Training and Development being one of the core techniques of Human Resource Development is the vital tool that contributes to the development of competencies in commercial banks. For carrying out a micro and in-depth study on training and employee development in commercial banks, sample of three main commercial banks have been selected from Dakshina Kannada District of Karnataka State, as the locale of the study. The banks selected are Karnataka Bank Ltd. in the private sector, Corporation Bank in the public sector both originating from Dakshina Kannada district and under new generation banking sector the sole ICICI bank branch that is functioning in Dakshina Kannada district were selected . This research aims to understand the attitude and work performance of employees of commercial banks after undergoing training. Apart from understanding the effectiveness of training programmes the study also aims to identify the magnitude of training needs of employees at different levels in commercial banks under study. The study has identified some flaws in the training system of these commercial banks suggests measures to improve the existing training practices in banks. Training should receive the maximum support from top management at the emotional level, in such a way that training system should be involved in solving strategic organizational problems .


We apply the Berry, Levinsohn and Pakes market equilibrium model to data from 30 brands of beer sold in 12 US cities over 20 quarters (1988–1992) to estimate consumers' preference for beer characteristics as well as for their cultural regions of origin. Consumer heterogeneity is accounted for with respect to age and income. Overall, our data is comprised of 7200 beer brand observations and 13 920 hypothetical consumer observations. Empirical results indicate that there is, indeed, home bias with respect to foreign beers, although it varies with consumer age and income.


In this study, physio-chemical properties of effective compounds of fennel plant were investigated through using computational chemistry. To do this, trans-anethole, estragole, 3'hydroxyanethole and 4methoxycinnamyl alcohol compounds that the most active ingredient combinations make up the fennel plant have been carried out at three different levels of HF, BLYP and B3LYP theories using 6-31G*, 6-311G*, 6-311G**, 6-311+G and 6-311++G basis sets. Additionally, ab initio calculation in the gas phase have been studied and physio-chemical parameters including Gibbs free energy, thermal energy, enthalpy, entropy, and thermal capacity in constant volume (CV) of these compounds have been computed as well as Gibbs free energy in polar solvents such as ethanol and methanol and water. Based on these obtained data the structural stabilities of these flavorful compounds have been discussed. However, in these herbal effective compounds presented here the natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis has been performed which seemed quite informative to show some important atomic and structural features. The result lead to the issue that all those compounds in polar solvents, particularly alcoholic solvents solved and the compounds can be used sufficiently to extract the active ingredients of herb fennel.


FRANK COALDRAKE was a significant figure in the history of the Anglican Church in Australia: a founding member of the National Union of Australian University Students; active in the Student Christian Movement; a member of the Bush Brotherhood, which ministered to indigenous Australians in outback Queensland; active in the Brotherhood of St Lawrence in Depression-era Melbourne; President of the Federal Pacifist Council of Australia; a missionary to Japan in the early post-World War II years; Chair of the Australian Board of Missions (ABM) from 1956; and elected as Archbishop of Brisbane in 1970, but tragically passing away before effectively taking up this office. This collection, compiled by Coaldrake's son William, draws largely on The Peacemaker and the Newsletter, which was distributed to a group of family, friends and interested Anglican parishioners during Frank Coaldrake's mission to Japan. At times, the readership of the Newsletter numbered in the hundreds. These records, which have been known to specialist researchers in the University of Melbourne microform collection and archives, have now been made available to a wider audience through this publication, and have been supplemented with newspaper articles, correspondence and oral history interviews with Maida Coaldrake, who accompanied her husband in the latter part of his mission. The documents are mainly concerned with Frank Coaldrake's years in Japan, and the time immediately before and after. The Coaldrake Records provides insight into life in rural Japan in the immediate postwar years and the life of a missionary couple in a country that was different in many ways from the usual targets of missionary activity. Jill Dobson, who analysed articles about Japan in the pre-war journal of the Australian Board of Missions, the ABM Review, found an ambivalence due to the fact that the easy connection between the 'civilising' mission and Christianisation could not be easily sustained in the case of Japan, an industrialised nation with a modern legal and political system. A similar complexity is revealed in the writings of Frank and Maida Coaldrake in the 1950s, overlaid with the need to come to terms with the aftermath of World War II. Frank Coaldrake recognises Japan's history of military aggression, but is also critical of the Allies, who firebombed most of Japan's major cities and dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Frank Coaldrake appears to have been humanist by inclination, desiring meaningful relationships with Japanese people. This attitude is revealed in the accounts of his relationships with the individuals of the Seikôkai (the Japanese Chapter of the Anglican Church) and the residents of the rural community. The Newsletter includes skilful pen portraits of individuals, scenery and local customs. Another pillar of his thought was his commitment to pacifism. He founded the pacifist journal The Peacemaker, and petitioned to be allowed to travel to Japan on a mission of reconciliation well before the cessation of hostilities between Japan and the Allies. Nevertheless, his pacifist mission to Japan was framed by his commitment to the Anglican Church, a highly hierarchical organisation, whose official doctrine regarded Christianity as superior to the other religions of the world. The Japanese are unselfconsciously referred to as 'heathens' and 'pagans' in the records. Further contradictions are revealed by a consideration of the mission's dependence on military institutions. Until 1952 the Coaldrakes benefited from the cheap postage provided by the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces (BCOF). Various other kinds of support were provided by BCOF and the Supreme Command of the Allied Powers (SCAP). How did Frank Coaldrake connect his experiences with indigenous people in outback Queensland, the poor in innercity Melbourne and the residents of the Izu peninsula? He hints at such links, often when recounting his solutions to some practical problem of carpentry, plumbing or heating. It would have been useful to have access to further reflections on the connections between the racialised relationships encountered in the Bush Brotherhood Days, the class dynamics in Depression-era Fitzroy and the situation of the poor farmers of Izu. In her entry on Coaldrake in the Australian Dictionary of Biography, Laurie O'Brien comments on Coaldrake's subsequent advocacy of 'partnership in mission', whereby 'indigenous Christians in "emerging" nations should be assisted to conduct missionary exchange with the "home" churches on a basis of equality'. As canon of All Souls Quetta Memorial Church on Thursday Island, he argued against assimilation as 'harmfully racist' and 'persuaded the ABM to adopt "acceptance" as a guiding principle and to appoint an Aborigine as policy advisor in 1969'. Some readers will approach this book as a memoir of Frank and Maida Coaldrake, some as travelogue, some as ethnography. Specialist readers may be stimulated to imagine other research projects going beyond the documents presented here, and place the ABM-supported mission to Japan in the larger cultural history of white Australia's relations with indigenous Australians and with neighbouring countries in Asia.


Several signatures of quantum radiation reaction are investigated in the interaction of an electron beam with superstrong focused laser pulses in the radiation dominated regime. Analytic expressions for the electromagnetic fields of an ultrashort, tightly focused, laser pulse in vacuum are derived from scalar and vector potentials, using on equal footing two small parameters connected with the waist size of the laser beam and its duration. Due to the combined effect of the laser focusing and radiation reaction the angular spread of the main photon-emission region has a prominent maximum at an intermediate pulse duration and decreases along the further increase of the pulse duration, and the spectral bandwidth monotonically decreases with rising pulse duration. Those signatures can be used to distinguish the quantum radiation reaction with the classic radiation reaction and are measurable with currently available laser systems.


Since nanoparticles have special property,incorporation of inorganic nanoparticles into polymer matrix can greatly improve the performance of the matrix. The interfacial structure in nanocomposites between the matrix and fillers plays an important role in determining the properties of materials. This paper reviewed the recent advance in technique characterizing interfacial structure,including FTIR,TGA,electron microscopy,SANS,SAXS and so on. At the same time,the advance in the study on the relationship between the interfacial structure and the properties of the composites,such as mechanical,thermal,pervaporation,photocatalysis,flame retardant,dielectric property and so on,was also reviewed.


The hybrid NK283 was subjected to a range of nutrient element concentrations to determine their effect on predisposition of sorghum to seedling diseases and root rot. Emergence was not affected by soil nutrient status. Similarly N, P and K did not affect seedling disease severity or secondary root rot. Highly significant correlations with disease were recorded between soil acidity, expressed as pH, exchangable acid (Al+H), acid saturation and total cations. A linear increase in mesocotyl discolouration was recorded with decreasing pH, while secondary root discolouration increased significantly at pH(KCI)<4.6. A threshold value of approximately 15% acid saturation was recorded above which seedling diseases and secondary root rot increased significantly. Seedling length and post-emergence damp- ing-off were significantly related to the degree of mesocotyl discolouration. Plant length at 6, 9 and 12 weeks after planting was significantly related to effective root volume (ERV) which was calculated as ERV=(((100-root rot (%))/100)*root volume(ml)). It was concluded that soil acidity


An image pickup apparatus includes continuous shooting means, position acquisition means, and direction acquisition means, wherein the continuous shooting means performs multiple shooting operations and obtains multiple images, the position acquisition means acquires position information, the direction acquisition means acquires direction information, and in the multiple shooting operations performed by the continuous shooting means, the position acquisition means does not acquire position information for each of the shooting operations performed by the continuous shooting means, and the direction acquisition means acquires direction information for each of the shooting operations performed by the continuous shooting means.


The present invention provides a reaction system for the production of PUR and PIR rigid foam material, the following components: the A) isocyanate-reactive compound; B1) surfactant component; C) supercritical or near-critical state of the propellant ; D) polyisocyanates; and E) comprising a layered silicate, about the reaction system. Furthermore, the present invention provides a reaction system for the production of PUR and PIR rigid foam material, the following components: B2) surfactant component having isocyanate reactive functional groups; C) supercritical or near-critical state propellant; D) a polyisocyanate; and E) comprises a layer silicate, to the reaction system. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method of producing a PUR and PIR rigid foam material, and to a PUR and PIR rigid foam material can be obtained from the reaction system.


