The purpose of this conference is to bring together mathematical scientists and engineers interested in the computational aspects of harmonic analysis. The central conference theme is \wavelets" in the broadest sense, covering time-frequency and timescale analysis, subband coding, fast numerical computations, spline methods, multi-scale algorithms, approximation theory, a n d v arious applications. We h a ve o ver 100 participants coming from 21 countries. The program includes 89 presen-imaging. We believe y ou will nd these topics of interest. We also hope that you will take some time to explore this exciting city, and wish you an enjoyable stay in Hong Kong. ii Acknowledgments We gratefully acknowledge the generous funding by the following organizations and institutions for the conference. The registration desk provides a good source of general information about Hong Kong. You will nd maps and brochures from the Hong Kong Tourist Association suggesting exciting places to dine or visit. Our host will help you with any other information to make y our stay more comfortable. Transportation You may t a k e trains from the Hotel to CityU. The Royal Plaza Hotel is located above the Kowloon-Canton Railway (K CR) station at Mongkok. From here it is one stop (in the direction of Lo Wu) to the Kowloon Tong Station, where signs direct pedestrians to the Concourse downstairs and then to CityU. CityU can be assessed via Exit C of Kowloon Tong station. The University link tunnel is located on Level LG1 of the Festival Walk shopping mall and takes you directly to the campus. Badges All attendees are requested to wear their name badges. Members of the organizing committee and conference assistants are always ready to assist you. Hang Seng Bank at CityU will cash your travellers' cheques upon presentation of your passport. They also provide limited foreign currency exchange services. iv Message Board A Message Board will be located in the Purple Zone Atrium (outside Lecture Theatre 18). All messages received for participants will be posted on this board. Email service is available at the Computer Laboratory of the Department of Mathematics in room Y6502. (Please take l i f t n umber 9 to the 6 th oor). Urgent emails during the conference should be directed to email@example.com Fax messages can be sent to (852) 2788 7446. Please ask our conference secretary or assistants for help if you need to send or receive a …


Abstract This paper presents a modification of the Multiple Model Adaptive Estimation concept. A trade-off problem between tracking the process and distinguishing the models is pointed out and an adaption of the elemental filters is proposed. The adaption scheme modifies the filters such that the predicted measurements not become too close in some sense. This has considerable influence on the distinguishability of the filters and thereby the properties of the Multiple Model Adaptive Estimation algorithm. Stability of the method is considered, and a simulated example demonstrates the method.


The identification of seed purity is the key reference standard for assessing the seed grade and quality,and it is also the important and difficult work of the seed quality identification in China.With the rapid development of modern biotechnology,the seed purity identification technology has developed from the traditional morphological marker identification to a comprehensive identification technology system,which contains morphological,biochemical,and DNA marker identification.The main seed purity identification technologies at present were simply introduced,with their application,advantages and disadvantages analyzed,and the development of the seed purity identification technology was also predicted.


The present invention relates to a method for the production of collagen-like compounds containing hydroxylated proline residues. Of specific interest is the production of recombinant collagen-like compounds in which hydroxylation of proline residues is achieved by a prolyl hydroxylase from a fungus, preferably a yeast, in particular Hansenula polymorpha. Also the invention concerns a method for controlling the hydroxylation of proline residues by such a prolyl hydroxylase characterised by the addition of collagen-like oligopeptides, such as gelatine hydrolysate, in particular gelatone or peptone.


This study was undertaken to determine the release period of EPF-like substance(s) in in vivo fertilized rat ova and in vitro fertilized bovine ova. Using the rosette inhibition test, EPF-like substance(s) were detected in the culture media of in vivo fertilized rat and in vitro fertilized bovine ova a few hours after putative ovulation and insemination, respectively. In conclusion, it is confirmed that EPF-like substance(s) are released by in vivo fertilized rat ova and in vitro fertilized bovine ova a few hours after putative fertilization.


In the present work, bismuth-based nanoparticles of various compositions were obtained by pulsed laser ablation of a metallic bismuth target in water and air using a Q-switch Nd:YAG laser (wavelength of 1064 nm, pulse duration of 7 ns, frequency of 20 Hz, and pulse energy of 160 mJ). Then the samples were annealed in air at temperatures up to 600°C. A comparative analysis of the obtained powders was carried out using methods of X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, specific surface area measurements, IR-Fourier and UV-Vis Spectroscopy. The photocatalytic activity of the synthesized materials in the process of Rhodamine B decomposition under irradiation of a LED source (375 nm) was also studied.


Biodiversity is a difficult concept. It can be introduced to young children successfully, laying the foundations for further study in later years. This article describes one practical activity for 5‐ and 6‐year‐old children.


Salmonella spp. remain among the most important agents of foodborne diseases worldwide. The importance of Salmonella spp. in public health is linked to their wide range of antimicrobial resistance and to their pathogenicity and virulence in both human and animal hosts. The aim of this study was to determine the antimicrobial resistance patterns for Salmonella serotypes isolated from poultry sources in Brazil and to detect virulence-associated genes and verify their association with specific serotypes. A total of 163 strains of Salmonella enterica isolated from poultry sources in Southern Brazil were selected, and each belonged to one of 11 different serotypes. They were tested against ten antibiotics and examined for the presence of 26 virulence-associated genes by PCR. S. Typhimurium, S. Bredeney, S. Schwarzengrund and S. Tennessee showed the highest overall resistance rates. Approximately 18% of Salmonella strains were classified as multidrug-resistant strains. Our results indicate associations between antimicrobial resistance and specific serotypes. Most of the investigated genes presented a high frequency and a regular distribution, regardless of the serotype. Eight genes are positively or negatively associated with at least one serotype. The observed associations between antimicrobial resistance and specific serotypes are useful in developing specific control and treatment measures for each serotype. Despite the virulence genes being evenly distributed among the serotypes, some of these genes are associated with specific serotypes, and sefA, sopEand lpfA were selected as possible markers of Salmonella serotypes.


This chapter addresses such topics as organizational principles underlying the development and functioning of codes, organizational constraints to the promulgation of codes, and organizational possibilities for the development of codes of conduct in higher education.


In order to provide theory basis for economic analysis of reclaimed water, the investment and operating cost were investigated. Through theory and data analysis, the cost function of reclaimed water treatment in Beijing was analysed. It is a reference for Beijing government to determine the price of reclaimed water.


An exact and intuitive picture of point-particle dynamics is allowed by the Hamiltonian ray-tracing system associated with the time-independent Schrödinger equation, starting from any wave-front assignment. Matter waves may be viewed as a general property of moving particles.


Lesley Milmine, the Montessorian of the Year in the recent EYE awards, shows how children can get the most out of soap.


In the two-dimensional quantum model defined by Hamiltonian H(x,y)= 1/2 Delta x,y+( alpha + lambda cos y)( delta (x-a)+ delta (x+a)) we revealed a particular solution with positive energy exponentially decreasing as mod x mod to infinity in spite of the tunnelling effect. The existence of these canalized states cannot be explained in terms of one-dimensional quantum theory and must be referred to as an ingenious interaction between different degrees of freedom.


In recent years, the development of blockchain and edge computing is very quickly. Compared with centralized cloud scenario, edge computing help to improve the efficiency of it. The end devices can undertake some of the work load to reduce the pressure of centralized cloud devices. Blockchain technology help to enhance the security of the whole network, and it is also an emerging technology. However, the reliability of blockchain-based edge computing network (BBECN) is still a challenge, few of the recent research focus on the reliability evaluation of it. To make up the research, in this paper, a continuous-time Markov chain (CTMC) model is proposed to calculate the reliability of BBECN. In this paper, 4 experiments are proposed to evaluate the influence of different influence factors and compare them. The research work of this paper will help to optimize the architecture design of BBECN.


Colibacillosis is one of the leading causes of disease-related economie loss in the poultry sector. Fluoroquinolones are frequently used antimicrobials for the treatment of APEC infections in Europe and Asia. However, rapid development and selection of resistance to this class of antimicrobial drugs is a significant problem. The objective was to investigate the occurrence of antimicrobial resistance against enrofloxacin in APEC strains in Flanders by determining the minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIG) and the mutant prevention concentrations (MPC) and by characterizing resistance genes through PCR, gel electrophoresis and gene sequencing. 126 APEC strains from broilers with clinical colibacillosis were obtained via Animal Flealth Care Flanders (DGZ) and Sciensano (November June 2018). Slide agglutination was used to test for 01, 02 and O78 antigens. The MIC was determined using a commercial gradiënt strip test (Liofilchem s.r.L, Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy). The MPC was determined through the agar dilution method on the clinically susceptible (MIC < 0.25 pg/mL) and the clinically intermediate (0.5 pg/mL < MIC < 1 pg/mL) strains. Ninety-six of the 126 strains were serotyped so far and the MIC of these strains was determined. O78 was the most prevalent serotype (17%). The majority of the strains (69%) could not be identified. Fourty-three percent of the strains were non-wild type (ECOFF: 0.125 Pg/mL), 23% were clinically intermediate and 11% were clinically resistant (MIC > 2 pg/ml). The MPC values of the clinically susceptible strains ranged from 0.25 pg/ml to 2 pg/mL. Some strains with low MIC values (e.g. 0.016 pg/mL) had rather high MPC values (e.g. ipg/ml), thus portraying a large mutant selection window (MSW). The MPC values of the clinically intermediate strains ranged from 1 pg/ml to 32 pg/ml. The remainder of the strains (0=30) will be serotyped and MIC and MPC values will be determined. From all the non-wild type strains, the presence of plasmid-associated resistance genes (qnrS, A, B) and the sequence of chromosomal resistance genes (gyrA, parC) will be evaluated as wel!. These results will be presented at the conference. Acknowledgements: The authors would like to thank Sciensano for the supply of the APEC strains. This research is supported by the Special Research Fund of Chent University grant number BOF17/STA/014. 32


The distribution of ground displacement due to the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake was obtained from the analysis of the synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite image and the relationship with damage to the low-pressure gas distribution pipes was investigated. First, we estimated the co-seismic ground displacement with an accuracy of approximately 0.04 m by differential interferometric SAR (D-InSAR) analysis of the PALSAR-2 imagery on the ALOS-2 satellite which observed the affected area before and after the earthquake. Then, we calculated the displacement of the quasi-east-west and the quasi-vertical directions from the combination of two line-of-sight (LOS) displacements estimated from two pair images with different observation conditions and examined the relation with damage ratios of gas distribution pipes. As the results, a correlation between the gradient of the ground displacement and the damage ratio was found and the damage ratio tended to increase as the gradient became larger.


