Abstract In this work, a simple explanation is given for the chevron layer structure which has been observed in SmC* phase. A phenomenological elastic free energy concerned with layer distortion, c−director deformation, and their coupling is proposed to discuss the layer structure of them. It will be shown that there exists a soliton solution corresponding to the chevron structure. The transition layer thickness of the chevron is theoretically estimated as the penetration length (∼molecular length)/molecular tilt angle. In similar to the kinked layer structure, the c-director rotation angle is also found to show a soliton-like behaviour within the transition region. In addition, the existence of the selective pre-tilt at the bounding surface is explained in the relation with the chevron structure.


We analyze the nonlinear active microrheology of dense colloidal suspensions using a schematic model of mode-coupling theory. The model describes the strongly nonlinear behavior of the microscopic friction coefficient as a function of applied external force in terms of a delocalization transition. To probe this regime, we have performed Brownian dynamics simulations of a system of quasi-hard spheres. We also analyze experimental data on hard-sphere-like colloidal suspensions [Habdas et al., Europhys. Lett., 2004, 67, 477]. The behavior at very large forces is addressed specifically.


People invest their money illogically – but trying to help them can make things worse In a world where financial experts are frequently proven badly wrong, it is hardly surprising that many people take charge of saving for their retirements themselves. The realities of the financial world don't make this easy, though. And neither does the peculiar psychology of investing – as research in which I have been involved helps to show. One common way of saving for the future is investment funds, in which finance professionals pool together the savings of a large number of people and invest them in things like the stock market, bonds and foreign exchange. According to financial theory, the best strategy for choosing a fund is to pick the one with the lowest investment fees and stick with it for as long as possible. This follows from the efficientmarkets hypothesis, which says that financial markets are full of skilled professionals who try to make as much money as possible, so no easy opportunities to make aboveaverage profits remain in the market for long. Yet in practice, many investors choose funds that have performed well in the past, and chop and change between them – incurring new investment fees each time. The fund industry actively encourages such behaviour by prominently advertising its most successful funds.


Recognition of major tectonic events and tectonic cycles in Quaternary is an important topic that attracts more and more attention of many geologists. Recently, the research in this aspect has focused mainly on Quaternary sedimentation and geomorphologic evolution, while little attention has been paid to the study of fault evolution, which is directly related to tectonic cycle or tectonic event. This is mainly because of the lacking of geological evidence and the limitation of dating technique. Nevertheless, significant progress has been made in loess study, especially the characteristics and dating of loess-paleosoil sequences, which provide a time scale for regional correlation and timing of loess deposits. In this paper, an attempt has been made to discuss the migration and variation of Quaternary activity of fault zone through the analysis of loess deposition along the zone by using this time scale. The main purpose of this study is to provide direct evidence for the division of tectonic cycles in Quaternary. The present study deals mainly with the Lintong-Chang'an Fault and the Lishan mountain front fault on the southern margin of Weihe basin, as well as the Kouzhen-Guanshan Fault on the northern margin of the basin. The loess deposits along these fault zones have been studied in detail, while the main unconformities in loess sequences were identified in the geological sections across the fault zones and dated by using the loess-paleosoil time scale. The results show that tectonic unconformity presents broadly along the Lintong-Chang'an Fault and the Lishan mountain front fault, appearing as discordant contact of the S 8 paleosoil layer with the underlying strata. The underlying strata are offset significantly by the fault, but the overlying strata of S 8 are offset inconsiderably. Along the Kouzhen-Guanshan Fault zone, the S 1 paleosoil layer discordantly contacts with the underlying strata, which are significantly offset by the fault, but the overlying strata of S 1 layer are inconsiderably offset. In term of the loess-paleosoil time scale, the following conclusion can be drawn from the result of this study: The activity of the Lintong-Chan'an Fault zone on the southern margin of the Weihe basin was markedly changed at 800~900ka B.P. At the same time, the migration of activity occurred along the Lishan mountain front, while strong activity started to occur along the Weinan Yuan front Fault and the whole Weinan Yuan began to be uplifted. At 120ka B.P., the activity of the Kouzhen-Guanshan Fault zone began weakened. Thus, the variation of fault activity in this area may indicate two major tectonic events in mid-late Quaternary. This result may provide basic material for regional correlation of Quaternary tectonic events and for the research of the tectonic manifestation of tectonic events.


The internal conical refraction angles between 0.5321.32 /spl mu/m, the phase-matching directions of 1.064 /spl mu/m type I second harmonic generation (SHG) and of 1.32-/spl mu/m type II SHG are measured in a sphere of CsTiOAsO/sub 4/ (CTA). The relative sign and absolute magnitude of two independent quadratic nonlinear coefficients are determined by 1.32-/spl mu/m phase-matched type II SHG conversion efficiency measurements in a sphere and strips: d/sub 15/=1.09/spl plusmn/0.09 pm/V and d/sub 24/=1.7/spl plusmn/0.6 pm/V at 0.65 /spl mu/m. AH the results are compared with previous work. The comparison of CTA with KTiOPO/sub 4/ and KTiOAsO/sub 4/ is made in order to evaluate the crystal which provides the highest conversion efficiency for 1.32-/spl mu/m type II SHG depending on the crystal length and on the beam waist radius.


Objective To explore the effect of the application of full-process maternity club in maternal management Methods 350 women went for antenatal check-up and delivered in our hospital from May 2011 to May 2012 were randomly divided into observation group and control group.The observation group join in maternal and child club and accept full-process health education and other services;the control group was given the routine management and the pregnant women were given health education during their check-ups,and participated in pregnancy knowledge lecture regularly. The anxiety before and after pregnancy health care,degree of knowledge on pregnancy,times of prenatal examination,pregnancy complication,timing of going to hospital for delivery and the incidence of cesarean section cases of the two groups were compared and the satisfaction on the health care during pregnancy were investigated.Results Women in the observation group were better relived off the anxiety before and after the pregnancy health care,demonstrated more knowledge of pregnancy,more times of pregnancy check-ups,less pregnancy complications,better timing of hospitalization and reduced rate of cesarean section and were more satisfied to the job of the hospital,and when compared with the control group,the difference was statistically significant(P 0.01).Conclusion The whole process maternal and child club has a good effect on pregnancy management,can keep track of the whole pregnancy health care,meets the needs of pregnant women,increases sense of occupational accomplishment of their mentors and achieves good social and economic benefits.


Large aspheric surface,which have the deviation with spherical surface,are being used widely in various of optical systems. Compared with spherical surface, Large aspheric surfaces have lots of advantages, such as improving image quality, correcting aberration, expanding field of view, increasing the effective distance and make the optical system compact, lightweight. Especially, with the rapid development of space optics, space sensor resolution is required higher and viewing angle is requred larger. Aspheric surface will become one of the essential components in the optical system. After finishing Aspheric coarse Grinding,surface profile error is about Tens of microns [1] .In order to achieve the final requirement of surface accuracy,the aspheric surface must be quickly modified, high precision testing is the basement of rapid convergence of the surface error . There many methods on aspheric surface detection [2] , Geometric ray detection, hartmann detection, ronchi text, knifeedge method, direct profile test, interferometry, while all of them have their disadvantage [6] . In recent years,the measure of the aspheric surface become one of the import factors which are restricting the aspheric surface processing development. A two meter caliber industrial CMM(coordinate measuring machine) is avaiable, but it has many drawbacks such as large detection error and low repeatability precision in the measurement of aspheric surface coarse grinding , which seriously affects the convergence efficiency during the aspherical mirror processing. To solve those problems, this paper presents an effective error control, calibration and removal method by calibration mirror position of the real-time monitoring and other effective means of error control, calibration and removal by probe correction and the measurement mode selection method to measure the point distribution program development. This method verified by real engineer examples, this method increases the original industrial-grade coordinate system nominal measurement accuracy PV value of 7 microns to 4microns, Which effectively improves the grinding efficiency of aspheric mirrors and verifies the correctness of the method. This paper also investigates the error detection and operation control method, the error calibration of the CMM and the random error calibration of the CMM .


The article follows the development of rotundal forms in the world and in Russia up to XIX century, describes the space-and-planning and compositional peculiarities of ural temples-rotundas, their origin, capital equivalents, attribution.


We use majorization and confidence intervals as a convenient tool to compare the uncertainty in photon number for different quantum light states. To this end, majorization is formulated in terms of confidence intervals. As a suitable case study we apply this tool to sub- and super-Poissonian behavior and bunching and anti-bunching effects. We focus on the most significant classical and nonclassical states, such as Glauber coherent, thermal, photon number, and squeezed states. We show that majorization provides a more complete analysis that in some relevant situations contradicts the predictions of variance.


Rainfall over Scotland is analysed to determine the distributions of rainfall amount associated with flow from different directions. The dominant effects of orography are dearly displayed, with large amounts of rainfall over the first area of high ground encountered and a rapid decline downwind; indeed, amounts are already declining before the highest ground is reached. This general behaviour applies to all flow directions, including those in which showery precipitation predominates. A simple model of mean orographic enhancement is developed which incorporates cloudwater generation by orographic and synoptic-scale lifting, the conversion of cloud-water to rainwater and wind-drift of falling precipitation. This model allows spatially detailed patterns of rainfall to be inferred. The dependence of rainfall enhancement on wind speed is investigated with the model: over the first area of high ground there is an almost linear increase of rainfall with increasing wind speed, hut over subsequent high ground rainfall amounts decrease with increasing speed, in accord with observations.


