Optical microscopic and goniometric measurements were combined with microradiography, diffraction-pattern analysis and topography to study a 2 mm thick [001]-texture CVD (chemical vapour deposition) diamond film that had developed a coarse-grained structure composed of separate columnar crystallites. Individual columns were capped by large (001) facets, with widths up to 0.5 mm, and which were smooth but not flat, whereas the column sides were morphologically irregular. The refractive deviation of X-rays transmitted through the crystallites was exploited for delineating facet edges, thereby facilitating the controlled positioning of small-cross-section X-ray beams used for recording diffraction patterns from selected volumes in two representative crystallites. Their structure consisted of a [001]-axial core column surrounded by columns in twin orientation with respect to the core. The diamond volume directly below the (001) facets was free from low-angle boundaries, and no dislocation outcrops on the facets were detected. Significant elastic deformation of this volume was only present close to the facet periphery, where misorientations reached a few milliradians. Lattice imperfection was high in the twins, with ∼1° misorientations.


1. Eurostat is taking a major step in harmonising national time use surveys since the Multinational Comparative Time-Budget Research Project was carried out in the late 1960s. Urgent needs for increased comparability between national time use surveys were noticed by Eurostat in the early-90s. In March 1992 the Working Party on Social Indicators discussed the potential applications of time use surveys. Workshops, representing EU and EFTA countries with experience on national time use surveys have been arranged. Comments from international organisations (ILO, OECD, UNESCO, FAO, UN/INSTRAW and UN/Statistical Office) as well as from time-use researchers around the world have been taken into account. Interest in time use data has been shown by the relevant policy partners (DGs) of the European Commission.


The structures and the technical characteristics of a CAN Bus micro-controller,on zincplating thin board In practical,these have been tested exactly,system structure is simply and stable.


We have investigated the climatological and interannual variability of biogeochemical cycles in the north Indian Ocean with simulations of TOPAZ (Tracers Of Phytoplankton with Allometric Zooplankton) during 1949–2009. Model simulations have been carried out with climatological and interannual fluxes forcings and the results have been evaluated by using the available data from different sources in the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal. The model captures significant spatial and seasonal features in surface chlorophyll and primary productivity observed in satellite data. Seasonal and interannual variations, and profiles of a few of the state variables obtained from the coupled model simulations compare well with the cruise and satellite data at a few stations for many seasons in the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal. We have also studied the spatial, seasonal and interannual variations of sea surface temperature (SST) and surface chlorophyll anomalies in the north Indian Ocean using model simulation results and satellite data. It is seen that a negative surface chlorophyll anomaly correlates well with a positive SST anomaly.


The problem of the development and use of teaching resources is a new course that the teaching reform faces.Ideolog-ical and political education major teaching is rich in teaching resources,owing to its unique quality.There are however some prob-lems of the development and uses of it because people cannot know about the intention and the value of the resources.On the basis of analysis on the recent situation of ideological and political lessons,this essay talks about the new ideas of the development and use of teaching resources of ideological and political education major and how to use them.


This study aims to describe the values in the elderly because at the present time the pleasure of listening to the story (satua) before putting children to sleep from parents decreases. Although there are still some, maybe only a few, especially in rural areas. One reason is the rapid development of technology in various aspects of life. The results of this study indicate that by means of parents in the family, school and in the community are able to provide a description and understanding of the values of Budi Pekerti to young children, adolescents and adults, especially Satua banyol in Budakeling Village and Tenganan Village Karangasem Regency. Satua also contains educational values that are very beneficial for the development of children's character.


In the accompanying plate are two of my Notched Ovate bannerstones. The small example at the top is from Van Wert County and was originally collected by Dr. Meuser — his number 3072/5. The larger ovate is 5V2 inches long and is from Darke County. Strangely, the Darke County specimen is totally finished except for the drilling despite the fact that the piece appears to be well shaped and polished in all other respects.


We report Submillimeter Array 1.3 mm high angular resolution observations toward the four EXor-type outbursting young stellar objects VY Tau, V1118 Ori, V1143 Ori, and NY Ori. The data mostly show low dust masses Mdust in the associated circumstellar disks. Among the sources, NY Ori possesses a relatively massive disk with Mdust ∼ 9 × 10−4M⊙. V1118 Ori has a marginal detection equivalent to Mdust ∼ 6 × 10−5M⊙. V1143 Ori has a non-detection also equivalent to Mdust < 6 × 10−5M⊙. For the nearest source, VY Tau, we get a surprising non-detection that provides a stringent upper limit Mdust < 6 × 10−6M⊙. We interpret our findings as suggesting that the gas and dust reservoirs that feed the short-duration, repetitive optical outbursts seen in some EXors may be limited to the small-scale, innermost region of their circumstellar disks. This hot dust may have escaped our detection limits. Follow-up, more sensitive millimeter observations are needed to improve our understanding of the triggering mechanisms of EXor-type outbursts.


Two numerical codes are combined to give a theoretical estimate of the current drive and direct electron heating by fast waves launched from phased antenna arrays on the DIII-D tokamak. Results are compared with experiment.


The outlook for passenger rail projects in 2002 appears to be steady, according to METRO magazine's eighth annual North American rail projects survey. Projects planned for 2002 totaled $53 billion, an increase of $1 billion over last year. MTA New York City Transit had the biggest budget of any agency, with $10.2 billion designated for passenger rail projects. The single largest item was the planned purchase of 1,550 IRT subway cars at a cost of $2.3 billion. Also on METRO's list of the 10 agencies with the biggest project budgets were (2) Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, (3) Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, (4) Chicago Transit Authority, (5) Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, (6) MTA Long Island Railroad, (7) Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, (7)Tren Urbano, San Juan, Puerto Rico; (9) New Jersey Transit Corp., and (10) Orange County Transportation Authority.


In contrast to switch-based passive pixel sensor readout circuits, pixel architectures incorporating on-pixel amplification have recently surfaced for large-area, noise-vulnerable, medical imaging applications. In this article, the noise performance of a current-mediated amorphous silicon pixel amplifier readout circuit for diagnostic medical imaging is presented. In addition, reset noise, commonly the limiting noise component in complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor pixel amplifiers, is investigated for amorphous silicon pixel circuits. Theoretical analysis and measurements of pixel noise sources are presented in which the amorphous silicon pixel amplifier appears promising for large-area, noise-sensitive, real-time digital fluoroscopy.


Species of the family Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) inhabit a wide range of herbs, shrubs, and trees. Horse chestnut, Aesculus hippocastanum, is an important ornamental tree in Europe and, in addition to its importance for pollinators, it can serve as a host plant of these predatory mites. Little is, however, known about the factors affecting spatiotemporal variability in the density of phytoseiids on A. hippocastanum in an urban environment. We therefore assessed the species composition and the spatial and seasonal variability in the abundance of Phytoseiidae species in the city of České Budějovice, South Bohemia, Czech Republic. Compound-leaf samples were randomly collected from horse chestnut tree branches at eight sites, five times during the vegetation season in 2013. The mites were collected by washing technique and mounted on slides for identification. In total, 13,903 specimens of phytoseiid mites were found, and eight species were identified: Amblyseius andersoni, Euseius finlandicus, Kampimodromus aberrans, Neoseiulella tiliarum, Phytoseius macropilis, Paraseiulus talbii, Paraseiulus triporus, and Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) pyri. The predominant species was E. finlandicus (96.25%). The mean number of mites per compound leaf was 2.53, 10.40, 23.54, 11.59, and 9.27 on the sampling dates in each month between May and September, respectively. The results further revealed that the mite abundance varied significantly among sampling sites and that it was negatively related to percentage of greenery area, intensity of greenery care, distance to water body, and density and age of horse chestnut trees, while it was positively related to air pollution index. The importance of leaf micromorphology for the attractiveness of A. hippocastanum to Phytoseiidae is discussed.


As noted by Kite 1 and Oliver,2 when the red blood cells of various vertebrates, from frogs and fishes to man, are examined in sterile Ringer's solution to which hirudin has been added, certain of the cells are found to possess various types of motile and nonmotile processes. These processes may be seen in petrolatum-sealed preparations with the dark field, as well as on blood cells mounted in a Barber moist chamber freely open to the air, and examined under the oil immersion by ordinary transmitted light, without the aid of special condensers. Within from forty to fifty minutes after the preparation is made some of the erythrocytes are seen to possess one or more processes, varying in length from 2 to 3 microns to as much as 30 microns. Some of these processes, which may appear on crenated as well as on uncrenated cells, exhibit a rapid whiplike motion; others show a slow undulatory motion, while still others are absolutely motionless. The processes are definitely produced by the red cell, possess unquestioned continuity with it, and, under certain conditions, are capable of extremely rapid retraction back into the cell. Erythrocytes with whipping or slowly undulating processes are actually motile, free-swimming cells, and I have followed such motile red cells through as many as fifty oil immersion fields. Not only are these processes occasionally retracted, but much more frequently they break off from the cell, and the motile processes continue to whip or undulate even after being detached. In fresh blood preparations such processes, broken off from red blood corpuscles, may rather easily be mistaken for spirochetes, leptospira and similar organisms. Some of the processes, after whipping for twenty or thirty minutes, may be seen to take on a granular, beaded appearance; sometimes only a single, terminal bead is found near the end of a process. So far as I am aware, the processes have been observed on erythrocytes only in fresh preparations of blood. The purpose of this note is to record their successful staining in fixed smears of normal human blood.


The use of cellular technology provides an opportunity to apply technology in modifying consumer behavior. The purpose of this analysis is to understand digital literacy and technology experience which contribute to behavioral intentions to use digital wallet. This study aims to develop a framework outside the technology acceptance model (TAM). We hypothesize that digital literacy and technology experience have effect to behavioral intention. The sample used to be GoPay users in Malang. This study uses the Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) to test causality in the proposed model. These identified factors require to be substantiated in this context. Keywords—digital wallet, digital literacy, technology experience, TAM, behavioral intention


Three people have been hospitalised following a road accident in Knaresborough on New Years Day. Thetraffic collision at Thistle Hill in ...


