Remote sensing combined with oceanographic modeling opens up new possibilities for quantiatively describing very large area complex oceanographic‐acoustic phenomena. A complex ocean environment consists of variable oceanography including mesoscale phenomena and variable topography such as continental slopes and seamounts. Predicting the acoustical effects from any to all of these phenomena is a computationally intense problem whose efficient and accurate solution will, no doubt, ultimately employ new and innovative numerical physics. As a stimulus to developing new approaches, three‐dimensional modeling results for such complex environments are being looked at using a technique that can rapidly calculate propagation loss over a wide geographical area. This approximate technique, which is based on normal mode theory, has been applied to environments that contain both variable oceanography and topography. Of prime interest in these initial studies is a search for graphical patterns that emerge for complex environments where the acoustical results reflect or "image" the oceanography and topography. It is believed that these three‐dimensional representations using color graphics to display and convey complex ocean‐acoustic phenomena will provide the impetus to further understanding and computing the interaction of these phenomena.Remote sensing combined with oceanographic modeling opens up new possibilities for quantiatively describing very large area complex oceanographic‐acoustic phenomena. A complex ocean environment consists of variable oceanography including mesoscale phenomena and variable topography such as continental slopes and seamounts. Predicting the acoustical effects from any to all of these phenomena is a computationally intense problem whose efficient and accurate solution will, no doubt, ultimately employ new and innovative numerical physics. As a stimulus to developing new approaches, three‐dimensional modeling results for such complex environments are being looked at using a technique that can rapidly calculate propagation loss over a wide geographical area. This approximate technique, which is based on normal mode theory, has been applied to environments that contain both variable oceanography and topography. Of prime interest in these initial studies is a search for graphical patterns that emerge for complex e...


Aim To improve the accuracy of calculation of reserves.Methods Appling ordinary Kriging interpolation compensate for the lack of data.Ordinary Kriging is an exact interpolator;that is,Kriging estimates are unbiased,so the expected value of the estimates is the same as the expected value of the observations.Results Forecast parameters average is 106.39,kurtosis is-0.30,Maximum is 148.76,standard deviation is 27.57,Skewness is-1.12,minimum is 53.91;cross validation parameters:desired value is 10.86.Conclusion By using of cross-examination,QQ-plot,forecast histogram,and the result show that Ordinary Kriging predicted to be better.


Objective To evaluate the changes and significance of serum advanced glycosylation end products (ACEs)in patients with chronic renal failure (CRF),and the clearance effect of High - Flux HD to AGEs.Methods The serum AGEs in patients with CRF(Hemodialysis group and Non - Hemodialysis group) were measured by using competitive ELISA.The MDA contents and SOD activities in plasma were also examined.Results Whether HD or not,the serum AGEs levels in patients with CRF were significantly higher than those in normal subjects (both P 0.001).No significant differences were found between the serum AGEs levels in HD group patients and those in NHD group ( P 0.05) .A significantly positive correlation was found between the serum AGEs levels and serum CRE values ( P 0.01) ,no correlation was found between the serum AGEs levels and serum GLU values; The plasma SOD activities in CRF patients were significantly lower than those in healthy subjects (in every group: P 0.05) .The plasma MDA contents in every group were significantly higher than those in healthy subjects (P0.001).No correlation was found between AGEs and MDASOD ( P 0.05) ; In CHD (Convention HD) group,there was no significantly difference before and after CHD ( P 0.05) ,while in HFHD(high flux HD) group,the serum AGEs levels significantly decreased after HFHD( P 0.001) .In both groups,the plasma SOD activities significantly increased and the plasma MDA contents significantly decreased (both P 0.01).Conclusion In CRF patients,impaired renal function decreased the clearance of AGEs,the impaired renal function could be the most important factor to make AGEs higher.And the strengthened oxidative stress could have accelerated the formation of AGEs.High - flux HD can clear the serum AGEs efficiently,and alleviate the disorders of free radicals metabolism.


The immobilized L-histidine PyroSep (PS) was shown to be useful for determination of endotoxin in biological products with high precision. This method eliminated the erroneous results which occur with the conventional method using the Limulus reagents QCL-1000 and Endospecy. The recovery of spiked endotoxin by the PS method using both Limulus reageuts were 100±25% in all human serum albumin products. In immunoglobulin products diluted sixteen-fold, endotoxin recovery by the PS method was satisfactory whereas that by the conventional method was not. In the conventional method, endotoxin content in Factor VIII coagulation products cannot be determined by both Limulus reagents because of its inhibitory effect in the presence of Endospecy and accelerating effect in the presence of QCL-1000. In contrast, the PS method gave recovery of endotoxin at nearly 100% with both Limulus reagents. Endotoxin content in anti-coagulation factor ATIII products could not be determined by conventional method due to a severe inhibitory effect, but could be done in most of these products by the PS method. In some natural- and recombinant-type interferon products, endotoxin content was not well determined by the conventional method but could be determined by the PS method.


Finding groups of objects exhibiting similar patterns is an important data analytics task. Many disciplines have their own terminologies such as cluster, group, clique, community etc. defining the similar objects in a set. Adopting the term community, many exact and heuristic algorithms are developed to find the communities of interest in available data sets. Here, three heuristic algorithms to find communities are compared using five gene expression data sets. The heuristics have a common objective function of maximizing the modularity that is a quality measure of a partition and a reflection of objects' relevance in communities. Partitions generated by the heuristics are compared with the real ones using the adjusted rand index, one of the most commonly used external validation measures. The paper discusses the results of the partitions on the mentioned biological data sets.


ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION 24:1 ■ MARCH 2006 My destination, following an exciting week at the SER International Conference in Zaragoza, Spain, was a two-day field seminar prior to the European Nature Conference 2005, which was being held in The Netherlands. The train from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport was comfortable and the day bright and sunny as I made my way east to Apeldoorn and, ultimately, to my cozy lodgings at Rabbit Hill in the midst of the Veluwe Nature Area. What I hoped to learn from this trip was not only what the Dutch government was doing in terms of ecological restoration, but the motivation behind their activities and their strategies for doing so. I was not disappointed. Our hosts, Hans Kampf (Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, Nature Division) and Robert Hendrick (Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, Rural Areas and Landscape Division), kept the 30 or so seminar attendees busy for two very full days as they took us by bus, boat, and boot to some of the classic and contemporary examples of New Nature in The Netherlands.


The ultimate bearing capacity problem of column‐reinforced foundations under inclined loading is investigated within the framework of static and kinematic approaches of yield design theory. The configuration of a native soft clayey soil reinforced by either a group of purely cohesive columns (lime‐column technique) or a group of purely frictional columns (stone‐column technique) is analyzed under plane strain conditions. First, lower bound estimates are derived for the ultimate bearing capacity by considering statically admissible piecewise linear stress distributions that comply with the local strength conditions of the constitutive materials. The problem is then handled by means of the yield design kinematic approach of limit analysis through the implementation of several failure mechanisms, allowing the formulation of upper bound estimates for the ultimate bearing capacity. A series of finite element limit load solutions obtained from numerical elastoplastic simulations suggests that the predictions derived from the kinematic approach appear to be more accurate than the estimates obtained from the static approach. Comparison with available results obtained in the context of yield design homogenization demonstrates the accuracy of the proposed direct analysis, which may therefore be viewed as complementary approach to homogenization‐based approaches when a small number of columns is involved. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


This article intends to show how literature may be used in language classes to develop student's knowledge of English. First, we examine the evolution of literature in the language classroom, then we give account of some reasons that justify its use in language classes, of the role of reading in language development, and of the way poetry is treated in the ESL classroom. The Waste Land is a good work to be used as a tool to develop student's communicative competence in English. The article ends with a didactic proposal for ESL instruction based on the poem.


Power quality data interchange format PQDIF is proposed by IEEE. This paper references arc furnace load model based on energy balance relation theory, the distribution network was established based on PSCAD simulation model. By calculating the effective value of harmonic indicators as neural network input samples, we can establish the BP neural network model for training and testing. And then through the established BP neural network model, it can realize the non-linear relation between the harmonic disturbance source and the harmonic indicators, thus the harmonic disturbance source orientation is achieved successfully.


Remember this figure: $7.16. Peanuts, you say. That would barely buy a carryout lunch in downtown Washington, D.C. But for policy makers who lunch on the streets of the capital, that will be a big sum this year. According to the latest research on the lasting effects of early childhood education, $7.16 is the eventual savings to the public for every dollar invested in high-quality preschool programs. In an effort to justify increasing the annual budget for Head Start to $10 billion over the next five years (up from the current $2.2 billion), President Clinton thought he was making a dramatic point in using a figure of $3 saved for every dollar invested in early interventions. The new figure more than doubles the payoff. Ever since the new Administration announced its budget plans for Head Start, this remnant of the Great Society programs, which had previously been considered stellar, has come under fire. Its effects fade after the third grade, opponents charge. However, the effects of a quality preschool program last well into adulthood, according to the High/Scope Educational Research Foundation. Following the fortunes of low-income African-American children enrolled in the Perry Preschool Project in 1962, the High/Scope researchers found that by age 27 those enrolled in the program had attained higher levels of education, higher economic status, and greater social responsibility than a matched group of children not enrolled in any preschool program. Specifically, they stayed married longer, had fewer arrests, earned more, and owned homes and cars at a higher rate. Moreover, they had spent less time being dependent on social services. Over their lifetimes, the savings for taxpayers were significant. In fairness, I must point out that most of these young people were still poor. However, they were better off than their parents' generation. Criticized for basing such sweeping support for early childhood intervention on results involving only a small number of children (123 in all), the researchers counter with other studies that come to similar conclusions. In the state of Washington, for example, the Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECAP) for 4-year-olds estimates that for every dollar invested in immunizations for young children, the state saves $11 in the cost of health care and hospitalization. ECAP's services, which combine education, health, social services, and parent involvement, cost $3,000 per child. However, each child who does not succeed in adult life could cost the state as much as $200,000 in lost income and social dependency, according to an article in R&D Review, published by the Council for Educational Research and Development. Furthermore, Edward Zigler, the Yale professor considered the "father" of Head Start but one of the most persistent critics of the current quality of many of the programs, calls the Perry Preschool study "excellent" in design and execution. He finds it of "enormous significance." Zigler pinpoints what he believes contributed most to the success of the Perry Preschool Project: teachers visited the children's homes for an hour and a half each week. Washington State's ECAP has a similar emphasis on visiting homes and involving parents. As far as the High/Scope researchers are concerned, a high-quality preschool program is developmentally appropriate and has a curriculum that allows children to take charge of their own learning. Teachers are well trained and work under knowledgeable supervision, parents are meaningfully involved, and the program is well administered and evaluated. Ideally, the ratio of students to teachers should be no higher than 10 to 1. So what does this mean for the public schools? Can't they simply ignore the debate over preschool and wait until the children reach kindergarten? …


