dealt with a then famous book by hIoebius,l Freud observed that "the topic of memory is far from being exhausted. . . . The whole problem of remembering and forgetting has not yet been dealt with, neither by myself nor by anyone else."z Though these words, spoken in 1907, were not expressly stated during the proceedings to be reported, they may well serve as a useful point of departure, if not comparison, with regard to a consideration of the theoretical and clinical viewpoints set forth in the panel discussion. In fact, Charles Brenner mentioned in his introductory remarks that one of the purposes of this meeting was the clarification of our concepts of mental processes which are customarily subsumed under the terms of "memory," "remembering," "repression," and "forgetting." Brenner observed that practicing analysts i n their daily work were usually more familiar or at least more concerned with the phenomenon of repression than with that of memory per se. He focused attention on what he called "mental memory or psychological memory" in contrast to various theories of memory as expounded in biological or biochemical studies and examined in experimental research projects of a prevailingly chemical nature. The analyst's interest in psychological memory processes is essentially based on the theoretical and clinical considerations derived from his daily work with patients. In the first formal paper, entitled "The Theory of Repression," Charles Brenner presented a conceptualization of the theory of repression which, according to him, differed in some respects from the customary approach to the subject. He observed that from the early Freudian formulations-


The primary objective of this study was to investigate the influence of selected marketing and branding practices on the "perceived financial performance" of family SMEs. A survey using a structured questionnaire was used to gather the necessary data. The population consisted of all owners of family SMEs operating within the borders of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Criterion and convenience sampling were used, and questionnaires were administered by field workers. In total, 325 questionnaires were useable for statistical analysis. Scale validity and reliability were assessed, descriptive statistics calculated, and Pearson's product moment correlations established. Multiple regression analysis was undertaken to investigate the hypothesised relationships. The results show that only "product differentiation" influences the financial performance of family SMEs, but given the low beta reported for this relationship claiming any serious linear relationship would be erroneous. Keywords: small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); family SMEs; family business; marketing; branding; financial performance


A one-pot procedure was developed to prepare new 2-aryl-5-nitrothiophenes efficiently from bromonitromethane and 3-chloro-3-aryl-propenals. Nitrothiophenes were synthesized in good yields with a simple and easy workup procedure.


Fire detection methods based on remote sensing data are gaining more and more attention among the scientific community, and many algorithms have been developed for this purpose. In order to assess the location and the characteristics of burned areas, some of them apply a suitable threshold to a multispectral index such as the NBR (Noise Burn Ratio) index or the NDII (Normalized Difference Infrared Index) evaluated on a single image acquired after the fire season. Other methods use a multitemporal approach based on the processing of a couple of images, the former acquired before and the latter after the fire season, and applying a chosen threshold to the differential value of the same, or other multispectral indexes. This paper focuses the problem of assessing the performance of some burnt areas detection methods based on a couple of satellite images acquired both after the fire season. In particular the threshold method applied to the differential form of the NDII and NDVI (Normalized Differential Vegetation Index) are considered as concern their capacity of locating or detecting (not characterizing) burnt areas and the resulting performances are evaluated and compared with the corresponding ones of the same methods applied to a single image only, acquired after the fire season.


Considering single-motor drive system cannot meet the requirements of high-performance electric buses for Beijing Winter Olympics, a dual-motor coaxial propulsion system based on single planet gear set is developed. At the same time, a shift control method based on hierarchical linear quadratic regulator (HLQR) algorithm is designed to improve the poor shift quality caused by the rapid change of output shaft speed in the shift process. In this method, the upper controller adopts robust tracking linear quadratic regulator algorithm to control the speed change rate of the output shaft in the process of gear shifting, so as to reduce the load of gear shifting actuator in the process of gear shifting; the lower controller adopts disturbance suppression linear quadratic regulator algorithm to control the shifting force and improve the adaptability of the system to disturbance conditions Through simulation analysis, the performances of hierarchical linear quadratic regulator algorithm, optimal control algorithm based on variational method and PI algorithm in the process of gear shifting were comparatively analyzed. Simulation results showed that the hierarchical linear quadratic regulator algorithm exhibited a better performance in gear control than the other two algorithms. In addition, a large number of bench test results also proved that compared with PI algorithm, hierarchical linear quadratic regulator algorithm reduced vehicle impact by 19.17% and reduced the shift force by 32.48% in the sacrifice of shift time by 5.03%.


In the 1990s when the structures of politics 、economy and society, as well as the social view- point underwent a great change, the interaction between women's "self - exhibition" and the expectation of the society made the "Exhibiting women's merits" a noticeable trend of the time.


ABSTRACT An iconic, insular, endemic genus of lizards (Gallotia) is present on the Canary Islands (Spain), comprising gigantic to smaller-sized species. Despite numerous studies on various biological aspects of this genus, the osteological knowledge available is scarce. This makes it difficult to identify to species level the bone remains recovered from both living and extinct taxa, which is essential to understanding the evolution of this genus through time, its distribution and its migratory patterns. Herein, a detailed description, comparison and discussion of each mandibular bone of all the living giant species and the fossil taxon G. goliath is presented. First detailed descriptions of G. intermedia and G. bravoana are presented, and interspecific and ontogenetic characters to be considered for Gallotia and related taxa in future works are proposed. Disentangling the intra- and interspecific variability of the mandible, as well as its ontogenetic changes through time, is of special interest for a variety of reasons. These include: a) to evaluate paleobiodiversity; b) to evaluate intraspecific variation and ontogenetic changes; c) to establish mandibular characters for specific identification; d) as previous step in performing computational biomechanics studies based on 3D models to shed in-depth light on feeding ecology.


The gas phase fumigation was used to study the vapor antibacterial activity of ten plant essential oils,namely pine needle oil,citronella oil,Ylang oil,Kang Niangke oil,Litsea cubeba oil,curcuma zedoary oil,sage oil,agarwood oil,mugwort oil,rosemary oil,against Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Antibacterial effects were compared by measuring the minimum inhibitory concentration(MIC). Results showed that Litsea cubeba oil and citronella oil presented the best inhibitory effects against Pseudomonas aeruginosa,the MIC of which were 250 μL/L,followed by sage oil and ylang oil with MIC of 500 μL/L. The MIC of mugwort oil,curcuma zedoary oil and rosemary oil were 1000 μL/L. Pine needle oil,Kang Niangke oil and agarwood oil showed no obvious antibacterial activities. When the compound ratio of Litsea cubeba oil and citronella oil was 2:3 or 3:2,they appeared significant synergistic effects. When the space volume concentration was 100 μL/L,the compound completely inhibited the growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Different solvents had different antimicrobial activities on the compound essential oils,among which ice acetic acid had the best effect,followed by ethanol.


Abstract An apparatus for the concentration of macromolecular solutions is described in detail. It features automatic volume control and is inexpensive and simple to fabricate. The basis for the device is negative pressure dialysis.


Abstract Background Intratumour heterogeneity is recognised across different tumour types and has implications for therapeutic resistance. At present, clinical practice often relies upon molecular information derived from a single biopsy of a primary or metastatic tumour. This information guides treatment choice but may not be representative of the diversity of the tumour. It is currently difficult to evaluate how effectively a single region guides treatment decisions because the formalin-fixed residual surgical sample that is not paraffin embedded for diagnostic purposes is typically thrown away. Retention and homogenisation – 'blending'- of this residual formalin-fixed leftover tumour tissue creates a more representative sample for analysis. DNA may be extracted from this sample for sequencing. Pilot data in kidney cancer has demonstrated the potential of this methodology for robust mutational calling, accurate determination of cancer cell fraction and the ability to discern clonal from subclonal variants. Such information may be clinically relevant; for example, discerning resistant subclones prior to treatment, or identifying clonal neoantigens worth targeting with immunotherapy. Trial design In order to establish the feasibility of homogenization as a potential companion diagnostic tool, our study aims to 1) identify the proportion of primary tumour cases that have left over tissue amenable to homogenization across multiple tumour types and 2) pilot homogenization across multiple tumour types. The molecular profile of the homogenate will be compared to that obtained from the diagnostic specimen using next generation sequencing techniques. This is a prospective non-interventional study (NCT03832062). Patients undergoing surgical intervention at The Royal Marsden Hospital (NHS Foundation Trust) with leftover tumour tissue from primary breast, colorectal, gastric, pancreatic, ovarian, renal cancer and sarcoma surgeries, as well as melanoma lymph node dissections will be included in the feasibility assessment. We plan to homogenise 500 cases across different tumour types. The study opened in September 2018 and is expected to run for 2 years. Clinical trial identification NCT03832062; Release date: February 2019. Legal entity responsible for the study Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. Funding Ventana Medical Systems (a subsidiary of Roche). Disclosure L. Gallegos: Full / Part-time employment: Roche. S. Hill: Full / Part-time employment: Roche. A. Barhoumi: Full / Part-time employment: Roche. S. Stanislaw: Full / Part-time employment: Roche. M. Mendoza: Full / Part-time employment: Roche. J.M.G. Larkin: Research grant / Funding (institution): Roche; Advisory / Consultancy: Roche. N. Alexander: Full / Part-time employment: Roche; Shareholder / Stockholder / Stock options: Roche. S. Turajlic: Research grant / Funding (institution): Ventana Medical Systems (subsidiary of Roche). All other authors have declared no conflicts of interest.


The collapse of communist governments ensured free political space and greater organizational opportunities for environmental movements in Eastern European countries. The prominence of eco-groups has declined since 1989, how ever, and only a few pressing environmental problems have attracted vocal and effective action. Green groups are most successful in rallying public opinion around ecological crises that can be linked strategically to issues of greater political resonance, such as anticommunism before 1989 and nationalism now.


