Seventy seven asymptomatic nonruptured aneurysms were detected and treated surgically in 77 patients during these 20 years; 87% were treated in the last 8 years . All aneurysms were found on the conventional cerebral angiograms. Angiography was performed because of a family history of SAH in 16 patients, having other types of cerebrovascular diseases in 11, suffering from intractable headache in 28 and having other central nervous system diseases , such as brain tumors, in 22. Neither mortality nor morbidity was experienced except for one patient whose hemiplegia was aggravated secondary to the cerebral infarction. Long term follow-up studies (maximum 20 years) were done and the survival ratio was evaluated by the KAPLAN-MAIYER method. In the surgically treated groups, the survival ratio was significantly higher in the nonruptured group than in the ruptured group. It is concluded that the most aggressive and effective approach to the treatment of vasospasms is prophylactic clipping of the aneurysms.


Legal decision making is about logic and rationality. Law teaching therefore attempts to foster a logical rational approach to analysis and management of information. Yet the practising lawyer soon learns that there are no rational people out there. Clients are emotional, judges unpredictable, legislators rushed, and the other lawyers often bizarre. Human beings - which despite anti-lawyer jokes includes our own profession - have evolved with most of our emotional impulsive equipment still primed for action. But the traditional law curriculum appears to aspire to upgrade our students' nervous and hormonal apparatus to something more logical and rational? Or perhaps it assumes that, in a naive quid pro quo, if we ignore emotions, please will they ignore us and let us get on with what really matters? The paper will not argue that we should abandon the quest to instil in law students a passion for logic and rationality. It will argue instead that accepting, articulating and working with the power of the emotions is a better way to achieve that result. It will seek to predict some of the benefits that will accrue from designing the law school curriculum, and the learning experience, around a knowledge of how people have actually evolved to behave. It is predicted that those who gain an understanding of the emotional forces that affect the behaviour of lawyers, clients etc, and start on the road of nurturing their own emotional intelligence, will acquire for themselves the tools to choose logical and rational behaviours when appropriate.


The invention relates to the technical field of bicycle accessories, in particular to a machining method for a bicycle connector. According to the machining method for the bicycle connector, the bicycle connector is produced sequentially by procedures of blanking, pre-bending, post-bending, punching, bending forming and welding, CNC (computer numerical control) milling machining or turning machining is not required in the whole production process, the consumption of raw materials is low, metal materials capable of meeting plastic deformation requirements can be used for producing the bicycle connector, and the raw materials are not limited to aluminum materials or aluminum bars; in addition, the whole production process is implemented through a stamping die, so that the machining method is high in production efficiency; from the above, the machining method has the advantages of high production efficiency, wide material sources and low raw material consumption and cost.


The total ionization cross section (Qion) for C4Fx (x  =  1–8) fluorocarbons and the isomers of C4F6 and C4F8 molecules are calculated from ionization threshold to 5 keV using the binary-encounter bethe method. The targets are fully optimized using the Hartree–Fock (HF) method and density function theory (DFT) for their minimum energy structure and orbital parameters. The present Qion with HF parameters showed good agreement with the experimental data for 1,3-C4F6, 2-C4F6, 2-C4F8 and 1-C4F8. On the other hand, the Qion with DFT parameters are in good accordance with the recent theoretical results for 1,3-C4F6 and 2-C4F6. The Qion for c-C4F8 showed much variation among the various results. The isomer effect in Qion is negligible for the isomers of C4F6 and C4F8 molecules. The calculation of Qion for C4F, C4F2, C4F3, C4F4, C4F5, c-C4F6, C4F7 and iso-C4F8 is a maiden attempt. The present cross section data are important quantities for low temperature plasma modeling especially related to the fluorocarbon plasmas.


Welcome to the guide to the archive of University of Maine records managed by Raymond H. Fogler Library. This guide was created to highlight material currently part of our collection, information on how to use the Archive, and the transfer process.


For the last decades, the computation world all moved to the cloud computing. It is a new delivery type of model to enable on demand access to network and resources for computing. It is an exciting technology, because it can reduce a lot the cost and the complexity of applications. It is very flexible and scalable. Without the virtualization, cloud computing would be almost nothing today. A key Point of virtualization is the powerful hypervisor. It is the manager of the physical platform and in charge to access all the resources. Choosing hypervisors or any virtual machine monitors is very critical lately. Feature wise the customer has many option because every company is working to get the first in the rank. We conducted a thorough survey on two of the much known open-source Hypervisors named Xen and KVM. Based on results of the research, this paper highlight some major misconceptions about these two hypervisors.


Health Impact Assessment: Measuring the Effect of Public Policy on Variations in Health. Annex 4: Southport Private Rented Dwellings - Case Study


This paper aims to identify strategic effectiveness (smith) in Results of the tests of the Middle East geography Curriculum for middle school Second grade students average, and Test analytical thinking. A two-group experimental approach was chosen on a par, the researcher prepared a multiple test with several paragraphs (40), a paragraph. Building the test of analytical thinking as the number of paragraphs (70) a paragraph. After processing the results statistically, the results showed the following: The experimental group has been outweighed Which studied a strategic approach (smith) In a variable result obtained. The experimental group has been outweighed Which studied a strategic approach (smith) In the analytical thinking variable.


Abstract Background: Cerebral vasospasm that occurs after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) can be an important cause of mortality and morbidity for patients successfully operated for a cerebral aneurysm. Methods: Five cases of prompt diagnostic and surgical treatment of a cerebral aneurysm, with important SAH on cerebral computed tomography (CT) at onset, are presented. All patients were admitted in a poor neurological state and developed severe vasospasm. Both, the correct clipping of the aneurysm and the cerebral vasospasm were angiographic demonstrated in all cases. Two patients showed complete obliteration of one carotid artery. Results: Postoperatory, four of the patients were treated with intrathecally administered nimodipine (10mg/50ml). In three cases, the procedure caused the reverse of the vasospasm and clinical improvement of the patients. Their clinical outcomes were very good and were discharged with minimal neurological deficits. In one case, repeated intraarterial administration of nimodipine, showed no reduction of the vasospasm, and no improvement of patient's clinical status. The patient was conscious, but presented focal neurological deficits (hemiplegia and aphasia). One patient did not benefit from this treatment and had a poor clinical outcome, remaining in a vegetative state. Conclusions: Cerebral vasoconstriction after SAH could be an important obstacle in obtaining very good results in aneurysm surgery. Intra-arterial administration of nimodipine is an important and useful treatment, but good results in reversal severe cerebral vasospasm are not always mandatory.


The metallic antiferromagnet CoNb$_3$S$_6$ exhibits a giant anomalous Hall effect (AHE) that cannot be explained by a collinear N\'eel order on intercalated Co ions. Thus, a noncoplanar structure is expected. We carried out resonant elastic x-ray scattering (REXS) to reexamine the magnetic structure of CoNb$_3$S$_6$ and found a double-$Q$ ($2Q$) order with a $(\frac{1}{2}00)$ commensurate component and a long-wavelength modulation. Circular dichroism and linear polarization analysis reveal that the commensurate components on the two Co sites are noncollinear and the modulation is helical. The resulting magnetic structure has a staggered scalar spin chirality forming a stripe pattern in real space. Furthermore, we found that the helical modulation wavevector exhibits a sample dependence and develops a low-symmetry domain structure. We propose that quenched-in lattice strain controls the helical domain structure, accounting for much of the sample dependence. These results provide insight into the mechanism of the AHE in CoNb$_3$S$_6$ and identifies potential routes for controlling the Hall response and realizing other unconventional electronic phenomena in metallic antiferromagnets.


The stock market prediction has been carried out by several ways in data science using deep learning approaches to capture profitable trading opportunities and making the trading plans. However, it is widely believed there are two main issues involved in it, i.e., efficient market hypothesis and low information noise ratio. Therefore, a prediction based model will be affected by noises thus hard to produce a prediction. In this paper, two methods will be presented for forecasting stock future performance. To be specific, LSTM (long-short time memory) and cycle analysis are implemented to predict the future period that gives a higher return than average times. According to the analysis, introducing the time analysis as a variable to input could significantly increase the accuracy of predicting the return for the next few weeks. These results shed light on guiding further exploration of the different ways of extracting periodic behaviors of the market and marking predictions based on the analysis.


This paper presents a new ultra-short baseline (USBL) tightly-coupled integration technique to enhance error estimation in low-cost strap-down inertial navigation systems (INSs) with application to underwater vehicles. In the proposed strategy the acoustic array spatial information is directly exploited resorting to the extended Kalman filter implemented in a direct feedback structure. The determination and stochastic characterization of the round trip travel time are obtained resorting to pulse detection matched filters of acoustic signals modulated using spread-spectrum code division multiple access (CDMA). The performance of the overall navigation system is assessed in simulation and compared with a conventional loosely-coupled solution that consists of solving separately the triangulation and sensor fusion problems. From the simulation results it can be concluded that the proposed technique enhances the position, orientation, and sensors biases estimates accuracy


Ions with multiple inner-shell vacancies frequently arise due to their interaction with different targets, such as (intense) light pulses, atoms, clusters or bulk material. They are formed, in addition, if highly charged ions approach surfaces and capture electrons at rather large distances. To explore the interaction of such hollow ions and their subsequent relaxation, photon spectra in different frequency regions have been measured and compared to calculations. To support these and related measurements, we here show within the framework of the Jena Atomic Calculator (Jac) how (additional) electrons in outer shells modify photon emission and lead to characteristic shifts in the observed spectra. Further, for highly charged Ar ions in KLm(m=1…8) configurations, we analyze the mean relaxation time for their stabilization into the different ground configurations. These examples demonstrate how a powerful and flexible toolbox such as Jac will be useful (and necessary) in order to model the photon and electron emission of ions as they occur not only near surfaces but also in astro-, atomic and plasma physics.


