In a formal analysis of Jacobs' paintings, Wilkin describes the impact of the artist's participation in the 1985 Triangle Workshop in upstate New York. Biographical notes. 10 bibl. ref.


Based on the analysis of electricity saving potential for electrical duster,the paper discussed the electricity saving technology and electricity saving adjustment technology under counter corona for HV power source of electrical duster,at the same time,and mentioned the main points of electricity saving for LV electrical equipment of electrical duster and its electrical body equipment.Combined with the test example of electricity saving for electrical duster in Huaneng Fuzhou Huaneng power plant,the validity of the electricity saving was confirmed,and the suggestions for developing this work further were presented.


A recent sample of the uses of ICT in Danish higher education illustrates great diversity both in technological solutions and in pedagogical techniques (Heilesen 2000). Although Internet technology is the common denominator for the majority of the courses reported on, uses range from Computer Based Instruction (CBI) to Computer Supported Collaborative Work (CSCW). At such a time of "letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend" it is not an easy task find a common ground for a Virtual University, nor is it easy to identify one particular approach as being the most promising one.


Garry Kasparov made two allegations of unfairness in his recent chess match with the computer 'Deep Blue'. The purpose of this inquiry is to determine whether the ethos of the contest would be violated if the purported activities had occurred and on what grounds. Kasparov's first allegation, that the program was tampered with during play, would if true, violate fair play as it would encroach on Deep Blue's autonomy, a necessary condition for fair play in individual strategic endeavours. The most charitable interpretation of Kasparov's second allegation, that scouting information was used in an unfair manner, concerns questions of the nature of the identity of artificial individuals. Consideration of this issue finds Kasparov's claim groundless. [1]


Background:
 The vulnerable period for hospital readmission begins upon hospital discharge, a complex, interdisciplinary process that necessitates close teamwork for accurate execution of the discharge plan. Thus, better understanding of the quality of teamwork throughout the discharge process may inform strategies to reduce hospital readmissions rates. Novel methods using a network analytics approach to quantify teamwork may better characterize this critical clinical process, facilitate quality improvement (QI), and become an important tool in learning healthcare systems.

 Methods:
 We extracted three years of patient, provider, and activity data related to discharge planning for an inpatient cardiology unit from Northwestern Medicine's Enterprise Data Warehouse. We then created a provider-patient network to identify providers who shared patients and calculated readmissions rates for provider pairs. Using these data, we calculated a novel parameter, the
 Shared Positive Outcome Ratio
 (SPOR), an objective composite measure that quantifies the concentration of positive outcomes over a set of shared patients. To identify significant low-readmission and high-readmission collaborative relationships, we compared the observed network to 1000 sample networks containing randomized readmission values.

 Results:
 We identified 133,927 actions distributed among 38 discharge activity types performed during 13,720 patient encounters. The collaborative network was composed of 1,542 providers including 503 nurses, 432 residents, 207 physicians, 111 physical and occupational therapists, 59 medical students, 32 dieticians, and other medical and administrative staff. The average encounter involved 4 providers performing 10 discharge-related actions. After pruning the network to include only provider pairs with 6 or more shared patients, we found that 6% of collaborative interactions had a significantly low SPOR, indicating lower than expected readmission rates. Conversely, 12% of collaborative interactions had a significantly high SPOR, indicating higher than expected readmission rates. We identified 21 providers who had a low SPOR for a significant percentage of their collaborations, indicating potential top performers in the teamwork domain.

 Conclusions:
 Readmission rates appear to vary across different teams of providers. Team collaboration can be quantified using a composite measure of collaboration across provider pairs. Tracking provider pair outcomes over a sufficient set of shared encounters may inform various QI strategies, such as optimizing team staffing, identifying high-performing teams who can share their best practices, and redesigning discharge care processes. Ongoing work on this model is focused on accurately risk-adjusting outcomes, which will increase the robustness of this method.


The article examines radical cultural politics by focusing on the West German initiative of Rock gegen Rechts ('Rock Against the Right'). This campaign involved concerts, publications and demonstrations, most notably the staging of two large-scale festivals in Frankfurt/Main in 1979 and 1980. Rock Against Racism – launched in Britain in 1976 – served as a model for the activists. Yet Rock gegen Rechts differed from its British counterpart in significant ways, both in terms of the political and musical currents that sustained the campaign and with regard to the object of protest.

Through the prism of Rock gegen Rechts, the article shows how campaigners debated the nature of 'the right' – an important subject in a country whose fascist past figured prominently in public debate. The campaign occurred at a critical juncture of the German left, as the latter underwent seemingly contradictory processes of fragmentation and coalition-building during the late 1970s. The article explores a left-wing milieu that was associated with music and alternative lifestyles, but also with a nascent green movement. Moreover, the example of Rock gegen Rechts sheds fresh light on the interaction between music and politics on the one side, and between music, commerce and consumption on the other.


Abstract : A digital computer program was developed to determine heat transfer by thermal radiation in any gas with one-dimensional or axisymmetric temperature and pressure distributions. Heat transfer was calculated for a one-dimensional case with two black-body boundaries and a monotonically inceasing temperature. The calculations were me with hydrogen throughout the space between the boundaries and with a grey gas added to the hydrogen at the high-temperature end. Conclusions are as follows: (1) In gases the radiant heat flux densities determined by a diffusion analysis may be in error by several orders of magnitude for cases having steep temperature gradients and low absorption coefficients. (2) Accurate values of radiant heat flux density can be obtained for all cases by employing a transport analysis and using sufficiently small increments in the numerical integration procedure. (3) The use of a diffusion analysis for calculations where the absorption coefficient is high and a transport analysis where the absorption coefficient is low is the most practica method of solution for a general digital computer program. (4) The bound-free absorption of the H ion is the most important contributor to the absorpton coefficient of hydrogen at 100 atm between 6000 K and 12,000 K.


SUMMARY In this brief article, the author highlights the important issue of assessment of procedural skills in anesthesiology trainees and stresses on the need to adopt the currently recommended assessment method of direct observation of procedural skills (DOPS) into the local training programmes, to enhance patient safety by ensuring adequate attainment of skills.


GNSS-dependent positioning, navigation and timing synchronization procedures have a significant impact on everyday life. Therefore, such a widely used system is becoming an attractive target for terrorists and hackers. As a consequence, spoofing and antispoofing algorithms have become an important research topic. In this thesis the environment of a fixed single-antenna spoofer and a fixed multi-antenna receiver is analysed and a new algorithm for spoofin detection is proposed.


An overview of the different experimental methods, proposed in the literature, to measure the bandgap narrowing in heavily doped silicon is given and a comparison is made with a new technique proposed by the authors. New experimental values of the diffusion length and diffusion constant in heavily doped n type silicon are presented; the data are compared with those reported in the literature.


This paper will describe the requirements and considerations necessary to create a directional backlight suitable for use with a 3D film method for achieving full resolution autostereoscopic 3D displays in handheld and portable devices. A general overview and example will be given.


Port sanitation in its widest sepse has the advantage of being the latest creation of sanitary science, and while it has been developed under the enlightened supervision of advanced authorities, it has scarcely been hampered by restrictive laws and regulations. As a matter of fact, it has worked out its own rules, and these, moulded by those who have had to administer them, have naturally been adopted by the supreme authority, as being those most in accord with the responsible and difficulty questions they have to deal with. Forty years ago port sanitation and the idea of the control of vessels by sanitary authorities was not dreamed of. The country was supposed to rely upon the unscientific and dangerous system of quarantine for protection from the danger of imported disease. For many years the impossibility of strict quarantine had been recognised, and in more modern times its futility as a safeguard and its danger by creating a feeling of false confidence for which there was no foundation, had been amply demonstrated by Simon, Parkes, Chadwick, Milroy, and many other pioneers. But the sham barrier, though no longer believed in, still remained on our statute books as a reproach to modern science.


This research aims to examine the role of innovation in the effects of transactional and transformational leadership on team performance at PropNext Reality Indonesia. The sample consist of 90 team members of PropNext Reality Indonesia. To examine the hypotheses and mediation variable, this research used Partial Least Square (PLS) and sobel test online. This research found that all hypotheses tested were positive and significant except the first hypothesis, transactional leadership has no significant effects on team performance. In addition, it also found that innovation can mediate the relationship between transactional or transformational leadership on team performance. These results confirmed and contradicted to the previous studies conducted.


Tetra-auricupride, ideally AuCu, represents the only species showing the coexistence of Au with an elevated level of Pt, as in the case of a detrital grain studied structurally for the first time, from an ophiolite-associated placer at Bolshoy Khailyk, western Sayans, Russia. We infer that tetra-auricupride can incorporate as much as ~30 mol. % of a "PtCu" component, apparently without significant modification of the unit cell. The unit-cell parameters of platiniferous tetra-auricupride are: a 2.790(1) Å, c 3.641(4) Å, with c/a = 1.305, which are close to those reported for ordered AuCu(I) in the system Au–Cu, and close also to the cell parameters of tetraferroplatinum (PtFe), which both appear to crystallize in the same space group, P4/mmm. These intermetallic compounds and natural alloys are thus isostructural. The closeness of their structures presumably allows Pt to replace Au atoms so readily. The high extent of Cu + Au enrichment is considered to be a reflection of geochemical evolution and buildup in levels of the incompatible Cu and Au with subordinate Pt in a remaining volume of melt at low levels of fO2 and fS2 in the system.


