Girls in India face discrimination from cradle to grave in different forms and in different arenas of life. However, it is long survival of women compare to men (due to menopause older women free from risk of bearing children in later life and live longer (Cromie, 1998), which makes them 48% of population (Census, 2011). At every step, she is in patriarchal shackles with no opportunity to escape and fly. In society, she is equated as a commodity or a chattel and she has no freedom to make choices or express her opinion. It is because of deep rooted biases and internalization of patriarchal value. There are many underlying facts contributing the torment life of girls including female foeticide, child abuse, malnourishment, child mortality, dowry, malpractices in families etc. The present paper analyse the various discriminatory practices prevalent in India against girl child. The paper also emphasises that the innocence and sanctity of childhood must be protected and nurtured to flourish the bright future of girls in India.


With the experience obtained in years and the theoretical analysis,the cause of damage occurred in mechanical expander was analyzed and discussed in this article.


In this paper, we generalise the concept of close-to-star functions by considering a subclass K ∗ s (α,β ) of normalized analytic functions in the unit disk U= {z ∈ C : |z|< 1} such that for some starlike function g(z) = z+b2z + ..., z f ′(z) g(z) ≺ 1+(2α−1)β z 1+β z , 0≤ α < 1, 0 < β ≤ 1. We obtain results on sharp coefficient estimates, growth and distortion theorems. .


The correlation between depth resolution and the crater formation process was investigated for depth profiling in two glow discharge modes, viz., direct current (dc) and radiofrequency (rf) glow discharge optical emission spectrometry. The rf system described functions without a matching unit and shows a very high reproducibility and stability (within several tens of milliseconds), which are comparable to those obtained in the dc mode. By using conductive samples with a well known multilayer structure (five double layers with 100 nm Cu and 100 nm CrNi each), the discharge parameters for maximum depth resolution were determined and crater formation during the sputtering process was investigated. The best depth resolution was found at the same values of pressure and power for both modes. Under these optimized conditions the depth resolution increases linearly with the sputtered depth and amounts to 5–10% of the latter. Finally, the CRAS model was applied to simulate an intensity–time profile in order to discuss the depth resolution achieved.


The WWW includes on various levels systems of signs, not all of which are standardized as necessary for a real Semantic Web and not all of which can be standardized. Linguistic theories can contribute not only to the thus needed translation between sign systems, be they natural language systems or otherwise structured systems of knowledge representation, but also, of course, to standardization efforts. Within the current EC3 research framework for x-commerce, linguistic theories will play their part as they provide modeling analogies and patterns for the construction of a central knowledge base.


Translator's NoteAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 - Etymologies: "Terror" or, On Surviving2 - Etymologies: "Horror" or On Dismembering3 - On War4 - The Howl of Medusa5 - The Vulnerability of the Helpless6 - The Crime of Medea7 - Horrorism or, On Violence Against the Helpless8 - Those Who Have Seen the Gorgon9 - Auschwitz or, On Extreme Horror10 - Erotic Carnages11 - So Mutilated that It Might Be the Body of the Pig12 - The Warrior's Pleasure13 - Worldwide Aggressiveness14 - For a History of Terror15 - Suicidal Horrorism16 - When the Bomb is a Woman's Body17 - Female Torturers Grinning at the CameraAppendix: The Horror! The Horror! Rereading ConradNotesBibliography


Maxwell 2D finite element analysis of 12-pole surface PMSM was simulated by Ansoft 13,aiming to study the EMF and flux leakage coefficient caused by different PM polar arc coefficient.By processing the simulation results,obtained chart of polar arc coefficient with the THD and fundamental value of EMF,and a curve of polar arc coefficient with flux leakage coefficient likewise.4-pole and 6-pole motors which have conformable polar arc coefficient were presented to verify the conclusions,and then compared the THD of EMF and leakage coefficient with 12-pole motor.


Objective:To further study and explore the clinical management of preterm premature rupture of membranes in the process of effective management strategies in time,so as to provide guidance for clinical practice.Method:156 full-term premature rupture of the membranes in our hospital from December 2010 to December 2012 during labor and delivery were chosen as the research object and taken for study. Result:(1)The situations of the two groups of maternal maternal complications compared results were as follows:the incidence of postpartum hemorrhage,intrauterine infection group and the incidence of puerperal disease compared between the two groups,the expectant treatment groups was significantly higher than that of the level of maternal labor group,the difference was with statistical significance(P0.05);(2)The situations of the two neonates compared results were as follows:the perinatal morbidity compared between groups,the expected of newborn treatment group was significantly higher than the level of neonatal induction group,the difference was statistically significant(P0.05). There were no deaths occurred in the two groups. Conclusion:In clinical for preterm premature rupture of membranes of clinical practice,the implementation of active treatment compared with induction of labor with passive treatment for natural childbirth,its clinical effect is remarkable,the implementation of active treatment strategies can reduce reduce maternal and neonatal complications at large extent,and it is a reliable clinical treatment of premature rupture of fetal membranes.


440 Background: Conflicting data regarding the oncologic efficacy of robotic surgery has led to concerns for possible inferiority. Despite recent prospective results from the RAZOR trial demonstrating non-inferior progression free survival, results from another prospective randomized trial from Memorial Sloan Kettering suggests a possible difference in the pattern of recurrences. We examined our experience with both open (ORC) and robotic radical cystectomy (RRC) with the objective of establishing recurrence patterns and pathologic comparisons at a high volume tertiary referral center. Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort study at a high volume academic tertiary referral center for patients who underwent radical cystectomy (RC) for bladder cancer from 2005 to 2017. The surgical choice of RRC or ORC is based on provider preference. A multivariable analysis was carried out to determine factors predictive of recurrence free survival (RFS) and overall survival after RC. Analysis was done with SAS 9.4. Results: 1813 patients were identified, 10% underwent RRC and no difference in recurrence patterns were found compared to ORC. There was no difference in the severity of pathology distribution between the two cohorts. There was no difference in positive surgical margin status, 2.4% in ORC and 1.1% in RRC. Peritoneal carcinomatosis was seen in 1.1% of ORC and 0.5% in RRC. Shorter RFS was associated with younger age (HR 1.04, 95%CI 1.03-1.05, p<0.001), neoadjuvant chemotherapy (HR1.55 95%CI 1.32-1.82, p<0.001), higher pathologic stage (stage T4 HR 4.38, 95%CI 3.17-6.06, p<0.001), positive lymph nodes at RC (HR 1.82 95%CI 1.53-2.17, p<0.001) and positive surgical margins (HR 1.50 95%CI 1.19-1.89, p<0.001). At a median follow up of 60 months neither progression free or overall survival for ORC compared to RRC was significantly different. Conclusions: The data from this study supports continued use of RRC as a safe oncologic procedure with similar outcomes to ORC.


The technical process of sperm conservation made it feasible through an organizational framework at Frances national level to deal with the problems of artificial insemination on a totally new basis. The 1st Center for Study and Conservation of Human Sperm was established at the Bicetre Hospital in Paris in 1973. The aspects of conservation and of insemination are reviewed in terms of technique for conservation (conservation with a view to artificial insemination tolerance to cryopreservation duration of conservation indications with a donor artificial insemination with husbands semen and conservation with a view to biological utilization) and role of the Centers for study and conservation of human sperm in the practice of artificial insemination. The Centers form the organizational structure on which the practice of artifical insemination with a donor is based and they are established in public hospital centers more exactly in university hospital centers. The Centers retain responsibility for indication and control of the results. The policy of the Centers is that the donors donation must be free. It is considered a mistake to pay the donor for this leads to depreciation of this act. Donation is only accepted from married men (under the age of 45) with the agreement of their wives and who already have 1 or more children. The principal indiction for artifical insemination with a donor is male sterility. A 2nd group of indications is concerned with genetic risks. Frequent request from a woman alone are being denied on the basis that the psychological environment offered to the child in such cases involves too great a risk of instability.


Tricuspid valve endocarditis in a structurally normal heart of child is extremely rare and mysterious disease, which may mimic several other illnesses. We are reporting here a six-year-old child who presented with prolonged fever and unusual auscultatory sound of tumor plop, later proven to having tricuspid valve endocarditis by 2D echocardiography. The patient underwent surgical excision of the vegetations with repair of the tricuspid valve leaflets with successful outcome.


Let be a connected graph G and -partition of  end . The coordinat to  is definition . If every twovertex is distinct  applies, then  is a called  partition of . The minimum k for which k-resolving partition of  is the partition dimension  and denoted with . In this paper, we investigates the partition dimensionfor a large Dutch windmill graph  for  and . We show that if  for some, forany.


We introduce an analog of part of the Langlands-Shahidi method to the p-adic setting, constructing reciprocals of certain p-adic L-functions using the nonconstant terms of the Fourier expansions of Eisenstein series. We carry out the method for the group SL(2), and give explicit p-adic measures whose Mellin transforms are reciprocals of Dirichlet L-functions.


Current systems for real-time distributed CSCW are largely rooted in traditional GUI-based groupware and voice/video conferencing methodologies. In these approaches, interactions are limited to visual and auditory media, and shared environments are confined to the digital world. This paper presents a new approach to enhance remote collaboration and communication, based on the idea of Tangible Interfaces, which places a greater emphasis on touch and physicality. The approach is grounded in a concept called Synchronized Distributed Physical Objects, which employs telemanipulation technology to create the illusion that distant users are interacting with shared physical objects. We describe two applications of this approach: PSyBench, a physical shared workspace, and inTouch, a device for haptic interpersonal communication.


In addition to the immediate physical injuries they suffer, road accident victims may also be subject to ongoing deterioration of their state of health in terms of permanent physical and mental pro ...


