Cronon's Changes in the Land (Hill and Wang, 1983), which finds early New England settler culture in ontological collision with Indigenous peoples, a reading of which might frame Almighty Voice's decision to kill that cow in a more nuanced context, and Richard Slatta's Gauchos and The Vanishing Frontier (University of Nebraska Press, 1983), which explores how Argentina effectively sought to outlaw mestizo gauchos so as to hasten their expected disappearance in the face of perceived superior settler society. A consideration of such practices might have contributed broader insight when framing why the nwmp and colonial authorities behaved as they did. Meanwhile, Patricia Seed's Ceremonies of Possession (Cambridge University Press, 1995) illustrates how a reading of Christian scripture, dating back centuries, drove English and thereby Canadian (and American) notions, traditions, practices, and laws with respect to what land ownership may, and may not, mean. In the end, Waiser's closing words – "There can be no reconciliation without memory" (249) – will resonate most strongly with those who prefer to think of colonialism as a ghastly relic, not an ongoing lived reality for many Indigenous people. Indeed, to some people, it will smack of a larger and anodyne cultural project that reflexively seeks to insulate Canada's colonial venture from those of its North and South American neighbours. Elsewhere, on several occasions, the phrase "the Indigenous perspective" appears. What is a reader to make of this? Is there only one? Does it not then follow that there exists only one non-Indigenous perspective? One may be tempted to assume that the inherent violence of settler invasion and the seizure of Indigenous lands is less the issue than the frequently dreadful behaviour of some government officials, Prime Minister John A. Macdonald, and the nwmp as well as the misinformed racist cant from which they drew sustenance and in which they took refuge. mark cronlund anderson Carleton University


Background and Objective: Cardioembolic stroke account for one-fifth of ischemic stroke and atrial fibrillation is the most common underlying cause. Taking an oral anticoagulation (Warfarin) is an effective way of preventing ischemic stroke but bleeding complication is common. This study was carried out to evaluate the validation of HASBLED score in prediction of hemorrhagic complications in patients with brain ischemia and atrial fibrillation under warfarin therapy. Methods: In this cohort study, 112 patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation in term of major and minor bleeding complications were followed to the predictive value of HASBLED criteria for one year. Major bleeding complications defined as intracranial bleeding, bleeding leading to hospitalization, drop of hemoglubin of more than 2gr/dl or requiring transfusion. HASBLED criteria were defined as hypertension, abnormality in liver and renal function tests, history of stroke, history of bleeding, large fluctuations in coagulation tests results, age more than 65 years and an Anti-platelet and non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and alcohol use one point is awarded to each of the aboves. Results: During one year follow up, 10 (9.1%) of patients had major bleeding and 28 (25%) patients had minor bleeding. The risk of major bleeding was significantly related with a history of minor bleeding and HASBLED scores (P<0.05). The risk of minor bleeding was significantly related with warfarin toxicity and high INR (P<0.05). HASBLED score>3 was associated with the likelihood of major bleeding in future. Conclusion: Patients with HASBLED score>3 should be causious in initial stage of taking oral anticoagulant.


Vacuum brazing of 42CrMo steel and hard alloy YG8 with self-developed CuMnNi solder was studied.Through three-point bending experiment,wetting test,SEM and EDS,the effects of brazing temperature and joint clearance on microstructure and properties of the joint were discussed respectively.The results show that,CuMnNi solder has better wettability to YG8 and 42CrMo steel,when brazing temperature is 950℃,clearance is 0.2 mm and vacuum degree is 5× 10-2 Pa,the bending strength reaches 436 MPa.The FeCoNi-based solid solution is formed at the interface of joint.


blood diseases. Piney is well equipped for this task, as he is the author of several books on hrematological subjects and has practised for many years as a "physician-hrematologist". His previous books are commendably simple and unpretentious; the present one is no exception to this rule. It is perhaps an over-simplified account of the subject; but it is eminently readable and may be of more use to the busy general practitioner than larger and more complete works. In his preface the author laments the fact that the diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs have tended more and more to become the province of the clinical pathologist. This state of affairs, he thinks, has arisen as a result of the feeling that bedside observation of patients with blood dyscrasias gives less information and that of less importance than does laboratory investigation. It is, of course, obvious that the laboratory is essential for the diagnosis and control of treatment of these maladies; the point Piney wishes to make is that the patient must be considered as a whole, and that the physician must be able to perform the fundamental laboratory tests and to assess the results thereof. The first step is a careful clinical examination; this is the background against which laboratory findings must be viewed. All will agree with Piney that it is dangerous to divorce laboratory tests from the clinical picture; but in the endeavour to write a clinical handbook, he has perhaps departed too far from scientific precision. Except for the last' chapter there are no references to the literature; the opinions expressed are presumably all those of the author. The illustrations are interesting. They include pictures of normal red cells, spherocytes and target corpuscles by the method of "ombrage", radiograms of the bones in osteoporosis, myelomatosis and Gaucher's disease, and colour plates of the fundus oculi in achrestic aneemta, aplastic anremia, thrombocytopenic purpura, leuchremia, Hodgkin's disease and polycytheemia.


Behavioral synthesis, which automatically synthesizes an RTL circuit from a sequential program, is one of promising technologies to improve the design productivity. This paper proposes a function call optimization method in behavioral synthesis from large sequential programs with a number of functions. We formulate the optimization problem using integer linear programming. Our experimental results show the reduction in the circuit area by up to 44.6%, compared with a traditional method.


Attapulgite catalyst supported on titanium dioxide formed titanium dioxide supported silver Phosphotungsten vanadate composite catalyst, which can effectively degrade pharmaceutical wastewater solution by visible light. In this experiment, the optimum conditions for the degradation of pharmaceutical wastewater were as follows: 100 mL pharmaceutical wastewater was used in the photodegradation reactor, pH was adjusted to 5, 0.5 g/L attapulgite catalyst was added, and at room temperature, pharmaceutical wastewater was irradiated by high-pressure mercury lamp illumination. The degradation rate reached 80% after 30 minutes of reaction.


Kite festival is an awesome event in India during (Makar Sankranti) Uttarayan. Makar Sankranti is a Hindu festival celebrated in almost all parts of India and Nepal in a myriad of cultural forms. It is a harvest festival. It is the Hindi/Indo-Aryan languages name for Makara Sankranthi (still used in southern areas as the official name). Makar Sankranti marks the transition of the Sun into the zodiac sign of Makara rashi (Capricorn) on its celestial path. The day is also believed to mark the arrival of spring in India and is a traditional. Makara Sankranti is a solar event making one of the few Indian festivals which fall on the same date in the Gregorian calendar every year: 14 January, with some exceptions when the festival is celebrated on 13 or 15 January. Kite fighting is a very popular game in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Japan, Korea, Nepal but if you want to cut the threads of other people, you need to put a special material called Manja. Manja (or manjha) is the abrasive string used for fighter kites in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Chile, India, Nepal and Pakistan. It is gummed, coloured and coated with powdered glass. In Brazil, the mix of glue and powered glass is called "cerol". The glass coated coloured threads tied with kites fly in open air and cuts another kites by this manja.


The problem of energy efficiency and conservation is important for our country. The solution is the development of intelligent systems for accounting and management of energy resources. The task of forecasting and optimal planning of auxiliary power consumption for nuclear power plant is also important to improve economic efficiency. The auxiliary power consumption specified set of consumers of electricity for the operation of nuclear power plant equipment and administrative buildings. The approach for forecasting systems of the auxiliary power consumption not exist. Improving forecast accuracy is possible due to the accumulation of information about consumers of electricity. An approach to the construction of systems based on the concept of smart grids with a specific set of hardware and software to optimize the energy consumption and redistribute power, to quickly change the characteristics of the electrical network. Power control devices are installed at the location of the sockets. Devices send and receive data through the PLC network to the server. The server accumulate and stores information. The server is equipped with special software. The user through a web browser through a communications network has access to information analysis and management of power control devices. The system has scalability through the use of standard power control devices and flexibility through a combination of different data transmission technologies.


The authors examine temporal and spatial variability in environmental conditions in a semienclosed mangrove lagoon in New Caledonia. Their results show that this system experiences extreme fluctuations in key environmental parameters mainly explained by tidal variations. I acknowledge the amount of work presented here that is especially useful and relevant to study the impact of temporal scale variability in ecosystems and its role in future global environmental change. However, this manuscript has substantial issues, and my main comment concerns the use of the literature. It is unfortunate that the authors fail to acknowledge important existing literature directly relevant to their study. For instance, a large gap in their discussion concerns the explanation of why environmental conditions fluctuate in such way. Even if they acknowledge the role played by the mangrove forest in explaining the recorded variability, they mostly fail to provide a mechanistic explanation. Intertidal areas, especially mangrove habitats, are well known to experience fluctuations in environmental parameters such as conditions described here. Please refer to key papers such as Alongi et al., 2004 and Dittmar et al., 2006 explaining the role of the large amount of organic matter in driving deoxygenation and acidification of water in productive environments such as mangrove areas. Also, please refer to Li et al., 2009; Bouillon et al., 2007; Gleeson et al., 2013; Call et al., 2015 for an explanation concerning the tidal pumping, a well-known mechanism responsible for deoxygenation and acidification during the ebbing tide. Therefore, their results are not surprising and expected for an area like this semi-enclosed mangrove lagoon.


