In regulation Indonesia Law, victims always be the most suffered parties, suffered of criminal impact on him as well as have to suffer dually unrealized by the victim which often handled as device for realization of law certainty. one sideness of law treatment to the victim impressed still there is gap if compared with the suspected. It seem from a few of act with ensure more Exclusive right to the suspected more than the victim, whereas the victim or the witness hold the keyword possition, in the process of criminal court to dig and find the clearance about the occured criminal action. In present positive criminal law enact the victim protection more than protection "abstractly" means that sanction system and responsibility of its criminals action is not merely directed to protection of the victim directly and concretely. Keywords : victim protection and p ositive criminal law


Colostrum-deprived newborn calves were orally inoculated with different doses of cell-culture bovine rotavirus or with bacterium-free filtrates of calf stools containing rotavirus. None of the animals that received high doses of cell-culture rotavirus developed diarrhoea or any other clinical sign, although all of them excreted virus for several days and produced specific antibodies; calves inoculated with lower doses of cell-culture virus or with stool filtrates showed a transient diarrhoea 48 h after inoculation. Such paradoxical results might be due to a phenomenon of interference, as bovine rotavirus is susceptible to interferon. In experimental conditions, rotavirus produces only a mild and transient diarrhoea: this contrasts with the situation observed in farms, where that virus may provoke important problems. In association with the virus itself, numerous other factors such as the environmental conditions or the response of the calf to the infection also play a role in the evolution of the disease.


Nanotechnology has got more and more public attentions for its applications in a variety of fields. At the same time, however, researches also have revealed that even more attention should be paid for the negative aspects of the technology since the first report on massive fish brain damage by Barker's ball in 1985. These negative aspects include lung infection by nanoparticles, brain damage and vascular disease induced by nanoparticles taken from lung. Nanoaprticles can also cause serious environment pollution, and even more dangerously it can be used as weapons of mass destruction. Suggestion calls for more researches on the potential negative aspects of nanotechnology. And we should take four measures right now, prevent inappropriate using from source, so as not to cause calamitous negative effects.


This paper will describe the scientific goals of our sounding rocket program, the Solar Ultraviolet Magnetograph Investigation (SUMI). This paper will present a brief description of the optics that were developed to meet SUMI's scientific goals, discuss the spectral, spatial and polarization characteristics of SUMI's optics, describe SUMI's flight which was launched 7/30/2010, and discuss what we have learned from that flight.


In this paper we demonstrate experimentally and numerically that the polarization switching can be suppressed by the application of polarization-selective optical feedback. Vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) are attractive light sources in optical communication systems. Near threshold VCSELs usually emit in a dominant linearly polarized mode with a 15-30 dB suppressed orthogonally-polarized mode. When the injection current is increased in many devices it is observed that the polarization switches to the orthogonal state. Such polarization-switching impacts applications in polarization-sensitive systems.


One of the key features of quantum mechanics is the interference of probability amplitudes. The reason for the appearance of interference is mathematically very simple. It is the linear structure of the Hilbert space which is used for the description of quantum systems. In terms of physics we usually talk about the superposition principle valid for individual and composed quantum objects. So, while the source of interference is understandable it leads in fact to many counter-intuitive physical phenomena which puzzle physicists for almost hundred years.
The present thesis studies interference in two seemingly disjoint fields of physics. However, both have strong links to quantum information processing and hence are related. In the first part we study the intriguing properties of quantum walks. In the second part we analyze a sophisticated application of wave packet dynamics in atoms and molecules for factorization of integers.
The main body of the thesis is based on the original contributions listed separately at the end of the thesis. The more technical aspects and brief summaries of used methods are left for appendices.


The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of work motivation and work environment variables on teacher performance through work discipline as an intervening variable at SMK Negeri 1 Kendit. By using the Structural equation model of Partial Least Square (PLS).
The results of the direct influence hypothesis test using the Smart PLS 3.0 application, namely work motivation has a significant effect on work discipline, work environment has a significant effect on work discipline, work motivation has a significant effect on teacher performance, work environment has a significant effect on teacher performance, work discipline has a significant effect on teacher performance , Work motivation has a negative but not significant effect on teacher performance through work discipline, and the work environment has a negative but not significant effect on teacher performance through work discipline.


In order to achieve reproducible and deterministic functional integration testing of real-time systems software it is essential to consider inputs, outputs, and the order in which the tasks communicate and synchronize with each other. In this paper we present a method for deterministic integration testing of strictly periodic fixed priority scheduled real-time systems. Essentially it is a structural white box testing method applied on the system level rather than the individual programs of the tasks. The method includes a reachability technique for deriving all possible orderings of task starts, preemptions and completions for tasks executing in a system where synchronization is resolved using the Priority Ceiling Emulation Protocol (PCEP) or offsets. The method also includes a structural testing strategy for achieving full coverage with respect to the derived execution orderings. The testing strategy also allow test methods for sequential programs to be applied, since each identified ordering can be regarded as a sequential program. In the presented analysis and testing strategy, we consider task sets with recurring release patterns, and take into account the effects of variations in start and execution times of the involved tasks, as well as the variations of the arrival and duration of the critical sections.


Abstract We review a program of research on identity orientations – the relative importance or value that individuals place on various identity attributes when constructing their self-definitions. We first provide a brief history of the development of our measure of identity orientations – the Aspects of Identity Questionnaire (AIQ) – after which we present our tetrapartite model of the self that distinguishes among individual, relational, public, and collective aspects of identity. We then review previous research on how the four identity orientations uniquely influence cognition, emotion, and behavior, and close by highlighting what we see as interesting and important directions for future research.


ABSTRACT This paper presents the results of an investigation on the transient thermal strain of concretes heated under a compressive load. Four concretes were tested; three high performance concretes (HPC) and one ordinary concrete (OC). Thermal strains and thermal strains under 20 and 40% of ultime compressive load were studied. The thermal strain of concretes appears sensitive to the nature of aggregates used: limestone or gravel (siliceous). By opposite, the transient thermal strain appears to be not sensitive to the nature of aggregates until 300°C, temperature at which the cracks are formed. The absolute value of thermal strains under load-combination of thermal strain and transient thermal strain is lower. The actual practice that generally does not take into account the transient thermal strain is then a secured practice.


Powerful Graphical Modeling • Create hierarchical schematics of complex power electronic circuits and multi-domain systems • Model with standard languages and exchange formats, including: • VHDL-AMS (IEEE 1076.1) • SML (Simplorer Modeling Language) • FMI (Functional Mock-up Interface) • C/C++ • SPICE • Modelica (via FMI support) • Use wizard-driven editors to edit VHDL-AMS, SML, C/C++ and SPICE models as text • Combine conserved (acausal), signal-flow (causal), and discrete event system behaviors • Use on-the-fly dynamic checking to assure consistency of connection types and physical domains


This paper presents a novel approach for creating a reliable map of an arbitrary indoor environment with a mobile robot. The map consists of a topological component representing rooms and doors and a grid map for obstacles within each room. Both maps are built via a SLAM approach based on distance measurements of two planar laser scanners. In order to get a proper overview of room and furniture primitives even in highly cluttered areas, plane patches are extracted from 3D information provided by a third, rotating laser scanner. These features are used to detect room walls invisible to the planar scanners and to find interesting places as table tops and shelves. Thus the 2D maps are enhanced by 3D features and guide the robot during its main task – environmental exploration and detection of objects of daily use. Keywords/Relevant Areas 3D Mapping, Environmental Modeling, Indoor Robotics


PARENTAL ENGAGEMENT ON STUDENT ACADEMIC SELF-EFFICACY AND EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EXPECTATION FOR IMMIGRANT YOUTH Casey N. Griffith July 19,2012 With the increase of immigration to the United States, immigrant children have a unique position in the education system. Immigrant parents influence their children through different academic engagement practices. It is important to understand how parents impact students' academic experiences. Employing the Educational Longitudinal Study of 2002, statistical analyses evaluated a sample of 2,514 high school sophomore immigrant students. The impact of parental engagement on the dependent variables were also compared between native language groups to learn whether or not specific cultural engagement practices impact student self-efficacy and attainment expectation differently. Findings revealed that parental engagement impacts academic self-efficacy and educational attainment expectation. Native language group differences indicated that the impact of parental engagement on the dependent variables was often greater for the Asian groups than Spanish and English speaking immigrants. Educators can use the information gained from this study to help immigrant parents improve their children's academic experiences.


The increase of private universities in Peru has multiplied the opportunities of entry to people whose parents did not have access to university studies, who also usually work in parallel to solve their studies and help support their family, so they have greater difficulties of attendance and academic performance due to fatigue produced by work commitments. The present work applies the pedagogical model called Flipped Classroom popularized in 2007 by Jonathan Bergman and Aaron Sams, and which consists of leaving the theory for the home and performing the practice in the classroom under the supervision of the teacher. The experiment was carried out in classrooms of private universities located in North Lima where the highest percentage of students are the first generation. The results obtained show a reduction of 12.4% in absenteeism and an increase of up to 27.7% in the academic performance which was reflected in the students' grades.


The care of the world environment poses many challenges to the proper disposal of mineral wastes. Particulate wastes can be used to modify the properties or lower the cost of polymers. The influence of an iron–silica rich waste on the hardness of an epoxy resin is evaluated in this work. It is shown that the hardness values are polymer dominated for volume fractions of waste lower than 0.30, but for higher volume fractions a useful increase in the hardness numbers can be achieved. The coarser the particles are the more heterogeneous is the microstructure of the composite. Nevertheless, particulate rich layers increase the hardness of the material several times. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 84: 2178–2184, 2002


The IoT (Internet of Things) is developing rapidly, as a result of that, the number of connected devices in Sweden has doubled every year. According to big companies like Ericsson, the estimated nu ...


