Passively working devices (with no operator input) that register bat calls in real time are very important in conservation and environmental risk assessment, but data on their performance and limits under field conditions are mostly missing. We characterized the recording variability among three batcorders placed in proximate vicinity (ca. 10 m apart) to each other at 157 sites in Austria (central Europe). We found this variability perplexingly high, both for bat activity and species richness estimates. Specifically, the ratio of the highest to the lowest total sequence length (all species combined) was over fivefold in 23%, and over tenfold in 8% of the sites. In only 17% of the sites, we found the same number of species for all three devices — in most sites it varied between one and five species. The maximum call ranges of the recorded bat species affected the recording variability between the devices only for short ranges (5 m) but showed similar or relatively low variability for longer ranges. There was significantly less recording variability in sites with no woody vegetation present than in sites with open to dense vegetation structure. The results clearly indicate that the common practice of deploying only one device per site and night very likely leads to several of the resident bat species being missed and produces unreliable activity estimates.


It is common for many induction motors to be connected to a load bus, and voltage can sometimes quickly collapse when an initial disturbance triggers a cascade of motors stalling. We analyze a single line power system supplying a bus with many induction motors. Variation and uncertainty in the motor load is modeled probabilistically. We describe an analytic method to estimate the parameters of a model of cascading failure from system parameters, and hence estimate the probabilities of the number of motors stalled. The analytic method gives insights into cascading stall and relates system parameters to the risk of cascading stall.


CASIMIR, the Caltech Airborne Submillimeter Interstellar Medium Investigations Receiver, is a far-infrared and submillimeter heterodyne spectrometer, being developed for the Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA. CASIMIR will use newly developed superconducting-insulating-superconducting (SIS) mixers. Combined with the 2.5 m mirror of SOFIA, these detectors will allow observations with high sensitivity to be made in the frequency range from 500 GHz up to 1.4 THz. Initially, at least 5 frequency bands in this range are planned, each with a 4-8 GHz IF passband. Up to 4 frequency bands will be available on each flight and bands may be swapped readily between flights. The local oscillators for all bands are synthesized and tuner-less, using solid state multipliers. CASIMIR also uses a novel, commercial, field-programmable gate array (FPGA) based, fast Fourier transform spectrometer, with extremely high resolution, 22000 (268 kHz at 6 GHz), yielding a system resolution > 106. CASIMIR is extremely well suited to observe the warm, ≈ 100K, interstellar medium, particularly hydrides and water lines, in both galactic and extragalactic sources. We present an overview of the instrument, its capabilities and systems. We also describe recent progress in development of the local oscillators and present our first astronomical observations obtained with the new type of spectrometer.


ABSTRACT Microscale crystals of a 2D layered Mn-MOF [Mn2(TylP)4]n (TylP=5-(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)isophthalic) with a thiolate-bridged binuclear Mn(II) node similar to the active site of the [MnAu]-hydrogenase were prepared. This material shows high catalytic activity for visible-light-driven hydrogen production under the illumination of white LED or direct sunlight. The turn-over frequency of the catalyst can reach up to 6 h−1. In this study, the heterogeneous nature and recyclability of the catalyst, as well as the factors that affect the catalytic activity have been investigated and described. Moreover, the photocatalytic mechanism for the hydrogen generation of [Mn2(TylP)4]n has also been proposed, based on fluorescence spectra and cyclic voltammetry.


The design and implementation of a distributed real-time control system for a compact synchrotron is discussed. Graphic generation of accelerator device control logic, CAMAC device interfaces, and operator display screens is presented. Beam digitization techniques and results of beam position and profile measurements are presented. Methods for automation of routine operator procedures are discussed.<<ETX>>


butions of Leo Strauss. It is also employed to cast light on theoretical issues raised in Rousseau, Freud and Wittgenstein. There are many keen distinctions made here, and Botwinick displays enormous knowledge of the historical tradition and sensitivity to issues in contemporary political theory. Unfortunately, part 2 is rather skimpy (just 60 pages long) and does not discuss any actual postmodern thinkers. It focuses on the ways that Plato and Hobbes can be "appropriated as pathbreakers to postmodernist society" (170). In this section, Botwinick plots the metaphysical shift from a modernist to a postmodernist society in terms of a reversion to a "Priority of Justice Schema" (associated with Plato but also with Rousseau, Hegel and Marx) and away from a "Priority of Political Obligation Schema" (associated with Hobbes and modern liberals). The former concept emphasizes participation and the latter representation. The problem with the liberal schema is that it assumes a society of abundance and is thus inappropriate for a postmodernist society in which scarcity of resources and diminished economic expectations are the norm. Yet this does not mean that Hobbes can be thrown out the window, since Botwinick's "decoding of the subversive underside of Hobbes's thought" can be combined with Plato's political theory to "point toward participation as the appropriate supreme political value" (224). One difficulty with this book is that there are few links between parts 1 and 2. In the preface, Botwinick tells us that the metatheoretical discussions of the first part "constitute an implicit basis" for the discussions of democratic theory in the second part (xi). Frankly, I wish that he would have made these connections explicit. Still, for those interested in a solid, analytical treatment of self-referentialism and its manifestations in modernist and postmodernist thought, there is much to sink one's teeth into. Yet this book may disappoint the true aficionados of postmodernism. Despite its trendy subject matter, the book is rather stuffy, conventional and inordinately preoccupied with the "great men" of the Western tradition of political thought. One might well ask why we have to turn to the same old DWMs whenever we want to understand something about ourselves and our own predicaments. This genuflection before the altar of the great tradition seems especially inappropriate when it comes to postmodernism, which is characterized by "an incredulity towards metanarratives" (Lyotard). It is telling, for instance, that in a study of postmodernism and democratic theory, Botwinick does not once mention the contributions made in these fields by feminists or other theoreticians of the "politics of difference."


This paper sets out an argument and approach for moving beyond a primarily arts-based conceptualization of cultural capital, as has been the tendency within Bourdieusian approaches to date. We advance the notion that, in contemporary society, scientific forms of cultural and social capital can command a high symbolic and exchange value. Our previous research [Archer et al. (2014) Journal of Research in Science Teaching 51, 1–30] proposed the concept of ''science capital'' (science-related forms of cultural and social capital) as a theoretical lens for explaining differential patterns of aspiration and educational participation among young people. Here, we attempt to theoretically, methodologically, and empirically advance a discussion of how we might conceptualize science capital and how this might be translated into a survey tool for usewith students.We report on findings from a survey conductedwith 3658 secondary school students, aged 11–15 years, in England. Analysis found that science capital was unevenly spread across the student population, with 5% being classified as having ''high'' science capital and 27% ''low'' science capital. Analysis shows that levels of science capital (high, medium, or low) are clearly patterned by cultural capital, gender, ethnicity, and set (track) in science. Students with high, medium, or low levels of science capital also seem to havevery different post-16 plans (regarding studying orworking in science) and different levels of self-efficacy in science. They also vary dramatically in terms of whether they feel others see them as a ''science person.'' The paper concludes with a discussion of conceptual and methodological issues and implications for practice. # 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Res Sci Teach 52: 922–948, 2015


EDITOR,—Arranging for children who are dependent on technology to be treated at home is often fraught with difficulties before and after discharge. The decision taken by R H Davies's team to transfer the care of a girl who was dependent on a ventilator from an adult intensive care unit to her own home was one that required a great deal of insight and planning.1 In …


Previously, highly informative clustering of small watersheds provided over the annual temperature course has been reported. Here we report on the interplay between the pattern and the distribution of NDVI figures. Very high concordance between the cluster structure and the indices values is found.


Abstract The degree and direction of polarization, the ellipticity, and the radiance of the radiation at various levels in the atmosphere and ocean are calculated by a Monte Carlo method which includes all orders of multiple scattering. Both Rayleigh scattering by the molecules and Mie scattering by the aerosols, as well as molecular and aerosol absorption, are included in the model of the atmosphere. Similarly, in the ocean, both Rayleigh scattering by the water molecules and Mie scattering by the hydrosols, as well as absorption by the water molecules and hydrosols, are considered. Separate single-scattering phase matrices are calculated from Mie theory for the aerosols and hydrosols. Both the reflected and refracted rays, as well as the rays that undergo total internal reflection, are followed from the ocean surface which is assumed to be flat. The degree and direction of polarization, the ellipticity, the radiance and the flux are given as functions of the turbidity of the ocean, the solar zenith angl...


A particle filter based approach for discrete time equivalent model of an under actuated spinning body is proposed. The presented work is a sequel to the earlier work done by the authors for the orientation control of the under actuated systems. Due to practical limitation of the system, there is an additional constraint on the actuating signal. The amplitude of the actuating signal is fixed and the Pulse width or duration of the pulse can vary. A novel approach based on particle filter is developed. The values of pulse width and amplitude of the control input are generated through a novel technique based on particle filter theory, to generate the actuating signal. The simulations are included to compare proposed techniques with the earlier developed techniques for similar systems.


In the finite-temperature Yang-Mills theory we calculate the functional determinant for fermions in the fundamental representation of the SU(N) gauge group in the background of an instanton with nontrivial holonomy at spatial infinity. This object, called the Kraan-van Baal-Lee-Lu caloron, can be viewed as composed of N Bogomolny-Prasad-Sommerfeld monopoles (or dyons). We compute analytically two leading terms of the fermionic determinant at large separations between dyons.


