Summary. A new estimator of the regression parameters is introduced in a multivariate multiple‐regression model in which both the vector of explanatory variables and the vector of response variables are assumed to be random. The affine equivariant estimate matrix is constructed using the sign covariance matrix (SCM) where the sign concept is based on Oja's criterion function. The influence function and asymptotic theory are developed to consider robustness and limiting efficiencies of the SCM regression estimate. The estimate is shown to be consistent with a limiting multinormal distribution. The influence function, as a function of the length of the contamination vector, is shown to be linear in elliptic cases; for the least squares (LS) estimate it is quadratic. The asymptotic relative efficiencies with respect to the LS estimate are given in the multivariate normal as well as the t‐distribution cases. The SCM regression estimate is highly efficient in the multivariate normal case and, for heavy‐tailed distributions, it performs better than the LS estimate. Simulations are used to consider finite sample efficiencies with similar results. The theory is illustrated with an example.


Abstract : Motivation Women of fertile age in doing a pap smear test. This study
aims to describe the level of intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation of women of
childbearing age to perform pap smears in the village Puskesmas dispute Klungkung.
This research is a descriptive study using cross sectional design. This study was
conducted in May 2015 by using purposive sampling with the number of respondents
was 53. The results showed that of the 53 respondents, the majority of respondents
had a moderate level of motivation as many as 29 respondents ( 54.70 % ), whereas
extrinsic motivation is high by 32 ( 60.40 % ) and intrinsic motivation in the category
were as many as 28 respondents ( 52.80 % ) in performing a pap smear test.
Abstract: Motivasi Wanita Usia Subur Dalam Melakukan Tes Pap Smear.
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menggambarkan tingkat motivasi intrinsik dan motivasi
ekstrinsik dari wanita usia subur dalam melakukan pemeriksaan pap smear di desa
Selisihan Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Klungkung. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian
deskriptif dengan menggunakan rancangan cross sectional. Penelitian ini dilakukan
pada bulan Mei 2015 dengan menggunakan teknik purposive sampling dengan jumlah
responden sebanyak 53. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa dari 53 responden,
sebagian besar responden memiliki tingkat motivasi sedang yaitu sebanyak 29
responden (54,70%), sedangkan motivasi ekstrinsik yang tinggi sebanyak 32
(60,40%) dan motivasi intrinsik dalam katagori sedang yaitu sebanyak 28 responden
(52,80%) dalam melakukan tes pap smear.
Kata kunci: Motivasi, Wanita usia subur, Pap smear


Marine energy as one of the least utilized renewable energy resource requires more attention in the scientific and professional sense. This paper summarizes the energy potential, different types and operating principles of devices for the exploitation of wave energy in which the largest amount of untapped energy potential still resides.


Two new compounds, 5-hydroxy-2- (1'-oxo-5'-methyl-4'-hexenyl)benzofuran (1) and 5-hydroxy-2-(1'-hydroxy-5'-methyl-4'-hexenyl)benzofuran (2), have been isolated via bioassay-directed fractionation of culture extracts of an unidentified endophytic fungus obtained from wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens L. Their structures have been deduced from spectral data and confirmed by synthesis. Both 1 and 2 show toxicity to spruce budworm (Christoneura fumiferana Clem.) cells, and 1 is also toxic to the larvae.


Organotin compounds (OTC) are highly toxic pollutants strongly affecting many ecosystems. As analytical techniques for OTC have improved in the past, problems with blank values and adsorption to container walls have been revealed. In this study, OTC adsorption to different materials was studied, and different methods such as derivatization, complexation, extraction, UV-light treatment, nitric acid baths, glowing at high temperatures, and rinsing with detergents and distilled water were tested to reduce OTC blank values from chemicals, solutions, and containers of different materials. Rinsing with detergents and distilled water was effective for decontaminating containers of different materials. Glowing at high temperatures was specifically suitable for glassware and chemicals with high melting points. UV-light treatment was suitable only for solutions. However, OTC underwent disproportionation, and tin became methylated under high temperatures and UV-light treatment. Methods combining sodium tetraethylborate and organic solvent extraction had the best decontamination effects among all methods but were not economical. Sodium borohydride provided another alternative but was less effective. However, use of sodium tetraethylborate and sodium borohydride was restricted to aqueous solution and in certain pH ranges. No material was found without adsorption of all OTC in this study. Tributyltin and dibutyltin adsorbed strongly in the Teflons, polyethylene, and silanized glass. Monomethyltin and monobutyltin had strong adsorption in most materials. Different materials should be used for different OTC in adsorption studies. The use of extraction reagents to recover OTC from container walls is suggested to avoid underestimation of OTC concentrations in waters.


This report provides an analysis of state policies to identify specific policy barriers to identification of gifted students and to locate states with model policies to facilitate the identification of underserved gifted students (culturally diverse, economically disadvantaged and students with disabilities). The analysis of each state's documents looked at six areas: (1) legislation; (2) definitions of "gifted"; (3) standard identification practices; (4) nonstandard identification practices; (5) due process and grievance procedures; and (6) specific references to gifted students from special populations. Forty-three states have policies on screening. Formal identification often relies on the use of multiple criteria with 46 states incorporating outside school activities, work samples or products and 43 states including measures of creativity. Thirty-three states have mandates for gifted education which are supported by some level of funding. Forty states specifically mention culturally diverse gifted students and 38 include economically disadvantaged children. Students with learning disabilities are addressed by 38 states, and students with sensory and physical disabilities are mentioned by 36 states. Overall findings indicate that, although state policies do not appear to be preventing full services to special populations, program demographics indicate underrepresentation of special groups. Four possible barriers are postulated including: lack of local understanding of state policies; fear of overwhelming numbers if identification is "opened"; lack of resources; and lacx of ownership by individuals from special populations towards the program for gifted students. The content analysis matrix is appended. (9 references) (DB) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. *********************************************************************** U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER IERICI D4his document has been reproduced al received horn the person or organization onginating it P Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction nuahly Points of view or. opinions stated in this dOcu ment do not necessarily represent officia OEM position or policy REPORT ON STATE POLICIES RELATED TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF GIFTED STUDENTS Mary Ruth Coleman, Associate Director Gifted Education Policy Studies Program James J. Gallagher, Director Gifted Education Policy Studies Program University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Nations Bank Plaza, Suite 300 137 E. Franklin Street Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514 919/962-7373 or 919/962-7374 (This research was conducted by the Gifted Education Policy Studies Program at the University of North Caro h'Ita in Chapel Hill. The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and are not necessarily shared by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement that provided funding under grant number R206A00596.) February 25, 1992 BEST COPY MILANI 2


This paper introduces the proposal and connotation of mobile library,expounds the necessity of the construction of basic level mobile library,discusses some problems occurring in the course of the construction of basic level mobile library,and puts forward some relevant suggestions and measures.


Abstract Recent literature has suggested that antitrust regulation is an appropriate response to labor market monopsony. This article qualifies the primacy of antitrust by arguing that a significant degree of labor market power is "frictional," that is, without artificial barriers to entry or excessive concentration of employment. If monopsony is pervasive under conditions of laissez-faire, antitrust is likely to play only a partial role in remedying it, and other legal and policy instruments to intervene in the labor market will be required.


The invention relates to a kitchen appliance (1), in particular a refrigerator and / or freezer, with an interior space (2), in which at least a height-adjustable carrier (3) for receiving goods (4) is provided, to the kitchen appliance (1 ) at least one guide rail (5, 6) and at least one along the guide rail (5, guided 6) transport carriage (12, 13) are provided, wherein the transport carriage (12, 13) connectable to the carrier (3) and (by a drive 7) (with a height adjustment 10) is height adjustable. The invention is characterized in that shelves can be varied in height in a particularly simple and comfortable, without the goods from the kitchen appliance (1) must be taken out, whereby the operation of the kitchen appliance (1) is particularly simple.


While the literature on external debt repayment performance by sovereign debtors is extensive, repayment performance vis-a-vis the International Monetary Fund has not been dealt with separately. Given differences between the IMF and other providers of financial resources, this paper considers whether it is possible to distinguish through logit analysis between the countries that make timely repayments to the Fund and those that become overdue. The paper finds that the inclusion of IMF-specific financial variables and a small number of macroeconomic variables yields a highly significant econometric model of the probability of a country incurring IMF arrears.[JEL F33, F34] T HE FAILURE of some member countries to repay obligations on time became a matter for serious concern for the IMF toward the end of the fourth decade of the IMF's history—around the mid-1980s, a few years after the debt crisis began. At that time, the duration and magnitude of countries' arrears to the IMF increased, as did the number of countries involved, in contrast to the rare and brief cases of late payments in earlier years. Total arrears rose from SDR 25 million in the first quarter of 1981 to a peak of SDR 3.7 billion in 1992. Since then, total arrears have declined as a number


Digital health ethics seems to be rapidly developing into a sub-discipline within applied ethics, with its own topics, themes, and perhaps even an own methodology. An exciting and thought-provoking...


This paper describes the use of stereophotogrammetry approach to measure and hence identify accurately threedimensional (3D) coordinates of important landmarks on a craniofacial surface. A "novel" technique dubbed as "natural features" technique was employed to accurately compute the 3D coordinates of selected craniofacial landmarks. The natural features technique involves the use of 3D coordinates of the natural features (such as acne, scar, corners of eyes, edge of mouth, point of chin, etc.) that appear on the craniofacial surface as an absolute stereophotogrammetric mapping control points. The 3D coordinates of the natural features were gained using digital photogrammetric bundle adjustment method. Validation of the proposed technique has firstly been carried out using mannequin and finally, it was applied on the real-life human faces. The result shows that the craniofacial landmark measurement accuracy of 0.8mm with one standard deviation can be successfully achieved by the proposed technique.