Heat pump is a kind of utilizing high can make the heat from low temperature heat source to high heat source energy-saving device, the heat pump working principle are described, and the surface water source heat pump application problems and solving measures are analyzed.


A rigorous and fast method is developed to overcome the low-frequency breakdown in the finite-element-based analysis of general lossy problems, where both dielectrics and conductors can be lossy and arbitrarily inhomogeneous. The method is equally valid at high frequencies without any need for changing the formulation. In this method, a full-wave finite-element solution is first decomposed into two components: nullspace component and its complementary one. Each component is then found without breakdown from high down to any low frequency. Both nullspace and its complementary space are analytically generated in this work for an arbitrary mesh, thus incurring no computational cost. From the proposed method, the frequency dependence of a full-wave finite-element solution at low frequencies is also explicitly revealed for general inhomogeneous lossy problems. Numerical results have validated the accuracy and efficiency of the proposed method.


Since the effective supply of rural public goods is insufficient while the farmers are overburdened,it reflects the structural imbalances in the operating system of the supply of rural public goods and the share of its cost.To rectify the structural imbalances between urban and rural areas in case of supplying public goods,and between the supply and demand of rural public goods,the paper suggests that some related systems should be optimized.


During the summers of 1896-97, the field parties engaged in the topographic mapping of the United States Geological Survey conducted careful spirit leveling on such an extended scale as to achieve ...


Introduction In this paper I explore certain aspects of the notion of the 'sacred' in the work of three French thinkers: Emile Durkheim, long regarded as one of the 'founding fathers' of sociology; Georges Dumézil, historian of comparative religion, and Georges Bataille, philosopher of eroticism and excess. A common thread in the thought of these – in other ways extremely diverse – writers is an intense engagement with the relation between what they see as the primary demarcation of entities throughout the universe between the sacred and the profane and the secondary development of all other classificatory schema, whether within 'scientific activity' – as normally understood – or in everyday life. My aim in this paper is firstly to reexamine their arguments in the light of more recent interdisciplinary contributions towards an understanding of the operation of classification systems, and secondly to attempt to demonstrate ways in which a 'rehabilitation' of the sacred – both the notion itself and its attendant metaphors – might serve to animate and deepen such interdisciplinary discussions. The paper is divided into three main sections. In the first, I address Durkheim's conception of the sacred as articulated in The Elementary Forms of Religious Life, and in an earlier essay co-written with Marcel Mauss on Primitive Classifications. In the second I focus on the development of aspects of Durkheimian thought in the work of Dumézil and Bataille. In the third I explore more recent work on classification, exemplified in particular by Geoffrey Bowker and Susan Leigh Star's study Sorting Things Out. In tackling the topic of classification and the sacred in a short paper I am keenly aware of the inevitable omissions and exclusions involved in


Greek mythology has it that Pandora opened a jar, releasing all the evils that plague mankind. We are now accustomed to saying of any idea or proposal that will require a range of difficult and sensitive issues to be tackled that it has opened Pandora's box. The House of Lords' decision in Bruton v London and Quadrant Housing Trust1 can truly be said to have opened Pandora's box: it provokes an examination of a range of issues that go to the core of the law of landlord and tenant and of land law in general. In essence, the House of Lords held that a contract under which one person promises another person exclusive possession for a defined term is a lease, not a licence, even though the landlord has no legal or equitable interest in the land. This article explains and evaluates three potential ways of justifying this surprising result. The House of Lords' preferred approach was to insist that there could be a purely contractual lease. This approach has clear intellectual appeal but cannot be reconciled with a long and continuing line of authority that rejects the possibility of the lease that is not also an estate in land.


Navier-Stokes calculations were performed on a low aspect ratio straight semi-span wing equipped with a four bladed tractor propeller. The total number of grid cells that was used during the calculations is close to 1 million. The flow problem was solved using a cell-centered finite volume approach, using various turbulence models that were compared with each other. The Realizable k-ε and the Reynolds Stress Model with non-equilibrium wall functions showed the best results for this particular flow field. The calculations were aimed at the prediction of the complex flow field around propeller-wing configuration were used to determine the minimum grid size and problem setup that is needed to acquire acceptable results without having to use the most powerful supercomputers available. The results are compared with experimental data acquired with a low speed windtunnel model. Detailed post-processing of the numerical data produced an improved understanding of the aerodynamic phenomena that occur at the part of wing that is washed by the slipstream. The overall characteristics like the lift coefficient and the drag show an reasonable agreement between the data. The choice, however, of the selected turbulence model as well as the boundary conditions set at the propeller disk are of vital importance. This again signifies the importance of experiments on this particular complex flow field. Symbols A wing aspect ratio b wing span c local chord cd local drag coefficient cl local lift coefficient CL total lift coefficient of the configuration CN normal force coefficient D drag force, propeller diameter f source function used in the QWS-


— Nine additional iron meteorite fragments weighing a total of 72 kg were recovered from the Derrick Peak area by a Canterbury Museum geological party in late 1988. One iron was located in the Onnum Valley, 6 km south of the previous finds. Geochemical analysis indicates that all irons belong to a single meteorite shower, greatly increasing the known extent of the fall zone. Kamp and Lowe (1982) have previously estimated the terrestrial age of the meteorite from glacial geological evidence. The location of the 1988 finds supports Kamp and Lowe's interpretation that the meteorites lie in situ, but recent revisions of the chronology of Cenozoic glacial history of the region reduce the interpreted terrestrial age. An age of between Oxygen Isotope stages 6 and 2 is probable (190–125 to 35–12 ka BP). This conflicts with a terrestrial age estimate of 1.0 ± 0.1 Ma BP from cosmogenic radionuclides.


This article introduces and compares manifold methods of inspecting skinny after displace OPS, especially pops out a new type of skinny hypoxemic inspector, which can make estimation for surviving status of skinny.


Enhanced 9–1–1 (E9–1–1) service has proliferated in the U. S. wireline marketplace. Today, E9–1–1 relays the caller's location, name, and telephone directory number to the dispatch telecommunicator and provides accurate 9–1–1 call routing to the appropriate emergency dispatch center. In practice, E9–1–1 service improves the overall response time for dispatching emergency personnel to the scene. Unfortunately for wireless users, E9–1–1 has not evolved with this same level of service to support the mobile nature of wireless telecommunications. Recently, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) developed requirements for enhanced wireless 9–1–1 service to improve this situation. These requirements are described in the Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC Docket No. 94–102. The FCC has proposed a two-phase implementation timeline. Phase 1 requires that the wireless network provide the user's call-back number and the geographic area associated with the cell/sector handling the call. Phase 2 requires the caller's location to be reported with a much higher degree of accuracy. This paper presents an evolution plan that will apply state-of-the-art technology to solving today's wireless E9–1–1 shortcomings, and it discusses how E9–1–1 will lead to new service opportunities in the future.


The study of intelligence nature is still a most popular and active topic in psychology.This article makes a review of the progress and evolvement of recent intelligence theories,and analyzes the new approaches,such as,from one single dimension to multiple dimensions,and from the pure intelligence to social and cultural factors.It emphasizes the biology-constraints and stresses the ecological validity.The paper also suggests the implication and the future trend in this field.


1. Denisova A. L., Ulyakhin T. M. Managing the competitiveness of an industrial enterprise: quality aspects / Edited by doctor of economical science professor A. L. Denisova. Tambov: Publishing house of Tambov State Technical University, 2006. – 120 pp. 2. Kotler F. Marketing management. – Saint Petersburg, Piter, 2000. 3. Pugatch I. Reputation and trademark as tools of managing competitiveness // Economitcheskoye obozreniye (Economic survey). 2003, No. 1. 4. Reputation of Russian companies // Expert, 2002, No. 7, – p. 67. 5. Dictionary of foreign words. Moscow: Russky yazyk (Russian language), 1982. – p. 431. 6. Yermakov N. S., Ivashchenko A. A., Novikov D. A. Models of reputation and activity norms. Moscow: Institute of Management Problems Russian Academy of Science, 2005. – 67 pp.


Aim:Comparison of dexmedetomidine and clonidine as additive when given separately, premixed with 0.25% ropivacaine in pediatric caudal block,on intra operative anesthetic/ analgesic drug requirement and duration of post operative analgesia in hypospadias repair surgeries. Methods and Materials:Children,whose parents or guardians,were willing to give consent and fulfilled inclusion criteria were selected for the study.Thepatients were randomly allocated, by double blinding into two groups. Group RD received 0.25% ropivacaine 1 ml/kg +2µg/kg dexmedetomidine (in 0.5 ml volume).Group RC received 1 ml/kg of 0.25% ropivacaine + 1 µg/kg of clonidine (in 0.5 ml volume). Results:Mean age of patients receiving dexmedetomidine and clonidine was 3.20±1.821 and 4.47±1.727 years respectively. No significant difference was obtained in terms of mean age.Blood pressure,Heart rate and Saturation was maintained by both dexmedetomidine and clonidine similarly as revealed by the insignificant p value of >0.05 across the time points during hypospadias repair surgeries.Requirement of adjuvant analgesics intraoperativery and post operative complicationsand was found to be similar in both the groups as revealed by the insignificant P value of 0.309. Time for rescue analgesic postoperatively (min) was significantly (p<0.001) longer among patients receiving dexmedetomidine (706.73±107.428) than clonidine (504.33±97.573). Conclusion:We observed that a single caudal injection of dexmedetomidine (2µg/kg) added to ropivacaine 0.25% offers an advantage over a similar injection of clonidine (1µg/kg) added to ropivacaine 0.25% for postoperative pain relief in children undergoing hypospadias repair surgeries without increase in post operative complications.


