We conducted a subjective evaluation experiment for VoIP speech under severe packet loss condition. The target codec was G.729, and four packet loss concealment methods were tested: parameter redundancy, SVM-based parameter redundancy, N-gram-based parameter estimation and interleaving. We first evaluated the effect of the interleaving block length on the subjective delay and speech quality. As a result, we found that the interleaving improved the subjective speech quality, but longer block length did not improve the quality. Next, we investigated the effect of PLC methods on the subjective latency and quality, and we found interleaving and simple PLC method gave the best result. N-gram-based PLC method made the quality worse.


There are a number of provisions in the Criminal Justice Act, 2006 relating to sentencing. One of the major effects the Act has on sentencing is to further erode the discretion of the courts in imposing sentence by introducing new mandatory minimum sentence provisions and strengthening existing provisions. The concept of a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment was quite alien to our system of criminal justice until the provisions of section 5 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1999 were enacted. The Court of Criminal Appeal has recently described this measure as "a revolutionary alteration superimposed on the conventional principles of sentencing"1. Part 5 of the Act, for example, introduces new mandatory minimum sentence provisions for certain firearms offences.2 The Act completely erodes the discretion of the courts not to impose such minimum sentences where a person is being sentenced for a second offence.3 Part 8 of the Act continues to erode judicial discretion in sentencing for certain drug trafficking offences.4 Section 99 of the Act operates to restrict a judge's power to suspend the whole or part of a "mandatory term of imprisonment" including a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment.5 Part 9 of the Act contains a number of provisions establishing what may be termed a "drug offenders' register" similar to the so-called "sex offenders' register". In particular, Part 10 of the Act contains a number of provisions relating to sentencing generally. These provisions allow for the suspension of the whole or part of a sentence of imprisonment and a new order known as a "Fine and Deferral Order". Part 10 also creates a new order that can be imposed on offenders convicted of certain offences in the District Court or the Circuit Court know as a "Restriction on Movement Order" (RMO) and for the electronic monitoring of an offender who is subject to a RMO. Part 10 also contains provisions relating to the electronic monitoring of prisoners released on temporary release. Parts 9 and 10 of the Act came into force on 2nd October 2006, apart from the provisions with regard to electronic monitoring. This article examines the provisions of Part 10 of the Act in detail and focuses on the provisions of Parts 8 and 9 of the Act relating to drug trafficking offences.


【Objective】 The correlation between ten populations traits of sexual organs and reproductive allocation of Saussurea iodostegia Hance in different altitudes was studied to provide a basis for the research how Saussurea iodostegia Hance adapted to the stressful environment and raised its reproductive success ratio.【Method】 In Ganan Autonomy State of Gansu province in the eastern Qinghai Tibetan Plateau,ten populations of Saussurea iodostegia Hance in different altitudes(3 050,3 200,3 300,3 400,3 500,3 600,3 700,3 800,3 925,4 000 m)were collected in September 2009,length of sexual organs,pollen number,individual size and reproductive allocation were measured,analysis of correlation between them and altitude was conducted.【Result】 The results showed:There was a significantly negative correlation between individual size and altitude(P0.01),a significantly positive correlation between reproductive allocation and altitude(P0.01),a significantly negative correlation between individual size and reproductive allocation(P0.01),significantly negative correlations among anther length,filament length,pollen number and altitude(P0.01) and a significantly positive correlation between style length and altitude(P0.01),a positive correlation between filament length and pollen number(P0.05),and a negative correlation between style length and pollen number(P0.05).【Conclusion】 The results suggested there was an important effect of altitude on plant size and reproductive strategies within populations.With increasing altitude,total acquired resources decreased and relative resources allocating reproductive organs increased,the pollen number decreased and the style length elongated.Saussurea iodostegia Hance enhanced the sensitivity to pollinators,and increased rate of success of reproduction.


Hepatitis B infection is a worldwide public health problem. Since Peru is located in an intermediate endemic area, this condition is relevant. The purpose of this article is to show the history of research performed regarding this illness. 60 references (1970-2002) were reviewed, and we found that there was no time sequence with respect to investigations on hepatitis B prevalence, and also, different markers were used. Results with respect to the presence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HbsAg) varied according to the different regions in Peru, such as the coast (0-4,8%), highlands (13,8-16%), and the jungle (3-17,1%), and no overall surveys have been carried out. With respect to studies performed in high-risk groups, some outbreaks have been identified in military detachments in the jungle, and HbsAg was found in up to 43,2% within this group. In female sex workers, studies showed marker prevalence between 51,5% to 89,3%. In health personnel, HbsAg has been reported with a 0 to 7,8% prevalence, and blood banks, nephrology, dentistry and gastroenterology reported most cases. Research regarding serological response to vaccines started in 1987 in native jungle communities; and thereafter a pilot program supported by WHO/PAHO was started in Abancay (a city in the Peruvian highlands). Since 1996, Peruvian Ministry of Health established mandatory immunization to children less than one year old in high and average endemic areas, and since 2003 immunization against hepatitis B virus infection was established for this age group in the whole country. It is concluded that in spite of the advances in hepatitis


The purpose of this paper is to establish a common random fixed point theorem for five random multivalued operators satisfying a rational i equality using the concept of weak compatibility, semi compatibility and commutativity of random multivalued operators in polish space. © 2013 Elixir All rights reserved. ARTICLE INFO Art ic le his tory: Received: 14 March 2013; Received in revised form: 17 April 2013; Accepted: 7 May 2013;


Objective: To explore the cerebral protection effect and mechanism of dextrometadiazine (Dex) combined with Shengmai injection on CPB rates. Method: 10 healthy, adult and male SD rats were classified into CPB group and drug intervention group according to random number table, and each group included 5 rates. CPB group: equivalent normal saline + CPB 120min; drug intervention group: Dex combined with Shengmai injection + CPB 120min. IT-6 (interleukin), IL-10 and S100βwere monitored at two points of time: before CPB (T0) and CPB 2h (T1). Water content and calcium content of rats' brain tissues were determined. Results: Compared with CPB group, IL-6 and S100βof drug intervention group lowered at T1, and Water content and calcium content of brain tissues decreased. The differences had statistical significance (P<0.05). Conclusion: Dex combined with Shengmai injection can relieve inflammatory response and alleviate rats' CPB cerebral injury through effectively reducing water content and calcium content of rats' brain tissues after CPB.


This work demonstrates a design strategy to optimize antimicrobial peptides with an ideal balance of minimal cytotoxicity, enhanced stability, potent cell penetration and effective antimicrobial activity, which hold great promise for the treatment of intracellular microbial infections and potentially systemic anti-infective therapy.


The present invention discloses a socket module with a protective door and a socket. The socket module comprises a plug sleeve box provided with a plug sleeve, a pressing plate arranged on the plug sleeve box, a protective door arranged on the pressing plate and corresponding to the plug sleeve, and a reset unit capable of driving the protective door to reset; wherein a limiting element is arranged over the pressing plate, the protective door comprises a driving part and a positioning part, the driving part is provided with a driving inclined plane capable of driving the protective door to slip on the pressing plate, the limiting element comprises an opening area corresponding to the driving part, the limiting element at least covers a part of the reset unit and a part of the positioning part, and a part of the positioning part is movably arranged in a gap between the limiting element and the pressing plate, and the highest point of the driving part is higher than the lower surface of the limiting element. A panel is plugged to the upper side of the socket module, and the highest point of the driving part is lower than the lower surface of the panel, so as to form the socket. The socket module and the socket of the present invention can effectively avoid the occurrence of a popping and falling phenomenon of the protective door and the reset unit, thereby facilitating improvement of production efficiency and product quality.


A question posed by Elizabeth Flynn in the December 1990 issue of Collogo Composition and Gommunication, Do Men and Women Compose Differently?" spawned this analysis of forty randomly selected abstracts from; master's theses and projects by twenty women and twehty men at California State Universityf San Bernardino. Flynn says that women do compose differently and justifies her statement as "humanistic inquiry": "Research can be empirical without being posivitistic." Consequently I wondered whether the question ''Do women and men Compose differently?" could be proven by empirical analysis? After developing a methodology for analysis based on sex/gender studies in the recent findings in sociologicalf sociolinguistiCf business and research communities—all of which indicate sex/gender differences in style and structures for their cOmmunities~I analyzed forty abstracts for the same features. The results indicate highly significant differences between the women and the men in my sample group: the women used connective structures significantly more often than did the men and the men used contrastive structures significantly more often than did the women. This study indicates that a significant stylistic difference between these women's and men's academic prose.


SUMMARY An experiment was conducted aiming to evaluate the efficiency of different fungicides in controling rust in garlic (Ailium sativum L.), cultivar Quiteria. The location was in Rio Grande, RS and planting and harvest dates were July 23 and December 15, 1987, respectively. The experimental design was a randomized block with four replications. The treatments that enabled, simultaneously, the lower indexes of pustule infection and the higher bulb yieldings were mancozeb, triadimefom, triadimenol, propiconazole and RH 7592.


A fauna of reworked Paleozoic fossilshas been found in chert pebbles from the Gulf Coastal Plain in eastern Columbia County, Arkansas, although the nearest mappedexposure of Mississippianand Pennsylvanian rocks are fifty-fivemiles northward in the southern edge of the Ouachita Mountains. The surficial rocks at the collection site have been referred to the Claiborne Group of Eocene age by the authors of the geological map of Arkansas. Additional outcrops containing similar Paleozoicfossilshave been found withina 15-mileradius. The faunaincludes both lacy and twig-likebryozoans, articulate brachiopods, tabulate and rugose corals, stalkedechinoderms, gastropods,fusulinidsand two trilobite pygidia(17 mm wide by 15 mm long and 16 mm wideby 5 mm long)of two distinct taxa. The fossilsresemble those of a carbonateplatformsuch as northern Arkansasbut wouldhave to be delivered southwardbefore the Arkansas River drainage developed. The possibility of an origin from the south is being considered.