The paper is concerned with determining the effect of remixing of two different grades of concrete proving blend ratio, time lag & intermittent curing sequence. Two mix designs (M40 & M50) selected and provide blend ratio (0 to infinity) at 0,30,60,90 & 120min time lag. In this research, the problem related to improper casting & curing sequence, which ultimate formation of the cold joint due to old and fresh concrete. Curing method applied with four sequences Air0 Water28, Air28 Water0, Air7 Water21, and Air21 Water7.Concrete samples were made and tested for their compressive strength, flexural strength, elastic modulus, and shrinkage properties in the laboratory. As compared to the strength of freshly prepared concretes to the hard in situ concrete tends to show a reduction in its various strengths due to improper curing & formation of cold joints. This reduction is further possible to be minimized to a certain extent on blending some quantity of a relatively fresh mix to the existing quantity of the hard in situ concrete.


Over broad regions of the earth, such as stable continental interiors and deep ocean basins, isostatic equilibrium is a good approximation. The isostatic requirement relates the density distributions in the continental and oceanic lithospheres. These density distributions are the result of differences in both composition and temperature. In regions of isostatic equilibrium the dipole moment of the near-surface density distribution is proportional to the local geoid anomaly. By using accepted crustal density distributions and either error function or linear temperature distributions the difference in geoid height between stable continental areas and deep ocean basins has been determined as a function of the continental lithospheric thickness. If the continental lithosphere were greater than 200 km thick, the geoid anomaly over the continents would be systematically negative in relation to that over the ocean basins. By using the GEM 9 satellite geoid the mean geoid anomalies over ocean basins and stable continental areas have been obtained. No systematic difference between continental and oceanic geoids is observed. We conclude from our geoid studies that the thickness of the continental lithosphere is near 180 km. This is in good agreement with various interpretations of the surface heat flow observations.


We consider the probability that a dense wireless network confined within a given convex geometry is fully connected. We exploit a recently reported theory to develop a systematic methodology for analytically characterizing the connectivity probability when the network resides within a convex right prism, a polyhedron that accurately models many geometries that can be found in practice. To maximize practicality and applicability, we adopt a general point-to-point link model based on outage probability, and present example analytical and numerical results for a network employing 2 × 2 multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) maximum ratio combining (MRC) link level transmission confined within particular bounding geometries. Furthermore, we provide suggestions for extending the approach detailed herein to more general convex geometries.


In Machine Learning classification tasks, the class imbalance problem is an important one which has received a lot of attention in the last few years. In binary classification, class imbalance occurs when there are significantly fewer examples of one class than the other. A variety of strategies have been applied to the problem with varying degrees of success. Typically previous approaches have involved attacking the problem either algorithmically or by manipulating the data in order to mitigate the imbalance. We propose a hybrid approach which combines Proportional Individualised Random Sampling(PIRS) with two different fitness functions designed to improve performance on imbalanced classification problems in Genetic Programming. We investigate the efficacy of the proposed methods together with that of five different algorithmic GP solutions, two of which are taken from the recent literature. We conclude that the PIRS approach combined with either average accuracy or Matthews Correlation Coefficient, delivers superior results in terms of AUC score when applied to either balanced or imbalanced datasets.


Dietary components can induce epigenetic changes through DNA methylation, histone modification, and regulation of microRNAs (miRNAs). Studies of diet-induced epigenetic regulation can inform anticipatory trials and fine-tune public health guidelines. We systematically reviewed data on the effect of extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) and its phenolic compounds (OOPCs) on the epigenetic landscape. We conducted a literature search using PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science databases and scrutinized published evidence. After applying selection criteria (e.g., inclusion of in vitro, animal, or human studies supplemented with EVOO or its OOPCs), we thoroughly reviewed 51 articles, and the quality assessment was performed using the revised Cochrane risk of bias tool. The results show that both EVOO and its OOPCs can promote epigenetic changes capable of regulating the expression of genes and molecular targets involved in different metabolic processes. For example, oleuropein (OL) may be an epigenetic regulator in cancer; and hydroxytyrosol (HT) modulates the expression of miRNAs involved in the development of cancer, cardiovascular, and neurodegenerative diseases. We conclude that EVOO and its OPPCs can regulate gene expression by modifying epigenetic mechanisms and impact human pathophysiology. A full elucidation of the epigenetics effects of EVOO and its OOPCs may contribute to developing different pharma-nutritional strategies that exploit them as epigenetic agents.


Heating cable geothermal radiation heating system was compared with other heating systems,and its advantage was presented.To analyze from technology and economy,the expense of heating cable geothermal radiation heating system could be lower than central heating.And the market foreground of heating cable geothermal radiation heating system was summarized.


In order to bring the convenience for learners querying mathematical formula and graphics,a mobile mathematical formula graphics query system based on four-tier structure Web Services was designed to facilitate query in heterogeneous mobile terminals.J2EE was used to develop the server-side and J2ME used to develop the clients-side in this system,which can help learners to inquire mathematical formulas,functions and graphics through heterogeneous mobile devices efficiently.Moreover,Mobile SVG was used in this system for creating vector graphics,and Ajax gzip were used for promoting query speed and saving mobile devices memory.The structure and technology applied overcome the negative factors influence learning efficiency in existing devices with low speed of accessing network resource,small memory,different resolution,so provide better mobile mathematical learning support for learners,has great application value.


Modal characteristics of the one-dimensional (1D) photonic crystal waveguides (PCWs) are investigated thoroughly. By employing the transfer matrix method, we can put the design parameters related to the general multiplayer structure into a compact analytical expression, which serves as the basis for analysis of the band-gap structure of the general 1D photonic crystals (PCs) and the modal characteristics of the general 1D PCWs. The band structure of 1D PCs and modal properties of 1D PCWs, such as the effective index, the modal field profile, the dispersion, the confinement loss, and the confinement factor, are all calculated and simulated. With the help of the band-gap map of the 1D PCs, four guiding regimes for the 1D PCWs are recognized, in accordance with the index of the guiding core. It is shown that the modal characteristics for each regime behave differently from the point of view of guiding mechanism. Furthermore, some related issues such as PCFs are discussed.


ezillon Abstract. According to the Object Management Group, a rule is a proposition that is a claim of obligation or of necessity. The concept of rule is usually employed in the context of business process to manage companies operations. While a work- ow solution for the implementation of business rules. However, the connection between the business rules and their implementation through event- driven programming has been made in an ad-hoc and unstructured manner. This paper proposes a methodology to tackle such a problem by systematically moving from business rules described in natural language toward a concrete implementa- tion of a business process. We use complex event processing (CEP) to implement the process. CEP relies on the event driven paradigm for monitoring and process- ing events. The methodology allows for the active participation of business people at all stages of the renement process. Throughout the paper, we show how our methodology was employed to implement the operations of the World Bank.


Three methods of examination of the heart are available to the roentgenologist, namely, fluoroscopy, teleoradiography and orthodiagraphy. Teleoradiography utilizes film exposures at a distance, usually 2 meters, to insure almost parallel rays with the least possible distortion of the cardiac image; orthodiagraphy employs parallel rays in the fluoroscope, and fluoroscopy needs no definition. To these should be added the specialized method of examination by the use of the kymograph, which may be defined as an apparatus consisting of a moving film in contact with a stationary grid having horizontal or vertical slits to permit detailed analysis of cardiac pulsations. Changes in the amplitude and character of pulsations of the various parts of the heart and great vessels can thus be determined, which may be of importance in the diagnosis of pathologic processes involving the heart. The first three methods, or certainly two of them—teleoradiography and fluoroscopy— are available to every


Monographic special issue: Oligos & Peptides Chimica Oggi Chemistry Today vol. 33(2) March/April 2015 The notable expansion of peptide therapeutics in the late 1990s and 2000s led to an unprecedented number of marketing approvals in 2012, and has provided a robust pipeline that should deliver numerous approvals during the remaining decade (1). Peptides offer certain advantages as drugs; these include their high biological activity, high specificity and low toxicity. However, challenges exist for the drug development of peptide therapeutics. Obstacle number one: in general, peptides need to be parenterally delivered (via injection) because oral administration would lead to their degradation in the digestive tract. Obstacle number two: they have a short half-life because they are quickly broken down by proteolytic enzymes. Obstacle number three: their chemical nature prevents them to a large extent from getting past physiological barriers or membranes (2). That said, why has there been a renaissance with respect to peptide drugs in the pharmaceutical industry? First of all we should say that peptides often target receptors and enzymes that are difficult or impossible to access with small molecules; thereby, providing drug discovery and development of novel targets to potentially offset the revenue void left by recent drug failures and the loss of patent protection of blockbuster drugs. Moreover peptides can complement biologics as drugs with the hope for greater efficacy, selectivity and specificity. Peptides possess bioactivities that are of major interest for drug discovery; peptides, peptide fragments, or peptidometics can intervene in most physiological processes and pathways. Given therefore the growing importance of peptide-based drugs, Chimica Oggi / Chemistry Today has decided to interview a few key players in this field to provide insights into the current challenges, drivers and regulatory situation (3). The expansion of the therapeutic applications of peptides: drivers and challenges


Five principal relationships, derived from longstanding Confucian values, are described as the cultural and social foundation for Chinese models of teaching. Three related models of teaching will be described during the presentation: Teacher as master; teacher as virtuoso; and teacher as coach.


Non-Line-of-Sight (NLOS) imaging uses fast illumination and detection
to reconstruct images of scenes from indirect illumination. Light
reflected off a relay surface is thereby used to view the scene. One
approach to compute these reconstructions from the captured data is to
transform them into line of sight wave propagation problems creating a
virtual wave front to model a virtual camera at the location of the
relay surface. Our NLOS imaging system samples the virtual wavefront
at the virtual aperture. As in a line of sight camera, scene
reconstruction for the virtual camera is achieved by propagating the
virtual wave back into the scene. In line of sight cameras, this
operation is often performed by a lens. For the virtual camera, we
implement it computationally. This approach allows us to transfer
methods for scene reconstruction, scene inference, and imaging from
existing line of sight imaging approaches to NLOS imaging.

