96.2%) were vocational trainer (61.5%), office clerk(60.4%), person without a regular occupation(59.7%), specialist(56.1%). Items were table tennis(20.7%), badminton(12.8%), walk (8.1%), volley ball(6.2%), basket ball(5.4%), foot ball (5.2%). Many man(31.6%) were unsatisfactory in question of the satisfaction, insufficiency of the sports facilities came out the largest reason. They followed the leader(25.6%), sports specialists of them were 37.6%, also they(46%) answers that sports facilities were insufficient. The place to practice sports was special facilities for handicapped(49.8%), howe(17.2%), public facilties(15.7%). The most(70.7%) had trouble to use the sports facilities. They liked badminton(22.0%) best of all, subsequently table tennis(21.0%) bowling(8.0%) and wanted the special facilities for the handicapped extremely. Lastly the need for the activity of social physical education was the expension in sports facilities(46%), the development and extention of program(22.8%), the reorganigation of full responsible sytem(16.2%), and the extention of leader(13.5%).


ABSTRACT The analysis of transient responses and transferred transient voltages in transformer windings is difficult because of the existence of capacitive and inductive couplings between different phases and the windings of different voltage ratings. The paper presents a new procedure to compute the natural frequencies, transient voltages in the windings subjected to impulses and the transferred transient voltages in the coupled windings. All the significant capacitive and inductive couplings between different phases and windings of different voltage ratings have been considered in this analysis. The validity of the method developed has been verified by comparing the measured and computed results obtained with a model transformer. The computed results show good correlation with those measured. The method has also been verified for practical transformer windings.


This paper dealt with the focusing characteristics of the beam, of which divergent angle was very large in comparison with the diffraction limitted one. In this analysis it was assumed that the beam radiated from a point diverged in a corn like shape of which axis was in the radiated direction, and that its beam energy density in the plane perpendicular to the axis was given by Gaussian curve. Mathematical fomulations which gave power density of the focused beam were expressed in the nondimensional form, and the calculated values were compared with experimental data obtained from CO2 laser beam of which divergent angle was 4•`5 times the diffraction limitted one. It was shown that both were considerably coincidental. The agreement between calculated values and experimental data obtained from electron beam was also satisfactory but was not so good as the case of CO2 laser.


Indian census data were used to study the nature and pattern of urbanization in India with special reference to the State of Maharashtra. Throughout the last 3 decades the population of Maharashtra increased at a faster rate than the Indian population in total. During 1941-51 and 1961-71 the urban population in Maharashtra also increased comparatively faster. Between 1951-71 the average number of towns in the State increased at a decadal rate of about 9%. In other demographic aspects Maharashtra is shown to represent a more advanced stage of development. Data illustrating these points are tabulated. When the scale the degree and the pace of urbanization are considered Maharashtra is seen to be the most urbanized State in India. As a function of economic development within the State immigration from rural areas to the large towns is taking place. This is causing the large towns to grow at a faster rate than the small towns. Projections for future growth indicate that urbanization in Maharashtra will have increased even more by the 1981 census. Therefore a suitable policy on urbanization and growth is needed.


Spinal cord injury (SCI), a major cause of disability, causes high global disease and economic burdens. Stress‐induced phosphoprotein 1 (STIP1) has been identified to be involved in spinal cord ischaemia‐reperfusion injury (SCII); however, the effect of STIP1 on SCII remains unclear until now. This study aimed to examine the role of STIP1 in SCII and unravel the possible mechanisms. Western blotting and immunohistochemical staining showed that STIP1 expression rapidly increased and then decreased in rat spinal cord following SCII treatment. Neurological function scoring, HE staining, immunohistochemical staining and Western blotting revealed that STIP1 overexpression alleviated SCII‐induced motor dysfunction of hind limbs, neuronal loss and inflammation in spinal cord, and inhibited activity of nuclear factor kappa B (NF‐κB) signalling in rats. Immunoprecipitation identified that STIP1 was co‐located with Iba‐1. In addition, STIP1 was found to ameliorate oxygen and glucose deprivation (OGD)‐induced inflammation and activation of NF‐κB signalling in mouse microglia BV2 cells, and STIP1 resulted in decrease of heat shock protein family A member 8 (HSPA8), increase of IκBβ expression and reduced binding of IκBβ to HSPA8 in BV2 cells. The results of the present study demonstrate that STIP1 alleviates ischaemia/reperfusion‐induced neuronal injury and inflammation in rat spinal cord and mouse microglial cells by deactivating NF‐κB signalling. These findings may provide novel insights for the clinical diagnosis and treatment of SCI.


This paper studies waste rubber powder drying micro-surfacing technology,including comparative study on different influencing factors such as performance indices(cohesion,deformation rate and sand adhered amount),and obtains the optimal design scheme for rubber powder drying micro-surfacing via tests.The result of comparative analysis for drying micro-surfacing performance with common micro-surfacing shows that the rubber powder drying micro-surfacing technology has obvious road advantages.


Object tracking belongs to active research areas in computer vision. We are interested in matching-based trackers exploiting deep machine learning known as Siamese trackers. Their powerful capabilities stem from similarity learning. This tracking paradigm is promising due to its inherent balance between performance and efficiency, so trackers of this type are suitable for real-time generic object tracking. There is an upsurge in research interest in Siamese trackers and the lack of available specialized surveys in this category. In this survey, we aim to identify and elaborate on the most significant challenges the Siamese trackers face. Our goal is to answer what design decisions the authors made and what problems they attempted to solve in the first place. We thus perform an in-depth analysis of the core principles on which Siamese trackers operate with a discussion of incentives behind them. Besides, we provide an up-to-date qualitative and quantitative comparison of the prominent Siamese trackers on established benchmarks. Among other things, we discuss current trends in developing Siamese trackers. Our survey could help absorb the details about the underlying principles of Siamese trackers and the challenges they face.


The aim of the study is to present factors of entrepreneurship development in agribusiness. The survey included 81 directly selected enterprises and their owners in Warmia and Mazury voivodeship in 2008. The survey proved that vast majority of enterprises functions on local markets. Nearly 60% of surveyed enterprises has investment plans for future. The vast majority of enterprises use credits as main source of financial support. The enterprises use financial, legal and advisory services.


