Abstract.  A cladistic analysis of the Polysphincta genus‐group (= the 'Polysphinctini' of authors), a clade of koinobiont ectoparasitoids of spiders, was undertaken using ninety‐six characters for seventy‐seven taxa (sixty‐five ingroup and twelve outgroup). The genus‐group is monophyletic, nested within the Ephialtini as (Iseropus (Gregopimpla (Tromatobia ((Zaglyptus + Clistopyga) + (Polysphincta genus‐group))))). Within the Polysphincta genus‐group, the clade (Piogaster + Inbioia) is sister‐lineage to all other genera. The cosmopolitan genus Zabrachypus is nonmonophyletic, and has been subdivided into a monophyletic Nearctic/Western Palaearctic Zabrachypus s.str. and an Eastern Palaearctic Brachyzapusgen.n., comprising B. nikkoensis (Uchida) comb.n., B. tenuiabdominalis (Uchida) comb.n. and B. unicarinatus (Uchida & Momoi) comb.n. An Afrotropical species placed in Zabrachypus, Z. curvicauda (Seyrig), belongs to Schizopygacomb.n. The monophyly of the cosmopolitan genus Dreisbachia is equivocal, and we consider that species assigned to it are best placed in an expanded Schizopyga (syn.n.). The monobasic Afrotropical genus Afrosphincta is also a synonym of Schizopyga (syn.n.). The newly delimited Schizopyga is the sister‐lineage of Brachyzapus, and these two genera form the sister‐lineage of Zabrachypus s.str. as the monophyletic clade (Zabrachypus + (Schizopyga + Brachyzapus)). The Holarctic genus Sinarachna is monophyletic if the Palaearctic species S. anomala (Holmgren) is excluded and transferred to Zatypotacomb.n. The European species Polysphincta nielseni Roman belongs to the Palaearctic genus Reclinervellus, and (Reclinervellus + Sinarachna) is the sister‐lineage to a monophyletic group of undescribed Asian species herein assigned to a new genus, Chabliseagen.n. All remaining polysphinctine genera form a strongly monophyletic clade, the Polysphincta clade, although the relationship between this clade and the Chablisea and Zabrachypus clades remains an unresolved trichotomy. The Polysphincta clade comprises three lineages as an unresolved trichotomy, a monophyletic Oxyrrhexis, a major group ('Polysphincta' (Ticapimpla (Acrotaphus + Hymenoepimecis))) and an Acrodactyla lineage. In the second group, 'Polysphincta' is paraphyletic with respect to the other three genera. However, we retain 'Polysphincta' as a genus because few species of this very large genus were included in our analysis. We suspect that, when the tropical fauna is better known, it will be possible to subdivide 'Polysphincta' into two or more monophyletic taxa. In the third lineage, the Acrodactyla lineage, the Holarctic genus Acrodactyla is monophyletic if the European species A. madida (Haliday) is excluded. Consequently, we erect a new genus Megaetairagen.n. for this species. The monobasic Afrotropical genus Pterinopus is the sister‐lineage to the cosmopolitan genus Eruga. The very large cosmopolitan genus Zatypota seems to be monophyletic if two New World species, Z. parva (Cresson) and Z. gerardoi Gauld, Ugalde & Hanson, are transferred to Flacopimplacomb.n. The expanded Flacopimpla is the sister‐group to the Indo‐Australian genus Eriostethus, and these two in turn form the sister‐group to (Zatypota + Longitibia). This complex forms an unresolved tetrachotomy with (Pterinopus + Eruga), Acropimpla and Megaetaira. Formal descriptions of all genera are included, together with an illustrated key to the genera. Brief notes are given about the recorded hosts of each genus.


The purpose of this study was to: (a) identify a range of exercise intensity in which an attentional focus strategy is and is no longer effective as a cognitive manipulation and (b) investigate the effect of an attentional dissociative and attentional associative cognitive strategy on affective responses during graded cycle ergometer exercise. Thirty-four participants (17 men, 17 women), who met the criteria for involvement, underwent an initial familiarization trial and three subsequent experimental trials on separate days, approximately one week apart. During the familiarization trial, participants were given an explanation of the procedures of the study, completed required paperwork, and were familiarized with the laboratory environment, equipment, and psychometric measures. The experimental trials were counterbalanced, involved the same graded cycling exercise to volitional exhaustion protocol, and only differed in the attentional manipulation employed. An attentional association condition consisted of auditory amplification of participants' breathing, through headphones, and graphically displaying heart rate data on a 42-inch monitor placed at eye level approximately 2 m in front of the cycle ergometer. An attentional dissociation condition consisted of participants watching and listening to a self-selected music digital video disc (DVD) through headphones and on the 42-inch monitor. In the sensory deprivation condition, participants wore both earplugs and sound-attenuating headphones and the 42-inch monitor remained blank. Affective valence, the main dependent variable, was measured using the Feeling Scale (FS; Hardy & Rejeski, 1989). The manipulation checks of perceived exertion and attentional focus were measured using the Rating of Perceived Exertion scale (RPE; Borg, 1998) and an attentional focus scale (AFS; Baden et al., 2004), respectively. Affective, exertional, and attentional focus responses were sampled at appropriate time points pre-, during, and post-exercise. The results of the study indicated similar physiological strain across experimental conditions as evident by non-significant differences in heart rate, oxygen consumption, and power output values. Moreover, the attentional focus manipulation vii


Since January 1963 when "Sketch Pad, A Man-Machine Graphical Communication System" by Ivan E. Sutherland was published as a Ph.D. Thesis at M.I.T., graphic displays on computers have been used for a variety of experimental and production purposes. The motivation behind the system described here, is to provide an interactive graphic input/output facility to a number of existing software systems. Our business, like many others, has developed over the past 10 years a number of sophisticated and complex "Computer Aided Design" systems. These systems include principally numerical control part programming systems and engineering design analysis systems. Although these systems have proven themselves to be a necessary part of the design, and manufacturing process, nevertheless preparing input and assimilating output is still a time consuming process for the users. The interactive display speeds up these processes. Its output is more meaningful, too, since pictures as well as numbers and text are used as communication media between the man and the machine.


Formaldehyde could be found in the air and as a preservative in processed food [4], especially dried and frozen food [5]. The uses of formaldehyde cover a wide spectrum in plastics and pharmaceutical products [1]. It is used in cosmetics, especially in products with high water content [6]. Cosmetic products of daily use that contain the allowed concentrations of formaldehyde might come in contact with hair (e.g. shampoos and hair straightening preparations) [7,8], skin (deodorants and bath lotions), eyes (mascara), oral mucosa (mouthwashes and breath fresheners), vaginal mucosa (vaginal deodorants), nails (cuticle softeners and nail creams), and shaving creams [6,8]. In addition, in the presence of ozone, formaldehyde levels increase [9]. Moreover, it is found in cheese, meat, vegetables, milk, and milk products [1]. It can be introduced into food, especially Histology and Cell Biology Department, Faculty of Medicine and Anatomy and embryology department , Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University


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High loadings of precious platinum are needed for automotive fuel cells, because the kinetics of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) are relatively slow. Escudero-Escribano et al. studied a series of platinum alloys with lanthanides and alkaline earth elements. When the surfaces were leached to leave pure platinum, they developed compressive strain that boosted the ORR activity—up to a factor of 6 for terbium. Enthalpy effects helped to stabilize these alloys under operating conditions.

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Since ancient times, about 80% of individuals use traditional medicine, which has chemical compounds derived from medicinal plants. According to WHO, more than 80% of the world's population rely on plant based product to meet their healthcare needs. Terminalia arjuna and Glycyrrhiza glabra is an ayurvedic plant with medicinal value. The aim of study was to analyze the effect of different drying methods i.e. oven, sun, microwave and freeze dried on the phytochemicals of stem bark extract of Terminalia arjuna and root extract of Glycyrrhiza glabra. The Phytochemicals screening revealed the presence of alkaloid, saponins, triterpenoids, and phytosterols in root extract of Glycyrrhiza glabra and stem bark extract of Terminalia arjuna. While the carbohydrate test was found to be positive only in the root extract of Glycyrrhiza glabra.