This note should be seen as a appendum to the work of E. Kowalski and the second author [KM1] and deals with the problem of bounding unconditionnally the order of vanishing at the critical point in a family of L functions. This problem is illustrated in the particular case of L functions of weight 2 primitive modular forms of prime level. Recall the notations from [KM1]: for q a prime number, let S2(q) be the set of primitive forms of weight 2 and level q, normalized so that their first fourier coefficient is 1; for


819 Background: T represents the treatment of choice in hormonal receptor positive EBCP. It is known that patients under T are considered at higher risk of endometrial carcinoma. During the last years several trials have been conducted to evaluate endometrial changes under T. Many of them revealed an increase in endometrial thickness (ET) in most patients by transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS) or hysterosonography. These abnormalities are due to stromal hypertrophy and cystic proliferations. Although such changes correlate with a minimum increase in risk of uterine cancer, the fear of it induces some women to discontinue the treatment. The availability of aromatase inhibitors (AI), and their lack of uterine toxicity, make them interesting in long term treatment such as in EBCP. However, a direct comparison between T and E induced uterine effects is still lacking. In order to compare the endometrial changes in EBCP receiving either T or E we started a phase III trial.

METHODS
Postmenopausal hormonal receptor positive patients were randomly assigned to receive T or E. A baseline TVUS was performed and repeted after 6 and 12 months. The primary end-point (endometrial thickness) is evaluated with T-test.

RESULTS
Up to date 47 of 114 planned patients have been enrolled. Patients' characteristics are well balanced in each arm. Preliminary results at the end of the evaluation (12 months) of the first 26 patients (13 per each arm) are summarized in the table: [Figure: see text] No significant financial relationships to disclose.


The aim of this work is to deal with fraction contents in relation to notions such as meaning, conceptualization and justification of fraction presence in the official curriculum. Teaching methodological situations are presented in order to be implemented and assessed in the fifth year of Primary Education. Along with grading mathematical competencies involved in the fraction learning process, students' major understanding difficulties are analysed.


A new, commercially available, trifunctional epoxy resin (tris-(hydroxyphenyl)-methane triglycidyl ether) was modified with synthetic rubber to increase the impact resistance of epoxy/graphite composites. These composites were reinforced with commercially available satin-weave carbon cloth using two formulations of epoxies (brominated and nonbrominated) containing various amounts of carboxy-terminated butadience acrylonitrile (CTBN) rubber that had been prereacted with epoxy resin. The impact resistance was determined by measuring the interlaminar shear strength of the composites after impact. The mechanical properties, such as flexural strength and modulus at room temperature and at 93 C, were also determined. Measurements were taken of the flammability and glass transition temperature (Tg); and a thermal-gravimetric analysis was made.


This article follows the author's own journey as a novice grounded theorist reflecting on the choices and challenges faced at each stage of the research process. The purpose of the research study itself was to explore the concept of global mindedness and to assess the existing awareness and interpretation of the global mindedness construct from within the domain of the coaching profession. Global mindedness is a theoretical construct and an abstract concept; constructive grounded theory was considered an appropriate methodology to use because it allows for the exploration of the lived experience.


WLAN is a flexible data communication system implemented as an extension to or as an alternative for, a wired LAN. This paper presents the placement of access points (AP) as a nonlinear optimization problem. The work explores the measured data in terms of signal strength in the indoor WLAN 802.11g at Malviya Bhavan, Boys Hostel Building, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Saharanpur Campus and coverage and location of access points using Qualnet simulation software 5.0 and particle swarm optimization technique.


Existing buildings are designed according to the relevant codes and standards for pre-defined loads. Since the loads are not certain, building standards use statistical data to define them. Therefore, during the design some loading conditions may not be considered sufficiently.  Occurrence of some hazards such as, earthquake, extreme winds, flood, impact of vehicle, missile and explosion may be different during the lifetime of the buildings that has not been considered during the design. To withstand these extreme situations and fulfill the upgraded building codes' requirements and reduce the construction cost, retrofitting of the existing buildings are the best solution. The present paper reviews the most recent methods and techniques applied for retrofitting of the concrete buildings.


Abstract Narrow disperse poly(styrene-co-divinylbenzene) microspheres were prepared by precipitation polymerization using acetonitrile/n-butanol mixture as the reaction medium and 2,2'-azobis(2-methylpropionitrile) (AIBN) as initiator. The resulting particles have smooth surfaces due to the absence of any additional stabilizer. Effects of the reaction parameters such as n-butanol fraction in the reaction medium, monomer and initiator concentration, and divinylbenzene content were investigated. It was found that the particle size increased with an increasing concentration of monomer and initiator, while the uniformity was kept constant. The number-average particle diameter ranged from 2.36 to 1.63 μm and decreased with an increasing divinylbenzene concentration. In addition, the uniformity was enhanced as the concentration of divinylbenzene increased. On the basis of the DSC and TGA data, the microspheres prepared by the precipitation polymerization possessed a highly crosslinked structure and the thermal stability improved with the DVB concentration.


Based on routine biochemical analysis methods, the nutritional composition in muscle of Sinogastromyzon szechuanensis were calculated using the Excel 2019 and SPSS 25.0 software. The results showed that the rates of moisture, crude protein, crude fat and ash in muscles of S. szechuanensis are (77.80±0.70) %, (18.38±0.21) %, (2.00±0.10) % and (1.55±0.08) % respectively. 16 kinds of amino acid were detected. The total content of amino acids (TAA), essential amino acids (TEAA) and delicious amino acids (TDAA) were 17.80%, 6.83% and 7.37% respectively. Amino acid score (AAS), chemical score (CS) and essential amino acid index (EAAI) were calculated using Excel 2019 software. The results revealed that the first and second limited acids were Ile and Val respectively. The essential amino acid index (EAAI) was 89.65. Four kinds of delicious amino acids (TDAA) accounted for (7.37±0.32) %, with the 41.43% of the total amino acids. The ratio of branched chain amino acid to aromatic amino acid (F value) were 2.31±0.04. It revealed that S. szechuanensis was a kind of delicious and high-quality fish with high-protein and low-fat composition.


In this paper, the principle of range-image based on image coding is introduced. According to the encoded images obtained by our laser scan-based image-encoder, the algorithms are presented to produce the threshold value, turn the encoded images into binary-state, calculate the scanning angle and find the range image. The corresponding utility programs are completed, and verified by our experiments.


The urinary metabolites of [14C]-3,5-di-t-butyl-4-hydroxytoluene (BHT) in man have been estimated by Daniel, Gage & others (1967), who found that over 50% of a 40 mg oral dose is excreted in the urine during the 24 h after dosing. The major metabolite (present to the extent of 35% of the dose) was later identified as a glucuronide of 4-carboxy-2-( 1 -carboxy-I -methylethyl)-6-( 1 -formyl-1 -methylethyl)-


This is a report on the construction and the main features of an X-ray camera following the Debye–Scherrer geometry, combined with a sample mounting and rotation device for single crystals as first suggested by Gandolfi. Doubling of the camera radius and replacing of the wet-film technology by a highly dynamic imaging plate system allows well resolved digital diffraction patterns to be recorded within a short exposure time. Sophisticated calibration, correction and evaluation possibilities are supported by suitable software. Further optional improvements, such as the evacuation of the camera, the adaptation of totally reflecting collimators for an almost parallel primary X-ray beam and a built-in instead of an external imaging plate readout device, will further improve the resolution and peak to background ratio. The simple and versatile apparatus is indispensable for the fast and non-destructive identification of unique mineralogical or technical micro-samples in the form of single-crystal pieces. Initial representative data sets attest to the accuracy, efficiency and sensitivity of the method presented.


The invention discloses an orientation membrane pre-curing equipment, comprising a workbench and a heater arranged above the workbench; the heater is an infrared generating device which comprises a plurality of quartz glass far infrared ray heating tubes; wherein, a moving device is connected below the workbench and can drive the workbench to move up and down relative to the heater. The invention arranges the heating device on the upper part of the equipment and uses the infrared generating device to generate infrared so as to achieve panel heating to a substrate which has no contact with the heating device; the substrate has an air layer in the middle and can be evenly heated; besides, the workbench can move up and down; when the heating starts, the workbench has a longer distance from the infrared generating device on the upper part of the equipment, so the substrate is heated by less heat; during the heating process, the workbench automatically rises and is more and more close to the infrared generating device on the upper part of the equipment, so the substrate is heated by more and more heat so as to achieve a gradual increase in heating temperature to reduce the rate of unqualified products caused by uneven heating and improve the product yield.


A monitoring and diagnosis technique for metal oxide surge arrester (MOSA) is proposed in this study using a neural network scheme known as Adaptive Resonance Theory (ART), which forms clusters of data and is trained without a supervisor. It can achieve the self-organization of input codes for pattern classification in response to random sequences of input patterns. The input patterns considered in this work are the thermal profiles of the MOSA when in normal operation (i.e. submitted to system voltage). Several tests were carried out using faulty and non-faulty MOSAs. The most common failures in MOSA were simulated in laboratory: sealing problems, internal humidity, varistor degradation and superficial pollution. The thermal profiles obtained from these tests were employed in the ART training and test. Good results were obtained in the tests that were carried out. Hit ratios greater than 98% were achieved. Therefore, this technique may be used as a tool at electrical utilities in their activities of monitoring and predictive maintenance.


The article deals with economic aspects of purchasing logistics. Purchasing department in the company must manage and reduce costs if it is possible. The purchaser can use a number of methods to reduce administrative costs, purchase prices and inventory carrying costs. From a point of view of economics is the main aim of purchase to reduce costs related to purchasing activities. Purchasing focused on getting the right product or service to the right place at the right time, in the right quantity, in the required condition or quality, and from the right supplier at the right price. The management of purchasing activities can lead to increased profitability.


