SUMMARY The effects of acenaphthene on nuclear division of Basidiobolus ranarntm are described and illustrated. The time required for metaphase and anaphase was significantly longer and the protoplast underwent nuclear division oftener in treated agar-coated slide cultures than in untreated cultures. Hyphae growing on cellulose acetate preparations in Petri dishes were treated for 6, 12, and 18 hr with acenaphthene vapors; the 18-hr treatment produced gross alterations in nuclear division. The spindle fibers were rendered unstainable but were not completely inactivated. The effects of acenaphthene were cumulative and at least partially reversible. Although acenaphthene was reported as a fungistatic agent as early as 1923 (Bateman and Henningsen), few investigators have studied its effects on fungi (Curtis, 1954). Whittingham (1962) reported that tolerance to acenaphthene resulted from a single gene mutation in Neurospora sitophila Shear & Dodge. Tews (1965) explored the possibility that acenaphthene-resistant mutants might synthesize an adaptive enzyme, but concluded that this was an unlikely explanation for acenaphthene resistance. Tews (1968) also studied 55 species of fungi selected from several major taxonomic groups and found that sensitivity to acenaphthene apparently was not correlated with taxonomic grouping. Nuclear and cytological changes induced in fungi by acenaphthene have been reported by Subramaniam and Ranganathan (1946), Horsfall and Rich (1953), Reiss (1969), and Seshadri and Payak (1970).


Just after our university published its Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Strategic Plan, I found myself driving home from the "Engaging with the ACRL Framework" Roadshow. My head was full of converting knowledge practices into learning outcomes when the frames began to emerge through a DEI lens, and threshold concepts became questions. The very asking of a question inherently invites diverse, individual perspectives. Published before current higher education DEI efforts, the Framework prompts us to ask questions and pursue answers, especially from unheard or systemically silenced voices. It encourages us to challenge elitism, racism, sexism, ableism, and biases within the entire information ecosystem.


The background of this study is the students' less study result in history social knowledge at grade VII of SMPN 6 Pariaman. The students' less study result is caused by some factors, one of them is the history learning is still centered on the teacher. Students just hear and notice, they are not too motivated in learning history. The teacher totally uses speech model so that they are not active in the learning. One way to solve the problem is by using cooperatif learning model type think-pair-share. This study type is experimental research and this study design is Randomized Control Group Posttest Only Design. The population of this research is all class VII grade student of SMPN 6 Pariaman academic year 2013/2014. The taken sample is done with purposive sampling , so it is chosen for VII 1 grade ( experiment class) and VII 2 ( controlled class). The data of this research is the result of student learning which overhelms cognitive competence only. Based on the last test, it can be concluded that cooperative learning model type think-pair-share can improve the learning result of biology toward VII grade students in SMPN 6 Pariaman.


Objective To evaluate the diagnostic value of 2D-FIESTA sequence of MRI in the detection of the biliary tract lesions in infant and young children patients(less than 3 years).Methods 8 infant and young children patients were examined by MRI to evaluatetheir biliary tract.Images were obtained with a 1.5T whole body MRI system(GE Medical System,Milwakee,Wis,USA),using theCARDIAC coil.The patients were sedated by chloral hydrate orally or by pentobarbital sodium intravenously.No contrast agents wererequired.All of the axial,coronal and sagittal images were reviewed on an independent workstation and maximum intensity projection(MIP) and multiplanar reformations(MPR) techniques were applied.Results The 2D-FIESTA pulse sequence results in images in which the hepatic vascular structures and the biliary tract were highlighted.In this way,a clear visualization of the hepatic vessels and biliarytract could be obtained in all 8 cases.MRI could demonstrate the anatomy and pathology of post-transplantation changes in 3 patients,choledochal cysts in 2 patients,anomalous connection between the bile and pancreatic ducts in 1 patient.All the abnormalities were proved by operation.2 examinees were diagnosed normal by MRI and were confirmed by follow-up.Conclusion 2D-FIESTA is a fast sequence that allows the high quality images to be generated without breath-hold and without administration of contrast material.It has a potential wide application in the evaluation of biliary tract in the infant patients.


In this paper, in order to research spectrum usage efficiency in urban canyon environment at the microwave band, measurement and channel capacity analysis of multi-antenna technology is described. The measurement data obtained from 3 - 4 stories building area used and the propagation characteristics at the 3.7 and 8GHz band are analysed and compared. In case of MIMO, channel capacities of 3.7 and 8 GHz band are calculated to 9.1 bps/Hz and S bps/Hz and in case of MIMO, 21 bps/Hz and 12.5 bps/Hz respectively. Considering the coverage, SNR and channel capacity in urban environment, MIMO propagation characteristics of 3.7 GHz are more predominate than those of 8 GHz.


In this paper,the preparation technology of palygorskite-based compound material with palygorskite,starch,soluble glass was investigated,and the role of the compound material in the treatment of nitrophenol wastewater was studied.In addition,the effects of reaction time,addition amount of enzyme,H2O2 concentration and nitrophenol concentration on the removal of nitrophenol in wastewater by immobilized HRP was analyzed.The results showed that the optimal preparation conditions of palygorskite-based compound material were soluble glass 12%,starch 20%,calcination temperature 550℃ and calcination time 2 h.What is more important,the nitrophenol removal rate with immobilized HRP was higher than the original HRP.The optimal reaction conditions of removal of nitrophenol by immobilized HRP were reaction time 1.5 h,HRP 150 U,H2O2 concentration 0.12%,and nitrophenol concentration 100 mg/L.The nitrophenol removal rate was still above 60% when immobilized HRP was used for 7 times.


In this study, the flow field. spray structure. and combustion process were investigated in a direct injection diesel engine having an offset bowl in a combustion chamber. The KIVA-3V code was used in this study. In order to obtain accurate results. a droplet atomization model. wall impingement model. and ignition delay concept were added to KIVA-3V code.
The results showed that the offset bowl engine had a large vortex flow. The direction of this flow counteracted to the direction of fuel injection in one side of combustion chamber. It decreased local turbulent kinetic energy and eventually nonuniform combustion was resulted in an offset bowl engine. In comparison with a center bowl engine case, the peak cylinder pressure was decreased about 6%. Finally, the effect of swirl on combustion was investigated in an offset bowl engine. As the swirl became stronger. the nonuniform characteristics in combustion were increased.


PURPOSE
We performed a phase II study of single-agent carboplatin against metastatic/locally advanced breast cancer using a pharmacokinetically guided dose schedule, to define further the potential role for this agent in combination and high-dose therapy.

PATIENTS AND METHODS
Forty patients with metastatic/locally advanced breast cancer were treated with carboplatin based on glomerular filtration rate (GFR) to achieve an area under the concentration-versus-time curve (AUC) of 7 mg/mL.min, with each course repeated at 4-week intervals. The median age was 57 years (range, 37 to 71).

RESULTS
Ten patients achieved a partial response (PR), for an overall response rate of 25% (95% confidence interval, 13% to 41%). One of 13 (8%) previously treated patients responded compared with nine of 27 (33%) patients who had not received previous chemotherapy. Median response duration was 18 weeks (range, 10 to 68). World Health Organization (WHO) grade 2 or greater toxicity was as follows: anemia, 42%; leukopenia, 20%; thrombocytopenia, 35%; nausea/vomiting, 39%; and infection, 9%.

CONCLUSION
This study confirms other reports indicating that carboplatin has moderate activity in previously untreated patients, but not in previously treated patients. In our view, carboplatin is a more appropriate agent than cisplatin for inclusion in high-dose chemotherapy schedules with autologous bone marrow rescue, and our results support the concept of calculating dose escalation on the basis of the area under the dose-response curve using the Calvert formula, rather than on surface area.


Enbridge Pipelines Inc. owns and operates the world's longest hydrocarbon transmission system, which traverses across the varying geophysical landforms of Canada and the United States. These pipelines range in diameter from 12" to 48" and were constructed between 1950 and 2003. The wide range of pipe sizes, practices used for construction, and landforms traversed result in a very challenging Dent Management Program. Standards such as CSA Z662-99, ASME B31.4, and B31.8 provide a criterion for the selection of dents that require repair. Experience has shown that these standards do not identify all dents that have a possibility of failure due to leak or rupture. Enbridge initiated a project to study dents with BMT Fleet Technology of Kanata Ontario, this study determined that the dent geometry in addition to the depth to pipe diameter ratio affects the propensity that a dent will fail. Recent research and development by a group sponsored project lead by BMT Fleet technology on dent characterization has combined the pipeline's cyclic pressure history with the shape of the dent to predict a time to failure. Enbridge combines these tools along with new insights from field excavations into its Dent Management Program. The Dent Management Program includes a series of prioritization's to determine which sections of pipelines require detailed dent analysis. Typical prioritization criteria are rocky terrain, larger occurrence of third party damage, and history of numerous dents or failures. The detailed analysis utilizes the BMT Fleet "Dent Characterization Criteria" which was developed using their Finite Element Dent Assessment Model. This model considers the geometry of the dent, pipe material properties and historical pressure data to predict a time to failure for each dent. This time to failure prediction requires some additional engineering analysis depending on how close the parameters of the actual pipe are to what was validated with the model. This engineering analysis will determine which dents are selected for excavation and examination. This model has provided Enbridge with a tool to better manage its dent program, and this will be proposed as an option to improve the existing standards.Copyright © 2004 by ASME


The paper presents the results of experimental studies and mathematical modeling of the optical properties of glassy carbon and domestic reticulated foam materials based on it. Since the optical properties of the surface are studied on dense samples, dense samples were previously created, identical in physical properties to glassy carbon - the basis of highly porous cellular carbon materials. From the experimentally measured the spectral hemispherical reflectivity of the surface of the samples under its normal illumination and by the Kramers-Kronig relations the spectra of optical constants of glassy carbon - the refractive indices and absorption, as well as a number of their derivative characteristics were determined. For them, simple approximating relations are given in the paper. The obtained spectral data was incorporated into the previously developed optical statistical simulation model of ultra-porous reticulated foam materials, which is based on a rigorous electromagnetic theory and allows you to take into account both the features of their microstructure and physical processes that occur in such systems at different spa-tial and temporal scales. The results of the calculation of local spectra, the scattering phase function, and radiation thermal conductivity are presented for the reticulated glassy carbon foam, which has wide prospects for use as a structural and heat-shielding material. Some additional features of the mathematical model are demonstrated also.


