In this work, nanocomposites of poly (m-xylene diamide) (MXD6) with dodecaphenyl polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS), montmorillonite (MMT) and their combination (MMT-POSS) were produced by melt-compounding and their structure–property relationships were established. The montmorillonite was found to be homogeneously dispersed affording intercalated disordered structures whilst the distribution and dispersion of the POSS was rather skewed with the presence of phase separated crystalline aggregates of up to several hundred nanometers. Significant differences in properties were observed depending on the type of nanoscale filler present in the nanocomposites. The montmorillonite provided some improvements in stiffness and dynamic response of MXD6. POSS on the other hand improved the ductility of MXD6 and had a plasticizing effect. It has been suggested that there might be a lubricating action at the interface inducing better molecular motion between polymer chains of MXD6. By combining MMT and POSS, the properties of the corresponding nanocomposites were found to be intermediate. The thermal stability of MXD6 was enhanced in the nanocomposites although a negative deviation from the theoretical model was observed when POSS was present in the nanocomposites. This observation underlies some antagonistic effects which have been attributed to the presence of catalytic benzene radicals during thermal degradation. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 2012. © 2012 Society of Plastics Engineers


Title Studies on DNA gyrase of quinolone-resistant Mycobacterium leprae [an abstract of dissertation and a summary of dissertation review] Author(s) 山口, 智之 Issue Date 2017-03-23 Doc URL http://hdl.handle.net/2115/65653 Rights(URL) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.1/jp/ Type theses (doctoral abstract and summary of review) Additional Information There are other files related to this item in HUSCAP. Check the above URL. File Information Tomoyuki_Yamaguchi_review.pdf (審査の要旨)


Taking the planning design of Lihuayuan residential quarter as example the issue that how to create a modern district taking human as the essence is discussed. The importance of the humanization design of modern residential space is emphasized. In the end author points out that good human residential space can be created based upon serious study on human behaviors.


The success of laser fusion depends to a good degree on the ability to compress the target to very high densities of ≥1000 times liquid DT. To achieve such compressions require that the irradiation nonuniformity must not exceed ≈ 1 % rms over the whole time of the compression, particularly during the early phases of irradiation.


A method has been developed for determining the velocity of flame relative to the mass movement of the gases, in a closed spherical bomb from an analysis of the time‐pressure record of the explosion. The speed of the flame can be evaluated at any moment during its progress from the center to the periphery of the bomb, as well as the temperature existing in the unburned phase, the temperature immediately behind the flame front, the temperature gradient from the latter point to the center of the bomb, and the pressure in the bomb at the same moment. Given a certain fraction burned of the total amount of gas, the volume occupied by the products can be determined for three conditions: (1) Before it has expanded against the rest of the unburned gas; (2) after it has expanded; and (3) when combustion is complete and it has been compressed by subsequent burning of gas nearer the periphery. Calculations of flame speeds, temperatures, etc., have been made and tabulated for explosions of mixtures of ozone and oxygen. The speed of flame increases from the center of the bomb to the wall. At the same time the pressure and temperature of the gas about to be burned increases. The temperature gradient in the gas from the center to the wall has been calculated when the combustion is complete. A complete diagrammatic description is given for one explosion. It is shown that the temperature gradient actually existing in the bomb does not affect the specific heat results obtained by the usual method of calculating the final temperature from the maximum pressure by means of the gas law. It is pointed out that the practical coincidence of the pressure curve with the zero line in the first part of the time‐pressure record is not due to a time lag between passage of the spark and ignition, but to the small fraction of gas which has burned during this time.


ABSTRACT 5-amino-1,3,4-thiadiazole-2-thiol groups attached on a silica gel surface have been used for adsorption of Cd(II), Co(II), Cu(II), Fe(III), Ni(II), Pb(II) and Zn(II) from aqueous solutions. The adsorption capacities for each metal ion were (in mmol.g−1): Cd(II)= 0.35, Co(II)= 0.10, Cu(II)= 0.15, Fe(III)= 0.20, Hg(II)= 0.46, Ni(II)= 0.16, Pb(II)= 0.13 and Zn(II)= 0.15. The modified silica gel was applied in the preconcentration and quantification of trace level metal ions present in water samples (river, and bog water).


Vehicular ad hoc networks, as a special case of delay tolerant networks, have become increasingly attractive to academia and industry. Different from most of the work in this field, which has focused on short periods of transient opportunistic contacts, in our previous work, we have analyzed the position data of a large set of urban private vehicles in Changsha, China and proposed a Location based Urban Vehicular network (LUV) utilizing the stable connections among vehicles. Place serves as a central message exchange and routing component in LUV that is critical in providing relatively reliable network connections. In this paper, we present a simple threshold based approach for identifying the places or vehicle aggregation areas, in an urban environment. We perform experimental study over a real set of data gathered over three months for 8900 vehicles and show the method is effective.


This study aimed to investigate the influence of negative pressure on boar semen quality during liquid preservation at 17°C. Semen samples from ten large white boars were collected and pooled, divided into four equal parts, and diluted with Modena containing 0.4% (w/v) of bovine serum albumin. The semen samples were placed in a closed container with valve, and a negative pressure was applied for 2–5 minutes using a vacuum pump with a barometer. The control group had no treatment, the P200 group was treated at 200 mbar, the P400 group at 400 mbar, and the P800 group at 800 mbar. During liquid preservation, sperm motility, total antioxidant capacity, and semen H2O2 content were analyzed every 24 h. The effective survival time of boar semen during preservation was evaluated. The results indicated that a suitable negative pressure decreased the effects on reactive oxygen species on boar sperm quality during liquid preservation compared with the control group. Among all the groups, the 400 mbar negative pressure group had the highest sperm motility, total antioxidant capacity, and the percentage of spermatozoa with high mitochondrial membrane potential. The P400 group also had semen H2O2 content than the other groups. A suitable negative pressure improves sperm quality by reducing oxidative stress and the respiratory metabolism of sperm, and the optimum negative pressure is 400 mbar.


Fourier transform infrared photoacoustic (FT-IR-PA) spectroscopy has been used to obtain the first published infrared spectrum of a heavily n-doped polyacetylene. Comparisons are made with the FT-IR-PA spectrum of undoped polyacetylene. All the infrared peaks in the FT-IR-PA spectrum of undoped polyacetylene agree in wavelength to ±10 cm−1 with transmission infrared peaks previously assigned by Shirakawa and Ikeda. Spectral shifts and intensity differences between the n-doped and undoped polyacetylene are similar to changes noted previously in the infrared spectra of p-doped polyacetylenes.


Abstract--Because of the temporary frame and developing ubiquitousness the Microblogging is popping into people's most fascinating alternative for seeking the knowledge and expressing opinions. Messages got by a user in the main admit whom user follows. Therefore, recommending user with comparable interest might enhance the expertise quality for info receiving. Since messages announce by Microblogging users replicate their hobbies or interest and therefore the essential keywords within the messages show their main focus to a large extent, we are able to realize users' preferences by investigation the user generated contents. Besides, user's hobbies, interest aren't static; despite what may well be expected, they modify as time passes by. In lightweight of such instincts, we have a tendency to plan a temporal-topic to investigate user's potential behaviors' and predict their potential friends in Microblogging. The model takes in users' latent preferences by extracting keywords on aggregative messages over a stretch of your time by means that of a subject model, and then the impact of your time is taken into account to deal interest.


RURAL depopulation has for some time been a cause of much concern in this country, for it is a process which shows few signs of being reversed. Statistical demographic studies have attempted to analyse the contributory causes, but whilst acknowledging the value of these studies it is" felt that they tend to leave uncovered some of the purely sociological reasons for depopulation, and the present study is an attempt to redress the balance in this respect. An investigation was carried out in a group of ten parishes in the west of England. It sought to answer questions of̂ a specifically sociological nature, and, in so doing, doubtless overlooked many important features of the rural area, which from this point of view were not strictly relevant. The primary aim was not to enumerate these features so much as to assess the social structure of the area ; to pick out those factors which are significant and, indeed, unique to particular localities; to delineate the effects of different attitude* in various groups in order to account for the particular variations observable in the recent changes in popvilation. The use of the term social structure embraces more than the statistical divisions into which people may be grouped—age, sex, occupation, etc. The structure of a society includes the manifold relationships existing between individuals and groups of individuals in a wide range of different social activities—economic, recreational, political, religious and so on. These differing relationships combine to form distinctive cultural patterns each possessing a cliaracteristic ethos. It became apparent as the investigation proceeded that one of the chief reasons for depopulation lay in the influence exerted ut>on rural social structures' of an alien cultural pattern associated with urban society, which superimposed upon a changing rural economy has introduced far-reaching changes in individual and group valuations and attitudes. The effects


The purpose of this commentary is to evaluate the Arkansas Nurses Project carried out by the University of Central Arkansas (UCA) Oral History Office in 1974 in terms of the Wingspread Guidelines criteria of evaluation formulated by a task force of the Oral History Association (OHA) in 1979.1 The Wingspread Guidelines were the culmination of many years of discussing (and cussing!) how oral history sources should be properly evaluated. Indeed, at the very first national gathering of oral history practitioners at Lake Arrowhead, California, held in


Methods of collecting large carbonization samples in the mine are described; removing a column of coal from the mine for subsequent macroscopic examination and microscopic analysis; preparing, for macroscopic study, relatively large polished blocks representing the entire column of coal; and preparing thin sections representative of the column of coal for microscopic analysis.


