Early plants represent an economical advantage for growers. The earliest white asparagus cultivar on the European market is the cultivar 'Darlise' from the breeding company Planasa. Planasa develops early Asparagus officinalis L. cultivars successfully since 1965. The company possesses genetic resources to breed early all-male cultivars which are productive, adaptable and stable. Its cultivar 'Darvador' represents the first all-male commercial cultivar. In the present study, the supermale genotype x weather interaction effect on hybrid earliness is evaluated. Data from two different plantations of all-male hybrid plants and from weather condition measurements at three physiological stages of the asparagus plants - dormant, vegetative, and forced- have been collected. Results indicate that the supermale genotype x weather interaction affects hybrid earliness. Hence, this study demonstrates how using established supermale elite inbred lines is a valuable strategy to improve hybrids earliness performance and create stable vigorous lines over years against climate changes.


Task selection (picking an appropriate labeling task) and worker selection (assigning the labeling task to a suitable worker) are two major challenges in task assignment for crowdsourcing. Recently, worker selection has been successfully addressed by the bandit-based task assignment (BBTA) method, while task selection has not been thoroughly investigated yet. In this paper, we experimentally compare several task selection strategies borrowed from active learning literature, and show that the least confidence strategy significantly improves the performance of task assignment in crowdsourcing.


Offset printing is the main mode of printing,PS plate is the main material of offset printing.A large scale production of PS plates in China began with the time that a PS manufacturing line was put into use in the Second Film Factory in 1985,which adopts American Polychrome ' technology and Britain DUMARK equipments with annual production capacity of 2 million square meters.During the past two decades,China has developed into a big base of manufacturing and consuming PS plates.There are more than 60 various sizes of PS plate manufacturers in China.The productivity of PS plate was 130 million square meters in 2004,the total production capacity of PS plates was 120 million square meters throughout the country.This not only meets the demands of China's platemaking markets,but also has the ability to provide 10% procucts to the outside world.It is reported that the whole productivity of China's PS plates will be 200 million square meters by the end of 2005.


This study reviews the factors that influence the implementation of performance-based budgeting policies as the dependent variable on communication, resources, and bureaucratic structure as independent variables in a literature study of state financial management. This research is a literature review that aims to build a hypothesis of the influence between variables so that it can be used in further research. This study shows that communication, resources, and bureaucratic structure affect the implementation of performance-based budgeting policies. The research method for this scientific article is a literature review and qualitative method through the identification of several relevant works of literature which are classified based on the relevance and quality of the literature found and examines theories and relationships or influences between variables from books and journals both offline and offline. in libraries and online sources from Mendeley, Google Scholar, and other online media. The results of this study can be concluded that: Communication affects the implementation of performance-based budgeting policies. Resources affect the implementation of performance-based budgeting policies. The bureaucratic structure affects the implementation of performance-based budgeting policies.


Biochar is a fine-grained material produced by pyrolysis. During pyrolysis, plant cells carbonize and a chemical change occurs which increases the resistance to microbial decomposition. The application of biochar to soil brings many benefits. Among others, biochar can be used to "siphon" CO2 from the air into stable forms in the soil, which could also contribute to carbon sequestration. In terms of agricultural management, the addition of biochar into soil increases its fertility, water and nutrient retention and accumulation of rainfall water. The improvement of the physical properties of the soil, in particular, increase in the capillary water capacity, leads to increased productivity of plant growing, higher microbial activity of the soil and greater availability of nutrients, particularly P and K. However, biochar loses its ability to directly stimulate microbial activity after remaining in the soil for a longer period of time, since the attractive substances in the biochar which accompany the pyrolysis process will have been used up by the microbes. In this later stage, biochar mainly improves the physical characteristics of soil and thus indirectly stimulates microorganisms and improves soil fertility. To simulate biochar depleted of nutrients, the experiment used activated carbon. To answer the question of how biochar which has remained in the soil for a long period of time influences the movement of nutrients and water in the soil after application and thus affects the fertility of the soil, we performed and evaluated a pot experiment. In the experiment, activated carbon was applied along with different doses of compost, and a relation was sought between the experimental variants. The study monitored mainly the activity of microorganisms, soil respiration, nitrogen availability index and colonization of roots by mycorrhizal fungi. The goal is to answer the question of the extent of stabilized biochar effectiveness on the soil-plant-microorganism system.


Current Internet has become an essential communication infrastructure, not only for information transfer but also as a key component of social infrastructures, such as e-government, energy/traffic controls, finance, learning, health, etc. Even though the Internet has evolved towards high-bandwidth network architectures offering transparent transport services for fixed and mobile applications, its future depends on how it is going to cope with several concerns on different aspects such as scalability, ubiquity, security, robustness, mobility, heterogeneity, Quality of Service (QoS), re-configurability, context-awareness, manageability, data-centric, economics, etc. This paper exposes the approaches proposed in the Spanish Government funded research project tin2010-20136-c03 to overcome identified drawbacks of the current internet, such as energy efficiency, network ossification, heterogeneity of information and coexistence of optical and wireless networks. In order to do so, two technologies have been identified as potential solutions to face some of these problems: i) Media Independence and ii) Virtualization. On the one hand, Media Independence enables the decoupling of the control plane from the physical technology specificities, by introducing an abstract control API to configure, monitor and command the physical interface. On the other hand, network virtualization strategies allow the partition of electrical and optical network infrastructures into multiple parallel, dedicated virtual networks for a physical infrastructure sharing purpose, and enables the creation of overlay networks spanning multiple technologies and realms, hence being a very useful tool for context-aware service composition.


The field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has seen much development in recent years. This is mostly because of new technologies and computers becoming faster. With actors like Microsoft releasing s ...


Fine-tuning Engineered Gene Regulatory Networks Expressed in Escherichia coli using Hypervariable Simple Sequence Repeats Robert G. Egbert Chair of the Supervisory Committee: Associate Professor Eric Klavins Department of Electrical Engineering Synthetic biology aims to borrow from the vast diversity of living systems shaped by evolutionary processes to create synthetic biological systems with comparable functional complexity to natural systems that meet pressing needs in health, energy, and the environment. Construction of these systems is both aided by the richness of this evolutionary toolkit and hindered by its complexity. This dissertation presents a methodology to fine-tune engineered gene networks in Escherichia coli that accelerates the realization of functionally complex behaviors using focused variation to thoroughly sample gene expression levels for a target network. This tuning approach exploits errors that occur during replication of tandem DNA repeats to predictably vary gene expression. Using this approach, we have generated DNA libraries that vary in repeat length to predictably tune the expression of a fluorescent protein over a large range with high resolution. We have demonstrated the utility of the approach by tuning the expression of two transcription factors to optimize three functional behaviors of a bistable genetic switch. Finally, to extend the reach of the approach, we have investigated methods to control mutation rates of the repeats to rapidly optimize gene networks in vivo via directed evolution. This tuning methodology is extensible to biological mechanisms that affect other gene network parameters, is compatible with computational strategies for tuning networks, and should advance the field of synthetic biology by enabling timely realization of functionally complex behaviors in cells.


This talk discusses the interactions between word and sentence prosody in Kagoshima Japanese by analyzing how presence or absence of focus affects the accent patterns determined at the lexical level. Kagoshima Japanese has two distinct accent classes generally known as Type A and Type B. In lexical phonology, they exhibit a High tone on the penultimate syllable (Type A) or the final syllable (Type B). Seen differently, Type A words involve a pitch fall, whereas Type B words do not. This distinction is preserved in short as well as long words. These two accent patterns are realized in the domain of 'bunsetsu', or the basic syntactic phrase consisting of a content word with or without one or more grammatical particles. However, sentence-final particles like the question particle ka and assertive particle do are placed outside the domain of this tone assignment. The difference between grammatical and sentence-final particles is illustrated in (1), where high pitch and syllable boundaries are denoted by capital letters and dots, respectively. { } indicates the domain of tone assignment. (1) Type A Type B Citation form {o.NA.go} 'woman' {o.to.KO} 'man' form with a grammatical particle {o.na.GO-ga} 'woman-Nominative' {o.to.ko-GA} 'man-Nominative' Form with a sentence-final particle {o.NA.go}-ka '(Is that a) woman?' {o.to.KO}-ka '(Is that a) man?'


It is a main problem of protein deficiency in the world for the humans because protein is an essential part of life as a nutritional supplement. Many poor countries are facing the problems of food items and nutrients deficiency problems. To cope with these critical situations, there is a method of deriving single cell proteins from the leftover or useless organic masses. This is very important and well methodology to handle with world protein deficiency situations. The single cell proteins are obtained from desiccated form of cells of algae, fungi, yeast and bacteria. The obtained proteins from these organisms are very rich in nutrients and these are also used as good supplements of diet. To produce these single cell proteins, there is a need of substrate which is categorized into different substrates like mango wastes, coconut wastes, wheat straws wastes, sugarcanes wastes, orange wastes and many other wastes. The single cell protein is also called as microbial protein. This microbial protein in case of diet supplement has high nutritional benefits to overcome the problems of protein deficiency in foods used for humans and animals. It is not seasonal production. It may be produced all over the year. This system is totally environment friendly and has low cholesterol level and it is overall a better method to produce proteins.


doubtless find much of interest: many sermon themes lie awaiting the poaching preacher. The book's final three pages should have been its first, given the import of reciprocity theory throughout. Drawing from Dan Miller and David Cheal's developments of Marcel Mauss's original gift theory, Deacy concludes that 'there is more to the festival than the manifestation of sheer capitalism'. To reiterate, that 'more' focuses on a 'sense of community and family . . . solidarity . . . harmony and happiness' (pp.200–201). The angel of loneliness is not even rumoured.


