For the purpose of fault diagnosis of power transformers, an approach using genetic wavelet networks (GWNs) is proposed in this paper. The GWNs have a three-layer structure which contains wavelet, weighting and summing layers. By genetic algorithm (GA), the GWNs tune the network parameters, translation and dilation in the wavelet nodes and the weighting values in the weighting nodes automatically. With the global search abilities of the GA and the multi-resolution features of the wavelet, the GWNs can identify the complicated relations of dissolved gas contents in the transformer oil to corresponding fault types. As revealed in the experimental results, the proposed approach outperforms conventional methods in both diagnostic accuracy and construction time.


Background: Phenomenon of addiction as one of the social problems has a high prevalence, especially among youth. The aim of the present study was to compare personality traits based on the temperament and character inventory in opiate and stimulant addicts in Tehran. Methods: In the present quasi-experimental study, 60 male addicts (30 opiate and 30 stimulant addicts) who referred to addiction treatment centers in the suburbs of Tehran were selected through convenience sampling method and were studied using Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI). The participants were sorted according to their age and education. Results: There was a significant difference between the two groups with regard to harm avoidance, reward dependence, cooperativeness, and self-transcendence traits. Thus, opiate addicts had higher levels of harm avoidance, reward dependence, and cooperativeness, and stimulant addicts had higher levels of self-transcendence. The significance level was set at P <0.01. Conclusion: The obtained results showed that there was a significant difference between opiate and stimulant addicts. Opiate addicts gained higher scores, compared with stimulant addicts, in Temperament and Character Inventory variables. The obtained results also showed that stimulant addicts were suffering from more severe disorders than opiate addicts. Based on the means of the values of the TCI, personality traits reflecting personality disorders are detectable and predictable in substance abusers. This new understanding is important in the prevention and treatment of addiction.


Liquid waste is the result of liquid production which is no longer used, so it must be processed and managed so as not to cause pollution and decrease in environmental quality. The biological wastewater treatment system can use the services of decomposing bacteria. This performance is greatly influenced by several factors, including the amount of waste water, the level of impurities, the availability of oxygen (O2), the type of dirt and so on. Parameters used as standard control of BOD and COD liquid waste standards meet the standards. An aerator in the form of an air pump is used to disperse high-pressure air in liquid waste containing oxygen in the process of aeration effluence, so that when air rises to the surface of the water oxygen binding will occur. The operation of the aerator is generally done manually, so that there is a waste of use of electrical energy. This paper discusses the design of an aerator operating control system on waste quality standards using one input fuzzy logic controller and one output. The main component of the hardware is the Uno type Arduino microcontroller used, with the sensor input in the form of COD and output in the form of long working hours of the aerator. The results obtained indicate that the control device is able to reduce the use of electrical energy by 31.03% and can work well based on the value of small deviations and controls capable of working at a set point of 6-10 hours.


ABSTRACT This paper examines some of the connections between street art, discourse, knowledge, power, and public space in Algiers. Graffiti writings are approached here as a tool of protest used by voiceless graffiti writers to display and express their critical opinions towards political authorities and civil society alike. This research relies on graffiti material and qualitative interviews with graffiti writers and passers-by to analyse how graffiti functions in public space. Findings reveal that graffiti writers use street art as a powerful means of communication that enables them to exert agency in and improve public space, and as an act of protest against status quo and socio-political norms.


Abstract Objective: This study examined the effects of active distraction on duration of medical procedure and pain of children undergoing venipuncture. Method: Ninety-four children (aged 6-16 years), admitted to a pediatric emergency department were randomly assigned to an experimental condition (active listening to a song) or to usual care. Pain was assessed by children's reports with a visual analogue scale (VAS) ruler positioned between two facial expressions. In addition, we measured pressure pain threshold using a dolorimeter, procedure duration and white-blood cell count (WBC). Results: After controlling for confounding variables, the experimental and control groups did not differ significantly in levels of pain. However, several interaction effects emerged indicating that the experimental condition yielded less pain in females, in children with low pain thresholds, and in those with WBC < 12 000. Procedure duration did not differ among conditions. Conclusions: Active distraction was effective in r...


In Africa, the west suffers the most from Illegal, Unreported, and unregulated fishing which necessitated national, regional, and continental efforts to put in place legal mechanisms to halt the situation. This resulted in the fragmentation of rules dealing with IUU, with AU's 2050 African Maritime Strategy and the Lomé Charter being the grand Continental ones. This article will provide a brief assessment of the legal mechanisms of the African Union vis-à-vis the rules of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and the fragmentation or harmonization of those rules. The paper argues that fragmentation of rules at regional and sub-regional levels is not necessarily counterproductive as long as all parties coordinate by focusing on filling existing gaps rather than allowing overlaps.


and how much initially neutral viewers would be likely to change to more positive or negative positions after watching it. Best binary options strategies Rosamond Online binary option Royston. Section 4 will optiion the family of multinomial processing tree models (MPT) in some detail because the family has a well worked out statistical theory and it subsumes most discrete state models for categorical data, as well as the two earlier varieties.


In the course of study the optimal conditions of conduction of the process are found. Optimal temperature for preparation of motor oils from chark chemical tar is 400 °С. On the increase of temperature from 350 °С to 400 °С the yield of liquid products on Mo-containing catalyst increases from 47,1 mass. % to 65.2 mass. % compared to the yield of liquid products obtained without the catalyst. The yield of gasoil fraction constitutes 15 mass. %. Optimal quantity of catalyst for preparation of liquid products from the tar is 0,05 mass. %. According to the results of study the catalytic effect of synthesized from emulsion catalyst appears at low concentration of molybdenum (0,05 mass.%). But the double increase of concentration of molybdenum weakly affects the improvement of indicators of the process.


Sensor based smartphone operations and services under diverse user postures are in the spotlight recently as smartphone applications increase. In this paper, auto-rotate screen algorithm is proposed using two sensor modules with accelerometer and magnetometer sensors. One is installed on user"s waist to detect posture of user, and the other is on the smartphone to detect azimuth of smartphone.


Functional electrical stimulation (FES) is used widely in rehabilitation to restore motor functions for paralyzed patients. This paper makes a comprehensive review on current situation of FES. The content includes stimulation interface, applications, FES control, challenges and prospect of FES. Especially, combination FES with electromyography (EMG) and brain computer interface (BCI) is surveyed.


Dear Editor, The 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Resuscitation emphasize the importance of high-quality chest compression as a key determinant of successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation. To maximize the effect of chest compression by rescuers who have difficulty laying one hand over the other due to disabilities such as arthritis, the American Heart Association Basic Life Support healthcare provider course recommends an alternative chest compression technique that involves chest compression with one hand, and the other hand gripping the wrist of the lower hand for additional power. In theory, two approaches with this alternative technique are possible: left hand chest compression with the right hand gripping the left wrist, or the opposite. As no clinical trial or simulation study has compared this technique with the conventional method, or examined differences in the two possible approaches, we investigated these aspects by simulation with a manikin. This study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of our institution. We recruited 22 right-handed male doctors (mean age, 30.7 ± 4.2 years; mean height, 172.1 ± 5.6 cm; mean weight, 69.2 ± 4.5 kg) who occasionally (but not routinely) perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The Resusci Anne SkillReporter manikin (Laerdal, Stavanger, Norway) was used to measure chest compression depth. Participants were instructed to carry out the following four trials: conventional chest compression with left hand lower (Con-L, Fig. 1A) or right hand lower (Con-R, Fig. 1B); and alternative chest compression technique with left hand lower (Alt-L, Fig. 1C) or right hand lower (Alt-R, Fig. 1D). Participants carried out 30 chest compressions vertical to the manikin's chest on the floor. To minimize learning effects, the order of the four trials was randomized. Compression depth and rate were measured for each trial, and chest compression depth was compared using one-way repeated measures ANOVA. Data are presented as mean ± SD. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Chest compression depth did not significantly differ by technique (Con-L, 5.4 ± 0.5 cm; Con-R, 5.3 ± 0.4 cm; Alt-L, 5.4 ± 0.5 cm; Alt-R, 5.3 ± 0.4 cm). Incomplete recoil (>10 mm) of the thorax between compressions was not observed in any of the trials. Chest compression rate was significantly slower with the alternative technique compared to the conventional method (Con-L, 110.2 ± 5.6 times/min; Con-R, 112.5 ± 6.5 times/min; Alt-L, 101.4 ± 5.5 times/min; Alt-R, 102.3 ± 5.4 times/min; P < 0.05). There were no bilateral differences in compression depth or rate. In conclusion, the alternative chest compression technique did not reduce compression depth, but did decrease compression rate relative to the conventional method in healthy male rescuers. Rescuers performing the alternative chest compression technique should be mindful of this and aim to maintain a high compression rate in healthy male rescuers.


A flexible robot arm is designed to realize high-speed motion as a result of the lightness of its links. However, vibration of the arm caused by high-speed motion remains after motion. In this paper, a deadbeat control scheme for a flexible arm is studied in order to speed up the motion of the arm and minimize the residual vibration at the end of the motion. First, the characteristics of the deadbeat controller for the system with single input, single rigid DOF and single elastic DOF are investigated and a switching deadbeat control scheme is proposed. The response of the system with this control is compared with that when time optimal control is used. Next, this control is applied to the flexible arm with two joints and two elastic links, and several implementation problems are discussed. Finally the effectiveness of this control is confirmed by experiment.


