This article motivates and describes the dual timestamping methodology, a novel monitoring technique whose goal is to provide rst class support for the visualization and animation of distributed and parallel applications. Central to this methodology is the use of both a primary and secondary timestamp in trace events. The primary timestamp is a logical timestamp that provides information about the concurrency of events. This information is useful for generating visualizations that depict the events as occurring in parallel. The secondary timestamp provides a normalized, causality preserving, real-time clock for use in performance visualization. The dual timestamping methodology is the basis for PVaniM, a collection of general purpose and application-speciic visualizations of PVM applications. The implementation of PVaniM relies solely on macros and postprocessors. Because system modiications were not required, the PVaniM implementation strategies are general and easily adaptable to other distributed computing system domains.


The satisfactory realization of a metamaterial (MM) absorber simultaneously occupying low-profile, wide-bandwidth, particularly and fully angular stability characteristics is a long-term challenge. In this article, we propose a new design method to accomplish above realization based on the radiation pattern synthesis. In the design, a mushroom-type MM absorber is simply covered with different resistive sheets, which empower it with the admirable low-profile, wide-bandwidth, and near-omnidirectional absorption for the TM-polarized wave. In order to guide our design, the characteristic mode theory is first employed to synthesize the omnidirectional radiation pattern and the dissipation tailoring is then utilized to achieve the impedance matching and near-omnidirectional absorption conversion. A proof-of-concept sample is fabricated and measured for verification. At quasi-normal incidence, the measured bandwidth characterized by absorption more than 90% covers 1.5–4.5 GHz with fractional bandwidth (FBW) 100% and the thickness about $0.11\lambda _{0}$ at 1.5 GHz. In the frequency band of 1.9–4.2 GHz, the simulation results indicate that the absorption for TM and TE polarizations of approximately 90% can be, respectively, up to incident angles of 82° and 45°, and its effectiveness within 10°–70° is verified with measurements.


Chlorinated ethenes can be reduced in metallic (zero-valent) iron/water systems to produce a suite of non-chlorinated hydrocarbons. When 13C-labeled trichloroethylene is reduced, 13C-labeled hydrocarbons are produced. In the absence of chlorinated ethenes, however, lower concentrations of many of the same hydrocarbons (methane and C2−C6 alkanes and alkenes) are also produced. Hardy and Gillham (1996) proposed that these background hydrocarbons were due to the reduction of aqueous CO2 by metallic iron. In the present study, we examined the production of these hydrocarbons by various batch experi ments. Several of the systems examined produced hydrocarbons in excess of the carbon available from aqueous CO2. In addition, carbon from aqueous 13C-labeled CO2 was not incorporated into the hydrocarbons produced. The reduction of aqueous CO2 was not a major source of carbon for the background hydrocarbons. Acid dissolution of gray cast irons containing both carbide and graphite carbon yielded hydrocarbons and a s...


The device comprises a rigid track consisting of a profile (1), along which at least one carriage moves (2, 3) supporting a video camera (5) whose line of sight is adjustable. The carriage or carriages (2, 3) further carry a laser transmitter (7) which transmits in real time the video signal from the camera (5) to a fixed laser receiver (8) mounted at one end of the profile (1). The carriage or carriages (2, 3) and the camera (5) are housed and moving within a tubular conduit (17) formed at least partially translucent material. The signal received by the receiver (8) is directed to a control station. particular application: monitor for stores .


North and north-east Vartoun Village Travertine is located north-east of Esfahan city, and is in harmony with geographical Uromia-Dokhtar zone (north west-south east). Evidences show that travertine formation had been pertained to warm climatical periods (inter glacial) of Holocence. The result of chemical decompositions have shown wich these collection are autochthonous and mostly includes of calcium carbonate and its contexical specifications are as liquidative holes and cavelets, lamination and making special fibere that is copmpelety and economically perfect for exploitation in some regions. Most of these deposites can be seen in a distance one to two kilometers far from the active faults of the region and has effective role in the visage of local tractions. Mentioned deposites are on the overlapping breadth of these faults. Geological evidences show that these stones are formed by technotical an magmatic activations of the reagion and hot water springs that are formed by it and turning of meteoric water in depth and its reappearing on the surface are formed by fractures and exiting faults. The existing deposites are kind of fissure-ridge and in term of origin is most likely it is termogene. High presence of hydrothermal elements in these sedimentations prove thise claime that low height and high expanding of these stones show the speed of exit of water has been high from the springs of the region. These springs are most located on the cross zone of the fractures and fault and exit of waters CO2 has been concurrent with major reason of calcium carbonate sedimentation. Water disturbing in headsprings and photosyntheses fuction in long distances, are mostly controlled by bacteria and cyanobacteria, but in some reagions algal material has major role in making travertine and filamented green algs are expressly carried along with calcium carbonate.


Medical students experience a high rate of burnout and routinely getting "pimped" isn't helping the problem. The term "pimp" — short for "put in my place" — is sometimes used by medical students to describe getting roasted in front of peers by medical residents during clinical


The totality of design, production and management of the built environment is characterised, in part, by the rich diversity of the professionals involved. This variegated professional context is further coloured by disciplinary traditions and the different knowledge bases involved. The multi-faceted information arena has then prompted a concern with how to secure appropriate forms of interdisciplinary understanding in built environment education (Chapman, 2010). A critical aspect of these debates is how built environment students, academics and practitioners engage with information. Drawing on literature from the information sciences, this Editorial reflects on what it means to look for information in the context of built environment education.


Through analysing the behaviour patterns and sentence of theft offence using "theft of financial institutions" and " theft of precious relics" as a breakthrough we find that The Criminal Law and Explanation have a confusing and unscientific understanding of behaviour patterns,aggravating circumstances and the setting of sentence,which causes the unclear status of the behaviour construction of the theft of financial institutions and theft of precious relics,the disordered regulating levels of the aggravating circumstances and the inappropriateness of the basis and scope in setting the sentence.The root causes of these confusions lie in the absence of scientific legislative technology.


. The paper describes contemporary methodological approaches to teaching criminalistic disciplines. The importance and meaning of state-of-the-art methodology in teaching criminalistics cannot be questioned. The authors of the paper pay attention to the necessity of their constant improvement. In particular, they examine the topical issues of preparing for, conducting and summarizing the results of lectures, seminars and workshops, the organization of self-study for students. They offer several structures for a class in criminalistics and the types of controlling the acquisition Russian Journal criminalistics' development; the practice orientation of classes through training practical skills and involvement of law enforcement employees; self-study of students; presenta tion of teaching material in complexes; the use of modern technologies and research achievements in teaching. An active use of these methods will allow to train highly quali fied personnel to work not only in the law enforcement bodies, but in the general sphere of jurisprudence.


This main contribution of this work is to propose a new approach based on a structure of MLPs (multi-layer perceptrons) for identifying current harmonics in low power distribution systems. In this approach, MLPs are proposed and trained with signal sets that are generated from real harmonic waveforms. After training, each trained MLP is able to identify the two coefficients of each harmonic term of the input signal. The effectiveness of the new approach is evaluated by two experiments and is also compared to another recent MLP method. Experimental results show that the proposed MLPs approach enables to identify effectively the amplitudes of harmonic terms from the signals under noisy condition. The new approach can be applied in harmonic compensation strategies with an active power filter to ensure power quality issues in electrical power systems.


Interictal high-frequency oscillation (HFO) is considered a promising biomarker of the epileptogenic zone. The pseudo-HFOs originating from artifacts and noise might escape HFO detectors and mislead the seizure onset zone (SOZ) localization. The purpose of this study is to propose a new sparse representation framework fused with a random forest classifier to detect the real HFOs and eliminate the pseudo-ones. In this scheme, each candidate event that passed a conventional amplitude threshold-based detector was represented locally in a sparse fashion. Specifically, the signal is divided into overlapping windows and using orthogonal matching pursuit, only a few oscillatory atoms selected from a predefined redundant Gabor dictionary were used to approximate the signal locally. Later, the approximations in overlapping segments are averaged to increase the smoothness. Finally, the ability to reconstruct an event is translated to informative features and fed into a random forest classifier. This technique was tested on 10 minutes of interictal intracranial EEG (iEEG) recordings recorded from 11 patients with epilepsy. In this framework, three experts visually inspected 4466 events captured by the amplitude threshold-based HFO detector in iEEG recordings and labeled them as real-HFO or Pseudo-HFO. We reached 89.77% classification accuracy in these labeled events. Furthermore, the success of the method assessed by calculating the spatial overlap between the detected HFOs and SOZ channels. Compared to conventional amplitude threshold-based HFO detector, our method resulted a significant 18.27% improvement in the localization of SOZ.


In order to define the operative indications, we compared the post-operative complications, time of consolidation, incidence of compartment syndrome, and fat embolism in centro medullary nails made from two different metals. This study includes approximately 234 centro medullary nails (TARGON System) used for treatment of diaphysal fractures of the leg or femur after a skiing injury. Steel nails were used before 1998 and titanium nails after 1998. The time of consolidation was the same for steel nails and titanium reamed nails. We remain faithful to limited reaming which avoids destruction of bone, and cortical and exothermic damage, but enables easier insertion of the titanium nail for leg fractures and bone grafts in situ . The incidence of compartment syndrome with use of a titanium nail is reduced threefold. Regarding femoral fracture, the insertion of the nail without wire is more complicated and the operative stage is extended by 25%. The time of consolidation is the same for titanium or steel nails, and there were no failures with either type. However, we advise using titanium reamed nails for leg fractures and steel reamed nails for femoral fractures. If there is a suspicion of fat embolism, it is better to use femoral titanium nails.