The attempted dehydration of macrocyclic α-ketols with the Burgess reagent has resulted in the unexpected synthesis of carbamoylated, bent para-phenylene units. The same reaction with an acyclic analogue affords the intended dehydration product, indicating that the change in reactivity is conformationally controlled and a result of the bifunctional nature of the Burgess reagent.


post-discharge of COVID-19 of the entire study our the to (7-30) days. Overall mortality rate in our cohort of COVID-19 patients with CVDs reached 41.9%.


India's response to the emergence and evolution of the doctrine of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) – as well as its invocation in several recent crises – has generated a significant number of academic and policy-oriented studies. It has attracted the attention of scholars interested in the effects the so-called 'rising powers' might be having on the international system. It has piqued the interest of think tank analysts and serious journalists concerned with assessing New Delhi's approach to foreign policy, especially when it comes to the management of key bilateral relationships and the multilateral processes of global governance. And it has also become a focus for researchers analysing how foreign policy is made in India – on its core players, their beliefs and preferences, the institutional contexts in which they operate, and the pressures they experience from parliamentarians, interest groups, electoral politics, the military, or the media, amongst others.

India's complex relationship with R2P is, in other words, not simply interesting in itself, but also important in terms of what this emerging body of research tells us about India's contemporary international relations in general, and its changing foreign policymaking processes in particular. Moreover the work this topic has so far prompted provides a useful snapshot of the present state of scholarship on Indian foreign policy – a field often criticized as theoretically underdeveloped by global standards.

All the scholarship discussed in this chapter observes that the majority of India's foreign policymaking elite remains sceptical about key aspects of R2P and that a minority is straightforwardly hostile to some elements. They disagree, however, when it comes to explaining New Delhi's reluctance to embrace R2P, especially its so-called 'third pillar', which calls for international intervention in cases where states are manifestly failing to protect their populations. Some point to ideational factors, to the beliefs held by the policymaking elite, assuming that these drive Indian foreign policy preferences. Others point to domestic political imperatives, especially electoral politics and the challenges of managing ruling coalitions, as shaping India's approach to R2P. And still others argue that concerns over India's own handling of its internal security challenges underpin official scepticism about the doctrine.


The utility model discloses a voltage monitoring and telemetering terminal comprising a central processing unit, a wireless local area network card, a comparator, a resistor R1 and a resistor R2, wherein the output ends of the wireless local area network card and the comparator are both connected on the central processing unit; the resistor R1 is connected in series with the resistor R2; the resistor R1 is grounded; the resistor R2 is connected with a power supply; and two ends of the resistor R1 are also connected between the two input ends of the comparator. According to the participle, the comparator is connected between the power supply and the central processing unit and is used for detecting the change of a voltage and controlling the operation of a circuit, so that the telemetering terminal is prevented from being damaged by an over-high voltage.


Chhattisgarh, the 26th State of India is situated between 17 to 23.7 degrees north latitude and 8.40 to 83.38 east longitude. Chhattisgarh abounds in hilly regions and plains. The culture of the people of Chhattisgarh is linked to the forests and the people share an intense emotional bond with the 'jangal'. This is especially true of forest based and tribal communities. Major festivals, religious practices, social events, traditional customs of child birth, totems and the systems of indigenous medicine and nutrition are based on forest produce. Birhor means peoples of jungles. The word 'Bir' means Jungle and 'Hos' mean's men. so we can call them as "People of Jungle". The Birhor is one of the primitive Tribal Groups of the State of Chhattisgarh. They are found in the districts of Jashspur, Raigarh, Surguja, Bilaspur and Korba in present Chhattisgarh State. Birhor is one of the five identified primitive tribes(Hill Korwa, Birhor, Baiga, Kamar and Abujhmaria) of C.G. They speak Mundari language of Austro – Asiatic family. Their population is 1,145 and literacy rate is 1.60% .The Birhors do not practice any form of agriculture and are entirely dependent upon the collection of forest products for their living. Occasionally they also do a little bit of hunting with small basket traps. The paper reports the results of an ethnomedicinal study conducted in Chhattisgarh.The study has been carried out in Jashspur, Raigarh, and Korba districts. Birhor tribes are used some traditional medicine for their health care. Traditional uses are described for 27 species, like Acorus calamus, Adhatoda vasica, Cassia Fistula, Andrographis paniculata, Anogissus latifolia , Balanites aegyptiaca , Alocasia indica , Indigofera cassioides Gymnema sylvestre, Holarrhena antidysenterica, Euphorbia hirta etc.in various ailments.


Following the analytical results based on the position of the roots of the characteristic equation, sinusoidal oscillations in inherently relaxation type of oscillators like a multivibrator have boon established hero by optimizing the margin for harmonic mode of operation and by introducing an instantaneous gain defining mechanism. Implementation of the latter requirement has been obtained simply by converting a straight coupled pair of stages to a cathode coupled one. Sinusoidal oscillations with waveform distortion of about —40 dB and frequency stability of few parts in 104 have boon obtained hero quite easily. When largo variations of circuit parameters are introduced, the results of linear steady-state analysis, however, are found to be inadequate. A non-linear theory of oscillations has therefore, been developed for such oscillations, the results of which lead more precisely not only to expressions for frequency and amplitude but also to. conditions for freedom from relaxation and for optimum frequen...


Industrial water consumption in Poland is very high and reach over 10 billion m/year, which forces the implementation of appropriate programs and technological solutions to reduce water consumption in industrial activity. Depending on the design system, operating conditions of water-powered cooling systems, they are exposed to varying degrees of corrosion, precipitation and deposition of sediments and the growth of microorganisms in water circulating. So important are measures aimed at raising the technical level of operation of industrial water systems. One of the most promising ways to prevent negative phenomena in the operation of cooling water systems is the use of organic inhibitors of complex multi-functional system to protect against corrosion, deposition of sediments and the development of microorganisms in the water circulation.


Genetic algorithms are known as common and robust optimization concept. One of their main disadvantages is the lack of theoretical and practical research results. We are going to introduce the program environment "GA Workshop" project that has convenient tools for research purposes. This software is designed with the use of design patterns approach, which guarantees further extendibility, flexibility and scalability of the introduced program product. This software is distributed free with its source codes for research and education centers.


We address the analysis of an abstract system coupling a rate-independent process with a rate-dependent nonlinear evolution equation. We propose suitable weak solution concepts and obtain existence results by passing to the limit in carefully devised time-discretization schemes. Our arguments combine techniques from the theory of gradient systems with the toolbox for rate-independent evolution, thus reflecting the mixed character of the problem. Finally, we discuss applications to a class of rate-independent processes in viscoelastic solids with inertia, and to a recently proposed model for damage with plasticity.


[ANGLES] In this master thesis, has been done a detailed study of the mechanical architecture, electrical, electronic and software to build a mobile robot that possesses the ability to reconstruct the path followed by taking data from an inertial sensor and applying tools is software for processing that data. Throughout this report, has been analyzed some theoretical aspects for the design and construction of a mobile robot as well as theoretical aspects of inertial navigation, base for the reconstruction of the paths followed by the robot using for that inertial measurement data taken by the system. Later, has been detailed the process of creating prototypes and informatic application that may be used in the future development of a mobile autonomous system capable of reconstructing trajectories and the subsequent testing and validation of these tools. Finally, on this paper, has been done a reflect on the validity or not of all the developments that are detailed along it, and how all thing here presented can be implemented for future creation of mobile robots with capacity for reconstruction of trajectories and even develop inertial navigation applications.


Freshwater crab is widely distributed in river, lake, swamp, canal, and pond. Riau Province has many freshwater crabs, however biological information of these organisms are poorly known. This study aimed to understand the freshwater crab types from the Kampar Utara District, Riau Province. Samples from 14 sampling sites, in the Sawah, Sendayan and Sungai Jalau village had been collected from March to April 2013 using bamboo traps and scoop net. There were 178 crabs captured and all of them belonged to a single genus, Parathelpusa. Numbers of crab were obtained from the shallow riverines with numerous aquatic vegetation and no crab caught in the rivers. Based on the results, it can be concluded that the habitat of Parathelpusa in Riau is shallow riverine with dense aquatic vegetation.


The emergence of MOOC has constantly affected and changed people's learning methods. With the development and popularization of the Internet and computer technology, it has brought a huge impact on the traditional teaching of mathematics, and has also brought great convenience to our learning. In order to solve the shortcomings of the existing research on the application of BP neural algorithm in the development of mathematical MOOC system, this paper discusses the characteristics of MOOC system and the back propagation and generalization ability of BP neural algorithm, and briefly discusses the Python graphical interface development and system development environment for the application of BP neural algorithm in the development of mathematical MOOC system. Through the analysis of the mathematical formula recognition model by using the full convolution neural network and the bidirectional cyclic neural network, the experimental data analysis shows that HGNN can obtain more useful information from a smaller set of items to identify mathematical formulas. The teaching process design of mathematical MOOC system based on BP neural algorithm is designed, and the mathematical MOOC course is developed using the application of BP neural algorithm in mathematical MOOC system. It provides a reference for the application of mathematical MOOC system under BP neural algorithm.


