Exemplified by English bull and cow, special terms distinguishing members of animal categories by sex are a common feature of languages the world over. The application of such terms in Nage, a language of eastern Indonesia, reveals a system of classification consistent both with the general ethnozoological taxonomy and with culturally important symbolic and utilitarian contrasts. Applied to all creatures classified as "animals" (ana wa), Nage sex differentiable terms are predicated on differences in genital form and features of copulation and reproduction. Partly in this regard, the terms provide support for an unnamed category "mammal" and thus point to a hitherto unremarked criterion for identifying covert taxa-a topic of perennial interest in the general study of folk taxonomies.


We demonstrate a new small molecule fluorescent probe, possessing near-infrared (NIR) emission and an unusually large Stokes shift. It can be readily taken up by live cells and mitochondria, and track subtle pH changes with effectively reduced biological background fluorescence and improved measurement accuracy.


Most of the high-efficiency c-Si solar cells are based on dielectric films that electrically passivate c-Si
surface and must keep their passivation properties after metal deposition on top of them. This work studies the impact
of three different aluminum Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) methods (thermal, e-beam, sputtering) on the c-Si
surface passivation provided by SiO2 and Al2O3 films. Effective surface recombination velocity is measured before
and after metal deposition. Results show that e-beam and sputtering techniques degrade surface passivation while
thermal evaporation has no impact. Surface passivation can be recovered and even improved by means of an
annealing with the aluminum film on top of the dielectric leading to the so-called alnealing. Additionally, after this
alnealing Capacitance-Voltage measurements and lifetime spectroscopy analysis suggest a strong dependence of
fixed charge density for SiO2 films on the metal deposition technique that helps in c-Si surface passivation.


One of the problems in teaching students how to design kinetic architecture is the difficulty of helping them grasp concepts like motion, physical computing and fabrication, concepts not generally dealt with in conventional architectural projects. In this paper, we introduce a pedagogical method for better utilizing prototyping and explore the role prototyping plays in learning and conceptualizing design ideas. Our method is based on building the learner's sensory experience through iteration and focusing on the process as well as the product. Specifically, our research attempts to address the following questions: How can architecture students anticipate and feel motion while they design kinetic prototypes? How do their prototypes enable them to explore design ideas? As a case study, we applied our methodology in an 8-week workshop in a fabrication laboratory in Cairo, Egypt. The workshop was open to young architects and students who had completed at least four semesters of study at the university. We describe the pedagogical approach we developed to build the sensory experience of making motion, and demonstrate the basic setting and stages of the workshop. We show how a cyclical learning process, based on perception and action -- copying and iteration -- contributed to the students' learning experience and enabled them to create and improvise on their own.


Running deep neural networks (DNNs) on tiny Micro-controller Units (MCUs) is challenging due to their limitations in computing, memory, and storage capacity. Fortunately, recent advances in both MCU hardware and machine learning software frameworks make it possible to run fairly complex neural networks on modern MCUs, resulting in a new field of study widely known as TinyML. However, there have been few studies to show the potential for TinyML applications in cyber physical systems (CPS).In this paper, we present DeepPicarMicro, a small self-driving RC car testbed, which runs a convolutional neural network (CNN) on a Raspberry Pi Pico MCU. We apply a state-of-the-art DNN optimization to successfully fit the well-known PilotNet CNN architecture, which was used to drive NVIDIA's real self-driving car, on the MCU. We apply a state-of-art network architecture search (NAS) approach to find further optimized networks that can effectively control the car in real-time in an end-to-end manner. From an extensive systematic experimental evaluation study, we observe an interesting relationship between the accuracy, latency, and control performance of a system. From this, we propose a joint optimization strategy that takes both accuracy and latency of a model in the network architecture search process for AI enabled CPS.


Nutrition is an important aspect of the successful breeding of wild birds in captivity. This research aims to find out nestling growth of Eclectus parrot (Eclectus roratus, Müller 1776) by parent-reared and nutrient requirement during rearing season. This research used a pair of Eclectus parrot with a male chick at first and fifth clutch, and female chick at the second, third, and fourth clutch. This research was conducted from July 2016 to June 2018. The bodyweight of chick was measured every week and feed intake was observed since the age of one week until the chick can eat independently. Feed was provided ad libitum and cafeteria. The chick was the altricial type. Feathers began to cover all bodies at weeks 9. Fledging time was approximately at weeks 10-11. Chick could be separated from its parents at 20 weeks of age. Feed intake tends to be increased along with the increasing age of chick. Eclectus favorites feed is sunflower seed. Nutrient consumption when rearing male chick is more than rearing the female chick.


In this paper, the DGIS-based earthquake disaster prevention and reduction system is primarily designed. The design goal and principals are explained and the system environment is also expounded. Then according to a sample, the organization of the system and the function model of each sub-system are described. And the tendency of DGIS application to earthquake disaster prevention and reduction system is also pointed out.


Public relations is a profession that is related to an image. In this case, image is about general picture of a company in which someone works for. At this time, a number of companies are hiring a public relation for a spesific work which is all about creating, preserving, re-building, and repairing an image of the company and it has a purpose for getting trust. Not only a company do that but also the Goverment of Cimahi City do the same way. Public relations of Cimahi City is the one who has a responsibility for the image of Cimahi City.The purpose of this study is to know what the public relations of Cimahi City have done to create an image of a creative city, this image comes under the vision and mission of Cimahi City 2016-2017, it is called Cimahi C.E.R.D.A.S. the acronim of Creative, Egaliter, Responsif, Dinamis, Agamis, and Sinambung. The objects of the study is Public relations of the Goverment of the Cimahi City, Publications and Documentations Department. This study uses a descriptive method, this method is used to explain an event or a situation of something, this method is not finding a connection. The purpose of a descriptive method is to collect all the actual information and describe the symptom of what happened.This study uses a strategic public relations theory which is proposed by Rosady Ruslan in his book, entitled "Manajemen Public relations dan Media Komunikasi" (2007). According to Ruslan (2007), there are 5 aspects of public relations strategies that can be done to reach a goal, the aspects are: "1. Strategi Operasional, 2. Pendekatan persuasif dan edukatif, 3. Pendekatan tanggung jawab sosial humas, 4. Pendekatan kerjasama, dan 5. Pendekatan koordinatif dan integratif". By using all these aspects of public relatiosn strategies, this study found what the strategy public relations of Cimahi City is which is to actualize a creative city image. One of the strategies is by making an international events called Baros International Animations Festival or BIAF to be a publication or media in imaging the city, doing a roadshow and talkshow to educate and persuade citizen of Cimahi about creative city, developing an area called Baros to reach the creative city, making collaboration with citizens to reach a creative city image, doing a contribution to citizen, and doing a cooperations with another institutions to help the BIAF event to make the event established easier.


Objective To understand the quality of groundwater in Nanchuan district,ensure the safety of drinking water,and provide basis for protection of groundwater environment. Methods Sixty water samples were collected from 1200 groundwater wells digged in 2012 by 5% sampling,and 14 water samples were collected from groundwater wells digged in 2011. The 74 water samples were detected according to GB / T5750-2006 " Standard examination method for drinking water",and the detection results were evaluated in accordance with grade Ⅲ source water standard in GB14848-93 " Quality standard for groundwater environment". Results The 74 water samples were all clean for use. In term of cleanness levels,31 samples showed better water quality,accounting for 41. 89%,while 43 samples showed poor water quality,accounting for 58. 11%. Conclusion In Nanchuan district,red layer groundwater can basically meet the drinking water standard,but serious microbial contamination,excessive level of iron and manganese are still the hidden danger to residents,not suitable for direct drinking.


An important problem in the study of the mammalian visual system is whether functionally different retinal ganglion cell types are anatomically segregated further up along the central visual pathway. It was previously demonstrated that, in a New World diurnal monkey (marmoset), the neurones carrying signals from the short‐wavelength‐sensitive (S) cones [blue–yellow (B/Y)‐opponent cells] are predominantly located in the koniocellular layers of the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN), whereas the red–green (R/G)‐opponent cells carrying signals from the medium‐ and long‐wavelength‐sensitive cones are segregated in the parvocellular layers. Here, we used extracellular single‐unit recordings followed by histological reconstruction to investigate the distribution of color‐selective cells in the LGN of the macaque, an Old World diurnal monkey. Cells were classified using cone‐isolating stimuli to identify their cone inputs. Our results indicate that the majority of cells carrying signals from S‐cones are located either in the koniocellular layers or in the 'koniocellular bridges' that fully or partially span the parvocellular layers. By contrast, the R/G‐opponent cells are located in the parvocellular layers. We conclude that anatomical segregation of B/Y‐ and R/G‐opponent afferent signals for color vision is common to the LGNs of New World and Old World diurnal monkeys.


Based on the survey data of 501 farmers in Pingluo county of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region,this pa-per employs the Bivariate Probit Model to make an analysis on the simultaneity adoption of land mortgate of farm-ers with different levels of concurrent-business and financial institutions and its supply and demand factors. The re-sults show that,although there is a high credit demand in the survey area,the successful rate of rural land mort-gage is lower because of the supply of credit control. Compared with the pure or one concurrent-business farmers,two concurrent-business farmers are more willing to do rural land mortgage and have a higher successful rate ac-cordingly. In the factors affecting rural land mortgage,some of them are common,but others are different. Amongthem,education level,rationality of the length of loan and cognition of mortgage are common decisive factors thataffect the different farmers involved in land mortgage. Financial institutions play more attention to age,educationlevel and credit records as well as other factors of different farmers when issuing land mortgage.