PREVIOUS dental caries studies conducted in these laboratories have generally indicated that control male rats have a higher dental caries incidence than littermate females, although this has not always been a consistent finding. In an attempt to explain such differences, 1Muhler and Shafer" 2 have extensively studied the relationship of orchiectomy and ovariectomy, as well as the effect of sex hormone replacement therapy on the dental caries experience in rats. However, at present, no adequate evidence is available in order to clarify this problem. Among human beings, females most frequently have a greater caries experience than males of the same age; the explanation for this being that the permanent teeth in females erupt earlier than in males and receive the cariogenic influence of the oral environment for a longer period of time. In the experimental animal, evidence has been presented which indicates that food intake significantly influences the caries experience. Thus, food intake both in human beings and in experimental animals seems to be directly involved in caries initiation, so, in order to study the apparent sex difference which exists in rats, this study was conducted in which both male and female rats received identical amounts of the cariogenic diet.


High-performance imaging techniques represent the present of academic and industrial research. The use of these technologies in the maritime sector sees different applications in different phases of the life of a ship: photogrammetry in the design phase and the use of Lidar sensors to measure emissions are just a few examples. The novelty of this study is the application of these acquisition techniques to ship ballast systems. The new ballast water management regulations aimed at limiting the alteration of the marine ecosystem has overturned the canonical use of the ballast systems. In recent years, studies have shown how the spillage of ballast water has generated the proliferation of invasive species in seas all over the world. For this reason, the IMO has tried to regulate these operations. In this work, transportation phenomena of sediments through the duct, suctioned by a pump have been analysed. The inspected duct has been exposed to a CMOS MINI FASTCAM AX100. This camera was used to acquire images that allow studying the behaviour of the particles. With the use of a Matlab toolbox, a post processing of the images has been realized in order to estimate the speed and accelerations of the particles.


Korea represents one of the fastest growing countries in the economic development as wellis one of the fastest ageing ones becauseof longer life expectancy and lower birth rate. Recently ageing population becomes a big social problem due to a weak pension system, especially in the rural area. In order to solve this issue, the Korean government developedthe Farmland Reverse Mortgage System. This system is composed of the three key factors such as farmland value, change of interest, and net discount ratio. In order to measure the monthly payment amount of Farmland Reverse Mortgage System, these three factors should be estimated by long term estimation. However these factors were affected by the external interruptions such as International Monetary Fund and USA subprime mortgage crises. Using interrupted time series analysis method was analyzed the external effects of International Monetary Fund and USA subprime mortgage crises and both interruptions. The analysis results show that comparing with the US subprimemortgage crisis,the International Monetary Fund crisis interruption highly affects the change of farmland value, especiallythat of interest rate and of net discount ratio. This study suggests some policy implications. The government should take into consideration the domestic and foreign economic circumstances in building the actuarial model for the Farmland Reverse Mortgage System,because the International Monetary Fund and USA subprime mortgage crises affected directly the change of Korean farmland price in the rural areas.


Cystic Fibrosis, one of the most common inherited lethal disease among Caucasians, is caused by mutations in the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) gene. The CFTR protein acts as a gated Cl - channel at the apical membrane of epithelial cells, thereby facilitating proper hydration of mucosal linings. Disease causing muta- tions in the CFTR protein can affect a variety of steps in the biogenesis of a functional protein including the folding and trafficking of CFTR as well as the channel activity of plasma membrane-localized protein. Therefore, current research is focused on the use of small molecules to not only correct folding defects but also to enhance channel activity of mutant CFTR proteins. This review discusses the current knowledge of the folding, trafficking, and gating defects caused by CFTR mutations, the manner by which these defects are monitored by the cell, as well as the strategies which are cur- rently being utilized to develop and screen for small molecule therapeutics.


The agricultural supply chain within Kenya has been experiencing significant inefficiencies because of deficient information flow and the excessive number of actors involved in any given transaction leading to financial instability for many actors involved in the agricultural industry. In an attempt to obtain a more fundamental understanding of the specific issues within the agricultural supply chain, farmers from Kisumu County as well as wholesalers within the Kibuye market were surveyed to track the flow of money as produce moves from farms to the markets. From these surveys, a comprehensive price breakdown of transactions between farmers and wholesalers was obtained for tomatoes, mangoes, oranges, watermelons, and onions. The prices of each individual piece of produce was found to account for an average of 86.8% of the total purchasing costs while overhead costs were found to contribute to 3.2% to 15.5% of purchasing costs. Additionally, it was found that there was no correlation between distance traveled and transportation costs for wholesalers transporting produce which implies inefficiencies in the current transportation system.


Diode-clamped converters (DCCs) suffer from the inherent capacitor voltage imbalance problem. Most software-based voltage-balancing methods fall into the space vector modulation category and the carrier-based pulsewidth modulation category. Despite their effectiveness for the three-level DCCs, it is not easy to extend them to a general n-level topology. In this article, a new modulation method of a category called good-switching (GS) PWM is proposed for balancing the capacitor voltages. The proposed method requires no parameter-tuning effort and is extremely simple to design even for the n-level topology regardless of the number of phases. It is also potentially applicable to other multilevel converters. The principle, the implementation, and the stability analysis of GS-PWM are elaborated for a generic n-level DCC. A modified GS-PWM scheme and an on–off control scheme are proposed to reduce the switching transitions for further realizing the advantages of the GS-PWM. Particularly, the on–off control can be extended to many other voltage-balancing methods. Simulation and experiments with a five-level DCC validate the proposed methods.


We report the first demonstration of size selective epitaxial overgrowth of a colloidal quantum dot enabling production of PbS/CdS coupled quantum dots structures. Resultant above-band-edge fluorescence indicated rapid energy transfer within the coupled structure.


