AbstractFeedback is the core concept in cybernetics and its effective use has made great success in but notlimited to the fields of engineering, biology, and computer s cience. When feedback is used to quantumsystems, two major types of feedback control protocols including coherent feedback control (CFC)and measurement-based feedback control (MFC) have been developed. In this paper, we compare thetwo types of quantum feedback control protocols by focusing on the real-time information used inthe feedback loop and the capability in dealing with parameter uncertainty. An equivalent relationshipis established between quantum CFC and non-selective quantum MFC in the form of operator-sumrepresentation. Using several examples of quantum feedback control, we show that quantum MFC cantheoretically achieve better performance than quantum CFC in stabilizing a quantum state and dealingwith Hamiltonian parameter uncertainty. The results enrich understanding of the relative advantagesbetween quantum MFC and quantum CFC, and can provide useful information in choosing suitablefeedback protocols for quantum systems.Index Terms


Permanent magnet machine adopting Halbach array has more sinusoidal air-gap flux density distribution and higher air-gap flux density magnitude. Compared with the equal segmented Halbach array, the fundamental magnitude of air gap flux density can be higher and distortion rate can be lower by reasonably designing each segment width in unequal segmented Halbach array. Thus, in this paper, the permanent magnet machine adopting unequal segmented Halbach array is researched. Firstly, an analytical model is established for PM machine adopting Halbach array to improve the calculation efficiency. This analytical model can be applied to the Halbach array having arbitrary pole pair number, arbitrary number of segments per pole, arbitrary segment width and arbitrary gap width between segments. Further, the calculation results for air gap flux density between analytical model and finite element method are compared to verify the analytical model. In addition, the method to determine each segment width in the unequal segmented Halbach array is proposed firstly in this paper. On this basis, effects of the gap width between segments and each segment width under one pole on air gap flux density are researched. The research conclusions will provide guidance for the design and fabrication of unequal segmented Halbach array.


The main aim of the article is to analyse the economic convergence between the NUTS 3 level units (counties) in Romania during a period of intensive economic growth (1999-2011). The main added value of the paper consists in the measurement of the multi-dimensional convergence and in adding a spatial dimension to the convergence analysis by testing the spatial autocorrelation. We have found no economic convergence for the analysed period, the economic growth process being polarized by the capital region. But in contrast, we have evidenced a social convergence process, starting with 2008 for the education component of the HDI and starting even earlier, in 2004, for the life expectancy component. In addition, we have tested the convergence club hypothesis, which has evidenced the club convergence phenomena in Romania as well.


Music has always been an important form of communication and it can be found in many different contexts including aesthetical, cultural and emotional forms. In the globalized society of today music ...


[Objectives] This study investigated the relations among flow experiences during daily life, health-related QOL as an outcome marker of the health medical field, and salivary amylase activity as a biochemical stress marker in fifty Japanese college students. [Methods] Flow experiences were assessed with the flow experience checklist of Ishimura, health-related quality of life (HRQOL) was investigated with the Medical Outcome Study 8-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-8), and salivary amylase activity (AMY) was measured with a salivary amylase activity monitor. Spearman's rank correlation coefficient analysis was employed to assess the correlations between the Flow Experience Checklist and SF-8 or AMY. [Results] There was a significant correlation between frequency of flow experiences and the duration of the activity, as well as with general health perception (SF-8), social functioning (SF-8), and the mental component summary (SF-8). There was also a significant negative correlation between the duration of the activity and bodily pain (SF-8). There was no significant correlation between the Flow Experience Checklist score and AMY. [Conclusions] This study suggested that experiencing flow in daily life is associated with moderate stress, and that mental health is improved by repeating the flow experience. (JJOMT, 59: 13―18, 2011) ―Key words― Flow Experience, health-related QOL, stress


Bamboo flute is a necessary instrument either in the performance of Kun Qu or in that of Chinese folk music.As a kind of advanced performing art in accompaniment and compared with the one in Chinese folk music,bamboo flute in Kun Qu still has a big difference in styles,skills and lingering charm. From the aspects of breath,using of fingers,tone color,ways of performance and intension,We can see their different and similar features in the performance.


The defined project location is strongly delimited by different infrastructures. The first limiting factor is the two railway and metro lines, which are on approximately five meters high overpasses cutting the site from north to south. Secondly there is a main road that wraps around the eastern and northern border of the site. And finally the water of the Weespertrekvaart forms the southern limit of the site. When looking into the contrasting aspects of the sides of the urban scar, there are many, programmatic, physical and social. On one side there are large-scale building blocks, with a quite versatile program: offices, restaurants, apartments etc. While on the other side there is a very small-scale social housing area. The contrast in scale is even intensified by the fact that the housing area is situated in a polder and therefor there is a height difference in the terrain of five meters. The goal for the location is the reinforcement of the urban tissue by revitalising the underpasses of the railway and the inhabitation of the Weesperzijde, thereby establishing a square with a collective character opening to the Weespertrekvaart.


The author of this article analyses the medieval romance with the theme of La bella malmaridada , the woman unfaithful, and studies the evolution of this topic so far until the Sacramental play by Lope de Vega La adultera perdonada . It is also considered a comedy by Lope with the same title. The intention of this article is a close examination to the character of the wife, her husband and the marriage context from the Middle Ages. Dealing with these aspects, Lope proposes different solutions to the conflict presented as it is analysed.


The properties of electron-irradiation-induced defects in VSe2 are studied by electronic transport, magnetic susceptibility and lattice parameter measurements. A well defined magnetic defect exists in the irradiated samples and it is identified as a V interstitial between the VSe2 sandwiches in analogy with the previous interpretations on the nonstoichiometric V1+xSe2. Lattice parameter measurement suggest a strong volume relaxation due to vacancies in V layers. Transport properties show a deviation from Matthiessen's rule which seems to stem from the interaction of the defects with the charge-density waves. The results are compared with observations made on other metallic layered dichalcogenides in which the irradiation defects can be considered similar with respect to local crystallography. It turns out that the effects of the defects are strongest in the material with the strongest inherent charge-density waves. Substitutional disorder often has more subtle effects: only substitution by group VIIIB metals is comparable with the irradiation-induced defects.


Background: Immunization is important in health services to protect vulnerable individuals from PD3I. Immunization efforts make a significant contribution to increasing the Human Development Index related to one of its components, such as life expectancy, because it can avoid unwanted deaths, if not addressed immediately it will have an impact on increasing cases of Extraordinary Events and the spread of disease will accelerate. Especially during the the Covid-19 pandemic which caused restrictions on activities which certainly had an impact on participation in immunization visits at Posyandu.
Objective: To determine factors that influence the obedience of mothers bringing their toddlers to get basic immunization during the Covid-19 pandemic in Mekarjaya Village, Tangerang Regency.
Methodology: Using a cross sectional approach, a sample of 100 mothers who had toddlers. The research instrument was a questionnaire that had been tested valid and reliable, bivariate analysis had been done by the Chi Square test.
Results: there is a significant relationship between knowledge, attitudes, motivation, family support and the role of cadres with mothers' compliance to bring toddlers to get basic immunization during the co-19 pandemic in Mekarjaya Village.
Conclusion: Internal factors are the main factor for mother's compliance to bring their toddler to get immunization. It is hoped that mothers who have toddlers can increase their knowledge about the importance of immunization through various media and reliable sources.


considers continuous functionals, defined here as those that exhibit all of their values already on finite partial function arguments. The main result is Grilliot's theorem: a functional / is effectively discontinuous iff the number-quantifier functional E is recursive in / . Chapter 15 proves the Gandy selection theorem: if & consists of functionals defined on all and only total arguments and E is recursive in &•, then there are number selection functionals for computations relative to $•. Chapters 16 and 17 are devoted to a proof of (a generalized form of) Kleene's result that the predicates recursive in E are exactly the hyperarithmetic (A\) predicates. One other matter which is given attention at various points is Church's Thesis. Corresponding to each of basic and functional recursion, there is developed an informal notion of algorithm and the argument is made that the functionals informally computable are exactly those which are formally computable. In the case of functional recursion, this is done via the Godel numbering and universal recursive functionals. This book would be suitable for a graduate course in generalized recursion theory. It is essentially self-contained and seems to be fairly carefully written. The approach is rather formal with much more attention paid to the foundations of the theory than to its applications and connections with other areas of logic and definability theory. Given this emphasis, it would have been useful if the author had included more detailed comparisons with the approaches of Platek and Kechris-Moschovakis.


Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) has been widely used in Ⅱ A, Ⅱ B, Ⅲ A stage and locally advanced breast cancer. The best way to evaluate NAC effect is to detect the changes in total tumor lesion volume by three-dimensional reconstruction under magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). At present, it is a hotspot for many scholars to effectively evaluate the efficacy of NAC and the impact of shrinkage modes on the evaluation after NAC in breast cancer by combination of multiple parameters, such as the area under receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC), time-intensity curve (TIC) type and minimum apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC). To provide more practical and accurate means and methods in evaluating the effect of NAC in breast cancer for clinic is the medical researchers' eternal target.

