This project aims to demonstrate how the current racial ideology in America is portrayed through television media. It is primarily guided by the work of Eduardo Bonita-Silva and his masterful examination of post-civil rights racism in the United States in his book Racism Without Racists. From a firm understanding of the ideology of this new racism -its frames, styles, and storylines -the content of two televisions shows are analyzed to identify the racial ideology and the representations of people of color within. Scandal (ABC) is progressive in the sense that it has a Black female lead, and two other main POC (people of color) characters. It is the first show in 38 years featuring a Black female lead that has been renewed by a major network. The Walking Dead (AMC) is about reconstructing society and trying to survive amidst a zombie apocalypse. Is race still a salient issue in this context? Those who argue of a "post-racial society" would say no, but the show constructs a reality that is quite different. A qualitative content analysis using simple emergent coding procedures was utilized. Although there are characters in the program who are people of color, Scandal was found to have zero representations of race, whether it be through dialogue or plot related, besides the fact of the characters' skin tones. The Walking Dead portrays numerous instances of direct, or overt, racism and constructs ideologies of people of color that are regressive and problematic. Plot in this program at times upholds white supremacy and relegates the lives of people of color to insignificance. An American Mess: How Colorblind Racism Prevents an Enlightened Conversation on Race in Television Media Nathaniel Phillipps, McNair Scholar, Political Science Major Dr. David Dickens, Faculty Mentor, Sociology Department INTRODUCTION Race is one of the most, if not the most, significant factors of our identity. It shapes our ideas on sexuality, gender, power, success, love, religion, our ideals, our hopes and our dreams. We are all racialized beings, and the media is inherently interested in portrayals of race in American society. The purpose of this study is to examine how race is constructed through selected contemporary television programs and to analyze the racial ideology they deliver. In this research, I will refer to non-white racial and ethnic groups with the broad term "people/ person of color" as the term minority has been rejected in many spheres as connoting inferiority. People of color (POC), at least in contemporary usage, is an umbrella term that links together the Black, Latino/a, Asian and Pacific Islander (API), and Native American communities. POC is a descriptor that these groups created as a means of self-naming (as opposed to the imbalanced power dynamic of "minorities") and empowerment, and unlike the case with "minorities," recognizes that this power dynamic was institutionally created and is institutionally maintained. Even with a Black first family, Americans fail at having a constructive conversation about race through our national dialogue the media. This presentation will examine the dominant racial ideology of contemporary America, and show examples of how a modern form of racism are is perpetuated through one of the most powerful institutions of our nation. This research is done with two core empirical truths as a foundation: 1. To consume media is to consume a pre-constructed ideology, that is created by humans (writers, producers, directors, actors – to an extent and other decision makers) 2. What we see on television matters, and can have manifestations in reality DATA ANALYSIS In first season of Scandal there are three main characters who are POC. However, there were zero (0) instances of plot or dialogue that portrayed race in any way. Race is not just marginal to this show, but it is invisible, save for the characters' skin color. For the first research question, of how POC characters are represented, the answer can only be that they are "non-representative." Race is not a factor in any way in any of their lives, and their racial identity may as well not exist. This non-representation means that Scandal strictly adheres to a colorblind ideology. The roles could have been played by an actor or actress because race is a non-factor. Further analysis to support my conclusion is found below. The Walking Dead features more nuanced representation. The cast is more diverse and includes numerous POC characters both with and without speaking roles. There were seven (7) instances of dialogue regarding race, and each of these I classify as "direct" racist comments. An important caveat to one of these instances is described in the discussion portion. Two (2) instances of plot I classify as direct, and both are discussed below. Besides T-Dog's name being stereotypical, the four main recurring POC characters in the first season are progressive. They do not rely on stereotypes. They are somewhat central to the plot, and completely central at certain points And regarding plot construction of race, two episodes in particular were constructed in such a manner that they put forward a racial ideology, and both of these constructions are problematic and regressive. Particular emphasis is provided in the discussion. Overall, this show cannot be argued to adhere to a colorblind ideology, and I posit that the ideology is more direct, relying on racist epithets, jokes and slurs, and problematic and regressive constructions, including upholding white supremacy and POC. THEORY Frames of Colorblind Racism 1. Abstract Liberalism • Opposition to using practical purposes to alleviate de facto racial inequality • The sacrosanctity of the "individual" with "choices" as a justification of de facto seg regation. 2. Naturalization • A frame that allows whites to explain away racial phenomena by suggesting they are natural occurrences. 3. Cultural Racism • Relies on culturally based arguments such as "Mexicans do not put much emphasis on education" or "blacks have too many babies" to explain the standing of minorities In society. 4. Minimization of racism • Suggests that discrimination is no longer a central factor affecting minorities' life chances. METHODOLOGY Scandal Everyone has a secret... and Olivia Pope has dedicated her life to protecting and defending the public images of the nation's elite and keeping those secrets under wraps. Revered and feared at the same time, Olivia, a former communications director to the President of the United States, left the White House to open her own prominent crisis management firm. She is hoping to start a new chapter in her life—both professionally and personally—but she can't seem to completely cut ties with her past. The creator and executive producers of Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice delve into the behind-the-scenes machinations of a mesmerizing top crisis manager in ABC's drama, Scandal. Walking Dead Based on the comic book series of the same name, The Walking Dead captures the ongoing human drama following a zombie apocalypse. The show tells the story of a small group of survivors living in the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse The plot is focused primarily on the dilemmas the group faces as they struggle to balance their humanity with their survival against the zombie horde, while facing the changing dynamics of their group, and hostility from the scattered remains of a struggling human populace who are focused on their own survival now that the structures of society have collapsed. Based the television drama Scandal and Walking Dead, each individual episode is examined for the following characteristics: 1. The presence or absence of POC characters; 2. The types of roles they occupy (if present); 3. The nature of race/ethnicity in each episode plot (central, marginal, absent);and 4. The nature and extent of dialogue about race/ethnicity in each episode. Secondly, data was coded and to construct categories of racial representation (dialogue, characters, plot), which can include but are not limited to: 1. Colorblind 2. Direct 3. Stereotypical 4. Neutral 5. Non-representative 6. Progressive CONCLUSION Americans of all identities who view mainstream media are taught to maintain a worldview that values white people over people of color, or to disregard other identity groups completely. Colorblind ideology is so insidiously at play in the media. Inaction is an action, indecision is decision. Not casting POC in substantive roles or not dealing with race in meaningful ways (only using race for humor) are artistic/editorial directions. Even when made by accident, they work to demonstrate how colorblind ideology has destroyed any modicum of seriously addressing issues concerning race/ethnicity in America, working to prevent racial parity and suggesting that we live in a society where race isn't salient in peoples' lives (except under the guise of humor ). Every day millions of Americans view media that is completely or mostly made by and featuring whiteness and white people. And every day we think that is acceptable, we think it is normal, and we think we shouldn't do anything to change it. In essence, we are bystanders, or passive accomplices, with the media that we follow, support, and believe in, and that systematically undervalues or excludes POC. We reinforce and promulgate colorblind racism in our own homes each time we turn on a TV show or a movie in which people of color (as well as Whites who recognize structural racism and oppression) are not reflected in and choose not to change the channel, or press the power button.


A standard-digital-CMOS-process-compatible analog-digital CMOS semicustom array architecture is presented. The array is suitable for high-performance SC circuit design, though, other circuit techniques such as SI and continuous-time analog signal processing are possible. Main cells of an analog standard cells library are presented as well as experimental results of testing some SC systems such as the 5-th order elliptic SC low-pass filter and the 10-bit DAC are discussed.


Cotesia jlavipes, the imported braconid parasitoid of the sugar cane stalk borer, Diatraea saccharalis, was laboratory-reared and released in Jamaican sugar cane fields from 1972 to 1974 and from 1980 to 1987. Field establishment was achieved by 1982, after which the parasitoid rapidly spread to colonise most cane areas. Once field establishment was satisfactorily achieved, further field releases were phased out. Collection of borers from November 1999 to March 2000 from three estates and rearing under observation showed that, in the area of initial colonisation, where C.jlavipes parasitism once stood at 19.9%, populations had dwindled to almost nil. Meanwhile, throughout the industry, borer damage levels remained relatively high, at above 7% of internodes bored. More satisfactory levels of parasitism by C. jlavipes were found on a neighbouring farm as well as on the North Coast. The virtual disappearance from some areas of the parasitoid, once left on its own, suggests that augmentative releases are necessary to sustain desired levels of parasitism. I Introduction Among sugar cane insect pests in Jamaica, the stalk borer, Diatraea saccharalis F. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), has been the target of the most protracted and intense program of biological control. Mass rearing and release of various parasitoids, including Metagonistylum minense, Paratheresia claripalpis, Cotesia (formerly Apanteles) jlavipes, Pediobius furvus and Allorhogas pyralophagus, were carried out over two periods, between 1972 and 1975 and resuming in 1980 (Falloon, 1980, 1985). Cotesia jlavipes (Cameron), a larval parasitoid, has been the only field success, gaining permanent establishment by 1982 and spreading to cover much of the industry shortly thereafter (Falloon, 1989).


The paper considers the semantic of belonging in Murakami's work and how it fashions both the relationships between the characters and between author and reader.


According to the actual observation data over the years of Feiling S tation and Runcheng Station within the Qinhe River Basins, and by using the one -dimensional constant unsaturated sediment model, this paper estimates the sedi ment accumulation in Zhangfeng Reservoir Area, and also makes the discrimination of the form of the accumulation of reservoir's main course and tributary course , and calculates the sediment accumulation quantity of the reservoir in several years and the loss of total reservoir capacity under the flood level checked in several years.