Since 1970 thejapanese pharmaceutical industry has grown 30-fold,1 mainly due to the favorable market created by japan's national health insurance, but also because of the independent research and development of innovative new drugs begun after the introduction of Western technologies from abroad. The industry's annual output totaled 5,059,500 million yen in 1988. Although the rate of growth slowed in the early 1990s, the annual output has surpassed 6 trillion yen (36.3 billion US. dollars) in the current period (see Table 1), making japan second only to the US. (with a 29.5% share of the market) in the output of pharmaceutical products. japan has an 18% share worldwide, surpassing Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland, and Great Britain.2 In Part I of this article, which was published in the November/December 1997 issue of jMCp, (Volume 3, Number 6), we discussed the development of japanese health policy as it has influenced pharmaceutical consumption. Drug usage in japan relies on physicians' heavy prescribing habits and their dispensing role, the levels of government reimbursement, and the industry's dynamics within the larger japanese economy. Part II of this three-part series examines the overseas movement of the japanese pharmaceutical industry in its political/economic context, which is relevant to the managed care industry and the US. pharmaceutical industry. Part III of the series will appear in the july/August 1998 issue of ]MCP. It will describe major japanese pharmaceutical companies and their overseas activities. 3


"We no longer live in the Holocene, we live in the Anthropocene—in an era shaped by the actions of humankind," says Paul Crutzen, atmospheric chemist and Nobel Prize winner. Evidence of this new geological era of humans can be found in the atmosphere. For instance, the Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding, a Fourier transform spectrometer onboard Europe's environmental research satellite ENVISAT, can detect 30 different trace gases in the atmosphere, which could provide information on global warming and the depletion of the ozone layer. In the 1980s, the findings of Crutzen and his team were used as the basis for the Montreal Protocol's ban on the use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), identified as the primary cause for the hole in the ozone layer. Without this ban, the ozone layer, which absorbs most of the sun's UV radiation, would likely be completely depleted within the next 40 years. MIPAS Martyna Zalalyte


According to the characteristics of PTZ camera itself pure delay of measurement and control, discontinuity of control system and unknown model, a new PID-DMC control algorithm with feedforward compensation is proposed. When using the conventional PID algorithm to control, due to the discontinuity of the control amount of the PTZ camera, the serious control jitter when the closed-loop system operating, the stability of the system is affected critically, and even the equipment will be damaged. For this reason, feedforward compensation is added on the basis of conventional PID control to alleviate the problem of increasing of the overshoot caused by the integral action. Meanwhile, DMC control is introduced to effectively reduce the fluctuation of the system, which makes the follow-up tracking of the system more stable and effective.


OBJECTIVE Summarize the research progresss on Genus Gnetum.METHODS Sum up the progresss in the research of chemical constituents and biological activities in Genus Gnetum.RESULTS The chemical constituents have new structures and good activities.CONCLUSION Genus Gnetum have great value and the research will going to a new stage.


Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is a relatively frequent but largely underdiagnosed geriatric disorder characterized by impaired gait and balance, urinary frequency, and cognitive decline with evidence of ventriculomegaly on neuroimaging. However, NPH pathophysiology and nosology is far from being elucidated, especially in light of the debated relationship with both neurodegenerative and vascular conditions (Figure 1). Although cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunting remains an effective treatment, the patient's response after diversion can be variable, sometimes of short duration, and not always predictable. Either poor patient selection or delayed surgery may explain the variability after surgery. Both of these elements represent the diagnostic difficulties in patients with features consistent with NPH. Because an integral step in the diagnostic evaluation of NPH patients is the large-volume lumbar puncture (tap test), it makes perfect sense to examine the CSF as a potential source of diagnostic information in the hopes of improving the diagnostic yield for the diagnosis. Over the years, many biomarkers have been explored in the CSF of degenerative conditions, in some cases reaching a clinical value (Table 1). Several CSF studies examining for potential biomarkers have been performed in NPH patients as well. However, this literature is quite confusing because not only is NPH a heterogeneous condition, but also because these studies have explored different biomarkers, using different methodology and, more importantly, basing enrollment on a variety of different criteria. In addition, CSF biomarker levels potentially can be altered through possible changes of intracranial fluid dynamics for the clearance of proteins in patients with NPH. In this issue of The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences, Pfanner et al present the result of their systematic review of studies investigating CSF biomarkers as predictors of shunt response in patients with idiopathic NPH. The authors should be congratulated not only for an extremely timely review, but also for their conservative approach to avoid misdiagnoses that could bias CSF results. They decided to focus on selected studies with an adequate sample (> ten cases) in which "idiopathic" and "secondary" NPH were not combined, and on patients with a documented improvement after CSF shunting. Authors were left with 13 studies with data on 508 patients and 37 unique CSF biomarkers. They concluded that the available evidence is greatest in predicting shunt response in idiopathic NPH for amyloid beta peptide 42, tau, phosphorylated tau, neurofilament light protein (NFL), and leucine-rich alpha-2-glycoprotein (LRG). Decreased CSF levels of amyloid beta peptide 42, and increased CSF levels of tau and phosphorylated tau, are strongly associated with Alzheimer disease (AD). Not surprisingly, NPH patients with biomarker profiles consistent with AD tended toward lower postoperative improvement. More complex is the interpretation of NFL and LRG, markers of neuronal damage and inflammation, respectively. Both markers are significantly elevated in NPH patients, but their predictive role is complicated by the fact that patients with longstanding NPHmight not respond to shunting when surgery is performed too late, in spite of elevated NFL and LRG. The review by Pfanner et al. also found "minimal evidence" for the use of transforming growth factor-β1, transforming growth factor beta receptor 2, homocysteine, and interleukins 1β, 6, and 10. The authors also identified other CSF biomarkers that are commonly investigated in neurological conditions that have not been investigated for NPH. These include α-synuclein, interferon gamma, neuron-specific enolase, and visinin-like protein-1. The overall interpretation of the scientific evidence collected so far further indicates that NPH is a syndrome rather than a discrete entity with a diagnostic gold standard. In this context, although limited by the lack of detailed clinical information, Figure 1: The debated relationship among NPH, neurodegeneration, and vascular conditions. In NPH, CSF flow is pushed through the Virchow-Robin spaces into brain parenchyma, resulting in parenchymal changes from tissue compression and white matter ischemia. On the other hand, some vascular risk factors (hypertension and diabetes) have been linked to an increased risk of NPH. In addition, venous compliance in NPH is found to be reduced, particularly in the sagittal sinus, possibly resulting in reduced cellular metabolism and clearance of toxins, thus favoring AD-like neurodegenerating. AD=Alzheimer disease; CSF= cerebrospinal fluid; NPH= normal pressure hydrocephalus.


The current technology is not capable of building cost-effective and efficient multiprocessor systems consisting of very large number of processors in order to meet the computational power requirements of a number of scientific problems. Therefore, it is important to investigate the potentialities of cost-effective scalable multiprocessor systems as means to meet the computational power requirements of such problems. The systems based on Hierarchical Interconnection Networks (HIN) are scalable and very much cost effective compared to the other multiprocessor systems, since they use less expensive interconnection networks. They can also be used very efficiently to implement a variety of parallel algorithms, because of the topological resemblance they have with those algorithms. Therefore, researching in to their ability to perform in various contexts is important.
Although there are analytical models suggested in the literature, they are not accurate enough to predict the behavior of HIN-based systems accurately. This thesis presents a more accurate analytical model to determine the memory bandwidth of a hierarchical multiprocessor system. It is very desirable that a hierarchical interconnection network (HIN) be fault tolerant, because for certain types of HINs, a single faulty link can disconnect a set of processors and/or memory modules from the rest of the system. As a result, all the processors and memory modules of the system can't be used together. This thesis also presents two types of fault tolerant HINs and a number of approximate analytical models to determine the bandwidth of the HINs under fault free and faulty conditions.
The performance of a conventional HIN-based system degrades as the access rate for non-local memory modules increases. If some hot spots are present in the system, the performance degradation becomes significant. This thesis also presents a new hierarchical multiprocessor system and compares its performance of the synchronous system with that of the conventional HIN-based systems with the help of analytical models. Our analysis shows that the performance degradation both due to the presence of hot spots and due to non-local references is less severe in the hierarchical multiprocessor than in the other existing hierarchical multiprocessors.
Mapping is another very important aspect of HIN-based systems. An efficient mapping algorithm is of utmost importance, because of the very high sensitivity of performance of such systems to the request patterns. An optimal mapping algorithm for a class of parallel algorithms of pyramid type computation graph and a target architecture based on hierarchical interconnection networks was presented in this thesis. The effectiveness of the mapping algorithm was also experimentally established.


Introduction: Age related changes in hair and skin impact quality of life. Interventions to mitigate these changes
 are of interest.
Aim: To examine the safety and efficacy of LustrivaTM (a novel source of biotin and silicon) at a high or lower dose
 compared to placebo for impacts on hair and skin.
Materials and Methods: In a randomized, double-blind study, 90 healthy female subjects with self-reported thinning
 hair who met Savin/Ludwig Scale criteria I-2 to II-1 by physician evaluation were randomized to one of three groups
 for 12 weeks (n=30/group): LustrivaTM High-Dose (LHD), LustrivaTM Low-Dose (LLD) or Placebo (PL). Hair quality
 and thickness measured by the TrichoScan HD testing system and skin parameters (facial wrinkles, fine lines, skin
 texture, skin color evenness, skin elasticity) measured by the Antera 3DTM System and the CutometerTM Dual MPA
 580 system.
Results: There was a significant increase in hair thickness measured by change in % vellus hair and % terminal hair
 and in the ratio of % vellus to terminal hair in LHD compared to PL at Week 3, maintained throughout the study
 (p=0.029). LHD had a significant decrease in facial wrinkles (12 Weeks) measured by a change in maximal wrinkle
 depth vs. PL (p=0.031). After 12 weeks compared to baseline LHD significantly improved facial wrinkle Maximum
 Depth, Indentation Index and Score, facial fine lines Indentation Index and Score, and facial texture Maximum
 Height, Roughness and Score (p<0.05), no change in PL. There were no changes for skin elasticity between groups.
 For some hair and skin parameters, LLD showed improvements less than LHD but that approached significance
 (p<0.1). All groups improved in subjective nail endpoints vs. baseline with no significant differences between groups.
 No adverse events reported.
Conclusion: LHD significantly increased hair thickness and reduced facial wrinkle depth compared to placebo and
 performed better than the LLD in most parameters. Future studies are warranted.


