This article aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the psychological intervention of rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) and mental skills training in resolving an Olympian's (L) low frustration tolerance (LFT), particularly during major international competitions. In successfully changing his problem, his performance was also expected to improve.Multiple methods were utilized for the evaluation at different points in time. These included (1) self-evaluation and the coach's evaluation by the Goal Attainment Scale (GAS);(2) verbal feedback of L, L's coach, and L's partner; and (3) videotape analysis. The results were consistent and positive in attesting to the effectiveness of psychological intervention in changing L's LFT behaviors. Using REBT in this study, the sport-related irrational beliefs and behaviors of L were identified. This was crucial for changing the low frustration tolerance of L. The processes of disputing and restructuring L's irrational beliefs were gradual, with fluctuations at times during parts of the action/maintenance stage. Overall, however, the changes had been positive and had been carried out in the right direction. It was interesting to note that in comparison with the other irrational beliefs, his beliefs about technique training were corrected at a slightly slower pace. However, once the former was resolved, the change process was able to move faster. Further, the resolution of his main problem facilitated the enhancement of his performance at the 2004 Olympic Games. According to L and his coach, the double's achievement was partly attributed to the psychological intervention that was introduced about 10 months prior to the tournament. The coach believed that "psychological intervention was directly related to the success at the Olympic Games"; however, L remarked "psychological training has enabled me to gain full control of my emotions and play out to my potentials." In this study, psychological intervention was found to be an ongoing, multisituational process. Apart from regular consultation with L at the local training center, the first author's presence at the overseas training camps and competitions was a facilitating factor. His presence in these various situations provided an immediate on-the-spot opportunity for educating and changing L's problematic behaviors with the support of his coach and partner. The role of the coach was an interesting case in point. It is to note that although the coach could help L cope with his stress, if not handled well, the coach could become a source of stress for the athlete. Thus, during the implementation of the intervention, the coach's sensitivity, understanding, and support were essential in contributing to the ultimate success of the intervention. In fact, the coach played an important role in this case in that he actively participated in the discussions, disputed L's irrational beliefs, and guided L during the competition as well as provided the first author with time, opportunity, and resources to conduct his work.


This article describes an ongoing effort by the International City/ County Management Association (ICMA) to assess the knowledge of practicing local government managers. The development of the Applied Knowledge Assessment (AKA) is described, as are some of the controversial issues that surround this effort. Work began on this assessment tool in 1997, and it is now required to become an ICMA credentialed manager. This article also examines the demographics of the 1,603 participants who have taken this instrument to date. This insider's view of this process should help to stimulate a wider dialogue about the role of these types of assessment tools in the field of public administration.


This is a study of four Borges manuscripts that have to do with his ideas about time and history: "Historia de la eternidad" (1936), "El escritor argentino y la tradicion" (1951), "El pudor de la historia" (1952) and "Destino escandinavo" (1953). Using the techniques of genetic criticism, the essay shows how Borges's compositional techniques, including his use of sources and extensive rewriting, hone his expression of his reflections on time and history.


The article analyses results of the educational reform in the USA. It also provides a description of an experience of educational standards development and improvement.


2 " What are these little cells? " He shrugged and said, " I don't know, but do find out. " (Streit 2002) 3 4 INHALTSVERZEICHNIS 1 EINLEITUNG 8 1.1 Mikroglia 8


I am delighted to be with you today and to accept the invitation of the Chairman of Council, Dr Gerry Burns, and the Vice Chancellor and President, Professor Gerry McKenna, to address you in this fine setting. The University of Ulster is 20 years old this year, yet in that short time has grown to be the largest University on the island.


Large-scale crop planting uses transplanting machines to transplant seedlings. The planting mechanism of transplanting machines is the last step of the transplanting machine seedlings. In the production practice, the planting mechanism often causes the seedlings to be turned over and loging, which affects the survival rate of the crops. In response to this problem, the mathematical model of the planting mechanism which combined with the digital design method was established. SolidWorks2017 was used to design a rod-type plant with rapid return characteristics. The rationality of the planting mechanism was tested using ANSYS 17.0. A quick-return transplanter planting mechanism with reasonable motion characteristics and reliable work performance was obtained.


The Sky Survey Element of NASA's High Resolution Microwave Survey (HRMS) has been actively engaged in a Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence (SETI) since October 12, 1992, using a prototype system with a 2097152-channel spectrum analyzer operating primarily at X-Band frequencies.


We confirm that the standard assumption of isothermal, shock-heated gas in cluster potentials is unable to reproduce the observed X-ray luminosity- temperature relation of groups of galaxies. As an alternative, we construct a physically motivated model for the adiabatic collapse of pre-heated gas into an isothermal potential that improves upon the original work of Kaiser (1991). The luminosity and temperature of the gas is calculated, assuming an appropriate distribution of halo formation times and radiation due to both bremsstrahlung and recombination processes. This model successfully reproduces the slope and dispersion of the luminosity-temperature relation of galaxy groups. We also present calculations of the temperature and luminosity functions for galaxy groups under the prescription of this model. This model makes two strong predictions for haloes with total masses M<10^13 M_sun, which are not yet testable with current data: (1) the gas mass fraction will increase in direct proportion to the halo mass; (2) the gas temperature will be larger than the virial temperature of the mass. The second effect is strong enough that group masses determined from gas temperatures will be overestimated by about an order of magnitude if it is assumed that the gas temperature is the virial temperature. The entropy required to match observations can be obtained by heating the gas at the turnaround time, for example, to about 3 X 10^6 K at z=1, which is too high to be generated by a normal rate of supernova explosions. This model breaks down on the scale of low mass clusters, but this is an acceptable limitation, as we expect accretion shocks to contribute significantly to the entropy of the gas in such objects.


Abstract : The long-term goal is enhanced understanding and models of stratified turbulence and small-scale coherent structures, leading to improved predictions of conditions in coastal marine environments The objectives are to: Develop a new methodology for measuring stratified turbulence and coherent structures in coastal environments. Obtain turbulence measurements sufficient for a critical evaluation of turbulence closure models and large eddy simulations in stratified flows under a wide range of conditions. Quantify the interactions of turbulence, sub-mesoscale and mesoscale motions in estuarine environments.


Learning style has an important impact on the learning process because it puts the focus on the most effective personal mode of study more affective for each learner. In the literature, there is different representations and approaches for identification of learning styles, which implementation is complicated in computing environments for human learning. In this perspective, this article proposes a new approach to identify the learning style using adaptive testing. This approach has the potential to be implemented and give results at the beginning of online training.


The purpose of this work is to investigate the topological nature of Fuzzy measure and relationship on the continuities between possibility density function and Possibility measure on compact topological spaces. The research deals with the concept of compactness of fuzzy topological spaces, continuities and regularity between Possibility measure and possibility density function of compact topological spaces and related ideas.


This paper is aimed to describe the research progress in several functional monomers in terms of their performance,advantages,and applications. The elaborated functional monomer contains the categories of organic acids(methacrylic acid,acrylic acid and vinyl benzoic acid),aromatic heterocyclic(pyridine,imidazole,amides and quinolines),the Schiff base and Salen ligand. Furthermore,the adsorption characteristics and application performances of ion-imprinted polymer produced with the above-described monomers are illustrated. Combined with our recent works in salicylaldehyde Schiff bases functional monomer containing quaternary ammonium ion, the development trend of functional monomer is also prospected. Not only species of functional monomers requires further enriched,but also their function and performance have to be improved. Among those,the functional monomer of 5-chloro methyl salicylic aldehyde Schiff's base modified with quaternary ammonium salt possesses shows strong hydrophilic properties and multi-functional characteristics,and a future research focus shall be the investigation on its performances in the application of functional monomers.


A positive electrode active material for a rechargeable battery from a non-aqueous electrolyte comprises a core portion and a shell portion. The core portion comprises at least one of an inorganic oxide having a polyanionic structure, and an inorganic compound oxide having a polyanionic structure, and comprises a carbon. The shell portion comprises a carbon and covering the core portion. The positive electrode active material has a property which characterizes a continuous pore distribution curve in a graph in which a horizontal axis represents a pore diameter and a vertical axis represents a logarithmic differentiation pore volume. The positive electrode active material is prepared by a wet-cracking of the inorganic oxide or the inorganic compound oxide with an organic acid solution and a sintering a cracked substance in a protective gas atmosphere.


* School of Electrical Engineering, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Yancheng 224001, China (Corresponding author email: firstname.lastname@example.com) ** School of Electrical Engineering, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Yancheng 224001, China (firstname.lastname@example.com) *** School of Electrical Engineering, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Yancheng 224001, China (firstname.lastname@example.com) **** School of Electrical Engineering, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Yancheng 224001, China (firstname.lastname@example.com)


The concept of a systemic pathophysiological response to cerebral damage was first developed nearly 150 years ago by Claude Bernard. In one of his experiments he demonstrated that an artificially induced lesion in the floor of the fourth ventricle of a rabbit produced a peripheral hyperglycaemic response [1]. There are now known to be many cellular and molecular responses to acute cerebral injury. Some cellular responses to cerebral ischaemia occur within 15 s in animal stroke models [2]. Increased catabolic hormone release probably occurs within a few minutes, while the cardiovascular responses such as changes in blood pressure (BP) are well established within 20 min [3]. However, other responses such as the cerebral inflammatory response only begin after 20–24 h, while changes in bone mineral density in the hemiplegic limbs take many weeks to develop [4, 5]. Therefore, although most metabolic responses are initiated rapidly, other pathophysiological changes persist and continue to develop after the acute phase.


: Irrigated farming is a complex activity influenced by a large number of interacting and random factors. A sufficiently realistic gaming simulation model can be used as an effective tool for training in decision making under such a setting. This paper describes a microcomputer-based game model CASIMBOL (Computer Aided Simulation of Irrigation Management Below OutLet) that deals with the problems faced by a typical farmer in a water-deficient region in southern India. The model is built in a spreadsheet environment. Menu-driven macros are developed for automating the gaming session, with provision for selective revision of random variable values. A case-specific synthetic knowledge base is made available for consultation at selected stages during the progress of the game. The advantages, limitations and further possibilities of this model have been brought out during trial sessions involving academic and field personnel. The spreadsheet-based game model linked to a mini expert system demonstrates that this methodology can be adopted for similar situations.


