Koi Fish (Cyprinus carpio) is an attractive and relatively expensive ornamental fish because of its color, but fish cannot synthesize their own pigment colors except for black and white, so they need feed ingredients containing β-carotene (such as carrots, spirulina, and pumpkin). This study aims to determine the effect of adding carrot, spirulina, and pumpkin flour types to feed on the color brightness and growth performance of koi fish seeds. The study used an experimental method with a completely randomized design (CRD) consisting of 4 treatments and 3 replications: treatment A (without adding flour), treatment B (5% carrot flour), treatment C (1% spirulina flour), and treatment D (pumpkin flour). yellow 15%). Kohaku type koi seeds measure 7.18 ± 0.58 cm. Variables considered included total feed consumption, color values, number of chromatophore cells, relative growth rate (RGR), absolute length growth, survival recovery, and air quality. The results showed that the bes treatment was 5% carrot flour with a TKP value of (38.44 ± 1.02) grams, the difference in hue values (2.5 ± 0.05), the number of chromatophores (776), the difference in colour values (2.5 ± 0.05), the number of chromatophores (776±38.08) cells, relative growth (RGR) of (1.02±0.76)%/day, and absolute length of growth (0.99 ± 0.07) cm. The water quality results obtained were temperatures ranging from 25.9-27.9oC, pH 8.0-8.5 and DO 5.4-8.0 mg/L. Concluded that the addition of carrot, spirulina and pumpkin flour to the feed had a significant effect on the brightness of the color of koi fish, but had no significant effect on growth performance.


Citizenship has been a hot topic of debate within the green literature since the 1990s. Concepts like ecological and environmental citizenship capture the linkage between green politics and theories of citizenship. Although a significant number of contributions to the meaning of ecological/environmental citizenship have been made, their practical implications remain under-theorized. With the purpose of addressing this gap, my paper explores the conditions necessary for ecological citizenship to flourish. Two main trends are highlighted and analyzed, namely, the rights approach and the personal duty approach. I explain why I find these two tendencies problematic, and contend that a third approach is needed, one that transcends the individual. Finally, I turn to the issue of political agency. After considering the role of the state and the green state in transforming citizenship, I conclude by claiming that a civil society perspective must be introduced when thinking about the promotion of ecological citizenship.


In this paper, the author dicusses the theory and the method of calling data from the Matlab in the C++Buider environment. In addition ,the author presents an example to illustrate the method of manipulating the data in the Matlab.This is very important for further development on the platform of Matlab?


The mechanical properties of different chemical composition AlSiCuMg type cast alloys after precipitation hardening are presented. The aim of the study was to find out how much the changes in chemistry of aluminum cast alloys permissible by EN-PN standards may influence the mechanical properties of these alloys. Eight AlSi5Cu3(Mg) type cast alloys of different content alloying elements were selected for the study. The specimens cut form test castings were subjected to precipitation hardening heat treatment. The age hardened specimens were evaluated using tensile test, hardness measurements and impact test. Moreover, the structure investigation were carried out using either conventional light Metallography and scanning (SEM) and transmission (TEM) electron microscopy. The two last methods were used for fractography observations and precipitation process observations respectively. It was concluded that the changes in chemical composition which can reach even 2,5wt.% cause essential differences of the structure and mechanical properties of the alloys. As followed from quantitative evaluation and as could be predicted theoretically, copper and silicon mostly influenced the mechanical properties of AlSi5Cu3(Mg) type cast alloys. Moreover it was showed that the total concentration of alloying elements accelerated and intensifies the process of decomposition of supersaturated solid solution. The increase of Cu and Mg concentration increased the density of precipitates. It increases of strength properties of the alloys which are accompanied with decreasing in ductility.


We have succeeded in realizing a silicon light emitting device in a standard 3-µm CMOS process with no change to the CMOS design and processing procedures. This device has obvious applications in the electro-optical interconnect.


Background: Black race has been associated with worse outcome in operable breast cancer, which has been attributed to a higher incidence of "triple negative" (TN) disease, disparities in care, and comorbidities. We evaluated the effect of black race on outcomes by hormone receptor (HR) and HER2 expression in patients treated with standard adjuvant therapy in trial E1199 (N Eng J Med 2008; 358: 1663)Methods: This study included 4950 eligible women with axillary lymph node positive or high-risk node-negative breast cancer, all of whom received doxorubicin and taxane-containing chemotherapy, plus standard endocrine therapy if HR-positive (but not trastuzumab if HER2-positive). Endocrine therapy included tamoxifen alone (38%) or followed by an AI (57%), or an AI alone (5%). The effect of black race was evaluated using Cox9s proportional hazards model method (1) as a single variable, (2) in a model that included race, phenotype (TN vs. HER2-pos vs. HR-pos, HER2-neg/unknown [HR+]) and their interaction, and (3) in a multivariate model considering age, tumor size, number of positive lymph nodes, body mass index (BMI), and treatment arm. The stepwise method was used for model selection. The endpoints evaluated included disease free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS). Results are expressed as hazard ratios (HR), with a HR > 1 indicating a worse outcome for black race. All p-values are two sided.Results: Of 4950 eligible patients, 416 (8.4%) were black. Black race was associated with significantly higher rates of TN disease (34% vs. 19%; p Citation Information: Cancer Res 2009;69(24 Suppl):Abstract nr 37.


The light from the video monitor flickers and then fades to black. In the darkened classroom, stu dents begin to laugh and applaud. Jason leans over the back of his chair and says, "Good one. Gripp's supposedly the last man on Mars, but a bus drives past his window!" "Give us a break," Mark replies. "We shot that scene three times; the first two, people walked by and waved!" More laughter follows, and the class room lights are turned on. Kristy adds, "On top of that, we had to tape most of the indoor scenes at 3:00 a.m. to make sure no one walked in on us?you try that with an 8:00 cale class." Such was a scene after a recent video project screening for three sections of a world literature course at Ball State University. In most respects, these classes were typical of other sections of the same course: their aim was to intro duce students to short stories and novels from varying time periods and of vari ous national origins. However, these three sections had one highly unusual feature: the main project for the course was not a research paper. Instead, stu dents were expected to plan and create video projects. Each one was based on what the students deemed a significant scene from one of the short stories or


The standard theoretical framework for analysing households' intertemporal decisions is the life-cycle/permanent income model. Among its implications, testing the model allows to analyse the response of consumption to fiscal policy. However, the empirical literature with microdata has yielded mixed results. This article examines the sensitivity of the results to the assumption of separability among goods and of homogeneity across households. For that purpose, we test a rational expectations permanent income model with household data drawn from the Spanish Family Expenditure Survey. This survey contains detailed information on total expenditure and the income presents large, exogenous quarterly changes due to an institutional feature. The article shows that assuming separability among commodities biases the test against the model. When separability is not imposed, we show that the rejection of the model depends on heterogeneity across households in terms of their members being unemployed or not. For those households permanently employed, the model cannot be rejected whatever their income status.


The frequency domain narrowband anti-jamming technology based on overlap windowed FFT is a hot topic in the field of satellite navigation.In this paper,the principle of anti-jamming was introduced first,as well as three interference elimination algorithms presented according to different weight assignment resolution.After that,the key issues in the overlap windowed DFT anti-jamming algorithm such as sampling rate,window function,the length of FFT and the overlap processing were studied deeply.The results could be used in the design of frequency domain filter in the receivers.


Know that the first step in Hearing is understanding what is heard, and applying it to an idea which occurs to the hearer. Then this understanding has as fruit ecstasy, and ecstasy moving of the members. Let there be a consideration, then, of these three stages.


Increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) concentration has led to concerns about global changes to the environment. One area of global change that has not been addressed is the effect of elevated atmospheric CO 2 on groundwater quality below agroecosystems. Elevated CO 2 concentration alterations of plant growth and C/N ratios may modify C and N cycling in soil and affect nitrate (NO 3 - ) leaching to groundwater. This study was conducted to examine the effects of a legume [soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]} and a nonlegume [grain sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench]} CO 2 -enriched agroecosystems on NO 3 - movement below the root zone in a Blanton loamy sand (loamy siliceous, thermic, Grossarenic Paleudults). The study was a split-plot design replicated three times with plant species (soybean and grain sorghum) as the main plots and CO 2 concentration (∼360 and - 720 μL L -1 CO 2 ) as subplots using open-top field chambers. Fertilizer application was made with 15 N-depleted NH 4 NO 3 to act as a fertilizer tracer. Soil solution samples were collected weekly at 90-cm depth for a 2-yr period and monitored for NO 3 - -N concentrations. Isotope analysis of soil solution indicated that the decomposition of organic matter was the primary source of NO 3 - -N in soil solution below the root zone through most of the monitoring period. Significant differences were observed for NO 3 - -N concentrations between soybean and grain sorghum, with soybean having the higher NO 3 - -N concentrations. Elevated CO 2 increased total dry weight, total N content, and C/N ratio of residue returned to soil in both years. Elevated CO 2 significantly decreased NO 3 - -N concentrations below the root zone in both soybean and grain sorghum. The results of this study indicate that retention of N in organic pools because of elevated atmospheric CO 2 could reduce the nitrate concentration in groundwater beneath agroecosystems as indicated by NO 3 - movement.