An approach for modeling dynamic equations of motion of a plate attached with rigid bodies is presented. The equations of motion are developed using the principle of virtual work. Lagrange multipliers are used as interaction forces and/or moments to maintain prescribed constraints which is the basis of the interconnection between the plate and rigid bodies. The overall approach is unique in the sense that a continuous model described by a family of partial differential equations is established. An approximate formulation by using variational method is established yielding a solution compatible with the assumed degree of approximation. The formulation is useful particularly when parametric study of dynamic response for a satellite power system is desired. As an example, an approximate governing equation of algebraic eigenvalue problem is given for a dual microwave power transmission system. Controller design is discussed.


A series of Nb40Ti30þxNi30� x alloys are characterized in terms of microstructure, crystal structure, ductility, susceptibility to hydrogen embrittlement, and hydrogen permeability as non-palladium-based hydrogen permeation alloys. The maximum hydrogen permeability and ductility of the alloy is exhibited by the alloy with composition of x ¼ 2 (Nb40Ti32Ni28). The enhancement of hydrogen permeability correlates well with an increase in the volume fraction of the primary (Nb, Ti) phase. After cold rolling and annealing, the hydrogen permeability of the Nb40Ti34Ni26 (x ¼ 4) alloy becomes superior to that of the Nb40Ti30Ni30 (x ¼ 0) composition previously reported to be the best in the Nb40Ti30þxNi30� x series. The present results indicate that the hydrogen permeability of the Nb-TiNi alloy can be optimized by annealing and appropriately adjusting the Ti/Ni ratio for a given niobium content. [doi:10.2320/matertrans.MA200851]


A new paradigm is slowly making its way into society, affecting our material practice as designers. Materials selection in design and product development has for a long time been dominated by a pur ...


Minitab software was used to analysis the impacts of aramid polymer inherent viscosity on fiber tenacity in kiloton production. First, measuring systems of polymer inherent and fiber tenacity were verified,and the influences of measuring system variation were acceptable; then, the data from work site was collected, and the impacts of aramid polymer inherent viscosity on fiber tenacity and the rate of produced fiber were analyzed. The result showed that fiber tenacity and the rate of produced fiber increased with the increase of polymer inherent viscosity, but when polymer inherent viscosity reached a certain value, the rate of produced fiber declined. And, the optimum controlling range of polymer inherent viscosity was obtained,that was 6.3~7.0 d L/g.


During past several decades, history profession has faced a serious challenge on its academic purpose and methodology from so called post-structuralism, 'linguistic turn,' deconstructionism, and postmodernism. They questioned the existence of 'historical reality,' because they define reality as language and believe 'a real world' is only represented in text. Thus the object of historical study is not a real past but a 'texted past.' Historical documents as a text can be interpreted with various meanings. At the extreme stage, fact and fiction, history and literature become indistinguishable from one another. They asked historians to restore narrative tradition, questioning 'objectivity' of historical writing. This perception on history has brought a great stir among historians, in saying that there is no reality out there which is anything but a subjective creation of the historian. It denies the fundamental base of modern history profession, that 'historical narrative reflects a reality of the past.' Even though there aren't many historians who follows that it is language that creates meaning, 'linguistic turn' has taught them to examine texts with far more care and caution than they did before. Postmodern perception of history also urged historians to introspect on the substance and limits of historical study, and contributed to explore a new sphere and ways of historical inquiry. New recognition of history not only brought a meaningful perspective on historical truth, evidence, problem of cause and effect, and historical fact and fiction, but it also made us reconsider the problem of teaching and learning history, hinting a possibility of creating meaningful historical knowledge in the classrooms. Skepticism on 'universal knowledge,' critique on dichotomy of subject and object of thinking, and denial of 'objective historical writing' and 'totality of history,' raised a question on whether there is a basic historical knowledge which should be taught in schools. To avoid history teaching being a myth and a fake, teachers and students should be restored as beings of 'doing' history. And they need to read historical text critically, not just receive the meaning of text but read 'intention in writing a text' considering context of the text, and finally create their own meaning. 'Critical reading' leads to writing history and telling their own voice in narratives. Critical reading and history writing can be a way of producing active historical knowledge.


Ultrasound localization microscopy (ULM) enables the evaluation of the vascular microstructure by detecting, localizing, and tracking microbubbles (MBs) in the vascular network. ULM provides a vascular map of the network with improved spatial resolution but with an acquisition time of several minutes. Thus, it is of great importance to increase the number of MBs detected in order to limit the acquisition time. The standard MB detection method in ULM assumes that the contrast agents are the highest-intensity structures on the ultrasound images. However, in vivo data show that MB intensity may be lower than residual tissue or even noise. Thus, to facilitate the detection of these MBs, an MB detector based on decision theory is proposed in this paper. In this study, the proposed method based on the Neyman–Pearson criterion is compared with the standard intensity-based and the normalized cross-correlation detection methods on simulated and in vivo rat brain and kidney data. The new detection method makes it possible to control the false positive detection rate without degrading the MB detection rate on simulated data, to enhance the ULM vessel map resolution on in vivo brain data and to detect more vessels on in vivo kidney data.


Simple Summary The objective of this study was to uncover the association between oral human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) and HHV-7 infection and periodontitis. Oral HHV-6 and HHV-7 DNA were analyzed by a real-time polymerase chain reaction using tongue swab samples from 74 older adults. Of the 74 participants, one participant (1.4%) was HHV-6 DNA-positive and 36 participants (48.6%) were HHV-7 DNA-positive. HHV-7 DNA-positive participants had a higher prevalence of diabetes (16.7%) than HHV-7 DNA-negative participants (7.9%). However, there was no significant association between HHV-7 DNA positivity and diabetes. Oral HHV-7 infection was significantly associated with a deep periodontal pocket (p = 0.04). HHV-7 DNA-positive participants had a higher positive rate of a periodontal pocket with BOP (25.0%) than the HHV-7 DNA-negative participants (7.9%). Additionally, the HHV-7 DNA-positive participants had higher PISA values (52.7 mm2) than the HHV-7 DNA-negative participants (47.2 mm2). These results indicate that oral HHV-7 infection is associated with active periodontitis. However, there was no statistically significant association between HHV-7 and a ≥6-mm periodontal pocket with BOP positivity or the PISA value. Oral herpesviruses other than HHV-7 may be more closely associated with periodontitis. It is necessary to clarify the association between HHV-7 and periodontitis with the detection of HHV-7 in the periodontal pocket. Abstract Background: The associations between oral human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) and HHV-7, periodontal conditions, and lifestyle-related diseases, such as hypertension, diabetes, and dyslipidemia, have not been fully investigated in older adults. Methods: Seventy-four older patients who visited Hiroshima University Hospital were enrolled. Tongue swab samples were employed, and a real-time polymerase chain reaction was performed to detect HHV-6 and HHV-7 DNA. Dental plaque accumulation, probing pocket depth, and bleeding on probing (BOP) (i.e., a sign of periodontal inflammation) were examined. The periodontal inflamed surface area (PISA) value (i.e., an indicator of the severity of periodontitis) was also examined. Results: Of the 74 participants, one participant (1.4%) was HHV-6 DNA-positive and 36 participants (48.6%) were HHV-7 DNA-positive. A significant association between HHV-7 DNA and probing depth was found (p = 0.04). The HHV-7 DNA-positive participants had a higher positive rate of a ≥6-mm periodontal pocket with BOP (25.0%) than the HHV-7 DNA-negative participants (7.9%). Additionally, the HHV-7 DNA-positive participants had a higher PISA value than the HHV-7 DNA-negative participants. However, there was no significant association between HHV-7 and the PISA value (p = 0.82). No significant association was found between HHV-7 and lifestyle-related diseases (p > 0.05). Conclusions: Oral HHV-7 infection is associated with a deep periodontal pocket.


New proposals for rethinking the concept of modularity have prompted researchers to increasingly consider the findings from outside their respective fields. A recent discussion by Marcus (2006) calls for such a multidisciplinary reflection. This paper reviews recent research from the field of bilingualism with a special focus on exceptional circumstances of learning and acquisition (deafness, language impairment, and literacy disorder). Findings from this work bear directly on the new approach to modularity that is being proposed. Both exceptionality and bilingualism allow for perspectives on cognitive architecture that may reveal how its components are structured and how they interact in a way that is not as easy to assess in typical language ability and monolingualism. The critical issues appear to be separability (autonomy) of neurophysiological systems, and whether or not cognitive structures are subserved by domain-specific or domain-general substrates. Resolving these questions will have important implications for the remediation of developmental disorders in language and literacy, and for a better understanding of the development of sign language and spoken language-based systems in deaf children.


Abstract
Background
This study defines enterprise mobility as "The set of technology, applications, processes and policies that support the possibility to perform business activities anywhere at any time". Enterprise Mobility is one of the main trends in the enterprise ICT environment and a leading vendor describes it as we are entering a new wave of Enterprise Computing called consumer-driven Mobile Computing.
Problem Description
In order to be a full business system partner to their clients, today and in the future, iStone needs to understand the trends, the key drivers, the key players and the potential development of Enterprise Mobility the coming years and how this will impact its organization and business model.
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to analyze the current trends and drivers of the phenomenon called Enterprise Mobility; to analyze how the case company - iStone and other key players are positioned with respect to this phenomenon; to create future scenarios of the potential development of this phenomenon and to formulate a recommendation on how the case company should react to the development.
Delimitations
The study is done from a perspective of enterprises with physical flows of goods, of medium to large size (+100 Mio SEK in turnover). The time frame of the future study is set to three years ahead.
Theory & Method
The current state analysis uses a multi-source survey approach based on a custom framework that is a development of the PESTLED, Porter's Five Forces and the Business Model Canvas. The future study is based on Scenario Analysis where the scenarios are constructed by mini-Delphi methodology. The entire study is normative.
Result & Conclusion
Office workers will seamlessly be able to transition between devices and over networks where the device choice will depend on the screen size, the input
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capabilities and other inherent characteristics. The "as-a-service" delivery model will be the most important one within three years, at least for new installations. There is a convergence of mobility, cloud computing, social and information that creates new solutions that are combining behavior, sentiment, history and location in real time.
The IT-departments are moving towards a more strategic role in charge of policies and interfaces. Security issues are the largest constraint but will not halt the mobility trend. Identification solutions, risk classed data, remote monitoring and other security solutions will increasingly be used. There is a high probability of new disruptive market players and there is a convergence of the offers among the existing strategic vendors.
The future development will depend on the dynamics between the Mobility Focus and the Security Focus factors. Based on these factors the study has developed three Future Scenarios and four Enterprise Response Profiles. The scenarios help to understand the development in the market place and recognize the future and the response profiles help to understand the adoption of enterprise mobility in specific enterprises.
iStone should start a centralized mobility initiative. The group should share and transfer knowledge across business units, build mobility capabilities, monitor key market trends, evaluate existing and new vendors from a mobility standpoint and create uniform communication material that communicate iStone's full mobility offer.