In particular, we make use of fast wave propagation algorithms to
create high speed memory efficient NLOS imaging. This allows us to
reconstruct complex scenes in sub-second times for variable hardware
configurations. In particular, our reconstruction methods allow us to
use SPAD arrays in conjunction with laser scanning to improve capture
speed.

There is a large diversity of line of sight imaging approaches with
different properties that probe different aspects of the scene. In
principle, the Phasor Field Virtual Wave formalism allows us to turn
any of them into a NLOS virtual camera. I will cover several examples
of this process that yield different NLOS reconstructions, including
2D NLOS imaging, transient NLOS videos, and Visualization of higher
order light paths from 4th and 5th bounces in the hidden scene.


A historical study of Smethwick, an inner-industrial area in the West Midlands affected by extreme structural change, with postwar housing redevelopment and local government reorganisation additional legacies. It uses interviews with past and present policymakers, managers, local stakeholders; and the author's 'participant observer' background, as past councillor, officer and consultant. Historical GIS mapping and grey literature identify past investment programmes, changing conditions and outcomes in Smethwick and equivalent places, like Salford. Managing decline preoccupied the wider Sandwell local authority after 1974, itself targeted with area-based initiatives until the end of explicit national urban policy in 2010. External shocks, critical junctures including national intervention; and local socio-cultural, political-institutional circumstances created local path dependencies. A paternalistic culture, reactive crisis management, spatial incoherence and community-partnership mistrust was exhibited. Local government bears significant responsibility for the severity and prolongation of neighbourhood collapse in Smethwick. Regulatory, landlord and landholding roles, wider relationships and long-term 'ways of thinking' emerge as critical to overall stewardship of place. For local authorities facing rapid and complex change, depleted by 'austerity-localism', community partnership is critical to leadership. Smethwick, hitherto recognised for past industrial prowess and the political exploitation of race, offers also policy lessons for how governance matters to place.


The intrinsic contradictions of an object make it have duality.Because of the limitations of practice's historic process and understanding capacity,the duality of things cannot necessarily be recognized and dialectically grasped simultaneously,then the paradox comes into being.In the light of the source and essence of paradox,the orientation to study it can be made definite?


Objective:To establish a quantitative method for bifidobacterium in fermented milk.Methods:A differential culture medium,which use fructose as the only source of carbohydrates,was emploied to quantitatively assess bifidobacterium,based on a morphological differentiation of colonies and a counting of bifidobacterium on the same plate.Results:Results obtained with FBM are very close to those obtained by the use of reference media(P0.05).Conclusion:FBM medium is situble for enumering Bifidobacterium in fermented milk


One of the difficult challenges facing data miners is that algorithm performance degrades if the feature space contains redundant or irrelevant features. Therefore, as a critical preprocess task, dimension reduction is used to build a smaller space containing valuable features. There are 2 different approaches for dimension reduction: feature extraction and feature selection, which itself is divided into wrapper and filter approaches. In high‐dimensional spaces, feature extraction and wrapper approaches are not applicable due to the time complexity. On the other hand, the filter approach suffers from inaccuracy. One main reason for this inaccuracy is that the subset's size is not determined considering specifications of the problem.


Abstract:The purpose of this study is to analyze and find out more about the effect of compensation on employee performance at PT Bank Negara Indonesia Tbk. Tanjung Redeb Branch. The research data comes from questionnaires distributed to 73 respondents who are employees of PT Bank Negara Indonesia Tbk. Tanjung Redeb Branch, using the census method. The analytical tool used is the validity test, reliability test, simple linear regression equation, coefficient of determination and t test.The results of this study indicate that the compensation regression coefficient is positive at 0.563, which means that between compensation and employee performance has a unidirectional relationship. If there is an increase in compensation value then it will have a positive influence on improving employee performance at PT Bank Negara Indonesia Tbk. Tanjung Redeb Branch. Compensation has a significant effect on employee performance at PT Bank Negara Indonesia Tbk. Tanjung Redeb branch, evidenced from the results of the t test where the value is calculated> t-table value (4.076> 1,994) and significance value <probability value (0,000 <0,05). So it was decided to accept the hypothesis in this study. The coefficient of determination illustrates that employee performance variables are only able to explain the variable performance of employees at PT Bank Negara Indonesia Tbk. Tanjung Redeb Branch is 19.0%, while the remaining 81.0% is explained by other factors not included in this study.Keywords: Compensation, Employee Performance


A formula, apparently new, is derived for the spatial rotation of a free rigid body during one period T of its body angular momentum vector. This formula has the structure of recent phase formulas of Berry [Proc. R. Soc. London Ser. A 392, 45–57 (1984); Sci. Am. 259 (6), 46–55 (1988)] and Hannay [J. Phys. A 18, 221–230 (1985)]; namely, it consists of a geometric and a dynamic part. It is derived by applying Stokes' theorem to a certain closed curve in phase space.


This chapter analyses the institutional, political, and economic determinants of the main dimensions of economic policy in contemporary Spain in the hands of domestic policy-makers: fiscal and regulatory policies. It describes its effects on redistribution, and analyses its variation across the ideological leanings of governments and across time, paying special attention to how the Spanish economy has coped with the Great Recession. The last sections advance an explanation for the main features of Spanish economic policy-making by analysing the supply-side (institutional) and demand-side (political-economy) constraints in which it operates, and suggests possible implications for how it will evolve in the near future.


Date iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First, I would like to thank my parents for their continued support; I would never have made it this far without them. Second, I would like to thank all of the instructors that have led the way for me to learn all that I know. Special thanks to Dr. Mark Zohns who gave me many tips and ideas for this project. ABSTRACT This senior project discusses the design and construction of a solar operated gate. A solar panel is used to charge a battery, and then an inverter is used to run a garage door opener off the battery. The garage door opener operates a short lever arm which is connected to a longer lever arm which is connected to the gate. Each component and mounting mechanisms were designed and built to effectively provide the gate opening function. The finished product operates well, the gate opens in about 8 seconds after the button is pressed on the remote controller or wall mount entry. v DISCLAIMER STATEMENT The university makes it clear that the information forwarded herewith is a project resulting from a class assignment and has been graded and accepted only as a fulfillment of a course requirement. Acceptance by the university does not imply technical accuracy or reliability. Any use of the information in this report is made by the user(s) at his/her own risk, which may include catastrophic failure of the device or infringement of patent or copyright laws. Therefore, the recipient and/or user of the information contained in this report agrees to indemnify, defend and save harmless the State its officers, agents and employees from any and all claims and losses accruing or resulting to any person, firm or corporation who may be injured or damaged as a result of the use of this report.


HE ~ O L O G Y of postoperative nausea T and vomiting is complex. Several factors hale been implicated, including the type of ])reanesthetic medications used; the type, letel, and duration of anesthesia; the sex, age, and weight of the patient; and the type of surgical pr0cedure.l With the development of modern anesthetic technics and agents the incidence of postoperative emesis has dropped, but it can still occur with sufficient frequency to make prophylactic use of an antiemetic agent a practical precaution.


Lumbricidae earthworms dominate agricultural lands and often natural terrestrial ecosystems in temperate regions in Europe. They impact soil properties and nutrient cycling, shaping plant community composition and aboveground food webs. The simplicity of the earthworm body plan has hampered morphology-based classifications and taxonomy; hence current research on Lumbricidae systematic relies mostly on molecular data from multiple or single locus [e.g., cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) barcodes] to infer evolutionary relationships, validate taxonomic groups and/or identify species. Here we use multiple nuclear and mitochondrial gene regions (including COI) to generate updated maximum likelihood and Bayesian phylogenies of the family Lumbricidae. We then compare these trees to new COI trees to assess the performance of COI at inferring lumbricid inter-generic relationships.


INTRODUCTION Dexmedetomidine being a very potent alpha 2 receptor anatagonist gradually developed as an anaesthetic premedication with the goal of attenuating the sympathetic responses to perioperative stress such as 1 laryngoscopy and intubation .The metabolic stress response to surgical trauma is characterized by increased serum level of 2 catecholamines and other steroid hormones. If this stress response is of prolonged duration ,the hypermetabolic state ,reflected by increased blood sugar,can lead on to decreased immunty, delayed ambulation 3 and increased morbidity and mortality4 .Hence monitoring blood glucose level can reflect the metabolic stress response to surgery and the effect of dexmeditomidine in blunting this stress response. Dexmedetomidine reduced stress response to major surgeries as indicated by clinically and statistically significant reduction in blood 4 glucose, interleukin-6, and cortisol levels. Several studies have indicated that administration of intravenous dexmedetomidine during general anesthesia can decrease the minimum alveolar anesthetic concentration (MAC) of sevoflurane. The aim of the present study was to observe the effect of intravenous (IV) dexmedetomidine on levels of blood glucose, which is one among several stress response markers and sevoflurane requirements under General Anaesthesia (GA). The secondary goals were to maintain intraoperative hemodynamic stability.


Vitamin E is one of the most important lipid-soluble antioxidants. It is essential for the neurological function but its role in the central nervous system has not fully been elucidated. It is known that tocopherol acts in protecting cell membranes from oxidative damage and it can act as an anti-in?ammatory agent, which may also be neuroprotective, as well as regulating speci?c enzymes. There is growing evidence that oxidative stress plays a key role in the pathophysiology of several neurodegenerative disorders. These diseases are defined by the progressive loss of speci?c neuronal cell populations and are associated with protein aggregates. We reviewed some aspects related to the role of antioxidant properties of Vitamin E in preventing and/or curing neurodegenerative disorders such as the Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ataxia, tardive dyskinesia and Huntington's disease.