This paper summarizes the characteristics of tourism market from structure,form and in every field that the Thai tourists travel to China as well as their tourist motives,preference and consumption in China,and systematically analyzes the factors influencing the market of Thai tourist traveling to China,the changes of tourist motives and destinations,and discusses the tendency and future of tourist market that the Thai tourists traveling to China and proposes the countermeasures to optimize the mutual communication in Sino-Thailand tourist markets.


Telemedicine is the term used to describe the use of technology to provide medical care over a distance. Telephone, email, and real-time videoconferencing are the most frequently used telepsychiatry technology. Telemedicine has been used to provide simple and efficient healthcare solutions in the treatment of illness. Despite it is relatively new, mobile health (mHealth) has grown significantly in popularity as a means of assisting persons living with a chronic condition. The current study reviewed existing mobile health dementia applications from different perspectives. These applications could include a variety of strategies and resources to assist the community especially in caring for individuals with Alzheimer's disease.


Objectives: The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between emotional intelligence, ego resilience and stress in clinical practice of dental hygiene students. Methods: The data were analyzed by the frequency analysis, t-test, one way ANOVA, and Duncan post-hoc analysis, correlation analysis, multiple regression analysis using SPSS 21.0. The subjects were 278 dental hygiene students in a college in Gyeongsangnam-do from June 20 to 30, 2016. Results: Self-emotional appraisal 5.13±0.94, Ego resilience 2.69±0.38, practice education environment 3.45±0.65 were above average. ego resilience was significantly different according to satisfaction with dental hygiene students as a grade, satisfaction in clinical practice. Stress in clinical practice was significantly different according to grade, duration of clinical practice, satisfaction with dental hygiene students as a grade, satisfaction in clinical practice, main tutor in clinical practice. Conclusions: It is necessary to develop the program that can help increase the emotional intelligence, ego resilience, and apply such program to the curricula.


e20663 Background: Studies reveal up to 80% of cancer patients use some form of dietary supplements (DS). Despite the need for additional research, evidence exists that some DS may be of clinical v...


A wireless sensor network (WSN) is made up of multiple sensors deployed in a specific sensing area to identify the occurrence of events and quickly transmit useful information back to the base station (BS). In WSNs, schemes to reduce energy consumption are an important topic of research. A well-designed data transmission scheme can effectively extend the lifetime of a network. In this paper, we propose an energy aware grid-based clustering power efficient data aggregation protocol (GB-PEDAP) for WSNs. The proposed scheme has a two-layer architecture: the inner layer and the outer layer. The inner layer uses direct transmission to collect the data of the cluster (cell), and the outer layer uses a tree structure transmission to collect the data of the cluster head (cell head). In our simulations, the number of rounds executed by GB-PEDAP was approximately 1.2 rounds of TBEEP, 1.3 rounds of GSTEB, and 1.5 rounds of PEDAP. With the initial energy, 0.25 J, the execution rounds of the first node death for GB-PEDAP, TBEEP, GSTEB, and PEDAP were 751, 572, 486, and 339, respectively. The proposed GB-PEDAP can evenly disperse the energy consumption of sensors to avoid the rapid death of sensors, extending the lifetime of a WSN.


The effect of bagging on the quality and pesticide residual of Red Fuji apple were tested by using double paper bag,single paper bag and plastic bag.The result showed that fruit bagging can improve Fuji apple outside quality significantly,especially on great increase in Anthocyanin content and color index and on decrease in fruit rough index and russet index,but bagging decreased fruit weight slightly and increased sunburn and black spot occurrence.Fruit bagging had little effect on fruit firmness,in which double paper bags and plastic bag had lower firmness content and single paper bag had higher firmness content in comparison to the control.Fruit bagging decreased soluble solids concentration and titratable acidity compared with the control,especially in titratable acidity,titratable acidity in single bag was decreased by (27.8%).Fruit phoxim in bags haven't determined by instrument that meet the national agricultural standard of green apple fruit (NY5011-2001),But phoxim content in control was slight higher than the national standard.


Honey and ghee is an important constituent of our diet. Honey contain about 200 components in its which play an important role as antioxidative, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, wound healing and sunburn, etc. Ghee has also many essential constituents such as phospholipids, PUFA, fat- soluble vitamins, etc. It is mention in Charak Samhita that equal ratio of honey and ghee when taken in food become toxic to health. This study was designed to explore the mechanism of toxicity through the biochemical and histological parameter. For this study, 24 Charles foster rats were taken and divided into four groups (n=6) normal, honey, ghee, and honey+ghee (1:1). After 60 days rats were sacrificed. Weight loss, Hair loss and red patches on ear were found on honey+ghee fed rats. LFT, amadori test, AGE, UV, glucose, DPP-4 and LPO were found significantly increased in honey+ghee group. SOD, Catalase, GSH, ABTS+, GLP-1, GIP-1, ACB and HB were found significantly decreased in honey+ghee group. No changes were found in RFT. H&E show normal morphology in kidney, intestine, and pancreas but mild inflammation was found in liver tissue. We conclude that the equal mixture of honey and ghee shows toxic effect. Increased formation of hydroxymethyl furfural, amadori product, DPP-4 activity and low incretins (GLP-1, GIP-1) activity resulting high postprandial hyperglycemic response are collectively responsible for oxidative stress-mediated toxicity of the mixture of honey and ghee in equal ratio.


Taking man as the foremost is a main principle to build the classic course.The classic course is an reflection of guiding principle,training models,characteristic and educational quality of a school.We must respect the main body roles of teachers and students,enhance the quality of teaching staff,improve teaching method,and especially strengthen practice teaching such as practice,learning on the job to build the classic course.


We extracted whole RNA from porcine spleen using Trizol,and the intact ORF of porcine Akirin2 was obtained by RT-PCR.Using software to analyze its nucleic acids and protein sequences,we determine the chromosomal location of porcine Akirin2.Construction of eukaryotic expression vector was performed by amplifying akirin2 genes and then cloning it to pEGFP-C1 vector with fluorescence labeling.Finally,we transfected pEGFP-Akirin2 to porcine vascular endothelial cell line using liposome technique.


This article examines the Scottish missionary contribution to a Scottish sense of empire in India in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Initially, the article reviews general historiographical interpretations which have in recent years been developed to explain the Scottish relationship with British imperial development in India. Subsequently the article analyses in detail the religious contributions of Scottish Presbyterian missionaries of the Church of Scotland and the Free Church Missions to a Scottish sense of empire with a focus on their interaction with Hindu socio-religious thought in nineteenth-century western India. Previous missionary historiography has tended to focus substantially on the emergence of Scottish evangelical missionary activity in India in the early nineteenth century and most notably on Alexander Duff (1806-78). Relatively little has been written on Scottish Presbyterian missions in India in the later nineteenth century, and even less on the significance of their missionary thought to a Scottish sense of Indian empire. Through an analysis of Scottish Presbyterian missionary critiques in both vernacular Marathi and English, this article outlines the orientalist engagement of Scottish Presbyterian missionary thought with late nineteenth-century popular Hinduism. In conclusion this article demonstrates how this intellectual engagement contributed to and helped define a Scottish missionary sense of empire in India.


The precast roof truss of prestressed concrete square pile is a new self-balancing system composed of prestressed concrete square pile, strut and steel tension rod. Based on finite element analysis methods, the bending moment and deformation under most unfavorable design load was checked upon crack resistant bending moment to verify its engineering feasibility, the optimal prestressed value was analyzed to get the camber of the top chord beam, and the optimal tension method for bottom chord tension rod was determined. Compared with finite element analysis results, the full scale model test was carried out to further verify its engineering feasibility and some optimization recommendation was proposed. It suggests that the tension order of middle section before diagonal rod, initial prestressed value of 10t, and prestressed control method of monitoring camber at midspan is the most reasonable and optimal solution.


References and data show that AP has a certain effect on alleviating inflammation. Based on the methods of network pharmacology and molecular docking, this paper predicts the potential mechanism of anti-inflammatory effect of the effective components. Methods: Active components and target genes of AP were screened out by SymMap, an associated database of TCM syndromes. First, screen out the active components according to the setting conditions, and its molecular structure file was obtained from the PubChem database. The target genes of anti-inflammatory effect were obtained from GeneCards database with "anti-inflammation effect" as the keyword, and then the common gene targets between AP and anti-inflammatory effect were screened. The PPI network diagram was constructed with Cytoscape 3.80 software to screen the core genes. The GO function and KEGG pathway of the core genes were enriched and analyzed by David database; 3D view of proteins encoded by the core gene from the PDB database, conduct molecular docking between the active components and the core proteins in Auto Dock Vina software, and made a heat map with binding free energy. Results: The main anti-inflammatory components were O-Acetylcolumbianetin, isoindigo, Nodakenetin, Marmesin, Diphencyprone; The core targets are TNF, VEGFA, IL6, TP53, IL1B, ESR1, MMP9, PPARG, Jun, CASP3, PTGS2. AP participated in cytokine-mediated signaling pathway, response to drug, positive regulation of gene expression, and other processes by regulating the combination of extracellular space, cell surface with protein and enzyme, and then exert anti-inflammatory activity. The signal pathways mainly involved IL-17 signaling pathway, hepatitis B, TNF signaling pathway, inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis, etc.; Through molecular docking, it was found that the key targets were MMP9, TNF, PTGS2, ESR1, JUN, and PPARG, while the active components which ha,d a strong effect on these genes were O-Acetylcolumbianetin, isoindigo, Nodakenetin, Marmesin, Diphencyprone. Conclusion: This study used network pharmacology and molecular docking methods to predict the potential active components, target genes, and signal pathways of the anti-inflammatory effect of AP, so as to provide a theoretical reference for the follow-up experimental research and clinical treatment of AP.


Log information indicative of a response operation performed by an agent belonging to a first line is stored in an agent state log, and a statistical-data accumulating unit calculates a total of handling time and a transfer probability included in the log information stored in the agent state log and stores the total of the accumulated handling time and transfer probability in a agent statistical data. An agent-state monitoring unit updates a transfer probability list in agent state data based on the total handling time and the transfer probability, and a routing engine unit estimates the number of agents to be needed in the future in a second line based on the transfer probability.


