T HE QUESTION OF THE RELIGIOUS POSITION of Edward Taylor (I642I729) has been argued by a number of scholars. Perry Miller, Kenneth Murdock, and others have claimed that, as a poet, he differed from or transcended the Congregational orthodoxy of his Massachusetts contemporaries, such as Samuel Sewall, Samuel Willard, Increase and Cotton Mather. On the other hand, Thomas H. Johnson and Norman Grabo have stated that Taylor was in accord with the dogmas of his time and place. The problem is complicated by the fact that some scholars consider the New England Congregationalists to have been Calvinists, and others do not. My own position is that Taylor was an orthodox New England Congregationalist in full agreement with the Calvinistic dogma defined by thc Westminster Assembly, particularly in his determinism and in his obsession with original sin. Pertinent to the problem is Taylor's own "Spiritual Relation," which he offered at the time of the foundation of his church in Westfield, Massachusetts, when he became an ordained minister. Yet this "Relation" never has been published in full, although fragments of it appeared in John H. Lockwood's privately printed Westfield and Its Historic Influences. Taylor had been preaching in Westfield approximately eight years when he delivered the "Relation" to his congregation and to the ministerial visitors from neighboring communities on August 27, I679. The delay in the foundation of the church had been caused in part by Taylor's doubts as to whether he wished to settle permanently in Westfield and in part by King Philip's War (I675-I676). In his "Relation" it was the duty of the minister to convince his congregation of the validity of his ministerial call by a public account of the working of God's spirit in his heart. Therefore, a good deal of time was devoted to childhood experiences which led to his conversion. Because several students of Taylor have argued that in his poems the poet shows less awareness of sin than his Puritan contemporaries, it is of some interest to note that much of


Short wave forecasting began in the late 1930s with rather crude, more global methods. The main steps of the development until the middle of the 1950s are described. Analytical methods have now replaced the original ones. (auth)


Polyamide terpolymer films can be obtained by the evaporation of a solvent–terpolymer–photoinitiator mixture on a glass plate. Through ultraviolet (UV) irradiation, self-developing properties are observed. The nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) study of the photochemical reaction involved in such a process permits us to propose a mechanism with a diffusion of solvent in the irradiated areas. The thermodynamics of irreversible process have been applied to the analysis of such a system behavior, and an analysis of the stability of the system resulting from its residual solvent content has been made. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 85: 645–653, 2002


A model for the scattering of wideband signals from three-dimensional rough surfaces is presented. This development is an extension of the scattering based on the Kirchhoff approximation method for a monochromatic wave source. The usual plane-wave approximation is relaxed and the Kirchhoff method is extended to include spherically diverging waves from the scattering surface. The scattered signal is expressed in terms of the Fourier transform of the acoustic channel. The frequency correlation function of the channel is then derived for a rough surface having the Gaussian spectrum. The coherent and incoherent components of the scattered signal intensity are determined from the frequency correlation function. The theory is applied to the signals produced by the Polaroid transducer operating in air and mounted on a mobile vehicle capable of automatic translation and rotation. Theoretical results are compared with experimental observations from two different rough surfaces. The analytic results are verified ov...


Casino gambling in the USA is highly regulated. Internet gambling operations circumvent domestic regulatory systems designed to accomplish various policy goals, including protecting minors, enforcing tax laws and preventing money laundering. The absence of international cooperation and legal options for restricting access to internet gambling appear limited to targeting domestic aspects of the internet business model, including advertising and financial services. However, financial intermediaries provide a constantly moving target for regulators. Willingness to pursue more invasive policy options may depend on what social science research reveals about the social harms of internet gambling, as well as security threats from unregulated cash flows.


The purpose of this study is to develop a lightweight design model for an 18ft leisure boat. The existing leisure boat is manufactured using glass fiber-reinforced plastics (GFRP) material and the hand lay-up process. Carbon fiber-reinforced plastics (CFRP) was applied to the new design to reduce the boat's weight, while an automated tape laying machine was applied to the lightweight boat's manufacturing process to increase boat manufacturing productivity. The newly designed CFRP model is 25% lighter than the existing GFRP model. It was confirmed that the newly designed lightweight hull has sufficient structural integrity compared to the existing hull through the structural integrity evaluation by the FEA.


We propose and study a novel type of fiber laser cavities which features dynamically transformable topology and enables pulse-to-pulse directional switching of the intracavity laser power flow. The key element of the proposed fiber cavity configuration is a fast 2 × 2 waveguide electrooptic switch (WEOS) which links a Sagnac-like (bidirectional) passive fiber loop with a unidirectional fiber loop incorporating an optical amplifier (OA) (rare-earth- or semiconductor-based). Electronic control of the WEOS port-to-port transmittance enables reversable gradual transformation of the laser cavity topology. This transformation results in directional switching of the laser radiation circulation in the Sagnac fiber loop. Proper dynamics of such transformation allows obtaining of complementary pulse trains from the counter-directional outputs in the Sagnac fiber loop. We validated this capability in a proof-of-concept transformable fiber cavity employing a semiconductor OA. The proposed cavity configuration enables switchable bidirectional pulse generation in various regimes including mode-locked ones.


Eugene O"Neill is recognized to be the most renowned of the group of dramatists who created the serious American drama. His plays have been admired and influential at home, equally on the stage and in book form; they stand the test of reading, as good plays must. His foremost subject matter was man"s uncertainty, man"s bedevilment from within and from without. The present research study explores some of the aspects of existence which causes this uncertainty and disorientation in life. The romantic illusions become the cause of destruction on the part of the characters who follow them blindly. Among all the trivial desires, passions and obsessions, love establishes its dominance and importance. The spiritual union and amalgamation of the lovers strengthens their vision of love. Thus, the present research study focuses on the relevance and predominance of positive thoughts and sentiments in the life of men through the expedition of desires, grief, vengeance, lust and repentance.


This paper develops two methodological approaches for calculating the float factor of the stock market index (ipc) of the Mexican stock market (bmv). The first one assumes that the free float factor is approximated by the normalization of the daily market rotation of each title, while the second one uses the relative daily market rotation. In both cases, the float factor is simulated by a variable with mean reversion similar to the one proposed in Cox, Ingersoll and Ross' model (1985). The methodologies we have established here remedy the inability to repli-


Controlling blood pressure (BP) for patients with stage 2 hypertension remains challenging. This research aimed to: (i) identify predictors of failure to achieve BP control, (ii) determine the association of adding one additional antihypertensive class with achieving BP control, and (iii) describe the prescribed antihypertensive regimens.


In the current era of globalization, all industrial companies will develop rapidly with the advantages created by each company. In this case, the alternative is usually used by the company to maintain its advantage, namely by investing in the capital market. In the Indonesian Stock Exchange there are various options for investing; one of which is in the health sub-sector.The health sub-sectoris included in the trading and investment category on the Indonesia Stock Exchange which plays an important role in the Indonesian economy in investment. This study aims to determine the effect of Return on Assets, Earning Per Share,and Price to BookValue on stock prices in health sub-sector companies listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange. This study applied the Purposive Sampling method in sampling. The data used secondary data collected using the data documentation method. The results of this study can be concluded that (1) Return on Assets (X1) significantly affects stock prices; (2) Earning Per Share (X2) significantly affects stock prices; (3) and Price to Book Value(X3) has no significant effect on stock prices; (4) Return on Assets (ROA), Earning Per Share (EPS), and Price to Book Value (PBV) together have an effect on stockprices.


Hot dry rock is becoming an important clean energy source. Enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) hold great promise for the potential to make a contribution to the energy inventory. However, one controversial issue associated with EGS is the impact of induced seismicity. In August 2019, a hydraulic stimulation experiment took place at the hot dry rock site of the Gonghe Basin in Qinghai, China. Earthquakes of different magnitudes of 2 or less occurred during the hydraulic stimulation. Correlations between hydraulic stimulation and seismic risk are still under discussion. Here, we analyze the hydraulic stimulation test and microseismic activity. We quantify the evolution of several parameters to explore the correlations between hydraulic stimulation and induced seismicity, including hydraulic parameters, microseismic events, b‐value and statistical forecasting of event magnitudes. The results show that large‐magnitude microseismic events have an upward trend with an increase of the total fluid volume. The variation of the b‐value with time indicates that the stimulation experiment induces small amounts of seismicity. Forecasted magnitudes of events can guide operational decisions with respect to induced seismicity during hydraulic fracturing operations, thus providing the basis for risk assessment of hot dry rock exploitation.


The aim of this study was to improve the mechanical properties of thermoplastic starch foams prepared from cassava starch blended with natural rubber latex by reactive blending. Potassium persulfate was used as an initiator for graft copolymerization between the starch and natural rubber during baking. The starch–natural rubber graft copolymer (starch-g-NR copolymer) was successfully produced during both suspension and melt blending based on 1H-NMR and FTIR characterization. Natural rubber increased the flexural modulus of starch/natural rubber foams without potassium persulfate, thus indicating the compatibility of the blends. The starch-g-NR copolymer, acting as a compatibilizing agent, enhanced the impact strength of foams, but it did not improve the flexural modulus. This may be due to the potassium persulfate decreasing the molecular weight of the natural rubber. Relative humidity also played an important role on the mechanical properties. Foams became more ductile at higher relative humidities. Since foam density increased with an increasing natural rubber content, the specific impact strength was also considered. A soil burial test showed that the cassava starch foams and foams containing 15 pph of natural rubber were fully biodegraded within 8 and 18 weeks, respectively. The starch-g-NR copolymer delayed biodegradation of foams and foams containing high natural rubber content, i.e., 35 pph, showed a low ability to be biodegraded. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2010


such as pump rate, pesticide type, geology and lo-cation of the monitoring/drinking water well affect observations. The project report concludes with a set of guidelines for determining the origin of pesticides detected in groundwater.