It is shown that the variation of the kinetic energy for Suydam instability of a cylindrical plasma derived from the energy principle is infinite,implying that the growth rate of such instability is zero.Realistic physical meaning of the Suydam instability can be correctly explained by the solution of the Hain-Lust equations.Accomplished works so far are simply commented.Finally,a method is suggested to determine the stability of the externally kink modes for a tokamak plasma when in its internal region the Suydam criterion is unsatisfied.


a heart murmur at this stage the blood was examined for sulphhaemoglobin and methaemoglobin, with negative results. However, a systolic murmur was again heard at the age of 10 weeks, and soon after a precordial thrill also developed and the. child became increasingly dyspnoeic. E.C.G. was within normal limits except for the presence of slight left axis deviation and a suggestion of left ventricular hypertrophy in the precordial leads. Radiological examination of the chest showed some widening of the upper mediastinum with a slightly globular heart shadow. The lung fields were clear. The diarrhoea, which had persisted throughout, now became profuse, and death occurred from uncontrollable dehydration at the age of 13 weeks. At the post-mortem examination a bilocular heart was found with the aorta and pulmonary artery arising in the correct relationship from the common ventricle. The aortic arch was right-sided and the pulmonary artery was hypoplastic. On each side a superior vena cava and two pulmonary veins entered the common auricle. Each lung possessed three lobes. There was a complete absence of spleen and splenic tissue. The stomach was represented by a thick-walled widening of the gut embedded in the liver. The pancreas consisted of a small round mass of tissue.


Besides its role as laboratory animals and research models in poultry species, quail is characterized by fast growth, high reproductive performance, short generation intervals, and lower feed requirements. Research has been carried out to evaluate the characteristics of brown and black plumage quail eggs in Balitnak. A total of 99 quail eggs was obtained from Slamet Quail Farm, Sukabumi, consisting of 50 brown plumage quail eggs and 49 black plumage quail eggs. Eggs were incubated in 1 batch in a portable incubator. The variables observed were the weight of the incubated eggs, length and width of egg, shape index of egg, fertility, hatching ability of fertile, and hatchability of total hatching eggs. All data collected were tested using independent samples t-test to compare variants of plumage color. The results showed that all variables observed between brown and black plumage quails were significantly different (P<0.05). It was concluded that the black plumage quail external quality and reproductive efficiency were higher than the brown plumage quails.


This study proposes Gaussian processes to forecast daily hotel occupancy at a city level. Unlike other studies in the tourism demand prediction literature, the hotel occupancy rate is predicted on a daily basis and 45 days ahead of time using online hotel room price data. A predictive framework is introduced that highlights feature extraction and selection of the independent variables. This approach shows that the dependence on internal hotel occupancy data can be removed by making use of a proxy measure for hotel occupancy rate at a city level. Six forecasting methods are investigated, including linear regression, autoregressive integrated moving average and recent machine learning methods. The results indicate that Gaussian processes offer the best tradeoff between accuracy and interpretation by providing prediction intervals in addition to point forecasts. It is shown how the proposed framework improves managerial decision making in tourism planning.


We detected nucleotide polymorphisms within the genus Gremmeniella in DNA sequences of β-tubulin, glyceraldehyde phosphate dehydrogenase, and mitochondrial small subunit rRNA (mtSSU rRNA) genes. A group-I intron was present in strains originating from fir (Abies spp.) in the mtSSU rRNA locus. This intron in the mtSSU rRNA locus of strains isolated from Abies sachalinensis (Fridr. Schmidt) M.T. Mast in Asia was also found in strains isolated from Abies balsamea (L.) Mill. in North America. Phylogenetic analyses yielded trees that grouped strains by host of origin with strong branch support. Asian strains of Gremmeniella abietina (Lagerberg) Morelet var. abietina isolated from fir (A. sachalinensis) were more closely related to G. abietina var. balsamea from North America, which is found on spruce (Picea spp.) and balsam fir, and European and North American races of G. abietina var. abietina from pines (Pinus spp.) were distantly related. Likewise, North American isolates of Gremmeniella laricina (Ettinger)...


Objective To investigate the mastery degree of the diabetes-related knowledge and related influential factors among the diabetes patients.Methods A questionnaire survey was conducted on the common situation and mastery degree on the diabetics knowledge from 80 diabetes patients with an analysis on their correlate influential factors.Results The general awareness rate of understanding the knowledge on diabetes was low in the patients.Among the surveyed patients,78.8% had little knowledge on diabetes mellitus,5.0% had no at all,and only 16.2% had complete knowledge.The correct rate of answer to the questions about glycolated hemoglobin was only 32.3%.The mastery degree of diabetes patients on the related knowledge was correlated with disease course,education degree,and frequency of receiving healthy education(P0.05).Conclusion Healthy education should be enhanced in diabetics patients,especially on the knowledge about glycolated hemoglobin.


Sensor means comprises an active array of sensor elements arranged in a plurality of columns and rows of sensor elements the sensor elements. The sensor means comprises a plurality of rows and a plurality of rows and a TFT switching thin film transistor switch for selectively activate the sensor element; and a plurality of columns and rows thin film diode, thin film diode, for selectively addressing the sensor elements, the sensor elements in order to obtain from these information. The switching thin film transistor and the thin film diode are formed on a common substrate.


The torch of artistic direction has passed from Matthias Osterwold to Berno Odo Polzer. Under the former, MaerzMusik was unique among the large European international festivals for its focus on interdisciplinary concerts, sound installations, crossover projects and use of digital media. Concerts often took place in alternative venues ranging from Berlin's most (in)famous nightclub, Berghain, to the Hamburger Bahnhof, a train station transformed into a museum of modern art. The home of the festival, Haus der Berliner Festspiele, was almost exclusively employed for sound installations and music theatre performances. One always had to be sure to buy tickets in advance for fear of facing a sold-out concert; the capacity of the alternative venues was often limited.


Objective To investigate and evaluate the professional theories,skills,knowledge and ability on oncology of the tumor professional nurses in order to guide them to improve themselves on clinical practice.Method 50 various levels nurses from a tumor hospital have been investigated via a design tables including 40 different questions.They were demanded to choose a single correct answer from 5 choice answers.Results The average correct answer rate is 67.5%.Tumor professional nurses could practice and operate nursing skills well while knew a little knowledge on staging and principle of treatment on cancer.Conclusion Tumor professional nurses had better clinical practice abilities while lacked of the knowledge related on oncology and doing research.


A transducer for sensing pressure has a first and a second pressure chamber for sensing pressure and a center stop which has two substantially flat faces, each face cooperating with an associated sensor diaphragm which forms the first and the second pressure chamber. The two chambers are fluidically coupled together. Each of the diaphragms is responsive to a pressure P1 or P2 respectively and the transducer is easily configured to sense differential, gage or absolute pressure. When the pressure to be sensed exceeds a predetermined value the affected sensing diaphragm is supported by the respective substantial flat face of the center stop.


Scholarship decision support systems conducted by Universitas Advent Indonesia still use manual processes. Manual Decision support systems for scholarships have problems that require a long time, consumes the mind and energy to choose students who want to get a scholarship, and have a fairly large error rate. The research objectives are (1) making an application that is useful for assisting in the process of supporting scholarship decisions at Universitas Advent Indonesia and (2) facilitating the ranking process of prospective students who receive scholarships at the Universitas Advent Indonesia more efficiently. This research uses SDLC (System Development Life Cycle) research methodology and also uses the interview method to the related parties of the scholarship to obtain the required scholarship criteria data. The results obtained from the construction of a scholarship decision support system are the system has been able to process the ranking and display the selected data.


The existing research has not reached a consistent conclusion on how the parent company can create value for enterprise group. In this paper, based on the data of parent companies and subsidiaries listed on the A-share market from 2010 to 2016, I studied the ways in which parent companies create value, which in turn confirms the view that parent company create value for enterprise groups. The research results show that the internal embeddedness of the parent company can have a positive impact on the competitiveness of the subsidiary; subsidiaries' administrative embeddedness plays an intermediary role between parent's internal embeddedness and subsidiary's competitiveness; Subsidiaries' competitiveness has a positive effect on the growth of subsidiaries. In order to give full play to the value creation function of the parent company and drive the development of subsidiaries and enterprise groups as a whole, the parent company should strive to maintain good ties with various subsidiaries, establish and improve the communication platform and personal deployment mechanism. With the soft approach to administrative intervention, the definite purpose of supervision and control should be achieved. Developing competitive advantage should be control should be achieved. Developing competitive advantage should be treated as a long-term strategy and strategic reform and innovation should be successfully completed to make it a powerful major node of group network.


Thank you very much for downloading tense and aspect systems. Maybe you have knowledge that, people have look hundreds times for their favorite readings like this tense and aspect systems, but end up in harmful downloads. Rather than enjoying a good book with a cup of coffee in the afternoon, instead they juggled with some infectious bugs inside their desktop computer. tense and aspect systems is available in our book collection an online access to it is set as public so you can get it instantly. Our digital library hosts in multiple countries, allowing you to get the most less latency time to download any of our books like this one. Merely said, the tense and aspect systems is universally compatible with any devices to read.


Abstract This work represents an extension of the model presented by Olivier Blanchard in occasion of the Lionel Robbins Lectures (2000) given at M.I.T. It analyzes the transnational cooperative behavior of trade unions in a two symmetric country-model with monopolistic competition firms present in the two markets under the possibility to shift production (i.e. through an increase in investments). In the case of technological shocks firms are able to capture the advantage in wage differentials between the two countries. The country facing the shock has a loss in employment, while the other one faces a gain. But, if trade unions cooperate, in absence of transaction costs (costs to coordinate union activities), they are able to reduce the total loss of employment. If transaction costs are present unions face a classical Prisoner's Dilemma where the Nash equilibrium of the game is no cooperation. hut this result is not Pareto-efficient.