Globalization is highlighting existing cultural differences between nations, but what is the future of these differences? We attempt to answer this question by analyzing the evolution of cultural convergence-divergence across 18 select countries representing the existing cross-national cultural diversity across the globe in a balanced way. Using World Values Survey data (28,051 respondents in 18 countries from 1995 to 1998 and 30,453 from the same 18 countries in 2010–2014), we find evidence for a global shift in the direction of cultural traits typical of the rich Western individualist countries. However, different types of traits evolve differently and different national cultures change at different speeds. Thus, we find evidence of global convergence in terms of qualities that parents would like to see in their children (especially a shift away from religion and obedience toward independence and responsibility), divergence in terms of moral ideologies (such as homosexuality, abortion, divorce, and suicide, despite the growing acceptance of these, especially homosexuality), and distance stability in terms of key personal values (such as religion, work, family, friends, and leisure, despite the falling importance of the first two and the growing importance of the last three). Thus, there is no simple single answer to the convergence-divergence question and no evidence allowing us to predict full cultural convergence across the world in the foreseeable future.


I was one of sixteen students who participated in an applied anthropology course at Hamline University in spring 1989. The course description read:


The present invention describes an aluminum based paste composition comprising aluminum powder, one or more glass frit, an organic vehicle and an organic aluminate compound. The present invention also describes a solar cell, comprising applying an aluminum paste composition based on a back surface of the silicon wafer.


Through using the method of literature review,observation,investigation and mathematical statistics,under the development trend of man technique in woman basketball,this paper makes analysis on world top women basketball team.Based on it,several suggestions are put forward.The main purpose is to provide theoretical re-ference for China women basketball development.


Palabras clave: Cyanobacteria, Rhodophyta, Heterokontophyta, Chlorophyta, riqueza especifica. Abstract. We present results on the study on benthic marine algae in 7 localities from the west coast of Guerrero, Mexico. We report 163 species: 17 Cyanobacteria, 93 Rhodophyta, 28 Chlorophyta and 25 Heterokontophyta. Fifty four are new records for Guerrero; while Myrionema strangulans Greville and Acrochaete ramosa (N.L.Gardner) O'Kelly are new to the Pacific coast of Mexico. Each species includes data on its distribution, reproductive stages, tidal level, facies, epiphytism and herbarium's number. Species diversity was compared for 2 different climatic seasons. The Rhodophyta are dominant in terms of diversity in relation to the other groups. The algal flora of the northwest coast of Guerrero is tropical and the greatest diversity was found during dry seasons.


In this work, we study a homogeneous fourth-order elliptic operator-differential equation with an unbounded operator under non-homogeneous boundary conditions on the semi-axis. We obtain sufficient conditions for the completeness of decreasing elementary solutions of the equation under study in the space of all its solutions from a fourth-order Sobolev type space.


How do authoritarian states build the institutional infrastructure (e.g. secure property rights, contract enforcement, and the rule of law) necessary to support efficient markets? Tremendous political impediments hinder states from developing the rule of law. The path for the West involved parliaments and independent judiciaries that constrained the ruler. China's path differs considerably; from the beginning, it involved the delegation of authority from the central government sometimes known as "federalism, Chinese style." China's problem with creating the rule of law governing markets is made worse by the "authoritarian's legal dilemma"; that is, the creation of a strong, non-corrupt judiciary that would supply and only supply private law (e.g., secure property rights, contract enforcement). Although China wants to improve its private law, it wants to avoid an independent judiciary that might challenge and constrain the central government. Using China's online market as the context, this paper explains how new institutional rules are devised in a weak legal environment, and how Taobao – a Chinese online trading platform – has the means to create law, Chinese style. The Chinese government has effectively off-loaded a substantial part of the development of law to private actors. Taobao – China's dominant online trading platform with over 440 million active users – is not simply an exchange platform, but one in the process of developing a modern legal system that enforces contracts, resolves disputes and prevents fraud. As a private supplier 1 Assistant Professor, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University, firstname.lastname@example.com; Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, and Ward C. Krebs Family Professor, Department of Political Science, Stanford University, firstname.lastname@example.com. The authors gratefully acknowledge helpful comments from Isa Camyar, Rouying Chen, Kevin Davis, Richard Epstein, Roderick Hill, Stephan Haggard, Haifeng Huang, Hanzhang Liu, Xiao Ma, Jean Oi, Wendell Pritchedtt, Shitong Qiao, Weiyi Shi, Susan Shirk, Andrew Walder, Yuhua Wang, Xun (Brian) Wu, Yang Xie, Chenggang Xu, Guanghua Yu, Ming Zeng, Qi Zhang, Xueguang Zhou, and participants at several seminars and conferences. All errors are our own.


This paper documents the development and first offering of an undergraduate course in Digital Image Processing at the Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid (Spain). The paper describes how the appropriate introduction of main Algorithm Design Techniques can successfully assist the students to achieve a comprehensive understanding of image operations and related algorithms. Image processing problems offer a natural way to present real world problems where the students can use their algorithmic knowledge. Furthermore, image processing solutions are needed from a methodological development and require efficient well-designed algorithms. This paper presents an effort in the integration of Algorithm Design Techniques in a Digital Image Processing course with a very practical scope.


Zinc in plasma and whole blood from 13 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck was significantly decreased, and the copper:zinc ratio in the plasma was significantly higher than in healthy controls.


The optical and radio-frequency spectra of a monolithic master-oscillator power-amplifier emitting at 1.5 ?m have been analyzed in a wide range of steady-state injection conditions. The analysis of the spectral maps reveals that, under low injection current of the master oscillator, the device operates in two essentially different operation modes depending on the current injected into the amplifier section. The regular operation mode with predominance of the master oscillator alternates with lasing of the compound cavity modes allowed by the residual reflectance of the amplifier front facet. The quasi-periodic occurrence of these two regimes as a function of the amplifier current has been consistently interpreted in terms of a thermally tuned competition between the modes of the master oscillator and the compound cavity modes.


Our paper is dedicated to the selection of neuropsychological tests effective for experimental assessment of cognitive reserves, which are increasingly studied as the world population ages. In this, we separately consider the systems of attention, memory and intelligence and use the list of 36 candidate tests composed by domain expert relying on OntoNeuroLOG – Mental State Assessment ontology, which we extend in OWL format. The names of the tests are employed in extracting the publications from PubMed (MEDLINE) bio-medical database with the tools provided by E-utilities (EDirect). To assess the application context, represented as the subject group and the studied pathology, we perform word frequency analysis for the publications' titles and itemize the most prominent journals. Ultimately we select in total 5 tests that are most popularly used by the research community and whose application context is relevant for the cognitive reserves studies. These neuropsychological instruments include Stroop task, Fluency test, Divided attention tasks, Dual task, and Rey complex figure. We believe that both the mining method that we used and the resulting test battery can be of interest to experimental researchers in Neuropsychology.


A wireless charging system that supports a large sensor network not only needs to provide real-time charging services but also needs to consider the cost of construction in order to meet the actual applications and considerations. The energy transfer between mobile devices is extremely difficult, especially at large distances, while at close distances a wireless, fast-charging, automatic, and high-precision landing system would be required. However, previous studies that used wireless charging cars, wireless charging unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) alone, or wireless charging pads to build a large-scale wireless charging system could not meet the above two conditions at the same time. If we can make good use of the existing high-speed backbone transport, such as the vehicular ad hoc network (VANET), it can not only consider the cost of construction and the speed of movement but also support the real-time charging service required by large-scale sensor networks. In this work, we propose an integration of heterogeneous mobile and charging vehicles, including VANET and UAV net, to provide a wireless rechargeable sensor network with a low-cost and high-efficiency charging system. Moreover, reward mechanisms are also designed to encourage private cars to provide transportation and charging capabilities to UAVs in the designed system.


The topic of joint production theory has played a central role in neo-classical criticism of classical theory, in Sraffa's proposed rehabilitation of classical theory, and in some Sraffa-based criticisms of Marxian theory. This prominence is not surprising for joint production (and the related use of fixed capital) are major empirical features of the modern economy. The volume brings together for the first time major works – many of which are not easily available – on joint production by a range of English, French, German and Italian authors.


Retroperitoneal liposarcomas are uncommon malignancy accounting for 0.15% of all malignancies. The overall survival and prognosis is predominantly based on the total completeness of resection i.e. margin status and the histopathologic grade of the tumour. The retroperitoneal sarcomas usually present late in the disease course and often develops local invasion of the vital structures at the time of clinical presentation which makes resection with clear margins difficult and challenging. Here we present a case of Giant dedifferentiated liposarcoma arising from retroperitoneum.


cite the caustic appraisal of railroad grievance arbitration by Jacob Seidenberg, echoed by editor Rehmus in his summary and prognosis chapter. Both Seidenberg and Rehmus are justifiably critical of the atrocious backlog of cases on the First Division of the National Railroad Adjustment Board (NRAB). No serious effort at screening or settling appears to have been made and virtually everything ended in the laps of neutral referees working with carrier and union representatives on the Board. Hardly any settlements were reached at this level and referees were casting the decisive votes in cases that were nearly all at least five years old. The 1966 amendments, which permitted cases to be heard on the "property" of the carrier, did not help much because the backlog remained massive. The main villain is the government, which pays for railroad grievance arbitration. The airlines and their unions, which pay their own way, have a much better record. This volume is a balanced, informative analysis of labor relations problems in two of our most important industries. Because of their unique features, these industries deserve further study and continuing consideration. As a capsule summary, it seems fair to state that things are not as bad as many of us had thought them to be, but, as in any area, there is room for improved performance of collective bargaining and contract administration. Harold W. Davey Professor Emeritus of Economics Iowa State University of Science and Technology


Over the past few years, wireless networks and wireless Internet have become ever increasingly popular, and with it, many security issues have arisen. An important topic is the security of wireless networks. This report investigates two possible solutions, Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) and Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA). Both of these solutions can protect wireless communications from eavesdropping and modification. Nevertheless, they still have their own vulnerabilities. A brief description of the next-generation 802.11i and WPA2 wireless security will also be included in the report. IndexTerms—Wireless Security, WEP, WPA, 802.11i, and Cryptography.