This article introduces an experiment designed to investigate which wavelength of light is best reflected by the cornea. Results indicate that the human cornea reflects near-infrared or violet light more efficiently than it does bright visible light. Further, results indicate that at a wavelength of 580nm, the reflectivity of the cornea decreases to a minimum value of 37% given light incident on the cornea at an angle of 45 degree. A light source suitable for the detection of glaucoma has been selected based on these results, also taking into account the spectral response of a suitable photo-detector.


To improve the economy,larger bypass ratio has been adopted in the turbofan engine design,leading to a larger fan high,larger speed gap between HP and LP turbines.The meridian geometry of the engine will be excurvature at a high degree,which brings problem for the design of LP turbines,transition section between HP and LP turbines.In accordance with such characteristics,adopted two ways to redesign a better turbine,and two modified turbines was simulated to study how to control flow separation of LP turbines and the transition section,improve its aerodynamic performance.The results indicate that adopted the two ways to improve the performance is effectual,but the forward-swept and wide-chord blade technology is more effectual.


Management of aqueous tritium-containing waste is viewed as a relevant challenge for many countries of the world. At present time, nuclear reactors designed for various purposes and spent nuclear fuel reprocessing plants are considered as key man-made sources of tritium waste. Tritium can be removed from water streams solely via physicochemical methods providing the separation of hydrogen isotopes. Two methods are considered as most promising in this respect, namely, water rectification under vacuum and chemical isotope exchange between hydrogen and water. The paper evaluates engineering and environmental aspects associated with the proposed methods providing light and heavy water detritiation.


Nuclear power generation has been recognized in many countries around the world as an environmentally friendly energy resource. However, there is a critical problem that radioactive waste generated behind it. Furthermore, the development of scientific and military industries using radioactive materials is accompanied by an increase in such waste. Among the many wastes, soil contamination by uranium, which is a fuel material mainly used in the nuclear power industry, is constantly occurring to meet the growing need for nuclear energy. In fact, uranium-contaminated soil, which was about 600 times the background level, had been found near the site where the uranium was mined [1]. Moreover, as the decommissioning time of domestic nuclear power plants is coming, decontamination of contaminated soil by uranium and other radioactive materials is indispensable for restoring the environment. However, conventional soil decontamination techniques have produced secondary wastes due to solvent by using a large amount of acids and organic solvents. Therefore, it is considered that the decontamination method using the supercritical fluid is suitable as an alternative to solve such a problem. Therefore, in this study, uranium extraction using supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) decontamination technique was studied for artificially contaminated sea sand and actual soil. Furthermore, it has been confirmed that the decontamination efficiency is lowered as the contamination period increases in our previous research [2]. Therefore, in this study, the additional experiment was carried out to improve the extraction efficiency through the soil pretreatment process.


We consider application of the in situ poling optical polarimetry (POP) method during Corona poling of guest-host systems consisting of a porous sol-gel silicate film matrix doped with Disperse Red 1 (DR1) chromophores. Refractive indices (nF = 1.419 ± 0.005, before poling), and physical thicknesses (d = 274 ± 8 nm) are consistently determined by ex situ null ellipsometry, atomic force microscopy (AFM) and Abeles-Hacskaylo (A-H) characterization. From this procedure and associated modeling, at highest POP sensitivity with s-polarized light in this case, we find that the resulting poling-induced birefringence at its peak (0.45 ± 0.07, at 670 nm) has a magnitude comparable to the film refractive indices.


During August 1998, a bottom scattering tank experiment was performed at ARL‐UT to measure wideband reverberation from multiple objects (e.g., cobbles and pebbles) placed on a sediment simulation of the sea floor. As a first step in this experiment, a procedure was adopted to calibrate the source transfer function by measuring reflected signal pings from the water surface (which has a spike impulse response), with the transducer directed vertically upwards. Subsequent analysis showed that the strength of the reflections may have induced a nonlinear receiver response in the transducer. Fortunately, time‐domain scattering measurements had also been made with a stainless steel ball suspended in the water column. These data were used to study the source drive by deconvolving the theoretical impulse response of a steel sphere, obtained via the Faran scattering model, from the scattered time signals. Both the characteristics of the experimental source signal and another, low‐power, source measured later were examined. Results show the critical importance of accurate input–output system calibrations for wide signal bandwidth sound scattering research, and have implications for boundary and volume scattering applications. Experimental data and theoretical numerical analysis will be presented. [Work supported by ONR.]


Arguments for or against the introduction of freehold tenure over agricultural land in the national states are based on an incomplete view of the role of tenure in the process of resource allocation. It is shown here that tenure systems in the national states do not meet the necessary requirements for optimal resource allocation. As these tenure systems are defined in terms of legislation, a process of land reform which encompasses the removal of these legislative provisions is proposed. Examples of reform measures which could encourage commercial farming serve to illustrate this proposal.


The pneumatic generator is an energy harvesting device, which in turn transforms kinetic energy into electrical energy. The rapidity of movement, the ease of increasing the work rate, increased productivity and, therefore, a lower operating cost are factors that increase the use of compressed air systems in the industrial sector. However, the consumption of electric energy has been growing directly proportional to the technological advances. In order to reduce, reduce energy consumption and expenditures in the industrial feld, the study of the pneumatic generator and then its implementation in the industrial systems is a great alternative for the reuse of wasted mechanical energies in the pneumatic systems. Whereas, to carry out the work of compression of the fuid there is a high energy expenditure. Just like that, get a share of sustainability in your segment. With the results obtained in your development will be possible to understand all parameters and behaviors that are involved in the project. And from the studies to its sizing and selection of the main components of its assembly. O Futuro das Energias Sustentáveis e os Desafos para a Engenharia Industrial Anais do XVIII CONEMI Congresso Nacional de Engenharia Mecânica e Industrial DOI: 10.17648/conemi-2018-91273 ISSN: 2446-9734


Oil ducts are a constant feature of the flower in series Corymbosae. Their distribution in the tissues and their relationship to the vascular systems of the flower are described. Oil ducts occur in the pedicel and in the hypanthium and its extension as the tube of the flower. In all species ducts also underlie the nectary, a tissue the nature and distribution of which is defined and described. Ducts also occur in the ovary wall in all species. In different species there are two distinctly different patterns of arrangement of ducts in the pedicels; two groups of species, A and B, can thus be distinguished. There are also three different patterns of arrangement of ducts in the hypanthium of the flower, corresponding to group A and two subdivisions of group B. It is further shown that the grouping of species based on the patterns of ducts in the pedicels and flowers conforms with that arrived at by consideration of other, unrelated characters, both floral and vegetative. The duct systems of the flower persist in the fruit and, as fruits or flowers are almost invariably available for examination, the pattern of arrangement of the ducts is of considerable use and importance to the taxonomy of the series Corymbosae.


In the title compound, C4H4N4O4, the two nitro groups are twisted with respect to the imidazole plane, making dihedral angles of 24.2 (3) and 33.4 (4)°. In the crystal structure, the molecules are linked through non-classical intermolecular C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds.


Hierarchical text classification or simply hierarchical classification refers to assigning a document to one or more suitable categories from a hierarchical category space. In our literature survey, we have found that the existing hierarchical classification experiments used a variety of measures to evaluate performance. These performance measures often assume independence between categories and do not consider documents misclassified into categories that are similar or not far from the correct categories in the category tree. In this paper, we therefore propose new performance measures for hierarchical classification. The proposed performance measures consist of category similarity measures and distance-based measures that consider the contributions of misclassified documents. Our experiments on hierarchical classification methods based on SVM classifiers and binary Naive Bayes classifiers showed that SVM classifiers perform better than Naive Bayes classifiers on Reuters-21578 collection according to the extended measures. A new classifier-centric measure called blocking measure is also defined to examine the performance of subtree classifiers in a top-down level-based hierarchical classification method.


Based on analyzing the significance of constructing new ecological village for reservoir immigrants,the way of thinking and eight pieces of advice were proposed: programming scientifically;perfecting facilities for farmland and water conservancy and developing high quality and effective agriculture,making efforts to build perfect living facilities,deeply developing green architecture,positively developing country ecological tourism,earnestly establishing cultural learning atmosphere,really intensifying construction of the village management group,raising money in different ways for constructing the immigrants' new village.


Mobile social networks (MSNs) are getting increasingly popular day by day. With the help of MSNs people can connect with each other online as well as offline. One of the famous applications of MSNs is profile matchmaking in which users share their interests in order to find mutual friends. However, the user of such application can be a victim of various privacy related attacks due to the revelations of user's personal interests during profile matchmaking. More recent dimension of MSN is encounter-based social networks. In this scenario, the users make social contacts while sharing a common location and time. Mobile devices record the encounter information when two users are within physical proximity and at a later time, their encounter history should be matched when they try to find each other again. In this paper, we propose a privacy preserving matchmaking protocol in which users share the encounter information and later utilize a cloud server to post encounter information in order to privately match their profiles with unknowns to whom they shared the encounter. In our protocol, neither the users nor the cloud server is able to discover the interests of either participants during matchmaking. To the best of our knowledge, this approach is the first attempt that combines encounter based social networks and fine-grained profile matchmaking. Towards the end of the paper, we present security analysis as well as performance evaluation that shows the effectiveness and feasibility of our protocol.


Shredded waste newspapers, waste acrylic raw fibers, and urea-formaldehyde (UF) adhesives, at 10% by weight on raw material, were used to produce recycled waste paper-waste acrylic raw fiber composite boards in laboratory scale experiments. The physical and mechanical properties of fire retardant treated recycled waste paper-waste acrylic raw fiber composite boards were examined to investigate the possibility of using the composites as internal finishing materials with specific gravities of 0.8 and 1.0, containing 5, 10, 20, and 30(wt.%) of waste acrylic raw fiber and 10, 15, 20, and 25(wt.%) of fire retardant (inorganic chemical, FR-) using the fabricating method used by commercial fiberboard manufacturers. The bending modulus of rupture increased as board density increased, decreased as waste acrylic raw fiber content increased, and also decreased as the fire retardant content increased. Mechanical properties were a little inferior to medium density fiberboard (MDF) or hardboard (HB), but significantly superior to gypsum board (GB) and insulation board (IB). The incombustibility of the fire retardant treated composite board increased on increasing the fire retardant content. The study shows that there is a possibility that composites made of recycled waste paper and waste acrylic raw fiber can be use as fire retardant internal finishing materials.


