Objective To investigate the relations between the diabetic nephropathy and the level of thyroid hormone.Methods One hundred and two patients were divided into two groups,these patients who were diagnosed as the early stage of diabetic nephropathy were in the group A,these patients who were diagnosed as the clinical stage of diabetic nephropathy were in the group B,then the level of thyroid hormone in blood,serum glycosylated hemoglobin,urine protein excretory rate,total serum protein,seralbumin and the renal function were detected.Results The level of thyroid hormone in these parents of group B was higher than that in the group A.Conclusion There was a inverse correlation between the renal function of diabetic nephropathy and the level of thyroid hormone.Detecting the level of thyroid hormone can help to evaluate the prognosis of diabetic nephropathy.


DC power networks with introduction of distributed generation (DG) and energy storage (ES) systems have been drawing much attention in recent years. To control power flows in DC power networks, voltage of each terminal is usually an only controllable variable. Therefore, implementation of control method is generally simple, but it lacks flexibility particularly when the structure of the power network is complicated. To overcome the problem, a more flexible power flow control method that includes a power flow controller implemented on the distributed line has been proposed. The controller makes additional voltage differences on the distribution line and realizes bidirectional and flexible power flow control. In this paper, we consider DC power networks with complicated connections of DG and ES systems. For implementing simple and intuitive power flow control, we propose a multi-terminal power flow control method that consists of a multi-terminal power flow controller (MTPFC) and a compensation node for MTPFC. The control method makes the DC power network simpler and enables to realize flexible and robust power flow control. The effectiveness and the feasibility of the proposed control method are validated by experimental studies.


Electrochemical double layer capacitors, also referred to as supercapacitors, are a promising technology in the field of energy storage. Carbon nanotube (CNT)based supercapacitors are particularly interesting because of CNTs' high surface area and conductivity. CNT supercapacitors can potentially be used in hybrid electric vehicles due to their higher power density[1]. Comparing energy storage systems that store energy in different ways; such as batteries, fuel cells, supercapacitors, and flywheels; requires that an appropriate set of performance data be collected. A Ragone plot is a log-log plot of a device's energy density versus power density, giving insight into its operational range. A method to obtain Ragone plots for CNT-based supercapacitors in a three-terminal electrochemical cell was adapted from a technique to test commercial capacitors for electric vehicles. Energy and power densities are frequently given for a packaged device, rather than an electrode or a half cell (electrode, solvent, and electrolyte.) However, materials research on new electrodes requires the ability to isolate the performance of individual components, such as the electrode or electrolyte, to understand the effects of changes to these components while avoiding the cost of developing a packaged device. The technique reported here provides a way to assess and compare the performance of components of a supercapacitor as a part of conventional three-terminal electrochemical cells. The present work focuses on comparing the energy and power performance of different electrode materials and modifications thereof, such as surface engineering and geometric modifications[2]. Such materials development will be critical to the realization of supercapacitors that can challenge the energy density of lithium-based batteries. A Ragone plot is a log-log plot of a device's energy density versus its power density, as shown in


We prove that if we consider a family of stable solutions to the Ginzburg-Landau equation, then their vortices converge to a stable critical point of the renormalized energy. Moreover, in the case of instability, the number of directions of descent is bounded below by the number of directions of descent for the renormalized energy. A consequence is a result of nonexistence of stable nonconstant solutions to Ginzburg-Landau with homogeneous Neumann boundary condition.


Phaseolus vulgaris (Common beans) landraces are one of the most cultivated legumes for human consumption on the montaneclimate of the Jos Plateau and is renowned for the production of reasonable quantities of the beans in Africa.Common beans is rich in fiber, micronutrients, minerals and has strong medicinal value. Despite its potential for improving nutrition and poverty reduction, it is highly under-utilized and research efforts to improve the genotypes of the plant found in this area for better productivity are few. A study was thus carried out to access the germination and emergence responses of three landraces of Phaseolus vulgaris (pinto, red kidney and navy) after treatment with sodium azide. Four doses of sodium azide were applied in concentrations of 0.1M, 0.04M, 0.03M and 0.02M for each landrace for both germination and emergence experiments. The results showed that at doses 0.02M and 0.03M, the pinto indicated significantly (p<0.05) higher mean germination which surpassed the control. All sodium azide doses in the red kidney and pinto had reduced mean germination. Sodium azide reduced the mean emergence of pinto, red kidney and navy at all the doses of sodium azide. The lethality of sodium azide was highest in navy and lowest in pinto. The decrease in germination and emergence was not dose related especially in red kidney and navy. The best response to the mutagen was observed in pinto with higher germination and the least percentage lethality. Sodium azide effectiveness and efficiency were strongest at the 0.1M dose of the mutagen.


Many problems should be noticed in the process of universities combination and the construction of new college city in terms of teaching contents,construction and use of gym buildings and equipments,and assessment of sports section achievements.In order to solve these problems,the study not only initiates the teaching pattern of physical education,namely,to set up courses based on the items for freshmen and the direction for sophomore,but also puts it into the practice which has been proved to be effective and welcome by most of the teachers and students.


(76) Inventors: Hugo M. Visser, Longe Louweratraat DE 38O8629 C1 3/1988 52bls, NL-3512 VK Utrecht (NL); DE WO 01/01736 A1 1/2001 Richard L. Sandstrom, 410 Bridoon WO WO 99/42904 8/1999 Ter, Encinatas, CA (US) 92024; WO WO 01/01736 A1 1/2001 Theodorus H. J. Bisschops, P.O. Box OTHER PUBLICATIONS 2227, NL-5600 CE Eindhoven (NL); Vadim Y. Banine, Niersiaan 2., Peele et al., "Square capillary X-ray optics", in SPIE pro NL-5704 NK Helmond (NL); Jeroen ceeding vol. 2015, availble from the Website http://ww Jonkers, Hendrik Casimirstraat 8, w.spie.org/web/abstracts/2000/2015.html.* NL-5616 BK Eindhoven (NL) "Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography', available from Internet Website http://courses.nu.S.edu.sg/course/phy Weets/ (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this Project99/Optyical/EUV1.htm.* patent is extended or adjusted under 35 Lucatorto, T., Capillary Array: A New Type of Window for U.S.C. 154(b) by 231 days. the Vacuum Ultraviolet, Applied Optics, Jul.1979, pp. 2505-2509.


The invention provides an aircraft turbofan engine fan fairing cone dismantling device which is used for dismantling a fan fairing cone. A plurality of mounting bolt holes and a plurality of counter weight bolt holes are formed in the fan fairing cone. The aircraft turbofan engine fan fairing cone dismantling device comprises a main body, a jacking tube, a jacking bolt, a jacking pin and two fixing rods, wherein the jacking tube is fixed to the main body, adopts a tubular shape, and is provided with an internal thread; the jacking bolt is arranged in the jacking tube, and is provided with an external thread matched with the internal thread; the two fixing rods are fixed on the main body, and are positioned on the two sides of the jacking bolt; a connecting bolt is arranged on each fixing rod; and during the dismantlement of the fan fairing cone, the jacking pin is arranged in one of the mounting bolt holes of the fan fairing cone, the jacking bolt corresponds to the jacking pin, and the two connecting bolts are respectively connected in the counter weight bolt holes in the two sides of the mounting bolt hole provided with the jacking pin. According to the aircraft turbofan engine fan fairing cone dismantling device, the fan fairing cone can be conveniently dismantled, and the situations of operator damage and aircraft damage are not liable to occur, so that the dismantling device is safe and reliable, and the working efficiency is improved.


The recent studies in patients with chronic pain indicate that opioids have an ambiguous influence on cognitive and psychomotor functions. The aim of the study was to evaluate cognitive functioning of the patients with chronic pain treated with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, in whom a single short-acting morphine dose was administered. The patients ( n = 8) were orally supplied with a single dose of 10 or 20 mg morphine. The control group included patients ( n = 9) with chronic pain who were still being treated with NSAIDs. In the patients examined, the pain intensity was evaluated with the use of the numerical rate scale (NRS), symptoms of depression and anxiety were evaluated with the use of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale – HADS, and general mental state with the use of the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). The neuropsychological examination was carried out by means of the Trial-Making Test A and B, the Stroop Test and the examination of eye movements. In the patients treated with morphine, tests were conducted before and 45 minutes after the application of the drug. In the first group, after 1 hour since the morphine application pain intensity lowered significantly ( p = 0.016), the duration of part A of the TMT-A Test ( p = 0.079) was shortened and the duration of the second part of the Stroop Test increased. The average latention time increased and the maximal saccade speed was lowered. The remaining cognitive parameters did not change after the drug application. Morphine applied orally influences the reduction of pain intensity, not significantly deteriorating the cognitive parameters evaluated with the Stroop Tests and the Trial Making Test B (TMT-B). It was also shown that morphine influences the improvement of psycho-motor parameters evaluated with the TMT-A test. These research studies also proved the influence of morphine on some complex sensor-motor processes in the saccadometric examination.


The invention relates to a method for 2G and 3G network testing by adopting a terminal mobile phone, which is characterized by comprising the following steps of: preseting a detecting program in the terminal mobile phone, wherein the detecting program is connected with a server side by the terminal mobile phone to check whether a testing program has a latest version or not; if so, testing the updated mobile phone after updating; if not, directly testing the mobile phone; analyzing a key indication parameter from the information issued by a base station through the terminal mobile phone by using the detecting program, then carrying out different forms of revelations on the terminal mobile phone; and storing testing data in an internal memory by using the terminal mobile phone until a certain time, and then uploading the testing data to a database of the server by using a 1X/EvDo/Wifi data network on the terminal mobile phone for analysis. Thus, the signaling information issued by the base station can be analyzed and showed as the indication parameter of the current network signal quality and is visually displayed on the mobile phone, and the method has simple operation and is suitable for non-professional network optimization staff to carry out test and fault location of the network signal quality.