Foreword - Beth B Hess PART ONE: OVERVIEW Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Studying Friendships of Older Adults - Rebecca G Adams PART TWO: STRUCTURAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVES Aging and the Structure of Friendship - Graham Allan and Rebecca G Adams Forms of Friendships Among Older People in an Industrial Society - Eugene Litwak Early-Life Development and Adult Friendship - Stephanie A Tesch Developmental Processes of Friendship - Rosemary Blieszner PART THREE: SOCIAL PROCESS AND FRIENDSHIP Friends as a Source of Social Support in Old Age - Susan E Crohan and Toni C Antonucci Exchange and Equity in Friendships - Karen A Roberto Strains in Older Adults' Friendships - Karen S Rook PART FOUR: SOCIAL STATUS AND FRIENDSHIP Gender Differences in Adults' Same- and Cross-Gender Friendships - Paul H Wright Social Ties and Friendship Patterns of Old Homeless Men - Carl I Cohen PART FIVE: EPILOGUE An Agenda for Future Research on Friendships of Older Adults - Rosemary Blieszner


There are two main problems, i. e, metal corrosion in ocean environment and organism fouling, which must be cleared up before exploiting oil in ocean. In this paper, the working principle, characteristics and application of electrolytic antifouling technology to offshore oil platforms are introduced.


We have experimentally investigated transport in two-dimensional ballistic cavities connected to a point contact and to two superconducting electrodes with a tunable macroscopic phase difference. The point contact resistance oscillates as a function of the phase difference in a way which reflects the ballistic nature of the transport in the cavity. We interpret our results in terms of a semiclassical model that relies on the properties of the phase conjugated trajectories on which a hole traces the path of the electron back to the emitting point contact. This model provides quantitative predictions (with no fitting parameters) as well as a clear physical picture.


The Indian archives swear craftsmen's artistry, cultural and religious assortment irrespective of religion. Population growth from 1960's around the Puri, Konark and Bhubaneswar cities has made it congested, unhygienic. The unplanned utilities, boulevards, with improper waste management, and safety are distracting the flourishing tourists. These ancient antiquities had easy thoroughfare for the pilgrims by well-connected road systems. Presently these roads are under encroachment by the hawkers, traders, venders, vehicles and a little open space is left for traffic. The congestion and heavy traffic threats the safety and security of the age-old archives of terrorist attacks. Prioritization of evacuation of the encroachments around those monuments and giving them a panoramic view is demanded to convert the pilgrims to tourists and shall add to the economy of the state. The present search is to analyze the three cities; Puri, Konark and Bhubaneswar for major development in Odisha tourism. The R&R plan for oustees and landholders after remodeling with provision for tourist utilities are elaborated. The historical development, gradual decay, hydrodynamic and geotechnical failure of Sun temple is discussed from 17 century AD. The present development of the three towns along with integrated tourism management plan for the Golden Triangle of Odisha is focused.


The invention relates to a production process for a series large high-velocity roller. The production process comprises a roller disassembling production process, material selection and production processes of parts and a roller assembling machining process. Firstly, a roller is disassembled to five parts such as left and right supporting shafts, left and right end covers and a roller body, the five parts are respectively independently subjected to semi-finishing and then combined to be machined, the left and right supporting shafts and the left and right end covers are combined to form left and right bearings, then the left and right bearings and the roller body are assembled to form the roller, and finally, whole finish machining, dynamic balance, finishing cut and final heat-treatment are performed. The mechanical production process for the series large high-velocity roller is suitable for series large roller machining, production qualities can be guaranteed, requirements for large scale equipment are reduced, and the producing costs are low.


A procedure is described for determining trait-treatment interactions when the effects of potentially confounding variables have been controlled in the original design through the analysis of covariance or the calculation of residual gain scores. The procedure determines the homogeneity of group regressions, the regions of covariable values for which group regressions are significantly different, and the percent of error that may be expected from this procedure when subjects are differentially assigned to treatments. Implications for recasting research designs based on the post hoc analysis of trait-treatment interactions are discussed.


Meloidogyne graminicola is an economic yield loss causing major pest of rice globally. For managing this pest, biological control practices act as an alternate strategy, as it is the most effective and economic. Plant growth promoting rhizospheric bacteria (PGPR) are most significant because they benefit plants both directly and indirectly by enhancing plant growth and provides long lasting antagonistic effects against plant parasitic nematodes. Considering this an in vitro efficacy research experiment of nematoxicity of native rhizobacterial strains was conducted, against egg hatching of M. graminicola at S/2 and S/4 concentration levels of intact bacterial culture and cell free culture filtrates (CFCs). The hatching behavior of rice root-knot nematode eggs was observed on alternate days for ten days which resulted in inhibition of egg hatching by all bacterial cultures at both concentration levels. When compared to the untreated control, Bacillus spp. showed the most egg inhibition in the S/2 concentration of both culture filtrates i.e,86.8% and 84.8%. Similarly, in the S/4 level of concentration, most egg hating such as 83.7% and 79.8% was recorded in Bacillus spp. culture filtrates. The rate of hatching was inversely proportional to the concentration of strains at exposure time, decreasing as the concentration increased. The results of the experiment revealed the potential of rhizospheric bacteria which makes it more feasible and environmentally safe approach for the management of Meloidogyne graminicola.


Over the past few years the use mobile technologies for learning has attracted the interest of practitioners in all phases of education to facilitate informal learning in formal contexts (Bachmair, Cook, & Kress, 2010). Key aspects of such interests are the growing significance of mobile devices in learners' everyday lives (Vinu, Sherimon, & Krishnan, 2011), the increasing portability of these technologies, as well as the reduction in their cost and services. Also, the use of mobile technology in education has led to a new educational paradigm in which students can learn anytime and anywhere (Jones & Jo, 2004; Vinu et al., 2011).


Abstract : Spark-assisted machining is now being used in industry with striking effectiveness. This success is explained by the fact that the electric-spark method makes it possible to shape complicated molds, dies, spinnerets and other parts from any type of current-conducting material, irrespective of its physicomechanical properties. The saving that results is considerable. Thus, 37 thousand rubles were saved in the tool-making shop of the First Moscow Clock Factory in making 440 hard-alloy dies. Spark-assisted machining is widely used not only in instrument- and machine building, but also in light industry. It is used in the production of decorative products (Persian lamb, Tsigeian sheep, beaver, etc.) from synthetic fibers. This machine is used to make fine-structured screens, filters and various components of instruments and tools by positive and negative duplication. Precision tolerances on the parts range to 0.002 mm, and the machined-surface finish is of class 7-10. The minimum size of the bridges and slots is 0.02 mm. Machining regimes: voltage 0.150 v; short-circuit current less than 1 amp; capacitance of condensers 0.005-0.025 microfurans. Kerosene or distilled water is used as the dielectric liquid. The over-all dimensions of the machine are 880 x 720 x 1300 mm. (Author)


By combining the organometallic cyanides L n M-CN (L n M = Cp(dppe)Fe, Cp(dppe)Ru, Cp(PPh 3 ) 2 Ru) with FeCl 3 the dinuclear complexes L n M-CN-FeCl 3 were obtained. Structure determinations have revealed configurations close to linear arrays Fe-C-N-Fe and Ru-C- N-Fe. From the n(CN) band positions in their IR spectra it can be concluded that FeCl 3 is a very strong electron acceptor. Accordingly, the redox potentials of the L n M-CN units are raised significantly upon attachment of FeCl 3 . In the visible range of the electronic spectra the complexes show a strong metal-metal charge transfer band, the energy of which is a measure of the electron donating strength of the L n M units. An analysis of the MMCT bands and their solvent dependency resulted in quantitative data on the metal-metal interactions.


In an OFDM receiver with direct-conversion architecture, DC offset (DCO) and carrier frequency offset (CFO) cause a severe performance degradation. Recently, by investigating the subspace of OFDM signal after removing the coarse DCO estimate obtained via a time-domain average, we have proposed a null space based estimator (NSE), for blind CFO and DCO estimation. In this paper, we analyze the cost function of the NSE, and show that the full performance NSE is complexity reducible, which can indeed lead to a common null space based estimator (CNSE). Also, we develop a maximum-likelihood estimator (MLE), and prove that the CNSE is equivalent to the MLE. Furthermore, the Cramer-Rao bound of CFO estimation in the presence of DCO is given. Finally the analysis results are verified by simulations.


There can be hundreds of thousands of pixels in a C‐Scan image making the probability of a false‐positive based on a single pixel almost a certainty. To control this propensity for false calls, methods have been proposed, and used with some success, to use both pixel amplitude and signal‐to‐noise ratio (noise being measured from neighboring pixels). We propose an alternative algorithm based on the behavior of pixels in a neighborhood, rather than the amplitude of a single pixel. The algorithm could also be used without human intervention (after setup) and compares the behavior of the average of the three highest amplitude pixels in a neighborhood containing, say, 50 pixels, with the average of the three highest amplitudes of a neighborhood containing only noise. The statistical properties of this measure of both signal and noise are discussed. The algorithm is demonstrated on a C‐scan of the ISU 2.7%N block containing 16 known SHA inclusions of sizes ♯2, ♯3, ♯4, ♯5 each (64 total).


