Abstract After a marital break up parents may make efforts to find new romantic partners, although little is known about how the process of repartnering unfolds. This study consisted of surveying by phone two samples of divorcing custodial parents who had been identified from court records (N = 39 for recent filers, N = 39 for one-year post filers). Results indicate that repartnering happened fairly quickly, with 50% having had some dating experience even prior to the divorce filing. At one-year post filing, typically parents had dated two new partners (range = 0-7) and their children had witnessed 2.5 new relationship transitions (range = 0-9). Among recent filers, younger parents, those with greater time since separation, and those in households containing other (nonromantic adults) were significantly more likely to have dated. While there were no differences in dating by ethnic group, African American parents reported significantly longer times since separation. Parental strategies for handling children involved encapsulation at 13% of the sample (no child awareness or exposure to dating), graded at 47% (gradual awareness and exposure to dating as the romance deepens) and transparent at 40% (total child awareness and exposure from the first date).


Visual object recognition is the identification of a thing in the outside world based on the sense of vision. Our eyes are bombarded by a wide variety of visual forms, from simple shapes like cups and pens, to complicated shapes like keyboards and saxophones, to amorphous natural forms like flowers and bodies. These forms can appear at multiple poses as they rotate (or as we rotate), can change size as they move closer or farther, and can frequently occlude one another. Yet we have no trouble recognizing them. How does the brain transform the unpredictable retinal array into invariant representations of objects? This problem has two aspects: (1) extracting a stable, compact, and explicit representation of the forms stimulating our eyes at any moment, and (2) comparing the resulting representation to a stored representation in memory. We will focus in this chapter on the first aspect: How does the primate visual system extract stable representations of the objects in the visual world? Visual object recognition is a function of the inferior temporal lobe, specifically, ventral stream areas V4, TEO, and TE. It has been suggested that the specialization of the inferior temporal lobe for object recognition arose during evolution as an elaboration of the foveal visual representation in V1, while the specialization of the parietal lobe for manipulation of objects in space arose as an outgrowth of the lower field representation of V1 (where the hands would normally be located) (Maunsell & Van Essen, 1987; Previc, 1990). Understanding the neural computations underlying object recognition is a uniquely difficult problem for three reasons. First, we don't even know how object recognition might be solved computationally. Even though numerous computer models exist, they don't come close to rivaling the performance of the human visual system. Second, a huge expanse of cortical territory is dedicated to object recognition. Areas TEO and TE, for example, are more than 10 times as large as the muchstudied motion area MT (Felleman & Van Essen, 1991). Assuming that multiple levels of organization exist within this vast cortical expanse, it becomes exceedingly difficult to map specific computations onto specific sets of neurons. Thus, single-unit physiologists typically assume that the organization of inferotemporal (IT) cortex is homogeneous and that meaningful answers can be obtained from sampling responses of random populations of IT neurons. Finally, the set of possible objects covers a huge parameter space. While it is clear the brain must use some sort of code that is compact, explicit, and stable to identify objects within this space (Connor et al., 2007), it is unclear what this code might be. To summarize, understanding object recognition is difficult due to a lack of effective computer models, the large number of cortical resources used to solve the problem, and a huge parameter space.


Though this system arises under a deterministic rule and the behavior seems periodic, the trajectory never gets fixed point or periodic orbit. It means that the values generated by the function are different each other forever. It is difficult to understand the shape of the attractor, because the attractor is usually described by mapping the three-dimentional structure into two-dimentional figure as follows.


Relevant questions of the concept of the new magazine and its further promotion in the information market. The first part presents the main characteristics of the magazine «La Maison», which formed the basis of constructing the concept. The second part presents the promotion of magazine advertising and PR-campaign, which should ensure brand awareness and create demand for the primary publication.


Traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs), Paeonia suffruticosa Andr. (PSA), Paeonia lactiflora Pall. (PLP), and Curcuma phaeocaulis Val. (CPV) all contained abundant starch in tubers, which have usually been discard as waste in the pharmaceutical industry. In this paper, the intrinsic properties of three TCM starches were studied and the structure–property relationships were analyzed, on the purpose of exploring new starch resource for food and non-food industries. PSA starch with the highest amylose (AM) content showed the lowest water binding capacity (WBC), while the CPV starch showed the contrary. Moreover, the starches differed in granule shape and size. The PSA and PLP starches had larger spherical or elliptic granules, whereas CPV starch possessed the smallest granules in large number among the three starches. PSA starch displayed the typical C-type diffraction pattern, while the PLP and CPV starches were classified as A-type pattern. The degrees of crystallinity of the three TCM starches were about 22.8, 16.6, and 24.2%, respectively. The starch separated from CPV indicated the highest transition temperatures (To, Tp, and Tc) and gelatinization temperature range (R) value with lowest peak height indices (PHI), whereas PLP starch showed the lowest transition temperatures and enthalpy of gelatinization (ΔHgel).


The principle、configuration and characteristics of the measure and control system in the grinding circuit with hydrocyclone classifier are introduced.The function and application result of the measure and control system are discussed with practical application.


Four kinds of major mathematical model of control system are presented,and how to realize computeraided analysis of control system based on MATLAB language is discussed in the paper.The complete process of operation,from system model building to system analysis and simulation,is visual with this method,that is for building model by use of simulink and computeraided analysis by use of LTI viewer.


Although this study would be worthy of publication in HESS, I think its current version does not meet the overall quality of HESS journal. The paper is not well written, and the structure ("key story") is not provided in a logical sequence. The idea that hydrogeological drivers (e.g., monsoon rainfall and antecedent soil moisture) determines the characteristics of floods Brahmaputra and Ganges rivers is not novel. I believe that the authors have done a lot of work analyzing the data, but authors failed to convince the readers why they are doing so. The style of this manuscript is more like "this is what we did". As a reader, I am not convinced by the authors that their findings are novel and interesting. Here I provide three general (personal) suggestions for authors' review which may help improve the overall quality of this manuscript:


In previous study, a quantitative structure activity relationship (QSAR) analysis of 34 antisense oligodeoxynucleotides (AS ODNs) targeting protein kinase C α (PKC α) mRNA was performed and a QSAR equation was obtained. In this study, additional 10 AS ODNs against PKC α mRNA were designed to verify the reliability of activity prediction by the QSAR equation. The results showed that 4 out of 10 designed AS ODNs had significantly lower IC 50 than the positive control, ISIS3521, which was undergoing clinical trials. Eight designed AS ODNs and ISIS3521 had experimental IC 50 values similar to ones predicted by the QSAR equation, the correlation coefficient of linear regression between the predicted IC 50 and observed IC 50 was 0.76. Experimental IC 50 values of two designed AS ODNs, AP1261(20) and AP0186(20), were not tally with the prediction of QSAR equation. The results suggest that previous QSAR equation reflect the relationship between structure and activity of the AS ODNs to some extent, it is helpful to predict the bioactivities of antisense drugs designed basing on the secondary structure. However, many other factors beyond the interpretation of QSAR equation still need further investigation to improve and perfect the antisense drug design.


This investigation was carried out during two successive seasons 2008/2009 and 2009/2010 on 6 years old trees of two mango cultivars Keitt and Ewais. The trees were grown in sandy soil under drip irrigation system. Treatments of fertilization were: T1: 0.5 g/l Tradecorp AZll, T2: 0.5 g/l Tradecorp AZll + 40 cm/tree Helpstar, T3: 3cm/l Delfan, T4: 3cm/l Delfan + 40 cm/tree Helpstar, T5: 3cm/l Aton AZ plus, T6: 3cm/l Aton AZ plus + 40 cm/tree Helpstar, T7: 40cm/tree Helpstar, T8: control [water spraying]. The results indicated that Kiett and Ewais mango cultivars that sprayed by 1⁄2 g/l Tradecorp AZll with 40 cm/tree Helpstar soil supplementation produced the highest number of growth cycle comparing with other treatments used in the two seasons. Also, Kiett mango cultivar sprayed by 1⁄2 g/l Tradecorp AZll only or in combined with 40cm/tree Helpstar produced the lowest malformation percentage in the two seasons. Spraying Keitt mango cv. by 3cm/l Aton AZ plus + 40cm/tree Helpstar increased retained fruits percentage in the two seasons. Moreover, spraying 1⁄2 g/l Tradecorp AZll + soil supplementation by 40 cm/tree Helpstar significantly increased yield per tree of both cultivars during the study. Adding 40cm/tree Helpstar as soil supplementation only or with spraying 0.5g/l Tradecorp AZll improved weight, length, width, size, firmness of Keitt and Ewais mango fruits, in the two seasons. On the other hand, spraying 0.5g/l Tradecorp AZll with 40 cm/tree Helpstar soil supplementation on Ewais fruits gave the highest TSS and total sugar fruit content and the lowest acidity content comparing with other interactions used in both seasons.


