While the mainstream methods of adaptive control (both linear and nonlinear) deal only with regulation to known set points or reference trajectories, in many applications the set point should be selected to achieve a maximum of an uncertain referenceto-output equilibrium map. The techniques of the so-called \extremum control" or \self-optimizing control" developed for this problem in the 1950{1960's have long gone out of fashion in the theoretical control literature because of the di culties that arise in a rigorous analytical treatment. In this paper we provide the rst proof of stability of an extremum seeking feedback scheme by employing the tools of averaging and singular perturbation analysis. Our scheme is much more general that the existing extremum control results which represent the plant as a static nonlinear map possibly cascaded with a linear dynamic block|we allow the plant to be a general nonlinear dynamic system (possibly non-a ne in control and open-loop unstable) whose reference-to-output equilibrium map has a maximum, and whose equilibria are locally exponentially stabilizable. Then we apply the extremum seeking scheme to a nonlinear model of an aeroengine compressor for which several control laws have appeared recently for stabilization of rotating stall and surge instabilities. The reference-to-pressure rise equilibrium map has a distinct maximum (which is the desired operating point) but the location of this maximum is uncertain. We demonstrate that the extremum seeking feedback can be used e ectively for maximizing the pressure rise. The actuation requirements (both the bandwidth and the magnitude limits) are much less demanding than those for stabilization of rotating stall and surge.


s ABSTRACT :A three-parameter new discrete analog of Alpha-power Weibull distribution (DAPW) is presented. Some of its fundamental distributional and reliability properties are established. Two datasets are used showing the flexibility of the proposed model. An attempt to introduce a new lifetime model as a discrete version of the continuous exponentiated exponential distribution which is called discrete exponentiated exponential distribution (DEE). a discrete analog of the continuous generalized inverted exponential distribution denoted by discrete generalized inverted exponential distribution (DGIE). The model with two real data sets is also examined. In addition, the developed DGIE is applied as color image segmentation which aims to cluster the pixels into their groups. To evaluate the performance of DGIE, a set of six color images is used, as well as it is compared with other image segmentation methods including Gaussian mixture model (GMM), K-means, and Fuzzy subspace clustering (FSC). The DGIE provides high performance than other competitive methods.


A simple method for direct excitation of Laguerre-Gaussian (LG0n) doughnut-modes in a diode-laser end-pumped solid-state laser is described. Using this scheme, lasing on the LG01, LG02 and LG03 modes has been realised in a diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser. Experimental results for laser performance are presented and compared with theoretical predictions.


Over a number of years the use of Optically Active Additives, either organic or inorganic, has increased greatly. Their use is specified by a number of fleets, both naval and commercial, around the World and their use is now expanding into concrete substrates as found in wastewater treatment plants, bridges, roadways and infrastructure. There is now an SSPC Technology Up-date (Ref 1) for the technique. There is a body of evidence that shows there can be limitations in their use under certain circumstances. These can include false positives, cost, migration, and system limitations.


ASICs are activated by extracellular acidosis, and in skeletal muscle afferents are thought to sense metabolic changes associated with ischemia and exercise. ASICs are formed as homo‐ or heterotrimers of several isoforms: ASIC1a, ‐1b, ‐2a, ‐2b, and ‐3, with each channel displaying distinct biophysical and pharmacological properties. To dissect the ASIC composition in muscle afferents, we studied the properties of pH‐evoked currents (amplitude, pH sensitivity, the kinetics of desensitization and recovery from desensitization, and pharmacological modulation) in isolated mouse skeletal muscle afferents that had been labeled using a retrograde tracer dye (DiI) injected into the gastrocnemius muscle from C57Bl6 (WT) and ASIC null mice using whole‐cell patch‐clamp. We found ASIC‐like currents in 60–70% of WT muscle afferents, and their fast kinetics of desensitization indicate that they are carried by heteromeric ASIC channels, with ASIC3 being a required component. Currents from ASIC1a −/− muscle sensory neurons were less pH sensitive and displayed faster recovery; those from ASIC2 −/− mice showed diminished potentiation by zinc; and currents ASIC3 −/− mice displayed markedly slower desensitization kinetics than those from WT mice. Finally, ASIC‐like currents were absent from triple null mice lacking ASIC1a, ‐2, and ‐3. We conclude ASICs in skeletal muscle afferents are heteromers of multiple subunits.


Let A be a finite set. A partial clone on A is a composition closed set of operations containing all projections. It is well known that the partial clones on A, ordered by inclusion, form a lattice. We show that the minimal partial clones on A are: (a) minimal clones of full operations or (b) generated by partial projections defined on a totally reflexive and totally symmetric domain.


(15%). orgánico regional PM 2.5 provenientes amazónica. La contribución regional de aerosol inorgánico secundario fue mayor con vientos provenientes del Valle del Magdalena. Los métodos presentados este trabajo serán útiles en otras megaciudades y grandes ciudades para gestionar mejor los impactos de las fuentes locales y regionales de contaminación del aire. ABSTRACT Air pollution in towns adjacent to and downwind of large cities can be similar or even higher than in the city itself. In the case of towns constituting the greater Bogotá area, with more than half a million inhabitants and strong industrial activity, little is known about the factors that affect their poor air quality. This work investigated the incremental excess of the composition and source contribution to PM 2.5 in two sites near Bogotá (Soacha: 4º35'4.59" wood combustion (23%), diesel vehicles (19%), and coal combustion at small facilities (11%). At Mosquera, they were gasoline vehicles (26%), diesel vehicles (19%), and coal combustion at small inefficient facilities (15%). The contribution of regional secondary organic aerosol to PM 2.5 was significant (19% and 15%), arriving mostly from the Orinoco basin but higher in air masses arriving from the Amazon rainforest. The regional contribution to secondary inorganic aerosols was higher with winds from the Magdalena Valley. The methods presented in this manuscript will be useful in other megacities and large cities to better manage impacts of local and regional air pollution sources.


The key application of the method of analogy in nuclear physics is discussed from the viewpoint of history of physics and methodology,using the theories of nuclear energy level,β decay and meson as example.


Two hardware architectures for implementing lifting-based discrete wavelet transform (DWT) suitable for implantable, real-time operation of high-density sensor array neuroprosthetic devices. A core computational node (CN) is designed for use in both architectures to yield maximum processor usage. The first uses multiple pipelined replicas of the CN, requiring fewer clock cycles. The second architecture reuses a single CN, thus requires less chip area but longer time delay. By utilizing the difference between the data sampling rate and available computation bandwidth, the novelty of both designs lies in the scalability to an arbitrary number of channels by interleaving the DWT computation without affecting the real-time operability. Performance comparison and overall considerations of both designs are presented in details.


The invention discloses a method for preparing a silicon dioxide/aqueous polyurethane hybrid material, which comprises: preparing an isocyanate terminated polyurethane prepolymer by reacting a polyisocyanate and a polyol in the presence of a carboxyl hydrophilic chain extender and a small molecular chain extender; adding an amino or hydroxyl silane coupling agent to react the amino or hydroxyl silane coupling agent with the polyurethane prepolymer to obtain siloxane terminated polyurethane; and adding neutralizing agent to form a salt, adding a precursor and deionized water for emulsion, and obtaining the silicon dioxide/aqueous polyurethane hybrid material with a solid content of 10 to 80 weight percent. The hybrid material has better stability at room temperature, avoids discharge of volatile organic compound (VOC) during film forming and has the advantages of environment protection and the like. In addition, besides good mechanical properties, the film made of the hybrid material has excellent water resistance, solvent resistance, thermal stability and the like. The material is widely used in fields of pain and coating.


Objective: The objective of this review is to ascertain what the literature brings with regard to the need to include psychology professionals and policies in the school staff, with the intention of preserving the teacher's mental health. Bibliographic Review: This is a research based on the Brazilian educational reality, and how the school environment can be harmful to the professional body when it is not well structured. Implementing health policies at school are real needs, that is, analyzing the fields and concentrating efforts so as not to waste time and resources, to get an answer through this proposal. Psychology, every day that passes is more necessary in all fields of social interaction, in the last decade the need for studies in the mental field has been admitted to improve and sustain good relationships, in addition to preserving the mental health of social actors. Final Considerations: The study focuses on the need to intervene directly in Brazilian basic education schools, introducing new professionals in psychology in order to ensure the health of professional teachers.


Objectives. To improve the effectiveness of chronic fibrosing pancreatitis treatment by means of low-invasive technologies with the application of high-intensity laser radiation. Methods. 20 patients with parenchymal and fibro-sclerotic chronic pancreatitis were operated on. Nine of them were men and eleven were women. The age of patients ranged from 27 to 71 years. All the patients had persistent pain and dyspeptic syndromes, with negligible effect on antispasmodics. Medical history of the disease was from 6 months to 15 years, the frequency of severe attacks requiring hospitalization was from 2 to 6 per year. The laparoscopic technique and mini laparotomic access using the O-ring retractor were performed. The diode laser device LS-0, 97 IRE-Polus (wavelength 970 nm) was used as a source of laser radiation. Results. All the patients noted the disappearance of pain, improvement of general condition, quality of life. No complications were observed in the immediate and distant period after laser tunnelization. Conclusions. The results of clinical studiestestify to the possibility of safe and effective use of laser tunnelization of pancreas in the patients with chronic pancreatitis. One of the highlights of the surgical treatment in these patients is the relief of pain and improvement of life quality.