Regression test prioritization techniques re-order the execution of a test suite in an attempt to ensure that defects are revealed earlier in the test execution phase. In prior work, test suites were prioritized with respect to their ability to satisfy control flow-based and mutation-based test adequacy criteria. In this paper, we propose an approach to regression test prioritization that leverages the all-DUs test adequacy criterion that focuses on the definition and use of variables within the program under test. Our prioritization scheme is motivated by empirical studies that have shown that (i) tests fulfilling the all-DUs test adequacy criteria are more likely to reveal defects than those that meet the control flow-based criteria, (ii) there is an unclear relationship between all-DUs and mutation-based criteria, and (iii) mutation-based testing is significantly more expensive than testing that relies upon all-DUs.In support of our prioritization technique, we provide a formal statement of the algorithms and equations that we use to instrument the program under test, perform test suite coverage monitoring, and calculate test adequacy. Furthermore, we examine the architecture of a tool that implements our novel prioritization scheme and facilitates experimentation. The use of this tool in a preliminary experimental evaluation indicates that, for three case study applications, our prioritization can be performed with acceptable time and space overheads. Finally, these experiments also demonstrate that the prioritized test suite can have an improved potential to identify defects earlier during the process of test execution.


The concept of research excellence, as defined and practised in the current research landscape, has been shown to be problematic for gender equality. This interview study examines how the concept o ...


We present a calculation of non-global logs at finite N c for the hemisphere mass distribution in e + e − → 2 jets at single log accuracy up to fifth order in the strong cou pling constant. Our results suggest a possible all-orders resummation of these large logs into an exponential. Comparing our results to those at large Nc, recently reported in literature, we find an agreement. We ad ditionally compare our findings with the numerical all-orders resu mmation at large Nc and discuss the significance of neglected finite-N c corrections on the said distribution.


Broadening due to collisions with charged particles (Stark broadening ) and neutral atoms, was determined for Ar I 522.1, 549.6 and 603.2 nm spectral lines from the spectral series 3p5nd‐3p54p, in order to evaluate the electron density in a surface‐wave discharge at atmospheric pressure.


The hydrolysis of ethyl threo-2-(1-adamantyl)-3-hydroxybutyrate (1) and the parent ester ethyl 3-hydroxybutyrate (4) has been studied experimentally and computationally. In the hydrolysis of threo-ester 1 with 2 M NaOH, predominantly retro-aldol product was observed, whereas the hydrolyzed product was present in a minor amount. When the reaction is carried out under the same conditions with the parent ester ethyl 3-hydroxybutyrate (4), hydrolyzed product is exclusively observed. The competitive pathways, namely hydrolysis and the retro-aldol reaction for 1 and 4 were investigated using DFT calculations in the both gas and solvent phase. The calculated results in the solvent phase at B3LYP/6–31 + G* level revealed that the formation of retro-aldol products is kinetically preferred over the hydrolysis of threo-ester 1 in the presence of a base. However, the parent ester 4 showed that the retro-aldol process is less favored than the hydrolysis process under similar conditions. The steric effect imposed by the bulky adamantyl group to enhance the activation barriers for the hydrolysis of the ethyl threo-2-(1-adamantyl)-3-hydroxybutyrate (1) was further supported by the calculations performed with tert-butyl group at the α-carbon atom of ethyl 3-hydroxybutyrate (7). Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


High frequency current activity in the bearings of variable-frequency motors coupled to their shaft is presently a common issue, ultimately shortening the bearings lifetime. This paper presents a method for suppressing high-frequency discharge bearing currents. This method provides a stator partial electrostatic shield to reduce the capacitive coupling between the stator windings and the rotor within the motor. From the perspective of electromagnetic field, electrostatic shield layer can block electromagnetic coupling produced by the common mode voltage. In this paper, the theory of suppression techniques is analyzed, implemented. And, the starting performance of the motor is also analyzed. In order to verify the shielded result, the experimental platform is built.


Dynamic stability derivative (DSD) test techniques for aeronautical and astronautical vehicles are investigated at High Speed Aerodynamics Institute of CARDC. The main techniques are:DSD test technique at high speed and high angle of attack; DSD test technique for reentry body models at trimming condition; roll damping derivative test technique based on the air bearing in a hypersonic wind tunnel. Test setups and measurement systems needed are described. Typical test results are analyzed and discussed in the report.


of Australasian PhD thesis Generalised partial correlation and principal components Neville Robert Bartlett Basically, the thesis consists of three main parts that can tie briefly summarised as (i) introduction and preliminaries, (ii) general partial correlation and applications, and (iii) optimality of principal components. Chapters 1 and 2 contain the introduction and the preliminary theory concerning random variables that take values in a separable Hilbert space H . A general space L (S) of such random variables is defined. Examples of the space H are (i) the real line, (ii) the complex plane, and (iii) R" , the euclidean q-space. In Chapter 3 we define a bivariate correlation coefficient, a multiple correlation coefficient and a partial correlation coefficient for H-valued random variables. The properties of these coefficients are given and their relationships with the existing theory are discussed. The partial correlation coefficient is of particular interest since it can be used in two ways; Received lU January 197*. Thesis submitted to the Flinders University of South Australia, December 1973. Degree approved, November 197U. Supervisor: Professor J.N. Darroch. 155 156 Neville Robert Bartlett (i) to compare a regression type model and a regression type hypothesis; and (ii) to measure the improvement in predicting a random variable when more variables or information are added to an existing predictor. Because the general partial correlation coefficient is the correlation between two particular random variables we can plot these variables to obtain a scatter diagram. The uses of such scatter diagrams are considered and examples given. In Chapter k we use the theory of Chapter 3 to define correlation coefficients for non-negative random variables whose sum is bounded by a constant. These variables are called bounded-sum random variables. Scatter diagrams are given and correlation coefficients are calculated and compared with those obtained by Darroch and Rate I iff [2]. The existing optimal properties of principal components are generalised, in Chapter 5, to H-valued random variables and then further generalisations are made. Okamoto [3] shows that the principal components of X , , X are optimal, in some senses, over all random variables in o L (S) . By considering only those random variables in $2, a closed linear subspace of L (5) , we give general results that become those of Okamoto when fi_ = L (S) . These generalised results are used to answer a conjecture of Rao [4] concerning optimality of principal components of the o instrumental variables Z. , , Z € L (S) . 1 m An optimal property of principal component time-series (see Brill inger, [/]) is generalised in Chapter 6. The optimality of the principal component time-series is extended to a larger class of timeseries. In Chapter 7 we consider ways in which particular "linear" combinations of vectors X , . . . , X , taking values in fr , can be defined so that they have optimal properties analogous to those for principal components of X^ , . . . , X P a r t i a l c o r r e l a t i o n 157 References [J ] D.R. BriI linger, "The generalisation of the techniques of factor analysis , canonical correlation and principal components to stationary time se r i e s" , Roy. Statist. Soo. Conf. Cardiff, Wales, 196U. [2] John N. Darroch and Douglas Ratcliff, "Null correlation for proportions I I " , J. Internat. kseoc. Math. Geol. 2 (1970), 307-312. [3] Masashi Okamo+o, "Optimality of principal components", MuLtivariate analysis II, 673-685 (Proc. Second Internat . Sympos. Multivariate Analysis, Wright State University, Ohio, 1968. Academic Press, New York and London, 1969). [4] C.R. Rao, "The use and interpretat ion of principal component analysis in applied research", Sankhya, Ser. A 26 (196U), 329-358.


The invention provides a method for displaying the head of a page and a client. The method for displaying the head of the page comprises the steps of judging whether the current page is an information display page or an information detail page and judging the state of the current page when the head of the page is required to be displayed; when the current page is the information display page and is positioned in a browse state, if the head of the page is not provided with a navigation bar, displaying the head of the page according to configuration information; when the current page is the information detail page and is positioned in the browse state, displaying the head of the page according to the configuration information. By the method, the head of the page can be adjusted according to different actual conditions.


In this paper methods to take power quality factors (e.g. number and duration of planned and unplanned interruptions, number of auto-reclosing operations) account into efficiency benchmarking as outage costs is presented. The effects of outage costs in efficiency benchmarking are evaluated by means of sensitivity analyses. Effects of power quality factors in different kind of regulation models in actual network planning task are estimated.


Existing analytical methods generally lack the sensitivity to closely characterize the structural effects of changes in glycan modification patterns or how those changes alter interactions between a protein and its partners. Borgert et al. have tackled this challenge in a new study that pairs nuclear magnetic resonance and glycopeptide microarray binding studies to analyze Tn antigen-containing peptides and other representatives of the larger mucin glycoprotein family.


There exists a domain of models that is principially classified into the linear and non-linear fields of modelling. In the field of non-linear modelling, significant progress has been made since the 1960s thanks to the widespread and regularly available computer technology. This dynamic development influenced a large number of problems including the description of physical behaviour of non-trivial tasks. Non-linear models are solved in the material, spatial, and time domains. However, certain non-linear model domains are not sufficiently developed or regularly used for analysis of the more simple tasks. This group includes task models using non-linear discontinuous characteristics of materials, which can be exemplified by the change of state of a material during heating or cooling. In this section, we would like to use several descriptive examples to expose the problem of thermal tasks solution utilizing applied materials with a phase change (PCM) (Gille, T.; at al. 2007, Volle, F. at al. 2010, Shi, L.P.; at al. 2006). These are mostly coupled tasks (Fiala,P. December 1998). Within the specification of different aspects of the solution process, emphasis will be placed on the final accuracy of the results of numerical analyses, and therefore (rather than focusing on a complete description of the model) the text will accentuate problematic spots within the solution of such tasks. The PCM characteristics are demonstrated on the task of designing a low-temperature accumulator, an efficient cooler of electronic components, and a separator of impurities in an industrial oil emulsion.