ABSTRACT: The image of how people function in or-ganizations underlying current theories about motiva-tion inside organizations is contradicted by the au-thor's experience of how people actually behave. Thisled him to criticise both concept of motivation and itstheoretically unsatisfactory basis as being contrary to reality.The argument in this article uses a metacriticalapproach, viewing the concept of motivation and rela-ted theories as scientific inventions. The author's hy-pothesis is that motivation is a surrogate for meaningin work and life, something which has desappearedmore and more in modern business concerns as a re-sult offragmentation and splitting of work. The searchfor a new interpretation of meaning can only be sue-cessful if social scientists, managers and workers rea-lize that death is a reality of life: humanization is onlypossible ifhuman mortality is taken into consideration.KEY TERMS: motivation, splitting, life, mortality,humanization, motivational theory, job specialization.


Like many semiarid grasslands, large montane meadows of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California (USA) have experienced widespread expansion of woody plants (here Rothrock sagebrush, or Artemisia rothrockii), a reduction in herbaceous species cover, and apparent aridification over the past century. Because soil moisture is an important limiting resource in this system, we investigated the interactive effects of shrub removal and soil moisture on herbaceous species recovery. We conducted replicated shrub removal experiments across four sagebrush habitats that differed in soil moisture, water table depth, and related characteristics (e.g., soil texture, initial total herbaceous cover, and initial shrub biomass). Changes in herb cover after shrub removal were monitored over four years that differed in spring snow pack, a critical source of water in this system. To more directly quantify the effects of soil moisture on shrub–herb competition, shrub removal was combined with experimental water addition in the m...


Christmas came, the goose got fat, and if the World Health Organization's (WHO) predictions are correct, so will 27% of the population of the UK by the year 2015 (WHO, 2006a). And by that, the WHO do not just mean 'overweight', they mean 'obese', i.e. a body mass index equal to or more than 30, which presents a major risk factor for chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, musculoskeletal disorders and some cancers (WHO, 2007b)


To achieve the fabrication of high-quality Ag-coated Cu particles through a wet chemical process, we reported herein pretreatment conditions using an ammonium-based mixed solvent for the removal of a layer on Cu particles that were oxidized in air for 1 hr at or for 3 days at room temperature. Furthermore, we discussed the results of post-Ag plating with respect to removal level of the oxide layer. X-ray diffraction results revealed that the removal rate of the oxide layer is directly proportional to the concentration of the pretreatment solvent. With the results of Auger electron spectroscopy using oxidized Cu plates, the concentrations required to completely remove 50-nm-thick and 2-nm-thick oxides within 5 min were determined to be X2.5 and X0.13. However, the optimal concentrations in an actual Ag plating process using Cu powder increased to X0.4 and X0.5, respectively, because the oxidation in powder may be accelerated and the complete removal of oxide should be tuned to the thickest oxide layer among all the particles. Back-scattered electron images showed the formation of pure fine Ag particles instead of a uniform and smooth Ag coating in the Ag plating performed after incomplete removal of the oxide layer, indicating that the remaining oxide layer obstructs heterogeneous nucleation and plating by reduced Ag atoms.


From the turn of this century and beginnings of treating the mitral valve prior to the era of the heart-lung machine, surgeon pioneers such as Drs. Cuttler, Souttar and Brock were relieving mitral valve stenosis using finger or a dilator inserted in the left atrial appendage and the left ventricular apex (1,2).


The invention relates to a low-thermal-expansion polypropylene composite material and a preparation method thereof. The low-thermal-expansion polypropylene composite material is prepared from the following components in parts by weight: 74-90 parts of polypropylene, 10-25 parts of filler, 0.1-0.4 part of antioxidant, 0-0.4 part of lubricant and 0-0.4 part of coupling agent. The preparation method comprises the following steps: mixing the raw materials in a mixing machine, sending the mixture into a double screw extruder, carrying out high-speed shearing and compounding by the double screw extruder, extruding from the machine head, drawing, cooling in air, granulating, drying and packaging to obtain the product. Compared with the prior art, the product polypropylene composite material provided by the invention has lower thermal expansion coefficient on the premise of unchanged tensile strength and bending strength, and can be used for making zero-clearance automobile internal and external ornaments; and the technical process is simple and convenient to operate.


Wetlands are often created through wetland mitigation to replace lost natural wetlands, but further evaluation is needed to determine the ability of a created wetland to replace lost wetland functions, especially providing wildlife habitat. We used a mesocosm design to compare the water quality between three created wetlands and three natural wetlands in West Virginia, USA and to evaluate how the water quality from the two wetland types were able to support metamorphosis in larval spring peepers (Pseudacris crucifer) and wood frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus) across two years (2014-2015). Responses in metamorphosis rates differed between species and between years. Spring peepers displayed similar metamorphosis rates in the created and natural wetlands in both years of the study. Wood frogs displayed similar metamorphosis rates in created and natural wetlands in 2015, but in 2014 wood frogs reached metamorphosis in less time and at a larger body size in the natural wetlands, suggesting that the wood frogs that developed in the natural wetlands may have higher fitness than those that developed in the created wetlands. Water quality was largely similar between created and natural wetlands, although dissolved oxygen, conductivity, and pH varied between mesocosms and wetlands. Our study suggests that created wetlands may be providing partial mitigation in terms of water quality for amphibian development. We recommend that future monitoring of created wetlands include measures of juvenile amphibian recruitment as well as additional habitat variables to better determine the ability of created wetlands to function as amphibian habitat.


Internet payment with the rapid development has brought great convenience to people's lives, but also tremendous security risks people's property. At present, on Third-Party Payment Platform, E-bank and other Internet payment methods, to change the password, to pay or to transfer account, only phone verification codes or password are given to complete the transaction; When disclosure of personal information such as phone and password is stolen, or user access to phishing sites, it is extremely trouble to ensure the safety of people's funds. The method of multi-factors and strong authentication is proposed in the paper for the security problem about Internet payment. When the user is Internet payment operations, the phone verification codes provided by the mobile operators are not unique authentication system, but also the need for the payment authentication system to be set aside for the Internet payment account.


CHILDREN'S laryngology has not attracted sufficient attention in the past. The reasons for this are twofold. In the first place, _the adult larynx is not a particularly large organ, having an antero-posterior depth of glottis of 23 mm. in the male and 17 mm. in the female. By comparison, ̂ the infant's larynx is much smaller. A 7 lb. infant has a maximum antero-posterior depth of 6 mm. (Tucker), and will admit only a 3 -5 mm. (external diameter) endotracheal tube. It lies relatively Jiighejup in the neck than the adult larynx and is tucked away under the posterior portion of the tongue. It is covered with a highly sensitive mucous membrane which, acting only for the baby's protection,_goes into spasm with only the mildest provocation. Wilson gives two further anatomical differences between the adult and the child's larynx: 1. The ratio of the size of the glottis to the size of the child varies enormously. 2. The consistency of the tissues of the larynx is much softer in the baby than in the adult. The second reason that more interest has not been taken is because of the difficulty in making an adequate examination. In an adult or an older child a good view may be obtained by the use of a warmed mirror. However, until relatively recent times anaesthetics for direct laryngology were not given to babies, therefore, except in those clinics in which skilled laryngologists, most of them trained by the Chevalier Jacksons, carried out the examination without anaesthesia, the laryngologist preferred to 'wait and see'. He comforted himself with the belief that if his curiosity had got the better of him and he had taken a look he might have converted a potentially dangerous situation into a fatal one. _Modern paediatric anaesthesia pioneered by Jackson Rees and Gordan Bush makes it possible to examine a larynx in such a leisurely way, no matter however small the child that there is no need for any hasty look or for any misinterpretation of the clinical findings. Previous papers have emphasized that stridor in infancy and early childhood means that there is obstruction of the passage of air into or out of the lower respiratory tract. This symptom must be taken at its face


Purpose: Research in the field of Social Media have become a dynamic study area over the past few decades and is likely to become even more so as the importance of Digital media is rapidly gaining momentum. Therefore understanding this domain will be viewed as increasingly important. Researchon University students is gaining momentum. This article aims at examining the relationship between Social Media and University students in India.


Alkyl- and halobenzenes give thiocyano-derivatives when treated with a mixture of SbCl5 and Pb(SCN)2 in CCl4. The reaction proceeds via in situ formation of ClSCN from SbCl5 and Pb(SCN)2 followed by its attack on aromatic compounds catalyzed by SbCl5, the reaction species being SCN+SbCl6−.


