The lesions produced in rabbits by carotid-jugular cross circulation or temporary carotid-jugular shunts have been described in detail in previous papers.1'2 These studies have shown that fibrinoid lesions confined to the coronary arteries and cardiac valves can be produced in a high percentage of rabbits by either of these two methods when small amounts of heparin are used as the anticoagulant. It was shown also that the administration of other substances such as sodium polyanethol sulfonate (Liquoid), cortisone, meningococcal endotoxin, colloidal iron, or Thorotrast in conjunction with the shunting procedures resulted in the development of diffuse fibrinoid lesions which involved the lungs, heart, liver, spleen, and kidneys. When either colloidal iron or Thorotrast was used, it was observed that these substances were deposited within the areas of fibrinoid deposition, and admixed with this material beneath the endothelium of the coronary arteries and within the substance of the cardiac valves. Similar diffuse fibrinoid lesions were produced in rabbits given meningococcal endotoxin in conjunction with the administration of corti-sone,3 sodium polyanethol sulfonate,4'5 colloidal iron,6 or Thorotrast.T These observations supported the hypothesis that cross circulation or temporary arteriovenous shunt procedures acted in a manner similar to an intravenous injection of gram negative bacterial endotoxin. Thomas, Denny, and Floyd' reported that fibrinoid lesions of the coronary arteries and cardiac valves were produced in rabbits infected with group A hemolytic streptococci and given an intravenous injection of meningococcal endotoxin. Similar lesions were observed in rabbits given endotoxin after infection with pneumococci.9 a further


Most bacteria in natural environments live in multispecies biofilms, featuring high diversity and chemical heterogeneity. The cell-to-cell proximity found in these biofilms results in biotic interactions and niche-partitioning, facilitating co-existence of species that may otherwise out-compete each other. Additionally, due to the fast generation time of microbes and ceaseless biotic interactions, biofilms accelerate adaptation through the emergence of more fit genetic variants, most probably in response to niche-partitioning and local constraints. We have previously isolated and characterized biofilm-optimised (wrinkled) variants of Xanthomonas retroflexus. These variants emerged in biofilm co-cultures with Paenibacillus amylolyticus and reinforced the original interspecific mutualistic interaction, due to altered c-di-GMP regulation and spatial organisation.

The aim of the present study was to examine the impact on gene expression profiles of either co-cultivation of the wild type (WT) or the wrinkled variant X. retroflexus with P. amylolyticus or its supernatant. We hypothesised that the gene expression of the two X. retroflexus strains would differ significantly and that these differences would be even more pronounced when co-cultured with P. amylolyticus or its supernatant.

Mono- and dual species biofilms were grown in 24-well plates for 24 h. The liquid culture was removed, and the remaining biofilm from the sides of the wells and the air-liquid interface was sampled and processed for mRNA sequencing. After sequencing, X. retroflexus reads were mapped against its concatenated genome and genes of which expression differed by fold changes of log2 <-1 and >1 were considered differentially expressed.

Unexpectedly, most marked differences in gene expression were observed when comparing mono-cultures of the WT and the wrinkled X. retroflexus, as approximately 500 genes were differentially expressed in these biofilms. Of these, 30 genes were predicted to encode biofilm-associated functions. When exposed to either live P. amylolyticus or its supernatant, expression profiles of the WT and the wrinkled variant were more similar, with the living partner P. amylolyticus being the key factor of this stabilization. Specifically, the stabilisation was caused by opposite regulation of specific genes in the wrinkled X. retroflexus variant compared to the WT in mono- vs. co-culture conditions.

In conclusion, our data indicates that differences in gene expression of X. retroflexus WT and the biofilm-optimised variant were neutralised by co-cultivation with P. amylolyticus. To our knowledge, such comparative analyses of ancestral and biofilm-optimised variants have not previously been presented, despite being instrumental in elucidating evolutionary trajectories of such variants in complex environments.


This paper is an attempt to exploit a set of analogies between music and law. Both the originalist movement in law and the so-called period instrument movement in classical music gathered momentum in earnest in the late 1970's and the early 1980's. And both were reactions to earlier traditions of interpretation, in law and music respectively, the traditions that the partisans of the new movements deemed insufficiently faithful to the objects of interpretation. "Authenticity" is a term that musicians and critics often use to talk about the ideal of fidelity in musical performance. Importantly, what kinds of performances count as authentic depends on what properties are constitutive of musical works. The legal analogue of this relation, I believe, should help us to think carefully about originalism, which involves a particular way of conceiving the ideal of authenticity or fidelity in legal interpretation.


This article analyzes the political consequences of the "War on Terror" on the status of Islam in European public spaces, especially restriction of religious activities and practices. These restrictions are interpreted as the outcomes of a securitzation process, constructing Islam as an existential threat that requires extraordinary and emergency procedures outside the bounds of regular political procedure.


In this paper,aprincipal component analysis method was applied to test and evaluate the relationship between trace elements and quality of 12 commonly used Chinese herbal medicines for promoting blood circulation for removing blood stasis.The method described 3 principal components and related equations according to impact factor scores of the components,which was used to evaluate the qualities of 12 herbs integrately.The results provide predominant scientific basis for development and application of herb medicines.


Since the eighties of the 20th century, a sphere of learning slowly which become interdisciplinary of complicated science, especially (SFI) The research institute is the outstanding figure in this even more, the expert who combines each discipline domain consults each other in order to absorb all the useful ideas, hope to make use of the research or discovery of the complicated science field, in order to solve the complexity of the nature or the human society and complicated problem. This text regards appearing thesis in the center about running as, appear Emergentism about the branch system that is a complicated science coming out in development of the 1990s, appear Emergence one unpredictable, non-linear ,non- balanced ,strange attractor and self-organize , it to follow one lasting growth phenomenon of growth, then develop into certain scale, appear Emergence phenomenon take place right away on here probably. In order to appear it Emergence in terms of explaining the place or community of some cities after the city plan, it is a kind of newer try, has not had research in this respect yet at home to individual's knowledge. This text Emergentism with John Holland of the SFI (John Holland) CAS and the CGP for main fact and Chaos for theory, is it "The Death and Live Great American Cities" of Jane Jacob opinion in city planning and Alexander "A city is not tree "and urban phenomenon naturally to mix, it explains to complement and link with the network. Prove or explain a certain case place and community by appearing Emergence, can make use of some or part and the whole or greater than the relation of linking of whole parts, influence each other, interaction is it probe into to come, destroy already existing society link by structure phenomenon right away lose perhaps when planning, it is not incident to appear suddenly before new link and has not happened. The research approach of this text develops into and passes in history, regard space phenomenon as latitudes, complement observation passing the present situation with the humane society. Its mutual influence function body is divided into field, traffic of the railway, common assembly hall, film street of west retail sales to manage era in Japan (theater) , five parts of shop public house. It becomes the most prosperous CBD of Taiwan that the national government manages an area of the west under after The Second War, its interaction body is the field red building, school, Tianhou Temple, film street, department store of west retail sales (shop street) , six parts of pedestrian district on foot. The ones that find the field of Xi Men , Red Theater building in case that this text studies are dashed Emergence for twice: It is 1930 times for the first time, it is 1960 times for the second time. Propose the scheme in the conclusion, ' appearing Emergence in the complicated system is with release ' to emphasize the stratum relation of environmental levels that this text studies and is thought to consult, from some secondary systems, some(part) Reach the whole or greater than the whole part, in order to appear suddenly from bottom to top, it is a kind of merger phenomenon, in order to release from top to bottom, may make for planner's main reference principle in the plan or the design of city.


We report a nonlinear photonics platform possessing a substantial second-order susceptibility and demonstrate the enhancement of second-harmonic generation in resonance with excitons. Here, exposed-core fibers, functionalized with MoS2 monolayers provide a long light-matter interaction scheme.


Aiming at the shortcomings of the mechanical seal RF connector used in present explosion experiments,a novel sealed RF connector based on glass-sealing technology is designed,and the theoretical calculation and the strength analysis are also presented.This study provides the design foundation for the development of new type sealed RF connectors used in the explosion condition.


A plurality of multi performing a simulation with respect to the core model in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention comprises a core simulator, and wherein the multi-multi-core simulation system - Multi including a host processor running a core simulation core simulation corresponds to a stage, a first core step read the first target instruction to be performed on the model, the first target instruction of allocating shared translation block cache that is used in common for the plurality of core model in the working memory, wherein generating a first translation block consisting of the instruction set used by the host processor, and then stored in the first shared translation block translation block cache, the method comprising performing the first translation block in the first core model, the second stage reads the second target instruction, the same as the second target instruction to be performed in the core model Those containing the same information, the translation block including the content and phase, and the first target instruction is the second target instruction to retrieve from said shared translation block cache, performing the first translation block in the second core model and a step of.


A system for automated management Ballast cleaner, the process of creating a digital model of the way and the project for electronic Ballast cleaner.


