Currently, South Asia has only 19% of the global COVID-19 infections and 10% of resulting deaths, whereas Europe and North America share as high as 23% and 32% of worldwide COVID-19 casualties, respectively. Unlike the popular opinion of inadequate testing, we mention the factors that might be keeping COVID-19 spread less lethal in South Asia. Notably, the South Asian regions are sunnier than Europe and the Americas, exposing the population to higher levels of vitamin D, naturally. Research suggests that a higher intake of vitamin D reduces the likelihood of respiratory tract infections by 50%, further supporting the notion of vitamin D preventing COVID-19.1 Another possibility for the low rate and mortality could be that the majority of people in South Asia have blood type B (B > O > A > AB),2 which is arguably deemed more immune than A toward COVID-19. Lower susceptibility of blood groups B and O can be linked to the natural presence of anti-A antibodies, which limit the adhesion of SARS-CoV S protein to ACE2 expressing cell lines. Additionally, according to the World Bank data, the South Asian demographic shows a 6% population of those aged 65 or older as compared with 19.2% and 16% of Europe and North America, respectively. Despite COVID-19 being inclusive toward all demographics, the virus can be exceptionally fatal toward those >65 years. Furthermore, limited movement across the South Asian borders and an earlier strict lockdown might have contained the caseloads. For instance, Pakistan imposed a lockdown when the countrywide total COVID-19 cases were less than 1000. Conversely, Italy and the United Kingdom imposed a lockdown when the nationwide cases had surpassed about 7000 in both these countries. The prevalence of existing disease trends in South Asia can be a factor for better immunity. Preliminary research suggests a negative association between the incidence of malaria and COVID-19.3 In 2018, the World Health Organization predicted that 19 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and India carried ~85% of the global malaria burden. The prolific use of antimalarial drugs within these regions could have contributed to COVID-19 recovery. Also, a negative correlation exists between the occurrence of tuberculosis and COVID-19. The high-burden tuberculosis South Asian countries have long had a national Bacillus Calmette-Guerin childhood vaccination policy. Conversely, countries without such policies (ie, Italy and the United States) have been hit harder by COVID-19. Unfortunately, the weak health care systems of South Asia, coupled with poverty and high population, pose stringent risks of massive COVID-19 spread. Recently, thousands of migrant workers have protested in Mumbai, India, against lockdown, out-of-fear of dying from hunger. Similarly, lockdown was eased in Pakistan during the Eid occasion, causing an increase in caseload. South Asian governments should share technical expertise to devise and implement comprehensive strategies to stop COVID-19. For instance, the recent setting up of a joint virtual SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) conference is a commendable step in establishing anti-COVID cooperation in the region. Welfare assistance should also be ensured to the poverty-stricken. Likewise, the national governments should address stigma related to COVID-19 while promoting prevention.


It is discovered that the xylem of the roots are underdeveloped. There is either developed ventilate tissue or hollow in the stems. Thin or linear leaves, Equal-surface leaves and with chloroplast in leave cuticle. The railing tissues of two species are degenerated. All of these features are the results of water growing, lack of air and sunlight.


The invention relates to a hyperbola reinforced concrete cooling tower cylinder wall construction and measurement method, and during construction, firstly a plane positioning measurement is carried out for the central point at the base bottom of a cooling tower by a total station, and then coordinate and elevation of a cooling tower construction control point (central hanging disc) are controlled by a plumb bob instrument and a range finder, finally, a construction control point (central hanging disc) is aligned by a range finder and a spirit level, and the positioning cooling tower cylinder wall radius construction dimension is measured. By the central hanging disc and the cooling tower central point of the invention, the 'two points one line' construction measurement is rapidly realized by the high precision total station, the plumb bob instrument, the spirit level and the range finder, thereby overcoming artificial factor influences in the plumb bob and the measuring tape wire staying measuring method with simple operation process and guaranteed measurement precision.


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April 8—There was a sudden increase in H of 115 gammas in three minutes beginning at 21h 50m GMT, April 8, which was followed by a slow, large decrease with several slow, moderate peaks and bays during the night hours, but no real magnetic disturbance. D and Z were practically unaffected.


Methods and systems for decision tree construction for the automatic classification of defects on a semiconductor wafer is provided. One method is by altering one or more floating wood in the decision tree involves creating a decision tree for the detected defect classification on the wafer. One or more floating tree is a subtree to be operated as a separate unit. In addition, the method by applying the decision tree to the defect includes classifying the defects detected on the wafer.


The problem of missing attendance data in our university often arises due to the negligence of faculties. In this study, we address the problem by directly predicting the work duration of faculties. The nature of the problem require us not only to make accurate predictions, but also to minimize the rate of overestimation. To address the problem, we propose the implementation of model tree with modified L1 loss function and simple prediction result reduction. Experimental results show that our proposed method is able to lower the overestimation rate while maintaining accuracy within acceptable range. Keywords—model tree; loss function; prediction; attendance


From the third order entropy four-current expression for a non-equilibrium single component system, we calculate its third order relaxation and coupling coefficients at ultrarelativistic (high temperature) limit and also give the results for the non-relativistic case. The ultrarelativistic limit is more interesting as it is in this region where one could expect the formation of quark–gluon plasma (QGP) in heavy ion collisions. The coefficients arise as a result of the generalization of the second order theory of relativistic fluid dynamics to the third order theory.


4065 Background: Metastases occurs in > 85% resected PC and ~25% will not receive systemic therapy due to postoperative morbidity. NT offers higher likelihood of systemic therapy delivery to all Pts. We conducted a single institution (MSKCC), phase II trial of NT in Pts with resectable PC to assess 18-month survival rate.

METHODS
Eligibility: radiographically resectable PC, ECOG 0-1. Resectability adjudicated by multidisciplinary team. Borderline resectable Pts ineligible. Prior to NT, all had a CT pancreas angiogram, laparoscopy, research core biopsy (RCB) for xenograft implantation (if feasible). NT: 4 cycles of gemcitabine 1,000mg/m2/100mins and oxaliplatin 80mg/m2/120mins, q2 weeks before surgery. Following R0/R1 resection, 5 cycles of adjuvant gemcitabine were given. Biostatistics: 18-month survival from MSKCC database for resected PC (CT angiogram, laparoscopic staging): 53%. NT promising if 18-month survival was ≥ 73%, type I, II errors = 10%. Planned enrolment of N= 37. Secondary endpoints: response to NT, sites of failure, toxicity, overall survival. Correlative: pathologic RR (pRR) to NT, proteomic analyses, feasibility of obtaining RCB.

RESULTS
From 1/08-1/11, N= 45 screened: 34 staged with potentially resectable PC and received NT. Median age: 70 yrs. ECOG 0/1: 29%/71%. M/F: 62%/38%. Head (n= 26), body (n= 4), tail (n= 4). N= 24 R0/R1 resection: 18 R0, 6 R1. Unresectable n= 7: distal progression (n= 2), T4 artery/vein (n= 4), portal hypertension (n= 1). N= 2 grade 5 events, cardiac/CVA pre-surgery. pRR: 0-50%, n= 21; >50%, n= 3. NT gd 3-4 toxicities: hyperglycemia (n= 16), biliary stent (n= 5), hematologic (n= 14), infusion reactions (n= 2). Current disposition: 1 NT, 15 free of recurrence, 4 alive with disease, 14 dead of disease. RCB obtained n= 7 and successful xenograft in n= 4. 18-month survival pending (mature by 05/11).

CONCLUSIONS
Delivery of NT for resectable PC is feasible, well-tolerated and requires multidisciplinary collaboration. RCB obtainable in body/tail PC. Analysis of primary endpoint will be presented. It remains to be seen whether NT for resectable PC is a superior approach to immediate resection.


This article analyzed the requirement of wartime medicinal materials guarantee of military medical service detachment in the future.Then the author put forward the corresponding countermeasures,which were carrying out joint logistics supply,accelerate the information of medicinal materials guarantee,perfecting the wartime system of medicinal materials guarantee,establishing integrated guarantee mechanism,speeding the development pace of new medicinal materials and equipments.


Half the global burden of cancer is in Asia, where 60 percent of the world population live. Ageing society, growing populations, lifestyle and socioeconomic changes have contributed to a steep rise in cancer incidences. The emerging cancer burden across Asia call for balanced investments in public and professional awareness and political recognition of cancer as a public health problem. Early detection and cancer prevention leads to both better health outcomes and better cost-savings of treatment costs. Although evolving cancer health services need to be stepped up to strengthen cancer healthcare infrastructure to improve equitable access to services, more work must be conducted in the community to address the entrenched stigma of cancer and caused a shift towards a more positive perception to help address cancer in Asia.


This article studies conflicts in the Swedish Labour Court that have occurred between trade unions and companies concerning the pay and working conditions for European Union migrant workers in Sweden during the period 2004–2010. During this period, unions and employers entered into disputes over: unions' rights in Sweden to be consulted when a company uses a subcontractor, the definition of an employee (the issue of 'bogus self-employment'), the application of Swedish collective bargaining agreements to and for workers active in Sweden, how to determine wages for temporary staffing agency workers, and workers' rights to join a trade union. The article discusses the conflicts in the context of a widespread concern about 'social dumping' in the European Union, and in the context of weakening trade unions and institutional change in labour markets.


An alternative method is presented for estimation of reservoir properties that are usually estimated in a classic buildup test are obtained using flowing conditions thereby eliminating the need for shut-in periods and measurement of static pressure data.
 The proposed approach is based on the effect of two consecutive periods of production with different rates in a single well-reservoir model. The well is initially produced at a constant rate until pseudo-steady state conditions are reached, followed by a different rate that will generate a pressure transient response measured at bottom of the wellbore. A mathematical formulation is applied to estimate the reservoir pressure as function of radius of investigation, which is equal to the bottom hole pressure observed during a shut-in buildup test.
 A single well-reservoir model with known petrophysical parameters, fluid properties, pressure and temperature is used as a reference to evaluate the proposed methodology. The reservoir (i.e. the simulation model) is tested by applying two methods: the first one, is the simulation of a classic buildup test, and the second one, is the simulation of two flow rates periods according to the new theory; the results are compared with the model of reference, calculating percentage of error for permeability, skin, and average reservoir pressure. Additionally, it is demonstrated that a shut-in period is not required to obtain data equivalent to a classic buildup test since it is possible to calculate it from dynamic behavior.
 The ability to complete a well pressure transient analysis test from flowing conditions and provide valid and reliable results has a direct impact in reduction of cost and deferred production for companies involved in oil and gas operations.