Key words:
Breast neoplasms; Neoadjuvant chemotherapy; Magnetic resonance imaging


I. Kent de Spain's presentation of "And Then it Was Gone: Inside/Outside Performance Improvisation" was intended as an "attentional challenge" in which his own moving body competed for attention with a TV display of his own head talking and a collection of quotes displayed on a slide screen. Each of these foci "spoke" simultaneously about improvisation as a process of making choices between movement elements available to us in a given moment. Culture and the staged performance, he suggested, provide the framework, the limits perhaps, of our options, but "our experiences of the frame differ and are invented by us in creative ways." As de Spain suggested in his performance, when presented with many options we make choices, turning our attentions here and there according to the vagaries of the moment or of our personal histories. This review, then, is my improvisation on the 1998 CORD conference. It is improvised through my own lens as an anthropologist of dance, with particular interest in "experience" and "self." My attentions were generally drawn to panels emphasizing those issues, and those issues frame how I interpret the panel discussions and performances. In another moment in my life I might have chosen to attend more of the many historical panels that spoke to the creative processes of preserving, researching, reconstructing, and recreating historical dance. Indeed, after the inspiring performances and discussions presented by Mary Anne Santos Newhall on Wigman's 1926 Hexentanz and Catherine Turocy on eighteenth-century French Baroque ballets, I found myself wondering why I never took up such projects myself. If I were more computer literate, I might have sought out the panels and workshops on new technologies—CD-ROMs, Internet, computer imaging processes—and their place in choreography, teaching, and documenting dance, or the use of computers and video as the medium through which dance is expressed. And in a moment of better physical health, I may have participated in some of the six experiential workshops designed to enhance choreographic, performance, or coaching abilities. But I made my choices based on the proclivities of my moment that weekend. And I write this in the stream-of-consciousness style of a (somewhat structured) improvisation. With that said, I'd like to explore several thematic links I observed between the presentations I did attend. In many ways, I found us recapitulating Susan Foster's claim that, "[t]raining not only constructs a body but also helps to fashion an expressive self (Foster 1992: 485). The themes I examine here include the experiences and conditions of the moment of performance; representation and constitution of self and identity through performance; and mentors, teachers, and lineages in dance. Steven Chatfield and I, in very different ways, tried to illuminate the nitty-gritty of "a moment" of movement. Chatfield used electromyography to create "neuromuscular profiles" of nine subjects in a laboratory study designed to discover where a common movement pattern (a Tai Chi sequence) was initiated in different bodies. He found that while Tai Chi uses a rhetoric of moving "from the center," even a highlevel practitioner actually initiated the se-


Focusing the light onto nanostructures thanks to spherical lenses is a first step to enhance the field, and is widely used in applications, in particular for enhancing non-linear effects like the second harmonic generation. Nonetheless, the electromagnetic response of such nanostructures, which have subwavelength patterns, to a focused beam can not be described by the simple ray tracing formalism. Here, we present a method to compute the response to a focused beam, based on the B-spline modal method. The simulation of a gaussian focused beam is obtained thanks to a truncated decomposition on plane waves computed on a single period, which limits the computation burden.


LANGUAGE CHANGE is both obvious and rather mysterious. The English of the late fourteenth century, for example, is so different from Modern English that without special training it is difficult to understand the opening lines to The Romance of the Rose cited above. Not only would these sentences have a foreign sound, but words and structures such as sweveninges, lesynges , and false ne bene are unfamiliar. 1 The existence of such differences between early and later variants of the same language raises questions as to how and why languages change over time. Historical linguistics is concerned with both the description and explanation of language change. In this chapter we examine the nature and causes of language change and survey phonological, morphological, syntactic, lexical, and semantic change. We also explore techniques used to reconstruct linguistic pre-history and briefly discuss related research into language acquisition and linguistic universals.


As rural poverty deepens over much of Sub-Saharan Africa, smallholder transformation has become more urgent than ever before. A majority of rural people derive their livelihoods from agriculture, hence the urgent need for transforming the sector. The South African government launched a comprehensive land reform programme at the dawn of democracy in the country on the assumption that constraints on land size would be eliminated to make room for a more inclusive agricultural economy. The present study sought to assess how cultivated area affects food security and the profits of maize and cabbage farmers. The purposive sampling technique was used for the selection of study sites, from which 158 irrigators and homestead gardeners were selected. The data were then subjected to analysis by defining a maximum likelihood estimator that combines the seemingly unrelated regression (SUR) and one-way error correction model, to determine the factors influencing food security and farm profits. The model revealed diverse relationships, suggesting that location, farm type and income were important variables in explaining food security. The area under cultivation was found to influence profits for both crops. Policies in favour of technology adoption, market access and input use would greatly incentivize farmers to cultivate larger plots of land.


Chironomid larvae was studied on spring fens in Western
Carpathians in relation to poor-rich mineral
gradient(pH/Ca),which controls changes in assemblages from rich
tufa fens to poor Sphagnum-fens.This study presents results
from 2sites of both extremes sampled in 1 season (spring,
summer, autumn)by kick-sampling(mesh 500mikrons).Assemblages in
springs consisted of crenophilous species and were replaced on
400m by epirithral spec.In tufa fen number of taxa correlated
downstream with water temperature(rs=-0.9,p>0.05) and gravel
(rs=0.9,p>0.05).Number of individuals correlate with pH
(rs-0.90,p>0.05).Numb.of taxa from Sphagnum-fen correlate with
Ca(rs=0.9,p>0.005),stones (rs=0.9,p>0.05)and
conductivity(rs=0.8, p>0.05).Due to low heterogeneity of
conditions in tufa fen numb.of spec. were stable as well as
taxocenoses,which varied in season.Sphagnum-fen showed gradient
from spring to springbrook(Ca/pH),which increased species
richness and numb.of indiv.downstream.


Sprague-Dawley rats were fed for a total period of 8 weeks on six diets that were different in the source of their fat content. The fat content was provided either, palm oil or palm olein or corn oil or hydrogenated fat, or frying palm oil and mixture of corn oil + hydrogenated fat in the ratio (1:1).
The latter was given to the control group. Animals fed these various experimental diets showed statistically significant differences in serum cholesterol and serum triglycerides content among all group. Increased HDL-cholesterol content was evident in animals fed on palm-olein and palm oil. The frying oil fed group showed lowest HDL-cholesterol content. In these experiments palm olein fed animals showed highest ratio of HDL-cholesterol to total cholesterol while the lowest ratio was shown in rats fed on frying oil.
Prothrombin (PT) and activated partial thromboplastin time (PTT) showed higher values In palm oil, palm olein and corn oil diets as compared to all groups with each other.


The interest for the Arctic region has been intense in recent years, as demonstrated by intensified political debate on Arctic issues and increased national activity and multilateral cooperation in ...


Neurotransmitter receptors are key elements in the process of neurotransmission. Knowledge about these proteins has been accumulating continuously since the proposal of their existence almost a century ago. In the last years, however, a wealth of information has been rapidly gathered after the cloning of the genes or cDNAs that encode these receptors. For many neurotransmitter receptors, much data is now available on their primary structures, on their putative transmembrane topology, on the domains involved in ligand binding or second messenger coupling, on their distribution in brain, and on the mechanisms of receptor regulation. An interesting and rather unexpected fact uncovered by these cloning studies is the existence, for practically any known neurotransmitter, of a number of receptor subtypes higher than that previously postulated on the basis of pharmacologic studies. An important issue raised by this diversity of subtypes is the elucidation of the patterns of expression of these multiple subtypes in the brain. Fortunately, and simultaneously with providing the DNA sequences encoding the receptors, these cloning studies have opened the possibility of using the technique of in situ hybridization histochemistry to study the distribution of neurotransmitter receptor mRNAs in brain. In this way, and for a majority of the neurotransmitter receptors cloned to date, the distribution of their transcripts has been studied, especially in the rat brain (War6 et al., 1991a


Observations of the (J,K) = (1,1) ammonia transition toward the suspected exciting sources of 12 regions with molecular or optical outflows are presented. In nine of these regions, ammonia emission was detected and mapped. The spatial coincidence of the high-density gas in the proposed exciting sources in five of the mapped regions supports the identification as exciting sources. A new location is proposed for the outflow exciting sources of L1524 (Haro 6-10) and HH 38,43. Also, in L1448, a radio continuum source and an unusually strong H2O maser coinciding with the maximum ammonia emission is detected. It is proposed that this region is the site of very recent star formation. 73 refs.


Mental retardation is a weakness of mind with intelligence less than period of development from birth, children with mental retardation need more attention and support from parents, because children with mental retardation have a high degree of dependence on parents to meet their needs, whereas happen to parents who have children with mental retardation increased burden on parent, it could trigger emergence of psychosocial problems such change self concept and anxiety. This research conducted to determine the self concept and anxiety in parents who have children with mental retardation in Special School B-C Kurnia Garut. .
This research use quantitative descriptive method with cross sectional approach, population in this research 54 with total sampling technique, instrument used in form of self concept questionnaire that has been standardized with validity test value 0,66 and Dass anxiety questionnaire.
The results showed that 70.9% of parents have positive self-concept and 45.5% of parents have moderate anxiety.
The conclusion of this research is that parents who have children with mental retardation have positive self-concept and have moderate anxiety. Suggestions for parents who experience moderate anxiety levels that health workers should provide motivation and information in the form of counseling about the children mental retardation health and expected to family members could provide more support and attention to parents who have children with mental retardation.


Objective To evaluate the improvement of knowledge and behaviors on cancer prevention after health education intervention;To provide the basic information for evaluation of cancer health education.Methods 1?141 residents were randomly sampled from a high cancer incidence rural area of Haian County.The K-A-P Questionnaire was given to the investigators.The results were compared with those of the investigation conducted in 1998.Results After the intervention,residents gained more knowledge about cancer prevention and ameliorated cancer related behaviors.Conclusion Cancer health education can improve the knowledge level of cancer prevention and change the unhealthy behavior.


This paper describes a contribution to the verification of AADL models. It focuses on the part of the language dealing with operating modes. An analysis of the AADL mode change protocol is provided. Then, a translation process is exposed, that takes as an input an AADL model and produces as an output a time Petri net. Lastly, it is explained how the resulting time Petri net model can be used to (formally) verify some real-time properties of the AADL model.