Research and development of the C-band accelerating section has been in progress at KEK since 2002 [1]. This paper reports on the development of the second prototype accelerating section. Both input/output couplers have a single port and their cells are the same length as the waveguide width. The coupler irises are thicker than the first prototype for preventing the rf breakdown at the iris edge. The coupler cavity diameters and the coupling irises were optimized by using the iteration of the rf measurement which is based on the nodal shift method. The high-power test of the accelerating section at the test stand has been performed for a month. Rf breakdown frequency has been reduced.


Refining performance and mechanism of Al-5Ti-1B and Al-5Ti-0.4C master alloys at different temperature were investigated in this paper. The experimental results show that the refining effect of Al-5Ti-0.4C master alloy becomes worse as temperature increasing from 750°C to 1200°C, The refining effect of Al-5Ti-1B master alloy becomes worse as temperature increasing from 750°C to 1000°C. However, when the temperature is above 1000°C, the refining effect of Al-5Ti-1B master alloy recovers gradually as temperature increasing. TiB2 particles with TiAl3 layers are the heterogeneous nucleating cores of α-Al at low temperature. However, TiB2 particles are the heterogeneous nuclei of α-Al at high temperature.


Asymptotically de Sitter spaces can be described by euclidean boundary theories with entropies given by the modified Cardy-Verlinde formula. We show that the Cardy-Verlinde formula describes a string with a rescaled tension which in fact is a string at the stretched cosmological horizon as seen from the boundary. The temperature of the boundary theory is the rescaled Hagedorn temperature of the string. Our results agree with an alternative description of asymptotically de Sitter spaces in terms of strings on the stretched horizon. The relation between the two descriptions is given by the large gravitational redshift between the boundary and the stretched horizon and a shift in energy.


This paper presents a comparative study of the power consumption of two methods to cancel the offset capacitance in high-resolution capacitive displacement sensors. One method is applied based on correlated-double-sampling (CDS) technique and the other method is applied using oversampling technique. The analytical comparison predicts similar power consumption, if the same resolution for the same conversion time need to be reached. Experimental results with implementations of the two methods confirmed the analytical prediction.


When a person is performing daily activities (e.g. walking) in the context of a WBAN application, the channel quality between the worn sensor devices and the hub can vary due to the switching of Line-Of-Sight (LOS) and None-Line-Of-Sight (NLOS) statuses among the sender and the receiver. Therefore, motion aware wireless MAC protocols are designed in order to enhance communication reliability and to avoid wasting energy on unnecessary wireless re-transmissions during most of the NLOS communications. Despite its importance, the prerequisite step of accurate and energy efficient motion detection remains as an assumption in most of the existing motion aware WBAN protocols. Hence in this paper, we propose an optimized real-time gesture detection method and implement it in a motion aware WBAN communication protocol. Wireless communications only take place when the channel condition is good, while data is buffered otherwise. It is lightweight and tailored to perform fast with accurate detection that suits embedded devices with limited memory size and relatively low MCU processing speeds. Experiments are conducted using both simulation and real-life hardware devices with 6 volunteers. The proposed motion detection method showed 99.28% off-line accuracy and 92.5% online accuracy, respectively. Thanks to which, the communication results yielded a promising 82% improvement in packet drop reduction and 32.8% improvement in energy efficiency compared to conventional methods.


The deep drawing process is widely used for forming sheet metal products. Medication and perfume tubes, pots and pans, household appliances, automotive parts and defence industry products are examples of the different applications of this process. In products formed using deep drawing, homogenous sheet thickness distribution and achievement of the highest drawing ratio is expected. Conventional deep drawing is one of the most widely used sheet metal-forming methods for turning blank sheets into hollow pieces. The process includes forming the sheet metal with compression and tensile forces. In the process, the punch pulls the sheet material through the space between the punch and the die ring and shapes it [1]. In this process, the blankholding slide transfers the blank-holding force via the blank holder onto the blank and the draw die. The die and the ejector are located in the lower die on the press bed. During forming, the blank holder brings the sheet metal into contact with the die, the punch descends from above into the die and shapes the part, while the sheet metal can flow without any wrinkling of the blank-holding area. In this case, the drawing process is carried out with a fixed blank holder and moving punch. The conventional deep drawing process is shown schematically, in Fig. 1. When analysing previously performed studies, it was found that there are experimental-analytical and numerical research results. Through the finite element method (FEM), which is a numerical method, Volk et al. attempted to determine the optimal blankholding force, through the finite element method, by changing the geometry and the structure of the blank holder. The best results were obtained with flexible, segmented blank holders [2]. Trzepieciński and Lemu worked on the effect of sheet metal surface roughness, lubricant conditions and sample orientation on the value of the friction coefficient in the draw-bead region of the sheet metal-forming processes. They ascertained several relationships showing the effect of surface profile and lubrication on the value of the friction coefficient. Simulations have been performed to study the stress/strain state in the stretched sample during draw-bead simulator tests [3]. Assempour and The Experimental Investigation of Effects of Multiple Parameters on the Formability of the DC01 Sheet Metal Gürün, H. – Karaağaç, İ. Hakan Gürün* – İbrahim Karaağaç Gazi University Faculty of Technology, Department of Manufacturing Engineering, Turkey


Abstract:East-north-east trending amphibolite facies metasedimentary and metaigneous gneisses of the Rosslare Complex, south-east Ireland, have been reconstituted into north-east trending greenschist facies mylonitic shear zones composed mainly of chlorite, sericite and opaque minerals. Modal abundances of feldspar and amphibole in metadiorite decrease and the abundances of sericite and chlorite increase with increasing retrogression. Garnet was altered to chlorite and sheared parallel to the foliation. Plagioclase feldspar underwent brittle deformation whereas quartz experienced syntectonic recrystallisation to finer strain-free grains. Following brittle deformation, feldspar was chloritised during retrogression. Published whole rock chemical analyses indicate that altered metadiorite at Greenore Point gained Mg and lost alkalis (Na, K, Rb), Sr, and Si. Some trace elements (such as Ti, Zr, P) and major elements (Fe, Al and Ca) were immobile. Aqueous fluid inclusions in syntectonic quartz veins have salinities of 5-21 wt% NaCl equivalent, and their first melting temperatures indicate two distinct compositional fluid types are present: KCl and MgCl₂-rich compositions. Balanced retrograde reactions indicate an influx of Mg-rich fluids that exchanged with alkalis in the rock. A simple petrological model involving hydration of periclase to form brucite displays several features analogous to the natural retrograde process, namely, buffering of the fluid salinity and composition by retrograde reaction, reaction-enhanced weakening resulting in retrograde shear zone formation and episodic open and closed system behaviour involving pulsed fluid flow.


The relationship between husband and wife changed if one of them has chronic disease. After a serious stroke encounter, a husband experiences physical disability and psychological disturbance. Inevitably, he needs help from other other people. This condition affects the wife's feeling as a spouse and caretaker. Therefore, a wife should make adjustment in dealing with changes that happen husband and wife. The instrument used to collect data is the in-depth interview method. The sample consists of five wives whose husband suffered serious stroke for a maximum period of five years. The sample is restricted to middle-aged woman, whose age is between 40 to 65 years old. Data collection was conducted within three months, started from May 12 th , 2005 until August 11 th , 2005. The result of study shows that every subject has undergone cognitive, motor, sexual, communication, and emotional adjustment in relation to their husbands. They also adjust to their economic, social life and activities as an individual.


Abstract A model for describing the magnetoresistance behavior in a granular high-temperature superconductor (HTS) that has been developed in the last decade explains a fairly extraordinary form of the hysteretic R ( H ) dependences at T = const and their hysteretic features, including the local maximum, the negative magnetoresistance region, and the local minimum. In the framework of this model, the effective field B _eff in the intergrain medium has been considered, which represents a superposition of the external field and the field induced by the magnetic moments of HTS grains. This field can be written in the form B _eff( H ) = H + 4πα M ( H ), where M ( H ) is the experimental field dependence of the magnetization and α is the parameter of crowding of the magnetic induction lines in the intergrain medium. Therefore, the magnetoresistance is a function of not simply an external field, but also the "internal" effective field R ( H ) = f ( B _eff( H )). The magnetoresistance of the granular YBa_2Cu_3O_7 – δ HTS has been investigated in a wide temperature range. The experimental hysteretic R ( H ) dependences obtained in the high -temperature range (77–90 K) are well explained using the developed model and the parameter α is 20–25. However, at a temperature of 4.2 K, no local extrema are observed, although the expression for B _eff( H ) predicts them and the parameter α somewhat increases (~30–35) at this temperature. An additional factor that must be taken into account in this model can be the redistribution of the microscopic current trajectories, which also affects the dissipation in the intergrain medium. At low temperatures under the strong magnetic flux compression (α ~ 30–35), the microscopic trajectories of the current I _ m can change and tunneling through the neighboring grain is preferred, but the angle between I _ m and B _eff will be noticeably smaller than 90°, although the external (and effective) field direction is perpendicular to the macroscopic current direction.


Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) has been developed and phased-in many manufacturing firms in Japan. This method has significantly promoted their productivity and competitiveness beginning in 1971. However, an autonomous preventive maintenance (APM) system is a very special, fundamental pillar of TPM. APM includes a series of important systematic direct labor activities in the first line. The techniques, cost, human resources, and management are important considerations. Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) are the most popular analytical failure analysis methods, widely adopted over different industries. They are often used to examine potential problems during the design and manufacturing phase, discovering possible failure cause before product design finalization and manufacturing. This study integrates the FTA and FMEA techniques to establish an APM system that meets a company's goal of reducing manufacturing cost, promoting employee competence and equipment productivity. The major contribution of this study is the construction of an equipment potential failure mode and Risk Priority Number (RPN) method through integrating FTA and FMEA. The proposed method will be transformed into a selection of items and their APM maintenance frequencies to deploy employee's technical capabilities through effective training. This study uses S company – a key Semiconductor material manufacturer as a case study to prove the proposed model's applicability and suitability.


Esophageal injury after ingestion of various drugs often goes unrecognized. Two cases of tetracycline induced esophagitis are reported. The main presenting symptoms were odynophagia and dysphagia for both solids and liquids following the first two or three doses. Esophageal endoscopy revealed the presence of acute esophageal ulcers in both cases. Symptomatic relief was achieved by discontinuation of the drug and the use of viscous lidocaine and antacids. Recovery was complete within a few days. Recognition of this entity will help in its diagnosis and treatment, and should prevent further complications.


A detailed analysis of secondary voltage waveforms displayed by an oscilloscope is commonly acknowledged as a key to diagnosing automobile ignition systems as well as some mechanical components of spark - ignited combustion engines. Many ignition systems troubles may be identified by experienced service technicians due to an assessment of some characteristic parts of a high-voltage waveform: the dwell time, firing line, burn time and oscillations. However, the analysis of many data collected over a long period, if done manually, can be awkward and time-consuming. The focus of the article is an application of a deep learning method for the detection and classification of selected parts of highvoltage waveforms generated by an ignition coil. The study concluded that an application of the ADAM optimization algorithm for deep learning can help develop a model for highvoltage signal segmentation which yields the average classification accuracy greater than 99%.


The article deals with the rights of the child and parents in the Muslim family law of the early Middle Ages and its formation in the 8th-10th centuries. The key rights of the child were determined and explained: the right to life, the right to naming, the right to nafaka-the right to financial support-the right to the awareness of his or her genealogy, the right to breastfeeding and the right to up-bringing (al-hidana). In addition, the article provides for the following classifications of the rights in question: basic, financial-economic, religious-ethical. Also, the author considers the issue of prohibition of adoption and gives the definition of an orphan (jatim) under Muslim family law, elucidates peculiarities of the status of orphans, the mechanism for protecting property rights of orphans, rights and duties of guardians with respect of orphans and their property, powers of the kadia (judge) regarding the issue of protecting the rights of orphans, types of guardianship. The reasons and procedure for deprivation of guardianship are also examined. In addition, the author considers parental property rights regarding children.


An Electron Cyclotron Emission Imaging (ECEI) diagnostic system for the WEST tokamak has been developed under the UNIST-WEST collaboration. This diagnostic system is designed to overcome accessibility and thermomechanical constraints for long pulse operation. The first O-mode channel will be installed in the first trimester of 2019 to probe the low field side (LFS) of the WEST plasma. Two large metallic reflective mirrors are installed inside the duct which is being used for maintenance access. They are suspended on a rail to facilitate mirror manipulation. The ex-vessel optical system (lens, detection array, etc.) is housed in a compact optical enclosure that fits in a tight free space between the port flange and tokamak access lobby. The design emphasized reproducibility of the precise alignment between in-vessel mirrors and optical enclosure since the both elements must be removed during shutdown period for maintenance access. The overall optical system was fully tested at UNIST last year. The test results demonstrated that the imaging optics can full access at any radial position on the LFS. The 2D beam pattern measurements were consistent with the design values.


A 66-year-old male presents to hospital with three days of progressive fatigue, bilateral leg swelling, and subjective fevers. He had worsening dyspnea on exertion severely affecting the activities of his daily living. The patient's past medical history is significant for coronary artery disease. He had a percutaneous coronary intervention three months prior with Xience drugeluting stent placement to the right posterior descending artery. At the same time, due to severe aortic stenosis, a bioprosthetic Carpentier-Edwards mechanical aortic valve replacement was also done. His most recent transthoracic echocardiography demonstrated a left ventricular ejection fraction of 65% with stage one diastolic dysfunction. Other medical history includes chronic congestive heart failureAHA Class C, hypertension, non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus type 2, dyslipoproteinemia, benign prostatic hypertrophy, obstructive sleep apnea, and morbid obesity. No known drug allergies exist. Family history was negative for premature coronary disease but positive for hypertension. Past social history includes vocation as a farmer, active tobacco use with 30-pack year history, two glasses of wine weekly, and no illicit drug use. Medications include Glimepiride 2 mg daily, Metformin 1 gram daily, Gabapentin 100 mg t.i.d., Synthroid 40 mcg daily, Lasix 40 mg at night, Norvasc 10 mg daily, Lipitor 20 mg daily, aspirin 325 mg daily, Lyrica 50 mg t.i.d., Omeprazole 20 mg daily, Flomax 0.4 mg daily, Plavix 75 mg daily, Potassium 20 mEq daily, Quinapril 20 mg daily, Lopressor 50 mg b.i.d., Tramadol 30 mg t.i.d.


THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WORK SCALE (SWS; Williams, Morea, & Ives, 1975) measures eight aspects of employment: (a) economic satisfaction, (b) job satisfaction, (c) security, (d) power, (e) self-realization, (f) patterning of time, (g) social contact, and (h) social position. These dimensions appear to be congruent with Jahoda's (1979) view that individuals derive manifest and latent benefits from paid work. Specifically, the first four dimensions appear to represent the manifest benefits of employment (i.e., work-related rewards that are objective and anticipated), whereas the second four dimensions appear to represent the latent benefits (i.e., work-related rewards that are subjective and unanticipated). To date, Kuhnert (1989) has provided the only published account of whether the SWS is a valid measure of the manifest and latent benefits of work. Kuhnert's data, from employed and unemployed individuals, did not support Jahoda's ( 1979) conceptualization. Rather, the SWS appeared to measure intrinsic and extrinsic reasons for working. Our purpose in the present study was to investigate whether the eight aspects of employment measured by the SWS are best represented in terms of manifest


A substrate transfer device is provided to reduce capacity of a motor by performing a linear motion of a radial direction and a rotational motion through a first driving unit and a second driving unit in a robot hand. An arm frame(10) is supported in an elevating shaft and a robot hand(15) moves to the top and bottom of the elevating shaft. The robot hand comprises a first robot arm, a second robot arm, a first driving unit, a second driving unit and a controller. The first robot arm(12) is pivotally supported in the arm frame. The second robot arm(13) is pivotally supported in the end part of the first robot arm. The first driving unit(20) rotates the robot hand according to the rotation of the first robot arm. The second driving unit(30) expands and contracts the robot hand toward the radial direction according to the rotation of the second robot arm. When the robot hand is rotated, the controller operates the first driving unit and stops the second driving unit. When the robot hand is expanded and contracted toward the radial direction, the controller operates the first driving unit and the second driving unit.


Objective To explore the effect of the microbubbles targeted to αvβ-3 on tumor angiogenesis.Methods The microbubbles targeted to αvβ-3(MBa) were prepared by attaching the anti-αvβ-3 monoclone antibodies to the shell of lipid-microbubbles via streptavidin bridge,and the control microbubbles carried the isotype control antibody(MBc).12 subcutaneous HepG2 xenotransplanted nude mice(tumor group) and 12 normal nude mice(control group) during intravenous injection of MBa,MBc and RGDfvV,blocking + MBa in random with 10 min interval,then the comparative ultrasonography was performed,and video intensity(VI) was measured. All the tumors and normal skeletal muscle tissues were underwent the examination of pathology and immunohistochemisty.Results VI in tumors with MBa was about 3-folds greater than tumors with MBc[(17.43±3.30) U vs.(5.88±1.04) U,P0.01)],there was significant difference.VI in tumors with MBa was drop to(6.14±2.25) U at pre-blocking of RGDfvV,to the same as VI in tumors with MBc and VI in skeletal muscles with MBa,MBc and MBa+ pre-blocking of RGDfvV.Strang staining of αvβ-3 was found in the endothelium of tumor neovascularization and blocked by RGDfvV,but not in skeletal muscles.Conclusion The microbubbles attaching the anti-αvβ-3 monoclone antibodies could be used to evaluate the αvβ-3 in tumor angiogenesis,which has a potential for detecting tumor and assessing the effect of theropeautics.


The invention provides an in-situ repair system for treating the pollution of underground water. The in-situ repair system comprises a water pumping well, a static mixer and a water injecting well; the water pumping well is internally provided with a submersible pump, and a water outlet of the submersible pump is connected with a water inlet of the static mixer; the other inlet of the static mixer is connected with a drug jar, and the drug jar internally accommodates carbon source drug; the underground water and the carbon source drug pumped out of the water pumping well are evenly mixed with each other by the static mixer; and an outlet of the static mixer is connected with an inlet of the water injecting well. The system puts repairing agent by the injecting well, the water pumping well is used for pumping water to accelerate the spread of the drug in an underground water pollution region, and the indigenous microorganism can be activated to promote the denitrification effect by putting the nutrient carbon source, so that the nitrate nitrogen in the water can be converted into the gas to be removed. The system is small in occupied land area, the facility is easy to install, the system is high in automatic control degree, and a water treating facility does not need to be built on the ground. The put carbon source is easy to obtain, and low in price, and the system is good in underground water treating effect, and free from the secondary pollution and other side effects.