A construction in a combinatorial geometry G is introduced, which generalizes truncations, and corresponds to the projection of an arbitrary set X on a given fiat F of G. This projection is minimal among all weak maps which reduce the rank of L7UX to that of F. The hyperplane projections, i.e. when F is a hyperplane of G, form a lattice for the weak map order, and provide a characterization of the simple weak maps of G which preserve all independent sets of G except possible bases.


«Much truth is spoken, that more may be concealed», wrote Mr. Justice Darling in 1879. Opening with an articulation of the distinction between truth (the phenomenon or concept) and truths (particular true propositions), this paper is largely devoted to: 1) developing an account of the dual meaning of «partially true» —«true-in-part» vs. «part of the truth»—; and 2) understanding the reasons for, and the dangers of, the very common tendency to tell only part of the relevant truth.


After /3-adrenoceptor blockade with oxprenolol, adrenaline or noradrenaline contracted the rat isolated colon, and also human and rabbit taeniae coli (Gagnon, 1970; Gagnon & Belisle, 1970; Belisle & Gagnon, 1971). We now report the effect of two new /3-adrenoceptor blocking agents, MK 950* and alprenolol, on the action of adrenaline on rat isolated colon. A segment of 3 to 4 cm of rat ascending colon was mounted in an organ bath and immediately superfused with Krebs solution (Gaddum, 1953, and see Belisle & Gagnon, 1971). Changes in the base-line were calculated with a Keuffel & Esser planimeter and expressed as the area (cmz) below the tracing. The concentrations of drugs are calculated as free bases. After control responses (relaxations) to increasing doses (3, 10, 30 and 100 ng/ml) of adrenaline, the agonist was tested in the presence of one of the /3-adrenoceptor blocking agents, added 15 min before. Our aim was to find a dose of the blocking agents which, as with oxprenolol, would not only prevent the relaxing action of all doses of adrenaline but would transform this response into dose-dependent contractions. Fig. 1 shows that after doses of 10 and 25pg/ml of MK 950, adrenaline, especially in higher concentrations, induced contractions that were not dose-dependent Apparently, the large doses of adrenaline could partially overcome the blockade of /3-adrenoceptors by MK 950. However, after a larger dose (50pg/ml) of MK 950, adrenaline elicited a contractile response which was dose-related. As can be seen in Fig. 1, alprenolol influenced the responses of the rat colon to adrenaline similarly. It is evident that both MK 950 and alprenolol, like oxprenolol, can unmask excitatory responses in intestinal smooth muscle exposed to adrenaline. These three agents differ from propranolol after which, dose-dependent contractions of the preparation could not be obtained in response to adrenaline; this can be explained by the fact that propranolol fulfils the conditions of competitive antagonism to sympathomimetic amines at the a-adrenoceptor sites (Gulati, Gokhale & others, 1968). In the current experiments, we did not attempt to characterize the contractile responses to adrenaline after MK 950 and alprenolol.


The data of the examination of 89 children aged 5-18 years (mean age: 12,3 ± 2,9 years), with the Wilson''s disease to determine the diagnostic possibilities of ultrasound quantitative evaluation of stages of liver fibrosis with the use of the Acoustic Structure Quantification (ASQ) are presented. Liver ultrasound examination was performed with the help of the diagnostic expert system Toshiba Aplio XG V4 with the ASQ function, which included the histogram construction, color coding and determination of density index (DI) of the liver parenchyma. The analysis of ASQ was established to be of the diagnostic value in the examination of children with the Wilson''s disease. Color coding allows you to visually assess the degree of advancing of fibrosis and the number of functioning liver tissue. The more liver tissue is homogeneic, the variation in the histogram and Rayleigh curve is smaller, and vice versa: the more there are variations, fibrosis is the more advanced. The revealed link between DI and histological pronouncement of fibrosis allows to recommend it as a noninvasive marker of fibrosis advancement in monitoring the acoustic structure of the liver in the dynamics of the course of the Wilson 's disease in the each personal patient.


The invention of the first friction device (5, 9) and a second friction device (7, 11); And the first plate 15 and second plate 17 for applying a pressure to the respective friction devices; Movement between the first diaphragm 21 and second diaphragm 25 as the respective diaphragm is discrete locations (21a, 25a or 25b) and the bonding position (21b or 21c, 25c) for operating each of said plate available, the first diaphragm 21 as it passes in its engaged position from the separated position to approach the second diaphragm 25, the first diaphragm 21 and second diaphragm 25 and the; It relates to a multi-clutch assembly including a first means 23 and second means 27 for operating the respective diaphragm. The second operating means 27, the second diaphragm (25) between the second friction device independently of the wear degree of the (7, 11), the separating position (25a or 25b) and the bonding position (25c) in such a manner as to cover the predetermined travel path comprises means for updating the path of movement of the second diaphragm (25). Multiple clutch assembly, the friction device, the plate, the diaphragm, the release position, the coupling position, the actuating means


A conventional bridge circuit employing a germanium transistor as a temperature sensor is shown to have very high sensitivity together with a large output voltage maximum and is linear over an exceptionally wide range of output voltage.


Reviewing and comprehending key obligations, entitlements, and prohibitions in legal contracts can be a tedious task due to their length and domain-specificity. Furthermore, the key rights and duties requiring review vary for each contracting party. In this work, we propose a new task of party-specific extractive summarization for legal contracts to facilitate faster reviewing and improved comprehension of rights and duties. To facilitate this, we curate a dataset comprising of party-specific pairwise importance comparisons annotated by legal experts, covering ~293K sentence pairs that include obligations, entitlements, and prohibitions extracted from lease agreements. Using this dataset, we train a pairwise importance ranker and propose a pipeline-based extractive summarization system that generates a party-specific contract summary. We establish the need for incorporating domain-specific notion of importance during summarization by comparing our system against various baselines using both automatic and human evaluation methods


Carcinomas of the oropharyngeal and hypopharynx are difficult to treat because of their aggressive tendency to metastasize and their high recurrence rate.


Based on the theory of random vibration,the stationary random seismic response characteristics for long-span arch bridge excited by traveling wave was investigated in this paper,from which the influence trends of the seismic shearwave velocity and field conditions on long-span arch bridge were revealed.It is showed that the effect of traveling wave and filed conditions of seismic site have a great contribution to the seismic response of long-span arch bridge.With the seismic shearwave velocity decreasing,the internal forces of the main arch show an increasing trend.Compared with the synchronous seismic excitation,the bending moment of arch springing increases by 84% under the shearwave velocity of 50 m·s-1,and with the stiffness of field increasing,the internal forces of the main arch become smaller.Under the synchronous seismic excitation,the bending moment of arch springing in soft soil and medium soil increases by 94% and 22% respectively more than that in firm soil field.


Selected properties of octylphenol and seven of its ethoxylated derivatives were studied as a preliminary to investigating their effects on the foliar absorption of three model compounds and the surfactants themselves. Surface tension of the surfactants (2 g litre−1 in water) increased with their hydrophile:lipophile balance (HLB) which is a function of oxyethylene (EO) content. The surface tension of the aqueous surfactants was inversely related to the cosine of their contact angle (θ) on maize leaf in the EO range 7.5–30. Cos θ was in turn related to the wetting of maize by aqueous acetone solutions of surfactants with EO >9.5. The critical surface tension required for complete wetting of the adaxial surface of maize leaf was estimated to be 29 mN m−1. Evaporation of drops of aqueous acetone solutions was biphasic, with preferential loss of acetone during the initial, more rapid phase. The rate of evaporation from the remaining, effectively aqueous systems was inversely related to the HLB of the surfactants. Phytotoxicity of the surfactants, as measured by ethylene production, increased with decreasing EO, while their hygroscopic water retention increased with both log EO and relative humidity (r.h.). Aqueous solubilities of pentacosane, DDT and atrazine were increased up to 8-fold by surfactant (20 g litre−1). Maximum solubilities were observed with surfactants having intermediate HLB values. The solubility of pentacosane (maximum 221 μg litre−1) indicated that the surfactants would probably not solubilise more than 0.1% of the epicuticular wax when applied to maize leaf. Scanning electron microscopic observation of leaf surfaces exposed to surfactants for 24 h did not reveal any visible modifications of the wax structure. Volatilisation of DDT was reduced in the presence of surfactants but that ofatrazine was increased, although in inverse proportion to its solubility in aqueous surfactant.


The development of the central tests in mathematics which in the meantime are regularly conducted in seven Federal States (Bundeslaender) is outlined. The problems in the acceptance and the development of test items are described. The aims of VERA, specifically the system monitoring and the aid in the schools' selfevaluation with regard to the "standards" are given. The process of developing VERA as a tool in cooperation between school practice and science must be considered as suc-


In this paper is presented a calculation procedure based on Lagrange's interpolation formula which has been used for describing the external characteristics of compression-ignition engine of the 359 type. The characteristic curves of specific fuel consumption and exhaust gas smokiness were chosen as an example, which had been obtained during examinations on engine test bed for a drive unit fuelled with four types of fuel. Measurements were carried out on a standard engine test bed which is part of laboratory facilities of the Department of Automotive Vehicles Operation, Western Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin. The study object was an unsupercharged fourstroke engine of domestic production of the 359 type. It is a six-cylinder compression-ignition drive unit with direct fuel injection system. Interpolating polynomials determined analytically for respective characteristics have been presented in the graphical form, while experimental examination results necessary for obtaining them have been additionally tabulated. The presented methodology allows simplification of particular experiment stages by giving possibility to estimate analytically the missing data and with preservation of a minimum number of measuring points. With small corrections, it may be used in similar examinations on other engine test beds. Its application should support the planning of particular experiment stages but does not, in any case, replace it since determination of engine characteristic curves is possible through research only.


