Accurate, real-time downhole hydraulics data are critical to successfully drill challenging wells. In many situations, operators rely on annular-pressure-whiledrilling (APWD) tools to provide downhole information based on actual wellbore conditions, thereby enabling wellsite personnel to implement corrective actions in the event of impending problems. These measurements need to be supported by a real-time hydraulics system that can provide the "what-should-be" scenario to complement the "what-is" scenario provided by the APWD tool and give an early indication of an unscheduled drilling event. A system that calculates downhole hydraulics based on surface parameters has been used in key operations around the world to reduce hydraulics-related problems. The real-time hydraulics system has also substituted for the APWD after the tool failed, or when no real-time data were available, such as during trips or running casing. This paper reviews several case histories where this technology was successfully applied to avoid, identify, and respond to problems that could have, or did, develop during well construction. During normal drilling conditions, the calculated equivalent circulating density (ECD) typically has been within 0.1 lb/gal of APWD values. In many cases, drilling problems were preceded by noticeable differences between measured and calculated ECDs. Step improvements have been made to detect in advance some of these problems, such as poor hole cleaning, wellbore instability, bit balling, and lost circulation. Lessons learned and areas of improvements to adapt the system to various drilling conditions have been identified and addressed in the paper. Introduction The causes and consequences of hydraulics-related problems are well known and documented. Poor wellbore management can result in a variety of problems such as borehole stability, lost circulation, well-control problems, etc. In general, the most critical problems are associated with narrow operating windows caused by the convergence of formation and fracture pressures. The introduction of annular-pressure-while-drilling (APWD) tools, arguably one of the most significant developments for monitoring drilling performance, has greatly simplified early detection of problems. By providing an instantaneous measurement of actual downhole pressures, APWD has gained wide acceptance as the tool of choice to guide drilling operations in difficult and/or uncertain situations. The numerous benefits of APWD to monitor drilling problems have been reported. Careful analysis of APWD trends can be used to predict impending problems. However, these trends need to be analyzed in the context of other drilling parameters and the resulting data overload may make timely intervention difficult at best. The situation can be exacerbated by the lack of suitable reference points to compare the expected conditions to measured-APWD values. This may make it difficult to determine if current drilling conditions are acceptable, and what adjustments are needed to correct potentially difficult situations. One of the key advantages of accurate real-time ECD modeling at the wellsite is that it provides a "whatshould-be" scenario to compare with the "what-is" scenario provided by the APWD, as well as other downhole and surface parameters. By comparing the expected values to the measured parameters, wellsite engineers may be significantly better prepared to determine the cause of any deviation from expected behavior and whether corrective action is required to the current drilling conditions. No practical models exist that can reliably predict various hydraulics-related problems such as kicks, wellbore washouts, bottomhole assembly (BHA) balling, shallow water flows, etc. Under normal drilling conditions, a correctly designed wellsite hydraulics software package should closely match trends from real-time APWD data. However, in the event of downhole problems, APWD data that represent actual conditions in the annulus can detect the problem, via an unexpected deviation in the measured data trend. This deviation relative to the model data, combined with existing and recent drilling parameters, should provide early indications to wellsite personnel on the most likely cause of any unplanned or unsafe wellbore conditions and allow timely corrective 2 S. ROY and D. POWER AADE-02-DFWM-HO-37 actions. It is important to note that APWD data alone often only indicates the existence of, but not the type of problem. APWD data still need to be analyzed along with other measured parameters to correctly diagnose the problems. One significant technology gap that still exists in the wellbore construction process is the inability to monitor, in real-time, downhole pressures during drillstring trips and casing/liner runs. Current APWD technology relies on mud pulse telemetry, whereby the information measured by the downhole tool is pumped to the surface as a pressure pulse when the drilling fluid is being circulated. When the mud is not being circulated during trips or when making connections, it is not possible to transmit any measured data to the surface. This is a critical issue, especially for deepwater drilling operations, where the margin between fracture gradient and pore pressure is small enough to place very strict limitations on operational parameters. Today, one of the major sources of whole-mud losses downhole occurs during casing runs and cementing operations, and minimizing these losses would deliver significant cost savings to the operator. The advent of high-speed desktop computers has facilitated the development of programs that can process complex and voluminous data. When correctly designed, real-time hydraulics models can deliver valuable output at the rigsite, where it is most needed, within a time frame that allows timely responses to be implemented. The aim of this paper is to review incidences from actual drilling operations where real-time hydraulics software, in conjunction with APWD data, was used to identify and respond to recognized problems. In many cases, this approach was used to prevent major problems on the well and greatly reduce non-productive time, and ultimately led to significant cost savings for the operator of the well. Real-Time Hydraulics Modeling The real-time hydraulics system (RTHS) discussed in this paper runs on a desktop computer linked directly to the rig data-acquisition system. In most cases, a universal data transfer protocol such as WITS is used; however, in some cases, proprietary protocols unique to the data provider have also been used. The RTHS accepts conventional surface measurements associated with the drilling process, together with certain manual input parameters not measured by sensors. If this link is bi-directional, RTHS-calculated hydraulics data can be sent to various locations on the rig for display. Downhole annular-pressure data from the APWD tool are not required as input, but are typically displayed on the output screen alongside the modeled ECD. The preferred data transmission speed for the input parameters is 1 Hz or faster, primarily for tripping operations. The RTHS relies heavily on transient temperature simulations to predict downhole temperature profiles. The temperature simulations utilize suction and flowline temperatures to calculate downhole profiles under circulating and static conditions. The RTHS is structured to utilize measured downhole temperatures, such as those provided by the APWD, to dynamically modify calculated temperature profiles to match the measured data. Temperature and pressure effects on density and rheology are key to accurate downhole hydraulics calculations. The RTHS uses calculated downhole temperature profiles to continuously adjust drilling fluid properties. The density models are primarily based on PVT (pressure-volume-temperature) characteristics of the liquid phases of the drilling fluid. Downhole rheology of the drilling fluid is calculated by 3-D interpolation among pressure, temperature, and shear rate based on rheology measurements at the wellsite and HTHP/LTHP measurements on viscometers. The RTHS also includes a sophisticated transient surge-and-swab pressure model that includes temperature and pressure effects on the density and rheology of fluids, and is adapted for use in a real-time mode. In addition, transient cuttings distribution in the annulus can be modeled, allowing rapid identification of regions in the wellbore where cuttings may accumulate. A more detailed discussion of the operation of the RTHS is given by Zamora, et. al. Case Histories Table 1 summarizes three exploratory wells discussed in this paper where the RTHS has been successfully used in conjunction with APWD to detect drilling problems. Examples are provided that illustrate how (a) bit/BHA balling, (b) tight hole, (c) gas kick, and, (d) borehole washout affect APWD data, and how results from wellsite hydraulic simulations can be used to detect such problems. Results are also included to show how the RTHS was successfully used as a guide to run a liner in a deepwater well without major problems. Relevant mud and other properties are shown in Table 2. The following observations apply to all the cases being presented: In general, calculated ECDs during normal drilling operations were within 0.1 lb/gal of APWD measurements when available. •


Let dv be a nonnegative Borel measure on [-Xr, 7r], with 0 < f1x dv < oo and with support of Lebesgue measure zero. We show that there exist {nj}m, C (0, oo) and {t_}00, C (-x, a) such that if dg(0) := E j dv(O + tj), . E [i 17 ]. J=1 (with the usual periodic extension dv(6 ? 2X) = dv(6)), then the leading coefficients {K,(dM)} ??% of the orthonormal polynomials for dy satisfy lim K,(dM)/KK+1 (dM) = 1. As a consequence, we obtain pure singularly continuous measures da on [-1, 1] lying in Nevai's class M.


The photooxygenation of cycloheptatrienes, sensitized by α-dicarbonyl compounds, produced (6+2)π-, (4+2)π- and (2+2)π-cycloadducts with oxygen. Although the product distributions resembled closely to those of the genuine singlet-oxygen oxidation, it has suffered a quenching by 2,6-di-tert-butyl-p-cresol, indicating it to be a radical reaction.


An elastic viscous plastic mechano-rheological model was developed for theoretical analysis of a spherical body shock interaction with a surface. The influence of the model elastic viscous plastic parameters on the dynamic parameters of a shock process was analyzed. The obtained results served as the basis for development of a new patented shock method to calculate the elasticity modulus. Some tests were carried out to assess the model adequacy and efficiency of the method. A free-falling spherical indentor with stated characteristics impacted a material sample while certain shock parameters (shock duration, height for the rebound, maximum magnitude of interaction strength and time corresponding to the maximum value of interaction strength) were recorded. The next step was to perform software-aided calculations. The elasticity modulus was determined basing upon the stiffness numerical value for an elastic element of the simulated model elastic viscous unit where calculated interaction parameters are congruent with experimental values. The calculated modulus of elasticity was compared with the experimental one. The modulus of elasticity was determined by a shock method. The paper briefly describes the tests.


Reactions of M2+ (M = Mg2+ (1), Ca2+ (2), Sr2+ (3), or Ba2+ (4)) salts with R,S-hydroxyphosphonoacetic acid (HPAA) in aqueous solutions of pH 2.0−2.7 at a 1:1 ratio yield hydrated M−HPAA layered or three-dimensional coordination polymers with varying degrees of hydration (metal-coordinated water or lattice water). The crystal structures of 3 (two different phases, 3a and 3b, formed at slightly different pH) and 4 have been determined by single-crystal X-ray crystallography. Both enantiomers (R and S) of HPAA are incorporated in these metal−HPAA materials. Compounds were also characterized by a plethora of other techniques (ATR-IR, SEM, TGA, elemental analyses, powder XRD). Corrosion experiments were carried out at pH 2.0 and 7.3 to study the effect of combinations of externally added Sr2+ or Ba2+ and HPAA (1:1 ratio) on corrosion rates of carbon steel. It was found that at pH 2.0 Sr/HPAA or Ba/HPAA 1:1 combinations are not able to inhibit corrosion. However, at pH 7.3 quantitative corrosion inhibition is ...