Experiments were conducted to determine the feasibility of commercial culture of Plexaura homomalla as a source of prostaglandins. Artificial substrates and methods of attachment were devised, and the viability and rate of growth of both large and small cuttings taken from both large and small donor colonies were compared. I n t r o d u c t io n The experimental propagation of the alcyonarian Plexaura homomalla from cuttings was undertaken to investigate the feasibility of commercial culture, and to develop methods for implementing it. Both Kinzie and Gold berg (personal communications) had demonstrated that P. homomalla cut tings will survive on an artificial substrate. Among the initial questions to be answered in developing the method for commercial use were: 1. How rapidly will P. homomalla cuttings attach themselves to the substrate? 2. Will such cuttings grow into adult colonies? 3. What size cuttings attach and/or grow most rapidly? 4. What size parent colonies provide the best cuttings? 5. How are attachment and growth affected by such factors as wave action, depth, current, temperature, and bottom type? 6. Can a practical substrate (a "pot" ) be made cheaply enough for commercial purposes? As yet, the work is no more than fairly begun. Even so, the results pro vide considerable information, suggest many new lines of thought, and pose a host of new questions. M a t e r ia l s a n d M e t h o d s The first "pots" were made by filling aluminum piepans with concrete, and standing 8to 15-cm pieces of %-inch PVC waterpipe in the middle. Cuttings were attached by wedging them in with spring-clips of PVC welding rod. Later pots were made by substituting PVC jaws of lA -inch flat stock for the pipe. Two pieces of PVC stock, 3 cm by 10 to 15 cm, were held to gether by a rubber band, and inserted in the wet concrete. When the con crete hardened, the jaws were held firmly in place. Cuttings were inserted


The two superconducting radio frequency acceleration cryomodules for the new multiturn ERL 'Mainz Energy Recovering Superconducting Accelerator' MESA at Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz have been fabricated and are currently under testing at the Helmholtz Institut Mainz. These modules are based on the ELBE modules of the Helmholtz Center Dresden-Rossendorf but are modified to suit the high current and energy-recovering operation at MESA. The energy gain per module per turn should be 25 MeV, provided by two TESLA cavities, which were vertically tested at DESY, Hamburg, Germany. These tests showed an excellent performance of the quench limit and quality factor for three out of the four cavities. The fourth cavity has a lower but still acceptable quench limit and quality factor. In order to validate the performance of the fully assembled cryomodules after delivery to Mainz a test stand has been set up at the Helmholtz Institut Mainz. The test stand is described in detail and the status of the module testing is reported.


Objectives: Students will: (1) think critically about how they perform gender through clothing choices and (2) recognize how different cultures define masculinity and femininity Courses: Communication Theory, Gender and Communication, Popular Communication, Rhetorical Theory, Visual Rhetoric


Objectives : Acid gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrogen sulfide (H2S) that cause global warming are mainly generated in chemical processes. As a technology for reducing acid gas, the post-combustion capture process is representative. Aqueous alkanolamine solution, which is mainly used in the carbon dioxide absorption process, is used as the most representative chemical absorbent. Thermodynamic data of vapor-liquid equilibrium are important for the economics of process design and operation. In this study, vapor-liquid equilibrium data of water + DEA are measured so that DEA, a secondary amine, can be used in the carbon dioxide absorption process, so that it can be used for designing a new carbon dioxide absorption process.Methods : Vapor-liquid equilibrium data of a mixture of water + DEA (diethanolamine) were measured under isothermal conditions of 393.15 K using HSGC (Headspace Gas Chromatography).Results and Discussion : The measured vapor-liquid equilibrium data were correlated using NRTL, an activity coefficient model. In addition, as additional thermodynamic data of the absorbent mixture, the density of the DEA aqueous mixture was measured at a temperature of 303.15 K to 333.15 K using a density meter (Anton Paar DMA4500). The measured density data of the mixture was converted into excess volume, and the excess volume data was correlated using the Redilchi-Kister-Muggianu equation. Using the measured water+DEA vapor-liquid equilibrium data, it is expected to reducing the design cost and operating cost of the carbon dioxide absorption processes.


SUMMARY (1) Because cyst-nematode populations are relatively static, immigration and emigration are negligible and population fluctuations under different crops can be studied in small field plots. A modification of the logistic equation (see eqn (10)) for population growth adequately describes the relationship between initial and final population densities during one growing season on a susceptible host crop. This equation allows for eggs that persist unhatched and for damage to the host root system. Population oscillations are considered both theoretically and in relation to field data. (2) Equations are proposed for the effects on populations of non-host and resistant crops, fumigant or oxime carbonate nematicides, selection of pathotypes within species, competition between sibling species, and the effects of ground-keepers (weed hosts). (3) A computer program has been developed which simplifies the fitting of the population equations to field data and enables the effects of crop rotations on population densities to be simulated. Some samples of computer output are given illustrating the predicted effects of rotations on population density and population genetics. The equations developed for Globodera spp. also apply to related Heterodera spp., especially those with one main generation a year.


In response to the devastating floods of 1954, local Richmond Valley councils unified to address future mitigation issues, forming Richmond River County Council in 1959. Council, in partnership with the State and Federal Government, undertook major drainage construction and flood gating of natural watercourses, such activities being representative of best practice of the time. The management of floodplains has changed considerably since the establishment of Richmond River County Council. There is now recognition that some negative environmental outcomes resulted from floodplain drainage and the regulation of natural creek flows. This paper outlines how operations have changed and how there now exists a need to balance natural resource management (NRM) with flood mitigation outcomes. Flood mitigation and NRM are both important to the community, and there has developed a general acceptance that both are inextricably linked through cause and effect. The management of acid sulfate soils (ASS) is a good example of the nexus between these two important management issues. Progressive flood prevention works and drainage of swamps since 1959 increased the discharge of drainage waters from backswamps where acid sulfate soils exist. It is now widely recognised that while floodplain drainage increases agricultural productivity of these areas, such drainage also increases the volume and frequency of acid discharge. With this knowledge it is impractical to undertake flood mitigation works and maintenance activities without considering the overall management of the floodplain's natural resources. Richmond River County Council, in partnership with state agencies, is responding to community and government expectations for flood protection with a strong focus on environmental management and repair.


Abstract The research objectives were to study land acquisition process and its problems, and to investigate information system usages in land acquisition process of real estate developers. The research samples consisted of three managers of business development or land acquisition division of three public companies registering in real estate development section. In depth-interviews were used to collect data from the samples. The research results showed that the land acquisition process consisted of 4 major steps, e.g. 1. land searching and land data screening, 2. land investigation, 3. feasibility study and 4. price and conditions negotiation and transfer. The involving personnels in the process depend on the working traits of companies. The main criteria in land selection are location and laws, because they will determine whether the project can be developed or not, taking to account of company policies and plans. The difference between the land acquisition of the high-rise and low-rise projects are closeness to public transportation and land shape. The usages of information systems in land acquisition process of real estate developers are land environment investigation using aerial photography displaying systems (such as Google Maps) and land database created by a spread sheet program. Furthermore, real estate developers require the integration of the data from Department of Land and their own company computers (local system). This research results can be used for improving the existing systems or developing a new one to conform to land acquisition process and requirements of real estate developers.


Malware activities have become more and more frequent in recent years, and malware has become an essential threat in the field of network security. Malware detection technology has also received more and more attention. Since the machine learning method can effectively solve the classification problem in malware detection technology, the malware detection technology based on machine learning is gradually applied in various scenarios. This paper first summarizes the traditional malware detection technology, then introduces the classification and specific implementation methods of machine learning-based malware detection technology, and finally summarizes the problems faced by the current detection technology and expounds possible future research.


Abstract Introduction Chronic insomnia is a common sleep disorder, with an estimated 15% of Australian adults reporting symptoms of insomnia. Australian general practitioner (GP) guidelines recommend cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBTi) as first-line treatment for insomnia however research suggests that GPs instead rely heavily on sleep hygiene and pharmacotherapy. GPs commonly provide treatment for insomnia; however, little is known about the experiences of Australian GPs and their interest when managing patients with insomnia. This study was conducted to explore the perspectives of GPs towards insomnia management and to identify factors that could influence the implementation of new models of insomnia care within general practice. Methods A pragmatic, inductive qualitative study. Purposive sampling was used to recruit 28 Australian GPs varying in age, experience, and distance from specialist sleep services. Semi-structured interviews were conducted, and data were analysed using thematic analysis. Results Three themes were identified: 1) Responsibility for insomnia care; 2) Complexities in managing insomnia; and 3) Navigating treatment pathways. Whilst GPs accepted insomnia care as part of their role, they often found it difficult to provide evidence-based care within the time and funding limitations of general practice. Co-morbidity of mental health conditions and insomnia, and long-term use of benzodiazepines presented challenges for GPs. GPs' knowledge and experience of CBTi and access to specialised referral pathways for insomnia was limited. Discussion Insomnia presents complexities for GPs. Education about insomnia treatments, funding that enables recommended treatment, and pathways to specialist services would support insomnia management within general practice.


Stachys sp. aff. schimperi (family Labiatae) is a widespread species in the south west of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This plant species has not been investigated previously for its chemical constitu- ents. Chromatographic separation of its extract afforded β-sitosterol and stigmasterol. Additionally, some fatty acids, 2-hydroxy-4-phenyl- butanoic acid, syringic acid, vanillic acid, isoferulic acid and p-coum- aric acid were identified by GC/MS technique. In addition to two flav- onoids; 4',5-dihydroxy-6,7,8-trimethoxyflavone and 4',5-dihydroxy- 3,6,7,8-tetramethoxyflavone, were identified by the proton NMR and the MS spectra.


