An asymptotic analysis based on the homogenization technique in the framework of linear dynamics for an arbitrary range of frequencies has been applied to an infinite one-dimensional (1D) system which consists of elastically supported discrete masses, linked by beams. Three scale regions of eigenfrequencies are found. The first one corresponds to the continuum approach, when the system studied can be described as an effectively continuous homogeneous beam and the corrections are of a higher order of magnitude. The second region corresponds to an antiphase mode of neighboring masses vibrating with slowly varying amplitudes. The highest range of frequencies reflects the short beams vibration between neighboring masses, which are immobile in the first term approach. The completeness of the spectrum analysis is shown. Dispersion relations and peculiarities of the corresponding eigenmodes have been discussed. The system studied admits generalizations and may itself serve as an adequate model for various technical applications: civil engineering, ship building etc.


During insulin therapy generalized allergic reactions are sometimes observed in diabetic subjects and disappear in many cases when the insulin preparation is changed (see Joslin, Root, White & Marble, 1952). These allergic manifestations are often the result of sensitization to impurities in the insulin preparations (Jorpes, 1949). It is also known, however, that insulin itself is antigenic and that antibodies appear in the plasma of human subjects (Berson, Yalow, Bauman, Rothschild & Newerly, 1956) and of animals (Moloney & Coval, 1955) after only short courses of insulin therapy; no such antibodies are demonstrable in human or animal subjects who have not received parenteral insulin therapy. Serum from insulin-treated human subjects and animals (i) neutralizes the convulsive effect of insulin in mice (Banting, Franks & Cairns, 1938; Lowell, 1942; Sehon, Kaye, McGarry & Rose, 1955; Moloney & Coval, 1955); (ii) binds added 131I-labelled insulin in the y-globulin (Burrows, Peters & Lowell, 1957) or between the ,Band yglobulin (Berson & Yalow, 1957) fractions of the plasma proteins; (iii) agglutinates or haemolyses red cells conjugated with insulin (Arquilla & Stavitsky, 1956a). In the present investigations serum from guinea pigs sensitized to purified bovine insulin by the method described by Moloney & Coval (1955) was examined to determine its ability to inhibit the effects of insulin and other hypoglycaemic agents upon the isolated rat diaphragm.


We consider the Coulomb drag between two metal rings in which the long-range Coulomb interaction leads to the formation of a Wigner crystal. The first ring is threaded by an Aharanov–Bohm flux, creating a persistent current J0. The second ring is brought into close proximity to the first and due to the Coulomb interaction between the two rings a drag current JD is produced in the second. We investigate this system at zero temperature for perfect rings as well as the effects of impurities. We show that the Wigner crystal state can in principle lead to a higher ratio of drag current to drive current JD/J0 than in weakly interacting electron systems.


Many problems in science and engineering are in essence the problem of constrained optimization.A new algorithm is designed to solve this kind of problems in this paper.First,the constrained problem is transformed into a two-objective optimization problem.Then,new operators are designed.Finally,the computer simulation is made and the results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.


This manuscript presents the development of an armored vehicle model in lateral and longitudinal directions. A Nine Degree of Freedom (9-DOF) armored vehicle model was derived mathematically and integrated with an analytical tire dynamics known as Pacejka Magic Tire model. The armored vehicle model is developed using three main inputs of a vehicle system which are Pitman arm steering system, Powertrain system and also hydraulic assisted brake system. Several testings in lateral and longitudinal direction are performed such as double lane change, slalom, step steer and sudden acceleration and sudden braking to verify the vehicle model. The armored vehicle model is verified using validated software, CarSim, using HMMWV vehicle model as a benchmark. The verification responses show that the developed armored vehicle model can be used for both lateral and longitudinal direction analysis


We report a novel chemical and biological sensing metrology by combining both frequency-domain terahertz and microfluidic techniques through the quasi-optical approach. Using this sensing platform, a variety of chemicals have been examined over the frequency range of 0.57-0.63 THz. In addition, real-time monitoring and THz mapping of two-stream mixtures and diffusions in a microfluidic device are also successfully demonstrated. This strategy represents a versatile approach that may enable a wide range of chemical and biological applications.


There has been a presented modal approach for analyzing the scattering of plane waves that are incident on penetrable gratings with metallic fins lined over both exterior surfaces of each conducting bar to create flanged apertures, which altogether is covered on both sides by multiple dielectric layers. The new degrees of freedom afforded by the special complex geometry offer ways to improve the capabilities of various applications such as beam deflectors, resolution of spectroscopic gratings, grating couplers, and grating pulse compression/decompression, as shall be demonstrated herein for the latter two. All of these entail higher-order diffraction modes, which are advantageously studied by the aforementioned analytical tool. Outcomes of measurements on a fabricated prototype that agree well with expectations from theory are also presented.


The laser hazard classification system as we know it today has had few fundamental changes since it was first developed by the Z136 Committee in 1971-72, and published in the first edition of the American National Standard Z136.1 (1973). In this first edition, there were five classes, which were reduced to four general classes in the second edition to become compatible with the new (1976) US Federal Laser Product Performance Standard, 21CFR1040. The concept of Class 3A existed in the first editions of ANSI Z136.1, but initially was not given that label. It existed as a transitional subset of Class 3 with reduced requirements. As laser technology developed, the nomenclature 3A evolved to accommodate a power limit, and irradiance limit and expanded wavelength applicability. Now referred to as Class 3R for reduced requirements, the relative risk from accidental exposure remains very similar for all spectral regions, and exposure durations. In the visible and IR-A spectral regions, a Class 3R laser poses a higher risk for a dilated pupil, for ultraviolet Class 3R has a meaningful risk only for very lengthy exposures, and in the far infrared there is again little risk as well. Accidents are exceedingly small in number (four).The laser hazard classification system as we know it today has had few fundamental changes since it was first developed by the Z136 Committee in 1971-72, and published in the first edition of the American National Standard Z136.1 (1973). In this first edition, there were five classes, which were reduced to four general classes in the second edition to become compatible with the new (1976) US Federal Laser Product Performance Standard, 21CFR1040. The concept of Class 3A existed in the first editions of ANSI Z136.1, but initially was not given that label. It existed as a transitional subset of Class 3 with reduced requirements. As laser technology developed, the nomenclature 3A evolved to accommodate a power limit, and irradiance limit and expanded wavelength applicability. Now referred to as Class 3R for reduced requirements, the relative risk from accidental exposure remains very similar for all spectral regions, and exposure durations. In the visible and IR-A spectral regions, a Class 3R laser poses a hi...


The common idea behind complexity reduction in physical systems is separation of information into "physically meaningful" and "safely ignorable". Here we consider a generic notion of such separation -- implemented by coarse-graining the state-space -- and address the question of what information is indeed safely ignorable if we want to reduce the complexity of dynamics. The general condition for reducibility of dynamics under coarse-graining will be presented for stochastic and quantum systems. In the process we develop the quantum notion of state-space coarse-graining that allows to marginalize selected degrees of freedom. One of our main findings is that there is a broader class of symmetries, beyond those that are considered by Noether's Theorem, that can play a role in the reduction of dynamics. Some examples of quantum coarse-grainings and the reduction of dynamics with symmetries will be discussed.


The dissertation consists of five separate studies that all have focused on different aspects of the relationship between psychological factors and sport injuries.In the first study the aim was to ...


Based on the Input-output Model,the relating effect and spread effect between grain modern logistics and other industries in Henan Province were analyzed by adopting the indices such as forward related coefficient,backward related coefficient,influence coefficient and induction coefficient.The effects of the development of grain modern logistics on other industries as well as the structural demands originated from the development and escalation of industries were revealed.


Objective: To discuss the efficacy of HCV core antigen enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay on routine blood screening.Methods: The HCV core antigen enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to test 1100 unrewarded blood donors,compare the result of HCV core antigen test with NAT (neucleic acid testing) and anti-HCV screening.Results: 6 positive samples was found (Tabie 2),1 out off 43 HbsAg(+),4 out off 21 anti-HCV(+),1 out off 128 ALT(+) was anti-HCV test.The 6 samples was detected by FQ-PCR(fluorescence quantity PCR),3 of which were positive.Conclusion: The HCV-Ag test assay is a useful additional mean in routine blood screening at blood bank.


Lyndon Johnson's ascension to the presidency following Kennedy's death created the political space for one of the most productive policymaking periods in US history. The politics of this moment provided an astute politician like Moss the opportunity to press forward on getting FOIA passed out of Congress. Years of coalition building on the issue, including support from key congressional Republicans like Donald Rumsfeld and House Minority Leader Gerald Ford, along with Bill Moyers eventual support from within the White House, provided Moss with the opportunity for policy change. LBJ would follow Kennedy's example by signing a letter to Moss reaffirming Kennedy's position on executive privilege, but Johnson was far from supportive of the efforts to get FOIA passed. A tumultuous period marked by massive policy change, FOIA was a small piece of the Great Society, but one that Congress - and Moss - would not back away from. This chapter delves deep into the politics and skills of the individuals in Congress that were able to get FOIA passed and get Johnson's signature on the bill, marking the end of the legislative development period within the CLDC and moving to the next phase of implementation, oversight, and amendment.