The objective of this study was achieve preliminary Guideline of tolerance of barley, maize and wheat as a field crops and cucumber, pepper and tomato as vegetable crops to salinity and sodicity of irrigation water . Lysimeter experiments, using sand culture were curried out by cultivating field crops while plastic greenhouse was curried out using clay soil cultivated vegetable crops (cucumber, pepper and tomato ). These crops were transplanted and irrigated by saline water with different ECw values under two levels of SAR ( 7&14) for field crops and SAR7 for vegetable crops under North Delta climatic conditions. Linear equations of different crops indicated that, the relative yield decrease ( %) with increasing unit of ECw were 5.243 , 14.391, 8.187, 16.453 , 15.95 and 11.105 % for barley , wheat, maize, cucumber, pepper and tomato, respectively under SAR 7. Also, increasing the SAR of irrigation water to 14 increased the adverse effect of ECw on the crop yields according to their tolerance to salinity of irrigation water. The crops under consideration could be arranged in the descending order,:Barley >wheat > maize for field crops and tomato < pepper <cucumber for vegetable crops. The multiple regression equations described the combined effect of ECw and SARw on field crop yields were as follows: Yield decrement % = -14.238+5.243 ECw + 0.336 SARw (Barley), = 1.322 + 14.391ECw + 0.288 SARw (Maize) , and = -20.017 + 8.187ECw+ 0.528 SARw (Wheat). The simple regression for vegetable were as follows : Yield decrement % = -12.192 + 16.453 ECw (Cucumber), =-10.779 + 15.952 ECw (Pepper),and = -9.688 + 11.105 ECw (Tomato)


Given two multivariate polynomials A and B with integer coefficientswe present a new GCD algorithm which computes G = gcd(A,B).Our algorithm is based on the Hu/Monagan GCD algorithm.If A = G A̅ and B = G B̅  we have modified the Hu/Monaganso that it can interpolate the smaller of G and A̅.
We have implemented the new GCD algorithm in Maple withseveral subroutines coded in C for efficiency.Maple currently uses Zippel's sparse modular GCD algorithm.We present timing results comparing Maple's implementation of Zippel's algorithm


This paper describes a practical methodology to identify dominant switching timing directly with current dependency relative to radiation noise in switching power devices. Using an expanded double pulse test method on a half bridge circuit, it is possible to measure radiation noise as a switching characteristic the same as loss, time or switching speed. As a result, it is possible for power device makers to adjust in device development stage without building a total system. The methodology is introduced with results of power chips with different properties, SiC MOSFET and Si RC-IGBT. In future work, the results will be utilized to optimize not only the basic system but also power device structures.


Equilibrium statistical mechanics has been applied to probabilistic information processing such as image restoration, error-correcting codes, and CDMA multi-user demodulation based on Bayesian statistics [1, 2]. This approach enables us to analytically estimate the performance of the results obtained for these problems and the dependence of the error-rate on the parameters such as the temperature [3, 4, 5]. However, only static properties of the solutions can be investigated through this approach. In the case of "real" physical systems, the system relaxes into the equilibrium state spontaneously. Then it is enough to investigate the equilibrium properties of the systems. In the case of information processing, however, we need to devise algorithms to find the solution (equilibrium state). In order to obtain a good algorithm which gives permissible results with high speed and low computational cost, we have to investigate the dynamics of the information processing processes. Moreover, in the framework of Bayesian inference, the compuational cost to obtain the posterior distribution explodes. Then we have to resort to Monte Carlo simulations or approximations to obtain the estimate which is given by the average over the posterior probability distribution. In this paper, we investigate the dynamics of image restoration by Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) and an iterative inference algorithm, termed the belief propagation (BP) [6, 7, 8]. When the image restoration is performed at a specific temperature, called the Nishimori temperature [1, 3], the pixel-wise error-rate of the results can be minimized. However, it is not clear whether the Nishimori temperature is optimal in the dynamics. It is important to describe the dynamics in order to examine dynamical properties such as the dependence of the relaxation speed on the temperature and the transient behavior


One of the greatest challenges facing regional planning is how to "unite" the very diversified different parts of a region in terms of conditions, problems and demands into a win-win whole. In existing studies and practice, the solution normally goes to two directions: institutional/governmental arrangements and regional infrastructures particularly transportation networks. The so-called "coordination" in spatial land use is a consequence following the two types of "intervention". This paper argues that by logical, culture, as a spiritual and value "common share", should be able to play a more important role in promoting regional integration. But how to implement the potential role of culture in regional integration? The Mid-Shanxi provincial regional planning of urban agglomeration which the authors work on offers some implications for answering these questions. First, the region to be integrated has common cultural character. Secondly, the element of culture should play different roles within the region and to the external world. Within the region, it is mainly to high-light the "common" among different parts, so as to unite them into a whole. Outside the region, culture is to distinguish the region from the external world, to establish the brand of the region. Under the both directions, the region can be successfully marketed as a single spatial unit by its unique cultural identity to attract attention and investment. Thirdly, the space of carriers of culture makes the culture a workable means to regional integration. Fourthly, because the culture is out of boundary and with long permanence, it is the key factor to integrate the region in sustainable way. The case also partly reflects the understanding and handling of culture in regional planning in contemporary China.


Submarine volcanic activity is difficult to detect, because eruptions at depth are strongly attenuated by seawater. With increasing depth the ambient water pressure increases and limits the expansion of gas and steam such that volcanic eruptions tend to be less violent and less explosive with depth. Furthermore, the thermal conductivity and heat capacity of water causes rapid cooling of ejected products and hence erupted magma cools much more quickly than during subaerial eruptions. Therefore, reports on submarine volcanism are restricted to those sites where erupted products – like the presence of pumice rafts, gas bubbling on the sea surface, and local seawater colour changes - reach the sea surface. However, eruptions cause sound waves that travel over far distances through the Sound-Fixing-And-Ranging (SOFAR) channel, so called T-waves. Seismic networks in French Polynesia recorded T-waves since the 1980's that originated at Monowai Volcano, Kermadec Arc, and were attributed to episodic growth and collapse events. Repeated swath-mapping campaigns conducted between 1998 and 2011 confirm that Monowai volcano is a highly dynamic volcano.


A series of cationic surfactants of allyl alkyldimethylammonium bromide (AAnDB), where n=12, 16, 18, were synthesized, and the adsorption behavior of AAnDB at the air–water interface and the aggregation morphology in bulk solution were reported. The critical micelle concentration (CMC) was determined by the drop volume technique and steady state fluorescence. The surface excess concentration of AAnDB surfactants was calculated from the surface tension versus log concentration curves by applying the Gibbs' adsorption isotherm. The values of surface area per molecule calculated by using Gibbs' equation were 2.9–1.4 nm2, indicating the relatively large size of the AAnDB surfactants. Dynamic light scattering (DLS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) measurements reveal that, at low surfactant concentration of allyl dodecyl dimethylammonium bromide (AA12DB) above CMC, vesicles can be spontaneously formed. However, with increasing surfactant concentration, vesicles tend to be transformed into rod‐like micelles.


Lupus nephritis (LN) is an important concern among SLE patients in Asia and its mortality rate was reported to be 6 times higher compared to the general population [1]. A study by McCarty et al suggested that African women with serology showed combination of anti-Smith, Ro and RNP antibodies were at increased risk of developing LN [2]. This is further supported by study done by Majed et al showed this unusual combination accelerated development of LN within the first 5 years after SLE onset [3].To determine the correlation between the combination of autoantibody profile: Smith, Ro and RNP in development of LN amongst Asian ancestry and any association with the duration of LN development from onset of SLE.This was a retrospective study. The electronic medical records of all SLE patients seen in the rheumatology clinic Hospital Sultan Ismail, Malaysia from 1/1/2007 to 30/4/2021 were reviewed. Patients who had LN were identified and selected. Data on demography, serology, duration of development of LN from SLE onset were obtained and analysed using SPSS Pearson Chi square and binary logistic regression.There were a total of 197 patients and 183 were females. The majority were Malays (96/197) followed by the non-Malay (101/197) which included Chinese (86/197) and others (15/197). The mean age group for the studied subjects was 34 (14-80).Of the 197 (100%) patients, 23 (11.7%) patients had the triple combination of Sm, Ro and RNP antibodies while 174 (88.3%) patients did not have the triple combination.For patient with the triple combination, regardless ethnicity, 20/23 (87%) developed LN within 5 years from the SLE onset while the remaining 3/23 (13%) developed LN after 5 years.For patients without this combination, regardless ethnicity, 142/174 (81.6%) of them developed LN within 5 years and 32/174 (18.4%) of them more than 5 years. This showed combination autoantibody does not significantly accelerated development of LN amongst Asian ancestry patients, P = 0.092.There was also no association between the positivity of triple antibody with the duration of development LN from SLE onset, P =0.772.Further stratification was based on ethnicity showed compare to Non-Malay ethnicity, the Malay patients is 3.966 higher odds of developing LN within the 5 years from SLE onset, P = 0.002.Patient with triple serology combination did not showed significant in accelerating development of LN. Our data showed Malay patients are 4 higher odds of developing LN within the first 5 years after SLE onset compare to Non-Malay patients.[1]Yap DY, Tang CS, Ma MK, Lam MF, Chan TM. Survival analysis and causes of mortality in patients with lupus nephritis. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2012;27:3248–3254. [PubMed][2]McCarty GA, Harley JB, Reichlin M. A distinctive autoantibody profile in Black female patients with lupus nephritis. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 1993; 36:1560-1993[3]Majed R. Albirdisi, Shirish Sangle, Natasha Jordan, David D'Cruz. Autoantibody profile and ethnicity:risk factors for accelerated development of lupus nephritis. Abstract ACR 2020.None declared


Single-surface multipactor is studied within a plane-parallel model for the case when the rf electric field is normal to the surface of emission and the electron return to this surface is caused by the action of a dc electric field. The corresponding resonance zones are found for finite initial velocity of the secondary electrons. The new multiphase regimes of multipactor are found by numerical simulations of a successive series of electron trajectories. The existence of these regimes is shown to result in a considerable broadening of the multipactor zones. This conclusion is also confirmed by particle-in-cell simulations.


