Abstract This paper presents the design of an Iterative Learning Observer (ILO) for the purpose of estimating system states while simultaneously identifying time-varying parameters. The proposed ILO uses a novel updating mechanism to identify time-varying parameters instead of using integrators which are commonly used in classical adaptive observers to identify constant parameters while estimating system states. The main idea behind the design of the ILO is the use of learning , i.e. previous information is combined into the ILO for identifying online time-varying parameters. Stability of estimation error dynamics and convergence of parameter estimation error are established and proven. An illustrative example exhibits the effectiveness of the ILO.


Root Cause Analysis (RCA) is an analysis procedure executed in order to search for root causes when there are failure occur. Which in turn, Root Causes Analysis are expected to assist one to come out with proper recommendation and thus avoid from same failure happening. However, in petrochemical plant RCA investigation, the data and evidence collection process have been said to be ineffective and lack of effectiveness. Therefore, the data and evidence collection process in RCA for petrochemical plant application should be further develop to increase their effectiveness. This study objective is to develop data and evidence collection framework for comprehensive data and evidence gathering process for application in petrochemical plant RCA investigation. To achieve this, a comparative study of five selected investigation method was carried out to determine the best practices in data and evidence collection process. Based on the comparative study findings, the data and evidence collection framework has been develop. The framework generated outlined five (5) main component for the data and evidence to be collected. The components outlined are recorded data and evidence, physical evidence, photographical data and evidence, diagrams or sketches, and lastly testimony with each components have their sub-component of the type of data and evidence. After the framework has been develop, a case study was carried out to verify and demonstrate the process of data and evidence collection process using the framework generated. The case study show that the framework generated in this study are practical and therefore can be used as a guideline for RCA investigators during the data and evidence collection phase for their investigation.


cDNA fragment of early responsive gene (ER1) of rice(Oryza sativa L. subsp.japonica No.4) induced by blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea was isolated using mRNA differential display technique (Fig.1). Northern blot analysis showed that the expression of ER1 gene was induced at an early stage of blast infection. It started to express at 6 h, strongly expressed at 8 h, weakly expressed at 10 h and 12 h, and stopped expression at 16 h after blast infection(Fig.2). Southern blot shows that ER1 is one of genes of rice. ER1 gene has been cloned (Fig.4), DNA sequence analysis (Fig.5, 219 bp) showed no homologue in GenBank of ER1 gene.


The effects of electron‐electron scattering and nonparabolic energy band shape on electron mobility in degenerate materials are investigated. Mobility calculations as a function of electron concentration and temperature are compared to experimental data. Electron‐electron scattering is found to only slightly reduce electron mobility. The nonparabolic band shape is found to significantly reduce the magnitude and alter the temperature dependence of electron mobility.


We have studied the primary and secondary {gamma} rays (33 in {sup 25}Mg, 212 in {sup 26}Mg, and 35 in {sup 27}Mg) following thermal-neutron capture by the stable {sup 24}Mg, {sup 25}Mg, and {sup 26}Mg isotopes. Almost all of these {gamma} rays have been incorporated into the corresponding level schemes consisting of 9 excited levels in {sup 25}Mg, 55 in {sup 26}Mg, and 10 in {sup 27}Mg. In each case, the observed {gamma} rays account for nearly 100% of all captures. The measured neutron separation energies for {sup 25}Mg, {sup 26}Mg, and {sup 27}Mg are, respectively, 7330.65{plus minus}0.05, 11 093.18{plus minus}0.05, and 6443.40{plus minus}0.05 keV. The measured thermal-neutron capture cross sections for {sup 24}Mg, {sup 25}Mg, and {sup 26}Mg are, respectively, 54.1{plus minus}1.3, 200{plus minus}3, and 39.0{plus minus}0.8 mb. In all three cases, primary electric-dipole ({ital E}1) transitions account for the bulk of the total capture cross section. We have calculated these {ital E}1 partial cross sections using direct-capture theory. We have also speculated on the mechanism responsible for the magnetic-dipole ({ital M}1) transitions which are quite strong in {sup 26}Mg.


The evaporation mechanisms from a solid target in pulsed electron deposition (PED) technique have been investigated by analysing the chemical composition and the thickness distribution of CuGaSe2 (CGS) films grown at different discharge voltages on glass substrates. The behaviour of the plasma plume generated from the target can be described by a linear combination of two coexisting processes: incongruent thermal evaporation and congruent ablation, which exhibit different weights depending on the PED voltage. The first component arises from the thermodynamic liquid-to-vapour transition involving the very first layers of the target surface, while the second one is due to the subsurface target penetration of the pulsed e-beam. The chemical composition of the thermally evaporated cloud, according to the CuGaSe2 phase diagram, exhibits an incongruent Cu depletion during the solid-to-gas phase transition with respect to the target, thus forming the ordered vacancy compound CuGa3Se5, while the sublimation of ablated species is perfectly stoichiometric. The thermally evaporated plasma follows a typical surface source spatial distribution, while the expansion of the ablation products exhibit a forward-peaked angular behaviour proportional to cos pθ (4 < p < 7). The incongruent component becomes negligible by enhancing the discharge voltage, where the e-beam is able to more deeply penetrate the target, and the electron power density exceeds the threshold ablation value of 1 × 108 W cm−2. The proposed mechanism for PED process is compared to other models describing the plume generation in pulsed high-energy-induced growth technique. This study represents a remarkable result to better understand and control the PED process.


This research is motivated by the absence of new technology based learning media in the integrated thematic learning process. Thios studdy aims to determine the effiect of Augomented Rveality( AR) tekhnology learning media on integrated thematic on student learning outcomes in grade IV SDN 005 Langgini, Bangkinang District in the even semester of the 2020/ 2021 akademic year. This reseiarch was conducted on Theme 8 Sub- theme 2 Learning 3 and 4. The type of research was quantitative in the foarm off a quasi exsperimental design. By design Nonequivalent control group design. The samplig technique is cluster random sampling. The populations consistead of several schools located in on cluster 2 Bangkinang District and grades IV A and IV B SDN 005 Langgini werw selected as samples. Class IV A as the control claess annd claess IV B as the experimental class. Based on the results of the study, the average value of the experimental class was 80, 00 wit a standarnd deviationsf of 8, 18 and the average value of the control class was 72, 22 wih a standarnd deviatian ef 8, 17. Baseaid om the calculatiop of th t- tst obtaind tcount 3, 1966 Whil the ttableat the confidece tingkat 0, 05 is 2, 017 so tha tcounnt ttble. Thuss, it can be conclded theat there is a positive and significbant effecth of using Augmented Reality( AR) technology learning media in integrated thematic on the learnisng outwcomes of fourth graode students at SDN 005 Langgini.


The only woman editor or publisher of the Mississippi press to openly support the civil rights movement in her 1964 Freedom Summer editorials was Hazel Brannon Smith, who defined the issue in positive terms and emphasized the importance of equal rights for all people, not just for whites. Eleven of the other seventeen women editors and publishers in Mississippi during Freedom Summer, including "Hacksaw Mary" Cain of the Summit Sun, urged continued support of traditional white supremacy and resistance to the civil rights movement—in complete, and almost verbatim, agreement with the men who edited the state's newspapers. These findings, though historic and prior to the feminist movement of the 1970s, contradict the findings of a 1997 survey by the International Women's Media Foundation which suggested that women journalists offer a "different, more human perspective to the news."


ABSTRACT The mixing time of molten steel has a decisive impact on the refining efficiency during the RH (Rheinsahl–Heraeus) degassing process. In the present work, a coupled volume of fluid method−discrete phase model has been developed to investigate the effect of bottom injection on mixing and slag layer behaviours in the RH degasser. The fluid flow, mixing characteristic, and the formation of slag eye in the RH degasser with bottom injection are well revealed. Numerical results show that X = −0.75 m (under the up-snorkel) is the optimal injection location to obtain a shortest mixing time, as well as avoid the formation of slag eye in the RH degasser. At the same time, the result of industrial trial shows that the decarburisation efficiency can be accelerated remarkably when the bottom injection is located at X = −0.75 m.


The validity of feature correspondences plays an important role for feature-correspondence based motion estimation, which leads to the final goal of object tracking. Though different data association methods have been proposed, the problem of feature correspondence is, in general, ill-posed due to either the presences of multiple candidates within search regions or no candidates because of occlusion or other factors. Our research is inspired by how we evaluate the effectiveness of the feature correspondence and how the evaluation will affect motion estimation. The evaluation of template based feature correspondence is achieved by considering the feedback of the latest motion estimation from first visit of Kalman Filtering. Then motion estimation and feature correspondence are re-processed based on evaluation result, which constitutes the second and third visit of Kalman filtering. What makes our work different from others is also that instead of restricting the semantic object tracking in 2D domain, our framework is formulated to recover the 3D depth values of selected features during motion estimation process.


The FTIR spectrum of monoisotopic H3 70GeD around 6100 cm-1 was recorded with a resolution of about 0·012 cm-1. A perpendicular-type band, v 0(E) = 6129·441 cm-1, is observed, which is unperturbed for K′ ⩽ 1>2. Its rotational analysis reveals, in addition to rovibrational r and q resonance effects within the E vibrational state, a strong rovibrational α resonance perturbation by an almost degenerate perturber of A1 symmetry, v 0 = 6129·434 cm-1. Owing to intensity perturbations the parallel component is very weak in spite of a transition moment ratio M(E)/M(A1) of about -2. The rovibrational energy level pattern is indicative of local mode behaviour of the v (GeH) = 3 state, in which Coriolis effects are almost absent and simple arithmetic relations between vibration-rotation parameters fulfilled as expected. This gives rise to an excited state energy level pattern almost consistent with that of an asymmetric rotor.