Theoretical approach to contemporary oral narratives such as "urban legends", rumour or gossip has been always afflicted by artifical gaps between various academical fields, most notably between social sciences (social anthropology, sociology) and humanities (folkloristics, literary science). Presented article briefly sumarizes some of the most interesting main theories - but also defficiences - of contemporary folklore studies in fields of folkloristics, literary theory, social antropology and sociology, and calls for multidisciplinary analysis of this phenomenon.


Aeration is the important factor in aquacultural system due to the vital condition for all organisms living and having an aerobic respiration in water. Generally, the mechanical surface aerators are widely used in Thailand due to their advantage for increasing DO and having the horizontal mixing of the culture pond with large-surface area. However, the low oxygen transfer efficiency (OTE) and energy performance should be considered as the main drawback of this aerator type. Regarding to this issue, the alternative aeration systems should be studied and applied. The objective of this research is to study the aeration mechanism obtained with the diffused-air aeration combined with Liquid-Film-Forming Apparatus (LFFA). The effect of gas flow rates, types and patterns of aerator installation were investigated in aquaculture pond with 10 m*10 m*1.5 m in dimension. The analytical parameters were the volumetric mass transfer coefficient (kLa), the oxygen transfer efficiency (OTE), and the oxygen transfer rate (OTR). From the results, the "4-D" with partitions was proposed as the suitable pattern for the LFFA installation. The advantage could be obtained from highly energy performance with 1.20 g/W-h of OTR. Then, the operation conditions can be applied as a design guideline for this alternative aeration system in aquaculture pond.


Abstract : Electrokinetic transducers are defined as devices which employ the Helmholtz double-layer at a solid-liquid interface as a means of intraconverting mechanical and electrical energy. Devices are considered in which a liquid is forced through a microporous plug to produce a streaming potential which is measured to determine the unknown pressure or used to perform some usefule function. A theoretical study indicated that the sensitivity of such a device is proportional to the electric movement of the double layer and the porosity factor, and inversely proportional to the over-all conductivity of the liquid- filled plug and the viscosity of the liquid. Mechanical design considerations determine the LF limit of operation. With a proper choice of inert materials, transducers of this type can be produced which achieve a constant stable sensitivity. The sensitivity of a typical electrokinetic transducer is about 45 db below that of an ordinary air microphone, and 40 db above that of typical piezoelectric devices which are used for shock-wave and blast measurements. The principal advantage of the electrokinetic transducer over the piezoelectric is that the impedance is resistive and independent of frequency. This advantage is most significant in the 0.01- to 1000-c range.


OBJECTIVE In order to improve the traditional management mode,we try to explore the application of information technology for management of antimicrobial drugs during perioperative period. METHODS Through analysis of our research program case,the differences between the traditional management mode and the information-based management mode were compared by the method of reviewing literature data and analyzing hierarchy process of administration. RESULTS There were obvious limitations in the traditional management mode,but the information-based management mode exhibitsed evident advantages,because it focused on node control and process management. CONCLUSIONS The information-based management mode can establish a long-term management mechanism of antimicrobial drugs during perioperative period,and also can individualizedly implement precise management goal.It is an innovation of the traditional management mode.


Objective The aim of the study was to evaluate the value of transvaginal three-dimensional color Doppler ultrasound in the preoperative diagnosis and postoperative follow-up of intrauterine adhesion.Methods 33patients with suspicious intrauterine adhesions between January 2011to December 2011were recruited in the study,all patients received the examination of transvaginal three-dimensional color Doppler ultrasound,and the results were compared with the results of the hysteroscopy.IUD and postoperative artificial cycle treatment were used in 29patients with mederate or severe uterine adhesions.They received the examination of transvaginal three-dimensional color Doppler ultrasound and secondary hysterosocpy three months later.Results The sensitivity,sepcficity,PPV and NPV of preoperative ultrasonography for the diagnosis of intrauterine adhesions were 93.5%,100%,100%,50%,respectively.2cases of mild peripheral adhesion were missed.The sensitivity,sepcficity,PPV and NPV of postoperative ultrasonography for the diagnosis of intrauterine adhesions were 66.7%,100%,100%,81%,respectively.Conclusion Transvaginal three-dimensional ultrasound can be used in the diagnosis and follow-up of intrauterine adhesions.Hysteroscopy should be performed if three-dimensional ultrasound examination suggests the presence of intrauterine adhesions.


Abstract In the paper, we studied genotypic differences in the process of winter triticale grain yield formation, in terms of yield determination by its components. We applied yield component analysis on four dwarf and 11 traditional (conventional stature) genotypes; an ontogenetic approach was employed to provide the appropriate view of this process. Using the k-means clustering procedure, the genotypes were grouped subject to similar yield structure (i.e., mean values and coefficients of variation of grain yield and its components, first clustering), similar correlation matrices among grain yield and its components (second clustering), and similar results of yield component analysis (third clustering). Based on the analysis, we attempted to provide an overall general view of determining winter triticale grain yield by its components. Thus, we elucidate that the pattern of influencing winter triticale grain yield by its components, as well as the pattern of co-relationships among these traits, cannot be explained by yield structure, and hence these two processes are determined by genotypic factors. The correlation among the traits (grain yield and its components) and the results of yield component analysis, on the other hand, were significantly related in the study, so they have similar genotypic sources.


To evaluate the clinical value of expandable metallic stent in the treatment of patients with malignant esophageal stricture.Twenty_two patients underwent implantation of self-expanding Ni,Ti or Z stents for esophageal stricture(18 patients with malignant stricture and 4 patients with benign esophageal stricture),6 patients had esophageal fistula. All patients underwent esophageal dilatation using a flexible gastroscope and bougies before implantation of the stent.Dysphagia was improved significantly. The degree of dysphagia was reduced from 3.14 grades to 1.47 grades. The esophagotracheal fistula was sealed off. No severe complication had occured.[Conclusion]Ni,Ti and Z self-expandig metallic stent is effective for malignant stricture.Membrane-covered seft-expanding stent is effective for esophagorespiratary fistula.


Today, the best possible way of ensuring customer loyalty is product quality. It is also a measure of competitiveness on the world market, the best defence against competition and the only proper path towards the growth of production and profit. With all this in mind, it is necessary to focus on quality costs incurred in the course of implementing and monitoring quality, as well as on those resulting from poor quality. The costs of quality as a consequence of an increasingly demanding market show a constant rising trend and thus represent a significant item in the structure of total company costs. Companies that are still not using quality costs to indicate those areas where potentially highest savings are possible do not have very much time left, because quality costs and their detection are of utmost importance for the management with their decisions related to production, business and marketing.


Take MCS-51 series as an example, introduced a high-speed control scheme of singlechip solutions for large LED screen display. The control of SCM for LED display screen generally start read data from data memory then write the data to LED dot matrix tablets. The innovation of this program are that use a pair of read instruction of external data memory to complete the read of the external data memory and the write of LED dot matrix tablets operations. This paper describes the design of high-speed control circuit solutions, briefly prompted software for points; Finally introduce the application of high-speed control scheme on LED large-screen display. Keywords-high-speed control; led display screen; large screen; MCS-51


Out of the total landslide occurrences, nearly 20% are found in North Eastern region of India. The official figures of United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR) and the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) for the year 2006 also states that landslide ranked third in terms of number of deaths among the top ten natural disasters, as approximately 4 million people were affected by landslides. Unless human death it poses serious damage on roadways, railways, buildings, dams and many natural resources with untold measure of ecosystem and human society. As transportation is a lifeline of a civilization and lack of self sufficiency of a region it hold an important place to meet daily needs of human beings of a region. The study route (NH 31 A, NH 55 and SH 12 A) of landlocked Darjeeling district is very much prone to landslide vulnerability. The black memories of previous massive landslide hazard took large impression on the inhabited society. Sometime the district remains isolated island due to breakdown of transportation for a stretch of days in the time of massive landslide along study route. The main objective of the study is to highlight/describe the present situation of landslide zone along three study route. The study also highlight the nature of landslide took place according to their vulnerability scale, type of movement, type of activity, type of distribution and lastly type of style for further management.


Ever since David Luenberger introduced the problem of observing the state vector of a deterministic linear time-invariant multi-variable system [1] [2], there have been numerous studies on the design and optimisation of observers for reduced-order. Of particular interest is one type of observer presented in [1], the functional observer.

One of the problems of functional observers is the complexity in their design, proposed design methods seem to offer a trade-off between the observers' general applicability to a wide range of systems, degree of order reduction and simplicity. In this project we attempt to take a non-linear 19 th order insulin-glucose physiological model, linearise the system, apply a model reduction technique and design a state feedback controller which utilises Darouach's functional observer to supply the linear function of the states for feedback. A new result that relaxes the sufficient and necessary conditions for the existence of the Darouach observer is discussed. This result increases the range of
systems to which this observer can be applied.


OBJECTIVE To analyze the clinical value of digital X examination in the diagnosis of breast disease.METHODS Retrospectively analysed clinical symptoms of breast disease of 297 patients,who were given with digital mammograms.RESULTS 236 cases of benign lesions were diagnosed with X-ray,162 patients were in clinical treatment,follow-up or after surgery,the accuracy rate was 69%;61 cases of malignant lesions were pathologically confirmed with 50 cases,the accuracy rate was 82%.CONCLUSION The accuracy rate of digital mammograms for breast malignant lesions is up to 82%,which has a unique value in differentiating benign and malignant lesions;the detection sensitivity and accuracy of finding malignant breast calcification of breast cancer is 100%;the imaging features of benign and dense type breast disease often do not have specificity,the accuracy was 69%;mammary duct contrast in examination of nipple discharge patients has a high accuracy.