INTRODUCTION At birth, numerous physiologic changes must occur for a fetus to successfully make the transition to a neonate. Despite the complexity of this process of adaptation to extrauterine life, of approximately 3.5 million babies born annually in the United States only 6% of newborns require advanced life support in the delivery rooms. 1 The support required increases to 80% among newborns who weigh less than 1500 grams. The American Heart Association guidelines for neonatal resuscitation recommend that positive pressure ventilation (PPV), when indicated, be administered by bag and mask. 1 In large university hospitals this task is usually fulfilled by neonatologists, who are present 24 hours a day. An obstetric anesthesia work force survey conducted by Hawkins et al., in 1992, found that anesthesiologists performed neonatal resuscitation in 4% of vaginal deliveries and 6% of cesarean deliveries. 2 In a 1991 survey of midwestern community hospitals routine involvement of anesthesia personnel in neonatal resuscitation was noted by 31 % of respondents. 3 RESUSCITATION OF A NEWBORN RESUSCITATION OF A NEWBORN CAN BE DIVIDED INTO 4 MAJOR STEPS 1. Initial stabilization and evaluation: This consists of drying, positioning the neonate under radiant warmer to minimize heat loss and suctioning of mouth and nose (racheal suctioning if meconium present). This should only take approximately 20 seconds


. The importance of the aggregates studies could be presented from the following perspectives: elaboration of the soil studies to substantiate the projects of arrangement, organization and exploitation of the meadows; elaboration of (naturalistic) soil studies prior to the preparation of forestry arrangements; elaboration of the soil studies necessary to substantiate the projects of complex arrangement of the slopes in order to prevent and control erosion on agricultural land in non-irrigated regime; elaboration of the soil studies in order to recover the lands degraded by social-economic activities. The researches consists in highlighting the influence of the shelterbelts on the evolution of the soil in the immediate area of it, compared with the soil developed inside the shelterbelt, starting from the premise: degraded lands, recovered through shelterbelts, in order to ensure full protection of agricultural crops, it must also have a high degree of soil amelioration, a low risk of erosion and erosivity.


As fiscal pressures continue, government at all levels are searching for new ways to fund needed infrastructure improvements. Expanding the revenues from various forms of gambling is an option that has been frequently considered. Only rarely, however, are proposals supported by a comprehensive analysis. This paper reviews the principal costs and benefits that are relevant in evaluations of gambling expansion proposals. Recommendations for researchers and policymakers are presented and discussed. For the covering abstract of this conference, see IRRD number 872510. (A)


The high cost of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) maintenance related to field fatigue cracking requires the need for a better understanding of pavement fatigue phenomena, especially under typical Canadian conditions. The fatigue resistance of HMA pavement depends on many factors such pavement thickness, age, traffic loading and the quality of materials used in the asphalt mix. The mechanism of fatigue crack initiation and propagation involving the microstructure damage under repetitive load is not well-defined. This paper describes and validates a microstructure Finite Element Model (FEM) based on a two-dimensional (2D) digital image to predict the fatigue life considering the asphalt concrete mixtures' heterogeneity effect on beam response. The numerical results were validated with the experimental outcomes of four Superpave asphalt mixes based on a four-point bending test. The mixes include Recycled Asphalt Shingles (RAS) and Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP). Viscoelastic material properties of the asphalt cement are included in the model based on available dynamic modulus data. The result of a microstructure model showed a better understanding of stress and strain distribution in fatigue beam compared to the macrostructure. A good correlation has also been observed between the measured and FEM predicted values for the mixes used in the study. (A) For the covering abstract of this conference see ITRD record number 201402RT334E.


Welding with weaving has been used widely to obtain better weld quality and improve the weld efficiency by obtaining the wide weld bead. In this paper, a trajectory planning method based on piecewise function is developed. The proposed method aims to ensure the continuity of velocity in the process of welding. To satisfy continuity requirement, the cycloidal trajectory is employed to construct the piecewise function. At last, the experimental platform which is composed of 6-axis robot is used to verify the method. The simulation and welding experiment results showed that this method can process more input weaving parameters and generate an accurate trajectory,which verified the practicability and effectiveness of the method.


With the popularity of varied networks,storage networks of high availability are needed urgently by enterprises.In this paper,a Recovery-Oriented self-Adaptable Replication Protocol(ROARP),superior to the existing ones and fit for varied complex storage networks,was introduced based on the study of the high availability of complex storage networks.


We consider a mapping S of the form S = α0I + α1T1 + α2T2 +···+ αkTk, where αi ≥ 0 ,α 0 > 0 ,α 1 > 0 and k=0 αi = 1. We show that the Picard iterates of S converge to a common fixed point of Ti (i = 1, 2 ,...,k ) in a Banach space when Ti (i = 1, 2 ,...,k )are nonexpansive.


This paper focus on the problem of estimating the region of attraction of nonlinear control systems that can be put in a rational algebraic-differential form. The estimates are computed by means of invariant domains associated to rational Lyapunov functions. The saturation effects are taken into account by the use of a generalized sector condition for deadzone nonlinearities. These ingredients lead to the formulation of an LMI-optimization problem for computing regions of stability for the closed-loop system.


In this article we theoretically derive a typology that explicates the psychological, operational, and stakeholder antecedent influences on organizational resilience. Using both qualitative and qua...


Characteristics of acute illness There are several reports on fatality rates among children with early neurological illnesses. For infantile spasms, rates range from around 10 per cent (Chevrie and Aicardi 1978, Brown and Livingston 1985) to nearer 20 per cent (Aicardi 1986). Jeavons et al. (1973) found that 22 per cent of the 150 children they followed up had died, mostly before reaching four years of age. O'Donohoe (1985) reported a comparable fatality rate. Estimates of mortality following febrile convulsions are highly variable (Hauser 1981). Nelson and Ellenberg (1978), in the American Perinatal Project, reported no deaths among children with febrile seizures of any duration. However, rates as high as 10 per cent have been reported (Ekholm and Niemineva 1950). Many authors have noted that high rates tend to be found only when there are underlying illnesses, or when children have additional neurological abnormalities or non-febrile convulsions (Hauser 1981, Spreen et. al. 1984, Wallace 1988). Table 4.1 shows that almost one in five of our case children had died. This was a much higher fatality rate than among the controls (0.4 per cent). The rate varied greatly with diagnostic group: it was greatest for those with encephalopathies or 'other' severe convulsions, and least for those with severe febrile convulsions.


Abstract The mitogenome of a soft coral, Eleutherobia rubra (Brundin, 1896), was completely sequenced for the first time. The total mitogenome length of E. rubra is 18,724 bp with 14 protein-coding genes, two ribosomal RNA genes, one transfer RNA gene (tRNA–Met), and one non-coding region (NCR). The gene order is also consistent with other Alcyoniidae species. The base composition is 30.1% A, 16.7% C, 19.5% G, and 33.7% T, with a G–C content of 36.2%. This is the first record of the complete mitogenome sequence of the genus Eleutherobia.


The Meeting Room exhibition explores the meeting point between the physical and the metaphysical and asks how these apparently two distinct entities not only co-exist but interact; what is the relationship between the mind and body, between consciousness and the physicality of the human brain?

The work Bradley Starkey submitted for the exhibition develops the application of magnets and magnetics fields that he pioneered in his Doctoral Design Research.


ABSTRACT Consumers use different strategies to lead companies to behave environmentally. While boycotts are the most common ones, buycotts are relatively novel and more research is needed to understand this new phenomenon. This study aimed to comparatively investigate the antecedents (self-enhancement, moral obligation, expected efficacy) and consequences (self-esteem, subjective well-being) of participation in boycotts and buycotts. Besides, self-esteem is expected to be both a predictor of subjective well-being and also a mediator between participation intention and subjective well-being. The study also investigates the moderating effects of materialism on the impacts of participation motivations. According to the results, all hypotheses related to direct and indirect effects were supported, and the relationships were observed differently for boycotts and buycotts. Also, we found some significant moderator effects of materialism.


In the spring of 2009, eight pairs of silkworm verities from northern sericultural scientific collaboration area were taken to do the laboratory identification. The investigation items, contents, time and methods are all carried out according to the "Common Rules to Identify Silkworm Varieties of Northern Sericulture Area". Observations on silkworm rearing, cocoon-spring investigation, silk quality were combined to find out their rearing characteristics and grades, and the brief overview and analysis to all varieties were also provided.


The objective of this paper is to reconstruct permafrost thawing at 71°N of Arctic Siberia during the termination of the Little Ice Age and the subsequent Recent Warming. Sediment samples from Lake Dalgan of the Taimyr Peninsula were analysed by high-resolution X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy at 1 mm scan resolution, and Fourier-transform infrared techniques. Intense permafrost thawing was calculated from the level of terrigenous and leached matter supplied by meltwater into the lakes. We defined three episodes of increased permafrost thawing during the last 170 years. The first maximum of permafrost melting occurred from 1870 to 1880, the second episode was from 1900 to 1930 and the third began from 1960 and continues to date. During these periods, maxima of permafrost melting occurred with a specific time lag following temperature maxima.


