Objective: To understand the sub-health status of the medical team members of the aid to Wuhan during the outbreak of the new coronavirus pneumonia in Wuhan, China, to analyze the possible influencing factors that cause the sub-health status, and to provide a theoretical basis for scientifically maintaining and improving the physical and mental health of the medical team members.Methods: 131 members of the military medical team aiding Wuhan who were treating patients with novel coronavirus pneumonia were selected as subjects in the survey, and a questionnaire on the sub-health influencing factors was designed. After the medical treatment task, the SHMS V1.0 was used for assessment.Results: The sub-health detection rate of the medical team members was 76.3%, and the overall sub-health rating scale score was (69.11 ± 10.20) points. The scores of the three subscales of physiology, psychology, and society are (71.16 ± 11.30) points, (67.99 ± 13.51) points, and (67.41 ± 12.31) points, respectively. Work pressure, family structure, frustration, and diet may be the influence factors of the sub-health. Conclusion: During the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pneumonia, factors such as high-intensity work, non-nuclear families, low hobbies, and irregular diet may lead to the sub-healthy state of the members of the medical aid team in Wuhan. Reasonable arrangements for work and rest, maintaining harmonious family relations, focusing on the development of interests and hobbies, and healthy and regular diet, will help maintain and improve the health of medical team members, consolidate and maintain the combat effectiveness of medical team members, and complete epidemic prevention and control tasks with high quality and efficiency.


Dynamics and separation of chiral C60 were numerically investigated in a gaseous environment with a linear velocity. We have found that the probability of location of center-of-mass coordinates of C60 in the Y direction was affected by chirality of C60, angular velocity of C60, temperature of gaseous environment, pressure of gaseous environment and particle species. When angular velocity was zero, the transport trajectory was close to the standard normal distribution in the Y direction. For the clockwise C60, it had a higher probability towards the positive Y-axis. However, the counterclockwise rotating C60 tended towards the negative Y-axis. In addition, we also propose a mechanical mechanism in microscale systems about chiral separation. Our statistical results present a phenomenon that is different from the Magnus effect.


AE examinations allow the detection of evolving defects. By using several sensors, localizing the AE source is possible if the speeds of elastic waves propagating the energy released by the defect up to the sensors are known; measuring these speeds in actual structures is rather difficult due to possible multimodal propagation. Characterizing the AE source is even more difficult considering the complex wave generation mechanisms and the various scattering phenomena affecting waves all along their path from the source to the receivers. The project MACSIM (acronym for simulation of AE testing) has been cofounded by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France) to specify, develop and validate a simulation tool dedicated to AE testing. Expert AE practitioners, specialists from different fields of modeling and simulation (fracture mechanics, elastodynamics) and software developers and editor compose the work team. The AE simulation tool must account for the various phenomena contributing to what is actually measured in an AE examination: the acoustic emission and radiation by an evolving crack, the propagation of waves radiated as guided or surface waves and their reception by a network of sensors. These phenomena take place at various scales: the microscopic one for describing the evolving crack and the wave generation, that of the tested structure (tank, vessel, pipe...) for the wave propagation, that of the probe for the reception of elastic waves. Clearly, the variety of physical phenomena at various scales could not be efficiently handled by a single computational method. Therefore, the simulation tool developed relies on several models dedicated to simulate separately the various phenomena; results computed by these models are chained to get final simulated results comparable to those typically measured in AE examinations. The simulation tool has been designed to become part of the CIVA software platform developed at the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA); CIVA is a commercial package used worldwide for simulating UT, ECT and RT methods. CIVA user interfaces have been adapted to enter the parameters specific to AE examinations. The simulation tool presented will constitute a help to AE practitioners for designing new methods and for improving diagnostic, since it will ease multiparametric studies; such studies proved to be very helpful to other NDT methods. It may lead to new interpretation paradigms for improving the reliability of AE testing methods.


Main findings (1) Experiencing that the baby was no longer alive: 8 fathers had a premonition that something was wrong before being told about the stillbirth, but they still had hope. Fathers described feelings of impending catastrophe (including shock, a lack of feeling, and denial). They also described great disappointment when their preparations and expectations for the baby were thwarted. Most fathers found consolation in their adversity through confirmation of their reactions by support and information. They expressed an urgent need to get rid of the burden, and were concerned that the dead baby could harm their partner. They initially felt that delivery should be by a caesarean section, but after receiving information on this were able to accept a vaginal delivery. (2) Time between being told of the baby's death and the induction of labour: fathers felt that having time to adjust to the baby's death and to calm down in peace and quiet was important. They wanted to take care of practical details and protect their partner, but found it difficult when they were distressed themselves. (3) The delivery: frustration and helplessness were common feelings experienced by the fathers during labour and delivery. They felt they could do little, and everything was focused on the physical aspect of their partner giving birth. Most fathers said that it felt right that their partner should give birth vaginally, despite their initial wish for a caesarean section. Fathers found reassurance in the care routine, and were generally satisfied with the process and felt supported, especially by the hospital chaplain and deaconesses. (4) The stillbirth and aftercare: fathers felt emptiness and silence at the moment of stillbirth. They felt sad about the waste of life. Fathers approached the baby with respect and dignity, and also with a fear of seeing their child. Not all fathers spontaneously approached the child and some needed persuasion and assistance. Fathers had tokens of remembrance from the baby including photos, hand and footprints, a lock of hair, and identification wrist bands. They found the concrete items helpful and felt they might not have chosen these if they had been left to themselves after the delivery. (5) The first time at home: feelings of emptiness and silence were pronounced when they went home — there were 3 of them when they left for the hospital but only 2 came back. Collected tokens of remembrance of the child and the support of the obstetric staff and hospital chaplain helped with finding their way back to everyday life. They thought that receiving support in their grief was an urgent need. Fathers often felt their partners needed to talk about their feelings more, whereas they were more reticent.


Determining a respective weight of the divided regions according to the degree of the divided areas of the brain to include the brain nerve fibers; Generating for the weighted for each of the divided regions each brain images, in each of the plurality of noedeul; And matching based on the template defines a plurality of groups noedeul the brain images produced for each, respectively, to produce the registered image group; And group registration by weight of group a defined area in the image and the group based on the physical distance between the defined area, the group matching step of determining the node in the image; method of determining a node for, brain network analysis containing and magnetic It provides an MR imaging apparatus.


Image compiled from 12-image stack using Zerene Stacker. Images shot on Canon 7D with Canon 100mm F2.8L macro lens and Canon MT-24 dual-head macro-flash


Static dissolution of CaO into a CaO–SiO2–Al2O3 slag with fluxing agents (fluorspar, ilmenite and nepheline syenite) was studied using two experimental techniques. In one method, the slag was packed into dense CaO crucibles, and heated to 1500°C/1600°C. After reaction, the crucible was air cooled and cross-sectioned. In the second technique, slag with a piece of lime was heated in a platinum capsule. The development of the Ca2SiO4 phase at the lime/slag interface and the CaO dissolved in the slag from the lime specimen were examined by Electron Probe Micro Analysis and Scanning Electron Microscopy. Ilmenite and nepheline syenite were found to be effective substitutes for fluorspar, increasing the CaO dissolution rate in the slag.


Recent psychophysical studies suggest that human listeners do not segregate concurrent sounds by grouping frequency regions that have a common interaural time difference (ITD). However, such an approach is adopted by most computational auditory scene analysis (CASA) systems that use binaural cues. Here, we propose a CASA system that separates a target speech signal from a noise interferer, but does not require the ITD of the two sources to be consistent across frequency. We compare the CASA system with human performance on the same task, in which the speech reception threshold (SRT) is measured for speech and noise stimuli which have consistent or inconsistent ITDs in different frequency bands. The CASA system is shown to be in qualitative agreement with human performance.


This paper concerns the development of complex systems from the point of view of design as a structure of activities, related both to the clients and the users. Several modeling approaches will be adopted for different aspects of design, and several views on design will be integrated. The proposed activity structure is based on teaching design practice, and will be illustrated by
examples from design courses for university students and for practitioners in industry.


Alam T, Suryanto P, Supriyanta, Basunanda P, Wulandari RA, Kastono D, Widyawan MH, Nurmansyah, Taryono. 2021. Rice cultivar selection in an agroforestry system through GGE-biplot and EBLUP. Biodiversitas 22: 4750-4757. Genotype-by-environment interaction (GEI) causes differences in the productivity of rice cultivars in agroforestry systems. For this reason, the stability of rice cultivars is an important aspect that should be considered before a cultivar is recommended to farmers. Superior genotypes and ideal environments are commonly identified using two statistical models, namely, genotype–genotype-by-environment biplot (GGE-biplot) and empirical best linear unbiased prediction (EBLUP). In this study, 15 rice cultivars were evaluated in terms of their productivity and stability in three soil types (Lithic Haplusterts, Ustic Epiaquerts, and Vertic Haplustalfs) in an agroforestry system with kayu putih (Melaleuca cajuputi) in 2019 and 2020 at the Menggoran Forest Resort, Playen Forest Section, Yogyakarta Forest Management District, Indonesia. The cultivars were treated as random effects to select and obtain the EBLUP of the best cultivars in each soil type. The EBLUP revealed that Situ Patenggang showed the highest yields of 4.887 and 5.456 tons ha in Lithic Haplusterts and Vertic Haplustalfs, respectively. GM 28 exhibited the highest yield of 6.492 tons ha in Ustic Epiaquerts. Ciherang, GM 2, GM 8, GM 11, GM 28, Inpari 6 Jete, Inpari 33, IR-64, and Way Apo Buru were classified as stable and fairly stable cultivars, whereas the other cultivars were unstable. Therefore, rice cultivars with high yields in specific soil types should be selected.