Composite lymphoma is the presence of different morphological types of lymphoma in a single lymph node at the time of clinical presentation. It is a rare lymphoid neoplasm, presenting in lymphoid tissue. This paper is presenting a rare case of follicular dendritic cell sarcoma with diffuse large B cell lymphoma in a cervical lymph node.


The formation of the waterlogging evolvement in Jianghan Plain is the result of affecting in turn by the naturalness of the geological structure and climate and mortal intervention. The reclaiming land from lakes in various history periods accelerate the inferior course of waterlogging evolvement. The sedimentation of geological construct is continuing in Jingjiang part. The restoration from paddy field to lake moderately is an effective means of resuming and rebuilding the waterlogging ecological environment in Jianghan Plain.


Abstract : The report describes an experimental evaluation of several internal design modifications intended to improve the fluidborne noise reduction provided by an expansion-chamber type acoustic filter over the frequency range of 40 to 1000 Hertz (Hz) modifications included: The installation of a number of combinations of elastic-walled tubes concentrically positioned in the expansion chamber. A set of many small diameter orifices drilled in two of the concentrically positioned tubes. A baffle installed at the inlet end of the expansion chamber between a single concentric tube and the expansion chamber wall. Results indicate no consistent trends or order relating attenuation and the number of concentric elastic-walled tubes in the expansion chamber, over the frequency range of interest. A significant improvement in attenuation over that obtained by the expansion chamber alone was noted, however, when the smaller of the two tubes having drilled orifices was installed. Installation of a baffle brought further improvement in attenuation. (Author)


By using the property of chaos ergodicity,a PID controller based on chaos optimization is designed for an electric boiler temperature control system in the paper.The simulation results show that this control method is efficient to realize the optimal parameters of the PID controller and also has good dynamic and static control effects.


Abstract 'The Vita Gregorii and Ethnogenesis in Anglo-Saxon Britain'. During the Migration Period, ethnic and political identities emerged amongst the barbarians in the West. In Britain, the barbarian newcomers came to see themselves as a single gens — the English people. Although this has usually been seen as a smooth and almost inevitable process of ethnogenesis, an analysis of an oft overlooked hagiography, the Vita Gregorii, will demonstrate that ideas of ethnicity carried political currency, at least in early-eighth-century Northumbria. Moreover, the notion that all the barbarian newcomers belonged to a single gens found dissenters, evidenced in part by the Vita Wilfridi, which regarded a local, Northumbrian identity as primary. This interpretation places the Anglo-Saxons alongside their Continental counterparts, allowing events in Britain to be understood in a manner harmonious with the broader experiences of the West.


Numerical simulations of a flue gas turbine were conducted by using the software NUMECA. The influence of different moving blade installation angles was analyzed on the internal flow field, and the change of turbine's efficiency and mass flow rate was studied too. It is found that moving blade installation angle has great influences on turbine's performance. The results indicate that the optimal installation angle of moving blade is 52.9°. Compared with it, increasing or decreasing installation angle reduces turbine's efficiency, power and torque. Increasing installation angle enlarges the original supersonic zone in the flow passage of static blade and moving blade. Decreasing installation angle slightly reduces the supersonic zone in static blade flow passage but adds another bigger supersonic zone in moving blade flow passage, which worsens the flow field. Secondary flow and separation region exist near the moving blade suction surface, with increase of installation angle their influence scope become larger.


The polymer coil whose size is comparable in solution to particle diameter makes a flexible bridge between two particles. The suspensions flocculated by the bridging mechanism show shear thickening at high shear rates when both the particle and polymer concentrations are increased above some critical levels. The boundary for appearance of shear thickening is analyzed in terms of a percolation process. The shear thickening results from the three‐dimensional network structure consisting of particles bridged by flexible polymer coils. Since the intrinsic mechanism of shear thickening is the restoring forces of extended bridges in shear fields, the most important variable affecting the flow behavior is bridging conformation. The effects of particle and coil sizes on the shear‐thickening behavior are examined in relation to bridging conformation. The shear thickening takes place for suspensions prepared using particles with diameters of 80–125 nm and polymers with molecular weights of 2.5×105–4.5×105. The appe...


The study of the factors influencing the heat-denaturation of serum proteins has led us to change the technique of my method (1916) for concentrating antitoxic sera. These changes involve a considerable shortening of the process and therefore a brief description of our present method of procedure may be useful to those engaged in serum concentration in other laboratories.


Water shortage has been a severe problem affecting the globe for the past decade. Therefore, appropriate and efficient technologies should be implemented to tackle the water shortage dilemma and to acquire clean water. Several desalination techniques are implemented across the world; among them is capacitive deionization (CDI). CDI is an energy-efficient and cost-effective electrochemical process employed for extracting charged ions from aqueous solutions using a pair of electrodes. Electrode materials strongly influence the CDI's desalination efficiency and conductivity. The CDI electrodes are composed of carbon materials such as activated carbon, carbon aerogel, carbon nanofibers, and porous carbon. However, in this study, carbon nanofibers that possess several advantages and properties over the existing materials have been examined to be used as CDI electrode material due to their high electrical conductivity, large surface area, dimensional stability, and low production cost. Furthermore, different conductive additives could be added to the carbon nanofibers to increase the electrical conductivity and capacitance. In particular, this paper discusses the effect of adding graphene oxide (GO) and carbon nanotubes (CNT) as additives to carbon nanofibers.


The cultivation of microalgae or/and cyanobacteria in nutrient-rich wastewaters presents a significant opportunity for enhancing sustainability of tertiary wastewater treatment processes via resources/energy recovery/production. However, maintaining a monoculture in wastewater-media constitutes a significant challenge to be addressed, as a plethora of antagonistic and predating microorganisms exist is such media. In this regard, the present work assesses the efficiency of the low-cost wastewater substrate disinfection techniques of filtration, use of NaClO, H2O2 or Fe(VI), in terms of antagonistic or/and predating microbial species growth inhibition in Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 cultivations. Nitrates and phosphates removal rates were also experimentally assessed. The results showed that filter thickness has a greater effect on disinfection efficiency than that of filter's pore size. Furthermore, the disinfection efficiency of Fe(VI), which was produced on-site by electrosynthesis via a Fe0/Fe0 cell, was greater than that of NaClO and H2O2. Filtration at ≤ 1.2 µm pore size coupled with chemical disinfection leads to unhindered S7942 growth and efficient nitrates and phosphates removal rates, at dosages of CT ≥ 270 mg min L−1 for NaClO and CT ≥ 157 mg min L−1 for Fe(VI). The coagulation action of Fe(III) species that result from Fe(VI) reduction and the oxidation action of Fe(VI) can assist in turbidity, organic compounds and phosphorous removal from wastewater-media. Moreover, the residual iron species can assist in S7942 harvesting and may enhance photosynthesis rate. Thus, the utilization of wastewaters for S7942 cultivation as tertiary treatment seems a promising and novel alternative to common nutrient removal processes that can reduce environmental footprint and operational costs of wastewater treatment plants.


The purpose of this investigation is to make a survey study of the activities provided by state teachers colleges for intending teachers in the elementary schools. Those experiences are evaluated by comparison with opinions of authorities and the recommendations of the American Association of Teachers Colleges.


Transition metal dichalcogenides are gathering increasing attention owing to their unique physical properties and wide variety of application possibilities. In our study, Mo 1 % x W x S 2 , an alloy of MoS 2 and WS 2 , was fabricated by the co-sputtering deposition of MoS 2 and W, followed by postdeposition sulfurization. The resulting fi lm exhibited a W concentration of up to 23%, relative to the Mo and W added. The alloy exhibited the characteristic behaviors, when subjected to Raman spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. It was con fi rmed that the bandgap shifted as the W concentration increased. By evaluating the bandgap and valence band edge energy, it was con fi rmed that W incorporation tuned the band structure. © 2018 The Japan Society of Applied Physics


The compilation of papers presented here represents the formal contributions of participants in the workshop on phytoplankton-reservoir interaction held April 10-12, 1979. The workshop was sponsored by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station and conducted by Tetra Tech, Inc. The purpose of the workshop was to provide current dissusion related to: a). understanding the important or key phytoplankton-reservoir interacations b). determining whether these factors are incorporated in existing phytoplankton algorithms, and c). indentifying areas required additional research.

The formal papers include an introduction describing the purpose and scope of the Waterways Experiment Station Enviromental and Water Quality Operational Studies (EWQDS) research program, followed by technical papers.


The Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis has widely expanded its geographic range in North Africa. It is nowadays the most common and widespread bird species in Tunisian oases. However, little is known about its breeding ecology despite the importance of such information for the understanding of the dynamics of this invasive species. In this paper we present data on nesting behaviour and breeding success of the Laughing Dove in one oasis in south-eastern Tunisia. Our observations show that the breeding season of this species spreads from February until August, with rare nesting attempts observed in autumn and even in winter periods. The Laughing Dove seems to select areas with moderate vegetation density for nesting, showing a clear preference for fruit trees, particularly pomegranate trees (56% of all nests found) and olive trees (38% of all nests found). Nests are built at an average height of 2.58 ± 0.09 m and are generally oriented to the south-east. 61 % of nesting attempts were successful. Failures are mainly due to predation, particularly by mammals (rodents, semi-domestic cats and genet). Our results also suggest that nests built on the densest trees present the highest risk of predation by mammals. This result could be explained by the fact that these trees constitute refuges for these nest predators. However, predation level by snakes seems to be higher near oasis edges, where the environment is more open and sunny, facilitating the activity of reptiles.