In this paper, a novel three-port battery integrated DC-DC Boost converter with active battery charge equalization is proposed and analyzed for power management of solar photovoltaic fed dc distribution system for residential complexes. This converter integrates renewable sources like Photovoltaic Panels with a Battery Management System and can obtain MPPT (Maximum Power Point Tracking) along with regulated voltage levels (48 Volts) under varying solar irradiance conditions. The said converter also have load side current reversibility feature. In addition to this, the converter can obtain the Active Charge Equalization for a m×n battery stack configuration, which makes it possible to obtain balancing of all the batteries in the battery stack in terms of both voltage and current, during charging, discharging, or even in idle condition. Simulation was done and the results were obtained and found to be as per theoretical analysis.


Nighttime lights remote sensing has a significant advantage in exploring the economic development of cities. Based on nighttime lighting data, this study employed spatial direction analysis, exploratory spatial data analysis, and social network analysis to explore the spatial characteristics of economic development and analyzed the economic connection network structures within urban agglomerations in the New Western Land-sea Corridor (NWLSC) in western China. The results show that the spatial pattern of the Tianshan North slope urban agglomeration, Guanzhong Plain urban agglomeration, and Lanzhou–Xining urban agglomeration shrank, while other urban agglomerations expanded. The city economy of the Chengdu–Chongqing urban agglomeration (CCUA) and the Beibu Gulf urban agglomeration varied dramatically according to a LISA space-time transition analysis, which indicates a strong spatial dependence between cities in the local space. Within urban agglomerations, the economic connection between cities increased significantly, and central cities were at the core of the network and significantly influenced other cities. Among the urban agglomerations, economic connections among neighboring urban agglomerations in geographic space increased during the study period. The CCUA gradually developed into the center of the economic network in the NWLSC. Network density positively influenced economic connections. The degree centrality, closeness centrality, and betweenness centrality significantly enhanced the economic connections between city agglomerations. The study's conclusions and methods can serve as the policy support for the cooperative development of urban agglomerations in NWLSC serve as a guideline for the development of other economically underdeveloped regions in the world.


Throughout history, a society's economic and power relations and the resulting division into unequal strata have strongly influenced the system of information flow. Every civilization has generated its own information system, which functions to foster the integration of society, to standardize its values, and, in the long run, to legitimate the means by which basic needs are met, in keeping with the conditions that are necessary for the existence of the state. The basis of the information or ideological complex has been the means by which needs have been met, as it has developed out of the underlying factors that determine the development of any civilization: the state's geographic and geopolitical position; its climate, soils, terrain, minerals, water and territorial resources; and the cultural and historical level of its society. The history of humankind has been a history of changes in the conditions of human life as a result of human adaptation to the natural environment and the natural environment's adaptation to human needs.


In recent years, metal-organic compounds have been considered as ideal sacrificial templates to obtain transition metal oxides for electrochemical applications due to their diverse structures and tunable properties. In this work, a new kind of cobalt-based metal organic compound with a layered structure was designed and prepared, which was then transformed into ultrafine cobalt oxide (Co₃O₄) nanocrystallites via a facile annealing treatment. The obtained Co₃O₄ nanocrystallites further assembled into a hierarchical shale-like structure, donating extremely short ion diffusion pathway and rich porosity to the materials. The special structure largely alleviated the problems of Co₃O₄ such as inferior intrinsic electrical conductivity, poor ion transport kinetics and large volume changes during the redox reactions. When evaluated as anode materials for lithium-ion batteries, the shale-like Co₃O₄ (S-Co₃O₄) exhibited superior lithium storage properties with a high capacity of 1045.3 mA h g⁻¹ after 100 cycles at 200 mA g⁻¹ and good rate capabilities up to 10 A g⁻¹. Moreover, the S-Co₃O₄ showed decent electrochemical performance in sodium-ion batteries due to the above-mentioned comprehensive merits (380 and 153.8 mA h g⁻¹ at 50 and 5000 mA g⁻¹, respectively).


With the spread of broadband access lines, many bandwidth-consuming services such as video streaming have appeared. The popularity of these services can cause problems such as the shortage of the Internet backbone capacity, so it is important to detect increasing traffic caused by these services early. Conventional detection method called aggregation method tries to detect increasing traffic by predicting its future traffic volume with linear approximation. However, the aggregation method may not cope with increasing traffic whose growth is more rapid than linear growth. In this paper, we propose an early detection method (partial aggregation method) of increasing traffic under per-subnet based distributed traffic measurement. The method predicts 1) future traffic volume for each address in each subnet and 2) the number of subnets having increasing traffic in the future with a linear approximation. Then, the method estimates future traffic volume for each address as a product of the predicted future traffic volume in each subnet and the predicted subnet number. As a result, the method is expected to cope with rapid growth in traffic volume. Simulation results show that the partial aggregation method can detect increasing traffic earlier than the aggregation method by a maximum of 90 days.


Direct tissue analysis using a novel tandem time-of-flight (TOF-TOF) mass spectrometer is described. This system consists of a matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization ion source, a spiral ion trajectory TOF mass spectrometer "SpiralTOF (STOF)", a collision cell, and an offset parabolic reflectron (RTOF). The features of this system are high precursor ion selectivity due to a 17-m flight path length in STOF and elimination of post-source decay (PSD) ions. The acceleration energy is 20 keV, so that high-energy collision-induced dissociation (HE-CID) is possible. Elimination of PSD ions allows observation of the product ions inherent to the HE-CID process. By using this tandem TOF instrument, the product ion spectrum of lipids provided detailed structural information of fatty acid residues.


Urban development is a representation of the hard work to improve the living environment quality of life for the general public by the government.To conserve the cultural traditions and consider future generations has become the key stones in the municipal construction projects.The restoration of the cultural heritage is a long term effort.The only path to a sound development is to have a sound base and to avoid rushing out the construction activities.Some facts which were experienced during the implementation of development projects in Changshu have offered a chance for a profound reconsideration in retrospect as a reference for future developments.


Psychology has always been vulnerable to fads, producing its share of psychological movements and therapeutic cults that blur the borderline between science and non-science. It is important for sociologists and other scholars who study the social life of scientists and intellectuals to engage with the content of ideas and to take conflicts about scientific legitimacy seriously. This research examines a debate regarding scientific legitimacy in a qualitative case study informed by Frickel and Gross's general theory of scientific/intellectual movements. The focus will be positive psychology's emergence at the end of the last decade and its failure to persuade the wider psychology community of its necessity due to its use of aggressive framing strategies. Understanding how positive psychology works to establish itself as value-free, objective science, while desiring to be perceived as relevant to the public contributes to discussions about framing and boundaries in science.


Most patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) relapse after discontinuation of imatinib (IM, Glivec®/Gleevec™). Thus, current recommendations suggest a lifelong IM therapy even in complete molecular responders. However, in view of potential long term adverse effects there is a concern of tyrosine kinase inhibition. Hence, strategies to circumvent permanent kinase inhibitor therapy would be of substantial clinical value. Interferon α (IFN), in contrast to IM, elicits an autologous antileukemic immune response to control CML, and stopping IFN in complete cytogenetic responders is not associated with relapse in a significant proportion of patients. We therefore sought to determine efficacy and tolerability of an IFN maintenance immunotherapy after IM/IFN induction in newly diagnosed chronic phase CML patients. Twenty patients (14 m, 6 f; median age 44.6, range 23.5–74.1 years) have been investigated. Hasford score revealed low (n=13), intermediate (n=6), and high risk (n=1) diseases. IM therapy had been administered for 2.4 yrs (0.2–4.9), combined with PEG-IFNα2a (Pegasys®, n=17) or IFNα2a (Roferon®, n=3). Maintenance therapy consisted of PEG-IFN (n=16) or IFN (n=4). Dose was adjusted according to response and tolerability and ranged between 135 μg PEG-IFN every three weeks to 180 μg PEG-IFN once weekly week, or alternatively between 2 to 5*3 Mill IU IFN/week. IM was stopped due to side effects (n=5) or after the patient's individual request and informed consent (n=15). At the time of imatinib withdrawal, 19 patients were in complete cytogenetic remission and one patient did not show any cytogenetic response. Major molecular response was determined in peripheral blood leukocytes of 16 patients, including one patient with undetectable BCR-ABL transcripts. After a median observation time of 1.2 yrs (range 0.1–3.1), 15 patients showed major molecular response, seven of them were complete. Improvement of molecular response was observed in seven and a stable situation in ten patients. By 6 weekly assessments of BCR-ABL expression gradual molecular relapse was observed in three patients. All relapsing patients responded to readministration of IM. At the time of IM withdrawal and during IFN maintenance therapy myeloblastin (proteinase-3, PR3) mRNA expression was determined and compared to glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase transcripts as internal standard. During IFN monotherapy, median ratios PR3/G6PD increased from 0.06% (range, 0.02–3.5) to 0.14% (0.03–1.4; p=0.03). IFN response was associated with the detection of autoreactive PR3 specific T-lymphocytes during IFN maintenance therapy determined by a tetramer assay in 7/8 patients, suggesting that PR3-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes contribute to the IFN-mediated antileukemic immunity. In conclusion, we report a high rate of improved or continuous molecular remissions in 17 of 20 patients (85%) on IFN monotherapy after prior induction with IM/IFN. This suggests a previously unrecognized beneficial role for IFN in the maintenance therapy after IM-mediated debulking and may impact future CML therapy.


