The diversity of the flowering-related traits and starch pasting viscosity characteristics of 47 core waxy maize germplasms from Yanjiang region were analyzed by using method of diversity index.The results indicated that abundant diversity of flowering-related traits and starch pasting viscosity characteristics existed in the studied waxy maize germplasms.The diversity indexes were higher for silking,anthesis,peak viscosity and trough viscosity,with the diversity index of 1.98,1.96,2.03 and 1.91,respectively.Based on the two different traits,the germplasms were clustered into three groups,respectively.For the flowering-related traits,the first group flowered earlier,the second group was the middle type,and the third group flowered later.For the starch pasting viscosity,the germplasms from the first group were excellent inbred lines with higher RVA viscosity,the second group with general viscosity properties,and the third group with lower viscosity properties.The specific germplasms could be selected for germplasm improvement and matching hybrids under different breeding objectives in the future breeding programs.


This an examination pertaining to the advantages and disadvantages of smaller class sizes regarding the quality of educational management in elementary schools, research methods statistic regression analysis. Questionnaires were designed and distributed to schools' staff, parents and students, research zone north, central, south and east of Taiwan. Main consideration was to determine student/parent satisfaction and quality attributes. It concluded that the smaller class has superior educational quality. Students and parents were convinced that the school educational goals were more likely to be met, and the students would achieve a higher level of learning in all areas of the curriculum. The research showed that smaller classes have more advantages than disadvantages in achieving quality management, classes management were much more successful in fulfilling their educational goals.


To optimize the regional mining industry investment environment further, understand the connotation of mining industry investment environment correctly, and to realize the scientization, effectuation and industrialization of the regional mining industry investment environment, the paper establishes the assessment system for the regional mining industry investment environment, which consists of database, evaluation index system and dynamic prediction system. Mining investors should estimate investment profits and risks according to actual status, so as to make decisions.


Residents of big cities value their time and increasingly use the services of online stores. The purchase of furniture is no exception. The article considers the process of drawing up and processing applications in order to improve the functioning efficiency of vehicles that deliver furniture to the end consumer. The methodology of drawing up optimal routes for the transportation of furniture was developed. The influence of the main technical and operational indicators on the productivity of the used cars was determined. The cost of furniture transportation by these cars was calculated.


We present results concerning adiabatic inertial-mode oscillations of non-stratified superfluid neutron stars in Newtonian gravity, using the anelastic and slow-rotation approximations. We consider a simple two-fluid model of a superfluid neutron star, where one fluid consists of the superfluid neutrons and the second fluid contains all the comoving constituents (protons, electrons). The two fluids are assumed to be 'free' in the sense that vortex-mediated forces such as mutual friction or pinning are absent, but they can be coupled by the equation of state, in particular by entrainment. The stationary background consists of the two fluids rotating uniformly around the same axis with potentially different rotation rates. We study the special cases of corotating backgrounds, vanishing entrainment, and the purely toroidal r modes analytically. We calculate numerically the eigenfunctions and frequencies of inertial modes in the general case of non-corotating backgrounds, and study their dependence on the relative rotation rate and entrainment. In these non-stratified models, we find avoided crossings only between associated mode pairs, e.g. an 'ordinary' mode and its 'superfluid' counterpart, while other mode frequencies generally cross as the background parameters are varied. We confirm (for the first time in a mode calculation) the onset of a 'two-stream instability' at a critical relative background rotation rate, and we study some of the properties of this instability for the inertial modes.


Intensive care units developed due to the necessity of disposing of life-threatening patients. The very beginning was created in so-called "shock rooms", from which, over time, anesthesiologists practiced independent units of intensive care. Intensive care supplies a whole range of procedures that include constant monitoring, vital signs monitoring, treatment, resuscitation procedures, life-long life and life-threatening patients to providing quality healthcare.
 There are different types of intensive care units, each patient having their own health care and care team. In order for the intensive care unit to function, a team approach is needed. It is true who knows who is responsible, and communications in such a team must be multidirectional.
 Communication is the main and essential means of establishing good co-operation among members of the health team. Its basic prerequisite is to be successful in communicating to members of the health team communication, and all members must have the opportunity to receive positive or negative feedback information.


A summary of the thesis of Dr. Hussein Bouhadjeb on traditional birth attendants in Tunisia is presented. In the rural areas traditional birth attendants are summoned at any time from conception to the moment of delivery depending on whether or not the pregnancy is uncomplicated and on the class of the pregnant woman. Delivery occurs in a special chair (koursi). The traditional birth attendant remains seated in front of the patient who is in a sitting position while an assistant remains behind the patient to apply pressure to the uterus. The birth process is accompanied by many rituals and religious rites. After the delivery the mother is put to bed; she often develops a fever called "milk fever". No antiseptic precaution is taken during the birth process.


Aimed at seabed classification,statistical characteristics are extracted from the echo,and a full feature vector is constructed.The principal component analysis(PCA) is carried out to obtain the set of characteristics that most contribute to the classification.Based on the study,seabed classification is carried out and tested with two sets of experiments.Using two types of classification methods to analyze,the data from Jiaozhou Bay and comparison is made.It is concluded that the result based on PCA of many features combined with a sonar map is better than that obtained solely from sonar image classification.


ABSTRACT Ward(1) has discussed a method, introduced by Tricomi (6), of calculating transients by means of series involving Laguerre functions which in some cases makes it unnecessary to determine poles of the relevant characteristic function. This method is here investigated with special reference to conditions for convergence and adjustments for improving convergence; some of the examples discussed by Ward are reconsidered. Both in Ward's paper and here the location of poles of the characteristic function is assumed to be approximately known. In some cases the determination of poles of outstandingly small or large modulus and their separation from the remainder may be the most satisfactory procedure. Lin's method (2) for determining a quadratic factor of a polynomial is more widely applicable than has previously been supposed, and this is discussed in bare outline, without proof, here, but in detail, with adequate numerical examples, elsewhere (3).


The mechanical behavior and failure evolution of steel-confined and unconfined reinforced concrete RC columns are investigated under quasi-static loading through acoustic emission AE signal. The excellent hysteresis response, lighter damage characteristics and delayed catastrophe of steel– confined RC columns are verified. Characteristic AE parameters were obtained during the test process, AE monitoring results indicated that the progressive deformation of the test specimens occurred in three stages representing different damage conditions. Extended AE features, including damage severity, modified cumulative signal strength ratio, sentry function, and b-value are calculated to evaluate the damage growth, failure mechanism, and estimate the critical points. The synthesis analysis of multi-indicators mutual verify, overcome the disadvantages of using single-indicator evaluation, and successfully be used to determine the complex damage properties, identify damage statuses, and provide critical warning information for steel–confined RC columns.


Abstract A graph denoted Hn , is called a cycle with parallel chords if Hn is obtained from the cycle Cn : u 1, u 2,…, un (n ≥ 6) by adding the chords u 2 un , u 3 u n−1 ,…, uαuβ , where and if n is odd or if n is even (see Figure 1). In this paper we prove the following results. (1) For all p, q ≥ 1 and for all odd positive integers n ≥ 5, Hn ∪ Kp,q is graceful, where Kp,q is a complete bipartite graph. (2) For n ≥ 6, Hn ∪ Sm is graceful, where m ≥ 1 when n is odd and while when n is even, or . Here Sm denotes a star of size m. (3) For n ≥ 6, Hn ∪ Pm is graceful, where m = n or n − 2 depends on n = 1 or 3(mod 4) or m = n − 1 or n − 3 depends on n = 0 or 2 (mod 4). Here Pm denotes a path of order m.


Cell‐free protein synthesis (CFPS) is an ideal platform for rapid and convenient protein production. However, bioreactor design remains a critical consideration in optimizing protein expression. Using turbo green fluorescent protein (tGFP) as a model, we tracked small molecule components in a Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) CFPS system to optimize protein production. Here, three bioreactors in continuous‐exchange cell‐free (CECF) format were characterized. A GFP optical sensor was built to monitor the product in real‐time. Mass transfer of important substrate and by‐product components such as nucleoside triphosphates (NTPs), creatine, and inorganic phosphate (Pi) across a 10‐kDa MWCO cellulose membrane was calculated. The highest efficiency measured by tGFP yields were found in a microdialysis device configuration; while a negative effect on yield was observed due to limited mass transfer of NTPs in a dialysis cup configuration. In 24‐well plate high‐throughput CECF format, addition of up to 40 mM creatine phosphate in the system increased yields by up to ∼60% relative to controls. Direct ATP addition, as opposed to creatine phosphate addition, negatively affected the expression. Pi addition of up to 30 mM to the expression significantly reduced yields by over ∼40% relative to controls. Overall, data presented in this report serves as a valuable reference to optimize the CHO CFPS system for next‐generation bioprocessing. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 2017;114: 1478–1486. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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This study deals with the proposal of damage variables related to structural behavior of the concrete subjected to shear stress. It is also addressed the laws of evolution and their incorporation into the formulation of a constitutive model for the concrete. Originally, this model considers the anisotropy and bimodularity induced by damage. Initially, the formulation of the damage model is briefly described. The material is assumed to behave as an elastic isotropic medium that start to present anisotropy and bimodular response (distinct elastic responses for prevailing states of tension or compression). Afterwards, we discussed some proposals of damage variables related to the structural behavior of the concrete when subjected to shear stress and their respective laws of evolution. The chosen proposal is then incorporated to the original model and implemented in a finite element code to perform plane analysis. Finally, the numerical responses of the model are compared with the experimental of reinforced concrete beams with different reinforcement rates. The results are presented and discussed aiming to verify the improvements presented by the new version of the model and to show the contribution of the energy dissipation due to shear in the cracked concrete behavior for the analyzed examples.


