Among all of the historical data given in Hainan Island Chronicles, obviously the charts hold the highest value. The data in those charts provide the very basis for the study of Hainan development in the early period of the ROC, and those charts have been frequently cited by the academic community. A Collection of Local Gazettes of Hainan Province 2004 edition is also the current version. The reliability and correctness of its graph data directly affect the authenticity of historical data and the correctness of research results. By comparing the charts of the two versions, supplemented by a photocopy of A Collection of Guangdong Local Gazettes and Revised Hainan Island Chronicles by Kiwata Ide, the author has found severe problems with the graph data of A Collection of Local Gazettes of Hainan Province 2004 edition.


We discuss the compact radio sources associated with quasars and AGN with particular emphasis on the implications of their structure and kinematics for relativistic beaming models.


In rare cases of hypertophic cardiomyopathy a midventricular obstruction can exist, dividing the left ventricle into an apical and a basal part. Abnormal flow between these two compartments can be detected by Doppler echocardiography. The apical chamber can develop into an apical aneurysm. We describe two patients with midventricular obstruction and two distinct flow patterns in the leftventricle. Both patients (female, 70 and 82 years) presented with chest pain. One ofthem had a left bundle branch block, the other had an abnormal ECG consistent with left ventricular hypertrophy. Both had normal coronary arteries on angiography. The upper panel of figure 1 shows a continuous wave Doppler signal through the left ventricle. It clearly demonstrates an abnormal flow that is directed from the apex towards the base ofthe heart. The flow starts in the second halfof systole and continues through diastole up to the start of the A wave. After the A wave, it appears again as a proto-systolic flow from apex to base. The lower panel shows a dynamic gradient of 43 mmHg in the outflow tract and the same abnormal midventricular flow in a pulsed Doppler signal employing a high pulse repetition frequency (HPRF) to depict high velocity signals. In figure 2, an angiogram ofthe left ventride, the double-chambered left ventricle can be appreciated. Patient 2 was different in that the abnormal midventricular flow was directed from base to apex, as can be seen in the upper panel of figure 3, a pulsed Doppler reading from the mid left ventricle. The lower panel shows the pulsed Doppler signal obtained from the mitral valve orifice in which the abnormal flow is absent. More images from these cases as well as video clips can be found at www.cardiologie.nl under 'werkgroep echocardiografie'.


Objectives: To identify and assess the effects of general practitioner and patient characteristics on global adherence to pharmacotherapeutic guidelines. Methods: In a cross-sectional study in the northern Netherlands, a two-level multilevel model was applied to patients (n=269,067) in 190 practices with a total of 251 general practitioners. The dependent variable was the global adherence to pharmacotherapeutic guidelines as a measure of good prescribing in a general practice setting. Results: The mean global adherence was 82%. Two general practice variables, organization form and degree of urbanization influenced the global adherence, whereas all patient variables (age and gender) and the patient-related prescription characteristics (costs, volume, different ATC-codes) were significant predictors for the global adherence. The total explained variance was 28%. Conclusions: Patient characteristics have a greater influence on prescribing behavior than general practitioner characteristics.We thank the health care insurance organization (Regionaal Ziekenfonds Groningen [RZG]) for supplying the data set. We also thank Eddie Bruin from the health care insurance organization for his assistance with data collection and Tom Snijders for data analysis and statistical advice.


We calculate as a function of orbital distance, mass, and age the theoretical spectra and orbit-averaged planet/star flux ratios for representative wide-separation extrasolar giant planets (EGPs) in the optical, near-infrared, and mid-infrared. Stellar irradiation of the planet's atmosphere and the effects of water and ammonia clouds are incorporated and handled in a consistent fashion. We include predictions for 12 specific known EGPs. In the process, we derive physical diagnostics that can inform the direct EGP detection and remote sensing programs now being planned or proposed. Furthermore, we calculate the effects of irradiation on the spectra of a representative companion brown dwarf as a function of orbital distance.


By using amplified consensus genetic markers(ACGM),genetic diversities of 62 Betula luminifera germplasm resources representing 519 samples,were studied.Of those 62 samples,36 were selected as core collection.T-test showed that the observed number of alleles,effective number of alleles,Nei gene diversity and Shannon information index of core collection had no significant difference with initial germplasm on 0.01 level.The results demonstrated that the core collection could represent initial collection.


The compressive deformation behavior of EA4T steel was investigated at temperatures ranging from 950 to 1150 degrees C and strain rates from 0.1 to 20 s(-1) on Gleeble-1500 thermo-simulation machine. The work hardening rate versus stress curves were used to determine the characteristic points of flow curves. The application of constitutive equations to determine the hot working constants of this material was discussed. Furthermore, the effect of Zener-Hollomon parameter (Z) on the characteristic points of flow curves was studied using the power law relation. The deformation activation energy of this steel was determined as 309.5 kJ/mol. Some behaviors were compared to other steels.


This paper explores the distributional effect of unconventional monetary policy
on income inequality in the United States. Using vector autoregression or vector
error correction models and quarterly measures of inequality, we examine whether an
increase in the Fed's balance sheet had an impact on total before-tax income and labor
earnings. Our findings indicate that unconventional monetary policy worsens labor
earning distribution with the result being significant and consistent with different
measures of monetary easing and income inequality variables. In contrast, the impact
on total income distribution found to be ambiguous and inconsistent between different
specifications. We also find evidence for the existence of the income composition
channel, but the quality and reliability of the wealth data on CEX do not allow us to
decompose the effect of the QE on the total before-tax income and labor income.


Merton's optimal portfolio problem is solved, i.e., optimal portfolio formulas are derived for some new underlying price models of mean reversion type. The mean-reversion price models are proposed as an alternative to the well-known log-normal type and related models, possibly for a situation when an investor has a strong point of view about the future price-evolution.


We introduce SkipAnalyzer, the first large language model (LLM)-powered embodied agent for static code analysis. It can detect bugs, filter false positive warnings, and patch the detected bugs without human intervention. SkipAnalyzer consists of three components, 1) an LLM-based static bug detector that scans source code and reports specific types of bugs, 2) an LLM-based false-positive filter that can identify false-positive bugs in the results of static bug detectors to improve detection accuracy, and 3) an LLM-based patch generator that can generate patches for the detected bugs above. As a proof-of-concept, SkipAnalyzer is built on ChatGPT, which has exhibited outstanding performance in various software engineering tasks. To evaluate SkipAnalyzer, we focus on two types of typical and critical bugs that are targeted by static bug detection, i.e., Null Dereference and Resource Leak as subjects. We employ Infer to aid the gathering of these two bug types from 10 open-source projects. Consequently, our experiment dataset contains 222 instances of Null Dereference bugs and 46 instances of Resource Leak bugs. Our study demonstrates that SkipAnalyzer achieves remarkable performance in the mentioned static analysis tasks, including bug detection, false-positive warning removal, and bug repair. In static bug detection, SkipAnalyzer achieves accuracy values of up to 68.37% for detecting Null Dereference bugs and 76.95% for detecting Resource Leak bugs, outperforming the current leading bug detector, Infer. For removing false-positive warnings, SkipAnalyzer can reach a precision of up to 93.88% for Null Dereference bugs and 63.33% for Resource Leak bugs. Additionally, SkipAnalyzer surpasses state-of-the-art false-positive warning removal tools. Furthermore, in bug repair, SkipAnalyzer can generate syntactically correct patches to fix its detected bugs with a success rate of up to 97.30%.


Diagnostic Patterns and Immunohistochemical Stain Usage in Extended Core Prostate Biopsies: Comparisons Between Genitourinary and Non-Genitourinary Pathologists Anna Plourde MSIV, Zhong Jiang MD, Christopher L. Owens MD University of Massachusetts Medical School, Department of Pathology, Worcester, MA


A recent editorial in the CMAJ [1][1] used notorious British family physician and serial murderer Harold Shipman as an example of how "professional malfeasance" wrought by physicians has eroded public confidence in physicians. While I could not agree more that public confidence and trust in


A modification of Hartman, J. K., L. S. Lasdon. 1970. A generalized upper bounding method for doubly coupled linear programs. Naval Res. Logist. Quart. 17 (4, December) to rearrange matrices into a form useful for linear programming.


"Supply chains" are a major site of transnational business governance, and yet their dynamics and effectiveness are usually more assumed than interrogated in regulatory governance discourse. The very term "chain" implies a more determinist and simplistic understanding of supply relationships than is empirically supportable. Supply chains in practice are complex, dynamic, and highly variable networks. Based on peer-group presentations by over 60 supply chain professionals, this paper analyzes sustainable supply chain management practices in terms of the interactions conceptions of the Transnational Business Governance Interactions framework. It discusses possible refinements of the framework and suggests that sustainable supply chain management (1) is likely to make modest contributions to improving governance capacity, (2) may or may not ratchet up standards, and (3) may help protect marginalized parties, but is focused on better using the existing power of lead firms in supply chains


We present a self-supervised and self-calibrating multi-shot approach to imaging through atmospheric turbulence, called TurbuGAN. Our approach requires no paired training data, adapts itself to the distribution of the turbulence, flexibly leverages prior knowledge of images from different domains, outperforms existing approaches, and can generalize from tens to tens of thousands of measurements. We achieve such functionality through an adversarial sensing framework adapted from CryoGAN [1], with a discriminator network to match the distributions of captured and simulated measurements. We extend CryoGAN by (1) generalizing the forward measurement model to incorporate physically accurate and computationally efficient models for light propagation through anisoplanatic turbulence, (2) enabling adaptation to slightly misspecified forward models, and (3) flexibly leveraging prior knowledge of images from different domains using pretrained generative networks. We validate the effectiveness of TurbuGAN with simulated experiments using realistic models for atmospheric turbulence-induced distortion. An extended version of this manuscript is available [2].


