The possibility of a number of applications has fuelled the study of conjugated polymers for some years. Because of the level of electron-lattice coupling in these materials, it is necessary to perform self-consistent calculations of electronic wave functions and atomic positions in order properly to study the defects responsible for their behaviour. Early empirical methods for performing such self-consistent calculations have proved remarkably successful in many of their predictions, but have still displayed certain shortcomings, primarily due to their failure satisfactorily to treat electron-electron interaction. They are still useful in a number of cases, however, and have been used here to derive some results which have not been obtained elsewhere, or which have only been derived in a more time-consuming manner than is necessary. This thesis is primarily concerned, though, with the development of a method which enables semi-empirical Hartree-Fock theory to be used in a self-consistent manner. The method is novel in that it performs the atomic relaxation and wave function calculation simultaneously and requires no numerical derivatives to be calculated. Both of these features lead to a method that is extremely efficient in terms of computer time and which can therefore reasonably be applied to molecules sufficiently large to model conjugated polymers. The results obtained by this new method are shown to be able to account for most of the shortcomings of the earlier methods, in particular their failure satisfactorily to explain the quenching of luminescence in cis-polyacetylene and their poor predictions of the relative strengths of the two photoinduced absorption peaks in polythiophene. The ability of trans-polyacetylene (t-PA) to support a novel type of dynamic defect known as a breather is also verified. A quantitative estimate is made of the mobility of the fundamental defect in t-PA, known as a soliton, and this is in good agreement with experiment.


Real-time quantitative PCR becomes the important tool in the molecular biology research in human and animal diseases,food safety detection,quantitative analysis,gene expression,and determination of vaccine effectiveness.The background,principle,type,technology,the experimental conditions and the main influence factors and its application are reviewed.


We predict dilepton invariant-mass spectra for central 5.5 ATeV Pb-Pb collisions at LHC. Hadronic emission in the low-mass region is calculated using in-medium spectral functions of light vector mesons within hadronic many-body theory. In the intermediate-mass region thermal radiation from the Quark-Gluon Plasma, evaluated perturbatively with hard-thermal loop corrections, takes over. An important source over the entire mass range are decays of correlated open-charm hadrons, rendering the nuclear modification of charm and bottom spectra a critical ingredient.


The present invention relates to a method for controlling a vehicle climate control system load. Discloses a method of controlling the torque of the air conditioner compressor. In one example, the air conditioner compressor is a variable displacement compressor. The method may also provide improved vehicle acceleration response capability of the cooling compartment.


A nucleus may take different shapes varying from spherical to quadrupole, octupole and higher order multipole deformations. These shapes are a consequence of the sensitive interplay between collective degrees of freedom and single particle energies . This interplay will lead to phase transition along an isotopic and isotonic chain. Shape evolution for several isotopic chain in the mass region A ≈ 100 has been studied through the selfconsistent mean-field (SCMF) approximation based on the Gogny-D1M energy density functional(EDF) [1], the potential energy surfaces (PES) using Skyrme HF+BCS [2], and Relativistic Mean Field (RMF) with BCS pairing [3]. In particular, the structural evolution of even-even Ru, Mo, Zr, Sr nuclei, and Ge, Se [1] nuclei have been studied within the SCMF approximation based on the GognyD1M energy density functional. This calculation has fully explored the triaxial degrees of freedom and the shape coexistence in these nuclei. The spectroscopic properties have also been done for these nuclei with the help of a fermion-to-boson mapping procedure. This is very important as to clarify to which extent both triaxiality and shape coexistence are reflected in the spectroscopic properties of these nuclei. In the present analysis, we have done a systematic calculation in the search of triaxial ground state properties and shape coexistence for Mo and Ru isotopes. The systematic constrained triaxial calculation is done in the self-consistent mean field modelthe Relativistic-Hartree-Bogoliubov(RHB)


This study is about the types of multiple intelligences and attachment styles among a group of Turkish university students. Participants were 450 students from one public university in Turkey. A demographic and socio-economic questionnaire, Multiple Intelligence Survey, Revised Adult Attachment Scale, Satisfaction with Life Scale and The Oxford Happiness Questionnaire -short version were used as study instruments. Of the 450 students, 63.8% were female and the mean age was 21.24±2.14 years. Bodily intelligence was reported more frequently by male students whereas intrapersonal and logical intelligences were reported at higher rates in female students. Attachment related avoidance was reported by 58.7% of the students. Male students reported more attachment related anxiety, and female students reported more attachment related avoidance. No significant correlations were determined between attachment style and economic status, age, class-year and Grade Point Average of the students. The relationship between students' intelligence and attachment style was also insignificant. No significant relationship was determined between the happiness and life satisfaction scores of students with different types of intelligences. Female students were found to be significantly happier and satisfied with their lives than male students. Students with a poor economic status had the lowest happiness and life satisfaction scores and the difference was statistically significant. These findings are important to provide a more complete picture about the difficulties experienced by young adults when socially or emotionally adapting to university life. There is much to say regarding the impact of "multiple intelligences", "attachment styles" and the "subjective well-being" of university students.


This paper presents recent advances in compact modeling of avalanche multiplication in Mextram 505, an industry-standard transistor model, including new model features, improved model implementations, and implications for SiGe HBT RF circuit simulation and device modeling.


Enterprise systems such as SAP are software applications
that are intended to bring the productivity of computers to bear on the human endeavour of enterprise. An industrial-strength SAP enterprise information model was rendered as meta-object!relation!meta-object in Conceptual Graphs (CGs). Then Formal Concept Analysis (FCA)'s CGtoFCA algorithm was used to generate the meta-objectarelation!metaobject binaries, revealing gaps in some of model's key performance indicators that human decision-makers need to realise the enterprise's vision.


Existing methods for joint modeling of longitudinal measurements and survival data can be highly influenced by outliers in the longitudinal outcome. We propose a joint model for analysis of longitudinal measurements and competing risks failure time data which is robust in the presence of outlying longitudinal observations during follow‐up. Our model consists of a linear mixed effects sub‐model for the longitudinal outcome and a proportional cause‐specific hazards frailty sub‐model for the competing risks data, linked together by latent random effects. Instead of the usual normality assumption for measurement errors in the linear mixed effects sub‐model, we adopt a t ‐distribution which has a longer tail and thus is more robust to outliers. We derive an EM algorithm for the maximum likelihood estimates of the parameters and estimate their standard errors using a profile likelihood method. The proposed method is evaluated by simulation studies and is applied to a scleroderma lung study (© 2009 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)


The estimation of Piperaquinen tetraphosphate and Dihydroartemisinin was done by RP-HPLC. The Phosphate buffer was pH 4.6 and the mobile phase was optimized which consists of MEOH: Phosphate buffer mixed in the ratio of 70:30 % v/ v. A Symmetry C18 (4.6 x 150mm, 5m, Make X Terra) column used as stationary phase. The detection was carried out using UV detector at 273 nm. The solutions were chromatographed at a constant flow rate of 1.0 ml/min. the linearity range of Piperaquinen tetraphosphate and Di hydro artemisinin were found to be from 25-125 g/ml. Linear regression coefficient was not more than 0.999.The values of % RSD are less than 2% indicating accuracy and precision of the method. The percentage recovery varies from 97-102% of Piperaquinen tetraphosphate and Di hydro artemisinin LOD and LOQ was found to be within limit. The proposed method is precise, simple and accurate to determine the amount of Piperaquinen tetraphosphate and Di hydro artemisinin in formulation. High percentage of recovery shows that the method is free from the interference of excipients used in the formulation. So the method can be useful in the routine quality control of these drugs.


Zhangzhou Narcissus( Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis),one of the 10 famous traditional flowers in China,was tissue cultured with bulb-scale and leaf segments as explants on the callus inducing and rooting mediums supplemented with different auxin combinations. Calli were induced from both segments on the mediums but no adventitious buds were developed from callus culture of bulb leaf segment. The optimal medium for adventitious bud formation from calli induced from bulb scale segments was MS + 6-BA 10 mg·L- 1+ NAA 1. 0mg·L- 1+ sucrose 30 g·L- 1+ phytagel 3 g·L- 1,and the optimal rooting medium was 1 /2 MS + NAA 0. 1 mg·L- 1+ IBA 0. 1 mg·L- 1+ sucrose30 g·L- 1+ phytagel 0 g·L- 1.