Some existence conditions of periodic solutions are obtained for a class of nonautono mous subquadratic first-order discrete Hamiltonian systems by the minimax methods in the critical point theory.


This article discusses the topical problem of the analysis of a lyric poem in elementary school in the unity of content and artistic form. Creation of creative situations on the lesson, discoveries, readers interpretation, analysis of artistic speech contributes to the development of recreative and creative imagination, understanding of the text as aesthetic experience.


The procedures of quantization are the same in the case of matter as in the case of light. They involve specific invariants to the scale change, and specific statistics describing that scale change in physics. A previous part of this work [35] explores the general mathematics of the physics involved in the problem of quantization. The present part deepens the similitude between the procedures of quantization in light and matter, by proving the identity of the resonators serving for quantization from a thermodynamical point of view. They are dipoles: electric in the case of light – Planck's resonators, representing the matter – and magnetic in the case of matter – Procopiu's resonators, representing the light. Mathematical details are exposed, and some physical consequences in observance thereof are explored.


Here we report a potentiometric study (H+-glass electrode) relative to the protonation of carboxylic acids in different background salts (NaCl, KCl, Me4NCl), at different temperatures (5 ≤ t ≤ 45 °C) and ionic strengths (NaCl, 0.1 ≤ I ≤ 5; KCl, 0.1 ≤ I ≤ 4.5; Me4NCl, 0.1 ≤ I ≤ 3 mol kg-1). Dependence on ionic strength was considered using both a Debye−Huckel type equation and the Pitzer equations. Parameters for the dependence on ionic strength of protonation constants (and of activity coefficients) are reported. From the dependence on temperature of protonation constants, the enthalpy formations ΔH° were obtained. Some general relationships for the dependence on medium and on temperature of protonation constants are reported.


The 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction of cyclopropanes and nitrones to give tetrahydro-1,2-oxazine has been studied with density functional theory calculations at the B3LYP/6-31+G(d,p) level of theory. Realistic substituents were modelled including those at the 2-, 3-, 4-, and 6-positions of the final oxazine ring product. The strained σ bond of the cyclopropane was found to play the role of an alkene in a conventional [3+2] dipolar cycloaddition. Two distinct, but similar, reaction mechanisms were found — an asymmetric concerted pathway and a stepwise zwitterionic pathway. The reaction barriers of the two pathways were nearly identical, differing by less than ~1 kcal/mol, no matter what the substituents were. The effect of a Lewis acid catalyst was examined and found to have a very large effect on the calculated barriers through coordination to the carbonyl oxygen atoms of the diester substituents on the cyclopropane. The reaction barrier was found to decrease by as much as ~19 kcal/mol when using a BF3...


Abstract : Contents: Generalization of the theory of regular thermal regime for the case of variable coefficients of heat conductivity and specific heat Regular heat regime in bodies with internal sources of energy and variable thermophysical properties Generalization of G. M. Kondrat'ev's theorem for the case of variable coefficients of heat conductivity and specific heat and the use of this generalized theorem to determine thermophsyical properties of materials.


The immune system plays an indispensable role in maintaining human health against the invasion of foreign materials, microorgainisms and pathogens. The autoimmune diseases and chronic inflammatory disorders are characterized by dysregulated immune responses resulting in excessive and uncontrolled tissue inflammation, as well as tumour, and others. In recent years, flavonoids are widely recognized as potentially natural polyphenol compounds for the treatment of multiple diseases, given their immunomodulatory activity, antioxidant and antineoplastic activities. However, the exact mechanisms of flavonoids on the immune system and inhibiting tumour remains unclear. This review article provides an overview of the impact and mechanism of flavonoids on innate and adaptive immune system through the analysis of various immune cells. Meanwhile, we also explain the probable therapeutic mechanism of flavonoids on tumour and other chronic diseases. Overall, this review may provide a certain theoretical direction and theoretical basis for the application of flavonoids in the treatment of immune‐related disorders and tumour.


This article explores the hidden strengths of using creative methods to teach the Russian Revolution, with some reference to the Chinese Revolution.


The paper proposes a combined hardware/software approach for realizing high performance, intrusion- and fault-tolerant services. The approach is demonstrated for (yet not limited to) an attribute authority server, which provides a compelling application due to its stringent performance and security requirements. The key element of the proposed architecture is an FPGA-based, parallel crypto-engine providing (1) optimally dimensioned RSA Processors for efficient execution of computationally intensive RSA signatures and (2) a KeyStore facility used as tamper-resistant storage for preserving secret keys. To achieve linear speed-up (with the number of RSA Processors) and deadlock-free execution in spite of resource-sharing and scheduling/synchronization issues, we have resorted to a number of performance enhancing techniques (e.g., use of different clock domains, optimal balance between internal and external parallelism) and have formally modeled and mechanically proved our crypto-engine with the Spin model checker. At the software level, the architecture combines active replication and threshold cryptography, but in contrast with previous work, the code of our replicas is multithreaded so it can efficiently use an attached parallel crypto-engine to compute an attribute authority partial signature (as required by threshold cryptography). Resulting replicated systems that exhibit nondeterministic behavior, which cannot be handled with conventional replication approaches. Our architecture is based on a preemptive deterministic scheduling algorithm to govern scheduling of replica threads and guarantee strong replica consistency.


In this engaging new study, John D. Wong examines the Canton trade networks that helped to shape the modern world through the lens of the prominent Chinese merchant Houqua, whose trading network and financial connections stretched from China to India, America and Britain. In contrast to interpretations that see Chinese merchants in this era as victims of rising Western mercantilism and oppressive Chinese traditions, Houqua maintained a complex balance between his commercial interests and those of his Western counterparts, all in an era of transnationalism before the imposition of the Western world order. The success of Houqua and Co. in configuring its networks in the fluid context of the early nineteenth century remains instructive today, as the contemporary balance of political power renders the imposition of a West-centric world system increasingly problematic, and requires international traders to adapt to a new world order in which China, once again, occupies center stage.


In signal and image processing, it is often beneficial to use semi-heuristic lp-methods, i.e., methods that minimize the sum of the p-th powers of the discrepancies. In this paper, we show that a fuzzy-based analysis of the corresponding intuitive idea leads exactly to the lp-methods. I. FORMULATION OF THE PROBLEM In general, signal and image reconstruction are ill-posed problems. While cameras and other image-capturing devices are getting better and better every day, none of them is perfect, there is always some blur. This blur comes from the fact that while we would like to capture the intensity I(x, y) at each spatial location (x, y), the signal captured by a reallife measuring device is influenced not only by the intensity I(x, y) at the desired location (x, y), but also by the intensities I(x′, y′) at nearby locations (x′, y′). As a result, instead of reflecting the intensity I(x, y) at the desired point (x, y), the signal s(x, y) measured by the device is a combination of intensities at the point (x, y) and at the nearby points: s(x, y) = ∫ w(x, y, x′, y′) · I(x′, y′) dx′ dy′, for appropriate weights w(x, y, x′, y′). When we take a photo of a friend with a modern sophisticated cell phone camera, this blur is barely visible – and does not constitute a serious problem. However, when a spaceship takes a photo of a distant plant, the blur is very visible – and needs to be eliminated. In such situations, we need to reconstruct the original image I(x, y) from the blurred image s(x, y). From the purely mathematical viewpoint, this reconstruction problem is ill-posed in the sense that large changes in I(x, y) can lead to very small changes in s(x, y) – and, as a result, unless we impose additional constraints on the original image I(x, y), we cannot reconstruct the image with any reasonable accuracy. This mathematical feature is easy to explain: blurring averages the image. Instead of the original intensity at the point (x, y), we have an average intensity over all the neighbors (x′, y′) of the original point (x, y). It is known that such averaging eliminates high-frequency components. Thus, if instead of the original signal I(x, y), we consider a different signal I∗(x, y) = I(x, y) + c · sin(ωx · x+ ωy · y), with a high-frequency component added, the resulting signal s∗(x, y) will be practically the same s∗(x, y) ≈ s(x, y) – but the original image, for large c, may be very different. To be able to reconstruct the image reasonably uniquely, we cannot allow all possible dependencies I(x, y), we need to impose some additional conditions on the original image. This imposition of additional conditions that helps reconstruct the original image is known as regularization; see, e.g., [9]. Similarly, the problem of reconstructing a 1-D signal x(t) from observations is ill-posed. Tikhonov's regularization: a brief reminder. If a signal or an image is smooth (differentiable), then a natural idea is to require that the corresponding derivatives are, on average, small, i.e., e.g., that the mean square value of the derivative does not exceed a certain constant C. Let us describe this requirement in precise terms. If we have n values d1, . . . , dn, then the mean square value is d def = √ d1 + . . .+ d 2 n n . The requirement that this mean square value is bounded by C, i.e., that √ d1 + . . .+ d 2 n n ≤ C is equivalent to d1 + . . .+ d 2 n n ≤ C and, thus, to d1 + . . .+ d 2 n ≤ c, where c def = n · C. When we go from the discrete data to the continuous signal or image, then the sum turns into an integral. So, for 1-D signals, we have a constraint ∫ (ẋ(t)) dt ≤ c, and for 2-D images I(x, y), we have a similar constraint ∫ (( ∂I ∂x )2 + ( ∂I ∂y )2) dx dy ≤ c. Out of all signals or images that satisfy this constraint, we want to find a one which is the best fit with the observation, i.e., for which, e.g., the mean square error is the smallest:


The ionic strength of a sample and the solvent used to dissolve it play a pivotal role in routine capillary electrophoresis (CE). The effects of these parameters can be very pronounced, ranging from improved separation and sensitivity to loss of resolution, shifting migration times, and even to equipment breakdown. CE practitioners should pay special attention to the sample-dissolving solvent and the ionic strength of the sample during method development, validation, and routine operation.