The smart city concept originally aimed at dealing with various urban problems, in particular, those related to the urban environment and infrastructure, such as modeling transport flow in a city. As it developed, the concept is now widely used to accelerate the process of urban management by using IT technology and by the availability of big data. However, the smart city discourses are still debated. There is a number of critical literature on the discourses; some are more concerned with the use and development of information communication technology (ICT). ICT and modern technology are considered the key aspect of the smart city concept. Meanwhile, others emphasize the importance of the people who operate the technology. Very few, if any, literature emphasizes the importance of resilience in the smart city discourse. The city as a complex system should have the ability to be resilient, especially when technology fails either due to technical/man-made or natural disasters. This paper aims to redefine the smart city concept in urban planning through a literature study in the context of planning using a resilience approach. This paper describes and defines what the smart city concept is, what it means, as well as explains the relation and linkage of the importance of using resilience approach in defining the smart city. Factors of resilience will lead to a soft infrastructure approach, such as enhancement in many aspects, e.g. community capacity, social and human capital, knowledge inclusion, participation, social innovation, and social equity. Discussion and analysis are conducted through a deep literature study using systematic literature review methodology.


number:015-0326 The Design of A New Operation Mode for Urban Freight Logistics Lipeng Liu, Na Huang, Yaoqiu Wang 1 School of Economics and Management ,Beijing Jiaotong University,China Email: email@example.com; Telephone:13699224558 2 School of Economics and Management ,Beijing Jiaotong University,China Logistics Institute, Beijing Jiaotong University, China POMS 21st Annual Conference Vancouver, Canada May 7 to May 10, 2010 Abstract: Due to inefficient management, there is a serious waste of logistics resources in urban freight logistics, so it is essential to improve the operation efficiency and profit of urban freight logistics by using innovative management. At the same time, the extensive application of e-commerce provides conditions for the realization of this demand. And the rapid development of e-commerce also requires intimate docking between e-commerce and modern logistics. Accordingly, this paper integrates the needs of urban freight through e-commerce platform, and achieves real-time information exchange between the e-commerce platform and vehicles, as well as visualization supervision of the vehicles by using mobile e-commerce. Besides, it simplifies the payment procedure of urban freight logistics through Due to inefficient management, there is a serious waste of logistics resources in urban freight logistics, so it is essential to improve the operation efficiency and profit of urban freight logistics by using innovative management. At the same time, the extensive application of e-commerce provides conditions for the realization of this demand. And the rapid development of e-commerce also requires intimate docking between e-commerce and modern logistics. Accordingly, this paper integrates the needs of urban freight through e-commerce platform, and achieves real-time information exchange between the e-commerce platform and vehicles, as well as visualization supervision of the vehicles by using mobile e-commerce. Besides, it simplifies the payment procedure of urban freight logistics through the design of the Logistics Alipay. Therefore, this paper designs a new operation mode for urban freight logistics and enables the urban freight logistics to be more efficient.


The coordination of policy networks, or network governance, poses threats and opportunities for democracy. Against the norms of liberal democracy, multi-actor partnerships do not fare well: they appear to lack responsiveness, public accountability and democratic legitimacy. But in terms of promoting deliberation and participation, networks could potentially deepen democracy. This paper injects some empirical insights into this debate by exploring network governance from the perspective of inclusion. It argues that any account of 'democratic' network governance must look beyond outputs, and consider the extent to which network arrangements include both 'functional' and 'descriptive' representatives of those potentially affected by decisions. An analysis of the inclusivity of network governance in recent Dutch energy reforms finds that partnerships are dominated by industry and government elites, at the expense of broader democratic engagement. A series of strategies are proposed for how to make network governance more accessible and accountable to affected publics.


The volatile citronella essential oil was encapsulated by simple coacervation and complex coacervation using Arabic gum and gelatin as wall material. Glutaraldehyde was used in the methodology as crosslinking agent. The citronella standard calibration graph obtained with R2 of 0.9523 was used for the accurate determination of encapsulation efficiency and release study. The release kinetic was analysed based on Fick"s law of diffusion for polymeric system and linear graph of Log fraction release over Log time was constructed to determine the release rate constant, k and diffusion coefficient, n. Both coacervation methods in the present study produce encapsulation efficiency around 94%. The produced capsules for both coacervation processes were discussed based on the capsules morphology and release kinetic mechanisms.


Bridged diarenes form very strong [1:1] complexes with nitrosonium/nitric oxide in which the NO moiety is optimally sandwiched in the cleft between a pair of cofacial aromatic rings which act as a molecular "Venus flytrap". The spectral features of these associates are generally similar to those for [1:1] and [2:1] nitrosonium complexes with mononuclear alkyl-substituted benzenes, and they are appropriately described within the LCAO molecular-orbital methodology and the Mulliken (charge-transfer) formulation of donor/acceptor electronic transitions. The thermodynamics study indicates that the efficient binding is determined by (i) the close matching of the donor/acceptor redox potentials and (ii) the ability of bridged diarenes for multicentered interactions with a single NO moiety. The best fit of the electronic and structural parameters is provided by a calixarene host that allows the interacting centers to be arranged in a manner similar to those extant in [2:1] nitrosonium complexes with analogous (nonbridged) aromatic donors; this results in its very strong noncovalent binding with nitrosonium/nitric oxide with the formation constant of K(B) approximately 10(8) M(-)(1) and free-energy change of -DeltaG degrees = 45 kJ mol(-)(1). Such strong, selective, and reversible bindings of nitrosonium/nitric oxide by (cofacial) aromatic centers thus provide the basis for the development of efficient NO sensors/absorbents and also suggest their potential relevance to biochemical systems.


One of the odder features of the Persian sources on the history of the Mongol period is the vagueness and comparative rarity of references to the 'Great Yāsā of Chingiz khān'. This struck me with renewed force after reading Professor David Ayalon's articles on the Yāsā in Studia Islamica. My suspicions about the whole matter having thus been aroused, it seemed to me that it might be an interesting exercise to look again at the origin and nature of the Yāsā before trying to estimate how Mongol law worked in the Ilkhānate. And so, as I hope to show in this in this paper, it proved.


PURPOSE: A solar cell module equipped with a white back sheet is provided to increase energy conversion efficiency by re-using light transmitting a solar cell by using the white back sheet. CONSTITUTION: A solar cell(10) forms P-N junction of an N-type semiconductor and a P-type semiconductor. The solar cell is a rear side electrode cell. A bag sheet(20) transmits light. The bag sheet covers and protects the upper side of the solar cell from external impacts. A back sheet(30) supports the solar cell at the rear side. The back sheet is composed of a PCB(Printed Circuit Board). The back sheet comprises a white reflecting layer(31) reflecting the light transmitting the solar cell. A white back sheet re-uses the light reflected from the white reflecting layer of the back sheet.


Polycrystalline silicon carbide (P-SiC) films containing SiC nanoparticles and Er were prepared by r.f. reactive magnetron co-sputtering technique with SiC and Er targets on low-temperature silicon (111) and silicon dioxide substrates with the mixed gas of pure argon, methane, and hydrogen. Surface morphology and photoluminescence (PL) properties of them were measured by field-emission scanning electron microscope and Raman spectroscopy. The peak position, intensity, and the full width at half maximum (FWHM) of PL spectra were relevant with Er doping levels and deposition conditions.


This paper focuses on the cooling solution to a high energy density and large capacity Li-ion battery system which consist of four packs of 26650 cells. The cooling measure is a critical technology for many Li-ion battery systems especially that designed for hybrid electric vehicles, in which, high energy density within a limited space is very common in these systems. Both the safety and efficiency of Li-ion battery cells rely on the temperature which is under control of the battery thermal management system. In this study, temperature fields within battery boxes are simulated with the computational fluid dynamic (CFD) method. With the help of an airconditioner, a cooling solution is proposed for a relatively large dimensional, high energy density Li-ion battery cells array using by vehicles. Through the proposed solution, the maximum single-cell temperature is restricted to a reasonable level, and the maximum temperature difference throughout the battery system is also improved.Copyright © 2015 by ASME


Despite some signs of recovery, California nonprofits continue to face post–Great Recession challenges. Though decreased revenues may reflect broad trends facing the nonprofit sector, many challenges are rooted in nonprofit–government contract and grant administration processes. Drawing on a national survey of public charity nonprofits, this study finds that California nonprofits widely reported dissatisfaction with the complexity of reporting and application requirements, the limits on program and organizational overhead expenses that restrict the recovery of the full costs of services, and late reimbursements for services rendered.


Brod (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Slavonski Brod (Republic of Croatia) towns were positioned in two different federal republics of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRJ) divided by the Sava River as its natural boundary. They essentially represented almost a single, unified city, with a multi-ethnic structure of the population, and high production industrial capacity. The authors of this article use the conceptual model of double towns developed by Buursink, and Dębicki and Tamáska, applying it to the case of the above-mentioned towns. This article analyzes the current status of the towns in terms of the impact of war attrocities on their economic, cultural, urban and demographic resources and mutual cooperation. Emphasis is placed on the permanent damage caused by ethnic separation between these cities as well as the consequences arising from the division of industrial capacities, which determined the further development of these towns, their economic potential and urban sprawl, as well as the quality of life of the population. This research is based on case study methodology, with a focus on secondary data analysis. The results of the research show that the formation of new states and wars in the former SFRJ caused the division of economic and human capital, with severe consequences. The postsocialist transition and badly conducted privatization, together with the new national borders and ethnic separation, caused a division between these towns that resulted in a decrease in their mutual cultural and economic cooperation. However, a more favourable environment for life and development has been noted in Slavonski Brod (Republic of Croatia), which during the pre-war period had more economic and institutional capacity, as well as a larger population. Some of these advantages have become more important with the entry of the Republic of Croatia into the European Union, which turned out to be an additional factor of separation between these former double towns. Within this context, the authors identify patterns related to the revitalization of certain social ties that existed before the division.