: This paper examines a linear-quadratic stabilization system for a canard-controlled missile. An analytical method for selecting the weighting elements of the gain matrix in the feedback loop is also proposed, eliminating the need for an iterative solution to the Riccati equation. The proposed solution was evaluated using simulation tests.


Exeter Trauma Stem (ETS) is one of the most common implants used for treating displaced intracapsular hip fractures in the UK. We previously performed a radiographic audit of these implants which showed good placement was difficult. This was in particular relation to leg length discrepancy (LLD). This study reviewed the clinical outcomes of these patients, in particular looking at the relation of leg length discrepancy to outcome. We performed a clinical review of patients at 3 months and 1 year post ETS for hip fracture. Oxford hip score (OHS), Trendelenberg test, Visual Analogue Score (VAS) and walking aids required were recorded. Leg length discrepancy was determined radiographically on initial post op X-ray. This was recorded as Even (+/− 5mm), 6-10mm Long and >10mm long. Seventy-two patients were reviewed at 3 months and 21 at 1 year. Mean VAS was 1.6. At 3 months 66% were Trendelenberg positive. Of those Trendelenberg positive at 3 months only 42% remained positive at 1 year. Mean OHS at 3months and 1 year was 30.8 and 32.1 respectively. On radiographic review 38 implants were Even, 24 were 6-10mm Long and 10 implants were >10mm Long. There was no correlation between leg length discrepancy and either VAS or Trendelenberg test. 45 patients ambulated independently pre-op. Of these only 8 ambulated independently post-op, 18 used a stick and 11 a Zimmer frame. There was no correlation between post operative leg length discrepancy and either Visual Analogue Score, OHS or Trendelenberg test. Mean pain score was very low. There was however almost 10% of patients with a VAS greater than 6. 80% of patients dropped one ambulatory level post-op, this is consistent with previous studies. The ETS provides good pain relief with a low complication rate in the vast majority of patients.


The main idea of the adsorbed xenon photoemission method for studying local work functions {var_phi}{sub loc} of an electron on a heterogeneous surface is based on the relation {triangle}E{sup F}{sub b} = -{triangle}{var_phi}{sub loc}, where {triangle}E{sup F}{sub b} is the difference between the binding energies of the Xe5p{sub 1/2} level relative to the Fermi level of the adsorbed Xe atom of different regions of a heterogeneous surface, and {triangle}{var_phi}{sub loc} is the difference between the local work functions at these regions.


Establishing visual correspondence is one of the most fundamental tasks in many applications of computer vision fields. In this paper we propose a robust image matching to address the affine variation problems between two images taken under different viewpoints. Unlike the conventional approach finding the correspondence with local feature matching on fully affine transformed-images, which provides many outliers with a time consuming scheme, our approach is to find only one global correspondence and then utilizes the local feature matching to estimate the most reliable inliers between two images. In order to estimate a global image correspondence very fast as varying affine transformation in affine space of reference and query images, we employ a Bhattacharyya similarity measure between two images. Furthermore, an adaptive tree with affine transformation model is employed to dramatically reduce the computational complexity. Our approach represents the satisfactory results for severe affine transformed-images while providing a very low computational time. Experimental results show that the proposed affine-invariant image matching is twice faster than the state-of-the-art methods at least, and provides better correspondence performance under viewpoint change conditions.


Hole-In-The-Donut (HID) is one of the most important restoration sites in the unique ecosystem of the Florida Everglades. The undertaking restoration project in HID is to reestablish native vegetation that is only supported by the original nutrient-poor soils and involves excavation and the permanent disposal of the exotic plants and the rock-plowed substrates. Currently, the excavated substrates are being stockpiled in HID areas. Nutrient leaching, particularly nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P), from the soil disposal mounds and its potential subsequent transport to surrounding wetlands are among environmental concerns because the rock-plowed substrates had been farmed intensively and fertilized for more than 30 years. The primary goal of this study was to assess the leaching potentials of N and P in the soil disposal mounds and provide a guideline for the development of management strategies. Results derived from the column leaching study showed that the average peak concentrations were 9.8 and 13.9 mg L−1 for NO3-N and NH4-N, respectively, and 26.2 and 100.7 μg L−1 for PO4-P and total P, respectively. Potential leaching rates per year ranged from 1.3% to 4.4% for NO3-N, 6.2% to 11.2% for NH4-N, 4.5% to 7.3% for inorganic N, and 0.005 to 0.006% for total P. Although the heterogeneous nature of the substrates in the soil disposal mounds resulted in high variation among the sampling sites studied, the results demonstrated that the storage of the abandoned agricultural soil mixed with shredded Brazilian pepper in mounds appears to be a viable method of disposal.


Post-mortem artefacts are commonly encountered in forensic practice. They are sometimes very confusing for forensic experts to interpret and wrong interpretation may mislead the course of justice. A case is presented where a patient developed severe subcutaneous emphysema after a road traffic accident and was treated with multiple subcutaneous bilateral "blowhole" incision on the chest and upper part of abdomen. Confusion arose on autopsy about injuries whether they were therapeutic or homicidal in origin.


In view of the problem that traditional geological disaster monitoring methods cannot adapt to the development of big data, an early warning model of geological disasters based on data mining was proposed. Firstly, the function of the early warning system was determined, and the system included login, data mining and cleaning, early warning and other functions. Secondly, the early warning evaluation system of geological disasters was constructed from the three aspects of susceptibility, hazard and risk, and then the risk was early warned and evaluated by analytic hierarchy process and fuzzy evaluation method. The experimental results showed that in the actual prediction, the early warning results obtained by the early warning model of geological disasters based on data mining are consistent with the actual situation. Moreover, compared with the historical data, the prediction accuracy of the medium above disaster data in the early warning model reaches 87.433%. Therefore, the early warning model of geological disasters based on data mining can accurately predict geological disasters.


Modern rare-earth permanent magnets (PMs) can substantially improve the output characteristics of electrical machines. However, at the same time, the main flux created by PMs is not adjustable, and therefore, permanent magnet synchronous generators (PMSGs) are inappropriate for some applications where the reactive power regulation is required. To overcome this disadvantage, the researchers investigated hybrid excitation synchronous generators (HESGs) where the flux due to PMs is regulated with the help of field windings. The aim of this paper is to present a study of a direct-on-line HESG for small hydropower plants where reactive power regulation is required. This paper demonstrates the performance of all three different types of synchronous machines, that is a PMSG, a conventional electrically excitated synchronous generator (EESG), and an HESG, designed for small hydropower plants, and presents their comparison.


This study examined the use of technology in the teaching of History in three (3) selected Senior High Schools in the Cape Coast metropolis. The study was modelled on the descriptive survey design with a sample size of 159 respondents, made up of 153 History students and 6 History teachers from three selected schools. The instruments used to collect data were the questionnaire and the interview guide. The study found that technologies such as computers, projectors, internet, and audio-visuals, could be used to teach History. Again, it was found that teachers have positive perceptions of the use of technology in teaching History, and students were also found to portray positive attitudes in class when technology is used to teach. Finally, the study revealed that teachers face the challenge of unavailability of technology resources, lack of enough time, and lack of motivation, in their attempt to use technology in class. It is recommended that seminars should be organized for teachers to expose them to the types of technologies and how to use them. Again, Ministry of Education should make technology resources available in schools, and also teachers should innovative and creative by using a variety of technologies in their lessons.


A new graphene-based flexible solar cell with a power conversion efficiency >10% has been designed. The environmental stability and the low complexity of the fabrication process are the two main advantages of the proposed device with respect to other flexible solar cells. The designed solar cell is a graphene/silicon Schottky junction whose performance has been enhanced by a graphene oxide layer deposited on the graphene sheet. The effect of the graphene oxide is to dope the graphene and to act as anti-reflection coating. A silicon dioxide ultrathin layer interposed between the n-Si and the graphene increases the open-circuit voltage of the cell. The solar cell optimization has been achieved through a mathematical model, which has been validated by using experimental data reported in literature. The new flexible photovoltaic device can be integrated in a wide range of microsystems powered by solar energy.


Abstract Background: Human epididymis protein 4 (HE4) is described as a useful new biomarker in ovarian cancer. As HE4 is neither tumor nor organ specific, we intensively investigated the occurrence of this protein in female and male patients with various benign and malignant diseases in order to avoid misinterpretation and to identify potential additional clinical relevance. Methods: We retrospectively investigated HE4 (ARCHITECT®, Abbott Diagnostics, US) in the sera of 205 healthy individuals, 654 patients with benign disorders and 720 patients with cancer before initial treatment. Results: The lowest concentrations of HE4 were observed in healthy men (median 26.2 pmol/L) followed by healthy women (median 40.4 pmol/L). In benign diseases, highest HE4 concentrations were seen in both women and men with renal failure (women, median 1041 pmol/L; men, median 1368 pmol/L). In women, the highest HE4 levels in malignant diseases were observed in ovarian cancer (median 242 pmol/l), whereas the highest HE4 concentrations in men occurred in lung cancer (median 89.2 pmol/L). The area under the curve (AUC) of HE4 in women was highest in ovarian cancer and borderline tumors as compared to benign gynecological disorders (88.9%), with a sensitivity of 67.4% at 95% specificity. Also, significantly elevated concentrations of HE4 with reference to the respective group of benign diseases were observed in uterus corpus and breast cancer as well as in lung cancer for men and women. Conclusions: HE4 has the highest relevance in ovarian cancer but can be elevated in a variety of benign and malignant diseases.