We explore an emerging device concept based on exchange bias used in conjunction with an antidot geometry to fine tune ferromagnetic resonances. Planar cavity ferromagnetic resonance is used to study the microwave response of NiO/NiFe bilayers with antidot structuring. A large frequency asymmetry with respect to an applied magnetic field is found across a broad field range whose underlying cause is linked to the distribution of magnetic poles at the antidot surfaces. This distribution is found to be particularly sensitive to the effects of exchange bias, and robust in regards to the quality of the antidot geometry. The template based antidot geometry we study offers advantages for practical device construction, and we show that it is suitable for broadband absorption and filtering applications, allowing tunable anisotropies via interface engineering.


The rotational and vibrational state distributions of the CO fragments produced through the photodissociation of OCS in the vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) region (150–155 nm), OCS (2 1Σ+)→CO (X 1Σ+)+S(1S), are derived for the three lowest quasi-bound vibrational resonances (v*=0−2) in the 2 1Σ+ state. The rotational state distributions of the CO fragments in the vCO=0 and 1 vibrational states are determined, respectively, by the analysis of the rotational structures in the laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) spectra of the A1Π–X 1Σ+(0,0) and (1,1) transitions of CO. The rotational temperatures of CO in the vCO=0 state are low (∼100 K) for all the three resonances, while those in the vCO=1 state are substantially higher, i.e., 2210, 940, and 810 K for v*=0, 1, and 2, respectively. The vibrational state distributions of CO are derived from the Doppler spectroscopy of the counterpart S(1S) fragments. From the analysis of the observed Doppler profiles, it is found for all the three lowest vibrational resonances of OCS...


Cities are so common today that we cannot imagine a world without them. More than half of the world's population lives in cities, and that proportion is growing. Yet for most of our history, there were no cities. Why, how, and when did urban life begin? Ancient cities have much to tell us about the social, political, religious, and economic conditions of their times--and also about our own. Ongoing excavations all over the world are enabling scholars to document intra-city changes through time, city-to-city interaction, and changing relations between cities and their hinterlands. The essays in this volume--presented at a Sackler colloquium of the National Academy of Sciences--reveal that archaeologists now know much more about the founding and functions of ancient cities, their diverse trade networks, their heterogeneous plans and layouts, and their various lifespans and trajectories.


Primatological research is often conducted for the purpose of clarifying the evolutionary trajectories of behavioral and morphological characters that are either unique to humans or are shared with closely related species. Nonhuman primate species—especially those whose common ancestry is relatively recent, such as chimpanzees—can serve as referential models that provide insights into our evolutionary history (1). However, there are other, lesser known primates that may shed complementary light on human traits. In PNAS, Patzelt et al. (2) show that a more distantly related taxon—the Guinea baboon (Papio papio) from West Africa, a hitherto poorly known and difficult to study species—shares with humans a combination of core socio-structural features, namely tolerant relations between males that materialize in a multilevel society.


Abstract: This introductory chapter provides basic insights and guiding principles for establishing and evaluating the long-term safe isolation of radioactive wastes in geological repositories. The intended audience is new technical researchers and reviewers, interested in understanding how their specific expertise is integrated into a multi-discipline safety assessment. The focus is on deep geological disposal, appropriate for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel (SNF), reprocessed high-level waste (HLW), and long-lived, intermediate level waste (LL/ILW). Many of the principles discussed here, however, equally apply to near-surface disposal of lower activity wastes. Two basic types of processes affecting the long-term safe containment and isolation of radioactive waste in deep geological repositories are examined; (1) delay-and-decay processes and (2) concentration-attenuation processes. The robustness of different types of isolation processes, based on their effectiveness and reliability, are discussed. A 'top-down' safety assessment of an integrated, multiple-barrier repository system is vital in order to identify and prioritize safety-important barriers and processes, and to use such safety-importance insights to guide an efficient and effective research, development, and design program.


We have developed a method for measuring terahertz (THz) attenuation for free-space beams. It employs a photo-acoustic detector to compare THz attenuation to audio frequency (AF) attenuation. The AF attenuation at 1 kHz is obtained directly by comparison with an inductive voltage divider as a reference standard. Using a metalized-film attenuator, we have demonstrated attenuation measurements up to 20 dB for 0.11 THz collimated beams generated by a Gunn oscillator using a corrugated horn antenna and an off-axis parabolic mirror.


Rice starch branching enzyme gene rbe1 under the control of promotor Gt1 in sense orientation was introduced into several varieties of indica rice (Zhenshan 97B; Ⅱ-32B; restorer line Minghui 86, Minghui 81 and Hang No.1) by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation after comparing several influence factors, including callus state, antibiotic type and concentration, and hygromycin content. PCR and Southern blotting analysis showed that rbe1 gene had been integrated into indica rice genome.


Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy's extraordinary The Tribe is a brutal, unsentimental drama about the criminal antics of a group of pupils at a deaf school in Ukraine – and a film that turns the tables on the hearing public by taking place entirely in sign language, without subtitles.


The invention relates to the technical field of sports teaching auxiliary tools, in particular to a ball containing vehicle suitable for sports teaching. The ball containing vehicle comprises a vehicle body and idler wheels connected to the bottom of the vehicle body, wherein a plurality of cylinders are arranged between the front side face and the back side face of the vehicle body in a penetrating mode, the two ends of each cylinder are connected with barrel covers capable of being closed in a hinged mode, the top face of the vehicle body is provided with a cleaning hair brush placement cavity and a plurality of sundry placement cavities in an embedded mode, the left side and the right side of the vehicle body are respectively provided with a plurality of rows of rails at equal intervals, a plurality of ball clamping devices are arranged in the rails, each ball clamping device comprises a ball clamp capable of being opened and closed, a connection rod and a sliding block connected with the connection rod, the sliding blocks are arranged in the rails, the side faces of the rails are further provided with limiting grooves corresponding to the connection rods at equal intervals in an embedded mode, and the included angles between the limiting grooves and the corresponding rail range from 40 degrees to 70 degrees. The ball containing vehicle is convenient to operate, store and clean and high in adaptability.


The related Latin American doctrines of structuralism and dependency had important repercussions in Spain and Portugal, two nations of the European "periphery" in the postwar era. This paper establishes the influence of the two Latin American ideas in those countries, focusing on the moments of their greatest impact—the 1950s and the 1970s. It explains such influence as a result of three factors—the previous existence of local traditions of structuralist thought, to which the Latin American doctrines could be assimilated; the relevance of Latin American ideas and techniques to pressing economic issues; and the utility of such ideas for foreign policy. It also illustrates that structuralism and dependency were perceived as closely related, and mentions the impact of the two doctrines in another country on the European Periphery, Romania, in the same two decades.


It is strong trend for power system to develop smart grid.The connotation and features of smart grid are expounded.The present development status of smart grid at home and abroad is summarized.The aim of smart grid construction for State Grid Corporation of China is expatiated.


The study of power networks prone to ferroresonant oscillations by means of simulation turns out to be a tedious task. Therefore, a direct calculation of the stability domains of the various oscillation modes is preferable. In this paper, the software package AUTO is used to determine the periodic solutions of the differential equations describing a typical three-phase network in which ferroresonance has occurred. A small modification of the system equations is introduced to approximate the quasi-periodic oscillations by periodic ones, without major impact on the position of the stability domains. Finally, an example of the automated dimensioning of a damping circuit using a continuation scheme is presented.


The biomedical engineering domain demands the students to develop multidisciplinary skills and knowledge and to strive towards life-long learning. Therefore, embracing pedagogical renewal as a part of a new or revised curriculum has been demanded. For the capstone design-build course, taxonomies are used to formulate the learning outcomes and encourage a switch from a teacher-centred environment to student-centred learning. Design-build courses, as realised in the curriculum at Linkoping University, Linkoping, Sweden, starts with clinical settings engaging students to solve real world problems while working in a project team. To get a prosperous and successful work throughout the project cycle, project teams should be built on heterogeneous skill, age and gender, and harmonised using a team contract. Feedback of the group process is given throughout the design-build project, especially after completion. Assessment conforms to a student-centred-learning process as an integrative part of the course. With this set-up, learning becomes active and dynamic, giving the possibility to adapt project structures and ingredients to the particular needs and prerequisites of individuals in order to achieve the learning outcomes of the design-build course.


The plant expression vector is the vehicle that takes target gene into and then expresses the target gene in the host cells.Therefore,expression vector construction is one of the key steps of theoretical and applied studies through genetic modification strategy.The demonstration of constructing GS1 gene,encoding a cytosolic glutamine synthetase,into pCUbi1390-Ubi-GS1-35S-EPSPS,a rapid,simple and high efficient constructing method had been introduced in this paper.After a vector linear step with single restriction digestion reaction,the homolog recombination could be executed through PCR reaction,in which the PCR primers for the target insert sequence were designed to share 15 bases of homology with the sequences at expecting site the end of the linearized vector.It was unnecessary to digest the target gene and vector to produce complementary cohesive ends in this method.The results showed the expecting pCUbi1390-Ubi-GS1-35S-EPSPS was successfully constructed.The procedures were largely simplified,and the method could be widely used in any recombination of insertion of any DNA sequence not very long at the single restriction site of any DNA sequence.


