In the Guarani preservation area 100 hectares have been harvest with the objective of
evaluate the impact in natural neotropical forest. Two treatments were applied: Commercial logging and Reduce Impact Logging. In the first one the logging contractor do the job in the traditional way.
In the second one forest management was applied to choose the trees, and the skidding trials and
landings were planned. Six commercial plots, nine reduce impact logging, and three control plots,
were randomized lay out in the total area. Each plot has 1 hectare (100 m by 100 m), surrounded by
50 m of boundary, totally four hectares. Before harvesting were measure soil physical parameters
such as soil density and penetration resistance, also it were done a forest characterization. During
June and July 1999 the entire area has been harvested. The trees were cut with chainsaw, and
logged with rubber tire skidder of 10 tons and 140 cv power engine. Also the skidder load the truck in
the landing area. After harvesting all the previous parameters were measured again, and traffic
intensity in each plot was calculated. Then, all the measures were repeated in 2000 and in 2001. The
conclusions were that harvesting neotropical forest produce soil compaction, and indeed is related to
traffic intensity. It is important to control the skidder traffic intensity, and to increase the number of
logs logged in each pass. The RIL presents a reduction in terms of area affected and load over the
soil for the traffic intensities.


Change detection is a challenging task in earth observation. In recent years, deep learning techniques have been widely applied in change detection and achieved impressive progress. However, deep learning based change detection methods heavily rely on a large amount of annotated samples. Labeling for change detection is a time-consuming and labor-intensive task. In order to solve this problem, we propose a novel temporal consistency network (TCNet) for semisupervised change detection. Motivated by the fact that different input sequences have no effect on the prediction results of change detection, our method learns the distribution of unlabeled data by enforce the consistency of the prediction obtained with different input sequences. Specifically, for labeled samples, two segmentation networks with the same structure are trained with two different input sequences. For the unlabeled samples, we perform the forward prediction on the two segmentation networks with corresponding input sequence to obtain two results of change detection. Then, the supervised signals can be generated by minimizing the difference between two predicted results. In this way, the distribution of unlabeled data can be fully explored thus enhancing the generalization of change detection. Experiments on google dataset show the effectiveness of the proposed method.


Approaches and principal technological schemes for maintenance and field operation of open drainage system. Groups of processing methods and measures for maintenance of open system, scaled by orientation of protection from detrimental effect of erosion processes on reclamation systems. Technical and economic comparison of various production technical modules for servicing of reclamation channels and its right frequency.


Milk fat contains several compounds with known anti-carcinogenic properties. One of these is conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), and dairy products are the major source of CLA in human diets. In addition to its anti-cancer effects, biomedical studies with animal models have demonstrated that CLA has a range of beneficial effects. The processes for the biosynthesis of CLA in dairy cows have been established and involve the absorption of fatty acid biohydrogenation intermediates produced in the rumen and their subsequent conversion to CLA by the mammary enzyme ∆-desaturase. Studies have further identified the substantial effect of dietary factors on milk fat content of CLA and identified a marked range among individual cows in the ability to synthesize CLA. Thus, through diet manipulation and perhaps even genetic selection, the milk fat content of CLA can be enhanced. Overall, the presence of CLA in milk fat is a clear example that milk contains microcomponents that provide benefits beyond those associated with traditional nutrients. INTRODUCTION Milk and dairy products are important dietary sources of nutrients, providing energy, high quality protein, and a variety of vitamins and minerals. Recent research has focused on altering the fat and protein content of milk and other dairy products in order to improve their nutrient content to more aptly reflect current dietary recommendations and trends. However, there is increasing recognition that foods can also be contributing factors in the prevention and development of some disease conditions. For example, it has been estimated that approximately one-third of cancer deaths may be related to diet (Parodi, 1999). As a result, additional focus is been given to designing foods that have beneficial effects on human health. The term "functional foods" is often used as a generic description for the beneficial effects of ingested foods that go beyond their traditional nutritive value (Bauman et al., 2001). Parodi (1997; 1999) has written a number of reviews summarizing the role of dairy products in the prevention of cancer. As listed in Table 1, a number of milk fat components have been identified as having anti-carcinogenic properties, and one that has received recent focus is conjugated linoleic acid (CLA). The discovery of a "functional food" role for CLA occurred over two decades ago when Pariza and coworkers found that ground beef contained an anti-mutagenic factor that consisted of a series of conjugated dienoic isomers of linoleic acid (Pariza et al., 2001). Subsequent work demonstrated that chemically synthesized CLA was able to reduce the incidence of several types of tumors in animal models. Most naturally occurring anti-carcinogens are present only at trace levels and of plant origin. However, CLA is unique among naturally occurring anti-carcinogens in that it is potent at extremely low levels and present in dairy products and meat from ruminant animals. As the biomedical studies with CLA expanded, it became apparent that CLA had a range of positive health effects in experimental animal models (Table 2). These included beneficial effects on reducing body fat accretion, delaying the onset of type II diabetes, retarding the development of atherosclerosis, improving the mineralization of bone and modulating the immune system (Belury, 2002). This has resulted in an exponential increase in CLA-related research over the last few years. The following sections will provide background and review the biology of CLA related to dairy production.


The Middle Ordovician Majiagou Formation in the southern Ordos Basin develops a set of sub-and peri-tidal carbonate successions that were extensively dolomitized. Diagenetic dolomitization is widely investigated because dolostones provide high-quality gas reservoirs in the southern Ordos Basin. Nonetheless, the ultimate mechanism controlling dolomitization remains enigmatic. In this study, integrated geochemical indexes including carbon and oxygen isotopes, rare earth elements, and microthermometry, coupled with U-Pb dating and lithofacies and mineralogic studies, are investigated to elucidate the periods of hydrothermal fluids involved in the formation of different types of dolomites in the studied section from Ma5 member. The results reveal that the micritic dolomite matrix was formed under the involvement of low-salinity meteoric water in the mixing zone during a shallow-burial environment. The mixing zone of paleokarst possibly provided accommodation for this dolomitization. The fine-/medium-sized dolomites were formed due to interactions between hydrothermal fluids of comparatively low temperature and matrix carbonates, which occurred during the period of the Middle Jurassic. The dolomitic microbialites were formed due to the injection of high-temperature acid fluids associated with organic matter maturing. This dolomitization occurred during the period of the Late Jurassic according to U-Pb ages. The coarse-sized dolomite cements can be furtherly classified into two types according to different U-Pb ages and carbon-oxygen isotopes, although they are very similar with respect to mineralogic features. Comprehensive geochemical evidence revealed that the dolomitizing fluids of two types of dolomite cements were derived from hydrothermal fluids associated with periodical magmatism, which occurred during the period of the Early Cretaceous. This finding provides a new insight for elucidating the diagenetic process of reservoir dolostones from the Middle Ordovician in the Ordos Basin.


Two series of anilides have been examined for their ability to induce the formation of methaemoglobin in cats. The first series is one in which the aniline was acylated by a series of acids and the second is one in which alkyl groups were substituted on the benzene ring and the acyl moiety kept as the acetyl group. In neither series was any correlation found between the methaemoglobin‐forming ability and stability of the amide group. In the first series, as the size of the acyl group was increased so the activity rose to a peak and then declined. It is suggested that this phenomenon is related to absorption of the compounds from the gastrointestinal tract. In the second series a parallelism in response was observed between amides given orally and the corresponding amines administered intravenously, suggesting that the nature of the amine liberated on hydrolysis is the major determining factor in the methaemoglobin forming ability of amides.


The communications changes, which come with technological development for organizations, have resulted in an increased complexity and decentralization that places greater demands on each individual employee. This notion has also changed how employees embrace, communicate and process the information that is given to them at work. In addition to the content of what is communicated, which should not only be preceded by relevance, higher demands are also directed at managers and individual department manager's own internal communication accomplishments. Internal communication is therefore a key factor for a company to qualify as a whole and single-hearted unit, which each employee needs to feel involved in.The purpose of this study was to investigate and create an understanding of how to format and formulate the content that is communicated internally within organizations, in order to match the expectations and preferences of the study's target audience, Generation Y. The survey is based on a triangulation of qualitative semi-structured interviews with consultants on an internal communication agency, two of their clients, as well as a quantitative survey directed to generation Y and their general expectations of internal communication. Major themes and concepts regarding the study consisted of organizational culture, community spirit, formality and interaction within organizational cultures. In addition, the employee application highlighted as an artifact was also studied, based on communication and learning. The analysis of generation Y's preferences, based on Cook's 4K model, also supported the other themes in the study by deriving at the target group's preferences regarding the different types of social software.Results from the study show that organizational culture is an extremely important factor, which represents the link between both knowledge sharing, engagement and learning. These soft factors should also be borne in mind regarding the design of employee applications, in the form of technical artifacts. However, these effects are also proven to be bidirectional, that is because a lot of focus is required from the managerial side of the company, highlighting the need for a more active and participatory leadership, which also affects the organizational culture greatly through a manager's communicative skills. Lastly, the study shows that Generation Y prefers a relatively informal organizational culture, focused on individual performance but where problem solving in groups occurs. With regards to the content, generation Y seems to prefer that an employee application should be characterized by consisting elements such as exchange of experience, information about change and problem solving, which partly corresponds to the epistemological approach that the study has had to organizational cultures.


There are two common challenges faced by any internet service provider: the first being attracting new customers to grow their clientele, the second being retaining the existing customers and prevent them from leaving the company. It is established that client retention is six times cheaper than the cost of acquiring a new one. In order to achieve this, companies are increasingly investing their time and channeling their efforts to keep their clients on board. Understanding client behavior is key to identifying which of them have a high potential of leaving the company, thereby helping businesses develop appropriate retention strategies in response. This client attrition is commonly known as customer churn. Our proposed work focuses on churn prediction on Orange Company Client Dataset using four business data analytics models: Logistic Regression, KNN, Random Forest and Decision Tree. Based on the results, Random Forest boasts with the highest accuracy and F-1 score emerging as the clear winner.