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The combined influence of surface soil moisture and roughness on radar backscatters has been limiting SAR's application in soil moisture retrieval. In the past research, multi-temporal analysis and artificial neural network (ANN) inversion of physically based forward models were regarded as promising methods to decouple that combined influence. However, the former does not consider soil roughness change over a relatively longer period and the latter makes it hard to thoroughly eliminate the effect of soil roughness. This study proposes to use generalized regression neural network (GRNN) to derive bare surface soil moisture (BSSM) from radar backscatter observations regardless of the effect of soil roughness (GRNN inversion of backscatter observations). This method not only can derive BSSM from radar backscatters, provided soil roughness is unknown in any long period, but also can train models based on small-size sample data so as to reduce the manual error of training data created by simulation of physically based models. The comparison of validations between BSSM-backscatter models and BSSM-roughness-backscatter models both analyzed by GRNN shows that the incorporation of soil roughness cannot raise the prediction accuracy of models and, instead, even reduce it, indicating that the combined influence is thoroughly decoupled when being analyzed by GRNN. Moreover, BSSM-backscatter models by GRNN are recommended due to their good prediction, even compared to those related models in past publications.


In the Internet of Things (IoT), the scope of wireless sensor nodes is extended to things deployed in a pervasive world. For various IoT service applications, things can gather and share their information with each other through self-decision-making. Therefore, we cannot apply the existing information aggregation methods of wireless sensor networks to the IoT environment, which aim to transmit the collected data to only a sink node or a central server. Moreover, since the existing methods involve all the sensor nodes in the process of data exchange, they can cause an increase in the network traffic, delay of data transmission, and amount of energy consumed by things. In this paper, we propose a clustering-property-based data exchange method for efficient energy consumption in IoT networks. First, the proposed method assigns properties to each thing according to the characteristics of the obtained data. Second, it constructs a cluster network considering the location of things and their energy consumption. Finally, the things in a cluster communicate with other things in a different cluster based on their properties. In the experiment, the proposed method exhibits a better performance than the existing method. Owing to the energy-saving effect, we demonstrate that the proposed method results in a more reliable network and improves the longevity of IoT networks.


Symbiotic products consumption (presence of probiotic and prebiotic together) has some beneficial effects on consumer's health. In the present study, symbiotic yogurt was produced by adding extracts obtained from wild thyme at three levels (1.5, 1.3, 0.5),respectively, and from probiotic lactobacillus casei strains and then the sensory evaluation, physicochemical and antioxidant characteristics of this yogurt were examined during a 21 day period. Results showed that in the case of adding wild thyme extract to yogurt in the samples and the storage time, there wasn't a significant difference in syneresis, and the amount of thyme extract hadn't have any significant effect on this index. The effect of adding this extract to yogurt was quite significant on the pH and acidity, but the storage period had no effect on these indexes. Also, considerable antioxidant activities were seen in samples containing wild thyme extracts. The most antioxidant activity based on DPPH, was reported about 69 percent in the sample 1which contained the highest amount of extract, And also the increasing of the overall counts of probiotic bacteria were seen in the samples with wild thyme extracts. According to the remarkable antioxidant activities in samples containing wild thyme extracts, we can consider this yogurt as a functional food. Although there wasn't a significant difference in respect to majority of sample's characteristics such as color, flavor and appearance among samples and the number of storage days, but


Artificial olfactory information recognition is a challenging task for signal processing and machine learning. In this paper we explore a new olfactory information recognition method to process the signals from a chemical sensor array of electronic nose, which based on a technology modeling the human brain known as hierarchical temporal memory (HTM). HTM is a broad paradigm for pattern recognition and forward prediction that exploits the hierarchy in time and space existing in the physical world during both learning and inference. In this paper we focus on HTM's capabilities for pattern recognition. We applied HTM to an electronic nose system to discriminate four typical volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Feature vectors were input into the HTM learning algorithm, which were extracted from the sensor array response data, to investigate its generalization capability for olfactory information process. In comparison with the traditional pattern recognition method support vector machine, our experimental results show that the HTM algorithm has a good performance in classification of these VOCs. Its robust generalization capability is suitable for electronic nose applications to process the time series signals from sensor arrays.


Since the founding of the Society for Confraternity Studies over a decade ago, confraternity studies has become well-established as an academic sub-discipline in European history. Despite their significance in medieval and early modern European society, however, confraternities have not yet been accorded a central role in the historical narrative. As Konrad Eisenbichler points out in his study The Boys of the Archangel Raphael, confraternities "are ... invisible history to us today. ... Although they gathered or touched a large segment of the population, they have not yet found a place in the standard histories of the period."2 While confraternities are sometimes seen as useful indicators of underlying historical processes, outside the field of confraternity studies itself they are not often portrayed as shaping these processes. In other words, confraternities are seen as the effects or symptoms of more fundamental developments, rather than one of their causes. Despite many years of excellent scholarship, scholars of confraternities are still working on convincing the broader historical community that confraternities were, in fact, an important causal factor in European history. Part of the challenge in pursuing this goal is that confraternities were a diverse and diffuse community movement. Yet there was a specific, identifiable goal that was consistent across the wide range of forms in which this movement was embodied, a goal described in the very name of the phenomenon: brotherhood. Difficult to define exactly, this concept included elements of cooperation, trust, mutual aid, the ability to resolve disputes and work together, and shared religious values, beliefs and devotions. Measuring the impact of the confraternal movement on its society starts with the question of the degree to which it succeeded in implementing its goal: creating a sense of brotherhood between Christians. Confraternal brothers in the past certainly believed that it did. Numerous scholars in the present have also analyzed


The development of the Quality Network Partnership in St Albans is described. The partnership brings together St Albans City & District Council, Hertfordshire County Council, the city's four bus operators, two train operators and the University of Hertfordshire. The university has provided the secretariat for the partnership but is also one of the main bus operators with its subsidiary Uno. Reasons for the partnership coming into being include the passing of the Local Transport Act, which has made it possible for bus operators to cooperate provided the local authority consider that this is in the public interest. The plan is to increase the modal share of public transport. working groups have covered marketing / communications, network planning, ticketing / fares, and infrastructure. Real time information, controlled car parking, integrated ticketing including rail services, business travel plans and a feasibility study into mini park and ride schemes have been achieved. The partnership has also been able to pool funding from a variety of sources.


In this article we present a new approach using Vigenere and metaheuristics to resolve a problem of pixel shuffling to cipher an image. First the image is adapted to match the resolution system by transforming it to a list of intensities and coordinates. The idea is to use Vigenere encryption to maximize the confusion by widening the domain of intensities. Then, metaheuristics play the major role of encryption, generating an appropriate Meta key in order to shuffle the lists. Thus, both Vigenere key and Meta-key are used for encryption and later in decryption by the recipient. Finally, a comparison of different metaheuristics is proposed to find the most suitable one for this cryptosystemt.


1. Twenty-eight experiments on sugar beet in 1956–8 compared ammonium sulphate, calcium nitrate and urea applied to the seedbed before sowing. The three fertilizers were compared at rates which supplied nil, 0·6 and 1·2 cwt. N/acre. Treatments in which 0·6 cwt. N/acre was held back until the end of June were also included. 2. Average responses in sugar yield were low, 0·6 cwt. N/acre provided virtually all the nitrogen required for maximum sugar production. The heavier nitrogen dressing, on the other hand, substantially increased the yield of tops. 3. Calcium nitrate and urea were as effective as ammonium sulphate at raising sugar yield. There was no damage to germination with any fertilizer, and when urea containing 4·5% biuret was used for topdressing in 1956, no damage was seen. Calcium nitrate and, to a lesser extent, urea produced more tops than ammonium sulphate. 4. Putting all the nitrogen into the seedbed was as effective as a split dressing in raising sugar yield. Leaching of nitrogen in a wet summer is therefore not important to sugar beet. Late nitrogen, on the other hand, never harmed sugar production if some had been given to the seedbed.


In this paper,a SI mathematical model concerning continous pest control strategies is proposed and investigated.It is discussed that the boundary equilibrium is existential and locally stable.It is proved that the system admits a globally asymptotically stable positive equilibrium under appreliate conditions.Furthur more,the existence of a positive equilibrium is also studied by mesns of numeril simulation.


This article examines the way that critical discourse is written. It does so by considering the concept of nominalization. Critical discourse analysts have suggested that nominalization (along with passivization) has important ideological functions such as deleting agency and reifying processes. However, the language used by critical analysts, as they explore nominalization, is revealing. They tend to use, and thereby instantiate, the very forms of language whose ideological potentiality they are warning against — such as deleting agency, using passives and turning processes into entities. The concept of 'nominalization' is itself a nominalization; it is typically used in imprecise ways that fail to specify underlying processes. If critical analysts take seriously their own ideological warnings about nominalization and passivization, they need to change the standard ways of writing critical analysis. We need to use simpler, less technical prose that clearly ascribes actions to human agents.


