The paper considers the method of complete decomposition of bridge (cross) connections of structurally complex bipolar networks whose content is the generalization algorithm of the well-known Moore-Shannon's decomposition formula for analysis of connectivity of a ladder bridge bipolar network. The offered method allows for considerably reducing a number of analyzed states as compared to known combinatory methods, e.g. an exhaustion method of elements' states [2].


The expected distribution of net magnetic moments, as measured for a randomized assemblage of magnetic dipoles whose magnitudes have a lognormal distribution, is derived. The results are compared with experiments on rock chips. DOI: 10.1111/j.2153-3490.1973.tb00614.x


Testing a computer software application by configuring a first computer to execute a copy of data-checking software used by a computer software application at a second computer, processing a first copy of a test data payload using the data-checking software at the first computer, wherein the test data payload is configured to test for an associated security vulnerability, determining that the first copy of the test data payload is endorsed by the data- checking software at the first computer for further processing, and sending a second copy of the test data payload via a computer network to the computer software application at the second computer for processing threat.


According to the composition of 10.5 kV system of Jinyintai power plant,the causes of single phase grounding fault and the spots of fault were taken into account,and a simple and practical technical innovation scheme was proposed in co-ordination with existing "single phase grounding protection" scheme.


It is demonstrated that the direct overwrite (DOW) magnetooptical (MO) disk to which a GdFeCo readout layer has been added shows a 21% window margin for data recorded at 0.54 mu m/b density, twice the first-generation recording density. The addition of a GdFeCo readout layer raises the carrier level and lowers the modulation noise level several decibels. This improved DOW-MO disk also shows a carrier-to-noise ratio of 53 dB at 0.75- mu m mark length, which is several decibels higher than is typical for the first-generation MO disks. Data at a density of 0.54 mu m/b have been recorded on the improved DOW-MO disk, using a write precompensation scheme in the timing of laser power. A 21% window margin in discrimination of the data recorded at this density has been achieved. A different write precompensation scheme which enhances falling edges of laser pulses also demonstrates a remarkable improvement in discrimination of these high-density recordings on the improved DOW-MO disk. >


ABSTRACT – From December 1976 through March 1982, 188 patients entered an open non‐random study carried out on hospitalized patients with a history of transient ischemic attacks or amaurosis fugax. Ninety‐two patients received peroral anticoagulants usually combined with heparin treatment during the first days of treatment, and 96 patients enteric‐coated acetylsalicylic acid 0,5 g twice daily plus dipyridamole 75 mg twice daily. The patients were followed up to March 1983, irrespective of whether treatment was changed or not. Recurrent transient ischemic attack or amaurosis fugax occurred more frequently (P < 0.01) from 2 months of follow‐up and throughout the observation period in the antiplatelet‐treated group. There were no statistically significant differences between the 2 groups on the originally given treatment for endpoints such as stroke (6 patients on anticoagulants, 12 patients on antiplatelet therapy) or stroke or death (11 patients on anticoagulants, 17 patients on antiplatelet therapy).


The first assessment of statistical uncertainty in the GISS Surface Temperature Analysis (GISTEMP) index shows that recent surface warming trends are significantly larger than the uncertainty in the data.


1. The Need for Effective Communication. 2. Oral Vwesus Written Communication. 3. The Communications Process. 4. Improving Communication. 5. Special Communications Issues. 6. Hostage Negotiations. 7. Communicating in Public. 8. Law Enforcement Records. 9. Management Information Systems. 10. Basic Reports. 11. Interviews and Interrogations. 12. Using Reports in Court. Index.


Objective To investigate the value of multi-detector computer tomographic (MDCT) in diagnosis of anterior cruciate ligament(ACL) injury.Methods 74 patients who had been highly suspected internal derangement of the knee was performed both MDCT and arthroscopy examination.The CT images were prospectively interpreted and analyzed for accuracy of MDCT diagnosis of ACL tears.Results Among the 74 patients,64 patients with ACL injury were cheched by MDCT and 59 patients were confirmed the ACL injunry by arthroscopy.The sensitivity,specificity,positive predictive value,negative predictive value of MDCT is 96.7%,84.6%,96.7%,84.6%,respectively.The diagnosis accuracy of acut ACL injury is no statistical difference beweent CT and arthroscopy(P0.05),but there was statistical difference in diagnosis chronic ACL imjury.Conclusion The MDCT was a perfect way of in the ACL of acute knee's injury.


People begin to doubt Washington Consensus and the theory of new public management when the capture of government appears in some transitional countries. Reform dose not result in economic bloom, ruling by law and democracy, but extreme disparity between the rich and the poor and turbulence. Power capital which stems from the capture of government becomes an important factor that hold back the development of those countries, and leads to failure of both market regulation and government management. For those countries that want to succeed in transition from traditional economy to market economy, the key is to establish the institution of ruling by law and solve the problems of capture of government and power capital, while citizens who are organized to defend their right given by law can push the society towards nomocracy.


A series of laboratory experiments were performed to investigate the effcets of Zn on soil enzyme activities in biosolids-amended soils and paddy soils. The activities of catalase, phosphatase, urease and intertase were measured in soil containing concentrations of Zn in the range 0~6 000 mg·kg-1. The results showed that the application of biosolids increased the phosphatase activity and diminished the inhibition of Zn on soil enzyme activities. The sensitivity of these indicators was in order of catalasephosphataseureaseintertase. Therefore, catalase activity can be used as an effective indicator to evaluate the pollution degree of Zn in soil. Ecological dose (ED) values of Zn were calculated from a sigmoidal dose-response model which described the inhibition of enzymatic activities.


The formulation and weathering properties of toxic bait developed for the control of Anoplolepis longipes (Jerd.) in the Seychelles is described. The bait, based on a carrier of sieved coir waste (available locally), was designed to simulate the protein requirements of the ant colony and incorporated yeast extract as a major attractant. It was easy to produce and remained attractive to ants in the field for at least a week under normal weather conditions. The bait could be stored for more than two weeks under ambient conditions in the Seychelles at 23–35°C and 60–95% RH or for about 10 weeks under air-conditioning at 22–29°C and about 60% RH.


Background: the success of faculty members of Medical Sciences Universities in medical education arena requires qualification and capabilities authentication in relation with education.  In order to achieve these capabilities, it is necessary to use new and influential approaches of empowerment. One of the appropriate approaches is "Competency Based Training" (CBT). In this method, competencies of each profession are identified. Then, educational programs are designed and held to gain the competency for each person in an organization. One of the important steps of CBT is to codify and credit competency Model. Therefore, the purpose of the present study is to credit competency model for medical sciences professors.   Methods: This study was conducted in 2014. This is a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted on 120 faculty members of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences. This study used census.The questionier emailed for all faculty member. After 20 days sent remail .  The validity was assessed based on experts' opinion and reliability was evaluated by Cronbach's alpha. Results: the results showed that the success of faculty members in education required four main competencies including research competencies, medial competencies, teaching competencies and general competencies. Almost all of them are necessary. Conclusions: according to results of the study, credibility of the model is confirmed and this competency model that is codified and credited can be used for different purposes such as selection and recruitment of faculty members, educational needs-assessment and programming, development and empowerment of them. These findings were compatible with other studies in this field.


In this paper, the design of a generalized fractional order differentiator (FOD) whose magnitude and phase responses can be controlled independently is investigated. First, a relation between conventional FOD and generalized FOD is studied such that the design tools of conventional FOD in the literature can be used to design variable generalized FOD directly. Then, the similar method is applied to design generalized fractional order integrator (FOI). Next, the proposed generalized FOD and FOI are used to generate a secure single side band (SSB) signal for saving the transmission bandwidth. The parameters of variable generalized FOD and FOI can be used as the secure keys for construction and reconstruction. Finally, the relation between fractional Hilbert transformer and generalized FOD is studied and the edge detection application is demonstrated to show the flexibility and effectiveness of the proposed generalized FOD.


Persuasion is a process studied by many scholars from the Greek time until the present. One persuasion strategy is metadiscourse, which refers to the writers' awareness of their text, the way they present themselves to the readers. The writers use metadiscourse markers to help the readers understand the real meaning of the text (Hyland 2005). The paper carries out a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the employment of persuasive metadiscourse markers in two English trade agreements and two Arabic agreements has provided in terms of Hyland's (2005) model of interactive and interactional markers. The aim is to find out whether all types of metadiscourse markers are used or not, and also to see whether English or Arabic employs more markers in their agreement texts. At the end, the analysis shows that Arabic agreements employ more metadiscourse markers than English agreements. Author Biographies


Securing an operating system is a challenge, but also a necessity. One obstacle to securing the operating system is ensuring that all of the servers are correctly configured for security. Of course, the start of securing the server is the build, but afterward there are other settings that must be put in place to properly secure any server. Active Directory group policies provide a mechanism to assist with just this task in a Windows 2000 environment. Using group polices provides central management, consistent security ...


In the last two decades, X-ray imaging techniques have been used increasingly to study metal solidification in real-time as, thanks to advances in X-ray sources (synchrotron and laboratory-based) and detector technology, images can now be obtained with spatio-temporal resolutions sufficient to record key phenomena and extract quantitative information, primarily relating to crystal growth. This paper presents an overview of the research conducted at the University of Oxford over the last 6 years as a partner in the UK's Future Liquid Metal Engineering (LiME) Manufacturing Hub. The focus is on in situ X-ray radiography to investigate the solidification of Al alloys, including the formation of primary α-Al crystals, and the formation and growth of secondary intermetallic phases. Technologically, the thrust is to understand how to control as-cast phases, structures and element distributions, particularly elements associated with recycling, as a means to facilitate greater recirculation of aluminium alloys. We first present studies on refinement of primary α-Al, including extrinsic grain refinement using inoculation and intrinsic refinement based on dendrite fragmentation. Second, we describe studies on intermetallic phase formation and growth, because intermetallic fraction, morphology and distribution are frequently a limiting factor of alloy mechanical properties and recyclability. Then we present some of the latest progress in studying liquid flow during solidification and associated hot tear formation. Finally, future research directions are described.