Abstract In this article, we consider the (double) minimization problem min  { P  ( E ; Ω ) + λ  W p  ( E , F ) : E ⊆ Ω , F ⊆ R d , | E ∩ F | = 0 , | E | = | F | = 1 } , \min\{P(E;\Omega)+\lambda W_{p}(E,F):E\subseteq\Omega,\,F\subseteq\mathbb{R}^{d},\,\lvert E\cap F\rvert=0,\,\lvert E\rvert=\lvert F\rvert=1\}, where λ ⩾ 0 \lambda\geqslant 0 , p ⩾ 1 p\geqslant 1 , Ω is a (possibly unbounded) domain in R d \mathbb{R}^{d} , P  ( E ; Ω ) P(E;\Omega) denotes the relative perimeter of 𝐸 in Ω and W p W_{p} denotes the 𝑝-Wasserstein distance. When Ω is unbounded and d ⩾ 3 d\geqslant 3 , it is an open problem proposed by Buttazzo, Carlier and Laborde in the paper On the Wasserstein distance between mutually singular measures. We prove the existence of minimizers to this problem when the dimension d ⩾ 1 d\geqslant 1 , 1 p + 2 d > 1 \frac{1}{p}+\frac{2}{d}>1 , Ω = R d \Omega=\mathbb{R}^{d} and 𝜆 is sufficiently small.


Service creation by ordinary users without technical know-how has become increasingly popular in the Web 2.0 era. There is a growing need for ordinary Web 2.0 users to embed telecom services into their existing web applications such as blog, wiki, or online shops' homepages without conventional programming. However, the current open APIs, SDK, and graphical service creation environment technologies are mainly aimed at experienced developers with professional technical knowledge, rather than ordinary Web 2.0 users. To facilitate the latter's use of telecom network services in their web applications, this article proposes a novel web-element-based exposure approach for such services. It encapsulates lowlevel APIs in a series of customised independent web elements, which can be directly embedded in the web page by the Customization-Copy-Paste feature. The flexible invocation of telecom services by ordinary Web 2.0 users will greatly promote web-based telecommunication applications.


The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of combined wedge on the range of motion in ankle and knee joint, ankle eversion moment and knee adduction moment, and center of pressure excursion of foot for genu varus among adult men during gait. This study was carried out with 10 adult men for genu varus in a motion analysis laboratory in J university. The subjects of the experiment were measured above 5cm width between the knees on contact of both medial malleolus of ankle while standing. The width of their knees in neutral position was measured without the inversion or eversion of the subtalar joint by the investigator. The subjects of the experiment were ten who were conducted randomly for standard insole, insole with 10° lateral on rear foot wedge, insole at 10°lateral on rear foot and 5° medial on fore foot wedge. Before and after intervention, changes on the range of motion in ankle and knee joint, ankle eversion moment and knee adduction moment, and center of pressure excursion were measured. In order to compare analyses among groups; repeated one-way ANOVA and Scheffe post hoc test were used. As a result, combined wedge group was significantly decreased compared to control wedge group in terms of knee varus angle in mid-stance(p<.05). Combined wedge group was significantly decreased compared to lateral wedge group in terms of ankle eversion moment in whole stance(p<.05). Combined wedge group was significantly decreased compared to lateral wedge group in terms of knee adduction moment in whole stance(p<.05). Combined wedge group was significantly decreased compared to lateral wedge in terms of center of pressure excursion in whole stance(p<.05). The results of this study suggest that combined wedge for genu varus decreased ankle eversion moment and knee adduction moment upon center of pressure excursion. We hypothesize that combined wedge may also be effective in the protection excessive ankle pronation.


Nowadays high consumption of fertilizers and fungicides in agriculture can increase the problem of soil salinity. Some endobacteria survive in saline condition and induce plant resistance in harm environment. We examined the diversity of halotolerant endophytic bacteria in the internal tissues of sugarcane roots, stems and leaves, with zinc and potassium solubilizing ability and also their antifungal activity. Nutrient Agar medium was used to isolate endophytic bacteria, and then they were screened in view of salinity tolerance on nutrient agar medium containing different concentrations (100, 200, 400, 600 mM) of NaCl, CaCl2 and MgCl2 at ratio of 3: 2: 1. Zinc and potassium solubilizing ability of isolates was respectively assessed using PVK medium containing 0.1% insoluble zinc compound (zinc oxide) and Alexandrov agar medium containing vermiculite. The effect of superior isolates inoculation to supply potassium for wheat was examined in greenhouse condition. As well as antifungal activity of isolates against Fusarium sp. was determined using a dual culture technique. DNA of superior isolates was extracted and the 16S rRNA gene was partially sequenced and used for molecular identifi cation. From 55 endophytic bacteria, 5 halotolerant isolates which solubilize potassium and zinc selected to assay antifungal activity. The isolates were divided into three genus were composed of Enterobacter cloacae, Bacillus pumilus, Pseodomonas sp. Inoculating Enterobacter cloacae (R-1) with higher potassium solubilizing index into pot caused to increase uptake of K by wheat. Antifungal activity of Pseodomonas sp (S-49) and Enterobacter cloacae (R-10) was higher than other isolates. These results showed that some of isolates are integral part of sugarcane as endophytic bacteria survive in saline environment and have antifungal activity.


Ecological domain is an urgent problem and debatable either in academic areas or in the other ones. Their interests in the aspect appear because of their troubled pleasant Disasters, wherever and whenever, occur not only of natural factor, but also of human exploitative act and rapacious behavior that apts to display homo economicus. Such a homo economicus behavior does not get out of the certain cosmologic mainstream that constructs exploitative attitude to the natrue. So, establishing ecological ethic, as a part of homo islamicus elements, needs to change a genuine paradigm fundamentally, from exploitative paradigm to moral paradigm. By islamic values tawhid, khilafah, ibadah, 'ilm, halal, haram, 'adl vs zulm, and istislah vs diya' which cohere strictly with bomo islamicus, everyone believes that the nature is a meaningfull something. Therefore, everyone has to make it meaningfull, to use it functionally, and not to destroy it


There is growing interest regarding whether Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a clinically beneficial psychological intervention for psychosis. This review aimed to provide a critical appraisal of the available research on ACT for psychosis in an attempt to establish whether ACT is an empirically-supported intervention for psychosis, alongside whether any adaptations to ACT would need to be made to use it with psychosis. The literature published on ACT for psychosis since the theoretical emergence of ACT in 1999 was reviewed. A total of eight papers were critically reviewed: four using data from randomised controlled trials, three clinical case studies, and one discussion paper. The reviewed evidence suggested that ACT can be delivered in brief individual sessions with inpatient and outpatient samples with minimal adaptation from its original format needed for psychosis. ACT appeared to facilitate change in psychological flexibility for individuals experiencing psychosis, as evidenced through a reduction in the believability of and distress associated with psychotic symptoms at short-term follow-up. Whilst the evidence is promising, due to the current scarcity of research, ACT does not currently fulfil the criteria for an empirically-supported intervention for psychosis. Implications for clinical practice and future research are discussed.


The study investigated the effect of magnetic acupuncture applied to certain acupoints on drivers' autonomic responses during a four hour driving at speed of 80 km/h. After the driving task, low frequency component, high frequency component and their ratio of heart rate variability in normalized units were calculated and compared between the study group and the control group, and between the beginning and the end of the task. The results showed that magnetic acupuncture may reduce the level of mental stress and fatigue in healthy individuals.


Clustering time series has become in recent years a topic of great interest in a wide range of fields. The several approaches differ mainly in their notion of similarity (for a review see Focardi, 2001). Most researches use the Euclidean distance or some variation of it because of its easy implementation, even if it is very sensitive to temporal axis alignment. Furthermore, there are many applications where it is demonstrated that the Euclidean distances between raw data fail to capture the notion of similarity. The principal reason why Euclidean distance may fail to produce an intuitively correct measure of similarity between two sequences is that it is very sensitive to small distortions in the time axis as, for example, in the case of two sequences having approximately the same overall shape but not aligned in time axis. A method that allows this elastic shifting of the X-axis is desired in order to detect similar shapes with different phases. For this purpose, the Dynamical Time Warping (DTW) distance has been recently introduced (Berndt, Clifford, 1994), technique that was already known in the speech processing community (Sakoe, Chiba, 1978; Rabiner, Juang, 1993). Nevertheless the DTW algorithm can produce incorrect results in presence of salient features or noise in the data and the algorithm's time complexity causes a problem in a way that "...performance on very large databases may be a limitation". Morlini et al. (2005) proposes a modification of this algorithm that considers a smoothed version of the data and demonstrate that their approach allows to obtain points which are less noisy and dependent on the overall shape of the series. The clustering algorithms proposed in this approach are hierarchical clustering and K-means algorithms. The current paper proposes a new approach based on the implementation of the DTW distance in a Self Organizing Map algorithm (Kohonen, 2001) with the aim of classifying a set of curves. To show the results of this approach, we illustrate an application of our method on simulated data; while in the extended paper version we will propose an application on topographic real data.


The effects of chlorides and nitrates of magnesium, calcium and aluminium on the atomization of selenium from both the tube wall and L'vov platform (microboat) are compared. Different concentrations of these salts were used under the same conditions in order to characterize the shapes of the absorption peaks, charring profiles and spectral interferences of selenium. Ashing studies using chemical modification were then performed in order to overcome these chloride spectral interferences.


The development of a new intelligent controller for low voltage circuit breaker based on the DSP(Digital Signal Processor)field bus is presented.The desigen of hardware and software are introduced in(detail).The compositions of hardware and software of the control area network bus are described.Results from the industrial tests show that the intelligent controller has a high reliability,good real-time performance and high electromagnetic compatibility.It can be applied widely.