The line of sighting(LOS) stabilization precision is a critical specification of the airborne stabilization aiming system,which affects the other critical specifications,such as irradiation precision、track precision、visibility range and so on.Which is an important task of designing and developing the airborne stabilization aiming system to improve LOS stabilization precision.The influence factor of the LOS stabilization precision is analyzed and researched in this paper,the mathematical model is established utilizing Simulink,the influence factor of the LOS stabilization precision is simulated,the each impact factor trend is acquired which provide the theoretical basis for design of the airborne stabilization aiming system.


Human brain activity is often measured using the blood-oxygen-level dependent (BOLD) signals obtained through functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). The strength of connectivity between brain regions is then measured as a Pearson correlation matrix. As the number of brain regions increases, the dimension of matrix increases. It becomes extremely cumbersome to even visualize and quantify such weighted complete networks. To remedy the problem, we propose to embed brain networks onto a sphere, which is a Riemannian manifold with constant positive curvature. The Matlab code for the spherical embedding is given in https://github.com/laplcebeltrami/sphericalMDS.


Rushing attacks in mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) cause system resources to become scarce and isolates legitimate users from the network because of this data received by the destination is not reliable. Therefore, this sort of attack significantly influences network connectivity and weakens networking functions and capabilities such as control data integrity and message delivery. This paper will focus on rushing attack which threatens the security of the mobile ad hoc network by analyzing this type of attack and its impact on mobile ad hoc networks. First, previous research on rushing attack is examined as well as the various protocols established to improve the best solution for this attack. Second, we analyze the DSR and Secured Dynamic Source Routing (SDSR) protocol which has been designed to address rushing attack, to reduce overhead in the network and the time required. Furthermore, we highlight the drawbacks and strengths of the Secured Dynamic Source Routing protocol, and find that this is the best solution to address the rushing attack problem. In addition, this thesis proposes two algorithms to reduce the overhead and time in the DSR and SDSR protocol to ensure all neighbors in the network are receiving safe data. Finally, this work concludes by summarizing the major achievements of this research and discusses future work.


Abstract Li Wenyu and Ma Xiangbo were two influential Catholic intellectuals in modern China who each undertook a translation of the Bible into Chinese. This article surveys their participation in contemporary ideological debates and investigates their thoughts on the inculturation of Catholicism, including 'evangelisation by writing' and 'scholastic mission', as well as their beliefs and practices regarding Bible translation. An in-depth comparison of their translations is also provided, illuminating the different approaches taken by Li and Ma in dealing with terminology, sentence structure, linguistic style, and theological implications. Li conformed to Chinese biblical terminology established by the Catholic missionaries who preceded him and adhered to the syntax of Classical Chinese; in contrast, Ma's linguistic style is approximate to Easy Wenli, and he adopted words and phrases from traditional Chinese culture to transmit the Catholic faith. The two translators demonstrated two choices of indigenising Catholicism and the Bible in China: 'mirror-type' and 'bridge-type'.


ABSTRACT Anodic dissolution is proven to be an effective method to remove stainless steel molds from Ti6Al4V compacts obtained from powder by hot isostatic pressing. Two different working solutions were studied: 2 M NaCl and 2 M NaCl + 0.05 M Na2EDTA. While both were capable of removing the steel mold, the latter was also capable of removing the diffusional layer made by the intermetallic phases generated between titanium and steel during the compaction process.


Aims: Severe infantile Blount's disease can result in a challenging multiplanar deformity of the proximal tibia with intra-articular and metaphyseal components. We describe our results using the Taylor's spatial frame (TSF) for acute tibial hemiplateau elevation combined with gradual metaphyseal correction in patients with severe infantile Blount's disease with an associated physeal bony bar. Patients and Methods: Eight patients (ten knees) underwent tibial hemiplateau elevation and metaphyseal correction from 2012 to 2016. We undertook a retrospective case note and radiographic review of clinical and radiographic outcomes. The mean age at the time of surgery of was 11.7 years and the mean length of follow-up was 18.2 months. Results: Improvement in radiographic parameters was seen in all patients. The mean tibiofemoral angle improved from −28.3° to −5.9° postoperatively. The angle between femoral condyles and the tibial shaft improved from the mean of 56.3° to 90.3°. The joint depression angle was also seen to improve from the mean 47.4° to 9.8°. No significant complications were seen. Conclusion: This technique is effective in correcting the complex deformity encountered in severe infantile Blount's disease. Use of the TSF may provide certain advantages in comparison to previously described approaches.


A sludy has been conducJed during A p r i l -O c to b e r 1991, lo findoul ihe d ifferent conslitucnls of L ab-L ab Present in fou r brackish w ater aqacullurc ponds. TTie Lab-Lab present in the culture systems were mainly com posed o f blue green algae Oscillaion'a sp. P lionnidium sp, Lyiigbya sp, Spirulina sp, and d iatom s Pleurosifftia sp ,N a v ic u a l 5^ , A m phora NUzschio sp, C oscinodisais sp, and micro fauna aopcpod, am phipod , polychaete worms and lamcli branch spat. Lab-lab Is the natural food In the culture system and it is composed of several m icroscopic organisms dominated by the blue green algae. These constituents of the biological plant and animal complex are suitable natural food for the culture of fin and shell fishes especially milk fish chanos chanos, mullets, prawns, etc. It also serves as a primary food resource In the earlier stages of life cycle of marine and brackish water organisms. The Lab'Lab has been utilised for the successful commercial culture of miikflsh in Indonesia Philippines and Taiwan (Schuster, 1952). In view of the Importance of Lab-Lab In food chain of fishes and prawns, it is very much essential to study the constituents of Lab-lab in localities where culture operation is Intensive. Thus the present study emphasised to find out the constituents' of Lab-lab present in the fish culture ponds at Cochin. MATERIALS AND METHODS To study the constituents of Lab-lab four aquaculture ponds, were selected at Cochin. Kerala, Station I Pokkali field at Cheral where seasonal culture of prawn and paddy cultivation are carried out during different seasons of the year,station coconut palm canal at Narakkal excavated between rows of coconut trees for irrigation and utilized as cuture system station IV the experimental perennial culture pond of Central Institute of Brackish water Aquaculture (CIBA) at Narakkal and station IV the supply canal of CIBA (F ig .-I). Fortnlnghtly collections Fig. 1 : Map showing location of stations. Present Address : Central Agricultural Research Institute. Port Blair. 744 101, Andamans were made from these stations during April October, 1991. The Lab-lab is scraped off from the bottom of the ponds during low tide with a Lab-lab sampler consisting of a basal plate of 15 X 15 cm of Galvanised Iron Sheet, a sample of 10 X 10 cm^ was made up into known volume and prosnved fn 5% formalin for counting the algla complex under microscope. The micro-fauna associated with Lab-lab were separated by seving and preserved in 5% formalin with rose bengal. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS The Lab-lab present in these stations were mainly composed of blue green algae Oscillatorja sp, Phormidium sp, Lyngbya sp, Spirulina sp, diatoms Pleurosigma sp, Navicula sp, Nitzschia sp, Coscinodiscus sp, and micro fauna copepods, amphipods, polychaere abudance of Lat>-!ab constiuents incresed from April to May amounting to 18380, 18340, 12800, 11560/100cm^ and It declined to 2668, 1970, 2795, 4550/100 cm^ it and month of June In station 1.11, III & IV respectively. The abudance of Lab-lab has shown an Increasing trend in the post monsoon season and attained tfie maximum of 78580, 89970, 68705, 50475/100 cm^ In these four stations. (Flg.-2). The sudden fall in the month of June is attributed to the high influx of fresh water during the South west monsoon. The same relationship in the distribution of algal complex and diatoms in Cochin backwater during premonsoon, monsoon and postmonsoon period were also reported among other by Gopinathan (1972),' and Joseph and Pillal (1975). Among the various: environmental factors, salinity is found to have] significant influence on the existence of flora worms and lamellibranch spats. The numerical Table 1 : Filamentaj standing Crop o f dominart algae In different station during Aprll-O ctober 1991. S tations Estimated No. o f f ilam ents (mean value O scllla toria sp.) Mean le n g lf i o f f ilam en ts (mm) Estim ated lengthy f ilam en ts /100 cm (mm) Cheral pokkall fie lds ' 1658 0.247 409 11. Narakkal coconut grove 6366 0.264 1680 III. CIBA experimental pond 4558 0.241 1098 IV, CIBA supp ly canal 2175 Phormidium sp. 0.180 391 Cherat pokkali fields 2125 0.241 512 Narakkal coconut grove 2966 0.267 791 III. CIBA experimental pond 3375 0.283 955 IV. CIBA supply canal 2175 Lyngbya sp. 0.180 391 I. Cheral pokkali fields 800 0.155 124 Narakkal coconut grove 708 0.140 99 III. CIBA experimental pond 650 0.152 98 IV. CIBA supply canal 1541 0.185 285 and fauna in an esluarlne system {Bardach etal, 1972 and Harldas ef d/,1973). The length wise production of dominant blue green algae In the four stations are given In tabie-1. It is obsen/ed that the total length of Osclliatorla and Phormidium was relatlyeiy high at filamental standing crop of dominant algae In different stations during April-October 1991. Sanders (1958), Tang and Chen (1967) and Parulekar et al. (1975) reported that the nutrient status and texture of tlie soil play an Important role in the production of flora and fauna in the bottom of the ponds. A comparison showed the total standing crop of Lab-tab to high In Coconut Palm canal at Narakl


Abstract The main focus of this study is to make recommendations on policy for the development of internationally competitive 'niche' clusters in small developing countries. Also discussed are the relevant strategies for the effective implementation of those policies. The study begins with a discussion of the key concept of the 'socio-psychological construct'. This construct is based on an interpretation of culture that sees all economic activity within a society as unique to that society and its productive pursuits. This unique culture is later transferred over time into competitive industrial activity. The study adopts the concept of a 'small developing countries model,' which is based on the socio-psychological construct. The small developing countries model is used to highlight the historical difference in the processes that were involved in the establishment of clusters in small developing countries as compared with those advanced by Michael E. Porter, for developed nations, in his book The Competitive Advantage of Nations (Porter, 1990). The point of departure of the small developing countries model from that advanced by Porter is a presumption that small developing countries are, and have been, historically open economic systems. This is in contrast to Michael E. Porter's findings that developed country clusters were formed in geographic isolation over historically long periods. The study reviews these concepts as they were applied to Clusters in Trinidad and Tobago and then formulates the policies and strategies relevant to all small developing countries.