The invention provides an electronic system and a power management method. The electronic system comprises a plurality of electronic devices, a plurality of power supplies and a control module, wherein each electronic device is provided with a male connector and a female connector, the plurality of electronic devices are overlapped in one direction and mutually and electrically coupled, each power supply is coupled with one of the electronic devices to be used for providing the power supplies to the electronic devices, the control module is used for controlling the male connectors and the female connectors, the control module is provided with a first mode and a second mode, when the electronic system is located in the first mode, a first electronic device in the plurality of electronic devices and disconnected with the power supplies receives the power supplies through a first female connector of the first electronic device, and a first male connector in the plurality of electronic devices outputs the power supply to the other electrical device connected with the first male connector. The electronic system and the power management method can effectively manage the power supplies and can select minimum of maximum output power to increase stability of the electronic system.


Investigation of the sensitivity to wave breaking and the Prandtl number in the ocean mixed layer model under surface heating reveals an interesting latitude‐dependent feature in the dynamical process of the ocean mixed layer. The effect of Prandtl number variation with stratification plays an important role in the equatorial ocean, whereas, in the extratropical ocean, the effect of strong near‐surface turbulence caused by wave breaking is dominant. The contrasting responses to parameterization is attributed to the fact that turbulence production in the ocean mixed layer is dominated by turbulent kinetic energy flux from the sea surface in the extratropical ocean, and by shear production in the equatorial ocean. Comparisons were also made between the sensitivity tests from different ocean mixed layer models.


Contractor Safety Management System (CSMS) is a system that manage occupational safety contractor in site of business. Job is auctioned to contractor has three risk category is low category, medium category and high category. In 2011 and 2013, PT Pertamina (Persero) Refinery Unit IV Cilacap had been accidents at high risk jobs that result in death. In the implementation of CSMS at PT Pertamina (Persero) Refinery Unit IV Cilacap ever there is a discrepancy with CSMS guidelines that contractors borrow PPE owned by PT Pertamina (Persero) Refinery Unit IV Cilacap. While there is an agreement in the pre-qualification stage the contractor will provide PPE in any kind of job. The purpose of this study is to analyze the implementation of CSMS in high-risk jobs in accordance with the guidelines CSMS PT Pertamina ( Persero ) Refinery Unit IV Cilacap. The research is a qualitative descriptive analysis method is done by in-depth interviews and field observations. The subjects of this study consists of 4 main informants and 2 triangulation  informants. The results showed most of the implementation of CSMS in high-risk jobs are in accordance with the guidelines CSMS, but not all of the work assessed the risks, the kick off meeting materials are incomplete, the orientation of job sites only in certain locations, there are unsafe act and unsafe condition, there has been no communication on the final evaluation. It is necessary to hold discussions after work is completed.


Since the last decade, Dalbulus maidis has become the primary pest in cornfields, particularly due to its ability to transmit plant pathogens. D. maidis is the main vector of the corn stunt spiroplasma and maize bushy stunt phytoplasma. However, there is little information available on this pest. Understanding its spatial dynamics may allow us to determine how its infestations begin and to identify its colonization patterns, dispersal, and the role of landscape structure on D. maidis dynamics. Thus, this study aimed to investigate within-field spatial distribution and the factors associated with D. maidis abundance in five commercial fields.
 In all fields, higher infestations occurred at the boundaries of the central pivot, showing a clear edge-biased distribution. Ranges varied from 100.4 m to 611.8 m, and our models' overall fit indicated strong to moderate spatial dependency. Additionally, correlation analyses indicated a positive effect of air temperature and the presence of surrounding cornfields on the population of D. maidis. Conversely, rainfall and the presence of native vegetation and other arable crops negatively affected D. maidis.
 This study provides essential guidance for improving D. maidis integrated pest management at regional and local scales. Based on its high dispersal ability, our study suggests the need for a legislative or regulatory method of control for D. maidis, especially in regions where corn has more than one growing season.


The complexity of the immune system makes it difficult to study the influence of genetic variation in humans by the use of conventional in vitro or experimental animal models. Since genetic traits often determine predisposition to immunopathies of various forms, the development of technologies that permit the direct, long-term study of a selected human immune system under experimental conditions is warranted. Several different models are available for such an analysis, each having its particular limitations (Table I). Thus, as an example, the inbred mouse strains that exist today originate from a small number of founders (Klein 1986), making it unlikely that a particular genetic background, corresponding to a selected gene abnormality in a patient with an inherited immunopathy, would be represented. Recently, several difTerent methods have been developed where components of a human immune system are transferred to mice. Thus, in particular, the adoptive transfer of human lymphoid organs (McCune et al. 1988) or lymphocytes (Mosier et al. 1988) to severe combined itnmunodeficient C.B-17 scid/scid (scid) mice has demonstrated the general applicability of such an approach, scid mice are severely deficient in functional lymphocytes due to the impairment of antigen receptor gene recombination (Bosma et al. 1983, Bosma & Carroll 1991), which facilitates repopulation with xenogeneic cells, since their capacity to reject foreign tissue is decreased.


In the article, the global tendencies in healthy food on the basis of nutrition
pyramids are considered. The revealed tendencies as well as an analysis of
fish materials classification on fat and protein content allowed to develop
a scheme named "The fish products guide". Such guide will allow to create
a nutrition system individually and to strengthen the demand for fish
products.


The effect of temperature on the periodicity of nutation in Phaseolus multiflorus has been investigated using a mechanical recording system. Frequency of nuta tion was found to bear a linear relationship with temperature within the range studied (15-27 °C), the cycle length of the movement decreasing as temperature increased. Changes in periodicity follow changes in temperature with no appreciable delay.


Materials with a layered perovskite-like structure of the Aurivillius phase type are important for such fields of technology as magnetoelectronics and photocatalysis. The paper describes the features of phase formation during the synthesis of nano- and macrocrystalline materials based on the Bi6Fe2Ti3O18/ 8 compound with the five-layer Aurivillius phase structure. Samples were characterized by powder XRD, DSC/TG, dilatometry, SEM/EDX. The temperatures of the beginning of formation, the Curie point, the beginning of decomposition and activation of sintering of the obtained materials, as well as the value of the linear thermal expansion coefficient were determined. The technological possibility of controlling the dispersion of the obtained materials by changing the synthesis conditions is shown. Ill. 5. Ref. 20. Tab. 1.


The theory of labor value in the traditional political economics should be extended from three aspects: First, the labor form that produces value can be moderately extended from material production labor into non-material production labor. Second, the domain can be extended from material field into non-material field. Third, the elements that produce value can be extended from labor element into non-labor element.


The question if Land Development Agreements are subject to EU public procurement law has been a very difficult one. In principle the sale of land is not caught by the relevant Directives. Nevertheless, since the European Court of Justice's judgment in Auroux, it has been accepted that procurement rules do apply to some development agreements between local authorities and private parties. This short note discusses some recent developments and especially the important Case C-306/08 Spain v Commission, which was published in May 2011.


Method for determining the expiry time for a period during which it is permissible to re-establishing a lost radio connection between a mobile station and a node corresponding to a cellular radio network including at least one radio bearer network, characterized it comprises the following steps: - determining a first expiry time (206, 207) for a period during which it is allowable reestablishing the radio connection loss with respect of radio bearers used to provide a service or services of a first category, and - determining a second expiry time (208, 209) for a period during which it is permissible restoring the lost radio connection in respect of radio bearers used to provide a service or services of a second category.


This note summarises the Standard Model input parameters for Higgs cross section calculations. The same parameters can be used for other SM and BSM processes at the LHC.


The article rises the problem of food security in Russia and makes the case for finding new sources of saturation of the market with domestic food and consumer goods. In this connection, the authors offer the development and approbation of a technique which will allow proving expediency of the organization of alternative hunting. The organization of innovative activity of such type allows solving a number of problems of agro-industrial complex which have grown worse with the response of Russia to sanctions and import ban of foodstuff, including agricultural production. The problem of deficiency of traditional livestock products predetermines the search of its alternative sources. In this connection, the actions for the organization of alternative activities on the principle of agricultural farming are actual, timely, allow to make an essential contribution to ensuring food independence of the region.


X-ray radiation produced by a small gas puff Z-pinch device in Tsinghua University was detected.This device was powered by a 16 μF capacitor bank charged to 230 kV,corresponding to a storage energy of 4.3 kJ,the discharge current reached its peak value of 210 kA at a time of 2.5 μs.The X-ray radiation from a Neon gas puff Z-pinch was measured with a sub-ns rise time PIN detector.The differential signal of discharge current was recorded to determine the pinch point,when the X-ray radiation was emitted.The signals were analyzed and discussed in this paper.