Preface. About the Author. I. MAKING CONNECTIONS. 1. Participation: Personal Response and Critical Thinking. The Personal Dimension of Reading Poetry. Personal Response and Critical Thinking. Writing to Learn. Keeping a Journal or Reading Log. Double-Entry Journals and Logs. The Social Nature of Learning: Collaboration. Personal, Not Private. Ourselves as Readers. Different Kinds of Reading. Advice to My Son, Peter Meinke. Making Connections. Images of Ourselves. Zimmer in Grade School, Paul Zimmer. Culture, Experience, and Values. Incident, Countee Cullen. Those Winter Sundays, Robert Hayden. Barbie Doll, Marge Piercy. Being in the Moment. Birmingham Bomb Kills 4 Negro Girls Riots Flare 2 Boys Slain (from New York Times). Ballad of Birmingham, Dudley Randall. The Whole and Its Parts. Participating, Not Solving. Responding to Language. Denotation and Connotation. The Naked and the Nude, Robert Graves. Using our Imaginations. Writing to Imagine: Creating Images through Comparison. Woman, Nikki Giovanni. Creating Images through Concrete Sensory Descriptions. Simple Truths. The Traveling Onion, Naomi Shihab Nye. 2. Communication: Writing About Poetry. The Response Essay. Voice and Writing. Voice and Response to Poetry. Writing to Describe. Choosing Details. Choosing Details from Poetry. Writing to Compare. Comparing and Contrasting Using a Venn Diagram. Possible Worlds. Response to Poetry: Describing and Comparing. Staying Anchored in the Poem. From First Response to Final Draft. Using First Responses. Extending Ideas. Semantic Mapping or Clustering. Mix and Match. Collaboration. The Response Essay: Composing a Draft. Student First Draft. Revision. Organization and Unity. Showing Support. Clarity. Voice. Student Revised Draft. II. ANALYSIS AND ARGUMENTATION. 3. Exploration and Analysis: The Elements of Poetry. Your First Response. Close Reading. Annotating the Text. Ozymandias, Percy Bysshe Shelley. Poetry in Its Many Contexts. Your Critical Approach. Interpretive Communities. Reading and Analyzing Poetry. Language and Style. Voice. Tone. War Is Kind, Stephen Crane. Imagery. The Word 'Plum, Helen Chassin. Meeting at Night, Robert Browning. Figurative Language: Everyday Poetry. A Dream Deferred, Langston Hughes. Simile, N. Scott Momaday. Fog, Carl Sandburg. Oread, H.D. The Wind, James Stephens. The Guitarist Tunes Up, Frances Cornford. Symbol. The Road Not Taken, Robert Frost. The Hug, Tess Gallagher. Sound and Structure. Finding the Beat: Limericks. Rhyme, Alliteration, Assonance. Meter. Formal Verse. Sonnet #29, William Shakespeare. Love Is Not All, Edna St. Vincent Millay. Blank Verse. Free Verse. When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer, Walt Whitman. Interpretation: What Does the Poem Mean? Explication. Theme or Moral. Types of Poetry. Lyric Poetry. Narrative Poetry. Getting Ideas for Writing about Poetry. Pigeon Woman, May Swenson. Generating Ideas for Writing. 4. Argumentation: Interpreting and Evaluating Poetry. The Critical Essay. Choosing a Topic: Process and Product. Writing to Analyze or Explicate. Writing to Compare. Writing about the Beliefs or Actions of the Speaker. Writing about Poetry in Context. Critical Thinking: Induction and Substantiation. Thinking Critically about Poetry. Facts and Opinions. Ex-Basketball Player, John Updike. Supporting Connections. Interpretation: What Do You Think It Means? A Defensible Interpretation, Not the Right Answer. Developing an Interpretation. Language and Form. The Speaker. The Whole: Theme. Beliefs or Actions Expressed by the Speaker or Characters. The Work in Context. Interpretation or Evaluation. Evaluation: How Well Does It Work? Developing Standards. Developing Standards for Evaluating Poetry. Your Own Standards: Expectations and Intentions. Standards for Evaluating Poetry. Generating Ideas for a Critical Essay. Argumentation: Writing a Critical Essay. The Shape of an Argument. Planning Your Argument. Supporting Your Argument. Opening, Closing, and Revising Your Argument. A Student's Critical Essay: Explication and Evaluation. III. AN ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY. On the Amtrak from Boston to New York City, Sherman Alexie. Dusting, Julie Alvarez. Phenomenal Woman, Maya Angelou. To Live in the Borderlands Means You, Gloria Anzuldua. Dover Beach, Matthew Arnold. Siren Song, Margaret Atwood. You Fit Into Me. The Unknown Citizen, W.H. Auden. The Mother, Gwendolyn Brooks. We Real Cool. London, William Blake. The Chimney Sweeper. To See a World in a Grain of Sand. In the Waiting Room, Elizabeth Bishop. The Fish. One Art. Porphyria's Lover, Robert Browning. Jabberwocky, Lewis Carroll. Sweet Mama Wanda Tells Fortunes for a Price, Wanda Coleman. Victoria's Secret, Billy Collins. My Father in the Navy: A Childhood Memory, Judith Ortiz Cofer. A Man Said to the Universe, Stephen Crane. Incident, Countee Cullen. anyone lives in a pretty how town, e.e. cummings. somewhere I have never traveled. Icarus Again, Alan Devenish. I heard a fly buzz - when I died, Emily Dickinson. Tell all the truth but tell it slant. After great pain, a formal feeling comes. Much Madness is divinest Sense. She Sweeps with many-colored brooms. There is a certain slant of light. Success is Counted Sweetest. The Flea, John Donne. Death Be Not Proud. A Valediction Forbidding Mourning. Brilliance, Mark Doty. We Wear the Mask, Paul Laurence Dunbar. The Love Song of Alfred J. Prufrock, T.S. Eliot. Late Night at the Pawn Shop, Martin Espada. Constantly Risking Absurdity, Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Pitcher, Robert Francis. Fire and Ice, Robert Frost. Mending Wall. Out, Out ... Losses that Turn Up in Dreams, Elizabeth Gaffney. A Supermarket in California, Allen Ginsberg. Nikki-Rosa, Nikki Giovanni. Snowdrops, Louise Gluck. Ella, in a Square Apron, Along Highway 80, Judy Grahn. Sonnet Ending with a Film Subtitle, Marilyn Hacker. Hap, Thomas Hardy. The Man He Killed. Digging, Seamus Heaney. Mid-Term Break. Pied Beauty, Gerard Manley Hopkins. The Loveliest of Trees, A.E. Housman. When I was one-and-twenty. I, Too, Langston Hughes. The Negro Speaks of Rivers. Secretary, Ted Hughes. When I have Fears That I May Cease to Be, John Keats. Saint Francis and the Sow, Galway Kinnell. The Dead Shall Be Raised Incorruptible. Night Sounds, Carolyn Kizer. Facing It, Yusef Komunyakka. After Love, Maxine Kumin. Aubade, Philip Larkin. This Be the Verse. How To Watch Your Brother Die, Michael Lassell. The Gift, Li-Young Lee. Patterns, Amy Lowell. Ars Poetica, Archibald MacLeish. The Passionate Shepherd to His Love, Christopher Marlowe. To His Coy Mistress, Andrew Marvell. America, Claude McKay. If I Should Learn, in Some Quite Casual Way, Edna St. Vinvent Millay. Lament. What Lips My Lips have Kissed, and Where, and Why. How Soon Hath Time, John Milton. When I Consider How My Light Is Spent. For My Father, Janice Mirikatani. Poetry, Marianne Moore. Immigrants, Pat Mora. Ode to My Socks, Pablo Neruda. Sex Without Love, Sharon Olds. 35/10. Dulce et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori, Wilfred Owen. Marks, Linda Pastan. To Be of Use, Marge Piercy. Mirror, Sylvia Plath. The Nymph's Reply, Walter Raleigh. Diving into the Wreck, Adrienne Rich. Rape. Mourning Picture. The Purpose of Altar Boys, Alberto Rios. Mr. Flood's Party, Edwin Arlington Robinson. Richard Cory. Elegy for Jane, Theodore Roethke. My Papa's Waltz. Grass, Carl Sandburg. Cinderella, Anne Sexton. Pain for a Daughter. Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day (Sonnet 18), William Shakespeare. Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds (Sonnet 116). My Mistress's Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun (Sonnet 130). When My Love Swears That She Is made of Truth (Sonnet 138). That Time of Year Thou Mayst in Me Behold (Sonnet 73). The Pleasure of Reading, Charles Simic. Telephone Conversation, Wole Soyinka. The Youngest Daughter, Cathy Song. Traveling Through the Dark, William Stafford. The Emperor of Ice Cream, Wallace Stevens. Ulysses, Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night, Dylan Thomas The Force that through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower. Reapers, Jean Toomer. The Mosquito, John Updike. From Song of Myself, Walt Whitman. At the Ball Game, William Carlos Williams. This Is Just to Say. Composed on Westminster Bridge, William Wordsworth. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud. My Heart Leaps Up. A Blessing, James Wright. The Question of Loyalty, Mitsuyi Yamada. Nighthawks, Samuel Yellen. The Lake Isle of Innisfree, William Butler Yeats. When You Are Old. Case Study on Poems and Painting: Thinking About Interpretation, Poetry, and Painting. Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, Pieter Brueghel. Musee des Beaux Arts, W.H. Auden. Icarus Again, Alan Devenish. Crucificxion, Jacopo Tintoretto. Before an Old Painting of the Crucifixion, N. Scott Momoday. Nighthawks, Edward Hopper. Nighthawks, Samuel Yellen. The Starry Night, Vincent Van Gogh. The Starry Night, Anne Sexton. The Love Letter, Jan Vermeer. When a Woman Holds a Letter, Sandra Nelson. The Old Guitarist, Pablo Picasso. The Man with the Blue Guitar, Wallace Stevens. Mourning Picture, Edwin Romanzo Elmer. Mourning Picture, Adrienne Rich. The Gleaners, Jean-Francois Millet. The Clark Institute: Labor Day, 1999, Mary Ellen LeClair. Appendix A: Critical Approaches to Literature. Appendix B: Research and Documentation: Writing with Secondary Sources. Documentation-Some Basics. What Must Be Documented. Where and How. Evaluating Sources from the Internet. Plagiarism. The Physical Layout of the Research Essay. Documentation-MLA Style. Citing Sources in the Text of the Essay. Works Cited Documentation. Electronic Sources. Other Sources. Sample Works Cited. A Glossary of Literary Terms. Indices.


Stem cells are unique cells which possess the ability to grow rapidly and have the potential to develop into specialized cell types in the body. Stem cell-based therapies in dentistry could help in new advances in treating damaged teeth, inducing bone regeneration, and even making a biological tooth a possibility. Whole tooth regeneration to replace the traditional dental implants is also in pipeline. Tissue-engineering applications using dental stem cells may promote more rapid healing of oral wounds and ulcers as well as the use of gene transfer methods to manipulate salivary proteins, and oral microbial colonization patterns are promising and possible. Stem cells of dental origin have multiple applications; nevertheless, there are certain limitations as well. The oncogenic potential of these cells is still to be determined in long-term clinical studies if we are to realize the benefits, meet the challenges, and avoid the risks. This review is an attempt to highlight the pros and cons of stem cells in dentistry.


Spontaneous formation of spherical hydroxylapatite (HAP) aggregates with particle diameters from 10 μm to 1-2 mm (mostly, 15-300 μm) is observed in boiling suspensions of nanocrystalline HAP. The material is characterizedby electron and atomic-force microscopy and porometry. The particle-size distribution functions for the spherical aggregates are studied as a function of treatment conditions.