Introduction: Thi study aimed to determine the status of pruritus and its relation to dialysis adequacy and laboratory factors among hemodialysis patients in Shiraz dialysis centers so that appropriate interventions could be planned for promotion of the life quality. Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional study on the data collected from 141 patients selected by convenient sampling. We used a questionnaire, interview, and lab test for data collection. Data were analyzed using SPSS 11.5 software and appropriate tests. A p value=0.05 was considered as the significance level. Results: The mean age of our patients was 53±16 years, (82.3% were married), and 53.2% of them were male. Of these patients, 39.7% had pruritus and most of them (48.1%) reported they had pruritus in different times of the day. A significant correlation was found between dialysis adequacy and pruritus (p=0.029), and the correlation of pruritus and high sensitive-C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) was significantly positive (p=0.009). Conclusion: Pruritus is a common problem in haemodialysis patients and is significantly associated with dialysis adequacy and hs-CRP. The level of their quality of life could be enhanced by appropriate interventions.


Many tasks in the biomedical domain require specific information on objects and concepts of interest such as diseases. The profusion of information makes it difficult to understand what is available and what distinguishes one source from the next. We present a review of current sources of disease knowledge and provide a comparative analysis of three emerging sources (MEDIC, Disease Ontology and Google Freebase), contrasted with the comprehensive Unified Medical Language System (UMLS).


We investigate time-modulation of continuous variable (CV) quantum states of light fields in application to time-resolved quantum communications. As realizations, we consider EPR entangled states of light as well as correlated twin beams generated in nondegenerate optical parametric oscillator (NOPO) subjected by a sequence of laser pulses. We demonstrate that time-modulation of a pump field essentially improves the degrees of both cv entanglement and intensity quantum correlation in NOPO doing them beyond the standard limits.


Since mobile devices are becoming ubiquitous in today's student generation and to replace bulky and costly handheld graphing calculators, this quasi-experimental study determined the effects of the lessons using graphing calculator applications in a Mathematics classroom. The study involved two intact classes of Grade 11 GAS students of San Jose National High School, Malilipot, Albay. The experimental group was taught lessons using graphing calculator applications with the integration of contextualized, inquiry-based, collaborative and interactive learning approaches. On the other hand, the control group received the same lessons but without the use of applications. The actual conduct of the lessons was video-recorded and observed by the teacher-observers to determine and analyze carefully the students' notable behaviors. Further, the effects of the lessons in terms of students' performance, mental effort, and interest were assessed by using teacher-made test, Paas Mental Effort Rating (PMER) scale, applications supported student collaboration and facilitated better teacher-student interaction. It also allowed students to become comfortable when and how to use the applications, as well as making them active and participative during learning activities. It further enhanced students' conceptual understanding and process skills, and increased their level of interest towards Mathematics. The use of the applications also afforded the minimizing of students' extraneous cognitive load by investing lower mental effort in learning the lessons. To this extent, the use of graphing calculator applications in Mathematics lessons is needed for the betterment of learning the subject. applications, and student-to-learning activities.


The interaction of dicumarol with aracid glycoprotein (α, -AGP) was studied by circular dichroism measurements. A single site having a binding constant of 2.9 x 105 N4-1 was capable of inducing optical activity in dicumarol. The induced ellipticity of the dicumarol-α, -AGP complex was decreased by raising the pH from 6.0 to 9.0, reflecting the changes in the molecular species of the drug and the microenvironmental changes in 7, -AGP.T he displacement of dicumarol from 2, -AGP by fatty acids and neutral salts suggested a hydrophobic force to be involved in the binding. Interestingly, dicumarol was displaced by acidic drugs that bind to the binding site on human serum albumin called site I, or the warfarin site, whereas site II acidic drugs did not displace any dicumarol. Simple attempts to correlate displacement of dicumarol by p-aminobenzoates with the molecular size of a series of p-aminobenzoates suggested that the drug binding site is a hydrophobic cleft about 20 A in depth.


This paper presents a frequency-selective rasorber whose transmission window locates at the higher frequency of absorption band. The accomplished rasorber is composed of dipole-like and slot arrays, and has realized the transmissive/absorptive performance. In every unit cell, each pair of dipole-like elements connected by vias is printed on the two sides of the substrate, and the coupling between long and short dipoles is suppressed by this structure. A guiding circuit is studied based on the analysis of the current path, and the insertion loss of transmission window is significantly reduced by the surface current at the pass-band that is hindered to pass through lossy elements. The presented rasorber acts as an absorber at the low frequencies, while providing a high transmittance window at 5.6 GHz. This design is elaborately optimized to achieve low reflection and angle-insensitive performance. Finally, the presented structure is validated by numerical simulations and experimental measurements. This rasorber could be used for secrecy communications among stealth facilities while providing stable broad-band absorptive properties.


Two controlled field experiments in which the performance of groups of pigs were studied following daily exposures to large numbers of mixed sporulated coccidial oocysts are reported. Comparisons between control and principal groups were made on the basis of faecal oocyst counts (OPG) and body weight gains. On the basis of oocyst counts, experimentally in fected principals in both experiments developed substantial oocyst populations which reached a peak on the 9th day of infection and declined steadily. Therefore, environmental controls did not develop oocysts. Controls gained more weight on the average than the infected principals during the experiments. Microscopic examination of intestinal tissue sections from an infected principal that died on day 22 revealed the presence of several large cystic bodies in the mucosa of the caecum and large colon. It is suggested that these structures could be schizonts.


An invasive agent composition, comprising: an impurity-diffusing component (A), lower than the impurity-diffusing component (A) is thermally decomposed and disappears at a temperature of the binder resin starts thermal diffusion temperature (B), SiO2 particles (C), and having a boiling point above 100 ℃ comprising an organic solvent (D1) an organic solvent (D). The method of forming an impurity diffusion layer, comprising: printing on a semiconductor substrate of the diffusing agent composition to form a pattern forming step of patterning the impurity diffusion of the diffusing agent component composition (A) to the semiconductor substrate diffusion diffusion step. And a solar cell, comprising a semiconductor substrate formed of an impurity diffusion layer formed by the method of the impurity diffusion layer.


ACTIVITY ENHANCEMENT OF H 2 S OVER SILVER ION-EXCHANGED ZSM-5 ZEOLITES (AGNAZSM-5, AGHZSM-5) IN ACID-CATALYSED REACTIONS. Activity enhancement of Ag- ZSM-5 zeolites (AgNaZSM-5, AgHZSM-5) in the sulfiding with hydrogen sulfide was studied using butenes (1-butene, cis-2-butene) isomerization, light paraffins (n-pentane, n-butane) conversion and deuterium exchange reaction. Remarkable enhanced activities for the reactions which are higher than those of HZSM-5, were obtained in the sulfiding of Ag-ZSM-5 zeolites due to the formation of new strong Bronsted acid sites involving the inductive effect of silver-sulfide species.


mus umkehren (1882) Vietor recommended the following procedure: 1. A text is presented aurally. Pupils listen only. They take in sounds and meanings, but remain silent. 2. Reading aloud and question and answer work with books open. 3. Return to purely oral work. The support of the written text is withdrawn. But there were more radical reformers who interpreted the priority of the spoken word in a different way. They proposed a definite pre-reading phase of purely oral work. In post-war Germany this normally lasted several weeks, others extended this phase up to two years. Nowadays the priority of the oral word seems to be firmly established, even if there is no special pre-reading phase. No matter whether there preceded a phase of days, weeks or months of oral work, the teacher would first present a new text orally, with books closed. But the procedure would differ from the one used by Vietor. The learners would have to imitate the new words upon hearing them. Only after listening and imitiating would they be allowed to see the text, and question - answer practice could ensue. This, in turn, could be followed by retelling the text with books closed, which is still a popular activity. Reading aloud would often come at the end of working with a text, as the final crowning act. Even from this brief account we catch a glimpse of the multiplicity of factors involved. Can we neglect the question of whether reading aloud should come before or after the question-and-answer practice? Should it be done at all? What is its function? Is it regarded as an end in itself, a desirable terminal behaviour? Does it make a difference that learners imitate only new words or word groups without visual support, instead of imitating whole sentences from dialogues? The literature of the audiolingual decades abounds with general statements on the temporal and causal priority of the spoken language. This is supposed to have "implications" for teaching methods. In some cases, these methods are sketched out, but the justification of the details of the procedure recommended is neglected. However, the precise details of concrete techniques matter a great deal if we take a look at the various laboratory experiments carried out to measure the inhibitory or facilitating effect of oral and visual presentation. The experiments reported by Chastain (1971) have contradictory results. Some support the presentation of both an auditory and visual stimulus, others seem to favour a purely oral presentation. All these experiments use slightly different procedures, which is disguised by broad labels such as "instruction with er without the printed word", and these differences probably account for the fact that the studies reached opposite conclusions. "The little research evidence reported to date presents so much variance in the factors mentioned that no cross-study comparison is possible" (Chau Tran 1974: 152). The issue is further compounded by the fact that there are a number of ways in which other visual aids might be given along with, or instead of, the orthographic spelling. There are courses which even in the age of the cassette recorder start right away with complete phonetic transcriptions which are gradually abandoned in favour of historical script. Imagine the


Commercial banks command a major share in the total banking operations in India.  Housing loan is one among the variety of  loan schemes offered by the commercial  banks. Generally people are very reluctant to take a loan from the bank . This paper will focus on how a customer can benefit by taking a housing loan rather than utilizing the surplus fund with him to construct his dream house. The main objective of the study is to analyze the extend of customer advantage of housing  loans by comparing fixed deposits and the equivalent amount of housing loan. The result of the study revealed that total amount paid for a housing loan of thirty year duration is lesser than that of the total amount received from the equivalent amount of fixed deposit of same duration.