The electrical conduction of purified toluene, in liquid and gaseous states for negative point-plane electrode geometry, has been studied for high electric field. In toluene liquid, the results depend greatly on the previous use of the point. After a long use of the point, electrical conduction is influenced by an organic deposit at the used tip. This deposit is due to the polymerization of toluene. In toluene vapor, the polymerization by electric field becomes significant. The visualization of the phenomenon at the extremity of the cathode point shows the formation and the growth of a solid filament which consists of aliphatic and aromatic groups.


As a great progress made in human political life, political civilization comes down in one continuous line and is mingled with the rule of law. The progressive process of political civilization is the course of the development of the rule of law whose continuous leaps notably mark the progress of political civilization. The rule of law is both the rational call for the development of political civilization and the basic safeguard of its construction.


for the Village Voice, where she worked as a journalist for 15 years. Over the next 30-odd years, her numerous articles, essays, and book reviews appeared in publications including the Nation, the New York Times Book Review and Magazine, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the New Yorker, the American Scholar, and Threepenny Review, among others.Her memoir,Fierce Attachments, first published in 1987, was reissued by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2005 as part of its series of modern classics. She has published two collections of essays, Approaching Eye Level in 1996 and The End of the Novel of Love, nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award, in 1997. In 2001 she published The Situation and the Story:The Art of Personal Narrative. Her most recent book is The Solitude of Self:Thinking about Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Vivian Gornick was born, raised, and educated in New York City. She received her BA from City College of New York and her MA from New York University. She has taught in several creative writing programs, including Pennsylvania State University, the University of Colorado, the University of Houston, Bennington Writing Seminars, and the University of Arizona, where she was a tenured professor. She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a grant from the Ford Foundation. This interview took place as we sat at Gornick's kitchen table in lower Manhattan. Once I was back home, however, so strong was my image of Gornick drawn from her books and critical essays that I saw her most clearly as she walked the streets of the city. Sometimes she was arguing with her mother, as she did in her fine memoir depicting their passionate relationship, as they made their way to a lecture or to find a pair of shoes; or she was engrossed in a conversation with a friend, trying to untangle a line of thought that had snagged on a potential inconsistency; or she was alone, gathering energy from the energy in the streets. Nothing escaped her Interview with Vivian Gornick


The task of increasing in the efficiency (lowering of fuel consumption) of diesel engines is considered.
The distribution of temperatures and stresses on the surface of oxide-coated piston coated by galvanic plasma
modification is analized. The basic equations are obtained using the finite element method and solved using the
ANSYS Workbench 18.1 and Solidworks 17. It is found thatthe surface temperature increases with increasing
of coating thickness due to decrease in thermal outflow. The increase in maximum temperature relative to
the uncoated piston is 64.3 % for 0.13 mm thickness coating. The temperature curves obtained for different
thicknesses of the bottom are similar to each other and approximately equidistant.
The numerical modeling showed that higher temperature in the combustion chamber is provided by thermal
barrier coatings, which increases the efficiency of the engine. Lowering the surface temperature of the piston
(substrate) creates favorable conditions for the piston to work.


Herbivorous insects account for a major fraction of global biodiversity (Novotny et al. 2006, Lewinsohn & Roslin 2008) as well as any regional diversity pool. Their intermediate position in trophic cascades makes them ideal objects with which to study the effects of environmental gradient on the diversity of faunal communities. Moths have a particularly high potential to serve as a model system in this respect. Being one of the most species-rich groups of insect, their potential as 'biodiversity indicators' has been extensively explored by studies in Southeast Asia (Holloway 1985, Chey et al. 1997, Intachat et al. 1997, 1999a, b, Willott 1999, Beck et al. 2002), South and Central America (Brehm et al. 2003b, 2007; Hilt et al. 2006), Australia (Kitching et al. 2000) and Africa (Axmacher et al. 2004a,b). But such kind of study was long overdue in Himalayan landscape. In this first attempt to look into diversity pattern of this species-rich group of herbivorous insect in a typical Western Himalayan landscape of Gangotri area, my primary attempt in this chapter is to look into various factors structuring the observed diversity pattern as well as finding meaningful ways to use this result in conservation monitoring purposes.


The relative position of the elderly in the population is examined and their characteristic use of energy in relation to the total population and their non-elderly counterparts is observed. The 1985 projections are based on demographic, economic, and socio-economic, and energy data assumptions contained in the 1978 Annual Report to Congress. The model used for estimating household energy expenditure is MATH/CHRDS - Micro-Analysis of Transfers to Households/Comprehensive Human Resources Data System. Characteristics used include households disposable income, poverty status, location by DOE region and Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA), and race and sex of the household head as well as age. Energy use by fuel type will be identified for total home fuels, including electricity, natural gas, bottled gas and fuel oil, and for all fuels, where gasoline use is also included. Throughout the analysis, both income and expenditure-dollar amounts for 1975 and 1985 are expressed in constant 1978 dollars. Two appendices contain statistical information.


This work shows the result of researching cultural traditions of nations from North Caucasus as in the example of Applied and Decorative Art. Unique character of Applied and Decorative Art of nations from North Caucasus was defi ned and formed by specifi c historical terms, religion, and environmental conditions. Traditions of the North Caucasus art are mostly shown in products of Dagestan's weavers. Material and moral prediction of beginning and succeeding in carpet crafts characterized by having material in the most part of the region. It was formed by rich cultural traditions, also on their continuity, based on collective character of creation and moral union of community. Furthermore, traditional system North Caucasus's ornament fi xes urgent problems and living conditions of collective, shows it's historical memory, ethnic, national specifi c of human and nature relationship. Ornament that is used I decorative decision of carpet wave of nations from North Caucasus characterized by: geometric tracing of elements, free composition, simplicity, pithiness. Exactly this features differs it from Islam's and Europe's art.


The development of membrane bioreactor(MBR) technology in the word and the key points for technology research of each period were reviewed in order to give some advices for the development of MBR in China.It is proposed that the decentralized system for wastewater treatment and reuse is the promising fields for MBR and the control of membrane fouling is still the key point for MBR technology research.


Abstract As with other types of architecture in the process of modernization, Taiwanese school buildings entail a basic problem that must be resolved – ″what type of architectural form″ is capable of representing modernized school architecture. This paper uses the creation and identification of ″cultural symbols″ as themes, first organizing the close relationship between the development of Taiwanese architectural forms in different periods and symbolism; then, for the post-921 earthquake period, a number of aboriginal elementary schools located in mountainous villages in Taiwan are used as case studies to demonstrate that Taiwanese aboriginal school buildings have already developed from the shallow and crude operations of image symbolism to ″space type″ analogized architectural models. Then, case analysis is used to show that forms derived from cultural prototypes have different degrees of perception due to different autonomous identification and conversion methods applied by architects to cultural symbols.


Tool assembly is disclosed having a pair of jaws. Each of the jaws has a proximal end and a distal end, is movable relative to the second jaw between a close position and a position where the first jaw is spaced. The first cam follower and the second cam follower is supported on the first jaw. Close member includes a first movable relative to jaw, at least one cam surface positioned a first cam follower and the second follower to engage. Close member moves the at least one cam surface relative to the first cam follower and a second cam follower, the first jaw and the second jaw to close position from the spaced locations to provide movement, it is movable relative to the first jaw. At least one cam channel, prior to the approaching of the approaching end of the first jaw and the second jaw, configured to close the distal end of the first jaw and the second jaw.


Objective To study the correlation between CT perfusion parameters with MVD and the predictive value of the perfusion parameters and MVD in mediastinal lymphatic node metastasis of lung cancer.Methods We analyzed 36 cases of lung cancer patients proved by pathology.The patients' pathological slices were performed CD34 staining.All patients were divided into group with mediastinal lymphatic node metastasis and group without mediastinal lymphatic node metastasis.We compared the BV(blood volume),BF(blood flow),MTT(mean transit time),PS(permeability surface),PE(peak height)and MVD differences between two groups.Then we tried to correlate the CT perfusion parameters with the MVD counting,later we made a regression analysis to identified the concrete relation between the perfusion parameters and the MVD.Meanwhile we used ROC to analyze the value of the perfusion parameters and MVD in predicting mediastinal lymphatic node metastasis of lung cancer.Results BF and MVD counting is significantly different between the two groups.BF and BV are positive correlation with the MVD counting.Conclusion The CT perfusion parameters,such as BF and BV are positive correlation and linear dependence with the MVD.And the BF、BV and MVD counting are useful in predicting mediastinal lymphatic node metastasis of lung cancer.


A previous document [1] described considerations for external experiments with the IIP L-band radiometer. Results showed that operation in the far-field would be possible for observation angles 50 degrees or greater with a 1.2 m aperture antenna located at the 10 m height of the ESL roof. The resulting two-sided beamwidth is approximately 15 degrees, and the 3 dB spot size on the ground is approximately 6× 3 m. While the large spot size is unwieldy, reasonable data should still be available from targets that occupy only a portion of the antenna main beam. To make this workable, the antenna should be oriented to observe a fixed location and not moved throughout the duration of the experiments. This will insure that the (large) contributions from regions not of interest remain approximately constant though all measurements, and therefore appear approximately only as an increased receiver noise temperature. Variations in the antenna observation angle may be of interest at some point in the future however, so a mount which can accommodate these variations may be pursued if easily available. This document further explores measurements of ground targets from the 10 m level of the ESL roof, and describes a procedure by which measurements can be calibrated into brightness values.