In this paper, we investigate the design and analysis of coded slotted ALOHA (CSA) schemes in the presence of channel erasure. We design the code probability distributions for CSA schemes with repetition codes and maximum distance separable codes to maximize the expected traffic load, under both packet erasure channels and slot erasure channels. We derive the extrinsic information transfer (EXIT) functions of CSA schemes over erasure channels. By optimizing the convergence behavior of the derived EXIT functions, the code probability distributions to achieve the maximum expected traffic load are obtained. Then, we derive the asymptotic throughput of CSA schemes over erasure channels. In addition, we validate that the asymptotic throughput can give a good approximation to the throughput of CSA schemes over erasure channels.


Contrastive experiments were made under four different curing conditions on the concrete which was mixed with the curing compound SAP, silica fume and fly ash.The splitting tension strength and the compressive strength of the concrete were measured,and the ratio of the splitting tension strength to the compressive strength is used to represent the brittleness of concrete.The experimental results prove that curing has a significant impact on both the splitting tension strength and the compressive strength of the four kinds of high performance concrete,and that the curing compound SAP reduces the brittleness of high performance concrete to a certain degree. The experimental results also show that the splitting tension strength and the compressive strength of concrete are closely related under the same curing conditions.


Heat treatment of the advanced steel grades (like micro-alloyed steels or AHSS steel grades) is a challenging process as the residual stress/deformation are very pronounced and the customer quality requirements are getting stricter. Instead of a trial and error based process control, a model based optimal process control is essential to reduce waste material costs and to stay competitive. A comprehensive COMSOL® model was developed to simulate the complex heat treatment phenomena to estimate the residual stresses and deformation as an initial step. The model consists of strongly coupled physics of heat transfer, micro-structure change, and deformation fields. The major couplings are: the latent heat of phase transformation, the volume change (due to temperature and micro-structure change), and transformation induced plasticity (trip). Moreover, the nonlinearities like: creep, large deformation and buckling are included as well. The constitutive model parameters as well as the isothermal and martensitic transformation kinetic parameters are calibrated and validated by dilatometry tests for a certain type of steel. Figures used in the abstract Figure 1: Von Mises stress state just before failure during a creep test.


Objective To investigate the effects of Danggui Shaoyao Powder(DSP)on the plasma levels of angiotensin Ⅱ(Ang Ⅱ)and endothelin-1(ET-1)in rats with cirrhotic ascites.Methods Male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly assigned to normal group,model group,Ganlixin group,and DSP groups which were further divided into high-dose,middle-dose,and low-dose groups.Intragastric administration of phenobarbital and intraperitoneal injection of carbon tetrachloride were adopted to establish a rat model of cirrhotic ascites.Prothrombin time(PT)was measured by a blood coagulation analyzer.The plasma levels of Ang Ⅱ and ET-1 were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.Results Compared with the normal group,the model group had significant increases in PT and AngⅡ and ET-1levels(P0.05).Compared with the model group,the Ganlixin and DSP groups had significant decreases in PT and Ang Ⅱ and ET-1levels(P0.05).PT and AngⅡ and ET-1levels showed no significant differences between the DSP and Ganlixin groups(P0.05).Conclusion DSP could reduce plasma levels of Ang Ⅱand ET-1,which may be related to its action mechanism in the treatment of cirrhotic ascites.


Some general properties of strongly asymmetric sequences generated by m ? 1 elements (m-SAS) are given. Computational experience with two algorithms-for listing of all 4-SASs of a given length n and for generating the smallest 4-SAS of length ii 1, 2, * * . -supports the conjecture that there exists an infinite 4-SAS. The smallest 4-SAS of length 592 is presented. Let us put


A mobile robotic system can gather a lot of visual data associated with its own actions by exploring an environment and interacting with objects, with little or none human assistance. These data can be leveraged by a learning agent to construct a dynamic model of how visual scenes would change given its own actions. This project explores a design of a deep neural network architecture and a staged training scheme to acquire such visual dynamic models. A generative adversarial net (GAN) is used to approximate the manifold of real scenes, a corresponding deep encoder is trained to project novel scenes onto the manifold and robot actions are interpreted as traversing on the manifold through a fully connected network. The proposed training scheme and architecture have been tested with both synthetic and real data. Qualitative results and analysis are detailed in this report.


It is established that imbedding of the defective layers into one-dimensional three-layered periodic structure leads to appearance new photonic band gaps, quantity and width of which are dependent on number of the periods of the structure, located between the next defective layers. It has been obtained that it is possible to achieve omnidirectional reflection from three- layered structure with introduced defects simultaneously at several closely arrange frequency regions.


The quantity Γ≡(1/ρ)(∂ρa/∂ρ) frequently occurs in the nonlinear acoustics of both gases and liquids. Here ρ is the density, a the sound speed, and the derivative is taken at constant entropy. It is well known that when Γ > 0 (positive nonlinearity), pulses and periodic wave trains steepen forward to form compression shocks. When Γ < 0 (negative nonlinearity), the steepening is backward and expansion shocks form. When the signal amplitude is sufficiently large compared to Γ, the local value of Γ may vary from point to point in the wave and the subsequent behavior is quite different than the cases having either positive or negative nonlinearity everywhere. This phenomena can occur for single phase Navier‐Stokes fluids and the present paper will provide a description of the propagation in this latter case. Results of interest include shock splitting, shock waves having sonic conditions either upstream or downstream of the shock, and collisions between compression and expansion shocks. Under certain condition...


Hybrid organic-inorganic precursors and sol-gel systems thereof, obtained via wet-chemical hydrolysis, were atomized and introduced into an atmospheric pressure dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) in nitrogen. The precursors used are tetraethoxysilane (TEOS), glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane (GLYMO), methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane (MEMO), propyltrimethoxysilane (PTMO), and a new high molecular weight siloxane precursor (Bayrecit). The obtained coatings were analyzed by means of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Raman spectroscopy, and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM). Deposition rates varied between 30 nm min -1 and 175 nm min -1 . Injection of hydrolized sol-gel precursor systems resulted in higher deposition rates. Films deposited on PET foil were tested for their oxygen barrier properties. Plasma-assisted coating deposition of the sol-gel systems proved to be superior to wet-chemical application and conventional thermal or UV curing. However, the best barrier performance was obtained with a coating from non-hydrolyzed Bayrecit. The lowest oxygen transmission rate (OTR) on PET obtained so far is 5 cm 3 m -2 day -1 bar -1 .


The author deals with the phenomenon of alchemy of literature in his work. Taking into account the previous literary researches carried out in the framework of monitoring of certain laws in the time and spatial district, a precisely chosen corpus was used. The paper required a research approach that involved the systematization and value of a given segment in the creation of our literature. This means that it was primarily necessary to take into account the original form of poems and the texts belonging to the alchemy of literature, starting with the manuscript, all the original texts that could be reached, as well as those that were translated. The task was to follow the emergence of the alchemy of literature, the letter on which it was created, as well as the reason for its becoming. Also, it was necessary to establish its diachronic development and monitoring according to the chronological span of several centuries. It tried to find out the places in which it was created and developed alhamiad literature and who were the ones who created and studied it.


Never again needing to recharge the batteries of portable electronic devices is an exciting prospect. The uptake of portable electronics is increasing and recharging or replacing batteries is not only an inconvenience, but also contributes to an environmental hazard. Furthermore, with technologies such as GPS, pressure sensors, and cameras becoming smaller and cheaper, smart clothing such as the Adidas miCoach range are now a reality [1]. For seamless integration of smart devices into clothing, the inconvenience of battery replacement or recharging needs to be eliminated.


The effect of Zn on growth and metabolism in Agaricus blazei Murill was studied. The Zn-resisting and Zn-enriching ability of Agaricus blazei Murill, as well as the effect of Zn on metabolism of polysaccharide and amino acids were examined. The results showed that 300 mg/L was the maxi-mum endurable concentration of Zn for Agaricus blazei Murill. Below 300 mg/L, Zn could improve yields of mycelium, polysaccharide and amino acids. The organic analyse showed that 82.2% ZnSO4 was in form of organic Zn. After adding Zn to liquid medium, essential amino acids required by myceli-um and fermentation liquid increased 12.3% and 3.6%, respectively.


There is no standard salvage radiotherapy (RT) regimen, nor a consensus on the concurrent chemotherapy use in CNS lymphoma. We assessed the efficacy of low-dose whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT) with focal-boost to the area of disease and concurrent temozolomide for the salvage treatment of CNS lymphoma.

 A single center retrospective study of CNS lymphoma patients seen between 01/2004 and 02/2019. The inclusion criteria were: diagnosis of CNS lymphoma, age > 18 years at diagnosis, radiation treatment to the brain, and formulation of plan at University of Michigan with at least one follow-up. Overall survival (OS) was determined by Kaplan Meier method.

 Out of 93 patients (median age 58, 45% female), 73% were diagnosed with primary CNS lymphoma (n=68), and the remainder with secondary CNS lymphoma. Radiation modalities were WBRT alone (n=52), low-dose WBRT + focal boost (n=33) and focal RT alone (n=8). Twenty-six patients (28%) received concurrent temozolomide with radiation. Those who received WBRT+boost achieved complete response at a significantly higher rate than those who received WBRT alone (36% vs 17% respectively, p=0.047). The median OS among all groups was 45 months. There was a significant improvement in OS in patients receiving low-dose WBRT+boost compared to WBRT alone (median 65 vs 14 months respectively, p=0.016). OS was significantly longer in patients who received concurrent temozolomide than in those who did not (median 86 vs 23 months respectively, p=0.0287).