The research intends to explore how Artificial Intelligence (AI) and computing technology can be used to create a more immersive and enjoyable experience within the context of a museum visit. Specifically, the study aims to identify ways in which AI and computing technologies can be leveraged to enrich the visitor's experience, including by providing interactive content, automated personalization, and real-time access to relevant information. Additionally, the research will assess the potential for AI and computing technology to support improved data analytics and utilization of resources within museums, such as enhanced curation, digital preservation, and increased engagement with audiences. The study employed a qualitative methodology, utilizing interviews with museum professionals and surveys of museum visitors to collect data on visitor experiences. An analysis of the data was conducted to identify current and potential uses of AI and computing technology in art museums. The findings reveal that AI and computing technology are currently being used to facilitate access to collections, tour guidance, and educational activities while emerging technologies show promise for providing even more immersive and personalized visitor experiences. The results of this study suggest that AI and computing technology can play an important role in enhancing the visitor's museum experience. The research provides recommendations for art museums to leverage AI and computing technology to optimize visitor engagement and foster more meaningful connections with works of art.


Since 1979, the Manifesto Research Group (MRG) has been collecting and coding election programs with the aim of estimating policy preferences of political parties. Detailed descriptions of this project can be found in Budge et al. (1987, 2001), Laver and Budge (1992), and Klingemann et al. (1994). During the first phase of the project, while the classification scheme was being developed, each group member was responsible for his or her own data collection. Reliability and validity of content analytic procedures had been secured through intensive group discussions. The second phase of the project started in 1989. In the context of its 'Comparative Manifestos Project' (CMP), the Social Science Research Centre Berlin (WZB) provided resources for updating and expanding the MRG data. Coders are now hired to do the content analysis according to this coding handbook. The handbook describes in detail how to select the documents, how to identify the coding units, and how to apply the classification scheme. A reliability test given in the handbook is used for training coders.


Biological therapies in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are known to increase the risk of serious infections. The present study was performed to evaluate the clinical features of bacterial infections occurring in the limbs during biological therapies in patients with RA. By March 2011, 11 RA patients (14 limbs) treated with biological agents at our institution required hospitalization due to bacterial infections occurring in the limbs. These patients had an average age of 53.7 years old. Infections occurred an average of 19 months after biological treatment. Two limbs in one patient were treated with infliximab, eight limbs in six patients were treated with etanercept, one limb in one patient was treated with adalimumab, and three limbs in three patients were treated with tocilizumab. Cellulitis occurred in 7 limbs, late infections after total knee arthroplasty occurred in two limbs, early infections after orthopedic surgery occurred in three limbs, and septic arthritis occurred in two limbs. Four cases had comorbidities—liver cirrhosis and diabetes mellitus in one and three cases, respectively. All patients were treated using corticosteroid with an average dose of 4.6 mg daily. Seven limbs required surgical treatment. All patients finally recovered. Ten limbs continued treatment with biological agents. Care must be taken regarding bacterial infection in the limbs of RA patients treated by using biological agents, particularly those with comorbidities. Further studies are required to confirm means of preventing such infections in daily practice.


Abstract The Hoskins House is a two-story, single pen log structure located in Tannenbaum Historic Park, Greensboro, North Carolina. The house is thought to have been built by Joseph Hoskins, who lived in Guilford County from 1778 until his death in 1799. Previous archaeological testing of soil around the house yielded over 1000 artifacts, and the ceramics of these gave a Mean Ceramic Date (MCD) of 1810 as a possible initial year of construction. Our objective was to date the outermost rings on as many logs as were accessible in the Hoskins House to determine the year or range of years when the house was likely built. We compared 37 ring-width measurement series from 28 white oak group logs with a composite reference chronology created from three oak reference chronologies from Virginia. We found that the logs were cut over a 3-year period from 1811 to 1813, lending credence to the initial MCD of 1810. Joseph Hoskins had already passed away in 1799 and the property was deeded to his two sons, Joseph and Ellis. Ellis Hoskins eventually was later deeded sole possession of the property. The two-story log house located at Tannenbaum Historic Park may be more correctly called the "Ellis Hoskins House" rather than the "Joseph Hoskins House."


The invention discloses purple skin onion wine and a preparation process thereof, and belongs to the technical field of wine making. The invention discloses a purple skin onion wine technology. The purple skin onion wine comprises the following main raw materials in percentage by weight: 70 to 90 percent of fresh grapes, 5 to 20 percent of purple skin onion, and 5 to 15 percent of skin of purple skin onion. The purple skin onion wine is prepared by the following brewing working procedures of: 1, pulping and mixing; 2, performing alcoholic fermentation; 3, performing malic acid-lactic acid fermentation; 4, storing in an oak barrel; and 5, performing stability treatment, and finally, filtering, filling and bottling. The purple skin onion health-care wine is advanced in process, and has the advantages that the content of flavonoid substances is higher, the fragrance of onions is coordinated with the fragrance of wine, and the stability of the wine is higher; the purple skin onion health-care wine has the health-care effect of preventing arteriosclerosis and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases; and the purple skin onion health-care wine has good economic and environmental protection benefits.


As an unusually rapid development, the overstepping develo pm ent is an important approach for less developed countries to catch up with the d eveloped ones. It is of great significance to our country to face the new ch ange and challenge, and realize sustainable development. Its success depends lar gely on the integration effect of relevant factors. This paper analyze s six factors, such as system, capital, technology, market, human resources and management.Corresponding measures and put forward.


This work focuses on the formation of large, luminescent and transparent thick films of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) embedding phosphors. Characterization of these films was made using UV-Visible absorption spectroscopy and cw-selective excitation induced photoluminescence. Results presented here demonstrate the preparation polymer films incorporating luminescent materials in order to obtain large, transparent and thick surfaces of well-dispersed phosphors suitable for use in optical devices. This technique allows the preparation of self-standing, flexible and handy films that could be easily cut or shaped and then used for various purposes.


Universities in Africa have a particular need to educate engineers with a strong sense of ethics. Ashesi University College has developed an engineering programme that includes its trademark strengths of a liberal arts core including critical thinking, communication, and problem solving, along with ethics, leadership skills, and commitment to positive change. Ideally, this programme will educate students who will help create a new era of progress in African industry and infrastructure.


Abstract— We have examined the actions of non‐narcotic antitussive drugs on the response evoked by electrical field stimulation or by acetylcholine (ACh) and neurokinin A (NKA) on guinea‐pig bronchial strip chain. Electrical field stimulation (1–32 Hz, 0.5 ms, 30 V for 5 s) evoked a biphasic contraction in a frequency‐dependent manner, consisting of a cholinergically mediated fast contraction followed by a non‐cholinergically mediated slow contraction. Dextromethorphan (1–300 μM) and tipepidine (0.1–100 μM) caused a concentration‐dependent inhibition in the height of the biphasic contraction, but noscapine (1–300 μM) was less effective. Submaximal contractions of bronchial muscle evoked by exogenous ACh (1–30 μM) were inhibited by tipepidine (10–100 μM), but not by dextromethorphan (10–100 μM) or noscapine (10–100 μM), while those evoked by exogenous NKA (10–300 nM) were augmented by these drugs. The results indicate that in guinea‐pig isolated bronchial muscle, dextromethorphan inhibited both neurally‐mediated responses but not those to the exogenously applied agent. Tipepidine caused an inhibition similar to the non‐cholinergically mediated response of dextromethorphan, it also caused a more profound inhibition of the cholinergically mediated response and selectively antagonized ACh. Noscapine had no effect.


Measurements of polarization of the non-characteristic x-radiation emitted from collisions between energetic (10--90 MeV) Al ions in thin foils are presented. 2 figs (GHT)


The karst's mountain region was the area that ecological environment was frail,and the one of land arrangements key local.Taking the land arrangements project in Fulin Luoyun as the research object,this article discussed water resources analysis in its land arrangements.The analysis had thought in the karst's area,surface water drained in a bigger way,so the condition of ground water resources directly influence hydraulic engineering design in land arrangements.In water resources analysis,the authors analyzed the supply and demand condition of the whole year water resources,especially analyzed the water resources supply and demand condition in the different season.That could really reflect the water resources condition in the land arrangements region,the land consolidation engineering could be successfully designed.


The following article, based upon the author's experience at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), discusses some of the complexities of managing the largest single component of the federal criminal justice system-the Justice Department, a $2 billion, 52,000 person, 26 division operation ' (see attached 1976-77 organization and appropriations charts). DOJ is the principal cabinet department charged with enforcement of federal laws and statutes. These remarks are personal impressions intended to raise some questions about the managerial processes and do not pretend to serve up "the whole truth" about the Justice "bureaucracy problem," nor treat the entire complexities of such an intricate and important topic.


we study the free oscillations of a non-rotating earth-like planet in the presence of a force free magnetic field. The model consists of a solid inner core, a liquid outer core and a solid mantle which is spherically symmetric. The lagrangian displacements are decomposed into scaloidal, poloidal and toroidal components using a gauged version of Helmholtz theorem. These components are identified, with p -, g - and t -modes, respectively. The normal modes of the model are determined using a Rayleigh-Ritz variational technique. The consequence of the presence of the solid parts and the magnetic field is the emergence of pure t -oscillations. The magnetic field, in addition to exciting t -modes, couples the everpresent p -and g -modes together. As an application of the model, the real seismic data of the earth is used to calculate eigenvalues and eigenvectors for different modes.


Introduced a pocket multi-function measuring instrument that can measure content of dust, discussed the working principles of optical sensor especially,the hardware composed of AT89C52 single chip computer,A/D convert chip,clock chip ,flash memory, drawed the flow chart of system interface and gave a way of dealing with data. It features high precise detection,real time,high reliability, low fee, simple installtion etc.