This work presents a framework for treating cold field emission that includes the effects of quantum confinement. The framework is used to generate equations predicting the emitted current density (ECD) from quantum-confined emitters of various geometries. Quantum confinement of the emitter electron supply leads to a monotonic decrease in the total ECD as the emitter dimensions decrease and as a result, the Fowler-Nordheim equation over-predicts the ECD from quantum-confined emitters.


The availability of reliable electrical energy is essential in developing countries for functioning in modern economies such as in residential, industrial and commercial developments. The sources to produce electricity can be divided into two categories: renewable sources and non-renewable sources. Renewable energies are sources of clean and inexhaustible energies which can be produced from natural resources and they produce neither greenhouse gases nor polluting emissions. There are variety of renewable energy such as wind energy, solar energy, hydro energy, biomass and biofuel energy and etc. The photovoltaic-diesel hybrid systems are systems that combine photovoltaic system and diesel generators to generate electricity. There are many types of photovoltaic-hybrid system. They are series hybrid, switch hybrid and parallel hybrid. In the series photovoltaic-hybrid system, Photovoltaic generator or diesel generator is used along with battery bank to charge. In this paper, the sizing of photovoltaic-diesel hybrid system with grid connection is calculated for the electricity consumption of an industry. The study area of this paper is located in North Okkalapa township, Yangon division, Myanmar and at latitude 16°53'06.9"N and longitude 96°09'17.8"E. The load consumption of this garment factory is firstly collected. In this paper, a photovoltaic system was designed. The number of modules, the number of inverters, and the efficient techniques of connecting them together was stated. Also the area of the designed photovoltaic system was calculated, and a suitable location for the system was chosen. The sizing calculation of the system is designed by using HELIOSCOPE software and HOMER software.


The utility model relates to a touch screen, relating to a lattice type touch screen. The longitudinal electrode cable and lateral electrode cable of the latticed sensing electrode formed by linear electrodes have the ability of electric signal coupling transmission. When coupling the touch control object with the adjacent electrode cables in the latticed sensing electrode, the electric signal transmits on the latticed sensing electrode. The position of the touch control object on the latticed sensing electrode can be obtained through the detection, analysis and calculation of a small amount of electric signals of the fixed detecting electrode cable. The utility model aims to provide a touch screen composed of latticed electrodes and detect only a small amount of flexed electrodes.


This article addresses sex trafficking committed by the terrorist group Da'esh in the Syrian Arab Republic and its neighboring Republic of Iraq. It proposes primarily that sex trafficking perpetrated by Da'esh falls into at least two unique categories of trafficking — "combat trafficking" and "institutional trafficking" — that require markedly different legal responses in order to ensure accountability and justice. The article outlines the divergent factual patterns and characteristics of each form of trafficking, exploring how "combat trafficking" occurs through the active invasion of territory, whereby Da'esh forcibly captures women and girls and subjects them to sexual slavery, and how "institutional trafficking" occurs outside the active conflict, whereby Da'esh recruits women and girls to join the group and subjects them to forced marriage and domestic servitude. It discusses how institutional trafficking has been largely overlooked in discussions of accountability for Da'esh's trafficking crimes. This article then argues for accountability for institutional trafficking under the international system of Transnational Criminal Law ("TCL"). It delineates how the crime of trafficking has been interpreted and defined to date within this system and how that definition applies to Da'esh's acts of institutional trafficking. It explains how TCL is best suited to addressing this form of trafficking. The article then argues that full accountability for perpetrators of this form of trafficking is two-fold, requiring recognition of the crime and enforcement of the criminalization of it. Notably, it ties the necessity of recognition to the issue that survivors of combat trafficking to date are more often treated and assisted as victims of violence while survivors of institutional trafficking are often condemned as terrorists and criminalized. It addresses this discrepant experience, calling for solutions that afford all survivors justice, support, and resources. This article concludes that it is only with regard to the broad base of Da'esh's sexual and gender-based crimes that the international community's response to the crimes committed in the conflict can ever be considered adequate or complete.


In order to get an optimum performance of composite materials, it is of crucial importance to select the best curing process, on condition that resin and curing agent system is determined. In this paper, we studied the curing non-isothermal dynamics of the nmSi02 / epoxy resin system, and calculated the activation energy and reaction series, according to Kissinger, Ozawa and Crane method. We found out the peak temperature, the theory gel temperature and the theory curing temperature with extrapolation as heating rate β= 0. Finally we determined the best curing process range of the system.


The full three-dimensional time-dependent compressible Navier-Stokes equations are numerically solved by a Fourier-Chebyshev collocation algorithm to study the stability of supersonic flows over a flat plate. Several non-linear numerical experiments suggest the existence of a secondary instability which might provide a possible route to transition. The interaction of the modes involved in this secondary instability is possibly amenable to a Floquet theory. Pertinent differences between this instability and the more common incompressible K-type instabilities are pointed out.


We study the collapse of a homogeneous braneworld dust cloud in the context of the various curvature correction scenarios, namely, induced gravity, Gauss–Bonnet, and combined induced gravity and Gauss–Bonnet. In accordance with the Randall–Sundrum model, and contrary to four-dimensional general relativity, we show in all cases that the exterior spacetime on the brane is non-static.


This note shows formally that, under certain circumstances, the dynamic system of the Ramsey-Cass-Koopmans model can be expressed as the mirror image of the laws of motion guiding consumption and capital in the Solow model.


A previous paper (1) reported that the incidence of avian leukosis was greater in chickens maintained on a high plane of nutrition. Although suboptimal nutrition has generally been demonstrated to inhibit tumor induction and growth (12), the data in the earlier paper suggested that nutritional excess increased susceptibility to infection with avian leukosis and/or favored tumor development rather than that nutritional deficiency had the converse effect. In the experiments reported previously, infection was the result of natural exposure in an environment in which the disease was endemic. The present paper presents results obtained when chicks fed different diets were injected with strain RPL-12 avian leukosis virus (4). Hill and Garren (5) found that susceptibility of chicks to transplanted RPL-12 tumor could be influenced by calcium and phosphorus levels in the diet. Olson et al. (9) reported that the feeding of a particular lot of cod liver oil increased the incidence of lymphomatosis in chickens exposed to infection by contact with infected chickens or by intraperitoneal injection of RPL-12 virus.


The aim of this paper was to identify efficient descriptors on leaf epidermis to use in microhistological discriminations of some forage species. The species were collected in a cultivated pasture located at the campus of Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (Federal University of Santa Maria, state of Rio Grande do Sul , Brazil): Lolium multiflorum Lam., Trifolium repens L. Paspalum urvillei Steud., Echinochloa crusgalli (L.) Beauv. var. crusgalli, E. crusgalli (L.) Beauv. var. cruspavonis, E. colona (L.) Link. ( Echinichloa spp .) and Setaria geniculata (Lam.) Beauv. The efficiency of the observer to identify the species studied was conducted by the χ 2 test and the degree of similarity between real and estimated composition of the mixtures were calculated by Kulcynski Similarity test. The main descriptors to identify botanical mixtures by the microhistological technique were: stomata and silica-bodies patterns, crystal type and length of intercoastal long-cells


This dissertation aims at analyzing, with a functional approach, the new regulations of over the counter derivatives introduced in Europe with the 648/2012 Regulation (EMIR) and in the US under the Dodd-Frank Act, with the goal to underlying the strengths and weaknesses.
To fully achieve this objective, the thesis proposes a logical path that starts from the deepening of economic and legal causes that have favored the spread of the negative effects of the crisis, then focuses on possible regulatory responses to the problems posed by derivatives. Finally, the analysis ends pointing out the problematic aspects related to the effectiveness of the new rules, especially in light of the policy dynamic developed during the long process of approval of these complex rules.


Norman Del Mar. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1982. 528 pp. Musical examples, index. Hard cover, $42.50. This detailed study of orchestral practice is not a manual of orchestration but a guide for the student, player, or, especially, the conductor to translating written scores into musical sounds. Each section of the orchestra and each instrument—even such rarities as the sarrusophone and Wagner tuba—is discussed in turn. Foreign or archaic names that might be used in a score, transpositions, ranges, special effects, difficulties, styles of playing, and oddities of notation are discussed for each instrument. There are many musical examples, usually reproductions of original scores. Two tables of contents (one brief, the other detailed), and a comprehensive index are provided.


A series of comprehensive design experiments were carried out to solve the problems in the teaching environmental science experiment in normal universities and meet the students' need of employment.The experiments covered the common environmental problems such as water,air,solid waste and noise.These experiments focused on improving the students' experimental design capabilities,laboratory equipment use and maintenance capabilities,data analysis and writing skills,and ultimately improve their comprehensive experimental skills.The introduction of this new course could ultimately improve specialty level and enhance the quality of students of environmental science in normal universities.


This article reports a study designed to explore the state of supply chain practices in Malaysian Automotive industry by examining the mediating effect of supply chain practice between supply chain strategy and supply chain performance. This study is accomplished by using survey questionnaire that was answered by 65 respondents from Malaysian automotive components manufacturing firms.The study found that supply chain strategy had no direct relationship with supply chain performance, but was mediated by supply chain practices.This also found that the supply chain practices act as full mediator towards relationship between supply chain strategy and performance.


