Pulses from an actively modelocked terahertz quantum cascade laser are characterized using an optical sampling technique to detect the instantaneous terahertz intensity. Dependence of the pulse width on modulation power and drive current are investigated.


The present paper is the second in the series on Decapoda Brachyura from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and reports 43 species and 2 varieties belonging to 22 genera of which genus Jonesius is new to science apart from 7 new records for the region. Heller (1868) reported 12 species of xanthid crabs from Nicobars. Later Alcock (1898) recorded 85 species and 3 varieties belonging to 33 genera including
8 species already reported by Heller. Since the first male pleopod is known to distinguish the closely related species, the same is illustrated wherever male specimens were available in the collection. Description of the first male pleopod is given for those which were not earlier described by Chopra (1935), Chopra and Das (1937), and Chhapghar (1957). Detailed descriptions of Zozymodes pumilus (Jacquinot) and Pilumnus heterdon Sakai axe also given, both of them being additions to the faunistic fist of India.


Abstract The paper presents the general concepts of the gamma method of measuring snow cover and soil moisture, and considers the design of an airborne observation network for gamma surveys over large areas. Description of the equipment and measuring techniques used in the Soviet Union are given. Estimates of errors from various sources are presented, as well as results of comparisons between the aerial measurements and the direct ground measurements used as controls.


We prove that the moduli stack of stable curves of genus g with n marked points is rigid, i.e., has no infinitesimal deformations. This confirms the first case of a principle proposed by Kapranov. It can also be viewed as a version of Mostow rigidity for the mapping class group.


Objective:To explore the effect of pregnancy combined with thrombocytopenia on mothers and infants.Methods:The clinical data of 35 cases of pregnancy combined with thrombocytopenia from January 2004 to December 2008 in the hospital were analyzed retrospectively,50 pregnant women with normal platelet count at the same time were selected as control group,the pregnancy outcomes of the two groups were compared.Results:The rate of cesarean section,the incidences of premature delivery,postpartum hemorrhage and neonatal asphyxia in study group were significantly higher than those in control group(P0.05).Conclusion:The majority of pregnancy combined with thrombocytopenia are secondary thrombocytopenia,which harms mothers and infants;adrenocortical hormone,gamma globulin and platelet transfusion should be administrated to patients in order to reduce the complications of mothers and infants while treating primary diseases actively.


Cutting resistance at the time of cutting the wafer lens is reduced, maintaining high production efficiency, resulting optical performance also provide good imaging device. A first lens block, and a second lens block, an imaging device including a spacer, a sensor unit, a side surface portion of the first lens block, the side surface portion and the side surface of the spacer of the second lens block is the same surface together are formed in, comprises a first lens block, and each side portion of the second lens block and the spacer, the first and second lens block in a step between the side surface portion of the sensor unit, the lens cover for covering the.


BACKGROUND
Magnetic resonanse imaging (MRI) frequently reveals asymptomatic cerebral infarctions in the general population.

HYPOTHESIS
The central nervous system (CNS) of divers is affected by a hyperbaric environment even if they are asymptomatic.

METHODS
We examined 25 uniformed service divers by MRI and compared them with normal controls.

RESULTS
Of 25 divers, 9 had CNS lesions vs. 2 of 25 controls (p = 0.02). There was a significant relationship between the CNS lesions, age, and smoking.

CONCLUSION
The divers had a risk of accumulating CNS lesions. These results suggested that divers should undergo periodic medical evaluations and MRI brain scanning.


The biology of the Milichiidae is briefly summarized, and observations are reported on association of certain Pholeomyia species with attine ants. Sixteen species are recognized and keyed; some of these are known presently only from Neotropical areas such as the West Indies, Mexico, and parts of Central America. New species described are Pholeomyia latifrons (Bahamas), P. poli , tifacies (W. Indies, Mexico to Brazil), P. hurdi (Mexico)- P. nitidula (Georgia), P. dampfi (Central America), and P. texensis (Texas). Brief diagnoses are given of the other 10 species, their distribution is summarized, and numerous earlier misidentifications are corrected.


A half-century ago, in 1971, Paul Berliner embarked on his first research trip to Zimbabwe.Working closely with a youngmusical prodigy, CosmasMagaya, along with several of his family members and teachers, Berliner's initial study of mbira music resulted in themost widely read book on this subject, The Soul of Mbira (1978), and several audio recordings released in the 1970s. These studies helped introduce the world to this music, which has since become a global phenomenon. Years later, after Berliner's intense investigation of jazz which produced his award-winning tome Thinking in Jazz (1994), the ethnomusicologist returned his attention to the mbira in the 1990s, "delving further into its intricacies" (viii). Continuing analytical themes from his jazz studies, the current three-volume set focuses more acutely on "learning, transmission, and improvisation" (viii) associated with the mbira instrument itself. Although there has been a wealth of mbira scholarship published over the last several decades, none has attended so intensely to a single artist's career path and practices. As Berliner keenly focuses on the life and art of his longtime teacher, giving readers a "longitudinal perspective on musical development and creativity" (ix), he also exemplifies the benefits of slow ethnography. Drawing on decades of collaborative research, Berliner is able to offer unprecedented nuance to the academic discourse on the mbira. Magaya's point that "themusic'smeaning lay in its details, not its generalities" (18) is made abundantly clear with the rich analyses that lie within these pages. Moreover, while at one level, the authors reveal their "concern for documenting the music" (ix) in light of the loss of many great mbira performers, they remark that "our goal is to stimulate further scholarship about distinctive 'schools' and personal styles ofmbira performance" (x); like mbira patterns, this collection is presentednot as an end in itself, but rather as


Commercial kitchens often leave a large carbon footprint. A new dataset of energy performance metrics from a leading industrial partner is presented. Categorising these types of buildings is challenging. Electricity use has been analysed using data from automated meter readings (AMR) for the purpose of benchmarking and discussed in terms of factors such as size and food output. From the analysed results, consumption is found to be almost double previous sector estimates of 6480 million kWh per year. Recommendations are made to further improve the current benchmarks in order to attain robust, reliable and transparent figures, such as the introduction of normalised performance indicators to include kitchen size (m2) and kWh per thousand-pound turnover.


This work effectively synthesized pure ZnO (PZ) and the co‐doped ZnO as Sm‐La CDZ NPs, La‐Sr CDZ NPs, and Sm‐Sr CDZ NPs using a hydrothermal technique. To characterize synthetic nanomaterials used, several techniques, including X‐ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Raman spectra, ultraviolet and visible (UV/Vis), photoluminescence (PL), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and graphs by energy dispersive X‐ray spectroscopy (XPS), Zeta potential, point of (pHpzc), and specific surface areas. Furthermore, the XRD, SEM, and TEM confirmed the hexagonal crystalline structure. However, XPS and EDX showed that Sm3+, La3+, and Sr2+ ions integrated into the ZnO lattice. The UV‐estimated band gaps increased in the co‐doped ZnO; BET surface areas declined. The Zeta potential proved the positivity surface charge of nanomaterials. Consequently, they utilized it to investigate the breakdown of reactive red 43 (RR43). The degradation percentages for PZ, Sm‐La CDZ NPs, La‐Sr CDZ NPs, and Sm‐Sr CDZ NPs were 72.88%, 82.63%, 87.08%, and 91.31%, respectively. According to the results, the Sm‐Sr CDZ NPs exhibit high photocatalytic activity. In addition, the pseudo‐first‐order kinetic model and Langmuir model were a better fit. The photocatalytic nanomaterials were also recyclable, which added to their stability. The prepared nanoparticles were evaluated against four bacterial strains and two fungal pathogenic, and the result exhibited a broad spectrum against tested strains. The co‐doped NPs revealed MIC values ranging between1.95 and 62.5 μg/mL and MBC values of (31.3–250 μg/mL) compared with PZ (MIC = 7.81–62.5 μg/mL and MBC = 31.3–250 μg/mL) against bacterial strains. Surprisingly, most of these NPs expressed bacteriocidal and fungicidal potential. In silico molecular docking simulation suggested that the antibacterial activity may be related to the inhibition of DNA gyrase, cell wall synthesis (Upps and Fos A), and biofilm activity (PqsR).


Drawing on concepts from theories on persuasion, social psychology, and philosophy of language, this article presents the design of an ambient persuasive system that acts as an automatic facilitator by supporting a balanced flow of communication in group conversational activity. The system includes two main components: (a) a context-awareness system that monitors group member non-verbal behavior, and (b) a visualization component that promotes balanced participation, providing targeted directives to participants through peripheral displays. In two empirical studies, a strategy for influencing participant social dynamics based on subtle directives in the form of aesthetically pleasant visual animations was assessed. The findings provide insight on the effect, the acceptability, and the perceived influence of subtle peripheral persuasive messages for ambient displays. The studies indicate that when the participants understand the message intention, the subtle directives have a positive influence on group behavior, and are considered more appealing and less intrusive than overt, language-based messages. Furthermore, it was found that personality traits influenced attitudes towards the system.


We directly observed the kinetics of homogeneous melting in 3D superheated colloidal crystals at single-particle resolution by video microscopy. We found that the precursor of nuclei is in fact local particle exchanges surrounded by particles with large displacement amplitudes rather than any types of defects. The critical size, incubation time, shape evolution of nucleus were measured under different degrees of superheating.


Aiming at the harm of metallic corrosion on the grounding systems of substations and power plants,AC DC high voltage transmission towers and electric power equipments,the paper analyses the corrosion reasons of grounding equipments of substations and power plants as well as power equipments.It analyses the anti-corrosion principles of metal catholic protection,introduces two metal anti-corrosion method,namely "sacrificial anode protection method" and "impressed current method" and does economic and technical comparisons between the two methods and points out the serious side effect of highly praised cop grounding grid on nearby steel constructions.Furthermore,it describes the research and application situation of metal cathodic protection anti-corrosion technology in foreign power industries.At last,it shows that spreading the application of cathodic protection technology is deserving of great attention in anti-accident measurements for power industries currently.