Ricardo Carrere and Larry Lohman: Pulping the South: Industrial Tree Plantations and the World Paper Economy. London and New Jersey: Zed Books, 1996. Patrick McCully: Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and the Politics of Large Dams. London and New Jersey: Zed Books, 1996.


Airborne contaminant particles are intruded into optical disk drive(ODD) due to the flow caused by disk rotation and can be adhered to objective lens, which causes read/write errors. Such a phenomenon can be a serious problem for high-density storage devices. The purpose of this paper is to understand the effect of particle contamination of objective lens in a CD-ROM drive on laser diode power and photo diode RF signal. The measurements of laser power and readout RF signal were carried out by using a laser power meter and a time interval analyzer, respectively. The parameters for estimating a readout-signal's distortion were its jitter and amplitude. Alumina(Al₂O₃) particles were used as test dust particles. The results show that the failure for data access happened as the degree of lens contamination was greater than 20%.


The method including definition of priory for a region critical technologies and innovation enterprises, estimation of investment risk at different stages of high technology production, calculation of capitalized income and costs of risks, problem solution of optimal investment distribution in types of production and enterprise is presented.


was uncertain ; also they are too volatile and therefore have little immunizing quality. (I must refer you for the evidence of these findings to the article published in the Byitisla l'.led1'cal Journal, April 11th, 1942, by J. R. Busvine and P. A. Buxton, of the Department of Entomology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.) In Lethane 35:I (Special), an organic thiocyanate (12-5 per cent. N-butyl carbitol thiocyanate ; 37 5 per cent. beta-thiocyanatcthyl laurate ; 50 per cent. refined paraffin), we have a valuable insecticide which is lethal to lice and their eggs, and in addition gives an immunity to further infestation for at least one week. The essential properties necessary for an efficient insecticide when used in contact with the human skin are mainly these : (a) it must be quickly lethal to vermin and their eggs ; (b) it must not be irritating to the skin ; (c) it must not be too volatile, otherwise its immunizing effect is lessened ; (d) it must have no lasting objectionable odour or appear greasy ; (e) it should not be injurious to clothing materials ; ( f ) it must be comparatively inexpensive.


Abstract: The effects of fatty acids, oleate and palmitate, on ‐γ‐aminobutyric acid (GABA), aspartate, and 3,4‐di‐hydroxyphenylethylamine (dopamine) transport and a variety of other membrane functions were studied in rat brain synaptosomes at a constant lipid‐to‐protein ratio. Under the conditions utilized oleate, but not palmitate, caused statistically significant changes in synaptosomal functions. Oleic acid inhibited the uptake of the amino acid neurotransmitters and dopamine in a tetrodotoxin‐insensitive manner; it also induced the release of neurotransmitters from synaptosomes. The synaptosomal membrane potential decreased and the maximum GABA accumulation ratio ([GABA]i/GABA]o) declined in parallel. The same depolarizing effect was seen in the presence of 50 μM verapamil or when chloride was replaced by propionate. The rate of respiration was stimulated by the unsaturated fatty acid; neither verapamil (50 μM) nor ouabain (100 μM) was effective in preventing the increase in oxygen consumption. By contrast, ruthenium red substantially decreased the stimulatory effect of oleate. The intrasynaptosomal [Ca2+] was increased by 40%, whereas [Na +]i remained unaltered. It is postulated that under the conditions used the inhibition of neurotransmitter uptake and the decrease in their accumulation caused by oleate result from the depolarization of synaptosomes that arises, at least in part, from increased permeability of the plasma membrane to calcium ions.


In this paper a two weight criterion for multidimensional geometric mean operator in variable exponent Lebesgue space is proved. Also, we found a criterion on weight functions expressing one-dimensional Hardy inequality via a certain nonlinear differential equation. In particular, considered nonlinear differential equation is nonlinear integro-differential equation.


Advertisements are generally used to deliver messages to inform, remind or persuade; in hopes that it could influence viewers' future actions. It is common for the style of the message delivered in advertisement contains double-meaning or multi-layered statement in which it compromises hidden messages for viewers to gauge. This article discusses the effectiveness of hidden messages in advertisement towards viewers' buying intention. It is based on the case study of well-known TV commercial by the Malaysian telecommunication service provider that uses competitive hidden messages style of advertising. This study uses content analysis and surveys questionnaires for the data collection procedures. Results from the findings discuss the depth of hidden messages that occurs in the advertisement together with viewers' insight on the effect the advertisement has towards their buying intention. The outcome of this paper is beneficial to enhance the application of effective advertising language that can be practiced in current advertising and media industry. Keywords: Hidden Messages, Competitive Advertisement, Buying Intention


A intelligent counter-terrorism robot for eliminating explode, includes the bodywork with the intelligent controlling equipment and the moving outfit, the characteristic is: sets the explosion-proof tube at the rear of the bodywork, sets the running and two-double mechanical arm at the front of the bodywork, sets the mechanical hand at the top of the mechanical arm, the intelligent controlling equipment controls the moving outfit to move and controls action of the mechanical arm and the mechanical hand; moreover, sets the detecting equipment and picture equipment on the bodywork, the moving outfit uses the track style. The invention can enhance the elimination explode to achieve the zero casualty.


This cross-sectional study investigated regional differences in outdoor playtime and screen time among preschool-age children in Japan, and their associations with environmental factors, in order to identify the modifiable determinants of the differences between urban and rural areas. Data were obtained from the "Eat, be active, and sleep well" study. Children from three (n = 872) and five (n = 744) kindergartens in urban and rural regions of Japan, respectively, who completed a questionnaire survey, were sampled. Finally, data from 1128 participants (age: 3–5 years) were analyzed. To assess the environmental factors, the International Physical Activity Questionnaire was used for neighborhood environments; the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire was used for physical home environments; and a three-item questionnaire was used for sociocultural environments. Outdoor activity was significantly associated with items related to the mother's sedentary time and the number of siblings/friends in both urban and rural regions. Screen time was associated with the mother's screen time, television in the room, and esthetic qualities, which were consistent between urban and rural regions, while screen time was associated with night-time crime rates and traffic in the urban region. Our study further bolsters evidence suggesting that outdoor playtime and screen time are strongly associated with various environmental factors among Japanese preschool-age children.


Current social and economic changes have significantly influenced the tourism industry worldwide turning it into a diversified sphere of activity aimed at servicing tourists and meeting their needs. As tourist travels continue to grow throughout the world, they cause extensive cross-cultural contacts between different language and cultural groups. Thus, higher educational establishments of tourism profile have an important task to train competent specialists able to interact effectively at the intercultural level. In our article, based on the experience of teaching master's degree students majoring in international tourism at Lviv Polytechnic National University, we analysed possibilities of ICC development in ESP classes by means of flipped classroom method, role plays, discussions and a special course "Cross-cultural communication in religious tourism" designed by the authors. As shown by the results of our study, the methods and resources used in our ESP classes may be particularly appropriate for the development of students' ICC because they provide the basis for intercultural communication, ensure the link between the learning and real life and thus make the development of ICC more meaningful to learners.


I started teaching international law in this country in 1984. I recall reading for the first time Filartiga v. Pena Irala while anxiously preparing for my first class in the sweltering Arizona summer. I was moved. I thought the case exemplified the best of the American spirit, the universal concern with suffering and human dignity, the longstanding rejection of tyranny — in short, the rare Lockean instincts so prevalent in my adoptive land. Here, you have a lone federal judge in Manhattan allowing redress for brutal acts of a faraway tyrant. This was the first time since Nuremberg that we sensed there was some hope for the oppressed, that perpetrators could no longer trust that their twisted logic of "reasons of state" would grant them impunity for their crimes.


The purpose of this study examined the relationship between information transparency and stock market liquidity of Mongolia. In other words this thesis applies the ways in which to improve market liquidity in further development of Mongolian Stock Market (MSE).
Based on the result of multiple linear regression analysis using the financial data of 64 listed companies on Mongolian Stock Exchange, the results indicated that higher transparency is lower volatility and effective spread. It means that financial transparency has an effect on Mongolian Stock Market Liquidity.


Most critical treatments of Tom Stoppard's Travesties have characterized the playas a debate about the proper relationship between art and politics. Critics have recognized that the three major historical figures in the play — James Joyce, Lenin, and Tristan Tzara — represent contrasting views on the issue, views that Stoppard juxtaposes with one another within the comic framework of the play. For the most part, critics have focused on the conflict between Joyce's and Lenin's positions; Tzara is generally acknowledged as a third party in the debate but not considered to be a serious contender.The aesthetic—political views of Henry Carr, the protagonist of Travesties, are frequently ignored altogether. Yet the debate occurs, as the critics point out, within Carr's memory, and the play makes it clear that the events presented are highly colored by Carr's remembering them. Indeed, Carr's introductions of each of the other three participants in the debate emphasize their status as products of his memory.


During the preparation of a World Rubiaceae Checklist, numerous unplaced taxa were encountered, including illegitimate and invalid names, and species for which generic placement is uncertain. In this contribution, 35 new combinations and 20 new names are proposed, and the names of three taxa are validated. © 2008 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2008, 157, 115–124.