The facetVISION array camera architecture allows to reduce the z-height of mobile camera modules to 50% of that of a conventional camera module independent of pixel size and resolution while at the same time providing depth information. It employs folding of the optical path via a mirror bank and segmenting the field of view into different imaging channels using individual inclinations of the mirror facets as well as stitching of the final image by depth-based image rendering. A typical arrangement incorporates four channels in one line with D-cut objectives and about 2:1 aspect ratio image sensors. One pair of cameras captures the upper part of the field of view providing depth there and the second pair accordingly for the lower part of the total field of view. As an option, the mirror bank is rotated, so that the same camera module can be used to capture world-side images as well as selfies sequentially. In demonstrator systems realized by us, we used different combinations of voice coil motors with piezo bending actuators for auto focus and optical image stabilization. Tunable lenses were employed for channel-individual focusing to account for back focal length variations within the array as well as possible changes of the same, especially with respect to temperature. In this paper, we report of the in-detail analysis of the thermal effects within our array camera architecture including tunable lenses. MTF-through-focus curves are captured and evaluated with the camera being exposed to different temperatures and voltage settings for the adaptive lenses.


The development of simultaneous working coupling systems based on different physical measuring principles is the main aspect of the investigation of the thermal degradation or the oxidative decomposition processes of mineral coal discussed and illustrated in this paper. The combination of the methods Thermogravimetry-Derivative Thermogravimetry-Differential Thermal Analysis-Mass Spectrometry (TG-DTG-DTA-MS) offers a wide variety of useful and practical applications in the field of mineral coal analysis. A working temperature of 1800 K and a stored temperature controlling program permit long during thermal treatment of the samples in various atmospheres as well as heating with rapid heating rates up to 20 K min/sup -1/ limitation of the furnace. For monitoring the released gases and determining the mass fragments (m/z values) a quadrupole mass spectrometer with rapid scan capability is more convenient than a time-of-flight mass spectrometer in many cases especially room saving construction, low cost, sufficient sensitivity and resolution.


The debate surrounding racial profiling—the use of race as a heuristic for determining the probability of criminality—has reemerged with the War on Terror. Up to this point, the debate has concentrated on legal or political analyses to the exclusion of philosophical ethics. This Article begins to fill that gap by presenting some ethical questions to be used in the analysis of racial profiling. After an overview of the legal regime and justifications given for the use of racial profiling, the Article explores how Emmanuel Levinas' ethics of responsibility can help us understand the ethical structure of racial profiling, see the basic ethical problems within this structure, and give us a new ethical viewpoint on racial profiling. On one hand, racial profiling in Levinas seems to be "impossible" in that it cannot give us any information about the Other and can only reduce the other person to an inhuman object; "unethical," since it reduces the other to an object and makes an ethical relationship with him impossible; and "unjust," in that it ignores our duty towards the other. However, the existence of a third party who might be harmed by terrorists changes the dynamic, adding an additional Other for whom, Levinas says, we have an ethical responsibility. The balance of these seemingly contradictory imperatives is the difficult task Levinas leaves us with in our analysis of the ethics of racial profiling; a task that sheds light on the ramifications of racial profiling and its use for state protection. These thoughts are highly important in the new period of Obama Administration.


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Ochromonas malhamensis cells were allowed to feed on autoclaved Aerobacter aerogenes, biochemically inert polystyrene latex particles of comparable size, shape and density, or a combination of these to determine if this protozoan is capable of phagotrophic selectivity under defined experimental conditions. Electron microscopic examination of Gomoristained food vacuoles indicated that the type of particle ingested was determined entirely by the type available. Apparently the biochemical or physical configuration of the particle surface is not decisive in particle selection. Gomori acid-phosphatase reaction product, which indicates digestive enzyme activity, was present in all particle-containing vacuoles, suggesting that digestive activity in O. malhamensis is due to the presence of particulate material in the vacuole, but not necessarily to the nature of the particle.


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Chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) imaging measurement depends not only on the labile proton concentration and pH‐dependent exchange rate but also on experimental conditions, including the relaxation delay and radiofrequency (RF) saturation time. Our study aimed to extend a quasi–steady‐state (QUASS) solution to a modified multi‐slice CEST MRI sequence and test if it provides enhanced pH imaging after acute stroke.


ATM switches require stringent reliability and availability even for access nodes. Carrier class ATM switches fulfill this requirement by employing expensive and sophisticated fault tolerant architectures. However, access switch systems are relatively cheap and compact. Most access switches support fundamental system reliability by providing redundancy for common parts of a system (e.g., switch fabric, power etc.). In addition to providing reliable connection to the core switch systems, access switch systems also need to support various customer premises services. Depending on the need of the network provider, highly reliable line redundancy is more important than the switching capacity of the access system or vice versa. This paper presents an implementation of an ATM switch that provides flexible line card redundancy and scalable switching capacity. Switching capacity of the system is scalable up to 10 Gbps from 5 Gbps depending on the configuration of line card redundancy.


It is thought usually that "Taixue Style" in the Northern Song Dynasty is odd and acerbity ancient prose. However "Taixue Style" in Qingli Period...


The present generation is wholly dependent on Data and Data services provided by the internet for global level information and for communication between different sources for all the system users. Hence the functioning of Internet is very important for all the users. One of the important strategies that Hackers employ to hinder the performance of the system is Distributed Denial-Of-Service attacks (DDOS). This paper solely focuses on the prevention measures taken to withstand DDOS attacks in which the hacker sends loads of traffic and obstructs the working of a system and burdens the system. The study of this research is to find various methods to avoids becoming a victim of DDOs attacks.


VLSI for video and image processing. Microsystem and mixed-mode design. Communication and memory system design. Low-voltage and low-power analog circuits. High speed circuit techniques. Application specific DSP architectures. Specification and simulation at system level. Synthesis and technology mapping. CAD techniques for low-power design. Physical design issues in sub-micron technologies. Architectural design and synthesis. Testing in complex mixed analog and digital systems. Index of contributors. Keyword index.


Background: Estradiol at baseline or after a classical gonadotropin-releasing hormone test did not reflect ovarian steroidogenesis in central precocious puberty (CPP) girls. Aims: To evaluate estradiol response to depot triptorelin, both at start and during therapy to determine how active ovarian steroidogenesis is at pubertal stage and under therapy. Methods: A prospective study was performed in 43 CPP girls. Serum luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone at 3 h (LH-3h, FSH-3h) and estradiol at 24 h (E2-24h) after injection of depot triptorelin 3.75 mg were measured, at first dose and at 3, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months of treatment. Results: E2-24h after depot triptorelin was >100 pg/ml after the first dose. Estradiol response (E2-24h) fell to levels <14 pg/ml in 78 out of 82 follow-up visits along 2 years of therapy. Concomitantly, LH-3h and FSH-3h were <4.0 and <6.3 IU/l, respectively. In 4 patients with inadequate treatment, E2-24h, LH-3h and FSH-3h rose to pubertal values similar to those observed at first dose. Conclusion: Estradiol (<14 pg/ml) assessment 24 h after depot triptorelin administration is a reliable and simple manner to confirm ovarian suppression in CPP girls during treatment.


The wireless mesh networks (WMNs) are statically deployed on heterogeneous areas and are operating in open wireless media, and thus it coexists with other networks operating on the same frequency with the same or different radio access technology (RAT). The WMNs experience two types of interferences according to the source of interference. Coexisted networks with WMN induce the interference called external interference and nodes in WMN experience interference each other, which is called internal interference. The increased interferences can degrade the performance significantly. To resolve this coexistence problem, we propose three channel assignment schemes for hybrid multi-channel protocol (HMCP) by recognizing the states of each channel and selecting its operating channel.


ABSTRACT Current seismic design requirements specify lateral displacement or story drift limits to be compared with calculated results from structural analysis. The lateral displacements for different types of buildings are usually predicted through commercial structural software, which takes much computational time at the beginning of the structural design. In this research, a simplified equation is proposed to calculate lateral displacements of buildings under lateral loads with different distributions. The equation is developed to quickly predict the elastic and inelastic building displacements during preliminary design of new buildings or seismic assessment of existing buildings without performing expensive dynamic time history analyses using software. The proposed method is based on elastic beam theory and is compared with similar ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) 7–10 procedures. The accuracy of the proposed method is validated by the elastic and inelastic analysis using 2-D (two dimensional) and 3-D (three dimensional) frame buildings. Additionally, the equation is used to determine inelastic story displacements of ordinary, intermediate and special moment frames, and coefficient used to compute the inelastic story displacement according to the proposed equation are recommended in this study.


The working condition of monolithic application system is usually quite complicated.How to ensure it to run unfailingly is the base demand in the design of monolithic system. The articlestudies how to design antijamming in the system process channel.


This paper addresses specification issues of that would be too expensive to implement as single ACID workflow process compensation. The main consideration is transactions. The idea was to implement such an application to reduce the numper of workflow activities that have to be as a saga or sequence of ACID transactions so that resources compensated and're-executed when a failure occurs, as both needed only at a particular stage could be released after the can be very expensive. The main contribution of the paper is corresponding transaction compIetes. Atomicity was simujfexible compensation scoping strategies that allow process delated by compensating already completed transactions in resigners to specify compensation scopes in a simple way based verse order. Compensating a transaction t involves executing on data dependencies between workfrow activities. The specia transaction c that tries,to undo the effects of t, essentially jicntion helps the workflow engine to avoid unnecessary comby restoring the data items written by the t to their states pensation at rune time. The proposed techniques are simple before t executed. Though simple, the concept of compensato implement, but also have the potential of significantly retion has proven to be very effective in improving performance ducing compensation overhead. of long-running database applications.


