Using ANSYS finite element analysis software,under random vibration excitation caused by the road surface roughness,the article goes on frequency respond analyses to the main pipeline of special watering cart.The dynamic stress responds of structure and PSD(the density of the power spectrum) are obtained.According to the linear accumulation damage theory and material S-N curve,to calculate out the fatigue life of the structure.


The artworks of Evelina Domnitch and Dmitry Gelfand explore exotic fluid phenomena, from sonoluminescence to the hexagonal jet stream on Saturn's north pole. Pushing the very thresholds of observability, their endeavours raise questions as to what can and cannot be ultimately perceived and comprehended about physical reality. The duo will discuss their 20-year trajectory, culminating in a recent collaboration with the 2017 Nobel Prize winner, LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory).


The amount of data produced at educational institutions today is growing quickly. It is challenging to analyze the student performance from the vast amount of data using conventional data processing methods. One can quickly analyze the vast amount of data by using big data. Previously, different databases are used for students. So that it takes more time to analyze the performance of a student. By using this application, it takes less time to analyze the data, as it is just like a centralized database where the entire profile of a student is found. In this study, data are analyzed using map-reduce techniques, which is a programming model suitable for processing large amounts of data, and a Hadoop cluster for ease of processing. This helps educational institutions analyze the students' data better and focus on their weak spots.


This paper presents an extension to a database rule language Comp& to support parallelism. The rule language is called RDLIIC and is based on an extended orrsion of tuple relational calculus. The grain of parallelism introduced into RDL//C is the production rule. The user is made aware of parallel processing by having to specify in a sub-language of control which sets of r&s are to run in parallel and in which order. From the user view point, the parallelism is managed as a partial order over a set of rules. The compiler translates rule programs into C based applications which run over the DBMS. Our implementation is OLW P set of UNIX workstations which corresponds to a MIMD shared-nothing architecture. Parallelism is achieved by having the application connect to different DBMS ScIzIcrs residing on workstations on a local network. Initial performance results are presented. They show the advantages and limitations of parallel execution in this architecture. The main contributions of the paper are (i) the definition of a sub-language of control to specify a parallel execution of a ru& program and (ii) to show how pdrallel extensions can be brought to a rule language compiler using P standard distributed enoironment with a relational DBMS.


In a prior paper, the d = 1 to d = 7 sense of AdS/CFT solutions were described in general whereas we did not introduce commentary as to GW polarization of gravitational radiation from a worm hole. We will discuss GW polarization, for d = 1 and in addition say concrete facts as to the strength of the GW radiation, and admissible frequencies. First off, the term Δt is for the smallest unit of time step. Note that in the small Δt limit for d = 1 we avoid any imaginary time no matter what the sign of Ttemp is. And when d = 1 in order to have any solvability one would need X = Δt assumed to be infinitesimal. To first approximation, we set X = Δt as being of Planck time, 10-31 or so seconds, in duration.


The endothelium regulates vascular tone through the release of vasoactive agents that act on the underlying vascular smooth muscle. This endothelial function is impaired in certain cardiovascular conditions including atherosclerosis, and hypercholesterolemia. However, in patients with essential hypertension it is unclear whether endothelium-dependent vasodilation is impaired. Using high-resolution ultrasound, we measured the diameter of the brachial arteries at rest, during reactive hyperaemia (with increase flow causing endothelium-dependent dilatation), and after sublingual glyceryl trinitrate (GTN; causing endothelium-independent dilatation) in 42 subjects, consisted of 21 controls with normal blood pressure (mean(SD) arterial blood pressure, 9267 mmHg) and 21 patients with established essential hypertension (mean arterial blood pressure, 123 612 mmHg). The results showed that in patients with essential hypertension, flow-mediated dilatation in arteries was much reduced in comparison with the control group (4.6% 62.8% vs. 12.4%62.9%, P,0.001). However, there was no significant difference in response to GTN between the two groups (19.8%66.0% vs. 24.5% 610.2%, P50.186). This indicates that endothelium-dependent vasodilation is impaired in patients with essential hypertension. © 1997 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.


Coparent counseling is a method of helping moderate- and high-conflict divorced or separated parents improve their shared caretaking of their children. Because it is a relatively new modality, its practitioners face ambiguity and uncertainty in their efforts to practice ethically. In the present article, information and recommendations are provided regarding confidentiality, separate meetings with parents, interactions with attorneys and the court, meetings with the children, insurance billing, competence, and informed consent.


This paper uses a tight comparison of similar firms operating at the same time under ostensibly similar laws in two countries to study the implementation of new legal forms. The new forms are intermediate between limited partnerships and corporations. A French law of 1925 created the SARL, a new enterprise form modeled on the German GmbH of 1892. The new form was very popular in each country, partly because of the subtle balance it built in the relationships between managers and shareholders. Using samples of the articles of association for GmbHs and SARLs in the period 1892-1935, we show how German and French firms used these new frameworks, and how apparently minor differences in the provisions of each law can have significant implications for economic actors.


An SO(14) grand unification model is proposed to solve the flavor problem. There are four families of quarks and leptons, which are divided into three types by a new quantum number. The bare and renormalized Weinberg angle and the proton-decay mass scale are similar to those of the Georgi-Glashow SU(5) theory. Right-handed neutrinos of electrons and muons can be superheavy.


CoAl-Co intermetallic-matrix composite was synthesized from a dense homogeneous blend of micron size elemental Co and Al powders via solid state reactions. Consolidation of blends was performed by cold sintering-highpressure consolidation at ambient temperature. Subsequent reasonably short two-step heat treatment in the temperature range 600°C-800°C resulted in solid state reactive synthesis of the CoAl-Co composite. The synthesized material was subjected to different heat treatments. Annealing in the temperature range 900°C-1200°C does not fundamentally change the microstructure of the synthesized material but results in an increase of microhardness. The fracture is intergranular. Heat treatment at 1250°C followed by quenching and annealing in the temperature range 400°C-900°C results in a change of the composite microstructure and in a change of the fracture mode to a transgranular one. The microstructure and phase composition of the materials obtained were characterized employing X-ray diffraction and SEM/EDS.


Sensors and imaging systems operating from visible to long-wave infrared (LWIR) spectrum are being developed for a variety of defense and commercial systems applications. Signal losses due to the reflection of incident signal from the surface of sensors and optical components limits the performance of image sensing systems. Antireflection (AR) coating technology overcomes this limitation and enhance the performance of image sensing systems. Magnolia is actively working on the development and advancement of ultra-high-performance AR coatings for a wide variety of defense and commercial applications. Nanostructured AR coatings fabricated via a scalable self-assembly process are shown to enhance the optical transmission through transparent optical components and sensor substrates by minimizing reflection losses in the spectral band of interest to less than one percent, a substantial improvement over conventional thin-film AR coating technology. Step-graded AR structures also exhibit excellent omnidirectional performance and have recently been demonstrated in various IR spectral bands.


The purpose of this paper is to explore the implications of the situative perspective in understanding technology acceptance. Briefly, this is the position that holds technology acceptance is influenced by the context of use, which determines the situations and activities in which the technology is employed. Specifically, we review the literature studying the relationship between political engagement and social media use. We examine the link between individuals' political beliefs and political engagement on their acceptance and use of social media extending the core factors of the technology acceptance model. Using a sample drawn from a pre‐university college physics program, we test a structural path model, using WarpPLS, and reproduce the oft‐reported link between social media use and political engagement and showing that social media use for political engagement influences individuals' perceptions of social media technology. These results are interpreted with respect to the situative perspective, specifically, we employ the ecological psychology notion of affordances to understand how social media technology is disrupting traditional political discourse and creating new forum for public discourse and political engagement. Our study demonstrates the value of considering the social dimension in understanding individuals' technology acceptance decisions and behaviors. Understanding the social dimension pf technology acceptance is necessary for modeling user technology acceptance and key to successful implementation initiatives and life cycle management of educational technologies. Practitioner NotesWhat is already known about this topic Using social media varies by individual characteristics and by instrumental use, creating different contexts of use, such as online political engagement.What this paper adds Using social media for political engagement influences perceptions of usefulness and ease of use.A fuller account of technology acceptance must include social and affective determinants in addition to cognitive factors.Implications for practice and/or policy Understanding technology acceptance as a social process requires an account of the purposes and functions of technology within spheres of activity.Thus, understanding the social dimension of technology acceptance appears key area of research for educational technologists working on implementation and life‐cycle management of educational technologies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]


Several slope geohazards induced by continuous rainstorm occurred in Badong County on March 31, 2003, which resulted in destruction of many houses and casualties. On the basis of field investigation, the authors believe that the severe hazard mass on the Tongmuyuan slope belongs to a typical slope-type debris flow, i.e. the debris flow on slope. Its deformation characteristics and corresponding formation mechanisms are analyzed and the critical rain threshold value and early warning indices for predicting the rapid deformation of loose rock-soil masses on the shallow slope surface are discussed.


Background  Colonic manometry is performed using either colonoscopically assisted catheter placement, after bowel preparation, or nasocolonic intubation of the unprepared bowel. There has been little systematic evaluation of the effects of bowel cleansing upon colonic propagating pressure wave sequences.


