The invention is a handgun in which the spring-loaded slide is replaced by an electric motor, engageable only upon an authorized user entering an access code. A combination rechargeable battery and keypad engages the butt of the handle where the magazine well is located and includes an electrical plug the fits into the handle, making an electrical connection between the battery and a microprocessor in the handgun. Entering the proper code on the keypad allows the microprocessor to complete the circuit between the battery and a motor that actuates the slide. When the device is not in use, the magazine having been removed, the motor then moves the slide rearward, ejecting any cartridge in the chamber, and maintains the slide in a position where the chamber is always open, thereby making obvious to anyone that the gun is not loaded.


The welfare gains from adopting a zero nominal interest policy depend on the implementation details. Here I argue that implementing the Friedman rule by a government loan program may be better than implementing it by collecting taxes, even when lump sum taxes are possible. The government loan program will crowd out lending and borrowing and other money substitutes. Since money can be costlessly created the resources spent on creating money substitutes are a "social waste". Moving from an economy with strictly positive nominal interest rate to an economy with zero nominal interest rate will increase consumption by the amount of resources spent on lending and borrowing. But in general welfare will increase by more than that because consumption smoothing is better under zero nominal interest rate.


PAULA, C.F. (1997). Study of the Jagrangian and eulerian descriptions in geometrical non/inear analysis with use of the finite element method. São Carlos. 116p. Dissertação (Mestrado). Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo. In this work, severa! conceptual aspects related to the mechanicmathematical modeling for description of the geometrical nonlinear stuctural behavior are studied. First of ali the Principie of Virtual Work is presented in order to characterize the equilibrium in the displaced position. Then, from the use of finite element method one analyses the lagrangian and eulerian forms which result from the adopted description of the motion. Stability of the structural response is treated by discussing the concepts of limit and bifurcation points. Finally, the incrementai procedures in combination with the Newton schemes for solution of nonlinear equations and characterization of the singular points of equilibrium are studied. The numerical applications are related to the analysis of simple linear structures.


Objective To investigate the cognitive function and related factors in older male adults with diabetes.Methods Sixty diabetic cases and 50 normal controls over the age of 60 years were assessed with the mini mental state examination(MMSE) ,clock-drawing test,Chinese version of word-list learning and recall,Rey complex figure (including copy,immediate recall and long-time recall) ,semantic verbal fluency test (animals),digits forward and backward subtests from the Wechsler Memory Scale-Chinese revised version,trail making test A and similarities subtest from the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Chinese revised version.Serum levels of glycohemoglobin (HbA1c) and homocysteine were examined.Age-related white matter changes in brain MRI scans were assessed.Covariance analysis and multi-linear regression analysis were used to evaluate the factors related to cognitive function.Results The scores of MMSE,word-list learning,complex figure copy and clock-drawing test results in patient group were significantly lower than those in control group (P 0.01).Clock-drawing test score decreased significantly in diabetic patients with high level of HbAlc (P 0.05).Homocysteine and age-related white matter changes were negatively correlated with MMSE score (β=-0.47,t = 4.12,P 0.05) and visual-spatial function (β=-0.17 ,t = 3.12,P 0.05) respectively.Conclusion The patients with diabetes have cognitive impairment.Glycohemoglobin and age-related white matter changes are associated with visual-spatial dysfunction in older male adults with diabetes.


Abstract : Commissioned by the Royal Army (KL), TNO Defence and Security studied the value of the Battlefield Management System (BMS) with the two main questions: what is the impact of BMS's actions in both combat and peacekeeping operations and should all vehicles inside a platoon be equipped with BMS? The results are also the basis for the decision to invest in BMS. Another objective of this study is to identify the desired functionality and the necessary preconditions for the introduction of BMS to its success. This report provides a comprehensive summary of the results and conclusions of this study.


It was only during the troubled and dynamic course of the revolutions that swept Mexico after the fall of President Diaz that absolute divorce was recognized by the laws of the Mexican states," for prertvolutionary Mexico had been adamant in the preservation of the -indissolubility of marriage, 2 permitting only separation from bed and board or what is equivalent to our limited divorce. Moreover, lest one or more of the twenty-eight states pass legislation not in conformity with this standpoint, the Federal Congress enacted a decree, in 1874, providing that only the death of one of the spouses could put an end to the matrimonial status of the couple3 The binding effect of this decree on the several states, within -whose prerogatives the regulation of marriage and divorce would normally fall, arose from the fact that it was enacted in pursuance of an amendment to the constitution of 1857 by whose terms matrimony was defined as a civil contract.4 However, by this same decree, the passage of laws by the states permitting legal separation for grave reasons, was authorized. As this permission was utilized5 it was not requisite, when the reforms of the revolution


In the standard model (SM) of particle theory there exists what has been called "the scandal of the fermion masses" meaning that none of the twelve quark and lepton masses have been satisfactorily explained by theory. On the other hand, the masses of the spin-one bosons, the photon, gluon, W and Z are well understood in terms of symmetry breaking. Now, there is one additional boson, with spin-zero, and the issue is whether its mass can be explained.


This paper discusses regression analysis of partly
interval-censored failure time data, which is occur in many fields including demographical, epidemiological, financial, medical and sociological studies. For the problem, we focus on the situation where the survival time of interest can be described by the additive hazards model in the present of partly interval-censored. A major advantage of the approach is its simplicity and it can be easily implemented by using R software. Simulation studies are conducted which indicate that the approach performs well for practical situations and comparable to the existing methods. The methodology
is applied to a set of partly interval-censored failure time data arising from anti D in Rhesus D negative studies.


The objective of this program is to develop and apply epitaxial growth techniques to the fabrication of efficient solar cells on low-cost forms of silicon. Progress is reported. The efficiency of baseline epitaxial solar-cell structures of about 1 mil thickness grown on single-crystal substrates and processed with diffused junctions has been reproducibly established at approximately 13% (AM-1). Experiments were conducted in the growth of the entire cell structure including the junction layer. For baseline cells fabricated on these layers, efficiencies of approximately 10% have been obtained. These structures were grown with junction depths of 0.8 to 1.0 ..mu..m which resulted in sort-circuit current densities of approximately 24 mA/cm. Techniques for the reproducible growth of thinner surface layers are being pursued, in order to increase the short-wavelength response of these structures. Epitaxial techniques were applied in the growth of diagnostic layers and solar-cell structures on two potentially, low-cost, polycrystalline silicon substrates, namely Wacker (SILSO) and a Refined Metallurgical Grade (RMS) silicon. X-ray topographic studies have shown improved crystallographic quality in the epitaxial layers grown on both substrate forms. The best solar cells were fabricated on the RMS substrates where an AM-1 efficiency of 10.6% was obtained with a 16-..mu..m thick epitaxialmore » layer. Epitaxial structures on the Wacker substrates yielded efficiencies in the 5.6 to 9.5% range.« less


Next-generation phasor measurement units (PMU) are expected to be more accurate than existing ones, especially to address the stricter requirements of future active distribution grids. From this perspective, the influence of acquisition wideband noise (which includes multiple contributions both in amplitude and in phase) has to be carefully evaluated. In this context, the contribution of this paper is twofold. First, it provides a general framework to evaluate the effect of wideband noise on synchrophasor amplitude, phase, frequency, and rate of change of frequency (ROCOF) estimation. The results of this analysis show that the influence of wideband noise can become critical for compliance with the requirements reported in the IEEE standards C37.118.1-2011 and C37.118.1a-2014, especially for frequency and ROCOF estimation. In addition, this paper reports general guidelines to choose the PMU effective resolution and sampling rate for which the impact of wideband noise on both P Class and M Class PMUs is negligible.


This paper describes a new algorithm useful for extrapolation and Fourier analysis of discrete signals that are given by a relative small number of samples. The extrapolation is based on the assumption that the discrete Fourier spectrum shows dominant spectral lines. Involving only FFT, the iterative algorithm is not restricted to one-dimensional signals but can also be applied to higher-dimensional problems. Additional knowledge on the signal like band-limitedness or positivity can easily be taken into account.


The imposition of going concern, one of the main assumptions of accounting under which the activity is economic unity continues for a relatively long period to exercise normal course of business unless there is any evidence to reverse in the near future, and based both model Kida as one of the methods of financial analysis to try to forecasting the continuity of economic unity, which relies on financial ratios derived of both income and financial statement, and some ratios of operating cash flows because of the increasing importance in determining the continuation of cash flows in order to evaluate the performance of private Iraqi banks by 10 banks listed on the Iraq Stock Exchange for the period (2007-2012), was reached important conclusions:- Kida model is based on five financial ratios for the failure of the financial able to distinguish between successful and failed banks.- Model results achieved Kida proportion agree with acceptable ratios of cash flows, amounting to 54%.The researchers provide the following recommendations: - need to base a model of financial failure Kida in private Iraqi banks for suitability to the nature of its activity.- should adopt the model of financial failure with some ratios of cash flows to reflect the future environment for banks.


A method to obtain the first derivative of a dynamical deformation is presented. It is based on the combination of a digital shearing speckle pattern interferometer setup using a holographic grating as shear device, and a technique to display the temporal evolution of the speckle pattern.