The usage of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software modules in a large, complex software development project has well-known advantages (e.g. reduced development time and reduced cost). However, many such designs remain ill-understood in terms of end-to-end, overall reliability and assurance of the software system. Since the COTS components may not have been designed with assurance attributes in mind, a COTS module integrated system may fail to provide high end-to-end assurance. In applications that require timing, reliability and security guarantees, the usage of COTS software components can therefore mandate an analysis of the assurance attributes. The users of such systems may desire to predict the effect of the occurrence of an event on the reliability of other events in the system, and in general carry out an end-to-end analysis of the software system assurance. In this paper, we evaluate the causality, reliability and the overall performance aspects of large-scale software using a reverse engineering approach. The proposed code analysis approach can evaluate whether the COTS software meets the user-specified individual/group reliability constraints or not. In the case of reliability violation, our proposed approach can identify the modules of the software that may require re-design. The underlying idea is to merge event probabilities, event dependencies and fault propagation to calculate the occurrence probabilities of every event in the system.


Abstract This article discusses the incorporation of a family-professional collaboration model into a master's level course, Introduction to Special Education. The model, Families as Faculty, provides in-service teachers an opportunity to visit with families who have children with special needs, at the family's home. During visits, in-service teachers have the opportunity to listen to family stories about the challenges and joys of raising a child with special needs, and also gain an understanding of the importance of meaningful collaboration with families. Introduction Parent-professional collaboration is essential to the educational success of students with special needs. High quality parent-professional collaboration has been linked with the creation of effective individualized education plans (Turnbull & Turnbull, 2001), inclusion of students with disabilities in their least restrictive environment (Bauer & Shea, 1999), and successful postsecondary outcomes (Wehman, 2001). Collaboration is evident when parents and professionals share information and strategies to develop a common vision for the student. This requires creating clearly defined goals and subsequently agreed upon responsibilities by all stakeholders (Bruner, 1991). According to Turnbull and Turnbull (2001), when families and professional successfully communicate, share resources, and are equally involved in the development of the student's education plan, a collaborative relationship and a sense of collective empowerment is created. Many parent-professional relationships are marked by dominant-subordinate power structures, rather than a spirit of collaboration and collective empowerment (Turnbull & Turnbull, 2001). This disequalibrium is often a result of pre-professional programs that train teachers to assume a dominant role when working with families. As a result, families are relegated to subordinate roles (Turnbull, Turbiville, & Turnbull, 2000) and are often considered informants or clients, rather than as partners in collaboration (Collins & Collins, 1990). Similarly, many teachers regard the ideal relationship with families as one in which parents carry out the requests of teachers and do not interfere with the teacher's decision-making process (Winzer & Mazurek, 1998). All parties suffer when professionals are not provided instruction and opportunities to collaborate at the pre-service level. A review of the literature suggests that limited training and exposure to collaboration at this level correlates with professionals becoming resistant to collaboration with colleagues and families when they enter the workplace (Buttery & Anderson, 1999; Kamens, 1997; Lazar & Solstad, 1999). Therefore, it is imperative that pre-professional education programs create opportunities for pre-service and in-service teachers to meaningfully converse with families who have children with exceptionalities and to develop effective communication and decision-making skills consistent with the spirit of collaboration and collective empowerment. This paper explores a higher education initiative to tram in-service teachers to collaborate with families. We first review efforts to enhance teachers' ability and willingness to collaborate through the Families as Faculty model. Second, we include a participating student's reflection paper that highlights her experience and professional growth as it relates to her experience in the Families as Faculty model. Enhancing professionals' Ability and Willingness to Collaborate To enhance the ability of both general and special education teachers to collaborate with families who have children with special needs, Western New Mexico University--Gallup Graduate Studies Center (WNMU-GGSC) requested the assistance of Families as Faculty, a project of Parents Reaching Out, the New Mexico Parent Training and Information Center. Families as Faculty uses a family-centered partnership curriculum to teach educators collaboration skills. …


Virtual prototyping (VP) is a new simulation-based design solution for complex system's entire life-cycle design based on an integrated product and process development methodology. In order to facility the integrated, collaborative and multi-disciplinary work for integrated product teams, graininess executable system models for the multi-purpose of VP design abstraction need to be developed cost-effectively from the component library. Here, a new hybrid approach is proposed, which apply a top-down design at the conceptual level and a traditional bottom-up design for details respectively. By integrating UML in an up-stream design with the graph theory in down-stream design, both the reconfiguration of systems and reusability of components are enabled. Finally, an example of a simple mechatronics control system is given.


In the last ten years great advances have been made in the treatment of hookworm disease. These have been due largely to two factors: the campaign carried out by the International Health Board of the Rockefeller Foundation, making it possible to treat very large numbers of cases and to study the best methods of treatment, and the discovery in 1921 by Dr. Maurice C. Hall1of the anthelmintic properties of carbon tetrachloride, which is relatively so harmless and so effective that it can be given to whole communities in which hookworm is prevalent, with the assurance that it will remove from 95 to 100 per cent of the hookworms harbored by infested individuals. On account of this certainty of action, it became unnecessary to reexamine the patients for hookworm after treatment, as had been the case previously. The increase in the number of persons treated by this new method


The paper aims to model the currency structure of intra-BRICS trade using readily available data at the product-country level. The research is motivated by the existence of data availability problem that has arisen because the Bank of Russia does not publish data on invoicing currencies in a detailed breakdown by currency and partner. It involves the two factors that require only trade data: the index of trading partners' bargaining power and the degree of product quality differentiation. First, I link the hypothetical model share of trade invoiced in the producer currency to the ratio of the bargaining powers of exporter and importer countries by logistic curves with different parameters; assuming that trade in homogeneous products with low quality differentiation is invoiced in vehicle currencies, I then compare the model structure of Russia's intra-BRICS trade with the aggregated data, and choose the parameters of the logistic curve that provide the best fit. I use CEPII BACI database for 2019. The results show that the actual and the model invoicing currency structures for Russia's intra-BRICS trade are very close for exports but differ for imports, which highlights the role of the importer's foreign exchange reserves currency structure. The model share of Chinese renminbi in total intra-BRICS trade is about 47% and the model share of vehicle currencies is estimated at 38%. The long-term potential share of Chinese renminbi in total intra-BRICS trade may exceed 80% that makes it the strongest candidate for substituting vehicle currencies in intra-BRICS trade.


Background It is not known whether withdrawal of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) in children with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) is beneficial similar to adults. We report a case series of children with advanced CKD whose ACEIs were stopped. Methods In the last 5 years, we stopped ACEIs in seven consecutive children on ACEI therapy with rapidly declining CKD stage 4–5. The median age was 12.5 years (range 6.8–17.6); the median estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) at stopping ACEIs was 12.5 ml/min/1.73 m2 (range 8.8–19.9). Results Six to twelve months after stopping ACEIs, the eGFR increased in five children (71%). The median absolute increase of eGFR was 5.0 ml/min/1.73 m2 (range −2.3 to +20.0) and relative increase of eGFR was 30% (range −34 to +99). The median follow-up after stopping ACEIs was 2.7 (range 0.5–5.0) years, either until the start of dialysis (n = 5) or until the last follow-up without dialysis (n = 2). Conclusions This case series showed that withdrawal of ACEIs in children with CKD stage 4–5 and rapidly declining kidney function may lead to an increase in eGFR.


FIELD: construction, road engineering. SUBSTANCE: butt-joining of two hollow end sections of profiles (10, 11) with the help of a connecting element (2), which are based on a synthetic material, besides, the connecting element comprises a body with a middle part (21) and two wings (22, 23) from synthetic material, which accordingly interact with end hollow sections of profiles, and which have anchor facilities (30, 31), capable of retaining the specified hollow end sections in place around the connecting element, executing friction with the inner part of the specified end sections of profiles. Anchor facilities (30, 31) of the connecting element are made of synthetic material, and at least one of anchor facilities (30, 31) is made as plastic so that it is deformed under exposure to pressure. The section of the connecting element taken by the least size and at the level of the plastic anchor facility (30, 31) has larger size compared to inner dimensions of the end sections of profiles. Also there is a frame comprising such connection and an insulating multiple glass pane comprising the specified frame. EFFECT: simplified assembly of profiles. 20 cl, 6 dwg


The influence of signal integrity caused by the switch of reference planes in multilayer printed circuit boards was evaluated by the method of combining "field"and"circuit".Firstly,the path of return current in via transition structure has been analyzed,and the transient impedance between two reference planes was obtained by"field"method.Then the relationship between Sparameter and node voltage based on equivalent circuit topological structure has been derived by equalizing via transition structure to two-port network.The computational formula of Sparameter has been obtained.Finally,the return loss and insertion loss have been calculated with different via-radius and planes spacing.Research results show that the impedance of return current is decrease following the decreasing size between two reference planes.The return loss is lesser and the insertion loss is greater when the radius of via decreased,the impact of signal integrality caused by via transition structure was decreased.The computed result is accordant with the result of electromagnetic simulation.