Abstract—In this paper we consider the neuro-control method and its application to control problems of an electric vehicle. The neuro-control methods adopted here is based on proportional-plus-integral-plus-derivative (PID) control, which has been adopted to solve process control or intelligent control problems. In Japan about eighty four per cent of the process industries have used the PID control. After deriving the selftuning PID control scheme (neuro-PID) using the learning ability of the neural network, we will show the control results by using the speed and torque control of an electric vehicle.


[Objective] To study the effect of Shuanghuanglian injection on encephalitis model infected by HSV-1. [Metheds] The cerebral neurons of human embryo were cultured with HSV-1 as a viral encephalitis model, Shuanghuanglian injection was added to the medium of cultured neurons cells in vitro, the level of CK was determined by full-automatic analytical instrument and HSV-1 DNA copies were measured by fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction(FQ-PCR), respectively. [Results] The level of CK in the medium with Shuanghuanglian injection was significant reduction compared with that in the control group( 8.74 ±2.88 vs 3.630±1.56, P 0.01). HSV-1 DNA copies in the medium with Shuanghuanglian injection were much lower than that in the control group (1.98 ±1.24 vs 5.012±2.72, P 0.05). [Conclusion] Our results demonstrated that Shuanghuanglian injection has a therapeutic effects against HSV-1 encephalitis by reducting viral cytotoxicity and inhibiting viral DNA copy.


Syntactic priming refers to the facilitation that occurs in the processing of a given complex syntactic structure when the speaker has been previously exposed to the same structure or to a similar one. Using a self-paced reading task, we investigate the effects of syntactic priming during the comprehension of passive sentences in Brazilian Portuguese (BP). Adult native speakers of BP read target passive sentences in primed and unprimed conditions, with verb repetition between prime and target in both conditions. Our results show that participants read target sentences faster in the primed than in the unprimed condition, that is, after having been exposed to the same syntactic structure in a previous sentence. These findings indicate that, at least in part, the processing of passive Caligrama, Belo Horizonte, v. 26, n. 2, p. 47-66, 2021 48 voice was facilitated by repeated exposure to the syntactic structure. We interpret these results as evidence of syntatic persistence and residual activation.


Pragmatics research has indicated that social distance has effects on the production and interpretation of language. Holmes (1995), for example, identifies it as one of the basic determinants of linguistic politeness behaviours in most societies. However, most research so far has been conducted to investigate the influence of social distance on politeness behaviours in English-speaking communities; research on this issue in other languages and cultures is still very rare. This study examines the influence of social distance on thanking behaviours in Vietnamese. The data of the study were collected through a DCT and from Vietnamese undergraduate students. Results show that social distance has great effects on the way Vietnamese native speakers express gratitude to people according to different interpersonal relationships.


ABSTRACT This work measures the effectiveness of boundary delivery from a new computer-controlled aircraft bulk solid delivery system (Intellispread+). Computer controlled delivery of solid fertilisers by aircraft has been practised commercially in New Zealand since 2014. Aircraft position is determined in relation to a rate change polygon, aircraft ground speed, spread material characteristics, and control system parameters, and the hopper opening is altered to provide the correct rate. All these systems working simultaneously are computationally intense. Effective variable rate application depends on the response to boundary rate changes, aircraft GPS accuracy and update frequency, wind direction and speed, and particle ballistics that determine the deposition of fertiliser. Rapid responses to boundary rate changes improve fertiliser placement accuracy and mitigates off-target application near environmental sensitive areas. The system was tested on a block 200 m long by 18 m wide with 126, 0.5 m2 diameter collector cones, spaced 10 m apart longitudinally and 3 m laterally. A PAL Cresco 600 was flown at 64 ms−1 (130 knots) on three tests to measure performance, shutting off and opening at a boundary and changing rate halfway along the block. For all tests initiation of rate change and completion was achieved within 30 m.


Finding solutions to the issue of the inverse of the fractal forms of a difficult topics to some extent in the field of engineering fractal. And theories that speak on this subject may be few in relation to the importance of this subject. In this paper, we tried to introduce a new method to solve this problem by taking the results of the first method a method (place-dependent IFS method) and make an initial valuesof the second method (optimization method).Summary ofnumerical methods with an example presented in this paper. لا صلختسم ةسذُهنا لاجي ًف اي ذح ىنا ةبؼصنا غٍضاىًنا ذحأ ٍي ةٌسىسكنا لاكشلأن ةٍسكؼنا ةنأسًهن لىهحنا داجٌإ شبحؼٌ .عىضىًنا ازه ةًٍهلأ ةبسُناب ةهٍهق ٌىكج ذق عىضىًنا ازه لىح ىهكحج ًحنا تاٌشظُناو .ةٌسىسكنا كنرو ةهكشًنا ِزه محن ذٌذج بىهسأ وذقَ ٌأ ثحبنا ازه ًف اُنواح ةقٌشط ًهو ىنولأا ةقٌشطنا جئاحَ زخأ قٌشط ٍػ ( place-dependent IFS method ( ةٍَاثنا ةقٌشطهن ةٍنوأ ىٍقك اههؼجو ) optimization method غي ٍٍحقٌشطنا صخهي.) .ثحبنا ازه ًف ثيذق ذق يدذػ لاثي 1Introduction A fractal is a rough or fragmented geometric shape that canbe subdivided into parts, each of which is (at leastapproximately) a reduced size copy of the whole or in otherwords, is self-similar when compared with respect to theoriginal shape [2]. The term was coined by Benoit Mandelbrot in1975 and was derived from the Latin word "fractus" meaning"broken" or "fractional" [4]. The primary characteristic propertiesof fractals are self-similarity, scale invariance and generalirregularity in shape due to which they tend to have asignificant detail even after magnification-the more themagnification the more the detail. In most cases, a fractal canbe generated by a repeating pattern constructed by a recursiveor iterative process. Natural fractals possess statistical self-similaritywhereas regular fractals such as Sierpinski Gasket,Cantor set or Koch curve contain exact self-similarity. Thispaper presents the generation of two of the bestknownfractals – the Mandelbrot Set and Julia Set using thedeterministic method of IFS (Iterated Function Systems) andaffine transformations. The displayed output ofbased on multiple test cases varied by number of iterationsand a given parameter that corresponds to a coefficient value,are presented. The paper ends by giving concluding remarks. 2Iterated Function System Barnsleyin 1988 introduced the iterated function system (IFS) [2] as an applications of the theory of discrete dynamical systems and useful tools to build fractals and other self-similar sets. The mathematical theory of IFS is one of the basis for modeling techniques of fractals and is a powerful tool for producing mathematical fractals such as Cantor set, Sirpinski gasket, etc, as well Journal of Kerbala University , Vol. 9 No.3 Scientific . 2011 043 as real word fractals representing such as clouds, trees, faces, etc.For more details, one can see [6]. IFS is defined through a finite set of affine counteractive mapping mostly of the form: C x L x f n m i R R f n i


The invention relates to a wireless sensor network node positioning method based on mobile anchor nodes. The wireless sensor network node positioning method comprises the steps of establishing a static moving track model of the mobile anchor nodes; positioning connected unknown nodes in a commutation range of the mobile anchor nodes; drawing a position distribution diagram of in-area wireless sensor nodes according to position information of all of received unknown nodes in the commutation range of the mobile anchor nodes; and establishing a dynamic moving track model. A device for carrying out the method comprises a static moving track module establishing module for establishing the static moving track model, an unknown node position information obtaining module for obtaining unknown node position information, a node position distribution diagram drawing module for drawing the position distribution diagram of in-area nodes, and a dynamic moving track model establishing module for establishing the dynamic moving track model. By providing position coordinates required to be passed by given mobile anchor nodes in the moving process, the positioning accuracy is effectively improved, and the node energy consumption is reduced.


The purpose of this paper is to profoundly rethink the current available academic studies on the land issues in rural China regarding phenomenon description,institutional analysis and politics explanation and to put forward some theoretical prospect.Methods employed include documentation and comparison.The results indicated that the available studies have reached certain common view,however,some new research trends are sprouted,and the divergences still exist especially in the area of macroscopic politics explanation.In order to make the explanation more practical,the concept of Land Risks is suggested to be introduced to develop the relevant theory.


Minimisation of discrete energies defined over factors is an important problem in computer vision, and a vast number of MAP inference algorithms have been proposed. Different inference algorithms perform better on factor graph models (GMs) from different underlying problem classes, and in general it is difficult to know which algorithm will yield the lowest energy for a given GM. To mitigate this difficulty, survey papers [1–3] advise the practitioner on what algorithms perform well on what classes of models. We take the next step forward, and present a technique to automatically select the best inference algorithm for an input GM. We validate our method experimentally on an extended version of the OpenGM2 benchmark [3], containing a diverse set of vision problems. On average, our method selects an inference algorithm yielding labellings with 96% of variables the same as the best available algorithm.


The invention provides a trajectory tracking and replaying method for improving the trajectory replaying efficiency. The trajectory tracking and replaying method comprises the following steps: (1) dividing to-be-replayed trajectory points into a plurality of sections, wherein the numbers of the trajectory points of all the sections are same basically; (2) labelling all the trajectory points of a plurality of sections simultaneously on a map; (3) when labelling is finished respectively on all the sections and replaying all the trajectory points. The trajectory tracking and replaying method provided by the invention has the advantages that due to the adopted technical scheme, the replaying and response speed can be increased and faster replaying can be provided.