The School of Physics at The University of Sydney has developed workshop tutorials for first year physics in accord with findings in physics education research. The students work in cooperative groups at a variety of tasks including hands-on activities and discussion questions. The tutorials are self-paced and focus on understanding, with tutors acting as facilitators. A CUTSD funded project to develop a workshop manual is now nearing completion, and the workshops are already being used at other Australian universities.

Formative evaluation, such as the use of minute papers and a feedback box, has helped to improve the workshops. The students provide a 'snap-shot' of a particular workshop by filling in a minute paper, which allows that workshop to be revised and improved. Summative evaluation of the workshops has been provided by Likert scale surveys and focus groups. The surveys have been administered to large numbers of students and provide a broad overview of the workshops. The focus groups, run by the Institute of Teaching and Learning at The University of Sydney, provide indepth information from a small number of students. The information from the focus groups and the surveys has enabled the expansion of the project both within and beyond The University of Sydney.


Pulmonary extraction of 14C-5-hydroxytryptamine and 3H-norepinephrine was estimated in patients undergoing aortocoronary saphenous vein grafting. Identical mixtures of both amines were administered intravenously before Cardiopulmonary bypass and again just after bypass. Immediately after each injection, 6 ml of blood was withdrawn into tubing, at a constant rate, simultaneously from both the pulmonary artery and the left atrium. Each set of tubing was then divided into six segments, and the 3H and 14C content of each segment was measured. In this manner, total isotope collected and blood isotope concentration as a function of time at the two sampling sites were compared directly. Before bypass in every patient studied, less 5-hydroxytryptamine and norepinephrine were withdrawn on the left than on the right of the lungs, implying pulmonary extraction of both amines. In nine patients, the mean percent extraction was 65 ± 4% for 5-hydroxytryptamine and 23 ± 5% for norepinephrine (P < 0.005). After bypass, the percent extraction of both norepinephrine and 5-hydroxytryptamine was increased in all but one patient; values for norepinephrine were increased to a realtively greater extent. These data represent a direct demonstration of 5-hydroxytryptamine and norepinephrine extraction by human lungs and also suggest that total Cardiopulmonary bypass may alter the process.


Three new labdane type diterpenes; 4-epiagathadiol (named kayadiol), 18-hydroxymanool (named torreferol), 18-hydroxy-13-epimanool (named 13-epitorreferol), were isolated from the non-steam-volatile fraction of leaves of Torreya nucifera Sieb. et Zucc. (Taxaceae, Japanese name "Kaya").This is the first reported isolation these three diterpenes in a natural source.


The present qualitative research has as its main focus to analyze the developmental process of the Intercultural Communicative Competence in foreign language teaching through International Collaborative Projects that use Communication and Information Technologies , such as online forums, and also, to analyze the issues involving Intercultural aspects with the aim to observe how those aspects can or cannot contribute to promote communication and increase socialization of hearing impaired students with listeners. The topic has its origin in the researchers' experience as an English as a foreign language teacher, where she had the initiative to include hearing impaired students in international collaborative projects with the use of an online educational platform used as a complementary activity and voluntary participation. The present study was based on the Intercultural Communicative Competence Model by Byram (1997), which states that the Intercultural speaker is the one who manages to establish cultural links through the other's perspective in relation to oneself and their community. This Intercultural speaker is also able to negotiate knowledge in the Intercultural encounter, overcoming the barriers that might emerge. This study was aimed to analyze if the hearing impaired students in the research group were able to use the English language to communicate in written form through Intercultural interaction with other students of English with different proficiency levels, LE, L2 and LM. The Intercultural communication was based on videos made by the hearing impaired students as a means to initiate the dialogue with these unknown listeners. The methodology justified because learners were interested in the production of videos, many of which of their own making, supervised by the Brazilian Sign Language interpreter, by language teachers and also by the special education needs teacher, as an after class activity. This is a research grounded mainly in the Intercultural Communicative Competence proposed by the researcher Michael Byram, but it also sought theoretical validation on studies on competence of (HUELVA UNTERNBÄUMEN, 2015; HYMES, 2001; CANALE, 2013; ALMEIDA FILHO, 1993, 2014; and others), culture (GEERTZ, 1989; KRAMSCH, 1993; DURANTI, 2001 e outros), interculturality (BYRAM, 1997; BENNETT, 1998; MENDES, 2011a; CANDAU, 2012 e outros), deaf culture (SKLIAR, 1998; 1999; LANE, 1997; CASTRO


With the continuous increase of mining depth,high-strength U-steel supports is gradually increasing.But in most of the technical information there is no design method and specific parameters,this paper discusses related issues.


The article is devoted to new words in English fashion industry. The paper focuses on neologisms denoting clothes, footwear and accessories. The research shows that the most numerous of thematic groups is a group of new words denoting nether garments. Various ways of word-building and translating new lexical units from English into Russian are described. Affixation, compounding, and blending are stated as the most productive types of word formation; transcription and transliteration - as the most frequent ways of translating new words in English fashion industry into Russian.


How teachers interpret and express fractions critically influences their teaching and their students' fraction knowledge. Internationally, the mathematics education community has been studying ways to enhance pre-service elementary teachers' rational number knowledge, particularly fractions. To address the challenge of augmenting pre-service teachers' fraction knowledge warrants theoretical and empirical revisions to standardized practices for teaching fractions. This study investigates how reexamining fractions from a distinctive measuring perspective influences pre-service teachers' reasoning about fractions. For four 75-minute sessions, 46 pre-service teachers enrolled in a teacher preparation program at a university in the United States revisited fractions from a measuring perspective. They engaged in tasks that focused on comparing continuous quantities and identifying relative magnitudes. The data for this study comprise their pre- and post-tests that assessed how they identify and represent fractions with discrete and continuous models. For each model, we analyzed participants' reasoning by attending to their written strategies. Findings revealed three main strategies: partition, construction, and symbolic manipulation. In general, participants expressed more strategies on the post-test for all fraction models. Partitioning was the most frequent strategy on the pre- and post-tests. However, the frequencies of strategies changed after the intervention. For example, with all models, there was an increase in partitioning strategy and a decrease in symbolic manipulation strategy. The results highlight affordances of a measuring perspective to support participants to shift from procedural strategies such as symbolic manipulation to more conceptual strategies to identify and represent fractions.


There are a large number of ac filters, reactors and other reactive compensation equipment in the $+800\mathbf{kV}$ converter station. Continuous switching of capacitive and inductive equipment may trigger resonant overvoltage. This article is based on power electronics and electromagnetic transient calculation program established $+800\mathbf{kV}$ ac system for electromagnetic transient model, to start debugging infill transformer and the ac system for filter when possible resonance overvoltage are analyzed in the simulation. The results show that the transient voltage during the start-up and commissioning of ac system of $+800\mathbf{kV}$ converter station is within the national standard limit and no resonant overvoltage is generated.


The Restrung New Chamber Festival was a practice-led research project which explored the intricacies of musical relationships. Specifically, it investigated the nature of contemporary string practice, with "New music" at its core. For the purposes of this project, "New music" will be defined in terms of representing a "global sonorous space" (Nancy 2007:12), which Hulse describes as "a spectacular comingling of styles and an unprecedented explosion of creative possibilities" (Hulse n.d.:2). Approaches to staging such an event are contextualised through a comparative analysis with relevant Australian and European festivals. The Restrung model derived inspiration from both art music and popular music festival models, in several aspects. One strategy was to engage audiences through combinations of musical, visual and spatial features. Another strategy was to encourage interaction by audiences with installations, workshops and forums. Restrung represents a new and distinctive model which presented art music within an immersive environment. This exegesis presents an evaluation framework which investigates the relationship between curatorial input and the experiential qualities of the festival. The context of an overview of trends in arts festival curation informs the discussion, as well as approaches to identifying new and receptive audiences. It is expected that the evaluation framework will provide a useful and practical guide for curators working in contemporary string practice, hybrid arts, experimental and cross-art form festival design.


The thermolysis of benzylphenylether (BPE) was examined at 320°C in liquid, vapor, and supercritical methanol phases as a probe of the reaction mechanism. Toluene and phenol were the major products in all cases, but observed selectivities were dependent upon the reaction phase. Isotopic labeling experiments demonstrated that methanol participated in the reaction network as a hydrogen donor through a free-radical mechanism. These results are consistent with free-radical steps for neat BPE primary pyrolysis that include BPE fission followed by hydrogen abstraction and radical recombination reactions. A detailed set of 21 free-radical steps quantitatively explains the dependence of the selectivity and conversion on the phase behavior.


Apparent molar volume and apparent molar compressibility of glycine in aqueous vanadyl sulphate solutions (0.10, 0.05 and 0.01 M) have been determined from 298.15 K to 308.15 K. The transfer of volumes for the transfer ofglycine from water to aqueous vanadyl sulphate have been evaluated. Negative transfer of volume has been observed for 0.1 M and 0.05 M vanadyl sulphate solutions. The results are explained on the basis of electrostriction.