The development of condensing heat exchangers for oil-fired heating equipment would yield a significant improvement in thermal efficiency. Soot production by oil burners, however, could lead to serious fouling problems in these systems. The objectives of this study were to investigate the causes of fouling in oil-fired condensing systems and to evaluate the need for the development of advanced oil burners. Tests were done to evaluate the effect of operating conditions on start-up and shutdown smoke production in both noncondensing and condensing furnaces. Modern retention head burners which are commonly used in the US were included as well as one European burner with some different design features. These features included the head design, a fuel shut-off in the nozzle tip, and nozzle heating. This burner was found to produce less smoke on start-up and shutdown than the common US burner. Fouling studies were done on both types of burners under cyclic conditions with relatively low excess air (10% CO/sub 2/) and continuous induced draft. Soot deposition did not cause any change in system thermal performance although soot deposition was heavier than would be expected with a noncondensing system. Tests were also done on the effects of fuel quality on sootmore » production. Measurement techniques for soot included the common Bacharach smoke spot test, optical opacity, and filtration (EPA method 5). 27 refs., 69 figs., 18 tabs.« less


Although the S-Transform (ST) has better time resolution than the Continuous Wavelet Transform (CWT) at low frequencies, resolution may still not be adequate for certain seismic interpretation purposes. A modified S-Transform (MST), which reduces from the Generalized S-Transform (GST) is proposed as a simple means of controlling temporal and frequency resolution as a function of frequency. This is accomplished by replacing the frequency in the normalized Gaussian window of the S-transform with a linear frequency function. With appropriate choice of slope and intercept of this linear function, greatly improved temporal resolution can be accomplished at low frequencies, while retaining the temporal resolution of the ST at high frequencies. Synthetic examples show that low frequency ST spectra may suffer from interferences from nearby reflectors, and that this effect can be greatly reduced or eliminated using the MST. Application to real seismic data indicates that the MST can be useful in direct hydrocarbon indication.


Abstract Secretory activity of the corpora allata (CA) and corpora cardiaca (CC) in the pars-intercerebralis complex has been suggested to be controlled by biogenic amines, despite a lack of quantitative information. The situation is similar to the frontal ganglion (FG), a member of the same complex. Hence, the levels of biogenic amines and related substances in these organs were measured in cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus, by high performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection. All organs examined contained considerable amounts of major biogenic amines, such as octopamine (OA), dopamine, and 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT). They also included epinephrine. The amounts of OA and 5-HT werehigher than those of other biogenic amines whose presence was detected in the examined organs. The distributional patterns of biogenic amines were different among the CA, CC and FG, e.g., the highest content of OA in the CC. The presence of precursors and metabolites indicates that biogenic amines are synthesized and metabolized in neuronal elements in the examined organs. It is probable that they are functional and also involved in the neural control of hormone secretion in CA and CC, because their turnover rates estimated from the present analysis are comparable to those in the nervous system.


This thesis aims to optimize one of the bottlenecks in the workflow of medical laboratories. We build on top of the data analysis performed in [1] while using the same data to create an efficient solution to the batching problem of the centrifuge. Unlike the existing approaches, we also consider an element of uncertainty on the release times of the samples, which stems from the workflow. Firstly, we investigate the state-of-the-art literature in the field of scheduling under uncertainty. Afterwards, we analyze and formally define our problem. Then, we examine the most promising approaches and based on the insights gained; we propose a proactive schedule generating model, whose robustness might be adjusted. Later, we incorporate this model into a proactive-reactive framework. Subsequently, we demonstrate the computational tractability of this approach, and explain its behavior in small instances of the problem. Finally, we run a simulation emulating the real processes in the laboratory. We conclude that by increasing the level of robustness of the proactive schedule, we get worse average in the total turnaround time of some samples, but with considerably decreased variance.


The voters in Kerala privileged the performance of the state government while voting in the 15th Lok Sabha elections. The internal squabbles within the dominant party and within the Left Democratic Front alliance and an overall expression of disapproval of the state government's record helped the Congress-led United Democratic Front reap a large share of the seats.


We propose a compact model of drain current in the ballistic and quasi-ballistic modes for cylindrical gate-all-around (GAA)-MOSFETs with two subbands based on the perturbation theory. By setting one unknown parameter, we can use it to express surface potential and electron confinement energy levels to calculate drain current analytically. With our compact model, we obtained a good agreement with the numerical compact model. In addition, we carry out a NMOS inverter circuit simulation using this model.


Abstract Observations of rain cells in the remains of a decaying tropical storm were made by Airborne Microwave Radiometers at 19.35 and 92 GHz and three frequencies near 183 GHz. Extremely low brightness temperatures, as low as 140 K, were noted in the 92 and 183 GHz observations. These can be accounted for by the ice often associated with raindrop formation. Further, the 183 GHz observations can be interpreted in terms of the height of the ice. The brightness temperatures observed suggest the presence of precipitationsized ice as high as 9 km or more.


In the domain of VLSI design, the multipliers have play an vital role. Multipliers are the basic building blocks of digital design. Multipliers are used in Digital Signal Processing applications (DSP) such as Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), Finite Impulse Response (FIR) and Infinite Impulse Response (IIR) filters. In this paper, the design of various multipliers such as Array Multiplier (AM), Modified Radix-2 booth multiplier (MRBM), Ripple Carry Multiplier (RCM) with Row bypassing, Wallace Tree Multiplier (WT), Dadda Multiplier (DM) and Vedic Multiplier (VM) are discussed and their performance parameters such as area and delay are determined and compared. The various multipliers are designed using Verilog HDL. Then, they are simulated and synthesized using Xilinx ISE 13.2 for Virtex-6 family device with a speed grade of -2.


Despite its modest title, Scherrer's volume is one of the most important studies on the history of ideology published in this decade. It is, firstly, an exhaustive chronology of the aspirations of Russian religious philosophy between 1900 and the revolutions of 1917, in which these aspirations took concrete form in rather heterogeneous groups. It is the chronicle of a heretical religious and ideological movement in the intelligentsia which, at the time of the obvious crisis of the Orthodox Church, became engaged in discussion and dialogue with oficial Church representatives. The debates ended in an irreversible break between the most consistent adherents of this tendency (i.e., those who actually became heretics) and the representatives of the Orthodox clergy.


Predicting physical properties is one of the major requirements in process engineering. Equations of state (EoS) are widely used for predicting physical properties. Among many EoS, cubic equations of state (cubic EoS) are being used because they are simple and applicable over a wide range of temperature and pressure. However, these cubic EoS fail to predict properties of a compound having polarity, association as well as hydrogen bonding. In the present study a new generalization for cohesion factor, to be used with Peng-Robinson (PR) EoS was proposed. In developing the model, compound-specific parameters for nearly 300 compounds were generated. These compound-specific parameters were correlated in terms of the reduced dipole moment and critical compressibility factor. Proposed models were compared with models available in the literature. Vapor pressure, heat of vaporization, saturated liquid density and second virial coefficient of the compounds were predicted. It was observed that the models with reduced dipole predicted various properties accurately for highly polar compounds without losing accuracy in predicting properties for non-polar compounds.


Objective: Biological conversions of renewable vegetable oil into bio-diesel are going to become one of the future energy resources for the world. Methods: Soil samples spilled with sunflower oil decomposes, collected from a sunflower oil refinery is used for screening fungal strains. Potato dextrose agar plates were used to isolate, purify the fungal species. Lipase activity of the extracellular lipase enzyme producing fungal species was tested with tween 80, rhodamine-B and phenol red containing agar plates. Results: Five differently colored fungal strains were observed, isolated, purified and compared for their lipolytic activity. Conclusion: A brown colored fungal colony was observed to have the highest lipase activity towards the log chain glycerides.


Observed 2H NMR enhancements with free radicals in solution are far below the dipolar limit. Leakage factors for the deuteron systems are much poorer than for the protonated analogs. This is the result of two factors: (1) unfavorable bulk nuclear relaxation times due to quadrupolar relaxation mechanisms, and (2) weak intermolecular coupling of nuclear and unpaired electron spins. Comparison of radical‐induced nuclear relaxation rates for deuterobenzene with the free radicals GALV and BDPA and the analogous benzene solutions demonstrates the (γN)2 dependence of the dipolar coupling strength. The consequences of these results on future studies for nuclei with I ≠ (1/2) and small γN are discussed.


Objective (Req.): The students will cooperatively use map-reading skills to discover the physical and political geography of Bangladesh. Materials Needed (Req.): • Color copies of Bangladesh map, written in Bengali, one copy for each group of students • Student worksheets, one copy for each group of students • Optional – Classroom map of Bangladesh, written in Bengali, for projection onto wall • Optional – Classroom map of Bangladesh, written in English, for projection onto wall • Optional PowerPoint • • New Vocabulary (Opt.): • • • • •


Abstract : This article, written for the Encyclopaedia of Statistical Sciences, gives a brief introduction with many references to directional data analysis. (Author)


Computer aided diagnosis of terminal diseases has assisted medical practitioners decide the appropriate line of treatment promptly. The timely act of addressing the ailment helps in reviving the patient from a painful ordeal. Skin cancer has claimed many tender lives due to delayed detection of the disease because of long appointment ques for trained dermatologists. Researchers have readily identified this gap and have developed automated diagnosis of the disease from the dermoscopic images using classical machine learning approach for content-based image classification. This paper has investigated for any statistical significance of potential improvements in the aforesaid automated diagnosis by leveraging recent advancements in quantum machine learning. In the process it has implemented a computer aided skin cancer diagnosis system using quantum-based classification of embedded dermoscopic image descriptors. The results have indicated the limitations of the current setup to leverage the power of quantum computing in generic terms.