A material transfer vehicle includes a truck-receiving hopper that is adapted to receive asphalt material from a delivery truck. The truck-receiving hopper includes an expandable front portion having a right expandable sidewall assembly and a left expandable sidewall assembly. The right expandable sidewall assembly has a right outer fixed sidewall panel and a mechanism for moving the right outer fixed sidewall panel between an inner right position and an outer right position. The left expandable sidewall assembly has a left outer fixed sidewall panel and a mechanism for moving the left outer fixed sidewall panel between an inner left position and an outer left position. The truck-receiving hopper also includes a rear portion having a right sidewall panel and a left sidewall panel. The right and left sidewall panels of the rear portion are fixed against movement with respect to each other.


A tunable, picosecond-pulse fiber light source based on nonlinear effect combination around 1.7 µm is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. In our scheme, a continuous wave laser and a cascaded intensity modulator are employed as a pump source in order to generate pulse trains with switched repetition and pulse duration. The configuration includes a 1 km long high nonlinear fiber used as the gain medium. A picosecond-pulsed supercontinuum can be obtained by pumping the amplified pulse train; it is then modified by wavelength division multiplexing. Additionally, a tunable filter can be employed for filtering out the tunable picosecond-pulsed fiber light source near 1.7 µm. As a result, this light source generates a 200 MHz pulse train with wavelength tuning from 1660.1 nm to 1703.7 nm, and the pulse duration of the source is estimated as 151 ps. The repetition can be switched in a range (100 MHz–200 MHz). The tunable repetition range could be limited by low contract of intensity modulators, characteristics of delay and an erbium-doped fiber amplifier.


A series of coal pyrolysis/gasification experments have been done under different reaction conditions with Pingshuo raw coal,clean coal and raw coal with Fe additive in pure Ar,CO 2 or steam in Ar.The experimental data indicate that the effect of minerals and addictive Fe on the formation of NO x precrusorsNH 3 during coal pyrolysis,CO 2 or steam gasification is obvious.The effect of minerals in coal and additive Fe on NH 3 formation is different.The minerals in coal can promote the release of NH 3, but additive Fe has a negative effect on the release of NH 3.


This article intends to reflect the relationship between ethic construction, citizenship and school participation of students. Understanding that students' participation on school decisions has got an important role to their ethic construction and to promote an effective active citizenship, it's important to identify the participative experiences they have in school contexts. On May of 2009 we concluded a study on two state schools in Aveiro, Portugal. The study sample was consisted of two hundred forty students attending 8th and 9th school years distributed by fourteen classes and their corresponding class representatives. The results show that students have a low participation both formal and informally, although the 115-A/98 Act foresees the possibility of every school autonomy to promote and create an effective student's participation. An analysis over the instruments of autonomy of the schools reveals that students' partnership is seen as an ideal and not as an effective, accomplished project. Thus we must conclude that schools in general still maintain their decisions focused on teachers, being the students' role too formal, passive and ritualized. On fact, school seems being out of its purpose of education such, ethical and active citizenship construction, thereby enabling the students to act morally in the world.


Different models serve not only as a frame for communication, they can help to rise problems as well as discuss them. This article introduces with the four communication models starting from Aristotle's triangle model and ending with a more contemporary one. The authors try to find out, which is the most appropriate model for intercultural communication in Latvia? The empirical data collected from two focus-groups representing different cultures in Latvia serves as a base for interpretation of current situation where communication challenges can occur as a result of interaction between people with different cultural backgrounds. The article approves the idea to elaborate the new specific model for multicultural communication, and after analysis highlights the base and components of this new model.


The health studies conducted in animals revealed that millimeter waves which are used in 5G system, caused change in the body, manifested in structural alteration, suppression of all functions of the organism, the nervous, cardiovascular, immune, blood and other systems with the development complex symptoms. Based on evidence from studied carried out up to today by USA National Toxicology program, Italian Ramazzini study EU Reflex study and a growing number of several scientists say EMW is a "human carcinogen".As is known from EM Theory, the millimeter waves has weak penetrating ability, and absorbed mainly by human, buildings and trees. Therefore the base stations will be installed approximately in every 10 meter. This leads us in addition to present base stations, have millions of new base stations. This will increases the electromagnetic pollution and risk of health effects at least 100 time more.In this presentation, I will discuss health effects of 5G, millimeter waves and IOT systems.


L/ZSM-5 composite zeolite was synthesized by two-step crystallization procedure.The effects of crystallization factors during the second step of two-step crystallization procedure,such as n(SiO2)/n(Al2O3),crystallization time,different kinds of aluminum sources,on the formation of L/ZSM-5 composite zeolite were investigated.The synthesized samples were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction(XRD),infrared spectroscope(FT-IR) and scanning electron microscope(SEM).The results showed that the synthesized sample was L/ZSM-5 composite zeolite.The best synthesis conditions were the crystallization temperature of 150℃,crystallization time of 36 h and the molar ratio of SiO2 to Al2O3 of 45.


Fig. 1. The puzzle of DM. Some of the many features of DM were reproduced in animal models, which were designed to test the three main proposed mechanisms. A synergistic effect of these mechanisms may account for the remaining DM symptoms, some of which are shown here. been estimated that deafness occurs in approximately 1 in 1000 births. Genetic forms of hearing loss can be due to single-gene mutations or a combination of genetic and non-genetic factors. Hearing loss may be associated with a syndrome or be non-syndromic, and onset is either prelingual (prior to the development of speech) or postlingual. Approximately half of infant hearing impairments are due to non-syndromic monogenic mutations. However, the identification of genes involved in monogenic hearing loss has been confounded by a high degree of genetic heterogeneity and difficulties in clinical differentiation. The description of large families with multiple deaf individuals has been invaluable in mapping deafness genes. Over 70 deafness loci have been identified and mutations in 15 genes have been associated with non-syndromic hearing loss. The mutated genes encode a variety of proteins, including structural proteins, ion channels, transcription factors, gap junction proteins, and mitochondrial rRNA and tRNA. A recent report by Riazuddin et al. adds a curious twist to the genetics of hearing loss. By investigating conspicuously discrepant findings, a novel deafness locus and a genetic modifier of the deafness phenotype were identified within a single family. A large consanguineous family from Pakistan was characterized and used to map a new recessive non-syndromic deafness locus, DFNB26. Due to its size and consanguinity, eight individuals were diagnosed with profound, congenital sensorineural hearing loss, in the absence of other symptoms. This substantial number of affecteds greatly facilitated linkage analyses. Riazuddin et al. first excluded linkage of the DFNB26 locus to loci known to be associated with non-syndromic deafness. A collection of microsatellite markers was then used in a genome-wide linkage scan, which resulted in linkage of the deafness gene to the marker D4S1625 on chromosome 4q31. Haplotype analyses using D4S markers in this chromosomal region refined mapping of the DFNB26 locus to a 1.5-cM interval, defined by recombinations with markers D4S424 and D4S2998 in three family members. A linkage analysis using only affected individuals produced a maximum lod score of 8.10 at u=0. Including an additional 60 unaffected family members still resulted in significant linkage, giving a maximum score of 6.53 at u=0.07. All affected family members were homozygous for the DFNB26-linked haplotypes. The researches then made an unexpected but exciting finding. Surprisingly, seven individuals who were homozygous for the DFNB26-linked haplotypes were clearly unaffected when assessed These two new mouse models reveal much about the pathogenesis of DM. The results are consistent with DM being a polygenic disease, involving a combination of at least three mechanisms (Fig. 1). Haploinsufficency of six5 and DMPK, plus a possible gain of function of the mutant DMPK mRNA, may act synergistically during the course of the disease. As a final point, the HSA animal model serves as an important reminder that RNA has the potential to be the harbinger of pathogenic events in humans, rather than serving as a passive intermediate between a genetic alteration and an aberrant protein. Novel RNA-mediated events observed in lower organisms have been detected in mammals, and it is increasingly likely that such processes may be mechanisms for human disease.


This paper describes the behavior in aqueous solutions of the two electron oxidation products of the carcinogens benzidine and N,N-dimethylbenzidine. In biological systems there is evidence that these diamines are oxidized by peroxidases, and that a product of this oxidation may be partly responsible for carcinogenicity. Entry into the oxidation products in the present study was provided through the bis-perchlorate salts of dications obtained upon chemical oxidation and through the irradiation of 4'-amino and 4'-N,N-dimethylamino-4-azidobiphenyls. The benzidine oxidation product exists in three conjugate acid-base forms, a dication, a monocation and neutral bisimine, with pKa(1) = 5.0 and pKa(2) = 9.0. These values stand in marked contrast to ones previously obtained for the two electron oxidation product of p-phenylenediamine, pKa(1) < 1.5 and pKa(2) = 5.75. The dimethylamino derivative, blocked from forming the neutral form, exists as a dication and monocation, with pKa = 5.0. Both systems are quite lon...