The invention discloses the inflatable fire retarding agent, comprising the following characters: using the amylophosphatase melamine salt as essential component, which is made by chlorinated amylophosphatase, made by amidon and phosphorus oxytrichloride, and melamine-formaldehyde prepolymer made by melamine and cavaform. The invention provides the new inflatable fire retarding agent including the charcoal source, acid source, gas source. The product is encapsulated to improve the water resistance and stability of fire retarding agent.


In this effort, we report the compatibilization of biomass-derived lignin polymer in acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) thermoplastic matrix without loss of mechanical properties via poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO)-mediated macromolecular self-assembly. ABS was blended with lignin in different concentrations, and blends with 10 wt % PEO (relative to lignin) were prepared. The relative tensile strength improved slightly at low lignin content but diminished rapidly as the lignin content was increased. However, the inclusion of PEO as an interfacial adhesion promoter helped avoid deleterious effects. Dynamic mechanical analysis showed that PEO plasticized the hard phase and thus lowered the activation energy (Ea) for its relaxation but caused stiffening of the soft phase and increased its Ea. Microscopy revealed that incorporating lignin in ABS led to the statistical dispersion of discrete lignin domains (300–1000 nm) which, after PEO addition, were reduced to smaller interconnected particles (200–500 nm). The...


Multilayered nanocrystalline SnO2 hollow microspheres (HS−SnO2) were synthesized by chemically induced self-assembly in the hydrothermal environment. First, multilayered spherical SnO2−C composite was produced through a condensation polymerization and carbonization of sucrose accompanied by hydrolysis of SnCl4 in the hydrothermal reaction. Then, the HS−SnO2were obtained by removal of carbon via calcination. The as-prepared HS−SnO2 exhibit good electrochemical performance as the anode material in lithium ion batteries. Since this synthetic route is simple, convenient, and "green", it is possible to extend this synthetic method to preparation of a wide range of the multilayered hollow spheres of metal oxides for functional material applications.


Vibration monitoring signals are widely used for damage alarming among the structural health monitoring system. However, these signals are easily corrupted by the environmental noise in the collecting that hampers the accuracy and reliability of measured results. In this paper, a modified artificial bee colony (MABC) algorithm-based wavelet thresholding method has been proposed for noise reduction in the real measured vibration signals. Kent chaotic map and general opposition-based learning strategies are firstly adopted to initialize the colony. Tournament selection mechanism is then employed to choose the food source. Finally, the Kent chaotic search is applied to exploit the global optimum solution according to the current optimal value. Moreover, a generalized cross validation (GCV) based fitness function is constructed without requiring foreknowledge of the noise-free signals. A physical model experiment for a high-piled wharf structure is implemented to verify the feasibility of the proposed signal denoising approach. Particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm, basic artificial bee colony (BABC) algorithm and Logistic chaos artificial bee colony (LABC) algorithm and are also taken as contrast tests. Comparison results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm outperforms the other algorithms in terms of convergence speed and precision, and can effectively reduce the noise from the measured vibration signals of the high-piled wharf structure.


There is a switching relay (1), in particular for a starting apparatus for starting an internal combustion engine, having a contact device (5), a relay coil (2), an armature (3), a switching rod (4), wherein the shift rod (4) when current is supplied described the relay coil (2) of the armature (3) moves and the contact device (5) via the switching bar (4) is actuated, and with a Kontaktaufreiseinrichtung via which the armature (3) and the switching rod (4) are coupled together, , In order to simplify a mounting or dismounting, the Kontaktaufreiseinrichtung is formed with a latching device in the armature (3).


A silver-catalyzed amination is reported which occurs at the aliphatic C3-substituent of various quinolones and pyridones. The C-H activation reaction proceeded with high site- and enantioselectivity (14 examples, 83-97% ee). Key to its success is the use of a chiral phenanthroline ligand that is attached via an ethynyl linker to the 8-position of octahy-dro-1H-4,7-methanoisoindol-1-one. AgPF6 (10 mol%) served as the silver source, PhI=NNs as the nitrene precursor and 1,10- phenanthroline as the coligand. The reaction outcome can be understood by assuming a nitrene C-H insertion within a hydrogen-bonded silver complex in which a single C-H bond is exposed to the catalytic reaction center.


Synopsis Eleven of the 12 indigenous British Eriococcidae, Cryptococcus fagisuga Lindinger, Eriococcus devoniensis (Green), E. glyceriae Green, E. greeni Newstead, E. inermis Green, E. insignis Newstead, E. munroi (Boratynski), E. placidus Green, E. pseudinsignis Green, E. spurius (Modeer) and Pseudochermes fraxini (Kaltenbach), are redescribed; the twelfth species, E. cantium, is described as new. Four introduced species, E. lagerstroemiae Kuwana, Kuwanina parva (Maskell), Noteococcus hoheriae (Maskell) and Ovaticoccus agavium (Douglas), are discussed. Coccus buxi Fonscolombe, the type-species of Eriococcus Targioni Tozzetti, is redescribed, as are Coccus spurius Modeer, Acanthococcus aceris Signoret and Rhizococcus gnidii Signoret, the type-species of Gossyparia Signoret, Acanthococcus Signoret and Rhizococcus Signoret respectively. In agreement with some earlier works ? these three genera remain synonyms of Eriococcus but Greenisca Borchsenius and Kaweckia Koteja & Zak-Ogaza are newly synonymised with Eriococcus. R. gnidii is newly synonymised with E. thy mi (Schrank). An unnamed species of Eriococcus near E. buxi, occurring in the U.S.S.R. and Turkey, is also discussed and lectotypes of the British species are designated, where appropriate. There are sections also on morphology, biology and economic importance.


Physic nut, Jatropha curcas L. is an important bio-fuel crop. The present study was conducted to determine the extent of genetic variation and relationship among 48 J. curcas accessions of from Malaysia using 14 morphological traits during 2009–2010. In respect of all traits, there were highly significant differences among the accessions. The phenotypic coefficient of variation was the highest for oil yield per ha followed by total no. of seed per plant and seed yield. Similarly, the genotypic coefficient of variation was the highest for seed yield followed by oil yield per ha and total number of seeds per plant. Broad sense heritability was high in general and exceeded 63.5% for all the traits studied. The percentages of genetic advance was higher (>70%) for total number of seeds per plant and seed yield. Morphological traits viz. total number of seeds per plant, total number of branches per plant, number of primary branches per plant and seed yields per ha exhibited a high genotypic coefficient of variation, heritability and genetic advance. Seed yield was significantly (p ≤ 0.05) and positively correlated with plant height, total branches, leaf greenish, total number of seeds, number of fruits and oil yield. Based on UPGMA cluster and principal component analyses, the accessions, D-01-09 and B-03-02 (grouped into a single cluster) had above average seed yield, oil yield, number of fruits, total number of seeds, leaf greenish, plant height and primary branch compared to other accessions. For the improvement of J. curcas, two accessions (D-01-09 and B-03-02) could be used as parents and required to be hybridized with the accessions (B-02-05, B-02-01, B-02-04, distan B-05-05 and B-01-07) of


In recent years, triazine residues are often evidenced in surface waters as well as in underground waters. The European standards for the maximal level of each pesticide in water for human consumption is 0.1 µg.l−1 which raises problems for triazines such as atrazine or simazine.

New molecules have been designed to replace atrazine and the aim of our study is to evaluate on a pilot plant the outcome of two triazines wich could be used instead of atrazine and simazine; these two triazines are cyanazine and terbuthylazine. These triazines are not removed by coagulation, floculation, decantation. Cyanazine is well eliminated by slow sand filtration. Ozonation has no effect on cyanazine but eliminates 40 % of terbuthylazine. Mechanism of elimination of terbuthylazine on slow sand filters seems to be reversible adsorption which can lead to re-release of this pesticide in case of variation of concentration in the influent water.


In this work we utilize a Reputation Routing Model (RRM), which we developed in an earlier work, to mitigate the impact of three different control message based blackhole attacks in Optimized Link State Routing (OLSR) for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs). A malicious node can potentially introduce three types of blackhole attacks on OLSR, namely TC-Blackhole attack, HELLO-Blackhole attack and TC-HELLO-Blackhole attack, by modifying its TC and HELLO messages with false information and disseminating them in the network in order to fake its advertisement. This results in node(s) diverting their messages toward the malicious node, therefore posing great security risks. Our solution reduces the risk posed by such bad nodes in the network and tries to isolate such links by feeding correct link state information to OLSR. We evaluate the performance of our model by emulating network scenarios on Common Open Research Emulator (CORE) for static as well as dynamic topologies. From our findings, it is observed that our model diminishes the effect of all three blackhole attacks on OLSR protocol in terms of packet delivery rates, especially at static and low mobility.


On the basis of the whole foraminifera shell weights for G. sacculifer and N. dutertrei from Caribbean cores, it appears that the carbonate ion concentration of water at 1800 m depth in the open Atlantic (i.e., the depth of the Caribbean sill) was ∼14 μmol/kg greater during glacial time than during the Holocene. The sense of this difference is consistent with the observation that the 13C/12C ratio for benthic foraminifera from glacial‐age Atlantic upper deep water was higher than that for their Holocene equivalents. It is also consistent with fragment to whole foraminifera results. However, as several questions regarding the assumptions involved in converting shell weights to paleocarbonate ion concentrations remain unanswered, this reconstruction must be considered tentative. Critical in this regard are the assumptions that shell‐wall thicknesses were the same as today's at any given site during glacial time and that the 0.3 μg per μmol/kg relationship between shell weight and carbonate ion concentration is applicable over the entire deep water column. The records reported here reveal no evidence for an early Holocene preservation event. However, that for core V28‐122 documents a dissolution event close to the MIS 5‐4 boundary.


