An integral part of the curriculum for the newly developed telecommunications systems M.S. degree at The University of Oklahoma (OU) Tulsa is a course entitled telecommunications systems laboratory. The course is designed to enhance the understanding of computer networking theories and concepts through simulation and hands-on networking exercises. Students utilize the resources of the OU-Tulsa Telecommunications interoperability laboratory to build flexible and interconnected network model configurations using multi-vendor ATM, IP, TDM, and WDM equipment, including fixed and mobile wireless components. Various testing equipment are used to evaluate network performance. For simulation, we have chosen OPNET modeler, from OPNET Technologies, Inc., as the software of choice. The role of simulation in the course is two-fold: to improve student comprehension of computer networking concepts and theories and to complement the hands-on experiments. This work-in-progress paper discusses our preliminary experiences with integrating OPNET modeler into the telecommunications systems laboratory course.


This study contributes to understanding the physical and economic impacts of progressive, climate-driven aquatic salinization on the spatial distribution of mangrove species in the Indian Sundarbans, which accounts for about two-fifths of the 10,200 km2 tidal-wetland forest delta. To estimate future mangrove distribution, a five-step analysis was undertaken, using high-resolution spatial assessments. A current (2015) basemap and overlays of salinity tolerance for major mangrove species and their assemblages and projected location-specific aquatic salinity for 2050 were used to predict salinity-induced migration. The results show gain-and-loss patterns, with salt-tolerant species predominating at the expense of freshwater species. These changes are likely to reduce the flow of ecosystem services, adversely affecting the livelihood options of poor people in adjacent areas. Effective management will require establishing baseline data for monitoring system changes over time, protocols for maintaining species health, and support for mangrove regeneration and restoration. Resources should also be directed to alternative livelihoods for mangrove-dependent households. The study recommends an integrated policy approach, focused on rising salinity, changes in mangrove dynamics, and the welfare of mangrove-dependent communities.


The article is aimed at studying the intensity of the accumulation of heavy metals (cadmium, copper, zinc) in vegetables of different growing seasons on dark gray podzolized soils in the Tyvrovsky district of Vinnitsa region. The results of studies on the study of the features of the accumulation of cadmium, zinc and copper in garlic, carrots and parsley, depending on the period of their vegetation, are presented. Varieties were selected for research: Lyubasha for garlic, Greta for carrots, and Naida for parsley. The period of sowing garlic, carrots and parsley was carried out throughout 2020– 2021: in the autumn period – at the end of October and in the spring – the last decade of April. For the study, the vegetative mass of parsley, root crops of carrots and heads of winter garlic were used. The selection of vegetables was made by the method of point samples from each batch of autumn and spring sowing. Based on the results of the analysis of primary sources, the dependence of vegetable crops on environmental factors, in particular, agro-climatic indicators, was determined; features of assimilation by vegetables during the growing season of the main nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium); accumulation of heavy metals by plants. The article presents the results of our own feld and laboratory research. It has been established that the content of cadmium, zinc and copper in garlic of the Lyubasha variety, carrot of the Greta variety and parsley of the Naida variety did not exceed the maximum allowable levels of DSTU- 323395 for both autumn and spring sowing. It was found that the content and coefcient of accumulation and danger of cadmium in garlic, carrots and parsley during their spring sowing was higher, and zinc and copper were lower compared to similar vegetables in autumn sowing. In general, the hazard coefcient of cadmium, zinc and copper in garlic, carrots and parsley grown in the experimental areas did not exceed 1.0, which indicates the safe content of these heavy metals in vegetables.
Key words: carrots, parsley, garlic, cadmium, zinc, copper, hazard coefcient, accumulation coefcient, concentration.


Surveys involve the conversion of the survey instruments (questionnaires, permission forms, etc.) into machine readable form. Such a process consists of functional modules, each designed to fac i l i t a te this conversion, and through which each instrument passes. I t is desirable to know the location of each document in this flow, and to know the aggregate movement of documents through the process. This informat ion pinpoints problem areas in the flow, signals completion of database construction, and ident i f ies the status of any given document.


Semantic generation of idioms concerns at least three kinds of cognitive mechanisms — conceptual metaphor,conceptual metonymy and regulative common knowledge.Rhetoric makes semantic expression of idioms more suitable,more understandable and more accurate in understanding.There is a relationship between rhetoric devices of English and Chinese equivalent idioms which have the same or close pragmatic connotation and cognitive mechanisms for semantic generation.Idioms concerning cognition of conceptual metonymy are often used exaggeration,metonymy,and idioms concerning cognition of conceptual metaphor are often used metaphor,parallelism,and synaesthesia.


In an essay entitled "Variations on Negations and the Heresy of Black Feminist Creativity," Black feminist Michele Wallace explores the difficulties of producing and presenting a "black female cultural perspective, which for the most part is not allowed to become written in a society in which writing is the primary currency of knowledge" (Wallace 1990, 54). Although she anticipates that some might find a defense of Black female cultural and political criticism "elitist," she nevertheless remains, "convinced that the major battle for the 'other' of the 'other' [i.e., Black women] will be to achieve a voice, or voices, thus inevitably transforming the basic relations of dominant discourse. Only with these voices—written, published, televised, taped, filmed, staged, cross-indexed, and footnoted—will [Black women] approach control over [their] own lives" (66).


In this article the heat treatment technology is mainly researched for new wear and corrosion resistant material,and simultaneously carried on the contrast test and the analysis for tensile strength,impact toughness,hardness as well as wear and corrosion resistant properties.And the microstructure is analyzed by metallography microscope and scanning electron microscope for the material after the heat treatment.The corrosion and wear resistant properties of material after heat treatment are properly improved,so as to get very good effect in the practical application.


Low fertilizer quality and remediation ability are considered the major factors hampering the land application of anaerobic digestate. Therefore, the role of Myrothecium verrucaria treatment in enhancing the fertilizer quality and remediation ability of digestate for land application was explored. Higher content of humic acid (7.5 g/L) with a higher degree of humification index and oxygen-containing functional groups was observed in the digestate receiving Myrothecium verrucaria treatment. Likewise, humic acid formed from Myrothecium verrucaria treatment had a higher capacity of heavy metal binding. Moreover, the viable and culturable count of S. faecalis, S. typhi, C. perfringens, and E. coli pathogens in the digestate decreased to approximately 12.50%, 41.70%, 18.87%, and 50.00% and 25.97%, 64.44%, 37.51%, and 75.27%, respectively, after treatment with Myrothecium verrucaria. This study provided a novel strategy to enhance the fertilizer quality, remediation ability, and biological safety of anaerobic digestate for land application.


During the bridge incremental launching,the launching nose allocation secures a crucial position in reducing girder internal force and increasing the incremental launching span.Pertaining to the incremental launching bridge construction across Ningbo East Station,a launching nose design method is proposed.By establishing the mechanical model on launching nose,the integrated structural analysis is conducted via computer simulation.Accordingly,the maximum stress and deformation of the guide beam and the steel box girder are solved to satisfy the structural loading requirements.Meanwhile,due that the steel box girder and launching nose cannot be stably guided through the temporary pier,a hanger plate in launching nose bottom is adopted.Therein,this approach provides a reference to launching nose design during incremental launching.


Agile methods seem to be the answer for today's turbulent industries, and with it roots in software development, coincides neatly with the increasingly digital world we live in. ABN AMRO also decided to implement a large scale agile framework tailored to their company. Agile methodologies are known to work well at small scale and in an IT context, however at ABN AMRO they've implemented it for over 6000 employees from both business and IT departments. Unsurprisingly ABN AMRO faces challenges within this agile organisation. One area in which they're struggling is managing innovation in a way that aligns with the flow of the tailored and scaled agile organisation. The objective was therefore; To design solution that better aligns innovation processes with the flow of the tailored and scale agile landscape. In addition, literature on large scale tailored agile transformation and innovation management within financial services firms is scarce. Both areas are relevant, however no research was found that combined these topics. Therefor in this thesis we attempt to find challenges for innovation management in a large scale tailored agile framework. In order to both find an answer to this question and help ABN AMRO the challenge was approached from two different streams. Firstly, a revelatory single-case study on ABN AMRO's tailored agile framework served to understand how they tailored agile at such a large scale and what the challenges were. Secondly, through semi structured interviews with 18 ABN AMRO employees, their innovation management efforts were investigated as well as the challenges they experience with it. Both the challenges from a large scale agile perspective and the company-wide innovation management were merged into a set of six new challenges; "governance on innovation in the agile organisation", "deficiency of exploration skills", "getting innovation on the backlog", "Lack of clear guidance a leadership on innovation", "Dependencies a Limited Autonomy", and "Organisational and Cultural legacy". Based on these challenges a new design challenge was posited which was to design a solution that stimulates ownership and awareness amongst idea owners in the grid landscape towards customer problems and needs. This solution needed to provide clear guidance to enable autonomous and successful realisation of these customer centric innovations in the product and system oriented agile organisation. As a solution to the design challenge and in order to help ABN AMRO with their innovation management efforts, the "User Needs Integration Canvas" was created which is an innovation process that focuses on bridging the gap between customer needs and the complex nature of ABN AMRO's agile organisation. This study further finds that agile methods don't cover the innovation process in full, and thus extra efforts and support should go towards managing incremental innovation, the front-end of innovation specifically. In addition traditional financial service providers carry cultural legacy, lack innovation legacy and explorative competences. The role of the individual, with their skills, mindset and behaviour are imperative in in the journey towards a nimbler and more innovative financial service provider. There is no shortcut in becoming an innovative company, whilst a large scale agile framework is a step in the right direction, still a lot of time, effort and patience is needed beyond this step


1Higher Education Institute, Xiangnan University, Chenzhou, Hunan, 423099, People's Republic of China; 2Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution, Texas A& M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA; 3Tongren Municipal People's Hospital, Tongren City, Guizhou Province, People's Republic of China; 4Hunan Anhua County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Anhua, Hunan Province, People's Republic of China


All forms of topical anesthetics can be toxic, particularly when abused. These agents are routinely used in ophthalmic examinations and minor surgical procedures. Abuse of topical anaesthetic agents is a rare but potentially dangerous cause of toxic keratopathy. Ophthalmologist must be aware of this entity in the early stage and prevent abuse, because of the poor outcome in the late stage. We have reported the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and alternative treatment of a 22-year-old man, who worked as a construction worker, with early stage toxic keratopathy caused by topical anesthetic abuse.