The article discusses the features of staff incentives in a commercial organization. A feature of a commercial organization is the need to achieve commercial goals that are associated with making a profit. This article touches upon the topic of staff incentives as one of the most important components of labor productivity, achieving the goals of the enterprise, as well as increasing the profits of the organization. In today's conditions of economic uncertainty, the most important and key point of doing business is the competent, rational and efficient use of all available resources of the enterprise and, first of all, human resources. The top management of most commercial organizations focus on the management of marketing, economics and finance, production, product quality, while improving the forms of staff motivation remains devoid of attention. In this regard, the topical issues of management are the problems of motivation and stimulation of personnel. The article discusses in detail the forms of staff incentives in a commercial organization and their features, as well as general theoretical aspects of material incentives for staff, the opinions of various authors on the concept of staff incentives are given. Measures to create an effective system of staff incentives are given. Conclusions are drawn about the appropriate form of staff incentives for a commercial organization


Internet has become the world's largest repository of knowledge,but it's very difficult to acquire useful knowledge from Internet.This paper brings forward one words semantic knowledge base construction framework based on Internet,it includes three modules: Web pages text automatic acquisition,knowledge acquisition and knowledge application.In this framework,people can acquire vast Web pages text on line,extract Chinese combined-word and POS tagging to it,acquire set of synonyms and semantic relation between words,then actualize semantic computation.The construction of words semantic knowledge base will afford foundation for the application of knowledge.


In the past century, amateur sumo has grown from being a Japanese sport to one which aspires to be recognised on the global sporting landscape. Amateur sumo began in the early 20 th century, building upon the sumo performed in local communities throughout Japan and on the model that professional sumo provided. Sumo was also performed by Japanese immigrants in parts of North and South America as one of their cultural links to the Japanese homeland. However, it was not until the 1980s that amateur sumo emerged as an international sport. Buoyed by a general wave of internationalisation (kokusaika) in Japanese society, foreign sumo teams were invited to train and compete in Japan in the mid-1980s. Although invited mainly from the Japanese diaspora, increasingly participants came from countries with no ethnic links to Japan. This practice ultimately led to the first Sumo World Championships being held in 1992. The International Sumo Federation (IFS) was inaugurated at the same time, guided and controlled by Japanese sumo administrators. As IFS membership grew, the administrative model of international sumo expanded. In 1995 continental sumo unions were formed to relieve pressure from the IFS having to run the sport from the centre. These continental unions were given relative autonomy to develop the sport within their regions, and this allowed the national sumo federations a degree of flexibility as well. The sport began to be reterritorialised in different locations, where each added their own meaning and practices to amateur sumo. At the same time, the IFS sought recognition from the International Olympic Committee so that it might become an official Olympic sport. This alignment put the onus on amateur sumo to transform itself to adhere to Olympic ideals. The resultant changes, most notably the inclusion of women into the sport, have aligned amateur sumo with global standards adhered to by other Olympic sports. Furthermore, the developments and interactions within the amateur sumo community demonstrate aspects of a ―complex connectivity‖ that suggests the emergence of a nascent global sport. It is this contemporary face of amateur sumo that is explored here. Through participant observation and a series of interviews with key amateur sumo participants in Europe and Oceania, this thesis argues that the transformation within amateur sumo from internationalisation to its current global aspirations can be traced through understanding the history and practice of the sport both in Japan and overseas, and it demonstrates how globalisation processes are contingent on the agency of individuals and small groups.


Fanny Farizka. 8143164060. Karya Ilmiah Analisis Penempatan Pegawai Pada Bagian Perekonomian Setko Kota Administrasi Jakarta Selatan: Program Studi D3 Administrasi Perkantoran, Fakultas Ekonomi, Universitas Negeri Jakarta, Juni 2019.
This Scientific Work aims to determine the placement of employees in the Economic Division, Secretarial City Of the Administrative City of South Jakarta. In writing this Scientific Work the writer uses descriptive analysis method with data collection techniques through observation and study literature. From the results of the writing, it can be seen in the Economic Division,Secretarial City Of the Administrative City of South Jakarta, there is a discrepancy between the placement of employees and the educational background and abilities possessed by an employee. To deal with the problem of the placement of employees in the Economic Division,Secretarial City Of the Administrative City of South Jakarta, it can be done by transferring positions or promotions to help the HR division to fill internal position. Then to improve the ability of employees to hold job training for each employee. This training can be done within a certain period of time given to new employees or those who have worked for a long time. And you can also do demotion by placing employees at a lower position than before.
Keywords: Human Resource Management, Employee Placement.


Since localized plastic deformation (as given by thermocompression bonding damage) has been shown to effect the electrical properties of GaAs a preliminary study has been undertaken of the effect of various parameters such as the material dopant, orientation, bonding tool profile and the material type, namely both epitaxial and bulk material, on the amount of induced damage. Our results suggest that of the dopants considered, i.e., Cr, Zn, To and a combination of impurities resulting in compensated material, the Cr doped material exhibited the least amount of induced damage for given bonding conditions and the (100) seems to be preferable to the (111) orientation as is also understandable with its higher yield stress. Bulk GaAs appears to be more strongly affected by bonding than epitaxial material, and a rounded tool tip is preferable to a flat one since the former contains no sharp edges.


This paper presents the design of a novel SiGe HBT voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) that uses a lumped-element transformer as the feedback network. The VCO design employs a filter-type transformer, as opposed to an inductive transformer, to improve both the power consumption and tuning range. Unlike for the conventional cross-coupled differential oscillator and the coupled-Colpitt's oscillator, the transformer isolates the frequency selecting passive components from the parasitics of the biasing circuitry, enabling a linear tuning range of over 1 GHz (12 %) at 10 GHz. The isolation also improves the resonator loaded Q, thereby reducing the power consumption of the VCO. The measured phase noise varied between -108 dBc/Hz to -104 dBc/Hz @ 1 MHz offset over the entire tuning range of 1.04 GHz. The oscillator provides an output power of -7.5 dBm without any buffering, at 4.75 mW of power consumption from a 2 V power supply


This paper introduced the experiment process in the production of micro glass injection pipette. In the process of the experiment, the heating temperature, pulling volicity and length were selected rationally. The micro glass injection pipette with many size could be produced. It provided technical date for producting micropipetee puller.


This study is intended to provide fundamental information to improve the quality of student activities presented in the Clothing & Textiles 'How to Dress Appropriately' section of the current middle school 'Technology·Home Economics' textbooks so that Home Economics may better reflect students' interests, making it applicable in real life. The survey was conducted to 154 male and 160 female students on their preferences regarding student activities. The results are as follows. First, students who like clothing & textiles section regard "Opportunities to take part in various kinds of practices and student activities" as the major reason for preference. And the single biggest reason why they dislike the unit was due to "Too much contents to be memorized." Among various contents regarding dress in the unit, "How to Wear Clothes That Look Good on Me, and the Right Ways to Wear Them" attracted the most attention, regardless of what contents they consider necessary, interesting, or helpful in real life. Second, as for the time of implementation of the activities, students preferred "End of each class.". They also preferred small-group activities (group size), well-structured problems (type of problems) and tasks that require analysis based on theoretical principles through experiments and practices (methods of implementation). Third, the findings as to the actual experience of conducting the student activities indicated that, in most cases, student activities were conducted in accordance to what was suggested in the textbooks, but not to what the students preferred. Therefore, in order to make home economics more applicable to students, it is desirable to focus on their everyday lives as is favored by the students, and increase small-group activities. Also, suggesting various and comprehensive problematic situations such as non-structured, open-ended problems and encouraging diverse implementation would be helpful in improving students' critical and creative thinking abilities


Varied_line_space gratings are very useful in synchrotron radiation devices and laser inertial confinement fusion devices, but there are no good ways to measure and manufacture them.In this paper the line_density of a varied_line_space grating is outlined, which is expressed by power series. In comparison with other methods, the Moire fringe method is introduced, Moire and Moire interferometry discussed. The Moire is used to check the gratings with very low density; while the Moire interferometry is used in the gratings with high density. The density of Moire fringes shows the line density of a grating. If it is very high, the coordinates can not be surveyed exactly, the line_density of a grating can be achieved by counting the number of Moire fringes. Some formulae are deduced, and the data processing method is given. Finally, the author explains the optical alignment of Moire interferometry.


Starting from a study of memory performances while prescription in double blind of lorazepam (2 mg/day) versus tiapride (100 mg/day), during ten days, to patients over sixty years of age, the authors try to analyse the links between anxiety, anxiolysis and attention and memory capacities. Results seem to indicate that beyond anxiolysis, these products could have an independent action over memory performances. Statistical trial of results show significantly that performances decrease under lorazepam and increase under tiapride.


(5)eI(t-TN)The delays are obtained from the measurements as the time differences between the exciting step and thevarious transitions in the far end port waveforms. All N eigenvalues are obtained by using these waveformsor the reflected signal with open ended transmission lines to enhance the sensitivity. Frequency domainresonance measurements can also be used for accurate evaluation of the eigenvalues. The temporally spreadmodal output is then given by,


The main scope of this research was to study the dynamic structure changes of the surface of heterogeneous catalysts containing supported nanocrystalline gold as their active component. Two model reactions were selected: stoichiometric oxidation of carbon monoxide (CO) by the molecular oxygen (O2) (abbrev. sCOOX) and preferential oxidation of CO in the presence of H2 (abbrev. PROX). Gold catalysts themselves are promising materials e.g. in the fuel cell industry for purification of hydrogen stream from CO, which contaminates the components of cells and decreases their efficiency.


Back-up batteries are intended to meet the immediate requirements of the plant during emergencies or failures in the control supplies. Battery maintenance plays a very important role in running the plant continuously. There are approximately 1000 battery charges and uninterruptable power supplies (UPSs) in Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), each battery charger is attached to, on average, 84 cells. To allow effective monitoring of approximately 84,000 battery cells, and to reduce the delay introduced by the current manual monitoring regime, a novel computer based device has been implemented. This paper presents information on the sensors used in the system and on the interface used to inform operators of battery condition.