The past decade has seen a proliferation of suggestions for market-based solutions to global poverty. While research emphasises that sustainability innovation aimed at poverty alleviation must be grounded in user needs, few studies demonstrate how to study the poor for purposes of early phase innovation in business enterprises, especially in multiple locations comparatively. This study suggests that the necessary understanding of low-income users and their practices can be gained through multi-sited rapid ethnography . We exemplify how the process moves from an understanding of the needs of the poor towards innovation and offer a general framework for evaluating the success of these types of projects. The paper describes the challenges and solutions found in a multi-sited rapid ethnography research in urban base of the pyramid (BOP) contexts in Brazil, India, Russia, and Tanzania. It suggests businesses can learn about the poor with the help of this method and conduct sustainability innovation on the basis of the needs of the poor, rather than start with existing products. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.


A well-validated HPGR model exists and is incorporated in the widely-used software program JKSimMet. However, one of the weaknesses of the model is the lack of 'real' ore characterisation data to simulate and predict industrial-scale HPGR performance from laboratory or pilot scale tests. This paper describes a procedure to obtain accurate compressed particle bed breakage data using a piston and die test investigated as a part of the AMIRA P9 Project. The results of this test have been found to differ from drop weight test results. Having this accurate relationship between the specific energy input and the degree of breakage will result in more realistic HPGR modelling and scale-up.


PURPOSE: To provide a plural-color printing system for printing a plural-color confidential document provided with printing images capable of preventing duplication or alteration by an electronic printer for printing the synthetic images of the confidential document by a single passage. CONSTITUTION: The confidential document is controlled by an image generation system for electronically generating a safe background image pattern by first and second superimposed color patterns for merging alphanumeric information and a protective signature and turning them to synthetic electronic images for a printer and printed by a single passage electronic printer 15 for printing the synthetic images. The single passage printer superimposes the two latent images and is provided with an imaging surface for performing transfer to a base simultaneously by the single passage for performing development by two respectively colored developers. The color patterns are density patterns changed in the opposite direction of electronically generated picture element dot images tar which spaces between them are different. An alphanumeric information part is formed by a special confidential font such as low density shadow copy or the like.


As is known, oxygen evolution reaction (OER) involves complex four electron-transfer processes, thus the electrocatalysts are often needed to decrease the high activation barrier. Searching for ele...


The enhanced energy meter is a new kind of electricity measurement meter that can automatically send meter datum to our energy supplier. This ensures more accurate energy bills. The demand for energy consumption is increasing due to the growth of population and industrial development. The need to improve the energy efficiency and to provide accurate revenue to the supplier arouses the necessity of automated meters. The consumers need to be more aware of their energy consumption and the supplier need to have proper balance between energy supplied and revenue received. The enhanced digital energy meters collect detailed consumption datum of a consumer easily than the traditional metering method because of the high cost of the data logging systems in the latter. In recent days, alternative source of energy are being practiced in individual premises. Hence, the proposed energy meter will have a constant monitoring of supply from both the sources. The collected information will be sent to the supplier and the consumer in an automated manner. GSM and IoT provide wireless two way communication between distribution centers and energy consumers. The added advantage of the enhanced digital energy meter is that it would eliminate the manual operations. A relay driver has been added in order to trip the supply upon the input command, thus it prevents the human interruptions. The entire concept can be incorporated into a single unit, thus it facilitates the ease of use.


Today, high-resolution logging -while-drilling (LWD) images are available, and they offer information in real time, as well as the opportunity to acquire time-lapse information through re-logging while tripping.


Osteolytic disease is a major complication of multiple myeloma (MM) that may lead to devastating skeletal-related events (SREs) such as pathological fractures, vertebral collapse and spinal cord compression. Conventional radiography, although it has limitations (limited sensitivity and specifi city), remains the gold standard for the evaluation of bone disease in patients with MM [1]. Computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and nuclear medicine imaging are all used in the attempt to increase the possibility of early detection and to better defi ne the extent of bone disease in MM. Nevertheless, these technologies cannot be used routinely because they are expensive and time-consuming; hence they are generally adopted in selected patients. A recent guideline recommends that in monitoring patients with MM after initial staging, radiography, CT or MRI should be performed only when clinically indicated. With this strategy, however, new osteolytic lesions can occur before symptoms become evident and, consequently, can expose patients to the risk of a major skeletal event. Biochemical markers of bone turnover may represent an interesting alternative to monitor bone disease in patients with myeloma. One of the most promising bone markers is the carboxy terminal telopeptide (CTX) of collagen type 1, which refl ects the resorptive osteoclastic activity. Several studies have demonstrated its correlation with the presence of osteolytic lesions, and in some other studies its prognostic role has been also shown. Some studies, however, have underlined how bisphosphonates, by inhibiting osteoclastic activity and consequently decreasing CTX levels, can lessen the importance of this bone marker in monitoring bone disease once treatment with bisphosphonates is undertaken [2 – 6]. Th e aim of this retrospective study was to determine the eff ectiveness of the CTX test in predicting the development of bone disease in patients with MM during bisphosphonate therapy. A cohort of 84 patients out of 838 diagnosed with multiple myeloma and followed at our division between August


In calculation of long-term tunnel settlement, non-linear regression method was insufficient to solve parameters of Deng Yinger's settlement prediction model, so Intelligent Single Particle Optimization (ISPO) was introduced. In the algorithm we used a single particle to search answer in the solution space. In the searching process a new learning strategy was introduced to update the position of the particle, in this way to keep particle near to the global optimum value. Based on the Intelligent Single Particle Optimization (ISPO), long-term settlement of a Singapore tunnel, Shanghai East Yan'an Road Tunnel F19 and Shanghai subway line 1 N12 were predicted. Then the results were compared with the measured data of these tunnels. Results show that the standard deviation by predictive value of ISOP is nearly half of that by nonlinear regression method. This method overcomes the difficulty to determine mathematical model parameters as well as the difficulty to establish objective function. Besides, it provides a new way to predict long-term surface settlement after shield tunneling construction.


Abstract This article explores Lyotard's notion of performativity through an engagement with McKenzie's analysis of performance as a 'formation of knowledge and power' that has displaced the notion of discipline as the tool for social evaluation. Through conditions of 'performance' capitalism, education is to conform to a logic of performativity that ensures not only the efficient operation of the state in the world market, but also the continuation of a global culture of performance. I further trace Lyotard's postmodern aesthetic of experimentation through performance as an 'event' in an analogous attempt to track the process of cultural production in terms that acknowledge the temporality of the event so as not to reduce the artwork to a commodity, knowledge to information, and 'performance' to be managed. Where this has critical traction is in education, a site that deals with the intersection of politics, art, theory, philosophy and history—in short, a site where all aspects of 'performance' are fully realized. This article engages with the key ideas of these thinkers' approaches to notions of performance, and assesses their relevance for an understanding of the ambiguities of 'performance' in contemporary education institutions.


This research deals with tax issues - accounting was raised in this objective; develop a platform of tax update - accounting for the use of students and teachers of the extension UTC La Mana and with a reach to those who find current tax rate - accounting information. The research was conducted by a non-experimental study design allowed to collect the necessary data. Using the survey of around 146 people including teachers and students of accounting and auditing where are determined relevant elements to the design of the platform elements. Subsequently the platform, it was handled by students and teachers who gave a positive response on the use.


A n-ZnO fin - p-GaN UV light-emitting diode (LED) with sub-μm m2 lateral size is presented that exceeds the output power of previous nanoscale light sources by a factor of 1000, generating 1 $\mu m$ Watt to 20 $\mu m$ Watt power. To better understand the origin of the improved efficiency in these nanostructures relative to other nanostructures, we will investigate the collection of electrons and holes by fins at cryogenic- and room temperatures. At low temperatures of about 6 K, electron-hole recombination dominantly occurs in the GaN side. As the temperature increases to RT, the fin LED radiative recombination migrates to the ZnO fin and becomes dominantly excitonic. At higher temperatures, results show ZnO performs better than GaN as the oscillator strength of the excitonic emission in ZnO stays independent of the heterojunction temperature. We will also discuss the structural advantage of fins in heat dissipation and their droop-free behavior at high temperatures indicating their importance in realization of high temperature UV LEDs and lasers.


Pili pickup sticks: Rodlike type 1 bacterial pili particles (see picture, red) self-assemble into highly ordered nanostructures through molecular recognition in the presence of suitable inducers. 1D bundles, 2D double-layer lattices, and 3D multilayer lattices were produced by varying the nature and concentration of the inducers. The self-assembled pili serve as templates for nucleating and organizing inorganic nanomaterials such as silica.


A study commissioned by Public Health Wales of smoking habits in 11–12-year-old girls showed how much more needs to be done to tackle smoking among young people in the UK


This paper investigates a deep learning (DL) method for on-off keying (OOK) based visible light communication (VLC) systems where a lighting emitting diode transmits binary optical pulses to a receiver. Universal dimming abilities are considered such that the VLC transceiver meets arbitrary dimming requirement of external users. This poses a combinatorial formulation optimizing binary codewords under multiple dimming constraints. To tackle this, DL techniques are employed to design an OOK encoder-decoder pair over noisy optical channels. For universal dimming support, the training of the DL-based VLC transceiver turns out to be a constrained training problem with multiple dimming constraints. This paper employs a dual formulation to develop a constrained training strategy. Numerical results show the effectiveness of the proposed transceiver design.