Critical GIS recognizes that GIS technology is socially constructed and emphasizes the key role of various socio-political and institutional contexts in shaping GIS knowledge production. This article focusses on the use of GIS in the context of e-governance in India. In recent years the massive proliferation of ICTs in India has led to a transformation from traditional governance to e-governance. Several planning projects have been launched under the rubric of e-governance and have witnessed novel use of various information technologies, GIS being one of them. The theoretical framework used in this study draws from the Critical GIS body of literature that calls for taking a holistic approach to GIS examination by coupling the internal contexts with the external contextual environment shaping an organization's GIS planning and management. In order to achieve this goal qualitative methods of inquiry are adopted to investigate a municipal e-governance project launched by the Government of Karnataka to address issues of urban development using GIS.


Background: Smoking is hazardous for health. The first impact of smoking is on lungs where it starts decreasing the lung capacity of the smokers. Hence if we can identify this decrease in lung capacity, at an early stage among the smokers, we can try to prevent the further effects of smoking on all body systems. The objective of the study was to study the effect of smoking on PEFR among smokers and compare with age, sex and other facts matched controls (non smokers) in an urban slum community of Hyderabad, India. Methods: A community based cross sectional comparative study was carried out among 50 smokers and 50 age, sex and other factor matched non smokers. Detailed history was taken. Lung capacity was measured by Wright's peak flow meter as per the standard guidelines. Statistical tests like odds ratio and chi square were used wherever applicable. Results: The mean age and BMI of smokers and non smokers were comparable. PEFR in smokers was significantly low compared to non smokers. Smoking is strongly associated with the abnormal PEFR. The prevalence of abnormal PEFR was 84% among smokers as compared to 60% among non smokers. The smokers were found to be 3.33 times more at risk of having abnormal PEFR than non smokers. This association was statistically significant. (p < 0.05). Conclusions: The smokers were found to have reduced lung capacity compared to non smokers. Smoking is known to reduce the lung capacity. This study has proved that smoking adversely affects the normal functioning of lungs which leads to increased morbidity and mortality among smokers. Thus smoking was found to be directly related to reduced lung capacity measured in terms PEFR.


It is demonstrated that metalworking processes performed at different temperatures can lead to the - double twinning. This twinning mode has been observed during direct extrusion of the coarse-grained Mg-0.3at.%Al alloy at 433 K and analysed in detail on room-temperature rolled magnesium single crystal with the c-axis parallel to transverse direction and the a-axis parallel to rolling direction. The - double twins originated during initial stage of the formation on coarse-grained and single-crystalline structure.


Prior studies associating short stature in adolescence with difficulties in the areas of self esteem, peer interaction, and acaaemic performance have been inconclusive. We collected questionnaire data on parental perception of their child's health, growth, ease of making friends, and grade placement, and the youth's self esteem, and satisfaction with growth in 42 consecutive male endocrine clinic patients (ages 12-17) for whom short stature was identified as the presenting problem. Self esteem was measured by the Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale. All other responses were compared with answers of National Health Examination Survey (NHES) participants comparable for age and SES (Cycle III, 1966-1970). Compared to short (<5th percentile) NHES adolescents, our parents: 1) more often rated their child's general health as poor or fair (14% vs. 0); 2) felt their children make friends less easily (34 vs. 14%); and 3) were much more dissatisfied with the youth's height and weight (50 vs. 30%) and rate of physical growth (90 vs. 30%). Both our adolescents and the short NHES youth were similar in their marked dissatisfaction with their height (92 and 83%). There was no difference on the self esteem measure. These data indicate that pediatricians must be aware of the increased frequency of concern among parents whose adolescents present with short stature and the differences observed between our referral population and the NHES sample demonstrate that data derived from a referral population cannot be extrapolated to snort children in general.


In the past decade, new clinical and imaging criteria have vastly improved the diagnosis and outcome of patients with seronegative spondyloarthritis (SpA). It is estimated that up to 30% of patients with SpA may exhibit predominant (or only) peripheral manifestations of SpA. Lack of awareness can lead to a diagnostic delay of up to 8–9 years which can lead to significant patient morbidity. It is, therefore, essential to diagnose and treat SpA as early as possible. The aim of this pictorial review is to emphasize the important aspects of current peripheral SpA classification system and demonstrates the imaging findings related to peripheral SpA. Patients referred for imaging of peripheral joints can be from a wide referral source. Recognizing and reporting imaging features suggestive of peripheral SpA will allow appropriate and timely specialist referral with the aim of avoiding treatment delay.


X‐ray photoemission spectroscopy was used to analyze the oxide grown at low temperature on AuxSi1−x films. It was found that the oxide is stoichiometric SiO2, but is structurally distinct from oxides grown on Si at high temperatures (950 °C). Also, unoxidized Au‐Si atom inclusions were observed in the oxide. The composition of the inclusions is dependent on the initial bulk AuxSi1−x composition.


1. Block enteral feeding catheter comprising: a catheter having a proximal end, a distal end of the catheter and the walls forming the cavity of the catheter, the base located at the proximal end of the catheter, the base defines an opening into the cavity of the catheter, the base having a first end and a second end ; inflatable balloon having a predetermined fill volume, which cylinder is located at the distal end of the catheter, the inflation valve positioned on the base, wherein the inflating valve is in fluid communication with b llonom by pressurization cavity formed by the walls of the catheter; iindikator preliminary displacement, disposed on the base, which is in fluid communication with the balloon, the preliminary displacement indicator is configured to provide a discrete visual signal that the fluid pressure in the cylinder different from the predetermined pressure level or volume of the balloon is different from the predetermined fill volume .2. Block enteral feeding catheter according to claim 1, wherein the preliminary displacement indicator comprises: a housing having a first end, a second end, one or more walls defining an inner channel and an axial dimension, wherein the first end of the housing is in fluid communication with the inflatable balloon, and at least a portion of the housing is transparent or translucent, flexible sleeve, bred in the inner channel of the body, wherein the flexible conduit comprises: a first surface, an opposed second surface, a first end disposed in of the inner channel of the body near the first end of the housing and is in fluid communication with nak


Designers and accidentologists have to collaborate in order to develop new safety systems. Accidentologists recognize Accident Scenario as a powerful tool to provide designers with the required knowledge about accident. However, an accident scenario has to be presented in a way that both designers and accidentologists can understand and use. The fact that designers and accidentologists do not share the same viewpoints, neither the same models to analyze an accident, nor the same technical language makes their communication a complex task in a design process. To address this issue, we use the systemic approach (a complex system modelling approach) to develop a new methodology allowing constructing multi-view accident scenarios.


In this paper, the novel quantitative assessment method based on local network dynamic measurements has been developed. Based on the topological energy function given by Bergen and Hill, a new style of stability criterion is suggested which is based on line measurement. The stability indices for lines, cutsets and power system according to features of transient energy in the lines is given, which not only provide reliable and accurate assessment of the transient stability of the power system, but can be used to assess the effect of lines and cutsets on the transient stability and identify the weak transmission segment. The examples are presented by simulation on the IEEE-39 buses test system.


PURPOSE: A load compensating device for a railway vehicle is provided to prevent an error caused by the malfunction of the load compensating device installed in each vehicle. CONSTITUTION: A load compensating device for a railway vehicle comprises a pressure sensor (10), a first estimating unit, a sensing unit (30), and a first converting unit. The pressure sensor senses the pressure of an air spring. The first estimating unit estimates the load of each vehicle by receiving the speed, acceleration, and thrust of multiple vehicles and outputs the estimated vehicle load. The sensing unit senses the malfunction of the load compensating device by receiving the pressure of the air spring and the estimated vehicle load and outputs the vehicle load. The first converting unit converts the received vehicle load into a load compensating signal. [Reference numerals] (10) Pressure sensor; (20) Vehicle load estimating unit; (30) Breakdown sensing unit; (40) Load compensating conversion unit; (AA) Speed; (BB) Acceleration; (CC) Thrust; (DD) Air spring pressure; (EE) Estimated vehicle load; (FF) Breakdown output; (GG) Full limit; (HH) Tolerance limit; (II) Load compensating signal


In 165 adult male probands with different variants of beta-Activity (fronto-percentral beta-wave-groups; diffuse beta-waves) including 76 controls from the same proband population but with inconspicuous EEG patterns, a quantitative description of unipolar leads was carried out using a program for amplitude-interval (time-domain) analysis. Statistically significant differences between some means of the examined parameters were found between the various EEG variants. No single parameter, however, separates these variants reliably. For such a separation, methods of multivariate statistics will have to be used. Significant differences between left and right hemispheres (especially lower average alpha-activity together with higher beta-activity on the left-hand side) were found in all examined EEG types including the controls. Hence, the lack of a significant side difference in the variant with monotonous alpha-waves as described in the first report of this series remains unique.


The definition of safety is represented very variously. Also, safety isn't easy to respond to it. Because of each individual feel differently for level, range, necessity. Nevertheless, the relevant organizations of the central government and local governments, including the police must work to ensur...


Batak Toba traditional house is one of the architectural treasures of the archipelago. Traditional Batak Toba House Architecture is a vernacular architecture that grows and develops from the local wisdom of ethnic communities and anchors on tradition, and is built by craftsmen based on experience (trial and error), using local techniques and materials and is an answer to the environmental settings where the building is located and always open to transformation. When building a Batak Toba traditional house, local people still understand the natural environment around the ecosystem. But in its current development, Batak Toba traditional community homes have undergone many changes, both in the form, space and use of ornaments and building materials. As a step so that the traditions of local wisdom are not extinct, it is necessary to preserve and apply the traditional forms and ornaments to the architecture of the Catholic Church as an effort to sustain the traditional architecture.