Abstract Trials were conducted to determine feed and water withdrawal times for broilers prior to slaughter which would result in lowest loss in eviscerated yield and lessen potential for fecal contamination of carcasses. Percent loss in live weight expressed as shrink showed a linear relationship with time. Loss at the twenty-four hour period was approximately double that at the twelfth hour. Eviscerated yield when based on initial weight showed a tendency for loss in yield with increasing withdrawal time whereas the opposite trend was shown when yield was based on weight at time of slaughter. Least differences were noted from the eighth to tenth hour of holding. Fecal contents were lowest at the eighth to tenth hour of withdrawal. This would be conducive to a lessened possibility for fecal contamination. The data points out the need for more precise scheduling of withdrawal and holding period prior to slaughter to reduce losses due to yields and fecal contamination of carcasses.


A first-order approximation is derived for the conditional prior distribution of the state of a discrete-time stochastic linear dynamic system in the presence of ?-contaminated normal observation noise. This distribution is then used to derive a first-order approximation of the conditional mean (minimum-variance) estimator. If the observation noise distribution can be represented as a member of the e-contaminated normal neighborhood, then the conditional prior is also, to first order, an analogous perturbation from a normal distribution whose first two moments are given by the Kalman filter. Moreover, the perturbation is itself of a special form, combining distributions whose parameters are given by banks of parallel Kalman filters and optimal smoothers.


Numerical analysis is performed to study the conjugate heat transfer and heat generation effects on the tran- sient free convective boundary layer flow over a vertical slender hollow circular cylinder with the inner surface at a con- stant temperature. A set of non-dimensional governing equations namely, the continuity, momentum and energy equations is derived and these equations are unsteady non-linear and coupled. As there is no analytical or direct numerical method available to solve these equations, they are solved using the CFD techniques. An unconditionally stable Crank-Nicolson type of implicit finite difference scheme is employed to obtain the discretized forms of the governing equations. The dis- cretized equations are solved using the tridiagonal algorithm. Numerical results for the transient velocity and temperature profiles, average skin-friction coefficient and average Nusselt number are shown graphically. In all these profiles it is ob- served that the time required to reach the steady-state increases as the conjugate-conduction parameter or heat generation parameter increases.


In this paper the authors choose the southern area of Laizhou Bay, located in the lower reaches of Weihe River, as study area and discuss the law of sea\|salt water intrusion. Based on the hydrodynamic and chemical dynamic characteristic study of sea\|salt water intrusion processes, the advection\|dispersion equation of salt transferring coupling with hydrodynamic and chemical dynamic processes is derived. The authors have considered the density variation in the hydrodynamic processes and the absorption\|desorption reaction in the chemical dynamic processes.The nonlinear characteristic FEM is used to solve three\|dimensional model of the high concentration solution transport. After simulation, it shows that the model agrees with the sea\|salt water intrusion very well. The intrusive development law is simulated and forecasted. The basic reason of the sea\|salt water intrusion is that the over\|exploration of the fresh groundwater presented. The exploration of fresh groundwater resource should be scientifically controlled to prevent the invasion of sea\|salt water.


Based on Ellman's method we have established a new method to screen acetylocholinesterase (AchE) inhibitor as potent pesticide in vitro. And this method shows high sensitivity. In addition, the result indicates that at present the practical way to obtain valuable data on the relation between the structure and function of a compound is to study both in vitro and in vivo and then analyze these data comprehensively.


In any organization's talent management is becoming a increasingly crucial method of approaching HR functions. Talent management can be defined as a n outcome to ensure the right person is in the righ t job. Human talent prediction is the objective of this st udy. Due to that reason, classification and predict ion in data mining which is commonly used in many areas can als o be implemented in this study. There are various classification techniques in data mining such as De cision tree, Neural networks, Genetic algorithms, S upport vector machines, Rough set theory, Fuzzy set approa ch. This research has been made by applying decisio n tree classification algorithms to the employee's perform ance prediction. Decision tree is among the popular classification technique which generates a tree and a set of rules, representing the model of differen t classes, from a given data set. Some of the decision tree al gorithms are ID3, C5.0, Bagging, Random Forest, Rot ation forest, CART and CHAID. In this study, C4.5, Baggin g and Rotation Forest algorithms are used. Experime nts were conducted with the data collected from an inst itution which is implemented in WEKA tool. Index Terms -Human talent, Data Mining, Classification, Decision tree, C4.5, Bagging, Rotation Forest.


This paper discusses the design for the development of an automatic essay grading system (SIMPLEO) using variations of the Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) and hybrid Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)-Long Short-term Memory (LSTM) for the assessment of the Japanese essay exam which is being developed by the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Indonesia. Of the several variations tested, the most stable model is a model that has CNN-LSTM with kernel sizes of 5, the number of filters 64, pool size of 4, LSTM hidden units of 25, batch size of 50, repeated training of 50 epochs, and the SGD optimizer with a learning rate of 0.01 produces the highest prediction accuracy, which is 70.07%.


In this paper, we describe the developing of a tool which supports both multimedia presentation with user's participation through a high speed network and authoring of various media using a single authoring tool. To support real-time synchronous multimedia presentation, we adopt dynamic synchronization method and adaptive transmission algorithm for synchronizing data transfer rate between sender and receiver using buffer management algorithm based on QoS parameters. And we also allow user's participation in the presentation using TRSG(Temporal Relationship Specification Graph) model. Finally, the proposed tool supports the minimal level of QoS and its continuous play-out using event auditing threads which control the current state of a multimedia presentation continuously by monitoring of negative factors effecting on QoS, and synchronization.


In earthquake-prone regions, it is still a challenge for predicting seismic resilience of existing building inventory subjected to possible major magnitude earthquakes. This study presents results for pilot project "Establishment of Building Stock Inventory and Seismic Evaluation of Seismic Safety of Buildings" conducted in Balçova and Seferihisar regions in Izmir (Turkey) with the collaboration of Metropolitan Municipality, Dokuz Eylul University and Chamber of Civil Engineers Izmir Branch. For this purpose, construction plans of 10.550 existing buildings were scanned, digitized and evaluated and augmented with field observations. Field evaluations were performed by 84 civil engineers who attended a core training program in Chamber of Civil Engineers and certified after a series of exams prepared by the trainers. It is obvious that required time spent and economic resources to collect the data are not sufficient for. Therefore, a necessity arises for performing rapid screening assessments on the existing building stock reflecting the specific vulnerabilities of the construction practice of Turkey. The staged seismic assessment methods in increasing complexities and reliabilities are thought to be reasonable approaches for this purpose. However, the reliability of the methods by using statistical methods due to limited loss database observed in previous earthquakes is not yet known. Seismic risk was specified during a potential earthquake and obtained results were reported for both regions. A multiple-decision tree approach was proposed to determine assign different priorities to buildings for detailed seismic assessment procedures. It is seen that the evaluation of the risk region with five different risk priorities was possible by using multipledecision tree approach. The results were stored inside the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality digital archive and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) database.


Purpose: This research was aimed at studying the effect of the FourPaths of Accomplishment Program on intrinsic motivation for smokingcessation. Design: Quasi – experimental research design. Methods: All 48 participants were male employees of BumrungradInternational Hospital. They had been smoking more than one cigaretteper day for more than one year. Recruited volunteers, 24 persons pergroup who met our inclusion criteria were selected using conveniencesampling. They were then assigned to either an experimental group, ora control group. Intrinsic motivation was measured before and afterimplementing the program. The experimental group participated inthe program seven times over a period of 21 days. The control groupled their lives normally. Data were analyzed using descriptive statisticsand intrinsic motivation scores were compared using dependent andindependent t-tests. Main findings: The results indicated that the mean score of intrinsicmotivation for participants in the experimental group after receivingthe Four Paths of Accomplishment program ( = 169.92, SD = 3.13)was statistically higher than before receiving the program ( = 165.75,SD = 14.71, p < .05). In addition after intervention, the mean score ofintrinsic motivation of the experimental group ( = 169.92, SD = 3.13)was statistically higher than that of the control group ( = 162.58, SD= 12.45, p < .05). Including the rate of reducing the number of smokersto stop smoking, and higher than the control group. Conclusion and recommendations: This study showed that thisprogram could enhance intrinsic motivation. Therefore, the programshould be a strategy for changing behavior of persons who aredetermined to quit smoking at a smoking cessation clinic.


In this paper some potentially interesting transfer options for missions to Near Earth Objects have been studied. Due to thehigh number of potential targets and to the large variety of possible missions that can be considered, especially if resorting to low-thrust propulsion, an extensive analysis of transfer options requires a preliminary approach oriented toward an effective global search, and an appropriately simplified trajectory transcription. Low-thrust options have been modeled through a novel shape-based approach and a global optimization method has been used to look for globally optimal transfers. Different targets have been identified and various mission scenarios have been considered: rendezvous, sample return missions both with and without Earth gravity assist and impact missions.


Calculations of convection driven by crystal and feed rod rotation and by surface‐tension‐gradients are presented for small scale silicon floating zones operating under microgravity and earthbound conditions. The analyses are based on a thermal‐capillary model of the floating zone process that presents a self‐consistent analysis of convection in the melt, heat transport in the melt, feed rod and growing crystal, the shape of the melt/gas meniscus and the shapes of the solidification and melting interfaces. Results for small‐scale silicon floating zones demonstrate show the intense convection driven by thermocapillary forces caused by the axial temperature gradients that are needed to sustain the molten zone. Sample results illustrate the difference between the shape and flows in floating zones on earth and in microgravity.


