SAS(Substation Automation System) requires to develop a tool which can describe configuration of SAS.XML,which has virtue of detachment in data content and its display-processing,self-definition and extensible etc,has now applied widely in automation system of power network.SCL in IEC61850 uses XML as substation configuration describe language.This paper introduces application of XML in SAS after analyzing object model of SCL.


We study the environments of 49 WISE/NVSS-selected dusty, hyper-luminous, z ∼ 2 quasars using the Atacama Large Millimeter/Sub-millimeter Array (ALMA) 345 GHz images. We find that 17 of the 49 WISE/NVSS sources show additional sub-millimeter galaxies within the ALMA primary beam, probing scales within ∼150 kpc. We find a total of 23 additional sub-millimeter sources, four of which are in the field of a single WISE/NVSS source. The measured 870 μm source counts are ∼10× what is expected for unbiased regions, suggesting such hyper-luminous dusty quasars are excellent at probing high-density peaks.


Recently, the average age of the population is growing up creating a large community of elderly people in modern societies. This phenomenon is due to several aspects, like the general improvement of people's lifestyle, the adoption of digital assistance systems and the increasing progress in science, research, medicine and technology fields. Some studies, in fact, state that in 2040 more than 50% of people will be over 60 years old. In addition, as the rate of cognitive diseases of all degrees increase with age, some kind of support to the elders in daily activities such as home maintenance and respecting the medication adherence is needed. The proposed system is a smart dispenser of pills equipped with a mobile application able to support both elderly people and unformal caregivers every day. In the case of a specific event, such as a shortage of medication or non-adherence, the event is transmitted immediately to the appropriate user. The goal is to ensure the patient adherence and a continuous monitoring by the unformal caregiver. In addition to the description of the proposed system architecture, a system validation through a proof-of-concept and a description of the physical prototype is also included.


The investigation of the consequences of new technologies has a long standing tradition within economics. Particularly, labor economists are wondering how the introduction of new technologies, e.g. Personal Computers, have shaped labor markets. Former research has concentrated on the question of whether on-the-job use of PCs creates a wage bonus for employees. In this paper, we investigate whether the use of PCs increases employees' probability of an upward shift in their employment status and whether it reduces the risk of involuntary labor market exits. We do so by applying event history analysis to the Swiss Labor Market Survey, a random sample of 3028 respondents, and by analyzing a Panel sub-sample of 650 respondents conducted recently in Switzerland. Our results show that on-the-job use of PCs was beneficial for employees in the past by increasing their probability of an upward shift by approximately 50%. The analysis also suggests that PC use reduces the risk and duration of unemployment. However, these latter results fail to reach statistical significance.


We rarely hear, it has been said, of the combinations of masters, though frequently of those of workmen. But whoever imagines, upon this account, that masters rarely combine, is as ignorant of the world as of the subject. Masters are always and every where in a sort of tacit, but constant and uniform combination, not to raise the wages of labour above their actual rate. To violate this combination is every where a most unpopular action, and a sort of reproach to a master among his neighbours and equals. We seldom, indeed, hear of this combination, because it is the usual, and one may say, the natural state of things which nobody ever hears of. Masters too sometimes enter into particular combinations to sink the wages of labour even below this rate. These are always conducted with the utmost silence and secrecy, till the moment of execution, and when the workmen yield, as they sometimes do, without resistance, though severely felt by them, they are never heard of by other people. Such combinations, however, are frequently resisted by a contrary defensive combination of the workmen; who sometimes too, without any provocation of this kind, combine of their own accord to raise the price of their labour . . .


Based on their experience in Australasia, Kobus Mentz and Susannah Goble discuss how, by considering ur an economics, ur an design, and local governance concurrentl , greater efficienc , prosperit and social equity can be delivered at differing levels of city scale. The authors are, respectively, director and planner of r anismplus, one of ew ealand s most respected and awarded planning and ur an design private firms.


We introduce the concept of a branched holomorphic Cartan geometry. It generalizes to higher dimension the definition of branched (flat) complex projective structure on a Riemann surface introduced by Mandelbaum. This new framework is much more flexible than that of the usual holomorphic Cartan geometries. We show that all compact complex projective manifolds admit branched flat holomorphic projective structure. We also give an example of a non-flat branched holomorphic normal projective structure on a compact complex surface. It is known that no compact complex surface admits such a structure with empty branching locus. We prove that non-projective compact simply connected K\"ahler Calabi-Yau manifolds do not admit branched holomorphic projective structures. The key ingredient of its proof is the following result of independent interest: If E is a holomorphic vector bundle over a compact simply connected K\"ahler Calabi-Yau manifold, and E admits a holomorphic connection, then E is a trivial holomorphic vector bundle equipped with the trivial connection.


D r. N. K. B. Robson, in Bol. Soc. Brot. 39: 5-55 (1965), published an analysis o f the genera allied to Cassine L. occurring in the Flora Zambesiaca area and included those found in the neighbouring territory o f Southern Africa. He deserves credit for his meticulous study, which has brought together a great deal o f data. However, m any o f his conclusions do not commend themselves to the present author, who prefers the broader concept presented by Ding Hou in Flora M alesiana 6, 2: 284 (1962).


Load-carrying capacity of confined masonry walls in the out-of-plane direction after being damaged is crucial for overall stability and is affected by the type of interface present at the wall edge and column, such as toothing. Shake table tests were conducted to investigate the effectiveness of toothed connection on the out-of-plane behavior of damaged confined masonry walls. Three half-scaled clay brick masonry walls were subjected to a sequence of slow cyclic in-plane drifts and shake table-generated ground motions in the out-of-plane direction. Specimens included one regular RC infill frame and two confined masonry panels with different density of toothing. The specimen with infill panel demonstrated higher risk of out-of-plane collapse whereas the other two specimens with toothed connection maintained structural integrity and out-of-plane stability even when severely damaged. The toothing connections enhance the interaction between masonry walls and RC confining elements and were able to delay the failure by controlling out-of-plane deflections even after in-plane drift cycle of 1.75%.


Web 2.0 technologies promote democracy which poses issues for corporate communications. Corporate communications is orchestrated by companies to promote business strategy and raise brand profile. However, companies' use of Web 2.0 technologies in the form of social media raises problems for corporate communications departments. Web communities on social media may run campaigns that have adverse effects for companies. This is the emergence effect of Web 2.0 technologies. The Web 2.0 platform is likely to be a permanent feature for corporate communications. In this paper, the theory of deferred action is proposed to promote the positive use of social media whilst managing its adverse effects, or more generally emergence. The deferred systems concept in particular is proposed for conceptualising and developing social media uses for corporate communications whilst managing emergence. Design principles are proposed to develop social media effectively for business use.


Synopsis : Steel scraps are used as a resource of electric steel making. However, reuse of the scrap leads to increase the amount of tramp elements such as Cu and Sn. In hot rolling process, Cu segregates at the scale/steel interface. Furthermore, this Cu segregation layer causes surface cracking. This brittleness is called surface hot shortness. Previous studies have shown that surface hot shortness is suppressed by addition of Ni. How-ever, the addition of Ni increases in the cost of steel making. The authors have reported the influence of shot peening on suppression of surface hot shortness in pervious study. After hot oxidation, the shot peened scale/steel interface was rugged. The rugged scale/steel interface occluded the segregated Cu into the scale. The surface hot shortness was suppressed by the shot peening. However, the influence of shot peening didn't completely suppressed surface hot shortness. Whereat, this paper shows the influences of hot Ni shot peening on surface hot shortness. The shot peening grid was changed from cast iron to Ni. Surface hot shortness was suppressed by the hot Ni shot peening. After the hot Ni shot peening process, Ni diffused phase at the surface of specimens were observed with the Cu segregated layer by EDX analysis. The melting tempera-ture of Cu segregated layer was increased by Cu-Ni alloying. In addition, the refined grains at the surface of specimens were observed by optical microscope. This suggests that the refined grains and increased lattice defects such as dislocations are developed the microscopically heterogeneous oxidation. Consequently, the hot Ni shot peening can suppress the surface hot shortness by Ni enrichment and grain refinement in surface layer.


Even before the deep brain stimulation (DBS) era, stereotactic functional neurosurgery such as thalamotomy and pallidotomy had been used for control of medically intractable dystonia (Cooper, 1976; Lozano et al., 1997). However, unreliability and variability in the results and furthermore, needs for bilateral surgery in most patients with generalized dystonia and the occurrence of unacceptable adverse effects including dysarthria and cognitive impairment have greatly limited their use. In this regard, DBS, which provides a more stable response with fewer side effects, has revolutionized the treatment of dystonia. The first report of DBS for dystonia was by Mundinger in 1977 (Mundinger, 1997). Since then, over the past few decades, bilateral globus pallidus internus (GPi) DBS has emerged as the best therapeutic option for medication-refractory dystonia (Lang, 2011).


Introduction

Regulation of vascular reactivity of the mesenteric vascular bed is not completely known. There is substantial information on contractile response to catecholamines and serotonin of the splanchnic vascular bed, but little information exists on how trace amines influence vascular tone (1). The purpose of the present investigation was to compare vasoconstrictor responses of selected classic [noradrenaline (NA), methoxamine (M), serotonin (S)] and trace amines [meta-synephrine (SE, phenylephrine), tryptamine (TRP), tyramine (TYR) and beta-phenylethylamine (B-PEA)] in the rat mesenteric circulation. We tested the hypothesis that potency of trace amines will be moderate compared to the other monoamines.