 In CNS lymphoma salvage RT, a longer survival was observed with low-dose WBRT with focal-boost compared to WBRT alone, as well as with concurrent temozolomide. This result is limited by the selection bias to each of the treatment groups; however, the low-dose WBRT with focal-boost and concurrent temozolomide is a useful salvage alternative to standard WBRT as it may reduce long-term neurocognitive toxicity.


Objective: The present study explores the co-occurrence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) with associated disorders such as epilepsy, attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD), Down's syndrome (DS), and cerebral palsy (CP).
Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out in special schools of four districts in Karnataka. A total of 49 ASD individuals were identified among 552 developmentally challenged children. ASD individuals were screened for associated neurological disorders and segregated the data as ASD, ASD with epilepsy, ASD-epilepsy-ADHD, ASD with DS, and ASD with CP. The karyotype analysis was carried out for chromosomal anomalies.
Results: It is found that 57% of the individuals showed only ASD features and the remaining 43% shared ASD features with other neurological disorders. Among 43% of comorbidity, 35% of ASD individuals have epilepsy, 2% have epilepsy-ADHD, 4% have DS, and 2% have CP.
Conclusion: This study supports the strong association between ASD with epilepsy, DS, ADHD, and CP. However, the extent of association of ASD with epilepsy is higher than other neurological disorders. As both are complex neurological disorders, they both show intellectual disability and involve multiple genetic factors. The present investigation is the unique and first report of this study region and also supports earlier studies, suggesting that there is an association of ASD with other neurological disorders.


This paper examines the determinants of economic growth of Vietnam focusing on an aggregate demand and aggregate supply with an econometric analysis. According to the regression and scenario simulation analysis, we can see that although the Vietnamese economy has achieved steady growth since Doi Moi, the supply-side is still too weak to meet the demand-side increases, which results in the macro imbalances including trade deficit and inflation as experienced in 2007-08. FDI inflows have played a significant role to strengthen the supply-side economy so that the Vietnamese government needs to improve her environments to attract foreign capital inflows for sustainable growth.


Since the last survey article on the theme of younger language learners appeared in this journal 15 years ago (Stern & Weinrib, 1977), we have seen some developments in theory and practice and an enormous explosion of public and political interest worldwide, especially since the middle '80s. The two areas of research and public endeavour have not always moved hand in hand, and a major aim of this article is to try to separate out the many threads of political wish, public optimism, commercial drive and varying theoretical approaches that can be seen weaving through or tangled in activities in many areas. My focus will be more on practical outcomes of the present situation, and how they may be tempered or influenced by theory, rather than on pure theory itself. For the purposes of comparison, I am using a similar age-band to mean ' younger children' to that used by Stern and Weinrib, i.e. children from approximately 6 to 11 years old, in 'primary' or ' elementary' schools, or in the classes covering those ages in systems where the pupils stay in the same school until their early teens. There will be the same occasional reference to the teaching of preschool and early ' secondary' age children where the principles discussed seem relevant. A new feature will be greater reference to work done by private language institutions where the interest in younger learners has also grown. New ventures and more recent research will also dominate, and this means, for recent historical


The unsaturated soil, shear strength theory can be used to interpret the meaning of undrained shear strength in terms of two stress state variables, net normal stress, (σ ua) and matric suction, (ua uw), assuming both linear and nonlinear failure envelopes with respect to matric suction. The interpretation of the theory is applied to the test results from glacial till specimens representing three different initial water content conditions (i.e., at optimum, dry and wet of optimum conditions), in both confined and unconfined conditions using conventional test procedures. This proposed framework can be recommended for interpreting the shear strength of unsaturated soils in undrained loading conditions for different soils.


With the continuous improvement of China's railway construction level, the requirements for the quality of train operation are also improved. For the mixed passenger and freight railway, it is necessary to transit from the simple design concept of safety to the design concept of the unity of comfort and safety. Therefore, modern numerical calculation method or simulation software method is used to replace the traditional quasi-static calculation method, and SIMPACK, ABAQUS and other related software are mainly used to analyze the operation quality and track structure dynamics of the line design scheme. The derailment coefficient, vertical acceleration and other evaluation indexes are used to evaluate the safety and comfort of the line, and the dynamic analysis of the track structure is carried out based on the vertical force. The research shows that under the condition of this line, when the passenger and freight train run at the designed speed per hour in the curve section, they can meet the specification requirements of various indexes, and there is still room for increasing speed, and the stress and strain value of the track structure can meet the specification requirements.


Significance AdoMet radical enzymes harness the power of radical-based chemistry to carry out complex chemical transformations. The structure of butirosin biosynthethic enzyme BtrN reveals both unforeseen differences and surprising similarities compared with other members of this rapidly expanding enzyme superfamily. In particular, variations in how BtrN binds S-adenosyl-L-methionine (AdoMet) warrant redefinition of the core fold responsible for adenosyl-radical generation whereas similarities in how BtrN binds an auxiliary iron–sulfur cluster provide the basis for assignment of a previously undescribed structural motif. The 2-deoxy-scyllo-inosamine (DOIA) dehydrogenases are key enzymes in the biosynthesis of 2-deoxystreptamine–containing aminoglycoside antibiotics. In contrast to most DOIA dehydrogenases, which are NAD-dependent, the DOIA dehydrogenase from Bacillus circulans (BtrN) is an S-adenosyl-l-methionine (AdoMet) radical enzyme. To examine how BtrN employs AdoMet radical chemistry, we have determined its structure with AdoMet and substrate to 1.56 Å resolution. We find a previously undescribed modification to the core AdoMet radical fold: instead of the canonical (β/α)6 architecture, BtrN displays a (β5/α4) motif. We further find that an auxiliary [4Fe-4S] cluster in BtrN, thought to bind substrate, is instead implicated in substrate–radical oxidation. High structural homology in the auxiliary cluster binding region between BtrN, fellow AdoMet radical dehydrogenase anSME, and molybdenum cofactor biosynthetic enzyme MoaA provides support for the establishment of an AdoMet radical structural motif that is likely common to ∼6,400 uncharacterized AdoMet radical enzymes.


Time delay controller is viewed as an effective robust controller for nonlinear system, especially for the system with heavy model uncertain. Under time delay controller, the nonlinear dynamic is almost canceled. However, for some nonlinear systems the controllers do not good performance. So, we proposed an improved time delay controller for underwater robot from an implement point of view. Compared with the original time delay controller simulation, the improved one simulation results show that the proposed controller is effective and has a better performance. Then we combine the improved controller with a PI controller for our underwater robot. The numerical simulation results show that the proposed method is effective.


In this paper, a low-cost, multi-sensor platform designed to investigate the spatial distribution of water quality properties is presented. The platform is based on an off-the-shelf underwater vehicle and various environmental sensors. Its intended application is the detection and mapping of submarine groundwater discharge (SGD), but it could be used for other related applications. In this study, an artificial submarine groundwater discharge (ASGD) was used to test the platform. Before the ASGD was installed, the study area was thoroughly surveyed using the platform developed to establish a baseline. After installation of the ASGD, the area was again thoroughly surveyed with the platform. The spatial and temporal variation in the data collected was used to evaluate the platform and sensors performances, and the usefulness of the different environmental parameters in mapping SGD. Although the experiments performed showed an influence of the ASGD on the measurements, this influence was smaller than expected. Different possible causes for this are discussed.


Digital holographic microscopy (DHM) is an effective and non-destructive technique for quantitative phase contrast imaging of biological samples and living organelles. In this paper, using a simple and stable common-path DHM setup we study lipid bilayer dynamics and detect their morphological changes. Stacks of lipid amphiphilic molecules in excess water and at the presence of an external stimulus, stress, or force have great capability for the formation of multilamellar cylindrical tubes that are called myelin figures(MFs). MFs can be found in various healthy and diseased living cells and their formation and dynamics in various conditions involve mysterious configurations that have been of high interest. We utilized nanoparticles solved in water with different concentrations as an external stimulus for MFs of POPC lipid. The nanoparticles are injected into the sample container via a microinjection pump in a constant rate and MFs growth rate and their volume changes are measured by a compact digital holographic system. The setup is based on a binocular conventional microscope making the setup very stable against vibrations and noises. The recorded holograms are then computationally reconstructed. The measurements and investigations are performed by analyzing the reconstruction process. We showed that nanoparticles increase the growth rate of MFs during the first few seconds. However, after few seconds, the growth rate does not alter significantly comparing to the absence of nanoparticles.


The article views the problems of successful culture budgets spending. We demonstrate that the successfulness of culture budgets spending depends on the volume of public benefits which can be obtained in conditions of limited budget resources. Researching culture budget spending we made the rating of results according to financial, social, human resources and services quality indicators. The research suggests that the process of culture budgets spending can be optimized if it is based on the given principles.


By using the Stroh's complex variable formalism for two-dimensional anisotropic elasticity, a Green's function satisfying the hole (or crack, inclusion) boundary conditions is derived in this Chapter. The inclusion as well as the matrix are of general anisotropic elastic materials which do not imply any material symmetry. By treating this Green's function as the fundamental solution for a special boundary element, the problems of two-dimensional anisotropic elastic solids containing a single hole, crack or inclusion can be analyzed accurately and efficiently. Because this Green's function has satisfied the boundary conditions for the hole (or crack, inclusion) a priori, it is unnecessary to discretize the hole (or crack, inclusion) boundary. Thus, a vast amount of computer time and storage can be saved. Furthermore, by applying the technique of subregions, the problems of multi-holes, cracks and inclusions can be solved. The interactions among holes, cracks and inclusions can therefore be analysed in an accurate and efficient way. Moreover, the effective moduli of fiber-reinforced composites can also be predicted by treating the fibers as inclusions.