The aim of this study is to provide a guide for the development of non-formal environmental educator certification system by analyzing certification systems in the United States, United Kingdom, and Japan.
The following observations from reviewing environmental educator certification systems in the United States, United Kingdom, and Japan have implications for development of our own system in Korea.
First, environmental educator certification systems are generally managed by cooperation of local environmental education organization association and local universities.
Second, in many programs, applicants are qualified through processes including taking required curriculum and submitting portfolio or documents for reviewing of qualification.
Third, in the United States, the majority of programs adopted curriculum based on 'Guidelines for the Initial Preparation of Environmental Educator' by NAAEE, which means the majority of programs have relatively standardized curriculum.
Fourth, curriculums consist of basic skills of teaching, communication, leadership as well as contents of environmental education so that the applicants can practice more efficient environmental education when they are certified.
Fifth, the certification programs utilize selected organizations' environmental education programs for training of applicants rather than establish their own programs. It contributes to the improvement of programs of organizations that applicants participated.


The present invention provides wireless local area networks service accessing method and wireless local area networks system. Said method includes A, configuring user's service quality contract sign information, said service quality contract sign information including user signatory service type and said service type corresponded contract sign precedence information; B, receiving user's service access request, said service access request containing user request accessing service type and request precedence information; C, according to said user's service access request and service quality contract information determining user request accessing service type access priority, and according to said accessing priority executing service accessing operation. The present invention correlates user, user signatory service type and signatory priority, capable of controlling service accessing and ensuring user service accessing QoS.


Historical Jesus Studies represent the attempts of historians and New Testament scholars to, using different methodologies, deduce certain facts about his life and acts. This present essay is primarily concerned with the standard methodology based on criteria of authenticity. By characterising this methodology in a clearer way, the article strives to critically analyse it, and show its disadvantages. The conclusion of the article is that the criteria of authenticity cannot be only basis of studying Historical Jesus, and that such criteria could be replaced by a more sophisticated approach. Basic problem with such criteria lies in the fact of their incompatibility with respect to the way history is remembered. Such a methodological approach assumes that history, if done properly, will be able to tell us how it really was. Also, trying to find exact words of Jesus does not take into account that people tend to remember gist of the event, not exact details. Numerous psychological studies have shown that. Also, very own act of remembering past events always includes present context. We are inclined to fill the gaps of our memory with things that are of great importance to us from the perspective of present events. Furthermore, present essay deals with specific criteria (e.g. Criterion of embarrassment, Criterion of dissimilarity etc.) and problems they have when one tries to use them as a means of getting to the real »historical« Jesus. The Criterion of dissimilarity, for example, ends up in a picture of historical Jesus whose foremost characteristics are his dissimilarity to Judaism. Getting there means that one has to have a presupposition that embeds anti-Judaism in methodology, a presupposition that is obviously wrong. Jesus was a 1st century Jewish teacher and that context is crucial if one wants to understand historical Jesus.
The second part of the article presents a different approach to studying Historical Jesus based primarily on a more adequate understanding of the relationship between the past and the present. Also, this approach takes the studies of social memory and perception into consideration and use those studies when dealing with primary sources for Historical Jesus.


A SWOT analysis of the mussel aquaculture based on the current vision for national targets of the Greek economy (2012-2020) give to the industry a future direction. The flexible and independent structure of the mussel farming (local natural seed collection, no additional food expenses, flexible labour, mostly locally constructed equipment) as well as the export orientation of the final product gives a competitive advantage in comparison to other aquaculture or primary production Greek industries. Despite that, the sector needs restructuring, mainly to achieve the benefits of the economies of scale. Organizing local production and marketing activities into larger schemes would decrease production costs and add some value to the final product.


Mine's annexation and reorganization,which are the effective measures for controlling the wasting of resources from the beginning of coal mining,provide the basis for effectively implementing the energy conservation and emission reduction.This paper probes into coal enterprise's management of the energy conservation and emission reduction after the annexation and reorganization,and puts forward some measures for coal enterprise's energy conservation and emission reduction under the conditions of the annexation and reorganization.


The Belimbing Field S layer is a layer of the Upper Talangakar Formation (TRM) with a transition precipitation environment deposited in the syn-rift phase with the upper Oligocene lifetime up to the lower Miocene productively producing oil. This is a sandstone layer that contributes the largest production current with 645 bopd production (96% watercut) of OOIP 107 MMBBL. Water injection at Bel-10 wells and Bel-11 wells was first performed in October 1997 with an injection rate of 762 bwipd. The water injection is performed peripherally from the north flank of the star fruit structure (Central Belimbing block) with the initial goal of pressure maintenance even though the water is injected into the oil zone in the S layer. There is a significant increase in pressure and oil gain in the monitor wells in the injection area. With the last RF of 30% indicates that this layer still has a lot of potential to be developed by waterflood method. The BEL-19 injection in the Eastern Block from 2005 to 2015 was detected by success with increased pressure and increased production at BEL-12, BEL-14 and BEL-27 wells. As an effort to increase production, field development studies were conducted for GnG study and dynamic modelling. Limitations on the number of core data (SCAL and RCA) become obstacles in G & G and Reservoir modeling, so in determining rock typing used core data from the nearest field (LimauNiru) is L5A-240 well. In this method also performed synthetic data processing curve relative permeability and capillary pressure by evaluating production data. The distribution of artificial intellegent (AI) and wavefom is required to know the distribution of Facies and reservoir properties so as to get a more detailed description and heterogeneity of the reservoir. From the data above, we obtain rock typing to distribute reservoir property in 3D static and dynamic model. Through the initialization process, history matching and forecast is then processed the best scenario, the waterflood pattern in the form of inverted five spots and primary infill to optimize the recovery of oil recovery.


China and its rise have been the most discussed and published topic since the start of our century. Internet is abundant with scholarly articles examining Beijing's posture and each year numerous books and journal articles discuss the concepts of "peaceful rise," or "peaceful development," "three harmonies," "harmonious world," "China's soft power," etc. This article takes a different approach. It seeks to examine the plausibility of applying the Western concepts of power to China. For that purpose it will trace the notions of soft, hard and smart power in Chinese selfconceptualization to identify which of the three best characterizes Chinese rise. It will start with an introductory overview of the Western understanding of power in international relations. In the second section it will look at the official Chinese narratives. Furthermore, in the third and the forth sections it will discuss China's soft and hard power respectively; and finally, it will conclude with the analysis of the findings, stating that Chinese selfconceptualization, indeed, envisages all three notions of power, however, Beijing gives preference to smart power approach. Anahtar Kelimeler: China; hard power, soft power, smart power; self-conceptualization; discourse analysis; International Relations Theory. * Chief Specialist at the Analytical Department, Ministry of Defense of Georgia; E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com.


The purpose of this study was to explore narcissism and empathy as possible factors that may predispose individuals to become obsessive relational intrusion (ORI) perpetrators. It was hypothesized that narcissism would be negatively related to empathy and empathy would, in turn, be negatively related to judgments of the acceptability of ORI behaviors. These predictions were tested with a questionnaire method (N = 177). Results indicate that narcissism is positively related to ORI acceptability, but empathy was not related to ORI acceptability in the current data. Implications for research in the areas of narcissism, empathy, and ORI are discussed.


Thiamine is required for both plant growth and development. Here, the involvement of a thiamine thiazole synthase, THI1, has been demonstrated in both guard cell abscisic acid 34 (ABA) signaling and the drought response in Arabidopsis thaliana . THI1 over-expressors 35 proved to be more sensitive to ABA than the wild type with respect to both the activation 36 of guard cell slow type anion channels and stomatal closure; this effectively reduced the 37 rate of water loss from the plant and thereby enhanced its level of drought tolerance. A 38 yeast two-hybrid strategy was used to screen a cDNA library from epidermal strips of 39 leaves for THI1 regulatory factors, and identified CPK33, a Ca 2+ -dependent protein 40 kinase, as interactor with THI1 in a plasma membrane-delimited manner. 41 Loss-of-function cpk33 mutants were hypersensitive to ABA activation of slow type 42 anion channels and ABA induced stomatal closure, while the CPK33 overexpression lines 43 showed opposite phenotypes. CPK33 kinase activity was essential for ABA-induced 44 stomatal closure. Consistent with their contrasting regulatory role over stomatal closure, 45 THI1 suppressed CPK33 kinase activity in vitro . Together, our data reveal a novel 46 regulatory role of thiamine thiazole synthase to kinase activity in guard cell signaling. thaliana seedlings salt osmotic stress conditions is by abscisic acid early stages this stress a noncanonical Ca2+-dependent protein kinase, specifically inhibits KAT2 and KAT1 shaker K+ channels and reduces stomatal opening.