Ubiquitin-ribosomal protein S27a(UBRPS27a) is a fusion protein of Ubiquitin and ribosomal protein.When it was expressed in eukaryotes,the intact ubiquitin carboxyl extension proteins were processed to free ubiquitin monomer and ribosomal protein S27a(RPS27a).The unique of Bombyx mori,which encodes UBRPS27a,was identified from the cDNA library.The protein was expressed in prokaryotic cell and nominated as BmUBRPS27a.By immunization of New Zealand rabbit with purified recombinant protein high titer polyclonal antibodies were generated.The subcellular localization experiment with poly-antiboby indicated that the BmUBRPS27a was distributed both in nucleolus and cytoplasm.Real time PCR was also utilized to analyze the different expression patterns in different tissues and development phases.The result indicated that the UBRPS27a was highest expressed in active proliferating cells.The dsRNA of BmUBRPS27a was constructed for conduction of RNAi.After the silkworm ovary cell Bm5 transfected by dsRNA using liposome,the shape of the cell was turned from circular and oval to shuttle,even synaptic structure similar to the nerve cells appeared,suggesting that the gene plays an important role in maintaining cells in normal form.


The load concept in the design of limiting state of probability, the value taken, classification and combination are introduced in the paper and the principles for determining the relevant itemized factors are also introduced in it.


Starting with the definition of the brand development,this article has analyzed the existing problems in it and has tried to find out some countermeasures.


0. Summary. The distribution of the sum of n random coplanar unit vectors and of a given component of the sun has beeln discussed by many authors, who have shown that each distributioni can be approximated in series that are asymptotically normal. But the difficult question of the usefulness of these approximations for finite n-in particular for small n-has not been exhaustively treated. Accordingly, this paper reexamines some analyses of Pearson's series for the vector sum, presents corresponding series for a component, and examines the accuracy of the latter series. 1. Basic formulas. Giveli a samiple of randomyi coplanar unit vectors [cos


Some effects of hypoglycin on skin slices maintained in vitro were measured. Hypoglycin inhibited the endogenous respiration of skin slices but had no effect on skin respiration in the presence of added glucose. Ammonia was liberated when hypoglycin was incubated with skin slices. Hypoglycin inhibited the production of [ 14 C] CO from [U- 14 C] palmitate by skin slices. The significance of these results in relation to theories of the toxicology of hypoglycin is discussed.


Semiconductor structures in lower dimensions, dubbed quantum dots, exhibit novel properties which result from size quantization of their charge carriers, as well as from their large surface-to-volume ratio. Optical measurements, combined with scanning tunneling microscopy, can provide the detailed information required to model the nonlinear optical response of these clusters.


IntroductionSoccer is a demanding sport the performance of which is determined by physical, techno-tactical, psychological, and social parameters. Aerobic capacity is also a crucial factor for soccer success (Ekblom, 1986). Physiological requirements of the game demand a high aerobic and anaerobic capacity, muscle strength, speed, power, skills, coordination and flexibility for the improvement of performance and the injury prevention (Reilly, Howe & Hanchard, 2003). Intensities of the game are also extremely high. Average heart rates have been found to be around 85% of maximal values, and peak heart rates have been close to maximal (Bangsbo, Iaia, & Krustrup, 2007). Furthermore, midfielders cover about 10-12 km with a mean intensity 80-90% of heart rate max and 70-80% of VO2max rates close to the anaerobic threshold (Casajus, 2001; Ekblom, 1986; Helgerud, Engen, Wisloff, & Hoff, 2001; Hoff, Wistoff, Engen, Kemi, & Helgerud, 2002).During an elite soccer game players perform about 1000-1400 repeated movement actions (Bangsbo, 1993; Mohr, Krustrup, & Bangsbo, 2003) with speed and pace changes and several changes of physical demands (Bangsbo & Krustrup, 2008). Soccer players walk about 18-27 min (20-30% of game duration), run on a very low intensity for about 13-23 min (15-25% of game duration), run on a moderate intensity for about 9-13 min (10-15% of game duration), run on a high intensity for about 4-7 min (4-8% of game duration), walking backwards for about 8-12 km (Reilly & Doran, 2001). Aerobic capacity is an important factor that affects the final league ranking, the quality of the game and the covered distances (Hoff, 2005; Impellizzeri, Rampinini, & Marcora, 2005). Furthermore, it may improve performance indicators such as the time spent in high intensity, sprint number, and ball touches during a game. Researchers conclude that high aerobic capacity also improves the recovering of high intensity interval training that alternates with lower intensities during the game (Bangsbo, 1993; Svensson & Drust, 2005). Although aerobic metabolism is highlighted, the most decisive actions such as short distance sprints, jumps, tackling and duals are very crucial for the final result of a game. These 150-250 short but intense actions during a game show that anaerobic capacity plays a crucial role for the final performance (Bangsbo et al., 2007). It is obvious that the quality of high intensity actions develop elite professional players. Specifically, international players significantly differ from professional players as they cover about 28% in high intensity running (2.43 km vs 1.90 km) and 58% more sprints (650 m vs 410 m). Sprints constitute 1-11% of the total covered distance, corresponding to 0.5-3% of the actual play time. During game players perform a sprint every 90 sec that usually lasts for 2-4 sec. Moreover, it has been found that 30 m sprints demand longer recovering period than the usual 10 to 15 m sprints. Thus, sprint resistance and anaerobic capacity are very important indicators of performance. Players are required to cope with these physical demands with the highest physical condition during the whole competitive season (Aziz, Newton, Tan, & Teh, 2006). Therefore continuous assessment, information and feedback regarding physical condition play a crucial role in the success of any team.It is also known that anthropometric characteristics and body composition have a significant effect on performance (Bangsbo, 1993; Reilly, 2003; Reilly, Bangsbo, & Franks, 2000; Shephard 1999; St0len, Chamari, Castagna, & Wistoff, 2005). Because all these parameters change throughout the annual macrocycle many studies examined their changes during a whole competitive period (Mukherjee & Chia, 2010; Ostojic, 2003). In addition, because soccer performance is related with speed resistance the researchers also focused in changes of aerobic capacity throughout a whole competitive period (Aziz, Tan, Teh, & Council, 2005; Caldwell & Peters, 2009; McMillan et al. …


The onset of chaos in passive advection of particles by flow caused by a pulsed source–sink system is documented. This type of model is of interest in various applications. It is of fundamental interest as the first example of a flow without circulation about any contour at any instant displaying chaotic particle paths. Standard chaos diagnostics such as Poincare sections and Lyapunov exponents are studied as are more conventional flow visualization measures such as streaklines. Numerical stirring experiments for various collections of particles are performed and the properties of a certain one‐dimensional map induced by the two‐dimensional flow are examined.


Performance of Salon soils derived from sand stone, granite, trap with lateritic bricks, deccan trap and mottled nodular bed of limestone was studied in Shahdol Forest Division, M.P. According to phytosociological considerations Shorea robusta- Madhuca indica, Shorea robusta-Terminalia tomentosa, Terminalia tomentosa- Lagerstroemia parviflora and Terminalia communities were found on sand stone, trap with lateritic bricks, deccan trap and limestone respectively. Sal (Shorea robusta) had maximum frequency, density, basal area and also IVI on soils derived from sand stone and minimum on soils derived from limestone. This differential response of salon sand stone (and also granite) was explained on the basis of physico-chemical properties of the soils. Sal prefers soil low in pH (5.4 to 6.5), low in electrical conductivity (∠ 0.1 mmhos/cm), low in Exch. Ca (3 to 10 meq/lOO gm), low in Mg (1 to 4 meq/100 gm) and also low in C.E.C. (6 to 20 meq/l00 gm).


1. The methyl orange method as reported here is satisfactory for the estimation of d-amphetamine down to 1 microgm./5 ml. of dog plasma. The procedure not only produces a negligible blood blank but only three hours are required to make a complete analysis. However, the method is not specific for d-amphetamine.

2. The preliminary application of this method to in vivo studies has produced some interesting and perhaps controversial results. For practical purposes, 5 and 10 mgm. oral doses of d-amphetamine sulfate administered to dogs were not detected in the blood over a five-hour period when the blood was withdrawn at the jugular vein. Similarly, a 10 mgm. intravenous dose could not be detected in the blood. A 40 mgm. oral dose produced a detectable blood level at one hour and a higher blood level at five hours when blood was withdrawn at the jugular vein. After a 10 mgm. intravenous administration into the jugular vein, sample withdrawals at the carotid artery, femoral vein and femoral artery have shown blood levels decreasing from 13 to less than 1 microgm. of d-amphetamine/5 ml. of plasma. A difference in the blood levels at the jugular vein and carotid artery over a twenty-minute period after administration indicates that some tissue of the brain removes d-amphetamine in a rapid manner.

3. The methyl orange method when accompanied by a buffer wash is applicable to urine level determinations of d-amphetamine. These results are in accord with those found by another investigator utilizing a different method.


A novel space-user approach to multiple-input-single-output (MISO) OFDM peak-to-average-power ratio (PAPR) reduction is examined. We propose two techniques that significantly reduce PAPR for MISO-OFDM at various userloads. The first exploits the degrees of freedom in the channel's null-space (transmit weight optimization), while the second provides a more robust and higher reduction by further relaxing the constraint on the constellation domain (constellation-beam modification) with modest computational overhead. Both methods can be implemented by lowcomplexity projection-onto-convex-set (POCS) iterations, have no data rate loss, and are fully compatible with various constellation choices and receiver structure in practical systems. The algorithms proposed achieve up to 6.65 dB reduction in peak power for an 8-antenna MISO transmitter. Index Terms Orthogonal frequency multiplexing (OFDM), peak-to-average-power ratio (PAPR), multiple-input-single-output (MISO), beamforming.