To change the pattern of rural health services and guide people to make full use of rural health services, since 2013, the Rural Health Service Center of Luzhou Road, Heyang, Hefei City has fully implemented the "Domestic Physician Responsibility System Service" with rural area as a carrier, family as a unit, prevention as a guide, and health as a goal, and vigorously publicized (knock step) signing services (specific measures), strict institutional arrangements (key), and fulfilling services (fundamental). After the implementation of the responsibility system of family doctors, residents' awareness of hypertension, diabetes, treatment rate, control rate, utilization rate of rural health services, satisfaction rate, etc., were significantly higher than before, and all had statistical significance. The implementation of the responsibility system for family doctors can enable rural residents to enjoy economic, convenient and high-quality medical and health care services, and improve the quality of life of patients with chronic diseases. The family doctor accountability system meets the needs of the government and rural residents for the development of rural health services.


&NA; The intensive care unit (ICU) waiting room is a dynamic place that influences the satisfaction of families of critically ill patients. Waiting‐room comfort and amenities are important, because families often spend a great deal of non‐visiting time there. A quality improvement evaluation of the ICU waiting room at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, PA, was conducted. Methods included distribution of an 18‐item family survey, ethnographic observations, interviews, and assessment of the physical environment. Findings suggest that the role of the receptionist and access to food and other services were important to families and influenced their assessment of the quality of services provided by the ICU.


Objective To analyze the differences and the similarities of the chromatic characteristics among different human lung cancer cell lines,compare the results from drop sections with that from paraffin sections.Methods Cytological samples include four human lung cancer cell lines A549,GLC-82,H358 and H2009 cells from drop sections and A549,GLC-82 and H358 cells from paraffin sections.Computer image analysis was applied to test the chromatic parameters,including Rp、Gp、Bp、Rn、Gn、Bn、rp、rn、gp、gn、bp、bn.Results The results of measurement showed that the chromatic parameters among A549,GLC-82,H358 and H2009 in drop sections,and them among A549,GLC-82 and H358 in paraffin sections had significant difference(P0.05).The chromatic parameters in drop sections were significant different from that in paraffin sections(P0.05).The drop sections were agree with the paraffin sections for the judgement of the same chromatic parameters diversity(P = 0.048),but the consistency was weak(Kappa = 0.313).Conclusions The chromatic parameters show significant differences among different lung cancer cells both in drop sections and paraffin sections,which may be used to identify different lung cancer cells.The chromatic parameters between drop sections and paraffin sections show significant difference,but weak consistency,therefore,they should be applied differently.


Due to the global challenges that are posed by the Anthropocene and the academic focus on the fragmented state of modernity, we extend an invitation for shared dialogue on the all-pervading nature of consumerism as the seemingly problematic ethos of Western consumer culture. To this end, we outline a way to approach consumerism as an implicit religion, theorized as having adopted functionalities related to explicitly faith-based traditions within secular settings. We suggest that a similar kind of holistic and multidimensional approach might be of great benefit in the implementation of sustainability, as this would allow, e.g., (i) a more holistic analysis of the all-pervading nature of consumerism; (ii) acknowledgement of the functional diversity of the phenomenon; (iii) recognition of the shallowness of the critique of consumerism as a way of life; and, (iv) shared dialogue across a spectrum of academic perspectives under a unified model. This approach problematizes standard interpretations of consumerism as being about the promotion of the individual against the collective and as leading to a general sense of purposelessness. The perspective of religion reveals how patterns of consumption become illuminated with meaning and connected to a shared way for individuals to articulate a sense of purpose in contemporary contexts.


Studies report that high rates of prostituting women seek substance use treatment, and that most of these women have children in their care. However, compared to non-prostituting women, they show poorer treatment outcomes. Effective intervention for this population is needed, and the current study is the first to test family therapy with mothers seeking substance use treatment, who also reported prostitution. Sixty-eight treatment-seeking women with children in their care were randomly assigned to receive twelve sessions of Ecologically-Based Family Therapy or twelve sessions of individual treatment. Results showed that women who received family therapy reported greater reductions in substance use and depressive symptoms as well as greater improvements in their mother-child interactions. Findings underscore the importance of offering family therapy as a treatment option when prostituting women with children seek substance use treatment.

Practitioner points
It has proved difficult to meet the unique needs of prostituting women, and this article offers practical assistance to practitioners serving this population
Ecologically-Based Family Therapy (EBFT) shows promise, having some superior outcomes compared to an individual therapy with prostituting mothers
Substance use treatment facilities should strongly consider including EBFT for these women and their children as an adjunct to treatment


The purpose of this study is to classify the inaccuracies of inga no setsuzokugo types (conjunctions of cause and effect) and keiki no setsuzokugo (adverbial conjunction) that often occur because some of the setsuzokugo have the same meaning in Indonesian. These inaccuracies made the writer's intended message could not be understood. The data in this study were sentences in Japanese essays in which there are inaccurate uses of setsuzokugo by class 2016 from the Japanese Language Department, State University of Surabaya. Subjects used in the study were a total of 20 people and were decided based on random classes. The method used was descriptive, while the data analysis technique used techniques for segmenting immediate constituents technique or abbreviated as BUL.  Also, there were 3 other supporting techniques, such as advanced and deletion techniques, adding interruption and substitution techniques.  The results of this study indicated that the type of inga no setsuzokugo in which inaccuracies often occurred was "sorede" 10 in total, "dakara" 6. For the no setsuzokugo keiki that often went wrong was "soshite" 10 in total, and "sorekara" 7 in total.


The multifunctional scavenger receptor stabilin‐1 (STAB1, FEEL‐1, CLEVER‐1, KIAA0246) was originally identified as the MS‐1 antigen, expressed by sinusoidal endothelial cells in human spleen. Extensive histological studies revealed that stabilin‐1 is also expressed by tissue macrophages and sinusoidal endothelial cells in the healthy organism; its expression on both macrophages and different subtypes of endothelial cells is induced during chronic inflammation and tumorigenesis. In vitro induction of stabilin‐1 in macrophages requires the presence of glucocorticoids. Stabilin‐1 is involved in two intracellular trafficking pathways: receptor mediated endocytosis and recycling; and shuttling between the endosomal compartment and trans‐Golgi network (TGN). The latter intracellular pathway of stabilin‐1 trafficking is mediated by GGAs, clathrin adaptors that interact with the DDSLL motif in the cytoplasmic tail of stabilin‐1. When expressed by alternatively activated macrophages, stabilin‐1 mediates the uptake and targeting for degradation of acLDL and SPARC, a regulator of tissue remodeling. Likewise, stabilin‐1 in macrophages is involved in intracellular sorting and lysosomal delivery of the novel stabilin‐1‐interacting chitinase‐like protein (SI‐CLP). Indirect evidence suggests that stabilin‐1 is involved in adhesion and transmigration in various cell types (including tumor cells, leukocytes, and lymphocytes); however, its rapid recycling and scant level of surface expression argue against its universal role in cell adhesion. In summary, stabilin‐1 is a homeostatic receptor which links signals from the extracellular environment to intracellular vesicular processes, creating a potential impact on the macrophage secretion profile.


Abstract We present results of an air/water interfacial study of the calcium-binding protein, calbindin D 9k . The isotherm displays two inflection points. One at low surface pressures earmarks the limit of the gaseous state of the monolayer and represents the coexistence of two phases. The second inflection point appears at higher surface pressures and is likely associated with the expulsion of segments from the interface. Results found with a film formed with a mutant protein (three charged amino acids are replaced by neutral groups) suggest that the monolayers are not greatly expanded at the pH of the experiments. However, with the mutant protein monoplayer both inflection points are substantially diminished. In this paper we also demonstrate the utility of plotting the area derivative of the surface pressure in the interpretation of monolayer behavior.


The aim of this study was to improve quality of teaching factors and lifestyle thinking lesson of the first secondary school principals and teachers in County of najafabad in Academic year 2013-2014. This research was done with descriptive and Survey method. The statistical community all administrators and instructors ' course in first secondary school life styles of thinking consists of 155 people. Statistical estimation of sample size formula was determined by the Cochrane sample members and 107 people after random sampling proportional to the sample size were selected. Measuring instruments was consists of a principal researcher 7 and 57 closed questions answered By which two segments to create the sample data in the first part of the second section and demographic factors affecting the improvement of the quality of teaching was thinking and lifestyle course. In order to confirm the validity of the questionnaire was used professionals face. Reliability of the questionnaire was calculated by cronbach's alpha stand only. Statistical analysis of this research in two levels of descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were performed. In the descriptive statistics statistical attributes such as frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation, and t-test statistical inference on the part of the singlevariable test, Friedman, and analysis of variance was used. The results, after analysis of the data showed that among the factors affecting the quality of teaching the course of thinking and life style includes educational content, teaching methods, the use of information technology and educational instruments and evaluation of trainers at the level of p <0.01 is meaningful.


Persuasive technologies and nudging are increasingly used to shape user behaviors in applications ranging from health and the environment to business. A thorough understanding of the effectiveness of nudges across different contexts and whether they affect user perception of a system is still lacking. We report the results of a controlled, quantitative study with 20 participants which focused on testing the effectiveness of three different nudges in an e-commerce environment and whether their use has an impact on participants' trust. We found that products nudged via an anchoring effect were more frequently "bought" by participants, and that while participants deemed a store version implementing nudges and one which did not to be equally trustworthy, they perceived the former as technically inferior. Overall we found the effects of nudging to be less dominant than reported in previous studies.


Starting from the point that "the improvement of teaching medium is an important breakthrough in achieving good teaching results", the author sets forth the important role of multimedia CAI courseware in material mechanics teaching, introduces self developed material mechanics multimedia CAI courseware and its design process and functions. It also discusses how to improve the teaching quality of material mechanics with the help of this courseware.