Early Ore Formation Ore deposits contain most of the world's metal resources, from commonly used metals such as iron, to precious and expensive metals such as platinum. Understanding how these ancient deposits form may lead to more efficient metal extraction and give clues about early Earth. Bekker et al. (p. 1086) studied sulfur and iron isotopes in 2.7-billion-year old Fe-Ni sulfide deposits from Canada and Australia and found that most of the metal-scavenging sulfur was originally atmospheric in origin. Photochemical reactions in the ancient oxygen-free atmosphere produced sulfide that eventually circulated to the sea floor and mixed with newly erupted komatite magmas. Thus, global surface processes in the oceans, atmosphere, and on continents are geochemically linked to ore-forming processes within Earth. The source of sulfur in economic iron-nickel sulfide deposits is primarily derived from the atmosphere. Some of Earth's largest iron-nickel (Fe-Ni) sulfide ore deposits formed during the Archean and early Proterozoic. Establishing the origin of the metals and sulfur in these deposits is critical for understanding their genesis. Here, we present multiple sulfur isotope data implying that the sulfur in Archean komatiite-hosted Fe-Ni sulfide deposits was previously processed through the atmosphere and then accumulated on the ocean floor. High-temperature, mantle-derived komatiite magmas were then able to incorporate the sulfur from seafloor hydrothermal sulfide accumulations and sulfidic shales to form Neoarchean komatiite-hosted Fe-Ni sulfide deposits at a time when the oceans were sulfur-poor.


This report describes the analytical investigation of the removal and replacement of cast-in-place, post-tensioned, box-girder bridge decks. As bridges deteriorate due to environmental effects, this deterioration is more severe in the decks. In order to extend the life of the overall bridge, the deck typically must be replaced. This is problematic in a post-tensioned bridge where the deck is part of the structural system that resists the prestress force. This analytical investigation examines the impact of deck removal and replacement. Four specific bridges were chosen for analysis. These bridges were two simple span bridges (skewed and non-skewed), a two-span continuous bridge and a three-span continuous bridge. The investigation was performed on bridges that might be considered for deck replacement in the future. A three-dimensional finite element analysis was performed on all bridges and compared with a two-dimensional analysis. Processes and recommendations for deck removal were given for simple and continuous span bridges. The impact in the amount of skew was also investigated. Recommendations were given for traffic analysis and future design considerations for simple and continuous span bridges. It was found that deck removal and replacement must be considered on a case-by-case basis. If the bridge is a simple span bridge, then additional prestressing can be used to support the bridge while the deck is being replaced. The additional prestressing tendons placed on the bottom of the bridge were found to be ineffective at reducing the stress levels for the continuous structures. If the bridge is a continuous span bridge, then a two-dimensional analysis must be performed to evaluate if shoring is necessary. Additional prestressing keeps the concrete stresses within allowable levels.


Experiments involving the melting of albite plus forsterite at 1.85 +/- .03 Gp indicate a significant time dependence for this reaction. A time versus temperature plot produces an exponential curve which becomes time-independent in runs of duration greater than 100 hours. When plotted as log (1/time) vs. 1/temperature, the data can be explained by three linear regions: one with a vertical slope at T = 1170 +/- 5/sup 0/C indicating the equilibrium (i.e., time independent) melting temperature; a region between time = 24 hours and 100 hours and apparent melting temperatures between 1300/sup 0/C and 1170/sup 0/C; and a region for runs shorter than 24 hours and temperatures greater than 1300/sup 0/C. Glass (quenched liquid) is the only reaction product present in runs less than 24 hours in duration whereas glass plus crystals of enstatite are present in longer duration experiments. The authors interpret these results as indicating that enstatite plus liquid are the equilibrium reaction products of the melting of albite plus forsterite at this pressure and that the sluggish nature of the melting process necessitates superheating of the reactants to temperatures in excess of the liquidus before any melting will occur in short run times, whereas longer runsmore » allow melting to occur between the solidus and the liquidus, a region which contains enstatite in equilibrium with liquid. This kinetic effect is similar to observations made by Boettcher et al. (1982) in a study of pure albite at high pressures.« less


Information on marine CO 2 system variability has been limited along the Northeast Pacific Inside Passage despite the region's rich biodiversity, abundant fisheries, and developing aquaculture industry. Beginning in 2017, the Alaska Marine Highway System M/V Columbia has served as a platform for surface underway data collection while conducting twice weekly ~1600-km transits between Bellingham, Washington and Skagway, Alaska. Marine CO 2 system patterns were evaluated using measurements made over a 2-year period, which revealed the seasonal cycle as the dominant mode of temporal variability. 20 The amplitude of this signal varied spatially and was modulated by the relative influences of tidal mixing, net community production, and the magnitude and character of freshwater input. Surface water pH T (total hydrogen ion scale) and aragonite saturation state (Ω arag ) were determined using the pCO 2 data with alkalinity derived from a regional salinity-based relationship, which was evaluated using intervals of discrete seawater samples and underway pH measurements. High-pCO 2 , low-pH T , and corrosive Ω arag conditions (Ω arag < 1) were seen during winter and within persistent tidal mixing zones, and corrosive Ω arag 25 values were also seen in areas that receive significant glacial melt in summer. Biophysical drivers are shown to dominate pCO 2 variability over most of the Inside Passage except in areas highly impacted by glacial melt. pH T and Ω arag extremes were also characterized based on degrees of variability and severity and regional differences were evident. Computations of the time-of-detection identified tidal mixing zones as strategic observing sites with relatively short time spans required to capture secular trends in seawater pCO 2 equivalent to the contemporary rise in atmospheric CO 2 . Finally, estimates of anthropogenic CO 2 30 showed notable spatiotemporal variability. Changes in total hydrogen ion content ([H + ] T ), pH T , and Ω arag over the industrial era and to an atmospheric pCO 2 level consistent with a 1.5°C warmer climate were theoretically evaluated. These calculations revealed greater absolute changes in [H + ] T and pH T in winter as opposed to larger Ω arag change in summer. The contemporary acidification signal everywhere along the Inside Passage exceeded the global average, with specific areas, namely Johnstone Strait and the Salish Sea, standing out as potential bellwethers for the emergence of biological


Background: Nuclear Yes-associated protein 1 (YAP1) has often been regarded as an adverse prognostic indicator in various tumors. Recent studies have associated YAP1 with unfavorable prognosis in nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, due to small sample sizes, the prognostic value of nuclear YAP1 in NSCLC patients is not well understood. In the present study, we evaluated the prognostic role of nuclear YAP1 in NSCLC patients via a systematic review and meta-analysis. Methods: We searched the PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane, Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), and Wanfang Databases for papers investigating the prognostic significance of nuclear YAP1 expression in NSCLC patients. Hazard ratios (HRs) and the corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated with reference to overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) of NSCLC patients to provide synthesized estimates of the effects of nuclear YAP1 expression. Results: Among 414 cases, higher nuclear YAP1 expression presented as a predictive factor of poorer OS (HR = 1.52; 95% CI: 1.11–2.08; P = .01; I2 = 0.0%) and decreased PFS (HR = 2.11; 95% CI: 1.52–2.93; P < .001; I2 = 44.2%) in NSCLC patients. Subgroup analysis revealed shortened OS (HR = 1.63; 95% CI: 1.14–2.34; P = .007; I2 = 0.0%) and worse PFS (HR = 2.25; 95% CI: 1.53–3.30; P < .001; I2 = 0.0%) in patients from Asia with higher nuclear YAP1 expression. Prognosis was also worse in patients with III–IV stage cancer (PFSHR = 2.09; 95% CI: 1.45–3.01; P < .001; I2 = 58.1%) and in patients treated with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) (OS HR = 1.59; 95% CI: 1.00–2.51; P = .048; I2 = 15.5%, and PFS HR = 2.35, 95% CI: 1.62–3.42; P < .001; I2 = 0.0%). Conclusion: High expression of nuclear YAP1 was associated with shorter survival outcome in patients with NSCLC.


It is a well-stablished opinion that representation can be meant as a potentially universal language, because it goes expressed through visual references, common background. This is true for to the whole spectrum of visual expression: photography, mixed techniques or drawing, computerized information; this is valid for all applicative fields, realistic drawing, technical drawing, relief, editorial and advertising graphics. Different representations, depending on the aims and different languages to express them; this means that the expressions of communication through images are transmitted by different ways, are based on different prerequisites and use different tools and methods. It does not only refer to drawing or relief or graphics, but also to the whole vast world of representation; not only traditional techniques, but the whole field of image redaction. The research about representation as visual language is conducted according to different trends: on the one hand, the investigation about the concept of awareness, participation and responsibility in the drafting of a visual message, while, on the other, the recognition of the components of the message itself.


The paper overviews the basic theory of SVM. It mainly focuses on th e SVM application research about equip ment fault diagnosis. In conclusion, it d iscusses the merits and deficiencies of SVM and the points out the bright applic ation research about equipment fault diagnosis.


An experimental optical system of two laser sources and a silicon photodetector was built to test the double laser radiometry technique. The final goal is to achieve nonlinear region in silicon photodiodes and deactivate surface recombination centres in such a way that photocurrent produced by the photodiode will increase. We observe the present limit of performance of the measurement system at the level of 0.08%


Each religious tradition has its own au thentic sources o f authority, which are referred to for authentication o f religious practices and traditions. Islam too has its own sources o f authority both oral as well as written. These sources were the mainspring o f Islamic law. In fact law' in the form o f Shari'ah is most cen tral to Islam. Shari'ah law holds the cen tre stage in Islamic tradition except for some Islamic sects and Sufi traditions. Shari'ah law being so fundamental to Islam, the sources on which the Shari'ah law is based, assume even greater im  portance.