Summary form only given. An optical vortex is a spiral dislocation of the phase front that has a helical phase ramp around a phase singularity. The order of the singularity multiplied by its sign is referred to as the topological charge of the vortex. The propagation of the singular light beams in nonlinear media exhibits a large variety of phenomena. In this report the results of the theoretical and experimental investigations of the noncollinear interaction (degenerate four-wave mixing) of two singular beams in Kerr nonlinear medium are presented.


The performance and characteristics of small, porous cup, soil-water extractors, installed in a soil with known water-transmission properties, are described. Cup conductivities decreased sharply during an 8 week period and, in the absence of other flux limiting factors, would limit water entry in the permeable topsoil but not in the slowly permeable subsoil. Measured cup water uptake however was much less than that predicted from either cup conductivity or soil water transmission properties. This is attributed to flow impedance near the cup walls. Under these conditions flow distribution in a soil with extractor cups would be much closer to that of an unextracted soil than is predicted from soil water flow theory.


Objectives:  To provide up‐to‐date figures on the language needs of older persons from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds in local residential care facilities and to investigate the extent to which these needs are catered for by the provision of language‐relevant services.


Monochloramine is often employed as a drinking water disinfectant for systems where free chlorine residuals are difficult to maintain or where disinfection byproduct formation is significant. Monochloramine is, however, unstable and decomposes, leading to nitrogen oxidation and chlorine reduction (auto-decomposition). The role of natural organic matter (NOM) in monochloramine loss is unclear. NOM could catalyze monochloramine auto-decomposition, or it could act as an external reductant. This study elucidates the decay pathways of monochloramine in the presence and absence of NOM. When monochloramine decomposes in the absence of NOM, ammonia and nitrogen gas are the primary nitrogen decay products. When NOM is present, the product speciation changes such that little nitrogen gas production occurs, yet production of ammonia and nitrate increases. This product speciation shift indicates that under these conditions, NOM acts primarily as a reductant and not as a catalyst. This conclusion was verified using a ...


Human-computer interaction evaluation model of software system based on grey fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method is designed and implemented in this manuscript. Due to the continuous acceleration of the unification of multimedia and information in the new era, the interpersonal interface of mobile terminals has more reflected user experience and user emotional factors. This paper hosts the 2 aspects of innovations. (1) The signal strength helps people to conduct faster and more comfortable human-computer interaction while reducing mobile devices. (2) The electronic information interaction software is then designed based on the cloud computing model, the grey system is validated. The experimental results prove the results.


EGULATING A DC POWER source has for years been done by dissipating power in a series pass regulator. This approach has size, weight, and ther-mal handicaps. Switching regulators, on the other hand, dissipate little power and theoretically could be designed to dissipate no power at all. With practical circuits, they can achieve efficiencies as high as 80%. A switching power supply converts the incoming ac line power to dc and uses the dc to generate a high-frequency pulse train that is transformer-coupled to a rectifier and filter. The resulting dc output voltage is levelled by controlling the duty cycle of the pulse train. The pulse-generating switching device is thus either fully on or fully off, and consequently dissi-pates little power. Besides low power dissipation, another advantage of this technique is that the high pulse repetition rates than series-regulated


We are pleased to present this focused issue on "Molecular Markers in Colorectal Cancer". Advances in molecular profiling and bioinformatics have opened a frontier of exponentially increasing new knowledge that has accelerated the promise of precision oncology.


A method for automatic configuration of a configuration interface for at least one control and / or at least one controller of a machine tool or production machine, characterized in that - that during the commissioning of the machine via a data network which connects the machine components (5, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9) of the machine with one another, an automatic identification of the currently connected machine components (5, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9) as well as an automatic identification of the structure of the data network of the machine is carried out and in this way a current actual machine topology (20) is detected, - wherein the automatic identification of the currently connected machine components (5, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9) by means of an ID number (11a, 11b, 11c, 11d, 11e, 11f, 11g, 11h) which each connected machine component (5, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9) identifies, is carried out, the ID number (11a, 11b, 11c, 11d, 11e, 11f, 11g, 11h), the data of the respective machine component (5, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9), in particular the serial number and / or order number and / or software status and / or ...


Purpose
The purpose of this study was to determine whether there are differences in skin temperature under graphene-infused fleece and traditional polyester fleece materials in the interior of a wetsuit.

Design/methodology/approach
A total of 48 participants surfed for a minimum of 40 min in a custom wetsuit with a torso lined with graphene-infused fleece on one half and traditional polyester fleece on the other. Eight iButton thermistors were used to record skin temperatures bilaterally at the upper back, chest, abdomen and lower back every minute for the entire surf session. After surfing, participants responded to questions associated with their perception of warmth and comfort and their knowledge of fleece materials.

Findings
Skin temperatures did not differ between the two types of fleece at the upper back, chest and abdomen locations. Skin temperatures in the lower back were significantly warmer under the traditional polyester fleece compared to graphene-infused fleece. Participant responses associated with warmth were consistent with skin temperature measurements.

Practical implications
The results of this study indicate that a graphene-infused nylon fleece interior does not clearly influence skin temperature in surfers when compared to a traditional polyester fleece interior. While skin temperatures were significantly lower under the graphene-infused nylon fleece at the low back, the other three anatomical locations did not exhibit significant differences.

Originality/value
Thermoregulation is an important consideration for the safety and performance of surfers in the ocean. Evidence suggests that the inner lining of a wetsuit may impact thermoregulation while surfing; however, no prior studies have compared interior materials.


PurposeThis paper aims to assess human capital efficiency's impact on commercial banks' credit risk in six GCC member countries.Design/methodology/approachThe study employs quarterly balanced panel data of banks between 2014 and 2019. The authors use three different constructs of credit risk, namely the probability of default which is a forward-looking quantification, a book value-based infection ratio and independent opinion of credit ratings, to assess the relationship with human capital efficiency. Different macro and firm-specific control variables are introduced, including a dummy for technological innovation and a GARCH-based measure of oil price volatility.FindingsThe findings of this study reveal that human capital efficiency is negatively related to the credit risk profile and banks with higher human capital efficiency tend to have lower credit risk. These results remained robust across the three definitions of credit risk used in this study.Originality/valueThis study is unique in exploring the impact of human capital efficiency on credit risk because credit risk is not only a central determinant of bank performance but also can trigger a systemic panic. Therefore, it is vital to assess its relationship with human capital efficiency. The different constructs of credit risk are innovative with reference to human capital. Lastly, using EVA as a measure of value addition in the context of human capital efficiency is a methodological contribution.


Seamless integration of mobile robots into human populated environments is a key challenge for robotics. Therefore, mobile robots require the ability to interact nonverbally and to perform predictable motions. Both abilities further demand accurate predictions of human locomotion. This work achieves these requirements by applying optimal control based methods that consider human locomotion behaviors for trajectory planning and prediction. This improves the robot ability to integrate seamlessly in a shared environment.


We examined whether the presence of a polyadenylation [poly(A)] signal in a retrovirus vector could affect the expression level of exogenous gene(s) that was controlled by an internal promoter. Three suicide genes were placed under a promoter of the human midkine gene, whose expression is elevated in lung cancer cells. Orientation of the internal transcriptional unit was designed to be opposite to the viral long terminal repeat. Expression of each suicide gene was greater in ecotropic packaging cells transfected with a retrovirus vector without a poly(A) signal than in those with a poly(A)-containing vector. Sensitivity to ganciclovir, a prodrug that becomes an active drug by herpes simplex virus-thymidine kinase, was significantly improved in retrovirally transduced lung cancer cells compared with wild-type cells. However, the sensitivity was much greater in the cells transduced with poly(A)-containing vector than in those with poly(A)-deleted construct. The presence of a poly(A) signal downstream of exogenous gene(s) therefore favors the expression of foreign gene(s) driven by an internal promoter.


The principle of the noise control device was described in the 1st report and the fundamental design method of the device was explained in the 2nd and 3rd reports. It is known from these studies that the acoustic design of the pipes composing the device is very important for studying the noise reduction region produced by the device ; and each pipe of the device has frequency selectivity. Therefore, it is necessary to study how the noise reduction region depends on a frequency, and how each pipe of the device contributes to the noise reduction region. These results are described in this paper.


This study aims to examine the extent to which PMK No. 60/PMK.03/2022 is said to meet international standards through Regulatory Impact Assessment in the guidelines of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. This research applies qualitative research with a case study approach. The data in this study are qualitative data sourced from interviews (primary data), observation, and documentation (secondary data). Data analysis was conducted in several stages, namely data collection, data refinement, data processing, data analysis, and conclusion drawing, as well as ten RIA question steps as a measuring tool. The results showed that both PMK 48/2020 and PMK 60/2022 have answered the ten Steps of RIA questions well, but the distribution of benefits to the community still needs to be elaborated in order to increase transparency. Furthermore, easy access to the draft policy of PMK 60/2022 so that the government's intentions and objectives for enacting the policy are clear and understood by the public.


Numerical calculations of wind turbulent flow around three serial buildings are performed by the standard k-e model.The vortex distribution of the buildings in cases with three different distance in between is analyzed detailedly.The wind speed and the turbulent intensity in the vortical flow area and the pressure distribution on the buildings are analyzed quantitatively.The results can offer as a foundation for optimizing the plan and the design of residential area.


The Arctic Boundary Layer Expedition (ABLE) 3B was conducted over the northern wetlands region of Canada during July and August 1990. Several Stratospheric/tropospheric exchange events were noted by zenith-looking airborne lidar and in situ measurements of ozone and other trace gas species. Isentropic trajectories and potential vorticity analyses are utilized to determine the frequency of stratospheric inputs which would have affected the tropospheric column over the Moosonee and Schefferville regions and to describe the favored pathways of transport of stratospheric air arriving at these locations. At the 310 K potential temperature level (middle troposphere), trajectories having "aged stratospheric" values of potential vorticity at some point in their 5-day history arrived at Moosonee or Schefferville roughly 40% of the time during the ABLE 3B study period, most often via large-scale subsidence enroute from "stratospheric input regions" over the Arctic Ocean or northern and central Canada. At 325 K (upper troposphere), "fresh" stratospheric input was evident on about 80% of the trajectories, most often associated with jet streaks within the polar and Arctic jet streams. A case study is presented which illustrates both of these general stratospheric input processes.