Cacheconsistenc y at webintermediariesis required for scalablewebcontentdelivery. In this paper we describetheWeb ContentDistribution protocol (WCDP), which is an invalidationandupdate protocol to provide cacheconsistenc y for a large numberof frequently changing webobjects.WCDP supports different levelsof consistenc y: strong,delta,weak, andexplicit. It supports atomicinvalidatesandmutual consistency among objects andhandlesmultiple deploymentarchitectures. WCDPachievesscalabilityby grouping objects andmessagestogether andby usinga hierarchical organization for messagedelivery. WCDPoperatesbetweentheorigin server, mirror sites,andtheparticipatingwebintermediaries. It is not,however, targetedfor inter-CDN operations.


Add rice,respectively,10%,20%,30% of Rubus coreanus produced by yeast fermentation R.coreanus rice wine.R.coreanus for the manufacture of rice wine for the physical and chemical properties,sensory characteristics and antioxidant research.The final total sugar with the amount of R.coreanus decreases,but the final pH with the addition of R.coreanus increases.The alcohol content with the 10% and 20% of R.coreanus was 15.5%,30% of R.coreanus was 14.5%.Color in a* and b* values with the addition of R.coreanus increases,L* values but with the addition of R.coreanus to increase with little change.After adding R.coreanus to increase oxidation resistance.From physical and chemical properties and antioxidant properties of sensory point of view,its adding 20% of R.coreanus most suitable.


Community psychology has suffered huge transformations associated to a historical and contextual process in our country, involving a series of ethical issues which have not been dealt with both in training and deontological discipline. The aim of this research was to inquire the perception of students and professionals with respect to ethics in practice and training in community psychology. Our participants were Chilean experts, students in practice and students of two Master programs in community psychology with three data sources: Delphi panel (8 experts), in-depth interviews (7 master students), and focal groups (20 students in community practice). By applying the principles of the theory empirically based, data analysis showed the identifications of four topics: ethical notion, types of ethical situations, ethical training and deontology. Among the results, the simultaneous character of ethical dimensions "transversal and habitual" as well as "vague" was highlighted in the discourse of our participants. Considering concrete situations, these identified general ethical principles, which was verbalized as Respect for the Other and Autonomy.


The term sustainable development includes a wide range of methods and objectives that must be provided and achieved to ensure the continuity of this development into the future and future generations. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the role of improved seeds, which are the most important production elements that contribute to increasing the expected production quantity of crops and improving its quality, The results of the analysis showed that production costs by ( 8.18%), either on the part of the returns The use of improved seeds in the production process led to an increase in the yield achieved from the production of wheat by (32.6%) compared to using traditional seeds, and this was achieved in two ways, the first of which was to increase the average productivity per dunum by (19.7%), as well as selling the final product at a higher price. (12%). From here we conclude that the use of improved seeds contributes to the development of the wheat crop in the short term first, to achieve meaningful profits for farmers, and then it will lead to the continued use of those seeds in the long term secondly, which contributes to achieving sustainable development.


stage procedures, screening for success during the trial phase, ideal anesthesia, implantation, post-procedural management, trouble-shooting loss of device function, and future directions for research. Conclusions: These guidelines undoubtedly constitute a reference document, which will help urologists, gynecologists, and colorectal surgeons optimize their use of SNM for refractory urinary urgency and frequency, UUI, NOR, and FI.


Engraved map with original handcoloring. 32 3/8 x 23 5/8 inches. Map relined in archival paper. Inset map of the battlefield of Monterrey in upper right hand corner. Bottom portion of map shows principal roads from Vera Cruz and Alvarado to Mexico City, detailing mountains, valleys, plains, volcanoes, and lakes along the way. Also includes a crosscut profile of the principal road between Vera Cruz and Mexico City, showing elevations and heights from sea level at the Gulf of Mexico westwards.


With the change of the new century of supply chain management area, predicting result needs to be more accuracy to avoid "Bullwhip Effect". Both influence diagram and supply chain network are directed acyclic graphs, we can use this characteristic to combine them together to make full use of them in logistic management area.


This version does not include updated chapters 4 and 6. A complete and up to date version of all materials is available at http://teachingheartauscultation.com/


Methods for estimation of different reference times which appear in the description of transition of a strong adiabatic shock into the radiative era are reviewed. The need for consideration of an additional transition subphase in between the end of the adiabatic era and the beginning of the radiative ''pressure-driven snowplow'' stage for a shock running in the uniform or nonuniform medium is emphasized. This could be of importance in particular for studying the interaction of supernova remnants (SNRs) with molecular clouds and therefore for understanding the processes of the cosmic ray production in such systems. The duration of this subphase - about 70% of SNR age at its beginning - is almost independent of the density gradient for media with increasing density and is longer for higher supernova explosion energy and for smaller density in the place of explosion. It is shown as well that if the density of the ambient medium decreases then the cooling processes could differ from the commonly accepted scenario of the ''thin dense radiative shell'' formation. This property should be studied in the future because it is important for models of nonspherical SNRs which could be only partially radiative.


The synthesis and crystal structure of a new N-substituted hydrazide are reported. In the crystal packing, O—H⋯O and N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds predominate together with π–π stacking interactions.


The aim of this project is to design an aeronautical data collector which captures the air traffic data in a certain airport. Such task will be accomplished using a product known as Piaware, which is based in a Raspberry Pi Raspberry Pi Model 3B device, and has been develop by the flight tracker company FlyAware. The Raspberry Pi is connected to a Digital TV tuner stick, which is sold as a digital TV receiver and will be used to capture not only ADSdata but also Mode S transponder data to get nearby aircrafts parameters like position, altitude, speed and identification number. Using this data compilation, further studies related to landing and taking-off procedures could be performed. This operation will be designed by using existing open software (included in a software defined radio project) modified and enhanced for our purpose.


Teritary inclusive education has become more and more popular in the world in different fields of education and training, and ULIS is one of the few foreign-language-specialized universities in Vietnam that have visually-impaired students persuing one of its undergraduate degrees. Through an analysis of the study diary by one of the new visually-impaired graduates at ULIS and a direct interview via telephone, this study focuses on investiating all the elements involved in the making of "a speacial product" and aims to propose a model process of training visually-impaired students at the tertiary level. The results, to a large extent, show a high applicability of the model, provided that interested universities are "really serious" and wish to open the door of opportunities to visually-impaired students.


An interferometer layout is proposed with variable sensitivity of flatness testing. Testing sensitivity variation, i.e., fringe pattern separation variation is carried out by different adjustment of angles of incidence on the surface under test for both information and reference beams. The said principle is advised to be implemented by means of a transmissive diffraction structure with equidistant straight lines upon a working surface of a glass plate, that is by means of a holographic test glass. Results are given of both theoretical and experimental investigation of the interferometer layout proposed being an evidence of a possibility to use the holographic test glasses for flatness testing of ground and polished surfaces of details made of glass, metal or plastic either in white light or monochrome.


An original model is presented for the simulation of the energy loss of negatively charged hadrons; it calculates the stopping power of these negatively charged particles by regarding the target atoms as an ensemble of quantum harmonic oscillators. Antiproton stopping powers calculated with this model for different elements are shown to be in satisfactory agreement with experimental data.


According to the construction of the valley-span high pier continuous rigid frame beam bridge on the expressway,the paper briefly introduces on the technological process,mainly on the points of construction technology which need to be controlled at the various important stages,meantime summarizes several construction experiences,which accumulates experiences for the continuous rigid frame bridge construction under the similar conditions.


Currently exists quite a number of tool holders, which work on different physical principles. That is why
different types of tool holders differ from each other. Difference can be in purchase price and also
in quality of tool clamping. Particular, the quality of tool clamping plays the biggest role in the choice
of tool holders for the desired application, because this can influence cutting process and also quality
of finished surface as a consequence. This article drala with comparison of the three different types of tool
holders with a view to cutting forces and a quality of finished surface during milling austenitic stainless
steel.


Digital campus construction, education informatization is the inevitable trend of the development of the school. In the campus digitalization construction process, in order to reduce the cost, improve the system efficiency, eliminating the information island, most colleges and universities the existing system integration solutions. Different system data butt problem is the bottleneck of the construction of the scheme, the paper USES physical data into a logical entity object way, eliminate the differences of data, the logical entity object into physical data, realize the campus staff data butt.


The literature on communication theory building, while providing information about the nature of communication phenomena, does not provide students of human communication with a procedure by which theories are developed and tested. The present article offers a classroom‐tested systematic procedure that can be applied to a variety of communication phenomena. From instructions about making the initial observation through a discussion of techniques to develop and test competing theoretic explanations, the present article provides a logical set of alternatives for theorizing about human communication events.


Among other things, this US Act makes appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs. With respect to these appropriations, it does the following: 1) prohibits funding for coercive abortion or forced sterilization as part of bilateral development and population planning assistance; 2) prohibits the use of funds appropriated under the Act to lobby for abortion; and 3) prohibits the use of development assistance funds to pay for abortions or involuntary sterilizations as a method of family planning or to motivate or coerce any persons to practice abortions or undergo sterilization, or any biomedical research concerning abortions or involuntary sterilization as a method of family planning. The Act also reaffirms the congressional commitment to population planning, development assistance, and the need for informed voluntary family planning.


a) fuel supply system of a jet engine. b) installation being characterized in that for the fuel supply to the afterburner (2), downstream of the second fuel pump (11), a connecting line (19) is connected to the pipe fuel (9) of the afterburner downstream of the pump (18) of the afterburner.


Aim:  MicroRNA‐34a (miR‐34a) is associated with invasion and metastasis of various cancers. The trophoblastic cells of placenta accreta invade into the myometrium in a similar way to the invasion of cancers. We studied the roles of miR‐34a in the pathogenesis of placenta accreta.