Despite the general acceptance regarding the interest of dealing with heritage interventions using specialized approaches, thanks to the Charter of Krakow, actions on historical rammed earth walls are to often undertaken without support from any preliminary critical assessment. Hence, in recent decades, this has contributed towards the generation of a wide disparity of intervention criteria and technical solutions. This paper addresses a critical analysis of interventions carried out over a specific period of time on military buildings of the ancient Kingdom of Seville. Prior recording and cataloguing of interventions was carried out in order to propose criteria for their value, in terms of their adaptation to formal and technical interventions characteristics. selected, it was intended to cover the maximum number of constructive techniques and states of conservation, so that conclusions would be stronger and could be extrapolated to include a variety of geographic locations. Specifically, this study takes the following building as case studies: the Castle of Alcala de Guadaira, Castle of the Guardas, Alcazar of the City Gate to Seville (Carmona), Hacienda de los Quintos (Dos Hermanas), Ecija City Walls, Castle of Lebrija, Castles of Los Molares, Niebla City Walls (Huelva), Tower of Saint Antonio (Olivares), Sanlucar la Mayor City Walls, San Juan de Aznalfarache City Walls, Seville City Walls, Alcazaba of Reina (Badajoz), Castle of Utrera, and the Tower of Alcantarilla (Utrera). 2 INTERVENTION COMPARISON The analysis presented in this paper of the main intervention criteria used in the case studies has been developed according to the most frequent technical and formal solutions, as well as to their results and responses. Furthermore, repair work due to water erosion, and in the form of consolidations, restitution/restoration of mass, renderings and crack repairs are pointed out for each study case. 2.1 Repairs due to water The vulnerability to water of rammed-earth walls and its weakening effect on the inner structure are normally manifested at the base and top of


Spatial boundaries are a defining feature of a city's social and spatial organization. Rivers, highways, and train tracks create excess distance between nearby locations and often mark social separation -- they become dividing lines that are well known to residents. Qualitative studies are rich with insight about the local significance of boundaries, but they have been largely ignored in the quantitative segregation literature. I advance existing scholarship by integrating spatial boundaries into the way we measure residential segregation for city populations. I introduce a new method that measures the proximity of residential locations and the reach of local environments around each location using road distance. This is more realistic than straight line ("as the crow flies") distance, because it captures the connectivity of roads and the distance imposed by physical boundaries. I measure segregation using the Divergence Index, which evaluates how surprising the composition of each local environment is given the overall population. I use this new approach to examine how spatial boundaries structure patterns of racial and ethnic residential segregation in U.S. cities. Results reveal the salience of city boundaries in structuring segregation patterns in Detroit, and how the presence of physical boundaries affects the composition of local environments in Manhattan. Further, the experience of segregation is highly unequal within cities such as St. Louis. Some residents live in completely segregated environments, while others live in areas that are a microcosm of the city's diverse population. This research bridges qualitative insight on the local experience of segregation and how we measure segregation for city populations. My emphasis on spatial boundaries and local context reframes our understanding of segregation, and offers deeper insight into even the most studied U.S. cities.


A fin‐enhanced phase change material (PCM) system was introduced for cylindrical lithium‐ion batteries. Experiments were performed to explore the performance of the systems during discharging. The working time of the PCM‐Fin system is improved by 75%, 68%, and 61% compared to that of the system without fins under the heat production rate of 10, 12.5, and 15 W, accordingly. Simulations were performed by ANSYS Fluent to explore the influence of the geometric parameters (thickness, length, and number) and materials (nylon, titanium, steel, Al alloy, and copper) of the fins on the thermal performance. A function considering both the improvement in thermal performance and the increase in system weight was defined to assess the overall performance. Results indicate that fins made of Al alloy with the number of 8, a length of 7.5 mm, and a thickness of 0.5 mm give the best performance. Besides, the working time of the PCM‐Fin system is 2150, 2490, 2940, and 3570 seconds for the coefficient of heat transfer of 5, 10, 15, and 20 W m−2 K−1, respectively, which is increased by 14%, 32%, 56%, and 90%, compared to that of the adiabatic condition, demonstrating the effectiveness of the PCM‐Fin system.


To explore the mechanism of hypertension caused by sorafenib in liver cancer-bearing rats based on Vascular Endothelial-Growth Factor (VEGF) signal pathway. After the three groups (blank, liver cancer and Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat (SHR) groups, n = 30) were administered orally with sorafenib (2 mg/kg), the non-invasive tail arterial pressure measurement was employed to determine the changes in blood pressure (BP). Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay measured the changes of VEGF and Nitric Oxide (NO) in serum. The expressions of Kinase insert Domain Receptor tyrosine kinase (KDR-CD), endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase (eNOS), Bax and Bcl-2 were detected by Western blot. TUNEL assay detected the Apoptosis Index (AI) of cardiomyocyte. CD31 immunohistochemical staining was observed the changes of Myocardial Capillary Density (MCD). The BP and VEGF levels of the blank and SHR groups were not significantly (P > 0.05) different from those in the before treatment cohort, while the BP of the liver cancer group was significantly (P < 0.05) higher. VEGF level was significantly (P < 0.05) lower than before. Compared with the blank group, the levels of NO, KDR-CD, eNOS, Bcl-2/Bax and MCD in the liver cancer group were significantly (P < 0.05) lower than those in the after administration, while the myocardial cell AI increased significantly (P < 0.05). After antagonist intervention, the BPs and myocardial AI of the liver cancer and SHR groups were significantly lower than before the intervention. Besides, levels of KDR-CD, eNOS, Bcl-2/Bax protein, MCD, serum VEGF and NO were significantly higher than before the intervention (P<0.05). Induction mechanism of hypertension induced by sorafenib may be owing to the inhibition of the VEGF signaling pathway, and reduction of endothelial cells proliferation leading to blockade of NO synthesis. This causes vasoconstriction, while promoting myocardial cell apoptosis and decreasing capillary density, thereby inducing the occurrence of hypertension.


The invention relates to an organic exhaust gas concentration buffer bed and a biological filter bed system using the concentration buffer bed, according to the organic exhaust gas concentration buffer bed, a hydrophilic adsorption material is filled in the organic exhaust gas concentration buffer bed, a humidity control unit is used for controlling the relative humidity of the exhaust gas air flow entering the concentration buffer bed, competitive adsorption and desorption ratio of aqueous vapor to the organic matter can be adjusted; the biological filter bed system comprises a filter bed connected with an entraining pipe and a discharge pipe, wherein a filter material is filled in the filter bed; a humidification groove connected with an air inlet pipe and the entraining pipe, wherein a sprinkler is arranged in the humidification groove, and a water feed pipe is connected to the sprinkler; the concentration buffer bed connected with a waste pipe and the air inlet pipe, wherein a hydrophilic adsorption material is filled in the concentration buffer bed; and a humidity control unit used for controlling the relative humidity of the exhaust gas air flow entering the concentration buffer bed. The heat accumulation, ignition and fragmentation of the hydrophilic adsorption material are not generated, so that the security is high, and the buffer adsorption and desorption capability is stable.


Cardiac haemangiomas are rare cardiac tumours that are usually asymptomatic and detected incidentally while imaging the heart with echocardiogram. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is a non-ionising imaging modality that allows the diagnosis of cardiac haemangiomas prior to surgery. We report a 36-year old male patient who was referred to the Adult Cardiology Clinic at the Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman, in 2006 with a history of a left ventricle mass detected on echocardiogram. Further assessment of the mass by CMR revealed that the mass within the left ventricle apical septum contained features that were consistent with a cardiac haemangioma. Due to the surgical risk of ventricular septal defect and the stability of the mass, the patient was managed conservatively and upon follow-up the patient's condition remained stable.


The braided structure has a great influence on the properties of composites, and it is of great significance to predict and design the microscopic geometrical structure of fabric. In this paper, a simple model for predicting the yarn morphologies in 2D plain weave fabric and 2.5D shallow-cross bending fabric is established. Compared with the test results, this predictive model has relatively high prediction accuracy and the influences of warp/weft density and yarn fineness on the maximum pore volume in the fabric are analyzed in detail. Based on this model, assume the yarn fineness and warp density is 3 K and 3/cm, respectively, when the weft density increases from 2/cm to 9/cm, and the volume fraction increases from 15% to 35%, the maximum pore volume in the 2D fabric decreases from 2.69 mm3 to 0.195 mm3, compared with that in the 2.5D fabric decreases from 2.67 mm3 to 0.125 mm3. At the same volume fraction, the lower the yarn fineness, the smaller the maximum pore volume in 2D and 2.5D fabrics. In addition, when the sum of the warp and weft yarn densities is a certain value, the maximum pore volumes in 2D and 2.5D fabrics decrease as the weft yarn densities increases. Conversely, as the warp density increases, the maximum pore volumes increase.


Hong Kong has encountered an economic downturn since the outbreak of the Asian Financial Crisis in 1997. It was a result of the lack of long-term preparation for adjustment to changes in the industrial structure. Without a foundation to upgrade its industrial structure from labour-intensive manufacturing to mid and high-tech industry, Hong Kong could only transit its industrial structure directly from the secondary sector to the tertiary sector – financial services, trading and logistics, and related services. Nonetheless, due to the keen competition in terms of cost advantages from the neighbouring economies, mainly those regional economies in the Pearl River Delta and the Yangtze River Delta in Mainland China, Hong Kong has encountered the "Problem of Production Cost" in various industries. Since land rents and labour wages are the two major components of cost structure, the core strategy in economic development for Hong Kong is to maintain its competitiveness, by all policy means, helping to reduce the total cost of production for all sectors in the SAR. 1. An Overview Since the Asian Financial Crisis, Hong Kong has encountered an economic downturn with the collapse of the property market, falls of 1 The author is the Research Development Officer of the Centre for Asian Pacific Studies, Lingnan University. This is a revised version of the author's paper entitled "Substitute, Complement, and Economic Integration: Policy Implications for Hong Kong SAR" presented in the Forum of A Tale of Two Regions: China's Pan PRD and ASEAN – Cooperation for Mutual Benefit, co-organized by the Hong Kong Policy Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Social Sciences, Centre for Asian Studies of the University of Hong Kong, and the Centre for Asian Pacific Studies of Lingnan University, held in Hong Kong and Guangzhou during 4-6 November 2005.