This paper discusses issues that relate to student mobility and implications for teachers and guidance officers. Whilst there has been a tendency to locate problems associated with mobility in the children themselves or in their families, it is argued that this is not a particularly productive approach. Taking lessons from recent literacy understandings and using data from a study about the children of itinerant fruit pickers, this paper takes a broader perspective, recommending that school personnel widen their focus to include an examination of school practices and to consider equity implications for mobile students.


a years ago when I was a medical student, the instrucsever tor for I tlie renal physiology lecture began his reniarks with the words, "You are what you urinate." It was not until I began the clinical practice and study of internal medicine did I realize the true meaning and relative validity of that prophetic comment. Certainly, a careful exaniination and analysis of urine will often provide a vast amount of information about patients, including normal physiology, changing homeostasis, and underlying diseases or disorders. Moreover, findings in the urine niay have predictive value: early detection of proteinuria in diabetics heralds the onset of diabetic ~iephropathy.'-~ Earlier studies of institutionalized older residents indicated that the presence of bacteriuria (generally asymptomatic) predicted a higher mortality rate cornpared with residents who were aba~teriuric?-~ I-Iowcver, subsequent investigations refuted these findings and suggested no such association between bacteriuria and niortality.8-'1 Furthermore, when antimicrobial therapy was administered to bacteriuric (symptomatic and asymptomatic) institutionalized older adults, mortality was not substantially affectSo what does the clinician conclude from these conflicting findings? To add further to the challenge of better understanding tlie relevance of asymptomatic bacteriuria in this population, Nicolle and colleagues, in this issue of JAGS," have investigated what might be factors that influence mortality in institutionalized residents who are bacteriuric. In an earlier preliminary study, Nicolle and colleagues found that institutionalized bacteriuric older adults with elevated levels of urine antibody to tlie major outer membrane of Escherichia coli had a survival rate of approximately 20% of those subjects with normal urine antibody levels at the end of 3 years.'6 Moreover, bacteriuric older people with normal urine antibody levels had survival rates similar to abacteriuric residents. In the current study," this observation has been pursued further by a prospective, 24-nlonth observational cohort investigation of 98 bacteriuric older residents (age range 61-94 years) from three long-term care facilities. Again, it was found that there was a correlation between high levels of urine antibody (to outer membrane antigens of E. coli) and increased mortality (68% vs 17%) in comparison with study subjects who had bacteriuria and low levels of urine antibodies. This association remained valid regardless of gender, presence or absence of a urinary catheter, presence or absence of urinary symptoms, and study site. Curiously, in comparison with subjects with low levels of urine antibodies, the high-level group did not have greater or more rapid decrements in nutritional anthromorphonietric measures, physical functional capacity, or cognitive parameters. However, not mentioned in this study were the data on serum albumin, cutaneous anergy status, details of physical performance measures, relationship of urine antibody levels and ,d.12-14 elimination or persistence of urinary pathogens, and coniparison of causes of death in the highvs low-level antibody groups. The absence of this information limits speculation on potential pathogenetic mechanisms and clinical relevance of elevated urine antibodies in bacteriuric older people.


The motivation behind this article is to generalize a new type of class of nondifferentiable multiobjective fractional programming problem in which each component of objective functions contains a term including the support function of a compact convex set. For a differentiable function, we consider the class of pseudoquasi /strictly pseudoquasi/weak strictly pseudoquasi/quasistrictly pseudo (V, ρ, θ)-bonvex-type-I. Further, we formulate unified (mixed type) dual models and derive duality relations under aforesaid assumptions.


Film cooling performance of a tripod hole anti-vortex geometry is evaluated on cascade vane pressure and suction surfaces with steady-state IR (infrared thermography) technique and compared to a baseline cylindrical hole geometry performance. The base geometry is a simple cylindrical hole design inclined at 30° from the surface with pitch-to-diameter ratio of 3.0. The tripod hole geometry, also called an anti-vortex design, is where two side holes, also of the same diameter, branch out from the root at 15° angle. The pitch-to-diameter ratio between the main holes for this design is 6.0. Two secondary fluids — air and carbon-dioxide — were used to study the effects of coolant-to-mainstream density ratio (DR = 0.95 and 1.45) on film cooling effectiveness. Several blowing ratios in the range 0.5 –4.0 were investigated independently at the two density ratios. Results show that the tripod hole design clearly provides higher film cooling effectiveness the baseline case with overall reduced coolant usage on both pressure and suction side of the airfoil. Additional testing was also conducted to measure the aerodynamic effects of injecting coolant through the cylindrical and tripod hole designs. Results show that the coolant issued from a tripod hole design has a significantly smaller effect on the overall aerodynamic performance of the vane.Copyright © 2012 by ASME


Vacant regions have been introduced onto the Si(111)-7×7 surface by 1 keV Ar ion bombardment and studied by scanning tunneling microscopy. The vacant regions are defect regions where adatoms have been removed by Ar ion impact. When annealed at temperatures from 500°C to 730°C, the vacant regions recover the initial 7×7 structure via the new metastable 7×7 structure found in the present study. Both rate-controlling steps are described by single activation free energies with dominant -TΔS and minor ΔE terms. The activation entropies ΔS/(eV K-1) are found to be - 1.9 ×10-3 for the metastable 7×7 formation and -2.6×10-3 for the stable 7×7 formation.


Kilkenny, Maureen (1995) "Teaching Market Economics Without Selfishness" chapter 4.1.2. in "Agricultural Economics: Education and Research Agenda for Economies in Transition," edited by G.H. Peters, Agricultural Economics 12(3) September.


Liability of the economic law is a new concept which is a kind of innovation relative to traditional legal liability theory. Subject of the economic law includes those participants of the national macroscopic e-conomy management relations and of the microscopic economic activities, which presents the multiplex structure including the country, the operators, the consumers and so on. Because of qualifications of subject of the economic law and ability of liability separate, however, subject of liability of the economic law shows dual structure characteristic posed by the government and the operators actually.


In this paper, we address the multi-person densepose estimation problem, which aims at learning dense correspondences between 2D pixels of human body and 3D surface. It still poses several challenges due to real-world scenes with scale variations, occlusion and insufficient annotations. In particular, we address two main problems: 1) how to design a simple yet effective pipeline for densepose estimation; and 2) how to equip this pipeline with the ability of handling the issues of limited annotations and class-imbalanced labels. To tackle these problems, we develop a novel densepose estimation framework based on a two-stage pipeline, called Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN). Unlike existing works which directly propagate the pyramidal base features of regions, we enhance their representation power by a multi-instance decoder (MID). MID can well distinguish the target instance from other interference instances and background. Then, we introduce a knowledge transfer machine (KTM), which improves densepose estimation by utilizing the external commonsense knowledge. Notably, with the help of our knowledge transfer machine (KTM), current densepose estimation systems (either based on RCNN or fully-convolutional frameworks) can be improved in terms of the accuracy of human densepose estimation. Solid experiments on densepose estimation benchmarks demonstrate the superiority and generalizability of our approach. Our code and models will be publicly available.


OH is a disabling condition resulting from a sustained reduction in blood pressure (>20 systolic or 10 diastolic) within 3 minutes of standing. It is a common cause of syncope. Patients with concurrent hypertension experiencing syncope present a complex management dilemma where a balance must be established between symptom burden and risk of cardiovascular disease. Current guidance on ABPM use in syncope is limited. European society of cardiology syncope guidelines suggest ABPM in patients with 'autonomic failure' to assess nocturnal hypertension or drug-induced hypotension. Could this be improved with further explicit criteria on which patients to assess and how to act on results? The objective of this study is to review the use of 24 hour ABPM in OH within a tertiary referral syncope clinic.

 A retrospective analysis was performed electronically for patients with a final diagnosis of OH seen in a syncope clinic between March 2017 and May 2019. Data was collected on comorbidities, medication history, physical mobility, clinic blood pressure, ABPM Results: (if performed) and medication changes. Comparisons were made between patients who had ABPM and those who did not. Statistics were calculated using Fisher's Exact Test (2 tailed).

 119 patients had a final diagnosis of OH in the study period. 45 had ABPM, 74 did not. The ABPM group had a significantly higher proportion of diagnosed hypertension (51.1% vs 23% (p = 0.0025)). A similar proportion of patients in both groups had medication changed however the ABPM group were significantly more likely to have antihypertensive therapy added (19.4% vs 1.8% (p = 0.0053)).

 Using 24 hour ABPM in OH patients can aid clinical decision making in the sub-group with hypertension. This can guide the need for alteration/addition of antihypertensive therapy to balance optimum BP control with symptom burden.


Address for Correspondence: Dr. Ranjana Verma, Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India. E-Mail: email@example.com Access this Article online Quick Response code Web site: *1 Assistant Professor, 2 & 3 Professor. Department of Anatomy, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India. Saphenous nerve is a pure sensory nerve which may get compromised as a result of complication of a surgical procedure or entrapment leading to pain and numbness in the medial side of thigh, knee and leg. Secondly, adductor canal block is given very frequently now days to anaesthetize the saphenous nerve for providing analgesia after knee surgeries. During routine cadaveric dissection of the front of thigh, we observed an interesting finding that the saphenous nerve did not follow the usual course in the adductor canal. The saphenous nerve pierced the sartorius in the middle of adductor canal and became subcutaneous. This variant course of the saphenous nerve through the sartorius can be the site of entrapment or it may be the cause of failure of adductor canal block. Although saphenous nerve is a purely sensory nerve, in this condition there is possibility of having motor fibres also which may supply Sartorius while passing through it.