To the Editor.— They casually dismiss all objections to abortion as a matter of philosophic preference and imply that only in the context of lawless laissez-faire will science progress. Abortion is not a victimless crime. It entails a lethal attack on the life of the defenseless unborn. Antiabortion legislation formalizes our most fundamental commitment, personal and professional, to the sanctity of human life. Reasonable and proper research neither requires nor justifies a legislative carte blanche. Serious attention to establishment of ethical guidelines for fetal experimentation preserves the dignity of life, while permitting continuance of legitimate research. We must ensure that no less reverence is accorded the remains of the unborn child than that of the delivered. Immediate and forceful restrictions must be imposed on experimentation with the living "abortus." Unassailed reports of grotesque manipulation of breathing, beating-heart "products of conception" stand as an indictment of the entire medical profession. The


Based on the experiences in mathematical modeling education in the past,the paper discusses the method of establishing mathematical modeling education system from the aspects of teaching content,teaching approach,teaching quality and so on,and gradually forms a characteristic education system of mathematical modeling in our college.


Nephrolithiasis is one of the most frequent causes of hospitalization in nephrology and urology units in our country and is an important source of discomfort in affected patients. Despite the availability of modern, minimally invasive endourological procedures to remove stones from the urinary tract, prevention of stone recurrences remains an essential strategy. Chemical analysis of stones, whether passed spontaneously or removed surgically, is a crucial step in etiological diagnostics aimed at devising adequate prevention strategies. Modern endoscopic lithotripsy techniques provide complete fragmentation of stones and, compared to extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy, have the advantage of avoiding painful elimination of fragments through the urinary tract. This means, however, that stone fragments are often unavailable for analysis, thereby depriving the nephrologist of an important tool for diagnosis. As a consequence, metabolic evaluation tends to be the only means of establishing the etiology of stones and preventing their recurrence. Among patients attending our kidney stone center, we selected five clinical cases representative of a rational diagnostic workup in specific clinical contexts. Two of these nephrolithiasis cases (in a patient with osteoporosis and in a patient with primary hyperparathyroidism) are reported here (Part I); the remaining three will be discussed in the next issue of this journal (Part II).


Objective
To explore the development of the cross sign of olivepontocerebellar atrophy(OPCA) and its diagnostic value.

Methods
The clinical and imaging data of 8 patients with OPCA were analyzed retrospectively.MRI imaging used SE sequence, plain T1WI, T2WI, axial, coronal, sagittal imaging.

Results
All patients were hide onset.The major clinical presentation was cerebellar atsxia and autonomic nerve dysfunction.Positive radiographic findings were consistent with clinical presentation, mainly for the brain stem atrophy, 8 patients of the group had this performance, followed by cerebellar atrophy, 6 patients had symmetrical atrophy and 2 patients had asymmetric atrophy.6 patients after onset of 1.5-3 years showed a typical cross.

Conclusion
The cross sign gradually appears at a certain stage of development, and it has high specificity.So the combination of clinical and MRI is valuable for the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of OPCA.

Key words:
Olivopontocerebellar atrophy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Cross sign; Multi-system atrophy


The composition of the industrial medium for Streptomyces coelicolor producing blue pigment was studied and optimized. After 8 days fermentation, the total blue pigment relatively yield of 265.2 U/mL was obtained. It is about 64% increasment compared with that from original conditions. After 6.5 days fermentation,the total blue pigment relatively yield from 2 L fermentor is about 75% of that from shaking flask, But the peak production of blue pigment was 1.5 days ahead of that from shaking flask.


The Diels-Alder reaction of biscyclopentadieneones with diacetylenes produces colorless, soluble, phenylated polyphenylenes of high molecular weight (Mn ≃ 40,000) in nearly quantitative conversions. The polymers are noncrystalline, form clear films, and are stable in air to 550°C. Under nitrogen, the polymers lost approximately half the phenyl groups attached to the phenylene main chain to give brown-black insoluble polyphenylenes of very low crystallinity.


Two new supramolecular architectures, namely, [Cd(L1)2(H2O)]n (1) and [Ni(L2)2(H2O)]n (2), were synthesized by the reaction of corresponding metal salts of CdCl2·2.5H2O and NiCl2·6H2O with 2-(1H-imidazol-4-yl)benzoic acid (HL1) and 3-(1H-imidazol-4-yl)benzoic acid (HL2) respectively, and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, IR spectroscopy, elemental analysis and powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD). Both HL1 and HL2 ligands are deprotonated to be L1- and L2- anions that coordinate with Cd(II) and Ni(II) atoms to form two-dimensional (2D) layer structure. Topologically, complex 1 is a 2D network with (4, 4) sql topology, while 2 is a typical 63-hcb topology net. Complex 1 exhibits intense light blue emission in the solid state at room temperature.


Abstract In a recent study on a coupled laser system, Thévenin et al. (Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 107, 2011, 104101) reported the first experimental evidence of phase trapping, a partially synchronous state characterized by frequency locking without phase locking. To determine whether this state can arise in a hydrodynamic system, we reanalyse the data from our recent experiment on a periodically forced self-excited low-density jet (J. Fluid Mech., vol. 726, 2013, pp. 624–655). We find that this jet exhibits the full range of phase dynamics predicted by model oscillators with weak nonlinearity. These dynamics include (i) phase trapping between phase drifting and phase locking when the jet is forced far from its natural frequency and (ii) phase slipping during phase drifting when it is forced close to its natural frequency. This raises the possibility that similar phase dynamics can be found in other similarly self-excited flows. It also strengthens the validity of using low-dimensional nonlinear dynamical systems based on a universal amplitude equation to model such flows, many of which are of industrial importance.


A microscopic calculation of the intrinsic orbital angular momentum is {sup 3}He-A is given that includes the effect of backflow currents in the superfluid. Our result is L{sub 0}=(p-C{sub 0}){h_bar}/2, where p is the total particle number density and C{sub 0}=P{sub f}{sup 3}/3{pi}{sup 2}. the calculation shows that the bare quasiparticles contribute p{h_bar}/2 to L{sup 0} and the backflow currents provide the remaining -C{sup 0}{h_bar}/2. On the basis of this result, a way is proposed to understand past disagreement in calculations of the intrinsic orbital angular momentum.


This paper develops a methodology for the analysis of asymmetric AC systems using complex vectors. This methodology is based on the well-known symmetrical components modeling that is regularly applied to the steady-state analysis of asymmetric systems. It is shown that this steady-state methodology is a subset of a more general framework that has applicability to transient analysis. From the derived transfer functions and state equations, the paper shows how conventional dynamic system analysis tools like frequency response functions, pole and zero migration plots, and time domain simulations can be applied to the complex vector model of these asymmetric AC systems.


In this communication we study the forced and quadratically damped Duffing oscillator system experimentally through an analogue circuit. For this purpose we design a circuit and observe its dynamical behaviour under various sets of control parameters and also compare the experimental results with the numerical simulation results.


There is currently much interest in non-Cartesian machines in the machine tool industry. The analysis of errors arising from component variations in geometry and temperature is far more complex than in the case of the Cartesian machine. This is because the errors are no longer additive along each axis. This paper describes techniques leading to the development of general software which is capable of analysing the geometric and thermal errors in any structure consisting of measurable struts. This limitation is not so restrictive as it might appear, since solid components can usually be modelled as interconnected struts if large temperature gradients do not produce high stresses within their volume. The software also provides an animated display showing the moving structure. The techniques described constitute three efficient matrix methods which can be programmed in a general way. The approach is to break down a machine into sub-assemblies and to analyse each of these individually. The subassemblies are brought together into an overall model and the predictions of errors, such as the tilt of a spindle, are evaluated. Each sub-assembly can be assigned an average temperature or each strut can be treated separately. Hence, the errors arising from a source of heat, such as a spindle motor, can be evaluated, as can the effect of random errors in strut lengths. Three dimensional plots of errors in any plane are available.


Microbubbles were the subject of numerous experiments and theoretical analysis over the past 100 years. Linked with the discovery and evolution of ultrasound, they were considered to be excellent echoenhancers. From the theories on acoustic waves in antiquity and the discovery of ultrasound, to the genesis of microbubbles around 1968, in our paper we trace the magnificent story of these "magical" bubbles.


Le Silence de la mer by Vercors is a short novel initially published in secret in 1942 by the famous underground publishing-house Les Editions de Minuit, while France, defeated in 1940, was under German occupation. The story is set during during WW II in rural France. An old man living with his niece is requested to provide accommodation for a German officer. Upon taking residence in the house, the well-mannered officer soon discovers that his hosts remain defiantly silent. Yet a love story develops between the young man and the girl via their body language. This study argues that the novel's enduring success is due to its exceptional literary qualities, which allow for layered messages to be conveyed in intricate ways unlikely to have been understood by the majority of readers at the time. Under the scrutiny of literary analysis the narrative fabric of the novel reveals its sophisticated weaving. The novel is interpreted as a pictogram proposing the hypothesis that what is said is not what is meant. Below the most accessible meaning of the story line, which seems at first to be at odds with the tragic predicament of occupied France, lies the true meaning of the book. Vercors' resistance to the national humiliation reveals the danger of the Nazi's strategy of politeness, which was aimed at coercing the French people into collaboration.


The integration of different technologies potentially provides support to wide variety of applications and systems with vastly varying requirements and characteristics. Vehicle tracking system is one of such applications possible by embedding wireless sensor devices on the vehicles. The motor carrier industry has been investing in and implementing vehicle tracking, for a number of reasons, particularly the increase in efficiency achieved through better management of both personnel (drivers) and assets (trucks or, as they are known, tractors; cargo loads; and trailers). Recently, Vehicle Tracking Systems (VTS) are developed and deployed in numerous environments. These systems are capable of transmitting vehicle's location information and other custom parameters in real time. In these systems, the device installed in the vehicle can transmit the location information, speed of the vehicle at that particular instance, total kilometer run of the vehicle, ignition status, battery status and many other custom parameters in real time to a remote data centre using SDCP protocol. In this paper, we present the design and implementation of a real time VTS that incorporates a hardware device installed in the vehicle and a remote data center with tracking sever and a web application with Google Maps API to depict the trail of the vehicle.


The lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) can gain a great amount of performance benefit by taking advantage of graphics processing unit (GPU) computing, and thus, the GPU, or multi-GPU based LBM can be considered as a promising and competent candidate in the study of large-scale fluid flows. However, the multi-GPU based lattice Boltzmann algorithm has not been studied extensively, especially for simulations of flow in complex geometries. In this paper, through coupling with the message passing interface (MPI) technique, we present an implementation of multi-GPU based LBM for fluid flow through porous media as well as some optimization strategies based on the data structure and layout, which can apparently reduce memory access and completely hide the communication time consumption. Then the performance of the algorithm is tested on a one-node cluster equipped with four Tesla C1060 GPU cards where up to 1732 MFLUPS is achieved for the Poiseuille flow and a nearly linear speedup with the number of GPUs is also observed.


A rapid increase in urban population creates major challenges related to urban sprawl, pollution and waste generation, unsustainable production and consumption patterns. These challenges become even more crucial in the case of land-constrained urban territories, such as Singapore and Hong Kong, and require the development of decision-making methodologies for flexible long-term land use planning. The paper explores the possible relocation of decentralized companies with similar work processes to relocate towards centralized Multi-Storey Factories (MSF) for a higher density of land use. The developed decision-making methodologies aim, on the one hand, to maximize land savings and, on the other hand, to decrease each company's operational budget evaluated under uncertainties in future operational conditions, such as transportation costs. The optimization problem addressed has been formulated as a two-stage stochastic problem and tested for the application case of Multi-Storey Recycling Facility (MSRF). Optimization under uncertainty shows a 16.46% increase in estimated land savings in comparison with the solution obtained under deterministic conditions.


After examining the status for pledged accounts receivable financing in China,by using factor analysis,the paper analyzed the major causes affecting the development of the pledged accounts receivable financing,discussed the risks in pledged accounts receivable financing from the perspective of integrity,and explored the means,and mechanisms for establishing pledged accounts receivable credit information sharing and promises punishment system.


In this paper,the color reaction of cadmium with o-chlorophenylfluorone(o-CPF)in a miˉcroemulsion has been studied.In a buffer medium of borax-NaOH at pH10.8,cadmium(Ⅱ)can react with o-CPFto forma stable1∶3complex.Its apparent molar absorptivity is1.1×10 5 L·mol -1 ·cm -1 at600nm.Beer′s lawis obeyed in the range of0~0.8mg/L.Sulfhydryl dextran gel(SDG)was used to enˉrich cadmiumand eliminate the influence of the coexistent metal ions,thus greatly improved the selectivity and sensitivity of the analytical method.It was used successfully for the determination of trace amounts of cadmium in water and hair samples.The relative standard deviations in all cases are lower than5.2%,and the recoveries are in the range of92%~105%.


From the Freudian interpretation of a dream, from the Freudian definition of fetishism and from some reviews of Slavoj Zizek and Wladimir Safatle about the same, we will make some considerations about: 1. The value that the Freudian interpretation accords to latent contents and to the actual shape of dreams. 2. The defaulting status of the object of desire. 3. The relationship that the accomplishment of desire implies between encounter and confrontation and between deception and truth. 4. The problem of fetishism.


Large scale maps are available for many countries. The building ground plans of those maps can be helpful for the reconstruction of 3D building models from laser data and aerial images. This paper presents two studies on 3D building reconstruction. The first study combines data of a laser scanner with a high point density with the ground plans. The reconstruction approach is data driven. The second study is more model driven and utilises the ground plans for the building reconstruction from aerial photographs with known orientations. Results of both approaches are described and the pros and cons of them are analysed. This paper is about the usage of maps for building reconstruction. It presents two different studies. In one the building ground plans support the reconstruction from laser data (Section 3). In the other the maps are used to improve the reconstruction from aerial images (Section 4). The strategies for the incorporation of the ground plans into the reconstruction process differ. In Section 5 the strengths and weaknesses of the different strategies are analysed. Section 2 first briefly describes different approaches for segmenting a building ground plan. 2 PARTITIONING OF GROUND PLANS Many buildings can be modelled by taking the union of multiple building primitives with a simple roof shape on a rectangular area. The ground plans of such buildings often give an indication on how to place these primitive models (Haala et al. 1998). By extending the ground plan lines that intersect in concave corners a building ground plan can be segmented into small rectangles as shown in Figure 1a. The ground surface of a building primitive often corresponds to a group of such segments. Figure 2 shows several building hypotheses generated on the basis of the segmented ground plan and the usage of building primitives with a flat, gable and hip roof.


The recent innovation in blockchain and financial technology has resulted in a new channel of crowdfunding known as initial coin offerings (ICOs). While reducing transaction costs and fundraising efforts for entrepreneurs, the ICO phenomenon is also criticized as operating in a legal grey field with scams and financial crimes. How to effectively evaluate the quality of ICO projects remains a challenge for potential investors. With the increasing popularity of ICO exchange platforms, the expert ratings given by such websites seem to be a fix to this information asymmetry problem and can help investors to identify qualified ICO projects. By constructing a data sample which includes 18 ICO projects from the well-recognized ICO exchange website ICObench.com, this paper examines the relationship between expert ratings given by ICO communication intermediary and ICO projects' success by using OLS regression. With a special focus in the Hong Kong market, the empirical results from this research only find partial evidence to support the argument in existing literature that the expert ratings given by ICO exchange websites can provide predictive power of ICO project's success. Specifically, this research find that there is a positive relationship between the website rating and the ICO's total capital raised; However, it does not find any evidence when trying to measure the ICO success by examining whether an ICO token is being listed on a crypto-exchange platform in the long-term. This research suggests that investors should treat such website ratings carefully and analyze market signals from ICO communication intermediaries with caution.


Land use impacts on soil water content (SWC) are scarcely studied in mountain humid ecosystems, such as the Andean páramos, despite its influence on ecohydrological processes. Our objective was to analyze the impacts of extensive grazing on SWC of an Andean páramo hillslope with native tussock grasses. Along two parallel transects in a hillslope, we monitored SWC through pairs of SWC sensors placed at different soil depths (Ah horizon= 10 –35 cm; C horizon= 65 – 75 cm). The tussock grasses were cutout from one transect (Experimental) as an emulation of extensive grazing (without soil destruction), whereas the second transect (Control) remained intact. Both transects were hourly monitored for 10 months (post‐intervention period). Post‐intervention period was compared with a pre‐intervention period of similar precipitation characteristics to minimize the influence of precipitation in the interpretation of the results. We analyzed both periods through differences in SWC between the pairs of sensors (Experimental minus Control) and differences in SWC dynamic of the pairs of sensors through linear regressions (slope and intercept values). Results suggest that the emulation did not change the mean SWC, but caused a reduction of SWC dynamic. Causes of SWC attenuation were a lower interception and transpiration, a higher amount of effective rainfall infiltrated, and similar evaporation from the soil than under unchanged conditions. These observations were done at all the soil depths. Probably, extensive grazing does not negatively affect the hydrological functioning of páramo ecosystems, particularly its water yield, as long as the soil remains undisturbed.


A dual-gate MOSFET semiconductor layer structure is constructed on a substrate (1). Said semiconductor layer structure consists of a first gate electrode and a second gate electrode (10A, 10B), between which a semiconductor channel layer area (4A) is embedded, and a source area (2A) and a drain area (2B), which are situated on opposite front sides of the semiconductor channel layer area (4A). At least one other semiconductor channel layer area (6A) is provided at one of the gate electrodes (10B), the front sides of this semiconductor channel layer area (6A) also being contacted by the source (2A) and drain (2B) areas.


Real-time motor fault diagnosis can detect motor faults on time and prompt the repair or replacement of faulty motors, which minimizes the potential losses caused by motor faults. Deep learning (DL) methods have been intensively applied in motor fault diagnosis. Most DL algorithms need to be trained with sufficient computation resources on cloud or local servers. However, uploading the raw data and downloading the command instructions to the edge will cause inevitable time delays and security concerns. This article develops a DL algorithm based on efficient convolutional neural networks (ECNNs) that can be deployed on an edge computing node for real-time motor fault diagnosis and dynamic control. The effectiveness, efficiency, and robustness of the ECNN model have been validated by experiments, and the results indicate that the ECNN model can achieve 100% accuracy in recognition of ten types of motor conditions, with the inference time and memory usage less than 14 ms and 44 KiB, respectively. The comparison results demonstrate that the ECNN model yields higher accuracy than the classical shallow neural networks, and it also presents the advantages of smaller model volume, lower prediction time, and higher accuracy as compared with the DL models. The proposed method shows significant potential for practical application in real-time motor fault detection and control.


Abstract Aims Despite being a common finding in hospitalized COVID-19 patients, cardiac troponin elevation remains a nonspecific detection of myocardial injury and further in-hospital investigation into the cause of myocardial injury is rarely done. COVID-19 patients with myocardial injury show a significantly higher in-hospital mortality rate compared with those without myocardial injury and among those with myocardial injury, greater degrees of troponin elevation are associated with higher mortality rates. There are still many questions regarding possible cardiovascular sequelae and prognostic significance in these patients. Being able to distinguish between inflammatory and ischaemic causes of myocardial injury cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is the non-invasive modality of choice to investigate myocardial involvement in these patients. Presented are the preliminary single-centre results from a multicentre study aimed to characterize the prevalence, type and extent of COVID-19-related cardiovascular sequelae using CMR imaging. Methods and results In this single-centre prospective observational cohort study, patients hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 and at least one value of high sensitivity I troponin (hs-Tnl) >99th percentile during hospitalization were eligible for follow-up contrast-enhanced CMR imaging. Patients with any standard CMR contraindications were excluded. Images were acquired using a standardized myocarditis protocol including late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) and T1 and T2 mapping. Cutoff values of 1015 ms and 50 ms were used for abnormal T1 and T2 measurements, respectively. Of the 21 patients (65 ± 11.85 years) who underwent imaging, 15 (71.4%) were male. The mean follow-up duration from the date of confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis was 169 ± 19 days. The mean left ventricular ejection fraction was 64.1 ± 13.87 and 3 (14.3%) patients had evidence of wall motion abnormalities. LGE was seen in 9/20 (45.0%) patients, reflecting myocardial fibrosis. Increased native T1 signal representing myocardial fibrosis and/or oedema was seen in 9/20 (45.0%) patients. While increased native T2 signal, being more specific for oedema was observed in 3/20 (15.0%) patients. Considering CMR findings, 6 (28.6%) patients showed evidence of previous myocarditis. Conclusions In this single centre Italian study of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and elevated cardiac enzymes, myocarditis-like injury was evident in about a quarter of the patients. Whether these findings will lead to long-term cardiac complications is still to be confirmed.