This paper presents a study on a three-phase five level Cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverter (CHBMLI) based on Newton-Raphson (NR) technique controller for optimization and non-optimization technique for harmonic reduction. The proposed system comprises of a DC source made up of super capacitor (SC) and the three phase five-level Cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverter (CHBMLI), with the controller based on Newton-Raphson (NR). The switching angle of the (CHB-MLI) with different modulation index MI has been
calculated for optimization and non- optimization technique. The created source code programming is then
stored in Digital Signal Processing (DSP) TMS320F2812. Experimental step-up has been conducted, whose results confirm the effectiveness of the proposed system in reducing Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) of the (CHBMLI) output.


A large number of molecular ratios, which are sensitive to relative elemental abundances of H, C, N, and 0 have been determined. The calculations were carried out over a wide range of temperature and pressure and for several chemical compositions. Key words: abundances of elements - molecules in stars - cool stars


Abstract Industrial bulk material transfer and handling processes often cause large amounts of dust emission and seriously threatens workers' health. Proper design of dust removal system requires an understanding of the volume flow rate of entrained air during the falling process of the particle plume. Based on previous researches, this paper deduces the formula of the volume flow rate of entrained air through theoretical analysis. This theoretical formula involves the initial velocity of the particles and the void fraction of particle plume core zone. By comparing with former experimental and numerical calculation results, it is found that the theoretical formula can better predict the volume flow rate of entrained air. The numerical calculation is used to analyze the influence of the initial velocity of the particles and the angle of the particle source on the volume flow rate of entrained air. It was found that when the initial velocity of the particles increased from 0.1 m/s to 10 m/s, the volume flow rate of entrained air is hardly affected during the falling process. The angle between the particle source and the horizontal direction has a greater influence on the total volume flow rate of entrained air. With the angle of particle source between 30° and 45°, the total volume flow rate of entrained air is the largest for different drop height.


We demonstrate a large area MoS2/graphene barristor, using a transfer-free method for producing 3–5 monolayer (ML) thick MoS2. The gate-controlled diodes show good rectification, with an ON/OFF ratio of ∼103. The temperature dependent back-gated study reveals Richardson's coefficient to be 80.3 ± 18.4 A/cm2/K and a mean electron effective mass of (0.66 ± 0.15)m0. Capacitance and current based measurements show the effective barrier height to vary over a large range of 0.24–0.91 eV due to incomplete field screening through the thin MoS2. Finally, we show that this barristor shows significant visible photoresponse, scaling with the Schottky barrier height. A response time of ∼10 s suggests that photoconductive gain is present in this device, resulting in high external quantum efficiency.


Routing in delay tolerant networks (DTN) adopts the store-carry-forward mode, and it requires nodes to forward data in a cooperative way. However, nodes may be not willing to help others in many applications and this behavior can be called as individual selfish . On the other hand, nodes often can be divided into different communities, and nodes in the same community often have some social ties. Due to these social ties, nodes are more willing to help the one in the same community, but not others. This behavior can be called as social selfish . Note that some nodes may belong to more than one community in the real world, and this phenomenon makes the network have overlapping communities. This paper proposed a theoretical model by the continuous time Markov process to describe the performance of epidemic routing (ER) in such network. Simulation results show the accuracy of our model. Numerical results show that the selfish nature can make the performance of the routing policy be worse, but those nodes belonging to multi-communities can decrease the impact of the selfish nature in some degree.


This study investigated the internationalization strategies of a Brazilian company of the ornamental stone industry with outstanding participation in the international market. The evolution of the internationalization process was observed through a case study of Micapel - current market leader in the export of slate stone. The research had a qualitative approach, with an exploratory study. The results show that the company moves towards an internationalization process that follows the " Uppsala model". The main actions to achieve the internationalization strategies were: creation of a big and qualified team, availability of raw materials, the acquisition of high technology and market knowledge management in order to identify the best product to be offered. The research suggests a comparative analysis of the internal structure of the company with the results achieved in the international market in order to investigate the supply of raw material as a facilitator in the internationalization process.


Abstract : In this paper we consider an application of Sobolev-orthogonal functions and radial basis function to the numerical solution of partial differential equations. We develop the fundamentals of a spectral method, present examples via reaction-diffusion partial differential equations and discuss briefly some links with theory of wavelets.


A green economy demands a sharp reduction in carbon intensity in order to revitalize the ailing world economy. Following the global trend, the Malaysian government has in 2009 established the basic architecture for green economy by incorporating the green technology portfolio into a newly established Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water followed by a suite of interventionist policy instruments. However, Malaysia's approach begs the question of whether the full range of social, economic and environmental goals is considered in its policy objectives. The central thesis of the paper is that a green economy needs also to be a fair economy. Fairness refers to combining formal institutions with informal ones, while seeking growth from pro-poor environmental investments. To explore the reconciliation between the three sustainable development pillars, the paper examines three case studies namely agriculture, renewable energy and waste management, in Malaysia. These cases illustrate the engagement of communities in Malaysia toward a green economy, and the contribution of the three sectors in meetings social policy objectives. The paper concludes by arguing that a transition to a green economy requires more than a mere tinkering with the economy. Indeed this must include a credible reform of social institutions to deal with the underlying biophysical conditions.


Abstract We present preliminary astrometric results aimed at understanding the lifetime of circumstellar disks and potential for planet formation. We have obtained parallaxes to stars in the TW Hydrae, Upper Scorpius, and Chamaeleon I stellar associations. These enable new estimates for the ages of the stars. We are also performing the Carnegie Astrometric Planet Search of nearby low mass stars for gas giant planets on wide orbits. We have our first candidate around a mature brown dwarf.


We present a new optical interconnect architecture that can be used in wavelength division multiplexing synchronous optical packet/burst switching networks. The proposed design uses parametric wavelength converters and wavelength exchange optical crossbars to reduce both switching and wavelength conversion complexity. Our design reduces both the number of wavelength converters as well as the number of space switches compared to most existing designs. We briefly present the architecture and enabling technologies. The main properties of the architecture are also discussed


A method is proposed for measuring the focal length of microlenses based on the propagation properties of a Gaussian beam. The beam waist is measured before and after the beam passes through the microlens. Experimental results were obtained by measuring a microlens formed by the drawing method. The results obtained are compared with those from other methods and differ by less than 10%.


Learning the basic concepts of programming and its foundations is considered as a challenging task for students to figure out. It is a challenging process for lecturers to learn these concepts, as well. The current literature on programming training abounds with the examples of a wide range of methods employed. Within this context, one of the prominent approaches in programming training is flipped classroom (FC) model. This article has sought to illuminate the effect of cognitive flexibility, problem-solving skills (PSS), and flipped learning readiness (FLR) levels on students' programming achievements in programming training through FC model. A total of 149 freshmen computer science students studying in a state university in Turkey were recruited for this study. In this study, designed as a relational screening model, a personal form, an achievement test, and three different data collection instruments were employed to collect data. For the data analysis, structural equation modeling, a multivariate statistical analysis technique, was used to reveal a model explaining and predicting the relations between programming achievement and different variables. The findings clearly indicate that FLR is the most important predictor of the programming achievements of students in FC. Other important predictors were found as PSS and cognitive flexibility. The research model demonstrates that an increase or development in FLR, PSS, and cognitive flexibility levels in FC will enhance the achievements of students in programming.


Despite the rapid development of the Internet over the past decade and the associated media hyperbole about cyberspace relationships, there is a paucity of systematic research examining the prevalence, type and development of personal relationships in on-line settings. This research examines relational topography in real-time text-based virtual environments known as MOOs (Multi-User Dimensions, Object Oriented). Current users of MOOs (235) completed a survey on MOO relationships, with 155 also completing a survey on offline relationships. Almost all survey respondents (93.6%) had formed ongoing personal relationships on MOOs. The most commonly reported types of relationships were close friendships, friendships and romances. The majority of relationships formed (83.6%) was with members of the opposite sex. Levels of relational development (interdependence, depth, breadth, code change, commitment, predictability/understanding, network convergence) were typically moderate to high. Most relationships had migrated to other virtual environments, and a third had resulted in face-to-face meetings. On average, MOO relationships were found to be more developed than newsgroup relationships, but less developed than off-line relationships. It was concluded that MOOs provide an inherently social and powerful context for the formation of personal relationships, many of which will transfer to other settings.


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This study aims to describe the accuracy, effectiveness, constraints, and solutions to the application of the socialization model of Indonesian Unity values with using The Power of Two strategies combination of True or False strategies in Pemuda Muhammadiyah and Nasyiatul Aisyiyah Baki branch in Sukoharjo area 2019. This study uses the Pre method -experimental with One Group Pretest Posttest design. This research was conducted in the Aisyiyah Waru Building, Baki, Sukoharjo with a sample of 20 people. The sample collection technique used is Quota Purposive Random Sampling. Data collection techniques in this study used tests, observations, and documentation. The validity of this study uses Product Moment correlation with rough numbers. KR. 20. The reliability of this study uses the KR formula. 20. The normality of this study used paired sample t tests. The results showed that the t-count was greater than the table, which was 8.947 > 2.086 with a significance level of 0.05 and the average pretest score of 6.6 increased to 12.3 at the posttest. Based on the results of the two Pretest and Posttest data are then compared so that the difference value of 5.7 is obtained. Based on these results it can be concluded that the proposed hypothesis is H0 is rejected and Ha is accepted, meaning that there is a difference in understanding the values of the Indonesian Unity after the socialization by using the strategy of The Power of Two and True or False on Pemuda Muhammadiyah and Nasyiatul Aisyiyah Baki branch. These differences indicate an increase in the average score of understanding the values of the Indonesian Unity from the results of the Pretest and Posttest.