Design problems associated with the design of Luneburg-type waveguide lenses fabricated by a waveguide index of refraction gradient are investigated. In particular, the control of polarization, modal, and chromatic aberration and focal length control are discussed. A design example of a lens to be fabricated by non-resist electron beam lithography which is corrected for polarziation aberration is presented.


This paper had highlighted the packaging design marginality that causing high yield loss in engineering lot. By employing the logic of failure analysis, coupled with a series of conventional sample preparation and inspection methodologies, the effort lead to a full understanding of the failure mechanism that salvaged batches of materials from being assembled.


The paper gives a chronological summary of the experiments with and developments of various appliances for obtaining the draft necessary for firing steam locomotives. For the more important of these, test results are given and the advantages and defects are pointed out. This part of the paper concludes with a listing in the order of merit of five of the principal draft devices as tested by the author.
 There follows a discussion of the characteristics and limitations of the relationship between exhaust pressure and draft, in the double-engine reciprocating steam locomotive having a single constant-area exhaust nozzle and intercommunicating exhaust passages.
 The paper concludes by pointing out how the present standard exhaust nozzles limit the economic working range of locomotives, and suggesting changes in design to give better efficiency and a greater economic working range.


This paper is focused to developed a mathematical model and comparative study of combined effects of free convective heat and mass transfer on the steady two-dimensional, laminar fluid flow past a moving permeable vertical surface in a porous media subject to a transverse uniform magnetic field. The surface is maintained at linear temperature and concentration variations. Using a similarity transformation, the nonlinear coupled differential equations governing the boundary layer flow, heat and mass transfer are first reduced to a system of coupled ordinary differential equations and then solved numerically using an implicit finite difference technique. The effects of different parameters such as magnetic field strength parameter (M), ,Schmidt number (Sc), buoyancy ratio (N) , suction /blowing parameter (fw), darcy number (Da) are examined in detail to show the interesting aspects of the solution. Numerical result for the dimensionless velocity profiles, the temperature profiles, the concentration profiles, the local Nusselt number , sherwood number , skin friction cofficient are presented. The interesting numerical results indicate that the buoyancy parameter, magnetic parameter and suction/blowing parameter have a retarding effect on the velocity, temperature and concentration profiles.


The aim of this study was to explore the current practices of carp seed transport methods, types  of  traders  and markets,  loading  density  and  duration, methods  of  confinement, mediums  used  in  transport,  chemicals/drugs  used  during  transport  and  trading  in Bangladesh. Data  have  been  drawn  through  structured  and  semi‐structured  surveys. This would provide the basis for further development of carp seed transport methods and trading systems in the country.


Engineering geological mapping was carried out at a scale of 1:25000 in the city of Bam, located in southeastern Iran, to provide engineering geological information as a base for seismic microzonation of the city. In this study, Seismic Refraction and Vertical Seismic Profiling (VSP) surveys were employed along with boreholes in order to identify the characteristics of subsurface material in Bam city. A number of different kinds of maps of the city were prepared consisting of Iso-depth, Iso-velocity, and Iso-Poisson's Ratio maps. The study also involves trial pitting and continuous core recovery, in-situ, and laboratory tests. Borehole data, index properties of soils, and standard penetration test results were used to assess subsurface conditions. Geophysical and geotechnical data were combined to simulate geotechnical boreholes and prepare engineering geological maps to provide basic data for seismic geotechnical microzonation to facilitate in the reconstruction of the city of Bam.


The mechanism of POM (acetal copolymer) decreasing the burning rate of smokeless XLDB propellant in 1~5MPa was experimentally studied by PDSC (pressure differential scanning calorimeter), flame structure and combustion wave measurement etc. It was found that addition of POM can decrease Δ H (decomposition enthalpy of the propellant) about 265~214J/g; the surface temperatures at 1MPa and 5MPa were decreased from 481℃ and 628℃ to 433℃ and 569℃,respectively; theoretical calculation has indicated that the isobaric heat of explosion and isobaric adiabatic flame temperature were decreased from 4418.4J/g,3031K to 4397.4J/g,3015K.These results show that addition of POM can greatly weaken the decomposition and combustion process of smokeless XLDB propellant and such effects might cause the decrease of the burning rate of the propellant in 1~5MPa.


The disengageable module for a systemfor transmitting a starting torque to an internal combustion engine, of the type comprising a ring gear connected to the crankshaft ofthe combustion engine,comprises an inner ring (26) intended to be coupled to the crankshaft, an outer ring (28) intended to be coupled to the ring gear, and at least one free wheel (30) provided witha pluralityofwedging elements (34) mounted between raceways of the said rings. It further comprises means (50) designed to provide relativecentring ofthe inner ring (26) and ofthe outer ring (28) and for transmitting radial load, the said means (50) being mounted at least partially between the inner ring and the outer ring leaving radial clearancesbetween themselves and the said inner ring.


Aim: Investigate the influence of various types of allograft (from the tibia, femur, and fibula) through finite element analysis to evaluate the best clinical configuration. Methods: A non-linear 3D finite element model of a lumbar spine L3–L5 was used as a physiologic model (Noailly, 2003). The model was modified with the insertion of a transpedicular instrumentation (Surgival SA, Spain) and the removal of the L4 body and two adjacent discs. CT scans of a femur, tibia and fibula from the same patient were performed. Fragments of each bone were reconstructed and inserted within the model. Four configurations of allografts were investigated: one femur fragment, one tibial fragment, three fragments of fibula, six fragments of fibula. Four types of loadings were applied: compression (1000N), flexion, extension, and rotation (15Nm). Strain and stresses were calculated in large displacement (MARC, MSC Software). Results: Von Mises stresses within the internal fixator are well below the Yield stress and the fatigue limit and therefore no fracture of the fixator is foreseen. The use of a fixator to create fusion of the two vertebras makes the lumbar spine much stiffer. The geometry and configuration of the allografts have a large influence on the strain and stresses within the adjacent vertebrae with a reduction of strains and stresses. The use of fragments of fibula gives the most stable configuration. However, this is also the configuration that changes most the maximal principal strains within the vertebrae. Results obtained with the femur or the tibia are very similar between each other. However, due to its ellipsoidal geometry, the allograft in tibia gives more asymmetric deformations than the femur. Conclusion: Allografts harvested from the femur seems to be more reliable and change least the strain and stress distributions within the lumbar spine compared to allografts from the tibia or fibula.


Rosenow has shown that when virulent pneumococci are suspended in physiologic salt solution the substance or substances on which their resistance to phagocytosis and virulence depend pass into solution. 1 The soluble part or "virulin" at a certain stage of autolysis is highly toxic and has little immunizing action, while the insoluble remnants have well-marked antigenic properties and practically no toxic effects. The soluble toxic part has been found to interfere with the formation of antibodies following injections of the non-toxic insoluble remnants. The protective value against experimental pneumococcus infections of detoxicated pneumococci has been found to be greater than that of heat-killed pneumococci. 2 For these reasons it seemed advisable to determine, if possible, whether or not the injection of virulent pneumococci, from which the readily soluble and toxic parts have been removed, would have any influence on the course and death-rate of lobar pneumonia. PREPARATION OF ANTIGENS The


This report discusses the history, legal underpinnings and implications, system implementation, administration and case examples of development fees. In addition, it discusses alternative financing mechanisms that are being used by communities nationwide to help share the cost of funding growth. Some of these techniques are fee system "hybrids" while others are more traditional techniques with a new twist. Collectively, they offer the economic development professional viable choices for financing public works and infrastructure.


The digital world provides a space for interaction and communication between people and organizations, which offers the possibility of knowing the perceptions of a community regarding a specific topic. In this reasearch, these digital footprints were used to know the perceptions of the Tecnológico de Monterrey community regarding the transversal competences and the components of the Tec21 Educational Model. The software KeyHole was used to collect and analize publications in different social networks related to the research topic and a methodology for analyzing content of publications was followed in order to identify the perceptions about the transversal competences and components of the Tec21 Model. The results indicate that perception in social networks is mostly associated with the competence of Ethical and Citizen Commitment and with the components of Memorable University Life as well as with Inspiring Professors. We find that the perceptions analyzed are probably oriented to social issues given the contextual reality in which most Latin American countries live, characterized by social issues. Palabras clave: Modelo Tec21, Huellas digitales, Competencias transversales, componentes Modelo Tec21.


Information technology supports all major business processes and business functions. Software plays a very important role in the industry and society. So as the role of software in the industry and the society becomes vital, It becomes very crucial to develop high quality and easy to use software. This article deals with the software evaluation and it afford survey contains various models and metrics for measuring the of software from the end users prospective. There are several software quality models that evaluates how easily users can use the software to carry out their required task. the article is also measured in terms of its capability to provide the user satisfaction and ability to fulfill the needs of the users by providing the user friendly interfaces.


A stress analysis device (3) of a windmill structure which is provided with a load data creation section (21) which creates, on the basis of a parameter relating to an operation environment, load time-series data at a predetermined load observation place set to the windmill structure, and a stress analysis section (22) which creates, on the basis of the load time-series data, stress time-series data at one or more place to be analyzed which is set to the windmill structure.


Considered herein is a two-component Camassa-Holm system modeling shallow water waves moving over a linear shear flow. It is shown here that solitary-wave solutions of the system are dynamically stable to perturbations for a range of their speeds. On the other hand, a new wave-breaking criterion for solutions is established, and two results of wave-breaking solutions with certain initial profiles are described in detail. Moreover, a sufficient condition for global solutions determined only by a nonzero initial profile of the free surface component of the system is found.