The invention discloses an angle cylinder used for fixtures, which comprises a cylinder body, a piston rod arranged in the cylinder body and an angle pole, wherein, the angle pole is connected with a bottom cover of the cylinder body and inserted into the piston rod from the lower part of the piston rod while the piston rod can rotate relatively to the angle pole, two guiding spiral grooves are relatively arranged on the angle pole along the axial direction; a lower end face of the piston section of the piston rod is provided with a containing cavity internally fixed with a steel ball holder; the steel ball holder is internally provided with a steel ball which is matched with the guiding spiral groove and can roll in the steel ball holder, and the angle pole flexibly passes through the steel ball holder. While slipping in the guiding spiral groove, the steel ball also rolls in the steel ball holder, therefore, rolling friction exists between the steel ball and the guiding spiral groove while the friction force is small, therefore, the steel ball rolls smoothly in the guiding spiral groove so as to ensure the stable operation of the angle cylinder. Meanwhile, less abrasion of the steel ball occurs due to the rolling friction so as to prolong the service life of the whole product.


Do solar photovoltaic power projects generate sound? The quick answer is that while solar panels themselves are largely silent, the infrastructure around larger commercial photovoltaic projects do generate sound. This paper discusses the components of solar projects from a sound perspective transformers, inverters, storage devices, and tracking motors. The paper will give ranges of component sound emissions and provides sound propagation modeling guidance for use in project permitting.


A design and analysis of a repair concept applicable to a stiffened composite panel based on the Pultruded Rod Stitched Efficient Unitized Structure was recently completed. The damage scenario considered was a midbay-to-midbay saw-cut with a severed stiffener, flange and skin. Advanced modeling techniques such as mesh-independent definition of compliant fasteners and elastic-plastic material properties for metal parts were utilized in the finite element analysis supporting the design effort. A bolted metallic repair was selected so that it could be easily applied in the operational environment. The present work describes results obtained from a tension panel test conducted to validate both the repair concept and finite element analysis techniques used in the design effort. The test proved that the proposed repair concept is capable of sustaining load levels that are higher than those resulting from the current working stress allowables. This conclusion enables upward revision of the stress allowables that had been kept at an overly-conservative level due to concerns associated with repairability of the panels. Correlation of test data with finite element analysis results is also presented and assessed.


The seed external morphology and seed coat pattern of 11 genera and 22 species of Melastomataceae in Taiwan were studied by dissecting microscopey and scanning electron microscopey. According to the seed size, the result showed that the length and width of seed is different inter-generically. The biggest size is the seed of Memecylon while contrast to those of the other genera. The seed shapes could be divided into 8 types. They are liner-lanceolate, cuneate, fusiform, reniform, cochleate, triangular, obovoid and parallelogram respectively. Except that of the Sarcopyramis, the seed shape is rather stable intra-generically. The seed coat could be classified into 6 patterns. They are verrucate, rugose, smooth, tuberculate, granulate, and colliculate respectively. The seed colors are egg-yellow, brown, nut-brown and reddish brown. The difference of seed morphology is obvious inter-generically, and the difference of seed coat patterns is extinctive intra-generically.


Objective To establish the quality standard for weichangkang capsules. Methods Radix Puerariae in this medicine were identified by TLC. The total contents of magnolol and honokiol were determined by HPLC. Results The qualitative identification with TLC was specific. The methodological study showed a good linear relationship at rang of 0.094 9-1.423 2 μg, 0.040 2~0.602 4 μg. The average recover of magnolol was 101.18% (RSD=1.08%), the average recover of honokiol was 100.47% (RSD=1.89%). Conclusion The methods are simple rapid accurate and reliable, and can be used for quality control of weichangkang capsules.


Mineral Prospectivity Mapping is the process of combining maps containing different geoscientific data sets to produce a single map depicting areas ranked according to their potential to host mineral deposits of a particular type. This paper outlines two approaches for deriving a function which can be used to assign to each cell in the study area a value representing the posterior probability that the cell contains a deposit of the sought-after mineral. One approach is based on estimating probability density functions (pdfs); the second uses multilayer perceptrons (MLPs). Results are provided from applying these approaches to geoscientific datasets covering a region in North Western Victoria, Australia. The results demonstrate that while both the Bayesian approach and the MLP approach yield similar results when the number of input dimensions is small, the Bayesian approach rapidly becomes unstable as the number of input dimensions increases, with the resulting maps displaying high sensitivity to the number of mixtures used to model the distributions. However, despite the fact that Bayesian assigned values cannot be interpreted as posterior probabilities in high dimensional input spaces, the pixel favorability rankings produced by the two methods is similar.


A synthetic route involving double Pictet-Spengler condensations at the indolic C-2 and C- 4 positions of a 3-diaminophenylindole (8) is described leading to a novel dihydroazepine-fused indoloquinoline system. MS and NMRspectral data are in accordance with the assigned pentacyclic structures namely, 7,8-dihydro-1,12-iminobenzo[c]pyrido[4,3,2-ef][1]benzazepines (9a,b), as confirmed by X-Ray measurements.


Transplantation of fetal central nervous system (CNS) tissue into the nervous system of adult animals can be utilized as a mechanism to study the development of the nervous system both morphologically and chemically.' This research tool can be utilized to study phenotypic expression of peptides, receptors, and cellular organization of transplants of various fetal CNS tissues in ectopic locations. The following experiments study the development of receptors on 14 day gestation cerebral cortex homografts transplanted into the spinal cord of adult rats. After 12 Sprague-Dawley male rats (-350 g ) underwent deep pentabarbitol anesthesia, the spinal cord (under the sixth thoracic vertebra) was exposed within the dura incised from each rat. The transplants these rats were to receive were 1.0 mm3 homografts of 14 day gestation cerebral cortex from timed pregnant dams. The transplants were aspirated into a 30-gauge needle, which was mounted on a SO-pI Hamilton syringe. Transplants were pressure injected between the dorsal horn and the dorsal column of the host. The animals were closed and injected with Longicil. Animals were utilized 14 and 30 days after surgery. Neuropeptides were characterized using immunocytochemical techniques. Animals were perfused with 4% paraformaldehyde through the ascending aorta. The tissue was removed immediately and sectioned on a Vibratome at 50 pm. Sections were pretreated in NaIO,, NaBH,, dimethyl sulfoxide, and 1:30 goat serum. The primary antibodies were bombesin (l:lOOo), vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) (l:lOOO), and substance P (1:lOOO). The tissue was incubated at 4°C in the primary antibody overnight and developed the following day using the peroxidase-antiperoxidase method. Neuropeptide receptors were characterized using in vitro autoradiographic techniques. Fresh frozen rat spinal cord was sectioned using an IEC minotome. Twelvemicrometer-thick sections were thaw mounted onto coverslips and air dried. The sections were incubated in a Krebs-Ringer buffer that contained 100 pg/ml bacitracin


Per the National Energy Policy, Demand Side Management (DSM) is one of the energy conservations that performs a function to manage electric power of demand-side resources. One of the DSM solutions is a demand response program, which is a part of Thailand Smart Grid Action Plan 2017 - 2021. Demand response program such as peak demand reduction plays a role in both the management of the electricity crisis and enhance energy security. This paper presents a pilot project for a fully automated demand response program at MEA Rat Burana District Office. The system is composed of a Building Energy Management System (BEMS) with Demand Response Client gateway and 5 energy controllers at the air conditioner by using the OpenADR2.0b protocol. Also, this concept leads to automatic or semi-automatic demand response program in the future. The result shows the total energy consumption reduction for air conditioners by 53.5%. The future works to be carried out are to implement into other MEA District Office such as Khlong Toei, Yan Nawa and Bang Khun Thian and to test with a Load Aggregator Management System (LAMS).


Eigenvalues of the Laplacian matrix play an important role in characterizing structural and dynamical properties of networks. In the procedure for calculating eigenvalues of the Laplacian matrix, we need to get the Laplacian matrix that represents structures of the network. Since the actual structure of networks and the strength of links are difficult to know, it is difficult to determine elements of the Laplacian matrix. To solve this problem, our previous study proposed a concept of the network resonance method, which is for estimating eigenvalues of the scaled Laplacian matrix using resonance of oscillation dynamics on networks. This method does not need a priori information about the network structure. In this research, we investigate feasibility of the network resonance method, and show that the method can estimate eigenvalues of the scaled Laplacian matrix of the entire network through observations of oscillation dynamics even if observable nodes are restricted to a part of network.