A study of the reaction between mixed alkylcuprate reagents [Li(R1R2Cu)] with tricarbonylcyclohexadienylironsalts (1) has shown that, when R2 = SPh, alkylation of (1) may be achieved in moderate to good yields for R1 = Pri, Bu and But. Only minor yields are obtained for R1 = Me and CH2=CH, the main reaction being thiophenoxylation, but for these substituents alkylation is achieved with the dialkylcuprate. The regioselectivity of the reaction has been studied for a number of cuprate reagents.


Research in anaesthesia ranges from work which is related to fundamental and theoretical problems at one extreme, to investigations of direct clinical application at the other. Although a good deal of such research may appear to be straightforward laboratory work, yet it is usually involved with all the problems of clinical research, e.g. great variability between subjects (individual patients) and the presence of many important factors which cannot be controlled. When it comes to clinical trials on anaesthetics, the problems that arise are very much those of clinical trials of treatments in other branches of medicine. Such differences as are usually found are mainly of emphasis rather than anything fundamental. For example, it is generally true that by the time a drug is applied to human subjects, comparison of effects with a dummy, i.e. attempts to demonstrate that the drug has some sort of effect as compared with nothing at all, is not often of interest. Most of the questions worth investigating, therefore, involve a comparison between different agents. This is less true for analgesics than it is for anaesthetics.


1 Endothelin‐1 (ET‐1) produces vasoconstriction, via activation of ETA and ETB receptors on vascular smooth muscle, and vasodilatation via ETB receptors on endothelial cells. Here we have used the ETA receptor‐selective antagonist, BQ‐123, the ETB receptor‐selective antagonist, BQ‐788 and the ETA/ETB receptor non‐selective antagonist, PD 145065, to study the role of these receptors in mediating the haemodynamic changes induced by an infusion of ET‐1 to the anaesthetized ganglion‐blocked rat. 2 Infusion of ET‐1 (10 pmol kg−1 min−1) increased the mean arterial pressure (MAP) by 57.5 ± 5.1 mmHg over 70 min. This pressor response was reduced by about 50% by coinfusion of BQ‐123 (10 nmol kg−1 min−1), but was unaffected by either BQ‐788 (10 nmol kg−1 min−1) or PD 145065 (10 nmol kg−1 min−1). 3 After infusion of ET‐1 for 70 min the cardiac output had fallen from 102.6±11.3 to 55.7 ± 7.6 ml min−1 and the total peripheral resistance had increased from 3.24 ± 0.6 to 10.0±0.8 mmHg ml−1 min−1 (per 100g body weight). BQ‐123 decreased the magnitudes of these changes whereas BQ‐788 potentiated them. PD 145065 was without effect. 4 ET‐1 increased the vascular resistances of all the organs studied except the brain and stomach. These changes were attenuated by BQ‐123 in the kidneys, skin, adrenal glands and caecum and potentiated by BQ‐788 in the kidneys, small intestine, large intestine and mesentery. PD 145065 had little effect on the individual tissues. 5 Thus, BQ‐123, a selective ETA receptor antagonist, inhibits the pressor and vascular constrictor effects of ET‐1 more actively than PD 145065. As BQ‐788 potentiates some of the vasoconstrictor effects of ET‐1 and increases the effects of ET‐1 on total peripheral resistance, the predominant role of ETB receptors in the rat circulation is to limit the pressor effects of ET‐1.


In this paper the efficiency of the Spanish Police Service is analysed using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The analysis concentrates on the police activities related to the solving of crimes. The theoretical and empirical study of the police production function under this dimension leads to a consideration of the units analysed as centres which carry out their activities with nonidentical technologies and using common inputs. Accordingly, the multiactivity DEA model developed by Mar Molinero (Journal of the Operational Research Society, 47, 1996, 1273-9) is applied, one that is designed to estimate the efficiency of institutions which face several production functions using shared inputs. The results demonstrate the important differences that exist between the centres with respect to the distinct activities analysed, both as regards the efficiency rates and the factors which determine them.


: This project presents a method of improving the generation of electric power using a novel design of wind turbine blade. We built an energy storage system and damping oscillator in the system in order to avoid mechanical oscillations. The majority of turbines designed for horizontal type but we approach vertical axis wind turbine to achieve the rated power at low wind flow at a speed of 18m/s - 20m/s. We designed the blade in Darrieus model, the uplift runner. Darrieus model is to avoid lift aerodynamic force experienced by turbine blades while rotation. The super capacitor stores the generated power act as an energy storage system (ESS).Energy Storage System (ESS) also compensate the sudden active power deficit when the generator does not satisfy the load demand. The DC-DC converters which remove unwanted noise and regulate constant DC voltage. Regulated DC voltage can be stored in super capacitors. In this project the dc voltage is given to the inverter. The inverter which converts dc voltage to AC voltage can be given to the transformer. From the transformer the power can be supplied to the load. The Arduino is connected to know how much power is generated and alter the input wind power.


This paper presents a novel digital control scheme for the regulation of single-phase voltage source pulse width modulation (PWM) inverters used in AC power sources. The proposed scheme adopts two deadbeat controllers to regulate the inner current loop and the outer voltage loop of the PWM inverter. For the overhead of digital processing, the change of duty of PWM lags one carrier period behind the sampling signal, which is modeled as a first-order lag unit in a discrete domain. Based on this precise modeling, the deadbeat controllers make the inverter get a fast dynamic response, so that the inverter's output voltage is obtained with a very low total harmonic distortion (THD), even when the load is fluctuating. The parameter sensitivity of the deadbeat control was analyzed, which shows that the proposed deadbeat control system can operate stably when the LC filter's parameters vary within the range allowed. The experimental results of a 2kW inverter prototype show that the THD of the output voltage is less than 3% under resistive and rectifier loads, which verifies the feasibility of the proposed scheme. An additional advantage of the proposed scheme is that the parameter design of the controller can be fully programmed without the experience of a designer.


We investigate the feasibility of probing the neutrino mass hierarchy and the mixing angle ${\ensuremath{\phi}}_{13}$ with the neutrino burst from a future supernova. An inverse power-law density $\ensuremath{\rho}\ensuremath{\sim}{r}^{n}$ with varying $n$ is adopted in the analysis as the density profile of a typical core-collapse supernova. The survival probabilities of ${\ensuremath{\nu}}_{e}$ and ${\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}}}_{e}$ are shown to reduce to two-dimensional functions of $n$ and ${\ensuremath{\phi}}_{13}$. It is found that in the $n\ensuremath{-}{sin}^{2}{\ensuremath{\phi}}_{13}$ parameter space, the 3D plots of the probability functions exhibit highly nontrivial structures that are sensitive to the mass hierarchy, the mixing angle ${\ensuremath{\phi}}_{13}$, and the value of $n$. The conditions that lead to observable differences in the 3D plots are established. With the uncertainty of $n$ considered, a qualitative analysis of the Earth matter effect is also included.


This paper proposes an ex post comparison of portfolio selection strategies. These strategies are applied to a set of assets, preselected among about 10,000 stocks on the global market. The preselection criteria consider the joint Markovian behavior of the returns and their association with the market stochastic bounds. Furthermore, we examine the performance and the impact of different strategies that use or do not use the preselection criteria. Finally, we compare the ex post wealth obtained with the optimization of several reward-risk performance functionals that use the stochastic bounds of the preselected assets.


PURPOSE: To produce a single component developer having an excellent electric conductivity by enabling heat treatment at a lower temp. and for a longer heating time. CONSTITUTION: A mixture of a non-conductive toner particle with a coloring agent is blended, coated with a conductive powder and heat treated in a fluidized bed processing device. In the device, the coated toner particle is floated in a hot air flow and heated to the glass transition point of a resin in the toner or more higher temp. (e.g. 900-120°C). The heat treatment is continued at least until the conductive powder particle is fused on the surface of the toner particle. The heat treatment is executed typically for 30min preferably 30-200min. After the heat treatment is completed, the toner particle is cooled to the glass transition point of the toner resin or more lower temp. (e.g. 50°C). After discharged from the processing device, the conductive toner particle are classified and the excess or unfused conductive powder is removed. COPYRIGHT: (C)1994,JPO