Cloud data centers are evolving fast. At the same time, today's largescale data analytics applications require non-trivial performance tuning that is often specic to the applications, workloads, and data center infrastructure. We propose TeShu, which makes network shuing an extensible unied service layer common to all data analytics. Since an optimal shue depends on amyriad of factors, TeShu introduces parameterized shue templates, instantiated by accurate and ecient sampling that enables TeShu to dynamically adapt to dierent application workloads and data center layouts. Our preliminary experimental results show that TeShu eciently enables shuing optimizations that improve performance and adapt to a variety of data center network scenarios.


In this paper, the problem of optimal gradient lossless compression in Deep Neural Network (DNN) training is considered. Gradient compression is relevant in many distributed DNN training scenarios, including the recently popular federated learning (FL) scenario in which each remote users are connected to the parameter server (PS) through a noiseless but rate limited channel. In distributed DNN training, if the underlying gradient distribution is available, classical lossless compression approaches can be used to reduce the number of bits required for communicating the gradient entries. Mean field analysis has suggested that gradient updates can be considered as independent random variables, while Laplace approximation can be used to argue that gradient has a distribution approximating the normal (Norm) distribution in some regimes. In this paper we argue that, for some networks of practical interest, the gradient entries can be well modelled as having a generalized normal (GenNorm) distribution. We provide numerical evaluations to validate that the hypothesis GenNorm modelling provides a more accurate prediction of the DNN gradient tail distribution. Additionally, this modeling choice provides concrete improvement in terms of lossless compression of the gradients when applying classical fix-to-variable lossless coding algorithms, such as Huffman coding, to the quantized gradient updates. This latter results indeed provides an effective compression strategy with low memory and computational complexity that has great practical relevance in distributed DNN training scenarios.


Pediatrics is the branch of medicine dealing with children and their diseases. Injury & Violence are major killers of children and adolescents under the age of 18 years throughout the world, and are responsible for about 950000 deaths each year. Unnatural childhood deaths are not only associated with intense trauma and separation distress, but also relate to a sense of self neglect to protect children from harm. Out of 532 autopsies performed during the study period from January 2010 to December 2013, 87 victims belongs to the pediatric age group, were autopsied at the Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology at J.J.M.Medical College's, Bapuji hospital and Research center, Davangere. The purposes of this study were to report the autopsy findings of unnatural child deaths, and to identify the prevalence of specific factors such as age, sex, postmortem findings, cause of death and manner of death. The adolescent age group (12-18 years) were most commonly affected, with a significant male preponderance. Many of the cases were accidental in nature with road traffic accident being the greatest cause. Other causes were assaults, burns, drowning, falls, snakebite, stings, There was much coexistence of the parameters typical of both industrialization and population explosion in developing countries, indicating the epidemiological transition. It is important to find out the origin and causes of childhood deaths to guide health policies in preventing the unnatural deaths. Besides, different legal approaches are also needed for different causes. KEYWORDS: Pediatric autopsy; Unnatural childhood deaths; Cause of death; Manner of death Language: en


Design of smart risk assessment system for the agricultural products and the food safety inspection based on multivariate data analysis is studied in this paper. The designed quality traceability system also requires the collaboration and cooperation of various companies in the supply chain, and a unified database, including agricultural product identification system, code system and security status system, is required to record in detail the trajectory and status of agricultural products in the logistics chain. For the improvement, the multivariate data analysis is combined. Hadoop cannot be used on hardware with high price and high reliability. Even for groups with high probability of the problems, HDFS will continue to use when facing problems, and at the same time. Hence, the core model of HDFS is applied into the system. In the verification part, the analytic performance is simulated.


Six structurally hybridized compounds between the mite alarm pheromone neryl formate [(Z)-3,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadienyl formate] and the aggregation pheromone lardolure [1R,3R, 5R,7R-1,3,5,7-tetramethyldecyl formate] were prepared by inserting a methyl residue to 3,7-dimethyloctyl formate skeleton. Compounds possessing allylic Z-double bond in the molecule demonstrated strong repellent activity against the dried fruit mite Carpoglyphus lactis, whereas ones possessing no allylic double bonds behaved as the aggregation kairomone against the same species. Compounds with allylic E-double bond indicated no peculiar activity. As the simplified compound, six 1-methylalkyl formates were prepared. All compounds at 10,000 ppm doses reproduced a state of conflict; motivation for escape at the center and for aggregation at the periphery while the same compounds at 1000, 100 and 10 ppm doses manifested aggregation kairomone activity exclusively.


biographical Notice of Menuret. JEAN Jacques Menitret, bora at Montelimart, in 1733, displayed, from his infancy, the happiest disposition to learning. After having terminated, in a distinguished manner, his course of Humanities, he went to Montpellier to study medicine, which, in that celebrated university, has been almost constantly professed with eclat. Mennret followed, through preference, the lessons of Antoine Fizes, whose extravagant opinions he too often adopted. Adorned with the diploma, he united private study with the public duties of his profession. Diderot and Dalembert, at that period, executed an enterprize sufficient to immortalize them: they la. boured, with indefatigable ardour and prodigious talent, in the continuation of the Encyclopedia which they had created. Admitted amongst the number of architects of that grand monument


The Confluence Model was the first empirical multifactorial integration of the risk factors that contribute to sexual aggression, particularly among non-criminal males, with a corresponding attempt at theoretical understanding of these factors. This chapter elaborates on the latest version of this model, which incorporates both factors contributing to antisocial behaviour generally (i.e., home background of abuse, antisocial tendencies in adolescence, impersonal sexuality, narcissistic personality, and low empathy) and those specific to sexual aggression (i.e., hostility towards women, attitudes supporting violence against women, and sexual arousal to rape). The various risk factors function as in a 'cocktail mixture' in a synergistic manner. High levels of the general antisocial component seem more relevant to criminal populations whereas non-criminal samples have lower scores on this component. A large amount of cross-sectional and some longitudinal data support this model in various ethnic groups from the general population and some criminal samples. Additional data demonstrate how the characterological risk factors interact with situational variables, such as pornography and alcohol use, to increase the risk for sexual aggression.

Keywords:

alcohol;
antisocial;
confluence model;
hostility towards women;
pornography;
risk factors;
sexual aggression


In recent days, all manufacturing industries pay more attention to increase their productivity and customer satisfaction for gaining more profit and improving quality of products. Development in the agricultural area increasing day by day due to new technologies, equipments and tools. So, there is a large scope of research in field of agricultural equipments and their improvement.Day by day,due to number of increasing manufacturing industry, the compititions between industries rapidly increases.So,for increased productivity and profit ,the company must investigate the defects occurring in the manufacturing product and try to solve all the issue. This research include the improvement of the welding process done on Robotic Welding Machine. MIG (metal inert gas) welding parameters like current, voltage and speed are selected to obtain optimum strength from welding. Optimum combination of parameters is obtained by Taguchi method.


Abstract Background: Oral cancer remains one of the most debilitating and disfiguring of all malignancies. The survival rates for oral cancer vary, depending on several factors. Although p63 is an accepted prognostic marker in various other carcinomas, no consensus has been obtained till date regarding the applicability of p63 as a prognostic marker in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (SCC). Aim and Objectives: The present study was conducted to determine the applicability of p63 as a prognostic marker in oral squamous cell carcinomas (OSCC) using incisional biopsies. Materials and Methods: Incisional biopsies of 27 candidates who were histopathologically diagnosed with SCC (8070/3) of the oral cavity (C06.9) (OSCC) between January 2013 and June 2014 were included in the trial. Sections were subjected to immunohistochemistry with p63 as the primary antibody. The percentage p63 expression was calculated and compared based on their Broders' and Anneroth's multifactorial grading systems with the overall survival status of the patients. Results and Observations: A statistically significant increase (P = 0.0203) was found between p63 expression and the histological grading of the tumor (from Grade I OSCC to Grade III OSCC). Similarly, a statistically significant correlation (P = 0.013) was obtained between mean Anneroth score (MAS) and the Broders' grading. Log-rank (Mantel-Cox) test showed statistical significance for the survival curves when the candidates were classified based on % p63 expression (P = 0.0049) and MAS (P = 0.0003). Conclusion: We have shown expression of p63 to correlate with survival in OSCCs, where high expression was seen in tumors with poorer survival after treatment. Furthermore, the usage and importance of Anneroth's multifactorial grading system over Broders' grading system in routine histopathological reporting for incisional biopsies of OSCCs is stressed.


Renewable energy is rapidly penetrating power systems worldwide, particularly in the form of wind and solar power. These sources of clean energy, however, have two features that complicate the operation of an electricity system: they are stochastic and as such can be forecast only with a certain degree of accuracy, and nondispatchable or only partly dispatchable, that is, they cannot increase their production whenever requested by the system operator. In this article, we first outline the impact of these renewable energy sources on power system operations and briefly describe potential market solutions being explored to facilitate their integration. We then place emphasis on those solutions based on upgrading current market-clearing tools using techniques of optimization under uncertainty, in particular, stochastic programming and robust optimization. The application of stochastic programming to electricity markets is illustrated through a series of friendly examples, while the robust optimization approach is briefly described. The article concludes with a summary of its content, an overview of the main conclusions drawn therein, and a discussion on future prospects in the field of renewable energy sources in electricity markets.

Keywords:

renewable energy;
electricity markets;
market-clearing mechanisms;
power system operations;
stochastic programming;
robust optimization


An attempt has been made to describe recent views on segregated layers and native oxide layers formed on the surface of high-purity iron based alloys by applying angle-resolved x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (AR-XPS). It is worth mentioning that AR-XPS is suitable for characterizing thin surface layers non-destructively, since their thickness is nanometer order of magnitude, being comparable to inelastic mean free paths of X-ray photoelectrons. This overview focuses the results on surface segregated layers of alloying and impurity elements such as chromium, phosphorus and sulfur in those alloys. It is also indicated that the amount of surface segregated chromium considerably affects formation of a native oxide layer in iron base alloys.