Functional food is any healthy food claimed to have a health-promoting property beyond the basic function of supplying nutrients. The awareness in developing functional foods is thriving, driven largely by the market potential for foods that can improve the health and well-being of consumers. However, functional food is starting consumer attraction in Thailand. The purposes of this study are (1) to explore the currently existing functional food products in the local retail market in order to improve understanding of consumers' market supply and (2) to determine consumers' motivation, attitudes towards functional foods which open a market opportunity for functional food in Thailand. This study surveys were showed from 650 consumers who live in Bangkok. The results of this investigation displayed that the functional food market is growing in Thailand. The current local functional food products in the market were highly competitive with consumers' approaches. It showed good agreement with the survey result, and represented there is two types of consumers. First type, who is not interested in health benefit from functional food, is called "Ordinary". The second type is "Healthlism" that consume functional food products regularly. However, both types of consumers are confident with the information about the benefit of this product from Scientists/Researchers, scientific research reports and Food industry. Consequently, based on this study, Thailand companies and the food industry could develop their market strategy to compete in the functional food market.


SMRT SEQUENCING OF XANTHOMONAS ORYZAE GENOMES REVEALS A DYNAMIC STRUCTURE AND COMPLEX TAL EFFECTOR GENE RELATIONSHIPS Nicholas J. Booher, Sara C. D. Carpenter, Robert P. Sebra, Li Wang, Steven L. Salzberg, Jan E. Leach, and Adam J. Bogdanove* Address: 1 Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA; 2 Icahn Institute for Genomics and Multiscale Biology and Department of Genetics & Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029 USA; 3 Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, and Biostatistics and Center for Computational Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA; 4 Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO 80523 USA *Corresponding author: firstname.lastname@example.com


We propose a simple but robust technique for Non-Foster circuitry design for antennas. Proposed technique can match antennas of different type and, thus, it is able to move beyond the usual Non-Foster dipole matching applications. It consists of introducing an additional port inside the antenna and loading of the port with a negative network. As shown, the novelty of the technique lies in reproducing a selected part of an ideal impedance (using only series negative elements) that would perfectly match the antenna at the full length of the examined frequency window. Proposed method is demonstrated by transforming a narrow resonant patch to a very broadband and much smaller antenna. More specifically, its original 2% impedance bandwidth (−10dB) is increased to an impressive 100% bandwidth. Moreover final antenna is 2 times smaller (1/4th of its original size).


The celebrated Gaussian Schell model source with its shift-invariant degree of coherence may be the basis for devising sources with space-variant properties in the spirit of structured coherence. Starting from superpositions of Gaussian Schell model sources, we present two classes of genuine cross-spectral densities whose degree of coherence varies across the source area. The first class is based on the use of the Laplace transform while the second deals with cross-spectral densities that are shape-invariant upon paraxial propagation. For the latter, we present a set of shape-invariant cross-spectral densities for which the modal expansion can be explicitly found. We finally solve the problem of ascertain whether an assigned cross-spectral density is shape-invariant by checking if it satisfies a simple differential constraint.


The success of a newly founded company or small business depends on various initial risk factors or staring conditions, respectively, like e.g. the market the business aims for, the experience and the age of the founder, the preparation prior to the launch, the financial frame, the legal basis of the company and many others. These risk factors determine the chance of survival for the venture in the market. However, the effects of these risk factors often change with time. They may vanish or even increase with the time the company is in the market. In this paper we analyse the survival of 1123 newly founded companies in the state of Bavaria, Germany. Our focus is thereby primarily on the investigation of time-variation of the initial factors for success. The time-variation is thereby tackled within the framework of varying coefficient models, as introduced by Hastei and Tibshirani (1993, J.R.S.S. B.), where time modifies the effects of risk factors. An important issue in our analysis is the separation of risk factors which have time-varying effects from those which have time-constant effects. We make use of the Akaike criterion to separate these two types of factors.


In the face of increasingly congested urban traffic caused by all sorts of harm, how to solve the traffic congestion problem in the urban is becoming the major hot spot which domestic and foreign experts and scholars pay close attention to and study. This paper in a microscopic angle to analyze the problem -- urban traffic intersection congestion,not in macroscopical city planning, transportation planning, urban traffic demand to discuss. Through exploring the urban road system structure and operational mechanism, development of the automobile overpass is to solve the intersection congestion.


Broiler production has great potentials for increasing protein supply in Iran and plays a vital role in economic system of the country. In this study technical, allocative and economic efficiency of broiler production farms in Fars Province was estimated by using Data Envelopment Analysis approach (DEA) method. The results of the study reveal that under constant return to scale (CRS) and variable returns to scale (VRS) specification, on average, the farms technical, allocative and economic efficiencies were 82, 70, 57 per cent and 82, 73, 64% respectively. About 59 farms exhibited increasing returns to scale and 16 farms exhibit decreasing returns to scale. Evaluating factors associated with inefficiency suggests that education, age of farmer, training and being member of broiler producers cooperatives are statistically significant factors associated with technical, allocative and economic inefficiency.


Two and a half centuries have passed since Baron Veit Ludwig von Seckendorf's monumental history of Lutheranism left the press; it is still used by historians today. The title not only indicates the nature of the work and its purpose but also helps the student of church history to place it chronologically in the development of historiography. Seckendorf called it Commentarius historicus et apologeticus de Lutheranismo, sive de reformatione religionis ductu D. Martini Lutheri in magna Germaniae parte aliisque regionibus, & speciatim in Saxonia recepta &r stabilita: in quo ex Ludovici Maimburgii Jesuitae historia Lutheranismi anno MDCLXXX Parisiis Gallice edita libri tres ab anno 1517 ad annum 1546 Latine versi exhibentur, corriguntur, & ex Manuscriptis aliisque rarioribus libris supplentur; simul & aliorum quorundam scriptorum errores aut calumniae examinantur. The abbreviated title is Historia Lutheranismi. For the sake of convenience it may be best to refer to this work simply as the Commentarius. In the "Ad lectorem admonitio" of the 1692 edition Seckendorf traces the history of the development of the Com* Dr. Spitz has taught since I925 at St. Paul's College, a seminary of the Lutheran church in the Missouri Synod. A graduate of Concordia Seminary, he took his Master's degree at Washington University in I930 and his doctorate at the University of Chicago last year. His studies have been in the fields of history and church history. The present paper grows out of his doctoral dissertation: "A Critical Evaluation of Veit Ludwig von Seckendorf as a Church Historian." mentarius. The first book, he says, appeared as a separate volume in I688. When he wrote this book, he had received only the least part of the manuscript documents which had been promised him from the archives of the princes, as he admitted in the Foreword of that volume. His quotations, however, from the documents which he had, stimulated the zeal of great and very learned men in many places, so that they encouraged him with kind and most gracious letters to continue the work and thereupon submitted to him certain manuscripts and published materials which had virtually been lost. Thus encouraged, Seckendorf himself, in September, 1688, visited the Saxon archives at Weimar, where an immense number of the acts of the Ernestine electors of Saxony was preserved. He had already gone through these forty years earlier. The Baron gives special credit to Tobias Pfanner, the erudite Saxon chancellor, who, being in charge of the archives, was his guide through "that vast forest of volumes," so that he could select more easily what he believed to be necessary. Later, says Seckendorf, through the singular indulgence of the most serene dukes of Saxony, more than 420 volumes were sent to him as requested, in which were contained the acts in the cause of religion of the elector princes of Saxony and its allies with the emperors, kings, princes, and other noblemen and with the theologians. But in these volumes he found many things which pertained to the history of the seven years treated in the


We describe a 5-month-old female Caucasian infant who presented with corneal perforation and crystalline lens extrusion secondary to Pseudomonas aeruginosa endophthalmitis and was later diagnosed with cystic fibrosis (CF). To our knowledge, this is the first report of CF presenting with P. aeruginosa endophthalmitis.


It is impossible to achieve the normalization of Basque schools when they are subjected to five sets of regulations on the use of the Basque language in different parts of Euskal Herria. Instead of an education system that differentiates between various language models, what is needed is a school system that recognises the right of all Basque children to be educated in Basque and provides the necessary means to achieve this. As in Finland, Quebec or Belgium, so in Euskal Herria too it should be a given that all future university graduates must know the national language. The road to independence is incomplete without education in Basque. This chapter explores ways to improve this situation by looking at how things are done in Finland, in particular, and in the Netherlands and Estonia.


Abstract Conclusion: Median 18F-FDG PET/CT maximum standardized uptake values (SUVmax) cut-off values of 7.9 or greater were associated with high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) negativity in patients with hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (HPSCC). Furthermore, median 18F-FDG PET/CT SUVmax cut-off values of 7.9 or greater and high-risk HPV negativity were associated with adverse outcomes. Objectives: We studied the association and the potential prognostic significance of 18F-FDG PET/CT and high-risk HPV status in HPSCC. Methods: The medical records of 45 patients who underwent 18F-FDG PET/CT for HPSCC before surgery were reviewed. High-risk HPV in situ hybridization was performed to detect HPV infection. Results: The median SUVmax was 9.91 ± 4.91 (range 1.9–22.1) and the positive rate of high-risk HPV in situ hybridization was 11% (5 of 45). The SUVmax values of negativity for the high-risk HPV subtypes (10.47 ± 4.87) and positivity (5.48 ± 2.45) were found to be significantly different (p = 0.030). The SUVmax cut-off value for differentiating negativity for the high-risk HPV subtypes from positivity was 7.9, with a sensitivity of 65% and a specificity of 80%. The 5-year disease-specific survival rate (DSSR) in our cohort was 57%. Patients with an SUVmax value higher than 7.9 (p = 0.005) and high-risk HPV negativity (p = 0.047) had decreased 5-year DSSR.


Comprehensive experiment plays an important role in training student's ability of synthetically analyse and solve practical problems.This paper expounds the construct,design,implementation,and effect of comprehensive experimental teaching of biotechnology to provide some reference for experimental teaching reform of biotechnolog.