The addition of Co into Nd₄Fe_(77.5-x)Co_x(HfGa)_yB_(18.5)(0≤x≤5, y=0, 0.5) was found to enhance the magnetic properties of Fe₃B/Nd₂Fe₁₄B nanocomposite magnets. The enhancement resulted from the fact that Co retarded the crystallization of α-Fe or Fe₃B but accelerated that of Nd₂Fe₁₄B. The decreased interval between the onset of crystallization temperature of Fe₃B and Nd₂Fe₁₄B phases enabled the grain growth of each phase to be uniform during a post annealing of the melt spun ribbons. The addition of 3~5 at.% Co into ternary composition Nd₄Fe_(77.5)B_(18.5) increased the coercivity (iHc) from 3.27 to 3.54 kOe with the enhanced remanence value (4πMr) around 11.54 kG. From the ribbon magnets of Nd₄Fe_(71.5)Co_5Hf_(0.5)Ga_(0.5)B_(18.5) made at 26 m/sec and annealed at 680℃ for 10 min, the magnetic properties of Br=11.54 kG, iHc=3.54 kOe, and (BH)max=14.35 MGOe were obtained from volume production line.


One of the first things I wanted to say after the performance of The Theatre of Repetitions was: at last! At last an event where music and theatre engage on an autonomous third plane of philosophy, saved from the obsessive search for a suitable Music+ Theater relationship where the traditional capacity for representation in music is weighed against theatrical staging. Yet it would be inappropriate to claim that the philosophical concepts of Deleuze, referred to in the title of the work, 1 take the vantage-point of a master discourse beyond Lang's music and Le Roy's choreography. The happy confluence of their distinctive mediums, or what makes the collaboration between these two artists congenial, rests on the fact that they both are investigating and bringing out ways of performing discursivity in music and dance proper. Every compositional or stage procedure in The Theatre of Repetitions could be considered (on a second-degree basis) as addressing the disposition of music and theatre within the western tradition. Thanks to recent conceptualist tendencies in dance it is perhaps easier to recognize how Lang's intentions have to struggle with more stubborn resistances by considering the staging, as music on stage is haunted by the romantic habits and expectations of audiences who seek to experience an 'expression of the soul' in opera. Their discursive mutuality is conceived in an intertwining relationship. What could only unfold in the materiality of musicthe interiority of the concept of repetition in musical work and its multiple perceptual, historical and political ramificationsis exposed, stated and extended in the staging. The performance could be described briefly as a hyphenated concert of live music performed in theatre, where music is presented as a choreography of its small gestures of musical execution. But to trace how the strategies and procedures of music exposed their institutional protocols, let's restart with the music.


With the continuous improvement of information technology and production technology, mass customization (MC) strategy has been more and more widely used. MC can cater to consumers' preferences to the greatest extent, seize market share, and charge higher prices. As a result, more and more enterprises have chosen MC strategy, and some of them (such as DELL) have achieved great success. However, MC is not always a perfect strategy due to its high technical costs, management costs, material costs and the delay cost of MC to consumers. Therefore, weighing the pros and cons of MC to make the most suitable strategy has become an urgent problem for enterprises. Based on the traditional MC decision-making model, on the one hand, we introduce the brand effect to analyze the impact of the implementation of MC strategy on consumer utility from the perspective of brand value; on the other hand, we introduce product line cost to quantitatively measure the enterprise cost premium brought by the degree of customization of the MC. The following findings, that is, the decision-making situation of enterprises under different internal and external circumstances, as well as the optimal pricing and customization degree (MC only) under different strategies (MP or MC) are obtained, which are: (i) if enterprises have relatively high negative brand effects, they should resolutely refrain from adopting MC strategy; (ii) the enterprise will choose the MC strategy only when the product line cost is low enough, and the increase of consumer retention price will increase the possibility of MC strategy adopted; (iii) in the same situation, enterprises with positive brand effects are more likely to adopt the MC strategy than those with negative brand effects, and it can also charge higher optimal prices under the MC strategy.


In this paper computer environmental planning in the field of forestry is studied. Forestry planning's target is focused on sustainable ecology development rather than economic concerns. Aim of this research is the creating new planting patterns which makes the future forest more safer against the affects of wind as an example to simulation the sustainable environment. For the reason of computer environment process simulation and planning the forest, recent technological advances in the field of computer Aided Design and Computer Aided Engineeign are applied. Following it the application of multi-objective optimization based design in automative forest planning is presented.


Throughout Cervantes's Don Quijote, dress and language play an important role in establishing a character's identity for both other characters and the reader. Beginning with the very first page of the novel, the narrator's description of Alonso Quijano's wardrobe, along with other amusing quotidian behaviors, establishes the protagonist's status as an impoverished, Old Christian, rural hidalgo. Furthermore, Quijano's performance as Don Quijote hinges on his sartorial trappings, and his first transformative act is to clean up the ancestral armor and, quite literally, "suit up" for his new role. Once astride Rocinante, the reader is treated to Quijote's fanciful musings in archaic Spanish on the description of his first sally, which some wise chronicler most surely will record. Of course, the studied care with which he changes from his "true" identity to an anachronistic other is a cause for laughter on the part of everyone from the narrator, to the characters who encounter the knight-errant, to the reader. However, as even a brief review of early modern Spanish sumptuary laws or the edicts prohibiting the Moriscos's use of Arabic and Moorish cultural expressions suggest, embodied signs such as speech and dress were considered legitimate albeit problematic markers of one's essential identity within the context of Inquisitorial Spain. Therefore, when Ruy Pérez de Viedma, the Old Christian Captain who is returning from captivity in Algiers, arrives at Juan Palomeque's famous inn along with Zoraida, his Algerian Christian redemptrix, we can imagine the curious stares that the exotic couple's appearances elicit from those already present. Dorotea, "que siempre fue agraciada, comedida y discreta," nevertheless immediately steps forward to welcome the newcomers (389). Although she, too, is clearly struck by the couple's Algerian attire, she invites the veiled stranger to share a room with her and the other women. Following Dorotea's invitation, the narrator or Second Author interjects with a description of Zoraida's response to Dorotea that highlights the Algerian woman's difference in dress, language, manners,


This paper describes an experimental study of three perceptual properties of motion: flicker, direction, and velocity. Our goal is to understand how to apply these properties to represent data in a visualization environment. Results from our experiments show that all three properties can encode multiple data values, but that minimum visual differences are needed to ensure rapid and accurate target detection: flicker must be coherent and must have a cycle length of 120 milliseconds or greater, direction must differ by at least 20/spl deg/, and velocity must differ by at least 0.43/spl deg/ of subtended visual angle. We conclude with an overview of how we are applying our results to real-world data, and then discuss future work we plan to pursue.


was rejected to be reestablished by way of expanding the list of aggressive acts. In short, the compromise solution was not simply the enumeration of some aggressive acts leaving others to be enumerated by the Security Council and individual states, but rather a specific compromise on the nature of state involvement required for aid to rebels to be considered an armed attack. The Court may have taken a very narrow view of substantial involvement leaning toward a Third World view, but it did operate within the framework of that compromise. The Court's jurisprudence in a sense rejected the U.S. view that the East-West struggle requires an expansive view of self-defense. Instead, underlying the Court's opinion was a view that there was in fact a North-South conflict between large, militarily powerful states intervening in the affairs of small states. Moreover, the Court effectively recognized that most civil wars are fought with some outside support and that self-determination requires that, unless a guerrilla movement has such support as to make it an instrumentality or is under the direction or control of a foreign country, a civil war should be fought primarily on its own turf. The past few decades have demonstrated that unless an insurgent movement has substantial local support it is difficult to win simply because of outside aid. The U.S. view of Third World revolution as simply an agent of Soviet expansionism ignores political reality. Che Guevara's experience illustrates this, as does the difference between the Nicaraguan Contras who have no demonstrable capacity to contest seriously the Nicaraguan Government militarily or politically and the Salvadoran and Afghani rebels who clearly have substantial popular support.


This article excavates the coentanglement of happiness and duty in Stalinist discourse by examining Soviet films of the 1930s and 1940s, including Dziga Vertov's Three Songs of Lenin (1934) and Mikhail Kalatozov's Valerii Chkalov (1941). As happiness was brought firmly into the political domain in the 1930s, cinema celebrated Stalin's dictum that "life has become more joyful" at the same time it espoused dutiful service to the state. The merging of self-realization and self-sacrifice at the heart of this on-screen conception of "happiness," I argue, bore witness to a new biopolitical modality of power which legitimized citizens' right to a happy and prosperous life at the same time as it produced a "being-in-debt." With recourse to Jacques Lacan's theories on the synergy of discourse and jouissance, this article explores how the emergence of a new form of governmentality in the Stalin era was rooted in the configuration of a new libidinal economy.


The present short piece is a criticism against the technical perspective in tourism research. It has gradually has commoditized tourism as a product, bringing to education and workforce only a managerial view of the activity. Based on the idea that, tourism is a total social fact, this work explores the limitations of technical perspective in tourism, first of all in the argument of social geography and urban studies. The process of territorialisation and picturesque seem to be key factor for the advent of tourist destinations. To some extent management and marketing have in last years replaced to scientific research in academy.


This paper describes a wide range of technical research and development that can reduce costs and improve technology for deep water deployment.


Patients` privacy protection is a heated issue in medical business, as medical information in digital format transmit everywhere through networks without any limitation. A current protection method for brain images is to deface from the brain image for patient`s privacy. However, the defacing process often removes important brain voxels so that the defaced brain image is damaged for medical analysis. An ad-hoc method is proposed to conceal patient`s identification by adding cylindrical mask, while the brain keep all important brain voxels. The proposed lossless deformation of brain image is verified not to loose any important voxels. Futhermore, the masked brain image is proved not to be recognized by others.