The aim of Korea's New Technology Purchasing Assurance Programme for public procurement of SME technology products is to stimulate more active technology development. This chapter describes Korea's experience in this area, with particular attention to modifications made to deal with the weaknesses of an earlier version of the programme. It also describes the measures taken for procurement-conditioned R&D by SMEs and the efforts made to improve the programme's effectiveness.


PURPOSE: A flange fusing device using the frictional heat and a fusing method using the same are provided to correctly connect pipes regardless of diameter of the pipe and to reduce the stress in which the pipe receives because connecting parts are different each other when a clamp fastens. CONSTITUTION: A flange fusing device using the frictional heat comprises a pipe transfer unit (200), a pipe connecting unit (300), a flange fixing unit (400), a flange processing unit (500), and a control unit (150). A pipe processing unit (600) is fixed in a chuck (410) to process the pipe in a longitudinal direction of the pipe in order that the cross section surface of a pipe (100) comes in contact with the inner surface of a flange (450). One end of the pipe and the inner circumferential surface of the flange are processed by the pipe processing unit and the flange processing unit and the flange is fused on one end of the pipe and the flange.


The purpose of this paper is to study the efficiency of the use of nitrogen oxide (NO) and ozone therapy methods in complex treatment of extensive purulent peritonitis. The treatment of 29 patients aged between 18 and 83 was studied. The main group of 12 patients was treated by intra-abdominal injection of gas air mixture containing nitrogen oxide and by ozone therapy methods. In treatment of the control group of 17 patients furaciline solution was used for intra-operation and post-operative abdominal sanation. The treatment efficiency was assessed as per clinical characteristics of the disease, the neutralizing endogenous intoxication syndrome, time of organ dysfunction relief, the reducing bacterial contamination of peritoneal extraction and intestinal contents as well as according to Mannheim peritonitis index and the dynamics of organ failure assessments score indices. For intra-operation peritoneal sanation in the main group up to 2000 ml of ozonated saline solution was used with the concentration of 6-8 mg O 3/l. Ozonated saline solution was produced by ozone therapeutic system УОТА-60-01 Medozone. For intra-operation peritoneal sanation the gas air mixture containing nitrogen oxide (NO) was also used. Air-plasma flows were generated by air-plasma scalpel-coagulator-stimulator СКСВП/NO-01 Plazon. The introduction of the said physical and chemical methods to the set of curative measures in acute extended purulent peritonitis enabled to reduce the number of sanative relaparotomies by 1.8 times, postoperative purulent complications by 21.6% and lethality by 11.2%.


Fast estimation of a nonlinear oscillator is very much needed in engineering, the perturbation method is valid only for weakly nonlinear oscillators. This paper gives some simple formula for this purpose, only simple calculation is needed to have a relatively high accuracy of the estimated frequency.


This paper draws a link between Heidegger's reading of Plato's allegory of the cave and his support for the National Socialist regime during the early 30's. Three interrelated suggestions are made: (1) That Heidegger's reading of the allegory of the cave is informed by his preoccupation with the imminent threat of nihilism. (2) That Heidegger's interpretation radicalizes his critique of the public sphere to the effect that it renders the latter irredeemable. (3) That the unbridgeable gap between philosophy and the public sphere commits Heidegger to the anticipation of a catastrophic event that will open up the possibility of genuine freedom.


Late Cretaceous non-marine to marine strata exposed in the Book Cliffs, Utah provide unique insights to the influence of the foreland basin topography on depositional patterns on the western edge of the Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway (KWIS). The Sevier Foreland Basin was situated on the western margin of the KWIS and during extreme lowstand events basin geometry may have heavily influenced sediment distribution along the western margin of the KWIS. Lowstand sequences of the Late Cretaceous Desert Member (Blackhawk Fm) and Castlegate Sandstone can be traced west of Green River, Utah for over 30 miles. Strata are interpreted to be deposited in braided stream complexes within a large incised valley; multiple incised valleys are present in both the Desert and Castlegate. While the incised valleys should show drainage eastward into the Western Interior Seaway, paleocurrent direction suggests a parallel-to-basin, south-southeast flow. This study expands on previous stratigraphic studies (e.g., Van Wagoner and co-workers). In this study, the Castlegate Sandstone and Desert Member were mapped from Tuscher Canyon, Green River, Utah to their furthest extent. Abundant paleocurrent data were gathered, and sections from 26 canyons along the extent of the Castlegate Sandstone were measured and correlated. Detailed correlation of the fluvial to marginal-marine facies of the Castlegate Sandstone and Desert Member suggests these lowstand events accompanied major drops in relative sea-level. Such a large relative fall allowed the foreland bulge to influence flow direction: the sea-level drop may have been large enough to expose the foreland bulge. Partial or complete exposure of the foreland bulge would cause a decoupling of the foredeep from the KWIS. Because the foreland bulge paralleled the north-south paleoshoreline, the fluvial systems were diverted southward during lowstand events. Cretaceous strata south of Book Cliffs are not preserved. Therefore, paleodrainage patterns of the Castlegate Sandstone and Desert Member provide key information on the character of significant lowstand events within the KWIS. Combined with sequence stratigraphic interpretations, paleocurrent analysis provides a powerful tool for understanding basin topography and subsequently drainage. Recognizing the impact of the foreland bulge on drainage patterns during the Cretaceous may influence current knowledge of foreland basins.


In order to investigate the application of laser shock forming with half die in industry,experiments were executed with titanium alloy sheet.Inverse deformation of sample in its partial area was found in laser shock forming process,especially it was more obvious in the center of concave die.The inverse deformation heavily affected the shock forming quality because it made the sheet couldn't touch concave die closely.According to results of experiment and analyses,the sheet with great speed hits the concave die strongly when it touches concave die if laser energy is higher than the needs of deformation,so the sheet obtains an inverse velocity through hitting,and the inverse deformation take place if the inverse velocity beyond the speed threshold value of plastic deformation,which has great effect on the quality of shock forming.A good quality work piece was obtained after adjusting laser energy,which shows that inverse deformation can be avoided under lower laser energy.


Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEVs) keep on penetrating the automobile market. However, uncoordinated PEV charging can impair the reliability of power grid. In this paper, an interesting problem of PEV charging power allocation is investigated, in which both power distribution and transportation constraints are considered. A novel approach for PEV charging management based on optimal power flow (OPF) analysis is proposed to optimize PEV charging energy in a power distribution system. Firstly, spatial and temporal PEV demand scheduling is introduced to maximize PEV charging service capacity while considering the maximum traveling distance of PEVs. Secondly, to ensure the scalability of the OPF analysis, a distributed optimization technique, i.e., proximal Jacobian alternating direction multiplier method, is applied to attain the optimal power allocation in a decentralized manner. The resulting PEV charging service capacity in the power distribution system is improved without violating power distribution and transportation constraints. Furthermore, kernel density estimation method is adopted to identify the PEV range anxiety constraint without the PEV battery information. Simulation results are presented to validate the effectiveness of our approach with high PEV penetration.


This paper is aimed at developing a vehicle crash detection system using Arduino, GPS, GSM and accelerometer. Accelerometer detects the sudden change in the axes of vehicle and GSM module sends the alert message on your mobile phone with the location of the accident. Location of accident is sent in the form of Google map link, derived from the latitude and longitude from GPS module. The message also contains the speed of vehicle in kilometers per hour. The proposed model can also be used as a tracking system and much more, by just making few changes in hardware and software. The alert system has been developed in real time and performance is discussed.


The article deals with the use of phraseological compounds in English, phraseological confusion, phraseological compounds, phraseological associations, phraseological combinations-components, the meaning of which is not related to the meaning of the whole unit, phraseological units, word-for-word phrases. It is also explained on the basis of examples.


Specific brace-fitting complications in idiopathic congenital talipes equinovarus (CTEV) have been rarely described in published series, and usually focus on non-compliance. Our primary aim was to compare the rate of persistent pressure sores in patients fitted with Markell boots and Mitchell boots. Our additional aims were to describe the frequency of other brace fitting complications and identify age trends in these complications. A retrospective analysis of medical files of 247 idiopathic CTEV patients born between 01/01/2010 - 01/01/2021 was performed. Data was collected using a REDCap database.Pressure sores of sufficient severity for clinician to recommend time out of brace occurred in 22.9% of Mitchell boot and 12.6% of Markell boot patients (X2 =6.9, p=0.009). The overall rate of bracing complications was 51.4%. 33.2% of parents admitted to bracing non-compliance and 31.2% of patients required re-casting during the bracing period for relapse. For patients with a minimum follow-up of age 6 years, 44.2% required tibialis anterior tendon transfer. Parents admitting to non-compliance were significantly more likely to have a child who required tibialis anterior tendon transfer (X2=5.71, p=0.017). Overall rate of capsular release (posteromedial release or posterior release) was 2.0%.Neither medium nor longterm results of Ponseti treatment in the Australian and New Zealand clubfoot have been published. Globally, few publications describe specific bracing complications in clubfoot, despite this being a notable challenge for clinicians and families. Recurrent pressure sores is a persistent complication with the Mitchell boots for patients in our center. In our population of Australian clubfoot patients, tibialis anterior tendon transfer for relapse is common, consistent with the upper limit of tibialis anterior tendon transfer rates reported globally.


Conventional chemotherapeutic approaches result in variable outcomes in colon cancer patients for a number of reasons including the lack of homogenous drug penetration into solid tumors, inadequate drug extravasation, and presence of stromal cell mediated chemo-resistance. To overcome these barriers, nanomedicines are being currently developed to improve outcomes relative to conventional chemotherapy. This review focuses on established and novel approaches that enhance drug concentration in tumors as well as promote immunomodulation of host cells with the use of focused ultrasound and nanomedicines. Preclinical data suggest that the proposed combinatorial approach has the potential to drastically improve survival outcomes in patients. The measured success of combination therapies is linked not only to tumor control in the treated site, but also to prevention of tumor recurrence and progression of metastasis.