The theoretical foundations of quality management of the didactic process in school are defined. The urgency of the problem of quality management of didactic process in the context of humanization and the technologization of education, reveals the essence of basic categories and concepts in the field of quality management of didactic process. The correlation of the concepts: goal, result and quality is defined, and the concept of «quality of the didactic process»is widely considered. The distinctive feature of the technology «three-Dimensional methodical system of training» from other pedagogical technologies and the effectiveness of its implementation in the educational process is shown. Based on the requirements of this technology, the quality of learning of educational material by each of the students increases, and an objective assessment of the level of personal development is guaranteed. The main feature of this technology is that it is mandatory to organize a feedback stage. It consists of multi-level measurement tasks for each topic. The goals of the learning levels are gradually becoming more complex and are set clearly with a forecast of the expected intermediate results.


The paper presents the results of the effect of low-temperature ion nitriding modes on the structure and properties of Ti-6Al-4V titanium alloy. The microhardness distribution curves along the depth of a modified layer at various temperatures and holding time were obtained. In the course of the study it was found that the depth of the nitrided layer depends on the processing temperature. The results of X-ray structural analysis in the surface layer of samples after low-temperature ion nitriding were presented. It was established that the concentration of TiN ($\boldsymbol{\delta}$ phase) increases when the temperature and the nitriding holding time is increased.


Abstract Receptors for the Fc portion of IgG (FcγR) evoke a variety of immune responses upon attachment of the immune complex to this cell surface molecule. Enhancement of tumor cell cytotoxicity is one essential response mediated by FcγRs. We are studying two mAbs, G7 and PNK-E, which bind to a cytolytic triggering molecular complex on porcine NK cells and phagocytes and function in the enhancement and induction of tumor cell cytotoxicity, respectively. Through biochemical characterization and molecular cloning, we have identified the G7 molecule as the porcine homologue of human FcγRIIIAα. The G7 and PNK-E molecules have previously been shown to exist as a complex on the cell surface, suggesting that PNK-E represents an FcγRIIIAα-associated molecule in the porcine system. We used the mild detergent Brij 96 to identify associated molecules such as the γ and ζ subunits. G7 and PNK-E mAbs immunoprecipitate the identical multimolecular complex which includes the γ subunit on porcine PMN. In addition to the G7 molecule at 40 kDa and the γ subunit at 7 kDa, Brij 96 immunoprecipitation with G7 mAb, PNK-E mAb, or anti-γ Ab shows association of unidentified molecules of approximately 15, 20, and 25 kDa on reducing SDS–PAGE, none of which appear to be the ζ subunit. Large-scale immunoprecipitation of the G7 complex from porcine PMN will be performed to isolate sufficient quantities of these unidentified proteins to obtain amino acid sequences. Since these molecules seem to be distinct from FcγR-associated subunits described to date, these studies may lead to the identification of unique FcγR-associated molecules and suggest the presence of a novel FcγRIIIAα molecular complex in the porcine system.


e20054 Background: Lung cancer has poor outcomes, but those patients diagnosed with stage 1 NSCLC have 5-year survival of 60-70%. Stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy (SABR) is routinely considered for patients unfit for surgery. SABR is very well tolerated hence a treatment option for patients unfit for surgery, with > G2 lung toxicity of 1.8-9.1%, but propensity-matched analyses of stage 1 NSCLC treated with surgery or SABR have shown superiority of surgery in terms of overall survival, but not lung cancer-specific survival. Excess risk of CVD is a complication of breast cancer RT, but there is limited evidence in lung cancer. The aims of this study is to investigate the impact of radiation dose to the heart in lung SABR. Methods: In a single centre from November 2011-2012, patients who treated with lung SABR outwith the "no fly zone", using ROSEL guidelines for OARS and with the lowest or highest heart maximum point dose were selected. 9 patients in each group were analysed for dose and clinical factors retrospectively from electronic patient notes. Results: The median (range) heart dose of the high dose (HD) group was 25.3Gy (17.6–34.1) and that of the low dose (LD) group was 0.88Gy (0.18–4.8). At the end of a median follow-up of 6.7 years, OS was poorer in the HD group at 11% than the LD group at 56% (p = 0.127). While 5-year cancer-specific mortality was similar in both groups at 22%, non-cancer-associated mortality was higher in HD (44% vs 11%, p = 0.127). In addition, HD were associated with a greater risk of CV hospital admission (56% vs 11%, p = 0.131) and new cardiac abnormalities (56% vs 0%, p = 0.029). Conclusions: In this group of medically unfit NSCLC patients treated with lung SABR, there were differences in outcome possibly associated with heart dose. The HD group showed higher mortality, specifically non-cancer-related mortality and cardiac events. Investigation of a larger cohort is warranted. [Table: see text]


A dog whistle is also a logical fallacy that intends to cast its object in a certain subjective light. While it has been decades since I took a course in logic (and even back then I could not get my Ps and Qs right), I can still recognize that Trump is a master at strategically employing the informal persuasive fallacy. Recognizing this, prompted me to have a closer look at a few of Trump's effective fallacies.


This paper proposes a method for fabricating gadolinium diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid-immobilized silica particles (SiO2/Gd–DTPA). Preparation of a colloid solution of spherical silica particles with an average size of 101.7±11.7 nm was performed by a sol-gel method at 35◦C using 0.2 M tetraethylorthosilicate, 25 M H2O and 0.01 M NaOH in ethanol. Amino groups were introduced on the silica particles with 6 × 10−3 M (3aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APES) at 35◦C (SiO2–NH2), which resulted in their average particle of 80.5±9.7 nm. Gd–DTPA was immobilized on the SiO2–NH2 particle surface with 5 × 10−4 M Gd–DTPA in 50/50 (v/v) water/dimethylformamide solution at 35◦C , which provided their average particle of 101.6±12.3 nm. The APESintroduction and the Gd–DTPA-immobilization did not change the spherical structure, and shifted an iso-electric point of particles to higher pH for the APES-introduction and then to lower pH for the Gd–DTPA-immobilization, which indicated that APES and Gd–DTPA were successfully attached on the particle surface with no chemical damage. A relaxivity value for T1-weighted imaging of the SiO2/Gd–DTPA particle colloid solution was 2.7 mM −1 s−1, that was 64% of that for Magnevist. [DOI: 10.1380/ejssnt.2015.42]


High pressure and large flow rate small-sized cooling fans are used for servers in data centers and there is a strong demand to increase its performance because of increase of quantity of heat from servers. Contra-rotating rotors have been adopted for some of high pressure and large flow rate cooling fans to meet the demand. The performance curve of the contra-rotating small-sized cooling fan with 40 mm square casing was investigated by an experimental apparatus and its internal flow condition was clarified by the numerical analysis. The fan static pressure of the front rotor was extremely low and it increased significantly at the rear rotor. The uniform flow was achieved at the inlet of the rear rotor because of the special shape of the casing between the front and rear rotors. On the other hand, the tip leakage flow was large enough to influence on the main flow of the test cooling fan by the design specification of high pressure with compact rotor diameter.


Preface Acknowledgements PART I. Where We Were: The Structure of Intellectual Property and the History of the TRIPS Debate Chapter 1. The Challenges of the TRIPS Agreement Chapter 2. The History and Character of TRIPS and how it Shapes the Contemporary Debate PART II. Where we Are: Dispute Resolution and its Impact on a Neofederalist Vision of TRIPS Chapter 3. The Dispute Settlement Understanding and Interpretation of the Substantive Features of the TRIPS Agreement Chapter 4. Interpretation Continued: The Structural Features of the TRIPS Agreement Chapter 5: TRIPS and Domestic Lawmaking PART III. Where We Are Headed: Intellectual Property Lawmaking For the Twenty-First Century Chapter 6: The WTO, WIPO, ACTA, and More: Fragmentation and Integration Chapter 7: An International Acquis: Integrating Regimes and Restoring Balance Notes Index


The workplace is where a variety of people meet to fulfil the needs of the organisation. The meeting of various people from many backgrounds can often cause communication failure. This hinders productivity and work efficiency. It can also cause detrimental injuries within the workplace by evoking anger, misinterpretations, cynicism, loss of trust and respect resulting in an unhealthy workplace atmosphere. Consequently, all these rippling effects distorts the progress and growth of a workplace which could negatively impact its founded visions and future achievements to ruins. Without us realizing, communication is the most minute yet key course of action that takes place in conveying information, resolving a conflict to achieve an agreement, and having mutual understanding among employees to establish high quality relationships in the workplace. Evidently, a successful organization may crumble due to factors that could have been early detected and avoided in their communication. Therefore, this pilot study aims to investigate factors that can hinder communication at the workplace. A total number of 148 participants responded to a survey which focused on contextual factors in terms of verbal and non-verbal communication, structural factors such as the environment, and behavioural factors such as personal barriers. The findings reveal that contextual, structural, and behavioural factors are potential hindrances to successful communication at the workplace of communicators who are unaware of their actions while interacting. Hence, employers should induce efforts to eliminate communication barriers at the workplace to allow information to be conveyed excellently. Besides that, employers need to provide a good work environment that facilitates effective communication. Employers should also take measures to allow employees to socialize to reduce the personal barriers among them.


The start of operations at the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) at Brookhaven National Laboratory heralded a new beginning for photon-science-based research capabilities in catalysis. This new facility builds on many years of pioneering work that was conducted at the NSLS synergistically by many scientists from academia, government labs, and industry. Over several decades, numerous discoveries in catalysis were driven through the emergence of an arsenal of tools at the NSLS that exploited the power of emerging X-ray methods encompassing scattering, spectroscopy, and imaging. In-situ and operando methodologies that coupled reactor environments directly with advanced analytical techniques paved a rapid path towards realizing an improved fundamental understanding at the frontiers of chemical science challenges of the day.