Acronym List iiI Background 1II Design Goals 2III Virtual Instrument Design 3III.1 Introduction 3III.2 Method of Error Generation 3III.3 Selection of VI Methodology 5III.4 VI Components 6III.4.1 User Interface 6III.4.2 VI Programming 8IV Virtual Instrument Validation 12V Sample Tests 14V.1 Test Configuration 14V.2 FTP Tests 14V.3 SCPS FP Tests 17VI Summary and Conclusions 21VII References 22Appendix - Test Data 23


Abstract Introduction Students rotating on the third-year internal medicine clerkship frequently encounter diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and hyperosmolar hyperglycemic nonketosis during their patient...


1278 cute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is an inflammatory demyelinating disorder of the central nervous system (CNS) that is usually monophasic, but a relapsing variant, is also well-described.1,2 However, the children with this disease sometimes pose a difficult diagnostic dilemma for the treating physician, as it may be difficult to clinically distinguish ADEM from CNS infections, with a consequence of delayed treatment and possible neurologic sequelae.3,4 The pathogenesis is unknown; but there is evidence of autoimmune-mechanisms initiated by autoreactive CNS-specific T-cells causing demyelization following an antecedent infection, vaccination, or even with no recognized preceding illness.5


Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy, Minin and Pozharsky Square, 10/1, Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation, 603005The aim of the investigation was to assess the treatment efficacy of maxillofacial infantile hemangiomas by a single-stage use of selective photothermolysis and sclerosing compared to the isolated use of selective photothermolysis and conventional cryodestruction. Materials and Methods. 250 clinical cases were studied. The patients were divided into three groups: group 1 — with cryodestruction (n=79), group 2 — selective photothermolysis (n=87), group 3 — combined treatment of selective photothermolysis and sclerosing (n=84). For the avoidance of doubt, we selected only similar clinical cases, the main selection parameter being he height and(or) depth of vascular hyperplasia invasion in intact tissues (from 5 to 9 mm), the involvement area being of secondary importance. The treatment efficacy criteria were the following: 1) reduction of the involvement area (cosmetic result) in the course of the first procedure; 2) the number of follow-ups of a growing tumor in a group per year; 3) reduction of treatment duration.Results. Mean treatment time in combination of selective photothermolysis and sclerosing reduced by 60% compared to cryodestruction, and by 37% — compared to monotherapy (selective photothermolysis). Positive cosmetic result after the first treatment procedure exceeded that of monotherapies: cryodestruction — by 25.61%, and selective photothermolysis — by 14.77%. There was observed the reduced number of repeated procedures necessary for maximum tumor regress.Conclusion. A combined technique of selective photothermolysis and sclerosing enables to improve the treatment efficacy of pediatric hemangiomas, improve functional and esthetic results, and reduce the time required for the management of children with this pathology.Key words: hemangioma; fraction photothermolysis; vascular skin hyperplasia.For contacts: Ryzhevskiy Dmitriy Vladimirovich, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


Approximately 0.5 kilogram dry seed of maintainer line Yuefeng B were treated with γ-ray of 60Co at the dosage of 0.35kGy,waxy mutants of Jianongwx2B were obtained from M2 brown rice population with embryo,and Jianongwx2A was developed through Yuefeng A crossed and backcrossed with Jianongwx2B. Jianongwx2A and Yuefeng A had the same growth duration, the similar characteristics of agronomy,spikelet,panicle,fertility and combining ability,except for the amylase content(AC%) existed significant difference. Jianongwx2A was highly evaluated by Fujian Science and Technology Committee in October 2008. A waxy hybrid rice named Jianuo 2 you 06 derived from Jianongwx2A and restorer line Jianuohui 6 had characteristics of good grain quality,high yield and wide adaptability.


Abstract In this modern world where everything is connected, telemedicine is a way to connect healthcare professionals to clients in an effective and efficient way, but the hurdles and challenges especially in third world/ developing countries are the lack of infrastructure and support from the governing officials. There have little support from the Indonesian government in providing aid as in to provide funding or ease of regulations so that startups can be kickstarted. The subject of this study is taken from a few web-based and app-based telemedicine providers in Indonesia such as Linkdokter, Tanyadokter.com, alodokter.com, alodokter , and halodoc. This study investigates the effects of telemedicine in people's lives in Indonesia, whether it has made an impact in reducing the amount of time needed to see a healthcare professional in Indonesia which is a major problem especially in Jakarta, where traffic is a major issue. The results shows that a lot of Indonesians are not aware there are apps that can provide them with the ease and convenience to see and consult a healthcare professional, most still rely on the traditional way and we can see that a lot of rules and regulations, restrict the development of this medical platform. From what we have researched, we found that given the time and socialization of the platform it is possible to get the platform up and running as long as there are no bureaucracies involved that  can slow down or even kill the platform.   Keywords:  Rules ;Regulations; Development; Telemedicine


T HE EGGS of a number of birds have been reported as hatching in ten days or even less. These short incubation periods are reported in two connections. One is the baffling method of some authors of counting incubation from the laying of the last egg to the hatching of the first egg-the so-called Kurzbrutdauer, which Swanberg (1950:65) rightly calls "meaningless." The other is the genuine belief in a particularly rapid development of the embryo in the species in question. It is the latter question that I propose to discuss here. First, we must have a definition of incubation period. Here we may well follow Swanberg (1.950:75) who adopts Heinroth' s (1922) rule: By incubation period is understood the time which, with regular, uninterrupted incubation of a newly laid egg, elapses until the yozmg has left the egg. In nature this can be checked by counting the time from the laying of the last egg to the hatching of the last egg, when all eggs hatch. This criterion is used by Moreau (1940)) Nice (1937a), Skutch (1945)) Sutter (1946)) and many others. A firm conviction has existed that little birds must have short incubation periods. Yet before the 19th century I can find no published statement of an incubation period shorter than I1 days. Audubon (1831:251) seems to have been the first to report a ten-day incubation period and this was for the Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Archilochus colubris: "Ten days are required for their hatching. . . . In one week the young are ready to fly, but are fed by the parents for another week." The male feeds his mate and "hurries the Bluebird and the Martin to their boxes . . . all these proofs of the sincerity, fidelity, and courage, with which the male assures his mate of the care he will take of her while sitting on her nest." It is clear that the whole story was spun out of his head; the male does not feed the female or the young; he takes no interest in her nesting; she incubates for 16 days; the young are fledged in 21 to 24 days (Kendeigh, 1952). Audubon' s misstatements concerning incubation and fledging periods were incorporated into Nuttall' s volume (1832) and appeared without change in the 1840 edition and also in "The Popular Handbook," edited by Chamberlain that came out in various editions from 1891 to 1919. Audubon' s figure of ten days was given by Evans (1891) and copied by Bergtold (1917).


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ABSTRACT Chromosomes can be specifically stained inmetaphasespreadsandinterphasenuclei byin situ hybridiza-tionwithentirechromosome-specificDNAlibraries. Unlabeledhuman genomic DNAis used to inhibit the hybridization ofsequences in the library that bind to multiple chromosomes. Thetargetchromosomecan bemadeatleast20 timesbrighterper unit length thantheothers. Trisomy 21andtranslocations involvingchromosome4canbedetectedinmetaphasespreads and interphase nuclei byusing this technique.Theapplication ofnonradioactive in situ hybridization withchromosome-specific probes for cytogenetic analysis hasincreased significantly in recent years. This hasbeendue to the technical convenience ofthese procedures (1-3) and tothe increased availability ofrepetitive probesthat hybridizeintensely and specifically to selected chromosomes. Suchprobes are nowavailable for over half ofthe human chro-mosomes. In general, these bind to repeated sequences on compactregions ofthe target chromosome nearthe centro-mere.


We present preliminary results on training finite state machines (FSMs) as good/bad classifiers for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) primers. Novel features of the work presented include hybridization of multiple populations of FSMs and an incremental fitness function. The system presented here is a post-production add-on to a standard primer picking program intended to compensate for organism and lab specific factors.


As marketers continue to spend more and more on sales promotions, it is increasingly important for them to consider and understand how consumers evaluate and respond to these offers as well as what influence the offers have on consumer brand attitude. This is especially significant for small businesses as their resources, including promotion budgets, are usually substantially less than their larger counterparts. Therefore, it is essential that small businesses implement marketing strategies that generate the greatest return. One such strategy is the usage of sales promotions. However, in order to accomplish this, small business managers must understand the sales promotion landscape and recognize that it extends beyond simple discounts or coupons. Further, all sales promotions are not created equal, at least not in the eyes of consumers. Whether a sales promotion is deemed as a good offer is contingent upon more than just the promotion type. Rather, marketers must be cognitive of the roles of framing, consumer type, familiarity with the brand, consumer purchase involvement, and frequency of promotion and consider the influence of each variable on the consumer's perception of the offer and attitude towards the brand. In keeping with the Small Business Institute Journal's primary purpose of publishing practical, applied research, this article offers practitioners a practical review for understanding the sales promotion landscape, consumer perceptions of deal value, and the potential influence of sales promotions on brand attitude as well as provides considerations for implementing a sales promotions strategy.


Frugivorous flies (Tephritoidea) are the main pests in temperate-zone fruit crop in Brazil. The objective of this research is to evaluate the infestation of these flies and the incidence of their parasitoids in fruit trees from 2007/08 and 2008/9 crops in Pelotas and in Capao do Leao, located in the south of Rio Grande do Sul. Fruits were collected from yellow guava and red guava (Psidium cattleianum Sabine, 1821), pindo palm [Butia capitata (Mart.) Becc., 1916], persimmon (Diospyros kaki Linnaeus, 1753), wild cherry (Eugenia involucrata DC., 1828), guava [Psidium guajava (Linnaeus, 1753)], feijoa tree [Acca sellowiana (Berg.) Burret, 1941], medlar [Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindley, 1822], peach [Prunus persicae (L.) Batsch, 1801], surinam cherry (Eugenia uniflora Linnaeus,1753) and (Eugenia pyriformis Cambessedes, 1832). The fruit was collected and transported to the laboratory, where the following parameters were individually determined: fly infestation rate, parasitism rate, and its frequency per parasitoid specie. It was found two species of Tephritidae, Anastrepha fraterculus (Wiedemann, 1830) (90.5%) and Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann, 1824) (9.5%) and two of Lonchaeidae, Neosilba zadolicha McAlpine & Steyskal, 1982 (87.8%) and a species not yet described, called Neosilba n. sp. 3 (12.2%). Anastrepha fraterculus is the most abundant species in the two cities and it was detected in most fruit crops collected. The persimmon and the guava were the hosts that showed the highest index of C. capitata infestation. Regarding to the species of Neosilba, the highest infestation occurred in fruits of feijoa tree. From the emerged parasitoids, it was identified three species two of Braconidae, Doryctobracon areolatus (Szepligeti, 1911) (52.6%) and Opius bellus (Gahan, 1930) (27.5%) and a species of Figitidae, Aganaspis pelleranoi (Brethes, 1924) (20.0%). Doryctobracon areolatus was the most frequent parasitoid in most sampled fruit trees, except for surinam cherry and wild cherry, where O. bellus was predominant and for peach, A. pelleranoi.