It is a commonplace to link Homer with tragedy. Plato calls Homer the first tragedian, Aristotle praises the dramatic concentration of his plots, and pseudo-Plutarch claims that in Homer we find 'all elements of tragedy: great and unexpected deeds, epiphanies of gods, and speeches full of thought and representing all kind of characters'. Likewise, modern critics write studies on Nature and Culture in the Iliad. The Tragedy of Hector, 'Tragic Form and Feeling in the Iliad', 'Homeric Epic and the Tragic Moment', and Homer and the Dual Mode of the Tragic.


THE basic principles of pathology are known to all but in the morphological study of human trophoblast-normal or pathological-difficulties arise in the proper interpretation of the findings. These are due to the complicated process of amalgamation of ovum with mother and the peculiar behaviour of the elements involved. So it is necessary to recapitulate the physiological changes in the early stages od normal placentation in order to appreciate the pathology of chorionic epithelium. From a study of descriptions of placentation by Grosser,' Streeter,' Brewer and Fit~gerald,~ Rock and Hertig,4 and many others, explanation experiments irz 'vitro by F~iedheim,~ Maximow,' and Sengupta,' as well as personal observations, an attempt will be made in this paper to elucidate more fully the relation of early trophoblastic development to either the normal or penetrating placenta, the simple or destructive hydatidiform mole, or, finally, the malignant variety of chorionepithelium-the choyionepithelioma.


Electric cars will become comparable with traditional cars around 2025–2030, and will quickly begin to supplant the latter in developed and largest developing countries. The paper assesses the prospects for promoting electric vehicles in the USA, China, Europe and the world as well as the impact of this process on oil consumption. It is shown that by 2040 electric vehicles can make up 19% of the global passenger car stock and displace 4,7 mbd, mainly in the key export markets for Russian oil companies – Europe and China.


Objective. Short term exhausting exercise increases the formation of harmful reactive oxygen species. We evaluated effect of vitamin E supplementation prior to swimming on circulating inflammatory markers, muscle endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) expression, functional and structural changes of muscle and kidney of rats. Methods. 24 male albino rats were divided into 3 groups: (C) control group (not submitted to exercise stress), (S) exercise stress group, and (SE) exercise stress and vitamin E group. The rats from SE group were treated with gavage administration of vitamin E (50 mg·kg−1) prior to swimming. The animals from S and SE groups were submitted to bouts of swimming exercise stress for 1 hour daily for a week. Results. We found that swimming stress significantly elevated plasma tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), interferon gamma (INF-γ) and C reactive protein (CRP). Exercise stress caused significant decrease in relative kidney weight, Total body weight (TBW), plasma urea and creatinine levels 30 min. after the last session of exercise. However, it significantly increased urea to creatinine ratio and caused considerable damage in kidney cells as revealed by histological examinations. Microscopic examination of muscle samples showed hypervascularity, raised nuclear number, splitting of muscle fibers, and central location of nuclei. Administration of vitamin E for seven consecutive days before the exposure to exercise significantly decreased TNF-alpha, INF-gamma and didn't change CRP level. Vitamin E supplementation decreased urea to creatinine ratio, increased TBW, increased endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) expression and ameliorated the structural changes that occurred in the muscle and kidney. Conclusion. Present study revealed that vitamin E supplementation has promising protective role against exercise-induced elevation of cytokines, muscular damage as well as dehydration and potential renal damage.


This letter describes the effect of the intermodulation on the signal to noise ratio of a receiver employing in-phase and quadrature detection. Theoretical results are reported here for the case of an FDM signal made of six differential phase-shift keying (DPSK) modulated channels with a data rate of 2.4 Gbit/sec and employing a 3B4B line code.


The details of recent equality legislation are wide-ranging, and early years settings need to make sure they comply with the Act. Jane Lane and Brenda Parkes provide a guide.


This essay provides a critical examination of Rawls' (and Rawlsians') conception of self‐respect, the social bases of self‐respect, and the normative justification of equality in the social bases of self‐respect. I defend a rival account of these notions and the normative ideals at stake in political liberalism and a theory of social justice. I make the following arguments: (1) I argue that it is unreasonable to take self‐respect to be a primary social good, as Rawls and his interpreters characterize it; (2) secondly, drawing on a distinction made by Darwall, I argue that recognition respect provides a far more suitable notion of respect for a theory of justice than Rawls' notion of appraisal respect; (3) thirdly, I argue that Rawls' treatment of self‐respect and the social bases of self‐respect as empirical conceptions should be rejected in favor of normative notions of a reasonable or justified self‐respect and equality in reasonable social bases of self‐respect; (4) I argue that Rawls' notions of political liberalism and public reason provide a way of grounding a notion of the reasonable social bases of self‐respect in political ideals of the person implicit in modern economic institutions, and family relations, ignored by Rawlsians—but as central to reasonable social bases of self‐respect and justice, as Rawlsians' ideal of persons as free and equal citizens.


We propose a fast and simple method for generating a low-stretch mesh parameterization. Given a triangle mesh, we start from the floater shape preserving parameterization and then improve the parameterization gradually. At each improvement step, we optimize the parameterization generated at the previous step by minimizing a weighted quadratic energy where the weights are chosen in order to minimize the parameterization stretch. This optimization procedure does not generate triangle flips if the boundary of the parameter domain is a convex polygon. Moreover already the first optimization step produces a high-quality mesh parameterization. We compare our parameterization procedure with several state-of-the-art mesh parameterization methods and demonstrate its speed and high efficiency in parameterizing large and geometrically complex models.


The Spatial Analysis of 3D-Model is an important content of 3DGIS. Research is made on the functions about querying spatial coordinate of 3D-Model, drawing section plane between arbiter two points, calculating space distant, calculating area, grade/slope-direction, and etc. It specially has important meaning for base development of mini-project of 3DGIS.


For the two decades, the modem furniture design has pursued a variety of conceptions characterized by the Post-modernism, new international styles called Memphism, High-tech, the Post-Industrial design and Deconstruction. Along with these trends, the development of new materials and technology has not only made possible the emergence of innovative furnitures and other ultra-modem products, but also presented a wide range of sensitive designs. The fast development of digital technology will surely bring about globalization in all industrial fields in the next century. Amid this rapid changes, high-tech will merge with handcraft in the area of furniture design to offer economical and more innovative concepts. This will ultimately lead to the small scale production system of a wide variety of furnitures. In the coming century, we can pursue more individualized designs and concepts appealing to human nature.
Keyword: Furniture Design, Changing Concepts


Waste has been a serious problem in all areas of Indonesia, including in urban areas of Yogyakarta (KPY). As one of the existing problems, the temporary waste dump site (TPS) requires an integrated waste management system. The objective of this research is to evaluate the condition and effectiveness of TPS in urban areas of Yogyakarta. This research uses the qualitative method, by solving the problem through the description of the object state at the time the data is taken based on the apparent facts. The main data has been obtained through the interview and field observation process, while secondary data has been obtained from documents from several institutions and other scientific references. Results of the study reveal that there are 212 units of temporary waste dump sites (TPS) in urban areas of Yogyakarta, consist of; 143 of permanent TPS, 51 containers, and 18 depots. The majority of them are located in Municipality of Yogyakarta and the fewest number are located in Bantul Region. In general, the temporary waste dumpsites in urban areas of Yogyakarta are in good condition. There's only few of them in relatively poor condition, due to the portion of waste that is not well accommodated in the TPS. Another problem is the inappropriate design of TPS, especially for containers. Consequently, the waste cannot be adequately transferred from waste vehicle to TPS. In addition, we found a new paradigm of integrated temporary waste dumpsite (TPST) operated by Non-Government Organizations, but they need adequate facilities and evaluation of the design. Including, the sustainable support from multi stakeholders, and also the plan arrangement of development to improve organizational capacity, business, and partnership in the management of the integrated temporary waste dumpsite for optimal public service.


The Taoist natural and liberal economic ideology and Sima Qian's "virtue theory" have far-reaching impact on the posterity.During the Ming and the Qing Dynasties,the feudal society faced a "violent and unstable" social change,which was actually a transition period in China.Due to the further development of commodity economy,the ideological trend of political democratization,economic liberalization and cultural diversification appeared.On the economic liberalization,the ideologists of the Ming and the Qing Dynasties pursued a free and equitable economic situation,which was basic for the development of commodity economy and the soul of modernization.This laissez-faire economic ideology was mainly composed of the theory of human nature,freedom,and convenience for the self-interest theory.They were all based on liberalism and were entrusted with new content for that time.It fully reflected the objective requirement for the development of the commodity economy at that time.Meanwhile,it partially contributed to a transition of social modernization.This ideology also plays an important part in fulfilling realistic enlightenment for the development of current socialist market economy.


Based on the problems in the education and teaching of art design profession in higher voca-tional colleges and universities,this article is to probe into the innovation of the basic teaching,the practical teaching,and the training of creative thinking,etc.


A method of surface hardening based on the technique of electric contact strengthening with high current was studied.A set of electric contact strengthening equipment was developed.The effects of current on thickness,width and hardness of the hardened layerwere analyzed.The wearresistance of hardened layerwas measured.The results show that the electric contact surface hardening process has high strengthening efficiency and good effect.