The invention provides a network topology layout method and the network management device thereof. And the method comprises: obtaining connection relation between nodes, where the nodes include common nodes and gateway nodes; according to the connection relation, obtaining numbers of times of shortest path routing from common nodes to the nearest gateway nodes; calculating node coordinates and making the common nodes with the same number of times of shortest path routing compose an array, where the difference value between the numbers of times of shortest path routing between the adjacent arrays is equal to 1; displaying the common nodes and drawing the connection relation between the common nodes. And the invention has the advantages of simple algorithm, low cost, and clear layers of network topology and clear network topology.


Objectives: This study evaluated the glycemic, insulinemic, and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) responses of subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus to consumption of two diabetes-specific tube-feeding formulas (slowly digested carbohydrate formula (SDC) and diabetes-specific formula (DSF)) and one formula intended for individuals without diabetes (standard formula (STND)). Methods: Forty-eight subjects controlled with diet and/or oral antihyperglycemic medications received the SDC, DSF, and STND. Postprandial glucose, insulin, and GLP-1 were measured on three occasions after an overnight fast in a double-blinded, randomized, three-treatment, crossover design. Results: The positive area under the curve for glucose and insulin with the STND was higher (P 0.001) compared with the SDC and DSF. The adjusted GLP-1 concentration at 60 min was higher for the SDC compared with the DSF and STND (P 0.05). Conclusion: Both lower-carbohydrate diabetes-specific formulas resulted in a lower postprandial blood glucose response compared with the STND. The formula also rich in slowly digested carbohydrate and monounsaturated and -3 fatty acids (SDC) produced significantly lower blood glucose and insulin responses and higher levels of GLP-1 in the presence of significantly lower insulin concentrations. These results support the view that the quantity and quality of carbohydrate and fat may play important roles in the management of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and could result in improved -cell function over the long term. © 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.


The European Union, keeping to the traditional principles of conventional international law, dealt with judicial assistance within the framework provided by the Third Pillar, at first rather timidly through its new normative instruments; and then more effectively through the traditional route of conventions. The two main aims of the EU Convention 2000 are, on the one hand, 'ensuring that mutual assistance between Member States is provided in a fast and efficient manner'; 29 and on the other, guaranteeing that this is done in a way that is: 'compatible with the basic principles of their national law and in compliance with the individual rights and principles of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights of 1950'. The new model of judicial cooperation based on the principle of mutual recognition is complemented by another principle affirmed in the Hague Programme: namely the principle of availability of information. Keywords: EU Convention 2000; European Union; mutual assistance conventions


The present paper gathered the results of enzyme activities in some kinds of soils in the late 20 years and the relationship between soil enzyme and soil fertility. It showed that the soil enzyme activities as a symboling in valuating soil fertility is feasible. In this paper, the enzyme activities in red soil, phaeozem, paddy soil, chao soil are analyzed.


The complexes 3a – p were prepared from disubstituted cyanamides and Lewis acids. According to a X-ray structural analysis, the antimony pentachloride complex 3a is neither a s nor a π complex (∡ CN – Sb 133°). The complexes 3 with SbCl5 and FeCl3 can be alkylated with tertiary alkyl chlorides, affording crystalline cyanamidium salts (5a – m) which were characterized by reactions with water, primary or secondary alcohols to give ureas (11) and uronium salts (8a – z), respectively. The guanidinium salts 9a – s were obtained with ammonia, primary and secondary amines.

Metallkomplexe von Cyanamiden und ihre Alkylierung zu Cyanamidiumsalzen. Eine allgemeine Synthese hochsubstituierter Harnstoffe, Isoharnstoffe und Guanidine

Aus disubstituierten Cyanamiden und Lewis-Sauren werden die Komplexe 3a – p erhalten. Nach einer Rontgenstrukturanalyse hat der Antimonpentachlorid-Komplex 3a weder s- noch π-Symmetrie ( ∡ CN – Sb 133°). Die Komplexe 3 mit SbCl5 oder FeCl3 konnen mit tertiaren Alkylchloriden zu den kristallinen Cyanamidiumsalzen 5a – m alkyliert werden. Mit Wasser, primaren oder sekundaren Alkoholen reagieren die Verbindungen 5 zu Harnstoffen (11) bzw. Uroniumsalzen (8a – z), mit Ammoniak, primaren oder sekundaren Aminen zu Guanidiniumsalzen (9a – s).


Molecular dynamical simulations of C 36 are performed under gaseous growth conditions at about 2 300 K. Probabilities of 20 lowest energy isomers in resultant clusters are calculated. It shows that C 36 system reaches a kinetic equilibrium within about 100 nanoseconds and the most probable isomer is a D 2d cage rather than a D 6h cage,though the later has the lowest potential. Several bowl isomers with higher potential energy and free energy appear with comparable probabilities rather than classical isomers.


Accurate measurement of flow conditions in high frequency oscillating flows is still an unresolved problem. This is because a probe placed in the unsteady flowfield represents a solid boundary and the surface pressure at each point on its surface therefore contains inertial terms. Calibrating probes in steady conditions is relatively easy but calibration in dynamic conditions is at present considered experimentally impossible due to an inability to determine the true instantaneous flow conditions. Over recent years a variety of fast-response aerodynamic probes have been developed with the aim of measuring the unsteady flows that occur in turbomachines. These types of probes have mainly fallen into two groups, prismatic and cylindrical probes. One method of determining the dynamic measurement error of various geometries is by low speed testing at low frequency in water (Humm et al. [1]). These experiments usually involve rotating the probe rather than the fluid. The results reported by Humm et al indicated that in turbine representative flows the dynamic measurement error can often exceed the amplitude of the unsteady quantity of interest (ie the pressure change across the blade trailing edge shock). It was also concluded that cylindrical probes have a much lower dynamic measurement error than prismatic probes. Slow speed testing in water has two major problems. Firstly rotating the probe instead of the fluid requires a non-inertial change of reference frame, which alters the pressure field around the probe. Secondly the experiments do not simulate all the errors incurred by the probe in a real engine. These include steady error sources such as probe blockage and the effects of compressibility and unsteady error sources such as shock and wake interaction. The aim of this paper is to gain an understanding of the size of the total measurement error incurred by prismatic probes mounted in turbomachines. To simulate the correct engine conditions testing was undertaken by placing two fast-response aerodynamic probes downstream of a cold flow transonic turbine stage. The size of the total measurement error was varied by changing both the angle at which the probe was mounted and the geometry of the probe. It should be noted that both steady and unsteady measurement errors are strong functions of both angle and geometry. The measurements presented in this paper are insufficient to accurately determine the magnitude of the total measurement error. They do, however, allow the composition and order of magnitude of the total measurement error to be investigated in a true engine representative environment. No large dynamic measurement errors, such as those encountered by Humm et al., were found to occur in the range of flow conditions over which the probes were used. The results are used to show both the range of flow conditions over which prismatic probes can be used and the measurement accuracy that can be expected.


Described herein 2- (5-bromo-4- (4-cyclopropyl-l-yl) -4H-1,2,4- triazol-3-ylthio) of sodium acetate and the solid polymorph intermediate phase type. Further, provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions and the use of such compositions for the treatment of various diseases and disorders.


Objective To observe the clinic effect of lamivudine in children with chronic hepatitis B and its influence of HBV markers.Methods 63 children with chronic hepatitis B were divided into two groups randomly.All the 28 cases in the control group were treated with silybin meglumine tablet and glycyrrhizic acid tablet and the 35 cases in the treatment group,with lamivudine 3mg/kg or so in addition to the treatment given in the control group.The two groups were treated for 2 years and one year following-up was performed observing changes in WBC,BPC,Cr,liver function and peripheral blood HBV markers.Results There was no significant deviation of WBC,BPC and Cr between the two groups(P0.05).By the end of the treatment course ALT recovery rate was 94.3% for the treatment group and 53.6% for the control group(P0.01);HBV DNA negative rate was 88.6% for the treatment group and 3.6% for the control group(P0.01);HBeAg negative rate was 54.3% for the treatment group and 3.6% for the control group(P0.01);anti-HBe positive rate was 48.6% for the treatment group and 3.6% for the control group(P0.01).One year later,the ALT recovery rate was 74.3% for the treatment group and 42.9% for the control group(P0.05);HBV DNA negative rate was 45.7% for the treatment group and 3.6% for the control group(P0.01);HBeAg/anti-HBe transision rate was 45.7% for the treatment group and 3.6% for the control group(P0.01).Conclusion Lamivudine is a safe and effective medicine in treating children with chronic hepatitis B.


Statistical relations are useful tools to comprehend the intrinsic physics processes of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs). In this work we collect spectral lag (τ ), variability (V ) and optical peak time (tp,o). We find there exists correlation between variabilities and spectral lags, reading as V = −0.0075(±0.0007) × log10 τ + 0.0351(±0.0024) . There may also exists a relatively weak positive tendency between GRBs optical band peak times and their spectral time lags. Its Pearson coefficient is 0.398, which indicates a weak linear correlation. If we contain some "negative spectral lag" samples, the latter relation would be worse due to two outlying points. The τ − V relation is consistent with previous studies, and the positive trend between τ and tp,o indicates the spectral lag of GRB might be caused by the curvature effect, but this conclusion is not significant.


To describe the cumulative incidence of child protection (CP) system contact, maltreatment type, source of reports to age 7 years, and socio‐demographic characteristics for culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) Australian children.


The clinical examination of nominal aphasia has hitherto involved relatively unstandardized procedures. Random objects are presented to patients and account taken of their success or failure in finding the correct name (Allison, 1962). Recent work by Newcombe, Oldfield and Wingfield (1965) and Rochford and Williams (1962–1965) has drawn attention to a number of important variables affecting the likelihood of a correct response occurring. Oldfield (1966) in particular has presented a model of the psychological processes involved in object naming which raises a number of important theoretical questions concerning the nature of the deficit in nominal aphasia.