This article is largely derived from an assignment submitted in March 2005 by the first author as part of a Masters in Plimmy Care and General Practice near the University of Ulstel' in Northern Ireland. The essay was wlitten for the purposes of summative assessment of the module on "Plimary Care Concepts and Principles" led by Mrs. Paula Wa lls. The assignment question was: "Consider how increased longevity has affected disease patterns and what effect this is likely to have on your practice in the next decade. Compare and contrast your thoughts with your fellow students. Can you identify any patterns;"


With the competition intensified, Chinese education bears too much responsibility on the way of development and falls into the game for existence, and the alleviation of burden of the primary and middle school students is driven into prisoners' dilemma. The crazy pursuit of the diplomas results in many problems. If only the government tightens up the intervention and coordination, changes the structure of game and guides people to set up new concept of rationality, can China's education develop itself well.


To explore the special features of entrepreneurial behavior is an important research jssue.The theory of effectual reasoning advanced by Sarasvathy proposes a decision process employed by entrepreneurs that differs substantially from the rational choice paradigm employed by managers of established companies.Based on the theory of effectuation,this research studies the relationship between the effectual entrepreneurial behavior and the performance of new venture and tests the moderating effect of environmental uncertainty.


Chromium(Cr)vaporspeciesfromchromia-formingalloyinterconnectsareknowntocausecathodeperformancedegradationinsolidoxidefuelcells(SOFCs).TounderstandtheimpactofCr-poisoningoncathodeperformance,itisimportanttodetermineitseffectsondifferentcathodepolarizationlosses.Inthisstudy,anode-supportedSOFCs,witha(La,Sr)MnO 3 (LSM) + yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) cathode active layer and a LSM cathode current collector layer were fabricated. At 800 ◦ C, cells were electrochemically tested in direct contact with Crofer22H meshes, under different cathode atmospheres (dry air or humidified air) and current conditions (open-circuit or galvanostatic). Significant performance degradation was observed when cell was tested under galvanostatic condition (0.5 A/cm 2 ), which was not the case under open-circuit condition. Humidity was found to accelerate the performance degradation. By curve-fitting the experimentally measured current-voltage traces to a polarization model, the effects of Cr-poisoning on different cathodic polarization losses were estimated. It is found that, under normal operating conditions, increase of activation polarization dominates the cathode performance degradation. Microstructures of the cathodes were characterized and Cr-containing deposits were identified. Higher concentrations of Cr-containing deposits were found at the cathode/electrolyte interface and the amounts directly correlated with the cell performance degradations. with chromia-forming interconnect (Crofer22H), were electrochemi- cally tested at 800 ◦ C. On identical cells, test conditions were varied and different extents of performance degradation were observed. The current-voltage (C-V) traces measured with and without Cr-poisoning effects were curve-fitted to an analytical polarization model. Polar- ization losses associated with different cathode processes were suc-cessfully evaluated and compared. Polarization loss that is closely correlated with the effect of Cr-poisoning is determined, and a phys-ical interpretation of this effect is proposed to help understand the mechanism of cathode performance degradation.


Since its construction in the time of king Salomon, the Jerusalem Temple was the corner stone of the Southern Javism and, from then on, of the Second Temple Judaism. The so-called "Temple Thought", based on the rules of pure and impure inside the sacred place and time which governed the priestly life, will expand vigorously in this period due to the growth in importance and centrality of the Jerusalemite sanctuary inside the post-exilic society. At the same time, the high value of the priesthood was in its peak. The high priest was, from the return from the Babylonian exile on, the religious and political head of the Jewish nation until Salome Alexandra's ascension to the throne in the first century B.C., function that was restituted after the fall of the Herodian dynasty. Around the second century B.C., a community founded and leaded by priests, presently known as the Qumran Community, isolated itself from the surrounding society, aiming at following the strict observance of the priestly rules of purity. In its centre in the Judean desert, in the region of Qumran near the Dead Sea, its members produced and kept manuscripts by which they based and constituted their peculiar organization. Those manuscripts are named "Dead Sea Scrolls", or, more specifically, "Qumran Scrolls". Among them we can find the Temple Scroll, the Rule of Community and the Damascus Document, sources of biblical interpretation and of community rules that guided them while they expected the end of times, when the priests of the Community would, eventually, be reinvested of their power in the purified Temple. Basing ourselves on these three documents we elaborated our dissertation by analyzing the discourse produced by the communal leadership, whose goal was the constitution of a "priestly society", shaped in its radical interpretation of the Scriptures and of the world. Key-words: History of Ancient Israel – Second Temple Judaism – Dead Sea Scrolls – The Temple Scroll – Biblical Interpretation


27 Although rotator cuff disease is a common cause of shoulder pain, there is still no treatment method that could halt 28 or reveres its development and progression. The purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy of umbilical 29 cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells (UC MSCs) on the regeneration of a full-thickness rotator cuff defect (FTD) 30 in a rat model. We injected either UC MSCs or saline to the FTD and investigated macroscopic, histological and 31 biomechanical results and cell trafficking. Treatment with UC MSCs improved macroscopic appearance in terms 32 of tendon thickness at two weeks, and inflammation, defect size, swelling/redness and connection surrounding 33 tissue and slidability at four weeks compared to the saline group. Histologically, UC MSCs induced the tendon 34 matrix formation recovering collagen organization, nuclear aspect ratio and orientation angle of fibroblast as well 35 as suppressing cartilage-related glycosaminoglycan compared to saline group at four weeks. The UC MSCs group 36 also improved ultimate failure load by 25.0% and 19.0% and ultimate stress by 27.3% and 26.8% at two and four 37 weeks compared to saline group. UC MSCs labeled with PKH26 exhibited 5.3% survival at four weeks compared 38 to three hours after injection. This study demonstrated that UC MSCs regenerated the FTD with tendon tissue 39 similar properties to the normal tendon in terms of macroscopic, histological and biomechanical characteristics in 40 a rat model.


Successful rearing of alternative preys for the predatory bugs on synthetic diets facilitate the mass production of such predators. In this study, the saprophytic mite, Tyrophagus putriscentiae was reared on a simple semi-synthetic diet, as prey, that enabled rearing of the predatory anthocorid bug, Xylocoris galactinus under laboratory conditions of 25.5 C and 65% R.H. Egg incubation period, nymphal durations of both predator male and female, and preadult survival rates were estimated as well as dimensions of the five nymphal instars were measured. Further, measurements and longevity of both adult male and female were determined. Female fecundity and daily female reproductive were estimated. Survival rate of the nymphal stage of predatory bug was 90.24% with the lowest rate (74.8%) was recorded for first instar. The nymphal stage duration took 16±1.76 days for males and 21±1.05 for females. The female fecundity was 46.74±7.43 eggs with longevity averaged 25.91±4.79 days. Male longevity averaged 25.91±2.11 days. As each nymphal instar moulted, its dimensions increased. Males were longer (2.907 mm), however it were slimmer (0.727mm) than females (2.538mm). Successful development of X. galactinus on T. putriscentiae with high nymphal survival rates is acceptable. Such easy rearing of T. putriscentiae on the semi-synthetic diet as a new alternative prey is in favor of the mass rearing not only of X. galactinus, but also for other anthocorid predators that used for biocontrol of phytophagous pests in greenhouses.


A framework for skill acquisition is proposed that includes two major stages in the development of a cognitive skill: a declarative stage in which facts about the skill domain are interpreted and a procedural stage in which the domain knowledge is directly embodied in procedures for performing the skill. This general framework has been instantiated in the ACT system in which facts are encoded in a propositional network and procedures are encoded as productions. Knowledge compilation is the process by which the skill transits from the declarative stage to the procedural stage. It consists of the subprocesses of composition, which collapses sequences of productions into single productions, and proceduralization, which embeds factual knowledge into productions. Once proceduralized, further learning processes operate on the skill to make the productions more selective in their range of applications. These processes include generalization, discrimination, and strengthening of productions. Comparisons are made to similar concepts from past learning theories. How these learning mechanisms apply to produce the power law speedup in processing time with practice is discussed.


Abstract Dynamic characteristics of a prototype active engine mount (AEM), designed on the basis of a hydraulic engine mount, have been investigated and an adaptive controller for the AEM has been designed. An equivalent mass-spring-damper AEM model is proposed, and the transfer function that describes the dynamic characteristics of the AEM is deduced from mathematical analysis of the model. The damping coefficient of the model is derived by considering the non-linear flow effect in the inertia track. Experiments confirmed that the model precisely describes the dynamic characteristics of the AEM. An adaptive controller using the filtered-X LMS algorithm is designed to cancel the force transmitted through the AEM. The stability of the LMS algorithm is guaranteed by using the secondary path transfer function derived on the basis of the dynamic model of the AEM. The performance test in the laboratory shows that the AEM system is capable of significantly reducing the force transmitted through the AEM.


In this paper, a novel two stage LED driver scheme used in the MR16 system is proposed. A peak current control boost converter is adopted in the front stage to avoid the capacitive load problem. By adding a low pass filter (LPF) unit in the front stage control loop, the inrush current problem is solved. The proposed approach is well compatible with the electronic transformers (ETs). The second stage can be a buck or buck-boost converter depending on the output voltage of LED lamps. The effect of the dc link voltage ripple is eliminated by adding the second stage circuit. The proposed LED driver presents a considerably good compatibility with different kinds of electronic transformers. Moreover multi LED drivers can be parallel in the system without the over current problem. Furthermore, the power factor can be significantly improved with the proposed two stage scheme. 3W LED drivers are built and tested. The experimental results verify the theoretical analysis.


— Location Area (LA) planning has critical impact on the quality of service objectives. The goal of LA planning is to partition the network into a given number of location areas such that the total paging cost and handoff (update) cost is minimized. The problem is characterized by the tradeoff between the updates overhead and the paging cost. Accordingly, the tradeoff between these two factors must be optimized in such a way that the total cost of paging and updating can be minimized along with the link cost. This paper addresses the LA planning problem by developing Particle Swarm Optimization based approach for solving it. The proposed approach is implemented and evaluated with other meta-heuristic approaches.The performance of the approach is investigated and evaluated with respect to the solution quality on different data sets and network sizes. Experimental work demonstrated the performance evaluation in terms of different degree of mobility and paging loads. Potential improvement is achieved over other meta-heuristic based approaches. Moreover, the approach is applied to an existing network layout with real data, and the potential improvement is achieved in terms of paging and location update costs.