:During the seven years of execution,Chinese criminal procedure law has been playing a key role in attacking
crimes to safeguard the legal rights of citizens and defend the social order.With the development of our society,however,espe
cially after China's entry into the WTO,the criminal procedure law has not been able to go with the situation.Therefore,the
department concerned has started another revision to the law.From the aspect of jurisprudence,the author tries to combine the
experience of other countries and the judicial practice in China,and discuss some issues about the requirments,ways of collec-
ting and using criminal evidence.


Forming limit diagrams (FLD's) are used to evaluate the workability of metal sheets. FLD's provide the failure locus at which plastic instability occurs and localized necking develops (commonly designated as the forming limit curve FLC), and the failure loci at the onset of fracture by tension (FFL) or by in-plane shear (SFFL). The interest of metal formers in controlling localized necking is understandable because the consequence of plastic instability is an undesirable surface blemish in components. However, because under certain loading conditions fracture can precede necking in sheet metal forming processes, there is a growing interest in characterizing the forming limits by necking and fracture in the FLD's. This paper gathers together a number of recently developed methodologies for detecting the onset of local necking and fracture by in-plane tension or in-plane shear, and discusses their applicability to determine experimentally the FLC's, FFL's and SFFL's. © 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Peer-review under responsibility of the Scientific Committee of MESIC 2015.


many. Centralization may be more of an issue in Anglo-Saxon countries than in continental Europe. A first step in improving the quality of AAA repairs, and to achieve decreasing perioperative mortality, is to initiate audit at the local hospital level. Holt (22) suggests statistical process control techniques where mortality is monitored and also compared with the national average. The majority of centres in UK appear to have an intermediate level of mortality, a few are clearly over and some clearly under the average. It makes sense to examine how patients fare rather than only count their numbers.


In view of existing problems of capital asserts managements of forestry science research units,this paper raised the detail measures for strengthening the capital asserts management so as to assure the various works' successful developments of forestry science research units.


The paper presents the calibration method of the vector ratio meter, built on the basis of the microwave converter of parametric type. Calibration procedure is based on using certified power divider (PD) and the standard segments of transmission lines (STL). The solution of the calibration equations systems is carried out


What happens when teachers « relinquish the authority of truth providers? Ninth grader Sasha Pringle, one of the student voices in Classroom Calypso, asserts that such a self-effacing posture empowers students by « releasing the writer within, thereby fostering a critical, creative, and reflective disposition. Winthrop R. Holder re-represents students not as marginalized beings merely absorbing information but as subjects taking center stage and inscribing themselves into history. On their literary pilgrimage seeking self-knowledge, students, employing tale-telling, recast their classroom as a symposium - a place where popular culture orchestrates the discourse. This is an invaluable book for educators, parents, and anyone interested in understanding and facilitating the voices of urban youth.


Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA; Neurology Director of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Some months ago, I was asked by the editors of the Journal of Child Neurology to provide the readership with my thoughts about the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology as it pertains to candidates for Board certification in child neurology and to those individuals in training in child neurology. My selection and license for this authorship is in part on the basis of 25 years of association with the activities of the Board, first as an examiner in the child neurology section (led by Sidney Carter several years before there was certification in neurology with special qualification in child neurology) and more recently as


Objective To evaluate the effects of methyloprednisonlone (MP) on the neurological functions of cervical spondyrlotic myelopathy(CSM) during peritoperative period.Methods Twenty patients with CSM in the control group underwent anterior decompression only,yet 23 patients with CSM in the experiment group obtained additional MP perioperatively during January 2005-January 2007.The patients neurological functions were graded according the JOA SCORE system preoperatively and in 3 day,2 weeks and 3 months postoperatively.Complications were recorded during the application of MP.Results Preoperative JOA SCORES among each group had no statistical difference (P0.05);The JOA SCORES of test group post surgically were 11.1±3.2,12.6±2.3 and 14.2±4.0 respectively,which were higher than in the control group (P0.05).Conclusions Intravenous application of 1000 mg MP 30 min before surgery and 80 mg MP(intravenously),bid for 5 days postoperatively,can improve short-term postoperative neural function significantly.


Using the method of passive moss biomonitoring air pollution of one of the major industrial regions of Central Russia - Tula region – was studied. A high content of a number of elements of anthropogenic origin V, Fe, Zn, As, Sm, Tb, Hf, W, Th, and U in the air compared to other regions of Russia and high content of As, Cd, Cr, Fe, V, Zn and Al compared to the CIS countries and Europe were revealed. The reason for such high level of anthropogenic air pollution in the region is the activity of enterprises of metallurgical, defense, engineering and chemical industries. Instrumental epithermal neutron activation analysis (ENAA) up to 42 elemental concentrations in moss samples collected in different natural zones of the investigated area (coniferous and deciduous forests, forest-steppe and steppe). It was shown that the ability to accumulate elements from wet and dry atmospheric deposition is similar to moss Pleurozium schreberi recommended by the UNECE ICP Vegetation Programme and for some studied moss species collected in Tula region Abietinella abietina, Aulacomnium palustre, Climacium dendroides, Brachythecium rutabulum, Brachythecium salebrosum, Dicranum polysetum, Dicranum scoparium, Eurhynchium angustirete, Rhytidiadelphus subpinnatus, Orthotrichum speciosum, Oxyrrhynchium hians. These species can be recommended for use in passive moss biomonitoring of atmospheric deposition of trace elements.


: The rapid spread of rumors due to the growth of the internet and social media has prompted researchers to search for solutions to detect fake news, which is treated as a text classification problem. In this study, we examine the content of fake news in the Arabic-speaking world through YouTube comments. To start, we have updated our Arabic corpus for fake news analysis, incorporating the most frequently discussed topics in rumors. Next, we conducted experiments to determine the best combination of preprocessing, classical machine learning, and neural networks in classifying comments as either rumors or non-rumors. The models we used include Support Vector Machine (SVM), Decision Tree (DT), and Multinomial Naïve Bayes (MNB) for machine learning, and LSTM, BILSTM, and CNN for deep learning. Finally, we compare the results of previous machine learning models and deep learning techniques to determine which one is more effective in detecting fake news. Both models showed high accuracy in the results.


Nevus of Ota is a benign dermal melanocytosis that may pose significant psychosocial distress to patients. Q‐switched nanosecond lasers have traditionally been considered the first‐line treatment but pain, bleeding, and postinflammatory pigmentary alteration are common adverse effects. Picosecond devices have been increasingly used to treat nevus of Ota with promising results. We present two cases demonstrating novel applications of the 730 and 785 nm picosecond titanium sapphire lasers for the treatment of nevus of Ota in two patients with types III and IV skin.


In this paper the Cassino Hexapod Robot is presented by discussing its design features and operation performance through simulation results. The analysis ha been completed by experimental tests on a built prototype. This paper is based on student's work to check and improve the low-cost and easy-operation features of the Cassino Hexapod Robot.


We design a kind of automatic non-contact measurement of railway track vibration device ,which bases on the principle of linear Array CCD sensor and uses the technology of FPGA/CPLD and EPP .The device sets on the rail and roadbed.This system is composed of CCD device, lamp-house ,computer and other aids.We use EPM7128 in the circuit. The device has the advantages of stable ,quick testing and high resolution.The measure range of swing is 0.1~200 mm,and the measure precision is 0.1 mm.


Due to the proliferation of mobile devices such as smart phones and tablet computers, and increase in the speed of network devices to forward data, the Internet traffic has increased manyfold compare to a decade ago. Energy consumed by network devices handling the network traffic has increased manyfold also. Researchers are not only focusing on battery oriented network such as wireless sensor and ad hoc networks on saving battery power to extend network life but are also focusing on wired network to save energy consumed by network devices. Energy consumed by wired network can be reduced by putting underutilized network devices or links to sleep. If a network device has a few links such as a backbone network device, it is better to consider underutilized device to put to sleep, but if a network device has many links such as in data centers network devices and campus networks devices, it is better to consider underutilized links to put to sleep. In this paper, we consider putting underutilized links to sleep. Off course, if all links of a network device are put to sleep, the device itself will be put to sleep. Furthermore, in this paper we consider OpenFlow-based network as it is software defined network and flexible to control network devices. Besides, OpenFlow is being standardized by big enterprises such as NEC, Google, Cisco, Microsoft etc. We evaluated our approach by simulation and compare it with node based approach to see its effectiveness.