Method

Thirty-six male Sprague-Dawley rats (280–340 g body weight) were killed by concussion and cervical dislocation. The superior mesenteric artery was cannulated and the mesenteric arterial bed excised and placed in a perfusion chamber (2). The bed was perfused at a constant flow rate (4 mL min-1) with Krebs' bicarbonate solution, warmed to 37°C and gassed (5% CO2 in O2), final pH 7.4. Perfusion pressure was monitored by means of a pressure transducer (Elcomatic EM 750) connected to a computer data acquisition system (AD Instruments Powerlab Chart 5).

Dose-response curves were constructed for NA, M, S, SE, TRP, TYR and B-PEA by bolus doses (range of 0.01–1000 nmoles) of agonists injected in a 100 μL volume. ED50 (the dose required to produce half of the maximum effect, EMax) and EMax values were calculated and results expressed as mean ± SEM, n represents the number of animals used.

Results

Sensitivity (ED50) of monoamines followed the order: S (2.9 ± 0.6, n = 6) > NA (16.1 ± 4.3, n = 6) = SE (20.2 ± 4.6, n = 6) > TRP (35.2 ± 6.3, n = 6) = M (53.2 ± 12.2, n = 5). The efficacy (EMax) sequence was of the rank order: NA (162 ± 20) = SE (139 ± 5) = M (125 ± 22) > S (51 ± 6) = TRP (38 ± 3). Both, Tyr (n = 4) and B-PEA (n = 3) yielded no vasoconstrictor effects on rat mesenteric vascular bed; however, we have recently shown that both of these molecules generate vasodepressor responses in this arterial network (3).

Discussion

Compounds producing dose-related contractions of the mesenteric vascular tree increase vascular resistance and hence may regulate arterial blood pressure. Nevertheless, additional work is warranted to delineate the effects produced at the recently cloned trace amine associated receptors (TAARs) from those, if any, of the classic amine receptors in the mesenteric circulation. Also, to determine their mechanism of action, and to further define the physiological and physiopathological (hypertension and diabetes) roles of TAARs. The outcome of which may open new avenues for therapeutic interventions.

Acknowledgements

M.A.A. was a recipient of a Wellcome Trust Fellowship.

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North Yorkshire County Council is backing a national campaign to reach out to the tens of thousands of carers that offer unpaid but vital support to ...


An opening and closing device for an air suction port of an air conditioner is provided to directly control the opening and closing of a front panel by a rotary plate integrated with a rack gear for controlling upper and lower air suction amounts, and to open and close the front panel with a predetermined inclination angle not to expose incorporated parts to the outside. An opening and closing device for an air suction port of an air conditioner includes a driving element mounted to a case(110), first and second stationary rollers(144a,144b) fixed at the inlet port, and a rotary plate guided by the first stationary roller to move. A rack gear(148) is integrally injection-molded with the rotary plate and guided by the second stationary roller to move back and forth. A first pinion gear(141a) is driven to rotate by the driving element. A second pinion gear(141b) is engaged with the first pinion gear and the rack gear. First and second guide grooves(143a,143b) guide the movement of the rotating plate and control the moving distance thereof. The first and second pinion gears rotate oppositely, wherein the first pinion gear rotates forward when opening a front panel and backward when closing the front door. The first and second pinion gears have fastening pins inserted into the first and second guide grooves.


This study investigates the effect of game location (home versus away) in high-level volleyball team performance as measured by game-related statistics. Archival data from 65,949 technical-tactical game actions during the Men's Senior World League (2005) were analysed. The observation tool devised was a combination of field format with category systems. The data were obtained through the official FIVB software known as the Volleyball Information System and analysed through Student's independent t-test and chi-squared test. The results suggest the presence of a home advantage in volleyball, since home teams won 57.5% of the games. The statistics on attack (t= 2.49, p = 0.01), serves (t=- 2.18, p= 0.03), reception (t= 16.74, p <0.001) and set performance (t= 2.03, p= 0.04) were higher for home teams. No differences between home and away teams were found in blocking (t =- 0.25, p = 0.80) and defence (t= 0.11, p= 0.92).


This research focuses on the different visions of the female body and the gender issue in puppet theatre in Spain developed by the theatre company Winged Cranes based in Madrid through the study of three of its most relevant productions: Don Kiss me, I'm in training; The soldier with no name and Bernarda's Backstage. An analysis of the multicultural and interdisciplinary contexts in which Winged Cranes has been formed and developed its artistic work is proposed. The performative bodies created by this company for the stage are analyzed by examining the puppets shown in its productions. This investigation values the contribution of Winged Cranes to the representation of women in puppet theatre and theatre in general in Spain from a feminist and a gender perspective.


A total of 140 lichen species belonging to 50 genera and 23 families with 39 species recorded for the first time from the state of Manipur, Northeast India, being reported. Fourteen species are new additions to the lichen flora of Northeast India. The crustose morphotype (49% of the species found) dominated the area, followed by foliose (43%), dimorphic, fruticose, leprose and squamulose lichens, each contributing by 4%, 2%, 1% and 1% of the species found, respectively. Nine species of phorophytic foliicolous lichens that usually colonize live leaves were also encountered. The occurrence of foliicolous lichens is quite characteristic of species diversity and indicate rather high richness in this relatively small phytogeographical area. A brief note on the phytogeographic affinities and distribution of the newly recorded lichens in Manipur has been provided.


The ${}^{197}\mathrm{Au}(\ensuremath{\gamma},n)$ reaction is used as an activation standard for photodisintegration studies on astrophysically relevant nuclei. At the bremsstrahlung facility of the superconducting electron accelerator ELBE (Electron Linear accelerator of high Brilliance and low Emittance) of Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, photoactivation measurements on $^{197}\mathrm{Au}$ have been performed with bremsstrahlung endpoint energies from 8.0 to 15.5 MeV. The measured activation yield is compared with previous experiments as well as with calculations using Hauser-Feshbach statistical models. It is shown that the experimental data are best described by a two-Lorentzian parametrization with taking the axial deformation of $^{197}\mathrm{Au}$ into account. The experimental ${}^{197}\mathrm{Au}(\ensuremath{\gamma},n)$ reaction yield measured at ELBE via the photoactivation method is found to be consistent with previous experimental data using photon scattering or neutron detection methods.


Glutamic acid-1-C14 was injected into the top internode of wheat stems at a stage of growth when kernel development was rapid (71 days after seeding). The plants were harvested 31 days later when they had matured and the incorporation of carbon-14 studied. About one-third of the carbon-14 administered was found in the upper portions of the mature plants, much of the remaining radioactivity having apparently been respired. About 85% of the carbon-14 recovered was found in the kernel. The protein fractions of these were most radioactive, but an appreciable amount of carbon-14 also appeared in the starch. Glutamic acid had the highest specific activity of the amino acids isolated from the gluten, but proline and arginine were also strongly labelled. Since these three amino acids were labelled predominantly in carbon-1 their close metabolic relationship in the wheat plant seems probable.


1 Organic and Biological Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Liege, B_4000 Liege, Belgium. 2 Department of Functional and Evolutionary Entomology, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liege, B_5030 Gembloux, Belgium. 3 Department of Microbial and Animal Biology, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liege, B_5030 Gembloux, Belgium. 4 Department of Bio-Industries, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liege, B_5030 Gembloux, Belgium. 5 Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Liege, B_4000 Liege, Belgium.


In order to expand the purification function of rainwater storage tank,feasibility of adding microoganism to purify initial rainwater in storage tank was studied.The results showed that the purification effect was significantly improved by adding microoganism including 9 bacteria species and 2 fungal species into initial rainwater.Aeration was an important environmental factor that greatly influences the biological treatment effect.A high purification rate was obtained even if the dosage of microoganism added to the initial rainwater was small so long as the time for microoganism growth was enough.Under the conditions of aeration,24 h treatment time,and 0.1 mL microoganism inoculating in 1 L initial rainwater,the removal rates of chemical oxygen demand(COD),NH_3-N,total nitrogen(TN) and total phosphorus(TP) were 71.2%,55.3%,51.1%and 82.6%,respectively.


The volume (V) of air inflated in a latex balloon placed in the rectum and the corresponding pressures (P) were measured in 48 subjects (24 men and 24 women) at three points: (1) earliest defaecation urge; (2) constant defaecation urge; and (3) maximum tolerable volume (MTV). The rectal pressures in all three cases were higher in men than in women. Woman aged over 60 years had higher rectal compliance (ΔV/ΔP) than men in the same age group, while no difference was found between men and women below the age of 60 years. Day‐to‐day variation of the measurements was tested in ten subjects. Reproducibility was good only for MTV (95 per cent confidence interval 57—183 per cent). Reproducibility of rectal compliance decreased with increasing values for this parameter. No such trend was found for the other parameters. In conclusion, MTV is a reproducible parameter and suitable for clinical use in evaluation of patients with faecal incontinence or constipation.


