Manually operable detector with at least one behind a viewing window (7) arranged in a door (6) field of view and operating means (2) in a housing (5), wherein in the door (6) in addition to the viewing window (7), a display window (17) is, wherein the detector front behind the display window (17) in addition display means with alphanumeric characters which, when the door is closed (6) are visible, with the characters on a removable label holder (8) are located behind the display window (17) disposed , wherein as a holder for the label carrier (8) an operating part (1) is provided which is hinged a single piece of film hinges (10), transparent display cover (9).


SUMMARY A model of reproductive performance was developed to study the influences of breeding management decisions and animal characteristics on the reproductive performance and the calving distribution in a beef herd. In the model, reproductive performance is formalized as a sequence of events (parturition, ovulation, conception), each of which modifies the reproductive status of the simulated cow. With respect to reproduction, a cow can be in one of three possible states: open-not-cycling, open-cycling or pregnant. The length of the different intervals that are included between two successive reproductive events (calving to first cycle interval, length of oestrous cycles, calving–conception and calving intervals) is formalized using stochastic or empirical laws that may be influenced by numerous animal or environmental factors or by management decisions (feeding strategy, breeding season and length of the breeding period). Within the herd, cows are considered to differ from each other by their parity, calving date, body condition at calving and their bull exposure. Calving to first oestrous interval (postpartum anoestrous interval (PPAI)) is expressed as the sum of three equations which formalize the respective effects of calving date, body condition score at calving (BCScalving) and the response to early bull exposure in interaction with BCScalving. The influences of these variables on reproductive performance were quantified by analysing data sets (three bibliographical and two experimental) or by expertise. Special attention was paid to the influence of calving date on PPAI and a biological interpretation of this effect is proposed. Probabilities of natural insemination success were estimated according to the number of oestrus and the number of matings. The model was fitted to data from primiparous Charolais cows (n=139) bred at the experimental station Laqueuille (French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA)). Its ability to simulate PPAI was tested using an independent data set of primiparous Charolais cows (n=188) from the experimental farm Le Pin. The model only accounts for 39% of the observed inter-individual variability. However, the analysis of the mean square deviation components led to validation of the structure of the model. In particular, the assumption that the influence of calving date on PPAI can be attributed to a sensitivity of the reproductive function to the variation of the photoperiod during the month preceding parturition was confirmed. Simulations also revealed that fat cows could have similar anoestrus to thin cows when they are exposed early to a bull. Such a result emphasized the necessity to investigate further and better calibrate the combined effects of BCS at calving and bull exposure on PPAI.


I am deeply grateful to Joan Roura-Expósito and Pablo Alonso González (2018) for taking the time to read and respond to my paper (Kelty 2017). Roura-Expósito andAlonsoGonzález offer two different critiques—one of which I agree with, and one that I will dissent from. The first criticism is that the paper is not sufficiently ethnographic. To this I plead guilty, and I take the criticism seriously. It might help to know that the article is a draft of ideas from a book that is yet to appear. This is not an excuse, but if I amso luckyas tohaveanyadditional readers for thebook, I think they will find that it is in sympathy with the approach that is recommended here. The book deepens each of the three stories I tell of the history of participation (worker participation, urbanplanningandcivil rights, and international development) to demonstrate how "assemblages"of participationhave indeed contributed to, inRoura-Expósito andAlonsoGonzález's terms, "the growing lack of democracy under neoliberalism." But not only that. Although my article appears to be essayistic and nonethnographic (Roura-Expósito and Alonso González accuse me of Platonism; but I like Plato very much, so I will take that as a compliment), I do actually consider the article to be the product of ethnographic research, even if that research is archival, documentary, and historical. My practice in this project is a serious and sustained engagement with cases of participation of many kinds (from those enabled by the internet over the past decade to those detailed in documents, reports, descriptions, and scholarly analyses spanning much of the twentieth century). If this fails to come across in the article, I take that criticism. The second criticism is that I am not radical enough in questioning the "ideological underpinnings of participation." This criticism I will resist, because I think Roura-Expósito and Alonso González misread the paper as some kind of naive, idealist philosophy of "a totalizing concept." The criticism that the paper is "philosophical and abstract as opposed to ethnographic and empirical" would suggest that one has to do one or the other and that, as a result, I can only be some kind of nineteenth-century nominalist philosopher—or worse, that most despised of creatures, an "armchair anthropologist!" My armchair is nice, but it is not the only place I study participation.


A novel artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) surface based on spiral strips is proposed, which consists of 9 × 9 AMC cells. Each AMC cell includes a spiral strip to increase its inductance, thus featuring a wide bandwidth of 42% for ±90° reflection phase. The AMC surface is applied to three planar dipole antennas for lowering the antenna heights, including a linearly polarised (LP) antenna, a dual-polarised (DP) antenna, and a circularly polarised (CP) antenna. It is shown by simulation and experiment that the LP antenna achieves an impedance bandwidth of 40% (0.68-1.02 GHz) for |
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carrier lifetime, termination, HFET, polarization charge Abstract. Design curves for GaN power devices are developed by a power-law fit to theoretically calculated ionization coefficients, including parallel-plane depletionwidth and breakdown voltage versus doping. An epitaxial junction termination extension structure is described for vertical GaN devices and the effect of AlGaN/GaN polarization charge on breakdown in HFETs is considered. A key design relationship for GaN unipolar devices, the specific on-resistance is estimated versus breakdown voltage and for bipolar devices, the carrier lifetime requirement versus breakdown voltage is calculated.


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A new type of combined cooling, heating and power of photovoltaic radiant panel (PV/R) module was proposed, and applied in the zero energy buildings in this paper. The energy system of this building is composed of PV/R module, low temperature difference terminal, energy storage, multi-source heat pump, energy balance control system. Radiant panel is attached on the backside of the PV module for cooling the PV, which is called PV/R module. During the daytime, the PV module was cooled down with the radiant panel, as the temperature coefficient influence, the power efficiency was increased by 8% to 14%, the radiant panel solar heat collecting efficiency was about 45%. Through the nocturnal radiant cooling, the PV/R cooling capacity could be 50 W/m2. For the multifunction energy device, the system shows the versatility during the heating, cooling and power used of building utilization all year round.


Mahara is an open-source ePortfolio system with personalized learning content, so-
called PLE (Personal Learning Environment), to create portfolios of pupils.
Certificates, diplomas, certificates which students received in the learning process
can be placed in an ePortfolio. All of these materials in open access contribute to the
professional realization of the young specialist.


Abstract:Hugh Latimer's 1548 "Sermon of the Plough" is well-known as an example of early English evangelical rhetoric. However, the sermon has often been considered as an effect of, rather than a participant in, evangelical theology. This article reads Latimer's rhetoric, especially his creation of a persona, as fully theological, using Melanchthon's valorization of rhetoric over logic as a model. Latimer's sermon produces an authority that is not limited to Latimer himself, but serves as a reformation of Catholic notions of the authoritative role of the Church, a role based upon the rhetorically effective presentation of the Bible.


Purpose: development of a layout and design solution for the Kochetovsky fish passage and spawning channel, traced along the Barsovka riverbed. Materials and methods. The basis for the channel layout and design solution development was the data of hydrological studies and plans for topographic survey of the area, recommendations for fish breeding and biological substantiation of the channel, materials for the development of projects and the use of fish passage and spawning channels as part of the Nizhne-Don waterworks. The generally accepted methods were used at collecting and processing the initial information, and the approaches and methods for the search design of waterworks were used when developing structures. Results and discussion. Taking into account the natural conditions of the floodplain section of the Don river near waterworks and the presence of a specially protected area here, the option of tracing the main part of the canal tract along the Barsovka riverbed, which was the Don river watercourse before the construction of the Kochetovsky waterworks was considered. The conditions for channel creation and operation are characterized by the magnitude of the calculated difference in water levels and are determined by the need to create conditions for the anadromous, semi-anadromous and other aquatic fish movement from the downstream of the hydroelectric complex to the upstream and (or) their spawning in the channel tract. As a result of research and development, it was proposed to construct a channel with a length of 8540 m, a trapezoidal cross section, with an estimated water flow depth of 2.6 m, a bottom width of 30 m and a 1:3 slope. With an average slope of the channel bottom of 0.000338 with a stone-gravel-pebble coating of its channel and an estimated flow rate of 90 cubic m/s, the average velocities in the channel tract are 0.95 ± 0.5 m/s. The channel includes an inlet and outlet heads, a tract with fish recreation areas and a spawning substrate for litho- and phytophilic fish. Conclusion. A layout and design solution for a fish passage and spawning channel which is proposed for arrangement at the Kochetovsky waterworks on the Don river has been developed.


Gitelman's Syndrome (GS) is a rare autosomal recessive hereditary salt-losing tubulopathy characterized by hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis with hypomagnesemia and hypocalciuria. Pregnancy in women with GS often aggravates hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia. However, there are few reports of pregnancies in GS. Here, we report the course of two Chinese women who were diagnosed as GS during pregnancy in 2019 and 2020 respectively.

 Case 1: A 21-year-old woman was referred to our hospital at 9 weeks gestation of her first pregnancy. She had complained of muscle weakness and cramps for one year. Before the referral she was diagnosed as hypokalemia and treated by oral potassium supplementation. However, her symptoms became severer after pregnancy. Case 2: A 20-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of elevated plasma glucose level and hypokalemia at 27 weeks gestation of her first pregnancy. The woman was asymptomatic and denied history of chronic diseases. The laboratory examinations were taken after admission. Genetic testing was conducted for pathogenic mutations in SLC12A3 (GS) and SLC12A1, KCNJ1, CLCKNB and BSND (Bartter syndrome 1-4).