Developments in communications technology, such as audio–visual conferencing and telepresence, have created a new set of demands for audio delivery systems. In the past, a telephone handset, with its limited transducers, was adequate for simple spoken communication; however, future multiuser communication systems and immersive machine interfaces will be greatly enhanced by using high‐quality three‐dimensional audio. Such three‐dimensional sound systems can position individual talkers' voices in space around the user, creating a greater feeling of immersion and improving intelligibility. This presentation discusses the design and implementation of a number of spatial audio system implementations. The applications range from a SmartSpace chair (a single‐user environment using a transaural system) through to a VisionDome (a large multiuser environment using a combination of ambisonics and nonlinear panning). Theoretical design and practical implementation issues are discussed, including problems encountered ...


Once the objective of project is set up to alter the present situation to acertain future situation necessary measures need to be taken to accomplish it. In the past, making a plan and transformation was done in the form of handwork, but this article addresses analyzing and handing the project data by using a tool of Microsoft Office System and then by making a reasonable plan. This system also helps transform project data into Excel data and analyze it using Excel, and transform project data into xml data and construct xml database so that it makes it possible to handle and use data efficiently, and to set up automatic project system in the future which leads to efficient project management.


The embankment foundation of K119+110~+300 section of Guangzhou-Wuzhou Expressway is soft soil soaked by pond water,so it is difficult for construction.Bank slope stability before and after pumping pond water are separately studied and compared using generalized slice method.The influence of pumping on bank slope stability is analyzed,which provides evidence for embankment filling construction.


BACKGROUND
Breast augmentation patients are often unaware of their preexisted breast asymmetry before the surgery but discover it afterward, which leads to postoperative dissatisfaction and increases the reoperation rate. However, elaboration on how patients subjectively analyze breast asymmetry and the recognition thresholds was limited.

METHODS
Two hundred female participants, including 100 six-months postoperative patients for primary augmentation mammaplasty, and 100 preoperative ones, were recruited as two study groups. Self-assessments of breast asymmetry and objective measurements were taken. A computerized recognition experiment was constructed based on standardized 3D models with different NAC and IMF asymmetry combinations. One hundred and twenty-one 3D models were generated and shown in random sequence. Participants responded whether they discovered breast asymmetry in each model. The recognition rate and 50% recognition thresholds of the asymmetry in NAC, IMF, lower pole length, volume and their interrelations were calculated.

RESULTS
Self-assessment of the post-augmentation group showed a more precise distinguishment of NAC, IMF, and lower pole distance asymmetry than the pre-augmentation group. The 50% recognition thresholds of NAC and IMF level discrepancies were approximately 0.75cm, with the IMF asymmetry identified with higher accuracy. When the NAC level discrepancy ranged from 0.0cm to 1.25cm, adjusting the IMF level discrepancy from 0.0cm to 0.5cm in the same direction lowered participants' recognition rates of breast asymmetry.

CONCLUSION
Patients recognize their breast asymmetry issue more accurately after augmentation surgeries, despite improved parameters. In addition, adjusting the new IMF level aligning with NAC discrepancy within 0.5cm when treating mild NAC asymmetry improved symmetrical outcomes.


11 An Approach for Correcting and Analyzing Spelling Errors made by First Year Students of University of Kelaniya Chathushi Kumarasinghe, Kalani Kushanthika & Harshani Udayathunga English Language Teaching Unit, University of Kelaniya email@example.com,email@example.com,email@example.com m The importance of teaching students to spell accurately has been lost in the age of computers and spell checkers (Anderson, R.E. 1992). Reading and spelling are closely related and poor readers tend to be poor spellers. The research in spelling acquisition has shown that children acquire spelling in a gradual and systematic way (Bergstrom, 2013). Students do not become proficient spellers by the single strategy of memorizing the spelling of words and teachers cannot teach students how to spell every word. The purpose of this investigation is to systematically explore the spelling errors made by first year students of the University of Kelaniya. This research places attention specifically on a few major errors identified amongst first year students under seven categories. Moreover this study was significant in terms of identifying and analyzing the most frequently occurring errors in students' writing. In order to achieve the objectives of this research, the methodology used was administering a questionnaire which included seven categories: identify incorrectly repeated consonants, identify mistakes done with wrong consonants and vowels, identify mistakes of reversed order of double vowels, identify mistakes of extra letters , identify mistakes of missing letters and identify mistakes done with confusion of similar words. Finally the areas in which the students failed to show the maximum performance it were investigated. The research was carried out from 2nd of September to 16th of September 2015. It was found that students have problems in their spelling skills in the questioned areas. According to the research results; the majority of students have problems when identifying mistakes in the wrong use of consonants. This study suggests that poor spellers display similar error patterns as better spelling peers, but with higher frequency. Based on these findings, the researchers suggest that more practices in spelling recommendations: dictation, peer correction, reading correctly spelled writing, giving knowledge of transcription, referring dictionaries which help students to be good at their spelling.


One of the problems connected with pulmonary resection is how to avoid gravity drainage of secretions from diseased to healthy parts of the lung. One method is to employ one of the tubes by which a separate ventilation of the different parts of the lung may be maintained, and another is to place the patient face down. The latter method has the advantage ofnot entailing narrowing of the lumina of the respiratory tract, so that the resistance is the same as in ordinary tracheal intubation. For the prone positioning the surgeon has the choice of employing one of the special, rather expensive tables, or of supporting the patient with sand-bags and cushions, a cumbersome and not quite stable method. At the department of thoracic surgery of the University Hospital in Copenhagen we have from January, 1951, been using a table of our own design which has proved satisfactory for surgeons as well as for anaesthetists. Since it is cheap and of simple construction it will be described and illustrated in a working drawing.


Spectrograms, scanner, uvby and ANS ultraviolet measurements of the central stars of NGC 2346, He 2-36 and NGC 3132 are analysed. The observations suggest that the first one is a foreground horizontal-branch star, and the second is above the horizontal branch, presumably in a rapid evolutionary phase. Both objects are probably variable. The central star of NGC 3132 is a slightly evolved main-sequence star with a hot visual companion. The evolutionary status of this system is briefly discussed.


This paper gives main characters of eyelet structure knitted on the same needle bed of logica computer added flat knitting machine and two concrete knitting methods,including shaping by two times knitting and inserting rank or doing module.In shaping by two times knitting,is discussed the basic knitting program,including:the basic rule of two times loop transfers on the same course,the different direction and different needle number of needle bed swing and the order of the loop transfered onto the original needle bed.In inserting rank or doing module,is discussed the regulative method of different loop - overlapping manner.


By building national economic evaluation system including the feature of land consolidation, the purpose of this paper is to show the integration of economic, social and ecological benefits of the implementation of land consolidation so as to provide more intuitive and accurate feasible basis. Comparison method and incremental analysis was used. The results show that by considering shadow wages, shadow prices and other parameters, the national economic adjustment parameters of land consolidation was clearly defined. This paper further expounds and proves the reliability and the practicality of methods by means of combining a specific example, i.e., the project of low-hilly land transformation in Ezhou, Hubei province. The conclusion is that improving the national economic evaluation system can provide more scientific and comprehensive method for feasibility studies and benefit evaluations of land consolidation project.


In this article, SOG material and interlevel dielectric planarizing methods using SOG are introduced. Compared with other methods, SOG has the advantages of simplifying process, good planarizing effect and not affecting other devices on substrate. SOG films have SiO/sub 2/-like characteristics and inherent quality of planarizing the underlying topography and offer an attractive approach to dielectric planarization. There are three often used methods with SOG-Total Etchback, Partial Etchback and Non-Etchback. We have used SOG as the planarization material in our laboratory. By using ACCUGLASS P-114LS SOG, we have made some experiments with these planarizing methods.


Radiated electromagnetic emissions of photovoltaic systems causing interference with radiocommunication can pose a major barrier to further photovoltaic penetration. This is particularly critical close to sensitive infrastructures such as hospitals, airports, and communication facilities. To understand the impact of each component and installation detail, we performed systematic emission measurements on comparable commercial photovoltaic systems in the range 150 kHz to 30 MHz. Our measurements indicate that systems with module optimizers are the main cause of increased emissions. The choice of a specific module type can increase emissions from inverter systems with module optimizers, while changes in cable management and earthing do not substantially affect emissions. For the module optimizer measurements, emissions were significantly increased when replacing aluminum framed half-cut modules with frameless bifacial glass-glass modules.


The purpose of this study was to determine whether the wives' perceptions of personal control over the process of childbirth were related to couples' choices and utilization of three birthing alternatives (home birth, unmedicated hospital birth, and medicated hospital birth). The wives' perceived control over the childbirth process was expected to vary inversely with the level of medical intervention in the birthing alternative chosen. The home birth mothers were expected to perceive themselves as having more control over childbirth than were the unmedicated hospital group mothers, and the unmedicated hospital group mothers more than the medicated hospital group mothers. The husbands' perception of their wives' perceived control in childbirth and their participation was also measured.


A comparison was made of some pharmacologic actions of pure quinidine, dihydroquinidine, and commercial quinidine sulfate, U.S.P. The following results were obtained:

1. The threshold doses of dihydroquinidine and quinidine required to raise the intensity of electrical stimulation needed to produce ventricular fibrillation in cats were approximately 1 and 3.5 mg. per kg., respectively.

2. In doses of 10 mg. per kg. intravenously into anesthetized cats, quinidine or dihydroquinidine caused a marked fall of blood pressure—almost of equal intensity. The duration of action of quinidine on blood pressure was more prolonged however. Doses of 1 to 2 mg. per kg. intravenously produced only slight and very transient fall of blood pressure.

3. From the median lethal doses obtained by intravenous injection into mice, dihydroquinidine was about 18% more toxic than quinidine.


Ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma (OPA) or ovine pulmonary carcinomatosis (previously known as ovine pulmonary adenomatosis) is a contagious tumour forming viral disease caused by the genus beta-retrovirus of retroviridae (jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus). This study was aimed to understand the prevalence of disease in the locality based on histopathological diagnosis and its correlation with age, sex and breed. Out of 903 sheep carcasses examined, OPA was recorded in 44 cases accounting to 4.87%. The gross lesions varied from multifocal greyish nodules to complete consolidation of the lung parenchyma. Histologically, there were single to multiple layers of cuboidal to columnar epithelial cells giving adenomatous appearance. The cuboidal or columnar tumour cells replaced the normal alveolar epithelia and in some cases it formed into papilliform growths that projected into the alveoli. The peribronchial and peribronchiolar lymphoid aggregates were consistent features in most of the cases studied. Argyrophilic nucleolar organizer regions (AgNORs) were counted in representative cases of nodular and consolidated forms of adenocarcinomatosis to assess the rate of cell proliferation. The average AgNOR counts per nucleus were 4.672 ± 0.68 and 3.086 ± 0.537 for nodular and consolidated forms respectively.