Brazil is leader of concentrated and frozen orange juice production in the world. However, the extension of fresh orange and mandarin market could provide higher gains for the producers, as occurred in Spain and California (USA). Part of Spanish and Californian success is due to a marketing strategy centered on high quality fruits with aggregated value (bright orange color, easy-peeler fruits, balanced sugar/acidity, etc.). However, one of the difficulties in relation to mandarin quality is that it highly depends on genotype and cultivation area (climate and environment conditions): in tropical regions, the mandarin color and acidity are less intense, which could affect the consumer acceptance. To improve the understanding of fruit quality elaboration on tropical regions, our strategy first consist on phenotypic and molecular comparative studies of the same citrus varieties cultivated in Tropical (Bahia state, Brazil) and Mediterranean (Corsica, France) climates. We selected 45 citrus genotypes (36 mandarins and hybrids, 8 oranges and 1 grapefruit) presented in Embrapa (Bahia State, Brazil) and INRACIRAD (Corsica, France) germplasms, and we verified their genetic conformity by molecular analysis using 12 SSR markers. All oranges, the grapefruit and 14 mandarin varieties presented the same genetic background in both germplasms and have been selected for further biochemical, molecular and OMICs analysis. In parallel, in order to determine with precision the maturation phase for fruit harvesting (3 maturation stages), maturation curves (phenotypic analysis, total soluble solids and acidity) were obtained on the all or part of the 45 genotypes during 2012 and 2013 at Embrapa. Mature fruits were mainly obtained between November and February. The obtained data were also related with the climate records from the Experimental Station of Embrapa (temperature, atmospheric pressure, relative humidity, rain precipitations). These results are promising and important as prerequisite for subsequent deeper biochemical and molecular analysis of fruit quality determinism and genotype/environment interaction studies. Work supported by: CAPES, Agropolis, CNPq, FAPESB, Cirad, Embrapa. (Texte integral)


Have I Reasons: Work and Writings, 1993–2007 by Robert Morris. Edited and introduced by Nena Tsouti-Schillinger. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2008. Pp. 273. $84.95 cloth; $23.95 paper. It should come as no surprise to those familiar with the artist Robert Morris that the title of his new collection of work and writings, Have I Reasons, invokes Ludwig Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations: "Have I reasons? The answer is: my reasons will soon give out. And then I shall act, without reasons" (65). Wittgenstein, after all, was a major point of reference in Morris's fi rst collection of writings, Continuous Project Altered Daily (1993), as the theorist who spoke most directly to Morris's concern with the suppression of the linguistic dimension of art by modernist criticism. Morris transforms the "I" of Wittgenstein's interrogation into the declarative of the book's title, implicitly offering the authority of fi rst-person narrative and to promise "reasons" behind the Morris oeuvre. Wittgenstein is joined in this second volume by the likes of Noam Chomsky and Donald Davidson; the latter's linguistic philosophy is addressed directly by two essays, and his infl uence is felt in several others. This interest in the theoretical underpinnings of language is also no surprise; Morris has consistently been one of the most well read, articulate, and intensely selfconscious artists in the last one hundred years, and as Tsouti-Schillinger argues in the introduction, "any complete analysis and assessment of Morris's total artistic contribution would prove inadequate without consideration and inclusion of his copious writings." What is surprising


This report describes our submission to the Ego4D Moment Queries Challenge 2023. Our submission extends ActionFormer, a latest method for temporal action localization. Our extension combines an improved ground-truth assignment strategy during training and a refined version of SoftNMS at inference time. Our solution is ranked 2nd on the public leaderboard with 26.62% average mAP and 45.69% Recall@1x at tIoU=0.5 on the test set, significantly outperforming the strong baseline from 2023 challenge. Our code is available at https://github.com/happyharrycn/actionformer_release.


This paper aims to characterize the microhardness and the process-induced residual stress in nickel-base superalloy MAR-M247 fabricated using a laser-powder bed fusion (LPBF)-based additive manufacturing (AM) process, scanning laser epitaxy (SLE). The SLE fabricated MARM247 samples are investigated using optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction, and Vickers microhardness measurements. The results show that the average Vickers microhardness values do not show any significant variation with changes in SLE processing parameters. However, the microhardness values are unevenly distributed and show variations along the build direction and the laser movement direction. Overall the hardness values are within ±2 limits for all the SLE deposited MAR-M247 samples. The effect of heat treatment on the microhardness and the residual stress is also investigated. The results show that the microhardness increases and the residual stress decreases after the heat treatment. This work is sponsored by the Office of Naval Research through grant N00014-14-1-0658.


Abstract.
 The Commission has ruled that priority is maintained for the species name Hybosorus roei Westwood, 1845. A proposal to conserve the junior synonym Hybosorus illigeri Reiche, 1853 by giving it precedence over Hybosorus roei Westwood was not approved.


This work demonstrates a simple approach for obtaining a well-aligned uniform lying helix (ULH) texture and a tri-bistable feature at ambient temperature in a typical 90°-twisted cell filled with a short-pitch cholesteric liquid crystal. This ULH texture is obtained at room temperature from initially field-induced helix-free homeotropic state by gradually decreasing the applied voltage. Depending on the way and rate of reducing the voltage, three stable states (i.e., Grandjean planar, focal conic, and ULH) are generated and switching between any two of them is realized. Moreover, the electrical operation of the cell in the ULH state enables the tunability in phase retardation via the deformation of the ULH. The observations made in this work may be useful for applications such as tunable phase modulators and energy-efficient photonic devices.


5521Background: Prior studies demonstrate the clonal heterogeneity of ovarian tumors but do not address the relationship between genomic alteration profiles and treatment selection. We analyzed com...


Introduction:  Hepatitis C virus (HCV) affects approximately 3% of the world population. The current standard of care for treatment of HCV is a combination of pegylated interferon and ribavirin. Approximately 10% of patients will stop treatment and 30% of patients require dose reduction because of side effects. For genotype 1 HCV‐infected patients, only 40% of patients will achieve undetectable viral load 26 weeks posttreatment.


Hydrodynamic equations describing the motion of electrons in a weakly ionized plasma are derived formally from the Boltzmann equation by means of the Chapman-Enskog procedure. Two cases are considered, each with a stationary Maxwellian distribution ascribed to the atoms. In the first, electron-electron collisions are ignored, and the electron distribution function is determined by a balance between the electron-atom collisions and the electric field. There is only one conservation law, a hydrodynamic equation for the density. In the second case, electron-electron collisions are dominant, the distribution function is a local Maxwellian, and there are five conservation laws\char22{}equations for the density, drift velocity, and temperature. The equations used previously by the author to describe low-frequency oscillations are obtained in either case if the electron-atom collision frequency is independent of velocity. Otherwise, the zeroth-order equations are still exact, but first-order corrections are required, as illustrated by the example of the velocity-independent mean free path. Our results are somewhat different from those of Davidov, who made different assumptions about the dominant collision mechanisms.


In this paper, we aim to design an autonomous tracking system for a swarm of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to localize a radio frequency (RF) mobile target. In the system, UAVs equipped with omnidirectional received signal strength (RSS) sensors can cooperatively search the target with a specified tracking accuracy. To achieve fast localization and tracking in the highly dynamic channel environment (e.g., time-varying transmit power and intermittent signal), we formulate a flight decision problem as a constrained Markov decision process (CMDP) with the main objective of avoiding redundant UAV flight path. Then, we propose an enhanced multi-agent reinforcement learning to coordinate multiple UAVs performing real-time target tracking. The core of the proposed scheme is a feedback control system that takes into account the uncertainty of the channel estimate. We prove that the proposed algorithm can converge to the optimal decision. Our simulation results show that the proposed scheme outperforms standard Q-learning and multi-agent Q-learning algorithms in terms of searching time and successful localization probability.


To identify the feasibility of lymphatic mapping and sentinel lymph node(SLN) biopsy and examine its accuracy in predicting the status of regional lymphatic drainage basin for different stage disease in patients with gastric cancer.Forty_five patients with gastric cancer intraoperatively and postoperatively underwent lymphatic mapping and sentinel node biopsy with Patent Blue.The SLNs were found in 44(97.78%) of 45 patients, 19 patients were found to have lymph node metastases in SLNs or non SLNs, or both; 10 in both SLNs and non SLNs; 5 in SLNs alone; and 4 in non SLNs alone. SLNs status could diagnose the lymph node status of the patient with accuracy of 90.91%.The sensitivity was 78.95% and specificity was 100%. In T1 group, the diagnostic accuracy was 100%(sensitivity 100%, specificity 100%). In T2 group, the accuracy was 95.24%(sensitivity 87.5%, specificity 100%). In T3 group, the accuracy was 72.73%(sensitivity 57.14%, specificity 100%).[Conclusion]This study confirmed that the procedure of lymphatic mapping and sentinel node biopsy in the patients with gastric cancer is feasible. To early gastric cancer, the histologic characteristics of the SLN accurately predict the status of the patient .We believe that this technique may replace the lymph node dissection for gastric cancer patients without lymphatic metastasis.


1 The modulation of voltage‐dependent Ca2+ currents (ICa) by adenosine was investigated in magnocellular neurones acutely dissociated from the rat hypothalamic supraoptic nucleus (SON) by using the whole‐cell patch‐clamp technique. 2 Adenosine dose dependently and reversibly inhibited ICa elicited by depolarizing voltage steps from a holding potential of ‐80 mV to potentials ranging from ‐30 to +20 mV. The mean (± s.e.m.) maximum inhibition rate was 36.1 ± 4.1 % (n= 6) at ‐20 mV and the EC50 was 9.8 × 10−7 M (n= 6). 3 The inhibition of ICa by adenosine was completely reversed by the selective A1 receptor antagonist 8‐cyclopentyl theophylline (CPT), and was mimicked by the selective A1 receptor agonist N6‐cyclohexyladenosine (CHA). 4 The inhibition by CHA was strongly reduced when ICa was inhibited by ω‐conotoxin GVIA, a blocker of N‐type Ca2+ channels. 5 The adenosine‐induced inhibition of ICa was largely reversed by a depolarizing prepulse to +150 mV for 100 ms, which is known to reverse the inhibition of Ca2+ channels mediated by G‐protein βγ subunits. 6 The adenosine receptor‐mediated inhibition of ICa was not abolished by intracellularly applied preactivated pertussis toxin (PTX). 7 Using immunohistochemistry, Gzα‐like immunoreactivity (a PTX‐resistant inhibitory G‐protein) was observed throughout the SON. 8 These results suggest that adenosine modulates the neuronal activity of SON neurones by inhibiting N‐type voltage‐dependent Ca2+ channels via A1 receptors which are coupled to PTX‐resistant G‐proteins.


The intermittent nature of wind draws its attention for reliability evaluation to penetrate more in conventional power system. This paper presents a case study on reliability evaluation of three wind farms in North Karnataka region. The main objective of this study is to identify a reliable site based on the wind data analysis of historical wind speeds using Weibull distribution. The study illustrates that the reliability decreases with increase in load demand. Further, for a specified load demand at any time instant, reliability increases with increase in hub height. The usefulness of the present study in the site selection for wind power generation is demonstrated through detailed analysis.