Eight of nine newborn infants with severe persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN), and a predicted mortality of 100%, and one infant with a predicted mortality >94% based on alveolar-arterial oxygen tension difference ((A-a)Do2) were treated with magnesium sulphate (MgSO4) as a life saving therapy after they failed to improve with conventional treatment. Magnesium at high serum concentrations decreases pulmonary pressures and is a muscle relaxant and sedative. Diluted MgSO4.7H20 solution (200 mg/kg) was given intravenously over 20-30 minutes. No changes in the treatment were made after MgSO4. Mean serum magnesium concentration was maintained between 2-88 and 5-67 mmol/l by continuous intravenous infusion (six infants). Baseline arterial oxygen tension (Pao2) and haemoglobin oxygen saturation had mean (SD) values of 4-66 (1-8) kPa and 60-4 (29.7)% respectively, which started to increase one hour after MgSO4 infusion, and increased significantly at six hours to 12-04 (7.07) kPa and 91-8 (10-88)% respectively. Arterial carbon dioxide tension (PacO2) decreased and pH increased significantly after one hour compared with the baseline value. PaO2 increases are probably secondary to a decrease in pulmonary vascular resistance and pressure, decrease in a right to left shunt, better ventilation:perfusion ratio, and Paco2 decrease and pH rise. Seven infants survived (77-8%). These results demonstrate the beneficial effect ofmagnesium in the management of PPHN when other accepted treatment fails, is contraindicated, or not available. such as tolazoline and prostaglandins, muscle relaxants, and sedatives have all been advocated.1-12 Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation has been used to treat severe cases of PPHN with various success,367 11 12 but is not available in most neonatal centres. To date no controlled studies have been performed objectively to test the efficacy of the various treat-


The purpose of this paper is to analyze the relationship between fertility and education development in the pre-1940 period. By comparing the timing of fertility decline with the changes in school attendance, it is apparent that the time of fertility decline (between 1910 and 1920) coincided with the period when those of primary school age, with a school attendance rate of more than 95%, reached the period of childbearing (20 years or older). This suggests that the development of primary education contributed to the evolution of an awareness of the number of children. If any influential force originated from the educational attainment, the fertility decline for the post-1920 period depended on the progress of school attendance to higher (secondary) education since the rate of females in the population who completed a secondary education showed a rapid increase in the post-1920 period. By use of the technique of component of difference analysis, it was found that the educational attainment displaced the pwerful influencing force on the decline of fertility at the early stages of fertility decline. (author's)


Traditionally, the key principle of assessment was based on the depth and intensity of the knowledge taught in class. In our modern state, the notion of assessment is more about learning and less about whether it is deep or surface learning. This could be attributed to challenges facing higher education, such as marketisation, massification, access and success. This article aims to demonstrate the significance of assessment as a pedagogical and measuring tool to promote deep learning in institutions of higher learning. It analyses how different types of assessment could contribute to deep learning while enhancing critical thinking and analytical skills. The article adopted the qualitative research approach to appraise critically and examine the literature on assessment in higher education. The sequence in which assessment tasks are presented, the pedagogical approaches adopted and measurement tools used should aim to present general non-threatening questions. The article recognises Bloom's taxonomy as it classifies educational learning objectives in the manner that accommodates deep learning. This article suggests that assessment should be made explicit, aligned with learning outcomes that consider deep learning in terms of acquisition of knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis and understanding of basic concepts in what is learnt. It concludes that students need to be engaged in their assessment to enable them to develop skills and dispositions that prepare them for the future as socially responsible citizens. Research needs to be conducted on the higher education challenges that compromise the quality of assessment as this could have negative effects on the development of deep learning.


The invention discloses a document uploading method comprising the steps that a document to be uploaded is analyzed into a document picture by a client side; the total data volume S of the document picture after analysis is obtained by the client side; the data volume S is decomposed into a first component S1 and a second component S2 of preset proportion by the client side according to first uploading speed ULP from the client side to a picture server, second uploading speed ULR from the client side to an analysis server and third uploading speed URP from the analysis server to the picture server; the first component S1 is uploaded to the picture server by the client side at the first uploading speed ULP; and the second component S2 is uploaded to the analysis server by the client side at the second uploading speed ULR so that the analysis server is enabled to upload the second component S2 to the picture server at the third uploading speed URP. The invention also discloses the client side and a document uploading system. The document picture of the client side can be rapidly uploaded to the picture server so that upload waiting time is shortened for users and user experience is great.


Russell Deal is the founder and managing director of Innovative Resources, the publishing arm of St Luke's Anglicare, Bendigo. Russell is a social worker, who for the past 13 years has been a publisher. Strength Cards, now a widely used resource all over the world, were followed by The Bears, and more recently by Koala Company, Name the Frame, Mates Traits and many other resources designed to address a range of situations with individuals, families, teams and communities. Details available at www.innovativeresources.org (author abstract)


Abstract Drought is one of the main environmental constraints that can reduce plant yield. Nitric oxide (NO) is a signal molecule involved in plant responses to several environmental stresses. The objective of this study was to investigate the cytoprotective effect of a single foliar application of 0, 1, 10 or 100 µM of the NO donor sodium nitroprusside (SNP) in sunflower plants under water stress. Water stressed plants treated with 1μM SNP showed an increase in the relative water content compared with 0 μM SNP. Drought reduced the shoot dry weight but SNP applications did not result in alleviation of drought effects. Neither drought nor water stress plus SNP applications altered the content of photosynthetic pigments. Stomatal conductance was reduced by drought and this reduction was accompanied by a significant reduction in intercellular CO 2 concentration and photosynthesis. Treatment with SNP did not reverse the effect of drought on the gas exchange characteristics. Drought increased the level of malondialdehyde (MDA) and proline and reduced pirogalol peroxidase (PG-POD) activity, but did not affect the activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD). When the water stressed plants were treated with 10 μM SNP, the activity of PG-POD and the content of proline were increased and the level of MDA was decreased. The results show that the adverse effects of water stress on sunflower plants are dependent on the external NO concentration. The action of NO may be explained by its ability to increase the levels of antioxidant compounds and the activity of ROS-scavenging enzymes.Key words: photosynthesis, reactive oxygen species, antioxidant enzymes, proline, malondialdehyde.


An improved track-before-detect(TBD) algorithm based on the particle filter is proposed for high-speed weak target detection.This method uses a unique measurement model for radar range-Doppler compression,which can effectively reduce the model error of the traditional sensor point spread function.An updating strategy is proposed that newborn particles are uniformly distributed within the set with high-intensity bins and that the existing particles with low weights are replaced by new particles with probability.This strategy can improve the diversity among the particles and mitigate the effects of degeneracy.Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm has an improved performance of detecting and tracking dim targets compared with the standard particle filter.


This article presents an argument for measuring need for safety and perceived safety resources in the context of other environmental concerns as an alternative to measuring fear of crime. The Environmental Preference Inventory (EPI) and the Environmental Quality Scale (EQS) are presented, and are shown to have adequate internal consistency and construct validity when tested on a sample of university students. The relationships of the EPI and the EQS to traditional measures of fear of crime are examined, and the benefits and limitations of the alternative measures are explored.


1. A method of detecting a hypoglycemic condition in a patient comprising the steps of: controlling the heart rate of the patient to provide a signal of heart rate; determining shifted in time sequence as a time difference between a signal of heart rate and the time shifted version of the signal of heart rate ; endure conclusion of the occurrence of a hypoglycemic event, if this difference exceeds a first predetermined threshold; ipodayut alarm if a finding of such nastuplenii.2. A method according to claim 1, comprising the step of filtering is performed heart rate signal lowpass filter for providing heart rate trend and the time shifted timing sequence is defined as the difference between the trend of the heart rate and time-shifted trend heart rate. 3. A method according to claim 1 or 2, comprising the step of changing the first predetermined threshold level in dependence on one or more measured parameters patsienta.4. A method according to claim 3, wherein the measured parameter comprises patient glucose levels krovi.5. A method according to claim 4, wherein the high level measured in the blood glucose level is adjusted first threshold to reduce the probability of the occurrence of an opinion hypoglycemic event.6. A method according to claim 4, wherein if the measured blood glucose level close to normal levels, or is at a low level, the first threshold level is adjusted to increase the likelihood of the onset of an opinion


Mixed-criticality systems have become a mainstream in industry and research due to their potential to decrease, size, weight, and power. Often research institutions and industry interpret the term 'mixed criticality' differently. Hence research approaches and solutions are hard to deploy to industry. This paper discusses the background, the current state of research and industrial deployment of mixed-criticality systems from an industrial perspective. It presents the background of criticality, the safety and security processes, and some approaches of applications of research to real systems. The focus of this paper is partitioning, which is the separation of different applications of different criticality, and its impact on performance along with possible optimizations.


A foil-based BioMEMS for electrochemical capillary immunoassay for hepatitis serology is presented. Immobilization of the hepatitis antigen utilizing capillary forces and special stopping barriers in foil based microsystems and the application of it in fast immunoassays will be shown. The measurement starts with the addition of the antibody containing human serum sample. Subsequently the signal antibody labelled with glucose oxidase binds to the hepatitis B antibody and converts glucose to hydrogen peroxide, which is oxidized at the electrode in the measurement cell. The assay is very sensitive and designed to differentiate between hepatitis B negative (below 10 U/l) and positive serum. The present limit of detection of immunoassays in the BioMEMS is 20 atto-moles.


The research objective is the study of paragraph construction structural peculiarities in scientific and technical text in teaching students of various fields. The article analyses and reveals distinctive features of paragraph construction in scientific research. The study proves that analyses of paragraph structural features conduce to fuller distinction of stylistic originality of scientific text, its architectonics and composition. The article clarifies that in contrast to literary text, paragraph in scientific and technical text is distinguished by far greater concise and accurate structure formatting. The research proves that in the paragraph of scientific and technical text every following utterance, having close semantic relations with a preceding utterance, functions as its continuation. Having analyzed paragraph construction structural peculiarities the authors single out its main distinctive features: standardized size, unilinearity, clarity of hierarchic relations between utterances, logically strict consecutive order of its sequence, tight connection between preceding and following utterances. The study proves that in scientific and technical texts paragraphs are monolithic speech units from which bigger segments of the text are «built» (sections, chapters, etc). By building such units, clear, evident logical division of the text is achieved (speech product), necessary for more precise and objective scientific statements and facts, eloquent evidence of the propositions put forward, theories, hypotheses, etc.


The software design of web based applications using the automata-based programming approach is studied. An indicative case study is developed. The case is the Web Based Application of an Innovation and Entrepreneurship Unit. The software is modelled using finite state machines (deterministic automata). A supervisor of the automaton is developed in order to support the efficient and accurate functionality of the software and compensate overload due to client's requests. The supervisor scheme is based on the prioritization, availability and privileges of the clients.