Paper is devoted to consideration of the practical application of the Algorithm of Inventive Problem Solving (ARIZ) during the development process of the robot adaptive vacuum feet. Also TRIZ technology evolution trends have been used for development of the new structures of the autonomous climbing robot. These robots are being used for cleaning, finishing and diagnostics of arbitrarily oriented surfaces in space for instance shop windows, glass vestibules, nuclear reactor walls and oil tank surfaces. The new designs of the vacuum adaptive feet and climbing robots have been developed with the aid of applied ARIZ and other TRIZ tools. The specific schemes and designs of vacuum adaptive feet and robots are described. The new vacuum feet can operate on many different surfaces including uneven and cracked ones. This paper has been illustrated with the pictures of real robots and their performances. The outcome of this project was 20 patents with the application of some of them in the current robot's design. This paper is useful for TRIZ users who like a real case study with measured results and demonstrate how TRIZ was used to develop the solutions.


Sponsorship remains one of the world's most important forms of marketing communications expenditure, and sport is still the major recipient for the money that corporations commit to sponsorship spending each year. (Chadwick, 2007: 287) A squad to win the Rugby World Cup (and plenty of new business). (2007 advert for Benchmark Sport Holdings, a company that controls a network of brands and businesses involved in developing revenue streams from sports entertainment events) Introduction Since 2000 the European market in sports sponsorship has risen by 40 per cent to be valued in 2008 as worth in the region of £5 billion ( Sport Business International , January 2008). This growth is all the more remarkable given that a European Union Directive in 2005 signalled an end to tobacco advertising and sponsorship of sport and, as we note below, the tobacco industry had been one of the key sectors driving sports sponsorship since the 1960s. However, the escalation in value of sports-related sponsorship is indicative of other trends that have been shaping media sport in the new century. One has been the expansion in sports content on television across primarily pay-TV platforms, fuelled by a more commercially orientated broadcasting industry; the other has been the continuing commercialization and commodification of sports content that has occurred in the last decade as the sports industry has consolidated its position by entrenching elite sport within the entertainment and corporate sectors of the economy.


The adsorptive potential of nano-calcium titanate for palladium ion was investigated,and optimum experimental parameters for the adsorption and elution of the palladium,such as pH value of medium,contact time,eluent and coexisting ion,were studied.The results show that when pH is in the range of 5~8,the adsorption time is 5 min,the adsorption can reach to the equilibrium,and the higher palladium initial concentration,the bigger the adsorption capacity;Under experimental conditions,the saturation adsorption capacity can reach to 49.78 mg/g.The palladium ion adsorbed on the nano-calcium titanate powder can be completely eluated by using 1 mol/L nitric acid.The enrichment factor is more than 100.The method has been applied into the recovery of palladium ion in industry waste water,satisfactory results have been gained.


In this article the concept «communicative potential of culture» is considereted as a methodological category. Factors of its' forming and development are discussed. The relevance of study of national and regional cultures communicative potential is proved.


This study aims to describe the accuracy, effectiveness, constraints, and solutions to the application of the socialization model of Indonesian Unity values using a Small Group Discussion strategy combination of the Minefield game on Muhammadiyah Youth and Nasyiatul Aisyiyah Mojolaban branch in Sukoharjo in 2019. This study uses a pre-experimental method design One Group Pretest Posttest and a sample of 20 people using Quota Purposive Random Sampling technique. Data collection techniques in this study used test, observation, and documentation methods. The indicators used in this study are based on MPR Decree Number II / MPR / 1978. The validity of this study uses the product moment correlation formula with rough numbers. Reliability using the formula K.R.20. Data normality in this study uses the Shapiro Wilk test. Analysis of the data in this study used the T-Test. The results showed that the t-count was greater than the table that was 10.265> 2.086 with a significance level of 0.05. The average value of Pretest 5.8 increased to 10.9 at Posttest. Based on the results of the two Pretest and Posttest data are then compared so as to obtain a difference value of 5.1. Based on these results it can be concluded that the hypothesis proposed by H0 is rejected and Ha is accepted, meaning that there is a difference in understanding the values of the Indonesian Unity after the socialization by using the Small Group Discussion strategy combination of the Minefield game on Muhammadiyah youth and Nasyiatul Aisyiyah Mojolaban branch in Sukoharjo in 2019 These differences indicate an increase in the average score of understanding the values of the Indonesian Unity from the results of the Pretest and Posttest.


Age-hardening behaviours of Al-3%Mg-1%Cu (in mass%) alloys with and without Ag, Zn and Si were investigated. The Al-Mg-Cu ternary alloy showed two-stage hardening at 170°C; i.e. the first rapid hardening within 2min and the second hardening after 2000min. The addition of 0.4%Ag accelerated the age-hardening in both the stages. Precipitates in the Ag-bearing alloys were much finer than those of the Ag-free alloys after peak-ageing. 0.4%Zn and 0.4%Si additions were less effective than Ag in improving the strengths at shorter ageing times. The yield strength after bake-hardening treatment was improved not only by Ag addition but also by an optimized heat-treatment.


To maintain high production and growing rates of plants, synthetically obtained fertilizers are commonly used. Excessive amounts of fertilizers damage the natural ecosystem and cause various environmental problems. In relation to the environment and its sustainability, another great environmental, economic, and social issue is food loss and waste. This paper aims to evaluate the impact of spent coffee grounds (SCG) on soil properties, rye growth, and their possibilities to be used as the biodegradable and organic material in the production of organic bulk fertilizer. This study demonstrated that spent coffee grounds contain primary nutrients; moreover, SCG could increase the content of soil organic matter. The addition of 4 wt% to 8 wt% SCG increased the number of spore-forming bacteria from <103 colony forming units/g soil (CFU/g soil) to 3 × 104 CFU/g soil, along with nitrogen assimilating bacteria (plain soil resulted in 5.0 × 105 CFU/g, and addition of SCG increased the value to 5.0 × 107 CFU/g). Since spent coffee grounds have a relatively high porosity and absorbance (25.3 ± 3.4 wt% in a water vapor environment and 4.0 ± 0.6 wt% in the environment of saturated sodium nitrate solution), they could be used to reduce the amount of water required for irrigation. To fully exploit their nutritional value for plants, spent coffee grounds were mixed with green algae biomass along with urea, and, during the research, higher value products (organic bulk fertilizer) were obtained.


On the basis of the data of 38 coking plants,the technical development of coking process is reviewed.The effluents of coking wastewater with respect to the size of coke oven,the process of coke quenching and the proportion of caking coal are compared.The changes in composition of coking wastewater with respect to the recovery of chemical products,local coal quality and management level are analyzed.The influence factors of coking wastewater composition are identified.Development of new coking technology,combined with the intensification and integration of unit processes,is an effective way to control industrial pollution with the purpose of cleaner production and resource recycling.


This experiment used Cyhalothrin,acetamiptid and omethoate to control Aegeria molybdoceps Hampson in Culai Forestry Centre in Tai`an,to explore effective control strategy.The results indicated that 3%acetamiptid EC had the best control effect on Aegeria molybdoceps Hampson when Injection method were used,and the average control effectiveness is 95.7%and 93.2%respectively after 15 days of treatment,40%omethoate EC is 91.3%,2.5%cyhalothrin EC is 79.6%.When used Smear method,the average control effectiveness of this three Insecticides were 93.1%,89.2%,78%


The recent growth in real-time, high-capacity ride-sharing has made on-demand public transit (ODPT) a reality. ODPT systems serving passengers using a vehicle fleet that operates with flexible routes, strive to minimise fleet travel distance. Heuristic routing algorithms have been integrated in ODPT systems in order to improve responsiveness. However, route computation time in such algorithms depends on problem complexity and hence increases for large scale problems. Thus, network segmentation techniques that exploit parallel computing have been proposed in order to reduce route computation time. Even though computation time can be reduced using segmentation in existing techniques, it comes at the cost of degradation of route quality due to static demarcation of boundaries and disregarding real road network distances. Thus, this work proposes, a directionality-centric bus transit network segmentation technique that exploits parallel computation capable of computing routes in near real-time while providing high scalability. Additionally, a dynamic fleet allocation algorithm that exploits proximity and flexibility to minimise vehicle detours while maximising fleet utilisation is proposed. Experimental evaluations on a real road network confirm that the proposed method achieves notable speed-up in flexible route computation without compromising route quality compared to a widely used unsupervised learning technique.


This article discuss the characteristics and shortfalls of "transfer" research and proposes that an "entangled history" approach can be usefully applied to thinking about intercultural exchanges in the history of education. It attempts to illustrate this method by examining the intersections between the "travels" of John Dewey and his ideas and educational developments in the Balkans in the early twentieth century.


COVER RETENTION FORM OF AN ASSEMBLY WITH A CASE OUTSIDE 6 METAL AND INTERNAL TRIM 7 MATERIAL COMPOSITE CONCENTRIC, REMOVABLE, fretted AT LEAST PARTIALLY IN HOUSING. ALL THIS AT LEAST IN THE DIRECTION OF THE FLOW OF AIR VEIN ZONE THREE DIFFERENT RETENTION CHARACTERISTICS: AREA WITH A FIRST RING SEAL 8 BLADED SURROUNDING THE ROTOR, IN AN AREA SECOND B WHICH COVERS TRIM BELT RETENTION 12 C ZONE THIRD IN WHICH SEAL DEFINED THE WALL PAN EMPTY SPACE 20.