A model for SU(2) gauge theory with invariant variables is presented. The strength tensor of the SU(2) gauge potentials and its Hodge dual are obtained for a spherical symmetric model. Then, a metric tensor associated to these tensors is constructed. The components of this metric tensor are interpreted as gauge invariant variables for SU(2) theory. The property of self-duality of the gauge model with respect to the metric tensor is studied. The self-duality equations are written and their solution is obtained. A comparison with the Yang-Mills field equations is also given. Mathematics Subject Classification: 81T13; 53C07.


A beverage is made up of pumpkin (5-15%), Auricularia auricula-judae (0.1-3%), red jujube (0.1-5%), yam (0.1-5%), Job's tears seed (0.1-5%), red rice (0.1-5%), haw (0.1-5%), orange juice (0.5-10%), proteose (0.05-0.18%), citric acid (0.05-0.2%) and edible natural essence (0.05-0.2%) through mixing, juicing, fermentation, homogenization, filling in containers and high-temp sterilization, and features high nutrition and low heat quantity. It is suitable for the patients of diabetes, hypertension, obesity, anemia, decayed tooth, malnutrition and indigestion.


Rock temperatures were monitored for a year at two alpine rockwalls in the Akaishi Range, Japan, where permafrost is absent. Diurnal frost and thaw penetration depths were evaluated from subsurface isotherms drawn on the basis of the temperature records at 0, 10 and 40 cm depths. The surface of the rockwalls experienced more than 100 diurnal freeze-thaw cycles, most of which accompanied a frost or thaw penetration shallower than 50 cm, and several long duration cycles with deeper frost or thaw penetration. Theoretical frost and thaw depths were also calculated by incorporating the surface freezing indices into the modified Berggren equation, the results from which were then compared with the actual values. The modified Berggren equation provided values that showed a strong correlation with observed depths, despite somewhat underestimating the actual values. Using the modified Berggren equation, the seasonal frost depth in the observed winter was estimated to be about 4·5 m. The frost and thaw depths are considered to give the maximum estimation of the depth to which frost-induced cracking can propagate in the bedrock.


Schmidt's "noticing hypothesis" and Vygotsky's "sociocultural theory" are crucial for Second Language Acquisition(SLA).Language teachers and learners may benefit a lot if they have insights into these two theories.In this essay,I will illustrate these two theories respectively with my own English learning and teaching experiences,and I will show their implications on SLA.


This work describes the synthesis and characterization of two nonfluorinated proton-conducting polymer systems, one consisting of a hydrogenated styrene–butadiene rubber (HSBR) block copolymer and the other consisting of an HSBR blend with isobutylene isoprene rubber for the improved mechanical stability of the final product. The films obtained were crosslinked, sulfonated, and microstructurally and electrically characterized. In addition, water and methanol crossover was determined, the results being compared with those of Nafion 117. The properties measured in the different samples confirmed that these systems may constitute a valid alternative to commercial membranes, being low-cost and less polluting and having a lower methanol crossover. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 41: 2809–2815, 2003


We overview low frequency dielectric spectroscopy and non-linear dc electrical transport in single crystals of a member of copper-DCNQI charge-transfer salt with N = 3 commensurate charge density wave. Broad relaxation mode of moderate strength weakens and becomes narrower with decreasing temperature. Threshold electrical field diverges, concomitant with the slight increase of the non-ohmic conductivity effect. These features suggest that the entities responsible for the dielectric response are pairs of charged domain walls between metallic and insulating phases.


Chronic subdural hematoma (SDH) is associated with trauma, antiplatelet therapy, anticoagulant medications, long-term alcohol abuse, arteriovenous malformations, and even postcraniotomy. However, SDH associated with imatinib mesylate (IM) treatment for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is rare that too in the remission phase of CML is even rarer. Among the cases of CML in remission phase, the literature review of those with SDH revealed that IM was taken in a dose of 800 mg per day. We report a case of SDH in a 70-year-old gentleman who was in the chronic remission phase of CML and was treated with IM 400 mg per day by hematologist.


Abstract: Heme oxygenase is an essential enzyme in the heme catabolism that produces carbon monoxide (CO). This study was designed to examine the expression of two heme oxygenase isozyme mRNAs in the human brain and to explore the involvement of nitric oxide (NO) and various neuropeptides in the regulation of their expression. Northern blot analysis showed the expression of heme oxygenase‐1 and heme oxygenase‐2 mRNAs in every region of the brain examined, with the highest levels found in the frontal cortex, temporal cortex, occipital cortex, and hypothalamus. In a human glioblastoma cell line, T98G, treatment with any of three types of NO donors—sodium nitroprusside, 3‐morpholinosydnonimine, and S‐nitroso‐l‐glutathione—caused a significant increase in the levels of heme oxygenase‐1 mRNA but not in the levels of heme oxygenase‐2 and heat‐shock protein 70 mRNAs. Sodium nitroprusside increased the levels of heme oxygenase‐1 protein but not the levels of heat‐shock protein 70 in T98G cells. The increase in content of heme oxygenase‐1 mRNA caused by sodium nitroprusside was completely abolished by the treatment with actinomycin D. On the other hand, the levels of heme oxygenase isozyme mRNAs were not noticeably changed in T98G cells following the treatment with 8‐bromo cyclic GMP, sodium nitrite, or various neuropeptides, such as calcitonin gene‐related peptide, endothelin‐1, and corticotropin‐releasing hormone. The present study has shown the expression profiles of heme oxygenase‐1 and ‐2 mRNAs in the human brain and the induction of heme oxygenase‐1 mRNA caused by NO donors in T98G cells. These findings raise a possibility that the CO/heme oxygenase system may function in concert with the NO/NO synthase system in the brain.


Malaysia has been developed from one stage to another stage. By looking at the transportation in Malaysia, there are about too many types of transport that are
commonly used either private or public_ s- uCh as Car and bus. One Of the franjoft which now days got attention from the public is transit such as KTM Commuter, Express Rail Link (ERL), I<L Monorail, Putra LRT and STAR -LRT. Mos± people like to use this type of transport because to avoid from traffic congestion on the road or to choose the easiest method to move from one destination to another. Nevertheless, these transit also facing with a lot of problems including the customer satisfaction and delay of train. Anyhow, the customer always faces difficulty to krnd the shortest route. Failed to do so the cost will be increased according to the route chosen and the time is not accurate. This is because there are too many option of route to go to each destination. This problem comes when users need to change from one train to another train to reach the destination. Until now Malaysia-has five type of transit that is often used. Malaysian Network Transit Route Advisor (MANTRA)
is a web based system that especially developed to guide the people when using the Malaysian Transit. MANTRA has two main functions. The first is to estimate the lowest cost base on time travelling from one station to another and the second function is estimate the lowest cost base on the ticket price. MANTRA using Dijkstra's Algorithm to realize these functions. frIANTRA 98% successfully to
advice the tourist goes to the destination using Malaysia Transit.


Technology,Nanjing,China *firstname.lastname@example.com Abstract. This article wants to use panel data to compare the operating performance of commercial banks in China and give some advice. From the beginning of the Reform and opening up, the process of interest rate liberalization has been accelerating in China. Therefore ,the panel data of 43 banks from 2009 to 2014 were chosen in this article. This article takes the multiple regression, choose ROA as the explained variable and 2 explaining variables to regress. The result of the regression explains that the interest rate of liberalization will have large effect on the national joint-equity commercial banks and little effect on other banks.


Summary There is a need for standard methods of testing domestic microwave ovens that relate to their reheating performance with chilled convenience meals. The investigations reported here have produced a simple procedure for comparing the three most important reheating characteristics of a domestic microwave oven: its 'true' power; heating variability; and repeatability. The tests are relatively simple to do, and require only a few additional items of equipment to those that a laboratory performing existing output power tests would already possess. Three identical tests are required: one with a liquid test material, one with a solid and one with a combination of the two components. One additional stage is done with the liquid test material. The data produced can be reduced to three numbers, which are measures of the true power, variability and repeatability of the oven. A further simple analysis, which weights the relative importance of each factor to the consumer, would produce a single value for the oven's relative reheating performance. Ovens with unusual or extreme performance characteristics can therefore be identified easily.


This article presents a resource reference model that can be incorporated to cost efficiently explain and quantify a manufacturing firm's hidden productivity potential in currently used human and equipment resources. That information can be used as input to improve the firm's financial parameters based on shop floor improvements. The representations of manufacturing resources are to some extent founded on the international standard for manufacturing data management (ISO 15531).


HITHERTO, NO DEMONSTRATION HAS BEEN AVAILABLE REGARDING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GENERAL CRIMINALITY AND ACCIDENT PRONENESS. NEITHER HAS THERE BEEN CONFIRMATION OF THE CONCEPT OF THE SO-CALLED ACCIDENT-PRONE PERSON. DRIVING INABILITY CAN BE EXCLUDED BY MEANS OF DRIVING TESTS. DEFECTIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS ARE, HOWEVER, MORE DIFFICULT TO ELIMINATE, AS EACH PERSON WHO HAS NEGATIVE PERSONABILITY TRAITS WITH REGARD TO TRAFFIC, ALSO POSSESSES GOOD FEATURES WHICH COMPENSATE. WITH THE AID OF ACCIDENT ANALYSES, AN ATTEMPT IS THEREFORE MADE TO ISOLATE ACCIDENT RELATED PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOUR, IN ORDER TO WITHDRAW EACH DRIVER WHO DISPLAYS SUCH CHARACTERISTICS FROM TRAFFIC BEFORE HE MEETS WITH AN ACCIDENT. HOWEVER, SUFFICIENT ACCIDENT STATISTICS ARE NOT YET AVAILABLE, NOR IS THE CENTRAL STORAGE OF DATA ON TRAFFIC OFFENCES.


This paper tries to show the development of a world risk-society. The globalization process leads to a higher interconnetion of locla risks. Consequently, a new security concept is emerging strongly related with these changes. The paper, finally, shows the implications of risk-society in the construction of human subjectivity.


