IN L A T E N I N E T E E N T H C E N T U R Y I R E L A N D , the question of how to educate the people rose in importance as neo-Enlightenment Union i sm battled neo-Romantic nationalism for an Anglo-Irish Ascendancy that was slowly losing its ho ld on the country. The study of English, which by the end of the nineteenth century came to be dominated by the study of English literature, is a prime site for this tension, particularly in the figure of Shakespeare, who after nearly two hundred years of expanding English literacy, culture commodification, and imperial promotion, had become the embodiment of English literature. The refigurations of Shakespeare in Ireland dur ing the Revival provide a fruitful case for the study of the tensions of modernity and the postcolonial context for the institutionalization of English studies. Revivalists often took on Shakespeare as an exemplar, a positive symbol of the nationalist enterprise, detached from the violence of the Tudor, Stuart, and Commonwealth eras. This position was presented i n opposition to one of the most influential scholars of the Victor ian era, who was not an Englishman but a member of the Irish Ascendancy: Edward Dowden.


Much recent psychometric literature has focused on cognitive diagnosis models (CDMs), a promising class of instruments used to measure the strengths and weaknesses of examinees. This article introduces a genetic algorithm to perform automated test assembly alongside CDMs. The algorithm is flexible in that it can be applied whether the goal is to minimize the average number of classification errors, minimize the maximum error rate across all attributes being measured, hit a target set of error rates, or optimize any other prescribed objective function. Under multiple simulation conditions, the algorithm compared favorably with a standard method of automated test assembly, successfully finding solutions that were appropriate for each stated goal.


In recent years, several different multi-marker assays have been developed for the detection of HCC cells in the peripheral blood. This study included 89 Saudi patients with chronic HCV and 30 ages and sex matched healthy control subjects. MAGE-1 mRNA was expressed in the peripheral blood of 3(13.6%) patients with localized HCC and in 9(40.9%) patients with metastatic HCC. MAGE-3 mRNA was expressed in the peripheral blood of 3(13.6%) patients with localized HCC and in 8(42.1%) patients with metastatic HCC. Also, MAGE-4 mRNA was expressed in the peripheral blood of 4(18.1%) patients with localized HCC and in 10(52.6%) patients with metastatic HCC.All control subjects showed no expression of any MAGE mRNAs. In conclusions, MAGE-1, MAGE-3 and MAGE-4 may be promising diagnostic tools for monitoring the prognosis of HCC patients and for early detection of circulating metastasis of HCC cells.


In this paper a complete description of the patterns of partial triangular Toeplitz contractions, which are completable to triangular Toeplitz contractions, is given.


We have studied the metal-insulator (MI) transition in VO 2 with angle resolved x-ray absorption spectroscopy. Above T MI the oxygen K near edge structure shows two resolved peaks, the intensities of which do not change if the polarization vector E is rotated within the rutile (ab) plane, but vary by a factor of two when E is rotated in the (ac) plane. Below T MI we observe a third peak, which shows strong angular dependence: it vanishes for E ⊥ c rut and is largest for E ∥ c rut , confirming earlier suggestions that this peak is due to the so called d∥ band. We find analogous features in the M 2 and T phases of Cr doped VO 2 . From comparisons of these spectra we conclude that shifts in the d∥ board between the insulating and metallic phase are primarily due to the effect of correlations and the other shifts to the formation of dimers; tilting of the dimers plays only a minor role.


Aishan Lead-Zinc Deposit of Xuan'en County is hosted in Leping Formation of the Upper Cambrian Carbonate Rock.Bright red,reddish brown sphalerite veins in stockwork are distributed in the broken belt.Mineralization is closely related to Mesozoic extensional tectonics.Lead-Zinc mineralized zone of Gaoluo anticline is in accordance with Pb,Zn anomaly zone.It has enormous potential for prospecting.


The purpose of the study was to research the post observation conference as defined by Bellon & Associates. Specifically, the researcher examined the perceived effectiveness of the post observation conference in making teachers more aware of their own teaching behaviors. The specific question which provided the focal point for this project was: According to teachers' perceptions, do the elements of the post observation conference (pattern identification, pattern assessment, self-analysis, trust, reconstruction, and recommendations for future instruction), make teachers more aware of their own teaching behaviors? A survey was constructed and sent to teachers of five secondary schools, in the State of Illinois, who were currently using the Bellon an Associates supervisory process. The results of the study showed that the components of the post observation conference increase teachers' awareness of their own teaching behaviors. As a result of this research the following recommendations were made: 1. Administrators, supervisors, instructors, and school districts who are not using the Bellon and Associates synergetic supervision process should consider implementing the process. 2. Supervisors should place greater emphasis.on identifying teaching patterns. 3. Inservices should be conducted to help train teachers to self analyze their own data. 4. Less emphasis should be placed on reconstructing the lesson {except for teachers with one to two years of teaching experience). 5. Recommendations for future instruction should focus on the greatest need and be few in number. The findings and conclusions of the study suggest further research in the following areas. 1. It is recommended that research be undertaken to determine the possible effects of synergetic supervision on student achievement. 2. It is recommended that research studies be conducted to compare teacher and student outcomes of this supervision model to other clinical, or non clinical,


The glucose transporter of the bacterial phosphotransferase system couples translocation with phosphorylation of the substrate in a 1:l stoichiometry. It is a complex consisting of a transmembrane subunit (1Ic") and a hydrophilic subunit (IIIG'"). Both subunits are transiently phosphorylated. IIIG1" is phosphorylated at a histidyl residue by the cytoplasmic phosphoryl carrier protein phospho-heat-stable phosphoryl carrier protein; IIG1" is phosphorylated at a cysteinyl residue by phospho-IIIG1". The IIG'" subunit consists of two domains. The N-terminal hydrophobic domain is presumed to span the membrane several times; the Cterminal cytoplasmic domain includes the phosphorylation site. 11"" phosphorylates glucose and methyl-aD-ghcopyranoside in transit across the inner membrane but can also phosphorylate intracellular glucose. Ten mutants resistant against extracellular  toxic methyl-a-D-glucopyranoside yet capable of phosphorylating intracellular glucose were isolated. Strong impairment of transport activity in these mutants was accompanied by only a slight decrease of phosphorylation activity. Amino acid substitutions occurred at six sites that are clustered in three presumably hydrophilic loops in the transmembrane domain of IIG'": M17T, M171, G149S, KlSOE, S157F, H339Y, and D343G. We presume that the three polypeptide segments are directly involved in sugar translocation and/or binding but are of little importance for phosphorylation activity, folding, and membrane localization of IIG1".


In 1906, Alois Alzheimer described the neuropathology of the disease that was to bear his name. Subsequently, our understanding of Alzheimer disease (AD) has grown significantly. The autosomal dominant mutations to the amyloid precursor protein (APP), presenilin (PS) 1, and PS2 genes that cause early onset AD have been very informative, leading to the articulation of the amyloid cascade hypothesis. This hypothesis has been the basis for several disease-modifying therapeutic approaches for AD. This has been partly because it provided a coherent framework for understanding AD pathogenesis but also because several pharmacological approaches that targeted the amyloid peptide (amyloidocentric) were sufficiently well-founded scientifically to enter clinical development. In the past 5 years, there have been 6 amyloidocentric programs that completed phase 3 clinical testing. None met their primary outcome measures (Table 1), although 1, solanezumab, showed encouraging results in a prespecified secondary outcome measure. This disappointing track record has brought into question the amyloidocentric therapeutic approach. This review will consider these programs from the following perspectives:


Red supergiants (RSGs) are cool, luminous stars with radii that can exceed 1000 R⊙. Indeed, such is their size that nearly every advance in stellar imaging has used the closest RSG, Betelgeuse, as a test case! These objects represent a late stage in the evolution of some massive stars, and, via their mass-loss and eventual demise in supernovae, they play an important role in the chemical evolution of the Universe. Moreover, their high luminosities have made them an object of interest for astronomers studying nearby galaxies. As a result of their increasingly broad use in astronomy, a solid understanding of RSGs and in the limitations of models of these objects is important. One of the biggest challenges in modeling red supergiants is convection. In RSGs, granules and convection cells are quite large relative to the size of the star—with granules roughly 0.10-0.30 R∗ and convection cells at least 0.50 R∗. This results in large surface features that can be studied using optical interferometry, but which can also corrupt measurements of parallax and other stellar parameters. Increasingly, there exist models of RSGs which take into account this behavior, but it is important to constrain these models with actual observations. In this dissertation, we present a long-term study of surface features on RSGs using the Michigan InfraRed Combiner (MIRC/MIRC-X after 2016) at the Center for High Angular Resolution (CHARA) Astronomy Array on Mt. Wilson. Images resulting from these data are among the highest resolution obtained for any star (apart from the Sun). Fitting to model spectra, we derive Teff = 3989± 117 K and log(g) = 0.29± 0.26 for the RSG AZ Cyg and Teff = 3650±50 K and log(g) = 0.30±0.26 for the RSG SU Per. We also determine radii for 17 RSGs including AZ Cyg and SU Per. We reconstruct images of AZ Cyg from 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2016, and reconstruct images of SU Per from 2015 and two months in 2016. In both cases, we find evidence of long lived (> 1 year) features roughly 0.50 R∗ in size and short lived (< 1 year) features roughly 0.10 R∗ in size. We compare these observations to predictions from 2D and 3D models. We also discuss future directions for studying RSGs using optical interferometric imaging. INDEX WORDS: stars: convection — stars: imaging — stars: individual (AZ Cyg, SU Per) — techniques: high angular resolution — techniques: interferometric SEEING STARS LIKE NEVER BEFORE: A LONG-TERM INTERFEROMETRIC IMAGING SURVEY OF RED SUPERGIANTS


Experiments were conducted to evaluate some moisture dependent physical properties of newly evolved variety of Sorghum (Cv. Phule suchitra) by MPKV Rahuri in the simulated moisture content range of 10.94 to 24.22 % (d. b.). The data on physical properties are essential to the design engineers for designing of various processing machineries. The sample of Phule suchitra was procured from AICRP on sorghum. Cleaned and graded sample was used for experimentation. The sample was conditioned with predetermined quantity of distilled water and was placed in polythene bag in refrigerator for 8 days. It was observed that length, breadth and thickness were increased linearly with increase in moisture content. Grain size was increased from 4.09 to 4.53 mm with corresponding increase in moisture content from 10.94 to 24.22 % (d. b.). Similar trend was observed for AMD, SMD and EQD. Sphericity was decreased from 81.79 to 79.63 % with increase in moisture content. Surface area, volume and thousand grain weight was linearly increased from 46.39 to 56.16 mm 2 , 29 to 38 mm 3 and 42.47 to 45.21 g respectively. It was observed that bulk density and true density decreased with increase in moisture content in the simulated range. Bulk density was decreased from 775.85 to 699.69 kg/m 3 . Whereas, true density was decreased from 1147.1 to 995.3 kg/m 3 . The porosity value does not show any specific trend, it varied for every biological material. The values of angle of repose were increased from 26.75 0 to 29.31 0 with corresponding increase in moisture content. Values of Static coefficient of friction were found to be ranged between 0.58 to 0.66, 0.60 to 0.72 and 0.70 to 0.77 for glass, GI sheet and plywood surface, respectively. Minimum Static coefficient of friction was found for glass surface (0.58) whereas, maximum static coefficient of friction was found for plywood surface (0.70) at initial moisture content of 10.94 % (d. b.)