This paper analyses the activities of Andrey Monastyrsky, the leader of the group called "Collective Actions" (CA) which is a part of Moscow conceptualism, namely, a remarkable community of Soviet unofficial art in the 1970s and 1980s. CA is a group that has practiced many performances (they call it "action") in the field and the forest near Moscow since 1976. The perspective which could be the key to re-examine their long history is the issue of how they sought to appropriate and privatize spacetime. Regarding the privatization, Boris Groys, Russian art-critic and philosopher, pointed out that this term is linked to Moscow conceptualism, though his argument is mainly related to another group from a younger generation of conceptualism. Meanwhile, it is researcher Octavian Esanu who mentions the problem of space and time in CA. However, there exists scope for further research on the theme of time based on the perspective of appropriation. Therefore, this paper tried to shed light on Monastyrsky's awareness of the issue about time above all. Specifically, a comparative review of Monastyrsky's twin diary-novels ("Kashirckoe Shosse" written in 1987 and "Maintenance work of Kashirskoe Shosse" written in 2009) was conducted in this paper. As a result, it turns out that Monastyrsky, who was absorbed in an eternal metaphysical world in "Kashirskoe Shosse," began to be desperately aware of the systematic passage of time, i.e., a concept in opposition to his sense of an eternity in "Maintenance work." It should be noted, however, that in this instance, the passage of time dominates his consciousness as a certain type of god and he invokes the words of Buddhism to keep a proper distance from this new absolute being. In other words, he has struggled against the temptation to the metaphysical in another world in "Kashirskoe Shosse," and against the gravity of the passage of time in "Maintenance work." Recent actions of the CA might be regarded as the results of such an attempt. In some actions of the CA, obsession about dominative time and the metaphysical world disappeared and the conception of transcendence itself was transformed. There occurred a rearrangement of the past and the construction of private spacetime through the appropriation of the absolute thing, which can be regarded as one of the distinctive strategies of CA's activity. (Received on October 30, 2017) 65 Journal of the Graduate School of Letters, Hokkaido University Vol. 13; pp. 65-73, March 2018 ©2018 by the Graduate School of Letters, Hokkaido University Genichi IKUMA: firstname.lastname@example.com 10.14943/jgsl.13.65


In the past decade, the deployment of deep learning (Artificial Intelligence (AI)) methods has become pervasive across a spectrum of real-world applications, often in safety-critical contexts. This comprehensive research article rigorously investigates the ethical dimensions intricately linked to the rapid evolution of AI technologies, with a particular focus on the healthcare domain. Delving deeply, it explores a multitude of facets including transparency, adept data management, human oversight, educational imperatives, and international collaboration within the realm of AI advancement. Central to this article is the proposition of a conscientious AI framework, meticulously crafted to accentuate values of transparency, equity, answerability, and a human-centric orientation. The second contribution of the article is the in-depth and thorough discussion of the limitations inherent to AI systems. It astutely identifies potential biases and the intricate challenges of navigating multifaceted contexts. Lastly, the article unequivocally accentuates the pressing need for globally standardized AI ethics principles and frameworks. Simultaneously, it aptly illustrates the adaptability of the ethical framework proposed herein, positioned skillfully to surmount emergent challenges.


The flow stress behaviors of Al-Fe alloy was studied at the temperature of 783K~693K and deformation rate of 0.01s-1~10s-1 by using Gleeble-1500 simulated machine.The results indicated that the rheologic feature of steady-state is significant;the flow stress is sensitive to strain rate and temperature.The relationship between the analytical peak stress of the true stress-strain curve,the deformation temperature and the strain rate had been obtained through this experiment.The rheologic action of Al-Fe alloy under high temperature plastic deformation had been described by Zener-Hollomon parameter with Arrhenius item.The true stress-strain equation obtained through calculation.


Thirty four exotic genotypes of Italian millet studied for correlation and path coefficient analysis during kharif and rabi. The investigation during kharif revealed positive significant correlation of days to 50% flowering, plant height, days to maturity, number of productive tillers per plant, ear length, ear weight and straw weight with yield per plant where as during rabi besides these characters flag leaf area and 1000 grain weight were also observed to influence yield. The association of protein content and calcium content with grain yield was in negative direction. The association of carotene with grain yield was negative in during kharif only. So simultaneous improvement of these traits along with grain yield may not be possible. The study indicated that direct selection based on the characters, number productive tillers per plant during kharif whereas in rabi ear weight and straw weight are effective as the association and direct effects were positive for these traits during both the seasons.


The accuracy of the existing security situation assessment model of information system for smart mobile devices is affected by expert evaluation preferences. This paper proposes an information system security situation assessment model for smart mobile devices, which is based on the modified interval matrix-entropy weight-based cloud (MIMEC). According to the security situation assessment index system, the interval judgment matrix reflecting the relative importance of different indexes is modified to improve the objectivity of the index layer weight vector. Then, the entropy weight-based cloud is used to quantify the criterion layer and the target layer security situation index, and the security level of the system is graded. The evaluation experiment on the departure control system for smart mobile devices not only verify the validity of this model but also demonstrate that this model has higher stability and reliability than other models.


The new high spatial resolution PET detectors for small animal and breast imaging have been designed. Position-sensitive photo-multipliers (R7600-C12) and dual-layer pixelated BGO crystals are employed to detect and localize gamma rays. A modified high-voltage divider with last dynode readout circuits, a front-end positioning readout circuits, and a last dynode timing amplifier have been investigated and developed for these detectors. Methods for combining four PS-PMTs with simple X-, X+, Y-, and Y+ outputs have been developed to further simplify the positioning processing. The front-end circuits are small so they can be fit in the detector's structure. A prototype of two detector modules, each having two PS-PMTs with corresponding electronic circuits, has been built for evaluation.


ABSTRACT A study was undertaken to determine coping strategies used by Chinese managers in dealing with job stress. A sample of managers from the People's Republic of China revealed these employees to cope with stress similar to that of employees in the United States. More specifically, the study found managers who were high achievement oriented with an "internal" locus of control employed action oriented coping strategies more often than others, while managers who were less optimistic used escape oriented coping strategies more often than others. In addition, the study also found individuals who experience less burnout and high performers employed action oriented coping strategies more often than others. In contrast, individuals who experience more burnout and low performers employed escape oriented coping strategies more often than others. Discussion includes study implications and directions for future research.


Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) are vastly used for running massively parallel programs. GPU kernels exhibit different behavior at runtime and can usually be classified in a simple form as either "compute-bound" or "memory-bound." Recent GPUs are capable of concurrently running multiple kernels, which raises the question of how to most appropriately schedule kernels to achieve higher performance. In particular, co-scheduling of compute-bound and memory-bound kernels seems promising. However, its benefits as well as drawbacks must be determined along with which kernels should be selected for a concurrent execution. Classifying kernels can be performed online by instrumentation based on performance counters. This work conducts a thorough analysis of the metrics collected from various benchmarks from Rodinia and CUDA SDK. The goal is to find the minimum number of effective metrics that enables online classification of kernels with a low overhead. This study employs a wrapper-based feature selection method based on the Fisher feature selection criterion. The results of experiments show that to classify kernels with a high accuracy, only three and five metrics are sufficient on a Kepler and a Pascal GPU, respectively. The proposed method is then utilized for a runtime scheduler. The results show an average speedup of 1.18× and 1.1× compared with a serial and a random scheduler, respectively.


The No. 1 Electronic Switching System, Arranged with Data Features (No. 1 ESS ADF), uses the basic program organization of No. 1 ESS with additional task programs, input-output equipment, and mass storage to provide a reliable switching arrangement for store-and-forward data service. This paper describes the operational program organization used to control the reception of a message into the system from an originating data station, its placement in the message store, and its delivery to the terminating stations. In addition, it describes the service features and the unique characteristics of the system's translation and message-integrity features.


The present invention, the difference between the soft decision output value and more particularly been the soft decision output value output from the current decoding process of the turbo decoder and an output from a previous decoding process (Difference) of the decoder for the turbo codes are used in wireless mobile communication system, to about Turbo to the absolute value effectively stop the decision result in the iterative decoding according to the determined function after a predetermined iterative decoding using after taking the average (average) with respect to the value obtained in this process the average value to determine the function repeat of a decoder relates to a stop control device and method. Soft decision value output means repeatedly stop control device of the turbo decoder decodes a turbo decoder, a turbo repeat the coded data to output a soft decision value; The absolute value of the difference between the soft decision output value as before the soft decision value output in the soft decision value output means that the current output by the mean value of the absolute value in the determination function, the iterative decoding count of the turbo decoder repeat control means for stopping control; And a hard-decision value output means for outputting the result of hard decision decoding appointed the output value of the soft decision value output means, depending on whether to perform iterative decoding, the iterations stop control means.


304 Background: Evidence suggests that the number and type ofcomorbidities at cancer diagnosis influences cancer treatment and mortality, especially among older patients.We sought to describe comorbidity patterns and identify how patterns predict all-cause mortality among older non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) patients.

METHODS
Using the linked Surveillance, Epidemiologic, and End Results (SEER)-Medicare databases, we identified patients aged > 66 with a first diagnosis of stage I-IV NHL from 2007-2009. Codes for individual comorbidities in the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) were identified in the 12 months before NHL diagnosis, during which patients were required to have continuous Medicare Parts A, B, and D enrollment and no managed care. The prevalence of single and concurrent comorbidities was calculated. Medicare enrollment files contained vital status. We used multivariable Cox proportional hazard models to estimate adjusted hazard ratios (aHR) for all-cause mortality in each comorbidity group versus no comorbidity controlling for age, sex, race/ethnicity, stage, tumor growth category, and other comorbidities.

RESULTS
Among 4901 older NHL patients, 52% had ≥ 1 comorbidity and 26% had a CCI > 2. The most prevalent comorbidities were diabetes (25%), chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) (16%), and congestive heart failure (CHF) (12%). All-cause mortality was greater among patients with CHF (aHR = 1.44; 95%CI = 1.26, 1.65), diabetes (aHR = 1.16; 95%CI = 1.03,1.29), or dementia (aHR = 1.20; 95%CI = 1.03, 1.41) compared to those without each comorbidity. More than half of diabetes patients, two-thirds of COPD patients, and three-quarters of CHF patients had > 1 additional non-cancer comorbidity. All-cause mortality was higher among NHL patients with CHF who had co-occurring COPD (aHR = 1.56; 95%CI = 1.19, 2.05), diabetes (aHR = 1.66; 95%CI = 1.29, 2.14), or both COPD and diabetes (aHR = 2.61; 95%CI = 1.97, 3.46).