AlN crystals were grown from the vapor phase in an RF heated AlN sublimation reactor. The studies were performed with the following goals: 1) to optimize the growth rate by investigating mass transfer effects, and 2) to establish a process for epitaxial growth on AlN seeds. A one-dimensional mass transfer model based on equilibrium sublimation and gas-phase diffusion was developed. Model parameters were estimated and the model was validated from growth experiments carried out in a 600 Torr nitrogen atmosphere and temperatures ranging from 2000 to 2400°C. Continuous growth on AlN seed crystals was accomplished as a result of optimizing the initial stage of growth and achieving a delicate balance between the rate of mass transfer and the rate of surface rearrangement. During this experimental study, centimeter-size single crystals of AlN were obtained within the 1.25" diameter boule that was grown at a predicted growth rate of 0.1–0.3 mm/hr, at 500 Torr of nitrogen, short source-to-seed distance, low supersaturation and growth temperatures of 2110–2140°C. Chemical analysis of impurities in the grown AlN boules confirmed a very low oxygen contamination of 100 ppm wt. Cathodoluminescence studies showed well defined near band edge emission peak located slightly above 6 eV.


Cloud computing offers lots of attractive benefits to individuals and organizations. However, the adoption rate is a far cry from what it really deserves. Lack of well defined Service Level Agreement (SLA) is one of the key factors. This research aims to provide better understanding of the status quo of the current public cloud service level agreements and to recommend best practices. We conducted a content analysis on around thirty SLAs to identify commonly stated attributes and commonly missing attributes. A follow up case study interviewed a selection of cloud customers further investigates the importance of SLA attributes and its relationship with potential business. The result reveals that some of the commonly missed attributes such as customer support, data protection plan are considered as very important attributes and most SLA attributes are directly related with business values.


Many critics of Martha Nussbaum claim that her account of the capabilities approach is a perfectionist theory that does not provide a unique standpoint to political justice and only complements Rawls' conception of primary goods. The purpose of this article is to show that the capabilities approach differs from primary goods in a sense that the former is orientated towards the ends of a good life, while the latter towards the means. The author argues that the capabilities approach takes an intermediate position between neutrality and perfectionism, maintains a position of relative autonomy, and in turn it can be viewed as a unique metapolitical category, that is to say, a principle of politics capable of accommodating different political views.


The quality of academic research articles is the key to the existence and development of academic journals, whose quality is evaluated by using different indices according to different purposes of evaluation. However, quotation analysis is an important means of investigating the utility rate and comparative influence of academic journals, which are applied to measure and evaluate the impact factor of the journal. At present, the impact factor of academic journals has become an important index of evaluating its quality. And improving the impact factor is an important aspect of implementing the journals' classic strategy of our country and also one of the important symbols for its going to the world. Therefore, developing excellent editors, choosing the high quality and innovative research articles and reports and shortening publishing period etc are some primary means of improving the impact factor of the (journal.)


We are currently witnessing an unprecedented move by the ICT Multinational Giants like Microsoft, INTEL, Google and Apple to develop new applications based on health related services. These applications will draw on new types of functional materials, combined with emerging technologies enabling unprecedented control over 3-d spatial distribution of these materials in devices, and linked with ubiquitous availability of wireless communications to facilitate remote access, sharing, visualisation and analysis of data.
In this paper, I will present activities to illustrate these trends, and speculate on the reasons why this is happening now. I will also attempt to predict how the inter-play between new functional materials and technologies for materials handing will impact on health services, ranging from remote monitoring of heath status of individuals, to improved strategies of implant surgery.


Existing methods for the identification of the subspecies of Xylella fastidiosa are time‐consuming which can lead to delays in diagnosis and the associated plant health response to outbreaks and interceptions.


Madeleine Baranger, who passed away on 19 June 2017 at the age of 97, was born in France in 1920. A graduate of Classical Studies at the University of Toulouse (1941), she was a member of the Argentine Psychoanalytic Association and the International Psychoanalytical Association since 1959. Between 1954 and 1965, she andWilly Baranger founded the Uruguayan Psychoanalytical Association, organising the Institute of Psychoanalysis, where she was Director from 1955 to 1964, collaborating with the Revista Uruguaya de Psicoanálisis (Uruguayan Journal of Psychoanalysis), and acting as a training analyst, supervisor, and professor. She continued these activities at the Argentine Psychoanalytic Association upon her return to Buenos Aires in 1966, always maintaining her anti-authoritarian, anti-dogmatic, and anti-Pygmalion position as a champion of tolerance and respect for the other and for the creative potential within each subject. She received the Konex Award in 1996 and the international Sigourney Award in 2008. Her work can be seen as a series of investigations on a range of thematic clusters related to the theory of technique, psychopathology, and the impact of the ethical and ideological on the analytic task. She authored papers presented at several Congresses of the International Psychoanalytical Association, as well as books and articles published in Spanish and translated into French, English, Italian, and Turkish. She published numerous papers in prestigious psychoanalytic journals, including the International Journal of Psychoanalysis, the Argentine Psychoanalytic Association's Revista de Psicoanálisis (Journal of Psychoanalysis), and the Journal of the Uruguayan Psychoanalytic Association. Madé's entire body of work serves as a call to broaden the borders of psychoanalysis and to keep alive the promise of its galvanising, questioning power. Her manner of participating, more than giving answers, was to pose questions. This is the most poignant aspect of her work: its questioning. Her person and her teachings have left a mark on more than one generation of psychoanalysts, and I am sure shewill continue to have this effect on thosewho seek to imbibe and be nourished and enriched by her steadfast belief in the liberating power of psychoanalysis. Indeed, psychoanalysis represents the science of anti-destiny; the possibility of change in the face of an obstructed future; the science of both the liberation of the subject's psychic life and the liberation of peoples from the repetitive shackles of the unconscious. Not only did Madé, as author/teacher of her psychoanalytic body of work, create this work, she also created an interlocutor with whom she exchanged experiences and whose thought she stimulated in a creative fashion.


Accurate cell counting in microscopic images is important for medical diagnoses and biological studies. However, manual cell counting is very time-consuming, tedious, and prone to subjective errors. We propose a new density regression-based method for automatic cell counting that reduces the need to manually annotate experimental images. A supervised learning-based density regression model (DRM) is trained with annotated synthetic images (the source domain) and their corresponding ground truth density maps. A domain adaptation model (DAM) is built to map experimental images (the target domain) to the feature space of the source domain. By use of the unsupervised learning-based DAM and supervised learning-based DRM, a cell density map of a given target image can be estimated, from which the number of cells can be counted. Results from experimental immunofluorescent microscopic images of human embryonic stem cells demonstrate the promising performance of the proposed counting method.


The inhibition effects of sulfourea on HR-2stainless steel in acidic sodium chloride solution were studied by scanning electrochemical microscopy(SECM)and polarization curves.The results show that the corrosion inhibition of sulfourea is obvious.When the concentration of sulfourea increased to 0.75 mmol/L,the corrosion inhibition became stable;the corrosion potential changed tinily.According to EI-Awady model,the sulfourea adsorption is monomolecular layer on the surface of the stainless steel,one sulfourea molecular adsorb on multiple active points.


insecticidal and fungicidal properties and to the . methods of producing such compositions. More particularly, this invention relates to cer tain novel chemical methods adapted to be em ployed in the mercuration or silveration of the alkyl esters of polyphosphoric acid and to the combination insecticidal-fungicidal products re Sulting therefrom. As is Well-known to those skilled in the art, two of the principal problems facing growers of apples and citrus fruits involve the control of various types of fungous diseases and of certain insect pests which attack these crops. In the past, these problems have ordinarily been met by the separate application of various known insecti cides and fungicides, thereby necessitating a duplication of labor and a resultant increase in costs to the grower. ... From another standpoint, it is well recognized that the application of certain of the chemical materials employed in the control of insect pests and fungous diseases may, in some cases, involve a certain element of hazard to the workmen, in view of the relatively toxic nature of the materials employed. This has been particularly true in the case of certain mercury compounds which are generally rather difficult to handle and frequent ly produce toxic symptoms among Workers han dling these materials. The insecticide art has advanced rather rapid ly in recent years, although much still remains to be learned concerning the chemistry and toxic properties of certain of the complex organic com pounds which were developed in this country and particularly in Germany just prior to and during World War II. For example, in the text book of Dr. E. H. Frear, entitled "Chemistry of Insecticides, Fungicides and Herbicides," and published by D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc. in 1948 (2nd edition), the author refers, at page 100, to an insecticide known as hexaethyl tetraphos phate. The discovery of this material is attrib uted to a German, G. Schrader, and Dr. Frear has set forth certain of the known properties of this material as Well as the following tentative __ structural formula:


The micro-ring resonator is the promising optical device for a variety of applications due to its compact size design, wavelength selectivity, and flexible structure. Based on the intra-cavity effective refractive index change or resonance shift, the micro-ring resonators work as a crucial component in optical sensors, de-multiplex system, optical modulator and so on. In this work, authors report for the first time on CMOS-compatible integrated micro-ring resonators with Bragg gratings coupled at both bus ends using a high quality Si3N4 film deposited by the liquid source CVD method at ultra-low temperature of 150 oC.