Despite efforts towards reducing the negative environmental impact of the audiovisual sector, sustainability remains challenging. In this paper we address environmental sustainability in the Welsh audiovisual sector through the lens of green innovation. The mixed method study combines quantitative research measuring the adoption levels of green innovation inside businesses with qualitative analysis of selected case studies of green innovation. In doing so, the paper explores the extent of developing green innovation, as well as how research and development (R&D) as a specific roadmap to innovation leads to different forms of innovative outcomes. Based on this evidence, we propose an extended framework for considering green innovation in the audiovisual sector, one that differentiates between solution-driven, content-driven and mindset-driven innovation. By providing evidence of the extent and nature of green innovation in the audiovisual sector, the paper makes an important contribution to the underexplored field of green innovation research.


The multi-versioning technique based on object replication strategy can meet consistency model while the conflict operations occur in the cooperative graphics editing systems(CGES),but it does not efficiently solve conflict between non-geometry attribute operations and complex graphics objects. A new distributed multi-versioning model based on version replication is proposed for consistency maintenance of discordant conflicting operations according to the conflicting features and types of concurrent operations in CGES. To guarantee intention of conflicting operations, leaf-versions must be replicated from the original version based on the reduce strategy, and then applying conflicting operations to the corresponding object of the different replicated versions. The leaf-versions can be created by MOVIC algorithm in which the comparison-number of compatible operations is too much. A Fast Multiple Versions Incremental Creation (FMVIC) algorithm based on the compatible and conflict group is presented in this paper. The final versions constructed by the FMVIC algorithm is the same as that constructed by the MOVIC algorithm, but it can decrease the comparison-number of compatible operations and narrow the scope of comparison operations for the removing redundant versions.


Objective
To explore application of our self-designed U-shaped transdermal surgical navi-gator based on three-dimensional reverse design in cannulated screwing for femoral neck fracture.

Methods
A retrospective study was done of 5 patients with femoral neck fracture who had been treated from August 2016 to March 2017. They were 3 men and 2 women, aged from 33 to 60 years (average, 46.5 years). Thin layer CT scanning was conducted on the patients' affected hip (at the left side in 2 cases and at the right side in 3). Based on their CT data, 3D design software and 3D printing technique were used to manufacture the U-shaped transdermal surgical navigator and a real-sized model of the fracture. Operations were simulated using the U-shaped transdermal surgical navigator on the fracture model to determine the angle, depth and location of the screwing. Fixation of the fracture with cannulated screws was conducted after confirmation of satisfactory surgical parameters. The postoperative X-ray films of the patients were reviewed. Evaluations were con-ducted of the screw position, operating time, volume of operative bleeding, and number of intraoperative X-ray shots.

Results
The screw positions in the 5 patients were consistent with their preoperative de-sign. Four patients had only one shot of fluoroscopy and one patient 3 shots. Their operating time ranged from 15 to 30 minutes, averaging 22.5 minutes; their bleeding ranged from 5 to 10 mL, averaging 7.5 mL. The 5 patients were followed up for an average of 4.5 months (from 3 to 6 months). By the Harris scoring at their final follow-ups, one was excellent, 3 good and one fair. No complications like pain, functional impairment of the joint, or collapse or necrosis of the femoral head occurred during the follow-up.

Conclusions
Our self-designed U-shaped transdermal surgical navigator based on three-dimensional reverse design can signifi-cantly improve the accuracy and safety of the cannulated screwing for femoral neck fractures. The operation is minimally invasive, reducing operating time and intraoperative blood loss.

Key words:
Femoral neck fractures; Fracture fixation, internal; Surgical navigation; Imag-ing, three dimensional; 3D printing technology


The results of field experiments and research in the technogenic zone for production the ecologically pure potato for preschool and dietary nutrition were presents in the article. The options for obtaining potato tubers free of the pesticides and nitrates were indentified field experiments. In this article were describes only the results of research on heavy metals (HM) and accumulation of nitrates in the tubers. Samples for definition of TM in the tubers on the agreement were taken in the private gardens area near the Federal highway M-4 «Don» on the distance of 50, 100 and 500 m from the highway in the period of harvest. The following options of nitrates in the experiments were studied: 1) without fertilizers; 2) N 30P 60K 30; 3)N 60P 90K 60; 4)N 90P 135K 90. And additionally near highway M-4 at a distance of 50m from the roadway on a private garden three options: 1 ) without fertilizers; 2)N 60P 90K 60; 3)N 90P 135K 90. Established that nitrogen doses 60 kg/ha in the complete mineral fertilizer in the conditions of Central-Black Soil Region are maximum for obtaining the environmentally safe potatoes. Research showed that on the distance of 50m from highway the accumulation of lead and cadmium approaching close to the MPC. Similar variants in the field experiments near highway accumulated on 29.4-32,5% more nitrates.


Introduction: Due to a better understanding of the disease process, surgical workshops, conferences, and better patient awareness, the trend of Ear Nose Throat (ENT) related surgeries has changed significantly over the years. Aim: To analyse the profile of various ENT-related elective surgeries performed over three years in a tertiary care centre. Materials and Methods: This retrospective observational study was conducted in the Department of ENT, in a tertiary care centre, North Kerala, India. Patients of both sexes and of all age groups who underwent elective ENT surgeries in the Department from January 2017- December 2019 were included in the study. Data analysis was done from 1/12/2020 to 1/6/2021 period. Emergency surgeries were excluded from the study. Data was collected from hospital records and analysed using appropriate statistical methods. Results: A total of 2895 patients underwent various major and minor procedures in the period of January 2017 to December 2019 in the study institute. The majority of procedures were tympanomastoid surgeries (n=896, 30.94%), which were followed by sinonasal surgeries including advanced endoscopic surgeries (n=670, 23.14%), tonsilloadenoid surgeries (n=550, 18.98%) and excision of various solid and cystic lesions from head and neck region (n=310, 10.70%). The remaining number contributed by various other procedures like laryngeal surgeries (n=99, 3.4%) and other miscellaneous procedures (n=370, 12.78%) which include preauricular sinus excision, punch biopsies, tongue tie release, styloidectomy, excision of rhinosporidiosis from nose and nasopharynx, nasal bone fracture reduction and young's operation. Conclusion: The most common elective procedures performed in the study period were tympanomastoid surgeries. In the present study, there was an increasing trend of all major and minor surgeries in the department in subsequent years.


Due to the overload of published scientific articles, citation recommendation has long been a critical research problem for automatically recommending the most relevant citations of given articles. Relational topic models (RTMs) have shown promise on citation prediction via joint modeling of document contents and citations. However, existing RTMs can only capture pairwise or direct (first-order) citation relationships among documents. The indirect (high-order) citation links have been explored in graph neural network–based methods, but these methods suffer from the well-known explainability problem. In this article, we propose a model called Graph Neural Collaborative Topic Model that takes advantage of both relational topic models and graph neural networks to capture high-order citation relationships and to have higher explainability due to the latent topic semantic structure. Experiments on three real-world citation datasets show that our model outperforms several competitive baseline methods on citation recommendation. In addition, we show that our approach can learn better topics than the existing approaches. The recommendation results can be well explained by the underlying topics.


Despite several calls for the further study of entrepreneurial orientation in family firms, we still have a fragmented understanding of this topic, whose full potential has yet to be reached. To shed new light on this issue, this article first maps the family business field by carrying out a systematic review and content analysis of the 78 articles identified at the confluence of entrepreneurial orientation and family firms. Our study describes and critically assesses previous research as well as the conclusions reached. Second, this article identifies the main research gaps and provides a path for future investigations.


1 Current Clinicopathological Topics in Superficial Neoplasm of the Esophagus.- Definition of the Stomach and Esophagus.- Histopathology of Early Neoplasia in Barrett's Esophagus.- Superficial Carcinoma of the Esophagus in Japan: Curable Lesion.- 2 Barrett's Esophagus and Adenocarcinoma.- Histocytologic Criteria of Adenocarcinoma In Situ of the Esophagus.- Barrett Carcinoma and Esophagus: Experience in Japan, an Area of Low Incidence.- Barrett's Esophagus and Adenocarcinoma: Surgical Results of Superficial Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus.- Selective Surgical Approach to Superficial Barrett's-Associated Adenocarcinoma.- Clinical Strategies for Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus at the National Cancer Center, Japan.- 3 Dysplasia and Superficial Squamous Cell Carcinoma.- International Consensus Classification of Gastrointestinal Epithelial Neoplasia: Usefulness for Esophageal Squamous Epithelium.- Histopathologic Findings Predicting Lymph Node Metastasis and Prognosis of Patients with Superficial Esophageal Carcinoma.- Esophageal Superficial Neoplasms: Results of Surgery: Primary Early-Stage Squamous Cell Carcinomas versus Tumors Down-Staged to an Early Stage by Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy.- Strategy for Treatment of Superficial Esophageal Cancer.- Surgical Experience of Superficial Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Thailand.- Histocytologic Criteria for Squamous Cell Carcinoma In Situ of the Esophagus.- 4 Presentation of Patients and Discussion on the Pathological Diagnosis of Superficial Esophageal Neoplasms.- Carcinoma In Situ of the Esophagus: Case Report.- Superficial Esophageal Carcinomas Associated with Multiple Lesions that Do Not Stain with Iodine.- Case of Superficial Esophageal Adenocarcinoma in Short-Segment Barrett's Esophagus.- Superficial Esophageal Cancer Treated by Radical Surgery: Case Study.- Patient Presentation and Pathologic Diagnosis of Superficial Carcinoma of the Esophagus: High-Grade Dysplasia and Mucosal Carcinoma from the Japanese Standpoint.- 5 Molecular Biology of Esophageal Neoplasms.- Oncogene Amplification and Oncoprotein Overexpression in Superficial Esophageal Cancer.- Patterns of TP53 Mutations in Cancers of the Esophagus and Esophagogastric Junction: Correlation with Risk Factors and Functional Implications.- Superficial Esophageal Cancer: Adenocarcinoma Related to Barrett's Metaplasia and Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma.- Molecular Biology of Adenocarcinoma Arising in Barrett's Esophagus.- Altered Expression of FHIT in Esophageal Neoplasm.- Molecular Alterations in Dysplasia and Superficial Cancer of the Esophagus.- Telomerase Activity and p53 Protein Accumulation in Lugol-Stained and Lugol-Unstained Esophageal Squamous Epithelia.- 6 Less-Invasive Treatment of Superficial Esophageal Neoplasms.- Laparoscopy- and Thoracoscopy-Assisted Esophagectomy for Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus.- Benefits and Limitations of Mediastinal Endodissection During Radical Transhiatal Esophagectomy.- Mediastinoscopy-Assisted Transhiatal Esophagectomy: A Safe Technique for Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus.