This paper analyzes the chemical homogeneity properties of backfilling material belonging to Bingham body by rheology experiment, initial start-up experiment and shear experiment, then reveals the reasons for good transport characteristics of bingham material which is composed of high concentration cemented filling slurry with gangue and fly ash. The results show that this bingham material is a homogeneous suspension slurry, which is in the middle stage between structural flow and solid-liquid two-phase flow with good fluidity. This bingham material is divided into a mortar system and a gangue system, and these two systems act on each other in the inner of it. It is considered that the fine particles in the filling material provide adhesive property to the slurry, which is the key reason for the bingham material to present structural flow characteristics. But the gangue particles weaken the structure of floc net and promote the structural flow pattern to change to solidliquid two-phase transition flow, and stops at the middle stage, which presents good fluidity. So compared with other materials, this bingham material transport resistance is smaller, the transport capacity is larger, the transport distance is longer, which is more suitable for transport during filling mining.


The patient was a 78-year-old woman, a nonsmoker, with a history of a stage IIIC2 low-grade endometrial carcinoma, endometrioid type, in 2011, which was treated with surgery, vaginal cuff brachytherapy, and adjuvant chemotherapy. Her medical history also included hyperthyroidism and hypertension.

In December 2013 she presented to another hospital with nausea and a posterior occipital headache. Head computed tomography demonstrated a cerebellar mass and she was transferred to our institution for further workup. Imaging also showed an approximately 5-cm left lung perihilar mass suspicious for a primary bronchogenic malignancy, an ill-defined approximately 3-cm right hepatic lobe mass concerning for malignancy, either primary or metastatic, and multiple sclerotic osseous metastases in the thoracolumbar spine. A brain MRI was performed to further characterize the metastatic lesions. There was a 3.0-cm mixed solid and cystic mass in the medial and inferior right cerebellar hemisphere with marked mass effect upon the fourth ventricle. An additional enhancing mass was present in the left occipital lobe (1.7 cm).

The right cerebellar tumor was excised and on pathology showed a moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma, TTF-1 (thyroid transcription factor 1)-positive and PAX-8 negative, consistent with a metastatic adenocarcinoma of pulmonary origin.

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The patient's tumor was genotyped on the Ion AmpliSeq™ Cancer Hotspot Panel v2 and was found to harbor an epidermal growth factor receptor ( EGFR )4 exon 20 9-bp insertion (c.2311\_2312insGCGTGGACA, p.D770\_N771insSVD) and an incidental tumor protein p53 ( TP53 ) mutation (c.403C>T, p.R135W); another testing method was not used to confirm the genotype.

### QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER

1. What is the role of genotyping lung adenocarcinomas for selection of therapy?

2. Describe the difference between primary and secondary resistance.

3. Which gene mutations should routinely be tested for in lung adenocarcinoma in a molecular pathology laboratory?

Molecular genotyping of lung adenocarcinoma is the current standard of care, the results of which are used to direct personalized …


Pediatric anesthesia involves patients ranging from preterm infants to teenagers, and these groups require different anesthetic equipment and techniques. Successful and safe anesthetic management in pediatric patients depends on an appreciation and clear understanding of the physiological, anatomic, pharmacological and psychological differences among the pediatric age groups and between pediatric and adult patients. Changes in the airways, cardiovascular system, renal function, central and autonomic nervous system, gastrointestinal system and thermoregulation that take place during development make anesthetic management different and extremely challenging. Pediatric anesthesia management requires an understanding and knowledge of the differences and characteristics unique to the child and infant. Infants and children have unique anatomic, physiological, pharmacological, and psychological issues relating to perioperative management [1].


From 2007-2009, National Energy and Water Research Center (NEWRC) on behalf of Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (ADWEA) conducted a long term baseline study of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), carbon monoxide (CO), sulfur dioxide (SO2), ozone (O3) and particulate matter 2, SO2, and 8 hour average of CO were within the acceptable levels of 400, 300 and 30,000 ug/m3 respectively, whereas the levels of O3 as 8 hour average (3) and PM10 (3) occasionally exceeded the FEA permissible limits during the study period. Seasonal variation based on three years data reveals that the highest concentration of NO2 and SO2 were during winter and for CO and O3 during summer months. Results indicate that the levels of SO2 and CO were significantly controlled and improved while the fuel combustion of Al Mirfa power plant had increased from 2007 to 2009. Dust has significantly impact on the air quality by elevated levels of PM10 exceed in several instances associated with regional sand- storm during the monitoring period.


The invention provides an instant searching method and device based on hot words. The method comprises the steps of receiving a search query input by a user, judging whether a field matched with collected hot words exists in the search query, and starting instant search based on the search query if the matched field exists. According to the method and device, when it is judged that the field matched with collected hot words exists in the search query, instant search is started based on the search query, quick search is achieved, a user does not need to initiatively trigger a search instruction, such as a search button to start search, time is saved for the user, interaction between a search engine and the user is achieved conveniently and effectively, user operation is simplified, and user experience is improved.


This was a formative evaluation of a pilot project, which explored the potential financial, and user acceptability and viability of a direct primary care business model in a primary care practice owned by a Nurse Practitioner. In exchange for a monthly membership fee patients received unlimited access to primary care services, including phone, video and email visits. Data were extracted from the electronic medical records to describe the demographics, characteristics, and utilization patterns of those patients during the first 10 months of the program. A total of 46 patients visited the clinic 135 times during the study period. The retention rate of patients at the 10-month mark was 85%. Demographic characteristics were similar to non-membership patients of the clinic and of those reported nationwide. Revenue from the membership patients was double compared to non-membership group. Implementation of direct primary care is a practical and financially viable business approach and would prove to be a sustainable alternative to fee for service.


Significance analysis of microarrays (SAM) is a highly popular permutation‐based multiple‐testing method that estimates the false discovery proportion (FDP): the fraction of false positive results among all rejected hypotheses. Perhaps surprisingly, until now this method had no known properties. This paper extends SAM by providing 1−α upper confidence bounds for the FDP, so that exact confidence statements can be made. As a special case, an estimate of the FDP is obtained that underestimates the FDP with probability at most 0.5. Moreover, using a closed testing procedure, this paper decreases the upper bounds and estimates in such a way that the confidence level is maintained. We base our methods on a general result on exact testing with random permutations.


A broad literature has emerged over the past decades demonstrating that firms' environmental strategies and practices are influenced by stakeholders and institutional pressures. Such findings are consistent with institutional sociology, which emphasizes the importance of regulatory, normative and cognitive factors in shaping firms' decisions to adopt specific organizational practices, above and beyond their technical efficiency. Similarly, institutional theory emphasizes legitimation processes and the tendency for institutionalized organizational structures and procedures to be taken for granted, regardless of their efficiency implications. However, the institutional perspective does not address the fundamental issue of business strategy necessary to explain the persistence of substantially different strategies among firms that are subjected to comparable levels of institutional pressures. In this chapter, we present current research arguing that such firms adopt heterogeneous sets of environmental management practices despite facing common institutional pressures because organizational characteristics lead managers to interpret these pressures differently.


This paper, based on ethnography, tries to outline the past and describe the present state of schooling in Tu Yao communities, in the hope of arousing the local governments' attention to the schooling among the ethnic minorities, especially those living in remote areas.


Background Magnetic seizure therapy (MST) is a novel convulsive therapy that has been shown to have antidepressant efficacy comparable to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) with fewer cognitive side effects. However, the cardiovascular (CVS) effects of high frequency MST in comparison to ECT have not been investigated. Materials and Methods Forty-five patients with depression received 6 treatment sessions of 100 Hz MST versus 6 bifrontal ECT treatments in a nonrandomized comparative clinical design. Data on CVS function including heart rate (HR), systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), and rate pressure product (RPP) were collected at baseline (T0), after the induction of anesthesia but before the electrical stimulation (T1), during convulsion (T2), 2 minutes after cessation of motor seizure (T3), 5 minutes after cessation of motor seizure (T4), and 10 minutes after cessation of motor seizure (T5). Comparisons were made with baseline data and between MST and ECT groups. Results There were statistically significant elevations in the maximum HR, SBP, DBP, and RPP in patients receiving ECT compared with MST both in the initial and sixth treatments (all P < 0.05). Particularly, at T2, the ECT group had significantly higher HR, SBP, DBP, and RPP than those in MST group both in initial and sixth treatment (all P < 0.001). At the sixth treatment, the ECT group had significantly higher SBP, DBP, and RPP during the treatment than in the MST group (all P < 0.001). Limitations The anesthetic choices for this study may limit the generalizability of our findings. The sample size was relatively small. Conclusions Compared with ECT, high-frequency MST has fewer CVS side effects and may be a safer option for depression patients with CVS disorders.