The effects of thrust reversing on stability, control and vertical tail loads of advanced fighter aircraft are reviewed. Several static test stand and wind tunnel investigations of nonaxisymmetric nozzles with integral thrust reversers are presented, and it is found that base drag on the aft face of reverser panels of blockers provides a significant contribution to in-flight thrust reverser performance. The location of tail surfaces relative to the thrust reverser has significant impact on control surface effectiveness, and depending on thrust reverser location, large vertical tail side force can result from the use of in-flight thrust reversers. It is concluded that highly effective nonaxisymmetric nozzle reversers can be designed to achieve a 50% static reverse thrust.


Inflation, the current dominant paradigm in cosmology, proposes a scenario in which the newly born universe expanded exponentially by a factor of at least 10 in about 10−35 seconds. In this thesis is discussed how a quasi-homogeneous scalar field with a dominant potential energy can establish an accelerating scale factor a(t) ∝ exp(Ht), with H approximately constant. If during inflation the potential of the scalar field has a small negative slope, the field will slowly roll down to it's vacuum state where the exponential expansion will stop. In a three-step route is presented how quantum fluctuations around the homogeneous state in an exponentially expanding space provide the universe with perturbation waves for which the amplitudes remain frozen after their wavelength crossed the horizon. The scalar field perturbations are correlated with perturbations in the metric and energy density of the universe, which under the influence of gravity can grow to the large scale structures we see around us today. It is discussed how these inflated perturbations can be observed. Tensor fluctuations in the metric, caused by inflation, are the only known sources for B-mode polarization patterns in the CMB. Detecting these B-modes in the CMB will reveal a great deal of information on inflation. In particular the scale H of inflation can be fixed. In 2008 ESA's Planck mission will start this search. Mathematical notations and conventions In all mathematical derivations and discussions presented in this thesis natural units are assumed, namely, the speed of light and Planck's constant are taken to be one: c = ~ = 1. All quantum theory is presented in the Heisenberg picture, meaning any time-dependency is expressed through the operators, but all vectors representing quantum states are timeindependent. In the mathematical derivations all Greek indices α, β, γ, . . . take value 0, 1, 2, 3 and all Latin indices i, j, k, . . . take value 1, 2, 3. Furhtermore the Einstein summation convention is used, such that: ∑


The article deals with the issues of the justice of the sentence, which are of decisive importance for the legality and validity of the final act, as well as the fairness of the punishment imposed. It is based on the verdicts of the courts of first instance, which later, due to improper application of the criminal or criminal procedure law, were canceled by the court of appeal. Analysis of the mistakes made by the courts of first instance has been carried out, on the basis of which amendments to both the current legislation and judicial practice in criminal cases are proposed and systematized. Conclusion dwells upon the fact that in the course of sentencing and imposition of fair and lawful punishment the courts of first instance do not adequately take into account the degree of public danger of the committed act, as well as personal characteristics of the guilty person, in addition, the mitigating circumstances are not properly assessed.


The utility model relates to an axial flow fan for an electric locomotive, which comprises a motor, a front guide vane air duct group, an impeller, a support bar and a rear guide vane air duct group, wherein the number of front entrance buckets is 16 pieces, the sheet number of impeller blades is 17, and the number of rear entrance buckets is 27. The fan adopts a wing leaf shape, which meticulously arranges the impeller blades, the front entrance buckets and the rear entrance bucket, and increases three radial support bars, improves rigidity of beating, and reduces the vibration of the fan. The front air duct guarantees the little weight of the fan, a reducing spray pipe which is formed by a bell mouth and a hemisphere commutates with air current, the impeller is an adjustable impeller, air current flow field is led to be optimized through adjusting blade mounting angles to be optimum operating behaviors and through a rear air duct to secondarily commutate and diffuse, and active air current noise of a fan is guaranteed to reach the lowest level due to the excellent air-operated performance of vane foil, the optimization allocation of the blade numbers of the impeller blades, the front entrance buckets and the rear entrance buckets, and the optimization design of the tail edges of the distance between the impeller blades and the front edges of the rear entrance buckets.


The optical properties of close-packed polystyrene colloidal crystal particles could be improved and controlled via adjusting their shape, by first forming colloidal suspension–gas Janus droplets with different structures in a double coaxial microfluidic device, and then solvent-extraction-derived self-assembly to form nonspherical microparticles with different shapes.


Technology of automation reached a level of possible substituting most not creative workplaces. In the coming decades this will be economically more advantageous than any available cheap hunan workforce in the world. Responsible people and organizations should prepare the incoming generations to adapt radically new human roles.


We consider the addressing requirements associated with some analogue and binary electro- optic effects in chiral smectic liquid crystals driven from silicon VLSI backplanes. This class of liquid crystals offers major improvements in switching speed over electro-optic effects in nematic liquid crystals, but their non-RMS response to impressed voltages leads to addressing difficulties. Their spontaneous polarization also leads to limitations in using pixel drive circuits resembling dynamic random access memory cells (DRAMs), which are commonplace in display technology. Some illustrative examples of the performance of electro-optic effects with currently available materials are given, followed by a discussion of the problems associated with the charging phenomena occurring when ferroelectric liquid crystals are driven from active backplane drive circuits. Addressing schemes are then considered, particularly those that are aimed at providing electro-optic modulators with continuous optical access and with no temporal noise in their transfer characteristic, such as might be needed in optical switching devices. Some examples of experimental pixel circuits are given.


Scientific information about the distribution of species richness and diversity is necessary for full comprehension of our evolutionary heritage forming a powerful tool for the development of nature conservation strategies. The aim of this article was to estimate the vascular plant species richness of the campos rupestres from the Itacolomi State Park (ISP) in order to verify the park´s classification as a local hotspot of biodiversity and to outline the status quo of knowledge about biodiversity in the region. For that, the species richness of two phytosociological surveys of 0.15 ha each were extrapolated using (a) the species-area relationship fitted by the power and the logarithmic model as well as (b) the taxon ratio model. The taxon ratio model estimates total vascular plant species richness to 1109 species using seven different taxa. Extrapolations of different fittings of the species-area relationships calculate the complete park's richness to values between 241 and 386 (logarithmic model), and 3346 to 10421 (power model). These extrapolations are far beyond realistic: the logarithmic model underestimates the park´s species richness, because more than 520 vascular plant species have already been registered in the park. On the other hand, it is not plausible that one-fourth or more of all species registered so far in the Atlantic Tropical Forest Biome occur in the ISP as indicated by the extrapolation with the power model. The most realistic estimation was achieved by the taxon ratio model. Although confidence intervals are large, the species richness estimated by this method legitimates the classification of the ISP as a local hotspot of biodiversity, but this value also outlines the lack of knowledge about biodiversity in this region and the urgent need for more taxonomical and ecological research. Key words: campos rupestres , species-area relationship, taxon ratios, Espinhaco Mountain Range.


Background and Objectives: Subacromial impingement syndrome (SAIS) is associated with a number of altered kinematics in the shoulder complex that needs to be addressed by implementing exercises. Though many exercise regime has shown there beneficial effect on patients with SAIS, it becomes important to implement some set of exercises which can provide relief from symptoms as well as be convenient in terms of adherence. The purpose of this study was to find the efficacy of specific exercise program as compared to conventional exercise protocol on pain and disability in patients with SAIS.
Method: 30 subjects with unilateral Subacromial impingement syndrome were randomized into group 1 and 2. Group 1 (n = 15) received specific exercise program and Group 2 (n = 15) received conventional exercise protocol for 6 weeks. Exercise logs were given to subjects of both the groups to maintain adherence. Pain evaluated at rest and shoulder activity using visual analog scale (VAS R and VAS A), disability assessed using shoulder pain and disability index (SPADI), pain free active range of motion in flexion (AROM F) and abduction (AROM Ab) and maximum isometric elevation strength of shoulder (STR) were taken as outcome measures. All the measures were taken at zero and at six weeks (post intervention).
Results: Both groups were homogenous at zero weeks. Post intervention, there was significantly more improvement in specific exercise group as compared to conventional exercise group in terms of all the outcome measures. (p<.05)
Conclusion: Specific exercise program showed better results for reducing pain and disability as compared to the conventional exercise protocol for SAIS patients.


Terminalia arjuna possesses significant cardioprotective, antidiabetic and antioxidant properties as these properties are described in Ayurveda. In the present study, three flavonoids were isolated through the separation and chromatographic purification of the whole plant material of T. arjuna. Spectroscopic characterization identified one of them as a new flavonoid "Terminalone A (1)" and two known flavonoids i.e., 6-hydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-7-methoxy-4H-chromen-4-one (2) and 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-dihydroxy-4H-chromen-4-one (3). The bioactivity studies showed considerable antibacterial and antioxidant (DPPH radical scavenging) potential for all the three compounds 1–3 where the compound 1 showed strong antibacterial and antioxidant activity.


1. The capacity for transcendence. 2. The ability to enter into heightened spiritual states of consciousness. 3. The ability to invest everyday activities, events, and relationships with a sense of the sacred. 4. The ability to utilize spiritual resources to solve problems in living. 5. The capacity to engage in virtuous behavior or to be virtuous (to show forgiveness, to express gratitude, to be humble, to display compassion).


The electronic information systems (IS) that have been implemented in human service organizations have been heavily criticized, in particular that they have undermined frontline service delivery. Attention has turned to how they might be better designed for the future but understanding why IS have not performed as intended remains important to avoid past mistakes. Drawing from research that aims to improve future designs of IS, the reasons why positioning IS as a panacea for organizations is problematic are explored in relation to the tasks IS can be realistically expected to support within a human services organization.