In this work, we explore the use of error-correcting output codes (ECOC) to enhance the performance of centroid text classifier. The framework is to decompose one multi-class problem into multiple binary problems and then learn the individual binary classification problems by centroid classifier. However, this kind of decomposition incurs considerable bias for centroid classifier, which results in noticeable degradation of performance. To address this issue, we use Model-Refinement to adjust this so-called bias.


Objective To study the effect of ethonal on the serotonergic systems by analyzing the altered expression of tryptophan hydroxylase(TPH),serotonin(5-HT) and serotonin transporter(SERT) in the brain of ethanol-treated rats. Methods Wistar rats were treated with 20% ethanol for 6 months.Immunocytochemistry,flow cytometry and Western blotting were used to analyze the altered expression of the serotonergic markers in different brain regions of the ethanol-treated rats. Results 1.Immunohistochemistry showed the number of TPH or 5-HT positive neurons in dorsal raphe nucleus(DRN) is less in ethanol-treated rats than that in control((P0.01),) the diameter of TPH neurons in DRN is smaller than that in control(P0.01) and the mean gray value of TPH,5-HT and SERT in observed regions of the ethanol-treated rats is larger than that in control(P0.05).2.Flow cytometry showed the expression of TPH,5-HT and SERT in the studied regions of the ethanol-treated rats decreased significantly compared with control(P0.05).3.Western blotting showed the ratio of SERT/β-actinin or TPH/β-actinin in analyzed regions of the ethanol-treated rats is smaller than that in control(P0.05).Conclusion Ethanol decreases the expression of TPH,5-HT and SERT of rat brain,which may result in the altered activity of serotonergic systems.


Novel pH-sensitive polyglycerol hydrogels were designed and synthesized through the reaction of epichlorohydrin(ECH) with L-lactic acid(LLA) in the presence of sodium hydroxide(NaOH),and cetyltri-methylammonium bromide(CTAB) as a phase transfer catalyst(PTC) at room temperature,followed by hydrolysis,polymerization and cross-linking reactions.The resultant gel was characterized by 13C NMR and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy,and it was found that incorporated LLA was bound to polyglycerol network as a pendant acidic substituent by the hydroxyl group of LLA(PGL gel).The PGL hydrogels with different LLA contents and equilibrium swelling ratios were prepared by changing the feed ratios of materials.The results determined by chemical titration show that under the applied conditions the efficiency of introducing the carboxyl group into polyglycerol network is ca.87% and the amount of LLA in the hydrogel reached to ca.17%.The swelling behavior of the hydrogels in different mediums was investigated.The results show that the hydrogels are pH-,and ionic strength-responsive.The hydrogels also have the reversible swelling/deswelling properties and exhibits modulated release of drug in response to the environment pH.


The objective of this paper is to estimate both long-run reserves and long-run money demand equations using the multivariate cointegration approach. An economic model is constructed, based on the monetary approach to the balance of payments, in which the monetary authorities can control the money supply through changes in bank credit. The vector autoregressive methodology is used to derive latent equilibrium relationships and the short-run error correction equations are estimated for both nominal money stock and reserves. The monthly data for the period 1980 to 1994 are used for several macro variables of the Indian economy in the approach popularized by Johnson (1972).


The common calculation methods for triple integral are that directly change the triple integral into the iterated integral and change the triple integral into the iterated integral with making make proper change.Using application background of triple integral and the segmentation methods of similar function value,the calculation of triple integral is transformed into differential expression,then it is converted into the calculation of definite integral which makes the calculation of triple integral simple.At last,some examples are illustrated.


In order to investigate the combined effects of shift work and heat stress on the physiological parameters, such as heart rate (HR) and body temperature (BT), a hot-dry working environment was investigated for 53 workers in foundry workshops. In this study Wet Bulb Globe Temperature index (WBGT) was measured and along with that simultaneously heart rate and oral temperature were checked in 3 shifts. The results indicated that the physiological responses of workers changed whenever the shift changed and the responses were increased by a corresponding increase in heat stress, index.


Kirovsk town, located near Hibiny Mountain in the Murmansk region, is known as the industrial center as well as the favorable area for tourism industry development. On the example of Kirovsk town we examined the problem of functional urban zoning of the territory with intensive tourism and recreational development. Based on anintegrated assessment of the territory, analysis of space images and the general scheme of the city development we created the map of functional planning of Kirovsk town and territories of its jurisdiction.

The content of existing and projected planning zoneswas disclosed and detailed. In total 10 categories of urban landuse are identified: residential, public, tourist and recreational, sport, industrial, agricultural lands, parks and forest plantations, etc.

Current spatial-functional conflicts between the zones used for public utilities, industrial facilities and the zones of potential tourism and recreational (mountain skiing) development are defined as well as the recommendations for its mitigations are proposed.

The ecological risks of urban development are analyzed,and the list of environment protection actions is proposed for the functional zones of Kirovsk town. The territories were ranked by favorable and relatively favorable zones of tourist-recreational and sports-recreational developmenttaking into account the identified natural and natural-anthropogenic processes.

The conclusion of necessity to adjust the territorial city structure to its new role of tourism, recreational and ski center is made. The general factors, which should be considered in process of urban development, are identified. They include the comprehensive design of city environment considering the greening, the recultivation of industrial plots, located close to tourism and recreational, public zones of the city center, and the features of urban landscape and revealed risks of natural and natural-anthropogenic processes.


Modernes Jeanson dismissed the ideas in L'Homme révolté as inefficacious, and Sartre wrote that Camus was the victim of a "morne démesure," thereby transforming the balance and harmony of "la pensée de midi" into its opposite. As Gay-Crosier astutely observes, Camus' "mesure méditerranéenne," under Sartre's pen, became a "démesure intellectuelle et morale." However, the apparent negation of the rebel's "no" becomes the "yes" of a collective cogito. "I rebel therefore we are" transcends the solipsism of its Cartesian premise in order to affirm the solidarity of mankind. This affirmative value echoes from essay to essay as Gay-Crosier defines "la pensée de midi" in its multifarious aspects, whether he is discussing the play Caligula, Georges Bataille, Le Premier Homme, or European culture, always emphasizing the fact that "la pensée grecque s'est toujours retranchée sur l'idée de limite." That and Camus' formula "parler répare"—a formula that mends the rebel's solitary cry—posit a community of men and women linked together by their humanity and suffering. Language can be therapeutic and it frequently defines the actions that ensue from it. As Gay-Crosier notes, "le révolté refuse le monde absurde, non pas pour le nier mais pour lui imposer un style de vie." This proportionate life style can apply not only to politics and metaphysics but also to economics whenever enlightened individuals and groups move from the practices of production/consumption to those of a creative society where dignity and justice prevail. The book contains some typos, but these are minor irritations compared to the timeliness, scholarly range, and intelligence of the essays. The "paradigmes de l'ironie" is a compelling study that will appeal to all Camus readers.


ABSTRACT For efficient xenon (Xe) recovery from natural gas (NG), multiple gas hydrate crystallization was considered. The optimal stages' number for effective Xe recovery from model gas mixtures with close composition to NG one was determined. Gas hydrate distribution's coefficients are defined for these gases at each stage, and each iterations of the multiple gas hydrate crystallization. In CH4+ H2S+CO2+ Xe gas mixture that is closest to NG composition, the maximum average Xe concentration in the gas hydrate phase was observed at the second stage of the multiple gas hydrate crystallization.


The current research situations of the ecological residential area evaluation index system and the highlighted problems in the construction of the evaluation index system at home and abroad were sum up.Based on the selection of the evaluation index and the screening of different determinate evaluation factors in different regions during the system construction process,starting from the landscape security pattern,the theory of the evaluation system in the succession process of the whole life cycle in the ecological residential area was put forward.


PURPOSE: A device for displaying a route line of a transfer apparatus is provided to enable a driver to recognize the distance the driver is from a rearward approaching vehicle with the transfer apparatus by including a laser radiation module. CONSTITUTION: A device for displaying a route line of a transfer apparatus comprises: a light source formation unit(310) forming an illuminating line on the side or the rear of the transfer apparatus(100); a laser radiation module(300) consisting of a light guide unit(320) which guides a laser radiation module to form an illuminating line by controlling the direction of light; a power supply module(500) supplying power to the laser radiation module; an outer housing(A) accepting the laser radiation module; and a fixing module(200) fixing the outer housing to the transfer apparatus.