The form-noticing language learners show in the language output and feedback is the key to improving the quality of output. While form-noticing has been increasingly researched by many language teachers, effects of proficiency and sex and its impact on subsequent learning in the context of EFL writing have not been fully investigated through data mining. This study examined EFL students' English vocabulary errors and problems. By data mining, the results suggest that more proficient students have a consistent cognition for their own problems, while Less proficient students focused their problems and form-noticing mainly on verbs, nouns and adjectives (esp. males), but in fact, their errors lie in verbs and sentence structures, and the correction ratio and incorporation ratio for more proficient learners are generally higher than less proficient learners. Females showed higher solving, correction, and incorporation ratios respectively. Implications drawn from these findings are discussed.


There are still few research results on the influence of infrastructural measures on the occurrence of traffic accidents. In particular this applies to the many discussions concerning the Woonerf. By means of a before and after study 56 Woonerven and 13 other infrastructural measures in redesigned and reconstructed residential areas were studied. The main conclusion from this accident study is that analyses show a big reduction in the number of accidents when such measures were taken. The reduction was the greatest in Woonerven but other experimental measures show also a positive effect on traffic safety. The execution of the measures should be as intensive as possible, with the aid of obstacles, road humps, modifications in the longitudinal profile, while the footpaths should be maintained as well as possible. The greatest decrease is in the number of accidents to pedestrains and moped riders. (TRRL)


The aerial image produced by projection mask aligners can be readily visualized using high resolution computer graphics. This paper describes a computer model that calculates the aerial image using a mask pattern and the optical system characteristics as input. The program converts the digital result into a grey scale image. This image is an accu-rate representation of the image the photoresist actually "sees." The model is applied to contrast-enhanced lithography (CEL).1120 By combining the aerial image model with the known bleaching behavior of CEL materials it is possible to calculate the image intensity transmitted by the bleachable layer as a function of time. This result is presented in the form a computer-generated movie, which makes apparent the high contrast of the transmitted image. A second application of the aerial image model is to two-dimensional resist pattern modeling. Although not as sophisticated as SAMPLE4 this model is capable of modeling com-plete structures, such as a dynamic RAM cell. The output of the model is a three-dimensional surface which is displayed using a computer-generated, shaded surface. Linewidth variation with exposure is easily explored with this model. It is a best case model in that it assumes ideal optics and resist development conditions. Resist thickness is calculated using an experimentally determined thickness transfer function. These assumptions are necessary in order to minimize the time necessary for performing the calculations. The model calculates a pattern on a 512 X 512 point array from an image in 1-2 min. on a VAX-780. Since ideal conditions are assumed, the utility of the model is primarily in its ability to predict when a structure is beyond the limits of a given optical system. Applications of the model to CEL will be presented.


In this paper, traditional one-hot encoded network is compared with three deep metric learning methods by using contrastive loss, triplet loss, and quadruplet loss on character classification task. Experimental results show that deep metric learning methods provide similar performance to one-hot encoded network, but have more advantages and less label requirements. On the other hand, by comparing these well-known deep metric learning methods under the same number of parameters, their differences are also summarized.


information needs for industry, from theory to practice. Part of the problems that the industry has faced to date in adopting BIM tends to be related to misunderstandings of the need to change working practices and processes, or, in some instances, excessive focus on technology alone as opposed to process changes. Therefore, the clear concepts presented and discussed can be seen as an important information source. References to other existing bibliography are used to balance the brevity of some areas, which is beneficial for readers. Because of its general purpose, it is likely that those less experienced in BIM implementation will benefit more from the book contents than experienced professionals. Overall, the book is effective in supporting stakeholders to grasp a better understanding of multidisciplinary BIM processes and technology in the current industry context, with a welcomed emphasis on collaboration, sharing of data, changing roles and responsibilities, and the need for sharing risks and rewards. A number of books have already addressed both theory and practical BIM examples; however, this book presents an overview of BIM through a welcomed clear and easy to understand language.


Until the early 1970's, research into attrition among postsecondary students was largely aimed at establishing correlations between the characteristics the stu- dents brought with them to an institution and dropping out. Virtually all of this research was unguided by any explicit theoretical framework. With the work of Spady (1970; 1971), and that of Tinto (1975), a model was provided which became the theoretical foundation for most subsequent research into the prob- lem. The model was based fundamentally on part of Durkheim's work on sui- cide, keying on the concept of integration. According to the model, those students who were integrated into the social and academic life of the institution were less likely to drop out, and the focus shifted to include not only "back- ground" factors, but also the experiences of students after they were admitted to the institution. While creating the illusion of offering a clear theoretical frame- work, the key concepts of social and academic integration are only very loosely connected with the original Durkheimian idea. It is contended here that a firmer foundation for the development of an appropriate theoretical framework is more likely to arise out of a careful attempt to understand the actions of students in terms of the meanings things in their world have for them. Methodological tech- niques appropriate to this task are advocated, without denying the importance of many significant clues to be found in much of the current and past research in the field.


Edinburgh University in the middle of the eighteenth century. A man of philosophic attitude in medicine, he has been overshadowed both during his lifetime and since his death by the more robust and practical personality of his senior contemporary and successor in the Chair of Medicine, William Cullen. Cullen was born in 1710, Whytt in 1714Whytt became Professor of Medicine in 1747 at the age of thirty-three, and passed out at the early age of fifty-two in 1766. Cullen did not succeed to this Chair until 1773, when he was sixty-three years of age, but he maintained a vigorous life and a huge consulting practice till the age of seventy-nine. The posthumous fame of Cullen has been a solid part of the foundation upon which rests the reputation of the Edinburgh Medical School, while Whytt has been almost forgotten and posterity has done bare justice to his writings. Whytt's father was a member of the Scottish Bar and


This article presents an overview of the current status of research on programmed instruction in the USSR. In addition to emphasizing the need for psychological research within the context of a programmed instruction project, the author contends that a further analysis of the concept of feedback may be crucial to improvements in this important area of applied psychological research.


Petroglossum undulatum Schneider (Rhodophyta, Phyllophoraceae) is recorded for the first time outside the deep water of North and South Carolina. The apparently disjunct distribution of this species may be attributed to insufficient collections in the intermediate geographic areas and to the similarity of the external morphology of this species to that of two species of Cryptonemia, with which it grows in association. A detailed description of Brazilian material and comparison with a topotype of P. undulatum from North Carolina are given. Gametophytes were known from the type collections and tetrasporangial plants are described here for the first time.


The present diplomatic work deals with the study, simulation and manufacture of a device for the connection of photovoltaic systems of two stages with the network of low voltage. Object of the work was the first stage that undertakes the elevation of voltage; we receive at the output of a photovoltaic panel, so as to connect it with the next stage, where the voltage is inverted. The circuit that was studied is a converter of elevation and stabilisation of the output voltage was selected from the Luo converters. In particular, after studying the topologies and taking into account the specifications that we had in the present work, two topologies were chosen as the most suitable for the application. The Re-lift converter and the elementary circuit of the superlift converters were studied theoretically and their operation was simulated with real elements. Based on the results that were taken, the two converters were compared and was selected which one of the two to manufacture. Finally the superlift elementary circuit was manufactured in the laboratory and the control of the circuit was done with the use of a microcontroller (dsPIC30F4011). The experimental results confirmed the theoretical analysis and the correct operation of the circuit. The degree of efficiency that resulted in the experimental measurements is considered rather low in the order of 80% for this application, while it constitutes the first stage in a system of two stages. The behaviour however and the voltage transfer gain are satisfactorily for applications of low power


In recent years, supermarket has gained rapid development in China, which has already become the main organizational form of the retailing business and the important marketing channel of consumer goods. The goods are in ample supply, but the shelves are limited. The supermarket makes use of this favorable position to collect slotting allowance, causing certain disputes. Analysis from the angle of economic, slotting allowance is the result that industry capital goes up and commerce capital goes down under the action of the market mechanism. It is the natural outcome which was born by the action of three mechanisms—market price mechanism, supply and demand relations, and the competition mechanisms. It reflects the scarce of the supermarket resources and is a manifestation of the ground rent theory of Marx. And it is advantageous to enhance the use efficiency of the whole society resources.


You can pay all of your bills by check, and with most bank accounts, you can even manage and make all of your bill payments online. In addition, most banks now issue debit cards with a MasterCard or Visa emblem, which means you can use the card to make purchases against your account anywhere that accepts credit cards, including online and in stores. Paying cash or purchasing money orders for payments is inefficient, carrying cash can also be dangerous and paying in cash doesn't leave much evidence behind to prove your payment in case of a dispute. Certainly a bank account will make budgeting a lot easier.


The objective of this study was to determine the influence of dry-heat cookery method on beef flavor development in strip loin steaks from 2 USDA quality grades following sous vide preparation. Beef strip loins were selected from 2 USDA quality grades: upper 2/3 Choice (Modest00–Moderate100) and Select (Slight00–Slight100 marbling, n= 20/grade). Following 21 d of wet aging, strip loins were fabricated into 2.54-cm thick-steaks and randomly assigned to one of 4 dryheat cookery methods: charbroiler grill (CHAR), clamshell grill (CLAM), convection oven (OVEN), and salamander broiler (SALA). Prior to untrained consumer panel and volatile compound analysis via gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, steaks were cooked under sous vide conditions for 1.5 h, then finished on the assigned cookery method. There were no cooking method × quality grade interactions (P≥ 0.076) for all consumer traits evaluated. Overall, SALA steaks received higher (P< 0.05) ratings by consumers than CLAM steaks for all palatability traits. OVEN steaks had greater scores (P< 0.05) than CLAM steaks for juiciness, tenderness, and overall liking but were similar to CLAM steaks (P> 0.05) for flavor. CHAR steaks were similar (P> 0.05) to CLAM steaks for flavor but were rated higher (P< 0.05) for tenderness, juiciness, and overall liking. Steaks cooked using the OVEN method produced a greater concentration of lipid-derived volatiles, such as alcohols, aldehydes, and carboxylic acids. In direct contrast, CHAR steaks produced a higher concentration of pyrazines and Strecker aldehydes, which are derived from theMaillard reaction. These data indicate that cookery method, and therefore heat transfer method, has a substantially stronger influence on consumer ratings and flavor development than USDA quality grade in this study when steaks are prepared using sous vide methods.