In this study, volatile compounds were analysed in seven samples of different types of commercial alcoholic beverages available in stores in the Republic of Serbia. A total of 75 volatile compounds were detected by the gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric (GC/MS) method. Regarding the class of identified compounds, esters were the most dominant class identified in samples Prirodna prepečenica, Metaxa and Whiskey; Tequila and Quince brandy were dominated by higher alcohols, while in the samples Pelinkovac and Travarica, other classes of compounds were identified as the main. The major volatile compounds identified in tested samples were different. Prirodna prepečenica and Travarica were dominated by ethyl lactate; Metaxa was dominated by diethyl malate; Quince brandy had the highest amount of n-hexanol; most dominant compound in Tequila was benzyl alcohol; Whiskey was dominated by phenyl ethyl alcohol, while in Pelinkovac trans– thujone was identified as major compound. The results obtained in this study have shown that tested alcoholic beverages have different qualitative and quantitative compositions regarding the volatile compounds.


A head drive device, and a method of controlling the ink jet printer is disclosed. Head driving device according to the invention is given to the potential level of the signal to the switching unit to regulate a plurality of heating elements each energized to heat the ink, input to drive the switching part to correspond to a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink at least one delay element for the transition time when the potential level a potential level of a signal input to the switching from the level converting unit and a level converter for converting a interconvertible at a first signal level and a second signal level to delay a predetermined time receiving the input data signal transmitted from the level shift unit and external to comprising a delay which has a control unit for decoding and outputting the nozzle selection signal for selecting a nozzle corresponding to an image to be recorded of a number of nozzle part-level shift. As a result, by the signal that is input to the heating element drive switching for provided with a delay device extends the time that the switching portion operates in a linear area to delay a predetermined period of time to ensure the charging and discharging time of the surrounding FET parasitic capacitor reduces the oscillation can.


The Savcili Fault Zone represents one of the most prominent regional‐scale intraplate fault systems in central Turkey, recording the collisional events following the closure of Neo‐Tethys in the eastern Mediterranean region. It consists of anastomosing reverse/thrust faults with WNW‐ESE direction that placed rocks of the Central Anatolian Crystalline Complex on Paleogene sedimentary units. Structural measurements and kinematic indicators show that faults within the Savcili Fault Zone (SFZ) have top to the NE and NW sense of brittle deformation. Stable isotope (δ18O and δ D) and trace element data indicate that fault gouge illites precipitated from deep basinal brines. These fluids were mobilized during phases of compressional deformation and migrated upward along thrust faults toward shallow brittle deformation zones. Rb‐Sr and Ar‐Ar geochronology of fault gouges in two cataclastic zones demonstrates age variability for two different dating techniques (Rb‐Sr: 40.9 ± 1.5 Ma and 22.9 ± 1.3 Ma; Ar‐Ar: 46.45 ± 0.25 Ma and 29.8 ± 0.13 Ma). We argue that Rb‐Sr dating provides ages more closely reflecting the timing of fault movements because of potential contamination of illite by excess 40Ar. Accordingly, the SFZ was active during at least two phases; the middle Eocene and late Oligocene to early Miocene, which is consistent with the relative age constraints suggested by field relationships. Geochronology combined with structural field evidence indicates a rapid change in stress regime from extension to contraction at ~40 Ma that continued until at least ~23 Ma. Direct dating of brittle faulting provides a prolific approach for determining the absolute timing of tectonic events in areas that have largely relied on indirect information.


PREPARATION OF 99mTc_ANTI CEA MAb AND BIODISTRIBUTION TEST IN MICE. 99mTc-antiCEA MAb radiopharmaceutical has been commercially used under the brand name of Zevalin which is used to detect colorectal cancer. Although human MAb is preferred but commercial product is still using murine originated MAb. This antibody binds specifically to carcinoembrionic antigen (CEA) which is overexpressed in colorectal cancer cells. AntiCEA Mab was reduced with diluted 2-mercaptoethanol (I :2000) prior to labelling with 99mTc, and MOP was used as transchelating agent. Labeling efficiency was analysed with chromatography using HSA impregnated ITLC-SG as stationary phase and mixture of ammona-ethanol-water (1 :2:5) as eluants to determine polar 99mTc impurities, and ITLC-SG eluted with salin to determine 99mTc-colloid. Stability study was carried out on radio labeled antiCEA Mab stored at room temperature within several hours and on reduced antiCEA Mab stored at -40°C for several weeks. Biodistribution of 99mTc-antiCEA Mab in normal mice was observed I hour and 4 hours post injection. Labeling efficiency of antiCEA Mab was 98,53% ± 0.21 % and decreasing to less than 90% after 9 weeks. Radiolabeled anti CEA Mab kept at room temperature was stable within 5 hours post injection, and the frozen kits were stable up to 9 weeks. Biodistribution of 99mTc-antiCEA Mab in normal mice at I hour and 4 hours post injection showed high uptake in various organs.


Stream properties and water-chemistry constituent concentrations from data collected by the National Water-Quality Assessment and other U.S. Geological Survey water-quality programs were analyzed to (1) assess water quality, (2) determine natural and human factors affecting water quality, and (3) compute stream loads for the surface-water resources in the Central Arizona Basins study area. Stream temperature, pH, dissolved-oxygen concentration and percent saturation, and dissolved-solids, suspended-sediment, and nutrient concentration data collected at 41 stream-water quality monitoring stations through water year 1998 were used in this assessment. Water-quality standards applicable to the stream properties and water-chemistry constituent concentration data for the stations investigated in this study generally were met, although there were some exceedences. In a few samples from the White River, the Black River, and the Salt River below Stewart Mountain Dam, the pH in reaches designated as a domestic drinking water source was higher than the State of Arizona standard. More than half of the samples from the Salt River below Stewart Mountain Dam and almost all of the samples from the stations on the Central Arizona Project Canal— two of the three most important surface-water sources used for drinking water in the Central Arizona Basins study area—exceeded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency drinking water Secondary Maximum Contaminant Level for dissolved solids. Two reach-specific standards for nutrients established by the State of Arizona were exceeded many times: (1) the annual mean concentration of total phosphorus was exceeded during several years at stations on the main stems of the Salt and Verde Rivers, and (2) the annual mean concentration of total nitrogen was exceeded during several years at the Salt River near Roosevelt and at the Salt River below Stewart Mountain Dam. Stream properties and water-chemistry constituent concentrations were related to streamflow, season, water management, stream permanence, and land and water use. Dissolved-oxygen percent saturation, pH, and nutrient concentrations were dependent on stream regulation, stream permanence, and upstream disposal of wastewater. Seasonality and correlation with streamflow were dependant on stream regulation, stream permanence, and upstream disposal of wastewater. Temporal trends in streamflow, stream properties, and water-chemistry constituent concentrations were common in streams in the Central Arizona Basins study area. Temporal trends in the streamflow of unregulated perennial reaches in the Central Highlands tended to be higher from 1900 through the 1930s, lower from the 1940s through the 1970s, and high again after the 1970s. This is similar to the pattern observed for the mean annual precipitation for the Southwestern United States and indicates long-term trends in flow of streams draining the Central Highlands were driven by long-term trends in climate.


The majority of a university faculty's work deals with information or knowledge--finding, getting, reading, and using it. We analyzed the demographic portion of a library use survey given to faculty and staff of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville (UTK) to obtain a profile of information-related activities carried out by university faculty. Journal articles were the predominant document type that faculty both read and authored. Faculty averaged 4.2 journal subscriptions per person, of which 84% were paid for personally. Twenty-five percent of the faculty had obtained some funds for information products and of those funded, the median amount provided was $500. Faculty spent 24 minutes per day using e-mail and 78 minutes per week using non-e-mail computer network. Faculty reported publishing 3.0 journal articles per year and 31% of the faculty had won an award for professional contributions in the previous 2 years.


Mangrove forest grows widely distributed throughout Indonesia, and one of the most promising resource is in East Kalimantan.Until recently the utilization of mangrove forest is only for wood, while the bark is wasted, although various literatures have indicated that the tanning material found in the bark can be a intesfactory component for glue manufacture.This paper presents a survey result on the standing stock of 11 mangrove species at the Forest District of Bulongan in East Kalimantan. The survey was based on a 25% sampling intensity which is jointly conducted both by PT Karyasa Kencana and District of Forestry at Bulongan, East Kalimantan. The tannin content of the bark were determined at the Forest Product Research and Development Centre Laboratory in Bogor. In this Province, the mayor tannin producing mangroves are Bruguiera caryophylloides, Rhizophora macronata, and Bruguiera gymnorrhiza.