This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International License Digital Evidence and Electronic Signature Law Review, 16 (2019) | 51 The operation of some engineered systems may result in harm; a railway level-crossing control, say, which allows cars and trains through, but, one hopes, not at the same time; or a high-pressure pipe with hightemperature contents which could rupture and spray a nearby person. Such systems are designated "safetyrelated" or "safety-critical" in engineering, and there are standards nominally expressing best practice in their development and operation. One such standard is IEC 61508:2010 (IEC 61508).


The last 10-15 years have seen enormous advances in the accuracy and usefulness of syntactic parsing, specifically in the form of stochastic parsers whose models are fit via supervised learning from an annotated treebank. For English, the most commonly used resource (by far) is the Penn Treebank, which consists of constituent tree annotations for 40,000 sentences from the Wall Street Journal, collected in the early 90's (Marcus, Santorini, and Marcinkiewicz 1994). While there has been an incredible amount of work developing parsers for this dataset, there has been very little work on creating new syntactically annotated corpora, in part because the task is perceived as very difficult. If the goal of research in syntactic analysis is to create effective parsers, this imbalance of data collection vs. algorithmic research is troubling. First, the WSJ's genre of English may be overly narrow to support the goal of creating broad-coverage English parsers – for example, the corpus contains very few questions. Second, it may be the case that creating more training data will be the simplest route toward creating better syntactic parsers. We are interested in exploring whether it is possible to have online annotators provide syntactic annotations rich enough to support training a parser. If so, and costs can be reduced to the range of $1/sentence, then it would be very feasible to create corpora of similar size to the Penn Treebank, and also may additionally become possible to conduct small annotation projects for new domains when necessary. This would have enormous utility for natural language processing, given that errors in syntactic analysis are often a bottleneck in applied systems.


Professor Wood misses the point of the criticism, and perhaps I am partly to blame. Her object had been to show that slavery was not 'widespread' in agriculture (79). This is a thesis about numbers, and even if it were true (which she fails to prove) it would not necessarily be incompatible, as she seems to think even in her reply, with Ste. Croix's thesis which is about the origin of the surplus derived by the propertied class, a minority. There is a limited number of ways in which surplus can be pumped out of the direct producers; if there are no markets in capital and wage-labour it will have to be done through some form of unfree labour; if debt-bondage and serfdom are unavailable, chattel slavery will be used. This is the gist of Ste. Croix's main argument, not, as she represents it, that chattel slavery is 'inherently more profitable' than other methods of surplus extraction (64, 65, 72). If Professor Wood were right that the surplus was not largely produced by slaves then how was it produced? For one of her possible alternatives, leasing by landowners, she could produce only one 'notable' piece of evidence, Lysias 7.4-11, on which she laid great stress (73, 182-3). I showed in my review that this passage tells directly against her. Another obvious alternative, hired labour that was regular and not merely casual or seasonal, she admits was 'relatively rare in Athens' (71). Her argument fails and her position becomes incoherent. She would have done better to stick more closely to what I suspect was her original intention: to debunk what her first chapter calls "The Myth of the Idle Mob'.


To present the clinical characteristics of accumulated anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) damage among young male patients undergoing routine exercise, and to evaluate the related risk factors.


*† A number of techniques for the transient calibration of permanent-change thermal paints intended for use on short-duration hypersonic flight tests are described and tested. These include the convective heating of painted test samples using an oxy-acetylene torch and the resistive heating of test samples. Both of these methods are shown to be able to induce both the magnitudes and trajectory of temperature rise likely to be experienced on a flight vehicle. The use of a laser to radiatively heat the samples is also discussed but not tested. Methods to analyse the calibration data and apply it to interpret hypersonic flight test measurements are also discussed.


For both economic and research purposes, accurate information on forest composition, and the amount of dead wood is of paramount importance. It is not only important to know the biomass and the distribution of tree species but also to detect vermin and diseases to assess the health of a forest. Performing such inventory accurately with conventional methods of surveying (e.g., terrestrial laser scanners) is very labor and time-consuming as forests can be very dense, thus requiring many setups with a terrestrial laser scanner. We present an innovative approach for forest inventory combining UAV-borne light detection and ranging (LiDAR), multispectral aerial imagery, and terrestrial point cloud data measured with a handheld laser scanner. For such multi-sensor measurement campaigns, however, reliable extraction of forest parameters such as canopy height, the diameter at breast height (DBH), deadwood volumes, etc., strongly relies on the quality of sensor data fusion. Especially in dense forests, the GNSS signal, which is necessary for georeferencing the point clouds, can be very weak. However, terrestrial laser scans can capture much more information underneath the forest canopy which is partly obscured to the airborne data. To circumvent this mismatch, we propose an easily adaptable two-step workflow for fusing the directly georeferenced airborne LiDAR point clouds with the corresponding multi-spectral photogrammetric data and their unreferenced terrestrial counterparts. In the first step of the processing chain, individual terrestrial scans of the forest are coregistered using spherical laser targets located above exactly measured reference points. Secondly, these coarsely coregistered scans are then combined with the georeferenced airborne point clouds using control points. This is especially challenging as forests are very unstructured environments, and in addition, typical SLAM-features such as leaves, and branches tend to move. The result of this procedure are radiometrically enhanced 3D point clouds containing detailed information about the forest structure above and underneath its canopy. This provides a versatile basis for further processing such as tree species recognition, e.g., using convolutional neural networks. We demonstrate the applicability of the workflow on recent data sets measured in Landshut (Bavaria, Germany) under leaf-on and leaf-off condition.


The Liquid Argon Calorimeters are key sub-detectors of ATLAS. They are essential to detect and measure the properties of electrons, photons and are also crucial for jets and missing transverse momentum measurements. During the LHC shutdown in 2013-2014, the hardware and the software have been optimized to improve their reliability. The first collisions allow an assessment of the performance of the detector in the LHC Run-2 conditions. In view of the next LHC Run in 2020, an upgrade of the level-1 trigger system is also under test. The status at the restart of the LHC Run-2 is presented in this document. The Liquid Argon (LAr) Calorimeters The LAr Calorimeters [1] are sampling calorimeters, using liquid argon as active medium. The general layout is visible in Fig. 1a. The primary aim of the electromagnetic calorimeters is the detection of electrons and photons and the measurement of their energy and momentum direction. An electromagnetic barrel (EMB) and two electromagnetic end-caps (EMEC) cover the pseudorapidity regions of respectively |η| < 1.475 and 1.375 < |η| < 3.2. Their passive material is lead and they have an innovative accordion shape, enabling a full azimuthal coverage and a fast readout while avoiding dead regions. (a) (b) FIGURE 1: (a) General layout of the LAr Calorimeters. (b) Internal structure of the electromagnetic partitions[2]. The hadronic end-caps (HEC) are also part of the LAr Calorimeters. They detect jets in the pseudorapidity range 1.5 < |η| < 3.2 and use copper plates as passive material. Those plates allow to easily extract the heat deposited in those regions. The forward calorimeters (FCal) cover the large pseudorapidity (3.1 < |η| < 4.9) region. They use a specific design of either copper or tungsten matrix with argon gaps of 150 − 400 μm to have a fast readout and avoid ion build-up effects up to the LHC design luminosity. The internal electromagnetic structure may be seen in Fig. 1b. When particles ionize the argon, the ionization products are collected by the outer layers of the copper electrodes, powered by two independent high voltage (HV) lines. By capacitive coupling, this induces a current pulse in the inner electrodes layers, which is proportional to the energy deposit of the initial particle. The LAr Calorimeters are divided into 182 468 independent cells. The cell pattern, in three layers, allows the reconstruction of the longitudinal development of the electromagnetic shower. Radiation lengths larger than 22 X0 (EMB) and 24 X0 (EMEC) enable to contain most of the shower for an electron energy up to 5 TeV. The typical size of a cell in EMB layer where most of the shower is contained is ∆η × ∆φ = 0.025 × 0.025. The LAr Calorimeters are also an input to the level-1 trigger (L1Calo). An energy summation is performed over the layers and on regions of typical size: ∆η×∆φ = 0.1× 0.1 to form trigger towers (TT). The level-1 trigger decision is taken based on this coarse information. The LAr Calorimeters were essential to the Higgs boson discovery. The most sensitive decay channels were the ones with electromagnetic objects : H → γγ and H → 4l. In the design of the calorimeters, these processes constrained the requirements for an excellent energy resolution on a range from 10 to 300 GeV [3]. The typical energy resolution in the barrel was measured during the Run-1 to be [4] : σE E = 10% √ E ⊕ 250 MeV E ⊕ 1% (1) Novelties for the Run-2 The ionization pulse has a triangular shape, as can be seen in Fig. 2. The typical drift time of 450-600 ns1, in the electromagnetic partitions, is much longer than the bunch crossing period (25 ns). After pre-amplification, a CR−(RC)2 filter shapes the signal in the bipolar form visible in Fig. 2. The signal pulse is digitized at a frequency of 40 MHz. During the Run-1, five digitized samples were used to compute physical values as the energy and the peak time, making such measurements more resilient to the out of time pile-up (energy deposits due to the previous collisions). In order to run at a higher instantaneous luminosity in the years to come, the current L1 trigger rate of around 70 kHz would need to be raised up to 100 kHz. To enable such an increase, the number of digitized samples was reduced from five to four, at the start of Run-2 due to the limited size of the online data buffers. Studies have shown that the impact on the energy resolution is negligible. FIGURE 2: Typical pulse shape within the liquid argon before and after its shaping. The large dots (resp. crosses) show the typical position of the five (resp. four) digitized samples. Besides this, a majority of high voltage (HV) power supplies were replaced. During the Run-1 they were subject to intensity spikes, leading to a voltage trip. This induced the main source of data rejection namely 0.46% out of a total 1In the FCal, the drift time is shorter due to the smaller gaps of liquid argon and the position of the used samples is different. of 0.88% in 2012 for the LAr Calorimeters [5]. A new generation of HV generators was successfully tested during Run-1 and proved to be more resilient to such spikes. They could sustain high intensity for a longer period, allowing to reduce the data losses. Therefore they were largely deployed before the LHC Run-2. Global synchronization In April 2015, single circulating beams were dumped in the ATLAS upstream collimators. They created huge particle showers flowing through the detector. Such events are called "beam splashes" and induce energy deposition in most of the detector. η -1.5 -1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 φ -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 [ M e V ]


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS First and foremost, I would like to express my deep gratitude to my advisor, MilošŽefran, for his support and guidance throughout my research. I would also like to thank my committee their valuable feedback and suggestions.