The intensive utilization of urban land in Gansu Province was evaluated with the comprehensive method.The results showed that: there was no city in the intensive utilization level in Gansu Province,only Jiayuguan was the city at general intensive level(0.67),and Lanzhou and Jinchang were the cities that appropriately had been intensively utilized,Tianshui,Zhangye,Jiuquan,Qingyang at low intensive utilization level,and Pingliang,Gannan,Longnan,Dingxi,Linxia,Wuwei,Baiying at extensive utilization level respectively.The average level of comprehensive evaluation of urban land intensive utilization in Gansu was 0.27,which was at a low level in the whole country,reflecting that the potentiality of urban land's intensive utilization of the province may be larger.The value of comprehensive evaluation showed a clear downward trend from the west to the east.In general,the value of comprehensive evaluation was lower in the east region,indicating its slower development.On the basis above,some measures for promoting intensive utilization of urban land in Gansu Province are analyzed in this paper.


The development and application expansion of ERP system led the management pattern renewal and progress of clothing business in our country.Through the external analysis to the application situation of ERP system in our country's apparel industry,the questions,which existed in the process of implementing ERP,are discovered.And according to the development tendency of clothing industry,the feasibility of utilizing the ERP management is proved.The application strategies have the very strong practical value to the clothing enterprises.


On the occurrence of Eudiaptomus gracilis (G.O. Sars, 1863) (Copepoda: Diaptomidae) in Madeira (Portugal) Calanoid copepods belonging to the diaptomid genus Eudiaptomus Kiefer, 1932 were collected in an artificial water body on the island of Madeira, Portugal. The morphological and molecular identification of the collected specimens unequivocally proved that they belong to the allochthonous species Eudiaptomus gracilis (G. O. Sars, 1863), possibly unwarily introduced along with fish stockings or ornamental aquatic plants. In the sampled site, the species co-occurred with the non-native cyclopoid copepod Acanthocyclops americanus (Marsh, 1893) and some anomopod species. This is the first record of the species for Portugal and the whole Macaronesia, whereas the possible presence of E. gracilis in the Iberian Peninsula should


Phenomenological models of cosmic phase transitions are presented. We consider phase transitions (i) with fixed initial and final states or (ii) in the relaxation time approximation. The Friedmann equations are solved and the entropy production due to the non-equilibnum transition is calculated for a bag model equation of state. Numerical examples are given for the confinement transition, but the formulae presented apply directly to the GUT transition, too.

Es werden phanomenologische Modelle fur kosmische Phasenubergange betrachtet. Wir untersuchen Phasenubergange mit festen Anfangs- und End-zustanden sowie die Anwendung der Relaxationszeitapproximation. Die Friedmanngleichungen werden gelost, und die Entropieproduktion vermoge der Nichtgleichgewichts-Phasenubergange wird fur eine Bagmodell-Zustandsgleichung berechnet. Die vorgestellten numerischen Beispiele betreffen zwar den Confinementubergang, der dargestellte Apparat ist jedoch auch direkt auf den GUT-Ubergang anwendbar.


In Canada, the federal Government has the power to ask the Supreme Court of Canada for its opinion on a legal question. Although the opinions which follow are not technically binding, they often tackle critical issues in Canadian constitutional law. The Reference re: Secession of Québec (the Secession Reference) is one such reference case, considering questions that arose as a result of the 1995 Québec Referendum. In this Referendum, the people of Quebec voted on the issue of secession from Canada; it very nearly passed.


Abstract The Poultry Science Department at the University of Florida has recently acquired video tape equipment in an effort to encourage the use of audio-visuals as a teaching tool. This equipment consists of two separate black and white camera-recorder ensembles, and two 18-inch television monitors. One system is battery powered and completely portable for field use. Tapes may be viewed on standard television sets with an appropriate adapter. Both video and audio may be electronically edited independently. This equipment is presently being utilized to critique scientific papers, to replace or augment field trips and to supplement class and laboratory instruction. In the future, this equipment may be used as a research tool for behavioral studies, in self-instructional programs for basic courses and for the preparation of extension oriented tapes.


We have investigated the role of the ambient gas nature and pressure, and the influence of the laser pulse total duration and temporal shape in the coupling of the incident laser light of A = 10.6/im wavelength to a metallic surface at intermediate laser intensities of 10 — 10 W/cm. A plasma is accompanying then the action of the laser pulse, It is acting as an active moderator among laser beam and target thus determining the final status of the contact surface. MIRAMARE TRIESTE November 1993


The paper presents the technology of making brazed shaper milling cutters and with special reference to 5-axis grinding process (making of profile blades) on CNC grinding machine tool. Based on the analysis of the kinematics of the 5-axis grinding process, a new concept of profile milling tool production by a 3+2 axis grinding process on horizontal milling center was established. By Applying new concept, one tooth of profile tool was machined by grinding process. By obtained results, new approach for manufacturing of profile milling tools was verified.


The dynamics of "insider" and "outsider" groups and the social and economic consequences has been of interest to academics for some time. This paper uses a systems methodology to analyse the data from a major study of Italian prejudices to determine if "insider" groups are prejudiced against specific "outsider" groups or prejudiced more generally. The methodology used has the advantage that it is aimed at visually identifying commonality of the characteristics of the insider group being studied, resulting in a richer understanding of the nature of the interrelationships of the insider group. The analysis concludes for the data used there is some evidence of "insiders" being generally prejudiced but it is difficult to identify the group's characteristics with any precision.


When an aqueous suspension of anthracite is ozonified, and secondarily oxidized using potassium permanganate, it yields 2-12% mellitic acid. (6 refs.)


Abstract In this paper we show that multi-dimensional bounded Besicovitch weights are good weights for the pointwise ergodic theorem for Dunford-Schwartz operators and positively dominated contractions of LP . This in particular implies new weighted results for multi-parameter measure preserving point transformations. The proofs show that Besicovitch weights are a very natural class when considered from the operator point of view. We also show that for 1 ≤ r < ∞, the r-bounded Besicovitch classes are all the same, generalizing a result of Bellow and Losert.


Sensitivity of initial guess while using Levenberg- Marquardt algorithm in solving the inverse problem for 3-D radio frequency (RF) imaging is studied. It is shown that the prior state as initial guess can be leveraged for a personal device to detect and monitor breast health.


As interest in cloud computing grows, the number of users using cloud computing services is increasing. However, cloud computing technology has been steadily challenged by security concerns. Therefore, various security breaches are springing up to enhance the system security for cloud services users. In particular, research on detection of malicious VM (Virtual Machine) is actively underway through the introspecting virtual machines on the cloud platform. However, memory analysis technology is not used as a monitoring tool in the environments where multiple virtual machines are run on a single server platform due to obstructive monitoring overhead. As a remedy to the challenging issue, we proposes a computationally efficient instance memory introspection scheme to minimize the overhead that occurs in memory dump and monitor it through a partial memory monitoring based on the well-defined kernel memory map library.


Statically typed functional programming languages usually employ a version of the Hindley-Milner type system extended with ad-hoc polymorphism. When the type checker detects an error, it has to report it to the programmer, to help in fixing the bug. However, usage of algorithmsW andM, commonly used to type-check languages with Hindley-Milner type systems, can result in cryptic error messages. We argue that the holistic nature of these algorithms is a cause of this. Next, we describe a type checking algorithm originally presented by Olaf Chitil in 2001, that, by its compositional nature, claims to produce error messages that are more suitable for human processing — a property that type systems for imperative programming languages usually have. The main part of the thesis is extending the compositional algorithm for languages supporting ad-hoc polymorphism. A proof of concept implementation is presented for the Haskell 98 programming language, interfacing the Glasgow Haskell Compiler. In conclusion, we present this implementation and ideas for future work. For Her, the supportive, Him, the ever curious, and Her, my partner in crime.


Abstract : An extremely low frequency (ELF) vertical, electric field irradiation facility consisting of six identical exposure chambers is described. This facility simulates the vertical electric field radiated from the U. S. Navy's proposed ELF Communications System, designed to establish worldwide communication with our submarine fleet. This irradiation facility is designed to study the possible bioeffects of ELF on 96 rats equally divided among the six exposure chambers and individually housed in specially modified nonmetallic cages. These cages are designed to minimally perturb the exposure field and provide accurate means to measure food and water consumption. Each exposure chamber can be independently operated up to field strengths of 1000 V/m (RMS) at any sinusoidal ELF frequency. At 45 Hz, the frequency chosen for this research, chamber cross talk is less than -60 dB and the vertical electric field uniformity within the exposure area is + or - 5 percent. A complete description of the ambient 60-Hz electric and magnetic fields is presented. Project was sponsored by the U. S. Naval Medical Research and Development Command, contract number XSB09.


The Machine Learning is certificated as one of the most important technologies in today's world. There are several various researches applying Machine Learning to improve its operation efficiency in many different aspects.Based on the Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) database,this research is using text mining technology which collecting the homogeneous glossaries in the articles, conducting to the literature cluster analysis. To select the term frequency index which generated by various glossaries aggregation from each article as well as an input variable for Self-Organization map(SOM) network, following by utilizing the network neuron automatic clustering function, dividing into 10 application domains of machine learning, finally proceeding the trend analysis coordinated with the articles by published year,discovering the historical vein and collecting the results by each research area, and further forecasting the future possible tendency.


The purpose of this study was to provide the list of optimal laboratory equipments and the layout of laboratory facilities for the 7th Practical Arts curriculum management. To achieve the purpose, extensive literatures were reviewed. The list of optimal laboratory equipments and the layout of laboratory facilities were developed based on document analysis of 16 Metropolitan and Provincial Office of Education, analysis of the 7th Practical Arts curriculum, investigation of lab facilities in an elementary school, and consultation with experts. The list of optimal laboratory equipments and the layout of laboratory facilities were validated by 18 experts in the field. The results of this study were as follows: First, comparison among guidelines on tools and equipments of 16 Offices of Education revealed that there was a discrepancy in name and quantity. Second, most of the current standards on tools and equipments were applicable to 7th Curriculum, while the ones from several offices of education included the equipments which were not related to 7th Curriculum. Third, Practical Arts Lab classified as 'Special Classroom' was named in various way and had a different size. Fourth, the selected standard equipments were total 70 types which included 22 in cultivation/breeding, 14 in cooking, 13 in electricity/electronics, 11 in sewing, and 10 woodworking. Fifth, the laboratory preferred by teachers was a rectangular shape in 8 by 12 ㎡ where the physical arrangement of lab would help students to elicit their learning and doing activities.