Fascin, an actin‐cross‐linking protein, is up‐regulated in breast cancer and correlates with a more aggressive disease. This study was conducted to elucidate the effects of manipulating fascin in breast cancer cells on the metastasis‐associated events, including proliferation, adhesion, invasion, epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) and enrichment of a CD44+/CD24− subpopulation that show some stem/progenitor cell properties. Western blot analysis of a panel of breast cancer cell lines revealed high expression of fascin in MDA‐MB‐435 and MDA‐MB‐231 cells but revealed no or low expression in MDA‐MB‐453, Her‐18 and T47D. Gain‐of‐function and loss‐of‐function studies in breast cancer cells demonstrated that forced expression of fascin promoted cell proliferation assessed by the MTT assay, decreased cellular adhesion to fibronectin and potentiated the invasive capacity in the Transwell chamber invasion assay. Conversely, down‐regulation of fascin via small interfering RNA increased cell adhesion and facilitated cell proliferation and invasion. In addition, fascin participated in the EMT and modulated the proportion of the CD44+/CD24− subpopulation in breast cancer cells. In conclusion, our data highlight an important role for fascin in breast cancer progression in vitro through orchestrating a variety of cellular events associated with metastasis, and thus, targeting this gene might have therapeutic implications. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Yoshikatu Ueda , Yomei Tokuda, Hiroshi Goto, Tomoyuki Kobayashi d , Yuji Ono Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan Kureha Tradinc Co., Ltd., 2-2-7 Kawaramachi, Chuoku, Osaka 541-0048, Japan Fukushima Agricultural Technology Centre, 116 Shimonakamichi, Takakura, Hiwadamachi, Koriyama, Fukushima, Japan Remediation of radioactive materials containing contaminants such as Cs is important for the reuse of protective garments. Herein, we report the effectiv ness of using aqueous sodium metasilicate, prepared via a microbubble crushing process (JPAL), for the remova l f radioactive Cs. Radioactive Cs is adsorbed on soil particles throug h ion exchange with potassium . Cleaning of protective fabrics contaminated by such soil is difficult, and  currently, they are simply stored. Finding appropri ate storage facilities for used protective fabrics is d ifficult; furthermore, the large quantities of contaminated f abric in eastern Japan, including Fukushima Prefecture, make  storage impractical. Therefore, a new cleaning dete rg nt that can effectively treat such fabric is needed. H owever, a large amount of waste solution is produced when washing contaminated fabrics, and reducing its volu me by evaporation is not practical owing to the large spe cific heat of water. Thus, a facile method for reducing t he volume of waste solution is in demand. This research focuses on aqueous sodium metasilicat e as a new detergent and possible decontamination agent.  Since aqueous sodium metasilicate is not a surfacta nt, i has a low environmental load and does not have foam ing characteristics. It can be used with hard, soft, an d sea waters. Furthermore, it is a "peeling detergent" in terms of its cleaning characteristics, which differentiat es it from dissolving detergents such as organic solvents. As a peeling detergent, sodium metasilicate is suitable for foaming, jet streaming, and high-pressure, ultrason icwave, and spray cleaning. Using microbubble crushin g, precipitation during long-term storage can be suppr essed. To decrease the volume of the waste solution, coprecipitation can be used; when neutralized with ac id, sodium metasilicate turns to a gel , in which Cs can be trapped. Co-precipitation following gel formation c an be used to separate the Cs gel from the soil, thus res ulting in decontamination. As for making JPAL, sodium metasilicate nonahydrat e (Na2O3Si 9H2O) was dissolved in filtered water (manufactured using G-20B from Organo Corporation) t obtain a 0.47 mol/kg solution. The microbubble gene rator (capable of generating >20,000 microbubbles per mL)  was manufactured by Kyowa Engineering and used to interfuse microbubbles into the solution. Ultrasoni c irradiation (40 kHz, ultrasonic wave generator UT-1 204U and ultrasonic transducer UI-12R3, Sharp Corporatio n) was employed to crush the bubbles. As we need to analyze the structure of sodium metasilicate in JPAL for understanding the dissolut i n stability at first, we measure the nanoparticles by using a measuring device for the concentration of micropart icles (NANOSIGHT LM-10, Quantum Design, Inc.). The measured samples are the JPAL and filtered wate r (Filtered) and the water with microbubble crushing process (MB) (Figure 1). The results showed that the bubbles or other partic les n warter (Filtered and MB) are decreased by microbubb le crushing processes. The particles (air bubbles or s odium metasilicate clouds) of less than 100 nm in JPAL we re also generated by the crushing process. This was a possible reason for the stability of sodium metasil icate.


University UKRAINE The problem of interaction and mutual understanding of cultures is especially relevant for modern society in connection with the complex social modernization processes experienced by it, the profound transformation of American culture and intense interethnic relations. Thus, in the process of perceiving each other, representatives of different cultures often encounter difficulties and obstacles that interfere with their mutual understanding and can lead to conflict situations. Researchers define such difficulties in communication by the term – intercultural barriers. Intercultural barriers arise for a number of reasons that need to be understood and it is necessary to develop a strategy for overcoming them. Kapur outlines language barriers among communication barriers. These barriers in intercultural communication arise because representatives of different cultures use different models of perception of social reality through symbolic systems, which is reflected in the used language constructions, styles of oral and written communication [1]. Problems of a linguistic nature often become the first (and consequently the most memorable) difficulties in communicating with representatives of other cultures. It is almost directly linked to the problems with psychological wellbeing. The reason is the barriers, arising as a result of the linguistic inaccuracies, are the most stressful almost for any individual that decides to initiate interaction between cultures. As a result, it is rather necessary to focus on the problem of the language as the primary barrier of intercultural communication and communication


Retention of surgical sponges is rare, and is seldom reported due to medico legal implications. Awareness of this problem among surgeons and radiologists is essential to avoid unnecessary morbidity


The export-oriented garment industry in Bangladesh has grown rapidly for the last 3 decades and now ranks among the largest garment exporters in the world. While its early success is attributed to the initial technology transfer from South Korea, such a one-time infusion of knowledge alone is insufficient to explain the sustained growth for 3 decades. This article uses primary data collected from knitwear manufacturers and garment traders to explore the process of the continuous learning of advanced skills and know-how. It finds, among other things, that the high profitability of garment manufacturing due to the initial infusion of specific human capital attracted a number of highly educated entrepreneurs to the industry, that the division of labor between manufacturers and traders has facilitated the expansion of the industry, and that enterprise growth has lasted long because of the continuous learning from abroad by the highly educated entrepreneurs.


Based on the theory of dual-positiveclearance blanking and made use of piercing dies for big hole of automobile spoke which had been discarded in production,a new piercing die for big hole was assembled only with amending and processing on cutter-edge of the original punch.Under the previous manufacturing conditions,blanking experiments were carried out and was obtained advancement The burnish length in the cross-section of big hole was more than half of material thickness,which was twice over the original burnish length.The relative analysis was done.


A geometry model of a diesel engine's piston is set up in UG. The temperature fields of the piston for burning diesel and DME separately are calculated using ANSYS 10.0. The result shows that the variation of the thermal load by substituting diesel with DME is still within the thermal strength of the material, thus provides supporting evidence for using DME on diesel engines.


A Bloom filter is a space-efficient bit array data structure that can test if a query element is in a set (i.e. true) or not (i.e. false). It returns positive (i.e. the query element is in a set) or negative (i.e. the query element is not in a set). The Bloom filter may have false positive errors, because it returns positive for a false query. This paper focuses on the pattern test using Bloom filters such that a set P of strings (or patterns) is registered in bit arrays. For an input string T, the Bloom filter detects all substrings in T that are matched with one of the patterns in T. The main contribution of this paper is to present a new Bloom filter that we call folded Bloom filter and to implement it on the GPU for the pattern test. The folded Bloom filter is designed and implemented so that GPU memory access performance and parallelism are maximized. Our GPU implementation of the folded Bloom filter on NVIDIA Tesla V100 GPU can perform the pattern test for a set P with 744M (=744,261,120) patterns in 25.6Gbps throughput with false positive probability 1.20 × 10^-18. As far as we know, no previous Bloom filter implementation can attain such high throughput for a large set of patterns with quite small false positive probability.


One of the field's most enduring problems is the overrepresentation of students of color in special education. A less acknowledged challenge is the overrepresentation of students with disabilities in juvenile incarceration. Quantitative studies have documented the overrepresentation of students with disabilities in juvenile justice. Yet, little is known about the education they receive once they become incarcerated. This qualitative study examined the education of 10 young women of color labeled with emotional disabilities in the School-to-Prison Pipeline. Through in-depth interviews and observations, this study explored the following questions: (a) What processes and practices impact juvenile incarceration education for students with historically marginalized identities (e.g., disability, gender, race, culture)? (b) How is the education of young women of color with disabilities affected by these processes and practices? Findings illustrate how socializing processes and practices aimed at control and compliance constrain education in juvenile justice but also provide an opportunity to do better.


There are parallel zero beelines in the spectrum image of motion-blurred image,A arithmetic put forward to identify the blurring direction and blurring length.First the motion-blurred image will be divided into small pieces,we sum all the pieces.After the second differentiation of the piece by Laplacian,it's Spectrum can be obtained by 2D-FFT transform,then modify the binary of spectrum.At the last time,we detect blurring direction and blurring length by Radon transform.The practicabi1ity and veracity of arithmetic has been proved by experiments.The proposed method has excellent capability.


The Cladophora and Spirogyra algae examined in this study belong to the Chlorophyta division. Macro filamentous algae, which are widespread in fresh water worldwide, have high potential to be developed as biological materials because of their large biomass and availability. In this study, we collected fresh algae from where they grew and produced bleached and unbleached algae powder using to adsorb Cu(II) ion solution. After the biosorption process, we noted the following four significant findings: (i) The functional groups and binding sites in the produced algae powder were affected, causing variations in the amount of copper adsorbed. The variations resulted from differences in the cell structure, the cell wall thickness of Cladophora and Spirogyra algae, cell composition, and the types and amount of epiphytic algae. (ii) Common bleaching procedures using glacial acetic acid influenced the binding sites of the functional groups and the biomass of the produced powder. Because of the bleaching, the amount of copper adsorbed by the Cladophora powder declined by 14.2%, and by 15.7% for Spirogyra powder. (iii) The carbonyl and hydroxyl groups of unbleached powder were the main elements affected during the bleaching procedures. Examining whether the biosorption experiment results fit Gin's biosorption model, we found that the biosorption amount and equilibrium reaction of the two bleached algae powders were inferior to that of the unbleached algae powders. (iv) The bleaching procedure using glacial acetic acid was not suitable for producing algae powder to use as an adsorbent for metal ions.


Abstract : This thesis provides a brief historical overview of federal policies designed to promote the expansion or economic viability of certain industries. Federal railroad, irrigation, and tariff policies are then explored in greater detail to determine their effect on both the target industry and the economy as a whole. The outcome of this study can assist in determining the desirability of an expanded role by the Federal Government, and specifically the Department of Defense (DOD) through the Advanced Research Project Agency (ARPA), into a more broad based industrial policy. The past and present federal policies dealing with the railroads, irrigation, and tariffs have all failed to make any of the target industries financially self sustaining. These have instead created a number of bureaucratic bodies designed to service the needs of their respective industries. The aggregate costs of these programs far exceed any imagined benefit. To adopt similar policies within DOD in order to target specific industries for the promotion of economic rather than national security concerns could only prove detrimental to both.