A random sample of 903 drivers of airbag-equipped vehicles in three states was surveyed in January 1997 about their awareness of airbag safety issues and attitudes toward airbags. Overall, most people surveyed felt airbags are effective in providing protection in frontal crashes (85 percent) and would want at least a driver airbag in their next vehicle (76 percent). Most respondents said their opinions of airbags had not changed in the past six months, but 22 percent said their opinions of driver airbags had become less favorable (including 30 percent of shorter drivers), and 41 percent said they now think less favorably of passenger airbags (including 46 percent of people who transport children). Respondents were asked about their interest in cutoff switches and deactivation for their airbags, if this were permitted (currently, it is not legal to do either without a written waiver from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration). More respondents expressed interest in having cutoff switches than in having their airbag deactivated, particularly those with dual airbags. The high level of interest in cutoff switches or deactivation suggests that large numbers of people who are not at risk of serious airbag inflation injury are worried unnecessarily.


This article examines women's employment patterns during thechild‐rearing period and the consequences of those patterns for earnings later in life, in 12 industralized countries. This study proposes an analytic framework that combines "welfare regime" and gender‐specific policies to explain country differences. The findings presented here suggest that institutional arrangements mediate the costs to women's part‐time and intermittent employment. Within welfare regimes, employment continuity is highest among countries in which the state provides support for working mothers. Furthermore, this study finds that lower support for mothers' employment is associated with higher wage penalties to employment discontinuity.


A PCR technique was used to detect fungi and bacteria in the blood of patients with inflammatory infection of genital system, three primer sets were used to detect E. Coli , Candida spp. and existence of other fungi The results showed infection by both microorganisms. All patients had bacteria in the blood stream while 30 % of them had a Candida spp. and the same percentage of other fungi species in blood.


Expiratory muscle strength training (EMST) is a novel and noninvasive intervention to improve expiratory capacity. EMST programs have been shown to benefit individuals who have difficulty breathing, swallowing, and coughing by improving expiratory muscle strength. However, it is unclear if EMST can benefit those without impaired respiratory capacity. Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of EMST on run performance in healthy college students.


The problem with which this study is concerned is the description of the past and present trends in the process of urbanization in Nigeria. In addition, the study explores tribal practices and perspectives in Nigeria's urban areas, giving special attention to the bases for the continuous existence of these phenomena. The data used in the study are obtained from books, government documents of both the United States and Nigeria and the. United Nations demographic analysis documents. The study is divided into five chapters. Based on findings and research of this study, the conclusion is drawn that adaptation to Nigeria's urban life proceeds through modification of the traditional institutions and their combination with Western cultural values, technology and economic practices into a new social structure.


. The possible effect of IL-2, a,P-IFN and poly I:C (an IFN inducer) administration on the generation of NK cells of LI and BM-reconstituted animals was investigated. B6D2FI mice were LI (9.5 Gy) by total-body irradiation and reconstituted by i.v. injection of different doses (ranging from lo6 to 2 x lo7) of syngeneic BM, after which the levels of splenic NK activity were evaluated on days 4, 7, 9, I2 and 14 after LI and BM graft. After a marked decline on day 4 (no detectable NK activity at any effector to target ratio tested), NK activity gradually returned, reaching the levels of untreated controls on day 9. Groups of LI and BM-recon-stituted mice were also treated i.p. with mouse or human recombinant IL-2 from day 0 through day 3 (15-50 U/day/mouse) after BM transplantation. It appears that an earlier reconstitution of NK activity occurs in IL-2-treated animals as compared to me-dium-injected controls. LI and BM-reconstituted animals were also treated i.p. with a,P-IFN (lo4 U/mouse) or Poly I:C (I mglkglmouse) from day 0 through day 3, and the splenic NK activity was evaluated at 4, 7, 9, I2 and 14 days after LI and BM graft. Our data indicate that in vivo administration of IFN or Poly I:C was able to cause an earlier maturation of NK activity as measured on days 7 and 9 after LI. In contrast, when the NK activity of IFN-treated animals was compared with that of controls 14 days after LI and BM graft, a significant inhibition was found due to the induction of suppressor cells. Pre-treatment of donor BM with Poly I:C or IFN was also able to induce a more rapid reconstitution of NK activity of recipient mice. The NK activity reconstitution paralleled the increase in the number of splenic LGL. A synergistic effect was obtained when LI mice were transplanted with Poly I:C-pre-treated BM and then treated with IL-2. The effector cell in the IFN and IL-2 treated chimeras is a typical NK cell: asialo GM-I *, Thy I *, Lyt I -, Lyt 2-and reactive only against NK-susceptible targets. These data suggest that IL-2 as well as IFN may represent maturational signals in the in vivo physiological


Field research was conducted to determine the effects of N, Fe, and benzyladenine (BA) on fall perform- ance, post-dormancy recovery, and storage nonstructural carbohydrate composition of 'Midiron' bermudagrass (Cy - nodon dactylon (L.) Pers.). Fall green color retention and turf quality were superior for 48 than for 24 kg N/ha per month. Nitrogen level did not affect post-dormancy recovery or nonstructural carbohydrate levels in stolons and rhizomes measured in Sept. and Nov. 1983 and 1984. Iron level did not influence turf color and quality during summer months. Biweekly application of 0.6 kg Fe/ha produced better retention of greenness and turf quality during Fall 1983 and 1984 and superior turf color in Spring 1985 than the 0 kg Fe/ha treatment. Better green turf coverage was obtained with the biweekly than the monthly Fe (1.2 kg-ha-l) treatment during Fall 1983. In contrast, monthly Fe produced color and turf quality similar to that of the biweekly Fe treatment during Fall 1984. Nonstructural carbohydrates were similar among Fe levels in 1983 and 1984. The effects of Fe on turf color and quality were similar at each level of N and BA. BA level did not consistently influence turf color or quality and did not affect storage carbohydrate levels. When used in conjunction with moderate summer N fertilization, foliar-applied Fe can extend bermudagrass quality during fall without adversely affecting postdormancy recovery. Chemical name used: N- (phen- ylmethyl)-lH-purin-6-amine (benzyladenine, BA). Bermudagrass ceases growth and becomes discolored when exposed to chilling temperatures (3-5). Chilling stress occurs in grasses of tropical and subtropical origin at temperatures of 15 to 0C (12). Chilling injury of bermudagrass is characterized by the presence of necrotic lesions, chlorophyll loss, and sub- sequent leaf discoloration, and cessation of growth (4, 10, 23). Disruption, of photosynthesi s, respiration, and carbohydrate par- titioning at chilling temperatures (21) contribute to reduced ber- mudagrass growth. Pretreatment of 'Tifgreen' and 'Midiron' bermudagrass with 120 mg Fe/m 2 maintained a 23% higher average daytime C02 exchange rate (CER) than within 0 mg Fe/m 2 after 4 days at a 10/7C chilling regime and following a 2-hr recovery period at 30C after exposure to chilling (21). Nighttime CER before and after the chilling regime was not significantly affected by Fe. However, average nighttime CER was 28% higher for the 120 than the 0 mg Fe/m 2 treatment after recovery from chilling. Darker green turf color was observed for the 120 than for the 0 mg Fe/m 2 treatment after the chilling period, although no difference in chlorophyll content was detected among Fe treat- ments.


Although the relativistic transformation of tensor quantities between various frames is simple, the transformation of the spin direction, a three- vector quantity, has caused some uncertainty. An attempt is made to clarify the situation by a short discussion on a practical level. The first part of the discussion is specifically related to spin-1/2 particles but the generalizations to higher spins are valid. ln experiments concerning asymmetries related to polarization effects, it is convenient to describe the state of polarization by a three-dimensional polarization vector. The problem involved in defining the vector in the rest frame obtained by a direct Lorentz transformation of the laboratory frame to the velocity of the particle is discussed. Theee cases are discussed in which some complications can be avoided. These are: the asymmetry of the mu decay in the pi - mu -e chain when pi is moving rapidly, the angular distribution from the decay of a spin-3/2 hyperon produced in a pion- nucleon collision, and the detection of the direction of polarization by means of a scattering process. (M.H.R.)


change-oriented leadership on individual performance and jab satisfaction. Some study show that there were direct effect of change-oriented leadership on performance and job satisfaction but the others weren't not support those direct influence. This research offers work climate as a mediating variable on that relationship..
This study attempts to review some hypotheses regarding the effects of. Respondents of the research were 100 employees of PT Telkom Tbk. The questionnaire are used to obtain data on leadership style, work climate, individual performance and job satisfaction. Path analysis by using AMOS software is used to analyze of data.
The result shows, change-oriented leadership has positive and significant impact on performance and job satisfaction. The hypothesis states that work climate come to mediate the relationship between change-oriented leadership on individual performance and job satisfaction is supported


The VFTO caused by switch of GIS is simulated and calculated with ATP-EMTP program.The effect of protection measures on equipments is compared and analyzed.


A.JONCTION CHANNELS ESPECIALLY FOR TRACK ROLLER BEARING OF ESCALATOR. B.JONCTION TWO ROUTES SECTIONS 12, 14 INCLUDING ALL ITEMS 38, 40, 42 PROFILE SUPPLEMENTARY, woven together SLIDING AND RETAINED bLOCKED BY ELEMENT CLAMP 66. C.JONCTION WAY FOR BEARING IN PARTICULAR ROLLER BEARING ROUTES OF STAIRS ROLLING REQUIRING SETTINGS GAP.


