This paper presents a portable coprocessor to accelerate digital signal processing (DSP) applications for low power Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices. The DSP coprocessor is based on RISC-V packed-SIMD instructions, and can be tightly integrated with various RISC-V cores as an independent IP by using an extension interface. The DSP coprocessor is verified on a Nexys A7 FPGA. The experimental method includes comparing the clock cycles of hamming codes, fast Fourier transforms (FFT) and digital filters running on the DSP coprocessor integrated with RISC-V cores and on original RISC-V cores. The results demonstrate a significant clock cycle reduction by up to 79.03%, 49.57% and 61.58%, respectively.


The aim of this thesis is to identify the competitive factors of dental center UNIDENT Inc. in Zlin Region. The paper is of the theoretical and application character with the focus on the branches of dentistry. The first section draws from the literary sources relevant to the selected topic, which are processed into theoretical and methodological observations. Competitiveness, competition, competitive advantage and methods of competitive analysis represent the terms defined in relation to the achievement of the selected objective. In the practical section, dental center UNIDENT Inc. is characterized in detail. Sub-tasks necessary for the achievement of the set goal are attainment of theoretical knowledge, development of Porter five forces analysis and the synthesis of the observations in the form of a SWOT analysis. The result of this work takes the form of the propositions and the suggestions to improve the position of the company in the competitive environment.


This study of the textile traditions of South-East Asia provides important insights into the economic, social, and religious life of its people, in all their cultural diversity. Part 1 of the study begins with a historical overview, and then introduces the reader to weaving. In the second part the author, who has visited most of the countries covered in her book, provides an exhaustive survey of textiles.


The current paper presents an investigation of the accuracy of soft-computing techniques in precipitation estimation. The monthly precipitation data from 29 synoptic stations in Serbia from 1946 to 2012 are used as a case study. Despite a number of mathematical functions having been proposed for modeling precipitation estimation, the models still have disadvantages such as being very demanding in terms of calculation time. Soft computing can be used as an alternative to the analytical approach, as it offers advantages such as no required knowledge of internal system parameters, compact solutions for multivariable problems, and fast calculation. Because precipitation prediction is a crucial problem, a process which simulates precipitation with two soft-computing techniques was constructed and presented in this paper, namely, adaptive neurofuzzy inference (ANFIS) and support vector regression (SVR). In the current study, polynomial, linear, and radial basis function (RBF) are applied as the kernel function of the SVR to estimate the probability of precipitation. The performance of the proposed optimizers is confirmed with the simulation results. The SVR results are also compared with the ANFIS results. According to the experimental results, enhanced predictive accuracy and capability of generalization can be achieved with the ANFIS approach compared to SVR estimation. The simulation results verify the effectiveness of the proposed optimization strategies.


The case of the esophageal diaphragmatic hernia in the woman of 43 years old is described. The laparoscopic fundo-plication was applied with the polypropylene mesh. It is marked, that it gives the possibility to reduce operating time, to simplify the operative techniques and to reduce the topographic anatomi-cal changes in a zone of intervention.


A nation's economy often reposes on the expansion of its manufacturing, agricultural, and service industries. Quality of service is crucial to maintaining a country's economic prosperity because the service industry is growing rapidly. The loss resulting from low sales is extremely simple to compute, but the loss resulting from poor service quality is very challenging. Good customer service always increased the client's faith in the business. Therefore, the current research is based on a theoretical framework combining service quality, and supply chain efficiency in transportation industry to theoretically examine the influence of service quality on supply chain efficiency. The findings revealed supply chain efficiency can be improved if quality of service meet the requirements of customer.


and Sociology where much of the most exciting work is being done. Anderson says nothing of the approaches of people like David Harvey or of those sociologists like John Urry who use similar ideas. Essentially if it is at all productivist, it is out. To the extent that I have any competence to comment on the other areas covered by Anderson, the same holds good. For example the whole area of 'scientific realism' which has effectively kicked positivism out of the practical philosophy of science, gets no mention here. Anderson is always a platonist. He is never very much interested in industrial capital or working classes. In the last essay in this book 'The Light of Europe' he asserts that Mrs Thatcher was 'removed by an Italian ambush'—the poll tax isn't even in the index! I asserted earlier that Anderson seemed to me to have misunderstood Gramsci in a simple but fundamental way. Perhaps that is why I see these books as so clearly the product of someone who is now explicitly a 'traditional' intellectual. New Left Review did once have some organic commitments and in contributions to it today by people like Rustin, that commitment is to some extent maintained. These volumes are not part of any organic intellectual project. That isn't to say that they are useless—quite the contrary. They are full of interesting ideas, but they are not written with a view to political action. The abandonment of any collective political actor is implicit rather than explicit, but that is the burden of the texts. Capital&Class's concerns with capitalism as a system of production, and with the role of classes within that, is something alien to Anderson's view of what matters. Old prejudices die hard (or never die at all). Anderson cites his AngloIrish origins —the garrison always had a high old opinion of itself and its interests—land, aristocracy, theology, horses and generally flash behaviour. Perhaps its a pity the man didn't come out of Belfast. ____________________ John Ehrenberg


The river network in the Four-lake Basin of Hubei Province is staggered with a complicated water system and is seriously disturbed by human activities. Therefore, the real-time monitoring and management of its water environment is of great significance to the sustainable development of the basin. As the application of WebGIS becoming increasingly extensive, applying WebGIS to the monitoring and management of basin water environment can satisfy the demands of various users, such as governmental departments, general users, and researchers in the context of increasingly-prominent water environment problems in the basin. The WebGIS technology has utilized to realize the functions of displaying, spatially querying and analyzing water environment basic information such as hydrology, water quality, meteorology and natural reserves in the Four-lake Basin. Users can easily access and obtain relevant real-time dynamic information through the browser for spatial analysis, such as the assessment of water eutrophication and the diffusion analysis of wastewater pollutants.


Adult penguins eaten at sea form a large proportion of the diet of giant petrels Macronectes spp. It is widely assumed that they are scavenged after being killed or injured by more agile predators such as fur seals Arctocephalus spp. We observed non-breeding Northern Giant Petrels M. halli hunting and killing Northern Rockhopper Penguins Eudyptes moseleyi offshore from a penguin colony on Nightingale Island, Tristan da Cunha. Penguins were killed at an average rate of 0.4 h-1 spent hunting by petrels. The most successful technique was a stabbing vertical lunge as a penguin surfaced or swam close to the surface near a petrel, but some were caught when a petrel dropped onto a group of penguins from the air, or when penguins fell back into the sea after attempting to land. Petrels also tried to sneak up on penguins resting on the surface by swimming towards them while lying flat on the water, but none of these 'stealth' attacks was successful. Penguins killed were grasped by the hind-neck and held underwater for 5–6 minutes until they stopped struggling, and then were eaten. Only 18% of penguins caught were killed; the remainder were dropped before they were subdued, apparently because they were not grasped correctly. One Southern Giant Petrel M. giganteus also attempted to catch penguins, but was not successful. Our observations suggest that not all penguins recorded in diet studies of giant petrels are scavenged.


This article explores the extent to which cyberspace has made possible the control and regulation of fantasy. In particular it takes the example of two recent cases that considered the applicability of child pornography laws to cartoons circulated over the Internet. While such laws often seek their justification in the need to protect children, it is argued that they can also lead to outcomes which in effect place our fantasies and thoughts under state surveillance.


In recent years,bacteria multidrug resistance is more and more serious,active efflux system is the main reason of multidrug resistance in bacteria,this paper reviewed the currently known five kinds of active efflux system,namely the Resistance Nodulation cell Division family(RND),Major Facilitator Superfamily(MFS),Small Multidrug Resistance family(SMR),Multidrug And Toxic compound Extrusion family(MATE) and ATP binding cassette(ABC).


The fate of carbon (C) in plants and terrestrial ecosystems has been an important topic forNew Phytologist for a long time.Owen Atkin (2015) highlighted in a recent Editorial that c. 50 papers dealing with C allocation and cycling in plants have been published in this journal within a two-year period. Important experimental techniques used to assess this fate include C and C labelling experiments (Carbone et al., 2007; Epron et al., 2012) or the assessment of variations in the natural abundance of stable isotopes in different C pools and/or fluxes over time (Wingate et al., 2010; Treydte et al., 2014). Such applications are mainly suited to track transport and respiration of new assimilates within the plant and transfer to the mycorrhizosphere (H€ogberg et al., 2010) over the short term. Furthermore they provide insight into the conversion of assimilates to structural compounds (Kagawa et al., 2006), transfer to storage pools and mixing of new assimilates with older C pools (Keel et al., 2007; Hartmann et al., 2015).


Ninety years ago, the first university was established in Thailand. It was an elite approach to higher education with the main purpose being to train government officials to run the country (Krongkaew 2004). Since then, the Thai higher education sector has experienced remarkable development. Most notably, the number of higher educational institutions (HEIs) has increased to nearly 800, with the total number of students enrolled reaching 2.5 million. Thus, the Thai higher education sector has changed from elitist to a mass economic and social institution.


Introduction GE Plastics has a firm commitment to achieve world class quality through the Six Sigma program. This program requires that the manufacturing facilities achieve a level of quality control so that there are only 3.4 quality failures out of one million opportunities. In order to accomplish this target, the individual manufacturing facilities must achieve the absolute lowest level of failure throughout the production process. This paper focuses on the efforts of one manufacturing facility to achieve Six Sigma. This facility will be referred to as the "Manufacturing Plant."


We apply the conical singularity method to the two dimensional version of the Schwarzschild metric to obtain the Kruskal coordinates of the black hole in a very simple and direct way. Then we make use of this metric in an approximated version and calculate the expected value of energy-momentum tensor of a massless quantum field near the horizon, resulting in regular expressions for its components.


developments for evaluating these changes, including the relationships to financial structure. The theoretical developments include contributions from the economics of organizations (Stiglitz 1991), agency relationships (Jensen and Meckling), transactions cost economics (Williamson 1979, 1985), incomplete contracting (Hart 1988), asymmetric information, and financial contracting.1 These theoretical developments provide rich opportunities to apply new, interesting concepts toward understanding and evaluating the changing managerial and organizational environment in agriculture.