Using a numerical model we explore the consequences of the intrinsic density change (Δρ/ρ ≈ 2–4%) caused by the Fe2+ spin transition in ferropericlase on the style and vigor of mantle convection. The effective Clapeyron slope of the transition from high to low spin is strongly positive in pressure‐temperature space and broadens with high temperature. This introduces a net spin‐state driving density difference for both upwellings and downwellings. In 2‐D cylindrical geometry spin‐buoyancy dominantly enhances the positive thermal buoyancy of plumes. Although the additional buoyancy does not fundamentally alter large‐scale dynamics, the Nusselt number increases by 5–10%, and vertical velocities by 10–40% in the lower mantle. Advective heat transport is more effective and temperatures in the core‐mantle boundary region are reduced by up to 12%. Our findings are relevant to the stability of lowermost mantle structures.


Back-to-back light and heavy flavor dijet measurements are promising experimental channels to accurately study the physics of jet production and propagation in a dense QCD medium. They can provide new insights into the path length, color charge, and mass dependence of quark and gluon energy loss in the quark-gluon plasma produced in reactions of ultrarelativistic nuclei. To this end, we perform a comprehensive study of both light and heavy flavor dijet production in heavy ion collisions. We propose the modification of dijet invariant mass distributions in such reactions as a novel observable that shows enhanced sensitivity to the quark-gluon plasma transport properties and heavy quark mass effects on in-medium parton showers. This is achieved through the combination of the jet quenching effects on the individual jets as opposed to their subtraction. The latter drives the subtle effects on more conventional observables, such as the dijet momentum imbalance shifts, which we also calculate here. Results are presented in $\mathrm{Pb}+\mathrm{Pb}$ collisions at $\sqrt{{s}_{NN}}=5.02\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{TeV}$ for comparison to data at the Large Hadron Collider and in $\mathrm{Au}+\mathrm{Au}$ collisions at $\sqrt{{s}_{NN}}=200\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{GeV}$ to guide the future sPHENIX program at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider.


Sir, A male patient, aged 77, treated with flecainide (for 2 years) and omeprazole (for 4 years), presented with new onset dyspnoea, breath-dependent chest pain, fever and dry cough. Clinical examination revealed left basal chest dullness. C-reactive protein was raised (206mg/L) and blood count revealed pancytopenia (haemoglobin 8.2 g/dL, white blood cells 2,630/mL and platelets 44,000/mL). Chest X-ray showed unilateral pleural effusion with suspicion of left lower lobe pneumonia, thereby justifying empirical therapy with ceftriaxone. The patient's condition and blood tests did not improve, bacteriological work-up remained negative, and a pericardial rub was further noticed. As depicted in Figure 1 (maximum-intensity projection), Ffluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) revealed numerous hypermetabolic supraand infra-diaphragmatic lymph nodes (most intense uptake in the mediastinum; maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax)1⁄4 17) and increased spleen and bone marrow metabolism, suggesting lymphoma, which was, however, not confirmed by histological examination (including immunohistochemistry) of a right axillary lymph node biopsy and a bone marrow aspiration. Because lupus erythematosus (LE) cells were discovered in the latter specimen, autoimmune serology was requested and revealed very high-titre antinuclear antibodies (ANA 1/2560 on Hep 2 cells, negative 2 years before). Anti-DNA (ELISA) antibodies were 201u/ mL (however, the figure had been 18 on a first sample measured a few weeks before). Anti-DNA and ANA were negative 1 year after the symptoms disappeared. Anti-histones were positive on two measurements 2 months apart. A diagnosis of drug-induced lupus was suspected (pleuropericarditis, fever, pancytopenia, presence of LE cells, serology). Flecainide and omeprazole were withdrawn and a short course of glucocorticoids was prescribed. Symptoms promptly resolved and never relapsed. ANA became negative, thereby confirming the diagnosis of drug-induced LE. The interest of this case is twofold. First, it illustrates that drug-induced LE can mimic lymphoma on F-FDG-PET/CT. Second, it depicts a very atypical lymph node distribution for an LE case, which more typically involves cervical, axillary and inguinal areas. While generalized lymphadenopathy can be observed in LE, involvement of central lymph nodes, in particular in the mediastinum, is very rare.


The evolution of industrial cluster is a complex dynamic process. In the paper, a complex adaptive system (CAS) model with the virtual multi-agents of industrial cluster if constructed. Based on the analysis of the mechanism of the industrial cluster, the properties of the agents, and rules of the agentspsila moving, producing, cooperating and interacting with the environments are described. Furtherer, the model is implemented on the swarm platform and how the multi-agents behave to result in the emergence of the macro-economy behaviors id explained. Meanwhile, the simulation results show that the cooperative relation network has a series of characters of the scale-free network, so that the theory of scale-free network can be used to analyze the properties of industrial cluster. This phenomenon is coincided with the real industrial cluster, so the model is effective to guide the decision-making of industrial cluster.


The introduction of hydrogen as an energy carrier is not only a technology and science challenge, also requiring the engagement of many socioeconomic disciplines. Analysing the conventional economic implications of different potential manifestations of a hydrogen economy is important, but so is the inclusion of externality assessment. New business models and financing schemes need to be developed to help us understand the balance between short and long term costs and rewards, and between private and social impacts. The behaviour and perceptions of different actors in any possible transition and future have a strong bearing on whether or not it can ever reach fruition, and methods such as actor and transition analysis can assist in their evaluation. All of these disciplines and more must be linked with the science, technology and engineering aspects of hydrogen energy deployment in order to assess its potential and derive appropriate methods of support. Copyright Stolten, D. (Ed.): Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Fundamentals, Technologies and Applications. Chapter 27. 2010. Copyright Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. Reproduced with permission. Proceedings WHEC2010 65


Pathology. The organisms commonly responsible for inflammation of the organ are B. coli, streptococci and staphylococci, with typhoid bacilli as a well-known rarity. The B. coli which is the commonest invader could reach the gall-bladder by various routes: (a) Through the bowel wall, into the general circulation, then to be excreted by the bile. Such a journey is accepted for the B. typhosis, but not for B. coli to which a healthy bowel wall is an effective barrier. (b) Through the portal vein; but portal blood is sterile even if the bowel wall is damaged. (c) From a focus of infection elsewhere in the body, with organisms especially prone to invade the gall-bladder. This theory is largely rejected. (d) By ascending infection from the duodenum, especially in relation to the occurrence of achlorhydria. Obstruction at some point in the biliary tract seems certainly to be significant in the development of gall-bladder disease, with infection as a secondary incident, though infection as a primary event has its advocates. A more recent and appealing conception is that gall-bladder disease is, so to speak, the symptom of an underlying metabolic illness. Such a view would clarify the frequent lack of correlation between symptoms and observed pathological change. Overfeeding, overweight and sedentary habit seem to play a part in gall-bladder disease, and in the seven lean years, 1938-45, its prevalence and mortality notably diminished. Cholecystitis may be acute, subacute or chronic, and suppuration or gangrene may ensue. The mucous membrane is affected first, and inflammation then spreads through the wall of the gall-bladder which finally becomes thick and inelastic.


— Due to their strong mechanical and thermal properties magnesium borates have a wide usage area such as ceramic industry, detergent production, friction reducing additive and grease production. In this study, microwave synthesis of magnesium borates from MgCl 2 .6H 2 O (Magnesium chloride hexahydrate), MgO (Magnesium oxide) and H 3 BO 3 (Boric acid) for different reaction times is researched. X-ray Diffraction (XRD) and Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) Spectroscopy are used to find out how the reaction time sways on the products. The superficial properties are investigated with Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). According to XRD analysis, the synthesized compounds are 00-041-1407 pdf coded Shabinite (Mg 5 (BO 3 ) 4 Cl 2 (OH) 5 .4(H 2 O)) and 01-073-2158 pdf coded Karlite (Mg 7 (BO 3 ) 3 (OH,Cl) 5 ).


In this paper, we presented a new test statistic for testing exponentiality against new better than renewal used in the RP order NBRUrp based on moment inequality. Pitman's asymptotic efficiency, The Pitman asymptotic relative efficiency (PARE) are studied for other testes. Critical values are tabulated for sample size n=5(1)30(5)50 , the power of the test are calculate. Also we proposed a test for testing exponentiality versus NBR U rp for right censored data and the power estimates of this test are also simulated for some commonly used distributions in reliability. Finally, real data are given to elucidate the use of the proposed test statistic in the reliability analysis.


The manufacturing sequence influence, to a large extent, component properties like fatigue life, shape accuracy and manufacturability. By simulating the manufacturing sequence, using numerical or e ...


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Fully
bioresorbable
scaffolds
(BRS)
are
a
novel
therapeutic
approach
to
coronary
artery
disease
as
they
provide
transient
vessel
support
in
contrast
to
the
permanent
caging
by
metallic
stents.
In
2006,
the
fully
bioresorbable
everolimus-‐eluting
polylactide
scaffold,
namely
the
Absorb
BVS,
was
introduced.
This
novel
technology
has
been
extensively
investigated
in
the
ABSORB
Clinical
Program,
in
that
the
first-‐in-‐man
ABSORB
Cohort
B
trial
using
the
current
generation
BVS
showed
excellent
clinical
results
in
terms
of
safety
and
efficacy.
Then
this
device
has
been
widely
used
in
the
clinical
setting.
The
aims
of
the
thesis
are
1)
to
understand
the
concept,
mechanical
properties,
methodologies
for
multimodality
imaging
assessment,
and
clinical
performance
of
the
fully
bioresorbable
everolimus-‐eluting
polylactide
scaffold;
2)
to
investigate
advanced
three-‐dimensional
imaging
techniques
for
anatomical
and
functional
lesion
assessment;
3)
to
discuss
the
methodology
of
light-‐based
imaging
assessment
for
patients
with
ST-‐segment
elevation
myocardial
infarction
(STEMI);
and
finally
4)
to
explore
the
clinical
implications
in
more
complex
subsets
of
lesions/patients
and
future
therapeutic
potentials
of
this
technology.