Keywords : socialization, indonesian unity, the power of two, and true or false


Information Systems require intense collaboration to design, maintain and improve. Research on collaboration and collaboration systems has achieved sufficient maturity and scope where an overall conceptual definition of Collaboration is clearly needed. This paper proposes terminology to bridge between isolated communities of collaboration researchers from various fields, defining key terms and making arguments about what collaboration is and is not. It offers a preliminary philosophical description of Collaboration based on epistemological, metaphysical, and axiological insights, and invites the collaboration research community to join a conversation toward formalizing a fully-realized philosophy of collaboration.


This paper studies the factors attracting to dancing, activity that lures a minority that uses the body as both labor instrument and resource for transgression of its own conditions of existence. Dancers are here taken as pertinent and challenging objects for a socio-anthropological analysis in so far as their figure and professional choice brings to surface elements relative to the tensions surrounding class, gender, artistic performance and route deviations that ought to be explored, having as a point of departure the body, as major carrier of social marks.


A single exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA) chart is effectively used for monitoring the process mean and variance simultaneously. In this paper, three single EWMA-type control charts including sum of square EWMA (SS-EWMA), maximum EWMA (MaxEWMA), and EWMA-semicircle (EWMA-SC) charts are compared under Lorenzen and Vance's cost model integrating Taguchi's loss function. The optimal decision variables, namely sample size n


The growth of microarc oxidation (MAO) coatings on aluminum substrates was controlled via changing solution temperature from 10 to 60 °C. The results show that an elevation of the temperature lowers the applied voltage and the coating thickness. The coating formed in low-temperature solution demonstrates large-sized pores and contains lots of elements only originating from solute such as P, W, and V. On the contrary, numerous small-sized pores disperse homogeneously on the coating synthesized in high-temperature solution. It is assumed that the variation of solution temperature affects the dissolving capacity of the alkaline solution and the adsorptive capacity of solute anions, thus dominating the growth behaviors of MAO coating.


The digital stream network and spatial information were extracted from raster-based DEM data.The grid-based hydrological and silty model was developed on the basis of excess infiltration mechanism,considering the impact of structural measures for soil conservation on runoff routing.The model was implemented for 11 floods from 1970 to 1989 in the Chabagou watershed of the Wuding River that is a tributary of the Yellow River.The "Nash%" of 10 floods were beyond 0.7 and all the relative errors of the simulated silt content were under 15%.The results show that the developed distributed model is suitable for the small watershed in the loess area.


Presents a conceptual model for assessing flood damage to UK domestic properties. The model originates from a critique of existing knowledge in the field and from discussions held with practitioners responsible for surveying and recommending strategies for repair of such properties. Flood damage assessment is a complex task requiring consideration of many factors. Subsequently, the model takes into account building characteristics along with the characteristics of the flood. Presently, recommendations in the literature for repairing flood damaged properties are very general in nature so "convenient" and circumspect inferences tend to be made by surveyors. In turn, professional guidance in this respect exhibits substantial variance regarding, for example, their specific recommendations for repair work. Because of this variance, it is difficult to confirm whether any repair strategy implemented is optimal, in terms of, for example, cost expended or methods used. The model presented progresses knowledge towards standardising the assessment of flood damaged UK domestic properties.


The invention 1) Ⅱ angiotensin receptor antagonist, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient; 2) pioglitazone or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; And 3) to provide a pharmaceutical composition comprising rosuvastatin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The invention also provides the use in the manufacture of the pharmaceutical composition or drug for hypertension, the metabolic syndrome disorders. The pharmaceutical composition of the present invention can improve the survival and prognosis of hypertensive patients to effectively control the incidence of cardiovascular diseases at the same time as the treatment of hypertension and metabolic syndrome disorders resulting. If you drop your blood pressure to a target pressure by improving the prognosis of patients with metabolic disorders, and to adjust risk factors such as hypertension, cardiovascular disease, comorbidity can increase the survival rate of patients with hypertension.


The entry of new producers is increasing the competition and forcing the commercial players to better coordinate production and distribution of alcohol. Due to this situation, the objective
of this study is to identify the models of transaction configuration of the industrial production and distribution of alcohol. It was carried a qualitative research, a multicase study involving alcohol
production plants in Goias, Tocantins and Maranhao States. Transaction costs were employed as the main theoretical framework of this research. It was observed that two different transaction configurations that are used by the plants of the area exist.


This paper presents a novel, compact, and highly selective metamaterial inspired filter with low insertion loss, lowpass, and triple‐band bandpass characteristics. The presence of five transmission zeros and seven poles facilitates highly selective filtering performance. The improved impedance matching and transmission characteristics have been achieved by embedding complementary split ring resonator as defected ground structure. The filter circuit area excluding 50 Ω feed lines is merely 0.17λg × 0.05λg at 3‐dB cut‐off frequency of lowpass passband (1.11 GHz). The 3‐dB fractional bandwidths of the three bandpass regions are 39.50% (1.3–1.94 GHz), 21.20% (3.12–3.86 GHz), and 21.06% (4.04–4.99 GHz) at the center frequencies of 1.62, 3.49, and 4.51 GHz, respectively. Intended filter also offers a wide stopband extending from 2.15 to 2.96 GHz at close to 20 dB attenuation level. Further, position of transmission zeros and 3‐dB passband bandwidths can be adjusted by carefully choosing structural design parameters. The metamaterial effect of the proposed filter has been demonstrated by plotting refractive index followed by validating the performance with the help of experimental measurements. No filter shows lowpass characteristic along with three bandpass performances as found by the authors exploring literature, which presents the novelty of the proposed work.


The analysis of the degree of influence of biopreparations «Roder», «Destroil» and «Universal» on the speed of the cleaning of the soil. The experiments were carried out both in the laboratory and in the field conditions. In the laboratory model experiments preparations «Universal» and « Roder » showed the best results in the concentration recommended by the manufacturers. The preparation «Destroil» with a concentration 10 times greater than the recommended producers dose was more effective. In such experiments, carried out in field conditions oxidation of petroleum products (in this case, oil) in the soil is at times faster, in view of the availability of natural aeration and lighting. The obtained data allowed to make a conclusion that in the application of bacterial preparations for recultivation of the soils contaminated with the oil products is the acceleration of the processes of cleaning soil and increase its natural activity.


The nowadays ubiquitous and effortless digital data capture and processing capabilities offered by the majority of devices, lead to an unprecedented penetration of multimedia content in our everyday life. To make the most of this phenomenon, the rapidly increasing volume and usage of digitised content requires constant re-evaluation and adaptation of multimedia methodologies, in order to meet the relentless change of requirements from both the user and system perspectives. Advances in Multimedia provides readers with an overview of the ever-growing field of multimedia by bringing together various research studies and surveys from different subfields that point out such important aspects. Some of the main topics that this book deals with include: multimedia management in peer-to-peer structures & wireless networks, security characteristics in multimedia, semantic gap bridging for multimedia content and novel multimedia applications.


As wildfire management becomes an ever-more prominent issue, fire detection using data from aerial drones can serve as a method for early identification and tracking of wildfire spread. We leverage Vision Transformers to perform image classification on overhead photographs of fires captured by Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, focusing on the identification of wildfire presence in image data. In this vein, we explore the impacts of data augmentation on classification accuracy, the relative performance of Transformers against CNN models on wildfire classification, and the tradeoff between model size and effectiveness; we then present an ensemble model of CNN and Vision Transformer architectures that achieves 82.28% accuracy on our binary classification task. wildfire comparing the effectiveness transformer against traditional explore and augmentation as methods to increase the effectiveness of our classification and we describe the tradeoffs between model and accuracy through network compression.


Learning attitude,to a great extent,exerts influence on students' performance.Therefore,in teaching practice,teachers should guide them to correct their attitude towards learning,and cultivate autonomous learning ability to improve their language use ability.


Objective To analyze the component of T cells in the microenviroment around thyroid carcinoma, especially CD4+ CD25+ regulatory T cells, and observe the relationship between CD4+ CD25+ regulatory T cells and the clinicopathological characters. Methods The enrolled included 25 patients with thyroid carcinoma and 10 patients with benign diseases of thyroid having different clinical symptoms. We got from peripheral blood,send to the laboratory immediately and digested by the mixed enzymes to single cells, separated by density gradient centrifugation, flow cytometry to check CD4, CD8 and CD25 expressed on the surface of the cell, then analyze the component of the subpopulation of T cell, especially the cell co-expressed CD4 and CD25 molecular. Collect the clinical and pathologic characters of cancer patient, use statistic software to analyze the relationship between CD4+ CD25+ regulatory T cell and the clinic pathologic characters. Results It is higher that the CD4+ CD25+ regulatory T cell subset in T lymphocyte in the thyroid carcinoma than that of benign diseases (P 0.05). Conclusion CD4+ CD25+ regulatory T cell is prevalent in thyroid carcinoma. The prevalence of CD4+ CD25+ regulatory T cell around cancer cells may be happened in the early stage.

Key words:
Thyroid carcinoma;  T cell;  Flow cytometry;  Immunosuppression


Aviation characteristic towns, also known as navigable towns, are based on the navigable infrastructure, gathering a variety of industries and carrying out related business, including aircraft sales, aircraft maintenance, aviation tourism, air exhibition, aviation culture dissemination and so on. First appeared in the United States, at present, the number of small towns with aviation characteristics in the United States accounts for 80% of the world& apos; s total. In terms of development mode, international aviation towns mainly adopt three modes: aviation + real estate, aviation + tourism and aviation + industry.