The purpose of this study is to analyze the construction, operation and problems of digital platform as a means for safeguarding and inheriting intangible cultural heritage. Specifically, this study will look at ichngo.net, built by NGOs specializing in cultural heritage. A digital platform that mediates the protection and transmission of intangible cultural heritage has long been a necessity for NGOs. NGO activists were, however, generally overwhelmed by IT concepts and various technologies. As the interests of IT professionals has expanded to the cultural heritage realm, collaboration between NGOs specializing in intangible cultural heritage and IT experts has gradually increased. The advantage of ichngo.net is that it has newly devised operational methods to support the growth of cultural diversity and increase international networking for promotion of safeguarding and sustainable practices of ICH. In order to promote greater participation, the Ichnog.net platform operates based on bottom-up and voluntary participation. The major challenge in this activity is that the digital access gap existing within and among NGOs and countries. However, the recent increase in the use of smartphones and social media is to reduce the digital divide. Therefore, the prospect of digital heritage created by the convergence of ICH and digital technology would be positive under the new direction of smartphone usage by the general populace.


Simulation of emergent group behaviors for creatures such as birds and fishes has been widely used in computer animation. Although the same technique can be adopted to simulate crowds of virtual humans in a shared virtual world, it remains a great challenge to simulate the high-level intelligent behavior of a virtual human with planning capabilities. In this paper, we present a shared virtual environment crowded with real and virtual users. Virtual users, controlled by a world manager, are simulated in groups, each of which is led by an intelligent group leader. At run time a world manager can interactively assign a goal configuration to each group leader, and the system will automatically generate collision-free paths that bring the leaders to the goals. Since we allow multiple groups to move simultaneously in the virtual world, we adopt a decoupled path-planning approach, in which the paths being executed by the other leaders become the motion constraint of the current leader under consideration. The remaining members in a group follow the motion of the leader with emergent behaviors such as flocking. We believe that such an interactive interface will facilitate the simulation of controlled virtual crowds for applications such as 3D virtual shopping malls.


New drugs are urgently required for treatment of human African trypanosomiasis and Chagas´ disease. One compound with promise is megazol, a nitro heterocyclic compound that forms a nitro radical anion upon reduction. Megazol (2-amino-5-(1-methyl-5-nitro-2-imidazolyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazol) and related nitroimidazole compounds are being tested as antichagasic drugs. Little is known on the mode of action of megazol. However, there is evidence that 1-electron reduction of megazol to the corresponding nitro radical anion is a key step in the reaction mechanism.
It was observed that the obtaining of megazol can be made by different paths synthetic modifying procedures and reagents involved in the chemistry of heterocyclic particularly imidazoles. We evaluated experimental conditions, partial and overall income, as well as the characteristics of reagents involved in the processes indicated in one of the routes. Megazol was prepd. from 1-methylimidazole by cyanation, cyclization with thiosemicarbazide, nitration with concomitant acetylating of the amino group, and deacetylation.


Very few devices are currently installed in substations without some form of communications connection. There is a clear trend toward establishing data connectivity via Ethernet due to generally higher data rates, and cost effective connections. Whether an application is for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), line relaying, remote engineering access or Synchrophasors, the Intelligent Electronic Device (IED) is manufactured featuring a variety of communication ports including RS-232, RS-485, Ethernet, and fiber that are connected to, and communicating with at least one other remote device. Protection engineers typically have a limited role in communication applications, thus they may not have a full understanding of a communication networks' capabilities.


This paper analyses and proves the essential feature of case teaching that the information transmission turn from one side into both sides and student status turn into taking the initiative passively and train the direction to turn from knowledge type into ability type. It has explained the positive role of case teaching, namely favorable to student's digestion and understanding to knowledge, favorable to the exercise and cultivation of student's ability, favorable to student's exchange and reference to practical experience. This paper puts forward the basic demand of case teaching clearly, namely the case will stress the norm when being written. the case will stress the procedure when being taught, teacher's quality should stress the standard.


Solid ammonia (NH3) is the only nitrogen-containing polyatomic molecule reported in both interstellar and solar system ices. However, an examination of the literature reveals significant omissions and difficulties in earlier work that can hinder quantitative measurements of solid NH3 by infrared (IR) methods by both astronomical observers and laboratory spectroscopists. Here we reinvestigate the IR spectra of NH3 ices in amorphous and crystalline forms to determine mid- and near-IR intensities. The IR absorption coefficients, band strengths, and optical constants are presented for both amorphous and crystalline NH3, along with new density and refractive index (λ = 670 nm) measurements needed to quantify our IR results. We find that two widely used approximate IR band strengths for amorphous NH3 are nearly 30% higher than measured values after corrections for the compound's density. We have also used our new results to rescale two NH3 near-IR band strengths in the literature, finding that they increase by about 60%. Some applications of our new results are described along with suggestions for future studies. Optical constants are available in electronic form.


We calculate the one-point probability density distribution functions (PDF) and the power spectra of the thermal and kinetic Sunyaev-Zeldovich (tSZ and kSZ) effects and the mean Compton Y parameter using the Magneticum Pathfinder simulations, state-of-the-art cosmological hydrodynamical simulations of a large cosmological volume of (896 Mpc h(-1))(3). These simulations follow in detail the thermal and chemical evolution of the intracluster medium as well as the evolution of supermassive black holes and their associated feedback processes. We construct full-sky maps of tSZ and kSZ from the light-cones out to z = 0.17, and one realization of 8.degrees 8 x 8.degrees 8 deep light-cone out to z = 5.2. The local universe at z = 1.18 x 10(-6) for Omega(m) = 0.272 and sigma(8) = 0.809. Nearly half (approximate to 5 x 10(-7)) of the signal comes from haloes below a virial mass of 10(13) M-circle dot h(-1). Scaling this to the Planck 2015 parameters, we find (Y) over bar = 1.57 x 10(-6).


One of the pressing needs in the field of disease biomarker discovery is new technologies that could allow high performance protein analysis in different types of clinical material, such as blood and solid tissues. This thesis includes four approaches that address important limitations of current technologies, thus enabling highly sensitive, specific and parallel protein measurements.Paper I describes a method for sensitive singleplex protein detection in complex biological samples, namely solid phase proximity ligation assay (SP-PLA). SP-PLA exhibited improved sensitivity compared to conventional sandwich immunoassays. We applied SP-PLA to validate the potential of GDF-15 as a biomarker for cardiovascular disease. Paper II describes ProteinSeq, a multiplexed immunoassay based on the principle of SP-PLA, for parallel detection of 36 proteins using next-generation sequencing as readout. ProteinSeq exhibited improved sensitivity compared to multiplexed sandwich immunoassays, and the potential to achieve even higher levels of multiplexing while preserving a high sensitivity and specificity. We applied ProteinSeq to analyze 36 proteins, including one internal control, in 5 μl of plasma samples in a cohort of patients with cardiovascular disease and healthy controls.Paper III describes PLA-DTM, a strategy for recording all possible interactions between sets of proteins in clinical samples. Individual proteins and their interactions are first encoded to dual barcoded DNA by PLA, and the barcodes are interrogated by a method named dual tag microarray (DTM). We applied the method for studying interactions among protein members of the NFκB signaling pathway.Paper IV describes a novel probing strategy for analyzing individual biomolecules in solution or in situ. The technique employs a new class of probes for unfolding proximity ligation assays - uPLA probes. The probes are designed so that each probe set is sufficient in forming and replicating circular DNA reporter, without interactions among themselves when incubated with the sample. The uPLA probing strategy provides ease in the design of multiple probe sets in parallelized assays while enhancing the specificity of detection. We used the uPLA probes to detect various targets, including synthetic DNA and cancer-related transcripts in situ.


Schools keep getting bigger and bigger. Between 1940 and 1990, the total number of elementary and secondary public schools declined 69 percent—from approximately 200,000 to 62,037—despite a 70 percent increase in the U.S. population (Walberg 1992; Howley 1994). Consequently, the average school enrollment rose more than five times—from 127 to 653. In today's urban and suburban settings, high school enrollments of 2,000 and 3,000 are commonplace, and New York City has many schools with enrollments nearing 5,000 (Henderson and Raywid 1994).


Greater part of existing 130 high rate digestion systems in United States are of gas recirculation type, and some use mechanical agitation; table shows summary of operating results of high rate digestion tanks; digestion time required; Standard requirements of 10 states; cost considerations; savings through introduction of high rate digestion.


Homing Dove Primary School children performing Kore, a Madi traditional dance. Songs that feature hence include: Male Ale Fonyi (I want to study). A song to encourage children to go to school. Then the second song is '' Silimu ni Laza Unziri ''(AIDS is a bad disease). A song to create awareness among the Madi people. The third song performed is entitled ''Malaria Ka badi da ku'', about Malaria disease. The exit song/dance ''Anyi Tra Asi Fonyi Ga'' is to communicate to school children to concentrate on studies.


The present invention discloses a data processing system and method, the system and method for selecting a character recognition program from several character recognition program, the program can be optimized within the character recognition accuracy in image file format. Consider the character forms and field types and special characters in the candidate character recognition programs used in accordance with several possible real-time were optimized. The results of the character recognition operation for large character forms and field types in recognition of changes in the form of pre-printed with the greatest accuracy.