ABSTRACT Existing literature suggests that religion plays a significant role in migrants' social and cultural capital, engaging them with their ethnic communities both within and across the host countries' borders. This article proposes that religion provides a mechanism for migrants to reconstitute their spaces under the subjugation of a migratory structure. The article reports findings of a case study of Thai technical intern trainees who are guest workers in Japan, examining their religious practices and the reconstitution of their living spaces, and considering the meanings associated with those practices. It focuses on a broad spectrum of Thai religiosity, which is characterized by an amalgam of diverse ritual and cosmological domains. It allows for the inclusion of a broader range of religious practices serving as repertoires for Thai migrants. Living in subjugating circumstances in Japan, religious practices such as carrying sacred objects and worshipping mystical entities instil in migrants' spaces a sense of being blessed and protected. The reconstituted space is transnationally connected to mystical powers and their families in Thailand. The new essence of comfort and familiarity attached to their living spaces helps mitigate constraints during their stay in the destination country.


A 39‐year‐old man developed a unilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy following laryngeal mask airway insertion for a day case procedure.


In this paper, the hardware needed to run this system is first explained. An electronic stethoscope will be created and designed. This will allow the analog signals of a heartbeat to be digitized for robotic, and networking uses. The stethoscope will be designed for both easy robotic, and human use. The robot that will be used in this research is Baxter from Rethink Robotics. Baxter, as well as many other robots arms, or humanoid robots has and end gripper or hands. Baxter hands works very similar to most other ones. So, the device created should also be able to be used by other generic robot arms, or humanoid robots. Then the second half of this section is used to explain the software implementation needed to run this system. The software portion of this system will be implementing database design, hardware coding, and network coding. The database will use the standard Structured Query Language (SQL) with the specialized subsystem called PostgreSQL. The hardware coding will be done using C++ on the Particle Photon micro-controller. The network coding will be using one of the industry standards web programming languages JavaScript. More specifically node.js, which will be used for transferring data from one source to another over WiFi. This will allow a web interface to display a patients heart data on a web-page.


The main reason for reinforcing a brittle matrix with ductile fibres is to improve the energy absorption capability, ie the "toughness", of the composite. The concept of characterizing mechanical properties with an energy related parameter, in addition to stress and strain parameters, is in practice used only to a very limited degree for cement based materials. This report covers a study aiming at describing the present state of the art on how the toughness might best be tested and evaluated for fibre reinforced cementitious materials. The study also discusses how a toughness value might be used in design. The study is based on an analysis of literature and on own experience previously obtained. The concept of toughness is discussed primarily in connection with the two main approaches of describing the property in standardized testing, ie the absolute energy value description and the relative value description. Existing standards and recommended methods for testing and evaluation of toughness parameters according to ASTM RILEM, American Concrete Institute, Japan Concrete Institute and others are described, followed by a discussion of advantages and disadvantages of the different proposals. Based on the analysis, conclusions are drawn and recommendations given. In one appendix, definitions of different relevant terms are discussed, and in a second appendix, a selected bibliography is given with short commentaries for the entries. (A)


[Objective] To optimize the fermentation medium for producing erythrocin from Saccharopolyspora erythraea.[Method] Design-Expert 7.0 was used to design the four factors,including soybean meal,starch,dextrin and glucose.Meanwhile orthogonal test was used to optimize the other four factors of(NH4)2SO4,CaCO3,Corn steep liquor and KH2PO4.[Result] The optimal medium was that the concentrations of soybean meal,starch,dextrin,glucose,CaCO3,(NH4)2SO4,corn steep liquor and KH2PO4 were 2.89%,3.025%,2.04%,1.97%,0.7%,0.1%,1.2% and 0.04%,respectively.Compared with the previous,using the optimized medium,the erythrocin yield was increased by 22.55%.[Conclusion] The optimized fermentation medium was obtained,greatly improving the fermentation level of erythrocin.


Objective To study the effect of alkaloids of Isoproterenol(ISO) on the action potential(AP) and the calcium current in canine's cardiac myocytes.Methods Using whole cell recording patch clamp technique,the AP and L-type calcium channel current(ICa,L) were studied in canine's atrial myocytes.Results ISO(10nmol/L)prolonged the AP duration(APD) and APD90 by 34.4%,but the plateau of the AP lowered.ISO(1 μmol/L) shortened APD and APD90 by 32.1%.ISO(10 nmol/L and 1 μmol/L) could induce after depolarization(EAD and DAD) and triggered activity.ISO(10 nmol/L and 1 μmol/L) increased ICa,L 36.7% and 49.3%,respectively.Conclusion ISO may develope an enhancement effect on calcium current,and subsequently Ca2+ influx induce sarcoplasmic reticulum(SR) Ca2+ released,which is probably one of mechanisms underlying initiation of atrial arrhythmia.


The amount of data within the Linking Open Data (LOD) Cloud is steadily increasing and resembles a rich source of information. Since Context-aware Services (CAS) are based on the correlation of heterogeneous data sources for deriving the contextual situation of a target, it makes sense to leverage that enormous amount of data already present in the LOD Cloud to enhance the quality of these services. Within this work, the applicability of the LOD Cloud as a context provider for enriching CAS is investigated. For this purpose, a deep analysis according to the discoverability and availability of datasets is performed. Furthermore, in order to ease the process of finding a dataset that matches the information needs of a CAS developer, techniques for retrieving contents of LOD datasets are discussed and different approaches to condense the dataset to its most important concepts are shown. Finally, a Context Data Lookup Service is introduced that enables context data discovery within the LOD Cloud and its applicability is highlighted based on an example.


In humans, high‐intensity electrical stimuli delivered to the fingers induce an inhibitory effect on C7–T1 motoneurons. This inhibitory reflex, called the cutaneous silent period (CSP) is considered a defense response specific for the human upper limbs. It is not clear whether the CSP—like other defense responses such as the corneal reflex and the R III reflex—is an opiate‐sensitive nociceptive reflex. Because opiates suppress some, but not all, nociceptive reflexes, we studied the effect of the narcotic‐analgesic drug fentanyl on the CSP and the R III reflex. The CSP was recorded from the first dorsal interosseous (FDI) muscle in seven normal subjects during voluntary contraction, before and 10 and 20 min after fentanyl injection. To assess possible fentanyl‐induced changes, we also tested the effect of finger stimulation on motor evoked potentials (MEPs) elicited in the FDI muscle by transcranial magnetic stimulation before and after fentanyl injection. Fentanyl‐induced changes were also studied on the R III reflex recorded from the biceps femoris muscle. Fentanyl, as expected, suppressed the R III reflex but failed to change the inhibitory effect of finger stimulation on FDI motoneurons. Finger stimulation reduced the size of MEPs in the FDI, and fentanyl injection left this inhibitory effect unchanged. The differential fentanyl‐induced modulation of the CSP and R III reflex provides evidence that the CSP circuit is devoid of μ‐opiate receptors and is therefore an opiate‐insensitive nociceptive reflex, which may be useful in the assessment of central‐acting, non‐opioid drugs. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Muscle Nerve 25: 000–000, 2002


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It has been estimated that the number of newly registered disabled due to coronary heart disease among all age groups in the Kemerovo region decreased, as well as in the Russian Federation. In Kemerovo region proportion of coronary heart disease among other diseases of the circulatory system in the period under review declined, despite the fact that in Russia the rate was relatively stable. Among newly registered disabled due to ischemic heart disease prevailed people of retirement age. During the analyzed period, the structure of disability groups by 2010. There have been changes in the ratio of II and III group of disabled in favor of the latter. A proportion of people with disabilities in group I was consistently low.


The nanocrystalline Ag8SnTe6 was prepared by microwave solvothermal technique with AgNO3, SnCl2.H2O and Te powder as materials. Several analytical techniques, such as XRD, TEM and XPS, were used to characterize its composition. The effects of reaction time and organic solvent tamping degree on product productivity and the mechanism of the formation of nanoctystals were discussed. The UVVis results showed that this compound was preferable semiconductor with a band gap of 2.58 eV.


This paper proposes a performance evaluation approach to an environmental conscious manufacturing system such as a remanufacturing system with stochastic variability stemming from customer demand. We here formulate a remanufacturing system with consideration for product life cycle under stochastic demand using a Markov process. The system is composed of the state that denotes the numbers of the products in inventories, the transition probabilities between states and the costs associated with the transitions. In this approach, we consider two types of inventories: one is the actual product inventory in a factory whereas the other is the virtual inventory that is still in use by the customers. This model also includes disposal and return rates. Using the Markov model, we can obtain the steady state distribution of the system and calculate the expected average cost per period. Numerical examples are considered to illustrate the implementation of the methodology.


According to the present situation of the software talent demand,combined with the practice ofsoftware talent training,puts forward the training objectives,and optimizing the course system,strengthening practice,strengthening the teacher training,developing vocational guidance,establishingtraining base software such as personnel training reformation strategy for software,fortalent cultivation plays an active role,and has some reference to the others.


We prove Levy's Theorem for a new class of functions taking values from a dual space and we obtain almost sure strong convergence of martingales and mils satisfying various tightness conditions.


Purpose Recognizing the unpreparedness to the COVID-19 pandemic that many hospital systems and  civilians face with shortages in PPE, this proposal aims to discuss the creation of a homemade  cloth mask that can be used in subideal conditions. This proposal does not suggest that a cloth  mask protocol is an alternative to surgical or respirator masks for providers, but offers it based  on analysis of previous research for manufacturers or civilians. This proposal focuses on  standardization of these handmade cloth masks as a harm-reduction strategy in times when  PPE supplies are unavailable.


This paper proposes a software architecture for Web service programs. Rule-based languages allow programs to be easily described at a high and abstract level, however, they suffer from long execution times. A state transition model, one of a standard model for developing telecommunication services programs, can be used to simply describe Web services. To reduce the complexity of development, this paper proposes a method for describing service programs using a rule-based language. In this paper the easy-of-use of this method for novice users is tested using remote control service which is one of Web services.