This article presents the results of a survey on perceptions of managerial competence in organizations of developing IT projects. The study was conducted with professionals from 14 organizations and sought to assess the perception of these professionals working in development projects on the skills of project managers. In each of the organizations the same questionnaire was submitted to a project manager and three team members (not necessarily all the same project). The data were subjected to a series of statistical analysis suggest that a distinct perception among managers and team members. In general, the latter are a more accurate assessment of the organization's practices in various aspects, especially related to behavioral skills. As an example, we observed that project managers have a more positive perception that team members about their skills.


A method is proposed for the determination of the absolute configuration of amino acids with low enantiomeric excesses by using asymmetric autocatalysis of pyrimidyl alkanol with amplification of enantiomeric excess.


Quality of life for patients with anosmia is very low. They have problems in finding appropriate foods for eating and cannot even use perfumes due to overuse issues. According to reports of a summit of the Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke National Council, it is estimated that about 3 million American adults suffer from disorders of taste and smell. This study reviews some etiologies of anosmia and quotes some studies that have investigated this disorder. Here are some reasons for anosmia reviewed in this study: Trauma to the nasal cavity, Occlusive diseases of the nose and sinus; Nasal obstruction as a result of nasal polyps, severe colitis, (When the obstruction is removed, sense of smell will recover. However, the smallest degree of obstruction removal in which smell is recovered is not yet known. It is assumed that the place of this reopening or the area where the air flows through to reach the olfactory cleft is right medial and anterior to the lower part of the middle turbinate.), upper respiratory infection; In general, this loss of smell is associated with nasal airway obstruction and whenever it is reopened, these problems will be resolved in 1-3 days, Head Trauma; the rate of loss of smell is 5-10 among them. The rate of loss of smell to some extent depends on the site of trauma in the skull. Blows to the frontal area often lead to loss of smell. Senescence; Although older people may be afflicted with loss of smell due to any of the reasons discussed here, they may simply lose their sense of smell because of illnesses associated with dementia or the process of senescence. Congenital: History of individuals with congenital loss of smell shows that they are healthy from other aspects and at the age of about 8 they have gradually realized that their friends, parents, sisters, and brothers can perceive things that they are not capable of perceiving them, Exposure to toxic substances, Neoplasms; Intracranial and intranasal tumors can affect the sense of smell. The most common intranasal tumors include inverted papilloma, adenomas, squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), and esthesioneuroblastomas. Patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus, Epilepsy, Psychological disorders, Medications, Surgery, Idiopathic.


The Men and Cancer webinar was organised by Global Action on Men's Health in collaboration with its official journal, the International Journal of Men's Social and Community Health. The event was generously supported by an educational grant from Advanced Accelerator Applications, a Novartis company.


We propose and test empirically the role of financial information, namely earnings and cash flows in France. The dataset consists of more than 1000 French firm-year observations. Regression analysis is undertaken to test the major research hypotheses. The major conclusions drawn from the empirical results are summarized as follows. First, results indicate that indeed both earnings and cash flows are taken into consideration by French investors in their investment decisions. Second, given cash flows, results show that earnings are always very important to investors and financial analysts for investment purposes. However, results reveal that investors in France place much more attention to earnings and less attention to cash flows and that earnings in France are valued more than earnings in other Anglo-saxon countries. Moreover, results show that investors pay more attention to longer-run earnings and cash flows rather than to shorter-run financial information. In summary, the evidence provided in this study supports that indeed there are substantial differences in the way investors and financial analysts perceive financial information such as earnings and cash flows in France. The results of this study should be of great importance to the major stakeholders such as investors, creditors, financial analysts, especially after the latest financial scandals and collapses of giant organizations worldwide. Furthermore, these results support that fundamental analysis does play a very important role in the capital markets and it should be taken more seriously into consideration by the stakeholders for investing, credit, financing and valuation analysis purposes.


Intrinsic fluctuations on device characteristics, such as the threshold voltage (Vth) fluctuation is crucial in determining the behavior of nanoscale semiconductor devices. In this paper, the dependency of process-variation and random-dopant-induced Vth fluctuation on the gate oxide thickness scaling in 16 nm metal-oxidesemiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs) is investigated. Fluctuations of the threshold voltage for the studied planar MOSFETs with equivalent oxide thicknesses (EOT) from 1.2 nm to 0.2 nm (e.g., SiO2 for the 1.2 and 0.8 nm EOTs, Al2O3 for the 0.4 nm EOT and HfO2 for the 0.2 nm EOT) are then for the first time compared with the results of 16nm bulk fin-typed filed effect transistors (FinFETs), which is one of the promising candidates for next generation semiconductor devices. An experimentally validated simulation is conducted to investigate the fluctuation property. Result of this study confirms the suppression of Vth fluctuations with the gate oxide thickness scaling (using high-κ dielectric). It's found that the immunity of the planar MOSFET against fluctuation suffers from nature of structural limitations. Bulk FinFETs alleviate the challenges of device's scaling and have potential in the nanoelectronics application.


Background. The risk for breast cancer and the sex hormone abnormalities noted in breast cancer patients have been demonstrated in women with upper body fat obesity. The objective of this study was to determine if the visceral component of upper body fat obesity was correlated with breast cancer risk.


Abstract : The controlled introduction of oxygen into GaAs and In(x)Ga(1-x)As during metal organic vapor phase epitaxy was studied through the development of unique oxygen doping sources. The electrical, optical and other deep level properties of the GaAs: defect were studied over an oxygen concentration range of 10(exp 16) to 10(exp 20)/cu cm. Oxygen introduces several levels into the band gap of GaAs leading to the compensation of the electrically active shallow dopants and a reduction in the band edge photoluminescence. High resistivity GaAs films can be produced using oxygen doping with resistivities in excess of 10(exp 9)/Ohms. cu cm indicating that this material can be one of the most effective device isolation materials yet developed. Since this process is easily integrated into the existing MOVPE growth technology, high resistivity layers can be made part of the device structure. The immediate application of these materials could be in microwave devices where the high resistivity of the materials can be used to eliminate the device crosstalk which can diminish the performance of these circuits. High power electronic devices and higher performance optical detectors may also be possible. jg p.1


With regard to the connectedness of the political subject and its community, Rawls's theory of justice has often been criticised by the thinkers whose thoughts are oriented towards community. Rawls was considered to have impoverished the political subject by treating it as floating individual, rooted out of its foundation in community. In the middle of the debate that was still going on around this matter, an edited version of the young Rawls's thesis was published. Despite the fact that this did not help much in saving this philosopher from the criticism by the communitarian thinkers because of his final preference that leaned towards political conception, the ethical theological work at least showed that communitarian position was once chosen by Rawls. By reading and comparing and juxtaposing this work with his later works, we can see that Rawls, the proposer of justice as fairness , did not completely drop his younger thought on person and community. In other words, between the theological ethics of the Young Rawls and the justice theory of Rawls there is a continuity of thought. This can be sensed among other in his basic assumptions on the individual and the society, those he implies in his argument on the 'difference principle' and the 'principle of equal opportunity'. Keywords : *person *personality *individual *community *society *difference principle *principle of equal opportunity *fairness *equality *equality in community *civic friendship *interpersonal *relationship *comprehensive doctrine


This paper is based on a reading of the eight volumes of diaries of Frederick Septimus Kelly (1881-1916) and the supporting documentation, purchased from an English book dealer in 1979, supplied by the National Library of Australia. What these voluminous writings offer, among other things, is a unique insight into the way an expatriate musical career was built within the wider context of musical and social institutions at a crucial time in the regeneration of British music. What they reveal is valuable talent typically lost to Australia through the general assumption that such talent was best sent to develop elsewhere.


In Theory IIb we characterize with a mix of theory and experiments the optimization of deep convolutional networks by Stochastic Gradient Descent. The main new result in this paper is theoretical and experimental evidence for the following conjecture about SGD: SGD concentrates in probability like the classical Langevin equation – on large volume, "flat" minima, selecting flat minimizers which are with very high probability also global minimizers. This work was supported by the Center for Brains, Minds and Machines (CBMM), funded by NSF STC award CCF 123 1216. This memo reports those parts of CBMM Memo 067 that are focused on optimization. The main reason is to straighten up the titles of the theory trilogy.


Sensing coverage and energy consumption are two primary issues in wireless sensor networks. The performance of a sensor network depends to a large extent on the sensing coverage, and its lifetime is determined by its energy consumption. In real- world applications, it is unrealistic to guarantee all sensors have the same energy because they have different energy consumption. Moreover, sensors redeployment also results in the heterogeneous energy capacities. In this paper, an energy-efficient area coverage protocol for heterogeneous energy sensor networks (ACHE) is proposed. ACHE can achieve a good performance in terms of sensing area coverage, lifetime by minimizing energy consumption for control overhead, and balancing the energy load among all nodes. Adopting the hierarchical clustering idea, ACHE elects the active nodes based on the average residual energy of neighboring nodes and its own residual energy parameters. Our simulation study and analysis demonstrate that ACHE not only provide the high quality of sensing coverage, but also has the good performance in the energy efficiency. In addition, ACHE can better adapt the applications with the great heterogeneous energy capacities in the sensor networks.