The drinking water treatment industry is becoming increasingly centralized and automated. This requires a different operator training approach then the traditional on the job training. To address this requirement a drinking water treatment plant simulator was developed. A major advantage of such a simulator might be that the normally very slow process can be accelerated, giving an increase in feedback to the trainees. In this paper the effectiveness of training on an accelerated simulated process is investigated. Four groups of subjects were trained on the Waterspot Simulator, three groups (of various experience) trained at 60x accelerated simulation speed, and one group trained at real-time simulation speed. The results showed that the Waterspot Simulator could distinguish between experienced operators and laymen and that the groups that trained with 60x accelerated simulation speed outperformed the group that trained at real-time, when they were compared ona real-time quasi transfer of training task.


Hemochromatosis is mainly a disease of excessive iron absorption. Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) is an autosomal recessive disorder, mainly for the mutations of the HFE gene that controls iron absorption. The HFE gene is located on chromosome 6. Genetic testing has made the diagnosis of HH easier than before and five types of HH are now recognized, each caused by mutations in the different genes involved in iron metabolism. Because the patient lacks a natural way to reduce it, as time passes the excess iron results in organ damage, particularly in the heart, liver and pancreas. Finally, hemochromatosis can even lead to death, usually through heart or liver failure. If we are able to make increasingly early diagnosis the classic complications of HH such as cirrhosis, bronze skin and diabetes will be rarer in adult-onset HH. As relatively few cases are reported in China some important features of HH are unfamiliar to us. In this study, we reported the characteristics and test results of one case of HH disease, which will help to share our experience.


Transcription it's not only the interaction of language, but also the interaction of cultures. The situation generated by the original text and translation of the situation are reflected in translation of the artistic text.


High temperature, low temperature, water stability and fatigue test were done for three types of modified asphalt mixture of intermediate course used in high-grade highway engineering in Northeast region. The asphalt mixture design scheme with excellent performance suitable for application of intermediate course was selected for reference in Northeast area.


The article defines the legal nature of the environmental protection activities of law enforcement agencies. The bodies carrying out activities for the protection of the environment within the framework of the implementation of the law enforcement function are systematized according to their own functionality into four groups: the general law enforcement bodies (internal affairs of the Russian Federation); the law enforcement agencies that resolve issues related to encroachment on public relations in relation to a specific natural object (specialized agencies); the bodies implementing control and supervisory activities in this area (prosecutorial bodies of Russia); and, finally, the judicial authorities.


To compare the influence of two limb positions and slice prescription using scout‐image–based and surface‐anatomy–based methods on the reproducibility of quantitative MRI of lower‐limb muscles.


The present work focuses on the design of the new generation of semi-submersible platforms for oil&gas production offshore that is based on column square cross-sectional area. The platform column is based on an arrangement of stiffened flat panels having their ultimate strength characterized by buckling under in-plane compressive loading. Distortions induced by fabrication have considerable influence on the buckling behavior and are discussed in order to provide design recommendations. The aim of the paper is to study a segment of the column structural arrangement between robust transverse frames to analyze the failure behavior of the stiffened panels. Previous research demonstrated the strong influence of both mode and magnitude of the geometric imperfection distribution, as well as the boundary conditions. Numerical and experimental simulations for small scale isolated panels are carried out in order to perform a correlation study to adjust the numerical model for further use in more complex numerical simulations of the structural failure of the column arrangement. The stiffened panels are analyzed to identify the buckling initiation on a particular panel and then the interaction between plates, longitudinal stiffeners and the robust transverse frames during the progressive failure of the whole column.Copyright © 2007 by ASME


Multilayer antennas that utilize surface-waves launchers (SWLs) for leaky wave (LW) excitation are presented for microwave and millimeter-wave applications. Specifically, by placing two superstrate dielectric layers on top of a base grounded dielectric slab, a resonant cavity structure can be realized, and the bound field distributions can be transformed into LWs for radiation into the far field. For verification of the multilayer designs a single antenna structure is fabricated using commercially available substrates. A pencil beam can be observed at 17.4 GHz with measured gain values of >10.5 dBi at broadside. In addition, by using an array of such SWL sources, beam steering can be achieved as well as circular polarization.


Abstract That pullorum disease is spread from infected chicks to healthy chicks in the brooder is fairly well established. The high mortality often experienced cannot be explained entirely on the basis of initial infection from the egg. In some way the causative organism is passed from chick to chick. A natural assumption usually made is that the bacterium leaves the body of the infected chick in the fecal material and is then picked up by other chicks which thus in turn become infected. Some evidence has been brought forward, however, to the effect, that the organism, present on bits of down or dust, enters the body of the susceptible chick through the nasal passage, the initial infection taking place in the lungs. HISTORICAL SUMMARY OF LITERATURE Hinshaw5 and his associates found that normal chicks, exposed in a forced draft incubator, to artificially infected chicks and chick down, contracted pullorum disease. Two . . .


Early warming index is the key of realizing comprehensive early warming of edible agricultural products safety. Based on general status of current agricultural products safety,the comprehensive early warming index system was constructed from 6 aspects of agriculture development level,agricultural products quality safety supervision level,environment safety,producers' technical management level,safety level of agricultural input,storage level. The comprehensive early warming index system of edible agricultural products quality safety was constructed,the realization method was put forward.


The general theory of variable binding term operators is an interesting recent development in logic. It opens up a rich class of semantic and model-theoretic problems. In this paper we survey the recent literature on the topic, and offer some remarks on its significances and on its connections with other branches of mathematical logic.


Recommended Citation Burkhalter, Matthew W.. "Atomization and mixing performance of swirl-venturi lean direct injection." MS (Master of Science) thesis, ii To my family and friends with love. iii Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over again, and you will grow stronger until you have accomplished a purpose… not the one you began with perhaps, but one you'll be glad to remember. v ABSTRACT This paper investigated the effects of swirl number and momentum ratio on the atomization and mixing performance of Swirl-Venturi Lean Direct Injection technology. Mie scattering of liquid water, was used to identify the location of water droplets in a cross section of the injector spray. Experiments were performed with three air swirlers with vane angles of 45, 52 and 60 degrees. The swirl number varied from 0.58 to 1.0 and air-to-liquid ratios from 15.8 to 35.6. A transition was observed in the liquid spray distribution for the 52 degree case, which unexpectedly produced twice as much signal than the 45 and 60 degree cases. The main cause of this increased signal may be due to instabilities in the flow when transitioning from low to high swirl states. The results from investigation of swirl number it was found that the spray pattern for is sensitive to swirl intensity. Two flow states were observed for a lower and higher swirl flow as well as a transition state that occurred with the lower swirl state. This work may aid in the specific inquiry of physical mechanisms relating to the effect of flow states on spray distribution. It is found that improved atomization and mixing performance are a result of increase in swirl number. vi PUBLIC ABSTRACT The rising cost of fuels and greater concern for the environment drive efforts in the laboratory to investigate the physics and chemistry of cleaner, more fuel efficient sources of power. Lean combustion has proven to decrease emissions and improve fuel efficiency. In order to achieve the benefits of lean combustion, the method in which fuel and air is mixed becomes critical to the overall performance of the engine. This paper is focused on fuel injection technology for aircraft engines. The objective of this work is to provide qualitative insight into the atomization and mixing process of the Lean Direct Injection. Mie scattering of liquid water was used to identify the location of water droplets in a cross section of …


Patient evolved favorably, with resolution of respiratory symptoms and absence of stridor. Postoperative fiberoptic bronchoscopy did not observe tracheal compression. He was discharged on the 14th postoperative day. Currently at six months of follow-up, he is asymptomatic respiratory and cardiovascular. Discussion: AAD can affect 0.03% of the pediatric population. It is usually symptomatic with obstructive manifestations such as stridor or dysphagia due to compression of mediastinal structures, which requires high clinical suspicion for its imaging confirmation and subsequent surgical treatment.


NiO/Ni wires have been investigated as a function of their width in order to investigate the size dependence of exchange bias. The samples have been prepared by e-beam lithography and ion milling of ion beam sputtered thin films. For NiO/Ni wires narrower than 3 μm, the exchange bias field significantly depends on the wire width. A NiO/Ni film shows an exchange bias field of −78 Oe whereas the exchange bias field of wires narrower than 200 nm is reduced to approximately −40 Oe. The coercive field of the NiO/Ni film is 28 Oe and increases to 210 Oe for the narrowest wires. The decrease of the exchange bias field for the narrowest wires is consistent with a recent microscopic model of exchange bias where the appearance of a unidirectional anisotropy in ferromagnet/antiferromagnet bilayers has been attributed to the presence of antiferromagnetic domains in the bulk of the antiferromagnet. A possible onset of a transition from a multidomain to a single-domain state of the antiferromagnet as a function of the ...


Abstract This report considers Biological Sciences students' perceptions of feedback, compared with those of the University as a whole, this includes what forms of feedback were considered most useful and how feedback used. Compared with data from previous studies, Biological Sciences students gave much greater recognition to oral feedback, placing it on a par with written forms. Compared with the university as a whole, Biological Sciences students showed stronger preferences for feedback that addressed technical issues such as assignment structure and referencing rather than more reflective aspects. These observations are discussed in relation to expressed preferences for feedback promoting deeper or more superficial subject engagement.


