We assess a country's influence on decision-making in the EU Council of Ministers not merely on the basis of the number of its votes, but based on a more refined measure that takes into account the voting behavior of other countries. A country that is likely to receive support from other countries will be more influential than a country with more votes, but which tends to be isolated in its policy preferences. We set out a novel quantitative methodology, which integrates the voting weight and the degree of support enjoyed by each country in one single measure, and we apply the methodology to a data set that is richer than existing data sets. We further use this measure (i) to assess whether the changes in voting weights from the Nice to the Lisbon Treaty have an influence on the odds whether countries get what they want when decisions are taken in the Council; and (ii) to study how these odds are affected by actor alignment in the Council.


From having an experimental study of physical and consolidation characteristics of soft clay in Nakdong river lower basin, we come to the conclusion as follow. Clay minerals in Nakdong river lower basin are classified into Kaolinite and Illite. Water content(W n ) is similarly distributed in a range of 50.4% to 92.8% in Noksan and 46.6% to 99.0% in Jangyu, and liquid limit(LL) of both areas appears lower than water content. In the case of compression index, the index of jangyu is a little higher than that of Noksan because Jangyu is in a range of 0.67 to 1.94 and Noksan in a range of 0.44 to 1.5. The second compression index of Jangyu in a range of 0.027 to 0.092 is also higher than Noksan in a range of 0.024 to 0.075. As a result of regression analysis, a relation between water content and compression index is linear, and between initial void ratio and compression index is shown to C c = 0.80e o − 0.58. The ratio of C α /C c in a range of 0.03 to 0.08 expresses a wide range.


Crystal silicon is an excellent photovoltaic (PV) semiconductor: silicon is abundant, environmentally benign, capable of high solar conversion efficiencies, and profits from an unparalleled scientific knowledge base. However, the energy-intensive, inefficient and expensive processes that turn sand into a crystal silicon (c-Si) wafer account for more than half of today s Si PV module costs. Because the peak flux of solar energy on Earth is only about 1 kW/m2, large areas must be covered with inexpensive PV to provide for TW-scale electrical power needs. To circumvent the costly wafer fabrication step, it would be ideal to grow 2-20 micron thick PV-quality silicon absorber layers directly from silane gas onto inexpensive substrates at temperatures below 800 C.


The second feature film from Irish director Conor McMahon (who made his promising feature length debut in 2004 with Dead Meat) deals with that horror staple: fear of clowns. Or, to give it its medical title: Coulrophobia. While some suggest this fear arose from negative experiences we may have had as children with these apparently harmless figures of fun (and indeed that's where Stitches seems to land on this), popular culture has embraced the clown as something that manages to stoke our deepest, darkest fears. In music, bands like Slipknot and Insane Clown Posse have cultivated their image based on this theme while Stephen King did for clowns what Peter Benchley did for sharks with the publication of his novel It (1986)--later made into a TV film(1990). It was King who set the benchmark for all contemporary malevolent clown incarnations with It's Pennywise: a sadistic inter-dimensional predator who terrorises a group of children by preying on their individual phobias. In American cinema, B-movies like Blood Harvest (1987) and Killer Clowns From Outer Space (1988) have attempted, in ways that were often tongue in cheek and camp, to add to this growing mythology of the 'evil clown'. Even in the real world the figure of the clown became synonymous with evil after it emerged that the serial killer John Wayne Gacy worked as a children's clown at charity events and children's parties. Stitches therefore enters into an established horror sub-genre but, unfortunately, seems to have little to add to it. McMahon's film recycles a whole set of horror tropes without originality or ingenuity and overall is a disappointing effort that fails to deliver on the early promise of his debut zombie feature Dead Meat. The plot of Stitches could not be simpler. A child's party in what appears to be a contemporary house in rural Ireland goes horribly wrong when the drunken, cigarette smoking clown 'Stitches' (played by popular English comedian Ross Noble) manages to fall face first onto a protruding knife from perhaps that most banal of middle class appliances, the dish washer. In an effect that is used extensively throughout the film, blood sprays in jets all over the face of protagonist Tom (played by young English actor Tommy Knight) thereby establishing the films 'traumatic event' and serving as the reason for Stitches' vengeful return from the grave. A transition introduces us to the kids '6 years later', now all teenagers in the full pangs of puberty, a distance in time unsubtly rammed home by a match-cut involving a squeezed zit and a cracked egg (you get the idea). From here, Stitches takes the standard route of most teenage horror films by establishing the group's hierarchy with the stereotypes that we expect: 'the stoner', 'the horny jock', 'the promiscuous girl', 'the nice but geeky protagonist' and so on. Every box is ticked by McMahon but without any real cleverness or deftness of touch. Borrowing heavily from American teen films like Mean Girls and TV shows like Glee we even have a camp figure in Tom's friend 'Bulger' (Thomas Kane Byrne) though this never amounts to more than cheap mimicry of a 'gay' screen stereotype. Stitches then begins to work through scenes that 'homage' successful horror films but without adding anything original or remotely clever. The classroom dream sequence for instance--in which Tom's teacher in clown make up tears off a pupil's genitals and ties them to a balloon, invokes Wes Craven's Nightmare on Elm Street--is neither shocking or disturbing, but rather (unintentionally) comical. Another scene in the gym echoes De Palma's Carrie, complete with tracking camera shot, all of which only serve to illustrate that while McMahon is clearly well versed in the classic horror cannon merely quoting his favourite films is not enough to hold a film like Stitches together. Indeed this non-descript referencing of American classics of the genre points up one of the films central problems--a lack of clearly defined place or indeed any sense of real 'Irishness', something that made his earlier Leitrim-set feature Dead Meat so entertaining and original. …


To find the revisit intention or intention to stay in future on convenience store in India. We conducted this study to check the effect of atmospheric action such as service quality and store atmosphere of convenience store on the customers' emotions which have successive impact on revisit intention using S-O-R theory. And also this study investigates the role of emotions as mediator between service quality, store atmosphere and revisit intention. Research results based on a sample collected from 231 respondents point out that convenience store cognitive such as service quality and store atmosphere affect consumers' pleasure feeling and emotions which also influence the revisit intention. Consumers' emotion mediate the relationship between service quality, store atmosphere and revisit intention. Questionnaire were used to check and study reactions from respondents about revisit intention. This research explores the psychological processes by which the store cognitive affects emotion and revisit intention. Research findings and implications are discussed.


Wool–water systems, at water contents above a threshold value of 22.7 g of water per 100 g of wool keratin, yielded curves of specific heat against temperature showing peaks that are ascribed to the fusion of the absorbed water. Integral and incremental heats of fusion were obtained. Integral heats increase as the square of the water content above the threshold, and incremental heats follow a linear relationship. The incremental heat reaches a value of 55 cal/absorbed water, at the saturation water content, at 0°C of 33.9 g of water per 100 g of keratin. The state of the absorbed water is discussed. Clustering of water molecules takes place only above the threshold water content.


This paper is concerned with the provision of an automated ship design methodology capable of improving the design of catamarans at the conceptual design stage. After summarising the monohull design chart and automated design approaches, developed and reported previously, and the associated catamaran design chart approach reported more recently, a new automated catamaran seakeeping for design procedure is presented and applied. The results are discussed in some detail. Furthermore, identified conflicts arising from the use of interacting and non-interacting strip theory based hydrodynamic databases, to provide a simple fast design method, are discussed and some practical guidance given on how to use the developed procedures.


The ability to accurately characterize a Photovoltaic (PV) product is critical at every level of system development. The characterization of systems and devices allows research teams and product development groups to not only map the progress of their own technology but also compare it to that of their competitors. Access to state of the art testing equipment thus allows these teams to make effective design decisions and to form sound business strategies. This report will identify and review important testing capabilities as well as the equipment and facilities necessary for PV characterization throughout the development process during: Cell Design and Optimization Module/Panel Performance, Reliability & Qualification Testing Overall System Performance and Monitoring Most testing during cell design and optimization as well as that done during reliability testing is considered indoor testing. There exist a few groups around the world that specialize in PV testing which have nearly all of the capabilities mentioned in this report among others in house, but this is not common. Usually, these equipment and resources are shared between a number of test suites each of which specialize in a particular type of testing. Test suites for outdoor testing intended to characterize overall system performance are similar in that the equipment required is chosen depending on the technology and the system under investigation; any given facility may not require all of the instruments that will be discussed presently. Testing the Technology September 30, 2010 Necessary Capabilities for measuring PV Performance SUNLab: Solar Cells and Nanostructured Devices Laboratory iii Table of


The characteristics of "endogenous activity" were observed. The telluritegold method was recommended for the detection of the "activity" of tissue pieces and the use of Nitro-BT was also excellent for the cell-emulsions. The distribution of the "activity" in the normal rat tissues and human and animal tumor cells was described and then the observations on its physical and chemical properties resulted in the conclusion that it is one dynamic manifestation of the summarized oxidation-reduction pathways in the supravital conditions. It was also indicated that any histochemical procedures for oxidative enzyme systems should exactly exclude the nonspecific "endogenous activity".


Proximate analysis is a chemical analysis method to identify the food content of an ingredient. The proximate analysis component (protein, ash, fat, water and carbohydrate) correlate with the nutrition value of food. Many kinds of cookies were sold in the market but the data of proximate analysis results related with food quality is scarce. Three samples of cookies (one sample of soybean cookies and two of red bean cookies) that are available in Indonesian market were assessed in this study. Soybean cookie (sample no.387) was in accordance with Indonesian National Standard (INS) in terms of ash content and fat content. Red bean cookies (samples no. 388 and 389) met the INS requirements of protein and fat content. Whereas, all cookies samples were not INS compliant in terms of moisture content and carbohydrate levels (maximum 5% and minimum 70%, respectively).