Postoperative pulmonary complication (PPC) remains the most common postoperative complication in patients undergoing noncardiac thoracic surgery. We conducted the clinical study to determine the diagnostic role of miRNA-21 in noncardiac thoracic surgery. 368 patients undergoing noncardiac thoracic surgery were recruited. Blood samples were collected before anesthesia and 2 hours after incision during surgery for RT-PCR measurement of miRNA-21. PPC occurrence, extrapulmonary complications, duration of ICU stay, and death within 1 year were evaluated. The overall rate of PPCs following surgery was 10.32%. A high relative miRNA-21 level was an independent risk factor for PPCs within 7 days (OR, 2.69; 95% CI, 1.25–5.66; and P < 0.001). High miRNA-21 was also associated with an increased risk of extrapulmonary complications (OR, 3.62; 95% CI, 2.26–5.81; and P < 0.001), prolonged ICU stay (OR, 6.54; 95% CI, 2.26–18.19; and P < 0.001), increased death within 30 days (OR, 6.17; 95% CI, 2.11–18.08; and P < 0.001), and death within 1 year (OR, 7.30; 95% CI, 2.76–19.28; and P < 0.001). In summary, plasma miRNA-21 may serve as a novel biomarker of PPCs for patients undergoing noncardiac thoracic surgery.


PURPOSE: A method for assigning spread codes of a code division multiple access(CDMA) communication system having a variable data rate is provided to reduce wastes of the spread codes to efficiently use resources of the codes, by using spread codes decided by spread length corresponding to a previous-maximum data rate as spread codes for transmitting packet data, when circuit data is varied and transmitted to a data rate under the maximum data rate. CONSTITUTION: A method for assigning spread codes of a code division multiple access(CDMA) communication system, comprises the steps of: assigning first spread codes used in a channel for transmitting circuit data; adding fixed numbers of spread length corresponding to a maximum data rate of the circuit data to the first spread codes, and assigning obtained spread codes to second spread codes used in a channel for transmitting packet data; if the circuit data is transmitted to the maximum data rate, spreading the circuit data to the first spread codes to output spread signals; if the circuit data is transmitted under the maximum data rate, spreading the circuit data to the first spread codes, then spreading the packet data to the second spread codes to output the packet data as spread signals.


This paper presents the development of a convoluted FSS with geometry based on a square loop geometry, for 5G applications. In the open-state a trial-band behavior is observed and in the short-state a dual-band one. Simulated and measured results show to have a good agreement.


This method belongs to the field of electronic science and is applied to the field of products derived from the tobacco plant, such as cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, tobacco in general, and to achieve the improvement of its quality. Improved quality of tobacco products is obtained against electromagnetic pulse emission (6), electromagnetic waves (6) produced by an electrical or electronic device (3), and to be programmed in advance, covering, together with the means to produce a wide range of wavelengths from 1mm to 11,000Km harmonic frequencies of the electromagnetic waves (6) to be from one or more portions or all wavelengths of 1mm to 11,000Km, or a particular region of emission. The ability, application time and application of the results are controlled. The Act applies to tobacco products, finished or unfinished industrial, commercial enterprises manufacturing these products or in the processing stage, or after the completion of its manufacture, or during its storage, and no matter what way and what materials common to be packaged.


Reports on an investigation of a request by the C.D. Johnson Lumber Company to construct a log boom two miles below Toledo on the Yaquina River. Local residents were concerned that the boom would damage clam beds. Includes a hand-drawn map of the area.


Globalization, participatory democracy and emergence of new public management theory create new governance in the public sector. It reflects societal...


Eighty to ninety percent (or more) of the petroleum in an oil field remains in the ground after conventional primary recovery is done and the wells run dry. Secondary recovery techniques that utilize injected natural gas or water can, if successful, recover an additional 20–50% of the original oil in place, but usually most of the oil stays in the ground. In the past few years it has been discovered that injection of supercritical carbon dioxide could be effective in extracting as much as 95% of the oil in place. Major pipelines to carry carbon dioxide from natural occurrences to oil fields are now being constructed according to a recent report by F.M. Orr and J.J. Tabor (Science, 224, 563-569, 1984). Billions of dollars are being spent to construct three major pipelines and facilities for injecting carbon dioxide into the ground in the West Texas Permian Oil Basin.


This paper proposed a pace Q-measurement that assesses the execution inside the FS equation. Qmeasurement 's the reason the consistent quality of chose include subset consolidated with guess exactness. The paper proposed Booster to upgrade the execution inside the current FS recipe. Be that as it may, presented on by a FS recipe when utilizing the guess accuracy will presumably be temperamental inside the varieties inside the preparation set, especially in high dimensional information. This paper proposes a totally new assessment measure Q-measurement that is joined while utilizing the unfaltering quality inside the chose highlight subset moreover for the guess accuracy. At that point, we prompt the Booster inside the FS equation that strengthens the advantages of the Q-measurement inside the recipe connected. An extensive natural issue with forward determination is, be that as it may, a switch inside the choice inside the underlying element can prompt a totally unique component subset along these lines the soundness inside the chose volume of highlights can be very low despite the fact that the choice may yield high accuracy. This paper proposes Q-measurement to judge the execution inside the FS recipe acquiring a classifier. This is regularly as often as possible a half breed way to deal with figuring the guess exactness inside the classifier consolidated with soundness inside the chose highlights. The MI estimation with record information includes thickness estimation of high dimensional information. Albeit much investigates are truly done on multivariate thickness estimation, high dimensional thickness estimation with little specimen measurement remains an imposing errand. Your paper proposes Booster on choosing highlight subset inside the given FS recipe.


Working with plants is a process of discovery. Being curious and aware, paying close attention, and staying open and adaptive are important practices. Books and people can help us learn about plants in the nursery, but the very best teachers are the plants themselves. "Research" is simply paying close attention, tracking what is happening and what is causing it to happen, asking questions, and seeking answers. In other words, research is something many growers already do. Scientific research is simply "the testing (systematic, controlled, empirical, and critical investigation) of ideas (hypothetical propositions about presumed relations among natural phenomena) generated by intuition." If research is done well, the process can yield useful, accurate information. If done ineffectively, the process can waste time or yield meaningless or inaccurate conclusions (Dumroese and Wenny 2003). The purpose of this chapter is to help design easy trials and experiments to discover useful, meaningful ways to improve crop production and quality. Asking questions and finding answers is the essence of learning. Some people may be lucky enough to have an elder or mentor in their life who is always asking them questions and pressing them to explore and discover more. Carrying out research, asking questions, and keeping records are ways to "self-mentor." A systematic approach supports the making of accurate observations, honing senses and awareness so that discoveries otherwise missed can be made and shared. It is widely acknowledged that working with plants is an art as well as a science: observation, senses, emotions, empathy, and intuition


PurposeThe purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of government policies adopted by the Tunisian government to cope with the COVID-19 sanitary crisis on stock market return.Design/methodology/approachThe author uses daily data from March 2, 2020, to July 23, 2021.FindingsThe author finds that policies interventions have a negative impact on Tunisia's stock market, particularly stock market returns due to stringency, confinement and health measures. Also, Government announcements regarding economic has a negative impact on Tunisia's stock market but this impact is insignificant. By conducting an additional analysis, the author shows that the government interventions policies amplify the negative effect of COVID-19 on stock returns.Research limitations/implicationsThese results will be useful for policy authorities seeking to consider the advantages and drawbacks of government measures. Finally, a legislative proposal about the audit of public debt should be included in the Constitution to spur Tunisia's economic and social recovery.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the related literature in two ways: First, it is the first study to examine the impact of government actions on stock market performance. Second, it bridges a gap in the literature by investigating the case of Tunisia, because most studies focus on developed and emerging economies.


The sound on electrical vehicle is quiet at low speeds, so pedestrians have difficulty recognizing electrical vehicles approaching them. Those vehicles were designed to play a warning sound to solve this problem. However, it has not been solved yet, and the introduction of warning sounds is broadly discussed on different political levels. It is necessary to design warning sound to concern detectability of approaching electrical vehicle in order to make it easier for pedestrians to recognize the vehicle. Our previous studies investigated detectability of fluctuating sound, and then found that the fluctuation frequency, non-periodic fluctuation and shape of envelope are effective to enable people to recognize approaching vehicles. However, frequency characteristic of fluctuating sound used in those studies was one pattern, namely motor sound. Here, we investigate relationship between frequency characteristic of fluctuated sound and detectability of warning sounds for electrical vehicle. Investigations were ...


A rigorous full-wave analysis is used to determine the impedance behaviour and other related characteristics of several varactor diode loaded microstrip circular patches. The results presented illustrate the change in performance when different substrates are incorporated. From these results, valuable insight into the general performance trends of a microstrip patch loaded with a varactor diode can be established.<<ETX>>


The present invention relates to a password authentication apparatus using sensing information and a method thereof. The password authentication apparatus using the sensing information according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a password input recognition unit which recognizes motion information, sensed from a user terminal, as at least one password input; a final password input determination unit which determines the recognized password input as a final password input by using proximity information sensed from the rear of the user terminal; and an authentication processing unit which authenticates the final password input by comparing the determined final password input with a preset password. Since a user does not directly touch or operate a screen of the user terminal when inputting a password of the user terminal, it is possible to prevent the password from being exposed or hacked by observation of a third party. [Reference numerals] (110) Password input recognition unit; (120) Final password input determination unit; (130) Authentication processing unit


The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) D1322 assesses the sooting tendency of fuels using smoke points. Recently, the fuel uptake rate measurement with threshold imaging (FURTI) method has improved smoke point determination. Herein, a precise and accurate detection of smoke point heights is investigated when tests are conducted with the FURTI method. First order gradients of the soot luminosity, recorded with a charge-coupled device camera, are used to detect the flame height. The analysis of several iso-octane/toluene calibration blends shows a significant diminution in the height experimental error in comparison to the ASTM D1322 standard, ranging from a minimum of 67% to a maximum of 86%. A low flame height bias, ranging from 1% to 5%, and a negligible sensitivity to the fuel sample composition is present when additional hydrocarbons are analyzed, owing to a high measuring accuracy and a robust height detection method.