Cementitious materials being the most prospective building blocks achieving their absolute strength to avoid the deterioration in the early stage of service life is ever-demanding. Minimizing the labor and capital-intensive maintenance and repair cost is a critical challenge. Thus, self-healing mortars with modified strength are proposed. Lately, self-healing of micro-cracks by introducing bacteria during the formation of mortar or concrete became attractive. Self-healing with polymeric admixtures is considered to be relatively more durable and faster process. Certainly, the self-healing of synthetic polymeric materials is inspired by biological systems, where the damage triggers an autonomic healing response. This emerging and fascinating research initiative may significantly improve the durability and the safety limit of the polymeric components potential for assorted applications. In this work, using epoxy resin (diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A) without any hardener as admixture polymeric-cementitious materials is prepared. These epoxy-modified mortars are synthesized with various polymer-cement ratios subjected to initial wet/dry curing (WDC) together with long term dry curing (DC). Their self-healing function and hardening effects are evaluated via preloading and drying of the specimens, chemical analysis, and ultrasonic pulse velocity testing. It is demonstrated that 10% of polymer is the best proportion for polymer-cement ratio. Furthermore, the wet/dry curing is established to be superior process for healing hairline cracks present in the mortar. The excellent features of the results suggest that our novel method may constitute a basis for improving the compressive strength and self-healing features of mortars.


Through the comparatively analyzing from the allocation of China's agricultural production elements in the collectivization period which characterized by inefficient use of labor and land,capital controlled by government,evolving into the current era characterized by part-time peasants,crushed land and limited capital,to indicate that the key of optimizing resources is the transition from taking the planning to the marketing as the basic configuration of elements.The first and most important step to break the existing equilibrium lies in the breakthrough of the part-time job model of labor factor configuration through strengthening the level of rural basic and professional education,improving the rural social security system,making clear of the right possession of contracted rural land,promoting the transfer of rural land to break the factor allocation model of part-time labor.


Objective
To investigate imaging anatomical features and factors affecting tortuous basilar artery in healthy adult using magnetic resonance angiography (MRA).

Methods
MRA data of 160 healthy adults with tortuous basilar artery, who examined in Beijing Fengtai Hospital from March 2015 to May 2016, were retrospectively analyzed. There were 99 males and 61 females, aged from 30 to 65 years. The morphology and direction of the basilar artery and the intracranial vertebral artery were observed on the MIP image reconstructed by MRA.

Results
In 160 adults with tortuous basilar artery, 104 (65.0%), 56(35.0%) adults were found to be the basilar artery bending to the right and left respectively, and there was significantly statistical difference. Among 104 adults with a basilar artery bending to right, 84(80.8%) had a dominant left vertebral artery, and among 56 adults with a basilar artery bending to left, 23(41.1%) had a dominant right vertebral artery, there was significantly statistical difference (P 0.05) in the direction and confluence position of bilateral vertebral artery between the two groups.

Conclusions
The healthy adults with tortuous basilar artery mostly accompanied with variability of vertebral artery dominance. Because of its hemodynamic characteristics, vertebral artery dominance is one of anatomical factors affecting basilar artery.

Key words:
Basilar artery; Vertebral artery; Magnetic resonance angiography; Anatomic variation


SYNOPSIS The relation between rainfall and Eucalyptus stem growth is investigated using data recorded at three ICFR espacement trials in kwaZulu-Natal. These data show that, for a given rainfall amount, large differences in stem growth may occur at different sites. The possibility of these differences arising from different degrees of rainfall utilization at the three sites is discussed. Evidence from a variety of sources suggest that most rainfall falling on forest plantations is utilized by plantation forests, and that the observed differences in stem growth per unit of rainfall (WUEstem/rain) are caused primarily by differences in carbon allocation patterns brought about by differences in the frequency and intensity of physiological stress. Practical measures by which the efficiency of water use by forest plantations can be improved are briefly reviewed. These are discussed under two headings: the possibility of maximising WUE.stem/rain through forest management practices, and the possibility of selecting genotypes with improved WUE.stem/rain Such advances may have significant effects on the productivity and hydrological impacts of plantation forests. Where the risk of severe drought stress and tree mortality is significant, however, the importance of high WUE for maximising productivity may become subordinate to the need for trees to conserve water use and possess physiological mechanisms to ensure survival. Under such conditions, optimal WUE may be a more appropriate goal than maximum WUE.


This investigation was designed to elucidate possible variation in the degree of natural resistance of mice which might arise as a consequence of experimental Salmonella infection, and to predetermine, if possible, the susceptibility of an individual mouse to Salmonella.The capillary-tube insertion method which was developed in this investigation was carried out in the following manner.One-tenth volume of broth culture (18∼24 hours) of a definite strain of bacteria was mixed with 0.8% nutrient agar previously melted and kept at 47°C. A capillary tube 0.75mm in inside diameter and 4mm in length was filled with this mixture, and then inserted into the subcutis of the abdominal wall of a mouse for 48 hours. After that the number of surviving bacteria in the tube was counted by the plate method.Actually, during the insertion period of 2 days, humoral factors diffused well, and phagocytes infiltrated moderately in the tube. The number of viable bacteria seemed to represent the sum of humoral and cellular resistance. It is conceived that this method has many advantages for studies on the natural resistance of experimental animals.When three capillary tubes containing S. enteritidis 1891, Escherichia coli B, and Staphylococcus aureus 209 P, respectively, were inserted into individual mice, the number of surviving bacteria of each strain in the same mouse was inversely proportional to the degree of the virulence of such strain. There existed a linear relationship between the number of viable organisms and the degree of natural resistance of each mouse. In other words, a mouse resistant to S. enteritidis was also resistant to E. coli B and Staph. aureus. Reversely, a mouse susceptible to the former was susceptible to the latter. A parallel relationship was demonstrated between the survival number in the tube inserted into the subcutis and the abdominal cavity.Accordingly, it was assumed that the susceptibility of each mouse to S. enteritidis 1891 might be predetermined from the viable number of Staph. aureus in a tube inserted in the subcutis.


The problem of interaction between the state and the economy is considered in the article in the context of improving managerial relations. At the same time, the state acts as a subject, and the national economy acts as an object of managerial interaction. The processes of deglobalization, exacerbation of crisis phenomena in the world economy and international relations determine the importance of a clear understanding and responsible adherence to national interests in state regulation of the economy. The author's interpretation of the essence of national interests in the economy and the specifics of the implementation of the strategic course for their implementation are presented. The key conditions for the convergence of the economic interests of the state and business are considered. The characteristic of the instruments of state regulation of managerial relations is given, assuming both consideration of external environmental factors and the need to improve the existing economic and managerial model. Criteria for assessing the quality of managerial relations are proposed.


Research on utilization of abundant rice residue for valuable bioenergy products is still not explored completely. A simple, robust, cheap, and one‐step fast pyrolysis reactor is still a key demand for production of bioenergy products, ie, high quality bio‐oil and biochar. Bio‐oil extracted from fast pyrolysis does not have adequate quality (eg, acidic and highly oxygenated). Catalytic fast pyrolysis using zeolites in the fast pyrolysis process effectively reduces the oxygen content (no H2 required). In this paper, the zeolites with different pore sizes and shapes (small pore, SAPO‐34 (0.56) and ferrierite (30); medium pore, ZSM‐5 (30), MCM‐22 (30), and ITQ‐2 (30); and large pore zeolite, mordenite (30)) were tested in a drop‐type fixed‐bed pyrolyzer. Catalytic deoxygenation is conducted at 450°C at the catalyst/biomass ratio of 0.1. Zeolite catalysts, its pore size and shape, could influence largely on deoxygenation. It was found that the small pore zeolites did not produce aromatics as compared to higher amount of aromatics formed in case of medium pore zeolites. ZSM‐5 and ITQ‐2 zeolites were especially efficient for the higher deoxygenation of biomass pyrolysis vapors due to better pore dimension and higher acidity.


In commercial aviation, the aircrew has a very short temporality: it is formed a few hours before the departure, lasts only the length of a round trip (with or without stopovers), and changes with each new journey. During briefing, the crew discovers new colleagues with whom it will have to work and cooperate. Nevertheless, in most cases, the newly formed team works well together. However, gathering people is not enough to make them work together toward a common goal. Forming a team requires transforming the aggregate of individuals into a whole. How does this take place? Based on the case of the aircrew, this paper discusses the conditions and the processes at work in this particular modality of team building.


The use of content curation on digital media is presented and analyzed. Examples classified by categories: retrospective information, latest information, current information and real time information.


digitation and synthesis of the individual data sets, seem to be internally consistent, rarely contradictory, and thoroughly within the limits of the extant information from the study area and contiguous localities. Completely groundless speculation is markedly minimized in all of the Cherokee studies. Not surprisingly, the authors conclude that (1) no cultural differences of any significant magnitude were discernible between the Late paleo-Indian and Archaic horizons in terms of economy and adaptive strategy; (2) Atlantic climate on the western Prairie Peninsula was different from that of today but in degree rather than kind; (3) the Cherokee area sustained increased aridity and desiccation during the duration of human occupation; (4) this "altithermal," for want of a better label, did not cause the evacuation of the eastern plains even if it did perhaps restrict human activities either to wetter regions or to wetter climatic episodes. Although certainly not profound or "earth shattering," all of the broad conclusions are clearly demonstrable and documented at least for the study area; they also have marked implications for understanding eastern plains prehistory generally. On a more specific level, the authors observe that all three of the Cherokee Sewer Site cultural horizons can be interpreted as late winter multifamily bison processing sites. Approximately "two dozen" separate and distinct activity sets can be isolated at the site. Without enumerating these activities, suffice it to note that virtually all of the posited prehistoric behaviors do appear to be based on recovered or observed physical evidence. Mention should be made in passing of the "Eight innovations . . . which . . . represent 'firsts' for the eastern border of the Great Plains" (p. 266) (i.e., Iowa), including early stemmed and side-notched projectile points, a worked beaver incisor, thermal alteration of low quality chert, milling stones, domesticated dogs, a bone tube, and a fragmentary flute. While this reviewer could elaborate further on the book's credits, I prefer to point out what I consider to be some of the volume's few real deficiencies. The emphasis in this book is (intentionally or otherwise) empirical. The quality and extent of some of the descriptive data are occasionally rather limited, however. All of the cultural features recorded in the 1976 excavations are relegated to six pages of an appendix and are cryptically treated at best. Further, the descriptions of lithic and bone tools are occasionally brief (to be charitable) and of somewhat limited utility. Similarly, although data were obviously abundant, the flaked stone debitage is not as extensively presented or discussed in terms of reduction stages or sequences as I would prefer. In this vein, I might also note that I find the retention of such functional terms as endscrapers, choppers, etc., in the total absence of edgewear analysis to be both unwarranted and misleading. It should be stressed that all of these are picayune objections when the overall quality of this book is considered.