PURPOSE: To provide a reciprocating hydrogen-fuel engine of such constitution as to improve cycle heat efficiency by the use of high-temperature operating steam in a system utilizing a hydrogen-fuel engine and to sufficiently cope with average temperature around the combustion chamber of the engine by the use of constituent members made of ordinary metallic material. CONSTITUTION: This hydrogen-fuel engine is of a compound system of decelerating-synthesizing the output of a hydrogen/oxygen combustion reciprocating engine 3 or a reciprocating engine and the output of a turbine driven by the exhaust of the engine, and the hydrogen/oxygen combustion reciprocating engine 3 is formed being provided with three types of injection valves, that is, a liquid hydrogen injection valve 31, a liquid oxygen injection valve 32 and a water injection valve 33, a spark plug 34 and an exhaust valve 35 disposed at a cylinder head. This compound system is a closed cycle hydrogen-fuel engine system formed by connecting the hydrogen-fuel engine 3, a heat exchanger 5 and a condenser 6 by a closed circuit. COPYRIGHT: (C)1993,JPO&Japio


As newcomers, our ultimate goal is to primarily investigate the reproducibility of the – above referred – scientific paper; check the consistency of the outcome; validate its correctness and accuracy; and potentially challenge the ultimate conclusions by strictly following the original execution steps. The scope of the reproducing activity is defined as part of the Exercise 2 of the lecture "Experiment Design for Data Science" in 2021WS. The hypothesis of the original experiment was to prove that the self-developed SetRank -algorithm, a novel unsupervised model selection approach, significantly outperforms the current web or general domain search approaches for searching scientific literatures. Especially regarding entity-set queries modelling inter-entity relations and capturing entity type information. For the experiment, two predefined sets of data were used.


Peeling of a viscoelastic adhesive from a solid substrate poses a wonderful problem of polymer flow. When the adhesive is peeled, it is also stretched in a direction normal to the substrate. The concomitant Poisson contraction creates a pressure gradient and thus induces a shear flow in the adhesive close to the delamination front. Earlier it was pointed out that the strength of viscoelastic adhesion would decrease if the shear stress in the adhesive is relaxed by a slip process at the interface. Here we report experimental results which confirm that viscoelastic adhesives do indeed slip on segmentally mobile organic surfaces at and near the crack tip regions. Evidence of slip was obtained from the interfacial displacements of small fluorescent particles when the adhesive was peeled from various substrates. While on most surfaces the slip distances were about 1−2 μm, a large slip (13 μm) was observed on segmentally mobile tethered chains of polydimethylsiloxanes (silicones). On the latter surface, slippag...


Multicore platforms are pervasively deployed in many different sectors of industry. Hence, it is appealing to accelerate the execution through adapting the sequential programs to the underlying architecture to efficiently utilize the hardware resources, e.g., the multi-cores. However, the parallelization of legacy sequential programs remains a grand challenge due to the complexity of the program analysis and dynamics of the runtime environment. This paper focuses on parallelization planning in that the best parallelization candidates would be determined after the parallelism discovery in the target large sequential programs. In this endeavor, a genetic algorithm based method is deployed to help find an optimal solution considering different aspects from the task decomposition to solution evaluation while achieving the maximized speedup. We have experimented the proposed approach on industrial real time embedded application to reveal excellent speedup results.


The article analyses the candied fruit market in Ukraine and describes the main technological operations pertaining to processing of non-traditional candied products – celery and parsnip roots. Darkening of the roots surface caused by the enzyme oxidation is one of the problems arising when processing white roots, which leads to worse marketable condition of the product. To prevent darkening, the developed technology provides for soaking raw material in 1% citric acid solution immediately after peeling. To improve the diffusion and osmotic processes and to soften roots before boiling in sugar syrup, the steam blanching has been applied. The constructed Gantt diagram proves that the developed technology can shorten the candied fruit cooking period. The biochemical indicators of the obtained new products have been studied. It was established that the candied fruit possess the appropriate physical and chemical indicators and original organoleptic properties resulting in a demand by consumers. The results of the taste evaluation of the experimental specimen confirmed a high quality of the products.


On 7 February 2018, the Italian Competition Authority ("ICA") initiated an investigation against the major fixed and mobile operators (TIM S.p.A, Vodafone Italia S.p.A, Fastweb S.p.A and Wind Tre…


The Internet of Things (IoT) has transformed smart agriculture by increasing efficiency and lowering production costs in addition to boosting productivity and optimizing resource use. This article outlines the future of automation and emphasizes the possibilities of sensors and IoT in the field of greenhouse farming. Through a variety of sensors, the various parameters like humidity, pH and EC value, temperature, UV light intensity, and CO2 level are tracked in order to provide valuable insight into early fault detection and diagnosis. A growing computing technique to enhance and support cloud computing is called fog computing. Fog computing platforms include a number of features that enable delivery services to users more quickly and improve the Quality of Service (QoS) of IoT devices, such as being close to edge users, being an open platform, and supporting mobility. As a result, it is turning into a crucial strategy for user-centered IoT-based applications. The core operating system that directs and oversees all of the operations is a Decision Support System (DSS) in the Fog layer described in this article. The paper also discusses the various difficulties associated with greenhouse farming and spotlights a novel, smart, and sustainable IoT-Fog solution. This article's model is highly suited to the changing environment, redefining sustainability in the process.


In this paper, the matrices whose minors of a given order have the same sign are characterized in several ways. In particular, given an $n\times d$ matrix $A$ (with $n>d$), a criterion involving $(n-d)d+1$ minors to determine if all $d\times d$ minors of $A$ have the same strict sign is obtained. A test of $O(m^3)$ elementary operations (with $m=\max \{n-d,d\}$) to check if a given matrix satisfies these properties is also provided. Finally, these results are applied to improve the characterizations of alternating polytopes.


The dynamics of the O(3P)+C3O2→3CO reaction (ΔH° =−115 kcal/mole) has been investigated by means of a CO laser resonance absorption technique. The reaction mixtures consisted of NO2 and C3O2, with He or SF6 dilution. The O(3P) atom was generated by the flash photolysis of the NO2 above 300 nm. The three CO's formed in the reaction were found to carry vibrationally about 19% of the total available energy, with an apparent near statistical population distribution. The results of an 18O‐labeled experiment, however, indicate that the two CO's originating from the parent C3O2 molecule are vibrationally much colder (〈Ev〉? 4.2 kcal/mole) than that from the reaction of the O atom with the center C atom (〈Ev〉?15 kcal/mole). This result is attributed to the incomplete randomization of the reaction energy in the dissociating C3O3 complex. Possible reaction mechanisms are presented.


As time and the pressure of other veterinary duties permitted, an effort was made, over a period of several years, to examine as carefully as possible under the somewhat primitive conditions, every definite or suspected case of uitpeuloog in any species of animal with a view to collecting the maximum possible data. In due course the accumulated records were analysed to form the basis of this report.


The adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a symptom complex occurring as the pulmonary response to disease elsewhere in the host. Since the lung is capable of responding to injury in only limited ways, ARDS is seen as complicating the course of many disease processes.' Importantly, ARDS is but one of many examples of organ dysfunction that characterize disease processes such as systemic sepsis, pancreatitis, amniotic fluid embolism, and aspiration of liquid gastric contents, among others. Clinically, ARDS is charac:terized by (1) increased pulmonary extravascular fluid (pulmonary edema) of an exudative nature, due to increased permeability of the pulmonary microvascular bed to water and to solutes of increasing molecular weight;' (2) alterations in the normal ventilation-perfusion relationships within the lung, which cause both increased intrapulmonary shunting of blood (QJQJ and increased alveolar dead space (VJV, alveolar) ~ent i la t ion ;~ (3) alterations in pulmonary vasomotor reactivity leading to pulmonary hypertension on either a humoral or microembolic basis;4 and (4) a reduction in pulmonary compliance, or increased "stiffness" of the lung. Increased permeability of the microvasculature in ARDS associated with sepsis is not unique to the lung, since such patients also manifest a systemic microvascular leak of the large molecular weight solute a l b ~ m i n . ~ However, the change in conductance of the pulmonary microvascular membrane is the lesion most likely to create immediate and serious clinical concern. In addition to the change in permeability of the lung microvessels favoring active edemogenesis, alterations in the intravascular Starling forces, the microvascular hydrostatic pressure (PmV). and the microvascular colloid osmotic pressure (xmv) also influence the transvascular flux of both small and large molecular weight solutes in ARDS.6,7 Yet therapeutic changes in either the P,, and/or the x,, appear to be


The present application discloses for eliminating species having hysteresis process and a plasma doping apparatus of pixels in the pinned layer. The present invention relates to a kind of embodiment of the process, the process comprising the surface of the substrate above the photosensitive area, and a transfer gate over the surface at least over a sidewall of the transfer gate closest to the light sensitive area of the sacrificial layer is deposited , the sacrificial layer having a selected thickness. The photoresist layer is deposited over the sacrificial layer, the photoresist layer is patterned and etched to above in the photoactive region and the transfer gate at least partially exposed surface of said liner said bottom surface, leaving a sacrificial spacer on the sidewall of the transfer gate closest to the photosensitive region. Plasma-doping the substrate to form a pinned layer between the surface of the substrate and the photosensitive area. The pinned layer and the transfer gate spacing between the side walls generally corresponds to the thickness of the sacrificial spacer. The present invention disclosed and claimed other embodiments.