EMBnet's 2015 AGM and associated activities were hosted in Oeiras (PT), from 10 to 12 June. Marking the 27 th formal meeting of EMBnet, the event was an opportunity to take stock and carefully consider EMBnet's future. Earlier in the year, the Operational Board (OB) had agreed that EMBnet would benefit from active investment in specific projects to galvanise its members and drive the community forward. Accordingly, this year, the AGM activities included a full-day OB meeting as a prelude to a one-day workshop for the new strategy to be discussed and refined, followed by the traditional business meeting, where the investment plans would be presented for formal endorsement by the Board. The purpose of this report is to set out the background to the workshop, to explain the motivation for creating the new investment strategy, to detail its principal themes, and to summarise the workshop's main conclusions.


With the development of robot technology, automatic assembly technology based on industrial robots has been greatly applied. Considering the high-precision automatic grasping of heterogeneous products, robot grasping detection technology is put forward. Although the current method of using camera is relatively mature, it is greatly affected by the ambient light and the surface material of the object, resulting in the limited versatility. Since the 3D structured light method based on the laser scanning galvanometer has the characteristics of high speed and high accuracy, strong environmental adaptability and weak influence by the surface material of the object, the structured light equipment using laser scanning galvanometer was installed at the end of the robot to realize the grasping detection of the products. Through hand eye calibration, point cloud acquisition, point cloud processing, point cloud matching and other links, the point cloud collection and accurate matching of local features are realized. The experiment shows that the grasping detection accuracy is less than 0.32mm. It can not only achieve accurate grasping of different products, but also has the characteristics of strong adaptability to surface materials, environmental lighting, and high accuracy.


In this paper we have recorded certain observations on the treatment of addiction to opium with lecithin and glucose which has been tried by us in the Carmichael Hospital for Tropical Diseases during the past two years. Following the lead given by our biochemical and biophysical studies (unpublished) we have treated a series of 80 patients, by the method described below, in the hospital and 120 cases in the outpatient department; these patients were taking doses of opium ranging from 10 grains to 200 grains a day. The results obtained by us have been so satisfactory that we now venture to publish them and commend them to the notice of those who have to deal with the difficult problem of getting addicts rid of this terrible drug habit.


In daily life, we use devices that use networking capabilities, such as cell phones,RFID tags, and the like. Such devices are ubiquitous devices which have micro processors for computing purposes. Ubiquitous computing technology requires low cost and low power platform, therefore traditional block ciphers such as AES are not suitable for this kind of extremely constrained environment and special type of cryptographic algorithms, so called lightweight cryptographic algorithms,should be designed without compromising the security too much. In this paper, we present a new lightweight block cipher, Kanarya, which is specifically designed for use in resource constrained tiny devices, such as low-cost RFID tags and sensors. Similar to many other lightweight block ciphers, the blocksize of Kanarya is 64-bit and the key size is 80-bit or 128-bit. The round function of Kanarya is a Substitution Permutation Network. XOR and permutation operations are used to achieve diffusion, while relatively small 4 × 4 S-boxes are used for confusion. The building blocks are selected with the consideration of both security and area in hardware. The serial implementation of Kanarya needs only 1130 GE hardware area.


Methodology for sparking control in generator brush contact has been developed on the basis of the proposed fuzzy diagnostic model for a d.c. starter-generator and complex processing of diagnostic data. The paper provides investigation results, namely: dependence of voltage parameters in an external generator circuit on collector sparking intensity.


© 2015, IJARCSMS All Rights Reserved 203 | P a g e ISSN: 23217782 (Online) Volume 3, Issue 11, November 2015 International Journal of Advance Research in Computer Science and Management Studies Research Article / Survey Paper / Case Study Available online at: www.ijarcsms.com Semantic Case Based Reasoning on Medical Knowledge Dr. Passent ElKafrawy Associate Professor, Faculty of Science, Menofia University Shebin Elkom Menofia, Egypt Rania. A. Mohamed Assistant Lecture, Modern University for Technology & Information Cairo, Egypt


school and classroom levels has been absorbing educators' attention for years (Cohen & Hill, 2001; Spillane & Jennings, 1997). Researchers argue that, in the United States, education governance has been following "a loosely-coupled system of federal, state, and district input" (Mohammed, Pisapia, & Walker, 2009, p. 2). Conversely, China's education governance has been highly centralized over the past 50 years, with the National Academy of Education Administration in China (NAEA) in Beijing having the extreme authority. With the influence of China's Open-Door Policy in 1979, which emphasized the importance of economic development (Galbraith & Lu, 2000), in the late 1980s, changes occurred to push China's education governance toward decentralization. China's new textbook adoption is one of the initiatives that aimed to assist local education bureaus in gaining authority over their own textbooks. At the time, China's textbooks were tightly controlled by the NAEA. This academy held major influence over the construction of textbooks, including what content, resource materials, and pacing guides should be used, as well as which publisher should publish the textbooks. These textbooks were then distributed and used nationwide (Hooper, 1991). With this initiative, officials started to encourage new textbooks in an attempt to bridge the gap between textbook content and the local needs throughout the country. With that effort in mind, some big cities, like Beijing and Shanghai, began to develop their own new textbooks. By the end of the 1990s, various International Journal of Education Policy & Leadership, March 26, 2012. Volume 7, Number 2. 1


Due to the complex underwater environment, underwater biological occlusion and small objects are more common, resulting in lower accuracy and poor robustness of object detection algorithms, so an underwater robust object detection method based on improved YOLOv5s is proposed in this paper. First, GridMask data enhancement method is used to solve the problem of insufficient detection accuracy of YOLOv5s when obstacles block the target. Second, the NMS (Non-Maximum Suppression) in YOLOv5s is changed to the DIoU NMS algorithm for improving the detection accuracy of the overlapped objects. Finally, the structure of PAN+FPN in YOLOv5s is improved to RepGFPN to optimize the ability of the original algorithm to detect small objects. Compared with other object detection algorithms, the results show that the proposed method improves the robustness of underwater object detection.


—The Northern Saw-whet Owl of the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia is recognized as a distinct subspecies, Aegolius acadicus brooksi. Little is known of the biology of this subspecies, and no nests have ever been found. We surveyed for Northern Saw-whet Owls on the Queen Charlotte Islands between 4 May and 28 May, 1996 establishing 10 survey routes comprising a total of 238 survey stations on Graham and Moresby Islands. Routes were chosen to maximize coverage of different forest types. We detected 61 owls and identified five trees used by singing owls. No nests were found. We used discriminant function analysis to analyze general habitat variables collected at survey stations with or without owls in order to determine habitat preferences. Sites with owls were closer to riparian habitat and had more old forest (> 120 years old) and more young forest (10-30 years old) than sites without owls. Dominant tree species at sites did not have an effect on owl detections. Three trees used by singing owls were in old forest stands and two were in mature forest stands. These trees were larger in height and diameter, and had less shrub cover around them than randomly selected trees in similar aged forests. . The Northern Saw-whet Owl of the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia is recognized as a distinct subspecies, Aegolius acadicus brooksi (Fleming). Little is known about this distinctive taxon, particularly regarding its habitat preferences and breeding biology, and no nest has ever been found. The Northern Saw-whet Owl is a cavity nester, and Cannings (1993) suggested that the species preferred older forests where snags were common, stating that "8 of 11 calling males found on the Queen Charlotte Islands in 1987 were in small pockets of old growth Sitka spruce in large areas of second-growth forest." Because of its restricted range, its reliance on tree cavities, its apparent preference for old or mature forests, and the general lack of information about it, this subspecies has been placed on the British Columbian Ministry of Environment's Blue List of vulnerable taxa. This study was designed to discover some basic information about the distribution, populations and habitat associations of the Queen Charlotte Northern Saw-whet Owl.


Experience has shown that it is often necessary to retain many degrees of freedom in order to calculate critical flutter speeds reliably, but this entails much labour. Part I discusses the choice of a minimum set of freedoms and suggests that this should be based on the equation of energy and the use of the Lagrangian dynamical equation corresponding to any proposed additional freedom. The methods for conducting flutter calculations so as to minimise labour are treated in Part II.

The College of Aeronautics was founded in 1946 and was granted university status in 1969 becoming the Cranfield Institute of Technology. In 1993 it changed its name to Cranfield University.


Factors other than resistance to sliding (for example, desired force level, aesthetics, or patient comfort) should also influence the choice of appliance. Much like we have our own preferences in a car, we may not agree on a single "ideal" appliance. This article shall contribute to a better understanding of the frictional behavior of brackets, archwires, and ligation methods and help to optimize treatment.


Concrete pavements have been used in aerodrome applications in Australia since around the second World War. Design practices have been based on American practice, particularly those of the US Corps of Engineers. Some changes have been made in detailing of heavy duty concrete pavements over the years. Construction practices have evolved over the year, developing from hand placing techniques to very large fixed form fixed rail paving trains and, more recently, to modified slipform paving. Slipforming of concrete road pavements has been practised in Australia for around 14 years. Pavements are typically in the range 220 mm to 250 mm in thickness. Slipforming of aircraft pavements, until very recently has not been undertaken in Australia Heavy duty tug and aircraft pavements are typically in the range 300 mm to 550 mm thickness. In 1992, the author, as National Technical Manager-Aviation for Kinhill Engineers, undertook a study tour of the USA to examine design and construction techniques, specification requirements and material characteristics and properties associated with slipforming of heavy duty aircraft pavements in that country. A number of major airfield paving projects were visited including the New Denver International Airport. Discussions were held with the US Corps of Engineers, American Concrete Pavement Association, the Federal Airports Administration and a number of contractors experienced in the construction of thick slipformed pavements. As a consequence of the study tour, it was concluded that slipforming of heavy duty concrete pavements in Australia has a technically sound basis and is a practicable construction technique. A number of qualifications on the general conclusion are relevant. Construction of concrete pavement for the aircraft apron at the new international terminal at Brisbane Airport has been successfully undertaken using modified slipform paving techniques devised by the author in conjunction with John Holland Construction and Engineering.