A paper delivered at the CIMAM annual conference inquiring into the conditions for the current trend for contemporary artists to protest against the museum. What are the historical conditions for the emergence of the new critical attention being paid to art's funding? What kind of funding is objectionable, and what kind of funding is being called for by a new generation of protesters? Does the new phase of protest in art signify a radical critique of art or a conservative preservation of its established privileges? Are the boycotts of art's institutions, which continue to spread and to which Liberate Tate belongs historically, forms of strike or riot, and how does it relate to the occupy movement? Should we expect an increase in the frequency and intensity of protest against art's institutions?


This article makes a retrospective analysis of the prevalence of the use of oral anticoagulants in patients with atrial fibrillation at the outpatient level. The frequency of the sex-age structure of patients with AF, the risk of thromboembolic complications, the risk of bleeding, and the appointment of various groups of anticoagulants after hospitalization are investigated. A retrospective analysis of the data of patients with a history of AF and CHA2DS2-VASc >1 points hospitalized in the Moscow hospital for the next paroxysm of AF showed that slightly more than 2/3 of them in the pre-hospital stage were taken by the oral anticoagulants (OAC) and about / by the (new oral anticoagulants) NOACs . The proportion of patients with the value of the scale CHA2DS2-VASc >4 was 49.3%, the proportion of patients with the HAS-BLED >3 scale was 17.9%. Among all OAK patients, 96 people (68.6%) were admitted prior to admission. Among the remaining 44 patients, 22 received an antiaggregant (aspirin, clopidogrel or a combination thereof), and 22 more did not take any antithrombotic drugs.


This paper presents the development of a multi-spectral nitrogen deficiency sensor, which uses three channels (green, red, near-infrared) of crop images to determine nitrogen level of the rape. The core of this investigation is the calibration methods between the multi-spectral references and the nitrogen levels in crops measured using a SPAD 502 chlorophyll meter which may be used to measure N (g)/leaf area (m2). Some noticeable relationships between the multi-spectral reflectance and SPAD readings were found from this study.


Abstract Firms respond differently to labour market regulations and develop an employment relationship accordingly. We use linked employer–employee data to examine the relationship between compensation policies and contractual arrangements in large-sized firms in Portugal. In this country, the wages are regulated through minimum wage and collective agreement, while employment is protected by stringent employment legislation. The empirical analysis starts with a fuzzy clustering to identify typical compensation policies. Three major segments emerge from this analysis: Competitive, Internal Labour Markets and Incentive. The first segment comprises low-wage firms, which are highly responsive to market conditions. The other two reveal properties of internal labour markets, although the incentive-based firms reinforce the use of discretionary power to differentiate the workforce. Subsequently, we estimate a regression model to examine how the compensation policy interacts with contractual arrangement. Empirical evidence confirms the segmentation predictions, i.e. low, flexible wages and flexible contracts prevail in the same firms. Furthermore, vulnerable categories like young workers and female workers are over-represented in Competitive firms, while high-wages are associated with incentive devices benefiting white-collar employees. Apparently, firms foster inequality among segments of workers and often penalise or favour the same category of workers.


This thesis explores the mechanisms that can lead society to be caught in inequality traps. It focuses on education, human capital and redistribution. Chapter 1 surveys recent literature on hierarchical education, inequality and social mobility. Chapter 2 proposes a positive analysis of majority voting decisions on the amount of resources assigned to public education and their allocation to basic and advanced education. It shows that the outcome of majority voting on tax rates and types of education can aggravate income inequality and low social mobility. If tertiary education cannot be publicly provided for all, and if children from wealthy families have more chance to enter state university, then voting equilibrium supports an inequality trap. Chapter 3 focuses on a normative perspective. It is shown that decreasing economic standards in advanced education increases equity in the economy, but can also reduce the human capital produced at universities and economic growth. The best economic outcomes in terms of equity and efficiency are obtained by both the public and private provision of education. Chapter 4 analyzes how inequality traps may emerge due to the different levels of human capital in society and intergenerational transmission. We assume that inequality in human capital distribution affects both the prices of the "participation goods" and agents' preferences. We deduce that to avoid inequality traps it is not enough to invest in education, but it is also important to offset unfair advantages.


The purpose of this paper is to investigate the optimal placement of piezoelectric sensor/actuator for active vibration control of smart structure.Base on the state space equation and the controllability/observability Grammian matrix,the optimal target was given by minimize the control energy and maximize the sensitive energy.The genetic algorism was used for optimal computation.The placements of sensor/actuator were defined with binary coding.A piezoelectric plate has been simulated to attest the optimal method.Validity has been proved because it obtained the same result for optimal method calculation and enumerate method calculation.


Based on Reddy Three Order Shearing Deformation Theory,the linear bending problem of functionally graded material beam has been studied.When the property of functionally graded material beam is supposed to change only along beam thickness direction,obeying the power function law,the controlling equation of the problem has been deduced,with values obtained through differential quadrature method considering the branch strengthening border condition and the proper calculation structure.The value outcome has been used to inspect the impacts of material grading character,loading condition,slender ratio etc.over curved performance of beam.The result shows that FGM beam deflection is situated between simple metal and ceramics,and the deflection is decreasing with the grading parameter's increasing;with the enhancing of FGM beam slender ratio,the beam centre deflection is decreasing promptly.


In the article the author explores the place and role of the territorial defense system in ensuring the national security of Ukraine. The territorial defense management system is considered as an organizational and technical association of bodies, points and means of management intended for the management of territorial defense, as an integral part of the state management system in a special period. And the very definition of "territorial defense" - a nationwide system of military and special measures car-ried out throughout Ukraine or in some of its areas with tasks defined by the Laws of Ukraine.
The article emphasizes that the system of territorial defense management bodies should correspond to the composition of subordinate territorial defense bodies and their tasks, be multilevel and structurally connected with other systems and subsystems. It should be interconnected with top-level management systems, as well as manage-ment systems of interacting authorities, have the optimal number of structural elements, rational number of opera-tional and technical staff, and constantly improve the introduction of new forms, methods and ways of managing the latest information -communication technologies. TRO is one of the main principles and guarantees for the na-tional security system of Ukraine.


Education is one of the main issues that is dealt with in any society. In our country, Iran, like the other countries, education has been entrusted to the Institute of Education as the main custodian of that enterprise. From the beginning up to now, passing of the traditional education system to the current one, we have witnessed many evolutions in the field of education, such as the changes in strategies, policies, programs and structures to changes in management methods and implementation as well as changes in teaching methods. Today, the educational system is facing many challenges that must be overcome by preparing relevant and updated policies and programs. This essay has just been developed in the form of a review article examining six articles and research on the challenges of the educational system. After examining the articles one by one, the most important challenges would be collected and classified, and then the approaches proposed to address these challenges would be presented.


Recently, domain-specific language has become more popular in the IT market. Therefore, there are several variants of the domain-oriented programming languages used in the modern world. A variant of domain-specific language that accepts wind farm modeling language at the input and GPSS code at the output to model the queuing system has been proposed in this paper. The ANTLR grammar rules for the implementation of wind farm modeling language have been formed.


The global pandemic led the higher educational sphere worldwide to the amplified emergency digitalization measures, that sprang from the necessity to take quick comprehensive action to transform educational workflow and both standard and dynamic educational scenarios into digital, blended, and hybrid formats. As a result, there are identified several challenges that higher educational institutions had to face and overcome in a manner that was efficient and expedient: 1) to activate comprehensive complex skillsets, otherwise latent or underutilized in the educational process; 2) to boost ICT competence and digital literacy of all participants of the educational process, relocated to the computer realm. The study objective is informed by the research task to conduct a structured, case-based diagnostics of viral development of digital skills and their application to construe interdisciplinary competencies and professional linguistic competences of students of European and Oriental Languages major programs at Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University (Ukraine), that took place over the span of 2020-2021 due to lockdown measures. The inquiry is founded on the identification of various soft and communicative competency principles and estimated digital literacy components that inform the meta-digital competence in Foreign Languages Education. The empirical study is derived from the comprehensive survey data that disclosed digital literacy components and e-skills implementation in various tiers of professional linguistic and FLE activities. The inquiry determines structural interoperability between different groups of applied e-skills, linguistic competence components and soft skills, necessary for the development of the interdisciplinary professional capacity of Foreign Languages students in Ukraine.


The interaction of gas-phase species with metal surfaces is an important problem. In gas analysis, it affects the delivery of atmospheric samples to analytical equipment through metal tubing and the storage of samples and calibration standards in cylinders and other containers. In this paper we describe a technique for injecting a pulse of gas with a parts-per-million (by volume) level of the molecule of interest into a stream of pure gas flowing through a sample of metal tubing. On the basis of the deformation of the pulse due to the tubing, the interactions between the tubing surface and the gas-phase molecule can be investigated. In the case of toluene interacting with electropolished stainless steel, for example, the degree of interaction is much less when the moisture concentration in the gas is 3 ppm than when it is <0.1 ppm. For methanol interacting with aluminum, a very strong interaction is observed which is dramatically reduced by a suitable acid-washing of the tubing. X-ray analysis of the aluminum tubing surface, coupled with electron microscopy, indicates that this reduction in interaction is correlated with a decrease in surface oxide layer thickness and may be most simply explained by a reduction in surface porosity following the acid wash treatment


The measurement sluice (8) for fattened cattle has one closable inlet (22) providing access to a measurement chamber (10) containing at least one measurement device (17) for determining at least one magnitude. The measurement chamber can accommodate one animal and is connected to at least two outlets (11,12), each of which is closable. A control opens the closable inlet if the measurement chamber is empty and closes it if an animal is in the chamber. The control is connected to at least one measurement device and dependent upon at least one measured magnitude of an animal in the chamber opens one of the closable outlets.