CONCLUSIONS
Comorbidity is common among older, newly-diagnosed NHL patients and should be carefully considered when making treatment decisions. Given the known cardiotoxicity of the main NHL chemoimmunotherapy, providers should discuss comorbidity management, particularly for CHF, before initiating therapy.


A digital signature is a mathematical scheme for demonstrating the authenticity of a digital message or document. For signing quantum messages, some arbitrated quantum signature schemes have being proposed. However, in the existing literature, arbitrated quantum signature schemes depend on entanglement. In this paper, we present two arbitrated quantum signature schemes without utilizing entangled states in the signing phase and the verifying phase. The first proposed scheme can preserve the merits in the existing schemes. Then, we point out, in this scheme and the prior schemes, there exists a problem that Bob can repudiate the integrality of the signatures. To conquer this problem, we construct another arbitrated quantum signature scheme without using quantum entangled states but using a public board. The new scheme has three advantages: it does not utilize entangled states while it can preserve all merits in the existing schemes; the integrality of the signature can avoid being disavowed by the receiver; and, it provides a higher efficiency in transmission and reduces the complexity of implementation. Furthermore, we present a technique such that the quantum message can keep secret to the arbitrator in a arbitrated quantum signature scheme.


We read with interest the article by Zipitis et al 1 concerning primary care trusts providing funds for vitamin D supplementation of Asian children for at least the first 2 years of life.

Nutritional rickets remains prevalent in developing regions of the world such as Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Asia and the Middle East, and ranks among the five most common diseases in children.2–,4 The prevalence of nutritional rickets in developed countries also seems to be rising.5,6,7,8,9,10,11

In Turkey, nutritional rickets has long been among the leading diseases in childhood. Although the prevalence is not known, a recent study indicates that 6% of children <3 years of age presenting to a general outpatient clinic were found to have nutritional rickets.12 Maternal vitamin D deficiency is also endemic. Severe vitamin D deficiency was identified in 46–80% …


When problems with strong dependency among decision variables are optimized, a characteristic distribution, which is a thin elliptical distribution, may appear. In order to generate good children, it is necessary to change the variables (genes) simultaneously along the long axis of the elliptical distribution. Since binomial crossover in differential evolution determines whether each gene is crossed or not with the same probability, it is difficult to change some genes simultaneously. In this study, we propose a crossover operation GBX which uses correlation coefficients of search points in order to detect such distribution. The highly correlated genes are grouped and the genes in each group are crossed (or not crossed) simultaneously. However, if only GBX is used, the diversity of the search points tends to be lost rapidly. The adaptive control of the probability for applying GBX is also proposed. The advantage of the proposed method is shown by solving several benchmark problems.


In this article, the principle of ultrasonic flow meter was introduced and different measurement methods were compared. At the same times, the characteristics of ultrasonic flow meter and its selection, installation, maintenance and repair were also described.


Recent advancements in the computational capabilities of portable devices with their increased wireless connectivity have favoured the emergence of service provisioning. Service provisioning in mobile ad hoc networks faces special difficulties due to the constraints of the ad hoc environmentsuch as lack of central infrastructure, high level of device heterogeneity, degree of mobility, limited device and network resources. As the mobility of users may lead to different contexts, users can increasingly benefit from services whose results can be adapted to the changing context such as variations in users' position, preferences and requirements and locally available resources (Bellavista et al (2003)). In these context-aware service provisioning scenarios, it is crucial to enable the dynamic retrieval of available services in the nearby of the user's current location and environment, while minimizing user involvement in service selection, configuration and binding.


On the basis of 274 observations the authors stated the conception of staged roentgenologic course of the osseous tissue regeneration in case of close distraction of rigid false joints according to G. A. Ilizarov. In line with visual appraisal of roentgenograms there were used roentgenometry and densitometry. There are described in details the stages of reparative regeneration and in accordance with them are given the tactical recommendation as to the selection of the distraction rate and its duration, the terms of loading and immobilization of fractures by means of perosseous apparatus. The tactics of the patient control with regard to the peculiarities of osteogenesis in the process of distraction allowed to decrease the number of failures in treatment of false joints by 2 times.


Practice of herbal medicine originated in prehistoric times when humans discovered through trial and error method that certain plants had healing power. During the ancient civilizations of India, China, Egypt, Persia, and Greece, herbal remedies were codified and, eventually, compiled into books. Traditional herbal medicines constitute major parts of the consumption of therapeutic remedies, often the combination with allopathic medicines. Different cultures use herbs located in their geographical locations in different forms for curing common illnesses. Aromatherapy is the use of oils from herbs and other aromatic plants to achieve relaxation or relief from a disorder. Ayurveda and Chinese herbal medicines are ancient healing systems from India and China stresses the mind and body relationship in the maintenance of good health.


The aim of this research is to experimentally validate a Gauss-Markov model, previously developed by our group, for the non-uniformity parameters of infrared (IR) focal plane arrays (FPAs). The Gauss-Markov model assumed that both, the gain and the offset parameters at each detector, are random state-variables modeled by a recursive discrete-time process. For simplicity, however, we have regarded here the gain parameter as a constant and assumed that solely the offset parameter follows a Gauss-Markov model. Experiments have been conducted at room temperature and IR data was collected from black-body radiator sources using microbolometer-based IR cameras operating in the 8 to 12 μm. Next, well-known statistical techniques were used to analyze the offset time series and determinate whether the Gauss-Markov model truly fits the temporal dynamics of the offset. The validity of the Gauss-Markov model for the offset parameter was tested at two time scales: seconds and minutes. It is worth mentioning that the statistical analysis conducted in this work is a key in providing mechanisms for capturing the drift in the fixed pattern noise parameters.


Chronic pain has become dominant problem in recent years affecting not only patient quality of life but having economic impact and heavy burden on the health systems. The first line in pain management would be patient education, physical rehabilitation and pharmacotherapy. Unfortunately aforementioned treatment often appears incomplete and specialised, targeted pain interventions are warranted. With significant progress in pain medicine, the number of available and effective interventional procedures and techniques have increased. In this manuscript authors have carried out an up to date review of modern interventional techniques with emphasize of anatomy, level of advancement and complexity. Authors classified procedures according to anatomical location: head and neck, spine, upper and lower limb, trunk as well as pathophysiology: interventions in neuropathic pain, cancer pain including neuromodulation techniques. Whenever possible authors relied on evidence based medicine (EBM) but with emphasize of its limitation, especially in assessment of pain relief which remains patient subjective experience. In summary, reimbursement of up to date pain procedures, in the outpatient and hospital setting has been shown. It hopefully guide pain specialists to choose the right intervention and facilitate renumeration within NFZ fee schedule.


Uniformity specifications for modern magnetic-alloy electroplating processes are stringent, and become more challenging as substrate sizes increase and product is driven closer to the substrate edge. Tight process specifications on uniformity and composition require electric field control and uniform electrolyte agitation. The latter is difficult because the substrate must maintain a fixed orientation with respect to a magnetic-field during processing. A new multiple-electrode, high-agitation cell for electroplating magnetic alloys is discussed. Mass-transfer simulations are used to design a multi-blade, oscillating structure that provides a spatially-uniform and controllable agitation level, which enables modification of alloy composition and/or deposition rate. Electric-field simulations are used to design a chamber in which the electric field can adapt to different electrochemical processes including various bath conductivities, substrate resistances, and applied currents. A remote placement of the thief electrode is used to avoid particle contamination on the substrate and to reduce thief maintenance.


Synthetic inertia devices must deliver power during maximum RoCoF, which is observed to occur during the first 500 ms post fault. The use of a droop characteristic with a deadband is demonstrated to be unfit for purpose. The ideal response (with present technologies) is demonstrated to be a maximum power ramp in minimum time post fault. This paper demonstrates a method of rapidly detecting and categorizing under frequency events by monitoring synchronous machines. PMU and point on wave data, sampled at 6.4 kHz, from a power station and a laboratory set up, under transient events, is presented. A rapid inertial power ramp signals the onset of the events. Sub-cycle voltage and current variations are demonstrated as a potential method for reliably detecting frequency transients and triggering a synthetic inertia response.


The past few decades have seen an increasing interest in dispute resolution practice. Most theory and research have focussed on dispute resolution techniques in the Western world. It is therefore important to examine and preserve nontraditional, non-Western techniques. This paper is a description of a pilot project in Ecuador, designed to reinstitute and reinforce traditional methods of resolving conflict within the indigenous communities of the sierra and the Amazon. A major concern is how well the highly integrated national political system will respond when community members are in conflict with people from another community or outside the indigenous community altogether.


Recent years have seen renewed interest in business cycle theories that emphasize the role of incomplete and possibly heterogeneous information in the propagation of aggregate shocks. Whereas the early literature (e.g., Lucas 1972) placed its emphasis onmodels inwhich either information was homogeneous or strategic interactions were limited, the new models emphasize the interactions between individuals with heterogeneous expectations, when equilibrium is shaped by uncertainty about fundamentals as well as uncertainty about aggregate behavior. So far, this new approach has produced two important novel insights.


The growing adoption of ECT given unilaterally to the right hemisphere in right-handed patients, in preference to the classical bilateral treatment, is due to its shortening of the duration of post-treatment confusion, to its superiority in preserving memory and learning assessed three months after the start of treatment (Halliday et al., 1968) and to its therapeutic equivalence. (For a critical assessment of published results, see d'Elia, 1970.)