In Silicon Valley, to make a device "smart" means to add internet connectivity, allowing it to collect, send, and receive data, often while learning and adapting to user preferences. The technology…


Introduction: Since the occlusion area is presented in almost all specialties of Dentistry, its relationship with the health of the patient has been shown. The etiology of temporomandibular disorders is multifactorial and the occlusion is considered an etiologic factor. This study aimed to discuss the functional occlusion aspects and the presence of temporomandibular disorders. Literature Review: The loss of orthopedic balance can induce temporomandibular disorder. Therefore, both the physiological and functional occlusions have been analyzed as a dental relation. Several functional occlusal factors have been linked to the temporomandibular disorders such as deviations of centric relation to maximum intercuspation, occlusal interferences, absence of posterior teeth, changes on the occlusion vertical dimension, malocclusion, orthodontic treatment and parafunction. Conclusion: The most common occlusal factors related to temporomandibular disorders are quite frequent; however, the diagnosis and treatment of such disorders should be considered individually. UNITERMS: Dental occlusion, Temporomandibular disorders, Centric relation, Centric occlusion, Occlusal interference


The first 193 nm lithography processes using model-based OPC will soon be in production for 0.13 micrometer technology semiconductor manufacturing. However, the relative immaturity of 193 nm resist, etch and reticle processes places considerable strain upon the OPC software to compensate increased non-linearity, proximity bias, corner rounding and line-end pullback. We have evaluated three leading model-based OPC software packages with 193 nm lithography on random logic poly gate designs for the 0.13 micrometer generation. Our analysis has been performed for three different OPC reticle write processes, two leading 193 nm resists and multiple illumination conditions. The results indicate that the maturity of the model-OPC software tools for 193 nm lithography is generally good, although specific improvements are recommended.


The increasing need of reliability and high efficiency of the electric vehicles makes the multi-phase electric machines very attractive and highly recommended in transport applications. This paper investigates the vector control strategy of multi-phase permanent magnet synchronous machine under different drive cycles. Thus, the dynamic model of the electric vehicle is presented and a variable speed control is applied under variable load conditions. The simulations are carried out under MATLAB© \ Simulink © environment and the obtained results are presented and discussed.


A cortho-k lens for performing orthokeratology to control, slow the progression of, and/or correct ametropia, in particular lenses which are more comfortable and which will thus result in better compliance by users, in particular younger users. The cortho-k lens is formed from a non-rigid material. Wearing the soft cortho-k lens could correct the visual acuity and decrease the degree of the ametropia.


This article examines parties' ability to circumvent consistency in sentencing by bargaining around the rules that structure sentences within statutory ranges in federal criminal cases. Without careful control by judges, sentencing bargaining carries risks for structured-sentencings systems that may outweigh gains in efficiency. After a discussion of weaknesses in the ability of judges to oversee the factual accuracy of sentencing agreements, the article advances several options that would strengthen that supervisory role, promoting greater accuracy, transparency, and consistency in federal sentencing.


Abstract Various trace elements in different types of iron based geological reference materials [JSS 804-1 (hematite), JSS 820-2 (limonite), SU-1 and SU-1a (iron-nickel-copper-cobalt ores)] were investigated using k0-instrumental neutron activation analysis (k0-INAA). To avoid the interference of iron as the matrix element, a liquid–liquid extraction procedure with diisopropyl ether (DIPE) in hydrochloric acid solution and determination of trace elements in the inorganic phase was undertaken prior to irradiation. The k0-INAA method, applied to determine the content of the investigated elements, enabled the distribution of 39 elements to be followed through their corresponding intermediate/medium and long half-lived radionuclides. The possibility of determining the content of numerous trace elements after Fe separation is an important advantage of the proposed method. k0-INAA used to determine element s in the powdered materials and in liquid form after iron extraction enabled us to follow the losses and potential contamination of some elements in the liquid–liquid extraction process. Additionally, elimination of the matrix element lowered the detection limit for some trace elements compared to their corresponding values obtained by k0-INAA.


Malaysian standards (MS) on alloy steels are developed to ensure that alloy steel products use in Malaysia, whether it is imported or locally manufactured, complied to the same minimum quality. The Standards to be adopted for Malaysian Standards are universal; commonly in use for the industries worldwide. So far there is no proper regulation on alloy steels products but with time it is expected that the developed Malaysian Standards will be referred to Customs Act and become mandatory standards. Technical Committee on Alloy Steels is number 4 (known as TC4) and one of the 24 standards sectors to reflect the country's market need. These are formed by DSM to develop various types of national standards or adopt international standards. An overview on the process flow of MS development has been presented followed by the case examples on the details of developed MS and review process for the maintenance of MS on alloy steel. This talk also provides a platform for info sharing and discussion on matters relevant to alloy steels.


A new type of inductively coupled plasma (ICP) utilizing an array of auxiliary discharges enhanced with ferromagnetic cores and placed at the chamber side is developed and characterized over a wide range of discharge conditions. The ICP electrical and plasma characteristics are measured over a wide range of discharge powers and argon gas pressures. It is shown that at 400 kHz driving frequency the antenna power factor of this ICP is close to 1, so the antenna voltage and current are much lower than those in a conventional ICP at similar rf power. Due to low driving frequency and low antenna voltage, the capacitive coupling in the ICP mode is practically eliminated, while due to enhanced ferromagnetic core coupling, the power transfer efficiency is higher than 95% at an rf power larger than 0.5 kW. Langmuir probe measurements show that the radial plasma non-uniformity over 300 mm can be less than 3%. This plasma source is expected to be suitable for large-scale plasma processing.


The prevalence of Neospora caninum and brucellosis infections in dairy cattle in Xinjiang,China was investigated.The 419 serum samples taken from aborting dairy cattle 15 area,in Xinjiang were detacted for Neospora caninum and brucellosis infections by Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent assays(ELISA).Of the 419 samples,10.3% and 2.7% samples were positive for N.caninum and Brucellosis infection,respectively.In addition,0.95% samples were positive for both N.caninum and Brucellosis infection.The positive rate of all cattle farm Neospora caninum serum antibody-positive rate was 0 to 50% and there was no significant difference of the antibody-positive rate(P 0.05) between different ages of abortion cows sera,but they have significant difference(P0.05) between antibody-positive rate of different times of pregnancy fetal cows sera.Survey results show that the Neospora caninum infections existence in some parts of Xinjiang and lead to abortion is one of the important reasons.The survey for the study provided scientific theoretical evidences for the effective prevention and treatment of cattle Neosporosis.


A reliable simulation model of machine operation can be a useful tool in predicting behaviour under diverse operating conditions and in designing automated control systems. A simulation program, which uses both deterministic and statistical variables in modelling, was developed and applied to an existing open-end rotor-spinning machine served by a travelling piecener for the purpose of optimising output. The simulation results, compared with those derived from experimental testing and actual machine experience, validated the program's capability to predict accurately the influence of varying several operating parameters.