Conventional wisdom holds that modern farming is largely incompatible with wildlife conservation. Thus policies to protect wildlife typically rely on land use segregation, establishing protected areas from which agriculture is officially excluded. Farmers are seen as problems by those promoting this view of wildlife conservation. This paper argues, however, that enhancing the contribution of farming systems is an essential part of any biodiversity conservation strategy, and requires new technical research, support for local farmer innovation, and adoption of new agricultural and environmental policies at local, national and international levels.


The present invention relates to a wireless communication system supporting the uplink and downlink multi-carrier (multi carrier), it relates to a random access (random access) method of the base station of the user equipment. The method is the same PRACH (Physical Random Access Channel) TF (Time Frequency) slot (slot) and the preamble sequence comprises a (preamble sequence) information with respect to all of the plurality of downlink carriers, each of the cell identification information and the plurality of downlink carriers system information, the step, PRACH preamble by using the received PRACH TF slot and preamble sequence for receiving a broadcasting (broadcasting) via the plurality of downlink carriers, each corresponding to the cell ID information (system information) to using the step, the method and the cell identifier information for receiving (Random Access Channel) RACH response over the plurality of downlink carriers, each for transmitting through a single uplink carrier is linked to a plurality of downlink carrier of the plurality of the downlink component carrier of the downlink carriers user's device is connected to A cell identifier (cell identifier) information and RRC (Radio Resource Control) transmitting a connection request signal. A multi-carrier (multi carrier), a random access (random access)


The traditional slot antenna array has the shortcomings of narrow bandwidth and the change of antenna radiation pattern with frequency. In order to solve the above problems, a slot planar antenna array is designed in this paper, which is easy to integrate and fed differently by substrate integrated waveguide. At the same time, in order to reduce the sidelobe level of antenna radiation pattern, the Taylor amplitude distribution is realized by changing the width of patch element and designing an in-phase and unequal-amplitude feeding network. The simulation results show that the reflection coefficient of the antenna array is less than -10 dB in the 74.2~81GHz, and the gain of the antenna is more than 20dB. In addition, the sidelobe level is less than -20 dB, and the maximum radiation direction of the antenna does not change with the frequency.


A summary of number structure scaling is followed by a description of the effects of number scaling in nonrelativistic quantum mechanics. The description extends earlier work to include the effects on the states of two or more interacting particles. Emphasis is placed on the effects on entangled states. The resulting scaling field is generalized to describe the effects on these states. It is also seen that one can use fiber bundles with fibers associated with single locations of the underlying space to describe the effects of scaling on arbitrary numbers of particles.


The alternative $\mathrm{SU}(4)\ensuremath{\bigotimes}{\mathrm{SU}(2)}_{L}\ensuremath{\bigotimes}{\mathrm{SU}(2)}_{R}$ gauge model, which allows unification of the quarks and leptons at the TeV scale, is studied in detail. We discuss the implications for nucleon decay, B and K rare meson decays, and neutrino masses. We also explain how this model solves the gauge hierarchy problem without using supersymmetry or extra large dimensions.


Passivated emitter and rear cell (PERC) silicon solar cells are currently being migrated to mainstream production in recent years. However, emitter recombination loss has become the main limiting factor in the PERC devices. The emitter region is formed using ion implantation followed by a diffusion process, and the process variables such as dose (cm-2), energy (keV), diffusion time (s), and temperature (oC) play a crucial role in the formation of the emitter region with desired properties such as peak doping concentration as well as the thickness of emitter region. The influence of these process variables on the performance of PERC solar cell is not investigated in the literature using process and device simulations. Therefore, to examine the emitter region performance in terms of ion implantation dose of phosphorus, an industrial standard stacked nitride-based front and back dielectric antireflective coated PERC solar cell has been designed and simulated by using Silvaco TCAD based process and device simulators. The objective is to analyze the influence of ion implantation dose of phosphorus on the performance of the PERC device while keeping the rest of the process-related parameters intact. A comprehensive analysis of the proposed research work has been studied using the current density-voltage (J-V), EQE curves and photovoltaic (PV) parameters. The PERC solar cell exhibits the highest conversion efficiency of 25.2% at the optimized phosphorus dose of 5×1015 cm-2. The PERC device under consideration reflects short circuit current density (JSC) of 41.78 mA/cm2, open-circuit voltage (VOC) of 0.72 V, and fill-factor (FF) of 83.57%. The reported study may open a window for the experimental work to understand the influence of phosphorus ion implantation dose on the quality of the emitter region and for further enhancement of conversion efficiency of the PERC solar cell.


Adhesion is an inflammatory repair process that occ urs following tissue injury. NSAIDs with their COX inhibition potential are known to prevent adhesions to a certa in extent. Their role in thwarting the inflammatory process is responsible for a setback in the repair process ult ima ely leading to the prevention of adhesions. The present investigation was carried out to prevent post surgi cal abdominal adhesion by Achnil and diclofenac sod ium. 15 female rabbits were randomly assigned to 3 groups c ontaining 5 animals each on the basis of body weigh t for induction of surgical adhesion and respective treat ment. Observations revealed that animals in the con trol group were weak and emaciated following surgery. Diarrhoe a and loss of body weight was evident. Animals in d iclofenac sodium group showed minor advantage over control. H wever, Achnil treatment was able to salvage animal s from distress as evidenced by clinical sign data on day14. No mortality was observed with Achnil treated groups. Oxidative stress and inflammatory parameters like ( IL-17 and TNFα) were improved significantly in the Achnil treated groups as compared to diclofenac sodium. Gr oss necropsy revealed presence of severe adhesions in the control and diclofenac sodium treated groups. In ca se of Achnil, adhesions were found to be absent. Ad hesion percentage and tenacity were significantly higher i n the control groups. diclofenac sodium caused only a modest reduction in the adhesion percentage and tenacity a s compared to the Achnil treated groups. Histopatho logical evaluation showed inflammatory infiltration and col lagen deposition in the adhesion tissue on a severe scale in the control group. Inflammatory infiltration was compar able in the Achnil and diclofenac sodium treated gr oups. Tissue from Achnil treated animals showed only minor infil tration and collagen deposition as compared to cont rol. Based on the results, it was concluded that Achnil is abl e to prevent surgical adhesions in rabbits.


The kinetics of CO and methanation on supported ruthenium and nickel catalysts were studied at atmospheric pressure and at temperatures between 190 and . The simultaneous methanation of mixtures of CO and was also investigated at the same conditions. The rate of formation for CO hydrogenation at partial pressures of CO between 0.001 and 0.08atm was described by the expression . The rate of formation for hydrogenation at partial pressures of between 0.01 and 0.2atm was described by a zero-order equation . It was found that in simultaneous methanation of the CO and over Ru and Ni catalysts, CO entirely suppressed the hydrogenation of whereas did not affect the methanation of CO. Thus, the kinetics of the methanation of mixtures of CO and was the same as that of CO alone.


Intelligent lighting control system can control lights to go off when people leave, which has been widely concerned by researchers.,In this study, an intelligent lighting control system based on wireless sensor network was designed. First, the hardware and software designs of the system were described briefly. Then, the lighting control algorithm was analyzed emphatically. Considering the illumination and uniformity of light, an intelligent lighting control algorithm based on gradient descent was designed.,In the system test, it was found that the system had a good through-wall communication function, and the communication distance could fully meet the system requirements and run normally. In the test of the lighting control algorithm, it was found that the user's satisfaction on uniformity in different scenarios was close to 1, and the satisfaction on illumination could also meet the user's needs, which verified the reliability of the lighting control algorithm.,This study provides some theoretical supports for the better application of wireless sensor network in intelligent light control system, which is conducive to the further development of light control system.


We study the problem of generalization of Oresme numbers with a new sequence of numbers called Oresme polynomials. Moreover, by using the matrix methods for Oresme polynomials, we obtain the identities including the general bilinear index-reduction formula of these numbers. Further, Oresme polynomials that are natural extensions of the $k$-Oresme numbers are introduced and some relations for the derivatives of these polynomials in the form of convolution are proved.


The utility model discloses a retrieve and multilevel processing glass device for chemical waste water, include: a plurality of recovery unit, the device that stews, first solid processing apparatus, the fixed processing apparatus of second, first liquid processing apparatus, second liquid processing apparatus and collection device, a plurality of recovery unit communicate the connection respectively the device stews, first solid processing apparatus communicates the connection the stew bottom of device, first liquid processing apparatus communicates the connection the stew side on the upper portion of device. In this way, the utility model discloses a retrieve and multilevel processing glass device for chemical waste water pass through the solid -liquid respectively multilevel processing purify, with strong points, purify thoroughly, handle convenient, efficient, safe practicality, have extensive market prospect in a retrieve and multilevel processing glass device for chemical waste water's popularization.


Much of the moving beyond the bust to boom has been fuelled by the increasing internationalization of organizations. More and more businesses are becoming global in nature with several US-based firms establishing subsidiaries or partners in other countries. At the same time, information technology (IT) is becoming more ubiquitous and an integral part of business processes. As organizations become increasingly more dependent on IT to survive in competitive environments, the need increases for IT competent business managers. The intersection of these two trends leads to a vital question: how can we use concepts and guidelines related to assessing the IT-competence of business managers that are developed in one country to the context of another country In this paper, we examine this issue by adapting a model of IT competence developed and validated in Canada to the Norwegian context. Using a multi-method approach based on interviews conducted in several organizations, and a questionnaire survey, we made several changes to the model.