The authenticity output method and apparatus for outputting a verification result of authenticity based on the digital data is provided. And the step of registering the personal table for verification information is printed with the authenticity verification result based on the digital data, verifying the authenticity based on the digital data, when outputting the authenticity verification result based on the digital data, the personal table for verification reads out the information registered in, the authenticity output apparatus for realizing the method and, of these features, including the step of outputting, depending on the verification result is provided. The authenticity, the verification, the electronic data, the home page, the Internet, an output device, a recording medium, electronic mark, a password, an encryption key, changing


The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effect of Urea as seed treatment, on the total yield of potato crop variety Kufri Jyoti. The seed potato of variety Kufri Jyoti were treated with various concentrations of Urea (1, 5, 10 and 15 % concentration, indicated as T1, T2, T3 and T4 respectively) followed by control (T5 without urea seed treatment). The observation of the present study indicates that urea 5% (T2) found most suitable concentration to treat the seed to increase the total yield of potato crop variety Kufri Jyoti in comparison to all other concentrations i.e. 1,10, 15% (T1, T3, T4) and in comparison to control (T5) also.


It is shown that the reported spectra of (CO2−O2)− on MgO at 77 K and room temperature can be reinterpreted in terms of a single radical species undergoing intramolecular rotational motion of the O‐O group. The ''extra'' lines in the spectrum at 77 K arise from averaging of g‐anisotropy and can be simulated by the modified Bloch equations. (AIP)


This study investigates e-textbook development for the course of intercultural communication of national image for English majors and learners in the context of integrating ideological and curriculum education in the Chinese mainland. Under the framework of Fairclough's three-dimensional discourse analysis and glocalization in intercultural communication, the study proposes an e-textbook development workflow involving text design, discursive database construction, and social investigation and explores the unit design strategies for the course, paying special attention to integrate ideological elements properly into intercultural communication studies in each unit. Following authenticity principle and presentation-practice-production (P-P-P) model, the study constructs an e-textbook system featuring by unit design with contents and modules both linguistic theories based and intercultural communication oriented. This e-textbook will contribute to the cultivation of a locally grounded, globally minded intercultural communicator of national image.


categories according to which – Fairchilds suggests – contemporaries defined women: as chil- dren, wives, mothers and widows. The author comments on geographical differences where appropriate, exploring attitudes towards women who had transgressed these ideal states of womanhood. The third part considers rural and urban working patterns and, more signifi- cantly, highlights the difference that status made to working opportunities and expectations for women. This section also considers female cultural worlds, and those women who choose music, art, theatre or science as their path in life, highlighting the problems facing women competing in a man's world. The fourth part focuses on religion, explaining the paradox that women were regarded as men's spiritual equals, yet denied any formal role within the church, leading some women to manipulate this ambivalence to their own ends in an effort to lay claim to their own spiritual authority. This section is particularly interesting, as it brings together the experiences of women in both the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, considering how women's religious experience was dependent on their spiritual affiliations. This part concludes by examining popular belief and witchcraft and the myth of a gender bias against women in witchcraft prosecutions country by country. The final part considers whether women were able to play a role in the formal state apparatus, drawing attention to how class shaped female lives in this respect. Fairchilds cites examples of unique and individual women as rulers, regents, consorts and mistresses, across the different countries of Europe. This section also takes into account the crucial, yet often neglected study of women who played active roles in establishing new world colonies and empires abroad. Overall, this book is ambitious in its scope, yet manages to explain in plain and simple terms a vast and often contentious topic in short, clearly defined segments, using a highly readable prose. Although not proposing anything new and often covering predictable and well travelled ground, it retains some freshness by the inclusion of topics newer to the study of gender, which are perhaps not included in other well-known studies. In particular, it is worth mentioning the consideration of new worlds, informal participation in the political sphere below the level of elites, and the everyday negotiation of patriarchal ideals by ordinary women. The end result is a well-rounded read, which I would recommend without hesitation to any undergraduate student, or anyone looking for an accessible overview of women's place in early modern Europe.


The dependence of the dynamic characteristics of distillation column sections on the shape of the equilibrium relationship and the number of plates comprising the section is discussed. Dynamic characteristics, valid near the steady state operating condition, were obtained for simple column sections separating binary mixtures by a straightforward calculation with a digital computer. Sections with concave downward equilibria respond significantly more slowly than comparable sections with linear equilibria. Sections with concave upward equilibria respond faster. This behavior is explained in terms of the internal recycle within the section. The rate of propagation of a disturbance from end to end in the section is only weakly influenced by the shape of the equilibrium relationship.


In 2016 there were 5250 brain cancer deaths in the UK. Standard treatment is surgical resection followed by chemo-radiotherapy. In most cases of diffuse glioma, complete tumour resection is not feasible. Many chemotherapy drugs have untested penetration through the blood brain barrier, potentially leading to sub-therapeutic concentrations in the tumour. There is need to refine current treatment strategies in relation to the understanding of tumour biology, and rapidly introduce and evaluate novel therapeutic approaches and agents through delivering rigorous clinical trials. The TESSA JOWELL BRAIN MATRIX Study will evaluate the feasibility of delivering precision medicine for brain cancer patients within the NHS. A multicentre, platform feasibility study of 1200 patients with diffuse glioma will build on the 100,000 genome project to develop and evaluate an infrastructure to collect and integrate: 1) real time comprehensive integrated molecular analysis, including whole genome sequencing and epigenetic classification; 2) serial sampling and annotation of tumours; 3) collection of matched clinical data; 4) assessment of patient quality of life; 5) centralised radiological review and response assessment as per RANO criteria. Once developed this will allow rapid introduction of therapeutic trials to specific patient groups. Secondary objectives include: understanding the association between extent of resection and molecular stratification to refine the role of surgery; optimisation and harmonisation of protocols to best collect, manage and store tissue, clinical data, and radiological images in order to provide a resource for researchers, both within and outside of the study. Improve patient recruitment by identifying and removing recruitment barriers and improve the information and consent processes for patients. Promote the development of a national network with expertise in brain cancer. Enrolment of the first patient is expected in late 2019. For further information, please contact the Brain Matrix Trial Office email@example.com.


In order to recover trace of platinum (Pt) from hydrochloric acid (HCl) leaching solution of Cobalt-Rich Crust (CRC), the absorption properties of four kinds of seaweeds (Undaria pinnatifida, Laminaria angustata, Enteromorpha linza and Gloiopeltis tenax) and activated carbon were studied. At first, their adsorption abilities for Pt ion as well as selective adsorption properties for other coexisting metal ions contained in CRC (including iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni) and copper (Cu)) were investigated by using artificial solutions. Finally, the application to CRC HCl leaching solution was also carried out. The results showed that all seaweeds achieved their best Pt adsorption capacity only at pH 2, whereas activated carbon possessed a high Pt adsorption ability over a wide pH range from pH 0 to 6 as well as in HCl solution up to 3 mol/L. Regarding the CRC leaching solution obtained by 0.5 mol/L HCl and 1 vol.% hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), 46.9% and 100% Pt was recovered by Enteromorpha linza and activated carbon, respectively. It was found that seaweed and activated carbon are both effective adsorbents for recovering Pt from HCl leaching solution of CRC.


Theoretical and methodological analysis of the foreign sociological studies concerned with the upper class is relevant due to several reasons: demand for a single theoretical approach to the category of "upper class" and insufficient scientific understanding of its essential characteristics. Summarizing the international experience of the upper class study, this analysis aims to develop a full conception of this category, its identification criteria and social functions.


The significant increases in strength and durability of polymer-impregnated concrete suggest the use of this material as a surface treatment for highway bridge decks. Several monomers have been used successfully to obtain treatments that can be field applied. The concrete slab surface is kept wetted with the monomer for several hours. External heat is supplied by one of several methods to polymerize the monomer to a depth of 0.5 to 1.5 in. (1.37 to 3.8 cm). Evaluation tests on the treated specimens indicate excellent resistance to freeze-thaw deterioration, water penetration, abrasion, and wear. Skid resistance has generally been found to be equal to or superior to nontreated slabs. The treatments appear to be practical and economically feasible for application to highway bridge decks. /ACI/


Bone fixation device and the assembling method according to the invention, the bone screw 50 having a head, and a cap 56 for supporting the upper side of the head of the bone screw, soon as said cap is received at the same time the head of the bone screw and has a take bore support bars receiving the receiver member 58 with a channel of U-shaped being, but provided with a bar lock nut 60 for fixing the support bar is screwed into the receiver member, the bore (70), and the cap receiving portion 76 formed on the upper side the multiple stepped portion and the multi-stepped portion 74 in contact line on the upper outer surface formed in the lower inner surface to increase the force of the head of the head, so that the cap is accepted, receiving the cap It is formed in a smaller inner diameter than the inner diameter portion is formed with the bar fixing nut has a flange 64 with outer diameter larger than the inner diameter of the threaded portion at the top of the screw cap 56 jidoe comprises a threaded portion 78, coupled; When assembling the cap, to tilt the cap receiving first to one side of the flange to the cap receiving portion 76 and presses the one takes the other side of the flange to the threaded portion 78, the cap 56 to the next, the pressing tool cap assembly is easy as it is inserted into the cap receiving part 76, as well as to increase the bearing capacity of the bone screw to prevent the bone screws move the flange (64) so that the plastic deformation animation with the lower end of the threaded portion of, and of the cap this has the effect of preventing the departure.


This paper deals with the problem of observer-based stabilisation for linear systems with structured norm-bounded parameter uncertainties. A new design methodology is established thanks to a judicious use of some mathematical artefacts such as the well-known Young inequality and various matrix decompositions. The proposed method allows one to compute simultaneously the observer and controller gains by solving a single bilinear matrix inequality (BMI), which becomes a linear matrix inequality (LMI) by freezing some scalars. Furthermore, we show that some existing and elegant results reported in the literature can be regarded as particular cases of the stability conditions presented here. Numerical examples and evaluations of the conservatism are provided to show the effectiveness of the proposed design methodology.