This paper focuses on total quality management (TQM) processes and their applications to increase the management performance of enterprises in the renewable energy sector (RES). TQM is a modern tool used by enterprises to increase their management performance. We start with a description of Edwards Deming's conceptualized model, highlighting different phases of its development as described in the literature. The TQM process is then used for an application to the RES in Romania. The quantitative model analyzes the influence of TQM process implementation in achieving competitive advantage and the management performance of the undertakings in the RES. Data was collected through a survey based on a questionnaire addressed to employees and managers in the RES. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used and the research hypotheses were tested with the partial least squares path method (PLS). Data analysis was performed with the statistical software SmartPLS 3.2.8. The main contribution of this article is to evaluate the relationship between the management performance of enterprises in the RES sector in Romania and TQM process indicators. The results underline the fact that the most important attributes of a TQM process to increase the management performance are: integrated operational processes, policies and trading strategies, integrated operational management, company social responsibility, motivated workforce, knowledge, and competencies. The conclusions of the research are in line with the latest findings in the area, underlining that management performance is the direct result of the association between a group of factors and processes, such as the integrated operational processes, trade strategies and policies, integrated operational management, corporate social responsibility (CSR), motivated workforce, knowledge, and competencies.


In quantitative spectrograohic analysis, many factors govern its accuracy. Nonuniform sensitivity of photographic plate is to be considered as one of them.As to the uniformity of photographic plate, various values has been reported, but its influence on the quantitative spectrographic analysis has not yet been thoroughly estimated.The author has made a study on these problems and ascertained the actual conditions by experiments.The results are summarized as follows:1. Nonuniform sensitivity of the plate should not be neglected.2. But if internal-standard-method is used, the influence of this nonuniformity on quantitive spectrographic analysis can be reduced, and in this case, standard deviation in terms of the amount present is very small and is estimated at about ± 1.5% of the amount present, but care should be taken for the plate quality, for, this value can amount to as high as 10% if inferior quality plate is used.3. Thus it is to be concluded in general that the influence, caused by the other factors such as discharge condition, sample treatment and so on, should rather be made small in order to improve the accuracy of quantitative spectrographic analysis.


This paper studied the security assessment mechanism of strategy to system flexibility based on Embedded Real-time System.To deal with the problem that embedded system can not dynamicly get security situation and respond when system is running,strategy to system flexibility based on embedded real-time system was proposed to improve the system security.And the security assessment module based on pattern matching was designed and realized,which achieved dynamic real-time evaluation of system security and provided a decision support for the system dynamic configuration of security strategies.Simulation evaluation environment based on RT-Linux was established to test the safety performance of the security assessment system.Test results show that the overhead of security assessment module is very small,can effectively protect the safe operation of embedded real-time system,and has wide application value and prospects.


As the impact on the information and the traditional views,the social services of the small and medium public library shows the limitations that service theory is closed,service mode is single and service objects are lacking.For a better social service of the small and medium public library,the development strategies reflect on four aspects: the improved service theory—readers centered;the expanded service platform—deeply mining network resource,fully providing network service;the developed service content—supplying excellent culture and leisure services;the transformed service mode—initiative service,close to public.


On the basis of free cash flow,this essay first builds a financial early-warning system,which assesses solvency,operating capacity,earning quality and financial flexibility of a company.Then test the validity of the early-warning system by principal component analysis and multivariate logistic regression analysis using the data of China's A share listed companies in manufacturing industry from 2002 to 2006.The result suggests that with different portion of ST companies and non-ST companies in the sample,the validity of the systen is different,and the free cash flow based system can reach a satisfying early-warning effect before two years of the financial distress.


Direct seeding is characterized by minimum tillage and maintenance of soil cover with crop residues. However, the absence of soil mobilization in the total area, associated with the increase in the degree of soil compaction caused by the traffic of agricultural machinery, can lead to a decrease in crop productivity. The aim of this study was to evaluate machine parameters, soil mobilization and corn yield as a function of shank furrow opener working depth (0.065, 0.095, 0.125 and 0.15 m) and cultivation with winter ground cover plants (black oat and forage turnip) in compacted Oxisol, conducted in direct seeding. The experiment was arranged in rows, in a randomized block design, with eight treatments and four replications. The deepening of the shank furrow opener increased the strength and power required at the drawbar in the seeding operation, as well as increased soil mobilization in the seeding line. However, it did not prove to be an efficient management practice to increase corn productivity.


The aim of this research is to improve the critical thinking skills of students of class XI High School of Mathematics and Science through the implementation of Constructivist-Metacognitive Model in material coordination system. This research is a classroom action research conducted in two cycles, from February to April 2016. Each cycle consisted of four stages, i.e. planning, action, observation, and reflection, in accordance with the procedures of Mc.Taggart Kemmis. The subjects were 32 students of class XI SMA who choose specialization in Mathematics and Science. Indicators of students' critical thinking skills is the ability of interpretation, analysis, evaluation, inference, explanation and self-regulation, which is measured using a test instrument essay. Data furnished by the observation of learning activities and interviews with students and teachers. Data analysis techniques used descriptive analysis techniques. The target of this research is to increase the capability of critical thinking by 30% from the base line. The results showed the application of Constructivistl-Matakognitif Model can improve students' critical thinking skills research participants. Initial profile of students' critical thinking skills by 22.53% with the low category. Critical thinking skills first cycle of 49.08% with category but do not meet the target of research. Critical thinking skills in the second cycle of 62.89% with a high category and has met the target of research. Key Words : constructivis-metacognitive, critical thinking, coordination system


The invention relates to a method for photovoltaic grid connected coordination control based on the MAGA. The method for photovoltaic grid connected coordination control based on the MAGA is characterized by comprising the following steps that large-scale photovoltaic grid connected coordination control architecture composed according to the MA technology is established; parameters of each Agent are collected and each Agent is controlled; information is transmitted and fed back; photovoltaic grid connected coordination control is achieved through the MAGA; the information is fed back and further optimization is achieved. According to the method for photovoltaic grid connected coordination control based on the MAGA, a micro-grid system composed of a large-scale photovoltaic power generation system, a fuel cell, a storage battery and the like is controlled through the MAGA technology according to the characteristic that the photovoltaic power generation system has access to a power distribution network, the maximum-efficiency output of the photovoltaic power generation system is achieved, the power supply reliability of the system is improved, and the efficient use of energy is achieved.


We propose a single-valued solution that extends both the consistent Shapley value of Maschler and Owen (1989) and Raiffa's discrete bargaining solution to a large class of NTU games. Though not axiomatized, the solution is motivated via the Nash program. In this respect, we follow an approach that is similar to the one initiated by Hart and Mas-Collel (1996). JEL Classification: C71. Aspirant FNRS; CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium; e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com. Special thanks to Professors Jean-François Mertens and Enrico Minelli; errors are mine. This text presents research results of the Belgian Program on Interuniversity Poles of Attraction initiated by the Belgian State, Prime Minister's Office, Science Policy Programming. The scientific responsibility is assumed by the author. Introduction A game with non-transferable utility (NTU) specifies, for each coalition, the set of utility profiles that its members can guarantee themselves if they cooperate. Various values have been defined in this context, the main ones being defined by Harsanyi (1963), Shapley (1969) and Maschler and Owen (1992). Two subclasses of NTU games were especially studied: the two-player case and the games with transferable utility (TU). Up to now, the litterature was mainly concerned in defining solutions that extend both the Nash (1950) bargaining solution and the Shapley (1953) value. Axiomatic systems were designed in order to better understand and to discriminate among the various solutions (cf. Aumann (1985), Hart (1985) and de Clippel (2002)). Recently, the Nash program was also successfully applied by Hart and Mas-Collel (1996) in order to support the consistent Shapley value of Maschler and Owen (1992). In what follows, we define a single-valued solution (named the procedural value) that extends both the Shapley TU-value (even the consistent Shapley value of Maschler and Owen (1989)) and Raiffa's discrete bargaining solution (cf. Luce and Raiffa (1957), pages 136-137) to a large class of NTU games. Though not axiomatized, the solution is motivated via the Nash program. The bargaining procedures we consider are closely related to those defined in Hart and Mas-Collel (1996). $1. Notations Let n be a positive integer and let N := {1, . . . , n} be the set of players. P (N) denotes the set of coalitions, that is the set of nonempty subsets of N . P ∗(N) denotes the set of coalitions of cardinality greater or equal to two. Elements of RN that represent a distribution of payoffs are called allocations. Let S be a coalition. For each i ∈ N , S + i (resp. S − i) stands for S ∪ {i} (resp. S \ {i}). RS is seen as a subset of RN : RS := {x ∈ RN |(∀i ∈ N \ S) : xi = 0}. Inequalities between vectors in RS are of three kinds: ≥S , >S , >>S (usual definitions). R S + (resp. R S ++) denotes the set of vectors in R S with nonnegative (resp. positive) components in S. When X is a subset of RN , projS(X) denotes the projection of X on RS . When x ∈ RN , xS denotes the projection of x on RS . When X is a subset of RS , intS(X) (resp. ∂SX) denotes the topological interior (resp. frontier) of X in RS . $2. Games A (cooperative) game V is a function that associates, to each coalition S, a nonempty closed comprehensive convex strict subset V (S) of RS such that: 1. (∀S ∈ P (N))(∀x ∈ ∂SV (S)) : {λ ∈ R+ \ {0}|λ.x = maxy∈V (S) λ.y} ⊆


This paper presents evidence on the impact of water metabolism on metalwork craftsmen for effective job performance and productivity. This study was conducted on 60 electric arc welders, 40 panel beaters, 10 black smiths and 10 foundry workmen in Akoko land. In 120 individuals investigated were exposed to thermal stresses that need adequate water consumption for effective job performance and productivity. The inclusion criterion for this study was working in an environment that included a heating process. The study adopted a survey research design. The study used structured questionnaire as an Instrument for data collection to elicit the opinions from the respondents. The instrument was validated. The responses to the items were based on a four-point scale, with numerical value of 4, 3, 2 and 1. Descriptive statistics was used to analyze the data collected from the study for answering the research question. The study was carried out in Akoko South-West and Akoko South-East Local Government Area of Ondo State. The population of this study comprised all 120 metalwork craftsmen. There was no sample all enter population of 120 was used. The findings of the study showed that the respondents agreed that water metabolism help in effective job performance and productivity. Based on findings and discussion, conclusions were drawn and recommendations made, among was that one should not wait until is thirsty to drink water.