Several years ago, I attended a Pontifical High Mass at St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna. It was the feast of the Epiphany, a public holiday in the predominantly Roman Catholic country of Austria.1 A "lapsed" Catholic myself, my intention as part of the congregation that day was not primarily one of worship as it was to listen to a performance of the Pauckenmesse of Joseph Haydn, complete with soloists, full choir, and orchestra (in overcoats), including, of course, timpani. As I stepped from the brilliant winter morning into the narthex of that gothic splendor, the pungency of the incense propelled me into Proustian recollections of growing up female, Catholic, and Italian-Canadian in the cathedral parish in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada's steel town. My mother and father, first generation Italian-Canadians, whose own parents had emigrated as teen-agers, had been partners in a corner grocery located in another part of the city that was largely professional and white-Anglo-Saxon Protestant. Eager to assimilate (they never spoke Italian to my sister or me, and we never learned the language), my parents realized early on that their most valuable legacy to their two daughters would be the advantages of a solid education, religious and secular. For them that meant enrolling us in the local co-educational Catholic elementary school. Later we attended a convent secondary school as day students, and were the only members of our extended family, male or female, to attend university. It was memories of those elementary school years that were conjured up for me that crisp January morning at St. Stephen's. (In hindsight, I am struck by the synchronicity2 of the fact that my original surname is Di Stefano, or rather "Distefan," as it had become in its anglicized form).3 For a


The analysis of the rhetorical word formation for the new words has gradually manifested manifold meanings and values,but the rhetorical word formation enjoys a weak theoretical base,and its analytical pattern is far less mature,so a lot of problems have occurred in the past discussions of the rhetorical word formation.The problem is mainly reflected in that about the rhetorical word formation and other word formation,specific content of the rhetoric word formation,it has not a clear distinction.In response to the current situation,it is necessary to establish the classification system based on analysis to all rhetorical method.To take the rhetorical + non rhetorical analysis mode should have a certain operability.


This study was designed to determine the chemical and nutritive evaluation of Jatropha Curcas Leaf Meal on the performance of Broiler chicks. Jatropha curcas leaf meal contains 19.51% crude protein but high in crude fibre and also contains some anti-nutritional factors (ANFs). The leaves were harvested, the stalks removed and the leaves chopped to facilitate sun drying for 5 days until they became crispy while still retaining the greenish colouration. The material was milled using a hammer mill with a sieve size of 3.36m to produce leaf meal. The experiments reported in this study were therefore conducted to determine the chemical and nutritive value of Jatropha curcas leaf meal in broiler diets. In the first experiment, the leaf meal so prepared was used to formulate broiler starter diets at 0%, 2.5%, 5.0%, and 7.5% dietary levels respectively, using 180, 7-day-old young Marshal broiler chicks with were divided into four groups of 45 birds. Each treatment group was further sub-divided into three replicates of 15 birds. The trial lasted 28 days. In the second experiment, the leaf meal was produced as in experiment one. The leaf meal was used to formulate broiler finisher diets at two dietary levels of 0% and 5.0% inclusion levels respectively using 120, 5-week-old broiler chicks divided into two groups of 60 birds each with three replicates of 20 birds each per treatment. The feeding trial lasted 21 days. At the end of the 21 day, five birds were randomly selected from each treatment for carcass and organ weight evaluation. In both experiments, feed intake of the birds on diets containing the leaf meal were significantly (p<0.05) lower than the control (0%) group except at 2.5% dietary level at the first experiment that compared favourably with the control (0%) group. Body weight gain and feed conversion ratio of the birds were not comparable, except also at 2.5% dietary level of the first (starter experiment) which compared favourably with the control (0%) group. The relative organ weights in the second experiment were also not comparable except the heart. Dietary inclusion of Jatropha curcas leaf meal in both experiments reduced feed cost but beyond 2.5% level, cost of meat produced (N/kg) meat increased. The results obtained from these experiments suggests that Jatropha curcas leaf meal should not be incorporated in broiler diets beyond. 2.5% dietary level.


Editors, We thank you for the opportunity to answer to the interesting observations of our colleagues Cindy de Bot, Heleen Moed and Johannes C van der Wouden about the recent paper of ours published in your Journal. We found their comments very pertinent and useful to clarify a few issues, which a critical reading of our paper could actually raise. 1 A relatively large difference was indeed present between mite-specific immunoglobulin E (IgE) levels in active when compared with placebo children. Nasal IgE values in actively treated patients [median 0.50 KU/l, interquartile range (IQR) 0.35–2.56] ranged from 0.36 to 10.50 KU/l at baseline, due to three single high-score patients who had 3.39, 4.90. and 10.50 KU/l, respectively. In contrast, no values above 1.2 KU/l were found among placebo patients (median value 0.50, IQR 0.36–0.62, min–max 0.36–1.20 KU/l). Thus, large individual variability within the active, but not within the placebo group accounted for the reported difference at baseline in the case of mite-specific nasal IgE. This difference was remarkably reduced in the following years of follow-up, due to the reduction in the highest values. Serum mite-specific IgE values at baseline had a median value of 32.60 KU/l (IQR 11.30–49.10, min–max 0.36–100 KU/l) in actively treated patients, and of 9.86 KU/l (IQR 3.95–17.50, min–max: 0.37–100 KU/l) in patients originally assigned to the placebo group. Thus, in this case, besides high inter-individual variability, several patients with higher levels of mite-specific serum IgE were actually present in the actively treated group at baseline when compared with placebo, and this hold true at subsequent time points. We do not have any justification for this observation, except that this happened by chance and could visibly influence the distribution of IgE values due to the relatively little sample size of the two experimental groups. This explanation is particularly convincing in the case of mitespecific nasal IgE, where a few outliers accounted for the observed variability. However, we believe that overall this discrepancy was not dependent on problems in the assignment of patient to the respective group in the randomization phase of the study. Moreover, we would like to stress the fact that in absolute terms the observed differences were rather limited. The trend towards a reduction in nasal, rather than of serum mitespecific IgE observed in the course of sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) deserves more extended studies. 2 We also agree about the fact that after deblinding clinical observations are relatively uncontrolled. A 3-yr double-blind follow-up would be necessary to establish at a higher level of reliability the consistency of data on the longterm efficacy of SLIT. However, the possibility of convincing parents to keep their children in a double-blind trial for such a long time is, quite understandably, extremely difficult. Another difficulty is posed by Italian ethics committees, which do not approve that this kind of pressure is put on children for so long times. Finally, in Italy patients undergoing clinical trials cannot receive any payment. Having said that, we would like to point out that the major end points of our study were the biologic parameters we evaluated, which were reasonably not as much influenced by subjective factors, as may happen for the symptoms used to generate clinical scores. 3 Mattresses and pillows were enclosed as a preventive measure in both placebo and actively treated patients. Thus, this could not have alerted patients about the treatment they were receiving. However, it may explain why the placebo group experienced an apparently more rapid reduction in inflammation parameters and clinical scores when compared with patients originally assigned to the active group. In fact, the first study year was the same calendar year for all children, and at that time all patients of both experimental groups were advised, for ethical reasons, to adopt measures aimed to reduce exposure to house dust. Thus, whereas in actively treated patients these environmental precautions were Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2006: 17: 316–317


Summary form only given. The purpose of this paper is to put forward some thoughts on the history of the mathematical concept of a dynamical system as it evolved in control over the years. The topics discussed include: transfer functions, feedback, stability criteria, frequency-domain analysis, and timedomain analysis.<<ETX>>


This report identifies impacts of the North ?American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on transportation in the U.S. border areas. Emphasis is on the California-Baja California border zone. Focus is on the identification of recommendations to the California Department of Transportation to improve its ability to identify and accelerate short-term implementation of the needed infrastructure improvements.


Availability and maximum power output determines the economic efficienty of gas turbines. One of the main reason fo power degradation is the reduction of air flow caused by tiny particles build up on the compressor blades. A new software system supports the user to optimize the economics of cleaning procedures.


It is well known that the tightly coiled tail (flagellum) is a kind of major sperm abnormality (Fig. 1) in farm animals.5,9) Through the examination of boar and bull semen, by means of the light microscope, one can commonly meet a few cases of this abnormal type, even in clinically healthy donors. And it was already reported that the semen of the infertile boars had this obvious abnormality.°) During the course of the investigation on the correlation of the fine structure of the spermatozoa with the fertility of the donors, tightly coiled tails were occasionally noticed in the semen. The materials were obtained from 7 boars (Landraces, Hampshires, Yorkshires and the mongrels) who were being used as breeding stock, and most of them had already shown their fertility. The methods used in this study were the same as those previously described.8) Whether the reporter (s) recognized the deformity or not, we have frequently observed in many electron micrographs that which is probably the cross section of the flagellum of the coil type. By the angles of the sperm section, the coil deformity was easy to notice in a serial plasma membrane, especially in the longitudinal (Fig. 1) , oblique (Fig. 2) and tangental sections (Fig. 4) . In the cross sections, the coil sperm flagellum sometimes showed several profiles of the flagellum at different levels; connecting (neck), middle, principal and end pieces, in a serial plasma membrane


In this paper we present a method to compute exact relaxation times for any moments of the Boltzmann equation. The method is valid for any electric field and is particularly useful in the case of vanishingly small field intensities. After a theoretical explanation, the method is applied to a full-band model for electrons and holes in silicon. A strong dependence of the relaxation times on the doping concentration is shown, which is in contradictions to popular beliefs.