At present many kinds of burner were applied to EAF,and it is introduced a burner which was used co-gas,it will be useful for some mini-mill.


This paper puts forward a modeling approach for oscillating series based on an optimized grey power model with first-order one-variable (abbreviated as GPM(1,1). An optimization method is used to determine the initial value in GPM(1,1) model, and furthermore, the parameters in the model are optimized by utilizing a non-linear programming model. The results show that the modeling approach proposed in this paper can reflect the fluctuation of original data and be solved handily using a computer. The range of application of Grey Model is further extended to forecast oscillating series. The effectiveness of the optimized GPM(1,1) model is demonstrated by an actual case study.


The energy efficiency that can be provided through Arithmetic Logic Unit design is seemingly infinite. Identifying areas that can offer the greatest percentage of improvement is important to continue towards a greener technology sector. An example program design that checks for the occurrences of words in a sentence is first described. This program is then processed by four separate ALU designs which utilize Look-up Tables and their energy consumption is then compared. The effect of modifying an ALU's design towards energy efficiency is shown by this comparison. Different ALU designs can be shown to give a decrease of nearly 1% in total energy consumption when applied to the same program design. Keywords— Look Up Table, Energy Consumption, Arithmetic Logic Unit


In this article the main question is the semantic anatomy of Kaaba and its different aspects, especially the relationships between its symbolic structure and its meaningful significations; moreover the spiritual and symbolical functions of Kaaba is studied here. In this research this question has been answered that how Kaaba is a natural Mandala? And which qualities it has? and what are the hidden significations of this central structure? In this article, symbology, comparative studies and especially interpretive hermeneutics and hermeneutic analysis has been used as method to reach results; and also deductive reasoning and analogies has been used to reach the hidden meanings and significations of this key construction in the world; it has been tried to show some esoteric meanings; the meanings of it's form and qualities have been discovered here and for this goal Islamic interpretations and the concepts in celestial Book of Muslims and also Islamic philosophy and Sophia has been used. Some main results reached in this article is that Kaaba is the largest natural and alive Mandala in the world which has been formed in a human-architectural construction and hajjis or circumambaltors are elements of this huge alive Mandala; with their presence in it, they experience "Integral Unity" with the world and cosmos and other beings; also Kaaba is Axix Mundi and center of the world according to Fardis Feizbakhsh et al Research Article 1447 IJBPAS, December, 2015, 4(12), Special Issue Islamic cosmology; Kaaba is a symbol of central position of Godhood that all the world and being is turning around it.


We used the Data Envelopment Analysis Model to calculate the Relative Efficiency,Technical Progress Total Factor Productivity of railroad,road,waterway,commercial aviation and pipeline' freight transportation,discovered that the railroad efficiency is the best,each transportation way is at the good development condition.Then consider the characteristics of transportation industry,we finally give some proposals to make some progress in transportation.


This thesis is the most comprehensive phylogenetic study on the fungal spore-feeding thrips in over three decades since its last systematics framework was published in year 1983. It uses morphotaxonomy, comparative morphology and contemporary phylogenetic methods to infer a phylogenetic framework to test hypotheses of the composition of natural lineages, their relationships and character evolution. The research has laid groundwork for future study of the systematics and character evolution of this largely neglected insect taxon.


This qualitative study investigated perceptions of illness among cardiovascular patients before and after undergoing coronary artery bypasses grafting (CABG) surgery at a central hospital in the eastern region of Thailand. Data were collected from December 2011 to May 2012. Altogether 75 patients who had CABG surgery were recruited as informants. The data were collected from 7 patients through narrative interviews and 68 patients through semi-structured interviews. Home visits were also made to conduct participant observation, additional in-depth interviews were conducted with medical experts, and medical records were reviewed to triangulate the data. The data were analyzed using narrative and content analysis. The findings are grouped into two stages: pre-surgery and post-surgery periods. The patients' pre-surgery perceptions included noticing warning signs of illness; perceiving heart surgery as a terrifying and life-threatening experience; and recognizing the causes of the illnesses that led to the surgery. Perceptions in the post-operational period involved accepting their predicament, finding refuge in religion and dispelling the fear of death. The findings suggest that the prevention of cardiovascular diseases and the development of holistic rehabilitation programs for CABG surgery patients should take into consideration socio-cultural factors in addition to physical treatment.


bibliography. The key achievement of the book is to produce a detailed and nuanced account of this critical period in the development of a colonial archaeology in the service of a modern imperial project. As the book demonstrates, French military officers and other colonial servants played multiple roles that were critical in establishing and institutionalizing archaeology in its colonial framework. Nonetheless, the story presented by Effros is more complicated than one might imagine. This was not simply a case of the French military-dominated administration using every opportunity to promote the past as historical antecedent of the present (though Effros provides some spectacular examples of that tendency); it also emerges that the army was directly implicated in some appalling acts of destruction of Roman sites and ruins. The most paradoxical example of this concerns the Roman legionary fortress of Lambaesis, over the top of which the French decided to establish a penitentiary for political prisoners and undesirables following the 1848 insurrection in metropolitan France. In addition to the substantial damage to the site that the prison's construction caused, there is a rich irony that some of the early (expatriated French) inmates became passionate explorers of the local antiquities—thus, inadvertently supporting the colonial policies of the regime that had incarcerated them for political reasons. Effros also touches on the fact that the violent appropriation of the Roman past by French colonists involved an equally disruptive expropriation of the Classical heritage of the indigenous population. It would have been good to have followed this theme through to its post-colonial end, as the damage done by this mischievous colonialist discourse lives on throughout the Maghreb, with modern populations still feeling disconnected from their protohistoric and Roman past and a correspondingly underdeveloped appreciation of the contributions of the region's indigenous people to the civilization and achievements of Africa in the Roman empire. This is not always an easy book to read. The minutely detailed nature of the historical account and the piling up of example on example can be exhausting, especially when the narrative circles back to an event already covered in an earlier chapter, but that is not to deny the quality of the scholarship or the rewards to be gained by persevering in following the endnote trails. The book will be a valuable source for archaeologists of Roman Africa; colonial, political, and cultural historians; and those interested in post-colonial analysis in general. This is a richly documented study of the formation of colonial archaeology in Algeria, but with major implications for other contemporary colonial ventures by France and her European rivals. It is to be hoped that a French translation will follow, so that this book will find its fullest audience among Maghrebian scholars.


Abstract This article analyzes the recent effort to change Italy's Constitution. It provides background on post-Second World War developments and continues by briefly describing the context of the Italian transition. The main part of the article is devoted to the project of the Parliamentary Commission on Constitutional Reforms, which the Italian Chamber set aside in June 1998. The document is evaluated within the framework of the long history of institutional reform and in the light of the debate on the drive to turn Italy's traditionally consensual democracy into one that is majoritarian. The ambiguities of the solutions are sketched and their continuity with Italy's practice of blurred governance underlined, explaining why the attempt failed.


The amplitude and phase errors existing in array's channels cause the deteriorated performance of the high-resolution spatial algorithms for GNSS Interference direction detection.In this paper,a self-calibration algorithm was applied to GNSS receiver array channels for amplitude and phase error correction.The algorithm requires no pre-knowledge of the direction of the interferences.Based on the estimation of the number of interferences and by using an iterative way,the algorithm can estimate the interferences' DOA in the case when amplitude and phase errors exist.Multiple interferences can be corrected at the same time.Simulation results show that the algorithm can effectively improve the stability of the MUSIC algorithm and improve the resolution and estimation accuracy for multi-interferences.There is a good prospect for the application of the proposed method in GNSS receiver array element calibration.


Process latitude, especially depth of focus (DOF), is an ever-growing concern to semiconductor and thin film head (TFH) manufacturers. It is well known that as lithographers pursue smaller linewidth resolution through the use of larger numerical apertures (NA) and smaller exposure wavelengths, DOF continues to shrink. TFH manufacturers are faced with the additional burdens of thick resist and high aspect ratios. One successful method of regaining a portion of the lost DOF in i-line reduction lithography is the use of phase shift masks. There are a variety of phase shift mask types that typically involve a conventional chrome mask with an added layer of shifter material adjacent to specific geometries. Another type, without added shifter material, requires a second etch into the quartz substrate. Compared to conventional masks, these mask types require additional patterning and processing steps. Because of their high cost and technical limitations, phase shift masks are frequently used only for contact layers in i-line processes. Attenuated embedded phase shift (AEPS) masks have the potential to improve depth of focus for 1X g/h-line systems. Because the shifter material is incorporated in the substrate, these masks can be patterned and processed similar to conventional chrome masks. Consequently, their cost is much lower than other phase shift mask types and their applications are not limited by dense geometries.


A hose holder system includes a rigid holder having a substantially vertical section and a substantially horizontal section. A flexible sling movably couples with the substantially horizontal section and includes a first flap and a second flap. A hose couples with the rigid holder through the sling, the hose coupled between the first flap and second flap, the sling supporting a portion of the hose in a position substantially parallel with the substantially horizontal section of the rigid holder. A swiveling base is coupled with the rigid holder and includes an opening therethrough through which the hose passes substantially perpendicularly. In implementations the hose holder system is configured to allow the hose to contact no rigid element of the hose holder system between the opening and a dispenser during use. The hose may enter the sling at an about 90 degree angle and exit at an about 30-35 degree angle.