Acute cancer is associated with poorer prognosis and death in patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS).1 Endovascular treatment has shown to be effective and safety treatment (EVT) for AIS with large vessel occlusion2; however, the effect of acute cancer on outcomes secondary to EVT in patients with AIS remains unclear.

 We searched PubMed, Embase, as well as Cochrane for all relevant literature until June 1, 2022. Random‐effects model was used to estimate outcomes including good functional outcome, successful reperfusion, mortality at 3‐month, and symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage. The heterogeneity of outcomes was assessed using the Cochran Q test and I2 statistics.

 Of the 12 studies, a total of 5,944 patients with AIS were enrolled. 389 (6.5%) patients had acute cancer. A quarter of patients regained functional independence after EVT. Compared with patients without acute cancer, those with acute cancer following EVT had similar rate of successful reperfusion (76.9% versus 72.6%; OR, 0.90; 95% CI, 0.63–1.30; I2 = 27%; p = 0.18; Figure 1A) and did not increase the risk of symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage (6.0% versus 7.7%; OR, 0.85; 95% CI, 0.51–1.42; I2 = 0%; p = 0.45; Figure 1B). However, patients with acute cancer had more functional dependence (28.2% versus 42.3%; OR, 0.53; 95% CI, 0.41–0.67; I2 = 1%; p = 0.43; Figure 1C) and death at 3‐month (39.3% versus 18.6%; OR, 3.64; 95% CI, 2.35–6.27; I2 = 64%; p < 0.01; Figure 1D) than those without acute cancer.

 The results of study showed that patients with acute cancer and AIS had a higher risk of functional dependence and mortality than those without acute cancer despite successful reperfusion and no increment in the occurrence of symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage. Only 28.2% of patients with acute cancer regained functional independence, so physicians and patients should consider whether to use EVT for patients with acute cancer. There remained the need for further randomized control studies for better clinical evidence.


The LTC6103HMS8#PBF1 current sense amplifier from Linear Technology was tested for both destructive and non-destructive single-event effects (SEE) using the heavy-ion cyclotron accelerator beam at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) Berkeley Accelerator Effects (BASE) facility. During testing, the input voltages and output currents were monitored to detect single event latch-up (SEL) and single-event transients (SETs).


This paper proposes an effective algorithm for visual code marker detection. It incorporates local binarization scheme and morphological image processing techniques with the pattern recognition method to achieve best performance. Experimental results have shown that the proposed detection algorithm is able to detect the visual code marker information quickly and accurately under different illuminance and camera direction conditions.


Authors of programs that implement mathematical algorithms soon confront the fact that computers do not have real arithmetic. Instead, most computers offer some form of floating-point arithmetic, which can be extremely fast, but is also a paltry substitute for real. Floating-point representation can be understood as scientific notation with a limited number of significant figures. Every floating-point system has a smallest E = 2-k such that 1 + £ > 1; thus (1 + 2) + 2= 1 while 1 + (£2 + 2) = 1 + £ > 1 SQ floating-point addition is not even associative. Each floating-point arithmetic operation may commit a relative error of s; over a long sequence of operations such compounded errors can lead to wildly incorrect answers. An especially acute problem is catastrophic cancellation: the computed difference between two floating-point numbers that are nearly equal may include no significant figures at all, this makes it impossible in general to use floating-point arithmetic to test for exact equality [4]. Sometimes people are tempted to ignore all this and to use floating-point arithmetic as if it were real; numerical analysts have long railed against such "naive" use of floating-point [2]. In computing with geometric objects, one promising approach that has emerged is to confine all (would-be) real arithmetic to a few functions and procedures. The rest of the program manipulates discrete information whether logicalX combinatorial or topological and calls on the arithmetic subprograms only when necessary. In effect these subprograms behave as ;;black boxes": various complicated and ungainly things may happen inside them, but the rest of the program need not be concerned about the details. Of course, this begs the question of how to write arithmetic subprograms that are robust and reliable. This column presents some exact-integer generalized predacates as examples of arithmetic subprograms. These predicates accept exact integers (usually user data) as input compute the value of one or more integer polynomials in these inputs and return as output a member of a small discrete set. For the first example the set is {true, false} so it is a predicate even in the ungeneralized sense. The computation of that example uses the generalized predicate sign ( ) that returns one of { + 1, O, 1}7 depending on the sign of its argument. Since the integer arithmetic native to computers also offers a limited number of digits of precision we shall assume that some multiprecision integer arithmetic is used to compute the values of the polynomials when our integers outgrow the native precision. The many subroutine packages available to perform multiprecision integer arithmetic share at least one property: all run considerably slower than native integer or floating-point arithmetic. The slowdown worsens as the multi-


519 Research Worldwide use of chemically stable poly brominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) as flame retardants in consumer products has increased since the 1970s (Costa et al. 2008). exposed peri natally, PCB95 alters the balance of excitatory/inhibitory currents and disrupts the tono topic map of the primary auditory cortex (Kenet et al. 2007). Identification of RyRs as a relevant molecular target in PCB neuro toxicity may be generalized to related non coplanar persistent organic pollutants such as PBDEs. Evidence of a convergent mechanism by which PCBs and PBDEs dys regu late RyRs would be of toxicological significance considering that these tightly regulated Ca 2+ channels reside within spe cialized regions of sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum (SR/ER) membranes where they contribute to and regulate essential aspects of Ca 2+ signaling (Pessah et al. 2010). In the present study we examined the structure–activity relationship (SAR) of PBDEs and their metabolites toward the two major RyR isoforms found in the brain and striated muscle (RyR1 and RyR2). Our findings indicate that PBDEs are potent modulators of both RyR isoforms. Para and orthosubstitutions are a key structural deter minant of this activity and are predictive of their neurotoxicity. We thank I. Padilla and S. Maxwell for technical assistance with Ca 2+ flux measurements and Western blotting, respectively. Background: Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are widely used flame retardants that bioaccumulate in human tissues. Their neurotoxicity involves dysregulation of calcium ion (Ca 2+) signaling; however, specific mechanisms have yet to be defined. oBjective: We aimed to define the structure–activity relationship (SAR) for PBDEs and their metabolites toward ryanodine receptors type 1 (RyR1) and type 2 (RyR2) and to determine whether it predicts neurotoxicity. Methods: We analyzed [ 3 H]ryanodine binding, microsomal Ca 2+ fluxes, cellular measurements of Ca 2+ homeo stasis, and neurotoxicity to define mechanisms and specificity of PBDE-mediated Ca 2+ dysregulation. results: PBDEs possessing two ortho-bromine substituents and lacking at least one para-bromine substituent (e.g., BDE-49) activate RyR1 and RyR2 with greater efficacy than corresponding conge-ners with two para-bromine substitutions (e.g., BDE-47). Addition of a methoxy group in the free para position reduces the activity of parent PBDEs. The hydroxylated BDEs 6-OH-BDE-47 and 4´-OH-BDE-49 are biphasic RyR modulators. Pretreatment of HEK293 cells (derived from human embryonic kidney cells) expressing either RyR1 or RyR2 with BDE-49 (250 nM) sensitized Ca 2+ flux triggered by RyR agonists, whereas BDE-47 (250 nM) had negligible activity. The divergent activity of BDE-49, …


Bananas are one of the most popular fruits in the world, yet only around 12% of them are consumed, posing an environmental problem. The goal of this research is to extract Hom Thong banana cellulose, which is the major component of banana peels. Fat analysis was used to extract and bleach Hom Thong banana cellulose, followed by soaking in 15% hydrogen peroxide for 3 h. The Hom Thong banana peel cellulose was washed and dried at 60 °C for 10 h. The obtained Hom Thong banana cellulose was characterized in terms of fatty acid profile, intermolecular interactions, and thermal analysis by using gas chromatography, FT-IR, and DSC techniques, respectively. The results showed that the content of palmitic acid (C16:0) in the post-evaporated ethanolic extract is larger than in pre-evaporated ethanolic extract, with a ratio of 44.91% and 38.62%, respectively. At a ratio of 26.19% and 31.56%, the post-evaporation of the ethanolic extract contained less linoleic acid (18:2cis) than the pre-evaporation of ethanolic extract. Intra-molecular interactions between OH groups of cellulose were shown by FT-IR spectra. DSC thermograms revealed that the extracted cellulose had good thermal characteristics and was appropriate for the food and cosmetic industries.


The invention relates to a longan functional drink and a method for preparing the same. The method comprises the following steps of: mixing desired longan pulp with other various raw materials and adding water to the mixture to a certain volume, boiling the mixture until the temperature is in the range of 80-100 DEG C, preserving heat for 20-40 minutes, grinding by using a pulp refiner until the particle granularity is about 15-20 microns, and filtering to obtain longan mixed juice; inoculating the longan mixed juice with sbacillus containing a manganese superoxide dismutase gene for fermentation culture; and keeping in cold storage, thereby obtaining the longan functional drink. The obtained longan functional drink is advantageous for improving the digestion absorption efficiency of the human body to food, improving the feeding of satiety after eating, reducing the possibility of abdominal distension exhaust, promoting normal defecation, reducing the pressure of the gastrointestinal tract, promoting vigor, promoting the health of the circulatory system, helping the body to adjust operation of the immunologic function and enhancing the human body defense mechanism; besides, the drink is advantageous for clearing away superoxide radicals generated in the human body and protecting the cells against damage, and has the characteristics of resisting aging and radiation, improving the tolerance of the cells to oxygen emergency reaction and the like.