In this paper,the author introduces the Herz-Hardy space and discuss es the boundedness of commutators of Littlewood-Paley operators on it.


This paper presents a nonlinear control strategy for single-phase universal active filters, using multiple reference frames. The control uses the concept of product demodulations and feedback linearization to circumvent realization problems of standard park transformation strategies and resonant controllers. However, similar to those, the present control allows achieving selective compensation and implements an adaptive scheme for frequency variations. Beyond these advantages, the proposed strategy operates with a reduced number of sensors. Simulation and experimental results are presented for validation of the presented methodology.


With new advances in Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) and Internet of Things (IoT), more and more discrete software controllers interact with continuous physical systems. Workflow models are a classical approach to define controllers. However, the effect of the associated actions that are activated by executing the workflow may not spontaneously be realized but have to be realized over time. Generally, behavioral model elements such as activities in workflow languages are displayed mostly as black box, meaning that it is not possible to trace variable changes over time in most of the classical modeling approaches. In this paper, we introduce an envisioned architecture to cope with this challenge. 1 Setting the Stage for Continuous Behavior Mining While design models help in the engineering process by providing appropriate abstractions, data-driven approaches such as process mining may help to uncover some underspecified or unintended parts of these models. In many behavioral modeling languages, e.g., workflow-based languages or state-based languages, interactions are performed with physical systems where the effect of certain actions have to be realized by continuous system updates. Imagine a production system where actions do not occur instantly but require time as they are continuous flows (e.g., robot is changing place). However, in behavioral models, actions are mostly expressed as value assignments for variables. Thus, behavioral model elements such as activities in workflow languages are displayed as a "black box", meaning that the intended source and target state of the system is specified. But it is not possible to trace variable changes over time within activities. Whereas models abstract from this detail, it is important to open the black box of activities to reason about the shapes of continuous variables for different scenarios such as validation and verification, optimization, and evolution. Today, sensors continuously generate and transmit a massive amount of data of systems published as data streams. Such streams are ordered and potentially unbounded sequences of data points created by a typically non-stationary generating process. This trend raises new challenges for model-driven approaches [2], but at the same time possibilities. For instance, is it feasible to exploit data streams to provide intra-activity specifications for continuous variable? In the following, we introduce a first architecture going in this direction. ? This work has been funded by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy (BMWFW) and the National Foundation for Research, Technology and Development.


With the development of semiconductor technology, the performance of many new image sensors, such as infrared focal planes and CMOS image sensors, have been improved. Also, it is an alternative choice of CCD, vacuum tube or other equipment that promotes this kind of sensors to become the mainstream of the market. However, this kind of image sensors has a weakness that is the stripe noise, due to the inconsistent readout circuit response. This noise influences the quality of image directly, as a result, the poor image quality in-benefits for recognition and classification. Thus, how to remove the stripe noise arises the interests for many researchers. Most of them only focus on one certain type of stripe features, instead of combining different features together, leading to the poor performance of denoising. This paper proposes a method of removing stripes that combines feature extraction and function fitting. Firstly, extract the statistics and spatial position of the stripes, and then perform two steps of rough processing and fine processing on the image. The PSNR, SSM value show that the algorithm meets the design expectations and has a certain degree of robustness.


The goal of the study presented in this paper is the investigation of students' problems with exercises concerning central topics of linear algebra courses at university level. We present the results of our analysis of students' work on an exercise about subspaces of . We evaluated the written solutions of the task as well as transcripts based on videos taken of student groups working on the problem. We identified and classified descriptions of vector spaces and subspaces that varied widely and demonstrated highly different skills in working with geometric or formal algebraic objects. We analyzed how far students could progress in a complex reasoning process, and identified those steps in the reasoning process on which students needed support to continue.


The objective of our cross‐sectional study was to assess the relationships between indices of multiple breath washout (MBW) and impulse oscillometry system (IOS) in cystic fibrosis in forty consecutive children (median age 8.1 years) in stable conditions and to evaluate whether cut‐off values of IOS indices may help to avoid MBW, which is time‐consuming. IOS measurements took a median duration of 3 min, while MBW measurements took a median duration of 49 min. Lung Clearance Index (LCI2.5%) depicted significant linear correlations with z‐scores of R5Hz, R5‐20Hz, X5Hz, AX, and Fres (r2 = 0.27 to 0.51). Receiver‐operator characteristic curves were constructed and showed that the best compromise was obtained with the z‐score of Fres, with a cut‐off value of −1.37 that had a sensitivity of 0.966, a specificity of 0.636, and a negative predictive value of 0.875. This z‐score is useful for excluding increased LCI2.5% when below −1.37 using the reference set of Gochicoa et al. In conclusion, IOS measurement is easily and rapidly obtained in children and may be clinically useful for excluding increased LCI2.5%, thus allowing the time‐consuming MBW test to be avoided.


Abstract Photometric analysis of racing wheelchairs used by athletes at the 1980 Olympic Games for the Disabled, held at Arnham, Holland, was undertaken. Chairs were classified by the level of success achieved in them and by the distances over which they were raced. For each chair the position and orientation of the seat was measured, as were the length and the width of the wheelchair frame. In addition, mainwheel camber and handrim diameter were measured. Significant differences (at or beyond the .05 level) in wheelchair construction were recorded. The more successful wheelchairs were characterized by (1) lower seats, (2) the seat base at a comparatively higher angle to the horizontal, (3) narrower frame, (4) smaller handrims. The chairs used in distance events differed significantly from those used in sprints in (1) a more rearward placement of the seat, (2) lower placement of the seat, (3) longer chair frame and (4) narrower frame construction.


For powder-bed electron beam additive manufacturing (EBAM), support structures are required when fabricating an overhang to prevent defects such as curling, which is due to the complex thermomechanical process in EBAM. In this study, finite element modeling is developed to simulate the thermomechanical process in EBAM in building overhang part. Thermomechanical characteristics such as thermal gradients and thermal stresses around the overhang build are evaluated and analyzed. The model is applied to evaluate process parameter effects on the severity of thermal stresses. The major results are summarized as follows. For a uniform set of process parameters, the overhang areas have a higher maximum temperature, a higher tensile stress, and a larger distortion than the areas above a solid substrate. A higher energy density input, e.g., a lower beam speed or a higher beam current may cause more severe curling at the overhang area.


Overexploitation of natural vegetation is threatening plant species and the associated indigenous knowledge to extinction. The objective of this study was to document indigenous medicinal plant utilization by people of Gololcha district. Ethnobotanical data were obtained using semi structured interviews, field observations and group discussions with local traditional medicine practitioners. Ethnomedicinal use of 70 plant species was documented. Habit wise, 31 of them were herbs followed by 18 species of shrubs, 11 species of trees, and 10 species of climbers. Majority of the plants were reported to treat human ailments. Leaves were most frequently used plant parts followed by underground plant parts. Preparations of remedies were largely through pounding/crushing of plant part(s) to get powders or pastes, which will either be decocted or concocted. Route of administration was mainly oral followed by dermal, nasal, ocular and through the ear canal. Problems of sensorial system; respiratory system, febrile illness and head ache; snake bite; genitourinary and placenta repulsion problems had high ICF values. These medicinal plant species may be source of new drugs. Therefore, biochemical profiles of plant species used for diseases categories of high ICF values should be investigated for screening of the active principles against the mentioned diseases.


Letter from Ella Clark, wife of TCU founder Randolph Clark) to her sister Ellen; discusses the beginnings of a school in Fort Worth


The purpose of this study is to analyze and test empirically the variables that affect financial performance. Using 520 manufacturing companies listed on Indonesia Stock Exchange for the period of 2010-2019, all data were processed by using the structural equation modeling analysis. The results of this study explained that intellectual capital and good corporate governance in terms of the board of commissioners have a significant positive effect on financial performance. The existence of intellectual capital and the board of commissioners can improve financial performance, so that manufacturing companies are able to survive and even be stable. The implication of this study is to enrich the literature review and to be used as policy making basis for the government and manufacturing companies. Moreover, it can be a basis for investors to consider an investement


In this paper the idea is to use a coordinate transformation that takes a system of ordinary differential equations with no obvious solution to system of integrables. The techniques that which introduced presented the cases of symmetry transformations also the particular case that involving an integrating factory homogeneous coordinates all these transformations are interest in lie groups theory.


A new measuring system, the holographic pattern measuring system (HPMS) was developed which is composed of both the techniques of holography and graphic image processing. It was applied to deformation analysis of printed circuit boards (PCB) due to heat generated by mounted parts. The HPMS was applied to obtain the 3-dimensional graphic image pattern of the deformation of the PCB due to thermal stress with an accuracy of 0.1 /spl mu/m. A comparison was made of the image pattern obtained by the HPMS and the thermographic pattern of the PCB surface. The HPMS pattern was different from the thermographic pattern. The results showed that the thermal deformation of the PCB could not be estimated from the thermographic pattern.<<ETX>>


The palatine tonsils form an important part of the human immune system. Together with the other lymphoid tonsils of Waldeyer's tonsillar ring, they act as the first line of defense against ingested or inhaled pathogens. Although histologically stained sections of the palatine tonsil are widely available, they represent the tissue only in two dimensions and do not provide reference to three‐dimensional space. Such a representation of a tonsillar specimen based on imaging data as a 3D anatomical reconstruction is lacking both in scientific publications and especially in textbooks. As a first step in this direction, the objective of the present work was to image a resected tonsil specimen with high spatial resolution in a 9.4 T small‐bore pre‐clinical MRI and to combine these data with data from the completely sectioned and H&E stained same palatine tonsil. Based on the information from both image modalities, a 3D anatomical sketch was drawn by a scientific graphic artist. In perspective, such studies could help to overcome the difficulty of capturing the spatial extent and arrangement of anatomical structures from 2D images and to establish a link between three‐dimensional anatomical preparations and two‐dimensional sections or illustrations, as they have been found so far in common textbooks and anatomical atlases.


leakage of a computer display image that can be reconstructed using the conducted emission on its power leads. The reconstructed images can be generated from the relevant signal that was conducted-emitted by the switching of RGB (Red-Green-Blue) signals in the monitor. The relevant signal was then contained in the frequency region higher than 100 MHz in the conducted emission. From these findings, a measurement system was developed to measure the relevant signal in a conducted emission to 1000 MHz. The relevant signals of three PCs were then measured taking account of the signal-to-noise ratio. The measurement results revealed that the relevant signal level depended on the PC and receiving frequency. In addition, the qualities of the reconstructed images were checked using certain receiving frequencies. The reconstructed image quality and the measured relevant signal level were then compared for the same receiving frequency, and a correlation was found.