1. A fiber optic connector for okontsovki dual fiber optic cable adapted to on-site installation, comprising: a bifurcated body comprising first and second spaced apart parallel bearing portions formed extended from the block branching cable; wherein said branching unit cable comprises a screw receiving part and clamping the containment fiber portion adapted to clamp the protective sheath of fiber optic cable, a first and a second bush body, arranged respectively in said first and second bearing portions, each sleeve body segment comprises fibers disposed in the first end of the sleeve body, wherein said length of fiber comprises a fiber segment set in a ferrule and having a first end adjacent windows ary surface of the ferrule and a second end, each sleeve body further comprises an mechanical splice disposed within the sleeve housing, said mechanical splice device configured to splice the second end segment of the fiber to the optical fiber of the dual fiber optic cable, the first and a second external shell disposed respectively over the first and second carrier parts, and wherein said first and second outer body are configured to opryazheniya mating with two mutually adjacent receiving portions; ihvostovik adapted to be attached to the threaded receiving portion of the cable branching unit, wherein the shank when attached to a threaded


Asgreater numbers of theelderly use health services, and ashealth care costs climb, effective financial tracking is essential. Cost management in health care can benefit if costs are linked to the care activities where they are incurred. Activity-based costing (ABC) provides a useful approach. The framework.aligns costs (inputs), through activities (p~ss),tooutputs and outcomes. It allocates costs based onellent care needs rather than management structure. The ABC framework was tested in a residential care facility and in supportive housing apartments. The resUlts demonstrate thefeasi bility and advantages of ABC for long term care agencies, including community-based care.


The EVE (Enhancement and Validation of ESA products) lidar is a mobile, ground-based, polarization lidar system, developed to provide ground reference measurements for the validation of the Aeolus L2A products. The system utilizes a dual-laser/dual-telescope configuration that emits linearly and circularly polarized light at 355 nm  interleaved and detects the linear and circular depolarization on the backscattered signals as well as the Raman backscattering at 387 nm. Consequently, the particle optical properties of backscatter coefficient, extinction coefficient, linear and circular depolarization ratios can be measured by the lidar. Moreover, the system’s dual configuration enables to mimic both the operation of ALADIN on board Aeolus that relies on the circularly polarized emission and the operation of a polarization lidar system with linearly polarized emission. Besides EVE’s main goal of the Aeolus L2A products performance evaluation under a wide variety of aerosol types, EVE can also validate the linear to circular depolarization conversions, which have to be used for the harmonization of the linearly polarized lidar systems with Aeolus, and as such, to evaluate any possible biases of the efforts of these systems on Aeolus L2A validation.


When separation between geospatial features is desired, an obstacle or barrier is used to maintain distance between the features. Barriers are used in a wide variety of domains, such as hazards, transportation, and public safety. Floodwalls, for example, prevent flooding rivers or lakes from inundating buildings. This work presents an ontology design pattern for barriers and barring events useful for GIS. In this ontology design pattern, active features (e.g., the water-body that is causing flooding) and target features (e.g., buildings requiring flood protection) are defined. Along with these key features, the ontology design pattern also captures certain barring events. These are the dynamics that arise from the placement of barriers and include Blocking, Enclosing, KeepingIn and KeepingOut, involving interactions among barriers, and active and target features. The set of classes that model these features and events as well as the relations between them are presented and formalized. This design pattern is ready for integration in a GIS to allow queries on barriers and barring events that do not currently have explicit support in most GIS.


Objective To investigate the correlation between polymorphisms of glutathione S transferase Pi gene and AD. Methods The polymorphisms of glutathione-S genes at rs1695 and rs1138272 sites were detected by polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism( PCR-RFLP) in 48 Alzheimer 's disease( AD) patients and 96 healthy controls matched for age,sex and educational level. Results A/A,A/G and G/G genotypes were detected in rs1695 site. The frequency of G allele is obviously higher in AD group( 32. 3%) than in healthy controls( 21. 9%)( P = 0. 05). In rs1138272 site,C /C and C /T genotypes were present,but T /T genotype was not found. The distribution of alleles and genotypes at rs1138272 site had no difference between AD group and control group. The frequency of GSTPi G /T haplotype was higher in AD( 9. 1%) group than in controls( 2. 4%)significantly( odds ratio = 4. 05; P = 0. 01). Conclusion GSTPi G allelic variant at rs1695 site and GSTPi T at rs1138272 site should be considered a risk factor for AD,in particularly G allele variant at rs1695 site.


Article history: Received 10 March 2010 Received in revised form June, 23, 2011 Accepted 24 June 2011 Available online 24 June 2011 Job Shop Scheduling Problem (JSSP) and Flow Shop Scheduling Problem (FSSP) are strong NP-complete combinatorial optimization problems among class of typical production scheduling problems. An improved Sheep Flock Heredity Algorithm (ISFHA) is proposed in this paper to find a schedule of operations that can minimize makespan. In ISFHA, the pairwise mutation operation is replaced by a single point mutation process with a probabilistic property which guarantees the feasibility of the solutions in the local search domain. A Robust-Replace (R-R) heuristic is introduced in place of chromosomal crossover to enhance the global search and to improve the convergence. The R-R heuristic is found to enhance the exploring potential of the algorithm and enrich the diversity of neighborhoods. Experimental results reveal the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm, whose optimization performance is markedly superior to that of genetic algorithms and is comparable to the best results reported in the literature. © 2011 Growing Science Ltd. All rights reserved


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Department of Radiation Psychoneurology, Institute for Clinical Radiology, State Institution "National Research Centre for Radiation Medicine, National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine", Kyiv, Ukraine, 2 Section of Psychiatry, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Pisa, Italy, Unicamillus – Saint Camillus International University of Health Sciences, Rome, Italy, Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, Institute of Clinical Medicine at the University of


The present study aims to highlight the importance of training strategy and its impact on the performance of employees at the Al-Balqa Applied University, and to identify the most prominent training programs that provided to the employees. As well as it seeks to know to what extent the senior management are commitment to the adoption of training strategy and the use of modern technology as the basis for the application of training programs at the university. To achieve the objectives of the study, hypotheses of the study were formulated, questionnaire was designed and distributed to all relevant levels of management at the University, the data were analysis by using SPSS software.The findings of the study indicated that there is higher-level of awareness regard to the diversity of training programs at the university. The findings also showed a positive correlation between the commitment of senior management and the adoption of training strategy and employees' level of performance at the university. In addition, it showed there is statistically significant positive correlation between the use of modern technology as the basis for the application of training strategy and employees' level of performance at the university.The study recommended that the university should concern with providing the necessary financial and material resources for the training process as well as the need to support the senior management at the University of the foundations of modern technology in training to ensure that the employees will get the  advantage of the latest training programs and assessment of employees' performance after taking a training courses. Keywords : training strategy, employees' performance, university training


ODY temperature is a balance between B heat production and heat loss. The problem of maintenance of body heat in infants is well appreciated, some authors considering this to be one of the most difficult aspects of pediatric anesthesia for surgical procedures.1 The consequences of hypothermia include prolonged recovery, respiratory and cardiovascular depression, prolonged cBects of muscle relaxants, and an increase in oxygen requirement on awakening.2


MRI volumetric findings were correlated with seizure patterns and EEGs in 14 patients with intractable seizures, porencephaly and hippocampal sclerosis (HS) in a study at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL.


The aim of this book is to provide an updated synthesis of the scientific evidence linking exercise training to health outcomes in chronic disease. Editor John Saxton, a professor of clinical exercise physiology, has contributed the introduction and co-authored one chapter; the remaining 16 chapters, each focusing on a specific chronic disease, are contributed by international health care professionals, researchers, and research groups. The introduction highlights key questions to consider when assessing the efficacy of exercise training, provides definitions of exercise terminology, describes levels of evidence, and discusses dose–response issues.

Several common chronic diseases are discussed, including cardiovascular and metabolic conditions (coronary heart disease, hypertension, stroke, peripheral arterial disease/intermittent claudication, type 2 diabetes); respiratory diseases (chronic obstructive lung disease, asthma); musculoskeletal and rheumatic disorders (osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia syndrome); neurological conditions (multiple sclerosis, Parkinson disease); cancer (colorectal, breast, and prostate); and obesity. Kidney disease, despite being listed as a prevalent chronic disease in the introduction, is not covered elsewhere in the volume.

Evidence for exercise training, including both narrative and systematic reviews, is reported from a variety of study designs, with a particular focus on randomized controlled trials. Each chapter contains an extensive reference list that includes studies published up to 2010. Strong, comprehensive scientific evidence for exercise training is available for some chronic diseases, showing improvements in mortality and modification of the disease process and risk factors, while less rigorous and/or preliminary evidence supports exercise training for other chronic conditions. In addition to physiologic factors such as cardiorespiratory fitness, skeletal muscle function, and body composition, the authors discuss psychosocial outcomes, such as anxiety and depression, that commonly affect people with chronic disease. Functional outcomes, measures of quality of life, and disease-specific outcomes such as pain, bone-mineral density, spinal mobility, gait velocity, motor function, and fatigue are included where relevant.

The chapters vary with respect to structure, organization, format of exercise prescription recommendations, and presentation of research studies. Aerobic and resistance training and safety are discussed consistently, however, and several chapters discuss hospital training versus community and home exercise. Issues repeatedly identified as warranting future research include clarifying the response to and efficacy of exercise training for specific sub-groups of patients (considering disease severity, symptoms and phase of treatment); determining optimal prescription parameters; and addressing adherence issues. Because people with chronic disease often present with comorbidities, the disease-specific chapter format provides a helpful resource to address the multiple needs of the chronic disease population.

I would recommend this book to clinicians to support evidence-based clinical practice, as well as to clinical researchers interested in investigating the effects of exercise as an adjunct treatment in chronic disease. Overall, Exercise and Chronic Disease: An Evidence-Based Approach provides a useful framework for examining existing and emerging evidence, summarizes current evidence to support clinical practice and inform clinical decision making, and emphasizes future research priorities and opportunities.