At first glance ancestral knowledge and computer science appear incompatible. Critical ancestral computing—socio-cultural and historical ecosystem approaches to solve complex problems—as an epistemological center for computer science education opens a pathway of critical consciousness, academic success and cultural relevance (Ladson-Billings, 2009). Weaving both disciplines to build a tapestry of critical ancestral computing in urban computer science education sets a stage for social transformation of present-day colonialism (Orelus, 2012). Critical ancestral computing feeds 1) a socio-historical learning context, 2) positive cultural academic identity formations, and 3) advocacy approaches that link engagement with society as individual and collective action by interrupting neocolonialism and prioritizing the health of social and environmental well-being.


Being one of the three global environmental problems,biological invasion has caused the(decrease) of bio-diversity,the destruction of eco-system,the change of environment and the loss of social(economy.)In this paper,the relationship between biological invasion and global changes was analyzed and the negative effect of biological invasion was summarized to provide some theoretical base for the prediction,(control) and management of invasive species.Additionally,biological invasion has also provided new opportunities for species evolution.The evolution emerged from the event of invasion may be the slight adjustment on some phenotypic traits,and the great alteration on some biological traits,even the formation of new species.


Some forty-five mammal species can be distinguished in South Asian rock and stone sculptures in a period of time spanning roughly the last four and a half thousand years. Only a few species that are sufficiently known to Indian peoples but about which Indian stone art is silent remain unexplained. This chapter describes these well-known animals and their role in society below, making an attempt to explain why these animals are missing in South Asian lithic art. Most typical of a sea cow are its roundish massive head and body, a fluked tail, low herbivorous molars and a trunk-like protruding upper lip. A few other missed wild animals are both large and remarkable, yet are amazingly enough entirely missing from stone sculpture. The total absence of the cheetah in stone carving is surprising, considering its important role from roughly the twelfth up to the early twentieth century in princely hunting.Keywords: princely hunting; sea cow; South Asian lithic art; stone sculptures


Summary form only given. A time-dependent air-plasma model based upon the Boltzmann equation for the electron energy distribution function, coupled with an extensive non-equilibrium air-chemistry kinetics was developed to study the breakdown dynamics of electric discharges in preformed plasma channels. Incorporated in the model are the species balance equations, nitrogen vibrational kinetics as well as the thermal balance equation. The temporal evolution of various nitrogen and oxygen species in ground and excited states, as well as electrons, atomic and molecular ions was obtained from the model. The electrical breakdown process was studied for different combinations of applied external electric field strengths (5-30 kV/cm) and different initial electron densities (1015-1017 cm-3). The model predicts low plasma channel electric breakdown field of 5-10 kV/cm, with a delay time of hundreds of nanoseconds, when the electron density drops to ~1013-1012 cm-3. It was observed that a combination of factors such as increased ionization due to relaxation of the electron energy distribution function toward a Maxwellian distribution, strong electron detachment, and the gas heating dynamics contribute to the reduction of the breakdown field


Figure 1. Canonical MLP netwrok. We use an 8-layer MLP with width=256 that takes as input positional encoding γ of position x and appearance embedding vector l with dimension=256. The network outputs color c and density σ. There is a skip connection that concatenates γ(x) to the fifth layer. We use ReLU activations after each fully connected layer. For the output layer, we use a ReLU activation for the density value σ to ensure non-negativity and a sigmoid activation for the color c to constrain values between 0 and 1.


In present research composite beam of Glass/Epoxy has been taken for the analysis of failure bending moment by Finite Element Analysis. The orientation of the plies are oriented as [0°/-45°/45°/90°/90°/45°/-45°/0°] named as S1 are tested and analyzed with the Tsai- Wu failure criteria. It is found that the sample S1 composite having low load carrying capacity and bending moment. Furthermore, another ply are oriented as [0°/90°/0°/90°/90°/0°/90°/0°] named as S4 are tested and analyzed Tsai-Wu failure criteria under same loading condition. It is found that the sample S4 composite having higher load carrying capacity and bending moment. The composite materials such as the Graphite/Epoxy and the Boron/Epoxy have also been considered for the analysis with the same boundary condition as the Glass/Epoxy. Comparative result shows that the Boron/Epoxy having highest load carrying capacity and bending moment as compare to the Graphite/Epoxy and the Glass/Epoxy. The results obtained from the proposed method having good agreement with the results obtained from the previous research.


There are different ways in which scholars comprehend secularism. According to some scholars, secularism is the phenomenon in which religion is fully separated from the state and plays no part in the public domain. Others are of the view that, while secularism denotes separation between religion and state, there should be little involvement of religion in the public domain because it is a vital part of the lives of individuals. This Article aims to discuss the various interpretations of secularism, create a classification of secularism models, and examine how secularism is considered in Bangladesh. For this purpose, this Article analyzes statements given by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (known as the Father of the Nation and the leader of the Bangladesh Awami League) to identify the secularism model followed in Bangladesh. Sheikh Mujib and his political party, the Awami League, did not explicitly use the word "secularism" until the independence war in 1971. However, secularist ideals were emphasized by the party. After independence, the Constitution of Bangladesh was adopted in 1972 and secularism was included in the Constitution.
 In Bangladesh, secularism is understood as the antithesis of communalism. Anti-communalism in Bangladesh does not refer to anti-religion; rather, it eliminates conflict between the various subnational communities and describes politics by giving equal status to individuals in a unified national community. President Ziaur Rahman removed the secularism principle from the Constitution in 1977 through the Fifth Amendment. Islam was declared as the state religion in 1988 during the rule of President Hussain Muhammad Ershad through the Eighth Amendment. In 2011, the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution was adopted during the tenure of Sheikh Hasina's Awami League as Sheikh Hasina saw the necessity for following an established religion model, while making sure that sufficient rights were also awarded to religious minorities. Adopting Islam as the state religion is considered by the Awami League as a means of satisfying the Muslim majority and peacefully coexisting with religious groups such as Hefazat-e-Islam. This Article argues that the Awami League's stance implies the practice of modus vivendi, which, in contemporary terms, signifies a means of living together for the population, in spite of their contradictory features, which emerge mostly because of difference in opinions, interests, religions, ethnicities, or beliefs. Through the practice of modus vivendi, these differences are recognized and facilitated. The meaning of secularism (and the issue of whether the state should be committed to secularism) is deeply contested in Bangladesh, making the country an interesting case study.


THE INFLUENCE OF E-BOOKS ON READING HABIT AND READING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ELEVENTH-GRADERS OF SMA XAVERIUS 1 PALEMBANG     Selly sellytheng @gmail.com         Abstract : The objectives of this study were to find out whether or not there were significant differences in reading habit and reading comprehension achievement between the eleventh graders who used e-books and those who used printed books,  a significant correlation between reading habit and reading comprehension achievement, and a significant correlation between each aspect of reading habit and each sub-skill of reading comprehension achievement. The results showed that there were significant differences in reading habit and reading comprehension achievement between the eleventh graders who used e-books and those who used printed books. At the significance level of 0.05 and 2 tailed testing, the correlation coefficient showed that the r-obtained (0.301) was higher than r-table (0.115). Therefore, there was a significant correlation between reading habit and reading comprehension achievement. In e-books and non e-books classes, reading attitude was the aspect, which had a strong correlation with almost all sub-skills of reading comprehension achievement. Meanwhile, reading accessed was the aspect, which had no correlation with almost all sub-skills of reading comprehension achievement.   Key words : Reading comprehension Achievement, Reading Habit, E-book


Crowd merging is a complex process, and any sudden external or internal disturbance will destroy the stability of the crowd. The occurrence of abnormal behavior will affect the crowd flow process and inevitably affect the stability of the crowd flow system. The position information of the joint points is obtained through the OpenPose algorithm, and the kinematics characteristics of each node are studied. It is judged whether the number of pedestrians in the crowd and the scale of the building scene are greater than the empirical setting value based on engineering statistical data and expert experience. When the number of pedestrians is more than 2,000 and the total area of the passage is more than 2,000 square meters, the appropriate macro-dynamic model is selected. The Aw-Rascle (AR) fluid dynamics model is selected in this study. The joint point information obtained through the OpenPose is combined with the macroscopic fluid dynamics model to construct a macroscopic crowd flow dynamics model based on the pedestrian's abnormal posture.


Directional solidification experiments were carried out for succinonitrile‐1.0 wt pct acetone alloy with the orientation of dendritic arrays being not parallel to the direction of the temperature gradient. Experimental results show that there exists an allowable range of primary dendritic spacing under a given growth condition. The average primary spacing depends not only on the current growth conditions but also on the way by which the conditions were achieved. The upper limit of the allowable range becomes smaller in comparison with that with direction of dendrite arrays parallel to the direction of the temperature gradient, which means that the history-dependence of dendritic growth is weaker under this condition. The lower limit obtained is compared with a self-consistent model, which shows a good agreement with experimental results.


The vision of Europe public interests and the Market - Europe's 1992 Project performance and distribution the social dimension of the European economy public interest and market pressures.


The double burden of malnutrition is evident among women of reproductive age (WRA) in Ghana where micronutrient deficiencies commonly occur concurrent with an increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity (OW/OB). However, overnutrition among Ghanaian women has been rarely characterized. We assessed sociodemographic determinants of OW/OB among women in a predominantly rural district of Ghana. Cross‐sectional data were collected from WRA (n=1095) who lived in the Upper Manya Krobo District of the Eastern Region and who participated in the Nutrition Links Infant Household baseline survey between November 2013 and May 2014. The women were interviewed about their personal and household characteristics and weight and height measurements were taken. Body mass index (BMI) was calculated and a dichotomous variable was used to represent non‐OW/OB (BMI<25 kg/m2) and OW/OB (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2). The mean age of the women was 27.4 ± 7.6 y. Over one‐quarter of them were either overweight (21%) or obese (6.4%); the prevalence of underweight (7.2%) was similar to that of obesity. OW/OB was significantly associated with being 30 y or older, married, and having more household assets (at least 4 out of 12 items) (p<0.05). However, those women who owned their home were less likely to be OW/OB (p<0.05). Combined, the prevalence of overweight and obesity was almost four‐fold higher than that of underweight among these predominantly rural women. Concurrent efforts to address both over‐ and undernutrition are needed to enhance women's health and well‐being in this population.