Abstract : The Morphable Multithreaded Memory Tiles (M3T) system proves that a polymorphous computing system polymorphous hardware and a complete polymorphous software environment is orders of magnitude more cost effective than conventional computing systems. The cornerstone of M3T is two main contributions: (1) architectural support that enables the processor cores and memories in an M3T chip to reconfigure at run time, allowing the processing architecture to morph or reconfigure itself into different "architectural templates" such as VLIW (Very Long Instruction Word), MIMD (Multiple Instruction Stream and Multiple Data Stream), or Streaming engine or even some combination of them as a program executes; and (2) a complete polymorphous software includes synthesis tools for high-level design, a polymorphous low level compiler and code generator, and morphware fragments. TaskScalar is an architectural template where the processing components work in a tightly-executing very fine-grain tasks speculatively. Some of M3T's polymorphous features have been tech-transferred to the IBM Blue Gene/C (Cyclops) chip. To ensure commercial viability and defense interest, the primary den application domain for the M3T system is speech processing.


Telephone network planning engineers routinely study feeder routes within the telephone network in order to create and refine network capacity expansion (relief) plans. In doing so they make use of a powerful software tool called LEIS *-PLAN. We are developing an extension to PLAN called PLANDoc that will automatically generate natural language narratives documenting the engineers' use of PLAN. In this paper, we present the user-needs analysis and design methodology we have used in developing the PLANDoc system. We describe our interviews with various end users to determine if such a system would be desirable and what design factors would make it useful. We show how we model the system on a set of iteratively-revised human-generated narratives. The model narratives determine the function and architecture of the documentation system, and they inform the development of the system components.


For the hygienic production of oyster at Goseong bay, this study investigated the marine bacteriological condition of the area from 2008 to April 2009. Average seawater temperature and salinity ranged 2.8-19.3.0℃ and 32.61-34.91 psu, respectively. The coliform group and fecal coliform of seawater ranged < 1.8-4,900 MPN/100 mL and < 1.8-700 MPN/100 mL, respectively. The coliform group of oyster (Crassostrea gigas) ranged < 1.8-13,000 MPN/100 g. Fecal coliform of oyster ranged and < 1.8-310 MPN/100 g. Only one of 140 samples was exceeded in the U.S NSSP standard (> 230 MPN/100 g) of fecal coliform. Fecal coliform in seawater was on the level of clean sea, below the U.S. NSSP standards, and the contents of fecal coliform and heavy metals in cultured oyster were also below the U.S. NSSP, heavy metal standards, showing that the sea area is bacteriologically safe.


It is well known that Shore hardness number is effected by various factors. The author has carried out a series of study on these factors that effect on Shore hardness. As the first step of the research, the author studied on the effects of the factors related to operating condition of the tester and made the basis of the later researches. And then, the author continued researches on other factors under the fixed operating condition. In the present report deals with the successive investigation of the end effect on the Shore hardness number. After the experiment which was carried out with a Shore scleroscope of D-type and many specimens of various hardness and material, under the fixed operating condition, it has been revealed that the so-called end effect gives no influence upon the hardness number in such a long distance from the end of the specimen as hitherto mentioned and there exists a linear relation between the critical distance for the end effect and the hardness of the specimen.


Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) plants allow the combination of the production of hydrogen and electricity because coal gasification process produces a syngas that can be used for the production of both commodities. A hydrogen and electricity power plant has been denominated as HYPOGEN. This report starts by reviewing the basics of the coal gasification process and continues by trying to map all the technological options currently available in the market as well as possible future trends that can be included in a HYPOGEN system . Besides, it offers an overview of the operating conditions and outputs of each process in order to provide the modeller with a useful information tool enabling an easier analysis of compatibilities and implementation of the model. How to obtain EU publications Our priced publications are available from EU Bookshop (http://bookshop.europa.eu), where you can place an order with the sales agent of your choice. The Publications Office has a worldwide network of sales agents. You can obtain their contact details by sending a fax to (352) 29 29-42758. The mission of the JRC is to provide customer-driven scientific and technical support for the conception, development, implementation and monitoring of EU policies. As a service of the European Commission, the JRC functions as a reference centre of science and technology for the Union. Close to the policy-making process, it serves the common interest of the Member States, while being independent of special interests, whether private or national. L D -N A -2 3 6 6 1 -E N -C


In 2021. European Commission formally called for a fifth industrial revolution (Industry 5.0). Discussions by participants from all over Europe in two virtual workshops organised by Directorate "Prosperity" of Directorate-General for Research and Innovation on 2 and 9 July 2020 resulted in the document "Industry 5.0: Towards a Sustainable, Human-centric, and Resilient European Industry" issued on 4 January 2021.Industry 5.0 recognises the power of industry to achieve societal goals beyond job creation and growth to become a resilient provider of well-being, making production respect the limits of the planet and placing the well-being of industrial workers at the centre of the production process. Industry 5.0 complements the existing Industry 4.0 paradigm as research and innovation drives the transition to a sustainable, human-centred and resilient European industry.Given that technological advances are changing the way value is created, exchanged and distributed, there is an urgent need to design these technologies to support future societal values. The emergence of these changes and the questions closely linked to technological innovation require industry to rethink its position and role in society.The purpose of this article is to analyse the assumptions of Industry 5.0 and compare them with the Industry 4.0 paradigm.


The present investigation entitled "Evaluation and Characterization of Leafy Vegetables (Amaranthus spp.) grown in Chhattisgarh." was conducted at Research and Instructional Farm, Department of Horticulture, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur (C.G.) during the experiment 1 conducted during rabi season of 2014-2015 and 2015-16 while experiment 2 was conducted during kharif season of the both year. Amaranth is one of the main species of the large and taxonomically diverse group of tropical leaf vegetables. It is a fast growing crop with a high yield potential in a short period and suitable for crop rotation with any other vegetable crop. Because of its low production costs, amaranth is one of the cheapest dark-green leafy vegetables in tropical markets and is often described as the poor man's vegetable. The nutritional value of amaranth is excellent because of its high content of essential micronutrients: amaranth leaves are a good source of s -carotene, iron, calcium, vitamin C and folic acid. Amaranth belongs to the genus Amaranthus of the family Amaranthaceae. Amaranthus has many species which are used as leafy vegetables, the green Amaranthus consist of approximately 60 species out of which about 18 species are occurring in India. There are three major producing Amaranthus species, A. caudatus, A. cruentus and A. hypochondriacus, all believed to originate from Central and South America; and three major leafy vegetable species, A. tricolor, A. dubius and A. blitum (A. lividus), of which A. tricolor is thought to originate from India or Southern China, A. blitum from Central Europe and A. dubius from Central America (Yadav et al., 2014).


Third Harmonic Generation (THG) imaging was applied to mouse resting and activated T-cells. Quantification of THG signal, which corresponded to lipid droplets, could distinguish activated Tcells, allowing follow-up of immune response development.


A new species of Schiffnerula is described from Cannabis in Nepal. This is the first schiffheru- laceous fungus found on any hosts in the Cannaba- ceae. It produces a Sarcinella anamorph.


This paper presents a ray tracing technique to predict path loss and delay spread in buildings. A computer program to predict radio propagation in buildings based on site-specific information such as wall locations and building materials is described. Using geometrical optics-based assumptions, rays are traced in three dimensions from a transmitter location. Line-of-sight, specularly transmitted, speculru·ly reflected, and non-specularly transmitted and reflected rays are included in the model. The individual rays ru·e combined coherently as a function of excess delay to form a power delay profile. Power delay profiles are used for qualitative comparison of measured and predicted propagation. Statistics such as path loss and rms delay spread are computed from the power delay profiles to provide qt)antitative comparisons. For the office enviroiunent studied, reasonable agreement between measured and predicted power delay profiles is found, path loss is predicted to within 6 dB, and nns delay spread is predicted to within 20 ns.


The National HIV/AIDS Strategy for 2022-2025 and the federal Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) initiative1,2 have an ambitious goal of dramatically reducing new HIV infections in the United States. by 90% by 2030. While we have the tools to achieve that, the persistent barriers to healthcare services experienced by too many individuals will need to be addressed to make significant progress and improve the health and quality of life of all people living with HIV. The necessary structural changes require actions by federal, state and local policymakers and range from ensuring universal access to healthcare services to optimizing care delivery to ensuring a robust and diverse ID and HIV workforce. This paper outlines ten key principles for policy reforms that if advanced would make ending the HIV epidemic in the U.S. possible and could have much more far-reaching effects in improving the health of our nation.