Mechanical and magnetic degradation of ferromagnetic films under contact stress was systematically investigated through novel experiments and analytical simulations. Permalloy (Ni80Fe20) film was deposited onto silicon substrate, and two different thicknesses of permalloy film (50 nm for sample A and 300 nm for sample B) were examined in this study. Magnetic properties were obtained from B-H loop tracer hysteresis measurement, while the mechanical properties (i.e., hardness and elastic modulus) were measured using nanoindentation techniques. It was observed that the 50 nm thick permalloy film showed weaker magnetic strength (lower coercivity and saturation magnetic flux values) and lower hardness than the 300 nm thick permalloy film. To apply mechanical contact stress on the permalloy film samples, nanoscratch experiments were performed using ramp and constant loading scratch profiles. Then, the resulting mechanical degradation (surface physical damage) of the two samples was determined from atomic force ...


Polarization studies for heavy quarks can lead to important tests of the Standard Model. Top quark pair production in e+e− annihilation is considered near energy threshold. It is shown that for longitudinally polarized electrons the produced top quarks and antiquarks are highly polarized. Dynamical effects originating from strong interactions in the t − t̄ system can be calculated using Green function method. Energy-angular distributions of leptons in semileptonic decays of polarized heavy quarks are sensitive to both the polarization of the decaying quark and V-A structure of the weak charged current. Some applications to b quark physics at the Z0 resonance are briefly reviewed. [ [ ‡∗ Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation fellow. To be published in Acta Physica Polonica B Proceedings of the Cracow Epiphany Conference on Heavy Quarks Jan.5-6, 1995, Cracow, Poland In honour of the 60th birthday of Kacper Zalewski


HBAI presents information from Family Resources Survey which describes the characteristics of individuals, and the families in which they live, at various points in the income distribution.


The Research Through Design (RTD) conference is a new, experimental dissemination platform to support design practitioner-researchers. Founded in 2013, RTD was established as a biennial conference series with RTD 2015, held in Cambridge, UK (March 25 – 27, 2015). This special issue brings together a set of perspectives from those who attended the RTD 2015 conference, offering new experiential insight about what it means to practice, disseminate, and understand design-led inquiry within academic communities and beyond.


Although some literature can be found on the behavior of blow tanks, very few studies could be found on the pressure loss at the entry section to a pipeline (henceforth called entry pressure loss) from a top discharge blow tank in a pneumatic conveying system, even though its magnitude can be significant as compared to the total system pressure drop. This article presents the results of an experimental study carried out to assess this entry pressure loss. The results indicate that it is possible to scale up the entry pressure loss based on laboratory-scale tests with a reasonable degree of accuracy.


Nanobiotechnology and its applications in life sciences particularly in molecular diagnostics are termed as Nanomolecular diagnostics, which offers new options for clinical diagnostic procedures. Molecular diagnostics is an essential part of the development of personalized medicine, which features point-ofcare performance of diagnostic procedure. Nanobiotechnology incorporated along with molecular diagnostics improves the clinical diagnosis tremendously. In this type of diagnosis, 'Nanoscale probes' are mostly suitable for detailed analysis of receptors, pores and other components of living cells that exist in nanoscale dimension. For combined diagnosis and therapeutics, Nanodevice can be implanted as a preventive and prophylactic measure in early disease diagnosis. Advantages of applying nanotechnology to molecular diagnostics are that only small amounts of sample material are needed


The invention relates to a pipeline type heat exchanger. The pipeline type heat exchanger comprises a first radiating pipe and a second radiating pipe, wherein the second radiating pipe is inserted into a pipeline needing to be cooled; the first radiating pipe surrounds the pipeline needing to be cooled; the first radiating pipe, the second radiating pipe and the pipeline needing to be cooled are spring-shaped spiral pipes. During use, heat radiation and conducting media flow from the interior of the second radiating pipe and the interior of the first radiating pipe to the pipeline needing to be cooled. The pipeline type heat exchanger is simple in structure, high in heat exchange efficiency and capable of meeting different heat radiation requirements.


INTRODUCTION
The integration of psychosocial interventions in primary care settings is 1 mechanism to increase access to mental health care to youth in need. Although the delivery of psychosocial interventions by primary care providers (PCPs) reflects 1 example of this integration, research indicates that various barriers to implementation by PCPs exist. With the goal of informing a framework to guide the selection of treatments amenable to PCP practice, the authors sought to examine which criteria might influence a PCP's intention to use a given psychosocial intervention.

METHOD
Using survey methodology, 49 PCPs ranked characteristics of interventions for feasibility and applicability to their patient populations and setting.

RESULTS
Survey respondents found the following characteristics most important: time to employ, applicability to multiple disorders, ease of use, and ease of learning. Providers who endorsed more negative beliefs and attitudes toward addressing psychosocial concerns in youth were more likely to see certain criteria, such as ease of use and ease of learning, as more important.

DISCUSSION
The authors illustrate the potential application of these findings to the selection of psychosocial interventions for use in primary care and discuss future research directions. (PsycINFO Database Record


Issues related to ``charge-spin coupling'' and the diffusive transport of nonequilibrium spin polarized electrons in nonmagnetic materials and at the interface between ferromagnetic and nonmagnetic materials are discussed theoretically. Equations that govern charge and spin transport in three dimensions are derived and appropriate boundary conditions are discussed. These results are applied to a numerical calculation of spin accumulation and diffusion in a two-dimensional Van der Pauw cross. A detailed model of spin transport at ferromagnetic-nonmagnetic metal interfaces is reviewed, the limiting cases of high and low interface conductance are treated, and the relevance of ``resistance mismatch'' for a variety of experimental systems is analyzed.