A novel technique is proposed for coupling near-infrared and visible optical power to high-temperature superconducting (HTS) optoelectronic structures, fabricated on a high-index substrate, by means of the excitation of surface plasmon polariton (SPP) waves at the interface of the HTS layer and a metal cladding. The modal characteristics of these guided waves differ from those of the SPP modes of a metal slab bounded by symmetric or asymmetric dielectric layers because of the presence of a high-index semi-infinite substrate at close proximity. The modal dispersion of the guided mode exhibits a cutoff with increasing HTS thicknesses. Inasmuch as the HTS layer possesses a large extinction factor, it absorbs most of the optical power, whereas in a conventional dielectric-metal structure, the power is virtually absorbed by the metal. Furthermore, the variation of the coupling efficiency as a function of the HTS thickness is examined, and it will be demonstrated that the surface plasmon-assisted coupling technique outperforms unguided illumination schemes. The proposed technique and structure are particularly useful for guided-wave superconducting optoelectronic devices, including superconducting photodetectors and photomixers.


Based on document study and logic approaches,this paper discussed the ideology of school physical education in modern China from a historical perspective,and summarized the basic characteristics and regular changes of the ideology. Guiding ideology for school physical education in the new era were then put forward including life-long physical education, harmony of physical and mental health,and skill education.


In view of the time-varying harmonic problem existing in the coal mine, two methods of segmented FFT transform and wavelet packet transform are used to detect the time-varying harmonic. Based on the research on the power quality index and harmonic generation mechanism of the key power supply equipment of the underground branch power grid in the coal mine, combined with the actual production of the coal mine, a practical and effective power quality detection method is proposed, and an intelligent diagnosis system for the health status of the power supply equipment in the coal mine is developed. Through the real-time monitoring of the harmonic parameters of the power grid, the operating parameters of the power grid, and through the comprehensive analysis and judgment of the working status of the equipment of the underground power grid, the system can achieve the comprehensive judgment of the fault of the key equipment of the underground branch power grid and achieve the purpose of fault location and early warning.


Proline-rich EVHlligand 1 (Prell) and Proline-rich EVHI ligand 2 (PreI2) belong to Prel
gene family. Both genes are homologous and participate in cellular integrin activation.
Pre12 interacts with GTPase called Ras in GTP-bound state and is essential in regulating
cell adhesion and migration. It has been identified to involve in mechanism assisting
endocytosis of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) that participates in development
of arious diseases such as cancer. However, the comprehensive and mechanistic model of
protein signaling involving cell migration is still unavailable. Hence, Prel2 is selected as
candidate gene with zebrafish (Danio rerio) in this study to examine its function. This
tudy was done partly to verify the occurrence ofPrel2 gene duplication as well as to fulfill
our understanding on the importance of Prel2 during vertebrate development. The
methodology involves colony peR, plasmid extraction, DNA sequencing, zebrafish
cultivation, RNA probe preparation, in situ hybridization, embryo mounting and
microscopy. Through these experiments, Prel2 genes were characterized and plasmid with
the gene construct was isolated, purified, and ready for RNA probe synthesis for in situ
hybridization of zebrafish.


The work concentrates on hydrogenation properties of intermetallic phases from the phase systems M-B (M = Li, Mg, Al, Ti, Ca), Li-Al, Li-Ga and K-Ga. Furthermore the compounds LiAlSi and Li3N have been investigated regarding their reactivity towards hydrogen. The borides with the exception of LiB are inert towards hydrogen. LiB decomposes to LiH and B. In the phase system Li-Al the phases LiAl, Li3Al2, Li2Al and Li9Al4 were exposed to hydrogen. They commonly decompose to LiH and Lithium poorer compounds, mostly LiAl. LiAl itself reacts with hydrogen to LiH and LiAl with decreased cell parameters. In situ neutron powder di raction experiments were conducted, which shed light on the reaction pathways of the decomposition under hydrogen. In the K-Ga-H System a new phase was discovered and its X-ray structure was solved. KGaHx crystallizes orthorhombic in Amm2 with lattice parameters: a= 4.5232(2)Å, b= 5.4530(2)Å, c= 12.0442(4)Å, V= 297.07(2)Å. The following atomic parameters were found: Ga1 (0 0 0.0) Ga2 ( 2 ) 0 0.9096(5) K1 (0 0 0.2948(8)) K2 ( 2 0 0.5848(8)). Contrary to literature, LiAlSi does not show any reactivity towards hydrogen. The reaction of Li3N to LiNH2 was also explored using in situ neutron powder di raction.


"Medical and Education Combination" rises in recent years, the present study from four aspects of teaching objectives, basic course construction, practical curriculum development, teaching staff to explore the special education major adjustments need to be made to accommodate the "medical Combination " in the context of a professional society for special educational needs. And this paper also discusses the current plight of building college special education under "Medical and Education Combination" context.


Terrorism is being seen as one of the most important threats against society. However, the response of states and organisations to this threat varies. One of the ways to counter terrorism is through legislation that limits the freedom of speech. This thesis explores the reasons for why some political actors have come to illegalize controversial or polemical statements about terrorism. The terrorist movements in the European Union and the Russian Federation along with the legislation on terrorism has been compared. Furthermore a study of the ideas that may affect the decison on wheter to limit the freedom of speech has been conducted. The sources that have been used are mostly policy documents, law texts and public speeches made by the head of state or by high officials. It is concluded that both the kind of terrorism in the two regions and the ideas of the
actors differ. Terrorism in the EU is mostly related to small islamist cells that have no links to separatist movements. In Russia, terrorism has tight bonds to separatist movements. The EU does not view terrorism as an existential threat and stresses the importance of preserving liberties while fighting terrorism. Russia on the other hand views terrorism as a threat to state sovereignty and territorial integrity and thus prioritizes security before freedom.


Maintenance dialysis can be continued in patients with end stage renal disease who have manifestations of human T-lymphotropic virus type III/lymphadenopathy-associated virus (HTLV-III/LAV) [now known as the human immunodeficiency virus], including the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, or who are positive for antibody to HTLV-III/LAV. These patients can be dialyzed in hospital-based or free-standing dialysis units using conventional infection-control precautions. Transmission of HTLV-III/LAV is adequately prevented by standard blood and body fluid precautions, and disinfection and sterilization procedures.


Sustainability is perhaps the greatest challenge confronting those who develop STEM outreach programs. We invited researchers to submit manuscripts for a special issue devoted to descriptions of programs that have had positive outcomes and have continued at least eight years beyond federal funding. These articles cover a broad range of topics, audiences, and STEM institutions, as address strategies that promote program sustainability.


The new Ka-band communications services require highly linear, high power amplifiers (HPAs). Traveling wave tube amplifiers (TWTAs) offer the best millimeter wave HPA performance in terms of power and efficiency, but are inferior to solid state power amplifiers (SSPAs) in linearity. This paper discusses techniques for improving millimeter wave HPA linearity. The significance and methods for evaluation of linearity are reviewed. The merits of various linearization methods are compared, typical performance presented, and trades between TWTA and SSPA linearization discussed.


【Objective】To investigate the expression and significance of Clusterin in laryngeal cancer and its relationship with expression of ki-67,tumor clinical stage and histopathological factors.【Methods】61 specimenst of laryngealsquamous cell carcinoma tissues were detected for the expressions of Clusterin,ki-67 and 10 normal laryngeal epithelium were detected for the expressions of Clusterin immunohistochemical staining for the paraffin sections(S-Pmothod) in.【Results】The rate of positive expretion for normal laryngeal epithelium and laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma was10%(1/10),91.97%(56/61). Respectively,the expression level of Clusterin in laryngeal carcinoma was much higher than that in normal laryngeal epithelium(χ2= 31.29,P 0.05) and it was related positively with pathological differentiation(rs = 0.584,P 0.05) clinical stage(rs = 0.514,P 0.05) and the expression of ki-67(rs = 0.514,P 0.05).【Conclusions】Clusterin is highly expressed in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma and is associated with the expression of ki-67 protein they may play roles in anti-apoptosis and promoting cell proliferation in the pathway of carcinogenesis in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma.


We improve a result of H. L. Montgomery and J. P. Weinberger by establishing the existence of infinitely many fundamental discriminants $d>0$ for which the class number of the real quadratic field $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{d})$ exeeds $(2e^{\gamma}+o(1)) \sqrt{d}(\log\log d)/\log d$. We believe this bound to be best possible. We also obtain upper and lower bounds of nearly the same order of magnitude, for the number of real quadratic fields with discriminant $d\leq x$ which have such an extreme class number.