Ultrasound Doppler imaging is widely used in measuring the velocity of blood and diagnosis of human circulation system.To extract Doppler blood signal from wall clutter and other noise signal,these signals' nature and statistical characteristics are investigated and compared.Nonlinear filtering method based on time-frequency and subspace are used for de-noising and removing other disturbing signals,which facilitates a high accuracy and reliability of the further parameter extraction and signal analysis.


Adhesion improvement of an acrylic-urethane paint on a bumper surface made from polypropylene/ethylene-propylene-diene monomer was investigated at long term after electrochemical treatment by 2N nitric acid and 0.6M Silver (II)-nitrate /2N nitric acid. The stability of the electrochemically treated samples was examined at different aging times by ATR and SEM. The results were also compared to those of the untreated and flame-treated samples. Accelerated UV weathering analysis along with morphology study by SEM approved the effectiveness of the Ag (II) treatment technique in long term particularly at curvature area of the bumper. For the Ag (II) treated samples, the increase in adhesion strength was sustained even after 650 hours exposure to UV irradiation in wet condition prior to bonding. In addition, the stability of the Ag (II)-treated surface was maintained for at least three months. In case of the flame-treated surface, hydrophobic recovery during aging in environment was found to reduce the polarity of the PP-EPDM surface. The pull-off test showed Ag (II) treatment can enhance adhesion strength of the acrylic-urethane coating on to PP-EPDM in comparison with the flaming method by 20.7%. Moreover the results of zeta potential analysis for Ag (II) treated blend showed a typical acidic surface.


Turbulence is essentially four-dimensional in character, and requires the corresponding treatment of the well-known Navier-Stokes equations. However, this has only been possible over the past twenty years and then by using the largest computers available. Interest is now turning from the initial, mainly smooth channel, simulations to geometries of eventual engineering significance. This paper reports a new code using the spectral methods of Orszag, but also incorporating a novel generalized co-ordinate transformation approach.

Initial predictions for smooth channels agree well with published data. For distorted geometries, the initial velocity field has considerable influence on the success of the simulations. This is accommodated by gradual (step) changes towards the required distortion, so that the initial velocity field for the 'new' geometry is the final field from the previous step. Examples are given of different two-dimensional channel geometries achieved, and these include the successful prediction of recirculating flows.


Age-related changes in memory are a common but worrisome occurrence in many people's lives. However, these changes are not ubiquitous. Healthy aging appears to impact memory for associative/relational details, i.e., the ability to recollect, more so than memory for item information. We propose that alterations in the recruitment of prefrontally mediated cognitive control processes, such as strategy use and inhibitory control, underlie these age-related memory deficits in healthy adults. These processes are particularly critical for remembering specific relational details and for being able to resolve interference between competing memories. Critically, evidence suggests that while there are large individual differences in the impact of aging on memory, various methods of support/intervention can improve memory performance in healthy older adults. We discuss how recent developments in neuroscience analysis methods have enhanced our understanding of how aging affects the control processes that support episodic learning and retrieval. We further suggest that future studies should test more diverse samples of adults and assess the role of lifestyle factors on individual differences in patterns of episodic memory performance and supporting brain activity and structure.


considering of parts machining examples,analyzes both 3-axis and 4-axis CNC milling process programs of a single-vanpart.Advises the disposal and explores practicing details of process according to inconvenient clamping and machining deformation during subsequent processes.


We study the stellar mass distribution for galaxies in 160 X-ray detected groups of 10^(13) < Log(M_(200)/M_⊙) < 2 × 10^(14) and compare it with that of galaxies in the field to investigate the action of environment on the build-up of the stellar mass. We highlight differences in the build-up of the passive population in the field, which imprint features in the distribution of stellar mass of passive galaxies at Log(M/M_⊙) < 10.5. The gradual diminishing of the effect when moving to groups of increasing total masses indicates that the growing influence of the environment in bound structures is responsible for the build-up of a quenched component at Log(M/M_⊙) < 10.5. Differently, the stellar mass distribution of star-forming galaxies is similar in shape in all environments, and can be described by a single Schechter function both in groups and in the field. Little evolution is seen up to redshift 1. Nevertheless at z = 0.2–0.4 groups with M_(200) < 6 × 10^(13) M_⊙ (low-mass groups) tend to have a characteristic mass for star-forming galaxies that is 50% higher than in higher mass groups; we interpret it as a reduced action of environmental processes in these systems. Furthermore, we analyse the distribution of sSFR–Log(M) in groups and in the field, and find that groups show on average a lower sSFR (by ~0.2 dex) at z < 0.8. Accordingly, we find that the fraction of star-forming galaxies is increasing with redshift in all environments, but at a faster pace in the denser ones. Finally, our analysis highlights that low-mass groups have a higher fraction (by 50%) of the stellar mass locked in star-forming galaxies than higher mass systems (i.e. 2/3 of their stellar mass).


Surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR) has undergone many changes in the last decade, with the most significant factor for change being the success of transcatheter AVR therapy. Surgical changes include minimally invasive surgical techniques that have been developed, which contribute to an easier recovery and less morbidity. Also these smaller incisions are more acceptable to the patient population than standard median sternotomy. Surgical aortic bioprostheses have provided durable, safe, and proven outcomes for many years for surgical AVR. Innovation of these bioprostheses has produced a new type of valve that allows rapid deployment, thus shortening the operative time for implantation. In addition, these bioprostheses simplify a minimally invasive approach. The Perceval surgical valve is a rapid-deployment valve that is sutureless, with leaflets of bovine pericardium housed in a nitinol frame. The expanding nitinol frame allows for secure placement in the debrided aortic annulus, and implantation is streamlined with the help of guiding sutures that can be removed once the valve is seated. Implantation is achieved without the need for permanent suture placement, saving significant cross-clamp time. The incidence of aortic insufficiency is similar to the low rate achieved with standard surgical AVR, supporting good surgical outcomes. The Perceval valve is a major factor that can contribute to a more efficient and less invasive surgical approach to AVR that promotes better outcomes as well as an easier recovery to surgical patients undergoing AVR.


Peak fitting is one of the most commonly used post acquisition data analysis procedures in XPS, and also the most easily misused. Today the technique is being used in fields far removed from theoretical surface analysis and this volume attempts to encourage and help users from such fields to start out on processing their own data, and in particular to tackle the art of peak fitting, an essential skill in quantitative surface analysis.


In this paper, a transmission line operation and maintenance mode based on equipment risk and state is proposed. According to the importance and health degree, the transmission line is divided into two dimensions, which are divided into four levels. By dividing the transmission line risk, which is the consequence after failure, the importance of the transmission line is divided into critical, important, concerned, and general. At the same time, the information management of the above research is realized. It is conducive to the formulation of different levels of line management and control measures. It is also conducive to the optimization of operation and maintenance resources and can improve the efficiency of operation and maintenance.


ABSTRACT Zooplankters were sampled from Lake Fayetteville and the Illinois River from March 1992 through March 1993. Zooplankton densities were significantly greater in the lake habitat than in the stream. Mean annual density was 633 ± 86/L in Lake Fayetteville, compared with 9 ± 1/L in the Illinois River. Significant seasonal differences in density were also observed. Maximum density was observed during fall, and minimum density during spring. There was also a significant two way interaction between habitat and season. This interaction indicated a much greater seasonal variation in zooplankton density in Lake Fayetteville than in the Illinois River. Depth distribution also was different between the lake and stream habitats. In Lake Fayetteville zooplankters were most abundant in the upper three meters of the water column, and abundance decreased significantly with water depth. The opposite was true of zooplankton abundance in the Illinois River. Plankters were most abundant nearest the bottom, and plankt...


In order to study the capacity of stairway in urban rail transit hubs, pedestrian flow and density were collected by the survey of upward stairway and downward stairway in Beijing Xizhimen rail transit hub. With the survey data, this paper fits flow-density curves and establishes corresponding function models. Based on the traffic flow theory, it calculates the actual capacity of upward stairway and downward stairway, and makes a contrast with the Code for Metro Design. Furthermore, the suggested design capacity of stairway is given based on the level of service. The results will provide references for the design of stairway in urban rail transit hubs.