Detailed information on groundwater recharge is vital for the proper management of groundwater resources in arid areas.The present study is to clarify groundwater recharge mechanism by using isotopes(~3H,~2H,~18O)and chemical measurements in the Heihe River basin,and estimate groundwater exchange with the Heihe River using water budget and isotope mass-balance approaches.The tracer data suggest that recharge source to the aquifers was from a series of ephemeral or perennial mountain streams.Recharge occurs directly by rapid infiltration in the piedmont of the Qilian Mountains.Infiltration from river and irrigation mainly occurs in the riverside and agricultural area.The δ~18O and(D values are high and show a strong isotopic evaporation before recharge.River infiltration into the aquifers along the intervals between Yingluoxia and Zhangye is 0.44×10~-9 m~3/a(27% of the river discharge),and groundwater inflow into the river along the intervals between Zhangye and Zhengyixia is 1.14×10~-9 m~3/a (69% of the river discharge).The common features established in this paper is significant not only in the Heihe basin but also in the similar inland areas in northwest China.


The investigation of three-dimensional transient propagations of dry-out fronts within a nuclear fuel rod bundle is performed, based on experimental and numerical simulations. The spreading of Critical Heat Flux (CHF) fronts across a bundle, caused by sudden decrease of coolant mass flow rate followed by delayed gradual decrease of power generation is predicted, and the locus of dry patches is shown. Simultaneous occurrence of CHF and rewet multi-fronts in here-analysed flow transient has not been detected so obvious as in power transient, previously analysed. Due to a possible building of a vapour zone, the CHF front spatial propagation has to be carefully analysed in transient conditions.Copyright © 2002 by ASME


Although HIV infection is often associated with several rheumatic diseases, the coexistence of this retroviral infection and systemic lupus erythematous is extremely uncommon. Etiopathogenetic relationship between these disorders is very complex and still problematic, so that diagnostic workout, because of their extensive clinical and serological overlap. Generally, HIV-related immunosuppression improves lupus-associated symptoms, and antiretroviral therapy may lead to an autoimmune disease flare, subsequent to the increase of circulating CD4+ cell number. A HIV-infected female patient with systemic lupus erythematosus, occurred few months after the highly active anti-retroviral therapy initiation, is described.


This study is based on two premises: the centrality of knowledge to processes of development and the centrality of spirituality and religion to the lives of the majority of the world's population. It is through the generation and application of knowledge that communities and societies progress, and for many this change involves "a dynamic coherence between the spiritual and the material" (Tyndale, 2003, p. 23). Religion can be regarded as a system of knowledge, based upon the sacred texts that lie at the heart of the world's major religions, addressing aspects of spiritual reality. Historically, religious knowledge in development has been marginalised or discredited; secularism has been identified as the normative, rational position. This position has increasingly been challenged over the last decade, which has witnessed a 'global resurgence in religion' (Berger, 1999). A growing number of voices are calling for serious engagement with religion in development. This research sets out to explore some of the questions raised in an emerging discourse between religion and development by engaging with religion as a system of knowledge that informs development theory and practice. The work focuses on a Bahá'í-inspired organisation in Zambia as a case study. Inshindo Foundation offers an education for development programme, Preparation for Social Action, that emphasizes harmony between the material and spiritual in processes of development. Over a ten-week period in 2010, I used qualitative methods to investigate the conceptions and experiences of PSA students and tutors in relation to their participation in the programme. The findings highlight the potential role of religious knowledge and spiritual values to inform and motivate individual action for change and sustain commitment and effort to achieve collective goals. This makes an important contribution to understandings of how to promote participatory development. At the level of theory, the findings draw attention to a vision of development based on spiritual values and principles that is fundamentally different from mainstream conceptions.


The peculiarities of formation, macro- and microcomponent composition of mineral waters of the Southern region of Ukraine and prospects of their further researches with the purpose of development of scientific principles their of effective practical use are considered.


Facility planning is concerned with the design, layout, and accommodation of people, machines and activities of a system or enterprise within a physical spatial environment. Facility planning is very important in a manufacturing process due to their effect in achieving an efficient product flow. It is estimated that between 20%-50% of the total costs in manufacturing is related to material handling. This cost can be reduced until 30% through an effective facility planning. Proper analysis of facility layout design could improve the performance of production line such as decrease bottleneck rate, minimize material handling cost, reduces idle time, raise the efficiency and utilization of labour, equipment and space. Many researches have been done in finding optimum facility design. Heuristic methods for layout optimization are Tabu Search (TS), Simulated Annealing (SA), and Genetic Algorithms (GA). Beside the heuristic methods, simulation technique is also recommended in optimizing of facility design. The present study is aims to develop new methodology for optimum facility layout in SME (Small Medium Enterprise) using combination of location mathematical model and simulation technique. The industrial case study in this analysis focused on the new facility investment in the existing layout. A job shop manufacturing company intends to add one type of new facilities WBS (Wide Belt Sander) machine. This new facilities would be added to the current job shop production layout. The new methodology used to find the optimum coordinates location, optimum number of new facility, and optimum allocation of existing machines to the new facility. Keywords-Facility planning, layout optimization, simulation


The wide-column-frame analogy is popular in design offices for the analysis of shear/core wall buildings. However, it has been found to yield erroneous results in cases where shear deformation of the walls is significant, e.g. core walls subjected to torsion. There are two sources of error. First, due to discrete modeling of the vertical joints between adjacent planar wall units, the wall elements are subjected to parasitic moments, which cause artificial flexure of the elements and eventually excessive shear deformation of the walls. Second, the rotations of the coupling beams at the beam-wall joints have been mistaken as equal to the rotations of the horizontal rigid arms and, as a result, the beam end rotations are underestimated by amount equal to the shear strain in the walls. It is proposed that these problems be resolved by: (1) Adjusting the shear deformation factor of the wall elements to compensate for the errors in shear deformation due to artificial flexure; and (2) using beam elements with vertical rigid arms for the coupling beams, so as to eliminate the errors in beam end rotations. Substantial improvement in accuracy is achieved with these modifications.


Wireless interference can make a significant impact on the performance of a wireless network. The paper studies TDMA-based timeslot allocation to schedule links efficiently under RTS/CTS interference model of wireless networks, and presents an efficient distributed timeslot assignment algorithm. In addition, the paper presents an effective heuristic algorithm for calculating end-to-end bandwidth on a path, which is used together with AODV to setup multi-path QoS routes. Simulation results show that compared with the shortest path routing, our interference-aware QoS routing algorithm increases network throughout, request success ratio and packet delivery ratio, and reduce end-to-end average packet delay.


Small isolated patches of energetic electron precipitation have been observed at high latitudes with a bremsstrahlung X ray imager in the Stimulated Emission of Energetic Particles (SEEP) payload on the polar-orbiting S81-1 satellite. Twenty-nine patches of X rays (>4 keV) with typical widths of approx.200 km were observed in June 1982 at invariant latitudes between 65/sup 0/ and 83/sup 0/ with a median latitude of 72.5/sup 0/ The majority of X ray patches occurred from dusk until dawn, but a few were present in the early afternoon hours. The observed energy spectra were relatively soft (e fold energies about 1--6 keV) and independent of invariant latitude, magnetic local time, or geomagnetic activity. The occurrence frequency of the patches was somewhat greater at times of high geomagnetic activity. The patches were usually oblong by factors up to 3.7, with a median value of 1.75. No strongly preferred alignment was found. Comparisons of the direct electron measurements and the X ray observations from the same satellite have shown that in some cases the small isolated patches of electron precipitation at high latitudes may undergo significant changes in position on time scales of the order of a few seconds.


In this paper, we establish the uniqueness of heat flow of harmonic maps into (N, h) that have sufficiently small renormalized energies, provided that N is either a unit sphere $S^{k-1}$ or a compact Riemannian homogeneous manifold without boundary. For such a class of solutions, we also establish the convexity property of the Dirichlet energy for $t\ge t_0>0$ and the unique limit property at time infinity. As a corollary, the uniqueness is shown for heat flow of harmonic maps into any compact Riemannian manifold N without boundary whose gradients belong to $L^q_t L^l_x$ for $q>2$ and $l>n$ satisfying the Serrin's condition.


White flowered cultivars have petals which are either pure white, or patterned white with coloured markings localized within clearly defined zones on the upper surface of the petals. Five patterns are identified. The bar pattern has pigment localized within a small zone on both sides near the base of each of the lower triplet of petals. The centre pattern has a V-shaped coloured zone in the basal half of all petals filling in the centre of the flower. The picotee pattern colours the edges of all petals. The ring pattern is a coloured zone running across the basal half of all petals. The vein pattern consists of two prominent coloured veins running from the base of the upper pair of petals. The expression of these patterns is controlled by the dominant alleles of four genes: the bar, picotee and vein patterns by the genes Baiba, Celce or PH pi, and Ve/ve respectively, and the centre and ring patterns by the interaction of the products of two genes Ce with Ve and Ba with Ve respectively. The homozygous rece...


Categorical vehicle classification on sequence of image data being a task of great importance and challenging as well for automated traffic surveillance and for the autonomous vehicles building up nowadays. For an autonomous vehicle, it demands for an approach that can precisely detect and classify the vehicle or object around it while moving to avoid any accident. Deep neural networks approach for object detection and classification overpowers other machine learning algorithms that lags in accuracy and computational complexity. In this paper we have classified different categories of vehicles as HMV, LMV and Two-wheelers using deep neural networks. The implementation utilizes nine-layer network to faithfully detect and classify the vehicle category. The results showcase that we can rely on the deep neural networks approach for the vehicle category detection and classification for the urban traffic surveillance and for the autonomous vehicles.