An overview of the Waste Tank Safety Organic Program is provided. The overview discusses the history of the wastes containing high concentrations of organics, existing safety criteria associated with those tanks, and details of thermodynamic studies by Westinghouse Hanford Company bounding potential reactivity. The program to be discussed contains the elements of the collection and analysis of tank historical information; reevaluation of organic tank-listing criteria; the performance of detailed studies on simulated waste; completion of waste characterization for each affected tank; and, as part of issue closure, the preparation of short-term and long-term safety and risk assessments based on results from characterization and the waste simulant studies. This document reports on a number of simplified thermodynamic calculations that were performed to ascertain combustion limits for simple surrogates of organic materials in a nitrate-nitrite containing alkaline waste. For expected waste species, the results of these calculations indicate that the range of reactivity encompasses energies that vary only by a factor of three over the range of normal paraffin hydrocarbon (NPH) (a fuel rich solvent) to sodium oxalate (a degradation product resulting from in situ organic complexant destruction in Hanford Site wastes).


The preferred method to access Internet from home is Wi-Fi. Unfortunately poorly placed Wi-Fi access point can experience Wi-Fi impairments such as interference or congestion, leading to degraded Internet performance. Identifying these impairments can be challenging, even for wireless experts. To approach this challenge we develop a tool to identify home Wi-Fi impairments. In our work we conduct experiments triggering wireless and non-wireless issues in a testbed. The two methods we work with are active probing and passive wireless metrics collection from wireless AP and wireless client. The wireless metrics we collect include but are not limited to, RSSI, PHY Rate, Noise, etc. With these metrics we get a sense of the status of home Wi-Fi and correlate it with our active probing results. Finally, to identify a wireless impairment we run our dataset through supervised learning algorithms. We obtain the best results with random forest algorithm. Random forest is well known for its precision to classify events based on a specific set of features. We close our paper by presenting the results of home Wi-Fi impairment detection by modeling it as a classification problem.


The Dearing Report's most substantial and rigorous piece of work on funding has been rendered irrelevant by the government's decision to adopt a different approach which Dearing had not considered. Much time, effort and money could have been saved if the government had made its objectives clear before the Report was finalised rather than on the day it was published.

Yet the Dearing chapters on funding are not wasted because they provide the case for a student contribution to tuition costs on the grounds of equity. These arguments are examined and supported in the paper. The Report is criticised for missing the opportunity to argue for credit-based funding in relation to both the public and student contributions.

The reasons for the government preferring its particular mix of means-tested fee and loan instead of means-tested maintenance grant are explained in terms of its political objectives. The effect of the government's proposals is that no student or parent pays more now for higher education than under existing arrangements. The extra private costs are incurred by graduates in repaying their additional loans out of their future income.

Finally, the misplaced emphasis on dealing with the full-time student funding problem led the Committee to give insufficient attention to other students. The adoption of a genuine lifelong learning model of higher education might have generated more relevant proposals not only on funding but elsewhere.


Discusses the reconstruction of chaotic dynamics by using a normalized Gaussian network (NGnet). The NGnet is trained by an online expectation maximization (EM) algorithm in order to learn the discrete mapping of the chaotic dynamics. We also investigate the robustness of our approach to two kinds of noise processes: system noise and observation noise. It is shown that a trained NGnet is able to reproduce a chaotic attractor, even under various noise conditions. The trained NGnet also shows good prediction performance. When only part of the dynamical variables are observed, the NGnet is trained to learn the discrete mapping in the delay coordinate space. It is shown that the chaotic dynamics is able to be learned with this method under the two kinds of noise.


Background: Currently,theprevalenceof breastcanceranditsdebilitatingconsequencesareincreasing,causingadversepersonal, family,andsocialeffectsinpatients. Therefore,patientswithbreastcancershouldtrytoreducetheinjuriesdescribedabovethrough various treatment methods. Objectives: This study aimed to assess the efficacy of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) on disease perception, body image, and fear of cancer recurrence in women with breast cancer. Methods: This applied study was designed based on a pre-test and post-test. The study included 30 participants, 15 test groups (15 people),and15controlgroups(15people). AtestgroupwasusedforMBCT,whiletheotherwasnotexposedtotheintervention. Eight 90-minute sessions were held weekly for the test group for two months. The research tools included the Broadbent Illness Perception Questionnaire (BIPQ), Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire (MBSRQ), and Fear of Cancer Recurrence Inventory Questionnaire (FCRIQ). Finally, the resulting data were analyzed by SPSS software Version 25. Results: The statistical test of covariance analysis showed that the MBCT method significantly affects disease perception, body image, and fear of disease recurrence in women with breast cancer (P < 0.05). Conclusions: Based on the results, the MBCT method can help manage breast cancer in women. Therefore, breast cancer patients can improve their quality of life and life expectancy by learning this treatment method.


The Urban geothermal field is a famous low-temperature geothermal field in China. Its production history spans more than 30 years. The geothermal system consists basically of three reservoirs, the Tieling Group (Jxt), the Wumishan Group (Jxw) and the Hongshuizhuang Group (Jxh) of the Jixian (Jx) system. Geochemical methods are used to interpret the chemical and isotopic characteristics of thermal waters in the Urban field. Because of the relatively low temperature of the thermal water, the thermal fluid does not seem to be in equilibrium with any hydrothermal minerals in the reservoir, except for chalcedony and quartz. As for mixing, the binary plot and silica-enthalpy mixing model are used, indicating that the fluids in the Urban geothermal field have been mixed with cold water. Several kinds of geothermometers are used to predict the subsurface temperatures in this area. Geothermometer calculations indicate that one can expect the highest temperature, a little over 100°C, in the centre of the sedimentary basin. Therefore, the main potential for further development of the geothermal resources is in that region. From the log (Q/K) diagram, it can be seen that the geothermal water in the Urban field has a potential for scaling. The present study indicates that the thermal water is of meteoric origin. The chemical composition of the water has changed very little during the period 1984-2000.


During the recent Presidential election season, candidates Barack Obama and John McCain went head-to-head in three nationally televised debates. A rating panel of undecided voters provided moment-to-moment evaluations of each debate. This study investigates the effect of social influence on raters' evaluations. Data analyzed from one debate show that the evaluations made by people attitudinally distant from each other to begin with tended to co-vary to a greater extent with each other when such individuals sat next to each other as opposed to separately, while those who were attitudinally close to each other to begin with were not affected by seating arrangement. More importantly, the greater covariance in evaluations among people who were attitudinally distant led to a greater polarization in attitudes post-debate.


Has excellent ejection stability in an ink jet head for industrial use is in need of a high-viscosity ink with a printer, and also provide excellent fixative reactive dye ink for the storage stability of the ink and fibers. The ink composition of the present invention, with the box contains at least one kind of reactive dye as a coloring matter, it contains a compound of a 340 to 2200 average molecular weight represented by the water and the following formula (1). [In the


An improved process has been developed for compound 1, a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) inhibitor. This improved process is convergent, safe, efficient, and useful to prepare compound 1 in kilogram quantities.


The external physiochemical parameters such as fungal biomass quantity, pH, incubation temperature and silver
 nitrate concentration will not only affect the rate of synthesis of silver nanoparticles from Aspergillus niger but also
 its yield. So in order to enhance product yield optimization of external environment was done to control the above
 mentioned parameters. A peak at 420 nm was observed for silver nanoparticles by UV visible spectrometry and at 420
 nm maximum synthesis of silver nanoparticles were obtained at optimum conditions i.e. 20 g of fungal biomass, alkaline
pH of 9.0, incubation temperature of 60°C and 6 mM of AgNO3 concentration.


Malaria control is increasingly recognised as playing a key role in poverty reduction in high burdened countries. The programme for malaria eradication based on vector control using very large quantities of DDT started in 1949 in the country and resulted in a dramatic reduction in malaria incidence. Vector population recovery, mainly due to resistance to DDT in Anopheles populations as well as DDT's lack of selectivity affecting non-target populations including mosquito competitors, predators and pathogens, soon reversed early success 1 . Therefore, other insecticides belonging to organochlorine, organophosphate, carbamate and pyrethroid groups were produced and used in the following years. Extensive use of chemical insecticides against vector mosquitoes for the control of malaria for about four decades, has resulted in development of resistance in vector mosquitoes to these insecticides and hazards to the environment.


Based on the analysis of the structure characteristic and the cutting principle of Klingelnberg bevel gear,it was deduced that this kind of gear was equal-height gear and the shaping wheel was flat-imaginary gear.In order to avoid cutter interfering with tailstock,the axial dimension of clamping must be reasonable.Parametric clamping design method based on VBA was presented.Advantages of the software were easy to use and user-friendly interfaces.The program made mapping and gauging automation available.The drawing quality and efficiency of engineering designers were improved.


The importance of self-regulated learning is a heavily discussed topic in higher education. Existing literature indicates that self-regulated learning practices and strategies are relevant and important factors in student learning outcomes within blended and online contexts (Broadbent & Poon, 2015). According to literature, the self-regulated learner is aware of their strengths and weaknesses. They set goals, monitor their progress through self-reflection and the constant evaluation of their learning approaches, which enables them to adapt their engagement in academic-related tasks (Hawe, Lightfoot & Dixon, 2019). These are key principles of self-regulated learning, which aims to position learners as active agents in the learning process (Winne & Perry, 2000).