In this paper, we propose a physically-based constitutive model which considers friction and rolling resistance as well as cohesion between powder particles. We employ the classical Mohr-Coulomb model and associated flow rule as a yield condition to resolve the meso-scale deformation behavior of ceramic powder compacts. The constitutive equations are implemented into the user-subroutine VUMAT of finite element program ABAQUS/Explicit. The material parameters in the constitutive model have been identified by calibrating the model to reproduce data from triaxial compression tests and simple compression tests. The density distribution and the predicted shape obtained by using the proposed model are in good quantitative agreement with the experimental results of the cold die compaction.


The scattering from finite frequency selective surfaces (FSSs) characterized by planar interfaces is analyzed, resorting to two PO‐based hybrid techniques. The hybrid techniques, validated with a full‐wave numerical technique, are easy to implement, fast, and already quite accurate for medium‐size FSSs. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 31: 248–252, 2001.


ABSTRACT Background: Healthcare provider (HCP) interactions with pediatric patients and their parents requires methods of communication differing from the HCP/adult patient experience. Gaps remain in understanding strategies and tactics that HCPs might use during pediatric patient interactions. For instance, research is needed to differentiate HCP/pediatric patient interactions among distinct groups such as infants, young children, pre-adolescents, and adolescents. Similarly, HCP beliefs about how an interaction should flow may not match those of parents – with possible consequences regarding compliance with treatment. Methods: This paper reviews research into HCP/pediatric patient interactions and presents survey results that show where expectations align or differ between HCPs and parents. Results: HCPs and parents generally approach the pediatric encounter with similar expectations. However, differences in specific situations are informative. HCPs are more focused on patients than parents. They are more sensitive than parents to situations involving difficult topics and change their approach for different age groups or developmental statuses. HCPs are more responsive to patients than parents for scenarios that involve delicate content, more so for scenarios that require being forthright with their patients. Parents prefer more thorough explanations when reasonable, and want to take part in discussions even when HCPs are more focused on their pediatric patients, especially for adolescents. Conclusion: Having a fuller understanding of the expectations that HCPs and parents hold implies changes in how students in healthcare fields are trained; having better insight into this relationship will prepare them for interacting with pediatric patients while still addressing the needs of parents.


Considering that time is an important dimension in anthropological discourse and a key element of the "hidden curriculum" of school, this paper presents the results of an ethnography on time in a high school in Joao Pessoa, Paraiba, Brazil. We discuss how teaching/learning processes are organized and experienced in time, paying close attention to the limitations and possibilities revealed by interactions between teachers and students. We first identify the pedagogical temporal units that compose the dimension of structural time at the school, and then identify aspects of time in practice (experiences and strategies). We argue that school time is both a constraint and an opportunity, unfolding in a series of metaphors ("save time," "waste time," "kill time", "fill time", "pass the time"), which enable ways of thinking about the conflicts present in daily school life.


TRANSFORMATION of the kidney by fatty replacement of parenchyma destroyed by various diseases was first reported in European medical literature in the nineteenth century. The entity has received only cursory attention, primarily in urological journals in this country. There are many situations in which fat may be laid down in areas in the body undergoing a decrease in mass of a functioning tissue. Renal replacement lipomatosis (fatty transformation of the kidney) is one of these nonspecific reactions of the body in which fat deposition may follow destruction of portions or all of the kidney. Pyelonephritis with calculi, noninflammatory kidney diseases, and obesity associated with large peripelvic fat deposits have all been reported to be associated with renal lipomatosis. The fat may extend from the renal hilus eccentrically or uniformly depending in part on the pattern of kidney parenchymal destruction. Once the process is initiated, the laying down of fat may


The paper addresses aspects of cooperative and uncooperative behaviour in natural language dialogue between humans and social robots. The principles of cooperation in human-human dialogues are taken as the basis for cooperative behaviour in human-robot dialogues. Several approaches are described that can improve human-robot cooperation. These include more flexible recognition of user intents, more flexible searches using knowledge graphs, generating more cooperative responses using semantic metadata, and generating more human-friendly responses using Wikipedia. These approaches are demonstrated in a series of videos.


The dt'yelopmcnt of conE'tTllctions raised increm:ed demands for the design accuracy of r.c. beams in combined axial and torsion stresses. The first~ upswing i~ the '60s (COWA::>. LEo;'\HARD. THIEl"l(OY. GESU:r-;D. GYOSDEY) mainly concerned pure torsion in thc elastic range. The second surge by the early '70s inyoh-ed extended tests (L-\:lIPERT, SZIL,(RD. Hsu Zu .• THURLI:lIA::>::>. COLLIl"S, LESSIC) of deformometry on reinforced and prestressed heams and platt's under static and dynamic axial stresses combined with tor8ion in each three stress states. Results of the numerous failure theories and approximate calculation methods are involved in most national standard specifications and international recommendations in virtue. It is still a question whether ultimate load capacities under comhined stresses calculated according to different national standards for the same heam exhihit typical rlifferences or designing the beam for the same stresses according to anv standard leads to the same structure? Sin~e the 'beam subject to hending moments and torque undergoes greater deformations than under shear and normal fOI'ces, these latter may he omitted hy adequately selecting stresses and reinforcement. Let consider ultimate load capacities of a r.c. beam of rectangular cross section calculated according to different recommendations and standard specifications. ~ Let the cross section have strong lower reinforcement and adequate stirrups. Bending moment will cause tension in the bottom fibre and the effect of upper longitudinal reinforcement on hending will he negligible. Other cross sectional dimensions and reinforcement percentages will be assumed according to the Annex. in conformity with the practice.


The invention relates to a dispensing device (11) of exhaust gas recirculated to an intake manifold (3) for an air intake module, configured to supply at least one internal combustion engine cylinder, by an air stream comprising feed gas and / or recirculated exhaust gas (EGR), the dispensing device (11) comprising a dispensing channel (13) of the recirculated exhaust gas channel distribution (13) comprising a first injection means (15) of recirculated exhaust gas in the air flow for supplying at least one cylinder. According to the invention, the dispensing device (11) further comprises a control member (17) arranged in the distribution channel (13) and configured to modulate the flow of recirculated exhaust gases injected by the first means of injection (15).


We present a method for object detection that combines AdaBoost learning with local histogram features. On the side of learning we improve the performance by designing a weak learner for multi-valued features based on Weighted Fisher Linear Discriminant. Evaluation on the recent benchmark for object detection confirms the superior performance of our method compared to the state-of-the-art. In particular, using a single set of parameters our approach outperforms all methods reported in [5] for 7 out of 8 detection tasks and four object classes.


The provincial competitiveness index (PCI) serves as an important measure for the efforts of localities in Vietnam in improving the business environment. However, the methodology of PCI excludes the influence of the traditional conditions on business growth, only measuring the "net" competitiveness at the provincial level. This study is conducted (1) to supplement the approach to measure the relation between the improvement of the business environment and the changes in the business results of the enterprises; at the same time and (2) to pay attention to factors that have been excluded in the PCI methodology. Measuring technical efficiency (TE) by data envelopment analysis, fixed effect model, and random effect model are employed to achieve these research objectives. The findings show that the impact of PCI to business growth has a lag of approximately 1 year. Furthermore, in the TE approach, the business growth indicators are affected not only by the improvement of the business environment created by the local government but also by the basic conditions of that locality. This approach seems to be "fair" across localities, especially those with low starting points. This theoretical approach, however, also needs to be further complemented, especially regarding data, to overcome its potential limitations.


In this paper we discussedincompressiblefluid flow problem through free and porous areas by using Darcy's law and continuity equation, by apply the boundary conditions required to specify the solutio


LiDAR-camera intrinsic and extrinsic parameters calibration is a prerequisite for LiDAR-camera sensor suite in the cooperative vehicle-infrastructure system or autonomous driving system. However, the calibration of LiDAR-camera is not trivial in some special scenes such as traffic scenes since the traditional target-based calibration methods are subject to the road condition. Moreover, the changing intrinsic parameters of the camera owing to focusing also pose unique challenges to such calibration tasks. Hence, a novel targetless method that jointly performs the intrinsic and extrinsic parameters calibration of LiDAR and camera sensor suite is proposed in this paper. The 2D and 3D features are collected from color images and point cloud respectively. The distance transform image is obtained from a 2D feature map and used as a reprojection error energy function for optimization. Alternatively, the observability of intrinsic and extrinsic parameters in our calibration system is theoretically verified, and the proposed method is tested in simulation and real-world scenes. Experiment results show that the method has better robustness and accuracy than other targetless calibration methods.


The invention discloses a device preventing a fishhook from injuring people and bait from falling off. The device comprises a miniature packaging buckle, a fishing line ring, the fishhook and the bait, wherein the bait is located on the fishhook, a capsule shell body is arranged on the outside of the bait, is formed by combining a left capsule shell and a right capsule shell in a sleeving mode, and can rapidly disintegrate in water, and a locking ring I is arranged at the open end of the left capsule shell and combined with a locking ring II at the open end of the right capsule shell in a sleeving mode. A strip-shaped notch is formed in the open end of the upper end of the right capsule shell in the axial direction. A plurality of through holes are formed in the capsule shell body. The left end of the left capsule shell and the right end of the right capsule shell are of a planar structure of a semispherical surface structure. After the bait is arranged on the fishhook in a penetrated mode, the fishhook and the bait on the fishhook are placed in the right capsule shell, a fishing line penetrates out of the capsule shell body through the strip-shaped notch, the left capsule shell is combined in the sleeving mode, the fishhook is thrown into water, and fishing can be started. Through the device, when a fishing rod is waved to be thrown, the fishhook is prevented from hooking the face and the body and causing injury accidentally, and meanwhile the bait can be prevented from falling off when the fishing rod is repeatedly thrown.