The structural, electronic, elastic, optical and thermodynamical properties of the ordered SiGe, SiSn and GeSn cubic alloy in zinc-blende (B3) structure are investigated using the plane-wave ultrasoft pseudopotential based on the first principles density functional theory (DFT).The ground state properties such as the lattice parameter, bulk modulus, energy derivative, elastic constants Cij, Young's modulus, Poisson's ratio and the Zener anisotropy factor were calculated. The results are in favorable agreement with a previous work. The complex dielectric function, refractive index, extinction coefficient, complex conductivity function, energy loss spectrum, absorption coefficient and optical reflectivity were calculated and the peak position distributions of imaginary parts of the complex dielectric function are explained. The calculated elastic properties are consistent with other calculated results and predicted the Debye temperature, the isochoric heat capacity, the entropy, enthalpy and free energy. Keywords: density functional theory, elastic properties, optical properties, thermodynamical properties


The thesis that human rights should be an important determinant of foreign policy derives support from certain ideas about what human rights are like. These include the following. Human rights, it is held, are a particularly important class of moral considerations. Their gross and systematic violation represents not just the failure to meet some ideal but rather a case of falling below minimum standards required of political institutions. Second, human rights are of broad application . They apply not only to countries that have recognized these rights in their legal institutions, and not merely to countries that are "like us" in their political traditions or in their economic development, but to virtually all countries. Human rights are not controversial in the way that other political and economic issues are. This is not to say that everyone respects them or that there is full agreement about what they entail. But the central human rights are recognized, for example, in the constitutions of countries whose political principles are otherwise quite divergent. This normal acceptance, and the fact that violations of human rights are not confined to governments of any particular ideological stripe but occur both on the left and on the right, lend support to the idea that concern for human rights is a ground for action that is neutral with respect to the main political and economic divisions in the world.


A re-evaluation of pethidine and Pethilorfan has been carried out using techniques previously described. In this way analgesia, respiratory depression and sedation have been studied as principal effects. Secondary effects of the two drugs such as cardiovascular depression, nausea, vomiting and histamine-like reaction have also been assessed. It appears that the addition of levallorphan to pethidine reduces the analgesia produced and tends to increase the incidence of unwanted side effects. The sedation produced by each drug is poor but similar. Likewise there is a high incidence of preoperative nausea and vomiting when no atropine was given. Blood pressure and pulse changes are similar with each drug. Both drugs, in high concentration, show local histamine-like action. Finally, the respiratory depression produced in healthy volunteers by Pethilorfan 100 mg, intravenously, is greater, not less, than that produced by pethidine 100 mg.


Frotteuristic disorders is a rare paraphilia among other paraphilia. Frotteuristic are usually acquired with other paraphilia such as exhibitionism. Frotteuristic disorders is rubbing the genital area on other people to cause orgasm. This action often occurs in public area such as subways, elevators or shopping centers where victims are unaware. Some studies have difficulty getting data on frotteuristic disorders because this sexual harassment rarely reported to the police because there are no witnesses or evidence. This literature reviews aims to determine the comprehensive treatment for frotteuristic disorders.


In this essay we address three issues from the debate over substituting a direct vote for the Electoral College: (1) the extent to which the Electoral College induces candidates to advocate policies that they would not advocate under a direct vote; (2) the probability that the winner under a direct vote is not the winner under the Electoral College; and, (3) the probability that third parties—both national and regional—force elections into Congress. We conclude, first, that while candidate platforms are sensitive to election procedure, the likelihood of politically significant differences has diminished over time. Second, computing the probability of reversals in 2‐candidate contests, we find that, even in close elections, this probability does not exceed 0.2. Finally, and contrary to our initial supposition, we conclude that regional as against national third parties are not necessarily more likely to induce indeterminate outcomes, ceteris paribus. We also explore situations in which the Electoral Colleg...


Brain imaging studies have shown the existence of a mirror network for touch, which allows for an automatic and unconscious simulation of others' somatic states (Keysers et al., 2010). In everyday life, we are typically unaware of this process likely because the system is physiologically active below the threshold of perceptual awareness. However, in persons with mirror-touch synaesthesia, the sight of a touch on another person elicits conscious tactile experiences on their own bodies (Blakemore et al., 2005). In a sham-controlled study (healthy participants, N = 32 ), by combining anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS, 1.5 mA, 16 min) with a vision-touch interference task developed for studying mirror-touch synaesthesia (Banissy and Ward, 2007), we show that the enhancement of cortical excitability in the primary somatosensory cortex promotes the emergence of synaesthesia-like effects even in non-synaesthetes. Interestingly, these effects are linked with inter-individual differences in cognitive aspects of empathy. Conversely, increasing excitability in the premotor cortex facilitates the integration of spatially congruent viewed and felt touches, without inducing synaesthesia-like effects; the crossmodal facilitation by premotor tDCS is not associated with empathy, thereby confirming the functional dissociation between somatosensory and premotor areas within the tactile mirror system. This evidence indicates that mirror-touch synaesthesia reflects general crossmodal mechanisms associated with emphatic abilities: by increasing the excitability of the tactile mirror system, synaesthesia-like responses may be revealed in non-synaesthetic individuals.


Thomas Cranmer's Forty-Two Articles of , which became the Thirty-Nine Articles finalised in , are one of the most important doctrinal statements of the English Reformation and have long been a defining document for the Church of England and international Anglicanism. In the preface to the  second edition of his book on the Articles, Oliver O'Donovan noted that I had uncovered the source of the title of Cranmer's twenty-seventh article and, as it reveals something of Cranmer's method, it thus seemed appropriate to publish the details.


In order to solve the problem of Internet content security,an Internet content information detection and filtration system was present.The system included four layers: network layer,information identification layer,information stream filtration layer and content detection layer.In the network layer,there were text information,audio information,image information and video information etc.The information in this layer could be captured by network sniffer,and then sent to the second layer.The second layer was information recognition layer,the function of this layer was to classify the information to text information,audio information,image information and video information etc.The third layer was information stream filter layer,the function of this layer was to fuse the information transferred form the nether layer by multi-characters,and filter the useful information,standardize the information format.The last layer was the core of the whole system.Its main function of this layer was to filter the information to find the special content information by pattern match algorithm.


An unprecedented formal [3 + 3]-cyclodehydration approach leads to the synthesis of N-alkyl and N-arylsubstituted 2-pyridones from β-ketoamides and primary or secondary propargylic alcohols.


Objective: The objective of the study was to evaluate and compare serum total protein, serum albumin and thyroid hormones in children with Protein Energy Malnutrition (PEM) and in healthy controls. Methods: Present study was a cross sectional hospital based case control study, total 75 children of age group 1-5 years were included in this study. Triiodothyronine (T3), thyroxine (T4) and thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) was estimated by electro-chemiluminescence immunoassay method, serum total protein by biuret method, albumin by BCG method and plasma hemoglobin by CMG method. Result: In malnourished children, there is significant decrease in serum total protein (4.76 gm %), albumin (2.24 gm %) and Hb (10.57 gm %) as compared to normal healthy children. Serum T3 (0.51 ng/ml), and T4 (3.93 μg/ml) levels were significantly decreased and non-significant changes in TSH (4.26 μUI/ml) levels in children with PEM was observed as compared to healthy controls. Conclusion: The reduction in protein is due to decreased intake of proteins and reduced biosynthesis. The decreased in T3 and T4 levels in malnourished children is probably due to a decrease in circulating plasma proteins.


With the further deepening of reform and opening and the development of socialism market economy ,public morals and values are in a new transitional stage. Students` ideals faint or become confused, so the idealism education is weakened. In teaching practice, through investigations we should analyze the reasons for the phenomenon, and put forward some scientific methods for consideration .


A few weeks before the most recent legislative election in Switzerland, the St Gallen section of the Swiss People's Party (SVP) drafted a poster showing a disgruntled Swiss man with stereotypical African features, a ring through the nose, under a caption that read, 'We Swiss are increasingly the Negroes'. The poster was designed to appeal to latent ressentiments against the European Union and particularly against 'asylum tourists', the two main targets of the SVP's election campaign. The party's campaign proved highly effective. Preelection polls predicted the SVP would emerge as the largest party, confirming a trend, which had begun in the early 1990s, when Christoph Blocher took over the leadership of what had been for most of the postwar period the smallest of the four major Swiss parties. The SVP's rise is an archetypical example of a development that within the past decade has dramatically changed the political landscape in Western Europe – the emergence of a new type of right-wing politics, which has radically challenged the foundations of the postwar consensus. Piero Ignazi was one of the first European scholars to embark on a serious, systematic analysis of this phenomenon. His contributions to the literature on what he has called the post-industrial/post-materialist new right have had a significant influence on the study of the contemporary radical right. His new book, published as part of Oxford's prestigious series in Comparative Politics, therefore raises major expectations. Unfortunately, the result does not fully meet these expectations, and this not only because there is no mention of the Swiss case, which arguably represents one of the most successful examples of radical right-wing mobilization in recent years. More importantly, Ignazi's study fails to provide a genuinely comparative approach. Instead it largely follows a countrycentred, primarily descriptive format, which has been the staple of most of the collected volumes that have been published on the subject during the past decade. Ignazi's primary aim is to defend the validity of the notion of rightwing extremism against those who have argued that this term is no longer appropriate to understand the nature of parties such as the Lega Nord, the PA R T Y P O L I T I C S V O L 1 0 . N o . 5 pp. 601–611


The Electromagnetic Transients Program (EMTP) is a computer program for the simulation of electric power system transient phenomena. The program provides a large set of device models permitting accurate modeling of power system components over a wide frequency range. Traditionally, this program has existed only in mainframe and minicomputer environments, limiting its use to engineers and companies with access to these facilities. Recently, the EMTP has been made available for use on IBM and compatible personal computers using the IBM OS/2 and Microsoft Windows operating systems.<<ETX>>


It is our pleasure to welcome you to the Second ACM SIGMOBILE International Workshop on Systems and Networking Support for Healthcare and Assisted Living Environments (HealthNet 08), co-located with ACM MobiSys 2008. We have put together an excellent technical program that we hope you will enjoy, and that you will be able to take advantage of the diverse group of people that have come together for HealthNet 08.