The invention agent relates to trellis survivor path traceback of survival data memory unit (SMU) according to decode the encoded data unit, the first to the fourth backtracking portion (41 to 44), and the first mode selecting section ( It consists of 45). The first and third backtracking portions (41,43) is a clock frequency divider, each first group determined according to the signal (CONTROL) vectors and a third group of decision vectors are sequentially calculated in the previous state for a second traceback section 42 of the second group receiving a decision vector and output the final recovered symbol of the 8-state mode, and outputs the calculated the previous state for a 16-state mode, and the fourth backtracking portion (44) comprises a fourth group of decision vector receiving the input 16 output the final recovered symbol of the state mode and the first mode selecting section 45 selects a partial response to restore the symbol of the 8-state mode, the optimal response to restore the symbol or 16-state mode according to the mode selection signal (MODE_SEL) and outputs it. Thus, unlike the prior art who having a respective processing module with respect to the decision vectors as the decoding depth, the present invention is a clock frequency divider signal (CONTROL to the operation and configuration configure the same conventional redundant processing modules in a single processing module for one clock ), there is an effect of reducing the chip area by causing repeated operation on a plurality of decision vectors according to.


Studies were conducted to compare the effects of feeding extruded and pelleted diet on the growth performance, body composition, digestive enzyme activities and plasma biochemical indexes of Hucho taimen young fishes that initial weight were 6.91±0.33 g. Fishes were raised in tanks. There were 2 diets, each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 100 fishes. Diet 1 was the extruded group and diet 2 was the pelleted group. During the experiment, the water temperature fluctuated from 9.8 ℃ to 16.2℃, and the dissolved oxygen was above 8.0 mg/L. The experiment was conducted for 56 days. Compared with the pelleted feed group, the survival rate of extruded feed group increased significantly (P0.05); the feed coefficient rate decreased significantly(P0.05); the body crude protein and crude lipid increased significantly(P0.05), the moisture and ash content decreased significantly (P0.05); the gastric protease, foregut and pyloric caeca tripsinase, hindgut tripsinase and amylase activities of digestive tracts decreased significantly(P0.05); the plasma total protein, albumin, globulin and alumbin/globulin ratio were not differen(tP0.05), but the alkaline phosphatase activities de- creased significantly(P0.05).The experiment showed that the young fish Hucho taimen fed the extruded diet increase the growth performance and body crude protein and fat content but decrease the activities of digestive enzyme of digestive tracts.


— The range of Reynolds number under studied by airfoil aerodynamics problem for the application of the propeller of low-dynamic aircrafts in Near Space is between 10 5 to 10 6 , which belongs to the scope of low Reynolds number. But in the low Reynolds number condition, the aerodynamic characteristics of airfoil show some new properties, such as the rapidly descending maximum lift-to-drag ratio of common airfoils and the non-linear phenomena of the symmetrical airfoils in the small angle of attack especially near 0°, etc. Thus it is necessary to do some relative research on the numerical simulation of low-Reynolds-number and high-lift airfoils. Generally, the aerodynamic performance of airfoil for the application of the propeller of low-dynamic aircrafts in Near Space is mainly effected by Reynolds number, Mach number, the angle of attack , the airfoil chord length b and the airfoil relative thickness b C C = the low speed and small Mach number, the aerodynamic performance of airfoils can ignore the effect of Mach number. Airfoil S1223 which has a good aerodynamic performance in the low Reynolds number condition was focused and chosen finally for the numerical simulation of low-Reynolds-number and high-lift airfoils using FLUENT computational software. The numerical simulation is using the Spalart-Allmaras turbulence model and is considering the treatment method of surface flow near wall in the condition of low free stream velocity 0 V =20m/s through the transformation of the following three pneumatic parameters including Reynolds number, the angle of attack α and the airfoil relative thickness b C C =. Finally, the aerodynamic performance of the numerical simulation for airfoil S1223 is shown in the pictures of the lift curve, the drag curve, the moment of force curve, streamline diagram and the pressure distribution contour diagram around the surface. In order to verify the rationality of the numerical simulation, the aerodynamic performance data of the numerical simulation are compared with the experimental data of airfoil S1223 with the relative thickness of 12.13%, which prove the n u m e r i c a l simulation of low-Reynolds-number and high-lift airfoil S1223 is reasonable.


The present invention relates to a tire molding machine (1), for the apex (91, 92) applied to the bead (95) to form an assembly for bead apex of the green tire, said tire building machine comprises a latching bead bead card holder (2), wherein the tire building machine comprising a first holder (31) and the second clamp (32), the first clamp and the second clamp for engagement with said apex and said apex is moved in the conveying direction toward the bead, wherein the first holder can be between a first start position (X1) and a first end position (Y1) moving the second gripper is movable between a second starting position (X2) and a second end position (Y2), wherein the tire molding machine provided with a wedge (71, 72), wherein the clamp holder is biased to a closed state, in the closed state, the holder is configured to engage the apex, wherein, when the holder is in a start position or the end position position of the wedge configured to resist biasing holder.


To study the effects of heroin on the C-Fos expression of cerebellar cortex of the rat,an addiction model was established by an intramuscular injection of heroin.The C-Fos expression of cerebellar cortex was detected by into the rat immunohistochemical methods.Results showed that rats had significant withdrawal symptoms after continuous injections of heroin for 7 days;the expression of C-Fos positive cells in the cerebellar cortex of rat were increased significantly than those of the control group(P0.01).Hence it was proved that heroin had the effect of inducing C-Fos gene expression and damaging its brain cells.


When households are mobile among jurisdictions, income redistribution by individual jurisdictions creates fiscal externalities. A model of interjurisdictional migration is used to study the nature of this redistributive externality. Analysis of optimal redistribution and optimal corrective subsidies from higher-level governments shows that benefit levels for the recipients of income transfers and tax rates on mobile taxpayers should be equalized across jurisdictions. A system of jurisdictions with a common labor market can achieve welfare improvements through coordination of "domestic" redistributive policy or through the intervention of a higher-level government. Copyright 1991 by American Economic Association.


The spheres of interstate activity have gone beyond more traditional confines such as diplomacy and state security. Especially in the post-ColdWar world, issues such as human rights, the protection of the environment and the promotion of sustainable development have come into prominence. Foreign economic policy and international trade have risen higher on the agenda. Even in the area of security, since 9-11, a new agenda spans poles of thinking about external relations and domestic security, and different conceptions of national and human security. Sovereignty has not vanished, and the state has not disappeared, as some thought would happen. However, there has been a reordering and redistribution of many sovereign functions and prerogatives. Singapore, as a sovereign but small and interdependent member in the community of states, has responded to this changing international agenda. International affairs have never been more important to Singaporeans. Whether it is economic ups and downs since 1997, or the heightened awareness and threat of terrorism, post 9/11, or the haze from Indonesian fires that were worse in 1997 and still darken our blue skies: each of these "external" events come into Singapore and impact us all, and often very deeply. In these and other arenas, the phenomenon of globalisation promises that more and more such "international" issues will impact Singapore. The Singapore government has become increasingly active in the international community in the 1990s and into the new millennium. This increased level of international engagement contrasts with the country's low-key practices in the international community in the initial decade after independence in 1965, and its almost singular focus in the 1980s, on Cambodiacentred advocacy. Much of this is built on Singapore's economic development in moving, "from third world to first".1 However, the country's presence in the international community has moved beyond this economic paradigm, into other areas such as politics and security. Some believe Singapore can and is now beginning play a more active and activist role in the international community.2 Others have suggested that the state is capable of transcending, in part, its regional location and physical limits.3 Yet while Singapore has been more active in the international arena, practitioners, spokesmen and many observers have re-emphasised the limits of Singapore's international involvements and ambitions. A sense of realism has been counselled, and continuity with former policies has been emphasised. One noted observer, the late Professor Michael Leifer,


The invention provides a monitoring system and a method of distributed type assemblies. The method comprises the following steps of: after collecting the internal information of each distributed type assembly by each sub-center monitoring server, pushing the information to a center monitoring server; receiving the information from the sub-center monitoring servers by the center monitoring server, carrying out unified configuration on all the distributed type assemblies according to the information and then providing a unified configuration result to the sub-center monitoring servers; and receiving the unified configuration result from the center monitoring server by the sub-center monitoring servers and monitoring and managing the distributed type assemblies according to the configuration result. By a unified concentrated type monitoring platform, the invention realizes the unified monitoring and management of the distributed type assemblies.


Recent observations of Saturn's satellite system from the Cassini/Huygens mission present serious challenges to understanding the current dynamical states and thermal histories of these icy bodies using conventional thermal models that use long lived radioactive isotopes (LLRI) as the primary heat sources. In particular, the most distant of the regular satellites, Iapetus, is in synchronous rotation about Saturn, implying relatively high levels of dissipation of tidal energy. However, it retains a highly non‐equilibrium, oblate spheroid, shape, implying a thick, cold, mechanically rigid outer layer or lithosphere. Thermal history models of Iapetus that successfully explain these apparently contradictory characteristics require significant heating early in the satellite's history from short lived radioactive isotopes (SRLI), particularly Al, implying a formation time for Iapetus of between 2.5 and 5 Myr after the formation of Calcium26 Aluminum Inclusions (CAIs) [l]. The characteristics of the other icy sa...