The reaction \scriptfont4=\seveni \scriptscriptfont4=\fivei $\rm H+HI\mathop\rightarrow\limits ^{1}H_{2}+I$ was studied at 298 K and millitorr pressures employing the "Very Low Pressure Reactor" (VLPR) kinetic technique. H-atoms were generated by dissociating H2 molecules (of a H2/Ar mixture) in a microwave discharge cavity that preceded the very low pressure well-mixed reaction vessel. Quadrupole mass spectrometry was used to analyze molecules and atoms. The mass signal intensities of I and HI were measured at both 20 and 40 eV ionizing potentials while those of H and H2 were measured at 40 eV due to the very weak signal of these species at lower ionization potentials. Three different exit flow orifices were utilized in the reported VLPR experiments of about 2, 3, and 5 mm inner diameter to vary the species concentration under steady-state reaction conditions. A rate constant of k1=(2.1±0.2)×10−11 cm3/molecule.s was determined for the forward reaction at 298 K, which lies between the two previously reported values directly measured at 298 K. Satisfactory mass balance relations were obtained for the iodine atoms (from the HI and I species) which were better than 90% for most of the experiments. The value of the reported rate constant (k1) is 14.3% higher than the value measured by Umemoto et al. [6], and 33.3% lower than the value measured by Lorenz et al. [4]. Based on this comparison, the activation energy E1 of the forward reaction probably lies between those two previously reported values of 580 and 720 cal/mol. Transition State Calculations of A1 and A2 for the reaction of \scriptfont4=\seveni \scriptscriptfont4=\fivei $\rm H+I_{2}\mathop\rightarrow\limits ^{2}HI+I$ are in good agreement with the data on both reactions and suggest an activation energy of about 500±100 cal/mol for E2.© 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet: 29: 915–925, 1997.


The effects of different levels of N fertilization (no N, 40 kg N and 80 kg N ha−1 year−1), P fertilization (no P, 21 kg P ha−1 year−1 and 21 kg P plus 53 kg K ha−1 year−1) and stocking rates (0·52 large stock units (LSU) ha−1, 0·78 LSU ha−1 and 1·56 LSU ha−1) on the chemical composition and in vitro dry matter digestibility of the herbage and the liveweight gains of steers were determined in the western variant of the Bankenveld in South Africa.

The average daily liveweight gains (ADLGs) of the steers increased with increasing level of N fertilization. Fertilization with P had a positive effect on ADLG only when 53 kg of K was applied with 21 kg of P ha−1. Higher stocking rates reduced ADLGs. The liveweight gains ha−1 increased as the rates of N and P fertilization increased. The medium stocking rate (0·78 LSU ha−1) gave a higher liveweight gain ha−1 than the lowest stocking rate (0·52 LSU ha−1), but the highest stocking rate (1·56 LSU ha−1) reduced liveweight gain ha−1.

In general, in terms of chemical components, a higher nutritive value of the veld herbage resulted from N fertilization. The higher crude protein (CP) content of the herbage, resulting from higher stocking rates, should be seen against the background of lower liveweight gains ha−1 at the highest stocking rate.

On pasture with similar contents of CP and acid detergent fibre (ADF), higher ADLG of steers was found as a result of P and K fertilization, especially for herbage with a lower CP and a higher ADF content, implying better utilization of the nutrients in such herbage with P and K fertilization, although P was also supplemented through a lick.


This paper identifies drivers, including both market failures and internal failures, that influence when firms chose internal and external sources for new capabilities. Early studies examining internal and external sourcing stressed that failures in market institutions that govern inter-firm exchange create incentives for internal sourcing, where market failures can arise from both opportunism risks and coordination need. In addition to market failures, problems that affect the ways that people work together within the firm also influence sourcing decisions. These problems are referred to as internal failures. Little research, though, has considered the combined impact of market and internal failures on firms' capability sourcing decisions and, in turn, the capability development performance that firms achieve as a result of those decisions. The first set of propositions discuss how market failures and internal failures influence sourcing incentives. The researchers argue that whether firms' choices align...


A simple graph G with q edges is called an edge-odd graceful graph, EOGG, if there is a bijection f from the edge set of the graph to the set {1,3,5,...,2q−1} such that, when each vertex is assigned the sum of all values of the edges incident to it modulo 2q, the resulting vertex labels are distinct. In this paper, we define new graphs called a prism of star Sn,Prism(Sn), a prism-like graph, Prism3(Sn), and a prism of wheel graph Wn,Prism(Wn). We give necessary conditions on n that force these graphs to be EOGG, namely, (i) if n≥3, then Prism(Sn) is an EOGG; (ii) if n≥3 and n≡2 (mod 6), then Prism3(Sn) is an EOGG; (iii) if n≥3 and 2|n, then Prism(Wn) is an EOGG.


The main contribution of this paper is: (i) proposing a new efficient and simple load flow method for balanced radial and meshed distribution systems, (ii) impact of load models, different X/R ratios, load growth and tolerance levels to check robustness of proposed load flow method, (iii) impact of number of loops on meshed distribution systems, (iv) Comparison of radial and mesh distribution for voltage profile, total power losses, and number of iterations. The convergence ability of the proposed load flow method is evaluated under these conditions. Computer program has been developed to implement the power flow solution scheme in MATLAB and successfully applied to several practical distribution networks with radial and mesh structure. The convergence ability is quantitatively evaluated for different loading conditions, load growth, R/X ratios, and tolerance levels. Moreover, the effects of static load modeling on the convergence characteristics of the proposed algorithm are also investigated. Effectiveness of the proposed load flow method has been tested on IEEE 33 bus and IEEE 69 bus radial and meshed distribution networks. The proposed load flow method is compared with existing load flow methods, Ghosh et al. [6], Aravindhababu et al. [7], and J.H.Teng [16] to demonstrate its effectiveness.


The objective of this paper is to outline the necessity for a subject philosophical basis for Industrial Psychology. The paper offers a number of examples of issues which might effect a shift of interest from everyday practice of science to the essential nature of Industrial Psychology as a subject discipline - that is, ultimately, a subject philosophical grounding of Industrial Psychology. The issues that are raised therefore do touch, to a greater or a lesser extent, on the presuppositions on which the subject Industrial Psychology rests.


The current study drives at monitoring the impact of green marketing advertisements on audience's awareness of the positive effects of using the environment friend products. The researchers use the descriptive method and these tools as study tools: interview, a questionnaire form employed for the field study, and a content analysis form serving the analytical stud). Sample: the study sample is recruited on purpose from Egyptian audience in: (Cairo, Giza, and Qalubyia governorates) who watch television advertisements and use the internet. It consists of (400) items, aged at 19 yrs. old or above. The study analytical sample is embodied in green marketing advertisements: a total survey of the exposed advs. In different mass media during Ramadan month is administered for three years starting from 2016 to 2018. The study objective is to monitor the impact of green marketing advertisements on audience's awareness of green products and giving easy access information about this issue. The results have been reported: v There are no statistically significant differences between the two study groups (males-females) regarding the audience's awareness of environmental topics mentioned in green marketing.   v   There are significant differences between different education levels regarding the audience's awareness of environmental topics mentioned in green marketing, in favor of the higher education level individuals. v Motional effects in the advs. comes in the first rank, followed by "sound", then "abundance in environmental information presented in the advs." In the third rank, followed by "designing the advs." And finally the "emergence of famous persons". v The most important mass media means viewed by a large number of people is television followed by the facebook on websites. v The study sample counts on television because of the abundance of environmental information it presents concerning the green products. v The study is summed up of some recommendations as follows: v The necessity for increasing companies' concern in green products marketing or environmentally friendly forms of advertising that attract viewers such as advertising, singing , acting and develop to increase the persuasion of viewers and urges them to change their behavior towards them.


A temperature sensor based on a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) Timer was designed for extreme temperature applications. The sensor can operate under a wide temperature range from hot jet engine compartments to cryogenic space exploration missions. For example, in Jet Engine Distributed Control Architecture, the sensor must be able to operate at temperatures exceeding 150 C. For space missions, extremely low cryogenic temperatures need to be measured. The output of the sensor, which consisted of a stream of digitized pulses whose period was proportional to the sensed temperature, can be interfaced with a controller or a computer. The data acquisition system would then give a direct readout of the temperature through the use of a look-up table, a built-in algorithm, or a mathematical model. Because of the wide range of temperature measurement and because the sensor is made of carefully selected COTS parts, this work is directly applicable to the NASA Fundamental Aeronautics/Subsonic Fixed Wing Program--Jet Engine Distributed Engine Control Task and to the NASA Electronic Parts and Packaging (NEPP) Program. In the past, a temperature sensor was designed and built using an SOI operational amplifier, and a report was issued. This work used an SOI 555 timer as its core and is completely new work.


The author presents considerations on logopaedics as a science, exposing the interdisciplinary character of this discipline. The problem discussed in the paper is depicted in the context of two processes observed in science, namely dividing and combining knowledge. Against this background the author analyzes the subject and tasks of logopaedics, taking into account linguistics, pedagogy and psychology. She also presents preliminary results of survey research concerning the understanding by speech therapists of the interdisciplinarity of logopaedics, the specific nature of diagnosis and therapy methods which, in the opinion of respondents, are specific to logopaedics. She also points to the major tasks of logopaedics which are connected with ordering the methodology of proceeding and the education process.


Three dimensional computational fluid dynamic (CFD) calculations of a typical prismatic very high temperature gas-cooled reactor (VHTR) were conducted to investigate the influence of gap geometry on flow and temperature distributions in the reactor core using commercial CFD code FLUENT. Parametric calculations changing the gap width in a whole core length model of fuel and reflector columns were performed. The simulations show the effects of core by-pass flows in the heated core region by comparing results for several gap widths including zero gap width. The calculation results underline the importance of considering inter-column gap width for the evaluation of maximum fuel temperatures and temperature gradients in fuel blocks. In addition, it is shown that temperatures of core outlet flow from gaps and channels are strongly affected by the gap width of by-pass flow in the reactor core.


Owing to improved living standards and changing dietary lifestyle. dining away from home becomes a part of our daily life beyond any special event...