Subsurface drip irrigation offers many advantages for management of water and nutrients, but its
effectiveness may be limited by weather or soil conditions. Solving soil problems, such as compaction, in subsurface drip
irrigation systems is understandably difficult using deep tillage. We hypothesized that the need for deep tillage in
conservation tillage systems may be reduced if the compacted soil layers are kept moist enough for root growth. A twoyear
experiment that included wheat, soybean, and cotton under no-tillage culture was conducted with subsurface drip
irrigation. The irrigation system had been used for five years before this experiment and provided two irrigation drip line
spacings (1 m and 2 m) and three irrigation amounts (6, 9, and 12 mm/application). Irrigated soybean yields were greater
than rainfed in one of the two years. No differences in yield occurred among irrigation drip line spacing or irrigation
amounts. Also, neither cotton nor wheat yields were increased by irrigation. Observations during the growing seasons,
cotton root observations after harvest, and soil strength measurements during the spring indicate that considerable soil
compaction occurred at very shallow soil depths (< 5 cm) and restricted root growth. This compaction probably limited
the efficacy of subsurface drip irrigation, which was located at the 30-cm depth. Based on these results, it appears that
strategies must be developed to reduce soil strength to obtain optimum no-tillage crop production with subsurface drip
irrigation on these soils.


The compound LLPNP crystallizes in orthorhombic system, P21 21 21 space group with four molecules in the asymmetric unit. The crystal data for LLPNP is tabled. The lysine molecule (C1-C6/N1/N2/O1/O2) is protonated while the paranitrophenol molecule is deprotonated (C7-C12/N3/O3/O4/O5). The paranitrophenol moiety makes a dihedral angle of 85.87 (9)° with the lysine moiety which shows that they are almost orthogonal to each other. The phenyl ring adopts a planar conformation with C7 atom having a maximum deviation of 0.0013 (14) Å. The oxygen atom O3 attached with the phenyl ring deviates by 0.0004 (1) Å. The nitro group (N3/O4/O5) makes a dihedral angle of 2.63 (1)° with the phenyl ring to which it is attached.


Western Cabinets is a short in-class teaching case that challenges students to decide whether the firm's issues are strategy or strategy execution. The case offers diverse options for the instructor to analyze strategy such as Porter's low costs/differentiation model and value chain analysis. The case and teaching notes also offer the instructor an opportunity to explore the firm's strategy from a business model by analyzing the value logic of the firm. Instructors can operationalize the strategy execution discussion through Simons' Levers of Control framework or Kaplan and Norton's Balanced Scorecard.


This study aimed to investigate the bacterial load and antibiotic susceptibility of bacteria isolated from uncooked eggs, with the goal of assessing potential health risks associated with their consumption. Six uncooked egg samples were collected, including samples from the eggshell, egg yolk, egg albumen, and their mixture. Bacterial enumeration was performed using the serial dilution and pour plate method on nutrient agar and MacConkey agar. Bacterial isolates were identified based on morphological and biochemical characteristics using Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology. Antibiotic susceptibility testing was conducted using the disc diffusion method on Mueller Hinton agar. The mean total bacterial load in the egg samples ranged from 3.6 x 10^4 to 5.0 x 104 CFU/ml, with coliforms ranging from 2.5 x 103 to 3.0 x 104 colony-forming unit per ml. A total of 48 isolates were obtained and identified, consisting of 13 Gram-negative and 35 Gram-positive bacteria. The identified bacteria exhibited varied susceptibility and resistance patterns to antibiotics. Gram-negative bacteria showed 100% susceptibility to gentamycin, ofloxacin, pefloxacin, and ciprofloxacin, except for Neisseria denitrificans, while demonstrating 100% resistance to nitrofurantoin, augmentin, and ceftriaxone. Most Gram-positive bacteria were susceptible to Pefloxacin and Streptomycin. Some isolates displayed resistance to multiple antibiotic classes, with Micrococcus varians and Bacillus laterosporus showing resistance to 6 and 7 different classes of antibiotics, respectively. The study findings emphasize the potential health risks associated with consuming uncooked eggs due to the presence of multiple antibiotic-resistant bacteria. These findings highlight the importance of proper cooking and handling practices for eggs to minimize the risk of foodborne infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria. It underscores the need for awareness and implementation of appropriate food safety measures to safeguard public health.


Cell migrations are vital for the development of multicellular organisms and require precise spatial and temporal regulation. Interestingly, the migratory cell itself undergoes change during its migration, so temporal development is an important consideration in examining its dynamic cell biology. We are studying the male linker cell, an individual cell in C. elegans that directs the development of the male gonad by carrying out a complex, long‐range migration. During the mid‐third larval stage, we observed the downregulation of one of two C. elegans netrin receptors, unc‐5. We show that this downregulation is required for the linker cell to respond differentially to netrin, an extracellular matrix protein present along the ventral bodywall when turning. During the fourth larval stage, we observe changes in linker cell shape, the membrane localization of the Rac homology, MIG‐2, and the expression of a zinc metalloprotease, zmp‐1. In an RNAi screen of 508 transcription factors, we identified nhr‐67, the ortholog of the Drosophila tailless and vertebrate Tlx genes, to be required for normal linker cell migration. We show that nhr‐67/tailless/Tlx functions cell autonomously in the linker cell to execute each of the third and fourth larval stage changes described. We propose that a series of transcriptional regulators, like nhr‐67/tailless/Tlx, controls temporal subsets of the linker cell migration program.


During the period March 13-24, 1958, two major storms moved northeastward along the Atlantic coast with very similar evolution and development. Although both storms decelerated near New England, their subsequent behavior was quite different. The earlier storm weakened aa a secondary Low to its east intensified and moved into the central Atlantic Ocean. The following storm maintained its intensity after becoming stationary, and the weak secondary which formed to its east moved rapidly into the Atlantic Ocean. The weather associated with these two storms was typical of east coast developing Lows, with heavy precipitation and snow accumulations causing severe economic losses as transportation, power, and telephone services were disrupted. Other Monthly Weather Review articles [2, 5, 141 have dealt with various aspects of the formation and deepening of east coast Lows; the authors will investigate here some of the causes for the differences in the post-development behavior of these two storms. The charts shown in the illustrations are the operational ones used in the National Weather Analysis Center.


Introduction: Injectable hyaluronic acid is regarded as the gold standard treatment in the aesthetic correction of wrinkles, loss of contour, and restoration...


This completely revised and updated third edition to the Young Oxford Companion to the Congress of the United States (1994) and The Congress of the United States: A Student Companion, second edition (2001) contains more than 200 articles, arranged alphabetically, that provide a concise and easy-to-use guide to the people, issues, vocabulary, and activities of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. In this third edition, there are new articles on 4 House and Senate leaders: Tom DeLay, Bill Frist, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid. There are also 5 new articles on the Capitol Visitors Center, Homeland Security, Nuclear option, Recess appointments (including a chart of recent statistics), and Association of the Centers for Congressional Studies. There are updates to 24 articles: Advice and consent; African Americans in Congress; Appropriations; Campaign financing; Chisholm, Shirley; Commemoratives, Constituent services; Constitutional amendments; Daschle, Tom; Dress; Ethics; Filibuster; Hastert, Dennis; Hispanic Americans; Lott, Trent; Mansfield, Mike; Media coverage; Nominations; Reapportionment; Records of Congress; Reporters of Debate; Salaries; Voting; War Powers. Several of the tables are also revised: Apportionment of the House of Representatives; Committees; Lame duck sessions; Longest serving members; Majority leaders; Vetoes; and the Congresses list in the appendix. All of the back matter is thoroughly updated. Visiting Congress has information on new security procedures; Doing Research is expanded to include new books and a new section on websites. The bibliographies both at the back of the book and for each of the entries are thoroughly updated. This book serves not only students in middle school and high school American history courses, but will also be suitable for the public library market and online applications.


The commercialization of the mild hybrid is impeded by the demands of a lightweight, compact yet efficient bidirectional DC/DC converter between 48V system and the conventional 12V system. With conventional Si-based design, the converter operating frequency is typically less than 70 kHz, resulting in a bulky system with 1-2kW/L power density and no more than 95% efficiency. In this paper, a bi-directional 3.5kW 48V/12V converter is designed using low voltage GaN devices from EPC. Due to the superior performance of GaN devices, the switching frequency of the converter can be pushed to over 200kHz and the whole converter volume and weight are significantly reduced. In the meantime, thanks to the high frequency operation, PCB winding coupled inductors with −0.6 coupling coefficient are adopted to further shrink the system size and simplify the manufacture process. As a result, the converter reaches over 8.7kW/L power density with 97.5% peak efficiency, which are far beyond the current Si practice.


Industry-University relations from the industry perspective : - Is there a connection between the companies´absorptive capacity (ACAP) and the values and barriers of these relations


Images acquired by a visual system are critically degraded under the hazy and foggy weather, which will exert bad influence on several computer vision applications like remote sensing, intelligent vehicles, and visual surveillance detection, tracking, and recognition of objects. Thus, reconstructing the true scene from such a foggy image is very important. In this paper, we have adopted a segmentation method on fog degraded images containing large sky region as restoring the foggy images comprising of sky region is a very difficult task. Here, we presented different issues related to poor visibility in foggy weather condition. Then, we investigated existing image defogging algorithms based on atmospheric scattering model, fusion based strategy, dark channel prior and filtering approach with relative advantages and shortcomings. Most of the existing techniques fail to enhance image from fog degraded input image comprising the sky areas. This challenge is solved in our approach by adopting an FCM clustering based segmentation method. The experimental results demonstrate that by using this segmentation method, the foggy image with the sky region shows better results than other existing defogging algorithms that make it suitable to use in many computer vision based real-time applications.