The estrogen receptor (ER) is composed of six major functional domains – the A/B domain as the activation function 1 domain, domain C as the DNA-binding domain, domain D as a hinge domain, and domain E/F as the ligand-dependent transcriptional domains. A novel protein (designated as SRB-RGS) that interacted with domains C and D of ER a (ER a C/D) repressed the transcriptional activity of ER a . In this study, we have examined whether ER a C/D releases transcriptional suppression of ER a by intrinsic SRB-RGS. The expression vector of ER a C/D was transfected to the human cancer cell, KPL-1, which expressed the intrinsic ER. Unexpectedly, transcriptional suppression of ER by ER a C/D was observed. COS-7 cells, which have no intrinsic ER, showed a similar suppression of ER a by co-transfection of ER a and ER a C/D. The DNA-binding and the estrogen-binding activities of ER a decreased on co-transfection of ER a C/D, suggesting a decrease in the receptor protein itself. It is likely that the degradation of ER by co-transfection caused the transcriptional suppression of the ER


Several technological solutions are being researched to establish efficient, reliable, and robust wireless vehicular electric charging on a wide scale. We propose an artificial vision system - the Grid Alignment Assistant System (GAAS) - aimed at maximizing the energy flow between the transmitting and receiving goals, by supporting the driver in the task of keeping an alignment between the vehicle and the charging grids in the road. GAAS exploits low cost and open hardware and software components. GAAS supports IoT capabilities as an API cloud service is developed for real-time measurements storage. This paper presents road test results showing that high precision misalignment estimations can be achieved, and presents some challenges imposed by the actual deployment environment.


Objetive. Determine the presence of internal and external parasites in common pigeons (Columba livia) in the urban area of the city of Villavicencio, Meta, during the transition from summer to winter in 2017. Materials and Methods. 72 pigeons from three communes of the city were captured and subjected to visual inspection for external parasites, at the same time, samples of fecal material were obtained for stool analysis using the Sheather's method. Blood samples were smeared and Giemsa stained for hemotropic agents. Results. Two species of external parasites were found in 100% of the samples: Mallophaga lice (Columbicola columbae) and pigeon fly (Pseudolynchia canariensis). Within the internal parasites, two protozoa were found: Haemoproteus spp. (9/34) in blood smear and Eimeria spp. (26/72) in feces, followed by nematodes: Ascaridia spp. (3/72) and Capillaria spp. (10/72) and cestodes: Raillietina spp. (1/72). No association of parasitism was found with the sex of the pigeon or the sampling commune. Conclusions. The presence of internal parasites was low, except for Eimeria spp., these data represent important information on the potential risk for animal and human health, especially for commercial populations of birds and native avifauna. These results indicate that sanitary and control programs are required in the pigeon populations of the city.


In this paper, we describe a solution for a specific Entity Matching problem, where entities contain (postal) address information. The matching process is very challenging as addresses are often prone to (data) quality issues such as typos, missing or redundantinformation. Besides, theydonotalwayscomplywithastandardized(address)schemaandmaycontainpolysemous elements. Recent address matching approaches combine static word embedding models with machine learning algorithms. While the solutions provided in this setting partially solve data quality issues, neither they handle polysemy, nor they leverage of geolocation information. In this paper, we propose GeoRoBERTa , a semantic address matching approach based on RoBERTa, a Transformer-based model, enhanced by geographical knowledge. We validate the approach in conducting experiments on two different real datasets and demonstrate its effectiveness in comparison to baseline methods.


As a direct consequence of global economic growth, expansion of world population, urbanization growth, etc. the world's electrical consumption is expected to rise to 30 000 billion kWh by 2030 from 15 400 kWh in 2006. In the meantime, new transmission lines will be built to meet the need of power flow. Energy losses exist in every stage, so any losses which can be avoided will reduce the need of new power generation having to be built. Moreover, improving energy efficiency is seen as the quickest, most effective and most cost-effective manner for reducing greenhouse gas emissions (CO 2 and others). This paper deals with this topic and discusses possible solutions to improve the energy efficiency in transmission of electricity, through investigating the CO 2 -equivalent emissions scenario of different transmission lines, such as 500 kV AC, 1 100 kV AC, and ±800 kV DC transmission lines.The impact of the type of electricity generation, which of course is a major parameter, is also investigated.


Research on the Effectiveness of Online Teaching from the Perspective of Intersubjectivity Yile Huang Fangting Chen Qi Zhou School of Foreign Languages, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330038, China Abstract During the epidemic, in response to the call of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China to "suspend classes without suspension", teachers in various universities used information technology to implement online teaching, in the course of practice, they found that the effectiveness of teaching needs to be improved. From the perspective of Husserl's intersubjectivity theory, this paper explores the intersubjectivity characteristics of teacher-student interaction in online teaching, analyzes the interaction between various subjects in online teaching, and proposes measures to improve the effectiveness of teaching by constructing intersubjectivity.


Purpose: We evaluated leukemia-associated immunophenotypes (LAIP) and their correlation with fms-like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3) and nucleophosmin (NPM1) gene mutational status in order to contribute a better identificationof patients at highest risk of relapse in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Experimental Design: Bone marrow samples from 132 patients with AML were analyzed by nine-color multiparametric flow cytometry. We confirmed the presence of the mutation in diagnostic samples and in sorted cells by conventional RT-PCR and by patient-specific RQ-PCR. Results:Within theCD34þ cell fraction, we identified a discrete population expressing high levels of the IL3 receptor a-chain (CD123) and MIC-2 (CD99) in combination with the IL2 receptor a-chain (CD25). The presence of this population positively correlated with the internal tandem duplications (ITD) mutation in the FLT3 gene (r 1⁄4 0.71). Receiver operating characteristics showed that, within the CD34þ cell fraction a percentage of CD123/CD99/CD25þ cells 11.7% predicted FLT3–ITD mutations with a specificity and sensitivity of >90%. CD34/CD123/ CD99/CD25þ clones were also detectable at presentation in 3 patients with FLT3 wild-type/NPM1þ AML who relapsed with FLT3-ITD/NPM1þ AML. Quantitative real-time PCR designed at relapse for each FLT3-ITD in these three cases confirmed the presence of low copy numbers of the mutation in diagnostic samples. Conclusions: Our results suggest that the CD34/CD25/ CD123/CD99þ LAIP is strictly associated with FLT3-ITD–positive cells. Clin Cancer Res; 21(17); 3977–85. 2015 AACR.


The method of determination a dielectric permittivity ɛ and tangent of a dielectric loss angle tgδ of basic rods of any cross sizes between cross sizes of two initial samples is offered. It consists in decomposition of functions containing ɛ and tgδ, in a series on degrees of (ɛ −1) and reservation of two terms of a series for a rod that does not obey to a requirement «insignificance of perturbations», and one term of a series - for a rod satisfying this requirement. The analytical formulas that contain biases of resonant frequencies for two initial samples and for the tested rod are obtained.


In our approach we show how to integrate traditional BDI-Logics and reactive commonsense reasoning. Our goal consists in supporting efficient runtime inferences in the course of distributed decision making. For this sake we take a highly reactive calculus (membrane computing) and combine it with high-level modeling concepts. In order to obtain efficient inference mechanisms we use quotient-based reasoning. With this framework we are able to introduce situational knowledge into knowledge-based human machine interaction. We think that this kind of situational reasoning is highly important for human- machine interaction in the age of disappearing computing.


The time exposure acoustics (TEA) beamformer for passive acoustic mapping (PAM) has been demonstrated with potential for real-time monitoring via sparse-matrix, GPU-running etc., methods. However, TEA-based PAM methods generally have insufficient clutter suppression capability due to linearly assumed weighting coefficients, and whole-aperture realigned data reconstruction for the generation of the side/grating lobes. The F-number is a convenient way to determine the available data in the aperture domain and therefore reject the side/grating lobes. Nevertheless, the standard of an optimal F-number into PAM beamformer is unclear. To concern that, a strategy is proposed based on a soft-baffle Element Directivity (ED) model (related to the conformal nature of the receiving array) for Dynamic F-number and Shading Weight (DFSW). This approach maintains and shapes the top hyperbola part of the realigned receiving wavefront in the pixelwise aperture domain, that was investigated into TEA based PAM (TEA and coherent TEA (CTEA)). Final results from TEA and the proposed methods (ED TEA, ED CTEA) illustrated that the DFSW strategy developed from ED model mainly improves the image quality (FWHM, CNR) in the near-field, which is explained and verified by simulated and experimental data.


Based on the holiday features in daily data of retail sales,this paper propose a new scheme for seasonal adjust ment,and analysis the growth and fluctuation of household consumption.Taking into account the effect of moving holidays and working days,the new proposal not only can capture various seasonal and holiday effects entirely,but also can monitor the growth and fluctuation of household consumption.As a result of seasonal adjustment,household consumption is broken down into three components.Trend-circle component grows fairly steadily.Seasonal effect is reasonably stable in terms of an nual timing and direction.Irregular component is a random process with constant mean.On the basis of seasonal adjustment series,month-to-month percent change is obtained,which is appropriate for real-time monitoring.


Growing materials data and data-driven informatics drastically promote the discovery and design of materials. While there are significant advancements in data-driven models, the quality of data resources is less studied despite its huge impact on model performance. In this work, we focus on data bias arising from uneven coverage of materials families in existing knowledge. Observing different diversities among crystal systems in common materials databases, we propose an information entropy-based metric for measuring this bias. To mitigate the bias, we develop an entropy-targeted active learning (ET-AL) framework, which guides the acquisition of new data to improve the diversity of underrepresented crystal systems. We demonstrate the capability of ET-AL for bias mitigation and the resulting improvement in downstream machine learning models. This approach is broadly applicable to data-driven materials discovery, including autonomous data acquisition and dataset trimming to reduce bias, as well as data-driven informatics in other scientific domains.