This paper coordinates ethical codes for psychiatry, psychology, and social work and discusses their implications for child sexual abuse assesment in child protection and divorce/custody/visitation cases. Guidelines developed by the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children are also considered. Confidentiality, protection from harm, and bias are discussed. Ethical issues are illustrated with case examples from actual clinical practice.


A close examination of the representation of gender and sexual identity within fiction, closely analysing two novels in addition to a wealth of secondary material. The work of Judith Butler is the primary research used to formulate this discussion, and allows this essay to reconstruct preconceived ideas about gender identity and its place in fiction and wider society. This essay also critically assesses my own creative artefact, which is a social examination of the representation of gender and sexuality in contemporary culture, in relation to other works.


Objective A modified technique of ultrafiltration and ultrafiltration was probed to affected for pediatric open-heart surgery. Methods There are 60 cases of pediatric open-heart surgery between Jan. 1999 to Jan. 2004. It was divided into two groups (control and treated group). The modified technique of ultrafiltration and ultrafiltration was adopted by treated group. It was contrasted to the time of cardiopulmonary bypass,the time of ventilator,the post operation blood lose and blood transfused postoperatively in both groups. Results The time of ventilator and the post operation blood lose were significantly lower in treated compared with control patients. Conclusion In extracorpereal, the modified ultrafiltration and ultrafiltration can dehydrate effectively, condense blood. Because blood is condensed, the haematoblast and other coagulated factors are increased comparatively. This reduces bleed after extracorpereal, reduces the amount of blood transfusion, and decreases the syndrome due to transfusion. Be propitious to the patients recovered.


This Bachelor Thesis is divided to a theoretical part and a practical part. The theoretical part deals with defining basic names like a project, a project method and project teaching. It is focused on the projects in historical point of view, their pros and cons too. The name project is related to preschool education, especially to curriculum for preschool education. The practical part includes a proposal and a verification of concrete project. It has been a goal of the practical part. The final evaluation of project presents several viewpoints from preprimary teacher, parents, children and author of thesis.


ALTHOUGH THE QUOTATION IN the title, taken from Austen's unfinished The Watsons, is exclamatory, as if Emma Watson cannot possibly imagine treachery between sisters, the eighteenth century in general took deep sibling rivalry for granted in ways that might surprise or disturb us. For instance, in 1775, the year of Austen's birth, Herbert Croft, then about twenty-four, published A Brother's Advice to His Sisters. His work rambles and repeats itself, generally telling his sisters to be good, but toward the end he writes, rather theatrically, "Where is he who will swear that the very hand which guides this pen backward and forward upon the paper, shall not, or e'er it crumble into dust, be shut, be clinched, against those Sisters for whose instruction it is now in motion?" (147). That is, he imagines himself hardhearted to his sisters, wondering whether it might just be possible for him, even though he might be rich, to "suffer the daughter of my mother and my father to be a cook's kitchen wench?" (149). Thus he supposes he might allow a full sister to work as a scullion rather than to help her. This grim imagined future in which a brother does not protect a sister is reinforced by Clara Reeve's later statement that "[b]rothers generally look on sisters as incumbrances on families; more remote relations seldom trouble themselves about them" (122). Even more extreme is the anonymous writer of a wildly popular devotional book. This work, called A New Week's Preparation for a Worthy Receiving of the Lord's Supper, as Recommended and Appointed by the Church of England, and which went through thirty-six editions by the time Austen was born, has the reader ask on Monday evening, under the heading "The duty of brethren and sisters," "Dost thou not secretly wish their death or disgrace, to make thy own fortune the more plentiful?" (27). Here siblings are seen as likely to be rivals for their parents' or other relatives' money and property, as of course they are in Sense and Sensibility---but even worse, rivals who are eager to profit from brothers' and sisters' death and disgrace to increase their own fortunes. And to cite chapter and verse from Austen, think of Robert Ferrars: while he doesn't precisely go so far as to wish his own brother Edward's death or disgrace, he quite happily appropriates the fortune that was to have been his brother's and comfortably concludes that his brother "'must be starved, you know;--that is certain; absolutely starved'" (SS 300). (1) Both the ideal of sibling love and protection and the likely violation of it are expressed in eighteenth-century novels, as noted by Ruth Perry, and in conduct books by the well-known John Gregory and Hester Chapone, whose works, reprinted again and again in Austen's lifetime, were addressed to young women. Conduct books for women were a bit like modern etiquette books, telling them essentially how to behave in all private and social circumstances. Chapone produced a two-volume Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Young Lady in 1773, and Gregory wrote A bather's Legacy to His Daughters, first published posthumously in 1774. (2) Although Gregory and Chapone do not refer to death wishes toward siblings, unlike the devotional New Week's Preparation, both writers do keep telling sisters to love their brothers with some immediately stated anxiety lest siblings be not really worthy of trust. Chapone hopes that her young lady reader will be a "useful and engaging friend to your younger companions, particularly to your sister and brothers, who ought ever--unless they should prove unworthy--to be your nearest and dearest friends, whose interest and welfare you are bound to desire as much as your own" (1:145-46). Gregory goes a bit further in imagining unworthy brothers: he recommends making friends of brothers in particular, stating, "The ties of blood, and your being so much united in one common interest, form an additional bond of union to your friendship. …


The objective of this work was to evaluate growth and dry matter production of forages species intercropped with physic nut (Jatropha curcas). The experiment was carried out in Dourados, MS, Brazil, in a randomized complete blocks design, in a factorial arrangement 7x2, split-plotted in time. The evaluated species were: Stylosanthes spp.; Urochloa ruziziensis; U. ruziziensis + Stylosanthes spp.; U. humidicola; Megathyrsus maximus 'Massai'; Cajanus cajan; and Crotalaria spectabilis. Species performance was evaluated in single and in physic nut-intercropped systems. Physic nut was planted in November/2006, in a 3x2-m spacing, and forages were sown in between rows in March/2009. The evaluations were done in seven periods, from April/2009 to June/2010. The forage species show good productive ability both as forage and soil coverage, when intercropped with physic nut. 'Massai' grass (M. maximus) has a better productive capacity and is more tolerant to shading than the other species, when intercropped with physic nut.


Purpose
Considering the complexity of dynamic and friction modeling, this paper aims to develop an adaptive trajectory tracking control scheme for robot manipulators in a universal unmodeled method, avoiding complicated modeling processes.

Design/methodology/approach
An augmented neural network (NN) constituted of radial basis function neural networks (RBFNNs) and additional sigmoid-jump activation function (SJF) neurons is introduced to approximate complicated dynamics of the system: the RBFNNs estimate the continuous dynamic term and SJF neurons handle the discontinuous friction torques. Moreover, the control algorithm is designed based on Barrier Lyapunov Function (BLF) to constrain output error.

Findings
Lyapunov stability analysis demonstrates the exponential stability of the closed-loop system and guarantees the tracking errors within predefined boundaries. The introduction of SJFs alleviates the limitation of RBFNNs on discontinuous function approximation. Owing to the fast learning speed of RBFNNs and jump response of SJFs, this modified NN approximator can reconstruct the system model accurately at a low compute cost, and thereby better tracking performance can be obtained. Experiments conducted on a manipulator verify the improvement and superiority of the proposed scheme in tracking performance and uncertainty compensation compared to a standard NN control scheme.

Originality/value
An enhanced NN approximator constituted of RBFNN and additional SJF neurons is presented which can compensate the continuous dynamic and discontinuous friction simultaneously. This control algorithm has potential usages in high-performance robots with unknown dynamic and variable friction. Furthermore, it is the first time to combine the augmented NN approximator with BLF. After more exact model compensation, a smaller tracking error is realized and a more stringent constraint of output error can be implemented. The proposed control scheme is applicable to some constraint occasion like an exoskeleton and surgical robot.


In Reply. —The fact that 39% of all births in 1994 were paid for with Medicaid funds is shocking. However, as I pointed out in the Editorial, the 1991 through 1994 increase to 39% is not due to an increase in the number of babies whose births are paid for by Medicaid but by a decline in the number of babies born to women with private health insurance. Part of this decline has occurred because women with higher incomes are not having as many babies as in previous years. But an increasingly important part of the decline in private health insurance coverage of births is due to employers' either not offering health insurance to their employees or increasing the premium share paid by employees for dependent coverage. A large majority of the women affected by the expanded eligibility for Medicaid are working or are dependents of workers—they simply cannot afford or do


Urbanization of rural areas plays an important role of upgrading rural industry structure, of transferring rural surplus labor force and of partially solving the existing contradiction of surplus population occupying very limited cultivable land, and profits the continuous development of agriculture. In this article, we focus on the problem encountered when performing urbanization of rural Sichuan and propose the strategies and measures of pushing rural-area-urbanization forward in a healthier way.


The present research intends to find out which is the current situation of a group of minors who had lived in admittance houses depending on the Autonomous Region of Madrid under a guardianship or tutelage regime in the period 1994-98, as well as their own and their relatives' opinion about such an experience.