This study observes and examines how upper intermediate to advanced level college students perform and perceive one-topic-for-each student presentation as a means of learning English. It is also to have the prospective medical doctors ready for their future use of English presentation and paper writing since such demand is on the rise in the medical field. The 49 second year medical students enrolled in English reading and writing class of spring semester 2008 were given a single topic for each at least two weeks prior to their presentation in class as part of writing assignment. They were encouraged to be creative, informative and fun to induce class participation. At the end of the semester, the questionnaire was given to learn of students' opinion on the presentation. Based on the presentation and questionnaire, the data were analyzed to see if preparing and giving presentation was conducive for medical students. The results revealed that students wrote an average of 51-sentence (587 words) paper, almost double the previous year writing assignment. And 92% of the students felt presentation on different topics was interesting and helpful for learning English, and 80% of them felt having presentation in class was more effective than the traditional face-to-face lecture classes. More than two-thirds of the students (69%) thought that preparing for their class presentation provided them with a chance to learn new vocabulary, expressions as well as knowledge in English. The results of the study show that presentation on various topics can be used as a means of learning English for upper intermediate to advanced level students.


Six institutional partners, CIRAD, CNRS, EID Mediterranee, INRA, IRD and the Univer-sity of Montpellier have been working together since 2010 on the issue of arthropod vectors of pathogens that cause infectious diseases in humans and animals, and insect pests responsible for damages to crops. This collaboration for over 8 years has resulted in the creation of "Vectopole Sud", a Montpellier network of platforms dedicated to re-searches on arthropods of medical, veterinary and agricultural importance. The network draws from the infrastructure and expertise of each partner to improve early warning systems, monitoring, control of pests and vectors in order to protect hu-man health, agriculture and livestock production. The network has received continuous funding by the French Government and the Occitanie Region enabling it to modernize its different laboratories and rearing facilities and support the research activities. Vectopole Sud includes four experimental platforms, confined insectariums and associ-ated laboratories, which are open to national and international partners. Overall, the Vec-topole Sud has a network of partners in Europe and tropical regions worldwide, notably through IRD and CIRAD, two French institutions supporting research for development. Vectopole Sud brings together over 400 researchers and technicians from five research units belonging to the Montpellier University of Excellence and Agropolis International scientific communities. It conducts multidisciplinary research and expertise on biolo-gy, public & animal health, ecology, environmental science, genetics, and evolutionary medicine. It contributes to a better environment, animal health and human wellbeing through an integrated One Health approach, by fighting human and animal diseases to ensure more productive and sustainable farming systems (food security). We will present the different platforms of the Vectopole Sud network, its various activi-ties (infrastructures, research, services and training) as well as its different perspectives. www.vectopole-sud.fr


Clustering of nodes is one of the basic techniques used for data collection in wireless sensor networks. It has been observed that in most of these clustering techniques based upon the local attributes of sensor nodes, some of them are selected as cluster-heads. The nodes which are selected as cluster-head have to dissipate more energy as they have to receive and aggregate data of their respective member nodes. Moreover, Cluster-head nodes near to sink dissipate more energy as these nodes have to relay data of far off placed nodes. Due to this fast dissipation of energy, energy holes are created near to sink which in turn decreases network lifetime. In order to address these issues, we present energy efficient clustering method and propose to select sink as one of the cluster-heads. By selecting sink as cluster-head, the nodes placed near to it can be spared from performing duties of cluster-heads and thus the problem of energy hole creation near to sink can be avoided. The proposed method has been named as energy efficient clustering with sink as cluster-head - EEC-SCH. We compare EEC-SCH with LEACH-ERE, LEACH and WCA. Our simulation results show that EEC-SCH results into enhanced network lifetime, throughput and balanced energy consumption among sensor nodes.


In 1917 the romantic novelist Jeffery Farnol interviewed an anonymous Major in Ypres who was passionate about archaeology. This interview is reprinted with an introduction in which it is argued that the anonymous Major may very well be Mortimer Wheeler.


The author discovers that the particular land ownership institution was not the nature of feudal society.Common land and private land was not a land ownership institution but an institution to partition and exchange labor.Because the land was very abundant and people were few in the West Zhou Dynasty,the value of labor was high and the value of land was low.Thus social institution was invented to assign labor but not land.Cultivation of land did not require any rent.The service fees on common land was a charge for protection.The author thinks that to assign labor and to economize labor was the essential character of feudal society.With the increase of population,the value of land became high and the value of labor became low.The land ownership instituation came into being and the feudal society was destroyed.


To determine the faults of ceramic cup it is proposed to use pseudo reverberation time concept estimated by impact test in room. Schroeder curves estimated from impact test for a cup with small crack and without one are utilized to estimate pseudo reverberation time. Pseudo reverberation times are compared and discussed according to a sort of impact hammers and impact points and also boundary conditions. As a result. proposed method is proved to be very useful to detect the existence of faults for candidate cups.


The writer has found out a way to educate university students born in 1990's from analects of Teachers,a book written over a thousand years ago,which says to the effect that the eventual realization of moral preaching,knowledge passing-on and ignorance eliminating is based on feasible guidance and humanistic-orientation.Times has challenged the education in professional colleges by requiring us to help such students to "become intelligent through knowledge exploration and moral cultivation",which is also an opportunity for us to realize our ideal of character education.


In this paper, we describe a hierarchical framework for the computation of displacement fields from a sequence of images acquired by a moving camera and containing several moving objects. We also describe a matching algorithm which is consistent with the proposed framework and we present some experimental results demonstrating the robustness of our approach.


THE FOLLOWING changes in tables the individual compare the inpostwar changes in the individual income taxes of the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. Tables 1 and 2 give summary information with respect to the individual income tax rates, exemptions, and credits in each country under the highest wartime taxes and under present law. Tables 3 and 4 show the amounts and effective rates of individual income tax for


Abstract Based on a recently released, high-resolution reanalysis dataset for the North American region, the intraseasonal variability (ISV; with a time scale of about 20 days) of the North American monsoon (NAM) is examined. The rainfall signals associated with this phenomenon first emerge near the Gulf of Mexico and eastern Pacific at about 20°N. They subsequently migrate to the southwestern United States along the slope of the Sierra Madre Occidental. The rainfall quickly dissipates upon arrival at the desert region of Arizona and New Mexico (AZNM). The enhanced rainfall over AZNM is accompanied by strong southeasterly low-level flow along the Gulf of California. This pattern bears strong resemblance to the circulation related to "gulf surge" events, as documented by many studies. The southeasterly flow is associated with an anomalous low vortex over the subtropical eastern Pacific Ocean off California, and a midlatitude anticyclone over the central United States in the lower troposphere. This flow pat...


The design limit of surface electric field intensity of valve hall fittings is the key technical index to prevent the corona discharge of fittings during operation. This index can be obtained by the correction of the corona electric field intensity of the fittings. However, the corona electric field intensity cannot be measured directly and accurately by experiment. At present, corona test combined with finite element electric field calculation is an effective method. Corona experiments of glossy spherical electrodes with different diameters were carried out in this paper, and the dc corona voltage of 33-1000mm diameter spherical electrode samples was obtained. The finite element model for calculating the electric field intensity of spherical electrode was built, and the curves of the corona electric field corresponding to the corona inception voltage of the spherical electrodes with different diameters are obtained. Through discussion, two misunderstandings in the industry on using Peek's law and using 3000V/mm as the corona inception criterion are clarified. In addition, the control value of electric field intensity of valve hall fittings with a certain engineering margin is proposed, that is, for fittings with an equivalent diameter of less than 200mm, the control value of electric field intensity is 2000V/mm, and for fittings with an equivalent diameter of more than 200mm, the control value of electric field intensity is 1200V/mm. The proposed control value of electric field intensity have been widely used in HVDC projects' fitting design in China.


A thorough study of the effects of mass loss on internal and surface abundances of A and F stars is carried out in order to constrain mass loss rates for these stars, as well as further elucidate some of the processes which compete with atomic diffusion. Self-consistent stellar evolution models of 1.3 to 2.5 M_sun stars including atomic diffusion and radiative accelerations for all species within the OPAL opacity database were computed with mass loss and compared to observations as well as previous calculations with turbulent mixing. Models with unseparated mass loss rates between 5 x 10^-14 and 10^-13 M_sun/yr reproduce observations for many cluster AmFm stars as well as Sirius A and o Leonis. These models also explain cool Fm stars, but not the Hyades lithium gap. Like turbulent mixing, these mass loss rates reduce surface abundance anomalies; however, their effects are very different with respect to internal abundances. For most of the main sequence lifetime of an A or F star, surface abundances in the presence of such mass loss depend on separation which takes place between log(Delta M/M_star)= -6 and -5. The current observational constraints do not allow us to conclude that mass loss is to be preferred over turbulent mixing (induced by rotation or otherwise) in order to explain the AmFm phenomenon. Internal concentration variations which could be detectable through asteroseismic tests should provide further information. If atomic diffusion coupled with mass loss are to explain the Hyades Li gap, the wind would need to be separated.