In general, the method used to obtain the tensile strength from a Brazilian test depends on the elastic theory for a pair of concentrated forces. However, the contact areas between the specimen and loading platens are observed in experiments. Several attempts have been tried for the boundary conditions in modeling of an isotropic or orthotropic circular disk in the Brazilian test. The forces in only the normal direction to the loading platen or specimen have been dealt with in most of these models. Therefore, a dent in the contact area between specimen and loading platens is observed in numerical results from most models. However, no dents have ever been observed in experiments using loading platens. In this study, not only normal loads but also shear loads on the loading platens are adopted as boundary conditions. The depth of the resulting dent from the present model is smaller than those seen in previous studies. In addition, huge tensile stresses are observed near both edges of the contact area in the present model. Furthermore, cracks are also observed near both edges in experiments. In brittle materials, cracks are caused by tensile stress. Therefore, the accuracy of calculations is expected to be improved using the present model for Brazilian tests.


Unused medicines in the household cause many problems. Medicines take-back programs were established to prevent inappropriate medicines disposal, abuse, accidental poisoning, and help reduce the number of unused medicines in households. A literature search using the keywords "unused AND medicine", "disposal AND unused AND medicine", "reasons AND medicine AND disposal", "medicine AND take-back program" and "cost AND medicine AND take-back program" in PubMed, Science Direct, Scopus and Google Scholar. Articles published in 2010 – 2020 in English report the medicine take-back program with the number of medicines and/or reasons for the return and/or economic value of medicines collected in the medicines take-back program. A total of 16 articles were included in the criteria for this systematic review. Medicines take-back program was majority-owned in the US (69%). Two programs focus on returning controlled medicines. Gastrointestinal, respiratory, cardiovascular, antimicrobial and non-narcotic analgesic were the most common of all medicines returned. The expired medicine and treatment discontinuation by (doctors/prescribers) were the most reason medicine was returned to the medicines take-back program. The total cost of all medicines returned topped $1,118,020. Medicines take-back program was an essential solution to the inappropriate medicine disposal problem. Good coordination was required between the government and other authorities.This medicine take-back issues can help solve the problems of medicine use, storage, and disposal that lead to the country's economy.


A multifunctional laser aiming probe applied on coordinate measurement machines was designed and presented in this paper based on half facular point optical imagery. The designing thought and operation principle of the multifunctional aiming probe's optical system was introduced and analyzed in detail. An adaptive intensity control method was used in the circuit to adjust the laser intensity timely so that it can adapt to aiming measurement of different optical properties surface. Repeated aiming trigger experiment was conducted and the experimental results showed that the measurement repetitive standard deviation of the multifunctional probe was better than 0.5μm without any other accessorial equipment, which can be satisfied with the use requirements of CMMs. This probe with the characteristics of high detecting speed, high degree of automation and high aiming accuracy, will be expected to have the ability of free curved surface and imagery tracking aiming measurement of contour with higher speed and accuracy coincided with CMMs or other length measurement instruments and have a wide range of application prospects and a strong practical value in measuring for parts profile with a higher precision.


Between 14th and 16th December 2010, Oxford Archaeology East carried out an
archaeological evaluation at Pinelands Industrial Estate, Horsford, Norfolk. This
work followed on from a desk-based assessment undertaken by OA East in July
2010. A total of 465m of linear trenches was excavated. No archaeological features
or finds were recovered from any of the trenches, or during a metal detector survey
of the site. This was in spite of the proximity of the study area to the known barrow
cemetery in Horsford Woods. However, two modern pits and several cultivation
trenches were noted. Tree root disturbance was related to the previous use of the
site as a pine plantation.
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Hb Mizuho, an unstable β chain variant with a Leu→Pro substitution at position β68, was observed in a young Caucasian boy from Kentucky. Identification was made by sequence analyses of amplified DNA and by hybridization of amplified DNA with specific probes. The patient had high Hb F levels up to the present age of nearly 5 years; this high Hb F might in part be responsible for his condition which was considerably milder than that seen in the two patients described in earlier reports. The increased γ chain synthesis may be due to special characteristics of the β-globin gene cistron which are comparable to those observed in sickle cell anemia patients with a relatively mild disease.


Low hysteresis threshold current (39mA) was demonstrated using active multi-mode interferometer bi-stable laser diodes. Higher cross-gain saturation with significant reduction of saturable absorber region resulted in low threshold with maintaining wide hysteresis.


Current Si-CMOS technology has come to a limit that novel semiconductors as alternative channel materials (Ge, InSb, InxGa1−xAs) are urgently needed for high-speed and low-power logic devices for post CMOS era [1]. Recent research shows III–V heterostructure field-effect transistors demonstrate aggressive merits due to its high electron mobility and rather mature process technology [2]. The outstanding low field electron transport characteristics of III–V materials make ultrahigh-speed switching at very low supply voltage possible [3]. Here, we present the latest advancement of 40 nm InAs/InxGa1−xAs composite channel High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT) devices that have achieved excellent digital logic characteristics at very low power level.


This paper uses the ultrametric clustering which is based on time series of stock prices. By calculating the ultrametric distance-matrix of the stocks in Shanghai-Shenzhen 300 index, a minimum spanning tree (MST) which has certain topological meaning can be drawn. And this MST explains the physical correlation between the topological structure and economic classification of the stocks trading on markets.


Magnesium/aluminium clad bars were fabricated by compound casting and multi-pass warm caliber rolling. A Ni interlayer prepared using a plasma spraying process was inserted between the parent metals to improve the interfacial characteristics during the casting process, and the effect of caliber rolling on the evolution of the interfacial microstructure and mechanical properties of the Mg/Ni/Al composites was investigated. The results show that the formation of Mg-Al intermetallic phases was impeded effectively by the Ni interlayer and a typical AZ31/Ni/6061 multilayer structure with metallurgical bonding was formed during the compound casting process. In addition, an inhomogeneous strain distribution in the AZ31 and 6061 alloys were characterized during the rolling process. The AZ31 clad layer accommodated a larger proportion of the plastic strain during the initial passes, while the strain in the Mg core layer increased with increasing number of passes. The Ni interlayer fragmented during the rolling process, and transformed into the dispersed particles at the interface. Meanwhile, the fresh AZ31 and 6061 base alloys squeezed out and bonded together under the rolling force, and a well-bonded interface with no visible defects was formed.


Significance We provide a method for potentially solving one of the central problems in arms control: proving the authenticity of a nuclear warhead without revealing information about its construction. The proposal is the first, to our knowledge, to be proof-theoretically sound (i.e., unspoofable) and information-theoretically secure. The method uses a tomography technique which can resolve the spatial distribution of mass with isotopic specificity. The soundness and security emerge from an integral-geometric transform that is able to uniquely map 3D geometries from zero-dimensional point measurements. How does one prove a claim about a highly sensitive object such as a nuclear weapon without revealing information about the object? This paradox has challenged nuclear arms control for more than five decades. We present a mechanism in the form of an interactive proof system that can validate the structure and composition of an object, such as a nuclear warhead, to arbitrary precision without revealing either its structure or composition. We introduce a tomographic method that simultaneously resolves both the geometric and isotopic makeup of an object. We also introduce a method of protecting information using a provably secure cryptographic hash that does not rely on electronics or software. These techniques, when combined with a suitable protocol, constitute an interactive proof system that could reject hoax items and clear authentic warheads with excellent sensitivity in reasonably short measurement times.


The virtual library is the product of the modernization construction of the library. Through the analysis on the meanings of the traditional library and the virtual library, this paper probes into the relationship between he traditional library and the virtual library, expounds the necessity of traditional library's existence and the limitation of the virtual library, and points out that should strengthen the fusion of the two sides because they rely on each other and promote each other.


The quantum-statistical properties of the optical field of a two-mode laser with two coupled transitions have been studied by means of a generalization of the Scully and Lamb theory. The photon number distribution and the mode intensity distribution are obtained in the steady state for a system of homogeneously broadened atoms in resonance with the laser field. It is shown that the mode-coupling constant xi is unity and that near threshold the results of earlier treatments are recovered. Furthermore, it is shown that certain limit measures for the relative intensity fluctuations predicted by the semiclassical Fokker-Planck treatments based on the third-order theory are valid even in the limit of arbitrarily high gain levels.


Abstract Are international labor rights campaigns making a difference in Latin America? This article reveals that Dominican policymakers and bureaucrats are responding to foreign pressure by redoubling their commitment to a distinctively Franco-Iberian model of labor law enforcement, in which skilled labor inspectors use their discretion to balance society's demand for protection with the economy's need for efficiency. In so doing, they provide an alternative to traditional collective bargaining practices—which at least partly decouples both the intensity of the enforcement effort and the degree of worker protection from the level of unionization—and an example for the rest of the region. The article therefore concludes by reconsidering the Central American experience in light of the Dominican findings and discussing their joint implications for our understanding of administrative reform, industrial relations, and globalization, not only in the so-called CAFTA countries but in Latin America more generally.


At first,for the complex systems optimization methods,in this paper,three kinds of optimization problems of the complex systems focus on three stages of complex systems are discussed;Secondly,the relations between systems structure,systems capacity and systems effectiveness is disputed,and the optimization models based on effectiveness for complex systems optimization is built,and on the basis of uncertainty theory applied in quantifying qualitative information,the method applied in systems capacity evaluation is set up,and the algorithm with rough set,based on systems effectiveness simulation,for systems capacity weight is built;At last,the algorithm for the optimization model is put forward.The optimization approach is a new method for complex systems optimization.


A screening of22DNA polymorphisms hasbeen performed inwesternMediterranean populations. The analyzed markerscorrespond topolymorphic sites in severalcandidate genesforcardiovascular disease including apolipoproteins andtheir receptor, genes implied inthehemostasis regulation andtheangiotensin converting enzymegene.Theresults showeda significant degree of interpopulation diversity, inagreement withprevious data fromother polymorphisms. Thegenetic distance pattern is compatible withasouth-to-north African influence inthe Iberia Peninsula andaremarkable geneflowsub-Saharan Africa into Morocco.