This paper describes how the levels of inquiry aspects are developed by using levels of inquiry model (LOI). This study applies LOI in science learning on the matter of linear motion. The levels of inquiry within the inquiry spectrum are shown: discovery learning, interactive demonstration, inquiry lesson, inquiry lab (3 types–guided, bounded, and free), realworld applications (2 types–textbook and authentic), and hypothetical inquiry (2 types–pure and applied). This study limited levels of inquiry till the inquiry lab. The instrument used ware worksheets, videos transcript and feasibility levels of Inquiry model. This study uses quantitative descriptive and research design is one group pretest-posttest design. Samples in this study were 30 students on one of junior high school in Bandung. Results show that there is an increase in the quality of levels of inquiry aspects every meeting. The highest attainment is an interactive demonstration and the lowest is inquiry lab. The percentage of right student worksheets more than 75 % every meeting. The conclusion is quantitatively there is an increase in an aspect of levels of inquiry. The writer recommends For teachers: the levels of inquiry model can be used as an alternative learning in science learning so that the students can construct their knowledge independently. 2) For other researchers: It would be better if the instrument student's worksheet on lives of inquiry is made to be more questions of each aspect so that it can be seen its consistency. Keywords—Levels of Inquiry; Science Learning; linear motion


Difluorochloromethane (CHClF2, R22) has been used as a refrigerant for air conditioners and a raw material for the manufacturing of fluorinated compounds such as tetrafluoroethylene (C2F4, TFE), and hexafluoropyropylene (C3F6, HFP). TFE has been produced by the pyrolysis of chlorofluoroparaffins especially, R22, in the temperature ranges of 750 - 950 °C. To improve the relatively poor yield of TFE, the catalytic pyrolysis of R22 over activated carbon supported Cu-based catalysts was investigated. The catalytic activities over the prepared catalysts were compared with those of a non-catalytic pyrolysis reaction. Alteration of reactivity as a function of reaction time was also observed. At 650 °C and 700 °C, the yield for TFE over 10wt% Cu/A.C catalyst was higher than that in the non-catalytic pyrolysis. Reduced Cu catalysts were more active than CuO catalysts and the selectivity of HFP increased with increasing the amount of Cu loading in Cu/A.C catalysts. It was found that the reduced Cu catalyst was undergoing surface modification during the pyrolysis of R22 due to the reaction of Cu/A.C catalyst with hydrogen fluoride produced during the catalytic pyrolysis. The fresh catalysts and catalysts after the reaction were characterized by XRD and EDS. The metal fluoride formed during the pyrolysis was either CaAlF5 or Ca2AlF7, or their mixture


The application of computer-aided learning as a direct replacement for, as opposed to an adjunct to, lecturing is still in its infancy in higher education. This paper examines some of the reasons for its slow uptake and then describes a project to develop courseware for a large proportion of the electronic engineering syllabus within several UK higher education institutions. The first modules to be completed cover the area of computer engineering. The authors describe the philosophy and design of this courseware, and then report a series of tests in which the examination performance of students using it was compared with that of control groups taught in traditional lectures. The results clearly suggest that carefully designed courseware can lead to a large reduction in teaching time, with no significant difference in learning. They then describe the development of this courseware into what is believed to be the first degree-level electrical engineering course module to be replaced in its entirety by computer-based self-teaching. They discuss the impact of this development on the course structure, and show how the time gained has been used for additional practical work and tutorial support. Animated excerpts from this material are available by anonymous FTP.


Podcasts Brian Costar & Peter Clarke 27 September 2013 Peter Clarke talks to Brian Costar about why Cathy McGowan is likely to serve more than one term, why the Electoral Commission is under attack, and who should lead the Labor Party Likely to get a second term: Indi's new federal MP, Cathy McGowan. Cambell Klose Share CATHY McGowan might have won Indi, but what happens next? Peter Clarke talks to political scientist Brian Costar about how independent MPs fare in rural Australia and why the voters of Indi are likely to return Ms McGowan at the next federal election. And this post-election podcast also looks at why the Australian Electoral Commission is under attack, and who should lead the Labor Party. • Inside Story published before August 2016 are now archived in iTunes – just click here and scroll down the list of titles in reverse chronological order. Also in Inside Story: The insiders reveal how Indi was won Share Brian Costar & Peter Clarke


Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis (MAP), the cause of Johne's disease in animals, may be a causative agent ofCrohn's disease (CD) in humans, but the evidence supporting this claim is controversial. Milk, meat, and water could bepotential sources of MAP transmission to humans. Thus, if the link between MAP and Crohn's disease is substantiated, thefact that MAP has been detected in retail foods could be a public health concern. The purpose of the present study was toreview the link between MAP and CD, the prevalence of MAP in foods, heat inactivation, control of MAP during food pro-cessing, and detection methods for MAP. Although MAP positive rates in retail milk in nine countries ranged from 0 to 2.9%by the culture method and from 4.5 to 15.5% by PCR, high temperature short time pasteurization can effectively controlMAP. The effectiveness of pasteurization to inactivate MAP depends on the initial concentration of the MAP in raw milk.Development of highly sensitive and specific rapid detection methods for MAP may enhance investigation into the relation-ship between MAP and CD, the prevention of the spread of MAP, and problem-solving related to food safety. Collaborationand efforts by government agencies, the dairy industry, farmers, veterinarians, and scientists will be required to reduce andprevent MAP in food.Key words: Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis, dairy products, food safety, Crohn's disease


A dangerous situation is created when the pilot looks inside the cockpit for instrument information when flying combat and low altitude missions. While looking at instruments, a pilot cannot be performing situation analysis; yet not looking at instruments runs such risks as flying into the ground, particularly in low visibility conditions or in relatively featureless terrain where visual cues for altitude and attitude are inadequate or deceptive. The AN/AVS-7 HMD solves this problem for night flight for both helicopters and fixed wing aircraft which must operate in a 'nap of the earth' flight regime. The display unit mounts on the AN/AVS-6 night vision goggles and provides symbology overlaid on the pilot's outside view; cockpit instrument information is thus provided through the goggles. The pilot is immediately aware of changes in either his surroundings or the instrument readings. This minimizes the risk of critical information being missed in one area while the pilot is looking in the other. The 'day' HMD version of the AN/AVS-7 display now carries these advantages into daytime flights. This display unit operates in conditions from full sunlight to dusk, provides the same symbology as the night display, and connects to the night display interface with no aircraft modification. The day HMD mounts to the helmet using the attachment points previously reserved for the night vision goggles. This display improves the safety of daytime operations by keeping the eyes 'out of the cockpit' in difficult situations such as those presented during landings, cargo lifting and flight utilizing terrain masking. It offers the possibility of a less stressful way of familiarizing the pilot with the symbology and of the dynamic relationships it has to the aircraft and background motions. This familiarization is now accomplished during night flights using night vision goggles. The 'day' HMD is also a useful maintenance aid, easing the ground crew's checkout of the aircraft systems during the day.


Allulose, an ingredient that offers important health benefits when used as a sugar replacer, is gaining momentum now that FDA has said it does not need to be counted as an added sugar on FDA's new Nutrition Facts label.


This study aimed to investigate the Effect of the van Hiele model in Geometric Concepts Acquisition, and the attitudes towards Geometry and learning transfer of the first three grades students in Jordan. Participants of the study consisted of 60 students from the third grade primary school students from the First Directorate, Amman, in the academic year (2015-2016) and they were divided randomly into a control group and an experimental group. To achieve the objectives of the study, the teacher's guide was prepared for the unit of Engineering and Statistics "taken from the text book of Mathematics of the third grade in accordance with the model of the Hill, and the preparation of test engineering concepts which consisted of 17 questions of multiple choice, in addition to the scale of attitudes towards engineering and test learning transfer effect. Data were analyzed using ANCOVA and results were as follows: there are significant differences between the average performance of each of the two groups of the study on the scale of Geometric Concepts acquisition in favor of the experimental group taught by using the van Hiele model. And there are significant differences between the average performance of the two groups on a scale of attitudes towards geometry in favor of the experimental group taught by the van Hiele model. There are significant differences between the average performance of each of the two groups on the learning transfer test in favor of the group taught by the van Hiele model.


In view of the spread of hepatitis C virus(HCV),it still lacks an efficient anti-HCV drug or treatment until now.HCV non-structural proteins 3(NS3) protease is an important drug target in the research of the antiHCV drugs in recent years.This article reviews the active mechanism and peculiarity of HCV NS3 protease inhibitor.


As an ancient fruit tree, pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) is one of the unique fruit trees cultivated in the Mediterranean region, particularly in Iran and in the Middle East. This tree is cultivated in majority of Iranian provinces. The mineral content and medicinal properties of pomegranate have been indicated in many previous research reports. The present review focuses on the medicinal properties of pomegranate fruit. Based on previous researches, we concluded that pomegranate has several medicinal uses in human diet. All parts of pomegranate tree have medicinal uses. Anti-cancer property is the main medicinal characteristic of this fruit tree. Pomegranate fruit has high amounts of phenolic compounds with a remarkable antioxidant activity. Moreover, one of the principal phenolic ingredients of pomegranate is ellagic acid which is characterized by high antioxidant activity. This review focuses on the recent researches on the medicinal properties of pomegranate fruit. The antioxidant activities and medicinal properties of pomegranate that are effective in the treatment of certain diseases were identified. However, we collected the best results of previous studies in carried out on this subject.