Abstract: The blockchain functions as a decentralized and collectively maintained ledger that allows anyone to contribute. It provides a secure and readily accessible source of information concerning farms, inventories, and contracts in the agricultural sector, where acquiring such data can sometimes be costly. By tracing the origin of food, blockchain technology supports the establishment of trustworthy food supply chains and fosters trust between producers and consumers. Its reliable data storage capabilities enable the implementation of data-driven solutions to enhance farming practices. Furthermore, when combined with smart contracts, blockchain technology facilitates prompt payments by linking them to recorded data changes within the blockchain.


The bachelor thesis focuses on issue of passengers checking out in the public transport. Attention is concentrated on actual checking out systems, so even systems with using contactless payment cards. In the first part there is general characterization of individual checking out systems using in the public transport. Analytical part is dedicated to projects, which were realized in the chosen cities in connection with use of payment cards for checking out of passengers. The subjects of interest are projects of chosen foreign cities and Czech cities. The last part of bachelor thesis contains blueprints for more quality management and implementation of new prepare projects in this branch. It contains also framework of pilot project of new checking out system for the capital city Prague.


Sir James Paget (Fig. 1) formed with William Fergusson (1808–1862) and Sir Benjamin Brodie (1783–1762) a triumvirate of surgical 'greats' in England in the nineteenth century w1x. Paget was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, and until 20 yr of age had not ventured further than a few miles from his birthplace. His father, Samuel, was a prosperous businessman who unfortunately went bankrupt, so that James after his elementary school education in Great Yarmouth was unable to follow his elder brothers to the famous Charterhouse School, then in London, and following this to be an undergraduate at Cambridge University. However, remaining in Great Yarmouth gave him the opportunity of studying botany in the surrounding countryside, and at age 20 with his elder brother to publish a book on the Natural history of Yarmouth. Not having had the dubious advantage of a public school and Cambridge University education, Paget was not proficient in either Latin or Greek, the hallmarks of the times of an educated person, and he retained his regional accent all his life, never acquiring the artificial public school pronunciation, which came into prominence after the Education Act of 1870. Paget began an apprenticeship as a surgeon–apothecary in 1830 at the age of 16. Four years later he began medical studies at St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London. He proved to be a hard worker and won prizes in medicine, surgery, chemistry and, not surprisingly, botany. Paget's greatest success as a medical student came in 1835 when he described Trichina spiralis, commenting that, 'All the men in the dissecting rooms, teachers included, ''saw'' the little white specks in the muscles: but I believe that I alone ''looked at'' them and ''observed'' them'. In 1836 Paget passed the College of Surgeons examination, but despite having a distinguished undergraduate career, he was unable to obtain a surgical training post, as he was not a 'University man'. Instead the following year he became curator of the pathological museum at St. Bartholomew's Hospital where he published a 487-page Catalogue of the pathological specimens of St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Subsequently he was appointed by the Royal College of Surgeons of England to compile a descriptive catalogue of specimens of John Hunter (1728–1793). In 1841 he was appointed dispensary surgeon at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and subsequently in 1861 full surgeon—despite having had no formal training in surgery. Sir James Paget received numerous awards, including his knighthood in 1871, and was called upon to give numerous addresses and prestigious lectures, including the Hunterian Oration in 1877. After this oration, William Gladstone (1809–1898) the future prime minister remarked, 'Demosthenes could not have done it better'. Sir James Paget today is remembered for his description of osteitis deformans w2, 3x. All the clinical features were described, save the most common, namely fractures. Two patients developed bone tumours: one in the humerus, now recognized as one of the most common sites, and the other in the radius. Although sarcomas develop only in a focus of Paget's disease, in both cases FIG. 1. Lithograph of Sir James Paget at age 35.


Network tutoring system is currently a popular research subject in the world. And with the development of artificial intelligence technology, the intelligent tutoring strategy theory has been improved a lot. This paper makes use of the theory of multi-agent plan to develop the model of network tutoring strategic decision-making system, and improves the efficiency of the decision-making system and the continuity of the system to make decisions by the multi-agent plan. It also coordinates and improves the dynamic timeliness of the decision-making system by the multi-agent, and ensures the decision-making system to obtain the best results in the overall situation.


PURPOSE: to describe the compliance and attitudes of hearing-impaired children towards the treatment and support offered by the Hearing Health Program, a public health endeavor, and assessing patients' returns for follow-ups. METHODS: participants consisted of fifty children aged from 0 to 8 years, with a diagnosis of mild to severe sensorineural hearing loss. The children received the hearing aids from the Hearing Health Program, in Vila Velha, in the state of Espirito Santo, Brazil. The research protocol was completed using both medical records and a socio-economical profile survey of the affected children, including the behavioral adaptation as for hearing aids. RESULTS: the requirement of patient return for follow-ups facilitated the attendance of nearly half the population (44%); results indicate that there seems to be an association between compliance with the program and school routine. CONCLUSION: the aforementioned program mostly affects families with a monthly income from one to two minimum wages. Hearing loss is diagnosed between the chronological ages of two and three years in this study. The first adaptation with hearing aids at the age of six is quite late. The contact with the parents promoted by the social workers facilitates the proposed evaluation. School attendance also proved to have a positive influence on the evaluation.


The persistence of Paganism in the Baltic region (especially Lithuania) long after its official conversion to Christianity in 1387–1413 was a matter of widespread concern in early modern Europe, including England, challenging the narrative of Christianity's triumph in northern Europe. England had a long history of engagement in the Baltic, and early modern English authors displayed an interest in surviving Baltic Pagans, while English Jesuits labored in Lithuania to bring Pagans to Catholicism. This article examines the language used to portray Baltic Paganism by English authors and translators, arguing that Poland-Lithuania's status as a European power meant Lithuanian Pagans received a somewhat more sympathetic treatment than other indigenous Pagans, such as the Sámi of Scandinavia and Native Americans. Early modern English responses to Lithuanian Paganism thus illuminate the complexity of European Christian attitudes to living Pagan religion in northern and eastern Europe.


SUMMARY Radiographs of the position of the epidural catheter were taken in each of 90 patients in whom this form of analgesia was employed for surgery. Radiopaque dye was injected through the catheter. In 33 patients the average length of catheter threaded into the epidural space was 20 cm; the desired cephalad direction was followed in 16. When the average length of catheter inserted was 12.5 cm the tip followed the cephalad direction in 27 of 57 patients. Straight, curled up, and winding patterns were observed, and in 6 of 90 patients the catheter passed out of the epidural space.


Virtual reality technology has been applied to the protection of cultural heritage for about 20 years. However, methods or systems of cultural heritage reported in previous studies are still unable to represent large-scale cultural heritage sites such as the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, the Struve Geodetic Arc and the boundaries of the Roman Empire. We aimed at constructing a large-scale cultural-heritage 3-D model with the focus on better management and organization of the scene. Starting from the case study of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, we first explore various remote sensing data suitable for large-scale cultural heritage modeling, and then adopt a 3-D geographic global information system for large-scale 3-D scene organization and management. The entire 3-D virtual scene reconstruction process can be divided into four steps. The first one is the remote-sensing data preparation, where TM, SPOT5 and other remote sensing data were selected according to the characteristics of the cultural heritage of the Grand Canal and further subjected to data filtering and geometric correction. In the second step, the 3-D terrain modeling was carried out based on 3-D earth model segmentation and tile hierarchy system, where we fused and split remote sensing image and sampling spatial information for 3-D terrain model. The third step involves the modeling of local heritage with sophisticated modeling techniques sufficient to build a heritage 3-D model and to integrate terrain model with local scene through aerial orthophotos. Finally, in the fourth step the virtual scene integration is performed in a 3-D spherical system, where we designed a tree nodes system to assembly and manage multi-level and multi-type models of the Grand Canal. After these four steps are completed, the large-scale cultural heritage scene in 3-D spherical information system can be achieved. Here, we address main challenges in virtual scene reconstruction of large-scale cultural heritage. This study can be valuable for regional and national cultural heritage protection as well as for Chinese government as a reference to infrastructural research, and finally for stimulation of other large-scale cultural heritage research around the world both in 3-D modeling and virtual scene organization.


The concept of smart city is believed to be one of the solutions to overcome problems in urban areas. Although much research has been carried out, there is still no agreed international standards regarding models, concepts, indicators, ways to measure smart city performance and the characteristics of each country that are different. In Indonesia, there is a smart city model that consists of 6 dimensions. One of the dimensions is smart economy, where there are three sub-dimensions to make it more specific and targeted. The three sub-dimensions are industry, welfare, and transactions. Also, there are factors of each subdimensions for support purpose. Smart economy has goal to develop competitive, superior, and adaptive economic ecosystems. This study aims to identify indicators of the application of the smart economy in Indonesia. Literature reviews related to smart economy will be used, and article sources come from leading online databases. The purpose of the literature review is to find indicators of other research findings outside Indonesia that are relevant to this study. Hundreds of articles have been found and filtered into 30 articles only. From 30 literatures, synthesis analysis was carried out to look for indicators of findings and mapped according to sub-dimensions and factors in Indonesia's smart economy. As a result, there are 18 indicators found. Indicators resulting from this research are expected to contribute both in theory and practice. In addition, the indicators found are expected to help the government develop smart cities in Indonesia.


During use a device for contacting a biological fluid, comprising an intermediate layer between the first preformed layer and a second pre-formed layer, the device. Intermediate layer comprises a biologically active material that transmits (e.g., a drug or prodrug). At least one of the first layer or second layer, so as to permit release to biological fluids, which is permeable to the drug or prodrug. How to methods and uses for manufacturing a device of the present invention are also disclosed.