This exploratory study tries to get insights on one way of exteriorizing the publication activity of bibliometricians and how such activity is taken into consideration within the scientific community. As we thought in advance, the evidence shows that the USA is the most productive, most cited and most collaborative publisher. The neighbourhood is a ground to collaborate, like Canada or Mexico with the USA, and Belgium with the Netherlands. The most visible topics are small-world networks and webometrics.


1. Introduction 2. Seifert manifolds 3. Groups with periodic cohomology 4. Free C2 and C3 actions on certain Seifert manifolds 5. The reduction theorem 6. Tangenital structure 7. SL(2, F5) 7. Finite Poincare complexes and homology spheres 8. Workpoints.


It introduces the research history of the built in reliability, represents the existing condition of the built in reliability research in and out our country,and discusses the application and research of the built in reliability theory in some countries,and points out the trend of development to this research at last.


The politics and culture of the Han dynasty is unique so far as the Confucian orthodoxy is concerned. On one hand, Han scholars carry on the independent spirit of the pre-Qin period, and meet with the same persecution as the Qin scholars, so that their Confucian orthodoxy is shattered . On the other hand, the unitary politics shows tolerance, encouragement and persuasion towards the Confucian orthodoxy, which makes it continue to exist, indirectly affect the social political system and the scholars, and turn into important factors in the scholars' spiritual cultural characteristics. Consequently it is significant in China's social, political, cultural tradition in an enormous, far-reaching way.


Vesicovaginal ®stulae (VVF) are a common ®nding in developing countries, because there is a high incidence of prolonged obstructed labour [1±4]. In the Western world VVF are less common and usually associated with iatrogenic injury, especially obstetric and gynaecological procedures [5±8]. VVF may also result from pelvic malignancy and its treatment by radiotherapy [6,9]. The subsequent urinary incontinence caused by VVF has a profound affect on the patient's quality of life and is a common cause of medicolegal claims. This is frequently compounded by an unnecessary delay in repair of up to 3 months from the time of injury [5,6]. For a small ®stula, the treatment is initially conservative, as a small percentage will heal spontaneously; however, most will require surgery [10,11]. Operative intervention is associated with an 80±90% primary cure rate [1±7,12]. Surgery can be undertaken by either a gynaecologist or urologist, provided they are a specialist in the ®eld. The timing and type of repair used depend on the experience of the surgeon and the aetiology of the ®stula [13]. The incidence of medicolegal claims is increasing, especially in the ®eld of obstetrics and gynaecology. Urological injury occurring during obstetric and gynaecological procedures accounts for 10% of all claims and represents 19.6% of claims actually settled, with VVF accounting for the second highest cause of claims within gynaecology [14,15]. The avoidance, recognition and treatment of these ®stulae is therefore a signi®cant issue given the associated morbidity and medicolegal implications [16]. This review discusses the aetiology, presentation, management and prevention of obstetric, iatrogenic and radiotherapy-induced VVF [17].


Grape growing in Michigan and in other cool-climate locations is challenged by several limitations, mainly related to high frost and winter injury risk, short growing season, reduced heat accumulation and, consequently, an enormous year-to-year seasonal variation in yield and fruit quality. Therefore, vines can be stressed from either undercropping (spring frost, poor set, winter damage) or overcropping in years with good seasonal production potential coupled with financial pressure on growers to recover the previous year's lost production. Under these cultural conditions, it is pivotal to achieve a long-term physiological balance in the vineyard between vine growth and reproduction to obtain maximum yield coupled with fruit maturity and quality in relation to seasonal climate variations. To achieve such balance, key production components must play a central role in achieving desired grape yield and fruit quality. These components include cultivar and site selection, pruning and training, crop control and canopy management, and will be the focus of this manuscript. Introduction The challenge Vineyards vary widely around the world for the quantity and quality of grapes they produce. To achieve the goal of improved yield (t/acre, kg/vine) and fruit quality, it is essential to understand the concept of quality and the impact of the environment on vine physiology and berry growth. The definition of quality, sometimes described as optimal maturity or ripeness, varies depending upon the style of wine being made. We should keep in mind the comments of Dr. Shaulis when asked about fruit ripeness: "Ripe grapes are whatever the person or company buying the grapes says that it is" (N.J. Shaulis, personal communication, 1976). Ultimately, this means that growers have to adapt their viticultural practices to wineries' needs to produce quality fruit for the target wine style, independently of the definition of quality. However, quality grapes can be described as a complex array of components (Bisson 2001) that together contribute to the quality of the final product (wine) and often referred to as


R. M. Kashaev conjectured that the asymptotic behavior of the link invariant he introduced [Kashaev 951, which equals the colored Jones polynomial evaluated at a root of unity, determines the hyperbolic volume of any hyperbolic link complement. We observe numerically that for knots 63, 89 and 820 and for the Whitehead link, the colored Jones polynomials are related to the hyperbolic volumes and the Chern-Simons invariants and propose a complexification of Kashaev's conjecture.


A wide variety of integral inequalities (IIs) have been proposed and studied for the stability analysis of distributed parameter systems using the Lyapunov functional approach. However, no unified mathematical framework has been proposed that could characterize the similarity and connection between these IIs, as most of them was introduced in a dispersed manner for the analysis of specific types of systems. Additionally, the extent to which the generality of these IIs can be expanded and the optimality of their lower bounds (LBs) remains open questions. In this work, we present two general classes of IIs that can generalize almost all IIs in the literature, whose integral kernels can contain a unlimited number of weighted L2 functions that are linearly independent in a Lebesgue sense. Moreover, we not only demonstrate the equivalence between the LBs of the proposed IIs under the same kernels and weighted functions, but also show that these LBs are guaranteed by the least squares principle, implying asymptotic convergence to the upper bound when the kernels functions constitutes a Schauder basis of the underlying Hilbert space. Given their general structures, the proposed IIs can be applied in various situations such as the stability analysis of coupled PDE-ODE systems or cybernetic systems that can be characterized by delay structures.


Ab s t r Ac t Aim: The aim of this study is to analyze the various physical parameters used for the preoperative prediction of difficult laryngeal exposure (DLE) during suspension microlaryngoscopy. Materials and methods: This is a single-center, retrospective study carried out in a tertiary care teaching hospital, comprising 50 patients who underwent suspension microlaryngoscopy at our center from June 2014 to April 2016. We assessed 10 physical parameters that can help in predicting DLE preoperatively. Results: The patients' ages ranged from 20 to 69 years. The laryngeal exposure was assessed in all the patients and correlated with the 10 physical parameters. Out of the parameters assessed using the student t test, the modified Mallampati's index (MMI) (class II and above), body mass index (BMI) (>27.1 kg/m2 ), thyroid–mental distance (≤4.9 cm), thyroid–mandibular angle (>122°), and horizontal thyroid distance (HTD) (≤3.8 cm) showed a statistical significance with p < 0.001. The ROC curve analysis showed that the thyroid–mental distance and HTD had the highest sensitivity (100%) and specificity (100%) each among the parameters assessed. Conclusion: Based on our study results, we conclude that the age and the sex of the patient have no role in predicting the risk of DLE during suspension microlaryngoscopy. The MMI, BMI, thyroid–mental distance, thyroid–mandibular angle, and HTD measurements help in the prediction of DLE preoperatively. Clinical significance: These physical parameters can be measured just prior to the surgery using simple measuring aids. The advantage of preoperative prediction of DLE being that it enables the surgeon to be prepared beforehand with additional measures to deal with the same and provide adequate treatment.


By acting at a low temperature transglucosidase starch containing food and starch, it can be efficiently produced the physical properties and eating quality of the improved starch-containing food and reformed starch.


At the core of ISHM is the ability to extract information and knowledge from raw data. Conventional data acquisition systems sample and convert physical measurements to engineering units, which higher-level systems use to derive health and information about processes and systems. Although health management is essential at the top level, there are considerable advantages to implementing health-related functions at the sensor level. The distribution of processing to lower levels reduces bandwidth requirements, enhances data fusion, and improves the resolution for detection and isolation of failures in a system, subsystem, component, or process. The Smart Networked Element (SNE) has been developed to implement intelligent functions and algorithms at the sensor level in support of ISHM.


Abstract The goal of this study was to test whether interpersonal dysfunction, characterized by loneliness and/or dissatisfaction with relationships, is an imminent predictor of financial exploitation vulnerability (FEV) among older adults within a 6-month observation period. This study also tests whether FEV prospectively predicts interpersonal dysfunction. Twenty-six adults aged 50 or older completed a study involving baseline data collection and 13 follow-ups over 6 months. Linear mixed models were used for primary analyses. After adjustment for demographic, psychological, and cognitive covariates, there were between-person effects of FEV and interpersonal dysfunction across follow-ups, suggesting that those with generally higher interpersonal dysfunction compared to other participants also reported greater FEV (B(SE)=1.09(.33), p=.003). There was a within-person effect (B(SE)=.08(.03), p=.007) of elevated interpersonal dysfunction predicting greater FEV two weeks later across all follow-ups. Within-person effect of FEV was not predictive of interpersonal dysfunction (B(SE)=.25(.15), p=.10). Among older adults, individuals with higher interpersonal dysfunction relative to others in the study reported greater FEV throughout the 6-month observation period. Increased loneliness and social dissatisfaction, relative to one's average level, predicts subsequent increases in FEV, and may be an imminent risk factor for exploitation.