Error Correction Code is very important in modern communication systems. BCH (Bose, Chaudhuri, and Hocqunghem) codes are being widely used in variety communication and storage systems. In this paper the construction and decoding BCH codes which are based on finite field arithmetic is introduced and also an improved algorithm for finding roots of polynomials over finite fields is proposed. This makes possible significant speed up of the decoding process of BCH codes.


Objective: In this study, we aim to examine the effect of striped patterns on visual evoked potentials in migraine patients. Materials and methods: This study was performed in the department of neurology with 50 patients (18 - 50 years old) diagnosed with migraine and who had a photophobia. The average age of the patients was 35.16 years and %74 of them was female. Following the first day of visual evoked potentials shooting, the high-contrast striped patterns were shown to patients for one minute and visual evoked potentials shooting was repeated. Levels of visual evoked potentials were analysed according to the classification and differences were determined. The findings were analysed by using SPSS program Windows 15 version and Kolmogorov Smirnov and Paired Sample tests were used. P 0.05). Conclusion: In conclusion, it has been thought that the latencies prolonged also in the interictal period in light-sensitive individuals due to abnormalities in the information processing of the increasing hyper excitability.


Last month, members of the US Congress grilled the heads of Google, Apple, Amazon and Facebook about the extent and use of their market power. Over the past 15 years, as our digitally connected society has evolved, these 'Big Tech' firms have become extraordinarily powerful and lawmakers are right to question their dominance. By focusing on the economic dimensions of Big Tech's power, however, these lawmakers failed to address the full range of consequences that flow from having a digital environment dominated by monopolistic tech firms.


Tor is increasingly used on the Internet as a means of accessing illicit or illegal services. If enacted by employees, such use may lead to negative impact on the organization. By its nature, Tor traffic is encrypted multiple times before being sent across networks to reach a destination. Therefore it may be impossible to detect the nature of a Tor user's online activities. Nevertheless, such users cannot hide the fact that they are using Tor. This paper proposes a novel data payload analysis as a means of classifying Tor traffic using machine learning. To this end, we consider the characteristics of the encrypted data payload for Tor and encrypted nonTor packets from 8 different applications and extract features to train our machine learning model. Our results indicate that, contrary to the commonsense assumption that Tor packets resemble other encrypted packets, such payload content can be used to distinguish between Tor and nonTor packets.


Abstract Thin films of lead titanate were prepared in-situ using radio-frequency magnetron sputter-deposition. The in-situ perovskite phase formation has been studied as a function of the substrate material, the substrate temperature (TS) and the sputtered lead flux. The incident lead flux is controlled by the lead content in the target (X). Perovskite phase can be obtained under a relatively wide range of sputtering conditions with control of the Pb content in the film. The formation temperature of the perovskite phase increased when the incident Pb flux increased. With an appropriate combination of TS and X, it is possible to grow, at relatively low temperature, stoichiometric thin films compatible with semi-conductor substrates. For example, PbTiO3 films have been deposited on silicon and gallium arsenide substrates at 440°C; these films present ferroelectric properties.


The insect-resistant plasmid(Bt-gene) DNA was introduced into the receptor of kenaf variety Fuhong 952 via pollen-tube pathway,the target gene was detected in 4 generations of kenaf using PCR and Southern blot respectively.The results indicated that the Bt insect-resistant gene fragment had been integrated into the genome of kenaf,and the exogenous gene could inherit stably in the progeny.


As a long-standing topic of considerable research interest, influence maximization involves finding a few influential nodes in a social network. Building on the rich existing body of literature on influence maximization, a recent emerging trend is the use of real data from information diffusion cascades. However, although data-based influence maximization is expected to be a promising approach, its evaluation remains limited. In this paper, by using a Twitter dataset of retweets among ~0.3 million users for two years, the effectiveness of the data-based influence maximization algorithm DiffuGreedy is evaluated comprehensively. The key findings are as follows. 1) Compared with using an existing model-based influence maximization algorithm on the Twitter dataset, DiffuGreedy scores 20–30% higher in distinct nodes influenced, which is an index for evaluating the effectiveness of influence maximization algorithms. 2) When using a training period that is either too long (i.e., one year or longer) or too short (i.e., one day or shorter), DiffuGreedy is less effective than the existing model-based influence maximization algorithm. 3) There are some short-term influencers who are not influential in the training period but who eventually attract attention from other users in the test period, and finding these short-term influencers is key to improving the effectiveness of DiffuGreedy. However, the present results suggest that finding short-term influencers is a difficult task.


This review briefly introduces mechanism of metallization and the latest research productions and applications in metallization (via electroless coating,electrodeposition and self-assembly techniques, etc) of nonmetallic materials surface of carbon group(ⅣA)such as graphite, diamond, fullerene, synthetic carbon fiber and carbon nanotubes, silicon and/or silicon dioxide substrate and so on. Additionally,it also presents the issues existing in relevant fields and future research trend. In view of advantages such as easy manipulation, low-cost, and wide application field, electroless plating technique holds great promise.


The decomposition of lipid hydroperoxides (LOOH) into peroxyl radicals is a potential source of singlet molecular oxygen (1O2) in biological systems. Recently, we have clearly demonstrated the generation of 1O2 in the reaction of lipid hydroperoxides with biologically important oxidants such as metal ions, peroxynitrite and hypochlorous acid. The approach used to unequivocally demonstrate the generation of 1O2 in these reactions was the use of an isotopic labeled hydroperoxide, the 18O‐labeled linoleic acid hydroperoxide, the detection of labeled compounds by HPLC coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC‐MS/MS) and the direct spectroscopic detection and characterization of 1O2 light emission. Using this approach we have observed the formation of 18O‐labeled 1O2 by chemical trapping of 1O2 with anthracene derivatives and detection of the corresponding labeled endoperoxide by HPLC‐MS/MS. The generation of 1O2 was also demonstrated by direct spectral characterization of 1O2 monomol light emission in the near‐infrared region (λ = 1270 nm). In summary, our studies demonstrated that LOOH can originate 1O2. The experimental evidences indicate that 1O2 is generated at a yield close to 10% by the Russell mechanism, where a linear tetraoxide intermediate is formed in the combination of two peroxyl radicals. In addition to LOOH, other biological hydroperoxides, including hydroperoxides formed in proteins and nucleic acids, may also participate in reactions leading to the generation 1O2. This hypothesis is currently being investigated in our laboratory.


The operation principle and drive process of cesium lamp are introduced. The characteristics, compo-sition and operation principle of the drive circuit are described. Then the main circuit in the drive and the operationprinciple of a trigger circuit are analyzed in detail. The experimental results show that the design requirements aremet completely. And the rationality of circuit design is verified further.


As part of our work on a new catalogue of Maya signs and their graphs, we are currently evaluating and revising Eric Thompson's Catalog of Maya Hieroglyphs (1962). We are critically scrutinizing his system with the help of his original grey cards and supplementing it with signs that were not included in Thompson's original catalogue. Despite its known shortcomings and incompleteness, his catalogue is still regarded as the standard work for Maya epigraphers, which is why we adopt Thompson's nomenclature while removing misclassifications and duplicates, merging graph variants under a common nomenclature, and adding new signs or allographs to the sign index in sequence, starting with the number 1500.


James Joyce is a great writer in western modernist literature.One of the prominent features of his literary works is the ingenious application of irony.In"The Dead",an important novella in his early literary career, he blends verbal irony,circumstantial irony and structural irony.They are used to serve the theme,which is to reveal the spiritual petrifaction and paralysis of the Irish.The verbal irony and circumstantial irony comprise the surface structure of the text and foreshadow the theme,whereas the structural irony lies in the symbolic meaning of"the dead"and helps to reveal the deep theme of the novella.The interlaced use of explicit and implicit irony gives the text a rich meaning and high aesthetic value.


Background/Aims: Optical colonoscopy is considered the gold standard for conducting a colorectal examination. Yet clinicians are often reluctant to refer elderly patients for colonoscopy because of their perception that it is a risky procedure. The aim of this study was to establish the efficacy and safety of performing colonoscopy in patients 80 years of age and older. Methods: The study data was retrospectively collected from January 2000 to April 2007. Comparisons were made between two groups: The patients were classified based on age: 5069 years and 80 years of age. We collected data on sedation, the total colonoscopy rates, the indication, the colonoscopic findings and the complications. Results: Three hundred and forty-nine patients (170 elderly patients and 179 patients aged 5069 years) were enrolled. Compared to the patients aged 5069 years, the elderly patients had more clinically significant findings (55.9% for the elderly patient and 37.4% for the patients aged 5080 years). Cecal intubation was done at a similar rate for both groups (94.7% and 96.6%, respectively). Although the elderly patients usually had one or more co-morbid illnesses (p<0.001), the complication rate was not different between the 2 groups. Conclusions: Colonoscopy in the elderly is safe and effective and it allows physicians to discover many significant findings.