ABSTRA C T Aim. To verify that tensiomyography (TMG) is a reliable method for the non-invasive assessment of the contractile properties of muscles, independently of sensor position. Methods. TMG was used to assess radial displacement of the anterior rectus femoris in the dominant leg of 25 individuals (age: 25.7 ± 4.7 years). The measurements were taken in three positions; one position was mid-point while the other two were at a ±2 cm distance from the latter. The following parameters were measured: maximum radial displacement of the muscle belly (Dm), contraction time (Tc), reaction time (Td), contraction sustain time (Ts) and relaxation time (Tr). Results. Analysis of reproducibility yielded the following Cronbach alpha coefficients: 0.970, 0.920, 0.897, 0.976 and 0.984 for Tc, Dm, Td, Ts and Tr, respectively. Conclusions. TMG is shown to be a tool with a high degree of reproducibility for assessing the contractile properties of muscles. To ensure maximum reliability on repeated measurements, it is necessary to adhere closely to a measurement protocol in order to avoid altering the muscle response; in this respect, the positioning of the sensor and the complete relaxation of the muscle are two factors of fundamental


This study aims to evaluation of knowledge management processes including knowledge generation & acquisition, saving & organizing, dissemination & sharing and application in the public sector especially in police through a case study based investigation and identifies factors affecting for improvement them. The evaluation was examined through 423 questionnaires provided by in different police units (Criminal Investigation department, prevention, traffic ICT, Anti- narcotics and cyber) by using descriptive method. The Delphi technique was used to determine the key factors affecting for improvement the processes. The results of evaluation of processes showed, there are a gap between the current state and the desired state of knowledge management in all units. Delphi technique identifies 14 key factors for improvement knowledge management processes. This study is conducted based on gathered data from police units in Iran, but police units in other countries were not available, and were considered as a limitation of research.


Abstract In this paper, we investigate a class of Kirchhoff type problems in ℝ3{\mathbb{R}^{3}} involving a critical nonlinearity, namely, - ( 1 + b ∫ ℝ 3 | ∇ u | 2 d x ) △ u = λ f ( x ) u + | u | 4 u , u ∈ D 1 , 2 ( ℝ 3 ) , -\biggl{(}1+b\int_{\mathbb{R}^{3}}\lvert\nabla u|^{2}\,dx\biggr{)}\triangle u=% \lambda f(x)u+|u|^{4}u,\quad u\in D^{1,2}(\mathbb{R}^{3}), where b>0{b>0}, λ>λ1{\lambda>\lambda_{1}} and λ1{\lambda_{1}} is the principal eigenvalue of -△u=λf(x)u{-\triangle u=\lambda f(x)u}, u∈D1,2(ℝ3){u\in D^{1,2}(\mathbb{R}^{3})}. We prove that there exists δ>0{\delta>0} such that the above problem has at least two positive solutions for λ1<λ<λ1+δ{\lambda_{1}<\lambda<\lambda_{1}+\delta}. Furthermore, we obtain the existence of ground state solutions. Our tools are the Nehari manifold and the concentration compactness principle. This paper can be regarded as an extension of Naimen's work [21].


According to the strong coupling and nonlinear characteristics of the hypersonic vehicle model,we propose a gain-scheduled state-feedback-based robust control design method,which is based on polytopic LPV systems.Firstly,Jacobian linearization is used on several selected equilibrium points in the trajectory of the scheduling parameters to get the LPV models.Then the system matrix is discretized and stored into a tensor,and the reduced-rank tensor is reconstructed to obtain a finite number of LTI polytopic vertex systems by HOSVD approach.To reduce the conversation of controller design,slack variable matrix is introduced and different Lyapunov function matrix is used on each vertex.The designed polytopic-LPV-system-based control in the form of LMI can place all the system closed-loop poles in the required region and satisfy the H∞ performance.The numerical simulation results illustrate the validity of the proposed method.


An exponential intersite-dependence of the transfer integral in the Hubbard Hamiltonian together with U ≥ 3t in a quarter filled band lead to a separation of the 2kF and 4kF components of the Peierls transition. A phase diagram of the transition temperatures versus U/t can be constructed. The results for some physical properties such as the spin susceptibility can be favorably compared with experiment.


False information, of which the most dominant types in the current disinformation marketplace are fake news or disinformation, seems to be ubiquitous these days, with little certainty about how to solve the problems they bring. In this panel, we discuss a taxonomy of types of false information, which will help us better understand the phenomenon and how to address it. We note that simply restricting access to or censoring false information will likely be ineffective and counter to professional information ethics. Instead, the way forward is to promote and practice meaningful information literacy.


This study aims to prove empirically thst leverage, inventory intensity, fixed asset intensity, and political connections have an effect on tax aggressiveness. The population of this study are multinational companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange between 2017 and 2021. This survey relied on quantitative research and a variety of secondary data sources. In the population, there are 85 businesses. The sampling technique is 25 companies x 5 years = 125 financial report data from companies. In this case, the analytical method used is multiple linear regression analysis.
Testing outcomes of the multiple linear regression coefficients show that Leverage does not affect tax aggressiveness. Inventory intensity influences tax aggressiveness positively. The power of fixed assets has a positive effect on tax aggressiveness. The political connections have no bearing on tax evasion.

Keywords: Leverage, inventory intensity, fixed asset intensity, political connections, tax aggressiveness.


A method for reconfiguring a workstation for a single person in which the workstation for a single person includes a separate first and second leg element (12a, 12b) that form a first frame space (13) between them and a board assembly (14, 16, 18) where the board assembly (14, 16, 18) can be mounted between the leg elements (12a, 12b) in any of at least a first position with the board assembly located substantially within the frame space and a second position in which at least a part of the board assembly extends outside the frame space, the method comprising the steps of: with the board assembly initially in the first of the two positions, displacement of the board assembly from the first of the two positions to the second of the two positions; and fixing the board assembly in the second of the two positions with at least a part of the board assembly extending out of the frame space; wherein the workstation also includes a rail element that includes a first and a second end and that is mounted between the first and second leg element (12a, 12b), the rail element being movable with the assembly of board between the first and second position and supporting an edge of the board assembly.


BACKGROUND
An alternative approach to complete isolation of the posterior left atrium (LA), including all pulmonary veins (PVs), for treating atrial fibrillation (AF) is the Box isolation. However, it is sometimes difficult to confirm the conduction block within the linear lesion lines, so in the present study the efficacy of the Box isolation guided by noncontact mapping (NCM) was evaluated.

METHODS AND RESULTS
A total of 188 patients, 116 with paroxysmal, 48 with persistent and 24 with longstanding persistent AF, underwent the Box isolation using NCM system. The endpoint was defined as bi-directional conduction block in the posterior LA confirmed by an activation map using NCM during pacing inside and outside of the posterior LA. The induced atrial tachyarrhythmias and non-PV foci were also ablated using NCM. After 12+/-4 months of follow-up, 91% of the patients with paroxysmal AF, 73% of those with persistent AF and 46% with longstanding persistent AF were arrhythmia-free without drugs.

CONCLUSIONS
NCM is useful for defining complete Box isolation and detecting the conduction gaps, localizing non-PV foci, and analyzing the mechanism of atrial tachyarrhythmias. NCM-guided Box isolation is a feasible, safe and effective method of treating AF.


Abstract Pupuru and pupuru analogues are fermented, smoked food products usually produced from cassava or cassava substituted with a varying ratio of breadfruit. This study aims at determining and comparing the functional and pasting characteristics of pupuru and pupuru analogues with a view to expanding the utilization of breadfruit as pupuru analogue. The functional properties (water absorption capacity (%), swelling power (g/g), solubility (%)) and pasting characteristics were determined using standard methods. The results showed that the yield of the products ranged between 24.66 and 29.65%, and it was not affected by the amount of breadfruit substituted. The water absorption capacities of the pupuru and pupuru analogues ranged between 216.0 and 449.0%; this parameter increased with temperature increase. Both swelling power and solubility had a rapid increase from 80 °C to 90 °C. Pasting temperature ranged between 73.15 and 83.66 °C, with peak time between 4.58 and 5.33 min. The final viscosity ranged between 94.08 and 391.83 RVU, and it decreased with increase in breadfruit substitution. The study concluded that adding breadfruit to cassava in pupuru analogue production improved some of the functional and pasting properties of the product.


ABSTRACT In the guestworker system deployed in the Mauritian export factories, where migrants come to work on temporary contracts, employers and their labour brokers constantly need to hire new workers. And in this permanent renewal of the workforce, recruiters express their preferences for specific nationalities of employees and their disdain for others. Through in-depth interviews conducted with both employers and labour brokers, this contribution explores the production of a 'knowledge' on workers, a taxonomy that attributes certain qualities to certain people in the ranking of the 'best worker'. The article contends that racialised assumptions on work ethic are intimately combined with a logic of profit maximisation, both dimensions being mutually constitutive of taxonomies at work.


From a historical perspective, this paper analyzes the impact of the conflicts between Oxford University and Oxford City on both sides and its significance in the history of the university. Then the author discusses the implications of this case for our understanding of the interaction between universities and their communities.


We Categorize disabilities in different way, like Sensory Disabilities (VI, HI, Deaf-Blind), Neuro Developmental Disabilities (LD, MR (ID), ASD), and Loco motor&Multiple Disabilities (CP, MD). Children with Intellectual disability have more behavior problems due to limited cognitive abilities. These behaviors are not an age appropriate, socially not accepted, and which has adverse affect on learning experiences of children, e.g. rebellious behavior, odd behaviors, self injurious and other injurious, hyper active behavior, anti- social behavior, and some others. Because of maladaptive behaviors children with disabilities are not able to cope with their social life, emotional life, personal life and educational environment. To help out them from these problems we do Behavior Modification Programme which includes some strategies like Cognitive Behavior Modification, Meta Cognition, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, Averstve Techniques, Assertive behavior, ABC and Applied Behavior Analysts. Some other techniques also used for Behavior Modification like Positive and negative Reinforcement, time out, token economy, differential reinforcements, physical restraints, and other. If maladaptive behaviors are reduced, the children with disabilities able to perform activities at their potential level which is needed to live independently in their environment.