Tip injection upstream of the rotor blade is a well-known technique for suppressing instabilities in axial compressors and recovering from a fully developed stall. In tip critical rotors, tip injection can effectively increase the blade loading and the stable operating margin of compressors by unloading the rotor tip. Compared to fully annular injection, discrete tip injection is better able to increase the compressor stability. This paper presents a numerical study of the effects of discrete upstream air injection on the stability of an axial flow compressor. Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations have been solved using ANSYS CFX with a k-epsilon turbulence model for three compressor blade passages. To validate the simulations, mass flow rate, pressure ratio, and efficiency at the compressor design point have been computed and compared to experimental data and results are in good agreement. For simulation of tip injection, 10 axisymmetric, but circumferentially discrete injectors, positioned at 50% of the blade axial chord upstream of the rotor blade leading edge, have been modelled. The ports are mounted on the casing and provide high-pressure jet of air at a 15° angle in the radial direction. To study the effects of injection, the compressor map at design speed has been compared for the models with and without injection. Results indicate that tip injection improves the compressor stability by unloading the rotor tip. Simulations show that by increasing the injection mass flow, the compressor stable operating margin can be improved. Simulations also predict optimum values for the injection port width-to-length ratio and the injection angle when the injection mass flow rate and area are kept constant. Further studies have been done to investigate the effect of the axial position of the injector.© 2007 ASME


Objective: Since renin and aldosterone levels vary during the menstrual cycle, and are critical criteria for interpretation of aldosterone suppression tests to confirm or exclude primary aldosteronism, outcome of testing may vary depending on the menstrual cycle phase. We assessed the effect of timing within the menstrual cycle on levels of renin, aldosterone and female sex steroids during fludrocortisone suppression testing (FST). We are not aware of any study reporting the effect of the phase of the menstrual cycle on FST results, and the current study was therefore designed to examine this important aspect. Design and method: In 22 women undergoing FST who experienced regular menstrual cycles, renin (measured as both plasma renin activity and direct renin concentration), aldosterone (mass spectrometry) and cortisol, progesterone, estradiol, LH and FSH (immunoassay) levels were compared, relative to phase of cycle. Aldosterone levels were compared to those in age-matched males undergoing FST. Results: Progesterone (p < 0.0001) and aldosterone (p = 0.006) levels were higher in nine women (after one of 10 was excluded with anovulatory cycle) studied during the luteal phase than in 12 studied during the follicular phase. All studied during the luteal phase had positive FST and all three with negative FST were studied during the follicular phase. There were no significant differences in other parameters measured except FSH, which was higher (p = 0.02) during the follicular phase. Aldosterone was higher (p = 0.01) in women studied in the luteal (but not follicular) phase compared to men. Conclusions: The menstrual cycle may affect the outcome of FST and other suppression testing used to diagnose primary aldosteronism. Larger patient numbers and preferably restudy of the same patient in both phases should clarify this, and determine the optimum time in the cycle for testing.


We describe the calculation of the spin‐wave spectrum for barium ferrite, a complex exchange‐coupled hexagonal ferrimagnetic compound, using a method first used in a similar calculation for yttrium iron garnet (YIG). The exchange integrals are calculated by fitting the Weiss molecular field approximation to the sublattice magnetizations while including single‐ion anisotropy. The value for the space‐averaged stiffness constant as calculated from the acoustic mode of the spin‐wave spectrum is 2.5×10−9 Oe cm2, which compares favorably with values obtained by domain wall resonance, considering the accuracy of such measurements.


Identifying the factors responsible for open air defecation practices in a location are basic pre-requisites for achieving the Sustainable Development Goal for ending open defecation. This study was undertaken to access the prevalence and socioeconomic determinant of open air defecation in Yenegoa metropolis during August, 2019 to November, 2019. Eleven communities in 150 households were mapped and identified. A minimum of 10 households from each community were randomly selected for the study. The history of open air defecation in the selected communities was asses using structured questionnaire. The questionnaire contains information on the personal characteristics, awareness and practices and implication of open air defecation. One hundred and fifty (150) questionnaires were distributed and retrieved. Fifty-three percent (53%) of the respondents were male while 47% were female. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics. From the result, the prevalence of open air defecation was 18.7%. Percentages of those that own a building and those that lived in rented apartment were 60% and 40% respectively. Thirty six point six percent of the respondents in a rented apartment had no toilet facility, 10% lacked funds to own a toilet facility, 6% of the respondents lacked adequate space to erect a good toilet, 3.3% was not interested in the general toilet while 23.3% had no definite reasons. The awareness on the health implications of open air defecation was low. All respondents accepted to have suffered from one kind of infections or the other. More respondents (20%) have had diarrhea, 18% have suffered from toilet infections while 15.3%, 13.3%, and 12% of the respondents have suffered from Typhoid, dysentery, and worm infection respectively.


Using data from a variety of public opinion sources, we explore changes in trust in the vote count. A historic gap in confidence between Democrats and Republicans has grown, caused by two reasons: (1) an unusually big increase in Democratic confidence coupled with a modest decrease in Republican confidence and (2) a pre-election trust gap that already placed Democrats more confident than Republicans. Looking at confidence that votes in one's state were counted as intended, there is a sharp discontinuity in Republican responses at the 50% point in Trump two-party vote share. In addition, Republicans in states Trump lost were much less confident when more votes were cast by mail.


Suggested for Track 7: Advances in Reactor Core Design and In-Core Management _____________________________________________________________________________________ Fast Reactor Subassembly Design Modifications for Increasing Electricity Generation Efficiency R. Wigeland and K. Hamman Idaho National Laboratory Given the ability of fast reactors to effectively transmute the transuranic elements as are present in spent nuclear fuel, fast reactors are being considered as one element of future nuclear power systems to enable continued use and growth of nuclear power by limiting high-level waste generation. However, a key issue for fast reactors is higher electricity cost relative to other forms of nuclear energy generation. The economics of the fast reactor are affected by the amount of electric power that can be produced from a reactor, i.e., the thermal efficiency for electricity generation. The present study is examining the potential for fast reactor subassembly design changes to improve the thermal efficiency by increasing the average coolant outlet temperature without increasing peak temperatures within the subassembly, i.e., to make better use of current technology. Sodium-cooled fast reactors operate at temperatures far below the coolant boiling point, so that the maximum coolant outlet temperature is limited by the acceptable peak temperatures for the reactor fuel and cladding. Fast reactor fuel subassemblies have historically been constructed using a large number of small diameter fuel pins contained within a tube of hexagonal cross-section, or hexcan. Due to this design, there is a larger coolant flow area next to the hexcan wall as compared to flow area in the interior of the subassembly. This results in a higher flow rate near the hexcan wall, overcooling the fuel pins next to the wall, and a non-uniform coolant temperature distribution. It has been recognized for many years that this difference in sodium coolant temperature was detrimental to achieving greater thermal efficiency, since it causes the fuel pins in the center of the subassembly to operate at higher temperatures than those near the hexcan walls, and it is the temperature limit(s) for those fuel pins that limits the average coolant outlet temperature. Fuel subassembly design changes are being investigated using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to quantify the effect that the design changes have on reducing the intra-subassembly coolant flow and temperature distribution. Simulations have been performed for a 19-pin test subassembly geometry using typical fuel pin diameters and wire wrap spacers. The results have shown that it may be possible to increase the average coolant outlet temperature by 20 C or more without changing the peak temperatures within the subassembly. These design changes should also be effective for reactor designs using subassemblies with larger numbers of fuel pins. R. Wigeland, Idaho National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1625, Mail Stop 3860, Idaho Falls, ID, U.S.A., 83415-3860 email – email@example.com fax (U.S.) – 208-526-2930


By using a Boltzmann equation treatment, a nonlinear theory is constructed for the amplification of phonons from the thermal background through the acoustoelectric interaction. For q l ≫1 and ωτ≪1, it is shown that the intensity peak of amplified phonon spectrum shifts to higher frequencies than that predicted by the linear theory unlike the case of q l ≪1.


Operational experience of Japanese Sports Arbitration Agency,which could be emulated by China in its own construction of the sports arbitration system,is liable to quicken the pace of sports legal system buildup.this article through to study of establishment and operational concerning Japan Sports Arbitration The research,aided by literatures consultation,introduced in detail the operation principles and many concrete practical cases in Japanese sports arbitration institutions.It is followed by the efforts made to combine as a whole the reasonable factors behind Japan sports arbitration system construction with systematic problems which call for solutions in China.The purpose is to find possible ways to serve construction for our country's sports arbitration system.


Objective:To determine if elevations in plasma brain injury biomarkers are associated with outcome at hospital discharge in children who require extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Design:Prospective observational study. Setting:Single tertiary-care academic center. Participants:Eighty children who underwent extracorporeal membrane oxygenation between June 2010 and December 2013. Interventions:None. Measurements and Main Results:We measured six brain injury biomarkers (glial fibrillary acidic protein, monocyte chemoattractant protein 1/chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 2, neuron-specific enolase, S100b, intercellular adhesion molecule-5, and brain-derived neurotrophic factor) daily during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, using an electrochemiluminescent multiplex assay. We recorded clinical, neuroimaging, and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation course data. We analyzed the association of biomarker concentrations with favorable versus unfavorable outcome at hospital discharge. Favorable outcome was defined as Pediatric Cerebral Performance Category 1, 2, or no change from baseline. Patients had a median age of 3 days (interquartile range, 1 d–10 mo), and 56% were male. Thirty-three of 80 (41%) had unfavorable outcome, and 22 of 70 (31%) had abnormal neuroimaging findings during or after extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Peak concentrations were significantly higher in patients with unfavorable outcome than in those with favorable outcome for glial fibrillary acidic protein (p = 0.002), monocyte chemoattractant protein 1/chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 2 (p = 0.030), neuron-specific enolase (p = 0.006), and S100b (p = 0.015) and in patients with versus without abnormal neuroimaging findings for glial fibrillary acidic protein (p = 0.001) and intercellular adhesion molecule-5 (p = 0.001). The area under the receiver operator characteristic curve for unfavorable outcome was 0.73 for a noncollinear biomarker combination. After removing collinear biomarkers, the adjusted odds ratios for unfavorable outcome were 2.89 (95% CI, 1.09–7.73) for neuron-specific enolase, using a cutoff of 62.0 ng/mL, and 2.15 (95% CI, 1.06–4.38) for glial fibrillary acidic protein, using a cutoff of 0.46 ng/mL. Conclusions:Elevated plasma brain injury biomarker concentrations during the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation course are associated with unfavorable outcome and/or the presence of neuroimaging abnormalities. Combinations of brain-specific proteins increase the sensitivity and specificity for outcome prediction.