Customer in the era of 4.0 may be influenced by social media when it comes to their purchase intention. Nonetheless, when the product involvement for the purchase is high such as buying a property, buyers' intention is greatly determined by psychological factors. Hence, the aim of this study is to determine the factors that influence the purchase intention of high-rise properties in Penang. A total of 103 completed questionnaires were received and use for data analysis. Statistical Packages for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software was used for data analysis and hypotheses testing. The findings of this study show that attitude, perceived behavioural control and property attributes has a positive and significant relationship with buyer's intention of high-rise properties. Surprisingly, financial factors, developer branding and property surrounding demonstrated insignificant relationship with purchase intention while property view has a negative relationship with purchase intention of high-rise properties. This study provides important insights especially on the buyer's perception that influence their purchase intention. This help to extend the knowledge in the consumer behaviour literature on the type of housing demand in Malaysia that emphasizes on high-rise properties.


This paper explores how passive colored markers used for blob-tracking can be advanced to improve their operation in spatial augmented reality environments. We have created an adaptive marker that captures the color of environmental light, and then changes its own appearance in order to optimize tracking performance. We have provided implementation details and proof of concept for an active marker that supports interactive operations and visual feedback. We compared the performance of both the passive and adaptive color marker in varying lighting conditions. Our results show a significant improvement in four scenarios where a passive marker is known to have poor tracking quality.


This paper investigates the scale-free characteristics of Chinese stock network which includes Shenzhen stock network and ShangHai stock network. We analyze characteristics of the growth and preferential attachment of stock networks. In particular, we study other three important properties of stock networks, such as the rapid communication, robustness and clustering. Through empirical theory and numerical study, we find that the two stock networks have not scale-free characteristics, which is different to many real complex networks.


Peter Wilson, a child psychotherapist and former director of Young Minds, opened the seminar by explaining that he is finding the state of child and mental health services in the UK somewhat bleak. It is difficult to be positive about the current situation but he thought that by addressing the many challenges that face us, it might be more possible to think constructively and realistically about future developments


Objective:DNA and cell cycle of leukemic cell in the peripheral blood of acute leukemia(AL) patients were studied to find their relationship with clinical features so as to guide clinical diagnosis and treatment. Methods: By FCM, the DNA index、DNA ploidy and SP of 46 AL patients were studied. Results: DNA index,DNA aneuploid and SP in CR leukemia patients were lower than those in radical/relapsed groups (P0.05,P0.01). DNA index and DNA aneuploidy in patients achieving CR were lower than those of patients failing to achieve CR treated immediately after diagnosis (P0.05). Conclusion: The treatment of AL patients with diploids and lower DNA index was more effective. DNA index and aneuploidy may be regarded as an important reference in prescribing chemotherapy regimens for AL.


There are two problems with the existing account of the relationship between newspapers and national identity in the UK. The first is that although it is widely assumed that the mass media are central to the reproduction and evolution of national identity this has never been empirically demonstrated. The second is that exactly what comprises the relevant 'national' context in the UK is unclear. Content analysis of 2,500 sampled articles, together with qualitative comparison of different editions of the same newspaper titles and interviews with editors and journalists are used to show the extent and nature of 'national' frames of reference in newspapers in England and Scotland. Paradoxically, devolution may have reduced the spatial diversity of news stories in the press in England and Scotland.


Pathophysiological mechanisms behind pain in chroniccervical musculoskeletal conditions (MSC) in office workers remainunclear. Chronic cervical pain has established links with temporomandibular(TM) disorders. Yet there is no current published evidence to reportwhether individuals with cervical dysfunction exhibit altered masseterand cervical extensor (CE) muscle activity. Objective: To explore CE andmasseter surface electromyographic (sEMG) activity and teeth clenchinghabits in females with chronic cervical dysfunction and no TM disorder.Design: Descriptive cross-sectional correlational study with singleblinding.Participants: University students and staff with or without chroniccervical pain and no TM involvement. Methods: Descriptive and paindata captured from Research Diagnostic Criteria for TM disorders, NeckDisability Index, Computer Usage, Brief Pain Inventory, and EuroQoL-5Dquestionnaires. Female participants allocated to a chronic cervical (n = 20) and a control group (n = 22). Investigator blindedto the study groups recorded sEMG of bilateral masseter and CE muscles (C4/5 level) at rest and during light teeth clenching.Results: No differences in socio-demographic profile; or in masseter or CE sEMG activity at rest or during light clench betweengroups. The pain group had higher scores for pain, reported a daytime teeth clenching habit, and had worse scores for the healthrelatedquality of life (HRQoL) sub-sections for pain, anxiety/depression, and lower scores for perceived health status. Conclusion:No relationship established between cervico-mandibular sEMG activity and reported disability in females with chronic cervicaldysfunction and no TM disorder. Association between biopsychosocial factors of teeth clenching and anxiety/depression highlightscomplex pathophysiological mechanisms in chronic recurrent cervical pain.


Life perceptions were studied by means of a temalic aperception tesl (Murray) in 21 cancer survivor male andfemale adolescents, who were Irealed in the oncology unit of an university associated public pediafric hospital atmetropolitan Santiago, Chile. Most patients perceived both *he world and themselves in a negative way. All of themhad depressive feelings, mainly related to confliciive family situations and secondarily to death or survival as well.The importance of psychological support at the different stages of oncologic disease is emphasized, particulary inadolescent patients whose adaptation needs may become acutely and sevenly affected.(Keywords: adolescence, neoplasic, survival, emotions.)


Selective laser sintering (SLS) is a powder–based rapid prototyping (RP) technology in which parts is built by CO2 laser. This research work presents an optimal method to determine the best processing parameter for SLS in order to fabricate parts with enhanced component integrity and reduced overall costs using stainless steel material. Moreover, the optimum process parameters, such as layer thickness, hatch spacing, laser power and part bed temperature are obtained by adopting the Taguchi method based on the Design of Experiment model for better surface finish, dimensional accuracy and hardness. Experiments are planned by using Taguchi's L12 orthogonal array. The level of importance of the process parameters are determined by using analysis of variance (ANOVA). The experimental results confirmed that the validity of the used Taguchi method for enhancing the SLS performance and optimising the process parameters in the stainless steel material based SLS rapid manufacturing process.


Bilingualism (Russian-Other languages) reflected in the literary text is examined in the article in the aspect ratio of the linguistic identity (the Russian language as a tool of creativity) and ethnic identity of bilingual authors from the point of view of the bearer of Russian culture. The target of the article to understand how, in what way in the text the Russian-writing writers shows their ethnic identity.


The mismatch of high heat demand in winter and high solar heat supply in summer can be compensated by solar district heating (SDH) with borehole thermal energy storage (BTES) systems. Transient simulations are imperative to attain a good understanding of the system behavior and to determine an optimized system design. In this context, the models of SDH systems and BTES pose very different requirements on their simulation environments. Taking this into account, a coupled simulation, in which both models can be realized in separate and specialized simulation environments becomes favorable. In the presented work, a SDH modeled in SimulationX (Modelica) and a BTES modeled in FEFLOW (Finite Element subsurface FLOW system) were simulated simultaneously and coupled via a TCP/IP connection. An adaptive communication step size control was implemented, to minimize both the error in transmitted energy and the computational effort.

Recent studies have shown that the performances of the single components of SDH with integrated BTES – and thus the whole system – strongly depend on design parameters like size, system architecture and control strategy. With the aforementioned method the strong interdependencies and the complex system behavior can be simulated in high detail, which allows for a comprehensive analysis and subsequent identification of energetic inefficiencies. The temperature level of the district heating flow proves to be a parameter, which has a strong effect on the storage performance as well as on the system efficiency. A case study is carried out, to illustrate the difference in efficiency of BTES integrated into district heating grids with different flow temperatures. It analyzes the potentials of an integration of a BTES into the existing district heating grid of the TU Darmstadt with and without a reduction of the grid flow temperature. During summer, a solar thermal collector field and buffer storages are used to the charge of the BTES system, whereas a heat pump was added for discharging it in winter.

The results support the general opinion that low district heating flow temperatures and respectively low return temperatures are crucial for an efficient operation of SDH systems with integrated BTES. The storage, the solar thermal collectors and the heat pump can be operated in an energetically much more favorable way. As a consequence it can be said that not only district heating systems profit from the integration of seasonal BTES, but the efficient operation of the storage itself is highly dependent on the shift to 4th generation district heating.