This article presents an approach to the institutions and regulations derived from the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol. It is analyzed the performance of emission reductions markets during its three years of operations, mainly the instability of prices in European markets and their relationships with CER's, which are issued because of the projects from de Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) from developing countries. The article also establishes the achievements and limitations of CDM as well as the perspectives of these markets and its opportunities


We report on the mechanisms of optical gain in cubic GaN. Intensity-dependent gain spectra allow a distinction of the processes involved in providing optical amplification. For moderate excitation levels, the biexciton decay is responsible for a gain structure at 3.265 eV. With increasing excitation densities, gain is observed on the high energy side of the cubic band gap due to band filling processes. For the highest pump intensities, the electron-hole plasma is the dominant gain process. Gain values up to 210 cm−1 were obtained, indicating the high potential of cubic GaN for device applications. The observed gain mechanisms are similar to those of hexagonal GaN.


Teachers are a very dominant factor and most important in formal education, therefore teachers are often used asrole models and even become self-identification figures for students. The concept of self is an important part inevery conversation about human personality. This study aims to determine the planning and implementationprogram acceleration in madrasah aliyah negeri in Kabupaten Kampar This research method is descriptive methodwith quantitative approach. The unit of analysis in this study is the Influence of professional teacher competence,work motivation and self concept on teacher performance at madrasah aliyah negeri in Kabupaten Kampar. Afterthe data were analyzed, it was concluded: 1) the influence of professional teacher competence, work motivation andself concept on teacher performance In madrasah aliyah negeri in Kabupaten Kampar is with a percentage of63.83% there is a significant influence between the performance of madrasah teachers to guidance paedagogikteacher competence with the effect of 0.489. Based on the above conclusions, it is known that the professionalteacher competence, work motivation and self concept in the learning process determine the professionalism ofteachers in learning can increase and can lift the quality of teachers through the performance of madrasahteachers.


Psychosocial factors play some role in the etiology and progression of atherosclerosis.Accumulating evidence also indicates that atherosclerosis is the result of a prolonged inflammatory process in the vascular wall.Today,we are not sure whether stressful psychosocial factors can initiate or participate in the inflammatory events in atherosclerosis.In this paper,we shall review the psychosocial factors in its influence on inflammation and its mechanism resulting in atherosclerosis.


Objective To discuss three-dimensional(3D) reconstrution techniques of helical CT in the gastrointestinal tract and its diagnostic value. Methods Helical CT 3D reconstruction of the gastrointestinal tract were applied to 263 patients with real time helical scanning and post-processing on the workstation. Virtual endoscopy, air cast image, pseudo-tract, and cutaway view 3D images were obtained by adjusting the CT value threshold. The diagnoses were compared with clinical and pathological information. Results Two hundred and forty-five cases have complete clinical and pathological data. 3D images can carrectly reveal the macroscopic morphology of gastrointestinal tract and location of lesions. The accuracy of macnroscopic classification of gastric and colorectal cancer were 92.3% (36/39) and 95.2% (40/4) respectively, the sensitivity of polyp detection of diameter ≥6 mm and ≤5mm are 100.0% (5/5) and 64.0% (16/25) respectively. There are significant differences of visualization capabilities of radiological signs among different 3D techniques. Conchusion With the utilization of multiple methods, 3D reconstruction can play an important role in the recognition of the anatomical morphology of the gastrointestinal tract,the macroscopic classification of carcinoma,the diagnosis of polyps and inflammatory bowel diseases. It is an important complement to the axial CT images.


Service robots which directly interact with humans in highly unstructured, unpredictable and dynamic environments must be able to flexibly adapt their motion in reaction to unforeseen events or obstacles and they must provide a new feasible trajectory in real-time. Hence, algorithms come into focus which replan the motion path and its time evolution from arbitrary initial conditions within milliseconds. We present a real-time algorithm to generate synchronised and time-optimal third-order manipulator trajectories complying maximal motion limits on velocity, acceleration and jerk. Experimental results carried out on a Mitsubishi PA10-7C arm are presented.


According to Rose (2016), images display the world in particular ways through "made meanings" or representations that are socially and culturally constructed. Visual images form part of teaching resources used in classrooms and hence play an important role in the construction of knowledge for children. This paper examines how cultural diversity and identity are taught in Singapore in order to understand the extent to which it fosters or hinders the understanding of the complexities of cultural diversity and identity through a curriculum critique of the reader New Girl in Town which is used within Primary Two classrooms as a teaching resource for cultural appreciation. Through semiology as critical visual methodology, this study examines how dominant ideologies of cultural diversity and identity as defined by the state are represented and reinforced through the images presented in the reader. Key findings from this study highlight the implications of representing cultural diversity and identity as static and noncomplex constructions of individuals and the extent to which it hinders the understanding of cultural diversity and identity. Introduction This paper explores the way visuals used as part of instructional materials in the social studies curriculum embody ideologies of diversity. This perception is based on views held by key thinkers within visual culture methodologies, such as Gillian Rose who asserts that "images offer views of the world; but this rendering...is never innocent" (Rose, 2016, p. 2). According to Rose (2016), images display the world in particular ways through "made meanings" or representations that are socially and culturally constructed. Schools, as a key vehicle through which cultural and ideological hegemony are re(produced) and maintained, help to reproduce the knowledge that is necessary in order to maintain and to enhance existing dominant political, economic and cultural structures (Apple, 1979). According to Apple (1979), schools control people as well as help to control meaning through their curriculum, pedagogy and daily activities in classrooms. This paper will focus on the analysis of the formal curriculum and how dominant ideologies are (re)produced and reinforced. Singapore has a highly centralised education system that designs policies and develops curriculum according to directives from the Ministry of Education HSSE Online 6(1) 43-55 June 2017 44 (MOE) and its political leaders (Sim & Print, 2005). According to Sim and Print (2005), most resources such as school textbooks and teacher's guides, especially those related to citizenship education, are developed and produced by MOE. The prioritisation of certain values and knowledge and/or the omission of other kinds of knowledge can be viewed as part of a "selective tradition" (Williams, 1998). Therefore, the curriculum reflects the skills, knowledge and values that are prioritised by the Ministry and hence analysing the formal curriculum would give an understanding of the dominant ideas being presented and (re)produced in classrooms. The main objective of this paper is to examine how cultural diversity and identity are communicated in Singapore's classrooms in order to understand the extent to which it fosters or hinders the understanding of the complexities of cultural diversity and identity. This is important as "the emergence of multiple and overlapping identities involving ethnicity, gender, religion and transnationalism further complicate the concept of diversity and how teachers address the needs of children from a widening cultural spectrum (Banks, 2004; Kymlicka, 1995), (Alviar-Martin & Ho, 2010, p. 127). An increasingly diverse world requires the need to learn to co-exist with people of different belief-systems and to negotiate other cultural realities. Additionally, the demand for recognition and the belief that our self-identity is shaped by it as theorized by Charles Taylor (1994), have introduced a new politics of multiculturalism that strongly asserts due recognition as a vital human need. Therefore, the need to deal intelligently and sensitively with diversity and the plurality of perspectives is crucial for the recognition of differences and instilling respect for and understanding of one another's culture and sense of identity. This calls for a more nuanced understanding of diversity. In line with the goals of multicultural education and creating a learning environment that empowers students from different cultural backgrounds, as well as the goals of democratic citizenship education that aim to prepare students for the future, a complete understanding of diversity is important in order to be able to negotiate the realities different from one's own. Therefore, this paper contends the importance of a multicultural education in Singapore that takes a more expansive and inclusive understanding of cultural diversity by expanding on the existing notion of diversity set by the state to give a more nuanced understanding that facilitates acceptance across (sub)cultures. The following paragraphs in this paper will contextualise diversity and education in Singapore. This is followed by a short methodology section that explains the theoretical framework employed in the critique of a part of Singapore's Primary Two Social Studies formal curriculum in an attempt to highlight problematic and simplistic constructions of cultural diversity and identity perpetuated within the curriculum. Its implications are then discussed in the findings and discussion section before suggestions and key takeaways for educational practice in classrooms are presented in the concluding parts of the paper.


The load of a power system usually presents a certain range of nonlinear fluctuation with time. Even then, the load characteristics still follow certain rules which can be exploited to optimise and improve the accuracy of computer-based Short-Term Load Forecasting (STLF) models. Therefore, this paper presents a mGA (micro–Genetic Algorithm) embedded multi-population DE (Differential Evolution) to optimise an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) STLF model. Firstly, the mGA embedded multi-population DE is proposed, to improve and balance the global and local search. Then the proposed DE is applied to optimise the weights during the training of the ANN. The overall model's performance is evaluated using publicly available Panama electricity load dataset against four state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms. The evaluation results show that the proposed DE based NN STLF model has higher prediction accuracy compared to the other selected machine learning algorithms.


Abstract:This article builds on longue durée global historiography to identify the role of imperial translation projects in culture and political economies, clarifying how these economies rest on control of women and labour. To do so it develops the concept of inter-imperiality based on recent historical data and then considers The 1001 Nights as a case study. Highlighting the political allegory embedded in the translation tales of the frame-text, this article shows how literature and translation have taken shape within inter-imperial economies and how authors have shrewdly commented on these economies. Arguing that global literary histories would benefit from further attention to the co-formed empires and economies of the first millennium, it also proposes further rethinking of periodization and vocabularies, including of the so-called medieval and modern epochs.