The elevated cases of pregnant women infected with COVID-19 who needed to undergo caesarean section is a great challenge to anesthesiologists. Morbid obesity and preeclampsia in pregnancy are also another challenge to medical practice especially when the patient requires caesarean section. To describe the perioperative management of a morbidly obese preeclamptic patient with COVID-19. A pregnant woman with mild case of COVID-19, severe preeclampsia and obesity underwent an emergency caesarean section. Spinal anesthesia was performed using a Whitacre 26G spinal needle with 76 mm length, bupivacaine 0.5% 12.5 mg as spinal anesthesia agent and fentanyl 25 mcg as adjuvant. All operating teams use PPE according to COVID-19 guidelines and standard procedures. The operation went with a good outcome without any transmission to the operating team. The patient underwent treatment without postoperative complications. Spinal anesthesia is considered safe to be a usual technique for parturient with preeclampsia and morbid obesity. A proper COVID-19 surgery protocol is crucial in order to protect health workers handling COVID-19 patients.


This work reports experimental data on dry-washing of biodiesel produced by enzyme-catalyzed reaction using ion exchange resins, a commercial immobilized enzyme, and a magnesium silicate adsorbent. Experiments were carried out in continuous-mode packed-bed column, varying operating temperature and pressure, and residence time toward reaching the current specifications of the biodiesel samples tested. Besides, the amounts of free fatty acids (FFA), raw material, and products were characterized with regard to the content of monoacylglycerol (MAG), diacylglycerol (DAG), and triacylglycerol (TAG). It is shown that resins and the immobilized enzyme presented, to a certain extent, satisfactory results, in terms of FFA reduction, while the use of the adsorbent allowed reaching "on spec" biodiesel. It was observed that the water content dramatically affected the quality of the final product, which severely hindered one from reaching lower FFA contents. Integration of resins together with silicate adsorbent seems ...


Environmental economics has traditionally been conducted in a closed economy mode. Most textbooks on the subject still reflect this restriction: international aspects of environmental problems are often not covered at all or dealt with as an afterthought. In a world in which many environmental pollutants spill over national borders, and national economies have become increasingly integrated, this state of affairs is clearly unsatisfactory; rational environmental policies undertaken in a globalizing world need to take the international economic and environmental relationships into consideration. This perception has given rise to much literature employing an open economy approach to analysing environmental problems and policies. After a decade of intensive research, the time has come to take stock of the state-of-the-art knowledge. It is the objective of this volume to provide a review which will be of interest to scholars and graduate students of economics and political science who wish to familiarize themselves with the main issues and actors in the field of international environmental economics. This collection of non-technical, issue-oriented, and comprehensive surveys is written by leading specialists in international and environmental economics. Contributors to this volume - Edward B. Barbier (University of Wyoming) Lucas Bretschger (University of Greifswald, Germany) Roger D. Congleton (Center for Study of Public Choice; George Mason University, Fairfax, VA) Hannes Egli (University of Greifswald, Germany) David E. Ervin (Portland State University) Michael Rauscher (University of Rostock) Carsten Schmidt (Arthur Andersen Frankfurt am Main) Gunther G. Schulze (Albert-Ludwig University of Freiburg) Sjak Smulders (Tilburg University) Heinrich W. Ursprung (University of Konstanz)


In terms of regulations regarding inks to be used on food and beverage packaging, what are the highest standards to be followed in SA?


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Along with changes to the formally recognized eating disorders, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Fifth Edition Eating Disorder Work Group has recommended that the DSMIV eating disorder not otherwise specified category be renamed: Feeding and eating conditions not elsewhere classified. This change reflects the inclusion of childhood feeding disorders within the eating disorder classification scheme, as well as the focus on reducing the ambiguous and "catch-all" nature of eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS). While there is not currently enough rigorous sci-


Abstract : This document describes the technical details of the Systems and Software Producibility Collaboration and Experimentation Environment (SPRUCE) project program execution during Phases 2, 3, and 4 spanning the period from April 2008 to September 2013. The SPRUCE was intended to facilitate the development of Software-Intensive Systems research products and methods, providing an environment for research of DoD systems and software problems, provide an ability for university and industry to leverage technology development, and establish a capability for successful technology transition and transfer.


Implementing a favourable agronomic practice often enhances canola production. Combining several optimal practices may further increase production, and, given greater crop health and competitiveness, could also improve weed control. A field experiment was conducted at Lacombe and Lethbridge, Alberta, from 1998 to 2000, to determine the optimal combination of glufosinate-tolerant cultivar (hybrid InVigor 2153 or open-pollinated Exceed), crop seeding rate (100, 150, or 200 seeds m-2) and time of weed removal (two-, four-, or six-leaf stage of canola) for canola yield and weed suppression. At equal targeted seeding rates, the hybrid cultivar had greater seedling density (8 plants m-2 higher) and seed yield (22% higher) when compared with the open-pollinated cultivar. Combining the better cultivar with the highest seeding rate, and the earliest time of weed removal led to a 41% yield increase compared with the combination of the weaker cultivar, the lowest seeding rate and the latest time of weed removal. The...


In [ 2 ] P. Fletcher proved that a finite topological space has a unique compatible quasi-uniformity; C. Barnhill and P. Fletcher showed in [1] that a topological space (X, ), with finite, has a unique compatible quasiuniformity. In this note we give some necessary conditions for unique quasiuniformizability.


The acidic agent (SO3H) was stabilized on the silica coated Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles to produce Fe3O4@SiO2@Pr-SO3H, as a heterogeneous acidic catalyst, was designed, and then fully studied and characterized by FT-IR, XRD, TGA, DTA, TEM, and SEM analysis. Subsequently, the catalytic activity of Fe3O4@SiO2@PrSO3H was investigated by the one-pot four- component condensation reaction between 1,3-indandione, aromatic aldehydes, acetophenone or propiophenone and ammonium acetate under the solvent-free condition at 80 ℃. The main advantages of this magnetic and heterogeneous acidic catalyst are high product yields, being environmentally benign, short reaction times, and easily separated from the reaction mixture using an external magnet.


The article was devoted to an innovative approach of improving bakery products quality through using an activated water, exposed to the action of contact non-equilibrium (cold) plasma. Wheat bread quality characteristics were presented during using the plasma-chemically activated water combined with wheat flour of poor baking properties. It is shown that the treatment of water with contact non-equilibrium plasma leads to an improvement in the consumer qualities of bread, an increase in its resistance to microbiological spoilage. The wheat bread made with the plasma-chemically activated water presented the possibility to prolong the shelf-life of the product, helping to decrease losses and waste during the bread food chain.


Detailed measurements of the linear and nonlinear magnetic responses, the zero-field cooled and field-cooled magnetization, and the resistivity of electron-doped La 1 - x Mg x MnO 3 , 0.45≤x≤0.6, are summarized. For 0.05≤x≤0.6 this system exhibits a single paramagnetic to ferromagnetic phase transition on cooling with no thermodynamic reentrant transition to a spin-glass-like phase. Nevertheless, both a detailed analysis of the critical response and the low temperature saturation moment show clear evidence of competing interactions. The latter could arise either as a result of spontaneous electronic phase separation or from conventional noncollinearity (homogeneous, or-due to the random substitution process-inhomogeneous). These results argue against a simple double exchange picture for this system and a uniform ferromagnetic ground state. However, features evident in the zero-field-cooled behavior (and the nonlinear response) at temperatures below T c originate from technical sources viz. the increase in coercive field, so it is possible that a gradual onset of competing interactions might arise from a related source. The resistivity data confirm that the complete suppression of a metal-insulator transition in these systems with small average A-site radius extends into the electron-doped regime (x≥0.5). Thus ferromagnetism dominates but the system remains insulating, contrasting with an emerging ferromagnetic metallic state for which a spontaneous electronic phase-separation approach has been proposed. Indeed, the transport data conform with model expressions for charge transport by nonadiabatic small polarons in the paramagnetic phase, but they are quantitatively inconsistent with the expression derived recently by Rahkmanov et al. [Phys. Rev. B 63, 174429 (2001)] for the specific model of polaronic hopping in a nonmetallic, phase separated picture.


The provision of capital in oligopoly is considered within the context of a two-stage capital then price or output game in which firms have non-zero conjectural variations in both stages. Capital is defined as any variable which affects demand or marginal cost. We demonstrate that there exist certain types of capital for which the strategic effect, which distinguishes two-stage models, can be signed independent of the level of competition in either stage. In addition we examine the role played by inconsistent second stage conjectures and distinct levels of competition across stages in determining the sign of the strategic effect.


The purpose of this paper is to discuss an experimental testing regime that was conducted using push-test specimens constructed with pre-cast concrete panels connected to steel flanges with steel studs within a circular grout pocket due to the fact that the current longitudinal spacing limitation of 600mm for shear studs in the CHBDC is not conducive to the construction of pre-cast concrete decks where an increased spacing of the stud cluster is desirable. Specimens were tested to determine the ultimate capacity of a stud cluster and to investigate the reduction in ultimate strength after cyclic loading. Results from the study indicate that clustered shear studs embedded in high strength grout for construction using pre-cast deck panels are suitable for CHBDC requirements and preliminary investigations show that exceeding the code maximum stud spacing of 600mm can be acceptable.