This paper presents the design and analysis of a wearable CMOS biosensor with three different designs of energy-resolution scalable time-based resistance to digital converters (RDC), targeted towards either minimizing the energy/conversion step or maximizing bit-resolution. The implemented RDCs consist of a 3-stage differential ring oscillator which is current starved with the resistive sensor, a differential to single ended amplifier, an off-chip counter and serial interface. The first design RDC included the basic structure of time-based RDC and targeted low energy/conversion step. The second design RDC aimed to improve the rms jitter/phase noise of the oscillator with help of speed-up latches, to achieve higher bit-resolution as compared to the first design RDC. The third design RDC reduced the power consumption by scaling the technology with the improved phase-noise design, achieving 1-bit better resolution as that of the second design RDC. Using a time-based implementation, the RDCs exhibit energy-resolution scalablity, and consume 861nW with 18-bit resolution in design 1 in TSMC 0.35um technology. Design 2 and 3 consume 19.1uW with 20-bit resolution using TSMC 0.35um, and 17.6uW with 20-bit resolutions using TSMC 0.18um, respectively (both with 10ms read-time, repeated every second). With 30ms read-time, design 3 achieves 21-bit resolution, which is the highest resolution reported for a time-based ADC. The 0.35um time-based RDC is the lowest-power time-based ADC reported, while the 0.18um time-based RDC with speed-up latch offers the highest resolution. The active chip-area for all 3-designs are less than 1.1 mm^2.


We study the effects of holographic renormalization on an AdS/QCD inspired description of dynamical electroweak symmetry breaking. Our model is a 5D slice of AdS{sub 5} geometry containing a bulk scalar and SU(2)xSU(2) gauge fields. The scalar field obtains a vacuum expectation value (VEV) which represents a condensate that triggers electroweak symmetry breaking. Fermion fields are constrained to live on the UV brane and do not propagate in the bulk. The two-point functions are holographically renormalized through the addition of boundary counterterms. Measurable quantities are then expressed in terms of well-defined physical parameters, free from any spurious dependence on the UV cutoff. A complete study of the precision parameters is carried out and bounds on physical quantities derived. The large-N scaling of results is discussed.


This is a trunking base of the kind whose bottom (11) has at least two fixing holes (17) longitudinally spaced from the autre.Suivant the invention, each of these holes fixing (17) is closed by a plug (18) capable of being elimine.Application in particular to ducts for electrical equipment.


SIR, Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a connective tissue disease with unknown aetiology, which involves not only the skin but also various internal organs [1, 2]. SSc is characterized by (i) excessive production and deposition of extracellular matrix, (ii) injury of endothelial cells, and (iii) an immunological abnormality in which various cytokines or mediators released from inflammatory cells infiltrate the dermis [3]. A number of proinflammatory or fibrogenic cytokines produced by activated cells of the immune system may contribute to extracellular matrix deposition and vascular damage in SSc. Halofuginone is an alkaloid originally isolated from the plant Dichroa febrifuga. A recent study demonstrated that this agent suppresses the synthesis of collagen in avian skin in vivo [4]. In vitro, halofuginone attenuates collagen synthesis and the expression of the collagen gene in avian and murine skin fibroblasts [5]. Halofuginone specifically inhibits a1(I) collagen gene expression without affecting the synthesis of other types of collagen, such as types II and III [5, 6]. It also prevents skin fibrosis in two models of scleroderma: murine chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGvHD) and the tight-skin mouse [7]. Bleomycin has been demonstrated to increase collagen synthesis in cultured fibroblasts [8–11], and an in vivo study also showed that mRNAs for procollagens I and III and fibronectin were selectively up-regulated after instillation of bleomycin [12]. Bleomycin-induced lung injury is a well-known mouse model which resembles human pulmonary fibrosis [13–15]. We have recently established a mouse model of scleroderma induced by bleomycin [16–19]. In this model, dermal sclerosis mimicking human scleroderma both histologically and biochemically is induced by repeated local injections of bleomycin for 3–4 weeks. In the present study we examined the therapeutic effect of halofuginone on the development of dermal sclerosis induced by bleomycin in this model. Specific pathogen-free female C3H mice (purchased from Sankyo Labo Service, Tokyo, Japan), aged 594 Letters to the Editor


Recent findings in a family with X-linked recessive ichthyosis are presented. The first description of this family in the literature was given and correctly diagnosed by Csorsz in 1928. His paper can


Many algorithms in scientific computation produce sequences of matrices. Examples include direct and iterative algorithms in computational linear algebra and time marching and iterative algorithms for partial differential equations. Insight into both the algorithms and the physical phenomena being modeled is gained by interpreting the matrix sequence as a time-varying surface defined on a uniform grid and rendering this surface with three-dimensional, color, animated computer graphics. Additional matrices can be used to define nonuniform grids and supply color derived from other functions. The underlying tools include the following: (1) MATLAB: Math Works' matrix laboratory; (2) Titan: Ardent's graphics supercomputer; and (3) Dore: Ardent's dynamic object rendering environment. The paper provides a description of each one.


A massive explosion in Taichung, Taiwan, in 2016, which was attributed to the thermal decomposition of o,o‐dimethyl phosphoramidothioate, resulted in one fatality and one injury. This accidental explosion stemmed from certain elements being absent from process safety management (PSM), including process safety information, the management of change, process hazard analysis, mechanical integrity, operating procedures, training, and the pre‐startup safety review. Problems encountered during the promotion of PSM were also identified, such as the hazards associated with highly hazardous chemicals at normal temperatures and pressure as outlined in the safety data sheet and the fact that these may be different from those under the conditions of the process. © 2017 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Process Process Saf Prog 37:104–109, 2018


RESPIRATORY disease can lead to severe financial losses and welfare implications in sheep flocks. Individual animals may be affected or outbreaks can occur, with losses due to mortality, reduced production – poor or delayed growth in fattening lambs with a greater feed consumption for finishing, and illthrift and poor milk production in adult ewes – and treatment costs. This article discusses how to reduce the impact of the condition in flocks and describes specific methods for the control and treatment of common pathogens. An article in the last issue (In Practice, April 2008, volume 30, pp 200-207) discussed the diagnosis of respiratory disease in sheep and its potential aetiologies.


The research presents the knowledge production process of 2nd grade children from a school in the Administrative Region of Paranoa, DF. Geographical and historical knowledge about children's localities is constructed in an authorial way and has their experiences as a starting point and path for a process of strengthening belonging to the territory. The research demonstrates that producing knowledge through dialogue and in a participative way allows to create the school in the territory in a loving and political way. It is an action-research with children that has the study of the environment as a methodology of practical-theoretical support.


Abstract According to Islamic Financial Service Board (IFSB), Sukuk are certificates that represent the holders' proportionate ownership in an undivided part of underlying asset where the holder assumes all right and obligations to such asset. The emergence of Sukuk in Islamic capital markets is a significant development that provides alternative funding avenue for corporate entities, government and financial institutions. Despite the tremendous growth of Sukuk finance globally, the phenomenon is relatively new in Nigeria, though the regulator, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued guidelines for the operation and placing of Sukuk in the country, apart from Osun State Government that has listed its Sukuk and the recent FGN Sukuk issuance, evidence shows that, none within the corporate and financial bodies had listed any Sukuk in Nigeria. It is against this backdrop that this paper aims at assessing the role of Sukuk financing in nation building with special reference to the recent Sukuk issuance by the Federal Government for the rehabilitation of Federal roads across the six geo-political zones of the Country. The researchers adopted analytical and descriptive approaches in this study. The main findings of the paper have shown that despite the novelty of Sukuk finance to Nigerian context, it has incalculable impact on nation building. It also revealed that Ṣukūk have many economic benefits and potentialities to Nigerian economy in terms of economic growth, financial inclusion, diversification, Liquidity Control and infrastructural financing, among others.


The implementation of co-operative outdoor navigation and control of a team of quadcopters, using GPS-based localization is presented. A testbed of quadcopters is indigenously developed using commercial off-the-shelf components. In this article, the complete design process based on open source hardware (ArduPilot Mega) and software (AeroQuad) is documented, which includes the structure of the autopilot, control structure for various autonomous modes, and the integration of the fully distributed navigation algorithms. Our experiments reported here achieve completely decentralised and autonomous outdoor co-operative flights using solely open source components.


Ho11ClTe16O48: An Extremly Chlorine-Poor Chloride Oxotellurate(IV) of Trivalent Holmium

While attempting to synthesize Ho2Te3O9 by reacting Ho2O3 with TeO2 (800 °C, 12 d) chloride from the CsCl flux was incidently mobilized and as by-product, Ho11ClTe16O48 (triclinic, ; a = 551.52(3), b = 1193.54(6), c = 1834.63(9) pm, α = 100.814(3), β = 95.443(3), γ = 100.175(3)°; Z = 1), the first example of this new composition in the field of lanthanoid(III) chloride oxotellurates(IV) has been obtained. The six crystallographically different Ho3+ cations experience a six-, seven- and eightfold coordination through oxygen atoms (d(Ho3+−O2−) = 221 – 280 pm), leading to octahedral, triangle-square polyhedral, capped trigonal prismatic and square antiprismatic coordination figures. Initially, the corresponding [HoOn] polyhedra convene to layers parallel to the (001) plane via edge and corner sharing which again combine to a [Ho11O48]63− network via other individual [(Ho6)O6] octahedra and [(Ho2)2O4/2O4/1] chains along [100], whose three-dimensional characteristic is unique among the lanthanoid(III) oxotellurates(IV) known to date. The eight crystallographically independent Te4+ cations exhibit coordination numbers of 3 and 3+1 in relation to oxygen, except Te1 with 3+1 O2−plus 1 Cl− as anionic neighbours. Apart from isolated [TeO3]2− polyhedra (Ψ1 tetrahedra: d(Te4+−O2−) = 184 – 196 pm) only double and triple groupings occur even in considering secondary Te4+···O2− contacts (d′(Te4+···O2−) = 218 – 264 pm). As with HoCl[TeO3], the tellurium-oxygen partial structure does not get beyond a "zero-dimensional" expression. The Te4+ cations adjust so well while lining the empty cavities within the network, that still only two Te4+-decorated channel types (oval and round) remain unoccupied, offering space for the non-bonding electron pairs ("lone pairs"). The Cl− anions reside in the bigger oval channels (d(Cl−−Te4+) = 286, 352 and 358 pm, 2 × each). In the default of binding Ho3+−Cl− contacts, the correct description of this new compound would thus be holmium(III) oxochlorotellurate(IV) Ho11[Te16O48Cl] according to Ho11[TeO3]2[Te2O6]2[Te3O9]2{Cl[Te2O6]2}. The presence of chloride was not only detected by the structure refinement on the basis of X-ray diffraction data, but also even in such small quantities by elementary analysis with the electron-beam microprobe.