Kinematics based trajectory planning for parallel manipulators has been studied extensively, e.g., to determine a singularity-free path. Dynamics based trajectory planning, however, gains little concern. In order to fully exploit capacity of parallel robots, it is inevitable to conduct motion planning considering both kinematic and dynamic constraints. In this paper, three dynamics based trajectory planning methods, the time-optimal, the jerk-bounded, and the cubic polynomial planning, are investigated and implemented. The Orthopod, a 3-DoF purely translational parallel manipulator, is used as the experimental plant. This study provides a quantitative comparison of the three planning methods. The experimental results provide a guideline to choose an appropriate planning method for practical industrial applications.


Calculations have been made for the equilibrium states of the Si-H-F system based on thermochemical data to estimate the partial pressures of gaseous species, the relation between the Si/F and the F/H ratios in the vapor phase, and the boundary curves to define the conditions of silicon deposition and etching. The results obtained are similar in general to those for the Si-H-Cl and the Si-H-Br systems except for some differences in the absolute magnitudes and the conditions of the deposition/etching transitions


We evaluated the efficacy of videotape self-modeling to treat a black third-grade male who had been selectively mute in the school environment for 4 years. Two self-modeling videotapes were made via a staging-and-editing process. The first self-modeling videotape showed the child answering direct questions from his teacher. The second self-modeling videotape showed the child volunteering to answer questions asked of the class as a whole. A multiple-baseline design across the two behaviors was used to assess the effectiveness of the interventions. The first self-modeling videotape produced a clear increase in the child's rate of answering direct questions from his teacher. The second tape produced equivocal results.


: It is an inconvenience for silica nano-particles to dry again when using it in that they cohere each other through moisture in the air. Acrylamide groups were introduced to improve such inconvenience and copolymerized with silica nanoparticles and then we copolymerized again with polyamic acid in order to increase thermal characteristic. Amide block copolymers were prepared using silica and (3-mercaptopropyl) trimethoxysilane (MPTMS) with a siloxane group, using 2,6-Lutidine as a catalyst. Amide block polymers and copolymers were synthesized via ATRP after brominating pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA) and polyamic acid of methylene diphenyl diamine (MDA), using α-bromo isobutyryl bromide. Characteristic peaks of copolymer with amide and imide groups and patterns of amorphous polymers were researched by FT-IR and XRD analyses and the analysis of surface characteristic groups was conducted via XPS. A change in thermal properties was examined through DSC and TGA and solubility for solvents was also researched.


Development of rural economy of an under-developed state like Manipur is a complex exercise because of its multiple problems. Rural economy of the state is handicapped by large scale poverty, unemployment, under-employment and backwardness. Moreover, due to lack of knowledge and physical connectivity people in rural areas cannot take part in the development programmes initiated by the central and state Governments. Development of rural economy is essential because an overwhelming majority of people live in rural areas and, at the same time, development of rural economy is essential to the acceleration of pace of the overall economic development of the state. No development programme can succeed unless it centres around rural development of the state. In the present context of Manipur, rural development is conceived by the Government with the assistance of Government Officials and urban intelligentsia, who have poor knowledge of rural economy. An attempt is made in this paper to study rural economic scenario of Manipur in depth so as to suggest ways and means for a healthy rural life in the state.


The magnetic dipole polarizability tensor is an object-specific property possessing information about the size, shape, and material. This information could be used by electromagnetic induction sensors typically used for demining operations to discriminate between buried mines and clutter, reducing false alarm rates, and improving demining throughput and safety. This paper presents a methodology capable of obtaining the spectroscopic tensors of small metallic objects and low metal anti-personnel mine surrogates. The experimental results are validated against simulated and analytical solutions to ensure that the obtained tensor truly represents the absolute object tensor. Absolute tensors for a number of typical clutter items and mine surrogates are presented, with significant variance observed between those of mine and clutter.


The cholinergic agonist carbachol produces a concentration-dependent (half-maximum inhibitory concentration = 0.9 μM) decrease in the Na+-K+-adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) activity of rabbit car...


To settle a large-scale integration of renewable distributed generations (DGs), it requires to assess the maximal DG hosting capacity of active distribution networks (ADNs). For fully exploiting the ability of ADNs to accommodate DG, this paper proposes a robust comprehensive DG capacity assessment method considering three-phase power flow modelling and active network management (ANM) techniques. The two-stage adjustable robust optimization is employed to tackle the uncertainties of load demands and DG outputs. With our method, system planners can obtain the maximum penetration level of DGs with their optimal sizing and sitting decisions. Meanwhile, the robust optimal ANM schemes can be generated for each operation time period, including network reconfiguration, on-load-tap-changers regulation, and reactive power compensation. In addition, a three-step optimization algorithm is proposed to enhance the accuracy of DG capacity assessment results. The optimality and robustness of our method are validated via numerical tests on an unbalanced IEEE 33-bus distribution system.


The line of sight and the corneal sighting centre are important references for clinical work in optometry and ophthalmology. Their locations are not fixed but may vary with displacement of the pupil and other changes in the eye.


During the course of plant tissue culture, Camptotheca acuminata leaf explants were observed on anatomy characteristics. We found that cell wall of C. acuminata leaves presented anatomy characteristic of weakly degrading, obviously degrading, totally degrading and cell wall disappearance under tissue culture conditions. Cell wall of identical C. acuminata leaf exhibited distinct properties in their degree of degradation and even disappearing at the same condition of tissue culture. It may be the upper epidermis protruding to influence different contacts position with culture medium and make acid material of culture medium to cause different position of C. acuminata leaf explants to appear heterogeneity.


Multilevel power converters have been introduced as the solution for high-power high-voltage switching applications where they have well-known advantages. Recently, full back-to-back connected multilevel neutral point diode clamped converters (NPC converter) have been used in high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission systems. Bipolar-connected back-to-back NPC converters have advantages in long-distance HVDC transmission systems over the full back-to-back connection, but greater difficulty to balance the dc capacitor voltage divider on both sending and receiving end NPC converters. This study shows that power flow control and dc capacitor voltage balancing are feasible using fast optimum-predictive-based controllers in HVDC systems using bipolar back-to-back-connected five-level NPC multilevel converters. For both converter sides, the control strategy takes in account active and reactive power, which establishes ac grid currents in both ends, and guarantees the balancing of dc bus capacitor voltages in both NPC converters. Additionally, the semiconductor switching frequency is minimised to reduce switching losses. The performance and robustness of the new fast predictive control strategy, and its capability to solve the DC capacitor voltage balancing problem of bipolar-connected back-to-back NPC converters are evaluated.


We demonstrate that microscale thermophoresis can be easily coupled with capillary electrophoresis in an on-line flow system (CE-MST), offering new potential possibilities. It takes advantage of sample separation and miniaturization prior to thermo-optical/MST analysis. No instrument modification is required. The future perspective is discussed.


Summary Reactivity to the Soluble Protein Antigen (SPA) of Mycobacterium /eprae is altered in a small but measurable way following the lepromin test when the retest with SPA is done one month after the lepromin test. The alteration resembles that shown by Fernandez reactivity in Sri Lanka after repeated lepromin testing, with nonreactors showing increases and reactors showing decreases of reaction size. The change observed is seen in greater numbers in the reactors. Sex and BeG vaccination status does not seem to effect the result of the post-lepromin SPA test. Of the three reactivities to antigens of M. /eprae (SPA, Fernandez and Mitsuda), the factor that seems to influence the behaviour of post lepromin SPA reactivity most is the reactivity status (reactor/nonreactor) of the SPA pre-lepromin test.


The respective S-adenosyl derivatives of ethionine and methionine are formed by the methionine-activating enzyme of rat liver (1) and yeast (2) to approximately the same extent. The extent of transfer of the methyl group of S-adenosyl-L-methionine to various tissue acceptors is several times the extent of transfer of the ethyl group of S-adenosyl-L-ethionine to the same tissue acceptors (3). Several years ago, we suggested (4) that the formation of S-adenosyl-L-ethionine from ethionine in viva may be considered as an adenosine triphosphate-trapping action that prevents the reutilization of the adenosine moiety because of the slow rate of transalkylation from S-adenosyl-L-ethionine to various tissue acceptors, or because of degradation to adenosine derivatives which are metabolically unavailable, such as 5'-thioethyladenosine (5, 6). In a preliminary communication (7), we reported that the administration of ethionine to rats indeed lowered the ATP content of the liver, and recently Shull (8) confirmed our observation. Administration of methionine, on the other hand, had no effect on the ATP level in rat liver (7, 8). Fisher (9) reported that the mitochondria of ethionine-fed rats had a lowered capacity to oxidize pyruvate. Although Fisher (9) supplemented his mitochondria preparations with diphosphopyridine nucleotide, poor oxidation of pyruvate by the mitochondria of the ethionine-fed rat liver could have been due to a low DPN level in the mitochondria and to impermeability of mitochondria to external DPN (10). In the present report, data are presented on the extent of synthesis of DPN and DPNH: (a) in rat liver from nicotinamide administered in the presence or absence of ethionine in the diet and (b) in mouse liver in response to the injection of ethionine. In view of the lowering of ATP levels of rat liver after continuous ingestion (7) or massive injection (8) of ethionine, it appeared likely that numerous reactions that require ATP, such as the synthesis of DPN, will be affected by ethionine administration. A preliminary account of this work has been published (11).