This study aims to measure the impact of big-five personality on the entrepreneurial intention of tertiary students. Big-five personality consists of neuroticism, conscientiousness, agreeableness, openness, and extraversion. Data was collected conveniently using an online instrument and it attracted and 647 students from various universities in Jakarta. Data were analyzed using exploratory factor analysis and structural equation model. As a result, only neuroticism dimension had a signlficant impact on entrepreneurial intention. Recommendations for future study are discussed.


Project financing was mainly used for overseas construction orders in Korea. But, since Private Finance Promotion was established in 1994, it has been used as a means of financing delivery equipment for the construction of social overhead capital. However, project financing owners tend to consider only the risks and profits of construction in the risk analysis and it has a potential concern to be unable to respond to any unexpected problems. Therefore, the role of CM which is able to minimize operational risks by managing the overall flow from initial stages is emerging. This study han an aim to study the synergistic effects of a CM for the improvement of project financing running successfully with professional and efficient management.


Proposed use FusionWidgets Gauges dashboard kit display the quantitative indicators of construction about status data of talent cultivation in higher vocational colleges,and realization of the principle is given,and an example is given finally.


The concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has evolved over the years; today it is considered a vital part of the strategic business of the corporations. It is the way of conducting business which makes corporate entities socially responsible citizens, visibly contributing to the social good. Socially responsible companies do not limit themselves to using resources to engage in activities that increase only their profits. They use CSR to integrate economic, environmental and social objectives with the company's operations and growth. With the New Companies Bill in the pipeline a legal acceptance to this vital concept would help further the cause and hopefully motivate organizational to undertake CSR proactively. It has many facets and it's important to note the interconnectedness of corporate governance, social inclusion and economic growth. This paper highlights how the intervention areas of CSR helpful towards nation building.


In this thesis, we use Bayesian methodology and Markov chain Monte Carlo techniques to construct logistic-type latent variable statistical models for estimating the consistency of hypoglycaemic symptoms experienced by individual diabetic patients. Consistency in reporting experienced symptoms of hypoglycaemia is related to early detection of symptoms and is therefore important for fast corrective action. Based on a model developed by Zammit et al. (2011) we classify symptoms into different groups and consider between-groups variability. Our work also explores a number of possible symptom-experiencing thresholds that can be used in the consistency model. To evaluate the performance of each consistency model, we develop ideas based on Bayesian latent residuals (Streftaris and Gibson, 2012) to check on the models' fit and utilise posterior predictive checking methodology (Gelman et al., 1996 and Streftaris et al., 2013) to assess relevant performance. The impact of using data from hypoglycaemic episodes occurring within 24 hours from an earlier episode is also explored using various approaches, as previous work claims that such episodes might lead to diminished intensity of the episodes. Using generalised linear-type model methodology, we investigate how various factors such as age, gender, type and duration of diabetes, body mass index, retinopathy and others, or their interaction, can affect patients' consistency. Additionally, we develop a hierarchical model that is able to estimate consistency and identify factors affecting it in a single setting. Finally, we work on determining the best sets of variables for a predictive model. For this purpose, we use Gibbs variable selection and a stepwise regression procedure. Due to model uncertainty, we apply Bayesian model averaging to a number of selected models given by Gibbs variable selection.


The domino effect that occurs among the concepts that affect Supply Chain Resilience has only been marginally analysed, and no conceptual models have been proposed in the literature. In this work, a conceptual model for analysing this domino effect is developed. The method aims to identify which supply chain concepts can support the containment of disruptions and how these concepts affect one another. The proposed methodology is based on Fuzzy Cognitive Maps. The Cognitive Maps tool enables us to connect multidimensional and multidisciplinary concepts (e.g. sources of risk, disruption factors, supply chain management practices and other aspects). Moreover, this tool allows company managers to develop a detailed understanding of a system's behaviour and to explicitly consider the mind models of different players in the supply chain. A case study of the fashion industry supply chain is used to illustrate the application of the proposed method in an operating context. The proposed method enables a company to evaluate the hidden chain reaction of causes behind the most important factors that, from a single trigger event, are able to harm the entire Supply Chain. Through analysis of the causal relationships that this methodology highlights, decision makers can examine the domino effect among the concepts that influence Supply Chain Resilience in a step-by-step manner.


Abstract Introduction: Bilateral pheochromocytoma is a rare disease necessitating surgical intervention for adequate disease control. Laparoscopic adrenalectomy is the treatment of choice for adrenal tumor since 1991. Herein, we report a case of bilateral pheochromocytoma who received right robotic adrenalectomy previously. This time he received laparoscopic partial adrenalectomy for the treatment of left pheochromocytoma. Case Report: A 35-year-old man had hypertension and was under regular medication for 3 years. He had progressively poorly controlled pressure since 2012. Magnetic resonance imaging showed bilateral adrenal mass, in favor of bilateral pheochromocytoma (right: 3.5 × 2.0 × 1.9 cm, left: 3.0 × 2.7 × 3.8 cm). Hormonal profile examinations showed elevated urinary vanillylmandelic acid, epinephrine, norepinephrine, and dopamine. Robotic right adrenalectomy was performed in 2013. Pathology analysis showed right pheochromocytoma. Elevated urinary catecholamines level was noted after operation. L...


The aim of the proposed method is to simplify and improve the process of models debugging and to increase efficiency of model-based test cases generation. Unlike existing methods of models behavior analysis, which produce as a result only one, usually first-found, path per specified property (which is an evidence of test goal reachability or explanation of some inconsistency during debugging process), the proposed method generates a projection of all satisfiable paths, which provokes exposure of undesired behavior . For test cases generation, the feature plays a role of interactive path constructor, which prompts all satisfiable behavior alternatives, so user can find a desired path by iteratively specifying points-of-interest. Appropriate novel algorithm for efficient searching is presented.


*Corresponding author: Ahmed A. Nassr, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA; and Women's Health Hospital, Assiut University Hospitals, Assiut, Egypt, Tel.: +1 507 319 2332, E-mail: email@example.com; firstname.lastname@example.com Ahmed M. Abdelmagied and Sherif A.M. Shazly: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA; and Women's Health Hospital, Assiut University Hospitals, Assiut, Egypt Letter to the Editor – Reply


An approach to the identification of minimum cost
solutions to regional particulate air quality problems is
described that is potentially more accurate and less resource-intensive than prior methods based on atmospheric
diffusion models. A receptor-oriented modeling procedure
is used to determine the source contributions to ambient
air quality at each monitoring site in an air basin. The air
quality model is matched to a linear programming algorithm
and is used to compute the least costly combination
of emission controls needed to meet air quality objectives.
The method is illustrated by application to the problem
of particulate air quality control using historically available data for the Los Angeles basin.


Given that the United States lacks a coherent national science policy, the question then becomes whether such policy should (or could) be developed in the current political environment. The author explores this question from the perspectives of overall budgetary support, priority-setting, and research relevance, concluding that the exercise of developing a national policy, even if ultimately unsuccessful, could help to reaffirm science's national importance and autonomy and to coalesce its fragmented political support.


The usual adult target dose for bupropion hydrochloride extended-release tablets (SR) is 300 mg per day, given as 150 mg twice daily. Initiate dosing with 150 mg per day given as a single daily dose in the morning. After 3 days of dosing, the dose may be increased to the 300-mg-per-day target dose, given as 150 mg twice daily. There should be an interval of at least 8 hours between successive doses. A maximum of 400 mg per day, given as 200 mg twice daily, may be considered for patients in whom no clinical improvement is noted after several weeks of treatment at 300 mg per day. To avoid high peak concentrations of bupropion and/or its metabolites, do not exceed 200 mg in any single dose.


This article is the first study to document trends in state funding for the settlement sector in Canada. It is based on an innovative new dataset that was secured through several years of using freedom of information legislation to collect federal and provincial funding data on settlement and integration programs. This study demonstrates, among other things, that there are significant disparities in funding for settlement and integration services among regions within Canada. Funding for immigrant-serving organizations (ISAs) is also concentrated among a small number of organizations. These trends have potential implications for the access and quality of settlement services available to newcomers based on where they land in Canada.


Exchange bias properties have been investigated in a $({\text{Sm}}_{1\ensuremath{-}x}{\text{Gd}}_{x}{\text{Al}}_{2}/{\text{SmAl}}_{2})$ bilayer (for $x=0.028$) with perpendicular magnetization, an original exchange-coupled system based on the zero magnetization ferromagnet $({\text{Sm}}_{1\ensuremath{-}x}{\text{Gd}}_{x}{\text{Al}}_{2})$ as the pinning layer. This unusual magnet exhibits a magnetic compensation temperature where it presents both a zero magnetization and a long-range spin ferromagnetic order. In the $({\text{Sm}}_{1\ensuremath{-}0.028}{\text{Gd}}_{0.028}{\text{Al}}_{2}/{\text{SmAl}}_{2})$ bilayer, a large positive exchange bias has been observed for the ${\text{SmAl}}_{2}$ magnetization reversal, attesting for the exchange coupling between both compounds, even at the ${\text{Sm}}_{1\ensuremath{-}0.028}{\text{Gd}}_{0.028}{\text{Al}}_{2}$ magnetic compensation temperature; the magnetization of the ${\text{Sm}}_{1\ensuremath{-}0.028}{\text{Gd}}_{0.028}{\text{Al}}_{2}$ part of the bilayer appears to be pinned but the pinned component is obviously smaller than the one observed in a single uncovered ${\text{Sm}}_{1\ensuremath{-}0.028}{\text{Gd}}_{0.028}{\text{Al}}_{2}$. X-ray Magnetic Circular Dichro\"{\i}sm experiments have been undertaken to investigate the magnetization reversal in both layers independently and more particularly to probe the ${\text{Sm}}_{1\ensuremath{-}0.028}{\text{Gd}}_{0.028}{\text{Al}}_{2}$ behavior in its zero-magnetization state. They reveal that approximately 20% of the ${\text{Sm}}_{1\ensuremath{-}0.028}{\text{Gd}}_{0.028}{\text{Al}}_{2}$ layer is driven to reverse by exchange coupling to ${\text{SmAl}}_{2}$. The presence of lateral domains in the ${\text{Sm}}_{1\ensuremath{-}0.028}{\text{Gd}}_{0.028}{\text{Al}}_{2}$ layer likely accounts for the relatively large proportion of rotatable moments and for the observed temperature dependence of exchange-bias field.