We entertain the idea that robust theoretical expectations can become a tool in removing hidden observational or data-reduction biases. We illustrate this approach for a specific problem associated with gravitational microlensing. Using the fact that a group is more than just a collection of individuals, we derive formulae for correcting the distribution of the dimensionless impact parameters of events, umin. We refer to the case when undetected biases in the umin distribution can be alleviated by multiplication of impact parameters of all events by a common constant factor. We show that in this case the general maximum likelihood problem of solving an infinite number of equations reduces to two constraints, and we find an analytic solution. Under the above assumptions, this solution represents a state in which the "entropy" of a microlensing ensemble is at its maximum; that is, the distribution of umin resembles a specific, theoretically expected, boxlike distribution to the highest possible extent. We also show that this technique does not allow one to correct the parameters of individual events on an event-by-event basis, independently from each other.


This paper makes the empirical analyzes on the human capital of Suzhou and Shenzhen by using the externality model, and advances some countermeasures for promoting the regional economic development.


Asymmetric cell divisions provide a universal means of generating different cell fates in the development of multi-cellular organisms. However, their role in patterning growing tissues is not well understood. Asymmetric cell divisions require tight regulation of their orientation and timing. The process is particularly important in plants where growth is symplastic. In this system the orientation of divisions determines neighbourhoods of cells, and the timing determines their area. Little is known about how growth, cell division and differentiation are integrated. Formation of stomata within the Arabidopsis leaf epidermis provides a physically accessible system to study cell divisions into a developing tissue. As development is a dynamic multi-scale process, we tracked plant growth at the tissue, cell and protein level by using time-lapse microscopy. The data captured was used to produce a descriptive model of the growing and dividing cells of the leaf. Descriptive rules were then replaced by mechanistic ones in a stepwise manner, recapitulating in vivo behaviour. The resulting model of asymmetric cell divisions made testable predictions, validated by further experiments. As a result, this thesis provides a plausible model of how patterning of the stomata might be achieved by asymmetric cell divisions and how this pattern can be integrated into the developing tissue.


Introduction: Resection of renal cell carcinoma liver metastases (RCCLM) is known to provide a good survival outcome. Simultaneous RCCLM resection with the primary tumor is commonly done in cases with direct extension of locally advanced RCC to liver parenchyma. Cases of safe simultaneous resection of liver and kidney in malignancy have not been reported before in Indonesia. Case Presentation: We aim to describe two cases of left-sided RCC with right-sided RCCLM who underwent simultaneous kidney and liver resection. Both patients had good short-term survival with no intra-operative and post-operative complications. Conclusion: Although simultaneous kidney and liver resection poses challenges of substantial morbidity, a safe surgical and multidisciplinary approach could be implemented in selected cases with a good surgical outcome.


Nodular melanomas are a common structural class of melanomas. Pedunculated melanomas constitute a rare and often aggressive variant of nodular melanoma. Pedunculated melanomas have often been grouped with other exophytic melanomas, not suspended from a free stalk, bringing controversy regarding staging and clinical management of such tumors. Due to the unique nature of pedunculated melanomas, we believe AJCC staging alone may not accurately reflect true prognosis. We present and discuss a case of pedunculated melanoma which exemplifies the key role that pathologic and genetic evaluation play in the current management of these challenging tumors.


Abstract This article approaches current constitutional conservatism in Europe, focusing on the limits of equality rights regimes. These frameworks, it is argued, provide little leverage for positive discrimination to become articulated, let alone for them to be implemented by public policies. Equality regimes are further disentangled by means of a multidimensional reading of legal orders: particular attention is devoted to international human rights law (IHRL) and European Jus Commune that may inspire shifts in constitutional thinking at domestic levels. In that sense, equality frameworks steadily open up towards an inclusive understanding of human rights based on the transformative forces of international law. A pluralistic idea of those subjected to such regimes will be embraced, hence developing a clearer conception of rights holder categories and ultimately peoples affected in daily practice, particularly minorities. A dedicated focus is placed on ethnic, cultural, religious and linguistic grounds. This may similarly concern intersectionalities and the complexities of overlapping grounds of discrimination. It is stressed that equality is best addressed by means of a multivariate approach to legal orders, their dynamics and ultimately virtuous effects of application.


Three nonlinear optical materials Cd4REO(BO3)3(RE = Sm, Eu, Tb) have been synthesized through high-temperature solid-state reactions. In their crystal structures, Cd(1)O8 and Cd(2)O6 polyhedra are interconnected via sharing edges and...


Reentrant flows as the typical characteristic of semiconductor manufacturing, create complex competition for limited resource capacity, resulting in heavy workload of some machines. In this way, some machines known as bottlenecks are over-loading while others are under-loading, which may deteriorate the overall performance of production line. Therefore, load balancing, i.e., adjusting the distribution of workload, should be considered to deal with dispatching rules for semiconductor wafer fabrication facility. As a result, a novel approach, namely Dynamic Dispatching Rule considering Load Balancing (DDRLB) is proposed. First, a load balancing prediction model is constructed for the proposed DDRLB. Then, the details of the DDRLB are demonstrated. At last, empirical studies have shown the advantages of DDRLB over ordinary dynamic dispatching rule (DDR).


Voices of the New Arab Public: Iraq, al-Jazeera, and Middle East Politics Today. By Marc Lynch. New York: Columbia University Press, 2006. 293p. $25.50 cloth, $18.50 paper. Marc Lynch provides a comprehensive overview of the historical rise of new Arab media and public spheres, in which Arabs attempt to break stereotypes and represent themselves, giving voice to views and ideas that are usually absent in both their state-controlled media and Western media. Building on Jürgen Habermas's (1992) The Structural Transformation of the Bourgeois Public Sphere, which traces the rise of the bourgeois public sphere in eighteenth-century Europe, Lynch examines whether Arab countries are developing liberal public spheres of information, debate, and consensus. Using Habermas, Lynch identifies progressive features of the new Arab public spheres, but also indicates limitations.


The title compound (C 27 H 27 CuN 5 OS) crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pbca with a = 11.1865(3)A, b = 13.2006(3)A, c = 34. 2304(1)A, V = 5054.75(2)A 3 , Z = 8, D cal = 1.401 Mg/m 3 at T = 293 K. The structure was solved by direct methods and refined by full-matrix least-squares procedures to final R = 0.066 and wR = 0.146 using 4445 observed reflections. The Cu(II) ion has the distorted square pyramidal geometry. The cyclohexane ring adopts chair conformation, whereas the six-membered ring containing Cu atom exhibits sofa conformation. The molecules in the crystal are stabilized by N-H...O type of intermolecular hydrogen bond networks in addition van der Waals forces.


Based on the thermodynamic theory, the dependence of sublimation energy of metal on temperature and pressure is discussed, and the results indicate that the sublimation energy decreases linearly with the increase of temperature and pressure. Combined with this result, the blow-off impulse of aluminum induced by pulsed X-ray is simulated by smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method. The numerical results show that, while the change of sublimation energy with temperature and pressure is considered, the blow-off impulse of aluminum is larger than the case that the sublimation energy is assumed to be a constant. Keywords—sublimation energy, blow-off impulse, pulsed X-ray, SPH method.


. In the paper, algorithms and programs of scienti(cid:12)c visualization carried out in the Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics, Russian Academy of Sciences (Ekaterinburg, Russia) are considered. The objective (cid:12)eld of these programs is the linear di(cid:11)erential games with (cid:12)xed terminal time, convex terminal payo(cid:11) and geometrical constraints on the player controls. The main element of the solution of a game (and the object for visualization) is the value function of the game de(cid:12)ned by a collection of its level sets. Also, it is useful to investigate (including visual approach) the singular surfaces of the game, that is the surfaces where the value function has some peculiarities. Screenshots of the programs and pictures of views produced by them are shown.


This work demonstrates that the well-known box conflguration comprising four inverter-coupled resonators is capable of realizing a dual-band fllter characteristic. A dual-band fllter is designed at 1GHz and subsequently implemented as a Combline microstrip fllter exhibiting measured frequency characteristics which closely matched the simulations.


To obtain long branched polybutylene succinate (PBS), modified PBSs were prepared by introducing a branching agent, trimethylol propane (TMP), to the polycondensation system of succinic acid and 1,4-butanediol. Molecular parameters such as absolute molecular weight and root-mean-square (RMS) radius of the modified PBSs were measured by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) with a multiangle laser light-scattering (MALLS) detector. The RMS radius of TMP05, PBS prepared by incorporating 0.5 wt % TMP during polycondensation, was the smallest of all PBSs tested at the same molecular weight. The notable shear thinning and much reduced loss tangent for TMP05 qualitatively supported the difference in their molecular structures predicted by GPC. The analytical results indicated that introducing 0.5 wt % TMP produced PBS with chain branches long enough to produce molecular entanglements. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 80: 1388–1394, 2001


The discussion of innovations on the Internet is increasingly focusing on the active role of customers and users. Especially in the development and improvement of digital products and services (such as software, information services or online trade), adapted to consumer demands, we observe an expansion of autonomous activities of customers and users. The division of labour between suppliers and users, producers and consumers is no longer definite. This also brings into question long standing and firmly established boundaries between employment which is still structured by the capitalist law of profit and a private world following other principles.