Based on the new characteristics of IKEv2 of the new version,an implementation approach of IKEv2 under Linux was proposed.In view of facing the client,the system was divided and abstracted so as to realize the readability,maintenance,productivity and sustainability of the proceducre.


Results of a scaled experiment using the electron beam produced by a gridded thermionic cathode from an Inductive Output Tube electron gun to drive an external lumped element circuit for high efficiency radio frequency generation are reported. The IOT gun produces an electron beam bunched at the driving frequency that is then collected by an external circuit for resonant impedance matching to the load. Results showed that effects such as the internal resistance of the inductor and deflection of beam electrons by the induced RF voltages on the beam collector are important considerations to be included in the design of a practical device using this configuration for high efficiency, MW-class RF sources for Mobile Ionospheric Heaters (MIHs).


bliniaturization oi microwave circuit components is an important issue with the development in the mobile communication. Capacitors, inductors anti hybrid devices of these are building blocks of electric circuits, and the fabrication of these devices using thin film technology will influence on the miniaturization of electronic devices In this paper, we report the successful fabrication of the inductors, capacitors and LC hybrid devices using a ferroelectric and a ferromagnetic oxide thin iilm. Au, stable at high temperatures in oxidizing ambient, is patterned by lift-off process, and oxide thin films are deposited by ion beam sputtering and chemical vapor deposition. These devices are characterized by a network analyzer in 0.5-15GtIz range We got the inductance of 5nH, capacitance oi 10, 000 pF and resonant frequencies of .


Mark-recapture method for Scurria identification in the field. Juveniles and adult individuals of S. viridula can be easily mistaken with S. zebrina according to their similar morphology (Espoz et al. 2004). To improve the identification in the field, we marked juvenile specimens (from 0.5 to 1.4 cm) of both species and monitored growth of individuals until they reached the sub-adult stage (8 to 12 mo). Fifty individuals were marked with numbered bee tags glued directly onto their shells. In this procedure, individuals were not picked up from the substrate. We followed detailed morphological description reported by Espoz et al. (2004) to differentiate both juveniles and adults of each species. The mark-recapture procedure was conducted in Guanaqueros and Punta Talca from April 2010 to May 2011. Despite S. viridula having clear ontogenetic changes in the ornamentation and external structure of the shell (Figs. S1.1c and S.1.2b) compared with S. zebrina, adult individuals of these species were easily differentiated in the field.


We prove the existence of an appropriate function (very weak solution) u in the Lorentz space L(N') (,infinity)(Omega), N' = (N)(N - 1) satisfying Lu - Vu + g (x, u, del u) = mu in Omega an open bounded set of R(N), and u = 0 on partial derivative Omega in the sense that (u, L phi)(0) - (Vu, phi)(0) + (g(., u, del u),phi)(0) = mu(phi), for all phi is an element of C(c)(2)(Omega). The potential V <= lambda < lambda(1) is assumed to be in the weighted Lorentz space L(N,1)(Omega, delta), where delta(x) = dist (x, partial derivative Omega), mu is an element of M(1)(Omega, delta), the set of weighted Radon measures containing L(1)(Omega, delta), L is an elliptic linear self adjoint second order operator, and lambda(1) is the first eigenvalue of L with zero Dirichlet boundary conditions. If mu is an element of L(1)(Omega, delta) we only assume that for the potential V is in L(loc)(1) (Omega), V <= lambda < lambda(1). If mu is an element of M(1)(Omega, delta(alpha)), alpha is an element of [0, 1[, then we prove that the very weak solution vertical bar del u vertical bar is in the Lorentz space L(N/N-1+alpha,infinity)(Omega). We apply those results to the existence of the so called large solutions with a right hand side data in L(1)(Omega, delta). Finally, we prove some rearrangement comparison results.


This paper analyzes the shortage of unmanned systems in the traditional operation mode from the operational requirement of future war to unmanned systems, and puts forward the ship Mecanum transport platform.


In recent years many studies have shown that brewers spent grain (BSG), the major by-product of the brewing industry, is no longer regarded as waste but rather as a rich source of bioactive compounds. With a hypothesis that this by-product could be efficiently valorized in developing new added-value food products this study evaluates the content of BSG in several bioactive compounds and assessed their influence on enhancing the nutritional quality of a basic snack composition. The substitution of wheat flour with 10%, 20% and 30% ground BSG led to development of three breadsticks formulations with increased nutritional value (protein, fiber, lipid and minerals) and enhanced antioxidant properties, in a dose dependent manner. Also, the sensorial analysis revealed that, compare with a control sample, the prototype with 10% and 20% BSG had good organoleptic attributes and overall acceptability. The obtained results emphasize the great opportunity to reuse this by-product in developing innovative added-value food products.


In Bergoglio's thinking, to build on fraternity in order to create a culture of encounter and justice means to move together towards unity, which helps to be committed "to allow people to serve as a body despite differences of viewpoint, physical separation and human ego".[1] This attitude and these commitments will prevent us from falling into uniformity while respecting the values and richness of plurality. In fact, in today's world, while we are more and more interconnected we experience a deep sense of division, especially at the social and economic level. Our societies and communities are more and more fragmented and this creates dangerous polarizations, as it is seen in politics and social life. Fraternity will help to foster dialogue at all levels and this will enable people "to generate a shared horizon toward which we can all move forward together".[2] This does not mean, in Pope Francis' understanding, denying tensions and differences. It rather calls for the engagement of everyone and all communities to work for a wider unity where all differences remain and coexist while working together. This reading of the present reality can help us react to the pandemic as a people, as a whole humanity with its differences and riches. But we need the courage "to restore an ethics of fraternity and solidarity, regenerating the bonds of trust and belonging. For what it saves is not an idea but an encounter."

[1] Ibid., p. 68.
[2] Ibid., p. 76.


Static learning is a learning algorithm for finding additional implicit implications between gates in a netlist. In automatic test pattern generation (ATPG) the learned implications help recognize conflicts and redundancies early, and thus greatly improve the performance of ATPG. Though ATPG can further benefit from multiple runs of incremental or dynamic learning, it is only feasible when the learning process is fast enough. In the paper, we study speeding up static learning through parallelization on heterogeneous computing platform, which includes multi-core microprocessors (CPUs), and graphics processing units (GPUs). We discuss the advantages and limitations in each of these architectures. With their specific features in mind, we propose two different parallelization strategies that are tailored to multi-core CPUs and GPUs. Speedup and performance scalability of the two proposed parallel algorithms are analyzed. As far as we know, this is the first time that parallel static learning is studied in the literature.


Seven ofeight strains ofMycoplasma (PPLO) werefoundtobesensitive tothe deoxystreptamines, certain macrolides, andthetetracyclines. Theseantibiotics are relative noncytotoxic. Kanamycin andtetracycline wereuseful ineliminating PPLO (pleuropneumonia-like organisms) strain Squibb no.1 froma HeLacell line which was deliberately contaminated withPPLO.Repeated exposureofM.laidlawii type B cells toneomycin resulted ina 50-fold increase inresistance, andtheresistant strain was also resistant togentamicin, kanamycin, neomycin, andparomomycin. A tetracycline-resistant strain ofthis culture was foundtoberesistant to7-chlortetracycline, 7-chlor-6-demethyltetracycline, and5-hydroxytetracycline. OnePPLO strain, Squibb no.2,derived froma contaminated HeLacellculture, was resistant toallantibiotics studied. Biochemists andmicrobiologists using cell cultures asbiochemical systems havebecomeincreasingly awareoftheproblems introduced by contatingmicoorganisms. Although antibiotics havebeenwidely usedto eliminate bacterial, fungal, andyeast contamination,comparatively little attention hasbeenpaidtoMycoplasma(PPLO)contamination. Amongthe methods suggested foreliminating these parasites fromcell lines areheat treatment (8), useofspecific antiserum (14), andantibiotic treatment. Amongtheantibiotics usedinvarious laboratories weretetracycline (3, 9),kanamycin (5,15), tylosin (6), 7-chlortetracycline


Abstract We measured the sound velocity of Fe3S at room temperature up to 85 GPa employing inelastic X‑ray scattering to better constrain the constitution of the inner core. The density of Fe3S was also determined by X-ray diffraction under the same conditions. The relation of the P-wave velocity (vP) and density (ρ) of Fe3S follows Birch's law, vP(m/s) = 1.14(5) × ρ(kg/m3) - 2580(410). Based on Birch's law determined here for Fe3S and that for ε-Fe reported previously, we found that sulfur decreases both density and compressional velocity of hcp-Fe at the core pressure and 300 K.


Objective To explore the clinical effect of radiation pneumonitis(RP) caused by lung cancer radiotherapy. Methods A total of 100 patients, treated with radiotherapy for lung cancer, were observed for the clinical effect of treatment. Analysis was made for the relations of age, gender, tumor location, clinical stage and the incidence of RP relationship. Results The incidence of RP in all the patients was 13.46%, and the incidence of female was higher than male(P0.05). In addition, tumor site, lung disease, stratified mode operation, and the way of radiotherapy all had significant effects on the occurrence of RP. Conclusion Gender, lung disease, operation, the location of the tumor, radiotherapy dose, and radiotherapy methods will have influence on the incidence of RP. Therefore, proper operation and radiotherapy methods in clinical treatment should be chosen properly, combing with the specific circumstances of the patients. Radiotherapy dose should be controlled reasonably in order to reduce the incidence of RP in a certain extent.