Epilepsy is one of the most common diseases related to the disfunctioning of the central nervous system. For the patients whose drug therapy turns out to be ineffective, it is a common method to identify the locations of sources that trigger the seizure in the brain tissue and resect them through surgical means for treatment. The success of the surgical operation depends on the accurate localization of the foci. Spatial location of the epileptic foci in the brain can be determined by solving the inverse problem using the EEG and SDE measurements. In this study, a source localization validation is performed using the surface and cortex electrical measurements of an epilepsy patient who has underwent a resection operation.


Tetrad-ecoagricultural pattern is a typical mode and rapidly developing form of agriculture in North China.In accordance with the characteristics of the society,economy and resources of North China,the paper systemically analyzed the components of tetrad-ecoagricultural pattern,and the prime technological parameters selected for standardization.Finally,the standardized design structures of tetrad-ecoagriculture were tested.


The combined effect of thermotherapy and tissue culture was evaluated on Red Globe variety infected with Grapevine leafroll associated virus 2 Red Globe strain (GLRaV-2-RG). Five plants, derived from a positive mother stock plant to GLRaV-2-RG, previously verified by RT-PCR were subjected to 20, 40, 60, 80 and 100 days at 38oC and 75% RH. In each period, shoots were excised from a newly formed shoots and the apical buds of the new shoots were established in vitro. Thereafter they were subsequently transferred to a rooting medium and acclimated in a greenhouse. Ten acclimated plants were obtained for each thermotherapy period and when once the plant canes were lignified, the phloem was used to carried-out DAS-ELISA test. Plants which resulted negative for this test were submitted to a RT-PCR test. Shoot growth was observed after 20 days on thermotherapy, and the highest shoot growth was obtained after 60 days. After this maximum growth, plants began to fade towards at 80 and 100 days heat treatment. After 20 days of thermotherapy, 10% of GLRaV-2-RG-free plants were recovered and 60% after 40 days. None of the other periods produced healthy plants. This result shows that not only the exposure time to high temperatures is effective to obtain GLRaV-2-RG - free plants, but the shoot growth rate is also important. Thus, it becomes evident that the combination of thermotherapy with tissue in vitro culture is an effective tool to obtain GLRaV-2-RG-free Red Globe plants.


Rural China has been experiencing rapid economic development,which has been associated with a high cost to the environment. This paper aimed at analyzing the sanitation situation in rural China and its relationship with income per capita. Stratified and randomly sampled data involves 5 provinces,100 villages and 2000 households were gathered in 2008. Field surveys found that rural environmental sanitation problems were mainly caused by domestic garbage and livestock wastes. About 11 percents of households were suffering from sanitation problems. From the econometrical result,it was concluded that there existed inverted U-shape relationship between pollution and income level. China should pay attention to the middle developed regions which are suffering from more serious sanitation problems.


This thesis is a detailed examination of the logico-semantic system propounded by the English philosopher and theologian William of Ockham (c.1287 – c.1347). It provides a reinterpretation of Ockham's account of mental content and mental-language semantics, as well as of his theory of consequential goodness. It does so from the standpoint of an inferentialist theory of meaning, in rejection of previous attempts made from the standpoint of internalist and externalist theories of mental content. Chapter 1 ('The Scientic Status of Logic') provides an account of Ockham's understanding of logic as a rational, practical, ostensive science. Chapter 2 ('The Received Interpretation') presents and casts doubt upon the arguments put forward by the defenders of both externalist and internalist construals of Ockham's semantic theory. Chapter 3 ('An Inferentialist Construal') presents the central tenets of a inferentialist theory of meaning. In order to show how Ockham's system can be understood within such a semantic paradigm, we will have to set out at least three things. First, Chapter 4 ('Ockham's Propositionalism') argues that the mature Ockham actually embraced a propositionalist theory of meaning. Second, Chapter 5 ('Obligationes and the Normativity of Asserting') seeks to prove that such a theory of meaning can only be properly understood against the normative background provided by his theory of obligationes . Finally, Chapter 6 ('Consequences') argues that Ockham's theory of consequential goodness is materialist, not formalist. That is to say, that the goodness of a certain kind of consequence ultimately depends upon the meaning of its propositional parts, rather than upon its structure. It is then shown that all remaining kinds of consequences (syllogisms included) are to understood with respect to these material inferences. The main sources of this research are Ockham's Ordinatio , his Summa logicae , and his Quodlibeta septem . As regards the inferentialist theory of meaning, Robert Brandom's Making it Explicit (1994) and Wilfrid Sellars 'Inference and Meaning' (1953) were essential to this research.


The caffeine content of anther callus was 0.05mg/g and that of stem callus, 0.64+0.13mg/g. In stem callus 83.7% of the produced caffeine was released into the medium. Theobromine was also released and its content was 0.36 μg/ml. This value corresponds to 0.015 of caffeine concentration in the medium. Catechin content in the stem callus and anther callus was very low, and only (-)-epicatechin and (-)-epigallocatechingallate were detected in the stem callus. Theanine content in the anther callus was about 1.6_??_2.9%. This value was almost the same as that of tea anther. Theanine content in stem calluses was extremely low and was about 1% of theanine content in tea stems.


A fluorescent polypyridyl ruthenium complex was successfully prepared using an amide bond linkage to link two rhodamine moieties through bipyridine groups. Although photo-induced electron transfer (PET) quenched the fluorescent intensity, the quantum yield of the rhodamine-modified Ru(II) complex was 0.17 in water, sufficient for observing the fluorophore behaviour in biological systems. The rhodaminemodified Ru(II) complex was found to inhibit the bacterial growth of E. coli. In vitro fluorescence images of human hepatoma cells (SK-Hep1) showed that a fluorescent polypyridyl ruthenium complex not only supported the above observation but also preferably accumulated in the cytoplasmic region inside the cell. These observations suggest that in addition to strong Ru–DNA interactions, Ru-protein interactions in the cytoplasmic regions are strong and are therefore important to the development of metallopharmaceuticals.


Floating offshore wind turbines have great potential for harvesting renewable energy sources since offshore wind is stronger and more stable than onshore wind. The foundations of floating offshore wind turbines are not rigidly fixed and it leads to vibration of the floating platform pitch angle. This vibration is caused by fast blade pitch angle motions of variable speed control for controlling rotor speed at rated values. This study proposes a control method to address this vibration, floating platform vibration control. This method extracts a natural frequency component of the vibration from the floating platform pitch angle signal by a band pass filter and controls the blade pitch angle on the basis of proportional–derivative control. Its key characteristic is changing control modes in accordance with electrical power. Experiments using a full-scale spar-type floating offshore wind turbine were performed, and results show that the proposed floating platform vibration control can suppress the vibration of floating platform pitch angle.


To the Editor.—
 We read the recent report by Lehrner and Weir1 of acute levothyroxine ingestions with concern. Advocacy of an aggressive approach disregards their own cases as well as the medical literature,2-5 Which contains at least seven cases of acute excessive ingestion of levothyroxine (five of which were overlooked by the authors). These reports repeatedly emphasize "a striking discrepancy between the high concentrations of active hormones and the minor clinical symptoms"4 and "the benign course after massive ingestion of levothyroxine."5


The invention discloses a handheld electrocardio detecting device, which is used for collecting electrocardio signals of a user. The device comprises at least two electrodes, an analog signal processing unit, a processor, a display unit, a battery and a physical state detecting unit, wherein the electrodes are used for contacting skin surfaces of a user respectively so as to acquire the electrocardio signals; the analog signal processing unit is used for receiving the acquired electronic signals; the processor is used for controlling acquisition of the electrocardio signals and processing the electrocardio signals; the display unit is used for displaying the result of the processed electrocardio signals and other information related to the electrocardio detecting device; the battery is used for supplying the electricity required for operation; the physical state detecting unit is used for sensing the physical change generated by at least one of the electrodes when the electrode contacts the skin surface of the user; and the processor can determine that whether the physical change accords with the preset range or not, and takes the determination result as reference for acquiring and processing the electrocardio signals. The product can be widely applied to various situations requiring the handheld elctrocardio detecting device.


The patterns of leisure and work are modernizing with the transformation of the economy. They are affecting and infiltrating each other, and be blending together.


The article analyzes the basic concepts, regularities and legal basis of penitentiary resocialization of minor convicted in the FSIN of Russia. The author defines the concept of penitentiary resocialization of minor convicts, its essence and peculiarities in the penitentiary system of Russia. According to the author of the publication, there is an acute need for the creation of territorial FCS of Russia in all constituent entities of the Russian Federation as a new executive body at the federal level.


Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education Cadmium is a toxic heavy metal, which, if inhaled or ingested, can damage various body systems and organs. Regarding its renal handling, most of its transport occurs in the proximal kidney tubules. High-level contact with this metal is associated with significant renal and bone impairment. The hazardous consequences of cadmium exposure on parathyroid gland structure and function are controversial and need further investigation.


Blood glucose, plasma insulin, FFA and β‐hydroxybutyrate values during intravenous glucose tolerance were reported in 20 small for gestational age (SGA) and 15 appropriate for gestational age (AGA) low birthweight infants. The babies were divided into three groups according to their age when tested; <24 hours, 24–48 hours and >48 hours.


Through example analysis on features of psychological coordination in modern team sports,which include integration assimilation,mutual influence and so on,this paper tendls to call the attention of coaches to value the function of psychological coordination in team sports,when training,as to better the results of their team members.