The invention relates to a method for preparing a catalyst used in synthesizing isophorone through an acetone multiphase method. The method provided by the invention comprises the following steps: weighing and dissolving a certain quantity of magnesium salt, calcium salt, aluminum salt and transition metal salt in distilled water to prepare a mixed salt solution; dropwise adding a precipitator-alkali solution to the mixed salt solution in the stirring course; and aging, filtering, washing, drying and roasting the precipitates to finally obtain the catalyst. Compared with the prior art, the method provided by the invention has the characteristics: (1) the preparation course of the catalyst is simple; (2) the price of the raw materials of the catalyst is low; and (3) the reaction is carriedout under gas phase conditions, and the catalyst is a magnesium-calcium-aluminum composite oxide modified by the transition metal. The catalyst provided by the invention has certain acid strength andalkali strength, thereby enabling the catalyst to have higher catalytic activity and stability. In the reaction for preparing the isophorone through acetone condensation, the conversion rate of acetone is about 34%, the selectivity of the isophorone reaches more than 90%, and the one-way running time is larger than 1000 hours.


Abstract. Strategic (once-off) tillage (ST) of continuous long-term no-tillage (NT) soil may help to control weeds prior to establishing the following crop but may also increase the risk of erosion and nutrient loss in runoff and greenhouse gas emission compared with NT soil. The objective of this study was to measure these short-term runoff and gaseous emission impacts after ST of NT, controlled traffic farming soils. A rainfall simulator was used to generate runoff from four plots (2.75 m length x 0.75 m width) each of NT and ST on a Vertosol, Dermosol and Sodosol. Runoff was generated from heavy rainfall (70 mm h -1 ) and samples analyzed for volume, sediment and nutrient contents. Short-term nitrous oxide (N 2 O) emissions were measured from the Vertosol and Sodosol before and after rainfall using the passive chamber technique. On the Dermosol and Sodosol there was more runoff from ST plots than from NT plots (P 0.05). Erosion was highest after ST on the Sodosol (8.3 t ha -1 suspended sediment) and there were no treatment differences on the other soils. Total nitrogen (N) loads in runoff followed a similar pattern. Dissolved phosphorus (P) concentrations and total P loads were higher (P -1 of total P, respectively) and Dermosol (1.0 and 0.3 kg ha -1 total P, respectively). Dissolved N and P fractions comprised less than 13% of total losses. ST did not increase N 2 O emissions on either soil studied . (P>0.05) Over the measuring period, cumulative N 2 O-N emissions from the Vertosol and Sodosol were approximately 1 and 0.6 g ha -1 , respectively. Strategic tillage for weed control increased the susceptibility of Sodosols and Dermosols to water, sediment and nutrient losses in runoff after heavy rainfall but had minimal impact on N 2 O emissions.


The teaching system is an important part of the university institution.Exploration of the reform in China's modern university institution entails the reform of the teaching system.With the development of higher education,the conflict between the old teaching system and the new development environment has become increasingly sharp.So reform is not only the dream of the elderly educators but also the appeal of young students.Yang De-guang,a prominent scholar in the community of higher education,held talks with several postgraduates on the reform of China's teaching system.They suggested that quality-oriented teaching methods should be advocated,the teaching credit system should be changed into the educational credit system,and that a disqualification system and a split-flow teaching mode should be devised and hoped that the dream of China's teaching system reform could be soon realized.


The reconstructions of Au surfaces have been studied by scanning tunnelling microscopy. Topographs of Au(110)‐(1×2) as a function of annealing temperature show changes in the long range order, in good agreement with diffraction measurements and theoretical studies. Some insight into the nucleation and growth of the (1×2) reconstruction was obtained by imaging the surface after deposition of Cs or O. A new structural model for Au(100)‐(5×20) is proposed with a high resolution topograph. Adsorption of Si clusters on Au(100) will be described.


A 128-word by 44-b wide SRAM (static random-access memory) embedded array has been designed in a BiCMOS process that contains 0.45- mu m FETs and 18-GHz bipolar transistors. The design integrates the sense-amp function into the array, and BiCMOS performance levels are maintained without utilizing the DC power of traditional BiCMOS sense-amplifier and level-shift circuits. The sense-amp function is realized through a unique combination of bipolar devices and FET storage cells distributed along a bit line. Each bipolar device acts as an address/data-controlled current switch that may or may not discharge a bit line. The discharge occurs very quickly, generating a full signal level capable of driving CMOS logic.<<ETX>>


also offer a personal account of the same events, as an autobiographical element in this story. In doing so, I aim to further contextualize publications from the period — my primary source materials — with details from firsthand experience. This perspective may add to our depth of historical understanding, in which the extent of personal detail does not imply a greater importance to the events presented. In focusing on the work of individual researchers and developers, I rely on the various publications that followed the work of these individuals to link this story to the factual historical record we will follow. There are, of course, many important personal and institutional stories that have yet to be told. The University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) is heavily mentioned in this column, as it was the site of so much foundational work. I view this period as a synergistic surge of technology, engineered by a magnificent group of researchers and developers amidst a defining period of challenge, creativity, invention, and impact.


A linearly parameterized functional form for a Cartesian representation of molecular dipole polarizability tensor surfaces (PTS) is described. The proposed expression for the PTS is a linearization of the recently reported power series ansatz of the original Applequist model, which by construction is non‐linear in parameter space. This new approach possesses (i) a unique solution to the least‐squares fitting problem; (ii) a low level of the computational complexity of the resulting linear regression procedure, comparable to those of the potential energy and dipole moment surfaces; and (iii) a competitive level of accuracy compared to the non‐linear PTS model. Calculations of CH4 PTS, with polarizabilities fitted to 9000 training set points with the energies up to 14,000 cm−1 show an impressive level of accuracy of the linear PTS model obtained with ~1600 parameters: ~1% versus 0.3% RMSE for the non‐linear vs. linear model on a test set of 1000 configurations.


With the aggravation of aging and the increasing demand of the elderly for pension and medical services, the old-age model of medical care combined with nursing emerges as the times required. Traditional Chinese medicine medical institutions have the advantages and opportunities in the process of developing integrated medical and nursing services, such as the treatment and prevention of chronic diseases, the increasing demand of the elderly for integrated medical and nursing institutions, and the strong support of the state for integrated medical and nursing institutions. However, they are also facing challenges and difficulties such as imperfect team, weak market competition and low payment ability. Through the analysis of opportunities and challenges for TCM medical institutions, this paper provides corresponding counter measures and suggestions for their development.

Key words:
Private hospitals; Combination of medical and maintenance; Opportunities; Challenges


Recently the South African Minister of Safety and Security, Charles Nqakula, argued that local and municipal police should be thought of as 'co-owned' by communities. To enable the realisation of this vision Nqakula was reported to be considering 'changes to the Police Services Act and the laws governing municipal policing'. In this report the Minister is quoted as saying that 'no police force, no matter how big it is, can ever effectively deal with crime' alone. In the Sunday Times, also of 6 May 2007, the Minister is reported as arguing for the importance of forging a closer relationship between the police and the private security industry.


Simple Summary Wolves and European wildcats are two iconic predator species that can live in overlapping ecological contexts and also share their habitats with their domestic free-ranging relatives, increasing the risk of anthropogenic hybridisation and its possible deleterious consequences. By applying a multidisciplinary approach, we morphologically and molecularly analysed the cat remains found in a canid faecal sample collected in a forested area of central Italy. Individual multilocus genotypes of both predator and prey were identified turning out to be, respectively, a wolf showing traces of dog ancestry at autosomal microsatellite loci and a domestic cat. Abstract Non-invasive genetic sampling is a practical tool to monitor pivotal ecological parameters and population dynamic patterns of endangered species. It can be particularly suitable when applied to elusive carnivores such as the Apennine wolf (Canis lupus italicus) and the European wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris), which can live in overlapping ecological contexts and sometimes share their habitats with their domestic free-ranging relatives, increasing the risk of anthropogenic hybridisation. In this case study, we exploited all the ecological and genetic information contained in a single biological canid faecal sample, collected in a forested area of central Italy, to detect any sign of trophic interactions between wolves and European wildcats or their domestic counterparts. Firstly, the faecal finding was morphologically examined, showing the presence of felid hair and claw fragment remains. Subsequently, total genomic DNA contained in the hair and claw samples was extracted and genotyped, through a multiple-tube approach, at canid and felid diagnostic panels of microsatellite loci. Finally, the obtained individual multilocus genotypes were analysed with reference wild and domestic canid and felid populations to assess their correct taxonomic status using Bayesian clustering procedures. Assignment analyses classified the genotype obtained from the endothelial cells present on the hair sample as a wolf with slight signals of dog ancestry, showing a qi = 0.954 (C.I. 0.780–1.000) to the wolf cluster, and the genotype obtained from the claw as a domestic cat, showing a qi = 0.996 (95% C.I. = 0.982–1.000) to the domestic cat cluster. Our results clearly show how a non-invasive multidisciplinary approach allows the cost-effective identification of both prey and predator genetic profiles and their taxonomic status, contributing to the improvement of our knowledge about feeding habits, predatory dynamics, and anthropogenic hybridisation risk in threatened species.


We have realized a dual-species Bose–Einstein condensate (BEC) of 23Na and 87Rb atoms and observed its immiscibility. Because of the favorable background intra- and inter-species scattering lengths, stable condensates can be obtained via efficient evaporative cooling and sympathetic cooling without the need for fine tuning of the interactions. Our system thus provides a clean platform for studying inter-species interactions–driven effects in superfluid mixtures. With a Feshbach resonance, we have successfully created double BECs with largely tunable inter-species interactions and studied the miscible–immiscible phase transition.


Abstract We say that a Puiseux monoid is exponential provided that it is generated by some of the powers of a rational number. Here we study the atomic properties of exponential Puiseux monoids and semirings. First, we characterize atomic exponential Puiseux monoids, and we prove that the finite factorization property, the bounded factorization property, and the ACCP coincide in this context. Then we proceed to offer necessary and sufficient conditions for an exponential Puiseux monoid to satisfy the ACCP. We conclude by describing the exponential Puiseux monoids that are semirings.