This article introduces the Mitochondria theme of the Annual Review of Biochemistry, Volume 85. 65 Click here to view this article's online features: • Download figures as PPT slides • Navigate linked references • Download citations • Explore related articles • Search keywords ANNUAL REVIEWS Further A nn u. R ev . B io ch em . 2 01 6. 85 :6 576 . D ow nl oa de d fr om w w w .a nn ua lr ev ie w s. or g A cc es s pr ov id ed b y U ni ve rs id ad d e B ue no s A ir es o n 09 /0 7/ 16 . F or p er so na l u se o nl y. BI85CH04-Neupert ARI 21 May 2016 9:42


BACKGROUND
Immune dysfunction has been implicated in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia and other nonaffective psychosis (SCZ), bipolar spectrum disorder (BIP) and major depressive disorder (MDD). The cytokines B cell-activating factor (BAFF) and A proliferation-inducing ligand (APRIL) belong to the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) super family and are essential in orchestrating immune responses. Abnormal levels of BAFF and APRIL have been found in autoimmune diseases with CNS affection.

METHODS
We investigated if plasma levels of BAFF and APRIL differed between patients with SCZ, BIP, and MDD with psychotic symptoms (n = 2009) and healthy control subjects (HC, n = 1212), and tested for associations with psychotic symptom load, controlling for sociodemographic status, antipsychotic and other psychotropic medication, smoking, body-mass-index, and high sensitivity CRP.

RESULTS
Plasma APRIL level was significantly lower across all patient groups compared to HC (P < .001; Cohen's d = 0.33), and in SCZ compared to HC (P < .001; d = 0.28) and in BIP compared to HC (P < .001; d = 0.37). Lower plasma APRIL was associated with higher psychotic symptom load with nominal significance (P = .017), but not with any other clinical characteristics. Plasma BAFF was not significantly different across patient groups vs HC, but significantly higher in BIP compared to HC (P = .040; d = 0.12) and SCZ (P = .027; d = 0.10).

CONCLUSIONS
These results show aberrant levels of BAFF and APRIL and association with psychotic symptoms in patients with SCZ and BIP. This suggest that dysregulation of the TNF system, mediated by BAFF and APRIL, is involved in the pathophysiology of psychotic disorders.


Abstract We summarized the uses of cluster analysis, discriminant function analysis (DFA), multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA), and principal components analysis (PCA) in Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (TAFS) and North American Journal of Fisheries Management (NAJFM) from 1981–2001. The use of all multivariate methods, except cluster analysis, increased in TAFS over the last 21 years, whereas it did not for NAJFM. Two common goals of multivariate methods were to ordinate or group habitat variables and to relate fish population characteristics with habitat. No paper fully reported the statistical test or addressed all associated assumptions. Researchers conducting diet analysis studies or relating fish to habitat characteristics should consider using PCA or MANOVA, whereas scientists conducting morphological experiments should consider DFA. Cluster analysis was widely accepted in genetic studies of allele or loci frequencies. Statistical assumptions need to be addressed when the obje...


The article analyses the main levels of origin, formation and usage of the project methods in native and foreign pedagogics, outlines the perspectives of further development.


Telenovelas have had phenomenal success as global media texts, but their continuous export to Africa has signifi cant cultural implications. Using hybridity theory and Stuart Hall's encoding/decoding model of audience reception, this paper assessed the extent to which Simply Maria, an 'indigenised' telenovela of Mexican origin, infl uenced the local identity of Ghanaian viewers and the mechanisms through which this occurred. Interviews with regular viewers revealed that the telenovela shaped views about personal identity. This occurred through internalisation, value-based evaluations and identifi cation with characters. Viewers decoded the telenovela from a negotiated position, a development which calmed the homogenising currents of globalisation feared by cultural theorists.


A review of current data suggests that the attention to the problem of dyspepsia is huge. The definition of functional dyspepsia was given in the Rome IV criteria, according to which two of its main options are distinguished – epigastric pain syndrome and postprandial distress syndrome. The term "uninvestigated dyspepsia" is important, which means the presence of dyspepsia symptoms in patients who have not performed diagnostic procedures to identify the organic causes of the pathology. The prevalence of uninvestigated dyspepsia in the world is about 21%. The prevalence of functional dyspepsia is significantly lower than the prevalence of uninvestigated dyspepsia and fluctuates around 10%. The risk factors for dyspepsia are usually tobacco smoking, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and/or aspirin, and Helicobacter pylori infection. The concept of the pathogenesis of functional dyspepsia undergoes significant changes. By analogy with the pathophysiology of irritable bowel syndrome, lesions of the relationship between the modulation of the cerebral cortex and the signal system of the gastroduodenal zone, the association of sluggish immune inflammation in the duodenum with motility and sensory activity of the stomach are most actively studied. The treatment of functional dyspepsia is a complex problem and changes after new ideas about its pathogenesis. Modern meta-analyzes have made it possible to expand the indications for the proton pump inhibitors administration, which can be actively used not only for the treatment of epigastric pain syndrome, but also for postprandial distress syndrome. Along with the required Helicobacter pylori eradication, there are reasons for the use of probiotics and antibiotics for the dyspepsia treatment.


A nonlinear elastic boundary element method (NBEM) approach is developed as an innovative deforming mesh generator for computational aeroelastic simulation. The computational fluid dynamics (CFD) mesh is assumed to be embedded in an infinite nonlinear elastic medium of a hardening material, leading to the formulation of a pseudononlinear elastostatic problem. Whereas the CFD surface mesh is treated as a boundary element model and the CFD flowfield grid as domain sample points, the NBEM approach solves Navier's equations using a particular solution scheme that removes the requirement of the domain integral in the conventional NBEM formulation. The NBEM approach has a unified feature that is applicable to all mesh systems, including unstructured, multiblock structured, and overset grids. An optimization strategy is employed to determine the optimum hardening material properties by minimizing the mesh distortion in the viscous region where grid orthogonality must be preserved. Three test cases are performed to demonstrate the robustness and effectiveness of the NBEM approach for deforming mesh generation.


A total of 6249 Ixodes dammini ticks was collected from 384 of 625 small- and medium-sized mammals trapped in 4 ecological communities in Connecticut during 1979. There were no signficant differences in numbers of immature I. dammini on Peromyscus leucopus among communities. A statistical comparison of I. dammini on Sciurus carolinensis , an important host in this study, was not possible because of the extensive range of these squirrels over more than 1 community. New host records of I. dammini on Napaeozapiis insignis and Sorex cinereus are reported.


To develop higher vocational education at undergraduate level is to meet the objective needs for modern economic development. It is an inevitable requirement for perfecting the higher vocational education structure in China and also an urgent need for the popularity of higher education in China. This paper discusses the definition of higher vocational education's connotation and the school-running orientation, analyzes the present situations of higher vocational education in Shandong, puts forward the tactics and ways for developing higher vocational education at undergraduate level in Shandong province.


The sever combined immunodieficiency mice (Scid) was selected and injected infection larvae of wuchereria bancrofti for animal model established. The results showed that bancrofti filaria was easy infected scid and grow, develop into adults to continue producing microfilaria in Scid. The collecting rate of adult worms is as high as 14.8% around 6-30%. The microfilaria in circulation blood not only can be check up in all of Scid infected, adult worm also can be collected, meaning 100% of scid was successful for infected with bancrofti filaria. It indicated that due to immunodeficiency of Tand B lymphatic cells of Scid mice for antibody producing, it is a valuable laboratory animal with following characters easy infected, high microfilarial density, high collected rate of worm. It is good laboratory animal model for bancrofti filaria.


Three-dimensional (3D) imaging technology has become a popular clinical technology for surgical planning and simulation in rhinoplasty. This technology offers the opportunity to translate a simulated 3D image into a surgical plan in the operating room in a quantitative manner. Herein, we describe a technique for creating patient-specific 3D-printed rhinoplasty marking templates from preoperative 3D imaging. Five adult patients presenting for primary rhinoplasty were recruited as subjects. 3D photographs were captured of each patient, and goals of surgery were digitally simulated based on patient preference. Simulated and baseline digital renderings were exported to a third-party 3D printing company. 3D-printed plastic molds were created to precisely fit the patient's preoperative nose when overlaid on the dorsum. Molds included windows through the lateral walls corresponding to the preoperative simulation whereby the patient's desired dorsal height and contour was marked on the skin immediately prior to surgery. 3D image capture, digital rendering, and goals of surgery simulations were created using standard office-based 3D imaging equipment and added an additional 10 minutes the standard preoperative rhinoplasty consultation. Turnaround time was 5 days and cost was $100 per patient. The senior author found the patient-specific marking templates to effectively transfer the patient's desired dorsal height and contour onto the patient in the form of skin markings. The technique described herein aids quantitative translation of patient goals in dorsal reduction rhinoplasty into the operating room and onto the patient in the form of preoperative marking. The workflow is fast, cost-effective, uses standard office-based technology, and requires little technological expertise.


In recent years, Romania has experienced a particular dynamic in terms of ensuring the security quality of explosive materials through the security requirements stipulated in the applicable harmonized standards. In this sense, the procedure for sampling the products that are the subject of explosive materials must take into account the technicalscientific substantiation of the objective establishment of sampling schemes indexed according to the acceptable quality level for batch-by-batch inspection in order to provide objective evidence for the determination suppliers of explosives in terms of ensuring and maintaining the security quality of production processes in relation to a predetermined acceptable quality level.
The paper highlights the grapho-analytical tools for configuring sampling schemes in accordance with the applicable requirements of SR EN ISO 2859 in order to establish the characteristic sizes of the elements of a sample in close correlation with the quantities related to a product or the corresponding batch.
The responsible authority in the field will decide on the batches that are not accepted, that is, they can be rejected, sorted (with or without the replacement of non-compliant elements), reworked, re-evaluated against more specific use criteria, or retained for additional information.


A multivariable control system design approach in the frequency domain is presented. The issue of control system redesign in an adaptive control scheme is discussed. Expert system techniques have been used for the automated design of controllers for multivariable systems. Design knowledge has been represented using rules, facts and objects. The design process consists of a sequence of operations obtained by heuristics and experience in the the design techniques. An automated design session of a multivariable plant using the expert system demonstrates that the expert system appears to work well in its prototype implementation.