The propagation along the magnetic field of lowfrequency electromagnetic, transverse viscous and longitudinal,oscillations in a plasma is considered. Relations are obtained which generalize the well known magnetohydrodynamic equations to the case of higher frequencies. The connection between the electric conductivity and viscosity is given. The energy exchange between different forms of waves is considered. Qualitative estimates applicable to conditions in the solar corona are made. (auth)


Atmospheric temperature is one of the dominating atmospheric parameters that impact on the propagation of radio waves through the troposphere. Adequate knowledge of the atmospheric temperature of an environment is therefore essential for radio wave propagation planning. In this study, thirty-four (34)-year (1981-2014) atmospheric temperature data of 10 selected weather stations across the climatic zones of Nigeria, obtained from the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) through the data bank of the West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adaptive Land Use (WASCAL) of the Federal University of Technology Minna, Nigeria was used in Artificial Neural Network (ANN) for the prediction of mean monthly atmospheric temperature. The ANN architecture comprised of 2 inputs (the climatic zones and the corresponding month for the mean monthly atmospheric temperature), 1 hidden layer and 1 output (atmospheric temperature). Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm was used with 9 different pairs of activation functions formed from 3 activation functions (logsig, purelin and tansig). The number of neurons in the hidden layer was varied from 33-39 with an increasing steps of 2 (33, 35, 37 and 39). The network architecture of 2-37-1 (2 inputs, 37 neurons in the hidden layer and 1 output), with tansig/tansig pair of activation functions had the least mean square error value of 2.2280, and was used for the prediction process. The computed correlation values for measured and predicted atmospheric temperature ranged from 0.9733 to 0.8787, depicting strong positive correlation and good accuracy of the developed model. Comparisons of the measured and the ANN predicted atmospheric temperature across selected stations in the climatic zones of Nigeria, showed that the developed model can effectively predict mean monthly atmospheric temperature, using month and climatic zone as input parameters.


(ProQuest: ... denotes non-US-ASCII text omitted.)Macbeth. The Bible of Darkness. Dir. Theodoros Espiritou. Black Box, Michael Cacoyannis Foundation, Athens, Greece.In May 2015 Theodoros Espiritou presented at the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation his own version of Macbeth, an adaptation (based on his own translation of the Shakespearean text), which he also directed, bearing the subtitle The Bible of Darkness. The play got enthusiastic reviews, and more performances are being scheduled for 2016, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death.Espiritou's adaptation is divided into five parts following, more or less, Shakespeare's act division in his Macbeth. However, The Bible of Darkness is a play for two. The whole story is narrated or enacted by the Macbeths, from their own point of view. Throughout the play lines that do not belong to them in the Shakespearean original are paraphrased (mostly using indirect speech) in order to fit a narration of the events that were originally meant to be performed onstage, and both characters often address invisible interlocutors. The spectacularity of scenes such as those featuring the weird sisters or Banquo's ghost is absent from this play. Instead, we are faced with a very personal and internalized version of the story.At the beginning of the play Macbeth and his Lady are covered with a white veil that apparently separates them from the rest of the world. They seem to live in a world of their own, a universe that rotates around their desires, obsessions and nightmares. As Espiritou himself explains, "they live and breathe without the frame of place and time," located "in some kind of Purgatory, where they incessantly repeat-as another Sisyphean torture-the murder they once committed" ( ... ); "their frozen palace is transformed into a mental landscape of painful awareness and unspeakable horror."1Espiritou connects the couple's deeds with their personal life: For the Macbeths the acquisition of the throne could be seen as a means to fill the gap of the absent child ( ... ). The value of a child as successor and heir and the price of a child's loss are stressed in Espiritou's text, where a couple of interesting changes have been made regarding the characters' offspring. In Shakespeare's play (1:7:54), Lady Macbeth mentions that she has "given suck" (which means that she has given birth), but it is not specified what has become of her child-or her children,-whom we consider dead. In Espiritou's version Lady Macbeth has given birth to a stillborn child. Apart from this alteration, there is another one regarding Macduff's children. In The Bible of Darkness there is only one (a son), whereas Shakespeare uses plural for Macduff's offspring on several occasions.2 However, in Shakespeare's Macbeth only one of Macduff's children (a son) appears onstage, which could have led to the idea of Macduff's only son.In Espiritou's play of obsession and loss, Macbeth and his Lady are somehow seen as one person, which alludes to Freud's essay "Some Character-types Met with in Psycho-analytic Work" (1916), where he applies to Macbeth an idea he found in an unpublished study by Ludwig Jekels, who "believes that Shakespeare often splits a character up into two personages, which, taken separately, are not completely understandable and do not become so until they are brought together once more into a unity" (323). This is exactly the impression given in this production, where the Macbeths are seen as "twin embodiments of Evil."3This idea of the two characters seen as one is also detected in the way the director splits the parts between the two roles. It all starts with Macbeth's letter, half read by his Lady and half uttered by himself. Lady Macbeth also shares her husband's original part on other occasions, such as the lines addressed to Banquo before the banquet.Espiritou keeps the idea of the couple as one person until the end of his play, where Lady Macbeth's last lines of madness alternate with her husband's lines on the way to his fall. …


Purpose

Contemporary business is rather global. Food imports and exports are expanding beyond borders to meet increasing domestic and international food and consumer demands. Genetically modified (GM) food emerged as a potential sustainable solution which aims at meeting consumer demands and to mitigate urgent global food security problem. Because of its nature of existence, GM food is a controversial topic in several countries and has varied acceptance rates by consumers. Both government and consumers are antagonistic towards GM foods in most European countries. In contrast, most Asian consumers are neutral and so do not oppose GM foods. The purpose of this viewpoint paper is to examine the factors determining the difference in acceptance of GM foods between cultures. Such information can facilitate policy implications for governments in global agri-food trade and for producers in segregating markets.

Design/methodology/approach

Extensive literature review is done to base the discussions of this viewpoint paper.

Findings

This paper presents five factors that describe the difference in acceptance of GM foods between Europeans and Asians: knowledge and trust over the institutions performing research, uncertainty avoidance and health, gender differences, risk perception and material benefits and food for survival.

Originality/value

There is no systematic study that compares factors determining acceptance of GM foods across cultures.


The pressure boundary of reactor coolant system (RCS) consists of reactor vessel, pressurizer, steam generators, coolant pumps, main pipes and other crucial equipments. During operating, the RCS and its equipments withstand mechanical loads, pressure fluctuations, even earthquakes and other extreme loads, which shows that the vibration characteristics and seismic response are significant for the safe operation. In this paper, the RCS of advanced passive pressurized water reactor (PWR) is studied. The three-dimension finite element model, consisting of one reactor vessel, pressurizer, two steam generators and four coolant pumps, is constructed to simulate the seismic response. Based on modal analysis, the deformation and stress response of RCS under Safety Shutdown Earthquake (SSE) loads is analyzed under three orthogonal directions with multi-angle. In each case, the two horizontal input spectra are rotated on z axis with 30 degrees. The variation of seismic response with spectrum input angle shows the best and worst orientation for anti-earthquake and provides basis for the design, installation and improvement of RCS. Moreover, compared with static analysis of RCS, the stress under extreme condition is linearized and assessed with ASME standards. The result shows that all the values satisfy the stress criteria and the structure and material of the RCS meet the design requirements. More work on the parameters sensitivity analysis will be done in further study.Copyright © 2013 by ASME


We show that measurements of the fluctuations in the near-infrared background (NIRB) from the AKARI satellite can be explained by faint galaxy populations at low redshifts. We demonstrate this using reconstructed images from deep galaxy catalogs (HUGS/S-CANDELS) and two independent galaxy population models. In all cases, we find that the NIRB fluctuations measured by AKARI are consistent with faint galaxies and there is no need for a contribution from unknown populations. We find no evidence for a steep Rayleigh-Jeans spectrum for the underlying sources as previously reported. The apparent Rayleigh-Jeans spectrum at large angular scales is likely a consequence of galaxies being removed systematically to deeper levels in the longer wavelength channels.


Existing software model checkers based on predicate abstraction and refinement typically perform poorly at verifying the absence of buffer overflows, with analyses depending on the sizes of the arrays checked. We observe that many of these analyses can be made efficient by providing proof templates for common array traversal idioms idioms, which guide the model checker towards proofs that are independent of array size. We have integrated this technique into our software model checker, PtYasm, and have evaluated our approach on a set of testcases derived from the Verisec suite, demonstrating that our technique enables verification of the safety of array accesses independently of array size.


Tin oxide (SnO2) thin films are widely used as a gas sensor that can change their resistance during interaction with molecular gases. One of the most important factors that influence the sensitivities of sensing material is its structural properties especially surface morphology. In this work, we present preparation and characterization of undoped and antimony-doped tin oxide (Sb:SnO2) thin film nanostructures for gas sensing applications. The SnO2 thin films were deposited by sol-gel dip coating method onto glass substrates and sintered at 500 o C in air. Sb dopant concentration was varied from 1 to 4 mol% to investigate the effect of doping on the electrical and sensing properties. The films were characterized by XRD, SEM and AFM. The SEM and AFM images of films showed a very smooth surface morphology with nanostructure grain size in the range of 37.6 to 56.3 nm. Sensing sensitivity of Sb:SnO2 films are much higher than undoped films.