Based on the measured vibration data and the results of the frequency spectrum of the measured data on the double helical gear housing of a Hot Rolling Mill Unit F6,the paper found that there was an instant powerful impact on the mill units F6 and F7 when the strip steel entered and got out of the units,and the powerful vibration came from imbalance of the spindles but not the circular pitch error of the gears.In order to eliminate the additional vibration,the paper suggests that the entering speed of the conveyor and the balance of the spindle have to be adjusted.


Optical Ethernet (OE) architectures represent a simple and low cost implementation for the layer 2 transport of IP packets directly over the optical layer. The limiting factor for the widespread deployment of low cost OE architectures is represented by the lack of some operation, administration and maintenance (OA&M) features, such as resilience. Optical layer protection represents a low-cost resilience scheme for OE links. This paper presents the experimental results of low-cost protection implementations based on different failure detection and protection activation schemes for IP over OE networks. Specifically, a dedicated span protection scheme and an evolution for shared protection based on GMPLS signaling in transparent domains is presented. Experimental results show that recovery times in the millisecond range are achieved.


The work is devoted to the methodological aspects of estimating the Hildebrand solubility parameter of a mixture of organic solvents using the characteristics of their structural elements. A method is proposed for calculating the solubility parameter for mixtures of solvents that differ in composition and structure depending on the ratio of components. The results of calculations make it possible to predict the optimal composition of solvent mixtures for polymers with a known Hildebrand solubility parameter. The proposed method makes it possible to estimate the solubility parameter of complex mixtures of hydrocarbons of petroleum origin, for example, the vacuum residue of oil distillation - goudron, when it is used as a polymer solvent. Based on the results of 1H NMR analysis,the structural elements of goudron were determined and its Hildebrand solubility parameter was calculatedn.


Degeneration of tendon tissue is a common cause of tendon dysfunction with the symptoms of repeated episodes of pain and palpable increase of tendon thickness. Tendon mechanical properties are directly related to its physiological composition and the structural organization of the interior collagen fibers which could be altered by tendon degeneration due to overuse or injury. Thus, measuring mechanical properties of tendon tissue may represent a quantitative measurement of pain, reduced function, and tissue health. Ultrasound elasticity imaging has been developed in the last two decades and has proved to be a promising tool for tissue elasticity imaging. To date, however, well established protocols of tendinopathy elasticity imaging for diagnosing tendon degeneration in early stages or late stages do not exist. This thesis describes the recreation of one dynamic ultrasound elasticity imaging method and the development of an ultrasound transient shear wave elasticity imaging platform for tendon and other musculoskeletal tissue imaging. An experimental mechanical stage with proper supporting systems and accurate translating stages was designed and made. A variety of high-quality tissue-mimicking phantoms were made to simulate homogeneous and heterogeneous soft tissues as well as tendon tissues. A series of data acquisition and data processing programs were developed to collect the displacement data from the phantom and calculate the shear modulus and Young's modulus of the target. The imaging platform was found to be capable of conducting comparative measurements of the elastic parameters of the phantoms and quantitatively mapping elasticity onto ultrasound B-Mode images. This suggests the system has great potential for not only benefiting individuals with tendinopathy with an earlier detection, intervention and better rehabilitation, but also for providing a medical tool for quantification of musculoskeletal tissue dysfunction in other regions of the body such as the shoulder, elbow and knee. iv ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to thank my family for their consistent support to my two years' study and life in the United States. I would like to thank Scott Minchow for his help in designing and machining the custom experiment equipments and setups; Drs. Jeyamkondan Subbiah, Yixiang Xu and Curtis Weller for their phantom making and food elasticity expertise; Krishnamoorthy Pitchai and Robert Weber for their help in measuring the material elasticity using the texture analysis machine and the Instron machine; Dr. Shigao Chen for his instructions of phantom making and general questions on ultrasound elastography; Dr. Dennis Burson for his help in getting fresh bovine …


A time correlated single-photon counting technique of emission time measurement for plastic scintillating fibers is given. The time response of the test system is studied and calibrated with Cherenkov radiations. The emission time properties for two different kinds of plastic scintillating fibers, Kuraray-SCSF81 and Bicro-BCF10, are obtained.


In this document we present our approach to how to give users the opportunity to access grid resources and to steer applications/simulations running in grids from any place using mobile devices.


Culture is often cited as one of the powerful determinants in shaping the personality and behaviour of individuals. Religion, being an important element of culture, is seen as playing an important role in determining how people behave in certain situations. Various authors have suggested religion as an important dimension in Malaysian ethical behaviour studies especially for the Malays. Yet this construct is generally ignored or incorporated into other constructs. This study investigates the influence of religious education on the perceptions of unethical business practices among final year students in one of the local universities in Malaysia. In particular, this study examines the impact of education stream on the level of religious commitment among Malay Muslim students and how these two variables influence their ethical judgment. It was found that the level of religiosity is negative and significantly related to the level of tolerant towards unethical business practices. The findings also establish that more students from the religious education stream are found to be more religious and consequently, are less tolerance towards unethical business practices.


Introduction: Optimal imaging before endovascular thrombectomy for large vessel occlusion remains unclear. We compared pre-treatment DWI ASPECTS and CT perfusion (CTP) to identify which imaging bet...


Let ω be a bounded balanced pseudoconvex domain with C 1-plurisubharmonic defining functions in . We give some necessary and sufficient conditions for a locally binoiomorphic mapping from Ω into to be convex.


This paper considers Hong Kong's benchmark language assessments for English teachers. It asks whose standard of English the government, business community, examinations authority, and the teaching profession itself expect teachers to measure up to. As well as examining documentation from these various sources, the paper analyses discussions on TeleNex, a computer network set up for English teachers in Hong Kong. Although the question was seldom explicitly mooted in documents and teachers' messages, the implicit standards were found to be largely exonormative. Most documents implied a native speaker norm, and teachers were found to regard British dictionaries and grammars as the main authorities on correctness and acceptability. Only the benchmark developers were found to be seeking an "educated Hong Kong model", but even their criteria rule out an "average" Hong Kong model for teachers.


Oxidation of dairy products during processing and storage has a major impact on their nutritional and sensorial quality. Besides, possible toxic components are produced. This consideration is specifically worrying since dairy products are frequently consumed by at risk populations, such as young children. Since proteins are a primary target for oxidation, this study focuses on the oxidative changes of whey and casein proteins. As oxidative agent, the disinfectant hypochlorous acid was chosen since it reacts rapidly with amino acids, peptides and proteins. It is moreover frequently used in the food industry where its use is under discussion because of the formation of harmful chlorinated by-products. Therefore new sanitizers such as peracetic acid are recently evaluated and included in this study in order to compare the molecular changes induced by peracetic acid and hypochlorous acid. Besides the effect of the type of oxidant and oxidant concentration, the impact of pH was thoroughly investigated as well since little is known about the effect of pH on protein modifications.


We study (p, q) = (2, 4k) minimal superstrings within the minimal superstring field theory constructed in hep-th/0611045. We explicitly give a solution to the W1+∞ constraints by using charged D-instanton operators, and show that the (m, n)-instanton sector with m positive-charged and n negative-charged ZZ-branes is described by an (m + n) × (m + n) supermatrix model. We argue that the supermatrix model can be regarded as an open string field theory on the multi ZZ-brane system.


SummaryContestation is a central element of heritage tourism. This chapter examines issues of contestation in relation to material cultural heritage with special attention given to the built environment, and archaeological and architectural sites. The relationship between tourism and material heritage is characterised by contestation in multiple ways and different scales and includes concerns over values, over space, over materials, over meanings, and over ownership. Using examples drawn from emerging economies as well as more developed destinations the chapter emphasizes the need to pursue these issues through a number of analytical lenses that draw upon different conceptual understandings of heritage and tourism and pursue a range of methodological strategies capable of unearthing the complexities of the contested relationship between tourism and material culture.


A broadband metamaterial absorber based on the novel design of the combination of cross and slotted-square graphene sheets is presented and analyzed from the perspectives: perfect absorptivity, absorption bandwidth, tunability and insensitivity.


Ear biometric one of the six biometric types utilized to aid the forensics for identification. Theprincipal of ear biometric is each ear possesses unique characteristic which would remainunchanged till death even for monozygotic twins. In many cases, ear biometric have been animportant method in identification but there are not many studies about ear biometric as well. Adescriptive study had been done to 2006's-2009's medical students of Riau University with totalpopulation 432 students and 212 samples was taken by using the formula of minimum sample by PPS (probably propotional sampel) method based on their sexes. The result of this study found adifference in the size of the ears between men and woman and also revealed that no two earprints are alike in every individual. Keywords : ear biometric, identification of individual


This project involved the design of a wind turbine system and the evaluation of
aerodynamics performance of pickup truck with wind turbine system. Pickup truck
with wind turbine models was developed using Solid Work sohare. Computer
simulation (using Ansys software) was carried out to investigate the effects of wind
turbine installation on aerodynamics of the pickup truck. Three pickup truck models
with different wind turbine system positions i.e in front of the fiont bumper, on top of
the hood and on top of the roof plus one model without the wind turbine system were
simulated. The study proved that the position of the wind turbine system will change
the characteristic of the air flow around the pickup truck body and affects the
aerodynamic performance of the pickup truck. Without the wind turbine, the
coefficient of drag Cd for the pickup truck model was 0.345, which was computable to
that of stated in Toyota Hilux specification.. As for the model with wind turbine, the
Cd obtained were 0.345, 0.349. 0.353 and 0.344 for the case of fiont bumper, hood,
roof and under pickup truck respectively. Extended fiont bumper of a pickup truck
was not significantly affect the aerodynamics performance of the pickup truck. The Cd
obtained for the case of extended bumper was slightly lower than of the original
bumper height.