Bioethica Forum / 2014 / Volume 7 / No. 3 78 Should bioethics care about the environment, address issues related to environmental ethics? If yes, which ones and how? This question weaves through the history of our field. One of the origins of bioethics in the 1920s started with concerns for environmental issues, with Fritz Jahr's "bioethical imperative" to "Respect every living being on principle as an end in itself and treat it, if possible, as such" [1]. Until the rediscovery of his work, bioethics was traced back to a dual origin in the 1970s, with the near simultaneous coining of the term by Van Rensselaer Potter, who included longrange environmental concerns, and Hellegers, who focused on concrete medical dilemmas [2]. Despite the contrast usually made between these two origins, both integrated global issues of population ethics, questions which combine medical and environmental aspects [2]. Should bioethics, then, care about the environment? There are several reasons why the answer should be yes. First, environmental impacts are among the relevant consequences of human interventions which bioethics examines. Biotechnologies, medical interventions, and health systems can all impact the environment [3]. Second, environmental frameworks are clearly relevant. Animal experimentation, medically assisted reproduction, research with human beings, public health: all these topics integrate aspects that could be fruitfully approached from views developed within environmental ethics. Third, environmental effects on human health can be affected by our actions on the environment [4, 5]. Thinking about public health, and public health ethics, as separate from environmental issues is problematic [6]. Fourth, biotechnologies aimed at protecting the environment can raise ethical issues similar to those raised by biotechnologies aimed at any other goal. Genetically engineering humans to limit their impact on climate change may currently be a thought experiment [7], but it is an illustrative one. "Doing" bioethics or environmental ethics without the other fails to do justice to the tensions which arise between the environmental and the human elements of such possibilities, and ultimately between biocentric and anthropocentric views of ethics itself. Fifth, how far does a view of human good focused on health take us in exploring environmental questions? Prioritizing different views of the good without clear The ethics of life itself


The virus causing mosaic in sponge gourd was readily transmissible by mechanical means from sponge gourd to sponge gourd and to other plant species belonging to Cucurbitaceae. The virus was also transmissible by four aphid species viz; Aphis gossypii, A. craccivora, Brevicoryne brassicae and Dactinotus carthami in non-persistent manner whereas, it was not transmissible through the seeds of virus infected fruit of sponge gourd. The virus was found to be inactivated between temperatures 65 to 75°C and between dilutions of 10−4 to 10−5 and remains viable upto 5 days (120 hrs) at room temperature (28–30°C). On the basis of symptomatology on sponge gourd, mechanical, seed and aphid transmission and physical properties; the virus is tentatively identified as watermelon mosaic virus-1 (WMV-1) presently known as Papaya ring spot virus-watermelon strain (PRSV-W).


The effect of the following preservation methods and the compound preservation methods, ozone, vacuum, ultraviolet, ozone and vacuum, ultraviolet and vacuum on the sterilization and the growth of lactobacillus were compared by using the unpacked red-stewed duck as the solid medium. The results showed that, these preservation methods had varying degrees of effect on instantaneous sterilization, of which the methods of UV, ozone could reduce the growth of lactobacillus, the compound of UV and vacuum could extend the lag phase of lactobacillus. Anyhow, these preservation methods could extend the shelf life to some extent.


The southern part of Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal flows through the core areas of the southern valley of Yangzi River.Most of the cities along the canal were built besides lakes and rivers.From ancient times to the late Qing Dynasty,the driving forces for formation and development of these cities include geographical,climate,environmental,political,military,economic and cultural ones,especially the traffic function of the canal.


Wheat gliadin and glutenin epitopes for atopic dermatitis were degraded by crude proteases from germinated wheat seeds (PGW). PGW contained cysteine and serine protease activities and hydrolyzed gliadin epitope peptide, PQQPF, at both pH 4.5 and 7.5. The other gliadin epitope peptide, QQPFP, and the overlapped peptide of the two epitopes, PQQPFP, were fully hydrolyzed by PGW at pH 7.5, but were weakly hydrolyzed at pH 4.5. PGW also hydrolyzed the glutenin epitope peptide, QQQPP, at pH 7.5 but only partially at pH 4.5. A 16-mer peptide, CSQQQQPPFSQQQPPF (Glu-16), which incorporated this glutenin epitope twice, was also hydrolyzed by PGW at pH 4.5. Glu-16 was degraded by PGW into QQPP, QQQPP, QQPPF and QQQPPF, as confirmed by mass spectrometry.


A congestion avoidance and control scheme that monitors the incoming traffic to each destination and provides rate-based feedback information to the sources of bursty traffic so that sources of traffic can adjust their packet rates to match the network capacity is described. The congestion avoidance mechanism at nodes on the periphery of the network controls incoming traffic so that it does not exceed the capacity of paths to different destinations. The congestion control mechanism at each node monitors the performance of adjacent links and generates rate control messages that warn the sources of traffic before congestion develops. Some existing schemes are reviewed, and the congestion avoidance and control scheme and its applicability to various transport protocols are discussed. Experiments show that the scheme is effective in preventing congestion inside the network and that it manages to restrict the traffic on any overloaded path to 80%-90% of its capacity.<<ETX>>


Uterine cervical varix is a rare finding during pregnancy, and it can cause significant bleeding during pregnancy. We present here a case report of cervical varix coexisting with placenta previa. In this case report, we describe the clinical course, diagnosis, and follow-up of a 33-year-old woman at 31 weeks of gestation with placenta previa complicated by cervical varix, when she presented for the first time with antepartum hemorrhage. Speculum examination, followed by transvaginal ultrasonography with color Doppler, confirmed the diagnosis of huge cervical varices. A healthy baby was successfully delivered at 36 weeks of gestation by cesarean section. Clinicians should be aware of this entity, to avoid misdiagnosis and be vigilant to prevent maternal morbidity.


Chiral core–shell nanostructures containing raspberry-like gold cores and well-defined dense organic shells are synthesized by an in situ method using a natural antioxidant catechin as the reducing agent. This method is flexible and enables control over the shell thickness by adjusting the molar ratio of catechin to HAuCl4. Transmission electron microscopic analysis shows the formation of core–shell nanostructures with somewhat raspberry-shaped gold cores. The proposed mechanism explains that catechin reduces Au3+ to metallic Au to gold nanostructures and gets oxidized to different oligomeric products that are adsorbed in situ and assembled through H-bonding and form a thick organic shell around the generated gold nanostructures. Each of these oxidized forms of catechin is well-characterized by FTIR, ESI-MS, and MALDI-TOF-MS spectroscopies. This reaction follows a radical pathway as confirmed by electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy. Due to the presence of a compact and dense shell, the rate of gold core dissolution sharply decreases compared to that of the dissolution of monolayer protected Au nanoparticles when etched with KCN solution. The optical activity of the core–shell nanostructure is the result of the interaction between chiral shells and gold cores as observed by circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy. The chiral core–shell Au nanostructures exhibit a CD band at the plasmon resonance frequency (∼596 nm). Finally, these chiral core–shell nanostructures are used as an effective catalyst in the borohydride reduction of p-nitrophenol.


The spin-lattice interaction for Mn + ions as substitutional impurities in CaCO& has been studied by electron-paramagnetic-resonance (EPR) experiments in crystals under externally applied uniaxial stresses. The shifts of the EPR lines of Mn2+ were measured as a function of the stress applied along the three different directions that accept uniaxial forces in this crystal. The values of six second-order spin-lattice coefficients for the Mn + site were obtained from the data. We also obtained two conditions relating linear combinations of the other four second-order coefficients. Contributions to the spin-lattice interaction of terms of fourth order in the effective spin have been detected. Our results are used to discuss the effect on the EPR spectrum of the different distortions of the carbonate ions surrounding the Mn +.


In the framework of circuits for 5G, this paper presents an innovative power efficient method to design cascaded distributed amplifiers. Validation is achieved with a 55-nm CMOS technology by ST -Microelectronics developed for the mm-wave range. Several rules are specified for analysis and design of an optimum structure, making the part between the number of trans conductances to be distributed and the number of distributed stages to be cascaded. Attention is also paid to the trade-off between power consumption and tunability. The Cadence Virtuoso tool is used to simulate the design which shows a targeted gain of 20 dB±0.8 dB over a bandwidth of 120 GHz with a power consumption of 174mW and an estimated area of 0.3 mm2.


Low temperature during reproductive stage of spring wheat causes sterility of pollen grains and reduced yield. Field experiment was conducted during the winter season in the farm of Indian Agricultural Research Institute with wheat crop to study the effect of temperature on phenology and pollen sterility of spring wheat crop. Lower mean temperature during the crop growth period led to enhanced the crop growth period in both aestivum and durum varieties of wheat crop. Results showed that in early sowing treatment pollen sterility percentage was very high (46.1%) in HD 2851 variety. This in turn led to decreased pollen germination and lesser yield in wheat crop. Pollen germination was maximum between mean temperatures of 18-20C, while at lower temperatures germination of pollen grains got reduced in all wheat varieties. A good positive correlation was obtained between pollen germination percentage and yield (R 2 =0.65) of wheat crop. Data from this experiment indicate that low temperature during reproductive phase could limit wheat yield by affecting its phenology and fertility of pollen grains. Adaptation measures need to be developed for reducing yield loss of wheat in areas experiencing very low temperature during anthesis stage.


The use of singlemode fibers on aircraft has been limited due to the perceived robustness of the connection and cost implications compared to multi-mode fiber systems. However, single-mode fibers are required for certain functions such as wavelength division multiplexing, analogue RF over fiber and fiber Bragg grating systems for structural health monitoring. In this paper a selection of connectors using singlemode fibers have been assessed for their operation in the presence of contaminants, both particulate and fluid. Butt-coupled connectors and expanded-beam type connectors were assessed under the same conditions. The results have shown that different connector designs behave differently in the presence of contamination but no single design could perform well over all test conditions. The results of the tests will be presented and discussed.


The Wind Atlas of Italy, first developed in 2002, was refined by ERSE (former CESI RICERCA S.p.A.) in 2006, when it was also enlarged to offshore areas up to 40 km from the coastline. It displays maps of annual average wind speed (m/s) and specific energy production (MWh/MW) up to 100 m above ground or sea. This Atlas is published in an interactive version (named ATLAEOLICO). The Italian Wind Atlas is based on maps calculated using the WINDS model developed by the Department of Physics of the University of Genoa and has then been fine-tuned by comparison with measuring data from over 400 stations scattered all over Italy. Concerning offshore areas, the calibration of maps resulted more difficult because of the lack of direct measurements. The resulting uncertainty of wind maps over offshore areas has been estimated from a minimum of 2 m/s to a maximum of more than 3 m/s, which results in an uncertainty of no less than 1000 MWh/MW in specific energy production, too high for reliable evaluation of energy production. To reduce this uncertainty, a new wind measuring station has recently been installed at Pianosa, a small uninhabited and flattish island located in the Adriatic Sea off the Gargano promontory, one of the offshore areas with higher discordance of wind speed values among the various maps published so far. This island could also be taken as representative of the transition from the southern zone with better resources to the less promising northern part of the Adriatic Sea. This paper presents the results of the first eight months of measurements at this station. These results have been analyzed by commercial codes for wind resource assessment and then compared with available information on wind resources in the same area, mostly measurements from satellite and coastal stations, and other published wind atlases.