Accepted 2006 June 5. Received 2006 June 3; in original form 2005 September 4 SUMMARY The development of the northern Canadian Cordillera involved major strike-slip displacement of accreted terranes relative to North America along faults such as the Tintina, which has experienced ∼425 km of dextral motion since the Palaeocene. The SNORE seismic refraction/wideangle reflection experiment was carried out in 1997 as one component of Lithoprobe's SlaveNorthern Cordillera Lithospheric Evolution (SNORCLE) transect. In addition to four 2-D profiles, two sets of broadside recordings were acquired to image the 3-D structure across the Tintina fault (TF) in areas centred at about 59.5 ◦ N and 62 ◦ N. Simultaneous and independent refraction and reflection traveltime tomography were applied to the combined inline and broadside data set for each region to establish the range of lower crustal velocity, Moho depth and upper mantle velocity structure consistent with the data. Our preferred models are the average of the simultaneous and independent models since they represent the robust features required by the data. The preferred 3-D models are generally consistent with the 2-D models obtained from the inline data in previous independent studies. There are along-strike variations across the TF, perhaps due to the change in strike direction or the amount of motion along the fault in the north compared to the south. In the lower crust, the only correlation with the TF that is required by the data is a 0.1 km s −1 drop in velocity to the southwest of the fault in the northern study area. The absence of a strong correlation with the TF in the lower crust is consistent with the interpreted continuity of lower crustal units across the fault in the SNORCLE reflection data. The Moho is relatively flat throughout the study area, 34‐35 km depth, but there is broad crustal thickening of a few kilometres centred ∼50 km southwest of the TF in the northern and southern study areas. This thickening may be the result of a period when there was a component of compression along the TF. There is strong evidence for a 0.3‐0.4 km s −1 drop in upper mantle velocity to the west of the TF in the south, and weak evidence for ∼0.1 km s −1 drop to the southwest in the north. The upper mantle variations in the south indicate that the TF is the boundary between cooler and/or more refractory ancestral North American mantle to the east and warmer and/or more fertile mantle beneath accreted North America to the west. In the north, the mantle appears to be more intermediate in its properties on both sides of the TF.


We present the confirmed validity of the prediction (made in unpublished article (Simonenko, 2019b) presented on December 9, 2019 to the journal Energy Research) of the thermohydrogravidynamic theory (Simonenko, 2014) concerning the evaluated probabilities of the forthcoming intensification of the global seismotectonic, volcanic, climatic and magnetic processes of the Earth during the evaluated beginning (from December 7, 2019 to April 18, 2020) of the established in 2012 AD (Simonenko, 2012a) and finally confirmed in 2019 AD (Simonenko, 2019a) "first forthcoming subrange 2020 ÷ 2026 AD of the increased intensification of the Earth" determined by the combined non-stationary cosmic energy gravitational influences on the Earth of the planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter) and the Sun (owing to the gravitational interaction of the Sun with Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune).


As marine diesel engine output increases, the combustion chamber will be put under ever more strain. Recently, the catalyst fines of Bunker Fuel Oil by FCC has seriously damaged moving parts and such wear and tear has reportedly affected the safe navigation of ships.In order to know the wear and tear of moving parts within the combustion chamber, inspection and maintenance are carried out at anchorage; if wear and tear could be studied on board, at sea, such data could improve engine operations and help to prevent engine troubles.Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has found, as a result of the continuous monitoring and analysis of cylinder oil drain from large-output marine diesel engines, that analyzing such data will allow the continuous monitoring of the wear and tear of moving parts. Consequently, a reduction in the amount of cylinder oil used will contribute to cutting costs.During the monitoring process, we have tried in various ways to invent a kit which enables easy measurement on board of the concentration of iron powder within cylinder oil drain. We have been successful in developing such a kit using a magnet. We believe that this kit may also be used for monitoring the concentration of iron powder in actuating oil.We sincerely hope that monitoring wear and tear will secure the safe navigation of ships.


The dependence of positron annihilation rates on temperature has been measured for the noble gases. These measurements were carried out using a new technique which, for the first time, makes the positron energy range between kBT › 0.025 and 1 eV accessible to experiments. Positrons in a Penning trap are heated to about 1 eV, and then cool to room temperature by collisions while maintaining a Maxwellian velocity distribution. The positron annihilation rate is measured during the cooling. Experimental data are in good agreement with theoretical calculations. [S0031-9007(96)01323-3]


The prospects and consumption trends of PVC doors and windows industry were introduced as well as its market opportunities.The exterior factors of influencing the development of PVC profiles industry were analyzed as well as its competition status and challenges,and PVC profiles enterprises' changes of thinking in the reform period of the real estate industry were also analyzed.


Labeled 1-tryptophan is converted to indole-3-acetamide and then to indole-3-acetic acid by enzymes from Pseudomonas savastanoi. Labeled indole-3-acetic acid can be converted to indole-3-acetyl-1-0-β-D-glucose and to indole-3-acetyl-myo-inositol by enzymes from kernels of Zeamays sweet corn.


Minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) seasonally visit the Hawaiian Islands with an apparent peak in activity in the February/March timeframe. Their presence is readily detected acoustically from their boing vocalizations, which are detectable on the Pacific Missile Range Facilities (PMRF) deep‐water (3500 m to over 4500‐m depth) bottom mounted hydrophones northwest of Kauai, HI. Automated techniques were developed to detect, classify, and associate the boings across 16 separate hydrophones. Over 13 h of data for each of 12 separate days from the 2006 whale season (February/March/April) were processed for detection and classification (D/C) of boing vocalizations. A sample set of the data (10 min from each day) was analyzed to characterize the detection function (probability of detection as a function of horizontal range) and the false positive rate of the boing D/C. Boings were associated across hydrophones, defining a capture history for each boing vocalization. Spatially explicit capture recapture m...


Introduction: Patients with advanced or end-stage illness frequently present to emergency departments (EDs), many of whom are in need of palliative care (PC). Emergency physicians have struggled in providing high quality care to these patients and there is a need to identify cost-effective PC interventions delivered in the ED to improve patient outcomes. The objective of this systematic review was to examine the effectiveness of ED-based PC interventions. Methods: A comprehensive search of nine electronic databases and grey literature sources was conducted to identify any comparative studies assessing the effectiveness of ED-based PC interventions to improve health outcomes of patients with advanced or end-stage illness. Two independent reviewers completed study selection, quality assessment, and data extraction. Differences were mediated via third-party adjudication. Relative risks (RR) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated using a random effects model and heterogeneity (I2) was reported. Results: From 5882 potentially eligible citations, 12 studies were included. Two studies are currently on-going clinical trials, and as such, 10 studies were included in this analysis. The studies consisted of before-after studies (n = 5), RCTs (n = 4), and an observational cohort (n = 1). Interventions assessed among the included studies consisted primarily of ED-directed PC consultations (n = 6), while other studies assessed screening of patients with advanced or end-stage illness and PC needs (n = 2), education on PC for ED-staff (n = 1), and an ED-based critical care unit (n = 1). Infrequent reporting of important outcomes (e.g., Mortality, ED relapse) limited the ability of this review to conduct meaningful meta-analysis. There was no difference in patient mortality between two studies assessing ED-directed PC consultations (RR = 0.89; 95% CI: 0.71, 1.13; I2 = 0%). One before-after study (RR = 0.73; 95% CI: 0.47, 1.13) and two RCTs (RR = 2.19; 95% CI: 0.40, 11.92; I2 = 96%) did not identify significant differences in PC consultations intervention (implementation of ED-directed PC consultations) and control (usual care) patients. Conclusion: This review found limited evidence to support the recommendation of any particular ED-based intervention for patients presenting to the ED with advanced or end-stage illness. High quality studies and standardized outcome reporting are needed to better understand the impact of PC interventions in the ED setting.


The mechanics of extension of plant fibers is considered in terms of a spiral arrangement of crystalline fibrils embedded in a noncrystalline matrix. Deformation may take place either by stretching of the fibrils or by extension such as that of a spiral spring. In the latter, the major resistance comes from the reduction in volume. The extension mechanism predominates for low spiral angles; the spring mechanism, for high spiral angles. There is reasonable agreement between the theoretical expressions and experimental results. The application of similar ideas to other types of fiber structure is considered.


This paper describes a simple graphical method for designing a two-terminal network, which will simulate a given line impedance to such a degree that return losses of the order of 25 db or better will be readily obtained. The method is particularly useful in those problems in which a reasonably accurate balancing network is adequate, but a high degree of precision is not required.


HYPOTHESIS
Limited information exists on the outcome of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) litigation.

DESIGN
A retrospective review of a public malpractice database was compared with previously published reviews of LC litigation by K. A. Kern, MD, and the Physician Insurers Association of America.