the story of walt whitman's reCePtion history grows more fascinating as additional documents gradually come to light. we have listed here all reviews identified since the publication of Walt Whitman: The Contemporary Reviews (1996), edited by Kenneth m. Price, including a handful that have been posted on the Walt Whitman Archive in the meantime. in the following pages, we reproduce in full or in part those reviews that seem to us most illuminating. (all of the listed new reviews will be made available in their entirety on the Whitman Archive shortly after publication in the Walt Whitman Quarterly Review.) the reviews collected here span the entire range of whitman's writing career, from his temperance novel Franklin Evans (1842) to the so-called deathbed edition of Leaves of Grass (1891-1892), and they address every edition of Leaves as well as "a child's reminiscence," As a Strong Bird on Pinions Free, Two Rivulets, Memoranda During the War, November Boughs, Specimen Days & Collect, Good-Bye My Fancy, william michael rossetti's 1868 British edition (Poems by Walt Whitman), and Ernest rhys's 1886 British edition (Leaves of Grass: The Poems of Walt Whitman). these reviews also represent the views of critics on both sides of the atlantic (and include irish and Scottish perspectives). whitman's long-term critical reception has its roots in the reviews that were published during his lifetime. many of the same ideas and themes that emerged in other previously collected contemporary reviews—as well as in the critical debates that continued after whitman's death—are evident in the reviews collected here. for example, many of the american reviews tended to take an extreme view, either proclaiming whitman to be the american homer or Shakespeare or condemning him for being obscene and vulgar. in an early 1860 review, "umos" unequivocally declares that whitman's work is not poetry: "my private opinion expressed to you confidentially is, that whitman found a lot of dictionary-pi going on at auction, bought it for a song, employed a chinese type-setter from the Bible house to set it up in lines of unequal length, and then sold it to you as an original Poem." reviewers attacked both the form and content of Leaves of Grass. "a more scandalous volume we never saw," declares The Springfield Daily Republican in June of 1860. "it ought to be enough for walt whitman, if


This contribution deals with the innovation introduced by air in many products and productive processes. The air, defined as a combination of oxygen, nitrogen, and small quantities of other gases that surround our Planet and form its atmosphere, can also be considered as one of the main materials used in various sectors, from packaging to sport, from automotive to safety. An overview on the several applications in which the air plays an important role is outlined in order to point out the most important properties and characteristics of this "material". The air, in fact, has load-bearing capacity and properties of containment, protection and shock-resistance; moreover, the air can be controlled, compressed or contained. The contribution presents some specific case studies of products and processes as a model for designers to develop innovative products and process in which the air is leading. The air represents a "new-ancient material" available to designers for facing new small and big design challenges.


This paper compares three generalized multilevel current-fed inverter (CFI) topologies and assesses their performance characteristics for single-phase transformerless high current applications. The inverters are simulated and compared for their output current THD and total VA rating. The complexity of the circuit, associated implementation cost hence the practical feasibility of the topologies are also examined. The comparisons was carried out using Simulinks (PowerSim) software. (5 pages)


The alkalescent rice( weak alkali rice) is a rice included primary micro quantity alkali,. and the alkalescent Japonica rice is a Japonica rice included micro quantity alkali. It is produced in the alkaline environment only,and the pH of water,soil and rice are tree key factors to determine. Their index systems of pH are: soil is 7. 5 ~ 9. 5; water is 7. 5 ~ 8. 5; and rice is 6. 5 ~ 8. 0( new rice pH is 7. 0 ~ 8. 0,old rice pH is 6. 5 ~ 7. 0). The experiment,used Jijing 88 to produce the"Guhemam Rice"in the Daan Ancient River Chanel Wanmu Experiment Area,shows that the weak-middle soda saline-alkali soil can be used to produce the alkalescent rice( alkalescent japonica rice) directly,and the weigh soda saline-alkali soil and alkali soil must be first improved to be the weak-middle saline-alkali soil. Therefore,it is a reserve soil sources. The"Guhemama Rice". is a excellent rice and has a huge potence for to development famous rice brand for China and jilin province.


Besides being more complete, this definition provides a useful example of the term and is more extensively crossreferenced to meaningfully related words. This brings me to two of the primary (though relatively minor) criticisms of the dictionary's format. First, the method of identifying cross-referenced words (the "*,, prefix) made for difficult reading. It tended to disrupt the flow of the sentences. It would have been much less intrusive to have crossreferenced words underlined, italicized, or bold-faced. Second, the dictionary probably would be transformed into a much more useful reference tool if certain important citations were referenced within the appropriate definition. The dictionary does contain a short section at the end containing "Suggestions for Further Reading." Although the dictionary is not meant to be prescriptive in terms of how to perform the statistical tests defined, it would be useful to most readers to be given a reference that then could be perused by the reader if he or she so pleases. This would be particularly useful for the statistical tests defined in the dictionary and would significantly enhance the dictionary's value as a handy, low-priced reference work. In summary, this dictionary provides excellent value for the money-especially for graduate students just being introduced to research methods and marketing practitioners without a strong grounding in research methods who want to read statistically loaded academic research. As a reference work, it provides a relatively complete and easy-to-read explanation of common methodological and statistical terms without causing much damage to the usually slim student pocketbook.


In this article we consider a semi-discretization of the dusty gas equations corresponding to a spatial discretization by finite differences or pseudo-spectral methods and discuss the stability and well-posedness of the corresponding system of ordinary equations. We will present elsewhere the study of the fully discretized equations (discretization in space and time) as well as some elements of the mathematical theory of the equations (existence and uniqueness of solutions).


Abstract Reactions of (N-isocyanimino)triphenylphosphorane with aromatic bis-aldehydes (isophthalaldehyde and terphthalaldehyde) in the presence of aromatic (or heteroaromatic) carboxylic acids proceed smoothly at room temperature and in neutral conditions to afford sterically congested 1,3,4-oxadiazole derivatives in good yields. The reaction proceeds smoothly and cleanly under mild conditions, and no side reactions were observed.


Nanosecond laser photolytic studies of 4-nitro-N,N-dimethylnaphthylamine (4-NDMNA) in nonpolar and polar solvents at room temperature show a transient species with an absorption maximum in the 500-510-nm range. This species is assigned to the lowest triplet excited state of 4-NDMNA. The absorption maximum of this state is independent of solvent polarity, and its lifetime is a function of the hydrogen donor efficiency of the solvent. In n-hexane the lifetime 1/k of the triplet state is 9.1 × 10−6 sec, while in acetonitrile 1/k is 2.0 × 10−7 sec. The hydrogen abstraction rate constant kH of the triplet state with tributyl tin hydride (Bu3SnH) in n-hexane is 1.7 × 107M−1·sec−1, while in the case of isopropyl alcohol as hydrogen donor, kH is 4.0 × 107M−1·sec−1. The activation energy for the hydrogen abstraction by the triplet state from Bu3SnH in deaerated n-hexane is 0.6 kcal/mol. The lack of spectral shift with increasing solvent polarity, and the appreciable hydrogen abstraction reactivity of the triplet state, also independent of solvent polarity, seem to indicate that this excited state is an n-π* state which retains its n-π* character even in polar media.


In this paper we propose modeling and analysis techniques for genetic networks that provide biologists with insight into the dynamics of such systems. Central to our modeling approach is the framework of hybrid systems and our analysis tools are derived from formal analysis of such systems. Given a set of states characterizing a property of biological interest P , we present the Multi-Affine Rectangular Partition (MARP) algorithm for the construction of a set of infeasible states I that will never reach P and the Rapidly Exploring Random Forest of Trees (RRFT) algorithm for the construction of a set of feasible states F that will reach P. These techniques are scalable to high dimensions and can incorporate uncertainty (partial knowledge of kinetic parameters and state uncertainty).We apply these methods to understand the genetic interactions involved in the phenomenon of luminescence production in the marine bacterium V. fischeri.


After a disaster happens, effective communication and information sharing between emergency response team members play a crucial role in a successful disaster response phase. With dedicated roles and missions are assigned to responders, role-based communication is a pivotal feature that an emergency communication network needs to support. Previous works have shown that Named Data Networking (NDN) has many advantages over traditional IP-based networks in providing this feature. However, these studies are only simulation-based. To apply NDN in disaster scenarios, real implementation of a deployment architecture over existing infrastructure during the disaster should be considered. Not only should it ensure efficient emergency communication, but the architecture should deal with other disaster-related challenges such as responder mobility, intermittent network, and replacement possibility due to disaster damage. In this paper, we designed and implemented an NDN-based disaster response support system over Edge Computing infrastructure with KubeEdge as the chosen edge platform to solve the above issues. Our proof-of-concept system performance shows that the architecture achieved efficient role-based communication support, fast mobility handover duration, quick network convergence time in case of node replacement, and loss-free information exchange between responders and the management center on the cloud.


In various military, space and civilian infrared-based applications, there is an important need for fast prototyping. At the very heart, stands a requirement for flexible camera modules that provides a multitude of output formats as well as fast adaptability. Based on this concept, INO has developed an advanced compact camera module that can provide both raw data output as well as fully processed images under a variety of formats such as NTSC, PAL, VGA and GigE. This tool can be used to perform a rapid demonstration of an application concept. The IRXCam-640 camera core is a very flexible module that is based on a 640 x 480 pixels uncooled FPA but which may be rapidly modified to accommodate for other resolutions and sensor types. Providing 16-bit raw signal and 8-bit final image outputs at 60 Hz, the electronics gives total access to the detector configuration parameters. The output is available in NTSC, PAL, and GigE. An additional VGA output can be used as input for a microdisplay. TECless operation minimizes module size and power consumption. If required for absolute measurements, a TEC integrated to the detector package can be controlled with external electronics. The camera core can be configured for outdoors operation from -30°C to +60°C with 200°C scene dynamic range at maximum sensitivity. Windowing capability provides flexibility of frame frequency and operating field of view. The camera can be further coupled with a microscan mechanism to provide a high resolution 1280 x 960 pixel image. In this paper, the camera module is reviewed as well as its performances.