This paper integrated MapInfo and Excel to complete project in considering the excellent spatial attribute management function of MapInfo and the terseness utility of data processing methods of Excel with the requirements of primary farmland planning and preservation project.At the beginning, importing the structure table of MapInfo attribute data to the Excel sheet;then editing and updating this attribute data in Excel;exporting Excel data which with no character set conversion to MapInfo.The function of making thematic map can finish the production in MapInfo.It is concluded that such a way is a convenient and high efficiency means for both spatial data management and data updating in GIS.


An investigation was conducted on the deformation of single crystals of alpha solid solution (12.5 at.% Li in Mg) specially oriented for basal slip. Crystals were tested in tension over the range of temperatures between 77 and 845 deg K. The alloy has a critical resolved shear-stress at least 10 times that of pure Mg. Whereas the critical resolved shear-stress was temperature-dependent below 250 deg K, it was relatively constant over the higher temperature range. Above 400 deg K all crystals fractured on the prismatic planes following duplex prismatic slip. Twinning, kinking, and accommodation bending was observed in areas adjacent to subgrain boundaries, and the shear-stress vs shear-strain curves for the crystals were correlated with the various types of deformation markings observed on the surfaces of the strain specimens. The thermally activated deformation mechanism below 250 deg K probably arises from the dislocation intersection process whereas the higher temperature athermal behavior is thought to be a result of short-range ordering. (auth)


Univariate assessments of drought such as the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) may be insufficient for detecting all types and severities of drought. Bivariate assessments of drought, such as combining SPI and the Standardized Soil Moisture Index (SSI) to create the Multivariate Standardized Drought Index, predict drought onset and longevity better than SSI and SPI compared to SSI alone. While drought risk is normally evaluated with precipitation alone, we investigate drought risk with precipitation and temperature combined. Using Weibull's method and statistical copulas, we compare univariate and bivariate return periods in Northern Georgia and Central Iowa. Results show that using only a single variable to define drought gives the possibility of overestimating or underestimating drought risk. As shown in this study, using precipitation data joined with temperature data provides a return period that is more meaningful and more accurately describes drought conditions in an area. Methods to account for multiple variables are particularly important given the uncertain impacts of climate change; in which small changes in precipitation extremes may be exacerbated by large changes in temperature extremes. Understanding the interaction between precipitation and temperature will allow decision makers to plan ahead and act accordingly during times of drought. ______________________________________________________________________________


The invention provides a novel camera angle adjustable tunnel detection device, relating to the field of tunnel detection equipment. The device comprises an aircraft model, a storage battery, a rotating joint, a camera, a transmitting and receiving module and a remote control unit, wherein the storage battery is arranged inside the aircraft model; the rotating joint is installed at the head of the aircraft model; the camera is movably installed in the rotating joint; the transmitting and receiving module is also arranged inside the aircraft model and is connected with the remote control unit in a wireless manner; an anti-vibration pad is arranged on the outer surface of the aircraft model. The device can be used for overcoming the defects of the prior art and remotely controlling the shooting angle of the camera, has a simple structure, is easy to manufacture and is low in processing cost.


Abstract : The properties of metal-metal interfaces are of interest in many metallurgical applications. These include grain boundaries, crack growth, friction and bimetallic adhesion. This report discusses the electronic properties of a simple bimetallic junction. The method employed to investigate the interface were the Green's function technique and the phase shifts method. The Green's function of a simple junction within the tight-binding approximation was calculated. The conditions for the occurance of bound states was deduced from the poles of the Green's function. There are three types of wave functions associated with the interface. The first extends throughout the entire crystal, the second extends on one side of the interface only, whereas the third kind is localized near the interface. An expression for the change in density of states due to the creation of the interface was derived using the phase shift method. From this expression the corresponding single-particle contribution to the interface energy and the interface specific heat was derived.


Chinese peasants' outlook of value has undergone enormous changes since 1978. This paper analyzes the impact of reform and opening up on peasants' outlook of value, investigates the change clues in peasants' outlook of value, explore its law of evolution against the background of change social change in the China, and predict peasants' outlook of value development trends in the future in the new rural construction today. The changes from the reform and opening up are the interaction between peasants' rational awakening and rural reform. It reflects historic development in rural economy and society.


Pattern Search (PS) Algorithm is proposed to design a STATCOM controller FACTS based transient stability in this paper. To avoid the disadvantage remote signal that may possibly affect consistency of the controller, a locally measured line active power equivalent to remote speed variation signal is the modified signal given to controller input. The stability performance is enhance by optimization of the controller's parameter of the power system. The responses of the projected controllers are applied to both SMIB and 3-machine power system considering several transient disturbances. On comparing with different input signal with different fault and three operating condition, the MATLAB simulation results are presented. It is concluded that the damping of the power system is greatly enhanced in the case of modified local signal is measured rather than local and remote input signals


Almost one third of the 4,000 fitness to practise (FtP) cases on the books of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) have not been completed.


Perovskite solar cells (PVSCs) have emerged as a promising candidate for addressing the energy crisis due to their rapid efficiency improvement up to 24.2% within 10 years. The defects existing in perovskite film have been found to be as low as 1015 cm−3 indicating that the bulk nonradiative recombination loss is very small. The major efficiency loss has been attributed to inefficient carrier transportation and collection, particularly at the interfaces of the carrier transport layers (CTLs). Moreover, the mobile ions that can penetrate into or be blocked by the CTLs have been considered to play a significant role in the determination of device efficiency and stability. The further improvement of the PVSC performances relies on interfacial engineering. Meanwhile, it is highly desirable to gain an in‐depth physical understanding of interfacial engineering in PVSCs. Herein, the recent works on CTLs in planar PVSCs are reviewed and the device physics for designing high‐performance PVSCs is unveiled. This work describes the (1) materials and strategies for efficient CTLs; (2) effects of mobile ions and the influence of CTLs; and (3) theoretical modeling and understanding of PVSCs. This work can, therefore, contribute to designing and improving high‐performance PVSCs for future practical commercialized applications.


Due to wide implementation of Epoxy insulators in industrial applications and its economic implications; development of various Epoxy insulator materials has to be evaluated along with a reliable prediction methodology of their lifetimes. In this study, a new methodology based on Artificial-Neural-Networks (ANN) is developed to predict Epoxy insulators lifetime using laboratory measurements of their surface leakage current under accelerated aging. The effect of adding fillers with various concentration rates to the Epoxy insulators such as; Calcium Silicate (CaSiO2), Mica and Magnesium Oxide (Mg(OH)2) on their lifetimes is compared with the base case (no filler and dry condition). Furthermore, the lifetime of each specimen under study is examined under various weather conditions such as dry, wet, salt wet (NaCl) and hydro carbon solvent Naphtha. The obtained results are weighing against the experimental measured data based on two ANN techniques; i.e., Feed-Forward-Neural-Network (FNN) and Recurrent-Neural-Network (RNN). The results obtained from the FNN and RNN are compared to validate the proposed methodology to predict the lifetime of epoxy insulators in terms of the type and percentage concentration of filler. The obtained Epoxy insulators predicted lifetime under various filler concentrations and weather conditions are compared and conclusions are reported.


The Central Plains culture,as the origin of Chinese traditional culture and trunk,has a unique culture connotation and spirit substance. The emerging culture has new cultural content driven by modern science and technology,which produce an extremely profound impact on the kind of culture,form,and pattern. The historical heritage and advantages of traditional culture of central plains needs to be flourished by the emerging cultural heritage. The integration between traditional culture of central plains and emerging cultural formats will help highlight the strengths and highlights of the central plains culture,enhance the level of social civilization,and promote national and regional economic prosperity in China. Many useful exploration has been made in in cultural heritage in Henan province. Based on the analysis of traditional culture of the central plains and emerging cultural industry development status,the development countermeasures and suggestions are presented for further integration between traditional culture of central plains and emerging cultural formats.


The partition of a series of dinitrophenylated amino-acids is studied experimentally in two (Ionic Liquid + Sodium Phosphate Buffer) biphasic systems at 23 oC. The ionic liquids used in these experiments are 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate, [C6mim][BF4], and 1-decyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate, [C10mim][BF4]. pH of the initial aqueous solution is fixed at 7.4 using a suitable sodium phosphate buffer. DNP-amino-acids distribute preferentially to the ionic liquid phase, and this partition increases with the length of the alkyl chain of amino-acid. The free energy of transfer for a methylene group is calculated from the partition coefficients of the solutes. This provides an effective measurement for the relative hydrophobicity of the conjugated phases, which is higher than in other biphasic systems used in biotechnology (e.g., polymer-polymer and polymer salt aqueous two-phase systems).


Psychology researchers believe that continuous daily use of the Internet will become a cause of addiction to this type of media and trouble the person with its problems. On the other hand those behaviors were said to be health behaviors that affect person's health (Baum, Newman, Weinman, West and McManns, 1997, quoted by Hassan-zadeh et al., 2006). According to this subject, the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between internet addiction and health behaviors in adolescents. The method of this study was descriptive-co relational method. In this descriptive study, the population was all secondary school students in Tehran, Iran who were studying in these schools in 2014 academic year. Among the population, 350 students were selected from the regions of one, five, eight and twelve in Tehran according to Krejcie and Morgan's table by random cluster sampling method. It had used library studies and Young's questionnaire of Internet addiction assayin standards of health behavior to collect information. The students answered to two test scales of Internet addiction and health behaviors, then, data were analyzed using SPSS and the Pearson's correlation coefficient.The results showed that there was negative and significant correlation between Internet addiction and health behaviors. Also, it has been significant and negativethe correlation between Internet addiction and subscales such as personal hygiene, nutrition, exercise, sleep and rest and stress management.