The non-centrosymmetric three-dimensional framework structure of lead perrhenate thiourea hydrate (space group P42 1 m), [{Pb(ReO 4 ) 2 } 3 (CH 4 N 2 S) 2 ).2H 2 O, is built up of two types of chains running along the c axis : [Pb(ReO 4 ) 4 ] and [Pb 2 (ReO 4 ) 2 tu 2 ](H 2 O) 2 (tu = thiourea). In the first type the Pb atom at the inversion point of the 4 axis is surrounded by a highly regular dodecahedron of two tetrads of ReO 4 groups, forming M-T-M (M = Pb, T = ReO 4 ) bridges. The second type of chain has mm2 symmetry and consists of (PbO 7 S 2 ) 2 bipolyhedra with a common quadratic face of c-repeated pairs of ReO 4 corners ; the next two O atoms in PbO 7 S 2 are ReO 4 corners from the [Pb(ReO 4 ) 4 ] chains and the last one belongs to H 2 O. The S atoms of the tu molecules act as common vertices of the c-repeated lead bipolyhedra. An interesting feature of this structure is the arrangement of tu and H 2 O molecules in an alternating sequence with short contacts between the C and O atoms [C...O 2.89 (5) and 2.91 (5) A].


In this paper an algebraic technique for unbalance parameters identification along with an active control scheme for a rotor bearing system are presented. The system has two disks asymmetrically located along the shaft which is supported by a conventional ball bearing at one end and by an active suspension at the other one. The active suspension is based on linear springs and linear force actuators in order to provide the control force for vibration attenuation. A reduced order system model is obtained using Finite Element Method (FEM). The identification process is carried out on line and the only required measurements are the lateral shaft displacements at the disks location. FEM model and identified unbalance parameters are used to synthesize an active control scheme in order to attenuate the lateral vibration amplitudes in the rotor bearing system. Numerical results show the robust performance of the algebraic identification technique and considerable reductions in vibration amplitudes when the system passes through its first critical speed.


We report on the spectroscopic magnetooptical studies of spin dynamics in diluted magnetic semiconductor (DMS) GaAs/AlGaAs/ZnSe/ZnCdMnSe heterovalent double quantum wells (QW). The transients of circularly polarized photoluminescence in an external magnetic field are detected in the structures with different widths of the GaAs QW. The analysis of the data, performed within the rate-equation model, has allowed separate estimations of the spin relaxation rate of localized electrons and holes. The spin flip of the electrons confined in the DMS ZnCdMnSe QW is faster than 20 ps, whereas the spin flip of the heavy hole localized in the GaAs QW is as long as ~9 ns. The long spin flip of the holes is presumably governed by their strong 3-dimensional localization.


Traditional frameworks for considering competitive advantage within the body of strategic management theory are encumbered with the unrealistic assumptions of neoclassical economic theory and focus on value-in-exchange to the exclusion of value-in-use. As a result, models which adopt the perspective that value (utility) is embedded in goods (e.g., Porter's Value Chain) suffer from clear inadequacies in explaining value creation through services, direct inordinate managerial attention to cost containment and operational efficiency, and fail to represent the importance of knowledge and relationships as fundamental sources of competitive advantage.
Alderson (1957) suggests "what is needed is not an interpretation of the utility created by marketing, but a marketing view of the whole process of creating utility." For the main part, this challenge has gone unanswered over the past five decades. However, Hunt and Morgan's (2003) recent Resource-Advantage Model of Value Creation offers an alluring framework for considering this problem. These authors propose the relative effectiveness and efficiency with which firms manage their resources determines its ability to create and appropriate value. Resource management activities include: acquiring and developing resources, bundling resources, creating market offerings, developing and implementing positioning strategies, and maintaining and improving resources.
This dissertation adds body to this new theory, providing a more substantial theoretical grounding that distinctly characterizes these processes. Further, this synthesis provides the basis for the development of a numerical taxonomy of firm value creation and appropriation strategies. Drawing secondary longitudinal data from leading software firms for the period 1998-2004, five classes of firm types were identified using finite mixture regression modeling. In contrast to most prior organizational taxonomies, which traditionally have relied upon cluster analytic approaches, finite mixture modeling is a model-based approach. As a result, this taxonomy benefited from more objective heuristics in determining the optimal number of classes, consisted of classes derived based on theoretical relationships between variables, and incorporated all determinant covariates within a single modeling framework.
The dissertation offers an alternative perspective on the processes by which firms create and appropriate value. Further, it provides one of the first empirical tests of Resource-Advantage Theory of Competition (Hunt and Morgan, 1995).


The effect of inbreeding on genetic relatedness (intragroup genotypic correlation) is examined in several models with special emphasis on social Hymenoptera (all male-haploid) living in nests. Inbreeding takes place in the form of intranidal matings, and the models are developed for polygyny (several females reproducing in one nest) and polyandry. The latter models are also developed for diploid populations. The equations derived here are applied to the population data from the ant Formica exsecta.


Effect of transactional leadership style and transformational leadership on employee performance through job satisfaction. Leadership Style relationship affecting employee Job Satisfaction, Transactional Leadership Style not affecting employee performance, Job Satisfaction affecting  employee performance. Transformational leadership style affecting job satisfaction, Transformational Leadership Style affecting Job Satisfaction Transformational Leadership Style affecting Employee Performance


Driving cycles are used in various aspects of vehicle development and for the homologation of new vehicles. The character and duration of a cycle have a huge impact on the energy consumption for longitudinal dynamics and comfort functions. Current driving cycles are widely criticised for their insufficient representation of real-world driving, especially for battery electric vehicles (BEV). Therefore we developed three driving cycles for BEV that are based on empiric data from a large-scale field operational test with electric vehicles (project CROME) for future application in research and policy making.


The Special sort of generic IoT network namely Hierarchical IoT Network (HIoTN) is one in which a client can legitimately get to the continuous information from the sensing nodes in a protected generic IoT networking environment especially for particular application. This innovation serves a platform for a new protected lightweight unimodel biometric-factor remote client verification system for HIoTNs in prior, called the Client Validated Biometric Key Administration Convention (UABKMP). These unimodal biometric systems possess various limitations such as Noisy data, Non-universality, Spoof attacks etc., which may greatly affect the overall security of the user. In this work, a new multimodal biometrics based temporal credential-based lightweight user authentication system is intended to manage this significant issue in the HIoTN setting, would be called the Secure Multimodal Biometrics-based User Authenticated Key Exchange Protocol (SMBUAKEP). In addition, fuzzy commitment methodology is greatly utilized in this research for the purpose of multimodal biometric veri fication. In this research, three approaches namely Real -Or-Random (ROR) is utilized for detailed security analysis using formal security, Automated Validation of Internet Security Protocols and Applications (AVISPA) tool for formal security verification and SMBUAKEP for informal security analysis which has the ability to avoid multiple known attacks. An exhaustive similar examination for SMBUAKEP and some other pertinent frameworks has been accomplished, and the exploration shows that SMBUAKEP offers better security and functionality features and diminished expenses in both processing and correspondence communication comparative with existing frameworks, for example, UABKMP and UAKMP.


Neural networks have attracted much attention due to their excellent performance in providing insightful predictions. The trained neural network models usually have millions of parameters requiring massive storage resources, which motivates the model owner to deploy their models to cloud servers for relieving the storage burden. The client can also directly enjoy the prediction service provided by the cloud server. Albeit convenient, untrusted cloud servers may violate the privacy of the model owners and the clients, which hinders the wide applications of such a prediction service. This survey reviews various privacy-preserving neural network prediction services, which protect the privacy of the model and the query. Many protocols are in the basic secure two-party computation (S2C) setting, which protects the secret of the querier and the model owner against the counterparty. Secure outsourcing further protects the privacy of the model against the cloud hosting it for the prediction service. We compare the existing approaches in terms of security, accuracy, and efficiency. We then propose an optimized neural network prediction scheme in the outsourcing setting, which simultaneously achieves high accuracy, model privacy, and low overheads, and conduct an experimental evaluation for computation time and communication costs. Finally, we highlight several future research directions and provide new insights into open problems in strengthening security and improving efficiency.


Embodied philosophy claims that language has an embodied property,emphasizing that meaning does not come from the correspondence with the outside world,but from the physical and social experiences of human being and subject-object-subject multiple interactive cognitive model for understanding.As one important and universal part of human experience,emotions are expressed metaphorically in language mainly based on human embodiment.The embodied property of emotional metaphors are revealed in this paper through analyzing the widely existing metaphorical phenomena concerning "emotions" in English and Chinese words and expressions,which can be used to further testify the idea of embodied philosophy.


River ice on the Tibetan Plateau has important impacts on the ecosystem and hydrology. High-resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) is an important tool for monitoring the thickness of river ice in high-altitude areas without ground data. However, due to the complex topography and narrow width, it remains challenging to monitor the ice thickness of high-order rivers (high-level branches in the plateau river system) on the Tibetan Plateau using SAR. Therefore, this paper focuses on inverting the ice thickness by utilizing dual-polarized C-band radar data. We select a typical watershed in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau, namely, the Babao River basin (including the Babao River and Binggou River), as the study area. The results show the following: (1) Dual-polarized C-band radar data have the potential to monitor the ice thickness of high-order rivers. The RMSEs of the Babao and Binggou Rivers are 0.109 m and 0.258 m, respectively. (2) Ascending and descending orbit radar images perform differently in retrieving the ice thicknesses of rivers with different directions. (3) The thickness of river ice affects the inversion accuracy. (4) Polarization parameters have varying explanatory capacities depending on the river characteristics. Our findings can provide a reference for the subsequent development of highly generalizable river ice inversion equations using dual-polarized radar data.