Introduction Cooking the Books Money as a Very Important Person Heroes of Our Time Making a Killing Money Is No Object The Discordant Market Coda: Throwing Sand in the Wheels References Index


The paper addresses a mathematical model of the transient process in a pipeline, namely, a water hammer model. Based on this model, a mixed problem for a system of partial differential equations of hyperbolic type is set. In this paper, we obtain formulas for the exact solution of the Cauchy problem for a linear homogeneous hyperbolic system. We compare the effectiveness of explicit and implicit numerical methods for solving a simplified system of water hammer equations.


The invention discloses a thermoelectric conversion device which comprises an inner electrode, an outer electrode and thermoelectric conversion materials arranged between the inner electrode and the outer electrode. The inner electrode is a metal wire wound on an insulation tube, the outer electrode is a metal wire, and the thermoelectric conversion materials are Ce(FexZryPbz)13, wherein the x ranges from 0.70 to 0.95, the y ranges from 0.05 to 1-x, and the z ranges from 0.005 to 0.5. According to the thermoelectric conversion device, the problems that in the prior art, the conversion efficiency of the thermoelectric conversion technology is low, and the actual application effect is poor are solved, and the thermoelectric conversion device is high in thermoelectric conversion efficiency.


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We use general hydrodynamic equations to determine the long-wavelength spin excitations in isotropic antiferromagnets in the presence of a homogeneous magnetization. The latter may be induced, such as in antiferromagnets in an external magnetic field, or spontaneous, such as in ferrimagnetic or canted phases that are characterized by the coexistence of antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic order. Depending on the physical situation, we find propagating spin waves that are gapped in some cases and gapless in others, diffusive modes, or relaxational modes. The excitation spectra turn out to be qualitatively different depending on whether or not the homogeneous magnetization is a conserved quantity. The results lay the foundation for a description of a variety of quantum phase transitions, including the transition from a ferromagnetic metal to an antiferromagnetic one, and the spin-flop transitions that are observed in some antiferromagnets. They also are crucial for incorporating weak-localization and Altshuler-Aronov effects into the descriptions of quantum phases in both clean and disordered magnetic metals.


The mechanism of skeletal mineralization is poorly understood. Factors that are thought to be of major significance include the quantity of miner alizable bone, the rate and amount of bone blood flow, capillary permeability, local acid/base rela tionships, fluid pressure within bone, and the mod ulating influence of parathyroid hormone and vi tamin D metabolites (1). The quantitative contributions of each of these factors to both nor mal and abnormal states of bone formation are not known, and study has been hampered by lack of an acceptable model of ion transport from blood to bone. In this paper we report on a computer-gen crated solution of a new model of short-term fluor ide kinetics that appears to describe adequately the movements of this anion in the first few hours fol lowing i.v. injection. Fluoride was chosen as the prototype ion for this study—rather than calcium and its alkaline earth congeners, or the diphosphonates—because of a large body of published data on fluoride kinetics both in animals and man, lack of protein binding, and the purported dependence of skeletal fluoride uptake on bone blood flow (2). Perturbations of the model to simulate alterations in cardiac output, skeletal blood flow, and bone extraction rate have allowed us to evaluate the role of these processes in bone mineralization and to relate these changes to the interpretation of bone scans made with ra dioactive fluorine-l8 as fluoride ion (F-18).


Soil water plays an important role in providing water for plant growth. The vacuum gauge tensiometer is a soil water measuring device that is sensitive to soil water change. The quantity of soil water that adheres around soil particles determines the energy level at which it is being retained or pulled. In other words, the plant root has to exert energy to pull water out of a soil matrix. This energy is also expressed as tension the roots experience in removing the water. Tensiometer is like a mechanical root but shows the tension in the vacuum gauge attached to it. It is an indirect method to determine soil water status. Direct measure of water content is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the result lags behind the current time. Hence, irrigators depend on indirect methods. Vacuum gauge tensiometer is inexpensive, easy to use, and a preferred measurement method, especially for course-textured soils.

Keywords:

soil water;
vacuum gauge tensiometer;
ceramic tip/cup;
tensiometer;
soil suction


Motor proteins are essential for moving muscles in animals and transporting molecules across cell membranes. Researchers have now mimicked them by designing and creating the first synthetic motor that runs autonomously—without further intervention—on chemical fuel. Mother Nature isn't easy to emulate, so an artificial chemically powered motor that works like a motor protein "is a major advance," says Jonathan Clayden of the University of Bristol, an expert on chemistry-based biological mimicry. It could power motion "on a nanometer scale if attached to a polymer or solid support," he says, and "could lead to molecular solenoids, paddles, propellers, and valves." Earlier nonautonomous chemically powered motors required constant intervention—they had to be fed a sequence of compounds to complete each operating cycle. Researchers have designed autonomous molecular motors, but those required a continuous source of external light instead of a tank of chemical fuel, making them more like a plugged-in electric motor


In the past decade, Brazil has entered the first stages of a modern capitalist reorganization. Its economic transition has been gradual, but the country has avoided crippling setbacks. For many observers, Brazil seems finally to be pulling itself out of two frustrating decades of economic stagnation and political turmoil. Not all observers accept these changes with unalloyed enthusiasm, however. The political left abhors what it portrays as an alienating, neoliberal destruction of Brazil's national development by international finance capitalism. But regardless of their preferences, everyone agrees that change is finally happening. As economic historian Ricardo Bielchowsky put it, Brazil's new economic model is radically different from its predecessor. In the new economy, investors have the freedom to make their own investment choices based on market changes. Of course, whether investors will use their new freedom to allocate resources


The present disclosure relates to a patient having refractory or resistant cancer by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula (I) such as valritinib, or an enantiomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of either of them. Provide a method of treating. Also provided are compounds of formula (I) for use in the treatment of resistant or refractory cancer and the use of compounds of formula (I) for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of resistant or refractory cancer. [Selection] Figure 2


British Columbia, and the incident had nothing whatever to do with the gold rush to the Fraser River, which did not take place until nine years later (pp. 54-5). The contingent .of Royal Engineers that was sent out speeia,lly from England to assist Governor Douglas to control and develop the new colony of British Columbia is confused with the much smaller party that had come out before the gold rush .to survey the international boundary (p. 60). Sir George Simpson did not paddle up to Fort St. James "every summer from Montreal"; he was there only once in his life, in 1828 (p. 260). The first British trading post at Kamloops was built by the North West Company, not the Hudson's Bay Company, and it stood on the east (not the west) bank .of the North Thompson River (p. 275). Walter Moberly's discovery of Eagle Pass (which lies botween Kamloops and Revelstoke) did not prove that a railway could cross the Rockies; the finding of Rogers Pass, in the Rockies proper, much farther east, was the key discovery in this connection (p. $29). Alfred Waddington was not an engineer (p. $$9). The author has been poorly served by his proof-reader. There are a good many mistakes in spelling, and a series of unfortunate rrors in •he bibliography. The Fraser is credited .on page 198 with a freshet speed of 182 mfies per hour, which must surely be an error. The reference on the next page to executions in the penitentiary at New Westminster must also be a mistake; executions take place in prisons, not penitentiaries. Sir Sandford Fieming's Christian n•ame is spelled "Sanford" on page $29 and in the Index. "Richard" should be "R'ickard" on page 854. As already stated, most of these slips, and the others like them, are relatively unimportant; but they are so numerous that their cumulative ffect is most damaging. The majority could be eliminated by resetting a line or two, and it is to be hoped that this can be done before the book is reprinted.


Cheeger inequality is a classical result emerging from the isoperimetric problem in the field of geometry. In the graph theory, a discrete version of Cheeger inequality was also studied deeply and the notion was further extended for higher dimensional simplicial complexes in various directions. In this paper, we consider an analogue of discrete Cheeger inequality for high dimensional simplicial complexes from a combinatorial viewpoint.


AbstractRecent studies have shown that the impact of the Indian Ocean dipole (IOD) on southern Australia occurs via equivalent barotropic Rossby wave trains triggered by convective heating in the tropical Indian Ocean. Furthermore, the El Nino–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) influence on southern Australian climate is exerted through the same pathway during austral spring. It is also noted that positive phase [positive IOD (pIOD) and El Nino] events have a much larger impact associated with their respective skewness. These phenomena play a significant role in the region's rainfall reduction in recent decades, and it is essential that climate models used for future projections simulate these features. Here, the authors demonstrate that climate models do indeed simulate a greater climatic impact on Australia for pIOD events than for negative IOD (nIOD) events, but this asymmetric impact is distorted by an exaggerated influence of La Nina emanating from the Pacific. The distortion results from biases in the Paci...


Colla, Marie-Stéphane ; Coulombier, Michaël ; Boé, A. ; Idrissi, H. ; Wang, B. ; et. al. Characterization of the mechanical properties of freestanding palladium films by on chip internal stress controlled nanomechanical tensile testing.Nanobrucken Nanomechanical testing Workshop, INM (Saarbrucken Germany, 25-26/02/2010). In: Proceedings of the Nanomechanical Testing Workshop and Hysitron User Meeting, INM : Saarbrücken, Germany2010, p.29-30 http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/70729


An electronic device and a control method are provided. The electronic device includes a voice receiver which receives a voice of a user; a signal processor which performs signal processing on the received voice; a communicator which communicates with a first external device; and a controller which determines text corresponding to the received voice of the user, and controls the communicator to transmit the signal processed voice and the determined text to the first external device.