The purpose of this paper was to study the effect of phenological phases on forage nutrient composition, rumen fermentation parameters and content of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) in milk of grazing yak. In this study, 10 female Gannan yaks with an average body weight of 234.9±10.5 kg were selected for research purpose (natural grazing) in Gannan Pastoral Area of Gansu Province. The forage, rumen fluid and milk samples were collected during green-up time, flowering time and withering time of forage to determine nutrient composition of forage, fermentation parameters of rumen fluid, and CLA in milk fat. The correlation analysis was studied in order to find out the influence of forage and rumen fluid parameters on the content of CLA in milk of grazing yak. The results showed that the phenological phases significantly affected the content of lauric acid, myristic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, total fatty acid, polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) and total volatile fatty acid (TVFA) ( P <0.05), and these were significantly higher in flowering time ( P <0.05). The content of fatty acid and total fatty acid in yak milk were significantly higher in flowering time than green-up time and withering time ( P <0.05). The phenological phases significantly affected the content of CLA isomer c9t11, t10, c12 and CLA in yak milk ( P <0.05), and these were significantly higher in grazing yak milk at flowering time than green-up time and withering times ( P <0.05). The rumen pH, acetic acid, propionic acid, acetic/ propionic acid, isobutyric acid, butyric acid, isovaleric acid, valeric acid, total volatile acid and trans-11-oleic acid in the rumen of yak were also significantly affected by phenological phases ( P <0.05). There was a significant positive correlation of rumen pH, forage crude protein, crude fat, nitrogen free extract, tannic acid and total fatty acid with CLA content in grazing yaks ( P <0.05). A significant negative correlation ( P <0.05) of crude fiber and crude ash with CLA content in milk of grazing yak was recorded, while no significant correlation ( P >0.05) of PUFAs and TVFA with CLA content was observed. This study is helpful to improve the grazing management of alpine grassland and the production performance of yaks (milk yield and milk quality).


Existing work on mutual fund performance persistence has obtained diverse results, depending on the group of funds studied. We examine whether performance persistence within a peer group of competing mutual funds depends on the group's composition. The UK mutual fund industry is ideal for such an examination, because funds compete within strictly defined sectors. We consider several sector-level attributes related to the intensity of competition within a sector and use them to explain sector-level persistence. We find robust evidence that persistence is higher in sectors where concentration of assets under management is higher. Our results indicate that the competitiveness of a mutual fund sector influences persistence in the relative performance of its members.


The feasibility study HelioScan of the Solar Institute Julich (SIJ) and the Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques (FHR) investigates the potential of a new innovative approach, in which the position control of a heliostat field uses the detected position data of a radar system. The currently used systems work with encoders in each heliostat. The new single remote monitoring radar sensor system should be cheaper in terms of manufacturing, installation, operation, calibration and maintenance. The sensor system shall also be applicable regardless of the type of mirror, which increases the range of applications and marketing opportunities.
To investigate the suitability of short-wave radar systems, first experiments have been conducted at the experimental solar thermal power plant in Julich (STJ). Radar waves were directed from the research platform of the solar tower to the heliostat field. The reflected signal was evaluated by using high-quality sensors and new computational algorithms.
The measurements show that the speed advantages of a surface scan allow a rapid and simultaneous detection of many heliostats, offering the capability of a fast analysis of the whole field.
Further details of these first tests and results of the analysis of the heliostat position are presented.


E. W., FEMALE, aged 6 months, was first seen at Great Ormond Street Hospital when aged 9 weeks. Many characteristic signs of rickets were present-viz., lateral grooving of the chest, Harrison's sulcus, beading of the ribs, everted costal margin, prominent abdomen, cat back, enlargement of epiphyses, curving of the tibiae, and some bossing of the head; in fact, signs such that if occurring in an older child, a diagnosis of rickets would have been arrived at without hesitation. There is, however, considerable limitation in the mobility of the joints, the opposite to what obtains in rickets. The legs were disproportionately short compared with the body, and the fingertips, with arms extended, reached only to just below the crest of the ilium. On this account the provisional diagnosis of achondroplasia had been made, although the head and face have not the characteristic appearance of it, nor is there anything characteristic about the hands. The case is shown because it so nearly fits the old term "foetal rickets." Many multiple ntevi were present which have been treated. During observation the child has had broncho-pneumonia.


Commercial and retail spaces are a place where business or commercial activities are carried out. Space, in the context of commercial and promotional activities, can also be a branding medium for products and services that become commercial commodities. As a branding medium, it is very important that space is designed with the additional objective to strengthen the brand image, in addition to the main objective of optimizing commercial activities in it. Tiara handicraft is one shop that wants to embody interior branding through design and create a unique shopping environment as part of their marketing strategy. This study aims to determine how the interior space design of the Tiara Handicraft shop works as a medium for interior branding.

Keywords: Clear Vision, Energy, Interior Branding, Retail, Commercial Space


A description and analysis of slot injection in low-speed flow, slot injection in high-speed flow, a discussion of aircraft applications, and possibilities for future improvements of slot drag reduction capability are presented.


The target cost management and control are powerful guarantee of reaching targets of the commercial bank. For becoming a powerful and rivalrous international modern financial enterprise, commercial bank must strengthen cost management and cost control.


Excellent performance and application potential of nanometer TiO_2 was introduced based on the sun-protection mechanism of TiO_2, and key issues on the use of TiO_2 in cosmetic were analyzed.


ternational subjects that will provide background material for the delegates are being planned for the National Conference on Social Welfare, to be held in New York City in May. The International Conference will follow the organizational plan that has been utilized at previous meetings. A number of plenary sessions, as well as several smaller general meetings, are scheduled. Leaders in social welfare from various countries will address these open meetings. Provision has also been made for delegates to serve on one of several commissions or to be participants in a study group. Time has been set aside for visits to agencies, viewing of films, and social functions. The president of the Conference is Lester B. Granger of the United States. The honorary presidents are George F. Davidson, Ottawa, Canada; George E. Haynes, London, England; and H. M. L. H. Sark, The Hague, Netherlands. A number of study tours that can be taken en route to the Conference, by air or by sea, have been organized. Information about itineraries and costs can be secured from the office of the United States Committee. The Conference is open to all interested Social Casework


The paper employs directional distance function and Malmquist-Luenberger productivity index to re-evaluate and decompose China's logistic industry total factor productivity (TFP),incorporating environmental constraints,during the period from 1997 to 2009. Moreover,it also analyses the innovation of shifting the production possibility frontier,and researches on the convergence of logistic industry TFP.The results show that:If undesirable outputs are ignored,the traditional Malmquist index will underestimate the technical efficiency level,whereas overestimated the technological progress index and TFP.Under environmental restrictions,the average annual ML productivity index growth has a decrease,the reason is one hand for the low technical efficiency reduce the growth of TFP,the other hand is the driver of progress in technology is not enough.The innovation provinces leading technological advancement are primarily focus on the eastern and western regions,nevertheless,the technical innovation's level of central region is low.The convergence test shows that logistic industry TFP is significant convergence among the tree regions.


............................................................................................................................... xiii CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................1 Background ..............................................................................................................................1 Study Region.............................................................................................................................5 The Role of Ocean Color Remote Sensing, the Problem and Conceptual Framework ...10 Optical Properties of Natural Waters ........................................................................11 References ...............................................................................................................................24 CHAPTER 2: PHYTOPLANKTON LIGHT ABSORPTION: ASSESSING SPECTROPHOTOMETRY AND SPECTRAL RECONSTRUCTION METHODS .....3


no certain conclusions as to the origin of the outbreak. The cases in April were apparently sporadic, but systematic throat examinations revealed that eleven members of the medical and nursing staff had haemolytic streptococci in the upper respiratory tract. One or more of these carriers " had assisted at the delivery of four out.of eight patients from whom this organism was recovered, and also at the delivery of two cases in which staphylococci were found. Masks are now being worn by all who assist in deliveries, and at the washing of patients during the puerperium. Panflavine tablets have proved to be effective in curing the throat condition. It is urged in the report that such epidemics might well be prevented or cut short in the future by the provision of proper isolation accommodation, and also by the institution of the small ward systemii in hospital planning. The percentage of Caesarean sections increased in the year under review, possibly owing to the fact that a greater number of cases of disproportion are now being recognized early anji sent to hospital for treatment. Induction of labour has also been employed more often in cases where difficulty and delay were anticipated.


E-commerce is a transaction of buying or selling online. It is a methodology of modern business which addresses the need of business organizations, vendors and customers to reduce cost and improve the quality of goods and services while increasing the speed of delivery [1]. In the emerging global economy, e-commerce and e-business have increasingly become a necessary component of business strategy and a strong catalyst for economic development. E-commerce promises better business for Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) and sustainable economic development for developing countries [2]. With the advent of e-commerce business, many software providers have started developing e-commerce solutions. However, the emphasis has to be given on developing defect free e-commerce portals. The concept of defect removal effectiveness and its measurement are central to software development. As per Software Engineering Institute Website defect removal is one of the top expenses in any software project and it greatly affects schedules [3]. According to Caper Jones, for improvements in productivity, cost, and schedule, it is important to use better defect prevention and removal techniques [4]. This quantitative analysis is done on five e-commerce projects. The lessons learnt from one project are fed into the development process of the subsequent projects that helped in preventing the similar defects. This facilitated in reduction in the count of User Acceptance Test defects, in the projects developed subsequently


. This study introduces the concept of Γ-ideals and Γ-submonoids of Γ-monoids and investigates their relationships with the existing Γ-order-ideals. Moreover, quotient of Γ-monoids and isomorphism theorems via Γ-submonoids are proved.