Doi: 10.5902/2179769213159 Objective: to investigate the prevalence of maternal mortality resulted by PIH in women hospitalized in a maternity ward of the state of Para, in the period 2009-2012. Method: documentary, descriptive and retrospective research, with a quantitative approach in which the statistical analysis was done using the software BioeStat 5.0. Results: Out of 122 maternal deaths, 27% were by PIH, most women (48.5%) were between 20 to 29 years old, had incomplete primary education (39.4%), were in a stable union (48.5%), brown-skinned (60.6%), housewives (39.4%), and the death occurred in the puerperium (81.8%). Conclusion: It is recommended more attention to pregnant women with preeclampsia or potential to develop it, through more systematic monitoring and appropriate sharing in the Care Network. Moreover, it is pointed out the necessity of improving the socioeconomic determinants, revealing, thus, the importance of broad social and clinical-care interventions to improve these indicators as part of the Millennium Development Goals.


It has long been noted that, among the majority of plants and animals, relatively concentrated stores of carotenoids are to be found in certain particular tissues, structures and secretions associated with reproduction. Many of the yellow, orange or red pigments of pollen, stamens, stigmata, petals, seeds, and fleshy parts of fruits of higher plants are outstanding examples. Likewise, among animals, considerable attention has been given to the striking manifestation of similar pigments in the eggs of countless species of invertebrates and fishes, as well as in those of birds and some amphibians and reptiles, and in the corpora lutea and milk-fat of certain mammals. Investigations of such compounds (even apart from the A vitamins and their common precursors) in reproductive structures and their accessories have suggested to many the possibility that these pigments play definite biochemical roles in processes associated with sexual maturation, fertilization, and embryonic development. Although the carotenoids are not as universally distributed among the fungi as they are in other cryptogams, pigments of this type have been identified in a wide variety of Basidiomycetes and Ascomycetes, as well as in some genera of Myxomycetes and Phycomycetes. As far as we are aware, however, the concentration of carotenoids in the sexual reproductive structures of fungi is comparatively rare. Of particular interest in this connexion are the studies of pigments in the Mucorales. Lendner (1918), and Satina and Blakeslee (1926a) remarked upon the occurrence of a yellow substance, concentrated particularly in the progametes and gametes of many Mucors. In 1927 Chodat and Schopfer, after extracting and testing the pigment form Mucor hiemalis, identified it as a carotene. Their data suggest that α-carotene may have been the preponderant pigment, mixed, perhaps, with the β-isomer.


The partitioning of Ada* program library units into exclusive sets for allocation within a distributed system has been proposed as one approach to the execution of an Ada program in a distributed environment. A similar approach formed the basis of a rnemory management scheme developed to support Ada on the Navy's standard 16-bit processor, the ANIUYK-44. This rnemory management scheme is e xamined for its applicability to distributed systems and, in particular, as a means for specifying the duplication of code and data within the distributed system. The technique is examined as it relates to concerns for coordination, communications, and fault tolerance.


Nature-based solutions (NBS) are defined by the European Commission as "actions that are inspired by, supported by, or copied from nature…" and that solve societal challenges and multiple benefits. As a result, NBS are often promoted as alternative responses that solve complex societal challenges such as watershed management, while delivering a systemic approach of multiple benefits for well-being, human health, and sustainable use of resources. Despite rising interest in NBS, further identification of experiences implementing NBS could advance our understanding of the operationalization of this comprehensive concept. For this purpose, we analyzed 35 peer-reviewed articles on implementation experiences of NBS for water management in peri-urban areas, on aspects related to (i) NBS problem–solution: water challenges, ecosystem services, scales, and types; (ii) NBS governance and management. From the insights of the analysis, this paper asks what lessons are learned, and which barriers are identified, from implementing NBS for water management in peri-urban areas? As a result, this study presents a detailed analysis of each aspect. We conclude by highlighting accountancy, monitoring, and communication as potential success factors for integration and development while diminishing the overall barrier of complexity, which leads to technical, institutional, economic, and social uncertainty.


The paper presents issues dealing with modelling and simulation of human-vehicle-environment system with special attention on modelling of human behaviour in the field of none mechanical phenomena. Heuristic techniques based mainly on the fuzzy set theory have been used, and the concept of active mechatronic suspension of driver's/machinist's seats which are adjustable to individual character traits of operators are also presented in it. For the covering abstract see ITRD E122482.


We consider the online transportation problem set in a metric space containing parking garages of various capacities. Cars arrive over time, and must be assigned to an unfull parking garage upon their arrival. The objective is to minimize the aggregate distance that cars have to travel to their assigned parking garage. We show that the natural greedy algorithm, augmented with garages of $k\ge3$ times the capacity, is $\left(1 + \frac{2}{k-2}\right)$-competitive.


Early perspectives on language acquisition

 Early psycholinguistics used to be a neglected area, due to the spectacular restart of the discipline during the 1950s and 1960s. In an article published in Nederlandse Taalkunde 10 (2005), Marijke van der Wal and Ariane van Santen contribute to a correction of this disbalance by discussing early 20th-century Dutch research into language acquisition. Their discussion of Van Ginneken's De Roman van een kleuter (The story of a toddler) (1917) and supplement to this book shows that, in those days, a relatively advanced degree of empirical knowledge about developmental stages in child language and awareness of related, partially time-bound, theoretical issues had already been attained.


Multifrequency polarimetric observations made with the Very Long Baseline Array of the quasar 3C 216 reveal the presence of Faraday rotation measures (RMs) in excess of 2000 rad m-2 in the source rest frame in the arc of emission located at ∼140 mas from the core. Rotation measures in the range -300 to +300 rad m-2 are detected in the inner 5 mas (∼30 pc). While the rotation measure near the core can be explained as being caused by a magnetic field in the narrow-line region, we favor the interpretation for the high RM in the arc that it is caused by a "local" Faraday screen produced in a shock where the jet is deflected by the interstellar medium of the host galaxy. Our results indicate that a galactic magnetic field of the order of ∼50 μG on a scale greater than 100 pc must be present in the ambient medium.


This paper discusses the requirements for and presents an implementation of a hardware architecture for monitoring of FlexRay-based automotive distributed networks. The same principles are used in the reverse direction for fault injection and a "replay" mechanism that allows re-enacting recorded situations for debugging and fault confinement. The presented FPGA implementation is tailored for an embedded test and fault diagnosis and shall enable an assessment of the reliability and dependability of future distributed automotive networks.


ABSTRACT From March 1972 until internment itself was eventually abandoned in December 1975 successive Secretaries of State for Northern Ireland used their powers to arrest and release republican internees. This article demonstrates that several factors contributed to the policy of controlling the arrests and releases of internees, and that the most important was not negotiations with the Provisional IRA (PIRA) but the need to encourage the engagement of moderate nationalists in an emerging political process. The story of internment is often exclusively seen in the narrower narratives of paramilitary historiography and the later 'prison war'. This article adopts a broader contextual approach in which both moderate nationalist, and to a lesser extent, unionist concerns over arrests and releases are considered. In doing so, this work resituates the gradual ending of internment at the heart of the mainstream political discussions in Northern Ireland in the 1970s. The article also contends that this controlled use of internment as a political strategy ultimately proved to be successful for the British government in achieving their desired objectives.


Abstract The growth dynamics and Ca content of apple fruit were investigated over three growing seasons for the cultivar Spartan and two seasons for the cultivar McIntosh. Calcium content per fruit increased from fertilization to harvest, with some fluctuations during the season. The final Ca content ranged from 8 to 11 mg per fruit. Calcium concentration diminished markedly as a function of dilution during the first few weeks of growth after which it decreased less rapidly until reaching minimum values at 100 and 110 days after bloom for Mclntosh and Spartan respectively


1. Introduction 2. Professional practice 2.1 Professional practice around the world 2.2 Features of official translation in different countries and regions 3. Social context 3.1 Participants 3.2 Loyalties 3.3 The translator's ideology 3.4 Across cultural distance 4. Documents 4.1 Types 4.2 Information and functions 5. The Official translator as a jurilinguistic expert 6. Different ways of translating 6.1 Adequacy conditions 6.2 Constraints 6.2.1 Legal norms 6.2.2 Ethical norms: Professional vs. personal 6.2.3 Traditions and customs 6.2.4 Constraints imposed by the client, the initiator or the recipient 6.3 Freedom 7. Common problems and frequent solutions 7.1 Means of expression 7.2 Format and typing conventions 7.2.1 Belonging to the original vs. belonging to the translation 7.2.2 Converting complex formats into paragraph sequences 7.2.3 Text vs. image 7.2.4 Avoiding deception 7.2.5 One source language 7.2.6 Legibility 7.2.7 Understandability 7.2.8 Originality 7.2.9 Other writing conventions 7.2.10 Translating into different formats 7.3 Validity and execution of documents 7.3.1 Signature and seal 7.3.2 Certifying authorities 7.4 Medium 8 On the translation of different documents 8.1 Birth, marriage and death certificates 8.2 Academic transcripts and diplomas 8.3 Agreements and undertakings 9. Sources of information 10. Other professional aspects 10.1 Fees and estimates 10.2 Professional associations


Common schooling and multicultural education intuitively seem to be mutually reinforcing and possibly even mutually necessary: each is motivated by and/or serves the aims of promoting social justice and equality, common civic membership, and mutual respect and understanding, among other goals. An examination of the practical relationship between the two, however, reveals that neither one is a necessary or sufficient condition for achieving the other; in fact, each may in fairly common circumstances make the other harder to achieve. In other words, there is no direct instrumental relationship between multicultural education and common schools. Nor is there a clear expressive relationship between the two. Although common schools may serve as explicit, public symbols of our multicultural civic commitment to diversity, mutual respect and egalitarian inclusiveness, many demographically common schools neglect or even betray multicultural ideals, while many restricted entry and even segregated schools may express these ideals better than most comprehensive and integrated schools. Hence, while multicultural education and common schooling do intuitively stand for similar, mutually reinforcing ideals, in practice they may be linked more closely in the confusions and dilemmas of implementation they both raise than in their mutual realisation.