Adult stink bugs were introduced onto caged, bush-type tomatoes to establish the amount of fruit damage resulting from different durations of infestation (up to 20 d), densities (1, 3, 5, and 10 bugs per 2 m of row), species ( Euschistus conspersus Uhler and Chlorochroa uhleri (Stal)) and reduced fruit abundance (75,50, and 0% reduction). Factors that significantly influenced the percentage of tomato fruit damaged were stink bug density and reduced fruit density at constant stink bug densities. Stink bug density affected the number of damaged areas per fruit in 1 of the 2 years of the study. Stink bug species and the number of days of stink bug infestation did not affect the percentage of damaged fruit or the number of damaged areas per fruit. Implications for stink bug management in tomatoes grown in California are discussed.


The object of research is microenterprises in Latvia. One of the most problematic places is the constant tightening of fiscal measures in relation to existing and newly created microenterprises. Including the increase since 2017, the rate of turnover tax from 9 to 15% for enterprises with annual turnover of up to 40 thousand EUR. This creates conditions for the closure of a part of microenterprises or the departure of their owners to the informal sector, which is already happening. Taking into account that in Latvia every fifth inhabitant is subject to the risk of poverty (in 2015 – 21.8% of the population), a reduction in the incomes of families that have lost microbusiness can lead to the growth of the poor. The research uses methods of comparative analysis of indicators of state statistics, the Register of Enterprises and other sources, which revealed both positive and negative aspects of microbusiness in Latvia. Particular attention is paid to the activities of microenterprises, which make a significant contribution to the economy of the country. In 2016, microenterprises employed about 248.57 thousand people or more than a third (35.2%) of employees of all Latvian enterprises. The research results show that at least 20% of the able-bodied population is engaged in business in Latvia. Such large share is associated with the arrival of former employees in the microbusiness. However, not all of them are ready to develop their business, which follows from the small amount of tax revenues to the state budget from microenterprises. For many of them, the goal of profit is not a priority, which goes against the established paradigm. However, they provide the livelihoods of their families, which legislators should take into account


We develop a stable and efficient numerical scheme for modeling the optical field evolution in a nonlinear dispersive cavity with counter-propagating waves and complex, semiconductor physics gain dynamics that is expensive to evaluate. Our stability analysis is characterized by a von Neumann analysis that shows that many standard numerical schemes are unstable due to competing physical effects in the propagation equations. We show that the combination of a predictor–corrector scheme with an operator splitting not only results in a stable scheme, but also provides a highly efficient, single-stage evaluation of the gain dynamics. Given that the gain dynamics is the rate-limiting step of the algorithm, our method circumvents the numerical instability induced by the other cavity physics when evaluating the gain in an efficient manner. We demonstrate the stability and efficiency of the algorithm on a diode laser model that includes three waveguides and semiconductor gain dynamics. The laser is able to produce a repeating temporal waveform and stable optical comb lines, thus demonstrating that frequency comb generation may be possible in chip-scale, diode lasers.


With the rapid development of blockchain, many service providers tend to provide users with network resources and services on the basis of blockchain, and most network resources are inseparable from the authorization. However, the current authorization mechanism based on blockchain is not perfect, which is easy to cause the user's identity attributes to be leaked, and not conducive to protecting the privacy of users. In order to improve the authorization mechanism based on the blockchain and protect the user's privacy to the greatest extent during the authorization process, we proposed a privacy-protecting authorization system based on blockchain and zk-SNARK. First of all, SP can authorize users through the blockchain smart contract. Second, in the authorization process, we introduced zk-SNARK. Using the zero-knowledge property of zk-SNARK, the SP can still authorize the users without knowing the identity attribute value of the users. Therefore, the proposed system can better protect the users' attribute privacy. Finally, we analyze the security of the proposed system, and the results show that it is computationally infeasible for an attacker to attack the system.


Apparatus for transmitting a position detecting signal of a multi-shaft engine, thereby outputting a parallel detector signal supplied from position detectors (4 (1), 4 (2)) at each of a plurality of motors (3 (1), 3 (2)), and to specify an engine rotational positioning averaging is used to motor drivers (8 (1), 8 (2)) by the operation of the motors (3 (1), 3 (2)) is sent to control, comprising: - a transmission-side transducer (11) having a serializer; - a receiving side transducer (12) having a Entserialisierungsschaltung; - an encoder-side parallel signal transmission path (14 (1), 14 (2)) for connecting the position detectors (4 (1), 4 (2)) and the transmission-side transducer (11); - a driver-side parallel signal transmission path (15 (1), 15 (2)) for connecting the receiver-side converter (12) and the motor driver (8 (1), 8 (2)); - a serial signal transmission path (13) for connecting the transmission-side converter and the receiver-side converter (12), wherein the transmission-side transducer (11) in parallel form present detector signals from the position detectors (4 (1), 4 (2)) via the encoder-side parallel signal transmission path (14 (1), 14 (2)) are supplied, in serial signals converts the resulting signals and providing the reception-side transducer (12) via the serial signal transmission path (13); and the reception-side transducer (12) back transforms the received serial detector signals (13) into signals of a parallel form and the resultant signals to the motor drivers (8 (1), 8 (2)) via the drive-side parallel signal transmission path (15 (1), 15 (2 )) offers.


Nuclear analysis for the array of loops ICRF launcher module design of INTOR is presented. The nuclear radiation environment in the different module components is determined. The fast neutron fluence in the BeO radome is 10/sup 22/ n/cm/sup 2/ after one full power year leading to significant microcracking. Activation calculations for SF/sub 6/ imply a total activity of 5 x 10/sup 4/ Ci at shutdown. Nuclear heating results in a large breakdown rate in SF/sub 6/. A 1.6 m thick nuclear shield is needed to allow for hands-on maintenance one day after shutdown behind the launcher module. The results imply that significant design changes are required for the array of loops ICRF launcher module to stand the severe INTOR nuclear environment.


Integral inequalities play a key role in applied and theoretical mathematics. The purpose of inequalities is to develop mathematical techniques in analysis. The goal of this paper is to develop a fractional integral operator having a non-singular function (generalized multi-index Bessel function) as a kernel and then to obtain some significant inequalities like Hermit Hadamard Mercer inequality, exponentially $ (s-m) $-preinvex inequalities, Polya-Szego and Chebyshev type integral inequalities with the newly developed fractional operator. These results describe in general behave and provide the extension of fractional operator theory (FOT) in inequalities.


Some actinomycete strains isolated from Egyptian soi l were screened for their antimicrobial activities using starch casein medium. Two of the actinomycete isolates designated as DN.37 and DN.7 were found to produce a broad spectrum antimicrobial activi ty. The cul tural, physiological, biochemical characteristi cs and the nucleotide sequence of the 16S rRNA gene of the two isolates strain evidenced a 98 and 99% similarity with Streptomyces cyaneus and Streptomyces lavendulae respectively. The optimum ant imicrobial activity occurred upon using medium No. 4 for both isolates. The optimized conditions for antimicrobial productivity were achieved at pH (7.0-7.5); temperature (30C), agitation speed (200 rpm), working volume (50 ml medium/ 250 ml conical flask) and the best incubation period was 4 and 6 days for both St. cyaneus DN. 37 and St. lavendulae DN. 7 respectively. The optimum inoculums size was 3ml/50ml vegetative cells of 3 days old slant and spore suspension for both St. cyaneus DN. 37 and St. lavendulae DN.7. Both sugar cane molasses and corn steep l iquor found to be the best carbon and ni trogen by-product sources for Streptomyces cyaneus DN. 37 while, sugar cane molasses and soybean meal for St. lavendulae DN.7. The suggest optimized medium for the highest antimicrobial productivity in case of St. cyaneus DN. 37 was sugar cane molasses, 70.0; corn steep li quor, 40.0 ml and CaCO 3 , 2.0, while, for St. lavendulae DN.7 the optimized medium was sugar cane molasses, 60.0; soybean meal, 48.0, and CaCO3 , 2.0.


We explore the advantages of using Erasure Codes (ECs) in a very challenging sensor networking scenario, namely, monitoring and tracking bats in the wild. The mobile bat nodes collect contact information that needs to be transmitted to stationary base stations whenever they are in communication range. We are particularly interested in improving the overall communication reliability of the wireless communication. The mobile nodes are capable of storing a few 100kB of data and to exchange contact information in aggregated form. Due to the continuous flight of the bats and the forest environment, the wireless channel quality varies quickly and, thus, the communication is in general assumed to be highly unreliable. Given the very strict energy constraints of the mobile node and the inherently asymmetric channels, conventional techniques such as full data replication or Automatic Repeat Request to improve the communication reliability are prohibitive. In this work, we investigate the tradeoff between reliability achieved and the cost in form of additional transmissions, that is, the additional energy costs. Our energy measurements on a real platform combined with larger-scale simulation of the wireless communication clearly indicate the advantages of using ECs in our scenario. The results are also applicable in other configurations when unreliable communication channels meet tight energy budgets.


In small ratings, direct-driven wind power applications multiple permanent magnet generators have become very attractive. Connected directly to the turbine axis, this type of electrical machine contributes to low price energy (the energy loss is diminished through the conversion, the turbine performance is increased) and to the reduction of the noise - this would be a very important aspect in case the turbine is placed nearby the localities. The present paper approached the magnetic field analysis of a claw pole permanent magnet rotor topology for a synchronous machine, suitable for small wind power application, by means of the 3D finite elements method.


A polysilicon-gate dual direction silicon-controlled rectifier device (PGDDSCR) is proposed for the research of on-chip integrated protection of RF communication system with dual direction SCR. It is validated using the 0.18-μm standard BCD(BiCMOS/CMOS/DMOS) process and is used for electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection of RF communications. The HBM level of the device is estimated based on the results of the transmission line pulse test. The human body model (HBM) of the PGDDSCR device is 4.5 KV, the breakdown voltage and the failure current are 21.1 V and 3 A, respectively. Due to the short-circuiting of the polysilicon gate of the anode (cathode), the PGDDSCR device generates an electric field effect to promote the positive feedback effect of the SCR, achieving the level of protection required by the target system. And because the area of the ESD device is small, the parasitic capacitance present does not affect the signal integrity of the RF communication system.