In this paper, Anhui Agricultural University is taken as an example to study how Anhui dialects influence the English pronunciation of students. The different pronunciation characteristics of Anhui dialects are collected and summarized in this paper. A phonetic test based on the international phonetics is comprehensively designed for the collection of students' pronunciation. Through contrasts and analysis, the specific influences that Anhui dialects exert on students are discovered, which will help a lot in the improvement of student's pronunciation.


(1) An employer can use a disciplinary right to maintain company order. However, there isn't any direct legal ground about discipline. So, through a lot of theories, various opinions about the legal ground are proposed. In these situations, an worker can be fired unreasonably when an employer use a disciplinary right arbitrary. Therefore, when an employer use a disciplinary right, we have to judge justice of a discipline's reason, fairness of discipline process, adequate discipline degree and so on by law. (2) To regulate abuse of a disciplinary right reasonably, we need to be clear upon the subject matter of the using a disciplinary right on the rules of employment or a collective agreement. In addition, we need to lay down a quasi-judicial rule in order to limit disadvantage, when an employer use a disciplinary right. In these purpose, this paper is rearranging and analyzing theories, judicial precedents and so on.


A new spectrophotometric method,multi-wavelength linear regression on zero-absorption spectrophotometry,was established and used to determine the contents in sulfamethoxazole tablets.The sample was dissolved and diluted with ethanol,and analyzed by absorbance measurements at a group of given wavelengths without preliminary separation.The measured absorbances were regressed and the contents in sulfamethoxazole tablets were calculated.The average recoveries for sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim were obtained as 101.4% and 97.3% with relative standard deviations of 0.9% and 0.4%,respectively.This method shows a better measuring error than traditional spectrophotometry and can be used in two-component or multi-component mixed system.


RATIONALE
Approximately 40% of people worldwide are exposed to household air pollution (HAP) from the burning of biomass fuels. Previous efforts to document health benefits of HAP mitigation have been stymied by an inability to lower emissions to target levels.

OBJECTIVE
We sought to determine if a cleaner energy intervention improved cardiopulmonary health outcomes in adult women living in a resource-poor setting in Peru.

METHODS
We conducted a randomized controlled field trial in 180 women aged 25-64 years living in rural Puno, Peru. Intervention women received a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) stove, continuous fuel delivery for one year, education and behavioral messaging, whereas control women were asked to continue their usual cooking practices. We assessed for stove use adherence using temperature loggers installed in both LPG and biomass stoves of intervention households.

MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS
At baseline and at 3-4 visits post-randomization, we measured blood pressure, peak expiratory flow (PEF) and respiratory symptoms using the St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ). Intervention women used their LPG stove exclusively for 98% of days. We did not find average differences in post-randomization systolic (intervention - control 0.7 mmHg, 95% CI -2.1 to 3.4) or diastolic blood pressure (0.3 mmHg, -1.5 to 2.0), pre- (0.14 L/sec/m2, -0.02 to 0.29) or post-bronchodilator PEF/height2 (0.11 L/sec/m2, -0.05 to 0.27), or SGRQ total score (-1.4, -3.9 to 1.2) in intention-to-treat analysis. There were no reported harms related to the intervention.

CONCLUSIONS
We did not find evidence of a difference in blood pressure, lung function or respiratory symptoms during the year-long cleaner energy intervention. Clinical trial registration available at www.clinicaltrials.gov, ID: NCT02994680.


The history of China's coal mines is an important component of Chinese civilization.The history of coal mines in ancient China can be divided into four phases: Pre-Qin period is the stage of discovery and early development and utilization of coal;the Western Han Dynasty to the Northern and Southern Dynasties is the mature stage of development and utilization of coal;Tang to Yuan is the stage of general development and great progress in the development and utilization of coal;Ming and Qing periods are the peak stages of development and utilization of coal in ancient China.This is the basic context of the coal development and utilization in ancient China.Socio-political and economic conditions in different historical periods,fuel demand in people's life,advances of production technology,government regulatory systems and measures,sacrifices and contributions of ancient miners have become extremely important factors that influenced the development and progress of ancient China's coal mines.In addition,the operation of the coal pits by the military troops and coal mining by the temples,correlation between coal industry and related industries,traditional attitudes,cultural practices,the commercialization and marketization of development trends of the late coal mine industry are also important issues that require more attention in study of the development of the ancient coal industry.


It was for the jury to say whether they thought Dr. B. had told her that there was no risk whatever, or he may have prevaricated to put her off, as many a good doctor would rather than worry her. But even if they thought that he had told her, was that a cause for censure? Mr. T. was charged with carelessness at the operation and it was alleged that it was his fault that the nerve got damaged. But the doctors for the plaintiff and all the doctors had said it was a well known hazard in such an operation, notw1.thstanding all care. Mr. T. had gone into the witness-box and explained what he did and, so far as he (His Lordship) could discover, there was no suggestion that he did anything that he ought not to have done. As to the period after the operation, it was common ground that the injury was not aggravated by that treatment. After a retirement of over five hours, the jury returned a verdict in favour of each of the defendants and judgment was entered accordingly with costs.


This paper deals with the optimization of the technological parameters of precision die forging in closed die in order to achieve a proper material flow in the die cavity for spur gears with a hub. This paper also studies the material flow in die cavity, effective plastic stress and strain, and temperature of drop forging using simulation software called SimufactForming. Forging cost is also compared between the closed and open die forging.


5a-Reductase inhibitory activity of methanol extracts of the heartwood of 13 tropical wood species were examined. Strong 5a-reductase inhibitory activity was observed with Shorea species. From melapi (Shorea sp.), two known resveratrol trimers, vaticanol A and ampelopsin C, and two novel trimers were isolated as active compounds. The structures of the two novel resveratrol trimers were elucidated by oneand two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopic analyses, including 1H-1HCOSY, HMQC, and HMBC. The compounds were named melapinol A and melapinol B. There were no significant differences among the 5a-reductase inhibitory activities of the four resveratrol trimers, which were significantly stronger than those of a-linolenic acid and epigallocatechin gallate, known 5a-reductase inhibitors. K e y words Melapi Shorea speciesDipterocarpaceae 5aReductase inhibitor 9 Resveratrol trimer


A look at the median income of primary care physicians, using data from the 85th annual Medical Economics 2013
Exclusive Continuing Study, which collected responses from physicians about their professional life.


Introduction In many fields there is an essential complementarity between the analytic and the holistic – for example in music, between the rules of melody and harmony and musical compositions. In assessment, the holistic aspect is represented by the assessment tasks themselves, which provide students with "the opportunity to show what they know, understand and can do"; the complementary analytic framework is provided by the specification of the domain of performance to be assessed. While MARS sees the richness of the task set as the key factor in the quality of an assessment, the domain framework is essential for the explanation of the assessment, and for the balancing of the tests. The challenges in designing such a framework are substantial, when you move beyond short technical exercises assessing knowledge and skills to the assessment of substantial reasoning involving higher level skills.


: Zach Wahl '98 (environmental studies, poly sci) traces his path from undergrad to tech-sector president/CEO, and explains why makes a point of bringing fellow Dickinsonians into his growing team.


Firstly,the concept of D-S evidential theory and one combination rule based on distributing conflict in proportion is explained.Then the concept of security credit is introduced to establish the process of analysis on information security of air defense C~3I system model which build in the paper at last,an example has been given.


The elliptical flow of fragments is studied for different systems at incident energies between 50 and 1000 MeV/nucleon using Isospin-dependent Quantum Molecular Dynamics (IQMD) Model. Our findings reveal that elliptical flow shows a transition from positive (in-plane) to negative (out-of-plane) value in the mid-rapidity region at certain incident energy, known as transition energy. This transition energy is found to depend on the model ingredients, size of the fragments, composite mass of the reacting system as well as on the impact parameter of the reaction. A reasonable agreement is observed for the excitation function of elliptical flow between the data and our calculations. Interestingly, the transition energy is found to exhibit a power law mass dependence.


In this article key priorities of the high technological development, main objectives of the state policy carried out in this direction in Azerbaijan have been defined and importance of establishing more productive architecture of the science – education –business collaboration has been proven. In the article, contemporary requirements and shortages of the integration processes in the fields of science, education and business has also been revealed, principles of national strategy of the scientific development and contemporary international models of the science-business collaboration has been researched and relevant suggestions have bee made for application of them in Azerbaijan.


Abstract : This volume outlines the role of survivability as it evolves over the system life cycle as an integral part of the systems engineering process. The topic is especially pertinent today because emerging technologies are revealing unprecedented opportunities for bringing new and improved systems and products into being that will be more competitive in the private and public sectors worldwide. These technologies are expanding physically realizable design options and enhancing cost-effective capabilities. The purpose of design and analysis engineering activities is to determine how physical factors may be altered to create the most utility for the least cost. The objective is to design the system to minimize losses when it operates in a manmade hostile environment. Designing to meet survivability requirements means considering an optimum mix of susceptibility and vulnerability designs for low susceptibility and low vulnerability. The goal is to develop and demonstrate protection technologies required to ensure survivable operation of warfighting assets in both the natural space environment and the hostile warfighting environment. Specifically, the survivability program evaluates through high-fidelity subsystem and system models the effects of the threats on U.S. and allied systems, and then develops and demonstrates the efficacy of multithreat protection techniques against those threats.