In this paper, we propose an architecture and implementation methodology based on the NFV-MANO approach used in the telco industry to achieve automated deployment and configuration of digital twin instances for modern connected vehicles. The digital twin instance serves as a cyber range to safely experiment with potential attacks and countermeasures tailored for in-vehicle scenarios within a controlled virtualized environment.


Alcon recently began a national television, online, and print media campaign in support of Air Optix Colors prescription contact lenses.


The purpose of this study is to test the effect of sustainable management on earning management. This study's sample includes 100 Thai firms from SET100 index that were listed between 2017 and 2019. The samples consist of 256 firm-year observations. Earning management is measured by the absolute value of the standard deviation of residuals from Yoon, et al. (2006) model and sustainability management of the firms is measured by using score of the sustainability awards of firm that up to type of sustainability awards that firm get. According to the results, sustainability management has a significant negative with earning management. The results suggested that firms which win the sustainability award have lower earning management. Because sustainable management is a result of the fundamental factor that is engrained in the firm on how to conduct its businesses such as corporate culture, ethics, beliefs, and social norms and they have incentive to be honest, trustworthy, and ethical and concerned with the impacts of earning management.

Keywords: Sustainable Management, Earning Management, Thai Listed Firms in SET100 Index


Definitions and perceptions of professionalism are continually challenged and transformed by public need, government interaction and institutional organizations. When the goals of those three entities are focused on near-term results, this poses a significant threat to the integrity, value and relevance of professional services. When the individual and corporate professional's profit margin, corporate shareholder responsibility and news media sensationalism are factored in, this short-termism dynamic is greatly magnified. Built environment professions are seen as particularly vulnerable to this threat, given that investments in buildings and infrastructure have long-life and high-performance service expectations. This commentary responds to the Building Research & Information special issue entitled 'New Professionalism' (2013, volume 40, number 1) and situates the predicament of built environment professionals within an emerging historical transition: that of the post-industrial information society with its characteristic knowledge workers and cybernetic bases of production. Long-term virtues of the built environment mission such as sustainability, public good and evidence-based design are shown to be reflections of the transition from industrial era short-termism to post-industrial systemic foresight. This commentary supplements the special issue papers with a discussion on the broader academy's potential role in breaking the stranglehold of contemporary short-termism in the built environment professions.


These notes are a detailed introduction to the first half of the article Traces of Singular Moduli by Don Zagier. Traces of Singular Moduli à la Zagier Introduction "Singular moduli" is the classical name given to the values assumed by the modular invariant j(τ) at quadratic irrationalities of H, namely, points α ∈ H solutions to integer quadratic polynomials with negative discriminant. Hence, the natural way to study singular moduli is to work with the set of positive definite binary quadratic forms of discriminant −d < 0 : Definition 1. The set of positive definite binary quadratic forms of discriminant −d < 0 is Qd = {Q = [a, b, c] = aX + bXY + cY : −d = b − 4ac} We recall that positive definiteness means a > 0. Now, for some d > 0, let Q ∈ Qd and consider αQ to be the unique root of Q lying in H. Then, a first surprising fact is that these values are algebraic numbers. Before proving this result, we prove a bunch of results. Proposition 1. j(τ) = E4(τ) 3 ∆(τ) ∈ M! 0(Γ). Proof. The pole at infinity follows from the fact that ∆ has a zero of order one there. Furthermore, j transforms under the modular group since E3 4 and ∆ are in M12(SL2(Z)). Lemma 1. The singular modulus j(αQ) depends only on the SL2(Z)-equivalence class of Q and thus of αQ. Proof. Recall that j ∈ M! 0(SL2(Z)) so j(γτ) = j(τ) ∀γ ∈ SL2(Z). This implies that j(αQ) = j(γαQ) = j(ΓαQ). Now a result about matrices and representatives that we will need later to study the mth modular polynomial Ψm(X, Y). From now on, we will use Γ to denote the modular group SL2(Z).


paper 9626 - The protective effectiveness of bronze patinas can be evaluated using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). However, EIS, a well-established method to investigate metal coatings for general purposes, requires to perform the measurement in an electrolytic solution that may alter the surface of an artefact of archaeological or artistic interest, furthermore the need of evaluating and monitoring the conservation state of irremovable artefacts, is not satisfied by the widely employed EIS laboratory instruments. In this work, a portable impedance spectroscopy analyzer equipped with a specially designed dry- probe, that avoids the use of the electrolyte, is proposed for the evaluation of the protective effectiveness of surface layers of metallic cultural heritage artefacts. The overall system has been tested on different kinds of patinas, synthetized from sulphate and nitrate solutions on a Cu-Sn alloy, with the ultimate goal of establishing a procedure for the in situ assessment of bronzes of archaeological and artistic interest. The protective effectiveness of bronze patinas can be evaluated using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). However, EIS, a well-established method to investigate metal coatings for general purposes, requires to perform the measurement in an electrolytic solution that may alter the surface of an artefact of archaeological or artistic interest, furthermore the need of evaluating and monitoring the conservation state of irremovable artefacts, is not satisfied by the widely employed EIS laboratory instruments. In this work, a portable impedance spectroscopy analyzer equipped with a specially designed dry- probe, that avoids the use of the electrolyte, is proposed for the evaluation of the protective effectiveness of surface layers of metallic cultural heritage artefacts. The overall system has been tested on different kinds of patinas, synthetized from sulphate and nitrate solutions on a Cu-Sn alloy, with the ultimate goal of establishing a procedure for the in situ assessment of bronzes of archaeological and artistic interest


Correlation between noise-after-write and magnetization dynamics in 30-turn electroplated thin-film heads has been investigated by utilizing two complementary magnetooptic Kerr-effect domain imaging systems and a Barkhausen noise tester. It has been found that heads containing spike-like domains near the backgap closure have significantly higher noise-after-write rates than heads with normal closure domain configurations. A longitudinal 180 degrees wall in the direction of flux conduction at the sloped region of the pole tip was observed, however, regardless of whether the head had a high or low noise-after-write rate. >


We have determined the screening-correction factor ${G}_{a}$ for proton-deuteron and positive-pion-deuteron absorption cross sections near 200 GeV/c. The determination uses measured cross sections on nucleon and deuteron targets, with an assumption about the one- and two-prong absorption cross sections on deuterons. The values found for ${G}_{a}$ are larger than the corresponding total-cross-section screening-correction factors, but are in reasonable agreement with a simple geometrical prediction.


Water is a limiting factor in the production of dry land agriculture. Improved soil cover and terracing is one of the techniques of water conservation in dryland. The objective of the research was to know the ability of soil profile to retain water for Coffee plantation in relation to the condition of rainfall. The research was conducted on Coffee plantation area of Coffee Research Center Sumber Asin and in the garden of PT. Perkebunan XXIII Pancursari, Sumbermanjing Wetan, Malang. There were two types of Coffee planting i.e. Coffee (A) planted in arranged terrace, free from weeds and Coffee (B) in unarranged terrace, full of weeds. Lamtoro and Glyricidae were used as shade. Field observations are done for soil moisture measurement and rainfall measurement. Laboratory studies was done in the Laboratory of Soil Physics, Faculty of Agriculture, Brawijaya University for analysis pF curve, soil texture, saturated and unsaturated hydraulic conductivity. Results of laboratory analysis showed that increasingly to the bottom layer of soil it will be dominated by clay particles. The bulk density was between 0.82 and 10.6 g cm-3 with particle density of 2.48 and 2.61 g cm-3 and total porosity of 57.26 and 67.72 %. The field capacity to retain moisture (pF 2) was higher in deeper soil layer. Soil moisture is highest in January and February, in which the total volume of soil moisture layer 00-200 cm in treatment Coffee plantation (A) higher (3343-3353 mm) when compared with the treatment Coffee plantation (B) that is equal to 3316-3326 mm.


We analyze a generalized probabilistic satisfiability problem (GenPSAT) which consists in deciding the satisfiability of linear inequalities involving probabilities of classical propositional formulas. GenPSAT is proved to be NP-complete and we present a polynomial reduction to Mixed-Integer Programming. Capitalizing on this translation, we implement and test a solver for the GenPSAT problem. As previously observed for many other NP-complete problems, we are able to detect a phase transition behaviour for GenPSAT.


This paper investigates the effect of a spoiler on local scour around submarine pipelines. Experiments conducted in a unidirectional flow show that the spoiler is capable of increasing both the scour depth beneath (tunnel erosion) and downstream of (lee erosion) the pipeline. The increase is related to the location of the spoiler compared with the direction of the incoming flow. The spoiler attached on top of the pipeline is effective in increasing the blockage to the incoming flow, which deflects a large proportion of the flow downward beneath the pipe, resulting in an increased scour depth. The increase in lee erosion, due to the protrusion of the spoiler above the pipeline, is important in the stimulation of the self-burial potential of the submarine pipeline. Spoilers attached to the lower half of the pipeline effected the formation of a wake zone beneath the pipe, which acts to deflect the flow downward, causing the formation of a deeper tunnel scour hole.