This monograph deals orthotanasia. Main objective was to study the Institute of orthotanasia, analyzing the compatibility of use with the constitutional principle of human dignity and the rights of the individual's personality, especially the right to a dignified death. This experiment aimed to further explain and analyze the possible consequences resulting from any permission from orthotanasia front of the constitutional guarantee of right to life. For this purpose, the method of deductive approach was used, with monographic method of procedure, using the legal books, papers and case law through the internet. It was seen then that orthotanasia in Brazil was recently regulated by the Code of Medical Ethics. There was also, according to results of the research literature, that the procedure is sanctioned by the principle of human dignity, because it is the individual's right to have dignity in death process. Another north, it was concluded that orthotanasia not hurt the constitutional guarantee of right to life, because its essence is founded on the principle of human dignity and autonomy of the will of the terminally ill. In this light, titling orthotanasia as a criminal practice is to remove the terminally ill the right to have dignity in the ending of his life.


The computer according to the present invention comprises a millimeter wave oscillator 201 and a central processing unit (CPU) motherboard 202 is mounted 200, among other components. Millimeter-wave oscillator (201) is operable to generate a clock signal and transmitting it via the link 203 to the CPU (202). The clock signals may be employed as the processing clock signals and system clock signals for the CPU (202). Advantageously, the millimeter wave oscillator 201, while quite a little generate heat and allows the high frequency clock signal currently available in the prior art. Therefore, CPU (202) may not require any cooling system will be sufficient if it is prior art cooling system is less than needed. In addition, CPU (202) will be more reliable than arrangements (arrangements). This arrangement may increase the battery life of the computer according to the present invention because it requires less power than the conventional array technologies.


Optical absorption losses a and Faraday rotation ¿<inf>F</inf> in the wavelength region ¿=0.5 to 2.5 ¿m were investigated for YIG films doped with Pb, Ca and other ions. The contributions of Pb2+, Pb4+, Fe2+ and Fe4+ ions to the values of a and ¿<inf>F</inf> were studied by reducing Ca-free and Ca-doped YIG films grown by LPE. The absorption enhancement due to Pb2+ is prominent near the optical absorption edge, and that due to Pb4+ is marked near 0.56 ¿m. The strong absorption near ¿=0.56 ¿m is thought to originate in the combined presence of Fe3+ and Pb4+. The contribution of Fe4+ to the ¿<inf>F</inf> spectra in the near-infrared is negative, similar to the case for Pb2+; but the contribution of Fe2+ is negligible in the wavelength range measured.


The aim of this paper is to assign real estate values and especially apartment values with positive impacts associated with their view. This kind of impacts, although well described in the literature, are most of the times given in a qualitative approach. This is because of the inability of creating a mathematical model for quality of view for all the geographic space. What is the value of looking to Eifel tower in Paris and what is the value of looking to lake Como in Italy? The area of interest in this paper is the town of Thessaloniki in northern Greece. The choice of Thessaloniki is due to the theatrical scape of the town around the seaside and Thermaikos gulf. The paper also tries to cover the literature review on this subject taking in all the papers that have been published on this subject. This new approach comes from the science of Geographical Information Systems and the detailed building-building approach comes thanks to the ability of the new technologies in measuring the land using new aerial methods.


For more information contact Dr. Miller at firstname.lastname@example.com Juliana Maantay , M.U.P., Ph.D., is Professor of Urban Environmental Geography at City University of New York (Lehman College, CUNY Graduate Center, and CUNY School of Public Health) since 1998. She directs the graduate program in Geographic Information Science as well as the Urban GISc Lab, and has edited several compendia and written two widely-used textbooks and numerous other publications on the urban environment and geospatial analysis. Her main research foci are environmental justice, health disparities, and exposure/risk assessment, specifically in urban areas. For 25 years prior to her academic career, she was an urban planner, environmental analyst, and architect. Dr. Maantay earned a B.Sc. in Environmental Analysis and Design from Cornell University; an M.U.P. from New York University; an M.A. in Geography/GISc from Hunter College, CUNY; and an M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Environmental Geography from Rutgers University.


In Guatemala, Maximon is a figure with several faces who was born in the encounter between mayan and catholic worlds. His worship, limited at an area, a culture and an ethnic group until the 80's, is now taken in a process of trans-localization. It spread out under various ways in the whole country – even among the urban halfcaste population – but also in Mexico and the United States of America, following the guatemalan immigration. This paper propounds a reflection about the national and international dynamics of this worship, about its changes and its new meanings, and also about the identity claiming. After a fieldwork in the city of Los Angeles, we will see how this worship has taken a new individual and syncretic dimension, how he moved off the mayan world and takes a new signification for latino-american immigrants.


Indium doped zinc oxide, ZnO(In), is a promising scintillation material for nanosecond-fast beam monitoring and counting heavy ions of MeV energy and above. We investigated the ionoluminescence and UV/Vis light transmission spectra that occur in ZnO(In) ceramic exposed to 4.8 MeV/u [Formula: see text]Ca and [Formula: see text]Au ions up to [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text], respectively. Ionoluminescence and UV/Vis light transmission spectra were measured online as a function of fluence. Ionoluminescence is characterized by an intensive single emission band at 387 nm due to near-band-edge emission. We observed that the loss of the ionoluminescence intensity is more sensitive to the ion-beam-induced radiation damage than the loss of the optical transmission. The ionoluminescence intensity reduction as a function of ion fluence is described within the Birks–Black model. ZnO(In) exhibits higher radiation hardness and, thus, a longer lifetime than plastic scintillators used so far for fast-counting applications.


The cheek pouch of the golden hamster (Mesocricatus auratus) has been used extensively in both microcirculatory studies and tissue transplant experimentation (cf. 1). Data on the blood flow to various tissues and particularly the cheek pouch and cremaster muscle would be valuable in the interpretation of many types of experiments, but these data are not available. The purpose of this study was to obtain relative blood flow measurements in the hamster. In addition, we have measured the cardiac output by a simplified indicator dilution method. Methods. Animals were 90–120 g, male golden hamsters obtained from Chickline Animal Supply. Five hamsters were anesthetized with 60 mg/kg pentobarbital, ip. Rectal temperature was measured with a Yellow Springs Instruments telethermometer and was maintained at 38° with an external heat lamp. A carotid artery and femoral vein were cannulated with polyethylene tubing and the cannulae were passed into the aorta and inferior vena cava, respectively. Regional blood flows, as fraction of total cardiac output, were measured with the Sapirstein cardiac-output fractionation technique using 86Rb as the indicator (2). At zero time, 0.1 ml of isotonic 86Rb (10 μCi/ml) was injected into the femoral cannula and at 45 sec the animal was killed with 1 ml of 3 M KC1 injected into the femoral venous cannula. Tissue samples were obtained from the cheek pouch, cremaster, gastrocnemius muscle, ventricles and diaphragm and were weighed and digested in 0.5–1.0 ml of nitric acid at 80°. Arterial blood samples were hemolyzed with distilled water. All samples were diluted to a final volume of 2 ml with distilled water before counting. 86Rb activity was determined in a Baird-Atomic well scintillation counter. Fractions of cardiac output per gram wet weight of tissue were calculated from the ratios of counts per gram in tissue to total counts injected.


The biology characteristics of subterraneous stem of Acidosasa edutis were studied,namely,the yearly growth law,vertical and horizontal distribution,variation of bamboo bud and growth law of bamboo rhizome.The results indicate that the radial growth of bamboo rhizome and the temperature have close relations.Radial growth enlarges along with the increasing of average temperature of the month,achieves largest from July to Aug.and enters the dormancy when approaches to Dec,the bamboo rhizome quantity are most under the topsoil of 11-30 cm,especially in the center slope.Bamboo rhizome at 2~3-year-old have the most bud,correspondingly have many transforms for the bamboo shoot and bamboo rhizome.Bamboo rhizome at 1~4-year-old all have rootlets which can reproductive after shrinking,but it does not happened in the 5a bamboo rhizome.


Since the establishment of the institution of village, settlement and city mayors in the system of local self-government of Ukraine,the legal status of these persons has not changed significantly. This indicates that the constitutional model of local self-government,headed by a village, town, city mayor, mainly satisfied society's demand for stable local self-government. Today, when gradually as aresult of the reform of decentralization and administrative-territorial organization Ukraine has become a country of united territorialcommunities with significant powers locally, the issue of improving local self-government, finding its optimal model and the balanceof powers between key components of its system is gaining momentum relevance.Since the adoption of the Constitution, the system of local self-government of Ukraine has included territorial communities,which carry out local self-government in the manner prescribed by law, both directly and through local governments: village, town, citycouncils and their executive bodies. In the Law of Ukraine "On Local Self-Government in Ukraine" this list was supplemented by themain official of the territorial community – village, settlement, city mayor, who in the system of local self-government was given a"third" place between village, settlement, city council and executive bodies of village, settlement, city council. However, whether suchan intermediate position is occupied by the village, settlement, city mayor in the system of local self-government of Ukraine? After all,village, settlement, and city councils, which include deputies of local councils, as representative bodies of local self-government, areendowed by law with significant exclusive powers. Also, the executive bodies of local self-government are endowed by law with theirown (self-governing) powers and the powers delegated by the state to the bodies of executive power. The village, settlement, city mayordoes not have all these powers. To find an answer to this question by studying the status and powers of the chief official of the territorialcommunity used a system of checks and balances, which is embodied in local government of Ukraine in the principle of distribution ofpowers between representative local governments (councils), village, town, city and executive bodies of local self-government (exe -cutive committees, departments, administrations and other executive bodies created by councils).


Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are almost four times more likely to die from respiratory diseases than other non-Indigenous Australians (Australian Bureau of Statistics 2010). Tobacco smoking is a major cause leading to these diseases.


Passive isolation valve is provided with one or more nozzles, the nozzles in order to remove the accumulated particulate material from the area of the valve adjacent to the valve seat, so as to deliver a flow of gas in the area adjacent to the valve seat is configured, the particulate material, otherwise, may adversely affect the closure of the valve in response to high energy events. .FIELD 5


Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder involving interactions between different cell types in the brain. Previous single‐cell and bulk expression Alzheimer's studies have reported conflicting findings about the key cell types and cellular pathways whose expression is primarily altered in this disease. We re‐analyzed these data in a uniform, coherent manner aiming to resolve and extend past findings. Our analysis sheds light on the observation that females have higher AD incidence than males.


In this study, we uncover remarkable aging behavior in InP-based quantum-dot-based light-emitting diodes (QD-LEDs) encapsulated with epoxy, where the current efficiency increases over time. Our investigation reveals that positive aging...


This paper describes the architecture and implementation of the system for checking scientific papers (graduate, master, doctoral). It is possible to add scientific papers to the system and check if there are similar papers in the collection. If there are similar papers, how similar are they. Professors also have the opportunity to check if there are too many matches by looking at scientific papers.


Women with cervical cancer require special attention from an interdisciplinary team given their vulnerable condition. It is imperative that they be oriented towards reducing the distress inherent in the process of coping with the disease in order to improve their quality of life. The aim of this research was to evaluate the effects of a psycho-educational intervention in psychological preparation for brachytherapy, with individuals and groups, on levels of distress and quality of life domains. The study was conducted in a radiotherapy service. It is a quasi-experimental design with a convenience sample which employed quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection and analysis. The study included 36 women divided into three groups: Control Group GC (n = 16), Intervention Experimental Group GEIG (n = 6) and Individual Intervention Experimental Group GEII (n = 14). The GC patients received standard care offered by the service, which includes consultations with medical and nursing staff and radiotherapy. The experimental group participated in a directed and brief psycho-educational intervention, in a single session of approximately two hours. The intervention was took place between the query admission and the first application of brachytherapy. Intervention evaluation was performed in three steps using the HAD and FACT-Cx scales. Semi-structured interviews took place before and after treatment. Mixed ANOVA was used to analyze scores obtained through the scales and reports of patients were categorized using Bardins' (2010) method of analysis. Results showed that regardless of group at the time of entry into the service, women lacked knowledge regarding the disease and treatment. Only women from GEIG and GEII expressed, at first assessment, levels of distress that suggested the need of receiving targeted interventions during their treatment. Comparing the scores of distress between the groups in the pre, post-intervention and follow up encounters, it appears that this variable did not have significant statistical difference amongst the groups. Analysis of levels of distress of the three groups suggests that individual intervention offered greater effect in the pre-intervention. With regard to quality of life, data indicates a significant statistical increase in welfare functional domains, throughout the evaluations, yet only among women who participated in the intervention. The GC highlighted unfavorable aspects of treatment and care provided by the staff was perceived as very satisfactory. Despite the intervention not affecting the responses of distress, patients indicated that the content covered met their expectations, promoting the assimilation of information about treatment, changes in emotional well-being, providing social / emotional support, aid in managing fear and changes in thoughts as to brachytherapy as key points that highlight the importance of maintaining the intervention. The individual format proved to be the most adequate alternative to the referred service. It is recommended that this activity be incorporated as part of the assistance offered in the unit.


Undergraduates have numerous technological avenues to utilize if they choose to cheat in a class. Students, for example, can use a cell phone to store answers or use the Internet to download a research paper. Even though the problem of "e-cheating" is important to teaching faculty, little research has been conducted to examine e-cheating at the undergraduate level. This study, therefore, was conducted to empirically investigate student behavior and perceptions. Results suggest that although cheating is common among students, e-cheating is not prevalent.


Computer games are the results of the development of high technology.Whether a computer game success or not is attribute to the core algorithms.The new theories and algorithms should be applied to the research and development of computer games in order to offer game players move fun and rais their interests in games.The Artificial Intelligence(AI) programming takes a decisive role on availability of game-play.On the basis of analyzing game software structure,this paper emphasizes on applying ANNs theory and its study and prediction technology to the improvement of game software.In addition,it also discusses the design of computer games with predictive control,and the application of C++ and MATLAB in some experiments of games.


Program representation is a critical issue in the area of software analysis and software re-engineering. It heavily relates to the portability and effectiveness of the software analysis tools that can be developed. This paper describes an approach that focuses on source code representation schemes in the form of Abstract Syntax Trees that are encoded as XML documents. These XML source code representations conform with a DTD we call the domain model. By utilizing a domain model for a given programming language we can build tools on top of an XML DOM tree. The XML DOM tree has a standard API that all tools developed using this approach can use. In such a way, software analysis tools can interoperate or be easily integrated in what we refer to as Integrated Software Maintenance Environments.


The testing effect is the phenomenon that testing enhances memory for previously studied content. Memory is particularly enhanced for items successfully retrieved during testing. Three experiments investigated the effects of testing before studying a time when participants were unlikely to successfully retrieve content. Participants read excerpts from an essay on vision. They were either asked about embedded concepts before reading the passage (test condition) or they read the passage for a longer time (read condition). In both conditions the tested concepts were highlighted (presented in bold letters or italics) to distinguish the effects of testing from attention direction. Although participants failed on initial tests, memory performance on a final posttest was better in the tested condition in all experiments. Retrieving the correct answer from memory does not appear to be the only reason for the testing effect— simply being asked seems to enhance future learning.


They fear it could undermine public confidence in cornea transplants

P romotional material for the Bollywood horror film Naina reads, "Twenty years of Darkness. 7 days of hell. No one could survive it. She did" (www.nainathefilm.com). While the film—released on 20 May and now showing all over India—may not have spooked that many audiences as yet, it has terrified ophthalmologists and voluntary eye-donation campaigners all over the country.

The "hell" portrayed in the movie is the paranormal experiences of the lead character, whose eyesight is restored by a cornea transplant. According to eye specialists of the All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS), and campaigners at the Eye Bank Association of India (EBAI) and Ganadarpan (a Calcutta-based voluntary organisation), Naina could reinforce myths about cornea transplants and is poised to create a climate of fear among recipients as well as donors.

The film tells the story of a blind girl called Naina (also meaning "eyes" in Hindi) living in London. The girl loses her eyesight in a car crash when she is 5 years old. Twenty …


As the population is growing , there is a rapid utilization of electric energy either in industries or house-hold sectors . Due to scarcity in conventional energy resources could not meet the power demand. Non conventional energy combining with conventional resources are needed for satisfying the energy demand. The best alternative is the Solar energy. In order to extract large amount of power from incoming solar emission an optimized and redundant control strategy is developed to remove the existing straits. From photovoltaic module maximum possible power is extracted using MPPT and it is fed to the step up converter which boosts up the voltage and later given to load. Modified Perturb & Observe method regulates duty cycle of step up converter for changing load in accordance to MPPT tracking.


The original portable hydraulic jack is often applied in earthquake relief work,rescue,hoisting and push,but its volume and single unit weight are big,its support force is not enough,its work efficiency is low,and it is not portable. An ultrahigh pressure manual hydrauliac jack based on ladder piston hand pump and hydraulic double speed cylinder with prefill valve was put forwarded. And the calculation methods for the maximun jack's load and plunger speed were studied. The practical application shows that its single unit weight is less than 25 kg,its pressure is 63 MPa,its support force is 12 × 104N,its plunger speed is 637 mm/min, and it is portable.


Objective: To review the pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, efficacy, and safety of the fixed-dose combination of insulin degludec and the glucagon-like peptide-I receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA), liraglutide (IDegLira) in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Data Sources: A PubMed and MEDLINE search (1966 to July 2017) of the keywords insulin degludec, liraglutide, and type 2 diabetes mellitus was conducted. References were reviewed to identify additional citations. Study Selection and Data Extraction: Articles written in English were included if they evaluated the pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, clinical efficacy, or safety of IDegLira in humans. Data Synthesis: IDegLira displayed pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties similar to that of the individual components. IDegLira has shown significant hemoglobin A1C (A1C) reductions of 1.3% to 1.9% and fasting plasma glucose reductions of 45 to 65 mg/dL when used in patients with T2DM previously receiving oral antihyperglycemic agents (AHAs), GLP-1 RAs, or basal insulin. Weight loss also occurred when IDegLira was started in patients previously receiving oral AHAs or basal insulin. Adverse effects (AEs) tended to be mild and transient. The most common AEs were headache, nasopharyngitis, upper-respiratory infections, and gastrointestinal disorders. Hypoglycemia risk was lower with IDegLira than basal insulin alone but higher than liraglutide alone. Conclusions: IDegLira may provide additional glycemic control with fewer AEs for patients uncontrolled on a GLP-RA or basal insulin alone. Additional studies evaluating use in patients on oral AHAs with higher A1C values and in comparison to bolus insulin are needed.


Experience with domiciliary noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV) in children is limited. The aim of this study was to determine the number of patients and categorize the use of domiciliary NIMV in children in France.


In this study, the safety impact for smart structural helmets worn by firefighters in rescue operations was fully investigated through numerical analysis method. Lateral crushing test and impact absorption test in accordance with KFI standard for fire fighting structural helmets under various load c...