Electrocardiogram (ECG) signals are commonly used to analyze the heart abnormalities. Many researchers used this method due to the simplicity, inexpensive, and the non-invasiveness of the devices. The basic concept of ECG is by measuring the electrical activity of the heart using non-invasive electrodes placed in the body. Premature ventricular contraction (PVC) is one of the abnormalities of the human heart which produce extra heartbeat that started in the two lower ventricles. This 'additional' heartbeat disrupts the regular heart rhythm. Early detection for PVC is essential, so in this research, we classify the PVC from ECG signal by using multi-order Rényi entropy as the feature extraction, and SVM as the classifier. We search for the optimum feature number needed for the detection system. Our proposed method showed a promising result, because we only use one feature extraction parameter, that is Rényi entropy, as the only feature which calculated in the different orders, and this made the computing complexity low. We got 95.8% of accuracy using six characteristics of entropy for PVC and normal ECG classification. Our proposed method was simple, low computation and need fewer number of features.


We have applied the collective description of nucleon interactions to the investigation of the giant dipole resonance in heavy nuclei. Our method follows closely that developed by Bohm and Pines for the treatment of electron-electron interactions in metals. We start with a system of individual nucleons, interacting via short-range two-body forces, and investigate to what extent these forces lead to collective behavior.


The newly discovered Muscle‐enriched A‐type lamin interacting protein (MLIP) is most abundantly expressed in the heart. Its biological function remains elusive but it may be of high relevance for cardiac function as it has no paralogous homologue suggesting no functional redundancy.


ABSTRACT The present study aims to investigate pathways to political participation among children and youth. From the perspective of the cognitive mediation model, we attempt to analyze youth participation by considering two socializing factors (i.e., school education for media literacy and family intervention for technology use) as external antecedents to the intrinsic process of cognitive mediation involving surveillance motivation, elaboration/reflection, and engagement. Our extended cognitive mediation model on youth participation is tested with national survey data collected in South Korea with the use of a multistage random sampling technique. Results show that media literacy education and parental mediation nurture surveillance motivation, and indirectly increase youth participation through motivation, reflection, and online news engagement. Implications for the cognitive mediation model and youth participation are discussed.


Abstract In this paper, biactinal verb agreement in Dhimal is explored. First, the pronominal and verbal agreement systems of the western and eastern dialect are contrasted. Then, archaic transitive agreement morphology in the imperious mood of the western dialect is analyzed and compared with formally and functionally similar morphemes in distantly related Tibeto-Burman languages. Finally, the diachronic implications of transitive agreement morphology in Dhimal are discussed.


This paper is about the cryptanalysis of the Hash function MD5,on the basis of the paper concerning the breaking the MD5 which was written by Wang et al.In this paper,the eighth step of MD5 algorithm was taken for exam-ple and the properties of the F function and the effective control of the differential path were introduced.The MD5 algorithm was cryptanalyzed from both the manual calculation and the testing program and some part of the paper written by Wang was amended.Finally,the conditions and key points of meeting the differential characteristics were discussed.In general,this paper plays an important role in cryptanalyzing and breaking the MD5 algorithm.


Structural diversity is a key feature of forest ecosystems that influences ecosystem functions from local to macroscales. The ability to measure structural diversity in forests with varying ecological composition and management history can improve the understanding of linkages between forest structure and ecosystem functioning. Terrestrial LiDAR has often been used to provide a detailed characterization of structural diversity at local scales, but it is largely unknown whether these same structural features are detectable using aerial LiDAR data that are available across larger spatial scales. We used univariate and multivariate analyses to quantify cross-compatibility of structural diversity metrics from terrestrial versus aerial LiDAR in seven National Ecological Observatory Network sites across the eastern USA. We found strong univariate agreement between terrestrial and aerial LiDAR metrics of canopy height, openness, internal heterogeneity, and leaf area, but found marginal agreement between metrics that described heterogeneity of the outermost layer of the canopy. Terrestrial and aerial LiDAR both demonstrated the ability to distinguish forest sites from structural diversity metrics in multivariate space, but terrestrial LiDAR was able to resolve finer-scale detail within sites. Our findings indicated that aerial LiDAR could be of use in quantifying broad-scale variation in structural diversity across macroscales.


The methodology of construction process automation of strategically focused system of budgetary business operation on the Balanced Scorecard (BSC), Business Process Management System (BPMS) and techniques of Activity-Based Budgeting (ABB) is offered. Mathematical models complex allowing on the basis of the uniform approach to formalize holarchical structure representation of strategic targets and KPI according to BSC concept and hierarchical structure of interconnected BSC-budgets, consolidated in summarized enterprise strategic budgets is developed.


This bibliography is conflated from the references to Na-Den6 languages, and other recurrent references to published work, contained in the papers in this issue. References have been amplified, where feasible. Further references to Na-D6ne work can be found in the appropriate sections of George Peter Murdock's invaluable Ethnographic bibliography of North America, 3rd ed., New Haven, Human Relations Area Files, 1960; and in Hoijer (1963), listed below. Abbreviations: AA American Anthropologist Abh. d. kgl. Ak. d. Wiss. Abhandlungen der k6niglichen Akademie der Wissenschaften AMNH-AP American Museum of Natural History, Anthropological Papers. New York. BAE-B Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin. Washington, D.C. BAE-AR Bureau of American Ethnology, Annual Report. Washington, D. C. BSLP Bulletin de la Societ6 de Linguistique de Paris. CNAE Contributions to North American Ethnology. Washington, D.C. HAIL Handbook of American Indian Languages. Edited by Franz Boas. BAE-B 40, Parts I, II. Washington, D. C., 1911, 1922. IJAL International Journal of American Linguistics. LSNA Linguistic Structures of Native America. By Harry Hoijer and others. Viking Fund Publications in Anthropology, 6. New York, 1964. MAAA Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association. PAES Publications of the American


1. CONTENTS (1) RESEARCH OBJECTIVES The objective of this research is to analyze the influence exerted by the characteristics of a licensed real...


This article choosed LiaoHe Estuarine Wetlands National Nature Reserve as the research object. On the basis of analyzing the present situation of wetland ecological compensation, combining wetland nature reserve, economic development demand and land use requirements of the surrounding area. Combined with the 3S technology, cooperated with field reconnaissance and survey, conducted wetland ecological compensation standard analysis from space and global perspective, gave full consideration to ecological service function value of different Market value. This paper established ecological compensation standard to provide a scientific basis to establish the standard of Liaoning province.


This study aims to synthesise evidence on time trends of dementia prevalence in East Asian countries including Japan, China, South Korea and Taiwan and assess the impact of the societal changes on future prevalence.


At present, the human genomic sequencing has been determined and the human clone will be created. But human being still has not released from their psychosomatic burden. The science and technology is more developed,the human being is more anxious.Human being is limited by himself bio-structure and only understand the universe by scientific technique. The knowledge of human being is limited and will be developing forever. The property of patients is not only biologic but also psychologic and social. So clinical physicians need humanism.


This article studies the adaptive backstepping control problem for a class of fractional-order (FO) nonlinear systems subject to input quantization and unknown control directions by combining with an indirect FO Lyapunov stability method, and a command filter-based FO dynamic surface control (FODSC) technique. First, a modified FODSC method is utilized to reduce the computational complexity existing in the conventional recursive procedure in which an FO command filter is designed to obtain the command signals and their FO derivatives. Furthermore, the Nussbaum function and neuro-fuzzy networks (NFNs) are adopted to deal with the problem of the unknown control directions and unknown nonlinear functions existing in the system. Moreover, by introducing the compensation and prediction mechanism to controller design, the adaptive controllers, and adaptive laws are constructed to ensure that all the signals of the controlled systems are bounded. Finally, two examples are given to show the validity of the developed control method.


In this paper, we propose the use of motion tracks to generate video features, which are applied to perform video retrieval. We simply use the location of the object's center-of-gravity and its velocity across consecutive video frames to from motion flows, which are then recorded and stored in a video database. In the video retrieval phase, we propose the use of n-gram matching strategy to execute the video retrieval task. The retrieval process can be triggered query-by-example. We identify corresponding query and index contents accurately in order to detect "similar" videos. Experiments are carried out on CMU database. An empirical comparison over the state-of-the-art dynamic programming techniques is encouraging and demonstrates the advantage and feasibility of the n-gram method.


Engagement in lifestyle activities may be neuroprotective, but it remains unclear what aspects of engagement are most beneficial. For self‐reported activity inventories, examining response patterns may better characterize both quantitative (e.g., number) and qualitative (e.g., characteristic/motivational) differences in engagement.


Investment decisions are policies used in the use of existing company funds on assets that are expected to provide future benefits with a certain level of risk. The purpose of this study was to determine whether accounting information, risk perception, and company image have a significant influence on investment decision making during the Covid-19 pandemic. This study uses quantitative research methods. The population in this study are investors who are registered in the BEI Investment Gallery, Faculty of Economics, Padang State University. The sample in this study used the Simple Random Sampling technique, the number of samples in this study was 110. The data was collected using questionnaires distributed online. The data were analyzed using descriptive analysis, Data Quality Test, Classical Assumption Test and Multiple Linear Regression Analysis. The results show that 1) accounting information influences investment decisions during the covid 19 pandemic, 2) risk perception affects investment decisions during the covid 19 pandemic, 3) company image affects investment decisions during the covid 19 pandemic. Based on the conclusions above, some suggestions can be given as follows: 1) For further researchers, it is expected to distinguish respondents who have become stock investors in the capital market or each who have not become investors, 2) It is hoped that further researchers will examine more deeply about the factors that influence investment decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic.