Background: Consumers are often unaware of the best means of disposing of unwanted medications. The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) recommends that unwanted medications be removed from the original container, mixed with an undesirable material, and disposed of in the trash. If followed, these guidelines should minimize environmental contamination, poisonings, and diversion that can result from improper medication disposal. ONDCP also recommends that consumers take advantage of medication collection programs in their communities. Objective: To describe the steps involved in implementing a medication disposal event in a managed care setting, report collection results, and describe lessons learned. Methods: A medication disposal event was organized and implemented at a health plan facility on Earth Day, April 22, 2009, to give consumers an opportunity to dispose of their expired or unused medications in a safe and environmentally appropriate manner. During the event, consumers were directed to drive to the facility and dispose of their medications without exiting their vehicles. Pharmacists, student pharmacists, health plan employees, and local police collaborated to collect and properly dispose of the medications after they were categorized and documented as controlled substances, noncontrolled substances, or hazardous waste pharmaceuticals. Educational materials explaining the proper and safe disposal of medications were distributed to all consumers. Results: The event resulted in the collection of a total of 41,601 units of medications weighing approximately 100 lbs. Of those medications, 96% were noncontrolled substances, 3% were controlled substances, and 1% were classified as hazardous waste pharmaceuticals. Conclusions: A medication disposal event can be implemented by pharmacists in collaboration with outside agencies to allow for appropriate disposal of medications, aiding in the prevention of drug diversion and environmental contamination. A stepwise approach was outlined allowing for the event to be replicated in a community setting.


1. Consumption by the productive classes, consisting of (a) spending for necessaries by labourers; (b) spending for necessaries, conveniences, and luxuries by capitalists. 2. Investment spending (chiefly by capitalists), composed of (a) circulating capital inputs, mainly necessaries contained in the wages fund; (b) fixed capital inputs. 3. Spending by unproductive consumers, largely for conveniences, luxuries, and non-material personal services, that is, by (a) private persons out of rentier incomes (e.g., rents and interest income on the public debt); (b) government out of public funds raised through taxation or borrowing. 4. Foreign demand.l


Soccer simulation is a ground where one can utilize theoretical concepts of Artificial Intelligence in a practical field. Majority of teams participating in this international league give their complete attention to enhance high level and more common actions through a learning process. In this paper we employ several methods of machine learning to improve functionalities that has received less attention in the past years. We propose four AI based algorithms to improve the shooting skill of the agent, increase probability of scoring a goal from corner kicks and accelerate the body dribble action of an offensive agent.


Web Usability deals with user friendliness and the utilization of web-sites. Good usability contributes to user satisfaction and thus strongly affects a web-site's success. Various methods to test the usability of web-sites are being introduced.


SnO<inf>2</inf> and SnO<inf>2</inf>:Zn2+ ultrathin nanowires (NWs) with diameter of ∼5nm were synthesized in a simple solvothermal method, which were chrateriaed by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy and infrared spectra. The obtained NWs showed tetragonal phase rutile structure with organic surfactants on their surfaces. UV-visible diffuse reflection spectra of the prepared SnO<inf>2</inf>:Zn2+ NWs indicated the absorption in the visible region, presumably because of changes in its local environment by the doping of the Zn2+. Their photocatalytic activities are determined by Rhodamine B degradation under visible light irradiation (λ ≫ 400 nm). It is found that SnO<inf>2</inf>:Zn2+ NWs performed much higher photocatalytic activities than SnO<inf>2</inf> NWs.


The high growth temperature of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) hinders their direct assembly on temperature-sensitive substrates. We present a method to transfer an aligned CNT film at room temperature to overcome this problem. Using a 'liftoff' technique with hydrofluoric acid solution, we separate the aligned CNT film from the silicon substrate. The lifted-off CNT film is suspended in water, remaining intact and aligned due to the crowding effect. We then transfer the suspended film to various substrates that are sensitive to high temperature. To illustrate the quality of the transferred CNT film, we demonstrate that the thermal interface resistance of the transferred CNT film is comparable with that of as-grown CNT film. This transfer process can be extended to many microelectronics applications, such as field emission devices, integrated circuit interconnects and sensors, requiring processing temperatures not compatible with CNT growth.


Study Design. A retrospective clinical review. Objective. To review the use of modern instrumentation of the spine for congenital spinal deformities. Summary of Background Data. Spinal instrumentation has evolved since the advent of the Harrington rod. There is a paucity of literature, which discusses the use of modern spinal instrumentation in congenital spine deformity cases. This review focuses on modern instrumentation techniques for congenital scoliosis and kyphosis. Methods. A systematic review was performed of the literature to discuss spinal implant use for congenital deformities. Results. Spinal instrumentation may be safely and effectively used in cases of congenital spinal deformity. Conclusion. Spinal surgeons taking care of children with congenital spine deformities need to be trained in all aspects of modern spinal instrumentation.


We show that the max-Rains information of a quantum channel is an efficiently computable, single-letter strong converse upper bound for transmitting quantum information over quantum channels when assisted by positive-partial-transpose (PPT) preserving channels between every use of the channel. This includes in particular the quantum capacity with local operations and classical communication (LOCC) assistance. For our proof we make use of the amortized entanglement of quantum channels, which is defined as the largest net amount of entanglement that can be generated if the sender and receiver are allowed to share an arbitrary state before using the channel. Our main technical result is that amortization does not enhance the entanglement of quantum channels when entanglement is quantified by the max-Rains relative entropy. We prove this statement by employing semi-definite programming (SDP) duality and SDP formulations for the max-Rains relative entropy and the channel's max-Rains information, found recently in [Wang et al., arXiv:1709.00200].


Retracing behavior of phase matching has been observed in the generation of infrared radiation (1.25–1.85 μm) by both type‐I angle‐tuned and temperature‐tuned difference frequency mixing of a Nd:YAG laser (1064 nm) with its second‐harmonic pumped dye laser (570–675 nm) in lithium triborate crystal. Large spectral acceptance of 49 nm at spectral noncritical phase‐matching point and angular acceptance of 4.0° at angular noncritical phase‐matching point has been obtained.


Brown planthopper (BPH), Nilaparvata lugens (Stal) is a major insect pest of rice in Bangladesh. Nutrient management in rice received little attention on BPH population. The present study evaluated the consequences of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) application on population build up and weight of BPH in the laboratory and net-house at Entomology Division, Bangladesh Rice Research Institute. Three levels of soil nitrogen (0, 100, 200 kg N ha -1 ), phosphorus (0, 20, 40 kg P 2 O 5 ha -1 ) and potassium (0, 60, 120 kg K 2 O ha -1 ) were compared for individual and combined effects. Interactions of N, P and K demonstrated no significant effect on population growth and weight of BPH. However, interaction of N and P showed significant effect on population growth of BPH. Fertilization with nitrogen increased population and dry weight of BPH. Phosphorus fertilization markedly increased the population growth while high potassium application decreased population build up and dry weight of BPH. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/brj.v17i1-2.20900 Bangladesh Rice j. 2013, 17(1&2): 38-48


Production rates are calculated for heavy unstable particles emitted in extremely energetic nucleonnucleon collisions. Calculations are carried out within the framework of the Fermi-Landau thermodynamic theory, taking into account the conservation of T/, N, and the isobaric parity. The calculated production rates do not contradict present experimental results. A qualitative argument is proposed to resclve the possible contradiction with the energy distribution, deduced from experiments on extensive air showers. (auth)


In this paper, a reinforce concrete inner supporting of tunnel working well is taken as the research object. Based on the result of field monitoring and numerical simulation, the change rules of axial force of inner-supporting are analyzed. By the method of field monitoring, the force condition of reinforced concrete inner-supporting can be understand. By the method of numerical simulation, the finite element model of reinforced concrete inner-supporting can be modeled by ABAQUS. The results show that, the error of measured values and design values is caused by the sensitivity of vibrating wire sensor, temperature and the shrinkage of concrete. This paper can provide a reference for similar measurement projects, whose measured values much larger than design values.


We demonstrate a new approach minimizing the total ofthe static and the dynamic power dissipation components in aCMOS logic network required to operate at a specified clockfrequency using joint optimization of both device and circuitdesigns for a specific logic schematic and activity profile.We present a new approach to designing ultra low-powerCMOS logic circuits by joint optimization of supply voltage,threshold voltage and device widths for a specified speedconstraints.The static (leakage) and dynamic (switching)energy components are considered and an efficient heuristicis developed that delivers over an order of magnitude savingsin power over conventional optimization methods.


A pioneer and visionary, Georges Giralt, passed away in February 2013 at the age of 82. Giralt was one of the founders of the robotics and automation discipline in France and Europe and one of its worldwide historical pillars. He contributed to its establishment as a field on its own.


In this paper, we describe the development of a transparent polymeric microfluidic on-line culture system with integrated microelectrode arrays and a Peltier heater. The system can be operated without a CO2 incubator and placed on a microscope stage, facilitating simultaneous electrochemical and optical/fluorescence microscopic real-time monitoring of cellular processes. The function of the system is demonstrated through monitoring of proliferation and dopamine exocytosis function of rat pheochromocytoma (PC12) cells and human neuronal stem cells using impedance spectroscopy, amperometry and optical/fluorescence microscopy. Additionally, the growth of brain slices from mouse and integration of implanted neuronal stem cells was monitored.


The relation between Josephson junctions and superconducting single charge junctions which have ultra-small capacitance (-0.5fF) can be understood by the quantum mechanical conjugate between flux (@) and charge (Q). We have fabricated superconducting loop with superconducting single charge transistors and measured its current-voltage (I-n characteristics at low temperature (-50mK). In this geometry we find that both magnetic flux @, and gate voltage Vs, modulate the .I-Vcurve, which shows the superconducting phase coherence exists to some extent in our device.


A 1.4 GHz solar radio burst associated with a 3B/X6 eruptive flare on 2006 December 6 had the highest peak flux density (∼106 sfu) of any event yet recorded at this frequency. The decimetric event characteristics during the brightest emission phase (numerous intense, short-lived, narrow-band bursts that overlapped to form a continuous spectrum) suggest electron cyclotron maser (ECM) emission. The peak 1.4 GHz emission did not occur during the flare impulsive phase but rather ∼45 minutes later, in association with post-eruption loop activity seen in Hα and by the Hinode EUV Imaging Spectrometer. During the Waves/LASCO era, three other delayed bursts with peak intensities >105 sfu in the 1.0–1.6 GHz (L-band) frequency range have been reported that appear to have characteristics similar to the December 6 burst. In each of these three cases, high-frequency type IV bursts were reported in a range from ∼150 to ∼1500 MHz. Assuming a common ECM emission mechanism across this frequency range implies a broad span of source heights in the associated post-eruption loop systems. Difficulties with an ECM interpretation for these events include the generation of the lower frequency component of the type IVs and the long-standing problem of escape of the ECM emission from the loops. Magnetic-field-aligned potential drops, analogous to those observed for Earth's auroral kilometric radiation, could plausibly remove both of these objections to ECM emission.