This paper looks into the Two-Index Vehicle Flow Formulation and the Three-Index Vehicle Flow Formulation for the Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem. Aside from comparing the number of variables and constraints, we also compare the strength of the LP bound of each formulation. As a result, we found that the Two-Index Vehicle Flow Formulation produces stronger LP bound than the Three-Index Formulation. Furthermore, we also found that these formulation deals with slightly different problems. Thus, we adjusted the two formulations so that they solve the same problem, while also prove that the LP bound of the Two-Index Formulation is at least that of the Three-Index Formulation.


The key area of management and human resource management is the process of learning and decision development workers. The strategic level is quite abstract, and for better definition of that key, you need to focus on individual elements of the process. The aim of this thesis is to describe and analyze the current state of education and staff development company HIAM KONSERVNY UILDVER Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "HKU Ltd.). At the same time to try on the basis of scientific literature to identify potential weaknesses in the system (process) and to propose possible options for corrective action (solution).


A damage-proof drive component device applies to the field of mining machinery or engineering machinery. The device comprises a mining mechanism (1), a drive mechanism (2), a damage-proof mining drive component mechanism (3), a guide mechanism (6), and so on. The damage-proof mining drive component mechanism (3) comprises an anti-inclination structure (4) and/or a buffer anti-inclination structure (66). The mining mechanism (1) comprises a percussion head (5). The drive mechanism (2) comprises a power percussion member (9). The damage-proof mining drive component mechanism (3) is disposed at one end or both ends of the power percussion member (9), or on the power percussion member (9), or on the percussion head (5). The power percussion member (9) drives the percussion head (5) to perform percussion, and a percussion reaction inclination force is applied on the anti-inclination structure (4) and/or the buffer anti-inclination structure (66). The anti-inclination structure (4) and/or the buffer anti-inclination structure (66) prevent the drive mechanism (2) from suffering inclination and/or percussion damage. Also provided is a damage-proof drive component device method.


Nowadays it is commonly accepted that some degree of judicial law making is necessary. However, judicial activism is controversial. In his article "Judicial Activism – Justice or Treason?" Tom Campbell outlines strict parameters for judicial activists, judges who do not apply existing law to reach a decision but instead applies his or her own views as to what the law ought to be. Building on Campbell's article, this paper investigates judicial activism in the context of judicial gap filling of accident compensation legislation. This paper argues that judicial activism should be accepted as a necessary and significant part of statutory interpretation. Statutory gaps are inevitable. In order to fill such gaps a judge must both make law and be activist. Judges should be allowed to make law and be activist to the extent that it is necessary to fill statutory gaps. Although judicial law making and judicial activism is not ideal, filling the statutory gap is preferable to the alternative of leaving the case undecided. We ought to be candid about this reality of judicial law making.


A controlled laboratory experiment was conducted to explore the effects of ingot homogenization practice on the properties of forged alloy 718. Five, 101 mm diameter alloy 718 VIM ingots were static cast, homogenized at various temperatures and hot forged to 25 mm squares. These forgings were evaluated by microstructural analysis, differential thermal analysis, room temperature tensile testing and 650°C stress rupture testing. Data from this investigation are supplemented by over 200 observations collected on 25 mm to 153 mm diameter hot rolled rounds during a time period when the VIM-VAR ingot homogenization practice was altered. It was observed that the homogenization practice can have a profound effect on the macrostructure and microstructure of the as-cast and wrought products. Use of an improved step homogenization technique significantly reduces the number of rejections of wrought alloy 718 rounds due to banding, dendritic segregation or inadequate grain size control. The effect of the homogenization practice change on the room temperature tensile, 650°C temperature tensile and 650°C stress rupture results is relatively minor.


Gracilaria changii is a red seaweed species in Malaysia with high protein content (12.57% (dry basis)). Thus, G. changii proteins are potential precursors for producing bioactive peptides. To date, no study has been reported on the potential of G. changii proteins as potential precursors for bioactive peptides. In this study, fourteen G. changii proteins were selected as potential precursors of bioactive peptides using in silico approach. It was found that the most potential bioactivity was dipeptidyl peptidase-IV (DPP IV) inhibitory and angiotensin-I converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory activities. Papain, ficin and stem bromelain were used for in-silico proteolysis. Stem bromelain was found to be more effective in terms of the release of fragments with a given activity. Furthermore, two tripeptides (ACF and YCL) were screened as novel and promising bioactive peptides. The characteristics of both peptides were also analyzed using PeptideRanker, PepCalc, Peptide Cutter, ToxinPred, AllerTop and AHTpin bioinformatic tools. The bioinformatic tools predicted that both peptides were non-toxic, non-allergen and highly potential. The present work suggests that G. changii can serve as a potential source of bioactive peptides and these findings can provide a basis for future in-vitro and in-vivo study of bioactive peptides from G. changii proteins.


material was divided into twomajor groups: groupA,consisting ofectopic beats withfixed coupling occurring during grossly irregular dominant rhythms, andgroupB,consisting ofectopic beats withvarying coupling occurring during regular dominant rhythms. Analysis ofgroupA,thesubject ofthepresent report, shows a definite relationship between theduration oftheventricular cycle andtheoccurrenceof ventricular premature systoles, inthatlong cycles favor their appearance whereas short cycles tend topreclude it. This"rule ofbigeminy" isbestexplained on thebasis ofare-entry mechanism oftheventricular premature systoles. Criteria aregiven forthedifferential diagnosis between ventricular premature systoles andaberrant ventricular conduction ofsupraventricular impulses whichispronetooccurunder similar circumstances. Theanalysis ofgroupB ispresented ina subsequent report. IGEMINY, asa descriptive term' of cardiac irregularity refers toa continuous alternation ofshort andlong cardiac cycles, corresponding tothephenom


Since hearing loss is one of the most widespread disabilities and can often be addressed by early detection and intervention, there is a strong interest in technologies for cost-effective and mass-deployable hearing screening. Towards this, smartphones have been used for subjective tests where a sequence of tones are played to a subject who has to appropriately respond upon hearing them. But such tests are inappropriate where, e.g., children are involved who cannot provide reliable feedback, or the test takes too long. In this paper, we investigate an alternative modality to develop an objective screening test using smartphones. It relies on how the cochlea actively distorts tones emitted into the ear. By measuring these distorted signals, it is possible to reliably deduce the subject's hearing health. But smartphones are not designed to detect such low signals, and the suitability of a phone depends on the signal processing characteristics of the phone's hardware. In this paper we investigate this issue in detail and conclude that some smartphones are suitable for objective screening tests that require no interaction with a subject. This opens up new screening options that were not available before and have immense societal implications in developing countries.


The invention discloses a lateral cooling LED (Light-Emitting Diode) and a manufacture method thereof. The LED comprises a substrate, an N-type conducting semiconductor layer, a luminous layer, a P-type conducting semiconductor layer and a cooling layer. The N-type conducting semiconductor layer is arranged on the substrate, the luminous layer is arranged on the N-type conducting semiconductor layer, the P-type conducting semiconductor layer is arranged on the luminous layer, and the N-type conducting semiconductor layer is connected to an encapsulating carrier by the cooling layer. In the invention, heat energy is conducted out of the LED by utilizing a metal layer with patterns and a lateral cooling layer to increase the heat energy dispersion speed of the LED and improve the luminous efficiency of the LED.


The present invention discloses a pressure using a rotary tilting one kind of magnetic structure / broadband piezoelectric vibration energy harvester, to design a door frame, the upper left supporting plate (8) of the frame a hole is opened, with the bearing bore (6) , built with a cantilever bearing (7), one end of the cantilever through sequentially projecting into a rotary eccentric pendulum (4) of the swing hole, and then an end portion projecting with a piezomagnetic / piezoelectric transducer (1) fixedly connected to said magnetic pressure / piezoelectric transducer embedded in the gap pair of permanent magnets (2) consisting of, connected to the permanent magnet armature (3) fixed to the right door support frame plate (5) on or cantilever supported by the bearing (7) is connected to a projecting end of permanent magnets (2) a fixing plate (12), a magnetic pressure / piezoelectric transducer (1) is embedded in the permanent magnet ( 2) formed in the air gap, the magnetic pressure / piezoelectric transducer is fixed on the center axis of the left support plate door frame (8).


Congestive heart failure (CHF) has a growing incidence, a great impact on public health, and high morbidity and mortality. Excessive blood volume is a prevalent complication present in 80% of the patients diagnosed with CHF. Pharmacological and non-pharmacological strategies in the treatment of CHF aim to better manage blood volume and reduce the use of diuretics. Extracorporeal ultrafiltration has evidenced better weight control, and a reduction in the length of hospitalization and re-hospitalization of patients with CHF. We report the cases of 2 patients diagnosed with CHF and treated with peritoneal dialysis at Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre.


The rapid development of the nuclear reactor technique during the last ten years has rendered possible the production of large quantities of new radioactive isotopes by which for the first time monoenergetic gamma radiation has become available for beam therapy at focal distances of up to one metre. Due to this favourable development, very compact kilocurie sources of radioactive material of high specific activity and correspondingly high radiation emission are now available. The isotopes of particular interest for this purpose are C0 6 0 and CS137. These new high energy radiation sources immediately attracted much interest in radiotherapy, particularly since a skin sparing effect as a function of the build-up depth and a strongly reduced absorption of energy in bone tissues as compared with that in soft tissues, and of the increased percentage depth doses, were evident. Plans for their introduction into clinical work have accordingly been drawn up in many centres. The first-mentioned isotope in fact is at present widely used. The number of cobalt 60 therapy units is also rapidly increasing in Sweden


In order to make the acidity coefficient of blast furnace slag to meet the needs of producing mineral cotton, some experiments were done to modulate the acidity coefficient of slag by adding quartz sand and fine coal ash respectively in laboratory.By comparing the fusing temperature, time consuming, and the fluidity, we got the results that both of the two auxiliary materials can be used, and adding less quartz sand than fine coal ash can achieve less time and energy consuming and better fluidity.