Lead-free ceramic samples of [(Na1-xKx)1/2Bi1/2Ti O3] (NKBT) (x = 0.1, 0.15, 0.2, 0.3, 0.45) were prepared by double sintering method and the impedance measurements were carried out in the frequency range of 100 Hz–1 MHz. The Cole–Cole plot show depressed semicircular arcs with spur-like behavior indicate that the temperature dependent dielectric relaxation phenomenon associated with grain boundary conductivity. The temperature variation of grain and grain boundary resistance is found to be linear and obeys Arrhenius law. AC–activation energies, evaluated from the variation of ac-conductivity with inverse temperature plots, were found to decrease with decreasing frequencies and obey the Universal power law. The ferroelectric hysteresis measurements were carried out on poled sample at room temperature and the sample with x = 0.15 composition exhibited the highest Pr value (= 19.2μC/Cm2). The d33 measurements indicate that the sample with x = 0.2 composition has shown the maximum d33 = 85pC/N, when compared with other compositions.


We introduce a model-free scheme that is capable of identifying topology changes in distribution networks using data from distribution-level phasor measurement units (D-PMUs). To do so, we use algebraic tools of behavioral system theory to develop easy-to-implement algorithms. The intrinsic difficulties associated with D-PMU measurements and their proposed solution are discussed as an additional challenge for the implementation of the proposed algorithms. Experimental results using real D-PMUs and laboratory real-time hardware are provided as a proof of concept using a standard IEEE-test node feeder.


Within a period from January 2010 to January 2016, there were a total of 920 surgically treated patients at the Orthopedics and Traumatology Department, Dubrovnik County Hospital, Croatia, which is a single acute hospital in Dubrovacko-Neretvanska County where all patients with proximal femoral fracture are treated. The aim of this retrospective study is to compare used implants according to the type of proximal femoral region fracture (femoral neck, pertrochanteric, subtrochanteric) and used osteosynthetic implant depending on the type of fracture. Modern new surgical techniques were used more commonly. Osteoporotic proximal femoral fractures stayed the major and growing problem in both geriatric traumatology and the general traumatology.


Proton conducting materials play a significant role in many renewable energy and bio-electronic technologies including fuel cells, batteries etc. As a consequence, probing of the alternative energy sources is one of the hot topics now-a-days to the contemporary researchers in material chemistry due to the limited availability of natural energy resources and that is why the area of proton conduction took tremendous interest among the physicists as well as chemists. Compared to the traditional materials, coordination polymers (CPs) are more appealing because they can exhibit their precise structures that can be designed through judicious choice of metal ions and ligands. So the exploration of these high-performance proton conductive MOFs with desired thermal stability, crystallinity, structural tunability and easy synthesis, can afford well designed functional pore surfaces for proton-conducting pathways and also incorporate various guest molecules (e.g. free organic molecules and/or water molecules) as a proton conducting media in the void of the frameworks to make the channel more hydrophilic in nature. Based on the above mentioned criteria, several sulfonic group functionalized mixed ligand coordination polymers have been synthesized using trisodium 5-sulfoisophthalate with the variation of the N-donor linkers and metal ions. Here, all the compounds contain either lattice water molecules and/or protonated N,N′-donor ligand within the pore of the frameworks or acidic uncoordinated −SO3H/-COOH groups (in few cases, −SO3− group behaving as a protonacceptor) as well as coordinated waters, which are arranged along the pore surfaces. This phenomenon has been actually helpful to create an effective proton conducting medium in such compounds.


Attempts to crystallize a complex of papain (C. papaya) with a cysteine protease inhibitor from the parasitic pathogen T. brucei failed. However, over an extended period the mixture produced an ordered crystal of the protease carrying two peptide fragments in the active site. These correspond to dipeptides and tripeptides that are assigned as fragments of the inhibitor, which has presumably suffered proteolytic cleavage.


The early loss of pregnancy for many women may be a significant psychosocial stressor. To mourn a loss of this type can be complex and early evaluation can...


Buildings and their construction account nearly half of total energy consumption in the United States.Significantly improving energy performance of buildings is actually a key to turning down the globe thermostat.Architects should take their responsibility.The 2030 Challenge is an aggressive but feasible program proposed by architects.It has been adopted widely and should be one of our design guidelines.


Meal macronutrient content affects hunger, satiety and metabolic alterations through neural and hormonal pathways that may be altered with disordered eating. We stratified 7 female (BMI 23±1; % body fat 26±2 and RMR 1475±45 kcal/d) and 13 male (BMI 25±1; % body fat 19±2 and RMR 1935±49 kcal/d) subjects according to eating disorder risk (EDR‐lowest vs highest risk) scores and measured appetite‐regulating hormone levels and metabolic responses to higher carbohydrate vs protein fluid meals. Plasma leptin and ghrelin were measured after a 10 hr fast and 60 min after meal ingestion. Indirect calorimetry was performed prior to and for 60 min after meal ingestion. Overall, fasting leptin was directly correlated with % body fat, inversely correlated with RMR, and decreased following the protein meal (7.9±1.8 to 6.9±1.6 ng/ml, p<0.001) but did not change significantly with the carbohydrate meal (7.2±1.7 to 7.7±1.9 ng/ml, p=0.48). This protein meal response was indirectly correlated with % body fat. Ghrelin was decreased with both meals (protein 852.3±50.7 to 793.7±56.8 pg/ml, p<0.01 and carbohydrate (854.3±54.8 to 803.±56.8 pg/ml, p<0.0016 meal). Multivariate analysis revealed higher leptin and ghrelin levels in females vs males, greater increase in leptin with the protein meal in females, greater decrease in ghrelin with both meals in males and gender by EDR risk interactions. Funded by UWL internal research grants.


The case of Buenos Aires (13 million inhabitants) exemplifies the evolution of energy supply and distribution in a developing metropolis characterized by the growth of consumption, spatial extension and social contrasts. After the 2001 economic and political crisis, the energy sectors underwent a major reorganization. For the city this meant growing state intervention in energy supply, private firms and the fixing of energy prices. The resulting evolution does not meet the criteria of energy transition as conceived in Europe, but it highlights the weight of the federal government upon a fragmented metropolis where local actors struggle to find their own spaces of action.


According to detailed mining investigation, the geological structure features and extensional laws of coal seam faults are studied. It was proved that extension of middle- small scale coal seam faults are not only of directional characteristics but also regional characteristics etc.Slip- sheeting faults, lead to coal seams thinned and thickened are also studied. Based on these works, the structure characteristics are forecasted in north unmined area of Tonger mine.


PURPOSE: A processor is provided to facilitate formation of natural convection of a high-temperature, high-pressure gas and thus soaking by installing a heater for heating wafers in a processing chamber on a lower lid, so that the heater can be freely moved vertically together with the lower lid. CONSTITUTION: A high-pressure vessel is constituted of a heat insulating structure(10) installed in a space S defined by an upper lid(7) and a cylindrical portion(6) and a lower lid(8) supporting a heater(13) divided into two heater elements(13a,13b), inner and outer, which is placed on an insulating material with a metallic shield block(11) housing a heat insulating plate, electrodes for the heater, and the like in between. The heater(13) is placed in the processing chamber and heats wafers(15) in the processing chamber. The heater(13) is installed on the lower lid(8) so that the heater is located under the wafers(15) and can be moved freely vertically together with the lower lid(8). As a result, a high- temperature, high-pressure gas is very apt to form natural convection and soaking is facilitated.


Surface and deepwater paleoclimate records in Irminger Sea core SO82-5 (59oN, 31 oW) and Icelandic Sea core PS2644 (68oN, 22oW) exhibit large fluctuations in thermohaline circulation (THC) from 60 to 18 calendar kyr B.P., with a dominant periodicity of 1460 years from 46 to 22 calendar kyr B.P., matching the Dansgaard- Oeschger (D-O) cycles in the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 (GISP2) temperature record (Grootes and $tuiver, 1997). During interstadials, summer sea surface temperatures (SSTsu) in the Irminger Sea averaged to 8oC, and sea surface salinities (SSS) averaged to -36.5, recording a strong Irminger Current and Atlantic THC. During stadials, SSTsu dropped to 2o-4oC, in phase with SSS drops by -1-2. They reveal major meltwater injections along with the East Greenland Current, which turned off the North Atlantic deepwater convection and hence the heat advection to the north, in harmony with various ocean circulation and ice models. On the basis of the IRD composition, icebergs came from Iceland, east Greenland, and perhaps Svalbard and other northern ice sheets. However, the southward drifting icebergs were initially jammed in the Denmark Strait, reaching the Irminger Sea only with a lag of 155-195 years. We also conclude that the abrupt stadial terminations, the D-O warming events, were tied to iceberg melt via abundant seasonal sea ice and brine water formation in the meltwater-covered northwestern North Atlantic. In the 1/1460-year frequency band, benthic 1580 brine water spikes led the temperature maxima above Greenland and in the Irminger Sea by as little as 95 years. Thus abundant brine formation, which was induced by seasonal freezing of large parts of the northwestern Atlantic, may have finally entrained a current of warm surface water from the subtropics and thereby triggered the sudden reactivation of the THC. In summary, the internal dynamics of the east Greenland ice sheet may have formed the ultimate pacemaker of D-O cycles.


To compensate the imprecise modeling method using a Poisson point process (PPP) in a cellular network, especially in urban areas, we adopt a more suitable modeling method using a Poisson cluster process (PCP) and analyze the coverage probability of millimeter-wave (mmWave) cellular networks. We apply a distribution function of the shortest distance between the typical user and its serving base station (BS) to derive the probability density function (PDF) of the distance. Then, accurate formulas for the Laplace transform of interference are derived under Rayleigh fading and lognormal fading. Furthermore, we compute the expressions of signal to interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) and rate coverage probability under these two fading, respectively. Our analysis and simulations show that the PCP-based modeling method of mmWave networks outperforms the PPP scheme in terms of coverage probabilities in low SINR threshold, high SINR threshold and high rate threshold. The results also confirm the accuracy of the formulas derived in this paper and guide the deployment of the mmWave cellular networks.