In this issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, Leslie et al. show a potential role of intraoperative bispectral index (BIS, Aspect Medical Systems, Norwood, MA) monitoring in reducing long-term morbidity and mortality after surgery under general anesthesia. The report was a post hoc analysis of the B-Aware trial that was undertaken to determine whether intraoperative BIS monitoring reduced awareness during surgery. In this original trial, the authors found that BIS-guided titration of an anesthetic reduced intraoperative awareness by as much as 82%. To test the hypothesis that BIS monitoring improved survival, they reanalyzed the same data including the perioperative parameters, together with added follow-up data on the prognosis (death, myocardial infarction, and stroke) from 1947 patients. The authors found that BIS monitoring itself did not affect survival but that in patients with a BIS decrease 40 for 5 min there was an association with decreased survival (a hazard ratio for death of 1.42) and increased rates of myocardial infarction and stroke compared with those patients who did not show such a BIS decrease. The main findings of this study might suggest the use of BIS monitoring in controlling the depth of anesthesia within the appropriate hypnotic range, between 40 and 60, to improve prognosis of surgical patients. As the authors noted, survival and morbidity of surgical patients might be determined by systemic circulatory status and organ perfusion rather than anesthetic depth itself as indicated by the BIS value. Because of the nature of this retrospective analysis, intraoperative circulatory data were not available in sufficient detail to search for a possible correlation between low BIS values and hypotension. For the BIS-monitored cohort of patients, each anesthesiologist tried to titrate anesthesia depth to keep BIS values within the range of 40–60 and recorded an unintended or unavoidable incidence of BIS 40 for 5 min manually on the anesthesia record. Such notations helped the authors identify "oversedation" cases and test the hypothesis that BIS-guided titration might lead to reduced morbidity and mortality after surgery. Before the introduction of BIS and other types of brain function monitors to gauge anesthetic depth, it had been customary to titrate anesthetic agents by targeting an appropriate range of hemodynamic parameters, such as heart rate and systemic blood pressure. In the present era of "balanced anesthesia," we have disassociated 3 components of anesthesia, i.e., unconsciousness, analgesia, and immobility, which are independently controlled with a hypnotic, an analgesic, and a neuromuscular blocking agent, respectively. An increase in heart rate and blood pressure sometimes signals awareness or insufficient analgesia, especially if combined with neuromuscular blockade. A decrease in heart rate and blood pressure, however, might indicate a relative overdose of a hypnotic or analgesic drug. Such a decrease in hemodynamic parameters beyond physiologically acceptable levels could potentially be associated with hypoperfusion of major vital organs. Changes in these parameters thus signal an "imbalance" in balanced anesthesia and prompt us to titrate each agent to recover normal circulation. What happens when a hypnotic is administered in an amount larger than that needed to just induce unconsciousness? Electrical and metabolic activities of the brain are reduced, with electroencephalographic changes leading to lower BIS values. We actually do not know the exact impact of anestheticinduced hypotension on the function and viability of vital organs including the brain, the heart, the liver, and the kidney. We do know that each organ generally needs sufficient blood flow and perfusion pressure to maintain its normal function and that volatile or IV hypnotics might exert some protective effects in each organ by metabolic suppression and/or preconditioning. The vital organs might be tolerant against moderate hypoperfusion and/or hypoxia during anesthesia. Nevertheless, it is reasonable to assume that maintaining normal circulation and sufficient organ perfusion is the correct management to protect patients against the adverse outcomes of anesthesia. However, low BIS values are often observed during circulatory depression from causes other than anesthetic overdose, e.g., shock from excessive hemorrhage, heart failure, or peripheral vasodilatation, possibly from impaired cerebral neuronal activity secondary to reduced cerebral blood flow. Such critical conditions might well have led to a higher incidence of myocardial infarction or stroke. Indeed, the B-Aware trial involved high-risk patients undergoing From the Department of Anesthesia, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan.


The paper has investigated conditions and parameters of argon trapping in molybdenum, tantalum and tungsten layers during their deposition on tungsten substrate by the atoms sputtered from the respective targets in argon plasma. The substrate temperature during deposition was 1273 K. The rate of deposition was 1 μm/h. It was shown that electron irradiation of the deposited layer with the beam intensity of 4 mA/cm2 initiated argon trapping in tungsten and tantalum coating with approx. 2 x 1027 at/m3 and 8 x 1026 at/cm3, respectively, but did not stimulate argon trapping in the molybdenum layers. Features of argon trapping in the tungsten coating and its release are investigated in detail.


The capacity to identify sentiments is one of the signs of sentiments intelligence. This paper proposed Unstable Human Sentiments Detection System (UHSDS) to identify sentiments utilizing physiological signs acquired from numerous subjects. IAPS (International Affective Picture System) pictures were utilized to inspire target sentiments. Four physiological signals: Electrocardiogram (EKG or ECG) Blood Volume Pulse (BVP), Electromyography (EMG) and Skin Temperature (SKT) were chosen to obtain peculiarities for identification. Two pattern classification systems, Fisher Discriminate and SVM system are utilized and looked at for enthusiastic state grouping. The trial results show that the proposed UHSDS gives exceptionally steady and fruitful passionate characterization execution as 92% in excess of six sentiments states. Experimenters measured higher Heart Rates amid remembered anger and happiness outside a research center environment with a Smartphone application that relied on photoplethysmography.


The purpose of this paper is to examine evidence that Delphiniitni gypsophilumtn had its origin by hybridization at the diploid level without change in chromosome number and by a more direct process of recombination than that ordinarily referred to as introgression. This hypothesis was first stated in an abstract (Lewis and Epling, 1946), and was discussed later by Epling (1947) and by Stebbins (1950) after more data were at hand. We shall now discuss the total evidence that has accrued since our abstract appeared. The genus Delphiniumti is mostly associated with plant communities that have been derived during later Cenozoic time from the Arcto-Tertiary Geoflora of the New and Old Worlds. The species we have studied are associated with present derivatives of the Madro-Tertiary Geoflora: the oak woodland, chaparral, and to some extent, the shrubby communities of the Sonoran desert. They have generally independent ranges with a considerable overlap in some cases, and some are included within the ranges of others. Whether their ranges overlap or are included, the species that grow in the same vicinity generally occupy ecologically different sites. Repeated observations indicate a considerable restriction of migration from colony to colony, either by pollen or by seeds. For example, blue or white flowered colonies of the same species persist unchanged for indefinite periods within short distances of each other and in similar habitats (Epling and Lewis, 1952). Thus, each colony has a considerable permanence of its adaptive attributes. The colonies of two species are sometimes contiguous and may be composite, providing ample opportunity in either case for gene exchange between them. The vectors of pollen are bees, especially Bombus. There is no apparent selectivity on their part for flower color or conformation, and visits from plant to plant in mixed populations appear to be at random. The species with which we shall deal are self compatible, but the behavior of the bees results mostly in cross pollination because of protandry. Barriers to interspecific hybridization are often lacking, not only because of the pollinating process, but also for genetic causes. A full seed set occurs after most first crosses. The seeds are viable for the most part and generally produce normally developed and vigorous F1 plants. The fertility of F1's when selfed is sometimes high and sometimes low but is reasonably consistent for each interspecific cross. The seed set is generally higher after backcrossing. Even though fertility is low for a particular cross, some individuals, even triploids, will set occasional viable seeds. With these opportunities for gene exchange one might expect to find hybrid swarms wherever two species intermix. This is seldom the case. On the contrary, hybrid individuals in flower are few and seldom seen. Mixed colonies are mostly divisible into two taxa of which neither differs substantially from its relatives throughout their main ranges. Nevertheless, a considerable number of hybrid plants may be present in the vegetative state in these colonies and reach flowering only in response to particular conditions (Epling and Lewis, 1952). These hybrids can and do persist without flower-


Contents: Preface Part I Introduction: Architectural Theory and Functional Theory: The inheritance: architectural practice and architectural theory today A framework for theory in architecture. Part II Creating a Theory of Functionalism: Concepts of function in architecture Experiencing architecture: the foundation for a theory of functionalism Functionalism updated. Part III The Functions of the Built Environment: Theory and Practice: Basic Functions The accommodation of activities: behaviour settings and architecture Shelter and salubrious environments Physical and psychological safety and security Architecture, financial security and profit Identity and community Identity, individualism and the unique Buildings as signs and status symbols Advanced Functions: The cognitive function of architecture: the environment as a source of learning Experiential aesthetics and intellectual aesthetics. Part IV Externalities: Buildings in Context: The function of the new as a shaper of its context. Part V Conclusion: Architectural theory, functional theory and design methodology References and bibliography Index.


The household codes in which we find the advices given to fathers are the exegetes' focus of attention since the time of Reformation. From this period on, on the basis of various criteria, one tried to define the genre of household codes and set them apart as a separate body in the New Testament literature. Following the particular topic which regards the exhortations addressed to pater familias, we analyzed two fragments contained respectively in the Letter to Colossians and in the Letter to Ephesians. To grasp the specificity of these instructions, embedded in an easily traceable and repeating scheme, one should start with finding the common characteristics of the said paraenetic texts. The analyses showed that a common factor is a universal rule based on the two mutually complementing elements: subordination and reciprocity having their source in the Wisdom literature of the Old Testament and the commandment of love. Having in mind the above mentioned rule and the Hellenistic culture in which the addressees of the instructions lived, we examined the command given in the Letter to Colossians. It constitutes a point of departure for the expanded, catechismal instructions contained in the Letter to Ephesians.