The success of endodontic therapy depends on thorough cleaning and three-dimensional obturation of root canal. Successful cleaning entails the use of instruments to physically remove substances, irrigating systems to flush loosened materials away and to dissolve contents from inaccessible region. The most commonly used root canal irrigants are sodium hypochlorite, hydrogen peroxide, ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid, normal saline, citric acid and MTAD. Irrigation solutions used during endodontic treatment react with organic and inorganic components of dental hard tissues, thereby, altering the physical and chemical properties like adhesion, modulus of elasticity, microhardness, tensile & flexural strength etc., of the tooth thereby predisposing to fracture. Also, the cytotoxicity of these agents is concentration dependent, higher the concentration more is the side-effects. Therefore, to attain maximum benefits of the irrigating solutions only minimal required concentration should be used. The literature search used the MEDLINE database. Reference lists of potentially relevant articles and review articles were also screened for the search strategy. The keywords searched were root canal irrigants, endodontics, side-effects, cytotoxicity, smear-layer, dentin hardness, and pulpdissolution.


Stress has been shown to be a risk factor for anxiety especially among college-aged individuals. Anxiety disorders are the most prevalent psychiatric problem among college students. This study looked at the relationship between stress, unhealthy eating and anxiety, moderated by depression. Further, we hoped to determine whether this relationship differed between the two types of anxiety: anxious arousal and anxious apprehension. We hypothesized that (1) both subtypes of anxiety would increase as stress increases; (2) unhealthy eating would mediate the relationship between stress and both subtypes of anxiety; and (3) depression would moderate the relationship between unhealthy eating and both subtypes of anxiety.
Methods: We used self-report questionnaires that asked participants (ages 18-23, N=103) to rate the frequency of stress, unhealthy eating, anxiety and depression longitudinally across the span of a semester. Total effect, mediation and moderated mediation models were tested in Mplus with separate models predicting anxious arousal and anxious apprehension.
Results: When controlling for baseline anxiety, unhealthy eating did not mediate the relationship between stress and end of semester anxiety. However, unhealthy eating did predict an increase in anxious arousal over time.
Discussion: These results highlight the possible role of unhealthy eating as a risk factor for anxious arousal based on the evidence that unhealthy eating predicted longitudinal increases in anxious arousal but not anxious apprehension


The use of J2EE in developing middle-to-small-sized web applications introduces usually a lot of problems to project team due to its relatively complicated infrastructure.The J2EE lightweight framework is suited to solve the above-mentioned problem.To middle-to-small sized web applications,spring is suitable to work as kernel framework,and struts,hibernate as view tier and persistent tier re-spectively.


Problem. Automated machines play an important role in modern construction, improving productivity, quality and safety. A signal device for road construction machines plays an important role in ensuring the efficient performance of road works. It relieves the driver of the need to continuously monitor the devices and controls of the motor grader. In this work, a signal device was proposed for continuous monitoring of the devices and controls of the motor grader. Goal. As a result of the analysis, the purpose of the study was highlighted: to design a signal device for a motor grader. Job tasks: to design a signal device for continuous monitoring of the motor grader's devices and controls. Methodology. Аutomation of construction and road machines is carried out mainly in three areas, which provide control of the spatial position of the working bodies of machines, optimization of the most energy-intensive modes of machine operation and the creation of a laser-based integrated automated process control system in construction. It was decided to design a signal device with different tones and sound effects Results. The result of the study is the design of a signal device for continuous monitoring of devices and controls of a motor grader, which makes it easy to determine the state of the controlled controls of the motor grader, even when performing several functions simultaneously. Originality. The originality lies in the fact that the signal device has different tones and sound effects (trill, siren), which make it easy to determine the state of the motor grader's controlled controls. Practical value. The signal device performs three functions: signal the height position of the blade relative to the plane necessary for the transportation of the motor grader; signal the critical angle of the blade turn relative to the direction of the motor grader; signal the critical transverse inclination of the blade.


To evaluate the clinical validity of the Rabin cone contrast test (RCCT; Innova Systems, Inc.) in patients with normal phakic/pseudophakic eyes and severe dichromatic colour vision deficiency (CVD).


This article discusses the international and domestic practice of VAT accounting in the Republic of Moldova. The article discusses the origin and first mention of VAT in the world, its initial accounting methods and the evolution of this tax. The article presents the rates of value added tax on the example of 2023 for a number of countries for comparison with the Republic of Moldova, determining the consequences of these fixed rates and the impact on the economic sector of the countries of the world. All the facts and aspects of the impact of VAT on the development of all sectors of the economy and the need to take it into account at the present time are noted. At the end of the article, based on the studies of international practice, a number of changes are proposed, which, according to the authors, will improve the accounting and submission of financial statements to the relevant authorities, which in turn optimizes the system for filing financial statements of VAT payers in the Republic of Moldova, as well as optimizes the components of the tax RM systems.


On a rainy night in September 2005 passersby at Sydney's Circular Quay were treated to a rather unsettling vision. A disembodied sign, made seemingly of light, appeared on the clouds over the Museum of Contemporary Art, flickered on the water near the ferry wharves, twirled around over the skyscrapers in the city and rested on Governor Macquarie's tower. It said: Beware of the God.


We present the calculation of the optical response of hydrogen-passivated germanium and silicon clusters using time-dependent density functional theory in the adiabatic local density approximation. The optical response, optical gaps, and other quantities of interest of Ge clusters are compared with the corresponding results for the Si clusters. Our most notable find is that in the low-energy region there are significant differences. More specifically, the Ge clusters exhibit higher oscillator strength and their energy gaps are smaller compared to Si clusters. The overall shape of the optical response of Ge clusters is very similar to that of Si clusters. We conclude that many similarities and differences of these clusters originate from the optical response of the corresponding bulk materials.


Styloid process is a long pointed cylindrical bone seen bilaterally on the temporal bone just below the auditory meatus. This process is about 25 mm in length. It acts as an important anchorage point for many muscles and ligaments which help in stabilising the mandible and assist in swallowing. Since the process is quite secure due to the attachments, an isolated traumatic fracture of the styloid process is a rare condition. An isolated fracture of the styloid process poses a challenge for diagnosis as the symptoms mimic temporomandibular joint disorder. This article is a case report of such an isolated traumatic fracture of the styloid process which was misdiagnosed as temporomandibular joint disorder.


We introduce a novel multimode-interference-based plasmonic phase adjuster, which simplifies cascaded photonic-integrated-circuit (PIC) patterns. A cascaded plasmonic half-adder circuit that includes the proposed phase adjuster is demonstrated using scanning near-field optical microscopy. The proposed phase adjuster will be indispensable for future PIC technologies.


The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Code of Federal Regulations regarding Protection of Human Subjects (45 C.F.R. part 46) provides guidance to social science researchers on how to minimize risks to research study participants. In most academic contexts, institutional review boards use these regulations to assess and monitor research protocols to limit participants' exposure to physical and psychological risk. Although these guidelines provide rigorous oversight of research activities ( for example, recruitment, consent processes, instruments, and protocols), they do not offer direction on how to set up data collection sites (that is, the specific places where interviews or surveys are conducted). Lack of discussion about this critical piece of the project development process ignores the central role of place in constructing human interactions and may put both research subjects and staff at risk. This research note seeks to address this gap in knowledge by drawing attention to the issue and sharing five recommendations for creating a safe study space. Specifically, we discuss the development of a freestanding study site for communitybased social science research where data is collected outside the physical space of a university or agency. The need to create community-based study sites that can effectively minimize risks borne by research participants, as well as staff, during data collection is particularly salient to social work researchers. The NASW Code of Ethics section 5.02, "Evaluation and Research," subsection (e), articulates a research ethics mandate that extends beyond the federal HHS requirements. TheCode of Ethics calls for members of the profession to conduct research "with due regard for participants' well-being, privacy, and dignity" (NASW, 2008, p. 25). Developing a study site that will promote participants' well-being and dignity is no small charge. BSW and MSW professionals who are employed as research assistants and project managers, and the social work faculty who train students in research methods, may benefit from more deliberate discussion about the logistical and planning issues related to research space. Existing literature discusses tasks that can be "undertaken prior to data collection to ensure that data are of the highest possible quality at the time they are collected" (Whitney, Lind, & Wahl, 1998, p. 72). Suggestions focus on research design issues (for example, framing research questions, developing instruments, engaging stakeholders, recruiting and retaining participants) relevant to multisite studies (Knatterud et al., 1998; Rahbar, Wyatt, Sikorskii, Victorson, &Ardjomand-Hessabi, 2011; Yeatts et al., 2012), interventions research (Naleppa & Cagle, 2010), longitudinal studies (Dennis, Perl, Huebner, & McLellan, 2000;Whitney et al., 1998),and university–community collaborations (Begun, Berger, Otto-Salaj, & Rose, 2010; Secret, Abell, & Berlin, 2011). Practical suggestions about site selection and development are generally not included in this literature. There is a small body of literature about research staff safety that describes the necessity of acknowledging that risks exist "in the field" and introduces safeguards to reduce the ambient and situational dangers that can arise during the course of data collection (Bloor, Fincham, & Sampson, 2007; Craig, Corden, & Thornton, 2000; Dickson-Swift, James, Kippen, & Liamputtong, 2008; Lee, 1995). We would like to contribute to this existing literature on project organization and mediation of risk by providing five recommendations about how to design, create, and operate a research study office derived from our experience conducting the Structures, Health and Risk among Re-entrants,


The invention discloses an abalone food and a manufacture method thereof. In the abalone food, a main material abalone flesh, an auxiliary material vegetables or fungus and seasonings are independently packed, and are placed in an outer package. The manufacture method for the abalone food is to process the main material, the auxiliary material, seasonings and the like into semi-finished products in a factory according to a dish cooking method to ensure that the food can be cooked simpler and more convenient for household; and the main material, the auxiliary material, the seasonings and the like are packed respectively to achieve long-term preservation and market circulation, so that the abalone food has the attribute of food. The invention has the advantages that: the name of the product adopts the name of dishes, and has the characteristics of color, flavor, taste, shape of dishes and the like; industrial manufacture and production ensure complicated and hard mastered cooking technology and various auxiliary materials and seasonings to be simpler, more standard and more convenient; and the dish is more nutrient and safer through scientific and standard compatibility and sealed package.