The world has held a strong predisposition towards native English-speaking teacher trainers in an endeavour to leapfrog the competencies of non-native English-speaking teachers. In the Malaysian context, realizing the acute decline in English proficiency among English teachers, the Ministry of Education recruited native English-speaking trainers through the implementation of an in-service training programme or better known as Pro-ELT (Professional Up-skilling for English language teachers). However, there have always been mixed results in regard to the outcomes of the Pro-ELT Programme. To this view, the study employed individual semi-structured interviews which were conducted with 5 Pro-ELT programme participants. The findings illuminated that all the study participants held positive perceptions of their native English-speaking trainers in the Pro-ELT Programme mainly because of their competencies, exemplary qualities and the confidence that they cultivated in the participants to communicate in English. Nevertheless, there is clamour for the recruitment of local trainers to better optimize the impact of the Pro-ELT Programme. Implications of the study and suggestions for future research are also discussed.


History of science teaches that the onset of a new discipline is often attributable to the efforts of individual persons who dedicate significant parts of their lives to the realization of dreams and intuitions. This has been the case with Sport Psychology that was founded by Ferruccio Antonelli, who with his pioneering work created two fundamental points of reference for those who were already involved in this field. The first was the establishment of the International Society of Sports Psychology (ISSP), which for the first time connected sport psychologists world-wide with each other thanks to its network of national and international contacts. The second concerns the world of publishing, specifically, the creation of the first scientific journal wholly dedicated to this new discipline, the International Journal of Sport Psychology (IJSP) that immediately spread throughout the world. In only five years, between 1965 and 1970, Antonelli achieved both his goals, thus realizing a dream envisioned only a few years earlier. It all started in 1963 when he met with Michel Bouet, JosèMaria Cagigal and Josè FerreraHombravella at the Congress of the Latin Group of Sports Medicine, in the session focusing on the psychological aspects of sports. Following up on the success of this symposium he decided to organize an international meeting dedicated entirely to sport psychology, inviting those persons from all over the world who dealt with this topic. The Italian Sports Medicine Federation (FMSI) was strongly involved in the organization of the event, and over 500 experts from more than 40 countries attended the First World Congress of Sports Psychology, held in Rome in 1965 (Antonelli, 1966b). To underline the importance of this event, Antonelli often mentioned how greatly surprised a British participant was to meet there in Rome so many British colleagues he had never met or heard about. During the first stages of the organization of the Congress, Antonelli played an important role in favouring the participation of the most renowned researchers in this field, including Genov and Geron from Bulgaria, Vanek from Czechoslovakia, Epuran from Romania, Puni and Roudik from the Soviet Union, Cagigal from Spain, and Cratty, Ogilvie and Slater-Hammel from the United States. The ISSP was founded on April 20, 1965 during the organizing session of the Congress Scientific Committee presided over by Antonio Venerando and held at the Institute of Sports Medicine of the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI). In the opening address Antonelli, minimizing the importance of the meeting, stated that the specific business meeting had been scheduled only to decide how to give this scientific Congress a sure future:


Abstract : The study reviews the use of the systems management/system program office (SPO) approach to the management of research and development test of space and missile vehicles. The SPO management concept uses an elaborate interdisciplinary organization wholly dedicated to the acquisition of one system. The study concludes that with very scarce resources (particularly experienced people and funds) and the present situation of many small systems that test economies and efficiencies can be realized by the use of special functional service staffs. They can perform many test planning duties in a centralized and single point-of-contact manner for all SPOs.


In modern time,the talent competition becomes more and more intense and the demands for Russian talents are increasing.Even in higher vocational education cultivating the students'practical ability in Russian is not only the requirements from the society but also the need from the students'employability though they do not major in Russian.This paper probes into how to cultivate the students'practical ability in Russian.


We have developed a Bi-2223 high-temperature superconducting dipole magnet for beam line switching at the cyclotron facility of the Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University. Exit beam lines are periodically switched by increasing and decreasing the magnetic field between 0 and 1.6 T with a switching time of 10 s. The magnet is equipped with two sets of Bi-2223 coil assemblies, which are conduction cooled by two 10-K Gifford-McMahon cryocoolers. We evaluated the superconducting property of the Bi-2223 coil assemblies in liquid nitrogen before installation in the cryostat. There were no degradation in wire performance during the assembly process. Magnetic field, strains, and temperatures of the coil assembly were investigated for performance verification after the magnet fabrication. The magnetic field and the temperatures meet specifications, and the deformation of the coil assembly is considered to be successfully suppressed by reinforcing structure. Furthermore, from a viewpoint of temperature, it is indicated that the magnet can make switching time and cycle time faster than that of the specified operation.


63,65Cu and 53Cr nuclear magnetic resonance spectra for CuCr2O4 were measured at various magnetic fields and temperatures. The microscopic evidence of orbital ordering in CuCr2O4 was obtained from a dipolar hyperfine field, NQR, and magnetic anisotropy analysis of the linewidth broadening of the Cu and Cr NMR spectra measured in the external magnetic field. The energy gap in the dispersion relation of the spin wave excitation was measured from the temperature dependence of the resonance frequency of Cu and Cr ions in CuCr2O4. The energy gap of the Cu ions is about 10 K (± 5 K), and that of the Cr ions is about 40 K (± 5 K). These values imply that the spin-orbit coupling of Cr ions is stronger than that of Cu ions related to the orbital ordering in CuCr2O4. The magnetic field dependence of the Cr NMR frequency shows that the angle between the Cr3+ magnetic moment and the Cu2+ magnetic moment is about 98◦ (± 2◦).


Received 14.07.2017 Revised 09.09.2017 Accepted 08.12.2017 Background & Aim: In survival studies, incidence of competing risks causes that the time of event of interest to be unknown. Analysis of competing risk data, often implemented using hazard-based method under proportional hazard assumption. In this study, we interpreted covariate effect under accelerated failure time model and cause-specific survival function. Methods & Materials: We considered Weibull hazard and survival function as causespecific hazard and survival function and explored the relation between these function. Estimation of parameters performed using Bayesian methods with non-informative priors that implemented in R2WinBUGS package of R software. Results: Simulation study showed that, the relation between hazard and survival parameters for Weibull distribution is also established between parameters of cause-specific hazard and cause-specific survival function. This relation also verified in PBC data set for logarithm of serum bilirubin and D-penicillamine effect. Conclusion: Although in competing risk studies, most of the analysis performed under PH assumption, analysis based on AFT models will also be applicable for these data. In these setting, coefficients can be interpreted as effects of covariate on time to each event.


Objective: To study the data of facial complexion in hepatogenic jaundice which were detected by optical spectrum colorimetry,and analyse the differences of colorimetric between Yin Zheng and Yang Zheng jaundice.Methods: Facial complexion data from 268 eligible hepatogenic jaundice patients were collected and divided into Yin Zheng and Yang Zheng jaundice groups according to the feature of the clinical classification.The distribution in the CIE LAB uniform color space were observed,and the difference of overall colorimetric,clarity,chroma,saturation and tone were analysed.Results: There were different distribution area of the facial complexion between Yin Zheng and Yang Zheng jaundice groups in the CIE LAB color threedimensional space,while the values of L* of Yang Zheng jaundice were higher than that of Yin Zheng jaundice(P 0.001).The difference of overall colorimetric on tip of the nose and forehead were 9.98 and 5.82 error of chromatic units,with the largest value clarity.Conclusion: There is obvious differences of colorimetric between Yin Zheng and Yang Zheng jaundice groups,which are consistent with the characteristic in clinical,and could be the reference for TCM syndrome classification in jaundice.


The news propagating thoughts in Deng Xiao_ping's theory is generally reviewed. At first the article accounts in brief the adoptive shown in the fact that the thoughts continue Marxist news propagating theory,and the practicability of the thoughts in modern China socialist construction. Secondly,the article expounds the main content of thoughts in ten aspects,that is to occupy the position of ideology and to oppose liberalization,to research and to propagate with practice,to propagate scientific viewpoint of Marxism and Mao Ze_dong thoughs and fight blind belief and superstition,to advocate seeking truth from facts and adhere to the four fundamental principles and stick to the Party spirit,to strengthen criticism and criticism by oneself,to improve management and style of writing,to make full use of and develop information resource,and to build a journalist team which can create good consensus atmosphere.At last,it summarizes the realistic directive significance and profound historic sense of propagating thoughts.


Objective To understand the levels of blood pressure and serum type with cysteamine acid(HCY)and its correlation with body mass index(BMI),explore the occurrence of hypertension and high HCY levels,so as to provide the basis for the relationship with overweight and obesity. Methods During January,2012and October,2013,in accordance with the principle of random choosing in health physical examination in the second people's hospital of Lijin county,750cases(20-55years old),were surveyed. Results Of 750,233were overweight,overweight rate was 31.07%.91were obesity,obesity rate was 12.13%.128cases of hypertension,detection rate was 17.07%.High HCY levels,73cases,detection rate was 9.73%.324overweight and obese body mass index and systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure and serum HCY levels of correlation,coefficient was 0.639,0.515and 0.639,respectively,with statistical significance(P 0.01). Conclusion In young and middle-aged health physical examination,the detection rate of overweight,obesity,hypertension,and high HCY levels is higher in Lijin county,blood pressure and serum HCY levels have high positive correlation with body mass index.


Integration of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Maths (STEAM) ideals in Early Years Education (EYE) builds a strong foundation for learners to discover, explore, play, discuss and experiment with the environment. Given that the goal of EYE is to expand an understanding of the world through observation, experimentation, and exploration, the integration of STEAM activities requires an intentional connection between lesson design and implementation for long life learning. Skills of creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, communication, and inquiry processes embedded in STEAM concepts prepare learners to develop a scientific mindset for solving global challenges. Therefore, the study determined the influence of STEAM strategies on the development of creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, and communication skills among learners in Nairobi City County, Kenya. Based on a descriptive survey design, the study purposively sampled 107 teachers in EYE, 99 head teachers, and 55 parents. The teacher questionnaire, which anchored the study in data collection, was complemented by observation of class activities and documentary analysis. Multiple intelligence theory was adopted to explore the nexus between STEAM and core competencies required for survival in the 21st century. Results illustrated that even though teachers in EYE implemented STEAM activities, which resulted in the development of creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, and collaboration skills, there exist challenges emanating from pedagogy and inadequate support for instructional resources. The study recommends that teachers should be equipped with tools and resources for integrating STEAM activities in EYE, considering the nature of practices to apply and attributes that may promote or deter learning.