In order to understand the subduction of the Yangtze block and its collision with the North China Craton, we performed the elements analysis and zircon U-Pb dating on paragneiss from Xinxian area, which located along the west edge of the Dabie-Sulu ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) metamorphic belt. The major elements analysis showed SiO2, Al2O3, and K2O were enriched and the rare-earth element (REE) analysis showed the paragneiss had a high content of REEs, especially light rare Earth elements (LREEs). The elements analysis suggest that the protolith of paragneiss may be formed by terrestrial materials. As reflected by cathode luminescence (CL), zircon in rocks was metomorphic and had a core-edge microstructure. The edge of zircon was dated by LA-ICP-MS at 233 ± 24 Ma, which suggests that the paragneiss was formed later than the Triassic. The inherited zircon had a large age range of 456–1,727 Ma, mainly in the range of 705–811 Ma. The wide range of ages suggests that the protolith of paragneiss was sedimentary rocks formed no earlier than the Paleozoic. And the paragneiss from Xinxian area were generated in the Dabie-Sulu ocean basin or abortive ocean basin in the Paleozoic era.


This analysis for thermoforming triangular troughs focuses on the manufacturing process speed and follows the method of Kershner and Giacomin for thermoforming cones. We distinguish between what happens before and after (free versus constrained forming) the melt touches the prismatic mold. Neither free nor constrained forming yields analytical solutions for the required forming time. Our analysis is restricted to the fabrication of triangular troughs from nearly Newtonian melts, the second simplest relevant problem in commercial thermoforming. The simplest relevant problem, thermoforming cones, yielded analytical solutions for the forming time. Whenever we thermoform straight edges into rigid packaging, the problem of a melt stretching into a triangular trough arises. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 2009. © 2008 Society of Plastics Engineers


The use of technical textiles to reinforce concrete (i.e., textile reinforced concrete [TRC]) extends into entirely new areas of application. The thick concrete covers, as required for steel reinforced concrete, are no longer needed due to the corrosion resistance of textile materials. Slender structural members with thicknesses as small as 10 mm (appr. 4 in.) are possible. Additional characteristic features of textile reinforcement include two-dimensional planar characteristics, as well as ease of deformability and adaptability to complex and curved geometries. This can be exemplified by a pedestrian bridge built of TRC. Various geometric forms, such as slabs, beams, T-beams, shells, and columns can easily be strengthened using TRC. Dimensioning of elements and structures using TRC requires detailed knowledge of the load-bearing behavior of this composite material. Indeed, such behavior resembles that of steel reinforced concrete; however, this behavior is more heavily influenced by the bond between the textile reinforcement and the fine concrete, as well as the bond between filaments within the textile reinforcement. Minimal thicknesses also make it possible to strengthen existing concrete structures using TRC. Such strengthening increases both the ultimate load bearing capacity, as well as the serviceability, of the structure. Experimental results of strengthened slabs and beams, as well as a design model for flexural strengthening, is presented in this paper.


High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) provides a doubling in coding efficiency compared with the H.264/AVC at the expense of increased computational complexity. However, mobile devices that perform video encoding and communication over wireless networks have limited energy supply. A video encoding system which has the ability to adjust its computational complexity and power consumption could be used to prolong the lifetime of these devices. In this paper, we develop a framework, which selects the optimal HEVC encoding configuration in order to optimize the performance of the wireless video communication system under energy constraints. More specifically, in this paper, we develop an analytic HEVC encoder behavior model based on the extensive analysis of key HEVC encoding tools. We use the developed model for the performance optimization of the HEVC encoder under energy constraints. We propose an adaptive algorithm to estimate the HEVC encoder model parameters and perform online encoder coding configuration optimization. We show that using the proposed framework, the video encoder is able to select appropriate coding tools to automatically adjust its coding efficiency and complexity to match the available power budget with the maximum possible video quality. The proposed HEVC encoder model provides a guideline for optimized tool selection in the energy constrained wireless video communication.


In this paper, a general analytical model is proposed to consider the thickness of backplate of axial flux permanent magnet (AFPM) machine with Halbach arrays. Firstly, the machine is represented in a 3-region model, viz, rotor iron, PM and airgap region, then, the slotless flux density is developed by Maxwell's equations. Second, the Schwarz-Christoffel (SC) mapping technique is introduced to consider the slot effect. Moreover, a simple magnetic equivalent circuit is introduced to calculated the magnetic permeability of rotor iron. The results show that the analytical predictions agree well with the finite element (FE) results, also, the model is verified via the performance of experimental results. The main contribution of this model is that the rotor iron part is taken into consideration, which is more accuracy.


Two kinds of preparation process of pure water,that is the combination process of reversed osmosis and mixed bed and the ion exchange process,are compared as well as their investment of equipments.It is proposed that enterprises should select the process on the basis of their respective conditions.


Abstract Focusing on primitive icy minor bodies in the solar system like cometary nuclei, centaurs, transneptunian objects (TNOs), and main-belt comets (MBCs) we investigate the stability of these objects against rotational breakup by comparing their location in (radius – rotational period) space with respect to separation lines of the stable and breakup zones in this plane. We estimate the bulk tensile strength according to new structural and elasto-mechanical models of grain-aggregates, using these tensile strengths to compute separation lines. We note that the process of grain coagulation and growth is highly uncertain in the field of solar system formation and we simply don't know how to grow interstellar grains to aggregates larger than about 1 mm but we apply in our calculations the recently available elasto-mechanical models of grain-aggregates. Accorging to this study most of the observed comets, centaurs, TNOs, and MBCs are stable against rotational breakup, with a few notable exceptions. E.g., we suggest that the rotational fission is a likely scenario for the Haumea-family in the Kuiper belt.


On May 21, 2002, New York Mets catcher Mike Piazza held a press conference to squelch a rumor that was circulating in the city's gossip columns that he was gay.1 "The rumor's been brought to my attention," said Piazza. "First off, I'm not gay. I'm heterosexual. That's pretty much it. That's pretty much all I can say. I don't see the need to address the issue further."2 While this episode did not produce professional sports' first openly gay athlete, it did revive the discussion about whether professional sports was ready for an openly homosexual participant and what the practical ramifications would be if a player were to come out of the closet and publicly acknowledge his homosexuality.3 As many have pointed out, there are over 2,500 professional athletes in the three major


Abstract The determination of chromium, cobalt, iron, manganese and nickel by atomic absorption spectrophotometry in silver and silver alloys has been investigated. Samples containing from 2 μg to more than 500 μg in a two-gram sample of silver can be determined by using the same procedure. A series of twenty samples for each element at different concentrations gave an average standard deviation from linear regression analysis of 2.1% for iron, 1.97% for chromium, 2.9% for nickel, 1.6% for manganese and 2.8% for cobalt. The time required for analysis of these five elements in a two-gram sample, including sample dissolution and standard preparation, is approximately three and a half hours.


Asset pricing has been regarded as a popular subject in modern financial research. Covid-19 has imposed a remarkably severe impact on the global economy. Taking the book industry of 49 industries in the French database for analysis, the paper classifies the daily data into pre-epidemic (June 2019-February 2020) and post-epidemic (March 2020-November 2020), and calculates multiple factor coefficients via multiple linear regression. According to the research findings, the book market became sensitive to the impact of the epidemic, while value stocks and firms with stable revenues are favored. There has been no impact caused by the epidemic on the small-scale effect of the industry, with the investment profile factor consistently failing. It is suggested that investors can consider the companies with small market capitalization, high book-to-market ratios, and stable earnings during the outbreak of epidemic.


In this paper, new methods are considered to detect knee joint areas in bilateral PA fixed flexion knee X-ray images. The methods are of template matching type where the distance criterion is based on the negative normalized cross-correlation. The manual annotations are made on only one side of a single bilateral image when the templates are selected. The best matching patch search is formulated as an unconstrained continuous domain minimization problem. For the minimization problem different optimization methods are considered. The main method of the paper is a trainable optimizer where the method is taught to take zoomed and possibly rotated patches from its input images which look like the template. In the experiments, we compare the minimum values found by different optimization methods. We also look at some test images to examine the correspondence between the minimum value and how well the knee area is localized. It seems that making annotations only to a single image enables to detect knee joint areas quite precisely.


This work has been developed as part of the Endocrinology and Metabolism student's laboratory formation from Biology degree at the University of Murcia. Endocrinology and Metabolism is an elective oneterm course that is taught in the fourth year (4.5 ECTS) for "Biosanitary and Biotechnology" intensification. The course focuses on the study of global and intermediary human metabolism and hormonal regulation, both under normal and special situations.


ATLAS sensitivity prospects for light charged Higgs bosons in the H+ to c+sbar and H+ to tau+nu decay channels with simulated LHC data at 7 TeV


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In light of data highlighting African American males' achievement in civics, geography, and U.S. history, this chapter presents a study on African American males' educational outcomes in social studies. Based on the findings, this chapter offers recommendations for improving educational practice and policy in social studies.


Abstract Will integrated library systems become more portallike in the future? Will they need to evolve towards being portals in order to retain and even enhance the vital role they play today? This chapter addresses these questions, discusses portal functionality in the corporate world, and speculates whether such functionality also belongs in the library world.


Tilings are around us everywhere, and our curiosity draws us to study their properties. A tiling is a way of arranging pieces on a board, such that there is no space left uncovered, nor any space covered by more than one tile. In particular, we study fault-free tilings of boards with dominoes. To be fault-free every line that intersects the tiling must also intersect the interior of at least one of the tiles. Fault-free rectangular boards have been well studied, however we look at boards that are cylinders, tori, and Mobius strips. Using dominoes we study the various shapes of boards and see how the tileability changes. We have complete results for cylinders, tori, and Mobius strips.