:  Discipline is an attitude that students need to have in learning in order to help students achieve learning goals. On the other hand, learning aims to train discipline so that students can behave correctly and have good character in society. This study aims to examine teachers' efforts to use positive reinforcement in increasing student discipline in the learning process. The research method used is descriptive qualitative. The data found by the author shows that the percentage of discipline in grade IV elementary school students is 63.2%. The teacher applies a positive reinforcement method that aims to improve student discipline. The use of positive reinforcement methods shows an increase in student discipline to 73.3%. The teacher has a role as a role model and guide in building student character. The conclusion obtained is that positive reinforcement shows the percentage of success of positive reinforcement on student discipline of 10.1%. The advice given is to make more specific disciplinary indicators and research is carried out over a longer period of time so that discipline improvements are more visible.


This paper presents an analysis of the temporal characteristics of the electromagnetic wave backscattered from wind-influenced forest at low grazing angles. The data were collected at the US Air Force Stockbridge Test Site in Stockbridge, New York during the last week of August 2017 using portable, high-power S-band radar. We show that the data are in good agreement with the Narayanan, Lacaze, and Billingsley temporal and Doppler models.


Photoemission studies of localised `d' electrons in PbI2 are contrasted with observations of `d' band emission from VSe2 and MoS2. Although the photoemission data suggest empirically similar "flat" band behaviour in all cases, the electronic origins of the low band dispersion in VSe2 and MoS2 are distinctly defferent. The data are discussed in the light of accepted band structure descriptions of the layered transition metal dichalcogenides and for MoS2, polarised photoemission data provide further insight into band symmetries.


Dono, D, D Prijono, S Manuwoto, D Buchori, Dadang, and Hasim. 2004. Insecticidal activity of rocaglamide against Crocidolomia pavonana (F.) larvae and adult female of parasitoid, Eriborus argenteopilosus (Cameron). Agrikultura 15:178-184. Rocaglamide, the active compound of extract of Aglaia odorata is effective against larvae of some insect pest species, but its toxicity to caterpillar of crop cabbage caterpilar, Crocidolomia pavonana, and nontarget organism for example Eriborus argenteopilosus parasitoid has never been tested. Result of this research indicated that rocaglamide has a strong insecticidal activity and lengthen the development time of C. pavonana larvae by residual method on food leaf, but rocaglamide was relative nontoxic to adult of E. argenteopilosus by local treatment till concentration of 300 ppm. LC50 and LC95 of rocaglamide to C. pavonana instar 2+3+4 were 23.39 ppm and 69,24 ppm, respectively. Rokaglamide at concentration of 10-80 ppm lengthen development time of C. pavonana larvae of instar 2 till instar 4 of 1.253,67 days compared with control. Therefore, rocaglamide has a good potential to be developed as botanical insecticide that is compatible with integrated pest management.


The paper analyzes the functions of professional managers in process of township and village enterprises' revolution.Combined the family business specialties,the paper analyses the barriers in the process of revolution.Furthermore,from the prospect of control right,we discuss the appropriate way for the enterprises to break through the limits of this period and to realize the second pioneering work.


The coronavirus outbreak, which is the single-stranded envelope Rna virus with human and animal pathogen that started in Wuhan, China's Hubei Province, stands before us as a pandemic today. The total number of patients has exceeded 8 million in the world and 180 thousand has been reached in our country. While the number of deaths from COVID-19 has been 438 thousand all over the world, 4842 people have died in our country so far. While applying different treatment modalities in the world, treatment schemes have been determined with the recommendations of the ministry of health science committee in our country. Viral spreading starts 1-2 days before the onset of symptoms. The viral load rises in the throat swabs during the emergence of symptoms. Social rules and isolation also play a substantial role in preventing the transmission of the condition. In particular, the use of masks significantly reduces the transmission rate of the disease. Although there have been changes in the treatment schemes since the outbreak started, important progress has been made in fighting the epidemic, and serious reductions in mortality rates and intensive care hospitalization times have been achieved.


ABSTRACT Theatre, performance, and espionage have several times been unexpected partners throughout history, from theatrical spies to CIA and Hollywood collaborations. This article firmly places covert and undercover espionage acts in the realm of theatrical performance, and seeks to further examine the links between stagecraft and tradecraft by analyzing specific actions and operations from the Second World War through the lens of actor training methodologies. It argues for an alternative theatre history, where the political landscapes of espionage acts assumed the form of a global performance venue, with its participants taking on character, costume, design, and an ever suspicious audience.


Fault injection(FI) is a powerful method for the testing and evaluation of fault-tolerance mechanisms,which may be widely used during all phases of the development of fault-tolerance computer systems.The basic concept of fault injection and the research on the methods of fault injection are introduced.A simulation example is introduced.


Viscosity represents a key indicator of product quality in polymer extrusion but has traditionally been difficult to measure in-process in real-time. An innovative, yet simple, solution to this problem is proposed by a Prediction-Feedback observer mechanism. A `Prediction' model based on the operating conditions generates an open-loop estimate of the melt viscosity; this estimate is used as an input to a second, `Feedback' model to predict the pressure of the system. The pressure value is compared to the actual measured melt pressure and the error used to correct the viscosity estimate. The Prediction model captures the relationship between the operating conditions and the resulting melt viscosity and as such describes the specific material behavior. The Feedback model on the other hand describes the fundamental physical relationship between viscosity and extruder pressure and is a function of the machine geometry. The resulting system yields viscosity estimates within 1% error, shows excellent disturbance rejection properties and can be directly applied to model-based control. This is of major significance to achieving higher quality and reducing waste and set-up times in the polymer extrusion industry.


The electrochemical performance of several anode materials is compared for the electrochemical incineration of p-benzoquinone in acetate buffer media (pH 5). The chemical oxygen demand (COD) estimated for benzoquinone by titration with standard permanganate solution can be decreased to virtually zero by electrolysis at electrodes comprised of Fe(III)-doped {beta}-PbO{sub 2} films on Ti substrates. Carbon dioxide is a product of the electrochemical process; however, the possibility of other volatile products cannot be dismissed. Addition of solid benzoquinone to acetate media is followed by slow formation of a brownish black color that is concluded to result from one or more humic compounds produced by condensation of benzoquinone; however, it cannot be concluded whether the condensation reaction is a necessary prerequisite to successful electrochemical incineration of benzoquinone. Optimal operating conditions suggested for electrochemical incineration of benzoquinone in acetate buffer include heating of the anode (e.g., 60 C) to increase the rate of anodic discharge of H{sub 2}O and, thereby, decrease the anodic overpotential. Evidence also is presented that the rate of electrochemical incineration is enhanced slightly by the addition of a traces of Fe(III) with reduction of dioxygen (O{sub 2}) to hydrogen peroxide (H{sub 2}O{sub 2}) at a cooled stainless steel cathodemore » (e.g., 15 C) in an undivided cell.« less


SARA COHEN SHABOT is an associate professor (senior lecturer), and chair of the Women's and Gender Studies Program at the University of Haifa. She specializes in phenomenology, feminist philosophy, and philosophies of the body. Her present research and publications address feminist philosophical perspectives on childbirth and the maternal embodied subject. She has published several papers on feminist phenomenology, for instance on Beauvoir's concept of freedom and the erotic body in Feminist Theory (2016), on the phenomenology of childbirth pain in The European Journal of Women's Studies (2015), and on Obstetric Violence as gender violence in Human Studies (2016). (firstname.lastname@example.com)


Aims: In order to investigate the effect of vine training system on grape phenolic composition, a divided canopy system (Lyre) and a vertical shoot positioned trellis with two different pruning systems (Royat and Guyot) were applied in a commercial vineyard of cv. Xinomavro (Vitis vinifera L.). The quality of the produced grapes was determined with respect to three analytical parameters: anthocyanin content, tannin composition and proanthocyanidin structure.Methods and results: Monomeric anthocyanins, flavan-3-ol monomers and oligomers, tannin mean degree of polymerization (mDP), galloylation percentage (%G), and extension and terminal subunit structure were determined in seeds and skins by HPLC and LC/MS. Total phenolics, anthocyanin content, tannin concentration and antioxidant activity were measured in whole berries. Grapes and wines of the Lyre system were characterized by increased concentration of total and individual anthocyanins and total phenols. Individual flavan-3-ol monomers and oligomers were highest in Royat grape skins and Guyot seeds. Concerning proanthocyanidin structure, Royat grapes had significantly higher mDP and lower %G in skin and seed polymeric tannin fractions, compared to the other two systems, possibly leading to a lower grape astringency potential.Conclusion: Training system may affect grape anthocyanin concentration, total flavan-3-ol content as well as skin and seed proanthocyanidin structure (mDP, %G, extension and terminal subunits).Significance and impact of the study: The results of the present study could be of high importance to both grape growers and winemakers. Xinomavro grapes are rather poor in anthocyanins while being characterized by dry and astringent tannins. By adopting Lyre as a training system, higher anthocyanin contents could be achieved in grapes, resulting in wines with more attractive colour when adopting a longer pre-fermentation skin contact process. On the contrary, grapes of the Royat system might be more appropriate to produce full-bodied wines with higher ageing potential, due to their more appropriate tannin structure, by using longer maceration periods.