A several-kilowatt level laser at 946 nm is demonstrated in a cryogenically cooled diode-pumped Nd:YAG slab system. The oscillator realizes the record of the output power of 2.85 kW in a compact cavity with the homemade cryogenically cooled Nd:YAG crystal slab. The pulse repetition rate and pulse width of the laser are 400 Hz and 200 µs, respectively, and the center wavelength under full power is 946.2 nm with a bandwidth of about 0.5 nm. The absorption linewidth at 808 nm is a little narrowed and blue shifts at the cryogenic temperature, while the cooling temperature decreases from 300 to 77 K. The measured thermal conductivity increases from 10 to 70 W/mˑK, and the thermal expansion coefficient decreases from 7.5*10−6 to 1.5*10−6/K. These results could guide us in simulating the temperature gradient and thermal-induced stress distributions in the crystal slab.


Title compound (VIII) is obtained from (VII) by transesterification in order to get a constrained analogue of the known drug (IX).


Let $G$ be a connected general graph. Let $f\colon V(G)\to \Z^+$ be a function. We show that $G$ satisfies the Tutte-type condition \[ o(G-S)\le f(S)\qquad\text{for all vertex subsets $S$}, \] if and only if it contains a colored $J_f^*$-factor for any $2$-end-coloring, where $J_f^*(v)$ is the union of all odd integers smaller than $f(v)$ and the integer $f(v)$ itself. This is a generalization of the $(1,f)$-odd factor characterization theorem, and answers a problem of Cui and Kano. We also derive an analogous characterization for graphs of odd orders, which addresses a problem of Akiyama and Kano.


The test results were processed utilizing the method of the multi-factorial total probability formula evaluation.Based on the range analysis and variance analysis,obtained the optimal component of the compound binder,namely 4 % of magnesium-base curing agent,1 % of biomass fiber,1% of activator,0.12 % of calcium lignosulfonate,and correlative key parameters of briquetting technics,namely 20 kN briquetting pressure,17 % of briquetting water,10 % mixture ration of bituminous coal and the size-composition of anthracite with 58 % of less than 0.5 mm size,14 % of between 0.5~1.0 mm size,17 % of between 1.0~2.0 mm size and 11 % of between 2.0~3.0 mm size.Analyzed the bonding mechanism of the compound binder and the optimal parameters of briquetting technics.The experiment results show that the lime-upright-furnace briquette prepared according to the optimal scheme obtained in this experiment has the excellent cold strength,hot strength and heat stability,which can demand the industrial production of lime-upright furnace.


This paper presents a 28-GHz low phase noise voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) in a 65-nm CMOS process for 5G communication applications. With the capacitive splitting and transformer feedback techniques, theoretical analysis and simulations are undertaken for the proposed oscillator, proving that its negative $G_{m}$ can be enhanced over the interested frequency range and reduced at the harmonic frequencies. Moreover, the proposed oscillator startup performance is analyzed, and its tank quality factor, transient and phase noise performance are simulated. With 4-bit switch capacitors and varactors, the proposed VCO achieves a tuning range from 25.7 to 29.7 GHz, consuming 10.8 mW from a 0.9-V supply voltage. With a wideband common-source buffer, the output signal power is around 1 dBm. At 26.5 GHz, the proposed VCO achieves low phase noise of −105.8 dBc/Hz at 1-MHz offset and −130 dBc/Hz at the 10-MHz offset, respectively.


General practitioners who have access to diagnostic investigations from primary health care and clear referral guidelines to follow can utilize these resources as efficiently as hospital physicians and doctors from secondary health care [1-3]. More complex imaging methodologies such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and X-ray computed tomography (CT) cannot be used in Bulgarian General Practice yet and they are subject to restrictions by the National Health Insurance Fund. The most readily available imaging method that general physicians can apply in the diagnosis of COVID-19 patients is convectional chest radiography. This is a first-line test for detecting lung pathology and it is helpful for evaluation of patients with a high pre-test probability of overt COVID-19 pneumonia, clinical follow up, and for the evaluation of potential complications [4].


This research focused on document review, field survey, and mapping methodology to compare the critical issues on disaster-related historic urban landscape management. The study emphasizes the 'Denkenchiku' which is the guideline and regulation of historic preservation of urban landscape derive from the Japan Preservation procedure. The historic areas, mostly, using vulnerable material as the main structure or decorative elements. In this study, it used the UNESCO world heritage convention as discussion topics, especially in term of Factors affecting the properties and urban present/future challenge such post-pandemic historic city. The study compared the spatial aspect, the regulation, community participation of disaster prevention practice between Chiang Mai's historic area (Thailand) and Hizen-Hama (Japan). The results show the best practice of Hizen-Hama which allows Chiang Mai historic city to adopt the idea and pragmatic issues in disaster-related management. As Chiang Mai initiated the living historic area, it was able to integrate the Denkenchiku practice to enhance the living heritage with Disaster Risk Management. Along with the participation of community residents in the historic area who concern about local risk. As implied in the policy recommendation, the local initiative will act as a focal agent when combines heritage preservation with disaster risk management.


Although TSC1 or TSC2 inactivating mutations that lead to mTORC1 hyperactivation have been reported in hepatic angiomyolipomas (hAML), the role of other somatic genetic events that may contribute to hAML development is unknown. There are also limited data regarding the tumour microenvironment (TME) of hAML. The aim of the present study was to identify other somatic events in genomic level and changes in TME that contribute to tumorigenesis in hAML.


The implications of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) infection on outcomes after invasive therapeutic strategies among patients presenting with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) are not well studied.


Claus Dierksmeier admirably combats the misperception that Kant is a deontologist with no regard for virtue. Dierksmeier contends Kant offers a theory of virtue that can contribute in significant ways to advancing the analysis of, e.g., stakeholder theory and internal compliance programs. His plea that business ethicists should view Kant as a resource for thinking more widely and deeply about virtue seems eminently sensible. However, there are grounds for questioning whether a Kantian approach will be of much help in thinking through the ethics of real world business practices. CLAUS DIERKSMEIER CONTENDS Kant is not simply a deontological thinker. Kant offers, Dierksmeier (2013) argues, a theory of virtue that can contribute in significant ways to advancing the analysis of, e.g., corporate social responsibility (2013: 606), the business case for good behavior (2013: 602), employee conduct (2013: 603), etc. In particular, Kant argues for the desirability of cultivating practical wisdom Business Ethics Journal Review SCHOLARLY COMMENTS ON ACADEMIC BUSINESS ETHICS businessethicsjournalreview.com ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ Discuss this commentary at http://bejr.co/2014-0203x 1 University of St. Thomas (Minneapolis–St.Paul, Minnesota). Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Cite as: Bus Ethics J Rev 2(3): 15–21, http://doi.org/10.12747/bejr2014.02.03 Edited by Chris MacDonald & Alexei Marcoux


To slow down fossil energy usage and protect the environment, concentrating solar power has experienced tremendous growth. This paper focused on the relationship between annual solar irradiation and tilt angle of the concentrating system to find the optimal tilt angle when annual solar irradiation is maximum. In the calculating process, the tilt angle between 0° and 90° is separated from several angles with a 5° interval and calculate the corresponding annual solar irradiation. A relationship line between solar irradiation and tilt angle is indicated, and the optimal tilt angle is discovered. The relationship between solar irradiation and tilt angle in different seasons is also investigated. The result of this paper would be a theoretical foundation to promote the application of concentrating solar systems in Wuhan.


The modern slavery or human trafficking could give negative impacts on every aspects of human life. Furthermore, psychologically, this crime could lead to stress state, depression, and trauma on the victims. However, only some of trauma has prolonged effect. Besides, some of them has a temporary effect and needs only a short of time to recovery. Thus, the basic knowledge which is understood wholly towards human trafficking need to be done. In order to prevent the message distorted and wrong approach to solve the problem. Besides, the using of suitable method to perform an action for victims' recovery is really required, so the victims could gain a better life in the future.


This paper presents the up-gradation of power quality with DSTATCOM connected in distribution system. The DSTATCOM employed for power quality (change for the better) is a multi-level (5-level) cascaded H-Bridge configured device which is capable of delivering leveled compensating signals which are later filtered. The power switches of multi-level configured DSTATCOM are pulsed using multi-carrier PSCPWM fashion to which character reference components are obtained from instantaneous power control method. The proposed system is competent to make up unbalance, power factor and harmonics insisted by three-phase balanced non-linear loads and unbalanced non-linear load types in the distribution system.


Smoking habits of parents of asthmatic children were investigated in Luhacovice spa. In near by half the families parents smoked at home. During the eight-year follow-up no improvement was recorded.


Today most organizations keep several separated information directories in which for example computer passwords, e-mail addresses, telephone numbers etc. are stored. A big problem is that much of t ...


This research explored the notion that interview studies can be therapeutic for participants. It examines the common themes that participants report as beneficial from participating in a study about the transition from higher education to post-university life. The findings are presented as common themes and illuminated by participant excerpts. It is concluded that there are therapeutic characteristics to the qualitative interview process that mirror some of the benefits individuals can receive from the counseling process.