Summary It Is shown that hypercalciuria without frank hypercalcemia develops within a few days in otherwise healthy children immobilized for various orthopedic conditions. This occurrence permits investigation of the metabolic effects of hypercalciuria. In the present study, an inverse correlation has been demonstrated between rate of urinary calcium excretion and renal concentrating performance in such children. In addition to its physiological Interest, the degree of Impairment of concentrating performance observed may be of considerable clinical significance in immobilized patients not given free access to water.


Juridically the people's mining is recognized in the law. This paper will discuss  the regulation of people's mining permits in Indonesia that permision on folk mining regulated on the act number 04 year 2009 about coal mineral. The criteria and nature of community mining are the mining business activities of the local people, carried out simply and in a small way, not using sophisticated equipment, the production is sufficient for the daily needs of the miners, the extent is very limited. IPR is given for a maximum period of 5 (five) years and can be extended. Regents / mayors give IPR especially to local residents, both individuals and community groups and / or cooperatives, (2) Regents / mayors can delegate the authority to administer IPR as referred to in paragraph (1) to the camat in accordance with the provisions of the legislation, (( 3) To obtain an IPR as referred to in paragraph (1), the applicant must submit a request letter to the regent / mayor.


Strategies to enhance the semantic decoding accuracy of a stochastic parser are discussed and comparatively evaluated on the English Spontaneous Speech Task for multilingual appointment scheduling. The performance of the parser could be improved by subsequently adding valuable and removing redundant semantic information as well as by iteratively combining several decoding methods.


Composting is an effective method to treat food waste. If food waste can be reduced from households, the transportation process to landfills can be reduced, cheaper costs, and the amount of waste in landfills. In this study, an innovative composting device-thermal composter was developed to accelerate the composting of food waste at home. This study uses food waste in a mixture of Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis) and rice from a household in Semarang, Indonesia. Food waste was chopped, stirred, heated, and decomposed in a thermal composter. The composting was carried out for three days with moisture content, pH, electrical conductivity, volatile solids, C-Organic, N-Total, P-Total, K-Total, plant growth test (Vigna radiata). The results showed that the growth of Vigna radiata using compost on the third day was better than on the first day. Final compost quality has water content = 75.16%, pH = 7.09, electrical conductivity = 552 Scm−1, volatile solid = 76.45 %, C-Organic = 7.05%, N-Total= 0.433 %, P-Total= 0.147 mg P2O5/100 g, K-Total= 0.149 mg K2O/100 g. It indicates that food waste can be recycled into useful products on a household scale within three days.


Five cases of pnuemocystis carinii Pneumonia (PCP), a rare opportunistic infection in immunocompromised persons, were reported in previously healthy and young gay men from Los Angeles in 1981 1 . Soon thereafter, another set of men were reported to have developed a rare skin cancer called Kaposi's sarcoma (KP). Many more such cases of PCP and KP quickly emerged. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP) formed a task force to monitor the outbreak. After recognizing a pattern of anomalous symptoms in patients, the task force named the condition Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) 2 . One year later in 1983, two separate research groups led by Robert Gallo and Luc Montagnier independently declared that a novel retrovirus may have been causing AIDS patients, and published their findings in the same issue of the journal Science 3,4 . Gallo called the virus HTLV-III as its shape was similar to human T lymphotropic viruses (HTLVs). Montagnier's group isolated a virus from a patient showing lymphadenopathy of the neck and physical weakness, two classical symptoms of AIDS. Montagnier's group named their isolated virus lymphadenopathy-associated virus (LAV). In the subsequent year (1984) Robert Gallo and Jay Levy independently established the association of this virus with AIDS 5-6 . Later on, in 1985, an International Virus Taxonomy Consortium decided to name this virus as Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1, or HIV-1 1985) 7-8 . In 2008, Luc Montagnier along with his lab associate Francoise Barre-Sinoussi was awarded Nobel Prize in medicine for this discovery.


List of contributors Acknowledgments Chronology of McCarthy's life and works 1. Introduction: histories, novels, ideas: McCarthy and the art of philosophy Steven Frye Part I. Influence and Innovation: 2. McCarthy's heroes and the will to truth Linda Woodson 3. Modernism, postmodernism, and language: McCarthy's style Phillip A. Snyder and Delys W. Snyder Part II. Beginnings in the American South: 4. McCarthy, Tennessee, and the southern gothic Lydia R. Cooper 5. McCarthy and the uses of philosophy in the Tennessee novels Brian Evenson Part III. The Move Westward: 6. History and the problem of evil in McCarthy's western novels Timothy Parrish 7. The Border Trilogy, The Road, and the Cold War Pierre Lagayette Part IV. The Novels: 8. Outer Dark and romantic naturalism James R. Giles 9. Blood Meridian and the poetics of violence Steven Frye 10. All the Pretty Horses, the border, and ethnic encounter Nicholas Monk 11. The quest for God in The Road Allen Josephs Part V. Themes and Issues: 12. McCarthy and naturalism Eric Carl Link 13. McCarthy and film Stacey Peebles 14. McCarthy's heroes: revisiting masculinity John Dudley Selected bibliography Index.


Climate change and global warming leads to endosymbiotic archaeal growth and alteration in brain structure and function. The endosymbiotic archaea have got magnetoperception and quantal perception of low level of EMF producing brain changes resulting in frontal cortical atrophy and cerebellar dominance. This produces the syndrome of epidemic cerebellar cognitive disorder with adult onset autism like presentation. The brain with archaeal endosymbiosis is capable of quantal perception and gets integrated with internet communications. The neanderthalised brain with archaeal endosymbiosis can modulate internet function by quantal and magnetoperception. Archaeal endosymbiosis can lead to man-internet hybrids with existence linked to the internet and life in a virtual world with virtual friends and digisexuality. The archaeal endosymbiosis produces cholesterol catabolism and depletion of sex hormones resulting in asexual phenotypes and phenotypes with alternate sexuality. There is also a decrease in fertility producing a shrinkage in population. This results in a surreal syntheistic evil world of autistic asexual unemotional cyborgs and hermits.


The article addresses the problem of image sampling with minimal possible sampling rates and reviews the recent advances in sampling theory and methods: modern formulations of the sampling theorems, potentials and limitations of Compressed sensing methods and a practical method of image sampling and reconstruction with sampling rates close to the theoretical minimum.


A new method combined microbial fuel cell (MFC) with polycrystalline silicon solar cell (PSSC) was exploited to investigate its energy generation and its performance on the removal of hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)). The open circuit voltage (Vocv) of MFC-PSSC could reach 3.540 V, which, to our best knowledge, was the maximum Vocv of MFC reported. The power density of MFC-PSSC was 754.4 mW·m−2 under simulated solar light irradiation, which increased by 990% compared to 76.2 mW·m−2 of a single MFC. The concentration of Cr(VI) in MFC was 17.06 mg·l−1, which was around 12.6 times higher than that in the MFC-PSSC (1.35 mg·l−1) after operation of 48 h. The concentration of chemical oxygen demand in MFC (264 mg·l−1) was around 6 times higher than that in the MFC-PSSC (44 mg·l−1) after operation of 48 h. This study would provide a new insight into the energy generation from MFC coupling with solar cells, and provide exciting opportunities for the utilization of solar energy and bio-energy.


A precision moment method which employs complete sets of basis and testing functions and analytical integration for the matrix entries is formulated for the analysis of a 4-port rectangular waveguide orthomode transducer having a metallic septum and a pair of branch waveguides. Numerical results for two different implementations of the method are presented and shown to agree very well with each other. The proposed method avoids special derivation of the Green's function for the problem through a proper choice of basis functions.


Background/Overview Liver Metastases Hepatic tumors can be due to primary liver cancer or metastases to the liver from nonhepatic primary tumors. Primary liver cancer can arise from hepatocellular tissue (hepatocellular carcinoma) or intrahepatic biliary ducts (cholangiocarcinoma). Multiple tumors metastasize to the liver, but there is particular interest in the treatment of hepatic metastases from colorectal cancer (CRC) given the propensity of CRC to metastasize to the liver and its high prevalence. Liver metastases from neuroendocrine tumors present a unique clinical situation. Neuroendocrine cells produce and secrete a variety of regulatory hormones (or neuropeptides), which include neurotransmitters and growth factors. Overproduction of the specific neuropeptides by cancerous cells causes various symptoms, depending on the hormone produced.


Contamination during fine grinding is an important problem for a raw powder of newly developed materials. Wear behaviors of grinding media, which were made of steel, alumina and zirconia, were examined during fine grinding using a vibration ball mill. Ball wear was nearly proportional to a specific surface area of ground products. It was supposed that the wear in wet grinding is more than in dry grinding, because wet grinding is more effective for fine grinding. Wear was effected by the materials of the grinding media. Ball wear, which was made of zirconia, was the least of three kinds of balls, that were used. Linear wear was not as much as ball wear.


This study aims at investigating the structured efforts of grammarians, to confirm the fact that Arabic language did not ignore syntax.
It presents this in two major frames: First, the direct distinction which represents the relationship that maintains the significance, the second is the indirect or extraordinary distinction, which represents the relationship that contains a hidden significance.
Results of this study reveal that grammarians permitted this distinction in some cases and prevented it in other cases, based on rules of structured distinction and its relation to structured roots that allow this structured distinction to take place.


Qinshui Coalbed Methane Field, the largest one in China, was recently found in the southern part of Qinshui basin in Shanxi Province. Based on the appraisal by experts organized by Ministry of State Land and Resources, the field has a CBM-bearing area of 164.2 square kilometers with the proven geological reserves of 40.210 billion cubic meters and the recoverable reserves of 21.839 billion cubic meters. The field can establish a production capacity for 1 billion cubic meters per year. The CBM field has a stable distribution of CBM layers and abundant reserves. Currently,a total of 29 well have been drilled, of which the highest single-well production is 16000 cubic meters per day. The tested well group is under trial production.