The study aimed to observe the technical and scientific knowledge of nurses in a Community Health Foundation of Sinop / MT, related to wound care. For it belongs to the nurse assessment and differential with the development and implementation of a plan of care, evaluation and reevaluation of treatment used for each patient diagnosis. Check autonomy and the scientific expertise of the nurse related to the procedure in curative practices; Assess the knowledge of nurses regarding the guidance given their nursing staff on the implementation of curative and delegation practices. It is a field research with an applied nature, quantitative and qualitative approach with exploratory and descriptive characteristic. Data collection was conducted through a questionnaire consisting of 28 objective and subjective questions. The selection criterion was the 21 nurses working in the following clinics: Medical, Surgical Clinic, Maternity Clinic, Pediatrics, Adult ICU, Private Practice Private Practice I and II. Inclusion criteria are: nurses who work in the area of health care that perform related care and wound care practices. Were excluded from the research nurse who does not exercise direct activities of health care nurses respectively of CCIH and CME. The sample was characterized for female nurses, with over two years of training, more time in the job (50%) has <1-1 year. As for the update on injuries (80.96%) of nurses said update themselves by research sources with: congress, lectures articles, magazines and newspapers. Over (50%) of nurses claim to always seek professional medical information with another nurse. Questioned whether it is in the institution's protocol wounds and if it is used (47.61%) claimed to have the protocol, it is noteworthy that there is an institutional protocol on wounds. As the autonomy of the professional nurse in treatment decision occurred, 11 (52.38%) stated that it is always the doctor who prescribes the conduct of wound demonstrating the lack of autonomy of nurses. Regarding the guidance given to the nursing technician (66.66%) of nurses performing the correct orientation. Regarding the evaluation of 13 patients (72.22%) of nurses did not address the most relevant aspects of patient assessment. As for wound assessment 9 (42.85%) reported having difficulties in assessing the wound. Regarding the aspect of the wound 11 (52.38%) did not describe correctly the aspects of wound and consider signs of wound infection and required for the dressing materials. When questioned whether the same make culture wounds 14 (66.70%) said yes, but when asked by what method we obtain 8 sample (57.14%) respondents did not know the method. Taking into account the practice of dressing 8 (38.10%) reported that PVP is the most suitable agent for cleaning and the same is contraindicated.   Related to pressure ulcers 21 nurses said how to recognize the four grades, however 7 (33.33%) reported massage in regions of bone prominences and 13 (61.90%) of respondents said they use gloves water as relief pressure, this erroneous practice.   In other matters it was found that the nurses were cleaning assertive in using SF 0.9%, but the covers were shown difficulties in choice. It is concluded that there is need to empower nurses of the institution in the matters related to patient assessment, wound and types of coverage available, providing subsidies so that this helped to better behavior.


The sustainable energy-based DG framework is procuring more consideration towards the force businesses due to their bountiful accessibility which is no cost and eco-accommodating, they are irregular in nature as well, henceforth the force forecast from one source is reliant. Subsequently, a half and half DG framework including wind furthermore, sun-oriented energies can build the force expectation over an person. This paper presents, the DC interface associated half breed wind and sun oriented based DG framework alongside power gadgets interfacing. The framework comprises of PMSG as a breeze generator, sun-based cluster, dc-dc converter and network interface inverter. Force control methodology is utilized to remove the most extreme force. Greatest force point following (MPPT) control is fundamental to guarantee the yield of photovoltaic force age framework at the most extreme force yield as could be expected. The DC interface associated model of wind and PV framework is introduced in Matlab-Simulink climate. Thus the important thing to get the dynamic condition of framework of solar in half dynamic condition which undergoes a lot of burdens.


While fleeting references are made to Australian Federal Government policy shifts in light of different rationalities and modes of state governance, the paper is essentially a study of whiteness, power relations and resistance in Newcastle, Australia. It is framed within a discussion of the importance of history to local Kooris and Gooris in the struggle for the recognition of Indigenous rights. Specifically, the paper examines how local Koori and Goori discourses and practices expose and disrupt whiteness, as relations of power, in negotiations for the recognition of Awabakal sites and acknowledgement of local Awabakal history. That is, 'faced with a relationship of power, a whole field of responses, reactions, results, and possible inventions open up' (Foucault 1994: 340). The paper draws on field notes, documentary analysis, participant observation data and interview data collected while conducting a two year sociological ethnography of the recognition of Indigenous rights in Newcastle. [Article copies available for a fee from The Transformative Studies Institute. E-mail address: email@example.com Website: http://www.transformativestudies.org ©2009 by The Transformative Studies Institute. All rights reserved.]


An epidemiological study on gastrointestinal nematodes of sheep was carried out in farms of small farmers in Hyderabad district from May 2004 to April 2005. Faecal egg counts, pasture larval counts and worm counts from permanent grazing animals were recorded for 12 months. H. contortus (24.6%) was found to be predominant of gastrointestinal nematode parasites, Trichostrongylus spp. (18.0%) was the next most prevalent species, others, including: O. circumcincta, S. papillosus, T. ovis, Oe. columbianum and Chabertia ovina were found in varying percentages. The highest faecal egg counts (FEC) were recorded in September, whereas the lower FEC were in February. Statistical analysis revealed that the FEC were significantly (P<0.01) affected by months (seasons). The peak of pasture infectivity was in August and declined to lower level in January. The mean worm burden counts were the highest in September and declined toward the minimum level in February in necropsized animals. The worm counts was influenced significantly (P<0.01) by FEC and pasture larval counts. The results of this study could be used to design a programme to minimize and control gastrointestinal nematode infections in sheep.


This is an open-access ar cle distributed under the terms of the Crea ve Commons A ribu on Non-commercial License (h p://crea vecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0), which permits use, distribu on, and reproduc on in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and is otherwise in compliance with the license. MASS CASUALTIES TRIAGE ALGORITHM WITH THE USE OF StO2 LEVELS, HR AND BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS


Effect of composite treatment of ectomycorrhizal fungus (EMF), Scleroderma bovista, along with mycorrhizosphere bacterial inoculants was studied for nine months on Quercus leucotrichophora plants grown in nursery glasshouse. Seven treatments comprising of one uninoculated control; two bacterial controls, Bacillus subtilis MB14 and Pseudomonas fluorescens MB 9, respectively; EMF control, S. bovista; two combinations of two bacterial treatments with EMF and one triple treatment of two bacteria with EMF, were used in the study. The ninth month of sampling showed that triple treatment of two strains of bacteria with EMF maximally enhanced root length (38.86 cm), dry weight (6.746 g), short roots (351.6), lateral roots (24.8) and EMF colonization (34.8%) of banj oak plant, which was fairly higher than uninoculated and bacterial controls. Bacteria treated plants showed no plant growth enhancement, whereas EMF treatment fairly enhanced plant growth. The co-inoculation practice can help oak plant in achieving the mycorrhization rate even with lower EMF doses. These findings will be beneficial for achieving the effective banj oak replantation in the Himalayan region.


Background Despite the success of standard magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) in detecting Crohn's disease (CD), characterization of strictures and, thus, therapy guidance is still limited. The aim of the study was to determine diagnostic accuracy of MRE in detecting or ruling out active inflammation and identifying fibrotic lesions in patients with terminal ileal CD with histopathology as reference. Methods Sixty-seven consecutive patients (median age 32 years, range 19–79 years) with terminal ileal CD were retrospectively enrolled between January 2015 and October 2020. The median interval between MRE and surgery was 9 days (range 0–86 days). Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive value (PPV and NPV, respectively), and area under the curve (AUC) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated for the MRE-based AIS (acute inflammation score) using the histopathology of surgical specimens as the reference standard. Results Sensitivity, specificity, PPV, and NPV for detecting or ruling out active inflammation were 100% (CI, 0.94–1.00; 0.44–1.00; 0.93–1.00; 0.31–1.00) using an AIS cut-off of >4.1. AUC was 1.00 (CI, 1.00–1.00; p < 0.01). In all patients with fibrotic changes only and no active inflammation, AIS was <4.1. Interobserver agreement was substantial (κ = 0.65, p < 0.01). Conclusion Our study has shown an excellent diagnostic performance of the MRE-based AIS for determining whether active inflammation is present or lesions are due to chronic changes in ileal CD using the histopathology of surgical specimens as reference. These findings indicate that the MRE-based AIS allows a better determination of the inflammatory stage of terminal ileal CD, which facilitates the decision to perform surgery.


A generalized set of equations of the plasma hydrodynamics in super-strong radiation fields is presented. A dispersion relation for an arbitrary amplitude of pump field is found and new branches for the modulational instability are disclosed. The stationary solution describing a solitary wave propagation, which has the character of a compression wave, with a constant velocity is studied and the amplitude dependence of the propagation speed of the wave is found. The irradiance threshold for the transition is obtained as a function of plasma density. The plasma compression effects are also shown by the analysis of more realistic three dimensional electromagnetic (em) wave case. The boundary conditions for the fundamental equations, which define the field in a plasma are derived and the boundary-value problem is discussed.


The occurrence of unusual circular objects has been noted in a piece of fossilized wood assigned to the genus Sequoia in the Taxodiaceae. The wood has been replaced by white, translucent opal and is of such a nature to permit maceration of the cells.
Circular rings were observed in many areas of the wood. They seemed to have no relation to any normal structure of the wood, i.e. bordered pits. They occur on the radial surface of the tracheids.
Comparison was made with known objects of similar appearance occurring in rocks including oolites, lithophysae, and granules. None of the above features could be definitely considered as comparable to the circles in the fossilized wood because of the method of formation and appearance.