A warhead (1) with a large splinter range and large splinters energy has a concave splitter unit (6). The splitter unit (6) is explosive speeds and includes balls (10) between two plates (11, 12). The balls (10) are embedded in a metal powder (13), wherein the metal powder (13) and the balls (10) made of tungsten heavy metal.


The author consider hyperspaces in the setting of textures and ditopological texture spaces. According to that, the definitions of hypertexture, plain hypertexture and hyperspace of ditopological texture space are presented. Then the author obtained some properties of hypertextures in the categorical respect and give some examples of hypertextures.


Abstract A unified framework for an impromptu switching between the coupled (i.e., the monolithic), the staggered, and the uncoupled solution strategies for the phase-field based computations of material fracture is presented. As a model problem, a 2d quasi-brittle solid phase-field formulation, which is based on the tension-compression split energy functional, is chosen. In order to fit within the proposed framework, the classical staggered approach is reformulated as a loop of uncoupled monolithic steps that we call modified-staggered. Numerical examples show that an automatic switching between the coupled and the modified-staggered solution methods (when the former fails) may shorten the computational times (compared to the pure staggered approach) for an order of magnitude.


Contact-induced damage has been studied in single-crystal (wurtzite) ZnO by cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy (XTEM) and scanning cathodoluminescence (CL) monochromatic imaging. XTEM reveals that the prime deformation mechanism in ZnO is the nucleation of slip on both the basal and pyramidal planes. Some indication of dislocation pinning was observed on the basal slip planes. No evidence of either a phase transformation or cracking was observed by XTEM in samples loaded up to 50 mN with an ∼4.2 μm radius spherical indenter. CL imaging reveals a quenching of near-gap emission by deformation-produced defects. Both XTEM and CL show that this comparatively soft material exhibits extensive deformation damage and that defects can propagate well beyond the deformed volume under contact. Results of this study have significant implications for the extent of contact-induced damage during fabrication of ZnO-based (opto)electronic devices.


An unusual feature of two-sided markets is that there is no consensus regarding what they are. Our approach to deriving a definition is to identify examples that have been found to represent an interesting phenomenon in common and then reverse engineer the outcomes to determine the drivers of what are perceived to be the distinguishing or interesting features of equilibrium. In our view, the central focus of the two-sided-markets literature has been on identifying and analyzing cross-platform externalities. We identify two critical features that give rise to such externalities at the margin: idiosyncratic matching and inefficient rationing.


Coupled heat and mass transfer by mixed convection in a micropolar fluid saturated porous medium due to a stretching surface has received great attention during the last decades because of numerous applications in geophysics and energy related engineering problems that includes both metal and polymer sheets. Sakiadis[25]first investigated flow in the boundary layer . on moving solid surface ,who found that the boundary layer is in the direction of motion of the continuous solid surface and deviates from the classical Blassius flow past a flat plate. Later, Grubka and Bobba [11] have investigated the stretching sheet problems. Mixing and recirculation of local fluid moves through paths in packed beds. This hydrodynamic mixing of fluid at pore level influences thermal and solutal dispersion in the porous medium. More discussion and applications of convective transport in porous media can be found in the book by Nield and Bejan [22] and Ingham and Pop[15] have reported similarity solutions for mixed convection flow over horizontal and inclined plated embeddede in fluid saturated porous media in the presence of surface mass flux. On the other hand, Mikowycz et al[21] have discuss the effect of surface mass transfer on buoyancy-induced Darcian flow adjacent to a horizontal surface using non-similarity solutions. Hopper et al[13] have considered the problem of non-similar mixed convection flow along an isothermal vertical plate in porous media with uniform surface suction or injection and a introduced a single parameter for the entire regime of free –forced – mixed convection. Wang and Chen[32]presented a numerical set and modelling results of three dimensional Electro osmotic flows[EOPs]in homogeneously charged micro and nano scale random porous media. Wang et al[33] analysed numerical modelling results of the EOP through charger anisotropic porous media using the lattice Poisson-Boltzmann method. The above mentioned applications may be treated well with micropolar fluid under can be described through new material constants in additions to those of a classical Newtonian fluid. Erigen's micropolar model includes the classical Navier -Stokes equations for a viscous and incompressible fluid as special case. Extensive reviews of the theory and applications of micropolar fluids were provided by Ariman et al [4].These micropolar fluids are suitable in modelling the body fluids and cerebro-spinal fluid. Hoyt and Fabulla [12] have shown experimentally that fluids containing minute polymeric additives exhibits a considerable reduction in the skin friction and hence this concept can be well explained by the theory of micropolar fluids. Thus study of heat and mass transfer considering micropolar fluid is of special interest because of the cooling of the fibre in the formation processes[9]. The effect of radiation on heat and mass transfer flow have been discussed by several authors [7,8,10] Abstract: In this paper, an attempt has been made to investigate the influence of thermal radiation, dissipation, heat sources and convective boundary condition on the flow of a micropolar fluid past a stretching sheet. The non-linear coupled equations have been solved numerically. The effect of various parameters on the flow characteristics are depicted through graphs and tables.


Current outdoor LiDAR-based 3D object detection methods mainly adopt the training-from-scratch paradigm. Unfortunately, this paradigm heavily relies on large-scale labeled data, whose collection can be expensive and time-consuming. Self-supervised pre-training is an effective and desirable way to alleviate this dependence on extensive annotated data. Recently, masked modeling has become a successful self-supervised learning approach for point clouds. However, current works mainly focus on synthetic or indoor datasets. When applied to large-scale and sparse outdoor point clouds, they fail to yield satisfactory results. In this work, we present BEV-MAE, a simple masked autoencoder pre-training framework for 3D object detection on outdoor point clouds. Specifically, we first propose a bird's eye view (BEV) guided masking strategy to guide the 3D encoder learning feature representation in a BEV perspective and avoid complex decoder design during pre-training. Besides, we introduce a learnable point token to maintain a consistent receptive field size of the 3D encoder with fine-tuning for masked point cloud inputs. Finally, based on the property of outdoor point clouds, i.e., the point clouds of distant objects are more sparse, we propose point density prediction to enable the 3D encoder to learn location information, which is essential for object detection. Experimental results show that BEV-MAE achieves new state-of-the-art self-supervised results on both Waymo and nuScenes with diverse 3D object detectors. Furthermore, with only 20% data and 7% training cost during pre-training, BEV-MAE achieves comparable performance with the state-of-the-art method ProposalContrast. The source code and pre-trained models will be made publicly available.


During the past 5 years Australian farmed barramundi production has increased from 2,700 tonnes in 2003/04 to an expected 6,000 tonnes in 2008/09 while average farm gate prices have fallen. This coupled with the current global recession is impacting significantly on the profitability of barramundi farmers. As a consequence, the Australian Seafood CRC funded a large project to develop repositioning strategies for the domestic market to enable Australian farmed barramundi product to be differentiated from its competitors and to deliver on consumer expectations for quality and price. A key component of the project was a value chain analysis. The research objectives sought to (i) map the current value chain for Australian farmed barramundi, (ii) identify areas for potential improvement, and (iii) develop repositioning strategies based on the above analysis. In-depth interviews were undertaken with thirty stakeholders in the industry (farmers, regulators, suppliers, wholesalers, distributors, value added product developers, chefs, and retailers) on various aspects of the farmed barramundi value chain. Mapping of the value chain and analysis of results lead to the development of a series of combined issues and possible repositioning strategies. A supply chain map was developed based on the results of the interviews. Specific volumes/percentages were not collected as part of this study because those interviewed were generally reluctant to supply such specific data in the formative stages of the project. Key issues identified included the inability of farmers and other chain stakeholders to work together collaboratively, inconsistent product quality and a lack of consumer knowledge of sources and types of barramundi. Recommended strategies included greater collaboration between farmers, the development and enforcement of quality standards, the development of alternative channels for lower quality product and branding and consumer education initiatives.


Ecological restoration of urban waterfront has very important ecological, economic and social meaning to development of urban waterfront and whole city. Based on review of international and domestic studies of urban waterfront restoration,the basic theories, key technologies, application of landscape ecology and demonstration projects related to ecological restoration of urban waterfront are discussed. The city can be sustainable developed through ecological restoration of urban waterfront.


Airbag device for a vehicle comprising an inflator and an air bag cushion having a recessed head support section formed in a rear portion of the airbag cushion, so that when the airbag cushion is deployed by supplied from the inflator gas, the head support section receiving a head of an occupant, and shoulder support portions, which project from lateral sides of the head supporting portion in rearward direction, and form a space between the shoulder support sections and between which the head support section is located when the airbag cushion is deployed, and a support belt, which is provided in the air bag cushion and extending transversely in the transverse direction by shoulder support sections extends, so that a gas path is defined in a front portion of the airbag cushion beneath the support belt.


The purpose of this thesis intends to determine the effect of product quality on
customer loyalty, service quality on customer loyalty and customer satisfaction on
loyalty of Serabi Notosuman's customer in Surakarta.
Population in this research is Serabi Notosuman's customer in Surakarta.
Samples are taken with 40 respondents using non random sampling techniques that
not all of members of populations were given the opportunity to be selected into the
sample.
To achieve the purpose, this research uses an analytical tool such as analysis
of the validity, reliability, tests of hypotheses and assumptions of classical test
conducted by using SPSS for Windows 17.
Based on the results obtained regression equation as follows:
Y = 2,045 + 0,277X1+0,215X2+0,217X3. Based on the analysis, indicators in this
thesis are valid and the reliable variables. On the classic assumption test, free
multikolinearitas regresssion model, doesn't occur heteroskedastisitas, and as normal
distribution. Individually sequence of each of the most influential variable is the
variable quality of the product with a regression coefficient is 0,277 then the variable
consumer satisfaction with regression coefficient is 0,217 while the variable quality
of service with a regression coefficient is 0,215.