Identification of animal by means of marking animal's body was first recorded 3800 years ago in the Code of Hammurabi to prevent thievery (Bowling et al., 2008). According to Bowling et al. (2008) and Vallat (2009), identification was initially applied to particularly valuable animals such as horses which were used by the Chinese postal system or by Roman charioteers. Since then, animal identification and traceability have become widely recognized as essential tools for ensuring the safety of livestock products and facilitating surveillance and control (Blancou, 2001). Recently, requirements for export and consumer demands had led to the use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) (Bowling et al., 2008). Livestock identification and trace back system (LITS) in Africa is mainly adopted in Bostwana and Namibiya. LITS was introduced for instance in Botswana over 11 years ago, though it has largely failed to meet the expectations of both the Government of Botswana (GoB) and the beef sector at the initial stage (FAO, 2010). In Nigeria, Livestock identification and trace back system (LITS) is experiencing policy and implementation challenges. Therefore, this paper investigates the advantages and disadvantages of animal identification and traceability using electronic methods of livestock identification, as well as, challenges to Livestock identification and trace back system (LITS) implementation.


Background  The association between psoriasis and pregnancy outcomes has not been adequately examined, although psoriasis onset is common in the reproductive period.


Schizonepeta tenuifolia (Benth.) Briq.of Labiatae family is widely used as a key components of traditional Chinese medicine in China.The compositions of essential oil extracted by hydrodistillation from the leaf,stem and fascicled flower (spike) of Schizonepeta tenuifolia were identified using GC/MS.The leaf oil comprised of 23 components,while the stem and spike oil contained 29 and 26 components,respectively.The constituents and their level of contents in essential oil extracted from the leaf and spike were similar with the major components of (1) monoterpenes:menthone (15.09% from leaf and 14.51% from spike),(2) (+)-pulegone (29.26% from leaf and 31.36% from spike) and (3) sesquiterpene:α-humulene (17.09% from leaf and 5.00% from spike).The stem oil contains a higher content of ethyl esters [ethyl-(E)-9-hexadecenoate,11.92%;ethyl isovalerate 9.38%] and a lower level of monoterpenes (menthone of 4.15% and (+)-pulegone of 7.68%) than the leaf and spike oil.


Based on the investigation and analysis of Dai's traditional manual papermaking of Mengding town,Gengma county,Yunnan,This paper puts forward it is a special way which is not used anywhere else in mainland China,and some exploring ways of Dai's manual papermaking.


Fullerenes were initially found to be inert, but their unique cage structure and solubility in organic solvents opened up their susceptibility to functionalization via addition and redox reactions. Endohedral and exohedral derivatives of Buckminster fullerene [C60] have created a niche in the application of carbon nanomaterials in the medical, electronics, energy and water treatment/conservation sectors.


A field experiment was conducted during November 2009-April 2010 in Bangladesh Rice Research Institute, Bangladesh to examine the response of two rice ( Oryza sativa L.) varieties (BRRIdhan28 and BRRI dhan29) to six N rates of nitrogen fertilizer viz. 0, 50, 100, 150, 200 and 250 kg ha -1 . The experiment was conducted in a RCB design with three replications. Grain yields of both BRRI dhan28 and BRRI dhan29 increased significantly in a quadratic fashion with N rates. The highest grain yields were obtained from 150 kg N ha -1 in both the varieties. More than 1 t ha -1 yield was obtained in BRRI dhan29 (6.34 t ha -1 ) at the same rate of N indicated BRRI dhan29 as a nitrogen efficient variety. However, the predicted economic optimum doses of N appeared to be 156 and 158 kg ha -1 for BRRI dhan28 and BRRI dhan29, respectively. The grain yield was mainly influenced by the number of panicles per hill, which was found to increase with the increase of N rates in both the varieties. The Agriculturists 2016; 14(2) 48-60


ABSTRACT TO BE MODIFIED.In a single loop RL circuit, with a DC voltage source, the current is constant. The inductor in a circuit produce aback emf which creates a reverse current. This back-emf prevents the current in reaching the load hence, there isno voltage across the load. This reverse current can be described by a first order time dependent differential equationwhich shows the gradual increase of reverse current as the magnetic field in the inductor approaches to maximum.But the theoretical and practical results vary by some degrees due to some systematic errors. To compensate thiserror and to determine the numerical result with high precision and accuracy, the equation of reverse current issolved in fractional differential equation form. This paper focusses on deriving the fractional representation of thecurrent growth and current decay in a RL Circuit. The authors used the fractional differential equation and fractionalorder Laplace transform to derive the solution. Simulation of the equation with varying fractional order is includedin this paper.


The diffusion of a tracer gas from a plane, porous boundary into a steady, rarefied background is investigated using the BGK model to account for collisions between the tracer and the background molecules. In a limited region close to the central part of the wall the diffusion process is nearly one‐dimensional, and the resulting kinetic diffusion equation is shown to be identical to the shear flow equation in the Kramers problem of flow along an infinite wall. This observation suggests that density measurements, rather than measurements of velocity, can be used to assess the validity of the linearized BGK model in describing flows in kinetic boundary layers. Estimates of the required sensitivity of the experimental technique are given.


The Guardian recently published an article by Nakkiah Lui, a Gamillaroi and Torres Strait Islander woman and writer, titled "Why this year's NAIDOC week will be my last".

In response, Dr Chelsea Bond, an Aboriginal (Munanjahli) and South Sea Islander Australian and a senior lecturer with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit at the University of Queensland, explains why she will continue to celebrate NAIDOC Week – as an act of agency.


A library should focus on different ways of contact between librarians and readers in order to improve the librarians' work efficiency and render better service to readers.


PEDRO REYES is a professor of educational administration at the University of Wisconsin. JEAN MADSEN and BARBARA TAYLOR are supervisors in the Missouri State Department of Education's Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Division of Urban and Teacher Education. Teacher incentive programs are used in many public schools around the country. However, we know little about the effects of these incentive programs on teachers. One incentive programcareer ladders-became the focus of this


This chapter discusses the evidence for the initial phases of settlement of Island Southeast sia by people, beginning with "archaic" humans (or "hominins") with recognizably human characteristics but not identical to ourselves and ending with people who were fully modern in their anatomy and, it is thought, in their cognitive capacities ("modern humans"). Significant themes include the increasing complexity of the hominin landscape in the last 100,000 years, with modern humans at times sharing it with at least three other hominin species, the timing of their dispersals across the region and the complexity of the behaviours that underpinned this process. A range of subsistence technologies and practices were developed that enabled them to forage successfully in interior rainforest and colonize maritime environments, outcompeting other species. Plant and animal translocations are further evidence of their resourcefulness to meet ecological challenges encountered in their dispersals, as may be the increasing evidence for the richness of their conceptual or imaginative lives.


An Aliquat-336 based ionic liquid, namely, tri-n-octylmethylammonium bis(2-ethylhexyl)phosphate ([A3636]+[DEHP]−) was prepared and studied for the extraction of U(VI), Pu(IV), and Am(III) from nitric acid medium. Since the ionic liquid, [A336]+[DEHP]− was miscible in n-dodecane (n-DD), the extraction of these actinides in the PUREX solvent, 1.1 M tri-n-butylphosphate (TBP) in n-dodecane (n-DD), was investigated in the presence of small concentrations of ionic liquid. The distribution ratio of U(VI) and Am(III) in 0.03 M [A336]+[DEHP]−/n-DD decreased with increase in the concentration of nitric acid; whereas the extraction of Pu(IV) initially increased, it reached a maximum at 4 M nitric acid followed by the decrease. The extraction of actinides in ionic liquid medium decreased in the order Pu(IV) > U(VI) >> Am(III), indicating the feasibility of modifying the extractive properties of TBP/n-DD to favor Pu(IV) extraction. Therefore, the extraction of Pu(IV) in a solution of TBP – [A336]+[DEHP]− in n-DD was also studied. The distribution ratio of Pu(IV) increased with increase in the concentration of ionic liquid and decrease in the concentration of TBP in organic phase. The distribution ratio of Pu(IV) determined in the presence of small concentration of ionic liquid in 1.1 M TBP/n-DD was always much higher than that observed in 1.1 M TBP/n-DD. In contrast to this, the distribution ratio of U(VI) decreased by the addition of ionic liquid and Am(III) was inextractable even in the presence of ionic liquid.


The deformation of crystal-bar zirconium was investigated as a function of strain and strain rate through electron back-scattered diffraction (EBSD) characterization. The resultant data provided spatially resolved information on microstructure and texture evolution, individual twin system activity, and subsequent strain partitioning between twinned volume and parent grains. A range of deformation conditions was represented through quasi-static compression, 4-point beam bend tests at room and cryogenic temperature, and Taylor cylinder impact experiments. Effects from the interplay between slip and twinning deformation modes on anisotropic plasticity are considered in order to address the apparent trend toward isotropy at high rates. The role of various length scales on deformation behavior will be considered, along with the implications of these length scales on the assumptions typically invoked for plasticity modeling.


Abstract Traditionally, research on cartography has primarily been focused on visualisation of outdoor environments. Recently, however, indoor cartography has increasingly attracted attention both from the academic world and from commercial enterprises. Indoor cartography calls for markedly different visualisation strategies. Frameworks for describing map communication and use exist for general maps. But so far, no such framework exists for indoor maps. This article presents and discusses several map types for indoor spaces found in the literature and commercial products. The different characteristics of each one are identified and described. On this basis, a framework for indoor maps is developed and presented. Arbitrary indoor maps can be described by their properties using the framework. This allows indoor maps to be compared and described using a common platform.


Abstract : Vacuum-mediated Free Product Recovery/Bioremediation (Bioslurping) is applicable to sites where light nonaqueous phase liquids (LNAPLs) (e.g.. petroleum hydrocarbons: gasoline, jet fuels, diesel, heating oils, etc.) form a measurable layer of LNAPL on the water table. All parameters that affect the recoverability of the LNAPLs should be considered in site selection. Major factors include the mass of LNAPL (Is there enough to recover?) and the relative permeability of the subsurface matrix to air, water, and LNAPL. This technology can simultaneously remove LNAPL free product and treat the unsaturated (vadose) zone (via bioventing).