This paper gives an introduction to Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT) as introduced by George Lakoff and discusses the possible research problems that can open in the context of Knowledge Graphs and Deep Learning Methods and Metaphors in different mediums.


The aim of this study is to evaluate the ability of target localizations of Leksell GammaPlan(LGP) in Gamma Knife Subthalamotomy(or Pallidotomy, Thalamotomy) of functional diseases. To evaluate the accuracy of LGP's location settings, the difference Δr of the target coordinates calculated by LGP (or LSP) and author's algorithm was reviewed for 10 patients who underwent Deep Brain Stimulation(DBS) surgery. Δr ranged from 0.0244663 mm to 0.107961 mm. The average of Δr was 0.054398 mm. Transformation matrix between stereotactic space and brain atlas space was calculated using PseudoInverse or Singular Value Decomposition of Mathematica to determine the positional relationship between two coordinate systems. Despite the precise frame positioning, the misalignment of yaw from -3.44739 degree to 1.82243 degree, pitch from -4.57212 degree to 0.692063 degree, and rolls from -6.38239 degree to 7.21426 degree appeared. In conclusion, a simple in-house algorithm was used to test the accuracy for location settings of LGP(or LSP) in Gamma Knife platform and the possibility for Gamma Knife Subthalamotomy. The functional diseases can be treated with Gamma Knife Radiosurgery with safety and efficacy. In the future, the proposed algorithm for target localizations' QA will be a great contributor to movement disorders' treatment of several Gamma Knife Centers.


Motor memory consolidation refers to brain plasticity processes resulting in enduring long-term changes in the neural representations of the learned experiences. One of the paradigms used in the laboratory to study motor consolidation in both its behavioral and neuronal dimensions is the motor sequence learning task. The latter consists in executing the same series of implicitly or explicitly learned movements, and then in looking at the subsequent spontaneous improvement in performance after a period of time without additional practice. On one hand, recent studies have shown that in the case of explicit motor sequence learning, consolidation highly correlated with sleep, and more particularly with N-REM sleep spindles. Even though two types of spindles have been identified (fast and slow spindles), the role of these two sleep features in the consolidation of motor sequence learning is still unclear. In fact, only one study explored this role through artificially altered nights, showing an implication of fast spindles in this process. On the other hand, several functional imaging studies (using functional magnetic resonance imaging [fMRI] and positron emission tomography [PET] scans), have shown changes in the activity of the cortico-striatal system following the consolidation of an explicitly learned motor sequence. But to this day, no study has yet investigated the relationship between these brain functional changes and the sleep spindles characteristics occurring during the night following the experimental task. The objectives of this study were thus: 1) to determine, through polysomnographic recordings and correlation analysis, the contribution of the two spindle types (i.e. slow and fast) to the consolidation of a newly learned motor sequence task following an unaltered night of sleep, and 2) to explore through correlation analysis, the association


The pathogenic mechanisms of the mutant huntingtin protein that cause Huntington's disease (HD) are unknown. Previous studies have reported significant decreases in the levels of serotonin (5‐HT) and its metabolite 5‐hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5‐HIAA) in the brains of the R6/2 transgenic mouse model of HD. In an attempt to elucidate the cause of these neurochemical perturbations in HD, the protein levels and enzymatic activity of tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH), the rate‐limiting enzyme in 5‐HT biosynthesis, were determined. Enzyme activity was measured in brainstem homogenates from 4‐, 8‐, and 12‐week‐old R6/2 mice and compared with aged‐matched wild‐type control mice. We observed a 62% decrease in brainstem TPH activity (p = 0.009) in 4‐week‐old R6/2 mice, well before the onset of behavioral symptoms. In addition, significant decreases in TPH activity were also observed at 8 and 12 weeks of age (61%, p = 0.02 and 86%, p = 0.005, respectively). In the 12‐week‐old‐mice, no change in immunoreactive TPH was observed. In vitro binding showed that TPH does not bind to exon 1 of huntingtin in a polyglutamine‐dependent manner. Specifically, glutathione‐S‐transferase huntingtin exon 1 proteins with 20, 32 or 53 polyglutamines did not interact with radiolabeled tryptophan hydroxylase. Therefore, the inhibition of TPH activity does not appear to result from a direct huntingtin/TPH interaction. Receptor binding analyses for the 5‐HT1A receptor in 12‐week‐old R6/2 mice revealed significant reductions in 8‐OH‐[3H]DPAT binding in several hippocampal and cortical regions. These results demonstrate that the serotonergic system in the R6/2 mice is severely disrupted in both presymptomatic and symptomatic mice. The presymptomatic inhibition of TPH activity in the R6/2 mice may help explain the functional consequences of HD and provide insights into new targets for pharmacotherapy.


Abstract This paper responds to the call by Yadav and Chakrabarti (2022) for more research on brand hate across different countries. So far, empirical studies from the US (19 papers), UK, France (6 papers each), Italy, India, and Pakistan (4 papers each) were examined. This paper explores brand hate in Slovenia, a new and different cultural setting. In a survey of 234 consumers, our results validate feelings of brand hate in line shown in previous studies, but with different manifestations. Comparing our results to previous studies, we noticed that the long-term orientation seems to drive which antecedents is the most important one, and individualism seems to drive brand hate outcomes.


The production riser is a critical component of most offshore petroleum production systems. The riser acts as a physical connection between the subsea wells and floating oil and gas production facility. The transference of production and reservoir injection fluids and other wellhead control commands are exchanged between the subsea system and platform thru the riser. In the literature, many different riser systems have been studied and analyzed for use in ultra deep water applications. The Steel Catenary Riser (SCR) is attractive in terms of ultra deep water depth conditions. This system is comprised of a rigid steel pipe installed in a free catenary shape, and the weight of the riser usually limits its use by requiring larger capacity and much more expensive floating production platforms. Catenary shaped risers with lighter material such as aluminum seem to be an alternative which greatly reduces the riser weight thus allowing the use of smaller floating platforms and ships. The main objective of the present paper is to present and to discuss procedures involving analysis of the operation and design of petroleum production riser systems, and make comparison between catenary riser system with steel pipe and other with lighter material. Systems are analyzed to water depth up to 3000 meters. Hydrodynamic loading due to currents and waves along with floating platform motions are included. Parametric results are presented to identify a feasible solution for very deep water depths with focus on a feasible sytems for pre-salt reservoirs.


In 1968, in a remark as wise as it is learned, Professor George Clark wrote of The Battle of Maldon that "what the poet does not create does not exist even if history inspires his poem." Readers of the poem have been mulling this over for forty years. The historical information the poem affords us has been subject, in some degree, to alteration by imagination, to the formulae of verse, and to the genre's chartered streets, in William Blake's phrase. Professor Clark has therefore asked readers to abstract "the meaning of the events the poem imaginatively recreates." Loyalty is one such abstraction. Readers ask whether this character or that character 2 3


The checkpointing mechanism described in this paper was successfully used by Condor for several years. By eliminating assembly language in favor of "standard" Unix facilities such as core dumps and setjmp/longjmp, it greatly eased the difficulty of porting Condor to new platforms. However, the mechanism was found wanting for a variety of reasons some of which were anticipated in the original paper, and evolved into the algorithm described below. This note describes Version 6 of Condor, released in early 1998. A more detailed description of Condor checkpointing as of Version 5 has been published elsewhere [1].


Disclosed are an operation interface adjustment method and device, and a mobile terminal. The method comprises: acquiring a first thermal sensing value of a first thermal sensing area and a second thermal sensing value of a second thermal sensing area of a screen; comparing the first thermal sensing value to the second thermal sensing value and judging the holding manner of a user according to the comparison result accordingly; and dynamically adjusting the location of an interface element in an operation interface of the screen according to the holding manner. The present invention can achieve the purpose of dynamically adjusting an operation interface.


The direct P and S wave arrival times from natural lunar seismic events are the most complete and reliable data set for determining the structure of the lunar mantle. A total of 40 events provide sufficiently well-observed arrivals to permit the extraction of structural information. Using this arrival time data set, the average velocities in a two-layered mantle with an assumed crustal structure (from Toksoz et al., 1974) have been obtained. Reflected phases arriving after direct S are then used to calculate the depth of the boundary between the two mantle layers, and to demonstrate that it is probably a complex transition zone approximately 80 km thick between 400 and 480 km depth. To determine velocity gradients in the upper mantle it is required that the model explain the pronounced decrease in shear wave amplitudes and accompanying delay in shear wave arrival times beyond a distance of about 90 deg. The final model is well-constrained.