In this study we have started from a real odontoiatric clinic problem, which affects a high percentage of patients: edentulism.
Implant therapy, started by Prof. Branemark in the seventies thanks to the discovery of osseointegration, has developed in the last 15 years.
This therapy represents a valid solution for edentulous patients, although it cannot always be used.
Severe osseous resorption or anatomical limitations hinder the use of implant and force the employ of biomaterials and/or autologous bone, which, according to the latest scientific research, represents the gold standard.
However, intraoral bone graft is not always well tolerated by patients and, in cases of severe atrophy, the quantity of bone that can be taken from the oral cavity is not enough for complete regeneration.
Although implant therapy represents the best solution for edentulous patients, in the latest years a biological complication has become more and more frequent: peri-implantitis.
It represents a serious problem since it begins with an inflammation of peri-implant hard tissues that clinically leads to a loss of peri-implant alveolar bone and, eventually, to the loss of the implant as a whole.
According to the most recent literature, this serious problem affects 10% of the patients and 4% of the implant sites after 10 years of follow-up.
To make this pathology even more serious is the little knowledge that clinicians and researchers have about early diagnosis, etiopathogenesis and therapy.
The purpose of this study is to address both edentulism and consequent osseous regeneration, as well as the problem of peri-implantitis from a biological point of view and with the help of tissue engineering.
In particular, we wanted to test the ability of stem cells taken from adult tissue to favor - in shorter time - osseous regeneration and implant osseointegration both in vitro and on small and large animals.
Furthermore, we have tested the anti-inflammatory ability of stem cells in
bone tissue. Finally, with regard to the problem of peri-implantitis, we have searched for predictive genetic factors in order to possibly identify patients at risk.
Preliminary results of studies performed both in vitro and on animal enable us to state that:
-- It is possible to isolate stem cells from different adult tissues (adipose tissue, dental pulp) and test their genetic stability.
-- For the cells isolated from dental pulp, we could identify an important connection between patient's age and ability to differentiate and proliferate.
-- Stem cells combined with different scaffolds are able to foster osseous regeneration faster.
-- It has been recognized an actual anti-inflammatory ability of stem cells in bone tissue.
-- Preliminary results on the use of CGH as genetic predictive technique for peri-implantitis are encouraging since they foreground a correlation between the genetic alteration of some chromosomal tracts and clinical onset of the disease.


The Advanced Simulation Laboratory (ASL) at Lockheed Martin Electronics and Missiles in Orlando, Florida, has developed and integrated a suite of visualization tools designed to support and enhance hardware-in-the-loop simulation. State- of-the-art computer image generators with multiple channels and viewpoints using detailed, fully articulated models provide real-time views of the system under test. Workstations serve as symbol generators overlaying flight symbology and textual data on the virtual scene. A digital moving map displays mission progress, critical points and target symbology. A real-time data monitor program allows engineers to organize data logically for display during the run. National Instrument's LabView provides virtual gauges, meters, status indicators and even stripcharts. The ASL visualization tools are fully integrated into the lab video system. As a result, all visualization channels can be recorded and routed to any display in the lab including the multi-screen, multimedia demonstration and briefing room. Video routing and host control for the image generators, symbol generators and digital map are under control of a real-time, scripted visualization control program. These visualization techniques have been used successfully in two HWIL simulation projects and are considered an integral part of any future projects.


Adaptive linear filters are used in a large number of signal processing problems. The motivation for the work presented is the requirement for efficient algorithms for adaptive filters. It is shown that the application of transmultiplexers in a frequency sampling adaptive filter (FSF) yields a solution that is more efficient than direct least means square (LMS) or block FFT techniques. FSF techniques are preferred to FIR LMS filtering when modeling of the environment can be most easily defined in the frequency domain. Advantages and disadvantages are discussed in the conclusion.


The internal combustion engines are complex and widely used equipment in automotive and energy fields. This machine has as main function the conversion of thermal energy from the fuel combustion into mechanical energy. The technological development and the increasing need of improvements such as energetic efficiency and reduction of emissions, brought many studies related to internal combustion engines in many fields of knowledge, such as thermodynamics, combustion, tribology, materials, manufacturing, vibrations and dynamics. In the dynamics of mechanisms subject, many studies related to the crank-slider and the valve train systems are of higher importance in the development and optimization of this equipment. The main objective of this work is to present a study related to the optimization process of a cam profile and its effects in the dynamic behavior of the valve train system. To accomplish this purpose, it was used a real cam of a mono cylinder engine with an overhead valve system. The cam profile of this system was optimized searching the minimization of the maximum values of acceleration and jerk of the can follower, using classical and genetic optimization algorithms. For the validation of effectiveness of this optimization process, the original and optimized cam profiles were applied in a non-linear dynamic model of a valve train system and simulated in the time domain. The simulation results show that, despite cam profile optimization, acceleration levels at valve closure increased, indicating that a more comprehensive optimization process is required to reduce the level of valve vibration to provide better engine performance.


The invention discloses a semi-physical real-time simulation system of an airplane reverse thrust hydraulic unit. A closed loop testing system mainly comprises a computer, a programmable logic controller (PLC) hardware platform, an input device, and a software simulation device arranged in the computer; submodels of a hydraulic system are built by utilizing a hydrokinetics and electronic control theory, and then each simulation submodel forms the software simulation device; the PLC hardware platform performs parameter control and logic control to the software simulation device according to a state signal of the input device, and the output quantity of the software simulation device is shown in the computer by a digital and cartoon mode and also used as a feedback signal to be fed back to the PLC hardware platform through a communication interface. The invention can test and analyze various parameters of the airplane reverse thrust hydraulic unit without preparing the hydraulic unit, thereby greatly shortening the developing and analyzing periods of the reverse thrust hydraulic unit, improving the design quality and reducing the test expense.


In this paper, we creat a continuous dual space where a dynamic system characterizing an NP complete problem evolves. The combinatorial problem, when represented in continuous variables, enables the Lagrange method to provide a trap avoidance mechanism and ensure integer solutions when equilibrium has been established. Experimental results show problems of relatively large sizes can be solved on line if run on the proposed dynamic system. Even if the special purpose architecture is not available, many problems such as a 0-1 ILP FEASIBILITY problem with 384 variables and 556 constraints have been solved faster by simulation than by the branch-and-bound method.


The developed countries are trying to broaden the regulatory base on migration, to control this phenomenon, despite legal regulations on border crossings, restrictions and security and safety measures. In the broader profile of Republic of Moldova's interests in guaranteeing the rights of its citizens abroad and creating the necessary mechanisms for the more active participation of the state in migration processes as several international treaties related to migration have been ratified. The multitude of aspects regarding the national migration standards are regulated mainly by the Law no. 200 of July 16th, 2010 on the regime of foreigners in the Republic of Moldova and the Law no. 270 of December 18th, 2008 on asylum in the Republic of Moldova, obviously without excluding other related normative acts. The targeted norms legally cover the normative elements of the crime of organizing illegal migration, provided by the article 3621 of the Criminal Procedure of the Republic of Moldova, being as form.


We present two gigabit/s spectral-amplitude-coding O-CDMA techniques that use coherent multi-frequency light. The techniques achieve high beat-noise tolerance by either employing multi-frequency self-homodyne detection or using spectral M-ary ASK based on electrical-domain spatial-code spreading.


Liang Qichao was the first person who brought forward the theory of philology.His theory marked the beginning of modern philology and affected Zheng Hesheng and Zhang Shunhui.


BACKGROUND
Bone density in the young-adult life is associated with risk for osteoporosis in later life. Next to genetic factors, lifestyle seems to play an important role for bone health. Purpose of the study was to clarify the relationship between various lifestyle factors and bone parameters in university students.

METHODS
In 233 women and 52 men (age: 22.7±3.1 vs. 24.0±3.2 years; BMI: 22.2±2.9 vs. 24.2±3.1 kg∙m-2) the following parameters were assessed: calcaneal stiffness index (SI; quantitative ultrasound), body composition (bioelectrical impedance analysis), actual and past physical activity level (PAL; standardized questionnaire), and food/nutrient intake (3-day dietary record). Sex differences (Mann-Whitney-U-tests), relationships between SI and lifestyle factors (Spearman´s rank correlation), and the influence of the factors on the variance of SI (multiple linear regression) were tested (α=0.05).

RESULTS
6.9% of the women and 5.8% of the men were classified as osteopenic (-2.5<Tscore<-1). Significant correlations between SI and BMI, absolute fat mass and fat-free mass, actual PAL, and physical activity during adolescence were found in women (r=0.18-0.24, all p<0.05), but not in men. Food/nutrient parameters did not significantly correlate with bone outcomes (p>0.05). In multiple regression analysis physical activity during adolescence, actual PAL, and BMI explained 8% of the variance of SI (p<0.0001): SI=32.2+3.5∙physical activity during adolescence [1=very low, 2=low, 3=medium, 4=high, 5=very high]+28.5∙PAL+0.8∙BMI [kg∙m-2]).

CONCLUSIONS
Parameters of physical activity seem to be more important for bone health than nutrition factors. Therefore, high levels of physical activity during childhood, adolescence, and early-adult life are highly recommended to improve bone parameters.


A central and formative childhood experience in the lives of countless women is to be sexually abused by a known and trusted adult. Random surveys of the community have estimated that approximately one-quarter to one-third of all women have been sexually abused before the age of 18. Of these, 43% have been incestuously abused.1-3 These statistics indicate that more than 20 million American women have had childhood experiences of sexual abuse, often at the hands of a parent or family member. This problem has profound implications for the mental health and well-being of a very large proportion of all women.