APHA President Melvin Shipp, OD, DrPH, MPH, received the 2012 Optometrist of the Year award from the American Optometric Association in June. He is the dean of the Ohio State University College of Optometry.


Review(s) of: Foodborne Pathogens: Microbiology and Molecular Biology, edited by: Pina M Fratamico, Arun K Bhunia and James L Smith, Caister Academic Press, Hardcover, 453 pages ISBN: 190445500X, US$299.00.


The widening income distributiongap in China is an urgent problem to be solved in the current stage.This articleanalyzes the gap that is caused by the non-natural factors,and then puts forward several countermeasures to adjust it and to eliminatethe risks of economic societyby it.To createthe good and stable climatefor society reform,wemust fulfillthe principle that efficiencyis precedent with consideration to fairness.


In this paper, a feedback control design is performed for an autothermal reformer (ATR) based fuel process system for an on-board fuel cell application. The control parameters were designed to regulate the ATR reaction temperature by manipulating air flow rate by using a classical root locus principle. This feedback control design using root locus method was also compared with an internal model control (IMC) method for two strategies of controller design both with and without the feed temperature control to locate the appropriate controller system when the ambient temperature is a major disturbance for cold weather. The simulation results showed that the root locus technique provides better performance than the IMC control technique as given faster rise time than that one. In addition, both control techniques can maintain the response of control variable within the required conditions. As two loops of control system were analyzed, the ATR process combined with the feed temperature control loop can compensate the ambient temperature better than without the feed control loop. It can be concluded that the feedback control strategy using root locus technique can reach desired performance for sustain the adiabatic ATR temperature and give the faster response to control the ATR temperature than IMC method.


In his column, AWWA Executive Director Jack Hoffbuhr says that AWWA must be a place where water professionals come together to solve common problems, meet common needs, and accomplish common goals. He says that AWWA is in a unique position to accomplish this because of the intellectual capital within its membership, the energy contained in its volunteer structure, and its credibility as the authoritative resource for safe drinking water. He discusses four key roles that the association must fulfill in order to meet this goal.


Background:  Bilateral nasal polyposis (NP) is characterized by high concentrations of IgE in NP tissue, which show no relation to the atopic status. We aimed to study the relationship between systemic and local IgE formation, nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus and nasal polyposis.


This research project describes the results of applying two pedagogical methodologies: problem-based learning and the use of new information technologies through GeoGebra in the development of the theme of functions for students of public accounting. The research was developed from a positivist paradigm, quantitative approach of quasi-experimental type of pretest and posttest with control and experimental group. In order to determine the development of competencies, a diagnostic test was initially applied to evaluate the mathematical knowledge with which the students enter; then pretest and posttest tests were applied to the control and experimental groups, in which by means of an intervention plan to the experimental group in the posttest stage, favorable results were evidenced by improving the proportion of correct answers and the development of competencies in geometric algebraic reasoning compared to the pretest stage. One of the conclusions reached in the research is that applying other methodologies in class such as problem-based learning with the support of GeoGebra software encourages the process of teaching learning and students find applicability to the topics treated by associating them with situations of practical life.


This paper designs a solar automatic tracking wireless charging system based on the four quadrant photoelectric sensor. The system track the sun's rays automatically in real time to received the maximum energy and wireless charging to the load through electromagnetic coupling. Four quadrant photoelectric sensor responsive to the solar spectrum, the system could get the current azimuth and elevation angle of the light by calculating the solar energy incident on the sensor profile. System driver the solar panels by the biaxial movement mechanism to rotate and tilt movement until the battery plate and light perpendicular to each other. Maximize the use of solar energy, and does not require external power supply to achieve energy self-sufficiency. Solar energy can be collected for portable devices and load wireless charging by close electromagnetic field coupling. Experimental data show that: Four quadrant photoelectric sensor more sensitive to light angle measurement. when track positioning solar light, Azimuth deviation is less than 0.8°, Elevation angle deviation is less than 0.6°. Use efficiency of a conventional solar cell is only 10% -20%.The system uses a Four quadrant dual-axis tracking to raise the utilization rate of 25% -35%.Wireless charging electromagnetic coupling efficiency reached 60%.


Female Sprague-Dawley rats were treated at 50 and 57 days of age with 2.5 mg per 100 g body weight of A/-methyl-A/nitrosourea (MNU). At 60 days of age, the animals were divided into eight groups (40 rats/group) and treated as follows: (a) controls; (b) immune stimulation (IS); (c) hormone inhibition (HI); (d) HI + IS; (e) retinyl acetate feeding (RA); (f ) RA + IS; (g) RA + HI; and (h) RA + HI + IS. IS treatment was accomplished by three i.p. injections (at 1, 3, and 5 weeks after carcinogen treatment) of a mixture of cell paniculate preparations from pooled MNU-induced rat mammary carcinomas and Freund's (complete) adjuvant. HI treatment consisted of daily s.c. injec tions of tamoxifen (12.5 to 25.0 /^g/IOO g body weight) and CB154 (200 to 400 ¿ig/100g body weight), and RA treatment consisted of daily feeding of retinyl acetate (1.0 ITIM).Both RA alone and HI alone significantly (p < 0.01 to 0.001) reduced mammary carcinoma incidence; HI treatment was significantly (p < 0.01 ) more effective than RA treatment. The combination of RA + HI was significantly (p < 0.01) superior to either treatment alone; RA + HI treatment virtually completely blocked the devel opment of mammary carcinomas at termination of study (a total of only 2 mammary carcinomas was observed in the RA + HI groups of rats at 1 year after carcinogen treatment). IS treat ments did not significantly influence mammary carcinoma inci dence, either alone or in combination with RA and/or HI. Female Sprague-Dawley rats given MNU and subsequently treated daily for 4 weeks with the prolactin secretion-stimulating drug haloperidol (0.05 mg/100 g body weight) responded with a significant (p < 0.001) increase in mammary carcinoma devel opment when compared with control rats. RA treatment of haloperidol-treated rats significantly (p < 0.001) blocked the stimulatory effect of haloperidol on mammary carcinoma devel opment. The addition of insulin (5.0 nQ/rr\\) to the culture media of 2-day organ cultures of MNU-induced rat mammary carcino mas resulted in a significant (p < 0.05) stimulation of [3H] thymidine incorporation into DNA of the cultured cells. Retinoic acid (1 x 10"6 M) significantly (p < 0.05) blocked the stimulatory effect of insulin on [3H]thymidine incorporation into DNA; retinoic acid alone did not significantly affect [3H]thymidine incorporation into DNA. The results of this study demonstrate a striking prevention of the development and progression of MNU-induced rat mammary carcinomas by a combination of two biological response modifier treatments, i.e., RA and HI. Retinoid-induced suppression of peptide hormone-induced stimulation of mammary carcinoma cells in vivo and in vitro has also been demonstrated, suggesting a mechanism by which retinoids may suppress the progression of rat mammary carcinomas.


For use in a virtual reality applications typically occurs in the form of an elongated visor disposed in the head-mounted display, is provided with a binocular magnifying optical system to allow the focus to infinity in the left and right exit pupil (507), the bis observation of a single micro-mesh LCD video display (501) of the image display. With a vertical offset of the beam splitter, which has two elements (502, 508), a semi-reflecting mirror of the two plane substantially perpendicular to each other (in the illustrated embodiment), are arranged in the LCD (501 ) above or below the level of the optical axis. A single image (501) observed by the LCD to the (502,508) is reflected off concave reflection mirror (503) through the semi-reflective mirror. Since a part of the reflected, leaving an image element (502), and then reflected by the reflector is bent to the right of (510) to the right of the exit pupil (507). Another portion of the image similar thereto, is reflected off element (508) and a left folding mirror (510) toward the left side of the exit pupil (507). At the image amplification and / or ocular optical correction (507) can be accomplished by a respective set of lenses (505). In other embodiments of the present invention, the configuration of the optical elements allow the vertical offset total reflection beam splitter, i.e., not a semi-permeable.


The Aba Women's Revolt was one of the most significant events that occurred in Nigerian history during colonialism. It was for example, the first major revolt of its type that was organized and led by rural women of Owerri and Calabar Provinces which contained a population of two million people, located in a total land mass of about 6,000 square miles (Van Allen 1981, 60). Like other major events of its magnitude, the revolt has continued to attract much scholarly inquiry and discourse, unparalleled in Igbo history until the Nigeria-Biafra war. The historiography of the revolt itself is revealing in terms of the methodological problems it has raised, and the conflicting interpretations scholars and feminists have offered to explain its underlying roots, the organization of women, and their overall achievements. While some of these themes will be covered in this essay, I hope to address different aspects of the revolt that have received little attention by attempting to answer the following questions: What type of women led the revolt, and how did their leadership enhance their social status during and after the revolt? What legacies did the revolt leave in Igbo society before Nigerian independence in 1960, and how have the legacies helped women to attain a better social standing in modern Igbo society?


Abstract Interrelations were established, in a limited range of shear rate γ, among the non-Newtonian shear stress relaxation following cessation of steady-state flow σ(γ, t), the steady-flow viscosity η(γ), and the dynamic viscosity η(ω) or the storage modulus G′(ω) for three linear polyethylene melts (190°C). The data for these melts were obtained using the Weissenberg rheogoniometer and the Instron rheometer. Agreement between the experimental σ(γ, t) and those calculated from the relaxation spectrum H(ln τ) was good and involved no coordinate shift. The calculated values were obtained through the relation where θ = γτ/2, τ is the relaxation time, ω is the radian frequency, h(θ) = (2/π)[cot−1 θ + θ(1 - θ2)/(1 + θ2)2], andg(θ) = (2/π) [cot−1 θ + θ)/(1 + θ2)]. The relaxation spectrum was obtained either from the linear viscoelastic data [η(ω)] using the iterative method of Roesler and Twyman or from the nonlinear steady-flow viscosity using the iterative procedure based on the equation


THE common diseases amongst dairy cows which affect the milk supply JL and call for action on the part of the medical officer of health, are : 1. Those scheduled under section 4 of the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act, 1878, and 1886, and referred to in section 15 of tlie Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops Orders of 1885, 1886, and 18JJ, which states, &dquo; if at any time disease exists among cattle in a dairy or cowshed, or other building or place, the milk.of a diseased cow therein (a) shall not be mixed with other milk, and (b) sliall not be sold or used for human food, and (c) shall not be sold or used for food for swine or other animals, unless and until it has been boiled.&dquo;


A compact dual mode sensor is under development at BGT addresssing autonomous guidance, target detection and classification/identification for everal military and civilian applications. The dual mode sensor consists of an imaging infrared sensor and an imagin Ladar sensor both in snapshot mode. This paper presents the concept of the dual mode sensor and shows the current development status. Critical components such as a compact laser source, fiber-array for image plane sampling, wavelength selective infrared beam splitter and micro-lens arrays for Ladar field-of-view steering are presented in detail.