Cyclic thermal stratification resulting in alternating thermal stresses in pipe cross sections has been identified as the primary cause of high cycle thermal fatigue failure. A number of piping lines in operating plants around the world, susceptible to thermal stratification, have experienced circumferential cracking as a result of high levels of alternating bending stresses. This paper addresses the mechanisms of crack initiation and crack growth and provides estimates of fatigue cycles to failure for a typical safety injection line with such cyclic load history. Utilizing a 3-D finite element analysis, the temperature profile and the corresponding thermal stress field of a complete thermal cycle in a safety injection line consisting of a horizontal pipe section and an elbow, is obtained. Since the observed cracking occurred in the region of the elbow-to-horizontal pipe weld, the analysis performed assessed (1) the impact of the level of local geometric discontinuities on the initiation of an inside surface flaw is greatest and (2) the number of thermal cycles required to drive a small surface crack through the pipe wall. 12 refs., 14 figs., 2 tabs.


Karst disaster like water burst occurred during railway construction would cause tremendous risk on construction period. How to prevent the water burst in Yesanguan karst tunnel and what countermeasures should be taken become the key problems faced by construction enterprise. The category of water burst in karst, dividing principle for dangerous section of karst disaster during tunnel construction and the risk gradation of karst disasters are put forward based on field investigation. Combining with geological condition analysis and the analysis of karst formation, the location distribution of dangerous sections of karst disaster during constructing Yesanguan tunnel of Yiwan railway is studied. Countermeasures for preventing karst water burst are probed into so as to provide technical support for construction safety of the tunnel.


Value relevance of accounting information addresses the degree to which accounting information summarizes the information that is impounded in share prices. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to contribute to the empirical literature on value relevance by examining the extent to which accounting information is associated with firm value, from an emerging market context. The paper uses the basic Ohlson (1995) model and the modification of the model that includes cash flow from operation, and dividends, to ascertain the value relevance of accounting information in Nigeria. The paper accommodates the documented relative inefficiency of the market by using stock price at three months and six months after year end as dependent variable. The study employs a pooled and panel data in the regression of share price and returns on accounting numbers. The ordinary least square (OLS) estimation and dynamic model estimation, with the Random and Fixed effects variants were used in the regression. We find that earnings, cash flow and dividends were statistically significantly associated with firm value but book value was related but not statistically significant. Based on these findings, it is suggested that the focus of investors should be on earnings, dividends and cash flows while less emphasis be placed on book values. Besides, the accounting information for investment purposes should be communicated to the investing public; and such information should be of high quality to avoid sub-optimal investment decisions by investors, with negative consequences for the overall economy


FOXP3+ regulatory T (Treg) cells are a broadly acting and potent anti-inflammatory population of CD4+ T cells essential for maintaining immune homeostasis and preventing debilitating autoimmunity. Based on chemokine receptor expression, we identified distinct populations of Treg cells in human blood expected to colocalize with different Th cell subsets. Although each population was functionally suppressive, they displayed unique patterns of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokine production, differentially expressed lineage-specifying transcription factors, and responded differently to antigens associated with Th1 and Th17 responses. These results highlight a previously unappreciated degree of phenotypic and functional diversity in human Treg cells that allows subsets with unique specificities and immunomodulatory functions to be targeted to defined immune environments during different types of inflammatory responses.


†Miyagi National College of Technology, Professor emeritus 1-3-6 Oyama, Natori, Miyagi, 981-1233 Japan E-mail: †firstname.lastname@example.com Abstract When an charged particle is exercising, it accompanies with magnetism. When the velocity of the charged particle become zero, the magnetism is lost. The protons (H) of the solar wind combines by a magnetic field made by exercising at ultra-high speed, and the magnetic field separates H and the free electron. At more than 150km above the Earth, H of the solar wind create ionospheres of F layers. Formation of E and D layers are supported by ionization of atoms such as oxygen by X-ray or ultraviolet rays. There is the peak of hydrogen atomic density at the intermediate altitude between the E-layer and the D-layer. The sporadic E that is generated in the bottom of E layer is thought to be due to the H group of solar wind.


In this paper, precoder design using LQ decomposition combined with dirty paper coding (DPC) is proposed to improve the throughput of multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) broadcast channel. The performance of MU-MIMO broadcast channel of proposed precoder is compared with SVD decomposition method, with the assumption that perfect channel state information (CSI) is available at both the transmitter and receiver. Simulation results are discussed to evaluate the performance of LQ decomposition method, which illustrate that the proposed system outperforms the conventional SVD based decomposition methods.


The author presents applications of control theory to the law equivalence of stochastic systems. As a byproduct he obtains some characterization of control-equivalent systems. Deterministic and stochastic exit problems are discussed. The emphasis in this work is on the infinite-dimensional systems.<<ETX>>


We discuss the results of an international comparison regarding the measurement of magnetic power loss and apparent power between 20 Hz and 100 Hz at magnetic polarization values ranging between 1.3 T and 1.8 T in grain-oriented steel (GO) sheets using the Single Sheet Testing (SST) and Epstein methods. This exercise, carried out in the framework of the activity of Joint Working Group IEC 68/WG1-ISO/TC17/WG16, was aimed at a solid assessment of the degree of reproducibility of the SST method, under its prospective adoption in the industrial practice as a reference method for the specifications of grain-oriented alloys. Five different types of Fe-Si GO alloys were circulated among eleven different laboratories of metrological institutes and industry. The statistical analysis of the results shows close reproducibility properties of the SST and Epstein methods. It is obtained, in particular, that the power loss figures, measured by the participants at 50 Hz and the aforementioned peak polarization values are distributed around their reference value with relative standard deviation σ (P)SST = 0.88% and σ (P)Epst = 0.82% for SST and Epstein, respectively. It is obtained σ (S)SST = 2.20% and σ (S)Epst = 2.15% for the apparent power. For the industrially relevant case of polarization Jp = 1.7 T in the high-permeability P-type grades, these quantities amount to σ (P)SST = 0.48%, σ (P)Epst = 0.80%. By restricting the comparison to the European metrological laboratories (INRIM, NPL, PTB), the overall distributions narrow to σ (P)SST = 0.42%, σ (P)Epst = 0.55%, σ (S)SST = 1.19%, and σ (S)Epst = 0.82%. A qualitative interpretation of the main physical mechanisms and the measuring features underlying the lab-to-lab dispersion of the SST and Epstein results is discussed in this paper. It is concluded that the combination of good reproducibility and simple practical implementation make the SST method totally appropriate as a reference method for the definition of the material quality in the specification standards


Based on the features of flexible machining devices and processes, and the requirements of monitoring and diagnosis, a multi-parameter describing and discriminating model of machining operating mode and process condition has been presented to satisfy the real-time monitoring and diagnosis under the actual flexible machining environments. It mainly contains three parts: the analysis of feature parameters and the normalized processing, the tracing and analysis of information of the rotating speed of motors, and the identification of the change of condition caused by the workpiece outline and the operating time-series. A practical system run successfully indicates the efficiency of the model.


This paper studies the welfare implications of financial stability and inflation stabilization as distinct monetary policy objectives. Introducing asymmetric aversion to exchange rate depreciation in the Barro-Gordon model mitigates inflation bias due to credibility problems. The net welfare impact of fear of floating depends on the economy's recent track record, the credibility of monetary policy, and the central bank's discount factor. It is shown that fear of floating is more appropriate for financially fragile developing countries with imperfectly credible monetary policy than for advanced economies.


Nitrite is a characteristic pollutant in natural water. A simple, rapid and highly selective spectrofluorimetric method for determination of trace nitrite has been developed. It was based on the fact that nitrite reacted rapidly with iodide at room temperature and led to the fluorescence quenching of 4′,5′-dibromofluorescein (DBF) under the combined effects of cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) and β-cyclodextrin (β-CD). The fluorescence intensity of the above reaction system was measured with excitation and emission wavelengths of 532 and 551 nm, respectively. Optimal values of the main factors involving volumes of CTAB, β-CD and sulfuric acid were explored by a Box–Behnken design. Under the optimized experimental conditions, the fluorescence quenching intensity was good linear over a nitrite concentration range of 0.2–46.0 μg/L with a correlation coefficient better than 0.998. The detection limit of 0.16 μg/L was obtained for the determination of nitrite by the proposed method. The general coexisting ions did not interfere to the reactions of nitrite with iodide and DBF. The relative standard deviation of the method for the determination of nitrite in water samples was below 2.7%, and the corresponding recoveries were between 92.1% and 107.9%. The proposed method is environmentally friendly and suitable for water monitoring.


Poster: "ECR 2012 / C-0817 / Predictors of death in acute pulmonary embolism and correlation of pulmonary artery obstruction with CT, ecocardiograpic and laboratorial findings" by: "H. Nunes Correia, B. Rodrigues, A. Figueiredo, A. P. Vedor, I. Beirao; Viseu/PT"


A procyanidin-rich fraction of the stembark extracts of Erythrophleum suaveolens induced significant dosedependent (0.1-100µg/ml) relaxation of the guinea pig and rat aortic ring segments precontracted with noradrenaline (10µM) and potassium chloride (KC1, 30mM). However, the extract produced more significant relaxation in aortic rings with endothelium intact (+E) than in those without endothelium (-E). The plant extract produced a relaxation effect of 54.35 ± 3.53% in rat aortic rings in the presence of endothelium. The relaxation was 10.18 ± 1.64% in the rat endothelium-denudated aortic rings. The procyanidin fraction (30µg/ml) also prevented NA-induced contraction of aortic rings while 10 mg/kg provoked a fall in blood pressure of over 30mmHg a few seconds after extract administration with gradual return to the initial level. A 0.33mg/ml procyanidin fraction also produced over 86.6% inhibitory effect on angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) activity, indicating a possible blood pressure lowering effect through vasodilation. These results indicate vasodilating properties on aortic rings which are endothelium mediated due to the liberation of nitric oxide leading to the lowering of blood pressure.