In this paper we have made a brief discussion on the IV characteristics of hetero bilayer MOSFET and effect of defects and deformations on the IV characteristics of short channel hetero bilayer MOSFET. Also we have studied negative differential resistance (NDR) behaviour of MOSFET in relaxed configuration and after the application deformations like twist, wrap and defects like edge roughness and vacancy on 4nm hetero bilayer channel. Drain characteristics has been studied of this device with defects and deformations. Our results clearly indicate the variation in Peak to valley ratio (PVR) and Negative differential region (NDR) under minor defects and deformations.


This article uses the 'opposition' parameter to analyse the political discourse and practice of the main Islamist political actors in Morocco: the 'officialist' political Islam represented by the Harakat al-Tawhid wa-l-Islah (Unicity and Reform Movement, MUR) through its political alter ego, the Hizb al-'Adala wa-l-Tanmiyya (Justice and Development Party, PJD) in which it is included, tries to reach the power in order to reform the political system in moral terms from the inside, by establishing a dialectical opposition based on Islamic concepts against the rest of the primary elites (opposition-instrumentalisation). The outsider Jama'at al-'Adl wa-l-Ihsan (Community of Justice and Spirituality, CJS) keeps a firm opposition role against the Moroccan regime, denying both moral and political legitimacy to the 'Alawi monarchy and trying to change the social and political system from outside of the party system (resistance-démarcation). This study offers some perspectives on the place of the dialectics of opposition in political discourse and their respective position regarding power. It also offers insight into the ideological challenges political Islam should face in the short term.


The instrumental break is a common situation in endodontics, and it remains one of the causes of the failures more difficult to manage despite the changing equipment and optical devices. It can occur with instruments of steel or nickel-titanium. The causes of this accident are many and they can follow to errors in surgical technique or other factors such as wear, fatigue alloy or unfavorable anatomy of root canals. The presence of a fragment of instrument is rarely the direct cause of a problem. From the moment the barrier can be bypassed and disinfection obtained, prognosis is excellent. The removal of fractured endodontic instruments is an act which the operative practitioner is often confronted. It is a difficult task of reprocessing nonsurgical endodontic which unfortunately is not always crowned success. It is necessary to choose the most appropriate instrumentation, master perfect technique and be available. The preservation of tooth structure waste must, wherever possible, guide the actions of the operator, this to prevent possible fractures or root crown after surgery. In case of failure of withdrawal of the fragment, the patient must be informed and enlightened on treatment options and prognosis. Indeed, the practitioner must be able to analyze its ability to manage its act and agreeing to step down, if necessary. Several removal techniques, but prevention through learning reasoned instrumentation and ethical principles and techniques, remains the best solution.


The use of item response theory in equating or creating computeradaptive tests relies on the assumption of invariance of item parameters across populations. This assumption can be assessed with an analysis of differential item functioning (DIF). The purpose of this study was (a) to ascertain whether DIF between two native language groups was present on a 90-item multiple-choice English vocabulary test and (b) to explore the causes of DIF, should it exist. Participants were 184 Korean and 146 Japanese undergraduate students learning English as a foreign language in their home countries. A separate calibration t-test approach was used to identify DIF, with the criteria set at p B 0.01 and effect size 1 logit, calculated as the difference in Rasch item-difficulty between the two groups. Twenty-one items displayed DIF. The causes of DIF in nine of those items were tentatively identified as relating to their status as loanwords in the L1. When a tested word was a loanword in both Korean and Japanese, differences in both the frequency and range of use of the loanword in the two languages predicted the direction of DIF. Similarly, phonological/orthographic overlap between two separate English loanwords in the L1 was found to be a possible cause of DIF. Implications for test development and further research in this area are discussed.


The purpose of this study is to determine the soundness of sharia BUMN Bank and conventional BUMN bank if measured by RGEC method in 2014-2018. This research is a comparative study that is a study that is comparing, the variable is the same as the independent variable, but for samples that are more than one, or in a time frame different. The population of this study is the Conventional BUMN Bank and Islamic BUMN Bank with period observations between 2014 and 2018. While the sample in this study taken by using a purposive sampling technique. The results showed that the risk of conventional commercial bank loans with Islamic commercial banks there are differences. That commercial bank GCG conventional with Islamic commercial banks there are differences. That conventional commercial bank earnings with Islamic banks there are differences. That conventional commercial bank capital with banks general sharia there are differences. This means that the soundness of conventional commercial banks and banks general sharia based on RGEC there are differences.


A fan control circuit is used for controlling a fan used for cooling an integrated substrate management controller. The fan control circuit comprises a work state detection module which is connected with the integrated substrate management controller and a power supplier of a server and is used for detecting the work state of the integrated substrate management controller and the work state of the server. When the server is in a non-work state and the integrated substrate management controller is in a work state, the power supplier does not output system voltage, the integrated substrate management controller outputs low electric level, and the fan starts working. When the server and the integrated substrate management controller are both in a non-work state, the power supplier does not output system voltage, the integrated substrate management controller outputs high electric level, and the fan stops working. When the server is in a work state, the power supplier outputs system voltage, and the fan stops working. The fan control circuit can intelligently control the fan for cooling the integrated substrate management controller.


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ABSTRACT As elsewhere in Africa, Mozambique established, during the 2000s, a national higher education quality assurance system to cope with the country's rapid expansion of higher education. In 2014, the national quality assurance agency began the accreditation process. From 2015 to 2020, the Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM), the country's oldest and largest public university, has accredited about 30 academic programmes. Based on UEM's case and on reflection-in-action and reflection-on-action, this article examines the challenges of accreditation in Mozambique and in Africa. The reflection focuses on challenges related to the process and instruments, organisational setting, resources and policy and impact of accreditation. These challenges suggest that, alongside establishing quality assurance mechanisms in Africa, attention should also be paid to identifying and dealing with challenges constraining or facilitating implementation of these mechanisms, particularly if quality assurance systems are intended to improve the quality of institutions and make them accountable.


Traditionally, compilers available to the software developer/tester have supported a few simple testing techniques, namely, statement and branch coverage. However, during compilation, sufficient syntactic and semantic information is available to provide support for more sophisticated testing techniques. This paper presents an overview of a novel method to efficiently support white-box testing techniques via information and code generated at compile-time. Examples of appropriate candidate techniques include program mutation and data flow testing. In addition, it shows promise in providing support for other software development/maintenance activities such as debugging, incremental program modification, and profiling.


The High Coast Bridge is a four lane, 1867 m long suspension bridge located in middle Sweden. The bridge, constructed between 1993 and 1997, comprises a multiple cell steel box girder with a main s ...


for 28th IWWWFB, Marseille, France, 2013 Time-domain Hydro-elastic dynamic analysis of a large floating body including second-order wave loads H.Y. Kang and M.H. Kim Ocean Engineering Program, Dept. of Civil Eng, Texas A&M University College Station, Texas, USA Email: firstname.lastname@example.com and email@example.com INTRODUCTION With increasing demands for energy and goods, various types of floating structures face expansion of scale and working environment, i.e. extended spar or TLP for ultra-deep water, various offshore platforms for arctic, very large container ships, multiply connected floating breakwaters and wave energy converters. Corresponding to the expansion of scale and environment, the floating structures are exposed to various problems including resonance, which is induced by deformation of the body and it's interaction with waves or any other offshore loadings such as iceberg impact. To resolve the elastic floating body interaction, several methods were suggested: modal expansion method for linear waves and direct simulations using FEM-BEM or FEM-FEM combinations. Considering that resonance normally occurs at a couple of lowest elastic modes, second order analysis may be required to account for the resonance induced by sum-frequency wave force. Contrary to full coupling effect by direct simulation, the corresponding computing cost and accuracy issue could be drawbacks of the direct simulation. As an initiating work to achieve complete second order hydroelastic analysis on time domain, a fully coupled time-domain hydro-elastic dynamic analysis is addressed, based on modal expansion method to couple with elasticity and Volterra series method to apply second order wave induced loading. The methodology can be extended to various applications for irregular waves such as additional coupling with mooring system or impact loadings, even with dramatically reduced computing cost. In addition, it can generate instantaneous irregular wave-induced loadings acting on the floating body as time series, which can be used for global and local stress analysis. FORMULATION To account for interactions of body deformation, a finite series of elastic modes is regards as sufficient basis to represent the deformation. In further, the elastic modes are applied to a general boundary value problem as additional modes to solve with rigid body's six degree of freedom. For the extended modes of elasticity, inertia and stiffness components can be obtained by modal analysis, based on diagonalization by eigenfunction. Assuming a pontoon type floating body as Euler-Bernoulli Beam in Eq. 1, analytic solution of mode shapes is given and one can get diagonalized modal inertia, stiffness, and excitation for the modes. A few simple geometries have analytic solutions of mode shapes. For arbitrary body, one may get approximate modal results from a FEM program.