Hot Dry Rock is widely regarded as one of the most promising renewable clean energy sources, which is also expected to be the ultimate option of energy structure transformation. However, HDR exploitation is facing great difficulties, resulting in a low utilization rate with total installed capacity of 17.85 MWe at 52 projects in the world. The Enhanced Geothermal System (EGS) for HDR exploitation relies too much on the in-situ stress field and natural fracture characteristics of the thermal reservoir, leading to most reservoir quality failing their expectation. Most of the EGS projects in the world have some common shortcomings such as insufficient thermal reservoir volume, unstable fracture network, low flow rate with low temperature, significant water loss, and considerable risk induced seismic events, which fundamentally limit the large-scale commercialization of EGS. The proposal of the enhanced geothermal system based on excavation technology (EGS-E) inspires us to overcome the technical shortages and scale limitations of EGS. In this paper, EGS-E is illustrated more systematically and comprehensively in the aspects of the system composition, working principle and technical advantages. Based on mature mining technology, EGS-E replaces the conventional drilling and hydraulic fracturing technologies by the excavating, blasting and caving technologies, forming a unique reservoir reconstructing and two-stage heat exchange system. This novel system can overcome the restriction of geological conditions, providing customizable thermal reservoir volume, stable fracture network, sufficient flow rate with high temperature, little water loss as well as minimal risk of induced earthquakes. E-EGS may break through the existing dilemma, contributing a brand-new idea and scheme for the commercial exploitation of HDR utilization.


We propose a music recommendation prototype named Pictune. Pictune utilizes location-based image retrieval and other Web services to recommend music for users virtually located at any position where such services are available. Our study is theoretically supported by two psychological findings. First, the need for music is driven by diverse motives, such as the leisure, informative, self-educational or experiential motives [2]. Interestingly, such motives are also spotted in photography. Second, the perception of the environment can significantly influence the expectation of music [4]. For example, when a person sees a landmark, its concept may be stimulated, evoking the expectation of other connection related to it, such as music and pictures. On the other hand, the melody of a song can facilitate learning and recall of the situation. The main objective of this work is to develop a mobile Web application which acquires the user's ambience and retrieves music by it. The ambience of a user, as she accesses the application, is defined by her location, time-of-day (TOD), day-of-year (DOY), and the weather. These elements can be easily acquired from either the terminal or the Web. The main challenge is to explore the correlation between user ambience and the online rich photos, which are associated with numerous tags describing not only the facts (such as the ambience and the object being shot) but also subjective feelings, sensings, perceptions, and intuitions. Pictune contains the following components: (1) A music database where each music is associated with a set of tags. (2) An image database indexed by ambience vector. Each ambience is associated with a set of tagged images. These data are retrieved from Flickr API and an online weather service. The components of the ambience vector are represented in discretized form for ease of computation. (3) A tag-by-ambience matrix Mta (precomputed from the image database) where each element indicates the weight of a tag for a particular ambience. Given the current ambience of a new query, we first compute a vector of relevant tags (denoted by T ) with weights. Then we perform an emotion enhancement process on T , which uses an emotional Word-


A new type of atomized water apparatus for cooling alloying ingot is introduced. The apparatus, which possesses a good atomized result and powerful control function, is used to cool Zinc alloy ingot in Zhuzhou Smelter and improves the quality of ingot greatly.


The equivariant `main conjecture' of Iwasawa theory is shown to hold for a Galois extension $K/k$ of number fields with Galois group an $l$-adic pro-$l$ Lie group of dimension 1 containing an abelian subgroup of index $l$, provided that Iwasawa's $\mu$-invariant $\mu(K/k)$ vanishes.


Platform is a business stage where people and technology share the information and make the business ecosystem through the network effect. It is a state-of-the-art technology for business. Platform business is an interaction of the network effects which creates profit in multidimensional way. It encourages business growth and efficiency, which is both exponentially and asymptotically. A platform is a creation which helps and empowers other products and amenities. Digital platforms occur at many levels in internet-based businesses and business models with blockchain technology. They array from high-level platforms to enable a platform business model to a low-level platform which provides an assembly line of business and technology dimensions that other products or services consume to deliver their own business capabilities. This paper deliberates the analysis of platform learning business approaches and secure business transactions like blockchain technology. Platform business along with secure business intelligence (BI) is now a prerequisite of the frontrunners for noble organizations to keep customers active, alive and compete the business in the digital age. Blockchain technology plays a vital role in this issue. Presently, businesses implement attract data-driven, network-driven, cloud-driven and blockchain technology platform-intensive approaches. Artificial intelligence, deep learning and machine learning are playing a great role in analyzing the data and classifying customer patterns and retaining customers in the business principles of market. Currently, we are competent enough to analyze online and offline data using these intelligent business tools. These business tools are very useful to identify customers' marketing trends and their buying patterns. Securities in the business are more demanding and need professional ventures. Business people are now copious, focused and vigilant for secure transactions and demand blockchain technology-based platforms. Blockchain technology is nowadays becoming a boon for industrialists to keep their transactions more secure. As businesses and industries grow, they are now using blockchain technology to secure and track the items in supply chain management using digital platforms and BI. This concept is very relevant in the current scenario and state-of-the-art business platforms. We have exasperated the study in this direction, that is, how to concentrate on strategic revolution in financial sector with various innovative econometrics and simulator tools. This paper also addresses the recent research gap in the secure digital platform and analyzes the state-of-the-art methodology for the optimized solutions for the industry.


This research report presents data showing the major demographic and socioeconomic changes in the Hispanic population of New York in the 1990s. It shows that despite gains in some areas, on average, Hispanics in New York were not significantly better-off in 2000 than in 1990. Using Current Population Surveys and 1990 and 2000 U.S. Census of Population and Housing information, the study demonstrates that:


The glide of basal plane dislocations (BPDs) during 150 mm 4H-SiC epitaxial growth by a hot-wall reactor is characterized, and its formation mechanisms are discussed. The reason for the glide of BPDs during 150 mm 4H-SiC epitaxial growth is believed to be due to the strain related to the strain originally in the 150 mm substrate and the strain generated during the epitaxial growth. After the epitaxial growth process is optimized, it is possible to suppress the glide of BPDs, as a result of the effective relaxation of the strain.


Objective
To analyze the features and risk factors of intraoperative pressure sores among patients receiving tumor surgery, and to provide a reference for targeted clinical precautions to be taken.

Methods
The admission notes and pressure sore registration forms of 6 878 patients who received tumor surgery between January and December 2015 in Sichuan Cancer Hospital were referenced. The features and risk factors of intraoperative pressure sores were then retrospectively analyzed.

Results
Totally 68 patients were found with pressure sores. The incidence of intraoperative pressure sores among the group of patients were 0.99%, including 65 stage I pressure sores and 3 stage II pressure sores. The risk factors contributing to intraoperative pressure sores included age, length of operation, blood loss, body mass index and operative position (χ2=18.970, 1 035.231, 267.460, 10.022, 12.073; P<0.05) ; According to Logistic Multivariate Regression Analysis, age, length of operation and blood loss were independent risk factors contributing to intraoperative pressure sores.

Conclusions
Intraoperative pressure sores among patients receiving tumor surgery are caused by multiple factors. Only by fully knowing their features and risk factors can we prevent intraoperative pressure sores.

Key words:
Neoplasms; Operating rooms; Intraoperative pressure sore


The task that has been addressed is the modeling of the existing CPS Development Environments. Our team is developing a runtime environment which is known as jDEECo. Not only does it include a number of integrations with tools and transformations, but also it introduces a set of new concepts that targets CPS and at the same time improves the traditional software development approaches. That makes this environment a good candidate for the previously mentioned task. The task requires proposing a use case and modeling it using the existing ontologies. The process works as a validator for the MPM4CPS and catalog ontologies and helps in finding conflicts or missing concepts there. In the following is a list that describes my vision of the working plan during the suggested short term scientific mission:


Germanene, an allotrope of germanium which is a two dimensional material with sp2 hybridization, has almost the same properties with graphene except for its buckled structure. In this study, germanium nanoribbon (GeNR) is use for it is still a new material for nanoscale level of research. In this paper, we investigate the effect of chirality on the thermal conductivity of zigzag GeNR (ZGeNR) and armchair GeNR (AGeNR) chiralities using equilibrium molecular dynamics with varied lengths at fixed temperature and varied temperatures at fixed length. The simulations were carried out in Large-scale Atomic/Molecular Massively Parallel Simulator (LAMMPS) using Tersoff potential for the Ge-Ge interactions. The thermal conductivity is calculated using Green-Kubo method. It is found that the chirality can affect the thermal conductivity of GeNR. Our results show that thermal conductivity of AGeNR is higher than ZGeNR in both increasing temperatures and lengths similar to the thermal conductivity behavior obtained in silicene nanoribbons [Int. J. Mech. Mater. Des. 9 (2013) 105].


Penitentiary supervision of the prosecutor's office within the framework of supervision over the implementation of laws covers the activities of: federal sectoral executive bodies that exercise penitentiary isolation (their departmental affiliation is different: the RF Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia, the RF Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, the Border Service of the RF Federal Security Service, the RF Ministry of Defense, the RF Ministry of Health); control bodies in the system of the above-mentioned bodies and agencies; officials of these bodies and agencies; subjects of public monitoring of the observance of human rights in detention facilities and assistance to persons held in places of detention. Within the framework of a special branch – the prosecutor's supervision over the execution of laws by administrations of bodies and facilities executing punishments and measures of a coercive nature imposed by the court, and by administrations of places holding detained persons and those in custody – the prosecutor's supervision, in terms of the circle of persons, covers: activities of administrations of penitentiary bodies and facilities, as well as activities of these bodies and facilities. The final conclusion is the provision that, according to the types of supervised activities, the subject of penitentiary supervision is limited to the activities of these supervised persons based on criminal procedural, criminal and penal legal relations arising in the course of and in connection with the execution of measures of forced isolation.