 Case 1: Initial biochemistry examinations revealed hypokalemia (2.3 mmol/L, normal range 3.5-5.3 mmol/L) with inappropriate renal potassium wasting (urine potassium 254 mmol/24h, normal range < 20 mmol/24h), alkalosis (arterial blood gas pH 7.49), hypomagnesemia (0.55 mmol/L, normal range 0.67-1.04 mmol/L), hypocalciuria (urine calcium 1.6 mmol/24h, normal range 2.5-7.5 mmol/24h) and elevated renin (276 pg/ml, normal range 4-24 pg/ml) and aldosterone (825 pg/ml, normal range 10-160 pg/ml) levels. The blood pressure was normal-low (97/68 mmHg, 12.9/9.0 kPa) and the renal ultrasound was normal. Homozygous mutations [c.179C>T (Thr60Met)] were identified. The woman's father and sister had a heterozygous c.179C>T, but had no electrolyte disorders. After the treatment of oral potassium supplementation (KCl 3g tid) and spironolactone (40mg bid), her serum potassium level increased to 3.4-4.0 mmol/L and muscle weakness was relieved. The woman delivered a healthy female infant weighing 2600 g at 39 weeks gestation via cesarean section. Maternal serum potassium level remained normal and no symptoms reoccured after delivery. Case 2: Initial biochemistry examinations identified hypokalemia (2.3 mmol/L, normal range 3.5-5.3 mmol/L) with inappropriate renal potassium wasting (urine potassium 81 mmol/24h, normal range < 20 mmol/24h), hypomagnesemia (0.49 mmol/L, normal range 0.67-1.04 mmol/L), hypocalciuria (urine calcium 0.3 mmol/24h, normal range 2.5-7.5 mmol/24h) and elevated renin (54 pg/ml, normal range 4-24 pg/ml) and aldosterone (834 pg/ml, normal range 10-160 pg/ml) levels. The blood pressure and renal ultrasound were normal. Heterozygous mutations [c.179C>T (Thr60Met), c.658G>A (Gly220Ser)] were identified. The woman was treated by oral potassium supplementation (KCl 3g tid) and her serum potassium level maintained normal during pregnancy. She had a normal delivery of a healthy female infant weighing 3050 g at 40 weeks gestation. After delivery she discontinued oral potassium supplementation and her serum potassium level ranged from 3.0-3.4 mmol/L without symptoms.

 The outcome of mother and fetus of GS pregnancies appears favorable. Intensive monitoring of electrolyte levels and sufficient electrolyte supplementation are advised during pregnancy.


Progress on understanding phenomena influencing surface figure and roughness during pad polishing are reviewed, followed by a description of a new Convergent Polishing process allowing single iteration, process variation-free finishing of optical flats & spheres.


Now that our enemies are in power, what comes next? For starters, if the Democrats stand a chance in the near future, Republicans have conveniently demonstrated for them what they did not believe coming from the left: economic populism works.


The technologicial subject consists of two layers: the technicians and the way of carrying. The pattern of technologicial subject should develop with the time going on. The best development way of technologicial subject in the c ontemporary society is the way by which socialization and innovation is carried, in which the national innovation system is the most important carrying way of technologicial subject innovating in China today.And diversity of the development patterns of technologicial subject in Wuxi provide an example for the nation's development pattern of innovation of technologicial subject.


The paper introduces a fabrication technology for high-density flex circuits. The technology is based on wafer level packaging processes such as electro chemical metal deposition as well as deposition and structuring of polymeric interlayer dielectrics to create multi-layer wiring at rigid carrier wafers. The flex circuits are created subsequently by laser assisted detach of the multi-layer stack from the carrier wafers, which can be performed at full area or partially to create flex or rigid-flex configurations. The base technology enables line pitches down to $24\ \mu\mathrm{m}$ and staggered via configurations in a stack-up of up to three internal routing layers as well as front and back side contacts with minimum pitch of $55\ \mu \mathrm{m}$. Depending on the layer stack-up total flex thicknesses between 20 and $50\ \mu \mathrm{m}$ are possible. The advanced technology enables line pitches of $14\ \mu\mathrm{m}$ and stacked via configurations with minimum via diameters of $10\ \mu\mathrm{m}$ in $10\ \mu\mathrm{m}$ thick polymer layers and a minimum pitch of the front and back side IOs of $27\ \mu \mathrm{m}$. A further extension of the base technology allows the embedding of ultra-thin ICs into the multi-layer stack-up. The dices are $20\ \mu\mathrm{m}$ thin and placed in face-up configuration onto a die bonding adhesive. The thin ICs are then over coated with the next polymer layer and thus embedded into the thin film multilayer stack. As one demonstrator an acceleration and vibration sensor system was build. The demonstrator includes 2 ultra-thin sensor chips which are embedded in a $50\ \mu \mathrm{m}$ thick RDL layer stack on a rigid carrier. The vibration detection is enabled by a stress sensor chip, which is embedded in a partially freestanding only $50\ \mu\mathrm{m}$ thin flex layer. As second demonstrator a 24 GHz radar sensor was build. The sensor includes 2 embedded ultra-thin 24 GHz transceiver ICs.


In-fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer filters, which were based on a pair of long-period fiber gratings (LPFGs), have been operated in the reflection mode by interacting with an optical fiber mirror reflector or a chirped-fiber Bragg grating (CFBG). As a result, the extinction ratio has been doubly enhanced. Furthermore, by tuning the chirp rate, i.e. reflection bandwidth of the CFBG, the channel number of the formed comb filter can be easily changed. A 3 to 9-channel comb filter with a channel spacing of 2.45 nm has been demonstrated experimentally.


On 1 June 1987 Victoria raised the speed limit on its rural and outer Melbourne freeway network to 110 km/h from 100 km/h. In late September 1989 the limit was removed and a 100 km/h limit was reintroduced. Results were an increase in injury accident rate (including fatalities) per km travelled of 24.6% when the speed limit was introduced in 1987 and a decrease of 19.3% when it was removed in 1989. These results were with comparison to a control group. Similar results were found in sub-groupings by urban/rural groups, standard of freeway and accident severity. Speed data and literature were reviewed and it is estimated that under a mature 110 km/h regime about 50-60% of cars would exceed 110 km/h and 12-20% exceed 120 km/h. A 100 km/h speed limit is assessed as having a dampening effect on speeds with beneficial road safety results.


Objective To analyze the prevalence status of children aged 0 to 14 years with close contacts to smear positive tuberculosis (TB) patients,and explore effective way to prevent TB infection.Methods 1787 children cases in close contact with smear-positive tuberculosis patients were selected and examined by tuberculin purified protein derivative (PPD) skin test,chest X-ray and sputum or gastric smears.Results The children without history of Bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG) vaccination had a 20 times high incidence than those with BCG vaccination history,the difference was statistically significant (x 2=104.6,P < 0.05).Floating population of children had a high incidence of TB than that of those local household population,the difference was statistically significant (x2=8.45,P < 0.05).There was a four times higher incidence of in children with history of BCG vaccination as observation group than those in the control group,but the difference was not statistically significant (x2=2.41,P > 0.05).Children without history of BCG vaccination in the observation group had higher incidence than those in the control group,but the difference was not statistically significant (x2=2.88,P > 0.05).Children aged 7 to 14 years were higher prevalence group,but the observation group and the control group were not statistically significant in age difference illness (x 2=0.000,P > 0.05).No difference between the two groups of children age was found.The prevalence of the observation group was higher than that of the control group,the difference was statistically significant (x 2=4.261,P < 0.05).The patients were mainly found in children with close family contact,there was no patients found in those without close family contact,but it did not show statistical significant difference between close family contact and nonfamily contact in the prevalence (x 2=0.578,P > 0.05).Conclusion Children with close contacts should be early screened,in order to timely prevent and control the smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients,to reduce the spread of communities and families and promote the BCG vaccination education,to strengthen and increase the common sense of tuberculosis prevention and treatment knowledge,which is helpful for TB control.

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Children;  Smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis;  Close contact


LumiGNtech Co., SK Techno Park, Gwangmyeong 14322, Korea(Received March 31, 2016; Revised May 24, 2016; Accepted May 24, 2016) Abstract: In this paper, GaN film was grown on AlN/PSS by hydride vapor phase epitaxy compared with GaN on planar sapphire. Thin AlN layer for buffer layer was deposited on patterned sapphire substrate (PSS) by metal organic chemical vapor deposition. Surface roughness of GaN/AlN on PSS was remarkably decreased from 28.31 to 5.53 nm. Transmittance of GaN/AlN grown on PSS was lower than that of planar sapphire at entire range. XRD spectra of GaN/AlN grown on PSS corresponded the wurzite structure and c-axis oriented. The full width at half maximum (FWHM) values of ω-scan X-ray rocking curve (XRC) for GaN/AlN grown on PSS were 196 and 208 arcsec for symmetric (0 0 2) and asymmetric (1 0 2), respectively. FWHM of GaN on AlN/PSS was improved more than 50% because of lateral overgrowth and AlN buffer effect.Keywords: GaN, PSS, HVPE, Refractive index./0 갈륨 나이트라이드 (gallium nitride, GaN)는 1990년 이후로 꾸준히 많이 연구가 이루어지고 있는 반도체 재료이다. 광전자기기인 레이저 다이오드 (laser diode)와 발광 다이오드 (light emitting diode)에 적합한 재료이다. 3.4 eV의 넓은 밴드갭 에너지, 높은 열안정성, 열전도도의 물성을 가지고 있어 고온에서 작


The utility model relates to a self-operated flow control valve which comprises a valve shell composed of a water inlet valve body and a water outlet valve body, wherein an inner chamber of the valve shell is provided with an automatic pressure adjusting device; the water outlet valve body is provided with a flow setting device; the automatic pressure adjusting device comprises an automatic rod, and the first section of the automatic rod passes through a central hole of an inner rib to extend out towards the direction of a water inlet; a valve clack is sheathed and fixed at a middle section which is positioned between the inner rib and a throttle plate, and the end section of the automatic rod is orderly sheathed and fixed with a pressure disk, a diaphragm and a spring seat, wherein a spring is arranged between the spring seat and a spring cover; the flow setting device comprises a manual rod, the upper section of the manual rod is fixedly connected with the water outlet valve body through a material packing chamber, and the surface of the material packing chamber is fixedly connected with a dial capable of displaying flow; the lower section of the manual rod presents a barrel shape with a lower opening, and the side wall of the barrel shape is provided with a flow regulating inclined surface hole from bottom to up. The self-operated flow control valve has the advantages of simple structure and high flow regulating accuracy, and can solve the problem of the maladjustment of water conservancy.