Introduction. Non-Hodgkin9s lymphoma (NHL) is the fifth most common cancer in the United States. B-cell lymphoma accounts for 80-90% of NHL cases. Younger age at cancer diagnosis is associated with higher survival rates. However, younger cancer survivors may experience accelerated aging due to the cancer treatment that they undergo. The aim of this population-based study is to estimate long-term cardiovascular risk among younger and older adult NHL survivors compared to their respective general population cohorts. Methods. B-cell non-Hodgkin9s lymphoma (B-NHL) survivors diagnosed from 1997 to 2015 in the Utah Cancer Registry were matched with up to five cancer-free individuals on birth year, sex, birth state, using the statewide Utah Population Database. Electronic medical records and statewide healthcare facility data were used to identify disease outcomes 5 years or more after cancer diagnosis. Cox Proportional Hazards models were used to estimate hazard ratios (HR). Test for heterogeneity was used to compare the HR for the older and younger cohorts. Results. There were 2,146 B-NHL survivors (1,284 diagnosed Conclusion. Elevated long-term risk for congestive heart failure was observed in B-NHL survivors compared to the general population. Younger B-NHL survivors had higher relative risks than older B-NHL survivors for chronic rheumatic heart disease, peri-; endo-; and myocarditis, and cardiomyopathy compared to their respective general population cohort groups. Although these increased disease risks suggest some early aging for young B-NHL survivors, most cardiovascular disease risks were not different between the two age groups. Citation Format: Krista Ocier, Sarah Abdelaziz, Seungmin Kim, Kerry Rowe, John Snyder, Vikrant Deshmukh, Michael Newman, Alison Fraser, Ken Smith, Kimberly Herget, Christy Porucznik, Kimberley Shoaf, Joseph Stanford, Catherine Lee, Mia Hashibe. Cardiovascular disease risks in younger and older B-cell non-Hodgkin9s lymphoma survivors [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research 2020; 2020 Apr 27-28 and Jun 22-24. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2020;80(16 Suppl):Abstract nr 5803.


Five independent variable were studied as potential predictors of general chemistry grades, including completion of high school chemistry, high school chemistry grade, chemistry and math pretest scores, and math SAT scores.


Digital Forensics (DF) is defined as the ensemble of methods, tools and techniques used to collect, preserve and analyse digital data originating from any type of digital media involved in an incident with the purpose of extracting valid evidence for a court of law. DF investigations are usually performed as a response to a digital crime and, as such, they are termed Reactive Digital Forensic (RDF). An RDF investigation takes the traditional (or post-mortem) approach of investigating digital crimes after incidents have occurred. This involves identifying, preserving, collecting, analyzing, and generating the final report. Although RDF investigations are effective, they are faced with many challenges, especially when dealing with anti-forensic incidents, volatile data and event reconstruction. To tackle these challenges, Proactive Digital Forensic (PDF) is required. By being proactive, DF is prepared for incidents. In fact, the PDF investigation has


The Wa-Benglong-speaking nationality is the native ethnic group in the southern mountains of Yunnan of China and in the north of Southeast Asia. The remote location and poor transport had resulted in their primitive farming. Nowadays, with the increase of their population and the influence of the external economic development and under the pressure of the shrinking farming-land, they urgently need to change their primitive way of farming and adopt the modern model of sustainable agricultural development.


The utility model relates to an impeller type washing machine. A speed reducer of the utility model comprises a power shaft used for receiving outside rotary force and an impeller shaft used for contacting a stirring wheel, which output the rotary force to the stirring wheel, wherein the power shaft and the impeller shaft are in the same axial line; the output of the power shaft is output to a washing shaft through a washing speed-reducing mechanism. The utility model is characterized in that an eccentric shaft is arranged on the engagement part of the power shaft and an outer gear in a casing on a speed reducer; the outer gear is internally engaged with an inner gear which surrounds the outer gear; the inner gear is fixed in the casing of the speed reducer; the shaft end of the outer shaft is supported on an output slide block; the output slide block surrounds and drives the impeller shaft. The speed reducer of the washing machine simplifies the structure of traditional products and improves speed reducing ratio; the diameter of a belt pulley of the speed reducer can be reduced, and materials are saved; besides, the utility model can be combined with an ambipolar motor with high rotational speed, low cost and reliable structure; therefore, the general cost of the washing machine reduces and the urgent requirements in the existing market can be met.


The effect of Al3+,Fe3+,Cu2+,Zn2+ on the antitumor activity of Vinblastine Sulfate was studied.The results showed that Fe3+,Cu2+,Zn2+ can promote the antitumor activity of Vinblastine Sulfate with the effecting sequence of Zn2+Cu2+Fe3+,while Al3+ has the opposite effect.


The research is to help building enterprise make plan and manage their strategy investment. Real option, as a new theoretical approach, is broadly applied in investment decision, finance management etc. In this paper the application of real options in building projects investment is discussed based on binomial tree model and B-S model which can improve the defect of traditional methods and make building projects investment become more reasonable.


The author presents a new technique for aspiration of local adipose deposits using a new appliance which allows the perfusion of physiological solution and local anaesthesia and the subsequent suction of the adipositary membrane, previously liquefied. The extreme simplicity of the method, which is noninvasive, the absence of the dimpling residual after the operation, and the lack of collateral effects are advantages over the traditional liposuction technique. We treated about 30 patients with local pathologies affecting the lower limbs and the flanks. The pathologies improved cutaneously and the average volume of aspirated fat was 300 cc. Moreover, we could underline an energetic retraction on part of the subcutaneous tissue, which, by adhering to the underlying structures, prevents possible depressions. The operating technique is explained.


Heart diseases, such as myocardial infarction, result in myocardial trauma, following ventricular dilatation, scar formation and heart dysfunction, which are now treated by medication and transplant operation.However,both of them are limited. Researchers have recently discovered that relevant genes and cytokines inducement and stem cell transplant could result in car-diomyocytes and vessel regeneration, internal stem cell transfer and heart function resumption, which would become an effective therapy of myocardial infarction of heart disease. The paper has mainly expounded the researches on the effects of related cytokine, genes and stem cell transplant on myocardial regeneration.


Telecommunication Union (ITU) Strategy and Policy Unit (SPU). The paper, together with background resources on the topic, have been prepared in the framework of a research project on " mobile overtakes fixed ". The project is part of ITU's New Initiatives Programme and under the project management of Lara Srivastava <email@example.com>. Information on all activities carried out under the ITU New Initiatives Programme can be found at: The opinions expressed in this study are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the International Telecommunication Union or its membership. 1 Introduction The year 2002 marked an historic turning point in the history of telephony, for it was the year when mobile subscribers overtook fixed-line subscribers worldwide (see Figure 1). The rise of mobile telephony to overtake fixed has brought with it a huge number of implications, but perhaps the most significant impact is on access, both to basic telecommunication services, and to information and communication technologies (ICT), as a tool for economic and social development. It is also noteworthy that the phenomenon of the mobile cross-over has taken place across geographic criteria such as countries, regions, and continents, across socio-demographic criteria such as gender, income, or age, and across economic criteria such as price premium for mobile (micro) or GDP per capita (macro). Figure 1: Mobile as the new global network Mobile and fixed telephone subscribers worldwide, 1982-2005 and Countries with more mobile than fixed telephone subscribers, 2001 0 500 1'000


Purpose
Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, the hotel industry has launched various marketing promotions to survive in business, such as those promoting the idea of "staycations." This study aims to explore what drives millennials' staycation consumption and experiential components of staycation experiences during the coronavirus pandemic.

Design/methodology/approach
Taking a qualitative approach, semistructured in-depth interviews were conducted with a total of 25 participants who were millennials living in Hong Kong. Content analysis of the textual data was performed.

Findings
This study reveals that millennials' staycation consumption is derived from the challenges they face in reality (disillusion of travelling) and from their own fantasy (illusion of travelling). Millennials' staycation experience dynamically comprises their physical and cognitive activities, social interactions and emotional responses, whereby they gain a feeling of extraordinariness combined with the ordinariness of familiar surroundings.

Research limitations/implications
This study contributes to the staycation-related literature by untangling the dynamics of millennials' staycation experience. In the COVID-19 situation, millennials' staycation experience entails feelings of both ordinariness and extraordinariness, in which they actualize their fantasy of travelling.

Practical implications
In a bid to gain millennials' interests in the post-COVID-19 era, hotel management needs to continue designing Instagrammable rooms/amenities and developing variously themed packages by collaborating with local brands and nearby attractions.

Originality/value
This study contributes to the limited literature on staycations in hospitality by revealing the structure of staycation experience during the COVID-19 pandemic and future behavior toward staycations, especially from millennials' perspective.


Self-limiting reactions of ammonium salt in CHF3/O2 downstream plasma were demonstrated for thermal-cyclic atomic layer etching (ALE) of Si3N4. In situ x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis shows that an (NH4)2SiF6 by-product of the same thickness forms on Si3N4 in a wide gas composition range. The (NH4)2SiF6 layer prevents etching of Si3N4 during continuous plasma exposure in that wide range. The (NH4)2SiF6 layer was sublimated by heating, which was consistent with the result of the thermodynamic calculation. The reactions of the (NH4)2SiF6 layer in CHF3/O2 downstream plasma are used for thermal-cyclic ALE of Si3N4 with a newly developed 300-mm tool equipped with an in situ ellipsometer. It was confirmed that the amount etched per cycle saturates with respect to both plasma exposure time and infrared irradiation time.Self-limiting reactions of ammonium salt in CHF3/O2 downstream plasma were demonstrated for thermal-cyclic atomic layer etching (ALE) of Si3N4. In situ x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis shows that an (NH4)2SiF6 by-product of the same thickness forms on Si3N4 in a wide gas composition range. The (NH4)2SiF6 layer prevents etching of Si3N4 during continuous plasma exposure in that wide range. The (NH4)2SiF6 layer was sublimated by heating, which was consistent with the result of the thermodynamic calculation. The reactions of the (NH4)2SiF6 layer in CHF3/O2 downstream plasma are used for thermal-cyclic ALE of Si3N4 with a newly developed 300-mm tool equipped with an in situ ellipsometer. It was confirmed that the amount etched per cycle saturates with respect to both plasma exposure time and infrared irradiation time.