This study was conducted to investigate the effect of liming and fertilizer application on mineralization of nitrogen in hemic and sapric peat material of Tropical Histosols. The peat materials were left to decompose aerobically for 8 weeks under laboratory incubation and samples were taken for extractable ammonium at every 1 week interval. The trends in nitrogen mineralization were found to be similar between hemic and sapric peat materials for all treatments; however the rate and amount of ammonium release differed. The application of lime increased the pH of the peat material from around 3.7 to a pH of about 6.0 but no significant differences were found in the amount of NH4 at 8 weeks of incubation between treatments with and without liming material in hemic and sapric peat material respectively. Fertilizer application significantly increased NH4 in both peat materials, where NH4 in hemic material was significantly higher (23.85 g/kg) compared to sapric (16.48 g/kg) peat material. This study showed that the practice of liming to increase soil pH did not necessarily improve the mineralization of nitrogen in Hemic and Sapric peat therefore was not prerequisite unless the crops to be planted are intolerant to acidity.


Vasculitides are conventionally classified according to the size of the vessels involved and characteristic clinical and histopathological findings. Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCAs) and other serologies help characterizing small vessel vasculitis. While few cases of large vessel involvement are reported in association with ANCA-associated vasculitis, these reports were in adult patients and lacked typical large vessel involvement. We describe an adolescent girl with focal necrotizing glomerulonephritis and positive serologies for p-or myeloperoxidase ANCA, as well as large vessel arteritis and presence of anti-glomerular basement membrane antibodies. This report highlights the diagnostic difficulties in rare patients presenting with overlap in clinical and serological features of different forms of systemic vasculitis.


According to the grades and meanings of the single assessment of groundwater objective function and the composite characteristics,grades and meanings of comprehensive assessment of groundwater dominant function,the groundwater object function of the middle and lower reaches of the Shulehe River basin is zoned on the basis of five grades of groundwater function,and characteristics and local conditions of each zone.The groundwater resource function is zoned into 11 types of exploitable areas.The groundwater ecological environment function is zoned into 12 types of protected areas.The groundwater geological environment function is zoned into 8 types of utilization areas.Groundwater comprehensive function area is zoned into a resource function area and an ecological environment function area.Based on their conditions,they are also zoned into 4 types of resource utilization areas and 3 types of ecological environment protected areas.


High-impedance fault (HIF) is always a threat and the biggest challenge in the power transmission and distribution system (PTDS). For a PTDS to operate effectively, HIF diagnosis is essential. However, given the HIF's nature and the involved complexity, detection, identification, and fault location are difficult. This will be even more complicated in conventional PTDSs as they are inefficient and highly vulnerable. Given the importance and urgent need for HIF diagnosis in PTDS, this study reviews state-of-the-art HIF phenomenon and detection techniques and proposes the use of "various signal processing techniques for fault feature extraction" and " different classifiers for identifying HIF." First, HIF current/voltage signals are analyzed using signal processing techniques, which include the discrete wavelet transform (DWT), pattern recognition, Kalman filtering, TT transform, mathematical morphology (MM), S transform (ST), fast Fourier transform (FFT), principal component analysis (PCA), linear discriminant analysis (LDA), and wavelet transforms, such as dual-tree, maximum overlap discrete wavelet transform (MODWT), and lifting wavelet transform (LWT). Second, the various HIF and non-HIF faults are classified using intelligent classifiers. The intelligent classifiers include artificial neural networks (ANNs), probabilistic neural networks (PNNs), genetic algorithms (GAs), fuzzy logic, adaptive neuro-fuzzy interface system, support vector machine (SVM), extreme learning machine (ELM), adaptive resonance theory, random forests (RFs), decision trees (DTs), and convolution neural networks (CNNs). In addition to the comparative discussion of various classifier techniques, their evaluation criterion and performance are prioritized. Third, this review also studied different test systems, such as radial distribution network, mesh distribution network, IEEE 4 node, IEEE 13 node feeder, IEEE 34 node feeder, IEEE 39 node feeder, IEEE 123 node feeder, Palash feeder, and test microgrid systems, to assess the pertinence of various HIF detection schemes and the behavior along with methods to locate the HIF. Overall, we believe this review would serve as a comprehensive compendium of advanced techniques for HIF diagnosis in different test systems.


In this article, the author suggests that public health research should inform decision-making around programs and policies. Particular focus is given to how there is sometimes a disconnection between research and policy decision-making. Additional topics discussed include population intervention measures and research relating to binge drinking and obesity.


This survey of the technological resources andmanagerial structure of Gazeta Krakowskain 1983–1988 deals with the functioning ofits head offi ce and the key assumptions of itseditorial line; takes a look at GK's colour editionsand supplements; compares and assesses itsfunctioning to that of today's newspapers; andmuses on the declining prestige of the journalismin Poland.


The article presents the results of a study focused on the awareness of the fact that specialists with digital literacy are in demand in rural areas of Yakutia. The authors justify the need for the use of digital technologies in agriculture, analyzing the opinions of individual specialists.


This paper compares heat transfer coefficient and pressure drop with respect to secondary refrigerant (single-phase and two-phase) in the indirect refrigeration system. The operating parameters consider pump efficiency, diameter and length of evaporator, etc in this study. The main results were summarized as follows: The single-phase are better than the two-phase secondary refrigerants in side of heat transfer. And the single-phase refrigerants such as PG, GL, EA, EG and MA are better in the low than in the high evaporating temperature. In side of pressure drop, the single-phase secondary refrigerants are better in the high than in the low evaporating temperature and CO2 among all secondary refrigerants is the best.


At least two weedings within the first 5 weeks after sowing are necessary to minimize yield reduction caused by weeds in cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.]. During a 3-yr study, a preemergence application of metolachlor [2-chloro-N-(2-ethyl-6-methylphenyl)-N-(2-methoxy-1-methylethyl)acetamide] at 2.0 to 3.0 kg/ha, DCPA (dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate) at 10.0 kg/ha, or pendimethalin [N-(1-ethylpropyl)-3,4-dimethyl-2,6-dinitrobenzenamine] at 2.0 or 2.5 kg/ha controlled most annual grasses effectively. Itchgrass (Rottboellia exaltata L.) was controlled with pendimethalin at 2.5 kg/ha, but metolachlor had no effect on this weed. These herbicides caused no crop injury and cowpea grain yield was as good as in the handweeded and weed-free plots. Alachlor [2-chloro-2′, 6′-diethyl-N-(methoxymethyl) acetanilide] applied preemergence at 2.0 kg/ha was effective against annual weeds, but was phytotoxic to cowpea.


The ultimate goal of this project is to identify and investigate an exploration architecture that would allow a light-weight instrument package to be sent to another stellar system. Due to the difficulty inherent in an interstellar mission, we have examined an architecture for a less demanding mission; sending a probe to the Kuiper Belt in a transit time of 10 years. Missions to deep space will require specific impulses greater than 6000 seconds in order to accomplish the mission within the career lifetime of an individual. Only two technologies available to mankind offer such performance; fusion and antimatter. Fusion has proven unattainable despite forty years of research and billion of dollars. Antimatter, alternatively, reacts with uranium 98% of the time in a well-described manner. However, development of a suitable propulsion system based on antimatter has not been shown until now. Our system analysis indicates that a 10 kg instrument payload could be sent to 250 AU in 10 years using 30 milligrams of antihydrogen. In addition, preliminary calculations also show that 17 grams of antihydrogen could send a similar probe to the next star, Alpha Centauri, in 40 years. We have designed a very straightforward system that will produce a variable specific impulse with a maximum of near one million seconds. The concept is one that can be throttled, that can be steered, and that can be demonstrated within the next two years. In this paper we identify the components of the system architecture that will be needed to perform a mission to the Kuiper Belt.


The increasing number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices with various sensors has resulted in a focus on Cloud-based sensing-as-a-service (CSaaS) as a new value-added service, for example, providing temperature-sensing data via a cloud computing system. However, the industry encounters various challenges in the dynamic provisioning of on-demand CSaaS on diverse sensor networks. We require a system that will provide users with standardized access to various sensor networks and a level of abstraction that hides the underlying complexity. In this study, we aim to develop a cloud-based solution to address the challenges mentioned earlier. Our solution, SenseCloud, includes a sensor virtualization mechanism that interfaces with diverse sensor networks, a multitenancy mechanism that grants multiple users access to virtualized sensor networks while sharing the same underlying infrastructure, and a dynamic provisioning mechanism to allow the users to leverage the vast pool of resources on demand and on a pay-per-use basis. We implement a prototype of SenseCloud by using real sensors and verify the feasibility of our system and its performance. SenseCloud bridges the gap between sensor providers and sensor data consumers who wish to utilize sensor data.


The paper calculates the frequency about the resonant character of crab-leg flexure with the simple beam theory, and derives the frequency formula of the structures. It analyzes some geometric parameters that influence the resonance frequencies. The characters of crab-leg flexure are compared with straight-leg flexure structure, the results is useful for design of the Electro-Static Driven Comb Micro-resonant product.