The invention relates to a device for transporting printing material through a printing unit. The substrate in the form of paper or film is added to different feeders (3 1, 2,). These respective inputs (26, 27, 28) are associated for introducing the printed material in the Bedruckstoffforderpfad (7). The substrate passes along its Bedruckstoffforderpfad (7) a number of processing stations (6, 8, 11, 14, 22). The Bedruckstoffforderpfad (7, 13) for the substrate contains a number of switches (10, 17, 24) with which unprinted printing individual processing stations (6, 8, 11, 14, 29) passes or can pass funneled to this, various delivery points (18, 19) can be fed and / or printing of already printed on a turn (22) can be reintroduced into the Bedruckstoffforderabfolge.


In this paper, we consider the Bernstein polynomial of the empirical distribution function under a triangular sample, which we denote by . For the recentered and normalised statistic , where x is defined on the interval , the stochastic convergence to a Brownian bridge is derived. The main technicality in proving the normality is drawn off into a stochastic equicontinuity condition. To obtain the equicontinuity, we derive the uniform law of large numbers (ULLN) over a class of functions by domination conditions of random covering numbers and covering integrals. In addition, we also derive the asymptotic covariance matrix for biavariant vector of Bernstein estimators. Finally, numerical simulations are presented to verify the validity of our main results.


in the reinforced concrete bent structure of plant transformation joist pull column construction process,for the engineering characteristics of innovation and the use of force-measuring sensor real-time control technology,by setting the-attached steel columns,steel joist,etc.box bearing components,an effective solution to the plant transformation problems to achieve significant economic benefits


The relationships between the Allocoeliinae and other chrysidid subfamilies are discussed and the genus Allocoelia Mocsary reviewed. One new species, edneyi is described, capensis minor Mocsary is elevated to species, and nigra Edney is synonymized with trautmanni Brauns.


There are a lot of products activated by reactor neutron in the loop water,and some of them are radionuclides with short life. The paper repforts an on-lineanalysis method. Its principle and installation are described and data processing arespecially detailed. The principle and device for this method fits also other measu-rements with the same nature.


We report an event in which a polar cap patch, as detected by an all-sky imager (ASI) at Resolute Bay, Canada, stopped its anti-sunward motion and wandered around within the field-of-view of the ASI for more than 1 h. During the wandering motion of the patch, a significant reduction of the cross-polar cap plasma convection was observed by the SuperDARN radars. 10-15 min before the stop of the patch, the IMF observed by the Geotail spacecraft showed a clear northward turning. Such a change in the IMF orientation could lead to the halt of the cross-polar cap convection and resultant stagnation of the patch. When the patch stagnated, its luminosity decreased gradually, which allows us to investigate how the patch plasma decayed in a quantitative manner. The decay of the patch can be quantitatively explained by the loss through recombinations of O+ with ambient N2 and O2 molecules, if we assume the altitude of the optical patch to be around 295 km. The derived altitude of the patch around 295 km is much higher than the nominal value at 235 km obtained from the MSIS-E90/IRI2007 models. This is probably because the loss process was much faster in the lower-altitude part of the patch; thus, the peak altitude of the patch increased as it traveled across the polar cap due to rapid recombination at the bottomside of the F region. During the interval of interest, one the SuperDARN radars at Rankin Inlet, Canada observed a cluster of field-aligned irregularities (FAIs) in the region of enhanced 630.0 nm airglow associated with the patch. These patch-associated FAIs promptly decayed following the weakening of the optical patch, which was obviously due to a convolution effect of the decrease in the patch-associated density gradient and the reduction in the background convection caused by the northward turning of the IMF. However, the decay of the FAIs was much quicker than that of the optical patch. This suggests that the abrupt reduction of the convection probably played a more important role than the gradual decrease of the patch-associated density gradient in causing the prompt decay of the patch-associated FAIs. This indicates that the strength of the background electric field is very crucial in maintaining small-scale density structures in the polar cap.


Microfinance institutions (MFIs) focus on understanding the needs of the poor and assisting them to improve their livelihoods by developing the most efficient and effective mechanisms to deliver finance. This case study concentrates on how the Association for Social Advancement, or ASA, approaches working with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) on microfinance using its diversified service portfolios and operational structures in Bangladesh. The achievements and threats of NGOs have been discussed in terms of current changes and challenges for a microcredit concept to alleviate poverty in Bangladesh.


Most spacecrafts operation systems belong to the systems with variable mass.The equation of motion in the systems with variable mass is the foundation to make a further understanding of mechanical property within aerospace system.In this research,the Tzenoff function in the mechanics systems with variable mass is constructed,and the Tzenoff equation which was expressed by normal partial derivative in holonomic system and nonholonomic system is built.This equation of motion have new structural form,the built of this differential equation would also provide some theoretical value for dynamics research in the systems with variable mass.


The increase of the disease rate and lethality from malignant tumors and other progressive chronic diseases, which are the reason for unbearable patients' and their relatives' sufferings at the terminal stage of the disease and at the life end, demands the necessity of the development of palliative care relatively new, but already developed for the last 20 years innovative orientation of the Russian public health service.


Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are networks of distributed autonomous devices and use large number of sensor nodes that contains a processor, memory, wireless communication capabilities, sensing capabilities and a power source (battery) on-board to form a network. Developers of WSNs face challenges that arise from communication link failures, memory and computational constraints, and limited energy. Localization of sensor nodes in wireless sensor network plays an important role in many applications. It is important to monitor the location of the data source and event occurrences to track the target and phenomena. Localization in wireless sensor networks means estimating the position or spatial coordinates of wireless sensor nodes. This paper mainly focuses on the localization of sensor nodes using centralized and distributed localization techniques.


Due to the high cost of the traditional PMC and its less powerful compatibility,It took the kingview 6.5 as a platform and adopted the MC55 module.It included the configuration technology,the GPRS technology,the wireless network communications technology and the computer observation technology.It proposed one confined network by processing real-time monitoring system's design method,realized real-time monitors,the warning networking and long-distance monitoring management.


The invention relates to a system for preparing a beverage, comprising a portion capsule which is filled with a raw beverage material, and a brewing device which comprises a brewing chamber for receiving the portion capsule and for extracting the beverage from the portion capsule by means of an extraction liquid. Said portion capsule comprises a product identifier and said brewing device comprises an identifier detector for identifying the identification of the portion capsule.


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The influence of the viscous properties of elastoplastic materials on the springing during unloading of parts bent according to the conjugate scheme on a two-roll machine with an elastic coating of the lower roll is studied.
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Abstract A new logical framework relating the structural and functional characteristics of a vegetation canopy is presented, based on the hypothesis that the ratio of leaf area to leaf mass (specific leaf area) varies linearly with overlying leaf area index within the canopy. Measurements of vertical gradients in specific leaf area and leaf carbon:nitrogen ratio for five species (two deciduous and three evergreen) in a temperate climate support this hypothesis. This new logic is combined with a two-leaf (sunlit and shaded) canopy model to arrive at a new canopy integration scheme for use in the land surface component of a climate system model. An inconsistency in the released model radiation code is identified and corrected. Also introduced here is a prognostic canopy model with coupled carbon and nitrogen cycle dynamics. The new scheme is implemented within the Community Land Model and tested in both diagnostic and prognostic canopy modes. The new scheme increases global gross primary production by 66% (...


Researchers at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, CA conducted a retrospective chart review of 42 patients treated with co-enzyme Q10 and L-carnitine, and the addition of amitryptiline (or cyproheptadine for <5 year olds) in refractory cases.


Aviation is a recent form of travel and this chapter emphasizes the design of systems to control commercial and general aviation in the United States. Our military and aviators of other nations also require air traffic control (ATC) systems. But they are basically the same technology as used by the United States civil system. The history of how civil aviation is also described.


A direct catalytic asymmetric aldol reaction of methyl vinyl ketone is described using our dinuclear zinc catalyst. The obtained aldol adduct functions as a bifunctional building block by utilization of the vinyl functionality. For example, convergent fragment coupling methods have been demonstrated via highly diastereoselective cycloaddition of nitrile oxide after reduction into 1,3-diol or via cross-metathesis reaction.