AbstractThe use of electron microscopy has allowed a phenomenological classification of the variety of oxidation processes which can occur on Fe–Ni–Cr alloys. This allows a further reassessment of the importance of the development of different classes of compositional segregation in the control of the scale growth.MST/857


The diagnosis of mechanical faults in railway traction systems is of great important to both safety and reliability,which can avoid train crashes.A novel fault feature extraction approach based on empirica1 mode decomposition(EMD) and modified bispectrum is proposed to detect bearing incipient faults of locomotive traction motors in running condition.EMD is a fully data-driven signal processing method and acts essentially as a filter bank.The bearing vibration signal is adaptively decomposed into intrinsic oscillatory components called intrinsic mode functions(IMFs),with each IMF corresponding to a specific range of frequency components contained within the signal.Bearing localized defects produce characteristic fault frequencies in the machine vibration and tend to modulate the machine's frequencies of mechanical resonance.The modified bispectrum is applied to identify these interactions and detect the bearing faults while it is still in an incipient stage.The proposed approach was effectively applied to the operation tests of SS7E type locomotive,and the bearing fault of traction motors was diagnosed successfully.


A method that is to stabilize holographic interference fringe during holographic recording process is put forward in this paper. As the kernel of this method, a negative feedback system based on linear CCD and piezoelectric ceramics (PZT) which is used to compensate the interference fringe random drift caused by various external vibrations in long time recording process was introduced in details. The proportion-integral-derivative method (PID) is adopted to control the moving of PZT which is used to compensate the drift of the interference fringes accurately. Thus the interference fringe can be frozen. Experiment results shows that this negative feedback system by controlling the optical path difference can effectively compensate the interference fringe random drift caused by various external vibrations in long time recording process. After using this system, the mean squared error of the interference fringe drift value can be under λ / 60 and the quality of the holographic grating is improved greatly.


Presents results of content analyses on the main subjects of the published presidential addresses presented at the congresses of the American Psychological Association (APA) from 1892 to 2001 and the "Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Psychologie" (DGPs; German Society of Psychology) in the years 1931 and 1934 as well as from 1970 to 2002. Because of very strong interindividual differences in emphasis on different topics analyses refer only to the main themes Geschichte der Psychologie Nr. 42 2003 18 G. Krampen, A. Manderscheid & L. Montada of (1) research-related, (2) science-political, (3) socio-political and (4) APA/DGPs-political statements. Results show, that socio-political and APA/DGPspolitical statements are relatively seldom in the US-American and the German presidential addresses. The most frequent and important themes of the German presidential addresses refer to science-political statements, whereas APA presidential addresses focus mainly on research programs and on the current state of selected research topics. However, since the 80 th of the 20 th century there is a trend to include science-political, socio-political and APA-political statements in the APA presidential addresses.


Analysis of the genome sequence of sorghum has revealed clues about how this crop plant, a major cereal in many parts of the developing world that is also an important source of U.S. biofuel, toughs out subpar growing conditions.


Police vocational education burdens the responsibility of training future police.In order to cultivate a high quality and capacity of police and improve teaching quality,Chongqing Police College has been tried to strengthen the practical teaching.Through the "bringing in" and "going out",the comprehensive set of practical teaching system and strengthening the students' social practice,practical teaching is successfully improved and its results are excellent.


Abstract We use ultrafast optical techniques to investigate the dynamics of charge and spin carriers and coherent phonons as well as magnetic order in III-V ferromagnetic semiconductors. We observe a rich array of dynamical phenomena that are absent in traditional nonmagnetic semiconductors or metallic ferromagnets. Very short charge and spin lifetimes of the photoinjected carriers (∼2ps) and multi-level charge decay dynamics are observed, which are attributed to a large density of mid-bandgap states introduced during low temperature molecular beam epitaxy (LT-MBE) growth and highly p-type Mn doping. During the very short free carrier lifetime, the coercivity of the system is seen to be reduced. We attribute this photo-induced 'softening' to the transient modification of carrier-mediated ferromagnetic exchange coupling between Mn spins. After the photogenerated free electrons are trapped by defects, periodic oscillations appear in differential reflectivity due to the coherent generation of acoustic phonon wavepackets.


brought by the centralized selection of optimal approaches. To overcome the shortcomings of current Top-k service composition approaches, a Top-k service composition approach is proposed in this paper. Through an effective filtering strategy and the serialization representation of the service composition solution, the Top-k service composition approaches can be obtained from a large data set the impact of Ad Wearout on Jordanian consumer irritation and perceived intrusiveness, and their impacts on consumer engagement and loyalty. Stringent tests and robust methodological approaches were carried out; results revealed that Mobile Ad Wearout is a strong determinant for increased irritation and perceived intrusiveness among consumers. Results show that as consumer irritation increases, the level of consumer engagement decreases, and no change was recorded for consumer loyalty. Further, as perceived intrusiveness increases, the level of consumer engagement decreases, and the level of consumer loyalty increases. Marketing managers should consider both the positive and negative fronts of mobile ads prior to inaugurating them into their marketing mix.


The invention discloses modified mullite conducting silver paste. The modified mullite conducting silver paste is characterized by comprising, by weight, 42-55 parts of silver powder, 3-5 parts of mullite, 2-4 parts of boric oxide, 0.4-0.7 part of zinc sulfate, 0.6-0.9 part of chitin, 1.2-3.4 parts of urea, 1.1-2.5 parts of methyl propyl alcohol sodium diacetate, 2.1-3.6 parts of aluminum phosphate, 0.7-1.2 parts of dihydroxy ethyl imidazolidine, 4-6 parts of phosphorous acid dibutyl phosphite, 30-40 parts of assistant and an appropriate amount of water. The conducting silver paste is good in electrical conductivity, resistant to corrosion, abrasion and the high temperature and high in welding resistance.


The present invention relates to separating apparatus for separating solid particles and a method of using the apparatus for separating solid particles. Said separation means comprises a filter unit bottom to top, an intake control valve, the feed chamber, the separation chamber and a discharge chamber, wherein the feed comprises a gas distributor chamber, from the separation chamber comprises, vibrometer and fluidizing aeration cone. The apparatus and method of the present invention may be not only solid particles dynamic protection, to avoid loss of material in the separation process, and with a filter unit adjusting the aperture can also be achieved with high accuracy solid particle separation. Additionally, the apparatus and method employed is a vibration filter cake was removed, the device structure is simple, easy to operate.


Eight healthy subjects (two women, six men) took part in the study. None had made a parachute jump before. Their ages ranged from 23 to 29, and all were within 10% of their ideal body weight. All subjects fasted from 1300 and jumped between 1900 and 2100. Venous blood was taken through an indwelling cannula before they left for the airfield (basal values); on arrival; after 30 minutes' exercise training on the ground; in the aircraft at 610 m immediately before they jumped from a static line; within 30 seconds after landing; and at 10, 20, and 30 minutes after landing. A Tracker Holter monitor was attached to each subject to give a continuous electrocardiogram, and the tapes were analysed on a Pathfinder 3 analyser. Concentrations of intermediary metabolites were measured fluorimetrically and spectrophotometrically (acetoacetate). Non-esterified fatty acid concentrations were measured by a radiocobalt soap method, potassium concentrations by flame photometry, and hormone concentrations by radioimmunoassay or high performance liquid chromatography (catecholamines).2 Data were classified by subject and time and analysed by two way analysis ofvariance. When the variance ratio for a time effect was significant the change from basal values was assessed by Student's t test for paired samples. All eight subjects showed three clear peaks in heart rate: on arriving at the airfield, during ground training, and on jumping out ofthe aeroplane (the greatest increase). Heart rates increased from a basal mean of 78 (range 62-91) beats/min to a peak of 160 (150-183). No ventricular arrhythmias or ST segment abnormalities were recorded. The table shows the changes in concentrations of intermediary metabolites and hormones. In six subjects peak concentrations of non-esterified fatty acids were greater than 1-4 mmolIl, and three had lactate concentrations greater than 5 mmol/l. Concentrations of adrenaline and noradrenaline rose in parallel, reaching peak values when the subjects were in the aeroplane and on landing, respectively. After landing the concentration of adrenaline fell to basal values within 10 minutes but the concentration of noradrenaline was still significantly raised 30 minutes later (p<005).


A taxonomic review of the genus Paragnia Gahan, 1893 is presented. The genus is redescribed, Paragnia tiani sp. nov., from Vietnam, is described; and Paragnia fulvomaculata Gahan, 1893 is redescribed, reporting its intraspecific variation, and recorded it from Vietnam for the first time.


Three amoeba species were isolated from 3 out of 193 farmed tilapias, Oreuchromis niloticus (L.), screened for the presence of free-living amoebae in parenchymatous organs. Hurtmannella vermiformis Page, 1967 and Rosculus ithacus Hawes, 1963 were isolated from the kidney tissue. The third strain isolated from the liver shared morphological features of Mayorella and Platyamoeha spp. and therefore its taxonomic position has not been determined as yet. Pathogenicity of cloned strain of H. vermiformis was proved in two fish hosts.