Presented here is a simplified mathematical model exploring dynamic factors of the economic growth. In particular, it examines two factors affecting the economic growth – first factor is an increase of the rates of product investment and another factor is an increase of the rates of product demand. Economic growth is presented through an increase of the rates of monetary demand. If the rates of monetary demand evolve there is an economic growth. If the rates of monetary demand decrease there is an economic decline. Both an increase of the product investment and increase of the product demand have similar effects with regard to equilibrium between the product supply and product demand. For investment and demand increases the model explores scenarios of constant-rate and constant-accelerated product amendments.


ZINC-ALUMINIUM alloy is widely used in various industrial operations and the study of its corrosion and its inhibition is a subject of practical significance. The use of organic compounds containing nitrogen as corrosion inhibitors is widely spread for many metals and alloys, little is known of their functions because of the complexity of the process. ZINC-ALUMINIUM alloy is used in microelectronics, fabrication of heat exchanger tubes and cooling water systems, due to its high thermal and electrical conductivities, low cost and malleability. Corrosion inhibition of ZINC-ALUMINIUM alloy can be achieved through the modification of its interface by forming self assembled ordered ultrathin layers of organic inhibitors. Commonly used inhibitors for ZINC-ALUMINIUM alloy corrosion are toxic compounds that should be replaced with the new eco-friendly inhibitors. The purpose of the present paper is to determine the effect of Schiffs Base derivatives towards the corrosion of ZINC-ALUMINIUM alloy in NaCl. As Schiffs Base derivatives have rarely been studied as inhibitors for ZINC-ALUMINIUM alloy in NaCl.


It has been shown that the projected area of a rotating fineparticle can be used to construct a signature waveform which is descriptive of some aspects of the three-dimensional morphology of a fineparticle. If the fineparticle is rotated systematically about two mutually independent axes, through two sets of 90 degrees rotations, the signature waveform can be related to the surface area of the convex hull. It could be that the convex hull of a fineparticle is related to its fluid dynamic behaviour and its ability to modify the effective viscosity of a fluid in its suspension. This type of significance of different types of Cauchy signature waveforms are discussed. The concept of three-dimensional signature waveforms is extended to cover the structural shape waveform and the fractal waveforms which, respectively, describe the spatial structure and the ruggedness of a fineparticle profile. The possible utilization of all three types of waveforms to describe in a complete manner the three-dimensional structure of a rugged fineparticle is discussed.


Abstract We discuss an interplay between two theories by addressing the question: In what ways can the Justification theory (JT) complement the Stakeholder theory (ST)? While ST provides an insight on the importance of creating value for stakeholders without resorting to tradeoffs, it does not address how several stakeholders employ justifications to achieve their goals, nor does it explore the analytical thinking on how organizations and their stakeholders account for and negotiate behaviors during disputes. The JT provides a framework that interprets social interactions and tensions by considering that actors' decisions and actions are contextualized within organizational reality. Several studies that apply the JT framework in the context of organizations do so by directly or indirectly analyzing stakeholders. Hence, this essay sheds light on how such an intersection may help to comprehend the phenomena related to disputes. The study offers tools and contributes to understanding managerial practices for stakeholders identification and engagement since, to the best of our knowledge, there is a research gap regarding the intersection between JT and ST.


In late December of 2019, high throughput sequencing technologies enabled rapid identification of SARS-CoV-2 as the etiological agent of COVID-19, and global sequencing efforts are now a critical tool for monitoring the ongoing spread and evolution of this virus. Here, we analyze a subset (n=87,032) of all publicly available SARS-CoV-2 genomes (n=∼5.6 million) that were randomly selected, but equally distributed over the course of the pandemic. We plot the appearance of new variants of concern (VOCs) over time and show that the mutation rates in Omicron viruses are significantly greater than those in previously identified SARS-CoV-2 variants. Mutations in Omicron are primarily restricted to the spike protein, while 25 other viral proteins— including those involved in SARS-CoV-2 replication—are highly conserved. Collectively, this suggests that the genetic distinction of Omicron primarily arose from selective pressures on the spike, and that the fidelity of replication of this variant has not been altered. Importance Omicron is the fifth SARS-CoV-2 variant to be designated a Variant of Concern (VOC) by the World Health Organization (WHO). Here we provide a retrospective analysis of SARS-CoV-2 variants and explain how the Omicron variant is distinct. Our work shows that the spike protein is a 'hotspot' for viral evolution in all variants, suggesting that existing vaccines and diagnostics that target this protein may become less effective against Omicron and that our therapeutic and public health strategies will have to evolve along with the virus.


We report on Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer observations of four type I X-ray bursters, namely, 1E 1724-3045, GS 1826-238, SLX 1735-269, and KS 1731-260. The first three were in a low state, with 1-200 keV X-ray luminosities in the range ~0.05-0.1LEdd (LEdd: Eddington luminosity for a neutron star, LEdd = 2.5 × 1038 ergs s-1), whereas KS 1731-260 was in a high state, with luminosity ~0.35LEdd. The low-state sources have very similar power spectra, displaying high-frequency noise up to ~200 Hz. For KS 1731-260, its power spectrum is dominated by noise at frequencies ≲20 Hz; in addition a quasi-periodic oscillation at 1200 Hz is detected in a segment of the observation. The 1-200 keV spectra of the low-state sources are all consistent with resulting from thermal Comptonization with an electron temperature (kTe) around 25-30 keV. For KS 1731-260, the spectrum is also dominated by thermal Comptonization, but with a much lower kTe ~ 3 keV and no significant hard X-ray emission. With the exception of GS 1826-238, they each have an underlying soft component, carrying at most ~25% of the total 1-200 keV luminosity. For all sources, we have detected an iron Kα line at 6.4 keV (although it is weak and marginal in 1E 1724-3045). A reflection component is present in the spectra of GS 1826-238 and SLX 1735-269, and for both we find that the reflecting medium subtends only a small solid angle (Ω/2π ~ 0.15, 0.28). The origin of the line and the reflection component is most likely to be irradiation of the accretion disk by the X-ray source. We suggest a model in which the region of main energy release, where hard X-rays are produced, would be an optically thin boundary layer merged with an advection-dominated accretion flow (ADAF) and would be responsible for the rapid variability observed. The soft component observed probably represents the unscattered emission from an optically thick accretion disk of variable inner radius. When the accretion rate increases, the inner disk radius shrinks and the strength of the reflected component and associated iron line increase. At the same time, the Comptonization region cools off in response to an increased cooling flux from the accretion disk and from the reprocessed/reflected component, thus leading progressively to a quenching of the hard X-ray emission. If low-state neutron stars (NSs) accrete via ADAFs, the observation of X-ray bursts, indicating that all the accreting matter actually accumulates onto the NS surface, argues against the existence of strong winds from such accretion flows. Finally, we discuss two criteria recently proposed to distinguish between nonquiescent black holes (BHs) and NSs that are not contradicted by existing observations. The first one states that, when thermal Comptonization is responsible for the hard X-ray emission, only BHs have kTe larger than ~50 keV. However, this criterion is weakened by the fact that there are NSs displaying nonattenuated power laws extending up to at least 200 keV, possibly implying nonthermal Comptonization or thermal Comptonization with kTe larger than 50 keV. The second criterion stipulates that only BHs are capable of emitting hard X-ray tails with 20-200 keV luminosities ≳1.5 × 1037 ergs s-1.


Using a proof-theoretic approach to non-monotone reasoning we introduce an algorithm to compute all extensions of any (propositional) default theory (D, W ) and we also prove correctness of the method. This algorithm is based on a modified analytic tableaux method.


Recently, research community has advanced in type reconstruction technology for reverse engineering, but emerging with obfuscate technology, data type reconstruction is difficult and obfuscated code is easier to be monitored and analyzed by attacker or hacker. Therefore, we present a novel approach for automatic establish data type inference rules and reconstruct type from obfuscated binary programs using machine learning algorithm.


Title Classification of Nineteen Kinds of Near-isogenic Dwarf Lines due to the Characters of Internodes : Genetical studies on rice plant LXXXIV Author(s) MURAI, Masayuki; SHINBASHI, Noboru; KINOSHITA, Toshiro Citation Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University = 北海道大學農學部紀要, 61(1): 73-88 Issue Date 1982-11 Doc URL http://hdl.handle.net/2115/12973 Type bulletin File Information 61(1)_p73-88.pdf


ESTHER IS THE edgy Jewish joke in the Bible. A rabbi teaching the book of Esther to an audience of Gentiles opened with this story:

 Adolf Hitler was having his fortune read. "I see," said the teller, gazing into the crystal ball, "that you will die on a Jewish holiday."...