Many streams of southwestern Australia have become secondarily saline through land clearance and other human activities in their catchments. Elevated salinities impact on aquatic biota and ecological processes of surface streams but little is known of the effects on the diversity and community composition of hyporheic (subsurface) invertebrates occupying the saturated sediments where surface and groundwaters exchange. We hypothesized that biodiversity of hyporheic invertebrates would decline with increasing salinity, especially where saline groundwater upwelled into the surface stream. We also predicted changes in community composition associated with salinity and direction of vertical hydrological exchange. Water and hyporheic invertebrates were sampled from downwelling and upwelling zones of 13 streams in southwestern Australia ranging in median surface water salinity from 0.27 to 17.86 g L−1. Overall, taxa richness of hyporheic invertebrates was uncorrelated with salinity but, surprisingly, correlated positively with the salinity of upwelling water. However, when the sites were divided into 'fresh' (<3 g L−1) and 'mesosaline' (>3 g L−1) groups, this relationship became non‐significant. Instead, taxa richness and total abundance were correlated positively with salinity of downwelling water in fresh sites and negatively in mesosaline sites, resulting in a peak in richness at intermediate salinities. Community composition was unrelated to direction of hydrological exchange but was strongly associated with hyporheic salinity. Hyporheic assemblages of 'fresh' rivers were typified by harpacticoid copepods and candoniid ostracods, whereas the amphipod Austrochiltonia and several dipteran groups were more common below 'mesosaline' rivers. Although many hyporheic taxa collected in this study apparently have broad tolerances to salinity, secondary salinization due to human activities potentially changed community composition, possibly altering rates of ecological processes such as organic matter breakdown occurring within the sediments of streams undergoing salinization. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


The mutual relationship between evolution and learning is a controversial argument among the artificial intelligence and neuro-evolution communities. After more than three decades, there is still no common agreement on the matter. In this paper the author investigates whether combining learning and evolution permits to find better solutions than those discovered by evolution alone. More specifically, the author presents a series of empirical studies that highlight some specific conditions determining the success of such a combination, like the introduction of noise during the learning and selection processes. Results are obtained in two qualitatively different domains, where agent/environment interactions are minimal or absent.


Objective To evaluate the curative effect of MDC semiconductor laser apparatus in combination with computer IF for chronic hypertrophic pharyngitis. Method 150 cases of chronic hypertrophic pharyngitis were randomly divided into the general treatment group,the laser group and the control group.Results Symptom scores before and after treatment were statistically different in the general treatment group(P0.01),and the effect rose on week two and peaked on weeks 4 to 8.However the symptom scores were not significantly different between the laser and control groups(P0.05) and were significantly higher in the general treatment group than in the laser and control groups.Conclusion MDC semi-conductor laser therapy in combination with computer IF achieves a curative effect on chronic hypertrophic pharyngitis.


Water-based ionic polymer–metal composites (IPMCs) exhibit complex deformation properties, especially when the water content changes. To explore the general actuation mechanisms, both Nafion and Flemion membranes are used as the polymer backbones. IPMC deformation includes three stages: fast anode deformation, relaxation deformation, and slow anode deformation, which is mainly dependent on the water content and the backbone. When the water content decreases from 21 to 14 wt. %, Nafion–IPMC exhibits a large negative relaxation deformation, zero deformation, a positive relaxation deformation, and a positive steady deformation without relaxation in sequence. Despite the slow anode deformation, Flemion–IPMC also shows a slight relaxation deformation, which disappears when the water content is less than 13 wt. %. The different water states are investigated at different water contents using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The free water, which decreases rapidly at the beginning through evaporation, is ...


Increases in aquaculture production due to higher demand for aquatic foods result in an increase in the amount of aquaculture wastewater. This situation highlights the need for the effective treatment of wastewater in sustainable aquaculture. Today, instead of traditional physical and chemical methods in the treatment of wastewater originating from aquaculture, ecosystem-sensitive and by-product-oriented systems have begun to be adopted. The main principle of the zero-waste approach is the recycling of the nutrients in the wastewater to produce another food. In this new innovative approach, the production of other organisms from the different trophic levels using the wastewater of aquaculture in the integrated multi-trophic systems (such as aquaponics) is possible to recycle the nutrients. It has been considered the integrated multi-trophic systems (IMTA) more valuable as these systems can be used both in environment-friendly wastewater treatment and in the conversion of nutrients in wastewater to biomass. The nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus in aquaculture wastewater can be utilized to produce two organisms (i.e. fish+mussel) or three organisms (i.e. fish+mussel+seaweed) through IMTA. Aquaculture wastewater can be used to reduce the nutrients in constructed wetlands and plant lagoons representing the reasonable approach for sustainable aquaculture and wastewater treatment.
Here, the innovative approach to sustainable aquaculture wastewater treatment was reviewed for the current and innovative technologies. It was emphasized that the need for environment-friendly wastewater treatment Technologies such as aquaponics, enlargement of constructed wetlands, or increase in using the integrated multi-trophic production systems (IMTA) in practice are recommended for sustainable aquaculture.


One of the main problems solved by the Russian government today is Russia lag in information technologies sphere. Net technologies penetration in routine life lead to wide spread of this science and technique language, its oral communication entrance. In this connection studying of net technologies language has a special value.


In an effort to improve early-stage drug research, AstraZeneca and Roche have agreed to share data from their medicinal chemistry efforts. The goal is to ease the pain of optimizing compounds, a process that can involve many cycles of drug design, synthesis, and testing before scientists finally have a molecule suitable for human studies. Because small changes to a molecule can have a big impact on properties such as solubility and stability, the idea is to avoid repeating others' mistakes and exploit successes. MedChemica, a computational chemistry services firm formed last year by three former AstraZeneca employees, will process data provided by the companies. The setup allows knowledge to be shared while protecting proprietary information, like the exact structure of a molecule. The partners want to use "the hard-won knowledge of the past to pinpoint the right changes the first time," says MedChemica Managing Director Al Dossetter. For AstraZeneca, the ...


Over the past several years, crowdfunding via the internet has become a popular way to engage public support – and financial backing – for all kinds of projects, from the Coolest Cooler to a virtual reality gaming headset to a prototype of a sailing spacecraft and a bailout fund for Greece. The area of journalism is no exception. From April 28, 2009 to September 15, 2015, 658 journalism-related projects proposed on Kickstarter, one of the largest single hubs for crowdfunding journalism, received full – or more than full – funding, to the tune of nearly $6.3 million. These totals – both in terms of number of projects and funds raised – trail nearly all of Kickstarter's other funding categories, from music, theater and film to technology and games. Nevertheless, the number of funded journalism projects has seen an ongoing increase over time and includes a growing number of proposals from established media organizations. From Kickstarter's April 2009 launch through the end of the year, 17 journalism projects received funding. That number more than tripled just a year later, to 64 projects in 2010. Growth continued, reaching 168 funded projects in 2014 and 173 in the first nine months of 2015. The amount of money put into these projects grew as well, from $49,256 in 2009 and $263,352 in 2010 to $1,743,668 in the first nine months of 2015. Equally striking is the upward trend in the number of people contributing financially to these journalism projects – rising from 792 in 2009 to 25,651 in 2015.