This article focuses on the approaches to the longitudinal seismic response analysis of shield tunnels,and presents a new simplified dynamic finite element method,which accepts some basic ideas of response displacement method.This method uses the same structure model and spring model as response displacement method,but uses the finite element method to estimate the responses of the ground in time series instead of the supposition of harmonic motion.This method could give more reasonable results compared with the response displacement method, because it could improve the precision of the evaluation of ground deformations.At the same time,this method has much smaller scale of calculation compared with the 3-D continuum model.Subsequently,both the response displacement method and the new simplified dynamic finite element method are applied to calculate the seimic responses of Wuhan Changjiang River Tunnel,with the emphasis on the difference of the results given by different methods.


In order to obtain more information to conduct data fusion,the multi-sensor method was used in the photoelectric theodolite,namely that the sensor was fixed on the main LOS(line of sight) and the assist LOS.For the measurement data from the main LOS sensor,conventional method could be applied to the analysis and processing of data.Because of non-parallelism between the main LOS(line of sight) and the assist LOS,the result must be corrected when processing the measurement data from the assist LOS sensor.In the case of low precision damand,the usual method was using the azimuth and elevation angle obtained from the assist LOS sensor to directly correct the non-parallelism.In this paper,the method of coordinate transformation was used to derive the error correction model of the assist LOS,the azimuth and elevation angle of the target could be directly obtained.Experiments showed that the accuracy could be increased by 10% when the elevation angle was less than 45°.


Molecular property prediction is an essential task in drug discovery. Most computational approaches with deep learning techniques either focus on designing novel molecular representation or combining with some advanced models together. However, researchers pay fewer attention to the potential benefits in massive unlabeled molecular data (e.g., ZINC). This task becomes increasingly challenging owing to the limitation of the scale of labeled data. Motivated by the recent advancements of pretrained models in natural language processing, the drug molecule can be naturally viewed as language to some extent. In this paper, we investigate how to develop the pretrained model BERT to extract useful molecular substructure information for molecular property prediction. We present a novel end-to-end deep learning framework, named Mol-BERT, that combines an effective molecular representation with pretrained BERT model tailored for molecular property prediction. Specifically, a large-scale prediction BERT model is pretrained to generate the embedding of molecular substructures, by using four million unlabeled drug SMILES (i.e., ZINC 15 and ChEMBL 27). Then, the pretrained BERT model can be fine-tuned on various molecular property prediction tasks. To examine the performance of our proposed Mol-BERT, we conduct several experiments on 4 widely used molecular datasets. In comparison to the traditional and state-of-the-art baselines, the results illustrate that our proposed Mol-BERT can outperform the current sequence-based methods and achieve at least 2% improvement on ROC-AUC score on Tox21, SIDER, and ClinTox dataset.


Peripheral venous access is perhaps the most commonly performed procedure in hospitals, urgent care, or surgical centers across the country. The ability to obtain peripheral intravenous (IV) access, and in a timely manner, is arguably one of the most important skill sets to be mastered by health care professionals. While skill and experience play a role in successful and timely vascular access, numerous patient factors such as obesity, diabetes, IV drug use, and chronic kidney disease may pose unique challenges to even the most skilled health care professional. In patients with difficult access, there are often multiple attempts, which can be both time consuming for the provider and painful for the patients. Direct visualization of blood vessels using ultrasonography has an advantage over the standard landmark technique and can improve the success rate of peripheral IV or arterial line placement in this patient population. Given the success of ultrasound guidance with access placement, it is imperative that all health care profesionals become proficient with this technique. The aim of this review article is to provide concise and practical information on the basics of ultrasound and its application to obtain peripheral venous and arterial access. You may also be interested in... Reference: Oliver, L.A., Oliver, J.A., Ohanyan, S., Park, W., Benelyahoo, A. and Vadivelu, N. (2019) Ultrasound for peripheral and arterial access. Best Practice & Research. Clinical Anaesthesiology. 33(4), p.523-537. doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2019.10.002.


AbstractThe effect of binder solution (amount and composition) on the mean particle size and its distribution of granule was investigated by using a computer optimization technique. The granules were manufactured by two continuous processes, granulating and sizing using a high-speed mixer granulator and a hammer mill, respectively. The particle size distribution pattern of granules was markedly varied with the change in the amount and composition of the binder solution. The distribution pattern could be well expressed by the log-normal distribution model. For designing the optimal particle, a computer optimization technique was applied to the experimental results obtained in this study. The technique was found to be useful for searching the optimal formula in the practical scale.


Curriculum reform of elementary education has brought about great changes in the role and behavior of teachers and students at normal colleges and universities.The teacher's role has changed from an administrator to an organizer,from a leader to a guide,from a disseminator of information to a facilitator of learning,form a teacher to a researcher,from one who implements externally made curriculum to a designer of curriculum,from a controller to a negotiator.Meanwhile,the student's role has changed from a passive knowledge receiver to an active learner,from a listener to a participant,from a conservative learner to an explorer,from an individual learner to a cooperative learner,from a dependent learner to an independent learner,from one who is controlled to one who is free in learning.


Image processing and machine learning techniques have been applied in several fields of research. Astronomy is one of these areas where relevant methods have been developed to deal mainly with identifying and classification. This work introduces a new approach to characterize and classify sunspots which appear in the solar photosphere for expressing intense magnetic fields. Theses magnetic fields present significant effects on Earth. Solar images were captured in the Intensitygram Flat format, found in the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI), of the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), which facilitate processing for identification and sunspots count. This method consists of two steps: image pre-processing and training phase using convolutional neural network (CNN) to identify and characterize spots and groups. Results showed a high potential of this processing that become a competitive classifier for the sunspots groups.


A mathematical problem of linear physical adsorption of a dissolved impurity is formulated, by consider-ing its diffusion transfer during the filtration of an aqueous suspension through a uniform adsorbent bed at a constant rate. By averaging the impurity concentrations in the free and bound states over an arbi-trary time period, an approximate solution of the problem is obtained, which is only expressed in terms of the elementary functions. On its basis, it is proposed to calculate the rational duration of the filter run. The solution is discussed and illustrated with a number of examples with typical input data.


The generation of ion beam modes by accelerated particle distributions in the high-latitude auroral region, associated with parallel electric fields, is considered. Various particle distribution models are used, including downward accelerated electrons, a combination of trapped and backscattered electrons, and upgoing accelerated ionospheric ions (H{sup +} and O{sup +}). A numerical study of the excite4d modes implies that they can be characterized as either a nonresonant ion-ion two-stream mode or a resonant acoustic mode. For reasonable models of the high-latitude auroral acceleration region, the nonresonant mode has a growth rate an order of magnitude greater than the acoustic mode. Approximate analytical expressions for the maximum growth rate and the corresponding frequency of the ion-ion two-stream mode are derived. Conditions are also derived that determine when the two-stream mode evolves into an acoustic mode. The frequency range of the excited waves and the frequency at peak growth compare reasonably well with observations of broadband noise in the auroral region. The results of this study suggest that ion interactions with these waves may be a viable mechanism for the observed enhancements in the parallel temperature of accelerated auroral ions.


The 1985 European Communities Directive on Product Liability1 aims to harmonise member State product liability rules and to improve the level of protection of victims by basing the liability of producers for physical injury and damage to personal goods on the proof that the victim's damage was caused by a defect in the product supplied. On 19 May 1998, ten years after the deadline for transposition, France finally enacted legislation incorporating the Directive into national law.2 The Directive was incorporated into English law by Part I of the Consumer Protection Act 1987.


Object A novel microwave-heated extraction (MHE) method was studied for the extraction of glycyrrhizic acid from Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch. Methods Several factors, such as temperature, time and microwave power were investigated and the appropriate MHE conditions were obtained from the orthogonal test. Under the optimum conditions, the optimal solvent was selected and the MHE was compared with ultrasonic extraction, leaching at room temperature and Soxhlet extraction,. Results The optimum conditions of MHE is extracting for another 40 min in 0.5% ammonia water after heated to 60 ℃ by microwave of 2 000 W. Yield of glycyrrhizic acid was about equal to that of Soxhlet extraction for 4 h, and that of leaching at room temperature for 44.3 h. Conclusion The MHE method is fast, efficient, energy-saving and high-selective, which is recommendable to the application to active compounds extraction from Chinese herbal medicines.


Abstract This research addresses challenges of the intercultural business encounters of Slovenian and Montenegrin business partners with a focus on the non-verbal communication (NVC; body language, physical appearance, proxemics, haptics, chronemics, oculesics) during intercultural business meetings between partners. Analysis was built on the theoretical framework on the basis of Hofstede's six dimensions of culture. The comparison between the two countries was performed, showing that there are no significant differences except for the masculinity–femininity aspects, but when considering the Indulgence and Long Term Orientation, Slovenia exhibits equally dispersed traits of both extremes. This comparison served as a starting point for developing a research structure. Before conducting the qualitative study, nine managers from Slovenian and Montenegrin companies were sampled using snowball technique, conveniently being from partner companies in both countries. They were interviewed by the semi-structured interview technique, which addresses differences and similarities within NVCs: their posture, eye contact, physical appearance, chronemics and proxemics during onsite business meetings. The research data findings demonstrate that respondents did not perceive significant differences, which could impact the quality of NVC or lead to greater conflicts. In the comparative analysis of two business cultures, several aspects were identified within two areas, namely paralanguage and chronemics: Montenegrins are reported to be more talkative, louder and fast-speaking, more gesticulating, and rushing decisions and discussions, while Slovenians are reported to be more reserved, calm, less expressive during the meetings, and taking more time for decisions and discussions. Analysis also revealed that both sides show a relatively low level of awareness of the NVC and not paying enough attention to these specific NVCs and their impact during intercultural business communication. The findings indicate that some cultural differences exist between the cultures; however, respondents showed a low level of awareness and reported no ability to approach or manage NVC during the business encounters.