The scandal of systemic institutionalised child abuse by clergy and other church personnel continues to unfold across the globe with unremitting effect. Northern Ireland is the latest among a number of countries to establish a National Inquiry into Historical Institutional Abuse, in 2014. That Inquiry has found that the region's most notorious 'paedophile priest', Father Brendan Smyth, was 'known to' police and treated by psychiatrists from the 1970s, before finally being convicted in 1994 of over 100 assaults on children in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland over 40 years. As nation after nation grapples with the magnitude of historical abuse in institutions including churches, questions continue to be asked about why it is that perpetrators were able to offend repeatedly and with impunity; what is it about institutions that facilitates or fosters abuse; and perhaps most chillingly: why have survivors of abuse often been treated inadequately and with disdain by diverse national and international justice and political systems throughout the last century? The sexual exploitation of children has been a concern of feminists at least since the time of the suffragettes, but the political acknowledgement of abuse endemic in institutions is a defining theme of the twenty-first century. The belated and piecemeal justice beginning to be delivered to survivors through national commissions and other public inquiries has been made possible only by the relentless work of feminists, activist and academic, in framing the issue as one of public, not private, concern. As Shurlee Swain documents in this volume, 'child sexual abuse' was (re)discovered in the West in the 1970s, a discovery made possible by feminist critiques of patriarchy and gender, domestic violence and sexual assault. Named and diagnosed by doctors in 1969 as a condition to be treated medically and individually, child sexual abuse


Part II of this two-part descriptive study documents characteristics and evolution of the mid-altitude flow field arising from interactions of ambient flow with the updraft region of a North Dakota multicell hailstorm. While only single-Doppler radar measurements were available, there were sufficient details in reflectivity and Doppler velocity features to provide interesting deductions about the interactions. The updraft region, located at the upstream end of the storm, typically consisted of two or three actively growing updrafts. Maximum horizontal wind speeds occurred along the lateral flanks of the updraft region. The center of the resulting wake region was characterized by a midaltitude channel of low-speed air extending downstream from the middle of the updraft region. Characteristics of the resultant mid-altitude vorticity couplet straddling the updraft region did not appear to support the theoretical concept that couplets arise from vertical tilting of low-altitude horizontal vortex tubes. Rather, the vertical momentum of individual updrafts appeared to have collectively presented enough resistance to the approaching mid-altitude environmental flow that air slowed down as it flowed through the porous updraft region. As air farther upstream approached the wall of slower-moving air, some of the air was diverted, increasing speed as it flowed around the sides of the updraft region.


Tetrachloroethylene(PCE)was decreased by an activated sludge acclimated with a high concentration of PCE under aerobic conditions, and 0 . 61 ㎎ of PCE was decreased by its cell - free filtrate. These results indicate that PCE was not adsorbed by sludge flocks or microorganisms in activated sludge and the substance(s)in the activated sludge were related to the decrease of PCE. The cell - free filtrate was not able to decrease PCE after heat or activated charcoal treatments. The substance(s)functioning PCE - decrease was supposed to be proteinous with low molecular weight since a low molecular weight cut - off fraction of 3 , 000 was able to decrease PCE. None of the degradation products derived from PCE were detectable by GC - FID, GC - TCD, GC - MS, or ion chromatography, however, X - ray absorption and fine structure analysis with synchrotron revealed that the C - Cl bond of PCE was cleaved, and the chloride atom existed in an ion state. These results suggest that a novel mechanism of PCE degradation was involved.


With the rapid developmentof computer and communication technology,market economy forces enterprises to pay more and more attention to improve efficiency and decrease operating costs; thismakes business process automation become an inevitable trend.As for the solution to complexbusiness process, the workflowengine in software developmentiswidely used. Based on the developmentpractice of brand supply chain system in actual project, this paper mainly introduces JBPM5 application in the system.


O,O- and S,S-Acetals of Formylphosphoniumsalts

For the synthesis of O,O- resp. S,S-acetals (4) of formylphosphoniumsalts, which are not known as free formylderivatives, is described a simple method, consisting in reaction of tert. phosphin with orthoester and acetyl-halide. O,O-Diarylacetals of the type 4 can be synthesized from tert. phosphine and diaryloxychlormethane.


This research examines the nature of the evaluation process that underlies status generalization. Expectation-states theory presents a formal theoretical explanation of how and why status characteristics initiate inequalities in power and prestige. A central concept in this formulation is the differentially-evaluated characteristic, which allows for generalization to specific performance expectations. The assumption that status generalization rests on such a systematic evaluative process, rather than on some capricious or arbitrary operation, has not been demonstrated. Experimental tests of the organizing effects of differentiated and undifferentiated or nonevaluated characteristics confirm the prediction that the existence of a differential evaluation is a necessary condition for the formation of status-based inequalities in power and prestige. The related yet qualitatively different problem of the effects of total ambiguity on actors' attributions is also examined. Experimental results suggest that this situation is not equivalent to that of either undifferentiated or equating characteristics. Discussion of the relevance of these outcomes for the explanation of status generalization directs attention toward the nature and genesis of the stereotypical beliefs peculiar to different status characteristics.


Coarse-graining is a standard technique in physical chemistry for reducing the computational burden of numerical simulations of complex materials such as polymers, for example. The idea is to simplify substructures of a given molecule to so-called "beads", and then use effective potentials to evaluate the interaction of these beads in a simulation. There are various techniques to derive effective potentials depending on the data at hand, and we are interested in the case where the given data is the radial distribution function, which is a rescaled pair distribution function. To be more specific, we work in the thermodynamical limit of a grand canonical ensemble of particles in thermal equilibrium at fixed (inverse) temperature β > 0 and small activity z > 0 (the so-called gas phase). It is assumed that the interaction of the particles is determined by a pair potential u which only depends on the distance r of the particles and satisfies


This executive order by Governor Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. directs the South Carolina Election Commission to comply with the mandates of the National Voter
Registration Act.


The autohypnotic trance is seen by every dentist at least once in his career. It is a patient-defensive mechanism. Generally there is no problem involved because the patient controls his entering and leaving the trance. This paper presents the case of one patient who refused to leave his autohypnotic trance.


We have all heard the statistics: 30% of U.S. adults are obese, and another 35% are overweight; 15% of children and adolescents weigh too much, and


The new Bintulu water supply was built in the early 1980s to serve a major development of the town of Bintulu in Sarawak, East Malaysia, arising from the extraction of natural gas from the South China Sea. The water supply was designed to supply 78 Ml/d. The works comprise earth dams forming a pumped storage reservoir, a river intake, pumping stations, pipelines, a water-treatment works, treated water storage and a distribution system. The treatment works and distribution system are being built in two phases. The first phase was completed in 1983, and the second phase is to be constructed in 1990–91.

The paper describes the initial planning of the scheme, including water-demand forecasts, the design and construction of the Phase I works, and problems encountered during its operation. It also highlights the exceptionally rapid implementation programme and stability problems at the main earth dam.


Fiscal policy. Fiscal policy in a closed economy. The budget deficit. The government budget constraint. Criticism of the alleged benefits of deficit spending. The budget deficit and interest rates. The empirical model.


The invention discloses cyclamen aldehyde capsules and a preparation method thereof. The method comprises the following steps of: heating a three-neck flask in a water bath to the temperature of between 35 and 45 DEG C; adding 0.4 to 0.6 mass part of cyclamen aldehyde, 4 to 6 mass parts of tert-butyl acrylate, 0.08 to 0.1 mass part of polyethylene glycol-400, 0.2 to 0.4 mass part of lauryl sodiumsulfate, 0.06 to 0.08 mass part of azodiisobutyronitrile, and 45 to 55 mass parts of deionized water and uniformly stirring; homogenizing for 10 minutes and performing ultrasonic processing for 10 minutes; raising the temperature to 60 DEG C to perform reaction for 10 to 12 hours at a constant rotating speed; and adjusting the pH to be 6 to 7 with 25 mass percent strong ammonia water to obtain the cyclamen aldehyde capsules. The average particle size of the obtained cyclamen aldehyde capsules is 122 to 172nm, the size distribution coefficient is 0.393 to 0.412, and the utilization rate of thecyclamen aldehyde is 69.94 to 84.02 percent; and the cyclamen aldehyde capsules have the advantage of slow release of the aroma.


A generalization of the zero-radius potential (ZRP) method in case of two-electron impurity centers in quantum dots with zero nuclear charge was made in this work. As a part of the semi-empirical model of the variational method, there was obtained an analytical equation for the first ionization potential of the two-electron impurity center. In the dipole approximation, the coefficient of impurity absorption of light at the two-electron double ionization of impurity centers in case of quantum dots synthesized in a transparent dielectric matrix is calculated.


Nowadays,there is a phenomenon that the vocational college students' study are time-consuming and laborious,which can not apply what they learn.There are also various tests to replace the application of capacity-building.The imminent attention should be paid to foster the students' habits and abilities to study English independently.This thesis is to establish the scientific concept of education and teaching,to reform the teaching methods,to make full use of Multi-media technology,to provide students with a modern multi-media language study center,and to take it as an important teaching task to develop students' self-learning ability.


In order to customize different size garment patterns, several methods in computer aided design system can be adopted. Traditional grading technology in 2D CAD and new parametrical body modeling technology in 3D CAD were introduced in the paper. The main grading methods include point grading, rule table grading, cut-line grading and parametric grading. The principles and characteristics of these methods were outlined combined with a typical 2D system (Richpeace) in the Chinese market. In 3D system, mannequin or garment parametrical modeling is most important precondition for developing individual garment patterns. Several novel researches about parameterization approach are reviewed. Finally, a pattern customizing case on a fit pants with four different size was implemented based on 3D modeling technology.