As in New Zealand, three European countries (Ireland, Poland, Romania) have chosen to reverse the established control model, using effect-based definitions; the supply of any unregulated psychoactive substance that meets certain criteria is banned unless specifically permitted.


To the Editor. —In a recent article, Drs Levine and Ilowite 1 concluded "a relationship appears to exist between breast-feeding by mothers with silicone implants and abnormal esophageal motility." The conclusion was based on 11 children who were born to women who had breast implants; eight had been breast-fed and three bottle-fed. The authors identified 20 controls and specifically eliminated three who demonstrated a type of esophageal dysmotility, the outcome of interest. This exclusion was reportedly based on the manometric findings, indicating the selection was made after the key data were collected. Furthermore, the authors started with "67 consecutive children born to mothers with silicone breast implants... who were referred" to them presumptively in an unbiased fashion. The 67 were winnowed down to 11, an 84% attrition rate. Among the controls, after they had eliminated those they didn't like, there was absolutely no attrition. This study could be dismissed as


Background: Baduanjin exercise is a traditional Chinese Qigong exercise. This study aimed to investigate the effects of Baduanjin exercise on the quality of life and psychological status of postoperative patients with breast cancer. Methods: A systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted. Eight databases were searched from inception to December 15, 2021, restricting the language to English and Chinese. RevMan5.3 software was employed for data analysis. This study was registered in PROSPERO, number CRD 42020222132. Results: A total of 7 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with 450 postoperative breast cancer patients with or without Baduanjin exercise were collected. Compared with the group without Baduanjin, those who practiced Baduanjin showed significant improvement in quality of life (WMD = 5.70, 95% CI 3.11-8.29, P < .0001). Subgroup analysis showed significant improvement in physical (WMD = 1.83, 95% CI 1.13-2.53, P < .00001) and functional well-being (WMD = 1.58, 95% CI 0.77-2.39, P = .0001), which were measured by the functional assessment of cancer therapy-breast (FACT-B). Subgroup analysis also showed that role-physical (WMD = 11.49, 95% CI 8.86-14.13, P < .00001) and vitality (WMD = 8.58, 95% CI 5.60-11.56, P < .00001) were significantly increased, as measured by a 36-item Short Form survey (SF-36). In terms of psychological health, Baduanjin exercise reduced patients' anxiety (WMD = −8.02, 95% CI −9.27 to −6.78, P < .00001) and depression (WMD = −4.45, 95% CI −5.62 to −3.28, P < .00001). Conclusions: Baduanjin is an effective exercise, which can significantly improve the quality of life and psychological health of breast cancer patients after operation.


We introduce a quasitriangular Hopf algebra or 'quantum group' U(B), the double-bosonization, associated to every braided group B in the category of H-modules over a quasitriangular Hopf algebra H, such that B appears as the 'positive root space', H as the 'Cartan subalgebra' and the dual braided group B* as the 'negative root space' of U(B). The choice B=Uq(n+) recovers Lusztig's construction of Uq(g); other choices give more novel quantum groups. As an application, our construction provides a canonical way of building up quantum groups from smaller ones by repeatedly extending their positive and negative root spaces by linear braided groups; we explicitly construct Uq(sl3) from Uq(sl2) by this method, extending it by the quantum-braided plane. We provide a fundamental representation of U(B) in B. A projection from the quantum double, a theory of double biproducts and a Tannaka–Krein reconstruction point of view are also provided.


Ideological and political education aims to enhance political quality and comprehensive ability of college students,training round physical and moral development of the builders and successors,the ideological and political education work directly related to the employability of graduates.The analysis of the status quo from current college students employability and competitiveness,and ways to strengthen ideological and political education to improve the students' political quality,and establish a scientific and rational values,career outlook,and thus enhance the employment competitiveness.


Method for preparing a catalyst having multilayer polymer electrolyte, comprising: a) sequentially forming a layer of cationic polymer electrolyte and a layer of polymer electrolyte on an anion anionic support to form multilayer polymer electrolyte; b) treating the multilayer polymer electrolyte of step a) with sulfuric acid; c) loading or inserting a Pt precursor and a precursor of Pd in the multilayer polymer electrolyte treated with sulfuric acid in step b), and reduce the Pt precursor and the precursor of Pd with a reducing agent to form metal particles Pt-Pd dispersed in the multilayer polymer electrolyte, wherein an atomic ratio of Pt / Pd in the metal particles of Pt-Pd is reduced from 0.02 to 0.15.


Chapter 1: Building Blocks Chapter 2: The Old Way of Thinking Chapter 3: The New Way Chapter 4: The Grammar of Philosophy Chapter 5: The Grammar of Mathematics Chapter 6: The Grammar of Experience Chapter 7: The Grammar of Psychology Chapter 8: Part II Chapter 9: What Does It All Mean?


The present invention relates to a removable device of the branch is attached to the photovoltaic power device structure which allows to pull out the electricity generated in the solar cell module applied to photovoltaic power generation device, More specifically, the roof, windows or balcony including a terminal block, which is installed the junction box and the branch diode box device installed on the internal frame of the structure installation site (+/-) separated by making each, and the junction box and a diode box by downsizing by constructing the insert type, whereby the manufacturing and installation of solar power generation equipment easily in a variety of sizes, and the size of junction box and a diode box separate branch device is minimized, inserted into the windows frames, a separate installation place or additional no need to install parts, building materials and available space efficiently apply it on a removable device, the branch of the solar system. The solar cell module, a removable junction box, a diode box, a bus bar, crimp terminal, the terminal block, the insert


Informal reasoning fallacies belong to a persuasive tactic, leading to a conclusion that is not supported by premises but reached through emotions and/or misleading and incomplete information. Previous research focused on the ability to recognize informal reasoning fallacies. However, the recognition itself does not necessarily mean immunity to their influence on decisions made. An experiment was designed to study the relationship between the presence of informal reasoning fallacies and a consequent decision. Having conducted paired comparisons of distributions, we have found some support for the hypothesis that informal reasoning fallacies affect decision-making more substantially than non-fallacious reasoning—strong support in the case of a slippery slope, weak in that of appeal to fear, anecdotal evidence argument defying evaluation. Numeracy and cognitive reflection seem to be associated with higher resistance to the slippery slope, but do not diminish appeal to fear.


A novel generalized continuous-wave synthetic aperture radar (GCW-SAR) based on deramp-on-receive operating in millimeter-wave frequency is proposed in this article. With deramp-on-receive, the receiver sampling rate is drastically reduced, and the downsampled 1-D raw data can be obtained from the received beat signal. Further adopting piecewise constant Doppler (PCD) imaging in the digital domain, a GCW-SAR image can be easily reconstructed by using the existing frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) radar system. The effects of deramp-on-receive in PCD imaging are analyzed accordingly. The short wavelength of the millimeter-wave carrier used in the proposed GCW-SAR enables high azimuth resolution as well as a short synthetic aperture, which, in turn, significantly reduces the imaging computational complexity. Simulation and experimental results confirm the advantages of the proposed GCW-SAR.


After the law has been enacted for the prevention and recovery of mining damage in 2005, efforts of remediation have been started to recover heavy metal contaminated soils in agricultural land near mining sites. As part of an effort, the upper part of cultivation layer has been treated through covering up with clean soil, but the heavy metal contamination could be still spreaded to the surrounding areas because heavy metals may be remained in the lower part of cultivation layers. In this study, the most frequently occurring arsenic (As) contamination was selected to study in agricultural land nearby an abandoned metal mining site. We applied separation technologies considering the differences in the physical characteristics of soil particles (particle size, density, magnetic properties, hydrophobicity, etc.). Based on physical and chemical properties of arsenic (As) containing particles in agricultural lands nearby mining sites, we applied sieve separation, specific gravity separation, magnetic separation, and flotation separation to remove arsenic (As)-containing particles in the contaminated soil. Results of this study show that the removal efficiency of arsenic (As) were higher in the order of the magnetic separation, flotation separation, specific gravity separation and sieve separation.


Winter movements of Southern Black-hacked Gulls at Palmer Station, Antarctica, correlate with shifts in pack ice. Numbers of gulls increase when 9pen water appears near shore, exposing foraging sites, and when human wastes are available.


We define two quantities,FR and TR,which reflect the shapes of spectra and light curves of gamma-ray bursts,respectively.We employ the current BATSE catalog data,and make a statistical analysis.We find that the distribution of the two quantities for two classes of gamma-ray bursts are different.We present a brief discussion to the results.Based on our results and the discussion,we conclude that two classes of bursts may be generated from different sizes of emission regions.It seems that the difference of the two kinds of sources is intrinsic.Our results support the most accepted taxonomy of gamma-ray bursts.


This article deals with Ramon Illan Bacca's intention of rebuilding the carnavalized discourse in Barranquilla through the comic-serious discourse present the forms of fiction in his novel Maracas en la opera. These forms of fiction make evident ethic-aesthetics characteristics that refer clearly to a city imagined like a territory without moral, geographical and historical margins. In other words, another city is created like a great whore house where re-presentation is


This book provides an understanding of corporate governance in the context of Thailand. It explains the background and scope of corporate governance in Thailand before and after the Asian financial crisis, and details the roles of the relevant agencies and the key elements of corporate governance for listed companies. The author reviews the assessments made by both local and international organizations and concludes by looking at the challenges ahead and offering policy recommendations for raising the level of corporate governance in Thailand.