Background/aims To assess spectral domain-optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) contribution to choroidal osteoma characterisation. Methods A retrospective chart review of a series of patients diagnosed with choroidal osteoma, which included patient, clinical, ultrasonographic, photographic and SD-OCT imaging. Results 11 patients were included in this series. Their mean age was 42.5 years (median=43.0; range, 14–73). Using statistical analysis, the mean basal diameters of tumours as derived from fundus photographs (5.2 mm) and ultrasound images (6.4 mm) were significantly different (paired t-test, p=0.03). Tumours were SD-OCT hyporeflective in two cases, isoreflective in seven cases and hyper-reflective in two cases. Intrinsic reflectivity of the tumour was inhomogeneous in four cases. The overlying choroid was compressed by the tumour in eight cases and the retina exhibited degenerative changes in five cases. Conclusion This study revealed that SD-OCT provided deeper and higher resolution images of choroidal osteoma when compared with previous studies using time domain-OCT. These findings offer new insights into the pathophysiology and diagnosis of choroidal osteoma.


In recent years the concept of civil society has gained scholarly attention world-wide. It has found numerous advocates in the West, such as John Keane who suggested democratizing European socialism by defending the distinction between civil society and the state; Michael Walzer who proposed synthesizing socialist, capitalist and nationalist ideals under the rubric of civil society; and Daniel Bell, who called for a revival of civil society in the United States as a protection against the expanding state bureaucracies. In 1992 alone, at least three books on the subject appeared. In Eastern Europe, proponents of the civil society concept – like Vaclav Havel, George Konrad and Adam Michnik – have been credited with developing an extremely useful theoretical tool for overthrowing Stalinist authoritarianism. A volume consisting of case studies of seven former or present socialist countries found that the notion of civil society is generally applicable to the study of Communist systems, as long as the influence of different cultures and traditions of individual countries are fully acknowledged. The civil society paradigm, despite its basic European orientation, has also been recognized as applicable to the study of developing countries.


Abstract The main objective of current research paper to determine psychological adjustment Psychological effects upon students' belong to nuclear and joint family system of Pakistan. The sample was consisted of 100 students (50 male and 50 female) belonging to different family structures. The study was delimited to the students studying in 9th grade. It was hypothesized that female and male students belonging to nuclear and joint family structure did not differ in their psychological adjustment. For data collection personal information questionnaire was filled by the students first, and then Reynolds Adolescent Adjustment Screening Inventory (RAASI) was managed to determine their psychological problems. After data collection their responses were scored by applying Mean, Standard Deviation and t-test. Significant difference did not expose between psychological adjustment of students in nuclear and joint family structure.


This paper provides a window subassembly and interior symbasis board handling implement that is used for interior symbasis board handling implement. In some embodiment, a window subassembly that is used for interior symbasis board handling implement can include: the window main part that has internal surface and surface, the window main part includes: center translucent part, center translucent part is configured as makes the radiation heat of launching from the radiation heating lamp pass center translucent part to and surface treatment's part, surface treatment's part centers on center translucent part sets up and sets up at every the internal surface with on the surface, surface treatment's part is configured as the minimizing and follows the radiation heating lamp is launched the total internal reflection of radiation heat, and one or the sealing member of a plurality of molding, the sealing member of molding is neighbouring the outer fringe setting and the setting of window main part are in every of window main part the internal surface with on the surface.


At least one carboxyl group and at least one comprising an organic substance containing a hydroxyl group at the surface, and a BET specific surface area of 0.1 m or less


Globidal cam has been used widely as a high-speed and high-precision mechanism.It is unavoidly to bearing great load during the motion transimision.Then it is necessary to analyze the stress deforming,and forecast the carrying capacity during the working process.Aimming at these problems,the FEM model of the globidal cam has been built,and the load conditions of the globidal cam,especially the load distribution between gear teeth when it is double-roller meshing.At last,the weak points have been analyzed by the example,and the analysis results can provide the theory and measures for the optimizate design of the globidal cam.


Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of the evolution of consumption patterns associated with ageing on the relative importance of industries in Portugal, quantifying the changes in production, value added, imported intermediate inputs and employment. Design/methodology/approach - This paper uses data from the Family Spending Survey to disaggregate the household column of the Portuguese input-output table in different age groups, projecting their consumption, using the latest demographic projections made by Statistics Portugal (INE). Findings - The study identifies the industries that are likely to be stimulated by the ageing of the Portuguese populations, as well as the industries that will most likely become disadvantaged by the process. Social implications - The task of identification of growing and declining industries due to ageing is important to help the design of employment, environmental and social policies. Originality/value - The contemporary demographic trends in Western societies have added to the importance of studying the economic and social consequences of ageing. The main issues have been the labour market effects, the sustainability of social security systems and long-term care. In this paper, we address a different research topic, quantifying the sectoral impact of the evolution of consumption patterns associated with ageing. This can be useful in addressing the structural challenges of the rapid ageing of the population, common to most of the developed economies.


Shumianning is a new compound anesthetic for dogs and cats.On the basis of intramuscular and intravenous anesthesia,we evaluated the effect of constant rate infusions of shumianning by microinjections pump on cardiopulmonary functions and effect of anesthesia in this study.Eight mongrel dogs were induced with shumianning(0.05 mL·kg)-1,and then received the constant rate infusions of 0.1 mL·(kg·h)-1 for 1 hour by microinjection pump.Some indexes,such as heart rate(HR),respiratory rate(RR),body temperature(RT),blood pressures,SpO2,PetCO2 and blood gas,were measured and the effects of analgesia,sedation and muselerelaxation were observed every five minutes.Anesthesia induced with shumianning was quick and the administration with the constant rate infusions was smooth and safe during the period of anesthesia.RR,RT,SpO2,PetCO2 and blood gas were not significantly changed during the anesthesia period(P0.05),compared with preanesthesia.HR and blood pressure were significantly lower than the base value at individual time point(P0.05),but all parameters were in the normal physiologic range.It suggested that the anesthesia of shumianning was quick,the anesthesia with constant rate infusions was smooth,the stage of surgical anesthesia was long enough,stage of analepsia was short,and cardiopulmonary effect was small.Apnea,emesis,and salivation were not seen during the period of anesthesia.


Algorithms designed for machine vision applications such as medical imaging, surveillance, etc., very often require some kind of comparison between images. While the brain can compare complex objects with ease, the same is usually a very difficult task for algorithm designers. Comparison between objects requires a proper definition of a metric that determines the similarity of the objects. This paper briefly investigates the problems about commonly used metrics (Hamming, Hsausdorff), and shows another method: the nonlinear wave metric, describing its advantages, and its application in practice.


The subject of this bachelor thesis is to describe the problems of the introduction of CNG technology in operation in DPMP, a.s. In the first part is the description of organization (DPMP, a.s.),structure of organization, including the capture of the partition of responsibilities between workplaces. The second part focuses on the introduction of CNG technology. The last part deals with the evaluation of the savings from the introduction of this technology.


Background.— Among the most common chronic pain conditions, yet poorly understood, are temporomandibular disorders (TMDs), with a prevalence estimate of 3‐15% for Western populations. Although it is increasingly acknowledged that central nervous system mechanisms contribute to pain amplification and chronicity in TMDs, further research is needed to unravel neural correlates that might abet the development of chronic pain.


Background: Reliable SARS-CoV-2 serological assays are required for diagnosing infections, for the serosurveillance of past exposures and for assessing the response to future vaccines. In this study, the analytical and clinical performances of a chemiluminescent immunoassays for SARS-CoV-2 IgM and IgG detection (Mindray CL-1200i), targeting Nucleocapsid (N) and receptor binding domain (RBD) portion of the Spike protein, were evaluated. Methods: Precision and linearity were evaluated using standardized procedures. A total of 157 leftover serum samples from 81 hospitalized confirmed COVID-19 patients (38 with moderate and 43 with severe disease) and 76 SARS-CoV-2 negative subjects (44 healthcare workers, 20 individuals with rheumatic disorders, 12 pregnant women) were included in the study. In an additional series of 44 SARS-CoV-2 positive, IgM and IgG time kinetics were also evaluated in a time-period of 38 days. Results: Precision was below or equal to 4% for both IgM and IgG, in all the studied levels, whilst a slightly significant deviation from linearity was observed for both assays in the range of values covering the manufacturer's cut-off. Considering a time frame [≥] 12 days post symptom onset, sensitivity and specificity for IgM were 92.3% (95%CI:79.1%-98.4%) and 92.1% (95%CI:83.6%-97.0%). In the same time frame, sensitivity and specificity for IgG were 100% (95%CI:91.0%-100%) and 93.4% (95%CI:85.3%-97.8%). The assays agreement was 73.9% (Cohen's kappa of 0.373). Time kinetics showed a substantial overlapping of IgM and IgG response, the latter values being elevated up to 38 days from symptoms onset. Conclusions: Analytical imprecision is satisfactory as well as the linearity, particularly when taking into account the fact that both assays are claimed to be qualitative. Diagnostic sensitivity of IgG was excellent, especially considering specimens collected [≥]12 days post symptom onset. Time kinetics suggest that IgM and IgG are detectable early in the course of infection, but the role of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in clinical practice still requires further evaluations.