Methods are discussed for the calculation of the maximum permissible concentration of various radionuclides in sea water. The values are based on the maximum permissible concentrations in drinking water as fixed by the I.C.R.P. Concentration factors of radionuclides in fish are discussed and the protection of fish against the uptake of radioactive nuclides by inactive isotopes and by elements in the sea water which are chemically related to the radioisotopes is taken into account. In the Appendix the application of the maximum permissible concentrations in sea water is discussed for simplified case of waste disposal into the sea.


A simple and accurate method for lead and cadmium determination in raw cow's milk by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry (ET-AAS) is described. Milk from fifteen farms near Križ in Zagreb region was sampled from collective sample directly into plastic bottles (to avoid contamination), four times during the March of 2000. The milk samples were digested in a MLS-1200 Mega Microwave digestion system with MDR Technology. Lead and cadmium were determined directly by ET-AAS in the solutions of digested samples. Statistical analyses were performed using statistical software SAS v 8.0. Both the farm and date as well as their interaction (P < 0.0001) had a statistically significant influence on Pb and Cd levels in cow's milk. Pb and Cd contents were not correlated (R = 0.11) and in all examined samples were smaller than tolerance level as defined by Croatian regulations. Chemical and statistical analysis showed that differences between the farms were not due to the feed. That implies that in order to avoid milk contamination by toxic trace elements great care of stable microclimate and all apparatuses and dishes in contact with milk should be taken.


tr'or any Jordan curve C on the Riemann sphere, the conformal welding homeomorphism, Weld(C), of the circle or real line onto itself is obtained by comparing the bLundary values of the Riemann mappings of the unit disk or upper half-plane onto the two complementa,ry Jordan regions separated by C. In Part I we show that a family of infinitely spiralling curves lie intermediate between smooth curves and curves with corners, in the sense that the welding for the spirals has a non-differentiable but Lipschitz singularity. We also show how the behaviour of Riemann mapping germs under analytic continuation implies that spirals were the appropriate curves to produce such weldings. A formula relating explicitly the rate of spiralling to the extent of non-differentiablity is proved by two methods, and related to known theorems for chord-arc curves. Part II studies families of Jordan curves possessing the same welding. We utilise curves with positive area and the Ahlfors-Bers generalised Riemann mapping theorem to build an infinite dimensional "Teichmiiller space" of curves all having the same welding homeomorphism. A point of view on welding as a probIem of extension of conformal structure is also derived in this part. Introduction In this paper we address two questions regarding the conformal welding homeomorphism, Wetd(C), associated to any Jordan curve C on the Riemann sphere Ö. W"ta1C) is the homeomorphism of the real line on itself obtained by comparing the boundary values of the two Riemann mappings of the upper half-plane U onto the two complementary Jordan regions Dr and D2 separated by C. (W" assume that C is an oriented Jordan curve, so that D1 is chosen to be the region to the left of C.) Precisely, Iet fi: IJ --. D;, i:Lr2, denote any two Riemann mappings onto the relevant domains. By caratheodory's theorem one knows that fi *d f, extend continuously to the boundaries. Let 0f;:0U : RU {oo} 'C, i:7,2, classification: 30c20, 30c35.-


The sediment delivery processes occurring in a small Sicilian basin are modelled using the spatially distributed SEDD model recently proposed by Ferro and Minacapilli. The model is applied by using soil data (grain-size distribution, organic matter content, etc.) of 129 samples uniformly distributed over the study area and compiling the available information (topographic map, soil data, etc.) into a Geographical Information System. Finally, the predictive capability of the distributed sediment delivery approach is tested experimentally using the caesium-137 measurement technique. The comparison between calculated sediment yield and the corresponding measured caesium-137 loss is used to validate the SEDD model at the scale of both the single morphological unit and the entire basin. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


I take the example of Southern Italy to consider in historical perspective the existence of widespread archaic practices of using plants, both wild and cultivated, in local cuisine, beliefs, signs, symbolism, magic, and medicine in the context of folk culture, which have not lost their vitality up to the present day. I take the example of Southern Italy to consider in historical perspective the existence of widespread archaic practices of using plants, both wild and cultivated, in local cuisine, magic, and medicine, as well as their reflection in beliefs, signs, and symbolism in the context of folk culture, which have not lost their vitality up to the present day. Moreover, under the present conditions, especially that of the coronavirus epidemic, these traditions are being updated, gaining increased significance and new sounding. I discuss a range of plants (for example, artichoke, fennel, Arabian Jasmine, the flower of citrus crops) which are surrounded by special signs, carry a specific symbolic load in the local cultural context, and thus are turning into a kind of "marker" of the region.


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Researching regional music consumption modes is a key to understanding consumption mechanisms, consumption philosophy and, simply, reasons why people in different territories listen to different ki ...


The paper compares laws Concerning water pollution control between China and the U.S.A from the following aspects: legislative purpose and emphasis, administrative system, regulatory mechanism, control strategy and implementation safeguard. The author provides some suggestions to perfect the law of water pollution control in China.


The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention program designed to help parents of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) to become informed consumers of evidence for speech pathology services. The program comprised an interactive workshop and the provision of written materials aimed at increasing the participants' knowledge of evidence-based practice (EBP) principles and confidence discussing EBP with their children's speech pathologists. Using a repeated measures within-group design (pre/post) and mixed methods of analysis, the results indicate that the participants' knowledge and confidence increased following their participation in the program. Qualitative analysis revealed that parents differed with regard to which component (workshop or written information) was most helpful. The results provide preliminary evidence to support the further development and testing of intervention programs aimed at supporting parents of children with ASD to become informed consumers of evidence-based speech pathology services. Source of funding: No source of funding reported.


The paper explores some problems of the theory of law's foundation in German idealism, by comparing Schelling's perspective in his early work of 1796-1797 with Fichte's perspective in his first treatise on law. Despite of the similarities between the two works, some differences may be shown, which underline young Schelling's originality. When criticizing, like Fichte, the natural law, Schelling proposes a new theory on the relation between autonomy and law, opening the aria of thinking a collective subjectivity. Analyzing the practical status of an "autonomous heteronomy" in a relation of equality, his treatise marks a major step in thinking the law as a common right.


The utility model relates to a hook type pattern lamp holder. The lamp holder generated by a matching model is provided with an inner and an outer framing strips which are spaced; a plurality of flat plate positioning plates matched with the number of lamp beads are arranged between the inner and an outer framing strips; the lamp beads and the plastic teleflex of the lamp beads are entirely provided with clamping hooks; the clamping hooks are hooked with the positioning plates of the lamp holder; to cause the lamp beads to be assembled and positioned between the inner and an outer framing strips. The pattern lamp holder of the utility model has the advantages of quick assembly and stable positioning structure.


The article considers competition in taxation as the condition for territories' development and the forms of its implementation among regions. Studies of the theoretical aspects of competition in taxation emergence allowed concluding that primarily social relations are its basis. The author defines the concept of competition in taxation as the process of competitive privileges regulation while dealing with public law establishments to share the tax base by attracting mobile production factors and other advantages to achieve sustainable competitiveness. The author also adds her own features to the classification of competition in taxation. The application of this classification helps deeper understanding of this phenomenon in its versatility. Considering tax competition among the Russian Federation subjects in finance-budget sphere allowed seeing several stages in the development of competence in taxation among regions from its implementation through violence to the correct application of fiscal policy tools. The research revealed the main prerequisites of the development of regional competition in taxation in Russia, and provided the ways and measures of its regulation among the RF regions by the state. The duality of the implementation of regional taxation competition's inner potential is demonstrated through the main directions of its ultimate impact via the fiscal and regulation functions. Considering the forms of the implementation of tax competition among the RF regions provided the opportunity to prioritize among the regional taxes, which allow influencing the competitive advantages of the territories in order to attract investors in their regions. The review of the regulations of all regional authorities allowed making a conclusion about the existence of different positions on participation in competition in taxation. The research demonstrated that most efficient and available forms of taxpayer involvement are establishing additional benefits on regional taxes, differentiation of the income tax rate (its regional part), and that most regions using the tools of competition in taxation bet on the increase of investment attractiveness of their territory Highlights 1. Competition in taxation is the process of regulation of competitive privileges in the process of social establishments interaction aimed at the sharing of tax bases at the expense of involving mobile production factors and other advantages in order to achieve and keep sustainable competitiveness 2. It is expedient to add two more characteristics — the parameters' size and the vector of the impact — to the tax competition classification 3. The vertical tax competition by offering tax benefits has objective limitations at the present stage in the Russian Federation 4. There are various positions among the subjects of the Russian Federation on participating in tax competition, most regions rely horizontal competition in taxation through the means that support investment activity at their territory For citation Troyanskaya M. A. Competition in Taxation and the Forms of its Implementation among the Subjects of the Russian Federation. Journal of Tax Reform , 2017, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 182–198. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15826/jtr.2017.3.3.039 Article info Received October 1, 2017 ; accepted November 13, 2017


Diet is a major contributor to irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and is also a powerful tool for treatment of IBS. This study compared two diets and explored the effectiveness of the diets when combined with a probiotic for treatment of IBS‐D patients.