A 32 year old man was sent to our medical centre by his family doctor, which was consulted for lingering back pain. An abdominal mass was discovered during physical examination. Anamnesis revealed that, along with back pain, the patient suffered from asthenia as well as weight loss of a couple of kilograms. There was no fever or dyspnoea, nor was there any history of coughing or urinary symptoms. The patient, originally from Slovakia, arrived in Belgium 4 years ago. He worked as a dustman and lived in a small apartment with his wife and his 3 children. The patient had no relevant prior medical history and did not consume alcohol, tobacco or drugs. He hadn't had any surgery in the past and took no day to day treatment. Physical examination revealed only a stony abdominal mass located above the bladder. Testicular palpation was normal, however, bilateral lung metastases and multiple, some necrotic, lymphadenopathies (axillary, tracheal, para-oesophageal, para-aortic and pre-sacral) were found on the chest, abdomen, and pelvis CT-scan, [Figure 1]. Ultrasonography of the scrotum showed no obvious mass, but multiple microlithiasis in both testicles and remarkable right testis hypotrophy (7, 6 ml), with a small nodular area and a macro-calcification of about 6mm in its lower pole [Figure 2]. The FDG PET-CT showed multiple hypermetabolic lymph nodes above and below the diaphragm, disseminated in both lungs metastases, and left testis aspecific moderate hypermetabolism [Figure 3]. CRP-levels were slightly elevated (33, 95 mg/L) and the sedimentation rate was of 69 mm/h. The patient showed a slight anaemia (12, 6 g/dl). High levels of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH: 628 UI/L) and total betahCG (64980 UI/L) were found while alfa foeto protein-levels (AFP: 4, 5 μg/L) was normal. Considering the multiple retroperitoneal necrotising lymphadenopathies, tuberculosis and neoplastic diseases such as lymphoma and germinal neoplasia had to be excluded, as well as some other infectious diseases such as cat-scratch disease, syphilis, HIV and some other rare causes such as sarcoidosis and Kikuchi Fujimoto disease. Testing for HIV and syphilis came back negative, and peripheral blood immunophenotyping was normal. A surgical biopsy of an accessible clavicular adenopathy showed cells compatible with a metastatic mixed germinal tumor composed of embyronal carcinoma cells (80% of the tumor volume) and choriocarcinoma (20% of the tumor volume). Journal of Medical & Advanced Clinical Case Reports


Previous work has shown that closed‐loop Brayton cycle power converters are an extremely attractive option for long‐duration (> 10 years) space missions. To date, this technology has been only demonstrated at power levels above 1 kWe. Creare's progress towards the demonstration of the first‐generation, low‐power converter for use with radioisotope power sources is the subject of this paper. At the 100 We power level, Brayton systems should attain conversion efficiencies of 20% to 40% depending upon the operating conditions. The converter mass for a flight unit is expected to be about 3 kg. The detailed design, performance predictions, and test plans for the first‐generation converter are reviewed in this paper.


Abstract We evaluate the nature of bulges in the Hubble sequence, based on an analysis of 216 disk galaxies of all morphological types (S0-Sd). For this purpose we collect our various analysis made separately for early and late-type galaxies, published in a series of papers. Using the criteria by Kormendy & Kennicutt we find strong evidence of pseudobulges in all Hubble types, including S0s. However, due to the relatively massive bulges in S0-S0/a galaxies it is not probable that the (pseudo)bulges in these galaxies were formed in a similar manner as in spirals. More likely, pseudobulges particularly in strongly barred early-type disk galaxies are suggested to be a combination of star formation and the nearly exponential central components of bars.


The invention discloses a bionic enzymatic product of animal medicament and application thereof, which belong to the field of Chinese medicament. The bionic enzymatic product is characterized in thata bionic enzymatic method is adopted, and comprises the following steps: taking animal medicament; grinding the animal medicament into fine powders; adding water into the fine powders; evenly stirringthe mixture; under appropriate condition, performing heat preservation by using pepsin; performing heat preservation by using pancreatin or trypsase; and preparing obtained zymolyte into preparationsaccording to different preparation requirements. The product of the invention has good effects in the aspects of resisting hepatitis virus, reducing blood press and resisting cancer.


This study aims to analyze the effect of institutional ownership, firm size and return on assets (ROA) on the policy of debt equity ratio (DER). The research method uses quantitative research methods with panel data to prove the hypothesis. The data is taken from the financial statements of consumer products companies in the 2016-2019 research period. The sample selection used purposive sampling method with certain criteria and obtained 15 companies or 60 observations. Based on data processing that has been done with Eviews ver.9 reveals that the institutional ownership affects significantly on the debt equity ratio policy, while company size and return on assets do not affect the debt equity ratio policy at all. The results of this study indicate how the strategic role of institutional shareholders in influencing the debt policy. The implications of the results of this study on consumer product companies are in selecting and determining competent and responsible institutional ownership in order to produce a DER policy that does not harm the company.


I am sympathetic to the general purpose of the preceding article. Franklin Roosevelt was a very remarkable but also a complex and often careless president. His methods could be casual and devious, sometimes inexcusably so, and history demands full documentation of his faults as well as his virtues. But historical assessment also involves due recognition of the context in which a historical figure has acted and of the standards by which action was judged in his epoch. And it forbids the suppression of evidence that tells on the other side of the author's case. In these aspects, this paper falls signally short. It is not a historical analysis but a prosecutorial brief. The historian's imaginative leap into the past enjoins first of all an understanding of problems as perceived at the time. Mr. Steele acknowledges contemporaneous perceptions in his early paragraphs, but this acknowledgment does not inform the pages that follow. Roosevelt, and many other Americans, really thought that Hitler was posing a mortal threat to the United States. Mr. Steele calls the idea that Nazi Germany was "the instrument of a madman" the "common-sense view of the period," almost as if it were no longer the common sense of a later and wiser period. It is easy to be complacent about nazism forty years after; but no president at the time, confronted by a state that still seems to me to have been the instrument of a madman, could afford to run unnecessary risks. No doubt the menace of the American Nazis was greatly exaggerated, but their "antics," as Mr. Steele characterizes their behavior, appear a good deal more "comic" now than they did then.


A model of the potential flow through a cascade of airfoils is developed for which the bounding streamlines are the airfoils plus an allowance for the displacement effect of the boundary layers and wakes. This model has to satisfy two conditions instead of the single one, the Kutta-Joukowski condition, of methods having the airfoils as the bounding streamline of the potential flow. It qualitatively predicts the reduction in lift and the increase in incidence attributed to viscous effects.Copyright © 1974 by ASME


"Educational assessment is the flag pole, where the point where the fight." Evaluate the performance of students in secondary vocational school education system to occupy a pivotal position, the article discusses the student's academic performance evaluation system and the importance of the need for reform and the new student academic performance evaluation system in the application of computer application courses, and thus mobilize the enthusiasm of students and stimulate students in learning process, encourage teachers to update teaching concepts. At the same time improving student academic performance evaluation system and develop some constructive comments.


Clinical skill training is an important part of anesthesiology graduate education,and is the key to determining clinical competence.This paper discusses knowledge competition as the guidance of anesthesiology postgraduates' clinical skills training,expecting to improve teaching methods and examination forms,so as to achieve better teaching effect,training more excellent anesthesiologists.


The quantum-chemical study of spectral and photophysical properties of indole by the Intermediate Neglect of Differential Overlap (INDO) method is carried out. The rate constants of radiative degradation kr, internal transition kint, and intercombination conversion kST are calculated. Various models of the indole molecule in neutral and aqueous solutions at low temperature are considered. The obtained results agree well with experimental data. In aqueous solutions, the indole absorption and fluorescence bands are shifted toward longer waves relative to neutral solutions. Analysis of spectral-luminescent characteristics of proteins is one of the efficient methods for studying their structure and conformations. Only three aminoacid residues have absorption and fluorescence spectra in the near-UV region (tryptophan, tyrosine, and phenylalanine). In this list, tryptophan is of particular interest, since it most actively participates in various photophysical and photochemical reactions and its contribution to the fluorescence spectra of proteins is predominant (under the condition that tryptophan is included in a protein chain), and the position and intensity of tryptophan fluorescence spectrum may vary significantly depending on characteristics of a medium. The shape of tryptophan absorption and luminescence spectra and the position of maxima are largely determined by the chromophore center of the molecule and indole ring without marked contribution of side groups. Therefore, the study of indole is rather urgent. The detailed study of various characteristics of indole in the ideal case should yield the œtopographyB of the emitting protein center, its molecular environs, and the form of the polypeptide chain. The knowledge of the absorption properties of protein is necessary for revealing the molecular structure, drawing the energy level diagram, selecting the spectral region for excitation of protein luminescence, and estimating true quantum yields. Fluorescence spectra give an idea on changes in the protein structure and molecular environment.


We have studied the morphology and structure of splintered carbon nanotubes (CNTs) grown by plasma-assisted chemical vapor deposition with the addition of hydrogen sulfide gas. Typical multi-wall CNTs are usually grown using a mixture of methane and hydrogen. The addition of hydrogen sulfide gas caused the CNTs to splinter. We call these CNTs "frilled" or "cornhusk". Transmission electron microscopic observation showed that both the size and the length of the frill increased in accordance with the fraction of H2S gas. S was not detected from any part of the frilled CNTs by electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS). EELS spectra indicated that the σ-bond/π-bond ratio at the split part of the frill is larger than that at the apex. These results suggest that H2S gas acts as a catalyst to form the sp3-hybridized orbital in carbon materials. We propose a possibility of controlling the morphology and structure of CNTs by adding H2S.