This paper discusses several LOX/Hydrocarbon booster engines that are being considered for future launch vehicles. The various concepts are compared. Introducing liquid hydrogen to the liquid oxygen/hydrocarbon booster engine appears to offer many benefits.


Thirteen indices have been examined to determine their potential applicability to operational waste management safety assessment. Two waste streams are presented on a normalized basis. These are the packaged spent fuel from the once-through fuel cycle and solidified high-level waste from a coprocessed UO/sub 2/--PuO/sub 2/ fuel cycle. Seven of the indices are then calculated for a hypothetical surface storage scenario of the two wastes. The indices are examined on a consistent basis to identify any biases built into them, and to determine the sensitivities of each to various waste situations. The two waste streams are then compared on the basis of the indices to extend the understanding of the analysis techniques. The results of the analysis fall into two categories, index evaluation and fuel cycle waste comparison. Only five of the indices are determined to be applicable to operational waste management safety assessment. The remainder are rejected either because they require very detailed input data; they are specifically designed for geologic isolation; they are extremely controversial in their application; or because they are particularly sensitive to a few specific radionuclides. The waste stream comparison yields three results: (1) the solidified high-level waste from the coprocessed UO/sub 2/--PuO/sub 2/ fuelmore » cycle may be potentially less hazardous than the packaged spent fuel from the once-through fuel cycle; (2) the removal of actinides, and especially plutonium, from spent fuel may reduce the potent hazard associated with the waste; and (3) after one million years of decay, the packaged spent fuel and solidified high-level waste are nearly the same on a hazard potential basis.« less


The concept of weak relative-injectivity of modules was introduced in [6] in order to study rings all of whose cyclic modules are embeddable as essential submodules of projective modules. The study of weak relative-injectivity of rings and modules relates to that of quasi-Frobenius rings, Q/-rings and to rings of quotients. An i?-module M is called weakly i?-injective if every n-element generated submodule of E(M), the injective hull of M, is contained in a submodule of E(M) isomorphic to M. An /2-module M is called weakly-injective if it is weakly i?-injeative for all n>0. The ring R is called a right weakly-injective ring if R is weakly-injective as right R-module. Lemma 3.2 shows that weak i?-injectivity is not a Morita invariant. However, if R is a weakly-injective integral domain and K is a ring Morita equivalent to iϊ, then K is a weakly-injective ring (Theorem 3.1). Furthermore, for any nonsingular ring i?, it is shown that R is a weakly-injective ring, if and only if the nxn matrix ring S over R is also a weakly-injective ring (Theorem 3.3). Among other results on the weak relative injectivity of triangular matrix rings,


In a review article provides a contemporary view on the issue of abortion, which is one of the most pressing problems of modern obstetrics and gynecology. Presented the comparative characteristics and statistics about complications of abortions performed by various methods as abortion – the most common cause of maternal mortality and morbidity in the Russian Federation. In this regard, in recent years raises the question of choosing the most optimal, safe way to abortion.


The purpose of this study is to investigate the mediating effect of host region attitudes in the relationship between festival visitors' local festival brand equity and festival performance. The analysis results obtained in this study are as follows. First, among local festival brand equity, the higher the brand value and brand quality, the better the festival performance. Second, among the local festival brand equity, the higher the brand image, brand value, and brand quality, the better the attitude of the hosting region. Third, the host region attitude was found to have a positive effect on tourism industry performance, socio-cultural performance, environmental performance, political performance, and economic performance. Last, in the relationship between local festival brand equity and festival performance, it was confirmed that the host region attitude had a partial mediating effect.


The objective of this chapter is to provide an overview of existing portable medical devices. The chapter then focuses on portable automated agitation detection. The design and prototyping of a device capable of portable wireless agitation detection is detailed. In addition, the agitation detection algorithm, which uses Support Vector Machines (SVM) based on the measurement of skin conductivity, skin temperature, and inter-beat interval, is described. Experimental results pertaining to the performance of the device and the agitation detection are provided. The chapter concludes with challenges to the development of medical portable devices in general and to agitation detection specifically. Some potential future research directions are highlighted. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61350-123-8.ch012


As an environmentally efficient new refrigeration technology,magnetic refrigeration technology have drawn more and more people′s attention.Compared with the conventional gas compression cooling,magnetic refrigeration is very competitive.Magnetic refrigeration technology is sure to have broad prospects for development with the continuous development of material science and cooling cycle theory.In this paper,the working principle of the magnetic refrigeration technology as well as the research progress of the typical magnetic refrigeration cycles are illustrated.The new development of the magnetic material and the active magnetic refrigerator are introduced.


"Among the unsung heroes of our country, first place must be given to that group of early pioneer scientists, sent out by the Smithsonian Institution from 1840 to 1860… Among their numbers was Dr. John Evans, United States Geologist to the Territories of Washington and Oregon from the year 1851 until his death at Washington, D.C. in February, 1861."


The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of family structure and school variables on behavior disorders of children. The sample consisted of 1,162 white elementary school children. General information was obtained from school records, and ratings on behavior disorders were obtained from teachers. Data were analyzed using multiple regression analyses of variance. Results indicated that grade in school, sex, social class, ordinal position in the family, and teacher were important variables in the determination of behavior disorders. Whether or not the children were living with both of their natural parents, number of children in the family, if the children were in special education classes, and whether the children were older than usual for their grade in school were less important or were unimportant. The results, especially those that were not expected, were discussed.


The three‐dimensional Poisson–Boltzmann equation for the distribution of counterion charge density around double‐helical DNA has been solved for solutions of .01M, .10M, and .20M monovalent salt. The polymers, poly[d(CpGp)] and poly[d(m5CpGp)], were studied in the B‐ and the Z‐conformations. The effect of methylation on the relative stabilities of these conformers in solutions of different ionic strengths is known to favor the Z‐form. Accumulation of charge density around the B‐ and the Z‐conformers is compared in detail. The relative electrostatic stabilities of the B‐ and Z‐conformers in .01M, .10M, and .20M solutions are compared and discussed in terms of the ion–DNA interactions and the self‐energy of the structured ionic environment. The ion–DNA interaction energies, termed "phosphate screening," monotonically decrease with ionic strength and are consistent with a B‐to‐Z conformation change induced in either polymer by increased electrolyte concentration. However, these calculated energies alone do not account for the fact that the ionic strength at the midpoint of the transition of the methylated polymer is substantially lower than that of its unmethylated analogues. The phosphate screening effect is counterbalanced by changes in the self‐energy required for the creation of the structured counterion environment. This self‐energy of the electrolyte environment monotonically increases with ionic strength. Methylation‐induced shifts in the overall conformational equilibria depend on the relative changes of these competing effects. Increasing salt concentration is calcualted to favor the Z‐conformer. The effect of methylation, lowering the ionic strength of the transition midpoint, is proposed to originate in minor structural changes in the Z‐form of the polymer, making the groove more accessible to counterions in the G(3′ – 5′)C region. This allows a redistribution of counterion density and a lowering of the self‐energy of the ionic environment, conferring added stability to the Z‐conformation, as indicated by calculations of relative entropies. The experimentally observed temperature dependence of the B‐to‐Z transition, however, cannot be explained without assuming the release of bound water. Maps of the calculated three‐dimensional structure at the counterion distribution near the surface of these molecules in both the B‐ and the Z‐forms are also presented.


Silence can stem from myriad stimuli, including but not limited to quietude, speechlessness, secretiveness or repression. The oppressed and marginalised women often resort to the 'act' of silence to survive in a patriarchal society. Indian playwright Mahesh Dattani has raised the social problem of misogyny in several of his plays. The women in these plays are neither timid nor shy. Yet, despite being quite vocal about various aspects, they keep parts of their lives buried in deep secrecy. Their selective silence also raises pertinent questions regarding gender-based power equations. Exploring the interconnection between patriarchy and silence in Mahesh Dattani's Where Did I Leave My Purdah? and Final Solutions, this paper attempts to analyse as to whether silence of women in these plays is a manifestation of their agency or indirect patriarchal imposition.


Background: Ocular medulloepithelioma (OM) is a rare ocular malignancy. This is a report of a rare case of medulloepithelioma that was misdiagnosed as retinoblastoma. Material and methods: A case report and review of published, peer-reviewed, English language literature reporting on ocular medulloepithelioma. Results: A seven-year-old girl presented with a white mass in the anterior chamber of her left eye. The initial diagnosis was retinoblastoma with anterior chamber invasion, and therefore it was enucleated. Microscopy showed a cellular tumour composed of malignant primitive cells forming sheets, rosettes, and tubular structures. Based on the presence of prominent pleomorphism the tumour was diagnosed as malignant teratoid medulloepithelioma. At last date of follow-up three years after enucleation, the patient was alive without metastasis. A systematic review of literature, analysed 177 cases of OM. The tumour was localised in the ciliary body in 134 (92%) cases, and 26 (23%) cases had extraocular extension. Primary management was enucleation in 84 (55%) cases, tumour resection in 32 (21%) cases, and radiation therapy in 20 (13%) cases. Histopathology disclosed benign features in 36 (22%) eyes, malignant features in 124 (78%) eyes, teratoid features in 72 (59%), and non-teratoid features in 51 (41%) eyes. At a mean follow-up of five years, 14 (8%) patients had metastasis, and six (6%) patients were dead. Conclusions: Ocular medulloepithelioma most commonly affects children. The most common type is the malignant teratoid type, but it has a favourable prognosis, and distant metastasis and mortality are relatively rare, at 8% and 6%, respectively.