The utility model relates to an air pump for an air mattress, a first air port and a second air port are arranged on the shell of the air pump, a blower device and an air direction switching device are arranged in a containing cavity of the shell, a sliding block in the air direction switching device is moved by a solenoid valve or a knob, an air valve which is plugged on the second air port is opened by a pushing slope surface in the sliding block, thereby realizing three switching modes of air inflation, pressure maintaining and air extraction of the air pump. Compared with the traditional structure of singly carrying out operations of the sliding block and the air valve at the same time by a driven rod of the solenoid valve, the air pump for the air mattress, has a reasonable structure and flexible arrangement of the first air port and the second air port, therefore, the first air port and the second air port can be respectively arranged on an upper end surface and a lower end surface of the shell, thereby realizing linear alignment, thus being beneficial to shortening an airflow path of air flows, leading air inflow more to be direct and rapid, and increasing the air inflation speed and the work efficiency of products.


Purpose – The thermal design of high‐speed electrical machines is a greater challenge in comparison with conventional electrical machines. When designing the machine, the calculated temperatures in all parts should be lower than their critical temperatures. This paper aims to perform thermal analysis for different rotor types according to the level of shield from eddy currents in order to achieve a safe thermal design of the machine.Design/methodology/approach – The machine under study in the paper is a high‐speed permanent magnet (PM) motor designed for speed n=31,500 rpm and power P=130 kW. A thermal‐network method was used for thermal analysis of the machine.Findings – The minimum value of the coolant flow in the air gap that provides an effective cooling of the machine was estimated. The coolant itself is not able to provide an effective cooling of the magnets if they are not shielded from eddy currents.Research limitations/implications – The results are obtained only by the thermal‐network method. Nu...


Research A. show that during normal pregnancy there is a decrease in the deamination and urea-forming ability of the liver.


Reversed micelle method was used to prepare titania ultrafiltration membranes. Firstly, three reversed micelle of different sizes of titania particles were prepared by using tetrabutyl titanate, water and cyclohexane, and Span-80 as a surfactant, iso-pentanol as an accessory surfactant. TEM photographs show that the size of titania reversed micelle increases with the increasing of [H2O]/[Span-80] from 13.9 to 55.5 and decreases with [H2O]/[Span-80] from 55.5 to 110.9. Pore size distributions of unsupported titania membranes agree with the TEM photographs, and show that the unsupported membrane prepared from the micelle with [H2O]/[Span-80] of 110.9 has an average pore size of about 4.5nm and its pore size distribution is the narrowest. Thus the micelle with [H2O]/[Span-80] of 110.9 was used to prepare supported titania membrane. The titania membrane prepared has a most propable pore size of 16nm by liquid-liquid displacement method and its pure water permeability is 1.57×10-4m3(m2sMPa)-1. The gas permeability of N2 and H2 are 4.3mol(m2sMPa)-1 and 14.1mol(m2sMPa)-1 respectively at normal temperature. The above results show that the titania membrane is defect-free.


The urban planning process for fast growing cities like Asian and Latin American cities poses huge challenges. One of the most important challenge is the interaction of many stakeholders who have their own tasks, tools, and data. This paper presents a data conversion process and a data model for creating interactive visualizations that support the stakeholders to solve their tasks. A prototype was implemented as a proof of concept. It supports a combined scenario to analyze traffic flow and land use in downtown Bogotá. The preliminary results show the usefulness and the potential of the application and establish new requirements for the next implementation stage.


As one rare work on domestic life and private sphere in Greek and Roman cultural history, Xenophon's Oeconomicus has significant character in its instances and arguments. Quite a lot of examples set forth in this work are taken from experiences of public life; the major arguments in the Oeconomicus are the extension and borrowing of the conclusions of Xenophon's other works on political and military affairs in public sphere, such as his Cyropaedia, Agesilaus, Hiero as well as his Spartan Constitution; and the ideal husband and housewife in the dialogue also own typical attribution of king and queen. Xenophon's Oeconomicus is one theoretical attempt to apply experience of public life, especially Xenophon's own thought on social education to private sphere; and has great influence in classical cultural history. Nevertheless, as one piece of historical document on ancient Greek family life, the utopianism and sense of social gender construction also deserve scholars' notice.


Presently for the orthophoto projects and small-scale mapping (e.g., 1:2,500) the aerial triangulation is no longer essential while Direct Georeferencing System (DGS) is available as a complementary technique. Though, it is possible to achieve sufficient accuracy by doing simultaneous block adjustment with minimum number of the ground control points, in some cases there are insufficient inaccuracies of a direct georeferencing in large scale mapping of 1/1000~1/500. It is very cost effective by reducing the expenses for the ground surveying. Further, quality control and accuracy improvement of the photo block are promising with the DGS. In this paper, the investigation of the experimental accuracy of simultaneous bundle adjustment for large-scale mapping is reported. Since 2002, the PASCO Corporation has introduced two sets of APPLANIX POS/AV for its two units of aerial cameras (RC30) and we have conducted several accuracy investigations. According to the specification of product, the accuracy levels of direct georeferencing system after post-processing are 5 30 cm for the position; 0.005 deg for roll and pitch; and 0.008 deg for heading angle in case of high-end system. As the Geoid model is also required to transform it from ellipsoidal height to orthometric height (above mean sea level), and to always guarantee the accuracy level of large scale mapping, it was considered that the simultaneous block adjustment is essential for 1:1000 – 1:500 scale mapping. Since bundle adjustment improves block geometry, it seems that the middle class DGS is accurate enough. In this paper we present the results of the accuracy evaluation using APPLANIX POS AV/DG 310. The number and configuration of ground control points were also considered.


PURPOSE: A touch panel and a method for driving the same are provided to read a target object precisely without increasing the integration of a touch sensor. CONSTITUTION: An image is displayed in a display apparatus including plural pixels, and a detection region is determined by detecting the light reflected by a target object(132) in a state that the image is displayed. The target object is read out by being equal to the gradation of the pixels in the detection region. The video signals supplied to the pixels in the detection region are equal to each other during the reading operation. A TFT(Thin Film Transistor) contacting a photo sensor installed at the outside of the detection area is in a power-off state.


Experiments and theory have produced a reasonably good qualitative understanding of the evolution of chaotic mixing of passive tracers, especially in two‐dimensional time‐periodic flow fields. Such an understanding forms a fabric for the evolution of breakup, aggregation, and diffusion‐controlled reactions in more complex flows. These systems can be viewed as a population of ''microstructures'' whose behavior is dictated by iterations of a chaotic flow; microstructures break, diffuse, and aggregate, causing the population to evolve in space and time. This paper presents simple physical models for such processes. Self‐similarity is common to all the problems; examples arise in the context of the distribution of stretchings within chaotic flows, in the asymptotic evolution of diffusion‐reaction processes at striation thickness scales, in the equilibrium distribution of drop sizes generated upon mixing of immiscible fluids, in the equations describing mean‐field kinetics of coagulation, in the sequence of ac...


There has been an appalling lack of performance standards which directly relate to electrical generating sets. Only those standards which exist for internal combustion engines such as ISO 3046 : 1977 are used and do not cover the criteria adequately. This paper is intended to provide some of the background to the development of an ISO standard for generating sets with particular reference to application, rating and performance.


The purpose of the paper is vision on the constitution of India is grounded on the principles of the fraternity, liberty, justice and equality. For completing goal, we have taken on a brief study of all the journals and the books which are connected with the necessities of the constitution manifest great esteem for the human dignity, pledge to equality and non-discrimination and, apprehension for the weaker section in the society. Additionally, the constitution makes it compulsory for the Govt. to protect and promote freedoms, and to guarantee every citizen a decent standard of the living. In other words, the Indian Constitution promises the rudimentary human rights to every citizen of India. This article dealt with the general Constitutional Laws of India and the amendments made into the Constitution of India. The article also exposes approximately the schemes for consciousness of the above-mentioned goals are confined in the Fundamental Rights enshrined in Part III and Part IV of the Constitution. "The right to freedom", "the right against exploitation", "the right to freedom of religion", "cultural and educational right", "right to constitutional remedies" and special necessities connecting to positive classes are some of the constitutional necessities guaranteeing human rights.
KEYWORDS: Constituent Assembly, Adequate Safeguards, Ex-Post Facto Laws, Justifiable.


Present invention, some of the secondary proteins in the undifferentiated lymphoma kinase; human solid tumors, a new gene-deficient mutants occurring in human chromosome 2 that causes the fusion protein to some of the binding of (Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase ALK), for example, non-small cell lung cancer ( It was identified in the NSCLC). The second protein may include Echinoderm Microtubule-Associated Protein-Like 4 (EML-4) and TRK- fused gene (TFG). ALK tyrosine kinase EML-4-ALK fusion protein still having the activity was confirmed that promote the proliferation and survival of non-small-cell lung cancer characterized by the mutations. The invention thus separated poly New Creo tied to, those described mutant ALK kinase poly vector encoding a polypeptide, the probe for detecting it, the separated mutant polypeptides, recombinant polypeptides and the fusion and teureon Kate polypeptide It provides a reagent for detecting. Identified as described in this new fusion protein mutant provided by the method and the present invention for screening a compound which inhibits the new method, the protein to determine the presence of mutant ALK kinase polypeptide in a biological sample ALK poly New Creo Tide or polypeptide by expressing a method for inhibiting the progression of the cancer being characterized it may enable.