The present invention relates to a device for protecting the knee joint of the skier (S). Device is mounted on the ski boot (2) having a 履用 portion covered by the color (21), first connecting means which is fixed to the collar (21) of the boot (2) (22a, 22b, 23) When, and a shell (10) at least partially covering the front of the tibia (T) of the skier (S), the shell (10) includes an upper (11) which is arranged in the region of the knee of the skier, boots (2) extending between the lower (12) covering a portion of the collar (21) of the shell (10) is in contact with the knee in each side of the knee to the upper (11) At least skier (S) of the femoral condyle side flanges (11a, 11b) in contact with (CF) support the color (21) portion of the lower (12), the boot (2) of the shell (10) with covers in, the solid in color (21) of the boot (2) And a second connecting means that is complementary (12a, 12b) relative to the boot first connecting means of the color of (2) (21) (22a, 22b) so as to be.


Over the past decade, there has been a discernible rise in the number of wellness centers and fitness studios in urban cities in India. These centers are spatial manifestations of the rise in a particular type of "self-care" regimes and "body projects" in modern social imaginary prevalent in urban India, predominantly enabled by the rise of middle-class consumer culture. While the literature on fitness spaces and wellness clubs in Western contexts is instructive to a very large extent, the local particularities of consumption experiences in non-Western contexts require contextualized empirical research in order to better inform modern theories of consumption. This article is a study of a wellness center in the South Indian city of Chennai. Using ethnographic methods, I attempt to unpack the experience of consuming wellness in a space that ostensibly claims to remedy the ills of modern living while doing so in a culturally traditional and "Indian" manner. I show how the experiences of predominantly middle-class consumers here are dictated not by a sentimental attachment to tradition or locality, but by a vocabulary of speaking that primarily favors a language of consumer choice and rational decision-making. Whether or not that is the case, the way in which consumption of an "Indian" brand of wellness occurs demonstrates the stronghold of the language of consumer choice making the space at the wellness center a performative arena for self-identity formation to occur.


In the States of Washington and Alaska, mass marking salmon through the method of ar. THIS PAPER MAY BE CITED IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER: Till, J. 2003. Proposed thermal marks for salmon from British Columbia for brood year 2003. (NPAFC Doc. 711) 4 p. Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Nanaimo, British Columbia , Canada V9T 1K3. NPAFC Doc. 711 Rev.


SUMMARY EUROFORM is a sectorial UETP in micro-electronics approved by COMETT 2 for strands A, Ba, Ca and Cc. Twenty companies and 32 universities and research centres from five countries ( France, Germany, Italy, Spain and, since 1992, Ireland) are members of EUROFORM. The pilot project, strand Cc, called the European Didactic and Resource Centre involves four complementary actions: ( 1) a reflection centre, for seminars of specialists in charge of the study of the evolution of the specificity and of the definition of the educative programme, ( 2) a school for instructors and engineers who occasionally have to intervene in their companies, ( 3) an experimental centre where new trainings are elaborated and tested before being transferred to the Ca strand and ( 4) a resource centre in charge of the realization and publication of writing and video documents.


(E)-3-(4-((1H-imidazol-1-yl)methyl)Phenyl)acrylic acid was used to form self-assembled films on iron surface.The protection abilities of the films against iron corrosion were investigated using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and polarization curves techniques.Quantum chemical calculations were used to explain the experimental results to some extent.The electrochemical measurements results indicate that films of(E)-3-(4-((1H-imidazol-1-yl)methyl)Phenyl)acrylic acid can from on the iron surface spontaneously and longer immersion time of the iron electrode in the solution will result in stronger inhibition ability of the films.


The "Atom Technology" project started in fiscal 1992 as one of MITI's 10 year projects, aims at systematically establishing technology for handling individual atoms and molecules on a solid surface or in a three-dimensional space, as a generic technology for various fields of industry. This project, closely adjacent to science, emphasizes the following three key focuses: atom manipulation, nanoscale self-organization, and critical-state phase control, with two basic approaches of in situ dynamical observation (experimental) as well as ab initio calculation (theoretical). In this article, several topics were picked up from recent activities at the Joint Research Center for Atom Technology (JRCAT) for Phase I of the initial 6 years (1992–1997) and some technical details were described: (1) ultrathin SiO2 on Si(001) surfaces; layer-by-layer oxidation, its kinetics, scanning reflection electron microscopy observation, and scanning tunneling microscopy observation of leakage sites; (2) growth and transport of ...


ABSTRACT A previously undescribed 62-kDa protein(p62) that does not contain phosphotyrosine but, neverthe-less, binds specifically to the isolated src homology 2 (SH2)domainof p56lck hasbeenidentified. Theadditional presenceoftheuniqueN-terminalregionof p56lck preventsp62bindingto the SH2domain. However, phosphorylation at Ser-59 (oralternatively, its mutationto Glu) reverses theinhibition andallows interaction ofthe p56Ick SH2domainwith p62. More-over,p62is associatedwitha serine/threonine kinaseactivityand also binds to ras GTPase-activating protein, a negativeregulator of the ras signaling pathway. Thus, phosphoty-rosine-independent binding ofp62 to the p56Ick SH2domainappears to provide an alternative pathwayfor p56Ick signalingthat is regulated by Ser-59 phosphorylation.In manycell types, mitogenic signals seem to be transducedfrom cell surface to nucleus by initial activation of plasma-membrane-proximal tyrosine kinases and subsequent activa-tion ofdown-stream transducers including


Partial nephrectomy was performed on a patient of twelve years, having adenocarcinoma of kidney with duplex ureter. The two segments of kidney had independent blood supply. Operation was based on the evidence that if adenocarcinoma is localized to the kidney, then removal of the involved kidney alone is associated with long term survival (JPMA : 34 39, 1 984).


4609 Background: The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is a potentially important target in PC. Benefit from erlotinib (Tarceva), an oral EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor has been associated with the presence of a skin rash. The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of erlotinib, dosed to achieve a rash, in patients (pts) with PC.

METHODS
Erlotinib was given at an initial dose of 150 mg/day to eligible pts with locally advanced (LA) or metastatic PC who had progressed or were unable to tolerate gemcitabine-based chemotherapy. The dose of erlotinib was increased by 50mg every 2 weeks (maximum 300 mg/day) until > grade 1 rash (CTCAE v 3.0) or other dose-limiting toxicities occurred. Erlotinib pharmacokinetic (PK) studies were performed. Baseline tumor tissue was collected for analysis of Kras mutations, EGFR by IHC and FISH. The primary endpoint of this two- stage phase II trial was prolonged disease control (PR + SD > 8 wks) with a rate of >20% assumed to be significant .

RESULTS
Fifty pts were accrued (median age 61, M:F = 25:25, ECOG 0:1:2 = 5:41:4, LA:Metastatic = 5:45, prior gemcitabine none:adjuvant:palliative = 2:16:35). 47 and 40 pts were evaluable for toxicity and response, respectively. Dose-escalation to 200-300 mg of erlotinib was possible in 9 pts. Most common treatment adverse events (TAEs) of any grade were: rash (35 pts, 74.5%), diarrhea (18 pts, 38.3 %), and fatigue (8 pts, 17%). Grade 3+ TAEs were rash in 2 pts and diarrhea in 2 pts. Best response was SD in 14 pts, 0.35 (95% CI: 0.2-0.5). Prolonged disease control (SD > 8 wks) was observed in 10/40 evaluable pts, 0.25 (95% CI: 0.12-0.38), which met the primary study endpoint. Median TTP was 1.6 mo (95% CI:1.6-2.1), mOS 4.1 mo (95% CI:3.2-7.3), and 6 mo OS rate was 39% (95%CI: 24-61%). PK and correlative data are being analyzed and will be presented.

CONCLUSIONS
Erlotinib is associated with prolonged stable disease in a subset of pts with advanced refractory PC. Dose escalation in the absence of toxicity is feasible and safe. [Table: see text].


The implementation of the study has some purpose of knowing: 1) How mediator'srole in the divorce mediation at Singkawang Religious Court. 2) How the successrate of the divorce mediation at Singkawang Religious Court. 3) What are theobstacle factors for mediator judges in the divorce mediation at SingkawangReligious Court. This study used empirical normative legal research (applied lawresearch). In addition uses a descriptive qualitative approach. This study uses twodata sources, there are primary data sources obtained from research subjects, as wellas secondary data sources consisting of primary and secondary legal materials. Thisstudy uses structured interview techniques and documentation. Data analysistechniques uses are reduction, presentation then verification the data. Then, usedtechnique of rechecking all of the data and information (member check) obtainedfrom the data collected. Through the findings obtained from the results of theanalysis of data that have been studied in this study, it can be concluded that: 1)Mediator judges in carrying out his role to reconcile the parties in divorce mediationat Singkawang Religious Court following Supreme Court Regulation Number 1 of2016 on Mediation Procedures. However, the final mediation is entirely based onthe parties' will. 2) The success rate of mediation at Singkawang Religious Courtis low. 3) Factors that inhibit mediators in mediation at Singkawang Religious Courtare difficulty of reconciling the parties who have complicated problems in thehousehold, the absence of either litigant, the absence of goodwill of the parties orone party, the parties strong desire to divorce and position of the judge as a mediatorcauses a limited quantity of mediators.