Abstract Robert Merton's theoretical formulations of unanticipated consequences provide a useful tool for understanding the consequences of government policies. In this case study the work–life balance policies in the Netherlands over the past decade are analyzed. Based on the current understanding of family-friendly policies, one can assume that the policy intended to promote gender equality did not necessarily lead to equity in the workplace. This case study suggests that researchers and policymakers should engage the concept of unanticipated consequences of government policies into theory and research whenever possible.


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This paper describes the ITNLP system participated in the Knowledge Base Population (KBP) track English Entity Linking task. Our Entity linking system is composed of three parts: candidate generation, candidate ranking and nil clustering. In the candidate generation process, the redirect pages and anchor texts in Wikipedia are utilized to generate candidate entities for the mentions. Ranking SVM is adopted to rank the candidates by a set of linguistic features. In the end, the hierarchical clustering algorithm is used to cluster those queries which return NIL in the ranking process.


The mating frequency of the Indian meal moth, Plodia interpunctella (Hubner) and the almond moth, Cadra cautella (Walker) was population density dependent in the presence of synthetic sex pheromone. The pheromone substantially reduced population growth rates of these insects at low population densities.


In a multisensor target tracking system in which centralised Kalman filtering is employed, the amount of data to be transmitted from the sensors to the central processor demands a huge communication cost. In addition, the amount of data received by the central processor further imposes an enormous computational load on the Kalman filter. The authors propose the use of wavelet packet decomposition on the observed data vectors so that the insignificant sub-band components may be suppressed before being transmitted resulting in the saving of communication cost. Furthermore, optimum fusion is applied to the sub-band components before the data vectors are reconstructed. Two tracking schemes, TRCD and TSCD, are proposed. In TRCD, Kalman filtering is applied to the reconstructed data vector, whereas in TCSD, Kalman filtering is only applied to the components in the dominant sub-band of the decomposition. Simulation results show that, in terms of communications and/or computation economy, these two schemes offer attractive alternatives without over-sacrificing performance.


IT is a well-documented fact that in many Western countries a few industries account for a disproportionate amount of strike activity., New Zealand is no exception to this general rule. Those industries which account for a disproportionate amount of strike activity may be termed &dquo;strike centres&dquo;. The existence of such strike centres highlights a basic weakness of the aggregate approach to the study of strike activity. Trends revealed at the national level may give little indication of the situation within a country


BACKGROUND
Occupational asthma (OA) is the most common occupational lung disease in developed countries. One of the causative agents is metal fume that may be encountered in steel industries. Screening for the OA is mainly performed by questionnaire but in our country spirometry is used more commonly.

OBJECTIVE
To compare the diagnostic value of the Venables standardized respiratory questionnaire and pre-shift spirometry as screening tools for OA.

METHODS
In a cross-sectional study, we investigated 450 workers of a steel industry by the Venables standardized questionnaire. We also performed a pre-shift spirometry as the screening spirometry and a post-shift spirometry. A person with 10% drop in post-shift FEV1 compared with the pre-shift value was considered as asthmatic (our gold-standard). The results of the questionnaire and the pre-shift spirometry were then examined against the gold-standard test results. For each test, sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values were calculated.

RESULTS
The overall prevalence of OA among our studied workers was 3.9% (95% CI: 1.9%-5.9%). The highest rate was seen in those working in catering (25%) and welding (10%) units. Pre-shift spirometry and the questionnaire had low sensitivity (42.9% and 28.6%, respectively) and positive predictive values (16.7% and 3.6%, respectively); moderate specificity (92.4% and 71.6%, respectively) and high negative predictive values (97.9% and 96.5%, respectively).

CONCLUSION
Taking into account the ease of use of the questionnaire, it seems that it is more feasible to use questionnaire as the primary screening tool for the diagnosis of OA.


Road authorities always strive to reduce the maintenance costs of road infrastructure systems using various traditional methods of contract. Contracting out road maintenance to the private sector based on performance measures is an alternative solution to maintain road infrastructure in a cost-effective way and is named as Performance Based Maintenance Contracting (PBMC). Many countries have succeeded in minimizing road infrastructure maintenance costs using performance-based maintenance contracts over the last two decades. However, implementation of PBMC is still a challenge for many developing countries because of resource and skill limitations, corruption and poor management systems. This paper discusses and analyses the problems and difficulties in the successful implementation of PBMC in developing countries.


where Fp is the additive group of the first p integers modulo p. On this group, one can define a (co-)distance (overlap in spin glass jargon) by saying that two replicas, α ≡ (a0, . . . , aR) and β ≡ (b0, . . . , bR), have overlap α ∩ β = t if (α − β) ≡ (0, 0, . . . , 0, at − bt, . . . ) with at 6= bt and the first t entries equal to zero. It is easy to check that, given three replicas, their mutual distances satisfy the well-known ultrametric properties. On the other hand, it will turn out to be useful to define another kind of distance (co-overlap): given two replicas, μ ≡ (m0, . . . , mR) and ν ≡ (n0, . . . , nR), we say that they have co-overlap μ ∗ ∩ν = k if (μ−ν) ≡ (. . . , mk−1−nk−1, 0, . . . , 0) with mk−1 6= nk−1 and the last R + 1− k entries equal to zero. The co-overlap also satisfies ultrametric properties, with the difference that the base of the ultrametric isosceles triangle is smaller than the other sides. Finally, since we deal with a direct product of groups, the Haar measure is simply the product of the Haar measures of each Fpj/pj+1 ∫ dα def = ∑


Based on the papers published by Nanjing University of Science and Technology and collected by Web of Science database of American ISI Company,this paper males the statistical analysis on the publication years,subjects,authors,source publications,languages and cited situations of SCI indexed papers of Nanjing University of Science and Technology published in the period of 1993-2009,and puts forward some corresponding suggestions.


According to the talents development project about the public hygiene business management issued by our university in 2005,we wrote new experiment textbook of medical chemistry and carried on reform in the teaching system,experiment contents,teaching method.From the teaching practice in the class of public hygiene business management of Grade 2005,we have obtained satisfactory teaching results.


Abstract : This assay provides commentary and context to the Soviet General Staff's approach to the study and preparation of space as an arena for the conduct of military actions. These comments are based on a lecture given by General-Major I.B. Shaposhnikov at the Voroshilov Academy of the General Staff in the mid 1970s and draw upon a larger study of these issues which was under taken by the author et al.: Soviet Views on Military Operations in Space (1986). Keywords: Soviet military doctrine, Spacecraft military applications; Soviet general staff.


The present paper describes a model of internal erosion of earth structures based on rigorous thermodynamic principles and the theory of porous media. The focus is concerned with the initial stage of internal erosion, prior to the formation of macroscopic channels, whenthe continuum approach is applicable. The soil skeleton saturated by a pore fluid is treated as the superposition of 3 continua in interaction ;the pore fluid itself consists of a mixture of water and eroded particles. The erosion kinetics is based on the shear stress developed at the solid-fluid interface. The applicability of the model is illustrated by a finite element simulation. The simulations show how the phenomenon of piping preferentially arises in regions where hydraulic gradients are critical. Effects of mechanical degradations due to internal erosion are demonstrated.


English is one of international languages for connecting and sharing knowledge throughout the world. As regulated in the national standards of early childhood education (PAUD), language is one of the measurement criteria in the early childhood education system. The aim of this research is to assist schools in improving human resources by providing training on English teaching methods with the Total Physical Response (TPR) method and English teaching applications with the android-based application called Comma. we collaborated with partners to design and create Comma application concept and system. The aim of this program is improving the quality of human resources in terms of teaching English for kindergarten students. The test results state that all operations can be performed on this Comma application which shows the system operated as expected or it can be said that the system testing is successful so that the Comma application is ready to be released and used by users who need this application to improve their English skills through the TPR method. With the Comma application, it can be used to improve understanding of the English language, especially in early childhood education and can be used as a good alternative in teaching English in the early childhood education environment


BACKGROUND/AIMS
To examine the clinical and protein expression characteristics of tumor tissues for prediction of prognosis in colorectal cancer (CRC).

METHODOLOGY
We retrospectively analyzed the clinicopathological data of patients with stage T3N0 CRC, operated between 1997-2003 and the surgical materials for the relation between disease prognosis and p53, p21, p16, β-catenin, E-cadherin, EGFR, hMLH1, hMSH2 and TS protein expressions.

RESULTS
A significantly shorter 3-year disease free survival was observed in patients under the age of 50. The worst 5-year overall survival (OS) observed for patients over 70. Tumor localization and number of processed lymph nodes significantly affected prognosis. The EGFR, hMSH2 and TS expressions and the 5-fluorouracyl treatment were not found to be of prognostic value; p53 and p21 positivity had significantly worse survival. When β-catenin membrane expression disappeared on tumor cells, the 5-year OS rate decreased and time to metastasis shortened significantly. Membrane β-catenin expression, processed lymph nodes number and age were detected as independent prognostic markers.

CONCLUSIONS
These results suggest that the evaluation of a clinicopathological profile, based on age, tumor localization, number of examined lymph nodes, p53, p21 and E-cadherin β-catenin expression appears to be useful in identifying high risk patients.


Abstract: Our previous research with psychiatrically hospitalized children and youth indicates that white matter hyperintensities (WMH) on T2‐weighted MRI images are associated with a history of suicide attempt. This subanalysis of the specific locations of the WMH suggests that youth with deep WMH in the parietal lobe but not in the frontal lobe have a significantly higher prevalence of reported past suicide attempt.


The fundamental characteristic of Mou Zong-san's view of history is consciousness decide existence and idea decide history.Mou Zong-san thought that the original idea to start with Chinese history and it has provided with morality and ideal and practical,so Chinese history had a difference beginning and developing with western history,and the view of history that becoming western history as Hegel or Marx's theory of social developing stage and classical struggle to be not appertain because had not classes and feudal society in Chinese history .He thought that the original idea to start with Chinese history had decided the characteristic and developing direction and developing way.We must understand and interpret deeply for materialism historical view to reveal the one-sidedness and unthoroughgoing of Mou Zong-san's view of Chinese history.