In bioinformatics, multiple sequence alignment is an NP-hard problem. Hence, bio-inspired techniques can be used to approximate the solution. In the current study, a hybrid genetic algorithm has been proposed to solve multiple sequence alignment problems i.e., termed as GAPWA. In which, two new mechanism have been proposed. First one is for initial population generation, and another for crossover and mutation operation. In the initial population generation, Needleman Wunsch pair wise method is adopted. In the second mechanism, modified crossover and mutation operation is used. In the performance analysis, GAPWA is compared with some of the well-known existing methods such as PRRP, DIALIGN, HMMT, SB-PIMA, GA, SAGA, and RBT-GA on a number of benchmark datasets from Bali-base 2.0. The obtained results show that the proposed approach GAPWA achieves better solutions compared to existing approaches in most of the cases.


This study aims to determine the effect of giving Iles-iles synbiotic effervescent tablets to decrease blood sugar levels of hyperglycemic white rats and find out the lowest dose of effervescent tablets in decreasing blood sugar levels. This study used the Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with single factor (dose of Iles-iles synbiotic effervescent tablet) with 4 levels (dose 0.045 gram/day (½ normal dose), dose 0.09 gram/day (normal dose), dose 0.18 gram/day (2X normal dose) and Control (without treatment dose). The analysis carried out was blood sugar levels and rat body weight. The administration of Iles-iles synbiotic effervescent tablets can reduce blood sugar levels in white mice but does not affect changes in the weight of white mice. The biggest decrease in blood sugar levels in white rats for synbiotic month was obtained from the administration of a dose of 0.18 grams/day (normal 2X dose) which was as much as 49.16% The administration of effervescent tablets in the fourth week with a normal dose of 0.09 grams/200 grams of weight has been able to reduce blood sugar levels in white rats to normal levels.


It is known that Computer Algebra Systems such as Maple [9], Mathematica [10] and etc. have assisted us greatly in numeric, algebraic and symbolic computations, which are pivotal for our teaching, learning and research. We have also seen the impacts of 2D Dynamic Geometry Software (DGS) such as Geometers' SketchPad [11], Cabri II [12] and etc in mathematics education . In this paper, we use examples to demonstrate, from users'point of view, how the integration of CAS with a 3D DGS provides us crucial 3D visualizations and theoretical verification needed in teaching and research in mathematics and its applicable fields.


A bed cover restraining assembly for restraining a bed cover 12 in relation to a bed 10 comprises one or more bed cover supports 20 adapted to be coupled to the bed and releasably attached to one or more corresponding points on the bed cover such that the horizontal position of the bed cover relative to the bed is subject to restraint, without restricting the freedom of an occupant or occupants of the bed.


A multi bit phase change memory device and a method for fabricating the same are provided to obtain a small transition volume by forming doping patterns having different levels of doping density. A first electrode(71) is formed on a substrate(51). A second electrode(85) is separated from the first electrode. A phase change pattern(80) includes a plurality of doping patterns. The phase change pattern is inserted between the first electrode and the second electrode. The doping patterns have different levels of doping density. An interlayer dielectric(73) is formed on the substrate. The phase change pattern is arranged within a contact hole of the interlayer dielectric. A contact spacer(74) is formed between the phase change pattern and the interlayer dielectric.


This article describes one of the approaches for determining the relevant characteristics of audio signals on the example of interjection studies. The comparative evaluation is based on the technical characteristics of the audio signals recorded on the dictaphone of interjections, which are, first, the same in semantic analysis, and second, close in sound to each other, but pronounced with different intonation.


Concomitant with the growth of baccalaureate social work programs over the last decade has been a growing concern over student supervision at the participating field work agencies. In an effort to learn more about thIs aspect of the field education curriculum, a questionnaire was sent to the undergraduate Field Work Directors at 299 C.S.W.E. accredited programs. Results underscore continued reliance on supervisors with academic training in social work. The use of non-academically trained social workers seems to pivot around student's interest and resources available, and points to a possible need for training in the area of social work values.


This study examined the attitudes knowledge and experiences related to spouse abuse which was conducted among 2000 female residents of Texas. Using survey questionnaires 64.98% (n = 1210) were analyzed with 82% being White respondents 6.7% being Black 9.4% being Hispanic and 0.7% being of other ethnic origin. Findings revealed that about 8.5% of the respondents were victims of abuse within the past 12 months of the study with 29.7% being abused throughout their lifetime. This study estimates that at least 436072 women over 18 years were abused by their partners over the past year with 317528 suffering physical abuse. Legal husbands were indicated as the abusers in most cases in both the 12 months and lifetime periods (80% previous year; 87% lifetime). About 21.8% of the respondents claimed of knowing a close friend being abused by the partner during the previous year. Majority of the respondents (75%) regarded all items of the survey as abuse with significant differences in the perception of seriousness of the abuse. Respondents suggested several approaches to the problem including criminal prosecution. Less than half of the respondents claimed of being aware of available services for abused women although only 1% have utilized such services because of fear.


Chapter 1 Vocabulary in the Classroom: A Theoretical and Practical Perspective *What Does the Research Tell Us About Vocabulary? *What Does It Mean to Know a Word? *What Is Effective Vocabulary Instruction? Chapter 2 Learning Vocabulary from Context *Learning from Context *Encouraging Informal Word Learning *Learning to Problem-Solve with Context *Using Contextual Methods to Present New Vocabulary Chapter 3 Integrating Vocabulary and Reading Strategy Instruction *Developing Strategic Reading *Vocabulary in Strategic Reading Instruction *Classroom Examples Chapter 4 Learning Vocabulary in Literature-Based Reading Instruction *Literature-Based Reading Instruction *Figurative Language Chapter 5 Learning Vocabulary in the Content Areas *Teaching New Meanings for Known Words *Teaching New Words for New Concepts *Teaching New Words for Known Concepts Chapter 6 Using Dictionaries and Other References *The Nature of Definitions and Defining *The Nature of Dictionaries *Understanding How to Use a Dictionary *Using Dictionaries in the Classroom *Knowing Other Resources for Word Learning Chapter 7 Assessing Vocabulary Knowledge *Assessment for Instruction *Standardized Measures of Vocabulary *Diagnosis for Special Needs Chapter 8 Vocabulary Instruction for Diversity: English Language Learners and Struggling Readers *Making Connections Through Topic Relatedness *Making Connections Through Word Relatedness *Making Connections with Imagery *Making Connections: English-Language Learners Chapter 9 Vocabulary and Spelling Instruction Using Structural Anaysis *Morphological Connections *Spelling and Morphemic Analysis *Etymology Chapter 10 Wordplay in the Classroom *Why Do WordPlay in the Classroom? *Using Books About Words *Using Riddles, Jokes, and Puns *Using Word Games *Using Art for WordPlay *Using Drama *Using Puzzles *Using Computers Appendices A School Dictionaries B Books for Expanding Vocabulary and Wordplay C Computer Programs with a Vocabulary Focus (Including Publishers' Recommended Levels) D Vocabulary/Word Games References Name Index Subject Index


Bearingless motors combine torque generation and suspension force capabilities into one electromagnetic actuator. However, design optimization of bearingless motors is more complex than with traditional motor structures. The combined levitation and motoring performance cannot be quickly evaluated by using Computer Aided Design (CAD) tools applied in traditional motor designs. This work proposes a bearingless motor design chain. The initial dimensions of the test case motor are iteratively derived. The levitation performance is verified by using a lumped parameter model. The fine tuning of the rotor geometry is carried out by using the Finite Element Method (FEM). The objectives for the FEM optimization are a minimum torque ripple, minimum levitation force variations, and maximum torque and force capacities. Finally, experimental force angle measurements of a manufactured test case machine with a unique method are provided. Application of differential evolution is presented and discussed in both analytical and in FEM design steps.


The paper elaborates the skill flow of cottage seedling-raising of Taxus yunnanensis in Diqing prefecture including nursery land preparation,bedding,shed,scion plucking and processing,density,season and method of cottage,and then temperature,humidity,weeding,fertilizing,pest and disease control and etc and also summarizes the technique key points in particular.


In Nagasaki Experimental Tank, flow visualization techniques have been developed to understand the character of the flow field together with the quantitative measurement by multi-hole pitot tubes. The observation of flow is made mostly in the towing tank using the same model as used for the resistance and self-propulsion tests.In this paper are presented some typical examples of the flow visualization techniques currently employed. The methods are varied both their individual objectives; surface coating for detection of limited stream lines on the hull surface, twin tufts for observation of direction and fluctuation of boundary layer flow, and the tracers (bubbles, polyethylene particles, color dye and clay mixed water) for obtaining wider view of the flow around a hull.Mention is made also of the observation of flow over propeller blades and the inflow to a heavy loaded propeller operating in the cavitation tunnel.