Objective:To explore the methodology and clinical value of measuring anatomic mitral valve orifice area by photography.Method:Twenty inpatients with rheumatic mitral stenosis were studied and their mitral valve specimens were acquired in mitral valve replacement surgery.The in vivo mitral valve orifice area(MVA) and anatomic mitral valve orifice area were respectively measured by two dimensional echocardiography(2DE) and real time three dimensional echocardiography(RT-3DE).All the MVA were recorded,which were MVA2DE,MVA3DE,MVAOP2DE and MVAOP3DE.The specimens were located in the standardized mould and the bird's-eye photos were taken by photography.Using some software,the anatomic mitral valve orifice areas(MVAOP)were calculated.Result:There are high correlations between MVA2DE,MVA3DE,MVAOP2DE,MVAOP3DE and MVAOP(r=0.84,0.89,0.94 and 0.94,P0.05).Moreover,MVAOP and other anatomic MVA taken from echocardiography were no statistically significant differences(P0.05).Conclusion:Photography can conveniently and accurately measure anatomic mitral valve orifice area,and provide a reliable contrast method for assessing mitral valve orifice area in clinical applications.


This study examines the high frequency reaction of the Australian Dollar (AUD) to new information contained in scheduled macroeconomic news releases in Australia for 1998 using Money Market Services trader expectations data. By using exchange rate data sampled at 10-second intervals, major price adjustments are found to begin almost immediately following the initial release of information and are complete within one minute of the announcement. There is some evidence of over-reaction after the initial release but returns in the first minute do not seem to have any meaningful structure that would enable prediction of returns in the second minute. The AUD appears to trade efficiently and the market absorbs new information quickly.


The article focuses on the main tasks facing the Consortium of higher education institutions of service, which was organized in 2009. The mission of the Consortium consists in all-round development of the information and service economy.


The MATLAB/Simulink realization of DC motor speed control methods is achieved here by controlling the voltage applied to thearmature circuit using various controlled and uncontrolled power electronic converters. The power electronic converters used insimulation models include full-bridge diode rectifier, half controlled rectifier and pulse width modulated (PWM) chopper. Thesesimulation models are developed as a part of a software laboratory to support and enhance undergraduate electric machinery courses atNigde University, Turkey.


The article is devoted to the study of the schooling formation on the territory of the Siberian province in the first quarter of the 18th century. The process of origin and development of spiritual and secular education in Siberia is characterized. The study was carried out on the basis of an analysis of the decrees of Peter I published in the Complete Collection of Laws of the Russian Empire, which regulate the organization of educational institutions in Siberia. A number of clerical sources of the Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts, in particular, the cases of the Siberian Order, are analyzed. Also, to study the topic, materials from the newspaper "Tobolsk Gubernskie Vedomosti" were involved. The authors of the article show that Peter's modernization processes in the field of education were reflected in the life of the Siberian province in the first quarter of the 18th century. It is concluded that the main changes that affected the field of education are associated with the implementation of the reforms of Peter I. The role of the first theological schools in the education system of the Siberian province, the significance of the decrees of Peter I and the activities of the Orthodox Church in their formation are considered. At the same time, it is proved that the political events and cultural innovations of the Petrine era contributed to the formation of secular education and the spread of enlightenment among Siberians.


The fatty acids composition of crude fat which was extracted by Soxhlet extractor from 8 tomato fruit samples,were determinated by gas chromatography(GC)after modified to methyl esters,with 37 kinds fatty acid methyl ester mixture.The results showed that:the content of dry matter in tomato fruits was 5.86% on average,the content of seeds 0% ~ 0.51%,the content of crude fat 6.97% on average.There were significant differences on total fatty acids among tomato fruit samples,up to 10 times.The content of total fatty acids in tomato fruits was positively related with seed weight to a certain extent.The relative content of fatty acids in tomato fruits also had certain differences.The major fatty acid components in fruits identified were as follow:hexadecanoic acid 13.2% ~ 26.4%,stearic acid 0% ~ 6.2%,oleic acid 0% ~ 27.5%,linoleic acid 50.5% ~ 70.9%,linolenic acid 2.5% ~ 20.0%.The results will provide a considerable aid for tomato breeding,cultivation and comprehensive utilization.


Maize is an important staple crop in many parts of the world but has low iron bioavailability, in part due to its high phytate content. Hemoglobin is a form of iron that is highly bioavailable and not affected by phytate. We hypothesize that biofortification of maize with iron can be accomplished by overexpression of maize hemoglobin in the endosperm. Maize was transformed with a gene construct encoding a translational fusion of maize globin and green fluorescent protein under transcriptional control of the maize 27 kDa gamma zein promoter. Iron bioavailability of maize hemoglobin produced in E. coli and transformed seeds expressing the maize globin‐GFP fusion was determined using an in vitro Caco‐2 cell culture model. Maize flour fortified with purified hemoglobin had iron bioavailability similar to flour fortified with ferrous sulfate or bovine hemoglobin but is significantly higher than unfortified flour. Transformed maize was found to have significantly higher iron bioavailability than untransformed seeds, suggesting that overexpression of maize globin in endosperm may be one of the strategies to improve iron bioavailability of maize.


A supercritical fluid extraction(SFE) and high performance liquid chromatographic method(HPLC) was developed for the simultaneous determination of four fluoroquinolones(FQs) from spiked chicken muscle.The SFE mild extraction conditions was 80℃ for oven temperature,300kg/cm2 for system pressure,3mL/min for total flow rate,30min for extraction time and 30% for modifier rate.The analytes were separated by HPLC with fluorescence detector(λex=290nm,λem=455nm) and quantified using external standard calibration curves.The linear range was 2.5~50μg/L,and the correlation coefficients were 0.9876~0.9996,and the limit of detection was between 10~25μg/kg.The average recoveries of four FQs in spiked chicken muscle ranged from 56.6% to 94.2%,and the relative standard deviations were between 1.4% and 14.1%.


Indirect evidence and theory concerning the nucleus of P/Halley are summarized. Reasonable estimates place its diameter in the range 2.5 to 4.0 km, but the true value may well lie outside these bounds. The observed activity in its inner coma indicates that the nucleus is spotty and contains small activity areas as do other similar comets. Whether these active areas will show as dark or light regions on the nucleus is not known. Jets of dust will probably obscure parts of the nucleus when imaged by a nearby spacecraft.


The traditional complexity is the diagnosis of syncope and epileptic-morphic states. After analyzing the research it can be concluded that: 1) The lack of epileptic-morphic and paroxysmal patterns is not an exclusion criterion of the epileptic seizures; 2) More than a third (35 %) of patients with syncope are more likely epilepsy; 3) About half (45 %) of patients with epileptic syndrome have epileptic-morphic and paroxysmal activity on the EEG data.


Shear slip of pre-existing fractures can play a crucial role in hydraulic stimulation to enable production from unconventional shale reservoirs. Evidence of the phenomenon is found in microseismic/seismic events induced during stimulation by hydraulic fracturing. However, induced seismicity and permeability evolution in response to fracture shear slip by injection have not been extensively studied in laboratory tests under relevant conditions. In this work, a cylindrical Eagle Ford Shale sample having a single fracture (tensile fracture) was used to perform a laboratory injection test with concurrent acoustic emission (AE) monitoring. In the test, shear slip was induced on the fracture at near critical stress state by injecting pressurized brine water [7% potassium chloride (KCl)]. Sample deformation (stress, displacement), fluid flow (injection pressure, flow rate), and AE signals (hits, events) were all recorded. The data were then used to characterize the fully coupled seismo-hydromechanical response of the shale fracture during shearing. Results show that the induced AE/microseismic events correlate well with the fracture slip and the permeability evolution. Most of the recorded AE hits and events were detected during the seismic-slip interval corresponding to a rapid fracture slip and a large stress drop. As a result of dilatant shear slip, a remarkable enhancement of fracture permeability was achieved. Before this seismic interval, an aseismic-slip interval was evident during the tests, where the fracture slip, associated stress relaxation, and permeability increase were limited. The test results and analyses demonstrate the role of shear slip in permeability enhancement and induced seismicity by hydraulic stimulation for unconventional shale reservoirs.


We investigate a finite difference scheme for the two-dimensional, incompressible magnetohydrodynamics equations that was introduced in [J.-G. Liu and W.-C. Wang, J. Comput. Phys., 174 (2001), pp. 12--37]. It uses central difference and averaging operators on a staggered grid and was shown not only to keep the magnetic and the velocity field divergence free but, moreover, to preserve the energy exactly. We extend Liu and Wang's result by a discrete $H^1$ bound, or more precisely, we show that the discrete solution for the velocity and the magnetic field is bounded in $L^\infty(0,\infty;H^1(\Omega))$ and $L^2(0,T;H^2(\Omega))$. This bound allows us to prove the convergence of the scheme. The convergence is strong in $L^2$ and weak in $H^1$.


Road traffic accidents have been increasing in Tanzania, despite some considerable efforts to reduce the level of the problem. Road safety management is widely used worldwide in various forms and at different levels of refinement to manage traffic safety. This paper discusses and recommends the scientific methods that should be used to alleviate the road safety problems in Tanzania.


Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the factors influencing the adoption and diffusion of knowledge management systems (KMSs) in Australia.Design/methodology/approach – A qualitative field study was undertaken, in which six Australian organizations of various sizes, all in various stages of KMS adoption and diffusion, were studied via face‐to‐face interviews with key personnel in the organizations.Findings – A comprehensive combined model of adoption and diffusion of KMS was developed and is presented in detail.Practical limitations/implications – This paper explains how the combined model can be used for practical applications in companies that are embarking on KMS adoption and diffusion.Originality/value – This study contributes to the KMS literature by taking a qualitative research approach to develop a comprehensive model.


e15153 Background: Right and left sided colon cancers (RC, LC) differ with respect to biology and response to therapy. Several retrospective analyses have assessed the clinical effect of epidermal growth fator receptor (EGFR) targeted agents in patients with metastatic CRC (mCRC) according to the primary tumor location. Differentiating only right from left. But can in the LC responses differ according to the distance from the anal verge (DAV)? Methods: Exploratory retrospective analyses was planned to evaluate if LC responses differ according to the DAV. LC was defined as tumors originating anywhere from the distal rectum to the left colic flexure (splenic flexure). DAV was describe in cm measured by previous to surgery or treatment, colonoscopy, CT or MRI. Patients were divided for analysis purposes in two groups: Group A (tumors above 12cm from de anal verge), Group B (tumors below 12cm from the anal verge). Results: We retrospectively evaluated 29 patients with left metastatic colorectal cancer treated with anti-EGFR therapy as part of their treatment at the Paulistano Hospital -São Paulo from 2011 to 2018. Median population age 51.8 years (48.5-62.3). Median DAV 14.5 (4.6-25 cm). Median follow-up 12.8 months. No significant difference on stable and partial response rate was detected (Group A 43.7% vs Gropup B 56.3%), p=0.211. Long-rank test with a median pFS 8,5 meses and a PFS at 6 months of 66.7 vs 78,8 (Group A and Group B respectively ), p=0.901. Two-year OS was 58.4 % in Group A and 100% in Group B, p=0.17. Conclusions: Although no significant diferences were detected, responses rates were numerically higher in patients with tumors located below 12 cm from the anal verge. Further studies are needed to evaluate the association between response and DAV.


Abstract The aim of this study was the mycorrhizae inoculation effect on production and mineral nutrition of snap bean variety under low phosphorus intake. The experiment was a randomized block design with four treatments: a non-mycorrhizal control, two mycorrhizal strains: Piriformospora indica (Piri), Glomus intraradice (Glomus), and their combined inoculation Piri + Glomus; using ten replicates per treatment. A comparative trial of different treatments on plant growth, yield parameters, mineral absorption and mycorrhizae colonization frequency was conducted in the greenhouse under controlled conditions using autoclaved soil-sand-vermiculite substrate. The inoculation with Piri and co-inoculation with Piri + Glomus significantly increased aerial dry biomass (p ≤ 0.01) and highly increased root dry biomass (p ≤ 0.001). Mycorrhizal snap bean plants showed a significantly higher number of pods, pods dry weight, dry weight of seeds per plant, and percentage of mycorrhizal colonization than non-mycorrhizal plants. Mycorrhizae inoculation increased significantly nitrogen and phosphorus uptake that the inoculation with Piri increased N uptake in roots by 187% and P uptake by 200% compared to the non-inoculated plants. For cations leave incorporation, Piri significantly enhanced Ca2+ by 100%, Mg2+ by 110% and NH4+ by 175% relative to the non-mycorrhizal plants. While mycorrhizal inoculation doesn't have a significant effect on K+ nutrition. In conclusion, snap bean Contender variety seedling inoculated with Piri proved to be most effective by improving plant growth, mineral nutrition and yield production under low phosphorus uptake.


This paper attempts to discuss the findings based on the survey on therelationship between determinants that reflected their influence on thequality of life among the residents living in a small town nearby one ofthe largest oil based manufacturing industries in Malaysia. Samples ofthe study were represented among those residents from the teenagers upto the old population categories. For ensuring an appropriaterepresentation and adequate generalization, 306 questionnaires weredistributed in urban and rural area. While analyzing the relationship aswell as its impact, the study also examined possibility of differencesbetween several selected profiles with the quality of life. In order to getmore generalization from the pool of respondents, the further study maydo deeper analysis such as focus in sub group respondents, besidesobserving samples in a much larger group from other town or cities inMalaysia.


The new U.S. strategic emphasis on Central Asia and the Caucasus; Russia's domestic economic priorities; and Moscow's increasingly assertive, neo‐imperial foreign policy are likely to test the very limits of the strategic partnership between Moscow and Washington.


Used by passive heat exchange subsystem (e.g., a loop heat pipe (the LHP) heat exchange subsystem), RAM air subsystem, and a vapor compression cycle machine (VCM) integrated subsystem controls the temperature of the enclosed space environmental control system and method, the passive heat exchange subsystem for providing a closed space having a temperature controlled in a closed loop heat exchange relationship with heat exchange fluid circuit, the air subsystem has a RAM for RAM therein circulation of cooling air RAM air circuit, the vapor compression cycle machine (VCM) VCM subsystem has a fluid circuit, the VCM fluid circuit having a compressor, an evaporator, a condenser and an expansion valve.


We present an algorithm for jointly learning a consistent bidirectional generative-recognition model that combines top-down and bottom-up processing for monocular 3d human motion reconstruction. Learning progresses in alternative stages of self-training that optimize the probability of the image evidence: the recognition model is tunned using samples from the generative model and the generative model is optimized to produce inferences close to the ones predicted by the current recognition model. At equilibrium, the two models are consistent. During on-line inference, we scan the image at multiple locations and predict 3d human poses using the recognition model. But this implicitly includes one-shot generative consistency feedback. The framework provides a uniform treatment of human detection, 3d initialization and 3d recovery from transient failure. Our experimental results show that this procedure is promising for the automatic reconstruction of human motion in more natural scene settings with background clutter and occlusion.


In March 2021, a case of speculation that abused private internal information came to light, which involved a group of public officials from the Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH), and has since been labeled the 'LH Scandal'. In this scandal, land was misappropriated as a means of creating fraudulent values, instead of returning it to marginalized people in real need of residential space. As a result of this, preventive measures for similar cases have become warranted. Consequently, related laws have been passed, but this is only expected to show its effect as a follow-up response, therefore requiring a preemptive response plan. In this paper, we will propose a conceptual framework that can detect speculation that abuses private internal information, enabling a preemptive response, utilizing outlier detection and Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) methods. The system is designed to create a database (DB) with private inside real estate information, which is linked to another DB with a list of outlier-detected areas that can potentially indicate speculation, and then the system confirms any speculation by comparing the two DBs accordingly. Once a speculation case is confirmed, the system automatically reports the case to the investigative agency. By using this system, we expect to detect hidden speculation cases already committed, as well as speculation cases in real-time. Ultimately, we hope to protect the original purpose of redevelopment and the construction of new towns (housing/retail mixed-use zones), redistributing available land on behalf of marginalized people, who are lacking in residential space, by raising the utility of land.


The PNG Vision 2050 is the overarching development roadmap by the government of Papua New Guinea which delineates the overall development goals. Through partnership between relevant stakeholders, ICT 1 could be used to provide education to the school population regardless of their location. The technology is available to realize this goal, given good leadership collaboration and cooperation between stakeholders. Partnership arrangements will result in benefits in terms of the sharing of costs and rewards, experiences and knowledge which will elevate public good by fulfilling the educational goals stipulated in the PNG Vision 2050. An example of such partnership in action and ensuing benefits is provided by the functioning of PNGARNet for the PNG tertiary sector.


Reactive material fragment is an extremely efficient damage enhancement technology that incorporates the defeat mechanisms of kinetic energy and chemical energy. In this paper, the polymer-based reactive material fragment/target interactions are investigated. Related dynamic testing techniques for energy release characteristics of reactive material fragments are presented, and a series of ballistic experiments is conducted. The results show the reactive material fragment, which perforates the closed test chamber, undergoes a violent chemical reaction under highly dynamic loads and releases great amounts of thermo-chemical energy on the interior. The impact-initiated process and energy release behavior are markedly influenced by the impact velocity, indicating the material's fracture is of importance to the reaction. A relationship between the maximum pressure inside the chamber and the reaction efficiency is derived to analyze the influence quantitatively, and the venting effects are also considered.


The central question addressed in this paper concerns the ways in which modelling activities ground the conditions for a group of fifth graders to experience a progression in their awareness of subtraction of fractions. The teacher's narratives along with students' written work and transcripts of audio-taped class discussions constitute the primary data source for analysis. My attention is particularly drawn to a close examination of a teaching episode that appears to serve my research query. The study documents strong evidence that students could refine their fractional reasoning when exposed to a learning environment that sensitises them to detect problematicity through confronting impasses publicly, questioning themselves and peers, conjecturing and welcoming broken expectation.


From the early days of tunnelling, developments in lining technology relied on laboratory testing and analyses of field monitoring data. This approach is still commonly implemented by designers to enhance their knowledge on lining performance and to, ultimately, develop, validate and optimise their assumptions, methods and solutions. Novel structural health monitoring techniques such as distributed fibre-optic strain sensing bring an excellent opportunity to capture global behaviour of concrete segmental lining by embedding fibre-optic strain sensors during the segment cast.
Cambridge University, in collaboration with Hochtief (UK) Construction and Crossrail Ltd., has instrumented four rings in the newly constructed Thames tunnel. This has provided a complete set of in situ monitoring data on ring deformations sensed by both conventional and fibre-optic instrumentation. The monitoring regime was purposely designed to capture measurements during the construction process, including tunnelling and cross passage construction. The results will be used in the future to describe the real history of deformations, stresses and forces developed in concrete segmental lining in shallow tunnels excavated in chalk. In this paper, Brillouin Optical Time Domain Reflectometry (BOTDR) and vibrating wire strain gauge (VWSG) strain measurements are compared and discussed to validate the use of the distributed optical fibre sensing technique for concrete segmental linings.