Foreword by Skip McGaughey. Foreword by Simon Archer. Preface. 1. Using Eclipse Tools. Getting Started. The Eclipse Workbench. Setting up Your Environment. Creating a Project. Navigating. Searching. Writing Code. Team Development Using CVS. Running Applications. Introduction to Debugging. Introduction to Testing. Summary. 2. A Simple Plug-in Example. The Favorites Plug-in. Creating a Plug-in Project. Reviewing the Generated Code. Building a Product. Installing and Running the Product. Debugging the Product. PDE Views. Writing Plug-in Tests. Summary. 3. Eclipse Infrastructure. Overview. Plug-in Directory. Plug-in Manifest. Plug-in Class. Plug-in Model. Logging. Eclipse Plug-ins. Summary. 4. The Standard Widget Toolkit. SWT History and Goals. SWT Widgets. Layout Management. Resource Management. Summary. 5. JFace Viewers. List-Oriented Viewers. Text Viewers. Summary. 6. Actions. IAction versus IActionDelegate. Workbench Window Actions. Object Actions. View Actions. Editor Actions. Key Bindings. RFWS Considerations. Summary. 7. Views. View Declaration. View Chapter. View Actions. Linking the View. Saving View State . Testing. Image Caching. Auto-sizing Table Columns. RFWS Considerations. Summary. 8. Editors. Editor Declaration. Editor Chapter. Editing. Editor Lifecycle. Editor Actions. Linking the Editor. RFWS Considerations. Summary. 9. Resource Change Tracking. IResourceChangeListener. Processing Change Events. Batching Change Events. Progress Monitor. Delayed Changed Events. RFWS Considerations. Summary. 10. Perspectives. Creating a Perspective. Enhancing an Existing Perspective. RFWS Considerations. Summary. 11. Dialogs and Wizards. Dialogs. Wizards. RFWS Considerations. Summary. 12. Preference Pages. Creating a Preference Page. Preference Page APIs. Preference APIs. RFWS Considerations. Summary. 13. Properties. Creating Properties. Displaying Properties in the Properties Dialog. Displaying Properties in the Properties View. Property Pages Reused as Preference Pages. RFWS Considerations. Summary. 14. Builders, Markers, and Natures. Builders. Markers. Natures. RFWS Considerations. Summary. 15. Implementing Help. Using Help. Implementing Help. Context-Sensitive "Infopop" Help (F1). Accessing Help Programmatically. RFWS Considerations. Summary. 16. Internationalization. Externalizing the Plug-in Manifest. Externalizing Plug-in Strings. Using Fragments. Summary. 17. Creating New Extension Points. The Extension Point Mechanism. Defining an Extension Point. Code Behind an Extension Point. Extension Point Documentation. Using the Extension Point. RFWS Considerations. Summary. 18. Features and Branding. Feature Projects. Branding. Update Sites. RFWS Considerations. Summary. 19. Building a Product. A Brief Introduction to Ant. Building the Favorites Product. Summary. 20. Advanced Topics. Advanced Search-Reference Projects. Accessing Internal Code. Adapters. Opening a Browser or Creating an Email. Types Specified in an Extension Point. Modifying Eclipse to Find Chapter Identifiers. Label Decorators. Background Tasks-Jobs API. Plug-in ClassLoaders. OSGi Bundles and the 3.0 Run-time. Conclusion. Appendix A. Appendix B. Index.


Cloud bursting is a hybrid computing resource model in which a firm firstly uses its own internal computing resources and then bursts to a public cloud for extra resources as needed. This paper develops quantitative models to examine whether a firm who has on-site capacity can be benefited from cloud bursting. If a firm adopts a hybrid cloud, while it benefits from immediate, extra computing resources, and scalability, but it assumes the risks of security threats and service outages from this external resource. If a firm uses only a private cloud, while security threats and service outage risks may be far lower than with a hybrid cloud, it may lose the opportunity to profit due at peak times due to limited resource capacity. Overall, we show that firms can benefit from the hybrid clouds if risk is considerably low while firms would benefit from using the private clouds if risk is considerably high. Interestingly, firms may display counterintuitive cloud deployments when facing risk of outage that one firm deploys a hybrid cloud and another deploys a private cloud when risk of outage is considerably low and both firms prefer the hybrid clouds when risk of outage is considerably high.


We show that, under certain smoothness conditions, a Brownian martingale, when evaluated at a fixed time, can be represented via an exponential formula at a later time. The time-dependent generator of this exponential operator only depends on the second order Malliavin derivative operator evaluated along a "frozen path". The exponential operator can be expanded explicitly to a series representation, which resembles the Dyson series of quantum mechanics. Our continuous-time martingale representation result can be proven independently by two different methods. In the first method, one constructs a time-evolution equation, by passage to the limit of a special case of a backward Taylor expansion of an approximating discrete time martingale. The exponential formula is a solution of the time-evolution equation, but we emphasize in our article that the time-evolution equation is a separate result of independent interest. In the second method, which we only highlight in this article, we use the property of denseness of exponential functions. We provide several applications of the exponential formula, and briefly highlight numerical applications of the backward Taylor expansion.


One of the most important tasks in the neutron activation analysis (NAA) is a detection efficiency calibration, determination of the peak-efficiency curves versus the energy. It must be achieved for various combinations of sample-detector geometries to quantify the radioactivity in the radioactive samples. In this paper, the MCNPX 2.5 code [1] was adopted to determine the peak-efficiency curves of the HPGe detector of the CSS-Compton Suppression Gamma-ray Spectrometer at KAERI Neutron Activation Analysis laboratory. We also investigated the changes of the efficiency curves by changing a distance between source and detector in the energy range from 40 keV to 1835 keV. The ratios of the experimental efficiencies to simulated ones are consistent within 9%. It shows that our simulation program based on MCNPX code is good enough for later studies on our Compton Suppression Spectrometer (CSS).


Through an analysis of novation disciplined by civil law, and an analysis of the novation in judicial recovery, this paper intends to demonstrate, in a logical and coherent way, if the novation previse in Law n°. 11,101 / 2005 is a different kind of traditional novation, considering the one is previse in the Civil Law, an exception or if it was the same institute. To conduct this study was used the exploratory method, and the object has been studied by collecting and doctrine study, scientific articles, case law and laws that portray the subject in question.


This article is aimed to analyze what happened a century after the promulgation of the 1917 Mexican Political Constitution, which intended to develop the ideals of the 1910 Mexican Revolution. It tackles the constitutional amendments which, since 1982 up to date, with the arrival of the so called technocrats to the Federal Government, modified the essentials of the 1917 Constitution, in order to orient the Mexican state towards a neoliberal regime, nevertheless by the means of a pacific and parliamentary way.


The invention discloses a multi-connected cam pump, belonging to a mechanical rotor pump. According to the technical scheme, the multi-connected cam pump comprises a driving cam (1), driven cams (2), a driving gear (3), a driven gear (4), a pump body (7) and a flow distribution disc (8), wherein the driving cam (1) and the driving gear (3) operate coaxially; the driven cams (2) and the driven gear (4) operate coaxially; the four driven cams (2) are simultaneously matched with the driving cam (1) to form four groups of parallel cam pumps; the flow distribution disc (8) can be used for finishing flow distribution of each group of the cam pump; and a plurality of oil discharging openings are formed in the part, corresponding to each group of the cam pump, on the pump body (7) to form a multi-connected pump with one oil suction opening and a plurality of oil discharging openings. The multi-connected cam pump has the advantages that the displacement is great and fluid properties of a plurality of outlets have good consistency, and is applied to a multi-loop hydraulic system with high requirements on consistency or synchronism.


Problems: A 48-year-old female patient presented with a left cervical thoracic duct cyst. Most previous reports on thoracic duct cysts have described open surgery with excision and ligation. However, less invasive treatment methods have proven effective.
Methodology: Here, we describe a thoracic duct cyst that was refractory to aspiration or upstream clipping of the thoracic duct via video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). Eventually, we performed percutaneous sclerotherapy with OK- 432 (Picibanil). Analysis of a fine-needle aspirate of the cystic mass confirmed the diagnosis.
Results: Minimally invasive management with sclerotherapy completely resolved the cyst.
Conclusions: Thoracic duct cysts can be treated successfully with a non-surgical sclerotherapy approach. Clipping the thoracic duct via VATS can prevent chyle accumulation in the thoracic duct cyst and resolve chyle leakage. Consequently, an open surgical approach can be avoided, but remains optional, in case minimally invasive management is unsuccessful.


Abstract While it may be wise to deflect drug and other substance abusers away from prison, the practice of coercing them to submit to programs of therapy via the threat of penal sanction is questionable because doing so lies outside the proper realm of criminal justice, as currently defined, and may be unethical in terms of the right of individuals to be protected from capricious judicial practices. It may also be impractical from the standpoint of successful treatment. On the other hand, it is probably also true that few substance abusers would submit to treatment without being explicitly threatened by the punitive consequences of their behavior. It is, therefore, a serious question of public policy—how to balance the conflicting goals of societal protection, individual rights and individual health. Three policy modifications are herein identified and discussed: (1) make sentences to therapy an explicit provision in criminal law, (2) completely divorce the punitive and rehabilitative responses to crimin...