We obtain conditions under which every positive solution of a difference equation of the form y n+1=y n-1 f(y n-1, y n ), n=0, 1, 2, … is attracted to its positive equilibrium. We also obtain conditions under which every positive solution approaches a two-cycle, which may be an equilibrium. The results apply to a population model with two age classes


With the rapid development of the cause of coal mine, the use of equipment in electrical automation design more and more important. Computer large scale integrated circuit invention, in various fields has been widely used. Mesh PLC programmable control technology is the new achievement of the development of the computer miniaturization, due to their own have special logic and arithmetic function, in coal mine hoister gas control system play a very important role. This paper introduces the characteristics of PLC, the paper discussed the coal mine hoister gas control system, the design and application.


This is a summary of work in progress of Rome Laboratory's advanced development effort for system engineering automation known as Catalyst. Catalyst is a process-based integration infrastructure that improves the effectiveness of systems engineers and their supporting specialty engineers. Plans to demonstrate the integration infrastructure are underway and potential scenarios with threads of system engineering activities are currently being explored. Catalyst's operational concept, its capabilities and benefits are described through a potential demonstration of the process of risk management using the technique of technical performance measurement.


Unmanned Aerial Gliders (UAGs), are a class fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) that are particularly well-suited to applications involving long endurance and range. By relying on atmospheric energy, most commonly in the form of thermal updraft, UAGs are able to gain altitude and extend flight time while preserving on-board battery energy to further prolong the mission. While previous research has investigated autonomous soaring for UAGs, the focus has been on detecting and exploiting thermals while in gliding flight. In this work, soaring algorithms are adapted to detect the presence of thermal updraft while in either powered or gliding flight. This allows the aircraft to latch onto thermals at any point during flight and capitalize on atmospheric energy to preserve on-board battery energy. Furthermore, to generate a sink polar for use in the soaring algorithms, both analytically and experimentally, digital DATCOM is used to analyze the aerodynamics of the aircraft in the former case, and a Rauch-Tung-Striebel smoother is proposed to filter experimental flight data for postprocessing. The algorithm is subsequently integrated into the PX4 flight stack and testing is performed in a Software-in-the-Loop environment. Simulation results show the improvement in efficiency gained by using atmospheric energy through all phases of flight.


Introduction The Superconducting Submillimeter-Wave Limb-Emission Sounder (SMILES) was designed to be aboard the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) on the International Space Station (ISS) as a collaboration project of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT). Mission Objectives are: i) Space demonstration of super-conductive mixer and 4-K mechanical cooler for the submillimeter limb-emission sounding in the frequency bands of 624.32– 627.32 GHz and 649.12– 650.32, and ii) global observations of atmospheric minor constituents in the stratosphere (O3, HCl, ClO, HO2, HOCl, BrO, O3 isotopes, HNO3, CH3CN, etc), contributing to the atmospheric sciences. 3 Scientific targets of SMILES


The control of thermally induced warpage on electronic packages is an important issue during their fabrication process and assembly. Apart from a commonly used finite-element method and experimental methods for thermally induced warpage analysis of the packages, it still needs a fundamental theory to provide an insight of mechanics to assist and further check the finite-element and experiment-obtained results, especially for critical parameter identification. This article aims to take a close look into the well-known, closed-form Suhir theory for calculating thermally induced deformation of die–substrate assembly and correlate it with a finite-element analysis and further to propose a new Suhir-solution-based theory for predicting the thermal deformation of flip-chip packages. Through this article, the shear-effect region has been found, and its effect on curvature distribution over entire package length and corresponding warpage has been examined in terms of elastic modulus and thickness of underfills. The other parameters such as extended substrate and fillets of underfill are also studied. The limitation and feasibility of the theoretical solution to thermal deformation (warpage) prediction of flip-chip packages are discussed in detail by comparing with the finite-element and moiré experimental results in this article.


Because the coatings are likely to produce new mistuning which aggravates the vibration failure of coated blades, it is particularly important to study the mistuning identification for coated blades. In this study, the degrees of freedom of the whole disk of the coated blisk is completely constrained, and the orders of the dynamic model of the coated blisk based on component mode mistuning (CMM) method is further reduced. Based on this model, a novel mistuning identification method for the coated blade of the coated blisk by small amount of experimental data is proposed, which can identify the mass, stiffness and damping mistuning of the blade substrates and coatings. The input parameters with high amount of data, such as modal shape matrix, are removed from identification formulas, thus, both the amount of data for identification calculation and the workload of vibration testing are reduced. The mistuning identifications of the numerical case and actual case are carried out respectively, and the identification process of the mistuning identification method in this paper is compared with the one based on the classical CMM model. It is shown that the mistuning identification method is effective and feasible, and the identification efficiency is higher than the classical CMM identification method.


The issue of illicit drugs has played a radically different role in the ongoing peace talks between the Colombian government and the FARC in Havana compared with the peace process in El Caguán ten years ago. There are two differences. First, while Pastrana aligned himself with the war on drugs as it stood at the time through the design and implementation of Plan Colombia in order to strengthen the state's military apparatus, Santos has had a more revisionist attitude by calling for a global debate intended to produce changes to the current war on drugs. And second, in contrast to Pastrana, Santos has chosen not to dwell on claims about the close links between the FARC's insurgent activity and the production and trafficking of illicit drugs. Additionally, I suggest that these differences are explained by the role the United States played in both negotiations. While the US was active and crucial in El Caguán, its absence from the Havana has been quite visible but also rather convenient. That absence, in turn, is explained by the fact that Washington has fewer interests at stake as well as more limited resources for intervening, at the same time as the Colombian government no longer has an urgent need for aid.


of that in glycogen and starch the hydroxyl in position a substituent in the be to a methyl derivative of glycogen.


Opaque object detection and image acquisition are perfectly done with the techniques collecting reflections from the object. However, transparent object detection is a challenge due to the complex nature of light interacting with it. The characteristics of light such as absorption, transmission, reflection, and refraction in transparent objects makes its acquisition challenging. Single-pixel imaging (SPI), which uses a single pixel sensor to capture the image, is an evolving technology. The proposed study focuses on designing a 2D single-pixel transparent object inspection system which utilizes compressive sensing and 11 minimization approach. A novel camera architecture based on Digital Micromirror Device (DMD) along with Compressive Sensing (CS) algorithm is adopted for image reconstruction. Two-dimensional image reconstruction of transparent objects is performed by collecting transmitted light intensity from the object with a single-pixel detector. With the CS algorithm, good quality images are reconstructed with few measurements in contrast to large data required for Nyquist criteria. The digitized input for CS algorithm is based on the inner product between the transparent object and a set of random patterns projected from the DMD. The transparent object detection was achieved using only 30% of the total pixels in the image with the reconstructed images showing around 60 percent similarity to the real object. Our experimental setup has been compared to a conventional imaging system to prove its efficiency in obtaining accurate results. Furthermore, our technique is nondestructive, does not require raster scanning, not time-gated detection and benefits from compressive sensing.


Energy comprehensive utilization evaluation is an essential item for production-used energy consumption decision of petroleum enterprise, but also a key component for energy consumption decision. This thesis evaluated the energy comprehensive utilization level of petroleum enterprises based on the grey-correlation approximation around the reasonable application of energy and effectively overcame the shortcomings that the conventional ranking method of approximation to ideal solution cannot fully explore the similar information of data. Moreover, the application results represent that the energy comprehensive utilization evaluation of petroleum enterprises based on grey-correlation TOPSIS is simple but practical, scientific and reasonable.


125 ity (VEL), gait stability ratio (GSR). The start position for the 8and 20-ft walk course was the same. Time and steps walked were recorded by two trained raters. Data from 118 subjects who completed both walks were analyzed using descriptive statistics and intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC). Results: Seventy percent rated their health as good or excellent; and 57% used an assistive device. Means (sd) for the 8-ft CAD = 1.79(±0.3); 8-ft VEL=0.83(±0.31); 8-ft GSR =2.38(±0.79). Means (sd) for the 20-ft CAD =1.76(±0.32); 20-ft VEL=0.87(±0.35); 20-ft GSR =2.26(±0.76).ICCs were moderate to excellent: ICC CAD = 0.792, 95%CI 0.700-0.855; ICC VEL = 0.912, 95%CI 0.873-0.939; ICC GSR = 0.941, 95%CI 0.915-0.959. Conclusions: When environmental constraints prohibit the use of the 20-foot walk test, the 8-foot walk test can be used to obtain cadence and velocity measures as well as the gait stability ratio. Clinical Relevance: The capability of selecting a shorter walk test to obtain gait characteristics provides therapists with a tool that can be used in multiple locations.


Abstract The oil of Tanacetum nubigenum Wallich ex DC. was analyzed by GC and GC/MS. In addition to 10.7% of sabinene, nearly 44% of the oil of T. nubigenum collected above 3600 m in the Kumaun region of the Indian Himalaya consisted of (-)-cis-chrysanthenol and its esters. The oil also contained ∼3% of esters of exo-6-hydroxycamphor, ∼1.6% 3,6;6,9-bisepoxyfarnesa-l,7(14),10-trienes as well as ∼3.5% of 6,9-epoxyfarnesa-l,7(14),10-trien-3-ols.


The papers for this session contain three major themes. Hartner ' s paper discusses the endemic schizophrenia that exists in society, Buchanan is concerned with exploitation, and Lewis Mumford + emphasizes the organization of science. Rather than analyze these themes in detail I would like to indicate some of the relation  ships hitherto not brought up between nature, humanistic studies


The invention relates to a partition plate (1) and to a method for producing a partition plate (1) for a multi-layer pressed stack (3), whereby the partition plate (1) can be inserted as a pressing plate into the composite of a multi-layer pressed stack (3) to be produced, in particular between two multi-layers (2). The aim of the invention is to prevent the detrimental image transfer between the multi-layers (2) that has previously occurred in prior art in a cost-effective manner. To achieve this, the partition plate (1) is configured as a steel sheet, but not as a stainless steel sheet and said steel sheet has a tensile strength of at least Rm >/= 500 MPa and/or a yield strength of at least Rp0.2 >/= 470 Mpa, at a temperature of approximately 180 DEG C.