The measurement of facial swellings has been on a very crude basis, but Bjbrn, Hjelmstrdm, and Lundqvist (p. 295) suggest an accurate photogrammetric method. Application of this technic to studies on the effect of surgical methods and drug therapy should aid in placing such investigations on a more accurate basis. While the method is not simple, nor applicable in general practice, it appears worthy of use where the results of therapy are being evaluated. Bavetta, Bernick, Geiger, and Bergren (p. 309) placed weanling rats on trvptophane-deficient diets and studied the effects on teeth and bones with and without repletion. The alveolar process showed more severe changes than the femur after a few weeks of tryptophane deficiency. The incisor teeth evidenced disturbances in dentinogenesis but did not show these changes as soon as did the bone. All the changes in bones and teeth were reversible. While these changes were produced by a specific amino acid deficiency, it is doubtful whether they are specific lesions rather than evidence of general protein metabolism upset. Such changes in young human beings as a result of protein deficiency may be masked on repletion but may contribute to malrelationship of the jaws. Stack (p. 316) was unable to find any correlation between caries activity, measured either by DMF counts or by cariessusceptibility tests, and salivary tryptophane content. These findings on fifty-five individuals are in disagreement with the results obtained by Turner and Crowell. (J. D. Res. 26: 99, 1947.) Chauncey, Lionetti, Winer and Lisanti (p. 321), to study the enzymes of saliva, determined their presence in whole saliva, cannulated parotid saliva, and oral bacteria. Of ten enzymes present in whole saliva, six were found in parotid secretions, and all but two could be produced by salivary microorganisms. The enzyme system of the oral fluids is complicated because of its multiglandular origin, and contributions from the oral flora, and salivary debris. As the enigma of the salivary enzymes, as well as that of the oral flora, is unraveled, our knowledge of oral health will be greatly enhanced. Helman and Mitchell (p. 335) were unable to correlate salivary phosphorus levels with calculus deposition or with lactobacillus counts. These findings contradict the claim that salivary phosphatase levels are associated with rate of calculus formation but leave unanswered the possible role of local phosphatase production (in the dentobacterial plaque area) with calculus or lactobacilli. Just as the pH of the saliva has little if any relationship to the local acid production in regions of caries activity, the phosphatase of the whole saliva may not give the answer to phosphatase activity in mlicroregions. Dreizen, Mosny, Gilley, and Spies (p. 339) found that the absence of any one of six amino acids inhibited acid production by an oral lactobacillus, and the absence of any one of three inhibited acid production by Staphylococcus albus although Streptococcus salivarius and a saceharomycete had no such requirement, nor did a mixture of the organisms. These, and their other experiments on amino acid requirements, suggest the possibility that differences in nutritional requirements may contribute to variation in acid production by the dentobacterial plaque. A number of studies of caries incidence in desalivated animals have been reported. Muhler and Shafer (p. 346) found an increase in caries in rats after removal of salivary glands, as had others, but they found the effects greater in females than in males. Further study showed that the desalivation resulted in uterine atrophy and adrenal cortex changes in female rats. These may be due to reduced food intake or to other factors, such as stress. Fluorine was shown to inhibit caries to the same degree in desalivated rats of both sexes. Fluorine storage in the femurs was not influenced by desalination, but administration of diethylstilbestrol to castrated females increased storage. The interrelationship of caries desalination and hormonal activity appears confusing, and more definitive experimentation is indicated.


For fashion consumers, information search precedes any purchase decision. The search may be internal (e.g., retrieving knowledge from memory) and/or external. External information can come from personal (e.g., family) and impersonal (e.g., TV) sources (Blackwell, Miniard, & Engel, 2005). Consumers use many sources of information but each consumer finds source(s) of information that work best for him/her. The combination of information sources that works best for an individual may be influenced by style of processing, that is, his/her "preference and propensity to engage in a verbal and/or visual modality of processing" (Childers, Houston, & Heckler, 1985, p. 130).


Summary. The intriguing co‐infection of two flaviviruses (GBV‐A and GBV‐B) in tamarins and the recent discovery of another flavivirus (GBV‐C/HGV) in humans raises the question of the relations between hepatitis C virus (HCV) and GBV‐C/HGV. To address this issue the sera of 285 patients with liver disease (102 patients with cryptogenic and 183 with known forms of chronic liver disease) and 19 patients without liver disease were tested for HGV‐RNA. GBV‐C/HGV‐RNA was detected by RT‐PCR using primers encompassing 5'NC and NS5 regions and hybridization with specific biotinilated and radiolabelled probes. GBV‐C/HGV RNA was found in 11 of 20 (55%) acute hepatitis C patients, in 13 of 117 (11.1%) patients with chronic hepatitis C, in 11 of 27 patients with a liver transplant (40.7%), one of 19 (5.3%) patients with chronic HBV infection, 15 out of 102 (14.7%) patients with cryptogenic liver disease and two out of 19 patients with inflammatory bowel disease. In cryptogenic patients, elevated serum gammaglutamyl transpeptidase (GGT, higher than twice the normal values) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP, above normal values) levels were significantly associated with GBV‐C/HGV‐RNA infection (P<0.001). In conclusion GBV‐C/HGV appears to be transmitted in humans by blood exposure and to be associated with liver disease in HCV co‐infected patients and in a minority of patients with cryptogenic disease. The virus is only occasionally pathogenic for the liver and when liver damage is present; the association with the combined elevation of GGT and APH serum levels might represent a specific feature of the liver tropism of the agent.


Marine human resource is strategic resource,the first resource.How to exploit it effectively has become an important task that marine work faces currently.On the basis of knowing present status and its problems sufficiently,it realizes the sustainable development of marine human resources through developing marine education,formulating stratified Marine human resources development plan,optimizing structure of marine human resources,conducting targeted systematic Marine human resources training,as well as establishing Marine human resource incentive mechanism,etc,which accordingly promotes the implementation of marine strategy in the 21st century.


A new binuclear nickel(II) complex [Ni 2L2(N)hl(CI04h 1 has been synthesized and characterized. The structure of 1 has been determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction studies. The structure analysis indicates that each nickel(II) centre is in a distorted octahedral (NiN6) coordination enviro.nment with three nitrogen atoms from one and two nitrogen atoms from other pentadentate ligand and the last one from terminal azido ion. Variable-temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements of the compound 1 showed no evidence of magnetic exchange between two nickcl(II) centres. This is consistent with the structure with large Ni ... Ni distance (5.865(1) A) and absence of any suitable bridging ligand capable of transmitting this type of interactions. The coordination properties of bi- and polynuclear nickel(lI) complexes have received considerable attention in recent years. The investigation of magnetic behaviour of these complexes and correlating with their structures is important in the area of molecular magnetism'-5. Flexible polydentate ligands 6 and/or suitable bridging anions 7 are excellent instrument for assembling more than one metal centres in reasonably close proximity for magnetic exchange interactions. The pseudohalide anions (N)-, NCS-, NCO-) have been known for their numerous ligating abilities leading to variety of coordination species s . It is also well established that end-on and end-to-end bridging coordination mode favours respectively ferromagnetic9 and anti ferromagnetic '0 interactions. Herein we describe synthesis, single crystal X-ray structure and magnetic properties of a binuclear nickel(II) complex [Ni 2L2(N)h](CI04h 1 derived from a flexible pentadentate Schiff base ligand through an unusual" bridging mode of this type of linear pentadentate ligand and azide ion acting as a terminal donor.


In publishing the Special Issue on Stainless Steel, I would like to look back on the thirty years of research on stainless steel sheet on which I have spent most of my career, first at Nippon Steel Corporation and then at Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless Steel Corporation. I joined Nippon Steel Corporation in the late 1970s when the company started research on ferritic stainless steel in earnest. Until that time, the major emphasis had been on research into austenitic stainless steel. I remember that the company was actively studying age cracking of austenitic stainless steel. In those days, Nippon Steel and other steelmakers were developing high-manganese stainless steels of a nickel-saving type. It was also austenitic stainless steel that I was put in charge of soon after I joined the company. We developed a new stainless steel sheet for railway carriages. Based on SUS 301, the stainless steel has less carbon and more nitrogen added to achieve superior strength and corrosion resistance. Today it is used in almost all stainless steel cars in Japan. At that time, Nippon Steel also developed three types of highpurity ferritic stainless steels, which were eventually handed down to Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless Steel Corporation. Even today, they comprise the company's main products. One of them is NSSC180 (19Cr-Nb-Cu). Originally developed for automotive moldings, this stainless steel eventually took an overwhelming share of the market for automotive moldings in Japan. I think that NSSC 180 was the first ferritic stainless steel to be adopted as an exterior material in earnest. Around that time, the slogan "from interior to exterior" was prevalent at Nippon Steel. I think that slogan initiated an expansion in the scope of stainless steel applications as an exterior material. Because of its good formability and excellent corrosion resistance comparable to that of SUS 304, NSSC 180 began to be widely used in home appliances, buildings, kitchen utensils, etc. In recent years, in view of the hikes in nickel prices, NSSC 180 has been used in large quantities as a substitute for SUS 304. As another reason why NSSC 180 became so popular, the progress of manufacturing technology can be cited. Namely, there was a dramatic advance in hot coil manufacturing technology made at Yawata Works. Formerly, the steel was subject to surface defects during hot rolling and those defects had to be eliminated using a special line called CG in the cold rolling process. Under that condition, the company introduced various improvements in the hot rolling process, including those on the heating method, rolling method and rollers. As a result, it became possible to manufacture cold-rolled products directly from hot-rolled steel and improve productivity of the steel significantly. That was a remarkable result from the concerted efforts of the works and the laboratory. In the field of moldings, an improved version of NSSC 180— NSSC 220 (22Cr-0.8Mo-Nb, Cu)—was developed for use in more severe environments (specifically, as a measure against exposure to volcanic ash in Kagoshima). NSSC 220 was applied to the roof of the Makuhari Messe building in 1989. That was the first large structure in which ferritic stainless steel was used. This stainless steel was followed by NSSC 220M (22Cr-1.5Mo-Nb, Ti), which afforded better corrosion resistance. NSSC 220M was adopted for the roofing of the second Makuhari Messe building, Osaka Dome (present Kyocera Dome) and Sapporo Dome in quick succession. Another major ferritic stainless steel is NSSC 190 (19Cr-2MoNb, Ti). Developed for electric water heater boilers, this steel secured an overwhelming share (more than 90%) in this particular field in Japan. NSSC 190 is also used for the tanks of heat pump-type hot water supply systems, which have rapidly become more widespread in recent years. In addition, this steel has been adopted for the hot water storage tanks of fuel cell systems for home use, which are expected to become popular in the future. The concept of adding Nb and Ti to this steel was also applied to NSSC 220M mentioned above. In addition, NSSC 190 incorporates many of the techniques to improve the hot rolling process that are applied to NSSC 180. The third major ferritic stainless steel is NSSC 430D (17Cr-Ti). When this steel was developed, the company was considering using it for kitchen sinks. In the beginning, NSSC 430D was used for professional kitchen utensils, etc. Around 1990, it began to be used for the drums of washing machines, paving the way for consumption of large quantities of stainless steel in home appliances. The subsequent progress of refining technology made it possible to develop NSSC PDX (extra-low C, N-17Cr-Ti), which is soft and has superior formability. Thanks to the combination of this steel and clear coating technology, stainless steel came to be used for the first time for the doors of refrigerators for home use. That helped consolidate the position of stainless steel in domestic kitchens. Concerning the development of new processes in those days, the company was studying processes for efficient production of SUS 430—a general-purpose stainless steel. Unlike austenitic stainless steels, ferritic stainless steels have poor formability. Besides, they are subject to ridging (i.e., the phenomenon whereby creases occur