Although evidence indicates the significant incidence of child labor in India, the role it plays in the economy is still considerably unknown. This study used disaggregated labor data and evaluated local and global supply chains to develop the first comprehensive and systematic assessment of Indian child labor involved in the production of commodities consumed worldwide, considering trade between more than 15,000 industrial sectors across 189 countries. Five questions were addressed: Which children are in child labor?; What is being produced with that labor?; Who are the final consumers?; What amount of financial resources would be needed to support these children?; and What would be the increase in labor production costs if adults were to replace children? It was found that of 9,687,688 children in child labor during July 2011 to June 2012, 95% of cases were linked to the production of just 35 commodities. Whereas most of these commodities were locally consumed, as many as 980,084 children (around 10%) worked for exports, more than what is typically assumed. Exports mainly consisted of agricultural and food products, clothing, minerals, and construction materials and were predominantly destined to 26 countries, the United States ranking first. Nonetheless, this study supports the notion that the simple removal of foreign demand will not solve the problem; it is poverty that needs to be addressed. Supporting children with allowances equal to their earnings would require 935 billion Indian Rupees, within a 13‐year period. If adult workers were to replace children, total production costs may increase only by around 1%.


Mixture of isomeric dialkyl phthalates whose viscosity is controlled by the composition of the isomerically pure alcohols from which the Phthalsauregemisch can be prepared.


This paper examines the ways in which HIV prevention is understood including "biomedical", "behavioural", "structural", and "combination" prevention. In it I argue that effective prevention entails developing community capacity and requires that public health addresses people not only as individuals but also as connected members of groups, networks and collectives who interact (talk, negotiate, have sex, use drugs, etc.) together. I also examine the evaluation of prevention programmes or interventions and argue that the distinction between efficacy and effectiveness is often glossed and that, while efficacy can be evaluated by randomized controlled trials, the evaluation of effectiveness requires long‐term descriptive strategies and/or modelling. Using examples from a number of countries, including a detailed account of the Australian HIV prevention response, effectiveness is shown to be dependent not only on the efficacy of the prevention technology or tool but also on the responses of people – individuals, communities and governments – to those technologies. Whether a particular HIV prevention technology is adopted and its use sustained depends on a range of social, cultural and political factors. The paper concludes by calling on biomedical and social scientists to work together and describes a "social public health".


An innovative process, combined coagulation and two- stage aged refuse bioreactor (ARB) process was introduced to treat pharmaceutical wastewater. The results showed that the combined process can efficiently degrade the pharmaceutical wastewater. As a primary treatment, coagulation process can partially remove contaminants of the wastewater. Further treatment of two-stage ARB can remove the contaminants thoroughly. The treatment efficiencies in the biodegradation process decreased with increase of hydraulic load. After primary treatment by coagulation, under the suggested conditions of wet/dry of 1:7, introduction time of 6h and hydraulic load of 500L/m 3 refuse/day, the effluent of two-stage ARB meets the national discharge standard of pharmaceutical industry in China. The combined process for pharmaceutical wastewater treatment is technically feasible and cost-effective. Biodegradation plays a key role in removal of contaminants in two-stage ARB process.


The origin and evolution of life provides us with some of the most fascinating and challenging questions in any field of scientific endeavor. Yet, in order to consider these questions dispassionately, the mind must be free of the restraints imposed by transcendental edicts about living things. The modern evolutionary biologist is unfortunately not wholly emancipated from these restraints, despite the wide acceptance of Darwin's ideas, dating from the past century. Criticism of evolutionary science continues, particularly by religious groups, while social acceptance of facts revealed by physical science has been much greater. Indeed, after more than 100 years, the biological interpretation of man's origin still remains an emotional sticking point. More than any other, ours is nevertheless the age of scientific enlightenment. This is true despite the small-scale turn-away from science that occurred during the student demonstrations of the waning years of the 1960's. History tells us how hard it has been to dispel the myths which cloud and confuse the human mind. The retreat from reason


The problems faced due to the requirement of government departments from not-for-profit (NFP) organisations who received government funding to report on their grant funding in varying formats, is discussed. A brief detail about implementation of standard taxonomies for charts of accounts in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia, known as the QUT Standard Chart of Accounts (SCOA), by the project team, is presented.


Residential water consumption accounts for approximately 70 per cent of Sydney's water consumption. The capacity of households to reduce water consumption is limited by expectations and conventions of water supply shaped by existing water infrastructure (Allon and Sofoulis, 2006) and 'saver-unfriendly' household water fittings (Sofoulis, 2005). Sustainable lifestyle workshop programs – many of which address water use – are relatively new, and rigorous research into their impacts is scarce. Existing research generally relies on reported behaviour change from participants, which is then used to estimate resource savings. This paper examines water consumption data, and the questionnaire responses of participants in two sustainable lifestyle workshop programs, to examine whether reported behavioural and technical changes are translating into significant water savings. The Sustainability Street (Penrith) and GreenHome (Parramatta) programs are changing participant behaviours, but reductions achieved by Sustainability Street are not significant at the 0.05 level. GreenHome reductions, while significant, cannot be fully attributed to the program due to the downward trend commencing prior to the program. The improved behaviour of participants – in comparison to their previous behaviour and the behaviour of non-participants – is thus not translating into significant water savings. This indicates that the relationship between improved environmental behaviour and actual water savings is not as straightforward as program operators might assume. The implications of this are that research should use real consumption data and not estimations derived from behaviour change, and strategies to reduce household water consumption need to involve bigger technical changes to household water infrastructures.


Statistical spam filters are vulnerable to the adversarial attacks. An e-mail is classed as spam if a minimum of one instance within the corresponding bag is spam, and as legitimate if all the instances in its square measure legitimate. These systems based on the design methods and classical methods which do not take into account adversarial settings. In this paper, the security evaluation framework is proposed to avoid the detection in the Spam filtering with the help of Multiple Instance Logistic Regression i.e. MILR. In addition to define the model of Adversary with the guidelines for simulating attack scenarios The principal theme of the framework is to develop an enhanced model which anticipates the attacks by utilizing a data distribution.


It is a most quick and most effective approach to monitoring environment used multi temporal remote sensing images at present.This paper provides a approach to monitoring dynamic change of water and the city zone and woods on Wuhan based on classificatory fusion.It analyses reasons of change and influence on environment, and make a method and a suggestion to improve environment on Wuhan.


A new and improved method and apparatus for an acoustical partition are presented. The acoustical partition comprises a wall section defining an enclosed space, a frame structure contained within the wall section, and an insulation layer contained within the frame structure such that an air cavity is created at the centermost area within the wall section. The acoustical partition may also include a sound absorption layer placed on a front side of the wall section, and a fabric layer positioned over the sound absorption layer in such a way as to provide an airspace between the sound absorption layer and the fabric layer.


Asset management is given a wide variety of interpretations throughout industry and even within the electricity supply industry. Even within a single company, the interpretation may change with time-particularly as the company learns from its mistakes! This is especially true when the relationship between the asset management and service provider groups breaks down or becomes `adversarial'.


Abstract A method has been developed for quantification of trace rare earth (Ce, Dy, Er, Eu, Gd, Ho, La, Nd, Pr, Sm, Tb and Yb) impurities in alumina and aluminum by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) after matrix separation. The matrix separation was achieved by selective precipitation of trace elements. Due to its refractory nature a microwave digestion method was developed and optimized for the quantitative dissolution of Al2O3. The analytical methodology was validated by recovery studies with standard addition as well as with an independent γ-spectrometry technique using 152,154Eu tracers. The observed recovery in the synthetic samples was in the range of 93–100% with precision within 6.1–11.6 (%RSD), while the same in the case of radio tracer technique were found to be >98% and <2% (RSD), respectively. The method detection limit was found within 0.5–8.3 μg kg−1, respectively. The procedure is simple, organic waste free and suitable for routine analysis.


The Objective of this paper is proposed a robust combined Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) and Singular Value Decomposition (SVD). The RGB image is called a cover medium, and watermark image is converted into gray scale. Then, they are transformed using DWT so that they can be split into several subbands, namely sub-band LL2, LH2, HL2. The watermark image embeds into the cover medium on sub-band LL2. This scheme aims to obtain the higher robustness level than the previous method which performs of SVD matrix factorization image for copyright protection. The experiment results show that the proposed method has robustness against several image processing attacks such as Gaussian, Poisson and Salt and Pepper Noise. In these attacks, noise has average Normalized Correlation (NC) values of 0.574863 0.889784, 0.889782 respectively. The watermark image can be detected and extracted.The Objective of this paper is proposed a robust combined Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) and Singular Value Decomposition (SVD). The RGB image is called a cover medium, and watermark image is converted into gray scale. Then, they are transformed using DWT so that they can be split into several subbands, namely sub-band LL2, LH2, HL2. The watermark image embeds into the cover medium on sub-band LL2. This scheme aims to obtain the higher robustness level than the previous method which performs of SVD matrix factorization image for copyright protection. The experiment results show that the proposed method has robustness against several image processing attacks such as Gaussian, Poisson and Salt and Pepper Noise. In these attacks, noise has average Normalized Correlation (NC) values of 0.574863 0.889784, 0.889782 respectively. The watermark image can be detected and extracted.


This article is a study of the relationship between confession, prayer, and healing within the context of James 5:14-16. A grammatical-historical study of James 5:14-16 reveals the context as the spiritual renewal of the spiritually weak or wearied. Based on this context, the study implies that the sick refers basically to those who are spiritually weak or lacking spiritual strength; the elders who are to be called refer to the overseers or leaders of the faith community; the use of oil suggest a symbolic use of it as a means of refreshing the spiritually weak; the healing of the spiritually weak is the sole discretion of God; and persons lacking spiritual strength are to confess their sins, first to God (in the event of direct sin against God), and second to one another (in the event of sins against others). Contrary to popular opinion, the study concludes that James 5:14-16 should be primarily understood as directives for the spiritual restoration of the spiritually weak.