With regard to the nuclear phase-out in Germany preserving competence in nuclear technology is a major challenge. This presentation explains how BAM addresses this issue within its specific tasks, expertise and long term experience on nuclear waste package design testing and safety evaluation.


This paper presents a time-variant coverage mechanism,proactive coverage.In proactive coverage,all sensor nodes work in lower power surveillance manner which can detect target intrusion with high probability to save energy when the target flow doesn't arrive.As soon as the target flow arrives,sensor nodes are awakened to build a local high quality coverage networks to sense intervening targets.When target flow leaves the target field,sensor nodes converge to a quiet surveillance state.Proactive coverage is more energy efficient than static area coverage,higher sensing quality than event-driven coverage.This paper analyzes preliminary problems in proactive coverage and finds theoretic results on initial detecting delay,awaking nodes strategy and active sensing duration.Numeric results from simulation reveal that initial detecting delay in proactive coverage is trivial.Compared with static area coverage,this coverage mechanism for an adequate scale target flow(above 30 targets) can prolong the network's lifetime to near 4~7 times.


This study aimed to elucidate the revision rate, time to revision, and factors associated with revision of endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) in Taiwan.


This presentation will survey several major technologies developed at JPL, which have reached maturity for product development and deployment in service of PL's space flight missions. The discussion will include the "Mission Data System", a unified architecture and reliable software framework for autonomous closed-loop control which is base lined to fly on the Mars Science Laboratory mission; "Fault Detection and Isolation" technology for hard real-time diagnostics and interpretation of system state; and the "Common Automation Engine", a diagnostics, reasoning and controlling component used for selecting, executing and monitoring system commands as well as replanning recovery scenarios. All three technologies are targeted for automation of planning, command, monitoring, and control automation of JPL's worldwide Deep Space Network. These technologies, while developed for our space and ground systems applications, have substantial applicability and relevance to manufacturing and commercial products.


The acquisition and evaluation of new technologies is critical to the development of a timely IT strategy. We report the findings of a four round Delphi study designed to elicit a cohesive set of issues that affect an IT executive's decision to adopt an emerging IT into corporate IT strategy. Based on the results, we present the Emerging Information Technology Evaluation Model, which IT executives and academicians can use to support a strategic adoption decision.


In the article,the G.723.1 dual rate codec algorithm and the features of LSI403LP(LSI Logic) are introduced at first.The G.723.1 algorithm is then optimized based on the fact that the C code of the Recommendation is deeply analyzed.Then this algorithm is realized on LSI403LP.The results indicate that the lower algorithm time complexity and satisfied synthetic speech quality are received.


Dopamine-β-hydroxylase (DβH) is a copper-containing enzyme that uses molecular oxygen and ascorbate to catalyze the addition of a hydroxyl group on the β-carbon of dopamine to form norepinephrine. While norepinephrine causes vasoconstriction following reflex sympathetic stimulation, nitric oxide (NO) formation results in vasodilatation via a guanylyl cyclase-dependent mechanism. In this report, we investigated the relationship between NO and DβH enzymatic activity. In the initial in vitroexperiments, the activity of purified DβH was inhibited by the NO donor, diethylamine/NO (DEA/NO), with an IC50 of 1 mm. The inclusion of either azide or GSH partially restored DβH activity, suggesting the involvement of the reactive nitrogen oxide species, N2O3. Treatment of human neuroblastoma cells (SK-N-MC) with diethylamine/NO decreased cellular DβH activity without affecting their growth rate and was augmented by the depletion of intracellular GSH. Co-culture of the SK-N-MC cells with interferon-γ and lipopolysaccharide-activated macrophages, which release NO, also reduced the DβH activity in the neuroblastoma cells. Our results are consistent with the hypothesis that nitrosative stress, mediated by N2O3, can result in the inhibition of norepinephrine biosynthesis and may contribute to the regulation of neurotransmission and vasodilatation.


Industrial processes often contain nonlinear mechanical loads driven by electrical drives. PI and PID controllers, widely used in industrial drives, may not give satisfactory results for some nonlinear loads since they are linear controllers. Adaptive, robust and intelligent nonlinear control methods are attracting considerable attention to design a good controller for these nonlinear mechanical loads. As far as research is concerned, it is not practical to have different kinds of linear or nonlinear mechanical loads in the laboratory. The solution is to have a programmable load emulator (dynamometer) to provide realistic nonlinear loads for the experimental validation of advanced control techniques in the laboratory. This paper describes a dynamometer control strategy in which the emulation preserves the dynamic structure of a desired load model so that the emulation can be used in closed loop control. Experimental results of the closed loop control of some nonlinear loads are presented. Computer simulation results are also provided for comparison purposes to show the performance of the proposed load emulation method.


One of the great problems that at the moment are debate is the vulnerability of the mexican childhood, thats because they are part of a group, when being in a process of formation and development, it maintains a relation of greater dependency with other people, what implies frequents violations of its rights, little visible in relation to other groups of the population. The situation of million children worsens when the parents live in conditions of marginalization and poverty, because the children acquire responsibilities that are not of them, resigning to means and resources necessary to increase its future opportunities like the education. Nevertheless, the constitutional reform in human rights, can constitute, in the medium term, a powerful a referring protection of the people's rights, among them, the children rights.


The effect of different substituents of quercetin and luteolin on the ability to inhibit the herpes simplex virus (HSV-1) replication in RK-13 cells was studied. It seems that parent compounds with free hydroxyl groups at C-5, C-7, C-3', C-4' and additionally at C-3 have the highest activity. Substitution of those groups caused decrease of or completely abolished the antiviral activity of the tested compounds.


ABSTRACT Research Findings: This study investigates the ideal and realistic second-child fertility willingness of Chinese parents and the associated factors. Altogether 4,510 Chinese parents of only-child (ages 3–6 years) were sampled and surveyed online. The descriptive and logistic regression analyses indicated that: (1) about 74.1% of the parents were ideally willing to have two children and preferred a female second-child, but less than one-third of them reported having definite fertility intentions and plans; (2) the ideal pattern of second-child fertility willingness was positively associated with family income, whereas a V-shaped relationship was found between fertility intentions and plans and family income levels after realistic consideration; (3) the child-rearing pressure has caused a gap between the ideal and realistic perspectives of fertility willingness, with parental fertility beginning to transition toward a contemporary individual preference-centered orientation. Practice or Policy: The findings imply that policy attention should be paid to the pressure and needs of family fertility by linking fertility policies with providing adequate support to parents.


This article presents the results of a medieval pottery analysis from Gutstejn
Castle (District of Tachov). The medieval pottery was obtained during archaeological
excavations in the years 1997–2001. The proposed chronological model, which provides
the basis for further pottery research, was created based on analogical pottery assemblages
from adjacent regions. The model is verified (by statistic methods) and refers to the historical
context of the site. Further comparison to other sites suggests production-distribution
linkages to this part of West Bohemia, which was a sparsely settled region in the Middle
Ages.


Summary Many brachyuran megalopae swim with the legs disposed in a curious manner. The chelipeds and first two pairs of walking legs are folded tightly beneath the body, while the two posterior pairs are wrapped over the dorsum, the third pair being stretched out anteriorly, the dactylus, according to its length, touching or being looped round the eye-stalk. It is suggested that this posture gives stream-lining to the megalopa and improves its swimming. The described arrangement has been observed in all but three of some twenty-five species occurring at Plymouth. In the three exceptions, Corystes cassivelaunus, Thia polita and Pinnotheres pinnotheres (= veterum), all legs are carried folded beneath the body. Reference is made to previous descriptions of the folding of the legs in the brachyuran megalopa.


Previous research has debated the presence of a culture war in American politics and the relationship to party polarization, but it has largely missed the connections between the public and institutional actors. I analyze a conspicuous context for the institutional manifestation of culture war politics, the Senate Judiciary Committee. I hypothesize a conditional constituency connection between conservative Christians and committee membership. I find consistent evidence that the percentage of conservative Christian constituents, when interacted with party, affects Judiciary Committee assignment, especially since 1980. This effect remains in the presence of institutional, constituent, and personal controls. These findings lend support for the particularized effects of culture war politics and shed insight into the dynamics of partisan polarization.


This paper reviews the main aspects of the de- sign, fabrication and characterization of GaAs Gunn diodes intended to be used in advanced driver assistance systems. The corresponding Gunn diode based oscillators operate at the mi- crowave frequency of 77 GHz and deliver an output power up to 19.2 dBm (83.2 mW). To fulfill the high demands of the au- tomotive industry, temperature stability and a high grade of frequency purity, the Gunn diode structure includes a hot elec- tron injector. This is based on the heteroepitaxy of a graded gap AlxGa1−xAs layer and an adjacent thin highly doped GaAs layer. The hot electron injector properties are investigated using dc and rf electrical measurements, including the temperature in- fluence as well. Specific production related data of the cavity oscillators using our Gunn diodes are presented. New alterna- tives, such as the resonant tunneling emitter as a hot electron injector and the Gunn diode based MMIC as oscillator, are introduced.