Background Tumor biopsy is not essential for the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); however, grading remains important for the prognosis. Purpose To investigate whether combined Gd-EOB-DTPA and gadobutrol liver magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can predict HCC grading. Material and Methods Thirty patients (66.6 ± 7.3 years) with histologically confirmed HCC (grade 1, n = 5; grade 1–2, n = 6; grade 2, n = 13; grade 2–3, n = 2; grade 3, n = 4) underwent two liver MRIs, one with gadobutrol and one with Gd-EOB-DTPA, on consecutive days. Blinded to grading, two radiologists reviewed the gadobutrol and Gd-EOB-DTPA images in consensus with respect to: (i) HCC hyper-/iso-/hypointensity in the arterial, portal-venous/delayed, and Gd-EOB-DTPA hepatocellular phase; and (ii) morphologic tumor features (encapsulated growth, vessel invasion, heterogeneity, liver capsule infiltration, satellite metastases). Results A significant correlation with grading was not found for either the combined dynamic information of all gadobutrol phases (r = −0.187, P = 0.331) or all the Gd-EOB-DTPA phases (r = 0.052, P = 0.802). No correlation with grading was found for a combination of arterial and hepatocellular phase in Gd-EOB-DTPA MRI (r = 0.209, P = 0.305), a combination of both arterial phases (gadobutrol and Gd-EOB-DTPA) with the Gd-EOB-DTPA hepatocellular phase (r = 0.240, P = 0.248), or a combination of all available gadobutrol and Gd-EOB-DTPA phases (r = 0.086, P = 0.691). For all gadobutrol information (dynamic phases and morphology; r = 0.049, P = 0.801) and for all Gd-EOB-DTPA information (r = 0.040, P = 0.845), no correlation with grading was found. Hepatocellular Gd-EOB-DTPA phase iso-/hyperintensity never occurred in grade 3 HCCs. Conclusion Histological HCC grading cannot be predicted by combined Gd-EOB-DTPA/gadobutrol MRI. However, Gd-EOB-DTPA hepatocellular phase iso-/hyperintensity was never detected in grade 3 HCCs.


The orbit topology structure about the walker constellation was researched and some properties were gained.On the basis of these properties,several constant parameters about the walker constellation were analyzed.The computation formula of the argument of orbital node satellites was derived,which was defined as the minimum argument between two satellites.And the decision policy about proper collide was determined.The search computation method of the minimum intersatellite distance of the walker constellation was introduced.A new fast computation method was proposed and derived.This method depended on the constellation's constant parameters and wasn't associated with the time,so the computing speed is fast.Finally the decision condition about the generalized collision was presented.The result of the experimentation verifies the validity and the accuracy of the new method,and it also proves that the algorithm is feasible and efficient in the collision analysis of the constellation design.


Background/Objectives: As a part of a nationwide survey to estimate population exposure to radiation from diagnostic nuclear medicine in Iran, this paper presents the pediatric population radiation exposure due to nuclear medicine examinations in Tehran. Patients and Methods: The effective dose equivalent, HE, was used to calculate the collective effective dose in pediatric patients undergoing nuclear medicine procedures, and the corresponding data were obtained from thirty out of thirty seven active nuclear medicine departments in Tehran. Results: Annually about 5.26% of nuclear medicine examinations were performed on patients under 15 years of age in Tehran. The most frequent was renal examinations (38.2%), followed by thyroid (27.4%) and bone (26.7%). The annual collective HE for patients under 15 was 19.03 human-Sv, which contributed 3.96% to the collective HE for all patients. The contribution of renal, bone and thyroid examinations to the pediatric collective HE were 24.6%, 48.8% and 13.5% respectively. The mean effective dose equivalent per pediatric patient was 3.75 mSv. Conclusion: Among the three most frequent examinations, the bone with a relative frequency of 27.4% constituted 48.8% of the collective HE, which was the highest absorbed dose per examination. The mean effective dose per examination for patients younger than 15 years was 67.9% of the adults.


The article considers the theoretical aspects of mass consciousness and its forms, the essential characteristics of mass behavior, as a result of which the definition of this term is formulated and corrected. The authors  analyze the evolution of concepts of mass consciousness in historical retrospect and at the present stage, its features in the conditions of transition to the digital economy. A fresh look at the problem of mass manipulation in a digital society through various mechanisms is given, and the transformation of mass behavior in the 21st century is analyzed by comparison.


Abstract : Part of our DFAS goal is to improve the quality of service to our customers while we consolidate finance and accounting functions. Our approach is to delve into virtually every area of financial management, improve it, and pass any savings on to the customers. As a result of an eight-month project I recently completed, I have a recommendation that is in line with the DFAS strategy, goals, and objectives. It is also in line with the DFAS plan for providing accounting support for Defense Organizations. My idea is to eliminate Defense Agency Accounting Offices from the reporting chain and to implement direct reporting for Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) funds to the DFAS Indianapolis Center, which currently performs the departmental reporting function. (AN)


As a major victim of the biochemical warfare in the history, China is confronting the threat of new nuclear, chemical and biological warfare nowadays. Water is the main transmission mode of nuclear, chemical and biological warfare agent. Therefore pure water treatment becomes an important mode of Three Defenses. This paper mainly introduces the characteristics of chemical and biological pollution, the research status of chemical and biological warfare and the latest research and development of chemical and biological polluted water treatment.


Coagulase-negative staphylococcus (CoNS) is responsible for cases of refractory and relapsing peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients, probably by biofilm formation on the catheter. The ISPD recommends catheter removal in such cases. Urokinase has been used to dissolve the biofilm lining the PD catheter, thus favoring antibiotic efficacy. Rifampicin has shown its efficacy in penetrating CoNS biofilm.


Large-scale unconstrained optimization is a fundamental and important class of, yet not well-solved problems in numerical optimization. The main challenge in designing an algorithm is to require a few storage locations or very inexpensive computations while preserving global convergence. In this work, we propose a novel approach solving large-scale unconstrained optimization problem by combining the dynamic subspace technique and the BFGS update algorithm. It is clearly demonstrated that our approach has the same rate of convergence in the dynamic subspace as the BFGS and less memory than L-BFGS. Further, we give the convergence analysis by constructing the mapping of low-dimensional Euclidean space to the adaptive subspace. We compare our hybrid algorithm with the BFGS and L-BFGS approaches. Experimental results show that our hybrid algorithm offers several significant advantages such as parallel computing, convergence efficiency, and robustness.


Understanding recreation behaviour can help forest managers identify public uses of forests and gauge the extent of recreation use. This paper documents recreation behaviour in nine forest-dependent communities in British Columbia and examines three questions: (1) is outdoor recreation relevant to local residents?; (2) what are the characteristics of outdoor recreation participation?; and (3) are local residents satisfied with outdoor recreation forest management outcomes and land-use planning processes? Involvement in recreation activities was varied and longstanding. Non-motorized and motorized recreation played important roles as people's main connection to forests. Knowing about recreationists' satisfaction with land-use planning outcomes can help forest managers assess their success in meeting land-use objectives, and may help alleviate uncertainties in forest planning and management by reducing conflict, improving quality-of-life, and contributing to the social license of forestry activities. Key wo...


This study aims at analyzing the willingness to pay (WTP) of the visitors in Bird Watching Ecotourism in Lake Meno and the factors that influence the WTP value. The research is located in Gili Meno. The method used is quantitative method. The total samples are 38 obtained by accidental sampling. The procedure of analysis used the Contingent Valuation Method and Logit Model. The results showed that in the samples there are 27 people (77.14%) who are willing to pay (dominated by foreign tourists) and eight people (22.86%) who are not willing to pay with various reasons. The average value of WTP that can be proposed as a reference of environmental service is Rp 39,189.


This chapter focuses on probation and community sanctions and measures in Northern Ireland. It situates this aspect of the criminal justice system within the wider penal landscape and notes in particular the changing dynamics of the interrelationship between probation and prisons. The recent history of probation in Northern Ireland is charted and the question of its negotiated legitimacy in the context of 'the Troubles' is discussed. More recent developments including the expansion in the numbers of people subject to supervision in the community and the increased emphasis placed on risk and public protection are critically explored. Throughout the context of probation in Northern Ireland is explored with reference to wider international trends.


(BEDT-TFF)(2)I-3 charge transfer salts are reported to show superconductivity and pressure-induced quasi-twodimensional Dirac cones at the Fermi level. By performing state of the art ab initio calc ...


The current trend of automation and manufacturing is digitalization called Industry 4.0. The digitalization is not only the manufacturing process upgrade but also logistics and intelligent transport solutions. Rapid development of intelligent control techniques has also brought changes in automotive industry and led to developments of autonomous vehicles. This paper presents a concept for an integration of self-driving vehicle ISEAUTO into Industry 4.0. ISEAUTO is a last mile automated shuttle bus designed and built in Estonia for short range transportation.


This study deals with user acceptability of a proposed e-Passport in the European Union (EU). E-passport is an advanced version of a combined national identity card and travelling document which holds digitised biometric features of its associated individual for enhanced security of personal authentication. We attempt here to investigate the nature of the innovation and citizens' attitudes to an e-Passport (or analogous innovation) in a range of socio-political-contexts within which the implementation occur. Our approach is to undertake media content analysis in two sets of nations – a set of European Union (EU) member states and a set of nations outside the EU where an initiative analogous to the e-passport has commenced. The data collected are interpreted under the guidance of the theoretic framework "Price of Convenience" briefly described and fully referenced herein and theories of national culture after (Hofstede, 1983, Hofstede, 1991).