Many recent advances in computer science have been driven by the convergent availability of large numbers of data and of fast machines on which to analyze them. This availability has enabled us to acquire implicit partial models of the underlying generators for the data and apply those models to tasks such as translation, transcription, and image captioning. To date, though, few if any of these models have been dense, in the sense of thoroughly modelling some aspect of the world in way that can facilitate any relevant task. Dense models should support: a) Prediction: What might happen next in this situation, or what might be true in the vicinity? b) Interpolation: What may have happened between these situations? What might be located between these things? c) Causal reasoning: Why did this happen? d) Purpose reasoning: What is this configuration of things for? For what purpose is that happening? e) Task performance: The model should be able to aid (e.g.) a robot performing a domain task. f) Explanation: The model should be at a level that supports communication. In short, a dense model is the sort of model - including both implicit and explicit components - humans form about aspects of their worlds: aspects like meetings, plants, lawnmowers, rivers and kitchens. These models support pretty-much any kind of relevant reasoning. These are also the sorts of models that builders of large-scale "commonsense" knowledge bases have been working to construct. But, to date, although some such knowledge bases support particular instances of each kind of reasoning task, they do not approach doing so comprehensively, even within quite narrow domains. Although some work is being done on automating KB construction, this generally aims at breadth, rather than density. Similarly, although machine vision and NLP researchers have long discussed the potential use of background knowledge in scene and text understanding, demonstrating that utility in any general way has been hampered by the vast incompleteness of available KBs. The time is ripe for a 5-10 year AI challenge problem in production of dense models directly from data. As a particular example, kitchens are somewhat limited in complexity, from a human point of view, and are densely modelled by most humans; we are not frequently surprised by what we find in a kitchen, or by what happens there. And we are not lacking for data; there are more than 6 million YouTube hits for "kitchen", around 5 million for cooking. If each was a mere 1 minute long, this represents 22 years of kitchen video. Dull perhaps, but also, presumably, enough grist for building a very dense model. The proposed challenge is this: to have computers automatically build, from just the vast amount of video found on the web, a sufficiently dense local world model to enable that video to be thoroughly understood for prediction, interpolation, explanation and other tasks.


Abstract : The mesocyclone is a strongly-rotating column of air associated with the updraft of a severe thunderstorm. The size and shape of the phenomenon allows ready detection with a single Doppler radar. Quantitative evaluation of the mesocyclone has been shown to be useful for the prediction of large hail and tornadoes. Accuracy in mesocyclone interpretation is of course critical to these endeavors. A limitation with single-Doppler observation of the mesocyclone is that the flow field is measured directly in only one dimension. Therefore, the shape and spatial variation of intensity can be difficult to determine. For this reason, it is common practice to assume the mesocyclone flow is circularly symmetric when interpreting the single-Doppler image. The problem is that mesocyclone flows are generally not circular, and the deviation from circular can be considerable. This report presents an improved model for the interpretation of single-Doppler mesocyclone observations. The model describes an elliptical flow pattern of any eccentricity. Some examples of highly distorted, single-Doppler, mesocyclone flows are presented which are well simulated by the model.


We present results for matching factors for staggered four-fermion operators constructed using HYP-smeared fat links both in the action and the operators.
We use perturbation theory to calculate the matching factors and work to one-loop order. The new feaure of this work is the use of the Symanzik-improved gauge action, as opposed to the Wilson gauge action. Our results are needed for our ongoing calculation of weak matrix elements using HYP-smeared staggered valence quarks and operators on MILC lattices. We give explicit results for matching factors of the operator needed to calculate $B_K$. We compare the impact of the improvement of the gauge action on one-loop coefficients with that of mean-field improvement of the operators.


This paper deals with the control of an axisymmetric moving mass actuated reentry vehicle. Three channel stable dynamic equations of the reentry vehicle are obtained derived from Newtonian theory. Since the maneuvering flighting in the reentry stage is mainly in the longitudinal plane, linear equations of the vehicle in the longitudinal plane based on linear perturbation theory are available. In addition, the control system of the moving mass actuated reentry vehicle is designed based on variable structure control method. Results obtained from simulations indicate the nonlinear model satisfy performance index demands of the attitude control.


A674 JESOCI, Volume 4, Abstract Supplement, 2020 carried by the larger apo(a) size in all subjects (r=0.139, p=0.0361). In race/ethnicity analyses, a significant association was seen for African-Americans (r=0.268, p=0.0199), but not for Caucasians. In contrast, there were no significant associations of PCSK9 with isoform-specific Lp(a) levels for the smaller apo(a) sizes in all participants nor in ethnic-specific analyses. Of note, PCSK9 levels were significantly negatively associated with the larger apo(a) isoform sizes in all participants (r=-0.139, p=0.0366). Although significant in both groups, heritability of PCSK9 level was higher in Caucasians than in African-Americans (47% vs. 22%, respectively). Conclusions: Among African-Americans, but not Caucasians, PCSK9 levels were associated with isoform-specific Lp(a) levels carried on larger, but not smaller, apo(a) sizes. The findings illustrate a diverging relationship of PCSK9 with isoform-specific Lp(a) levels.


Computer programming typically requires people to describe operations in a formally specified textual language. Unfortunately, working with syntax is a significant cognitive load, making programming difficult for beginners and time-consuming for professional developers. In response to this, contemporary research often focuses on abstracting or improving the process of composing code. We believe, however, that one fundamental reason why programming is difficult is the disconnect between the symbols and metaphors used in code and the mechanics they represent. Programming languages use abstractions whose superficial similarities to natural language neither effectively help users understand programs nor enable them to work creatively. To tackle this fundamental limitation, this paper introduces a new language based on a novel programming-by-demonstration paradigm that (i) enables users to experiment and test their programs, (ii) allows describing complex operations without the need to learn any syntax, and (iii) always displays an approximation of the program state while programming a new operation. We explain the rationales behind our new approach and present our design and implementation using illustrative examples and a supplemental video recording.


A new NO decomposition catalyst, monolayer CuOx/Co3O4, is reported with areal activity and N2 selectivity exceeding Cu-ZSM5 at 350 °C.


The NOAA Ship Albatross IV is a research vessel used primarily by the US National Marine Fisheries Service to collect data in support of marine resource assessment programs. The Albatross IV was the first NOAA fisheries research vessel to be modernized under the Fleet Replacement and Modernization program. This paper discusses modernization of the ship's scientific data collection capabilities. New or modernized systems include an RD Instruments Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) with a removable hull-mounted transducer, infrastructure for a Simrad EK 500 Scientific Echo Sounder System, the Scientific Computer System (SCS) for data acquisition, a seawater sampling system, and winch instrumentation. Also included in this paper is a discussion of the design, construction and uses of a portable winch, A-frame and electronics van. The winch, A-frame and van supported an EK 500, SCS and an extensive suite of sensors during NOAA's first fisheries charter, and illustrates the ability to provide scientific instrumentation that can be easily moved to augment older NOAA ships or chartered research vessels. The first section of the paper provides an overview of NOAA's fleet operations organization. The remainder of the paper is dedicated to describing the data collection capabilities of NOAA's fisheries vessels in general and the Albatross IV in particular.


A striking feature of the R-hemolysin channel— a prime candidate for biotechnological applications—is the dependence of its ionic conductance on the magnitude and direction of the applied bias. Through a combination of lipid bilayer single-channel recording and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, we characterized the current-voltage relationship of R-hemolysin for all alkali chloride salts at neutral pH. The rectification of the ionic current was found to depend on the type of cations and increase from Liþ to Csþ. Analysis of the MD trajectories yielded a simple quantitative model that related the ionic current to the electrostatic potential, the concentration and effective mobility of ions in the channel. MD simulations reveal that the major contribution to the current asymmetry and rectification properties originates from the cationic contribution to the current that is significantly reduced in a cationic-dependent way when the membrane polarity is reversed. The variation of chloride current was found to be less important. We report that the differential affinity of cations for the charged residues positioned at the channel's end modulates the number of ions inside the channel stem, thus affecting the current properties. Through direct comparison of simulation and experiment, this study evaluates the accuracy of the MD method for prediction of the asymmetric, voltage-dependent conductances of a membrane channel.


This paper presents the gait design and comparison study of a quadruped robot. The main contributions of this paper are: (i) Explore the modularized system design of an 8 degree-of-freedom quadruped robot with a power management system. (ii) Propose a gait design method based on drive function. (iii) Propose another gait design method based on foot trajectory. (iv) The simulation of the walk and trot gaits with above-mentioned methods are validated in Webots. (v) The walk and trot gait are successfully implemented in the real robot. Experimental results show that the stable locomotion can be achieved with improved elliptical foot trajectory.


In order to establish the optimal price of low-carbon products and set the optimal target carbon emissions in the production cycle so as to maximize profits, this paper proposes the optimal pricing model of environmental quality index futures from the perspective of green finance. This paper mainly studies the optimal pricing and carbon emission strategy of low-carbon products of a single enterprise under the carbon trading system based on the quota system. When enterprises join the carbon trading system, how to optimally determine their target carbon emissions in the production cycle and the optimal price of their low-carbon products in order to maximize their own profits, based on the carbon emission quotas freely allocated by the government in the face of exogenous carbon trading prices and different consumer preferences for low-carbon products in the market, is discussed in detail. The experimental results show that the low marginal cost of emission reduction will urge enterprises to implement low-emission strategies as much as possible, and the marginal cost of a specific size will enable enterprises to implement low-carbon policies with low emissions, and the optimal emissions will decline with the increase of carbon prices. However, from the perspective of 50–300 carbon trading prices, the profits generated are less than those of the minimum emission strategy, and the difference between the two is generally one order of magnitude. Therefore, if the internal conditions permit and the external carbon trading price is reasonable, enterprises should reduce carbon emissions as much as possible. The properties obtained from the model analysis and the numerical conclusions given in the example part reflect the relationship between the enterprise product pricing, the marginal cost of emission reduction, and the target emission decision-making and draw some valuable information for the enterprise and the government decision-making.