An X-ray crystal study of [Mn(3,5,Cl-salen)(H2O)2]2(ClO4)2[3,5,Cl-salen =N,N′-3,5-dichloro(salicylidene)-1,2-diaminoethane] reveals it to be a hydrogen-bonded di-aquabridged dimer; a combination of the steric bulk of the ligand and a hydrogen bonding system creates a coordination cleft which can allow the approach of p-benzoquinone and water photolysis to occur on irradiation with visible light (no such photolysis occurs when sterically bulky 2,5-tert-butyl-p-benzoquinone is employed).


A 54-year-old lady was admitted with breathlessness since 2 months (NYHA class 3). She was previously diagnosed to have rheumatic heart disease (RHD), but was not on any medications. Her chest radiograph revealed evidence of main pulmonary artery dilatation and unilateral upper lobe venous prominence (cephalisation) on the right side (figure 1A). Echocardiogram showed partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection (PAPVC) of the left upper pulmonary vein to the left innominate vein via a vertical vein (figure 1B). In addition, chronic RHD with severe mitral stenosis (MS) with mitral valve …


Synthesis of sugar polymers has always been a challenge. Total organic chemistry approaches are appropriate for smaller oligosaccharides (less than 6 monosaccharides), but as the chain length increases, the efficiency and yields decrease while the production of non-target compounds increases. In addition, typical carbohydrate chemistry results in much waste solvent and spent toxic reagents. To assist the chemist, enzymes, in particular glycosyltransferases and hydrolases, have been employed with success to make natural and artificial structures. Enzyme catalysts have high efficiency, great stereo-selectivity and regio-specificity, and usually operate in aqueous ('green') systems. Here, the production of a variety of short (5 monosaccharides) to long (~12,000 monosaccharides) monodisperse heteropolymers with many potential medical applications using biosynthetic enzymes is described.


A jet propulsion unit for a marine vessel comprises a diffuser/confusor; a steering control nozzle assembly; and a radius. The radius is introduced at a transition point between the diffuser/confusor and steering control nozzle assembly so that the diffuser/confusor can control a shape of water flow exiting the propulsion unit and can control corresponding acceleration over a large pressure differential presented by a wide range of vessel speeds, maneuvers and sea conditions.


This paper puts forward a scheme that takes a fuzzy controller as the load balance con- troller to allow two D. C driving motors to operate coaxially This scheme allows the system not only to have quicker responding speed, but also have good control precision.


With the advent of distributed generation, many companies are revisiting their approaches for energy consumption based on the fact that power can be treated as a strategic supply. In this paper we ...


Serving as platforms for both cellular interrogation as well as biomembrane mimicry, biotic–abiotic functionalized materials, such as block copolymeric membranes, offer the opportunity for tailored biology, where specific embedded functionalities can be rapidly engineered, on demand, without the need for genetic processing. These versatile materials enable rapid, thin film deposition of a plethora of biologically-relevant materials at the air–water interface given their amphiphilic properties, meaning that they possess alternating hydrophilic and hydrophobic components. This property confers to these materials the ability to be transferred to a wide range of substrates and materials, further enhancing their interfacial versatility. In addition, their biologically-inert, and tunable, thickness-dependent insulating properties serve as ideal bio-active substrates while maintaining the functionality of the integrated molecule (e.g., protein, effector molecule, etc.). Here, we report the application of a polyethyleneoxide–polymethylmethacrylate (PEO–PMMA) diblock and polymethyloxazoline–polydimethylsiloxane–polymethyloxazoline (PMOXA–PDMS–PMOXA) triblock copolymers as molecular anchors for tethering a broad spectrum of materials. These include carbon nanotubes for the fabrication of bioelectrodes to measure cytochrome c-mediated oxidation-reduction, as well as the anti-inflammatory molecule, dexamethasone, for the suppression of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced inflammation in murine macrophages. As such, this work demonstrates the versatility, and broad applicability and impact of this platform approach towards the fabrication of multifunctional arrays of biologically-active surfaces for experimentation ranging from bio-electroactivity to studies of cellular immunity.


The condom was first mentioned in a 1564 writing by Gabriel Fallopius as a means of protection against syphilis describing his tests on 1100 people. The name itself has been ascribed to the Latin word condere, Cum Domino, the French city of Condom, and doctor Quondom, the physician of the English King Charles II. The Marquis de Sade and Casanova used it to avoid venereal diseases (VDs). In London condom manufacturing started in the 18th century. Later it became a symbol of prostitution and immorality. The material used consisted of fish bladder or animal intestines (calf, sheep). The discovery of the rubber tree and the invention of vulcanization by the American technician Goodyear in 1840 made possible large-scale production. In Hungary the 1st rubber manufacturing plant EMERGE started production in 1893 along with toys and other wares. IN 1895 the HUngarian medial association warned about the spread of syphilis facilitated by the activities of 15,400 syphilitic prostitutes in the country. 30% of hospital patients had syphilis. The use of the condom was limited, and illegitimate births increased by 10.5% during the millennium celebrations of Hungary's existence in 1896. EMERGE manufactured condoms called Nono which were mostly distributed to soldiers during World War I, yet they had little popularity. US soldiers did not use the condoms either, as 7 million active days were lost due to VDs during World War II. In the 1950's Anna Ratko was Minister of Health in Hungary who opposed promotion of condoms to increase the population. The invention of penicillin in 1942 also pushed the condom to the background, but in the 1980's the epidemic of AIDS has made its use widespread.


Segmenting ultrasound image is a difficult problem because of its intrinsic speckle noises and tissue-related tectures.Fuzzy C-means clustering algorithm(FCM) is an efficient algorithm and is commonly used in image segmentation.However it is sensitive to initialization and is prone to local minimum.This drawback can be alleviated by Particle Swarm Optimization(PSO),which possesses the effective ability of searching global optimal solution.Thus a hybrid method combing the FCM and PSO is proposed.The numerical experiment results show that better results are obtained.


Bacterial isolates coal mine waste water can produce a protease enzyme, because there is a clear zone around bacterial colonies. This relates to the ability of the bacteria in the protease enzymes to hydrolyze proteins. The more extensive the hydrolyzed protein formed a clear zone will be greater and indicates activity occurring enzyme is also great. This study aims to determine the proteolytic activity of bacterial isolates coal mine waste water. Bacteria wastewater coal mine isolated and be identified, then the result of bacterial isolates wastewater coal mines to test the activity of proteolytic with diffusion method pitting using the media Skim Milk Agar (SMA) by measuring the clear zone around the existing colonies, to get the proteolytic activity, the diameter minus the clear zone diameter divided by the diameter of bacterial colonies bacterial colonies. The data obtained were processed with statistical Analysis of Variance method of the road Bacterial isolates coal mine waste water has proteolytic activity, among the five isolates were SMD3 which is gram negative and has a rod shape has the highest proteolytic activity by a clear zone around the existing bacterial colonies, in SMD3 proteolitiknya Index is 27,24 mm.
Keywords: Protease, waste water, coal, Isolate, Identification


Protein dataset contains high dimensional feature space. These features may encompass of noise and not relatively to protein function. Therefore, we need to select the appropriate features to improve the efficiency and performance of the classifier. Feature selection is an important step in any classification tasks. Filter methods are important in order to obtain only the relevant features to the class and to avoid redundancy. While wrapper methods are applied to get optimized features and better classification accuracy. This paper proposed a feature selection strategy for hierarchical classification of G-Protein-Coupled Receptors (GPCR) based on hybridization of correlation feature selection (CFS) filter and genetic algorithm (GA) wrapper methods. The optimum features were then classified using K-nearest neighbor algorithm. These methods are capable to reduce the features and achieved comparable classification accuracy at every hierarchy level. The results also shown that the integration between CFS and GA is capable of searching the optimum features for hierarchical protein classification.


The purpose of this paper is to examine some of the challenges the tourism and hospitality industry may encounter in looking to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to offer some wider reflections on sustainability within the industry. The SDGs provide a wide range of global sustainable development targets for the environment, society and economy and they were launched by the United Nations in 2015. In launching the SDGs while the United Nations called on all member states to embrace what are an ambitious and demanding set of challenges it also emphasised the vital role that business, would have to play if these challenges were to be met. The paper begins by outlining the SDGs and the case for business engagement with the SGDs, goes on to examines some of the challenges the tourism and hospitality industry may encounter in looking to contribute to the SDGs and offers some wider reflections on sustainability within the industry.


The managers of today's non-financial enterprises are more concerned with working capital management. This study used a descriptive and comparative causal research approach to examine working capital management's effect on profitability. Regression and correlation test was performed for 15 observations from three non-financial institutions based on a purposive sample design. The result shows a strong positive correlation between the current ratio (CR) and returns on assets (ROA), cash conversion cycle (CCC), receivable conversion period (RCP), and payable deferral period (PDP) have no significant correlation. Regression results show that CR, PDP, and CCC are significant predictors of ROA, and RCP has no significant effect. It is recommended that non-financial managers focus on maintaining a favorable current ratio while reducing the cash conversion cycle and optimizing payment periods. By doing so, they can improve their firm's liquidity position, effectively manage cash flow, and ultimately enhance profitability.