For Wilde, dandyism was a philosophy and an attitude toward life. Embodied in his plays, it functions as a rationale for the actions and attitudes of his characters, as a coherent system which forms the basis for their thoughts and their conduct. In the great tradition of the Romantic exile artist, Wilde rejected the middle-class, Philistine society of his day. Its coarseness, its pitiless morality, and its incomprehension of beauty were all alien to him. Searching for a new basis for life, Wilde, the most extreme of esthetic critics, turned to the only part of experience in which he had faith, to art-whose secret for him lay always in the achievement of perfect form. He took form, the basis of art, turned it into a philosophy of life in which esthetics replaces ethics and, as we shall see, introduced it into his plays cloaked with the elegance and wit of nineteenth-century dandyism.


The dynamics of on-line learning in neural networks with continuous units is dominated by plateaux in the time dependence of the generalization error. Using tools from statistical mechanics, we show for a soft committee machine the existence of several fixed points of the dynamics of learning that give rise to complicated behaviour, such as cascade- like runs through different plateaux with a decreasing value of the corresponding generalization error. We find learning-rate-dependent phenomena, such as splitting and disappearing of fixed points of the equations of motion. The dependence of plateau lengths on the initial conditions is described analytically and simulations confirm the results.


One-hundred and twelve consecutive Nigerian patients (92 men, 20 women) aged 40-94 years (mean 62 years) undergoing surgery under general anaesthesia in the University of Benin Teaching Hospital were studied. Ninety per cent of the patients were from the urban area of Benin city, comprising civil servants, factory workers, and labourers, while the remaining 10 o came from the rural areas of Bendel State and were mostly farmers. The diet of both groups was essentially a high-fibre Nigerian one. The weights of some of the patients were not recorded but most were of average weight. Patients who had operations on the neck and legs or had a recent history of DVT were excluded. The thyroid gland was blocked by giving sodium iodide 100 mg orally 24 hours before operation and then once a day for three weeks; 100 ,uCi of "25I-labelled fibrinogen (obtained from the Radiochemical Centre, Amersham) was injected intravenously into each patient two hours after operation. Scanning with Pitman's localisation monitor 235 was carried out from the first to the 10th day after operation, and any physical signs ofDVT were noted. Details of the test and criteria for diagnosis of DVT have been described elsewhere.3 Thirty-four patients (20 men, 14 women) developed postoperative DVT, giving an incidence of 30 % (22 % among men; 70 °% among women). DVT occurred in only the right leg in 10, in only the left leg in 18, and in both legs in six patients. DVT was localised to the calf in 30 patients and extended to the lower third of thigh in four. Twenty-four patients (70 %) developed DVT within 72 hours and four developed it on the fourth, three on the fifth, two on the ninth, and one on the tenth day after operation. Four patients were found to have DVT by physical signs. Ten of the 34 patients who developed DVT were overweight while two were underweight.


The effect of contact time, BF-3 and pretreatment temperature of Al-2O-3 were studied.It was found that chemical reaction and physical absorption occured between BF-3 and Al-2O-3. Their frequency depended on OH concentration on Al-2O-3 surface.


We investigate a dictionary learning approach in the context of image denoising via sparse coding, where the dictionary is adapted for Null Space Tuning (NST) recovery algorithms. We formulate a modified optimization problem for NST dictionaries and we propose a variant of the Iterative Shrinkage/Thresholding (ISTA) ISTA and Learned-ISTA iterations for learning it. The resulting model is evaluated in the context of image denoising with Deep K-SVD. Simulation results show faster convergence and improved efficiency, at least in the context of smaller training datasets.


Part 1 Muslim nationalism in China - a fourth tide: Qing Zhen - expressions of Hui identity state power and the evolution of an ethnonym the problem - who are the Hui? sociocultural diversity among the Hui three tides of Islam in China the fourth tide - ethnic nationalism in an age of nation-states. Part 2 Ethnographic research and the Chinese state: theoretical perspectives on Hui identity the rise of the nation-state and the invention of ethnicity Han nationalism and the creation of nationalities in China derivative discourses and Chinese traditional nationalism the ethnogenesis of the Hui - from Muslim to minority nationality the research - in search of the Hui the unity and diversity of Hui identity - four communities in flux. Part 3 Ethnoreligious resurgence in a northwestern Sufi community: a fundamentalist revivial in Na homestead? the rerooting of identity in Na homestead ethnoreligious roots the socioeconomic context local government policies and Na national identity truth within purity - expressions of Na identity. Part 4 Ethnic identity in Oxen Street - the urban experience: making Hui in the city - the urban problem Oxen street, an urban Hui enclave recurring texts in Oxen Street the socioeconomic context of Oxen Street Hui identity government policy and urban strategies the culture of purity - Hui identity in the city. Part 5 The other great wall - ethnic endogamy and exclusivity in a Hui autonomous village: ethnohistorical origins of a Hui autonomous village ethnic coherence and Changying identity Changying traditions of rural entrepreneurship ethnoreligious marriage traditions in Changying preserving purity through ethnic endogamy - ethnoreligious strategies and government policy in Changying. Part 6 Ethnic invention and state intervention in a southeastern lineage: no pigs for these ancestors - the memory of Muslim ancestry in Chendai the cultural basis for Chendai Hui identity socioeconomic factors in Chendai Hui identity ethnic identity and national policy - the "Taiwanese Muslims" public policy and ethnic revitalization in Chendai becoming ethnic in China purity within truth - Hui identity among southeastern lineages. Part 7 Conclusion - national identity in the Chinese nation-state: the people of the People's Republic - finally in the vanguard? the social life of labels objectified ethnonyms in the northwest the hardening of ethnonyms in the southwest "sub-ethnic" identities and the question of Han ethnicity the rise of "united nationalities" ethnic pluralism in Chinese society the dialectics of nationality policy and Hui identity ethnicity and nationalism in the People's Republic. Appendices: Hui Islamic orders in China a select glossary of Hui Islamic terms.


Partially stabilized zirconia was vacuum furnace brazed to itself, to nodular cast iron, and to commercially pure titanium with a Ag-30Cu-10Sn wt% filler metal. Wetting was obtained by coating the ZrO 2 surfaces with Ti prior to brazing by RF sputtering or electron beam evaporation. Braze joints made with Ti-sputter-coated ZrO 2 contained high levels of porosity, but those made with Ti coatings deposited by evaporation, referred to as Ti-vapor-coated, contained little or no porosity. Brazing caused the ZrO 2 within about 1 mm (0.04 in.) of the joint surfaces to turn black in color, and thermodynamic analysis indicated that the discoloration was likely due to oxygen diffusion out of the ZrO 2 into the Ti vapor coating during brazing


The concept of norm is the key to biology and medicine. Recently, the norm has been associated with harmony. That which leads opposites to unity is harmony. It is closely related to the proportion of the golden ratio. The golden ratio is the basis of human health. Deviations from it can be used in medicine to diagnose pathological conditions. This fully applies to the work of the heart. The mathematical expression of harmony, symmetry is a method of assessing the norm of the heart. The golden proportion is manifested in the relationship of the temporal parameters of the cardiocycle, volumes of the left ventricle, types of blood pressure: pulse, diastolic, systolic. It was found that the golden proportions of systole, diastole and cardiocycle close to 0,382,0,618 are observed in men with a heart rate of 65 beats/min, in women - 55 beats/min. This mode of work of the heart corresponds to the rest of the body and is the norm. During physical activity, changes in the parameters of the cardiocycle occur (symmetry transformation). Violations of the golden relationship of the phases and the cardiocycle indicate damage to the heart. The magnitude of these deviations from the golden ratio depends on the severity of heart failure. Golden harmony in healthy people can be traced in the relations between the volumes of the left ventricle. These relationships are the ideal norm. Deviations in the relationship of volumes from golden ratio are a manifestation of pathology. Based on the principle of golden symmetry in healthy people, the normal EF is 623%, and not 50-80% as is accepted in practice. It is not an indicator of the norm. The mechanical activity of the heart is also determined by the laws of harmony. Pulse, diastolic and systolic blood pressure in healthy individuals are among themselves in the golden ratio (0,618). Violations of golden ratio are found in unstable forms of hypertension and damage to the heart muscle. Golden symmetry is the basis of the reference of the norm and the identification of pathologies of the human heart.


The atopic dermatitis is prevalent diseases having the clinical image, i.e. symptomatic pruritus, long-term relapsing course, resistance to conducted therapy.


How the Stars Were Made - Michael Askill, percussion. Southern Cross SCCD 1021 (Duration 9:23, Digitally recorded from ABC Classic FM, 17/02/05)


Cancer, a diagnosis so dreaded and scary, that its fear alone can strike even the strongest of souls. The disease is often thought of as untreatable and unbearably painful, with usually, no cure available. Among all the cancers, breast cancer is the second most deadliest, especially among women. What decides the patients' fate is the early diagnosis of the cancer, facilitating subsequent clinical management. Mammography plays a vital role in the screening of breast cancers as it can detect any breast masses or calcifications early. However, the extremely dense breast tissues pose difficulty in the detection of cancer mass, thus, encouraging the use of machine learning (ML) techniques and artificial neural networks (ANN) to assist radiologists in faster cancer diagnosis. This paper explores the MIAS database, containing 332 digital mammograms from women, which were augmented and preprocessed, and fed into a custom and different pre-trained convolutional neural network (CNN) models, with the aim of differentiating healthy tissues from cancerous ones with high accuracy. Although the pre-trained CNN models produced splendid results, the custom CNN model came out on top, achieving test accuracy, AUC, precision, recall and $\mathbf{F}_{1}$ scores of 0.9362, 0.9407, 0.9200, 0.8025 and 0.8572 respectively while having minimal to no overfitting. The paper, along with proposing a new custom CNN model for better breast cancer classification using raw mammograms, focuses on the significance of computer-aided detection (CAD) models overall in the early diagnosis of breast cancer. While a diagnosis of breast cancer may still leave patients dreaded, we believe our research can be a symbol of hope for all.