In a recent Letter [1] Puviani et al. claim that the Higgs mode gives an enhancement of the Raman response in the symmetric A1g Raman channel. Here we report technical mistakes which invalidate this conclusion. The Raman susceptibility is the response function for the Raman density operator ρR = ∑ k γkc † kck, where the combination of incident/scattered light enters in each Raman form factor γk (Ref. [2]). The authors of Ref. [1] consider a model H = H0 + HP + HC , where H0 is the non-interacting Hamiltonian, HC is the Coulomb interaction and HP is the four-fermion interaction term, Eq. (1) of [1], that can be written in Nambu notations as:


The ASB research program in northern Thailand seeks to understand processes and dynamics of land use c hange important in the mountainous mainland Southea s Asia (MMSEA) ecoregion, and develop technologies and policies that can impr ove land use management in the region. MMSEA includ es the large region of hill and mountain terrain th at joins the Himalayan mountains in southwest China, and extends through northern po tions of Myanmar, Thailand and Laos, to Vietnam in the east. Several major river systems flow through or ave headwaters in this region, long known for its diverse ethnic composition and c omplex patterns of traditional land use that includ es shifting cultivation. As this region also includ es most of what remains of mainland Southeast Asia's rapidly dwindling forest resources , it i the focus of increasing environmental conce r r lated to water, biodiversity and climate chang e at national and international levels.


ABS>The experimental levels of the low even configurations of the second spectra of the palladium group (Sr through Cd) are compared with theoretical calculations. The significance of different approximations is discussed. Interpolation formulas for the interaction parameters enable calculation 650 levels using 36 free parameters, with a mean error of 84 cm/sup -1/. (auth)


Characteristic features and axiomatics of orthodox neo-classic models of consumer behavior are determined, directions of its development are revealed. The analysis of empirical checks of model is carried out. The conclusion about the limited abilities of verification of the revealed preferences theory as bases of considered model is made. The role of irretrievable costs of the consumer decision as the factor breaking axiomatics of the revealed preferences theory is analysed. It is offered the post-keyncian model of a consumer choice as practically more acceptable and including interdisciplinary aspect of consumer behavior.


Ka-band Radar front-end was developed as a supplement to existing C-band INW Avalanche Radar. The additional Ka-band channel was added to the existing C-band radar for to detect powder fraction of avalanches, which can have high-pressure waves inflicting enormous damages. GaAs IMPATT diodes and MMIC were used to develop Ka-band Radar front. TX and RX antennas have elliptical beam widths for to fit real avalanche geometry.


On the outskirts of Bissau a leprosarium was created by the colonial authority for the isolation of portuguese Guinea colony patients . Cumura was emerging as a leprosy confinement space. The Catholic church took responsibility in assisting, thus avoiding the expansion of evangelical Protestants in the colony. As there weren't any portuguese missionaries with specific training, the Apostolic Mayor asked the Province of St. Anthony of Venice to send Franciscan missionaries who had been expelled from Tibet by Mao Tse Tung. Based on the filled research and on the ethnographic research, this article aims at rescuing and providing visibility to the Cumura Leprosy, combining the history, ethnography and photography of this institution currently known as Hospital do Mal de Hansen, a reference in medical assistance in Guinea-Bissau and for other West African countries.


Skin potential level (SPL) on the palmar surface reduces its electro-negativity at the early stage of sleep and recovers it on waking up. This phenomenon suggests a close relationship between SPL and arousal change. The relationship and its applicability were studied by two experiments in which a vigilance task was imposed on subjects. In the first experiment the relation between changes in SPL and decrement of arousal level was examined. The results showed that electro-negativity in SPL reduced corresponding to the decrease of arousal level measured by task performance. On treatment of SPL, range correction was effective in reducing the individual difference. In the second experiment the above results were applied to designing a means to control the level of arousal and to finding the possibility of keeping a high level of arousal during the vigilance task. In the experiment a bell sound was released to arouse subjects when their SPL reached a pre-set threshold level. The decrement of arousal level which...


Face recognition with LiDAR and Time-of-Flight sensors is increasingly used in smartphones to automatically unlock devices when the user is present. The problem is that the presence of the user has to be detected before the energy-intensive face recognition can be started. This work presents a solution by introducing an energy-efficient measurement method for indirect Time-of-Flight sensors, which includes an on-chip processing method to detect the user's presence directly on a Time-of-Flight image sensor. The presented method is based on histogram analysis of direct reflectance images. The unique use of direct reflectance images is a significant enabler as it reduces histogram variations. Therefore our method outperforms conventional histogram detection methods and enables low-power on-chip face detection. It further enables the Time-of-Flight sensor to notify the smartphone application processor to perform the actual face recognition for device unlocking. We show in our evaluation that our method just has a false-positive rate of 17%, while all faces were detected. This is very promising since our measurement method reduces the processing cost which might lead to vast power savings in a future smartphone generation.


Magnetic resonance (MR) phase‐contrast (PC) flow measurements are degraded by partial volume errors when the spatial resolution is low, in particular when a large difference in signal magnitude exists between the fluid and the surrounding material. The latter is often the case in phantom studies and may be encountered when flow is measured in prosthetic vessel segments (such as shunts, grafts, and bypasses) and in contrast‐enhanced blood. This paper presents a new method that is designed to measure flow in vessels of circular cross‐section with Poiseuille flow and negligible background signal arising from static material around the lumen. The method calculates the average flow velocity directly from the original complex image data by integrating the signal in oppositely velocity‐sensitized PC images. The radius is calculated from the summed signal modulus. The method allows accurate and resolution‐insensitive measurements of the average flow velocity to be obtained in both cross‐sectional and in‐plane acquisitions. It is not critical to any of the assumed conditions. The validity and capabilities of the proposed technique are demonstrated by in vitro experiments. Magn Reson Med 51:785–793, 2004. © 2004 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


Based on a long-term field experiment involving 35 tree species, Sun et al. (1) suggest that mycorrhizal types of plants differ in decomposition rates of leaf litter, but not root litter. Although the authors refer to several publications regarding mycorrhizal status of plants and claim to have performed their own observations, we contest that they have misallocated the mycorrhizal type in many of the woody plants, a fundamental mistake that may invalidate their findings. In particular, we are concerned that 4 species of Acer , 2 species of Ulmus , Lonicera praeflorens , Aralia elata , and Acanthopanax senticosus were assigned as only or mostly ectomycorrhizal, whereas Alnus sibirica , Corylus mandshurica , Salix raddeana …

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The main focus of the paper is to implement a prototype model for the real time patient monitoring system. The proposed is used to measure the physical parameters like body temperature, heartbeat, ECG, blood sugar, and oxygen level monitoring with the help of biosensors. Conventionally there are number of techniques available for the ICU patient's health monitoring system with wired communication technology. In the novel system the patient health is continuously monitored and the acquired data is transmitted to an ARM server using zigbee wireless sensor networks. Embedded processor supports for analyzing the input from the patient and the results of all the parameters are stored in the database. If any abnormality felt by the patient automatic alarm sound will arrive and the message will send to the doctor mobile automatically by using GSM module. The implementation of the system is achieved by the advanced processor and simulation results are obtained by Keil c software.


We examined the associations between academic achievement and arts involvement (access to a musical instrument for the child at home, participation in unspecified after-school arts activities) in a sample of 2339 11–12-year-olds surveyed in the USA between 1998 and 2008. We compared the contributions of these variables to other kinds of cognitive stimulation at home (e.g. books), participation in after-school sports, and socioeconomic factors. Involvement in after-school arts was positively related to academic achievement only for those children who also reported access to a musical instrument. Access to a musical instrument predicted academic achievement independently of socioeconomic status. We consider the possibilities that the results may be indicative of differing parental attitudes in homes with musical instruments and/or a causal link between instrumental music learning and academic achievement.


The purpose of the current study was to determine the content of mobile forms of microelements in soils with different relief and to establish the correlation between elements and productivity of the main agricultural crops under the conditions of the Central Blackearth Region. The study was carried out on the territory of the Kursk region on the fields of the FSBSI Kursk FARC in the laboratory for agrochemistry and agroecological monitoring in the period from 2006–2016. The subjects of the study were microelements and their quantity. The object of the study was the arable soil and grain crop productivity. There has been established that the slopes of polar exposures have different levels of microelement content. The content of mobile copper has decreased on the slope of the northern exposure and amounted to 0.07 mg/kg and 0.09 mg/kg on the watershed plateau. On the slope of the southern exposure, it has tended to increase (0.10 mg/kg). The highest content of mobile zinc has been determined on the watershed plateau (0.13 mg/kg), the lowest on the southern slope (0.06 mg/kg). The manganese content on the territory of the watershed plateau was relatively higher in comparison with the slopes of polar exposures (17 mg/kg), northern slope (10.8 mg/kg), and southern one (8.0 mg/kg). There has been found that microelements have a different effect on productivity of the studied grain crops according to land relief. On the territory of the northern slope and the watershed plateau, barley productivity has been more influenced by the content of zinc and manganese. Winter wheat productivity was dependent on manganese. On the southern slope, productivity of the studied grain crops was significantly affected by both the content of mobile zinc and manganese.


A large portion of the population consists of adolescents aged by 12 to 19 years. During this period of human life occur several behavioral factors involving sexuality that intrigues many researchers, teachers and parents and according to the Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais (PCNs), sex education must be taught in schools as a crosscutting theme. The aim of this study was to investigate perceptions and attitudes towards sexual education among elementary school Indigenous teachers in a rural school in Dourados-MS. Data collection was conducted through a questionnaire completed by individual teachers. The results show that teachers consider important to work with sex education in elementary schools involving different areas of knowledge and with the help of health professionals. Most teachers work or have worked this theme in his classes, and consider the students receptive and interested, however, some teachers have difficulty in approaching the subject. One of the difficulties encountered are related to the low acceptance of their parents, highlighting the need for guidance on the same theme. The Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais ensures that the sex education should begin in early school years.