The forced-flow convection of water through rectangular microchannels having hydraulic diameters of 0.133-0.367 mm and aspect ratios of H/W = 0.333-1 was investigated experimentally. The flow friction was measured to analyze the heat transfer regimes and to explore the physical aspects of the connective heat transfer. The experimental measurements indicated that the upper bound of the laminar heat transfer regime occurred at a Reynolds number of 200-700, and fully turbulent connective heat transfer was reached at Reynolds numbers of 400-1,500. The transition Reynolds number diminished with the reduction of the microchannel dimension, and the transition range was observed to become smaller in magnitude. For the laminar heat transfer regime, the Nusselt number was found to be proportional to Re0.62while the turbulent heat transfer case exhibited a typical relationship between Nu and Re, but with a different empirical coefficient, CH,t. The geometric parameters were found to be important variables that could...


Delivery or delivery money is money given by the male to the prospective in-laws for marital needs with its positive and negative impacts. The negative impact of delivery money is seen when it is set at a high amount by the prospective in-laws to be paid, making it difficult to be met. Not a few also couples who want to establish a household are forced to postpone marriage because of the high amount of money that has been determined from the woman side. The research question in this paper is how the implementation of the practice of conducting delivery money in marriage customs in Lampung, is it true that the determination of very high sums of money influences the delay in marriage in the community and how the Islamic law views the delivery money which causes delays in marriage. By using field research methods, the data have been grouped into two forms, namely quantitative data and qualitative data. Quantitative data is the data of the results of the questionnaire while the qualitative data is the data of the results of interviews and observations. Then from the quantitative data tables are then analyzed and concluded while the qualitative data is connected between one fact and the other facts, then analyzed using a descriptive analysis approach. The results of the study found that the indigenous people of Lampung all practiced giving money and stipulated it by looking at the education of women, their work and the number of stipulated habits in the village, and eight pending marriages from several cases due to high cash, to the impacts arising from the stipulation of high and contradictory money with valid 'urf terms; it can be concluded that the law of high passing money is not appropriate as it should apply. And many have charged men whose economies are middle to lower and who have dependents to carry out marriages resulting in delays in marriage.


This study is to investigate the antimicrobial activity of leaves of four varieties of Mangiferaindica L., Anacardiaceae, by 4 different solvents (Ethanol 70%, acetone, boiling water and water at 37C°). These extracts were tested for their inhibitory effects using the agar diffusion method at different concentrations (10% and 20%) on nine bacterial strains, five of them are gram-negative (S. typhimurium, S. cerro, Sh. dysenteriae, E.coli and P. mirabilis) and the remaining four are gram-positive (B. cereus, B. lichiniformis, Staph. aureus and L. monocytogenes). The study demonstrated that gram-positive bacteria are more susceptible than gram-negative. It was found that Staph. aureus is the most sensitive pathogen compared to the others, it exhibited the largest inhibition zones in all extracts which reached to maximum with ethanolic extract to give 28mm. Shigelladysenteriae, Echerichia coli and Proteus mirabilis gave a weak response with water 37°C and boiled water extracts of Alphonso leaves at 20% (w⁄v) concentration, acetone extracts at 20% (w⁄v) concentration affected Sh. dysenteriae, E.coli and P. mirabilis with zones of inhibition (13, 16 and 12 mm) respectively, also Ethanol extracts at 20% (w⁄v) concentration affected these strains with zones of inhibition which were 14, 9, and 13mm respectively. Salmonella typhimurium showed no inhibition effects by water 37°C, but with boiled water extracts of Kiett leaves, showed that inhibition zone of 12 mm was formed at 20% (w⁄v) concentration ,while acetone extracts of Alphonso leaves at 10 and 20% (w⁄v) concentrations inhibition zones of 9 and 12 mm respectively were formed and ethanol extracts of Alphonso leaves at 10 and 20% (w⁄v) concentrations afforded inhibition zones of 8 and 11 mm respectively were formed .L. monocytogenes inhibited by all Alphonso leave extractes with maximum inhibition zone 25 mm with 10% (w⁄v) concentrations acetone and 20% (w⁄v) concentrations ethanol extracts. It was found that, Alphonso leaves were a source of natural antimicrobial agent in boiled water, acetone and ethanol extracts at 20% (w⁄v) concentrations and as additive of processed food as natural preservative, these extracts showed inhibition zone diameters near to the antibiotic ciprofloxacin.


The invention relates to an integrally-reinforced unidirectional fiber-reinforced composite material truss core panel and a preparation method thereof. The technical scheme aims at solving the problem that the shear strength between a face plate and a core in a conventional composite material truss core structure is relatively low. The product consists of a pyramidal truss core, a reinforced upper face plate, a reinforced lower face plate, a composite material upper face plate and a composite material lower face plate. The method comprises: 1, preparing a corrugated plate; 2, preparing a unidirectional fiber-reinforced composite material truss structural unit cell; 3, preparing the pyramidal truss core; 4, preparing the reinforced upper face plate and the reinforced lower face plate; and 5, preparing the integrally-reinforced unidirectional fiber-reinforced composite material truss core panel. The fiber direction of a truss structural rod is along with the stress direction of the rod and is continuous, so that the bearing capacity of the pyramidal truss structure is improved, the product is excellent in bearing capacity, the technology is simple, and the cost is low.


Primary users' activity in cognitive radio networks (CRNs) affects the performance of a cognitive radio (CR) node in the terms of delay and backlog. The delay overhead of CR nodes has great impact on the performance and delay-based quality of service (QoS) of network protocols in CRNs. In this study, we propose two queuing systems of MlM/1 and MIMIC with PU-based breakdowns for a single-channel and multichannel CR node, respectively. The mean delay and backlog of the CR node are analyzed in the queuing systems with finite and infinite queue capacities as a function of the mean arrival, the service rates of the CR node, the mean entrance and departure rates of primary user, channel number and queue capacity. Finally, the proposed models are verified through several simulation experiments and some performance analysis are presented.


The probes of fiber optic OTDR (Optical Time Domain Reflectometry) sensor was developed to measure displacements of social infrastructures. This probe was simply constructed with two conventional optical fiber connectors, and a fiber bending part, which transforms displacement to optical loss. When the displacement was affected on the bending loss part, the reflected light intensity of one optical connector was changed. The displacement was determined from this reflected light intensity change of the connector. fiber optic OTDR displacement sensor was developed as the multiplexed type of one fiber line with 5 sensor probes. Multiplexing operation was tested by these 5 sensor probes.


Phytoremediation is an alternative technology to remove heavy metals in contaminated soil. Vetiveria zizanioides (Linn.) Nash (Surat Thani ecotype) and V. nemoralis (Balansa) A. Camus (Prachuabkirikhan ecotype) were used for arsenic removal experiments. Both plants were grown one month, then put in experimental pots, the soil of which contained sodium arsenate (Na 2 HAsO 4 .7H 2 O) at different concentrations (control, 50, 75, 100, 125 and 150 mg As/kg soil). Three experiments were conducted for each concentration. Plants were harvested, observed for their growth, and analyzed for the arsenic accumulation in roots, stems and leaves after every 15 days up to 90 days. It was observed that all of the plants grew well in every concentration of arsenic, with 100% survival. V. zizanioides (Linn.) Nash had a higher number of plants per clump and diameters of clumps than V. nemoralis (Balansa) A. Camus. In contrast, the height and dry weight of V. nemoralis (Balansa) A. Camus were higher than those of V. zizanioides (Linn.) Nash. Accumulation of arsenic in the root of both species was higher than in the leaf. The amount of arsenic accumulation in V. zizanioides (Linn.) Nash was more than in V. nemoralis (Balansa) A. Camus. In addition, the arsenic removal efficiency of both species increased with increasing exposure time. The highest efficiency of V. zizanioides (Linn.) Nash was 0.05% after 90 days at an As concentration 75 mg As/kg soil dry weight, and the highest efficiency of V. nemoralis (Balansa) A. Camus was 0.04%, after 90 days at an As concentration of 125 mg As/ kg soil dry weight.