Electron microscopic studies of isolated rat adrenal cells, prepared by trypsin digestion, showed that this preparation consisted of more than 90% of fasciculata cells and less than 10% reticularis, glomerulosa and medullary cells. Morphological studies of isolated adrenal cells after incubation with and without ACTH or dibutyryl cAMP (dcAMP) showed that: a) the cell membrane remained intact with minimal amount of mitochondrial swelling; b) ACTH or dcAMP caused few morphological changes discernible by the electron microscope; and c) no significant depletion of the lipid globules occurred in response to ACTH or dcAMP in spite of active time dependent corticosterone synthesis. Chemical analysis of endogenous cholesterol and cholesterol ester, as well as analysis of pulse labeled endogenous total cholesterol, revealed no significant decrease of cholesterol in response to ACTH or dcAMP. Studies on cholesterol synthesis from labeled mevalonic acid suggested that an additional action of ACTH may be the regulati...


The spectrum of baroclinic basin modes is investigated in a two-layer wind-driven quasigeostrophic model through weakly nonlinear multiple time-scale expansion in the Burger number. The baroclinic basin modes are mainly advected by a barotropic steady Sverdrup flow. Emphasis is given to the regularizing influence of dispersion rather than to dissipation. In the inviscid large-scale limit, that is, for basin scale considerably larger than the Rossby radius of deformation, all of the basin modes are neutral. Their typology is then numerically examined (with some necessary dissipation), and their frequency and spatial properties are discussed. Three types of modes arise for some wind forcing strong enough to produce a recirculating gyre with closed geostrophic contours: the classical Rossby basin modes deformed by the mean flow (shadow modes), stationary modes, and recirculating pool modes, the two latter being trapped in the closed-contours pool. Focus is made here on the recirculating modes that could have very low frequencies for moderate recirculating gyres. Strong gyres lead to higher frequencies, and recirculating modes resonate with deformed Rossby basin modes.


Carried out sanitary-hygienic assessment of drinking water in Vladivostok and the surrounding island areas. Established statistically significant increase in the share of water samples public water in the continental part of the city and most populated island territories of Vladivostok no respective health standards for microbiological parameters. Based on the evaluation of the dynamics of drinking tap water in Vladivostok (in monitoring in a single information space between FGUZ «Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology in the Primorsky region», State Unitary Enterprise «Seaside water utility» and OJSC «Water canal») Rospotrebnadzor in the Primorsky region, organizations, exploiting-forming water-pipes, developed proposals for management decisions.


The weather was terrible, with solid clouds everywhere as the mission proceeded. Most things had been routine until he turned on the bomb run. The formation tended to slow up in the turn and with bomb bay doors open, DeBolt's aircraft stalled and dropped out of formation. At this instant he was attacked by enemy fighters and also began the run through a very heavy and accurate flak barrage. Due to malfunction with the bomb release mechanism, the bombs would not drop. This caused the aircraft to fall further out of formation. About this time the whole ship took the blast from a flak burst just below the bomb bays, the plane was badly damaged.


The paper aims to present the situation in the regulated field of EMC in Romania, country that lately has made important steps to get close to the actual requirements linked to product quality assurance both for the products intended for the Romanian market and for the exported ones. Due to the transcription in the Romanian legislation of the European Directives and of their application guides, to the translation/endorsement of the main harmonized EMC and Safety standards as well as to the setting up of accredited laboratories and of a market surveillance structure at present in Romania there is the infrastructure and the skilled people necessary to solve the actual requirements. In this way, the free movement of goods and market surveillance are ensured in Romania and to this effect the main operators in EMC field acting on the Romanian market are presented.


The article describes the results of a study of the environment and the use of natural resources in a coastal area in the Northwestern Province, Sri Lanka. The economy in the area is based mainly on fisheries and agriculture. The study shows that there is significant overuse of the natural resources in the area. Fishing in Puttalam Lagoon has exceeded the carrying capacity of the ecosystem and a number of habitats of critical importance to the productivity of the ecosystem are also under severe pressure. Wetlands with mangroves and other vegetation are being transformed into prawn farms at a rapid rate, coral reefs are being degraded due to the use of destructive fishing techniques. Based on these finding the article recommends several management alternatives.


This paper mainly studies the size and value effect to explain cross-section of expected returns in Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) in Bangladesh. Using the well-known Fama and French (1993) three-factor methodology in association with descriptive statistics we have evidenced that small size firms along with high book to market (BM) firms tend to produce higher average monthly returns than big firms along with low BM firms do. We also found that the size and value premium as well as market risk premium have very strong power to explain cross-section of expected return in DSE. The validity of three-factor model is also examined in this study and found that the three-factor model is well fitted in DSE with high R square value. One notable observation is that the market risk premium is the only factor which is significant in all portfolios and in all sample data and has dominant power over other factors.


This paper gives the advice to estimate which kind of medical device must comply with YY0709-2009 by introducing the risk management theory.It also elaborates the meaning of the priority of the alarm system.It will help the manufactures to decide whether and how that its products comply with YY0709-2009.


Screening the Dark Side of Love Eds. Karen A. Ritzenhoff and Karen Randell. London/NY: Palgrave, 2012. 256 pp. ISBN 978-0-230-34754-8.The Writer on Film: Screening Literary Authorship Ed. Judith Buchanan. London/NY: Palgrave, 2013. H/bk 270 pp. ISBN 978-0-230-31384-2.Despite their apparent difference in subject matter, both books under review consider the question of representation in cinema at different points in history, with frequently thought-provoking results. Mark Aldridge's essay on Agatha Christie in Screening the Dark Side of Love offers a useful point of departure. He suggests that from the 1950s to the 1980s the romantic image of mystery and murder dominated adaptations of her work. In spite of the violent crimes portrayed, most directors set the action in pretty English villages peopled with familiar stereotypes (the vicar, the farmer, the landowner, and so forth), an image of security that seemed perfect for super-sleuths such as Miss Marple (as played by Margaret Rutherford or Joan Hickson) to solve the crimes and tie up any loose ends. This was a peculiarly English representation, one that looked back to the days of easily identifiable class-divisions where everyone knew their place.By contrast Samm Deighan argues that Luis Bunuel's Belle de Jour (1967) and Just Jaeckin's L'Flistoire d'O (1975) portray the female characters pursuing graphic and violent fantasies (142). They repudiate the kind of rigid social and sexual conventions that dominate the Christie adaptations in favor of "a sexually bohemian lifestyle" (143). Some male critics have argued that such sexually explicit films reinforce patriarchal values, but Deighan believes that their "anarchistic, antibourgeois subtextjs]" prove the opposite. Produced during the eras of first and second wave feminism, they prove how women can make the kind of choices denied them in British cultures. Ian Olney's "The Whip and the Body" traces a similar trajectory towards liberation in early European SM she argues that pornography is not dictated by censorship but "the rules of the market" (217). But through its commercialism it also offers an image of the body's uncontrollability. Online pornography transgresses our notions of the "normal": the work of the group FuckingMachines, for instance, creates images of cyborgs - hybrids of machines and organisms that ask us to question the relationship between natural and artificial, mind and body (218). This kind of cultural (re-)negotiatlon presents new possibilities for online viewers.Although offering a rudimentary historical framework of the ways in which films have negotiated censorship restrictions - especially where images of violence are concerned - Screening the Dark Side of Love largely restricts itself to textual analysis. …


This paper presents a model for line extension scheduled to participate in responsive loads in the power system aiming the improvement of techno-economical parameters. The model is studied with the presence of photovoltaic generators that produce variable power depending on the geographical condition. The investment cost of the transmission expansion plan, demand response operation cost, generation costs and the sum of the voltage deviations are the four indices that the optimization problem is designed based on these four criteria. Objective functions are dynamic variables that change daily due to variation in generation and load. A multi-objective optimization method based on the analytic hierarchy technique is employed to solve the problem. The Pareto-optimal set is extracted with gravitational search style and the best solution is fund by AHT manner. Studies are carried out on the modified 30-bus and 24-bus IEEE test system to confirm the capability of the presented model. Two frameworks are defined to compare the suggested manner. A different amount of PV penetration is discussed in several scenarios. Also, load uncertainty is formulated and involved based on probability distribution function.


We studied the role of generalized trust as a moderator of attitude towards ethnic diversity and acculturation expectations such as «integration» and «assimilation». In the process of theoretical analysis, two assumptions are made. (1) the higher the acceptance of ethnic diversity, the higher the orientation towards acculturation expectation «integration» and the lower the acculturation expectation «assimilation». (2) there is a difference in the relationship between attitudes towards ethnic diversity and acculturation expectations: in the case of negative attitudes towards ethnic diversity, people with higher trust will more prefer integration and less assimilation than people with lower trust. The sample of the study consisted of 198 Russian respondents (59 men and 139 women, mean age 24) who were born or lived more than 10 years in Moscow. Tools of research: methods of trust evaluation by T. Yamagishi [50]; questionnaire to assess the degree of acceptance of the identity of ethnic diversity [23]; an adapted method of assessing acculturation expectations by John. Berry [5]. The study confirmed the assumption that trust is a moderator of the relationship between attitudes towards ethnic diversity and acculturation expectations. The article discusses the meaning of the found moderation.


The scenario presented within this article illustrates how significant changes in software technologies have enabled the oil and gas industry to profit from data versatility, leading to increased profits and better, more informed business decisions. Furthermore, the methodologies and software architecture discussed are not industry-specific and can be directly applied to the pulp and paper industry


The ANN recent has emerged as an efficient model for forecasting water levels . The ANN, despite its efficiency, may not cope well with the non-stationary data without the pre-processing of the input data. The wavelet decomposition is considered as an effective technique for analysis the non-stationarity and non-linear time series of data. A combination of the Artificial Intelligence techniques and wavelet decomposition has been implemented successfully in the field of hydrology applications Adamowski 2010 proposed model for streamflow forecasting based on integrated the wavelet decomposition technique with Artificial neural network (WANN). They evaluate performance of the proposed model (WANN) and found that WANN models have better accurate for streamflow forecast compared to the traditional ANN models.