The study discussed the differences in the brand loyalty and the consumer decision-making patterns of athletic shoes for senior high and vocational high schoolsʹ students in Miaoli County. The subjects are senior high and vocational high schoolsʹ students in Miaoli County. The instrument of the study is the questionnaire of purchase motivations, customer satisfaction and repurchases intention for sportswear. The survey is based on purposive sampling. There were 396 valid samples retrieved from 347 questionnaires with the effective response rate of 87.63% and analyzed by SPSS for Windows. The results of this study are as follows: (1) Different demographic variables of school, consumption frequency and amount of consumption have significantly effects upon the brand loyalty of athletic shoes for senior high and vocational high schoolsʹ students in Miaoli County. (2) Different demographic variables of school, gender, grade, consumption frequency and amount of consumption have significantly effects upon the consumer decision-making patterns of athletic shoes for senior high and vocational high schoolsʹ students in Miaoli County. (3) There was a positive correlation between the brand loyalty and the consumer decision-making patterns of athletic shoes for senior high and vocational high schoolsʹ students in Miaoli County.


laboratory. Pavlov's dogs, for instance, occupy an appropriately prominent place, for without their docile cooperation, much of the laboratory's work would have been impossible. Cats, pigs, and other animals turned out to be less than the physiologist's best friend, especially in participating in "chronic" experiments— that is, those in which the animal is used repeatedly after an operation. A dog named Druzhok ("Little Friend") was especially patient, lying sedately while its stomach secretions were measured day after day. Pavlov lived for more than three decades after receiving his Nobel Prize, and by then, the work on conditional reflexes was just beginning. This is merely one of many reasons why we can hope that we have not heard the last of Todes on Pavlov.


This paper deals with numerical analysis of heat transfer of a kind of rectangular fin by using matlab program and analyses the results.The optimal highness of fins is obtained on the condition that metal thermal intensity is target function of structural optimization.At the same time,the writer think that it is very convenient to resolve this kind of problem by using matlab program.


Unsupervised domain adaptation is often addressed by learning a joint representation of labeled samples from a source domain and unlabeled samples from a target domain. Unfortunately, hard sharing of representation may hurt adaptation because of negative transfer, where features that are useful for source domains are learned even if they hurt inference on the target domain. Here, we propose an alternative, soft sharing scheme. We train separate but weakly-coupled models for the source and the target data, while encouraging their predictions to agree. Training the two coupled models jointly effectively exploits the distribution over unlabeled target data and achieves high accuracy on the target. Specifically, we show analytically and empirically that the decision boundaries of the target model converge to low-density "valleys" of the target distribution. We evaluate our approach on four multi-source domain adaptation (MSDA) benchmarks, digits, amazon text reviews, Office-Caltech and images (DomainNet). We find that it consistently outperforms current MSDA SoTA, sometimes by a very large margin.


We address farming system analysis at the level of collective action by the question what is the contribution of an ecological main structures (EMS) and crop rotation to pest control? It will be analysed how a political economy approach of land use, including nature elements, can improve the rural situation. Our hypothesis is that, as a measure of crop protection, an EMS can help to reduce costs in pest control. We show mathematically that joint efforts in a community of farmers can result in building up an adequate size of nature elements in landscapes (an EMS) for maintaining bio-diversity.


PURPOSE: A horizontal compressor is provided to prolong the life span of the compressor and enhance reliability of the compressor, by arranging a differential-pressure separation plate between a compression part and a drive part, and to reduce the manufacturing cost and the length of the assembling process by forming the differential-pressure separation plate as a body with a muffler. CONSTITUTION: A horizontal compressor comprises a casing(2), a drive part(4), a compression part(6), a differential-pressure separation plate(8), and a lubricating part. A suction pipe(14) for the inflow of a refrigerant and a discharge pipe(16) for the outflow of the refrigerant are each connected to the casing. The drive part is built in a side of the casing, to produce rotational force. The compression part is built in the other side of the casing. The compression part compresses the refrigerant by the driving force produced from the drive part. The differential-pressure separation plate divides the inside of the casing into a high-pressure chamber(42) and a low-pressure chamber(44), to keep the oil level of the high-pressure chamber higher than the oil level of the low-pressure chamber. The lubricating part supplies oil stored in the high-pressure chamber to each sliding part of the inside of the compressor and returns the oil, finishing the lubrication action, to the high-pressure chamber from the low-pressure chamber.


We show that the positive electrostatic potentials and molecular quadrupole moments characteristic of π-acidic azines, which underlie the ability of these rings to bind anions above their centres, arise from the position of nuclear charges, not changes in the π-electron density distribution.


ABSTRACT The application of natural rubber (NR) as cost-effective component for an organic bistable memory device is demonstrated for the first time. An organic bistable memory device based on Cis 1–4 polyisoprene (NR) and fullerene (C60) is a trilayered structure consisting of NR/C60 composite sandwiching a C60 layer and thermally deposited aluminum electrodes on both sides (Al/NR:C60/C60/NR:C60/Al). Investigations on current-voltage (I-V) characteristics of the device revealed promising device performance with a high ON/OFF current ratio and nonvolatile stability in both of its conducting states, indicating the strong potential of the NR:C60 composite as a nonvolatile memory material. Further, attempts are made to fit the current response of the device using existing charge transport models and explain the origin of memory switching in present device.


Lipoxygenases are family of iron containing dioxygenases that convert the addition of molecular oxygen to fatty acid containing a cis-1, 4- pentadiene system. The primary product of this reaction is a 4-hydroperoxycis trans-1, 3-conjugated pentadienyl moiety within unsaturated fatty acid. This assay measures the hydroperoxides produced in the lipoxygenation reaction using a purified lipoxygenase with lionoleic acid as substrate. When formulations of Entoban syrup and capsules were compared at various concentrations (10, 50 and 100 µg/ml), lipoxygenase inhibition activity increased in a dose dependent manner for both formulations just like standard bacilein. The formulations under test have good potential of lipoxygenase inhibition and prospective to be used in the treatment of various complications produced by lipoxygenase enzymes.


In this study, we discuss the importance of user-centered evaluation of digital learning materials. First of all, different evaluation approaches are introduced, as well as their definitions and classifications. Then, concepts of usability in digital learning materials are surveyed. Finally, a range of evaluation tools subject to use by teachers are described.


It is the purpose of this introduction to relate the nature of the problems involved in the creative processes as described in the title of this thesis.


A thoroughly up-to-date anthology of biomedical ethics which draws on the major scholars in the field to present an overview of the key issues facing health care professionals and consumers of the '90s.


ABSTRACT Implicit Religion, developed as a set of analytical tools by Edward Bailey, was, in many regards, ahead of its time. Drawing upon the history of Bailey's Implicit Religion, and its developments since his death, this article will argue that Implicit Religion has something vital to offer to the field of religious studies as the discourse around religion and the study of it continues to shift and reform. Utilising a number of case studies from popular culture, and interviews conducted by those who partake in cosplay, role playing video games, and Straight Edge punk, this article will demonstrate the ways that Implicit Religion can be applied to understand better the changing nature of 'religious' language and the importance of paying attention to voices and experiences from the so called 'secular' realm.


The invention relates to a plate type heat exchanger field experiment system taking unpurified water as a heat exchanging medium. The experiment system comprises a plate type heat exchanger to be detected, a heat pump, a load plate type heat exchanger, a self-washing filter, a water storage tank, a water replenishing tank, a water pump system, an unpurified water source and a pipeline connecting the parts. The invention can independently simulate the floating working situation of the plate type heat exchanger in an unpurified water source ground on the spot and has the advantages of compact system structure, energy saving, environment protecting and large working situation adjusting range. The experiment system can be used for carrying out the experiment research on the scale formation characteristics of the unpurified water and the scale formation countermeasure scheme in the plate type heat exchanger and the optimization design scheme of the unpurified water plate type heat exchanger. The experiment data acquired has important guiding significance on the long period safe and economic operation of the unpurified water plate type heat exchanger.


The electrochemical behavior of X80 pipeline steel in simulated edaphic electrolyte was researched by electrochemical test methods.The results show that the corrosion rate of X80 pipeline steel is the largest when the soil moisture content is 20%.When soil medium's pH is below 7,H-deoxidation is dominant reaction,and the potential of hydrogen evolution is obviously lower than that of alkaline conditions.When the impressed current cathodic protection is combined with coatings,the corrosion current increases first and then decreases before the final stable.


Pan-Turkism, which is closely connected with Turkey, is a political trend of thought in nationalism since modern times, it is an extreme nationalist movement as well. Pan-Turkism is interwoven with Pan-Islamism, religious extremism and East Turkestan forces in its long historical evolution process. Pan-Turkism has evolved into reactive trend of thought that belongs to extreme right wing, and it presents a threat to the security, stability and survival of many countries. From the perspective of politics, political Pan-Turkism rises and falls unsteadily and has been defeated repeatedly; From the perspective of culture, cultural Pan-Turkism is often covered with Turki Learning and exists constantly. Seen from the sense of the latter, Pan-Turkism will still have influence on international politics.