A five-link varied dynamic education model. This model is based on training the student's ability,and making a good use of this model can make the classroom air lively, and would reveal the innate charm of knowledge, and further open up the eyesight of students,then give full play to the students subjective initiative.On the teaching practice,this model has been received a wild response to the students and made remarkable results in teaching.


The quality of university library's of the collection resources directly reflects university's emphasis on the subject construction. How to promote the full utilization of existing resources and construct featured digital resources has become an important task of university library in the new period. Connecting with the actual situation of the library of Nanjing Arts Institute, this paper expounds the background, necessity and utilization and construction status of university library's digital resources, probes into the principles of the construction of university library's digital resources, and puts forward some suggestions on promoting the effective utilization of university library's digital resources.


Abstract : At the request of the U.S. Air Force Oil Analysis Program Office (AF OAP) at Tinker AFB, two commercial instruments were evaluated for comparability in the analysis of jet engine oil [synthetic ester (polyol)]: the Complete Oil Breakdown Rate Analyzer (COBRA 2) from NAECO, LLC and the Tandem Conductivity Tester (TCT) from Spectro, Inc. The two instruments were compared by using each to test a single source of thermally degraded aircraft lubricant (Mil-7808 grade 3). The calibration of each instrument was set using a COBRA standard [tricresyl phosphate (TCP) in 1,1,1-(trimethylol) propane triheptanoate (TMPTH)] that was obtained from the Joint Oil Analysis Program Technical Support Center (JOAP TSC). Approximately 2 gallons of thermally degraded lubricant obtained from a Tinker engine shop hot oil tank was used as a source of samples throughout the testing process. Since the COBRA 2 unit is currently used by the Air Force to monitor oil degradation it was to be used as a baseline for measuring TCT performance. Precision was similar for both instruments. In our opinion, the TCT instrument provided acceptably similar results to COBRA when measuring the same bulk sample using the Field boat cleaning method and the Laboratory boat cleaning method. The Field and Laboratory TCT boat cleaning methods appeared to produce nearly identical TCT measurement results as indicated by the 1200 sample results obtained with the use of ten different boats. TCT provided stable results when exposed to changing environmental conditions whereas; the COBRA 2 produced relatively unstable readings when exposed to those same short-term temperature changes. The TCT sample boats appeared to be very rugged with no significant damage observed resulting from the prolonged TCT only testing and cleaning cycles. Some slight surface scuffing on the connector pads was observed.


Purpose: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a frequent complication of DM (Diabetes Mellitus) and a leading cause of visual impairments. Serum paraoxonase 1 (PON1) is an antioxidant enzyme that has antiatherogenic properties and plays a role in inhibiting the oxidation of low-density lipoprotein (LDL). We investigate the levels of serum PON1 activity and low-grade inflammatory markers in patients with proliferative DR (PDR) or nonproliferative DR (NPDR); and with or without diabetic macular edema (DME). Methods: We evaluated 91 DM patients and 40 controls. Serum PON1 activity, HbA1c, lipid profile, hsCRP, homocysteine (Hcy), neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) levels were compared between patients without DR, with DR and control groups. Patients with DR were evaluated according to PDR or NPDR and the presence of macular edema or not. Results: Patients with DR and without DR, the HbA1c, LDL, NLR, Hcy, hsCRP levels were found significantly higher than controls, while serum PON1 activity was not differ. Serum PON1 activity was found significantly lower in patients with PDR and DME. Conclusion: We found serum PON1 activity was significantly lower in PDR and DME patients. Low PON1 activity may be a risk factor for PDR and DME and can be useful for further evaluation.


As wind energy and other renewable energy sources are valued by various countries, it is very important to estimate and predict the wind energy level. The accuracy of wind energy prediction mainly depends on the accuracy of wind speed prediction. Therefore, to seek ways of improvement the accuracy of wind speed prediction has become the most important issue. In this paper, three different decomposition methods and commonly used wind speed prediction methods are used to compose the corresponding combined models, and to study which combined prediction model has higher accuracy. According to data research conducted by the National Meteorological Science Center, experiments show that the prediction accuracy of the combined prediction model using the Variational mode decomposition (VMD) method is higher than that of the combined prediction model using empirical mode decomposition (EMD) and Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition (EEMD).


We propose a new L2‐type goodness‐of‐fit test for the family of beta distributions based on a conditional moment characterization. The asymptotic null distribution is identified, and since it depends on the underlying parameters, a parametric bootstrap procedure is proposed. Consistency against all alternatives that satisfy a convergence criterion is shown, and a Monte Carlo simulation study indicates that the new procedure outperforms most of the classical tests. Finally, the procedure is applied to a real data set related to air humidity.


Great Lakes Basin Conservation Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into 10-year contracts with any landowner or operator in the Great Lakes Basin to effectuate changes in land use or cropping systems to conserve soil and water. Provides that all land owners and operators would be eligible. Directs that soil conservation plans incorporate, to the extent practicable, practices and measures to enhance fish wildlife and recreation, to enhance the economic use of land, and to reduce or control agricultural related pollution. Authorizes the Secretary to share the cost of carrying out conservation practices. Provides that such cost sharing shall not exceed 90 percent of the total cost and cost sharing for drainage or irrigation of any kind is not eligible under this Act. Provides that the Secretary may make the technical services of the Department of Agriculture available to the contracting landowners. Authorizes appropriations, without fiscal year limitations, for total program costs of $150,000,000 with maximum yearly payments of $25,000,000.


During to milennium 1000 – 2000 were made two stages of warming planet whose maximum in the temperature anomaly was approximately 1175- 2 2002. Between these...


A method for the determination of acetaldehyde in beer was established by using the automatic headspace gas chromatography in this paper.Optimization of detection conditions were as below: headspace injector equilibrium temperature 70℃,equilibrium time 30 min;column initial temperature 40℃,temperature-programmed from 10℃/min to 180 ℃;column flow 1.2 mL/min,addition of sodium chloride 1.8 g.The calibration curve showed good linearity in the concentration range of 2~64 mg/L(R2=0.999);good precision was obtained with six easurements.for 10 mg/L standard acetaldehyde solution,RSD,the recoveries and detection limit were 2.5%,96%~108% and 0.4 mg/L,respectively.


A series of six criticality benchmark cores was built in ZPPR-21 between June and September 1990 to provide data for validating criticality calculations for systems likely to arise in the IFR fuel processing operations. The assemblies were graphite reflected and had core compositions containing different mixtures of Pu/U/Zr fuel. No previous data existed for cores of this type. Analysis of the data was done, in full detail, with an automated input processor using the VIM Monte Carlo code and ENDF/B-V.2 data. Since the validated method of criticality calculations at ANL is the KENO code and data, a second set of calculations, using a simplified model in RZ geometry was made with both VIM and KENO. An RZ model is specified together with geometrical corrections from the VIM calculations. This enables simple calculations to be made and corrections applied within the statistical uncertainty limits. The full description of the experiments is provided to enable calculations to be made in detail with KENO or any other code. 13 refs., 16 figs., 13 tabs.


—In order to propagate transactions and blocks, today's blockchain systems rely on unstructured peer-to-peer overlay networks. In such networks, broadcast is known to be an inefficient operation in terms of message complexity and overhead. In addition to the impact on the system performance, inefficient or delayed block propagation may have severe consequences regarding security and fairness of the consensus layer. In contrast, the Kadcast protocol is a structured peer-to-peer protocol for block and transaction propagation in blockchain networks. Kadcast utilizes the well-known overlay topology of Kademlia to realize an efficient broadcast operation with tunable overhead. We study the security and privacy of the Kadcast protocol based on probabilistic models and analyze its resilience to packet losses and node failures. Moreover, we evaluate Kadcast's block delivery performance, broadcast reliability, efficiency, and security based on advanced network simulations. Lastly, we introduce a QUIC-based prototype implementation of the Kadcast protocol and show its merits through deployment in a global-scale cloud-based testbed.


SCIENCE is the official organ of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Information regarding membership in the Association may be secured from the office of the permanent secretary in the Smithsonian Institution Building, Washington, D. C. I AM very glad to greet the guests and members of the council assembling for our annual meeting in this historic building of the oldest, broadest and most distinguished learned society of our country and I have to express to the American Philosophical Society the thanks of the council for permitting us to gather here.. It was fifteen years ago come New Year's that the American Statistical Association elected me to the council. I have attended most of the fifteen annual and spring meetings since that time with pleasure and profit, and have missed the few others only for the most compelling reasons. There are some few connected with the council who have a longer record. My experience over these fifteen years has con-1 Given at the opening session of the annual meeting, vinced me that our constituent societies are often quite ignorant of the aims and the opportunities of the council whose regular members they elect. Some of the societies seem at times to think they are sending us representatives whose duty it is to maintain close contact between us and their societies for their benefit. This certainly is not the case. It is not necessary and indeed it is scarcely possible that the council should be of any direct and immediate use to the individual constituent societies or to their individual disciplines. Those elected by the societies are here with the opportunity of viewing social science as a whole and of determining how best to serve it. In the past fifteen years with which I am acquainted and in the preceding five of which I have heard the council has tried to help in a number of ways. When


Poster showing newly crowned "champion of the world" boxer James J. Corbett meeting with political leaders and other dignitaries from several European countries. Corbett is shown shaking hands with William E. Gladstone, Prime Minister of England. Among the leaders in attendance are: Victoria, Queen of Great Britain; Leopold II, King of the Belgians; Kaiser Wilhelm II; Emile Loubet, President of France; Umberto I, King of Italy; Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria; Alexander III, Emperor of Russia; and Abdulhamid II, Sultan of the Turks. Across the top of the poster are emblems of several European countries.