It is with much sadness that we report the death on 2 April 2022 of Patrick Polden, who was not only a regular contributor to this journal but was also a member of its Editorial Committee for twenty years. After his schooling at the Langton Grammar School in Canterbury, Patrick graduated with a degree in history from the University of Reading in 1968. He went on to complete a doctorate at the same university under the supervision of E A Smith, on 'The Domestic Policies of the Addison Administration, 1801 1804'. Having spent two years lecturing in the History Departments of the Universities of Exeter and Southampton, he went on to qualify and practise for a short period as a solicitor. Patrick returned to the academy in 1978, as a lecturer in law at Brunel University, where he was promoted to a senior lectureship in 1991 and to a chair in 2003. While teaching land law (and publishing the occasional article in the field), he continued to pursue historical research in The National Archives, and produced an indispensable Guide to the Records of the Lord Chancellor's Department (H.M.S.O., 1988), covering the period from the 1870s to the 1950s. His enthusiasm for the archives also helped lay the foundations for his unparalleled knowledge of the nineteenth century Court of Chancery. It led to a pioneering study of the quantity of litigation in this court, 'Continuity or Change in the Court of Chancery in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries?', jointly published with Henry Horwitz, in the Journal of British Studies in 1996. It also produced a number of detailed studies of notorious cases in the court, including Peter Thellusson's Will of 1797 and its Consequences on Chancery Law (Edwin Mellen Press, 2002) and a study of the litigation surrounding the estate of William Jennens, thought to have been the inspiration for Charles Dickens's Bleak House ('Stranger than Fiction? The Jennens Inheritance in Fact and Fiction', Common Law World Review, 2003). His deep knowledge of the nineteenth-century legal system was also displayed in his definitive History of the County Court, 1846 1971 (Cambridge University Press, 1999) and in his major contribution to vol. XI of The Oxford History of the Laws of England (Oxford University Press, 2010) which covered both the courts of law and the legal professions and distilled his encyclopaedic knowledge of the subject. If Patrick knew the machinery of the nineteenth-century English legal system inside out, he was equally familiar with the personalities


As cross-sectional imaging with CT and MRI expands, the role and limitations of abdominal plain radiography in the evaluation of bowel obstruction must be re-evaluated. This article reviews the plain radiographic findings of the most frequent causes of bowel obstruction and outlines strategies for f


A minimally invasive component separation may lead to a dynamic abdominal wall after hernia repair, with reduced complications. We present early results of our patients undergoing this technique. Five patients were selected for open midline repairs; three with chronic infections, one with a prior midline skin graft, and one who desired a primary, tension-free repair. These three males and two females had a mean age of 50.8 ± 21.1 years and body mass index of 30.9 ± 6.2. The mean number of previous abdominal operations was 7 ± 3.4 and previous attempted hernia repairs were 4 ± 2.7. All patients had a midline laparotomy with lysis of adhesions. An endoscopic component separation was then performed bilaterally. Drains were left in the dissection bed. All patients had the midline closed; four received biologic mesh underlays. Mean operative time was 227 minutes ± 49. Mean length of stay (LOS) was 9.2 days ± 3.6. Early median follow-up was 6 months (range 0.25–9). Two patients required postop transfusions, and two patients had mild complications of the midline wound (hematoma, infection). To date, one recurrence was diagnosed by CT scan. Early evaluation of adopting the minimally invasive (MIS) component separation demonstrates minimal complications and good initial outcomes.


A novel protocol of the boronic acid derived salicylidenehydrazone (BASHY) core being sandwiched by photochromic spirooxazine and fulgide moieties was proposed here to design multistate fluorescent...


Objective To investigate the change patterns of hematology in patients with rheumatoid arthritis(RA) and its clinical significane.Methods 126 inpatients with RA enrolled in this study.Blood routine testing was performed and the rheumatic factors(RF) and c-reactive proteins(CRP) were measured.While Hb100g/L,WBC4.0×109/L or10×109/L, PLT300×109/L or 100×109/L,the indexes of blood routine were abnormal,indexes without the mentioned above changes were normal.Patients with normal indexes were assigned in the control group.A comparison of the incidences of accelerated ESR,high titer RF and high CRP were performed between the abnormal group and the control group.Results in 126 patients with RA,of 96 patients(76.19%) with abnormal indexes of blood routine testing,30 patients(23.81%) without abnormal indexes.Of 96 patients with blood abnormal indexes,82 patients(85.42%) had anemia,anemia of chronic disease(ACD) occupied 63.41%(52/82),the secondary was iron deficient anemia(IDA) and hemolytic anemia(HA),with 24.39%(20/82) and 7.31%(6/82),respectively.49 patients with decreased WBC,46 with increased PLT,15 with decreased PLT.The abnormal blood group had accelerated ESR,high titer RF and the CRP increased significantly than the control group(P0.01 or P0.05).Conclusion Most patients with RF suffered abnormal indexes of blood routine testing,anemia is the major risk factor,ACD ranks the first,secondarily is decreased WBC and increased PLT;patients with abnormal indexes of blood routine testing were in an active stage,with severe condition,and should be treated promptly.


Aspergillosis is the widespread disease caused by fungi of the genus Aspergillus. Aspergillus toxicosis is no less dangerous, the development of which is caused by toxins, produced by Aspergillus. Mainly the respiratory system is affected, but at generalized process heavy pathomorphological changes take place in other internal organs. Aspergillosis is difficult to treat, so main measure of protection is prevention, which is aimed at observance of sanitary and hygienic norms and quality control of food.


Copyright © 2009 American Heart Association. All rights reserved. Print ISSN: 0009-7322. Online 72514 Circulation is published by the American Heart Association. 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.839282 2009;119;2986-2994; originally published online Jun 1, 2009; Circulation Boxberger, Ulrich Speck, Ralf Degenhardt and Bruno Scheller Kleber, Wolfgang Bocksch, Matthias Leschke, Hanns Ackermann, Michael Hengstenberg, Christian Maikowski, Gerald S. Werner, Diethmar Antoni, Franz X. Martin Unverdorben, Christian Vallbracht, Bodo Cremers, Hubertus Heuer, Christian Treatment of Coronary In-Stent Restenosis Paclitaxel-Coated Balloon Catheter Versus Paclitaxel-Coated Stent for the http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/119/23/2986 located on the World Wide Web at: The online version of this article, along with updated information and services, is


Methane(CH4) stress is one of the main factors limiting the survival and growth of greenbelt plants on garbage landfill,while the selection of adaptive plants is of significance in the re-vegetation and recovery of the landfill.In this study,two greenbelt plants Medicago sativa and Festuca arundinacea were utilized to testify their adaptability to the CH4 stress in laboratory.The growth rate and net photosynthesis rate of test plants decreased under CH4 stress,but the plants could enhance their CH4-tolerance via the increase of proline accumulation in their organs.M.sativa could also resist the CH4 stress via decreasing its SOD activity.For the two test plants,their proline content could be used as a physiological indicator to judge their resistance to CH4 stress.


This paper's focus is the problem of removing a luminance noise from a raster image, more precisely - an application of artificial neural networks to luminance noise removal.A neural network is one of the newest approaches to image processing, that began to gain popularity nearly in 2010. Nowadays noise removal via neural network processing tends to replace more traditional methods, such as linear and nonlinear filtering. This paper compares two algorithms of removing luminance noise from grayscale images: passing an image into the neural network to remove noise directly, and applying a Gaussian blur filter to an image and passing the blurred one into the neural network to restore the sharpness. The result of a comparative analysis is, that a method with applying Gaussian blur to the image and subsequent image restoring shows better image quality and PSNR metric results, than direct noise removal via a neural network.


The multi-ethnic communities,products of urbanization and modernization,which not only mean a simple sum of the community and ecology.This article attempts to work from the perspectives of the community of multi-ethnic communities of the importance of ethnic relations,as well as the impact of ethnic relations on the various factors in order to further multi-ethnic community relations ethnic debugging.


In this paper, an Android SPEech proCessing plaTform as smaRtphone Application (SPECTRA) is presented. Such application, developed by the authors, has three main functions: i) Gender Recognition (GR), ii) Speaker Recognition (SR) and iii) Language Recognition (LR). All these recognition functions are performed simultaneously by using unsupervised Support Vector Machine (SVM) classifiers. An innovative point of this paper lies in the automatic re-training of the employed SVMs which are able to dynamically update themselves when a (new) audio from a (new) speaker is provided. This allow to build more robust classifiers, which results in better recognition performances. In terms of accuracy, the GR reaches about 98% of correct classifications, SR performs around 80% while LR shows an accuracy of about 74%.


programs in &dquo;urban affairs&dquo; are being tested, and some universities are developing massive extension services for urban areas based on their long experience in relating to rural life. These represent, for the most part, collaborative efforts on the part of the established disciplines, but they are developing into organized academic enterprises which seem to have many of the characteristics of a new and distinct academic field.