The reform of Electrotechnics in higher vocational education should break through the constraint of the systematized knowledge system on the principle "must be enough",taking technical ability as a basis to choose the knowledge content and increase the content in fact;adopt the integrated method of "teaching,studying,doing" in teaching,fully use modern education skill,expand student's range of knowlege,increase students' learning ability;adopt various forms to examine.


The unexpected address forms express a contemporaneous feeling or an attitude.The variation of address forms,a departure from the norm,is the metaphorical use.This paper attempts to investigate some emotions in dynamic contexts presented by address forms and to summarize the general rules.The findings demonstrate that the way metaphorical use of address forms expresses emotions is the same as their normal use presents politeness under normal conditions,i.e.emotion and politeness are in the normal distribution.However,when address forms deliver intense passions,emotion coincides inversely with politeness.


The IEEE 802.16 mesh network, which is self-organized and self-configured with multi-hop, is deployed to providing an effective solution for broadband wireless access system. The standard defines the basic scheduling scheme, but doesn't specify the resource allocation and routing scheme in the protocol. Therefore, designing a reasonable scheduling and routing algorithm to enhance the capability is very important for the system. In this paper, we propose an efficient and practical routing algorithm which takes the channel condition and modulation mode into consideration in an IEEE 802.16 mesh network. Furthermore, our algorithm enables direct communications between subscriber stations without referring to the base station. Simulation results show that our algorithm effectively improved the scheduling length, delay and system throughput.


The photonic band of a set of quasi-fractal photonic crystals, which have similar structure and include idealized metal, is computed by finite-difference time-domain method. The result shows that there are photonic band gaps in this kinds of quasi-fractal photonic crystals. It is found that, with increasing fractal series, the width of the photonic band gap is enlarged, the frequency of the photonic band totally trends to high frequency quickly, at the same time, the photonic band is quickly hauled to line and become a energy level.


The molecular autopsy has become an important adjunct to investigation of sudden cardiac deaths in individuals under 40 years of age. Consequently, this evolution in molecular medicine has led to significant changes in the evaluation of sudden cardiac deaths and vascular catastrophe in medicolegal death investigation systems. There is a recognition that increasingly detailed pathological examinations of the heart and vasculature are necessary, which must also be accompanied by retention of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) for possible genetic testing and communication that a possible heritable disease may be responsible for the unexpected death. Forensic pathologists are at the forefront of identifying possible cases of heritable disease and unless properly managed, surviving family members may not receive the opportunity for subsequent clinical evaluation or the diagnosis provided may be erroneous, with inappropriate labels placed on families. More than ever, forensic pathologists must be aware of the spectrum of heritable conditions that may contribute to death. This is necessary not only for natural deaths, but also in areas of classical forensic interest where a death has occurred under criminally suspicious means or following interaction with police involving struggle or restraint. Some genetic conditions are also recognized to cause changes that mimic inflicted trauma. This review outlines many of the issues we have considered in developing a molecular autopsy program and how processes developed at the time of postmortem examinations may be optimized to facilitate evaluation and treatment of surviving family members as well as enhance information provided to the courts.


In captivity, the pygmy slow loris Nycticebus pygmaeus population worldwide suf- fers from poor reproduction, dental diseases, facial abscesses and various other health problems which, cumulatively, mean that the population is far from self-sustaining. The diet recommenda- tions are anecdotal at best, and improvements are urgently needed for this vulnerable species. New evidence suggests that wild N. pygmaeus are primarily exudativores, and consume nectar and gum daily from a variety of tropical plant species, along with a large variety of insects. The typical diet in captivity contains fruit, a concentrated pellet, some insects and occasionally gum as enrichment. Our aims were to compare the behavioural activity budget of 1 male N. pygmaeus at Paignton Zoo on his original diet, on the same diet with added nectar and on an evidence-based naturalistic diet of mainly gum and nectar. We also investigated the nutrient intake of 2 males when given these diets. Behavioural observations were made overnight using night-vision cam- eras for 15, 10 and 11 d for each diet, respectively. Abnormal (generalised linear mixed model, GLMM χ 2 (1,2) = 8.673, p = 0.013), travelling (GLMM χ 2 (1,2) = 6.107, p = 0.047) and feeding (GLMM χ 2 (1,2) = 79.679, p = 0.0001) behaviours all varied significantly between diets. In the behavioural study, the addition of gum, nectar and insects and the removal of fruit expanded and diversified the loris' activity budget and reduced the extent to which abnormal behaviour patterns were dis- played. The intake study showed that both lorises consumed more when fed the naturalistic diet, suggesting they found it more palatable. Evidence of diet change suggests that a naturalistic approach to feeding N. pygmaeus enhances its welfare.


Considering the wide impact of endometriosis on various aspects of health, this study aimed to explore the impact of endometriosis on Iranian women's lives.


The working mechanism of double cycle flue gas desulphurization and dust removal device is introduced.The reconstruction for flue gas desulphurization and dust removal is conducted at five hot water heating boilers with 14 MW.The double cycle flue gas desulphurization and dust removal device can achieve separate cycles of dedusting water and lye,and the ash residue can be reused due to no desulphurizer.The reconstruction for flue gas desulphurization and dust removal can be conducted on the basis of the existing boiler room,and the device is particularly suitable for use in existing urban boiler room with a compact area.


The invention provides a preparation method of an IPMC (ion polymer metal composite) electric actuating material with a micro nano surface texture. An IPMC basement membrane is ground by grains to form nanoscale surface groove marks with the same direction; and on the basis of the nanoscale surface groove marks, micron-sized surface grooves with the same direction are formed by a hot press molding process. Under the action of micron and nano surface textures, the surface area of a Nafion film is increased after surface treatment, and a compact metal electrode layer is generated; and a surface resistance is reduced, the driving performance of the IPMC electric actuating material is improved, and larger output force and output displacement are realized.


Objective: To develop the quality standard of Huganbadu Ointment(Radix Sophorae Flavescentis, Herba Artemisiae Annuae, Radix Astragali, Radix Paeoniae Rubra, etc.) Methods: Radix Sophorae Flavescentis, Herba Artemisiae Annuae, Radix Astragali and Radix Paeoniae Rubra were identified by TLC and the content of matrine was determined by TLC Scanning. Results: The identification study showed strong specificity. The average recovery of matrine was 97.11%, and RSD was 2.50%. Conclusion: The methods established can be used for the quality control of the preparation.


In this paper, using the method of electrochemical template synthesis, ordered arrays of metallic nanostructures on the basis of cobalt with various dimensions (180-380 nm) were obtained. The diameter of Co-nanotubes was controlled by original polymer matrix, which provided to prepare arrays consisting of individually standing cobalt nanotubes. The crystal structure of the synthesized samples was studied by X-ray diffraction to determine cell parameters and crystallite size. Decrease of the conductive properties of Co - nanotubes can be explained by inhomogeneity of the crystallites formed during synthesis, because the growth rate of nanostructures directly affects the size of the crystallites.


Paper "H∞, robust control for multi-time delay systems" proposed a method of designing H∞ state feedback controller. Furthermore, the above literature gave a necessary and sufficient condition for a Riccati inequality with parameter pertur-bances to have robustness. However, there are some serious mistakes in the proof of the literature. Here, the authors pointed out these mistakes and gave the corresponding modification. Additional, the authors discussed the uncertainties.


Diabetic foot is regarded as one of the most serious chronic complications of diabetes. Numerous studies have shown that diabetic neuropathy is one of the primary risk factors, occurring of almost 85% of diabetic feet. Ultrasound neuromodulation method has performed a remarkable therapeutic efficacy in neuropathic diseases such as Alzheimer's disease owing to its non-invasiveness and high spatial resolution and illustrates the potential on treating the diabetic neuropathy. However, prevailing studies on ultrasound neuromodulation utilize commercial water-immersed ultrasound transducers or 2-D ultrasound arrays which are rigid, bulky, and unsuitable for daily use by diabetic foot patients. In this study, we design and fabricate a flexible and wearable spiral focused phased ultrasound transducer array composed of 41 PZT-4 micromachined elements (1.2 mm × 1.2 mm), serpentine electrodes and flexible encapsulation. The whole size of the wearable array is 2 cm × 2 cm, and the driving frequency is 1.4 MHz. The measured focal distance and the beam size are 7 mm and 4.8 mm × 1.1 mm × 1.1 mm, respectively. The array is capable of generating acoustic pressure up to ~ 1.0 MPa which is sufficient for ultrasound neuromodulation applications.