Spatial patterns of fl oristic richness and endemism are critical for understanding the evolution and assembly of native plant diversity on a regional scale (e.g., Linder and Verboom, 2015 ; Nagalingum et al., 2015 ; Schmidt-Lebuhn et al., 2015 ; Th ornhill et al., 2016 ), and for resolving areas of special value for conservation planning ( González-Orozco et al., 2015 ), especially in light of ongoing anthropogenic climate change ( Loarie et al., 2008 ). Th e recent, rapid growth of herbarium databases with geo-referenced collection localities (e.g., Markos et al., 2016 ) and accompanying development of refi ned spatial-diversity metrics ( Crisp et al., 2001 ; Laff an and Crisp, 2003 , 2016 ; Rosauer et al., 2009 ; Mishler et al., 2014 ) are increasingly allowing for a more nuanced assessment of fl oristic hotspots than was possible earlier, to the benefi t of conservation resource prioritization. In Australia, for example, application of such approaches has been recognized as an important component of decision-making about designation of national parks and other reserves, to ensure that land preservation encompasses as much otherwise unprotected biological diversity as possible (e.g., Laity et al., 2015 ; Pollock et al., 2015 ). Advances in quantitative approaches to spatial biodiversity analysis have enhanced the value of such studies for examining regional patterns of richness and endemism (e.g., Crisp et al., 2001 ; Laff an and Crisp, 2003 ; Rosauer et al., 2009 ; González-Orozco et al., 2014 ; Mishler et al., 2014 ). For example, range restriction, which has been traditionally captured fl oristically by examining absolute endemism (i.e., complete restriction to a particular setting), can be explored with greater resolution by examining relative endemism (i.e., inverse weighting of taxa or lineages by their geographic range 1 Manuscript received 6 September 2016; revision accepted 23 February 2017. University and Jepson Herbaria and Department of Integrative Biology, 1001 Valley Life Sciences Building #2465, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-2465 USA 2 Author for correspondence (e-mail: email@example.com) doi:10.3732/ajb.1600326 Species richness and endemism in the native fl ora of California 1


At present, some methods have been put forward to detect the winding deformation using the leakage inductance(Lk) of the transformer, but the research on the inherent law of Lk and deformations is not enough. In this paper, a calculation model of Lk based on response surface(RS) method is proposed. In an example of a real transformer, the results of RS model are basically coincident with its actual variation of leakage inductance. Combining RS model and Sobol' global sensitivity analysis method based on Monte Carlo algorithm, the global sensitivities of Lk to different deformations are analyzed The results show that the sensitivities are obviously dissimilar, and the change of Lk will be more obvious under the condition of multiple deformations. At last, In the case of a fixed threshold, the matching between deformation criterion and the transformer operating capacity is analyzed. Result indicates the action of the deformation criterion does not exactly match the transformer operating capacity.


Acknowledgements Notes on contributors Part I. Setting the Stage Chapter 1. Introduction (Ryoko Tsuneyoshi and Yuto Kitamura) Chapter 2. "Exceptionalism" in Japanese education and its implications (Ryoko Tsuneyoshi) Chapter 3. Japan's challenge in fostering global human resources: policy debates and practices (Akiyoshi Yonezawa & Yukiko Shimmi) Chapter 4. Global citizenship education in asia (Yuto Kitamura) Part II. Globalization and the multicultural challenge in Japan Chapter 5. From high school abroad to college in Japan: The difficulties of the Japanese returnee experience (Yoriko Ida) Chapter 6. Breaking in or dropping out?: filipina immigrant girls envisioning alternative lives in a globalized world (Tomoko Tokunaga) Chapter 7. Transition from university to work in Japan: Approaching expectations of international students (Chun-Yi, Tan) Part III. Case studies in meeting the global and multicultural challenge Chapter 8. The University of Tokyo PEAK program : Venues into the challenges faced by Japanese universities (Yujin Yaguchi) Chapter 9. Developing human resource for multicultural coexistence society: A case study of gunma university-gunma prefecture cooperation project "multicultural community advancement officers certificate program" (Yuki Megumi) Part IV. The issues revisited Chapter 10. Why does cultural diversity matter? Korean higher education in comparative perspective (Gi-Wook Shin and Rennie J. Moon) Chapter 11. Globalization or anglicization?: A dilemma of English language teaching in Japan (Yoshifumi Saito) Chapter 12. Japanese schooling and the global and multicultural challenge: Globalization from below (Ryoko Tsuneyoshi, Fumiko, Takahashi, Hideki Ito, Lee Seulbi, Maiko Sumino, Tate Kihara, Satsuki Kubodera, and Hikaru Ishiwata) Index


Clear speech has been shown to have an intelligibility advantage over casual speech in noisy and reverberant environments. This work validates spectral and time domain modifications to increase the intelligibility of casual speech in reverberant environments by compensating particular differences between the two speaking styles. To compensate spectral differences, a frequency-domain filtering approach is applied to casual speech. In time domain, two techniques for time-scaling casual speech are explored: (1) uniform time-scaling and (2) pause insertion and phoneme elongation based on loudness and modulation criteria. The effect of the proposed modifications is evaluated through subjective listening tests in two reverberant conditions with reverberation time 0.8s and 2s. The combination of spectral transformation and uniform time-scaling is shown to be the most successful in increasing the intelligibility of casual speech. The evaluation results support the conclusion that modifications inspired by clear speech can be beneficial for the intelligibility enhancement of speech in reverberant environments.


We have all of us in our examinations of the eighth nerve neuritis cases been struck with the multiplicity in the causes and in the variation in the symptoms. The diseases of all the cranial nerves seem to follow about the same course, exhibiting symptoms and ability to recovery varying according to the function of the nerve, to the quality of the cause of the lesion, and to the intensity of the attack. I have in a former publication pointed out these qualities in respect to the. sixth nerve, which have been so ably reviewed by Passow and others, and they have been referred to in the description of the peculiar menieriform polyneuritis of the cerebral nerves described by Frankel Hochwart.For the sixth nerve the causes have been proven by autopsy to be: First, pressure, as from a tumor; second, serous meningitis' from middle ear infection; third, the effect of suppurative processes at the apex of the petrous portion of the temporal· bone; fourth, toxic, as from lues, lead, arsenic, alcohol and tobacco, or from intestinal toxemia. We can readily see how these same causes might act on any cranial nerve, and especially on the eighth, but in addition to these we have arteriosclerosis, heart lesions, and a nerve exhaustion appearing as prominent factors with the eighth, factors which have not been mentioned in other cranial nerve neuritides. The eighth being so peculiarly mixed in its function, and so intimately connected with other portions of the nervous system, exhibits more pronounced susceptibility to remote influ-


The objective of this paper was to clarify the temporal and spatial two-dimensional variations of volu- metric water content and NO3-N concentration in soil under drip irrigation. A numerical model was used for estimating temporal and spatial movements of water and NO3-N in soil. Laboratory experiments were con- ducted to estimate the physical properties such as soil water retentivity and conductivity. A field observa- tion was conducted to evaluate the model accuracy. The temporal and spatial changes of volumetric water content and NO3-N concentration in soil were measured in a 1 m× 1m ×1 m lysimeter where NH4NO3 solu- tion was supplied in a row. The results of simulation calculated by the model agreed well with observed data. By using the model, temporal and spatial variations of soil water content and NO3-N concentration were calculated. The results described simultaneous movements of water and NO3-N spreading in a soil profile. The numerical model introduced here can be effective to estimate variations of water and NO3-N in soil.


The present study was carried out in animal facilities of area of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, and the Faculty Veterinary Medicine of the Universidad Autonoma de Leon. This study shows that the domestic fly (Musca domestica L.) serves as a mechanical vector of enterobacteriaceae, spp, Listeria spp. and Staphylococcus spp. The objective of this study was to evaluate the role of flies as vectors and other microorganisms of importance in health. Thirthy-six samples from a total of 180 flies obtained from 12 animal facilities (seven centers of animal husbandry, two of cows (Bos taurus L), three of goats (Capra hircus two of sheeps (Ovis aries L), one of chicken (Gallus gallus three of horses (Equus ferus B), one of ostriches (Struthio L) and one canine (Canis familiaris L) anti-rabic were analyzed in triplicate (n=36).


Evidence of predictive validity is essential for making robust selection decisions in high‐stakes contexts such as medical student selection. Currently available evidence is limited to the prediction of academic performance at single points in time with little understanding of the factors that might undermine the predictive validity of tests of academic and non‐academic qualities considered important for success. This study addressed these issues by predicting students' changing performance across a medical degree and assessing whether factors outside an institution's control (such as the uptake of commercial coaching) impact validity.


Clustering is a most useful unsupervised learning method in the data mining, This section briefly describes the multi-objective clustering based on a hybrid optimization algorithm. Evolutionary multi-objective optimization algorithms are widely used for solving optimization problems. Moreover, many of the datasets may lack the robustness in the result because of using single measures. Therefore, in this research work, the MultiObjective clustering based on hybrid optimization algorithm (MO-CS-PSO) is proposed to solve this optimization problem, where the hybrid optimization algorithm is the hybridization of Cuckoo Search (CS) and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithms. Two objectives such as cluster validity index (I-index) and stability are used in this research work.


Mental actions are based on the dynamic organization of neuronal networks. In particular, phylogenetically young brain areas (e.g., cortical associative circuits) involved in the realization of higher brain functions, are continously re-adjusted to meet environmental demands. The mechanisms of synaptic plasticity, i.e., of structural stabilization and labilization underlaying a life-long synaptic remodelling are largely based on external morphoregulatory cues and internal signaling pathways that non-neuronal cells have phylogenetically been acquired to sense their relationship to the local neighbourhood and to control after development is completed proliferation and differentiation in the process of tissue repair and regeneration. Here, we revisit the hypothesis, proposed some years ago (Arendt Prog Neurobiol. 71: 83–248, 2003) that differentiated neurons after having withdrawn from the cell cycle, are able to use molecular mechanisms primarily developed to control proliferation alternatively to control synaptic plasticity. The existence of these alternative effector pathways within a neuron puts it on the risk to erroneously convert signals derived from plastic synaptic changes into positional cues that will activate the cell cycle. This cell cycle activation potentially links synaptic plasticity to cell death. Preventing cell cycle activation by locking neurons in a differentiated but still highly plastic phenotype will, thus, be crucial to prevent neurodegeneration.