A tropopause folding event associated with the development of a cutoff low over southeastern Europe at the end of March 1995 enhanced the ozone concentrations in the upper troposphere. The episode has been simulated using a coupled chemistry-general circulation model that has been "nudged" toward actual meteorology using a simple four-dimensional assimilation technique based on European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts data. Model results are compared with ozone observations and analyzed meteorological data. In particular, simulated geopotential heights show a realistic representation of the synoptic development of the cutoff low system. The model also succesfully reproduces the space-time evolution of potential vorticity and specific humidity fields associated with the tropopause fold. Furthermore, modeled ozone concentrations during that period show a pronounced increase in the upper troposphere associated with downward fluxes from the stratosphere. The total amount of stratospheric ozone transferred into the troposphere during the event is estimated at 6.4 × 108 kg. The results of the present simulation indicate that the model provides a useful tool to simulate stratosphere-troposphere exchange and its effect on global tropospheric ozone, and that the model representation of the large-scale wave forcing is more important than the fine details of tropopause foldings.


Tensor contraction is a fundamental operation in many algorithms with a plethora of applications ranging from quantum chemistry over fluid dynamics and image processing to machine learning. The performance of tensor computations critically depends on the efficient utilization of on-chip memories. In the context of low-power embedded devices, efficient management of the memory space becomes even more crucial, in order to meet energy constraints. This work aims at investigating strategies for performance- and energy-efficient tensor contractions on embedded systems, using racetrack memory (RTM)-based scratch-pad memory (SPM). Compiler optimizations such as the loop access order and data layout transformations paired with architectural optimizations such as prefetching and preshifting are employed to reduce the shifting overhead in RTMs. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed optimizations improve the SPM performance and energy consumption by 24% and 74% respectively compared to an iso-capacity SRAM.


Meghan E. Rubado's annotated bibliography provides an index to timely and relevant research on the subject of public education, some of which has clearly influenced the course of the policy debate in the Commonwealth. This resource includes the themes of public finance, fairness, governance, economic development, testing, and lessons from other nations.


Based on the analysis of design process and technology of coorperate enviroment for the solid rocket engine, it builds the model with Pro/Intralink, STEP, Lotus Notes. This can help designers go shares of process data.


__________________________________________________________________________ What make goodwill impairment announcements especially noteworthy for investors is that fairvalue measurements require managers to make unverifiable estimations due to the absence of quoted market prices, meaning that choices whether goodwill is impaired or not could be subject to biased decisions. This study examines the stock market reaction of goodwill write-offs in respect to the information content (the provided reason for the write-down decision) and tone (the sentiment used by managers to explain the write-down decision) of the announcements. In addition, this study investigates if stock market investors evaluate signals of managerial opportunistic behavior (CEO transitions and executive compensation) and adjust their expectations accordingly. By using a sample of 155 goodwill impairment announcements published by Nordic listed companies during the time period 2005 2019, this study does not find significant differences between external and internal write-down reasons. However, the findings suggest that the market reaction is in fact associated with the tone of the goodwill impairment announcement. Investors respond less negatively when the language used in the press release is more positive, and they react more negatively when the message is more superfluous. The results also indicate that investors do evaluate signals of managerial opportunistic behavior by reacting less negatively to goodwill impairment announcements in case of CEO transitions. Still, this study does not find that the market reaction differs between firms having executive compensation tied to either earnings or equity, comparing to companies that do not offer the CEO performance-based compensation. ___________________________________________________________________________ *firstname.lastname@example.com **firstname.lastname@example.com


Mucoadhesive buccal tablets containing promethazine hydrochloride (25mg) were prepared using polymers such as Carbopol 934P, HPMC K4M and Chitosan in varying concentration by direct compression technique. The Prepared tablets were evaluated for thickness, hardness, friability, and weight variation, uniformity of content, surface pH study, In*vitro swelling study, matrix erosion stud y, In*vitro bioadhesion study, ex*vivo mucoadhesion time, in*vitro drug release study and stability study. The surface pH of all tablets was found to be satisfactory, close to buccal pH, hence no irritation would observe with these tablets. The formulation (F4) containing carbopol 934P and HPMC K4M in the ratio (1:1) showed good bioadhesive force and maximum drug release of 96.62% for 10 hours. It was observed that the optimized formulation follows korsmeyer* peppas release kinetics. The optimized formulation (F4) was found to be stable upon conducting stability studies as per ICH guidelines at 40 0 C at 75 % RH.


This article introduces the production situation of transformer sector, production and consumption conditions of domestic oriented electrical steel, mainly study the management of old transformer market and iron ore manufacturing, finally puts forward some suggestions on domestic oriented electrical steel market.


Stock price is the money incurred to obtain proof of inclusion or ownership of a company. The stock price has changed up or down over time. It is caused by various factors, both internal and ext ernal factors. In the last five years, ROA, ROE and EPS are companies sub-sector of food and beverage tends to experience a decline. While the stock price of companies sub-sector food and beverage tends to increase. The research aims to test the influence of ROA, ROE and EPS on the price of shares in food and beverage sub-sector companies.  This type of research is an expreslanative, with a population that can be examined in the sub -sector of food and beverage as many as 14 companies. The data source type is  the secondary data obtained indirectly. The data types used in this study are time series and cross section data. The data analysis methods used are the classic assumption test, correlation test, coefficient of determination test, regression test and signi ficance test by using SPSS 21 application. The results of this study stated that the influence of ROA, ROE and EPS was a positive and significant influence on the stock price of 40.6%, while the remainder of 59.4% was described by other variables not inclu ded in the model. Based on this and the limitations in this research, researchers have some advice for companies to maintain the stability of profit and financial performance of the company. And for investors who will invest in the company, in addition to seeing the company's financial performance, it is also worth considering other factors beyond the control of the company (external factors)


Neuromyelitis optica(NMO)is an inflammatory demyelinating disorder of the central nervous system(CNS)that predominantly affects the optic nerve and spinal cord. It has long been controversial about the concept whether NMO is an independent disease, or a subtype of multiple sclerosis(MS). In 2004, anti-AQP4 antibody was found in the sera of NMO patients, which gradually indicates that NMO is an independent disease different from MS. The discovery of anti-AQP4 antibody will not only contribute to the clinical diagnosis, early treatment and prognosis of NMO, but also make us do further research on NMO. We mainly reviewed the role of anti-AQP4 antibody in pathogenesis of NMO, detection methods and clinical significance of NMO.

Key words:
Neuromyelitis optica; Anti-aquaporin-4 antibody; Demyelinating disease


Introduction 1. The beginning of genetic-doping Section 1: Anti-Doping and Performance Enhancement 2. A critical approach to anti-doping policy 3. Are there any drugs that should be legal? Section 2: From Drugs to Genes: Conceptual Links and Differences 4. The current state of play: likely applications of genetic modification for sport 5. Avoiding genetic-doping 6. The gene story in sport - mapping the interests 7. An ethical foundation fo GM-policy: bioethics and sports ethics Section 3: The Moral Status of genetic Modification in Sport 8. Therapy and enhancement - which is more alarming? 9. The case for genetic enhancement in sport: Cities, Altius, Fortius 10. The case against genetic enhancement in sport: athletic virtues and medical ethics Section 4: Re-defining ethical approaches to performance enhancement in sport 11. A view from somewhere: sports ethics and fair play 12. Reinventing value in sport - all too (super) human Section 5: Human Rights and Legal Implications 13. Pragmatic concerns: human rights for the genetically modified 14. GM sport and the law 15. The end of anti-doping.


The present invention, to distinguish between the existence or state of the power system of the power system, and an object thereof is to provide a windmill which enables the power generation operation. In order to solve the above problems, the auxiliary device to rotate with the rotation of the wing 5 and the wing (5) rotated by the wind, and control the pitch angle of the generator 7 and the wing (5) that develops a wind power generation system including a windmill which, equipped with a permanent magnet generator 12, and also the generated power of the downwind type windmill driving power in a state in which the blade 10 to rotated by the wind toward the side of a thin wind blow by, it characterized in that for driving the auxiliary equipment.


Genetic algorithms (GAs) have been used for mappings which optimize a repeated procedure. An offshoot of this has been their use in what has been called co-evolution of mappings. This paper reports results from a project in which GAs have been used to: 1) to derive mappings which may explain the behavior of brand managers in an oligopolistic retail market for coffee; and 2) to attempt to improve on the historical profits of these brand managers, pitted in weekly competition with each other, vying for sales and profits with their different brands of ground, sealed coffee on the supermarket shelves. As well as advancing the practice of GAs, with separate populations competing, the work also advances our understanding of modeling players in repeated oligopolistic interactions or games.


A fast converging 2-D periodic Green's function for a layered medium is derived based on eigenmodes of the layered substrate terminated by a perfectly matched layer (PML). The PMLtermination mimics the open configuration, yet allowing a description of the problem in terms of discrete modes. Exponential convergence is achieved by combining the PML-based modal series expansion with a truncated periodic Green's function series in the spatial domain. The efficiency of the new approach is illustrated by first comparing the convergence of this new series to the conventional series expansions for the periodic Green's function in the spectral and spatial domains. Finally the new period Green's function is applied to study scattering by a grid of metallic wires embedded in a dielectric slab. It is shown that the new technique results in a significant speed-up compared to existing approaches.


The focus of this article is the second-generation Irish in England. It is based on data collected as part of the Irish 2 project, which examined processes of identity formation amongst the second-generation Irish population in England and Scotland. The article examines and maps identifications and positionings of second-generation Irish people and discusses how two hegemonic domains - Ireland and England - intersect in the lives of the children of Irish-born parents, with material and psychological consequences. Their positionings in multiethnic Britain are compared with those of 'visible' minority ethnic groups, and their narratives of belonging and non-belonging are analysed in terms of the limitations of whiteness and the boundaries of Englishness.