The motivation for creating the first HealthNet workshop in 2007 has not changed. We still face daunting challenges as the world's population grows older and healthcare costs continue to skyrocket. To address these challenges, it will be necessary to combine efforts not only from many areas of computer science, including networking, distributed systems, security, data management, HCI and middleware, but also from the medical community. To this end, we are delighted to present a keynote speaker, Dr. John Luo, who is a nationally recognized expert in mobile technology and medicine and who has received numerous awards for his pioneering use of technology in medicine. We hope this keynote will begin to break down the barriers between medicine and technology by bringing key researchers together in one forum and linking the two communities.

We received a total of 23 submissions from 5 countries with papers from Asia, Canada, and the United States. These papers cover diverse topics from architectures and protocols to case-studies and real-world experiences. The selection of papers for this year's program was carried out by a 17 member international technical program committee. As a result of our review and discussion phase, a total of 6 full papers were accepted for presentation at the workshop, which corresponds to a competitive acceptance rate of 26%. Additionally, we accepted 4 demonstrations and 6 short papers to be presented as posters during the workshop.


Introduction: There is a decade of investigations into the role of CD38 in B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL). Signifi- cant percentage of CLL patients expressed transmembrane glycoprotein- CD38 on the surface of leukemic cells. Several pub- lished studies suggested that CD38 is accepted as a dependable marker of unfavorable prognosis and as an indicator of activa- tion and proliferation of CLL cells. The aims of the present study were to establish the predictive value of the CD38 expression and to examine the relationship between CD38 positivity and other established prognostic markers in Macedonian CLL patients. Material and methods: Peripheral blood samples from 100 consecutive treatment naive CLL patients were analyzed by flow cytometry for CD38 expression on CD5/19 leukemic cells. Various patients established prognostic characteristics and molecular markers were studied in correlation to time to treatment (TTT). The Kaplan-Meier method was used to construct survival curves, and the log-rank statistic was used to compare these curves. Results: CD38 was expressed in 61 % of the patients. Patients with high CD38 expression (30% or more) with high value of B2M and advance disease according to Binet had significantly shorter survival times (p= 0 .00001) and (p=0.00033) respectively. Multivariate analyses showed that CD38 expression is an important prognostic factor for shorter TTT associated high B2M level (P .000002), age(P.00000), gender(P.00000), lower hemoglobin level (P.00008 ),hepatomegaly (P.00086). Conclusion: CD38 expression identified a group of patients with aggressive disease that was considered by traditional staging to be early-stage disease (Rai stages 0-II or Binet A). Patients with CD38 samples have significantly aggressive disease regard- less of their clinical stage. But today in era of molecular and genetics markers when CD38 is loosing it prognostic value in CLL patients prognosis, we propose serial analyses of the percentage of CD38+cells to be done, resembling indicators of leukemic cell proliferation and may signal clone evolution to a more aggressive state.


The Morse molecular potential is used for the rst time as an effective potential for the overall interaction in charmonium. This procedure allows the calculation of the rotational contributions of P states, the radii of ve S states, and an absolute threshold for bound states. The calculation of the latter provides important information on the character of the recently found levels X(3915), X(3940), Psi(4040), X(4050), X(4140), Psi(4160), X(4160), X(4250), X(4260), X(4350), Psi(4415), X(4430), and X(4660).


Recently, much research has focused on magnetorheological (MR) dampers because of their high reliability, low power requirements, and fast response. When MR dampers are used in a base excited vibration isolation system, large damping forces are used to attenuate resonance below the crossover frequency while low damping forces are required to minimize transmissibility above the crossover frequency. In this study, an MR damper with a bifold valve implemented as an inner bypass (designated as the Magnetorheological Bifold Valve (MRBV) damper) is proposed and fabricated. A theoretical model using finite element analysis is developed, and characteristics are experimentally validated. For comparison, an MR damper with an annular valve implemented in the piston (designated as the Magnetorheological Annular Valve (MRAV) damper) subjected to the constraint that it occupies the same external volume as the MRBV damper, is also analyzed to illustrate the improved performance of the MRBV damper. The performance of these two dampers is then compared in terms of field-off damping force, field-on damping force, equivalent damping and dynamic range. The results show that the MRBV damper can provide lower field-off damping force and larger field-on damping force than the MRAV damper. In order to analyze the advantages of the vibration performance of the MRBV damper, a single-degree-of-freedom isolation system based on the two MR dampers is evaluated. Skyhook vibration control based on the MRBV damper can produce better vibration control performance than a system implemented with the MRAV damper.


This research aimed to explore a humanities-based STEAM (H-STEAM) model for EFL undergraduates (n = 72) to improve deeper thoughts and language proficiency in a multidisciplinary setting. The H-STEAM focused on the integration of a literature text, Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights, and the philosophical analysis framework of mimesis as a humanities resource. For a specific teaching and learning method, various group activities based on project-based learning (PBL) were fabricated to enhance collaborative and conceptual learning both inside and outside of the classroom. Analyzing the relationship of Wuthering Heights and mimesis, learners shared and adopted peers' opinions with openness. They could improve problem-solving ability, caring, communication skills, and self-reviewing practice when accumulating content knowledge and generating creative ideas. This study organized student-based assessment; self-assessment (SA) and peer-assessment (PA). SPSS 25 was conducted for the correlation and reliability analysis of SA and PA, and the evaluation of linguistic improvement. The results indicate that the H-STEAM facilitating PBL can be more workable through openness and community caring. The integration of collaborative and conceptual learning through PBL can empower learners' autonomy and produce deeper thoughts, which can contribute to deep learning. Consequently, this study may suggest a path to develop H-STEAM for higher education.


In this paper the authors describe a relationship enrichment workshop they have developed and conducted for married and engaged college students. The workshop is for healthy couples and not primarily rehabilitative in nature. Rather the goal of the workshop is to teach participants some concepts and exercises for improving their mnutual communication, including expression of affection and constructive fighting. It is the authors' hope that this paper will encourage more preventive mental health programs for married adults and those contemplating matrimony.


With the explosive development of the Internet of things technology, IOT technology is used in agricultural production. Wireless sensor network(WSN) is a universal form of agricultural Internet of Things. It realizes fixed-point acquisition of data and storage of data. However, when it is applied to soil moisture monitoring, its sensor is easily damaged, resulting in incomplete data collection. In the presence of these problems, this paper put forward a kind solution of mobile sensing platform combined with cloud platform. The sensor, smart car, GPRS module, and cloud platform constitute a vegetable greenhouse environmental information cloud platform system. The system can realize environmental information monitoring in vegetable greenhouses. The sensor and smart car are used to build up mobile sensing platform. The GPRS module is responsible for transmitting the soil data to the cloud service platform through network transmission. The cloud service platform can receive data and store, classify, and count data.


Hepcidin is a master regulator of iron utilization and takes part in the pathophysiology of anemia in maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients. Hepcidin is a moderate‐molecular‐weight substance and partially binds to plasma proteins in the circulation, which theoretically might be removed efficiently by hemoperfusion (HP). This study aimed to compare the effect of different dialysis modalities on hepcidin removal and discuss its effect on the iron and anemia status in MHD patients.


The application relates to a neural-network-based prediction method and system. The method comprises: according to a conventional neural network prediction algorithm and a conventional neural network classification algorithm, training data are trained to obtain a prediction model and a classification model respectively; testing data are inputted into the prediction model and the classification model respectively to obtain a prediction result and a classification result respectively; on the basis of an interval relation between the prediction result and the classification result, correctness of the prediction result is determined; after determination of correctness of the prediction result, a prediction result predicted based on the prediction model is outputted. According to the method and system, on the basis of combination and verification of the conventional ANN prediction algorithm and classification algorithm, inconsistent results are screened out and thus the proper prediction model is obtained, thereby improving accuracy of the prediction result; and even though only a few of training samples are provided, determination is carried out by combining the classification result obtained by the classification algorithm, so that precision of the ANN algorithm is improved.


XML has rapidly emerged as the standard for the interchange of data in numerous application areas. To support for efficient queries against XML data, many query languages have been designed. The query languages require the users to know the structure of the XML documents and specify search conditions on the structure. This path-based query against XML documents is a natural consequence of the hierarchical structure of XML. However, it is also desirable to allow the users to formulate no path queries against XML documents, to complement the current path-based queries. In this paper, we design a query expression capable of querying without knowledge about the structure of XML documents, and develop a query processor to evaluate no path queries.


In article questions of legal regulation of the state order in Russia at the present stage are considered. The author reveals problems in the given sphere and ways of their decision are offered.


Background: Denosumab is a fully human monoclonal antibody to the receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappaB ligand (RANKL) that blocks its binding to RANK, inhibit-ing the development and activity of osteoclasts, decreasing bone resorption, and increasing bone density. Given its unique actions, denosumab may be useful in the treatment of osteoporosis. Methods: We enrolled 7868 women between the ages of 60 and 90 years who had a bone mineral density T score of less than –2.5 but not less than –4.0 at the lumbar spine or total hip. Subjects were randomly assigned to re-ceive either 60 mg of denosumab or placebo subcutaneously every 6 months for 36 months. The primary end point was new vertebral fracture. Secondary end points included nonver-tebral and hip fractures. Results: As compared with placebo, denosumab reduced the risk of new radiographic vertebral fracture, with a cumulative incidence of 2.3 % in the denosumab group, versus 7.2 % in the placebo group (risk ratio, 0.32; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.26 to 0.41; p < 0.001) – a relative decrease of 68 %. Denosumab reduced the risk of hip fracture, with a cumulative incidence of 0.7 % in the denosumab group, versus 1.2 % in the placebo group (haz-ard ratio, 0.60; 95% CI, 0.37 to 0.97; p = 0.04) – a relative decrease of 40 %. Denosumab also reduced the risk of non-vertebral fracture, with a cumulative incidence of 6.5 % in the denosumab group, versus 8.0 % in the placebo Abstract Receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa B ligand (RANKL) and its natural antagonist, osteoprotegerin (OPG), are, re-spectively, an indispensable factor and a potent inhibitor for osteoclast differentiation, activity, and survival. The development of a human monoclonal antibody to RANKL, denosumab, constitutes a novel approach to prevent fragi-lity fractures in osteoporosis, skeletal complications of ma-lignancy, and potentially bone erosions in rheumatoid ar-thritis (RA). In addition to being expressed by osteoblasts, Abstract Bisphosphonates (BPs) are potent inhibitors of osteoclast-mediated bone resorption, which is increased when cancer


NMR studies have revealed the mechanism of a functional switch in the Escherichia coli Ada protein, which converts the DNA methyltransferase to a transcriptional regulator. The Ada protein acquires its ability to bind specific DNA sequences after an irreversible methyl transfer to its own cysteine residue (Cys69) from methyl-phosphotriesters within the alkylated DNA. NMR analysis have revealed that the segment from residues 102 to 123 forms a helix-turn-helix structure, and a site-directed mutagenesis study has identified the second helix to play a crucial role in specific recognition of DNA. NMR experiments on the methylated protein-DNA complex showed that although the major contacts are made by residues within the recognition helix, the S-methyl group at Cys69 come into direct contact with the cognate DNA. Therefore, the direct contact of this region after methylation is the "switch" which converts the Ada protein from a nonspecific DNA binding form to a transcription factor.