Soil organic carbon (SOC) is vital to soil ecosystem function and it plays a key role in carbon cycling in the terrestrial ecosystem. The spatial pattern of SOC stock (SOCs) is affected by specific geomorphic settings and land-use types at the scale of watershed. Nevertheless, the distribution of SOCs with fluvial landform regimes and land use types was not sufficiently elucidated in the semi-humid riparian ecosystem in north China. In this study, 103 soil plots were sampled and spatial auto-correlation method was adopted to detect the spatial pattern of SOCs in the Changhe watershed that was located at the boundary of the Loess Plateau and the Taihang Mountains. The results showed that SOCs in the Changhe watershed varied from 18.03 Mg ha−1 to 21.51 Mg ha−1 and it was in the order: grassland > forestland > cropland > construction land. SOCs varied with geomorphic settings, among which, the altitude exerted more influence on the distribution of SOCs than the aspect and the slope. In terms of the spatial pattern of SOCs, 17 plots with higher SOCs collectively distributed in the west of the watershed and that with lower SOCs (19 plots) concentrated in the midlands. This indicated that the upland had higher SOCs while the lowland had lower values. Overall, land use type and geomorphic settings (especially the altitude) should be considered when estimating the SOC sequestration in warmer and wetter watershed in north China. With regard to the implications for land use management, reforestation could elevate the SOCs. Moreover, no-tillage and returning crop straw to cultivated soils could be efficient approaches to elevate soil carbon sequestration and soil productivity.


The use of hyphenated techniques combining flash-vacuum pyrolysis with Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy or tandem mass spectrometry has indicated that N-aryl-3,6-dihydro[1,2]dithiolo[4,3-c][1,2]dithiolimines 2a,b, and 3a,b, are efficient precursors of a series of new neutral and/or ionized heterocumulenes in the gas phase. Typical identified cumulenes were N-aryliminobutatrienes, ArNCCCCX, X = NAr or S (as radical cations), N-aryliminopropadienethiones, ArNCCCS, and N-aryliminopropadienethiones S-sulfide (as radical cations). Furthermore, the gas phase stability of NCCCS and NCCCCS radicals was also indicated by neutralization–reionization experiments. The behaviour of the N-tert-butyliminodithiolodithioles 2a and 3c was found to be significantly different as the chemistry seems to be dictated by the tert-butyl groups.


Cu/adhesive hybrid bonding is a promising technology to fabricate 3D integrated microsystems with ultra-fine pitch and short vertical interconnects, low electrical resistance, and high reliability. The main remaining issues of this technology include bonding temperature mismatch between Cu-Cu (350–400 °C) and adhesive (typically ≤250 °C), long thermal-compression time (low throughput), and high thermal stress. In this paper, we present a sub-200 °C Cu/adhesive hybrid bonding method. By using H-containing HCOOH vapor pre-bonding treatment, the bonding temperature is lowered to 180–200 °C and the thermal-compression time is shortened to 600 s, enabling a Cu-first hybrid bonding approach. Cu/adhesive hybrid bonding was successfully demonstrated at bonding temperature of 180 °C. The effects of prebonding treatment temperature and time on Cu-Cu bonding and cyclo-olefin polymer (COP) adhesive bonding are investigated in detail.


Objective The aim of this study is to investigate the prevention and therapy effects of ACE inhibitor on diabetic peripheral neuropathy(DPN) in rats and to explore the mechanism.Methods Diabtes was induced by STZ.After 8 weeks of prevention or treatment,we observed the effects of ACEI(lisinopril) on nerve conduction velocity and uhramicrostructure of sciatic nerve;determined SOD, MDA, Na+ -K +-ATPase activity,assessed neurofilament, MBP and capillary density of sciatic nerve.Results Lisinopril prevention/therapy treatment improved nerve structure and function at different degrees; improved oxidative stress state, Na+ -K+ -ATPase activity, neurofilament, MBP expression and angiogenesis. Conchusions ACEI is an effective measurement on DPN.The possible mechanisms were related to its improvement of nerve isehemic state and relative metabolic disorders.

Key words:
Diabetic peripheral neuropathy;  Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor;  Oxidative stress;  Angiogenesis


Cukurbag Polje ,the subject of this research was formed by unification of three separate uvalas. Depression which is in initial profile and a young age, is like a small model identifying formation and development mechanism of big scale Central and Western Taurus Poljes. Throughout the research, field and polje's actual geomorphic properties were examined carefully and by this way, its geomorphic evolution was tried to be revealed together with structural and geomorhological factors that control the location and development of polje.


ABSTRACT Transplanting machines continue to evolve. Most are hand-fed, but introduction of electronics and computers onto field machines makes possible automatically-fed transplanters. The recently introduced Model 5000 from Mechanical Transplanter Co. has electronic and computer capability. Graphical analysis of seedlings moving through the machine under gravity shows that, with some changes, the machines could be automatically fed at several times the rate that they are hand fed. Confirmation of these results requires that field machines be built and tested.


As well as improving the life of people of all ages, a rise in the life expectancy of people has led to an increased demand for new restoring and augmentation materials that have applications in therapies for bone pathologies. Bioactive Glasses (BGs) have revolutionized the field of biomaterials as they have been generally accepted to be able to promote both hard and soft living tissues regeneration and self-repair. This brief review will discuss the effect of metallic ions substitution on the properties of bioactive glasses for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications.


Based on the BOT mode of financing,this paper analyse the adventages of BOT as a large-scale construction financing.According to the current Chinese economic development level and the government's financial strength that the BOT can be used to finance for Chinese large coliseum construction,therefore,a new path for the construction of large coliseum has been found.


The notion of an object, along with such related notions äs those of objectivity and objective validity, plays a prominent and important role in Kant's theory of knowledge, especially in his famous "transcendental deduction." After identifying a set of pure concepts or categories, Kant seeks in the deduction to show that they possess objective validity, i. e., that they can legitimately be applied to the objects of experience. His endeavors necessarily involve him in an analysis of the notion of an object, for he grants what Hume had argued concerning the concept of causality, namely, that the applicability of the categories cannot be established straightforwardly, by an appeal to empirical evidence. It must be established indirectly instead, through an analysis of the very notion of an object. Kant offers such an analysis, and argues that the categories are applicable to the objects of experience precisely because they are presupposed in the representation of such objects because we must employ them if we are to be able to represent such objects in the first place. As he puts it,


ABSTRACT This research was conducted based on the fact indicating that the students understanding on mathematic concept was still low, the smart students dominate the learning process while the low level of students don't have opportunity to speak and giving argument. The aim of this research was to determine whether students understanding on mathematic concept by implementing cooperative learning technique Button Clatter is better than the students understanding on mathematic concept with conventional learning. This was an experimental research. The sampling technique is total sampling . XI IPS 2 selected as the experimental class and  the class as a class XI IPS 1 control. The instruments of the research was final test study with reliability 0,89. Based on the analysis of date, average valueof the experimental class is 71,82 with standard devition 18,37 and the average value of the control class is 53,82 with standard deviation 21,45. P-Value (0,001) which was smaller than α, Thus it was concluded that the student's understanding on mathematic concept by implementing cooperative learning technique Button Clatter better then that of the conventional learning in class XI IPS MAN Palangki.


Thermally treated carbons derived from pomegranate rind were investigated to find the suitability of its application for the removal of nitrate in aqueous solution through adsorption process. Two types of activation namely thermal at 200, 300, and 400 ̊C and boiling treatment (boiling at 150 ̊C) were used for the production of the adsorbents. A control (untreated pomegranate rind (UPR)) was used to compare the adsorption capacity of the adsorbents produced from these processes. The results indicated that the thermally treated carbon derived at the temperature of 400 ̊C showed maximum adsorption capacity in the aqueous solution of nitrate. Batch adsorption studies showed an equilibrium time of 6 h for the thermally treated carbon derived at 400 ̊C. It was observed that the adsorption capacity was higher at lower pH (2–3) and higher value of initial concentration of nitrate (200mg/L). The equilibrium data fitted better with the Freundlich adsorption isotherm compared to the Langmuir. Kinetic studies of nitrate adsorption onto adsorbents were also studied to evaluate the adsorption rate.


Objective To probe into the mechanisms of electroacupuncture( EA) at Shangjuxu( ST 37,lower He-sea acupoint) and Chize( LU 5,He-sea acupoint) for treatment of the ulcerative colitis( UC),through observing TNF-Alpha content in different organs and morphology of colonic mucosa in UC rats. Methods Twenty-eight male Wistar rats were randomly divided into 4 groups: a control group,a model group,an EA-Shangjuxu( EA-ST 37) group and an EA-Chize( EA-LU 5) group,7 rats in each group. The UC rat model was made with by enema with 10% acetic acid,and the change of TNF-α content in the Lung and Colon and morphology of colonic mucosa after EA at Shangjuxu( ST 37) and Chize( LU5) were observed. The treatment began from day 3 after establishing models. EA( 2 /100HZ) was applied to bilateral Chize( LU 5) and Chize( LU 5) for 15 min,once daily for 7 days. The control group and model group bound only for 15min,once daily for 7 days. TNF-α content in the lung and colon was determined by RIA. Morphology of colonic mucosa were observed under a light microscope by hematoxylin-eosin( HE) Staining. Results( 1) EA at Shangjuxu( ST 37) and Chize( LU 5) could significantly decrease the TNF-α level in the colic tissues with significant differences as compared with the model group( P 0.05). Compared with the control group,the TNF-α content was obviously increased in the model group( P 0.05). No significant difference can be seen between EA-Shangjuxu group and EA-Chize group. The TNF-α content in EA-Chize group was significantly decreased in the lung tissues comparing with EAShangjuxu group( P 0. 05). No significant difference can be seen among the other groups( P 0. 05)..( 2) The ratio of TNF levels in the colon and lung in EA-Shangjuxu group was significantly decreased comparing with the model group( P 0. 05) and EA-Chize group( P 0. 05). No significant differences among the other groups( P 0. 05).( 3) Ulceration and inflammation of colon can be observed in the model group. Pathological lesions of colonic mucosa were reduced in the EA-Shangjuxu group and EA-Chize group. The EA-Shangjuxu group was more obvious. Conclusions( 1) EA at Shangjuxu( ST 37) and Chize( LU 5) could significantly decrease the TNF-α level in the colic tissues,effectively prevent inflammatory response of colon and improving pathological changes of colonic mucosa,which has provided the experimental basis for the theory of " he-sea points governing vomiting and diarrhea" and " Curing viscera diseases by he-sea points".( 2) Maybe Shangjuxu( ST 37) and Chize( LU 5) have different target organs.Shangjuxu( ST 37) is better for enterogenic diarrhea,while Chize( LU 5) has more advantages than Shangjuxu( ST 37) for lung injury caused by enteritis.