The paper deals with the calculation of Joule's losses on overhead transmission lines. The presented method allows taking into consideration the influence of a current asymmetry caused by various conductors layout and their inductive and capacitive couplings. The losses evaluation has been carried out with respect to the total transmitted energy, data given by year and day load diagrams were used. The various properties of a load including its asymmetry connected to the transmission line could be involved. The proposed method enables to determine operating costs respecting all important factors, to accomplish an economic analysis for an assessment the whole service life costs and to compare economic advantages of a transposed or non-transposed transmission lines.


A recent World Bank (World Bank 2003) report stated that "Lifelong learning is education for the knowledge economy." If lifelong learning is education's fuel, then the knowledge economy's engine is flexible learning. This article examines a digital learning model developed to enable Thailand's Revenue Department to promote active engagement of its upper management in order to promote organizational change. These "e" case studies allow managers to generate their own solutions to current situations identified in their work environment. Through the use of high quality digital video and DVD technology, learners transform the passive training environment into one of active engagement, and when learners are engaged, motivation is not a concern. Although the initial project was created for use on DVD systems its design flexibility allows it to be implemented on intranet and Internet systems. Portions of this paper were included in a previous talk (Johnson, C. 2005b).


The present study aimed to investigate the histopathological effects of Actara insecticide on albino mice and the traces of this insecticide in liver and kidney. The experiment included 90 mice which were divided into five groups, the first group 10 mice were considered the control animals and the others were divided equally into four groups with a dose of 0.2, 0.4, 0.8, and 1.6 mg / kg of body weight, respectively for a period of 15 and 30 days. The animals given daily via oral route Actara by tube dosage after dissolved with distilled water which was attended to the doses used in the study depending on the value of the Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) 0.02 mg / kg of body weight in addition to the use of dose comparison. Microscopic examination of liver showed disturbed of the hepatic lobule structure, hepatocytes hypertrophy with severs inflammatory cells infiltration, kupffer cells proliferation, coagulates necrosis and hydropic degeneration. In addition, section of kidney showed lobulated glomeruli, a large area hemorrhage, congested blood vessels that showed thickening in their walls, degeneration changes and infiltration of inflammatory cells. These histological changes were leveled sever according to the dosage and the duration.


A 60-year-old neighborhood provides the unusual setting for the City of Tulsa's Turner Park-Will Rogers High School Stormwater Detention Facility. The 20-acre site is located within the heavily wooded park and the playing fields of the school. A large floodwater detention basin is excavated on the school ground to protect over 80 homes in the existing 100-year floodplain. Several at-grade hydraulic structures and a small embankment are constructed in the park along the alignment of the existing underground storm drain. Relatively few trees are removed. The facility is designed to be consistent with the historic use of the park and school grounds.


A brief overview is presented of various issues involved in phenomenological and theoretical works on charge-current neutrino-nucleus reactions associated with the quasi-free ∆(1232) production. An assessment of the present status of the works is made with respect to the objective of this conference, Sub-Dominant Oscillation Effects in Atmospheric Neutrino Experiments.


Objective:To study the change law and clinical significance of serum C-reactive protein on patients with acute cerebral infarction. Methods: Serum C-reactive protein level in 90 patients of acute cerebral infarction were measured by Using immunonephelometric at day 1,7,14,and were controlled with 80 cases of healthy people.Result: Serum C-reactive protein level began to rise after occurrence of infarction in the first day,rising to the climax in 1 week,decreasing afterward,but its values were significantly higher than control group(P0.01).Conclusion: Serum C-reactive protein may be play a role in the occurrence and development of acute cerebral infarction,dynamic determination of serum C-reactive protein may be an index that can be used to estimate severity and prognosis of acute cerebral infarction.


The purpose of process mining is extracting knowledge from even logs recorded in executive information systems. In many real life logs, too many log instances are needed for the mining approach to work properly. In existence papers about process mining just complete or parallelism tasks with large logs were discussed but in this paper noisy and incomplete logs similarly tested. Therefore, another definitions, metrics and algorithms are required to mine event logs with not enough instances. In this paper, a probabilistic approach is proposed to mine event logs when the number of instances is limited In comparison with many existing approaches, based are the results of our experiments, the proposed approach is very robust in mining process logs with high degrees of parallelism, incompleteness and noise.


The objective of this study was to examine the storytelling principles of virtual reality contents, which are recently
grabbing much attention, and the patterns of their generation rules and, based on the results, to analyze the elements and
structure of a storytelling method suitable for virtual reality contents. In virtual reality environment, a story is usually
being generated between choices made by a user who behaves autonomously under simulated environmental factors and
the environmental constraints. This corresponds to a mutually complementary role of representation and simulation,
which has been hotly discussed in the field of interactive storytelling. This study was conducted based on the assumption
that such a mutually complementary realization is ideal for virtual reality storytelling. A simulation-based story authoring
tool is a good example that shows this mutual complementation, in that it develops a story through various algorithms
which involves the interaction of agents which occur within the strata of a virtual environment. Therefore, it can be a
methodology for virtual reality storytelling. The structures and elements of narratives used in virtual reality storytelling
which achieve balance of representation and simulation are much similar to an algorithm strategy of a simulation-based
story authoring tool. The virtual reality contents released up to now can be classified into four categories based on the
two axes of representation and simulation. The study focused on contents which are layered in higher strata of both
representation and simulation. In the perspective of representation strata, these contents are actively using such elements
as goal, event, action, perception, internal element, outcome, and setting element, which are constituents of 'Fabula
model', to generate time relations and cause-effect relations. And in the perspective of simulation strata, the use of the
'Late commitment' strategy allowed users to understand the meanings of their actions taken during the process of
experimenting with various dynamic principles within the environment.


Several important aspects of the flue gas purification and sulfur recovery technology using temperature swing adsorption (TSA) by carbonaceous methods in moving beds,including the background,principles,technology characteristics,industrial application progress,technological conditions,current status,development trend,and economic evaluation were reviewed. At the same time,other flue gas purification and sulfur recovery technology by carbonaceous methods were also introduced. The industrial application of this technology,technology evolution,advantages and disadvantages were analyzed and discussed. Meanwhile,the optimum technological conditions were presented,the current status was analyzed,and the development trend was commented. The economic analysis of this technology was evaluated and compared with other technologies. This technology will find wide applications in domestic environmental areas in the future.


Let M be a first-order structure with underlying set A. We would like to assign to each set S c A m that is definable (with parameters) in M a dimension dim(S) which is invariant under definable bijections and has other desirable propert ies like additivity under taking cartesian products. Since these propert ies only involve the sys tem of definable sets and not the 'primitives ' of M generating this system it seems more appropr ia te to phrase all this in terms of Tarski systems. We remind the reader that a Tarski sys tem on a nonempty set A is a sequence b ~ = (6em)m~N such that for each m we have: (T1) Sere is a boolean algebra of subsets of A m, (T2) S • 5em ~ A x S and S x A are in 6em+l, (T3) ( ( x l . . . . . Xm) •Am:xx =Xm) • ~m, (T4) S • 5e,,,+lff ~r (S)• Sen, where ~r:Am+l--->A m is the project ion on the first m coordinates. It is clear that the subsets of A ° ( = one poin t set), A ~ = A, A 2, A 3 , . . . that are definable in the structure M f rom a given set of parameters fo rm a Tarski system on A. Conversely, if S ~ A m is definable f rom the sets in a Tarski system 5~ on A, then S • 6%, cf. [16, p. 191]. We shall constantly use this fact. Let us call a Tarski system 6e on A fu l l if {a) • 6el, for each a e A .


The two-pump wave transmission in optical fiber can be expressed by coupled nonlinear Schrodinger equation,and the gain of parametric amplifier can be computed at the condition of group velocity dismatching and matching.We adopt raised cosine shape as phase modulation signal,and get the analytical and numerical value of the gain and the gain curve.From these,we show that the gain is bigger in different pump wavelength,the same time,during rising and dropping time in the phase modulation,the gain is fluctuated.


The investigation results of estimators properties for periodically correlated random processes characteristics obtained on the base of discrete time realization are given. Bias and variance formulae for the estimators of mean and covariance Fourier coefficients are found. The conditions for discretization interval when aliasing effects do not occur are obtained. The dependences of estimator characteristics on discretization interval and realization length for modulated signals are analyzed.


From the Publisher:
Online banking and bill paying, electronic checking and improved financial management are a snap with the help of this guide. Expert author Peter Weverka shares instruction on using Money to create long-range financial plans, track investments, estimate taxes, and operate a small business.


Although various national and state level health policies and programmes in India have, from time to time, tried to promote and integrate various non-allopathic systems into the country's official health system, there have been very few attempts to understand the factors that show a strong association with people's choice of various non-allopathic healthcare providers. Moreover, there is limited evidence regarding people's experience with the non-allopathic healthcare providers assessed at the end of episodes of illness. The present paper is an attempt to meet this evidence gap by answering the following questions: (a) Do the patients who mostly opt for nonallopathic healthcare show some distinct household and individual characteristics in comparison to the patients who opt for allopathic healthcare providers? (b) How do the patients who utilized non-allopathic providers fare in comparison to the patients who utilized allopathic providers in terms of the healthcare experience measured by select indicators at the end of the episodes? We have used data on 3653 acute episodes (with only OP visits) from a year-long panel survey carried out in a north Kerala district in 2003-04. It has been found that about 20 per cent of the select acute episodes sought healthcare from non-allopathic providers. Females (OR=1.03), children (OR=1.12), individuals residing in households with low landholdings (OR=1.05) and those having episodes of longer duration (ORs=1.09, 1.22) are more likely to utilize non-allopathic providers. The average experience suggests that seeking healthcare from non-allopathic providers involves less median cost per episode (Rs. 12 as against Rs. 90) but a higher chance of shifting to allopathic providers during the course of a severe episode (62.9 per cent as against 37.1 per cent), lengthier (median) duration of episode (10 days as against 7 days) and a higher (average) number of OP visits (1.4 as against 1.9). Although no causal relationship is established, there is an indication that non-allopathic providers are utilized more for the easier access and cheaper price they offer rather than other reasons, such as their quality and efficacy.