Kevin Hutchinson exhaled slowly and tapped his pen gently against his forehead. The clock on his desk chimed softly – 2 p.m. "Where do we go from here?" he thought.


The concept of green manufacturing is a topical discourse in sustainability studies, but its adoption seems to be lagging due to an unclear link to financial performance. The study aims to test the relationship between green manufacturing and financial performance, with quality performance as a mediator and entrepreneurial orientation as a moderator. The partial least square (PLS) method was applied for hypotheses testing. Data were randomly obtained from 116 managerial staff in manufacturing firms operating in the polymer industry in Southern Nigeria. From the PLS results, green manufacturing is positively related to financial performance (β = 0.167, p = 0.027), and this relationship is mediated by quality performance (β = 0.194, p = 0.000) and moderated by entrepreneurial orientation (β = 0.115, p = 0.000). The results demonstrated that green manufacturing spurs financial performance directly. However, optimality can be achieved indirectly through quality performance and under generative conditions or behaviors effectuated by entrepreneurial orientation. In conclusion, quality performance and entrepreneurial orientation may account for the ways in which green manufacturing enhances financial performance significantly and positively.


Creep-life usage analysis and tracking of first-stage turbine rotor blades of an aeroderivative industrial gas-turbine engine are investigated in this study. An engine performance model is created,...


Based on the whole evaluation model of the spacecraft propulsion system ,several propulsion systems used at present and promising in the future are estimated by way of Analytic Hierarchy Process(AHP). The result from the trade study indicates that the Hydrogen Peroxide kerosene non toxic system is the best choice for future on orbit propulsion system of spacecraft in terms of the five interrelated study criteria such as energy behavior, character of service, system reliability, economy aspect and system feature.


The restart ability of inlets is significant to the robustness of hypersonic airbreathing vehicles. Classic starting theories based on the one-dimensional and inviscid flow assumption cannot predict the restart boundary accurately. To overcome the classic theories, the restart characteristics of two-dimensional contraction ducts in viscous flow are numerically studied. The restart boundaries for different configurations and flow conditions are determined, and the restart similarity laws are discovered. With the proposed dimensionless quantities (the dimensionless cowl length and the effective throat-entrance area ratio), the influences of multiple factors on restart are described simultaneously in a concise self-similar formulation. The restart characteristics can be described with any two variables in cowl angle, dimensionless cowl length, and effective area ratio. The restarts of two-dimensional inlets are classified into three types of the short-cowl, transitional, and long-cowl restarts according to the features of restart boundary lines and the flow structure. The three restart types are dominated by the competition between the cowl shock system and cowl tail expansion waves, the cowl shock system alone, and the complementation between the cowl shock system and throat choke, respectively. The wall pressure criteria for restart are correlated with the dimensionless cowl length and the characteristic separation scale at the restart critical state. It is observed that Kantrowitz limit is not generalizable for restart boundaries.


An isometric exercise system according to the present invention facilitates user interaction with a host computer system and includes at least one effector, at least one sensor coupled to the effector, a platform to accommodate the user and control circuitry including a processor. The platform accommodates a user and includes the effector attached thereto. The sensor measures at least one force applied by a user to the effector, where the applied force effects a strain on or deflects the effector. The processor receives and processes data corresponding to applied force information measured by the sensor for transference to the host computer system in a compatible format and facilitates user interaction with the host computer system via effector manipulation by the user. The host computer system processes the information to update or respond to events within an executing software application (e.g., a game).


This study takes a more detailed look on the types of Venusian tectonic structures affecting polygonal impact crater formation and shows that the surroundings of the Venusian volcano-tectonic features do not actually favour the formation of polygonal impact craters compared to the circular craters. However, the pre-existing structures in the target, caused by volcano-tectonic features, clearly control the orientation of PIC rims when PICs form near these features. As PICs reveal older tectonic features below the surface, this study provide further insight into the tectonic history of Venus and PIC formation.


The temporal and spatial effects of incomplete information on a housing market were analyzed based on an estimation model for the incomplete information.Housing market data for Shanghai from 2000 to 2007 was then input into a Hedonic model to estimate the parameters.The transaction information costs and the incomplete information were used to analyze the temporal and spatial changes in the incomplete information in Shanghai.The results indicate that the level of incomplete information in Shanghai sharply rose in the initial years of the market until the peak in 2004 and then slowly decreased.The level of incomplete information in downtown Shanghai was much higher than that in outlying areas,with similar levels of incomplete information in the outlying areas.


We consider an initial boundary value problem of the complex Ginzburg-Landau equation with some delayed feedback terms proposed for the control of chemical turbulence in some reaction di¤usion systems. The equation, considered in a bounded domain RN (N 3), is formulated as @u @t (1 + i ) u+ (1 + i ) juj u (1 i!)u = F (u(x; t )) for t > 0, with F (u(x; t )) = e 0 j j Z u (x; t ) dx+ u (x; t ) ; where ; 0, > 0 but the rest of real parameters , , ! and 0 do not have a prescribed sign. We prove the existence and uniqueness of weak solutions of problem for a range of initial data and parameters. When = 0 and > 0 we prove that only the initial history of the integral on of the unknown on ( ; 0) and a standard initial condition at t = 0 are required to determine univocally the existence of a solution. We prove several qualitative properties of solutions, such as the …nite extinction time (or the zero exact controllability) and the …nite speed of propagation, when the term juj u is replaced by juj 1 u, for some m 2 (0; 1): We extend to the delayed case some previous results in the literature of complex equations without any delay. 1. Introduction It is well-known that feedback delayed term can be introduced to control very complex phenomena (see, e.g. the expositions made in [4], [18] and [29]). Our main interest in this paper concerns a model, of complex Ginzburg and Landau equations type, introduced for the control of turbulence in oscillatory reaction-di¤usion systems made through a combination of global and local delayed feedback. We recall that, after the pioneering work of Ginzburg and Landau [19] in 1950 in superconductivity, Ginzburg-Landau equation has been systematically used to study di¤erent types of phenomena in superconductor theory. A rich variety of mathematical models of PDEs have also been inspired by the original model of Ginzburg and Landau to study a large number of physical phenomena, (see for instance Kuramoto [23], Levy [24], Temam [28] and references therein). In 1996, Battogtokh and Mikhailov [6], introduced a nonlocal delayed term in the generalized equation in order to control the system and suppress turbulence (see also Battogtokh, A. Preusser and Mikhailov [5]). The equation appears in the study of some chemical reactions and models the concentration of various reacting species. D. Battogtokh and A. Mikhailov analyze numerically this model and control the turbulence thanks to the delayed term. The idea is to adjust two real parameters: the feedback intensity and the delay time . The results were made rigorous later in a series of articles, which we indicate below. This work is a natural companion of those rigorous studies. For instance, a …rst rigorous approach was presented in Casal and Díaz [14], where the control of turbulence in oscillatory reaction-di¤usion systems is made through a combination of global and local feedback by means of a pseudo-linearization technique (see also Casal and Díaz [14], [13], Casal, Díaz and Stich [15], [16] and Casal, Díaz, Stich and Vegas [17]). In this paper, we consider weaker assumptions on the initial data and parameters than in the above mentioned papers and others results in the literature (see, e.g. [2]). Although our results can be stated under a great generality, here we consider only the framework motivated by the control problem goal. As a …rst model we will consider the case of a global delayed problem in which two real parameters play a fundamental role: the feedback intensity, , and the delay time, . The problem is reduced to …nd a complex valued …eld u in Q := (0; T ), where R is a bounded domain for N 3 1991 Mathematics Subject Classi…cation. 35K15, 35B40, 35Q35. Key words and phrases. Complex Ginzburg–Landau equation; Nonlocal delayed perturbation, existence of weak solutions; Uniqueness, Qualitative properties. c 2020 Texas State University. Submitted April, 2020. 1 2 JESÚS ILDEFONSO DÍAZ, J. FRANCISCO PADIAL, J. IGNACIO TELLO AND LOURDES TELLO EJDE-2020/– with regular boundary @ and t > 0. 8>><>>>>>>>: @u @t (1 + i ) u+ (1 + i ) juj u (1 i!)u = F (u(x; t )) ; in Q; @u @~n = 0 on @ (0; T ); u (x; 0) = u0 (x) on ; F (u(s)) = F0(s) s 2 ( ; 0); (1) where the global delayed feedback term is given by F (u(x; t )) = F1 (u(x; t )) + iF2 (u(x; t )) := e 0 1 j j Z u (x; t ) dx ; (2) here !; ; , , and 0 are given real numbers without prescribed sign, u0(x) and F0(s) are given complex functions and ~n is the outward normal vector to @ . We point out that, in contrast with most of the delayed problems, here the initial past history is composed of a pointwise information at t = 0 (the usual initial condition u (x; 0) = u0 (x) on ) and only a partial information on the function u(s) when s 2 ( ; 0): only the integral of the unknown is prescribed s 2 ( ; 0): Under suitable conditions on u0 (x) and F0(s) we prove (in Theorems 1 and 2) that there exists a unique solution of (1). A second model concerns the case, already used in [6], [5] and [14], in which the delayed feedback term involves the own unknown F (u(x; t )) = e 0 j j Z u (x; t ) dx+ u (x; t ) : (3) In that case it is clear that the required initial past history must be more complete and so the new formulation is the usual one for delayed problems. As a matter of facts, as we mentioned later, the nonlinear perturbation can be easily treated under a more general growth condition of the type (1 + i ) juj 1 u, for any m > 0. In particular, when m 2 (0; 1) we comment how to apply the techniques introduced in a series of works concerning the pure Schrödinger equation with a non-Lipschitz perturbation to our case (see [7], [10], [8] and [11]). See also the study, for complex Ginzburg-Landau equations without any delayed term, made in [2]. Thus our second problem can be formulated in the terms 8><>>>>: @u @t (1 + i ) u+ (1 + i ) juj 1 u (1 i!)u = F (u(x; t )) ; in Q; @u @~n = 0; on @ (0; T ); u (x; s) = U0 (x; s) ; s 2 [ ; 0]; x 2 : (4) In the special case of m 2 (0; 1) and F given by (3) with = 0 (i.e., with only local delayed feedback terms) we prove that several qualitative properties as the …nite speed of propagation or the …nite extinction time property obtained previously in the literature for complex formulations problems without delayed term (see [7], [10], [2], [8] and [11]) can be easily extended to the mentioned delayed formulation. The article is organized as follows: the existence of solutions for problems (1) and (4) is obtained in Section 2. The proof of the existence of solutions use an iterative argument as well as a Galerkin method when t 2 [0; ) jointly with suitable a priori estimates which allow to justify the passing to the limit. The uniqueness of solutions is given in Section 3 for N 3. Finally the study of some qualitative properties, for m 2 (0; 1) and F given by (3) with = 0, will be collected in Section 4 where some energy methods will be applied. Notation. W s;p (D) and H (D) denotes the standard Sobolev spaces which consist of real scalar (or vector) valued functions de…ned on D (an open subset of R or R). Sobolev spaces of complex valued functions are denoted by W (D) and H (D) with calligraphic letters, as well, as continuous functions C(D) de…ned over a domain D. We use k k and ( ; ) for the usual norm and the inner product of L (D) (or L (D)) respectively. Given a general Banach space B, k kB denotes the norm of Banach space B. Its topological dual space will be denoted by B0. By h ; iB0;B we denote the duality product between B0 and B. 2. Existence of solutions We …rst introduce the notion of weak solution of problem (1). EJDE-2020/ – DELAYED COMPLEX GINZBURG-LANDAU EQUATIONS 3 De…nition 1. Let T 1, and assume u0 2 L( )\H( ) and F0 2 L ( ; 0). A function u : ( ; T )! C is called a weak solution of problem (1) if u 2 C([0; T ] : L( )) \ L(0; T : H( )) \ L(0; T : L( )) \ L ; 0 : L ( ) ; ut 2 L(0; T : (H( ))0); for every t 2 (0; T ) h @ @t u; 'i(H1( ))0 H1( ) = (1 i!) Z u 'dx (1 + i ) Z juj u 'dx (5) (1 + i ) Z ru r 'dx+ F (u(t )) Z 'dx; 8' 2 H ( ) ; u (x; 0) = u0 (x) in L( ) and F (u( )) = F0( ) in L ( ; 0) ; where F (u(t )) is given by (2). In the case of problem (4) a stronger notion of weak solution must be introduced: De…nition 2. Let T 1, and assume that U0 2C [ ; 0] : L( ) , U0( ; 0) 2 L( ) \ H( ) (m > 0). A function u : ( ; T )! C is called a weak solution of problem (4) if u 2 L(0; T : H( )) \ L(0; T : L( )) \ L ; 0 : L ( ) ; ut 2 L(0; T : (H( ))0); for every t 2 (0; T ) h @ @t u; 'iH 1( ) H1( ) = (1 i!) Z u 'dx (1 + i ) Z juj 1 u 'dx (6) (1 + i ) Z ru r 'dx+ Z F (u(x; t )) 'dx; 8' 2 H ( ) and u = U0 in C [ ; 0] : L( ) ; where F (u(x; t )) is given by (3). It is useful to rewrite the complex Gingzburg-Landau problem (1) in terms of the real components (u1; u2) of the solution u, i.e. u = u1 + iu2. The associated real system in Q is the following: 8>>>>><>>>>>>>>>>>: @u1 @t = u1 u2 + u1 + u 2 2 ( u1 + u2) + u1 + !u2 + F1(u(x; t )); in Q; @ @t u2 = u1 + u2 u1 + u 2 2 ( u1 + u2) + u2 !u1 + F2(u(x; t )); in Q; u1 (x; t) = Real(U0(x; t)) and u1 (x; t) = Im(U0(x; t)); in ( ; 0) ; @u1 @~n = @u2 @~n = 0; on @ (0; T ): for F1 and F2 de…ned in (2) as the real and imaginary part of F respectively. The main results of this section is enclosed in the following theorem. Theorem 1. i) Assume F0 2 L ( ; 0) and let u0 be such that u0 2 L( ) \H( ): Then, there exists at least a weak solution to (1) in (0;1). ii) Assume U0 2C [ ; 0] : L( ) , U0(x; 0) 2 L( ) \H( ): Then, there exists at least a weak solution to (4) in (0;1). 4 JESÚS ILDEFONSO DÍAZ, J. FRANCISCO PADIAL, J. IGNACIO TELLO AND LOURDES TELLO EJDE-2020/– Remark 1. Although there are some works in the literature dealing with a partial information on the initial history (see, e.g. [1] and its references) we point out that the initial information required in problem (1) is weaker than in those series of works. To prove the existence of weak solution of (1) we …rst obtain some a priori estimates in the following lemma. Le


Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma represents the sixth most common cancer. As a result of field cancerization, second primaries and recurrences are high. Hence, research has focused on chemoprevention. Curcumin, a polyphenol compound with anticarcinogenic properties, is one such promising nutraceutical. As poor bioavailability limits curcumin's use, a novel gum formulation was tested allowing for direct mucosal absorption into the bloodstream. This preliminary study validates curcumin gum efficacy by assessing release and transmucosal absorption, along with measuring its effects on serum cytokine levels.


The comparative estimation of the mid upper, pararectal, oblique, kocher type subcostal and subcostal intermuscular miniaccess suggested by the authors at cholecystectomia carried out. on the basis of studying some parametres (the angle of operational actions, wound depth, the angle of axis slope while operational acting, wound length and an the index of wound depth) according to a.j.sozon-yaroshevich (1954) are shown the advantages of the latter.


Zircon U-Pb dating, Lu-Hf isotopic and geochemical data for the Silurian rhyolites from the Loei fold belt are presented to constrain their petrogenesis and tectonic settings. The rhyolites give a weighted mean Pb/U age of 423.7±2.7 Ma, and are characterized by high SiO2, Al2O3, K2O and low MnO, MgO and P2O5. All samples are enriched in LILEs (e.g., Ba, K, Pb) and LREEs and depleted in HFSEs (e.g., Nb, Ta, Ti) with obvious negative Eu-anomalies (δEu=0.56–0.63). The calc-alkaline rhyolites are typical arc-related rocks. The Loei rhyolites have high A/CNK ratios (1.19–1.34) and positive εHf(t) (4.03–5.38), which can be interpreted as partial melting of juvenile crustal materials followed by multistage melting and differentiation, similar to highly fractional I-type rocks. Combined with regional geological surveys, the Loei rhyolites should be formed in a volcanic arc environment and may be in contact with the Truong Son fold belt during the Early Paleozoic. Moreover, the Simao Block might be in contiguity with the Indochina Block during Silurian.


The hypothesis underlying this study was that a daily dietary Zn supplement during pregnancy would be associated with higher values for selected indices of Zn nutriture than corresponding values for non-Zn-supplemented subjects, if, and only if, Zn status of the unsupplemented control group was sub-optimal. The 12 test and 17 control subjects were healthy, apparently well-nourished anglos who were enrolled before the 12th week of gestation. Mean age=29 yrs, mean parity=0.8. Test subjects received a daily supplement of 15 mg Zn (mean compliance=90%) from the time of enrollment until 3 months post-partum. The supplement was taken at bedtime while other vitamin/mineral preparations were taken before breakfast. Blood samples were obtained at 4 week intervals from enrollment. Selected preliminary results: plasma Zn declined progressively with length of gestation to a nadir of 53 +/- 6 ..mu..g/dl at 10 months. (Non-pregnant mean 77 +/- 7). As in a previous, non-randomized, study the rate of decline for the test group did not differ from that of the control group. Mean monthly neutrophil Zn ranged from 43 +/- 8 - 50 +/- 14 ..mu..g/10/sup 10/ cells; there was not consistent pattern across gestation. Serum alkaline phosphatase activity and pre-albumin of the test group did more » not differ from the control group. These data did not give any indication of sub-optimal Zn nutriture in this pregnant population. « less


An open prospective multicentre clinical trial was conducted in patients suffering from various ophthalmic disorders namely, conjunctivitis, conjunctival xerosis (dry eye), acute dacryocystitis, degenerative conditions (pterygium or pinguecula) and postoperative cataract patients with a herbal eye drop preparation (Ophthacare®) containing basic principles of different herbs which have been conventionally used in the Ayurvedic system of medicine since time immemorial. These include Carum copticum, Terminalia belirica, Emblica officinalis, Curcuma longa, Ocimum sanctum, Cinnamomum camphora, Rosa damascena and meldespumapum. These herbs reportedly possess antiinfective and antiinflammatory properties. The present study was undertaken to elucidate the role of this herbal product in a variety of eye ailments. Side effects, if any, were noted during the study. An improvement was observed with the treatment of the herbal eye drop treatment in most cases.


In previous surveys of New Zealand cocksfoot (Dactylis glomerata L.) pastures, Cocksfoot mottle virus (CoMV) was detected at only one site near Taupo on the North Island. However, we have recently found CoMV at two sites near Dunedin on the South Island. Isolates from these sites, associated with mild and severe symptoms in cocksfoot (CoMV-Wa and CoMV-Ok, respectively), were partially characterised. In agarose gels, the virions of the two isolates had slightly different mobilities when subjected to an electric field, indicating a difference in net surface charge. However, both isolates produced similar leaf mottle symptoms in wheat, their capsid proteins had similar molecular weights (Mr = ca. 31 kDa) as determined by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and they were serologically indistinguishable in double-diffusion tests using 17 antisera to 10 sobemoviruses. CoMV-Ok and CoMV-Wa were serologically related to Lucerne transient streak virus but not to eight other sobemoviruses. Further surveys using DAS-ELISA showed variable incidences of CoMV (range 0–80%) at nine South Island sites. The beetle vectors of CoMV have not been introduced into New Zealand. At two sites where CoMV was found, we observed severe feeding damage from armyworms (Persectania aversa Walker). However, in growth-cabinet experiments this species failed to transmit the virus. Incidences were significantly higher at mown sites (39%) than at unmown sites (11%), suggesting that mechanical transmission is responsible for spread. In view of the increased use of cocksfoot on New Zealand farms, the impact of CoMV on cocksfoot productivity now needs to be assessed and current levels of resistance to CoMV in commercial cultivars need to be evaluated.