Study on cage culture of Climbing perch in cage culture with different stocking densites 50, 200, 400, 600 and 800 individual / m at trang Inland Fisheries Research and Development Center from October 2001 to April 2002. Fish had an initial body length of 5.70+0.06 and initial body weight of 3.67+0.21 g. Fish were stocked in 15 of 1x1x1.5m. floating cages and fed with 30% protein extruded pellet twice daily at 5% of body weight for 180 days. The results showed that the final average body length and body weight were 15.71+1.75, 15.32+1.56, 14.90+1.67, 14.38+1.49 and 13.95+1.38 cm, respectively and 74.05+19.30, 67.47+16.45, 59.67+11.26, 49.28+8.49, and 44.76+7.45 g, respectively, daily weight gain and survival rate were 0.39+0.01, 0.35+0.01, 0.31+0.01, 0.26+0.01 and 0.23+0.01 g/individual/day, respectively and 95.33+2.31, 94.00+1.80, 86.12+0.58, 81.72+1.75 and 77.50+0.75 , respectively, which were significant different values (p<0.05) The production cost per cage was 612.97, 1,311.61, 2,135.49, 2,507.47 and 3,058.8 baht with the break – even price of 173.15, 103.44, 104.12, 104.00 and 109.44 baht / kg, respectively. It can be concluded that the best growth rate and survival rate was at 50 individual / m , but the best break – even price was at 200 individual / m.


The production chain of hazelnuts has been studied by analyzing three sets of samples produced in purity from three different pools of hazelnuts of cultivar "Tonda Gentile Trilobata", "Tonda Gentile Romana" and "Mortarella", all cultivated in Italy. From each pool, five processed products were obtained: roasted hazelnuts, hazelnut paste, hazelnut cream, Gianduja paste and Gianduiotto paste. After pre-treatment by means of dry ashing, all samples from each cultivar, including raw hazelnuts, were then analyzed by means of Inductively Coupled Plasma–Optical Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-OES) and Inductively Coupled Plasma–Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS). A good discrimination was obtained among the different chain stages according to the distribution of the trace elements, as expected. More interesting was the discrimination among the different cultivars: it was possible to distinguish the samples produced from the respective cultivar by means of specific chemical markers, particularly Mo and Ni.


The invention aims to provide a thermal power generation boiler intelligent combustion optimizing system and a realizing method thereof, belonging to the relevant technical fields of energy sources, environmental protection, software information, and the like. The system mainly comprises a human-computer interface module and an intelligent algorithm subsystem, wherein a boiler operator can configure relevant parameters of coal species, and the like by the human-computer interface module, and the human-computer interface module can provide an optimized target for the whole system and clearly display an optimized model predicted by the system; and the intelligent algorithm subsystem generates a combustion optimizing model under the guide of the human-computer interface module according to information provided by a distributed control system (DCS) and an environmental pollutant monitoring module. The invention can provide the boiler performance optimized real-time online analyzing function for a front-line staff of a power plant, analyze the optimized parameter and the optimized target of a boiler system by the system and provide a concrete performance optimizing measure and a technical guide.


Ultrashort pulse characterization techniques based on second harmonic generation (SHG), such as frequency resolved optical gating (SH-FROG), were developed for the near infrared and cannot be easily transposed to the UV and the visible because of the lack of suited and efficient non linear crystals for broadband SHG. Such difficulties can be overcome by the use of a third order non linear effect such as induced birefringence which is achromatic and frequency conserving. We demonstrate a single beam, achromatic, programmable and self-compensated spectrally resolved interferometric autocorrelation technique which overcomes such drawbacks. This technique is based on the conjugate use of cross-polarized wave generation (XPW), an exotic third order non linear effect, and of an UV acousto-optic programmable dispersive filter (UV-AOPDF) which is used to produce pulse replicas with interferometric control within the acousto-optic crystal.


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- This study aim to analysis the level of efficiency and effectiveness functional Sharia Bank (qardhu hasan product) to empower poor communities in Bandung City. Research study using analysis descriptive. This research population are poor communities that got qardhu hasan, Sharia Bank in Bandung-West Java. Collecting data trough interview technic and distributing questionnaires. The collected data were analyzed using qualitative and quantitative analysis. Qualitative analysis using a scoring system to each indicator in the questionnaire, while the quantitative analysis using different test average. Based on the research results as follows: First, the effectiveness of management qardhu hasan managed by LAZ more effective than managed by Sharia Bank. Second, Qardhu hasan Sharia banks have been able to bring changes to household incomes, awareness of saving and changing the paradigm, especially with regard to discipline in paying the installments as well as awareness of saving, and the third qualitatively qardhu hasan Sharia banks have been able to reduce poverty in the Bandung but according in statistic not shows significant effects


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The auditory stimulation device comprises a ventilation tube (1), wherein the device also comprises an auditory stimulation first coupling piece (2) placed at one end of said ventilation tube (1); and a second coupling part (3) engageable with said first coupling part (2). # Allows contact with water and its entry into the ear canal ear hearing ensuring stable.


This paper deals with the question, to what extent the hypotheses of René Girard about the scapegoat mechanism being the origin of human culture can serve as an explanatory tool regarding the criminal justice system. It will be argued that this system, at least insofar as it concerns very serious offences and punishments, is rooted in that mechanism. The traces of this will be shown in relation to an actual case. It would be wrong, however, to conclude that the scapegoat mechanism suffices for explaining the criminal justice system. It will be suggested that an additional root is to be found in family justice.


In this paper, the informative space is proposed to implant ubiquitous functions into physical spaces. We merge physical and virtual spaces through the space structurization using an RFID system, and solve the space localization and mapping problem for a robot to navigate through the distribution and synthesis of information and knowledge. To distribute knowledge ∞exibly and reliably to changing environment and also to develop a system which allows a robot to invoke and merge the distributed knowledge more freely, we employ a novel approach of knowledge management based on Web services. The proposed method is verifled by building a physical space with two kinds of RFID tags and a virtual space with knowledge database based on Web services.


To encourage a collaborative practice environment, educators should im-plement interprofessional education (IPE) into the healthcare curriculum. The objective of this study was to assess students' attitudes about inter-professional education by determining whether a short interprofessional program impacts their attitudes toward the roles and responsibilities of other healthcare professionals. Graduate students in nursing, pharmacy, occupational therapy, and physical therapy participated in a two-hour ori-entation program. Students completed a validated pretest and posttest. Significant changes from pretest to posttest were found (p


Demand side load management (DSLM) applications improve grid flexibility and support intermittent renewable energy utilization. In this study, we discuss role of power limited load shedding algorithm for DSLM applications in domestic scales. By using this algorithm, domestic power consumption is limited with respect to dynamic electricity price signal and renewable energy generation level by switching off the low prior home electronics appliances (HEAs). The proposed load shedding scheme performs depending on power requirements of HEAs and their user priority presetting. In this study, power limited load shedding algorithm is improved to consider operation modes, which are grid mode, islanded mode and grid+renewable energy (RE) mode and effects of the proposed scheme on domestic consumption is discussed by using simulation results.


Regulations regarding the export policy of ore in Indonesia have undergone several changes over a relatively short period of time. The application of these regulations is predicted to have an impact on financial performance. Under these conditions managers often face pressure to carry out financial statements fraud when financial stability is threatened by economy, industry, and the situation of the operating entity. This study aims to detect the possibility of financial statements fraud. The research population was totally 173 companies data in the mining sector which were listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange during 2014-2017. The research sample was selected by purposive sampling criteria and selected 101 companies data. The data collection method used is documentation. Data analysis is the Beneish M-Score calculation model. The results showed that the ore export ban did indeed affect the company's financial performance. Many companies in the sector cannot make sales transactions because of the policy. As a result, many companies in the sector reported losses in the current year. This condition certainly greatly affects the company's financial performance. This is also supported by the results of the Beneish M-Score calculation which shows that all research objects are indicated to manipulate their financial statements.


Abstract An n-tuple semigroup is an algebra defined on a set with n binary associative operations. This notion play a prominent role in the theory of n-tuple algebras of associative type. Our paper is devoted to the development of the variety theory of n-tuple semigroups. We construct a free k-nilpotent n-tuple semigroup and characterize the least k-nilpotent congruence on a free n-tuple semigroup.


In recent years, quantitative approaches based on mathematical theories and ICT tools, known under the terms of digital, computational, and virtual archaeology, are more and more involved in the traditional archaeological research. In this paper, we apply shape analysis techniques to 3D digital replicas of archaeological findings to support their interpretation. In particular, our study focuses on a collection of small terracotta figurines from the ancient sanctuary of Ayia Irini, Cyprus, and it aims at re-analysing the material utilising a quantitative approach. We experiment state of the art techniques (meshSIFT and DBSCAN) to cluster statuettes according to the similarity of their heads, to investigate their production process.