The kinetics of hydrogen adsorption on IRMOF-8 by hydrogen spillover from a Pt/AC catalyst (activated carbon support) was studied at various pressures (0−100 atm) and temperatures (273−348 K). The sorbent studied was a mixture of IRMOF-8 and Pt/AC with added carbon bridges. The overall isosteric heats of adsorption (−25 to −20 kJ/mol) and the apparent activation energy for surface diffusion (9.3 kJ/mol) were determined from the temperature dependence of respectively equilibrium isotherm and diffusion time constant. Ab initio molecular orbital calculations were performed for the bonding energies between the spiltover hydrogen atom and various sites on the IRMOF structure. The overall heats of adsorption fell reasonably within the range of bond energies. Surface diffusion of the spiltover hydrogen at near ambient temperature was a slow process, which resulted in slow hydrogen uptake rates especially at higher pressures (higher surface concentrations). Desorption rates were relatively faster, and also decrea...


The article is devoted to the study of the factors of the axio-psychological design of the life achievements of the individual and to the identification of gender differences in this phenomenon. According to the results of the factor analysis, the determining features of the axio-psychological design of the life achievements of the individual in the period of early adulthood of the female gender were determined, represented by the following integral psychological characteristics - 10 factors: disposition of self-efficacy, disposition of perfectionism, attribution of responsibility, overcoming obstacles, use of unproductive coping, "futile efforts", combination of androgyny with femininity, benevolence, desire for success, lack of adequate mental age assessment. Instead, representatives of the male gender of early adulthood are distinguished by the following integral psychological characteristics - 10 factors: traits of the male gender in achieving success, overcoming obstacles, helplessness, lack of externally regulated perfectionism, failure, lack of independence as a lack of result, understanding of the situation, reward for what has been achieved, duality of externally regulated perfectionism , affective-conative complex. Gender-based differences between the factors of axio-psychological projection in early adulthood have been revealed: in women, this process is motivated by the disposition of self-efficacy and perfectionist guidelines, and in men by masculinity traits and the desire to overcome obstacles.


Unlike many alcoholic beverages beer is inherently unstable. In chemical (as opposed to microbiological) terms this instability can be considered — and is here reviewed — in the categories of colloidal instability, foam, gushing, flavour instability and light sensitivity


This study was set up to examine the effect of plot patterns on the accuracy of phytosociological characterization of tropical vegetation. Fifteen and twenty square plots of 1 ha were demarcated, respectively, in woodland and dense forest in BEach 1 ha plot was divided into 100 quadrats of one 100 m 2 . Species of trees in each quadrat were identified and recorded. The cost in terms of time required to record tree species in each 1 ha plot and five random quadrats in a 1 ha plot were also recorded to compute the mean inventory effort for a team of three foresters. From the 100 quadrats in a 1 ha plot, fourteen independent subplots of square and rectangular plots with different sizes were considered by grouping together adjacent quadrats of 100 m 2 . Eigenanalysis was carried out to compare the subplots. Moreover, the relationship between the relative loss of accuracy (RLA) and the size of subplots was modelled. Plot size highly influenced the RLA (P < 0.05). Findings indicated that the square plots of 1500 and 1000 m 2 with an inventory effort of 0.35 and 0.20 man-days per subplot, respectively in tropical dense forests and woodlands appeared to be the most efficient in the phytosociological characterization of woody


A new solar-blind UV detector based on a GaN surface acoustic wave delay line oscillator is reported. The illumination by an artificial UV source in the presence of sunlight increased the RF spectral line width of the oscillator by almost an order of magnitude, which we attribute to the different noise spectra of these light sources. The output of this detector is a radio signal, which makes it especially attractive for remote sensing applications.


Objective: Study on the technology of revealing the latent marks on poker surface by optical methods. Methods: Using the blue and green light as the excitation light irradiation the latent marks on poker surface(60 samples) respectively, observe and photographed the latent marks through the red and orange Long pass filter. Results: This optical method has been successfully used in revealing latent marks on poker surface, 60 samples of the latent marks on poker surface appeared. Conclusion: The Photoluminescence technology can reveal the latent marks on poker surface effectively.


In this article model of the pseudorandom sequence generator based on the permutations and parametrized by the two pseudorandom sequences is defined. For the proposed generator sufficient conditions for the output sequence uniform distribution are defined. Also independence between parametrization sequences and output sequence are proven.


The purpose of this research is to analyze a thermal performance of air-type radiation air conditioning system and to establish design method by evaluation results. Air-type radiation air-conditioning system improves indoor comfort by radiation effect from the air-blow surface. We analyzed the amount of heat-treatment under the real use of the air-type radiation air-conditioning system in the office. We examined thermal characteristics of the membrane radiation unit by using the heat balance equation, and we tried that established technique to parse radiation heat.


Excavation of the South Mountain water tunnel in Phoenix, Arizona is to be complete by January 2002 with the pipeline placed in service August 2002 at a cost of $11 million budget. The South Mountain Water Facilities pipeline will supply the population of Phoenix with an additional 178 million litres per day. The exploration program indicated the tunnel would be bored mostly through rock with limited soil reachings. Tunnel excavation was successful after eight months of digging. Thorough exploration, a detailed Geotechnical Baseline Report, and special design measures have contributed to a successful project.


ABSTRACT The Kurdish-led project of democratic confederalism in Rojava (north and north-east Syria) has emerged as an unprecedented experience in eco-feminist and anti-capitalist direct democracy with global significance and regional ramifications. There is however virtually no critical engagement with the project's intellectual foundations in the works of Abdullah Öcalan. This paper seeks to address this gap through a sympathetic critique of Öcalan's historical sociology of the formation and dissolution of the state. It argues that there is a theoretical tension in Öcalan's argument. His account of the originary rise of the Sumerian state is 'internalist' while his analysis of subsequent state-formation processes is 'interactive', which highlights the crucial role of external factors and hence implicitly the decisive significance of the condition of 'societal multiplicity'. The paper then draws on Kojin Karatani's 'modes of exchange' based world history to argue that Sumerian state-formation was also fundamentally interactive occurring within and through societal multiplicity. It therefore demonstrates the need for the incorporation of societal multiplicity in the conceptualisation of democratic confederalism and the analyses of its prospects as a non-statist political community. In so doing, the paper also contributes to critical geopolitics and anarchist international theory through underlining the social history of the rise of the state and the international nature of its dissolution.


The main aim of introducing information technology into the armed forces is the automation of the management process. The management in movement and transport (M&T) in our armed forces has been included in the process of automation from the beginning. For that reason, today we can speak about the automated processing of data on road traffic safety and on the use of motor vehicles. With regard to the overall development of the information system of the movement and transport service, the paper presents an information system of the M&T service for the processing of data on the use of motor vehicles. The main features, components and functions of the 'Vozila' application, which was specially developed for the automated processing of data on motor vehicle use, are explained in particular.


Quantity theorists assert that "money matters" and mean by this that changes in the quantity of money have substantial and important effects on key economic variables like real income or the price level. Unfortunately, the Quantity Theory discussion of the impact of changes in the quantity of money on income, prices, etc., suffers from unrigorous examination of basic propositions. The present paper shows that failure to examine the processes whereby the quantity of money can be changed has led to serious error in the case of the Quantity Theory. Quantity theorists have a revealed preference for monetary control of economic instability while Keynesians emphasise fiscal policy. Yet, according to the author's analysis, the changes in the quantity of money fundamental to monetary policy may be difficult to accomplish under Quantity Theory assumptions and more easily accomplished under Keynesian assumptions.


The kernel of Linux doesn′t support some protocols that needed by interconnection between Novell and Linux. The basic idea of this thesis is software can do that. Software makes Linux play a client, a server or a router role.


This document presents the climatological data measured at the U. S. Department of Energy's Hanford Site in Washington State. This report contains updated historical information for temperature, precipitation, normal and extreme values of temperature and precipitation, and other meteorological parameters.


Tests were made with a C-54 airplane in which airline pilots made several blind approaches to determine whether any special flying techniques were used in blind landings and whether any special handling-qualities requirements would have to be formulated because of such special techniques. It was found that the airplane was flown at all times in the normal manner; that is, all turns were banked turns that were nearly coordinated by use of the rudder so that the sideslip was held close to zero. The pilot expended considerable physical work in continually moving the controls but this wake was due in part to the large friction in the three control systems. The actual control deflections used were small compared to the maximum deflections available.


In the present study it was investigated whether and how aging influences systolic mechanics of the human left ventricle (LV). Non-invasive and patient-specific methods have been designed to quantify the transmural distribution of contractile myofiber function (chapter 2), global LV pump function (chapter 3 and 4), and LV average contractile myofiber function (chapter 4). The ratio between systolic LV torsion and endocardial circumferential strain (torsion-to-shortening ratio; TSR) was determined non-invasively using magnetic resonance tagging in a group of aged healthy volunteers and a group of young healthy volunteers. TSR was significantly increased in the aged subjects, while there were no significant differences in other indices of systolic LV function involving LV end-systolic cavity volume and ejection fraction. These findings suggest that aging is associated with a decrease in subendocardial contractile function relative to subepicardial contractile function. No significant differences were found in average contractile myofiber function between both age-groups (chapter 5). Apparently, aging comes with a deterioration of contractile subendocardial myofiber function and a compensation for this loss by the rest of the myocardial tissue in the LV wall. Hence, aging is associated with a transmural redistribution of mechanical load of the myocardial tissue during systole while pump function is preserved.