Review of progress made by the international society after UN Framework Convention on Climate Change shows filly the current of the international relationship on environment: 1) The environmental problems is getting into the political field, which is that on one hand, the environment problems become more and more the main topic for discussion, and another hand, the environment problems are affected more and more by polity; 2) The national environmental relationship is showing complication, including the diplomatism relationship on environment?trade relationship on environment?the environment relationship between territory?the relationship between making and carrying out international environment pact and the international investment relationship on environment; 3)The cooperation on environment is getting hardship more and more, so that about both various countries' practical carrying out pacts and the environment cooperation between countries, the difficulty is great and the progress is slow and the efficiency is low; 4) The warfare on environment exhibits intensification, which shows that in all international treaties on the environment, there are furious debates surround almost every environment law document, and that the international environment strive appears to the trend of becoming more and more intense. So China should confront with the grim challenge for the future on the environment and development, to which China will have to actively strike the corresponding measures. Firstly, the environment diplomatism must be developed energetically in order to force the reformation of irrational national order in environment and polity economy fields and reject effectively "the climate interventionism"and "environment hegemonism". Secondly, it is necessary to notice closely the national environment trends in order to learn in time the new thing on the changing national environment affair and to take some flexible countermeasures. Another, we must hammer at the research on environment problem and at improving indeed the environment of our country. Finally, we should adjust actively the configuration of production and energy resource to cut greenhouse gas emission.


Social media platforms are considered interactive communication channels between governments, civil society organizations, and the public. During disaster occurrences, social media platforms play a crucial role such as the alertness of people towards the disaster occurrence, its risks, and consequences. They are used as tools to spread real updated information rapidly related to the disaster. Furthermore, social media platforms can facilitate the mobilization of volunteers as well as the organization of campaign donations after the disaster occurrence. Nevertheless, the benefits of social media platforms can be a double-edged sword through the dissemination of unreal information such as rumors or fake disasters. Unfortunately, the public can easily believe unreal information due to the anxiety that they experienced during the occurrence of a past real disaster. This paper presents a model to distinguish between the fake disaster tweets and the real ones. The implementation of this model is established twice; the first implementation involves the use of Machine Learning with the traditional Natural Language Processing techniques on the disaster dataset provided by Kaggle, and the second implementation involves using the emotions that are extracted from the tweets in the classification process. The proposed model achieves an accuracy of 88,34% without the usage of the emotion extraction module while it achieves an accuracy of 89,39 % with the inclusion of the emotion extraction module.


Matrix measures, also known as logarithmic norms, have historically been used to provide bounds on the divergence of trajectories of a system of ordinary differential equations. In this technical note we use them to compute guaranteed overapproximations of reachable sets for nonlinear continuous-time systems using numerically simulated trajectories and to bound the accumulation of numerical simulation errors along simulation traces. Our method employs a user-supplied bound on the matrix measure of the system's Jacobian matrix to compute bounds on the behavior of nearby trajectories, leading to efficient computation of reachable sets when such bounds are available. We demonstrate that the proposed technique scales well to systems with a large number of states.


Abstract This study deals with ameroid mites (Acari: Oribatida: Ameroidea) from East Azerbaijan province, northwest of Iran. Also, a new species Ctenobelba (C.) mikaeeli sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on adult specimens. A table with selected characters of all known species of the subgenus Ctenobelba (Ctenobelba) Balogh, 1943 is provided.


PURPOSE: A cloud-based AR(Augmented Reality) system is provided to supply more accurate and intuitive AR information by receiving mash-up data from web servers supporting an open API, checking a tendency of a user, and supplying AR information related to the checked tendency to the user. CONSTITUTION: A tracking engine(120) determines an object corresponding to image data by using the image data and location information transmitted from a user terminal(10). An intelligent context-aware engine(130) intelligently searches for AR additional information related to the determined object by considering a tendency of a user. An AR visualization engine(140) visualizes an AR information window displaying the searched AR additional information. [Reference numerals] (110) Cloud storage; (120) Tracking engine; (130) Intelligent context-aware engine; (140) AR visualization engine; (31) First web server(blog); (32) Second web server(wikipedia); (33) Third web server(SNS); (AA) Cloud-based AR server; (BB) Image data; (CC) AR information window; (DD) Mash-up data


This paper draws on the results of an Inquiry, commissioned by Qualiti (Qualitative Research in the Social Sciences: Innovation, Integration and Impact), a node of ESRC's National Centre for Research Methods, into the physical and emotional harm suffered by qualitative social researchers. It argues that junior researchers and PhD students, the main recipients of such harm, are being let down by some principal investigators and PhD supervisors who are failing to manage researcher risks effectively. This record of the universities in researcher risk management compares poorly with the management of risks in cognate organisations, such as the management of risks to journalists in media organisations and of risks to fieldworkers in aid agencies. This deficiency in university risk management is arguably a matter of culture rather than deficient structures: an analogy is drawn with Mary Douglas's work on different cultural orientations to risk.


Through existing institutions and building large public buildings energy-saving analysis of the status quo,in view of existing problems,and proposed energy-saving at the policy level and technical level of the strategy and recommendations.


In humans, oxidative stress is involved in the development of many diseases, including cardiovascular diseases and cancers. Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NRF2), a transcription factor, binds antioxidant response element DNA sequences and activates transcription of detoxifying genes such as NADPH quinine oxidoreductase and glutathione S-transferase (1). In normal cells, NRF2 plays a role in removing oxidative damages and may protect the cells from transforming to cancer cells. For example, NRF2-deficient mice had a significantly higher burden of gastric neoplasia (2). However, NRF2 protects not only normal cells but also cancer cells from cellular stress, and enhances survival of both normal and cancer cells (3), indicating roles of NRF2 in both cancer prevention and promotion. Increased expression of NRF2 was observed in head ⁄neck cancers (4). An enhanced activation of NRF2 is related to an increased proteasome activity in colon cancer (5). As NRF2 plays an important role in cancer cell survival, it might be possible that aberrant expression of NRF2 protein is prevalent in other cancers as well. In the present study, we analyzed the expression of NRF2 protein in gastric cancer (GC) tissues. For this purpose, six tissue microarray blocks were used in this study. The GC (n = 100) consisted of 50 diffuse, 36 intestinal and 14 mixed-type GC by Lauren's classification. The tumor, lymph node and metastasis (TNM) stages of the GC were four IA, 15 IB, 79 II and two IIIA. From each donor GC block, two cylinders (one from normal and one from cancer tissues of each patient) of 2.0 mm diameter tissue were taken. Ages of the GC patients ranged from 29 to 89 years with an average of 60 years. For immunohistochemistry, we used the DAKO REAL EnVision System (DAKO, Glostrup, Denmark) with a polyclonal antibody against human NRF2 (Atlas Antibodies, Stockholm, Sweden). Sections were incubated


In an era of turf management where quality water resources are depleting, new grass varieties must be introduced that can tolerate these less than desirable environmental pressures. This workshop will discuss the new warm-season grasses and their adaptability


Thepaper presents some aspects concerning the relationship between the sales levei and the working capital needed to maintain the operations going on. Particularly, the text focuses the theme in a context where the sotes leverage occurs as a result of a "pricing" programo Final/y, the paper proposes a comprehensive framework to consider the working capital as a new dimension, when takes place a determination of the break-even point, i.e., the paper points up what is the "working capital break-even point". to help the managers analyze the effects of a "sales leverage" as a "price-based strategy on the company financiai procedures.


This year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched the initial stages of the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Records (EHRs) Incentive Programs, which will financially reward physicians and hospitals for the "meaningful use" of EHR technology. With these programs, providers are eligible to earn up to $44,000 over 5 years in the Medicare program or $63,750 over 6 years in the Medicaid program. Starting in 2015, providers who do not use EHRs will be subject to penalties through the Medicare program. The total incentive payment awarded to an eligible provider (EP) or a hospital depends on the year in which they first qualify for one of the programs (see Table 1 for the Medicare program payments).


In this study, the ammonia oxidation activity of Pt Black and Pt Oxide Black was investigated by using rotating disk electrode in order to clarify the influence of electrochemical reduction and the content of anion-exchange resin in the electrocatalyst layer. The H 2 /O 2 and NH 3 /O 2 fuel cells were then manufactured by using three types of anode catalysts, namely, Pt Black, Pt Oxide Black and Pt Oxide Black electrochemically reduced, and these discharge performances were examined. The ammonia oxidation activity of the Pt Oxide Black was increased by electrochemical reduction. The activity was also improved by changing the mass ratio of Pt/anion-exchange resin in the electrocatalyst layer. The increase of three-phase boundary was interpreted as the key factor in the improvement of ammonia oxidation activity. Both the H 2 /O 2 and NH 3 /O 2 fuel cells using the Pt Oxide Black electrochemically reduced as the anode catalyst showed the superior discharge performance compared with the fuel cells using the Pt Black or the Pt Oxide Black without reduction. The reaction mechanism of the ammonia oxidation on the former catalyst may be different from those on the two latter catalysts, with the result that the poisoning by the intermediate products of ammonia oxidation on the Pt Oxide Black electrochemically reduced was inhibited.


An optimal 2-point quadrature formula of open type is derived. It is shown that the optimal quadrature formula has a better error bound than the well-known 2-point Gauss quadrature formula. Various error inequalities for this formula are established. Applications in numerical integration are given.


The article analyzes the existing control system at middle pedestrian crossings in city streets and sets tasks that require further development and solutions. A method is proposed for calculating the economically optimal traffic light cycle of a pedestrian crossing with a call button. A numerical example of the estimate for the middle crossing in Bryansk is given.