The first Keeping Research Data Safe study funded by JISC made a major contribution to understanding of long-term preservation costs for research data by developing a cost model and indentifying cost variables for preserving research data in UK universities (Beagrie et al, 2008). However it was completed over a very constrained timescale of four months with little opportunity to follow up other major issues or sources of preservation cost information it identified. It noted that digital preservation costs are notoriously difficult to address in part because of the absence of good case studies and longitudinal information for digital preservation costs or cost variables. In January 2009 JISC issued an ITT for a study on the identification of long-lived digital datasets for the purposes of cost analysis. The aim of this work was to provide a larger body of material and evidence against which existing and future data preservation cost modelling exercises could be tested and validated. The proposal for the KRDS2 study was submitted in response by a consortium consisting of 4 partners involved in the original Keeping Research Data Safe study (Universities of Cambridge and Southampton, Charles Beagrie Ltd, and OCLC Research) and 4 new partners with significant data collections and interests in preservation costs (Archaeology Data Service, University of London Computer Centre, University of Oxford, and the UK Data Archive). A range of supplementary materials in support of this main report have been made available on the KRDS2 project website at http://www.beagrie.com/jisc.php. That website will be maintained and continuously updated with future work as a resource for KRDS users.


Information integration of several experts about weights of indices is one of the most principle issues in group evaluation. Based on the nonrestraint of parameters selection of soft sets and the characteristic of matrix operations, this paper describes the order relation of the evaluation indices and an new method of determining the weights of evaluation indices. The corresponding algorithm is provided subsequently. Lastly, this algorithm is applied to compute the weights of indices in the partner selection for technological innovation of enterprises. The result shows that the approach provided in this paper is efficient and feasible.


Objective:To improve the diagnosis and treatment of parapharyngeal space(PPS) neoplasms.Methods:Fifty four patients with PPS neoplasms treated from 1990 to 2000 were reviewed retrospectively.Results:Neurogenic tumors were most common,constituted about 55.6% of the primary PPS neoplasms.During 6 months to 7 years follow up study after operation,relapse occurred in 4 cases,among these 4,2 were benign,recovered after a second operation;2 were malignant died 1 and 3 years after operation.Another 2 malignant lymphoma died 2 and 3.5 years chemotherapy without being operated.The nest of all these cases recovered.Conclusions:CT and MRI with high resolution were essential for diagnosis and presurgical planning.Oral approach may be used for small tumors operation and the cervical to approach is safe remove the primary PPS neoplasms.


Novel Coronavirus Disease or COVID-19 has been a global concern since it was announced as the pandemic. The disease has affected all countries especially their behaviors towards others. That in early time of the pandemic in which many were still unknown has encouraged various reactions among countries. This paper describes Indonesia's foreign policy in responding to the COVID-19 in early time of the pandemic from January to August 2020. The paper argues that Indonesia preferred cooperation and collaboration believed as the virtues of multilateralism practice despite populist trend shown by more developed world when the disease was crippling a number of countries badly.


The development of solidification microstructure is a nonlinear phenomenon which often is governed by the complex interplay of different processes. The understanding, in general, begins with the experimental observations. The microstructural development in monotectic alloys with a high degree of crystallographic anisotropy is complex and rarely studied. In this paper we present some experimental results of the solidification behaviour of Zn-Bi monotectic alloy with small and large departures from the equilibrium condition. The conclusions of a comparative analysis of these results with some of the existing theories are also presented


W W W . t i k k u n . o r g t i k k u n 33 Movement and restorative justice, or mass incarceration and restorative justice, or disproportionate minority contact—the overrepresentation of youth of color in the juvenile justice system—and restorative justice. I believe we have not learned from the history of the peace, women's, and environmental movements' initial failures to intentionally engage issues of race. I believe we have forgotten our recent historical roots. We have forgotten who we are. Restorative justice is an heir not only to the victim's rights, feminist, mediation, prison abolitionist, and Mennonite movements, but it also has its spiritual roots in the Civil Rights Movement—in nonviolence, ahimsa, satyagraha, truth-telling, engaging the enemy with compassion, consistent with Dr. King's and Mahatma Gandhi's visions of justice. While several historical antecedents converged to give rise to the restorative justice movement, the Civil Rights Movement was a principal contributor, having a defining impact on its thrust and spirit. Dr. King's definition of justice foreshadows restorative justice. His core vision of creating the beloved community is closely akin to the relationship and


In 399 B.C., Athenians sentenced the death penalty to Socrates for "impiety" and "corrupting the youth", but his death is always significant during the development of the Western Civilization. Socrates' transcendental challenging to the Athenian polis made the jury trial and execute him, but his immortal soul has been promoting the development of the Western Civilization.


IN EARLY FEBRUARY 1980, Heng Samrin, President of -the "People's Revolutionary Council of Kampuchea" (PRCK) (the chief executive arm of the Hanoi backed "People's Republic of Kampuchea" now in control of most of Cambodia), visited Moscow at. the invitation of the Soviet Party's Central Committee and the Council of Ministers. During a banquet at the Kremlin for Heng Samrin, Leonid Brezhnev stressed that though "the Soviet and Kampuchea Unions are far apart" geographically, the two nations today nevertheless "think along the same line." He also used the occasion to note that along with the "restoration" of Moscow's friendship with Phnom Penh, "the Soviet Union does not want to abandon the successes obtained in the international arena in the 70's."1t Certainly Heng Samrin's very presence in the Kremlin at this time exemplified one of the Soviets' significant "successes" of the previous decade-the establishment of what Hanoi media these days like to call a "Unity bloc" among the three nations of Indochina-the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), the Kampuchean "Peopl e's Republic," and the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LDPR)-politically, militarily., and bureaucratically dominated by the Vietnamese. Vietnam, formally linked to Moscow by a 25-year "Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation'~ signed in Moscow on November 3, 1978, has, in the midst of its own continuing production adversities (especially in agriculture), and faced by China's enmity, riveted itself ever closer to Soviet economic and military aid. This Soviet aid reportedly amounted to $500 million in


Text mining is one of the most important tasks in Natural Language Processing (NLP). It is often very difficult to detect events of interest from vast unstructured or data that is not properly labeled. In this paper, we present a machine learning-based approach to discriminate particular event-related news from its text content. We focus here particularly on violence and related events. We have created a dataset from popular Bengali newspapers and used a keyword-based search method to select violence-related news articles. Based on the dataset, we first trained a supervised learning model. We have experimented with six classification algorithms where Logistic Regression outperformed each of the contemporary algorithms in both full and reduced feature set acquiring 75.7 % and 83.4 % accuracy respectively. Using the models, we then further analyzed violence- related news data to find out important insights from unlabeled data.


Awareness of the need to institutionalize the protection of cultural heritage against risks at the international level II. It is possible to say that the effects of the World War were seen. War, terror, conflict, etc. It seems that the contracts developed by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) have been leading the way to prevent the effects of destructive actions on cultural assets. The Hague Convention, adopted in 1954 and revised in 1999, draws attention to the risks faced by cultural assets and identifies the approaches that governments should adopt. Our work includes architectural heritage, Sit, Urban Site, Archaeological Site, Rural Site, Traditional Architectural Heritage, Industrial Heritage, Modern Architectural Heritage (20th Century Architectural Heritage), Underwater Cultural Heritage and Cultural Landscape Areas (UNESCO) for the preservation of the documentary heritage of the cultural heritage which is named according to the specific characteristics of the cultural heritage such as the cultural heritage and the protection of the documentary heritage by the different practices of the World Heritage Program. Will be given information about the characteristics of the documentary heritage that is planned to be proposed. In this way, it is aimed to raise awareness about the applications for the preservation of documentary heritage in our country.


This study conducted a preliminary investigation on the correlations between learners' EEG-based workload and their self-reported cognitive load in a multimedia learning context. An experiment including two learning tasks was conducted with 15 graduate students. The NeuroSky brainwave headset was used to collect participants' electroencephalography (EEG) data and using the theta/alpha ratio as brain workload during the learning tasks. On the other hand, a questionnaire was used to assess participants' self-reported cognitive load after the learning tasks. A paired samples t-test was used to test if there are any differences between the two learning tasks. The results show that cognitive load was significant, but the EEG-based theta/alpha ratio was not significant. In terms of the preliminary correlations, there are no significant results between the EEG-based theta/alpha ratio and cognitive load found. Future studies require more analyses of the EEG-based data, for example nonlinear approaches with a larger sample size.


In application to time convolutive mixing model or frequency domain blind separation model for wireless receiving applications, frequency domain independent component analysis (FDICA) has been a very popular method but with adverse random permutation ambiguity influence. In order to solve this inherent problem in FDICA assisted multiple-input multiple-output orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (MIMO-OFDM) based the Internet of Thing (IoT) systems, this paper proposes an new detection mechanism, named independent vector analysis (IVA), for realizing blind adaptive signal recovery in MIMO IoT green communication to reduce inter-carrier interference (ICI) and multiple access interference (MAI). IVA jointly implements separation work for different frequency bin data while the FDICA deals with it separately. In IVA, the dependencies of frequency bins can be exploited in mitigating the random permutation problem. In addition, multivariate prior distributions are employed to preserve the inter-frequency dependencies for individual sources, which can result in separation performance enhancement. Simulation results and analysis corroborate the effectiveness of the proposed method.