Future Directions Fluorescence spectroscopy has become a pivotal tool in biochemical research by virtue of its robustness and high sensitivity. In particular, intrinsic protein fluorescence, that originates mainly from the aromatic amino acid tryptophan, have been extensively explored to study protein dynamics and conformational changes. Tryptophan has the strongest fluorescence quantum yield of all the amino acids found in proteins and its fluorescence is highly dependent on the surrounding environment. Therefore, properties including absorption and fluorescence maxima (λmax), florescence intensity, and quantum yield have been used to probe conformational changes in a protein due to the change in external environment. Intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence spectroscopy is routinely used to study the impact of common metabolites and metal ions on proteins conformations and functions. However, the impact of some of these metabolites, specifically monosaccharides and polysaccharides, on free tryptophan has remained unknown. In our lab, we are performing a thorough investigation of the impact of monosaccharides and polysaccharides on free tryptophan using fluorescence spectroscopy. The preliminary results of our study are presented here. Crowding agents Structure Rh (Å) Conc. (mg/ml) % decrease in intensity Δλbcm


During the cold pad-batch pretreatment process of knitted fabric, evaluation of improved pretreatment agent was conducted by comparing with original agents in aspects of semi-finished products quality and agent cost.


In case of Induction Hardening, the highly frequency generator brings shallow hardened layer. And hardening for smaller diameter specimen is enabled. In this study, we developed an induction surface hardening process with a super high frequency generator of 2MHz that almost had not been used general conventional process. The purpose of this study is to reduce distortion and to provide compressive residua stress for small diameter carbon steel in induction surface hardening.


So Far, several methods for the synthesis of silver nanoparticles (Ag-NP) has become an interesting research topic. The use of plant extracts through the green synthesis process in the manufacture of nanoparticles is one approach that is very effective and environmentally friendly as well as saving costs. In this study reported the biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles using of Uncaria Gambir Roxb extracts. Characterization of nanoparticles performed using ultraviolet-Vis spectroscopy (UV-Vis), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). UV-Vis spectrum of aqueous media containing silver nanoparticles showed absorption peak around 398 nm. XRD pattern indicated that the presence of crystalline silver (Ag) with a cubic structure (fcc). SEM studies showed that the average diameter of silver nanoparticles was small than 100 nm. The results of this research are very prospects for the development of the value of the product Uncaria Gambir Roxb on industry-based biomedical and nanotechnology.


The idea about the uniform textbook was stated by the President of Russia V. V. Putin in February, 2013 at meeting of Council for the international relations. The president confirmed the position in a course "A straight line with Vladimir Putin" on April 25, 2013 having told that textbooks on stories have to have the uniform concept and an official assessment of the events.


Nuclear physics requires at least one major facility world-wide which is capable of fully exploiting the properties of the electro-weak force to investigate precisely the structure of strongly interacting systems. At its current maximum energy of 6 GeV Jefferson Lab has provided a wealth of important information on the structure of nucleons and nuclei. However, the plans to double the energy over the next seven years promise to open new frontiers in nuclear and particle physics. We briefly describe the plans for the 12 GeV Upgrade and the associated physics opportunities.


This research addresses a slot allocation planning problem of the container shipping company for satisfying the estimated seasonal demands on a liner service. We explore in detail the influenced factors of planning and construct a quantitative model for the optimum allocation of the ship's slot spaces. An integer programming model is formulated to maximize the potential profits per round trip voyage for a liner company, and a real life example of an eastern Asia short sea service has been studied. Analysis results reveal that containers with the higher contributions like reefers and 40 feet dry containers have priorities to be allocated more than others, but not all because of satisfying necessary operational constraints. Our model is not only providing a higher space utilization rate and more detailed allocation results, but also helpful for the ship size assessment in long-term planning.


In a special edition of the VUWLR on the 60th anniversary of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, it is timely to reflect on the achievements that have come about in the Pacific region, and why this is a cause for celebration. Nonetheless, there are other major international humanitarian law (IHL) instruments developed in the last 60 years which are yet to achieve universal ratification. In the Pacific, in particular, it is often difficult to demonstrate how IHL is relevant. This article addresses the challenges that the Pacific region poses in terms of IHL ratification and discusses how IHL instruments are indeed pertinent to the Pacific context, focusing on the three Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions, the Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. It concludes that in the Pacific these challenges should be seen as opportunities to address historical and current problems associated with war and that, by the next major anniversary, the Pacific might be, if not leading the way, at least not lagging behind.


Shipper preferences for truck or rail were determined by using shipment mass and distance as criteria. Data on individual manufactured commodities from the 1972 Census of Transportation Commodity Transportation survey were arranged in a matrix-table format and analyzed for the extent of involvement by these primary modes in carrying cargo of various weight brackets moving over a series of distance blocks. As expected, trucks dominated the movement of lighter weight shipments and rails dominated the movement of heavy shipments. Competition, or involvement by both modes, was limited to cargo in the medium-weight range, which was not an extensive amount. Amounts of cargo either modally dominated or competitive were determined and correlated to actual overall percentages of cargo by mode. Changes in overall modal percentages of cargo over time have a strong relationship to changes in the size of shipments over time, although not as strong and direct a relationship for the rail mode as for trucking. Major shifts of cargo between modes will not occur in the absence of artificial or arbitrary obstacles to market forces.


We consider a $\mathbb R/\mathbb Z$ extension of an Anosov diffemorphism of a compact Riemannian manifold by a random function $\tau$ and show that the flat traces of the transfer operator, reduced with respect to frequency in the fibers, converge in law towards Gaussians, up to an Ehrenfest time that decreases with the regularity of $\tau$.


Abstract : There are many sources of data available to enhance commanders situational awareness. Whether the mission is war fighting, stability operations, or the defense of the homeland, decisions must be made based on the information available. Information comes from many varied sources, in many formats, with a continuum of validity, and is presented in a variety of ways. Situational awareness and decision superiority opportunity is increased when relevant data is effectively presented in a timely manner and with a measure of confidence. Exact, precise data is easier to present than uncertain data; but often uncertain data may be enough for a decision, based on rules of engagement and the value of the action to the mission. We have developed visualization techniques that focus on uncertainty for the purpose of providing decision-quality command and control information for both ground-based and airborne applications. A key focus of our work is to manage the visualization techniques so they do not clutter the display, as a cluttered display can actually decrease situational awareness by masking relevant information. Data can be presented on a 2D or 3D visual display. This paper proposes a method for managing 2D visualizations to increase situational awareness.


Retailers are increasingly implementing an online-to-store channel, i.e., buy online and pick up in stores (BOPS), to better target different segments of consumers. It is important for retailers to determine whether to implement such channel in addition to traditional brick-and-mortar (BM) channel or both BM and online channels [double channels (DC)] in a competitive market. To address such a challenging issue, we develop theoretical models to derive the optimal channel strategy for BM and DC retailers, respectively. To this end, we assume that two competing retailers sell two substitutable products to the same group of consumers, and consider two scenarios, i.e., no retailer and both retailers offering BOPS channel. We then extend our analysis to an asymmetric competition case where only one retailer offers such channel. We find that BM retailers and DC retailers need to be cautious when implementing this BOPS channel in a competitive market. Specifically, we present the conditions under which retailers can benefit from implementing BOPS channel. Interestingly, products with a relatively high return rate are not suitable for BOPS option for BM retailers, but may benefit DC retailers. This provides an important insight that retailers should carefully choose the right products to sell through BOPS channel.


The power of the net of electronic mail networks now embracing the globe, which transcends national, corporate, and ethnic boundaries, is discussed. Negative aspects and improvements on the horizon are briefly examined. >


Clark Buckner on What Makes a Great Exhibition? ed. Paula Marincola, Cautionary Tales: Critical Curating, ed. Steven Rand and Heather Kouris, and Curating Subjects, ed. Paul O'Neill; Marc James Léger on Gerald Raunig, Art and Revolution: Transversal Activism in the Long Twentieth Century, and Cultural Activism Today: The Art of Over-Identification, ed. bavo; Soraya Murray on Database Aesthetics: Art in the Age of Information Overflow, ed. Victoria Vesna, and New Media in the White Cube and Beyond: Curatorial Models for Digital Art, ed. Christiane Paul


From the economic point of view,the feature of "economic man" is the humanity premise of religion,the contradiction of limited resources and infinite desire is the realistic root,and the limitation and uncertainty of knowledge are the knowledge premise.The economic characteristics of religious activities are reflected in the following aspects:religion is the earliest tertiary industry of human society;religious consumption helps to increase the total social output;religion can provide an order to ensure the operation of economy of human society;religion has a function of redistribution;the spread of religion and the flow of goods are closely related;religion has a major impact on human resources,tourism and economic development.


The Proceedings of the International Conference of ASEAN Golden Anniversary 2017 contains all conference papers, keynote abstracts and poster abstracts from the International Conference of ASEAN Golden Anniversary 2017.