We propose an on-line algorithm for adapting the input of an unknown or slowly varying channel, while keeping reliable communication at some fixed rate $R$ during the adaptation process. The purpose of the algorithm is to push the generating distribution of an i.i.d. random code toward the input that achieves the channel capacity $C$. The algorithm uses one bit feedback per each transmission block, that acknowledges whether the decoded codeword crossed some pre-determined threshold T > R, with respect to some "fitness" metric. In the rare event of threshold crossing, the encoder and decoder update the input distribution according to the type of the current codeword, while the decoder updates the fitness metric. We show that for a large block length, this algorithm simulates computation of the channel correct-decoding exponent, and it leads to the capacity-achieving input if we set $T$ = C.1


Objectives Considering the migration age pattern and the aging trend in Iran, this study aims to investigate the migration effect on the aging spatial distribution of the country during 2006-2016. Methods & Materials This study is a secondary and descriptive-analytical analysis. The source used is the data of the general population and housing census and the analysis unit is the counties of the country. Pearson correlation and analysis of variance in SPSS software, version 22 were used to analyze the data and geographic information system (GIS) was used to display spatial distribution maps. Results The study of the migration process in the cities showed that the immigrant-first cities have gone towards aging by losing their young population, while the young cities are mostly receiver-migrant. As a result, the proportion of elder cities is increasing every year. The correlation between the net migration rate and the aging index indicates the inverse relationship (-0.363, -0.303, and -0.216) of these two variables during all periods; as the net migration rate increases, the aging index decreases. The results of the analysis of variance also showed the net migration rate at the county level is significantly different (P = 0.000). The spatial distribution also showed that immigrant-first cities in the western and northwestern regions have a higher rate of aging compared to other regions. Conclusion According to the research question, it should be said that the spatial pattern of aging in the population of Iran according to the studied indicators is scattered in clusters and the population of Iran is transitioning from middle age to old age.


(1) All-Russia Research Institute for Geology and Mineral Resources of the Ocean 1, Angliyskiy ave., St. Petersburg, 190121, Russia, (2) Moscow State University, Vorobjevy gory 1, 119899 Moscow, Russia, (3) Royal NIOZ, Landsdiep 4, 1797 SZ, Den Hoorn, Texel, the Netherlands, (4) Deaprtment of Peloclimatology and Geomorphology, Free University of Amsterdam, de Bolelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands, (5) St.-Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya naberegnaya 7/9, St.-Petersburg, Russia (email@example.com)


This study concerned with the evaluation of antibacterial activity of crude extracts of three parts (leaf, fruit cover, seed cover and seed) of Swietenia mahagoni obtained by three solvents (acetone, ethanol and hexane). The seedoil obtained by solvent continuous extraction method (Soxhiet) from seed by using hexane as solvent. The
antibacterial activity of these extracts was assessed against two multiple-drug-resistance bacteria strains namely, Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) by the well diffusion method. For the antibacterial bioassay, four concentrations (0.1, 0.2, 0.4 and 0.8%) of each solvent and part extract solutions were prepared; DMSO was used to solubilize the extract in water. A control using 1% dimethyl suldoxide (DMSO) used for comparison. The antibacterial activity among extracts was extremely broad against both test organisms. With higher concentration (0.8%) the acetone extracts from fruit cover and leaf displayed overall more potent activity than other parts against S. aureus; whereas ethanol extracts from fruit and seed cover showed more efficiency against E. coli. However, no inhibition activity of leaf acetone and ethanol against E. coli with concentration of 0.8%. Bioactive groups such as alkaloid and sesquiterpene lactones were screened by Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC); and the results obtained were positive. The experimental results obtained from this study suggest that Swietenia mahagoni extracts are promising as natural antibacterial and this may warrant further research to determine the bioactive compound(s).


"Invasive Alien Species" often exploit disturbances to an ecosystem to colonize an area. The specimens of "Achatina panther" Ferussac, 1821- invasive species damage agriculture, from the farms and forests in Pingtung, Taitung of southern Taiwan were recorded. We conducted the taxonomy and reviewed the related distribution reported in this study. The morphological characters and habitats were recorded.


Study Design. A case of unusual dumbbell-shaped cystic teratoma is presented. Objectives. To investigate and describe an unusual case of retroperitoneal cystic teratoma with spinal invasion in an adult. The image findings, minimally invasive surgical procedures, and clinical outcome were discussed, and the literature was reviewed. Summary of Background Data. Primary benign cystic teratomas of the retroperitoneum are rare. Extension of these lesions into the spinal canal is more rare. In this report, by presenting a case of cystic teratoma with such extension, the origin of the tumor, and the value of computerized tomography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the preoperative diagnosis and surgical approach for the extended lesion are discussed. Methods. The patient was a 24-year-old female who had had low back pain with bilateral sciatica for 2 months. Preoperative computerized tomography and MRI of the thoracic and lumbar spines showed a dumbbell-shaped tumor, with the solid part residing in the right retroperitoneum near the neuroforamen of the L2–L3 spines and the cystic part extending into the spinal canal. By performing right L2–L4 hemilaminectomies with a mini retroperitoneal approach, the tumor was removed en bloc in one stage. Results. Diagnosis of cystic teratoma was confirmed by pathologic examination. The patient recovered well without any neurologic deficits, and recurrence of tumor has not been found for 9 years postoperatively. Conclusions. Total surgical removal of tumor is an ideal treatment for retroperitoneal and intraspinal dumbbell-shaped cystic teratoma. MRI displays the precise location, morphology, and adjacent structures of the tumor, which provide for better preoperative planning and more complete removal of tumor with less neurologic damage.


The constant envelope paired burst (CEPB) OFDM technique allows the use of a single grossly nonlinear amplifier in low-cost, power-efficient transmitters. It is well known that a good carrier synchronization is mandatory in conventional OFDM schemes; CEPB-OFDM schemes also have strong carrier synchronization requirements. We propose and evaluate a fast, open-loop carrier synchronization scheme that takes advantage of the signal structure of CEPB-OFDM.


The paper introduces the constitution of system in intelligent residential district, and analyzes errors and problems existing on building intelligent residential district and integrated management system of intelligent systems. It also presents the major principles should be followed for a good design of residential district of intelligent systems, and points out the significance of intelligent system integration management, last puts forward countermeasures and suggestions for the problems of intelligent system integration.


We designed monodisperse and perfectly shaped core/shell AuNP@Mo4Zol2Mn nanohybrids consisting of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) functionalized by an antitumoral polyoxometalate (POM) incorporating the...


Abstract Background The aim of the study was to evaluate the independent prognostic role of PIK3CA activating mutations and an association between PIK3CA activating mutations and efficacy of adjuvant endocrine therapy (ET) in patients with operable invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC). Patients and methods A single institution study of patients with early-stage ILC treated between 2003 and 2008 was performed. Clinicopathological parameters, systemic therapy exposure and outcomes (distant metastasis-free survival [DMFS] and overall survival [OS]) were collected based on presence or absence of PIK3CA activating mutation in the primary tumor determined using a quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based assay. An association between PIK3CA mutation status and prognosis in all patient cohort was analyzed by Kaplan-Meier survival analysis, whereas an association between PIK3CA mutation and ET was analyzed in estrogen receptors (ER) and/or progesterone receptors (PR)-positive group of our patients by the Cox proportional hazards model. Results Median age at diagnosis of all patients was 62.8 years and median follow-up time was 10.8 years. Among 365 patients, PIK3CA activating mutations were identified in 45%. PIK3CA activating mutations were not associated with differential DMFS and OS (p = 0.36 and p = 0.42, respectively). In patients with PIK3CA mutation each year of tamoxifen (TAM) or aromatase inhibitor (AI) decreased the risk of death by 27% and 21% in comparison to no ET, respectively. The type and duration of ET did not have significant impact on DMFS, however longer duration of ET had a favourable impact on OS. Conclusions PIK3CA activating mutations are not associated with an impact on DMFS and OS in early-stage ILC. Patients with PIK3CA mutation had a statistically significantly decreased risk of death irrespective of whether they received TAM or an AI.


Most supply chains are composed of independent agents with individual preferences. It is expected that no single agent has the power to optimize the supply chain. Supply chain management is now seen as a governing element in strategy and as an effective way of creating value for customers. Information technology has significantly reshaped supply chain behavior in the last two decades. Along with the rapid development of mobile communication, the application of mobile short message (SM) becomes more and more popular. This paper presents a scenario to realize information sharing in a supply chain based on SM technology. The approaches presented in the paper can help enterprises and customer make better interaction and information exchange in supply chains.


The present invention relates to a method and apparatus thermoacoustic system resonant frequency decreases. This method is to install an elastic component seismic mass resonance tube thermoacoustic system, to reduce the natural frequency of the thermoacoustic system by increasing the effective thermal mass of the vibration sound system. The apparatus comprising: a resonance tube, at least a metal spring bellows of a multilayer; characterized by: further comprising a solid mass, the spring end of the metal multilayer film cartridge with said one end face of the solid mass is connected the assembly composed of them mounted on any portion of the resonance tube. By introducing the equivalent oscillating mass thermoacoustic system, can effectively reduce the resonant frequency of the thermoacoustic system; easily control the size of the system, facilitate miniaturization of thermoacoustic; very conducive to practical use.


Objective
To further examine the effects of shikonin on breast cancer cells.

Methods
Four typical breast cancer cell lines were used. The effects of shikonin were evaluated through a series of experiments in vitro and in vivo.

Results
The cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8) assay revealed shikonin inhibited proliferation of MCF7, ZR-75-1, SUM1315 and MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells in a dose-dependent manner. The 50% inhibitory dose (IC50) of MCF7, ZR-75-1, SUM1315 and MDA-MB-231 were 1.165±0.025, 1.043±0.010, 1.595±0.006 and 1.516±0.015 μmol/L, respectively. Flow cytometry demonstrated shikonin promoted cell cycle arrest in the G1 phase and induced cell apoptosis. The apoptosis rate of MCF7, ZR-75-1, SUM1315 and MDA-MB-231 were 12.1±0.7 (P=0.001), 9.1±0.4 (P=0.001), 15.0±0.9 (P=0.001), 15.3±1.3 (P=0.001), respectively. When compared with control group, the percentages of G1 phase were 15.8±0.7 (P=0.019), 32.3±2.0 (P=0.038), 45.0±2.5 (P=0.010), 15.8±0.4 (P=0.001), respectively. Moreover, shikonin significantly reduced the growth of tumor xenografts derived from SUM1315 breast cancer cells in nude mice. And the efficacy was associated with shikonin concentrations. A statistical difference was found between Group C and A on the 7th day (P=0.047). On the 9th day, there was statistical difference between Group C and A(P=0.011), so as Group C and B (P=0.005). On the 11th day, the comparison between any two groups have statistical significance (A vs. B: P=0.046; B vs. C: P=0.024; A vs. C: P=0.007).