A series of experiments was undertaken to determine (1) suitable methods for spawning and rearing Mya arenaria in the laboratory, and (2) some of the basic environmental requirements of Mya eggs and larvae. Adult Mya did not respond readily to stimuli commonly used to induce laboratory spawning of marine invertebrates and a new technique was developed to provide viable gametes. This technique consisted of cyclic fluctuations in the temperature of the running water in which the ripe clams were held. Larvae were reared through metamorphosis and their tolerance to various levels of temperature and salinity were determined. The optimum temperature range was between about 177deg; and 23°C, although slow development took place as low as 10°C. Optimum salinity was from about 16% to 32% (the highest value tested). Some differences in response to temperature and salinity between larvae from parents of different origins were observed. Several species of unicellular algae were tested as larval food. Although Cyclotella nana produced the best growth, the larvae grew nearly as well on Dicrateria inornata and Phaeodacytylum tricornutum. The last named species was considered most satisfactory, because in addition to promoting good growth, it was most easily raised in culture.


In this paper, acceptance sampling plans are developed when the life test is truncated at a pre-assigned time. For different acceptance numbers, confidence levels and values of the ratio of the fixed experiment time to the specified average life time, the minimum sample sizes required to ensure the specified average life are calculate assuming that the life time variate of the test units follows a two-parameter Quasi Lindley distribution (QLD(2)). The operating characteristic function values of the new sampling plans and the corresponding producer's risk are presented.


The significance and continuous growth of urbanized areas throughout the world has led to the emergence of the global phenomenon of megaregions. Megaregions often share common historical, cultural, environmental, and topographic/geologic systems as well as close economic ties, facilitated by transportation linkages that connect the movement of people and freight. Another characteristic that megaregions also often share are threats from naturally-occurring and manmade disasters. This paper describes a project to better understand, prepare for, and respond to catastrophic disasters in megaregions In the research, a mass evacuation of the United States Gulf Coast megaregion was modeled based on past hurricane scenarios in the area. The results of the analyses revealed how operational characteristics of the megaregion road network vary and how strategies such as temporally-phased evacuations and regional contraflow operations are able increase overall system effectiveness. The results of the simulations also showed numerous limitations of the network as well as existing modeling and computational processing capabilities to create such simulations.


AbstractThe purpose of our retrospective study was to evaluate the outcomes of scaphoid fracture nonunion treated with a pronator quadratus pedicled vascularized bone graft and a headless compression screw with regard to early wrist and thumb mobilization. From January 2008 to June 2011, 27 patients (20 men and 7 women; mean age, 24 years; age range, 15–32 years) with scaphoid fracture nonunion were treated with a pronator quadratus pedicled vascularized bone graft and a headless compression screw, and who met our inclusion criteria, including symptomatic scaphoid waist fracture nonunion with or without compromised vascularity and carpal instability. We evaluated radiologic assessment (correction of carpal instability and union rate). And, overall clinical results were also graded using the wrist range of motion, the modified Mayo wrist score, and disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand score. All patients achieved bony union in a mean of 11.5 weeks (range, 8–18 weeks). The mean radiolunate and scapholunate angles improved from −12.3 degrees (range, −38.0 to 4.5 degrees) and 62.8 degrees (range, 50.0–72.5 degrees) preoperatively to −1.4 degrees (range, −14.5 to 6.5 degrees) and 48.5 degrees (range, 40.5–63.5 degrees) at the follow-up. The final average range of motion was as follows: wrist flexion, 73 degrees (range, 65–85 degrees); extension, 69 degrees (range, 60–80 degrees); ulnar deviation, 36 degrees (range, 15–50 degrees); and radial deviation, 22 degrees (range, 10–35 degrees). The average postoperative modified Mayo wrist score and disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand score were 92 points (range, 78–100 points) and 11 points (range, 0–32 points), respectively. Our results suggest that a pronator quadratus pedicled vascularized bone graft and internal fixation with a headless compression screw can yield satisfactory functional and radiographic outcomes in the treatment of scaphoid fracture nonunion.


Special features of military goods pricing are considered here within the state arms program and defence order. A number of research guidelines are stated here for the purpose of solving problems in this area.


Recent empirical researches report that nonlinear dynamics is present in asset returns because of noise traders involved in the market. This study examines whether there exists any nonlinear dynamics in Asian stock markets. We employ the smooth transition autoregressive model with the percentage change in trading volume as the transition variable to capture the nonlinear movement between stock returns and trading volume in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Korea stock markets. The results show nonlinear dynamics exist between stock returns and trading volume in the stock market. Moreover, trading volume plays an important role for the cyclical movements in the stock market.


Intra-city delivery has developed rapidly along with the expansion of the logistics industry. Timely delivery is one of the main requirements of consumers and has become a major challenge to delivery service providers. To compensate for the adverse effects of delivery delays, platforms have launched delay compensation services for consumers who order. This study quantitatively evaluated consumer perception of the delay compensation service in intra-city deliveries using a choice experiment. We explored how different attributes of the delay compensation service plan affect consumer preference and their willingness to pay for the services. These service attributes are "delay probability display", "compensation amount", "compensation method", "penalty method for riders", and "one-time order price". Using a multinomial logit model to analyze the questionnaire results, the respondents showed a positive preference for on-time delivery probability display, progressive compensation amount, and cash compensation. The results also show that the respondents opposed the penalty scheme where the riders would bear the compensation costs. Positive preference attributes are conducive to enhancing consumers' willingness to order and pay for the program. Based on our findings and research conclusions, we proposed several recommendations to improve the delay compensation service program.


Live Transmission is a series of critical and creative events curated across a week in June (11-14th) designed to explore how we transmit and entangle social worlds through new forms of description. It includes a sewing workshop, public talks, symposium, performance and public exhibition and even a bike ride around London.

Participants will discuss hands-on, object oriented and embodied means of knowing and explore the challenges and possibilities of unlocking new expressions of the social. Our aim is to invite new ways to re-think and re-imagine how we might inhabit our research using new practices, materials, sites or forms and debate what
Live Transmission has to offer new modes of storytelling.

This event is curated by Kat Jungnickel for the 'Transmissions and Entanglements' project with support from Intel and the Economic and Social Research Council.

Find out more at www.transmissionsandentanglements.com


Objective To investigate and analyze the abortion status of induced abortion in Hangzhou West Lake district from 2007 to 2009 and explore relevant intervention measures.Methods The status was analyzed statistically by age and cause and relevant intervention measures were explored according to the statistical results.Results Scheduled induced abortion increased year by year;the main cause of unscheduled induced abortion was failed use of condoms.Conclusion To strengthen knowledge dissemination and guidance of contraception among women of different childbearing age;to enhance pre-pregnancy education and avoid scheduled abortion;to strengthen education of condoms among women of childbearing age and especially their sex partners are of great significance.


An extensive series of soluble dilanthanum endohedral fullerenes that extends from La(2)C(90) to La(2)C(138) has been discovered. The most abundant of these, the nanotubular La(2)@D(5)(450)-C(100), has been isolated in pure form and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.


This article reflects about the theological meaning of freedom in the Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes, of Vatican II. In the introduction the document talks about the importance of freedom as a theological topic, and also defends the authority of GS in order to study it. The introduction also indicates the method followed in the study. The first chapter takes the fundamental question about who is the subject of freedom. It also emphasizes the historic and notional tension between the freedom of God and the human being. The second chapter develops the value of freedom and the concept of itself in GS, following the classic scheme of freedom of and freedom for. The third and fnal chapter proposes theology of liberty, which places liberty into the theological horizons proposed by GS. This article concludes reflecting on the major conclusions of the study.


Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is characterized by exaggerated anxiety without any apparent cause of concern. The primary treatment of this disorder
is usually SSRIs, which have many digestive side effects and do not provide complete
treatment for the patient. The use of non-pharmacological methods may help reduce these
complications. Therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate the effect of ginger as an adjunctive therapy along with SSRIs to reduce anxiety in patients with GAD.

In this double-blind, controlled clinical trial study, a total of 80
patients with GAD were randomly assigned into two groups. For the intervention group, at
the same time as SSRI drug, two 500-mg ginger capsules were used daily while in the control group, two starch capsules were used daily as a placebo along with SSRI. Data collection tools were Hamilton's anxiety questionnaire and a gastrointestinal symptom severity
scale. Data were collected before the intervention and after the 12-week intervention.

There was no significant difference between the intervention and control groups
in terms of average anxiety and severity of digestive symptoms before the intervention
(P>0.05), but there was a significant difference between the groups after the intervention
(P<0.05). Also, the average scores of anxiety and severity of gastrointestinal symptoms in
the intervention group increased significantly from the beginning of the intervention to the
follow-up (intragroup difference) (p<0.05).

The results of the study showed that the use of ginger along with SSRIs reduced anxiety and released the severity of gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with
GAD. In addition, in this study, it was found that ginger, along with SSRIs, can have beneficial effects on indigestion, diarrhea, and nausea in patients with GAD. However, these
findings require more extensive research.


This paper addresses empirically whether institutions and politics play a role in the genesis of current account reversals. It also identifies which political factors matter and the importance of their influence. In a binary outcome model, it finds that (1) institutional checks –when interacting with the ratio of the net international reserves to GDP-, (2) election frauds and intimidation to candidates, and (3) executive control over the legislature, increase the probability of experiencing a reversal. It also shows how including political economy variables in the model helps to identify the impact of the economic variables. Moreover, the quantitative relevance of the political factors is high. Their impact is of the same order of magnitude than the current account balance and the level of external debt. Also, a policy recommendation can be extracted: when facing unsustainability of the current account, careful consideration must be given to events that could deteriorate the political climate. Policy measures that may improve some economic variables, but could trigger political violence can be very risky.