Several studies indicate high and increasing mental ill health among school-aged children. In Sweden, reports indicate that mental issues have doubled over the past 30 years and now more than half of the 15-years old girls and 30 percent of the boys experience such problems. To counteract mental problem, knowledge about its determinants is needed. The objective of the current study is to identify school-related determinants of internalizing mental problems in school-aged children. Methods Literature was identified from four electronic databases, 11 providers of systematic reviews, and from relevant bibliographies. We included systematic reviews with information about the role of a school related factor for the occurrence of internalizing problems in school-aged children. Review selection, data extraction, quality assessment and assessment of the overall result reliability was performed by use of standardizes tools. Fifty-two school-related determinants aspects of the school organiza- tion, -psychosocial environment, most studies universal and indicated school activities on mental health mental health generate a small to moderate decrease in internalizing and decrease the risk of mental diseases. Additionally, 57 school bullying double the odds of internalizing problems. identified difficulties mathematics, while school interpersonal to protect internalizing and psychosocial environment. The review lacked sufficient literature to clarify the role of pedagogics, economics matters and the physical environment. while participa- Using nationally-representative Irish data, aim of study was to prospectively assess the association between indicators of the Act-Belong-Commit behavioral domains and subjective wellbeing among older adults. Data from two consecutive waves of the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) were analyzed. The analytical sample consisted of 6,098 adults aged (cid:3) 50 years. A validated scale for quality of life (QoL) was used. Global one-item measures were used for the assessment of life satisfaction (LS) and self-rated mental health (SRMH). The number of social/recreational activities engaged in was used as an indicator of Act, social network integration as an indicator of Belong, and frequency of participation in these social/recreational activities as an indicator of Commit. Multivariable regression analyses were conducted to assess associations between baseline indicators of Act-Belong-Commit and QoL, LS and SRMH at two-year follow-up. The adjusted Act-Belong-Commit to wellbeing among in terms and wellbeing and ing of and a broad range of life circumstances. Differences between men and women were studied using Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition analysis. Results Preliminary results indicate that certain parts of the gender difference in CMD were explained by social and material living-conditions -7.5% explained at age 16, 14.5% at age 21, 30% at age 30 and 27% at age 43. The most important determinants were financial strain at age 30 and 43 and illness of a close one at ages 16 and 21. Further analyses will include more determinants, such as unemployment, exposure to violence, perception of control, social support and demand for work. Decomposition analyses can be used to identify determinants of gender differences in CMD. Age-related policies needs to be directed towards gendered social and material life-circum-stances in order to tackle women's overrepresentation of CMD. coping strategies, and psychological distress on quality of life in hemodialysis patients.


The effect of thyroidectomy (TX) in lactating mother on the development of sucklings was studied during first 15 days of life. TX resulted in a decrease of thyroxine (T4) level in maternal milk which further resulted in a decrease of the level of T4, insulin and glucose in serum of newborns, and a decrease of body weight and of the glycogen content in liver. It is suggested that the hypoglycemia, decrease of liver glycogen and retardation of body growth under such conditions result from the inhibition of glucogenesis due to a deficiency of T4 and presumably also of GH in sucklings. These investigations showed that changes of glucose and glycogen in newborns during the early postnatal period together with some other measures of the development may be used in the evaluation of their adaptation capability.


Abstract We study two indeterminate Hamburger moment problems associated with q -Laguerre polynomials. The coefficients in their recurrence relations are of exponential growth. This completes earlier work started by D. Moak. Some of the measures that the polynomials are orthogonal with respect to are found and lead to the evaluation of certain integrals. A symmetric set of orthogonal polynomials is also considered.


Night time light may indicate that a region is well developed. The phenomena can DNB satellite imagery. The amount of reflected light can be attributed to many population activities and indicates the number of inhabitants in a region. Based on the purpose of this research is to analyze the dynamics of population growth in Java in 2000 and 2015 based on the brightness level of light at night. The method be seen from the sheer reflection of light at night that is received by the VIIRS-used is by a classification method of K-Means and a descriptive analysis. The results showed that as intensity level higher, the number of population is also higher. High-intensity categories generally occur in the provincial capital, and there are new cities that are developing and entering the high-intensity category as well.


HIV testing allows care engagement of people living with HIV and PrEP for those who test negative. Social network strategy (SNS) interventions may facilitate distribution of HIV self-test (ST) kits to individuals who do not routinely test for HIV. The University of Miami pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) program offers low-barrier PrEP/HIV prevention services through mobile and static clinics in Miami-Dade County. Current PrEP clients may be ideal distributors of HIV ST kits and PrEP information within their social networks.

 Study activities occurred in Miami from November 2021 to March 2022. At PrEP visits, participants (n = 96) were given Ora-Quick oral fluid ST kits for distribution to their social network members. Participant surveys included demographics, feelings of closeness to network members, history of PrEP conversations, and intention for future PrEP conversations. Descriptive statistics included mean and range for continuous variables and frequencies for categorical variables. Network visualizations were constructed using UCINet and NetDraw. Bivariate and regression analysis, conducted in R, assessed the relationship between demographic characteristics of the client and the proportion of network members who discussed PrEP and plan to discuss PrEP in the future between and across networks.

 A network visualization displays clients (n=96) and their social networks (n=426). Clients and network members were a majority male (84.7%) and of Hispanic/Latinx ethnicity (78.8%). Within and between network analysis indicated that networks differed significantly in reported closeness and frequency of PrEP discussions (F = 2.97; p-value 0.01, F = 17.45; p < 0.03, respectively). Age and average reported closeness of the ego were independently and jointly associated with an increase in the likelihood of future PrEP conversations (estimate = 0.02; p-value < 0.01; estimate = 0.24; p –value < 0.01, respectively). Figure 1:PrEP Discussion & Closeness
 Node color reflects PrEP discussion and node size reflects client reported closeness

 We demonstrate the feasibility of disseminating HIV ST kits and PrEP information through SNS. Emotionally closely linked networks, with similar characteristics (i.e., age) may be most effective for this SNS strategy.

 Susanne Doblecki-Lewis, MD, MSPH, Gilead Sciences: Grant/Research Support.


Lagrangian modeling provides a procedure for obtaining a system of second order differential equations describing the motion of a particle system. The present work performs simulations of some two-dimensional and three-dimensional models consisting of spring-mass systems and pendulums damped by the Rayleigh dissipation function. We use the Mathematica software to obtain solutions of the system of equations for Lagrangian modeling and to build simulations of the models studied. The steps to implement the simulations are detailed and serve as the basis for other models.


Path planning is an important part in the navigation control of mobile robot in a 3D environment. We proposed an improved ant colony algorithm to address the problems of falling into local optimum easily and long search time in 3D path planning. We redesigned pheromone update and heuristic function. New search mode is designed to solve the problem of searching time. We used a number of 3D terrains to carry out experiments, and set different starting and end points in each terrain. By comparing the results of improved ant colony algorithm and traditional ant colony algorithm, the improved one can reduce the shortest path length by an average of 8.164%.


Background An accelerated muscle wasting was the pivotal factor for protein‐energy wasting in end stage renal disease. However, very few researches have examined the skeletal muscle quantity and quality in clinical patients. This study investigated the muscle morphologic changes by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and analyzed the related factors in hemodialysis patients. Methods Fifty‐eight patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis (HD) were investigated and 28 healthy adults with gender and age matched were used as controls (Control). Anthropometry, cytokine factors, and laboratory data were measured. The muscle and intermuscular adipose tissues (IMAT) were analyzed via a Thigh MRI. The bicep samples were observed after HE staining. Homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA‐IR) was measured and their association with muscle wasting was analyzed. Results HD patients tended to have a lower protein diet, anthropometry data, and serum albumin, but the C reactive protein and interleukin‐6 increased significantly. The MRI showed that HD patients had less muscle mass and a lower muscle/total ratio, but the fat/muscle and IMAT was higher when compared to the Control group. The muscle fiber showed atrophy and fat accumulation in the biceps samples come from the HD patients. Moreover, we found that the HD patients presented with a high level of plasma fasting insulin and increased HOMA‐IR which negatively correlated with the muscle/total ratio, but positively with the fat/muscle ratio. Conclusions Muscle wasting presented early before an obvious malnutrition condition emerged in HD patients. The main morphological change was muscle atrophy along with intermuscular lipid accumulation. Insulin resistance was associated with muscle wasting in dialysis patients.


Based on the 2000-2010 inter-provincial panel data,the paper explores the impact of economic factors,degree of Openness,regional and demographic factors on the Resource and Environmental Performance Index(REPI).The results suggest that the impact of every factor vast dramatically both in mechanism and extent.Economic factors are proved to be the significant ones and the Pollution Haven phenomenon exists in middle and west part of China.


We propose an approach for investigation of interaction of thin material films with quantum electrodynamic fields. Using main principles of quantum electrodynamics (locality, gauge invariance, renormalizability) we construct a single model for Casimir-like phenomena arising near the film boundary on distances much larger then Compton wavelength of the electron where fluctuations of Dirac fields are not essential. In this model the thin film is presented by a singular background field concentrated on a 2-dimensional surface. All properties of the film material are described by one dimensionless parameter. For two parallel plane films we calculate the photon propagator and the Casimir force, which appears to be dependent on film material and can be both attractive and repulsive. We consider also an interaction of plane film with point charge and straight line current. Here, besides usual results of classical electrodynamics the model predicts appearance of anomalous electric and magnetic fields.