This paper presents the modeling and design of a periodic output feedback (POF) controller to suppress the vibrations of a smart thin walled composite box beam. Collocated piezoelectric patches are bonded as sensor / actuator to the master structure at a certain finite element location on the beam, i.e., nearby the fixed end of the composite box beam. The beam structure is modelled in state space form using the concept of piezoelectric theory, the Timoshenko beam theory and the finite element method. The beam is subjected to an external disturbance (impulse, sine, random excitations). When the proposed controller is put in the loop with the plant, the plant performs well and the vibrations are damped out in a quicker time. The performance of the proposed controller is thus evaluated for vibration control and the conclusions are drawn.


Eight available genomic complete nucleotide sequences and coat protein gene (cp) nucleotide sequences of potato virus X (PVX) isolates reported in GenBank were analyzed and compared. It was showed that cp nucleotide sequences shared higher identity than complete nucleotide sequences among PVX isolates. A pair of specif ic primers was designed based on PVX genomic sequences reported in GenBank, and cDNA (714 bp long) encoading cp gene of PVX was amplifi ed by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) using the total RNA extracted from susceptible potato plants as a template. The nucleotide sequence of the cloned cp gene was compared with that of homologous gene of all the above eight available PVX isolates. It was revealed that the identities ranged from 80.2% to 97.5% and the 3-terminal part of cp gene shared higher identity than 5-terminal part in nucleotide sequence. It was indicated that transferring RNAi structure of 3-terminal part of cp gene into potato is one of the better PVX-resistant transgenic strategies. Fig 3, Tab 4, Ref 17


Experimental MOS C(V) data are obtained in the temperature range over which majority carriers are substantially frozen out (40° − 70°K). These are compared with calculated curves and other calculated curves are presented to show the effect of impurity concentration and compensation. The C(V) curves are characterized by a secondary minimum in capacitance near the flat band bias.


The cheer-team sport is a new PE sport with unique charm and a wide stage.Though the sport has started in China only for several years,the speed of its development is very fast.This paper tries to analyze the situation of Chinese cheer-team sport home and aboard by using bibliography material,compare research and logic analysis.Then the paper provides the solution of the cheer-team's development in China and offers the foundation to the sport's popularity and development.


The charmless decays B (cid:1) ! K (cid:1) (cid:1) þ (cid:1) (cid:2) and B (cid:1) ! K (cid:1) K þ K (cid:2) are reconstructed using data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1 : 0 fb (cid:2) 1 , collected by LHCb in 2011. The inclusive charge asymmetries of these modes are measured as A CP ð B (cid:1) ! K (cid:1) (cid:1) þ (cid:1) (cid:2) Þ¼ 0 : 032 (cid:1) 0 : 008 ð stat Þ(cid:1) 0 : 004 ð syst Þ(cid:1) 0 : 007 ð J= c K (cid:1) Þ and A CP ð B (cid:1) ! K (cid:1) K þ K (cid:2) Þ ¼ (cid:2) 0 : 043 (cid:1) 0 : 009 ð stat Þ (cid:1) 0 : 003 ð syst Þ (cid:1) 0 : 007 ð J= c K (cid:1) Þ , where the third uncertainty is due to the CP asymmetry of the B (cid:1) ! J= c K (cid:1) reference mode. The significance of A CP ð B (cid:1) ! K (cid:1) K þ K (cid:2) Þ exceeds three standard deviations and is the first evidence of an inclusive CP asymmetry in charmless three-body B decays. In addition to the inclusive CP asymmetries, larger asymmetries are observed in localized regions of phase space. (cid:2) (cid:1) ! K þ K (cid:2) (cid:1) (cid:1) and B (cid:1) ! (cid:1) þ (cid:1) (cid:2) (cid:1) (cid:1)


and Italian, by Olga Batiukova and others, based on semantic priming techniques; and, secondly, a distributional, experimental account of the Spanish preterite and imperfect with iterated eventualities (although one could claim it is potentially about Mexican Spanish, as the experiment involved native speakers from Mexico) by M. Rafael Salaberry and Cust odio Martins. A comparative French–Spanish study of the imparfait/imperfecto marking of hypothetical clauses by José Amen os-Pons completes the set of Romanist contributions. Besides descriptive and experimental linguistics, corpus linguistics is also well represented in the volume, with Christine Paul's study of the imprecise uses of tenses in an oral corpus of German, Agnès Celle and Laure Lansari's paper on aller þ infinitive and its English counterparts, and Alexandra Vraciu's account of the acquisition of event encoding by L2 English learners. Of course, the volume also comprises a series of more traditional, largely introspection-based theoretical and formal papers. Semantic contributions include Allan Wallington's (informal) account of the metaphorical encoding of futurity, Roberlei Bertucci's pre-formal analysis of Brazilian Portuguese aspectual verbs using Fred Landman's notion of 'stages' ('The Progressive', Natural Language Semantics, 1 (1992), 1–32), Jiyoung Choi's study of 'inchoative states' in Korean, and Fabienne Martin's account of stupide deþ V constructions. The latter study connects the individualversus stage-level readings of such adjectives with tense-aspect semantics in intriguing and intricate ways. Finally, Alda Mari proposes an exciting formal study of covert modal meanings in indefinite generic sentences (as in 'A lion has a mane'), while theoretical syntactic approaches and issues at the syntax–semantics interface are represented by Gianina Iordǎchioaia and others' analysis of nominalizations derived from object-experiencer verbs in Greek and Romanian, and by Hongyan Sun's account of the temporal construal of relative clauses in Mandarin. All in all, the book is a very enlightening read, and one of the most diverse and intellectually exciting volumes of the series published so far.


One of the main issues of the H2020 is the cities sustainability and the relevance of implementing the green economy. The cities functionality associated with the positive externalities are considered sustainability vectors in companies and individuals. It is crucial to define priorities for implementing vectors based on the "green" perspective, such as : increased energy performance, mobility, biodiversity and land use, improved air quality and acoustic environment, green economy , solid waste management. The article presents the influence of renewable energies in smart cities and the implementation of a "green" business model. This study was based on the exploratory information of the "smart cities" of the European Commission, where the use of renewable energies in the cities are success factor. The results showed that there is a positive relationship between the use of renewable energy and the development of business associated with goods and services in cities, making them more sustainable and environmentally friendly.


ABSTRACTA qualitative study was undertaken at the Kelvin Grove campus library of Queensland University of Technology to discover which aspects within the library hinder students from using it effectively and which aspects help. Data collected using the critical incident technique and photography revealed how students perceived the library itself and how they perceived the library staff. It also gave a bonus—an insight into the library's client, the student. The data not only confirmed studies that have documented 'library anxiety', and how students learn to use the library, but also illuminated how library staff make students feel guilty; provided insight into the stages of development through which university students progress during their tertiary studies; and showed their progression through a series of stages in their use of the technology found inside the modern academic library.


Brian Moeran is Professor of Culture and Communication at the Copenhagen Business School and was previously Professor of Japanese Studies at the universities of both London and Hong Kong. He is a social anthropologist by training and has written and published widely on advertising, media, art and aesthetics in Japan and Asia. His current research is a comparative study of international fashion magazines in five countries. A Japanese Discourse of Fashion and Taste


Stuck pipe incidents in the study selected areas provide the greatest contribution to non-productive time while drilling/tripping through unstable shale formations in buildup sections and permeable sandstone lateral reservoir sections. A standard non-aqueous fluid (NAF) has traditionally been used to drill through these sections. This paper describes the performance of Organo-Clay-Free NAF, as compared to standard NAF. Organo-Clay-Free NAF was introduced to replace conventional NAF. The low solids content and excellent fluid loss control properties made by the polymeric package creates a slick filter-cake that is more resistant to differential sticking. Meanwhile, the fluid provides a fragile gel structure which assists in reducing wellbore cycling pressure while allowing for faster trip times. A performance comparison of the Organo-Clay-Free NAF and a standard NAF was performed using data from 55 intervals in three Areas where standard NAF was used, and data from 44 intervals drilled using Organo-Clay-Free NAF. The Organo-Clay-Free NAF helped to provide better performance, as compared to the standard NAF; stuck pipe incidents and wellbore stability issues were reduced by 38%. In addition, capability to resist contamination helped to provide better performance with high water content while still providing the required inhibition, especially while tripping or running casing through sensitive formations; the average tripping time was reduced by 32%. The Organo-Clay-Free NAF helped to reduce base oil consumption by 20%. Because the Organo-Clay-Free NAF consists of fewer products, the required chemicals recorded as 61% less than that required for a standard NAF, reducing logistics in offshore operations.