The OBJECTIVE of this scientific research was to study risk factors, frequency and consequences of acute kidney injury (AKI) after open surgery on the abdominal aorta.METHODS AND MATERIALS. Outcome of surgical interventions in 65 patients were analyzed. AKI was detected in 11 of them; in rest 54 cases, AKI was not registered. The features of the perioperative period, kidney injury markers (creatinine, diuresis, urine), and the comorbidity were evaluated.RESULTS. The initial changes in renal activity, the emergency of intervention, hemodynamic instability, especially after more than 1000 ml perioperative blood loss, the presence of operations for multilevel peripheral arterial disease (MPAD) negatively affected on the AKI occurrence.CONCLUSION. Post-surgical AKI after infrarenal aortic interventions were observed more often in patients with previous kidney insufficiency, as well as after emergency interventions, in cases of hemodynamic instability.


1. The human and natural environment Peter Coates 2. From settlement to independence Colin Bonwick 3. American political culture Adam I P Smith 4. Slavery and secession Howard Temperley 5. Native Americans Gail D MacLeitch 6. Revisiting the American West Margaret Walsh 7. American immigration Axel R. Schafer 8. Nineteenth-century American literature Allan Lloyd Smith 9. Industry and technology Christopher Clark 10. The twentieth-century American novel John Whitley 11. Twentieth-century American poetry Daniel Kane 12. Twentieth-century American drama Christopher Bigsby 13. America and war Brian Holden Reid 14. American women Elizabeth J Clapp 15. Popular culture Nick Heffernan 16. America at the millennium Richard Crockatt


The capacity of cognitive assimilation of essential ecological concepts was assessed in two technical high schools in the state of Michoacan, Mexico. A cognitive theory based instrument was designed and administered to assess cognitive change in a randomly defined, representative sample of students from both schools. The reagents of the instrument were prepared as clauses, choosing mutually exclusive answers based on a theoretical criterion (conceptual definition). The quantitative analysis was the statistical valuation of significant change between before and after the educational intervention; the qualitative analysis identified relationships between the concepts of maps prepared by the students. The results point out that the cognitive assimilation of basic ecological concepts is nil or at best limited.


A DC electric field applied to a quartz plate resonator causes changes in the elastic constants which can lead to a change in the frequency of the resonator. This effect, known as the polarizing effect, has been shown to be extremely linear. A method for measuring the polarizing effect in high-Q SC-cut 5-MHz quartz resonators for small AC electric fields is introduced. This polarizing effect was used to make an ultralinear small angel phase modulator with low added phase noise. The second harmonic distortion was measured to be less than -17 dB relative to the fundamental in three different units, even though the modulation frequency was more than 20 times larger than the half-bandwidth of the resonators. The measurement techniques to verify this performance are discussed.<<ETX>>


Network automation is essential for efficiently managing complex networks, enhancing reliability, and reducing human errors. This work proposes a novel approach to automate security planning and management using the Planning Domain Definition Language (PDDL). PDDL is used to generate an action plan to mitigate imminent threats to companies' networks. The work demonstrates how PDDL can be applied to security planning in a dedicated scenario where there is a need to mitigate a ransomware attack targeting a company.


e21080 Background: Clinically applicable response prediction tools are urgently needed to optimize treatment selection for individual patients. We designed an exploratory study to determine feasibility and clinical benefit of treatment with clinically available kinase inhibitors (KIs) selected by kinase activity profiling, performed in lysates of fresh-frozen tumor biopsies from patients with solid malignancies refractory to standard treatment. We here report the preplanned feasibility analysis.

METHODS
From September 2010 thirteen patients were enrolled in this ongoing study for treatment selection between dasatinib, erlotinib, everolimus, lapatinib, sorafenib and sunitinib according to a standardized method. At first, from a mandatory, snap-frozen tumor needle biopsy multiple 10 µm cryosections are prepared, with conventional H&E staining of 2 sections every 0.25 mm to determine tumor cell content. If these reveal more than 50% tumor cells, remaining sections are lysed. In this lysate the inhibitory potency of a KI is determined by using a peptide-based array of PamGene with 144 tyrosine kinase substrates. Based on the number of significantly inhibited substrates and percentage inhibition, the most potent KI is selected for treatment of the individual patient. Treatment response is evaluated according to RECIST criteria.

RESULTS
Thus far, per patient a median of 3 biopsies with a median size of 16G were taken from a metastatic site guided by US in 77%. In 92% of patients at least one biopsy contained sufficient tumor cells; 1 patient required re-biopsy. Lysates yielded 636 ±254 µg protein (range 247-1188). Following kinase activity profiling in 12 patients, 11 started treatment with a selected KI. To date 6 patients were evaluable, showing 1 SD and 5 PD at 6 weeks. Two patients were not evaluable due to early clinical deterioration.

CONCLUSIONS
We here show that needle biopsies from metastases of refractory solid cancer patients provide sufficient protein to reliably determine kinase inhibition profiles of KIs. Patient accrual and updated clinical benefit data will be presented at the meeting.


The benthic macroinvertebrate community of experimentally divided Lake N-2 (67°38′27″N, 149°37′30″W) was studied during six years of experimental fertilization. The dominant snail, Lymnaea elodes, increased on the fertilized side of the lake. Another snail, Valvata lewisi, previously shown to be competitively inferior to Lymnaea, did not increase in the fertilized sector until the fifth year of the study, but then increased dramatically. Chironomids were more abundant and had higher biomass on the reference side of the lake, an initial condition, and did not increase in the fertilized sector. Slimy sculpin, previously shown to control chironomids on bare sediments in nearby Toolik Lake, were the only fish predators on chironomids in Lake N-2; they did not grow faster in the fertilized sector. These results suggest that the dominant benthic invertebrates in N-2, chironomids and snails, were limited by different factors; chironomids were not food limited and appeared to be limited by predators, but snails, free from predation in N-2, appeared food limited. The planktonic model of cascading trophic interactions, if applied to benthic communities, would predict that, at low (zero) piscivore density, sculpin density and/or growth would increase as increased primary productivity was passed up the food web; they did not. The physical structure of the benthic zone is such that edible food can accumulate, whereas this cannot occur over extended time scales in planktonic systems. I suggest that this structural difference leads to functionally different constraints on planktonic and benthic communities.


An aspect of structural design which is becoming increasingly more important is the behaviour of a structure when it is subjected to random pressure loading. Random pressure fields can be encountered in several different ways, two of the principal sources of such fields being the noise emitted by a jet, and the fluctuating pressures in a turbulent boundary layer. Many jet-propelled aircraft have suffered secondary structure fatigue failures in those parts of their structures near to the jet stream, and it is not unlikely that certain failures of panelling in engine intakes have arisen because of vibrations set up by the turbulent pressure fluctuations in the boundary layers at the walls.


THERE WAS a time when first aid skills were taught to nurses as a compulsory component of the pre-registration curriculum, and people assumed that nurses were experts. But growing anecdotal evidence suggests first aid training for nurses has become almost extinct, apparently having disappeared from the curriculum without professional debate or consent. Recent calls for the restoration of first aid training in nurse education were taken up at RCN congress.


Retailing involves understanding the needs of consumers, developing good assortment of merchandise and displaying the merchandise in an effective manner, to enhance the attractiveness and motivation of consumers to buy. In the recent past, the Indian retail market is witnessing revolutionary transformation and organized retail format is gradually overtaking the unorganized retail format. FDI and Online Marketing will further enhance consumer awareness, knowledge and therefore their demands. The increased demands include "quality products at competitive prices", better "customer relationship", better "service facilities" such as "credit card", "parking", "faster billing", "better inventory flow", "appealing lay out" etc. It is in this context, a study was conducted to understand consumer perceptions on the above parameters presently provided by organized retailers in India. In order to compare Indian Customers' perception with that of the most advanced country, USA, a similar survey was conducted in select cities in USA and the study details are presented.


Putting lecture material on-line is a time-consuming undertaking. Before communicating any subject matter, faculty has to invest time and effort in dealing with computer-related administrative overhead. Also, in traditional lecture preparations, faculty can profit from years of previously prepared written material, while for online classes, they often unnecessarily re-create learning modules that already exist on-line. LectureOnline is a means for faculty to collaboratively develop modular on-line resources and share them with each other, even between different institutions with one central server.


Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to determine the influence that newspaper, blog and social media sources of information about a play have on respondents' willingness to purchase a ticket to a theatrical production.

Design/methodology/approach

Respondents saw two advertisements and one review for theatrical productions. The authors randomly varied the version of each advertisement and review so that information regarding the production appeared to originate from a newspaper, blog or social media site. The authors asked respondents to rate the professionalism of the review and advertisements and how likely they were to purchase a ticket. The authors also collected demographic information.