A high-low-pressure wide coverage spray device is suspended on or trailed by a tractor, which comprises a liquid supply part, a pressure regulating valve, a high pressure spray part, a low pressure spray part and a spray bar girder with a spray nozzle, wherein the liquid supply part is connected with the pressure regulating valve, the high pressure spray part and the low pressure spray in sequence via pipelines. The spray nozzle of the spray bar girder is composed of a high pressure spray gun and a low pressure spray nozzle, wherein the high pressure spray part is connected with the high spray gun via a pipeline, and the low pressure spray part is connected with the low pressure spray nozzle via a pipeline. The liquid supply part is composed of a liquid medicine box and a liquid pump, wherein a liquid inlet end of the liquid pump is connected with the liquid medicine box, and a liquid outlet end is connected with the high pressure spray part. The high pressure spray part is composed of a high pressure pipeline pressure meter and a high pressure spray gun switch which are connected via a pipeline. The low spray part is composed of a pressure reducing valve, a low pressure pipeline pressure meter and a low pressure spray nozzle switch which are connected by a pipeline. The high-low-pressure wide coverage spray device capable of being suspended or trailed can not only arrange a front liquid medicine box and a rear liquid medicine box to supply liquid, but also only arrange a rear liquid medicine box to supply liquid, which has the advantages of simple structure, convenient operation, wide spray coverage and low manufacturing cost.


S (MASTER THESIS) Continuous observations of temperature profiles by the 443 MHz wind profiling radar with RASS in Okinawa (Graduate School of Informatics, Laboratory of Atmospheric Sensing and Diagnosis, RISH, Kyoto University) Tomonori Shinoda This study is devoted to the continuous monitoring of virtual temperature profiles by the 443 MHz wind profiling radar (443 MHz-WPR) with Radio Acoustic Sounding System (RASS) (443 MHz-WPRIRASS) at the Ogimi Wind profiler Facility of National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Okinawa, where the severe weather phenomena with a short lifetime frequently strike. We have been collaborating with NICT on application of the RASS technique to the 443 MHz-WPR since 2006. The previous study designed a horn speaker system for RASS, and conducted a preliminary observation in November 2006, which successfu11y demonstrated capability of the 443 MHz-WPR with RASS (hereafter, called as 443 MHz-wuR/RASS) in obtaining temperature profiles with the temporal and height resolutions of four minutes and 300 m, respectively. In the previous study, the 443 MHz-wnRIRASS observation was carried out only for a short period, only when someone attended and monitored manually the RASS observation at the Ogimi observatory. However, it is very important to continuously operate the RASS observation to monitor sporadic severe weather phenomena with a short lifetime which is often occurred in Okinawa subtropical region. In this study, we developed a remote control and monitoring system for 443 MHz-WPRIRASS observation to achieve the unpeopled continuous observation. The real-time processing system is also made to download the power spectral data and derive virtual temperature profiles within a latency of2.5 hours. A test observation started on May 23, 2007, and the continuous observation with the new system is operated at 0700-2000LT since February 4, 2008. The virtual temperature profiles agree very well with data from radiosonde launched at the Okinawa meteorological station of Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). Considerable improvement of accuracy by a numerical weather prediction model of JMA is expected by assimilating the RASS results on a real-time basis. Application of Frequency domain Interferometric Imaging (FII) technique to RASS (RASS-FII) was also studied to improve the venical resolution of RASS observation. In the FII analysis for RASS echo, a model temperature profile is required to compensate for the Doppler shift bias due to the shape of range gate weighting. In order to remove this bias, an iteration algorithn was developed so that the temperature profile of the previous FII result can be used for the bias correction of the next FII step. The optimum parameters to minimize the vertical resolutjon are derived vja the simulation study of RASS-FII. The simulation results predicts the vertical resolution of the mo radarlRASS-FII can be improved with the increase in the frequency swept ratio of an FM chirped acoustic wave. We carry out nv radarlRASS-FII observation on November 11-14, 2008 and verified the improvement of vertical resolution with the optimized observation parameters. Then, optimum observation parameters for RASS-FII with 443 mazWPRIRASS were proposed to improve the vertical resolution to 36 m.


In addition to its conventional meaning of "preparing for future situations", energy planning addresses policy making, in particular in situations where self-regulating markets are perceived as inadequate for reaching given policy goals. A general example for such a situation is given by the presence of non-monetary externalities, that is, costs or benefits that are not included in market interactions themselves. In the energy sector, one of the most important externalities is the environmental impact of energy conversion and use. To internalize externalities, policy making can influence energy market prices by taxes and subsidies, among others. These measures are so-called market instruments. Another group of measures is sometimes called "command and control". This term refers to rules and regulations such as labeling, building codes, and bans. The choice among several policies and measures aiming at the same outcome depends, among others, on the geographical level (global, national, local) of policy making. While the geographical level refers to the means available to policy makers, policy assessment is an instrument to guide the choice among possible options by evaluating criteria such as effectiveness and side effects. Throughout the energy planning process, uncertainty and its management are important aspects to consider.


Liverworts are very rich sources of both terpenoids and lipophilic aromatic compounds. Antifungal activities of these plants have been investigated by a number of workers (2-S, 9, 11). Asakawa (2) has tested different species of bryophytes such as Conocephalum conicum, Dumortiera hirsuta, Marchantia domingenesis, M. polymorpha, Porella platyphylla, etc. In the present investigation an attempt has been made to test the antifungal properties of Marchantia polymorpha, Plagiochasma appendiculatum and Conocephalum conicum against Macrophomina phaseolina causing charcoal rot on soybean.


Several authors have studied the stress associated with a configuration of points obtained from non-metric multidimensional scaling. Most studies involve the simulation of a configuration of points in a Euclidean space from which dissimilarities are derived usually in the form of distances between points together with associated errors. The dissimilarities are then used to attempt to recover the initial configuration of points using multidimensional scaling. The resulting stress for the configuration is then related to dimension of the space, parameters of the associated errors, etc. This paper uses similar methods to these previous ones but by introducing uniform errors instead of the usual normal errors interesting results occur. It is found that a linear relationship occurs between stress and the parameter of the uniform errors and indeed this linear relationship is approximately invariant to the number of points in the configuration and to the spatial pattern of the configuration. This leads directly ...


Benefits of application of biofuels produced on the basis of plant oils in diesel engines are shown. Specific features of fuel spraying process in diesel engine operating on rape oil biofuels are considered. Necessity of coordination between the length of spraying fuel jets and the combustion chamber dimensions is shown. Calculation research is conducted for the Д-245.12С diesel engine with various shapes and sizes of combustion chamber, as well as for the parameters of diesel engine with asymmetrical fuel injectors positioning. A method for optimization of fuel injector positioning in combustion chamber is suggested, taking into consideration the indices of fuel efficiency and exhaust gases toxicity.


The performance of the water-sand two phase jet pump has been evaluated for developing environmental sand purification systems. Three types of throat diameter, D = 26, 31, 37 mm, are tested with constant nozzle-exit diameter 20 mm in order to vary the cross section ratio of nozzle exit to throat, R = 0.59, 0.42 and 0.29. The coarse and fine natural sands extracted at Hirase-higashi beach and artificial crushed sand, of which the fineness modulus are 2.71, 2.03 and 2.88 respectively, are mixed in the secondary water flow. The concentration of sand is less than 18% in the present experiment. It is confirmed that the dependences of two-phase efficiency curve and of two-phase flow rate ratio curve upon cross section ratio R agrees with those of single phase flow. On the other hand, the effect of particle size appears in the range of decrement of pump efficiency. That is, it is found that the deviation between two phase and single phase efficiency is 10% on average for coarse sand, whereas the deviation is almost zero for fine sand.© 2010 ASME


Abstract— In this paper, we focus on combining the theories of hesitant fuzzy sets on semigroups and establishing a new framework for hesitant fuzzy sets on semigroups. The aim of this manuscript is to apply hesitant fuzzy set for dealing with several kinds of theories in completely regular semigroups. We introduce the notions of hesitant fuzzy semiprime sets and hesitant fuzzy idempotent sets on semigroups and some properties of them are obtained. We also characterized left (right) regular, completely regular, intra-regular, regular, left (right) quasi-regular, quasi-regular intra-regular, left quasiregular and semisimple semigroups by the properties of their hesitant fuzzy ideals. At the end we prove that every hesitant


1. The time of shedding of gametes and the effects of the intensity and the wavelength of light upon the process have been investigated in Ciona intestinalis and Molgula manhattensis.2. The time of shedding was recorded from 24 animals in each species on four consecutive days. It was found that Ciona intestinalis and Molgula manhattensis commenced to shed their gametes 4.07 min. ± 2.60 and 24.16 min. ± 4.46, respectively, after exposure to light. Twelve out of 24 Ciona intestinalis shed on 4 consecutive days and 6 out of 24 Molgula manhattensis shed consecutively over a semilar period.3. Intensities ranging from 0.21 to 130 foot-candles (f.c.) were used to study light-intensity effects. High intensities did not inhibit shedding but lower intensities —0.67 f.c. and 0.40 f.c.—produced a marked reduction in the shedding response. At 0.21 f.c. shedding was completely inhibited in Ciona intestinalis and reduced to 25% in Molgula manhattensis.4. In both species, shedding was partially inhibited when light was a...


This work builds upon recent FO transport models and presents an improved FO-based membrane characterization method that addresses the non-ideality of concentrated draw solutions, physical properties that are not based on the bulk draw solution, and all instances of concentration polarization. Using the FO-based characterization method of this work, consistent water permeability and structural parameter values are obtained for multiple inorganic draw solutions. When compared to additional experimental FO transport data, improvements of 18-107% were observed over the existing FO transport models. Using the transport model of this work both the water and reverse draw solute flux were found to increase with increasing crossflow velocities. Further, through experimentation, the water and reverse draw solute flux was found to decrease with decreasing temperature. Using the modeling approach developed in this work, the assessment for a potential FO application is refined by providing the means for accurate process modeling and membrane characterization.