Abstract Background: Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is generally considered a relatively slow-growing, indolent cancer; however, an important subset of these cancers known as the tall cell variant (TCV), portend a more aggressive prognosis. TCV PTC is characterized by cells, which are at least twice as tall as they are wide. Patients diagnosed with TCV PTC fare worse than those with the classic variant. A less common thyroid cancer, spindle cell squamous cell carcinoma (SCSC), may arise as a primary tumor, but rarely also alongside or from a previous TCV PTC (1). It may also occur as a component of an anaplastic thyroid cancer, the most aggressive and rarest thyroid malignancy. There are three main types of anaplastic SCSC arising from TCV PTC based on histological characteristics: Type 1 is defined by the presence of both TCV and SCSC within the initial resection; type 2 refers to when the SCSC arises as a recurrence or metastasis in patients with a known history of TCV PTC; type 3 occurs when SCSC presents as a primary laryngeal SCC in patients with or without a known history of TCV. We report a case of type 2 anaplastic SCSC. Clinical Case: A 76 yr old man with hx of invasive TCV PTC (diagnosed 2011) s/p total thyroidectomy with b/l neck dissection and laryngectomy, as well as 200 mci of I-131 (in 2012), returns to clinic in 2019, with worsening unexplained weight loss (> 20 lbs). He had been lost to follow-up since 2015. Now, chest CT showed a new, necrotic, left lower lobe mass obstructing the bronchus, as well as bony erosion of the right clavicle and manubrium. Bronchoscopy of the mass was performed, and pathology was consistent with metastatic anaplastic thyroid cancer with squamous nests. Immunohistochemistry was positive for PAX-8, p40, p63 and negative for TTF-1, Napsin A, TG and PDL-1. The endobronchial tumor tissue was compared to the prior resection specimen from 2011, showing morphologic similarity to the squamoid nests. In retrospect, these nests likely represented small foci of anaplastic thyroid cancer arising in association with TCV PTC. The positive staining for PAX-8 and lack of expression for TTF-1 and Napsin A supports this interpretation and is evidence against a primary pulmonary squamous cell carcinoma. Next Gen Sequencing was positive for BRAF V600E mutation, which allowed us to offer BRAF inhibitor and MEK inhibitor therapy. Unfortunately, due to patient's non-adherence to therapy and follow-up clinic visits, we are not able to assess his response. Conclusion: This is a case of the rarely described type 2 anaplastic SCSC and is an example of the very poor prognosis associated with TCV PTC. It is a reminder that this variant of PTC should be treated more aggressively from the time it is first identified on biopsy. Reference: (1) Gopal PP et al. The variable presentations of anaplastic spindle cell squamous carcinoma associated with tall cell variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma. Thyroid. 2011;21(5):493–499.


Wastewater treatment in dyeing mills is carried out by coagulation-hydrolysis acidification-plugflow biological contact oxidation-coagulation( C-HC-PBCO-C) process. The results show that this system has high efficiency in pollutants removal. The average concentration of CODCr,BOD5,SS,and chromaticity of the water outlets are 77 mg /L,13 mg /L,35 mg /L and 30 times respectively. All indications of the water outlets can meet the first level of " Discharge Limits of Water Pollutants"( DB44 /26- 2001).


Background: Sacroiliac joint (SIJ) pain after spinal surgery is a common problem. The aim of this study is to report the frequency of new-onset SIJ pain after spinal fusion surgery and to evaluate the response to intra-articular SIJ injection. Subjects and methods: This is a prospective study including a total of 41 patients who had lumbar or lumbosacral fixation and fusion from June 2017 to December 2018 and developed postoperative SIJ pain that was not responding to conservative treatment and therefore underwent intra-articular SIJ injection. These patients were followed up for six months after injection. Patients were assessed with the visual analogue scale (VAS), the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) and Odom's criteria. Results: The mean age was 46.29 ±11.08 years and males presented 53.7%. Thirty-three patients (80.5%) had positive provocative tests and 27 patients (65.9%) had severe pre-injection pain with equal pre-injection VAS and ODI scores. There was a significant improvement in post-injection VAS and ODI scores (p<0.001). Excellent Odom's criteria were achieved in younger patients (p= 0.039), and in patients with moderate pre-injection VAS/ODI scores (p<0.001). Thirty-two patients (78%) had a satisfactory response after three months. Conclusions: SIJ pain is common following spinal fusion surgery. Good to excellent improvement of disability and pain could be achieved within 3-6 months after intra-articular injection. SIJ Injection could be an effective option to improve the outcomes in patients who failed conservative medical management.


Deep venous thrombosis(DVT)is a common disease in clinic with poor prognosis.It greatly affects patient′s quality of life.With the development of vascular surgery and advanced equipment invention,clinical diagnosis and treatment of DVT have been greatly improved.At present,combination therapy to DVT has better effect and has been approved in clinic.However,how to find a comprehensive and effective treatment for patients remains to be further studied.


This paper is concerned with the relationship between poor learning processes and the acquisition of imperfect mental models, and their consequences in workplace situations which are hazardous. Seven different factors which may influence mental models to become flawed are proposed. The links between these flaws and three recent Australian industrial disasters are then explored. The paper concludes by discussing the benefits of a greater understanding of poor learning processes as a basis for more focused and contextualised approaches to organisational development.


Mathematics is an important basic course in relation to the students' thinking ability,innovation ability,and practice ability.In view of the current higher vocational mathematics teaching problems,from the SECI model point of view,this paper discusses innovating mathematics teaching of higher vocational education and puts forward corresponding countermeasures based on SECI model.


Objective
To explore the effect of Pender health promotion model in patients with acute pancreatitis, and to provide basis for clinical nursing intervention.

Methods
Using convenience sampling method, 100 patients with acute pancreatitis hospitalized in general surgery department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University from October 2017 to September 2018 were selected as subjects. According to the length of hospitalization, patients admitted from October 2017 to March 2018 were set as control group and and the patients admitted from April to September 2018 were set as the observation group. Patients in the control group received routine health education for patients with acute pancreatitis, while patients in the observation group received interventions based on health promotion model. Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile (HPLP) and Self-care Agency Scale (ESCA) were used to evaluate the effect of intervention.

Results
The total scores and dimensions of the self-care ability scale in the observation group were higher than those in the control group one month and three months after discharge, and the difference was statistically significant (t=-0.923-1.014, P < 0.05 or 0.01). After the intervention, the difference of the scores of health behavior scale between the two groups was statistically significant (t=-0.548--0.024, P < 0.05 or 0.01).

Conclusions
Pender health promotion model can improve the self-care ability and health behavior of patients with acute pancreatitis, which is worthy of popularization and application.

Key words:
Acute pancreatitis; Pender health promotion model; Self-care; Health promotion behavior


Summary The ability to address the CRISPR‐Cas9 nuclease complex to any target DNA using customizable single‐guide RNAs has now permitted genome engineering in many species. Here, we report its first successful use in a nonvascular plant, the moss Physcomitrella patens. Single‐guide RNAs (sgRNAs) were designed to target an endogenous reporter gene, PpAPT, whose inactivation confers resistance to 2‐fluoroadenine. Transformation of moss protoplasts with these sgRNAs and the Cas9 coding sequence from Streptococcus pyogenes triggered mutagenesis at the PpAPT target in about 2% of the regenerated plants. Mainly, deletions were observed, most of them resulting from alternative end‐joining (alt‐EJ)‐driven repair. We further demonstrate that, in the presence of a donor DNA sharing sequence homology with the PpAPT gene, most transgene integration events occur by homology‐driven repair (HDR) at the target locus but also that Cas9‐induced double‐strand breaks are repaired with almost equal frequencies by mutagenic illegitimate recombination. Finally, we establish that a significant fraction of HDR‐mediated gene targeting events (30%) is still possible in the absence of PpRAD51 protein, indicating that CRISPR‐induced HDR is only partially mediated by the classical homologous recombination pathway.


Progressive clinical and immunological deterioration is associated with CD4 T-lymphocyte decline in HIV-infected individuals. Abrupt decline in CD4 cell counts to very low levels with an inverted CD4/CD8 ratio have been shown to predict AIDS. CD4 T-lymphocyte counts are currently one of the best parameters for monitoring disease progression among HIV-infected individuals. These counts are also used to stratify HIV-1 positive individuals into various treatment protocols and vaccine trials. In many developed countries CD4 cell counts have been documented among healthy HIV-negative adults to serve as reference values in determining the level which is indicative of AIDS in HIV-positive subjects. CD4 CD8 and CD3 T lymphocyte counts as well as the CD4/CD8 ratio were obtained during June-November 1995 among 203 healthy HIV-seronegative Cameroonian adults living in Yaounde. The 142 men and 61 women were of mean age 28 years. Counts were taken with a FACScount cytometer according to the manufacturers instructions while the leukocyte and differential counts were determined using standard automated techniques. Observed values were compared with those of 38 AIDS patients referred for routine CD4 cell counts. 37 people with AIDS were at CDC stage IV with the remaining one at stage III. Mean values of CD4 CD8 and CD3 T cells in the healthy subjects were 980 619 1685 per mcl respectively. Mean CD4/CD8 ratio was 1.7.