We report results obtained from measurements of optical transmittance spectra carried out on a series of silicon thin films deposited by plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition (PECVD) from silane diluted with hydrogen. Hydrogen dilution of silane results in an inhomogeneous growth during which the material evolves from amorphous hydrogenated silicon (a-Si:H) to microcrystalline hydrogenated silicon (µc-Si:H). Spectral refractive indices and absorption coefficients were determined from transmittance spectra. The spectral absorption coefficients were used to determine the Tauc optical band gap energy, the B factor of the Tauc plots, E04 (energy at which the absorption coefficient is equal to 104 cm−1), and the Urbach energy as a function of the hydrogen dilution. The results were correlated with microstructure, namely volume fractions of the amorphous and crystalline phase with voids, and with the grain size.


Does private equity (PE) fund valuations differentially impact cross-border and domestic deals? Using a model of costly-state verification, I show that perceived differences in a PE fund manager's ability are amplified at the cross-border deal-level due to country-level differences. Differences in perceived ability, measured by fund-level Net Asset Value, creates differential access to lending markets allowing PE funds with higher perceived ability to bid more aggressively for a target. Using a large sample of fund-level and deals data, I find that the data suggests an increase in fund valuations raises the probability of a cross-border deal more compared to a domestic deal. The effect is also larger (i) when global monetary conditions are favorable and (ii) for low reputation PE firms facing higher asymmetric information costs of raising external capital relative to high reputation PE firms. These findings have implications for our understanding of the mechanisms driving cross-border leveraged buyouts and risk-adjusted return delivered to institutional investors supplying capital to PE funds.


ABSTRACT Joints, which are the most critical part of fibre-reinforced epoxy plastic structures, can be exposed to continuous hydrothermal action. In order to estimate their long-term performance, an accelerated ageing process was performed on adhesively bonded joints of glass-fibre-reinforced epoxy plastics with [0/90/45/−45]s fibre orientations. Changes in the static tensile properties of single lap shear samples due to hot-wet exposure were investigated for one- and two-week immersion periods and at three different water temperatures (50°C, 70°C, and 90°C). Both the ageing temperature and immersion time were found to be influential on load–displacement characteristics, maximum failure loads, and apparent failure modes of joints bonded with Loctite Hysol-9466 epoxy type adhesive. Due to the hydrothermal exposure, maximum failure loads, distance to failure values, and stiffness of joints decreased by a certain amount in proportion to the immersion time and temperature. While unaged samples and those aged at 50°C and 70°C exhibited mainly light fibre-tear (LFT) failures, the samples treated at 90°C ruptured through the material cross section in stock-break (SB) failure mode.


Objective To study the incidence of coronary atherosclerotic heart disease in rheumatic heart valve disease.Methods Coronary angiography andrelevant laboratory examination were done in 41 cases of rheumatic heart valve disease before valve replace operation to explore the incidence of corconary atherosclerotic heart disease in rheumatic heart valve disease.Results ①8 cases of 41 patients developed coronary stenosis or total occlusion,the incidence was 19.5%;②The incidence in elder patients(50 years) was higher than that in patients below 49 years;③The ratio of incidence of coronary atherosclerotic heart disease in rheumatic heart valve disease is 1∶1.7 in male and female;④The incidence of coronary atherosclerotic heart disease in rheumatic heart valve disease had no significant difference in the kinds and degree of lesion;⑤The ST T ischemia change in ECG and atrial fibrillation had no significant revelation to incidence of coronary atherosclerotic heart disease(P0.05);⑥The angina,hyperlipemia and pathological Q wave had significant relativity with the incidence of coronary atherosclerotic heart disease.Conclusion ①It is necessary for patients elder than 50 in rheumatic heart valve disease to do coronary angiography before surgical therapy;②The angina, hyperlipemia and pathological Q wave are importnt risk factors developing coronary atherosclerotic heart disease in rheumatic heart valve disease.


Objective: the article is to explore the quantitative ultrasound determination of bone mineral density(BMD) of middle-aged and old exercise women and its relationship with bone metabolic biochemical indexes and cytokine content.Methods: 94middle-aged and old exercise women in urban area of Chengdu are divided into 4 groups according to their ages and BUA,SOS,STI of BMD indexes at calcaneus are determined by Osteospace quantitative ultrasound instrument.The content of serum alkaline phosphatase(AIP) is determined by full-automatic biochemical analysis instrument.The content of serum calcitonin(hCT),osteocalcin(BGP),interleukin(IL-6),estradiol(E2) and tumour necrosis factor(TNF) are determined by radioimmunoassy.Results: There are no significant differences of anthropometric indexes in different age groups,and T-score values of four age groups show significant age-related change.The content of serum BGP and AIP has significantly negative correlation with BUA,SOS,STI of BMD indexes,and concomitantly increase with age;BUA,SOS,STI of BMD indexes have negative correlation with the content of serum hCT,IL-6,TNF,and positive correlation with the content of serum E2.The prevalence of osteopenia and osteoporosis concomitantly increase with age gradually.Conclusions: the BMD indexes and biochemical bone metabolic indexes are dynamically changed in middle-aged and old exercise women,and the prevalence of osteopenia and osteoporosis concomitantly decease with age.


The article provides a critical account of the Council of Europe's Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism of 2005, and in particular, of the new speech/behaviour offences relating to "glorifying" terrorism. At the time, the Council of Europe hoped to fill what were at the time considered to be gaps in anti-terrorist legal coverage, by criminalising certain "predicate" behaviour. Council of Europe concern to optimise on "the special climate of mutual confidence among like-minded states" deemed to exist between Council of Europe members and other participating states, and to criminalise certain kinds of speech or behaviour substantive, nonetheless creates a potential conflict. Specifically, the Article 5 offence of "public provocation to commit a terrorist offence" directly targets public rights of access to information, and freedom of expression. This discussion revolves around an exploration of the implications of Article 5. Of real concern are in-built differentiations in individual status, between those who may be charged with the relevant offences, and those who are effectively immune from prosecution. The requirement of intent is similarly circumscribed by flexibly-applied contexts of personal identity, such that enforcement of the new offences could well exacerbate minority discrimination for purposes of a fair trial, as is highlighted. In turn, status differentiations raise immediate doubts as to legal neutrality and impartiality as regards the likely political characterisations and judicial interpretations of provocation to terrorist violence, and it is concluded that the convention provides yet another opportunity for Europe to impose its own standards on a wider basis.


The invention relates to the technical field of oil production and provides a method for extracting chrysalis oil from silkworm chrysalis by a supercritical fluid extraction technology. The method comprises the following steps of carrying out an extraction process on silkworm chrysalis by a supercritical CO2 fluid at an extraction temperature of 55 DEG C under extraction pressure of 25Mpa, carrying out separation of the extract obtained by the previous step at a separation temperature of 50 to 65 DEG C under separation pressure of 8 to 10Mpa, and collecting a separated liquid which is the chrysalis oil. The method improves an extraction rate of chrysalis oil and alpha-linolenic acid content of chrysalis oil. Azelaic semialdehyde is detected in the chrysalis oil obtained by the method for the first time. The method has a chrysalis oil extraction rate of 33.95% and the chrysalis oil extracted by the method has alpha-linolenic acid content of 67.911%. The chrysalis oil obtained by the method can be used for preparation of drugs and/or health products for diminishing inflammation, resisting allergy, reducing blood fat, reducing blood pressure, reducing blood sugar, resisting aging, preventing myocardial infarction and preventing cerebral infarction.


Structural and magnetic properties of LaKMn 1 - x Fe x MoO 6 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.2) double perovskite oxides have been investigated. Powder samples have been elaborated using the conventional solid-state reaction at 1100 °C. Structural studies at room temperature show that all our samples are single phase and crystallize in the orthorhombic structure with P222 space group. Magnetization measurements showed that our synthesized samples exhibit a paramagnetic to ferromagnetic transition with decreasing temperature. With increasing Fe content, the Curie temperature T C decreases, it is found to decrease from 180 K for x = 0 to 110 K for x = 0.2. Fe doping induces also a decrease of the spontaneous magnetization M s p .


The far-i.r. spectra, and where possible the Raman spectra, of RTeX3 are presented and assigments of tellurium–halogen modes are made (R = Ph, p-Me·C6H4, p-MeO·C6H4, p-EtO·C6H4, p-PhO·C6H4; X = Cl, Br, or I). Consideration of the low-frequency vibrational data and other physical evidence suggests the compounds are associated to some degree with dimeric structures involving five-co-ordinate tellurium atoms the most probable for chlorides and iodides. There is evidence to suggest that some bromides notably PhTeBr3, (p-Me·C6H4)TeBr3, and (p-PhO·C6H4) TeBr3 are more associated. It is suggested that the variety of structural possibilities are best understood in terms of donor–acceptor interactions between X– and RTeX2+.


We present a hybrid physical-dynamic tire/road friction model for applications of vehicle motion simulation and control. We extend the LuGre dynamic friction model by considering the physical model-based adhesion/sliding partition of the tire/road contact patch. Comparison and model parameters relationship are presented between the physical and the LuGre dynamic friction models. We show that the LuGre dynamic friction model predicts the nonlinear and normal load-dependent rubber deformation and stress distributions on the contact patch. We also present the physical interpretation of the LuGre model parameters and their relationship with the physical model parameters. The analysis of the new hybrid model's properties resolves unrealistic nonzero bristle deformation and stress at the trailing edge of the contact patch that is predicted by the existing LuGre tire/road friction models. We further demonstrate the use of the hybrid model to simulate and study an aggressive pendulum-turn vehicle maneuver. The CARSIM simulation results by using the new hybrid friction model show high agreements with experiments that are performed by a professional racing car driver.