The UCI modified betatron [Phys. Rev. Lett. 53, 266 (1984)] was converted into a stellatron accelerator by the addition of helical quadrupole coils to the betatron configuration. An experimental study of the injection, trapping, acceleration, and disruption of a beam in this apparatus has been conducted. The stellarator field applied was of up to 10 kG and with a rotational transform of ι/≃0.1– 0.15. Electrons were injected from a thermionic emitter typically operated by applying 20 kV, 2– 4 μsec pulses to the hot cathode, which emitted ∼3 A. A beam of ∼200 A was trapped in the torus and accelerated by the betatron field applied immediately after the injection. The beam life was extended by increasing the toroidal field. The beam current suffered a partial disruption after it reached its peak value. After that the beam lost electrons gradually, accompanied by generation of x rays, until the entire beam was lost close to the peak of the accelerating betatron field. Electron energies of up to ∼4 MeV were re...


Visual surveillance is the latest paradigm for social security through machine intelligence. It includes the use of visual data captured by infrared sensors or visible-light cameras mounted in cars, corridors, traffic signals etc. Visual surveillance facilitates the classification of human behavior, crowd activity, and gesture analysis to achieve application-specific objectives.


Abstract Nordlund, G. 1974. Prediction of success in secondary school studies. Scand. J. educ. Res. 18,133‐150. Extensive research in predicting academic success in higher education completed in many countries shows that pupils' average marks (grade‐point average) is the most accurate predictor. The project described here, which supports earlier research, studied the value of the pupils' present average marks in predicting their academic performance at secondary schoolj compared the prediction value of their average marks with that of ability and achievement tests, and investigated to what extent the selection of pupils can be improved with the help of marks and test results together.


From the n-hexane soluble fraction of the ethanol extracts of Anoectochilus roxburghii, sorghumol (1), friedelin (2), palmitic acid (3) and a mixture of sterols were isolated from the plant for the first time.The mixture consists of 24-isopropenylcholesterol, 26-methylstigmasta-5,22,25,(27) trien-3#beta#-ol, sitosterol, stigmasterol and campesterol determined by EI-MS and ESI-MS/MS spectra.Sorghumol (1) was isolated from Orchidaceae for the first time, and its NMR data were assigned by HMBC and HMQC experiments. Friedelin (2) was isolated from this genus for the first time.


Abstract : The results of studying the wettability of 08KP steel used for manufacture of storage battery casings, with an alkali solution at various potentials of the metal's surface are presented. It is shown that greatest wettability, and consequently, an increased tendency toward electrolyte leakage along the storage battery casing is observed when the casing is connected electrically to the negative block of electrodes; smallest wettability is observed when the casing is insulated from the working electrodes.


Background The &agr;-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) subtype of glutamate receptor mediates fast excitatory neurotransmission in the central nervous system. Many general anesthetics inhibit AMPA receptors in vitro; however, it is not certain if this inhibition contributes to the behavioral properties of these drugs. AMPA receptors lacking the GluR2 subunit are resistant to blockade by barbiturates in vitro. Paradoxically, GluR2 null mutant (−/−) mice are more sensitive to barbiturate-induced loss of the righting reflex (LORR) compared with wild-type (+/+) littermates. To determine if interactions between anesthetics and AMPA receptors account for the increased sensitivity of (−/−) mice, the effects of volatile anesthetics that do not directly inhibit AMPA receptors were examined. Methods Isoflurane, halothane, desflurane, or sevoflurane were administered to (−/−) and (+/+) littermate controls. Anesthetic requirements for LORR, movement to tail clamp (minimum alveolar concentration [MAC]), and hind-paw withdrawal latency (HPWL) were determined. Electrophysiologic methods examined the inhibition of AMPA receptors by isoflurane and halothane. Results Anesthetic requirements for LORR and HPWL were decreased, whereas MAC values were unchanged in (−/−) mice. Isoflurane and halothane caused minimal inhibition of AMPA receptors at clinically relevant concentrations. Conclusions Direct blockade of AMPA receptors did not account for the increased sensitivity to volatile anesthetics in GluR2 null mutant mice for HPWL or LORR. Thus, the deficiency of GluR2-containing AMPA receptors increases the sensitivity of neuronal circuitry mediating these end points, but not MAC. GluR2-containing receptors do not contribute appreciably to MAC in this mouse model. These results illustrate the difficulties in attributing behavioral responses to drug–receptor interactions in genetically engineered animals.


In this paper some typical antennas for space applications are analyzed by using the computational electromagnetic software FEKO, as released in Suite 7.0. First, an iterative MLFMM/PO hybrid method with bi-directional coupling between the two methods is introduced, very suitable for extremely large reflector antennas illuminated by a smaller (but also electrically large) and complex feed, drastically reducing the memory and run-times used. An antenna placement example on a generic satellite is also discussed, where different full wave and high frequency asymptotic methods are compared, such as MLFMM and PO or UTD. Finally, a more realistic application is shown, to calculate the influence of a patch array antenna on the Iridium satellite.


Abstract The solvability conditions are established for a problem of linear conjugation for analytic functions with boundary values from the Zygmund class 𝐿(ln+ 𝐿) α when the conjugation coefficient is piecewise-continuous in the Hölder sense. Solutions of the problem are constructed in explicit form.


"Is the university–industrial complex out of control?" The editorial that appeared under this eye-catching title in Nature in January 2001 came to the conclusion that links between academia and ind...


Women play different role of society. In the ancient era women work only at home but in present time they start to do job, business etc. as we know that internet also plays main role in every job so women start to use it. But as the time passed it become addiction. To assess this addiction in relation to mental health investigator select sample of 100 women through purposive sampling. This study reveals that maximum of women from sample found addicted with poor mental health and working women are more addicted then non working women. On the other hand there is negative correlation between internet addition and mental health.


Front-back vowel harmony is an important characteristic of many languages. Testing whether an untranslated script has vowel harmony may aid its decipherment. This paper tests vowel harmony for three different modern languages (Hungarian, Spanish and Turkish) as well as the extinct underlying language of the undeciphered Indus Valley script. We also introduce a novel vowel harmony index based on the Exponential Random Graph Model for graphs. To achieve this, we first select words from each of the modern languages (Hungarian, Turkish, and Spanish) from their Swadesh list. Then we divide each word into syllables, isolating the vowels. We then analyze the three modern languages using Exponential Random Graph Model methods. The results indicate that this procedure and the vowel harmony index are feasible to define the degree of vowel harmony in a language. The procedure is then extended to the undeciphered Indus Valley Script. Our results indicate that the underlying language of the Indus Valley Script also had vowel harmony. We found that on average the odds of the IVS having vowel harmony were 6.61 times higher than would be found in a random graph.


The effect of wormcast application on the yield and quality of greengrocery and the soil characteristics was studied by the pots trial.The results indicated that wormcast application could increase greengrocery growth and promote quality.The plant height,stem diameter and green leaves with wormcast were preceded than that with traditional fertilization.The greengrocery yield in wormcast treatment was 54.1% higher than that in no fertilization treatment while it was 10.2% lower than that in traditional fertilization.The content of vitamin C and soluble sugar of greengrocery were highest in the wormcast application treatment.Compared with the contrast,the soil available nitrogen,phosphorous and potassium of the wormcast treatment increased by 15.68 mg/kg,10.71 mg/kg and 24.30 mg/kg.Compared with the traditional fertilization,the soil available nitrogen,phosphorous and potassium decreased by 4.68 mg/kg,7.16 mg/kg,and 0.70 mg/kg.The addition of wormcast changed the soil bulk density,loosened the soil,and increased the water permeability to prevent the sealing of soil,improved the structure of soil.


The present invention relates to an electric machine tool, in particular a drilling machine and/or a chisel hammer, comprising a first actuating device and a second actuating device being arranged at a distance from the first actuating device, wherein the first actuating device is mechanically connected to the second actuating device by means of a switching connector which is to be loaded in tension only.


Objective To discuss clinical efficacy of Nimodipine for traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage. Methods Clinical data of 60 cases with Nimodipine for traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage were retrospectively analyzed. Twenty-eight cases were treated by normal treatment as control group,and 32 cases were treated by Nimodipine based on normal treatment as study group. Clinical efficacy of two groups was compared. Results After treatment,MCA Vp of study group was faster than control group(P 0.01),intracranial pressure,cerebral vasospasm rate and rebleeding rate were lower than control group(P 0.01). Following-up for 3 months,of study group,19 cases were daily living,7 cases were part of self-care,4 cases were severe disability,and 2 cases death. Daily living rate of study group was higher than control group,and death rate of study group was lower than control group(P 0.05). Adverse reactions of two groups showed no significant difference(P 0.05). Conclusion Nimodipine for traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage can reduce intracranial pressure,cerebral vasospasm and rebleeding rate,and improve clinical efficacy.


The electronic property of graphene was investigated by hydrazine treatment. Hydrazine (N₂H₄) highly increases electron concentrations and up-shifts Fermi level of graphene based on significant shift of Dirac point to the negative gate voltage. We have observed contact resistance and channel length dependent mobility of graphene in the back-gated device after hydrazine monohydrate treatment and continuously monitored electrical characteristics under Nitrogen or air exposure. The contact resistance increases with hydrazine-treated and subsequent Nitrogen-exposed devices and reduces down in successive Air-exposed device to the similar level of pristine one. The channel conductance curve as a function of gate voltage in hole conduction regime keeps analogous value and shape even after Nitrogen/Air exposure specially whereas, in electron conduction regime change rate of conductance along with the level of conductance with gate voltage are decreased. Hydrazine could be utilized as the highly effective donor without degradation of mobility but the stability issue to be solved for future application.