An appropriate algebraic structure was previously defined which can be regarded as a possible alternative to the theory of approximate reasoning, [A. Gisolfi, Fuzzy Sets Syst. 44, 37–43 (1992)]. In this article we aim at extending the operations of the structure in order to cope with classification problems. the theoretical aspects are emphasized in order to give an adequate background to the possible applications. After defining the basic elements and the related operations, the structure is implemented by means of Prolog. Finally the relationship between the structure and the problems of classification is discussed in some detail. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.


With the rapid progress of information technology, more and more things can be transmitted and analyzed in the form of data through sensors. The idea of interconnection of all things is gradually becoming a reality. With its blessing, many areas of people's life are quietly changing, such as health care and education. In particular, the concept of smart classroom makes music, geography, and other traditional subjects, which are in a weak position and glow with a new era glory. This paper takes the music wisdom education mode under the background of Internet of things as the research object, analyzes the contemporary practice of music wisdom classroom by using the methods of data analysis and vertical comparison, and uses the methods of data analysis and longitudinal comparison to analyze the contemporary practice of music wisdom classroom, the practical choices it provides in the music teaching process, and the innovative music teaching design form. The strengths that enhance students' cultural experience in the music classroom and other areas can be elaborated upon. And its future development trend is expected. Looking forward, it will make remarkable achievements in intelligent attendance management, the connotation and extension of innovative music wisdom education in compound classroom interaction, and so on.


Experiments were conducted in the field and controlled-environment chambers to determine wild oat (Avena fatua L. # AVEFA) control with difenzoquat (1,2-dimethyl-3,5-diphenyl-1H-pyrazolium) as influenced by applications at 4-h intervals during the day. Difenzoquat phytotoxicity was significantly higher in four of the six field experiments when applied at 1300 and 1700 h than at other times and was increased in the other two experiments. Difenzoquat phytotoxicity increased with temperature at treatment in the field experiments. Wild oat control was not increased by 8 h of 28 C before or after difenzoquat application compared to a constant 18 C in controlled-environment chambers. In controlled-environment chambers, wild oat control with difenzoquat was not influenced by the time of application during the day when humidity and temperature were kept constant.


Objective To discuss the effect of telmisartan on primary hypertension with ventricular hypertrophy patient.Methods 96 cases patients with primary hypertension associated with ventricular hypertrophy were treated with six weeks of telmisartan treatment.Compared blood pressure changes before and after treatment,with the use of echocardiography measured left ventricular end diastolic diameter(LVDd),end-diastolic interventricular septal thickness(IVST),left ventricular posterior wall thickness(PWT),and caculated left ventricular mass index(LVMI).Results Affter treatment,systolic blood pressure,diastolic blood pressure,IVST,PWT and LVMI of all patients were lower than those before treatment,and the difference were statistically significant(P0.05).Conclusion Telmisartan can be used to treat primary hypertension with ventricular hypertrophy patient.


Maurice Merleau-Ponty approached film in two moments. In "The Film and the New Psychology," early in his philosophical career, he identified a convergence between phenomenology and cinema: a common intention to make us relearn how to see the world. By the end of his life, when he realized that his first works had been unable to conceive of the unity of the phenomenal body and the objective body, film was approached one more time, albeit briefly, in a line of thought interrupted by the philosopher's premature death. What is noticeable is the possibility of an ontological account of film, emphasizing, particularly, its non-mimetic aspect as a presentation of the unpresentable. At this moment, in the notes of one of Merleau-Ponty's last courses, the philosopher cites Andre Bazin, expressing his desire to incorporate the cinema into the reflections that he had been developing about literature and painting, which were able, each in their own way, to establish the relationship between the visible and the invisible. To talk about Andre Bazin could not be more exciting. There is indeed a harmony between the critic and the phenomenologist. Bazin and Merleau-Ponty see cinema as a new imperative language to express the Being, capable of reflecting on our promiscuity with the world and things. Both realized this ontological bet that the game of imagination contains: the emergence of the image wrapped in a back and forth movement, from things to form, from fact to sense and meaning, and vice versa. Our  purpose is to discuss Merleau-Ponty's and Bazin's interest in an ontological investigation of the cinema, analyzing their affinities and differences, identifying paths to be explored and affirming a certain idea of cinema.


Japan, once considered an economic superpower and potential contender for global pre-eminence, finds itself slipping down the rankings of leading states. Although still the second largest economy in the world, it is absent from most realpolitik discussions about the global redistribution of power that is shaping the new world order, which highlight the emergence of Russia, China, and India. China's rise in East Asia is now


Articles for "From the Schools of Public Health" focus on practice-related collaborations between the schools and non-academic partners. Abstracts (approximately 250 words) should be submitted to Michael Maetz, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, RPHB 220, 1530 3rd Ave. S., Birmingham, AL 35294. PRACTICE-BASED TEACHING AND LEARNING: AN EXAMPLE OF ACADEMIC-COMMUNITY COLLABORATION


This article studies the warp degree of the maple both veneered furniture boards. Analyzing the effect of veneered technology factors (adhesive content and unit press and temperature and time of hot press)on the warp degree of the furniture board by orthodoxy-corrected test. The study indicates that adhesive content is vital to the warp degrees of maple-veneered boards, and the hot press and time can also make a little effect on warp degrees of the maple-veneered boards. At the same time, founding the modes of the relationship between warp degrees and process parameters with the tool of multi-factors analyses.


Personal computers provide an excellent and realistic means of engaging individual learners in active problem solving. Although well-designed training via a PC is ideal for addressing some types of learning outcomes, as we all know, it is time consuming and costly to develop computer-based training (CBT) material. Perhaps for this reason, many early developers of computer-based instruction produced what were termed "page-turners" in which the computer presented screen after screen of sequential text; the learner's only interaction was to instruct the computer to go to the next screen. Fortunately, as Colin Steed points out in Web-based training, this is very much a thing of the past and today's modern CBT programs provide some of the most advanced teaching delivery mediums.


Using Langevin simulations, we find that simple "generic" bead-and-spring homopolymer chains in a sufficiently bad solvent spontaneously develop helical order during the process of collapsing from an initially stretched conformation. The helix formation is initiated by the unstable modes of the straight chain, which drive the system towards a long-lived metastable transient state. The effect is most pronounced if hydrodynamic interactions are screened.


Abstract : The Battlefield Development Plan (BDP) has been a key product of the Concept Based Requirements System (CBRS) since it was first published in 1978. A list of prioritized issues contained in its Appendix A has constituted a planning guide widely used by Army agencies for budgetary purposes. This dissertation discusses the prioritization process employed to develop the prioritized issue list for the Battlefield Development Plan for 1989 (BDP-89) with emphasis on the analytical technique - the multiple attribute decision tree technique. The history of the Battlefield Development Plan from its beginnings in 1978, its relationship to the other products of the CBRS, and events leading to the decision to adopt a new prioritization technique are presented. The development of BDP-89 began with the Close Combat Capability Analysis (CCCA), designated as the umbrella study for the Mission Area Analysis (MAA) process cycle begun in 1987. The purpose of the CCCA was twofold - to provide the corps perspective of the battlefield and establish the consistency missing in earlier MAAs by setting force structure, equipment, and overall threat; and secondly to provide a prioritized list of capability issues as the basis for BDP-89.


to a lively discussion concerning citizenship. Questions of people's rights and duties in a community have been under consideration. Although Anglo-American and continental politicians and social scientists have dealt with young people's position as citizens, the institutions of Nordic youth research have, until recently, paid surprisingly little attention to the question. The question of citizenship is also essential to the existence of youth as a social fact. Excluding a part of the population from the full membership of society creates a group of people living between the child's dependence and the adult's formal independence. The ambiguous status of young people leads to control and guidance of these non-citizens, and it has also given birth to various youth issues. The boundaries of citizenship are culturally, socially, and politically fixed, and they are usually marked out by adults. Thus, the position of young people depends on the social institutions' views of the youth as citizens. The aim of the article is to specify the problems concerning citizenship, youth, and youth work. I will discuss the relation of citizenship to youth both theoretically and empirically. The article outlines first the nature, the dimensions, and the concept of citizenship. My analysis is mostly based on the Anglo-American debate. I will sum up my inferences in five general theses that constitute the framework of the second part of the article, which deals with the conceptions of citizenship in Finnish youth work during the post-war era. The empirical analysis of citizenship is based on a historical study dealing with the development of Finnish youth work. The interaction between theory and history is intended to shape a comprehensive view of the youth's relation


The political ideas of L.N. Tolstoy are analyzed in this article from contemporary point of view. The social origin of Tolstoy's ideology is analyzed here and its influence on the world political culture.


The article is devoted to the study of infertility-related stress experienced by infertile women. We studied such components of the stress of infertility as anxiety, depression, coping strategies, emotional schemes, as well as the psychological component of the quality of life. The aim of the study was to study the characteristics of individual components of the stress of infertility, such us anxiety, depression, emotional schemas and coping strategies. The following research methods were selected: A. Becks Anxiety Scale, A. Becks Depression Scale; questionnaire of the study of the quality of life in infertility FertiQoL J. Boivin; R. Leahy Scale of Emotional Schemes Questionnaire (LESS II); COPE coping strategies questionnaire in adaptation by T.O. Gordeeva, E.N. Osin, E.A. Rasskazova, O.A. Sychev, V.Yu. Shevyakhova. 33 women with infertility (main group) and 33 women without infertility and not planning pregnancy in the near future were studied. The results of the study revealed such characteristics of women with infertility as insufficient satisfaction with the quality of life, subjectively felt emotional discomfort, insufficient social support and some dissatisfaction with marital relations. At the same time, subclinical levels of anxiety-depressive symptoms are accompanied by a general tension of emotional schemes, the prevalence of such schemes, Feelings of guilt for their own emotions, Lack of meaningfulness, Invalidation of emotions by others, Predicted duration of emotions, Tendency to ruminate, A simplified idea of emotions. Behavioral strategies in a stressful situation in women with the stress of infertility are characterized by inflexibility, a tendency to avoidance and denial, and the rare use of positive reformulation and humor. The study revealed the presence of various supporting stress factors of infertility characteristic of women suffering from infertility: insufficient satisfaction with the quality of life, subjectively felt emotional discomfort, insufficient social support and dissatisfaction with marital relations. At the same time, subclinical levels of anxiety-depressive symptoms are accompanied by a general tension of emotional schemes and limited behavioral strategies in a stressful situation.