A check valve of a cylinder head is provided to adjust an amount of oil to be supplied into a cylinder head according to the pressure of oil supplied from an oil pump. A check valve of a cylinder head comprises a lower cover(160) to be supplied with oil from an oil pump, an upper cover(150) coupled to a top surface of the lower cover, a first plate(110), and a second plate(120). The lower cover having a cylindrical shape includes at least one first oil hole(170) formed in the bottom of the lower cover. The upper cover is formed with a sliding shaft and includes at least one second oil hole(200). The first plate is installed on the inside of the lower cover to vertically slide along the sliding shaft and includes at least one third oil hole(190), which is offset to the second oil holes. The second plate is interposed between the first plate and the lower cover.


The advanced energy management model and strategy is a powerful guarantee the economic benefit of microgrid (MG) system. In this paper, a perfect microgrid cluster model with two agents, which enables the energy management and trading, is constructed based on stochastic game theory. In order to solve this game problem, an improved deep Q network (DQN), which adopts upper confidence bound (UCB) to implicitly balance exploration and exploitation and the modified Q-value calculation, is proposed to leverages the novel exploration of state to accelerate convergence and achieve the optimal energy management strategy. Simulation results indicate that our proposed game model with constant and dynamic pricing has advantages in different microgrid operation situations.


For its unique features and size, the Hadrian's Villa site has always been the object of studies and investigations. Italian and foreign institutions, as well as research organizations, are working together with the common purpose of understanding and protecting the universally recognized ensemble of buildings and works of art, belonging to the World Heritage List since 1999. Within this interdisciplinary framework, over the past decade, new technologies for digital documentation in the field of cultural heritage have gained more importance with respect to the traditional field of architectural/archaeological surveying. Through expeditious surveying (with no physical contact with the object and different measurement resolutions) several 3D reality-based models were created in the last years, with special regards to the Villa's pavilions characterized by more complex and daring shapes. The aim was a better understanding of specific problems in those cases where archaeological investigation methods may take advantage of a correct and complete digital surveying of elevations in general and in particular of vaulted spaces, intrados and extrados surfaces. 3D digital models of complex roofing, as shown in the case study of the Small Baths, provide additional advantages concerning the use of finite elements analysis (FEA). Both the digital models (current state of conservation and reconstruction hypothesis) underwent to an accurate stress analysis that enables further achievements for site conservation and management and for ancient constructive and designing techniques.


*"The digital measure principle of engine rorate speed and the hardware design by means of erasable programmable logic device are introduced.The test result curve and error analysis are given, and according to the analysis result,the electromagnetic compatibility measure of hardware and software for system is showed.The antijamming ability of system can be advanced,and the measure accuracy can be assured.It is an useful digital measure method,and it can be used the other digital measure system.


The oxidative addition of N-aminophthalimide to substituted 2-vinylfurans provides monophthaloylhydrazones of (2Z)-hexa-2,5-diene-1,4-dione derivatives instead of 2-furylaziridines by proceeding through an aziridination of the endocyclic furan C=C bond followed by a regio- and stereoselective rearrangement of the bicyclic intermediate. The formation of stable aziridines can then occur through the aziridination of the (E)-C=C bond of these phthaloylhydrazones. Detailed structure elucidations and mechanistic considerations are provided.


A digital solid model of a turbine blade with a mounting shelf has been developed in SolidWorks. The description of complex surfaces is made using spline functions. The method of computer simulation using SolidWorks Simulation was used to study the distribution of natural oscillations of the blade depending on the method of its fixing during machining. The spectra of natural oscillations of the blade in the sound range have been obtained and analyzed. The form of natural vibrations of complex surfaces is also analyzed. For the correct choice of processing parameters during machining, it is necessary to take into account both the conditions for fixing the part in the fixture and the natural frequency of the part. It is noted that an equally important parameter is the form of oscillations of a thin surface at the studied frequencies. It is noted that in the future it is possible to solve these problems through computer simulation.


the question of straight or reversed loading arises. By using small dishes and bottles of developer and fixing solution plates can, if necessary, be developed on the spot. When a plate holder jams, as is sometimes the case, this, too, can be rectified on the spot. In many ways it has proved a great boon and is always kept in readiness, containing boxes of plates, lamps and plateholders, so that when there is an urgent call the holders can be loaded on the way.


The purpose of this article is to quantify the degree of relationship between the level of hard competencies and earnings. The analyzes are based on data from the survey on Human Capital in Poland. Four areas of competences are considered: information analysis, computer skills, mathematical skills, and dealing with the technical equipment. The differences in average earnings are presented according to the level of declared skills. A joint measure of competences is also proposed, and its values are compared with earnings. The analyses show that there are meaningful relations between the level of competences and the received remuneration.


In Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) operations, condensed water dissolves the formation minerals and mixes with formation water, and its salinity changes over time. For the salinity levels below a critical salt concentration, brine reacts with the formation clays and affects their mobilization towards the production well. Migrated fine particles may plug the pore spaces around the well and reduce wellbore productivity. This paper aims to investigate the impact of water salinity on fines migration and permeability reduction.
 A large-scale pre-packed Sand Retention Tests (SRT) facility was employed to simulate SAGD well conditions. Brine with different NaCl salt concentrations was injected into synthetic sand-pack samples that are representative of the McMurray Formation. Flow rates were varied during the test, and fines migration along the sand-pack was traced. Differential pressures along the sand pack were recorded to calculate the permeability changes during the test. Samples of produced water were collected immediately below the coupon to measure the fines concentration. Testing parameters such as pH, clay mineralogy, temperature, and sand control specifications were kept constant in all tests.
 Fines concentration in the produced water during the test and retained permeability were considered as the indicators of the fines migration inside the sand-pack. Results of step-rate testing display a jump in fines concentration in produced water right after each flow rate increase. Besides, fines concentration results show that fines migration was insignificant when using brine with high salt concentrations. Fines migration was stronger for a relatively narrow salinity range with low NaCl concentrations, resulting in the highest pore plugging. The findings in this research are consistent with past studies which relate clay dispersion to the zeta potential of clay materials: the higher the zeta potential, the stronger the fines dispersion and migration.
 Based on this study, it is recommended that the operating companies monitor the chemical properties of the produced water. Field operators could preserve the reservoir productivity by manipulating the formation salinities to lower the dispersion and detachment of fines and their migration towards the production well.


Equids are known to harbour a large number of ciliate species closely related to those from the ruminants, but inhabiting the large intestine of their hosts. The present study was aimed at the comparison of intestinal ciliate composition in kulans (Equus hemionus kulan) and wild horses (E.przewalskii), kept on semi-wild conditions in the same enclosure in Askania-Nova plain reservation (Ukraine). A set of 10 samples was taken along the large intestine from each animal postmortally. Each sample of digesta was strained and intestinal liquid was fixed by 10 % formol solution (1:1). ). Ciliate were


Introduction Ultrahigh fields provide an enhanced signal to noise ratio which can be used for imaging with better spatial resolution. However, high spatial resolution scanning of large objects contains a high degree of redundancy and inefficiency and may not always be feasible due to geometric or scan time constraints. Spatially selective excitation (SSE) might overcome this issue by exciting magnetization only within a given region of interest while suppressing all signal from outside. This allows for reduced field of view (FOV) imaging without aliasing artifacts.


Commercial (imported) emulsifying salts can be successfully replaced in processed cheese manufacture on large scale with other permitted cheaper, available and edible salts such as sodium citrate (the main salt) in addition to mono and di-sodium phosphate, citric acid, self 363 and CMC were used with different percentages to enhance the texture properties of the final product. The effect of the emulsifying salt mixtures on rheological characteristics (penetration and maximum deformation force) and organoleptic properties were determined. The blend (5) which contained Cheddar cheese (78.53%), sodium citrate (1.97%), di-sodium phosphate (0.28%), citric acid (0.1%) and Self 363 (0.14%) gained highest score compared with other blends.


In abnormal operation,friction pair will produce large metal wear debris about tens of micron in size.When the impedance method is used to detect grains,very high sensitivity is necessary. So,a ring electrode capacitive sensor with a differential structure is designed. By replacing the complex signal processing circuit,capacitance-to-digital converter AD7746 is used to convert capacitance sensor output into digital signal directly,simplifying the electronics,and minimizing the interference of distributed and parasitic capacitance. Experiment result shows that the system has high sensitivity with resolution of 0.125 fF.


The tannin content of the juice is proportional to the contact time of juice with pomace during fermentation. However, the color density reaches a maximum well before the completion of fermentation. In 9 months9 old wines the color density is roughly proportional to contact time. Astringency of the wines correlates fairly well with tannin contact. Color content of the juice cannot be reliably measured by length of fermentation, degree Brix or alcohol content of the juice. The color difference, Δ C, between successive samples is a reliable guide in determining the point at which the juice has attained the maximum color density. Wines from juices in this study drawn on this basis are adequately colored; and usually softer than those from juices fermented longer on the pomace.