Length from the humeral angles to caudal margin 5.58 mm.; width 3.78 mm.; oval, concave on the dorsal surface. Base color amber-brown with a faint color pattern of tan-gray. (See P1. I, Figs. I and 3). Basis capituli. About twice as wide as long, convex; cornua well developed, about as wide as long, rounded at the points. Tan-gray color prevailing over dorsal surface and with numerous punctations present. Palpi. Short, broad and rounded at the ends; tan-gray color present; posterodorsal angle on article 2 only moderately developed; a few scattered hairs and punctations present. Scutum. Cervical grooves represented only by deep circular pits in the cervical region; lateral grooves absent, their positions occupied by a lineal series of a few large punctations; scutum bounded at the sides by definite ridges just outside of the lineal series of large punctations, rounded over the top and extending from the vicinity of the eyes to the spiracular plates where they are abruptly terminated in overhanging ends. The punctations are of two kinds, large and small (as in other species of this genus)-large ones few in number, more numerous in the cephalic


In this paper, Hungary and Turkey will be compared according to their Regional Development Agency practices. Hungary is chosen as a comparison country with Turkey because they are similar in many respects. Both countries have an understanding of regional policy of their own even before the candidacy decision, a centralised administrative structure, having deep historical legacy as an ex"parts of Aust ria – Hungary and Ottoman Empires, and adapted their regional development strategy to the regulations with the pre"accession funds and challenged their centra lized state system. Therefore, Hungary is a good example for comparison with Turkey regarding territorial restructuring, institution building, the evaluation of the roles of actors participating in the regional development agencies and the factors affecting the functioning of the these agencies.


Hugh Hefner should not be remembered only as the editor and creator of Playboy. Nor should Playboy be thought of only as a magazine of female nudes. In our culture, the effects of both are much deeper and more complex. This article tries to analyze the creation of a character such as Hefner and a magazine like Playboy, which have used ideas of sexual and social repression to establish themselves in opposition to vertical powers. In this context, Hefner has presented himself as someone opposed to many ideas of Christianity and to the sexual morality behind this religion; however, and largely thanks to this, he has been presented as a god that has come to offer not suffering but pleasure. That is, it will be demonstrated how Hefner's attitude against repression was necessary to understand him as he is and also to understand his almost divine character.


The rapid development of telecommunication and information technology aims to design and investigate new functional materials. Glasses in the TeO2-BaO-V2O5 seems to be promising materials within this purpose. In this connection the structure and dielectric properties of the glasses have been studied. Small polaron hopping of V4+ to V5+ ion in the vanadate chains and the influence of BaO and TeO2 on the dielectric permittivity, dielectric losses and frequency depended conductivity of the glasses measured at room temperature in the frequency range from 100 Hz to 1 MHz have been discussed.


Cooperative content offloading is a promising technology to relieve the heavy burden of wireless cellular networks, and meanwhile can improve the quality of downloading services. While various optimization frameworks have been intensively studied (e.g., maximizing the amount of cellular traffic that can be offloaded, etc.), little attention has been given to how to systematically accommodate various stakeholders' rational behaviors and incentivize their cooperation. In this paper, we propose an integrated incentive mechanism which incorporates the utilities of three rational stakeholders in traffic offloading: cellular provider and end users including waiting users and downloading users. This incentive mechanism explicitly includes two components. In the first component of reverse auction based incentive mechanism, the cellular provider can classify the general users into downloading users and waiting users, and the waiting users can get some rewards for waiting some time (i.e., delaying their downloading through cellular provider). Besides being involved in the reverse auction phase, in the second component of charge policy based incentive mechanism, the waiting users can obtain data from the downloading user in D2D way, and pay both downloading user and per intermediate node on the delivery path with parts of rewards earned from cellular providers. Preliminary theoretical analysis illustrates this integrated incentive mechanism has the following features: Cellular provide can offload traffic with minimum cost, users in reverse auction will truthfully report their valuations on traffic loading, downloading users can obtain extra reward from waiting users in sybil-proof way (i.e., thwarting edge insertion attack).


This paper presents a novel experiment in an atmospheric cylindrical single-jet combustor, designed to exhibit high-frequency radial thermoacoustic instabilities. The experimental configuration was...


"This, then, is the initial completion of the work that I have devoted all my spare time to for the past fifteen years or so. Was it worth the sacrifice? Opinions may differ on the subject, but I believe that its usefulness, or even its necessity will come in time to be accepted and, moreover, increasingly recognised." With these words, written in 1863 at the start of the "Pro- and epilogue by the author", Johann Christian Poggendorff presented the first volume of his work to the reader, a work that was to become "the Poggendorff". The author, a physicist and extraordinary professor at the University of Berlin, is still known today in the field of mechanics as the inventor of the Poggendorff Scale. His "Biographisch-literarisches Handworterbuch der exakten Naturwissenschaften" (Concise Biographic-Literary Dictionary of the Exact Sciences) is a reference steeped in tradition, that has been publishing "accounts of the lives and achievements of mathematicians, astronomers, physicists, chemists, mineralogists, geologists, biologists" and scientists from other disciplines since 1863. The around 29,000 biographic-literary entries cover the lives of the scientists, a short scientific curriculum vitae, awards and obituaries, as well as secondary literature and a complete list of all publications (books, contributions to other volumes and congress reports, and journal papers). Now, a database has been prepared to make this enormous amount of information available for modern-day use. All the volumes have been put into electronic form, and the biographic details indexed. Comfortable search functions allow the user to look for names, places of birth and death, years, and subject areas, and the pages from the original edition can be accessed from each individual entry.


A Woman with Vision Loss A 31-year-old woman was evaluated because of vision loss, which had developed in the left eye 3 weeks before presentation. Despite the administration of glucocorticoid ther...


The effectiveness of cactus opuntia, a natural macr omolecular coagulant, for turbidity r emoval was studied via jar test. The jar test was conducted to remove turbidity from two aqueous solutions, namely , surface water and landfill leachate. The surface water studied were estuarine and river water . Initial turbidity values measured at 499 NTU and 547 NTU for estuarine and river water respectively were r educed by as much as 98% (estuarine) and 70% (river). Other parameters such as pH as well as alkalinity were also studied. High turbidity removal effectiveness shown in this bench-scale study indicates that cactus opuntia has the potential to be utilised for surface water tr eatment applications. Turbidity removal was less effective in the case of landfill leachate (31.6 - 41.9%) but the r emoval percentage was observed to increase in the presence of Mn 2 + (bivalent cation).


The object of the invention is the use of Candida saitoana or assets derived from Candida saitoana as cosmetic active ingredient, especially for detoxification of skin cells. The invention also relates to an active ingredient derived from Candida saitoana, to a process for obtaining and to cosmetic compositions containing this active and a care cosmetic method for improving the surface condition of dull skin and poisoned .


Purpose -This article investigate the role that negative brand name (as in Rawon Setan, a name of restaurant that have meaning "Satanic") and product quality play in influencing the brand attitude and intention to buy, with religiosity as moderator variable.
Design/methodology/approach - This study uses quantitative research based on a survey. The data were collected from questionnaires distributed to 200 sample respondents. The respondents are students in Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Airlangga, during April 2016. The reason for this choice was mainly the respondents' ease of access and high probability of cooperation in the research process. Respondents are selected by convenience sampling with quota, being asked whether or not they are willing to participate in the survey. The respondents are between 17 - 22 years age and have familiar with Rawon Setan restaurant. The analisys using PLS - Partial Least Square to test the hypotheses.
Originality/value - this is one of the study to investigate brand name with negative in Islamic perspective, how it can influence intention to buy with religiosity as moderator variabel. The influence of negative brand name is still largely unexplored. It can draw attention to and encourage future research in this important area.
Results - Based on the research, this study find some conclusion, that Religiosity strengthened the relationship between negative brand name with brand attitude, Religiosity strengthened the relationship between negative brand name with intention to buy , Product quality have positive effect to brand attitude, Product quality have positive effect to intention to buy, and Brand attitude have positive effect to intention to buy.


There is a continuing interest in improving electrical characteristics of an organic thin-film transistor (OTFT). One can accomplish this by controlling molecular orientations of semiconductor materials in the vicinities of an insulating layer as well as an electrode material. First, it is widely known that a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) is effective for this purpose. Second, a thin structured layer underneath an organic semiconductor material is effective for aligning the organic molecules in a specific direction. Irradiating azobenzene compounds with ultraviolet light converts trans isomers into cis-forms. When exposed to linearly-polarized ultraviolet light, the difference in the absorbance between the two isomers leads to a state where the azobenzene molecules are aligned perpendicular to the polarization direction of the ultraviolet light. Such a photo-alignment layer results in anisotropic charge transport in an OTFT and the current flow along the channel direction is enhanced. In principle, we expect that combination of these two technologies (SAM and photo-alignment) would further improve the current flow in OTFTs. In experiment, we synthesized a compound 4-(3- (trichlorosilyl)propoxy)azobenzene (Azo-SAM) and used this material to align an organic semiconductor poly(3- hexylthiophene) (P3HT). We formed the Azo-SAM on a glass substrate, spin-coated a P3HT/1, 2, 4-trichlorobenzene solution, annealed in nitrogen atmosphere and exposed it to linearly-polarized ultraviolet light. Absorbance spectroscopy in the visible range revealed anisotropy in the two samples exposed to the two polarization directions orthogonal to each other. Fabrication of organic transistors with this photo-alignment SAM is under way.