Objective:To optimize the extraction of antialcoholism-effervescent tablet with the help of central composite design-response surface methodology.Methods:The main influencing factors of extraction effect included the quantity of water and extraction time and the extraction conditions were evaluated by the contents of chlorogenic acid and the extract yield.The optimal extraction of antialcoholism-effervescent tablet was selected by central composite design-response surface methodology.Results:The optimal conditions consisted of extraction two times,30 min each time with ten fold of water.Conclusion:It is simple,convenient and high predictive to optimize the extraction craft of antialcoholism-effervescent tablet by central composite design-response surface methodology.


This paper describes the BIM application in construction in Yunnan Science and Technology Museum project. BIM application reduced rework in construction and improved the efficiency and resource utilization. It also used to verify construction techniques and processes and optimize the construction program. Finally,self-developed 4D,5D construction management platform was developed for the project schedule and cost control.


FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to medical equipment. Surgical suturing apparatus in different versions of realisation contains turning elongated case, disposable loading module and turning casing on handle unit. Turning elongated case extends from turning casing and has distal end. Distal end is made with possibility of connection with disposable loading module. Apparatus additionally contains fixed system of turning for selective fixation of turning casing, to prevent its turning around longitudinal axis. EFFECT: apparatus has possibility of improved hinged turning, including possibility of hinged turning of instrument with application of one hand. 13 cl, 123 dwg


Purpose The foremost objective of this study is to examine the mediating role of Moral Identity on the relations between: (a) the independent variable of spirituality and the Original Consumer Ethics Scale (OCES); and (b) attitudes towards doing good and towards recycling practices of the consumer. Design/methodology/approach In order to test the various hypotheses of the model, the methodology employed is that of partial least squares (PLS) path-modelling, which is a variance-based structural equation modelling (SEM). Findings This research reveals a full mediation of the construct of moral identity in the relationship between spirituality and doing good/recycling practices, and the rejection of those who do not perform these practices that are responsible from the point of view of sustainability. In addition, the existence is shown of a partial mediation of the construct of moral identity in the relationship between spirituality and CES. Practical implications It is demonstrated that the main effect on ...


In this paper,we present zircon U-Pb ages,in situ Hf isotopic,whole-rock chemical and Nd isotopic data for the Lianyang composite granite in the Nanling region.Zircon LA-ICP MS U-Pb dating of the supplementary intrusion yielded ages of 100-104 Ma,which is significantly younger than the predominant intrusion(144Ma),suggesting that the former(fine-grained biotite granite)is unlikely to be residual melts through fractionation of the latter(coarse-grained porphyritic biotite granite).Both of the two rocks show high SiO2(65%-79%),Na2O+ K2O(6.9%-9.5%)and K2O/Na2O(1.3-2.5).They are metaluminous to peraluminous(A/CNK=0.9-1.2),depleted in Ba,Sr,P and Ti,and enriched in Rb,Pb and LREE.The supplementary intrusion shows highly fractionated characteristics(SiO277%-79%),with extremely negative Eu anomaly(δEu=0.03-0.06).The Nd-Hf isotopic data(eNd(t)=-10.6--8.4for the predominant intrusion,eNd(t)=-9.1--6.6andeHf(t)=-8.5--1.8for the supplementary intrusion)suggest that the basement rocks should be dominated by Proterozoic parametamorphic rocks.The Lianyang pluton was formed under an extensional setting during the late Yanshanian in the South China.Based on the comparison with W-,Sn-and Nb/Ta-bearing granites,it is suggested that the late-stage supplementary intrusion is the most important target for Sn prospection.


In this letter we study 1+1 anyon fields at finite temperature and density with non-vanishing chemical potentials. Our approach is based on an operator formalism for bosonization at finite temperature; the correlation functions for the system are given in an explicit form. Two are the main results of this construction: we point out the existence of persistent currents in 1+1 anyon systems; from the analysis of 2-point anyon field correlation function, a remarkable and new condensation phenomenon in momentum space is discovered. As a concrete example, the above formalism is applied to the Thirring model.


During his early career Paolo Veronese assimilated many diverse sources, including the work of Giulio Romano. A sheet of studies by Veronese for The Anointing of David in Vienna also includes a copy of Hieronymus Cock's 1551 engraving of the Forum of Nerva and sketches for a Rape of Europa, which is either lost or was never carried out. Veronese seems to have been trying to establish a way of showing the sequential episodes of the myth, starting with Europa's beguilement by Jupiter disguised as a bull and finishing with her abduction across the sea. In these sketches Veronese explored the possibilities of showing a nude Europa from behind on the back of the bull. This exceptionally rare type of depiction had already been done in stucco by Giulio Romano at the Villa Madama in Rome and the Palazzo Te in Mantua. It seems likely that Veronese had access to Giulio's drawing for the Palazzo Te version. One can point to several other instances when the young Veronese was inspired by Giulio's drawings, including The Conversion of the Magdalene and the frescoes at La Soranza. He also seems to have known a drawing by Giovanni Battista Bertani for The Rape of Europa frescoed in Palazzo Ducale in Mantua.


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Ultra-low frequency time dependent dielectric breakdown (TDDB) in a low-k interlevel dielectric was investigated was studied to examine the possibility of relaxation effects. It can be argued that during the "off" cycle, the dielectric may regain some strength, which would result in a longer lifetime as compared to a constant voltage corresponding to the "on" time. The pulse frequencies were very low based on a 24 hour period with varying duty cycles and compared to a constant voltage (100% duty cycle). Regardless of the duty cycle, a characteristic time to failure (t63 assuming a Weibull distributor) of about 155 hours for one wafer, and about 80 hours for a second wafer when normalized to the "on" time. This suggests that relaxation is a very small, or nonexistent factor in TDDB. The current model to predict TDDB failure time in industry does not account for any relaxation that may or may not occur, and our findings support the continued use of this apprach.


In this paper, we present novel ultra large size organic light emitting diode (OLED) display technologies with high image quality for premium televisions (TVs) using an advanced coplanar oxide thin film transistor (TFT) backplane, microlens array (MLA)‐based OLED, small size gate driver in panel for narrow bezel, and pixel charging enhancement method with external compensation. Using these technologies, we improved the luminance efficiency about 20% and reduced the integrated gate driver design area to 40%. We have achieved the life time of the gate driver in panel longer than 100,000 h in reliability test. The pixel charging ratio is more than 80% in all gray levels. Using the developed OLED display, we have successfully developed up to ultra large size 88‐in. 8K and 97‐in. 4K OLED TVs.


Abstract Ethnic needs and struggles are identified to be contributing factors to disparity in educational development in nations. This is known to be capable of causing disintegration in any nation if not carefully managed. The paper employs critical analysis as its method of explaining the causes of disparity in educational development within regions and within nations. The paper concludes that an understanding of the actual causes of educational disparities can help nations to determine the compensatory education scheme(s) to employ in solving the problems.


ABSTRACT The physical properties, group compositions, carbon isotopes and biomarkers of the Upper Paleozoic crude oil in the Shiguhao area in northern Ordos Basin were investigated to study geochemical characteristics and source of the crude oil. The Upper Paleozoic crude oil in the Shiguhao area belongs to the medium oil with high viscosity, high wax content, low sulfur content and low freezing point, and it displays the group composition of high saturated hydrocarbons/aromatics. The carbon isotopic compositions and biomarkers of crude oil indicated that the Upper Paleozoic crude oil was coal-derived oil and at the mature stage. The physical properties, carbon isotopes and GC-MS parameters of saturated hydrocarbons indicated that, the crude oil displayed a good affinity with the Upper Paleozoic coal rocks in the Shanxi Formation. Therefore, the Upper Paleozoic coal rocks in the Shanxi Formation were the important source of the Upper Paleozoic crude oil, and this provided valuable direction for the petroleum exploration in northern Ordos Basin.


Desirable flight styles and techniques in ski jumping were calculated on the basis of the new aerodynamic force data for three styles: classic style, V style, and flat V style. In the V style and flat V style two skis are in a herringbone position in the frontal plane, whereas in the classic style the skis are parallel Flat V style is more flat in the sagittal plane than V Style. The most effective style was the flat V style if a ski jumper model did not change style during the gliding phase, which was the late part of flight phase (distance was 110 m). If the model changed flight style, the model that changed from classic style to V style at 1.3 s after takeoff or from flat V style to V style at 1.6 s could achieve 112.5 m. In addition, forward initial angular velocity was a positive factor to increase distance; in particular, the distance for the V style was sensitive to initial angular velocity.


Background: Marfan syndrome is a hereditary disorder of connective tissue mainly characterized by abnormalities in the cardiovascular, skeletal and ocular systems. It is most frequently due to heterozygous point mutations in the FBN1 gene located on chromosome 15q21.1 and coding for fibrillin-1 protein. Over 3000 FBN1 mutations have been reported in the FBN1 Universal Mutation Database, among these FBN1 large rearrangements account for <2%. Several studies have shown that 15q deletions encompassing the whole FBN1 gene are associated with Marfan syndrome and FBN1 haploinsufficiency is involved in the pathogenesis of the disease. Since now 19 cases of FBN1 entire deletion have been already described.