Process calculi like CCS have been motivated and studied operationally, thus from the outset lacking the abstract mathematical treatment provided by a domain theory. Consequently, concurrency has become a rather separate study; in particular, higher-order and functional features as known from sequential programming are most often treated in an ad hoc fashion, if at all. The study of presheaf models of processes [3, 14] can be seen as an attempt to bring concurrency back within the realm of traditional denotational semantics by providing a domain theory for concurrent computation. Much of the work so far [4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 27] has concentrated on developing the domain theory itself and on showing how to handle existing models and notions from process calculi within it. Meanwhile, a full operational understanding of presheaf models has still not been obtained. A sensible way to proceed would be to


Recent analysis of data sets from two extensive air shower cosmic-ray detectors shows tantalizing evidence of an anisotropic overabundance of cosmic rays toward the Galactic center region that "turns on" around 1018 eV. We demonstrate that the anisotropy could be due to neutrons created in the Galactic center region through charge exchange in proton-proton collisions, where the incident, high-energy protons obey a ~E-2 power law associated with acceleration at a strong shock. We show that the normalization supplied by the gamma-ray signal from EGRET GC source 3EG J1746-2851 (ascribed to p-p-induced neutral pion decay at GeV energies), together with a very reasonable spectral index of 2.2, predicts a neutron flux at ~1018 eV fully consistent with the extremely high energy cosmic-ray data. Likewise, the normalization supplied by the very recent GC data from the HESS air Cerenkov telescope at ~TeV energies is almost equally compatible with the ~1018 eV cosmic-ray data. Interestingly, however, the EGRET and HESS data appear to be themselves incompatible. We find a plausible resolution of this discrepancy in an effective two-source model. Finally, we argue that the shock acceleration is probably occurring in the shell of Sagittarius A East, an unusual supernova remnant located very close to the Galactic center. In support of this contention we note that (1) the extended shell of this object could provide both of the sources suggested by the gamma-ray data and (2) the unusually strong magnetic field at this remnant, together with a perpendicular shock geometry, allow for acceleration of protons up to the extreme energies required to explain the cosmic-ray anisotropy. If the connection between the anisotropy and Sagittarius A East could be firmly established, it would be the first direct evidence for a particular Galactic source of cosmic rays up to energies near 1019 eV.


A robust predictive control algorithm based on memory state feedback is proposed for a class of uncertain discrete time system with input constraint and multiple state delays. By introducing Lyapunov-Krasovskii function and using linear matrix inequality (LMI) method, the algorithm can convert the infinite time domain optimization problems into linear programming problems. Sufficient conditions of the existence and explicit expression for the memory state feedback controller are obtained, and the control input can satisfy constraint as well. Asymptotical stability of the closed-loop system and minimum of robust performance index can be guaranteed simultaneously. Finally, the simulation results illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.


Collaborative robotics allows merging the best capabilities of humans and robots to perform complex tasks. This allows the user to interact with remote and directly inaccessible environments such as the micro-scale world. This interaction is made possible by the bidirectional exchange of information (displacement - force) between the user and the environment through a haptic interface. The effectiveness of the human/robot interaction is highly dependent on how the human feels the forces. This is a key point to enable humans to make the right decisions in a collaborative task. This paper discusses the design of a dynamic observer to estimate the forces applied by a human operator on a class of parallel pantograph-type haptic interfaces used to control small-scale robotic systems. The objective is to reject disturbances in order to improve the human force perception capability over a wide frequency range. A dynamic pantograph model is proposed and experimentally validated. The observer is designed on the basis of the proposed dynamic model and its efficiency in estimating the applied human force is demonstrated for the first time with pantograph-type interfaces. Experimental validation first shows the effectiveness of the perturbation observer for external human force estimation with a response time of less than 0.2 s and a mean error of less than 7 mN and then the effectiveness of the controller in improving the quality of human sensation of forces down to 10 mN.


To systematically review evidence for the association between trauma experienced in childhood or adolescence, and the subsequent experience of affective or psychotic mental disorders in adulthood.


In the context of Bangladesh, there is no substantial research going beyond level of belief of mathematics teachers of technology use in teaching learning process. While belief influences to motivation, perception, intention, awareness and acceptance therefore, is has been assumed in this study that there must be some determinants of acceptance among school teachers in Bangladesh. Calculators and other technological tools, such as computer algebra systems, interactive geometry software, applets, spreadsheets, and interactive presentation devices, are vital components of a high-quality mathematics education. With guidance from effective mathematics teachers, students at different levels can use these tools to support and extend mathematical reasoning and sense making, gain access to mathematical content and problem-solving contexts, and enhance computational fluency. In a well-articulated mathematics program, students can use these tools for computation, construction, and representation as they explore problems. The use of technology also contributes to mathematical reflection, problem identification, and decision making. Unfortunately, in Bangladesh bringing technology in mathematics teaching is less studied and overlooked. This has led this particular research to conduct this study.


The concept of bipolar hemiarthroplasty has been described in the hip for over twenty years, its role being to decrease acetabular wear. Shoulder bipolar hemiarthroplasty is a more recent concept. The purpose of this study was to determine if the prostheses acted as a bipolar device, moving primarily at the inner metal on polyethylene bearing as intended or as a unipolar hemiarthroplasty moving at the outer metal on cartilage surface. Eleven bipolar shoulder hemiarthroplasties with a minimum follow up of twenty two months were examined fluoroscopically. The proportion of arm abduction occurring in the scapulothoracic plane as well as that between the two components of the bipolar hemiarthroplasty was assessed and compared to that of normal patients and those with total shoulder replacements, previously reported in the literature. The results of this study show that the majority of movement occurring in active arm abduction occurred in the scapulothoracic plane and that the bipolar hemiarthroplasty acted predominantly as a unipolar device.


Petroleum is a material contained in the study of chemistry. The materials of petroleum are memorizing and boring as all in the form of theories that require deep understanding. Efforts made to facilitate students in the learning process of chemistry is to create teaching materials that provide a more interesting printed media, such as magazine. This research was aimed to develop an innovative magazine on petroleum materials. The responses of students and teachers to the developed magazine were also studied. The type of study used was research and development. The model of magazine development used in this study was 4-D model. Subjects in this study were two of chemistry teachers and thirty students of class XI MIA-5, at SMAN 7 Banda Aceh. The sampling technique was done by purposive sampling. Data were collected using questionnaire for magazine feasibility, as well as for student and teacher responses. The magazine's feasibility assessment was conducted with several aspects such as media format, visualization, function and clarity in concept of presentation. It has been found that the percentage of eligibility of developed magazine was of 91.67 percent. This percentage value was categorized as very feasible and could be tested to students. In addition, the responses of students and teachers to the developed magazine were found to be 90.33 and 90.00 percent, respectively, with an excellent response category. This study concluded that the innovative magazine on petroleum could be developed and level of feasibility of the magazine as a medium of learning was very feasible. Keywords—development, innovative magazine, petroleum


Abstract : The effect of hard clipping or ideal limiting on sine-wave signals and on shaped, Gaussian-noise inputs is considered. For a single sine wave, the limiter reproduces the fundamental frequency and creates odd harmonics of rapidly decreasing relative power. For two sine-wave inputs of equal amplitudes, the limiter generates arrays of heat frequencies centered symmetrically about the two input frequencies and their shifted odd harmonics. If the two inputs are of unequal amplitude, the stronger signal suppresses the weaker. On shaped, wide-band Gaussian noise, the limiter tends to broaden the high-frequency end of the spectrum slightly and to produce a flat, low-frequency, random-noise response. (Author)


Purpose : The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between knowledge of hypertension and compliance with chronic disease service programs at the Wanareja II Community Health Center, Cilacap Regency. Methods: This type of quantitative research with a correlational research research design (correlational research). The sample in this study were all participants in the chronic disease program with hypertension as many as 124 people, with the sampling technique using random sampling technique. Bivariate analysis was performed using Kendal's tau test. Bivariate analysis using Kendal's tau obtained Sig. (2-tilled) of 0.000 is less than alpha 0.05 which means there is a significant relationship between knowledge of hypertension and compliance with chronic disease service programs. Results : There is a significant relationship between knowledge of hypertension and compliance with the chronic disease service program at the Wanareja II Health Center, Cilacap Regency. Conclusions: Health workers in these areas are expected to be more active in providing insight to the community, especially participants in chronic disease service programs.


ABSTRACT This paper extends a generalized slope stability analysis method to include pseudo-static forces. Formulation and the subsequent numerical procedure of the extended generalized seismic slope stability analysis are presented. Comparison with a closed form approach indicates that the generalized method yields the same safety factor as the closed form approach. This can serve as a partial verification of the accuracy of the numerical procedures. Comparison with other rigorous limit equilibrium methods of seismic slope stability demonstrates that the presented method yields the smallest factor of safety.


In the first part of this work, nucleate boiling of aqueous solutions of sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) over relatively wide ranges of concentration and heat flux was carried out in a pool boiling apparatus. The experimental results show that a small amount of surface active additive makes the nucleate boiling heat transfer coefficient h considerably higher, and that there is an optimum additive concentration for higher heat fluxes. Beyond this optimum point, further increase in additive concentration makes h lower. In the second part of this work, nucleate boiling heat transfer rate for n-propanol-water binary mixtures with various amounts of sodium lauryl sulfate were measured in the same pool boiling apparatus. The importance of the mass diffusion effect, which is caused by preferential evaporation of the more volatile component at the vapor-liquid interface on the boiling of the binary mixture, has been confirmed. However, it is shown that the effect exerted by the addition of a surfactant dominates over the mass diffusion effect in dilute binary mixtures.


In this paper,situation of nature,geology,and water resources in Changli county is presented,the problems existing in water development and utilization was analyzed,and some countermeasures were put forward to improve sustainable develop- ment and use of regional water resources,which are saving on water,reforesting some of the cultivated land,raising regional wa- ter-providing ability,and enhancing management and safeguard.


The Canadian Atmospheric Environment Service (AES) operated a Brewer ozone spectrophotometer during the Stratospheric Ozone Intercomparison Campaign (STOIC) at Table Mountain Observatory from July 19 to August 2, 1989. Direct sun measurements of total column ozone and measurements of the ozone profile using the umkehr technique were made throughout the 2 weeks of the intercomparison. Results of the total ozone measurements made during the intercomparison are presented herein. Results of the umkehr measurements are given by McElroy and Kerr, this issue.