Abstract "Most learning is not the result of instruction. It is rather the result of unhampered participation in a meaningful setting." Ivan Illich. In this paper, staff and students from a postgraduate course argue that the primary task for educators lies in promoting a climate through which learning can take place. Beginning with practice situations that caused difficulties, those areas of interpersonal interviewing needing further training were identified. A programme was devised in which students were encouraged to experiment in a relatively risk-free environment. This modest attempt should in no way be seen as micro-training. The success of the initial venture led to the inclusion of teaching of interpersonal interviewing within the general curriculum. This paper reviews five such workshops run over the past three years with different groups of students.


In recent years, gas pollution caused by PM2.5 and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) has caused harm to public health [1]. According to relevant World Health Organization data, indoor air pollution causes 4.3 million deaths worldwide each year, and outdoor air pollution causes 3.7 million deaths. Presently, the overall quality of the atmospheric environment is clearly improving, although there is much improvement left to be made. However, indoor pollution control or pollution control in the public space remains a serious problem [2]. Metal organic framework is a type of porous material that can be flexibly adjusted by the selfassembly of a metal central atom and an organic ligand [3,4]. MOF materials are characterized by a large specific surface area [5-8], high porosity [9,10], and structural [11-14] and functional diversity [15,16]. They can capture large amounts of fine particles and VOCs through surface-regulated electrostatic charge and basic functional groups. They have been widely studied in the fields of gas adsorption and separation [17,18], drug sustained release [19,20], and catalytic reaction [21-23]. However, most MOF materials are prepared as powder materials, which limits their practical application. Zeolite imidazole framework materials (ZIFs), as a branch of MOFs, not only inherit the structural advantages of MOFs but also overcome the poor thermal and chemical stability characteristics of MOF materials to a certain extent, and have been widely studied. Electrospinning is a simple and efficient method for producing nanofibers. The nanofiber membrane prepared by this technology has a high specific surface area and large porosity, and can be used for preparing highefficiency, low-resistance air filter materials. These advantages make electrospun nanofibers an ideal matrix material for composites with MOFs. In fact, recent research has been conducted into the 【SPECIAL EDITIONS on "NANO FIBER"-Transaction】


Abstract : A direct numerical simulation, based on spectral methods, has been used to investigate viscous, incompressible, steady, rotationally symmetric flow due to a sphere rotating with a constant angular velocity about a diameter. The equations of motion have been reduced to a set of three nonlinear second order partial differential equations in terms of the vorticity, the stream function and the azimuthal velocity. The calculations have been carried out for Reynolds numbers (Re) from the Stokes flow regime (low Re) to the boundary layer regime (high Re). The numerical results clearly show how the Stokes flow behavior for low Reynolds numbers, and the boundary layer behavior for high Reynolds numbers, are approached in the appropriate limits. Besides showing the flow streamlines, results have been presented for the torque and the skin friction behavior. It is shown that the present results are in excellent agreement with both available experimental data, and previously obtained numerical data. The radial equatorial jet which develops with increasing Reynolds numbers has been observed as expected from boundary layer collision behavior. No separation was observed for the range of Reynolds numbers considered, even near the equator.


In his challenge to equity theory, Leventhal argued that individuals consider other forms of fairness in social interactions, especially procedural justice. Leventhal then suggested that perceptions of procedural justice may vary according to one's role in the organization. Within this context, this article considers if there are differences between managers' and employees' perceptions of procedural justice, and how any differences result in different organizational attitudes. Overall, the findings indicate that managers as a group exhibit significantly higher perceptions of procedural justice compared with employees, but differences in organizational outcomes are inconsistent and deserve further study.


Having entered the twenty-first century, it is necessary for China, who is just in the midway of industrialization, to take "insisting on the theme of development" as her choice. However, with the tendency that more and more global concern is being given to the issue of sustainable development, another severe and important topic on how to realize the development has been raised. Obviously, considering the strong responsibility of Chinese nation as well as the fundemental benefits of the whole human being, China must adopt to her own practice, implement a strategy for sustainable development firmly, and insist on developing on the basis of sustainable development.


CASE DESCRIPTION: A 64-year-old woman being treated for rheumatoid arthritis with diclofenac for 5 years and penicillamine 500 mg/d for 3 years developed a bullous skin eruption affecting her neck and limbs (Figure 1). The diagnosis of bullous pemphigoid was suspected and later confirmed by histology. Direct immunofluorescence was positive for immunoglobulin G and complement component C3 and indirect immunofluorescence was positive on the roof of the NaCl split skin preparation. After treatment with oral prednisolone, she improved but relapsed when the dose was reduced below 10 mg. Eleven months after the onset of blistering, the penicillamine was discontinued and within 2 months the prednisolone was discontinued, with no recurrence of the pemphigoid in the 12 months since. Penicillamine frequently causes cutaneous adverse effects. Most common is pemphigus, which occurs in 1–2% of patients, but elastosis perforans serpiginosa, cutis laxa, lupus erythematosus, dermatomyositis, urticaria, lichen planus, aphthous stomatitis, alopecia, and nonspecific macular and papular rashes have all been reported. There is only one case report in the literature of histologically and immunologically typical bullous pemphigoid, but the Committee on Safety of Medicines records show 41 cases of bullous pemphigoid associated with penicillamine. It would thus appear to be more common than previously thought. Various mechanisms have been postulated to account for the bullous disorders induced by penicillamine. It may act as a hapten with elements of the dermoepidermal junction or keratinocytes. Possibly penicillamine has an antigenic similarity with cutaneous elements and thus induces autoantibodies, or it may favor the development of autoantibodies by its T cell suppressive effect. Penicillamine in the Etiology of Bullous Pemphigoid


Background: There was no literature showed superior provenance or clone of B. alnoides selected for the development of southern Fujian, as well as no suitable reforestation mixed pattern for B. alnoides developed for preventing the trunk pests effectively. It is significant to select an optimal reforestation pattern for B. alnoides to be expanded in southern Fujian.
Methods: The tissue-cultured seedlings of Betula alnoides were introduced to south-east China for reforestation mixed pattern tests. B. alnoides was admixed with Castanopsis hystrix with five patterns at Wanshiqing Area and admixed with Cunninghamia lanceolata with four patterns at Beijing Area. A sample plot of 20 m × 30 m was set in each experimental treatment and each tree was investigated in the sample plot, including tree height (m), DBH (cm), pests and diseases and freeze injury.
Result: The effects of the pure forest were better than that of the cluster mixed forest in tree height. The cluster mixed pattern was not beneficial to the tree height growth of B. alnoides and DBH growth of C. lanceolata in early stage. The average annual growth of B. alnoides in tree height, DBH and individual volume achieved 2.2-2.5 m, 2.8-3.0 cm and 0.0061-0.0074 m3, respectively.


An implicit delta form finite difference algorithm for Euler equations in conservation law form was used in preliminary calculations of three dimensional wing vortex interaction. Both steady and unsteady transonic flow wing vortex interactions are computed. The computations themselves are meant to guide upcoming wind tunnel experiments of the same flow field. Various modifications to the numerical method that are intended to improve computational efficiency are also described and tested in both two and three dimensions. Combination of these methods can reduce the overall computational time by a factor of 4.


Distribution pattern and levels of nitrogenase (EC 184.108.40.206) and glutamine synthetase (GS, EC 18.104.22.168) were studied in N2-, NO3− and NH4+ grown Anabaena cylindrica (CCAP 1403/2a) using immunogold electron microscopy. In N2- and NO3− grown cultures, heterocysts were formed and nitrogenase activity was present. The nitrogenase antigen appeared within the heterocysts only and showed an even distribution. The level of nitrogenase protein in the heterocysts was identical with both nitrogen sources. In NO3− grown cells the 30% reduction in the nitrogenase activity was due to a corresponding decrease in the heterocyst frequency and not to a repressed nitrogenase synthesis. In NH4− grown cells, the nitrogenase activity was almost zero and new heterocysts were formed to a very low extent. The heterocysts found showed practically no nitrogenase protein throughout the cytoplasm, although some label occurred at the periphery of the heterocyst. This demonstrates that heterocyst differentiation and nitrogenase expression are not necessarily correlated and that while NH4+ caused repression of both heterocyst and nitrogenase synthesis, NO3− caused inhibition of heterocyst differentiation only. The glutamine synthetase protein label was found throughout the vegetative cells and the heterocysts of all three cultures. The relative level of the GS antigen varied in the heterocysts depending on the nitrogen source, whereas the GS level was similar in all vegetative cells. In N2- and NO3+ grown cells, where nitrogenase was expressed, the GS level was ca 100% higher in the heterocysts compared to vegetative cells. In NH4+ grown cells, where nitrogenase was repressed, the GS level was similar in the two cell types. The enhanced level of GS expressed in heterocysts of N2 and NO3− grown cultures apparently is related to nitrogenase expression and has a role in assimilation of N2derived ammonia.


This paper presents a framework for evaluating flexibilities and options that accompany staged investment in energy systems such as distributed electric power generators and natural gas distribution network. The timing options of investments in the electric and natural gas systems are first determined by solving a joint long-term energy system planning problem in the presence of uncertain electric power demand. A cumulative real options analysis is then carried out on the timing options presented by the multi-stage joint planning solutions. The value of flexibilities and options are illustrated by testing suggested planning approach on a modified 9-bus distribution text system.