The invention discloses saline-alkali tolerant and anti-cracking mortar and a preparation method thereof. The mortar is prepared from raw materials in parts by weight as follows: 25-40 parts of cement, 56-80 parts of river sand, 0.05-0.2 parts of natural bamboo fiber, 0.5-1.5 parts of non-air-entraining micromolecule organic salt, 5-8 parts of mineral clay, 1.5-3.5 parts of an expanding agent, 0.2-0.5 parts of a water reducer and 10-20 parts of water. The non-air-entraining micromolecule organic salt is doped in the mortar, pores of the mortar layer are blocked further on the basis that the water retention property is guaranteed, seepage of sulfate ions is reduced, and the seepage resistance of mortar is improved; on the other side, the anti-cracking performance of the mortar layer is improved by adding light-mass and high-flexibility original bamboo fiber.


In recent years, game-based learning has been increasing in popularity as a tool for providing students with experiential learning opportunities. Although there have been a few implementations at the graduate level, there is still the need for a greater number of studies documenting the effectiveness of game-based practices in graduate-level environments. In our study, we developed and implemented a digital game with technical content in a graduate-level, distance-enabled nuclear engineering course. As part of assessing this implementation, we gathered the perspectives of the students using a learning environment survey, a focus group, and individual interviews. The results of these methods demonstrated positive student viewpoints towards the learning environment and the use of the game in this course. Based on a double-coded content analysis of the focus group and interview data, the students found the game engaging and noted the possibility of points and "winning" associated with playing the game. They further indicated that the use of the game was a good approach with potential that "changed things up." Although we received positive feedback, the students also provided constructive feedback on this initial implementation and how it could be improved, including increased gaming elements and challenge level as well as providing more performance feedback to students as they participate in the game.


This book of conference papers hangs by the slender thread that the two authors here yoked together were born in the same year, 1865. But barely – for though Yeats was born on June 13 that year, Ki...


In this paper, a two-dimensional (2-D) circular-support wavelet transform (2-D CSWT) is presented. 2-D CSWT is a new geometrical image transform, which can efficiently represent images using 2-D circular spectral split schemes (circularlydecomposed frequency subspaces). 2-D all-pass functions and lattice structure are used to produce 1-level circular symmetric 2-D discrete wavelet transform with approximate linear phase 2-D filters. The classical one-dimensional (1-D) analysis Haar filter bank branches H0(z) and H1(z) which work as low-pass and high-pass filters, respectively are transformed into their 2-D counterparts H0(z1,z2) and H1(z1,z2) by applying a circular-support version of the digital spectral transformation (DST). The designed 2-D wavelet filter bank is realized in a separable architecture. The proposed architecture is simulated using Matlab program to measure the deflection ratio (DR) of the high frequency coefficient to evaluate its performance and compare it with the performance of the classical 2-D wavelet architecture. The correlation factor between the input and reconstructed images is also calculated for both architectures. The FPGA (Spartan-3E) Kit is used to implement the resulting architecture in a multiplier-less manner and to calculate the die area and the critical path or maximum frequency of operation. The achieved multiplier-less implementation takes a very small area from FPGA Kit (the die area in 3-level wavelet decomposition takes 300 slices with 7% occupation ratio only at a maximum frequency of 198.447 MHz).


gerously plug the low-temperature processing equipment. In addition, carbon dioxide has the undesirable effect of reducing the heating value of natural gas in direct proportion to its concentration. The importance of these systems is also reflected in the efforts at various laboratories in the last decade to measure isothermal vapor-liquid equilibrium data, as shown in Table 1. None of the investigators converted their information to isobaric form. However, isobaric data are difficult to obtain experimentally although they are the form required for most process calculations. Therefore, the engineering community should find the data presented for isobaric conditions especially convenient. In a previous publication1} two plots of log P against l/T were constructed for the system carbon dioxide-propane. From the smoothed P-X-Y data,


Objective:To develop a PCR method for identification bovine or porcine derived materials in liver hy-drolysate samples.Methods:DNA were extracted from liver hydrolysate samples which prepared by different steps of the preparation process,and then they were amplified with specific primers.PCR products were digested by enzyme and sequenced to verify the sequence identity.Results:Characteristic DNA fragments were extracted and amplified in the samples prepared in the process steps before the fourth ultrafiltrate.It was found that PCR products amplified from bovine-derived samples and porcine-derived samples have 100% and 99.4% homologies to that of gene in the Genbank respectively.The method was confirmed with a minimum detection level of 0.5 mg·mL-1 liver cell hydrolysate.Conclusion:The method can be applied to detect the DNA fragments in the samples prepared in the process before the fourth ultrafiltrate.


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In the 1950's and 1960's, economic expansion in Europe and North America led to significant growth in transmission pipeline capacity. Thus, many pipelines in operation today were constructed prior to 1980 and result in an aging pipeline infrastructure. An important mechanical integrity threat affecting oil and gas pipelines is the potential for fast fracture of longitudinal seam welds. A major factor affecting fast fracture resistance involves the welding practices used prior to 1980. The most common method was low-frequency electric resistance welding (LF-ERW). Imperfections were more prevalent using LF-ERW compared with modern high-frequency electric resistance welding (HF-ERW), employed for the last 40 years. Another important factor is the steel quality produced during this era. High tramp element levels, particularly sulfur, led to lower and more variable fracture toughness than steels produced after about 1980. To effectively manage the risk of fast fracture a strong statistical understanding of quasi-static fracture toughness in pipeline steels is important but has been lacking. To advance integrity management of existing pipeline systems, the fracture toughness of vintage pipeline materials has been characterized by conducting 550 fracture toughness tests, collecting data from literature sources (25) [1] [2], and test results supplied from a secondary pipeline operator (45), for a total dataset of 620. The testing program included a wide range of manufacturers and fabrication years based on sampling over 30 individual pipelines. The results suggest that it is possible to treat pre-1980 pipeline steels/welds as a single cohort. This is valuable since toughness data for individual pipelines are often insufficient or not available. The test data was analyzed to provide input for either a deterministic or probabilistic analysis. Consideration for the constraint effects of specimen geometry was also investigated to address the transferability of test results to an axially oriented flaw in a thin walled 0.2–0.4in (5–10 mm) pipeline. Constraint was characterized by using J-Q and J-A2 theory in a 3D FE simulation. Finally, analysis of the weld microstructure provided fundamental insight into the operative fracture mechanisms responsible for their toughness properties.


In this work, relations have been obtained that allow one to estimate the effect of pressure on the temperature of the liquid phase transition between different nanofilms and nanoparticles. It is shown that the external forces lead to a rise in phase transition temperature which should be considered during the contact-reactive soldering in electronics.


Silicon sensors date back to before 1960 with early Hall and piezoresistive devices. These used simple processing that was part of the early integrated circuit (IC) industry. As the IC industry developed, silicon sensors could benefit from the technological advances. As silicon sensors advanced, there came the need for new technologies specifically for microsystems. This led to a range of 3-D structures using micromachining and enabled the development of both sensors and actuators. The integration of sensors with electronics on a single chip also presented new challenges to ensure that both sensor and electronics would function correctly at the end of the processing. In recent years many new technologies and new materials were introduced to enhance the functionality of microsystems. Some sensors are still based on silicon, but others introduce new materials such as carbon nanotubes and graphene. Technologies that have been used in other applications for many years are now integral part of the microsystem technology portfolio. These include screen printing and inkjet printing. Moving more into the third dimension, 3-D printing presents many new opportunities to fabricate novel structures on a silicon substrate. This tutorial focuses on the additional technologies which have been developed to supplement standard IC processes to create MEMS structures.


This article examines the socio-economic factors influencing interethnic relations in the Fergana Valley and assesses their role in regional security.


The criticism about Zhou Pu-yuan in Lei Yu and karenin in Anna Karenina are somewhat simple and emotional.Beg- inning with the original works,this paper tries to analyze not only the inhumanity of the two characters but also the humanity of them in order to appreciate the two characters better.In this way,it also shows the complexity of characters and aims at valuing the two char- acters subjectively as well as totally.


During the reproduction process in the modern marine industry,with the increasing input of resources and service,the gradually service-oriented industries and constantly increases proportion of services industry.This made the marine industry has an increasing dependence on inside service recourse like human resources,information technology besides with an increasing rate in service industry.The service oriented process contributes to the collaboration between services and other industries to promote the marine industry structure continue to evolve.As a highly economy contributed industry,modern service industry takes a leading role in marine industry structure optimization and upgrading,through the synergy development research of modern service industry and marine industry,it can promote the coordinated development of marine industries to improve the marine economy benefits.


The error of instrument and prism heights has great affect on the accuracy of traditional triangle elevation with total-station.The paper introduces two improved methods which are midpoint observation and fixed parameter method.The two methods ignore the precondition of instrument and prism heights and improve the surveying accuracy.So they have bet- ter application prospect in practice.


This photo essay captures the grassroots work of Indian non-governmental organisation (NGO), Apne Aap Women Worldwide, to end sex-trafficking, in a nomadic community outside Delhi, where prostitution is passed down from mother-in-law to daughter-in-law. Young women are pushed into prostitution, after the birth of their first son. Their husbands and fathers-in-law are often the pimps. This nomadic group called the Perans and Saperas were labelled as Criminal Tribes under British colonialism and forced to give up their livelihood of making and selling dairy products, meat and indigenous medicine. Apne Aap social workers recruit girls to go to school, help them with homework, and try and make them stay in school, to break the cycle of inter-generational prostitution.


The textual version of this presentation at the Conference "Open Access to Scientific and Technical Information: State of the Art and Future Trends" was published with the title 'Mathematics and databases: Open Access' in "Information Services and Use", vol. 23 (2003), issue 2-3, p. 127-131.