Beam steering is an enabling technology for establishment of ad hoc communication links, directed energy for infrared countermeasures, and other in-theater defense applications. The development of nonmechanical beam steering techniques is driven by requirements for low size, weight, and power, and high slew rate, among others. The predominant beam steering technology currently in use relies on gimbal mounts, which are relatively large, heavy, and slow, and furthermore create drag on the airframes to which they are mounted. Nonmechanical techniques for beam steering are currently being introduced or refined, such as those based on liquid crystal spatial light modulators; however, drawbacks inherent to some of these approaches include narrow field of regard, low speed operation, and low optical efficiency. An attractive method that we explore is based on optical phased arrays, which has the potential to overcome the aforementioned issues associated with other mechanical and nonmechanical beam steering techniques. The optical array phase locks a number of coherent optical emitters in addition to applying arbitrary phase profiles across the array, thereby synthesizing beam shapes that can be steered and utilized for a diverse range of applications.


Optical-fiber transmission lines appear attractive for a variety of communication applications in which twisted copper pairs and coaxial cables are now used. These applications range from onpremises data links and equipment wiring to interoffice and intercity telecommunications trunks. Experiments to explore the technical feasibility of glass fibers in these areas are presently in progress. This paper summarizes the state of the art of the burgeoning field of optical fibers. Progress in research on fibers, cables, devices, and components will be reviewed, and systems applications and field experiments will be discussed.


The variety of star formation histories (SFHs) of z ≳ 6 galaxies provides important insights into early star formation, but has been difficult to systematically quantify. Some observations suggest that many z ∼ 6 − 9 galaxies are dominated by ≳ 200 Myr stellar populations, implying significant star formation at z ≳ 9, while others find that most reionization era galaxies are ≲ 10 Myr, consistent with little z ≳ 9 star formation. Here, we quantify the distribution of ages of UV-bright ($-22.5\lesssim M_{\small UV}\lesssim -21$) galaxies colour-selected to lie at z ≃ 6.6 − 6.9, an ideal redshift range to systematically study the SFHs of reionization era galaxies with ground-based observatories and Spitzer. We infer galaxy properties with two SED modelling codes and compare results, finding that stellar masses are largely insensitive to the model, but the inferred ages can vary by an order of magnitude. We infer a distribution of ages assuming a simple, parametric SFH model, finding a median age of ∼30 − 70 Myr depending on SED model. We quantify the fractions of ≤10 Myr and ≥250 Myr galaxies, finding that these systems comprise ∼15 − 30 per cent and ∼20 − 25 per cent of the population, respectively. With a flexible SFH model, the shapes of the SFHs are consistent with those implied by the simple model (e.g. young galaxies have rapidly rising SFHs). However, stellar masses can differ significantly, with those of young systems sometimes being more than an order of magnitude larger with the flexible SFH. We quantify the implications of these results for z ≳ 9 stellar mass assembly and discuss improvements expected from JWST.


This paper proposes a high-speed gate driver integrated circuit (IC) for gallium nitride (GaN) synchronous buck converter which includes an adaptive bang-bang deadtime modulator to eliminate the power loss caused by reverse conduction and prevent high side and low side shoot-through. Fabricated in a 0.25-μm Bipolar-CMOS-DMOS process, the proposed GaN driver integrated circuit (IC) enables buck converter to operate at 10MHz switching frequency and adjust minimal dead-time to as low as 0.4ns under heavy load condition.


An ageism expert's take on the urgent need to confront our biases around age and aging and catalyze social change.Aging is life itself. That's what makes it so damn interesting. But you wouldn't know it from all the hand-wringing on the part of most Americans when it comes to the prospect. "Hey, it beats the alternative," we mutter reflexively. What does that saying actually mean? The only thing worse than being old is being dead.I used to feel that way, too. Then I began interviewing people over age 80 for a project called So When Are You Going to Retire?, and started learning about longevity. I talked to doctors and janitors and artists and Walmart cashiers, and the strangest thing happened: The more I learned, the greater the discrepancy that emerged between what I had simply assumed it would be like to be that old-many interviewees were in their nineties-and the reality.These men and women had endured plenty of loss and had all kinds of health problems, but they weren't depressed. They weren't afraid of dying. They were engaged and content. And they were typical of the fastest growing cohort of older Americans (Carstensen, 2009; Pillemer, 2011; Powell, 2000). Abundant data show that people are happiest at the beginning and end of their lives (Blanchflower and Oswald, 2008; Yang, 2008) and that physical and cognitive decline do not keep the vast majority of older Americans from enjoying independent lives (Butler, 2008).The more I learned, the better I felt about my own impending dotage, which was no small accomplishment. I had to acknowledge that I remained very much in the game, and also that the goalposts were shifting. Now, for example, though I wear a helmet and let the hipsters whiz past, biking remains one of my favorite urban pleasures. It became clear that hitting age 90 was going to be different, and way better, than the inexorable slide I'd once envisioned toward depression, diapers, and puffy white shoes. Although I'm still worried about the shoes.Confronting My Own BiasI knew the years were bestowing more than they took away. I knew it from my experience, and research continued to confirm that I was no exception, and that the years ahead had even more to offer. But it took awhile to integrate that knowledge into my beliefs and attitudes, to embed it into my sense of self and my place in the world, to make it my own. I had to acknowl- edge and start letting go of the prejudices about aging that the media and popular culture had drummed into me since childhood. "Wrinkles are ugly." "Old people are incompetent." "It's sad to be old." Absorbing these fallacies had been effortless, and usually unconscious. Banishing them was unsettling, and infinitely harder. I use the present tense because I'm still at it, as I'm reminded on a regular basis.What was the hardest prejudice to let go? The one against myself-my future, older self. That's the cornerstone of denial-that we will age, that we are aging-where ageism takes root. Whatever form it takes, from a cutesy "Just say I'm over [fill in the number]" to the Real Housewives frozen faces, denial creates an artificial, destructive, and ultimately unsustainable divide between who we are and who we will become. Concealing or disavowing our age gives the number power over us that it doesn't deserve. Accepting it, on the other hand, paves the way to acknowledging aging as an accomplishment.Unlearning is difficult, especially when it comes to values, and it doesn't come naturally. A baby elephant tied up with a rope soon learns it is captive. The same rope does the job even after the elephant grows to the size of a Volkswagen; untested, the lesson stays learned.Social psychologists have a graceless name for these sorts of assumptions: premature cognitive commitments. Until we challenge such commitments, we remain tethered like that elephant. The rope pulls tighter over time. As age-related stereotypes grow more relevant, people tend to act as though these are accurate, creating self-fulfilling prophecies (Golub, Filipowicz, and Langer, 2004). …


Objective To develop immunity colloidal gold quick diagnosis test paper in the detection of patient's serum antibody of Mycoplasma pneumoniae thus diagnosing of M.pneumoniae infection.Methods Deoxidize method of the trisodium of citrate was used to prepare colloid golden pellet,and label Staphylococcus aureus protein A;Using the soluble antigen of Mycoplasma pneumoniae to sensitize pyroxylin membrane,then prepare immuno- chromatographic diagnosis test paper used in clinical serum specimen detection.Results Totally,88 serum specimen of patients and 80 of health persons were detected using this test paper;obtained data corresponded with the results of ELISA seriological assay taken by two foreign companies and one domestic Co.Conclusion The test paper has better speeificities and sensitivities,and easy fast in manipulation,suitable to use in units of basic level.


Abstract Three N-phenylmaleimides bearing an ethoxycarbonyl group, i.e., N-(o-ethoxycarbonylphenyl)maleimide (OPMI), N-(m-ethoxycarbonyl-phenyl)maleimide (MPMI), and N-(p-ethoxycarbonylphenyl)maleimide (PPMI), were prepared and polymerized with 2,2′-azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN) or dimethyl 2,2′-azobisisobutyrate (MAIB) as a radical initiator in benzene at 60°C. The polymer yield depended drastically on the position of the ethoxycarbonyl group on the N-phenyl ring in the following order: PPMI ≥ MPMI > OPMI, agreeing with the order of the steric hindrance in propagation. It was found that polymerization with MAIB gave a higher polymer yield than that with AIBN, although both the initiators used have similar decomposition rates. Some characterizations of the resulting polymers were carried out. These substituted polymaleimides showed excellent thermal stability, i.e., high glass transition temperatures and decomposition temperatures, as did poly(N-phenylmaleimide). The solubility of the polymers depended on...


A new system of high-speed ground transportation cannot be introduced simply by purchasing new equipment, as in the case of jet planes. Any new services above 100 miles per hour will most certainly require vastly improved vibration-free rights-of-way, fitted with continuous welded rails and free from any level crossings, and above a speed of 160 mph, they will have to be located underground or in a tunnel to avoid objectionable turbulence and excessive noise effects. In order to reduce the existing excessive operating labor costs, push-button control will be included and only sufficient personnel will accompany trains to preserve order and meet safety and emergency demands. The prospective cost of any super-high-speed ground transportation system for passengers will lean heavily on public money. In addition to the very high cost, there will be a need to have such a super-high-speed system which may run about 160 mph, physically segregated from existing railway operations for practical reasons of safety. In other words, under any such a program, the passenger operations alone would have to carry the entire cost. The only significant application of ultra-high-speed railway passenger service which could be finally justified at the present time is that being undertaken by the Department of Transportation in the Northeast Corridor between Boston and Washington.