ABSTRACT Elections within authoritarian contexts and social movements have been thoroughly, yet separately, studied. This article jointly analyzes these different phenomena in order to demonstrate how electoral results can affect protest demobilization. My interviews with the February 20 Movement (F20), the main organizer of mass protests in Morocco during the Arab Spring, reveals how the parliamentary victory of an opposition Islamist party, the Justice and Development Party (PJD), helped lead to the F20's eventual halt of protests. During my fieldwork, I conducted 46 semi-structured elite interviews with civil society activists, political party leaders, MPs, and independent activists throughout Morocco. This article argues that the 2011 victory of an opposition Islamist party, which had not previously been allowed to win a plurality of parliamentary seats, played a major role in quelling protests. The ushering of Islamists into power following the Arab Spring is often viewed as a threat to the state. In Morocco, however, the winning of the PJD in parliamentary elections signaled to the public that change had occurred and convinced many Moroccans that a social movement for change was no longer needed. Said differently, the state needed Islamists to win.


The effectiveness of ashwagandha in a variety of rheumatologic conditions may be due in part to its anti-inflammatory properties, which have been studied by several authors. Withania somnifera (Ashawagandha) is very revered herb of the Indian Ayurvedic system of medicine as a Rasayana (tonic). It is used for various kinds of disease processes and specially as a nervine tonic. Considering these facts many scientific studies were carried out and its adaptogenic / anti-stress activities were studied in detail. It has anxiolytic effect and improves energy levels and mitochondrial health. It is an anti-inflammatory and anti-arthritic agent and was found useful in clinical cases of Rheumatoid and Osteoarthritis. Large scale studies are needed to prove its clinical efficacy in stress related disorders. KeywordsAhwagandha: Introduction, Taxonomical classification, Synonyms, Biological source, Geographical source, Chemical constituents, Chemical use, Anti-inflammatory properties, Immunomodulatory property. IntroductionWithania somnifera (WS), also known as ashwagandha, Indian ginseng, and winter cherry, it has been an important herb in the Ayurvedic and indigenous medical systems for over 3000 years. The roots of the plant are categorised as rasayanas, which are reputed to promote health and longevity by augmenting defence against disease, arresting the ageing process, revitalising the body in debilitated conditions, increasing the capability of the individual to resist adverse environmental factors and by creating a sense of mental wellbeing. Withania somnifera Dunal (ashwagandha, WS) is widely used in Ayurvedic medicine, the traditional medical system of India. It is an ingredient in many formulations prescribed for a variety of musculoskeletal conditions (e.g., arthritis, rheumatism), and as a general tonic to increase energy, improve overall health and longevity, and prevent disease in athletes, the elderly, and during pregnancy. Many pharmacological studies have been conducted to investigate the properties of ashwagandha in an attempt to authenticate its use as a multi-purpose medicinal agent. For example, anti-inflammatory properties have been investigated to validate somnifera, dunal, withaferin, sitoindoside, solanaceae, Indian ginseng, and winter cherry. Results of these searches were reviewed to identify relevant articles. It is in use for a very long time for all age groups and both sexes and even during www.ijcrt.org © 2021 IJCRT | Volume 9, Issue 1 January 2021 | ISSN: 2320-2882 IJCRT2101330 International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts (IJCRT) www.ijcrt.org 2678 pregnancy without any side effects. Historically, the plant has been used as an antioxidant, adaptogen, aphrodisiac, liver tonic, antiinflammatory agent, astringent and more recently to treat ulcers, bacterial infection, venom toxins and senile dementia. FigWithania somnifera (Ashwagandha) Clinical trials and animal research support the use of WS for anxiety, cognitive and neurological disorders, inflammation, hyperlipidemia and Parkinson's disease. WS chemopreventive properties make it a potentially useful adjunct for patients undergoing radiation and chemotherapy. Recently WS is also used to inhibit the development of tolerance and dependence on chronic use of various psychotropic drugs. Taxonomical ClassificationKingdom: Plantae, Plants; Subkingdom: Tracheobionta, Vascular plants; Super division: Spermatophyta, Seeds plants; Division: Angiosperma


Abstract:This essay explores the concept of storytelling in Jamaican culture by connecting my account of childhood stories told by my Jamaican father with the text The Woman of Colour (1808). As a mixed-heritage woman who discovered the text while living in Bristol, England, I highlight in my personal narrative why Olivia's story was significant and how it helped me to contextualize my own identity and experience. Through a series of unexpected events, which are described through my own storytelling, this essay reveals how historic, fictional texts such as The Woman of Colour humanize historical accounts and bring an appreciation of the complexity of identity.


Silicon carbide (SiC), as the representative of 3rd generation semiconductor materials was widely used in many sophisticated technology fields. As the essential substrate materials, SiC wafer requires an atomic-level ultra-smooth surface. However, chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) efficacy was frequently limited by its high hardness, strength and chemical stability. Exploiting the CMP process can benefit for the enhancement of polishing efficiency. Herein, we summarized the recent progress for SiC wafer CMP, with a special emphasis on the characteristics and mechanisms. Future challenges and opportunities are also discussed in detail. We believe these SiC CMP technologies offer a good chance for the production translation.


According to the basic principle of GT and the natural characters of group fixture, providing a kind of coding scheme and the concept of "information encapsulation based on primitive". Through expert system to establish connections among database?manufacturing database and rule database, reached parameter drive design on network platform, finally, combined with CAM module for CIMS .


This study aims at exploring the significant predictors of Islamic bank survival within the time-varying covariate of risk time exposure. Thus, limited survival studies on the Islamic banks divert the attention of policymakers and practitioners on the failure hazard likelihood and other means to mitigate its menace. The paper adopted panel survival analysis on the Islamic banks of 24 countries. Subsequently, mixed effect and logit model were employed to confirm the earlier predictions and to ascertain the most promising determinants for Islamic bank survival. The findings reveal that non-interest liabilities, assets quality, liquidity and per capita income have a strong influence in explaining Islamic bank survival. Additionally, managerial efficiency and time-varying covariate are better explained in the time survival models. Future survival studies have the opportunity to incorporate Maqāṣid Al-Sharī'ah index and outreach to verify the social justice compliance of the Islamic banks. Consequently, employing accelerated failure time model will provide other evidence in relation to time length to the event. The paper suggested monitoring the banks' failure predictors and urged the banks to focus on the real economic sector investment coupled with efficient resource utilization for longer survival.


The present paper describes dynamic interaction based on the phase averaged characteristics of the longitudinal vortices downstream of several pairs of active vortex generators with controlled the angle of attack in the turbulent boundary layer. The objective is to clarify experimentally how the vortex configurations have an effect on circulation and Reynolds stress. This study focuses on circulation to examine strength of vortex pairs and development of the vortex core region. Attention is also paid on Reynolds shear stress ( , ) to understand the structures imposed by vortex interaction such as convection. uv − uw − Nomenclature H = height of vortex generator (= 20 mm) L = base width of vortex generator ReΘ = Reynolds number based on momentum thickness S = spacing between the vortex generators U = mean velocity in the X direction Uref = reference velocity (= 16.0 m/s) X = streamwise coordinate Y = transverse coordinate Z = spanwise coordinate δ = boundary layer thickness θ = momentum thickness ΩX = stremwise vorticity


4 Dansk resume 6 Papers 8 Abbreviations 9 1 . Introduction 10 1 .l. Organization of the hepatic parenchyma 10 1.2. Liver development 12 1.3. The phenomenon of liver regeneration 13 1.4. Regeneration from oval progenitor cells 15 1.5. Activation of oval cells 18 1.6. A mitogenic effect of growth factors implies priming of target cells 21 1.7. Growth factors involved in regeneration from oval cells 25 1.8. The extracellular matrix and the local microenvironment 29 1.9. Aims of the present study 31 2 . Materials and methods 33 3 . Primary experimental approaches 35 Suppression Subtractive Hybridization 35 3.1 . 1. The molecular basis of Suppression Subtractive Hybridization 36 3.1.2. Clones identified from the 2-AAF/PHx day 7 NPC population by use of 3.1. Identification of genes associated with regeneration from oval cells by the SSH method 38 3.2. Identification of genes encoding secreted and membrane-bound proteins associated with regeneration from oval cells . Combination of The Signal Peptide Selection (SPS) method and Northern blot analysis 41 3.2.1. The Signal Peptide Selection method 42 3.2.2. Construction of a hRKl8/PAI-l positive control 44 3.2.3. Examination of a 2-AAF/PHx cDNA library by SPS analysis 44 3.2.4. Northern blot analysis of cDNAs identified from the SPS library 48 4 . Discussion 56 5 . Concluding remarks 66 Acknowledgements 67 References 68 Paper I Paper II


Historical climate changes in ancient China had significant impact on the development of the society,on which there are more research papers in recent years. A literature review is done,including the themes on the relation of climate change and the up and downs of empires,the nomads moving to south,production reduce and mobility,with suggestions on the inadequacy and future study.


Significance Protein aggregation is a major problem for human health. However, our understanding of how folded proteins aggregate into amyloid lags behind. Using the tripartite β-lactamase assay (TPBLA) with our test protein, β2-microglobulin (β2m), we show the ability to differentiate the behavior of single-point variants and highlight the remarkable sensitivity to the identity of the residue at position 76. After evolving the aggregation-prone protein, D76N-β2m, the only mutations able to improve D76N-β2m behavior in vivo involve residues in a single 7-residue sequence of the protein. Further characterization in vitro shows that a single-point mutant in this region can abolish D76N-β2m aggregation.


ether insoluble fraction, and an ether soluble fraction). A number of years ago considerable interest was aroused by the Much-Deycke partial antigens, which were intended for therapeutic use after skin-testing with each to determine the particular respects in which resistance or immunity of the patient was lacking. Much separated four partigens: one, the water-soluble toxin, and three partial antigens; one, fatty acid lipoids soluble in alcohol; one, neutral fats soluble in ether, and an albuminous residue insoluble in its nature. This conception and practice of Much-Deycke never had great acceptance, and at this time we hear no more of it. Nevertheless if these different views and efforts are not substantiated in full, they have at least a measure of value and help to point the way for future investigation. Doctor Eberson's work is being followed with great interest, and we are hoping for real advances in diagnostic methods as a result of his efforts.