Findings

The authors found that newspapers, blogs and social media had similar influence on respondents' willingness to purchase a ticket. Respondents also viewed the blog-based play review as being as professional as the review from a newspaper. However, respondents were more likely to say they would purchase a ticket to a well-known play than a new play. Female respondents were more willing to purchase a play ticket.

Research limitations/implications

Implications for marketers include the usefulness of non-traditional media (e.g. blogs, social media) in promoting a play – especially for new plays. Theater critics will find that their opinions are equally influential, regardless of whether the medium of publication is traditional (e.g. a newspaper) or digital (e.g. a blog). Principal limitations are the artificiality of a true experiment and an overly simplistic pricing method in the study.

Practical implications

Professionals selling tickets to theatrical productions should use favorable quotes and responses from social media and blogs when marketing tickets because audience members trust that these sources of information as much as newspapers. Internet-based theater critics should appreciate that they are perceived as being as reputable as newspaper-based critics.

Originality/value

Research on theater advertising is extremely limited (especially outside of Broadway), as are studies on the influence of theater critics. The study adds to this meager body of research and provides needed practical guidance to theater marketers.


The integration of intermittent renewable energy sources into the electricity market requires flexible and efficient technologies that compensate for the fluctuating electricity demand. A circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boiler is a suitable solution due to its fuel flexibility, but the thermal inertia of the fluidized bed can have negative effects on the load following capabilities. This study investigates the influence of the operating parameters of the fire side on the speed of load changes on the waterside. Co-combustion of lignite, straw, and refuse derived fuel (RDF) was carried out. In a 1 MWth pilot CFB combustor fifteen load changes were performed with a varying step input of the primary air, the secondary air, and the fuel mass flow. The step input of the primary air had a large influence on the load ramps, as it strongly affects the solids concentration in the upper furnace. The step size of the fuel mass flow had a positive effect on the load change rate. Based on the results, concepts were developed to accelerate load ramping by controlling the hydrodynamic conditions and the temperature on the fireside.


We demonstrate supercontinuum generation (SCG) spanning from telecom to mid-infrared wavelengths beyond 3.6 μηι, using a silicon-on-insulator wire waveguide, which represents the first octave-spanning SCG from a silicon chip.


Steve Heinemann, one of the founders of 21st century neuroscience, died on August 6, 2014. To those who had the honor to know him, "Stevie" was a man of personal and professional generosity, contagious energy, scientific integrity, and genuine enthusiasm. His death is a profound loss for all.


This paper proposes a new adaptive law based on sliding-mode control(SMC) control. The proposed adaptive law adjusts the switching gain near the sliding manifold to have the appropriate attractivity property. This appropriate attractivity property prevents unexpected errors caused by the excessive or insufficient adaptation of switching gain. Furthermore, this adaptive law ensures the fast adaptation speed of switching gain, and this yields the reduction of chattering. For the more practical implementation based on a model-free controller, the proposed adaptive SMC (ASMC) works together with a time-delay controller(TDC). To validate the proposed adaptive law, the results of simulations are carried out and comparisons are made with existing ASMC control schemes.


Abstract The mobilisation of energy from allocthonous carbon by heterotrophic bacterioplankton can be proportionally more important than autotrophic production in humic lakes. Moreover, increasing levels of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in many aquatic systems linked to increases in precipitation, which in turn may be related to changing climate, mean that this heterotrophic component of the food web may play an increasing role in the overall transfer and production of energy, particularly within peatland catchments. While such catchments are common in the temperate northwest Atlantic regions of Europe, studies describing the seasonal dynamics of the heterotrophic, mixotrophic, and autotrophic components of their aquatic food webs are rare. In this study, the biomass of these pelagic components was enumerated over 1 year in 2 oligotrophic lakes, both situated in peatland catchments in the west of Ireland but with contrasting DOC concentrations. Bacterial biomass dominated the pelagic food web of the more humic lake, Lough Feeagh, while autotrophic phytoplankton biomass was greatest in the clearwater lake, Lough Guitane. The biomass of potentially mixotrophic flagellates was also slightly larger in the Lough Guitane, while phagotrophic ciliate biomass was comparable between the 2 lakes. An extreme precipitation event led to a significant increase in bacterial biomass while simultaneously depressing autotrophic production for several months in the humic lake. Extreme precipitation in the clearwater lake also depressed autotrophic production but did not give rise to significant increases in bacterial biomass. This quantification of autotrophic, mixotrophic, and heterotrophic components provides a vital first step in understanding how pelagic communities contribute to net ecosystem productivity, and thus how Irish peatland lakes may be affected by projected climate changes.


Attentional impairments in children occur in the context of both developmental and acquired disorders involving the central nervous system (CNS) and may have implications for ongoing development, potentially impeding cognitive, educational, and behavioral functions. Using a continuous performance paradigm (CPT), this study compared attentional profiles of children with developmental and acquired conditions impacting on the CNS: (i) attention deficit–hyperactivity disorder (ADHD: n = 27); (ii) moderate traumatic brain injury (TBI: n = 41); (iii) acute lymphoblastic leukemia (n = 31); and (iv) insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (n = 39). A healthy control group (n = 46) was also examined. Groups were compared on measures of sustained attention, selective attention, and response inhibition. In addition, measures of performance variability and deterioration and processing speed were examined. Results showed that children with ADHD exhibited global and severe attentional impairments in contrast to all other groups. Children with moderate TBI displayed mild attentional difficulties, restricted to selective and sustained attention domains. In conclusion, although CPT parameters differentiated the ADHD group from all others, a disorder-specific profile was not observed. (JINS, 2006, 12, 519–531.)


Representation-both in theory and in practice-has long been a central concern of political thinkers. Especially with the rise of democratic institutions, men have debated the ways in which some persons may legitimately "make present" others in the political process. The term itself is far from unambiguous. Representation has meant quite different things to some of the leading political thinkers in the Western tradition. And its meaning and implications continue to perplex and divide contemporary observers in an age when the viability of representative government itself has faced countless challenges. In view of the subject's importance, the relatively scant systematic analysis given it by scholars has been surprising. To be sure, there has been periodic attention to either the concept of representation or to certain institutional arrangements that effectuate it. The history of the United States and Great Britain over the past two centuries would have been strikingly different without the political struggles over such questions as: "Taxation without representation"; the "Great Compromise" of the Constitutional Convention of 1787; "rotten boroughs" and the Great Reform Act of 1832. We must now add "one man, one vote," for the recent reapportionment decisions of the United States Supreme Court have ushered in the latest opportunity to re-examine the nature of representation in contemporary American democracy and its roots in past generations of political thought and practice. The "reapportionment revolution," together with a revival of scholarly interest in the more general philosophic aspects of representation have already yielded several publications on that venerable subject, and more are undoubtedly to come in what may hopefully be an intellectual renaissance of interest on a vital concept and its institutional manifestations. The four books under review themselves "represent" diverse approaches and emphases on a spectrum ranging from general philosophical analysis, through critiques of judicial decision making, to an examination of certain political implications. Each volume in its own way makes a valuable contribution to the literature on representation.


Abstract This article aims to examine and describe the power relations between the Israeli police force and Civil Guard (CG). The CG, established as an independent organisation adjacent to the police, was intended to fight terrorism. Within a few years of its 1974 establishment, the CG began encroaching upon police duties. This research has revealed that the CG adopted goal displacement as a strategy for survival, that is, for coping with police threats which were leading to its decline as an organisation. To face these threats, and in an attempt to fend them off, the CG adapted its goals to suit the police, but this strategy did not help it to survive. Instead, the similarities between its goal system and that of the police led to the CG becoming absorbed within the police, as an internal department, thereby losing its independence.


We have experimentally fabricated Ge-nanocrystals (ncs) metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) with significant capacitance–voltage hysteresis window, threshold voltage shift and good retention. The Ge-ncs/SiO2 system has a good charge storage capability with a charge loss of 12.5% after 10 years retention. This work shows that the heart of the nonvolatile memory transistors, Ge-ncs, is formed by thermal oxidation of polycrystalline Si0.88Ge0.12, which is a simple method and can be easily adapted in the fabrication of embedded circuits.


In this study, iodine (I 2 ) and silver (Ag) have been deposited on polymer substrate, namely poly(methylmethacrylate), via chemical bath deposition (CBD). For the sake of simplicity, uncoated poly(methylmethacrylate), iodine coated poly(methylmethacrylate) thin film and silver coated iodized thin film on poly(methylmethacrylate) have been denoted as PMM, I 2 -PMM and Ag-I 2 -PMM. Capacitance of the film has been measured with a LCR meter, whereas surface tensions were measured by a tensiometer. Transmittance, reflectance and absorption properties of thin films have been investigated via an UV-vis spectrometer. Elemental composition of uncoated PMM and thin films has been discovered by means of energy dispersive X-ray (EDX). Elemental composition of uncoated PMM has been determined as 64% C and 36% O, whereas Ag-I 2 -PMM contained 28% iodine and 23% silver. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) has been employed to characterize the surface structure of I 2 -PMM and Ag-I 2 -PMM. In addition, antimicrobial properties of the silver coated material have been examined.