Abstract Interviews were conducted with 228 African American and white caregivers seeking respite care. The two groups were compared in terms of their own functioning, that of their relative and their needs for assistance at the time of their requests for respite. After six months of use, a comparison of the effects of the program on the two groups was made. The findings indicate that although patients were comparable at the time of application, white caregivers were more anxious, depressed, felt less competent, and experienced less gain that the African-American group. Needs for assistance and the effects of the program on the two groups also varied.


In dilute sulfuric acid medium, 4 (2-thiazolylazo)-1,2,3,-thrihydroxy-benzene (TATB) could react with tungsten (Ⅵ) in the presence of cetylpyridinium bromide (CBP). On the basis of this reaction, a method of determining micro tungsten in steel sample by spectrophotometry was established. The results showed that TATB could form a red complex with tungsten (Ⅵ) with a reagent tungsten (Ⅵ) composition ratio of 2:1 The maximal absorption peak of the complex was at 530 nm. Beer's law was obeyed for tungsten (Ⅵ) in the range of 0-40 μg/25 mL. The apparent molar absorptivity was 6.16×10^4 L•mol^(-1)• cm^(-1) This method had been applied to the determination of micro tungsten in steel samples, and the results were consistent with those obtained by thiocyanate spcctrophotometry.


The gap of growth in milk consumption that is not in line with the growth of milk production has resulted in the need for imports. Indonesian government intervenes in import regulation through the implementation of import tariff policy and strategic programs to increase domestic milk production. The study aimed to analyze the impact of the integration of both interventions on accelerating the growth of fresh milk production in Indonesia. The research method is a descriptive method that uses BPS, Pusdatin, and other second-hand data published in previous studies. A comparative study of producer and consumer surplus and a modeling analysis of strategic policies to increase the production of domestic fresh milk was used. The results of the analysis revealed that the impose of 5% import tariff on milk has an impact on increasing producer surplus, decreasing consumer surplus and public welfare, also increasing the government's revenue. The results of model simulation showed that the recommended combination scenario of increasing milk productivity, calf rearing, and broodstock import is the best scenario. Hence, the import tariff policy recommendations combined with the strategic programs can accelerate the increase in the supply of fresh milk in Indonesia.


Complete genome of chili has not been reported.The first step to study the genome is DNA isolation, so it is necessary to optimize the protocol to get an optimum DNA. This research aimed to optimize chili DNA isolation by variate the quantity and quality of chili leaves as row material and variate the grinding technique. DNA isolation was done using commercial kit without liquid nitrogen, and analyzed by agarose gel electrophoresis. The results showed that frozen chili leaf yields more DNA than fresh leaf, 0,1 g of leaf got optimum DNA, and grinding in mortar was better than in microtube. Key words: DNA,  isolation, Capsicum annuum


Novel braid-reinforced (BR) and thermostable poly(m-phenylene isophthalamide) (PMIA) hollow fiber membranes comprising reinforced braids and a separation layer were prepared by a dry–wet spinning process for the first time. The effects of PMIA concentration and the braid composition on the structure and performance of the BR PMIA hollow fiber membranes were investigated. Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) was used to observe the morphologies of the BR PMIA hollow fiber membranes. An increase in PMIA concentration resulted in an increase of the protein rejection rate and a decrease in the pure water flux. The higher flux recovery rate indicated that the BR PMIA membranes had excellent antifouling property compared to commercial PVDF membranes. In the BR PMIA membranes existed favorable interfacial bonding between the separation layer and the reinforced braids as the tensile strength of the BR PMIA membranes exceeded 170 MPa. Moreover, when the operating temperature was increased from 25 °C to 90 °C, the water flux increased more than two-fold with stable ink solution rejection, which showed an excellent thermal stability.


Considering from shareholders' interests,high liquidity and FCF in enterprises can prejudice the interests.The growth of FCF is led by the high liquidity resulted from blind loans with no feasible projects,capital and share raise as well as non-distribution with no considering shareholders' interests.Dividing the working capital into the necessary and the redundant working capital,we can further reveal the quality of liquidity correlates positively with FCF.Empirical study also shows this positive relationship in listed companies.


Migration of legacy systems to more advanced technologies and platforms is a current issue for many software organizations. Model-Driven Modernization combined with Software as a Service delivery model is a very promising approach, which possesses a lot of advantages, including reduced costs, automation of migration activities and reuse of system functionality. However, a drawback of such an innovative modernization approach is that it lacks mature software process models to guide its adoption. Thus, a methodology for seamless execution of different migration and deployment activities is quite needed. On the other hand, agile development methods have been successfully adopted in various projects, which partly or thoroughly use the engineering and delivery models exploited in the modernization process. This paper presents how a particular methodology for Model-Driven Modernization with deployment to the Cloud is enriched with agile techniques to address different challenging issues. The extended agile methodology could be used by organizations which have already applied agile software development as well as by organizations that plan to introduce it in their work. KeywordsCloud computing; Agile Methodology; Modeldriven Modernization; Software as a service


Introduction: Osteoporosis is a chronic metabolic disease that affect a big portion of female persons in the old population. It extension and basic characteristics are similar to a silent epidemic, since the disease no not have clinic signs and often appears as a fracture. Objectives: To show the risk and protection factors, and the prevention and treatment available actions. Reviewed topics: Osteoporosis epidemiology. Risk assessment using tools like Osteoporosis Self-assessment Tool, FRAX Index, Fracture Index. Prevention, Diagnosis and Management of Osteoporosis. Conclusions: Osteoporosis and fractures, its main complication, are preventable events, that require specila attention for Primary Health Care physicians and teams.


In this paper, an analytical approach is presented to calculate the magnetic force between the mover and the stator of an electromagnetic planar actuator. The key is to use the coenergy method to calculate the force, in such a way that the stator current can be predicted properly to offer the accurate orientation and location for the real-time control of the high-precision planar actuator. The proposed approach affords the advantage of fast and straightforward computation. Both the simulation with ANSYS finite-element method (FEM) and the experimentation are given to support the validity.


Mono-and diacylglycerol-enriched oil was produced from corn oil through enzymatic glycerolysis using 1,3-specific immobilized lipase in solvent-free system and stirred-tank batch reactor. HPLC analysis revealed enriched oil was respectively composed of: 45.05, 16.27, 23.05, and 14.98% triacylglycerol, 1,3-diacylglycerol, 1,2-diacylglycerol, and monoacylglycerol; 13.21, 0.15, 2.02, 34.36, 49.12, and 1.14 mol% palmitic, palmitoleic, stearic, oleic, linoleic, and linolenic acids; and 0.014, 0.029, 0.010 and 0.053% , and total tocopherols. Physiochemical and melting properties of enriched oil were evaluated. Oxidative stability study revealed enriched oil showed higher peroxide and p-anisidine values than corn oil. Rosemary extracts (100 to 300 ppm) reduce oxidation.


Amount and distribution of precipitation and mean daily air temperatures were analyzed in the period of 30 years (1987-2016) in Bački Petrovac, situated in the vicinity of Novi Sad, central Vojvodina. Increase in mean daily air temperatures was recorded during the whole vegetation period, 5.7% on average compared to the previous period (1948-1990). According to the water balance used as the basis for drought estimation, regular and increased deficit in plant-available water was observed mainly in July and August, despite the recorded sum of precipitation equal to or slightly higher than the previously obtained average. High oscillations of field crop yields, mainly due to different weather conditions in specific growing seasons, had been observed across the growing years. Average yields recorded in the period 2006-2014 for most significant field crops - maize, sugar beet, sunflower and soybean, were higher compared to the previous period by 2.16%, 17.81%, 19.39% and 38.71%, respectively. Average yields in Republic of Serbia were as follows: maize 5.19 t ha -1 , sugar beet 46.42t ha -1 , sunflower 2.34t ha -1 , and soybean 2.58t ha -1 . The yields varied between 12.09% and 24.49%. Analyzed meteorological data indicate the need for irrigation, which would maintain and improve soil fertility, regulate soil water and nutrient regime, and thus provide the basis for a more successful plant production.


The automation of conceptual design has become the critical content of the mechanical design research.The"Generalized Locating" principle and concept of functional surface were introduced.To support conceptual structure design of products,the Surfaces characterizing the figure and structure of a part were abstracted as a function model.By applying life-form growth principle into the design process,the conceptual structure of a product was designed by using the decomposition and reconstitution of functional surface.The functional prototype and principle set was represented by mathematics.The availability and practicability of the above mentioned theory bas been proved by a case study.


In practice,there is a sort of vibration system that needs to decrease its vibration which contains both the coulomb and viscous damping.The response equation of the single-mode system was deduced.This system,including the coulomb and the viscous damping,is controlled by appendages under harmonic excitation.Based on the response equation,the simulation shows the vibration of the system trends zero.Acceding to the equation,the acceleration response is reduced to 10 times in the pipeline system of a chemical plant.


This specification describes a coding technique it is possible to reduce the number of processing cycles and memory transfers needed to encode the video sequence. Thus, the disclosed video coding technique increases the video encoding rate, to reduce power consumption. Generally, video coding techniques utilize candidate memory that stores a video block in the column corresponding to the search space for the motion estimation routine. Memory control unit, for example, a candidate to play a large number of parallel absolute difference sum (SAD) and the square difference sum (SSD) by techniques pixels simultaneously compared in a video block to be encoded using pixels to address the memory. The difference processor performs a parallel calculation. Further, for the next video block to be encoded, the candidate memory instead of reloading the entire search space can be incrementally updated by loading a new column of the video blocks.