This paper introduces the method of imitating the reversing_six_connecting_rod mechanism of loader by using VB language.After some initial data processing,the model given here is suitable for kind of loader.


Kaolin filler can effectively improve paper whiteness, smoothness, opacity and printing ink absorbency, etc., mainly used in high-grade culture paper. But there is also low retention rate, easy loss in papermaking process and low efficiency of application. CPAM and APAM were chosen as dual polymer retention as kaolin filler. The adding ratio and dosage of dual polymer retention were investigated according to the retention rate and the hand-sheets property. The experimental results showed that the dual polymer retention system can achieve purpose to improve paper machine efficiency, lower production cost and hand-sheets performance.


The reconstruction of brain activation from EEG and MEG data is often done using distributed source models in conjunction with the restriction of the solution space to the cortical sheet with the sources oriented perpendicular to this surface. However, additional assumptions are necessary to find a unique solution to the inverse problem. Commonly used ones are the minimum norm (MN) method, which minimizes the total power of the solution, the weighted MN (WMN), which gives more weight to deep sources, and LORETA, which additionally imposes similarity between neighboring sources (smoothness). We propose a new method, LineLORETA, which allows to suppress the similarity across functio-anatomical borders. Such borders can be obtained from general functio-anatomical knowledge or from similarity measures, e. g. derived from fMRI.


Music source separation is important for applications such as karaoke and remixing. Much of previous research focuses on estimating short-time Fourier transform (STFT) magnitude and discarding phase information. We observe that, for singing voice separation, phase can make considerable improvement in separation quality. This paper proposes a complex ratio masking method for voice and accompaniment separation. The proposed method employs DenseUNet with self attention to estimate the real and imaginary components of STFT for each sound source. A simple ensemble technique is introduced to further improve separation performance. Evaluation results demonstrate that the proposed method outperforms recent state-of-the-art models for both separated voice and accompaniment.


FTAG is a functional model for writing fault-tolerantsoftw are that is based on attributegrammars. With this approach,a program is written as a series of module deco mpositions,with provisions for redoing and replicatingmodules used to implement fault-tolerance req uir ments. The functional nature of the model and the independence of decompositions makes FTAG especial ly wel -suited for implementation in a loosely-coupled multi-processor system. Here, the formal semantics of fault-tolerant software written using this approach on multi-processor systems are describ d. In addition to specifying precisely the effect of executing such software, this also serves to highl ight various architectural techniques that can be used to simplify the implementation of functional faulttolerant software in networked systems.


The inhibitory effect of oral administration of betel‐leaf extract (BLE) and 2 of its constituents, β‐carotene and α‐tocopherol, as single agents or in combination with dietary turmeric on methyl(acetoxymethyl)nitrosamine (DMN‐OAC)‐induced oral carcinogenesis in Syrian hamsters was studied. DMN‐OAC was administered twice monthly for 6 months. The chemopreventive effect of BLE or its constituents with turmeric was determined by comparing tumor incidence observed in treated groups with that seen in control animals. The apparent sitespecific chemopreventive effect of BLE or its constituents was demonstrated by inhibition of tumor incidence, reduction of tumor burden, extension of the tumor latency period and regression of established, frank tumors. The inhibitory effect of BLE or its constituents combined with turmeric was higher than that of the individual constituents. The study suggests that BLE could be developed as a potential chemopreventive agent for human oral cancer.


In this paper, we propose the Adaptive Network Coding (ANC) mechanism for multi-hop wireless networks. The ANC mechanism takes an adaptive approach to the network coding-based forwarding and focuses on improving the robustness and the reliability of the network in the unreliable wireless environment. This paper introduces the Neighbor's Overhearing Link quality Measurement (NOLM) which allows the intermediate node to measure the quality of the overhearing channel of each of its one-hop neighbors in an indirect manner. The performance of our proposed mechanism is evaluated using the network simulator QualNet. The simulation results show that our ANC provides an average throughput gain of 56% in the fixed topology over the existing COPE.


Optimum performance in an acousto-optic processor often requires signal preconditioning. Necessity for fast programmable adaptable wideband notch filters has led to the use of the surface acoustic wave (SAW) transform domain filter which operates by filtering in the frequency domain. We consider analysis of an acousto-optic (AO) system with a SAW filter as a component. DFT-based simulation methods for the AO spectrum analyzer, AO correlator, and SAW filter are examined. Simulation results are compared to system responses for an AO spectrum analyzer. SAW filter effects in an AO correlator are explored, and simulation results presented. The generalized simulation techniques are shown to be applicable to other AO information/signal processors, and may be utilized to examine new architectures.


Autothermal Reforming (ATR) is one of the latest technologies for fuel reforming to produce hydrogen for fuel cell automotive application. ATR is a combination of an endothermic and exothermic process to give the maximum hydrogen productivity. It integrates the heat effect of partial oxidation and steam reforming reactions by feeding the fuel, water and air or oxygen into the reactor. This process is carried out in the presence of a catalyst, which controls the reaction pathways and thereby reforming reaction. In this paper, the development of ATR simulation model using MATLAB/SIMULINK environment is presented. Based on this model, the sensitivity analysis of the process is performed. The results of this study are discussed.


Adipogenesis is a physiological process required for fat‐tissue development, mainly involved in regulating the organism energetic‐state. Abnormal distribution‐changes and dysfunctions in such tissue are associated to different pathologies. Adipocytes are generated from progenitor cells, via a complex differentiating process not yet well understood. Therefore, we investigated differential mRNA and miRNA expression patterns of human mesenchymal stromal‐cells (MSC) induced and not induced to differentiate into adipocytes by next (second)‐generation sequencing. A total of 2,866 differentially expressed genes (101 encoding miRNA) were identified, with 705 (46 encoding miRNA) being upregulated in adipogenesis. They were related to different pathways, including PPARG, lipid, carbohydrate and energy metabolism, redox, membrane‐organelle biosynthesis, and endocrine system. Downregulated genes were related to extracellular matrix and cell migration, proliferation, and differentiation. Analyses of mRNA‐miRNA interaction showed that repressed miRNA‐encoding genes can act downregulating PPARG‐related genes; mostly the PPARG activator (PPARGC1A). Induced miRNA‐encoding genes regulate downregulated genes related to TGFB1. These results shed new light to understand adipose‐tissue differentiation and physiology, increasing our knowledge about pathologies like obesity, type‐2 diabetes and osteoporosis. J. Cell. Physiol. 232: 771–784, 2017. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.


This master's thesis is a qualitative empirical research for multidisciplinary conceptualization of an urban public space, with emphasis on development processes for affirmation of ecological and social sustainability, and structuring of socio-spatial relations. The research includes an inter-contextual analysis of a comprehensive theoretical context and a specific case study that highlights urban community gardens as potential initiatives for spatial and social reshaping. The findings of the research support a conceptual design of public space that popularly does not result in a tangible product, but can also be activism for rethinking what exists or a continuous process of socio-spatial relations. The research complements the theoretical framework of the design methodology with conceptual analysis of the design as a process of continuous integration of several disciplines.


Sub-nanosecond time-resolved micro x-ray absorption measurements have been used to probe dynamical changes in the local structure about Te atoms in the phase change alloy Ge2Sb2Te 5 during the optical recording process using a optical pump/x-ray probe technique. Our experimental results suggest that the highest temperature state may not be molten during the optical amorphization process, but in fact may represent an excited state implying that at least for shorter laser pulses (500ps), there may be a non-thermal, electronic contribution the transformation. Keywords: Ge2Sb2Te5, XANES, pump-probe experiment Introduction: Recent developments in multimedia applications as well as the nature of the internet have lead to massive and ever increasing storage needs. One of the most attractive approaches to achieve this both from archival storage and from online usage perspectives is optical storage. In re-writeable optical media, data in encoded by taking advantage of the large changes in optical properties between the crystalline and amorphous phases of so-called phase change material of which Ge2Sb2Te5(GST) is the prototypical alloy. Based in large part upon observations of local structure of both the crystalline and re-amorphized phases of various Ge-Sb-Te alloys, our research group at AIST has developed an atomistic model of the switching mechanism for Ge-Sb-Te alloys. In this model, the large changes in electronic/optical properties are associated with a switch from a resonant-like bonding structure in the crystalline phase to a classical 8-N coordination in a glass like state (1). In nucleation limited materials such as GST, atomistic simulations show that local Ge coordination with Te atoms plays a critical role. The gigapascal order transient pressures induced in the recording process as well as the presence of strong optical excitation makes it difficult to reproduce switching conditions in static measurements. Dynamic measurements hold the promise of leading to deeper knowledge of the changes in local order and potentially offer insight into novel techniques to optimize the


The data set described here contains simultaneous measurements of the concentrations of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and nitric acid (HNO3) measured at Zion, IL during the Lake Michigan Ozone Study during spring 2017.


The article presents methods for diagnosing the personal characteristics of an athlete in a team sport, aimed at identifying the strength and weakness of the nervous system, at establishing the state of exhaustion of an athlete, at the attitude of an athlete to the situation.