Recent results for side-on ignition of uncompressed proton-boron (HB11) fusion that use the Chu-Bobin side-on ignition with petawatt-picosecond laser pulses is extended to the reaction of helium 3-helium 3 (He3). The HB11 reaction resulted in radioactivity is lower values than from burning coal per generated energy. This was based on the very rare experiments with extreme suppression of pre-pulses in order to suppress relativistic self-focusing. Subsequently, acceleration of highly directed plasma blocks of modest temperature and ultra-high ion current densities above 10 11 Amps/cm 2 were measured in agreement with earlier derived theory. This permits the conditions of the Chu-Bobin for side-on ignition of solid density fusion. Results for similar neutron lean He3 are reported. A detailed comparison with the usual spherical laser compression and ignition of fusion is given for clarifying the basic differences of the ignition process.


Let PQRS be a quadrilateral, ABC its diagonal triangle, and let 0xJ, 0x2 be two lines conjugate for the range of conies iiiscribed in the quadrilateral. Let one of them, 0x1, meet the lines PQ, QR, RS, SP in the points p, q, r, s ; and let the other, 0x%, meet the lines BC, CA, AB, in the points a, f3, y. Then will the range {pqrs) = the range (Oafiy). (Correlative of l)r. W. P . Milne's theorem, Math. Gaz., Jan . 1911, p. 386.)


In this work, an atmospheric pressure glow-like dielectric barrier discharge in argon with small admixtures of hexamethyldisiloxane (HMDSO) is employed for the deposition of thin polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) films. The effect of discharge power and feed composition (monomer concentration) on film properties has been investigated by means of contact angle measurements, Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM). The results are described by defining a W/FM value, where W is the discharge power, F the monomer flow rate, and M is the molecular weight of the monomer. This paper shows that the deposition rate and the chemical composition of the deposited films are strongly affected by the W/FM value at which plasma-polymerization is performed.


Ligand types and overview electronic structure reactions resulting in the formation of multiply bonded ligands vibrational and NMR spectroscopy of multiply bonded ligands structural studies reactions of multiply bonded ligands role of metal-ligand multiple bonds in catalysis.


In this article, Corinne Tapsell interviews dental nurses who sat the National Certificate exam in May 2006. The candidates share their experiences of the day and offer advice to those sitting the exam in the future.


In this paper, we present a general formula for the capacity region of a general interference channel with two pairs of users. The formula shows that the capacity region is the union of a family of rectangles, where each rectangle is determined by a pair of spectral inf-mutual information rates. Although the presented formula is usually difficult to compute, it provides us useful insights into the interference channels. In particular, when the inputs are discrete ergodic Markov processes and the channel is stationary memoryless, the formula can be evaluated by BCJR algorithm. Also the formula suggests us that the simplest inner bounds (obtained by treating the interference as noise) could be improved by taking into account the structure of the interference processes. This is verified numerically by computing the mutual information rates for Gaussian interference channels with embedded convolutional codes. Moreover, we present a coding scheme to approach the theoretical achievable rate pairs. Numerical results show that decoding gain can be achieved by considering the structure of the interference.


Tungrymbai is a traditional fermented food of Khasi and Jaintia tribes of Meghalaya. In this study Tungrymbai was analyzed for physico-chemical and microbial quality of pre-cooked and post-cooked samples prepared by using Lactobacillus fermentum and Lactobacillus plantarum culture combination in 1:1 ratio at 1, 2 and 3% culture combination. Shelf-life of the product was carried out by storing at 6 ̊C and 33 ̊C for 4 days. pH was found to decrease while titratable acidity increases as the number of storage days increases. Protein content was highest in Tungrymbai with 3% cell biomass. pH and titratable acidity was more in pre-cooked samples, whereas protein content was more in post-cooked samples. Lactobacillus count was found in all the samples, yeast and mold was observed only in the 4th day of storage and coliforms was absent in precooked samples. However, microbes were absent in post-cooked sample I and only Lactobacillus strain were detected in post-cooked samples II which indicates that the cooking procedure and heat intensity while cooking affect the Lactobacillus strains. Therefore, awareness can be created for the preparation method of Tungrymbai without cooking the product, to get the beneficial properties of Tungrymbai prepared with Lactobacillus strains.


We report a green strategy for the extraction of lichen substances from Stereocaulon glareosum. This sustainable alternative does not use volatile toxic organic solvents, but it is assisted by microwave and is checked by UHPLC/ESI/MS/MS. Ionic liquids may provide a better alternative in the extraction of natural products from lichens.


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We can still do much to avoid useless irradiation of patients, but the risk to each patient is extremely small and should not cause us to do without useful investigations. Many protective measures can, in certain instances, do more harm than good.


Araucarian conifers are an important component of Cretaceous through Paleogene floras in the Antarctic Peninsula. A well-preserved Eocene petrified trunk from Seymour Island, Antarctica reveals the growth form and bark morphology that, along with wood anatomical characteristics, places the tree within Araucaria. The tree was at least 14 m tall with a monopodial habit and horizontally wrinkled bark. Wood-decaying fungi colonized the trunk after it had fallen to the forest floor. The fungi invaded the trunk through the pith and initially along ray cells leaving strongly lignitized cells relatively intact. This indicates preferentially consumption of sugars suggesting these fungi formed the first stages of nutrient recycling within this Eocene ecosystem.


Fever of unknown origin (FUO) represents a challenging diagnostic dilemma in clinical pediatrics. In children, the differential diagnosis are led by infections. Causes of FUO may also differ geographically based on regional exposures, economic development and available diagnostic tools. Leishmaniasis is a disease caused by an intracellular protozoan parasite transmitted by the bite of a female sandfly. The clinical spectrum of leishmaniasis ranges from a self-resolving cutaneous ulcer to a mutilating mucocutaneous disease and even a serious, progressive, and potentially lethal systemic disease that affects the reticuloendothelial system (Viscerial leishmaniasis). Onset of visceral disease can be insidious or sudden, it is characterized by the pentad of fever, weight loss, hepatosplenomegaly, pancytopenia and hypergammaglobulinemia. In well-nourished children with intact immune system, full recovery from visceral disease is expected after treatment with appropriate medication, if left untreated death frequently occurs within 2 years. We report the case of a 20 months male patient hospitalized for FUO and resulting with Visceral leishmaniasis.


The combinatorial structure of Pachner moves in four dimensions is analyzed in the case of a distinguished move of the type (3,3) and few examples of solutions are reviewed. In particular, solutions associated to Pontryagin self-dual locally compact abelian groups are characterized with remarkable symmetry properties which, in the case of finite abelian groups, give rise to a simple model of combinatorial TQFT with corners in four dimensions.


In December 2008, the Supreme Court of Canada released their written judgment in the seminal corporate law case of BCE Inc. and Bell Canada. In that decision the Court explicitly stated that, "in considering what is in the best interests of the corporation, directors may look to the interests of inter alia, shareholders, employees, creditors, consumers, governments and the environment to inform their decisions." Unfortunately, the Court did not elaborate on the scope of environmental interests that may be considered by corporate boards in exercising their discretion under the business judgment rule. Therefore, this ruling leaves ample ambiguity towards the precise role that environmental interests should play in affecting corporate directors' fiduciary duties. This paper examines the legal perspective on directors' fiduciary obligations extending to a concern for the environment and suggests that in the wake of the BCE Inc. and Bell Canada decision, it is becoming clear that corporate directors have a duty to recognize environmental issues as a salient factor when making strategic decisions on behalf of the corporation.


Abstract. The veracity of urban climate simulation models should be
systematically evaluated to demonstrate the trustworthiness of these models
against possible model uncertainties. However, existing studies paid
insufficient attention to model evaluation; most studies only provided
some simple comparison lines between modelled variables and their
corresponding observed ones on the temporal dimension. Challenges remain
since such simple comparisons cannot concretely prove that the simulation of urban climate behaviours is reliable. Studies without systematic model
evaluations, being ambiguous or arbitrary to some extent, may lead to some
seemingly new but scientifically misleading findings. To tackle these challenges, this article proposes a methodological framework for the model evaluation of high-resolution urban climate simulations and demonstrates its effectiveness with a case study in the area of Shenzhen and Hong Kong SAR, China. It is intended to (again) remind urban climate modellers of the necessity of conducting systematic model evaluations with urban-scale climatology modelling and reduce these ambiguous or arbitrary modelling
practices.


A new method is described for the image restoration of objects for various wavelengths. Results are submitted for approbation of the given method for the Sun in the visible area.


The simplicity and easiness of the lowest-order constrained variational (LOCV) method among the other many-body techniques, persuaded us to use this method to study a well known and relatively cumbersome problem, compact QED in 2+1 dimensions. Various quantities such as the ground state energy, the mean value of the plaquette variable and the photon mass gap are computed. Finally, we compare our results with those which have been carried out using other many-body theories.


In the context of modern English,yes has its relatively fixed meaning.Due to different context,yes have very plentiful interpretations.But in the equivalence of Chinese and English,its interpretation cannot be simply transplanted into its translation in Chinese.


Christianity has many assets in meeting the communist challenge, but its greatest is that of the figure of Christ who came 'not as a warrior, not as a philosopher, not as a Judge, but as a Friend and Lover, as the Affirmer absolutely of the glory of sacrifice and the reality of forgiveness ... " (p. 165). Unlike Communism, Christianity cannot by use of the "Big Lie" promise immediate social reform, but it does have "a temperate and realistic optimism" which can fulfil the social aspirations of man more adequately than the godless materialism and glittering idealism of Communism. Ministers and laymen alike will find this volume to be both stimulating and informative. Henlee Barnette


A predictive DTC algorithm calculates the switching instants of two optimum active voltage space phasors (AVSPs) that build torque demand one step in advance. After that, the trajectory of the stator flux is predicted for the two preselected AVSPs and the AVSP that leads to the best trajectory of the stator flux at the end of the cycle will be applied to the machine at the next control cycle. With this control scheme is possible to obtain similar dynamic performance as with the conventional DTC scheme, with the advantages of inherently constant switching frequency and equidistant control sampling times for easy digital implementation. As an enhancement of this predictive DTC an encoderless strategy is proposed here. The rotor position is pre-dicted through the future value of the stator flux which is estimated by using the measured stator currents and reconstructed stator voltages. Then, the estimated rotor position is processed by means of a Quadrature Phase-Locked Loop observer, so that, easy digital implementation and stable operation can be achieved. Simulated and experimental results confirm the theoretical work.