Abstract  A special program for the priority allocation of cadaver donor kidneys to highly sensitized patients was initiated 10 years ago. During the period from 1985 to 1994, 329 transplants were performed at 35 transplant centers. Five‐year graft survival rates were: 59 ± 4 % for 156 first grafts, 52 ± 5 % for 133 second grafts, and 18 ± 7 % for 40 third or fourth grafts. The success rates of first and second grafts were comparable with the corresponding success rates of first and second cadaver transplants in non‐sensitized recipients reported to the Collaborative Transplant Study. There was a highly significant impact of HLA matching on graft survival. Among first and second grafts, 35 transplants with no mismatches for HLA‐B+DR had a 76 ± 8 % success rate at 5 years, compared with a 55 ± 4 % rate for 208 grafts with one or two mismatches and a 37 ± 8 % rate for 46 grafts with three or four mismatches (weighted regression P < 0.001).


Abstract : The Cauchy problem for a 2 x 2 system of conservation laws in one dimension is u sub t + (f(u)) sub x = 0, x epsilon R, t 0 u(x,0) = u sub 0 where u = (u sub 1, u sub 2), f = (f1 (u), f sub (u)). Such systems of equations usually come from the application of the laws of conservation for physical quantities like mass, momentum and energy, and arise in problems of gas dynamics, elasticity, oil reservoir simulation and other areas of engineering. The questions of decay and continuous dependence with respect to the initial data are central issues in the study of the problem above. The result proved here rules out the use of certain functionals to study the decay of solutions and is relevant to the issue of L sub 1 continuity with respect to the data.


Rotational spectra were observed for the Kr‐82, Kr‐83, Kr‐84, and Kr‐86 isotopic species of the Kr‐benzene dimer with the Mark II Balle‐Flygare Fourier transform microwave spectrometer. The spectra are those of a symmetric top, with the Kr on the symmetry axis of the benzene. In the most abundant Kr‐84 benzene dimer the rotational constants B0, DJ, and DJK were found to be 795.6821(1) MHz, 1.315(1) kHz, and 7.895(4) kHz, respectively. R, the Kr to benzene center‐of‐mass distance, is 3.663 A and the zero‐point vibrational bending of the benzene with respect to R gives an average angular displacement of 16.6°. The Kr‐83 quadrupole coupling constant was determined experimentally to be −5.201(5) MHz and the dipole moment, 0.136(2) D. A theoretical prediction of these electrically induced properties gives results for a distributed multipole model which are superior to those using central multipoles.


We have examined antennae of both sexes of Tineola bisselliella to make an inventory of the antennal sensilla. We distinguished two types of sensilla trichodea, two types of sensilla basiconica, and sensilla auricillica, chaetica, coeloconica, styloconica, and campaniformia, Bohm's bristles, and squamiform structures. The same types of sensilla are present in both sexes. Numbers of sensilla chaetica, styloconica, and coeloconica and Bohm's bristles do not differ between the sexes. Significant differences in number and distribution of sensilla trichodea, basiconica, and auricillica were found between females and males over the whole length of the antenna.


and foremost as a means of substantiating settlers' claims to superiority and of absorbing the Indigenous presence within settler space'' (97). One might even infer that the failure of the attempt was more useful than its success. Nanni is more interested in how Christianity, European rationalism, linear timeconsciousness, racialism, and industrialism meshed into a single time-regime than in how these forces sometimes clashed with each other. He recognises, but does not pursue, the paradox that missionaries, Protestants in the main, were the bearers of an antiquated ''monastic'' conception of time. His primary focus is on mechanisms of control, and while he recognises that linear time-consciousness could sometimes be turned back upon the rulers, he sees European time mainly as an instrument of subjugation. For example, he equates Christianity with conceptions of linear time, yet ignores the Christian idea of apocalyptic time, which, as other scholars have shown, was integral to the ideology of ''Indigenous'' protest movements like the ''cattle killings'' among Xhosa people in the 1850s. Missionary schools like Lovedale produced many leaders of the African liberation movement, something Nanni sees as ironical, although, as he notes in passing, at least some missionaries anticipated and encouraged nationalist aspirations. Following E. P. Thompson and other Marxist historians, Nanni models the ''resistance'' of the indigenous to European temporal rule on that of European workers, but, unlike them, he pays little attention to the rival conceptions of time that inspired their resistance. His aim is ''to understand how Europeans themselves viewed Indigenous temporalities'' rather than to offer ''anthropological commentary on Indigenous knowledge systems'' (12 13). So, for example, drawing astutely on contemporary sources, he discusses how Europeans and Aborigines each demarcated the seasons of the year but stops short of examining the deeper structures in which Aboriginal conceptions of time were embedded. ''Time as a continuum'', writes W. E. H. Stanner in his celebrated essay on ''The Dreaming'', ''is only hazily present in the Aboriginal mind. What might be called social time is, in a sense, bent into cycles or circles''. Perhaps, as a doctoral student, Nanni was nervous about crossing the frontier between history and anthropology, or interpreting Aboriginal responses to European time regimes in the light of such insights. I am sorry he felt so constrained. Instead of a catalogue of ''damaged bells, broken curfews and desecrated Sabbaths'' (20), he might have attempted a history from both sides, if not from below. The big challenge of post-colonial history, surely, is to interpret European rule from the perspective of the colonised as well as the colonisers.


The purpose of this article to review the validation and content of antibiotics using various chromatographic and spectrophotometric methods. This review article used five analytical methods on antibiotics, namely high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), gas chromatography (GC), ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) spectrophotometer and liquid chromatography/mass spectrophotometer (LC/MS) methods. Antibiotics are the most widely used drugs for infections caused by bacteria. Based on a review of several studies related to antibiotic analysis, the general techniques applied are HPLC, FTIR, GC, UV-Vis Spectrophotometry, and LC-MS. Analysis of this antibiotic is a massive challenge due to its sensitivity and instability to various conditions.


Since the success of the activated low-pressure diamond synthesis, about 30 years has past. The question why diamond can grow under low-pressure had been regarded as "thermodynamic paradox" for a long time. A thermodynamic coupling model was proposed at the beginning of 1990s and a series of nonequilibrium phase diagrams for the low-pressure diamond synthesis have been quantitatively calculated since the middle of 1990s. Theoretical nonequilibrium phase diagrams agree excellently with a lot of worldwide reported experimental data. In recent years nonequilibrium phase diagrams for low-pressure cubic boron nitride have also been calculated, and agree very well with experimental observations. The model and these nonequilibrium phase diagrams have been cited by more and more scientists (1, 2). However, it was still difficult to be accepted on the basis of classical thermodynamics what is the meaning of nonequilibrium phase diagram. Finally, it was found that there was a "bug" hidden in the classical thermodynamics for about 150 years, because the equality of the second law of thermodynamics was treated as a necessary and sufficient condition for a system being in equilibrium without demonstration.


With the increase of Internet users and the needs of the user change constantly,the type of application on the Internet is also undergoing rapid changes.Various types of traffic are growing,and the burden of the network becomes worse and worse,so the difficulties of network management have increased.In order to coordinate the relations between application and security,bandwidth growth and business gains,network expansion and user experience,there is a key challenge to the network managers and operators that how to use the appropriate traffic management techniques,such as network application protocol identification and bandwidth management technology.This paper was focus on this,and introduced the basic concepts and key technologies of network traffic management first.Then it introduced the mainstream open source traffic management systems and commercial traffic management systems.Finally,it proposed a collaborative distributed traffic management system,which deployed the traffic management subsystems dispersedly,detected and managed the traffic collaboratively through the analysis and operation center.It could effectively improve the efficiency of network traffic management and the recognition rate of unknown network protocol,and it also could effectively detect and prevent DDoS attacks.


The skillful use and recreation of graphs can produce the picture language reading linked and communicate with the receivers. This paper is the key of the delivery of visual graphs, then analyses the delivery ways of graphs language, aiming at giving some advice on controlling graphs .


The present invention provides an improved positioning accuracy of the optical transceiver OSA. Optical transceiver (1) of the present invention, having an optical element is provided in order to (2) was introduced into the optical path of the optical module socket cylindrical portion (3) from the light-receiving element (2) (4) (hereinafter, referred OSA) housed and fixed in the optical fiber connector is formed with the optical path (5) an inlet (6) of the housing (7), is provided with the socket portion (3) engaged with holding the OSA (4) while the internal contact with the casing (7) and accommodates therein OSA platen, characterized in that, formed with the above-described OSA plate (8) opposite, positioned above the inlet (6) opposite one in the frame member OSA platen restriction portion (9) and limited to the above OSA side plate (8).


Addendum Since this paper was prepared work has been published (Boczarow, I96I) suggesting that penicillin will invalidate Bl2 assay by the L. leichmannii method. Previous work by Dr. L. G. Bruce, in the clinical laboratories of the Victoria Infirmary, did not suggest this and estimations of serum vitamin B,2 levels in our patient were done by his methods, which differ slightly from those of Boczarow. The validity of the results was confirmed by further studies, which will shortly be published.


During the tunnel construction in permafrost regions,construction heat and heat exchange of air inside and outside the tunnel caused by excavation,primary lining insulation,and secondary lining will affect original ground temperature field of the surrounding rock.This influence will destroy thermodynamics balance of the permafrost stratum and change mechanical characteristics(thawing and sinking,dilatability,stability of tunnel,etc.) of permafrost.So,it is one of the important controlling factors during tunnel construction in permafrost regions to protect permafrost and to reduce the influence of original ground temperature field caused by construction.According to the establishment of thermal model of frozen surrounding rock,primary lining structure,insulation material and circumstance air inside the tunnel and on basis of construction method,surrounding temperature,and ground temperature,the surrounding rock temperature fields of different working procedures are simulated with finite element program ANSYS.The rules of surrounding rock temperature fields and the depths of thawing caused by uncovered time of gross tunnel and primary lining are analyzed.According to different constructions,the effects of stability of tunnel surrounding rock caused by the depth of thawing are studied,which can provide theoretic basis and reference to the design and construction of similar projects.