ABSTRACT Conservation in the United States (USA) is an elite field of mostly white, upper-middle-class women. While there have been efforts over the decades to diversify the field, they have not been successful in significantly changing the demographics. In January 2020, the authors embarked on addressing one aspect of diversification: shifting the culture from one of exclusion to one that listens to and takes direction from those who are excluded. We planned a workshop we thought was designed to include the excluded. We found it was still steeped in practices that maintain the dominant culture. This paper outlines how the experience of the global pandemic, the move from an in-person to an online workshop, and the impact of the social justice uprising resulting from George Floyd's murder fundamentally changed how we designed and led this workshop. Our growth was shaped significantly by developing an understanding of White Supremacy Culture (WSC), a system where perfectionism, defensiveness, paternalism, either/or thinking, individualism, and objectivity help maintain the status quo. This new perspective informed the creation of a series of sessions where we acknowledged, examined, and deconstructed power and privilege. We learned that if we want to achieve inclusion, we must understand the current culture of exclusion and the ways it prevents the work of building inclusive spaces. Though WSC as defined here is specific to the USA, cultures of exclusion exist worldwide. Lessons learned from trying to dismantle WSC in US conservation can be applied more broadly to create equitable professional and social communities around the world.


More or less, we are all aware that in today's society we can never be overeducated and we need continually to seek knowledge through Internet, books, seminars and many other forms or resources of learning. Seeking opportunities for learning and growth we will be better prepared to compete for new employment positions and we will certainly be more competitive on the labor market. In some jobs we need to educate our hands but in many more, we need to educate our mind. Good thing about learning is that when we learn something, it's ours forever. Each and every useful information give us power to satisfy our customers' needs and to get higher position in our company. Human Resource Management presents some kind of strategic approach. It deals with policies and certain established rules by higher management but it also plays very important role in staff organization .Teaching and training of employees are 'the must have 'tools. Teachers and trainers engaged with Human Resource need special skills, they need to be very well trained and informed, also well educated and capable to cover many different subjects related to modern technology ,business relations, communication skills, marketing, management and many more. Probably one of the most popular training program is involved with Neuro-Linguistic Programming, which includes wide range of skills like transferable and soft skills, rapport and assertiveness ,it helps employees to set their goals related to their private life as well as their career path. Trainers and teachers of the future will need to focus more on skills and not tests. Leadership, organization ,good presentation, writing and public speaking, team and time management conflict resolution, social media are also very important. In this survey we tried to research the need for lifelong learning between employees who are employed in different fields, from those in state companies and those employed with private sector to those who are entrepreneurs or self-employed. We asked them how often do they need some special training and do they only attend seminars and workshops or trainings organized by their company, or they are self-motivated for more knowledge related to their occupational fields and private life experience. We tried to explain terms such as NLP ,transferable skills, soft skills, rapport ,facial expressions and other similar things. Participants answered about the most frequent trainings that they attend and what are the benefits of it. Learning but also teaching for life is what we all need and what will make us to go further in reaching higher goals and prosperity. Moving forward we will be better employees and better persons to those in our environment, we will establish strong position in any field. So gain knowledge, read and learn a lot, attend seminars and trainings, attend new classes, get important certifications and increase the power of your knowledge forever.


Understanding the process of decomposition is extremely important and aids in criminal investigations, especially when attempting to estimate the post mortem interval (PMI). Although several studies have been conducted on the decomposition patterns in surface remains, much less is known about this process in buried remains. By quantifying decomposition rates, factors influencing decomposition and research on the process of decomposition can be standardised and validated in a South African setting. The aim of this study was to record decomposition stages and rates of buried remains and to compare it to that of remains decomposing on the surface. Twenty five pigs (Sus scrofa; 4580 kg) were buried and excavated at different post mortem intervals [7 days (1 week), 14 days (2 weeks), 33 days (1 month), 92 days (3 months) and 183 days (6 months)]. Stages of decomposition were scored according to separate categories for different anatomical regions based on standardised methods, and photographed. The point values for each region were added to determine the total body score (TBS), which represents the stage of decomposition for each pig. When studying decomposition, accumulated degree days (ADD) are effective in standardising the effect of variables (i.e., temperature) that influence the decay process. It also enables researchers to replicate experiments and compare results. In this study, ADD were used to measure the rate of decomposition and to compare decomposition rates between buried and surface remains. Results indicated that early stages of decomposition occured rapidly for both surface and buried remains within 7-33 days. Differences in the degree of decay were especially noticeable with the buried, 7 day interval pigs that displayed variations in discolouration in the lower abdomen and trunk. Between 14 and 33 days, buried pigs displayed common features associated with the early stages of decomposition, such as discolouration and bloating. The pigs then reached a stage of advanced decay where little change was observed in the next ±90-183 days after internment. Similar patterns of decomposition were observed for surface remains with rapid decay during the early stages of decay where after a plateau phase was reached during advanced decay. However, as expected, the surface remains reached higher TBS scores during similar intervals. iii In this study, the decomposition rates of buried remains were mostly influenced by being buried at an average depth of 0.75 m which could have resulted in lower in-soil temperatures and limited insect activity at a depth of 0.75 m on the remains. Also, adipocere presented itself on the remains with the 33 day PMI pigs, the 92 day PMI pigs and 183 day PMI pigs. Adipocere is capable of degrading over a prolonged period which reduces the rate of decay in a conducive environment (i.e., burial in soil). Overall, surface and buried pigs decompose with similar patterns, but buried pigs decompose at a much slower rate, reaching lower TBS values relative to similar PMIs in surface remains. This suggests that burial does have a significant effect on the rate of decomposition. Results from this study suggest that when using TBS guidelines on buried remains in the Central Highveld region of South Africa, buried remains will have, on average, a lower TBS score (7.4) than surface remains within a similar post mortem interval.


In the fifth section of his Aesthetic Theory (1970), Theodor Adorno turns to the theater of the German playwright Frank Wedekind in constructing his theory of "corporeal" art. Adorno explains that Wedekind's theater draws upon the trope of the "circus" as a certain sensationalized projection of the spectacle of the embodied artwork, and, in so doing, sets corporeal art on display against and in relation to its other—spiritualized art:


NLO SUSY-QCD contribution to associated production of gluinos and gauginos are shown to enhance the cross sections by about 10% at the Tevatron and by as much as a factor of two at the LHC. They shift the mass determinations or discovery limits, soften the p{sub T} spectra, and stabilize the predictions against variations of the renormalization and factorization scales.


The cognitive-linguistic profile of students with reading difficulties was investigated by adding specific tests to a response to intervention model (early identification and intervention for reading disorders). Forty-five second graders of both sexes and mean age of 7 years were divided into control group (without reading difficulties, n = 32) and at-risk group (with reading difficulties, n = 13). Scores below the mean of the control group (SD > 1.65) for each test were considered as specific deficits. Whereas group analysis showed phonological impairments as the only risk factor, an individual analysis added inattention and rapid naming as independent causal factors. An extended response model to the intervention, which includes cognitive assessment, is proposed.


Theories and research on gender and civic engagement have changed dramatically since studies were conducted 50 years ago. Over time, definitions of political socialization, knowledge, and engagement have all evolved, and with these developments come differences in how we view male and female political and civic engagement.