The collection is based almost entirely on the Hangelbroek (Hilbert space) and Larsen-Habetler (resolved integration) techniques for solving the transport equation. Seven problems are proposed. (GHT)


Purpose: Sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcoma (SEF) is a highly aggressive soft tissue sarcoma closely related to low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma (LGFMS). Some tumors display morphologic characteristics of both SEF and LGFMS, hence they are known as hybrid SEF/LGFMS. Despite the overlap of gene fusion variants between these two tumor types, SEF is much more aggressive. The current study aimed to further characterize SEF and hybrid SEF/LGFMS genetically to better understand the role of the characteristic fusion genes and possible additional genetic alterations in tumorigenesis. Experimental Design: We performed whole-exome sequencing, SNP array analysis, RNA sequencing (RNA-seq), global gene expression analyses, and/or IHC on a series of 13 SEFs and 6 hybrid SEF/LGFMS. We also expressed the FUS-CREB3L2 and EWSR1-CREB3L1 fusion genes conditionally in a fibroblast cell line; these cells were subsequently analyzed by RNA-seq, and expression of the CD24 protein was assessed by FACS analysis. Results: The SNP array analysis detected a large number of structural aberrations in SEF and SEF/LGFMS, many of which were recurrent, notably DMD microdeletions. RNA-seq identified FUS-CREM and PAX5-CREB3L1 as alternative fusion genes in one SEF each. CD24 was strongly upregulated, presumably a direct target of the fusion proteins. This was further confirmed by the gene expression analysis and FACS analysis on Tet-On 3G cells expressing EWSR1-CREB3L1. Conclusions: Although gene fusions are the primary tumorigenic events in both SEF and LGFMS, additional genomic changes explain the differences in aggressiveness and clinical outcome between the two types. CD24 and DMD constitute potential therapeutic targets. Clin Cancer Res; 23(23); 7426–34. ©2017 AACR.


ABSTRACT This thesis aims to determine the extent to which the execution of criminal sanctions against misuse of the transport and / or commercial subsidized oil fuel and to determine the legal considerations of the judge in the case ruled on 588 / Pid.B / 2014 / PN SMR. This research was conducted in the District Court of Samarinda to do an interview to the parties of the agency is directly related to the issues to be discussed. The author also collecting data related to the object of study and a study of literature by way of examining the books, literature and legislation relating to the issues discussed in this thesis. The findings obtained from this study is the application of criminal law by the judge in a criminal case 588 / Pid.B / 2014 / PN SMR. Based on the results of the study, the authors considered was the fulfillment of the elements of a criminal offense under article 5 of Law 22 of 2001 on Oil and Gas. In this ruling the judge impose a criminal sanction against the defendant "Ilham Bin Muslims" form of imprisonment for six (6) months and a fine of Rp.3.000.000,00 (three million rupiah). This thesis aims to be useful as a source of public knowledge in understanding the definition of the crime of abuse of Subsidized Fuel haulage and know the elements of the offense in issue. The author expects completion of this thesis can be a useful contribution to society and appealed to the law enforcement agencies that the perpetrators of such offenses can be subject to strict sanctions according to the Law in force referred to in Article 55 of Law No. 22 of 2001 so as to minimize the occurrence of this criminal act. Keywords: subsidized fuel, Abuse, Event Transportation and Distribution of fuel.


In a recent article, the venerable Harlan Cleveland proclaims that "it is time to put behind us the idea that the politics and administration of human endeavors are some kind of science."1 In this, as in most such pronouncements, he is both absolutely correct and fundamentally misguided. Cleveland is completely correct that policy and administrative studies cannot be a science, especially given his characterization of science as the mechanistic world of Sir Isaac Newton (also represented by the positivist label). However, since the so-called hard sciences only adhere to select aspects of this perspective, it is somewhat a straw man. Moreover, the "ecological model," which Cleveland suggests as an alternative, is nothing if not a form of science, or at least a system. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, if the various applied domains of policy and administrative studies do not continue to aspire to at least rigorous modes of inquiry (both empirical and philosophical), if not science, then they will continue to be relegated to the lower levels of intellectual endeavor. Meanwhile, their less self-deprecating cousins (e.g., economics and psychology) will continue to flourish and further displace them as guides to societal enterprise.


We prove that if the energy of a time‐evolving three‐dimensional Ginzburg‐Landau configuration is small enough on a given parabolic ball, then no line vortex passes through the ball of half‐radius. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.


ABOUT two years ago, I published a series of papers in this Journal, the main object of which may be briefly stated as follows :-to prove that the substances which I described as ., photosalts" and obtained by purely chemical means were identical with those produced by light, with both the visibly darkened substances, and the material of the latent image. Further, that all these substances consisted of a silver haloid (normal chloride, bromide or iodide) combined with the corresponding subsalt, not in equivalent proportions, but after the manner of a "lake." The subsalts, being unstable substances when isolated, acquiring much greater stability by the union. The only objections I have seen to these views were based on investigations made in England by Dr. Hodgkinson: his conclusions were that an oxysalt and not a subsalt was formed. Although several years have elapsed since these conclusions were made public, the means by which they were reached and the necessar'y. experimental proof, do not seem to have been published. Mr. Me-Idola in his interesting" Chemistry of Photography," in treating of this part of the subject seems disposed to accept Dr. Hodgkinson's theory and his formula Ag,OCI. for darkened silver chloride. Mr. Meldola adopts my views that th~ photosalts which I described and which were obtained by purely chemical means are identical with the . products resulting from the action of light on the silver haloids, but expresses the opinion that I have not proved my theory of their constitution. It has always seemed to me that the whole mass of observation on the action of light on silver chloride tended so thoroughly to indicate the formation of subchloride, that we might reasonably accept that view, at least until something in the way of proof were offered for the oxychloride theory. But, waiving this objection, I will endeavor to show that subchloride and not oxychloride is the product of the action of light on silver chloride.


Objective To evaluate the feasibility and clinical application of multislice spiral CT subtraction edited angiography for artery and portal vein in abdomen multi-phase enhancement scanning.Materials and Methods 68 cases with abdomen multi-phase enhancement scanning were collected.The plain and multi-phase enhancement scanning were finished in the same scour range,skeleton target were edited in thin slice picture and preserved to 3D Application Data,subtraction edited bone removing were carried out,and the angiography for artery and portal vein in abdomen were finished.Resu-lts 66 cases were succeeded except 2 cases whose bodies moved,among them,there were 39 cases(59%,39/66)whose picture quality were assessed as score of 4,and score of 3 were 21 cases(32%,21/66);score of 2 were 6 cases(9%,6/66);there was no picture to appraise as score of 1.The whole course needed about 1-7minutes,average 2 minutes.Conclusion The technology of subtraction edited angiography for artery and portal vein in abdomen multi-phase scanning is convenient and rapid to complete bone removing,and reveal the abdomen blood vessel clearly.


This paper presents a method for designing nonlinear state feedback laws for systems with input and state constraints. The objective is to achieve practical stabilization with large stability region and strong disturbance rejection. Two invariant sets will be constructed within the state constraints: the outer one for stabilization and the inner one for asymptotic disturbance rejection. The nonlinear feedback law is designed such that all trajectories starting from the outer invariant set will enter the inner invariant set and stay there. Both invariant sets will be constructed by using the convex hull function, a recently introduced non-quadratic Lyapunov function. Since the invariant sets are convex hull of ellipsoids, they are able to incorporate the input and state constraints more effectively than simple ellipsoids, thus promising larger stability region within state constraint and stronger disturbance rejection capability. Since the convex hull functions are constructed from quadratic functions, the optimization problems can be treated with LMI-based method. Numerical examples demonstrate the effectiveness of the design methods.


Wireless rechargeable sensor networks have become a hot research issue as it can overcome the limited energy bottleneck of wireless sensor networks owing to the recent breakthrough of wireless power transfer technology. Though network lifetime is prolonged and sensor nodes can sustain immortally, the issue of network robustness is overlooked, yielding most theoretical work unsuitable for practical applications when confronting with unpredictable packet loss. In this paper, we address the network robustness issue by maximizing the charging utility in a risk-averse view. First, we build a risk-averse model based on the concept of CVaR (Conditional Value at Risk), which trades-off charging utility and risk aversion for quantifying robustness. Then, we propose a spatial discretization scheme to construct a charging route for mobile charger, which can reduce computational overhead. Afterwards, a path optimization scheme is designed to further improve the charging utility. We convert the original problem into the submodular function maximization problem and propose a method with a performance guarantee while maximizing the system robustness. Finally, testbed experiments and simulations are conducted, and the results demonstrate that our schemes outperform comparison algorithms by at least 22.4% in effective energy in the presence of risks to guarantee system robustness.


And inquiry database storing inquiry contents, mechanical measurement results of the skin condition, interview result, the shop terminal and a digitizing means for digitizing the data of tactile test results are available the data transmitted to the cosmetic preparation device, the shop terminal, the shop terminal, mechanical measurement results of the skin condition to be inputted, interview result, the data of the tactile test results quantified by said quantifying means converts the data processing possible forms of cosmetic preparation device preparation after sending to the control device, said cosmetic preparation apparatus, cosmetics prepared based on the data of the processing form.