In order to reduce the air pollution caused by automobile exhaust emissions, the proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) is more and more widely used in automobile field. While the durability is an important reason hindering the development of fuel cell. In order to popularize the use of PEMFC, it is important to improve durability and prolong service life of PEMFC. Based on the working mechanism of PEMFC and the analysis of durability test conditions, methods and health indicators, this paper compares the durability test data of fuel cells under three different working conditions, analyzes the influence of different working conditions on performance degradation of fuel cells, and discusses the reasons for different performance degradation laws. Finally, the advantages and disadvantages of fuel cell life prediction algorithms are summarized.


The effects of nitrogen levels of protein supplements were evaluated on the concentrations of ammonical nitrogen (N-NH3), volatile fatty acids (VFA's) concentrations and pH in beef cattle grazing Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu. The microbial protein synthesis, ruminal undegradable protein (RUP) and endogenous crude protein (ECP) and their contributions to the pool of metabolizable protein (MP). Four Nelore steer, 395 ± 9 kg, fitted with ruminal cannulas, were used to evaluate ruminal parameters, degradability, ruminal kinetics and microbial synthesis in a 4 ×4 Latin square design. The animals were supplied with 400g/head/day of supplements containing 30, 40, and 50% crude protein (CP) for comparison with a control group without protein supplementation (C). The animals grazed Brachiaria brizantha cv Marandu, distributed in four one-hectare paddocks where the supplements were offered and the orts removed daily. The N-NH3 levels in the animals that received 50% CP were higher than those observed in animals receiving 40% CP and C, but were similar to the levels observed in the animals supplemented with 30% CP. The VFA concentrations in the group supplemented with 30% PB were higher than the control treatment (C) and similar to those obtained with 40 and 50% CP supplementation. The pH did not differ among the groups. The microbial synthesis and RUP were greater for the animals that received protein supplementation compared to the control treatment.


Korean traditional classical music is the type of music unique to Korea, which differs from Western music. However, pansori or other types of Korean traditional classical music have been performed in multipurpose halls or concert halls, which are based on performance of Western music, and the need for performance halls appropriate for Korean traditional classical music performance has been suggested. In addition, the failure to conduct systematic research on the types of Korean traditional classical music performance halls, the visibility range, and the viewing angle has led to lots of difficulties with design, construction, and remodeling of the halls. From this perspective, this study aimed to examine the plans and conditions for six Korean traditional classical music performance halls and analyze the visibility range and the viewing angle. The data from this study are expected to be useful to design and remodel a Korean traditional classical music performance hall.


Previous investigations have demonstrated that cross correlation of turbulence pressures and radiated acoustic pressures can be an effective technique for locating the sources of aerodynamic noise generation. Experiments were conducted using a speaker as a sound source in the NASA Ames 40×80 ft wind tunnel to determine the feasibility of using the cross‐correlation technique during wind tunnel tests of flight vehicles. By using special directional acoustic microphones located 2 to 40 ft from the source, the degrading effects of wind‐tunnel reverberation and background noise upon the cross‐correlation data were largely alleviated.


It is a theorem of Bando that if g(t) is a solution to the Ricci flow on a compact manifold M, then (M, g(t)) is real‐analytic for each t > 0. In this note, we extend his result to smooth solutions on open domains U ⊂ M.


For a finite group $G$ with a normal subgroup $H$, the normal subgroup based power graph of $G$, denoted by $\Gamma_H(G)$ whose vertex set $V(\Gamma_H(G))=(G\setminus H)\bigcup \{e\}$ and two vertices $a$ and $b$ are edge connected if $aH=b^mH$ or $bH=a^nH$ for some $m, n \in \mathbb{N}$. In this paper we obtain some fundamental characterizations of the normal subgroup based power graph. We show some relation between the graph $\Gamma_H(G)$ and the power graph $\Gamma(\frac{G}{H})$. We show that $\Gamma_H(G)$ is complete if and only of $\frac{G}{H}$ is cyclic group of order $1$ or $p^m$, where $p$ is prime number and $m\in \mathbb{N}$. $\Gamma_H(G)$ is planar if and only if $|H|=2$ or $3$ and $\frac{G}{H}\cong \mathbb{Z}_2\times \mathbb{Z}_2 \times \cdots \times \mathbb{Z}_2$. Also $\Gamma_H(G)$ is Eulerian if and only if $|G|\equiv |H|$ mod$ 2$.


This article presents an inset-fed wideband simple rectangular microstrip patch antenna (RMPA) for Sub-6 GHz 5G application. The volume of the studied antenna is 40× 40× 1.575mm3 having a partial ground plane. Rogers RT 5880 is exercised as a dielectric layer. The operating band of the proposed inset-fed RMPA ranges from 3.6959GHz to 6.8939 GHz covering the partial N77/N78 band and fully N79 for sub-6 GHz. The proposed inset-fed RMPA allows operating as a wideband antenna with an excellent return loss of -33.235dB, a good efficiency (74.95%), and VSWR (1.0446). At resonance point 5.11, the gain and directivity are 3.342 dB and 4.894 dBi respectively. All the results areestimated by using the CSTMWS suite simulation tool.


The design and construction of a 1:12 scale prestressed concrete spine beam model of an elevated highway intersection is described. The model represents a four-lane carriageway bifurcating into three-and two-lane spans, and is of typical single and double box girder construction, incorporating large side cantilevers. The bridge, highly curved in plan, is continuous over three central supports and torsionally restrained at three outer supports. The strain history during prestressing and the accuracy of the data are discussed. A total of over 1000 electical resistance strain gauges, linear displacement transducers and dial gauges were used to provide details of the state of strain, reactions and prestress force at all stages. (Author/TRRL)


During the period of construction,different axial compression ratio and load applied to the framework and shear wall result in the difference on vertical deformation between structural members,that is,column and shear wall.And then the difference imposes a great effect on the internal force of beams and columns in framework-shear wall structure.In addition,the existence of creep and shrinkage of concrete makes things still worse.In this paper,FEM method was adopted to analyze the effect of construction procedure and shrinkage and creep of concrete on the vertical deformation and internal force of a high building of framework-shear wall structure and some conclusion which can act as useful theory evidence during the structural design and analysis of high building were drawn.


After1781,as a result of "afterwards disposal" by the Qing Government,the Sala people ended their glorious days they had enjoyed in the Yuan and Ming dynasties.The government further strengthened the administration and control on local society.What's worse,under the oppression of national power,the traditional social structure of the Sala people was force to be reshuffled.These assimilating policies did not really alleviate the hatred between the Sala people and the government;instead,they plucked up the courage of the Sala people to fight for their independence.The revolts afterwards testified to the general law "where there is oppression,there is struggle".


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Information, Diversification, and Cost of Capital We study the pricing implications of information in a noisy rational expectations model with a factor structure for multi-asset payoffs. There are two classes of price taking investors in our model; informed investors who receive private signals on asset payoffs, and uninformed investors who draw imperfect inferences about those signals from prices. We solve the equilibrium explicitly. We show that only information about systematic factors matters in determining asset risk premiums when the number of the risky assets is large. Idiosyncratic risk as well as the asymmetric information risk associated with idiosyncratic factors is fully diversifiable.


Marine seismic surVeying vessels in operation have reported slowly-varying motions in the depth of their towed recording (streamer) cables. Full-scale measurement data have revealed that minor fluctuations in the course ef the seismic vessel are capable of forcing the towed in-sea hardware in longitudinal and transverse directions. Deviations from the specified target depth of towed seismic cables may give rise to uncertainties and errors in geophysical measurements as well as causing coverage problems due to irregular horizontal movements of the cables. Thus, the operational effi-ciency of this kind of nautical operation may be negatively affected. The interactien between transverse (depth) and longitudinal motiens has been argued to take place at the location of the depth-control devices that are mounted along the streamer cables.


This project describes an investigation of the use of laser based tomography in the measurement of concentration profile of flowing particles. The main purpose
is to investigate the use of an optical tomography method for on-line monitoring of particles. The novelty of this method is that it can be used to provide cross-sectional
image of material distribution i.e. the concentration profile. This image is formed by reconstruction of data obtained from the array of sensors. Images of the flow
captured using optical sensors are digitized into a form suitable for computer processing of the flow pictures. The advantages of this method is that it is cheaper
and safer than most of the current methods which mostly made use of radioactive methods. Various process industries such as petroleum and food processing can
benefit from such invention to improve their products and reduce the amount of wastage. Laser diode was used as the light source and photodiode are used as the
receiving sensor in this project. The laser beam will be passed through the cross sectional area of the conveyer pipe and the emitted light will strike the photodiode
located across the pipe. Besides the hardware, this project will include the use of user friendly, Visual Basic program to visualize the concentration profile of the flowing particles.


Observations of Secondary Organic Aerosol Production and Soot Aging under Atmospheric Conditions Using a Novel Environmental Aerosol Chamber. (December 2010) Crystal Chanea Glen, B.S., Texas A&M University Chair of Advisory Committee: Dr. Donald R. Collins Secondary organic aerosols (SOA) comprise a substantial fraction of the total global aerosol budget. While laboratory studies involving smog chambers have advanced our understanding of the formation mechanisms responsible for SOA, our knowledge of the processes leading to SOA production under ambient gaseous and particulate concentrations as well as the impact these aerosol types have on climate is poorly understood. Although the majority of atmospheric aerosols scatter radiation either directly or indirectly by serving as cloud condensation nuclei, soot is thought to have a significant warming effect through absorption. Like inorganic salts, soot may undergo atmospheric transformation through the vapor condensation of non-volatile gaseous species which will alter both its chemical and physical properties. Typical smog chamber studies investigating the formation and growth of SOA as well as the soot aging process are temporally limited by the initial gaseous concentrations injected into the chamber environment. Furthermore, data interpretation from such experiments is generally restricted to the singular gaseous species under investigation. This dissertation discusses


To explore the short‐term vascular and structural changes of type 3 neovascularization using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT‐A) when treated with a combination of photodynamic therapy (PDT) and intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB), and to evaluate the course of different sequences of the combined therapies.