This essay seeks, by applying to theories of nationalism, to explain the reasoning behind the Russian annexation of Crimea and to understand the ideology and nationalistic influences in Russian foreign policy in the case of the Ukraine crisis and the annexation of Crimea. The argumental analysis exemplifies the nationalistic tendencies of Vladimir Vladimirovitj Putin and the Russian foreign actions and attempts to specify a nationalistic motif in the case of Crimea and in Russian foreign policy. The study seeks to illustrate tendencies in Russian foreign policy and to show what can be expected of Russia in the near future.


This paper briefly introduces the 'biodiversity-related' treaties or conventions, and their rather basic provisions (but deeper implications) regarding impact assessment. Some initiatives in the past decade to develop this area are reviewed, in particular, the building of linkages between the conventions world and the environmental impact assessment/strategic environmental assessment (EIA/SEA) world, adoption of decisions and guidance, and project activities. The paper reflects on what EIA/SEA can offer to implementation of conventions, and in turn what conventions can offer to the application and advancement of EIA/SEA. Some future directions and opportunities are highlighted.


By radio between a plurality of base stations and a plurality of mobile stations at the time of handover control in a wireless communication system for performing communication, from the handover destination wireless base station before the hand-over to secure the radio resources previously required, and thereafter executing the hand-over do. In order to secure radio resources, the radio base station of the handover destination and already handed over to one or more mobile stations are communicating with other wireless base station, thereby securing the radio resources of the handover destination base station, and executes a handover after that. A base station, a mobile station, a wireless communication system, a handover control


Titania is one of the most widely used standard reference photocatalysts in the field of environmental applications. However, the wide anatase band gap and high degree of recombination between photogenerated charge carriers is limiting titania overall photocatalytic efficiency in water and air purification. This paper reviews recent studies on semiconductor photocatalysis, carried out at the Institute of Catalysis of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, aimed at enhancing the efficiency of TiO2-based photocatalysts and obtaining novel photocatalytic systems for sunlight utilization and application of methods improving the overall performance of the photocatalytic processes.


Propagation of relativistic particles in the Schwarzschild gravitational field is studied. Particles emitted radially outward with speed at infinity exceeding c/2^0.5 are observed to be accelerated in the gravitational field by a distant observer. This is the Shapiro effect for relativistic particles. Slower particles are decelerated, as in Newtonian gravity. A speed-dependent potential for relativistic particles corresponding to the speed measured in terms of the coordinate time is derived to be $V=GM gamma(gamma^2 -2)/r which is repulsive for v>c/2^0.5. The gravitational repulsion could be revealed in satellite experiments with beams of relativistic particles subject to very precise time measurements. Principles of laboratory measurements able to test kinetic energy changes of relativistic particles in the Earth gravitational field are discussed.


The prospect of a trade-off between employment growth and productivity growth may create uncertainty among policy makers who strive to create jobs, and at the same time, seek to improve productivity. This article re-visits the issue. It shows that employment growth may be negatively correlated with productivity growth at the industry level. But this is not a trade-off. It is an outcome of market forces in reallocating production resources to rebalance changes in demand and supply conditions of different industries within an economy. At the aggregate level, employment growth may also be negatively correlated with labour productivity growth through its negative influence on capital intensity and labour quality. But, after controlling for those input factors, this article finds that employment growth does not negatively affect multifactor productivity growth.


The present study contains information on the patent system in the field of Biotechnology from Brazil. In addition, an analysis of patents deposited from 2001 until 2004 in the country under the subclass C12N, which refers to "Microorganisms or enzymes; its compositions; propagation, preservation or maintenance of microorganisms or tissues; genetic engineering or mutations and culture medium" has been performed. The data obtained from the patent database of the National Institute of Industrial Property shows a small fraction of the national depositors less than 5% of the total amount of deposits -when compared to the other countries. In contrast, the United States of America presented more than 33% of all deposits within the C12N subclass in Brazil at the same period. Among the national depositors, 77% of the deposits had been made by public educational or research institutions and none registered by private educational or research institution was found, suggesting that the research and innovation in the field of biotechnology in Brazil are concentrated at the public universities. Regarding the Programa de Pos-graduacao em Biotecnologia da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (PPGBiotec), the collected data demonstrates a similar profile to that found in Brazil. Moreover, it was noticed that researchers do not use patent documents as information source in their research. Four percent of the students and 30.7% of the docents of PPGBiotec have interaction with enterprises in their research projects. Taken together, these results suggest an urgent need for qualifying professionals in the biotechnology field able to generate technological innovation and recognize the tools to protect the generated knowledge.


The standard AP8 and AE8 models for predicting trapped proton and electron environments have been compared with several sets of flight data to evaluate model uncertainties. Model comparisons are made with flux, dose, and activation measurements made on various U.S. low-Earth orbit satellites (APEX, CRRES, DMSP, LDEF, NOAA) and Space Shuttle flights, on Russian satellites (Photon-8, Cosmos-1887, Cosmos-2044), and on the Russian Mir Space Station. This report gives a summary of the model-data comparisons-detailed results are given in a companion report. Results from the model comparisons with flic,ht data show, for example, the AP8 model underpredicts the trapped proton flux at low altitudes by a factor of about two (independent of proton energy and solar cycle conditions), and that the AE8 model overpredicts the flux in the outer electron belt by an order of magnitude or more.


Although many technological products for the blind have been created in the intelligent and the digital age, guide dogs are irreplaceable options in supporting blind travel, both bodily and psychologically. However, there are nonetheless some drawbacks in the way guide dogs assist in travel. In order to make up for the shortcomings of guide dogs, optimize the travel experience and ensure the safety of blind people, the smart guide dog harness ("E-guide") based on image recognition technology, communication technology, GIS positioning technology, etc. was designed. In order to ensure that the design of the smart guide dog harness is practicable and implementable, first, 4 user pain points in the process of guide dog-assisted blind travel are obtained through various research methods. 16 basic requirements of guide dogassisted blind travel based on the user pain points is compiled. Afterwards, a two-dimensional questionnaire based on the "Kano Model" was created based on the above 16 travel requirements, and the blind people assessed their satisfaction based on each travel requirement. The results of the questionnaire were statistically and analytically analyzed according to the two-dimensional attribute classification approach based on "Kano Model" to obtain the requirement attribute for each travel requirement. Then, the Better-Worse analysis was used to transform each requirement attribute into a quantitative requirement index, so as to clarify the travel requirements of guide dog-assisted blind travel that need to be satisfied as a priority, and provide guidance and reference for the design and research of smart guide dog harness. Finally, a simulation experiment was conducted with and without the "E-guide" to assist blind people to travel. The travel period and heart rate changes of blind people traveling were tested. The results showed that "E-guide" can effectively improve the physical and mental satisfaction of guide dogs in assisting blind people to travel.


This essay compares the career plans education in China and abroad by documentary study.Then it defines the related conceptions of career plans,summarizes the characteristics of career plans education in China and abroad.And the essay mentions the problems that exist in career plans education in China and then it points out career plans educations will be the effective motivating force of all-round teaching system to construct five-year vocational education.It also puts forward some problems for consideration and some suggestions as well.


The intensity noise suppression of a supercontinuum lightwave is proposed and demonstrated by employing a Fabry-Perot filter following an optical amplifier. The signal-to-noise ratio of the optical carriers exceeded 40 dB for the first time for a 25 GHz SC-based multi-carrier source.


We consider a dynamical system obtained by the random switching between $N$Lotka-Volterra food chains. Our key assumption will be that at least two vector fields only differ on the resources allocated to the growth rate of the first species. We will show that the existence of a positive equilibrium of the average vector field is equivalent to the persistence of all species. Under this condition, the semi-group converges exponentially quickly to a unique invariant probability measure on the positive orthant. If this condition fails to hold, we have two possibilities. The first possibility is the extinction case, in which a group of species becomes extinct exponentially quicklywhile the distribution of the remaining species converges weakly to another invariant probability measure. The second possibility is the critical case, in which there is a weaker form of persistence of some species, whilst some of the remaining become extinct exponentially quickly. We will also analyse the sensitivity of this model to the parameters.


In this pilot survey the levels of various mycotoxin biomarkers were determined in third trimester preg33 nant women from eastern Croatia. First void urine samples were collected and analysed using a ''dilute 34 and shoot'' LC–ESI–MS/MS multi biomarker method. Deoxynivalenol (DON) and its metabolites: deoxy35 nivalenol-15-glucuronide and deoxynivalenol-3-glucuronide were detected in 97.5% of the studied sam36 ples, partly at exceptionally high levels, while ochratoxin A was found in 10% of the samples. DON 37 exposure was primarily reflected by the presence of deoxynivalenol-15-glucuronide with a mean concen


In view of the issue of the current city street lighting systems,automation of the management level and system reliability is not high.This paper introduces an improved centralized monitoring street system.The system is set of automatic control technology,sensor technology,wireless communication technology,network of monitoring and control system and software technology in one group of wireless street control system.It guarantees that the street lamps are in a sound condition and are able to give fault information back to the host computer.So that it reduces the burden of manual check in the past,improves the level of modern control and management of the urban road lighting.


The purpose of this paper is to present the estimation of the components of variance in structured stair nesting models. The relationship between the canonical variance components and the original ones, will be very important in obtaining that estimators.


Overlapping classes and outliers can significantly decrease a classifier performance. We address here the problem of giving a classifier the ability to reject some patterns either for ambiguity or for distance in order to improve its performance. Given a set of typicality degrees for a pattern to be classified, we use an operator based on triangular norms and a discrete Sugeno integral to quantify their blockwise similarities. We propose a new class-selective rejection scheme which uses this operator outputs. We present the resulting algorithm which allows to assign a pattern to zero, one or several classes, and show its efficiency on real data sets.