In this research, I propose both theoretical and aesthetical approaches to the cinematographic representation of personal memory, starting from a theoretical framework that links the essential qualities of memory with the nature of film. External representations of personal memory can be found in a limited corpus of films that I call "films of memory". These films can be either fiction films or documentary films. The main subject of these films is memory, understood as the human action through which the character remembers some facts from his past. These films use the specific tools of cinema to offer a proper representation of the nature of memory and its main qualities. My thesis combines a theoretical framework with two chapters which deepen into the theoretical and formal aspects of the representation of memory in fiction films and documentary films. These two analytical chapters are completed with a case of study: The film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is analysed to portray the main qualities of the fiction films which represent personal memory, and the documentary film by Alan Berliner, First Cousin Once Removed is explores in the chapter about documentary films.


The authors study an efficient and green approach for the synthesis of 7H-thiazolo (3, 2-b)(1,2,4)triazin-7-one derivatives as AChE inhibitors. The 7H-thiazolo(3,2-b)(1,2,4)triazin-7-ones were de- signed by molecular docking, and readily prepared via a one-pot reaction in morpholine hydrosulfate ((Hnhm)HSO4) lonic liquid as the catalyst and solvent. The study of AChE inhibitory activity was carried out through using the Ellman colorimetric assay. The 7H-thiazolo(3,2-b)(1,2,4)triazin-7-ones had been successfully synthesized by green catalyst. Most of the target compounds exhibited more than 50% inhibition at 10μM.


The Dt gene in maize is of more than usual interest because of its strik-ing ability to increase the mutability of the recessive a allele which is normally highly stable.1' 2 The locus of a is in chromosome 3; data were published in 1941 proving that Dt lies in chromosome 9, but its precise location in the linkage map was uncertain. The present paper is chiefly concerned with (1) the accurate location of Dt, (2) the regional distribution of crossing-over in the short arm of chromosome 9 and the location of the known mutant genes in this chromosome, and (3) a consideration of a paper by Goldschmidt3 in which is offered an alternative explanation to the results interpreted by the author as the greatly increased mutability of the recessive a allele.


The invention relates to the technical field of biological medicine, and discloses an application of sulfo-(seleno) phosphate cyclic dinucleotide cGAMP in cancer-treating drug combination. The invention also discloses multiple kinds of drug combinations for preventing and treating cancer. The drug combinations for preventing and treating cancer comprise sulfo-(seleno) phosphate cyclic dinucleotide cGAMP and one kind of fluorouracil, cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, cis-platinum, carboplatin, taxol, vincristine, mitomycin, gemcitabine, or actinomycin. In-vitro and vivo researches find that the curative effect of the drug combinations after the fluorouracil, cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, cis-platinum, carboplatin, taxol, vincristine, mitomycin, gemcitabine, or actinomycin is combined with sulfo-(seleno) phosphate cyclic dinucleotide cGAMP is obviously reinforced while toxicity is obviously lowered.


Caffeine (1, 3, 7-trimethylxanthine) is known as a Central Nervous System (CNS) stimulant. Coffee beans contain between 0.8 and 2.8% caffeine - depending on species and origin. It contributes to 10 - 30% of the bitter taste of coffee brews. The caffeine content in C. canephora (Robusta) is about two times that of C. arabica (Arabica). The caffeine content of a coffee bean is not significantly changed during coffee roasting. However, the amount of caffeine in coffee brewing substantially varies according to the type of product (Arabica, Robusta, or ratio of Arabica to Robusta in blending), the grinding degree, brewing methods (Espresso, Turkish or Filter coffee) and the serving size (i.e. cup volume). Commercial ground roasted coffees may be available on the market in different roasting degrees, grinding degrees, ratio of coffee species in blending, on all of which depends the quality of the product. The purpose of this study was to gain more information on the quantitative determination of caffeine content in Vietnamese and Czech ground roasted coffees. The contents and the transfer efficiency of caffeine in the Vietnamese and Czech coffee samples were also compared. In this study, a rapid, simple and cheap UV/VIS Spectrophotometric Method for the quantification of the caffeine content in commercial coffees was developed and validated. The method involved the Direct Method, Standard Addition Method, Extraction in Chloroform, and the 1st Order Derivative Method. In the Direct Method, the coffee sample was measured directly by conventional UV/VIS Spectrophotometry. The concentration of caffeine was calculated from the Regression Equation: (y = 0.0511, r2 = 1), in which y is the absorbance of the sample at 273.2 nm, and x is the concentration of caffeine in the samples. The results showed that the caffeine contents of the coffee samples were found to be out of documented range. In the Standard Addition Method, the coffee sample was measured 4 times with a series of increasing volumes of caffeine standard solution, at 273.2 nm. After measuring the response for a series of standard additions, the concentration of caffeine in the sample was: x = -b/a (mig/mL), when y = ax + b = 0. The results showed that the caffeine contents of the coffee samples were found to be out of documented range. In the liquid-liquid Extraction by Chloroform process, the coffee sample was extracted in chloroform, over 10 minutes. The extraction was repeated 3 times. The combined extract measured was 276 nm. The concentrations of caffeine were calculated from the Regression Equation: (y = 0.0489x, r2 = 1), in which y is the absorbance of the sample at 276.2 nm, and x is the concentration of caffeine in the sample. The results showed that the caffeine contents of the coffee samples were found to be within the documented range. In the 1st Order Derivative Method, the concentrations of caffeine were calculated from the Regression Equation: (y = 0.0483x + 0.0107, r2 = 1), in which y is the peak-to-peak amplitudes of the First Order spectra at the extrema of each sample viz. (Figs. 27-34), and x (mig/mL) is the concentration of caffeine in the samples. The results showed that the caffeine contents of the coffee samples were found to be within the documented range. The caffeine contents in the coffee samples measured by the Extraction in Chloroform and 1st Order Derivative Method were found to be in agreement with those reported in the literature. The caffeine contents were found to be: In Vietnamese Coffee: (0.48 +- 0.01 - 2.10 +- 0.08%); in Czech Coffee: (2.09 +- 0.10 - 2.12 +- 0.06%). Both methods can be used for the determination of commercial ground roasted coffee.


Energy sustainability of a production system of eucalyptus The forestry sector is very important to the Brazilian economy, representing a significant share of the GDP, exports and employment generation. Forests supply raw material for energy and cellulose production and are usually evaluated through an economical approach, which, alone, does not reflect the sustainability of the sector. In order to evaluate sustainability, system and material flow analyses are some alternatives. The material flow gives subsidy to methodologies that approach the several aspects of sustainability, such as, energy analysis, emergy synthesis and analysis integrating social, economic and environmental aspects. Due to the importance of the forestry sector, the lack of studies that systemically evaluate this activity, this study aimed to evaluate the energetic sustainability of a production system. So, one elaborated a model to determine the material flow, regarding the inputs indirectly applied in the mechanized operations in the production system: labor, fuel and material depreciation of machinery. This model evaluated the basic scenario, which uses lime to control soil acidity, and its alternatives: ashes and sludge. Based on the obtained results, the system was evaluated through energy analysis and emergy synthesis. The energy analysis approaches the energy flows of the applied inputs and the obtained products, propitiating the determination of the energetic profitability (EROI), the net gain (energy balance) and the energetic intensity of the production system. The emergy synthesis ranges the renewable and non-renewable natural resources, besides those acquired in the market. This analysis and this synthesis establish the resource flows and identified the main production factors and present indicators with potential use in the decision making of forestry enterprises. The sensitivity analysis evaluated the effect of the production factors in the system's sustainability. The obtained results showed that the studied production system presents higher energetic sustainability than some systems with less intensification. In the energy analysis, fuel was the main factor in the energy input, followed by fertilizers and herbicides. In the emergy synthesis, evapotranspiration, a renewable resource, was the main factor. Considering the factors exogenous to the system, fuel, fertilizers and soil acidity correctors were the main ones. In both methodologies, harvesting was the more demanding operation and the alternatives to liming decreased the energetic performance of the system. One should highlight that in the evaluating of both alternatives, no indirect benefit was considered, such as the avoidance of dumping those materials. This indicates new possibilities of studies. In order to increase sustainability, one should improve the harvest efficiency and reduce use of the agricultural inputs with less proportional reduction of the yield. Both methodologies should de considered in the evaluation of productive systems since they approach the use of environmental and exogenous resources; they quantify the intensity of products and allow comparisons among systems.