High transparent and homogeneous poly(urethane acrylate) (UA Polymer)/silica hybrids were obtained by using strong ionic interaction between carboxylic acid groups of the UA Polymer and amino moieties of silica resulting from 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTEOS). The ionic interaction was directly confirmed by FT-IR measurement. The homogeneity of the obtained UA Polymer/silica hybrids was examined by SEM, TM-AFM and nitrogen adsorption porosimetry studies. Thermal property of the polymer hybrids was also checked by TGA study. Furthermore, the semi-interpenetrating polymer network (semi-IPN) structured UA Polymer/silica hybrids, where UA Polymer was dispersed in silica gel matrix, were changed to the IPN structured polymer hybrids by photo-induced cross-linking between UA Polymers. The change of the surface hardness, solvent-resistant property, and surface roughness on nanometer scale depending on the formation of IPN structure was investigated.


Abstract : Let Y(1),...,Y(n),(Y(1)<Y(2)<...<Y(n)) be the order statistics of a random sample from a distribution F with density f on the real line. This paper gives a class of estimators of the derivative f'(x) of the density f at points x for which f has a continuous second derivative. These estimators are based on spacings in the order statistics Y(j+k(n)) - Y(j), j = 1,...,n-k(n), k(n)<n, and are shown to be consistent under suitably given conditions. These estimators are then used to estimate a related regression curve in a manner similar to Nadaraya (Theory Prob. Appl., 10, 1963, pp. 186-190).


Thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) are one of the most conventionallyused protective materials which are employed as insulation media to save underlying metallic substrate from harmful effects at high temperature services In this study, a finite element-based numerical method was developed to simulate stress distribution in conventional and functionally graded thermal barrier coatings applied on the Hastelloy-x. Comparisons of simulation model results with experimental results of nano-indentation stress measurement method showed good agreement. The results of simulation showed that in samples after thermal shock without oxidation time (without Thermally Grown Oxide layer-TGO), the average value of the maximum stress is 29 MPa in duplex TBC (interface of top coat /boncoat), 3.15 MPa in three-layer FG-TBC system (interface of 50% NiCrAlY 50% YSZ / YSZ) and 1.8 MPa in five-layer FG-TBC system (interface of 25% NiCrAlY75% YSZ / YSZ). Also, the stress distribution is more uniform in five-layer FG-TBC system that helps to increase the performance and extend the life time of thermal barrier system. Review History: Received: 2017/08/10


This research is quantitative correlations designed ex-post facto. The population is all students of mathematics department from 2012/2013 until 2014/2015 IAIN Palopo totaling 291 people. The sampling technique used was proportional random sampling with a sample of 73 students. The collection data using by documentation and test. The result showed that: (1). The overview of the literacy al - Quran is 53 students from 73 have a very high ability (72,5%). This means that the literacy Quran students in terms of known/recognize letters hijaiyah, able to read the Quran and write some verses in the Quran have been classified as very good. (2). The mathematical ability is 50 students from 73 have a very high ability (68,5%). Thin means that that the ability of students in terms of reasoning, inductive reasoning, comprehension, problem solving, connections, communication, analytical thinking and creative thinking as well as a very good analogy are included, and (3). The ability to read and write Quran student has a significant correlation with math skills. This is based on the results of hypothesis testing inferential analysis that showed a correlation coefficient r = 0608 and the coefficient of determination r2 = 0.3697 or 36.97%. Interpretation of results is quite or moderate


Human breast cancer primary cultures are useful tools for the study of several aspects of cancer biology, including the effects of chemotherapy and acute gene expression in response to different hormonal/chemotherapy treatments. The present study reports the conditions for primary culture of breast cancer samples from untreated patients and the most effective collagenization method to dissociate human samples consisting in an overnight incubation with 1 mg/ml types II or IV collagenase and further incubation in DMEM:F12 (1:1) medium supplemented with glutamine, bovine insulin, penicillin–streptomycin, HEPES, estradiol, cortisol (F), tri‐iodothyronine (T3), transferrine (TR), and 10% fetal calf serum (FCS). These conditions proved to be appropriate for both primary culture and the development of stable cell lines. Of the seven cell lines obtained, three fast growing and estrogen receptor (ER)+/progesterone receptor (PgR)+/EGF receptor (EGFR)+ have been characterized. The cells are able to grow both in soft agar and in nude mice, and express cytokeratins, all parameters characteristic of malignant epithelial cell lines. The cells also exhibit an increased proliferation rate in the presence of estradiol, progesterone, and EGF, suggesting the presence of the corresponding receptors. The mRNA expression of type α‐ and β‐ER as well as EGFR, was confirmed by RT‐PCR. In conclusion, the novel cell lines described, arose from primary tumors and are sensitive to estradiol, progesterone, and EGF. This not only expands the repertoire of breast cancer cells available as potentially useful tools for examining most parameters in breast cancer "in vitro", but also provides unique new models to explore the complex regulation by steroids as well as growth factors in such cells. © 2003 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


1. Introduction We say a closed convex subset of the Banach space (X; k k) has the xed point property (fpp) if every nonexpansive mapping T : C ?! C has a xed point. Here, T nonexpansive means kTx ? Tyk kx ? yk, for all x; y 2 C. We ask which nonempty


Objective To analyze the causes of seasonal and structural shortage of blood supply in order to ensure the clinic needs for blood transfusion. Methods Blood collection and supply situation was retrospected in the last 3 years,and the ABO blood group distribution in various blood components transfusion was analyzed. Results Both winter and summer were the reasons of reduced blood collection. Blood demands,however dramatically increase in summer,over the average of the full year' s needs. ABO blood group distribution in clinic blood use is close to the distribution of nature population whereas blood type A presented a shortage. Conclusion The government as well as blood supply centers should take measures to encourage blood donation in the slack seasons of the year so as to ensure the blood supply.


In the modern era of globalization, it has become a green revolution, going green, environmental protection challenge to keep the customers as well as consumers in fold and even keep our natural environment safe and that is the biggest need of the time. Green marketing is a tool used by many companies in various industries to follow this trend. Consumers are also aware of the environmental issues like; global warming and the impact of environmental pollution. Green marketing is a phenomenon which has developed particular important in the modern market and has emerged as an important concept in India as in other parts of the developing and developed world, and is seen as an important strategy of facilitating sustainable development. In this research paper, main emphasis has been made awareness concept, need and importance of green marketing. Data has to be collected from multiple sources of evidence, in addition to books, journals, websites, and news papers. It explores the main issues in adoption of green marketing awareness practices.


The first part of this article presents a demographic analysis of differences in divorce patterns between France and Czechoslovakia. The second part examines social factors affecting divorce in France.


Purpose: The overall objective of the study was to investigate the influence of devolution strategies on the quality of healthcare services in Nairobi City County.Methodology: A descriptive survey research design was employed for this research. The target population was 460 staff of Mbagathi Hospital. Stratified random sampling was undertaken where a sample of 139 hospital staff was selected. The study used questionnaires to collect data from the hospital staff and observations in the hospital environment and infrastructure. The study made use of quantitative methods of data analysis by use of SPSS version 19.0 as well as descriptive and inferential analysis. Data presentation was in form of frequency tables and descriptions.Results: The study found that human resource management, financial management, leadership and management and health infrastructure management have a positive and a significant effect on quality of healthcare services in Nairobi City County. In addition, organization culture moderates the relationship between devolution strategies and quality of healthcare services in Nairobi City County.Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: The study recommends that an organization should adopt devolution strategies in areas concerning human resource management, financial management, leadership and health infrastructure in order to enhance coordination and overall management of the health sector. It also recommends the government to be effective in the running of devolution strategies to ensure better health care at the county level.


Double nut for attachment that is controlled components using a bolt connection, a tension sleeve having configured a female screw so that it can be screwed to the threaded end of the bolt, which is configured to be supported by the component pressure and a pressure sleeve. Female thread of the pressing sleeve is configured to screw the male thread of the tension sleeve, so that this female screw of the pressure sleeve are separated by a distance equal to the thread of the few turns from the end of the tension sleeve facing the component to engage in such a male screw. Male thread tension sleeve is supported by the component, the tensile having a support bushing that is configured to be extended over the sleeve and compression sleeve, bolt tightening to accommodate the type screwing the pull bushing of the cylinder It is further configured.


Optionally a metal on a substrate having a patterned-nanostructure surface of the metal, a method of coating by electroless plating have been disclosed. The method includes preparing a tool having a patterned-nanostructure surface having a surface region having a nanostructured surface; replicates the patterned-nanostructure surface of the tool substrate, the patterned-nanostructure surface of the substrate it is formed; a metal layer disposed on the patterned-nanostructure surface of the substrate, forming a patterned-nanostructure surface region of the metal; forming a self-assembled monolayer on the patterned nanostructured surface region of the metal it; it exposing the self-assembled monolayer to an electroless plating solution containing the coating metal; and includes depositing a selective electroless plating the coated metal on a surface region having a nanostructured surface of a metal . Articles made by this method is also disclosed.