Studies have found that students arrive at universities without the skills or practices required for self-regulated learning (Balapumi, von Konsky, Aitken, & McMeekin, 2016). This is a crucial time for students, as they develop new ways of thinking, learning and communicating. Practices and strategies should be introduced to students as they begin their journey into tertiary studies, to ensure they are equipped with the necessary skills that are key to academic success (Lear & Li & Prentice, 2016). To develop students as independent, self-regulating learners has become a valued and desired outcome of higher education institutions, and as such they should offer opportunities to develop these skills as they progress though their studies (Hawe et al., 2019).

Therefore, to help and support students in the development and enhancement of their self-regulated learning skills, the Learn2Learn module, was developed by the Technology-Enabled-Learning (TEL) Team at Western Sydney University, and piloted to students in Autumn session, 2021. The key features and functionalities of the Learn2Learn module include, goal setting and study planning tools, lessons and content pieces informed by literature on self-regulated learning, and the ability for instructors to take a specific lesson and embed it in-line with their instructional materials within the LMS. Since its launch, there has been a consistent growth in usage. In Autumn 2021, there was a total of 427 users and 681 sessions have been initiated. Students are spending an average of approximately 8 minutes per session. In Spring 2021, there was a total of new 321 users, with 536 sessions, and an average of approximately 8 minutes per session.

More recently, three focus group sessions were conducted, consisting of 4 to 6 students. Students' experiences with the module confirmed its value in helping their self-regulated learning practices, including, setting goals, self-reflection, planning and time management. There was also a considerable number of responses from the students that have indicated that the module could benefit the first-year transition into university.

This presentation will cover the evidence and research that informed the content and design of the module We will provide some insight into the preliminary findings from quantitative and qualitative data analysis and discuss the development process of the module, including an overview of the learner experience (LX) design principles used to guide the design of the module, to help promote student engagement.
References

Balapumi, R., von Konsky, B. R., Aitken, A., & McMeekin, D. A. (2016). Factors Influencing University Students' Self-regulation of Learning: An Exploratory Study. In Proceedings of the Australasian Computer Science Week Multiconference (pp. 51–59). New York, NY, USA: ACM. http://doi.org/10.1145/2843043.2843067

Broadbent, J., & Poon, W. (2015). Self-regulated learning strategies & academic achievement in online higher education learning environments: A systematic review. The Internet and Higher Education, 27, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iheduc.2015.04.007
Hawe, E., Lightfoot, U., & Dixon, H. (2019). First-year students working with exemplars: promoting self-efficacy, self-monitoring and self-regulation. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 43(1), 30–44. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2017.1349894
Lear, E., Li, L., & Prentice, S. (2016). Developing academic literacy through self-regulated online learning. Student Success, 7(1), 13-23.
Winne, P. H., & Perry, N. (2000). Chapter 16—Measuring Self-Regulated Learning. In Handbook of Self-Regulation (pp. 531–566). Retrieved from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232472158_Measuring_Self-Regulated_Learning


The Ius Commune Lectures on European Private Law are published under the auspices of the Ius Commune Research School. This Research School consists of the Law Faculties of Maastricht University, Utrecht University and the Catholic University of Leuven, and is directed towards research in the field of European Private Law and related subjects. Associated members of the School are the Law Faculty of the Free University Amsterdam, the Law Faculty of the Université de Liège and individual members of the University of Amsterdam.


ZULFANUR TRIRAHMAH. Effect of Past Varied Bioactivators and Mycorrhiza application Soil and Combination of Inorganic Fertilizers on Growth and Yields of Soybean (Glycine max L. Merril) Agrotechnology Students, Faculty of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Muhammadiyah University of Bengkulu. Under the Advisory of Ir. Hj. Fiana Podesta, MP. As the Advisor and Ir. H. Usman Yasin, M. Si. As the Co-Advisor. This study aims to determine the effect of the used soil of bioactivators and mycorrhizae application with a combination of inorganic fertilizers on the growth and yield of soybean plants (Glycine max L. Merril). This research was conducted at Jl. Danau Raya No. 59, Panorama, Singaran Pati, Bengkulu City using a factorial Complete Randomized Design (CRD) with 2 factors: the first factor was bioactivator and mycorrhiza (M): M1 (Bioactivator and Mycorrhizal Yeast), M2: (Bioactivator and spoiled Rice Mycorrhiza), M3(Bioactivator and Cow Rumen Mycorrhiza), while the second factor was combination of inorganic fertilizer (P); P1 (12.5 kg Urea / ha + 100 kg SP36 / ha + 50 kg KCL / ha), P2 (25 kg Urea / ha + 50 kg SP36 / ha + 50 kg KCL / ha), P3 (25 kg Urea / ha + 100 kg SP36 / ha + 25 kg KCL / ha), each treatment was repeated 3 times. The results of the data were analyzed using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and if it is significantly different, further testing of 0.5% Duncan's Multiple Range (DMRT) was 0.5% will be applied. The results of varied used soil with bioactivator and mycorrhizal (cattle rumen) showed a significant effect on the dry weight of soybean pods (Glycine max L. Merril), while the application of inorganic fertilizers significantly affected the plant height at 28 DAP. The use of used soils such as bioactivators and mycorrhizae in combination with inorganic fertilizers did not significantly affect plant height, number of leaves, root length, plant wet weight, plant dry weight, wet pod weight, dry pod weight, number of plant filled pods, number of flat pods, number of seeds per plant, plant seeds weight, weight on 100 seeds.


The Pierre Auger Observatory is currently in an update stage denominated AugerPrime. The Observatory will have scintillator detectors on top of each of the surface stations (WCD). The main goal of AugerPrime is to improve the studies on mass composition for ultra high energy cosmic rays, for this purpose AugerPrime will use Universality. The model will parameterize the signal in four principal components, the objective is an adequate discrimination of the muonic and electromagnetic components. We are interested in the discrimination of these two components using simulations. To do that, we are working with OfflineTrunk (the official software of the Collaboration). Our work is focused on the development of some modules for analysis and study of the signal from AugerPrime.


The chemical components (e.g., proximate composition, nucleotide-related compounds, and amino-acid content) of raw, dried, and boiled giant squids were investigated. The moisture contents of raw, dried, and boiled giant squids were 75.65, 39.75, and 41.12%, respectively. The boiled giant squid had a higher moisture content than the dried giant squid. The crude protein contents of raw, dried, and boiled giant squids were 20.10, 56.25, and 49.58%, respectively, with that of the dried giant squid higher than that of the boiled giant squid. The crude lipid contents of the raw, dried, and boiled giant squids were 0.15, 0.57, and 1.35%, respectively, with the boiled giant squid having the highest crude lipid content. The crude ash content of raw, dried, and boiled giant squids were 1.68, 4.50, and 6.77%, respectively. IMP content was detected in the dried (1.21 mg/100 g) and boiled(0.25 mg/100 g) giant squids. In the sensory scores, the degree of bitterness, acidity, and aftertaste had lower values in the dried and boiled giant squids than in the raw giant squid. A total of 18 amino acids were detected in the samples, and most of the samples had high contents of glutamic acid, aspartic acid, proline, and arginine and low contents of histidine, tyrosine, and methionine. The free-amino-acid content was related to the taste component. The major free amino acid contained by the samples were hydroxyproline, alanine, arginine.


In materials with a small degree of ionicity ranging 10%-15%, such as in SiC, carrier scattering on polar optical potential is plausible. J-F characteristics of hot hole transport in 6H-SiC with N- ...


The .NET Framework is a managed type-safe environment for application development and execution. The .NET Framework manages all aspects of your program's execution, it allocates memory for the storage of data and instructions, grants or denies the appropriate permissions to your application, initiates and manages application execution, and manages the reallocation of memory from resources that are no longer needed.


The purpose of this article is to outline the variety of roles and functions of enforcement agencies established in Australasia and the UK to promote antidiscrimination law on the grounds of race. Given the range of agencies involved and the differing circumstances in which they are placed, firm conclusions regarding their relative effectiveness are difficult to draw. However, the article attempts to identify some common issues and approaches. These suggest the desirability for governments and the agencies themselves to have a greater awareness of the experience of other approaches and to undertake review from a strengthened comparative perspective.


The new end effect compensator for a linear induction motor (LIM) is proposed, which is based on the theory that the end effect can be compensated only by supplying the eddy current synchronizing with the LIM frequency in front of LIM without adjusting the pitch of the eddy current with the operating slip of LIM, although the phase adjustment of current is required. The theory is confirmed analytically on the models of the magnet rotator type and the AC coil type compensators. The slip characteristics compensated by the magnet rotator is smooth in spite of the simple method with the constant rotating speed and the constant magnetomotive force (MMF). The static type of AC coil can compensate the thrust of LIM too, but the improvement of total thrust of LIM and the compensator is not so large in this numerical example, because of the large own end effect.


Egypt.J.Fertil.Steril. Volume 27, Number 4, July 2023 Rania M. Ala-honi1, Kamal I. Anwar MD1,2, Nermeen M. Shams El-din MD1,2, Ahmed Ragab Department of obstetrics and gynecology mansoura faculty of medicine FCMS, KSA 1,2 and Mahmoud Thabet MD. Mahmoud1,2 1Senblaween General Hospital, Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt 1,2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Egypt Studying the Reproductive Performance among Women with Congenital Uterine Anomalies. An observational descriptive study at Mansoura University Hospitals