English is a necessity in a technological life such as this moment. Therefore, introducing English should start as early as possible. So that the opportunities, especially for children, will be greater in mastering the English. One of the efforts that can be made by teachers is by introducing English, especially vocabulary, through songs. Apart from being a medium Songs are also one of the alternatives that can be used by teachers to create fun learning. This study uses a descriptive-qualitative approach that focuses on how English songs affect spelling in English. From the results of the research obtained, songs have a level of high effectiveness that can be used in the introduction of English spelling to participants.


The way of calculating index proportion of traditional fuzzy evaluation is unilateral,and sometimes the result can not reflect the water quality.This paper discusses the water quality of Yangtze River in the recent two years by applying modified fuzzy comprehensive evaluation model.According to the concentration superscale of each evaluation index,defines the computing formulas of index proportions,and then calculates index proportions through it.The results synthesize various kinds of pollution index basically,and makes rational evaluation on the water quality of every observation station.


This study is an attempt to examine the hypothesis that, compared to plains, emphatics negatively affect the bleed-through of indexical information associated with the gender of male and female talkers for Arabic listeners. In a preliminary experiment, Arabic male and female participants were asked to identify the consonant type of the auditorily presented CV(V) and (V)VC fragments/monosyllables as either plains or emphatics. The participants were generally able to identify both types of consonants successfully and accurately. In the main experiment, Arabic speakers and non-Arabic speakers (both male and female) were asked to classify the gender of the male and female Arabic native talkers from the stimuli used in the first experiment. The results of this second task varied between non-Arabic speakers, who surprisingly committed fewer errors in classifying talker gender, and Arabic speakers, who committed more errors. The errors committed by the Arabic speakers were observed in the emphatics condition, especially when the talker was female. These two patterns can be taken as collective evidence that the acoustic characteristics of emphatics may bias listeners' perception of indexical information towards the male voice, which makes talker gender classification more difficult, especially in critical scenarios such as in forensic phonetic casework. Keywords: acoustics, emphatics, forensic phonetics, indexical information, gender classification


The following topics are dealt with: content-aware video coding; video communication; video processing; audio processing; multimedia processing; peer-peer media communication; multimedia networking; human perception; multimedia database; human-machine interface; networks and coding; multimedia systems; biomedical application; multimedia assurance; image processing


A packaging system (100) to an extravascular system (10) comprising: a base member (102) including an elongated pocket adapted to receive the extravascular system (10) comprising a catheter assembly (12) and a set needle (20) before use which includes a needle cover (24); a cover member (104) adapted to seal an opening selectively the base member (102); characterized in that: the elongate pocket comprises a segment of elongate pocket (110) including wing portions (112) extending laterally from a centreline of the packaging system (100), the wing portions (112) have sufficient width to accommodate the cover deployed needle (24) of the needle assembly (20) after use of the extravascular system (10); and the base member (102) comprises at least one landing surface (114) on which the base member can be reversed for use as a receptacle, wherein the at least one landing surface (114) it is inclined to maximize contact between the at least one landing surface and a surface on which the base member is supported invested.


The issue of dignified death is still a controversial issue, in particular, the decision to continue or not medical treatment as well as the time when it should be suspended. In addition, the analysis of the legal, emotional, psychological and spiritual implications for both the patient and the family and medical staff involved in this issue.Pediatric patients' death confronts many issues. Medical science interprets this death as a failure, because in training institutions, human resources in health are educated to preserve and prolong life. For parents it means an irreparable loss, as they do not expect their child to die before them because it breaks the natural cycle of life.In some states of Mexico it has been legislated in favor of the directive. However, only patients who meet the requirements of age and judgment in their mental faculties can apply for the exercise of this right through the protocol and documents established. In the case of a minor patient, decision makers are parents or guardians. However, both the family and the medical team that treats reticent regarding cessation of treatment is, they question if they have exhausted all possible treatment options and even denying the obvious physical and emotional deterioration of the patient and their impending death. These reasons favor exerted on the child a set of actions defined as a therapeutic obstinacy, which are intended to prolong his life, but at the expense of a critical deterioration in the quality of it. This causes the child a painful agony that leads him to be himself who requests the cessation of efforts to keep him alive through petitions that may be evident and frank at times and in other almost unnoticed, but obvious to those who listens to them.To reduce or eliminate practices of therapeutic obstinacy, it is necessary to favor in health institutions and among health staff with a thanatological culture, as they are the ones who accompany the patient and his family in communicating the diagnosis and through the evolution of the disease. This culture should be inculcated from training institutions of human resources for care and health care, as the thanatological education allows the patient, family and health care team, the making of relevant and timely decisions, which enables the acceptance of the diagnosis, the development of coping strategies necessary for the evolution of the disease, as well as the certainty and value for the final decision: letting go.


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This research was conducted in the town of San Vicente - province of Manabi in the company "Agricultural El Naranjo SA" in the Ranch El Napo, which evaluated the effect of equine chorionic hormone (eCG) to reduce embryonic death in cows. 40 animals were used, divided into two groups, 20 treated with eCG and 20 as control group without eCG. A protocol with new intravaginal devices, and estradiol benzoate hormones, prostaglandin and equine chorionic hormones were at fixed-time inseminated (AFTI). Statistical evaluation was performed using logistic regression and the presence of pregnancy were compared with the Tukey test, finding significant differences (p 0.05%) to be held the first gynecological check within thirty days, while in the second checkup to sixty days, there were no differences in therefore the application of the eCG did not reduce embryonic death presented the same rate in both groups, however using eCG the progesterone levels vary from 11.60 ng/ml as the highest and the lowest is 6.20 ng/ml in pregnant cows. As for the economic analysis, the research showed no profitability by applying eCG, because for every dollar invested was lost 0.31 cents.


A new detector, capillary coupled with optical fiber LED‐induced fluorescence detector (CCOF‐LED‐IFD, using CCOF for short), is introduced for CE. The strategy of the present work was that the optical fiber and separation capillary were, in the parallel direction, fastened in a fixation capillary with larger inner diameter. By employing larger inner diameter, the fixation capillary allowed the large diameter of the optical fiber to be inserted into it. By transmitting an enhanced excitation light through the optical fiber, the detection sensitivity was improved. The advantages of the CCOF‐CE system were validated by the detection of riboflavin, and the results were compared to those obtained by the in‐capillary common optical fiber LED‐induced fluorescence detector (IC‐COF‐LED‐IFD, using COF for short). The LODs of CCOF‐CE and COF‐CE were 0.29 nM and 11.0 nM (S/N = 3), respectively. The intraday (n = 6) repeatability and interday (n = 6) reproducibility of migration time and corresponding peak area for both types of CE were all less than 1.10 and 3.30%, respectively. The accuracy of the proposed method was judged by employing standard addition method, and recoveries obtained were in the range of 98.0–102.4%. The results indicated that the sensitivity of the proposed system was largely improved, and that its reproducibility and accuracy were satisfactory. The proposed system was successfully applied to separate and determine riboflavin in real sample.


In order to solve problems of the concrete quality common diseases in road projects,the paper from the management and construction craft illustrates the reasons for the quality common diseases,points out solutions,so as to improve the durability and security of the concrete structural projects.


Recent experimental studies of the dynamics of colloids beamed by a random light pattern (speckle) showed the existence of subdiffusion, trapping, or mixture separation phenomena, under the action of that disordered environment.To this end, a version of the Mode Coupling Theory (MCT), initially developed for fluids in confinement in sol id porous matrices has been applied to the case of a fluid plunged in a random Gaussian potential with a Gaussian correlation function.The aim of this PhD work is to further improve the understanding of these phenomena by the addition of a theoretical study.The numerical resolution of the asymptotic equations of this theory leads to the construction o phase diagrams, which reproduce for example the non trivial reentrent behaviour of the diffusivity, observed in related experiments, for which a physical interpretation is proposed. Furthermore, results suggest a strong depend ence of the dynamics on the disorder correlation length. A detailed study of the relaxation of the fluid has been made, in order to bring an understandin( of the dynamics at ali timescales. Simultaneously, it has been showed that a number of common approximations used in the calculation of the structural properties of fluids lead in the present case to non-physical results. Finally, a Monte-Carlo simulation program has been developed, and the first results are compared to theory and experiments.


Over the past few years, the early mobilization and rehabilitation of patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) has drawn a lot of interest from the clinical and scientific communities. An interdisciplinary team treating patients suffering from serious conditions should include physiotherapy. Additionally, physiotherapy is utilized to treat and prevent the side effects of extended immobility or sleep, as well as to improve respiratory function. The purpose is to improve residual functionality; to avoid new and repeated hospitalizations; to improve health and quality of life. Exercises for the entire body (including early in-bed cycling), specialized breathing exercises, chest mobilization, relief help, drainage postures, vibration, verticalization, and passive movements are all crucial components of COVID-19 physiotherapy. Our goal was to evaluate the changes of functional condition of patients with COVID-19 in the acute stage using different physiotherapy methods: complex measures against mono therapy. In the research, 28 subjects (15 men and 13 women) were involved. A total of 84 physiotherapy procedures were performed. In the first group, breathing exercises and chest wall oscillation were applied, in the second group – only chest wall oscillation. Respiratory physiotherapy (breathing exercises) plays an important role in reducing and preventing respiratory complications in COVID-19 patients treated at ICU. Early mobilization and chest wall oscillation are beneficial in COVID-19 patients. We note that we are the first to conduct an evidence-based study of physiotherapy in intensive care with COVID-19 patients. We hope that our pilot clinical trial gives opportunity to future researches.