Objective To investigate the clinical value of type-B ultrasonic in diagnosing hysteromyoma.Methods 143 patients,who visit our hospital from May,2009 to June,2010 were examined by type-B ultrasonic to get the size,shape and echo features of the focus.Results The coincidence cases of type-B ultrasonic diagnosis and pathologic diagnosis were 125,and the diagnosis coincidence rate was 88.9%.The cases were divided into four types: high echo-level type,low echo-level type,middle echo-level type and mix echo-level type,which account for 25.2%、34.3%、21.0% and 19.6%,respectively.Conclusions Type-B ultrasonic is the best method to diagnose hysteromyoma although there is certain misdiagnosis rate.


To compare (i) canal centering ability and transportation of Primary WaveOne Gold in combination with WaveOne Gold Glider with ProTaper Next X2 in combination with ProGlider using Micro-CT, and (ii) difference in final preparation times between these two preparation groups. Mesiobuccal canals of 50 mandibular first molars were used. Teeth were randomly divided into two preparation groups. Results were analysed using a one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). Apically, ProGlider/ProTaper Next X2 demonstrated better centering ratio values and lower transportation values compared to WaveOne Gold Glider/Primary WaveOne Gold (p .05). No statistically significant differences between the canal preparation times were found (p<.06). The combination of ProGlider /ProTaper Next X2 yields better results for transportation and centering ability apically compared to WaveOne Gold Glider in combination with Primary Wave-One Gold.


Introduction the linguistic evidence on slavery "The Work Is Hard Because I Am Not Free" - slaves and slavery in the literary sources "Free Annually One Penal Slave" - laws and penitentials "After Their Lifetime Half The Men Are To Be Free" - the evidence of the wills "For The Sake Of His Soul" - manumission-documents "With The Land And The Men" - charters, surveys, and custumals "Lies, Damned Lies, And Statistics" - Domesday Book.


Symmetric telecoms regulation, where it is not only the operators with significant market power (SMP) at national or large geographical scales which are subject to special access obligations, has been on the agenda for long. However, emphasis has hitherto been on asymmetric regulation, but during the past few years, symmetric regulation has gradually gained weight in different EU countries, and the new European Electronic Communications Code also aims at putting more emphasis on symmetric regulation. The paper identifies the reasons behind symmetric access regulation possibly coming to play a more prominent role in EU telecoms regulation, the scope of symmetric regulation and how it is being articulated, and what the possible implications of symmetric regulation could be on the level of investment. The contribution of the paper is to discuss these different elements of understanding the potential role of symmetric regulation.


Sexual violence is present throughout the world, affects both sexes and occurs in
all cultures and social classes. Women are the main victims of sexual abuse (SA),
considered a major public health problem. In cases of SA, the medical examiner has the role
of searching for objective medical evidence, in addition to participating in the integrated
network of victim care. The objective of this research was to analyze the forensic reports of
SA in a specific geographic context, to better understand the characteristics of the victims
and the forensic findings. The forensic reports of SA victims who were 18 years of age or
older examined in Ribeirao das Neves Institute of Forensic Medicine between 2015 and 2016
were analyzed. All of them were female, totaling 11.6 % of the 242 forensic reports of SA
completed in the period. The average age was 28 years, vaginal intercourse was the most
common practice and in half the cases the abuse was committed by strangers. Most had no
genital lesions and none had anal lesions. There were extragenital lesions in half of the
cases. In most reports the recent occurrence of vaginal intercourse could not be
demonstrated. These data add epidemiological information for better understanding the
profile of the SA adult victim, and may contribute to the establishment of possible intervention
and prevention measures.


Literature always stands as an interesting word which cannot be defined in a sentence. The word is been used by many speakers, literary scholars, critics, etc. This has been used as a medium by many writers to express their feelings, life, culture, society and many more of all the living and the non-living objects. When a literary text is rich in its fictionality, it can create influence in the readers. Literature is now in the way of exploring the world of artificial intelligence and science fiction. What happens if artificial intelligence takes over the world totally and the humans are evacuated? This can be a nightmare but the world cannot escape from the new inventions and the development of artificial intelligence which is going to occupy the world. Human life has been filled with the machine world. There has come a situation where no human is there without the use of mobile phones which is a source of artificial intelligence. To give a glimpse of how the world only with the robots will look like C. Robert Cargill has written the novel Sea of Rust (2018).


Small-scale depth-sensing indentation (nanoindentation) is a popular technique for measuring the mechanical properties of a wide range of materials. Contact mechanics solutions used in data analysis are based on the indentation of a homogeneous half-space, but the experiments are frequently conducted on mineralized biological tissues—biocomposite materials with nanometer-scale features—such as bone and dentin. The current study examines the experimental indentation response of bone across orders of magnitude in contact dimension length-scale, from nanometers to micrometers. Scaling arguments are used to establish the need for nanoscale simulations of mineralized tissue indentation. A finite element model of an inhomogeneous contact problem is developed and used to interpret experimental indentation data on bone and dentin. Both experimental data and modeling results demonstrate a convergence in apparent elastic modulus at increasing contact length-scales. Models results are used to estimate a feature size associated with inhomogeneity of the indentation response; for experiments conducted here the characteristic feature size is found to be substantially larger for bone than for dentin, and in both cases larger than for individual nanometer-scale mineral platelets.


In the display device having a drive unit and this end, the data driver receives a common voltage to the data processor, and a data voltage swing in a predetermined cycle that converts the image data into data voltages, and selecting one of the common voltage and the data voltage a switching circuit for output are provided. The timing controller outputs a switching signal at a point in time close to the voltage level of the next data voltage to be outputted from the data processing section of the transition interval of the common voltage. The switching circuit outputs the common voltage at a point in time in response to the switching signal. Therefore, it is possible to shorten a transition time of the data voltage, so that it is possible to reduce the current consumption.


References 1. Bakulina A.A., Buslov A.S. Issledovanie MKE napryazhenno-deformirovannogo i silovogo vzaimodeystviya fundamentov odnostoechnykh gorizontal'no nagruzhennykh opor s uprugim poluprostranstvom [Research of the Stress-stain and Force Interaction of Foundations of Single-column Laterally Loaded Supports with an Elastic Half-space Using FEM]. Collected works of the Institute of Construction and Architecture. Collected papers of the International Scientifi c and Technical Conference "Promyshlennoe i grazhdanskoe stroitel'stvo v sovremennykh usloviyakh" [Industrial and Civil Engineering in the Present-day Environment]. Moscow, MGSU Publ., 2011, pp. 135—137.


A measurement of the plutonium concentration in a sample is always necessary for nuclear material control and accounting. This report describes the testing of the intrinsic densitometry (ID) technique for implant applications. The authors found that the ID method can determine the plutonium concentrations to between 2 and 3% at concentrations of 100 g/l to 200 g/l with quartz cells and a measurement time of 3600 s. The precision can be improved to 1 to 2% with a higher counting rate. The authors also found that nitric acid concentration and the impurity level of uranium in the product plutonium solution do not affect the concentration measurement. When this technique is applied to plutonium solutions in stainless steel pipes, they found that similar precision in plutonium concentration can be achieved using a high-count-rate detector. The precision, however, is reduced with aged plutonium solutions.


New paper reports on a stretchable, microscale surface-emitting laser capable of being integrated onto human skin and other biological tissues.New paper reports on a stretchable, microscale surface-emitting laser capable of being integrated onto human skin and other biological tissues.


Flue Cured Virginia (FCV) tobacco is a type of tobacco mainly used as filler in cigarettes. It is obtained by flue curing of leaves in special structure called barn. FCV tobacco constitutes 30 per cent of total tobacco production in India and of which 80 per cent is exported. It has a significant role in Indian economy through foreign exchange and excise duty and thus forms an important commercial crop (Anonymous, 2020). It is cultivated as rainfed crop in KLS region of Karnataka and as irrigated in Andhra Pradesh. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 9 Number 10 (2020) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com

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Optical second harmonic (SH) imaging using femtosecond laser pulses (782 nm, 80fs) is applied to investigate the structural quality of SiC and ZnO thin films grown by chemical vapour deposition (CVD) on Si(100) substrates. We find a spatially uniform SH response from the SiC sample as well as a regular 4-fold symmetry (3C-SiC-(001)) in the rotational SH anisotropy. The ZnO film is poly-crystalline as indicated by a strongly position dependent SH response and the missing regularity in the rotational SH anisotropy. The estimated grain size is ∼ 30-50 μm. Furthermore our time dependent SHG measurements on native Si/SiO 2 for laser peak intensities up to 100 GW/cm 2 indicate that hole injection and trapping into the ultrathin SiO 2 layer contributes to the SH signal above > 45 GW/cm 2 . The SHG images of defects irreversibly induced in Si/SiO 2 under laser irradiation are reproduced by scanning electron microscopy (SEM).