The SIMPLE (Scale-Invariant Memory, Perception, and LEarning) model developed by Brown, Neath, and Chater (2007) has provided a formal instantiation of the idea that scale-invariance is an important organizing principle across numerous cognitive domains, and has made an influential recent contribution to the cognitive science literature dealing with modeling human memory. In this note, we correct a previously unreported mistake in the specification of the SIMPLE model, within the context of free recall data. We show that the error matters not only in theory, but also in practice, by re-applying the corrected SIMPLE model to the classic data set of Murdock (1962). Introduction Brown et al. (2007) introduced the SIMPLE (Scale-Invariant Memory, Perception, and LEarning) model as a formal instantiation of the idea that scale-invariance is an important organizing principle across numerous cognitive domains (Kello et al., 2010). The model has been applied to empirical phenomena observed throughout the domains of perception, learning, and memory. Despite this potentially wide applicability, our focus in this note is the verbal free recall paradigm, where the model has received attention recently (e.g., Farrell, 2010; Laming, 2010; Lewandowsky & Farrell, 2011). In this note, we correct a previously unreported mistake in the specification of the SIMPLE model, within the context of free recall data. We show that the error matters not only in theory, but also in practice, by re-applying the corrected SIMPLE model to the classic data set of Murdock (1962). Address correspondence to: James P. Pooley, Department of Cognitive Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697-5100. Electronic Mail: firstname.lastname@example.com The SIMPLE Model In this section, we provide a brief review of the psychological assumptions and formal structure of the SIMPLE model that pertain to free recall. Nothing we present in this section is a novel development, and we include this section only to make this note self contained. We also take the opportunity to standardize and correct the mathematical notation used to define the model. For more information on SIMPLE, the reader should consult Brown et al. (2007). Representation of Items The SIMPLE model relies on the geometric assumption common to many psychological models that stimulus items can be represented as points in a multidimensional "psychological space" (e.g., Nosofsky, 1992; Shepard, 1980, 1987). Although it is possible to construct such a space using multidimensional scaling algorithms (e.g., Borg & Groenen, 2005; Shepard, 1974), it is typically assumed that a unidimensional space, with the single dimension corresponding to a logarithmically compressed representation of time, is adequate in the context of free recall. Assuming such a unidimensional representation of items in memory, the psychological distance between the ith and jth item representations (or memory locations) is given by the absolute difference dij = |xi − xj| , (1) where xi = ln (Ti) is the representation (or location) of the ith item, presented at time Ti relative to the start of the period of recall, in psychological space. Item Similarity Given these psychological distances, the pairwise similarity between the ith and jth item representations (or memory locations) is given by ηij = exp (−cdij) , (2) where the parameter c ∈ [0,∞) determines the distinctiveness (temporal or otherwise) of the item representations or memory locations, with larger values corresponding to greater distinctiveness. Shepard (1987) provides experimental and theoretical motivation for this similarity function. Retrieval Probability A core psychological assumption of the SIMPLE model is that items are retrieved from memory on the basis of their discriminability to a given retrieval cue, where discriminability is assumed to be given by a similarity choice rule of the form (e.g., Luce, 1963) pij = ηij ∑n k=1 ηik . (3) In all of the applications of the SIMPLE model of which we are aware, it has been assumed that the study list provides the relevant contextual cues. In other words, the set of retrievable items is taken to be the set of n study list items. To account for the omission errors that typically occur during free recall, Brown et al. (2007, p. 545) argue that "[i]ntuition suggests that items that are difficult to discriminate should be most likely to be omitted. Any discriminabilities that fall below some threshold value will lead to omissions, and any that fall above the threshold will lead to overt recalls. Assuming some noise in activations or thresholds, this will have the overall effect of increasing recall probabilities that are already high and reducing recall probabilities for items whose recall probabilities are already low." This assumption is implemented in the SIMPLE model by adopting a logistic transfer function of the form p∗ij = 1 1 + exp [−s(pij − t)] , (4) where the parameters s ∈ [0,∞) and t ∈ [0, 1] are intended to measure, respectively, the scale (or "noise") and threshold of their hypothesized "threshold mechanism."


Usage of fluids (microfluidic or otherwise) in antennas provides a conceptually easy reconfiguration mechanism in the aspect of physical alteration. However, a requirement of pumps, valves, etc. for liquid transportation makes the antenna implementations rather impractical for the real-life scenarios. This work reports on the theoretical calculations and experiments conducted to evaluate the electrowetting on dielectric (EWOD) driven digital microfluidics as a reconfiguration mechanism for antennas and RF circuits.


The utility model provides a transmission of rotary and liftable internal tube of washer. It consists of a nut, a screw rod, a dehydration axis, a wave wheel axis, a deceleration clutch transmission system and a support seat; the dehydration axis and the wave wheel axis are connected with the transmission system; the screw rod is connected to the internal tube of the washer; the inner part of the screw rod is provided with a hollow cavity; via the hollow cavity, the screw rod is sheathed with the periphery of the dehydration axis; the exterior of the screw rod is also equipped with a screw thread matching with the nut; the nut is fixed with the support seat. The utility model adopting the screw gears to accomplish the rotary and up-and-down movement has the advantages of simple structure, smooth and reliable power transmission, unhindered travelling and easy assembling. To apply the device to the fully-auto washer as a power-transmitting device for scouring the internal tube can create a new scouring mode. By this scouring mode, the solid current can be generated so to realize the effects of non-winding, high washing rate and strong current.


For the past two years, the Ada Based Environment for Test (ABET) Technical Advisory Group (ATAG) has been working to expedite development of the IEEE ABET standards. J.E. Heiser and K. Schoonover (1991) discussed the formation, structure, and early results of the USAF ATAG initiative. The authors provide more background on ABET standardization and describe recent ATAG accomplishments and current plans. The drafts and reports produced by the ATAG during this second year have significantly aided evolution of the ABET family of standards. Proposed tasks will develop needed draft standards, and provide data needed to address some significant open areas in the current drafts.<<ETX>>


To ensure "walk-up" usability of a custom search interface for a proprietary Web-based industrial product database, a publishing firm commissioned iterative usability studies. After two in-depth studies with individual participants, we decided to analyze beta-test sessions using automated data collection tools to learn from hundreds of beta-test users how successfully the product met their needs. From web server log data, we reconstructed usage episodes to discover patterns and usability problems. Opinion data from online questionnaires and follow-up interviews provided qualitative information. User profile data from telerecruiting and online registration was also collected. The study provided convincing information for improving the web site.


Objective To analyze and review the epidemiology,clinical features,treatment and prognosis of brucellosis.Methods This was a retrospective review of in-patients treated for brucellosis during 2003 and 2008 in our hospital and the associated literature.Results A total of 9 cases were included. All the patients had history of epidemic exposure. The common clinical presentations included fever,hyperhidrosis and weakness. Meningitis,arthralgia,urinary tract infection,orchitis or migratory myalgia was identified in one patient each. Five patients had positive blood culture. All 9 cases were positive for serum antibodies. All cases were cured after active medical management.Conclusions The clinical manifestation of brucellosis is various. Epidemiological feature combined with long-term fever of unknown origin may suggest the possibility of brucellosis. Blood culture and serum antibody assay are effective diagnostic tools. Doxycycline combined with streptomycin,gentamicin,or rifampin is effective treatment.


In order to understand the current situation of learning adaptability of college filing poor students, this study forms a questionnaire after the appropriate deletion of the existing scale of learning adaptability of college students. Firstly, the questionnaire was tested in a small scale to verify the reliability, then the questionnaire was formally distributed to college filing poor students and ordinary college student. Then the recovery data are analyzed by SPSS17.0 software and IBM. SPSS. Amos. v21 software. The results show that there is no significant difference in learning motivation, teaching mode, learning ability and learning attitude between college filing poor students and ordinary college student, but environmental adaptability of college filing poor students is relatively weak; besides, the adaptability of female students to teaching mode is relatively strong. Based on the data analysis, this study puts forward some suggestions to improve the learning adaptability of college filing poor students.


Understanding the mechanical properties of suspended graphene membranes is crucial to the development of graphene nano‐electromechanical devices. PeakForce QNM (quantitative nanomechanical mapping) atomic force microscopy imaging was used to rapidly map the nanomechanical properties of a range of suspended graphene membranes. The force–displacement behavior of monolayer graphene extracted from the peak‐force imaging map was found to be comparable to that taken using standard nanoindentation. By fitting to a simple elastic model, the two‐dimensional elastic modulus was measured at around 350 N m−1, corresponding to a Young's modulus of around 1 TPa.


Replicating classic work by Balinski and Young (1982) we show the implications of choice of apportionment methods for the 2020 House of Representatives seat allocation.


We have fully characterized two alpha thalassaemia mutants that occur in Southeast Asia, - -THAI and - -FIL. Each mutant is due to a deletion that removes the entire zeta-alpha-globin gene complex. Localization of the 5' breakpoints described here, allows the identification of unique fragments that are specific for each of the two mutations. This information can be used to assess the frequency of these mutants in Southeast Asia and will be of value in prenatal testing for alpha thalassaemia in this area.


The present invention relates to a composition for sealing an organic light emitting diode, comprising: (A) organopolysiloxane containing an unsaturated group; (B) organopolysiloxane containing an unsaturated group of chemical formula 1 and an epoxy group; (C) an organosilicone compound containing a Si-H group; and (D) a platinum catalyst of chemical formula 15, and to an organic light emitting diode display device manufactured using the same.


ABSTRACT Politicisation in the EU is mostly analysed as a domestic-level process constraining EU-level actors. Yet EU actors also engage in strategic politicisation management. This article theorises the conditions under which EU actors engage in either depoliticisation or politicisation strategies when they react to bottom-up pressures. It stipulates that politicisation management depends on the actors and issue context in question. Elected EU actors choose politicisation strategies, in particular if they represent challenger parties, deal with domestically salient and core state policies and are close to elections. By contrast, unelected EU actors prefer depoliticisation strategies except in the context of inter-institutional conflict. The politicisation of high-risk policies also produces depoliticisation. Recent empirical studies provide support to these conjectures and suggest that strategic politicisation management allows EU actors to maintain considerable room of manoeuvre.