The invention provides a brand-new ultrasonic echo positioning blindness-guiding instrument of a frequency-domain projection type, wherein the device is designed for blind people; and the core of the device is signal processing. All the former designs are characterized in that ultrasonic echo signals are processed; obstacle information is extracted; and the information is fed back to a user via a voice frequency mode or a vibration mode. Due to limited recognition and analysis capabilities of a signal processing unit, the former inventions can only be used to detect front obstacles, but cannot be used to sense surrounding environmental information. The equipment provided by the invention is characterized in that a signal processing unit converts echo signals of an ultrasonic frequency band into a sound frequency band which can be heard by human ears via a frequency-domain projection form; frequency reduction is conducted to a sound signal, and the sound signal is stretched and extended in a time domain at the same time; and the signal is directed sent to the human ears via earphones. A human brain auditory center is a real signal processor, wherein the auditory system analyzes intensities, directions and frequency spectrums of echo signals of both ears so as to analyze and judge surrounding environmental information. Through use and wearing of the equipment, an echo positioning ability of the human ear auditory system can be developed step by step, and people can sense surrounding environments like bats and dolphins.


Current methods for line segment extraction often fail in challenging scenarios that abound in real-life images, e.g., those containing corrupted lines, of various widths, with multiple crossings, and immersed in clutter. We propose a method that tackles these issues by combining multiscale edges while taking line segment connectivity into account. In particular, we use two scales originating what we call contextual and local edges, obtained with filters of, respectively, large and small footprints. Contextual edges are robust to noise and our method uses them validate local edges, i.e., to only select the local edges that correspond to the same intensity transition (dark-to-bright or vice-versa). Line segment connectivity is enforced by joining the valid local edges whose distance does not exceed a threshold. To enable dealing with situations where the edges divide regions of non-uniform intensity distributions, e.g., textures, the contextual edges are decided by using a two-sample statistical test. We present experiments that illustrate how our method is efficient in extracting complete segments in several situations where current methods fail.


Multiphoton microscopy was employed to study normal skin wound healing in live rats noninvasively. Wound healing is a process involving series of biochemical events. This study evaluates the regeneration of collagen and change in cellular metabolic activity during wound healing in rats, with second harmonic generation (SHG) and fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM), respectively. In eukaryotic cells ATP is the molecule that holds the energy for cellular functioning. Whereas NADH is an electron donor in the metabolic pathways, required to generate ATP. Fluorescence lifetime of NADH free to protein bound ratio was evaluated to determine the relative metabolic activity. The FLIM data were acquired by a TCSPC system using SPCM software and analyzed by SPCImage software. Additionally, polarization resolved SHG signals were also collected to observe the changes in optical birefringence and hence the anisotropy of regenerated collagens from rat wound biopsy samples. Mat lab programming was used to process the data to construct the anisotropy images. Results indicated that, cells involved in healing had higher metabolic activity during the first week of healing, which decreases gradually and become equivalent to normal skin upon healing completes. A net degradation of collagen during the inflammatory phase and net regeneration starting from day 5 were observed in terms of SHG signal intensity change. Polarization resolved SHG imaging of the wound biopsy sample indicates higher value of anisotropy in proliferative phase, from day 4th to 8th, of wound formation; however the anisotropy decreases upon healing.


Abstract In the present paper we present a recursive procedure for updating of credibility estimators for a class of evolutionary models incorporating the class studied by Kremer (1982). Differing from Kremer's procedures the present procedures are based on observations from only a finite past. In the last section the procedure is compared to an approach based on the Kalman filter.


Results of the search for new physics effects in proton-proton collision data at sqrt(s) = 13 TeV collected by the ATLAS and CMS detectors at the Large Hadron Collider are presented. Measure-ment of the Standard Model Higgs boson in different production and decay channels, as well as direct Beyond-Standard-Model searches in several experimental signatures, based on data taken during the 2015 and part of 2016 runs are summarised.


Introduction and Background: There are an estimated 200,000 anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) ruptures yearly in the USA. Pretensioning allografts prior to anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in order to minimize graft laxity is a common, but controversial practice. The goal of this study is to determine if pre-tensioning anterior tibialis (ATs) and fan-folded iliotibial bands (FITBs) alters their creep and stress relaxation properties.


With the rapid development of UHV AC and DC power grids, traditional low-frequency and low-voltage load shedding devices cannot meet the huge power imbalance demand for control measures caused by serious faults such as UHV DC blocking. As a "stabilizer" and "regulator", the pumped storage power station plays an important role in the safe and stable operation of the power system. This paper analyzes the effect of the Tianchi Pumped-storage Power Station grid connection on the Central China Power Grid, and analyzes the impact of the pumped-storage power station's low-frequency cut-off pump instead of load-cutting on the stability of the power grid. In this paper, two scenarios of power system unloading fault and DC blocking fault are considered, and different load rejection measures and pump capacity of Tianchi pumped storage power station are set respectively. The low cycle load rejection action is not triggered at the lowest frequency point, and the power angle is not out of step. As a standard, check the amount of security control measures. The experimental results show that the pump-switching operation of the pumped-storage power station can replace the load shedding operation to a certain extent, so that the power grid can reduce the power load of users while ensuring the normal operation of the power grid, and improve the stability of the power system.


This chapter discusses strategies for conducting de tailed-design and code-level hazard analysis, which involves generating the detailed de sign and code according to the high-level design's specifications, analyzing the d etailed design and code for hazards, augmenting the detailed-design and code for dynamic verification, and reviewing the detailed design and code to insure that they meet s p cific criteria. These activities cover the last two phases of the implementation pro cess. The next step, which Chapter 6 discusses, is to introduce testing techniques for afety-critical software systems. The information from chapters three through six form a fr mework for a verification methodology, which professional safety engineers ar e beginning to realize as important.


260 I CUTIS WWW.MDEDGE.COM/DERMATOLOGY A lthough most neonatal vascular lumps, bumps, and tumors are benign, proper diagnosis is important for prognosis and management. Therefore, knowledge of both common and rare conditions is important when evaluating a neonatal nodule. Differential diagnosis of neonatal vascular nodules must focus on important diagnostic clues that should prompt consideration and evaluation for less common and/or potentially threatening conditions. Infantile hemangioma (IH), congenital hemangioma (CH), venous malformation (VM), lymphatic malformation (LM), kaposiform hemangioendothelioma (KHE) and tufted angioma, and malignant tumors are reviewed here.


Contemporary political science assumes that the representative system, in addition to its influence on the formal structure of government, is functionally related to the internal cohesiveness and equilibrium of society itself. This fact takes on the greatest significance in the modern democratic state, in which the size of the population requires that the representation be indirect. For the political scientist, therefore, a challenging situation arises out of the following question: how can the modern democratic state insure the most adequate and accurate political expression of the elements and currents within it, while still maintaining a government which can function and a safe margin of stability for the society? That there are no simple formulae for resolving this problem is attested by the many theories of representation which have been propounded and tried during the last century. That a formula is almost desperately needed is demonstrated by postwar European experience. Italy is one of several countries in which the question of representation not only is significant but threatens to divide important segments of the society. The recent Italian elections point up this danger. But the elections, and the parliamentary experience which preceded them, also offer the political scientist a rich store of analytical raw material concerning the process of government and the group behavior which characterizes it.


The utility model discloses a concrete outer wall bolt hole leakproof structure, which comprises an outer wall body, a bolt hole and a rubber piston, wherein the bolt hole and the rubber piston are obligated in a wall, the rubber piston is embedded in the middle segment of the bolt hole, the rubber piston fills expended waterproof mortar which is mixed with expanding agent with 15% cement content into the bolt hole which is arranged toward the direction of an outer wall, and the rubber piston fills 1:3 harsh cement mortar into the bolt hole which is arranged toward the direction of an inner wall. Polymer cement (JS) waterproof coating is coated on a hole mouth of the bolt hole of the outer wall, the diameter of the rubber piston is bigger 1.5-2mm than the diameter of a casing pipe, and the depth of the rubber piston embedded into the bolt hole is equal or greater than half of the thickness of a wall body. A concrete outer wall bolt hole uses a three-layer seal structure, and cuts off water seepage channels and water leakage channels, thereby enabling the outer wall to be successful to prevent seeping in one time, eliminating a repair phenomenon, guaranteeing use function, and preventing economic loss caused by repair treatment because of leakage.


Sri Handayani, S. 310207017, 2008. Implementation of Laws number 9 Year 1998 About
Freedom to Suggest The Opinion in Front of General in Region of Sragen.
Thesis. Graduate Program in Law. Sebelas Maret University.
This research aim to know an analyses implementation of Law Number 9 Year 1998 in Sragen
region and studies factors cause of haves could not implemented of Laws number 9 year
1998.
Research type in this writing is sociologist, by 5th law concept. Form of research
applied is diagnostic - evaluative. The data analysis has been using qualitative analysis.
Based on description result of research and solution related to the problem is studied
with law theory to work, inferential that factors causing the happening of taste short exchange
for example as follows : (1) from legal substance aspect, that is existence of legislation rule
that is in normatif is against Law the other, for example rule Article 10 obliging passion bearer
to inform activity to Police and gets permit in the form of STTP ( Receipt Letter is Notification )
and the notification at least during 3 x 24 hours before the activity is done. This thing is
assumed is against rule of UUD 1945 and Human Right. And so do rule Article 11 obliging
taste bearer to mention number of participants, time and the duration, route and teaching aid
applied, this thing is in difficult field is implementation by side number of participants which
cannot be predicted, teaching aid and route of the participants from and towards location
cannot be predicted in precise. (2) from legal structure aspect for example that government
officer Kepolisian based on Decree Kapolri Nomor Pol. : Skep/1600/X/1998 laxative agent Law
No. 9 year 1998 acurately and correctness. As for becoming constraint in its(the execution for
example informing is submitted through on faximile and less than 3 x 24 hours, submitted by
man that is is not understood the activity, fictious address, STTP is not taken and execution of
activity of unmatched to notice / STTP. ( 3) from legal culture aspect, in general action
participant of taste short exchange has not comprehended about proffering procedure STTP,
acts sceptic, existence of high solidarity taste, simply participation, which all the of triggered by
situation of economics social, unemployement and difficult of employment.
Its the consequences is logical, that is haves no implementation of rule of Law No. 9
Year 1998, hence worryed of will be able to generate action of anarchist, disobeys to
applicable law rule. Side that is taste short exchange would still arise if problems root is not
able yet to finalized carefully, and will be able to generate un-orderliness of public if public is
not supplied understanding that is enough about meaning of democracy as fully.
Suggested need to revise provisions in Law No. 9 Year 1998, especially about criminal
sanction for they which is not fulfills order in Article 10, Article 11 and Article 12, and not just
action of disbandment of action of short exchange felt as of eye.