ED FROM Crooks VC, Lubben J, Petitti DB, et al. Social network, cognitive function, and dementia incidence among elderly women. Am J Public Health 2008;98:1221–7. Correspondence to: Valerie C Crooks, Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, 100 S Los Robles, 2nd Floor, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA; email@example.com Source of funding: National Institute on Aging. C O M M EN TA R Y R ecent longitudinal research suggests that social and emotional isolation in old age increase the risk of cognitive decline and dementia. The study by Crooks and colleagues showing an association between one's social network and subsequent risk of developing dementia is a good example of this work. Importantly, social network was measured with two questions about its size (ie, number of friends, relatives seen or heard from at least monthly) and four questions about perceived supportiveness and trustworthiness of others. Studies that have defined social networks solely by their size have had inconsistent results whereas studies, such as the present one, that have included data about perceived quality of relationships have generally found an association with dementia. Thus it is not simply the number of people with whom we maintain regular contact but also (and perhaps more so) the quality of the underlying relationships that is critical. A novel feature of this study is that almost all data collection was done by telephone, including cognitive testing and structured informant interview in the event of cognitive impairment. The results provide further evidence that clinical assessment by telephone is a valid and cost effective alternative to in person assessment. The basis of the association between social network size and dementia is uncertain. A recent clinical–pathological study found that network size was not related to measures of Alzheimer's disease pathology but modified the relation of pathology, especially neurofibrillary tangles, to cognition. Thus the processes involved in developing and maintaining a large social network may somehow help the brain to better tolerate the accumulation of age related neurodegenerative changes. Understanding the neurobiological mechanisms linking factors such as social network size to risk of dementia may suggest novel strategies for delaying age related loss of cognition function. Robert S Wilson, PhD Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA Competing interests: None. 1. Fratigliani L, Paillard-Borg S, Winblad B. An active and socially integrated lifestyle in late life might protect against dementia. Lancet Neurol 2000;3: 343–53. 2. Bennett DA, Schneider JA, Tang Y, et al. The effect of social networks on the relation between Alzheimer's disease pathology and level of cognitive function in old people: a longitudinal cohort study. Lancet Neurol 2006;5:406–12. Aetiology 22 EBMH February 2009 Vol 12 No 1 on 4 July 2009 ebmh.bmj.com Downloaded from


In this paper, the optimal trade-off between control structures and achievable closed-loop performance is addressed. Incorporation of sparsity promoting regularization terms to the primary objective function is a well-suited approach in feature selection and compressed sensing. By the evolving role of distributed and large-scale applications, modern optimal control problems have been equipped with regularization tools as well. However, the system dynamics and convex/nonconvex constraints in optimal control framework limits the effectiveness and applicability of regularization, enforce iterative or non-convex heuristics, and pose extensive exploration. In fact, available regularized feedback control problems do not enjoy the solid theoretical footing established in the feature selection framework. This paper presents a new method to efficiently construct optimal sparse control structures. The solution of the proposed approach is guaranteed to be sparse with a prescribed number of zero elements in the control structure. In contrast to the previously developed methods, exact values of regularization parameters for the detection of active feedback links can be determined a-priori, and the sparse control structures can be derived. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is evaluated by synthetic and real-life case studies.


The purpose of the study is to determine the actual problems of the formation and further development of logical universal educational actions and historical thinking of schoolchildren. The article emphasis is placed on the problems of teaching school students the subject "History" at the initial stage, including the problem of forming historical thinking, and the directions for solving them. The thesis is argued that one of the most effective methods of forming and development logical universal educational actions, and therefore the possibility of forming historical thinking, are logical tasks. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the formation of a new approach to the development of logical universal educational actions through the methodology of constructing logical questions as a type of logical tasks. As a result of the study, the practice-oriented conditions of the organization of the pedagogical process were identified and an author's model of teacher's work for different age groups is offered.


The present invention relates to a method for the horizontal displacement of groups of articles or layers (10) between adjacent conveyor modules (12, 16, 34). The groups of articles or product layers (10) are directly downstream of a vertically movable first support plane (28) of a first conveyor module (16) a vertically movable second support plane (38) of the first conveyor module (16) in a conveyor or push-over direction (30) second conveyor module (34) by means of at least one frame-like push-over means (22, 40) which is lowered on to move product group or product location (10) and that encloses on all sides, and during the transfer movement a group of articles or article location (10) in conveying or over-thrust direction (30) from the first conveyor module (16) to the second conveyor module (34) moves. The supporting surfaces (28, 38) of the first and second conveyor modules (16, 34) form at least during the transfer movement a joint, located in approximately the same height or the same direction vertically moving push-over surface. The present invention further relates to a corresponding device for handling and / or for stacking and / or palletizing groups of articles or product layers (10). The apparatus includes a vertically movable first conveyor module (16) having a first support plane (28) and the first conveyor module (16) in a conveying direction (30) immediately downstream second conveyor module (34) having a second support plane (38) and at least one vertically movable, frame-like push-over means (22, 40) for shifting transfer a group of articles or article location (10) from the first conveyor module (16) to the second conveyor module (34). Overboost device engages around the pushed article group or article location (10) on all sides, wherein the supporting surfaces (28, 38) of the first and second conveyor modules (16, 34) have a common, located in approximately the same height or the same direction vertically at least during the transfer movement (30) About moving thrust surface form.


Objective: To evaluate the effect of titanium miniplate in fixation of midface fracture and explore a way of getting satisfactory face shape and function.Methods: A retrospective study was conducted in 62 patients with midface fracture.Date,age,anatomic site,treatment modalities and clinical results were reviewed.Results: 59 cases Of fractures obtained satisfactory occlusions,while 3 cases had malocclusion,and 1 with mouth opening limitations and unsatisfied face shape.1 with mouth opening limitation and 1 with unsatisfied face shape.Conclusion: The use of titanium miniplate associated with intermaxillary fixation is effective for midface fracture.


An affinity gel bed was prepared by reconstitution of a transmembrane protein, the human red cell glucose transporter (Glut1), followed by steric immobilization of the proteoliposomes in small and rigid gel beads by freeze-thawing. The specific interactions between the reconstituted Glut1, the transport inhibitor cytochalasin B (CB), and the transported solute D-glucose were analyzed by isocratic chromatography of CB on the Glut1-proteoliposome gel bed. Specific retardation of CB which decreased upon inclusion of the competitor D-glucose in the eluent was observed on-line. The equilibrium constants for CB and D-glucose interaction with Glut1 (Kd 1.5 x 10(-7) M and 67 mM, respectively) obtained by use of equations derived for the affinity chromatographic analysis were consistent with values obtained by others by conventional methods. Effects of liposome composition, pH, and time on the CB binding activity of Glut1 were studied. Reconstitution of a membrane protein into a lipid environment and steric immobilization of the proteoliposomes favor retention of the protein activity. Immobilized proteoliposome affinity chromatography (IPAC) is a novel, powerful method for analysis of interactions between membrane proteins and solutes.


Objective:Reducing pressure ulcer occurred high-risk patients the probability of pressure ulcers unavoidably.Methods:Using conventional prevention control method of pressure ulcers nursing pressure ulcers in high-risk patients,group of conventional methods adopted based on pressure parts in skin water mattress and cotton pad the bath towel,then pressure ulcers statistical two groups the incidence of pressure ulcers unavoidably.Results:Two control method of pressure ulcers by statistical processing has significant difference,the latter is obviously superior to the former.Conclusion:Using water mattress and cotton bath towel high-risk pressure ulcers not only reduces the probability of pressure ulcers unavoidably occurred in alleviate the suffering of patients and economic burden,but also reduce nursing staff for prevention of pressure ulcers high-risk groups,labor intensity,worth clinical promotion.


As the number of vehicles on the road continues to increase, methods to deal with changes in traffic demand and density keep evolving. The intent is to ensure better management via traffic lights timing, phases, and cycles to reduce the delays that occur in increased demand scenarios. Typically, solutions have been divided into centralized and decentralized, each with their own advantages and disadvantages. Most existing solutions, however incur a high cost to adapt the infrastructure to. In this paper, we present a decentralized method for traffic management via controlling traffic lights that current systems can be adapted to. The proposed solution can be adapted to existing traffic solutions without huge infrastructure costs. Inspired by TCP congestion control, for its operation, the system relies on an RSSI-based vehicle direction detection system. The advantage of such a system is that it can be adapted to existing traffic networks without introducing a high infrastructure cost. The effectiveness of this solution is evaluated through simulations carried out using the Simulation of Urban Mobility (SUMO) tool and is compared to currently deployed solutions. A small-scale traffic intersection physical model is also developed that demonstrates the operation of the vehicle direction detection system.


The nuclei /sup 155/Gd, /sup 161/Dy and /sup 163/Dy have been investigated by means of the (n, ..gamma..), (n, e) and transfer reactions. Level schemes have been constructed up to about 1.5 MeV, which include spin and parity assignements for many levels. New rotatinal bands based on single particle states (Nilsson) as well as on vibrational states have been identified. The results are discussed.


The conductivities of three PEO-NaSCN samples whose molecular weight are 6000, 12000 and 20000 respectively have been studied as a function of temperature during two thermal cycles. It was found that the completeness of complex reaction in the samples had a obvious effect on the electrical behaviours. The complex reaction in molecular weight 12000 sample was complete, therefore the electrical property was not influenced by thermal history. While this reaction in the other two samples did not fully complete and can occure in certain temperature range during the first heating process, thus rather complicated log σ versus 1/T curves were observed. It was noted that the extra PEO content in the samples had a remarkable influence on the electrical property. Molecular weight 12000 sample contains more extra PEO content than the others. Therefore it has the highest conductivity and the log σ versus 1/T curve consists of two straight lines with a discontinuity at temperature near the melting point of pure PEO. While the extra PEO content in molecular weight 6000 sample is much less, it is responsible for the lowest conductivity and continual change of conductivity with temperature.