The ability to pattern materials at the nanoscale can enable a variety of applications ranging from high density data storage, displays, photonic devices and CMOS integrated circuits to emerging applications in the biomedical and energy sectors. These applications require varying levels of pattern control, short and long range order, and have varying cost tolerances. Extremely large area R2R manufacturing on flexible substrates is ubiquitous for applications such as paper and plastic processing. It combines the benefits of high speed and inexpensive substrates to deliver a commodity product at low cost. The challenge is to extend this approach to the realm of nanopatterning and realize similar benefits. The cost of manufacturing is typically driven by speed (or throughput), tool complexity, cost of consumables (materials used, mold or master cost, etc.), substrate cost, and the downstream processing required (annealing, deposition, etching, etc.). In order to achieve low cost nanopatterning, it is imperative to move towards high speed imprinting, less complex tools, near zero waste of consumables and low cost substrates. The Jet and Flash Imprint Lithography (J-FILTM) process uses drop dispensing of UV curable resists to assist high resolution patterning for subsequent dry etch pattern transfer. The technology is actively being used to develop solutions for memory markets including Flash memory and patterned media for hard disk drives. In this paper we address the key challenges for roll based nanopatterning by introducing a novel concept: Ink Jet based Roll-to-Roll Nanopatterning. To address this challenge, we have introduced a J-FIL based demonstrator product, the LithoFlex 100. Topics that are discussed in the paper include tool design and process performance. In addition, we have used the LithoFlex 100 to fabricate high performance wire grid polarizers on flexible polycarbonate (PC) films. Transmission of better than 80% and extinction ratios on the order of 4500 have been achieved.


This study reviews 125 HRD-focused articles published in two major HRD journals and ten mainstream SSCI journals across a six-year timeframe (1998-2003). It compares theoretical frameworks and methodologies employed in these different outlets, also looking at differences between US and European articles. Several differences in theoretical perspectives emerged. Methodology in US and mainstream journals was deemed more rigorous than in European and HRD journals. Generally, US/European differences were more prominent than HRD/mainstream ones.


The synthesis of a new water-soluble semi-rotaxane monomer consisting of threaded 2,6-dimethyl-8-cyclodextrin on a 3-O-(11-acryloylaminoundecanoyl)cholic acid guest component is described. This new monomer complex was polymerized in water as a solvent in the presence of a free radical redox initiator, yielding a side-chain polyrotaxane. Two main fractions of the resulting polymeric product were isolated by extraction with water. About 50 wt.-% of the polymer material contains approximately 40 mol-% of non-covalently anchored cyclodextrin with regard to the amount of side-chain units. This fraction is not soluble in water. Additionally, a smaller water-soluble fraction with a significantly lower degree of polymerization was isolated bearing nearly one cyclodextrin on each side-chain unit.


INTRODUCTION
Domestic animal bites or scratches are quite frequent. Among banal bacteria isolated from infected bites or scratches, group A streptococcus seems to be frequently associated with severe infections.

CASE REPORTS
Three cases of acute necrotizing cutaneous streptococcal infections, following cat or dog bite or scratch are reported. Twice, group A streptococcus was isolated from cutaneous swabs. In the third case, previous antibiotic therapy had sterilised bacteriological samples. Diagnosis was ascertained on the basis of clinical presentation and significant antistreptococcal antibodies elevation. Skin necrosis around the inoculation area was observed in the 3 cases. Cicatrisation required an average of two months under appropriate treatment.

DISCUSSION
An evolution towards cutaneous necrosis localized to the initially injured area is common to these three cases. This peculiar evolution is worth to be known in order to choose an effective anti streptococcal antibiotherapy whenever domestic animals bites and scratches are to be treated.


Teleoperation systems are widely used in several applications such as surgical robot and underwater vehicle. However, due to the long distance between the local and remote manipulators, time delay arises over the communication channel. The time delay can render the system unstable or certainly degrade the system performance. Nuno et al. proved that simple P-like controller can stabilize the teleoperator and provide position tracking under variable time delays. Moreover, they presented the condition under which the velocities and position error of a non-linear teleoperator are bounded. In this paper, it is proved, by analysis, simulation, and experiments, that the tracking condition, obtained by Nuno et al., is not always correct. Furthermore, a Lyapunov-like function is used in this research to obtain the correct tracking condition. Two identical Phantom Premium 1.5/6DOF devices shaped the experimental platform.


Colloidal gas aphrons (CGA) have the unique ability to form a bridge in the pores of reservoirs, which stops fluid invasion. Sizing microbubbles in accordance with the rock pore size distribution is imperative for effective sealing during drilling. The effects of time, temperature and pressure on the stability and size of the microbubbles needs to be better understood in order to design a fluid that will sufficiently block the pores of the formation for extended periods. In this study, the effects of time, pressure and temperature on the size of microbubbles and the stability of microbubble (CGA)based drilling fluids were investigated. The change in the CGA diameter with time was determined by using a microscopic imaging technique. Effects of base fluid viscosity and surfactant concentration on the size and stability of the microbubbles were also investigated.


i Acknowledgements We are grateful to the all the NHS staff who took the time to participate in the survey and the interviews. Additionally, we would like to acknowledge the support provided by the team at the BBT who collated and managed participant information. The views expressed in this report are those of the researchers and do not necessarily reflect those of the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service.


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B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) is the most common leukemia in adults in western countries. It is characterized by B lymphocyte accumulation in peripheral blood, bone marrow, lymph nodes and other lymphatic organs. Leukemic cells derive most commonly from B lymphocytes, rarely from T or NK cells. B-CLL is known from its heterogeneous clinical course from indolent to very aggressive. In spite of many known prognostic factors (such as immunoglobulin heavy chain gene mutational status – IgVH, expression of ZAP70 and CD38), is still difficult to classify a single patient to particular risk group and to predict CLL clinical course. That is why new prognostic factors are still needed.

HS1 (hematopoietic cell specific Lyn substrate-1) is an intracellular protein, which expression occurs mainly in hematopoietic cells. HS1 plays an important role in regulating T cell immune synapse and affects many functions of NK cells, including the lysis of target cells, adhesion, chemotaxis and clustering of actin in the lytic synapse. The role of HS1 in B cells is poorly understood. This protein was identified in B cells as the primary receptor substrate for phosphorylation by BCR after antigenic stimulation. Other studies have confirmed the role of HS1 in the process of clonal expansion and deletion induced by antigen-receptor interaction in B cells and T. HS1 is rapidly phosphorylated in B cells in the vicinity of tyrosine residues and is a substrate for tyrosine kinases: the Src family and Syk, including Lyn, FGR, Fyn and Lck. It has been shown that HS1 interacts with the cell cytoskeleton in both: normal and leukemic B cells. HS1 protein is an important regulator of motility, migration and adhesion of leukemic cells and is involved in cytoskeleton rearrangement. HS1 can have impact on homing and migration of CLL cells. It can indirectly promote disease progression and influence patient survival.

The aim of this study was to evaluate HS1 expression in CLL patients in connection with other known prognostic factors and patient survival.

Material and methods: 92 untreated CLL patients (45 women and 47 men), aged between 42 and 88 years (median age 67 years), were included into the study. Diagnosis was made basing on typical clinical, hematological and immunophenotypical picture. The control group was consist of 28 healthy matched people (11 men and 17 women), aged between 36 and 79 years (median age 59 years). HS1 protein expression was determined by western blot. Comparative semi-quantitative indication of the degree of saturation of the bands analyzed by densitometry using the gel documentation system Gel-Doc (Bio-Rad) and a computer program to analyze the 1-D Quantity One (Bio-Rad). Assuming conventional units [AU - arbitrary units], depending on the saturation band, patients were divided into four groups with the expression of HS1 protein expressed in value from 0 to 3. Lack of expression was expressed as 0 [AU], and expression of the strongest, with the highest saturation band measured as 3 [AU]. Mutational status of IgVH, as well as CD38 and ZAP70 expression were also analyzed.

Results: HS1 expression was significantly higher in CLL patients comparing to controls. Positive correlation was shown between HS1 and: age (p=0.0454), Rai stage (p=0.0412), leukocytosis (p=0.0129) and β2-microglobulin (p=0.0342). There was negative correlation between HS1 and hemoglobin level (p=0.0464) and platelet count (p=0.0310). Patients with lymphocyte doubling time shorter or equal to 6 months had higher expression of HS1. Expression of HS1 significantly influenced survival of CLL patients. Patients with higher HS1 expression had shorter survival than those with lower HS1 expression (p=0.0329).

Conclusions: 1. Higher HS1 expression is observed in more advanced CLL stages.

2. Expression of HS1 in CLL cells is matched with shorter patient survival

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The relationship between expression of HS1 and survival of patients with B-CLL.

Disclosures: No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.

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Voltage instability had been observed as the foremost cause of blackout incidents worldwide in last three decades. In order to deploy an appropriate countermeasure and enhance voltage stability margin, voltage stability predictor is of utmost importance. Therefore, much research had been focussed to propose voltage stability indices (VSIs) that can identify weak areas and overall condition of power systems. In this paper systematic review covering imperative aspects of formulation theory, expressions, critical values and applicability of VSIs has been presented in chronological order. A broad categorization of VSIs is also addressed. An inclusive review provides a strong foundation for further research in the perspective of voltage stability evaluation for real-time control applications.


One kind of electronic module that uses about ten components was introduced, it could be used on large contactor, it retrenched about 60%~70% of copper wire for the contactor, and also greatly reduced the cubage of contactor's electromagnetic system. The parameter was preinstalled in the electronic module, it realized the best current control when starting or attracting process of AC contactor,It provided data for extend interchangeability of the common parts of contactor that convenient for manufacture small excellent AC contactor with energy conservation, material saving, noiselessness etc.


There are two judicatory plight on dealing with the criminal case of dangerous driving:one is to cognizance intention andnegligent,another is to stick to the prescribed crime and penalty andsatisfy the law emotion of the public.To get rid of the former plight,formulating the jurisprudenceofliberal in causeisneeded,also needing to pay attention tothepersonality of the offender,the changing complexion oftrafficcondition,the contrastrelation oftherelationalvehiclewhen corroboratethechanging ofthemens reaanditscontinuity.To get rid of theafter need to deal withtherelation oftheadministrative lawandthecriminallaw on trafficcorrectly,therearenotanyotherroutes except to restructurethe traffic accidentcrimeinlegislation.