Objective To evaluate the value of combined application of sputum bacteriophage,PPD and tuberculin testing in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis.Methods A total of 567 patients with lung diseases hospitalized in the Dongan County Center for Disease Control and Prevention in 2011 were enrolled and were divided into tuberculosis group and non-tuberculosis group.Mycobacterium tuberculosis was determined in them by sputum bacteriophage,PPD and tuberculin testing.The sensitivities,specificities and Youden's indices of the three detection methods were compared.Results The positive rates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by sputum bacteriophage,PPD and tuberculin testing were remarkably higher in the tuberculosis group than those in the non-tuberculosis group.Combination of the three methods could raise the specificity and Youden's index.Conclusions The combined application of sputum bacteriophage,PPD and tuberculin testing can reduce the misdiagnosis rate and improve the accuracy of the diagnosis.


Before we can discuss the causes of occupational segregation, we must first have an accurate understanding of what work women did. While this may seem to be a simple task, it presents some challenges to the historian. Measures of occupational distribution are less than perfect, and occupational patterns were changing rapidly during the Industrial Revolution. Census data on individuals begins only in 1841, and when it does exist it is not an accurate measure of women's employment. This leaves us without any aggregate measures of employment, so a glance at the statistical abstract will not suffice; instead, we must build a picture of women's employment from numerous incomplete sources. This chapter will examine the evidence and determine what work women did during the Industrial Revolution. Section I will discuss the limited statistical evidence available on the pattern of occupational sorting by gender, and Section II will examine the anecdotal evidence on women's occupations. Though the evidence is neither comprehensive nor perfectly reliable, it is clear that men and women tended to work in different occupations. However, it is also clear that the sorting was not perfect, and that women were frequently found in occupations not generally considered to be "women's work." When examining women's employment, we must keep in mind that many of women's productive contributions remain invisible to the historian. Women at all levels of the labor market assisted their husbands but received no official recognition for their productive contributions.


The development of business activities from time to time to know whether the company is progressing or to deterioration, and it is known financial situation at any given moment. Such information can be obtained from the financial statements. The financial statements can also be to be able to assess the results achieved by the company during the future.  The existence of the global economic crisis that occurred in the year 2011-2013 is an event in which all sectors of the world market economy collapse or degresi and affect other sectors around the world. the fluctuations in economic activity in Indonesia prior to the increase and decrease of fuel oil (BBM) and the warming of the political conditions, fluctuations in the Composite Stock Price Index (CSPI), exchange rate fluctuations, can result in a decrease of interest in investing in Indonesia can identify less controlled economy, the special the banking company that is more sensitive than a manufacturing company, then the risks of changes in social and political dynamics can result in losses. Therefore, the authors are interested in doing research on the description above, and therefore the study authors mentuangkan under the heading "Cash Flow Analysis in Banking and Its Effect on Financial Distress Listed on the Stock Exchange Year 2011-2013. From the results, the following results That. In Asymp column sig (2-tailed) was 0.042, the probability obtained at 0.042 0.05), then Ho is accepted. Thus, the performance of the operating cash flow does not have a significant effect on the occurrence of financial distress banking companies (SOEs) in the Year 2011 to the Year 2013. Keywords: Cash Flow and financial distress


In order to investigate the sound characteristics of fabrics, a wide range of woven fabrics was selected, and their rustling sounds were recorded. The sounds were analyzed in the forms of sound spectra through Fast Fourier Transform analysis. To evaluate the sound loudness of specimens, LPT (level pressure of total sound) values were calculated. Functions to which the autoregressive (AR) model was applied were used to describe the sound-spectra forms of specimens, and three AR parameters (ARC, ARF, and ARE) of the functions were obtained. Fabric sounds were classified into three clusters by cluster analysis of the parameters. Each of the clusters seemed to be characterized by the parameter ARC, considered to be related to sound loudness, and by the parameter ARE, affecting the over-all shape of the spectrum. To identify the mechanical properties affecting fabric-sound parameters, Kawabata's KES-FB system was used for mechanical measurement. Tensile properties, shear properties, compressional energy, thickness, and weight showed significant differences among the clusters. Of these properties, shear properties seemed to be related to the ARC parameter concerned with sound loudness. Some of the tensile properties and compressional properties were thought to be related to the spectral shapes of fabrics. Finally, shear hysteresis and compressional energy were found to be significantly discriminant for three clusters.


The purpose of this note is to clarify the formal identities linking the problems analyzed by Barro (1974), Feldstein (1977), and Calvo, Kotlikoff, and Rodriguez (1979) (henceforth CKR) and to reaffirm the traditional proposition that in both the short run and the long run a tax on pure rent is never shifted, provided one adopts the traditional procedure in tax theory of analyzing the incidence of a compensated tax. Any uncompensated tax is equivalent to a compensated tax together with a lump-sum redistribution of income, and there is really nothing "surprising" about the fact that lump-sum redistributions of income may alter relative prices, as the literature on the "transfer problem" in international trade theory demonstrates. Actually, situations can be found (e.g., Gorman 1953; Barro 1974; Calvo et al. 1979, p. 874, n. 7) in which lump-sum redistributions of income do not affect relative prices. Even when they do, the incidence effect is often small relative to the size of the redistribution. The analyses of CKR and Feldstein give the impression that the classical proposition on the incidence of a tax on pure rent does not apply in a dynamic economy: "As Feldstein points out, the classical proposition that a tax on pure rent is unshifted requires that the supplies of nonland factors of production are unaltered by the introduction of the tax on land rents. This static assumption of fixed factor supplies is inappropriate to the analysis of tax incidence in a dynamic economy in which the supply of capital reflects the economic choice between consumption and saving" (Calvo et al. 1979, p. 869).


Milk is a food source that contains essential nutrients for the human body so it cannot be reduced or added to its natural content. Milk can be processed into several products, namely food, beverages, cheese, butter, yogurt, and so on. Therefore, the milk processing industry has considerable opportunities in the industrial sector because milk is one of the many food ingredients that are used as basic needs by people in all walks of life. In processing, the HACCP system is used as a tool that can maintain food safety and improve product quality. One of the stages of the milk processing process that has the potential to be dangerous is the pasteurization process. The studies of HACCP is needed to identify hazards using the 7 HACCP principles that have been issued by the Indonesian National Standard. The conclusion obtained from the study is that the pasteurization process 2 is designated as CCP because it is a sterilization process that has the potential to be dangerous, so supervision and control must be carried out. The verification process has an important role in that it can demonstrate the effectiveness of the implementation of HACCP. With HACCP, the products produced are expected to be of high quality and food safety is guaranteed


Presents an approach to unwrap and simultaneously filter the phases of interferometric SAR (ISAR) images. The approach works in the state space domain and utilizes an extended linearized Kalman filter. Rather then first generating the phase profile from the complex interferogram and then trying to unwrap it, the filter directly utilizes the inphase and quadrature component of the complex interferogram to estimate and unwrap the phase. The paper outlines the basic idea and presents first results.<<ETX>>


We give an explicit construction to perform any $n$-qubit computational basis state transposition using $\Theta(n)$ gates. This nearly coincides with the lower bound $\Omega(n/\log(nd))$ on worst-case and average-case gate complexity to perform transpositions using a $d$-element gate-set, which we also prove.


Background: Today evidence-based practice (EBP) becomes one of the best ways that used for
making clinical decisions and has an effect on health care outcomes as well as it improves the quality of
care provided to patients. Aim: Assess nursing staff awareness about evidence based practice
facilitations, barriers and beliefs at Belqas Central Hospital (BCH). Design: Cross sectional design.
Settings: current study was carried out at Belqas Central Hospital (BCH), affiliated to Ministry Of
Health, Dakahlia Governorate. Subjects: the study was conducted on nursing staff (228). Data collection
tools: Data was collected using evidence based practice (EBP) questionnaire, Facilitators to change
practice based on evidence based practice scale, barriers to find, use and review evidence scale and
evidence based practice beliefs scale. Results: revealed that the highest total mean score of facilitations
was related to organizational structure and health care environment while the lowest mean score was
related to research information. As well as the highest total mean score of barriers was related to
individual nurse characteristics while the lowest mean score was related to research information. Also
69% of nursing staff were agreeing with EBP, realizing its benefits and importance. Conclusion: nursing
staff focus on their experience and ways that always used in providing nursing care as a source for their
information. In addition to most of them were competent in fifinding, reviewing and using evidence in
practice. Organizational structure and health care environment was perceived as a main facilitation of
EBP, while individual nurse characteristics were perceived as the highest barriers of EBP. Most nursing
staff had positive beliefs about EBP and realized its benefits in health care system. Recommendations:
Ongoing training programs about EBP for nursing staff, maintaining adequate staffing in different shift
to relieve nurses' workload and help them to attain workshops and scientific conferences that updating
and increasing their knowledge about EBP. Provide organizational support for EBP implementation.
Translating the most relevant researches and distributed them for nurses to apply in practice to overcome
the English language barrier. Increasing interest in the research and EBP process through integrating the
EBP strategies in nursing curriculum.