Author(s): Achtenberg, A. | Abstract: In this document we collect the 18 contributions of the IceCube Collaboration to the 29th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2005), Pune, India, Aug. 2005


In this technical note, we discuss some general principles relating to logarithmic amplification. First of all, no amplifier can produce a logarithmic transfer function over a dynamic range which includes an input signal level of zero, since log 0 = -∞. All logarithmic amplifiers must therefore specify a signal range over which they will "log". The classic log amp discussed in most introductory texts exploits the I-V characteristics of a diode junction, and consists of a diode feedback on an inverting operational amplifier. This approach works well (over a dynamic range of >4 decades) at low speeds (less than 1 MHz), if the circuit is properly temperature-compensated. At higher speeds the performance is woeful, and other schemes(1) to approximate a logarithmic transfer are used.


Objective: To explore the in vitro pharmacological activities of fruit of Diospyros malabarica. Method: 70% ethanolic extracts of Diospyros malabarica was screened against ten pathogenic bacteria, five strains of gram +ve, five strains of gram –ve bacteria and fungi by using disc diffusion method. Moreover, to study the toxicity of this fruit, we conducted a saltwater shrimp lethality bioassay based on the ability to kill laboratory cultured brine shrimps (Artemiasalina). Results: Fruits extracts were found to exhibit antimicrobial activity against bacterial pathogens with the zone of inhibition ranges between 13mm to 19mm. Fruit Extracts was also tested for its antifungal activity against fungal strains exhibiting zone of inhibition ranges from 14 mm to 19 mm. The fruit extract of Diospyros malabarica shows significant lethality towards brine shrimps at LD50 value of 93.55 ppm. Conclusion: Plant extracts is potentially effective in suppressing microbial and fungal growth. As fruit extracts has significant LD50 value thus it can be further used for cancer cell line studies.


In this paper, we propose a general framework for sparse semi-supervised learning, which concerns using a small portion of unlabeled data and a few labeled data to represent target functions and th...


n The new policy environment presents a number of challenges and risks for social enterprises. A more competitive provider market, alongside shortterm contracts with commissioners, means that social enterprises will need to develop business models that are effective and sustainable. It is vital that these business models focus on viability of the service in the long term and on succession planning.


350 words maximum: (PLEASE TYPE) ln-audibiliry, in-visibiliry: The dynamics of conremporary cross-cu/rural identiry rhrough sound and installation is a practice-led research project that integrates spatiaJ, sonic and active listening practices with an investigation of contemporary cross-culrural identity. Cultural hybridity and the spectnim ofmy experiences as a mixed-race Chinese-British-Australian actively apprise my conccptuaJ, and experimentaJ sound and installation practice. This methodology intrinsically links cultural theory with the curated transmission and embodied reception of sonic and visual clements. In particular, the research began with an investigation of hybridity before moving onto, 1sibility and in,isibility, alongside audibility and inaudibility as spectrums of experience, in reference to historicaJ cultural theory as well as a specifically Asian-Australian position. The practice-led research engages light and translucency as mediums to explore the spectrum from invisibility through visibility and into hyper-visibility. Analogously, values of inaudibility, audibility and hyper-audibility are investigated through the application and interrogation of beat frequencies and masking sounds as psychoacoustic sonic phenomena which are inherently hybrid in their construction. Voice, speech and language, in ,,'linen and spoken fonns. arc used 10 bind the sonic and visual elements into a unified hybrid installation. The installation manifests as a multi-sensory experience of the spectrums of visibility and audibility that immerses the viewer in an approach to contemporary identity that is inherently manifold. Together, the relationship between the spectrums culminates as an embodied, hybrid installation where sonic and visual reception flucruates. The vie,,ers' active movement and listening generates an experience of the fluidity and hybridfry inherent in contemporary cross-cultural identity. The practice-led research synthesises sonic and visual materiality with cultural theory to generate an embodied installation where a contemporary Asian-Australian position is exemplified as dynamic and multiplicitous. Declaration relating to disposition of project thesis/dissertation I hereby grant to the University of New South Wales or its agents the right to archive and to make available my thesis or dissertation In whole or in part in the Universrty libraries in all forms of media, now or here after known, subject to the provisions of the Copyright Act 1968. I retain all property rights, such as patent rights. I also retain the right to use in future works (such as articles or books) all or part of this thesis or dissertation. I also authorise University Microfilms to use the 350 word abstract of my thesis in Dissertation Abstracts International (this is applicable to doctoral theses only). Signature Witness Signature Date The University recognises that there may be exceptional circumstances requiring restrictions on copying or conditions on use. Requests for restriction for a period of up to 2 years must be made in writing. Requests for a longer period of restriction may be considered in exceptional circumstances and r uire the a oval of the Dean of Graduate Research. FOR OFFICE USE ONLY Date of completion of requirements for Award: ORIGINALITY STATEMENT 'I hereby declare that this submission is my own work and to the best of my knowledge it contains no materials previously published or written by another person, or substantial proportions of material which have been accepted for the award of any other degree or diploma at UNSW or any other educational institution, except where due acknowledgement is made in the thesis. Any contribution made to the research by others, with whom I have worked at UNSW or elsewhere, is explicitly acknowledged in the thesis. I also declare that the intellectual content of this thesis is the product of my own work, except to the extent that assistance from others in the project's design and conception or in style, presentation and linguistic expression is acknowledged.' Signed ......... ....................... ...... ............... .


In the laboratory and the side draw test unit of a commercial ammonia synthesis reactor,the performance of the FA-Ru catalyst and the A202 iron catalyst was compared,and the influence of the iron catalyst coupled with ruthenium catalyst and the single iron catalyst on ammonia synthesis was investigated.Experiment results showed that the activity of the FA-Ru catalyst for ammonia synthesis was higher than the A202 catalyst by 44%—75% at low temperature(375—425℃),low pressure(10—15 MPa),low H_2/N_(2)ratio and high concentration of ammonia synthesis gas(10%—16%,vol)in the laboratory.Ammonia conversion was higher than that of the single iron catalyst by 24.5%—44.8% and increased with increasing ruthenium catalyst loading in mixed catalyst bed under laboratory condition.Similarly,ammonia conversion was higher than that of the single iron catalyst by 27.7%—58.8% and increased with increasing ruthenium catalyst loading in tandem with iron catalyst under laboratory condition.The reaction temperature of ruthenium catalyst bed might be lowered to 400℃ when ruthenium catalyst loading reached above half of the iron catalyst.Side draw experiments showed that ammonia conversion of FA-Ru catalyst at 13.0 MPa and 10000—15000 h~(-1)might achieve the level of the single iron catalyst at 26 MPa for the same space velocity.Ammonia conversion of iron and ruthenium catalysts in tandem was 43%—56% higher than that of the single iron catalyst,depending on the operation condition.


Metabolism
Noncoding RNAs, such as microRNAs, regulate gene expression through RNA silencing and posttranscriptional gene regulation. Lin et al. show that miR-155 is important for glucose homeostasis and insulin sensitivity. When miR-155 is overexpressed in mice, they become hypoglycemic, whereas if


As a result of the research work, the structure of the organization of forestry management in the Russian Federation and its constituent entities, acting following the new forest code of the Russian Federation in 2006, was studied. Assessment of the effectiveness of the use of forests in the republic, a multiple correlation analysis was applied. As a result, it was revealed that in the Republic of Tatarstan, the primary income for the use of forests is accounted for by timber harvesting, the bulk of which is accounted for by the use of coniferous forest areas – 81 %, soft-leaved, and hard-leaved forests accounted for 14 % and 5 %, respectively. Taking into account the share of exploitable forests for the receipt of payments from the lease of forest plots for all types of use (harvesting and collection of non-timber forest resources; hunting; farming; recreational activities; geological exploration of mineral resources; development of mineral deposits; construction, reconstruction and operation of communication lines, roads, pipelines and other linear facilities; payment for the conversion of forest land to non-forest land and the transfer of forest land to lands of other categories) in the Republic of Tatarstan, the structure of forests by farms affects, and on the contribution to payments by type of use, soft-leaved farming brings 78 %, hard-leaved 12 % and coniferous 10 %.


With the further development of transportation energy conservation and emission reduction,and China's building of low-carbon traffic and green freight,drop and hoop transport has become the focus of attention of the domestic freight industry.This paper first expounds the connotations of drop and hoop transport,green freight,and then presents the current situation of the development of drop and hoop transport,analyses the environmental benefits and economic benefits of drop and hoop transport,which is an advanced freight organization form that the developed countries have widely used.Finally,a conclusion is drawn that drop and hoop transport is China's choice to promote the development of green freight.


The mechanical properties of a granite from the French Hoggar test site in Algeria were measured to provide input for numerical codes seeking to predict rock response to a stress wave and to assist in formulating models on which these codes are based. The measured properties include pressure-volume behavior, failure envelope as a function of mea.i pressure, compressional and shear velocities as a function of pressure, and three-dimensional stress-strain measurements along various loading and unloading paths. This granite responds to stress in much the same way as other As part of an exchange program between the French Commissariat a L'Energie Atomique (CEA) and the United States Atomic Energy Commission, related to the peaceful use of nuclear explosives, we have received a suite of rock samples from a 765-m borehole in the Taourirt Tan Afella massif, on the Hoggar test site, in what was formerly French Algeria. The French have conducted several underground nuclear explosions in this massif. A summary of previous technical exchanges and a bibliography ot the French reports describing the Hoggar granites that have been studied extensively. The failure envelope was determined to 30-kbar mean stress with no evidence of ductile behavior. Stress-strain experiments reveal the presence of long narrow cracks which close at stress libels below 0.5 kbar. The rock at atmospheric pressure was found to have a bulk modulus of 330 kbnr and a shear modi'lus jf 290 kbar. These yield an elastic compressional velocity of 5.24 km sec" , in good agreement with laboratory measurements on small samples and with field experiments within the massif over distances of several tens of meters. test site and expe; Imental conditions Is given by Stephens.