In order to explore optimization effects of RETC software and intelligent algorithms, including genetic algorithm, simulated annealing algorithm and particle swarm optimization, on parameters of Van Genuchten (VG)Equation for the soil water characteristic curve of urban green space, the soil drying curve of green space was obtained by using the tensiometer method in this study, where RETC software, genetic algorithm, simulated annealing algorithm and particle swarm optimization we reconstructed to solve parameters of VG Equation. The results indicated that the parameter fitting results of VG Equation determined by RETC software and three intelligent algorithms were very close to experimental results with a very high simulation accuracy (R2=0.996) in given conditions, moreover, the fitting effect of intelligent algorithms was better than that of RECT software.


The problem of stability of asteroids is treated from the point of view of Hill's stability-concept and using Lyapunov's Characteristic Numbers. The quantitative measure of stability (S) introduced earlier is evaluated for over 300 asteroids and a surprisingly simple relation is established between the semi-major axes of some of the asteroids' orbits and S. A detailed analysis is presented of the Lyapunov Characteristic Numbers for two minor planets and the time-variation of these numbers is discussed. The technology of capture of asteroids is vitally dependent on their orbital stability, therefore, these two problems, i.e., capture and stability, are closely related. In fact, some predictable instabilities may be properly utilized to capture and/or change asteroidal orbits to accomplish collisions with the Earth.


Aims: Diabetes is a chronic non-communicable disease with many irreversible complications that can be prevented by strict adherence to self-care practice. This study aims to investigate the factors influencing adherence to self-care practices among diabetes patients
Study Design: This study adopted a descriptive research design carried out among diabetes patients attending outpatient endocrinology clinic of Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Osun State between July and September 2021.
Methodology: Sample size was calculated using Cochran formula and total number of sample used were two hundred and eight (208) diabetes patients. Samples were selected using convenient sampling technique. A self-developed structured Questionnaire on knowledge of diabetes and factors influencing adherence to diabetes self-care practices with reliability index of 0.858 and 0.863 respectively. Two (2) adapted questionnaire; Diabetes self-care practices by Schmitt et al (2013) and Level of adherence to self-care practices scale by Morisky et al. (1986) with reliability index of 0.731 and 0.851 respectively were also used for data collection. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics of frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation while inferential statistics of Pearson product moment correlation and regression were used to test stated hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance.
Results: The result from the study revealed good knowledge of diabetes mellitus and diabetes self-care practices among the respondents. The results also revealed high level of adherence to diabetes medication, diet, physical activity, blood glucose testing, follow-up and foot care. Factors influencing the level of adherence with diabetes self-care practices include cost of treatment, longer year of being diagnosed, good relationship between healthcare team, level of education, good family and social support. There is also a significant relationship between knowledge of diabetes mellitus and adherence with physical activity (r = 0.210; P = 0.02) and blood glucose testing (r = 0.203; P = 0.003). However, there is no significant relationship between knowledge of self-care practices and adherence to self-care practices; socio-demographic characteristics of age (r = -0.040; P = 0.568), education (r = 0.112; P = 0.107) and adherence to self-care practices.
Conclusion: The study concluded that there was high level of knowledge about diabetes and diabetes self-care practices as well as adherence to diabetes self-care practices, therefore, health care providers should continue to monitor self-care practices among diabetes patients to achieve positive health outcome and reduce morbidity and mortality associated with diabetes mellitus.


This paper proposes an application of digital image processing technologies, such as gray Processing, gradient sharpening, colored passivation, edge detection, negative etc., to create different style pictures includes drawing, watercolor, ink, oil painting and Monochromatic Woodcut, etc. It is very suitable for mobile to running an animated image. In reducing the amount of picture's data and under a reasonable running efficiency, a mobile user may get great enjoy on different art style.


Transmission using cooperative relays is a new paradigm in wireless communication. The cooperating relays facilitate the process of communication by performing the operations like data transmission and data processing in a distributed manner. In this wireless system every node is an active element and can act as a relay node. So when a group of these cooperating nodes are involved in a communication stream, a virtual multiple input multiple output (MIMO) system is formed which provides the networks with additional benefits of spectral efficiency and error reduction. Since this system is based on the traditional wireless sensor network (WSN) in which each node has a limited power and computational resource. Therefore, energy efficiency achieved by employing cooperating relays is not sufficient enough. Some extra measures need to be taken to decrease the power consumption of the network. This paper is an effort in this direction, as a power efficient allocation algorithm has been proposed which allocates transmission power optimally to the source node and the involved relay nodes. In the first part of the paper mathematical expressions have been derived for various phases in a cooperative relay transmission. The performance efficiency of the system has been presented using average bit error rate (ABER) as a performance criteria. In the second part, a power allocation algorithm has been derived and employed in a multi-hop cooperative relay network having 4-nodes, with amplify and forward (AF) protocol as its relaying technique. The efficiency of the power allocation algorithm (OPA) has been further investigated with respect to relay location in a network. Simulation results validate the performance efficiency of OPA in different transmission scenarios.


4500Background: Trastuzumab is a monoclonal antibody against human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2). The primary objective of RTOG 1010 was to determine if trastuzumab increases disease-fr...


Abstract The use of PAN or 1‐(2‐pyridylazo‐2) naphthol loaded polyester type foams in extracting trace amounts of heavy metal ions from large volumes of water has been extended to cadmium. The extraction of this metal has been studied at four different (μg/L) concentration levels in water containing cations commonly found in river water. At each of these concentrations, the ratio of micrograms of cadmium extracted to the number of squeezes of foam has been obtained. From a plot of these cadmium concentration levels (in μg/L) against these calculated ratios, the concentration of this element in unknown waters may be semiquantitatively estimated.


Solar Cycle 25 began in 2019 December and has been progressing nominally since. However, a closely associated pair of strong active regions, NOAA 12786 and 12785, emerged in 2020 November. The greater, northern component, 12786, attained a maximum sunspot area of 1000 μHemi. The sudden, uncharacteristic emergence of such a large concentration of intense magnetic flux in the early phase of the solar cycle has not been seen in previous cycles. Although the active region pair survived for two Carrington rotations, it did not produce any X- or M-class flares. Here we remark on the evolution of NOAA 12786 and 12785, first in the Sun's invisible and subsequently the visible hemispheres, and compare the irradiance and other characteristic profiles it manifested in the early ascending phase of cycle 25 with those of previous solar cycles.


The identification of nonlinear systems by artificial neural networks has been successfully applied in many applications. In this context, the radial basis function neural network (RBF-NN) is a powerful approach for nonlinear identification. A RBF neural network has an input layer, a hidden layer and an output layer. The neurons in the hidden layer contain Gaussian transfer functions whose outputs are inversely proportional to the distance from the center of the neuron. In this paper, a combined approach including RBF-NN neural network with training based on genetic algorithm (GA) and local search is presented. During the identification procedure, the GA with local search aims to optimize the parameters of RBF-NN and the optimum values are regarded as the initial values of the RBF-NN parameters. The validity and accuracy of identification of RBF-NN model are tested by simulations, whose results reveal that it is feasible to establish a good model for a nonlinear process of pH neutralization.


Introduction: The aim of this study was to examine differences diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) measures between healthy subjects on the one hand and mildly and moderately affected Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients on the other hand. In addition, the relationship between the Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (PASAT) tests of cognitive decline and micro-structural white matter breakdown, as assessed by DTI measures, was studied in an automated whole brain analysis. To this end, an optimized voxel based analysis approach, in terms of coregistration, atlas construction, and smoothing, was used to compare the diffusion properties of all subjects in every brain voxel and to correlate them with PASAT scores.


Helicopter operations at sea are greatly affected by the seakeeping behavior of warships, especially in rough weather. A strategic and tactical advantage can be accrued by assessing the suitability of available warship options before deploying and assigning the tasks of helicopter operations to them. Naval vessels inherently display significant variations in their loading conditions (draught, trim and CoG etc.), having direct impact on their seakeeping behavior. Therefore, it is important to evaluate seakeeping qualities at actual loading condition of the ship. This paper proposes a methodology for a quick seakeeping assessment of available warships to assess their suitability for helicopter operations. At the onset, motion Response Amplitude Operators (RAOs) of the helo-capable ships are calculated for a range of draft, trim, and CoGs combinations using commercial software. These RAOs are stored in a database that can be used to estimate motion RAOs under actual loading condition of a warship. Availability of RAOs database drastically reduces seakeeping assessment time. BMTs Global Wave Statics can be used to represent typical sea conditions of the area of operation to estimate operability windows of available warships for helicopter operations.


A novel control mixer method for reconfigurable control designs is developed. The proposed method extends the matrix-form of the conventional control mixer concept into a linear time invariant dynamic form. The H infin control technique is employed for dynamic module design after an augmented control system is constructed through a model-matching strategy. The stability, performance and robustness of the reconfigured system is shown to be guaranteed when some conditions are satisfied. A robot system subjected to faults is used to demonstrate the reconfiguration procedure and illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.


cans desire that America should run any risks or assume any responsibilities for a durable peace in Europe. Few Americans would be willing to concede that past American action has contributed powerfully toward making impossible a durable peace in Europe, or that future American action will be necessary in order to make possible once more a durable peace in Europe. Yet most Americans are aware that the peace of America can never be safe unless and until the peace of Europe is organized and secure. In short, like a good many other people, we should like to eat our cake and have it too. And


An operation to measure the surface solar radiant flux and meteorological elements was done from April to September 2001 at the southeast of Tengger Desert. The main purpose was to study the effect of aerosols on attenuation of solar flux and to retrieve the atmospheric turbidity based on the surface solar flux dataset.\;It was noted that under clear weather, aerosols tend to attenuate the direct solar flux by 47.0%~2.6%, the average was about 16.9%; under dusty weather, aerosols tend to attenuate the direct solar flux by 90%~10%, the average was about 38%. As to the retrieved mean turbidity for broadband (300~\{4 000\} nm) flux, i.e. the optical depth of dust aerosols, it was 0.048~0.631 in clear weather, the average was about 0.260; it was 0.177~2.475 in dusty weather, the average was about 0.741.