The suprascapular notch is bridged by the superior transverse scapular ligament, (suprascapular ligament) which is attached laterally to the root of the coracoid process of the scapula and medially to medial limit of the notch. The ligament is sometimes ossified. The suprascapular nerve passes below the ligament and enters the supraspinous fossa, whereas the suprascapular vessels pass backwards above the ligament. During routine osteological class for I MBBS students we came across a scapula with completely ossified suprascapular ligament. Suprascapular nerve is mostly susceptible for entrapment at the suprascapular notch. A narrow notch or a calcified ligament has been shown to cause increased risk of injury to the suprascapular nerve.


Objective To compare the clinical effect of magnesium sulfate and phentolamine in treatment of bronchiolitis. Methods 148 children with bronchiolitis were randomly divided into two groups. The magnesium sulfate group( 76 cases) took the routine treatment combined with 25% magnesium sulfate( 0. 1 ~ 0. 3 ml·kg- 1·d- 1),once a day,3 ~5 days continuously. The phentolamine group( 72 cases) took the routine treatment combined with phentolamine infusion with speed in 1 ~ 1. 5 μg·kg- 1·min- 1,with the micro pump for 4 hours,once a day,lasting 3 ~ 5 days. The clinical symptoms,the duration of hospital stay,the therapeutic effect and the incidence of adverse reactions were observed between the two groups. Results There was no significant difference between the two groups in respiratory improvement,hypoxia improvement,asthmatic and breath holding symptom improvement,cough disappearing,lung rales disappearing,absorption of chest lung lesions and duration of hospital stay( P 0. 05). The total effective rate showed no significant difference between the two groups( P 0. 05). There were significant differences in the adverse reactions of rhinobyon,irritability,heart rate acceleration,exacerbation of dyspnea,pale complexion,hypotension,and arrhythmia. Conclusion The routine treatment combined with small dose of magnesium sulfate or phentolamine has remarkable curative effect to bronchiolitis. The magnesium sulfate group has less side effects,and it is safe and worthy of widely clinical application.


The application of sprinkler as the irrigation is widely used to the world, but the system is detected still not too efficient since there are some problems exist regarding to the water distributions and shows the poor uniformity of the sprinkler also the value of coefficient uniformity (CU) of the water distribution not in a satisfactory level. This study is conducted to evaluate the uniformity of water distributions on the sprinkler system based on Christiansen"s Coefficient of Uniformity (CU).


Little Penguins Eudyptula minor on Penguin Island, Western Australia are con· sistently heavier and have larger bills than conspecifics elsewhere in Australia or New Zealand. No latitudinal or other geographical trend in size is apparent.


June 22, 2009 PRLog -When exploring plumbing business opportunities in this unstable economy, plumbers looking for a plumbing franchise opportunity need a sound business structure in place. That is exactly why the industry experts behind the newly launched 1-800-PLUMBER (http://www.1800plumber.com) spent years researching and developing a plumbing franchise model that allows independent plumbers to achieve maximum growth and profitability while focusing on what they do best – plumbing, heating and cooling.


Abstract : This paper will evaluate the United States Government's ability to utilize the informational element of power. It will examine the organizational structure and composition of the Executive Branch of the U.S. Government and assess its capacity to plan, coordinate, and manage the use of information in support of U.S. foreign policy and national security objectives. The paper will begin with defining what information is in the context of national power. It will examine future trends in foreign policy and national security as related to the elements of national power and demonstrate the increased need for the United States to possess a cohesive, well-choreographed, and synergistic information capacity. Finally, a few concluding thoughts will be offered along with several recommendations on how the United States Government can more adroitly manage information in the 21st century.


OBJECTIVE:To investigate the expressions of cyclooxygenase-2(Cox-2)and vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF) in human breast cancer and their correlation.METHODS:Expressions of Cox-2 and VEGF including ER and PR in 128 cases of human breast cancer were detected with immunohistochemistry.RESULTS:The expressions of Cox-2 and VEGF in breast cancer had a close relation,rs=0.852,P0.05.The positive rates of Cox-2 and VEGF were significantly higher in positive hormane receptor tumor than those in negative ones(χ2Cox-2=12.40,χ2VEGF=8.85,P0.01).CONCLUSIONS:The expressions of Cox-2 and VEGF may play an important role of prognosis of breast cancer.Selective Cox-2 and VEGF inhibitors may be useful in the chemoprevention and therapy of human breast cancer.


It 1s general practice to give the accuracy of measurement of moment and force coefficients from wind tunnel, repeatability tests and the level of uncertainties estimated from various instruments used. However, since the repeatability tests could't be carried out, a method based on the principle of propagation of errors has been used to get the accuracy in force and moment coefficients derived from errors in measurements of all independent parameters. A computer code has been written to get the level of uncertainties and percentage of ,error of various coefficients measured. ,The.listing of the code is given along with the sample output in th form of tables and graphs.


A new method for graphic exergy analysis of multicomponent distillation and for visualization of rate characteristics of a distillation column is proposed by applying an energy-utilization diagram, EUD. By introducing the concept of a premixing model, the exergy losses in a distillation column can be decomposed into losses caused by premixing in liquid phase and those caused by premixing in vapor phase. Also, the energy exchange in a phase change such as condensation or evaporation of each component is displayed individually. By introducing the concept of partial molar quantities, those exergy losses in liquid phase and vapor phase can be categorized into losses caused by heating and mixing in liquid phase and losses caused by cooling and mixing in vapor phase. To use this method, the energy exchanged (ΔH ea ) and the energy levels (A ed and A ea ) are displayed systematically on EUD. As a case study, simulation of the separation of n-hexane, n-heptane and n-octane is conducted for a column with 11 plates. The effect of reflux ratio and side-cooling or side-heating is discussed by using EUDs


There has been an increasing concern on the consequences of continuous exposure of marine mammals to noise. Relatively little is known about how they adjust their movements and behavior to deal with the variability of noise fields. Therefore, modeling the sound propagation of noise sources is essential to assess their potential risk on marine mammal survival. Guiana dolphins Sotalia guianensis were used as biological models of interaction with noise from boat engines integrated with environmental data. Simulations were performed at ESME, a computational modeling environment developed by the Office of Naval Research and Boston University. ESME brings together into a single framework advanced models of sound propagation from selected noise sources running against simulated individual animals, whose behavioral state transitions were retrieved from peer-reviewed sources and converted in Marine Mammal Movement and Behavior algorithms. The target study area was an estuarine coastal system in Southeastern Brazil...


Traditional reliability-based design optimization(RBDO)is either computational intensive or not accurate enough.In this work,a new RBDO method based on Support Vector Machines(SVM)is proposed.For reliability analysis,SVM is used to create a surrogate model of the limit-state function at the Most Probable Point(MPP).The uniqueness of the new method is the use of the gradient of the limit-state function at the MPP.This guarantees that the surrogate model not only passes through the MPP but also is tangent to the limit-state function at the MPP.Then Importance Sampling(IS)is used to calculate the probability of failure based on the surrogate model.This treatment significantly improves the accuracy of reliability analysis.For optimization,the Sequential Optimization and Reliability Assessment(SORA)is employed,which decouples deterministic optimization from the SVM reliability analysis.The decoupling makes RBDO more efficient.The two examples show that the new method is more accurate with a moderately increased computational cost.


A suggested typology of the faith-science debate In this article a typology of the faith-science debate is proposed by identifying four possible points of entry into the debate. The ontological, epistemological, hermeneutical and ethical angles of the debate are then consecutively discussed. The ontological angle focuses on the assumptions of reality as inherent in the approaches of faith and science respectively. The epistemological angle is concerned with the differences and similarities in the methods followed by faith and science to obtain knowledge of what exists. The hermeneutical angle in turn deals with the strategies that faith and science employ to interpret experience. The ethical angle focuses on ethical issues characteristic of faith and science, as well as ethical judgements on various issues, respectively from the fields of faith and science. With regard to the four mentioned points of entry into the debate, a possible reductionist as well as a possible non-reductionist position is identified and discussed.


Structure-from-Motion (SfM) is the task of reconstructing 3D structure from its projections into a collection of unordered images taken from different viewpoints. SfM can be tackled following either an indirect or a direct formulation. In this work we build on top of a feature-based SfM system and use photometric Bundle Adjustment to further refine camera poses and structure, which reduces the Absolute Trajectory Error (ATE). We also explore the addition of new landmarks to the map. Running full photometric Bundle Adjustment on the extended map brings the ATE even further down.


Department of Urology Department of Hypertension and Nephrology The first clinical use of the artificial kidney by Kolff in 1943 made it possible to prolong life by hemodialysis. Initially, this procedure was used mainly for patients with acute renal failure, since no permanent access to the blood stream was available. Long-term treatment of patients with chronic renal failure was made possible in 1960 when Quinton et al developed the arteriovenous shunt. However, infection, clotting, and sacrifice of blood vessels continued to be major problems. Repeated access to the circulatory system was improved in 1966 when Brescia et al described the technique for making a subcutaneous arteriovenous fistula. Saphenous vein loops and bovine heterografts have made long-term hemodialysis possible for patients with thrombosis of superficial veins.