Abstract The pseudopeptide backbone provided by N‐(2‐aminoethyl)‐glycine oligomers with attached nucleobases has been widely utilized in peptide nucleic acids (PNAs) as DNA mimics. Here we demonstrate the suitability of this backbone for the formation of structurally defined dye stacks. Toward this goal a series of peptide merocyanine (PMC) dye oligomers connected to a N‐(2‐aminoethyl)‐glycine backbone were prepared through peptide synthesis. Our concentration‐, temperature‐ and solvent‐dependent UV/Vis absorption studies show that under the control of dipole–dipole interactions, smaller‐sized oligomers consisting of one, two or three dyes self‐assemble into defined duplex structures containing two up to six chromophores. In contrast, upon further extension of the oligomer, the chosen peptide backbone cannot direct the formation of a defined duplex architecture anymore due to intramolecular aggregation between the dyes. For all aggregate species a moderate aggregation‐induced emission enhancement is observed.


Models capable of estimating losses in future earthquakes are of fundamental importance for emergency planners, for the insurance and reinsurance industries, and for code drafters. Constructing a loss model for a city, region or country involves compiling databases of earthquake activity, ground conditions, attenuation equations, building stock and infrastructure exposure, and vulnerability characteristics of the exposed inventory, all of which have large associated uncertainties. Many of these uncertainties can be classified as epistemic, implying—at least in theory—that they can be reduced by acquiring additional data or improved understanding of the physical processes. The effort and cost involved in refining the definition of each component of a loss model can be very large, for which reason it is useful to identify the relative impact on the calculated losses due to variations in these components. A mechanically sound displacement‐based approach to loss estimation is applied to a test case of buildings along the northern side of the Sea of Marmara in Turkey. Systematic variations of the parameters defining the demand (ground motion) and the capacity (vulnerability) are used to identify the relative impacts on the resulting losses, from which it is found that the influence of the epistemic uncertainty in the capacity is larger than that of the demand for a single earthquake scenario. Thus, the importance of earthquake loss models which allow the capacity parameters to be customized to the study area under consideration is highlighted. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Background: Cooper's (1994) Drinking Motives Questionnaire-Revised
 (DMQ-R) is frequently used to measure reasons for engaging in alcohol consumption. However,
 there is a need to check if results from the model are consistent across countries. The aim of
 this study was to use confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to assess the validity of the DMQ-R in
 different countries. Method: N = 2057 (Female = 1456; Male = 596) completed the DMQ-R as part
 of an online survey of university students conducted in six European countries. Findings: CFA
 supports the proposed four-factor solution: enhancement, coping, social and conformity.
 However, in order to achieve a satisfactory model fit (CFI=.954; NFI=.946; PGFI=.706;
 RMSEA=.061; SMR=.060) we had to eliminate the item "Because you feel more self-confident and
 sure of yourself." Eliminating this item guarantees the invariance of the model across
 countries. Descriptive analyses indicate that external factors—social and enhancement—have
 higher mean scores in all the countries. Discussion: This study confirms the DMQ-R factor
 structure using data from different European countries. Results show that university students
 mainly give external reasons for their alcohol use.


Privacy is one of the most pressing concerns in the continuously evolving landscape of information technology. Despite decades of vigorous and multifaceted exploration in the interdisciplinary field of information privacy, a consensual or unifying theory remains elusive. Moreover, the complexities of issues surrounding privacy are frequently labeled as "too big to understand" in the public press. At this critical juncture, it is beneficial to delve deeper into the foundational assumptions that privacy scholars have about privacy phenomena. In this commentary, we offer a fresh perspective by drawing on Dreyfus' influential exegesis of the Heideggerian onto-epistemological framework to reflect on these assumptions. The perspective we offer yields three integrative recommendations for future privacy research to open to new research directions. We illustrate how these new directions could not only grow future privacy research but also facilitate the design of more effective privacy-protection measures in practice.


Cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase was measured in the outer layers of the bovine retina by quantitative histochemical methods. The outer segment region contained the highest specific enzyme activity. Phosphodiesterase activity with different kinetic properties was also observed in the outer plexiform layer.


This report on ectoparasitic mites from Alaska is presented to supplement the few published accounts of mites from the territory (see references). All species concerned are members of the family LAELAPTIDAE. Specimens reported were obtained from three sources: Rocky Mountain Laboratory of the United States Public Health Service, through Mr. Glen M. Kohls; United States National Museum, through Dr. E. W. Baker; and Arctic Aeromedical Laboratory of the United States Air Force, through Captain John M. Geary. Among the specimens sent by Mr. Kohls were three collections made on Nunivak Island by personnel of the Arctic Health Research Center of the United States Public Health Service at Anchorage. Unmounted specimens were prepared for study by enlisted personnel of the survey section, 498th Preventive Medicine Company, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Specimens reported in this paper were taken from rodents and birds at several widely separated localities from Nunivak Island off the coast of southwestern Alaska to Umiat and Barter Island far above the Arctic circle. Eight species are represented in these collections. In the list which follows, Rocky Mountain Laboratory is abbreviated as RML, and Arctic Health Research Center is abbreviated as AHRC. Identified specimens have been returned to the institutions from which they were obtained.


The rise of social media has given a significant boost to the information and com-munication industry. Prior to now, the common news outlets were the mainstream print and electronic media, domiciled in specific locations, and guided by particular laws of nation states. These laws, for the most part, regulated and enforced decency, compelling practitioners to adhere to the ethics of truth, reason and democracy. But with the rise of social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc., that are used by enormous number of people to communicate, network, and advertise their business-es, the determination of information to be released to the public is no longer under the monopoly of a select few technocrats and entrepreneurs. Once the immediate access to these facile communication channels of social media is set in place, everyone with a basic social skill becomes a communicator of news. This phenomenon has revolution-ized the media industry, giving everyone opportunity to have information at the snap of their fingers. But by the same token, and leveraging on the complexity of formulating regulating laws, the social media circumvents most existing norms, leading to abuse of public trust, credibility deficit and crisis of confidence. This essay makes a foray into the responsibility of social media in what concerns truth, reason and democracy. Using the analytic method, it gauges the current social media practice vis-à-vis the traditional media, and highlights the gray areas that precipitate abuse. The essay concludes by advocating for strict adherence to media ethics that will promote the values of responsi-bility, fairness, truthfulness, accountability and universal democratic ideals.


Haldane model can realize the anomalous quantum Hall effect (QHE) without Landau levels (LLs) and serves as a prototype of the quantum spin Hall effect. In this paper, we study the QHE of Haldane model under magnetic field with magnitude such that the magnetic flux in a plaquette is commensurate with the lattice structure. First, we show the origin of unconventional QHE in graphene and point out a general rule for the Hall step of Dirac fermions, which strongly depends on the valley degeneracy of each LL. Second, we study the conductance around the neutral point which lies in the gap given by continuous bands, revealing the competition between periodic magnetic flux and uniform magnetic field. Moreover, the redistribution behavior of Chern number is investigated. We find that besides the staggered magnetic flux, the next-nearest-neighbor hopping can also induce the redistribution. We also study the QHE of the extended Haldane model on a square lattice.


This article attempts to align Kant's ethics with the whole era of secularization that began in Western Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and that the global community still experiences today. The scale, depth, and lasting relevance of Kant's ethics are largely due to the fact that it was a response to the unprecedented moral crisis that followed the Reformation. The issue of a "multicultural world" so topical today was first outlined at that time as the issue of a "multi-confessional Christian region." During the course of religious wars, barbaric massacres of record size, and the resulting damage inflicted on people's livelihood, economy, and culture, a large number of people were on the verge of immorality and anomie. Kant's ethical doctrine is historically rooted in the attempt to understand and accurately interpret this situation. It is to that challenge that Kant's project of a universal code of morality ultimately responds, even if only in a minimally, formally, and negatively outlined way (the concept of the categorical imperative).


Reliability of Digital Radiography of Interproximal Dental Caries. E. Sanden, A. Koob, S. Hassfield, H.J. Staehle and P. Eickholz. American Journal of Dentistry 2003; 16: 170–176.