The paper describes the assessment of the wrinkle recovery of fabrics according to the grades of the replica plates supplied by the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC), by laser scanning the surface of the plates and extracting certain geometrical features.


Coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.) is a member of the Apiaceae family and one of the earliest used spices in the world. This valuable medicinal herb comes from the Mediterranean region and nowadays is grown all over the world. Coriander fruits and leaves have been used as spices and traditional medicines since ancient times. Besides its attractive fl avouring properties, the fruits have shown relaxant activity in the alimentary tract. The aroma of coriander leaves, which are traditionally eaten fresh, is completely different [Bhuiyan et al., 2009; Mandal & Mandal, 2015; Nurzyńska-Wiedrak, 2013; Sharma & Sharma, 2012]. Coriander fruits contain a great amount of biologically-active compounds and are the source of valuable essential oil. The coriander essential oil has a lot of uses in the food industry and medicine, as well as cosmetics applications. In the food industry, it is frequently used for its antibacterial, antifungal and antioxidant activities [Baratta et al., 1998; Begnami et al., 2010; Burdock & Carabin, 2009; Laribi et al., 2015; Mandal & Mandal, 2015; Sourmaghi, 2015]. Thanks to other interesting biological activities it exhibits, including hypoglycemic, hypolipidemic, anxiolytic, analgesic, anti-infl ammatory, anti-convulsant and anti-cancer activities among others, this essential oil is a promising raw material for pharmacological and clinical applications [Laribi et al., 2015].


The impression one gets from reading the literature on Vichy France that has appeared since the 1970s is 'Vichy ad infinitum'. Yet this was not always the case. After the war, recollections of that period were suppressed for more than twentyfive years. The version presented by the Resistance was predominant and not to be called into question. In 1972 the film Le chagrin et la pitie was shown not on television, as planned, but in a small cinema in the Latin Quarter. It was, however, sold out for months. What it showed was what had been withheld from the public: the wide-scale collaboration after 1940 and the apparent normality of French life, at least until 1942, as well as the misery and persecution of these years. So it is hardly surprising that the first important works on the Vichy period were written by foreigners, by the Americans Stanley Hoffman and Robert Paxton, the Briton Geoffrey Warner, and the German Eberhard Jackel. The first colloquium on Vichy, chaired by Rene Remond, the doyen of research into the French right wing, had taken place in 1970. This was an initial attempt, with modest aims and a very under-developed awareness of the issues at stake. Twenty years later a second colloquium, the results of which are contained in one of the books under review, demonstrates the great upsurge that has occurred since. As always with conference volumes, the content is very varied. It is a mixture of information on the state of research, outlines of problems and case studies. Jean-Pierre Azema's historiographical summary, for example, is very informative. On the other hand the extremely


This study deals with the testing and grading of Swedish school leaving students' oral proficiency in English, and with certain aspects of these students' linguistic competence. The analyses and results are based on material drawn from an assessment project carried out at Gothenburg University in 1993.The 29 students taking part in the project were interviewed three times by three different interviewers in tests comprising three tasks, similar in structure but different in content. The interviewers were of three categories: school teachers of English, university teachers of English and native speakers of English. The student production was graded on a five-point scale according to a set of rating criteria.The interviewers assigned generally positive but often differing grades to the student performance. The grades were influenced by the students' ability to communicate and speak with flow, and by gaps in vocabulary and by occurrences of grammatical errors. The students' use of discourse phenomena and compensatory strategies was also of importance to the grades assigned. Many students were considered to have acceptable intonation and rhythm, but nevertheless an evident Swedish accent. The linguistic features studied comprised the verbal group, vocabulary, discourse markers and pronunciation. Differences could be observed between the members of the interviewer categories regarding the grades they assigned to student production. The school teachers seem to have paid special attention to grammatical accuracy, and the native speakers appear to have had a notion of communicative competence where accuracy plays a less important role.Differences in the grades assigned could also be explained by the order in which the interviews were made, by some students' hesitant delivery, by the positive or negative effect of various fillers in the students' speech, and by the interviewing methods used by the interviewers in the tests.


To solve the problem of resource efficiency in a wireless network,on the premise that the Quality of Service parameters such as packet loss rate and time delay are guaranteed,the constrained relations among packet loss rate,time delay,packet length,availability and buffer capacity are established.The network multiplexing efficiency determined by packet overhead,adaptation overhead,error correction efficiency and framing efficiency is given.With the error control mechanism,the computing method and procedures of the optimal packet length which makes the best resource efficiency of the wireless network are presented.Simulation results show that the optimal packet length of the wireless network decreases rapidly with the rise of packet loss rate,and that the network resource efficiency decreases as well.This computing method can be used in the flexible network with variable packet lengths for different services.


Abstract: The growing scale and diversity of specific events of globalization, taking place on a global scale in the first two decades of the 21st century prove indisputably that actions assimilated to the hybrid warfare have become the most significant threat to nations. Unlike conventional warfare, hybrid forms do not involve direct or declarative actions of open conflict, but rather involve complex issues that are constantly unfolding and that are constantly evolving. Like globalization, the conflict no longer has a geographical delimitation or an infrastructure component, and populations are no longer the main fighters of these conflicts. In this article I will seek to answer some questions about the phenomenon of globalization and its implications for amplifying the manifestations of hybrid warfare in the contemporary operational environment, especially those of a cyber, terrorist, climatological, biological and organized crime nature, while presenting the concerns of international actors for increasing investments in research in the armament industry, improving military intelligence and long-range capabilities, in order to use military power as a tool of intimidation in foreign policy, active involvement of forces in punishing actors on the "axis of evil", as well as the partial recovery of old areas of influence at regional or global level.


The preparation and characterization of hexylated, brominated, and 5-hexyl-2-thienyl-substituted tetrathienoacridine (TTAc) is described. Comparative electrochemical, optical, computational, and solid-state studies with their thienoanthracene (TTAn) analogs demonstrate that replacement of CH with nitrogen leads to an overall lowering of the frontier molecular energy levels and decrease in the HOMO–LUMO energy gap. While the brominated TTAc and TTAn derivatives are isostructural, as indicated by X-ray diffraction studies, the lower sublimation temperature and thermochromic behaviour exhibited by bromo-TTAc is attributed to an additional dipole−dipole interaction resulting from the dipole moment afforded by carbon/nitrogen substitution in the core aromatic ring. This work represents a fundamental study of heteroatom substitution in 2-D conjugated small molecules and investigates how inclusion of an electron deficient aromatic ring into the molecular framework (i.e., acridine versus anthracene) can influence...


Contemporary life is taking its toll on sex, according to scientific, environmental and pop-scientific literature. Both women and men are being overwhelmed with estrogens and hormonally active chemicals in their environments - in water, plastics, and food. Such `estrogenization' produces interesting questions about the `nature' of sex, gender and reproduction, and their relations to each other. This paper critically juxtaposes contemporary discourses on estrogenization with feminist work on sex, gender and reproduction. It asks: How might a feminist theorizing of the body take on questions about sex hormones without essentializing sex or reproduction, or underestimating their relevance as biological actors in the production of sex?


In this paper, we have theoretically studied the physical properties of atom-molecule Ramsay fringes of Bose-Einstein Condensate of 85Rb atom in hyperfine state. Using the theoretical formalism of Goral et al.9 , we have evaluated the natural frequency, two-body loss rate constant K2 and visibility of Ramsy fringes as a function of magnetic field strength Bevolve (G). Our theoretically evaluated results are in satisfactorily agreement with the experimental data.


Since the Cold War ended in the late 1980s, change has been in the air at the Army's preeminent educational institution, the US Army War College. The most significant change affecting the Army and the nation it serves has been the rapid disappearance of the bipolar world and the return of a multipolar focus. To address this monumental change and how the Army should defend the nation and its interests in the future, the War College's curriculum has been expanded to encompass topics such as the Revolution in Military Affairs, the Army After Next, Force XXI, and Army Transformation. These topics and others relating to the future of the force have become the focus of the seminar learning model at the Army War College. The possibilities and implications of such changes, whether in doctrine, technology, or both have been repeatedly examined by their apostles and detractors, often passionately. It is fitting that such discussions related to the transformation of military forces are occurring at this institution, fo unded one hundred years ago as a product of another era of revolutionary and evolutionary changes in military affairs. [1] The origins of the US Army War College are found in the period of reevaluation of the US military following the Spanish-American War. While the United States, an emerging industrial giant, had easily defeated the Spanish, some elements of the war's conduct brought criticism of the war and the military that was often bitter. [2] In particular, the operations of the commissary department in supplying troops, the inadequate rations provided to American soldiers, and the casualties from illnesses caused President William McKinley to order a broad inquiry--the Dodge Commission--into the conduct of the war. When the results of this commission were deemed inadequate at best, President McKinley appointed a prominent attorney, Elihu Root--a man without any military connections--to be Secretary of War. Secretary Root initially faced the problem of concluding military actions in America's newly acquired territories and providing governance for them. It soon became apparent to him that the nation's military forces would require a significant reorganization to prepare them for the demands of the 20th century. Among the reforms he proposed was the creation of an Army General Staff, led by a Chief of Staff, and an Army War College, which could advise the President, devise plans, acquire information, and direct the "intellectual exercise" of the Army. Before the actual establishment of such an institution, Root appointed a board of officers, led by Brigadier General William Ludlow, to explore the concept and make recommendations. Following the board's study, on 27 November 1901 Secretary Root established a War College Board by General Order 155. [3] Major General Samuel B. M. Young was appointed to lead the board. Although the War College was yet to begin operations, this board was responsible for overseeing the system of progressive officer education established by the general order. Thus, General Young receives the distinction of being the first War College President. The "First" Army War College The War College actually began to function with the passage of the General Staff Act of 1903, which in essence made the institution an adjunct to the War Department General Staff, a key concept in Root's military reforms. Under the provisions of the 1903 act, General Young became the Army's first Chief of Staff and Brigadier General Tasker Bliss assumed the position of President of the Army War College. At this early stage of the college's development, the initial functions of the General Staff and the War College were closely linked by the primary mission of preparing for the creation of a General Staff Corps for the Army. With this mission in mind, on 1 November 1904 the first War College class, consisting of six captains and three majors, began their studies at a temporary "campus" located at Jackson Place in Washington, D. …