I have taught Introduction to American Literature to English Education students of the Graduate School at Dongguk University. I prepared a course...


Experimental research is an established method in Information Systems Research and well suited for Design Science Research (DSR). Our review of 71 published research articles aims at contributing to the DSR body of knowledge by systematically collecting the dependent and independent variables experimentally tested. Here, we identify a lack of cumulative research in DSR as only very few theory constructs are (re-)used. The paper provides several implications for theory and an outlook on potentially fruitful avenues for future research.


A crime fiction collection that displays the Irish gift for storytelling, covering over a century of writing, in an anthology of murder, mystery and suspense. The book contains stories from: William Trevor, Gerald Griffin, James Joyce, Elizabeth Bowen, Nicholas Blake, Rearden Connor, Samuel Lover, Richard Dowling, George A. Birmingham, Eimar O'Duffy, Flann O'Brien, Brendan Behan, Brian Cleeve, Sean O'Faolain, Lord Dunsany, Peter Cheyney, Edmund Crispin, Frank O'Connor, Benedict Kiely, Liam O'Flaherty, Cathal O'Sandair, M. McDonnell Bodkin, Dorothea Conyers, Freeman Wills Crofts, L.A.G. Strong and Peter Tremayne.


The dynamic analysis of cracked thin rectangular plates subjected to a moving mass, first is investigated in this paper. To this end, the eigenfunction expansion method is utilized to solve the ruling differential equation of motion. For the first time, intact plate orthogonal polynomials, in the combination with the well-known corner functions, as a composition, are employed in the governing equation, required the professional computer programming, to solve the equation. The proposed solutions, afford upper bounds for the true solutions, which is a property of an appropriate numerical solution. Parametric investigations, are performed to determine, effects of moving mass weights, moving mass velocities, crack lengths, crack angular orientations, and plates' aspect ratios, on dynamic responses of cracked thin rectangular plates. The results confirm, that the moving mass, has a greater impact, than the moving load on dynamic responses of cracked thin rectangular plates. Furthermore, there are non–monotonous nonlinear relations, between altering dynamic responses of cracked thin rectangular plates with various boundary conditions, and modifying moving mass weights, moving mass velocities, crack lengths, inclined crack angles, as well as plates' aspect ratios respectively. plate form structures to moving forces random


Starting with an introduction to surface acoustic waves, their generation and detection using interdigital transducers (IDTs) on piezoelectric materials (e.g. LiNbO3 and ZnO) will be reviewed. Then the application of surface acoustic waves in electronic devices will be presented. Moreover, recent studies, using the technique of attaching the material of investigation onto the sound path of the acoustic delay line between the IDTs is discussed.


Abstract Brandholzite, a new magnesium antimony hydroxide hydrate mineral, Mg(H2O)6[Sb(OH)6]2, has been discovered in Au-Sb-Quartz veins of the former mining district of Brandholz-Goldkronach, Fichtelgebirge, Germany. The new mineral is associated with stibnite and antimony-ochers and forms colorless, platelike crystals up to ~1 mm in size. Natural as well as synthetic samples obtained by slow evaporation of an aqueous solution exhibit {101̅0} twinning, leading to a pronounced ̅3̅1m pseudo-symmetry. The crystal structures of brandholzite and its synthetic analogue were investigated using single crystal X-ray CCD data: trigonal, space group P3, Z = 6, a = 16.119(1) Å, c = 9.868(1) Å, R1 = 0.034 for 14788 Fo > 4σ(Fo) (brandholzite), and a = 16.113(1) Å, c = 9.868(1) Å, R1 = 0.029 for 16624 Fo > 4σ(Fo) (synthetic analogue) and 525 variable parameters each. The structures are isotypic with bottinoite, Ni(H2O)6[Sb(OH)6]2, and are built up by nearly regularly shaped, isolated Mg(H2O)6 and Sb(OH)6 octahedra which are interconnected by hydrogen bonds only. The strongest lines in the powder pattern are [d-value (Å), I, hkl]: 4.636, 100, (300); 3.392, 70, (302); 4.946, 50, (002); 2.356, 40, (332). At 589 nm, the mineral is optically uniaxial negative with refractive indices nω = 1.570(2) and nε = 1.569(2). The crystal structure of the pseudo-isotypic synthetic compound Co(H2O)6[Sb(OH)6]2 was also investigated: trigonal, space group P3, a = 16.105(1), c = 9.851(1), Z = 6, R1 = 0.051 for 13516 reflections with Fo > 4σ(Fo) and 525 parameters. Compared to the Mg-antimonates and bottinoite, a significant rotation of some Sb(OH)6 octahedra is observed in Co(H2O)6[Sb(OH)6]2.


It is usually difficult to obtain pathological evidence from gallbladder tumors before surgery and chemotherapy; however, histological diagnosis of gallbladder tumors is necessary for determining the treatment policy.[1] In recent years, EUS-FNA is reportedly useful to obtain a t issue for the diagnosis of gallbladder mass lesions. However, EUS-FNA for gallbladder tumor has a risk of bile leak and needle-track seeding by puncturing fluid space.[2,3] We report a new technique of EUS-FNA with contrast‐enhanced harmonic imaging (EUS‐ FNA‐CHI) for accurately and safely obtaining t issue from a gal lbladder mass to clarify the borderline between the gallbladder tumor and fluid spaces. [4] In this letter, we report usefulness of EUS-FNA-CHI for diagnosis of gallbladder tumor.


Leadership construction is a complex balancing act (Grint 2005). Universally it seems that leaders are required to present themselves as decisive and authoritative, but in different cultures these requirements need to be weighed alongside competing and even contradictory sociocultural expectations (Jackson and Parry 2001). Consequently, those who aspire to be successful leaders must be aware of and negotiate a wide variety of constraints in accomplishing the project of constructing a convincing leadership identity. Relevant constraints range from broad societal and institutional constraints, through those based in the cultural norms of particular organisations and communities of practice, to the situational constraints of a specific interaction. Underpinning all these in New Zealand society is the influence of Maori cultural values and interactional norms (Ka'ai & Reilly 2004).

Drawing on the extensive research of the Wellington Language in the Workplace project (Holmes and Stubbe 2003, www.victoria.ac.nz/lals/lwp), this talk explores the challenge that balancing and negotiating competing constraints presents for those who aspire to effective leadership in New Zealand organisations. Data recorded by leaders in three different organisations is used to illustrate the relevance of culture and social context in the construction of an appropriate leadership identity in New Zealand. The analysis examines, in particular, the subtle ways in which the different constraints are evident in the discourse of leaders in Maori and Pakeha organisations.


In response to a request by Dr. Mumford, the Chairman of the Committee on Anesthesia of the American Medical Association, Dr. Charles A. Powers of the committee has asked me to give late data on the use of nitrous oxid in surgery. In doing this it is impossible to omit reference to the excellent papers presented to the Section on Surgery at its session of 1908. In 1868 Andrews, of Chicago, first used a combination of nitrous oxid and oxygen. It is interesting to note that the French were the first to consider nitrous oxid as an anesthetic for long operations. In 1880 Paul Bert published an article 1 on the use of nitrous oxid in protracted surgical operations. In the same year Boddaert published the report of the commission on a mixture of nitrous oxid and oxygen. 2 In the last ten years it has tended to become more prominent


A communication apparatus includes: a data generating unit that generates write data to be sent to any other communication apparatus at an arbitrary timing; a communication unit that repeatedly sends a read request to the other communication apparatus until the write data is generated and, at the same time, repeatedly receives a read response sent from the other communication apparatus in response to the read request; and a data acquisition unit that acquires read data, which is sent along with the read response by the other communication apparatus, when the read data is generated at an arbitrary timing by the other communication apparatus.


Purpose
This paper aims to illuminate the diverging approaches to marijuana-related drug enforcement at the federal and state levels in the USA, which have facilitated a boom in the US medical cannabis industry (i.e. the "Green Rush"). It further sheds light on how the USA' aggressive extraterritorial approach to anti-money laundering (AML) enforcement might simultaneously suppress the banking of cannabis-related businesses in Jamaica due to the lingering fear of de-risking.

Design/methodology/approach
An international and comparative legal and policy analysis was conducted of the nexus among shifting drug enforcement policies, AML laws and the banking of cannabis-related businesses.

Findings
This study found that the constitutional relationship between the US federal government and states has created a de facto comparative advantage for the US medical cannabis-related businesses that benefit from limited access to financial services. This was found to pose far-reaching implications for the banking and development of the Jamaican cannabis sector due to the dependence of the country's financial institutions on correspondent banking relationships with the US banks that are regulated by federal AML statutes.

Originality/value
To the best of the author's knowledge, this paper is the first of its kind to examine the extraterritorial regulatory risks to the banking of cannabis-related businesses in Jamaica.