Context. In recent years, we have detected clear evidence of rotation in more than 5 hot molecular cores (HMCs). Their identification is confirmed by the fact that the rotation axes are parallel to the axes of the associated bipolar outflows. We have now pursued our investigation by extending the sample to 3 known massive cores, G10.62–0.38, G19.61–0.23, and G29.96–0.02. Aims. We wish to make a thorough study of the structure and kinematics of HMCs and corresponding molecular outflows to reveal possible velocity gradients indicative of the rotation of the cores. Methods. We carried out PdBI observations at 2.7 and 1.4 mm of gas and dust with angular resolutions of ∼2 �� –3 �� and ∼1 �� –2 �� , respectively. To trace both rotation and expansion, we simultaneously observed CH3CN, a typical HMC tracer, and 13 CO, a typical outflow tracer. Results. The CH3CN (12–11) observations reveal clear velocity gradients in the three HMCs oriented perpendicular to the direction of the bipolar outflows. For G19 and G29 the molecular outflows have been mapped in 13 CO. The gradients are interpreted as rotating toroids. The rotation temperatures, used to derive the mass of the cores, have been obtained by means of the rotational diagram method, and lie in the range of 87–244 K. The diameters and masses of the toroids lie in the range of 4550–12600 AU and 28– 415 M� , respectively. Given that the dynamical masses are 2 to 30 times lower than those of the cores (if the inclination of the toroids with respect to the plane of the sky is not much below 45 ◦ ), we suggest that the toroids could be accreting onto the embedded cluster. For G19 and G29, the collapse is also suggested by the redshifted absorption seen in the 13 CO (2–1) line. We infer that infall onto ◦�� �


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In today world we surrounded by technology. AR technology is now being used in a lot of field like education, health care, entertainment, gaming, military simulation, modular design and military training simulation. Big tech giants like google, apple, Facebook are in race to create the best and immersive Augmented Reality. They provide us the platform like ARCore by google, ARKit by apple and AR Studio by Facebook. Unity integrated with ARCore with inbuild feature like motion tracking, lighting, environmental awareness we can easily created our own app.


Al–Sn co-doped ZnO thin films were fabricated onto quartz glass substrates by the sol-gel method. The surface morphology, electrical and optical properties at different post-deposition heating temperatures were investigated. The grains of preferred c-axis showed a well-mixed microstructure and the peak height was enhanced with the post-deposition heating temperature increasing from 400°C to 600°C. Doped films showed a preferential orientation along the (002) plane, while the preferential orientation changed to the (101) plane when temperature was higher than 500°C. The lowest resistivity 6×10–3Ω•cm was observed from samples made at 500°C, with an average 91.2% optical transmittance in the visible range. In this study, optical band gap of all the doped films were broadened, regardless of post–deposition heating temperature.


The problem of finding the minimum size 2-connected subgraph is a classical problem in network design. It is known to be NP-hard even on cubic planar graphs and Max-SNP hard. We study the generalization of this problem, where requirements of 1 or 2 edge or vertex disjoint paths are specified between every pair of vertices, and the aim is to find a minimum subgraph satisfying these requirements. For both problems we give 3=2-approximation algorithms. This improves on the straightforward 2-approximation algorithms for these problems, and generalizes earlier results for 2-connectivity. We also give analyses of the classical local optimization heuristics for these two network design problems.


Dupuytren's disease is an acute and multifaceted problem that affects not only medicine but also psychology, social life, since a person who has lost the ability to perform his/her socially significant functions experiences moral and physical suffering. From the first description of Dupuytren's disease to the present, questions of etiology, pathogenesis, classification, treatment methods, and features of the preventive measures of this disease remain debatable. Therefore, the main goal of the paper was to analyze the technology for predicting the functional state of the hand after surgical treatment of Dupuytren's disease (contracture). The study was conducted at the Department of Hand Microsurgery of the Republican Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tatarstan. The total number of patients under observation was 258, age 21-80 years. The research results were grouped into 6 combinations. It has been determined that three groups of factors affect the recovery degree: A (gender, age, examination period, severity); B (place of residence, physical and mental work, bad habits); C (surgeon's experience, types of operations, anaesthesia, section, skin plastic, reconstructive treatment, healing, etc.). It has been found that it is possible to achieve full restoration of the function of the wrist on the right hand in 67.5% of patients and on the left hand in 59.9% of patients in periods of more than one year.


Building an international evaluation community has the potential to strengthen the presence, practice, policies, and theories of evaluation and its contribution to improving the effectiveness of programs, policies, and services by making evaluation more rigorous, visible, and responsive to stakeholders. Following 7 years of work by evaluation leaders from many different countries, a major step toward realizing this vision occurred when the inaugural assembly of the International Organization for Cooperation in Evaluation (IOCE) was held in Lima Peru in March 2003. This article provides a rationale for the establishment of IOCE in terms of expected benefits, as well as a summary for the historical record of the challenges and opportunities that emerged in the process of planning such a complex undertaking, and the accomplishments of the IOCE to date. Finally, the road ahead for the IOCE is discussed.


Esophageal dysmotility is common in patients with esophageal atresia (EA). High-resolution impedance manometry (HRIM) and pressure flow analysis (PFA) allow characterization of biomechanical bolus flow and swallow properties. The aim of this study was to characterize esophageal motility and bolus flow propulsion in children who underwent surgical EA repair.

 HRIM was used in 14 children with EA (type C, n = 13; type A, n = 1). Study was performed at a median (range) age of 11 years (5–17). The HRIM recordings were analyzed using conventional esophageal pressure topography and PFA (AIMplot software deployed via the open access Swallow Gateway application) and were compared with 13 patient controls (median age 14 years, range 5.75–17; P = NS vs patients) who underwent HRIM considered as normal according to Chicago classification and for whom the manometry results did not lead to treatment changes. Medical charts were reviewed for medical/surgical history and symptoms were assessed by standardized questionnaires.

 Esophageal peristaltic motor patterns were abnormal in all EA patients and were subdivided in two groups: Group A with presence of distal contraction in ≥ 50% of the swallows (n = 6) and Group B with presence of distal contractions in < 50% of the swallows (n = 8). IRP4s was similar in EA and controls. Bolus transport was impaired as shown by the higher impedance ratio (IR) in EA than in controls (0.47 vs 0.22, P < 0.001). In Group A, proximal and distal contractile integrals were lower than in controls (P < 0.001) and distal contractile velocity was shorter in EA (P < 0.01). IR was lower in Group A than in Group B (P < 0.01). In this sample, symptoms of dysphagia and presence of gastric metaplasia or esophagitis were not correlated with any of the measures determined.

 Bolus transport as measured by impedance ratio is severely altered in EA patients but is not predictive of symptoms. The presence of residual distal contractions is associated with a more efficient bolus propulsion. Whether this is associated with a better outcome warrants further studies.


Aims and objectives: The aim is to investigate, at the level of language ideology and language practice, a hybrid type of multilingualism attested in Guinea. Design/methodology/approach: The analysis is done in the framework of small-scale multilingualism studies, exploring, at the same time, the boundaries of the notion 'small-scale multilingualism'. Data and analysis: The analysis is based on first-hand fieldwork data (2009–2020). I first analyze the historical and political circumstances that gave rise to language ideology with respect to Kakabe, and then I investigate how it coincides with language practice or diverges from it. Findings/conclusions: Fouta-Djallon multilingualism has evolved in the context of a highly stratified state based on institutionalized slavery. The hybrid nature of this language ecology is closely tied with the on-going process of emancipation. On the one hand, Kakabe, the descendants of slaves, strive to assimilate, politically and religiously, with the more prestigious social group. On the other hand, since this assimilation cannot be complete, a multicultural identity is being created which involves the use of multiple languages. This is expressed in a semi-receptive mode of language production, as opposed to receptive multilingualism, typical of many small-scale multilingual ecologies as well in the fact that code-switching within one sentence is avoided, the same way as in small-scale multilingualism, yet, in stark contrast to the latter, borrowings are very common in Kakabe. Originality/implications: This case represents an interest for the study of multilingualism, since it combines characteristics of a strongly inegalitarian polyglossic type, on the one hand, with such features as reciprocity both in language transmission and language production, on the other hand. It also reveals the existence of a semi-receptive language production mode that has not been described before.


p RESENTED FOR A plenruy psnel at the New Chaucec Sodety conference in Paris in 1998, the papers to which this discussion responds share a common goal: rescuing The Monk's Tale from its critics. Terry Jones is "one of that growing band of awkward customers who don't think that The Monks Tale is a complete and utter disaster"; instead, to him it provides "an essential perspective," offering "a politically in formed ... attack on everything the Knight and his career and his Tale have stood for." For Ann Astell, the Monk's allusion to "the lyf of Seint Edward" and the relationships suggested thereby between Edward II and Richard II, hagiography and "the tragedies of kings," are "of enor mous significance not only for how we read The Monks Tale but also for our understanding of Chaucer as a Ricardian poet." No longer a failure that Chaucer, for various and murky reasons, determines to use anyway, The Monks Tale is now invaluable to interpretation of The Canterbury Tales and its historical referents. Enormous significance and essential perspective are linked to impor tant histories, just as they are in "the tragedies of kings": the life-and death matters of Ricardian and Henrician high-end politics (for ex ample, "The whole question of tyranny ... was a burning political issue in Chaucer's day" (Jones)}. The meaningfulness of The Monk's Tale is secured by its reference to great historical matters and vice versa. Is this desire for enormous significance discordant with the anti-elitist politics expressed by so many of theses papers? For Stephen Knight, "the themes of The Monks Tale . .. are themselves a projection of lordship fantasies in the Monk." The Knight interrupts the Monk's tale telling because he wants to expose the Monk as a "bogus knight" who inappropriately desires aristocratic styles of power/enjoy-


This lithograph of 1966 typifies Bettie's emphasis on order. Abstract symbols are
placed in a shield-like form, which becomes emblematic. The triangular shapes
inside the shield become ambiguous and can be read as trees or figures.