1. Tree‐ring techniques were used to date larval gallery scars of a native wood borer, Enaphalodes rufulus (Haldeman), in host Quercus rubra L. from eight sites within the Ozark and Ouachita National Forests of Arkansas.


Some time due to improper blending of different refinery distillate stream and variation in distillation range as well as cause of using different crude we are getting resulting diesel having various range of viscosity. When viscosity falling below specification value it is necessary to enhance this value for proper use of this diesel in engine. Enhancement of this viscosity was done by using some vegetable oil in this paper. Soya bin methyl ester and yellow grease methyl ester are two vegetable oil studied among this soya bin methyl ester is most efficient vegetable oil to raise the viscosity of diesel.


Peer assessment is understood to be an arrangement with students assessing the quality of their fellow students' writings and giving feedback to each other. This multiple‐case study of seven designs of peer assessment focuses on the contribution of peer assessment to the acquisition of undergraduates' writing skills. Its aim is to arrive at an optimal design of peer assessment. Factors included in this study are: the quality of peer assessment activities, the interaction between students in oral peer feedback, students' learning outcomes, and their evaluation of peer assessment. Most students took assessing the work of their fellow students seriously, and included the peer feedback in the revision of their work. In most conversations, students provided feedback in an evaluative manner. In others, the interaction was more exploratory. For peer assessment, we recommend a combination of written and oral peer feedback.


In the light of such a situation of Shanxi's sci-tech work that the sci-tech development level is lower,and the transformation rate,transformation benefit and the contribution to economic development of scientific research achievements are lower,this paper puts forward some targeted countermeasures and suggestions on promoting the transformation of scientific research achievements in Shanxi Province from the perspective of sci-tech innovation.


Using the soil derived from understory and gap environment an experiment on the alternation of drying and wetting incubation was carried out,which studied the influence of water content and litter cover on soil carbon release and discussed the driving mechanism of soil carbon release after stimulation of extreme drought conditions. The result showed litter obviously decreased moisture dissipation rate,the difference reached a significant level——P0.05 in the understory environment and it was not significant in the gap environment in the alternation of drying and wetting incubation experiment. The mean soil carbon release of the understory and gap decreased gradually with the incubation period. The difference of soil carbon release between understory and gap decreased gradually,from 17.51% in the first incubation period to 0.69% in the third incubation period. The soil carbon release of the restarted alternation of drying and wetting increased both in the understory and gap after half-month drying condition. The difference of soil carbon release between understory and gap increased to 33.18 %. Litter covering treatment could significantly increase soil carbon release rate——P0.01 and soil water content could well explain (R20.77)the change of soil carbon release rates in the alternation of drying and wetting experiment during the entire incubation experiment.


Combining the ideas of constructing symmetric designs assuming an action of an automorphism group acting on them, together with the theoretical approach of calculations in the finite field GR(l), we are able to construct a multiple series of Hadamard designs with parameters (4l+3, 2l+1, l), for every l being an odd prime power. If l = 3 (mod 4), then we show that there are 54 examples of such Hadamard designs and if l = 1 (mod 4), then there are always 3 examples of Hadamard designs. They all admit an action of a group isomorphic to the semidirect product of the elementary abelian group of order l with the cyclic group of order (l-1)/2.


reading specialists have long recognized that emotional problems can and do accompany reading disabilities among some children. Some years ago, Gates (1936) estimated that among severely retarded readers about 75 per cent exhibited emotional problems and in about 25 per cent of the cases the emotional diffi culty was the cause of the reading problem. However, Harris (1961) believed that Gate's estimates were too low because among the cases he had seen at Queens College Educational Clinic, almost 100 per cent of the cases showed emotional maladjustment of some kind and in 50 per cent of these cases the emotional problems were thought to have casual relationships to the reading problems of these children. Other investigators, such as Fernald (1943), Bond and Tinker (1957), Robinson (1946), and Zintz (1966) also agreed with the findings of Harris. Robinson (1946), in her classic study of retarded readers at the University of Chicago, reported that the emotional problems exhibited by poor readers could be classified into four broad cate gories: 1] aggression, 2] withdrawal, 3] loss of emotional affectivity, and 4] general tenseness. Gray and Reese (1957), too, observed that poor readers exhibited a variety of maladjustment symptoms; some of the more important ones they observed were: 1] unable to make friends, 2] always quarreling, 3] immediately defensive, 4] excessively self-righteous, 5] overconcerned about the behavior of others, 6] apt to cry too easily, 7] too noisy, 8] shy and withdrawn, and 9] nervous and fearful. Using a projective instrument, the Rosensweig P-F Study, Spache (1954) studied the covert motivations of fifty retarded readers ranging in ages from six to fourteen, whose mean IQ score on the WISC was 93.2. When the scores of these subjects were compared with normative data, he found that retarded readers were more aggressive and cocky, less insightful, less apt to accept blame and admit fault, less tolerant and more negativistic than the average child at the same age level. He also found that the disabled reader tended to avoid open conflict with adults, either by assuming a passive role or venting his aggression on his environ ment, especially toward his peers. Gann (1945), Zimmerman and 731


Background and Aim: Liver trauma can occur as a result of fall from height, vehicular accidents,bull gore injury, assault and in sports injuries . The present study was conducted to identify the etiology, modes of presentation, diagnostic modalities, and validity of grading systems and to analyze the different modalities of management and final outcome in patients of liver trauma due to blunt abdominal injuries. Materials & Methods: Over a 36-month period, 30 hemodynamically stable patients with blunt hepatic were evaluated prospectively. ISS was used to assess the extent of overall injury. Hepatic injuries were graded using AAST grading for solid organ injuries. Frequent measurement of vitals and estimation of hemoglobin and hematocrit was done. Results: Patients with AAST grade IV splenic injury, massive hemoperitoneum and increased transfusion requirements were associated with a higher risk of failing conservative management. Initial pulse rate, systolic blood pressure, ISS and hemoglobin did not appear to influence the outcome of the study. There were no deaths reported in the study. Conclusion: On the basis of the present investigation, it can be concluded that conservative management of blunt splenic and/or hepatic injury is safe and effective in a carefully chosen set of patients.


e21513Background: Combined ipilimumab (IPI) and nivolumab (NIVO) is the most advanced immune therapy for metastatic melanoma patients. However, high response rates can be achieved at the price of i...


The presence or absence of dwarf galaxies with in low-density voids is determined by the nature of dark matter halos. To better understand what this nature is, we are conducting an imaging survey through redshifted Hα filters to look for emission-line dwarf galaxies in the centers of two nearby galaxy voids called FN2 and FN8. Either finding such dwarfs or establishing that they are not present is a significant result. As an important step in establishing the robustness of the search technique, we have observed six candidates from the survey of FN8 with the Gillett Gemini telescope and GMOS spectrometer. All of these candidates had emission, although none was Hα. The emission in two objects was the [O iii]λ4959, 5007 doublet plus Hβ, and the emission in the remaining four was the [O ii]λ3727 doublet, all from objects beyond the void. While no objects were within the void, these spectra show that the survey is capable of finding emission-line dwarfs in the void centers that are as faint as , should they be present. These spectra also show that redshifts estimated from our filtered images are accurate to several hundred km s−1 if the line is identified correctly, encouraging further work in finding ways to conduct redshift surveys through imaging alone.


Magnetic garnet films of composition (La,Sm,Lu,Tm)3(Fe,Ga)5O12 and (La,Sm,Lu,Tm,Ca)3 (Fe,Ge)5O12 were grown on (111)‐oriented substrates of Gd3Ga5O12 to meet a typical as‐grown room‐temperature specification for a device utilizing bubbles of 1.2‐μm nominal diameter: 0.90–1.30 μm thickness, 1.00–1.40 μm stripe width, 300–350 Oe collapse field, 1800–2200 Oe anisotropy field, Q>2.8, film/substrate lattice constant mismatch <0.3 pm, and the magnitude of the temperature coefficient of the bubble collapse field measured at 50 °C between 0.21% and 0.23% °C−1. Films were grown at about 960 °C from a PbO/B2O3 flux using the isothermal dipping technique with rotation. Growth rate was adjusted in the range 0.40–0.95 μm min−1 to attain a desired characteristic length of 0.130–0.145 μm. The role of Tm is to reduce the magnetization at a given Curie temperature, which allows films to be grown at a Curie temperature of 470 K and a magnetization of 680 G for the Ga‐substituted composition, and a Curie temperature of 493 ...


The interpretation of the small hydrogen/deuterium isotope effect widely observed under uniform stress has been based on an implicit assumption that interface traps in the entire channel are passivated by deuterium after the deuterium annealing process. Through a stress/anneal process, we show that this assumption is incorrect. Instead, our results clearly suggest that interface trap generation under both nonuniform channel hot-carrier stress and uniform stress, such as Fowler–Nordheim tunneling and substrate electron injection, essentially follows the same mechanism, which is the breaking of Si–H(D) bonds and the release of hydrogen/deuterium at the oxide/silicon interface.


Discrete energy minimization is a ubiquitous task in computer vision, yet is NP-hard in most cases. In this work we propose a multiscale framework for coping with the NP-hardness of discrete optimization. Our approach utilizes algebraic multiscale principles to efficiently explore the discrete solution space, yielding improved results on challenging, non-submodular energies for which current methods provide unsatisfactory approximations. In contrast to popular multiscale methods in computer vision, that builds an image pyramid, our framework acts directly on the energy to construct an energy pyramid. Deriving a multiscale scheme from the energy itself makes our framework application independent and widely applicable. Our framework gives rise to two complementary energy coarsening strategies: one in which coarser scales involve fewer variables, and a more revolutionary one in which the coarser scales involve fewer discrete labels. We empirically evaluated our unified framework on a variety of both non-submodular and submodular energies, including energies from Middlebury benchmark.