FEATHERSTON, W. R.,Q. R. ROGERS, AND R. A. FREEDLAND. Relative importance of kidney and liver in synthesis of arginine by the rat. Am. J. Physiol. 224(l) : Yl27-129. 1973.-The relative contributions of the kidneys and liver to the total synthesis of arginine in the rat were studied by following the conversion of intravenously injected L-citrulline-ureido-14C to L-arginine guanido-14C in intact controls or in rats with either the kidneys, or liver, or both completely ligated. The incorporation of the labeled arginine into the trichloroacetic acid-precipitable protein from liver, kidney, skeletal muscle, brain, and lung was determined. A greater decrease in the specific activity of skeletal muscle, lung, and liver protein was observed when the kidneys were ligated than occurred in the skeletal muscle, lung, and kidney protein when the liver was ligated. The specific activity of skeletal muscle protein was approximately 3.3 times higher when the liver was ligated than when the kidneys were ligated. Ligation of either the kidney, liver, or both had less of an effect on lowering the specific activity of brain protein than the ligation had on the specific activity of skeletal muscle protein indicating the brain may be synthesizing a portion of its own arginine from citrulline. The results provide evidence that the kidneys synthesize a considerably larger portion of the endogenous arginine used for body protein synthesis than does the liver.


Honeycomb can be used as a source of antibacterial, this is due to the content of secondary metabolites in the form of flavonoids in the honeycomb which serves as a protective determinant of honey quality. This study aims to isolate, identify and test antibacterial isolates of Indigenous bacteria from Apis mellifera nests against gram-positive bacteria S. aureus and gram-negative bacteria E. coli. This research used descriptive method and the research data were obtained through laboratory experiments. The results of the isolation stage of indigenous bacteria obtained seven (7) isolates AM1, AM2, AM3, AM4, AM5, AM6, AM7 Indigenous bacteria from Apis mellifera bee hives. AM1 and AM4 isolates were similar to the Enterobacter genus, AM2 isolates to Corynebacterium genus, AM3 and AM6 isolates to Paracoccus genus, and AM5 and AM7 isolates to Azotobacter Sp. The seven isolates of Indigenous bacteria have potential as antibacterial and the diameter of the inhibition zone against E. coli bacteria is AM1 (8.88 mm), AM2 (8.65 mm), AM3 (8.03 mm), AM4 (6.41 mm) , AM5 (9.07 mm), AM6 (9.53 mm) and AM7 (9.44 mm) while against S. aureus AM1 (9.08 mm), AM2 (9.23 mm), AM3 (9.15 mm), AM4 (8.70 mm), AM5 (10.44 mm), AM6 (11.56 mm) and AM7 (9.0 mm).


The aims of this study were: (1) to characterise changes in the frequency and kind of social rules used in mother-child and sibling relationships over a 14-month period; (2) to assess the degree to which conflict functioned as a forum for social rules; and (3) to describe the nature of the association between references to social rules and the quality of family relationships. Naturalistic home observations of 47 families were conducted when focal younger siblings were 33 and 47 months of age. Family conversations were coded for a variety of rules. Over time, mothers referred to rules less frequently per hour, whereas elder siblings referred to rules more frequently per hour. Proportionately, mothers employed rules relatively more often than children; however, conventional rules were utilised by mothers more than moral rules. As hypothesised, moral rules were more symmetrical in sibling relationships and more complementary in mother-child dyads. Mothers mentioned social rules more often during conflicts, whereas siblings did not. Finally, moral rules mentioned by both younger and elder siblings were associated with less harmonious sibling relationships. Results were discussed with regard to theories of moral socialisation and the nature of family relationships.


Since the earliest times, iron cramps and dowels were often built into traditional masonry structures to secure stones which might otherwise be prone to movement or displacement, for example copings, parapets, cornices, mullions and also larger structures such as porticos and arches. They were also widely used in ashlar walls, usually consisting of a thin facing of finely dressed and narrow jointed stonework with a core or backing of rubble or brick. Cramps would be incorporated to tie the facing back to the core and dowels were embedded in the facing itself to help maintain its structural integrity. Wrought and cast irons were also used in many other areas of building construction. In the 19 and early 20 centuries, the advent of steel framed building construction methods allowed masonry-clad steel-framed structures to be erected. This form of construction drastically reduced the construction time and allowed taller buildings to be constructed with obvious cost benefits. Unfortunately, along with the benefits came new pitfalls. One of these being the spontaneous inclination for steel and iron to corrode and revert back to their natural state. Corrosion of iron fittings and steel framing is now becoming an increasing problem within our heritage building stock. Although the rate of corrosion is relatively low, in the long term it can result in the fracture of stones and facings and sometimes loss of structural integrity of the structure. Architects have, in the past, attempted to remove as much as possible of the original iron fittings and replace them with more corrosion resistant materials. As a result, significant parts of the original structure were lost forever. The policy now followed in the UK for heritage buildings is that of 'minimum intervention' with the intention of retaining as much of the original structure as possible. For steel-framed buildings, replacement with stainless steel is not an option due to the high cost of the material and the difficulty of replacing it. Cathodic protection, the application of a small negative charge to the iron or steel, is being used increasingly to control corrosion of embedded iron and steel fittings and steel framework in stone and masonry clad buildings. This paper provides an insight into cathodic protection techniques and illustrates how it can be used to conserve embedded iron and steel components in heritage buildings and provide long-term protection to steel-framed buildings. INTRODUCTION In the 18 and 19 centuries, dowels and cramps were usually made from wrought iron, which is susceptible to corrosion when exposed to air and moisture. The situation may be exacerbated if sedimentary stones, such as Portland or Bath, are used in the construction. These frequently contain chloride and/or sulphate salts which result in the depassivation of the iron surface and an acceleration of corrosion. Corrosion rates are also significantly higher where iron is in direct contact with damp stone compared to exposure to air. For major construction work during this period, involving the use of large stones such as porticos, arches and columns, the larger cramps (typically up to 1 metre in length and 50mm thick) are often surrounded by lead. Molten lead was poured into the gaps around the cramps to secure the iron fittings in place at the time of construction. Lead corrodes at a very low rate in this environment and, if it completely surrounds the cramp, then the iron should be protected from corrosion. However, this is rarely the case and corrosion occurs on the non-leaded surfaces. The corrosion progresses along the lead/iron interface and eventually expansion forces cause the lead to delaminate from the iron surface. In ashlar masonry, the smaller cramps are not normally protected by lead and it is common to find vertical joints not filled with mortar to their full depth. When the shallow bead of mortar at the surface decays or cracks, water is able to penetrate freely. The narrowness of the joints makes effective re-pointing very difficult, so water penetration continues, causing the embedded cramps to corrode. For both cases, the expanding rust eventually exerts such pressure on the stone that the stone cracks or spalls. The volume ratio between iron and rust can be as high as 1:7. The conventional remedy involves major surgery to remove the cramps, to replace them with noncorroding phosphor bronze or stainless steel and then to repair the wounded stonework. Some of the 19 and 20 century masonry-clad buildings, which incorporate steelframes, are also liable to corrosion. In a like-for-like situation, steel corrodes at a far higher rate than wrought iron. Again, conventional treatments can be highly invasive involving large-scale opening up to expose and treat affected components. Cathodic protection offers an alternative approach to the treatment of rusting iron fittings and steelwork buried in masonry and stone. CATHODIC PROTECTION TECHNIQUES Cathodic Protection (or CP) is not a new process: in 1824 Sir Humphrey Davy presented a series of papers to the Royal Society describing how CP could be used to prevent the corrosion of copper sheathing in the wooden hulls of British naval vessels. Since then it has been applied to many other areas, including marine applications and for the preservation of buried underground structures such as pipelines and tanks [1]. CP technology has, over the past 20 years, been applied to concrete to protect steel reinforcement from corrosion and, more recently, it has also been applied to iron and steel embedded in brick, masonry and stone in heritage buildings [2,3,4]. Theoretical Principles Corrosion is an electrochemical reaction involving both anodic and cathodic sites on an iron or steel surface. At the anodic site corrosion occurs as iron gives up electrons and forms soluble iron salts (Fe → Fe + 2e). At the adjacent cathodic site the electrons released by the corrosion process combine with water and oxygen to form hydroxyl ions (1/2 O2 + H2O + 2e → 2OH). Both these partial reactions have to proceed at the same rate otherwise a build-up of electrons would occur and this would suppress the anodic process. In CP systems the metal to be protected is supplied with electrons from an external source and the entire metal surface is thereby forced to act as a cathode (hence the term 'cathodic protection'), so controlling further corrosion. When CP is used to protect embedded iron and structural steel, small DC currents are supplied to the metal via the building material. This constant stream of electrons (which move in the opposite direction to the conventional current flow) satisfies the cathodic reaction and suppresses the anodic (corrosion) reaction. CP may be achieved by two somewhat different techniques, although the principles described above hold true for both. These are sacrificial anode cathodic protection and impressed current cathodic protection. Sacrificial Anode Cathodic Protection (SACP) SACP systems use sacrificial anodes (made of zinc, aluminium, magnesium or alloys of these) which corrode preferentially to the metalwork. These are placed in close proximity to the corroding metalwork and are electrically connected to it. As the sacrificial anode corrodes it generates a current that passes through the building material to provide protection to the embedded metalwork, Figure 1. The current is conducted ionically though the building material by means of pore water contained within it. The main restriction in using an SACP system is that these anode materials have only a small natural 'driving' potential (i.e. the force which drives the electrons through the CP circuit typically less than 1.5V), when coupled to the embedded metalwork, and this is further reduced by having to overcome the ionic resistance encountered in the building material. For this reason, the distance between the sacrificial anode and the embedded metalwork is normally restricted to a few metres. Another restriction is that the anodes are consumed and will need replacing at some stage in the future. These anodes (normally buried in the ground) are capable of protecting small metal components, such as embedded iron cramps and tie rods, set into walls, floors or roofs of buildings. Impressed Current Cathodic Protection (ICCP) ICCP systems require an external power supply, normally mains powered transformer rectifiers, to provide the DC current to the iron or steel to be protected. These systems use non-corroding anodes, located close to the metalwork, to provide part of the current pathway, Figure 1. ICCP systems are generally more complex than the SACP systems but, with their much higher driving voltage, they are suitable for providing current to much larger areas of embedded iron and steel, such as 'I' beams, columns and supports and where the stone or masonry has inherently higher electrical resistance. As the ICCP system forces the metal to become cathodic, and therefore protected, the other side of the CP circuit (the current emitter) becomes anodic and therefore more 'corrosive' . Materials for these current emitters (or 'anodes' ) therefore have to be highly resistant to corrosion. A variety of commercial anodes are available for use with ICCP systems: Carbon-loaded coatings can be used over short periods although their life is normally restricted to 10 to 15 years. For extended use, embedded titanium anodes, coated with precious metals or conductive ceramic coatings, are normally used. Conductive coating systems are either based on thermally sprayed zinc or conductive paint. The organic-based conductive paint is generally water-based and loaded with graphite to provide a current pathway. Conductive, cementitious, surface-applied overlays are also available and these normally contain carbon fibres and/or graphite in sufficient quantities to provide a continuous conductive pathway for current. The resulting coating is lightweight and has mechanical and therma