The utilization of MgB2 powder obtained from the core of in-situ MgB2 tape improves the high magnetic field Jc - B performance of Fe-sheathed MgB2 tape fabricated via an ex-situ powder-in-tube (PIT) technique. This work reveals a further improvement by means of the addition of SiC nano particle. The highest Jc at 4.2 K of the tape have a values of 4.6 x 103 A/cm2 (Ic ap26 A at 12 T) and 9.7 x 103 A/cm2 (Ic ap 54 A at 10 T) for the tape with 10 mol% SiC post-annealed at 700deg C. These values are believed to be the highest known Jc values of ex-situ MgB2 tape. However, they were lower than the values of in-situ MgB2 tape with 10 mol% SiC (Jc 6.3 X 103 A/cm2 ap 43 A at 12 T and 1.3 x 104 A/cm2 : Ic ap 88 A at 10 T). The reason for the poorer Jc -B performance of the ex-situ MgB2 tape is thought to be due to a lower Birr and poorer grain connectivity.


I. Afferent System 1. The Diagnosis of Optic Neuropathies 2. Optic Neuritis 3. Optic Disc Edema with Macular Star (ODEMS) 4. Non-Arteritic Ischemic Optic Neuropathy 5. Arteritic Ischemic Optic Neuropathy and Giant Cell Arteritis 6. Traumatic Optic Neuropathy 7. Transient Visual Loss 8. Visual Field Defects II. Efferent System 9. Diplopia 10. Third Nerve Palsies 11. Fourth Nerve Palsies 12. Sixth Nerve Palsies 13. Supranuclear Palsy 14. Ocular Myasthenia Gravis 15. Thyroid Eye Disease: Grave's Ophthalmology 16. Nystagmus and Other Ocular Oscillations 17. Ptosis 18. Lid Retraction and Lid Lag 19. Ocular Anisocoria and Pupillary Abnormalities


In this paper, we formulate and investigate the problem of geo-social group detection over location-based social networks. We introduce a model, called geo-social group, to enforce both structural cohesiveness and spatial cohesiveness. We propose effective optimization techniques to efficiently enumerate all communities in a network. Extensive empirical studies on real graphs demonstrate the effectiveness of our model and the efficiency of our techniques.


Wavelength Division Multiplexing(WDM) technology enables a lightpath to carry tens of gigabits of data per second. However, many applications may require an optical connection for only short periods of time, and leasing a lightpath full time for that purpose may be too costly. We consider a single WDM link that is time shared by a given collection of optical connections. The system is time slotted with period T. Each optical connection has a prescribed duration per time period. In addition, it has a prescribed time window within which its duration may begin. The size of the window is the amount of time flexibility there is to schedule the optical connection. The problem considered is to set up the optical connections. Formulas are provided to show the relationship between wavelength efficiency and the "burstiness" and time flexibility of the connections. In addition, a few heuristic algorithms are presented that perform better than simple scheduling rules of a packet-switched network, under simulations for randomly generated optical connections.


Objective To explore effective therapies for scar after deep burns in functional positions by large pieces of skin.Method Acellular allodermal and autologous small- piece skin grafting were applied in 36 functional positions of ten patients; bandage and fixation were done.Result Among the ten patients, the burn wounds in 34 out of 36 functional positions healed well. The wounds in the other 2 positions were not healed due to the improper fixation. In the later period of the treatment, autologous medium- thickness skin helped to heal the rest of the wounds. The total effective rate was 95% . After the operation, 6 patients were followed for 3 to 6 months. The scars in the functional positions were not conspicuous. The surface was smooth. The softness and elasticity were satisfactory enough to fulfil skin functions without signs of rejection. Conclusion The take rate of this method is high. The burn wounds can heal over satisfactorily. It can, with no signs of rejection, reduce the number of scars, avoid deformities, improve functions and shorten the treatment time.


Introduction: The Philippines has an increasing number of newly diagnosed cases of human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS). Most Filipinos rely on out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditure to finance their healthcare needs. In 2010, the Philippine National Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) introduced an Outpatient HIV/AIDS Treatment (OHAT) package to cover the necessary basic healthcare expenses of patients. The objective of this study was to review the OHAT package in terms of patients' financial risk protection, specifically the amount of OOP expenses incurred and the package's support value. Methods: The study was divided into two phases: (i) patient surveys (PS); and (ii) facility costing surveys (FCS). PS focused on information from enrolled and non-enrolled patients, specifically their current financial needs and expenses. The FCS reviewed actual cost breakdown for each treatment hub of package inclusions. Results: The calculated maximum support value of the package in 2015 was 267 percent. The median annual patient OOP expenditure was PHP 4,700 (USD 91). Maximum expenditure reached as high as PHP 392,000 (USD 7,551) per year mostly due to treatment for opportunistic infections (OIs), which are currently not included in the package. High OOP expenditure was also due to non-uniform coverage of services across different hubs; there was no consensus among providers on what specifically should be included in the package. This reflected a variety of package support values, with some hubs falling below patient expenditure. Conclusions: The current OHAT package, if properly implemented, is sufficient to cover the basic yearly healthcare needs of patients. However, non-uniform implementation and variation in prices of services per treatment hub means that coverage is not always sufficient in all areas, which can cause continued high OOP expenses for patients even with insurance coverage. Furthermore, coverage of OI's as the main driver of increased OOP expenses should be explored.


OF THE DISSERTATION TRAINING THROUGH SERIOUS GAMES: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRAVEL AGENT ENGAGEMENT, KNOWLEDGE OF CRUISE PRODUCTS AND CRUISE SALES by Lizette C. Pabon Florida International University, 2016 Miami, Florida Professor Thomas G. Reio Jr., Major Professor Research is limited on the role game-based training has on the engagement of learners. The following study was conducted to further advance research on engagement and game-based training in businesses by studying the engagement of travel agents in the game. Engagement is the manner in which a learner's cognitive and motor skills are motivated when participating in a game. Engaged learners will often push through challenging tasks and will concentrate on improving their skills due to their excitement about playing. The present study examined the engagement of travel agents as they played a serious game. The serious game, Adventures Game, was designed to provide a fun and memorable format for learning for travel agents who sell cruise tickets for a


Objective To investigate the influence of high-risk pregnancy on delivery mode and neonatal.Methods Observed and recorded the situation of delivery mode and neonatal of 360 cases of high-risk pregnancies(study group) and 500 cases normal pregnancy(control group).Results Cesarean section rate of observation group was higher than that of control group,while the natural birth rate was lower than that of control group,there was statistically significant(P0.05);Neonatal morbidity of study group(10.6%) was higher than that of control group(3.0%) with a statistically significant(P0.05).Conclusion High-risk pregnancy has high incidence,labor before the high-risk score in order to determine delivery program,and the whole system of high-risk pregnancy management should be done.


The Modular Multilevel Converter (MMC) is a consolidated attractive technology taking great importance in medium / high power applications compared to other topologies of multilevel converters. One of the main lines of research is on voltage modulation techniques and its influence on the converter performance. Specifically for a relatively high number of submodules (SMs) that may depend on the specific application type. In this paper, a brief overview of the MMC basic operation is presented and the modulation techniques based on switching frequency as the main parameter are studied. Also, three different modulation techniques are studied to later be performed in Matlab/Simulink, in simulation is considering two cases of MMC systems with 5 and 20 SMs/arm, in order to comparing the impact of modulation technique on MMC performance.


The author was the Project Leader of the British Geological Survey (BGS) Research Projects on Basement Aquifers and Collector Wells. This introductory paper constitutes an overview of crystalline basement aquifer occurrence, geological and climatic controls, evolution, geometry, hydraulic parameters, resources and recharge, combined with a discussion on exploration and management. Data from the BGS Research Projects Report Series are incorporated.


Family agriculture in Cumaru, northeast of the State of Para, established through spontaneous settlements, is a dynamic agriculture, formed through an internal development process and the migration of individuals from the northeast of Brazil. Our study evaluates the use of non-burning techniques in the development of production systems, analyzing the evolution of family establishments in Cumaru, their intensification strategy, and most particularly, the role of mulching and enrichment in family economies.


Abstract Popliteal vascular injury associated with the multiple-ligament-injured knee, including knee dislocation, continues to be an uncommon but morbid injury. The tethering of the popliteal vessels to the femur at Hunter's canal and to the tibia by the soleus muscle allows for significant vascular injury when the supporting ligamentous structure is disrupted. The majority of injuries are related to motor vehicle accidents, including driver and passenger injuries, motor vehicle versus pedestrian injuries (bumper injuries), and motorcycle accidents. The mechanisms of vascular injury, both artery and vein, include stretching that results in intimal injury, contusion, laceration, transection, or avulsion. A high index of suspicion must be maintained in the evaluation of these injuries. Modes of evaluation include physical examination, ankle brachial indices, duplex examination, magnetic resonance imaging, and angiography. Given the potentially devastating consequence of a missed popliteal artery injury, routine arteriography or serial physical examination with duplex examination is recommended for patients with a multiple-ligament-injured knee. Vascular repair to include primary repair, patch angioplasty, or interposition grafting is performed from either a medial or posterior approach. Adjunctive measures include 4-compartment fasciotomy, mannitol administration, and vasodilator therapy. Several controllable factors have been found to improve limb salvage, such as decreased ischemia time, systemic anticoagulation, and 4-compartment fasciotomy. Prompt recognition of vascular injury, prompt restoration of flow, and use of proven adjuncts provides the optimal possibility of limb salvage with popliteal artery injuries associated with the multiple-ligament-injured knee.