With an objective to clarify the relationship between chemiluminescence intensity and the reaction time in the flow injection analysis of a small amount of protein using a 1,10–phenanthroline-hydrogen peroxide–copper(II) chemiluminescence system, an apparatus was newly set up for continuously measuring the chemiluminescence intensity. With this apparatus a lowering of the catalytic activity of copper(II) was observed in the presence of α-amino acids, polyamines, polypeptides, and proteins. In addition, the effect of heating on the reaction between copper(II) and protein was examined, and the reaction rate was found to markedly increase. Heating was therefore indispensable for the rapid and sensitive detection of proteins.


Breaking bad news is a stressful experience for counselors and clients. In this article, the PEWTER (Prepare, Evaluate, Warning, Telling, Emotional Response, Regrouping) model (Nardi & Keefe-Cooperman, 2006)is used as a guide to facilitate the process of a difficult conversation and promote client growth in a school setting. In this structured creative model, communication skills are grouped in a systemic and progressive manner that can be individualized to meet client and situational needs. PEWTER addresses the multiple factors and layers that affect the counseling situation when giving life-changing news. A case example is provided that outlines each phase of the PEWTER model.


Laser micromachining has become a key enabling technology in the ever-continuing trend of miniaturization in microelectronics, micro-optics, and micromechanics. New applications have become commercially viable due to the emergence of innovative laser sources, such as diode pumped solid-state lasers (DPSSL), and the progress in processing technology. Examples of industrial applications are laser-drilled micro-injection nozzles for highly efficient automobile engines, or manufacturing of complex spinnerets for production of synthetic fibers. The unique advantages of laser-based techniques stem from their ability to produce high aspect ratio holes, while yielding low heat affected zones with exceptional surface quality, roundness and taper tolerances. Additionally, the ability to drill blind holes and slots in very hard materials such as diamond, silicon, sapphire, ceramics and steel is of great interest for many applications in microelectronics, semiconductor and automotive industry. This kind of high quality, high aspect ratio micromachining requires high peak power and short pulse durations.


We have examined a large increase of relativistic electrons in the outer radiation belt and its penetration into the inner radiation belt over slot region using the MDS-1 satellite observations. Result of analyses demonstrates that a large increase took place in the spring and autumn seasons, and we have newly confirmed that the penetration of outer belt electrons to the inner radiation zone took place during the big magnetic storms by examining a pitch angle distribution of the penetrating electrons. © 2016 BBSCS RN SWS. All rights reserved


We provide an explicit construction of quasi-invariant measures on polarized coadjoint orbits of a Lie group G. The use of specific (trivial) central extensions of G by the multiplicative group R+ allows us to restore the strict invariance of the measures and, accordingly, the unitarity of the quantization of coadjoint orbits. As an example, the representations of SL(2,R) are recovered.


Image segmentation is a key step in image recognition.The effects of sub pixel location and star pattern recognition are directly affected by the result of segmentation.Star target in a star image is a small one.There are lots of stars in a star image.Thus,the segmentation of star image has many differences from an ordinary image.In this article,after analyzing the characteristic of a star image,a new method of star image segmentation based on the star's area was put forward and its validity and advantage were proved after emulation.


Based on analyzing the problems existing in the original text acquisition of the sci-tech literatures, this paper lists the methods and paths for acquiring the full-text sci-tech literatures through the local holdings, interlibrary's literature resources sharing, special literature guaranteeing system, direct connection with papers' authors, and Web E-periodicals, etc., and introduces some skills for acquiring the full-text literatures.


A public opinion survey in New Jersey is described which showed support for high occupancy vehicles (HOV) lanes. The survey was part of a technical feasibility study of HOV lanes along the length of an on-going 10-mile widening project adding a fourth lane in each direction to a heavily traveled I-80. About 72% of those surveyed favored HOV lanes. However, support for HOV lanes decreased when respondents were questioned about the possibility of actual implementation of an HOV Lane on I-80. This underscored the value placed on the automobile and personal freedom that is associated with driving. It is noted that if HOV lanes are implemented, a major educational effort must be launched to demonstrate that the lanes can benefit everyone by reducing the total number of vehicles on the road.


The production and the utilization of four fundamental probes, namely, electron, ion, neutron and photon probes, have played a vital role in the research and development in modern science and technology. These probes are generated by various types of particle accelerators. In Thailand, beams of charged particles are accelerated to energies ranging from keV to GeV. Low-energy (<200 keV) heavy-ion implanters are applied to research in material surface modification, biology and nanotechnology whereas the MeV tandem accelerator is employed in material surface analysis and lithography. Relativistic femtosecond electron beams are used to produce transition radiation with wavelengths in the tera-Hertz (THz) region. Synchrotron radiation is generated from a 1.2GeV electron synchrotron coupled to a storage ring. The details of present and future accelerator R & D activities are presented and discussed.


Circuitry and methods are presented for detecting the presence of a spectrally distributed signal having a known distribution, e.g. spread spectrum, in a strong noise environment. The signal is split into two channels, each filtering a predetermined frequency band within the given spectrum. The channels are tuned and balanced so that they pass differential amounts of signal energy that may be present but provide equalized noise outputs. The channels are alternately coupled to the input of an energy detector which provides a DC component responsive to the difference in the signal levels of interest, while effectively cancelling noise energy components in each channel. In the spread spectrum example the frequency bands are typically selected to the maximum and a null location in a distribution.


This scheme is nutty because no one has shown that green electricity supplied to an operating power network actually reduces emissions. The government, various green lobby groups and the mass of voters have simply assumed that it does. There are doubts about efficiency losses due to the whole network having to be retailored to accommodate renewables. And more doubts over just how much additional backup generator capacity will be required for intermittent power sources. These doubts are either ignored or dismissed as "myths".


The human peptidyl arginine deiminases (hPAD), a family of five calcium‐dependent enzymes, facilitates the post‐translational modification, citrullination. The isozymes hPAD2 and hPAD4 are of particular importance, as they appear to play a role in the development and progression of several autoimmune diseases. To better characterize primary and secondary structure determinants of citrullination, we mined protein sequences known to contain arginine residues susceptible to citrullination by hPAD2 or hPAD4 from the literature, generating protein secondary structure predictions using PSIPRED prediction software. Of the citrullinated sequences identified, 70% of citrullinated arginine for hPAD2 and 81% of citrullinated arginine for hPAD4 were predicted to reside within a disordered secondary structure. The motif extracting software Motif‐X was used to elucidate statistically significant motifs within the general peptide data sets and within a data set of peptides belonging to disordered secondary structure conformations. Both hPAD2 and hPAD4 appear to favor citrullination of motifs containing arginine neighbored by glycine at the +1 and/or +2 position, and hPAD4 favors glycine the +3 position, relative to the target arginine.


Single crystals of lead-free organic-inorganic 2D (BA) 2 CsAgBiBr 7 with double perovskite structure (monoclinic, P 2 1 / m ) exhibit a significant potential for X-ray sensing [1]. This stems from their heavy elements constituting the perovskite octahedral network that is in an alternating arrangement with the barrier layer of organic BA + cations, consequently producing desirable electrical properties. In this study, several yellow-coloured single crystals of (BA) 2 CsAgBiBr 7 were grown from a low-temperature solution [2]. All crystals are characterised by growth/dissolution features and defects (Figure 1). The phase purity and crystallinity of all samples have been verified from the powder XRD data. High ordering of Ag + and Bi 3+ octahedra cations is apparent from the XRD patterns for single crystals, which depict peaks arising from the {001} plane. Results from electrical characterisation of the single crystals of (BA) 2 CsAgBiBr 7 reveal high resistivity (10 11  cm) and low density of trap states (10 11 -10 12 cm -3 ), which are comparable to those published in literature [1]. This implies that the samples synthesised in this study also satisfy requirements for radiation sensors.


Abstract : The United States Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and the NATO Undersea Research Center (NURC) in collaboration with the Turkish Navy Office of Navigation, Hydrography and Oceanography deployed two mooring sections (Aegean Sea and Marmara Sea entrances) in the Dardanelles Strait in September 2008 as a part of the TSS08 (NURC project) and NRL's "Exchange Processes in Ocean Straits" (EPOS) project. Each section was configured with two trawl-resistant bottom (BARNY) moorings (containing an acoustic Doppler current profiler, wave/tide gauge, and temperature/conductivity sensors) and one line mooring equipped with seven pressure, temperature, and conductivity sensors. All moorings were recovered and re-deployed in February 2009. The final recovery of the moorings occurred in October 2009. All moorings returned almost a 14-month long time series of high quality data.


Special effects of interface recombination parameters on the spectrum of short-circuit photocurrent of surface barrier photoconverters have been analyzed. On the Au-GaAs structures, the possibility of controlling the interface optical and electronic properties with the help of texturing and additional treatment of the GaAs surface has been investigated. Sulfide passivation of GaAs textured surface made it possible to raise considerably the photoconversion efficiency in these structures.


The author presents a short historical review of the concept of "perezhivanie" beginning with L.S. Vygotsky. She compares this concept with reflection as two central concepts revealing a person's consciousness. A systemic picture of these two phenomena is elaborated by introducing a hierarchy of reflection. A further step is made that relates the "perezhivanie—reflection" system to (psychoanalytic) self-formations. Empirical studies shed light on phenomena connected to "perezhivanie."


Paediatric non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is highly prevalent among children with obesity. The primary objective of this study was determining whether obesity severity is associated with NAFLD severity. By using paediatric classifications for severe obesity, clinicians may be able to better risk stratify patients, which in turn would guide more effective management and treatment.


The article defines and grounds the principles of operational and credit risk-management of insurance companies in the context of the functioning of insurers and banks mechanism of integration in Ukraine.