Although red cell (RC) transfusion is often essential for the management of malignant and benign hematology, few prospective data are available on RC use in this patient group. In order to inform national emergency blood supply planning, we performed a longitudinal, prospective audit of RC use within the Australian state of Victoria (population 5.5 million) over a 9-month period (Jun '07–Feb '08). Our primary aims were to identify major clinical areas of RC utilisation and determine the urgency of RC use therein. Hemato-oncology (HO) patients were the largest overall user of RC in the state, prompting the detailed subgroup analysis reported in this abstract. 5132 RC units were randomly selected at point of production and distributed at a constant rate along with state-wide inventory (thus sampling 3.7% of the total population of RCs distributed during the study period). Details regarding the fate of each selected unit were actively followed by collation of associated case-report forms (CRFs). 5052 (98.4%) CRFs were returned; 4829 (95.6% CI±0.5%) of RCs were transfused. 1623 (33.6±1.3%) of these were administered to HO patients (median HO recipient age 68, range 1–100; 44% female). Clinical areas of use within the HO cohort included: malignant hematology/stem cell transplant, 34.8±2.3% of RCs; non-hematological oncology, 29.0±2.2%; benign hematology, 27.8±2.2% and hematinic deficiency, 8.4±1.4%. Although few (1.5±0.1%) transfusions were required acutely ( The ABO group of recipients did not differ from the background Australian population estimates, but there was a significant excess of Rh positivity in the benign hematology cohort, possibly due to segregation of Rh phenotype with transfusion-requiring hemoglobinopathies (89.4±2.9% Rh +ve in benign hematology vs 82.5±2.2% in Australian population; p These results demonstrate the continuing importance of RC support in HO patients, and underscore the predominantly high acuity of RC transfusion in this group. We suggest that using increasingly restrictive transfusion thresholds in the context of a major blood shortage would be unlikely to have a significant impact on RC demands by HO patients with established anemia. However, delaying the administration (or reducing the intensity) of myelosuppressive chemotherapy as part of a RC triaging strategy may result in major short-to-intermediate term gains in inventory for transfusion services. The identification of ongoing, largely avoidable, low acuity RC transfusion for hematinic deficiency within the cohort also provides an opportunity to improve clinical practice while conserving finite RC resources. Consideration of alternatives to transfusion, optimisation of hematinics and judicious use of erythropoietic stimulating agents remain an important and potentially under-utilised facet to HO patient care.


Intrinsic germanium (Ge) planar detector arrays have been used at Hanford for lung counting since 1983. This paper describes a counting system using an array of only four detectors, larger than those used in the past, using larger dewars and a simplified detector-positioning system. Typical detector elements have been 51 mm in diameter and 20 mm thick, with a beryllium window thickness of 0.51 mm. The resolution of the detectors has been about 560 eV for 6.4-keV x-rays and 700 eV for 122-keV gamma rays. In the past, arrays of three, four, five, and six detectors have been employed. Six detectors have been the preferred configuration for lung counting. Up to 3,000 counts annually have been performed with these systems. When detectors fail and spares are not available, calibrations and calculational algorithms are maintained for four-detector configurations. For several years, both ``bucket`` and ``stovepipe`` designs have been used for the Dewars with the 15-liter dewars proving to be much more reliable than the ``stovepipe`` designs.


Achieving clean surfaces is a major and challenging requirement for the study of surfaces and surface reactions. Nondestructive cleaning is a crucial step in semiconductor manufacturing, growth of materials, and processing. We use photoemission spectroscopy (PES) to systematically study the core and valence band electronic structure of various chemical treatments of InP(100), GaAs(100), and GaN(0001). These surfaces undergo wet chemical cleaning of H2SO2/H2O2/H2O followed by thermal heating. In order to achieve the necessary surface sensitivity and spectral resolution, synchrotron radiation in the energy range of 60–1000 eV is used for PES. In tuning the sulfuric acid based chemistry, we achieve oxygen free GaAs and InP surfaces, as shown in our valence band and core level PES analysis. Furthermore, core level PES shows oxygen coverage of the GaN surface is reduced to less than 0.1 monolayer (ML). The carbon coverage is also reduced dramatically for the III–V surfaces, <10% ML for InP and GaAs and approxi...


Speech is the fundamental, most effective, reliable and common medium to communicate in real time systems. There are so many applications of speech still to be far from reality just because of lack of efficient and reliable noise removal mechanism and techniques for preserving or improving the intelligibility for the speech signals. In this paper attempt has been stepped towards surveying the methodologies for soft computing based speech recognition techniques for speech enhancement in multimedia applications. Because of their many applications and their relative ease of implementation, single-channel speech enhancement algorithms have received much attention. As a consequence, a vast amount of publications on estimation procedures and their implementation in noise reduction systems exists. However, there has been little systematic research on the theoretic performance of such estimators. Missing data techniques (MDTs) have been widely employed and shown to improve speech recognition results under noisy conditions. This paper presents new technique which improves upon previously proposed sparse imputation techniques relying on the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO). LASSO is widely employed in compressive sensing problems. However, the problem with LASSO is that it does not satisfy oracle properties in the event of a highly collinear dictionary, which happens with features extracted from most speech corpora.


Design is considered fundamental for business performance. Previous empirical work finds that design supports innovation and profits together with R&D. Even though there has been increasing theoretical focus on the complex and multifaceted nature of design, the empirical knowledge of how different usages and integration of design activities relate to innovative propensity and performance is limited. This article provides detailed analyses of how different design activities support innovativeness and novelties' share of sales. We utilize mixed methods approach combining a qualitative study of firm innovation strategies with quantitative analyses using the Danish Community Innovation Survey, CIS, for 2010 and 2012. Utilizing unique data on design activities in CIS, we analyze the role of different types of design on the propensity for innovation for Danish firms. Thereafter, we estimate the relation between design and innovation performance, measured by the share of sales due to product innovations. We find a positive relation of end-product shaping and mixing designers into diverse teams to propensity to innovate. Moreover, the use of branding seems to support both innovativeness and sales from innovations. Additionally, we find that integrating design in management and innovation practices increases the likelihood of innovation.


Fruit juices sold for commercial purpose have a very large market. Classification of the same type of fruit juice belonging to different brands is however not well advanced. This aspect if studied could benefit the two major roles in the industry, which are the producers and the consumers. Commercial fruit juices unlike the real fruit juices have additives in different proportions. The concentrations and quantities of these additives need to be aggregated to evaluate the quality of the juice. Another major influencing factor in the producer-consumer relationship is the monetary benefit. Our study involves analysis of the nutrition facts claimed by the brand. These involve calories, sugars, carbohydrates, vitamin A, vitamin C and price per 1000ml. We aim to combine both these factors to suggest overall benefit of consuming the juice with respect to the brand.


This article looks into Information and Communication Technologies, and the Internet in particular, as a means of public policy making. It is interested in examining the reasons why and the conditions under which 'top down' approaches to the development of Internet infrastructure can take place and substitute for similar action from the private sector, grassroots organizations or other civic agents. To this goal, this article focuses on the emergence of a central state initiative in Greece concerning network infrastructure, reversing emergent arguments on the localization of the Internet and the dominance of 'bottom up approaches. Taking a historical view on the development and spread of the public sector in Greece, the authors discuss the EPPOS pilot plan, an Internet initiative undertaken by the Greek Ministry of Culture, which has had a significant impact on cultural tourism and economic development across the country. Introduction Faced with the emergence of the Information Society, national governments have for some time now been looking at the development of a digitalization and informatization policy, as well as the digitalization of their policies. In this article we examine the way in which the public sector in Greece uses Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), and the Internet in particular, in order to develop Information Technology initiatives and become part of the Information Society. The following research questions will guide our analysis: Do Internet initiatives need to be taken at a 'bottom-up' or a 'topdown' level? For example, is there any room for central state Internet initiatives, as opposed to grassroots organizations and other civic agents or private sector initiatives? What is, in effect, the role of the state in developing ICT and, especially, Internet initiatives? Our argument is that in specific cases where social settings are characterized by a weak civil society and a less than willing private sector, the public sector can, and usually does, determine a strategy for network infrastructure. Communications 24 (1999) 3 255


F. Fessel has published an interesting contribution to our knowledge of the behaviour of bromides in the animal body (Munchen. med. T\clinsclir., 26tli Sept. 1899), especially in relation to their sojourn in the organism and their excretion. He begins by pointing out that bromides sometimes cause certain unpleasant effects, " bromism," but that these more frequently remain absent, and when they do occur seem to depend on some unrecognised peculiarity in the condition of the sufferer. Observations by several observers have shown that on taking bromides a considerable amount of bromine is retained in the body, and the output of it only comes to equal the intake when the organism lias,


Samples of three selected summer and winter vegetables viz, cucumber, okra and cauliflower were collected from field and analysed for pesticide residues. Extraction of samples was done using QuEChERS method and was analysed using gas chromatography using GC-ECD and GC-FTD detectors for the presence of organochlorine, organophosphates and syntheticpyrethroids. Among the three vegetables analyzed, cauliflower was found to be most contaminated (47.5%) followed by okra (40.0%) and cucumber (22.5%)with low but measurable amounts of residues. Organochlorines were not detected in any of the samples. For risk assessment under Indian conditions, theoretical maximum residue contribution (TMRC) was determined for both urban and rural respondents and a comparison with maximum permissible intake (MPI) for Indian women with standard body weight of 55 Kg was done. The TMRC obtained for all the income groups in rural and urban respondents was significantly lower than MPI.