This final report from the 'Employer-led channels' theme of the Education Employment Linkages (EEL) research program addresses how to help young people make effective education employment linkages, focusing on institutions that use direct contact with employers to channel information to young people in secondary school or in further education or training. The report develops stylised models of employers and employees and integrates the two models to produce a model of a 'skill ecosystem'.


1 Brimacombe JR. Seal with respiratory tract and gastrointestinal tract. In: Brimacombe JR, ed. Laryngeal Mask Anesthesia: Principles and Practice, 2nd edn. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders, 2005: 137–149. 2 Keller C, Brimacombe J, Kleinsasser A et al. Does ProSeal laryngeal mask airway prevent aspiration of regurgitated fluid? Anesth Analg 2000; 91: 1017–1020. 3 Lu PP, Brimacombe J, Yang C et al. The ProSeal vs Classic laryngeal mask airway for positive pressure ventilation during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Br J Anaesth 2002; 88: 824–825. 4 John RE, Hill S, Hughes TJ. Airway protection by the laryngeal mask – a barrier to dye placed in the pharynx. Anaesthesia 1991; 46: 366–367. 5 Latorre F, Eberle B, Weiler N et al. Laryngeal mask airway position and risk of gastric aspiration. Anesth Analg 1998; 86: 867–871. 6 Keller C, Brimacombe J, Bittersohl A et al. Aspiration and laryngeal mask airway: three cases and a review of literature. Br J Anaesth 2004; 93: 579–582.


Summary Designs for experiments that allow the independent estimation of the effects of treatments to neighbouring plots (units) on each side were constructed by use of an electronic computer. Their utility (e.g. in the study of air-borne disease of field crops) is indicated and methods of analysis are discussed.


This paper, on the basis of research achievements of green therapy, uses questionaire survey to discuss the feasibility of music group therapy and then set relative activity courses. By analyzing the effects of these courses, the paper investigates the influence of group therapy on college students' SCL – 90.


Liposomes are spherical structures composed of a phospholipid bilayer membrane that encapsulates an aqueous cavity. The diameter of a liposome ranges from tens of nanometers to tens of micrometers, and with its pliable membrane, it can be forced to flow in a microfluidic system in a manner that is reminiscent of a cell flowing through capillaries in the vasculatory system. For many years, our research has focused on defining new analytical applications for liposomes. In this chapter, we describe the use of liposomes as reagent delivery vessels that can be stimulated to release their contents as a function of temperature in a microfluidic system to initiate mixing and bio/chemical reaction. We also describe the use of microfluidic systems to automate the formation of liposomes. Using the simple principles of hydrodynamic focusing in microfluidics, we have demonstrated the ability to prepare very homogeneous populations of liposomes with encapsulated reagents that are suitable for a wide variety of analytical and biomedical applications.


Different authors express the importance of an adequate motor learning in the stages of sports initiation, for this it is necessary to develop adequately the general motor patterns. Objective: to evaluate the 6-week effect of a warm-up protocol aimed at mobility and stability in a group of young paddle tennis players. The sample consists of 10 children, divided into two groups: Experimental Group (EG) (n=5) and Control Group (CG) (n=5). An initial assessment of the basic functionality was performed by means of a test; Overhead Squat Test (OHST), Hurdle Step Test (HST), Forward Step Down (FSD), Shoulder Mobility Test (SMT), Active Straight Leg Raise (ASLR) and the "L" drill test. A warm-up protocol was then developed for the EG for 6 weeks, two weekly sessions based on mobility and stability. The EG showed significant improvements (p <.05) in the execution of general motor patterns with a significant decrease in the number of compensations (p <.05) and also significantly reduced the time in the "L" probe test (p <.05). It appears that a movement and stability oriented warm-up may improve overall motor patterns in young athletes. However, it is recommended that more studies be conducted in this line to conclude with greater effect.


Etch-rate profiles have been obtained for copper, tantalum, stainless steel and quartz using a commercial end-Hall ion source. These profiles can be used to predict uniformity and etch rates in practical etching configurations. Compared to a gridded ion source, the lower ion energy of an end-Hall ion source is offset in etching rate by its large ion-current capacity, while the lower ion energy can be a significant advantage in damage-sensitive etching applications. INTRODUCTION End-Hall ion sources are widely used for in-situ cleaning and ion assisted deposition, which are necessary in many thin-film processes. Compared to gridded ion sources with expensive and complicated high-maintenance grids, end-Hall ion sources have the natural advantages of lower cost, broad ion-beam coverage, and greater reliability. End-Hall ion sources also have much larger ion-current capabilities at low ion energies (200 eV and less) permitting useful etch rates at these low energies and reducing or avoiding the damage that would otherwise occur to the surface being etched.[1] There are, however, limited etch data for this low energy range. The argon ion beam from an end-Hall ion source was used to generate both low-energy sputter yields and etch-rate profiles for copper, tantalum, type 304 stainless steel, and quartz. The etch profiles were used to predict uniformity and etch rates for etching apparatus with a single-rotation stage or a large singlerotation substrate. Excellent uniformity can be obtained at useful etch rates with the ion-source location selected by this procedure. The practical considerations of interactions with the vacuum-chamber wall are also addressed. ION-BeAm ChARACTeRIzATION A commercial end-Hall ion source[2,3] was used for the etching described herein. The ion-beam profile and on-axis retarding potential energy analysis are shown in Fig. 1 for a discharge voltage and current of 150 V, 5.7 A. The working gas was argon and the background pressure was 2×10-4 Torr. These characteristics were obtained using an ion-beam probe, the design and use of which is described in a previous publication.[4] To minimize vignetting errors of the probe screen, the data for the profile in Fig. 1(a) were obtained with the probe facing, and kept a constant distance from, the center of the ion-source exit plane. Data from both sides of the ionbeam axis are plotted in Fig. 1(a), with the small differences in data at angles greater than zero indicating an essentially axisymmetric beam profile. The etch measurements were obtained at a flat plane oriented normal to the ion-beam axis (see Fig. 2). The profile that would be expected at such a flat plane would be reduced by the cube of the cosine of the angle from the axis, and is shown by the dashed line in Fig. 1(a). (The square of the cosine results from the inverse-square reduction due to increased distance, while an additional cosine results from the reduction due to the oblique incidence of the ions on the etched surface.) Figure 1. Ion-beam characteristics. Low-energy Ion-Beam etching James R. Kahn and Harold R. Kaufman Kaufman & Robinson Inc., Fort Collins, CO 80524 © 2006 Society of Vacuum Coaters 505/856-7188 49th Annual Technical Conference Proceedings (2005) ISSN 0737-5921 1 The retarding potential energy analysis on the ion source axis is shown in Fig. 1(b) for the same operating conditions. This plot shows the ion current reaching the probe over a range of positive probe potentials. The slope of this curve at a given potential indicates the density of the ion current with energies near that potential. (The curve would have to be differentiated to show the actual energy distribution of the ions.) The shape of the curve in Fig. 1(b) indicates large numbers of ions with energies near 25 and 150 eV, with smaller numbers distributed between. The ions near 25 eV are mostly charge-exchange ions,[4] generated when energetic beam ions pass near background neutrals, although ion-source design or operation can also contribute to the density of these low energy ions. The ions closer to 150 eV are those that provide most of the ion-beam processing capability. The mean energy can be obtained from the area under the retarding-potential curve and is about 89 eV for the curve shown by the data. If the contribution from charge-exchange ions (above the dashed line) is excluded, the mean ion energy increases to 114 eV. Figure 2. Configuration used for etch-rate profiles. eTCh-RATe PROFILeS The configuration used to measure etch-rate profiles is indicated in Fig. 2. Etch samples were placed in a plane normal to the ion-source axis at a distance of 30 cm from the source. Because of the beam symmetry shown in Fig. 1(a), etch measurements were made on only one side of the ion beam. The samples were 32 mm square with smooth surfaces. The etch measurements were calculated using electronic-scale weight measurements, the material density, and the exposed area. Step measurements with a stylus profilometer were used to verify the procedure used. The run times were adjusted to be long enough to avoid effects of surface anomalies such as native oxides and short enough to avoid any significant effect of texturing. Checks were also made to assure that sputtering from other hardware in the configuration of Fig. 2 did not affect the etch rate measurements. Figure 3. etch-rate profiles. Etch-rate profiles were obtained with copper, tantalum, 304 stainless steel, and quartz samples and are shown in Fig. 3(a). Using the current density and etch rates on axis (normal incidence), the sputter yields in atoms/ion for copper, tantalum, stainless steel, and quartz are 0.76, 0.14, 0.49, and 0.31. The mean ion energy is roughly 100 eV (between 89 and 114 eV). The same profiles were normalized to unity on the beam axis and are shown in Fig. 3(b), together with a normalized profile of ion current density obtained from the dashed line in Fig. 1(a). Referring to Fig. 3(b) and normalized parameters, the etch rates of all materials except tantalum increase above the ion current density and stay well above it as the angle increases from zero, indicating a substantial effect of the angle of incidence. The importance of angle of incidence is, of course, well known.[5] The magnitude of this effect, however, is often not available for the energies and materials of interest in a particular application. © 2006 Society of Vacuum Coaters 505/856-7188 49th Annual Technical Conference Proceedings (2005) ISSN 0737-5921 2 © 2006 Society of Vacuum Coaters 505/856-7188 49th Annual Technical Conference Proceedings (2005) ISSN 0737-5921 3 eFFeCT OF vACUUm-ChAmBeR wALL The etch profile obtained in a practical application can be affected by the proximity of the vacuum-chamber wall. A test configuration for demonstrating this interaction is shown in Fig. 4. Because the presence of the wall resulted in a nonsymmetrical etch distribution, the array of etch samples was centered relative to the ion source. The vacuum-chamber wall was simulated with a sheet of 304 stainless steel. The etch samples were made of the same material as the simulated vacuum-chamber wall to simplify the analysis of the test results. The baffles were also made of 304 stainless steel sheet, although this material is not as important because the etch samples do not "see" the surface of the baffle that is sputtered. Figure 4. Configuration used to measure wall effect. The wall-interaction test sequence consisted of three tests with the ion source operating at the same conditions as described in connection with Fig. 1. The first test was with no wall or baffle present. The second test was with only the simulated vacuum-chamber wall present. The third test was with both wall and baffles present. The etch-rate profiles for these three tests are shown in Fig. 5. The profile without wall or baffle establishes the basic etch-rate profile and is not significantly different from the 304 stainless steel profile in Fig. 3. The etch-rate profile with only the wall present shows the reduced etching of samples near the wall due to the deposition of sputtered material from the wall. The difference between these two profiles gives the deposition from the wall shown by the curve at the bottom of Fig. 5. The scatter is substantial for these deposition data because they were obtained from difference measurements. The deposition also included contamination from wall impurities, which in turn resulted in a dull, textured surface, which also affected the etch rate. Even so, the effect of wall deposition is clearly seen to extend over most of the samples. The etch-rate profile with both the wall and the baffles present shows that the sputtering from the wall is essentially avoided and the normal etch profile is obtained quite close to the wall. This profile falls off only where the samples are shadowed by the baffles. Although Fig. 5 is presented here in the context of etching, it should be apparent that it also has significance for controlling contamination in ion assist applications. Figure 5. etch-rate profiles showing the wall effect and its control. UNIFORmITY FOR SINGLe-ROTATION STAGe Single-rotation stages with multiple substrates or the singlerotation of large wafers or substrates are both widely used for thin-film processing. A numerical modeling procedure was used predict etch uniformity for such a configuration. This procedure assumed a planar etched region and divided this region into 20 radial zones and averaged over 72 equally spaced circumferential locations for each of these zones. The shape of the etch-rate profile at the planar surface being etched (fig. 3) was assumed to be of the form cosxΘ, where Θ is the angle from the beam axis and where x = n+3 for a planar surface and n is the shape parameter and Θ is the angle from the beam axis. This formalism has been used to describe the shape of end-Hall ion beams[6] and is extended here to the etch profile of such a beam. Because th