Neuroscientists in Indonesia now actively conduct researches on functions of brains relating to spiritual activity of humans. The results show that brains maintaining human activities have significant role in the spiritual activities and creative potentiality. Based on the facts, I then tend to elaborate how the spiritual activities seen from neuroscientific perspective simply and easily to be understood. Therefore, it is important to study how to maximize the relationship of the potentiality and the spirituality to create creative humans with strong controls.


This study describes a novel function of cytosolic proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) in the control of neutrophil NADPH oxidase, a complex pivotal for ROS generation in inflammation. Inhibition of neutrophil PCNA results in a potent antiinflammatory effect in colitis.


Energy is expended and stored when a vacuum magnetic field is confined to a limited volume of space. In the present paper this energy is analytically determined under conditions where the confinement is made quasi-statically by a perfectly diamagnetic medium. Special attention is given to a vacuum dipole field in the applications, but the established theorems apply to arbitrary superpositions of multipole fields as well. The energies required to confine the dipole field by a diamagnetic plane, sphere, hot plasma, and spheroid are explicitly calculated from the derived theorem. Of fundamental significance is the demonstration of how equilibrium boundaries can be predicted from a free surface variational principle based upon the proven energy theorem.


This book examines colleges and universities across the diaspora with majority African, African-American, and other Black designated student enrolments. It engages the diversity of Black colleges and universities and explains their critical role in promoting academic excellence in higher education.


Abstract : The study is based on recreation use data collected at seven Corps of Engineers reservoirs in California. The two basic objectives of the study were to evaluate and attempt to isolate factors influencing recreation use, and develop recreation use prediction models. The technique used is multiple linear regression. The study generalizes the 'Clawson-Hotelling' prediction model for estimating demand at selected reservoirs in California using distance from the site as a proxy for price. Alternative prediction models employ distance zones about sites or county of origin of users of each site, and results from the alternative models are compared. The various factors or variables examined included socio-economic variables relating to income, age, education, urbanization, and population of the zones (counties) and certain site specific variables to differentiate either quality and/or quantity of the recreation experience at reservoirs. Findings of the study relate only to recreation use prediction at reservoir sites in California. However, these findings will provide the bases for development of more sophisticated prediction models having wider application and also for further studies in the determination of the economic value of water-based recreation. (Author)


The rural public service and its function are introduced.The development of the rural public service is discussed.The phenomenon of the "absence" in rural public services is analyzed.It is pointed out that the construction of new rural public service system is an important link of new rural construction.The governments should change the old mode of thinking and administration,creat new methods of rural public services,and establish a new type of rural public service system.


worked, walked and sought other forms of entertainment. Prescott's excellent book is a reminder to historians of the value of a detailed study of one sport in one place, but perhaps the next challenge for historians is to replicate such an approach for leisure in a town. Only then, by placing sport clearly in context – by comparing and contrasting it and by looking for connections and disconnections – will we understand better how sport fitted into the lives of individuals and communities.


The purpose of this paper is to identify the major factors of client satisfaction (CS) that are critical for web development projects in freelance marketplaces. This quantitative study is done from the point of view of the web development services clients. Five major dimensions were proposed as determinants of CS from the literature review: ease of use, user interface, information, security and privacy.,A web-based survey methodology is used as the main data collection instrument. Statistical techniques such as confirmatory factor analysis and multiple linear regressions are used to analyze 162 responses of questionnaires.,The findings suggest that all factors do influence CS. In terms of strength, security had the highest level of impact on CS, so it is the strongest determinant among all factors. After security, ease of use and information are considered as strong determinants. So, this study concludes that the five major determinates do affect CS in web development projects from freelance marketplaces.,This research is limited only to the top freelance marketplaces, such as Upwork, Freelancer, Fiverr, Guru, Envato Studio, etc. The sample size is relatively small and this study is focused on web development projects only. Moreover, this research is focused only on the characteristics or attributes of the projects final outcome, i.e. website.,This study attempts to identify the important factors that have a relation with CS, thus giving freelancers an indication of what to look for when working on any web development project posted by any client in a freelance marketplace. Understanding the determinants of CS will also help Pakistani information technology freelancers involved in web development projects and services to increase their project performance, improve their CS rate and increment client following.,This presents the first study on the determinants of CS in web development projects from freelance marketplaces.


This paper reports the identification of a hitherto unnoticed astrological essay. This essay, entitled Seder tiqqun ha-tequfot min ha-luḥot ha-ʾeleh (Method for determining the revolutions from these tables; hereafter STT), reviews miscellaneous doctrines related to anniversary horoscopy and gives instructions about the use of tables that facilitate their implementation. STT was found in two distinct codicological environments, both of them somewhat related to the astronomical and astrological work of Abraham Bar Ḥiyya (ca. 1065–ca. 1136): (i) STT is embedded in seven manuscript copies of Bar Ḥiyya's astronomical tables, the so-called luḥot ha-hanaśiʾ; (ii) STT is also independently preserved in the single manuscript copy of a thirteenth-century astronomical astrological encyclopedia that includes fragments and entire works by Abraham Bar Ḥiyya and Abraham Ibn Ezra (ca. 1089–ca. 1161), in a section exclusively devoted to works on anniversary horoscopy by the former. This paper studies STT's contents and sources, deals with the question of STT's authorship, argues that STT is an independent essay by Abraham Bar Ḥiyya, and offers a critical edition of the Hebrew text, accompanied by an English translation and a commentary.


NURSING UNIONS have welcomed the findings of a new research study into Project 2000 courses which says nurses trained under the scheme are 'highly competent and employable practitioners'.


Urinary bladder cancer, the fifth most common cancer in the U.S., frequently results from exposure to toxic chemicals including those present in cigarette smoke. A previous epidemiological study demonstrated that a polymorphism in RGS6 leading to increased translation/stability of RGS6 mRNA was associated with a pronounced reduction in the risk of bladder cancer, particularly in smokers. However, no studies have evaluated whether RGS6 functions as a tumor suppressor in bladder. Here, we employed RGS6‐/‐ mice to investigate the role of RGS6 in BBN (N‐butyl‐N‐(4‐hydroxybutyl) nitrosamine)‐induced bladder cancer, a model which matches well to its human counterpart. We found that RGS6 was highly enriched in mouse bladder, particularly in urothelium where transitional cell carcinoma originates. RGS6 loss was associated with increases in Ras and Dnmt1 expression in the bladder urothelium and marked decreases in Ras‐association domain family 1 isoform A (RASSF1A), a tumor suppressor and target of Dnmt1‐mediated silencing. A similar phenomenon was observed in BBN‐treated WT mice, an effect further exacerbated by BBN treatment of RGS6‐/‐ mice. In keeping with these observations, RGS6‐/‐ mice exhibited accelerated bladder tumor formation. Our findings suggest that RGS6 is a previously unrecognized, but critical repressor for bladder carcinogenesis.


There are many situations in which global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) such as the global positioning system (GPS) cannot provide adequate navigation performance (such as indoors or in urban canyons). This paper describes the technical challenges of non-GNSS radio frequency navigation, with particular emphasis on signals of opportunity (i.e., signals that are intended for purposes other than navigation). Advantages and disadvantages of signal of opportunity navigation are described, along with the dominant issues that must be dealt with in order to make such systems a practical reality.