The X-ray digital imaging defect detection system is used based on X-ray trans-illumination technology to image the internal structure of GIS equipment on the imaging plate.The image information on the imaging plate was then read by a digital scanning system and the internal structure of the GIS was then revealed for analysis.Based on imaging tests on GIS equipment with different voltage levels,this system can acquire clear image of the internal structure of GIS and makes the "visual" detection of faults possible,providing technical support to the fault fast diagnosis and condition-based maintenance of device.


A fuel injector includes an injector body that defines a fuel inlet, a discharge outlet and a nozzle outlet, and in which a nozzle chamber, a needle control chamber and a valve chamber are arranged. The needle control chamber is fluidly connected to the discharge outlet through an outlet passage, which has the conical seat, it is fluidly connected with the nozzle chamber through a Z orifice, and is fluidly connected with the valve chamber through an A orifice. The nozzle chamber is fluidly connected with the valve chamber by a pressure passage, which has a F orifice which opens by a flat seat. A control valve member is included, so that it moves between a contact with the conical seat and a contact with the flat seat. An electrical actuator is operable to urge the control valve member away from the conical seat to the flat seat, when it is energized. A direct control needle valve has an opening hydraulic surface, which is positioned in the nozzle chamber, and a closing hydraulic surface, which is positioned in the needle control chamber. The fuel injection device may include first and second electronically controlled valves to inject independently a gaseous fuel and a liquid fuel.


Novel fillers based on metallo-supramolecular polymers were incorporated into PEBA2533 to obtain gas separation membranes, which exhibit excellent CO2 permeability and CO2/N2 selectivity.


AbstractThe part played by mechanical twinning in the initiation and propagation of fatigue cracks in an iron–4% silicon alloy has been observed by performing interrupted tests on polished specimens in both the annealed and the pre-twinned condition. In annealed specimens, mechanical twinning occurs only after a fatigue crack has been nucleated by slip-band cracking. The twins then play a significant role in the subsequent growth of fatigue cracks, the twin/matrix interface offering preferred paths for both surface- and interior-crack propagation. In pre-twinned material, surface twin/matrix interfaces are preferred sites for fatigue-crack initiation, but aid crack propagation only if the twin is oriented favourably with respect to the advancing fatigue crack and the principal fatigue stress.


The low utilization of antenatal care routinely has an impact on the increasing difficulty of detecting potential risk of pregnancy complications resulting in maternal deaths. Knowledge constraints are the cause of the low utilization of antenatal services. Through the Antenatal Education (AE) class, it is hoped that mother's knowledge and attitudes can be improved. AE class is not effective because of low participation of mothers. The purpose of study was to analyze the relationship need factors for ANC and their participation in AE class. It was a quantitative survey with cross-sectional design. Sample was 140 pregnant women that selected using purposive sampling based on characteristics of PHC.


Gambia is the smallest country in mainland
Africa where it is situated on the west coast
surrounded by Senegal. It is a developing country
where three quarters of the population live
on less than one US dollar a day and depend
on subsistence farming for their livelihoods.
International assistance focuses on supporting the
national poverty reduction strategy which includes
economic growth and enhancing the capacity and
output of the productive sector.


For learning to take place with any kind of efficiency students must be motivated. To be motivated, they must become interested. And they become interested when they are actively working on projects which they can relate to their values and goals in life. Gus Tuberville, President, Penn College Introduction There is no debate that combat places tremendous psychological and physical demands on those involved. And as we learn more about how combat affects the psychological well-being of those involved, a set of central questions emerge. What can we do to prepare service members for the psychological demands of combat? What can we do to sustain the mental health and well-being of those deployed in a combat environment? What can we do to facilitate the return of these service members from the combat environment to home? In short, what do service members need to know about how combat can affect them? In response to these questions, the US Army developed the Battlemind Training System, a mental health resilience building program (US Army Medical Command, 2007). This system established several fundamental principles of mental health training, identified key implementation principles, and defined several important terms. Throughout this chapter, the Battlemind Training System will be used as an exemplar to highlight how a military mental health training program can be created that employs theses principles of mental health training and implementation.


The structure and function of C‐ and A‐fibres have been studied 3–12 months following a single 30 min exposure of the saphenous nerve of adult rats to 1% capsaicin. Examination of nerve cross‐sections showed that the number of C‐fibres was reduced by 36%, but A‐fibres were unaffected. The remaining C‐fibres included many that were unusually small in size. The changes were not restricted to the treatment site but were found over at least a further 10 mm proximal and distal to it. In treated nerves, the C‐fibre component of the compound action potential was reduced in size relative to the Aαβ component. Single unit studies revealed that an unusually high proportion of C‐fibres had no cutaneous receptive field (54%, compared with 28% in controls). There was no such change for A‐fibres. The conduction velocity range for C‐fibre units in treated nerves was almost normal, but this sample contained an unusually low proportion of polymodal nociceptors. Allowing for the fall in total numbers and the reduction in units with cutaneous receptive fields, it was calculated that overall the numbers of C‐polymodal nociceptor units had fallen by 74%. No significant changes in number had occurred in the other classes of C‐afferents. The reduction in the numbers of nociceptive C‐fibres is likely to be the direct cause of the reduction in pain responses and in neurogenic inflammation that several groups have reported following treatment of adult rats with capsaicin. Reduction in the numbers of C‐fibre is also likely to be the reason for reduced neuropeptide levels seen in tissues innervated by treated nerves.


The most characteristic trachytic phenocryst assemblage is calcic pyroxene + olivine+ titaniferous magnetite+feldspar ranging between potassic oligoclase—calcic anorthoclase—sodic sanidine; the most significant aspect is the complete trend towards Fe-enrichment of the pyroxenes and olivines, with the development of pure ferrohedenbergite and fayalite in the most silicic trachytes and trachyrhyolites. There is also a tendency towards the late development of Na-enriched phenocryst rims and groundmass phases, especially in certain phonolites. Hornblende (hastingsite) and biotite are of rare occurrence, the former occurring most notably in the more siliceous trachytes of the Minerva Hills in Central Queensland. Ilmenite coexists with magnetite in only a few silicic trachytes. Microprobe analysis indicate complex feldspar zoning patterns, with sharp compositional changes, and in some trachytes, alternation of plagioclase and alkali feldspar. The comendites and peralkaline trachytes are characterized by Ca-poor anorthoclase-sodic sanidine, fluor-arfvedsonite, aegirine-augite and aegirine, and less commonly aenigmatite and an Fe-Ti oxide. The averaged feldspars are most typically Or27.7-4o.8, DUt some marginally peralkaline comendites Ctransitional comendites1) contain more potassic compositions (Or47 6-501), which overlap the feldspar compositions occurring within the fayalite-bearing rhyolites and thus possibly indicating a genetic link. The rhyolites, most extensively developed in S Queensland, are divided into several mineralogical types, characterized by the following phenocryst assemblages: (a) Fayalite+ferrohedenbergite + ilmenite + quartz + sanidine + chevkinite. (b) Ferrohypersthene + ilmenite + quartz + sanidine + sodic plagioclase. (c) Biotite + ilmenite ± magnetite+quartz+sanidine + sodic sanidine+allanite; the biotites are Fe-rich and fluor-bearing in the various rhyolites. Minor accessory phases identified within the various types of volcanic rocks include chevkinite, allanite, sodalite, fluor-apatite, carbonate apatite, and zircon. The latter mineral exhibits good correlation between its Zr/Hf ratios and the whole rock K/Rb ratios. The combined available chemical, mineralogical, and isotopic data (including new Sr and δ18O data) indicate that the most evolved trachytic, comenditic, and rhyolitic magmas have developed via very efficient crystal-liquid fractionation processes. These are interpreted in terms of the types of convective fractionation models which have been proposed, which seem to provide a framework for interpreting the complexity observed within the mineralogical and chemical characteristics of the various rock types, and the separate paths of development of the rhyolitic and trachytic magmas.


Keizo GOTO, Norio YUMIBA, Eimei ONISHI, Junji FUJIWARA, Seiji FUJII, Kunio TSUBOI and Masayuki ISHIDA Synopsis: Hydrated chromium oxide (Crox) layer on Tin Free Steel (TFS) is an extremely thin film, from about 50A to 250A in thickness. Crox film thickness is an important factor for TFS to have corrosion-resistance and lacquer adhesion. An advanced on-line system for measuring thickness of Crox film has been developed. The main features of the instrument are as follows: (1) Spectral reflectance mainly at ultraviolet wavelengths are measured, and the thickness is calculated from those multi-wavelength reflective curve. (2) It has very simple structure, and consists of three main parts, that is, Hg-lamp, rotary filters, and integrating sphere with photomultiplier. Thus, it has good stability against various kinds of disturbances which occur at on-line measurement. (3) Measurement is done nondestructively and continuously.