SETTING
Private surgery practice. Selection The database was searched for cases containing the terms laparoscopy, bile, or gall between August 1, 1999, and August 31, 2004. Identified cases were further reviewed to select only the unique cases that concerned elective biliary surgery.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES
Surgical technique, injuries, and incidence of conversion to open procedures.

RESULTS
In Kern's study, injuries triggering litigation involved the bile duct in 61%, bowel in 16%, vascular system in 9%, and miscellaneous events in 14%; in the present study, injuries involved the bile duct in 78%, bowel in 2%, vascular injury in 7%, and miscellaneous injuries in 13%. Missed injuries occurred in 86% in the present study and 83% of the Physician Insurers Association of America cases. Although 15% of cases in the present study were converted to open procedures, in 53% of these cases conversion was performed to repair an injury.

CONCLUSIONS
Despite residency training, injuries triggering litigation after LC remain largely unchanged. The nature of the bile duct injuries suggests that routine intraoperative cholangiography is unlikely to make LC safer. To minimize the risk of litigation after LC, it is recommended that the threshold for conversion to open procedures be lowered.


In the present paper we study the oscillations of fast rotating neutron stars with realistic equations of state (EoS) within the Cowling approximation. We derive improved empirical relations for gravitational wave asteroseismology with f-modes and for the first time we consider not only quadrupolar oscillations but also modes with higher spherical order (l=|m|=3,4). After performing a systematic comparison with polytropic EoS, it is shown that the empirical relations found in this case approximately also hold for realistic EoS. Even more, we show that these relations will not change significantly even if the Cowling approximation is dropped and the full general relativistic case is considered, although the normalization used here(frequencies and damping times in the nonrotating limit) could differ considerably. We also address the inverse problem, i.e. we investigate in detail what kind of observational data is required in order to determine characteristical neutron star parameters. It is shown that masses, radii and rotation rates can be estimated quite accurately using the derived asteroseismology relations. We also compute the instability window for certain models, i.e. the limiting curve in a T-\Omega-plane where the secular Chandrasekhar-Friedman-Schutz(CFS) instability overcomes dissipative effects, and show that some of the modern realistic EoS will lead to a larger instability window compared to all of the polytropic ones presented so far in the literature. Additionally, we calculate the r-mode instability window and compare it with the f-mode-case. The overall results for the instability window suggest that it is vital to take into account oscillations with l=3,4 when considering gravitational wave asteroseismology using the f-mode in rapidly rotating neutron stars, as these modes can become CFS unstable for a much larger range of parameters than pure quadrupolar oscillations.


This paper critically reflects on policy developments and debates in England in relation to child protection and safeguarding over the past twenty years. It argues that the period from the early 1990s to late 2008 saw policy change in significant ways.


The calculation method of the inner wheel difference area of the vehicle is proposed for the four-wheeled vehicle and the articulated truck. Based on the Ackerman steering and geometric relationship, the trajectory formula in the vehicle coordinate system is derived. By collecting the speed of the two front wheels of the vehicle, the trajectory of the rear wheel of the vehicle can be obtained. A real vehicle experiment was carried out, and the predicted rear-wheel trajectory was processed by peak-reducing and smoothing processing. The error with the actual trajectory was small enough for the accuracy of early warning. Based on the calculated dangerous area, a vehicle turning warning system that displays the dangerous area through laser projection is proposed. This research can provide a useful reference for vehicle hazard perception and early warning.


Iminoformylation Reaction of Substituted Crotonnitriles. III. Stereochemistry and Intramolecular Mobility of 4-Amino-1.1-dicyano-buta-1.3-dienes

1H- and 13C-n.m.r. spectroscopic investigations show the preference of s-trans configuration and the push-pull character of the investigated 4-amino-1,1-dicyano-buta-1,3-dienes. Dynamic 1H- and 13C-n.m.r. data for the rotation process about the CN bond are determined. The activation energies are discussed with respect to electronic and steric effects of substituents and to solvents polarity.


In this paper we present an agent-based approach to facilitate context-based adaptations using context information of a group of users. To minimize the effort to collect all relevant information of the current collaboration situation, and the amount of data to be kept, we propose a decentralized, agent-based approach that keeps track of the contextualized state.


Classical work on the development of time concepts has focused on children's representation of time and reasoning involved in time measures. However, little is known about children's use of time concepts in their explanations of reality. The experiment presented here is concerned with the development of children's diachronic thinking, i.e. the ability to situate an object of knowledge (event, physical object, phenomenon, etc.) within a temporal dimension and to conceive of the changes of this object with time. The experimental situation explores children's understanding and reconstruction of the changes in their drawing abilities with age. A total of 70 children aged 6 to 12 years were asked to draw a human figure and then to produce as many drawings of a human figure as necessary to show how the drawings have changed over the years. They were then asked to sernate 12 human figure drawings produced by other children. The results indicate a progressive construction of diachronic thinking with age. Although children as young as 6 years are able to reason about changes in their drawing abilities, it is only at about 10 years that their reasoning reveals explicit use of diachrony.


Barium neptunyl(V) triacetate dihydrate was prepared from Np(V) in a concentrated acetate solution, and its crystal structure determined by x-ray diffraction methods. The body-centered tetragonal unit cell, with dimensions a = 19.167 (5) and c = 9.476 (3) A, contains eight formula units of BaNpO/sub 2/(CH/sub 3/CO/sub 2/)/sub 3/ . 2H/sub 2/O. The space group is I anti 4 2d. Positions and anisotropic thermal parameters of the 11 independent atoms were refined by the least-squares method using 964 diffractometer-measured intensities, at the conclusion of which the agreement index, R/sub F/, was 0.046. Linear NpO/sub 2//sup +/ entities are present in the crystal and have six oxygen atoms from three acetate ions in a planar hexagon around their equators. These hexagonal bipyramids are cross-linked by sharing their acetate oxygen atoms with Ba/sup 2 +/ ions, each of which has six different oxygen atoms from acetate ions plus two water molecules in its coordination polyhedron. The neptunyl O atoms are bonded solely to the Np atom at bond lengths of 1.85 (2) A, and the bonds between acetate O atoms and the Np atom range in length from 2.52 (2) to 2.56 (2) A. These lengths are correlated with bond strengths andmore » valence, and the geometries of actinyl(V) ions are put on a quantitative experimental basis.« less


Both eyes of anaesthetized vervet monkeys were perfused with mock aqueous humor for 3–7 hours. By adjusting the height of a reservoir connected to each eye the intraocular pressure in one eye was maintained at 33–48 mmHg and in the other eye it was a few mmHg above the spontaneous level. The facility of outflow in the high pressure eye increased by an average of 350% (160–630%), whereas the increase in the control eye was less than 40%. Morphologically the control eyes appeared normal, whereas pronounced changes were observed in the high pressure eyes. The endothelial cells in the trabecular meshwork were swollen and demonstrated loss of cytoplasm. Cell debris and "blebs" were observed in the intertrabecular spaces. The endothelial meshwork and the endothelium of the inner wall of Schlemm's canal were partly disrupted. The outflow facility was normalized within 1 day but marked morphological changes were still present.


Abstract English evangelical writers in the sixteenth century argued that the age of miracles had long since passed. In part, this argument served as a defence against the allegation that the Protestant Church could adduce no evidence that it enjoyed divine approbation, given the apparent lack of wonders and miracles associated with its members. However, the denunciation of the miracles of the medieval Church also helped to cast the Roman Catholic Church and its saints as the false congregation of Antichrist, and thus to reinforce the identity of the nascent Protestant Church. The consensus among Catholic and Protestant writers that the devil could and did work wonders opened up a debate over exactly which (if any) miracles claimed by the medieval Church deserved to be seen as signs of God's favour. From the premise that true miracles had ceased, evangelical writers were able to portray medieval miracles as deceptions, magic or diabolic wonders, and there was a great deal of polemical capital to be made from these interpretations. This article uses the works of early English evangelical writers, including William Tyndale and John Bale, to argue that the condemnation of medieval miracles, and accusations of magic and necromancy in the Church, were central to the reinterpretation of the history of the medieval Church during the era of the Reformation, and a crucial part of the search for a Protestant historical identity in the events and personalities of the past.


The objective is to analyze the dynamics of the underground water of a mine field based on the study of the geofiltration process of the rock mass disturbed by mining to achieve safe extraction operations as well as subsurface territories at the stage of the mining enterprise closure. Numerical modeling, based on a finite difference method under the conditions of multifactority and definite uncertainty of processes of transformation of technogenic environment of a mine field, helps solve a problem concerning underground water dynamics forecasting. A hydrodynamic model of the M.I. Stashkov mine was developed while solving option series of epignosis problems in terms of the chronology of mine field stoping. The abovementioned made it possible to identify regularities of the history of filtration, the capacity parameters of rock mass and the expansion of areas of heightened hydraulic conductivity as well as to evaluate qualitatively the water balance components of a carbonic watered formation and an overlying one. The stage of mining closure helped obtain the forecasting hydrodynamic solutions. The efficiency of measures, concerning reduction of water ingress into mine workings and the mitigation of surface ecological effects of mine flooding was evaluated quantitatively. It was determined that implementation of the water control procedures makes it possible to perform a 10–38% decrease in water ingress. In this context, they may be applied both independently and simultaneously. In terms of mine closure and flooding, a period of complete underground water recovery takes three years; in the process, surface zones of potential waterlogging and swamping are developed within the floodplain of Samara River, located at the territory of Western Donbas (Ukraine). The scientific novelty is to define regularities of hydraulic conductivity transformation of the rock mass of a mine field starting from the mine working roof fall, up to its compaction during the mine operation period. To do that, nonstationary identification problems were solved, using numerical modeling. The abovementioned makes it possible to improve the reliability of hydrodynamic prognoses and develop technological schemes to control water at the state of the mine closure.