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Trigonometry , like most abstract sciences, has both an operational side and a quantitative side. The operational side is dominated by the hypothesis that a function f(x) exists which has the property It is from this that the usual rules for operating with the trigonometric functions are deduced.


The high accuracy performance, cost and processing time are commonly the key factors for evaluate and validate the systems of agricultural crop quality inspections. External and internal grading system based on image and signal processing and analysis were implemented based on general steps as acquisition, pre-processing, segmentation, feature measurement, and classification for fruit maturity grading system. The classification step using supervised machine learning classifiers was commonly based on the method namely; two-thirds for training and the other third for testing. In the other hand, the purpose of the supervised machine learning is to construct predicted model for the training data of the distribution of the different class labels as known features which can be used for the further testing data as unknown features. In this paper, real-time oil palm FFB ripeness grading system based on ANN, KNN and SVM Classifiers was demonstrated. System training and testing were implemented in order to appropriately classify the ripeness of oil palm FFB based on the external feature of the fruit. System evaluation has been carried out based on the system performance, processing time and the system cost in order to enhance the system methodology for classification proficiency. The results show that the real-time oil palm FFB ripeness grading system has achieved the highest accuracy 93 % and the fastest image processing speed 0.40 (s) by using BGLAM texture feature based on ANN classifier compared to the other feature extraction techniques and machine learning classifiers.


Method and system for identifying the location of a mobile device in a wireless communication network, comprising: identifying the mobile device is currently located in a hierarchical cell structure of the cell (HCS) priority number. When the HCS priority number is greater than a first predefined number, selecting a first positioning method to identify the location of the mobile device. When the HCS priority number is smaller than a second predefined number, select the second positioning method. When the HCS priority number is between the first and the second predefined number of predefined number, the method further probabilistic method selected positioning method from the first and second positioning method for performing positioning method.


Summary Referred as "a chef's best friend," French Tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus) is an essential aromatic herb. Other common names include estragon, dragon sagewort, or German tarragon, but it should not be confused with the closely related Russian tarragon. French tarragon may be grown as an annual or as a perennial, as it is winter hardy to zone 4. Depending on the climate, it may be necessary to cover French tarragon with mulch during the winter, when grown as a perennial. French tarragon prefers full sun, well-drained soils, grows to a height of 24 to 36 inches with a 12 to 15 inch spread. For fresh use, harvest sprigs of French tarragon as needed or for storage harvest the entire plant and dry. Varieties Buyers looking to start growing tarragon will be confronted with two types: French or Russian. Russian tarragon, while not classified as being a different species, has flavor vastly inferior to French tarragon. Buyers typically encounter Russian tarragon when they grow this herb from seed, as French tarragon is almost exclusively grown by vegetative means. Consult a reputable nursery or garden center when purchasing tarragon plants to ensure you get the desired type.


These proceedings contain extensive reviews on ultrahigh energy cosmic ray physics. Prominent and distinguished representatives from various collaborations describe in detail the status of several ultrahigh energy cosmic ray observatories which are either working, under construction, or in design.


This chapter introduces the book's main topics and analytical frame. With the development of societal meta-processes of change such as digitalization, individualization and globalization, the condition of collective action are under transformation. The main question, addressed by this book, is whether a new form of collective action – connective action – can be empirically identified when looking at the late developments in Norway. The need for formal organizations and selective incentives has been emphasized as a solution to the "collective action problem". Digitalization, by enabling "organizing without organizations" is expected to enhance new forms of collective action that are more individualized and do not require formal organizations. Additionally, since digital networks cross territorial boundaries, collective action is expected to take a transnational character. With such a backdrop, the contributions assembled in this book, based on extensive empirical investigations, examine the extent to which digitalization transforms civic engagement, whether the boundary between volunteerism and political activism are becoming increasingly blurred, whether new organizing forms are emerging in the wake of digitalization, and whether it is possible to identify new forms of transnational collective action. Taken together, the contributions to this book do not support the emergence of a new form of collective action. On the contrary, in spite of the transformations affecting the forms of collective action and civic engagement, the empirical evidence emphasize the continued importance of the infrastructure constituted of civil society organizations for supporting collective action.


We report the first experimental demonstration of a high-power Ti:sapphire laser pumped by an efficient, compact and cost-effective continuous-wave (cw) fiber-laser-green source at 532 nm. The green source is obtained by direct singlepass second-harmonic-generation (SHG) of a Yb-fiber laser in MgO:sPPLT crystal, providing 11 W of green power in TEM00 spatial profile. The Ti:sapphire laser is continuously tunable across 743-970 nm and can deliver an output power up to 2.7 W with a slope efficiency as high as 32.8% under optimum output coupling of 20%. The laser output has a TEM00 spatial profile with M2<1.44 across the tuning range and exhibits a peak-to-peak power fluctuation below 5.1% over 1 hour.


Abstract By combining the compound paraboloid with free-form surfaces,a small, energy-efficient collimating lens based on LED light source is designed. The optical design is carried on in two parts separately. One part of the light, whose divergence angle between 0 and 20, is collimated through a spherical cap contracted the divergence angle and a free-form surface. The other part of light, whose divergence angle between 20 and 80, is collimated through a compound paraboloid contracted the divergence angle and a free-form surface. The results show that, light angle is less than 4 through this complex collimating lens, and the efficiency of light energy utilization is up to 90%, which could meet requirements for light collimation in current distance.


Provided is an all-solid-state cell having excellent cell properties as a result of increasing dispersibility of a slurry for an all-solid-state cell and producing a green sheet, having a smooth surface, for an all-solid-state cell. Specifically provided is a slurry for an all-solid-state cell comprising at least an inorganic material, an organic material, and a solvent, wherein the organic material comprises at least a nonionic dispersant having a molecular weight of 15,000 or greater.


Critique of paper on water crystal existence on Venus, presenting arguments against existence of clouds of micron sized ice crystals


The DNA in the nuclei in cells of Dolly, the cloned sheep, came from the udder cell of an adult sheep. But where did the DNA in her mitochondria come from?

A report by scientists from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York and the Roslin Institute in Scotland reveals that all Dolly's mitochondrial DNA came from the enucleated oocyte with which the udder cell was merged (Nature Genetics 1999;23:90-3).

The discovery has implications …


Plaintiffs are seeking damages for fear of future injury and the enhanced risk of future disease, along with the cost of medical monitoring CONSIDER these cases: * In West Virginia, a hospital patient who tested positive for HIV--the virus that causes AIDS--suddenly went out of control and bit himself. The patient, with his own infected blood still on his teeth, then bit a police officer who had been sent to subdue him. Although the police officer tested negative for the AIDS virus over several years, he recovered damages for his fear of AIDS.(1) * A woman had a bilateral mastectomy in 1980, at which time she had silicone breast implants inserted. Eleven years later she was in a car accident that caused her breast implants to burst. She sued, not only for her localized symptoms, but also for her fear of cancer or other disease owing to the rupture of the implants. Although the medical literature does not show an association, much less causation, between silicone breast implants and cancer or other autoimmune diseases, the court deemed that her fears were reasonable and awarded her $475,000.(2) These examples represent a growing trend in tort litigation. Over the last decade or so, courts have begun to recognize fear of future illness claims in a variety of contexts. Historically seen in toxic tort situations arising from environmental exposures, these claims also are being asserted now in medical malpractice, medical device and pharmaceutical litigation as well. Traditionally, plaintiffs could not sue in tort to recover for an anticipated future injury. Claims for increased risk of disease and fear of cancer simply were not recognized.(3) Using this conventional common law approach, courts avoided the problem of plaintiffs trying to prove highly speculative damages.(4) Over the last several decades, however, competing considerations have come into play. These include: (1) the possible 10-20 year latency period for a disease to manifest itself; (2) statutes of limitation or repose, or both; (3) the problem of etiology and intervening cause when plaintiffs are forced to wait until diseases actually manifest; (4) defendants who may become insolvent or otherwise judgment proof; and (5) the loss of evidence or witnesses, or both, during the years between exposure, illness, and suit. Tort law has now come to recognize three distinct types of claims for future injury: * Claims for alleged fear of future injury seek damages for the emotional distress suffered because of the claimants' concern that injury will occur in the future. * Claims for enhanced risk of future disease seek recovery for the increased risk of contracting an illness or disease some time in the future. * Claims for medical monitoring seek compensation for the reasonable costs of periodic diagnostic examinations during the latency period for exposure-related disease. DEVELOPMENT OF THE THEORY OF RECOVERY Fear of future illness is generally asserted as an element of damages in claims alleging negligent infliction of emotional distress. When dealing with such a cause of action, courts traditionally have been reluctant to find that a defendant had a duty to prevent a plaintiff from suffering emotional distress. First, there is a problem of providing compensation for "harm that is often temporary and relatively trivial." Second, there is a "danger that claims of mental harm will be falsified or imagined." Third, in negligence cases there is the "perceived unfairness of imposing heavy and disproportionate financial burdens upon a defendant, whose conduct was only negligent, for consequences that appear removed from the `wrongful' act." Fourth, establishing proximate cause is often a problem. Fifth, there is a concern that "mental disturbance cannot be measured in terms of money." Finally, allowing people to sue for emotional distress could produce a flood of litigation. …


Liquid cooling becomes more and more popular in high power server thermal design driven by increasing performance demand of HPC, AI and general computing. The cold plate based liquid cooling takes highest market share among all liquid cooling solutions, including, but not limited to, immersion cooling, two-phase refrigerate cooling in the server system. It's critical to design and manufacture a reliable cold plate for meeting CPU/GPU thermal and mechanical design requirements which become more and more stringent. There are three main manufacture processes for the cold plate, including O-ring based, brazing and friction stir welding (FSW). The paper introduces detailed manufacture process of latter ones for comparison. A study of pros and cons between these manufacturing processes are also discussed in this paper. Finally, the industrial marketing overview and eco-system enabling will be also introduced in this paper to promote appropriate manufacturing process to meet targeting specific applications.