We present preliminary numerical studies in Lattice QCD related to the intrinsic transverse momentum distribution of partons in the nucleon. We employ non-local operators, consisting of spatially separated quark creation and annihilation opera tors connected by a straight Wilson line. A clear signal is already obtained from a small number of confi gurations at a pion mass mπ ≈ 600 MeV. As an example, we demonstrate that we can obtain the first x-moment of the transverse momentum dependent parton distribution function f n=1 1 (~kT) from our data. Our results, which are not renormalized, show a Gaussian-like distribution. The root mean squared transverse momentum is q h ~k 2 i ≈ 560 MeV for a Gaussian fit, close to phenomenological values.


In order to solve the problem of tracking disorder of body markers due to the blocking in movement,we propose a newtracking method of human body markers using regional characteristics. Our method has two parts: regions tracking and human body markers tracking. Firstly,we initialize the model of human body,and divide the body into three fixed regions. Then,regions are tracked by template matching method. Finally,markers tracking can be achieved combined with the relationship between the regions and the markers. Experimental results showthat,this method can effectively solve the problem of markers tracking disorder and improve the accuracy of markers tracking.


A summary of the results of the 1981 census of Cuba is presented. Comparisons are made with selected data for 1960 and 1970 and variations in the rate of population growth at the provincial level are considered. (ANNOTATION)


To compare mid-infrared(MIR)and near-infrared(NIR)spectroscopies for the determination of the fat and protein contents in milk,the same sample sets with varying concentrations of fat and protein were measured in the MIR range of 3 200—700 cm-1 and NIR range of 9 000—4 000 cm-1.The spectral features in the two regions were analyzed.The MIR spectra of milk were characteristic due to the MIR inherent molecular specificity,whereas the NIR spectra were relatively characterless due to the NIR low selectivity.Partial least squares(PLS)regression models for fat and protein were developed by using both MIR and NIR spectra.MIR data with no pretreatment gave better results than NIR data.The square correlation coefficient(R2)and the root mean square error of prediction(RMSEP)were 0.98 and 0.10 g/dL for fat and 0.97 and 0.11 g/dL for protein.With NIR techniques,satisfactory results were not obtained with raw data.However,NIR data after pretreatment gave similarly good results to the ones using MIR method.This paper indicates that either of the MIR and NIR spectral methods is reliable for the determination of the fat and protein contents.


William E. Coleman Ph.D. Photo Stencil Colorado Springs, CO Abstract Some of the new handheld communication devices offer real challenges to the paste printing process. Normally, there are very small devices like 01005 chip components as well as 0.3 mm pitch uBGA along with other devices that require higher deposits of solder paste. Surface mount connectors or RF shields with coplanarity issues fall into this category. Aperture sizes for the small devices require a stencil thickness in the 50 to 75 um (2-3 mils) range for effective paste transfer whereas the RF shield and SMT connector would like at least 150 um (6 mils) paste height. Spacing is too small to use normal step stencils.


The invention discloses a credible method and a credible system for protecting confidentiality of a database. The confidentiality of sensitive data in the database is built on the basis of a credible system environment and safe hardware; when the sensitive data is required to be decrypted, whether the current system environment accords with the environment required by decryption of the sensitive data or not is checked through a credible technology, so that the sensitive data is enabled to only appear in a credible environment. A decryption key of the sensitive data is subjected to encryption protection of a security chip, and the integrity of configuration information, such as a sensitive data table or list, an encryption key, an encryption algorithm and a decryption environment is also protected by a signature key generated by the security chip, so that the configuration information and association among the configuration information are enabled not to be modified. On the basis of the method, a safe database system for storing the sensitive data based on the security chip can be built for an industrial control environment, sensitive data confidentiality protecting intensity is improved, and the sensitive data, such as a production plan and a technical flow are enabled to not be leaked.


Speaking is skill to communicate in learning of the productive language skills by using our own words orally to transferring our ideas in using the target language effectively. The competence of a language is judged from speaking skill rather than other language skills, it is because communicative skills are more often used and needed in the real life to communicate and socialize with people all over the world. For some reasons, there are factors that influence and determine the students to have different skills in speaking English; they are the supporting factor and the inhibiting factor. It is important for teachers to diagnose why some students can learn speaking ability easier than others and vice versa. Therefore, this research focuses on analyzing the factors that influence the studentsÂ' speaking skill.

This research used the descriptive research design since it was able to give deep description regarding the answer of the research problems. The research subjects of this research are the students of class 8a in MTsN Pajarakan Probolinggo. In collecting the data, this study used document, observation, and questionnaire as research instruments.

The result of this research showed that the students had fair speaking skill with the mean score amount to 78,9. It was also found that the factors that can improve the speaking skill of student are learners talk a lot, participant is even, motivation is high, and language is an acceptable. Lastly, as the inhibiting factors, it can be concluded that inhibition, nothing to say, low or uneven participation, and mother tongue were proved as the factors that hampering students in speaking English.


A detailed study of the standard rounding rule for multiplication and division is presented including its derivation from a basic assumption. Through Monte-Carlo simulations, it is shown that this rule predicts the minimum number of significant digits needed to preserve precision only 46.4% of the time and leads to a loss in precision 53.5% of the time. An alternate rule is studied and is found to be significantly more accurate than the standard rule and completely safe for data, never leading to a loss in precision. It is suggested that this alternate rule be adopted as the new standard.


Orbital rhabdomyosarcoma in children is a relatively rare disease. There have been only 30 known cases reported in Japan. A case of orbital rhabdomyosarcoma with long-term survival was reported. An 11-year-old boy was admitted because of rapidly progressive exophthalmos, chemosis and visual disturbance of the right eye. Right carotid angiography demonstrated a walnut-sized tumor stained heterogeneously in the supero-lateral portion of the orbit which was fed by engorged external carotid branches as well as by the ophthalmic artery. A total removal of the tumor was performed through the frontozygomatic approach. Histological examinations revealed small cells with scanty cytoplasm distributed in the myxomatous matrix. Cross striations were stained in some tumor cells which had a long cytoplasmic process. He recieved 5, 500 rads by Linac irradiation postoperatively. His visual acuity improved from nearly blind to 0.15. Four years after the operation there is no sign of any tumor recurrence. It is very difficult to diagnose orbital rhabdomyosarcoma preoperatively because a definitive diagnosis must be based on histological findings. Cross striation which is often recognized in so-called racket cells with eosinophilic cytoplasm in light-microscopy and/or myofilaments in the tumor cells by electronmicroscopy are proof that the tumor is of myogenic origin.


A comprehensive radiation effects characterization of the Analog Devices ADSP2100A digital signal processor for the space environment has been completed using Californium fission fragments, laser light, heavy ions and protons. Results of these investigations led to the design of a latchup immune device that has been characterized with respect to SEU and total dose effects, as well as a thoroughly tested latchup protection and fault tolerant circuit. >


Objective To investigate the ocular accommodation of Tetraflex KH-3500 type accommodative posterior chamber intraocular lens(IOL).Methods Twenty four patients(32 eyes) underwent phacoemulsification and implanted Tetraflex KH-3500 type accommodative posterior chamber IOL were treated as experimental group;Twenty six patients(32 eyes) implanted AMOSI40NB single focus IOL were treated as control group.The naked and corrected distant vison,naked and corrected near vision,near vision under best corrected distance vision,and accommodative amplitute were observed postoperatively.Results There was no significant difference in naked distant vision,corrected distant vison and corrected near vision between the two groups at postoperative 3 months and 6 months(all P0.05).The naked near vision and near vision under best corrected distant vision in experimental group were higher than those in control group at postoperative 3 months and 6 months(all P0.05).The accommodative amplitudes were(1.81±0.19)D in experimental group and(0.67±0.15)D in control group at postoperative 3 months(P0.01),(1.64±0.20)D in experimental group and (0.49±0.15)D in control group at postoperative 6 months(P0.01).Conclusions The Tetraflex KH-3500 type accommodative posterior chamber IOL can obviously improve near vision,and help cataract patients to get some ocular accommodation,but accommodative amplitude decreases in experimental group at postoperative 6 months.


This paper aims to examine the continental nationalism in Latin America. The paper is based on the premise that continentalism is a historical process of formation of an ideology of a collective identity. The first section of the paper presents a brief discussion on the concept of «nationalism», its basic definitions and the debate around them. In the next part, the evolution of Latin American nationalism is developed and described in the form of «impulses».


The objective of this study was to provide insight into the following: (a) the perceived level of, satisfaction with, and helpfulness of received information and unmet information needs among thyroid cancer (TC) survivors and (b) the relation between unmet information needs and impact of cancer (IOC).


. Club guessing principles were introduced by Shelah as a weakening of Jensen's diamond. Most spectacularly, they were used to prove Shelah's ZFC bound on 2 ℵ ω . These principles have found many other applications: in cardinal arithmetic and PCF theory; in the construction of combinatorial objects on uncountable cardinals such as J´onsson algebras, strong colourings, Souslin trees, and pathological graphs; to the non-existence of universals in model theory; to the non-existence of forcing axioms at higher uncountable cardinals; and many more. In this paper, the first part of a series, we survey various forms of club-guessing that have appeared in the literature, and then systematically study the various ways in which a club-guessing sequences can be improved, espe-cially in the way the frequency of guessing is calibrated. We include an expository section intended for those unfamiliar with club-guessing and which can be read independently of the rest of the article. ,


This paper aims at tracing the vocabulary profiles used by twelve secondary school Spanish students with learning difficulties (seven girls and five boys) to describe people their same age and traditional festivals in Spain and the UK thanks to an e-mail tandem exchange with learners of Spanish as a foreign language of their same age, belonging to a secondary school in the UK. Taking account of these texts, we will also aim to (i) identify the number of types and tokens used by boys and girls, (ii) the lexical category of the words used by both sexes, and (iii) check the wordlist (1, 2 or 3) in which the types and tokens boys and girls used in their e-mails. All the texts were digitalised and analysed by means of Range Tools. Our results indicate that (i) girls produce more tokens but less types than boys, (ii) nouns are the most frequent lexical categories used by both sexes, and (iii) girls include more types belonging to wordlists 2 and 3 in their e-mails. Key-words: vocabulary, e-mail tandem, learning difficulties, gender. 1 This study is part of the research project "Factores individuales y contextuales en la adquisición y desarrollo de la competencia léxica en inglés como lengua extranjera", funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (Grant No FFI2010-19334/FILO).