The present invention relates to a digital radio broadcast receiver and method. Apparatus according to the present invention is output to the communication unit, receiving and outputting a broadcast signal via the broadcast receiving module comprises a broadcast receiving module to receive a broadcast signal from the GPS receiving module and a broadcast server that receives location information from the GPS satellite network, and when the reception sensitivity of the received broadcast signal that is less than a preset reference value, and requests the connection service information on the basis of the broadcast service information contained in the current position information and the broadcast signal received through the GPS receiving module, the current position information, basis based on the associated service provider associated service information provided from the server includes a service linked to a processing unit that performs handover, the associated service information includes information of the broadcast service and broadcast service is currently being received.


Access to education is still a worldwide problem due to various inequalities. The
Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) introduced the Accreditation of Prior
Experiential Learning (APEL) mechanism which enables individuals who have work
experience but lack in formal academic qualifications to pursue their studies at higher
educational institutions. APEL Centre is an approved assessment centre for MQA. The
main purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between service quality
provided by APEL Centre, awareness on APEL and democratisation of education.
A literature review to build the research instrument. Survey questionnaires were
administered and a total of 168 were usable responses from Open University Malaysia
(OUM). Face-to-face data collection procedure was adopted. A total of 63% of the
respondents were aware of the entry requirements using APEL whereas 27% needed
more clarification. The candidates who obtained the services from APEL Centre were
interested to gain admission in Diploma (3%), Degree (58%) and Master (39%)
programmes in Malaysia. The data collected were cleaned and issues related to data
normality (Kurtosis < 3.00; Skewness < 1.00) were primarily resolved. The Cronbach
Alpha for service quality of APEL Centre (a = 0.97), awareness on APEL (a = 0.94)
and democratisation of education (a = 0.96) were far above acceptable. The reported R
square (0.54) indicated goodness of fit of the total regression model. Service quality
provided by APEL Centre (p = 0.01) and awareness on APEL (p = 0.02) were both
significant variables when examined against democratisation of education in OUM.
The empirical evidence given clearly implies that APEL can help increase access to
education. The role of informal and non-formal education can heighten global
citizenship of the candidates. Future researchers are recommended to validate the
existing measurement by performing confirmatory factor analysis and qualitative
interviews to narrow the methodological gap available. (Abstract by authors)


: Wound is a disruption of the anatomic structure and function in any body part. It includes burns, bone fracture, ulcers, skin break, muscle tear etc. The infection of a wound can be defined as the invasion of organism through tissues following a breakdown of local and systemic host defences leading to local and systemic presentation. Infection is also due to tissue infestation by microorganism with inflammation response. Antibiotics agents are the most as often as possible recommended medication for prevention of bacterial infection. Antibiotic are effective against various microorganism and the susceptibility to reduce adverse effect. Wound infections have a huge impact on patient quality of life. Rational use of antibiotics is important because the emergence of resistance has become a global threat. Antibiotics resistance is the ability of the microorganism to withstand the effect if any antibiotics, the microorganism changes in a way that reduces the effectiveness of the drug. Objective: To analyze the Prescribing pattern of antibiotics in wound infection and the resistance of microorganism in surgery department. Methodology: This was an observational study carried out over a period of 6 months among inpatient in the department of Surgery. The entire patient admitted in the Surgery ward meeting our inclusion criteria and exclusion criteria in this study were included. All the documented data were evaluated by applying appropriate statistical analysis like mean and standard deviation. Results: A total number of 130 patients was enrolled in our study performed in surgery department. From our study, the majority of study population were male (77.69%) and female were (22.30%).The high number of people belongs to group age of 56-65 years was 38 peoples. In wound infection, Diabetic foot (43.07%) was found to be a major problem followed by gangrene (28.84%) and cellulitis (12.31%).In our study, out of 130 cases, culture sensitivity test was performed for 95 cases and no culture sensitivity performed for 35 cases. Several samples such as Pus (53), wound swab (37) were collected. With reference to the culture sensitivity test, the major organisms isolated were categorized under gram negative such as E. Coli 22, Pseudomonas Aeruginosa 31. It can be observed that out of 130 patients included in our study 127 received antimicrobial therapy empirically while 3 patients did not received. Total of 18 different antibiotics were prescribed from which the most commonly prescribed were Metronidazole, Ceftriaxone and also the combination of ceftriaxone +metronidazole or Ceftriaxone + Metronidazole + Amikacin / Meropenem. Conclusion: The most antibiotics prescribed in the surgery department regarding wound infection were Metronidazole, Ceftriaxone and slightly Amikacin. The judicious use of antibiotic prophylaxis and reporting can be the most effective means to reduce the wound infection rate. Antimicrobial resistance in bacterial pathogens is a significant challenge that has a high morbidity and mortality.


This paper represents the development of a comprehensive cooperative exploration frame work in which each individual vehicle has the ability to explore an unknown environment by itself and also by cooperative behaviour in a team of several vehicles that consist of ground and air vehicles. Our approach to exploration strategy focuses on solving optimal assignment problem amongst the team by using linear integer programming technique in order to maximize the team's benefit and minimize the time for exploration. The simulation results show the effectiveness of the proposed framework for multi-vehicle exploration in unknown environments.


High thermoregulation costs incurred by aquatic endotherms can be reduced if heat from digestion and exercising muscles can substitute for thermogenesis. Costs (VO2) of surface activities and diving were measured in lesser scaup (Aythya affinis (Eyton, 1838)) ducks while fasted and when feeding on mixed grain at depths of 1.2 and 2 m at thermoneutral (23 °C) and sub-thermoneutral (8 °C) water temperatures. Substitution occurred if the heat increment of feeding (HIF) or costs of activities above resting metabolic rate (RMR) were lower at 8 °C than at 23 °C, indicating that the thermoregulatory part of RMR at 8 °C had been reduced. Changes in body core temperature were not significant, and there was no substitution of HIF. At the surface at 8 °C, fasted birds that were active (nonresting) >75% of the time had lower RMR, and lower cost of activities above RMR, than less active birds. Dive recovery cost after dive bouts (DRC) constituted 33%–35% of total dive costs at 23 °C and 48%–55% at 8 °C. Dive costs abo...