Mitochondrial biogenesis is controled through the transcriptional regulation PGC-1α, NRF-1, mtTFA and AMPK. Activation of AMPK by food deprivation is linked to the changes in the protein expressions of PGC-1 and related genes. This study was performed to determine the effect of food deprivation on mitochondrial biogenesis during aerobic exercise in left ventricular muscle. To achieve this purpose, male SD-rats (12 wk) were randomly assigned into Control (feeding, n=7), 6hF (6h fasting, n=7), 1hF+Ex (1h fasting + exercise, n=7), 3hF+Ex (3h fasting + exercise, n=7), 6hF+Ex (6h fasting + exercise, n=7). The exercise group was sacrificed at the time of 3hour after acute exercise (75∼80% VO2max). Expression of related proteins were analyzed by SDS-PAGE and western blotting. From the results of this study, expression of AMPK(76%, p=.001), PGC-1α(137%, p=.001), NRF-1(84%, p=.001), mtTFA(129%, p=.001) and COX-IV(76%, p=.001) in 6hF+Ex(6h fasting + exercise) group were significantly greater than Control (feeding) group, as well as AMPK(68%, p=.001), PGC-1α(87%, p=.001), NRF-1(48%, p=.001), mtTFA(57%, p=.001) and COX-IV(67%, p=.001) in 3hF+Ex(3h fasting + exercise) group were significantly greater than Control(feeding) group. This study demonstrates that the aerobic exercise after 6h fasting has optimal effect on mitochondrial biogenesis in heart muscle.


The paper looks at some hot in situ recycling methods used overseas and examines the reasons why this type of recycling has not as yet been attempted in this country. The two main reasons are seen to be vagueness regarding the applicability and potential of the process and the lack of a specialized plant for its undertaking. The fact that this type of recycling generally requires the use of complex and very expensive equipment aggravates the problems of its introduction to Southern Africa. The economic applicability of hot in situ recycling to local conditions is assessed (a).


For various reasons, manufactures in the Upper Midwest continue to experience challenges in recruiting people to fill skilled-labor positions. Southeastern Minnesota has a strong and robust manufacturing industry. Manufacturing represents15.9 percent of total employment in the region, which makes it the second largest industry in the region and the second largest concentration of manufacturing employment of the six regions in the state (Schultz, 2017). The economy of this region relies on the success of its manufacturing firms. If these firms cannot fill the positions, they need to be productive and support growth the economy of the region will suffer. Manufacturers are attempting to recruit skilled workers but are not experiencing success in doing so. Strategies have been evolving as recruiting efforts shift to focus on the millennial and Generation Z workforce, but these strategies need to continually evolve if recruiting challenges are to be solved. We examine the manufacturing industry and recruiting challenges from a nationwide, state wide and localized focus area.


A thin patient with a history of eating disorders developed basicervical femoral neck fracture bilaterally and simultaneously due to vitamin D deficiency osteomalacia. A careful evaluation in thin patients with thigh pain, including bone biopsy, is required to avoid overlooking osteomalacia.


Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is a recent concept, originating as an ex− tension of interventional endoscopy, but more re− cently being adopted by laparoscopic surgeons and surgical endoscopists as a less−invasive form of laparoscopy. The first published accounts of what would come to be known as "NOTES" (a term coined by the 2005 joint committee of the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy [ASGE] and the Society of American Gastrointes− tinal and Endoscopic Surgeons [SAGES] [1]) ap− peared in 2004. In 2005 and 2006 there were only a handful of papers published on the subject but activity in the form of meeting abstracts and presentations was notable. Starting in 2007 there has been a deluge of papers published on NOTES ± 114 in the past 20 months alone (l" Fig. 1). For the purpose of this article, only papers that dealt with natural orifice transluminal flexible endoscopic procedures were considered. Of the 107 or so published reports, seven were not con− sidered as they were published in a non−English journal with limited circulation. Almost exclusively, these reports were editorials bringing the advent of NOTES to the attention of their readership. There were also 16 editorial commentaries on NOTES. These were evenly split (8/8) between positive and negative opinions regarding this new field. All other reports fall into five different categories:


Implications • Livestock make a substantial contribution to achieving food and nutrition security due to various factors including the high nutritional quality of animal-source foods. • Conservation and sustainable use of cattle genetic resources are important due to the multiple benefi ts provided by local breeds. These benefi ts include multiple direct uses, additional market value provided by specialty products, social and cultural roles, and adaptations that local breeds have to climate and diseases in harsh environments. • Meat composition varies across cattle breeds. Whereas genetics play a role in this variation, management practices, such as diet, and other environmental factors also affect nutrient composition. • Compositional data for cattle breeds have been added to the FAO/ INFOODS Food Composition Database for Biodiversity. The database is publicly available and has value for use by researchers, nutritionists, producers, the general public and other stakeholders. • More compositional data, including amino acids, minerals, and vitamins, are needed from local breeds in order to understand better the nutritional benefi ts of sustainably managing animal genetic resources.


The rejection of spurious or unwanted signals appearing in the input of a satellite transponder is necessary. Miniature, low-cost, temperature stable, band rejection filters which were developed for these applications utilize high performance dielectric resonators mounted in Space Shuttle thermal tile material. The design and achieved performance of the actual flight unit is presented.


The planar compass-gait biped has been extensively studied in the dynamic walking community, motivated by the gravity-based pendular efficiencies of human walking. These results can be extended to three dimensions using controlled geometric reduction for open-chain robots, by which stable 3-D walking gaits are built from known sagittal-plane limit cycles. We apply this method to the standard and with-torso compass-gait (hipless) bipeds, showing straight-ahead walking gaits (i.e., stable 1-step periodic limit cycles) as well as h-step turning in full circles (i.e., stable h-periodic limit cycles). These constant-curvature maneuvers are composed of stable 1-periodic turning gaits modulo heading change, demonstrating two types of gaits for directional dynamic walking in three dimensions.


Abstract:  Measurement of fracture parameters for a rapidly growing crack in syntactic foam sheets using image correlation technique and high‐speed photography is presented. The performance of a rotating mirror‐type multi‐channel high‐speed digital camera to measure transient deformations is assessed by conducting benchmark tests on image intensity variability, rigid translation and rigid rotation. Edge‐cracked foam samples are subjected to eccentric impact loading relative to the initial crack plane to produce mixed‐mode loading conditions in a three‐point bend configuration. High‐speed photography is used to record decorated random speckles in the vicinity of the crack tip at a rate of 200 000 frames per second. Two sets of images are recorded, the first set before impact and the second after impact. Using image correlation methodology, crack‐tip displacement field histories and dominant strains from the time of impact up to complete fracture are mapped. Over‐deterministic least‐squares analyses of crack‐tip radial and tangential displacements are used to obtain mixed‐mode fracture parameters. The measurements are compared with complementary finite element results. The fracture parameters determined from radial displacements seem more robust even when fewer number of higher order terms in the crack‐tip asymptotic expansion are used.


The characteristic difference of mixture fuel betwen kerosene and lubricating oil for substituting HSD such as viscosity, volatility, cetane number, density would affect the combustion process, so it can cause the decreasing the performance of diesel engine.The properly variation start of injection would improve diesel engine performance. This experimental, using fuel mixture of kerosene and lubricating oil 2T(Kp5% 2T) and 4T(Kp5% 4T) made by PERTAMINA which have composition 5% by volume of fuel for diesel engine. This research was done by full open throttle and using eddy current chassis dynamometer. This experimental has done by start of injection variation and the result was compared with HSD at standart condition.. The experimental result, indicated that by retarding start of injection would improve the diesel engine performance and the best start of injection is obtained at 8 BTDC at KP5%2T which has increasing of power, torque, Bmep, Brake Thermal Efficiency. Average respectively are 2,2%, 2,15%, 2,2%, 12,5% , but decrease the Sfc value is 15,3% than HSD at timing injection standart (10 BTDC).


The effects of immunochemotherapy combined with regional injection of interleukin-2 (rIL-2) and balloon occluded arterial infusion (BOAI) of cisplatin (CDDP) were evaluated in three patients with tonsillar cancer. Partial response (PR) was obtained in all cases. Immunohistological analysis showed a significant increase of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) following immunochemotherapy. A decrease of tumor cell proliferation was detected with the use of Ki-67 monoclonal antibody. Combined immunochemotherapy appears to be useful in the therapy of tonsillar cancer.


The principle of Laser jet solder ball bonding (LJSBB) technology is that the laser beam melts the tin ball, which is sprayed by high-pressure nitrogen, and the pad is wetted to form a metallurgical connection. LJSBB method is a special technology which has many advantages such as non-contact, local heating, limited heat-affected zone, flexible. Accordingly, the reliability of the solder joints obtained by LJSBB has become a major concern. In the present paper, RF connectors were soldered by LJSBB method with 63Sn37Pb solder. The effects of manual soldering and LJSBB method on the soldering quality and standing wave ratio (SWR) were analyzed. The reliability of the solder joint was also evaluated by the thermal cycle treatment and random vibration test. The results show that the solder joints of LJSBB were well wetted, and the IMC layer was continuously distributed. The thickness of the IMC layer on the RF connector side obtained by LJSBB was thicker than which obtained by manual soldering, while the microstrip side was the opposite. The average SWR of LJSBB solder joints increased slightly after 50 temperature cycles (-40°C~+75°C) and 13.88g random vibration, which still met the indicator requirements. With the progress of the reliability test (200 temperature cycles -55 °C ~+100 °C and 13.88g random vibration), the average SWR of LJSBB and manual soldering joints remained unchanged at first, then increased and then decreased. Nevertheless, SWR of RF connectors were no index out of tolerance. The average SWR of LJSBB solder joints was more consistent than that of manual soldering.


We propose a novel method of extracting a moving object region from each frame in a series of images regardless of complex, changing background using statistical knowledge about the target. In vision systems for 'real worlds' like a human motion tracer, a priori knowledge about the target and environment is often limited (e.g., only the approximate size of the target is known) and is insufficient for extracting the target motion directly. In our approach, information about both target object and environment is extracted with a small amount of given knowledge about the target object. Pixel value (color, intensity, etc.) distributions for both the target object and background region are adaptively estimated from the input image sequence based on the knowledge. Then, the probability of each pixel being associated with the target object is calculated. The target motion can be extracted from the calculated stochastic image. We confirmed the stability of this approach through experiments.