The increasing literature on climate justice is indicative of the increasing severity and public awareness of the challenge of climate change and the need for action.  Generally speaking, the extant literature emphasises climate justice activism during COPs, climate justice movements and their activities, and climate justice activism in specific geographical regions.  A case study approach is typical and neglects the actions of non-climate justice movement actors.  This approach does not make for generalization on climate justice action.  This article analyses the emergence and propagation of climate justice from a global perspective taking into consideration state actors and non-state actors, including non-movement groups and individuals.  Varied sources of data are used and the analysis is descriptive and perspective.  Rawls' theory of justice and the resource mobilisation theory provide the theoretical underpinning.  State actors, which are commonly analysed as antithetically related to the climate justice movements, play sensitisation and awareness-creation roles through IPCC.  Furthermore, State-actors through COP play critical roles negotiating for polluters pay and emission mitigation (net-zero) systems.  Non-State actors, including non-formal groups and individuals, have been particularly critical in the fight for climate justice.  Their actions have been through songs and poems, pressured mobilisation through protests, strikes and sloganeering, and litigation.  Several challenges hinder the enthronement of climate justice.  A successful enthronement of climate justice necessitates cooperation between State and non-State actors; which is the basis of the Marrakech Initiative of 2016.


Disclosed is a working device (1) for the inside of a water chamber which performs predetermined work inside a water chamber (131) of a steam generator and which is provided with: at least two engaging means (2) which are respectively inserted into and which engage with a heat transfer tube (132) disposed on a tube plate (137) in the water chamber (131); a supporting means (3) which bridges between each engaging means (2); and a moving body (4) which is disposed so as to be movable along the bridged supporting means (3). As a consequence, the moving body (4) is stably supported within the water chamber (131) and can be easily moved.


A field experiment was conducted to study the influence of weed and nutrient management practices on the growth and nutrient uptake of in Acacia auriculiformis during 2006-07. The results revealed that chemical weed control resulted in significant improvement of plant growth parameters viz. plant height (197.33 cm), collar diameter (2.58 cm), main stem volume (10.54 cm3), number of branches (10.64), total dry biomass production (469.21 g/plant) and nutrient uptake compared to control. At 10 months of treatment imposition (MAT), significantly higher dry biomass production was recorded in branches (103.33 g/plant), leaves (185.26 g/plant) and total above ground parts (471.83 g/plant) due to the application of FYM + NPK. The uptake of N and P was significantly higher due to FYM + NPK (34.28 and 2.97 kg/ha, respectively); where as, uptake of K was unaffected. The interaction between weed and nutrient management practices were significant for uptake of phosphorus only.


Although manufacturers recommend light-emitting diode technology for all types of urban lighting, it is likely that high-pressure sodium lamps will be used for roadway lighting for many years. The purpose of this paper is to establish whether electronic ballasts represent a better solution for such lamps than electromagnetic ballasts. Special attention was devoted to the fact that electronic ballasts allow considerably higher voltage drops. However, taking into account the earth-fault protection demands, it is shown that electronic ballasts provide only a modest possibility to increase the length of the street lighting section. The techo-economic analysis showed that, owing to the high prices and shorter life of electronic ballasts, conventional electromagnetic control gear still represents a better choice from the financial point of view.


In this paper we present two versions of a parallel working-set map on p processors that supports searches, insertions and deletions. In both versions, the total work of all operations when the map has size at least p is bounded by the working-set bound, i.e., the cost of an item depends on how recently it was accessed (for some linearization): accessing an item in the map with recency r takes O(1+log r) work. In the simpler version each map operation has O+((log p)^2+log r) span (where n is the maximum size of the map). In the pipelined version each map operation on an item with recency r has O((log p)^2+log r\right)$ span. (Operations in parallel may have overlapping span; span is additive only for operations in sequence.) Both data structures are designed to be used by a dynamic multithreading parallel program that at each step executes a unit-time instruction or makes a data structure call. To achieve the stated bounds, the pipelined version requires a weak-priority scheduler, which supports a limited form of 2-level prioritization. At the end we explain how the results translate to practical implementations using work-stealing schedulers. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first parallel implementation of a self-adjusting search structure where the cost of an operation adapts to the access sequence. A corollary of the working-set bound is that it achieves work static optimality : the total work is bounded by the access costs in an optimal static search tree. A fuller version of this paper is at \urlhttp://arxiv.org/abs/1805.05787.


For doing conversion we need to do lot of manual calculations so to avoid this we provide a Generic Converter for direct calculations. Algorithms are presented for converting units of measurement from a given form to a desired form. The algorithms are fast, are able to convert any combination of units to any equivalent combination, and perform dimensional analysis to ensure that the conversion is legitimate. Algorithms are also presented for simplification of symbolic combinations of units. Application of these techniques to perform automatic unit conversion and unit checking in a programming language is described. Keywords— Generic, Unit, Unit conversion, Styling


Control of networks like those for transportation, power distribution, communication to name a few, provides challenges to planning and scheduling. Many problems can be defined in terms of a basic state space model, but more general problems require an expressive language for talking about the topology and connectivity of the system, which are outside the scope of standard planning languages. In this work we introduce a general framework for defining planning languages for networked systems, with capability to express properties of connectivity and topology of such systems.


In the view of NC industry development in China, there are many problems such as small scale, low centralization, slow industrialization, lack of bankroll support, single investment channel, weak technical innovation and reconstruction, under-developed NC functional components, lack of NC professional etc. The paper points out that the state should take concrete policies in supporting the development of NC industry.


The equilibrium and kinetics of the protonation of 5,10, 15,20-tetraphenylporphyrin (H2TPP) and the demetalation of 5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphyrinatozinc(II) (ZnTPP) at a dodecane−aqueous acid interface were investigated by means of a new in situ spectrophotometric method, the centrifugal liquid membrane method, which can provide the ultrathin two-phase liquid membrane system in a rotating glass cell. The consumption of H2TPP in the bulk dodecane phase and the production of the diprotonated aggregate, (H4TPP2+)n, adsorbed at the liquid−liquid interface were directly measured from the spectral change. The equilibrium constants of the interfacial aggregation of H4TPP2+ and the demetalation of ZnTPP were determined as log(Ke1/dm6 mol-2) = 2.14 ± 0.07 and log(Ke2/dm9 mol-3) = −6.05 ± 0.04 at 298 K, respectively. The observed rate constant of the demetalation of ZnTPP depended upon the first order of the acidity function, and it was suggested that the rate-determining step is the formation of the monoprotonat...


Academic programs demand a constant updating. As the reader might agree, today's societies demand a new merge of knowledge elements. Current web-infrastructure is able to support new approaches in science development. On the one hand, due to current social, scientific and technological advances, academic programs in universities are clearly under pressure to be constantly restructured and renewed in order to provide valid and up-to-date knowledge to students. On the other hand, students obviously have different academic needs and backgrounds. So every person needs to follow a specific path in its training process. Our approach aims at proposing a well-ordered method for selecting personalized contents in e-Learning environments through the use of complex network analysis. Due to the similar nature and structure of knowledge and despite the diversity of knowledge types, the proposed method could be easily extrapolated to different academic programs and even account for some diversity in human profiles.


This paper examines the effectiveness of two proposed methods for dual-frequency smoothing in Ground Based Augmentation Systems (GBAS) based on data collected in 2010 by clusters of nearby receivers whose measurements are publically available. After an extensive search turned up no ionospheric anomalies, data from several clusters of CORS and IGS stations under nominal conditions was examined, and results from three of these clusters are presented. Across these clusters, the variation with regard to receiver noise and multipath errors is very large. However, in all cases, dual-frequency smoothing performed well and generally agreed with theoretical predictions. These results confirm that future multiplefrequency GBAS systems using these methods are practical as long as receiver multipath is controlled to the level of the best CORS and IGS receivers.


The short story Babysitter written by American writer Robert Coover uses nonlinear narrative method, self-negation plot design, fragmented text structure to bring the reader a novel reading experience and has obvious post-modernist literary characteristics. This paper uses postmodernist literary criticism theory to analyze the artistic characteristics of the text and to interpret uncertainty and absurdity reflected in the real world.


The room temperature section of Cu-Dy (≤35wt-%)-Ni ternary phase
diagram has been determined by means of X-ray diffraction technique. The results
are as follows: four single-phase regions (α, Dy_2Ni_(17), DyNi_5 and DyCu_5), five two-
phase regions (α+Dy_2Ni_(17), Dy_2Ni_(17) + DyNi_5, DyCu_5 + DyNi_5, α+DyNi_5 and DyCu_5+α)
and two three-phase regions (α+ Dy_2Ni_(17) + DyNi_5 and α+ DyNi_5 + DyCu_5) exist in the
diagram. NO any new phase has been observed. The solubility of Dy in α-phase is
up to 2wt-%.


The aim of this study is a comparative analysis algorithms for biometric iris of the eye based on Gabor filter and Gaussian filter combination and Laplace. Research algorithms include developing program models that perform image processing eye images from the database CASIA-Iris-Interval, filtering, iris code based on it, the database entry and verification method of reference. Comparing the studied algorithms shows that using the algorithm of Laplace and Gaussian filters are much more efficient and safe, and research results can be used in the construction of remote authentication of the transfer pattern to open a communication channel with noise.


Abstract : Open water test results of four high-pitch cycloidal propellers are reported herein. They were tested at various steering angles over a range of advance coefficients. The results show high thrust and maneuvering capability with these propellers at high advance - coefficients indicating the potential for high-speed application of these propellers. (Author)