Objective To investigate the therapeutic effect of damage control surgery for unstable pelvic fracture.Methods The clinical data of 32 patients with unstable pelvic fracture admitted from June 2004 to June 2007 were analyzed retrospectively.Results The damage control orthopaedics was successfully performed in 30(93.75%) of 32 patients.28 patients were followed-up and the average times were 23 months.88.6%of the reductions were excellent or good according to Matta′s criteria.Conclusion The application of DCO could reduce mortality rate and incidence of complications for unstable pelvic fracture patients.


Students learn English with different educational backgrounds at university level. Through this course, students can get the opportunity to develop their English competence for their learning success and future professional needs. To maximise the attainments of the goals, ESP teachers need to design ESP courses relevant to the students' needs and conditions. This study surveyed 180 non-English major students to investigate their needs in learning English, learning attitude, and language learning strategies. The results reveal students still lacking in all English skills and language use. Therefore, ESP teachers should provide learning materials and inputs that can develop students' English competence. ESP teachers need to struggle to make non-English major students hold a positive attitude toward English language learning. This finding showed that even though the students had confidence and motivation in learning English, they felt anxious and insecure during the teaching and learning process. Since this study involved non-English major students from different educational backgrounds, it was found that students' language learning strategies were various. The results did not show certain strategies used by the students in learning English in higher education. ESP teachers should provide a variety of teaching techniques that can help students maximise their English language learning.


In this paper, a sequential integrated AC-DC system transient stability analysis is accomplished by taking into account the variation of the amplitude of the bus voltages during transient. This variation of the bus voltages is provided by power-flow analysis of the AC-DC system with respect to the modified active power, since the active power transferred through the DC line changes at each integration step. Thus, the AC-DC transient stability analysis is accomplished considering the true value of the ratio of the reactive power absorbed from the converters to the active power transferred through DC line by the sequential approach. In this study, the DC line is taken into consideration as a monopolar one and is also represented as the current injections to the buses where it is connected and its effect is reflected at the internal buses in the form of additional bus power injections. The system loads are also represented as current injections to the buses where they are connected. The effect of these is again reflected at the internal buses in the form of additional bus power injections. Thus, the problem in not constructing a valid Lyapunov function due to the transfer conductance is eliminated.


MSW incineration for power generation,which uses waste heat for power generation not only saves energy but also reduces carbon dioxide emissions.It has given an analysis to the CDM project of free-pollution disposal engineering with Garbage incineration for power generation,which is on the basis of concrete situations of the project in Tangshan city,Hebei province,the emission reductions are calculated based on methodology AM0025 of CDM.The result indicates that the emission reductions will be 477 560 tCO2 ten years and it can also brought considerable environmental benefits and economic benefits to our country.


This study was done to evaluate and compare the surgical outcomes of primary repair of Complete Unilateral Cleft lip by Millard's rotation advancement technique and Randall-Tennison's Triangular flap technique in terms of Quantitative and qualitative assessments like cupid bow pouting, vermilion symmetry, nasal floor alar base symmetry and scar appearance was analysed by 5 different Plastic surgeons. 40 patients of complete Unilateral Cleft Lip operated using either Millard's technique or Randall-Tennison's Triangular flap technique (20 each) in the Department of Burns, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack for 2 years. They were compared with 20 normal patients (control). Overall mean age was 5.07 ± 1.41 months and 1st birth order comprised of 45.0%. Family history was found among 6.7% cases.  78.3% patients were in age group 3 – 6 month, 21.7% in 6 -12 months age group. Postoperatively there was significant difference in  total nasal width between Tennison and control , Millard and Tennison  but insignificant between Millard and Control.There was no statistical difference between Modified Millard's rotation advancement technique and Randall-Tennison's Triangular flap technique for the primary repair of the unilateral cleft lip under the hands of a qualified and skilled Plastic Surgeon.


The object of this note is to draw attention to a family of eight uniform compounds of regular polyhedra which arise out of an action of the group on the regular icosahedron.


Missing data scenarios are very common in ML applications in general and time-series/sequence applications are no exceptions. This paper pertains to a novel Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) based solution for sequence prediction under missing data. Our method is distinct from all existing approaches. It tries to encode the missingness patterns in the data directly without trying to impute data either before or during model building. Our encoding is lossless and achieves compression. It can be employed for both sequence classification and forecasting. We focus on forecasting here in a general context of multi-step prediction in presence of possible exogenous inputs. In particular, we propose novel variants of Encoder-Decoder (Seq2Seq) RNNs for this. The encoder here adopts the above mentioned pattern encoding, while at the decoder which has a different structure, multiple variants are feasible. We demonstrate the utility of our proposed architecture via multiple experiments on both single and multiple sequence (real) data-sets. We consider both scenarios where (i)data is naturally missing and (ii)data is synthetically masked.


The paper describes and shows the operation of a two-stage isolated dc-dc converter for battery charging in electric-vehicle applications, where high efficiency is needed over a wide range of battery voltages. The proposed converter combines a first two-output isolation stage with CLLC resonant structure and a second two-input buck post-regulator. The post-regulator presents a twin-bus buck structure that allows low conversion losses even with output voltages that vary over a wide range, thanks to reduced voltage stresses across the switching devices. The isolation stage is constantly operated at resonance as a dual-output dc-transformer (DCX), thus ensuring high efficiency. The conversion structure, analysis, and design considerations are outlined considering an experimental prototype rated 10 kW, with input-bus voltage at 800-V and output-bus voltage ranging from 250 V to 500 V, which is suitable for electric-vehicles battery-charging applications.


We develop high-strength concrete nonlinear finite element program(HSCN) to simulate the shear-failure processes of high-strength concrete beam-columns being applied the lateral load,and accomplish the experiments of three C60 high-strength concrete beam-columns for verifying the validity of the HSCN.The calculation results have good accordance with the experiment results.After statistically analyzing the experimented data and simulated data,the rules how ratio of longitudinal affects the shear bearing capacity of high-strength concrete columns,in accordance to shear span ration,are concluded.


Grid turbulence is considered to be a canonical case of turbulent flow. In the presented paper, the flow structure is analyzed from the point of view of mixing properties, where vortical structures and their properties play a significant role. That is why the effect of various length-scales in turbulence is studied separately. The experimental study uses the Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) method. The original method for spatial spectrum evaluation is applied. Results on vortex spatial spectrum and isotropy are presented. The scaling of turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) is measured; furthermore, the TKE is decomposed according to the length-scales of the fluctuations. By this method, we found that the decay of TKE associated with the smallest length-scales is more sensitive to the Reynolds number than that at larger length-scales. The TKE at the largest investigated length-scales decays more slowly. The turbulence decay-law is studied for various Reynolds numbers. The second and fourth statistical moments of vorticity are evaluated at various Reynolds numbers and distances from the grid. The isotropy is investigated in the sense of ratio of fluctuations in stream-wise to span-wise directions as the used data are captured using the planar PIV method. The full 3D fluctuation invariants were investigated in a representative position by means of the Stereo-PIV method.


It was previously reported by the present authors that the white ceramics with fine grain size of about 0.8μm showed an excellent transverse-rupture strength as high as about 1.3GPa. Then, the cutting performance of this fine grained ceramics tools was studied comparing with that of commercially available coarse grained white ceramics ones. The cutting performance of Al2O3 -30mass%TiC or Al2O3 -40mass%ZrO2 ceramics tools was also studied for comparison. It was found that the fine grained ceramics tools showed the smallest flank wear among four sorts of tools in turning tests of gray cast iron and carbon steel, and that they were superior to commercially available ceramics tools from the viewpoint of resistance to fracture in different cutting tests.


Primary Examiner-Charles T. Jordan Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Neil F. Martin; Freling E. Baker; Edward B. Johnson 57 ABSTRACT A ship anti-torpedo defense system includes a detecting device for detecting and locating an incoming threat, such as a torpedo, and an interrelated missile launching and control system for firing at least one warhead carry ing missile into the path of the oncoming threat, the missile having an active acoustic fuze system including a highly directional sensing system for continuously monitoring the position and proximity of the incoming threat and for detonating the warhead at the optimum proximity of the incoming threat with the missile. The missile floats at a predetermined depth determined by the predetermined depth of the torpedo to be inter cepted.


Abstract. 1 The bush crickets Platycleis albopunctata (Goeze) and Metriop‐tera roeselii (Hagenbach) interact acoustically in the laboratory. The interaction is principally one‐way, resulting in modification of the song pattern of P. albopunctata or its inhibition. Similarity of the frequency spectra of songs of both species is one of the principal reasons for reactivity. 2 Nymphal male P. albopunctata individuals are randomly distributed in dense Brachypodium pinnatum L. grasslands. Adult males become regularly spaced with the onset of singing activity. Acoustic behaviour is the most likely mechanism maintaining regular spacing within the male P.albopunctata population. 3 In many localities juvenile P. albopunctata and M. roeselii are sympatric, occurring together in the same vegetation. 4 With the onset of singing activity by the adult males the two species separate though there is no detectable difference in habitat preference. 5 The separation is effected by a negative phonotactic response by P. albopunctata to the song of M. roeselii. It is suggested that this response is derived from behaviour patterns that result in 'territorial' spacing within the P. albopunctata (male) population. 6 This behaviour prevents the occurrence of song modification in the field but also excludes P. albopunctata from areas of suitable habitat where the population density of M. roeselii is high.