Abstract : The spectroscopically measured lineshape of an atomic transition provides a wealth of useful information relative to diagnosing The use of atomic transition lineshapes to ascertain the temperature of a gas stems to the 1920s, particularly within the astronomical community. Indeed, this community was the first to recognize the potential contribution of large scale bulk motion of the gas to the breadth of the spectroscopic measurement of transition lineshapes beyond that of the random molecular motion associated with temperature. In 1934 Stuve and Elvey showed that by including a bulk gas velocity Doppler broadening term in the Voigt equation for the transition lineshape in addition to the random thermal motion term, it was possible to estimate whether a stellar atmosphere was turbulent or not based upon the fit of the Voigt equation to the measured transition lineshapes for that atmosphere. Taking the theory a step further, using estimated optical paths or length scales for the stellar atmospheres that they were measuring, they were able to estimate median gas velocities and correlate increasing velocity magnitude with increasing temperature of the stellar atmosphere based upon the Voigt fit.


SUMMARY
This paper assesses the reasons for the success or failure of manufacturing resource planning (MRPII) implementation projects. It begins by discussing the literature and research on success and failure of these systems and presents evidence from cases prepared by the authors. The paper is not concerned to prescribe 'best practice' for MRP implementation. The first section reviews the relevant literature and concludes that there is a divergence of opinion as to what constitutes success, raising questions on the usefulness of current methods of establishing whether implementation is successful. The latter section of the paper uses results from longitudinal (process) research carried out by the authors. This starts with a discussion of what counts for success. The discussion highlights the importance of understanding the full potential of MRPII in effecting change of organizational structures, cultures and practice. Several factors that contribute towards MRPII failure are next considered. Finally,'big bang'style implementations, such as those recommended by the Ollie Wight organization, are most likely to be successful if the organization follows a strategic approach to planning. There also needs to be a high degree of fit between organizational structure, culture and the demands of the MRPII system.


Block cyclic distribution seems to be well suited for most linear algebra algorithms, and this type of data distribution was chosen for the ScaLAPACK library as well as for the HPF language. However, one must choose a good compromise for the size of the blocks (to achieve a good computation and communication efficiency and a good load balancing). This choice heavily depends on each operation, so it is essential to be able to go from one block cyclic distribution to another very quickly. Moreover, it is also essential to be able to choose the right number of processors and the best grid shape for a given operation. We present here the data redistribution algorithms we implemented in the ScaLAPACK library in order to go from one block cyclic distribution on one grid to that on another grid. A complexity study is made that shows the efficiency of our solution. Timing results on the Intel Paragon and the Cray T3D corroborate our results.


The nature of sonority remains a controversial subject in both phonology and phonetics. Previous discussions on sonority have generally been situated in synchronic phonology through syllable structure constraints (Clements, 1990) or in phonetics through physical correlates to sonority (Parker, 2002). This paper seeks to examine the sonority hierarchy through a new dimension by exploring the relationship between sonority and phonological inventory structure. The investigation will shed light on the nature of sonority as a phonological phenomenon in addition to addressing the question of what processes underlie the formation and structure of speech sound inventories. This paper will examine a phenomenon present in phonological inventories that has yet to be discussed in previous literature and cannot be explained by current theories of inventory formation. I will then suggest implications of this phenomenon as evidence for sonority as a grammatical primitive. The data described here reveals that sonority has an effect in the formation of phonological inventories by determining how many segments an inventory will have in a given class of sounds (voiced fricatives, etc.). Segment classes which are closest to each other along the sonority hierarchy tend to be correlated in size except upon crossing the sonorant/obstruent and consonant/vowel boundaries. This paper argues that inventories are therefore composed of three distinct classes of obstruents, sonorants, and vowels which independently determine the size and structure of the inventory. The prominence of sonority in inventory formation provides evidence for the notion that sonority is a phonological primitive and is not simply derived from other aspects of the grammar or a more basic set of features.


In this study, the design methodology of LCL filter for grid-connected three-phase inverter was studied. First, the advantages and disadvantages of applying typical filter structures as a filter for grid connection of a three-phase inverter were analyzed. Next, filter design methodologies for grid connection of a three-phase inverter were analyzed, and an effective filter design methodology was determined to satisfy the harmonic requirements in grid connection. In order to verify the effectiveness of the design methodology, EMTP models such as a three-phase inverter, a three-phase LCL filter, and a performance evaluation system to evaluate the performance of the designed filter were developed using EMTP-RV. Next, an LCL filter was designed for an application example of a three-phase inverter, and the waveforms of the output voltage and outage current of the three-phase inverter were checked through EMTP-RV simulation work. In particular, the validity of the design methodology was verified by confirming that the magnitude of the current ripple was reduced to a limited magnitude through waveform analysis of the output current.


The growth of the young head induction,callus subculture and differentiation were strong.Inhibited by the crude toxin filtration,contrasted with CK,the results were significant different,and the result was different with toxin concentration changing.With the increasing of the toxin concentration and the prolonging the impact time,the inhibiting was stronger.30% was the better toxin concentration when screening of rice blast-resistant mutant from the mature embryo culture;mutant was hurt strongly,when it was immersed directly in the toxin,and the differentiation seeding was got little,but this methods still can be used to screening of resistant mutant,24h was the apposite time.


Using predictive modelling, the "Multiple Disease Prediction System" foretells the user's sickness depending on the symptoms are supplied as input to the system. The system evaluates the user's symptoms as input and outputs the likelihood that the disease will occur. The Random Forest Classifier is used for prediction, and Deep Learning Models for Diabetes, Heart Disease and Parkinson's Disease. This method is more accurate and a construction of a web application for prediction system is done


The design, manufacture and application of core jig for air cylinder streamline is introduced in this paper. The shortage is also mentioned. The optimal design idea and skill for core jig construction, jig, clasp construction and core fixed construction are stated.


When publishing his second edition of the works by Garcilaso (Salamanca 1577), Francisco Sánchez de las Brozas added three sonnets to the six that he had already introduced as unpublished in his first edition (Salamanca 1574). He claims his source to be a «handbook» about which he withholds any information. Such handbook had most probably not much to do either with the «very ancient handbook» Brocense refers to in his 1574 edition, or to the «ancient original manuscript» that Brocense himself says to have used as a source for his corrections in his 1577 edition. We hereby mean to demonstrate that the three added sonnets don't match with the typology of Garcilaso's sonnets, and that, therefore, must be considered apocryphal.


By taking into account the effect of the would be Chern-Simons term, we calculate the quantum correction to the Chern-Simons coefficient in supersymmetric Chern-Simons Higgs theories with matter fields in the fundamental representation of SU(n). Because of supersymmetry, the corrections in the symmetric and Higgs phases are identical. In particular, the correction is vanishing for N=3 supersymmetric Chern-Simons Higgs theories. The result should be quite general, and have important implication for the more interesting case when the Higgs is in the adjoint representation.


Problem statement: As the business environment becomes more and more complex due to rapid globalization, increasing competition and advancing technologies, universities are under more pressure to respond by providing students with experiential learning opportunities that mirror reality. In this study, we attempt to provide a better learning experience for students. Specifically, we provide a framework from a student learning perspective that improves our capability to determine what the goals and objectives should be for entrepreneurship education and how they could be modified or adjusted to maximize student learning experiences. Conclusion/Recommendations: We identify three distinct types of "zones" -the comfort zone, the learning zone and the panic zone to help identify appropriate activities to include in specific courses. It is a framework other universities can easily use to better understand and improve upon a specific entrepreneurship course and program offerings to help maximize student learning. Although this paper targets students in an entrepreneurship program, it is sufficiently general for utilization in other areas as well.


In this paper, we examine idempotent intuitionistic fuzzy matrices and idempotent intuitionistic fuzzy matrices of T-type. We develop some properties on both idempotent intuitionistic fuzzy matrices and idempotent intuitionistic fuzzy matrices of T-type. Several theorems are provided and an numerical example is given to illustrate the theorems.


This research is a quantitative research which aims to determine the analysis of the effect of the promotion mix on Buying decisions. The population in this study was the community of Depok Pancoran mas District. The sample size
was taken as many as 60 respondents, with a non probability sampling method especially purposive sampling. Data collection is done through questionnaires.The analysis technique used is the method of PLS (Partial Least Square) analysis.The results of this study indicate that (1) advertising does not have a significant effect on buying decision with path coficient values of 0.082. (2) sales promotion has a significant influence on the buying decision with a path coefficient of 0.108. (3) public relations does not have a significant influence on buying decision with a path coefficient of -0,017. (4) personal selling significant effect on buying decision with path coefficient values of 0,456. (5) direct marketing has a significant influence on buying decision with a coefficient path value of 0.427.


Based on the literature data, the mechanisms of development of M. Tuberculosis drug resistance to isoniazid (INH) and pyrazinamide (PZA) were analyzed. It was revealed that one mechanism of resistance to INH is a single amino acid mutation in the inhA gene (S94A). And the diverse nature of pncA mutations is unique for the resistance of M. Tuberculosis to PZA


The present invention relates to a method of protecting the integrity of a relational database in case of structural transaction execution. The method comprising: creating a structure for the application database transactions to be performed; start editing session on said application; editing session copying the data structure of the application data and the original version of the mark structure is and using the current version will be copied version as editing version marked; editing any change to the data structure in the editing version; to save the editing session is closed by the editing version to the database or discarding the editing version edited version or suspended, wherein edited version to save the edited version to the database will be mounted, is removed thereby removing the original version and the edited version preceding mark; wherein discarding the edited version and deleting the edited version of the original version of the tag is removed; and wherein storing the edit version edited version suspended temporarily, held removing the original version and the original version of the data structure of the tag.