Closed-form expressions for the Fourier-transformed anharmonic force constants of a diatomic linear chain within a central force model are obtained. Some differences compared to those expressions obtained by some other authors, especially in Peierls' approximation, are discussed and illustrated by numerical calculations of the linewidth and frequency shift of the "reststrahlen" peak of a KCl crystal up to second order of the perturbation theory.


Abstract An effective procedure for the early detection and objective diagnosis of faults in rolling element bearings is described. The procedure involves the use of an inductive inference theory based classification program called 'Snob'. The program objectively divides frequency spectra into classes representing different bearing conditions. The estimated description length of each spectrum, which is used for classification, can also be used to detect the early stages of bearing deterioration. The procedure was tested using parametric frequency spectra representing various low speed (60 rpm) rolling element bearing fault conditions. It is shown that the inductive inference theory based spectra classification procedure works well at objectively diagnosing faults in low speed rolling element bearings and allowing early detection of bearing deterioration.


By exposing young AkR mice to a series of hydrocortnsone injections, the delay in appearance of spontaneous lymphoid leukosis is increased. This increase of the latency is not found in whole-body irradiated AkR mice to which bone marrow cells from donors treated with cortisone were grafted. It is thus shown that the cortisone modifies leukemogenesis by an indirect mechanism and not by causing a definitive modification of lymphond cells with a tendency to cancerous cells. (tr-auth)


Investment return is employed to assess the effectiveness of an investment. Thus, investment return helps to evaluate the return of a particular investment in relation to the price of its investment. The Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) in India have been recognized to serve the broad macro-economic objectives of fiscal augmentation, self-sufficiency in the production, etc. However, these goals could not be achieved up to the chosen level. Accordingly, from the fiscal year 1991-92, the Govt. of India adopted the mechanism of disinvestment of the CPSEs in order to ensure most favorable exploitation of national capital and to increase fruitful competency of the CPSEs in India. In this context, the main objective of this paper is to examine the behavior of industry-wise investment returns of the Indian CPSEs with a view to assess their impact in the uninterrupted disinvestment milieu during the period 2010-11 to 2019-20. The study employed popular accounting ratios and statistical test to measure the impact of investment returns at industry-wise level of the CPSEs in India. On the whole, findings of the study concluded that majority of the selected industries have not shown any significant impact in investment returns. In terms of significant results, negative impacts in investment returns are more than that of positive impacts in investment returns among the selected industries. Further, majority of the negative impacts in investment returns are observed among the industries under manufacturing sector, while most of the positive impacts in investment returns are observed among the industries under service sector. Secondary data is used in the study. Furthermore, consolidated published fiscal data are applied in the study. Therefore, it is subject to all the limitations that are inherent in the consolidated published data. The current study has examined investment returns of the CPSEs at industry-wise level. Hence, this study could be extended at firm level (i.e., company-wise level) by selecting companies within each industry of the CPSEs.


e17562 Background: Cancer incidence is increasing in India, where most patients lack health insurance. Little is known about how out-of-pocket costs affect cancer treatment decision-making by India...


This paper proposes an electronically reconfigurable multimode orbital angular momentum (OAM) patch array antenna using single pole double throw radio frequency switch that can complete dynamic switching of three modes (−1,0,1) at 2.4 GHz. As a new type of multiplexing technology, the application value of OAM technology in radar imaging and wireless communication has been continuously verified. Considering that many theoretical algorithms are proposed, a multimode vortex antenna that meets the experimental requirements should be developed. The proposed antenna consists of RF switch, programmable microcontroller, phase-shifted feed network, and $2\times2$ rectangular array. Different feeder networks were selected by controlling the RF switch to generate vortex beams with different modes. The proposed antenna was numerically simulated and physically produced. The feasibility of the design was verified through experiments. The simulation and design results are basically the same. The proposed scheme has simple structure, easy to design and deploy, and has important significance in the design of many mode vortex antenna applications in communication and radar imaging.


Wetlands are valuable ecological resources which play an essential and important role in the ecosystem of the region. Hence, there is a crucial need for monitoring and characterization of wetland changes caused by natural and anthropogenic disturbance. In this study, we developed a remote sensing-based approach to investigate long term land use/land cover changes (LULC) of Anzali Lagoon located in the southern coast of the Caspian Sea. In recent years, Anzali Wetland has experienced severe threats by human- and climate-induced changes and is drying up at an alarming rate. Here, an enhanced LULC change detection method is presented using a seasonal harmonic analysis of satellite image based on Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)   that combined with remotely-sensed thermal observations. Machine learning and object-oriented approaches were implemented on high-resolution satellite images to obtain a comprehensive land-use classification map of the study area. Then, wetland vegetation changes, such as marshes, were investigated during 2013 to 2020. Additionally, the long-term sea level trend in Caspian Sea was used, along with groundwater storage changes derived by GRACE satellite data, to study their impacts on wetland ecological changes. Results of the developed hybrid model indicate that the western and central parts of the wetland are more subjected to drought stress. Moreover, spatial and temporal changes in density of aquatic plants related to external stressors were identified in the wetland. The results of this study enhance a better understanding of long-term LULC changes in coastal wetlands in response to climate changes and anthropogenic activities.


The method by remove-restore technology for transforming GPS height was studied which took full advantage of virtues of the geopotential model and BP neural networks.The height abnormal values on the known points of GPS leveling were removed first by the geopotential model,the remained values were used for training BP neural networks,then the height abnormal value of any point was obtained by the trained BP neural networks and the geopotential model.By GPS leveling data,the methods of BP neural networks and conicoid fitting using geopotential model were analyzed.It showed that the method of BP neural networks using for GPS height conversion was superior to that of conicoid fitting using geopotential model.


Apparatus (10) for an aircraft for supplying a free jet (16) to a field of view (15) of a user, wherein the device (10) comprises a conduit (11); an oxygen-containing component containing a first reservoir (30) which can be coupled to the line (11); an outlet port (13); a transport device (5); a heater for generating steam; wherein the conduit (11), the oxygen-containing component and an aqueous component is supplied; being transported by the transport means (5) a mixture of the oxygen-containing component and the aqueous component through the line (11) to the outlet opening (13), so that the mixture through the outlet opening (13) in the form of a free jet directly on the field (15) of the user is flowed, and the apparatus comprising a Konzentrationsjustiereinrichtung for adjusting the concentration of the oxygen-containing component and the water vapor of the free jet (16) in order to saturate the from the outlet port (13) emerging mixture.


The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between the Berg balance test scores and strength of hip abductors and ankle plantar flexors in elderly women. 32 elderly females (mean age: 66.20±5.98 yr, weight: 62.60±5.78 kg, height: 159.94±7.8 cm) voluntary participated in this study. Berg Balance Test (BBT) functions were divided into four categories: 1. Position maintenance, 2. movement within base of support, 3. Movements out of base of support, 4. Movements in and out of base of support. Maximum Voluntary Contraction (MVC) of hip abductor and ankle plantar flexor muscles were measured by Manual Muscle Test (MMT). Pearson correlation coefficient was used to determine the relationship between Berg functions and muscle strength at significance level of 0.05. Results showed a significant relationship between hip abductors and ankle plantar flexors strength and BBT scores in elderly women (P≤0.05). Also, the correlation values between hip abductors and BBT functions (r=0.54-0.62) were higher than plantar flexor strength and BBT functions (r=0.35-0.53). In conclusion, it can be concluded that there were significant relationships between hip abductors and ankle plantar flexors strength and BBT functions and decreased ankle plantar flexors and hip abductors strength was associated with decreased BBT functions


A unique approach was planned and implemented for undergraduate dental students that would reinforce the principles of removable partial denture (RPD) design. 162 students were grouped according to their year of dental studies (66 second-year students and 96 third-year students) within the Discipline of Prosthodontics at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto. Previous training for the students consisted of the traditional Socratic approach, including lectures, seminars, and laboratory pre-clinical hands-on exercises. During the testing session, all the students were given the case history of a particular patient. One half of each of the classes was instructed to design an RPD using the traditional, clinically-related approach, with a dental model that could be touched and seen, dental surveyors, and writing instruments. When finished, various treatment options were discussed. The other half of the classes was given the same instructions but saw the dental model only in animated form via a computer-based e-learning scenario. The RPD was virtually fabricated with student choices of drop-down design features made in a particular orderly sequence as the students worked step-by-step through the computer simulation. A pre-test questionnaire was given to all students concerning their design choices, the order in which they chose the denture components, and their learning experiences. All students were then asked to design an RPD for a different but similar case using dental models in the traditional clinical manner. Post-test questionnaires were given to assess the effectiveness of the method of their pre-test technique, in addition to their enjoyment of the approach. A cross-over situation followed one week later, whereby each group of students went through the alternate approach from the previous session. The results from the third-year student data and implications of this blended approach for teaching and learning RPD design are analyzed and discussed.


The growth of small children in urban and rural Henan Province in terms of body shape, body function and physical quality is in line with general law of child growth. However, because urban children are superior to rural children in their quality of life, level of nutrition and diet structure, the former ones are better than the latter in body shape;while because children in rural areas are closer to the nature and do more sports exercises, they are better in body function and physical quality than urban children.


Brazil is the largest producer of passionfruit (Passiflora edulis) in the world, but holds low fruit productivity due to the lack of natural pollinators such as carpenter bees (Xylocopa spp.) in cultivated areas. The present work investigated the use in passionfruit plantations of a model of rational nesting box for carpenter bees suggested by FREITAS & OLIVEIRA FILHO (2001). Results showed that the


Abstract A new process for the synthesis of dimethylalkynylaluminum reagents under flow conditions is described. It involves a base-catalyzed alumination of terminal alkynes using a resin-supported organocatalyst. Final organometallic species are obtained in solution, and can further react with various aldehydes or nitrones.