Dielectric and metallic nanostructures can be tailored to provide unusual interaction with light waves. For example, they support localized resonances highly sensitive to the surroundings, complex scattering patterns and ultrafast nonlinearities. When arranged in 2D or 3D lattices, they form metasurfaces and metamaterials that enable to manipulate free-space light beams at will. However, the properties of such nanostructures also manifest when isolated, which could be used to advance in the miniaturization of photonic integrated circuits beyond the diffraction limit as well as to achieve new functionalities not attainable in conventional integrated optics. This could lead to the paradigm of hybrid plasmonicphotonic circuits consisting of subwavelength processing units linked by lossless dielectric waveguides. Here, I will show efficient ways to integrate dielectric and metallic nanostructures with silicon waveguides. The resulting structures could be useful in biosensing, Raman spectroscopy or ultrafast all-optical switching. In addition, I will show that when the nanostructure is placed asymmetrically with respect to the waveguide axis, it gives rise to spin-orbit interaction. This effect enables new functionalities such as polarization synthesis or Stokes nanopolarimetry, which can be implemented on a silicon chip in ultra-small foot-prints.


In literature [1], Ahmed JABALLI et al. used the JSH transformation to provide necessary and sufficient conditions to analyze stability of linear discrete-time delay system with a single delay, but their proof process is very complex. In this paper, necessary and sufficient conditions obtained in [1] are extended to the case of linear discrete-time delay system with multiple delays, and the proof process is further simplified. Finally, three examples are given to show the feasibility of the proposed method.


This thesis stands result of a research conducted in Entebbe Uganda, during approximately five weeks in the autumn of 2009. The aim was to understand the reasoning behind decisions taken concerning ...


We analytically investigate a new family of horizonless compact objects in vector-tensor theories of gravity, called ultracompact vector stars. They are sourced by a vector condensate, induced by a non-minimal coupling with gravity. They can be as compact as black holes, thanks to their internal anisotropic stress. In the spherically symmetric case their interior resembles an isothermal sphere, with a singularity that can be resolved by tuning the available integration constants. The star interior smoothly matches to an exterior Schwarzschild geometry, with no need of extra energy momentum tensor at the star surface. We analyse the behaviour of geodesics within the star interior, where stable circular orbits are allowed, as well as trajectories crossing in both ways the star surface. We analytically study stationary deformations of the vector field and of the geometry, which break spherical symmetry, and whose features depend on the vector-tensor theory we consider. We introduce and determine the vector magnetic susceptibility as a probe of the star properties, and we analyze how the rate of rotation of the star is affected by the vector charges.


One and two vector sigma models are defined that possess catastrophes in their action. Each catastrophe defines a double scaling limit at {ital N}{r_arrow}{infinity}. Critical indices are calculated and the Airy functions are shown to satisfy RG equations. Copyright {copyright} 1996 Academic Press, Inc.


Faye Marie Getz identified the Middle English text at folios 48-3 lOv in Wellcome manuscript 5 3 7 as translated from Gilbertus Anglicus's thirteenth-century Compendium medicine. Her edition provides an intro duction, the Middle English text with manuscript notes and a commentary, "a rough guide" to the folio numbers of source passages in the 1510 printing of Gilbertus's Latin Compendium, a glossary of Middle English, a list of plants by genus, and a bibliography. To acquire some sense of what sort of book the Middle English transla tion might be, we must look to the manuscript in which it occurs. Section 6 of Getz'.s introduction describes Wellcome 5 3 7 as a codex comprising a collection of six booklets, written on paper and bound together. If we set aside for the moment the question of intended utility raised by the presence of the gold-leaf initials in the Middle English translation, the implied reader or user ofWellcome 537 appears to have been a practicing medicus, knowledgeable about making sizable quantities of the medicines he prescribed and capable of consulting a book containing both Latin and English texts. The editor's descriptive enumeration of the contents shows that Latin items alternate with Middle English in the book. The first seven items (fols. 6-lOv, line 12), mostly calendrical or astrological, appear in Latin, followed by two folios of short English recipes (fols. 10v-12v, line 16) after which follow Latin astrological texts (fols. 12v-14v) to complete one booklet of the manuscript. Another booklet (fols. 15-46v), entirely in English, consists primarily of materials translated from four uroscopies, followed by recipes. The largest booklet (fols. 48-310v, pt. 4 of the manuscript) contains the Middle English Gilbertus translation of diagnoses and treatments of ailments from headache to hemorrhoids, followed by a medicine for the stone in English. The next booklet (fols. 311-22v) in cludes mathematics for calculating dates of the moon and the first Sunday in a year and short Latin items on the course of the moon in the signs of the zodiac, information useful, as our editor points out, for astrological medi cine. The last booklet (fols. 323-36), which has "cover" pages of its own, contains the changes of the moon and lunar tables in English. Given these contents, we can conclude that, z/Wellcome 537 was used by a practitioner,


PURPOSE: Since an association between prostate cancer and some foods or food groups like meat, milk and dairy products, tomato foods, and allium vegetables, has been suggested, we analyzed the possibility that some food items or some food groups could be related to prostate cancer in some other way and not only through their nutrients.The purpose of this study was to test some hypotheses about diet as risk factor for prostate cancer. METHODS: This case-control study comprised 101 cases of prostate cancer and 202 hospital controls individually matched for age (+/2 years), hospital admission and place of residence. Dietary information of 150 food items was obtained by a quantitative history approach.


Cloud storage systems rely on replication for reliability. Typically, each data object is stored in multiple nodes to ensure that data remains available in face of node or network faults. Quorum systems are a practical way to ensure that clients observe consistent data even if some of the replicas are slower or unavailable. Previous work has shown that the performance of a quorum based storage system can vary greatly depending on the workload characterisation and that significant gains can be achieved by carefully selecting the size of write and read quorums. In this work we are interested in multi-tenant storage systems, that are faced to heterogeneous works. In these systems, for optimal performance, different quorums may need to be applied to different data. Unfortunately, keeping different quorum systems for different objects significantly increases the amount of metadata that the storage system needs to manage. The challenge is to find suitable tradeoffs among the size of the metadata and the performance of the resulting system. The thesis explores a strategy that consists in identifying which tenants and/or objects are the major sources of bottlenecks in the storage system and then performing fine-grain optimization for just those objects, while treating the rest in bulk. We have implemented a prototype of our system and assessed the merits of the approach experimentally. Palavras Chave Keywords


Internationalization of information is increasing needs for a computer to deal with multilingual communication. Understanding not only semantic information but also underlying emotion in textual information can contribute to assist such communication and also to make human-computer interaction more natural and congenial. For the purpose of emotion estimation from multilingual text, we created bilingual emotion annotated corpus in Japanese and English. Based on the corpus, we statistically analyzed the characteristics of how word emotion affects sentence emotion in each language. Two kinds of emotion estimation methods were proposed by using the existing techniques considering the feature quantity obtained from the corpus statistics then evaluation experiments were carried out.


This paper is aimed to inspect the chapel's overall structural system based on nondestructive testing (NDT), and a rebound hammer test and a ground-penetrating radar (GPR) system are employed to conduct a nondestructive testing. It is important before the chapel's structural performance was assessed, the structure was inspected to investigate the current state and was constructed according to its original structural designs. According to the inspection, it is found the concrete compressive strength of all the components is larger than the original design strength. Moreover, the total numbers of the reinforcing bars of Slabs S1 and N1 are consistent with the number in the original design (246). However, the total numbers of the reinforcing bars of Slabs S2 and N2 are 167 and 174, respectively, whereas those of the original design were 150, indicating additional vertical reinforcing bars were applied in the chapel's construction. Based on the results of inspection, the future structural performance assessment and retrofitting are expected to be set-up properly.


According to traditional airborne optoelectronic pod using geometric range and angle measuring method for target positioning error is large, this paper makes use of image matching to reduce the localization error, At the same time, this paper develops a VC++ based platform for image matching target location simulation experiments, Experimental results show that this method can improve precision of traditional target localization and for the engineering application of target positioning using image matching in airborne optoelectronic pod laid the technical foundation.


This study is the result of an examination student social skills conducted at two elementary schools to determine kindergarten necessity.


The general objective is to develop and verify a computer code capable of modeling the major aspects of pulverized-coal combustion. The combustion model (COMO) consists of a number of relatively independent modules that represent the major processes involved in pulverized-coal combustion. The formulation and coding of the initial gas-phase turbulence, chemistry and radiation models have been completed. Test cases were run for the turbulence and radiation models, and good agreement was obtained with other analyses and with data, when available. COMO predictions for both swirling and nonswirling isothermal flow were compared to proprietary data and predictions and found to be in agreement. The discrete-ordinates radiation model was compared to both experimental data and other predictions, and very good agreement was achieved. Evaluation of the fast-kinetics micromixing model continued. The radiative properties of coal, char, and ash were defined, based on recommended values of the refractive indices. The definition of the solid-phase combustion evaluation run was completed and good agreement was obtained with predictions from a proprietary code based on similar models of the physics and chemistry. A nonswirling gas-phase combustion run was completed, and comparison to data and predictions available in the open literature was initiated. Coding of the solid-phasemore » model has been completed and the individual models tested for consistency. The models were then combined to form an integrated solid-phase combustion model. The COMO predictions have been compared to Brigham Yound University's two-dimensional pulverized coal combustion model for a one-dimensional test case and good agreement was obtained.« less