With the acceleration of urban development, regulatory undocumented unlicensed operation among today's urban management is a hot problem. In urban management information development process, research and development undocumented regulatory system has considerable significance and value. This article undocumented work units operating according to investigate specific starting to understand the real problems facing this work, in-depth study of their actual needs, the use of B / S architecture, supervision and management operations to undocumented units as the main feature, achieve one based on.NET undocumented regulatory system.


With over 6,600 described species, harvestmen represent a morphologically and ecologically diverse group of arachnids with a cosmopolitan distribution. Although members of the order Opiliones are believed to have been among some of the earliest terrestrial arthropods, the Palaeozoic fossil record of harvestmen is sparse. Herein, a new harvestman, Devonopilio hutchinsoni gen. et sp. nov., is described based on a penis preserved in Lower Devonian Rhynie chert from Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Pragian, ca. 407 Ma). Together with Eophalangium sheari , another Early Devonian harvestman known from the Rhynie chert, the new species represents the earliest member of the order Opiliones in the fossil record and one of the oldest terrestrial animals. The new species differs significantly from E. sheari in penis morphology, indicating that harvestmen began to diversify before the Early Devonian. Devonian harvestman


Mitochondrial dysfunction has been suggested to be a risk factor for sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) induced by aging, noise, ototoxic drugs, and gene. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are mainly derived from mitochondria, and oxidative stress induced by ROS contributes to cochlear damage as well as mitochondrial DNA mutations, which may enhance the sensitivity and severity of hearing loss and disrupt ion homeostasis (e.g., Ca2+ homeostasis). The formation and accumulation of ROS further undermine mitochondrial components and ultimately lead to apoptosis and necrosis. SIRT3–5, located in mitochondria, belong to the family of sirtuins, which are highly conserved deacetylases dependent on nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+). These deacetylases regulate diverse cellular biochemical activities. Recent studies have revealed that mitochondrial sirtuins, especially SIRT3, modulate ROS levels in hearing loss pathologies. Although the precise functions of SIRT4 and SIRT5 in the cochlea remain unclear, the molecular mechanisms in other tissues indicate a potential protective effect against hearing loss. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge regarding the role of mitochondrial dysfunction in hearing loss, discuss possible functional links between mitochondrial sirtuins and SNHL, and propose a perspective that SIRT3–5 have a positive effect on SNHL.


A spectrometric method has been established and announced by ISO for determining trpsin inhibitor activity of soybean-based animal feed.The method,however,has several defects,which restrict its application and popularization.Therefore this study aimed to improve this method to achieve rapid and accurate determination of trpsin inhibitor activity of soybean-based food products such as soybean milk powder,etc.The improvement mainly focused on sample preparation.The results showed that the determination results were basically identical when sample was crushed to particle sizes of 80 and 100 mesh,higher than those of the samples with the particle size less than 80 mesh.Removal of fat from sample and filtration of the prepared trpsin inhibitor solution had no significant effects on determination result.The optimal extraction effect of trpsin inhibitor from sample could be achieved by stirring the mixture of the sample and distilled water for 30 min.The improved method has high accuracy and precision,and is time-saving.


Earlier papers have described a technique whereby a stratified shear flow may be produced under controlled conditions in the laboratory. A comparison between the experiments and theory is made here for small-amplitude unstable disturbances in an accelerating stratified free shear layer at the diffuse interface between layers of brine and water. In the early stages of the observed growth of the instability, which takes the form of growing waves, three measurable quantities can be compared with predicted values: the wavelength of the small amplitude waves, the time, which determines the flow conditions, and the growth rates of the waves. Some observations of the development of the disturbances to finite amplitude, the transition to turbulence and the resulting turbulence are reported.


This research compares 4 neural networks from the original researches (I. Backpropagation Neural Network II. Bayesian Regularized Neural Network III. Empirical Mode Decomposition Stochastic Time Strength Neural Network IV. Random Data-time Effective Radial Basis Function Neural Network) and 2 proposed neural networks (I. Empirical Mode Decomposition Random Data-time Effective Radial Basis Function Neural Network II. Empirical Mode Decomposition Random Data-time Effective Bayesian Regularized Neural Network) for predicting the exchange rate of EUR/USD currency pairs using input as a technical indicator and evaluating the networks with trading simulations consisting of investment strategies, risk management methods and financial management principles. The experiments show that the proposed neural networks yield higher returns than the original researches.


Abstract 3D printing is widely touted as a game changer in medicine and surgery, paving the way for point-of-care production of personalised medical devices. Nonetheless, to date, most reported applications of 3D printing in healthcare are restricted to specific scenarios in a few surgical disciplines, and little research exists on how 3D printing can be deployed more systematically beyond pioneer surgical departments. To understand the potential for 3D printing at a hospital level, we report the results of an interview study in a French general hospital. We analyse the current use of 3D printing and estimate the potential for new applications. We explore what share of these applications could be internalised, and what would be the organisational implications and the key success factors for an internal 3D printing unit. We find a large untapped potential for internal production of 3D printed products, spanning a much broader range of applications and hospital departments than what currently exists in the hospital. We then discuss important criteria to develop in-house 3D printing.


Linear probing continues to be one of the best practical hashing algorithms due to its good average performance, efficiency, and simplicity of implementation. However, the worst-case performance of linear probing seems to degrade with high load factors due to a primary-clustering tendency of one collision to cause more nearby collisions. It is known that the maximum cluster size produced by linear probing, and hence the length of the longest probe sequence needed to insert or search for a key in a hash table of size n, is Ω(logn), in probability. In this article, we introduce linear probing hashing schemes that employ two linear probe sequences to find empty cells for the keys. Our results show that two-way linear probing is a promising alternative to linear probing for hash tables. We show that two-way linear probing has an asymptotically almost surely O(loglogn) maximum cluster size when the load factor is constant. Matching lower bounds on the maximum cluster size produced by any two-way linear probing algorithm are obtained as well. Our analysis is based on a novel approach that uses the multiple-choice paradigm and witness trees.


Steel-fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite bars (SFCBs) are a novel reinforcement for concrete structures. Because of the FRP's linear elastic characteristic and high ultimate strength, they can achieve a stable postyield stiffness even after the inner steel bar has yielded, which subsequently enables a performance-based seismic design to easily be implemented. In this study, lateral cyclic loading tests of concrete columns reinforced either by SFCBs or by ordinary steel bars were conducted with axial compression ratios of 0.12. The main variable parameters were the FRP type (basalt or carbon FRP) and the steel/FRP ratio of the SFCBs. The test results showed the following: (1) compared with ordinary RC columns, SFCB-reinforced concrete columns had a stable postyield stiffness after the SFCB's inner steel bar yielded; (2) because of the postyield stiffness of the SFCB, the SFCB-reinforced concrete columns exhibited less column-base curvature demand than ordinary RC columns for a given column cap latera...


A perfect Multiband metamaterial absorber based on triple hexagonal shaped resonators has proposed in this paper. This absorber possesses a nearly wide angle perfect absorption of incidence wave and represents polarization independence. The absorption is occurred in three different frequencies. The absorptivity is as high as 94%, 95% and 99%, at 3.4(GHz), 4.6(GHz) and 6.4(GHz), respectively. The proposed metamaterial absorber has wide applications such as stealth technology, thermal detector and imaging. Moreover, a very good agreement between simulation and measurement results has been observed.


Submitted for the MAR05 Meeting of The American Physical Society Rheology and dynamics of active motor-filament mixtures M. CRISTINA MARCHETTI, APHRODITE AHMADI, Physics Department, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, TANNIEMOLA B. LIVERPOOL, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK — We have developed a hydrodynamic description of both the isotropic and polarized phases of mixtures of polar filaments and molecular motors taking into account the fluctuations in both the motor and the filament densities. The various couplings in the hydrodynamic equations are related to microscopic parameters by comparing continuum equations written down on the basis of symmetry considerations to those obtained from a microscopic model of motor-filament interaction. Due to the anisotropy of filament diffusion, motors are capable of generating net filament motion relative to the solvent, resulting in filament convection along the direction of local alignment. The effect of this new term on traveling wave in the polarized phase is analyzed by numerical solutions of the nonlinear hydrodynamic equations. The equations are also used to study the linear rheology of active solutions (stress generated due to an imposed shear flow). M. Cristina Marchetti Physics Department, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244 Date submitted: 01 Dec 2004 Electronic form version 1.4


This review is a first comprehensive survey focuses on the unique, unusual and rare fatty acids incorporated into natural peptides derived from seaweeds and invertebrates. Fatty acids incorporated into lipopeptides are of particular interest because many of them display important biological activities and possess antibacterial, antimicrobial, antifungal, antitumour, phototoxic, HIV-inhibitory, or immunosuppressive properties. There is no doubt that they are of great interest, especially for the medical chemistry and pharmaceutical industries. This review presents structures and describes cytotoxic activities of more than 100 unusual fatty acids incorporated into natural lipopeptides isolated from seaweeds and invertebrates.


Dendrimers based on polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes
(POSS) cores with 16 PPh2 arms give much higher linear
selectivities (14∶1) than their small molecule analogues
(3–4∶1) in the hydroformylation of oct-1-ene.


Scanning ohmic microscopy (SOM) detects a current by the potential difference along the current line. Using two microreference electrodes (MREs) and a very close distance to the electrode surface of interest, this principle can be used to record local current densities independently of the reaction that causes the current flow (ion or electron transfer processes). Ion transfer processes are difficult to image by scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM). Here we present technical details of our SOM setup with possible extension required for the analysis of battery materials. In this respect, the selection of the specific voltage probes is explored for different applications. Our concept further uses voltage programs, for example, cyclic voltammetry, at each grid point of the image and the integration of specific voltage ranges to obtain material-specific signals, and is extended by the use of a shear-force detection unit at inclined capillaries for topographical imaging and an accurate vertical positioning of the probe.


THz spectroscopy was used to investigate bovine serum albumin (BSA) flexibility in conditions ranging from lyophilised BSA to dilute 10% w/w BSA solution and highly concentrated 50% w/w BSA solutions. The simulated THz spectra of dry and hydrated BSA are in good agreement with the experiments.