Barkand wood-boring beetles in the genus Agrilus (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) can survive wood-chipping, and Agrilus planipennis has established in North America and European Russia with devastating impacts on forest ecosystems. The work presented in this paper combined import statistics of deciduous wood chips, Maximum entropy modelling (MaxEnt) of climatic similarities, and the distribution of potential tree hosts to predict the likelihood of four selected North American Agrilus species to become introduced and established in Europe. In agreement with the EU's energy-policy target of increased use of wood chips, there was a linear or exponential increase in European imports of deciduous wood chips during the past 10 years from countries harbouring potentially harmful Agrilus species. MaxEnt showed high environmental suitability in Europe for the four selected Agrilus species, particularly in Eastern Europe and European Russia for A. anxius, A. bilineatus and A. planipennis and in southern Europe for A. politus. Documented susceptible host trees are widely distributed in the predicted areas of Agrilus distribution in Europe, and these areas receive large quantities of deciduous wood chips from countries where these and other Agrilus species are present. Thus, it was concluded that the fundamental conditions for introduction and establishment of Agrilus species in Europe are in place.


In this study, Deliorman Turkish music tradition, performed in the North-Eastern part of Bulgaria, has been examined in the total context of living Turkish oral culture. The aim of this study is to reveal what sorts of changes and transformation have happened to occur in the performance, structure and the elements of musical tradition related to what sorts of socio-cultural conditions in the period from the past to the present.


Introduction: Recent research on sensory-motor skill in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) suggest that problems with planning sequential actions may explain difficulties with motor execu ...


Objective:To investigate the correlation between HBV infection and IL-18. Method:Serum IL-18 levels in patients with HBV infection and in healthy individuals were measured by ELISA. Result:IL-18 was significantly elevated in patients as compared to healthy individuals (P 0.05). IL-18 was also at higher levels in patients with liver cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma than those patients with acute hepatitis B or chronic hepatitis B (P 0.05). Conclusion:IL-18 would be a novel cytokine for clinical management of HBV-infected patients,which may establish novel HBV therapeutic approaches.


PURPOSE
To determine the effects of optic disc size on vertical cup-disc ratio in subjects free of glaucoma and other optic nerve disease.

METHODS
Data were collected from 3654 people, 49 years of age of older, living in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney (NSW, Australia). Examinations performed included subjective refraction and Zeiss colour stereo optic disc photographs. Eye and camera magnification effects were corrected.

RESULTS
Mean vertical disc diameter was 1.51 mm (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.504-1.516 mm) and the mean vertical cup-disc ratio was 0.43 (95% CI 0.425-0.435). Both parameters were distributed unimodally. The cup-disc ratio was strongly associated with disc diameter. Controlling for other variables, cup-disc ratio increased 0.270 (95% CI 0.250-0.290) per mm increase in disc diameter.

CONCLUSIONS
Vertical optic disc diameter and cup-disc ratio are distributed near normally in older Australians. Optic discs with larger vertical diameters have considerably greater vertical cup-disc ratios.


2 Abstract: A study w as c arried out at the Teaching and Research Farm of t he University of Ib adan in south-western Nigeria t o assess the ef fects of two cassava planting pa tterns and fertilizer type o n gro wth and yield of cassava in c assava/maize/melon s ystem. The experiment was a r andomized complete bl ock design (RC BD) wi th 3 replications, in a split-plot arrangement. The m ain f actor was cassava planting pattern at 2 levels: A regular rectangular p lanting pattern at a spacing of 1 m was c ompared with triangular planting, where cassava was planted in squares of 2 m x 2 m with one plant at each corner of the squares and on e in the centre at 1m. Fertilizer types were: Inorganic fertilizer (400 kg ha NPK 15- -1


A novel concept of a true random number generator (TNRG) based on two metastable flip-flops in a FPGA circuit is introduced. Most of metastable based TRNG solutions are based on the assumption of a D-latch (flip-flop) state's uncertainty which is the source of randomness. In the proposed approach direct proximity of the metastable point is not necessary. Difference of the time of response of a pair of nearly metastable flip-flops lies upon the proposed circuit's principle of operation. It can be implemented in common programmable FPGA or CPLD circuits ensuring randomness quality-passing NIST, Diehard and Matlab tests.


The culture of an enterprise is very important for the circulation of the enterprise.In order to reduce the culture risk in bank MA,the culture compatibility between the two banks should be carefully analyzed and on the basis of which culture conformity be done.This study introduces the CBF model as a tool to judge the culture style and analyze the culture compatibility in bank MA,and utilizes the model to analyze the culture compatibility in various bank MA.


Contents: Preface Introduction 1926: the General Strike and the coal dispute 1927: the Trade Disputes Act and the Prayer Book controversy 1928: the de-rating scheme and the liberal revival 1929: the General Election and the Irwin Declaration 1930: the Conservative Party crisis and the round table conference 1931: the survival of Baldwin and the Irwin-Gandhi pact Index.


Mated female Pseudoplusia includens (Walker) moths were held in constant temperatures ranging from 17 to 35°C to determine the effect of temperature on oviposition and longevity. Over the temperature range tested, adult female longevity decreased linearly as temperature increased. Fecundity (total number of eggs laid over the entire life span)and average oviposition rate (mean number of eggs laid per day of a lifetime) had curvilinear relationships with temperature. A curvilinear response surface significantly described effects of temperature and female age on daily oviposition rate. Maximum oviposition occurred between 26 and 32°C.


Aims: The objective of this research work is to design and develop an IoT-based automated solar panel cleaning and real-time monitoring system using a microcontroller to improve the output and efficiency of a solar module at a low cost.
Study Design: Most of the time, dust over solar panels creates a barrier that obstructs the sun's radiation and reduces their performance. As such, it is necessary to keep the solar panel clean to improve output power levels. We integrated the IoT technology along with a range of components, including a microcontroller, a NodeMCU, a servo motor, a DC motor-driven submersible pump, a Light Dependent Resistor (LDR), an LCD with driver IC, etc. to design the system. We developed the assembly language program for the microcontroller.
Place and Duration of Study: The work was conducted individually under the supervisor of a faculty member as a part of the final project work of the Master of Engineering degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at American International University Bangladesh (AIUB), Dhaka, Bangladesh. The student conducted his research work at AIUB for two consecutive semesters from September 2022 to May 2023.
Methodology: An LDR sensor detects the solar panel's dirtiness and triggers the cleaning process through the microcontroller. The system monitors this continuously and real-time vital data is accessible to have some performance metrics, empowering timely maintenance actions to be triggered by the system and hence ensuring the maximum power output. The automated cleaning mechanism, driven by servo motors and mini submersible DC motor pumps, effectively removes dust and dirt from solar panels. An application was used to get real-time data through the internet to the user's smartphone.
Results: The server data is accessed to observe the system performance. The cost analysis shows that this system offers a cost-effective and sustainable solution for maintaining clean solar panels and optimizing power output.
Conclusion: Such an automation system can contribute meaningfully to the progression of renewable power generation by significantly improving the efficiency and longevity of solar panels. Thus, we can have sustainable and efficient energy systems in the country by integrating IoT-based automation systems.


NEARLY A HALF-CENTURY AGO, WHEN HE WAS A GRADUATE STUDENT, Daniel Bell described himself as a specialist in generalizations. That has been his strength and his weakness ever since. At his best he illuminates broad social and cultural developments with zest and insight matched by few academics. At his worst he flits from one topic, one discipline, or one century to another with heedless abandon-an anarchic, academic Godard. Laurence Veysey goes to the heart of Bell's deficiency when he remarks that for Bell "too many things turn out to be primary." Bell specializes not only in generalizations, but in breathless generalizations wrapped in eye-opening, conceptual packages. These are powerful devices for seizing intellectual and ideological turf, but under examination they start to crumble. ' The titles of his major books, which are invariably collections of essays or reworked position papers, consistently perform that function. (As Peter Steinfels put it, Bell "does not write books. He produces large thoughts which eventually fill books.") His titles are purposeful overstatements which he later follows up with alternately self-righteous or self-deprecating disavowals. The End of Ideology, he later reported, had not meant to imply that ideology had ended, only that "the old ideologies" of the Left were "exhausted." The Coming of Post-Industrial Society had not meant to suggest that postindustrial society was coming, since "strictly speaking" there could never be a postindustrial society-only a postindustrial "principle" in one segment or "dimension" of society. If things have not ended or come as announced, we may anticipate a further disclaimer in the near future: in The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism he did not mean to say that the "culture" of capitalism contained contradictions, but that ad-


this article provides that, no matter how much the material base, standards, curricula, programs and textbooks are improved in education, the achievement of the expected main result, deep and thorough knowledge, the achievement of high quality mastery is the responsibility of the teacher who conducts direct theoretical and practical training, creativity, inquisitiveness, qualification, pedagogical skills, and in the educational center requires a student body.


An optimization of satellite honeycomb platforms under sever space environment is performed. There are many optimization constraints for space environment to be considered. A modified method of feasible direction and a genetic algorithm are used to optimize the satellite platform structures. The design constraints are concerned with bearing stresses at joints and natural frequencies. The results from the optimization methods are compared. The numerical results show that natural frequency constraints are dominant to reach the optimum design. This study verifies the design of satellite honeycomb platforms and suggests an optimal platform design.⌎଀ࠀ㘱㘮㠰㐻ᄀ䥮瑥牮慬敤楣楮攀