This research aims to analize the effect of Brand Awareness and Brand Loyalty in assessing Purchase Intentions on Consumer  of Xiaomi phone. The research is explanatory research which explains the causal relation between the variables through hypothesis testing. The data collection technique used questionnaires and literature research. This research used 105 samples of Xiaomi phone consumers in Malang. Those samples were taken using a purposive sampling technique. Test instrument that was used for testing the research instrument are validity test and reliability test. The analytical methods that were used are path model analysis using SPSS 21. The result shows that Brand Awareness has significant and direct effect toward Brand Loyalty. Brand Awareness  also has significant and direct effect toward Purchase Intention. But, Brand Loyalty has no significant and direct effect toward Purchase Intention. Moreover, Brand Awareness undirectly affect to Purchase Intention through Brand Loyalty as mediator Key Words: Brand, Brand Awareness, Brand Loyalty, Purchase Intention


The myth of Jingwei's Struggles profoundly embodies the poetic wisdom of Chinese initial myth.It's full of mythological implication,and aesthic implication in thought,philosophy,belif and science.


People in the West, where Christianity is the main religion, seemed to hear little - if not nothing - of it. Today, more and more western people know about Buddhism. Some become ordinary Buddhists like those who come from Asean Buddhist Countries. Some have become well-known Buddhist teachers and/or authors.
Buddhist lay people are equally important for the sustainability of Buddhism. In the West, where there is a shortage of monks, Buddhist lay people play an even more important role as main disciples of Buddha are Bhikkhus, Bhikkhunis, Upasikas, Upasikaas. Upasikas and Upasikaas are the lay disciples who respect the teachings of the Buddha. They are the disciples of the Buddha and are considered the pillar of Buddhism. They are interdependent: Monks cannot live and practice the dhamma easily without the support of lay people. On the other hand, lay people who are very busy with housekeeping and earning a living - having no time studying the teachings - find it hard to understand the teachings without the guidance of the monks. Nevertheless lay people in the west perform their duties such as learning and teaching, writing and publishing, doing meditation, charity work, supporting monks, preserving precepts (silas) and donating money to help sustain monasteries (temples).
Thus is the role of Buddhist lay people in promoting Buddhism in the West.
The article also informs the readers how Buddhism came to the West.
In addition, it provides a piece of advice for being a good lay Buddhist in the West.


Plant community types and botanical composition of herbaceous and woody plants in the Borana lowlands were investigated by multivariate methods (TWINSPAN and DCA) based on 125 plots of size 20 m × 20 m sampled from three districts across different functional land use units. By TWINSPAN, eight plant communities were identified: (i) Acacia drepanolobium-Pennisetum mezianum, (ii) Bidens hildebrandtii-Chrysopogon aucheri, (iii) Chrysopogon aucheri-Commiphora africana, (iv) Cenchrus ciliaris-Chrysopogon aucheri, (v) Acacia bussei-Pennisetum mezianum, (vi) Commiphora erythraea-Sansevieria ehrenbergii, (vii) Acacia melliphera-Setaria verticillata, and (viii) Heterpogon contortus-Hildebrandtia obcordata. Characteristic species at the different levels of TWINSPAN divisions were identified. The Chrysopogon aucheri-Commiphora africana community had the highest beta (3.37) and gamma (131) diversity, whereas the Heterpogon contortus-Hldebrandtia obcordata community had the smallest beta (0.35) and gamma (23) diversity. The frequency of plant communities was positively and strongly correlated with beta and gamma diversity.


orism has associated itself with fascists and demagogues: it teeters always on the edge of dictatorship, threatening to replace independent thought with its bullishly weighty convictions. Aphorism needs to be deflated and teased, inveigled into frivolous 'frittering'. And it has been. Derrida played with the form in his 'Fifty-Two Aphorisms'; Morson half-parodied its seriousness; Geary positioned aphorism within an adolescent space of flirting, posters, and the Reader's Digest. Now, in Ben Grant's hands, raillery can give way to a sober, quietly confident treatment: no waste, no 'frittering'.


This study deals with the validation and the search of the limitations for the storage of tritiated water (HTO) in polyethylene (PE) containers. The hydroxyl radical (HO"), produced during the radiolysis of water, is known for its reactivity toward alkanes in water. Our competition experiments (with SCN- or coumarin) by pulse radiolysis show the reactivity of HO' with PE, which gives rise to chemical modifications of PE. Some FTIR analysis of PE, irradiated in the presence of water, show that the amounts of C=C, C-O, and C=O functions are more important when the production of HO' is favoured. Moreover the reactivity of e-aq in the presence ofPE bas aIso been highlighted by rime resolved spectroscopy. The study of permeability of HTO / PE system shows that the volumetric activity within PE is 104 fold lower than the water activity after a one year immersion in 1853 Ci. L -1 HTO. The MCNP simulation of the irradiation by the β- of the tritium points out that 200 kGy is deposited within the first 250 nanometers of the PE. In spit of an early diffusion these results show a very weak solubility. Furthermore the value of the diffusion decreases following the modifications induced by the β- at the surface. Crosslinking is a parameter that directly acts on the diffusion of molecules through the polymer. We have adapted and used the thermoporometry technique in order 10 assess the crosslinking of PE. Using this investigation we have characterized the crosslinking as a function of dose, especially with respect to the mesh size ditribution. We have also established a relationship allowing the determination of the crosslinking density in a swelled PE sample by p-xylene by DSC analysis.


A significant approach that should be followed by physics teachers at the secondary education level in order to enhance students' understanding is to highlight the generality of the mathematical procedures that describe different physical phenomena. In this paper, the common procedure that is used to calculate the duration of various physical phenomena is presented. Examples from different scientific areas, from mechanics to circuit analysis and from nuclear physics to medicine are examined. In the presented examples, the magnitude of interest is always directly proportional to its rate of change. By 'grouping' physical phenomena that can be described using the same mathematical tools, the students' interest is enhanced and their physics perception is increased towards a deep understanding of the scientific methodology.


The environmental assessment focuses on three main components of the Emergency Reconstruction Program Project: agriculture and the use of pesticides; housing program; and, private sector development. Potential environmental impacts, and the appropriate mitigation measures are: 1) provision of agricultural inputs, includes activities such as farm machinery for land preparation, pesticides and fertilizers, seeds, animal restocking, and water pumps for irrigation. While these activities will prod agricultural production, improper land management and pesticide uses, may induce declining crop yields, and soil fertility, and erosion, as well as genetic mutation in animals, and cancer, and other health issues on humans. Thus it is recommended to eliminate the use of chlorinated hydrocarbons in pesticides; avoid excessive fertilizer uses to minimize soil erosion, and water contamination; avoid importation of plant seed varieties, and animal breeds to preserve the local genetic pool, and, select the appropriate machinery per soil type, avoiding arid/fragile lands; 2) housing construction, and fuel wood collection inevitably causes land degradation and soil erosion; therefore, the use of corrugated iron sheet roofs, and masonry walls is suggested, as is the approach to village forest plantation programs, to re-vegetate, and maximize the efficient use of fuel wood, since it can not be avoided; and, 3) support for enterprise development, predominantly for micro, and small enterprises, hence no major environmental adversity is foreseen; however, institutional mechanisms should enforce environmental regulations, i.e., through the Department of the Environment.


Recently, network traffic has been growing exponentially and almost reached the physical capacity limit of single mode fibers. Space division multiplexing (SDM) is a promising technology to overcome the looming fiber capacity crunch. Especially, few-mode multi-core fibers (FM-MCFs) can aggregate multiple cores into one fiber and two or more modes can be transmitted in one core, which can greatly increase the capacity yet introduce crosstalk constraints including inter- and intra-core crosstalk. To our best knowledge, there is no accurate crosstalk calculation model study in SDM optical networks with FM-MCFs. To address this issue, we first introduce the machine learning into the crosstalk prediction phase and propose a novel crosstalk estimation model (CEM) exploiting the beam propagation method called CEM-beam propagation method (BPM)-machine learning (ML), which can be used to evaluate the crosstalk during the design for the resource allocation scheme. Then, a crosstalk aware core, mode, and spectrum assignment (CA-CMSA) strategy is presented. The simulation results for crosstalk estimation at the wavelength level indicate that the crosstalk at lower frequencies is less than that at higher frequencies. Thus, the lower frequencies are always the first choice in the spectrum resource assignment phase. In addition, for our specific training set, the Levenberg-Marquardt (LM) algorithm based on machine learning performs better on the training, including regression values measurement and time consumption. The simulation results of the proposed CA-CMSA scheme also show that the resource allocation algorithm based on LM can improve resource utilization without increasing total connection set-up time. Thus, it will be the best choice for the resource assignment in SDM networks with FM-MCFs.


The article deals with the implementation of the principle of continuity in learning to solve problems in physics by an adequate choice of the mathematical apparatus, which in turn contributes to the intensification of the educational process and relationships in the school-university.


The film Land and Shade (2015) by Cesar Acevedo (Colombia, 1984) tells the story of a family that refuses to leave a territory from which all the other peasants have been displaced due to the imposition of the sugar cane monoculture in Valle del Cauca. The main question of this paper is what are the causes and consequences of forced displacement that the film presents and what do they have to do with ecological territories? I argue that through haptic film techniques (Marks 2000), which use vision as a sense of touch, the film makes viewers experience some of effects of the environmental violence that Rob Nixon (2011) calls slow violence. I argue the film not only explores the peasant migration from one rural space to another, but also deals with the movement of political borders on ecological territories caused by the extractivism of the sugar cane monoculture. I claim that slow violence is also exercised against non-human beings and ecosystems and I explore how the film exposes different types of precariousness and turns the viewer into a witness of this type of political violence.