[Objective]To explore the relationship between Wnt/β-catenin signaling and FAK by detecting of the expression of β-catenin and FAK in colorectal carcinoma. [Methods]Immunobhistochemistry was used to detect the expression of β-catenin and FAK protein in 60 specimens of colorectal carcinoma and 8 specimens of normal colorectal tissues. The corresponding clinical data were analyzed retrospectively. [Results]The positive rate of normal β-catenin, abnormal β-catenin and FAK expression in colorectal carcinoma was 66.7%, 63.3% and 73.3%, respectively. β-catenin and FAK expression were significantly correlated with the depth of invasion and lymph node metastasis, but not with the age, sex, and the tumor size or position and differentiation of the patients. There existed positive correlation between the expression of abnormal expression of β-catenin and FAK (r =0.487, P =0.000). [Conclusion]The expression of β-catenin and FAK are closely correlated with the invasion/metastasis and prognosis of colorectal carcinoma. There maybe existed relationship between Wnt/β-catenin signaling and FAK in colorectal carcinoma.


Cyeodolepis jenkinsiana, a bennettitalean scale-leaf, is shown to have had two types of venation, is shown not to be covered by hairs as had previously been thought and has a strong association with Zamites recta, the most common vegetative leaf species to be found in the Kirkwood Formation of the Algoa Basin. The morphology of Zamites recta is reasonably clear and this species has definite affinities with the Bennettitales based on its gross morphology and a single microscopic character, i.e. sinuous epidermal cell walls of the pinnae. Zamites morrisii is shown to be only a variant of the better represented Z. recta. Two of the previously described species of Zamites, Z. rubidgei and Z. africana are excluded from Zamites.


Jan. 15, 2009 PRLog -4Checks.com has been a leading search portal for personal checks, business checks, and other banking accessories for almost ten years. Because the company knows that affiliates are essential to generating growth and spreading the word in new and engaging ways, it has sent its Affiliate Manager to the Affiliate Summit events for years. Founded in 2003, the Affiliate Summit was created to establish a networking environment and to give merchants and affiliates insights into the latest industry standards and issues. Now on its twelfth conference, the Affiliate Summit has grown tremendously and become one of the premiere events for affiliates, merchants, vendors, networks, and agencies. The Pinnacle Awards, presented annually, are affiliate marketing's most prestigious, competitive honors for leaders in the space. Award winners are recognized because they are innovative leaders with vision and influence.


(Note: This statement started its life as part of the State of the Profession panel at the joint American Society for Theatre Research / Congress on Research in Dance conference in Seattle [November 2010]. I was asked to respond to the question of "how power has worked on/through/with bodies in the fields of dance and theatre studies, and in the academy at large." I decided to speak about the serious crisis facing higher education in light of the economic recession, and its particular challenges to the academy and our field, using my present context in the United Kingdom, where I have lived since 2006, as a case study.)


Background  Adalimumab, at an induction dose of 160/80 mg followed by 40 mg every other week is approved for treatment of refractory Crohn's disease (CD) and for patients with loss of response to infliximab.


The authors propose an adaptive robust control approach for the levitation control of non-linear maglev vehicle with state constraint. The system contains non-linear and (possibly) time-varying uncertainty, which is supposed to be bounded. In order to prevent the undesirable collision, the airgap between suspended chassis and guideway should be restrained in a specified range for safety concerns. Furthermore, the maglev vehicle does not satisfy the (global) matching condition. The authors propose a three-step state transformation approach to transform the maglev vehicle to an interconnected uncertain system. After that, the robust control is proposed based on the transformed system, and the adaptive law is constructed to emulate the total system uncertainty. The adaptive robust control is able to ensure the system performance (uniform boundedness and the uniform ultimate boundedness) of uncertain maglev vehicle. In addition, the airgap can be confined within the specified range.


The Indian Peoples' Theatre Association (Ipta) manufactured cosy dreams and occasionally offered the Communist Manifesto as a user's manual. The Indian state never belonged to the dream vendors. It…


A digital data acquisition system has been flight tested in a Schweizer 2-32 sailplane and the algorithms, designed for high angle of attack parameter identification, are described in this paper. The system is portable and self-contained. Inertial sensors are mounted in a strapdown unit. Two Kiel-probes are used for airspeed measurement. "Off-the- shelf" microelectronics components are configured to operate as a multiprocessing system. The on-board computing power is used to monitor the sensor and support system and to improve flight test effectiveness. The Estimation-Before-Modeling technique has been selected for parameter identification. A time history of a flight test maneuver that will be used in the estimation of the aerodynamic parameters is also presented.


Psoriasis management embraces many difficult tasks, with frequent challenges in case of elderly patients. The treatment of this chronic condition is particularly complicated in elderly for additional factors such as common multiple comorbidities and related polypharmacy, infection and cancer susceptibility. About 17-25% of elderly psoriatic patients suffer from a moderate-to-severe disease, requiring a systemic treatment which is often impeded due to contraindications, drug interactions and adverse events (AEs).


An active vision sensing system which established by low power laser and common CCD is used to shoot GTAW welding pool images. Based on choose the appropriate LASER and filters, projected angle of laser and shoot angle of CCD, we avoid the disturbance of arc effectively and obtain clear images of the welding pool. The shape parameters of welding pool can obtain by demarcated and calculated. And then a three-dimentional numerical model of GTAW welding pool is established based on the theories of fluid dynamics and heat transfer. It considered the convection heat transfer of liquid metal and heat conduction of solid metal. And FLUENT software is used for simulate the GTAW welding pool. Extract the weld pool shape parameters and done comparative study with the vision detection of pool. This will be beneficial to avoid repeat experiments and improve work efficiency.


Implantation defects under a mask edge were studied by cross‐sectional transmission electron microscopy. An arsenic implantation with a dose of 5×1015 cm−2 as used for source/drain implantations in metal‐oxide‐semiconductor transistor structures completely amorphizes a 63‐nm‐thick silicon surface layer and produces a sharply curved amorphous/crystalline interface under the mask edge. Annealing at 900 °C results in the formation of vacancy‐type dislocation half‐loops or microtwinning on {111} planes under the mask edge. Partial crystallization of the amorphous layer at 500 °C revealed a notch in the amorphous/crystalline interface which is shown to be due to the different epitaxial regrowth rates on the various lattice planes. On further annealing, the above‐mentioned defects are generated when the crystallization fronts on both sides of the notch join.