Just as there are odors that dogs can smell and we cannot, as well as sounds that dogs can hear and we cannot, so too there are wavelengths of light we cannot see and flavors we cannot taste. Why then, given our brains wired the way they are, does the remark, "Perhaps there are thoughts we cannot think," surprise you? Evolution, so far, may possibly have blocked us from being able to think in some directions; there could be unthinkable thoughts.' (Hamming, 1980). 'We have preconceptions about how an intelligent robot should look and act, and these can blind us to what is already happening around us. To demand that artificial intelligence be humanlike is the same flawed logic as demanding that artificial flying be birdlike, with flapping wings. Robots will think different. To see how far artificial intelligence has penetrated our lives, we need to shed the idea that they will be humanlike.' (Kelly, 2012). In the essay The Doctors of Tomorrow Will Be Supercomputers, published online at futurism.com, Leary (2017) says doctors will be replaced by artificial intelligence-fed supercomputers. This is in line with many theorists and futurists including Kelly (2012) who, on a more "material" level, declared in Wired: Even those areas of medicine not defined by paperwork, such as surgery, are becoming increasingly robotic. The rote tasks of any information-intensive job can be automated. It doesn't matter if you are a doctor, lawyer, architect, reporter, or even programmer: The robot takeover will be epic. And it has already begun.'[Kelly,2013] For this last author, with whom I can only agree, if we are now at a 'point of inflection' in the use of robots, it is because they have become intelligent machines . Indeed, intelligence is the whole question...


A recent area of significant progress in speaker recognition is the use of high level features—idiolect, phonetic relations, prosody, discourse structure, etc. A speaker not only has a distinctive acoustic sound but uses language in a characteristic manner. Large corpora of speech data available in recent years allow experimentation with long term statistics of phone patterns, word patterns, etc. of an individual. We propose the use of support vector machines and term frequency analysis of phone sequences to model a given speaker. To this end, we explore techniques for text categorization applied to the problem. We derive a new kernel based upon a linearization of likelihood ratio scoring. We introduce a new phone-based SVM speaker recognition approach that halves the error rate of conventional phone-based approaches.


e14038Background: White matter changes (WMC) can develop following systemic chemotherapy and may be associated with neurocognitive decline. High-dose methotrexate (HD-MTX) is the most commonly used...


A hygiene cleaning device that prevents cleaning water from splashing on a human body and sufficiently prevents human wastes from adhering to a toilet bowl. The hygiene cleaning device (100) has a toilet bowl nozzle (40). The toilet bowl nozzle (40) has a toilet bowl nozzle body (41) and a jet flow forming member (42) inserted in the toilet bowl nozzle body (41). A gap is provided between the toilet bowl nozzle body (41) and the jet flow forming member (42) so that the jet flow forming member (42) is freely movable in the toilet bowl nozzle body (41). If the gap functioning as a flow path for the cleaning water were non-uniformly formed,the distribution of pressure in the flow path would be non-uniform to cause a jet flow ejected from the toilet bowl nozzle (40) to be a deviated flow. However, because the jet flow forming member (42) is freely movably installed, the pressure of the cleaning water acts in the direction in which the gap becomes uniform. As a result, the position of the jet flow forming member (42) is automatically corrected to make the jet flow from the toilet bowl nozzle (44) uniform.


This thesis is focused on residential type of suburbanization process. First, I deal with the meaning of the suburbanization definition and terms related to this topic. Next, I am concerned about economic, social and ecological impact of suburbanization in subur-banization areas, and also selection of socio-geographic methods of research. Throughout this thesis, there are touches on history of the suburbanization process in Great Britain, USA and Czech Republic. Current process of suburbanization is demonstrated on case studies of the cities like Prague, Brno and Ostrava. The primary target of my thesis is to apply new approach to research of suburbanization and afterwards analyze migration data of model area, which is located inside the administrative borders of regions Prague - East and Prague - West.


Swarm robotics is a biologically inspired approach that has been popularly used for tasks that require miniaturisation and fault tolerance at low cost. Constituents in a swarm communicate by means of stigmergy, a mechanism where common information is stored in the environment by the individuals. We model the storage and retrieval of this communication in swarm robotic systems with decentralisation using Blockchain Technology. Blockchain lets a group of agents reach consensus as well as exchange data without the need for a central authority, just like in a swarm. Construction of structures is a common problem that can be solved by using swarm robotics. In this paper, we apply the blockchain approach to decentralisation of swarm systems to construct 2-D structures with blocks in a multi-bot environment as a Proof of Concept.


The house of quality (HOQ) involves subjective and ambiguous information typically through a likert scale. It is important to validate consistency of such input in the HOQ before rating the final importance of technical equirements. Previously, a methodology was developed to test the consistency of relationship strengths in the HOQ between roof matrix and relationship matrix. We described disadvantages of the previous method and propose a new approach based on the permutation test. Advantages of the proposed method are illustrated with an example.


This study examined predictors of weight change in Mexican American adolescents. 80 overweight Mexican American children were randomized to receive either the intensive intervention or self help program. Physiological (e.g. standardized BMI (zBMI), percent body fat, and tanner stage), psychological (e.g. weight dissatisfaction, and health related quality of life), and behavioral (e.g. change in zBMI at 3 months) variables taken at baseline were examined. A stepwise regression was conducted to determine predictors of weight loss at 6 months and accounted for 57.1% of the variance in explaining weight change ( p<.001). Significant predictors of change in zBMI at 6 months included: zBMI at baseline (β= ‐.11, p<.05), change in zBMI at 3 months (β=.70, p<.001), and psychosocial functioning (β=‐.10, p<.05). Change in zBMI at 3 months accounted for 44% of the variance, while psychosocial functioning, and zBMI at baseline accounted for 3.9, 5.4 and 4.1% of the variance, respectively. Overall, the behavioral predictors accounted for the largest amount of the variance in explaining change in zBMI at 6 months. While psychological and physiological variables were significant predictors of weight change, behavioral changes may be the most important predictor. Psychological variables were unrelated to weight change.


Reserach evidence of eeficay of sce reening and treatment of substance abuce (including alcohol) as well as risk drinking of alcohol, in pregnacy. Effetct of treatment on the mothers and the phoetu ...


IntroductionOver more than 30 years of reform and opening up, the Chinese ec onomy has become increasingly internat ionalized, and the current "one belt, one road" initiative, as well as the "going out" strategy, accelerates the grow th of China's foreign investment. According to the World Investment Report 2014 published by the Un ited Nat ions Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on June 24th, 2015, China's outw ard foreign direct investment (FDI) tended to exceed its inward FDI in a short time, turning China into a net investor. Data from the International Finance News showed that China's outward FDI reac hed US$116 billion in 2014 with a 15.5% yearly inc rease. Should the reinvestment of the third place capital be inc luded, the figure could be around US$140 billion and higher than that of inw ard foreign investment ; thus, China has already been a net exporter of capita l in 2014. In stark contrast to the rapid grow th of foreign investment volume, Chinese enterprises repeatedly enc ountered diffic ulties abroad, and many have suffered huge losses due to the failure of their overseas projects (Fu, 2014). The "one belt, one road" initiat ive stimulates China's foreign investing activit ies and facilitates cross-national cooperation; meanwhile, how to mitigate investment risks turns out to be a top issue on the agenda for Chinese enterprises. In rec ent years, a number of scholars and professionals have inquired into the legal and ethical risks in Chinese enterprises' overseas investment with impressive results. The classification and the sourc eof foreign investment risks are among the most conc erned research topics, and the study on operationa l risks is particularly systematic. Based on the present situation of China's FDI, this article aims to inform Chinese enterprises of the challenges with regard to legal and ethical issues in foreign investing activities and propos es suggestions on how to achieve sustainable business by identifying the investment risks and analyzing their root causes.Legal and Ethical Risks for Overseas Investment by Chinese EnterprisesLegal Risks for Overseas Investment by Chinese EnterprisesThe legal risks of overseas investment that Chinese enterprises are confronted with are related to the general leg al environment of the host country, the acquisition project, the target company, the initial negotiat ion and bargaining, the terms of the ac quisition, the potential default of the counterparty, the changing of applicable laws, the approval of the host government, and the compliance of the operation (Zhang, 2013).At the operational level, the legal r isks to Chinese enterprises investing abroad lie in the following stages of project development and implementat ion: (1) preparation stage, (2) early stage, (3) mid stage, and (4) later stage.Legal Risks in the Planning of Overseas InvestmentThe legal risks during the pre -investment preparation. The legal risks during the foreign investment preparation are main ly the risks of the feasibility of the overseas investment projects itself , espec ially the investment target selection and the investment loc ation choice.For the investment target selection, on the one hand, the firms know a litt le about the liabilit ies mode and the actual business model of the company, whic h lead to unsustainab le status after completion of the acquisition, and they have to file for bankruptc y. On the other hand, the situation that we consider ill for market access rules leads to the national security litig ation, which results in mergers and acquisitions failures. In addition, many factors, such as the credit status of the contract counterpart and other factors, should also be taken into ac count. Firms may bear the risks of unforeseen conditions about the contract counterpart's credit terms. The typic al case is that the enterprise involves in the dispute a third person in the exerc ise of subrogation or canc ellat ion right. …