The present study was designed to measure nature of disclosure reciprocity relative to three levels of interviewer (therapist) disclosure intimacy: low, mediiam, and high. Ninety-nine female subjects read transcripts of subject-interviewer (client-therapist) dialogue containing neutral interviewer responses and interviewer self-disclosures. The selfdisclosures were systematically varied in level of intimacy. Subjects then participated in a 15-minute structured taperecorded interview about their personal concerns. Responses to the initial questions by the interviewer yielded average length of time talked and average intimacy of responses. The first five-minute segments of the interview yielded average percentage of problem statements and the average percentage of self-references emitted. It was hypothesized that a medixam level of interviewer intimacy would be most facilitative of the outcome measures. An analysis of variance indicated no significant differential effects. Implications of these findings were discussed. I concluded that the design of the study and situational stress of the subjects were significant issues in explaining the results.


And recesses are formed insulating layer, forming a second conductive layer on the underlying layer having a first conductive layer exposed on the bottom of the recess, the third to the second conductive layer forming a conductive layer, wherein the third conductive layer, the third conductive a step of blowing the solute materials that can be used for the conductive layer, the third conductive layer in which the solute material capable skipped and a step of heating the method for manufacturing a semiconductor device.


The thesis is organized into five chapters: the first chapter deals with the aims of the study, the theoretical framework that has been assumed in this study as well as the organisation of the thesis. The second chapter gives an overview of the assumptions of lexical semantics with specific reference to the Generative Lexicon. Chapter 3 is concerned with the break verbs while chapter 4 deals with the bend verbs in Tshivenda. Chapter 5 gives the conclusions of the study. With regard to the break verbs in Tshivenda: these verbs have been classified into seven subgroups with regard to specific semantic features. Syntactically, the break verbs in Tshivenda are mainly transitive verbs while a large group have a transitive-intransitive alternation with the suffixes [-I-/-w-]. The break verbs may also regularly appear with the iterative suffixes [VkanNkany-]. Most of the break verbs also regularly appear in two other alternations i.e. the possession alternation and the instrument-subject alternation. The bend verbs in Tshivenda are organized into five subgroups with regard to their semantic features. All bend verbs in Tshivenda are transitive verbs, but it has been shown that these verbs are in reality ergative verbs which assign two internal theta-roles. These verbs also regularly appear in the possession alternation and the instrument-subject alternation. Both the break and bend verbs have furthermore been treated within the main components of the Generative lexicon, i.e. argument structure, event structure, lexical conceptual paradigm and lexical inheritance structure. Stellenbosch University http://scholar.sun.ac.za


AbstracMadura coastal ecosystem has a variety of biological resources. It either has been productive or possesses a high quality economic value. The coastal area Aberration becomes one of the factors of the coastal ecosystem damages. Furthermore, the uncontrolled exploitation of natural resources along the coastal areas exacerbates the damage. The absence of belonging sense among the coasters toward the mangrove forest- ecosystem seems the factor either. It needs a rehabilitation of mangrove forest to anticipate as well as to discontinue the damage area. In order to apprehend this, a comprehensive maintenance of the whole stakeholders must be taken. It should involve an active participation of community in the course of community based management approach.Kata-kata Kunciabrasi, rehabilitasi, ekosistem , pesisir, mangrove, masyarakat pesisir


A measurement model is a framework that describes a quantum measurement process. In this article we restrict attention to $MM$s on finite-dimensional Hilbert spaces. Suppose we want to measure an observable $A$ whose outcomes $A_x$ are represented by positive operators (effects) on a Hilbert Space $H$. We call $H$ the base or object system. We interact $H$ with a probe system on another Hilbert space $K$ by means of a quantum channel. The probe system contains a probe (or meter or pointer) observable $F$ whose outcomes $F_x$ are measured by an apparatus that is frequently (but need not be) classical in practice. The $MM$ protocol gives a method for determining the probability of an outcome $A_x$ for any state of $H$ in terms of the outcome $F_x$. The interaction channel usually entangles this state with an initial probe state of $K$ that can be quite complicated. However, if the channel is nondisturbing in a sense that we describe, then the entanglement is considerably simplified. In this article, we give formulas for observables and instruments measured by nondisturbing $MM$s. We begin with a general discussion of nondisturbing operators relative to a quantum context. We present two examples that illustrate this theory in terms of unitary nondisturbing channels.


The design of electronic transformer was based on ARM and FPGA.Microcontroller MSP430 was chosen to control the collector for the purpose of low-power consumption.Merging Unit was mainly composed of two cores which were FPGA and ARM.The FPGA was in charge of data processing and the ARM was in charge of control,MSV sending,display and man-machine interface.The mode of the communication between the ARM and the FPGA was combined of serial and parallel style.IEC 61850-9-1 and IEC 61850-9-2 were compared,substation configuration language (SCL) introduced.Then the performance of time delay,synchronization,accuracy and the interface with the traditional transformer were analyzed.


Ocular toxoplasmosis (OT) is considered the most frequent form of infectious posterior uveitis and is caused by the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii. Despite large advances in the field of OT, large gaps still exist in our knowledge concerning the epidemiology and pathophysiology of this potentially blinding infectious old disease. In this review, we aimed to investigate the current clinical understanding of OT, diagnosis treatment options.


PART I: INTRODUCTION: Myron J. Roomkin: An overview PART II: ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES: Greg Bamber & Ed Snape: Britain Myron J. Roomkin: United States Russell D. Lansbury & Annabelle Quince: Australia David F. Smith: New Zealand PART III: CONTINENTAL EUROPEAN COUNTRIES: Eberhard Witte: Germany Karl-Olof Faxen & Hakan Lundgren: Sweden Jacques Rojot: France Claudio Pellegreni: Italy PART IV: JAPAN: Myron J. Roomkin & Vladimir Pucik: Japan.


The invention relates to a titanium diboride target which contains fractions of one or more metals from the group consisting of iron, nickel, cobalt and chromium and also carbon. According to the invention, the mean grain size of the TiB2 grains is between 1 [mu]m and 20 [mu]m, the carbon content is in a range of 0.1 to 5% by weight and the total content of Fe, Ni, Co and/or Cr is in the range of 500 to 3000 [mu]g/g. The carbon is distributed in free form at the grain boundaries of the TiB2 grains such that the mean distances between the individual carbon particles are less than 20 [mu]m. The porosity is less than 5% by volume.


Through 5 to 7 times of transferring,in fresh medium containing sodium cyanide (20~100 mg/t),several cyanide tolerant microorganisms have been separated from alkaline wastewater containing cyanides.Among these bacteria,in alkaline (pH=8.5~9.5) culture media containing beef cream and glucose,some display a good capability for cyanide biodegradation.


The utility model discloses a prepare device of online electric conductance counting rate meter standard calibration solution, reach and add the medicine measuring pump including pure water measuring pump, accuse liquid measuring pump, pure water measuring pump, accuse liquid measuring pump and all continuous with the blender with the medicine measuring pump, be equipped with the agitator in the blender, pure water measuring pump, accuse liquid measuring pump and all continuous with the controller with the medicine measuring pump. The utility model discloses can prepare the normal solution of low conductivity to accomplish standard measurement transmittance process better, improved the accuracy of online electric conductance counting rate meter operation in -process.


Unstructured algorithm is employed in this paper to simulate the complex flow field inside high pressure combined valve of a 600MW steam turbine. Different stem lifts are considered and the flow structures are discussed in detail. Numerical calculations are compared with model experimental results. Some explanations of the special phenomena observed in experiments are presented.


This study aims to study articles in Arabic, as these articles have different meanings and functions , I try to clarify the meaning of the term ( Article ) and following the development of this term through historical ages as well as try to produce the general characteristics of articles ; what they share and what they differ in . This research has an introduction , preface and three chapters . The introduction contains the study subject , clarifying the study importance , and the preface clarifies the development of the term article for the linguists and the grammarians . I have concluded the preface by defining the meaning of the term article . As for first chapter , the first topic contains the relation of article by the word kinds , where the Article has an overlapping meaning with nouns and verbs . The second topic contains studying Articles with regard to simplicity and structure , where grammarians disagreed about the structure of some articles .In the second chapter the research presented the neglected tools in Arabic language, and the usefulness of these tools in the structure of language and in the second topic of this chapter , the research discussed the active articles and their grammatical roles and functions , The research has studied the prepositions, verily and its sisters ( Ena Wa Akhawat'ha ) , the articles of present accusative and apocopation. The third chapter the research discussed in the first topic the indication of single articles , and I discussed the indication of preposition , verily and its sisters ( Ena Wa Akhawat'ha )and the indication of the articles of present accusative and apocopation . The second topic I discussed the indication of common articles and divided it into three divisions . As for the first it is used as a letter and a noun, the second is what is used as a letter and a verb and the third a letter , a noun and a verb , then the conclusion is included the most important findings that is the term " Article " was used by both kufic and Albesrion , as Sebawaih and Al-Mobared didn't mention the article except in the volume of oath (Al-Qasam ) , as for Ibnulsarraj , he has mentioned the article in many positions of his book ( Al-Osol ) , also from the research findings that Ibn Osfoor has expanded in the use of this term , and the term article for Ibn Osfoor correlated with condition styles , interrogation ,Negative ,exception and other styles , correlation of this term with this styles for the grammarians continued to the modern age .


Determining the range of complex maps plays a fundamental role in the study of several complex variables and operator theory. In particular, one is often interested in determining when a given holomorphic function is a self-map of the unit ball. In this paper, we discuss a class of maps in $\mathbb{C}^N$ that generalize linear fractional maps. We then proceed to determine precisely when such a map is a self-map of the unit ball. In particular, we take a novel approach obtaining numerous new results about this class of maps along the way.