When a laser pulse with a relativistic intensity is focused onto a solid target, the material is instantly ionized and forms a plasma mirror, namely an overdense plasma with a short density gradient on its front side. During the laser pulse reflection, high harmonics are generated in the reflected pulse, and electrons can be accelerated out of the target. While the mechanisms for high harmonic generation are well-known, the acceleration of electrons remained unclear. Based on experimental results from two ultraintense femtosecond laser systems (the "Salle Noire" laser at LOA and the UHI100 laser at CEA), this theoretical and numerical thesis unravels the mechanisms for ejection and acceleration of electrons, following three research lines. First, using particle-in-cell numerical simulations, we identify the ejection mechanism occuring during every laser period at the plasma surface. In particular, the role of the fields inside the plasma is highlighted, and the scale length of the plasma density gradient is shown to be a key parameter. Second, after being ejected from the plasma surface, electrons can be accelerated by the laser fields in the reflected pulse. This so-called "vacuum laser acceleration" had not been studied extensively in experiments, the biggest hurdle being to inject electrons directly inside an ultraintense laser pulse. Plasma mirrors offer an answer to this question and serve as electron injectors. In this thesis, we develop a model to interpret experimental results obtained on the UHI100 laser at CEA. In particular, we show that these experiments lead to the first observation of vacuum laser acceleration of a high-charge (3 nC) electron beam to relativistic energies (10 MeV). Finally, high harmonic generation may occur via two mechanisms: coherent wake emission at low intensity and the relativistic oscillating mirror effect at high intensity. Comparing electron ejection with each of these mechanisms brought new insights into the nanoscale dynamics of the plasma surface.


The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of brand image and brand attitude either simultaneously or partially on brand equity. Besides that, to find out the variables that have the most dominant influence on brand equity at Pondok Three All restaurants in Tenggarong. The analytical tool used is multiple regression with the number of samples in this study as many as 74 people. The results of the study show that: First, the calculation results from the F test or simultaneously indicate that brand image and brand attitude have a significant influence on brand equity, so that the proposed hypothesis is accepted. Second, the results of the t test or partially show that brand image and brand attitude have a positive and significant effect on brand equity at Pondok Three All Restaurant in Tenggarong, so that the proposed hypothesis is accepted. Judging from the two independent variables, the variable that has the most dominant influence is brand attitude (X2), thus the fourth hypothesis proposed is accepted because it is proven true.


Over the past two decades,some Western countries have started the movement of governmental performance appraisal in the context of new public management,which has played a positive role in establishing a high-performance government,improving the system of public accountability,and reinventing governmental organization.


TC5 probe (5 9 -CTGCCGCGCGCACACCGC-3 9 ). The TC5 probe was labeled with Redivue [ g - 33 P]ATP ( . 3000 Ci/mmol) (from Amersham, Buckinghamshire, UK), using the 5 9 -end labeling kit RPN 1509 (Amer-sham). After hybridization, filters were removed and placed into rolling bottles and rinsed twice for 30 min with 3 3 SSC. Finally, filters were air-dried at room temperature and exposed to Kodak Biomax MR film for 48–72 hr at 2 80°C using an intensifier Hiperscreen (Amersham).


Mar 10 Contemporary Indian so ciety professes a profound faith in every individual s right to life and dignity . The rights relating to the weaker & vulnerable sections of Indian society especially women, and more specially the girl child were violated. The twin social evils of female foeticide & female infanticide were the main causes. The various causes of female foeticide & female infanticide were deeply rooted in the patriarchy i.e. the dominant position of men in all matters of domestic life. Today the rejection of the unwanted girls begins even before her birth, pre-natal sex determination tests followed by quick abortions eliminate thousand of female foetuses. Youth constitute an important segment of the society. Apart from being future parents they have immense potential to initiate discussion on the issue at home and in the community.


(Abstract) Single phase switched reluctance machines (SRMs) have a special place in the emerging high-volume, low-cost and low-performance applications in appliances and also in high-speed low-power motor drives in various industrial applications. Single phase SRMs have a number of drawbacks: low power density as they have only 50% utilization of windings, lack of self-starting feature unless otherwise built in to the machine, most of the times with permanent magnets or sometimes with distinct and special machine rotor configurations or additional mechanisms. Many of these approaches are expensive or make the manufacturing process more difficult. In order to overcome such disadvantages a method involving interpoles and windings is discussed in this research. Also, a new and novel converter topology requiring only a single switch and a single diode is realized. This research tests the concepts and feasibility of this new single-phase SRM motor topology and converter in one quadrant operation. The converter electronics and a simple minimum component, minimum cost analog converter are designed and implemented. The entire system is simulated and evaluated on its advantages and disadvantages. Simple testing without load is performed. This system has a large number of possibilities for development. Due to its lightweight, compact design and efficient, variable high-speed operation, the system might find many applications in pumps, fans, and drills. iii Acknowledgements There are numerous people I must thank that have helped me through the course of my graduate studies. I would like to express my deepest gratitude to my advisor, Dr. Krishnan Ramu. Without his constant support, this research would never have come to fruition. Also, I would like to thank Dr. Lamine Mili and Dr. Hugh VanLandingham for taking the time to be part of my examination committee. I would also like to thank my family and my friends. Their constant prodding helped me reach the heights I have found today. I would especially like to thank those that I worked with at Shaun Staley. They had faith in me, even when I did not.


The rate of use of social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn has increased drastically over the last decade. Twitter is the eighth most popular website in the world, with an average of nearly eleven million hits a day. Twitter may be used for synchronous and asynchronous online conversations, asking and answering questions, and sharing opinions, ideas, and resources. Twitter also offers a platform for quick communication that could play a role as a catalyst for the learning process. This paper presents an investigation into the use of the Twitter social media platform by selected top universities in UK. Twitter data from that account in the 1-year period was captured. First was coded, the total number of tweets, like ranking, usable (non-spam) tweets, the number of retweeted, hashtags and tweets on the official Twitter accounts of selected universities. In this study, NodeXL program was visualized and analyzed by drawing the data from Twitter. As such data sets of no more than 2,500 tweets were gathered for each search topic. After 60 years of experience with computer-based text analysis approaches can be used to define rule-based classification, theme extraction, ontology/taxonomy modeling, topic categorization and document summarization. Statistics (degree and weighted degree, centrality statistics, network diameter, graph density, average path length) were then calculated for each node and for the network using the statistical module of NodeXL. The data were visualized using Fruchterman-Reingold and Harel-Koren Fast Multiscale algorithms as shown in the figures below. The implications of this finding are discussed.


Aiming at the problem that the testing range of unrotary long-range missile with large ratio of length to diameter was nearer markedly than the calculational range,some factors were analyzed in order to find the truth.The singular point theory and swing plane equation theory were applied to solve this problem,and these theories were the mathematic tool to study the stability of the system.The limit plane swing movement and its restraining measure of un-rotary long-range missile with large ratio of length to diameter were studied emphatically.The result shows that the nonlinear aerodynamic force arose by large angle of attack can lead to limit plane swing movement which can make the angle of attack un-damping during a long trajectory,and this case can increase the drag force of the trajectory to decrease the range.The simulation shows that this phenomenon can be restrained through changing the aerodynamic parameters and initial value.


This research is based on low partisipation of students in study PKn, such as partisipation in question, question answer, and question respon. It is caused by the study which still convensionally that make the students have low participation. To solve this action by using snowball throwing model. The purpose of this research is to improve the learning participation of PKn at class Vc SD Kartika1-10 Padang. The collection of data is done by observation technic and by using observation sheet of students participation and also the teacher activity which is support by field note, the last is picture. Kind of this research is the class action research. The first cycle is done twice  meeting on april 2, april 16 and the final cycle is on april 18. The second cycle is on april 23, april 30, and the final cycle is on mei 1 2013. The result of research shows that snowball throwing model can improve the teacher activity and the students participation. On the first cycle, the average of teacher activity is 69,1% and increase on the second cycle, it is 88,3%, while  the average of students paticipation is 52,4% and increase on the second cycle, it is 80,4%. As supporter, the researcher also looks  the result of the students learning based on the final cycle test. On the first cycle, the total percentage of students learning is reach 57,1% and increase on the second cycle, it is 75%. Key word : learning participation, snowball throwing model, study of PKn


The simulation of flow behavior of two-component developer in electro-photographic equipment is performed to obtain knowledge about the optimum design of a development system. Particle element method taking into account the magnetic interaction between developing particles is used, and the validity of the simulation method is experimentally confirmed. The spike of magnetic brush on a magnetic roll and the shape change of magnetic brush due to changes in magnetic field are well expressed by the simulation. The effects of parameters of development equipment on the flow behavior of developer, such as shape of doctor blade and location of magnetic pole ete., are discussed. The flow behavior of developer changes with these parameters. There are optimum values in these parameters in order to avoid the fusion of toner particles and they are determined by the simulation. The proposed simulation gives very useful information for the design of two-component development system.


Recent advances in metering technology, deregulation of the energy market, rapid penetration of renewables, and the smart grid vision for situational awareness, all call for a system-wide power system state estimation (PSSE). On the other hand, complexity of an interconnected power grid, privacy policies of local authorities, and vulnerability concerns preclude a centralized estimator. In this context, several possible manifestations of PSSE are treated in the present paper under a unified and systematic framework. Building on the alternating direction method of multipliers, a novel decentralized PSSE approach is developed. The obtained algorithm waives local observability concerns, leverages existing software, while requiring local system operators exchange minimal information only across tie lines. Numerical tests on two commonly used benchmarks, namely IEEE 14- and 118-bus power grids, show that the desired statistical accuracy is attained within 5-10 inter-area exchanges.


Effect of a partical replacement of normal-weight aggregate by saturated lightweight aggregate in high-strength concrete on strength and autogenous shrinkage were discussed.A partial replacement of normal aggregate by 15% volume of saturated lightweight aggregate was very effective in eliminating the autogenous shrinkage.This method should be noted that the internal supply of water which from saturated lightweight aggregate to the cement made cement continuous hydration,and prevented the autogenous shrinkage.