Spatial hydrology aims at defining hydrosystem behavior more precisely, by means of a detailed characterization of the environment (using remote sensing images, DEM, maps, GPS). This analysis is based on large quantities of localized data from various sources and which are, to different degrees, of a fuzzy and heterogeneous character. The management of the data set as a whole gives rise to specific AI problems (fusion, updating, consistency). After clarification of these issues, we apply our conclusions by using a detailed example on a flood captured by aerial photographs: we transform information derived from the images into water levels, for any point of the flood zone. In addition to the collection of the source data (water levels, structuring of the plan, and definition of the topological relations), we present an algorithm built to generate consistent information, which is quite similar to a CSP approach. Results are applied to the 1993 flood of the Aisne River in France.


The Painleve equations arise from the study of Hankel determinants generated by moment matrices, whose weights are expressed as the product of ``classical" weights multiplied by suitable ``deformation factors", usually dependent on a ``time variable'' $t$. From ladder operators one finds second order linear ordinary differential equations for associated orthogonal polynomials with coefficients being rational functions. The Painleve and related functions appear as the residues of these rational functions.
We will be interested in the situation when $n$, the order of the Hankel matrix and also the degree of the polynomials $P_n(x)$ orthogonal with respect to the deformed weights, gets large. We show that the second order linear differential equations satisfied by $P_n(x)$ are particular cases of Heun equations when $n$ is large. In some sense, monic orthogonal polynomials generated by deformed weights mentioned below are solutions of a variety of Heun equa\-tions. Heun equations are of considerable importance in mathematical physics and in the special cases they degenerate to the hypergeometric and confluent hypergeometric equations.
In this paper we look at three type of weights: the Jacobi type, which are are supported $(0,1]$ the Laguerre type and the weights deformed by the indicator function of $(a,b)$ $\chi_{(a,b)}$ and the step function $\theta(x)$.


Introduction: Measurable block fields at impact craters are easily observable on planetary surfaces – Meteor Crater on Earth, Censorinus Crater on the Moon [1], and rayed craters on Mars (e.g. Figures 1 and 2). The distribution of ejecta surrounding these impact craters reveals clues about their formation, such as the impact angle and direction. As demonstrated by [1] with the investigation of Censorinus Crater on the Moon, block distribution patterns are both measurable and quantifiable, such as analysis of block size versus block distance from the crater and impact angle. Impact angle and direction may provide definitive evidence about whether an impact crater is a primary or secondary crater for ambiguous cases.


In his well known Location and Land Use, Alonso [l] extended the economic theory of consumer behavior to a spatial setting. According to this theory a rational household chooses a bundle of goods that maximizes the satisfaction of its preferences and that does not exceed its income. Alonso places these rational households within an ideal city in which all jobs are concentrated into a central location, and assumes that households (a) maximize their utility by choosing an optimal mix of quantity of residential land, of distance from the city's center, as well 88 of consumption goods, (b) subject to the constraint that the sum of the expenditures for consumption goods, residential land, and commuting does not exceed their income. Alonso's formulation however is not mathematically operational in the sense that it does not allow the derivation of continuous land value equilibrium functions generated by the households' competitive bidding for the available residential land (Alonso [l, p. 1501). One operationalization of his model based on a spatial equilibrium technique is due to Casetti [2]. To this effect: (a) households were assumed to be identical in composition, income, and preferences; (b) a state of spatial equilibrium was postulated in which no household has any incentive to relocate or to alter its consumption mix; and (c) a sufficient condition for the existence of such spatial equilibrium was introduced by requiring that the optimal utility level attainable by the household be spatially invariant. In the present paper, Casetti's work is extended to a central place setting with goods, services, and centers of Merent order. This generalization is based upon a method developed by Papageorgiou [3].


The author sums up comprehensively theplanning administrative works of civil undergroundlines in Nanjing city, analyses the current situationon civil underground lines planning administration,and brings forward countermeasures on it.


We provide an existence result for a Neumann nonlinear boundary value problem posed on the half-line. Our main tool is the multivalued version of the Miranda Theorem.


An active knee orthosis has been developed for assisting elderly in challenging ADL-tasks like stair-climbing or sit-tostand (STS). In contrast to approaches of exo-skeletal devices, used in paraplegics without or with marginal motor function of the lower extremity, this orthosis aims to amplify joint moment in elderly with reduced muscle strength. Aim of this study was to test whether the user profits from the supportive function of this device. The support should be visible in reduced EMG-activation during STS when comparing to the situation without support.


Analog implementations of the LMS (least-mean squares) and block LMS (BLMS) adaptive filtering algorithms have been shown to be equivalent with respect to adaptation speed and steady-state misadjustment errors. However, the BLMS algorithm offers significant reductions in computational speed due to block processing. Digital implementations of the two algorithms are compared with respect to finite word effects. The algorithm stalling phenomena is studied using Gaussian data and conditional expectation arguments. It is shown that the BLMS algorithm requires 1/2(log/sub 2/L-K) fewer bits for the same stalling behavior (L=block length and K lies between 0.2 and 1, depending on the precise definition of algorithm stalling). The LMS algorithm requires log/sub 2/L fewer bits than BLMS for the same level of saturation behavior (transient response) at algorithm initialization. Hence, overall the LMS algorithm requires 1/2(log/sub 2/L+K) fewer bits than the BLMS algorithm for the same saturation and stalling effects.<<ETX>>


The present study was carried out in the Dhundsir Gad Watershed of Garhwal Himalaya, Uttarakhand (India) to document the diversity and utility of medicinal plants. The inhabitants of the region are dependent up to a large extent on wild resources for their remedial needs. The region is rich in medicinal plant diversity having 125 species belonging to 111 genera and 57 families. Out of the documented plant species 48 were herbs, 39 shrubs, 18 trees and 20 climbers in this area. Plant parts of the species were used to cure different diseases such as cuts and wounds (24 species), fever (19), skin diseases (18), cough (14), asthma and bronchitis (12), stomach troubles/constipation (12), arthritis /muscular/ joint pain (11), diarrhea (10), urinary troubles (10), etc. A list of ethno-medicinal plants along with their local name, plant part(s) used and mode of administration for effective control in different ailments has been given. This study will be helpful in developing a comprehensive data base on the medicinal plant resources to strengthen the health care system in the area and in conserving the traditional knowledge for the prosperity of the region.


The equilibrium geometries of the exohedral and endohedral complexes of the polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) cage (HSiO3/2)8 containing the transition metal atoms or ions Sc0,+, Cr0,+, Fe0,+, Co0,+, Ni0,+, Cu0,+, Zn0,+, Mo0,+, W0,+, Ru0,+, Os0,+ have been investigated at the B3LYP/LanL2DZ levels. All these species form endohedral complexes with the T8-POSS cage except Sc0,+, Mo0, and W0,+. The Mo0 and W0,+ species as well as Cr0,+, Fe0,+, Co0,+, Ni0,+, Cu+, Zn+, Ru0,+, Os0 form stable exohedral complexes. Geometries, electronic properties and ionization potentials were computed. The Si−O and Si−H bond lengths in the cationic endohedral complexes are shorter than in the corresponding complexes of neutral transition metal atoms. The zero-point corrected inclusion energies of the endohedral species X@(SiHO3/2)8 (X = Fe+, Co+, Ni+, Cu+, Os+) are all negative, suggesting that these complexes are more stable than their isolated components. All exohedral complexes have energies that are lower than the...


Templated assembly of organic molecules constitutes a promising approach for fabricating functional nanostructures at surfaces with molecular-scale control. Using the substrate template for steering the adsorbate growth enables creating a rich variety of molecular structures by tuning the subtle balance of intermolecular and molecule–surface interactions. On insulating surfaces, however, surface templating is largely absent due to the comparatively weak molecule–surface interactions compared to metallic substrates. Here, we demonstrate the activation of substrate templating in molecular self-assembly on a bulk insulator by controlled deprotonation of the adsorbed molecules upon annealing. Upon deposition of 4-iodobenzoic acid onto the natural cleavage plane of calcite held at room temperature, high molecular mobility is observed, indicating a small diffusion barrier. Molecular islands only nucleate at step edges. These islands show no commensurability with the underlying substrate, clearly indicating the ...


Rhizobium japonicum and R. leguminosarum combined specifically with lectins of host plants, and lipopolysaccharides with the strongest inhibitory activity towards the hemagglutinating reaction of host plants lectins were extracted and purified from the two Rhizobial species. Moreover, they inhibited the binding reaction between lectins and bacterial cells. These results support the lectin theory that the interaction between lectins of host plants and Rhizobium is the key to the mechanism of the host specificity in Rhizobium-legume symbiosis, and that the lectin-receptor of Rhizobial cells exists in the cell surface lipopolysaccharides.


Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third most common cause of cancer mortality worldwide. Oncologists depend on AFP as the commonest and feasible marker for assessing HCC in addition to imaging. However, AFP is not completely a reliable marker in early HCC diagnosis due to its low specificity and sensitivity. Objective: evaluation of serum levels of monocyte chemo attractant protein-1 (MCP-1), talin-1& insulin like growth factor-1(IGF-1) in Egyptian patients with HCC compared to liver cirrhosis& healthy controls and to find their values in HCC prediction. Subjects and methods: Subjects sharing were classified as follows: 25 patients with liver cirrhosis, 39 patients suffering from HCC on top of liver cirrhosis in addition to 24 apparently healthy subjects as control group. They were subjected to complete physical examination, routine biochemical tests, radiological examination, serum AFP, taline-1, MCP-1 & IGF-1 determinations. Results: high significant increases in the serum level of talin-1 in HCC patients in comparison with both cirrhotic and control groups. Also, there was a high significant increase in cirrhotic patients compared with the controls. Serum MCP-1 levels were significantly higher in the HCC group than in the cirrhotic group or the controls. However, no significant difference was found between cirrhotic and control groups.the highest sensitivity for detection of HCC was in the favor of MCP-1 (100%), while the highest specificity was taline1(100%). Conclusion: our findings support the potential role of MCP-1 & taline-1 in as screening markers for HCC in cirrhotic patients. The early detection of HCC and discrimination of malignant from the cirrhotic cases is a challenge for the oncologists so, continuous and regular monitoring systems using MCP-1 or the combination of taline-1 with AFP could improve the diagnostic performance over AFP alone in the early detection of HCC in patients with liver cirrhosis.


Model tests and theoretical analysis were performed on dumbbell pile,which was developed by Geotechnical Research Institute of Hohai University.The tests were carried out to detect the differences in pile′s bearing capacity,pile toe force,pile head force and settlement between piles with or without pile cap or expansion pile head.It was found that if the model shaft was filled with sand,the pile head force shared most of dumbbell pile′s bearing capacity,so dumbbell pile could be regarded as end-bearing pile in design.Compared with other piles with normal section types,dumbbell pile had larger bearing capacity and less pile top settlement.Formula for dumbbell pile′s bearing capacity was also put forward,which was confirmed by the experimental data.


Although there are various hormone therapies, including gonadotropin‐releasing hormone agonist, danazol, levonorgestrel‐releasing intrauterine system, dienogest, and low‐dose estrogen progestin, no consensus opinion has been reached in terms of which medication should be used and for how long it should be administered. We aimed to determine whether dienogest or goserelin is the better postoperative therapy to prevent recurrence of endometriosis.


Internet of Things consists of sensor subnet and transmission network.For sensor subnet,it usually collects information by sensor node which has bad ability of computing,communication and storage implemented by combining mobile nodes and static nodes.But for transmission network,it commonly provides strong service of computing,communication and storage by making use of the existing internet infrastructure.To assure security control mechanics when the mobile sensors move from one cluster to another,whenever,to take into account both the security and feasibility of practical application,this paper presented an authentication and key exchange protocol based on Physical Unclonable Function(PUF).This protocol can achieve bidirectional authentication and key negotiation between mobile sensor and transmission network base station when the mobile sensor roams to other cluster.Analysis shows that the proposed protocol is universally composable secure.


Black rice was fermentated and prepared rice wine with shouwu, mulberry and black sesame. Effcts of ratios of liquid, proportion of rice wine starter with yeast, fermentation time and temperature on quality of rice wine were studied by evaluation of wine sensory quality and concentration of flavone. The optimum conditions were determined by the L9(34) orthogonal experiment as follows: the ratios of solid materials to liquid 1∶5, the ratios of rice wine starter to yeast 1∶1, fermentation temperature 30℃ and fermentation time 5d.


FIELD: radio engineering, communication. SUBSTANCE: set of specific sequences consisting of a set of root sequences and cyclic shifts thereof is searched, wherein it is started from a root sequence number indicating a root sequence of ordered root sequences, available cyclic shifts of the root sequence are included, and it is continued with a next root sequence if necessary for filling the set, interpreting the ordered root sequences in a cyclic manner. EFFECT: high efficiency of allocating sequences where the sequence order criteria is considered. 12 cl, 7 dwg


M.SUBRAMANIYAN , R.THAMIZHAZHAGAN , A.VIGNESH , MR.R.VIJAYABHARATHI [4] [1], [2], UG Scholar, B.E. Computer Science and Engineering. Assistant Professor, Dept. of CSE. MRK Institute of Technology, Kattumannarkoil. Email:firstname.lastname@example.com,firstname.lastname@example.com, email@example.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ABSTRACT Nowadays email becomes basic service for all computers users. There are some critical threads imposed by email malware in recent years. So it necessary to Modeling the propagation dynamics of email malware becomes a fundamental technique for predicting its potential damages and developing effective countermeasures. Comparing the modern email malware with earlier version, modern email malware having two new features called reinfection and self-start. Reinfection refers to the malware behavior that the modern email malware send out malware copies whenever any healthy or infected recipients open certain files.Self-start refers to the malware behavior that an email malware starts to spread whenever compromised user computers restart or certain files are visited. In the literature several models are proposed for email malware propagation, but they did not take into account the above two features. Malware is a malicious software that disrupt the network performance, gather sensitive information, gain access to system, etc. To address this problem we introduce a virtual node in this paper. In this paper we overcome the two new features of modern email malware and more aggressive to spread in the network.


frameworks (MOFs) as drug or bioactive molecule nanocarriers antimicrobial through the encapsulation of antibacterial into the crystal lattice of the selected MOFs. aspects, reports on the MOF-type compound UiO-66 (nominal formula is [Zr 6 O 4 (OH) 4 (BDC) 6 ]) [ 2 ] and some derivatives that have been used as hosts for antibacterial agent guest β -alanine. UiO-66 (UiO = i consists of zirconium(IV)-based hexanuclear clusters 1) connected through 1,4-benzenedicaboxylate (BDC) coming from 1,4-benzenedicaboxylic acid (H 2 BDC). Synthesis in acidic condition produces nanoparticles. (XRD), X-ray thermodiffraction (TDX), infrared (IR) spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis-differential scanning calorimetry (TG-DSC) and elemental analysis (EA). Morphology of nanoscale MOFs have been explored by transition electron microscopy (TEM). Then, the antibacterial agent (β -alanine) has been loaded into the porous materials. The results indicate that both the generation of defects and the presence of hydroxyl groups enhance the loading capacity of original UiO-66 nanoparticles. However, for UiO-66-(OH) 2 the generation of defects results in lower loading because of the decrease of host-guest interactions.


The invention relates to an all-welded box girder combination section constructing method. The method comprises the specific steps that a girder is divided by making the distance length of two sections serve as one novel box girder combination section, plate units of sectional unit parts are manufactured, a girder lower chord is welded to a lower bridge surface steel box, a girder upper chord is welded to an upper bridge surface panel, a transverse bracing system is welded to a girder vertical rod, the girder vertical rod and an inclined rod are welded to the girder lower chord and the girder upper chord, and the novel box girder combination sections are formed; trial splicing is performed on adjacent novel box girder combination sections on a preset trial assembly platform, and anticorrosion coating is performed on the outer surface. All-welded box girder combinations are welded in place according to a construction order on a bridging construction site. According to the method, the girder is designed into the all-welded box girder combination sections, few hanging units are used, durability of the girder is improved, maintaining workloads during the later period are reduced, site construction is simplified, work efficiency is improved, and an installation period is shortened; the appearance is beautiful, and durability is good. The method has been successfully applied to the Shanghai-to-Nantong railway Yangtze river highway-railway dual-purpose great bridge engineering.


Each one of the pieces that make up this volume bids us enter into the creative process that yielded the literary work, not as its definitive accomplishment but rather as one actualization of many possible outcomes. The critic's task is extended to a realm of potentiality wherein imagination and reinvention boldly build upon cogent analysis and commentary, drawing out what remains latent or liminal within the work, exploring what Jacques Dubois terms its 'zones en sommeil propices à l'activation' (p. 31). The theory in question thus supports a merging of critical enquiry and creative endeavour in an often radical reworking of the text under consideration. Indeed, any literary text is posited less as a finished product than as a contingent object that might well have taken on a different shape altogether — and can by the same token be reconfigured, reoriented, and endlessly rewritten as the odd angles or far recesses of the fictional or poetic world it encapsulates receive fresh attention. Within this framework, the reception of the text simultaneously spurs the further gestation and production of text, as diverse possibilities are unearthed and actualized by the reader. Such is the 'critique d'intervention' (p. 18) advocated by Marc Escola at the head of the volume and developed through varied and stimulating discussion in the fourteen studies that follow his introduction and useful bibliography. 'Critique fiction', 'invention critique', and 'transfictionnalité' are but some of the terms spawned by the theory, but overall analysis remains accessible and grounded in canonical examples, from Racine and Stendhal to Proust, Saint-John Perse, and Jacques Roubaud. Laurent Zimmermann argues that it is the flaw or inconsistency almost inevitably embedded within the work that allows it to remain open to alternative versions of itself, that possibility is predicated, as far as the reading experience is concerned, on a principle of inexhaustible perfectibility. Similarly, in the case of Proust, Maya Lavault focuses on the gaps, ambiguities, and equivocations that might only be filled or resolved through the construction of further fictional narratives. More generally, Richard Saint-Gelais highlights the 'activité conjecturale jubilatoire' (p. 170) that typifies 'transfictional' criticism and, in effect, drives much of the writing in this volume, at times, arguably, to the point of overheating, as in the unlikely association of Proust with Ray Charles originally proposed by Pierre Bayard and revisited in detail by Franc Schuerewegen. May Chehab examines the notion of the 'poème compossible' (p. 80) as she deftly surmises what Saint-John Perse's lost poem Gaia might have contained. Baptiste Franceschini ascribes to Roubaud a reactivation of the medieval practice of translatio that sees fit to transform the materials it translates and transmits. As Yves Citton finally reminds us, all literature entails a responsibility towards the potential and the unfinished, and accordingly he calls for an 'indiscipline radicale' (p. 227) that, ever shifting between divergent poles and possibilities, would enable literary studies to enter no less fully into this same commitment.