Kojin Karatani The Structure of World History: From Modes of Production to Modes of Exchange, trans. Michael K. Bourdaghs, Duke University: Durham, 2014, 352 pp: 9780822356769, US $94.95 (cloth) The renowned Japanese theorist Kojin Karatani offers an impressive and thought-provoking approach in this work, which emphasises modes of exchange over modes of production as the basis for understanding world history. Building on his earlier work in Transcritique: On Kant and Marx, Karatani continues with the argument that modern capitalist nations are composed of a tripartite system of capital, nation and state. This capital-nation-state operates as a closed circuit, with each part reinforcing the other. Specifically, this is achieved when a capitalist economy emerges, leading to increased economic inequality and conflict. The nation, emphasising notions of community and equality, uses the apparatus of the state to tax, redistribute, and regulate capital. Karatani argues that this creates a 'Borromean knot', with the three parts so linked that if one is missing, the entire structure falls apart. Karatani continues with this argument by stating that in order to arrive at a better understanding of the structure of world history, social scientists should focus on the modes of exchange as an organising category, and turn away from an over-emphasis on modes of production. By doing so, Karatani argues that there are essentially four modes of exchange. The first (mode A) consists of gift-counter gift reciprocity. This is seen in the social formations of primarily 'archaic societies', where items are given and reciprocated. This includes property, food, land, services, rituals, people, etc. Two important points Karatani makes concerning this mode of exchange are (1) that it does not solely exist in archaic societies, but can continue in general in many different periods; and (2) that mode A is not a form of exchange seen within communities or households. This continues with Marx's challenge of classical political economists, who over-emphasised exchange between individuals. Karatani argues that this mode of exchange occurs primarily as an outward expression between other groups. Also, gifts and trade are not the only ways in which exchange occurs in these communities. Blood feuds, as well as practices such as potlatch, are seen in this mode of exchange, with the result being an absence of centralised power, and an emphasis on communal norms. In the second form of exchange (mode B), a state-like apparatus is seen in which interaction between different communities is required in order to exercise power. One community plundering another is one form this exchange takes, but the plunder itself is not the only form of exchange. As Karatani writes, 'If a community wants to engage in continuous plunder, the dominant community cannot simply carry out acts of plunder ... it must protect the dominated community from other aggressors, as well as foster it through public works ... Herein lies the prototype of the state' (p. 6). The third type of exchange (mode C) is a capitalist economy in which commodities are exchanged. No longer compelled to exchange through the communal obligations found in mode A, or through the violence imposed by mode B, this mode of exchange operates under a principle of 'freedom', with money and commodities exchanging due to the creation of a market. This is the basis of the capitalist society in which we live today. This freedom, of course, does not imply equality. As Karatani argues, the lack of limits for capitalist accumulation, coupled with the decline of the reciprocity found in mode A, leads to unprecedented class divisions in society. These three distinct modes of exchange have different emphases in different time periods and places. …


This delightful, quick-footed book celebrates the English language by exploring the rich treasure house of spelling in all its variety - setting tests and proposing rules, with illuminating quotations and tantalising lists. Headrillaz and Misteeq; Naming Pop Groups; miniscule parallels; non-letters; the three-letter rule; Faeder ure pup e eart on heofunum; UK number plates; HipHop spelling; East Anglian place-names; the E-cancellation spelling test - these are just some of the intriguing subjects presented in this must-have, must-give little book.


Abstract This paper presents a mixed-sensitivity H∞ design for the ALSTOM gasifier benchmark challenge. The controller has been designed with the linearized plant model at the 100 per cent operating point. Performance and robustness specifications were expressed in the frequency domain. The controller has been tested on the 0, 50 and 100 per cent load models. Input and output limits were not exceeded during the tests apart from the gas pressure when testing the controller on the 0 per cent load model. Clearly, this design demonstrates the effectiveness of an H∞ approach in stabilizing the gasifier for different operating points with good robust performance.


The purpose of this article is to analyze female representation through Cultural Theory in the series The Handmaid's Tale (2017). Based on a book of the same name by author Margaret Atwood, the series is set in a dystopian, totalitarian, and Christian-military fundamentalist society. In order to increase birth rates and resume what they call 'old ways', in this reality women lost their voice, were downgraded because of their gender and turned into reproduction machines. Through research on culture, society and the feminist movement, this paper analyzes how women in the fictional Gilead country are represented. They are exposed to the same conditions as equals and are willing to change and fight for the right of their own choices.


Characteristic of k-resilient mechanism are seriously considered with the problem of optimum broadcast tree generation.An analytical mathematical model is provided at first,and according to this model,we prove that the optimum multicast tree generation problem is NP-Complete. Considering the characteristics of the network topology,we propose a heuristic algorithm in dealing with them. The complexity and efficiency of the heuristic algorithm is analyzed.With the GlomoSim simulation platform,the algorithm is implemented and applied in the wireless network scenario.Simulation results show that the heuristic algorithm can effectively reduces the network overhead and the forwarding times of nodes in the network,and the efficiency of the network is achieved.


The optimization of age at first freezing in Murrah breeding bulls has been studied which will help in early selection of bulls for improving the reproductive performance in the herd. The data pertaining to age at first freezing (AAFF), conception rate based on first AI (CRFAI), overall conception rate (OCR) and birth weight (B.WT) of 57 Murrah bulls during 1993 to 2014 belonging to 14 sets of Network Project on Buffalo Improvement at ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana were adjusted against environmental influence and subsequently analyzed. Simple and multiple regression models were developed for prediction of CRFAI and OCR of Murrah breeding bulls. By judging of three developed models (I to III) it was observed that Model III having age at first freezing and birth weight fulfill the accuracy of model, i.e. high coefficient of determination, low mean sum of square, due to error (MSSe), low conceptual predictive value (Cp value) and low Bayesian information criterion (BIC). The results revealed that optimum age at first freezing of Murrah bulls should be 2.5-3.0 years for 4.98% better conception rate based on first AI and 3.92% better overall conception rate in comparison to Murrah bulls with more than 3.5 years of age.


Cameron G. C. and Evans A. W. (1973) The British conurbation centres, Reg. Studies 7, 47–55. The economic structures of six British conurbation centres are compared using data on employment from the 1966 Census, and the changes in their economic structures between 1961 and 1966 are compared using data on employment from the 1961 and 1966 Censuses. It is shown that not only were the structures remarkably similar with approximately 75 per cent of total employment being in the service industries in each centre but also the changes in the structures were very similar. There were considerable falls in employment in manufacturing industry and in wholesaling and transport balanced by slight net increases in employment in the other service industries.


A mobile ad-hoc network is a group of mobile nodes which can communicate between them without the help of any centralized infrastructure. It consists of number of mobile nodes with exceptional quality of self- managing and self-organizing network. Military operations and disaster management are the important applications of MANET. In preventing routing attacks routing protocols plays a significant role. Security attacks can be initiated towards any layer of the stack protocol. MANETs distinctive characteristic like dynamic network topology, battery power and limited bandwidth makes routing an challenging task. Several researches are done in this area and many efficient routing protocols were proposed. But due to the presence of malicious node, these protocols are vulnerable to attacks. Therefore for establishing the attractive MANET, security is a major concern. In this paper we proposed an Advanced secured model for On-demand Distance vector routing protocol, which is highly secured against Denial of Service (DoS) attack and Blackhole (BH) attack. This method can provide highly secured routing with better performance than the typical AODV in terms of packet delivery ratio, normalized routing load and the average throughput.


Microphone arrays often operate in the near field, which complicates the problem of determining a source location from time-difference-of-arrival (TDOA) measurements typically derived from generalized cross-correlation functions. Each TDOA satisfies the equation of a hyperboloid in space and methods have been developed to either solve for intersecting hyperboloids or make some approximation to them, keeping source-location determination a nonlinear, somewhat complex problem. We introduce a closed-form, analytic solution for the problem (the GS algorithm). It is so simple that we were surprised that, until very recently, there have been no other solutions similar to ours. The method uses a minimum of five microphones in three dimensions, one more than other solutions, but, for nonsingular layouts of the microphones, it is very fast and accurate. First, the new method is compared to other closed-form methods for accuracy and sensitivity to noise using simulated data. Then, several variants of GS are compared to two other real-time algorithms, LEMSalg and SRP-PHAT, using real, human-talker data from a large array in a noisy room.


We consider the locally one‐dimensional backward Euler splitting method to solve numerically the Hull and White problem for pricing European options with stochastic volatility in the presence of a mixed derivative term. We prove the first‐order convergence of the time‐splitting. The parabolic equation degenerates on the boundary x = 0 and we apply a fitted finite volume scheme to the equation to resolve the degeneracy and derive the fully discrete problem as we also investigate the discrete maximum principle. Numerical experiments illustrate the efficiency of our difference scheme. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 31: 822–846, 2015


It is increasingly recognized that the ultimate goal of agriculture is nutrition and health of the population. Yet, linkages among these sectors in designing and implementing programs and policies that complement and reinforce their goals remain weak. This is largely due to inadequate capacity to address challenges faced jointly by these sectors. Low levels of individual sector capacities add to the burden of developing multi-disciplinary capacity to address policies and programs that will have implications for the related sectors and thwart achieving the full nutrition and health benefits of agriculture in many developing countries. Yet, serious efforts to develop such multi-disciplinary capacity in Africa remain limited. This journal, AJFAND, is an exception, and a pioneering effort in Africa to develop a practical platform to bring together multi-disciplinary scientists to address common technological, institutional, and policy issues related to food, agriculture, health and nutrition. Its achievement over the last decade, in building multidisciplinary capacity remains unparalleled. In this paper, we look at the past successes in developing multi-disciplinary capacity and what can be learned to further new approaches and applications. Developing multi-disciplinary capacity for agriculture, nutrition and health is nowhere more urgent than in Africa for several reasons. First, several countries in Africa still lag behind in their effort to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, although some progress has been made towards that end. Second, African countries remain vulnerable to the high level of food prices, which not only makes millions of people vulnerable to hunger and malnutrition, but also has negative implications for health outcomes. Third, African countries continue to be vulnerable to man-made and natural disasters that reduce food levels which have serious food security and nutrition implications for the affected population. Finally, emerging issues such as HIV/AIDS, climate change, food safety, and transmission of animal diseases to humans are influenced by, and influence agriculture, nutrition, and health sectors. Addressing these issues has implications for related sectors and will require multi-disciplinary capacity. However, efforts to develop such multi-disciplinary capacity have not been fully successful in the last forty years. Several issues militate against successful development of multi-disciplinary capacity for agriculture, health and nutrition. First, the development goals are pursued without giving due consideration to the need to integrate the food and agricultural system with health and nutrition outcomes. This is partly due to insufficient development of concepts and methods for analyzing such multi-disciplinary approaches to address food security and nutrition Home Publications Editorials Profiles Contact Us Editorial Volume 11 No.6 [2011] http://www.ajfand.net/Volume11/No6/editorial.html


Introduction to Aircraft Flight Mechanics, Second Edition revises and expands this acclaimed, widely adopted textbook. Outstanding for use in undergraduate aeronautical engineering curricula, it is written for those first encountering the topic by clearly explaining the concepts and derivations of equations involved in aircraft flight mechanics. The text begins with a review of basic aerodynamics and propulsion and continues through aircraft performance, equations of motion, static stability, linearizing equations of motion, dynamic stability, classical feedback control, stability and control augmentation, Bode, state space, and special topics. The second edition also features insights about the A-10 based upon the author's career experience with this aircraft. Past winner of the AIAA Summerfield Book Award, this text contributes greatly to learning the fundamental principles of flight mechanics that are a crucial foundation of any aeronautical engineering curricula. It contains both real world applications and problems. A solutions manual is available to instructors by contacting AIAA.