Last August, some remarks of mine caused controversy. I suggested that some of the activities which went on in the trading rooms of some banks in the run up to the financial crisis were 'socially useless'. People have asked me whether I regret those comments. The answer is no, except in one very small respect. Which is that I think it would have been better to use the phrase 'economically useless' or 'of no economic value added'. For my purpose was to provoke a debate about the functions which banks and near banks play in the economy, and about whether and under what circumstances we can be confident that the impact of their activities will be beneficial for the real economy and thus for human welfare. It is on that issue that I will focus this evening.


This paper reports the development of a novel microelectrode array,based cell sensor recording platform with the fabrication of microelectrode array MEA.The interface model.fabrication design and application of MEA are introduced.The characters and problems of this real time extracellular recording technique in cell signal detection are summarized and the development of this area is introduced.Foreground of this area is overviewed based on our research.


Massive multiple input multiple output (MIMO) is one of the promising technologies to address the growing capacity requirement in fifth-generation cellular systems. However, the massive MIMO deployed at base stations (BSs) or relay stations (RSs) brings new challenges on channel state information (CSI) feedback because of its large-scale complex channel matrix. In this paper, we propose a hybrid limited feedback with selective eigenvalue information (HLFSEI), which adopts the individual quantized feedback and the codebook-based feedback jointly. In HLFSEI, we feed back only selective eigenvalue elements for power allocation by individual quantized feedback and the precoding matrix by codebook-based feedback. Furthermore, we study the optimal feedback bit allocation of the aforementioned two feedback methods to minimize the throughput loss with the feedback-link capacity constraint. Specifically, the feedback bits are allocated according to the properties of the throughput loss in high- and low-signal-to-noise regimes. Both the BS–RS communications and the BS/RS–user-equipment communications in cellular systems are taken into consideration. Finally, we evaluate the performance of the proposed HLFSEI strategy by simulation and show its performance gain compared with conventional feedback strategies.


The purpose of this study was development of personal knowledge management system using learning contract and peer-assisted learning to enhance academic task of graduate students. The research and development (R&D) process was divided into four phases: 1) studied, analyzed and synthesized related documents and interviewed the experts' opinions concerning components and steps of personnel knowledge management process, learning contract process and peerassisted learning process 2) developed a prototype of personnel knowledge management system for learning communities using learning contract and peerassisted learning 3) studied the effects of the system for six weeks and 4) proposed the personnel knowledge management system using learning contract and peerassisted learning. The instruments used in this research consisted of document management system, blog system, rubric for academic writing, a product evaluation form, and an after action review form. The populations of this experiment were graduate students of Department of Education Technology Faculty of Education Chulalongkorn University, who enrolled the course of Research in Educational Technology and Communications. Quantitative statistics used in this study were frequency distributions, percentage, mean, standard deviation and Wilcoxon Matching Pairs Signed-Ranks Test. The research findings indicated that: 1. The developed process composed of three components: 1) people including graduate student teacher and peer as experienced student 2) learning contract and 3) technology for personal knowledge management. 2. The developed process composed of four steps: 1) preparation 2) process 3) presentation and 4) evaluation. 3. There were significant differences between pretest and posttest personnel knowledge skill scoring at the .05 level. The overall academic works developed by  the samples were evaluated at a good level.


. We connect the phenomenon of gamma ray bursts with nuclear explosions on the old neutron stars. The matter of the neutron star in the non-equilibrium layer at depths of 30 m < h < 100 m consists of superheavy (A > 300) nuclei with a surplus of neutrons (A/Z = 3 + 4). These nuclei are metastable and exist only at high pressure. After the starquake some of the matter from non-equilibrium layer may move upwards and its nuclei become unstable. The /J-decay is followed by a chain reaction of fission and nuclear explosion. The gamma ray burst is observed as radiation of the star surface heated to high temperature. Some mass may be ejected, forming expanding cloud. It consists mainly of the iron Fe 56 with small (< 1%) additions of heavy elements (Ba, 1, ...) arising from the fission. The passage of stellar gamma radiation through the expanding plasma clouds leads to the formation of short-lived spectral features. Strong absorption of the soft gamma rays on K-electrons of Fe 56 must be observed in the early stages. The gamma quanta with energies e = 40-70 keV beyond the K-edge of the heavy elements (Ba, I, ...) are absorbed in the later stages. A wide K" line (e" = 30 keV) appears simultaneously. The free-free emission of expanding hot plasma cloud may be observed as a short flash in optical band.


A dual-mode surface-mount cavity resonator is proposed. The resonator consists of two identical three-dimensional parts, and planar circuit board. The cavity resonator can be mass-produced by molding techniques and subsequently soldered onto the board. The resonator shows reduced quality factor if compared to conventional air-filled cavities, but in a multi-resonator filter arrangement, cost is greatly reduced because all resonators have identical shape. A dual-mode resonator with an inner volume 11.2 cm3 was designed and built to be resonant at about 2.1 GHz. The unloaded quality factor of a silver-plated resonator is 1400. The two-pole passband shows an insertion loss of 0.5 dB. The filter is spurious-free up to 2.72 GHz.


Abstract Must we ascribe hope for better times to those who (take themselves to) act morally? Kant and later theorists in the Frankfurt School tradition thought we must. In this article, I disclose that it is possible – and ethical – to refrain from ascribing hope in all such cases. I draw on two key examples of acting irrespective of hope: one from a recent political context and one from the life of Jean Améry. I also suggest that, once we see that it is possible to make sense of (what I call) 'merely expressive acts', we can also see that the early Frankfurt School was not guilty of a performative contradiction in seeking to enlighten Enlightenment about its (self-)destructive tendencies, while rejecting the (providential) idea of progress.


A part of the net benefit from goods consumption is determined by their environmental characteristics. The size of the benefit depends on the properties of the goods, but also on how these are perceived by consumers. Therefore estimating environmental benefits allows, on the one hand, environment's monetization, and on the other hand to formulate opinions about awareness regarding environmental issues and their impact on individual wellbeing. Departing from these facts, the paper aims to measure the environmental benefits of a real estate goods consumer, realizing an estimation of incompliant landfills (ICL) proximity's impact on the value of these goods. For estimation, it was used the method of hedonic pricing and were processed regarding Bucharest periphery. Providing quantitative information regarding the importance of ecological criteria in the procurement of real estate goods, verification of the relevance of available estimations for Romania and the identification of the model that explains the impact of ICL on the value of real estate goods are the main contribution brought to knowledge development. In fact, the results obtained are aligned with the results of similar assessments made in Europe, indicating that 31,2% of the variation of real estate goods' value is determined by the proximity of landfil. Studies regarding the relation between the size of variation and the development level could contribute to increase the relevance of these results for other regions of Romania.


In this paper, we approach empirically the influence of trade union (TU) bargaining power on delocalization strategies by analyzing the determinants of processing trade data as a proxy for delocalization and using an index that measures TU bargaining power as the main explanatory variable. Trade processing data were collected for European countries for the period 1995-2000. In addition to finding that market- and cost-related determinants exert the expected influence on trade processing flows, our results suggest that TU bargaining power had a negative effect on delocalization strategies in the period considered. This result points to the conclusion that deunionization favors delocalization strategies by firms, which is, in fact, the trend observed in most developed countries recently.


BEING A FINAL YEAR PROJECT SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL
FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
A WARD OF BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING
(B. ENG.)DEGREE IN AGRICULTURAL
AND BIO RESOURCES
ENGINEERING.
FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, MINNA.
November, 2008.


Objective:A method for the determination of total contents of saponin in gongxuening capsule.Methods:Diosgenin and perchloric acid were used as reference ample and revealing agent respectively by ultraviolet spectrophotometry and the measurement was conducted at 408nm.Results:Diosgenin were good in the ranges of 0.002816~0.0197 mg/mL(r=0.9992).The recovery was 101.6% with RSD was 2.9%(n=5).Conclusion:The method is simple,rapid and accurate.It can be used to control the quality of gongxuening.


To explore the pattern of clozapine use in persons with severe mental illness and in persons with Parkinson's disease and the characteristics associated with early discontinuation in naturalistic conditions.


This thesis investigates Monte Carlo methods applied to criticality and time-dependent problems in reactor physics. Due to their accuracy and flexibility, Monte Carlo methods are considered as a "g ...


Self-management of meals is a key component of treating diabetes. There are systems that support meal planning by processing the images of meals. Most such systems output the estimated nutrition values of the individual dishes, however, a more intuitive and useful approach is to give patients the motivation to become interested in their meals. Unfortunately, existing systems require the patient to manually input full details of the dishes, or to manually correct the roughly and automatically recognized results output by the systems, which deters the patient from using the system. In this paper, we present a system that predicts the healthiness of the meal and activate the patient's interest in self-management. Unlike conventional image-based methods, which estimate the nutrition via food-category recognition, our proposal predicts if the meal is healthy or not healthy by visually processing all the dishes in the meal. Our system consists of a convolutional neural network(CNN), that is trained by joint classification and ranking loss to replicate the judgement of registered dietitians; the goal is to output predictions of "which meal is healthier". Experiments show that the proposed system can roughly match the ranking results of registered dietitians. The overall ranking error rate for all images examined is 16.4%. The results show that the system learns how to make intuitive assessments of the rate of healthiness from the images themselves. This implies that meal appearance contains valuable clues as to healthiness. Thus the proposed system can be used to detect patients who need to receive more guidance for improving their eating style.