This research study seeks to bring the missing voices of teachers into the conversation about teaching and learning children's literature at the college level. Grounded in an empirical base that affirms a need for this perspective, the study investigates and describes the dimensions, patterns and variations that constitute the dynamics of engagement that characterize teachers' experiences with children's literature as aesthetic experiences of adult reading. Based in Rosenblatt's (1938, 1978) articulation of reader response theory, the investigation focuses on two distinct sets of experiences of eleven middle school teachers of language arts: 1) critical incidents, or contemplated readings of children's literature; and 2) think alouds, or initial readings of children's literature. The ensuing exploration follows the teachers' own sense of significance through the data to create twelve critical incident portraits and a three component narrative description of the think aloud process. Csikszentmihalyi's and Robinson's (1990) model of aesthetic experience and Appleyard's (1991) conception of the purposes of adult fiction reading guide the analysis of these verbal reports. The resulting delineation describes dimensions, points of engagement, purposes, goals and reasons for reading that comprise the dynamics of aesthetic engagement particular to teachers reading children's books. The teachers' experiences with children's books are complex, fluid, vital and varied. They perceive a dichotomy between personal and professional purposes in reading, see children's literature as a shared literature and prefer to make meaning of literamre through affinity. Their aesthetic experiences are richer when their instructional perspectives are integrated with the perceptual, intellectual, emotional and imaginal dimensions that may also be part of aesthetic experience. Even as expert readers, they still benefit from external attention in their experiences with children's literature, particularly when faced with challenges arising from dissonance. This study of the dynamics of teachers' aesthetic engagement with children's books offers a broader, more refined framework for understanding the aesthetic reading fostered in children's literature courses at the college level. In so doing, it emphasizes the importance of reframing the perceived dichotomy between professional and personal reasons for reading children's literature and raises questions related to teachers' capacities to delve more deeply into children's literature.


Comic books have often reflected the world at the time of publication. Terrorism became a prominent aspect of several comic storylines after 9/11, but the concept of terrorist groups in comic books is far more common than one might think. This paper looks at how terrorist groups have been used in US comic books, how events in comics have later come true, and how depictions of terrorists have changed in both positive and negative aspects.


We report a 42-year-old woman with acute-onset monocular multiplopia in a vertical direction. The corneal topography showed irregular corneal aberrations and the wavefront sensor showed both corneal and total-ocular higher-order aberrations. However, when the corneal aberrations were corrected with a hard contact lens (HCL), the patient reported even more marked subjective multiplopia, which suggested that the distorted vision was caused by the presumed irregular aberrations in the crystalline lens. The results of wavefront analysis of the eye with the HCL did not coincide well with the patients subjective report of vertical multiplopia, which suggested that the lens aberrations seemed to be too complex for the algorithm of the sensing procedure to analyze. Simulated retinal images obtained using the point spread function (PSF) analyzer showed multiple images vertically, which were more clearly depicted in the eye with the HCL, and which coincided precisely with the patients subjective complaint. We speculated that distortion of the shape of the crystalline lens occurred early during the aging process. Retinal-image simulation using the PSF analyzer is clinically useful to estimate the quality of vision even in eyes with highly complicated aberrations that are beyond the measurable range of the wavefront sensor.


A control system for a platform screen door system, the platform screen door system having a door drive means and a microprocessor door drive control means, according to a predetermined curve which is adapted to control the door (1) opening and closing, the control system comprising adapted to monitor at least a driver and / or door motion detector means, the control system further includes a controller adapted to control the gate drive apparatus, wherein, in use, if the signal from the detector located at a predetermined door operating range In addition, the controller causes the deceleration of the door drive device.


State, Society & Governance in Melanesia ips.cap.anu.edu.au/ssgm WHP has everything that we need: fertile soils, optimal climate, food crops of all kinds, and much more. And the people of the province are exceptionally strong, smart and productive. But pride, prejudice, jealousy, conflict and violence can and do stem the tide of progress. And the lack of indigenous knowledge on healthy living is killing many of the province's elite (Pastor Max Martin, Christian Leaders Training College, Banz).1


The downscaling variability, leakage, and performance saturation of conventional TFT technology has become a major concern. Now it has become increasingly difficult to meet transistor performance gain with reasonable device leakage, forcing the semiconductor industry to consider new transistor architectures. Hence, alternate device architectures are being explored which possess inherently better robustness to downscaling drawback of TFT. The objectives of present study is to design Bottom Gate TFT with SiO2 (50nm) and SiN (50nm) insulators with ZnO active materials and compare the transfer characteristics and output characteristics of SiO2 based TFT and SiN based TFT. The performance of the devices incorporating SiN, as measured by standard TFT parameters, was found to be superior to that of the SiO2 transistors. The threshold voltage shift of both sets of devices under gate bias stress was found to have logarithmic time dependence, indicating that charge trapping is the dominant instability mechanism. It is suggested that temporary charging and discharging of pre existing trap states within the band gap and band tails of the ZnO channel layer is responsible for the deterioration of these device parameters. The results suggest that the ZnO channel layer and/or the interface between the ZnO and the gate insulator layers are susceptible to charge trapping/defect formation instabilities due to lattice mismatch.


Excerpt To paraphrase the old conundrum, when is a name not a name? The answer is, when one is describing a syndrome. For inevitably some years after the second case of Noseaneez syndrome is descri...


The social costs of transformation from socialism to capitalism gave rise to widespread discontent with the course of transition reforms, and the status anxiety, insecurity, and uncertainty in coping with the difficulties of everyday life that came along with the system change have pervaded people's lives. Unhappiness and dissatisfaction with life have appeared as dominant sentiments in post-socialist societies. This dissertation has investigated how (un)happiness in post-socialist countries has been influenced and structured in post-communist countries by using a longitudinal comparative perspective. The present study set out (1) to describe and monitor the distribution of subjective well-being during the course of market transformation and to explain the macro-level determinants of happiness inequality across post-communist countries; (2) to shed new light on the social cost of market transformation through suggesting life satisfaction as an alternative tool to examine the dynamic and complex structure of distribution of well-being among different socio-economic groups, thereby overcoming the limitations of using the dichotomy of 'winners and losers'; (3) to understand the relationship between transition legitimacy, i.e. attitudes towards economic and political liberalization, and people's subjective well-being in post-socialist countries. This dissertation followed a quantitative cross-national comparative research design, using secondary data sets including cross-national survey data and databases for economic, political, and social development indicators which cover approximately three decades of market transition. The six waves of the World Values Survey (WVS) and European Values Study (EVS) (1982 - 2014), and two waves of the Life in Transition Survey (LiTS) (2006 and 2010), were used as the main data source for the empirical studies.


An integrated circuit memory device includes an XY array of memory cell sub-blocks and row and column decoder circuitry that is electrically coupled to the array. The array includes first and second offset grids of sub-word line driver control circuits therein, with each of the sub-word line driver control circuits configured to selectively activate a pair of the memory cell sub-blocks in response to a respective pair of active row and column select signals. In order to improve power consumption requirements when switching back and fourth between normal and refresh modes of operation, the row and column decoder circuitry is configured to drive a selected one of a plurality of row select lines associated with the first grid with an asserted row select signal and a plurality of column select lines associated with the second grid with asserted column select signals during a write operation.


This paper reviews our recent studies on ultrafast, strong-ˆeld interactions with atoms, molecules and solid surfaces. The major in- terest in atomic and molecular processes is concerned with nonperturbative nonlinear processes induced with intense ultrashort laser pulses, especially, high-order harmonic generation from nonadiabatically aligned molecules and its dynamics measurements. Ex- perimental and theoretical results demonstrate characteristic properties of the harmonic generation from coherently rotating mole- cules, depending on molecular structures. Concerning the interaction with solid surfaces, the periodic nanostructure formation observed in femtosecond laser ablation of thinlm surfaces has been the subject for the purpose of potential applications of ultrashort laser pulses to nanoprocessing. It is found that the nano-scale ablation is initiated with laser-induced near-ˆeld on solid surfaces, and the nano-periodicity is attributed to the excitation of surface plasmon polaritons. The results obtained show that the intense ultrashort- pulse laser is a promising tool for investigating new and/or latent dynamics and functions of matter.


In order to got some information on common regulations on the endangered ecological process and the biological characteristics of tendency to endangered status,the geographic distribution,the habitat conditions,the population dynamics of the endangered species Ulmus gaussenii Cheng were reviewed comprehensively.The analysis for predicting population dynamics,fractal theory for describing population distribution pattern,population growth of endangered plant populations was comprehensively explained.The distribution areas of the endangered Ulmus gaussenii belonged to the shape of strait area which all were contracting in Mt.Langya.The predicting model analysis of the Ulmus gaussenii population showed that the endangered population was in declining status and its spatial distribution patterns were a conglomeration.The inner factors,such as feeble living and reproductive ability that might led Ulmus gaussenii to be in an endangered status were vital reasons.The external factors,such as disturbance from humans played a role to promote the endangered ecological process.However,when disturbance from human of eco-environmental footprint was too strong,the external factors would become the vital reason for the Ulmus gaussenii to go extinct.According to the common biological characters of the endangered plants and their conservation on Ulmus gaussenii,the research on the conservation of the existence biological basis of the endangered relict plant such as Ulmus gaussenii should be strengthened.