An acute aortic dissection with rupture in the descending aorta led to suffusion of blood into the soft tissue of the neck with sufficient pressure to cause not only superior vena cava obstruction, but also tracheal obstruction. (Chest 1991; 99:256–58)


The accumulation of viral proteins in endoplasmic reticulum (ER) may cause ER stress responses and lead to either apoptosis or survival depending on the driving signals. The strong expression of latent membrane protein‐1 (LMP1) in Epstein–Barr virus (EBV)‐positive Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) cells raises the question whether LMP1‐induced ER stress response is associated with the characteristic tumor biology in HL. In this study, we investigated the expression of ER stress signals (glucose‐regulated protein 78 [GRP78], X‐box binding protein 1 [XBP1], activating transcription factor 6 [ATF6], CCAAT enhance‐binding protein homologous protein [CHOP] and phospho‐apoptosis signal‐regulating kinase 1 [pASK1]) on 156 cases of HL. Furthermore, LMP1 transfection on EBV‐negative HL cell lines was used to explore the regulation of ER stress signals by EBV‐LMP1. Interestingly, we demonstrated that the survival signals of ER stress response (GRP78, 62%; XBP1u [unspliced], 55%; XBP1s [spliced], 38%; ATF6, 91%) were dominantly expressed over the ER death signals (CHOP, 10%; pASK1, 7%) in all histological subtypes of HL with a similar level in both EBV‐positive and EBV‐negative cases. However, expression of ER signals did not bear prognostic significance. In vitro, LMP1 transfection increased the expression of GRP78 and XBP1, but attenuated the expression of death signals, CHOP and pASK1. These data indicate that EBV‐LMP1 may play a role in shifting EBV‐infected cells towards the survival pathway in the presence of ER stress in EBV‐positive HL cases. (Cancer Sci 2011; 102: 275–281)


This project is made to see at which time at the year it's best to sell an apartment inside the tolls in Stockholm city. The two types of apartments that are compared are one room and four rooms.The comparison is made at the request of Valuegard since they were interested in the result and it's considered as a interesting comparison.This comparison can be extended to other amounts of rooms in an apartment. But in this project, only two types will be represented.The result can be used both for those who wants to sell and buy an apartment. This is because when the selling price is at it's highest point it will be very bad for any one to buy an apartment for those who wants to buy. The result is also interesting for brokers because they want to sell an apartment for as much as possible.The question is therefore when it's best to sell at the year to get as high price as possible.It turned out that it was best to sell an one room apartment in the beginning of December and a four room apartment in the end of September. It was also generally better to sell the both types in the end of the year and not in the end at the summer, which you could believe. Probably the reason is that under the summer there is so many humans that wants to move andsell and therefore there are many apartments for sale. Therefore the selling prices decreases. After the summer there is already many apartments that are sold and so many fewer apartments for sale, which increases the selling prices.


This paper mainly studies a high-power DC charging module with output voltage range of DC 200V to DC 1000V, and can realize constant power 40kW output in the range of DC 300V to DC 1000V, which realizes the advantages of high efficiency, high power factor and high power density, meets the high-voltage platform electric vehicle and supports the development route of "Chaoji" fast charging. This paper mainly studies the hardware topology platform of high-power ultra wide voltage range and ultra wide constant power DC charging converter and the software control strategy platform of high-power DC charging converter.


We investigated the association of the intensity of newspaper reporting of charcoal burning suicide with the incidence of such deaths in Taiwan during 1998–2002. A counting process approach was used to estimate the incidence of suicides and intensity of news reporting. Conditional Poisson generalized linear autoregressive models were performed to assess the association of the intensity of newspaper reporting of charcoal burning and non-charcoal burning suicides with the actual number of charcoal burning and non-charcoal burning suicides the following day. We found that increases in the reporting of charcoal burning suicide were associated with increases in the incidence of charcoal burning suicide on the following day, with each reported charcoal burning news item being associated with a 16% increase in next day charcoal burning suicide (p,.0001). However, the reporting of other methods of suicide was not related to their incidence. We conclude that extensive media reporting of charcoal burning suicides appears to have contributed to the rapid rise in the incidence of the novel method in Taiwan during the initial stage of the suicide epidemic. Regulating media reporting of novel suicide methods may prevent an epidemic spread of such new methods. Citation: Chen Y-Y, Chen F, Gunnell D, Yip PSF (2013) The Impact of Media Reporting on the Emergence of Charcoal Burning Suicide in Taiwan. PLoS ONE 8(1): e55000. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055000 Editor: Tobias Preis, University of Warwick, United Kingdom Received October 10, 2012; Accepted December 18, 2012; Published January 30, 2013 Copyright: 2013 Chen et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Funding: Y-YC was supported by the National Science Council, Taiwan (grant number 101-2314-B-532-005-MY2), Department of Health, Taipei City Government (grant number 96001-61-001-043) and the National Health Research Institute, Taiwan (grant number NHRI-EX100-10024PC). DG is a National Institute for Health Research senior investigator. PSFY was supported by General Research Fund grants of the University of Hong Kong (grant number HKU7030-PPR-12 and HKU784210). The funding agency has no role in the design, analysis, interpretation and the presentation of the data. Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. * E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


In the title molecule, C21H16ClNO3, the quinoline and benzene rings are inclined at 56.96 (6)° with respect to each other and the dioxine ring is in a twist-chair conformation. The structure is devoid of any classical hydrogen bonds. Rather weak intermolecular hydrogen-bonding interactions of the types C—H⋯N and C—H⋯O are present, consolidating the crystal structure.


For many decades, sociologists have routinely drawn a line between productions in the social sciences that define race as a social construct and research findings in the natural sciences that use this same notion in order to describe genetically circumscribed groups. The latter publications are labeled essentialist, and are accused of promoting biological reductionism: they are viewed largely negatively by social scientists. Ann Morning's various books and articles published after completing ...


The monocolumn platform is an offshore platform concept that presents some advantages compared to the conventional concepts of semi-submersible and FPSO units. Particularly, the good seakeeping performance and the high storage capacity are the most attractive characteristics. However, monocolumn platforms usually show an undesirable response in heave motion. In recent years, many research projects have been carried out about the problem suggesting that the installation of an external skirt has a strong influence on damping the amplitude of the heave motion. In an attempt to develop a hydrodynamic driven design of monocolumn platforms, major oil companies have carried out experimental tests with monocolumn hulls provided with an external skirt. In order to obtain a better comprehension of the dynamics of the damping process, a numerical model for the simulation of uncoupled heave motion of a monocolumn platform was developed. In this paper, the simulation results obtained for a heave decay test of a monocolumn platform were presented and discussed. The numerical model adopted for the simulations was developed in full scale with an experimental model. The results obtained were validated against experimental data.


s u m m a r y The survival rate of 1674 bridges and the influence of several factors on the lifetime of bridges were analysed, based on data from patient records that belonged to a random sample of 40 Dutch general practices. It appears that the 12 year survival rate of the bridges is 87%. There is a significant difference in the survival rate between the bridges that meet and do not meet Ante's law, and only a weak significant difference between the bridges w ith vital vs. nonvital abutment teeth. Gender and age o f the patient, length of the bridge, presence o f a p o st and core build-up, or the construction o f the bridge (con ventional fixed vs. cantilever pontic) appear to have no influence on the survival rate of th e bridges in this sample.