Cars of the past are notorious for poor fuel efficiency and high carbon emissions. With the presence of hybrid technology, along with a variety of other green innovations, many of these negative side effects can be mitigated. The purpose of this study is to answer the question: how do green technology vehicles compare with similar models that exclude such innovations in relation to efficiency and price? A total of 47 green-tech vehicles were identified and compared against their base model counterparts. Vehicle weight, horsepower, fuel efficiency and other variables were matched within pairs (green-tech vs. base) and between car types (sedans, SUVs and trucks). Regardless of vehicle type and green-tech, weight proved to be an influential factor, showing that as curb weight increased, fuel efficiency decreased. Compared to the base models, green-tech luxury vehicles also exhibited few improvements in fuel efficiency with disproportionately high growth in price. Non-luxury green-tech sedans ranging from 2500lbs to 4000lbs showed the largest improvements in efficiency while also maintaining an average MSRP of $28996±1089, producing a green-tech vehicle that is economically affordable. The impressive results from this category of vehicles suggest that consumer investment in non-luxury green sedans may not only help to save money in fuel consumption, but also save the environment.


Opioid drugs can be efficacious in the treatment of chronic pain, but are plagued by the development of serious side effects such as tolerance and dependence that worsen with chronic use. Recent investigations into the pathology of chronic pain and the compensatory changes induced by chronic opioid treatment has revealed that upregulated receptor systems, including the cholecystokinin (CCK) and the kappa and delta opioid receptors (KOR, DOR), mediate many of the negative side effects of chronic opioid use, and may also dampen mu opioid (MOR) mediated analgesia. Based on these findings, we have developed three novel classes of bifunctional ligands with MOR agonist activity, and CCK, DOR, or KOR antagonist activity, respectively. Using CHO cell models containing the individual receptors and assays of receptor activity, including [35S]‐GTPγS coupling, ERK MAPK activation, and βarrestin2 recruitment, we present data characterizing these compounds and demonstrating that this approach yields compounds with the desired activity profiles at both receptor pairs. We also present in vivo data demonstrating that some of these compounds have an improved therapeutic index when compared to established opioids. Novel molecular strategies such as these which take advantage of a more complete biological understanding of the disease process hold much promise for the development of improved analgesics for human health.


As a tool to study the dynamic behavior of a circuit,impulse response is one of vital importance.In order to provide a physical picture to understand the nature of impulse response,a first order RC circuit is simulated numerically by using the companion model with a Gaussian impulse excitation.Numerical examples are presented to demonstrate the usability of the algorithm proposed in this paper.The voltage and current in the circuit are both continuous in time domain without any abrupt discontinuities due to the fact that the duration of the impulse excitation is deliberately taken into account,which in return can be served as a model to correctly interpret the physical process.Apparently,the companion model is universal and can be utilized to simulate other higher order circuits.


The purpose of this study is to show how microfinance services may undergo the impacts of climate change, to analyze the opportunities available for MFIs and to propose concrete actions. This paper was commissioned by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in coordination with the Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Unit (ECC) and the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), and it was prepared on the basis of bibliographic reviews, experience in the Latin American region, and interviews that were carried out during missions in Peru and Guatemala.


The ratio of muscle in whole body and the composition of fatty acids and mineral elements of muscle in Tor(Foliter) brevifilis brevifilis were determined and analyzed on the basis of 18 specimens collected respectively from the Qingshui River and the Duliu River in Guizhou,China in October,2004.The results showed that the ratio of muscle in whole body averaged 66.91%.There were 14 fatty acids,including 5 saturated and 9 unsaturated fatty acids(with an average total content of 39.49% and 58.83% respectively).A total of 9 mineral elements were determined in the muscle.Of the 9 mineral elements,the range of average contents of macroelements including Ca,P,K,Na and Mg was 116.35 mg/100g~1313.33 mg/100 g and that of microelements including Cu,Zn,Fe and Mn was 0.19 mg/100 g~5.20 mg/100 g.Ca∶P averaged 1∶4.31.The correlation analysis demonstrated that the ratio of muscle in whole body,ratio of sex gland in whole body,and the contents of C_(18∶2),C_(20∶1),P and Cu increased significantly along its growth of body respectively,but the contents of C_(20∶5),K,Mg and Mn significantly decreased during its growth.t-test and correlation analysis showed that there were significant differences in the contents of C_(20:5),Mg,Mn,Zn and Fe in the muscle between the specimens collected respectively from the Qingshui River and the Duliu River,which likely resulted from the difference of aquatic environment between the two rivers.


ABSTRACT Village Desa Kramat Jaya is a result of the division which was originally a part of the village Werasari. Expansion of the village is one of the steps the government in the distribution of development in an effort to improve the welfare of society through a policy of regional expansion. This research method is descriptive qualitative method with data collection through interviews, observation, documentation and literature. The results of his research is the process of expansion Desa Kramat Jaya stems from government policies as a driver of the expansion, public aspirations at the hamlet, village expansion plan study Kramat Jaya at the village level, the submission to the expansion of local government, and the inauguration of Desa Kramat Jaya. The division has implications for the lives of the people in the village of Kramat Jaya, such as government reform Desa Kramat Jaya, the impact of the reallocation of village on the lives of farmers through the establishment of Farmers Group Association (Gapoktan), and increased welfare through the development of infrastructure such as, village offices, village health post (Poskesdes), rural roads, rural feeder roads, retaining walls (TPT) or irrigation channels, and kiosks. Keyword: process, the implications, the expansion of the village, the community


The invention discloses painting equipment of magnetic pigment. A painting device, a magnetic orienting device and a magnetic setting device used for setting of the magnetic pigment are sequentially arranged in the forward direction of magnetic pigment painting material, wherein the painting device is used for continuously painting the painting material with the magnetic pigment, and the magnetic orienting device is used for orienting the magnetic pigment. According to the painting equipment, the magnetic pigment can be continuously and rapidly painted and can be continuously, rapidly and magnetically oriented and set, production efficiency is improved, accuracy of magnetic patterns is improved, and product cost is reduced. The invention further discloses a painting technology, a sheet coated with the magnetic pigment is sequentially magnetically oriented and set and completely solidified through a drying oven, and the sheet having a stereoscopic and dreamlike visual effect is formed. The method can greatly increase production speed of the magnetic pigment and reduce production cost, and the manufactured sheet is excellent in magnetic stereoscopic effect, the magnetic patterns are distinct, and accuracy is high.


This paper proposes two energy-efficient standby mode algorithms in short-range one-to-one 60 GHz millimeter wave (mmWave) communications. Among the many usage scenarios for mmWave radio, file downloading from kiosk terminals or peer-to-peer sync service with portable terminals are of great interest. For these portable terminals, the power consumption of standby mode as well as connection setup time is important. Comparing the power consumption for a frame transmission with that for a frame reception in short-range one-to-one 60 GHz mmWave, the power consumption for a frame reception may become larger than that for a frame transmission. In this paper, two energy-efficient standby mode algorithms are proposed for one-to-one communications. In the proposed algorithms, each terminal operates based on Interval consisting of several Sub-intervals. One proposed algorithm (Prop1) is that a terminal transmits a connection request frame (CREQ) once at every Sub-interval and the other terminal waits for the CREQ during one Sub-interval per each Interval. Thus, Prop1 saves the power consumption for a CREQ transmission. The other proposed algorithm (Prop2) is that a terminal selects one Sub-interval randomly for each Interval and transmits CREQs repeatedly during that Sub-interval. The other terminal waits for a CREQ during this CREQ transmission period at every Sub-interval. Prop2 saves the power consumption for a CREQ reception. We evaluate the power consumption of standby mode and connection setup time for Prop1 and Prop2 by both numerical analysis and computer simulations. We compare these proposed algorithms under several ratio of the power consumption for transmission and reception.


m_the r.n+ and CD+ A1 D. + Xl': + b . ·t b _n , _ l" a sorpt1.on spectra 1ave een obtained by laser excitation of these fragment ions. The ions are contained in a mass~selective quadrupole ion trap under collision free conditions. The spectra therefore re~ fleet the nascent internal energy distributions of the ions, which were produced by electron impact on cn: 4 (CD 4 ) or c2H2 (C2D2). Both parent gases gave virtually identical spectra; large rotational and vibrational excitation was observed, The equipment was also capable of measuring the + + 1 radiative lifetime of CH (CD) An (v=O), and the measured value, 815 nsec 1 is found to be in good agreement with theoretical calculations of this quantity. 2


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