To the Editor—Cancer increases the chance of tuberculosis because of decreased immunity from disease and treatment (eg, chemotherapy). An intermediate tuberculosis (TB) prevalence country (South Korea) reported a cancer-specific standardized incidence ratio (SIR) for TB of 2.22 among all cancer patients, with the highest rate observed in those with hematologic malignancies (SIR, 6.67) and lowest in those with biliary tract cancers (SIR, 1.34). Understanding the problem of TB in the context of cancer is important because (1) cancer may develop in the background of a previous TB infection; (2) TB may exist concurrently with malignancy in the same patient or clinical specimen; and (3) many diagnostic challenges arise from the multifaceted presentations of these 2 disorders. Furthermore, TB leads to direct costs for diagnosis, treatment, and admission, as well as indirect costs from loss of productivity and other societal costs. It has been estimated that 42% of the households with TB patients incurred catastrophic health expenditures from hospitalization due to TB in India compared to 79% for households with cancer patients in 2014. In addition, the likelihood of incurring financial distress was 3.2 times higher for those hospitalized for cancer and 2.6 times for TB patients. This retrospective study was undertaken in a cancer hospital in eastern India between June 2011 and May 2016 among all patients with culture-confirmed tuberculosis to evaluate the direct healthcare costs attributable to TB in cancer patients. The period chosen to calculate costs spanned from 90 days prior to the TB diagnosis to 1 year after the diagnosis to limit the research primarily to the costs surrounding TB, rather than the costs incurred due to cancer. In total, we identified 118 patients with culture-confirmed TB during the study period of 60 months (~2 patients per month). The median age of the TB patients was 48.2 years (range, 6.3–82.1 years); 63 were women (53%) and 55 were men (47%). Of 118 patients, 45 (38%) had a hospital admission during the stipulated follow-up duration for either investigation or treatment. The number of deaths within this period was 4 (3.4%), with 3 deaths occurring in the first 30 days, no deaths in the 90-day period, and 1 death within 1 year of TB confirmation. The mean duration of follow-up of the patients after TB culture positivity was 204 days (6.8 months). The average cost per patient was Indian rupees (Rs.) 19,295 (US$266; 46.1%) for investigation, Rs. 18,686 (US$258; 44.7%) for admission cost, and Rs. 3,864 (US$53; 9.2%) for consultation fees. The investigation costs were divided into 2 categories: radiology (Rs. 10,383, US$143) and laboratory tests (Rs. 8,912, US$123). The laboratory costs were divided into 3 subcategories: hematopathology laboratory (Rs. 2,397, US$33), biochemistry (Rs. 3,613, US$50), and mycobacteriology (Rs. 2,902, US$40). When all costs were considered, the total average cost for 1 patient within the 15-month period was Rs. 41,846 (US$577 without anti-TB drugs and $636 with anti-TB drugs) (Tables 1 and 2 and Supplementary Fig. 1). Tuberculosis treatment drains healthcare and social resources. From the provider perspective, the mean drug-sensitive–TB treatment cost per patient varies among countries depending on the state of the economy, from US$14,659 in high-income countries to US$258 in low-income countries. The costs for treating multidrug-resistant (MDR)-TB ranges from US$83,365 in high-income countries to US$1218 in low-income countries. Productivity losses (calculated based on time lost due to seeking treatment and being ill; and taking into account country income) from TB have been estimated to be 16% in high-income countries and 38% in low-income countries. A study from rural India reported that the mean direct cost per patient due to TB was US Table 1. Details of Cost Analysis in Treatment of Tuberculosis


A systematic method to obtain the effective Lagrangian on the Bogomol'nyi-Prasad-Sommerfield background in supersymmetric gauge theories is worked out, taking domain walls and vortices as concrete examples. The Lagrangian in terms of the superfields with four preserved supercharges is expanded in powers of the slow-movement parameter {lambda}. The expansion gives the superfield form of the Bogomol'nyi-Prasad-Sommerfield equations at O({lambda}{sup 0}), and all the fluctuation fields at O({lambda}{sup 1}). The density of the Kaehler potential for the effective Lagrangian follows as an automatic consequence of the {lambda} expansion making (four preserved) supercharges manifest.


many performances of vehicle are related to the dynamic mechanical characteristics of tire, such as control stability, safety of running and braking, dynamics and trafficability characteristics, and so on. A finite element model of steady-state rolling analysis of tire was developed to study the dynamic performance of tire by using ABAQUS software based on the treatment data of the TYSYS software. The regulars of the contract press and contract area with road of tire under three different conditions of traction, rolling and braking were obtained. The effect of friction coefficient on the contact surface of tire with road was studied. The effect of slip angle on the transverse force and aligning torque under different inner presses and loads were also investigated, respectively. Finally, the law of longitudinal force varied with longitudinal slip ratio under different inner presses and loads was analyzed. Results indicated that the contact shear stress increases when the friction coefficient increases; the friction coefficient has little effect on the effective rolling radius of tire; firstly, the transverse force increases greatly when slip angle increases. However, it tends to be invariable when the slip angle is larger than 15°. It is similar to the law of longitudinal force varied with longitudinal slip ratio.


We have studied the lattice location of implanted nickel in silicon, for different doping types (n, n+, and p+). By means of on-line emission channeling, 65Ni was identified on three different sites of the diamond lattice: ideal substitutional sites, displaced bond-center towards substitutional sites (near-BC), and displaced tetrahedral interstitial towards anti-bonding sites (near-T). We suggest that the large majority of the observed lattice sites are not related to the isolated form of Ni but rather to its trapping into vacancy-related defects produced during the implantation. While near-BC sites are prominent after annealing up to 300–500 °C, near-T sites are preferred after 500–600 °C anneals. Long-range diffusion starts at 600–700 °C. We show evidence of Ni diffusion towards the surface and its further trapping on near-T sites at the Rp/2 region, providing a clear picture of the microscopic mechanism of Ni gettering by vacancy-type defects. The high thermal stability of near-BC sites in n+-type Si, ...


Automatic information extraction from scanned business documents is especially valuable in the application domain of document archiving. But current systems for automated document processing still require a lot of configuration work that can only be done by experienced users or administrators. We present an approach for information extraction which purely builds on end-user provided training examples and intentionally omits efficient known extraction techniques like rule based extraction that require intense training and/or information extraction expertise. Our evaluation on a large corpus of business documents shows competitive results of above 85% F1-measure on 10 commonly used fields like document type, sender, receiver and date. The system is deployed and used inside the commercial document management system DocuWare.


The present invention provides a manufacturing method of an aldehyde containing carbon monoxide and Sikkim hydrogen reactive with the olefinically unsaturated compounds in the presence of a rhodium-based catalyst, metallic rhodium and / or at least one rhodium compound to the rhodium-complexing compounds (rhodium-complexing compound ), characterized in that the added while there is carbon monoxide and the reaction product form the above-described aldehyde production process the supplementary rhodium prepared by hydrogen and the reaction carried out in the method of producing an aldehyde, the use of the reaction product in the catalytic process, the and a method for producing the above reaction product of the catalyst composition. Rhodium-based reaction product, a rhodium-based catalyst, method of manufacture, the olefinically unsaturated compound, carbon monoxide and hydrogen, the catalytic activity of the aldehyde.


This article reflects on the conditions of possibility that present the middle sectors to exert an active role in the current mode of development in Chile, as they are discursively presented and questioned from the political sphere. First, we examine the reconfiguration of the power relations during the past decades and the resulting articulation of a new societal model. Based on this, the changes in the occupational structure and the social integration mechanisms in the middle sectors are analyzed, glimpsing both their constitutive basis and their normative fabric. Finally we consider the tensions between those changes and the discursive interpellations directed to the middle sectors nowadays. Keywords : middle sectors, mode of development, stratification.


The authors have carried out the synthesis of linear oligo(chloroorganoxy)chlorophosphazenes (OCOCPs) by the interaction of linear oligochlorophosphazenes (LCPs) with ethylene oxide and a number of other expoxy compounds. Also, the authors have investigated the fire-retardant efficiency of the OCOCPs that the authors synthesized. 7 refs., 5 tabs.


Goldfish is in great demand by the people of Southeast Aceh because it is easily obtained in the market and becomes a typical dish. There is an increase in feed prices while output prices are fixed. So many farmers stopped producing but some survived. There is a difference in productivity between farmers who quit and farmers who stay. Farmers must improve production efficiency with the use of the right inputs so as to minimize costs and maximize profits. The study was conducted in Lawe Bulan District with the number of samples used as many as 40 farmers. The analysis used by DEA (Data Envelopement Analysis) to obtain Technical, Allocative and Economic Efficiency values and Tobit Regression Analysis to see the relationship between efficiency and farmer characteristics. The results of the DEA Analysis obtained a technical efficiency value of 0.757 or 75.5%. The allocative efficiency value was obtained at 0.919 or 91.9%. The Economic Efficiency Rate is 0.832 or 83.2%. The results of Tobit Regression are technically significantly positively related to the age of farmers. Allocative efficiency revealed a significant effect at the level of 5% and negatively related between allocative efficiency and education level. The results of the DEA analysis of the level of production efficiency have not been efficient. The Technical Efficiency score has an inefficiency of 24.5%. The allocative efficiency value of inefficiency was 8.1%. The Economic Efficiency score of inefficiency was 16.8%. The results of tobit regression there are sources of inefficiency of socioeconomic variables that become inefficienciesSuch as technical efficiency of education and number of dependents, allocative efficiency of age, education and experience, economic efficiency of experience variables and number of dependents.


In this essay we study various notions of projective space (and other schemes) over $\mathbb{F}_{1^\ell}$, with $\mathbb{F}_1$ denoting the field with one element. Our leading motivation is the "Hiden Points Principle," which shows a huge deviation between the set of rational points as closed points defined over $\mathbb{F}_{1^\ell}$, and the set of rational points defined as morphisms $\texttt{Spec}(\mathbb{F}_{1^\ell}) \mapsto \mathcal{X}$. We also introduce, in the same vein as Kurokawa [13], schemes of $\mathbb{F}_{1^\ell}$-type, and consider their zeta functions.


OBJECTIVE
To determine if there is a significant difference in the malignancy rates of thyroid follicular neoplasms, based on lesion size.

DESIGN
Retrospective study.

SETTING
Tertiary care institution.

MATERIALS AND METHODS
We retrospectively reviewed charts from patients with a thyroid fine-needle biopsy diagnosis of "follicular neoplasm," who subsequently had thyroidectomy, from 2000 to 2005 at our institution. The size of the lesion was determined from pathology reports or preoperative sonograms. We divided the patients into "large nodule" and "small nodule" groups, based on the median size.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE
Malignancy rate difference between thyroid follicular neoplasms in large nodule and small nodule size groups.

RESULTS
One hundred seventeen patients were included. The median size was 2.2 cm; thus, our small nodule group included lesions < or = 2.2 cm with a malignancy rate of 16.7%. The large nodule group included lesions > 2.2 cm with a malignancy rate of 26.3%. Chi-square analysis showed no statistically significant difference between the groups (p = .20). A receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was generated, and all cutoff values of tumour size did not lie far from the line of no discrimination. The area under the ROC curve was 0.52 (95% confidence interval = 0.38-0.66), indicating that the use of increasing tumour size as a diagnostic tool may be worse than chance.