Krk is one of the two largest islands in the Adriatic archipelago of Croatia, along with Cres. Its name has been discussed most recently by Dubravka Ivšić Majić (Voprosy Onomastiki 16.1, 2019) in the context of an analysis of the survival of the pre-Slavic names of islands presently in Croatia that are recorded in medieval sources, which is based in part on her doctoral dissertation. However, Krk has apparently never been discussed in the wider perspective that is attempted here. The purposes of this article are (1) to examine a moderately large range of similar names in or adjacent to the Mediterranean (understood broadly to include the Ægean, Adriatic and Tyrrhenian Seas), and (2) to try to form a view about the possible origin and significance of the name and its etymon, along with their possible relation to certain other names and lexical words in languages of the Mediterranean, notably Ancient Greek, and Insular Celtic. Particular attention is paid to the geology, geomorphology and cultural significances of the places bearing names of this type. It is tentatively concluded that the names originally referred to striking geological features invested with cultural significance because of some exceptional additional characteristic, such as the mysterious appearance or disappearance of pure water. Certainty is not possible about the language of original formulation, but the range of variation in the nametypes and their apparent dialectology are considered. Greek is the medium of transmission for the majority of the names analysed. A brief footnote glance is taken at superficially comparable names and lexical items even further from the epicentre of the phenomena considered here.


Presents further investigations carried out into the performance evaluation of transmitted line diagram graphics images such as street maps, building plans, etc., through a mobile channel at data rates of 2400 and 4800 bit/s. The essential features of a suitable source code are identified and the geometric encoding, designed to meet these specifications, is presented. Computer simulation is used for modelling the mobile channel and the results are used as an error source for evaluating the performance of the transmitted images. Subjective tests based on the CCIR 5-grade scale are carried out to assess the quality and the usefulness of the received images for various mobile channel parameters. Under normal conditions, line diagram graphics, such as the campus map and the floor plan used as an example in this paper can be transmitted to mobiles in under 5 seconds.


In this paper consideration is given to the powers and the main areas of activity of the Ombudsman in the constitutional law mechanism of ensuring and protection of the right to life.


Singulation of individual electronic packages fabricated as part of a common substrate is accomplished by combining a physical sawing mask patterning and chemical exposure. In one embodiment of the singulation process of the present invention, the first shallow saw cut into inter-package regions of the substrate, exposing the metal underneath for subsequent chemical etching process. In another embodiment, by patterning the separate photoresist mask on the substrate, it is also possible to selectively expose metal in the inter-package regions to chemical etching.


When secondary homes discuss without planning in the tourism sector, very risky situation may be come up for tourism sector. Estimating the secondary homes into the tourism sector makes us think firstly, redounding the homes which are in the coastal reach into the tourism sector. In this study, for bring in the secondary homes which are in the thermal region, into the tourism sector, suggesting a project with starting Kutahya- Yoncali thermal region


Abstract : This evaluates the United States Air Force (USAF) Nonnuclear Armament Program (NAP) models and specifically the Heavy Attack (HA) model. Particular attention is paid to the optimization techniques incorporated in Heavy Attack, to the validity of the inputs being optimized, and to the implications of underlying model assumptions. An examination is made of the validity of using target values as model inputs for not only the beginning of a conflict, but also for but also for times extending into the conduct of a conflict. New technology has been applied to the problem and the success achieved is reviewed. Reformulations aimed at improving model capabilities and/or solution speeds are described. (Author)


This presentation is a practical overview of both full re-publishing and incremental ongoing publishing in Primo, using Aleph as the source ILS system. I'll take the audience step-by-step through the procedures we use, sharing tips and troubleshooting measures we have learned along the way.


A novel approach for the analysis and design of radomes is presented. It uses full domain macro-basis functions obtained from the Characteristic Basis Function Method (CBFM), for modeling the radome structure. The presented approach can be used to analyze arbitrary-shaped radome antennas with several material layers composed by different thickness and different dielectrics. Some cases of study are presented in order to validate the new method.


In the project CEMIE-Geo, the development of a steam transport simulator, GeoSteamNet for the geothermal pipeline network in the Web platform using the Angular framework is in progress. The URL of the website is http://www.INEELGeoSteam.Net/GeoSim. It uses the web service, http://www.INEELGeoSteam.Net/INEELGeoSteamNet.asmx, developed for the calculation of steam transport in components like pipeline and elbow of the pipeline-network of a geothermal plant. The steam-transportation algorithm is based on the conservation of mass, linear momentum, and total (mechanical plus thermal) energy. Similarly, a demo program is written on the Windows platform to resolve the well-known problem of three reservoirs (i.e. three pipes connecting two production wells and a power plant).


One of the challenges in content-based instruction in second language classrooms is how to focus on form in a way that is both effective and appropriate. The use of collaborative tasks that push learners to consciously reflect on their own language use (i.e., produce 'language-related episodes') while conveying meaning has been proposed as one way to accomplish this goal. Studies investigating the use of collaborative tasks that encourage learners to produce language-related episodes (LREs) have been shown to affect positively L2 development. However, little is known about how the proficiency of each dyad member affects how and how much dyads produce LREs during collaborative tasks. Therefore, the study reported in this article investigated how grouping learners by their relative proficiency (high-high, high-low, or low-low) affected the amount, type (lexical or grammatical) and outcome (correct, unresolved, or incorrect) of LREs produced during a passage reconstruction task, completed by twenty-one pairs of adult L2 Spanish learners from a content-based course. The findings revealed that the proficiency of the dyad members affected how much the dyads focused on form, the types of forms they focused on as well as how successful they were at resolving the language problems they encountered.


In this work the author reflects on general didactics and how it is taught as one of the educational sciences that has a great significance in the Cuban school, and in that sense, it is essential in teacher training institutions. It is part of the results of the department of Didactics at "Enrique Jose Varona" Higher Pedagogical Institute and all the researchers and collaborators.


In order to find an approximate representation of a function φ by elements of a certain finite dimensional space, it is possible to use values of this function at some finite set of points xβ , β = 0, 1, . . . , N . The corresponding problem is called the interpolation problem, and the points xβ are called the interpolation nodes. There are polynomial and spline interpolations. It is known that the polynomial approximation is non-practical for approximation of functions with finite and little smoothness, which often occurs in applications. This circumstance makes it necessary to work with splines. Spline functions are very useful in applications. Classes of spline functions possess many nice structural properties as well as excellent approximation powers. They are used, for example, in data fitting, function approximation, numerical quadrature, and the numerical solution of ordinary and partial differential equations, integral equations, and so on. Many books are devoted to the theory of splines, for example, Ahlberg et al [1], Arcangeli et al [2], Attea [3], Berlinet and ThomasAgnan [4], Bojanov et al [5], de Boor [7], Eubank [10], Green and Silverman [13], Ignatov and Pevniy [21], Korneichuk et al [23], Laurent [24], Mastroianni and Milovanović [26], Nürnberger [27], Schumaker [29], Stechkin and Subbotin [36], Vasilenko [37], Wahba [38] and others. If the exact values φ(xβ) of an unknown smooth function φ(x) at the set of points {xβ , β = 0, 1, . . . , N} in an interval [a, b] are known, it is usual to approximate φ by minimizing ∫ b


In Assam, fire wood collected from the forest and homestead is the common fuel in rural household for which the rural woman possesses the traditional Chullah which causes health hazards to them. This is equally true for the rural women of Nagaon district too. It was, therefore, felt essential to introduce smokeless Chullah in the villages of Nagaon district. The study was conducted by Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Nagaon in the year 2010. It was an action oriented research in which training was given to the farm women through lecture cum demonstration methods and the intervention was done at their home. Data were collected on gain in knowledge, skill up gradation and perception of rural women towards smokelessChullah after training and intervention. Knowledge before training indicates that majority of the respondents (85.0%) were in the category of poor knowledge and 15.0 per cent had average knowledge. Knowledge after training depicts clearly that there were tremendous gain in knowledge as majority of the respondents (67.5%) shifted to the category of good knowledge. Again after intervention, the respondents belonged to the category of good knowledge was 82.5 per cent. The woman beneficiary perceived smokeless Chullah as appropriate in terms of time and fuel saving, low cost, environment friendly and keeps food hot for longer time. An outcome of the two pots smokeless Chullah was that farm woman developed habit of planning menu in advance. The other rural women of the locality where smokeless Chullah was installed expressed willingness to adopt this chullah at their homes very soon.


As an important countermeasure of dust control in mine, the efficiency of foam generator is seriously affected by the key structural parameters itself, including the baffle inclination angle (θ), the disturbance flow distance (L) and the diffusion angle (α). To ascertain the relation of the three parameters, the axial cross section velocity field and gas phase distribution field in the foam generator were simulated by FLUNET software and mixture method, standard κ-ε turbulence model and SIMPLEC algorithm. At the same time, the orthogonal tests were conducted for reducing amount of calculation. The results show that when θ = 30°, L = 22mm, α = 74°, the foam generator is on the optimal working condition. And the importance degree of the key structural parameters is successively θ, L and α. It can play a certain reference role in the actual design of the foam generator for the dust removal technology improvement of the foam generator.


Abstract Internal mixers are commonly used for rubber compounding in industry. However, the relations among the designs of equipments, mixing conditions and the properties of the resulting compound are little known. In this paper we tried to reveal some manners of the relations concentrating, particularly, on rotor designs. A specially designed internal mixer (Banbury type) was developed. A number of double winged rotors of various shapes and replaceable mixing chambers were prepared. In developing the equipment, eight parameters were taken into consideration concerning the shape of rotors, that is, lengths, twist angles and overlap ratio of the wings, width and clearance at the rotor tip, angles of flow-in and flow-out at the gap area and total bulkiness of the rotor. Measured properties concerning mixing are: unit work, Mooney viscosity of dumped compound, the amount of bound rubber, weight average molecular weight of the extracted portion of the compound, and peaks in a torque curve, i.e., values of first peak torque and second peak time. In order to estimate the degree of influences of the design parameters mentioned above and mixing conditions, each measured properties were expressed as functions of these parameters by means of multiple regression analysis.