Multicarrier transmission such as OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) is an established technique for radio transmission systems and it can be considered as a promising approach for next generation wireless systems. However, in order to comply with the demand on increasing available data rates in particular in wireless technologies, systems with multiple transmit and receive antennas, also called MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) systems, have become indispensable for future generations of wireless systems. Due to the strongly increasing demand in high-data rate transmission systems, frequency non-selective MIMO links have reached a state of maturity and frequency selective MIMO links are in the focus of interest. In this field, the combination of MIMO transmission and OFDM can be considered as an essential part of fulfilling the requirements of future generations of wireless systems. However, single-user scenarios have reached a state of maturity. By contrast multiple users' scenarios require substantial further research, where in comparison to ZF (zero-forcing) multiuser transmission techniques, the individual user's channel characteristics are taken into consideration in this contribution. The performed joint optimization of the number of activated MIMO layers and the number of transmitted bits per subcarrier shows that not necessarily all user-specific MIMO layers per subcarrier have to be activated in order to minimize the overall BER under the constraint of a given fixed data throughput.


: The formation of 3-acyl 2-(2  -hydroxy-5-Y phenyl)benzothiazoline (Y = H, Cl, NO 2 , OCH 3 ) ternary Cu II complexes and their characterization by various spectro-analytical techniques have been studied in the present investigation. The spectro-analytical data from elemental analyses, magnetic moments, molar conductance, electronic, mass, TG , IR spectral measurement and room temperature ESR spectra of complexes inferred the electronic and geometric properties of metal complexes. Antibacterial and antifungal atcivitiy against E. coli, S. marcescens, P. aeruginosa, S. aureus, B. subtilis and C. albicans was assayed by the agar disk diffusion method for the title compounds and their corresponding Cu II ternary complexes. DNA cleavage studies performed on the title compounds and their Cu II ternary complexes showed that Cu II -AHCPBT-Gly and Cu II -AHNPBT-Gly cleaved the PBR322 DNA, wherein the super coiled DNA (form I) is converted into relaxed DNA (form II).


Pathogen reduction technologies (PRTs) are considered for the implementation of safer platelet (PLT) transfusion. PRT treatment involves the addition of a photosensitizer to a blood component followed by ultraviolet (UV) light irradiation. However, the effects of PRT treatment on PLT thrombus formation and thrombus stability have not been satisfactorily clarified.


Background: Calcium channel blockers (CCBs) are reported to attenuate the loss of renal function in various glomerulonephritides. Methods: To determine the mechanism of action of these drugs, we investigated the effects of CCBs on cell proliferation and extracellular matrix (ECM) production in cultured rat mesangial cells. Results: While stimulation with 5% fetal calf serum (FCS) increased [3H]thymidine and [3H]proline incorporation into quiescent mesangial cells, incubation with nifedipine and cilnidipine inhibited the increase in a dose-dependent manner. Northern blot analysis demonstrated that 5% FCS increased the expression of transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) and fibronectin (FN) mRNA and that CCBs significantly reduced this induction, indicating that CCBs may reduce ECM production through inhibiting TGF-β and FN. Since activator protein 1 (AP-1) regulates cell proliferation and TGF-β expression, we evaluated the AP-1 activity by gel mobility shift analysis. Nuclear extracts of FCS-treated cells showed a strong binding to AP-1-specific oligonucleotides which was suppressed by CCBs, suggesting that these agents may inhibit cell proliferation by suppressing AP-1. CCBs also inhibited the binding activity of cyclic adenosine monophosphate responsive element binding protein which regulates FN gene expression. However, neither CCBs nor FCS affected the NFĸB activity. Conclusion: These results suggest that CCBs may, in part, inhibit the progression of glomerulonephritis through non-hemodynamic actions that include the suppression of mesangial cell proliferation and the production of ECM.


In this paper, an RF curve‐fitting predistorter is proposed to extend the linearized dynamic range of a power amplifier. AM‐AM and AM‐PM distortion of the power amplifier can be compensated by accurately adjusting the gain and phase gradients of the three‐reflection‐type diode predistorter. The proposed predistorter extends the linearized dynamic range by more than six times that of a conventional predistorter. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 40: 83–87, 2004; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.11292


Previous research has indicated that selection strategies of Ss differ as a function of the nature of the stimulus array. The present paper suggests several problems with the construct of strategy and proposes a distinction between the encounter with informative instances and the assimilation of information from instances encountered. Several modifications in selection paradigm procedure are introduced to allow the measurement of these two dependent variables. Female college students were assigned to geometric or thematic stimulus-array conditions. Ss in the thematic condition performed significantly more poorly in the assimilation of information but did not differ from Ss in the geometric condition with regard to their selection of informative instances.


We here discuss the outcome of an hypothetic experiments of populations dynamics, where a set of independent realizations is made available. The importance of ensemble average is clarified with reference to the registered time evolution of key collective indicators. The problem is here tackled for the logistic case study. Theoretical prediction are compared to numerical simulations.


cis‐3‐Chloroacrylic acid dehalogenase (cis‐CaaD) is a member of the tautomerase superfamily, with the characteristic α‐β ‐α fold and catalytic Pro‐1. Cg10062, a cis‐CaaD homologue, shares 53% sequence similarity with cis‐CaaD including six key active site residues. However, Cg10062 is a poor cis‐CaaD: it has much lower catalytic efficiency and lacks stereospecificity. This dichotomy indicates that a fully functional cis‐CaaD requires elements beyond the core set. Hence, a pre‐steady state kinetic analysis of cis‐CaaD was performed to define further the characteristics of the tautomerase superfamily, including catalytic and specificity determinants. The results could be used to assign function to other cis‐CaaD homologues. Replacement of a glutamine residue in a flexible loop region near the active site of cis‐CaaD with proline (present in Cg10062) reduced the rate of each kinetically significant step of the catalytic cycle, based on a global fit of all steady and transient state kinetic data. This result holds important implications for the role of loop identity and movement in defining enzyme specificity and function. Supported by NIH GM 65324 and the Welch Foundation F‐1334.


Mobility is one of the major feature in the present computing environment and in the present era of computing almost all the mobile devices have the ability that they can easily be move from one location to other and the data reside on a single system can be utilize via other systems generally using the client-server paradigm . The mobile device can extract needed amount of data from the server and use in both online and as well as in offline mode, but whatever the changes being made during offline work should be copied back to the server and vice-versa whenever the server connects. As the server should always retain most recent data received from client database. So, the data synchronization is a major concern in this scenario by which data confliction can be resolved, data integrity is maintained and most recent data can be placed between the client-server. In this paper the overall data synchronization summary, architecture, tools & techniques between the two devices has been included.


Objective:To search exact location of some structures within the spehenoid sinus.Methods:The sectioned anatomy of sphenoid sinus was observed with 21 adult cadeveric head specimens.Results:Sphenoid sinus size of phenmatization was related with the internal carotid arlative one so that the structures were located in the different pheumatizations. The optic nerve was located in the anterior two-fifths part of upper two-thirds of sonse sphenoid sinus lateral wall and the internal carotid artery in its posterior half of upper two-thirds.Conclusion:If the peunatization in the sphenoid sinus varied greatly or the bulges of sonse structures were nuts pronounced with the sphenoid sinus, the internal carotid artery and optic nerve could be located according to the results.


Abstract The microstructure and corrosion of rare earth NiCrMoY alloy made by atomisation and oxygen–acetylene flame spray and high-frequency induction remelting technique were investigated by means of scanning electron microscopy, energy spectrum, X-ray diffraction, uniform corrosion of laboratory immersion tests and anodic polarisation curve of three-electrode potentiodynamic scans. The results showed that compared to the coatings of Ni60A, the microstructure of NiCrMoY alloy coatings was finer, some bulk- and needle-like hard microstructures were precipitated, and a new phase MoB was produced. The corrosion rate of NiCrMoY alloy coatings is better than that of Ni60A coatings in HCl, H2SO4, HNO3 and artificial seawater.