Numerous reports have demonstrated that various serum lipids, especially cholesterol and triglyceride, relate to atherosclerosis. It has been accepted that atherosclerosis is one of the most frequent causes of ischemic heart disease, and many investigators have reported that the average values for the serum concentration of cholesterol and several other lipids are higher in groups of patients, who have ischemic heart disease compared with those in a group of normal persons. In this country cerebrovascular accidents following hypertension have been a leading cause of death as opposed to Western Society where deaths aree largely due to cardiac complications. In western countries hypertension was regarded as accelerating the, progress of established atherosclerosis, but among the Japanese, in whom atherosclerosis of the coronary stem is not frequently seen1), the relationship between hypertension and the atherosclerosis of coronary arteries may be not so simple or clear. The low incidence of coronary heart diseases in this country in spite of hypertension common among the Japanese may be explained from the fact that severe attack of atherosclerosis is uncommon related to the low intake of dietary fat. Since World War II, however, a change in diet has been observed among the large city population and the prevalence of coronary heart disease is reported increasing in this country.2) The aim of the investigation was to make clear the following points: 1) Are the average serum lipid and lipoprotein levels in hypertensives or subjects with ischemic heart disease higher than those of healthy controls of the comparable age? 2) Are there any differences in the lipid and lipoprotein levels among the stages of hypertension?


The invention relates to a coil component capable of acquiring a desired resonance operation and enabling a reduction in size of a board disposed with the coil component. The coil component includes a mounting surface that is a side mounted on a mounting board and a detecting surface that is a side generating a magnetic field to detect a distance from a detected conductor. The coil component has a coil conductor formed into a spiral shape, and a magnetic resin disposed on the mounting surface side of the coil conductor without being disposed on the detecting surface side of the coil conductor.


A field water balance model for efficient irrigation water management of corn was developed using Excel VBA. The model consists of five sub-components or modules, namely, (1) a plant subcomponent, (2) an effective rainfall subcomponent, (3) an evapotranspiration subcomponent, (4) a soil water dynamics subcomponent for the modeling of water flow into and within the soil layers, and (5) an irrigation subcomponent for the estimation of the required amount and timing of irrigation. The model was calibrated and validated using observed data from field experiments and the results showed a reasonably good agreement between the observed and simulated soil moisture values (MAE = 5.76 mm to 12.00 mm, RMSE = 6.83 mm to 13.12 mm, NRMSE = 0.102 to 0.196, and NSE = 0.37 to 0.90). The simulations emphasized that a significant amount of water savings can be achieved when rainfall is properly accounted for in managing water in the field, and that the frequency of rainfall occurrences is as important as the magnitude of rainfall received by the crops. The wide-ranging user-friendliness and simplicity of the model developed in this study can pave the way to eliminating the barriers which cause farmers to resist advancements in their farming practices as the model can easily be used not only by researchers and scientists but also by farmers, especially those with basic knowledge of spreadsheets.


In the Fast Fashion sector, identifying the fashion orientation and lifestyle of their customers provides an enterprise the understanding of the needs and desires of their customers alongside helping the implementation of appropriate marketing strategies and achieving upper hand in the competition. In this study, it is aimed to classify their preferences regarding the fashion orientation and lifestyle of their female customers to develop marketing strategies for KOTON, a fast fashion company operating in Turkey as well as globally. For this purpose, Latent Class Analysis was applied as an analytical method and appropriate marketing strategies were suggested for each class. http://dx.doi.org/10.17130/ijmeb.2019252110


As a premise to the discussion of any problem of education within the framework of our study, it is important to recall a fundamental distinction drawn by Jaeger between two concepts of education: educ a t' ion in the sense of "'training of the young" and education in the .Sense of "cultural education."' Edrrcation in the first sense, Jaeger points out, is a natural and universal function of society, and common to every civilization. Its content is roughly the same in every nation. It is both moral and practical. It consists partly of religious and moral commandments, partly of ancient rules of external morality, and partly of those professional skills and traditions which the Greeks called technk. It would be pointless for us, here, to try to elucidate the views on education (in the first sense) embodied in the mythical conceptions of the Problem of the Unity of Culture discussed in our second article (see 11.1). (Those conceptions, of course, did embody educational views, because the insights of all religions obviously need to be taught to their respective adherents.) Nevertheless we might point out that the most advanced and specialized example of education in the first sense, before the birth, in Greece, of education in tlie second sense, is represented by the education of the scribe in the pre-hellenic cultures of the Near East (Egypt, Xlesopotamia, and Syria.)? Erltrcation in the second sense, or "cultural education," is something entirely different from education in the first sense-although it overlaps, and tends to be confused, with it. As Jaeger points out: ( a ) instead of having a utilitarian purpose, "it neglects utility, or at least relegates it to the background;" ( b ) its results rather than showing specifically in single performances, "are shown in the ndiole man-both in his external appearance and conduct and in his inner nature;" ( c ) it is not common to every civilization-it did not exist before the Greeks discovered it;3 ( d ) CzlZtwe and Education 111:


thyroid, and none on Hashimoto s thyroiditis in lingual thyroid. Hypothyroidism caused by Hashimoto s thyroiditis in ectopic thyroid is a known complication, although quite rare. Neinas et al. reported 15 cases of lingual thyroid: three developed hypothyroidism, and only one had features of lymphomatous thyroiditis. Shakir also reported a case of lingual thyroid with lymphomatous thyroiditis in a middleaged woman. Paresi and Shah 1 reported a case of Hashimoto s thyroiditis in a submandibular mass in a patient with lingual thyroid; however, features of lymphocytic thyroiditis were absent in the lingual thyroid. Kenyon and Robb reported Hashimoto s thyroiditis presenting as a retropharyngeal mass. A single case report of Hashimoto s thyroiditis in ectopic thyroid arising from a thyroglossal duct cyst has also been published. The present case is the first case diagnosed on cytology as Hashimoto s thyroiditis, confirmed serologically and radiologically, arising in lingual thyroid; in the two previously reported cases, FNAC was not performed. As, in approximately 70% of lingual thyroid cases, eutopic thyroid is absent, removal or any form of damage to the ectopic tissue can subject the patient to severe permanent hypothyroidism. FNAC plays a vital role in clinically suspected or unsuspected cases of ectopic thyroid for diagnostic confirmation. In these cases, detailed radiological work-up should follow cytological diagnosis for appropriate conservative management. Moreover, definite cytological diagnosis of ectopic thyroid helps to avoid unnecessary surgery. To conclude, cytological diagnosis of ectopic thyroid is not difficult in the presence of normal thyroid follicular cells, and may allow the diagnosis of Hashimoto s thyroiditis or other pathology; however, serological and radiological investigations are mandatory for its confirmation. Cytopathologists should screen the smears thoroughly for any associated thyroid lesions to avoid undue surgery, as well as for appropriate management in these cases.


The Forty-Third Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-43) was held at Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort and Spa, January 5-8, 2010. This year's proceedings consist of over 495 papers in ten major tracks. The topics are summarized on the Overview page showing the tracks and minitracks. Continuing as an exciting feature of the conference this year were several Symposia, Workshops, and Tutorials that created active discussions during the conference, with many interesting presentations from academic and corporate researchers. Some of the symposia leaders developed separate published reports of their sessions that are posted on the HICSS web site. These Proceedings consist only of papers that have not previously been published. They have undergone a detailed peer review process and were selected based on rigorous standards. At the conference, these papers were presented by the authors and discussed in highly interactive sessions. HICSS provides a unique forum for the interchange of ideas, advances, and applications among academicians and practitioners in the information, computing, and system sciences. HICSS is sponsored by the Shidler College of Business, University of Hawai'i at Manoa. The HICSS series of conferences is now in its 43rd year. Very few conferences have been able to grow and develop as HICSS has over such a long period. The computer age is barely 50 years old, and HICSS has been an important event in the world of computer science and information technology applications during most of that time. The conference continues to be one of the best working conferences in computer-related sciences, with a high level of interaction among the leading scientists, engineers, and professionals. Many of the papers and presentations at HICSS have become journal articles, have developed into monographs or books, or have appeared in special issues of journals of wide circulation such as Computer, IEEE Software, Decision Support Systems, and Journal of Management Information Systems. Some major topics such as Collaboration Systems, Model Management Systems, and Negotiation Support Systems have been largely initiated, developed, and documented by presentations and papers at HICSS. Sincere thanks go to all the authors, attendees, coordinators, chairpersons, advisory committees, and administrative staff who make the conference a success. The HICSS Proceedings have made an impressive contribution to the literature base with over 100,000 pages during the past 43 years. Since 1999 we have engaged in a process of expanding the proceedings to include additional forms and media. The objective has been to capture the benefits of electronic media while preserving the benefits of printed proceedings. The CD/ROM of full papers is included in a sleeve inside the back cover of the book of abstracts. Both are distributed at the conference and sold afterward by the IEEE Computer Society. You may peruse the abstracts to find papers of interest, and then use the CD to read the full paper. The abstract book is arranged in alphabetical order by Track and Minitrack name. The papers in each minitrack are arranged alphabetically by title, but may have been presented in a different order at the conference. On the CD, you may use the excellent Electronic Guide or the search facility to find papers of interest.


In order to research into the recovery effect of supplementary phospholipids on rat gastrocnemius after blunt injury,the acute skeletal muscle contusion was produced by heavy objects dropping devices.Subcutaneous feeding or blank control were performed respectively with each group.The muscles were sampled after contusion,and then the muscle contractive strength and relaxation were measured and superoxide dismutase,malondialdehyde were determined.In the first 10 days and 17 days after the contractile force,the muscle contraction force and stress relaxation of supplementary phospholipids groupsstress significant higher than the natural healing group;but stress relaxation of natural healing group was still higher than those in the control group.From the second day to the tenth day,complement phospholipids could improve gastrocnemius superoxide dismutase(SOD),and significantly reduce gastrocnemius malondialdehyde content.Therefore,supplementary phosphatide could obviously improve the acute skeletal muscle blunt injury in rats after shrinking stress and restore stress attenuation,improve the super oxide dismutase activity,skeletal muscle in reducing gastrocnemius mda,facilitate and promote clearing of free radical damage muscle restoration.Supplementary phospholipids could significantly improve more effectively the healing of injured muscles in rat acute skeletal muscle contusion.