An information processing system may include at least an image processing device and includes a receiving unit, a specifying unit, an acquiring unit, and an adjusting unit. The receiving unit receives a print request and identification information. The specifying unit specifies a queue corresponding to image forming device based on the identification information. The acquiring unit acquires the number of jobs stored in the specified queue. The adjusting unit adjusts the number of print services depending on whether the number of acquired jobs is equal to or larger than a predetermined value for the number of jobs set in the identification information and depending on whether the number of print services that process the jobs stored in the queue is equal to or smaller than a predetermined value for the number of print services set in the identification information.


von Neumann(cid:146)s celebrated uniqueness theorem is often advertised as demonstrating the essential uniqueness of representations (or realizations) of the Heisenberg commutation relations for a (cid:133)-nite number N of degrees of freedom by showing that all such representations are unitarily equivalent to the Schr(cid:246)dinger representation and, thereby, securing the equivalence of Schr(cid:246)dinger wave mechanics to the matrix mechanics of Born, Heisenberg, and Jordan. But the theorem proves no such thing(cid:151) even for (cid:133)nite N there are unitarily inequivalent representations of the Heisenberg commutation relations among which are physically interesting quantum phenomena, such as the Aharonov-Bohm ef-fect; and von Neumann(cid:146)s own explanation of the equivalence of Schr(cid:246)dinger wave mechanics to the matrix mechanics makes no use of his uniqueness theorem. There are other loopholes and ways around the uniqueness theorem; but this does not constitute a criticism of von Neumann(cid:146)s theorem but is rather is a nod to the genius that produced a theorem as revealing in the breach as in the observance, for the exceptions illustrate (in the words of Asao Arai) how the universe uses inequivalent irreducible representations of the canonical commutation relations to produce (cid:147)characteristic(cid:148)quantum e⁄ects.


Pseudomonas aeruginosa is known to show considerable variation in colony form and physiological properties, including pigment production. Gaby (1946) has recently reported biochemical and other observations on certain "basic colony types." Mucoid variants of P. aeruginosa have been described by Sonnenschein (1927) and by Schwarz and Lazarus (1947); Fiala (1941) has described the appearance of "rugose" colonial forms when the organism was grown on glycerinated media. None of the colonial variations described so far, however, correspond to the gelatinous variants referred to in this paper. In 1943 Schultz (1947) isolated a strain of P. aeruginosa from an infected third-degree burn which, when plated on maltose Sabouraud's medium supplemented with 0.5 per cent glycerol, produced a few unique colonies intermingled with normal colony forms. These unique types were smooth, dome-shaped, translucent colonies, of a stiff, jellylike consistency, and resembled small pearls. After a number of replatings some of these well-rounded "pearl forms" developed an irregular surface contour (rugose gelatinous forms). On glycerinated Sabouraud's medium (GSM) the colonies are as stiff as molded gelatin and can be lifted intact from the substrate. Gelatinous colonies continue to grow much longer than ordinary bacterial colonies and often become of extraordinary size, in 2 to 3 weeks frequently reaching over a centimeter in diameter and more than a half a centimeter in height. Colonies of certain gelatinous forms grow until they touch the lid of an inverted petri dish. In these, the colonies often taper from a centimeter in diameter at the base to 2 or 3 mm at the tip. Many, however, are more rounded or dome-shaped, and present surface irregularities of the kind one would expect were heavy rounded cords of the gelatinous material drawn through the colony. The gelatinous colonies initially observed were smooth and beadlike, but later platings contained more of the "rugose" gelatinous type; the latter, however, sometimes reverted to the smooth type. Gelatinous colonies are not produced by gelatinous variants when seeded to ordinary nutrient agar. Certain ingredients, such as glycerol, seem to be necessary in a medium for their production. Moreover, not all gelatinous colony strains or "clones"2 necessarily produce solely gelatinous colonies on replating, even though these are grown continually on a glycerol-containing substrate. On further plating, gelatinous clones nearly always produce a few nongelatinous


This paper reports two new species of the genus Pseudoeocyllina from Helan Mountain; Pseudoeocyllina brevipennisoides Zhang, Zheng et Yang, sp. nov. and Pseudoeocyllina helanshanensis Zheng, Zeng et Zhang, sp. nov. Type specimens are deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Shaanxi Normal University. Pseudoeocyllina brevipennisoides Zhang, Zheng et Yang, sp. nov. (Figs 1-4) This new species is allied to Pseudoeocyllina longicorna Liang et Jia, 1992 and Pseudoeocyllina brevipennis Sun et Zheng, 2008 but differs from both in: 1) vertical diameter of eye 1.6 times of subocular furrow; 2) length of prozona 1.3 times of metazona; 3) width of medial area 1.5 times of cubital area. The new species differs from the former by the elytra very short, only reaching middle of hind femur. The new species differs from the latter by the lateral margins of frontal ridge straight. ♀ Length of body 22.0-23.0 mm; length of pronotum 4.0-4.5 mm; length of elytra 10.0-12.0 mm; length of hind femur 13.0-13.5 mm. Holotype ♀, Inner Mongolia, Helan Mountain (38°4′N, 105°6′E), 28 July 2010, collected by ZENG Hui-Hua and ZHANG Hong-Li. Etymology. The specific name is derived from the Latin "brev", "penn" and "oides". Pseudoeocyllina helanshanensis Zheng, Zeng et Zhang, sp. nov. (Figs 5-9) This new species is allied to Pseudoeocyllina xinjiangensis Zheng et Yang, 2006, but differs in: 1) vertical diameter of eye 1.53 times of subocular furrow; 2) length of middle segment of antenna 2 times its width; 3) width of medial area 1.2 times cubital area; 4) only precostal area with intercalary vein; 5) back of head and pronotum red brown; 6) without a white and in costal area; 7) hind tibia red brown. ♀ Length of body 22.0 mm; length of pronotum 4.0 mm; length of elytra 18.0 mm; length of hind femur 13.5 mm. Holotype ♀, Inner Mongolia, Helan Mountain (38°6′N, 105°6′E), 12 Sep. 2010, collected by ZENG Hui-Hua and ZHANG Hong-Li. Etymology. This specific name is derived from the type locality "helanshan".


We present a general analysis method to study the rf field of step cavities. First, based on the general theory of modal field expansion techniques, we got the general equations to the modal field expansion coefficients when a large waveguide step is illuminated by two sets of traveling-wave from both sides. Then we directly combined out the standing-wave amplitudes and their derivatives. Finally we solved the second order differential equations which the standing-wave amplitudes in complex cavities must obey, and calculated several examples. The method discussed here can be use for step cavity analysis and design.


Abstract. Big travelling rain guns irrigate the field according to a typical bell-shaped pattern having a potentially negative effect on distribution uniformity, irrigation efficiency and working capacity. Field experiences demonstrate that old travelling sprinklers do not allow good distribution of water, unless large wetted areas overlap. Recent big sprinkler models take advantage of improved hydraulic and mechanical characteristics, and under normal field operations, overlapping of wetted areas is about 15% of sprinkler diameter (SD). Irrigation performance of big travelling rain guns can be improved by flattening the water distribution curve. This condition can be achieved through accelerating the sprinkler rotation speed while irrigating the central sector of the wetted area. A mechanical device, named Uniform, was designed and manufactured to this end. A big rain gun was equipped with the device, and compared to an identical rain gun (Explorer), according to the same nozzle/pressure setting resulting in 56 m sprinkler radius. A field test under no wind conditions was carried out in two experimental fields, bare and flat, arranged in parallel according to ISO 8224-1 n. 584, in order to assess the effectiveness of the device both in absolute and comparative terms, according to Christiansen's uniformity coefficient, CU, and low-quarter distribution uniformity coefficient, DUlq. Under test conditions, when adjacent travel lanes of the cart were spaced from about 75% to 90% of sprinkler diameter, average DUlq of Uniform ranged from 0.88 to 0.80, and CU varied from 92% to 88%. In the same spacing interval, DUlq of Explorer ranged from 0.86 to 0.70, and CU from 90% to 82%. The highest average DUlq and CU values for Uniform occurred when adjacent travel lanes were around 85% of SD, for Explorer when spacing was 80% of SD. Acceptable values of DUlq and CU over the irrigation strip were allowed by Uniform for travel lanes spacing about 90% and 95% of SD, respectively. The same values decrease to 88% and 92% of SD without the rotation speed controller. Compared to Explorer, we found that a 5% wider area can be irrigated by Uniform when given the same uniformity, and potential water saving due to uniformity is about 15%. It should be noted that quite a simple mechanical device enabled appreciable potential water saving, proving that irrigation performance can benefit from relatively small investments.


Although PRISM is a neuroscience tool and not designed or marketed as a 'psychometric' instrument, it was tested as such by the University of Kent in the United Kingdom over a two-year period, 20062007. The project, led by Dr Tendayi Viki, a Chartered Psychologist and lecturer at the University, comprised three studies involving 276 university students and 298 employees, both management and non-management, from a wide variety of commercial organizations and public services. Over 20 per cent of the employee participants did not have English as their first language. A key part of that research was to examine correlations between behaviour preferences associated with brain functional structures, as defined by the PRISM Model of Human Behaviour, and personality traits as identified by traditional psychometric measurements.


Abstract We investigated the influences of local and landscape-scale environmental variables on fish assemblage structure among 64 stream reaches in two large river basins in central Texas. The broad spatial extent of this study region provided an opportunity to examine fish assemblage–environment relationships at multiple scales across a range of stream types in landscapes exposed to varying degrees of anthropogenic alteration. We used nonmetric multidimensional scaling (NMS) combined with permutational analysis of variance, k-means cluster analysis, and indicator species analysis to evaluate broad-scale influences of ecoregional and large river basin boundaries on fish assemblage structure. We also estimated relationships between fish assemblage structure and environmental factors with NMS and rotational vector fitting across all ecoregions and within ecoregions. Ordinations of sites based on species composition grouped stream reaches together according to ecoregion, and k-means clustering identified th...