The Pena Blanca natural analog is located in the Sierra Pena Blanca, approximately 50 miles north of Chihuahua City, Mexico. The Sierra Pena Blanca is composed mainly of ash-flow tuffs, and the uranium in the region is contained in the brecciated zones of these tuffs. The Pena Blanca site is considered a natural analog to the proposed Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository because they share similar characteristics of structure, volcanic lithology, tectonic activity, and hydrologic regime. One of the mineralized zones, the Nopal I deposit, was mined in the early 1980s and the ore was stockpiled close to the mine. This stockpile area has subsequently been cleared and is referred to as the prior high-grade stockpile (PHGS) site. Soil surrounding boulders of high-grade ore associated with the PHGS site have been sampled. The purpose of this study is to characterize the transport of uranium series radioisotopes from the boulder to the soil during the past 25 years. Transport is characterized by determining the activities of individual radionuclides and daughter to parent ratios. The daughter to parent ratios are used to establish whether the samples are in secular equilibrium. Activities are determined using gamma-ray spectroscopy. Isotopes of the uranium series decay chain detected by gamma-ray spectroscopy include {sup 210}Pb, {sup 234}U, {sup 234}Th, {sup 230}Th, {sup 226}Ra, {sup 214}Pb, {sup 214}Bi, and {sup 234}Pa. Preliminary results indicate that some daughter to parent pairs appear to be in secular disequilibrium. Thorium is in excess relative to uranium, and radium is in excess relative to thorium. A deficiency appears to exist for {sup 210}Pb relative to {sup 214}Bi and {sup 214}Pb. If these results are borne out by further analysis, they would suggest transport of nuclides from the high-grade boulder into its surroundings, followed by continued leaching of uranium and lead from the environment.


Among the malignant neoplasms of the hepatobiliary zone, gallbladder cancer (GBC) is rare. The incidence of GBC is highest in patients over 65 years of age. In the early stages GBC rarely has clinical manifestations, and often occurs under the guise of other gastroenterological diseases, and is often an accidental finding. Since GBC tends to show high dissemination, at the time of diagnosis, almost every second patient has an advanced form of the disease that is not the subject to surgical treatment. Most authors tend to believe that the use of combined treatment of GBC (extended resection and adjuvant chemotherapy) significantly increases the survival rate of patients. Currently, about 1/3 of patients receive adjuvant chemotherapy in the treatment of GBC. This is due to a small number of prospective randomized trials. Today, most experts recognize that surgery is the only treatment that can be performed in patients with early stages of prostate cancer. At the same time, a reduction in the risk of complications and a large percentage of five- and ten-year survival are achieved. Traditional cholecystectomy can be used to treat stage 1a PCa, this is possible if PC is accidentally found during surgical treatment of GSD. Unfortunately, prostate cancer and bile ducts belongs to the group of malignant neoplasms, in which most patients are unable to perform radical surgical treatment due to for the rapid dissemination of the process. When determining the tactics of patient supervision, it is necessary to take into account the prognostic factors of overall survival in prostate cancer: the type of surgery, the patient's age and sex, the size of the tumor, the presence of metastases in the regional lymph nodes, the presence of adjuvant chemotherapy. There is still a dispute between specialists about the appointment of adjuvanted chemotherapy to patients after surgical treatment of prostate cancer. Many authors acknowledge that adjuvant chemotherapy plays a positive role in improving patient survival after surgery. RAD is recognized as a chemosensitive cancer. Several drugs are active in relation to RS, used for adjuvant chemotherapy: fluorouracil, gemcitabine, mitomycin, cisplatin, capecitabine, epirubicin, and oxaliplatin. This article provides an overview of current research that is aimed at studying the effectiveness of adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with verified GBC of various stages.


Clerodendrum serratum (Linn.) Moon (CS) is a traditionally well-accepted plant used vigorously in Indian ayurvedic therapeutic purposes. However, not much work has been carried out to prepare its medicinal profile. Moreover, chemical characterization of this plant is still largely unexplored. In the present study, we explored several in-vitro antioxidant methods including hydroxyl radical, nitric oxide, erythrocyte membrane stabilizing activity etc. to evaluate the free radical scavenging potentiality of CS. In addition, GC-MS analysis was performed to identify the active phytocompounds. In-silico docking technique was further employed to examine the binding pattern among selected cancerous proteins (breast cancer, ovarian cancer and lung cancer) and identified active compounds. Result exhibited decent antioxidant activity of CS when compared with respective standards. Furthermore, any drastic metabolic changes were not observed through hemolytic assay confirming CS as a non-toxic stuff and safer to consume. A total number of 6 phytocompounds have been identified via GC-MS analysis in which linoleic acid, oleic acid, squalene and stigmasterol are the main bioactive compounds observed. The in-silico studies disclosed the probable function of selected phytocompounds in neutralizing various types of cancer leading towards new drug discovery.


The path integral describing a particle in a randomly distributed potential is examined. A heuristic discussion is given, which should elucidate the qualitative features as well as the mathematical problems of density-of-states calculations.


The present invention discloses a time division duplex (time division duplex; TDD) and a frequency division duplex (frequency division duplex; FDD) system response / negative response method and system. In the high speed shared information channel (high speed shared information channel; HS-SICH) of the slot allocation based on a high-speed downlink packet access (high speed downlink packet access; HSDPA), each user equipment (ussr equipment; UE ) can be assigned to two (2) different channelization code. Thus i.e. signals may be conventional manner, to one of the error code representing no response (the Ack; response), while another code indicating an error condition Negative acknowledgment (Nack; negative acknowledgment). Node B can be distinguished by the transmitted channelization codes and channelization codes not transmitted. With the present invention, as compared to the use of modulation techniques generally provide acknowledgment / negative acknowledgment signal, the smaller the likelihood of errors.


The aim of this paper is to show that in recent times (and certainly since the enactment of the U.K. Human Rights Act 1998) there has been a subtle but nonetheless significant change in British constitutional law. Using case law dealing with questions of national security post-9/11, this paper argues that there has been a "constitutional shift" from a completely hands-off judicial approach (as embodied in the doctrine of nonjusticiability) to a more hands-on approach (as embodied in the idea of a variable intensity of review combined with a degree of deference).


Ophthalmic Research, Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, United States, Department of Ophthalmology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States, Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown Township, OH, United States, The Vision Center, Akron Children's Hospital, Akron, OH, United States, Department of Ophthalmology, He Eye Specialist Hospital, He University, Shenyang, China


ASCO has published a guideline on biomarker use to guide decisions for adjuvant systemic treatment for women with early-stage, invasive breast cancer.


This article provides information regarding the potential of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to bridge the gap between non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and businesses in order to create meaningful socially sustainable projects in specific community environments. Companies as well as NGOs have placed attention on this specific field of interest in the past but often fail to reach the primary goals of the desired community projects due to a lack of knowledge and resources in developing and integrating the projects. This article explains how NGOs and various businesses can benefit each other in a mutual way through a collaboration of reputation, knowledge and effective resources.


Available watermarking techniques can be classified to fall into two main categories; Spatial and Transformational approaches. These techniques are characterized to rely on descriptive global models through which each technique is formalized and structured. Major descriptive models of Stenography and Encryption are used. Historical review shows that the effectiveness and efficiency of the used technique is heavily attributed to the model used to present the process of the watermarking. This paper presents an algorithm for a descriptive model that attributes the watermarking process to signal modulation model of the communication field. The watermark image emerges as a modulating signal whereas, the enveloped image is considered as a carrier signal. Hence, the problem is forwarded towards the trends of modulation methodologies; Amplitude Modulation (AM), Frequency Modulation (FM), Pulse width modulation (PWM), etc. Moreover, a hybrid environment of Amplitude Modulation within Transformational approach is implemented to describe the basis of the suggested algorithm. Specifically, bit values (0 & 1) of the modulating image are used to modulate the histogram peaks of the intensity component Y of the YIQ color components that represents the carrier image. Many experiments have been conducted and high efficiency measures actually are deduced. Experimentation and analysis show that the new approach is not only simpler and easier, but also is very effective. Correspondingly, this descriptive model develops two different activities of the modulation and the demodulation. Following up this technique a suitable demodulation parametric evaluation is organized that runs to recover the watermark from its embedding envelop successfully. This technique establishes a concrete judgment for ownership decision to approve ownership right. It has shown good degree of robustness against noise and resizing.


Two algorithms of independent component analysis(ICA) are used to extract fetal ECG(FECG) in this article.Signals which mix the MECG signal and the FECG signal are used.In the simulation the two algorithms: Fast-ICA algorithm and Infomax algorithm,are checked and compared after they are used extract FECG signals.Conclusions can be drawn from the simulation that Fast-ICA is better in detecting the FECG and MECG,and it is fast convergent,simple and reliable because there is no need to select the learning rate.


Image blurring significantly degrades the image recognition performance. In this paper, we novelly address the blurred image recognition task from the perspective of domain adaptation (DA). The scenario is that, the training set (source domain) only comprises of the labelled clear images, and the test set (target domain) is composed of the unlabelled blurred images. DA is executed to eliminate the domain shift by subspace alignment. In this way, the clear and blurred image domains are pushed closer in the feature space. The supervised LMDR metric learning method is employed by us to construct the source domain subspace for further performance enhancement, compared to the unsupervised one (i.e., PCA). The experimental results on two datasets demonstrate that, the proposed DA-based blurred image recognition mechanism can significantly enhance the performance of different kinds of visual descriptors, especially when the blurring degree is strong.


In the present work, a global optimization method known as the Generalized Geometric Programming (GGP) is used. The technique of convexification used in the present work is different from others presented in earlier works. The presented GGP allows to obtain the global optimum by few transformation applied to the original optimization problem. But for the other convexification technique many constraints will be taken into account to get the convex criterion. The GGP method allows to compute the optimal control sequence over a prediction horizon. The obtained sequence of input control is the solution of a min-max optimization problem. Hammerstein and Wiener models are presented where bounded uncertainties are considered with respect to parameters of the linear bloc. The efficiency of the GGP method is demonstrated through a simulation example.