1. Q. Horati Flacpi opera. Oeuvres d'Horace: texte latin avec un commentaire critique et explicatif . . . Odes, Epodes et Chant Se"culaire publics par FREDERIC PLESSIS. Pp. lxxvii + 396. Royal 8vo. Paris: Hachette, 1924. 35 fr. 2. he liriche di Orazio commentate da VINCENZO USSANI. Vol. I . : gli Epodi—il i° libro delle Odi. Seconda edizione. Pp.lx + 158. 8vo. Torino: Giovanni Chiantore (succ. E. Loescher), 1922. 12 lire. As these important editions have reached the reviewer a considerable time after their publication, it has seemed advisable to notice them with as little delay as possible. For this reason the Epodes have been excluded from consideration. 1. In 1903 Mr. Plessis, along with the Abbe" Lejay, whose death in 1920 was a serious loss to Latin scholarship, published an annotated edition of Horace designed for the use of schools. In 1911 appeared Lejay's notable edition of the Satires ' a l'usage des professeurs.' Mr. Plessis has now issued an edition of the Odes and Epodes in the same series, and Mr. Galletier is preparing a commentary on the Epistles. The expression ' a l'usage des professeurs' may be interpreted in more than one sense. Mr. Plessis seems to aim at supplying teachers in universities and schools with such comments as they might reasonably wish to retail to their classes. Some of the notes are almost incredibly elementary, others are of a much more advanced character. Few lines are left without an explanatory note of some sort; nevertheless much information is withheld. Mr. Plessis gives no hint that curriculo (C. I. 1. 3) may be taken in more than one way, or that the moderns vary, as the ancients themselves did, in their interpretation of terrarum dominos euehit ad deos (ib. 6). Presumably he thinks that these things need not be told to students; but ' les professeurs' may wonder if a commentator who ostensibly caters for them is justified in neglecting such interesting questions. Several of the introductions to individual odes are far too meagre, and either ignore or skim lightly over problems which must be considered by every serious student. Some of the omissions are astonishing; for example, neither in the introduction nor in the notes to C. III. 3 (not to mention I. 14) is there a word said about the alleged design of removing the capital to the east. Whatever opinion a commentator may have about this and about its bearing on the interpretation of Horace, he is scarcely entitled to ignore it. Mr. Plessis, indeed, quite fails to grapple with the problem raised by Juno's insistence that Troy shall not be restored. In the apparatus criticus, which has been supplied by Mr. Galletier, there is a useful selection of variants, but in the commentary the editor rather too frequently avoids discussion of the text and merely annotates the reading which he has himself adopted; this is the case even with flimen Apuliae\ (see below). Such omissions are much to be regretted; on the other hand we find items such as the following: C. I. 1. 9 proprio horreo, ' abl. of place without prep.'; I. 4. 15 uitae summa breuis spent nos uetat incohare [Mr. Plessis prints inchoare] longam, ' Smith notices the antithesis between breuis and longam'; I. 21. 15 Britannos, ' the inhabitants of the island of Britain, now England'; III . 4. 21, 23 uester . . . uester, ' ininsistence by repetition.' Superfluities of this kind could easily have been spared; so could many of the longer notes.


Background. Studying essential oils in conifers is of great scientific and practical interest due to their high bactericidal properties. Their volatiles play an important role in combating pathogenic microflora and removing harmful microorganisms from the air, thus benefiting human health. Conifers are highly effective as part of parklands and urban landscaping.Materials and methods. Pinus radiata D. Don, P. sabiniana Douglas and P. coulteri D. Don grown on the Southern Coast of Crimea were studied. Essential oil was extracted from pine needles by hydrodistillation on Ginsberg devices, and its component composition was analyzed using gas–liquid chromatography on a 6890N system with a 5973N mass selective detector.Results. Among the studied species, P. radiata manifested high essential oil content in needles: 0.15% on the wet weight basis (0.36%, dry weight). Under the conditions of the southern coast of Crimea, the major essential oil components in P. radiata were β-pinene (29.5% of the total essential oil), α-pinene (21.2%) and limonene (12.4%); in P. sabiniana, phenylethyl butyrate (20.5%), limonene (15.2%) and α-pinene (13.7%); in P. coulteri, β-pinene (11.6%), δ-cadinene (11.0%) and α-pinene (10.6%). In the essential oil of P. radiatamonoterpenes dominated (74.9%); in P. sabiniana, monoterpenes (38.7%) and their derivatives − alcohols (25.3%) and esters (20.5%); in P. coulteri, sesquiterpenes (38.2%) and monoterpenes (28.8%).Conclusion. The essential oils of P. radiata and P. sabiniana under different climate conditions contained mostly monoterpenes (β-pinene in P. radiata, and α-pinene in P. sabiniana) and their derivatives. The component composition of P. coulteri essential oil was the most variable, with a general tendency towards the predominance of sesquiterpenes and diterpenes; the ratio between those groups and the qualitative composition of sesquiterpenes both varied.


Introduction. The Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) is a chronic dis ease that is characterized by uncomfortable sensations in the lower limbs, which start at rest, especially at night and with an urgent need to move them to relieve symptoms. This discomfort impairs family, social, personal, professional relationships, and leading to insomnia and deteriorating quality of life of its sufferers. The cognitive-behav ioral therapy (CBT) uses techniques to reorganize and reevaluate habits and beliefs, and have been proven effective in sleep disorders treatment, contributing to improve the quality of sleep of patients. Method. We performed a literature review on SPI, quality of life and non-pharmacological treatments. Results. We found one article with controlled clinical trial design that used CBT for the treatment of patients with RLS, and using the technique of mindfulness. Conclusion. CBT is a form of non-pharmacological treatment for RLS, but there are no studies to verify its effectiveness, or even his indication as an option for treatment of RLS. Pharmacological treatment remains the first choice of treatment, and changes in behavior and sleep hy giene measures as therapies associated with conventional treatment.


This paper presents a reliability analysis of an interior permanent magnet synchronous motor (IPSM) under some specific electrical faults in stator windings. The objective of the current work is to examine this type of electrical machines at system level, by demonstrating its post-failure behavior and drawing potential causes and effects of these reactions. In the analysis part, the influence of the fault severity on the machine's performance is analyzed through simulation models built in MATLAB/Simulink environment. The presented findings elucidate the fault signatures and factors that contribute to hazard fault propagation, such as the fault intensity, pre-failure operating conditions, and post-failure controller action.


We have obtained the single pulse laser oscillation with 400 ps pulse duration at 311 nm from LiLu0.7Y0.3F4:Ce3+ crystal was obtained from intracavity loss modulation via pump-induced color centers bleaching. Modulation of intracavity losses is regulated via color centers concentration.


Transformer oil is an important insulating material in power transformers. The detection of transformer oil is an important means to ensure the normal operation of the power system, which is recognized by the public. Interfacial tension (IFT) is an important parameter to characterize the flow properties of liquids. Too low interfacial tension of transformer oil can cause major accidents in transformers. Therefore, it is of great practical significance to achieve effective detection of interfacial tension. This work proposes the measurement of the IFT of transformer oil using multi frequency ultrasonic and a support vector machine that was optimized by particle swarm optimization algorithm (PSO-SVM). 210 samples, which were detected by multi frequency ultrasonic and the Ring Method, were divided into training sets (200 samples) and test sets (10 samples). Then multi-frequency ultrasonic data is subjected to MDS dimensionality reduction to obtain 11 dimensional low-dimensional data which as the input of SVM, and the IFT, which was detected by the Ring Method, as the output of SVM. After that, a particle swarm optimization algorithm (PSO) was incorporated to optimize the parameters (C, g) for a support vector machine (SVM).Then, the SVM model with the optimized parameters (g=1.356 and C=2.831) was trained with the training sets, and the model was verified with the test sets. Results show that the model, which proposed in this article, that describes the nonlinear relationship between multi frequency ultrasonic data and the interfacial tension of transformer oil shows higher accuracy.


The Analysis of Poverty Spells. In this paper data of the longitudinal database of the Dutch Socio-economic Panel survey (SEP) are used to analyse poverty spells. Net household incomes are standardized by means of the Statistics Netherlands equivalence scale. The half median method (a relative poverty measure) is used to determine which persons should be considered poor. Cox's proportional hazards model is used to test the dependence of the poverty spell on a number of demographic, geographic and labour variables. Equivalence Scales, Longitudinal Data, Poverty, Proportional Hazards Model


A data warehouse organizes and stores consolidated data derived from distributed, autonomous data sources for OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) and data mining analyses. View maintenance involves the process of propagating the changes to the data warehouse. The duration may be too long for some systems. In this research, we applied a multi-agent approach to enable continuous updating of data warehouse views as transactions are executed at the sources. This technique, called Automatic Progressive View Maintenance (APVM), eliminates view maintenance down time for the data warehouse - a crucial requirement for Internet-based applications. Through the use of cooperation between agents, the data consistency problem usually associated with APVM is solved. In addition, a fuzzy agent scheduling system was developed to prioritize tasks for the agents. The results from this research showed that the proposed multi-agent system drastically increases the availability of the data warehouse while preserving a stringent requirement of data consistency.


This paper discusses college physical education reform from view of scientific development and the college physical education reform should be based on health first as the guiding ideology.


Germicidal composition for incorporation into polymeric materials molded to form germicidally protected conveyor components used for food handling. Germicidally protected conveyor components are also provided.


The invention provides a touch panel and its manufacture method. The a touch panel includes a glass cover, a light transmitting conductive film, a flexible circuit board, a light blocking print layer, and a colored print layer.


This article presents a linear current controller for a grid-tied inverter with an L or LCL filter that uses a finite-control-set (FCS) operation. Thanks to the FCS operation, the proposed controller provides a very fast transient response, similar to an FCS model-predictive controller (MPC), while needing a low switching frequency and a low computational load. Contrarily to MPC solutions, the proposal uses a linear control structure. Such a linear structure offers a straightforward implementation and stability assessment compared to an MPC, which usually requires complex optimization algorithms and Lyapunov functions that are a field of study in its own right. The proposal does not generate any switching or low-order harmonics. By design, the switching noise is evenly spread at all frequencies instead of it being concentrated at some harmonic frequencies, as in the case of pulsewidth-modulator-based controllers. This reduces the risk of exciting resonances in the utility grid and facilitates the operation of multiple inverters in parallel. In particular, the proposal is shown to achieve compliance with stringent grid harmonic codes using an L filter in a multimegawatt application, where previous proposals required an LCL filter with the same total inductance.


In recent years,multimedia has been gradually applied in college English teaching.This paper analyses the status quo of college English teaching,clarifies the importance and necessity of autonomic self-learning in intensive reading class with a view to providing new insights into the current college English teaching.


In this work, an efficient algorithm based on the differential transform method is applied to solve the multi-point boundary value problems. The solution obtained by using the proposed method takes the form of a convergent series with easily computable components. Several numerical examples, both linear and nonlinear, are given to testify the validity and applicability of the proposed method. Comparisons are made between the present method and the other existing methods.