The most suitable secondary structures of SSU rRNA of Euplotes adiculatus lahorensis and two new subspecies Tetrahymena tropicalis lahorensis subsp. nov. and Euplotes muscicola SBSrc subsp. nov. are being proposed based on minimum free energy. These ciliates were highly resistant to copper with minimum inhibitory concentration of 50 ppm. T. t. lahorensis SSU rRNA structure with 564 base pairs consists of 117 stems, while the free energy of the structure is -380.71 kcal at 37 oC. The SS rRNA structure of E. muscicola SBSrc has 126 stems and 606 base pairs with -396.17 kcal free energy, whereas E. adiculatus lahorensis has 121 stems, 609 base pairs and the free energy of its structure is -425.23 kcal at 37 oC. There are number of salient features located in all the three rRNA secondary structures. Most important are the sequence complementary to ribosome binding site (RBS) of mRNA and the variable regions (V1–V9). Alignments of these regions indicate noticeable variation in sequence, which may be considered as basis for classification of ciliates.


Ribosomal protein L6 (RpL6, also called Taxreb107) possesses at least three nuclear localization signal (NLS)-like motifs. The activity of these motifs for their ability to mediate protein nuclear translocation was analyzed by using a NLS trapping system established. The full length or different fragments of RpL6/Taxreb107 cDNA was inserted to the cloning site of NLS trapping vector and the resulting constructs were used for transformation of host yeast. The result showed that the first two NLS-like motifs of RpL6/Taxreb107 induced the fusion protein to be transfected into the nucleus while the third one did not. This conclusion was confirmed by transfection of cultured cells with (EGFP) fused with different RpL6/Taxreb107 fragments. The results also showed that the first two NLS-like motifs of RpL6/Taxreb107 have nucleolus localization activity. When expressed in cultured cells, the RpL6/Taxreb107 fragments containing the first two NLS preferentially induced the fusion protein to be transfected into the nucleoli. These results are helpful for understanding of the nuclear translocation of RpL6/Taxreb107, and also confirmed that the NLS-trapping system is useful for searching NLS in proteins.


Collaborative filtering algorithms have important applications in the implementation of recommendation systems. Collaborative filtering generally focuses on the user's evaluation scores for commodity items, and these evaluation data imply some specific relevance. Therefore, this type of collaborative filtering Model research has attracted widespread attention. SVD is currently one of the most classic and practical collaborative filtering algorithm models. It can deal with the problem of data sparseness in the recommendation system and derive different types of SVD models on this basis, but its recommendation results It has never been significantly improved. In response to such problems, this article proposes a new variant of the SVD++ algorithm that incorporates a special timing mechanism for dynamic adjustment, and uses the average absolute error, root mean square error and standard average absolute error for the recommended results. After evaluation, we got better results than the current classic SVD++ model.


Student attendance is one of the most important steps to a student's academic success. Student absenteeism is defined as a student missing 20 or more school days within one academic school year. When students miss school on a consistent basis, they are identified as chronically absent. Chronic absenteeism can lead to a wide variety of issues ranging from tobacco use to alcohol consumption to substance abuse. This study investigated the root causes that impact student attendance in an urban elementary school district from parents' perspectives. Using qualitative methods, interviews were conducted with parents of students who attended schools within a city school district. They provided insight into both the obstacles and solutions that families face regarding attendance. Findings revealed several hindrances and solutions that school districts may want to consider when seeking to improve their daily student attendance rates. Barriers that parents revealed were lack of transportation support and lack of knowing how to access resources and childcare before and after school. Solutions that parents consistently reported were additional transportation support, increased parental involvement, and enhanced communication between home and school. Recommended future studies would include interviewing parents whose child has poor daily attendance rates from the same school but from single-parent households to compare their responses to two-parent households in order to identify the barriers and potential solutions for both groups. The findings would provide districts with a better vii understanding of the needs to remedying student attendance issues from both types of households. Degree Type Dissertation Degree Name Doctor of Education (EdD) Department Executive Leadership First Supervisor Susan Schultz Second Supervisor Ruth Harris Subject Categories Education This dissertation is available at Fisher Digital Publications: http://fisherpub.sjfc.edu/education_etd/225 A Comprehensive Approach to Improving Student Attendance


Examination question base system of Engineering Material is made in Access 2000.It has such characteristics as module management technique with multi-window menus,whole Chinese character show,friendly user interface,rich cues and convenient operation.It has many functions such as paper forming,modifying,deleting,adding,pre-browsing and printing.It also relieves teachers of setting papers repeatedly.And manufacture and operation are easy and convenient.


Based on the study of geotectonic setting,formation evolution model and metallogenic characteristics of uranium productive basins,important sandstone-type uranium deposits in Central Asian mobile belt and neighbouring area are divided into five types.The statial distribution pattern of different sandstone-type uranium deposits is analyzed in detail.Geotectonic setting and metallogenetic characteristics are discussed.Finally,the characteristics of basin geodynamics,prospecting type and ore-bearing stratigraphy in Northwest China have been proposed.


A sonochemical approach to the preparation of elongated copper nanoparticles coated with a zwitterionic surfactant, cetyltrimethylammonium p-toluene sulfonate (CTAPTS) is reported. A shape transition of the copper nanoparticles is found to occur due to the presence of an organized medium, consisting of a cylindrical, interconnected network of threadlike micelles. Transmission electron micrographs (TEM) show the presence of elongated copper nanoparticles coated with the surfactant. UV−visible spectroscopic studies point to the elongation of the copper nanoparticles and to the adsorption of the CTAPTS on the surface of the copper nanoparticles, which is corroborated by IR and NMR spectral studies. A monolayer coating of the surfactant is formed on the surface of the elongated copper nanoparticles. This is confirmed by comparing the weight loss obtained in thermogravimetric analysis with that obtained theoretically.


In literature the name Psathyrella lacrymabunda (Bull.: Fr.) Moser is being applied to two species which in this note will be called Psathyrella cotonea (Quel.) Konr. & Maubl. and Lacrymaria velutina (Pers.: Fr.) Konr. & Maubl. or 'L. velutina' s. auct. Taxonomically the distinction between the two species involved offers no problems. The former is keyed out satisfactorily by Kuhner & Romagnesi(1953: 370) as Drosophila cotonea and by Moser (1982: 272) as Psathyrella cotonea, in both cases with reference to Lange's plate (1939:) 146C; the latter by Kuhner & Romagnesi (1953: 371) as Drosophila velutina and by Moser (1982: 272) as Psathyrella velutina, in both cases with reference to Lange's plate (1939:) 144B.


This section contains a list of EC/EURATOM treaties, EC legislation and international instruments relevant to discussion of Community's implementation of its international obligations in the field of the marine environment, looking at the participation of the EC and its member states in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and other relevant agreements.Keywords: European Community; International Law of the Sea; marine environmental protection


We describe an automated system for measurement of larger diameter convex surfaces utilizing stitching interferometry and statistical absolute calibration techniques. We show measurements from the system which has applications for the measurement of telescope secondaries.


The invention relates to a rubber seal gasket of an embedded metal skeleton. The rubber seal gasket comprises chlorosulfonated polyethylene rubber, ceramic fiber cloth and a metal skeleton which is arranged in the rubber seal gasket. The manufacturing method of the rubber seal gasket comprises the following steps: A. manufacturing a flange mold B by utilizing a steel plate; B. coating a layer of thin mold release agent (such as an estersil mold release agent) in a mold cavity; C. coating a modulated chlorosulfonated polyethylene rubber coating material at two surfaces of the cut ceramic fiber cloth, putting into a mold cavity, and putting other layers sequentially one by one by adopting the same technology; D. putting the metal skeleton in and positioning after placing the lower layer of coating fiber cloth; E. putting the coating fiber cloth one by one on the metal skeleton; F. closing the upper mold, applying pressure, and carrying out vulcanization typing; and G. dismounting the mold, taking out the manufactured product, trimming the slitter edges and punching a bolt connecting hole. According to the invention, the rubber seal gasket is high-temperature resistant and inflaming retarding, the partial over-burning carbonization phenomenon of the chlorosulfonated polyethylene in the gasket is prevented, the rigidity of the gasket is improved, the gasket is convenient to install and maintain, the seal effect is improved, and the metal skeleton is manufactured by a punching plate.


Today, many electric or electronic parts are used in the vehicles for high efficiency and driver"s convenience. The ISG (Integrated Starter and Generator) in the green car is merged with a starter and a generator motor. It is good to decrease pollution and to save fuel by appling idle stop & go system. Also, the ISG has function named regenerative braking system which changed the force of inertia into the electric energy when we operate brake. The ISG can assist the hybrid engine when need for power. But the ISG located near engine room is working at the severe environment relatively, so it need to take temperature for performance and endurance. In this study, we performed CFD analysis of ISG for predicting the cooling performance, and suggested enhancement points of heat dissipation structure.


Early embryogenesis is driven by transcription factors (TFs) that first activate the zygotic genome and then specify the lineages constituting the blastocyst. While the TFs specifying the blastocyst's lineages are well characterised, those playing earlier roles are ill-defined. Using mouse models of the TF Nr5a2, we show that Nr5a2-/- embryos arrest at the early morula stage and exhibit overt phenotypical problems such as altered lineage specification, frequent mitotic failure and substantial chromosome segregation defects. Transcriptomic profiling shows that NR5A2 is a master regulator required for appropriate expression of thousands of genes at the 8-cells stage, including lineage-specifying TFs and genes involved in mitosis, telomere maintenance and DNA repair. We conclude that NR5A2 coordinates proliferation, genome stability and lineage specification to ensure proper morula development.


Aiming at aircraft engine wires faults in the maintenance which are time-consuming and hard sledding,a wire connection database based on the technique of Visual Basic.NET is established.The database is simple and practical,therefore,the efficiency of fault elimination is greatly improved,the time of fault diagnosis and maintenance is shortened and the maintenance quality is elevated,which provides the aircraft maintenance personnel with a strong support.