The earlier theology of Karl Barth (particularly as represented in the second edition of his Commentary on Romans) had as one of its most significant characteristics a great emphasis on the 'Godness' of God, on God as 'Wholly Other' than man and (following Kierkegaard), on the 'infinite, qualitative distinction' between God and man. This was clearly an attempt to interpret the theme of the Bible and was also in strong reaction against the prevailing theology of the nineteenth century, liberal and, to some extent, orthodox as well. Among the many commentators on the early period Barth himself is the best interpreter of the necessity and meaning of this emphasis as well as of its limitations. He writes 'What began forcibly to press itself upon us about forty years ago was not so much the humanity of God as his deity —a God absolutely unique in his relation to man and his world, over-poweringly lofty and distant, strange, yes even wholly other.'


The importance of water in our everyday lives cannot be overstated. Many heavy metals are present in natural water, but only at very low concentrations. Certain metals are essential to both human and animal health, but too much of these may be dangerous. The objective of this study was to ascertain whether or not the Cauvery River water in and around Trichy, Tamil Nadu, is fit for human consumption and other domestic applications. Ten samples of Cauvery River water were collected at different points in and around the Tiruchirappalli area. For this study, we used an atomic absorption spectrometer to determine the levels of Cu, Zn, Fe, Pb, and Mn. The studies were conducted at Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, on the Cauvery River after the monsoons had passed (2021). Copper and lead concentrations were found to be much over the legal limit (WHO, 2011). Heavy metal contamination of river water is an urgent environmental issue that needs fixing. Sewage from a wide range of commercial and noncommercial establishments must first undergo treatment before being discharged into the river. Awareness has to be promoted among those who work in industries, those who clean up after those companies, those who work for municipalities, and those who live in and around the areas being studied.


is, with other root crops, a product which the state finds it hard to control. It is a nice irony that it is by a modern adaptation of their new yam festival that the Ohafia, in Arua's account, should mobilize themselves to bring more effective pressure to bear on the state on behalf of their community. We would like to dedicate this issue of Africa to the memory of our former editor, Daryll Forde. This seems appropriate for two reasons. Daryll Forde was a geographer before he was a social anthropologist—the contributors to this issue are drawn from both disciplines—and we would want to emphasize the need for the closest integration of both disciplines, along with the agricultural sciences, in the study of farming systems. Secondly, Daryll Forde may be said, through his work on the Yako and other peoples in southern Nigeria, to have pioneered the detailed study of farming systems in West Africa. J.D.Y. Peel


The invention relates to the field of biomedical engineering and provides an electrocardiosignal detecting method. The electrocardiosignal detecting method comprises the following steps: figuring out a differential absolute value sequence of an original electrocardio sequence; summing up differential absolute values within a window by using a sliding window to find out a position interval of larger than a specific value; finding a maximum value point position EcgMaxL and a minimum value point position EcgMinL of original data within the interval; and identifying QRS (Magnetic Resonance Angiography) composite wave according to whether a size relation between EcgMaxL and EcgMinL is avR association or not. The invention further provides an electrocardiosignal detector. According to the invention, a situation that the QRS composite wave is abnormal and cannot be accurately identified due to interference and the like is effectively avoided. The electrocardiosignal detecting method and the electrocardiosignal detector, provided by the invention, are simple, convenient and workable and have the advantages of high accuracy and strong anti-interference capacity.


The author of the article studied the assessment of the literary group Serapinovy brothers by the critics of the Russian diaspora – Georgy Adamovich and Alexander Yashchenko. Adamovich was called the best critic of emigration, he enjoyed a well-deserved prestige. All critical articles by Georgy Adamovich are distinguished by their objectivity. He deeply understood the essence of works of art. This allowed the critic to accurately predict the further paths of the creative development of the author, about whom he wrote. The article reconstructs the presence of Georgy Adamovich at the meetings of the Serapion brothers in those years when he was still in Russia. The critic's articles also indicate his rejection of folklore, the stylization of that part of the serapions who called themselves "eastern" and followed the folk tradition. The critic gives a positive assessment to the writers who were guided by Western literature. In his articles, Georgy Adamovich gives an objective assessment to the poets of the literary group Nikolai Tikhonov and Elizaveta Polonskaya. The fate of these poets testifies to the fact that the critic understood exactly the prospects of their development. The author of the article investigated the reception by Alexander Yashchenko of the Russian literary group. Alexander Yashchenko was the publisher and main critic of the New Russian Book magazine, which was published in Berlin. The author of the article determined that Yashchenko was interested in the literary life of Russia and understood the laws of the literary process of the 1920s. Alexander Yashchenko, in an article on the development of Russian literature from 1917 to 1922, calls the writers of the Serapion Brothers literary group as an important phenomenon of this period. The critic examines the work of Vsevolod Ivanov, Mikhail Zoshchenko and Konstantin Fedin. He objectively evaluates their works, points out the possibilities of creative development. The author of the article notes that criticism of Alexander Yashchenko is characterized by depth and objectivity. Back in 1922, the critic saw that the work of Yevgeny Zamyatin influenced the writers of the Serapion Brothers literary group. Scientists drew attention to this only at the end of the twentieth century.


The invention relates to a preparation method for transparent wear-resistant paint capable of being formed after being cured. The preparation method comprises the following steps: reacting acrylate with multi-functional groups with amino silane; then, adding hydrochloric acid, deionized water and a solvent to carry out hydrolysis and condensation polymerization; after removing low-molecular-weight volatile matters in vacuum, adding a photoinitiator to prepare the transparent wear-resistant paint, wherein the acrylate with multi-functional groups is a mixture of diacrylate and triacrylate. The paint prepared by the preparation method disclosed by the invention is coated on the surface of a plastic base film and then is cured to form a coating which has good wear resistance, can be used for forming a complex surface with the base material, and is suitable for complex-contour transparent plastic parts such as train windshields, car windows, plastic lamps and lanterns, optical lenses and lenses.


This empirical study attempts to verify non-linearity relationships among three quality dimensions and user satisfaction from the DeLone and McLean IS Success Model. We use survey data from Agriculture integrated eXcellence systems (AgriX) users and a multiple regression analysis with dummy variables to analyze separately high and low performance groups. Results from the analysis suggest that influences of qualities on satisfaction are non-linear. The impact of qualities is not symmetric and grouped into three distinct typesbasic factors, performance factors, and excitement factors.


A space-surface bistatic SAR-GMTI algorithm is proposed here and the clutter characters are also discussed. Then a reference signal is adopted for range compression, which can make the range cell migration and Doppler centroid decreased largely. Furthermore, the clutter Doppler and phase are analysed as well as the phase difference characteristics, a phase compensation function is constructed for clutter rejection as well. At last, simulation result verifies the effectiveness of the proposed method.


Disturbance trends over recent decades indicate that climate change is resulting in increased fire severity and extent in Australia's temperate Eucalyptus forests. As disturbance cycles become shorter and more severe, empirical measurements are required to identify potential change in forest carbon (C) stock and emissions. However, such estimates are rare in the literature. The 2019-2020 wildfires burnt through 6 to 7 million ha of mainly medium and open Eucalyptus forest in south-east Australia, with top down emission estimates ranging from 97 to 130 tonnes CO2 ha-1. Study sites that had been assessed for all aboveground C pools prior to the wildfires, were burnt in January 2020 by wildfire that varied in severity. Here we quantify the impact of high and low/moderate fire severities on tree mortality, C loss and C redistribution and assess implications for future C storage in these temperate Eucalyptus forests. Higher fire severity resulted in greater overstorey tree mortality but not understorey or loss of dead standing trees than in low/moderate severity fires. High severity fires combusted almost twice as much C from live trees (42 Mg C ha-1) as low/moderate severity fires (25 Mg C ha-1), while C loss from dead standing trees was similar among fire severity classes (average 17 Mg C ha-1). Total aboveground C lost across study sites was 42 Mg C ha-1 for high and 47 Mg C ha-1 for low/moderate severity, with an average of 45 Mg C ha-1 equivalent to 15 % (high severity) and 14 % (low/moderate severity) of AGC. Extrapolating our findings to other tall to medium open Eucalyptus forests across Victoria revealed that 37.33 ± 12.25 Tg C (mean ± s.e.) or 152 ± 50 Mg CO2 ha-1 was lost to the atmosphere from the 0.9 million ha of these productive forests, equating to about 20 % of Australia's total net annual emissions.


The natural radioactivity due to Uranium, Thorium and Potassium in soil, and water contributes to the radiation dose received by human beings significantly. For assessing the environmental radiological impact to the public it is essential to evaluate the activity levels of these nuclides. Results of the gamma ray spectrometric measurements, carried out for natural radioactivity levels due to


A method was established to determine the content of related substance of roflumilast.A shimadzu VP-ODS C18column was used with methanol-ammonium acetate buffer(pH=4.5)(60∶40) at column temperature of 25℃as the mobile phase.The detection wavelength was set at245nm.The detection limit for roflumilast was 9.3×10-10g·mL-1.Good resolution for roflumilast and related substances was obtained.The method is simple,accurate,reliable and sensitive for the quality control of roflumilast.


In this article, a new regularization method is proposed and applied to the identification of multi-source dynamic loads acting on a surface of composite laminated cylindrical shell. In general terms, regularization is the approximation of an ill-posed problem by a family of neighbouring well-posed problems. Based on the construction of a new regularization operator, corresponding regularization method is established. We propose a regularization operator, thus construct a new regularization method, and prove its regular property. The present method is applied to load identification of composite laminated cylindrical shell. The transient displacement response can be obtained by the finite element method. The multi-source dynamic loads on a surface of composite laminated cylindrical shell are successfully identified, which demonstrates the efficiency and robustness of the present method.


The atlas shows the potential natural hazard, which can cause at any time and any place on the island of Cozumel a disaster. Threats, whether natural or anth...