During the final larval instar of the blowfly Calliphora vicina the storage protein arylphorin is stage-specifically produced and re-absorbed by the fat body cells. In this study the hormonal regulation of arylphorin biosynthesis and endocytosis has been investigated in vitro and in vivo. Application of 10 to 50 ng 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E) in vivo or of 10-7 to 10-6 M 20E in vitro specifically inhibits arylphorin translation without altering the arylphorin mRNA level. After termination of arylphorin synthesis in vivo, it can be artificially re-induced by neck-ligation, an effect which can be reversed by application of 50 ng 20E. This suggests that the small rise in titre of 20E at the end of feeding stage is responsible for the inhibition of arylphorin-mRNA translation in vivo. 20E stage-specifically stimulates arylphorin uptake by the larval fat body in vitro, as well as in vivo (Burmester & Scheller, in prep.). We assume two defined but different post-translational effects of 20E on arylphorin metabolism.


When two boundary-parabolic representations of knot groups are given, we introduce the connected sum of these representations and show several natural properties including the unique factorization property. Furthermore, the complex volume of the connected sum is the sum of each complex volumes modulo $i\pi^2$ and the twisted Alexander polynomial of the connected sum is the product of each polynomials with normalization.


Accordingly with the general theory of relativity, the motion of a particle by the only action of inertia and gravity is described by a space-time geodesic. We use the Eisenhart geometric formulation of classical mechanics to establish a correspondence between geodesics and paths in phase space of the classical bi-dimensional isotropic oscillator. The Killing vectors and its associated constants of motion are presented and compared with nonNoetherian motion constant calculated by S. Hojman and collaborators. Keywords:  Geometric Mechanics, Geometrical and tensorial methods, Formalisms in classical mechanics.


Web applications have rapidly become critical to the interaction that organisations have with their external stakeholders. A major factor in the effectiveness of this interaction is the ease with which users can locate information and functionality which they are seeking. Effective design is however complicated by the multiple purposes and users which Web applications typically support. In our earlier work we described a model for evaluating the overall navigation entropy of a Web application which provides a measure of the weighted effort required of users. In this paper we describe a navigationaldesi.gnm~t~?~~imed at minimizing this navigational entropy. The approach uses a theoretical navigational depth for the various information ani:rservice components to moderate a nested hierarchical clustering of the content.


Space Station telerobotics will evolve beyond the initial capability into a smarter and more capable system as we enter the twenty-first century. Current technology programs including several proposed ground and flight experiments to enable development of this system are described. Advancements in the areas of machine vision, smart sensors, advanced control architecture, manipulator joint design, end effector design, and artificial intelligence will provide increasingly more autonomous telerobotic systems.


The minimal residual (MR) method for the numerical solution of transonic potential flows is closely related to the conjugate gradient method, which has found widespread use in the solution of large sparse, symmetric, and positive-definite linear equations. The primary advantage of the MR method is its applicability to both symmetric and nonsymmetric matrices.


Acrylamide-based water-soluble polymers have been widely used in the tertiary oil recovery process,but their poor salt tolerance and thermostability impeded their use in high-temperature and high-salinity oil reservoirs.To overcome such deficiencies,Hourdet et al proposed a novel concept of "thermoviscosifying water-soluble polymer" and pioneered the research in this area.Such an idea has attracted the attention from both polymer and petroleum communities.Based on authors work in this area,this paper introduces the principle,categories,synthesis procedures,as well as aqueous solution properties of thermoviscosifying polymers including those based on N-isopropylacrylamide,polyethylene oxide and N-(1,1-dimethyl-3-oxobutyl)-acrylamide.Current challenge and future trend have been pointed out to close this review.


exchanged with the isotope, allowance was made for urinary or stool loss up to that time as well as for the Mg++ infused with the isotope.


A 62-year-old Chinese man ®rst presented in 1990 with episodic fever and abdominal pain. He was diagnosed with RPC complicated by a liver abscess. Right segment V hepatectomy, cholecystectomy and right intrahepatic duct stricturoplasty were performed. His clinical condition was uneventful after surgery until 1996 when he presented again with several attacks fever, jaundice and abdominal pain. Laboratory tests revealed obstructive jaundice and leucocytosis during these attacks. In August 1997, the patients su€ered another similar episode. Transabdominal ultrasound showed mildly dilated intrahepatic ducts but no liver abscess. Common duct was obscured. Computed tomography (CT), enhanced with intravenous contrast medium, (Fig. 1a) showed dilated main bile ducts and peripheral pruning consistent with long-standing RPC. The common bile duct (CBD) measured 11 mm without focal narrowing or visible wall thickening down to the pancreatic head. Cholescintigraphy showed no biliary obstruction. Magnetic resonance cholangiographs (MRC) (Fig. 1b) showed a dilated common duct with smooth tapering distally. Narrowing at the origin of the right hepatic duct and singnal voids in the right intra-hepatic duct were detected with the diagnosis of choledocholithiasis and right hepatic duct stricture. No mass was detected in the porta hepatis to suggest extrinsic compression. Coeliac and superior mesenteric artery angiography showed no hypervascular hepatic lesion. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERCP) (Fig. 1c) reveals multiple intraluminal ®lling defects in the proximal common ducts. Brush biopsy in a left intrahepatic duct was negative for malignancy while the CBD mucus was insucient for cytology. Exploration was performed in October 1997. The common bile duct was dilated with lots of mucus plug in the lumen. Choledochoscopy revealed a carpet of papilloma extending from the common hepatic duct (CHD) into the right hepatic duct and its branches, with minimal extension into the left hepatic duct. Histological section of the CHD biopsy con®rmed a villous papillomatous adenomatous lesion (Fig. 1d). No invasion feature was demonstrated. The ®nal diagnosis was biliary papillomatosis and a hepatico-jejunostomy was performed.


The invention provides low-pressure air glass which comprises upper glass and lower glass, wherein the peripheries of the upper glass and lower glass are welded together by low-temperature solder; a closed low-pressure air layer is formed between the upper glass and the lower glass; the upper glass and the lower glass are flat glass or convex-surface glass; and the convex surface of the convex-surface glass faces to the outer side. A preparation method of the low-pressure air glass provided by the invention is simple in technology; the prepared low-pressure air glass and toughened low-pressure air glass can overcome the shortcomings of the existing hollow glass, effectively guarantee the air tightness of the low-pressure air glass, prolong the service life of the low-pressure air glass, enhance the strength as well as the heat insulation and sound insulation performance, and reduce light pollution of a glass curtain wall.


Hippolyte lagarderei sp. nov. from the Atlantic shores of Morocco, Hippolyte varians Leach from the Atlantic coasts of Europe and Hippolyte holthuisi Zariquiey Alvarez from the Mediterranean are described and illustrated in detail. H. varians from Southern Portugal proves to be identical with North European specimens and quite distinct from Mediterranean H. holthuisi.


As one of the four works that win the 2009 Mao Dun Prize for Literature,Mai Jia's novel An-Suan(Secret Plot) is distinctive for its baroque and mystic subject matter,independent characters,rigid and strange language,and intricate and eccentric plot.It has inaugurated a new subject matter and a new style for Chinese fiction in the new century.


This article describes the inception and progress of an experimental music therapy group at the Marylebone Music Therapy Unit. Clients were referred from either the Counselling Service or the General Practice Unit, both also located in the crypt of St. Marylebone Church, London. The article describes my search for an appropriate structure for the group and the formation of some theoretical perspectives on improvisation with such clients. In conclusion is a section containing the clients' evaluations of their experience of the group over the period of one year. Since the author does not claim in any sense to be a pioneer in this field, (whilst still acknowledging the work of other colleagues), this article is written in an exploratory style; because with these clients in this particular context, for him, it was experimental.


: The major aim of the research paper is to find out the factors affecting customer attitudes toward online shopping in Sri Lanka. Primary data has been collected from the Sri Lankan shoppers who used websites to purchase goods or services over the internet through online catalog retailers that provide a large variety of items for their selection within the last one-year period (2020). The convenience sampling method was employed for the data collection process using an online survey and obtained 340 responses from online customers. The collected data were examined using factor analysis, structural model analysis, t-test, and Analysis of variance (ANOVA). The results imply that trust and perceived website image have a direct positive influence on attitude while relative advantage and perceived website reputation have indirect positive influences on the attitude toward online shopping. There were no significant differences in the attitudes toward online shopping across the districts. Married customers have a more positive attitude than unmarried customers. Several insights for these influences and differences were discussed.


From quencher to potent activator – multimodal luminescence thermometry with Fe3+ in the oxides MAl4O7 (M = Ca, Sr, Ba).


Dispersion relations are calculated and solved for frequencies near the first two harmonics (Ω/Ω+ = 2, 3) of perpendicular magnetosonic waves in relativistic anisotropic plasmas. In this, wavelengths larger than the ion Larmor radius and large plasma frequency (Ω2p, ≫ Ω2+) are assumed. It is found that, even for Tψ ≫ T the plasma is stable. This result has application to the steady-state, spherically symmetrical, expanding, solar-wind plasma.