E-mailtraffic analysis isanareaofworkthat focuses onextracting information aboutthebehaviour ofe-mail users basedonthesender, receiver, anddate/time information takenfromtheheadersection ofe-mail messages. Suchwork hasapplications forlawenforcement whereinvestigators and analysts require techniques toassist themwithfinding unusual orsuspicious patterns fromlarge amountsofcommunication logdata. Thispaperdescribes workusinghierarchical fuzzy systems todetect abnormal changes ine-mail traffic behaviour, through thefusion ofe-mail traffic behaviour measurements. Thepaperfocuses ontheuseofthreedifferent hierarchical fuzzy systemarchitectures, todetermine theeffect thatinput variable groupings haveontheabnormality ratings given tothe communication links ofsuspect e-mail accounts. Thecasestudy demonstrates theuseofthethreehierarchical fuzzysystem architectures foranalysing suspect e-mail accounts belonging totheEnrone-mail corpus. I.INTRODUCTION Whenanalysing communication logdatasuchase-mail, mobile phone, orinstant messaging logs, lawenforcement investigators andanalysts facethedifficult taskofsifting through vast amounts ofdata toobtain useful andmeaningful information aboutthebehaviour ofsuspected criminals or terrorists. Themainproblem lies ininitially locating the itemoritems ofinterest fromthevastamountofdataor finding theso-called "needle inthehaystack". After the items ofinterest havebeenlocated, investigators andanalysts thenneedtoknowwhether theinformation extracted shows evidence of:suspicious activity beingconducted bythe suspects (e.g. theplanning ofaterrorist attack), whothe suspects werecommunicating withduring thetimeofthe suspicious activity, andthenetwork ofconnections between thevarious suspects during thatperiod. Theextraction of suchinformation fromlogdatawouldbeuseful inpossibly helping toprevent terrorist attacks fromoccurring orassist withdigital forensic analysis after theeventhasoccurred. Theaimofthis research workistodetermine howcom- putational intelligence techniques could beuseful inaiding theuser/analyst toanalyse thee-mail traffic communications ofsuspected individuals. Thefocusofthecurrent work istoexamine howtheuser/analyst couldbeassisted with determining whether thesuspected invidual/s haveexhibited


2 2 3 cyanide (KCN) were 12.3 mM and 9.1 mM respectively, while their V were 10.5 RU/ml/min and 7.4 max RU/ml/min respectively. The substrate specificity study showed the percentage utilization of the various substrates to be: 2-mercaptoethanol (2-MCPE) (57.8%), ammonium persulphate ((NH ) S O ) (37.6%), 4 2 2 8 ammonium sulphate ((NH ) SO ) (46.8%) and Sodium metabisulphite (Na S O ) (48.1%). The K of rhodanese 4 2 4 2 2 5 m for the sulphur donor substrates were 13.3 mM, 15.4 mM, 15.9 mM and 13.5 mM respectively in the same order as above. The optimum temperature was 50°C at a pH of 8.0 and the activation energy values were 19.618 kcal/mol and 76.834 kcal/mol. The heat stability result showed the enzyme to be stable up to 50°C. The inhibition study on the enzyme by salts (BaCl , CaCl , CoCl , HgCl MgCl MnCl , NiCl and ZnCl ) showed no 2 2 2 2, 2, 2 2 2 significant effect. In summary, this study showed the presence of rhodanese activity in hepatopancreas of garden snail, Limicolaria flammea. The presence of rhodanese in the hepatopancreas of Limicolaria flammea suggests that the enzyme may possess functional cyanide detoxification mechanism necessary for the survival of the animal in the environment. ABSTRACT 289


This dissertation is a critical analysis of the concepts of multiculturalism, cultural competence, and cultural humility. The intent is to examine the historical background of these concepts, the changing demographics of the United States that are forcing an assessment of the meaning of these terms (especially the frequently used notion of multiculturalism), and comparison of cultural competence and cultural humility. The dissertation also engages in a reflection on new possibilities and opportunities offered by a focus on cultural humility for pre-service teacher training.


In recent years, with the rapid development of the network hardware and software, the network speed is enhanced to multi-gigabit. Network packet filtering is an important strategy of network security to avoid malicious attacks, and it is a computation-consuming application. Therefore, we develop two efficient GPGPU-based parallel packet classification approaches to filter packets by leveraging thousands of threads. The experiment results demonstrate that the computational efficiency of filtering packet can be significantly enhanced by using GPGPU.


Introduction In the general context of the reduction of energy consumption, there is an increased demand for more efficient gear units. It is possible to design geared transmissions which have a high efficiency: machinery 99 percent. But for high-speed turbo machineries (compressors, steam or gas turbines) the gearboxes may transmit power of several megawatts. In that case, one percent of dissipated power represents hundreds of kilowatts. This energy converted into heat is transferred through the elements and leads to a significant overall temperature rise of the mechanical components (Ref. 1), which can be harmful for the system integrity. Then reducing power losses has a dual objective: save some energy and reduce the overall heating of the gear set. As for high-speed applications, oil jet lubrication appears as the most appropriate solution for lubrication and cooling gears. On the one hand, only a little amount of oil is sufficient for the formation of an oil film on tooth surfaces. On the other hand, a higher amount of oil flow rate is required for cooling gears. As has been demonstrated by numerous experiments, no-load power losses become prominent when considering high-speed gear transmissions (Ref. 2). Since these sources of dissipation increase with the lubricant flow rate (Ref. 3), the amount of lubricating fluid has to be carefully determined to ensure both sufficient heat transfer and high efficiency. The aim of this study is to predict temperatures and power losses on industrial high-speed gear units, such as those used in power plants. A typical gearbox has been taken into account: an oil jet lubricated one-stage gear unit which is described in a first section. To simulate the heat transfer phenomena, the thermal network method has been used. The coupling between power losses and thermal calculations is explained in a second section. To validate the developed model, some comparisons between numerical and experimental results are given for different operating conditions. The influence of the oil flow rate on the thermal behavior of the gear unit is investigated in a last section.


Abstract This research evaluated the association between socio demographic characteristics and housing satisfaction of Iranian immigrant's homeowners in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Data was collected from 325 participants through self-administered questionnaire. Pearson's correlation analysis revealed monthly income of first income earner, total earned income earner, price of residential unit, number of bed room, time owners have been in Malaysia, had positive significant relationship with housing satisfaction of Iranian immigrants homeowners in the study region. Nevertheless, there was no significant association between age, number of bath room, number of dining room, number of living room, length of residence in current house, monthly income of second income earner, number of income earner, number of children, and size of household and housing satisfaction of the immigrant owners' households. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) indicated that housing satisfaction differed between level of education, level of income, and level of price of residential unit. Independent t-test shown that there was significant difference between gender and housing satisfaction of the participants. These associations indicate that those who are females, higher income, higher education, higher residential unit with more room are more satisfied. It is recommended planners and policy makers should prominence on development of housing conditions of immigrant's households to increase their housing satisfaction. Keywords: background characteristic, housing satisfaction, housing, immigrant's homeowner's households


Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) as a type of lymphoma with two subtypes including classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) and nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin lymphoma (NLPHL). HL is a unique type of lymphoma with a population of neoplastic cells which consist less than1% of the total cell population- in a background of immune cells mainly consist of T-cells, B cells, so-called microenvironment. The cells of microenvironment do not react against the neoplastic cells and their interaction with neoplastic cells, provide survival signals and protection against immune system, for neoplastic cells. A comprehensive view of combination of the cell populations of the microenvironment, would provide a chance to obtain a deeper understanding of the interaction of neoplastic cells and microenvironment. In this thesis we determined the cell populations of microenvironment of cHL and NLPHL in general and with a specific focus on the cells in close vicinity of the neoplastic cells. Current thesis indicates that the combination of microenvironment of cHL in Epstein Barr virus infected cHL cases (EBV+ cHL) is different compared to EBV- cHL cases, which might be due specific reaction of immune system against this virus. On the other hand, the combination of microenvironment of NLPHL indicates a significant population of TFH cells. Subsequent study also suggests that the TFH cells form rosette around neoplastic cells of the NLPHL. In addition, comparison of the cell populations of cHL and NLPHL indicate differences in combination of microenvironments of two subtypes. This fact suggests that each sub-type, applies different mechanisms for survive.


In this study an attempt is made to evaluate physicochemical properties comparatively for the fruits of different Piper species available in the Mumbai region. The fruits of five species, viz. Piper betle Linn, Piper cubeba Linn. f., Piper retrofractum Vahl, Piper longum Linn and Piper nigrum Linn were evaluated comparatively for physicochemical properties, viz. Ash Value, Extractive Value, Loss on Drying, Mucilage Content, Crude Fibre Content, Volatile Oil Content and Piperine Content by Spectroscopic method. At the same time an attempt is made to evaluate antidepressant potential comparatively for the volatile oils of mentioned species, using forced swimming method, on albino mice with fluoxetine as standard antidepressant drug.


Two types of resonant antennas were integrated with uni-traveling-carrier photodiodes (UTC-PDs) to increase THz-wave output powers. Slot-antenna integrated UTC-PDs exhibited two to three times larger output powers at their peak frequencies than those of a non-resonant bowtie-antenna-integrated device. Output power was enhanced at frequencies from 900 GHz to 1.6 THz for a narrow-slot UTC-PD and from 350 to 850 GHz for a wide-slot UTC-PD. The detected output power was 3.5 μW at 1.25 THz and 28 μW at 700 GHz for a photocurrent of 10 mA with a bias voltage of -0.4 V. A resonant bowtie-antenna, which can be designed by simple analytical calculation, was also integrated with a UTC-PD. The fabricated device exhibited about three times larger output powers at its peak frequency than those of a non-resonant bowtie-antenna-integrated device with an output-power-enhanced frequency range from 400 to 700 GHz.