The present work presents using scattered light technique for determination of 3D stress field. It is a generalization of the earlier introduced isodynes method, where by help of isodyne image and equilibrium equation stress field in the 2D case can be established. The 3D methods base on measurements of the intensity of the scattered light in some perpendicular to laser beam directions. It allow us to determine stress tensor but without hydrostatic component. However, this component can be obtained when two beams propagating in opposite directions interfere.


The innovation cannot leave inheritance,the innovation cannot leave persistence,the innovation cannot leave the accumulation,the innovation cannot leave the education.The school sports educates as an indispensable part,establishes in the process in the innovation society the function which has to the innovation talented person's raise and the innovative ideology raise cannot be substituted,however in our country major school sports process still continued traditional education pattern.Our sports worker urgently needs to solve this question.Causes is the establishment innovation society which the school sports is better,raises student's innovative ideology to provide the good environment.


This paper examines the board-level solder joint reliability of PBGA, FBGA and CSP packages under temperature cycling (TC) condition, both experimentally and numerically. 11 legs of test vehicles including 2 legs of PBGA, 2 legs of FBGA, 2 legs of two-die CSP and 5 legs of single-die CSP, were assembled with different solder ball sizes, mold compound materials, test board thickness, and solder materials, i.e., eutectic Pb-Sn and Sn3Ag0.5Cu. Those assemblies were subject to TC condition using UTAC internal TC chamber and data collection system. Two TC conditions were used, which are -40degC~125degC with 15mins ramp/dwell (TCI) and 0degC~100degC with 10mins ramp/dwell (TC2). For the numerical study, Darveaux's approach, which uses Anand's visco-plasticity constitutive model plus fracture mechanics based fatigue model, was used for legs with eutectic 62Sn36Pb2Ag solders; while for Pb-free legs, various publicly available Pb-free constitutive and fatigue models were applied to evaluate their prediction capability.


Due in large part to the recent development of high-brightness sources and nanoscale focusing optics in the multi-keV regime, x-ray microscopy is playing an increasingly broad role in imaging and characterization across many different fields of science. With this increase in popularity, access to synchrotron x-ray microscopes is getting more and more competitive. Typically, users get allocated a few days for theirs experiments, part of which must be spent on learning how to operate the microscope, collect and visualize data. Minimizing users training time, while removing lost time due to operator confusion and resolving problems, ultimately leads to more successful experiments and more efficient use of allocated time.


Information organizational management in key to the creativity is a proposal that presents the categories of creativity and information, as key issues for setting up a perspective that shows the organizations as living systems, in constant motion, change, adaptation and evolution. The proposal was enlightened by the emerging paradigm of complexity and chaos, and inspired by the study of creative activities like musical improvisation, which served as a metaphor in understanding of the complement between information and creativity from the complex and natural processes. The contributions made in this research well serve as a reference and invitation to develop applications and new research to expand the possibilities for creativity, hoping it will be increasingly a coherent emergency with the networks of life.


The classical problem of existence of non-local function algebras was settled in the affirmative by Eva Kallin in the early sixties by her well-known example [17], (see also [6, p. 170] and [22, p. 83, Example]. A few years later R. G. Blumenthal [3, 4] remarked that Kallin's example was simply a particular case of a type of algebras studied by S. J. Sidney in his dissertation (see [21]). The previous results were obtained within the standard context of Banach function algebra theory. On the other hand, working within the general framework of Topological Algebras, not necessarily normed ones (we refer to A. Mallios [18] for the relevant terminology), we have already considered in [12] the spectrum of Sidney's algebra. More precisely, we looked at it, as a "gluing space" of the spectra of two factor tensor product algebras, whose sum constituted, by definition, the algebra of Sidney. In point of fact, it was Blumenthal (loc. cit.), who actually defined the spectrum of Sidney's algebra, as a gluing space, his result being thus subsumed into ours [12, Theorem 5.2]. Now, continuing herewith our previous work in [12], we further obtain a general existence theorem for non-local topological algebras (a la Blumenthal; see Theorem 3.2). Furthermore, based on a recent article of R. D. Mehta [19], still within the Banach function algebra theory, we consider the Choquet boundary of the (generalized) algebra of Sidney (cf. Theorem 4.1 in the sequel). Indeed, by changing the hypotheses, appropriately, we are able to have the same boundary in a more concrete form, than that one in [12]. Yet, following in the preceding general set-up A. Mallios [18] (see Lemma 4.1 below), we also obtain the Silov boundary of the same Sidney's algebra, as above.


The article gives an analysis of data on capital return in the USSR coke industry for 9 years (1970 to 1978). The principal factors causing the decrease in this index are described.


Green-colored nephritic jade artifacts are commonly found in Neolithic archaeological sites in Taiwan and some regions of the Philippines. Nephrite deposits only occur rarely in nature, and it is widely accepted that chemical analysis is required if nephritic artifacts are to be sourced to specific quarries. In order to define the mineralogical character of the Fengtian nephrite in Taiwan, an electron probe micro analysis (EPMA) was carried out on nephrites from this source and others in East Asia and the Pacific region. Seventeen nephrite specimens were analysed, and found to be composed of tremolite-actinolite amphiboles (Mg / [Mg+Fe] less than 0.93) with fibrous texture, and bearing chromian-spinel inclusions with significant amounts of manganese (Mn: up to 9 wt. %) and zinc (Zn: up to 7 wt. %). These chemical characters can be applied to differentiate the Fengtian nephrite from others.An EPMA sourcing study was also applied to a series of green- and white-colored nephritic artifacts excavated from the Philippines. These included nine green nephritic ornaments from the Tabon Caves on Palawan Island, a fragment of a green nephritic bracelet from the Nagsabaran site in the Cagayan Valley, northern Luzon, and four white nephritic adzes from Batangas, southwestern Luzon. The results indicate that there are at least two kinds of nephrite raw material that were used in the Philippines. The green nephrite, used mostly for the ornaments, was derived from the Fengtian deposits in eastern Taiwan. The white nephrite found in many Batangas sites, not of high quality, was only used for tools such as adzes and chisels and may have been acquired from a local Luzon source. Consequently, this study provides some important evidence about interaction between different prehistoric populations across a large area of Island Southeast Asia.


Return On Asset (ROA) is one of the profitability indicators, this study aimed to know the effect of several internal factors; non performing financing (NPF), capital adequacy ratio (CAR) and financing to deposit ratio (FDR) and depositors funds to Return on Asset (ROA) in Islamic commercial bank in Indonesia. This study uses a sensus method from January 2009 to December 2015. Testing the hypothesis in this study is done by using multiple linier regression test analysis and test interaction moderated regression analysis (MRA) by using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) 23. Result of this research hypothesis show that in the model seen a significant influence on non performing financingand capital adequacy ratio to ROA with probability value (sig-t) 0,000 lowerthan 0,05, and the value of coefficient regression are -0,349 and -0,114 with negative score, it means that if NPF or CAR increase it can make ROAdecreasing. The result of third hypothesis shows that FDR has significantinfluence to ROA with probability value (sig-t) 0,019 lower than 0,05 and the value of coefficient regression is 0,028, it means that FDR has positive influence to ROA. This study also demonstrates the role of moderating variables that can be seen from the result of fourth until sixth hypothesis testing that significantly influence to ROA with probability value (sig-t) score 0,000, 0,022 and 0,003 lower than 0,05 and have coefficient regression value equal 1,029, 0,391 and 0,073 with positive score. Statistical of F test shows that Fcal equal to 24,053 while F table at 0,846, so that F cal > F table. It means that independent variablessuch as NPF, CAR, FDR, and DPK significantly influence to Return on Asset.


The Author reports on a new site with rock art in Kenya. They are some rocks with engravings of human foots and feline paws. It is impossible attributes a precise chronology to these engravings, but the Bur Avoi site gives its contribution to the knowledge of the Kenyan rock art, which is still too modest.


For seventy years, so reflects the author of this tour de force, commentators have only interpreted Weber's methodology in various ways; the point, however, is to assess its soundness. The weary scholar is inclined to applaud the sentiment but remains wary: after all, judging the validity of this logic of science requires some understanding of its claims, and thus some grappling with the accumulated secondary literature. Oakes, of course, knows only too well how easy it is to get lost in these woods turned into printed matter, and sneakily tries to detour around them. His strategy is to show (1) mat Weber framed the problem central to his methodology (the problem of the "objectivity" of social, i.e., historical, science).


This paper presents a new code generation infrastructure for the IOPT-Tools framework, that automatically produces code in multiple languages from Input-Output Place-Transition (IOPT) Petri net models, to support the development of hardware/software controllers for embedded systems. The proposed infrastructure employs a two-step approach that starts with the creation of a language-independent XML document describing the execution semantics of the original Petri net model, which is later transformed into the syntax of the desired target programming or hardware description languages. The output of the first step is shared by all target languages, ensuring execution behavior consistency, independent of the chosen target language. As the IOPT simulation and model-checking tools also employ the code generated automatically, the proposed solution contributes to obtaining consistency between the behavior observed during simulation and model-checking and the final controllers running on embedded devices.