CONCLUSION
There was no statistical difference in the malignancy rates of follicular neoplasms observed in the small nodule and large nodule groups. Our ROC curve also indicated that tumour size cannot be used to predict malignancy.


Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is a state of hypercoagulation, causing thrombus in artery, vein and capillaries, with or without obstetrical events with the presence of autoantibodies, which includes lupus anticoagulant, anticardiolipin antibodies and anti-β2-glycoprotein 1 antibodies. It has variable clinical presentations such as vascular thrombosis and obstetrical complications, pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE), pulmonary hypertension, and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Hereby we presented a case of young male who came to our hospital with hemoptysis and isolated pulmonary embolism, with the background of APS which is rare. Hemoptysis and pulmonary thromboembolism both being fatal emergencies requiring completely different management methods.


As real-time object detection systems, such as autonomous cars, need to process input images acquired from multiple cameras, they face significant challenges in delivering accurate and timely inferences often based on machine learning (ML). To meet these challenges, we want to provide different levels of object detection accuracy and timeliness to different portions within each input image with different criticality levels. Specifically, we develop DNN-SAM, a dynamic Split-And-Merge Deep Neural Network (DNN) execution and scheduling framework, that enables seamless split-and-merge DNN execution for unmodified DNN models. Instead of processing an entire input image once in a full DNN model, DNN-SAM first splits a DNN inference task into two smaller sub-tasks-a mandatory sub-task dedicated for a safety-critical (cropped) portion of each image and an optional sub-task for processing a down-scaled image–then executes them independently, and finally merges their results into a complete inference. To achieve DNN-SAM's timely and accurate detection of objects in each image, we also develop two scheduling algorithms that prioritize sub-tasks according to their criticality levels and adaptively adjust the scale of the input image to meet the timing constraints while minimizing the response time of mandatory sub-tasks or maximizing the accuracy of optional sub-tasks. We have implemented and evaluated DNN-SAM on a representative ML framework. Our evaluation shows DNN-SAM to improve detection accuracy in the safety-critical region by $2.0-3.7\times$ and lower average inference latency by $4.8-9.7\times$ over existing approaches without violating any timing constraints.


Method for molding products of a metal foam comprises a molten metal bath and form the molding means. The foam is directed into the ladle, which is located within the heating chamber pass the foam sample to the mold. If the future are mounted to form a sample in the mold the mold is closed. After cooling and curing, the molded product is demolded. The system of the invention comprises passing the sample to below the mold to induce the sample of the molten metal bath and, and collecting the heated chamber form, form. The present invention provides an apparatus for performing such a method.


This is a pedagogical review on the integrability-based approach to the three-point function in N = 4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. We first discuss the computation of the structure constant at weak coupling and show that the result can be recast as a sum over partitions of the rapidities of the magnons. We then introduce a non-perturbative framework, called the "hexagon approach", and explain how one can use the symmetries (i.e. superconformal and gauge symmetries) and integrability to determine the structure constants. This article is based on the lectures given in Les Houches Summer School "Integrability: From statistical systems to gauge theory" in June 2016.


A receptor protein was isolated from the epidermis cells of the pupae of Tenebrio molitor L. The affinity constant of the complex of this receptor protein and a juvenile hormone analogue was found to be 4.4 · 1010 l/mole. Its molecular weight is about 3.5·105. The isoelectric point is 4.4.


Dr. Qi received his bachelor and graduate degrees in Engineering Mechanics from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, and received his doctor degree in Mechanical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2003. After a one year postdoc at MIT, he joined University of Colorado Boulder in 2004 as an assistant professor and was promoted to associate professor with tenure in 2010. In 2014, he started at Georgia Tech as an associate professor with tenure. His current research is in the area of mechanics of soft materials, with a focus on soft active materials, including theoretical and experimental investigation of structure-function relationships of shape memory polymers and elastomers, and arterial tissues.


Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea is a serious and potentially fatal condition because of an increased risk of meningitis and brain abscess. Approximately 80% of all cases occur in patients with head injuries and craniofacial fractures. Despite technical advances in the diagnosis and management of CSF rhinorrhea caused by craniofacial injury through the introduction of MRI and endoscopic extracranial surgical approaches, difficulties remain. The authors review here the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of CSF rhinorrhea relevant exclusively to traumatic anterior skull base injuries and attempt to identify areas in which further work is needed.


We select n stocks traded in the New York Stock Exchange and form a statistical ensemble of daily stock returns for each of the k trading days of our database from the stock price time series. We analyze each ensemble of stock returns by extracting its first four central moments. We observe that these moments are fluctuating in time and are stochastic processes themselves. We characterize the statistical properties of central moments by investigating their probability density function and temporal correlation properties.


The influence of industrial structure to industrial cluster is obvious,however the current study of the influence is mainly by qualitative analysis,and the quantitative analysis is inadequate.This paper selects the trade data of Anhui province's tertiary industry,and explains the sample data by the variable of scale,and then clusters the sample data.On the basis of it,we analyze the diversity of the result by entropy measurement.Finally,we reach the influence factor of industrial structure on industrial cluster.


Presented paper is focused on the modelling and description of the proposal of composite frame construction of the new CNC machine, which is designed for progressive machining of products made of powder materials produced by the additive Direct metal laser sintering technology. In the introduction of the article, the uniqueness of the created bed design of the machine tool based on the mixture of polymer concrete is emphasized through general knowledge. Subsequently, the paper determines the properties of the polymer concrete mixture, which forms the basic material of the machine tool bed, describes the design of the CAD solution and the complex strength analysis at the determined load of 950 N with the subsequent interpretation of the results. Within the stress analysis, the Von Mises combined voltage is in the range of 0.2 0.4 MPa, thus meeting the required values of the formed material. In order to ensure the complexity of the evaluation of the proposed design solution, the results achieved by modal analysis are also presented in the paper. The conclusion of the article provides an overall summary of the achieved results and describes the further direction of research. (Received in April 2020, accepted in May 2020. This paper was with the authors 2 weeks for 1 revision.)


In this paper, we analyze Anne Maclean's argue against R.M. Hare's conception of moral thinking. Maclean identifies this conception with that she calls a pure utilitarianism. She defines this kind of utilitarianism like one that not includes moral terms, and, therefore, cannot serve to think about moral problems. Her objective is to probe that the philosophers are not more expertise than no-philosophers in moral matters. We will analyze if her argue is correct and what kind of consequences it will has for utilitarian philosopher's authority in moral issues.


The performance of concrete, in terms of its placeability, physical properties, and its durability, can be en - hanced by the use of slag-blended cements or separately added ground granulated blast-furnace slag. It also has advan- tages for architectural purposes due to the whiteness it imparts to concrete. Properly proportioned and cured slag concretes will control deleterious alkali-silica reactions, impart sulphate resistance, greatly reduce chloride ingress, and reduce heat of hydration. Setting times and early age strengths can be controlled through appropriate proportioning, while later age properties are typically enhanced. CSA and ASTM standards cover both slag-blended cements (CSA A362; ASTM C595; ASTM C1157) and slag as a supplementary cementing material (CSA A23.5; ASTM C989). Since Lafarge introduced the first large-scale slag grinding plant near Hamilton in 1976, slag has become the predominant supplementary cementing material in Ontario. Recently, its availability in the U.S. has expanded dramatically.


The article is a pioneering attempt to identify the strengths and weaknesses as well as opportunities and threats to the development of a sustainable marketing mix in Polish food industry enterprises. The study enriches the poor state of literature on the sustainable marketing and marketing mix. The value of research is to acquire and present new knowledge about the four elements of marketing mix in the sustainable concept. The article may support managers who want to implement the concept of sustainable marketing mix in their companies. The aim of the study is to conduct a SWOT analysis, identifying strengths, weaknesses as well as opportunities and threats to the development of a sustainable marketing mix in Polish food industry enterprises


Music is one of the important aspects used in various religious and cultural ceremonies by the community such as birth ceremonies, marriages, deaths and initiation ceremonies, both sacred and secular, including in the Posuo (pingitan) traditional ceremony. The Posuo traditional ceremony is a transitional ceremony of status from teenage women to adult women in Tolandona Central Buton. In this ceremony, there are several percussion musical instruments used which are presented as accompaniments in the form of instrumental performed during the process of conducting the ceremony. As the initial assumption is that music has significance in this ceremony, both as an accompanist and support the atmosphere at the ceremony. In this phenomenon, there are two problems that want to be examined, first, what is the meaning of the presentation of music in the implementation of Posuo Wolio traditional ceremonies in the Tolandona Central Buton and secondly why music is presented in the Posuo Wolio traditional ceremony. In this study, the authors used the ethnomusicology approach and tended to review the literature from some documentation of photos and videos as well as the results of investigations that had been carried out. In conclusion, music as a mirror of society has a relationship with human behavior and activities. Music presented in a religious ceremony or traditional cultural ceremony has significance in the implementation of the ceremony both as an accompanist or forming an atmosphere and as part of the ritual ceremony. Although in interpreting it is inseparable from the socio-cultural context and life philosophy of the community, this means that it can vary in each region. How music is played by people's lives and how music means to one community, this understanding influences the existence and use of music for the community.


The ZnO-TiO2 coaxial nanofibers with high photocatalytic activity using ZnO as the core and TiO2 as the shell were successfully fabricated by a simple combined method of sol-gel process and electrospinning technique, which were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and so on. The results showed that the ZnO-TiO2 coaxial nanofibers consisted of hexagonal wurtzite ZnO core and TiO2 shell of anatase and rutile. Comparing with the ZnO nanofibers and TiO2 nanofibers, UV-vis absorption peaks of ZnO-TiO2 coaxial nanofibers showed a significant red-shift, which revealed that ZnO-TiO2 nanofibers needed less energy to be activated. The ZnO-TiO2 coaxial nanofibers exhibited better photocatalytic activity for the degradation of methylene blue than TiO2, ZnO, or blending ZnO-TiO2 nanofibers. Besides, the ZnO-TiO2 coaxial nanofibers could be easily recycled.