The purpose of this study is to compare the correlation of clinical characteristics and patterns of disease. Subjects of the study were the adults(207) living in Geoje City, the diabetes mellitus and the hypertension patients(166) and the normal people(41). In the diabetes mellitus group and the hyp...


Graves' disease (GD) involves auto-immunity against thyroid cell antigens, but the reasons for the induction of auto-immunity are uncertain. We wished to investigate the role of T helper 17 (Th17) and regulatory T cells (Treg) in a mouse model of Graves' hyperthyroidism. The model was generated by immunizing mice with ade- novirus expressing the autoantigen thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor (Ad-TSHR289). The frequencies of splenic Th17 and Treg were determined by flow cytometry. The levels of interleukin-17(IL-17), forkhead box P3 (Foxp3), and orphan retinoic acid nuclear receptor (RORct) mRNA were determined by real-time PCR. The number of CD4 ? CD25 ? Foxp3 ? T lymphocyte was significantly reduced in the Ad-TSHR289 group compared with the Ad- control (P \ 0.05). mRNA level for Foxp3 was less abundant in Ad-TSHR289 group compared with Ad-con- trol (P \ 0.05). However, CD4 ? IL-17 ? T-cell subpopula- tion and expression of RORct mRNA did not differ significantly between Ad-TSHR289 and Ad-control groups (P ( 0.05). Nevertheless, in Ad-TSHR289 group, a profound increase in the Th17/Treg ratios was found. The present study demonstrates that Th17 is not involved in promot- ing Graves' hyperthyroidism, while Treg and the ratio of Th17/Treg might play a role in the pathogenesis of Graves' hyperthyroidism.


The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is the international governing body of football (soccer) and the ultimate power within the football world. Formed in 1904 in Paris, seven nations attended FIFA's first meeting: Belgium, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. There are now 208 national associations recognized by FIFA, which has more member states than the United Nations. The "global game" spans culturally diverse societies in all continents, and figures estimate that there are 250 million participants in the game; the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany had a total cumulative television audience of 26.29 billion. FIFA organizes and controls football's World Cup finals and other competitions differentiated according to age and gender. FIFA's greatest asset, and football's flagship tournament, the men's World Cup, has become one of the biggest media spectacles and profitable cultural events in the world; valued also by politicians intent on nation-building.

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Tandem rolling mill has an important role in the steel industry, the improvements in thickness accuracy of a steel strip produced by a multi stand rolling mill are substantial interest to the steel industry. Because of the complicated equipment in order to improve quality and productivity, the necessity of appropriate condition monitoring is required. Condition monitoring should be able to decrease the cost of loss and equipment damage. This paper proposes one method based on the feature monitoring. High density of physical sensors to recognize a machine condition reduced monitoring efficiency. To increase the efficiency in high density monitoring is essential reducing the dimension of signal through statistic methods. This study performed the feature value method to the strip breakage at the stationary rolling region. This method can provide the dimension reduction and show the visualization.


In this paper, we propose a privacy protection system that detects human faces from images captured by a wide-angle camera, which is assumed to be a surveillance camera, and encrypts the face detection area. In the proposed face detection method, a classifier is created by AdaBoost learning based on Haar-like features, and the face region is detected from the image captured by the wide-angle camera. By creating the training data based on the face images captured by the camera, faces without can be detected compromising the detection accuracy, even for surveillance cameras. We use block-scrambling encryption to protect the privacy of the detected face area. During face detection, minimizing the probability of missing a face and allowing a certain number of false positives are necessary from the privacy protection viewpoint. In the case of false positives in previous encryption methods, the color space of the background cannot be preserved, resulting in visual degradation. Therefore, in the proposed encryption method, visual degradation is suppressed by improving the processing of the color components. Through simulations, we evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed method in terms of detection accuracy and processing speed for face detection, as well as color component change and compression efficiency for encryption.


The invention provides a file sharing method and a system. The method includes the steps that a first user logs in a cloud server through a first client and uploads a file to the cloud server; the cloud server feeds the ID of the uploaded file back to the first client; the first client receives a first file sharing instruction and ID information of the first user, and sends the ID information of the first user and the ID of the uploaded file to the cloud server; a second client receives a second file sharing instruction and sends the ID information of the first user to the cloud server according to the second file sharing instruction; the cloud server determines whether the ID information sent by the first client and the second client is consistent; and the cloud server licenses the corresponding uploaded file to a second user corresponding to the second client according to the ID of the file if the ID information is consistent. According to the method, the operation is simple, the usage is convenient, and the user experience is good.


When scarce resources are organized and used effectively and innovatively, it leads to the overall development of the country. The process of effectively and innovatively organization of scarce resources is entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship plays a significant role in the development of any economy. Entrepreneurship leads to employment-generating opportunities, rural development, technological development, national income, industrialization, export promotion, etc. In India, a large number of small, medium, and large entrepreneurs contribute to the process of economic development, and every entrepreneur has some challenges and opportunities. This paper aims to analyze the challenges and opportunities faced by innovative entrepreneurs in India.


Deep learning techniques are gradually being utilized in many fields. Healthcare is a field in which deep learning can thrive. The study conducted focuses on using deep learning object detection models to detect dental cavities in an individual's mouth. These images taken from a camera will be fed live to the object detection model to discover the precise coordinates of dental caries if it happens to exist. Previous studies depict that X-rays were often used for detecting dental caries. This study wants to put emphasis on avoiding the use of X-rays since they have a chance of harming human tissue, as well as, and they cannot detect hidden caries. Thus, it is necessary to detect dental caries in an accurate manner, with the proper tools. Studies have also conducted dental caries prediction using the frontal view of the images only. Some have made use of different angles for the images in the dataset, however, there still lies the problem of capturing the posterior teeth. Roughly 300 images get used, as the dataset, for the training and testing of the object detection model. 80% is used for training whereas 20% is used for testing. Two deep learning frameworks have been proposed to evaluate dental cavities, the You Only Once (YOLO) V3 object detection model and the Faster Region-Convolutional Neural Network object detection model. Our results show that the YOLO V3 model consists of an accuracy of 75%, while Faster R-CNN had an accuracy of 80%. The sensitivity values of YOLO V3 and Faster R-CNN were 76% and 73% respectively. The model with better performance would be used for future development of the product, along with the hardware components. Our hardware components aim to take images from outside the mouth, for the frontal teeth, and take images from inside the mouth, for the posterior teeth.


Objectives: Few studies have evaluated the marginal fit of computer-aided design—computer-aided manufacturing (CAD-CAM) monolithic zirconia crowns fabricated through completely digital workflow; however, the internal fit of these restorations is not well known. The purpose of this in vitro study was to evaluate the marginal and internal fit of monolithic zirconia crowns fabricated by using digital workflow, including intraoral scanner (IOS) scans, and compare the results to those of a semi-digital workflow, which combined conventional impressions, poured casts, and extraoral scanner (EOS) scanning. Materials and methods: A typodont right mandibular first molar was prepared for a complete-coverage ceramic crown and scanned using an IOS. The conventional impressions of the preparation were also made, and stone casts were poured and scanned by using an EOS. Virtual models were generated for both workflows, and identical virtual anatomic contour crowns were designed using CAD software. Monolithic zirconia crowns were fabricated for both IOS (ZI; n = 10) and EOS (ZE; n = 10) groups. The silicon replica technique was used to evaluate the marginal and internal fit of the crowns. Measurements were made at 13 points on buccolingual and mesiodistal cross-sections per specimen with a ×6.5 to ×50 zoom stereo microscope. The results from both groups were statistically compared using the Independent Samples t-tests and the Mann–Whitney U test (α = 0.05). Results: Mean gap values at all measurement locations for ZE were significantly higher than those for ZI (p ≤ 0.002). Overall mean values ranged between 29 and 43 µm (median: 28–42 µm) for ZI and 42 and 75 µm (median: 43–77 µm) for ZE. Conclusion: Completely digital workflow through intraoral scans provided significantly better marginal and internal fit for CAD-CAM monolithic zirconia crowns compared with the semi-digital workflow, where stone casts obtained from conventional impressions were scanned with an EOS. Yet, both workflows provided an acceptable marginal and internal fit for CAD-CAM monolithic zirconia molar crowns (<120 µm). Clinical Relevance: Completely digital workflow using IOS scans may be advantageous for the fabrication of CAD-CAM monolithic zirconia crowns as favorable results can be obtained with less material waste and potentially shortened overall treatment time as the impression files can be transferred to the production facility electronically. The results need to be corroborated with clinical studies.