Four regulators have been compared for use with low-level reactive mixtures. It was verified experimentally that a two-stage low-volume regulator made of stainless steel was suitable for use with hydrogen sulfide at a concentration of 100 ppb. This regulator does not require passivation when used with flow rates of at least 100 mL/min. Aluminum and nickel-plated brass regulators of the same design were not suitable. Although a traditional two-stage corrosive service regulator constructed of stainless steel could be used, significant passivation times were required to achieve a comparable steady-state level.


ABSTRACT This paper reviews recent studies done in academia or industrial laboratories on polymer nanocomposites based on various type of polyolefins like homopolymers, copolymers and polyblends reinforced with various mineral (montmorillonite, bentonite, closite, laponite, layered double hydroxide, etc.) carbon based (graphite, carbon nanotubes, carbon nanofibers, exfoliated graphite, graphene, carbon black, etc.) nanofillers. The review covers their preparation, their mechanical, thermal, flammability, gas barrier capability, electrical, dielectrical, antibacterial characteristics and their potential applications like low weight structural materials, part of optical devices, thermal interface materials, electric and electromagnetic components, absorption, antibacterial materials, etc.


The content of metals in soils depends on the combined effect of several factors, which include the properties of the metals themselves and their concentrations in the soil, environmental conditions and soil components. Topsoil samples from different plots of a rural area, which combines reforestation (forests soils) with agriculture (pasture and cultivation soils) and livestock in the Galicia region, NW Spain, were analyzed for total Cu and Zn, pH, organic matter content, and particle size distribution. The geological substrate of the study area is mainly biotitic schist. The aims of this study were to investigate the total Cu and Zn concentrations in the topsoil samples, and to examine the relationship of these metals with the mentioned physicochemical properties using a correlation analysis. Soils were characterized by conventional analytical methods. Total Cu and Zn contents were determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometry after wet digestion with a hot mixture of nitro-perchloric-hydrofluoric acids. The results showed that the soils have on average moderately acid pH, considerable organic fraction and clay loam texture. The total Cu and Zn concentrations were low (mean about 25 mg kg-1 and 78 mg kg-1 respectively), which reveals that these topsoils are not contaminated. The statistical analysis showed positive correlations between the sum of the clay and silt contents, and the total Cu and Zn concentrations. There are no significant correlations between total Cu and Zn, and organic matter content.


The injection of Fluoro‐Gold (FG) into the whisker pad of rats yields a stable fluorescent labeling of the motoneurons in the lateral facial subnucleus. Following resection of 8–10 mm of the facial nerve, the microglia phagocytose the FG‐preloaded neurons and assume the label. Employing this vital labeling of microglia in situ we studied the fate of same after completion of phagocytic activity. Starting at 56 days post resection (DPR) the FG‐labeled microglia spread out from the lateral facial subdivision and invaded the entire facial nucleus. The quantitative analysis of this redistribution of the fluorescent marker revealed a prolonged increase in the number of labeled microglia strictly proportional to the delayed loss of neurons. The differentiation between microglia and shrunken neurons was performed with the new method of immunoquenching: the staining of vibratome sections with anti‐rat neuron‐specific enolase (NSE) combined with an ABC‐HRP kit and DAB as detector totally extinguished (quenched) all fluorescence from the pre‐labeled facial motoneurons. The fluorescent microglia were additionally stained with GSA I‐B4 and OX–42, which should completely quench all fluorescence in the section. However, a few small round cells, always closely opposed to neuronal perikarya, still fluoresced. These NSE‐negative, GSA I‐B4 and OX–42 negative, but fluorescent cells may represent a new, immunologically uncharacterized microglial cell type, that participates in neuronophagia. (c) 1995 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


A mathematical model of the process of producing polyisoprene in the presence of various catalytic systems of the Ziegler-Natta type is constructed in the article. When developing a mathematical model, the polycentric nature of the applied catalytic system was taken into account and the modular construction principle was applied, which allows calculations to be made both for the batch mode of the process and for the continuous mode. An analysis was also made of the influence of the hydrodynamic regime on the polymerization rate and the molecular characteristics of the resulting product using the example of a titanium-containing catalyst system.


The present invention relates to the preparation of inorganic material in non-ferrous metallurgical technology, and is especially the preparation process of high purity anhydrous magnesium chloride with organic solvent and amino carnallite. The preparation process includes the steps of: preparing amino carnallite with ammonium chloride solution as the side product of magnesia production and bittern from salt lake as material, dewatering to obtain low water amino carnallite, dissolving amino carnallite in organic solvent, ammonia treatment to obtain MgCl2.6NH3 deposit, separating and drying the deposit, and high temperature calcining to obtain high purity anhydrous magnesium chloride with magnesia content lower than 0.1 %. The high purity anhydrous magnesium chloride has MgCl2 utilization up to 99.5 % and MgO content lower than 0.1 % can meeting the technological requirement for electrolytically smelting Mg.


The frame of the inventive clipped lens spectacles comprises a facial accessories (2, 43) provided with components (13, 14, 15,..., 26, 27, 28, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63) for clipping at least one lens which are adjacent in such a way that it is possible to carry out an elastic clamping of the lens in a substantially axial direction thereof.


Summary CoV-GLUE is an online web application for the interpretation and analysis of SARS-CoV-2 virus genome sequences, with a focus on amino acid sequence variation. It is based on the GLUE data-centric bioinformatics environment and provides a browsable database of amino acid replacements and coding region indels that have been observed in sequences from the pandemic. Users may also analyse their own SARS-CoV-2 sequences by submitting them to the web application to receive an interactive report containing visualisations of phylogenetic classification and highlighting genomic variation of potentially high impact, for example linked to primer mismatches.Availability and implementation Available at http://cov-glue.cvr.gla.ac.uk. Implemented using GLUE, an open source framework for the development of virus sequence data resources. Contact firstname.lastname@example.com


Parallel to the rising availability and application of Web-based organizational research, the issue of its validity becomes increasingly important. The research was designed to reveal any existing differences in job satisfaction survey data gathered using Intranet and paper-and-pencil administration modes. A sample of employees in one large organization in Serbia (N = 1923), answered either Intranet (N = 425) or paper-based job satisfaction survey (N = 1498). A 50-item version of a Job Satisfaction Scale was highly reliable for both data collection techniques. There was a significant method effect on all the checked indicators: demographic characteristics of Intranet and paper sub-samples based (gender, age, length of service and educational level); proportion of missing answers (on items about job satisfaction and demographic data), satisfaction with specific items and dimensions of job satisfaction, as well as overall job satisfaction. Interaction effects of administration mode by gender, age, length of service and education were not significant. Results stress that before accepting Webbased organizational surveys as a new gold standard we need empirical evidence that Web-based data can be combined and/or compared with paper-based data.


Markowitz's mean-variance MPT has remained the cornerstone of portfolio selection methods after decades of research and debate. There is an extensive literature on MPT implementation, especially on estimation errors and expected return assumptions. However, covariance matrix estimation, an essential input, continues to be frequently based on historical correlations. This study proposes replacing historical correlations with a robust co-movement measure called the Gerber Statistic. We report that MPT using the Gerber Statistic outperformed that using historical correlation as measured by ex-post returns under realistic investment constraints, including transaction costs, for a range of investor types, for an investment universe of global stock indices, bonds and commodities, for the period January 1994 to December 2013.


A hybrid parameterization of a quasiparticle equation of state is proposed, with a critical point implemented phenomenologically. On the one hand, a quasiparticle model with finite chemical potential is employed for the quark-gluon plasma phase, calibrated to the lattice quantum chromodynamics data. On the other hand, the low-temperature region for the hadronic phase of the matter is described by the hadronic resonance gas model with excluded volume correction. A particular interpolation scheme is adopted so that the phase transition is a smooth crossover for small chemical potential. A phenomenological critical pointed is implemented beyond which the phase transition becomes that of the first order.


The application of science and technology needs social control if it is hoped to contribute more for humans.There are many ways of controlling.From the perspective of ethics,the necessity of control and ethical ideas are discussed.


Uniication, or two-way pattern matching, is the process of solving an equation involving two rst-order terms with variables. Uniication is used in type inference in many p r o-gramming languages and in the execution of logic programs. This means that uniication algorithms have to be written over and over again for diierent t e r m t ypes. Many other functions also make sense for a large class of datatypess examples are pretty printers, equality checks, maps etc. They can be deened by induction on the structure of user-deened datatypes. Implementations of these functions for diierent datatypes are closely related to the structure of the datatypes. We call such functions polytypic. This paper describes a uniication algorithm parametrised on the type of the terms and shows how t o use polytypism to obtain a uniication algorithm that works for all regular term types.