"Epistemic cultures", says Karin Cetina in her seminal study of knowledge societies, are "cultures that create and warrant knowledge, and the premier knowledge institution throughout the world is, still, science". Although a pluralist about epistemic cultures Cetina is not a relativist or social constructivist about the world they explore. In my own work too I have sought to inhabit the elusive ground that respects SawErc project 2 of 13 Seminar Rethinking Practice and Culture in the History of Science epistemic pluralism but denies social constructivism. I have investigated the plurality of classical Indian philosophical śāstras, a śāstra being not merely a systematic representation of a network of ideas but a fluid disciplinary practice for the production of knowledge of a certain sort in a certain domain. They have been described as "Sanskrit knowledge systems", and since their concern is not only with the manufacture of a body of belief but with how such beliefs are warranted—how beliefs are argued for and what kinds of evidence can be provided—it seems entirely correct to describe them also as "epistemic cultures" in Cetina's sense. I will draw upon materials from within the tradtion to defend a "plural realism": pluralism about epistemic cultures combined with realism about the world they investigate. I will argue that there is a convergence between this defence and recent work by Geffrey Lloyd, Charles Taylor and Hubert Dreyfus, and I will show why the argument against epistemic pluralism put forward by Paul Boghossian in his influential book Fear of Knowledge does not succeed. Karine Chemla (ERC Project SAW & SPHERE UMR 7219, CNRS & Université Paris Diderot) Mathematical cultures in ancient China. Previous views and new insights Abstract – In (Chemla 2016 Forthcoming, 2010, 2009), I have suggested an approach to "mathematical cultures", based on last decades of research on the history of mathematics in ancient China. I have also emphasized how these mathematical cultures changed over time, and suggested how these changes were characterized by a mixture of breaks and continuities. After four years of collective work in the context of SAW, my views on the phenomenon of mathematical cultures, and on the form it took in ancient China, have been transformed. In this talk, I intend to offer a sketch of both a general framework I suggest to approach mathematical cultures, and new insights I have gained over the last four years with respect to the mathematical documents written in China. In (Chemla 2016 Forthcoming, 2010, 2009), I have suggested an approach to "mathematical cultures", based on last decades of research on the history of mathematics in ancient China. I have also emphasized how these mathematical cultures changed over time, and suggested how these changes were characterized by a mixture of breaks and continuities. After four years of collective work in the context of SAW, my views on the phenomenon of mathematical cultures, and on the form it took in ancient China, have been transformed. In this talk, I intend to offer a sketch of both a general framework I suggest to approach mathematical cultures, and new insights I have gained over the last four years with respect to the mathematical documents written in China. References Chemla, Karine. 2009. "Mathématiques et culture. Une approche appuyée sur les sources chinoises les plus anciennes (revision and translation of "Matematica e cultura nella Cina antica" by Delphine Vernerey)." In La mathématique. 1. Les lieux et les temps, edited by Claudio Bartocci and Piergiorgio Odifreddi, 103—152. Paris: Editions du CNRS. Chemla, Karine. 2010. "從古代中國數學的觀點探討知識論文化 (An approach to epistemological cultures from the vantage point of some mathematics of ancient China)." In 中國史新論科技史分冊:科技與中國社會 (New views on Chinese history. edited by 祝平一 Chu Pingyi, 181-270. Taipei 台北: 聯 經出版社 Lianjing Publisher. Chemla, Karine. 2016 Forthcoming. "Changing mathematical cultures, conceptual history and the circulation of knowledge. A case study based on mathematical sources from ancient China." In Cultures without culturalism, edited by K. Chemla and Evelyn Fox-Keller. SawErc project 3 of 13 Seminar Rethinking Practice and Culture in the History of Science Session 2 February 3rd, 2016 Readers and Speakers Guillaume Lachenal, Texts reading Claude-Olivier Doron, Texts reading Matthieu Husson, Mathematical Practices/ Mathematical cultures: perspectives from late medieval Europe François Lê, Geometrical equations: a "cultural system" Guillaume Lachenal, Texts reading of ♦ Fa-ti Fan, "The Global Turn in the History of Science", East Asian Science, Technology and Society (2012) 6(2) : 249-258 ♦ Romain Bertrand, "Politiques du moment colonial. Historicités indigènes et rapports vernaculaires au politique en « situation coloniale »", Questions de Recherche / Research in Question N°26 – Octobre 2008 ♦ Introduction de Kapil Raj, Relocating Modern Science. Claude-Olivier Doron, Texts reading of ♦ Hans-Joerg Rheinberger, Chapter "Historiality, Narration, and Reflection", in Towards a History of Epistemic Things, Stanford University Press, 1997, pp.176-186 ♦ "Cultures of experimentation", in Karine Chemla and Evelyn Fox Keller, Cultures without culturalism in scientific practice, Duke University Press, 2016 Matthieu Husson (CNRS –SYRTE, Observatoire de Paris, SAW project) Mathematical Practices/ Mathematical cultures: perspectives from late medieval Europe Abstract: During the last 2 years in the context of the SAW project I have explored through different cases studies the notions of mathematical practices and mathematical culture as methodological tools. These case studies include: During the last 2 years in the context of the SAW project I have explored through different cases studies the notions of mathematical practices and mathematical culture as methodological tools. These case studies include: • a work on practice with coins in different contexts, in collaboration with Marc Bompaire (EPHE) ; • a work on practice with numbers in astronomical and related mathematical treatises; • a work on practice with diagrams and instruments, in collaboration with Sho Hirose (Saw project), Agathe Keller (SAW project) and Clemency Montelle (University of Canterbury, New Zealand); SawErc project 4 of 13 Seminar Rethinking Practice and Culture in the History of Science • a work on practice with numerical tables –in collaboration with Richard Kremer (Dartmouth College, USA). On the basis of these research works I will focus on two specific questions: How is a set of practices framed and described as a mathematical culture? How to describe different relations and links between mathematical cultures? In this discussion I will pay attention to the type of corpus on which these case studies were built as well as to the homogeneity/heterogeneity of the elements and the diversity of practices found in these corpus. François Lê (Laboratoire de mathématiques de Lens Université d'Artois) Geometrical equations: a "cultural system" Abstract Geometrical equations are mathematical objects which played a crucial role in the mechanisms of encounters between group theory and geometry in the second half of the 19th century. A striking fact about these equations is that they were no well-defined objects, although they were shared by a group of famous mathematicians (including Alfred Clebsch, Camille Jordan, Felix Klein, and Max Noether) who deployed very precise ways of doing to study them. The aim of my talk is to describe the special organization of knowledge associated to geometrical equations at the light of the definition of ''culture'' due to the sociologist Guy Rocher. More specifically, I will show how this definition actually led me to characterize that organization of knowledge as a ''cultural system.'' To bring things into perspective, I will also suggest that this cultural system may be interpreted as the product of an acculturation process between parts of an algebraic culture and a geometric culture of the 19th century. Geometrical equations are mathematical objects which played a crucial role in the mechanisms of encounters between group theory and geometry in the second half of the 19th century. A striking fact about these equations is that they were no well-defined objects, although they were shared by a group of famous mathematicians (including Alfred Clebsch, Camille Jordan, Felix Klein, and Max Noether) who deployed very precise ways of doing to study them. The aim of my talk is to describe the special organization of knowledge associated to geometrical equations at the light of the definition of ''culture'' due to the sociologist Guy Rocher. More specifically, I will show how this definition actually led me to characterize that organization of knowledge as a ''cultural system.'' To bring things into perspective, I will also suggest that this cultural system may be interpreted as the product of an acculturation process between parts of an algebraic culture and a geometric culture of the 19th century. SawErc project 5 of 13 Seminar Rethinking Practice and Culture in the History of Science Session 3 March 2nd, 2016 Readers and Speakers Ivahn Smadja, Texts reading of Matti Bunzl and Andrew Zimmerman Nadine de Courtenay, Texts reading of Hasok Chang Christine Proust, Cultures of quantification: multiple ways of evaluating surfaces in Mesopotamia Hans-Joerg Rheinberger, Glimpses into the Space Between Laboratory and Discipline Ivahn Smadja, Texts reading of ♦ Matti Bunzl, "Franz Boas and the Humboldtian Tradition : From Volksgeist and Nationalcharakter to an Anthropological Concept of Culture", in Volksgeist as Method and Ethic. Essays on Boasian Ethnography and the German Anthropological Tradition, George W. Stocking Jr (ed), The University of Wisconsin Press, 1996. ♦ Andrew Zimmerman, Anthropology and Antihumanism in Imperial Germany, The University of Chicago Press, 2001, chap. 2. "Kultur and Kulturkampf :


By Thomas G. Gutheil, MDEric Y. Drogin, JD, PhD, Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing, 2013. 115 pp. $59.00 (soft cover).

Although forensic psychiatrists actively consider opportunities to interface with the legal system, most psychiatrists dread thinking about courtrooms and lawyers.


A modular multilevel converter (MMC) is considered to be a promising topology for medium- or high-power applications. However, a significantly increased amount of sub-modules (SMs) in each arm also increase the risk of failures. Focusing on the fault-tolerant operation issue for the MMC under SM faults, the operation characteristics of MMC with different numbers of faulty SMs in the arms are analyzed and summarized in this paper. Based on the characteristics, a novel circulating current-suppressing (CCS) fault-tolerant control strategy comprised of a basic control unit (BCU) and virtual resistance compensation control unit (VRCCU) in two parts is proposed, which has three main features: (i) it can suppress the multi-different frequency components of the circulating current under different SM fault types simultaneously; (ii) it can help fast limiting of the transient fault current caused at the faulty SM bypassed moment; and (iii) it does not need extra communication systems to acquire the information of the number of faulty SMs. Moreover, by analyzing the stability performance of the proposed controller using the Root-Locus criterion, the election principle of the value of virtual resistance is revealed. Finally, the efficiency of the control strategy is confirmed with the simulation and experiment studies under different fault conditions.


The report explores deliberately planned endeavors to provide nonwork related services at or through the workplace. The historical context and present-day complexities of workplace service provision are reviewed. Twenty-three workplaces are examined yielding a total of 615 different instances of specific services. Services are classified into eight service categories such as education, community service, and individual and family assistance. Eleven cases of service programs are described. Recommendations include criteria for initiating workplace services, stressing the importance of viable employee participation; a new organizational framework for workplace service delivery patterned after the credit union; and development of employee needs assessment programs as prelude to services planning. A selected bibliography is appended. (Author) Recreation and Entertainment Community Service U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION &WELFARE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRO OUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGIN ',TING It POINTS OI VIEW OR OPINIONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRE SENT OFFICIAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY NOT FOR WORK ALONE SERVICES AT THE WORKPLACE Hans B. C. Spiegel Project Director Urban Research Center Hunter College of The City University of New York 790 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10021 Copyright er 1974 by the Research Foundation of the City University of New York. All rights reserved. This report was prepared for the Manpower Administration, U. S. Department of Labor, under research and development grant No. 21-36-73-08. Since grantees conducting research and development projects under Government sponsorship are encouraged to express their own judgement freely, this report does not necessarily represent the official opinion or policy of the Department of Labor. The grantee is solely responsible for the contents of this report. Reproduction in whole or in part is ermttted for any purpose of the United


A low-cost novel antenna design for metallic objects is proposed in this paper. The antenna, composed of a feeding loop, two radiation patches printed on a lossy substrate FR-4 and a ground plane, does not have shorting pins or walls. The proposed antenna has a very broad bandwidth, from 657MHz to 1.25GHz, which covers about 590MHz. According to the simulated results, the theoretical maximum reading range of the proposed antenna is 5.06m to 5.69m mounted on different metal plates or in free air when the maximum effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP) of the reader is 4w.