In this paper, we propose and theoretically investigate an ultrafast, compact, and energy efficient all-optical switch (AOS) design based on a saturable absorbing cavity. The conceptual basis of the switch design is the material absorption saturation phenomenon. The optical cavity is used to enhance the light-matter interaction locally. As a result, the device dimension is substantially reduced. Numerical studies were carried out analytically using the temporal-coupled mode theory. Cavity structural parameters and material properties related to the switch design are discussed. The figure of merit of the switch performance in terms of the insertion loss, extinction ratio, and operating energy consumption are analyzed. Finally, as a specific practical application of the developed AOS, ultrahigh-speed optical time division multiplexing operations are demonstrated.


The aim of the article was to indicate the importance of memory and forgetfulness in human life based on memories of three authors born in Sarajevo — Emir Kusturica, Alexander Hemon, and Miljenko Jergovic. This made it possible to show Sarajevo's image preserved in their memory and to show the differences between the period of peaceful existence of the ethnically diverse society of the federal period of Yugoslavia and the period after the bloody war in Bosnia and Herzegovina 1992–1995. In their works, the memory of the city in which they grew up and spent their youth before the war indicates the peaceful coexistence of an ethnically diverse society. The war destroyed the current order and rituals, and also brought the necessity to define their national and ethnic identity. Retaining the memory of the family and its roots became a defence against forgetfulness, proving how much people need rooting in a family, neighbourhood, social, state or ethnic community, although the confrontation of the remembered image with the current place becomes a painful clash with one's own remembering.


PurposeThe objective of this study is to offer a longitudinal examination of country image, consumers' brand origin recognition accuracy, and how their effects on brand evaluations have evolved over the last decade.Design/methodology/approachThe authors compare data gathered in 2020 against data gathered in 2008. Each data set consists of more than 500 American consumers evaluating approximately 12 different brands from three separate industries (i.e. auto, television, and fashion).FindingsThe findings indicate that country image can evolve over time and that its effect on brand evaluation persists even when inaccurate brand origin associations are made. The study offers meaningful insights for managers in understanding how brands' country associations affect corresponding brand attitudes.Originality/valueSignificant research attention has been focused on the effects of country image. However, longitudinal analysis of the same research questions has been rare. This study offers a valuable comparison of how several important country-image related issues have evolved over time.


The workshop was organized into three topical areas: (1)Solid Waste Characterization; (2)reuse, recycle, utilization; and (3)environmental effects: system design, monitoring, disposal. A series of papers was given during each of the three sessions, and each paper was critiqued by experts in the appropriate fields. Emphasis in the critique was placed upon development of solid waste R&D needs, and typically after each session, speakers and attendees developed lists of specific R&D recommendations. Each evening, a workshop was held to finalize the R&D needs for the given session and to develop R&D outlines for each research need. At the completion of the 2-1/2 day workshop, the PRC control group met and finalized the list of recommended R&D needs with some identification of prioritization of these needs. It should be understood that although the purpose of the workshop was to recommend R&D needs, some of the suggested programs are already underway by institutions represented by attendees. The workshop results do not suggest repeating this work but rather recommend that additional research or modification to existing research plans may be needed. In fact, a prudent approach may be to consider cofunding and continued funding of needed work identified in the workshop but already underway.


Despite the publication of American Academy of Neurology guidelines for determining death by neurological criteria, the lack of specificity in the Uniform Determination of Death Act has left policies about determining brain death drastically lacking in standardization in the United States. Virtual Mentor is a monthly bioethics journal published by the American Medical Association.


The earliest attempts to systematize the study of programming languages made use of the concept of a paradigm, apparently from Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. The trouble is, with respect to programming languages at least, no one can say what is a paradigm, or when we know we have a new one. Nevertheless, it has become commonplace to classify languages into trendy-sounding categories such as "imperative", "functional", "declarative", "object-oriented", and "concurrent" programming. The convention is so pervasive that I am asked to justify why I do not adhere to it. It's a matter of taxonomy versus genomics, as described in Stephen Gould's critique of cladistics (the classification of species by morphology) in his essay "What, if anything, is a zebra?" (Gould, 1983). According to Gould, there are three species of black-and-white striped horse-like animals in the world, two of which are genetically related to each other, and one of which is not (any more so than it is to any mammal). It seems that the mammalian genome encodes the propensity to develop stripes, which is expressed in disparate evolutionary contexts. From a genomic point of view, the clade of zebras can be said not to exist: there is no such thing as a zebra! It is more important to study the genome, and the evolutionary processes that influence it and are influenced by it, than it is to classify things based on morphology. Paradigms are clades; types are genes.


This paper presents a study for laterally loaded free head concrete piles using the finite element method (FEM).The finite element mesh is constituted from three-dimensional elements. The pile and soil boundary are definedcylindrically while lateral load is defined as single concentrated load from the top of the pile head. Various typesof soil and pile properties are analysed and the load-deformation curves for different types of soils namely,sands and clays are evaluated.


The present paper proposes a new layout for failure detection and diagnosis in industrial dynamic systems in which, failure vector decoupling is not always possible, due to the failure intrinsic propagation. In this case diagnosis can be determined due to the existing correlation between the failure vector and residual vector time patterns. The greatest benefit of this study is the failure detection method, Luenberger observer based detection filter, through vectorial residual generation combined with the pattern recognition technique based on neural networks theory. The synergy of both methods offer a wider application range to diagnosis problem solutions, in systems under presence of non-decoupled failures.


This Casenote/Comment is brought to you for free and open access by TU Law Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Tulsa Law Review by an authorized editor of TU Law Digital Commons. For more information, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com. Recommended Citation Sharon J. Bell, Osages, Iron Horses and Reversionary Interests: The Impact of United States v. Atterberry on Railroad Abandonments, 20 Tulsa L. J. 255 (2013).


Summary This paper is concerned with the peculiar feature which the Saprolegnia infestation may afford in Gambusia holbrookii Grd. Instead of a diffuse tissue destruction, we often find in the pregnant female little nodules builded up by an iniltration and a proliferation of lymphocytic cells (lymphoblastomycetoms). Since a deep reduction of the liver is the most outstandig physiological feature of the pregnancy in Gambusia, it seems possible to envisage a relation between failure of the liver and cell proliferation. Besides, these Saprolegnia nodules are normally disposed with a metamerical order and symmetrically on both sides of the body. But when the spinal nerves are destroyed by the parasitic mycete, this order is also destroyed. Such a relation suggests that the nervous system may somewise control the tissue sensibility. So we see that Gambusia does set some problems, which have a field of interest much broader than the biology of the little Teleost.


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Tsapas A, Avgerinos I, Karagiannis T, et al. Comparative effectiveness of glucose-lowering drugs for type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. Ann Intern Med. 2020;173:278-86. 32598218.


Abstract Initiatives over the last decade on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond have sought to re-position museums at the heart of their communities as agents for civil engagement. This paper explores the principles involved in making the role possible, using the example of urban history museums. It argues that this will take time, commitment and careful planning, and will impact on every aspect of the museum's activities. It is an essential task, however, reflecting the direction museums should be taking in society in the twenty-first century, but will only be achieved if there is a change of culture across the profession.


The application of industrial wireless technology to the control systems in petrochemical industry and the values and superiorities brought up are discussed,the technical factors in the application of industrial wireless technology are described in detail and the three international standards for the application of wireless technology to the industrial control are compared.


Because consider aerodynamics and make its modelling tends to streamline in the car design, this article mainly describes streamline design for product create better use of convenience for the product brings outside the modelling and mental and emotional intangible value, this also is industrial design create products value-added effective means recently, Ultimately this article give some suggestions to designers to put forward some reasonable use of streamline design.