This study aims to identify and explore the information management strategy of public service advertisements about Family Planning carried out by the Department of Population Control, Women's Empowerment, and Child Protection (DP5A) of Surabaya City. This study focuses on information management strategies for Public Service Advertisements about the Family Planning program and the latest advertisements of the BKKBN about "The Importance of Independent Family Planning in a Pandemic", where BKKBN urges the public, especially couples of childbearing age to delay pregnancy in the Covid-19 pandemic era. This research was conducted at the DP5A of Surabaya City using a descriptive method, a qualitative approach. The data collection technique in this study used interviews, observations, and documentation conducted by researchers to leaders, staff employees, IMP cadres, and target communities in the Public Service Advertising family planning program in Surabaya City. The results of this study indicate that the information management strategy of Public Service Advertising of Family Planning in the DP5A of Surabaya City is made in the form of images and videos which are disseminated by utilizing the Website and Social Media such as Instagram and Youtube. Furthermore, the DP5A of Surabaya City also utilizes IMP cadres owned by DP5A of Surabaya City to reach out to people who are not active on electronic media. In addition, the production of advertising materials at the DP5A of Surabaya City begins with instructions given by the Head of the Division which is then followed up by the Chair of Sie and the Field Staff until the advertisement is declared ready to be distributed to the target community. After the advertisement is declared ready to be distributed, the Head of Division and the Head of Sie approve and determine the strategy for distributing the advertisement so that it can be well received by the target community, and after that, the IT staff disseminates the advertisement following the orders and directions given. In this era of the COVID-19 pandemic, the BKKBN provided information and messages, in particular, in the form of a video about "The Importance of Independent Family Planning in a Time of Pandemic", where this was done because it was feared that due to restrictions on social activities in the community, many female reproductive age women experienced unplanned pregnancies that resulted in pregnancy loss that will increase the safety risk to mother and child. This research is limited to a discussion of information management strategies for public service advertisements about family planning in DP5A Surabaya City so that further research needs to reveal the effectiveness of PSAs conducted by DP5A Surabaya City to know how effective it is.


【This stduy was carried out in order to investigate the effects of concentration and equilibration time of cryoprotective agents on survival rate of slow and ultrarapidly frozen in vitro fertilized bovine embryos. In vitro fertilized bovine embryos, following dehydration by cryoprotective agents and sucrose, were slowly freezed(from 2 $0^{\circ}C$ to -7 $^{\circ}C$ /-1 $^{\circ}C$ /min., from -7 $^{\circ}C$ -35 $^{\circ}C$ /-0.2 $^{\circ}C$ /min. from -35 $^{\circ}C$ to -38 $^{\circ}C$ /-0.3 $^{\circ}C$ /min.) by cell freezer and directly plunged into liquid nitrogen and thawed in 38 $^{\circ}C$ water. Survival rate was defined by development rate to the morula and blastocyst stage after in vitro cultured and FDA test. The results are summarized as follows : 1. The survival rates of in vitro fertilized bovine embryos after slow frozen-thawing in the freezing medium of 0.25M sucrose added 2.5M glycerol, 3.0M DMSO, 2.0M propanediol and 2.5M glycerol+2.0M propanediol were 84.3%, 85.9%, 77.8%, 74.3%, respectively. 2. The survival rates of in vitro fertilized bovine embryos after slow frozen-thawing in the freezing of 0.50M sucrose added 2.5M glycerol, 3.0M DMSO, 2.0M propanediol and 2.5M glycerol+2.0M propanediol were 83.8%, 85.1%, 71.4%, 74.6%, respectively. 3. The survival rates of in vitro fertilized bovine embryos after ultrarapid frozen-thawing in the freezing of 0.25M sucrose added 2.5M glycerol, 3.0M DMSO, 2.0M propanediol and 2.5M glycerol+3.0M propanediol were 69.3%, 70.8%, 63.2%, 67.1%, respectively. 4. The survival rates of in vitro fertilized bovine embryos after ultrarapid frozen-thawing in the freezing of 0.25M sucrose added 2.5M glycerol, 3.0M DMSO, 2.0M propanediol and 2.5M glycerol+2.0M propanediol were 69.4%, 70.1%, 62.3%, 63.5%, respectively. 5. The survival rates of in vitro fertilized bovine embryos after slow and ultrarapid fromthawing in the freezing medium of sucrose added cryoprotective agents were not significant difference between 5min. and 10min. of equilibration time.】


The author draws attention to the change in the social structure of society, the emer-gence of new social groups and forms of employment, which is characteristic of tech-nogenic civilization. Negative aspects of the use of modern technologies are noted (such as the possibility of total state control, a change in society's attitude to the pri-vacy of personal information, the transformation of economic and labor relations, the transformation of specialist skills, desocialization). Hidden negative aspects are pointed out – increasing inequality from legal, social, economic, moral – to anthropo-logical, biological and genetic, as well as the emergence of an even more dangerous and new form of inequality associated with access to the latest effective technologies and the commercialization of services based on biotechnology. The emergence of the precariat as one of the modern forms of labor inequality is investigated. The question is raised about the person's perception of the pace of socio-technological transition and the adaptation of this economic structure to a new reality.


This paper studies different driver and vehicle characteristics as they impact pre-crash scenarios of rear-end collisions. It gives a statistical description of the five most frequently occurring rear-end precrash scenarios based on vehicle and driver characteristics. Variables were drawn from the General Estimates System (CRASH) crash database. Results from the study can be applied towards estimating the safety benefits of advanced technology rear-end collision avoidance systems for reducing the number of crashes and mitigating the level of severity.


Work is devoted elimination of the perspective distortions. In work it is offered to correct arising perspective distortions by means of a mirror of the special form. The differential equation for a surface of the mirror possessing demanded properties is received, the equation is solved numerically. Property of a mirror to eliminate perspective distortions is checked up by modeling of considered optical system by a method of ray tracing.


The gas-solids flow in a CFB riser is simulated applying two-fluid modeling. Two different procedures are used for the calculation of the solids phase pressure and stress tensor: the traditional procedure and an algebraic version of the kinetic theory of granular flows. Three different numerical meshes and two different discretization schemes for the advective terms are used. Results are compared to available experimental data from the literature. The effects of the solids phase modeling procedure, advection discretization scheme, and mesh size are discussed.


Offset quadrature amplitude modulation OFDM (OQAM-OFDM) systems have low sidelobes but require complex receivers for broadband channels. To deal with this problem, cyclic prefix (CP)-based OQAM-OFDM systems have been proposed in the literature. In this paper, we study OQAM-OFDM and two existing CP based OQAM-OFDM systems and propose a new CP based system with good spectrum performance. We investigate their properties and analyze their power spectral densities (PSDs). We show that the continuous-time transmitted CP-OQAM-OFDM signal after the CP insertion is equivalent to a truncated signal obtained by inserting CP and cyclic suffix (CS) to the discrete-time input data symbols in the OQAM-OFDM system, which simplifies the calculation of the PSD of the transmitted CP-OQAM-OFDM signal and also implies that the PSD of the CP-OQAM-OFDM may be affected by the truncation. We show that the perfect reconstruction (PR) condition for the CP-OQAM-OFDM system is actually the same as that for the OQAM-OFDM system when the length of the prototype filter is not more than the length of the transmitted CP-OQAM-OFDM signal of each block excluding the CP. We also compare three CP-based OQAM-OFDM systems with windowed CP-OFDM systems. Numerical results show that the theoretical and simulated PSDs of the transmitted signals match well, CP-based OQAM-OFDM systems perform better than windowed CP-OFDM systems considering both the PSD and bit error rate (BER) performances, and the newly proposed CP-based OQAM-OFDM system has the best PSD performance in the three CP based OQAM-OFDM systems with an increase of the data rate overhead.


Water quality evaluation as the important basis of calculating water environment capacity of pollutant and implementing water pollution control planning can provide principle and oriented schemes for improving water quality and protecting water resource.For the purpose of more efficient and precise water quality evaluation,the mathematical model of water quality evaluation of PSO-BP neural network which is based upon weights and thresholds of artificial neural network BP algorithm optimized by improved PSO algorithm is built to make a comprehensive water quality evaluation of Tianshui section of Wei River in Guanzhong-Tianshui Economic Zone.Present situation of water pollutant as well as the rule of spatial and temporal variation with 5 indexes including BOD5,DO,ammonia nitrogen were studied.Phosphorus and potassium permanganate from the monitoring data of 4 controlled sections of Wei River from 2003 to 2009.Results showed that the method has good generalization ability and is more objective.Water quality of Wei River has improved a little in the last 7 years from 2003 to 2009,with water quality mainly satisfactory to Grade Ⅱ and Ⅲ,and the most serious section in Beidaoqiao.The study would provide a support for effectively controlling water pollution of Tianshui section and protecting water resource of Wei River.


This paper presents a classification-driven biomedical image retrieval approach by combining multiple visual and text features with a multi-response linear regression (MLR)-based meta-learner. Feature descriptors at different levels of image representation are often in diverse forms and complementary in nature. For modality detection of medical images, the MLR has been proposed as a trainable combiner for fusing class probability outputs of several base-level SVM classifiers on different visual and text features as inputs. The advantage of using MLR here over other generalizers is its interpretability as the weights generated by it indicate the different contributions that each features makes for class prediction. Hence, a query-specific adaptive similarity fusion approach is also proposed for image retrieval. Based on the on-line prediction of the query image modalities, individual feature weights generated by MLR are used in a linear combination of similarity matching function for image retrieval. The classification and retrieval results were evaluated evaluated on a standard ImageCLEFmed'2010 benchmark data set of 77,000 images with associated XML annotations and it showed improved performances.