Conclusion
The study demonstrates shikonin can inhibit the proliferation of breast cancer cell lines in vitro and in vivo.

Key words:
Shikonin; Breast cancer; Proliferation


1. An apparatus of this image coding prediction image comprises: region dividing means for dividing an input image into a plurality of regions, a motion estimation means for searching, from the already reproduced signal, a signal having high correlation with a target pixel signal of the target region being treated at a plurality of regions, separated by means of dividing the regions, and detects motion information for specifying the found signal; means for generating a prediction signal to generate a signal and prediction in accordance with a target pixel signal of the target region, means for producing a difference signal to generate a difference signal indicative of a difference between the prediction signal generated means for creating the prediction signal and the target pixel signal; uu encoding means for encoding the residual signal generated means for creating a difference signal and motion information detection means of motion estimation, wherein creating the prediction signal generating means includes: means for motion compensation to generate probable signal predictions of type 1 and already reproduced signal based on the motion information; means for determining a search region to determine the search region, which is part of the region have already reproduced signal, wasps Hovhan motion information; means for comparing a pattern for searching, from the search region, one or more prediction adjacent regions having high correlation with a target adjacent region, combined with the already reproduced adjacent peak


Final Report Summary DEORBIT SAIL (De-Orbiting of Satellites using Solar Sails) Executive Summary: The uncontrolled growth of the space debris population has to be avoided in order to ensure safe operations in space for the future. Space system operators need to take measures to conserve a space debris environment with tolerable risk levels, particularly in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) altitude regions. The European Code of Conduct for Space Debris Mitigation requires that satellites in the LEO protected region (<2000km) are disposed of by destructive re-entry in the atmosphere within 25 years from their end of life.


Due to impact of ICT, digital library systems are becoming popular all over the world to collect, store and communicate information to users. Digital technologies have revolutionized the information management activities in the academic libraries during the past few years. In the present age of information revolution and ever increasing demand for exact and consolidated information, new techniques and technologies are replacing the functions methods followed by traditional libraries. This paper discusses the various aspects of the conversion of in-house library material into electronic format, for creation of digital library. The paper also correlates the objectives of digitization with the mission of academic libraries.


Femtocells have been recently proposed as a potential good solution to increase not only indoor radio coverage, but also system capacity. In this paper, a framework for radio coverage prediction and system level simulation for WiMAX macrocell/femtocell scenarios is presented. Furthermore, the feasibility of the co-channel deployment of WiMAX femtocell in an existing WiMAX macrocell network is investigated, and a method for interference avoidance based on DFP (dynamic frequency planning) is proposed. The resulting impact of DFP in a macrocell/femtocell scenario compared with other frequency assignment strategies is analyzed. Experimental evaluations carried out using our framework show the boost in the system capacity when using DFP and femtocells.


To study the crosslinking reaction in the interphase of fibre reinforced composite materials, different FTIR techniques have been used, and recently FTIR microscopy has shown itself as promising. The thermoset cure reaction of epoxides is a very complex process, and it has been found that the fibre surface chemistry and morphology can drastically affect the cure reaction in the vicinity of the fibre surface. This paper attempts to analyse the curing process in model carbon fibre/epoxy composites, based on DGEBA epoxy resins cured with amino- and anhydride hardeners, and to define more precisely the role of the fibre surface chemistry on the crosslink degree in the interphase. FTIR microspectrometry was applied to analyse the reaction at the interface with deconvolution, and the curve fitting analysis was used to correct the values of the concentration profiles determined from the corresponding peak area in the spectra. It was found that the influence of the fibre surface chemistry is related to earlier stages of cure, and the final crosslinking degree of the network is not very strongly affected by the progress of the reaction at the interface.


The atomic fluorescence spectrometry was used to determine heavy metals,As,Hg,Se and Cd,in Schizandra chinensis(Turcz.) Baills from Changbai Mountain,Jilin province.The factors such as the acidity and the concentration of reducer were discussed and optimized.The detection limits of the method for As,Hg,Se and Cd were 0.17 ng·mL-1,0.10 ng·mL-1,0.011 ng·mL-1and 0.61 ng·mL-1and the recoveries of the method for these elements were 90.90%,95.21%,92.31% and 95.58% with the relative standard deviations of 1.83%,1.65%,1.76% and 1.21%,respectively.This method provides the advantages of low detection limit,high sensitivity,good linearity,high accuracy and simple operation.


Standard federated optimization methods are being successfully applied to solve stochastic problems with a single-level structure. However, many contemporary ML problems – including adversarial robustness, hyperparameter tuning, actor-critic – fall under nested bilevel programming that subsumes compositional and min-max optimization. In this work, we propose FEDNEST: A federated alternating stochastic gradient method to address general nested problems. We establish provable convergence rates for FEDNEST in the presence of heterogeneous data and introduce variations for specific instances. FEDNEST introduces multiple innovations including federated hypergradient computation and variance reduction to address inner-level heterogeneity. We complement our theory with experiments on hyperparameter & hyper-representation learning that demonstrate the benefits of our method in practice.


We fabricated copper phthalocyanine (CuPc) thin-film field-effect transistors (FETs) with three different orientations of CuPc with respect to channels. The substrate rubbing treatment induced uniaxial orientation in CuPc layers, yielding higher hole mobility (∼0.02cm2∕Vs) than that of untreated FETs. Although the rubbing treatment bore high-aspect-ratio (>10) CuPc domains oriented to rubbing direction, the mobility anisotropy of the film was only 1.4. This discrepancy was explained by analyzing grazing-incidence x-ray diffraction profiles, i.e.: (1) In-plane mean size of crystals was smaller than their appearance in atomic force microscopy, and (2) the crystallites were much shorter in the apparent long-hand direction (11nm) than the direction perpendicular to it (44nm).


In early November 1989 the government of Fujian, China made the following amendments to its Provincial Regulations on Protecting the Legal Rights and Interests of Women and Children: "a) if state policy on the recruitment of students and workers is violated, and if the law is broken through the imposition of restrictions on women seeking education and jobs, the party concerned or his guardian may file a complaint with the department in charge of recruitment of students or workers within 30 days after learning about the matter; the latter should handle the case within 30 days after receiving the complaint. b) when handling divorce cases the People's Court should follow the law and divide up the property jointly owned by the two sides when the husband- wife relationship still existed; the court is forbidden from increasing the unreasonable economic burden of the wife simply because it was the wife that asked for the divorce. c) in proceedings relating to saving women and children who have been abducted for purposes of selling later, it is necessary to respect the will of the abducted women; no one is allowed to demand compensation from the victimized women, children, or their families."


Objective: Nitric oxide (NO), prostaglandin E2 (PgE2), and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) are fundamental regulators of epithelial restitution and angiogenesis. They play important roles in ulcer healing. Insights into their possible changes during gastric ulcer healing putting age into consideration could give a guide to the proper management of ulcers in the aging population. This study, therefore, examined alterations in the concentrations of PgE2, NO, and VEGF in the gastric mucosa of rats of different ages after induction of ulcer and during healing.Methods: Male Wister rats (aged 3, 6, and 18 months old) were divided into three groups according to their ages. The ulcer was induced using the acetic acid ulcer model. Healing indices studied on days 3, 7, and 14 were the macroscopic dimension of ulcer, stomach tissue concentration of PgE2, NO, and VEGF, with the immunohistochemical expression of VEGF.Results: Outcome of this study showed 100%, 88.36%, and 62.30% area of mucosa healed in 3-, 6-, and 18-month-old rats respectively, on day 14 post-induction of ulcer. PgE2, NO, and VEGF concentrations were inversely proportional to age during healing. Immunohistochemical staining showed that younger rat (3 and 6 months old) had higher expression of VEGF throughout the healing period.Conclusion: It was therefore concluded that the slower rate of healing in older rats could be due to reduced gastroprotection, epithelial restitution, and angiogenesis as age increases.


As professors of education in an urban community, we wanted to identify mechanisms that would allow young people in the urban core the opportunity to share their unique voices with the world and for us to better understand their views on social justice and social change. The purpose of this paper is to discuss adolescent student perspectives on social justice. Data was gathered from narratives written by students in which they identified the "Dreamkeepers" in their worlds, and how they would define a social justice advocate. Findings suggest that these young writers had deep thoughts about the policies and practices that create socially just environments; were able to recognize, identify, and label characteristics and behaviors of social justice advocates— Dreamkeepers—both in peers and adults; and they strive to emulate these ideals and have a deep desire not only to achieve their dreams but also to enable others.


Basaltic ring structures (BRSs) are enigmatic, quasi-circular landforms in eastern Washington State that were first recognized in 1965. They remained a subject of geologic scrutiny through the 1970 s and subsequently faded from the spotlight, but recent Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) images showing morphologically similar structures in Athabasca Valles, Mars, have sparked renewed interest in BRSs. The only known BRSs occur in the Channeled Scabland, a region where catastrophic Pleistocene floods from glacial Lake Missoula eroded into the Miocene flood basalts of the Columbia Plateau. The geologic setting of the martian ring structures (MRSs) is similar; Athabasca Valles is a young channel system that formed when catastrophic aqueous floods carved into a volcanic substrate. This study investigates the formation of terrestrial BRSs and examines the extent to which they are appropriate analogs for the MRSs in Athabasca Valles.