In this work, we prepare a series of activated carbons (ACs) of different morphologies, porous structures, and oxygen contents from glucose with hydrothermal synthesis (HTS) followed by a one‐step (H2O‐steam or KOH) or two‐step (H2O‐steam‐KOH or KOH‐H2O‐steam) activation. The largest surface area of the prepared ACs is more than 3400 m2/g, and the corresponding mesopore volume is 1.21 cm3/g. The fraction of oxygen in the ACs varies in a range of 3.94 to 9.9 at%. The electrochemical performance of the symmetric supercapacitor cells (SCs) made from the as‐prepared ACs is characterized in different aqueous electrolytes. The optimum capacitance of the SCs is 421 F/g at 0.5 A/g and 304 F/g at 10 A/g. The oxygen‐enriched functional groups have limited contribution to the energy storage for the SCs with neutral electrolyte and profound effects on the increase of the energy storage for the SCs with strong acidic and alkaline electrolytes. The processing routes developed in this work likely open an avenue to tailor the structures and oxygen‐enriched functional groups of ACs.


A nonsymmetric formulation of saddle-point systems is considered, and symmetric part preconditioning of the CG method is applied. Linear and superlinear convergence estimates are derived for the finite element solution of the Stokes problem and of Navier's equations of elasticity. Mesh independence of the estimates is obtained from proper Hilbert space operator background.


Introduction AC220 (Quizartinib) is a novel FLT3 inhibitor that has shown a high level of activity as monotherapy in patients with advanced FLT3 +ve disease, and more modest activity in FLT3 -ve patients across Phase 1 and 2 studies. This is the first presentation of quizartinib use in combination with chemotherapy in newly diagnosed (FLT3 +ve and FLT3 -ve) older AML patients. Study Aim In preparation for a prospective Phase 3 trial (NCRI AML 18) in older patients with newly diagnosed AML, we tested the feasibility and dose of AC220 which could be sequentially given two days after each of two courses of ADE (Ara-C/ Daunorubicin/ Etoposide) followed by one course of DA (2+5) in patients over age 60 with FLT3 +ve or FLT3 –ve newly diagnosed AML. Six cohorts with escalating doses (60mg, 90mg or 135mg based on doses used in the Phase 2 ACE study with quizartinib) for 7 or 14 days were planned. If 60mg was not tolerated there was provision to de-escalate to 40mg for 7 or 14 days. The study was based on a 3+3 design whereby if 1 of 3 developed a DLT a cohort expansion was required but if >2 of 6 had a DLT, the cohort failed. A DLT was defined as any grade 4 non-haematological toxicity or failure of count recovery by day 42 in the absence of marrow blasts, or a grade 3 toxicity that did not recover to at least grade 2 within 7 days. Because of the increased sensitivity in females to QTc prolongation, each cohort required a minimum of 3 females. The day of safety evaluation was on completion of the chemotherapy in course 2. Results 55 patients with a median age of 69 years (62-87) entered of whom 48 were evaluable. 4 patients were FLT3 ITD +ve. 13 patients (4 males, 9 females) entered cohort 1 (AC220 60mg for 7days). No DLTs were seen in males but 3 DLTs occurred in females (all grade 4:1 cardiac (MI), 1 hypokalaemia; 1 mucositis) so this cohort exceeded tolerability for females. 8 patients (all males) entered cohort 2 (AC220 60mg for 14 days) where 4 DLTs (all grade 3; 3 QTC, 1 appetite loss) were seen, so this cohort exceeded tolerability for males. The de-escalation cohort (cohort 3) was activated (AC220 40mg for 7 days). 2 DLTs (1 grade 4 lung; 1 lung infection grade 3 >7days) in 7 evaluable females and 0 DLTs in 9 evaluable males were seen, so both males and females progressed to Cohort 4 (AC220 40mg for 14 days). There was 1 DLT (haematological) of 5 evaluable males and 0 of 8 evaluable females had a DLT. The DLTs were similarly distributed between males (5/25) and females (5/23). Induction death (death with 30 days) occurred in 3/46 (6.5%) evaluable patients. CR was achieved in 33/42 (79%; including all 4 FLT3 ITD +ve) of patients evaluable for CR or 60% of all 55 patients. Overall median time to neutrophil and platelet count recovery (neutrophils to 1.0x109/l; platelets to 100x109/l) was prompt (28 and 22 days post course 1; 22 and 19 days post course 2 respectively). No patients received SCT. The median OS is currently 15 months. Conclusion AC220 at 40mg for 14 days can safely be given sequentially after chemotherapy in older patients with newly diagnosed AML. The Phase 3 AML 18 study is planned to start in early 2014 and will incorporate AC220 into multiple courses of DA therapy as well as maintenance therapy. On behalf of the UK NCRI AML Working Group. We acknowledge the support from Ambit Biosciences for this study. Disclosures: Burnett:Ambit: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding. Off Label Use: AC220 for newly diagnosed AML. Hills:Ambit: Consultancy.


(material and cultural) stories of liberation and resistance 'dispersed on Italy's body' (1). Timothy Clark's (2015) recent observation – that environmental criticism can only ever 'have a derivative impact, as a function, that is, of the social status and force already granted literature' (190) – reflects what may be a widely-shared anxiety: that what we do as ecocritics is by definition secondary, belated. Iovino, however, has created an innovative and timely narrative that, in putting material ecocriticism to work, extends our understanding of environmental justice. ['N]ow more than ever,' as she herself says, 'the impersonal is political' (6).


Industry has found a multitude of diverse applications for electrostatic precipitation. This article describes the functions of the various types of electrostatic precipitators in use today and points out their common characteristics, and in particular the similarities of their electric power requirements.


Abstract : The objective of this program is to make a comprehensive assessment of all factors related to the rework of hybrid microcircuits and how these factors affect hybrid reliability. Based on this assessment, rework, criteria and guidelines have been prepared for inclusion in MIL-M-38510. The program effort consisted of two major tasks: (1) A review of the hybrid microcircuit literature and a survey of 21 manufacturers of military grade hybrids, to determine the common practices and in-process controls used and problems encountered in hybrid manufacturing. (2) An experimental evaluation of the reliability of reworked vs non-reworked test specimen hybrids. The test phase of the program utilized the effects of mechanical and thermal stresses, applied as conventional MIL-STD-883 environmental test exposure, to measure the effects of one, two or more rework cycles on wire bond degradation or failure. (Author)


The proportion of people who are diagnosed late is a key metric to measure the public health response to HIV. But this percentage remains stubbornly high in nearly every country. Delays in accessing antiretroviral therapy affects both (i) individual health, due to a higher risk of mortality, and (ii) population‐based health, due to continued risk of transmission. Despite huge efforts to increase testing, late diagnosis continues to be an indication of a public health failure.


This dissertation is a text analysis of the short novel Carmilla (1872) by the Irish ghost story-author Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. It is a close reading analysis where I apply a queer theoretical per ...


A two-beam interferometric method is used to study the change of optical parameters of cold drawn boiled viscose fibers at different times. A stress-strain device conjugated to the Pluta polarizing interference microscope is used to investigate the dynamical behavior of opto-mechanical properties at room temperature. Some structural parameters such as the number of molecules per unit volume, the virtual and isotropic refractive indices, the optical orientation factor and angle, the strain and the stress optical coefficients are evaluated. Some mechanical parameters such as, Young's modules, elastic shear modules and the compressibility are calculated over different strain values. Also the number of network chain per unit volume N c , work per unit volume W, average work per chains W', reduction in entropy AS, and the optical configuration parameter Δα are determined. Also calculation of the constants of Moony-Rivilin equation are given. A systematic study over different wavelengths range extending from 405 to 590 nm was carried out to obtain the dielectric constant at infinity. The obtained results clarify that new reorientations occurred due to cold drawing at different conditions. Empirical formula is suggested to correlate the change in An, f(θ), W, W', A, θ, and N c with different draw ratio, and its constants were determined. Microinterferograms and curves are given for illustrations.


Features and operating principle of MAX125 A/D converter are described firstly. A practical interface between TMS320C31 and MAX125 is introduced for an electrostatic suspension application. The sample code based on TMS320C31 is also presented to realize data acquisition by using timer interrupt mode.


The article studies the evolution of the U.S airline industry from 1995 to 2009 using T-100 traffic data and DB1B fare data from the U.S. Department of Transportation. Based on a differentiation in market size and major players, entry and exit, concentration, fares, service, costs and profits, the article provides a fresh look on recent developments in the structure, conduct and performance of the domestic U.S. airline industry in light of both the substantial growth of low cost carriers and severe internal and external shocks such as merger and bankruptcy activity or the recent recession. Unlike previous studies, a consistent split of the analysis in network carriers and low cost carriers is introduced. In general, we find that the competitive interaction between network carriers and low cost carriers increased substantially throughout the last decade and must be considered as the main driver of competition in the domestic U.S. airline industry.


The DIII'D upper divertor will be modified in late 1999 by installing a continuous dome in the private flux region with an independent pumping capability for the inner strike point. A ''bump'' on the inner cylinder also has been considered to enhance impurity and neutral control. Using the UEDGE code, we have examined the effect of this dome and the ''bump'' on core ionization and core impurity content. For typical parameters, results indicate that the planned divertor modifications enable detachment at higher heating power and the ''fueling efficiency'' (ratio of core neutral ionization rate to total divertor ion current) decreases, however, the core carbon content increases. The inner ''bump'' does enhance ''fueling efficiency'' compared to the private flux dome alone, but it does not reduce the increased core impurity content.


NASA's Energy-Cost Analysis Program (NECAP) is a powerful computerized method to determine and to minimize building energy consumption. The program calculates hourly heat gain or losses taking into account the building thermal resistance and mass, using hourly weather and a response factor method. Internal temperatures are allowed to vary in accordance with thermostat settings and equipment capacity. NECAP 4.1 has a simplified input procedure and numerous other technical improvements. A very short input method is provided. It is limited to a single zone building. The user must still describe the building's outside geometry and select the type of system to be used.