Recent researchers aim to develop next generation wireless sensor networks for defense industry and homeland security applications. This paper presents a motion activated smart spy robot for military data transmission. The smart dust wireless sensor mote detects and classifies into vehicles, individuals and groups. These motes have a variety of sensors i.e magnetic, acoustic and GPS, a microcontroller for handling these sensor values and a radio transceiver for communication over a wireless network.The robot along with camera can wirelessly transmit real time video with night vision capabilities. This is kind of robot can be helpful for spying purpose in war fields. Keywords— Sensor Networks, Spy Robot, wireless sensor mote


This work is oriented to the need of the ARCO Group of Escuela Superior de Informática of the UCLM to carry out a mapping of the Wi network of the school building. Since it is an arduous and repetitive task, and since the Group has the possession of an autonomous robot Turtlebot2, the possibility of carrying out this task with the support of Turtlebot2 was considered. The role of Turtlebot2 in this task would be to transport the device that will make the Wi mapping calculations on its tray, making the necessary movements for the device to perform its function correctly, ie, move forward through the building, stop for a certain amount of seconds for the device to perform the calculations, and continue moving. Since the handling of Turtlebot2 for the performance of the mapping task is hard and not very intuitive, the need for a web application to control Turtlebot2 remotely.


ABSTRACT Canada has perhaps the longest track record of adhering to a floating exchange rate regime (e.g., see Powell 1999) but, as demonstrated in this paper, it may well have also been the first country to experience a 'fear of appreciation' during the 1950s. In spite of criticisms leveled at the Canadian government's decision to float the dollar, the remarkable feature of the behavior of the exchange rate during the so-called float is the relative stability of the nominal exchange rate, and the small volatility in its movements. Policymakers in the central bank and the Department of Finance understood that a floating exchange rate implied monetary policy autonomy, yet they worried about completely unfettered exchange rate movements. It is also the case that Canadian officials would not permit swings in the exchange rate that would exceed certain bounds. This paper stresses the impact of foreign exchange intervention in limiting exchange rate appreciations and in moderating exchange rate volatility, using newly found, and heretofore unused, intervention data. Until now, all studies of Canada's experience with the float have relied on official foreign exchange reserves data. To my knowledge, this paper is the first to use actual intervention data collected from Bank of Canada Archives to revisit the behavior of Canada's exchange rate vis-a-vis the US during the 1950s. A counterfactual experiment also suggests that nominal exchange rate levels, and variablility, would have been different had there been no foreign exchange market intervention. Pierre L. Siklos, Department of Economics, and Viessmann European Research Centre, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, Canada, N2L 3C5 Phone: +1 519 884-0710 x2491 FAX: +1 519 884-5922 e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Home Page: http://www.wlu.ca/sbe/psiklos


Based on the workflow modeling technology,a multi-view service composition model named PRRD with personalized Qualicty of Service(QoS) requirements was proposed.The model exhibited four aspects,i.e.process model(P),service resource model(R),user requirement model(R) and relevant data of service combination(D).The process model extended the presentation capabilities of activity network diagram with the best readability.The resource model had better expansibility due to considering functions and non-functional properties.The demand model used both qualitative and quantitative descriptions to reflect overall service quality requirements with personalized characteristics.Finally,based on the PRRD model,a prototype system for Web Services composition modeling was implemented,and feasibility of the model was verified.


Summary: Our faith teaches that God revealed Himself to our first parents in an intimate manner, and the revelation was not broken off with original sin (CCC 54-55). The hunter-gatherer peoples who from the time of Adam and Eve until about 10,000 years ago celebrated myths that probably echo this primeval revelation, about the Supreme Being, about the moral law, about heaven and hell. The book relates myths collected by anthropologists.


As development era, wide spread of coffee shop cause increasing the level of competition. The services quality and price as an element of marketing mix it has been reviewed further to maintain consumer satisfaction on Coffee Corner Surabaya. This research test two independent variable that is the service quality, and the price that can affect the dependent variable for which is consumer satisfaction. Population in this research is consumers Coffee Corner Surabaya. Samples taken as many as 165 respondent with uses the technique non probability of sampling with the approach purposive of sampling. The Data is collected by using the method survey through a questionnaire that is filled by the consumer. Then the data analysis by the use of multiple regression analysis. This analysis, includes: test the validity,  reliability test, the classical assumption test, multiple regression analysis, test the hypothesis through the test t- and F, a coefficient of determination and analysis (R²).Of regression analysis obtained as follows, equation Y= -0,660+0,234+0,537. Variable price has the most influence on consumer satisfaction of 0,537, later followed  by the variable rates service quality amounted to 0,234. Result of the analysis using the t-test can be known that two independent variables namely service quality (X1) and price  (X2) partially affect the dependent variable significantly to consumer satisfaction. Then use the F-test analysis result can be known that two independent variables namely services quality (X1) and price (X2) together affect the dependent variable significantly to consumer satisfaction. Result of the analysis using the coefficient of determination in mind that 0,536 or 53,6% of the variation of consumer satisfaction can be explained by the service quality and price. While the rest of the 0,464 or 46,4% explained by other variable which is not found in this research.  Keyword : service quality, price, consumer satisfaction


This study responds to Patricia Parker's landmark account of endlessly expansive romance, suggesting that the genre's structural deferrals and excesses come at a steep hidden price. Like other early modern discourses—rhetoric, economics, empiricism—romance produces a fiction of unmitigated progress which assiduously obscures losses sustained along the way. Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando furioso is distinct from later romance epics because it refuses to conceal its own logic, instead staging scenes of cost openly and conspicuously. I suggest that the brutal subroutines sustaining romance's narrative profusion are visible in the poem's exceptionally strange and vital animal figures, which deviate sharply from more conventional images deployed by Ariosto's successors. The first chapter considers the figure of the mother predator, whose irate defense of her abducted offspring serves to augment the wrath of the Furioso's male paladins. These indecorous comparisons destabilize the poem's justifications for violence; by contrast, similar figures in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene and Torquato Tasso's Gerusalemme liberata reinforce normative hierarchies and place romance's violence beyond question. The second chapter addresses Orlando's savage killing of a female packhorse while in the nadir of his madness. With reference to the poem's other scenes of sexualized violence, I respond to readings that situate Ariosto's mare as a symbol of humanist dialectic advancement, suggesting that the mare's adamant suffering instead exposes the costs exacted by that romance of progress, a disclosure which disappears in the later poems. The stakes of this project are urgent: by attending to the ways in which romance linchpins arme and amori are mapped onto women and female animals, it is possible to trace how sexual violence was understood by a poem with a broad and enduring legacy, and to approach its disclosures as a radical act.


Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Lithuania and the Swiss Federal Council relating to scheduled air services (with annex). Vilnius, 8 July 1994


Botmasters are known to use different protocols to hide their activities. Throughout the past few years, several protocols have been abused, and recently Domain Name System (DNS) also became a target of such malicious activities. In this paper, we study the use of DNS as a malicious payload distribution channel. We present a system to analyze the resource record activities of domain names and build DNS zone profiles to detect payload distribution channels. Our work is based on an extensive analysis of malware datasets for one year, and a near real-time feed of passive DNS traffic. The experimental results reveal a few previously unreported long-running hidden domains used by the Morto worm for distributing malicious payloads. Our experiments on passive DNS traffic indicate that our system can detect these channels regardless of the payload format.


A new chloro- and methoxo-bridged Cu(II) coordination polymer, [Cu2(2-APM)2(μ-Cl)2(μ-OCH3)2]n·CH3OH (1), was prepared using in situ formed chloride by the decomposition of cyanuric chloride and 2-aminopyrimidine (2-APM) as a ligand in methanol. Its solid-state structure has been characterized by elemental analysis and single crystal X-ray diffraction. X-ray crystallographic studies reveal that this compound has an extended 2-D supramolecular architecture directed by strong hydrogen bonds and aromatic π–π stacking interactions. Compound 1 shows an antiferromagnetic coupling exchange with coupling constants of −58.2 and −41.4 cm−1 between adjacent copper(II) ions, in agreement with the intermetallic distances of 3.0405(5) and 3.6073(5) Å found in the crystal structure. Graphical Abstract Cyanuric chloride acts as a chloride donor to form a copper(II) coordination polymer.


The United Nations said that the build-up of thousands of migrants and refugees on Greece's northern borders is fast turning into a humanitarian disaster. The overcrowding conditions in the host countries of Europe are leading to shortages of food, shelter, water and sanitation. These conditions are fueling violence. Creeping environmental changes affect human settlements leading to large scale population movements, border disputes and territorial conflicts within and between regions and nation states. All these are being witnessed in Syria at present and in Europe. We are witnessing unprecedented human movements to the borders of European States. The receiving countries have a "fortress mentality" which is aimed to protect the interests of domestic populations which take precedence over the interests of new arrivals. After the Paris terror attacks, the displacees of Syria are facing extreme hardships in their efforts to relocate or migrate to new places. Syrian migrants are seeking a right not only to live but also the right to be alive. It is seen that there is a correlation between decrease in incomes and increase in migration. As we have no international regime on migration, states will have to develop, adapt and amend already existing individual policies to address the issue of migration. Nansen Initiative - Protection Agenda discusses the real issues on cross border displacement challenges of climate change. It identifies effective practices for protecting cross-border disaster displaced persons rather than calling for a new binding international convention on cross-border disaster displacement. Therefore, the States have the primary responsibility to provide protection and assistance to displaced persons in the event of disaster. In cases where displacement is across borders, sub-regional and regional level policies should uphold humanitarian spirit since the levels of vulnerability of displacees are high and must be tackled with utmost care. Therefore, the receiving countries must focus on the specific protection needs of the displacees. IPCC advises people to take a two-pronged approach toward dealing with global warming. It says mitigate and adapt to climate change.