Marshall Stanley Yehezkiel* Prof. Dr. H. Ediwarman, S.H., M.Hum.** Dr. Marlina, S.H., M.Hum.*** The development of technology which grows rapidly does not always give a positive impact to the life of society, but also may adversely give negative affect if they are misused by certain elements unlawfully. Carding offenders who commit crimes or crimes carding a credit card or credit card fraud is one indicator as abuse of technology of information that negatively impact the life of society, whether conducted online by using internet media, as well as those done offline. The method used in this thesis is the method of empirical or juridical sociological approach that in his research, the author started from the enactment of positive law and legal validity of the positive influence on people's lives, as well as non-legal factors influence on the form of positive legal provisions. Legal research that is conducted in this research is sociological approach or empirical method, the author is also supported by secondary data or documentation. Strictly speaking, the law of empirical or sociological research is also supported by the normative legal research. This is what should be done in practice to study this law in order to get adequate results, therefore the process using secondary data as the main data. Legislation governing the crime carding is contained in the Criminal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code, as well as outside of the Criminal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code through specific legislation or lex, namely Law No. 11 Year 2008 on Information and Electronic Transactions and the Law No. 8 of 2010 on the Prevention and Combating of Money Laundering. Factor of carding crimes consist of internal factors, namely the factors that comes from within the offender carding (carder) and external factors, i.e. factors that come from outside carding offenders (carder). Criminal law policy also plays an active role in making efforts to prevent the crime carding, both penal, or in non-penal by way of prevention. * Student at Law Faculty in University of North Sumatera ** Advisor I *** Advisor II Universitas Sumatera Utara


This research aims to determine the increase of learning creativity of science using the learning strategies example non example with puzzle media on fourth grade Muhammadiyah 11 Mangkuyudan Surakarta. This research is a classroom action research. The subject of this research are fourth grade students Muhammadiyah 11 Mangkuyudan Surakarta. The collecting of data through observation, interviews, documentation, and testing. The result showed an increase in learning creativity of science as follows: at pre cycle have a curiously level of 21% or 8 students, have a strong imagination level of 44% or 17 students, have and appreciate beauty of 42% or 16 students, and can work independently 38% or 15 students. At the first cycle have a curiously level of 51% or 20 students, have a strong imagination level of 72% or 28 students, have and appreciate beauty of 59% or 23 students, and can work independently 56% or 22 students. While at second cycle have a curiously level of 82% or 32 students, have a strong imagination level of 95% or 37 students, have and appreciate beauty of 92% or 36 students, and can work independently 87% or 34 students. From the research can be summed up through the application of learning strategies example non example with puzzle media can improve student learning creativity of fourth grade Mangkuyudan Surakarta muhammadiyah 11 2015/2016.


This text analyses the morpheme of verb"salmaq"of modern Uygur language in several dictionaries, has a new semantic study to its centric and cooperative elements from the point of semantics,concludes the eight glossem of verb"salmaq".


PTFE polymer is receiving a great deal of attention in high performance mechanical seals, in particular in fabricating machine elements. In this investigation we studied and explored the influence of test speed and load values on the friction and wear behaviour of 25%wt bronze-PTFE composite. Friction and wear tests of PTFE composite on AISI 440C stainless steel were carried out in dry conditions using a p in-on-disc arrangement. Tribological tests were at room temperature, under loads ranging from 5 to 30N and sliding speed range 0.32-1.28 m/sec. The specific wear rates were deduced from mass loss. The results showed that, at all speed values, the coefficient of friction of PTFE composite decreases sharply with the increasing load. The wear rate for 25%wt bronze-PTFE decreases linearly with the increase in load and its values were in the order of 10 5 mm/N.m. Moreover, for the range of load and speeds of this investigation, the wear rate showed very little sensitivity to the sliding speed and large sensitivity to the applied load, particularly at high load values. K e y w o r d s : PTFE, wear, bronze, composites


The features of the formation of the structure and physical and mechanical properties of all-in-one compounds of low-alloy steels are studied. It is shown that the quality and strength properties of permanent joints depend on the energy parameters of the technological process of their manufacture. The technological process is accompanied by melting, transfer and crystallization of the weld metal from the melt, which has a dominant effect on the structure, indicators of static and dynamic strength of welded joints. The ranges of welding modes that have the greatest impact on the structural and mechanical properties of the zone of permanent joints in the temperature range from +20 degrees to minus 60 degrees Celsius. The results of the research can be widely used in the practice of repair and installation works of structures of the Northern design, working in conditions of naturally low climatic temperatures.


The impact of income on happiness has received much academic attention. In general, countries with a higher income per capita have higher levels of happiness; nevertheless, as Easterlin has observed, an increase in income is not necessarily correlated with an increase in happiness. Easterlin's paradox has been central to the debate. By contrast, studies do not, in general, analyse the opposite situation; that is, whether a decline in income will have a negative impact on the level of happiness. Based upon recent data from the European Social Survey this article tries to fill this gap by looking at changes in happiness in the wake of the recent financial crisis and consequent change in income as measured by gross domestic product per capita. The article, using data for 15 European countries released in 2011 covering the year 2010, concludes that such a causal relationship cannot be confirmed on the basis of the present limited data. The reason why the relationship cannot be confirmed needs to be explored further.


This study is about investigating lithium polymer pouch battery warm up condition with phase change materials during cold temperature of −21°C. Extreme temperature conditions are not suitable for the battery, because due to uneven chemical reactions at low temperatures, resulting in unexpected starting problems of vehicle sometimes. To avoid such issues, we proposed thermal management system with phase change materials(PCMs). Experiments were conducted with RT15, RT31, EG5 and EG26 and also without phase change materials around the battery and expose battery to cold weather conditions for long time known as cold soaking. Compare the battery thermal conditions with and without PCMs. With PCMs, the battery can remain warm upto 8 hours. The warm rate with PCMs improved by 70% are observed when compared with no PCMs. In previous study part1, thermal management for the battery exposed to high temperatures were studied.


A seafood gourmet powder is prepared from flavoured hydrolytic seafood powder (15-50 wt. portions), hydrolytic plant powder (20-50 wt. portions), sodium glutamate (15-30 wt. portions), sodium inosinate and/or sodium uridylate (1-8 wt. portions), sodium chloride (1-20 wt. portions) and ethylmaltphenol (0.05-0.5 wt. portions). It contains 18 amino acids.


Objective: A simple, rapid, accurate and economical First order UV-derivative spectrophotometric method has been developed for estimation of brimonidine tartrate from bulk and pharmaceutical formulation. Methods: The e of brimonidine tartrate in methanol and water was found to be 247 max nm. The same spectrum was derivatised in to first order derivative; showed maximum amplitude of the trough at 262 nm. The drug follows linearity in the concentration range 2-12 µg/ml with correlation coefficient value 0.998. Results: The proposed method was applied to pharmaceutical formulation and % amount of drug estimated 99.58 % was found in good agreement with the label claim. The accuracy of the method was checked by recovery experiment performed at three different levels i.e., 80%, 100% and 120 %. The % recovery was found to be in the range 99.00% 101.63%. The low values of % R.S.D. are indicative of the accuracy and reproducibility of the method. The precision of the method was studied as an intra-day, inter-day variations and repeatability. The % R.S.D. value less than 2 indicate that the method is precise. Ruggedness of the proposed method was studied with the help of two analysts. Conclusion: The above method was a rapid and cost-effective quality-control tool for routine analysis of brimonidine tartrate in bulk and in pharmaceutical dosage form.


Knowledge graphs contain rich semantic relationships related to items and incorporating such semantic relationships into recommender systems helps to explore the latent connections of items, thus improving the accuracy of prediction and enhancing the explainability of recommendations. However, such explainability is not adapted to users' contexts, which can significantly influence their preferences. In this work, we propose CA-KGCN (Context-Aware Knowledge Graph Convolutional Network), an end-to-end framework that can model users' preferences adapted to their contexts and can incorporate rich semantic relationships in the knowledge graph related to items. This framework captures users' attention to different factors: contexts and features of items. More specifically, the framework can model users' preferences adapted to their contexts and provide explanations adapted to the given context. Experiments on three real-world datasets show the effectiveness of our framework: modeling users' preferences adapted to their contexts and explaining the recommendations generated.


We design and analyze an iterative two-grid algorithm for the finite element discretizations of strongly nonlinear elliptic boundary value problems in this paper. We propose an iterative two-grid algorithm, in which a nonlinear problem is first solved on the coarse space, and then a symmetric positive definite problem is solved on the fine space. The innovation of this paper lies in the establishment of a first convergence analysis, which requires simultaneous estimation of four interconnected error estimates. We also present some numerical experiments to confirm the efficiency of the proposed algorithm.


ECG and serum CK-MB (creatinine kinase) or cardiac troponin analyses are the routine tests for the diagnosis of myocardial necrosis. Borderline CK-MB elevations and uninterpretable ECGs are common emergency room encounters. Elevation of troponin levels do not occur until about 6 hours after the onset of chest pain. Additional complications occur in patients who are brought to the hospital days after the onset of chest pain. These in vitro laboratory tests can not distinguish between new and old infarcts besides they do not provide information on infarct size as is the case with non-Q wave myocardial infarction where infarct size is usually small. Endomyocardial biopsy is not performed for diagnosis of myocardial infarction due to the invasiveness of the procedure. Coronary angiography has been widely used for evaluating the anatomical features of coronary arteries. This technique can establish the severity of coronary stenosis and wall motion abnormality but it is an invasive method. Additionally, out of the 1.5 million cases reported for acute myocardial infarction, 1/3rd of the cases are usually misdiagnosed by the above mentioned traditional methods. For such cases, noninvasive imaging tests coupled with very low non-target back ground activity would be preferable. In addition, diagnosis of cardiomyopathies such as myocarditis, doxorubicin cardiotoxicity and heart transplant rejection require endomyocardial biopsy as the Gold Standard for diagnosis. Doxorubicin has been used extensively for the treatment of hematological cancers, cancers of breast, lung and bone, and soft tissue sarcomas. However, cumulative dose dependent cardiotoxicity has been a major hurdle where doxorubicin is the primary choice as an anti-tumor drug.