In the diagnosis of congenital cardiac defects, right to left shunts may be more difficult to detect and accurately localize than left to right shunts. A new procedure developed for detecting shunts consists of injecting a substance (131-labeled sodium and methylglucamine diatrizoate) which serves as a rapidly excreted radioactive tracer. The injection is made into the various chambers of the heart by way of a catheter inserted through a vein, but injection by direct venipuncture also gives useful results. Three radiation counters are placed over the heart, over a peripheral lung field, and over a femoral artery, and the time of appearance of increased radioactivity at these three places is found to give information that cannot be obtained from electrocardiograms, pressure recordings, and angiocardiograms alone. The procedure demonstrated its usefulness in 42 patients suspected of having right to left shunts. A variety of other conditions can also be investigated by this means, and a marked delay (up to 20 seconds, as compared with a normal of 5 seconds) in the appearance of radioactivity in the femoral ortery and leg was among the featues noted in 17 patients with disease of the mitral valve. The apparatus needed in this procedure can be reduced to a compact, portable unit, and the method has obviated the need of puncturing the femoral artery in the detection of intracardiac and extracardiac shunts.


Based on the fact poetic, thats Woman is unfolding, in Adelia Prado and Paula Tavares, I try to observe the presence of a body as a kind of space that unfolds. Wi th this status I will observe the construction of a corporeality, from the moment he is cooking because I conduct myself to see this form of representation that marks a moment's inaugural contemporary literature.


The goal is to determine the level of physical condition of boxers aged 10-11 years who started boxing training online at home at the stage of initial training. Materials and methods: the study involved 15 boxers who were at the stage of initial training took part in the study. Analysis of data from special scientific and methodical literature, pedagogical testing, functional research methods, methods of mathematical statistics were used. Results: the level of physical condition of boxers at the initial training stage was determined. Conclusions. It was established that the most important anthropometric indicators of 10-11-year-old boys who started boxing training at home corresponded to the recommended age norms. The respiratory system of young athletes was still insufficiently formed to breathe in conditions of hypoxia due to the lack of oxygen supply to the body. The calculation of the adaptation potential of the cardiovascular system of young boxers corresponded to the level of satisfactory adaptation.


In this paper, we address the quay crane scheduling problem in maritime container terminals, with some new features on the machine environment. We consider rail-mounted cranes and we assume that they are not allowed to span all over the vessel and that they can work only in predefined time windows. We furthermore take into account one-way constraints on the crane movements. We present a mixed integer mathematical model and a heuristic algorithm to get feasible solutions to the problem. Finally, we report on some computational experience.


Dangerous Druqs: Farmers atnd Stock Oivners.-In reDly to Mr. Binds, on May 22nd, Sir J. Baird said that licences uinder the Dangerous Drugs Act had not been issued to agriculturists, but un(ler the order of last August farmers aud stock owners in certain circumstances could obtain a certificate from the chiief officer of police which en'abled them to secure tincture of opium for use in they treatment of animals. No fee was chargeablle for the certificate.


In this paper we proposed a new multi expert fuzzy model called Euclidean Distance Intuitionistic Fuzzy Valued With Topsis Ranking Method (EDIFVTRM) to analyze the correlation between the causes and effects of human health problems and human errors on roads that makes destruction on road safety. The paper was constituted into five section with introduction to the problem, preliminaries to intuitionistics fuzzy sets, introduction to Euclidean Distance Intuitionistic Fuzzy Valued with Topsis Ranking Method EDIFVTRM, adaptation of problem to EDIFVTRM , and conclusion and suggestion based on the study.


Abstract Polymer residues are generally left in the Y-junctions of the conventional splitters. Besides increased insertion loss, the Y-junction residue results in asymmetric distribution of power at device outputs. An analysis of the device performance in the presence of junction residue is presented and a design to overcome the non-uniformities in output power distribution brought about by the presence of the residue is proposed.


The traditional method to find the profile surface of a cylindrical cam from a given pitch curve, for its theoretical error, cannot be applied in accurate control situation. The mathematic model of the profile surface of a cylindrical cam with spherical\|faced follower was investigated. An iterative method and direct method using root\|finding formula of four algebraic equation were educed. The analytical method, without theoretical error, is an accurate one to solve the problem.


In this work we present a new approach for the 3D reconstruction of a scene from RGB-D sequences containing dynamic objects. This challenging problem includes the detection of such objects, as well as the reconstruction of those parts of the scene occluded by them. We propose a combination of computer vision geometry (detection and tracking of dynamic keypoints and associated image regions) and machine learning techniques (Fully Convolutional Neural Networks and Generative Adversarial Networks), which allows us to detect not only objects that are known to be dynamic (e.g., people) but also other elements that change place in the scene (e.g., books carried by people). Our system detects them, removes them from the map and also reconstructs the occluded parts of the scene using information from alternative views.


604Sovereign immunity — Public vessels — State-owned corporation — State shipping corporation — Collision in Mediterranean — Actions for damages to ship and cargo, death and personal injury — Whether action based upon commercial activity carried on in the United States — Whether action based upon State-owned corporation's worldwide shipping activities or upon single voyage — Whether collision causing direct effect in the United States — Waiver of immunity — Whether immunity waived by corporation filing conditional claim and answer to be considered only if plea of immunity failed — Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act 1976 — Treaties — Reservations — Status of objection to a reservation — Whether United States objection to a reservation to be taken as forming part of international agreement — The law of the United States


............................................................................................................................. ii Co-Authorship.................................................................................................................... iii Acknowledgements ........................................................................................................... iv List of Figures ................................................................................................................... ix List of Tables ..................................................................................................................... x List of Abbreviations ........................................................................................................ xi Chapter 1 General Introduction and Literature Review ...................................................... 1 1.1 Oil spills as an environmental concern ..................................................................... 1 1.1.1 Large scale crude oil spills ................................................................................. 1 1.1.2 Small scale spills of crude oils and refined products ......................................... 2 1.1.3 Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) are the toxic component of oil ........ 3 1.2 Heavy fuel oils (HFO) .............................................................................................. 4 1.2.1 HFO is produced from the refining of crude oil ................................................ 4 1.2.2 Wabamun Lake incident: Initial response and area affected ............................. 5 1.2.3 Physical and chemical properties of HFO ......................................................... 6 1.2.4 Sinking behaviour, fate, and habitat effects of heavy oil .................................. 8 1.3 Uptake and metabolism of PAH from oil in fish ................................................... 10 1.4 Embryotoxicity of PAH found in oil ...................................................................... 14 1.5 Potential causes of embryotoxicity ......................................................................... 16 1.6 Purpose ................................................................................................................... 20 1.7 References .............................................................................................................. 21 Chapter 2 The fate of spilled heavy fuel oil influences the release of PAH to water and embryotoxicity to rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) ................................................. 27 2.


The novel neural network (NN) approach has been formulated and used for development of a NN ensemble stochastic convection parametrization for climate models. This fast parametrization is built based on data from Cloud Resolving Model (CRM) simulations initialized with and forced by TOGA-COARE data. The SAM (System for Atmospheric Modeling), developed by D. Randall, M. Khairoutdinov, and their collaborators, has been used for CRM simulations. The observational data are also used for validation of model simulations. The SAM-simulated data have been averaged and projected onto the GCM space of atmospheric states to implicitly define a stochastic convection parametrization. This parametrization is emulated using an ensemble of NNs. An ensemble of NNs with different NN parameters has been trained and tested. The inherent uncertainty of the stochastic convection parametrization derived in such a way is estimated. Due to these inherent uncertainties, NN ensemble is used to constitute a stochastic NN convection parametrization. The developed NN convection parametrization have been validated in a diagnostic CAM (CAM-NN) run vs. the control CAM run. Actually, CAM inputs have been used, at every time step of the control/original CAM integration, for parallel calculations of the NN convection parametrization (CAM-NN) to produce its outputs as amore » diagnostic byproduct. Total precipitation (P) and cloudiness (CLD) time series, diurnal cycles, and P and CLD distributions for the large Tropical Pacific Ocean for the parallel CAM-NN and CAM runs show similarity and consistency with the NCEP reanalysis. The P and CLD distributions for the tropical area for the parallel runs have been analyzed first for the TOGA-COARE boreal winter season (November 1992 through February 1993) and then for the winter seasons of the follow-up parallel decadal simulations. The obtained results are encouraging and practically meaningful. They show the validity of the NN approach. This constitutes an important practical conclusion of the study: the obtained results on NN ensembles as a stochastic physics parametrization show a realistic possibility of development of NN convection parametrization for climate (and NWP) models based on learning cloud physics from CRM/SAM simulated data.« less


The active millimeter-wave imaging using incoherent illumination is studied to improve contrast between the objects and human body. The multi-directional illumination are applied to decrease the angle dependence of the image contrast. It is demonstrated the quality of imaging of the object is largely improved by using the proposed imaging method.


Superheated steam has been known as a drying medium for over 100 years. From the beginning acceptance of the technology has occurred because of the properties of superheated steam that make it attractive for drying as well as processing applications. Our research program in the Department of Biosystems Engineering at the University of Manitoba and others have looked to the processing benefits of superheated steam to create snack food products (instant noodles, tortilla chips, potato chips, pork bundles), affect changes in product quality and performance, and sterilize grains (bacteria and mycotoxins). Superheated steam has proven itself to be beneficial not only as a drying medium, but also as a processing medium.


Annotation. A method for calculating the settlement of ring pile foundations of reservoirs on clay soils is considered. The proposed method provides for a separate calculation of the settlement of the central part of the tank (bottom draft) and a reinforced concrete ring pile foundation arranged along its edges (foundation ring settlement). The bottom of the tank is not rigidly connected to the ring foundation. The method of M I Gorbunov-Posadov and others for a flexible round foundation on a linearly deformable base was used. When calculating the settlement of the pile ring, the method of A A Bartolomey was used for strip pile foundations. The work takes into account the assessment of the additional settlement of the bottom and pile ring caused by repeated loading and unloading of the base of the tanks.