Most health care professionals support the ideal of shared decision making with adult patients. Decisions affecting children and young people are more complex, involving parents as a third party. Children want to be part of the decision making process,1 2 but protective attitudes of paediatricians, and our generally overcautious assessment of children's ability to understand and reason in an environment of traditional adult superiority, have probably contributed to a tendency to overlook the rights of children to express their views. Case law, mostly derived from unusual or extreme cases, has compounded the problems, leading to the present confused and unsatisfactory position regarding children's rights.

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child falls short of recognising children's rights to autonomy; it limits the decision making process to "giving due weight to the views of the child according to age and maturity."3 The strength of such "participation" …


Background and Purpose:
 Activation of the immune system correlates with the severity and the prognosis of patients with heart failure (HF). This study aims to identify and characterize long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) as a potential mechanistic link between the pathophysiology of HF and the activation of the immune system.

 Methods and Results:
 Using next-generation sequencing, we identified the lncRNA Heat4 to be 2-fold upregulated in the blood of patients with HF compared to controls (N=4; p<0.05). Heat4 induction was validated in an independent second patient cohort via qPCR (HF: N=63; Controls: N=38; p<0.05). Magnetic-activated cell sorting revealed non-classical monocytes as the primary cellular source of Heat4 (N=4; 3.37-fold compared to classical monocytes; p<0.05). This finding was verified by single-cell RNA sequencing. Overexpression of Heat4 in monocytes decreased inflammation, as indicated by a reduction of Interleukin 1β (IL1β) expression (N=6; 38.71% reduction). Accordingly, reduction of Heat4 caused upregulation of IL1β levels (N=5; 1.51-fold; p<0.05).
 In vivo
 , overexpression of Heat4 in human monocytes increased vascular regeneration after injury of the carotid artery in NOD-SCID mice (N=6; 1.85-fold compared to injection of control monocytes; p<0.05).

 Conclusion:
 The long non-coding RNA Heat4 is elevated in the blood of HF patients. Mechanistically, Heat4 limits the extent of the inflammatory response of non-classical monocytes and leads to a faster regeneration after vascular injury. Therefore, lncRNAs such as Heat4 may provide novel targets for future heart failure treatments.


This document serves as an interim report on the Z39.50 Interoperability Testbed Project, Phase 2 (Z-Interop2), covering the period of January 1, 2005 through June 30, 2005. This document highlights activities and accomplishments to communicate to IMLS progress about the project since the interim report on January 1, 2005.


Objective To investigate the efficacy and safety of spleen aminopeptide oral lyophilized powder on child,ren with bronchial asthma complicated by recurrent respiratory infection (RRI) in whom the therapy of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) were inefficacy. Methods A double, blind randomized trial was conducted from Aug. 2004 to Aug. 2005. Fifty, six asthmatic children with RRI were randomly divided into two groups,one receiving spleen aminopeptide and the other receiving placebo,respectively. The severity of RRI and asthma,blood lymphocyte subgroup ratio,and the adverse effects were investigated in two groups. Results There was remarkable clinical responses to spleen aminopeptide with the significant reductions in the frequency of both infection and asthma episodes,the days of fever,cough and wheeze,and the days of antibiotic therapy ( P 0.05 for all). The elevation of T lymphocytes CD3,CD4,CD8 lasted for 6 months after the treatment of spleen aminopeptide comparing to those before treatment ( P 0.01 for all),while having no significant changes in placebo group ( P 0.05 for all). Conclusions It will be feasible that spleen aminopeptide can be used to treat children with bronchial asthma complicated by RRI with a beneficial effect.


Based on the ray optics model of water droplet, a set ofreflectance coefficient and meaningful refractive angle for the absorbing material are derived by a somewhat different treatments from previous one. The dirty cloud droplet polluted by highly absorbing inclusions can enhance the actinic flux, unless the absorptive coefficient very big. The results from effective medium approximations show that our actinic flux enhancement is larger than earlier ones. The values generally stay between 1.2~1.62. That is to say the droplet enhances the actinic flux by some 20% to 62%. In addition, the actinic flux enhancement factor will reduce as the absorptive coefficient and droplet radius increase. However, when the two impact parameters become very small this influence will get weaker and weaker.


Abstract Basilar dolichoectasia (BDE) is an uncommon anatomical variant usually detected incidentally or during stroke evaluation. BDE can occasionally become symptomatic and may present with stroke (infarct or hemorrhage), raised intracranial pressure due to obstructive hydrocephalus, or with cranial nerve palsies. We present a unique case of BDE presenting with obstructive hydrocephalus, stroke, and cranial nerve palsy in single patient and propose a radiological sign (target sign of third ventricle), which could aid in imaging diagnosis and further management.


The removal performance of chlorinated organic compound from the porous material under the ultrasonic irradiation was experimentally investigated. As the model PCB and the solvent, o-dichlorobenzene and hexane were used. Wood chips impregnated with o-dichlorobenzene were used as the sample.By the ultrasonic irradiation, the removal ratio rapidly increased and became almost unity after 120 min for the sample with 10 mm in length. The removal rate for the ultrasonic irradiation was much higher than that for shaking. The difference in removal ratio between the ultrasonic irradiation and the shaking became larger as the sample was bigger. The removal ratio increased with increasing sound pressure and became constant beyond a certain sound pressure. Under a fixed sound pressure, the removal ratio at 28 kHz is nearly equal to that at 45 kHz.


Resource-based theory (RBT) posits that firm performance is the result of how firms manipulate their resources and dynamic capabilities to achieve performance goals. Research to date has not synthesized the relationship between branding, differentiation (as a marketing construct), and market share (as a performance metric). This is surprising given both the relatively large amount of academic research in each of these three areas, and the emphasis placed on each by industry practitioners. We bridge this gap in the extant literature by empirically validating the relationship between these phenomena and find that brand oriented dynamic capabilities have limited effect on performance metric - market share. These findings are useful for both academics and practitioners because they address new and future research. In doing so, we advance the firm performance and branding literature with extension in the resource-based theory.


Abstract Spatial measurements of capillary-gravity waves in the ocean were obtained using a scanning slope sensor mounted on a free-drifting buoy intended to minimize the flow disturbance. The data provide direct calculation of the wavenumber spectra of surface curvature in the capillary-gravity wave range. The results indicate that 1) a pronounced peak at the wavenumber k = 9 rad cm−1 is evident in the curvature spectra for wind speeds below 6 m s−1; 2) the slopes of the curvature spectra are 1 and −1 on the two sides of the spectral peak, 3) the spectral density and mean-square roughness properties increase linearly with wind speed; and 4) these observations suggest a spectral function of the form χ(k) = Au*c−2cmkmk−4, which is proportional to u*k−3 in the short gravity wave region and u*k−5 in the capillary wave region, where u* is the wind friction velocity, cm the minimum phase velocity of surface waves, and km the corresponding wavenumber. Capillary-gravity wave wavenumber spectra obtained from the ...


FIELD: personal use articles. SUBSTANCE: this invention relates to wet shaving devices. The shaving set cartridge contains a body, a protective element positioned closer to the body front part, a cover positioned closer to the body rear part, multiple curved blade assemblies; at least one of the blade assemblies contains perforation in the form of one or more holes along the assembly length. In another implementation version the shaving set cartridge contains a body, a protective element positioned closer to the body front part, a cover positioned closer to the body rear part, multiple curved blade assemblies, each shaped as an integral whole element; at least one of the blade assemblies contains perforation in the form of one or more holes along the assembly length. EFFECT: ensuring more thorough shaving combined with simultaneous enhancement of shaving comfort for the user. 13 cl, 7 dwg


The invention discloses a wall-switch-type light-dimming and color-mixing LED ceiling lamp which comprises a radiating base body, an upper face cover, a lower face cover, a driving power source disposed in the radiating base body, a first light guide plate, a second light guide plate, a first LED module, a second LED module and a third LED module. The upper face cover and the lower face cover are arranged on the upper end face and the lower end face of the radiating base body respectively, the first LED module, the second LED module and the third LED module are connected with the driving power source electrically, the first LED module and the second LED module are disposed on the inner sides of the first light guide plate and the second light guide plate respectively, and the third LED module is arranged on the lower surface of the radiating base body. Light emitted by the LED modules is projected to a lighting area through the first light guide plate and the second light guide plate, so that output of upwards-emitting light, downwards-emitting light and horizontal light is realized respectively; by enabling the LED modules to contact with the radiating base body, radiating of the LED modules can be realized effectively, normal work of the LED modules is guaranteed, and service life of the LED modules is prolonged.


He was surrounded by angry patriots with pepper spray and batons at the ready. To hop down would be to take a beating and maybe a felony charge, so he did the only thing he could: he breathed deep, lifted his arms, and fl ung himself straight out over the cops and the crowd, stage-diver style. The crowd let out a collective frightened gasp. It was the shocked response of people watching something so daring it looked, at fi rst glance, suicidal.... My heart stopped too in that moment. It seemed both lightning quick and eternal, that one second when the fl ying anarchist hovered horizontally in the air. When he fell to earth, landing in the arms of his comrades and escaping the police, everything felt different, like we were living in the pages of history, as though in that moment there was a crystal clear delineation of past and future. Something had just Happened...the problems in the world had looked impossible before.... In that incredibly bold leap over the heads of the riot police, the option of saving the world from the jaws of destructive, violent capitalism seemed possible somehow. One quick, bold move—it made other acts of amazing audacity seem possible...if that fl ying anarchist taught me nothing else, it was that when shit looks absolutely impossible, don't worry. Don't stop to analyse too much. Be courageous. Do what they don't expect. Take a leap. Anything is possible.—Sophia Delaney, "Anarchists Can Fly," in Notes from Nowhere (Ed.). We Are Everywhere, 2003.