Amplitudes of two‐stream irregularities and equatorial electrojet (EEJ) current are known to peak around the same altitude. Sounding rocket‐borne magnetometer experiments have consistently shown that the EEJ current density maximizes around 105‐km altitude whereas the theoretical models predict the EEJ peak around 100 km. One of the propositions to bridge this difference in the altitude has been based on the inclusion of small‐scale turbulence (wavelength of <100 m) with the large‐scale dynamics (kilometer size). This proposition is examined based on in situ measurements of E region electron density and plasma irregularities (two‐stream and gradient‐drift irregularities) obtained at different times of the day and night. These measurements were obtained based on sounding rocket flight experiments conducted from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (8.54° N, 76.86° E), a facility in the vicinity of the dip equator. Whenever two‐stream irregularities are present, the minimum electrojet current density is estimated based on the threshold velocity required for generation of these plasma irregularities. This method provides estimates of nighttime E region current also, which is difficult to measure. It is found that amplitudes of both two‐stream irregularities and the estimated EEJ current peak around 105‐km altitude irrespective of the presence or absence of the gradient‐drift irregularities at the base of electrojet (95‐ to 100‐km altitude).


Summary form only given. In this paper, we explain quantitatively the nature of the major emission band in Nichia LEDs. The experimental low-temperature (20 K) and room-temperature (RT) spectra were obtained by photoluminescence (PL). A broad impurity-related PL band, with an undulated envelope centered at 465 nm (2.67 eV), was observed at both low and room temperatures when the pump beam illuminated the active region.


In his 1914 book America through the Spectacles of an Oriental Diplomat, Wu Tingfang worried about the 'one fault' he found with American women; their inquisitiveness. If Wu were alive today, he would see many exemplars of the inquisitive American woman in the globalized sphere of popular culture. He would also note the increase in the number of American women who are curious about China. This paper considers several contemporary China-focused 'texts' written/created by 'inquisitive American women.' These texts enjoy a global readership/viewership as they are all circulating in the public sphere in China, in the US, and beyond, particularly in the wake of the Beijing 2008 Olympics. From books such as Sara Bongiorni's, A Year Without 'Made in China': One Family's True Life Adventure in the Global Economy and Robyn Meredith's The Elephant and the Dragon: The Rise of India and China and What It Means for All of Us, to Anna Sophie Loewenberg's internet television show Sexy Beijing, a Beijing-centered look at life in China based on the HBO series Sex and the City, American women are asking a range of questions about China. As these women quell their curiosity about a 'foreign' nation, however, they are concurrently manifesting a particular national identity of their own. The preoccupations of these women, then, are worth noting for what they say about the US as well as China.


Building Applied Photovoltaic (BAPV) systems are installed in rapid rates, transforming them from energy consumers to energy producers. However, dc leakage currents due to the finite (or deteriorated) insulation of such systems pose a significant risk on the integrity of the building. We demonstrate that leakage currents in BAPVs do exist and circulate below the detection thresholds. If best-practices are not followed for the installation of such systems, steel-reinforcement corrosion due to stray current interference can be significant to affect the integrity of the building. This can have catastrophic consequences if concentrated on a small area, especially considering the ~25-year life-span of commercial PV systems.


ABSTRACT This study aims to improve the efficiency of logistics distribution scheduling in the supply chain and reduce logistics costs. In the current research, the time and cost problems of logistics distribution always have some limitations to meet the needs of practical applications; therefore, this paper designed genetic algorithm-based method to solve the vehicle scheduling problem. The analysis of arithmetic examples was carried out. The analysis found that the method effectively reduced the cost of distribution and had higher computing speed, showing a high performance in solving the problem of logistics distribution scheduling. The method can further optimize the logistics distribution of the supply chain. This work provides a new approach for the study of logistics distribution scheduling model and is conducive to the better application of genetic algorithm in this field.


Syntactic change in contact is generally explained as a result of cognitive, structural/typological, or sociolinguistic factors. However, the relative weight of these factors in shaping the outputs of contact is yet to be assessed. In this paper, we propose a microcontact approach to the study of change in contact, focusing on microsyntactic points of variation across multiple language pairs that are structurally very close. We show that this approach makes it possible to more accurately identify some of the factors that are involved in change. By considering three case studies centered on the syntax of subjects, objects, and indexicals, we show that the outputs of syntactic change in microcontact diverge from what is expected under otherwise solid generalizations (avoidance of indeterminacy, avoidance of silence, the Interface Hypothesis, a tendency towards simplification, and the general stability of the indexical domain) regarding change in contact. Microcontact offers a finer-grained point of observation, allowing us to go beyond broader typological assumptions and to focus on the link between structure and cognition. The results of our case studies demonstrate that the outputs of change in contact are an interplay between cognitive and structural factors (see also Muysken 2013 for additional processing considerations), and that the micro-variational dimension is crucial in drawing a precise picture of heritage language syntax.


Miscible displacement experiments were conducted to determine the influence of soil type on the movement of chloride and nitrate. The movement of NO" is impothmt in plant nutrition; c1-, in soil salinity. In these ex. periments, 100 ml of an aqueous solution containing 0.55 g of CaC12 and 0.35 g of Ca(N03 )2·4H20 was displ11ced through 30-cm long soil columns with O.OlN CaSO .. Breakthrough curves, plots of the chloride or nitrate concentrations found in the effluent against the volume of effluent collected, were made. Breakthrough curves from columns of Webster, Ida, and Edina surface soils and a muck soil indicated that the velocity of chloride was greater than that of nitrate during displacement through these soils. On the other hand, breakthrough curves obtained from columns of Webster, Ida, Edina, and Clarion subsoils showed no separation of chloride and nitrate. The breakthrough curves for all soils studied differed in shape. The dispersion coefficient for chloride, calculated from the breakthrough curves, varied from 1.533 cm2 /hr for the muck soil to 0.094 cm2 /hr for the Ida, C horizon, soil. The experimentally determined dispersion coefficients were used to calculate theoretical chloride distributions for the muck, Ida, and Webster soils. The movement of nitrate through soils is important in agronomic as well as in pollution studies. Agriculturalists are concerned with the movement of nitrate within the root zone of plants, while health authorities are concerned with the contamination of water supplies with nitrates from sources such as feed lots, fertilizer applications, and decaying organic matter. The movement of nitrate through soils is dependent on soil type, water content, velocity of flow, denitrification and Ili.trate immobilization. Chloride, since it is not normally present in soils of the humid region and is not decomposed or immobilized, is often used as a tracer of nitrate movement in field experiments (Wetselaar, 1961; Robinson and Gacoka, 1962; and Stephens, 1962). A comparison of the distribution of chloride with the distribution of nitrate has been used to evaluate the mineralization or denitrification that occurs to added nitrate. Unfortunately, careful evaluation of the relative displacement velocities of chloride and nih·ate through the soils under sh1dy have not been made before the field experiments. Investigators (Taylor, 1953; Rifai et al., 1956) have used the solution of the following differential equation to describe the 1 Journal Paper No. J-5381 of the Iowa Agricultural and Home Economics Experiment Station, Ames, Iowa. Project 998. Work supported by the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, Contract No. AT-( 11-1 )-1260. The third author acknowledges support of a Senior Post-Doctoral National Science Foundation Fellowship.


deregulation'. Indeed, the latter is the only essay in the volume exploring hypersexual desire disorder. And that takes me to one of two unfortunate flaws with Leiblums' last volume. By removing Saks's excellent case study, the collection would perhaps be more cohesive and better titled, 'Treating hyposexual desire disorders'. In essence this is what the volume is, barring Saks's contribution. Reading Saks's essay confused me. I felt as if it had been added spontaneously and seems to jar with the rest of the book, which is about hyposexual desire. I enjoyed Saks's case study because I specialise in hypersexual behavior, but how others might digest that odd 13th chapter remains to be seen. The second failing is the missing case study on gay male HSDD. Although Leiblum promises in her introduction that HSDD affects all populations, the volume ignores gay male HSDD. This disturbs me because although I understand a peer-reviewed essay on gay male HSDD not related to HIV (Is there one?) might be better served within a specialised publication, there is the perpetuating myth that gay males are 'doing it all the time' and do not suffer from HSDD. A case study in this collection would have helped to dispel that myth. Overall, psychosexual therapists and relationship counsellors will find Treating sexual desire disorders: a clinical casebook a source of learning and inspiration in treating what is considered one of the most difficult of disorders, yet also one of the most prevalent. Leiblum not only offers an informative and thought provoking introductory chapter, she also provides a concise introduction to each case in which she summarizes the contributor's key themes and approach to treatment. It was therefore impossible not to read this collection without Leiblum's presence. She will be sorely missed.


This paper introduced the distinction of the working principle of self-absorbing aeration flotation column and flotation machine.Taking Qarhan carnallite as an example,in the laboratory the sorting results of self-absorbing aeration flotation column were compared with flotation machine from pharmaceutical experiment and pulp ratio experiment.The results show that,to reach the same grade of KCl,column flotation has the advantage of simple operation process and high yield of potassium.


Using up wood due to the renewable lease of the woods has resulted in the abundance ofwaste of wood. Workshop on woodcarving and souvenir made of waste of wood as raw material was held and attended by participant from all regions of the district of Malinau. Using waste of wood to good advantage will give added value and will improve the welfare of the society.


For the biogas fermentation system of fecal sewage treatment in a dairy farm,three kinds of heating systems for biogas fermentation devices including solar thermal collector combined with biogas generator waste heat utilization,solar thermal collector combined with biogas boiler and solar thermal collector combined with ground source heat pump are proposed.A comprehensive evaluation of three kinds of heating systems is performed by analytic hierarchy process.The comprehensive performance of solar thermal collector combined with biogas generator waste heat utilization is optimal.


This paper introduces the basic concept of spatial autocorrelation,the design and development of spatial autocorrelation analysis module and the application of the module.The module has functions of creating weight matrix,global spatial autocorrelation analysis and local spatial autocorrelation analysis,and can be plugged into ArcGIS applications.