Mechanization of paddy harvesting is on the rise in Pakistan by the introduction of combine harvesters. However, milling quality in terms of head rice recovery has been low due to paddy harvesting at higher moisture content by combine harvesters. Due to shortage of combine harvester, farmers have no choice, but to harvest their paddy crop even at higher moisture content when a combine harvester is available in a village. The objective of the study was to determine the effect of prevailing harvesting methods and different crop maturity levels on milling quality of Super Basmati rice. In this study Super Basmati rice variety was harvested at 0-5 green grains maturity levels (known as harvesting stages) by manual harvesting and threshing, head feeding combine harvester, and conventional combine harvester. Paddy samples from threshed or combine harvested paddy were sun dried, cleaned and milled using laboratory rice milling equipment. Data on milling yield, head rice and broken rice were collected and analyzed using MSTAT statistical package. The effect of harvesting methods was statistically significant at 5 % probability level on milling yield in terms of head rice recovery and broken rice. The mean value of head rice recovery (49.5 %) of manual harvesting and threshing method was higher than conventional combine harvester (44.9 %) and head feeding combine harvester (46.5 %). Due to shortage of manual labour for harvesting rice, a head-feeding combine harvester is recommended for harvesting Super Basmati rice in Pakistan.


Abstract Seven species of the genus Isotomiella Bagnall 1939 were collected in China, two of which from Hainan and Guangxi provinces (South China) are newly described and illustrated. Isotomiella longisensilla n. sp. has bidentate mucro and long sensilla on most tergites, a character never seen before in this genus. I. deharvengi n. sp. belongs to the minor group and is characterized by a pair of strongly curved sensilla on Abd. V.


The composite petroleum system is the aggregate of several petroleum systems in a certain area. In a composite petroleum system, the petroleum systems share the same reservoirs and caprocks and the petroleum accumulations are usually multi sourced. There are 4 composite petroleum systems in Junggar basin including 16 petroleum systems, in which Muhu West well Pen 1, Changji and Dongdaohaizi Dajing composite petroleum systems have the most importance in the basin. The active source rocks in Muhu West well Pen 1 composite petroleum system are Jiamuhe Formation and Fengcheng of Lower Permian and Xiawuerhe Formation of Middle Permian, they formed three petroleum systems. The active source rocks in Changji composite petroleum system are mainly Middle Permian and Lower Jurassic. The active source rocks in Dongdaohaizi Dajing composite petroleum system are Carboniferous and Middle Permian. The multi sourced and multi phase hydrocarbon accumulation makes the most important characteristics of composite petroleum system in Junggar basin. The continuous and successive development of several petroleum systems is the main factor controlling the richness of hydrocarbon in a composite petroleum system. The emphasis of hydrocarbon exploration in Junggar basin should be focused on the uplifts and the related slopes in the three rich composite petroleum systems.


A combined intelligent information processor is developed based on recombining and improving artificial neural networks(ANN),wavelet transformation(WT),and genetic algorithm(GA). Firstly, mass historical data and field data gathered by multi-sensors on spot are preprocessed using wavelet analysis,which takes the preprocessed data as the input sample of the neural network model,and the synchronously genetic algorithm which has the ability of global optimization is adopted to dynamically modify the network structure and parameters and eliminate the rate tardiness of neural network training and relapse into local extremum. This processor can be used for accomplishing complex nonlinear modeling and data mining.Finally, an intelligent modeling system with good expansibility is established by integrating the combined intelligent information processor with GIS using the component technology, and the integrated scheme is described clearly in this paper. In order to verify the feasibility and validity of the modeling methods,a simulation example is given for the runoff forecasting of an irrigation catchment.


The present investigation was aimed to establishment of an efficient in vitro tissue culture system with high frequency callus and regeneration induction of some local rice (Oryza sativa L.) varieties. Mature Seed Scutellum (MSS) as explants for three rice varieties which were Rajashail, Katicota, and BRRI-22 were taken as an experimental material and cultured on MS based different PGRs and additives supplemented media. In this study, in vitro experiments were conducted for assessing the effects of salt stress on germination rate, length of shoot and root of germinated plant, callus induction, fresh weight of callus and finally regeneration. For germination and callus induction frequency, MSS was cultured on MS-based medium supplemented with different concentrations of NaCl from 0.2% to 1.5%. With increasing the NaCl concentration, both the rate of germination and callus proliferation were decreased. In case of callus induction, callus was formed only for the medium contained 0.2% and 0.5% and 1% NaCl. Gradual reductions in regeneration frequency as well as number of plantlet were observed with increasing the salt concentration in MS-based medium supplemented with 2.5 mgl-1 BAP. All cultivars responded well on medium supplemented with 0.2% and 0.5% NaCl. The best responded regarding the callus induction frequency, the regeneration frequency and the number of shoot per callus were obtained from cv. Rajashail and Katicota among three varieties. A number of regeneration media were also evaluated for regeneration. The optimized medium for plant regeneration was MS + 2.0 mgl-1BAP + 3 mgl-1NAA. These studies revealed that callus induction and plant regeneration frequency were determined by medium combinations as well as genotype of plant. Thus, for developing a new and more potent salt tolerant cell lines, these 2 varieties can be used as suitable sources.


The objective of our research is to present the change in crime rates in Los Angeles post-Covid19. Using data analysis with Geo-Mapping, bubbles, Marimekko, and a time series charts, we can illustrate which areas have the largest crime rate, and how it has changed. Through regression modeling, we can interpret which locations may also have a correlation to crime versus income, race, type of crime, and gender. The story will help to uncover whether the areas associated with crime are due to demographic or income variance. In showing the details of crimes in Los Angeles along with the factors at play we hope to see a compelling relationship between crime rates and recent events from 2020 to the present, along with changes in crime type trends during these periods. We use Excel to clean the data for SAP SAC to model effectively, as well as resources from other studies a comparison.


We devise a new interior point algotithm for convex quadratic programming Our algorithm only requires the solutim of a linear system of equation at each step We show that, by appropriately choosing the step size, the algorithm has polynomial time Complexity


The latter halt of the seventeenth century was a transitional period in the study of plants in England. Prior to this time the herbal had been the chief published source of information about plants. In this transitional period the herbal, a compilation ot medical and botanical information, gave way to the medical pharmacopoeia and the botanical flora. The late seventeenth and eighteenth century saw the rise of English systematic botany.'


From the new institutionalism approach can be assumed that the implementation of instruments to ensure the agreements and strategies for peace building are highly complex, uncertain and difficult,in such a way that is necessary to build institution to ensure peace and long-term development,but also that will solve immediate problems. This article seeks to understand the processes of implementation of peace agreements,and how this type of operations and strategies can build and develop institutions.This involves conducting an understanding of the New Institutional and conceptual implications for understanding the processes of peace, and explores what theyare,how they are constructed, and how the institutions and the relationship between these and reconstruction processes.


In this study, Candia variety was used according to the randomized block plots experimental design in Şanlıurfa-Harran conditions in 2020-2021 and was carried out with 3 replications. Each parcel consisted of 5 rows, the parcel length was 12 m, the row spacing was 70 cm, and the row spacing was 10-12 cm. The experiment consisted of a total of 24 plots. In the study, applications consisting of mixtures of different chemical and organic fertilizers were applied. These are 1-Control, 2-Base fertilizer (0 kg)+Top fertilizer (Urea 35 kg da-1), 3-Base fertilizer (10 kg DAP da-1)+Top fertilizer (Urea 35 kg da-1), 4-Base fertilizer (20 kg DAP da-1)+Top fertilizer (Urea 35 kg da-1), 5-Base fertilizer (30 kg DAP da-1) )+Top fertilizer (Urea 35 kg da-1), 6-Base manure (2 tons farm fertilizer da-1)+ Top fertilizer (Urea 35 kg da-1), 7-Base manure (4 tons farm fertilizer da-1)+Top manure (Urea 35 kg da-1), 8-Base manure (6 tons farm fertilizer da-1)+Top fertilizer (Urea 35 kg da-1) consisted of subjects. In post-harvest measurements, yield per decare (kg da-1), number of bolls (piece plant-1), boll weight (g), boll seed weight (g), ginning outturn (%), 100 seed weight, fiber fineness (mic.), fiber strength (g tex-1) and fiber length (mm) were investigated. According to the results obtained from the study; the highest number of cocoons in both years of the experiment (24.33 and 24.66 per plant); boll weight (6.66 and 6.55 g); The yield per decare (526.40 and 514.66 kg da-1) was obtained from the application of 6 tons of farm manure + 35 kg of urea. It has been determined that the applications that are the subject of the study have no effect on the fiber quality properties.


The mechanistic underpinnings of breast cancer recurrence following periods of dormancy are largely undetermined. A new study in PLOS Biology reveals that docetaxel-induced injury of tumour stromal cells stimulates the release of cytokines that support dormancy escape of breast cancer cells.


In prior years, the County either denuded the system through mechanical means or a surface application of oil; however, incresing costs have led to the adoption of longer-lasting chemical treatments. The use of the highly efficient herbicides in roadside vegetation control has greatly reduced our time commitment to this discipline. The chemicals used in the past season include Hyvar X and Korvar I in the coastal plains. Lorox was used in areas requiring short-term control, Fenamine used for Russian thistle control, Princep 80 used in the mountain areas near pine trees, and Phytar 560 used for spot treatment in the spring. Economics is a key reason for the use of chemicals in a vegetation control program. The development of herbicides has made it possible for many maintenance units to virtually eliminate hand cutting of brush and weeds. Weed-free highway rights-of-way can be an important part of any district's good neighbor policy.