The Cray-1 and Cray X-MP/48 experience in engineering computations at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is surveyed. The fully vectorized explicit DYNA and implicit NIKE finite element codes are discussed with respect to solid and structural mechanics. The main efficiencies for production analyses are currently obtained by simple CFT compiler exploitation of pipeline architecture for inner do-loop optimization. Current developmet of outer-loop multitasking is also discussed. Applications emphasis will be on 3D examples spanning earth penetrator loads analysis, target lethality assessment, and crashworthiness. The use of a vectorized large deformation shell element in both DYNA and NIKE has substantially expanded 3D nonlinear capability. 25 refs., 7 figs.


ABSTRACT Purpose: To study the prevalence of ophthalmic manifestations in connective tissue diseases, to monitor the progression. Methods: Prospective, non comparative, observational cohort study in tertiary care hospital, from June 2014 to September 2015, in 50 adult patients, with autoimmune connective tissue disease . The demographic data, history regarding the disease, were recorded. Ophthalmic examination included visual acuity, slit lamp examination, dry eye tests, dilated fundus examination ,intraocular pressure. Results: Maximum patients (44%) were in the age group of 31-40 years. Rheumatoid arthritis was most common( 52%).The prevalence of ocular manifestations was 74%. 81.08% patients had anterior segment manifestations. 18.92% patients had posterior segment manifestations. Only 4 patients had worsened at the end of the study. Conclusions: In connective tissue diseases, prevalence of ocular manifestations in our study was 74%. Females were more commonly and aggressively affected . It is necessary to screen patients for ocular manifestations .


Growth of engine performance causes also growth of engine thermal and mechanical loads, that causes the universal application of synthetic engine lubricating oils. On the engine failure-free performance and durability decides, among others, the course of the filtration process, accordant with the rules. The one of the methods to support pollution filtration abilities in engine oil is the application on filtration element the materials with the smaller susceptibility on thermal and chemical degradation. This paper presents a trends in development cars filters and new generation filter medium of polymers: phenylene polysulfide and tetrabuthylene polyester, which can be used for creating an unwoven fabrics in the melt blown technology. This polymers characterise a high temperature resistance up 220oC. Authors are going to use them for creating filter medium for cleaning engines oil. The "melt blown" manufacturing technique permits for the obtainment of the nonwovens from the polymers with parameters enabling application of them in engine filters construction. Nonwoven obtained by "melt blown"manufacturing process from the Fortron 0203HS and Borflow HL 504 FB mixture of polymers in relationship 50%/50% has filtration parameters permitting its application in construction of oil filters. The semi-technical tests of manufacturing nonwoven from polybutylene terephthalate (Celanex) will be repeated - the results of laboratory tests permitted one to suppose, that this polymer will also prove correct to the oil filters application.


A measurement campaign was undertaken at the Camp Lejeune North Carolina (CLNC) Military Operations on Urban Terrain (MOUT) site to characterize subterranean RF propagation. Previous related studies for subterranean wireless communications purposes have focused on railroad, auto, subway and mine tunnels having wide cross-section dimensions exceeding 3 meters. An overlooked infrastructure element with significant tactical communications value is the municipal sewer tunnel network. As long as the sewer line is accessible and navigable by the warfighter, it will have utility and so interior diameters down to 1-meter are not out of the question. The CLNC MOUT subterranean tunnel complex has such a narrow diameter, as well as representative L-bends and T-junctions. A series of path loss measurements were conducted for various spatial separations of transmit and receive antennas in the ultrahigh frequency (UHF) band covering 374 MHz as well as the 900 MHz and 2.4 GHz Industrial, Scientific, and Medical (ISM) bands. In contrast to the wider, predominately vehicular tunnels, these transmission wavelengths are critically close to the sewer tunnel dimensions. The test methodology is explained and the results are compared with predictions based on modeling the sewer tunnel as an oversized, lossy circular waveguide. The unique findings presented herein are applicable to other tightly confined spaces such as natural cave passageways


A new method to compute the transport of density in baroclinic numerical models without artificial diffusivity is presented. As a critical application, the salt intrusion into a schematic estuary of the size of the Elbe estuary is studied.


Methods for improvement of induction machine efficiency are nowadays in center of interest many researchers. It is mostly due to requirements on minimal efficiency prescribed by legislation. This article describes results of some practical attempts how to improve a small induction motor efficiency. Six motors with different modifications to efficiency improvement was made and measured. The measurement results of each of them are compared with measurement results of a motor from serial production. In case of a small induction motor, the biggest losses are Joule losses in stator winding. Therefore, the most attention is pay to these losses. But core losses and Joule losses in cage can influence efficiency in considerable way too. The tested modifications are as follow: reduction of stator winding resistance, reduction of core losses by using material with lower specific losses, core lengthening, slots shape optimization, sheets annealing after punching and cooper squirrel cage.


Six alkaline-calcareous and two acid soils were treated with saturated solution of monocalcium phosphate {Ca(H2PO4)2].H2O], (2.1 pH, 9.92% P, 5.76% Ca) for five minutes. Solutions were extracted and analysed immediately. Phosphorus, Fe and Al contents of the extracts decreased and pH increased with increasing CaCO3 content of the soils. Soils retained 39.3 to 84.2 per cent of added P within five minutes. Remaining part of the extracts were incubatedfor eight weeks at 25±i°C temperature. By X-ray analysis of the precipitates, brushite (CaHPO4,2H2O), potassium taranakite (K3H6Al4PO4)8.18H2O), metakingite (Al3(OH)3(PO4)2.4H2O), parahopeite (Zn3(PO4)2,4H2O), andstrengite (FePO4,2H2O) orthorthombic were the reaction products identified in the extracts of alkaline-calcareous soils, while in acid soils, the reaction products were bushite (CaHPO4,2H2O), potassium taranakite (K3H6Al5(PO4)8,18H2O) and metakingite (Al3(OH)3(PO4)24H2O).


Here we sketch a strategy for dealing with a supplementary issue, whose answer should play an important role in any treatment of this problem: Given two bundles E and F , determine when F is a quotient of E , and determine the dimension of the space of surjective maps E ! F . It turns out that a nice dichotomy occurs: either there are no surjective maps E → F , or the space of such maps is equidimensional of an easily calculated dimension. The nontrivial matter is to determine which case one is in. Two words on terminology: 1) For the definition of a diamond, see Jared's lecture notes. For the notions of locally spatial diamonds and smooth (morphisms of) diamonds, one can e.g. look at §4.3 of this or at these notes. 2) In what follows, we define the dimension dimX of a locally spatial diamond X as the Krull dimension of the locally spectral topological space |X |. We say X is equidimensional of dimension d if dimU = d for any open subdiamond U ⊂ X . First let's define some functors on Perf/Spa C . First, given a vector bundle E on XC , let H 0(E) : Perf/Spa C → Sets be the functor sending f : S → Spa C to the set H (XS , ES), where ES is the pullback of E along the canonical map XS → XC induced by f . Likewise, given two vector bundles E and F , define Hom(E ,F) as the functor sending f : S → Spa C to the set of OXS -module maps m : ES → FS . Note that Hom(E ,F) ∼= H(E ⊗ F).


Abstract Way to Play is an approach that supports adults to promote the engagement of young children with autism spectrum disorder through play. The Ministry of Education in New Zealand has collaborated with Autism New Zealand to ensure the sustainable delivery of Way to Play within Auckland's early learning services by training early intervention staff to both use Way to Play and to coach and support other adults in its use. Key strategies that form the foundation of Way to Play are described, and an outline of the evidence base for these strategies is provided. Preliminary data demonstrate the effectiveness of the training approach and the perceived impact for young children with autism and their parents/carers and teachers. Case examples illustrate how Way to Play is used across home and educational settings to successfully support the engagement and inclusion of young children with autism. Suggestions are made for a comprehensive investigation of program effectiveness.


In a domestic appliance (1) having a treatment space (4), which is delimited by a plurality of walls (7), at least one of the walls (7), in particular the back wall (7d) of the treatment space (4) for the most part or completely, by a phosphor surface element (8, 9) replaced.


In 1898 Governor William Bradford's early history of the Plymouth Colony was returned to Massachusetts through diplomatic, and sub-diplomatic, efforts. This marked an important stage in the growing Anglo–American rapprochement. It also illustrates an early episode of cultural diplomacy, as well as of repatriation of a cultural object.


ABSTRA C T From Zeeman -Doppler images of the young, rapidly-rotating K0 dwarf AB Doradus, we have created a potential approximation to the observed radial magnetic field and have evolved it over 30 d subject to the observed surface differential rotation, meridional flow and various diffusion rates. Assuming that the dark polar cap seen in Doppler images of this star is caused by the presence of a unipolar field, we have shown that the observed differential rotation will shear this field to produce the observed high-latitude band of unidirectional azimuthal field. By cross-correlating the evolved fields with the initial field each day we have followed the decay with time of the cross-correlation function. Over 30 d it decays by only 10 per cent. This contrasts with the results of Barnes et al., who show that on this time-scale the spot distribution of He699 is uncorrelated. We propose that this is due to the effects of flux emergence changing the spot distributions.


It is necessary to integrate clinical respiratory medicine with other related clinical medicines,including clinical epidemiology,preventive medicine,as well as to large hospital in city with the medicine in community,prevention and control of respiratory disease in adulthood with that in childhood.


A comprehensive study of a photothermal rate-window spectrometry for thermal-diffusivity measurements of ultrahigh thermal conductors, using either a dual-channel boxcar averager or a lock-in amplifier, is presented. Theoretical analysis of infrared radiometric transients and techniques to extract the diffusivities of materials from the transient are discussed. By exploiting the derivative signal nature of the rate-window methodology, one can measure the thermal diffusivity of the sample with superior signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio from the maximum position of the radiometric rate-window signal. Our measurements of thermal diffusivities of chemical-vapor-deposition diamonds made by the hot-filament process as a function of temperature between 60 and 300 K are the first such photothermal data obtained completely nonintrusively and they illustrate the unique potential of this measurement methodology for the nondestructive, noncontact photothermal investigation of ultrahigh thermal-conductor thermophysics, largely inaccessible by other diagnostic probes.