SUMMARY Surgical repair of an anomalous right pulmonary artery arising from the ascending aorta is rare. Angiocardiography is the procedure of choice in establishing the diagnosis. Surgical correction of the defect is mandatory; otherwise most of these children die in refractory heart failure. The present paper reports the first successful anatomic repair without a graft in a 2-month-old baby. Five months after operation the boy is asympto-matic and demonstrating normal growth and development. A SINGLE anomalous vessel that arises from the ascending aorta to supply the right lung is an uncommon form of congenital heart disease; when it does occur, frequently associated defects are patent ductus arteriosus, anatomically patent foramen ovale, or both. Seven cases of this anomaly were reported prior to 19601-7; however, as a result of the increasing use of angiocardiography, 24 more cases including Stanton's cases (personal communication) have now been reported.820 Since nearly all infants with this anomaly die of congestive heart failure and pneumonia before they are 1 year old, surgical therapy is urgent. Five patients have been subjected to complete surgical repair. Two of these, died in the immediate postoperative period but three survived. The present paper reports the first successful anastomosis of the right pul-Congenital heart disease monary artery to the main pulmonary artery without a graft. referred to the Riley Hospital when 2 months of age because of cyanosis and labored breathing. He was the third of three boys born to a 28-year-old mother. The prenatal history was uncomplicated , and the child was born by a normal vaginal delivery with a birth weight of 8 lb. 9 oz. When discharged with the mother at 4 days of age, the infant was not noted to be cyanotic or to have abnormal breathing. Except for a slight cough, he apparently did well until 6 weeks of age when his breathing became labored and he "'turned blue" during one of his feedings. The baby was taken to the local hospital where a murmur was first heard, and an electrocardio-gram and chest films were said to indicate congenital heart disease. The child was started on digoxin (Lanoxin) between this visit to the local hospital and his first referral to the Riley Hospital. He continued to have faster and more labored breathing, but there were no further cy-anotic episodes. On physical examination the child was irritable , pale, and minimally cyanotic. He appeared well-nourished and weighed …


Importance Enterprise risk management is an essential process. It is integrated in overall management, strategy, policy, planning, report generation, system of values and organizational culture. Efficient arrangement of risk management is a critical problem of economic science and practice, which can be solved through a reframing approach. Objectives The article aims to review methodological and practical aspects of risk management process efficient functioning, develop reframing approach and a model of reframing the risk management process. Methods The study employs general scientific methods, like observation, comparison, consistency, analysis, synthesis, as well as logical approach and modeling. Results The paper offers our own interpretation of entity's risk management process, defines its stages, presents specifics of reframing approach to risk management and a model of reframing. It also provides an analysis of the nature, advantages and risks of frames. Conclusions If implemented, the proposed reframing approach and the model will enable to increase the efficiency of entity's risk management process, its risk management system, and the entire entity.


Seven principles were given to choose a scientific research subject scientically,and five sorts of mistakes in choosing subject were enumerated.


The development of remote-control technology of smart home promotes the rapid development of remote-control information. The use of remote-control information is closely related to the transmission efficiency and application of information data. At the same time, the research of remote-control technology of smart home is also the basis of realizing information sharing. To this end, this paper is the development of remote-control information in the new period and the challenge for the smart home remote control technology is expounded, and then on the basis of in-depth study in the new period in remote control information large data storage and management of application analysis, and put forward for the remote-control information data storage strategy, hoping to bring positive influence.


The systems of differential equations whose solutions exactly coincide with Bethe ansatz solutions for generalized Gaudin models are constructed. These equations are called the generalized spectral (1) Riccati equations, because the simplest equation of this class has a standard Riccatian form. The general form of these equations is Rni [z1(λ), . . . , zr(λ)] = cni(λ), i = 1, . . . , r, where Rni denote some homogeneous polynomials of degrees ni constructed from functional variables zi(λ) and their derivatives. It is assumed that deg ∂ zi(λ) = k+1. The problem is to find all functions zi(λ) and cni(λ) satisfying the above equations under 2r additional constraints P zi(λ) = Fi(λ) and (1 − P ) cni(λ) = 0, where P is a projector from the space of all rational functions onto the space of rational functions having their singularities at a priori given points. It turns out that this problem has solutions only for very special polynomials Rni . Simplest polynomials of such sort are called Riccatians. One of most important results of the paper is the observation that there exist one-to-one correspondence between the systems of Riccatians and simple Lie algebras. In particular, the degrees of Riccatians associated with a given simple Lie algebra Lr of rank r coincide with the orders of corresponding Casimir invariants. In the paper we present an explicit form of Riccatians associated with algebras A1, A2, B2, G2, A3, B3, C3. Another important result is that functions cni(λ) satisfying the system of generalized Riccati equations constructed from Riccatians of the type Lr exactly coincide with eigenvalues of the Gaudin spectral problem associated with algebra Lr. This result suggests that the generalized Gaudin models admit a total separation of variables.


elders who have been exposed to traditional lifestyle "know many of the same general concepts" (49) needs further qualifi cation. For example, Herbert Benally's recent dissertation, "Hozhoogo Naashaa doo: Toward a Construct of Balance in Navajo Cosmology," provides a clear methodology of selecting Navajo elders for interviews. Austin's unclear methodology creates an inherent bias in his articulation of Navajo values. As a result, its qualifi cation as a general Navajo view is tenuous. Concluding, Austin's work is soon to be a classic. It advances Navajo scholarship in providing a theoretical framework that can be used both as a causal model and as an analytic tool in research on the Navajo sociopolitical terrain. In so doing, it also directly challenges the commonly accepted meaning of cultural appropriateness found among Indigenous scholars. The unexamined practice of dressing Western norms of law in Navajo thought is the underlying theme of Austin's work. Austin implicitly argues that for a tribe to be truly self-governed, it must critically examine the assumptions undergirding its governance and determine if those assumptions are congruent with traditional norms and values. Therefore, according to Austin, ontological commensurability is the guide for determining cultural appropriateness. Cultural appropriateness, defi ned in this way, is an exercise in decolonization.


The objective of this work was to study the trench and contact hole shrink mechanism in negative tone develop resist processes and its manufacturability challenges associated for 20nm technology nodes and beyond. Process delay from post-exposure to develop, or "queue time", is studied in detail. The impact of time link delay on resolved critical dimension (CD) is fully characterized for patterned resist and etched geometries as a function of various process changes. In this study, we assembled a detailed, theoretical model and performed experimental work to correlated time link delay to acid diffusion within the resist polymer matrix. Acid diffusion is determined using both a modulation transfer function for diffusion and simple approximation based on Fick's law of diffusion.


AbstractIt is true that the might of human activity continues to expand to the point that it is exerting a major effect on nearly all of the earth's systems. In the recent past, most of the complex environmental challenges have been addressed by using a watershed approach. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology has played critical roles in all aspects of watershed management, from assessing watershed conditions through modelling impacts of human activities on water quality to visualizing impacts of alternative management scenarios. It is based on the foregoing backdrop that this paper elucidates the role GIS can play in Kerio Valley watershed management. The main aim of the study was to perform a suitability analysis of the watersheds of Keiyo District. The watersheds were delineated from the 3D data acquired by Shuttle Radar Topography Mission in 2001. These were treated as management planning units. It further incorporated the slope data to determine areas suitable for particular land uses. A Landsat TM data of 2006 was then analyzed for land use within each delineated watershed. Lastly, the slopes map was then overlaid with the land use map to determine areas that were being utilized wrongly thus posing environmental hazard. The result was a suitability map which was then overlaid with the watershed map and the resulting map indicates how each watershed is being environmentally managed. The results of the study clearly indicate that there is environmental mismanagement of the watersheds of Keiyo District. It is therefore recommended that some of the existing land uses be relocated. The suitability map produced together with the prevailing land uses can be used by general readers to develop a sustainable management plan for the District using the watersheds delineated as the basic management units. Scholars can also apply the same method to perform suitability analysis in other areas.Keywords: watershed, 3d modelling, flow direction, flow accumulation, land use.INTRODUCTIONA watershed is a region delineated with a welldefined topographic boundary and water outlet. It is a geographic region within which hydrological conditions are such that water becomes concentrated within a particular location, for example, a river or a reservoir, by which the watershed is drained. Within the topographic boundary or a water divide, watershed comprises a complex of soils, landforms, vegetation, and land uses. It is a hydrological unit that is often used for the planning and management of natural resources as well as implementing developmental programmes. The terms watershed, catchment, and basins are often used interchangeably (Kimble et al., 2000).Characterization and analysis of watershed features are crucial for the conservation of water and land resources and their integrated management for optimum productivity. Watershed management encompasses the simultaneous consideration of hydrological, pedological, and biological resources, necessitating the need for making better use of analytical tools and approaches, which address spatial and temporal variability. For proper watershed management, human activities on a watershed should be planned and organized by recognizing the interrelationships among land use, soil, and water as well as the linkage between uplands and downstream areas (Brooks, 2003). The cumulative impacts of human activities, which threaten the ecological, economic, and aesthetic integrity of many drainage systems and the strategies to mitigate these impacts, have explicit spatial dimensions (Morgan et al., 1995). Watershed approaches in resource planning require timely and accurate data with spatial as well as statistical aspects. In this regard, GIS holds great promise with a provision to handle spatial and temporal data and aid as an integrative planning tool for watershed management.A watershed approach uses sound, scientifically based information from a range of disciplines to understand the factors influencing the aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, human health, and economic conditions of a watershed. …


This paper demonstrates the usability of pinch analysis as a tool for reducing the energy consumption in a process. In addition to evaluate the optimal heat exchanger network (HEN), different heat pump solutions have been tested. Simulations of the different HENs and heat pump installations have been carried out and economically evaluated to find the most profitable solution. The pinch analysis indicates that only a small amount of internal heat exchanging is available in the process and the heating utilities have to be supplied above the pinch temperature of 168 oC. Heat exchanging could generate savings of 2 000 000 SEK/year with an investment cost of 174 000 SEK. Furthermore, installation of a thermocompressor and mechanical vapour recompression in a distillation column could generate additional steam savings of 10 % and 60 %, respectively.


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The Riverside Scene on the Pure Brightness Festival by the great painter Zhang Zeduan directly reflects the city visage of Dongjing during the North Song Dynasty.Combining both Chinese elaborate-style painting and painter's artistic conception,Zhang Zeduan depicts the prosperous scenes of an ancient agricultural society.The Riverside Scene on the Pure Brightness Festival is a showcase of the rich cultural connotations of folk paintings,being an important representative of Chinese folk paintings.The painting itself represents an exploration of aesthetic beauty and a pursuit of a balanced state of mind and inner equilibrium in life.


11th Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction, Prague, Czech Republic, 24-28 August 2008