ABSTRACTThree different oligonucleotides, consisting of simple repetitive sequences, were employed in non-radioactive hybridization experiments in order to verify the applicability of the oligo-fingerprinting technique in surveys of genetic relationships. As a indicator for similarity, "band sharing" coefficients were calculated in some instances, which can be compared to data from morphological and biochemical taxonomies. Materials examined were different Helianthus annuus lines, populations, subspecies and interspecific hybrids between cultivated sunflower and wild species, as well as several Helianthus wild species. Furthermore, fingerprints from related species of the Asteraceae family, just as from completely unrelated species, were generated by hybridizations with (GATA). These exhibit almost no or similarity at all, while within the genus Helianthus similarity rises in accordance with taxonomic relationship, making the fingerprint technique a very reliable method in respect to measuring genetic dis...


Objective To analyze the clinical features and prognostic factors of occult breast cancer. Methods The clinical features and prognostic factors of 62 occult breast cancer patients,who were treated in Tianjin Cancer Hospital from October 1997 to October 2011,were retrospectively analyzed.Results The 3-year,5-year and 10-year overall survival rates of 62 cases were 87.4%,76.4%,73.2% respectively,a median of 53 months.The 3-,5-,and 10-year overall survival rates of the patients with >4 positive lymph nodes are lower than that of patients with ≤4 nodes (77.8%,64.8%,38.9% vs.90.7%,86.7%,86.7%,P =0.015 ) ;The 3-year and 5-year overall survival rates of patients with primary cancer found in removed breast tissue are lower than that in those primary tumor was not found (60.0%,40.0%,40.0% vs.92.0%,83.6%,79.2%,P =0.023).The 3-year,5-year and 10-year overall survival rates in patients with recurrence and metastasis are lower than that of patients without (63.5%,28.6%,19.0% vs.97.1%,97.1 %,97.1%,P =0.000). Conclusions The prognosis of occult breast cancer is related with the number of positive lymph node,pathology,recurrence and metastasis.

Key words:
Breast neoplasms; Neoplasms,unknown primary; Prognosis; Lymphatic metastasis


Manning (1995: 213), in a monograph of the stomatopod crustaceans of Vietnam, proposed the name Miyakea for a genus of Indo-West Pacific stomatopods corresponding to the nepa group of species in Oratosquilla Manning, 1968: Squilla nepa "Latreille, 1828" (type species), and Squilla holoschista Kemp, 1911 (Manning 1971: 2–4, 7, 8; Ahyong 2001: 278; Ahyong et al . 2008: 137). Squilla nepa has long been attributed to "Latreille, 1828" but should be correctly attributed to "Latreille, in Latreille, Le Peletier, Serville & Guerin, 1828", as Low & Ng (2012: 49) argued for the identical case of the name Cardiosoma in the same publication of Latreille ( in Latreille et al . 1828).


This article aims to analyze how the crime of child kidnapping is covered in the Indonesian Criminal Code and the type of sanctions that can be imposed on the perpetrator of the crime of child kidnapping. It is a legal research that uses statutory, conceptual, and case approaches in discussing the legal protection of child kidnapping victims. In order to illustrate how the law that protects the victim of child kidnapping is applied by the court, it presents a case study at the Gianyar District Court that investigated a criminal offense of child kidnapping in 2018. The results reveal that the Indonesian Criminal Code classifies child kidnapping as a crime that is punishable as stipulated in Article 330 of the Code. In a more specific context, Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 35 of 2014 concerning Amendments to Law Number 22 of 2003 concerning Child Protection includes child kidnapping as a case that needs to be given special protection  A case study regarding the imposing of sanctions on the perpetrator of child kidnapping can be seen in a criminal case before the District Court of Gianyar in 2018. In the judgment, the panel of judges imposing a sentence against the defendant in the form of imprisonment of 8 (eight) years in prison and a fine of Rp. 60,000,000 (sixty million rupiah) subsidiary 6 (six) months in prison;


And a steering apparatus for a cutoff liquid recycle stream, composed of three flow chambers and a series of valves, said chamber is equipped with a connecting member, said connecting member having a reach line or supply line, the chamber communicate with each other, just a chamber (I) and the other two chambers (II) are (III) in communication, by means of at least two valves for connectivity between each of said chambers, a valve is a flow valve (Q), at least one valve is a balancing valve (E), each balancing valve (E) in combination with upstream or downstream of a fixed or adjustable flow blocking means (D), the two chambers do not communicate with a common valve (V) or a three-way valve, or two non- communicating each chamber having a check valve, the check valve is in the opposite position, when a close another opening, and vice versa, said valve (V) in combination with a discharge valve (S).


ITER plasma requires the use of an internal vertical stabilization (VS) coil set as part of the system for active control of vertical position. The required peak current and voltage of VS power supply are of order of 60 kA and 2.4 kV. Also, it needs short voltage response time, less than 1 ms and highly transient power demand. This paper describes a conceptual design study for the in-vessel vertical stabilization coil power supply system to judge design feasibility and estimate its cost. Finally, the result will be used as design input data for the ITER Tokamak building and other interface systems.


When autonomous vehicles are deployed to perform transportation tasks within a confined space and strict time constraint, the problem of optimizing the assignment of tasks to vehicles is complicated by the need to ensure safety (they do not collide with or impede each other) and maximize the efficiency and productivity. With the increasing number of autonomous vehicles in practical settings, the ability to schedule tasks in a manner that inherently considers the effects of task allocations on space contention (which in turn compromises efficiency) is important to performance improvement. The main contribution of this paper is an approach to simultaneously conduct dynamic task allocation and collision-free path planning in an environment where multiple autonomous vehicles operate on a network of paths and where each path segment can only be occupied by one vehicle at a given instant. In particular, a generic algorithm for effective task allocation is investigated and applied in conjunction with an application-specific objective function. The proposed approach is able to solve the dynamic scheduling, planning and collision avoidance problem in an integrated way such that the overall productivity of the transportation system is improved. Simulation results based on a real-world industrial material handling environment demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed method.