A series of experimental boron nitride (BN) fibers were prepared from a Balkylaminoborazine-based polymer (=poly[(methylamino)borazine]) according to the PolymerDerived Ceramic (PDC) route. The polymer was melt-spun in N2 into monoand multifilaments, prior the curing of the resulting green fibers in NH3 at 400°C and the subsequent pyrolysis of the ascured fibers in NH3 (1000°C), then N2 up to 1800°C to generate BN fibers. It was established that the melt-spinning operation could deliver BN fibers with different microtexture/microstructure, and therefore with different mechanical behavior depending on the spinning parameters. The relationship between mechanical properties and fiber microtexture/microstructure could be studied in the present paper. Melt-spinning operation into multifilaments provided either low-modulus fibers with a featureless cross-sectional microtexture as glassy-like materials or fibers with a microtextural skincore heterogeneity decreasing the fiber strength. The disordered microstructure of low-modulus BN fibers consisted of disoriented nanosized grains mixed in an amorphous matrix. In contrast, the meltspinning operation into monofilament produced high-modulus fibers with a coarse-grained microtexture. In such samples, the extended grains were ordered along the fiber-axis increasing the crack propagation along the cleavage basal planes, and therefore decreasing the failure strain of fibers. INTRODUCTION Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) represents an advanced ceramic material with a layer anisotropic structure and attractive properties such as high stiffness and toughness along the basal layers. It also exhibits a good oxidative resistance up to T 1000°C, a good thermal stability up to T ~ 2500°C in an inert atmosphere and a low coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) along the basal layers. Based on these properties, h-BN should be promising for preparing continuous fiberreinforced ceramic-matrix composites (CFCCs) intended for high temperature applications. For CFCCs fabrication, high-modulus and strength oxidation resistant fibers with small diameter are required. Additionally, reinforcing fibers must be capable of retaining the structure, stiffness and strength under processing (matrix deposition) and service conditions. Keeping these in view, the preparation of a new generation of BN fibers-reinforced BN composites appears to be an excellent opportunity to replace the traditional carbon/carbon (C/C) composites which are very sensitive to oxidative and hydrolytic environment above 400°C. In addition, BN/BN composites could be used in radiation-transparent structures (low dielectric constant of h-BN) as well as in aerospace applications requiring, among others, ultra-light weight in accordance with its low density (2.27) compared with that of SiC or oxide-based materials, for example. Above all, the layered structure of h-BN as Advances in Ceramic Matrix Composites XI 3 matrix could protect the fibers against the notch effect arising from matrix microcracking, deflect the microcracks parallel to the fiber surface and allow fiber sliding. In that case, the deposition of BN interphases to weaken the fiber-matrix bonding will be not necessary. The first objective for preparing such composite materials concerns the development of BN fibers with controllable mechanical properties. Preceramic polymers are ideally suited for the preparation of ceramic fibers using spinning and pyrolysis procedures.* In our lab, we have prepared BN fibers from B-alkylaminoborazine-derived polymers (=poly[(alkylamino)borazines])." In particular, the poly[(methylamino)borazine] is seen as a melt-spinnable polymer for providing BN fibers with high mechanical properties, fine diameters and a low density. For example, in a previous paper, we showed that this polymer could deliver BN fibers with a tensile strength of 2 GPa, a modulus of 440 GPa, a density of 1.85 and a wellordered and oriented microstructure. Permanent advances in polyMAB-derived BN fibers are important in the aim of improving the performances of the CFCCs. With this aim in mind, our work has been mostly dedicated to the study of the precursor synthesis, and to the numerous reactions occurring during the polymer-to-ceramic conversion. These investigations allowed to introduce significant improvements in the preparation of BN fibers. By varying the experimental conditions of melt-spinning, the present paper also shows that different types of fibers can be developed. In this context, the present study aims at the effect of the as-obtained microtextures/microstructures on the mechanical properties of BN fibers. EXPERIMENTAL SECTION General comments All synthesis reactions were carried out in Ar, whereas N2 and NH3 with electronic purity were used during the fiber preparation. Tensile tests and diameter measurements were achieved from 50 filaments with a gauge length of 10 mm. Diameters were measured by laser interferometry and mechanical properties were determined using a standard tensile tester (Adamel Lhomargy DY 22). Modulus and strains were averaged from the 50 tests and the strength distribution was described by Weibull statistics. Strength were averaged for a failure probability P=0.632. XRD was performed using a Philips apparatus (CuKa radiation; X = 1.5406 À at 40 kV and 30 m A). Fibers were crushed, prior characterization. SEM (Hitachi S800) was used to observe the cross-sectional microtexture of fibers. An Au/Pd film was deposed on fibers, prior observation. TEM was investigated using a Topcon EMB-002B microscope. Samples were embedded in a resin and cut into thin foils with an ultramicrotome. Foils were then set on microgrids to observe the longitudinal microtexture. Fiber preparation A same lot of polyMAB was used in the present paper. Its synthesis and characterization was previously described. Green fibers were prepared in a glove-box in N2 by the melt-extrusion of the polymer followed by the stretching of the resulting monoor multifilament by a spool. The as-spun fiber wound on the spool was transferred into a silica furnace to achieve the curing and pyrolysis processes in NH3 (25°C-1000°C, 0.8°C.min~, dwell time of lh). After such heating, the fiber was transferred into a graphite furnace to undergo heat-treatment (lOX.min) in N2 up to 1800°C (dwell time of lh). As-pyrolyzed BN fibers were white colored and their typical elemental composition (N2.8B3) showed that pure boron nitride was produced. The level in oxygen was extremely low (<2wt%). 4 Advances in Ceramic Matrix Composites XI RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Melt-spinning of polyMAB-based fibers Figure 1 details the melt-spinning as well as the process variables which are controlled to provide the different microtextures in the final BN fibers. Typically, the polyMAB is molten into an extruder at 180°C, then compacted, before pushing it through a filter for removing unexpected impurity. After passing through the filter, the melt is driven through a spinneret with one or seven capillaries, 200 |im in diameter for each. As the melt exits, it cools and emerges as an endless monoCone capillary) or multi(seven capillaries) filament which is finally continuously wound on a spool. It should be noted that the spinning temperature is closely related to the polymerization degree of the polymer. Piston, piston rate (m.min)


This paper aims at showing how well-known ideas in the fields of fuzzy arithmetic and heuristic search have been combined in an educational software in nutrition in order to provide not only a better mathematical modeling, but also significant functional improvements for end-users, comparing to other nutrition programs. This software, called Nutri-Expert, helps patients to improve their nutritional habits, by analyzing in detail their food intakes, and by suggesting changes that result in well-balanced meals. Fuzzy arithmetic is used to model the input and database data, and for all computations. A fuzzy pattern matching is performed between total amounts of nutrients and different norm patterns, and the results are displayed using a galvanometer metaphor. A heuristic search algorithm is used to find out minimal sets of pertinent actions to perform on a meal in order to make it well balanced. The search is guided by an evaluation function based on fuzzy pattern matching indexes. The different versions of the algorithm have been benchmarked against a test database of real meals. Finally, the medical efficacy of Nutri-Expert and its acceptance by end-users have been demonstrated in several medical studies, the main results of which are presented.


The radiative transfer equation (RTE) for two-dimensional problems involving scattering, absorption and radiation with semitransparent interface is solved using the discontinuous Galerkin (DG) finite element method (FEM). Both space and angle directions are discretized by the DG method. A parallel procedure is used that solves a succession of sub-domains created by angular decomposition (AD) scheme. A two-medium problem with a semitransparent interface is conducted to study the performance of the method.


IR glass optical fibers have been developed in order to optimize their response when they are used as evanescent wave chemical sensors. The diameter of the sensitive part of the fiber can be reduced by tapering the fiber during the drawing process or by chemical polishing. In using an FTIR spectrometer associated with a MCT detector, it was possible to evaluate the influence of the fiber diameter on the polymer coating IR signature as well as the sensitivity of a such sensor. The high flexibility of thin fibers allows the achievement of a detection probe which has been introduced in a microwave oven in order to follow a chemical reaction. It is verified that the chalcogen-based fiber is not sensitive to microwave radiation and gives excellent on line IR fingerprints to check kinetics and reaction mechanisms.


According to the actual situation of the new requirements on capacitor voltage transformers (CVT) by power system and CVT rated secondary load greatly reduce,this article puts forward some opinions on the development of CVT products technology.Furthermore,the technical measures such as dielectric materials,product construction design and manufacturing,etc.are suggested. The purpose of this article is to promote the technical progress of CVT products,play a greater role in the development of smart grid in our country.


An average Hungarian family will eat breakfast at home. It usually consists of bread, butter, cold cuts, eggs or cereal.2 Some children eat lunch at home, while others eat in the school, which consists of soup and a main course, which is often a vegetable stew (fozelek, and very nutritious.2 In some traditional families, the father may go home to eat lunch; however more common to eat at cafeterias.2


Zero valent iron (ZVI) can activate persulfate to generate sulfate free radicals which are a strong oxidant to degrade organic pollutants. The oxidative degradation of aniline in aqueous solution by persulfate activated with zero valent iron was studied under laboratory conditions. Batch experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of different parameters such as pH, ZVI concentration, aniline concentration, persulfate concentration and reaction temperature on aniline degradation. The results showed that aniline degradation increased with increasing temperature. The optimum dosage of ZVI was 0.4 g L−1 and 85% aniline degradation was observed. Maximum aniline degradation was observed at pH 4.0, whereas at pH above or below 4.0, aniline degradation efficiency was decreased. In the persulfate-ZVI system, the apparent energy of activation for aniline degradation was 14.85 kJ mol−1. The existence of persulfate radicals and hydroxyl radicals produced during the degradation of aniline were identified with scavenger ethanol and tert-butyl alcohol. The reaction intermediates nitrobenzene, nitroso-benzene and p-benzoquinone were detected by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and based on these intermediates obtained a probable pathway for aniline degradation has been proposed.


The synthesis of chitosan- CuO nanoparticles was studied. This research's aims were biosynthesis CuO nanoparticles, synthesis of chitosan-CuO nanoparticles, and used as an antibacterial agent of Shigella dysenteriae . CuO nanoparticles and chitosan-CuO nanoparticles were characterized by FTIR spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction, respectively. CuO nanoparticle was synthesized by the reaction between leaf extract of sweet star fruit ( Averrhoa carambola L.) and copper sulfate pentahydrate. Chitosan-CuO nanoparticles were synthesized by a heating method. The suspension of chitosan-CuO nanoparticles was used as an antibacterial agent with a paper disk method. The result showed that the Cu-O group at CuO nanoparticles was detected at a wavenumber of 503, 619, 767, and 821 cm -1 . The crystallite size of the CuO nanoparticles was 4.25 nm. Cu-O group bonded at N-H and O-H groups and detected at 3406 cm -1 from the FTIR spectra of chitosan-CuO nanoparticles. The average inhibition zone of chitosan-CuO nanoparticles at concentration 2.500, 5.000, 7.500, and 10.000 ppm to Shigella dysenteriae were 13.57 ± 1.55; 14.90 ± 1.20; 15.97 ± 0.76 and 17.03 ± 1.80 mm, respectively.


ABSTRACT This study examines the associations between preschool teachers' (PTs) perceptions of teaching as a profession and attitudes toward pedagogical changes, in relation to their seniority and their work setting—public sector or private sector. Participants were 105 preschool teachers, who filled out three measures: (1) PTs' perceptions of teaching as a profession questionnaire, (2) PTs' Attitudes Toward Pedagogical Change Questionnaire (APC), and (3) self-report of preschool teachers' teaching setting (i.e., public or private sector) and seniority. The main research hypothesis was that there are significant positive correlations between preschool teachers' perceptions of teaching as a profession and their attitudes toward pedagogical changes in their work. The study findings point to significant correlations between the perception of teaching as a profession and the overall attitude score regarding pedagogical change. Findings indicate differences in perceptions of teaching as a profession and in attitudes toward pedagogical change in relation to the PTs' years of seniority and their teaching setting. The results suggest that preschool teachers who regard their work as a profession hold positive attitudes toward pedagogical changes. Further study is still required in order to explore the specific processes that are required for empowering PTs' professional work and fostering PTs' professional status.