Oxidative metabolism (OxM) was assessed in cord blood, neutrophils (CBN) in an attempt to explain the susceptibility of infants to infections. A variety of methods were employed in prior reports, and results have been contradictory. Isolated neutrophils were used in this study. Hexose monophosphate shunt (HMS) activity was determined by glucose-1-14C oxidation. The kinetics of OxM were measured as the rate of light emission by chemiluminescence (CL), an assay related to superoxide and singlet oxygen formation. HMS activity in both resting and phagocytic cells was greater (p < 0.05) in 17 CBN than in cells from 9 simultaneously studied adult controls, however, the absolute increase from resting to phagocytic values was significantly less in CBN. Mean values for peak CL during phagocytosis of zymosan from 14 CBN and 9 controls were similar (18.0 vs 20.7 CPM × 104, p > 0.05), but the kinetics of CL were quite different. During the first 8 min. of phagocytosis CL (light emission) increased sharply in both groups. At later times CL was sustained by control cells, but waned in CBN and within 15 min. was significantly less (p < 0.05). Thus, CBN initiated post-phagocytic OxM and reached normal peak values of HMS activity and CL. However, CBN were unable to maintain the increased rate of OxM after phagocytosis when compared to adult controls. This difference may indicate a functional defect.


BackgroundAs a nurse working in community home care you should today have enough knowledge to provide patients in different stages of life with good and safe care. The number of children receiving care in their home is increasing. There are today no Swedish studies that focus on this topic. How is the nurses experience of provide care of children in their homes?AimThe aim of this study was to illuminate the nurse's experience of giving care to children in their homes.MethodAn interview study was made with eight nurses working in community home care in four different community's in the western of Sweden. The text from the interviews was analyzed through a qualitative content analysis.ResultThe analysis resulted in three categories, seven subcategories and one theme.The following categories emerged: To feel inadequate, To take notice of the particular family´s needs, To be committed. The theme that emerged was oppressive but .rewarding.ConclusionThe nurses felt inadequate when it came to giving care to children in their homes. The main reason for this was the feeling of lack of knowledge and experience of giving care to children. The nurses experienced that the family had a big and important role when it came to giving care for children in their home and that a good cooperation with the family was important to be enable to give the best possible care to the child. The nurses experienced that it was important to be truly committed when working with children.


The paper proposes a method to calculate voltage across faulted open port of short circuit fault and open conductor fault in detail. Based on the superposition theory, the formula is deduced to calculate voltage across faulted open port of short circuit fault when the potential values and the phrase angles of generators in power system unequal to each other. On the basis of superposition theory and the network theory, the practical formula to calculate voltage across open port of open conductor fault is obtained. Finally, the empirical study shows that the method can improve the calculation accuracy of voltage across faulted open port.


The replication (replicability, reproducibility) crisis in social psychology and clinical medicine arises from the fact that many apparently well-confirmed experimental results are subsequently overturned by studies that aim to replicate the original study. The culprit is widely held to be poor science: questionable research practices, failure to publish negative results, bad incentives, and even fraud. In this article I argue that the high rate of failed replications is consistent with high-quality science. We would expect this outcome if the field of science in question produces a high proportion of false hypotheses prior to testing. If most of the hypotheses under test are false, then there will be many false hypotheses that are apparently supported by the outcomes of well conducted experiments and null hypothesis significance tests with a type-I error rate (α) of 5%. Failure to recognize this is to commit the fallacy of ignoring the base rate. I argue that this is a plausible diagnosis of the replication crisis and examine what lessons we thereby learn for the future conduct of science.


Multiple people can have similar appearances and portions of images can be occluded or have viewpoint changes in real scenarios, causing the increased difficulty of person re-identification (Re-ID). To address these problems, we propose a dual-channel person Re-ID algorithm that integrates person Re-ID image–text pairs into the classification network for end-to-end learning. We construct an image channel and a text channel, and subsequently extract visual information and text information using a convolutional neural network (CNN) and a simple recurrent units (SRUs) network, respectively. The text information is used to assist in the learning of visual information, consequently improving the robustness of the visual information. In addition, the visual features are divided into two branches to calculate the global and local features. Global features focus on the overall appearance of a person, whereas local features provide more fine-grained detail. Text information is more accurate and reliable, and it is thus more robust to occlusion and viewpoint changes. Visual information complemented by text information can describe a person more accurately and reliably. Extensive experiments demonstrate our method achieves state-of-the-art performance.


This paper introduces the concept of a critical backbone as a minimal set of variable or part of the solution necessary to be within the basin of attraction of the global optimum. The concept is illustrated with a new class of test problems Backbone in which the critical backbone structure is completely transparent. The performance of a number of standard heuristic search methods is measure for this problem. It is shown that a hybrid genetic algorithm that incorporates a descent algorithm solves this problem extremely efficiently. Although no rigorous analysis is given the problem is sufficiently transparent that this result is easy to understand. The paper concludes with a discussion of how the emergence of a critical backbone may be the salient feature in a phase transition from typically easy to typically hard problems.


Building bases of scientific evidence about nitrite in humans continues to oppose the general safety in human health. Therefore, we investigate the testicular tissue inflammation caused by oral administration of sodium nitrite. Twenty adult male SD rats were used. Ten rats received oral 80mg/kg sodium nitrite daily for twelve weeks; the other rats were left as negative control. Testis were weighed and the testicular tissue homogenates were used for measurements of Malondialdehyde (MDA), reduced glutathione, Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF)-α and Interleukin (IL)-1β. Sodium nitrite resulted in significant increase in testis weight and Gonado-Somatic index as well as testicular tissue level of MDA, TNF-α and IL-1β. Moreover, oral sodium nitrite resulted in significant reduction in testicular tissue concentration of reduced glutathione. In conclusion, chronic oral sodium nitrite induced changes in the weight of rat testis accompanied by elevation in the testicular tissue level of oxidative stress markers and inflammatory cytokines.


In this paper, the authors propose the mathematical model which derives the optimal operation strategies of an on-site power storage system through the use of stochastic dynamic programming technique. The model takes account of the variations and uncertainties of electricity market prices as well as the outage costs of power grid failures. The market price fluctuation is modeled with stochastic differential equation. The stochastic state transitions between normal and failed systems are modeled with exponential density functions. The derived optimal operation indicates that the economic value of the storage system may be increased substantially, if the avoided outage costs are explicitly taken into account. The results of the sensitivity analysis indicate that the most influential parameters are the magnitude of outage cost and the mean time to failure of power grid.


It is widely recognized that the most critical part of knowledge management process is knowledge sharing. Knowledge sharing is crucial to either profit or non-profit organizations. The first part of this paper introduces the concept and some definitions of knowledge sharing. Next, the paper describes the benefits of knowledge sharing to the education. Based on the preliminary study and observation,some issues on teachers and the Information Communication Technology (ICT) are highlighted. This paper seeks to review the existing models and theories that have been applied to identify the factors that affect the knowledge sharing process. Finally, by applying the combination of knowledge sharing and information system theories, this paper proposes a knowledge sharing framework for teachers in Malaysia. Keywords— knowledge management, knowledge sharing, Information Communication Technology (ICT)


ABSTRACT : God summons humanity to investigate and reflect upon the heavens, the earth, mountains, stars, plants, seeds, animals, the alternation of the night and the day, the creation of man, the rain and many other created things. "Science" offers a method by which the universe, and all the beings there in, may be examined to discover the artistry in God's creation, thereby communicating it to mankind. The book that the writer chooses (The Quran Leads The Way To Science) about how the religion directed Science and supported by the fact in the Holy Quran to investigate the entire universe and all the beings there in. The writer choose the book for making book report because the book is easy to understand and explain the Religion not only encourages scientific study, but also permits that, supported by the truths revealed through Islam, and how the scientists realized the signs of God, basically Islam and the Holy Quran influenced to the research their studied. The writer compares Harun Yahya work to other works. Harun Yahya work explains that There is one fact that must be recognized clearly: science can achieve reliable results only if it adopts as its main objective the investigation of the signs of creation in the universe. Science may reach its ultimate goal in the shortest possible time only if it is pointed in the right direction, that is, if it is rightly guided.


To establish the system characteristics of a novel rainwater harvesting system. A laboratory test rig was used to assess the selected technology.Previous research has identified that systems should have: 1) reduced capital
costs, 2) reduced operational costs and 3) increased ease of retrofitting. To investigate the system's ability to address these requirements, two full-scale laboratory test rigs have been used to assess flow and power consumption characteristics under a range of installation scenarios.The system was identified to have a mean power consumption of 0.12kWh/m3 during a one hour pump test. Electrical costs were found to increase when the power consumption of the 11W control board was taken into account. Subject to reduction of the standby power consumption of the controller, the novel RWH system assessed in this study has potential to provide non-potable water supplies to households in the UK at a lower power consumption rate than existing water supply systems identified in the literature.


Acoustic emission (AE) is known as a non-destructive test under external load/variation of stress distribution within materials; AE waves are difficult to generate without those stress variation. Railway bridges are the structures where the external load variation can be easily applied due to over-passing railway traffic. In this study, in order to apply AE technique to the damage evaluation in railway brick structures, fundamental experiments using brick specimens sampled from an actual old brick foundation of a bridge are carried out. This is performed to find the applicability of AE technique to brick materials. Next, in order to know the deterioration process and to establish a damage evaluation table, brick specimens made in laboratory are subjected to cyclic loads, and AE activities with crack growth are examined. Finally, in-situ AE monitoring is performed on an "elevated arch railway bridge" where obvious penetration-cracks are observed. For in-situ monitoring, AE activities directly generated from the observed cracks are distinguished from those induced by the railway traffic.