The Humerus Fracture of the sculpture Woman with Purse (1974) by Duane Hanson, from the collection of the Museum Ludwig in Koln had lost an arm and therefore needed to be restored. A restoration concept for the sculpture made from unsaturated polyester (UP) was developed. In line with restoration procedure the previously detached arm was re-attached with a form fitting bond to the body of the sculpture. The bond itself was established by calculating the anticipated force imposed on the joint, selecting the adhesive based on tensile strength and installing a Sheet Anchor. In practice, due to the rigidity of the sculpture's material, a complex rig was developed to hold the damaged piece in exactly the right place prior to fixing.


More than 70% of the carbon dioxide emitted during the various stages of construction works can be attributed to construction machinery and trucks (including dump-trucks), and emissions of carbon dioxide, especially from trucks, account for 1/3 of all emissions. As countermeasures against such emissions, (a) improvements in truck bodies and engines, (b) novel developments in design and construction methods, and (c) improvements in driving method are considered viable. Regarding Item (c), a training course for fuel-saving driving has been established for truck drivers of subcontractors, with the object of introducing and generalizing a fuel-saving driving method. The training course for fuel-saving driving comprises two types of training: "training by lecture" and "in-service training" for gaining actual experience of fuel-saving driving method, with a view to ensuring that drivers will adopt the "fuel-saving driving method" in their daily tasks, thus improving the fuel consumption rate and reducing carbon oxide emissions. The "in-service training" is to be conducted for the purpose of ensuring that the points of the fuel-saving driving method are confirmed and recognized by the drivers themselves in their actual driving before and after the "training by lecture." In this paper, the fuel-saving driving method as a way of reducing the volume of carbon dioxide emitted during the various stages of construction works is described. Next, a comparison is made between cases when the fuel-saving driving method is conducted and cases where it is not conducted, based on the data obtained from the "in-service training." As a result, improvement in the fuel consumption rate of at least 30% could be confirmed, although this depends on the drivers. By introducing details of the training, the usefulness of the fuel-saving driving method is shown. KEYWORDS; carbon dioxide emitted•Afuel-saving driving method•Ain-service training 1 はじめに 工事段階で排出される二酸化炭素の約70%強 は、建設機械と トラック(ダ ンプ トラック含む)に よるもの で、特に トラック等からの排出量が全体の3分 の1を 占めている。これらの対策 としては、a.車 体やエンジ ンの改良、b.設計や施工法の工夫、c.運転方法の改善が挙げられる。このうちc.について、施工協力会社の トラック ドライバーを対象 とした省燃費運転研修会を実施 し省燃費運転法 を導入、普及している。省燃費運 転法 とは、(1)シフトアップ時のエンジン回転数の低減、(2)高速段の多用、(3)一定速運転(波 状運転の防止)、 (4)エンジンブレーキの多用(有 効活用)、(5)高 速走行時の巡行速度の設定等、14の ポイン トからなっている。 省燃費運転研修会では、 「座学研修」 と、実地 による省燃費運転 「実体験研修」の2種 類の研修 を行い、研 修会後の日々の業務 に 「省燃費運転法」 を取 り入れてもらうことで燃料消費率向上 を図 り、結果 として二酸 化炭素排出量 を削減することを目的にしている。その中の 「実体験研修」 とは、 「座学研修」前後に実際に トラック等 をドライバーに運転 してもらい、たとえば省燃費運転法のいくつかのポイントを運転に取 り入れ た場合の省燃費運転効果 を自分自身で確認 し、理解 してもらうために行 うものである。 本論分では、工事段階で排出される二酸化炭素排出量削減のための方法 として、省燃費運転研修お よび省 燃費運転法 を紹介 し、 「実体験研修」で得られたデータをもとに、その削減効果について述べるものである。 *(株)大林組地球環境室 Obayashi Corporation Global Environment Department **(株)大林組土木技術本部 Obayashi Corporation Civil Engineering Technology Division


The characteristics of the MgO layer are known to be an important parameter that affects both the stable address discharge and luminance characteristics in an ac‐PDP. In this paper, to enhance the long time‐discharge characteristics of 42‐in. ac‐PDP with an ternary gas compositions such as He‐Xe(17%)‐Ne, the effects of the nano‐powder on the MgO layer on the long‐time discharge characteristics are examined. As a result, it is observed that the MgO layer with nano‐power can enhance the long time‐discharge characteristics in an ac‐PDP.


THE FOUNDING of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP) between 1958 and 1961 is one of the most fascinating aspects of the party's history, primarily because things were not always as they seemed. On the surface it appeared that the two charter bodies of the Ontario ND•', the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and the Ontaxio Federation of Labour (OFL), implemented a succession of democratic methods to create a new, broadly based movement of the left, from the large political education conferences of 1958-9, aimed at soliciting input from union and party rank-and-file regarding the shape of the 'New Party,' as it was initially called, to the subsequent establishment of New Party clubs, which sought to bring farmers, professionals, ethnic groups, and other 'liberal-minded' individuals into the process. From this process emerged the distinct impression, reinforced regularly by promotional rhetoric, that the New Party project in Ontario was a sincere attempt to create a left-wing 'people's' movement, incorporating the CCF, labour, and the liberalminded? The now famous New Party resolution passed at the Canadian Labour Congress's (CLC) annual convention in April 1958,


Remoralization is the process of restoration of morale. Remoralization constitutes an important step in the therapeutic change process. Because no appropriate self-report instrument was available t...


The present study was designed to estimate the biochemical attributes of good and poor quality mithun semen. Fifty ejaculates (twenty five each for good and poor quality ejaculates) were collected from matured mithun bulls. Biochemical attributes such as alkaline phosphatase (ALP), acid phosphatase (ACP), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), lactic acid dehydrogenase (LDH), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), zinc (Zn), chloride, citric acid, total seminal plasma protein (TSPP), inorganic phosphorous (IP), fructose and cholesterol in sperm were estimated. The result revealed that these attributes were varied significantly (p<0.05) between the good and poor quality ejaculates. Good quality ejaculates has significantly (p<0.05) higher ALP, ACP, LDH, Ca, Mg, Zn, citric acid, TSPP, IP, fructose and cholesterol and has significantly (p<0.05) lower value in chloride concentration than in poor quality ejaculates. Moreover, there was positive correlation among the biochemical attributes such as ALP, ACP, LDH, Ca, Mg, Zn, CA, TSPP, IP, fructose, cholesterol and these attributes were negatively correlated with AST, ALT and chloride in both good and poor quality ejaculates. It was concluded that most of the biochemical attributes were higher in good quality than in poor quality ejaculates, indicated that former has structural stability than the latter that leads to former sperm has higher functional structures to move faster and in forward direction.


A characteristic feature of physical processes occurring in pinched plasma is their tendency to generate thermal and nonthermal emissions. In this case, the roles played by plasma compression dynamics such as pinch formation, pinch disruption, expansion, etc., are predominant. In this paper, first, we present some of the experimental results concerning the thermal and nonthermal neutron emissions. Then, a new approach based on some theoretical assumptions and the experimental data for which the pinched plasma density evolution was studied are introduced. In the new approach, the compression dynamics are divided into two phases: plasma compression (thermal) and plasma expansion (nonthermal). For each phase, electron distribution functions such as a parabolic and a hyperbolic are attributed, respectively. Assuming a maximum electron density for each phase and an Abel integral equation (used in laser interferometry method), the fringe density maps in a new Filippov-type plasma focus ldquoDenardquo (25 kV, 288 muF , and 90 kJ) operating in deuterium gas were obtained in the approximation of low collision frequencies.


The reason proposed for the modification of the catalytic properties of supported platinum in n-hexane conversion under the influence of additives is the change in the adsorption of reagents on platinum, due to the interaction of the latter with surface low-valence ions of the second element. In the sequence of additives Sn ..-->.. Pb ..-->.. W ..-->.. Mo ..-->.. Re, we can expect an increase in the proportion of strongly bound forms of n-hexane adsorbed on platinum (in this sequence the contribution of n-hexane hydrogenolysis increases). At the same time, the role of the reactions that must form more labile adsorbed forms (isomerization, dehydrogenation to olefin, C/sub 5/ cyclization) must decrease.


This note demonstrates that TESSA restricts the solution (but not the MPG form), and may produce an infeasible solution. Moreover, TESSA is highly sensitive to the structure of the 'REL' chart.


The present invention provides an excellent rolled material is suitable for fracture separation of the produced through-hole portion of the connecting rod by fracture separation substantially semicircular for being worked on the crankshaft. To satisfy the components of the regulation and, rod-pressure D / in a cross section parallel to the longitudinal direction of the extending part 4 at the same time when being observed for (D is the diameter of the rolled material), an average aspect ratio of sulfide inclusions than 10.0, Veq is represented by Pc, and is 0.41 to 0.75, and equation (2) represented by the formula (1) is at least 0.18% by weight. Equation 1 Pc = C / (1-α / 100) {Wherein R 1, C represents the carbon content (mass%) of steel, α represents the ferrite fraction (area%)} Equation (2) Veq = V + Ti / 2 + Si / 20 {Wherein R 2, V, Ti, Si represents the content (mass%) of each element in steel}


We construct a factorizing Drinfel'd twist for a face type model equivalent to the XYZ model. Completely symmetric expressions for the operators of the monodromy matrix are obtained.