The concepts of the dynamical theory of x‐ray diffraction are applied to optical holography. A plane‐grating hologram is the assumed diffraction element and its behavior is shown to be consistent with that of its x‐ray counterpart, namely a thin, one‐dimensionally periodic structure. Evidence is cited which corroborates the theory. In particular, an anomalous transmission of light through the plane‐grating structure, at the Bragg angle, is reported‐referred to as the Borrmann effect in the x‐ray‐crystal situation‐which in x‐ray optics is taken as prima facie evidence for the dynamical theory. The usually observed subsidiary maxima about the Bragg peak and their reported asymmetry are explainable in terms of the dynamical theory as effects due to a finite lattice. The minimum angle of deviation found in holograms, so familiar to prisms and line gratings, is described as a finite‐lattice effect.It is concluded that the dynamical approach in holography is a useful one for the thick emulsion, whereas the simp...


The application of some thermoplastic plastics in the wet-process phosphoric acid production is described,and the characteristics of such the thermoplastic as poly vinyl chloride(PVC),polyethylene(PE),polyolefin(PO),polypropylene(PP) and polytetrafluoroethylene(PTFE) are presented.Based on the past experience,the selections of the thermoplastic plastics on different positions in the plant are also made.


FRANCE'S SYSTEM OF AUTO TRANSPORT TRAINS, THE AUTO COUCHETTES, WAS FIRST LAUNCHED IN THE LATE FIFTIES AND HAS THRIVED OVER THE PAST DECADE AS TRAFFIC HAS MOUNTED ON CROWDED ROADS. PASSENGERS' CARS ROLL FROM AN ADJUSTABLE LOADING RAMP INTO AUTO TRANSPORT COACH WHERE THEY ARE LOCKED INTO PLACE FORE AND AFT. THE COACHES ARE ATTACHED AT THE END OF THE TRAIN. LAST YEAR SOME 108,000 FRENCHMEN AND FOREIGNERS PUT THEIR CARS ON RAILWAY COACHES ALL OVER FRANCE AND SLEPT WHILE THEY SPED TO VACATION SPOTS. THE SYSTEM HAS NOW SPREAD TO A NETWORK THAT LEADS TO EVERY PART OF FRANCE AND IS CONNECTED WITH A BROAD EUROPEAN NETWORK IN OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES. /AUTHOR/


This study aimed to confirm the mitigation effect of structurally complex habitat on interspecific interference competition between native and non-native salmonid species. We evaluated the effects of habitat complexity (number and size of aggregates of large woody debris and length of undercut banks) and other habitat components that were related to the local abundance of salmonids (dimension and mean depth of pool, mean particle size, and mean current velocity) on the local abundance of native white-spotted char (Salvelinus leucomaenis (Pallas, 1814)) in allopatry and sympatry with non-native brown trout (Salmo trutta L., 1758). The field survey was conducted in a Japanese montane stream. The number of char in pool habitats in the allopatric area correlated positively with habitat size, i.e., pool dimension. The number of char in the sympatric area with trout was positively correlated with habitat complexity, while it was negatively correlated with number of trout. In this study, we found that structural...


High frequency jet ventilation (HFJV) represents a radically different management approach to severe neonatal respiratory disease. In order to determine if HFJV could be augmented by the use of intermittent mandatory ventilation (IMV), two groups of infants were prospectively evaluated. Both groups consisted of 3 infants, two with severe RDS, one with pulmonary hypertension. Mean BW was similar (2.0 ± .6 SEM kg vs. 2.1 ± .7 SEM kg) as were GA (32.7 ± 3.4 wks vs. 24 ± 3.1 SEM wks). One group (HFJV-IMV) received HFJV (Bunnell Life Systems Inc.) (rate 400-500 bpm) and IMV (5 bpm). The other group received HFJV alone (rate 400-600 bpm). The HFJV-IMV group was treated for a mean of 112 ± 40.6 SEM hrs., the HFJV group was treated for a mean of 24.3 ± 13.6 SEM hrs. The HFJV-IMV group demonstrated a 13.3 ± 2.3 SEM cmH2O decrease in peak inspiratory pressure (PIP) and a 5.0 ± 1.1 SEM cmH2O decrease in mean airway pressure (MAP). PaO2 increased a mean of 66.0 ± 11.5 SEM torr, while PaCO2 decreased 13.6 ± 7.1 SEM torr. In the HFJV group there was a 9.6 ± 4.9 cmH2O decrease in PIP and a 3.3 ± 1.2 cmH2O decrease in MAP. PaO2 increased 31.3 ± 17.6 SEM torr, while CO2 showed a 4.3 ± 11.6 SEM torr decrease. Infants in both groups took 2.2 ± 0.4 SEM hours to stabilize on HFJV. One infant in each group survived and is entirely well at present. These preliminary data suggest that HFJV may be an effective therapy in severe neonatal respiratory disease. Augmentation of HFJV by IMV may be a valuable approach in some infants.


The present invention relates to a multi-coil wireless charging method, and an apparatus and a system therefor. A wireless power transmitter for wirelessly transmitting power to a wireless power receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a power transmitting unit including at least two transmission coils, a control unit conducting control so that a predetermined first sense signal for sensing the presence of the wireless power receiver is transmitted through the transmission coils in a predetermined sequence, and a modem unit transmitting a predetermined first signal strength indicator corresponding to the first sense signal to the control unit when the first signal strength indicator is received from the wireless power receiver. The control unit may control a second sense signal to be transmitted through the transmission coils on which the first signal strength indicator is received. Therefore, the present invention has the advantage of being able to detect the wireless power receiver more quickly and accurately.


This paper describes the Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) Active Pixel Sensor (APS) that has become a huge demand for imaging systems because of a better picture quality, low cost, low power consumption and lesser noise as compared with the features of charged coupled devices (CCDs). In this paper, we have designed a CMOS Photodiode APS in 0.6 μm technology that has a lower voltage and noise reduction capability for the pixel. Simulation results with PSPICE and schematic design are presented and discussed. The measured voltage swing at the output for the APS design is 0.47 V to 3.04 V for the supply voltage of 3.3 V and the calculated conversion gain is 5.24590 μV/e. The total capacitance has calculated by simulation result is 30.50 fF. Lastly, we concluded with a description of some applications and opportunities for the CMOS APS.


Summary Eggs of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus were used in testing the effect of benzo( a )pyrene and 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene on dividing and differentiating cells. In spite of the nonspecific labeling pattern of tritiated hydrocarbons to cell constituents, treatment of fertilized eggs and pretreatments of both the gametes before fertilization have shown that the action of benzo( a )pyrene differs from that of 7,12-dimethylbenz( a )anthracene. The latter substance showed a specific damaging action on mesenchyme cells, which appeared to have lost their capacity to organize the skeleton. The former substance apparently did not interfere with the normal function of the cell.


In this paper, we propose a new approach for online detection of pileup in gamma-ray spectroscopy using finite length deconvolution filters. The approach was tested in resolving pileup with an average success of 93%. We show that the number of pileup events can be reduced by eightfold using the proposed approach. Gamma pulses, from a 3 inch Na(Tl) scintillation detector, were captured as single and double pulses for the purpose of testing the proposed peak detection algorithm. The algorithms developed here were then implemented in real time using a high performance floating-point processor, TMS320C6711.


The invention discloses a comprehensive performance testing system for a vehicle power assembly. The system comprises a base frame module and a comprehensive experiment management module; the comprehensive experiment management module comprises a comprehensive information acquiring unit, an experiment design unit, an optimizing calibrating unit, a safety monitoring unit and a man-vehicle-road simulating module; the man-vehicle-road simulating module comprises a man-vehicle-road modeling platform, a simulated operation chamber and a man-vehicle-road real-time operation platform; the man-vehicle-road modeling platform includes three modes, namely, a driver model, a vehicle model and a road model. With the adoption of the system, the problems of low automation degree and simple function of the traditional power assembly testing system can be solved.


PURPOSE: An environmental-friendly synthetic wood material and a method for manufacturing the same are provided to produce high quality synthetic wood material since wood powder is not carbonized by enabling the extrusion at 175°C(the carbonizing point of the wood powder) or less. CONSTITUTION: An environmental-friendly synthetic wood material comprises 50 ~ 60 wt% of wood powder, 25 ~ 35 wt% of polyolefin-based resins, 2 ~ 8 wt% of stone powder, 2 ~ 8 wt% of starch, and 8 ~ 12 wt% of additives. The additive comprises 25 ~ 28 wt% of coupling agents, 25 ~ 28 wt% of mineral filler, 11 ~ 12 wt% of antioxidants consisting of 40 ~ 60 wt% of oxidation preventers and 40 ~ 60 wt% of UV preventers, 11 ~ 12 wt% of coloring agents, 11 ~ 12 wt% of flame retardants, 11 ~ 12 wt% of lubricants, and 0.7 ~ 1.3 wt% of nanoclay.