INTRODUCTIONAge is a common factor used in legislation and by society to establish rights, privileges, behavioral expectations and, often pejorative stereotypes. (Eglit, 2009). Older workers are often considered less employable the longer they remain unemployed. (Manger, 2014). In recognition of these realities, Congress enacted the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) "to promote employment of older persons based on their ability rather than age; to prohibit arbitrary age discrimination in employment; and to help employers and workers find ways of meeting problems arising from the impact of age on employment." (Civil Rights Act).The ADEA's origin arose from a 1964 Executive Order issued by President Johnson declaring a public policy against age discrimination in employment. In 1967, after considerable debate, Congress passed the ADEA in order to eliminate age discrimination. The Congressional debate addressed a balancing of the right of older workers to be free from age discrimination in employment with the employers' prerogative to control managerial decisions. The ADEA, and its numerous amendments, are intended to recognize these competing interests by prohibiting arbitrary age-based discrimination in the employment relationship. Most states subsequently adopted their own anti-discrimination laws, largely patterned on the precepts of the ADEA protecting workers. (Special Committee on Aging, 1992).But not all anti-discrimination laws are created equal. Although the ADEA has been described as "...part of a wider statutory scheme to protect employees in the workplace" along with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (race, color, gender, national origin and religion); the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (disabilities); the National Labor Relations Act (union activities) and; the Equal Pay Act of 1963 (sex), the ADEA has a more narrow scope than these other regulatory schemes. (Crawford v. Median General Hospital, 1996). In fact, except for the substitution of "age" for "race, color, religion, sex, or national origin," the language defining "prohibited employer practices" under the ADEA and Title VII is identical. Unlike Title VII, however, the ADEA significantly narrows its coverage by permitting any "otherwise prohibited" activity. (Smith v. City of Jackson, 2005].Furthermore, unlike the Title VII regulatory schemes that prohibit categories of conduct that have historically plagued minority groups in society in the fields of employment, housing, consumer financing, and other social benefits, the ADEA and other age-based discrimination laws limit their applicability solely to employment and labor organization matters. (Swift, 2006). Exacerbating this difference in the scope of age versus Title VII forms of other discrimination is an apparent reluctance or inability by the courts to enforce age discrimination laws in a consistent manner. A 2004 study that analyzed age-based rulings versus racial and gender discrimination cases indicates a direct correlation between the judges' age and their sensitivity to age discrimination. The youngest judges were less sympathetic to age discrimination claims than older judges. (Manning, Carroll and Carp, 2004).Thus, in the almost fifty years since the passage of ADEA, the growth of federal and state laws prohibiting age discrimination suggest age-based discrimination is virtually as pernicious in American society as racial and gender discrimination. (Neumark, 2003). This problem is exacerbated by the fact that Baby Boomers appear to be postponing their retirements during the economic downturn which began in 2008, thus creating greater numbers of workers who may become victims of age discrimination.The U.S. is aging - individuals over the age of 40 constitute 55.5% of the total population. Twenty-four percent of those employed in the workforce are 54 years old and older, and this number is expected to increase to at least 34% by the year 2020 (Department of Labor, 2013). …


In this paper, we report a new rotor topology of the reluctance synchronous motor (SynRM) with auxiliary flux barriers. In order to analyze the performance of the new topology, SynRM models with the auxiliary flux barriers are compared to traditional SynRM models. At this time, each model is optimized considering five characteristics: 1) specific power, 2) torque ripple, 3) efficiency, 4) total harmonic distortion of voltage, and 5) power factor. For the purpose of simultaneously optimizing the five characteristics, a many-objective optimization, NSGA-III, is applied. Moreover, the two-dimensional finite element method is employed for the precise simulation of the motor performance.


: Today, with the development of blockchain and Internet of Things technologies, we need authentication protocols and key exchanges to communicate with these different technologies. Symmetric and asymmetric encryption methods are used to design authentication and key exchange protocols, each of which has different computation costs. In the Internet of Things systems, due to the limited memory and computation power, researchers are looking the lightweight design protocols so that the pressure caused by the computation of protocols can be minimized. Calculating protocols' computational and communication costs was done manually until now, which was associated with human error. In this paper, we proposed an E3C tool that can calculate the computation and communication costs of the authentication and key exchange protocols. E3C provides the ability to compare several protocols in terms of communication and processing costs and present them in separate charts. Comparing the processing and communication costs of classical and modern protocols manually and with the E3C indicate that the E3C can calculate the processing and communication costs of authentication and key exchange protocols with 99.99% accuracy.


Extending the range of local area surface networks by using small aircraft to relay traffic to geographically distant areas is a frequently considered topic in military network technology development. This paper considers the use of a modular pod design for incorporating highly directional antennas and associated electronics into small aircraft to perform such range extension. In particular, the paper examines trade-offs in network topology design introduced by pod-based antenna blockages. Using certain modeling approximations, the paper presents a quantitative analysis showing design trade-offs among several design parameters, including the number of antenna beams supported by the pod design, the number of surface nodes to be supported by each aircraft, and the topology characteristics of the aerial relay network. The analysis suggests that low-degree air topologies such as rings and strings be used to maximize the connection availability of surface nodes, and to optimize a trade-off between connection availability and the total number of surface nodes that can be connected to the backbone (and hence to each other). The analysis also results in an optimization criterion for the formation and maintenance of low-degree air topologies.


Debate is supposed to be an excelent model of an analytical and communicative process that students learned. In this activity , students have much more opportunities to explore their speaking ability and to share argument critilly and cooperatively. The aim of the research was to describe the application of English debate to enhanced student's speaking ability. The research design was classroom action research conducted in two cycles with two meeeting each. Each cycles consisted of planning , implementation, observation, and reflection. While for data collection, the research used some intruments i.e observation both in preliminary study and in the action , journal , questionnaire and handy cam. The finding showed that after cycle II was implemented, there were 25  from 34 students who actively participated in the speaking activity , and the average score of the students speaking ability could reach 9 the students questionnaires about the english debate showed that the students felt more confident to speak after the implementation of english debate, and even debate could be very satisfying and entertaining.


This paper is a report of a research in progress. The purpose of the paper is to investigate English study program students in making use of website to display their response toward literary works. The inquiry also covers a new paradigm of literary appreciation, the application of reader response strategy and visual symbol response. The paradigm combines both responses in order to sharpen cognitive, affective, and psychomotor aspects which are very essential in learning process. This paper will also elaborate the procedure of displaying students' response.
This paper highlights the use of media and technology in appreciating literary works. After reading certain and similar short story available in many websites, the students can comment on it. They, then, apply the reader response strategy in order to express their personal response and deep feeling toward the characters of the story. Lecturer provides them with a special website to be their spot to comment on each other. Ultimately, their appreciations are able to be responded by other visitors.
It is a qualitative study. The data entailed are taken by observing and interviewing. These instruments facilitate the researcher to dig up deeply the sample's way of appreciating literary works, their interest of responding short stories by applying the new paradigm, and of displaying the stories in special website. The study is analyzed qualitatively. A content analysis is conducted in answering the research questions.


The work carried out was to develop a model of the human upper body. The model developed took into account five displacement characteristics of the subject, and five optimizing parameters. The model was applied on 18 healthy, un-amputated participants for the scenario of grasping an insulated, flat, two-core power cable for a lamp to determine the effect EMI has on electromyography sensors due to capacitive coupling. The experiment evaluated four cases which covered the combinations of using each hand to grasp the cable and two rotational orientations of the cable in the grasp. The unique parameters for each participant model were fine-tuned to achieve the lowest average error given certain criteria. The resulting average error across all participants for modelling the four cases was 27.4 %. The lowest average error achieved for a single participant was 9.6 %.


Sm(CobalFe0.1CuxZr0.03)7 (x = 0.0–0.25) ribbons have been prepared by melt spinning. The effects of annealing parameters on coercivity and its temperature dependence have been studied systematically. It is found that the melt-spinning technique remarkably improves the magnetic properties and simplifies the annealing process. The high-performance precipitation-hardened magnets can be obtained by only short-time ageing and slow cooling from 850 to 400 °C, without the standard solid solution. More interestingly, the temperature coefficient of coercivity of the ribbons can be tuned through adjustments of the processing parameters.


With the development of deep learning, almost all single-domain proteins can be predicted at experimental resolution. However, the structure prediction of multi-domain proteins remains a challenge. Achieving end-to-end protein domain assembly and further improving the accuracy of the full-chain modelling by accurately predicting inter-domain orientation while improving the assembly efficiency will provide significant insights into structure-based drug discovery. In addition, the available GPU memory limits the size of a full-chain protein which can be predicted. Based on the divide-and-conquer strategy, the single-domain structure is predicted by the state-of-the-art prediction method, such as AlphaFold2, and then assembled into a full-chain model through the domain assembly method, which can effectively reduce the demand for hardware resources. In this work, we propose an End-To-End Domain Assembly method based on deep learning, named E2EDA. We first develop an EffificientNetV2-based deep learning model (RMNet), which is specialised for predicting inter-domain orientations. The RMNet uses an attention mechanism to predict inter-domain rigid motion by fusing sequence features, multiple template features and single-domain features. Then, the predicted rigid motions are converted into inter-domain spatial transformations to assemble full-chain models of multi-domain proteins directly without time-consuming simulation processes. Finally, a scoring strategy, RMscore, is designed to select the best model from multiple assembled models to improve assembly accuracy. The experimental results show that the average TM-score of the model assembled by E2EDA on the benchmark set (356) is 0.84, which is better than other domain assembly methods SADA (0.80), DEMO (0.74) and AIDA (0.63). Meanwhile, on our constructed human protein dataset from AlphaFold DB, the model reassembled by E2EDA is 6.8% higher than the full-chain model predicted by AlphaFold2, indicating that E2EDA can capture more accurate inter-domain orientations to improve the quality of the model predicted by AlphaFold2. Furthermore, the average running time of E2EDA on the benchmark is reduced by 74.6% compared with the domain assembly simulation method SADA, which indicates that E2EDA can effectively improve assembly efficiency through an end-to-end manner.The online server is at http://zhanglab-bioinf.com/E2EDA/.


The construction of intra-party democracy at primary level in rural area is one of pursuits of CPC.Its development improves governance capacity of the party at the grass-root level,increases democratic consciousness of villagers,and produces democratic atmosphere in the countryside.There are some shortcomings in the democratic construction of party at primary level due to poor education and governance capacity of some rural party members.It is a must to increase democratic education,reinforce the system construction of grass-root party democracy,build the long-term mechanism of primary-level party democracy,enhance a contingent of high-calibre leading cadres in the grass-root party and create harmonious atmosphere for construction of basic-level party democracy.


We consider the inhomogeneous Neumann-boundary value problem for the nonlinear Schrodinger equations on the half-line. We present sufficient conditions of initial and boundary data which ensure asymptotic behavior of small solutions to the equations by using the classical energy method and factorization techniques.We consider the inhomogeneous Neumann-boundary value problem for the nonlinear Schrodinger equations on the half-line. We present sufficient conditions of initial and boundary data which ensure asymptotic behavior of small solutions to the equations by using the classical energy method and factorization techniques.