Abstract The author presents a model of copyright law as a means to regulate entry into information markets. The model shows under what conditions copyright rules may lead to excessive or insufficient entry. The entry conditions are used to assess the efficacy of copyright rules in maximizing the sum of consumer and producer surplus.


Abstract : A technique has been developed which accurately predicts the performance of underwater acoustic arrays prior to array construction. The technique is based upon the measurement of lumped-parameter equivalent circuit values for each element in the array, and is accurate in predicting the array transmit, receive and beam pattern response. The measurement procedure determines the shunt electrical and motional circuit elements from electrical imittance measurements. The electromechanical transformation ratio is derived from in-air measurements of the radiating face velocity and the input current to the transducer at resonance. The equivalent circuit values of a group of Tonpilz-type transducers were measured, and the self and mutual interaction acoustic loadings for a specific array geometry were calculated. The response of the elements was then predicted for water-loaded array conditions. Based on the predictions, a selection scheme was developed which minimized the effects of inter-element variability on array performance. The measured transmitting, receiving and beam pattern characteristics of a test array, built using the selected elements, were compared to predictions made before the array was built. The results indicated that the technique is accurate over a wide frequency range. (Author)


He was on holiday with his family in the west of Ireland and was breathless. They asked me to see him—it was the 1940s and I had only just got my MD.

They asked me …


This paper develops an adaptive fault tolerant controller, based on a novel K-filters, to address tracking control problem of a class of nonlinear systems. With the help of fuzzy logic systems, a novel K-filters is proposed to estimate the unmeasured system states. It is proved that the developed controller can guarantee all the signals are bounded and the output tracks a given signal to a neighborhood, despite the presence of external disturbances, modeling errors and actuator faults. Simulation results are provided to show the effectiveness of the novel K-filters and the control approach.


We describe a wavelength conversion experiment (generation of a pulse at the wavelength λp - Δλ from a signal at λp+Δλ under the action of a pump at λp) performed through cascaded second-order process in a lithium niobate channel waveguide. With a 58-mm-long Ti diffused channel waveguide, λp=1.1 μm (the wavelength of phase matching for the first step of sh generation), Δλ of several nanometers and 20 ps pulse duration, wavelength conversion with unit efficiency is obtained with a pump pulse energy of the order of 102 pJ. The experimental results are successfully interpreted by making use of modal analysis and solving the appropriate nonlinear equations.


Short-term energy consumption prediction of buildings is crucial for developing model-based predictive control, fault detection, and diagnosis methods. This study takes a university library in Xi'an as the research object. First, a time-by-time energy consumption prediction model is established under the supervised learning approach, which uses a long short-term memory (LSTM) network and a Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO) strategy. The experimental results validate the model's validity, which is close enough to physical reality for engineering purposes. Second, the potential of the people flows factor in energy consumption prediction models is explored. The results show that people flow has great potential in predicting building energy consumption and can effectively improve the prediction model performance. Third, a diagnostic method, which can recognize abnormal energy consumption data is used to diagnose the unreasonable use of the building during each hour of operation. The method is based on differences between actual and predicted energy consumption data derived from a short-term energy consumption prediction model. Based on actual building operation data, this work is enlightening and can serve as a reference for building energy efficiency management and operation.


This paper aims to analyze, in the light of the effervescent scenario of the 1960s, the political engagement of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, perceptible from his solo productions, and consolidated with the beginning of their relationship, from which moment they strengthened and expanded their artistic-political acts. Thus, it is sought to reflect on the musical productions of such artists from the second half of the 1960s, demonstrating how music can also be a revolutionary act, in addition to street protests, university campuses and underground newspapers and magazines.


Dilsey"s faith and fidelity to the Compson household, her compassion for the idiot Benzy, her common concerns for all the children in that household, and her steadfast devotion to her employers win her our regard and admiration. She is the only one in the novel who acts positively and unselfishly, and who depends on Christian faith and love as a defense against sin and evil. Dilsey transcends chaos by her vision of Christian equilibrium and order. She also embodies much that the Compsons lack, especially a duty to her position as a servant and her total faith in God. In the final section of the novel, Faulkner greatly emphasized her role and gave her much attention and importance. For instances, the Easter Sunday service in the negro church is immensely moving, a glorification of simplicity, innocence, and love, with Dilsey and Benzy as the central figures. The other meaningful rite in which Dilsey participates is the birthday-cake of Benzy"s 34th birthday which she has bought with her own money. Into this novel about selfish characters obsessed with time, the expressions of Dilsey"s love and the Easter sermon introduce the dimension of eternity and the power of unselfish love. Benzy, as the innocent human and Dilsey as the redemptive figure, thus; serve to reverse the irony of the title of the novel and to offer the positive values. Through this attempt I have ventured to substantiate that Faulkner did not write his novel "The Sound and the Fury" with the sole purpose of cynicism or pessimism, rather he said through his spokesperson Dilsey that life is not full of sound and fury signifying nothing: for her life does have meaning and significance. Here the irony lies in the very name of the title of the novel and somehow it seemed that he made himself stand beside Dilsey"s fortitude and see himself very optimistic in his vision of life.


A qualitative investigation of the illness experience of injured elite collegiate athletes illustrates the relevance of narrative to clinical practice. The article demonstrates a method for systematically assessing illness narratives and provides evidence that story patterns of clinical significance result. By adding a narrative approach to the biomedical one, it is argued, both the psyche and the pathophysiology of the sufferer can be the subjects of healing.


Summary.  The clinical diagnosis of dental diseases may indicate their cause and prognosis, however it gives little information about resulting levels of impairment from the patients' perspective. In this study, we aimed to investigate oral and general health‐related quality of life (OHRQoL‐HRQoL) in patients with haemophilia; and to test whether haemophiliacs would have worse or better OHRQoL compared with the general population. Data were collected from haemophiliacs (age range 14–35; mean 23 ± 6.58, n = 71) and age/sex‐matched controls (age range 14–35; mean 21.00 ± 6.45, n = 60) through face‐to‐face interviews including nine questions and using oral health impact profile (OHIP)‐14, oral health‐related quality of life‐UK (OHQoL‐UK), short‐form general measure of health (SF)‐36 to measure self‐rating oral health status, perceived dental treatment needs, tooth brushing frequencies, OHRQoL‐HRQoL. In the field of self‐rating oral health status, perceived dental treatment needs, tooth brushing frequencies and OHIP, OHQoL‐UK, SF‐36 scores – except the subscales including vitality, role emotional and mental health – the control group is in better conditions compared with the haemophilia group. At the same time, both the two groups are in good conditions in dental attendance, vitality, role emotional and mental health. Life quality is related with the perceived discrepancy between the reality of what a person has and the concept of what that person wants, needs or expects. In order to eliminate the dilemma in the field of health, we should facilitate the haemophiliacs' lives by serving the health care in a multidisciplinary view.


Description of the Work

Mudskipping combines 3D film, dance, and music to evoke a creative reimagining on the lives of mudskippers; amphibians that occupy the liminal spaces between the ocean and land in the mangroves of temperate, subtropical and tropical Australia. The piece was filmed and presented in 3D, and my role as music composer also involved mixing and presenting the work in 5.1 surround sound.

Research Background

Dr Phoebe Hart's direction of the work aimed to shed light on how nature has been made to feel like an exception from everyday human existence. As the project drew conceptually from the liminality between human and animal, land and water, my composition work focused on the liminality between traditional orchestral instrumentation incorporating extended performance techniques, and processed, synthetic textures.

Research Contribution and Significance

The film was written, directed, and produced by Dr. Hart, shot and edited by Joe Carter, and premiered at the CreateX festival of creativity and technology in Brisbane Australia on 28 August 2016 to a total estimated audience of 5,000. It has been featured in a number of international film festivals, including presentations in Spain, Chile, the Netherlands, and the United States.


The computer information management system was established and applied by the Employer,the Designer and the Engineer during the construction of Sinanjiang hydropower station.By practical application and effect judgment,the system had acquired certain good results,enhanced working efficiency of information exchange and be in favor of information transfer,exchange and processing.


Wave Field Synthesis provides the possibility to synthesize virtual sound sources located between the loudspeaker array and the listener. Such sources are known as focused sources. Previous studies have shown that the reproduction of focused sources is subject to audible artifacts. The strength of those artifacts heavily depends on the length of the loudspeaker array. This paper proposes a method to reduce artifacts in the reproduction of focused sources by using only a subset of the loudspeakers of the array. A listening test verifies the method and compares it to previous results.


Our non-crimpable archwire hook* consists of a stainless steel, split box-form body with a hook and a separate, coneshaped brass pin (Fig. 1). A cylindrical hole pierces the body from top to bottom. To attach the non-crimpable hook to the archwire: 1. Modify a standard needle holder by cutting off onethird of the jaws and splitting one jaw vertically (Fig. 2). 2. Insert the hook into the split in the jaw and use the needle holder to clamp the box-form body onto the archwire (Fig. 3A). 3. After moving the hook to the desired position on the archwire, insert the pin into the cylindrical hole with its flat side facing the wire. Invert the needle holder and press the pin into the hole until it is fully seated and wedged against the archwire, with its terminal end protruding through the split in the needleholder jaw (Fig. 3B). 4. To prevent loosening of the pin, bend back the terminal end so that it lies flat against the hook body (Fig. 3C).