Renal involvement is frequent. The disease in children and adolescents follows a course similar to that in adults with the exception that central neurologic involvement occurs with reduced frequency.' We recently had occasion to attend a child with Wegener's granulomatosis who developed central nervous system vasculitis. A review of the literature produced only one other case of cerebritis in a child with Wegener's granulomatosis, a 12-year-old boy who was treated symptomatically and died.' A 14-year-old boy developed episodes of hemoptysis, episcleritis, pulmonary infiltrates, fever, hematuria, rash, arthalgias, sinusitis, and ulcerations of the hard palate. Renal biopsy was compatible with Wegener's granulomatosis. Therapy with cyclophosphamide (2.5 mg/kg per day) and prednisone ( mg/kg of body wt/day) was begun, and the patient experienced a remission. After nearly 4 months of treatment with cyclophosphamide the patient presented with headache and hallucinations. The patient developed generalized seizures and required mechanical ventilation. Lumbar puncture, computed tomography of the brain and electroencephalography confirmed the diagnosis of a cerebritis. Treatment with cyclophosphamide (4 mg/kg/day intravenously) and methylprednisolone (1 g intravenously) was begun. Within 24 hours of admission, the patient was alert and extubated. Immunosuppression was tapered and discontinued 1 year after his recovery from the cerebritis. Two and one-half years later, neurologic sequelae are absent and he remains free of disease. The occurrence of neurologic involvement in the pediatric patient with Wegener's granulomatosis is a rare event. If neurologic involvement does occur in this age group it is usually confined to the peripheral nervous system. 4,5 The presentation of cerebritis is similar to that of the other systemic vasculitides. The diagnosis is one of exclusion. The findings on electroencephalogram, computerized tomography of the brain, and lumbar


The optimality of the optimal fusion criterion in the linear minimum variance sense is further stated. Based on this optimal fusion criterion, an optimal fusion Kalman filter is presented for discrete time-varying linear stochastic control systems measured by multiple sensors with colored measurement noises, which is equivalent to an optimal fusion Kalman predictor for systems measured by multiple sensors with correlated noises. It has a two-layer fusion structure with a fault tolerant property. Further, it has higher precision than any local filter does. Compared with the centralized filter, it has better reliability and robustness. Applying it into a radar tracking system with three sensors shows its effectiveness.


Since target information is easy to be lost or weaken in the current infrared and visible image fusion algorithms,a fusion algorithm based on non-subsampled contourlet transform and an improved pulse coupled neural network is proposed.First,the infrared and visible images which are preprocessed and registered are transformed through non-subsampled contourlet transform and the high-frequency coefficients and low-frequency coefficients of two images are obtained respectively.Then,the improved pulse coupled neural network is used to fuse the high-frequency coefficients of the images and the largest energy in a region is used to deal with the low-frequency coefficients.Finally,the fused coefficients are transformed by using NSCT inverse transform,so as to obtain the fused image.The experimental results show that the proposed algorithm can display more detail information of images in the subjective vision while its several objective data indicators are improved to a different extent.


In addition to the COVID-19 pandemic, there is another pandemic on Earth, which is inexorably gaining momentum. The World Health Organization has called the XXI century the "century of allergy". An increase in morbidity is recorded everywhere (up to 40 % of patients), every third inhabitant of the planet suffers from allergic rhinitis and every tenth — from asthma. Currently, it is known that allergic reactions are observed in 0.2–20.4 % of patients with coronavirus infection. Allergic symptoms in those infected with coronavirus manifest themselves in different ways and can serve as markers of the severity of the disease. This article provides information about the possible impact of coronavirus infection on the course of the most common allergic conditions, such as bronchial asthma and urticaria. The search for publications was carried out in Russian and English in the databases PubMed, Google Scholar, eLibrary.ru and "CyberLeninka" from January 1, 2019 to April 1, 2023, using keywords: "bronchial asthma", "urticaria", "COVID-19", "coronavirus infection". In accordance with the inclusion criteria, 29 studies have been included in the review. The results of a systematic analysis of the literature are presented, with a description of the pathogenetic mechanisms and clinical aspects. The data obtained can serve as a basis for a more in-depth understanding of the role of atopy as a premorbid background for infectious diseases during a pandemic.


Abstract Diffuse optical tomography (DOT) is a new tomographic technique, which is non‐invasive and does not involve radiation exposure. In this paper, a self‐developed near infrared (NIR) diffuse optical tomography instrument is described, and phantoms composed of Intra‐lipids are discussed. The NIR optical characteristics of the homogenous Intra‐lipid phantoms are measured to construct a set of databases at various concentrations, and further analysis using fitting curves is presented as well. Additionally, a pseudo‐model technique for imitating biological tissues is proposed and implemented. This pseudo‐model can be used to represent the same optical characteristics as real tissues, meaning that it is a viable alternative to cope with measuring limitations. Experiments reveal good results when the pseudo‐model employs 1% Intra‐lipid as a background tissue that imitates pork and 3% Intra‐lipid as an inclusion to mimic a bone. Due to the limitations of hardware nowadays, obviously, this pseudo‐model will offer a great aid for the development and evaluation of a DOT system.


During temperature transients in turbomachinery, labyrinth seal teeth become axially shifted (i.e. displaced) relative to their rub grooves due to relative thermal expansion. This investigation focuses on the leakage effects of labyrinth tooth thermal axial shifting relative to its rub groove, which for numerous seal applications gives reduced machine efficiency. In addition, the relationship between certain flow patterns for such situations and the resulting seal leakage is examined in detail. A finite-volume approach was utilized in a fully compressible, 2D axisymmetric, turbulent Navier-Stokes code to obtain an enhanced understanding of the above phenomena for straight-through, abradable labyrinth seals. The high-Re form of the k-, turbulence model was used. First, the code was validated against measurements of straight-through honeycomb labyrinths, and accurate results were obtained. Second, it was found that the centered tooth (within the groove) axial position generally gives the highest leakage rate, and that the rub-groove geometrys (with centered teeth), in order from highest to lowest leakage, are: (a) deep-wide, (b) shallow-wide and (c) deep-narrow and shallow-narrow (nearly equal). It was also found that downstream shifting of the teeth inside or adjacent to a rub-groove gives lower leakage that the corresponding upstream shifting.


Statistically calculated values of the thermodynamic functions and the standard chemical thermodynamic data for ideal gaseous, liquid and solid formamide are given, as well as some values of equilibrium constants.


ABSTRACT Winter activities, such as outdoor skating are arguably part of Canada's identity; however, due to changing social, political, legal, economic, and environmental factors, one component of winter activities that is in jeopardy is the outdoor rink. The purpose of this study was to explore the media framing surrounding issues within media articles regarding outdoor rinks in Canada as it pertains to national identity and place meaning theory. This paper utilized the computer program – Leximancer – to facilitate a review of media frames contained within 65 newspaper and online news articles. Seven frames and five sub-frames depicting the public discussion about the state of outdoor rinks and their use in Canada were identified. Media frames were grouped into place meaning categories of: Place Characteristics, Socialization within a Place, and Activities that have Place Meaning. The meanings discussed here can inform policy and management wherein attempts are made to balance public and private access to outdoor rinks and the inherent issues faced by a hockey passionate culture.


The subject innovation is to be able to enjoy a play and exercise without movement, and as the jumping play on the ball for, in particular, to form a scaffold that is coupled to the elastic ball to a desired thickness scaffolding bent or fracture at the same time. Usually been using simple and easy-to-use jumping looking to improve children's growth and development and a sense of balance, or to solve the adults lack exercise this what the structure is a combination foothold on the elastic see the action play spiked up above the footrest and one would have the effect of diet and exercise in repetitive jumping operation ever repeated. However it was not a problem that would be a jumping the combined steps on the elastic ball it is in a thin plate shape, and bent or broken is to landing, and at the same time the load is pressed against the stool on the floor not lasted a footrest load also these due to a problem that was a disadvantage that the people who use according to body weight is limited. In addition, there is a problem that was hurting the uncomfortable issue is the springboard to be broken or bent jumping ball on the purchase or use that is falling back to the ground due to bending and fracture. Thus, the subject innovation is an ever due to the load transmitted to the footrest by jumping by a predetermined a scaffold coupled to the resilient member forms a reinforcement for the thickness scaffolding bent or fracture is so to be safely used in playground equipment or fitness equipment. Elastic ball, stool, stuck throttle, reinforcement


This article focuses on the energy-efficient physical random access channel (PRACH) design for self-powered sensors integrated satellite Internet of Things (S-IoT), where two novel preamble design schemes are proposed by jointly considering cubic metric (CM) reduction, coverage enhancement, resistance to carrier frequency offset (CFO), and low-complexity detection. Specifically, both the schemes possess a uniform preamble format by repeatedly cascading a series of conjugate Zadoff–Chu sequence pairs in the frequency domain, which can effectively mitigate the adverse effect of large CFO under the premise of ensuring PRACH coverage. Furthermore, phase rotation optimization and inverse discrete Fourier transform (IDFT) scaling are, respectively, leveraged in the two schemes to cope with the problem of CM performance degradation caused by sequence repetitions. We also develop the corresponding preamble detection mechanisms that are capable of performing joint timing advance (TA) and CFO estimation and conduct mathematical analysis in terms of CM and maximum coupling loss. Simulation results verify the feasibility of our schemes in self-powered S-IoT and demonstrate that with the increment of the number of sequence repetitions, the proposed schemes can maintain relatively lower CM values in comparison to the state-of-the-art ones, while having significantly enhanced PRACH coverage and detection performance.


Corn for green mass represents o source for succulent fodder, especially during the dry periods in summer and fall. The research was conducted in order to establish the most productive corn hybrid, the cultivation technique and the optimal fertilization. As biological material we used Fundulea 376 and Fundulea 322 hybrids, sewed in pure culture, mixed with soybean on same rows and on alternative rows (4 corn rows – 4 soybean rows). Bigger productions resulted for Fundulea 322 hybrid, sewed in alternative rows with soybean, fertilized with manure 30 t/ha + complex fertilizer 100 – 200 kg/ha (11,4 – 12,6 t/ha d.s. for Fundulea 322). The highest protein content and the lowest cellulose content was registered when cultivating the mixture on same rows, for both hybrids, fertilized with 30 t/ha + complex fertilizer 200 kg/ha (16,02 % PB and 24,35 % CB for Fundulea 376, respective 16,70 % PB and 23,55 % CB for Fundulea 322). We recommend, for the target area, the Fundulea 322 corn hybrid, sewed in mixture with soybean.