The trend questioned the thinking value of Chinese classical novels——the Four Famous Novels has popularized at home and abroad in the near 20 years,of them Outlaws of the Marsh is been denied most,and Mr.Wang Xuetai's Shuihu bummer conciousness theory basically represents the main voices which denies the ideological nature of Outlaws of the Marsh in academic field in the new era.As the time speciality of becoming into a book,Outlaws of the Marsh exists certainly this or that shortcomings,but the bummer conciousness(that is rogue conciousness named by Mr.Wang Xuetai) never is the leading conciousness of the novel;Liangshan hero group written by the auther is a political and military group which owns a certain ideological pursuit and yearns for a bright,rather than a gang group which rejects of civilization without sense of right and wrong.The violence trend of Shuihu heroes is the special products of national oppression in Song and Yuan Peorid,is the extreme performance by the people in the suffering with the revanchism ideology in a way of tit-for-tat.From academic standard,the reverse trend of Famous Novels of Classical Literature which set off in the academic field in the new era,at least owns three fatals: guilty of far-fetched,exaggerated characters and demonizing of the evaluating characters.


Objective To investigate the cytocompatibility of electrospun SF / COL / PLCL blend three-dimensional nanofiber scaffold with human umbilical cord blood mesenchymal stem cells(hUCBMSCs). Methods The hUCBMSCs were isolated,cultured and subcultured,of which the passage 3 were determined for the ability in induction of osteoplastic differentiation in vitro by alizarin red staining and Von Kossa staining,and for the expression of relevant antigen on surface by flow cytometry. SF / COL / PLCL blend three-dimensional nanofiber scaffold was prepared,observed for morphology by microscopy,and determined for mechanical properties,onto which hUCBMSCs were inoculated and observed for growth and propagation. Results The hUCBMSCs showed ability in induction of osteoplastic differentiation,in which CD44,CD29,CD90 and CD105 were expressed while CD45 and CD34 were not. SF / COL / PLCL complex nanofiber showed good morphology,of which the diameter and mechanical properties increased gradually with the increasing PLCL content. The hUCBMSCs showed good adhesion to the nanofiber scaffold,which were connected each other and expanded. The adhesion and propagation of hUCBMSCs on the nanofiber scaffold showed significant difference with those in routine culture(P 0. 05). A mass ratio of SF / COL to PLCL of 30 ∶ 70 was beneficial to the growth of hUCBMSCs. Conclusion The hUCBMSCs grew and were propagated on SF / COL / PLCL blend three-dimensional nanofibrous scaffold. With good mechanical properties and cytocompatibility,the nanofiber might be used as a novel scaffold material for tissue engineering.


In this study, deuterium retention properties of SiC/SiC composites irradiated by deuterium ions at diŠerent temperatures in the range from 293 K to 923 K were investigated with thermal desorption spectroscopy, and the relationship between deuterium retention and the change of atomic composition was examined. Thermal desorption spectra of D2 showed two major peaks which was regarded as deuterium released from its Si–D and C–D bonds, respectively. At the irradiation temperature of 673 K, the ratio of the amounts of desorbed D2 at lower desorption peak (Si–D bond) increased compared to the room temperature case, owing to the decrease in carbon composition at the surface. On the other hand, at the irradiation temperatures at 823 and 923 K, the ratio of the amounts of desorbed D2 at higher desorption peak (C–D bond) increased, and the hydrocarbon desorption also increased. The present data suggests that the fuel hydrogen retention properties of SiC/SiC composites are signiˆcantly aŠected by the surface temperature.


In this paper we present a global overview of the recent study carried out in Spain for the new hazard map, which final goal is the revision of the Building Code in our country (NCSE-02). The study was carried our for a working group joining experts from The Instituto Geografico Nacional (IGN) and the Technical University of Madrid (UPM) , being the different phases of the work supervised by an expert Committee integrated by national experts from public institutions involved in subject of seismic hazard. The PSHA method (Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment) has been followed, quantifying the epistemic uncertainties through a logic tree and the aleatory ones linked to variability of parameters by means of probability density functions and Monte Carlo simulations. In a first phase, the inputs have been prepared, which essentially are: 1) a project catalogue update and homogenization at Mw 2) proposal of zoning models and source characterization 3) calibration of Ground Motion Prediction Equations (GMPE's) with actual data and development of a local model with data collected in Spain for Mw < 5.5. In a second phase, a sensitivity analysis of the different input options on hazard results has been carried out in order to have criteria for defining the branches of the logic tree and their weights. Finally, the hazard estimation was done with the logic tree shown in figure 1, including nodes for quantifying uncertainties corresponding to: 1) method for estimation of hazard (zoning and zoneless); 2) zoning models, 3) GMPE combinations used and 4) regression method for estimation of source parameters. In addition, the aleatory uncertainties corresponding to the magnitude of the events, recurrence parameters and maximum magnitude for each zone have been also considered including probability density functions and Monte Carlo simulations The main conclusions of the study are presented here, together with the obtained results in terms of PGA and other spectral accelerations SA (T) for return periods of 475, 975 and 2475 years. The map of the coefficient of variation (COV) are also represented to give an idea of the zones where the dispersion among results are the highest and the zones where the results are robust.


A backstepping design for an aircraft described by rigid body dynamics is proposed. The system states are the unit velocity vector and the angular velocity in a body-fixed coordinate system. The res ...


Abstract Environmental justice (EJ) research focuses on disproportionate population exposures to multiple point and non-point pollution sources. The hazardous pollutants released by waste incinerators can contribute to uneven (or unjust) spatial and social distributions of environmental risks. The EJ literature has already revealed that the geographical distribution of incinerators generates distinct social inequalities. In the French context, these inequalities are evident when considering the proportion of unemployed people, the proportion of recent immigrants and the proportion of persons born abroad (each increases the likelihood that a town hosts an incinerator). In this article, we seek to determine whether additional social injustices occur due to disproportionate quantities of incinerator emissions.  We collected annual nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions from all incinerators in France for 2009–2010. We found that incinerators in French municipalities with higher unemployment and higher proportions of...


The objective of this study are to identify the implementation of Media in teaching listening 1 subjects at the first semester of English Study Program and to identify the factors that make the lecturer difficulty of Media in teaching listening 1 subjects at the first semester of English Study Program IAIN Curup.
 The type of this study was a descriptive presented in qualitative way. Subject of this study was lecturer of English Department of IAIN Curup which teaching students in first semester in IAIN Curup. The students taught by lecturer using Media in class A B and C of the subject listening, the researcher examined students in each class who had 18 students in one class. The techniques for collecting data were observation, interview and field note. In analysis of data, the step ware: validity, and triangulation.
 The result of the research showed that, first implementation Media as a tool for the developments of listening comprehension can be seen at pre-listening activity, while-listening activities and post-listening activities that the media can implementation in listening subject. Second the factors that make the lecturer difficulty of media in teaching listening can be known from interview and observation that student only had a few problems in implementing media.


California is the first state in the Union to pass legislation requiring companies headquartered in the state to include more women on their boards.


This paper presents a 50MHz, 3.5V input and 0.6- 3.12V output, 3-Level Buck Converter with the inclusion of a calibration circuit to ensure a constant voltage across the flying capacitor. Additionally, a Boost Converter is designed to increase the max output voltage level to 5.8V. All the circuits and their blocks are designed and simulated in 45nm CMOS technology on Cadence virtuoso. Peak efficiency is observed to be 90.3% for 3-Level Buck Converter and 93.6% for the modified Boost Converter.


The book will include the papers accepted after review for presentation at the 16th Annual UK Workshop on Computational Intelligence, to be held In Lancaster, United Kingdom, 7-9 September 2016. It will feature novel methods and applications for computational intelligence systems that have been developed recently and would be of interest to the international academic community in the field. The Workshop is the premier UK event for presenting novel research results in most areas of computational intelligence such as fuzzy systems, neural networks, evolutionary computation, evolving systems and machine learning. It provides a forum for the academic community and industry to share ideas and experience on developing and using computational intelligence techniques and methods.


Introduction 1 'Once more I will cry aloud and spare not': Southey's Responses to the African Slave Trade 2 'Taking possession': Southey's and Wordsworth's Romantic America 3 'Eden's happy vale': Romantic Representations of the South Pacific 4 Thalaba the Destroyer: Southey's 'Arabian Romance' 5 The Curse of Kehama: Missionaries, Mythology and Empire Conclusion


Three of the five known isomers of Re2Cl2(μ-dppm)2(CO)(CNXyl)3 (labeled 4' '−8' ' in accord with earlier work) react with 1 equiv each of XylNC and TlO3SCF3 in benzene to produce the symmetrical dirhenium(I) complex [Re2(μ-Cl)(μ-CO)(μ-dppm)2(CNXyl)4]O3SCF3 (I) in good yield. Isomers 4' ', 6' ', and 8' ' are converted to I, while 5' ' gives an unidentified mixture and isomer 7' ' is unreactive. When the reactions of 4' ', 5' ', 6' ', and 8' ' with TlO3SCF3 are carried out in acetonitrile in the absence of XylNC, the compound [Re2Cl(μ-dppm)2(CO)(CNXyl)3(NCCH3)]O3SCF3 can be isolated in three stable isomeric forms (A−C). Isomer B is unreactive, while A and C react with XylNC in benzene to afford I. Single-crystal X-ray structure determinations have been carried out on compounds I and B.