The paper reports on the work and the results of the IMTIC (Innovation Management Techniques for Industry Clusters) Project supported by the European Commission's Innovation Programme. The purpose of the project was to make industrial small and medium-sized enterprises aware of the possibilities offered by innovation management techniques (IMTs) in planning and implementing long-term business strategies. IMTs were presented and outlined to a number of industrial clusters in five Italian regions in the areas of: (i) marketing of innovation, (ii) Technology Watch (TW), (iii) Technology Search (TS), (iv) management of intellectual property rights and (v) quality management. The Institute for Studies on Research and Scientific Documentation (ISRDS) of the National Research Council (CNR) of Italy was one of the subcontractors for the project. The main task assigned to ISRDS/CNR was to set up the methodological framework for two innovative techniques: TW and TS. In particular, the methodological process for setting up TW and TS is described. Monitoring by ISRDS of the project phases and the control of the results are also described.


A HANGER FOR MAGNETIC WHEEL INERTIA OR BODY KEEPS TURNING ROTOR 3 COAX COMPARED STATOR 2 WELL AS BEING FREE MECHANICAL. IT CONTAINS, STATOR COAST, A Ferromagnetic CONTINUOUS INTERNAL AND CROWN CROWN 5 Ferromagnetic EXTERNAL DISCREET MADE OF SEVERAL SECTORS 11 diametrically opposed, TRIMMED AND REELS 18. BETWEEN THE CROWN IS A CROWN INTERLEAVE magnetic AXIALLY 8 SCOPE BY THE ROTOR , enclosed PLATES RING BETWEEN TWO COILS 18 9. eNSURE A BALANCE RADIAL ROTOR WHILE THE CROWN magnet 8 INSURED IN THE CENTER AXIAL. ASSOCIATION OF CROWN 5 AND SECTORS 11 ENSURES MINIMUM trip FOR THE LINES OF INTRODUCTION. APPLICATIONS SPACE OR LAND, PARTICULARLY FOR SATELLITE, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VACUUM PUMPS, ROLL PRINT MACHINES MACHINES, SYSTEMS OPTICAL SCANNING.


In this paper we will study the main properties of the set solutions of the paratingent equation (type differential inclusion) with delay of the form: ( )( ) ⊂ ([ ] ) for ≥ 0 with the initial condition: ( ) = ( ) for ≤ 0. We will be interested particularly in the topological properties of the set solutions and the continuous dependence on initial conditions of the set solutions.


The ubiquitous computing environment has
increased interest in IoT technology. As IoT has open
characteristics in the fields of industry, increased accessibility
has raised the possibility of threats. As the IoT network was small
on scale, there was risk of security. IoT development brought the
network environment by combining networks, therefore risk of
security attack compared to small network. The response time
while operating IoT devices to detect intrusion through hacking,
the artificial neural network responses using mobile devices.
This process help to deal with hacking. By detecting virus in real
time, this process help to prevent intrusion. As IoT security risks,
we suggested an intrusion detection system using artificial neural
network model in this study. The system which is developed in
this can be adjusted to fit situations of IoT by facilitating
modification of critical values. The research which detects
anomaly through the response to be used for information
security system which utilize IoT .


Over the last decade, the number of research and development projects on sensor network technology has grown exponentially. Events detection is among these research fields, it allows the monitoring of the environment. To build an interpretation to these events, the combination of sensor network and document corpus data is essential since document corpus provide significant amounts of important and valuable information (e.g., technical data sheets, maintenance reports, customer sheets). However, most information systems in connected environments do not support the interconnection of sensor network and document corpus data, hence, user has to look for an explanation by himself through multiple queries on both data sources which is indeed very tedious, time consuming and requires a huge compilation effort. In this paper, we show that recent researches on 5W1H question-answering ("What? Who? Where? When? Why? How?") are an interesting issue to facilitate tunnelling through heterogeneous data sources (sensor networks and document corpus) and the identification of relevant data for the purpose of explaining an event. Consequently, we propose ISEE (an Information System for Event Explanation), a framework for event interpretation based on (i) the semantic representation of a heterogeneous information system, (ii) the cross-analysis of both sensor network and document corpus data and (iii) 5W1H question-answering techniques.


New layered structures corresponding to the general formula [PbBiO2]An+1BnO3n−1Cl2 were prepared. Pb5BiFe3O10Cl2 (n = 3) and Pb5Bi2Fe4O13Cl2 (n = 4) are built as a stacking of truncated An+1BnO3n−1 perovskite blocks and α-PbO-type [A2O2] 2+ (A = Pb, Bi) blocks combined with chlorine sheets. The alternation of these structural blocks can be represented as an intergrowth between the hematophanite and Sillen-type structural blocks. The crystal and magnetic structures of Pb5BiFe3O10Cl2 and Pb5Bi2Fe4O13Cl2 were investigated in the temperature range of 1.5−700 K using X-ray and neutron powder diffraction, transmission electron microscopy and Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy. Both compounds crystallize in the I4/mmm space group with the unit cell parameters a ≈ ap ≈ 3.92 Å (a unit-cell parameter of the perovskite structure), c ≈ 43.0 Å for the n = 3 member and c ≈ 53.5 Å for the n = 4 member. Despite the large separation between the slabs containing the Fe ions (nearly 14 Å), long-range antiferromagnetic order sets in below ∼600 K with the G-type arrangement of the Fe magnetic moments aligned along the c-axis. The possibility of mixing d and d cations at the B sublattice of these structures was also demonstrated by preparing the Ti-substituted n = 4 member Pb6BiFe3TiO13Cl2.


A new species of bagrid catfish, Pseudobagrus gracilis, is described from specimens collected from the Zhujiang (Pearl River) basin, southern China. It closely resembles P. adiposalis Oshima and P. ussuriensis (Dybowski), but differs in having a large elliptical eye (19.8–24.4% HL), a short maxillary barbel not reaching the posterior margin of the eye, a lightly serrated posterior edge on the second dorsal spine, a caudal fin slightly emarginated with upper lobe slighter longer than lower lobe, frontal concave with a smooth surface, and supraoccipital process short (far from the first basal bone of the dorsal spine).


Objective To estimate the immunity of human papillomavirus type 16 pseudovirions. Methods Baculovirus-derived HPV16 VLPs were purified and disassembled. After mix with the E7-pcDNA3.1+ plasmids, the disassembled VLPs were reassemble. The VLPs, in which E7-pcDNA3.1+ plasmids were packed, were named pseudovirions. The immunity of the pseudovirions was studied by mice test. Results The pseudovirions immunization could induced production of specific IgG, IgA, and CTLs in mice. Conclusion Immunization of mice with HPV16 pseudovirions can elicit antibodies and CTLs


In this paper the performance of screen compensation based on previous work by Nayar et al. and Ashdown et al. and five different camera characterization methods are evaluated. Traditionally, colorimetric characterization of cameras consists of two steps; a linearization and a polynomial regression. In this research, two different methods of linearization as well as the use of polynomial regression up to fourth order have been investigated, based both on the standard deviation and the average of color differences. The experiment consists of applying the different methods 100 times on training sets of 11 different sizes and to measure the color differences. Both CIELAB and CIEXYZ are used for regression space. The use of no linearization and CIELAB is also investigated. The conclusion is that the methods that use linearization as part of the model are more dependent on the size of the training set, while the method that directly convert to CIELAB seems to be more dependent on the order of polynomial used for regression. We also noted that linearization methods resulting in low error in the CIEXYZ color space do not necessarily lead to good results in the CIELAB space. CIELAB space gave overall better result than CIEXYZ; more stabile and better results. Finally, the camera characterization with the best result was combined into a complete screen compensation algorithm. Using CIELAB as a regression space the compensation achieved results between 50 an 70 percents more similar to the same color projected on a white screen than using CIEXYZ (as measured by a spectrophotometer, comparing absolute color difference in CIELAB) in our experimental setup.


THE PROCESS IS A: A.INTRODUIRE CONTAINER IN A MIXTURE SUITABLE: I.100 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF SILICON POLYMER OR A MIXTURE POLYMERIC SILICONE having a viscosity of from about 1,000 to 200,000,000 centipoise at 25C; AND ii.a QUANTITY OF CHARGE AMONG SELECTED: A) 50 TO 100 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF LOAD CAPACITY FOR PARTIES 100 WEIGHT OF SILICON POLYMER; B) 400 A 5000 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF CHARGE EXTENSION 100 PARTS SILICON POLYMER WEIGHT; AND C) MIXTURES A AND B; AND B.MELANGER POLYMER SILICON AND LOAD DURING A TIME SUFFICIENT TO OBTAIN A MIXTURE PARTICLE densified FLOWING FREELY. APPLICATION TO CHARGES FOR POLYMER Silicone.


We theoretically investigate acoustic metasurfaces consisting of either a single pillar or a line of identical pillars on a thin plate, and we report on the dependence on the geometrical parameters of both the monopolar compressional and dipolar bending modes. We show that for specific dimensions of the resonators, bending and compressional modes may be simultaneously excited. We study their interaction with an antisymmetric Lamb wave, whether or not they occur at the same frequency, with particular consideration for the amplitude and phase of waves emitted by the pillars at resonance. Especially, the analysis of both the amplitude and the phase of the wave at the common resonant frequency downstream from a line of pillars demonstrates that the reemitted waves allow for the transmission with phase shift of π .


The thesis deals with the use of benchmarking for Pardubice Transport Company. Theoretical part explains the principle of benchmarking and presents the real situation of benchmarking in the Czech Republic and abroad. The thesis also presents Pardubice Transport Company and its activities. The practical part introduces, implements and evaluates financial analysis of transport companies. The aim is to evaluate the financial situation of DPMP through benchmarking, to find potential partners for further development of benchmarking cooperation and to propose measures to improve the financial situation of the company.