Some experimental studies for examining the maximum heat fluxes in pool boiling of saturated water on partly ill-wettable heating surface are continued. Ill-wettable parts are realized by putting thin layers of silastic adhesive. In the previous report, experiments were carried out varying the width of such a region but in this report the test section has two parallel ill-wettable parts and the distance between these two parts is varied in order to examine their interference. In this case as the heat removal rates change locally, there exists a considerable temperature distribution along the heating surface. Especially in the normal part between two ill-wettable regions nucleate boiling having tolerably high superheat occurs. Such a boiling is examined by measuring the surface temperature, heat transfer coefficient and average void fraction.


[Objective] To analyze the chemical constituents of fat-soluble components of Panax japonicus C.A.Mey.samples.[Method] The fat-soluble components in the aerial part of Panax japonicus C.A.Mey.were extracted with petroleum ether by Soxlet extraction.The fat-soluble components were determined by GC-MS.[Result] There were twenty-seven fat-soluble components detected,and thirty-three components were identified,amounting for 93.41% of the total amounts of extractable substances.The major fat-soluble components of Panax japonicus C.A.Mey.Were found to be 1-octadecene(18.06%),3-methyl-2-butanone(12.88%),butanoic acid,3-methyl-(8.40%),hexanoic acid(6.60%),caprylic acid(6.41%),propane,2-ethoxy-(6.08%),2-ethoxypentane(5.08%),dodecane(4.93%)and copaene(4.17%).[Conclusion] The chemical components and their relative content in fat-soluble components from Panax japonicus C.A.Mey.Were obtained,which would provide the basis for comprehensive development and utilization of the Panax japonicus C.A.Mey..


In recent years, the scale of rural land transfer has gradually expanded, and the phenomenon of non-grain-oriented cultivated land has emerged. Obtaining crop planting information is of the utmost importance to guaranteeing national food security; however, the acquisition of the spatial distribution of crops in large-scale areas often has the disadvantages of excessive calculation and low accuracy. Therefore, the IO-Growth method, which takes the growth stage every 10 days as the index and combines the spectral features of crops to refine the effective interval of conventional wavebands for object-oriented classification, was proposed. The results were as follows: (1) the IO-Growth method obtained classification results with an overall accuracy and F1 score of 0.92, and both values increased by 6.98% compared to the method applied without growth stages; (2) the IO-Growth method reduced 288 features to only 5 features, namely Sentinel-2: Red Edge1, normalized difference vegetation index, Red, short-wave infrared2, and Aerosols, on the 261st to 270th days, which greatly improved the utilization rate of the wavebands; (3) the rise of geographic data processing platforms makes it simple to complete computations with massive data in a short time. The results showed that the IO-Growth method is suitable for large-scale vegetation mapping.


The technology of hydroacoustic scanning offers an efficient and widely-used source of geospatial information regarding underwater environments, providing measurement data which usually have the structure of irregular groups of points known as point clouds. Since this data model has known disadvantages, a different form of representation based on representing surfaces with simple geometric structures, such as edges and facets, is preferred for data featuring seabed surface relief and various underwater objects. In this paper, the authors propose a multiple-step approach to three-dimensional surface reconstruction from multibeam sonar measurements, relying on the proper application of various algorithms for noise reduction, data rasterization and classification. The results obtained by combining several different surface reconstruction algorithms with the proposed data processing technique were tested, and the strengths and weaknesses of each method were highlighted.


Based on the programming and management of product development process, the process modeling requirements of product development and management was analyzed. Various process modeling methods in existence have their scope of application and merits faults. Focused on the purpose of process modeling, an evaluation index system was established and applied to fuzzy evaluation. According to the evaluation result, we advanced the development direction of new modeling method based on the analysis of the shortage of the existing modeling methods.


Recently, Seoul City Authority has a plan to distribute national rental housing by SH Corporation to reflect the preferences for the apartments and to solve the budget problems of the elderly. Its because the elderly recently show their interests in national rental housing as a alternative space for independent life and in the design of the housing types. Especially in Seoul, the national rental housing for the elderly has been designed not only to live alone by themselves but also to get along with the younger generation. This study started with a hypothesis that the elderly in the national rental housing has not been satisfied with the physical environmental factors of the housing. In Korea, LH Public Corporation suggested a design criteria for the housing plan of the elderly. This model, however, mainly offered detailed guidelines for the unit plan but did not suggest guidelines for the site plan and exterior spaces. Housing for the elderly must be planned with the consideration for the exterior physical environmental factors together with the design factors of the unit plan. Therefore, this study chiefly aims to suggest the physical environmental factors which can give satisfaction to the elderly in the national rental housing through correlational analysis between the site planning factors and the residential satisfaction factor of the national rental housing for the elderly. The factors to be considered at the planning stage of the national rental housing for the elderly are as follows ; Planning a circulation road type, mixed type can make the elderly to participate outdoor sport in the housing complex. Allocating the national rental housing for the elderly at the center of the complex and placing the elder's center in the vicinity of the plaza or other exterior spaces are expected to generate successive community in the complex. Planning a multi-purpose space on the ground floor can generate community with neighbors. Planning kiosks, benches, parasol tables in the housing complex can make elderly feel like enjoying outdoor activity and generate community regardless of the weather. Designing a balcony access type core and widened balcony to secure space for planting environment is expected to provide the space with a vista for staying as well as a space for communication.


The invention discloses an NbN/WS2 multilayer coating with high hardness and low friction coefficient and a preparation method of the NbN/WS2 multilayer coating. The NbN/WS2 multilayer coating is prepared by alternatively sputtering and depositing on a substrate through a multi-target magnetron sputtering manner to form NbN nanolayers and WS2 nanolayers; the layers close to the substrate are the NbN nanolayers; the top layers are the WS2 nanolayers; the total thickness of the NbN/WS2 coating is 2.0-6.0 microns; the thickness of each NbN nanolayer is 4.0-6.0nm; the thickness of each WS2 nanolayer is 0.5-1.3nm. The preparation method of the NbN/WS2 multilayer coating comprises the following steps: putting the washed substrate in a multi-target magnetron sputtering instrument, alternatively staying in front of Nb alloy targets and WS2 targets in argon-nitrogen mixture atmosphere, adjusting power and deposition time of the Nb targets and the WS2 targets to control the thickness of each nano coating, and thus obtaining the NbN/WS2 multilayer coating. The preparation method has the advantages of simple process, high deposition speed and low cost.


Considering a temperature control system with great delay and model slow changes, a new adaptive prediction control scheme is presented in this paper. The mathematic model of this process is built based on a covered anneal gas boiler, and a disturbance compensation method is provided. The simulation results show that this method has strengthened the tracing ability and robustness of the system.


This paper explores belief and identity as expressed through the material culture of dress. It focuses on supernatural engagements through material culture linked to human and animal bodies and offers a view of the means by which everyday ritual, habit and devotion were embodied and facilitated through dress and other amulets, including contextually re-purposed coins. The evidence is primarily archaeological and derives from medieval Perthshire, a place with wide connections, and so the discussion is presented in the context of Scottish and European practices. The key themes are status, magic and belief, all three of which speak to identity. The practices they elucidate are explored primarily through jewellery and dress fittings, pilgrimage souvenirs, coins and other amulets.


The present invention relates to a process for preparing a media line (1), in particular a plastic pipe (1) with a coupling (2) comprising the steps of: • inserting an end piece (3) which serves to receive the coupling (2) in a blow mold (5), • introducing a preform (4) in the blow mold (5), so that a region (B) of the outer surface (40) of the preform (4) and a region (C) of the inner surface (30) of the end piece (3) radially overlap, and • Performing a blow molding process.


Transfer prices are the amount changed by one segment of an organization for a product or service that it supplies to another segment of the same organization. Transfer pricing is the set of rules an organization uses to allocate jointly earned revenue among responsibility centers. Transfer pricing is widely used in manufacturing industries. When the chassis for this range over transferred from manufacturing division to the assembly division, a transfer price was specified. Abuse of transfer pricing occurs when income and expenses are improperly allocated for the purpose of reducing taxable income


A solid-state beam scanner is key element for next-generation 3D sensing. To overcome problems of current solid-state beam scanners, such as small field of view, limited resolutions and difficulties in large-scale manufacturing, we previously invented a solitary vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) beam scanner based on a VCSEL waveguide/amplifier. In this paper, we proposed and demonstrated an electrical beam scanning module by integrating a tunable surface grating VCSEL to the solitary VCSEL scanner and by assisting with a diffractive optical element and prism mirror for an ultra-large field of view. We realized continuous fan beam scanning with a record field of view of >100° and obtained resolution points number of 1400. The module size could be managed within 10 mm × 6 mm × 1 mm.


Time-tested basic principles coupled with new frequency techniques, new materials, and refinements in well-known principles have been used to build a new frequency-type telemetering system which combines continuous measurement and fast response with high accuracy and stability of calibration.