Metastatic spread from breast cancer to the gastrointestinal tract is rare. Such cases are predominantly lobular carcinomas and they usually occur later on during the course of disease progression with the stomach being the most common site involved. Furthermore, occult breast primary tumor is extremely uncommon. To the best of our knowledge, we describe here the first case of incidental colonic metastasis as first presentation of an occult breast ductal carcinoma. We also provide a review of the literature on gastrointestinal—and specifically colonic—involvement from breast ductal carcinoma.


This chapter introduces the reader to Supply Chain Network Design (SCND) models that include the Cost Of Quality (COQ) among the relevant costs. In contrast to earlier models, the COQ is computed internally as a function of decisions taken as part of the design of the supply chain. Earlier models assume exogenously given COQ functions. Background information is provided on previous COQ modeling and on supply chain network design models. The authors' COQ modeling is described in detail as is the SCND model that incorporates COQ. The COQ modeling includes prevention, appraisal, and both internal and external failure costs. Solution methods based on metaheuristics such as simulated annealing and the genetic algorithm are provided, including details on parameter tuning and computational testing. A genetic algorithm was found to yield the best results, followed by the simulated annealing approach. Topics for further research are provided as well as an extensive list of references for further reading.


ABSTRACT Despite the recent increased attention in professional identity in the counseling profession, the literature on professional identity development (PID) of master's students is limited. As such, we designed a cross-sectional, correlational study to examine whether training environment, advisor-advisee relationship, and online versus on-ground learning delivery could predict students' PID. We recruited 229 students from CACREP-accredited programs to complete a web-based survey. Bivariate correlation results showed that master's-level counseling students who reported higher levels of satisfaction in their advisor-advisee relationship and a stronger training environment reported higher levels of professional identity. Regression results further showed that the combined study predictors significantly accounted for 9% of the variance of their professional identity (PI). Only the advisor-advisee relationship and the number of courses students had taken contributed uniquely to the students' PI. Implications on the criticality to consider ecological influences when understanding students' PID is discussed.


We analyze the partial decay widths of sfermions decaying into charginos and neutralinos $\Gamma(\tilde{f} -> f'\chi)$ at the one-loop level, including the electroweak and strong corrections. We present the renormalization framework, and discuss the value of the corrections. Since these corrections show non-decoupling effects, we analyze the radiative effects induced by a heavy squark sector into the lepton-slepton-chargino/neutralino couplings. We conclude that some knowledge of the heavy sector is needed in order to provide a sufficiently precise prediction for slepton observables at an $e^+e^-$ Linear Collider.


A method of synchronized aggregation performance and operating data of data from a production environment, in which synchronizes between files of traces so that the dates of trace lines is consistent. Is extracted from the data synchronized aggregate data by two functions: a period calculation function and a calculation function of an aggregation identifier. We can then make threshold detection and temporal correlations for issuing alarms and diagnostic information associated with these alarms.


IEEE 802.11a-based Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) provide high data rates, are widely adopted, cheap, easy to use and to deploy. It seems natural to use this technique in scenarios other than for an office or home WLAN, for example, to provide wireless Internet access via the "last mile", to establish fast Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks (WMANs), or for wireless backup links. Since IEEE 802.11a-based WLANs were originally not designed for such outdoor scenarios, these applications require careful performance and parameter studies. In this technical report we present an extensive experimental study based on 4 months of measurement in a peer-to-peer medium-range scenario under outdoor conditions. In this scenario we study the performance, system stability, and error characteristics of an IEEE 802.11a-based WLAN. Our measurements show that in such scenarios high average on-air rates of 36MBit/s can be reached. This leads to high average UDP data rates of 17MBit/s at sufficient data rate stability. We further discuss system stability and precisely examine transmission error statistics.


Fengyou5103 is a new hybrid rape variety,which was bred by Hunan Crop Institute.A large scale demonstration of Fengyou5103 was conducted in Xupu County of Hunan Province in 2010~2011.The results showed that the average yield of direct seeding Fengyou5103 and the average yield of transplanting Fengyou5103 were 135 kg/667m2 and 147.5 kg/667m2,respectively,which were obviously higher than that of local varieties.Therefore,the demonstration proved that Fengyou5103 has bright application prospects in Xupu County,and some high-yield cultivation techniques of Fengyou5103 according to the local conditions of Xupu County were put forward.


OBJECTIVES
Hand problems are common in older people, but their impact on everyday life is not clear. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of hand problems in community-dwelling older adults and how this varies with age and gender.

METHODS
Analysis was performed in 7878 subjects who responded to a baseline questionnaire. Participants defined as having hand problems were sent a second questionnaire, which included questions about hand pain and disability. Severe disability was defined as a score of 4 or more points on a validated hand and finger function scale. Estimates of 1-month period prevalence of hand pain and severe disability were calculated for the total responder population, by age and gender.

RESULTS
2113 persons with hand problems completed Stage 2 (78.6% response). One-year period prevalence of hand problems was 47% and estimated 1-month period prevalence of hand pain was 30.8%. These figures varied little with age. Severe hand-related disability affected 12.3% (95% confidence interval 11.3-13.3%) of this sample, was significantly more common in females than males, and increased in prevalence to the oldest age-groups.

CONCLUSIONS
Musculoskeletal hand problems are common in the population aged over 50 yrs. Most are painful, and have a significant impact on everyday life. Women and the very old appear especially vulnerable to the effect of hand problems on their daily activities.


This paper describes the pinhole camera model combined with an area sensor and a regular lens and the imaging model of the binocular stereo vision system. Also a method to determine the internal and external parameters of a camera by transferring the coordinates three times is described. Then a calibration experiment is carried out with the Halcon calibration board which proved the method works. The method mentioned in this paper has laid a good foundation for measuring the size of objects with the binocular stereo vision system.


Article history: Received 2 February 2020 Received in revised form 12 May 2020 Accepted 17 May 2020 The demand for green development around the world has intensified in the past few years, particularly in relation to environmental health and safety. Governments, institutions, and private construction sectors have adopted green building development as their ethical responsibility in developed countries. Although construction is one of the principal industries in Libya, priority has not been given to green building issues, due to the lack of satisfactory awareness. The study aims to resolve this deficiency of knowledge and awareness related to the impact of green building in Libya, seeking to determine the reasons why Libya lacks sustainable construction and green building methods, thereby removing the barriers for sustainable building in Libya. During the study, a mixed research approach was adopted with outcomes that will be beneficial to both researchers and construction engineers within the region. Data was collected using a questionnaire and analyzed in SPSS statistical computer program. Research findings have been shown that there is an unsatisfactory level of expertise in green construction in Libya. Findings indicated that poor implementation of green buildings in many current construction projects. Results also demonstrated that current encouragements are not sufficiently effective at promoting green construction in Libya; consequently, many construction firms are reluctant to participate in the green building market. Moreover, outcomes explaining the lack of green buildings in Libya include Price, unavailability, products, a supply of green materials, and ignorance about green buildings. Similar research which has been carried out in Singapore indicated that workers' experience, available technology, planning were the most critical factors affecting green building construction projects. Our research results underlined that government incentives and desirable subsidies, such as structural incentives, rebate programs, or voluntary rating systems, tax incentive schemes, low-interest mortgages loans, market and technology aid, improvement of workers' experience could eliminate many barriers and motivate green building development in Libya.


"Assassins of Memory" is a passionate and painstaking look at one of the more curious realities of recent French cultural life: the prominence accorded to the phenomenon of "revisionism". An attempt on the part of a tiny group of fanatics, often masquerading as scholars and researchers, to deny the existence of the gas chambers and horrors of Hitler's genocidal policies, revisionism is quietly gaining adherents. The movement has been most visible in France in the past decade, particularly because of the trial of Klaus Barbie and the writings of Robert Faurisson. Revisionists are more prevalent and are gaining followers in other countries, including the United States, where the "Journal of Historical Review" is devoted to revisionist thought and where a current presidential candidate has expressed what could be described as revisionist ideas. "Assassins of Memory" exposes revisionism for the deeply perverse enterprise it is, laying bare the mechanisms of lies and manipulations on which it is sustained. More than this, it asks searching questions about the underlying causes of revisionism and its influences and diffusion in France and elsewhere. The book is particularly illuminating on the role the American linguist Noam Chomsky has played as writer of a preface to one of the movement's more influential tracts. Underlying Vidal-Naquet's argument is the question: is it acceptable for people to spread evil ideas, or should they be suppressed?


Abstract : A model for predicting nickel-hydrogen battery lifetime in LEO applications has been extended to the conditions encountered in GEO orbiting satellites. The model has been found to accurately reproduce the lifetimes observed from available accelerated GEO tests, and is also consistent with the existing orbital performance data. The model has been used to predict how properly designed and operated nickel-hydrogen battery lifetimes should depend on the operating environments and charge control methods typically used in GEO operation. Lifetime is found to be strongly dependent on DOD (particularly at high operating DOD levels), amount of overcharge, trickle-charge rate, and operating temperature. In addition, the model finds a strong coupling between these wear-controlling parameters. The model suggests that with an optimized charge control system and optimized operating conditions, properly designed nickel-hydrogen batteries are capable of reliably providing over 30 years of GEO operation at a DOD of 70-75%. The results also indicate that careful optimization of charge control, operating temperature, and the maximum required DOD are needed to guarantee reliable operation beyond 10 years.


Breast carcinoma is the most common major malignancy among several Asian‐American populations. This study surveyed mammography screening knowledge and practices among Chinese‐American women.


The linear time-discrete state-space model is generalized from single-dimensional time to two-dimensional space. The generalization includes extending certain basic known concepts from one to two dimensions. These concepts include the general response formula, state-transition matrix, Cayley-Hamilton theorem, observability, and controllability.