We present a series of 1s2p resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) calculations for 3d transition metal ions in octahedral symmetry covering each ground state between 3d0 and 3d9. The calculations are performed in octahedral (Oh) symmetry using the crystal field multiplet theory. We discuss the crystal field effects and the selection rules with respect to the 1s2p RIXS pre-edge and compare their final state energies with the corresponding 2p X-ray absorption spectrum (XAS). The calculations provide a detailed understanding of 1s2p RIXS and serve as a basis for the future analysis of experimental spectra and also as a starting point for calculations that add additional channels including the nonlocal peaks.


We introduce a type of topological magnon matter: the magnonic pendant to electronic nodal-line semimetals. Magnon spectra of anisotropic pyrochlore ferromagnets feature twofold degeneracies of magnon bands along a closed loop in reciprocal space. These magnon nodal lines are topologically protected by the coexistence of inversion and time-reversal symmetry; they require the absence of spin-orbit interaction (no Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction). We calculate the topological invariants of the nodal lines and show that details of the associated magnon drumhead surface states depend strongly on the termination of the surface. Magnon nodal-line semimetals complete the family of topological magnons in three-dimensional ferromagnetic materials.


Poliheuristic (PH) theory has received strong empirical support for its depiction of the option selection process: it explains how leaders evaluate, weigh, and ultimately choose among a set of policy options. But PH theory does not explain how this initial set of options is generated. Foreign policy problem representation (PR) research has shown that the way in which leaders mentally represent decision problems determines which options are generated for consideration. In this article, we develop a hybrid PR-PH framework in which leaders' problem representations drive an unconscious screening process that occurs prior to the conscious screening of PH stage 1. We test hypotheses drawn from this framework experimentally and find that key elements of PR (most notably, perceived threat) determine which options consciously occur to decision makers and which options are not generated during a simulated foreign policy crisis.


Several major airports around the United States have, or plan to have, closely-spaced parallel runways. This project complemented current and previous research by examining the pilots ability to control their position longitudinally within their approach stream.This project s results considered spacing for separation from potential positions of wake vortices from the parallel approach. This preventive function could enable CSPA operations to very closely spaced runways. This work also considered how pilot involvement in longitudinal spacing could allow for more efficient traffic flow, by allowing pilots to keep their aircraft within tighter arrival slots then air traffic control (ATC) might be able to establish, and by maintaining space within the arrival stream for corresponding departure slots. To this end, this project conducted several research studies providing an analytic and computational basis for calculating appropriate aircraft spacings, experimental results from a piloted flight simulator test, and an experimental testbed for future simulator tests. The following sections summarize the results of these three efforts.


Piaget's theory, which is at the center of cognitive approaches to psychology and learning, gave a significant importance to the construct of equilibration. This construct plays a paramount role in cognitive adaptation. It is the unifying factor, and thus the sufficient condition of cognitive development. An attempt was made in this paper to revisit the construct of equilibrium in the realm of cognitive development and relate it to the two receptive language skills, namely; listening and reading comprehension. Topics analyzed included, overview of Piaget's theory of cognitive development, assimilation and accommodation in the process of equilibration and their role in cognitive adaptation, kinds of equilibration, schema theory, Rutherford's neo-Piagetian view of assimilation and accommodation. Then the process of equilibration was related to the practical contexts and its implications and contributions to the listening and reading comprehension was described. It's also described how critical thinking, schemata, assimilation, accommodation, and reading comprehension are interrelated to each other in implication section. Finally, Rutherford's neo- Piagetian view is contributed to reading comprehension from socio-cultural perspective.


Studies find fatherhood earnings premiums in several European countries and the United States. Yet little research investigates how intra-household dynamics shape the size of the fatherhood premium cross-nationally. Using data from the Luxembourg Income Study we examine how the division of labor in two-parent households is associated with the fatherhood premium in fourteen countries. We find cross-national variation in the presence and size of the fatherhood premium. Our findings also show that the fatherhood premium frequently depends on the household division of labor: Men with caregiver partners are mostly likely to receive the fatherhood premium. We consider how cultural and institutional contexts may shape the cross-national variation in fatherhood premiums.


We define two channels N and N' to be entanglement-equivalent if there exists an entanglement-assisted source channel coding scheme for N from N' and vice versa. For example, the noiseless channel on a d^2-level classical system and the noiseless channel on a d-dimensional quantum system are entanglement-equivalent by teleportation and dense coding.
We provide a construction of entanglement-equivalences of channels based on the principle of covariance. Let G be a compact quantum group, let F': Rep(G) -> Hilb be a fibre functor accessible from the canonical fibre functor F: Rep(G) -> Hilb by a unitary pseudonatural transformation, and let G' be the compact quantum group obtained from the fibre functor F' by Tannaka duality. Then for any G-covariant channel N we construct a G'-covariant channel N' and entanglement-assisted source channel coding schemes witnessing an entanglement-equivalence of N and N'. This construction induces an equivalence of categories E: Chan(G) -> Chan(G'), where Chan(G) is the category of G-C*-algebras and covariant channels.
We show that all tight teleportation and dense coding schemes are a special case of our construction, using covariance for the action of the quantum permutation group of the algebra M_d(\mathbb{C}). Where G is a finite abelian group, we explicitly compute the effect of the equivalence E on algebras and channels. We thereby produce concrete new examples of entanglement-equivalences of channels in the case where G=Z_2 \times Z_2 and the noncanonical fibre functor is specified by the Pauli matrices.


Increasingly, the pharmaceutical industry is a knowledge-based discipline. Knowledge, and information, is kept in both structured and unstructured form. For example, the results of experiments and clinical studies, are most often stored in structured database management systems or spreadsheets. In addition, more scientific information, such as chemical structures and properties are kept in structured form and are accessible through query languages such as SQL. However, a great deal of the most current, and most valuable, information resides not in a structured data source, but only in unstructured text, typically in the scientific literature. The ability to automatically and accurately extract information from unstructured text is of great value at every point in the drug discovery and development process.


Traction motors require high output power, high efficiency and downsizing. In order to achieve the requirements, this paper shows the high-speed SRM using the amorphous steel sheet (proposed SRM). As the result, a volume of the SRM is reduced by 53% compared with a conventional PMSM. Also 1% higher efficiency than it of the conventional SRM using 0.35mm electromagnetic steel sheet is obtained by the proposed SRM. In addition, the experimental efficiency for the proposed SRM is higher than analysis result for the SRM using electromagnetic steel sheet.


The subject innovation relates to a switching system of the train doors and, more particularly also so that the train either side door by installing a door switch on both sides door can be accurately opened and closed at the same time, of course, the electric vehicles only when the train either side door both closed normally, relates to various accidents caused by the door so you can leave on the train door opening and closing system was ever prevented. The subject innovation is to install the door switch of the same structure in the upper part of the left and right door of the electric rail vehicle door, respectively by operating necessarily simultaneous both side doors on both sides door to the box as well as the electric vehicles only when the both side door closed ever both normally open and close to the starting in the state where the door or if a foreign object between the open position and the door is sandwiched with the purpose of setting ever to prevent the train being set off preventing the occurrence of accidents of the train station. Either side door, a door switch, a push rod, a door engine, the drive cylinder


The scattering amplitude T/sup (1)( omega ) of pions on nucleons is considered. A new method for its zeros determination is obtained. It is shown that it is impossible to fit the experimental data of Orear T/sup (1)(1) 0. (auth)


Abstract. We demonstrate a flexible organic light-emitting device (OLED) by using silver nanowire (AgNW) transparent electrode. A template stripping process has been employed to fabricate the AgNW electrode on a photopolymer substrate. From this approach, a random AgNW network electrode can be transferred to the flexible substrate and its roughness has been successfully decreased. As a result, the devices obtained by this method exhibit high efficiency. In addition, the flexible OLEDs keep good performance under a small bending radius.


S SUBMITTED TO REGIONAL AND NATIONAL MEETINGS: Aaron M. Neely, Guoping Zhao, Yanglong Zhu Colins O. Eno, Yanlong, Lynn DeLeeuw, Joseph A. Burlison, Jonathan B. Chaires, John O. Trent, and Chi Li. Inducing tumor cell apoptosis by a small molecule activating Bax. The American Society of Cell Biology Annual Meeting December 2016 Neely, A.M., Zhao, G., Whitt A., Chi L., Scwarzer C., Huayi, L., Stivers, N., Burlison, J., Machen, T. and Chi Li. The bacterial quorum sensing molecule N-(3oxo-acyl) homoserine lactone inhibits tumor growth independent of Bcl-2 proteins. The Ohio Valley Society of Toxicology Meeting October 2016 Neely, A.M., Zhao, G., Whitt A., Chi L., Scwarzer C., Huayi, L., Stivers, N., Burlison, J., Machen, T. and Chi Li. The bacterial quorum sensing molecule N-(3oxo-acyl) homoserine lactone inhibits tumor growth independent of Bcl-2 proteins. Kentucky Lung Cancer Symposium October 2016 Neely, A.M., Zhao, G., Whitt A., Chi L., Scwarzer C., Huayi, L., Stivers, N., Burlison, J., Machen, T. and Chi Li. The bacterial quorum sensing molecule N-(3oxo-acyl) homoserine lactone inhibits tumor growth independent of Bcl-2 proteins. Research! Louisville October 2016 Neely, A.M., Zhao, G., Whitt A., Chi L., Scwarzer C., Huayi, L., Stivers, N., Burlison, J., Machen, T. and Chi Li. The bacterial quorum sensing molecule N-(3oxo-acyl) homoserine lactone inhibits tumor growth independent of Bcl-2