Letbe a prime number and L/K be a finite Galois � -extension of function fields of one variable with field of constants k an algebraically closed field of characteristic p � � .I fL/K is a cyclic finite extension, it is obtained the Galois module structure of the generalized Jacobian C0 (� ), associated to the modulus B in L induced by a modulus A in K, where A not necessarily contains all the prime divisors of K ramified in L in its support. If L/K is any finite Galois � -extension, we determine the injective component of C0 (� ). For L/K finite abelian, we obtain the injective component of the usual Jacobian C0L(� ).


since 1990, what the editors term the fourth generation of African literature. One of the signal virtues of the collection is that there are articles on literature composed in English, French, and Portuguese. The organizers of the colloquium have thus broken through the linguistic and political walls raised by the Congress of Berlin in 1884–85. In her introduction, Liz Gunner, director of CALS, quotes Ayo Quayson's apt observation about the role of interdiscursivity to reflect the complex interactions between languages and cultures in contemporary African literature (Strategic Transformations in Nigerian Writing: Orality and History in the Work of Rev. Samuel Johnson, Amos Tutuola, Wole Soyinka and Ben Okri [Oxford: James Currey, 1997], 16). The term certainly applies to many of the contributions presented here. Divided into three categories, Changing Faces/Les Nouveaux Visages, Changing Times/Les Nouveaux Themes, and Diversity/ Diversite), the collection offers studies on a variety of topics and genres ranging from mystery novels (Karen Ferreira-Meyers) to 'migritude' (Debra Kabwe wa Segatti), 'afropolitisme' (Bernard de Meyer), the struggle of African women for freedom to express themselves (Annie Gagliano), and television dramas (Ludovic Heyraud). In every essay, the reader discovers original analyses that open up new perspectives on authors and aspects of African literature published since 1990. Although no one will quibble with the focus here on the fourth generation of the late twentieth century, one would like to have seen nevertheless a nod to the 5,000 years of pretwentieth-century African literary history— Egyptian love poems and short stories, legends in seventeenth-century chronicles from Timbuktu, the thirteenth-century narrative about Solomon and Sheba penned in Ethiopia, the flowering of Swahili poetry in the eighteenth century, and the appearance of adjami texts in West Africa, to say nothing of the rich oral art recorded from the late nineteenth century to the present. But the merit here with the focus on the last century is that the volume enables even long-term scholars the opportunity to keep up to date with the latest theories in African criticism. Finally, the brief note about the Centre for African Literary Studies as a repository for books is a welcome reminder for an entire generation of scholars who have retired or who are contemplating retirement. Lindfors, Priebe and others have donated their collections to the Centre for African Literary Studies, and others should follow their example.


ABAIs are relatively common but undoubtedly among the most overlooked bacterial infections. As they dominate the diagnostic flora, anaerobic bacteria are particularly important and frequently associated with a range of infections, from severe to even lethal. Some anaerobic bacteria may cause infections all by themselves, but mixed infections mediated by anaerobic and aerobic bacteria are challenging. In such cases, anaerobes can be completely overlooked unless culturing is performed carefully to recover all types of infection-causing bacteria [1, 2]. Recovery from the infections caused by anaerobic bacteria relies on immediate and effective management [2] that Review article


We report on the electric-field- and H chemical-absorption-induced band manipulations of armchair ZnO nanoribbons using first-principles calculations. It is shown that the band gap of a semiconducting armchair nanoribbon can be reduced monotonically with increasing transverse field strength, demonstrating a giant Stark effect. The critical field strength to completely close the band gap decreases with increasing ribbon width, while it is almost independent of the stacking thickness. On the other hand, the nanoribbon with the edges fully passivated shows an enhanced gap but a slightly weaker Stark effect. We also observe hydrogen-termination-induced metallization of the ribbons when only the edge O atoms are passivated, which results from an n-type doping effect. These findings suggest potential ways of band engineering in armchair ZnO nanoribbons.


By RT-PCR technology,we separated and cloned the 14-3-3 protein gene from the peel of the cucumber(Cucumis sativus L.)bending variety'Changchun Mici',named Cs14-3-3.The full length cDNA of Cs14-3-3 is 792 bp,encoding a protein of 263 amino acids.Its molecular mass is 29 589.287 D, and pI is 4.585. Bioinformatic analysis showed that the protein of Cs14-3-3 possesses the basic structure of 14-3-3 proteins,and shares high homology with the known 14-3-3 proteins,which is belonging to the 14-3-3 protein family. At the same time,by using real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR(RT-qPCR), we studied the expression of mRNA in straight fruit and the abdomen and the ridge of the bending fruit in the periods of 2,4,6,8,10,12 days after flowering. The result showed that in each period,the expression level of Cs14-3-3 from high to low order is bending fruit abdomen,straight fruit,bending fruit ridge,and in each part,the expression level of Cs14-3-3 in 2 days after flowering obviously higher than that in the other periods. In conclusion,it was preliminarily revealed that Cs14-3-3 gene is related to fruit bending in cucumber,and plays an important role in the period of early fruit development after flowering.


Abstract : Contents: Leadership in groups; Setting platoon goals and standards; Motivating performance; NCO use and support; Handling disruptive influences.


Design and verification of systems at the register-transfer (RT) or behavioral level require the ability to reason at higher levels of abstraction. Difference logic consists of an arbitrary Boolean combination of propositional variables and difference predicates and therefore provides an appropriate abstraction. In this paper, we present several new optimization techniques for efficiently deciding difference logic formulas. We use the lazy approach by combining a DPLL Boolean SAT procedure with a dedicated graph-based theory solver, which adds transitivity constraints among difference predicates on a "need-to" basis. Our new optimization techniques include flexible theory constraint propagation, selective theory deduction, and dynamic predicate learning. We have implemented these techniques in our lazy solver. We demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed techniques on public benchmarks through a set of controlled experiments


Top quark interactions provide an interesting window to new physics through the relatively strong coupling to the Higgs sector. For both leptonic t → b`ν and hadronic t → bjj decays the b` and bj invariant mass distributions are shown to be sensitive probes of top quark charge changing interactions. Within an effective field theory analysis the leading corrections are described entirely by interference with an electroweak magnetic dipole operator, with a distinctive correction to these distributions. A percent level measurement of the shape of the distributions could probe the scale of the dipole operator up to the TeV scale. In addition, the top quark mass could be determined through both the end point and longitudinal W -boson fraction of the invariant mass distributions. The latter method, unlike other kinematic techniques, would yield a top quark mass independent of leading jet energy scale uncertainties.


This paper discussed the measurement of income inequality-Lorenz Curve and Gini Coefficient and analysed the changes in the distribution of farmer's per capita net revenue since reform and opening up in China. We found that income inequality in rural area has widened during last 20 years but the income distribution was almost equity and Gini Coefficient was less than 0.3 within last 20 years. The inequality in components of income is discussed finally.


Astragalus columbianus, known from only two collections, was designated as rare, endangered and probably extinct. This species has been rediscovered and, while occupying a strip only 0.1 by about 10 km, is vigorous and in no immediate danger.


In complex indoor environment, the measurement values of Wi-Fi fingerprint are severely limited to multipath and unpredictable environmental dynamics, thereby reducing indoor location accuracy. In this paper, we propose a high efficiency WiFi fingerprint localization based on distance constraint. First, we train the raw fingerprint using the clustering method and to mint out stable and effective fingerprint features. Then on the base of these, the sampling point strategy of the annular coverage is further constructed. Futhermore, completes the distance measurement and fingerprint match, and give the location of the target. Unlike previous works, the resulting system is established to combine range-based scheme and fingerprint-based, in order to make up for the disadvantage of the ranging scheme, and reduce the matching cost of the fingerprints in the online stage. Meanwhile, it can disambiguate of the fingerprint space by use this distance. The simulation results show that the algorithm has obvious advantages in a complex environment, and the positioning model has better performance.


The literature on locative inversion in English currently disputes whether locative inversion differs from PP topicalization in permitting a quantifier in the fronted PP to bind a pronoun in the subject. In order to resolve this dispute, this paper runs two experiments on Amazon Mechanical Turk, one an acceptability judgment task and the other a forced-choice task. Both find that PP topicalization does not differ from locative inversion: both permit variable binding. Locative inversion also does not differ from a minimally different sentence with the overt expletive there. These findings remove an argument against the null expletive analysis of English locative inversion, and they also show that weak crossover is not uniformly triggered by A-bar movement.


This article examines the role of bilateral FDI and income convergence in affecting HDI increase in countries with middle HDI in ASEAN. The ASEAN Economic Community has been developing and it is expected that the gaps between nations can be covered. This article explores how economic intervention through HDI and income convergence can boost HDI improvement. The writers examine the presence of a statistically significant causal relationship between source country's GDP, home country's GDP, source country's FDI towards the home country, source country total FDI, home country total FDI, and the percentage of source country FDI towards source country total FDI with both countries HDI convergence. Measurement is carried out using the generalized method of moments. Based on yearly samples of high HDI countries (Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore) couple with medium HDI countries (Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Indonesia, and Philippine) during 2013–2017 period, the writers find statistically significant impact of home country GDP, source country FDI towards all countries, and FDI percentage of the home country compared to all countries.


The basic conditions,location advantages,market advantages,the advantages of technological innovation,talent and other advantages in Anshan as well as Anshan high-tech zone,etc.to develop FACTS and automated metallurgical equipment were analyzed.The feasibility of constructing Flexible Power Transmission and Distribution and metallurgical automation equipment in Anshan high-tech zone is discussed,and the industrial development direction and the next leading industry gathering implementation,and industrial upgrading of job ideas are proposed.


14 hypothalamic (4 males) obese children as study group (10 craniopharyngiomas, 2 suprasellar non-glial tumors, 1 septo-optic dysplasia and 1 patient with damaged hypothalamus and hydrocephalus due to sequela of meningoencephalitis), and 30 exogenous (11 males) obese children as control group in prospective, cross sectional, case control study. Oxalogical findings and pubertal status were evaluated. Mallampati scores and scoring of sleepiness were assessed. All patients underwent full-night polysomnography (PSG) for assessment of OSA. Fasting blood glucose, insulin, lipid profile, hsCRP, TNFα were measured. Hypothalamus takes part in sleep regulation and appetite control. Sleep dysregulation associated with severe obesity can be a feature of hypothalamic damage as well as exogenous obesity.