In the present work a business plan is developed to establish a branch of the Megaplotter Company in the parish of Cumbaya. The project belongs to the advertising services industry. The company clients are the students and professionals of architecture and engineering; and, companies that do some advertising, especially those that by their size are classified as SMEs. The advertising services represent a very dynamic sector of the economy, although its growth has slowed down in recent years. The added value of the company consists of the quality of its products and services, which is why it has obtained a constantly growing client base. This situation has made the company's partners seek to expand their coverage, for which they chose to open a branch in the Cumbaya parish of Quito canton, as the expansion that this territory has made it an attractive place to start new businesses. The business plan includes a market study in which the target market is identified and the data obtained in the field is analyzed. With the information obtained, the Marketing Plan was designed, in which the Marketing Mix was defined with its respective strategies. The management model of the company is also presented, which includes the organizational culture and the structure of the new branch. Then a technical study is presented, which shows the location of the business and the operational processes. Finally the financial evaluation is shown in which it was concluded that the project is viable, since it showed a positive NPV of $ 44,993; an IRR of 27.14% and a recovery period of 4 years 1 month. These indicators show that the execution of the project has a positive return, so it is attractive to invest in.


Some topical issues of the criminal liability for mediation in bribery arising during the application of a new article 291-1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation are analyzed in the article. The author proves the algorithm of qualification the mediation in bribery considering the size of a bribe. He also defines the boundaries of criminal liability for different forms of mediation in bribery. Proposals to improve the criminal law in this sphere are given by the author.


This paper proposed an improved method for three-dimensional clouds simulation.It used Navier-Stokes equations to describe movement of the clouds,taking into account the characteristics of cloud under atmospheric conditions to establish cloud motion model.In real-time cloud rendering,it presented a simple illumination model based on the direction of the sun light and weather conditions,which greatly improved the rendering speed of the cloud.In addition,it used the improved ring Impostor technology to improve the rendering speed of large-scale clouds.With the independent graphics engine,it developed a stereo cloud plugin based on the method described in this paper,and applied it to various simulation systems and projects.The clouds generated by the method have large-scale,photorealistic and fast rendering features.


II t is my pleasure to present another East Asia issue, the first in two years. In my Guest Editor's Introduction of 1991' I noted some differences between the North American and Japanese microelectronics research and development scenes. The United States tended to emphasize high-powered applications such as superfast workstations and gigabit networks. In contrast, Japan gave more attention to the need for cost performance in home electronics and other consumer-oriented products. That was two years ago. Today, however, that clear-cut distinction is changing. True, we still see continued competition over development of highperformance CPUs in the lOO-MIPS-plus class for workstations and personal computers, with little regard for power consumption or chip size. At the same time, however, growing importance is being given around the world to microprocessors in the lo-MIPS range. These processors-which along with high performance feature low-power dissipation and small chip size-support embedded systems. We are seeing the appearance of high MIPS-per-watt microprocessors. Ever since the collapse of the Berlin Wall between East and West, emphasis has been shifting away from military technology toward civilian electronics markets. Even the United States is pouring new energy into embedded processors for portable systems and other consumer products. The applications for high-performance microprocessors are beginning to change dramatically. In the TRON Project that we have been promoting over the last several years, we have continued to describe the future computer society as evolving along certain lines. We see the objects that surround us in our daily lives becoming increasingly embedded with computer chips, sensors, and actuators. These computerized objects then become linked by wired and wireless networks, forming distributed-processing systems in which the objects collaborate with each other.' (See Figure 1.) We are now well into the 199Os, and things are moving increasingly in the direction of our predicted scenario. Recently, terms like computeraugmentedenvironment and ubiquitous computink seem to have become buzzwords in computer science. They describe an environment in which computers are used everywhere around us. This trend reflects the advances in development of the constituent technologies, such as small but high-performance sensors and displays, and high-performance sensors with low-power dissipation. It is becoming quite feasible to realize a world filled with computers. In the next few years the world of microelectronics is likely to undergo great changes. The time has come to look ahead to applications for a world full of computers. With this background in mind, I describe recent microprocessor developments in Japan and, as in past issues, bring readers up to date on the TRON Project.


The common 3-point safety belt usually has some anchor points on the car body. However, it is also possible to mount all anchor points on the seat structure. In general, different studies show some ...


Objective To measure the motion of the first tarsometatarsal and naviculocuneiform joints under axial loading force.Methods Data were collected after 7 intact specimens of adult fresh-frozen foot subjected to vertical loads of 0 N,100 N,400 N and 700 N in an electronic universal test machine.The original gray images taken by charge-coupled device were analyzed and calculated using the digital speckle calculation software to obtain the angle displacements of the first tarsometatarsal joint in sagittal and transverse planes as well as the angle displacements of naviculocuneiform joint in sagittal plane.Results Under the load of 700 N,the motion in the sagittal plane of the first tarsometatarsal joint was 1.81°± 0.63° and that of the naviculocuneiform joint was 1.09°± 0.56° while the motion in the transverse plane of the first tarsometatarsal joint was 1.56° ± 0.59°.Conclusions The first tarsometatarsal and naviculocuneiform joints have a relatively small motion range.Under axial loading,the first tarsometatarsal and naviculocuneiform joints have poor motion ability.

Key words:
Foot diseases;  Tarsal Bones;  Foot joints;  Digital speckle technique


Abstract Successions across the Middle–Upper Jurassic disconformity in the Lusitanian Basin (west‐central Portugal) are highly varied, and were probably developed on a large westward‐inclined hangingwall of a half‐graben. The disconformity is preceded by a complex forced regression showing marked variations down the ramp, and provides an example of the effects of rapid, relative sea‐level falls on carbonate ramp systems. In the east, Middle Jurassic inner ramp carbonates ('Candeeiros' facies) are capped by a palaeokarstic surface veneered by ferruginous clays or thick calcretes. In the west, mid‐outer ramp marls and limestones ('Brenha' facies) are terminated by two contrasting successions: (1) a sharp‐based carbonate sandbody capped by a minor erosion surface, overlain by interbedded marine–lagoonal–deltaic deposits with further minor erosion/exposure surfaces; (2) a brachiopod‐rich limestone with a minor irregular surface, overlain by marls, lignitic marls with marine and reworked non‐marine fossils and charophytic limestones, with further minor irregular surfaces and capped by a higher relief ferruginous erosional surface. The age ranges from Late Bathonian in the east to Late Callovian in the west. This disconformity assemblage is succeeded by widespread lacustrine–lagoonal limestones with microbial laminites and evaporites ('Cabaços' facies), attributed to the Middle Oxfordian. Over the whole basin, increasingly marine facies were deposited afterwards. In Middle Jurassic inner‐ramp zones in the east, the overall regression is marked by a major exposure surface overlain by continental sediments. In Middle Jurassic outer‐ramp zones to the west, the regression is represented initially by open‐marine successions followed by either a sharp marine erosion surface overlain by a complex sandbody or minor discontinuities and marginal‐marine deposits, in both cases capped by the major lowstand surface. Reflooding led to a complex pattern of depositional conditions throughout the basin, from freshwater and brackish lagoonal to marginal‐ and shallow‐marine settings. Additional complications were produced by possible tilting of the hangingwall of the half‐graben, the input of siliciclastics from westerly sources and climate change from humid to more seasonally semi‐arid conditions. The Middle–Late Jurassic sea‐level fall in the Lusitanian Basin is also recorded elsewhere within the Iberian and other peri‐Atlantic regions and matches a transgressive to regressive change in eustatic sea‐level curves, indicating that it is related in part to a global event.


The article analyzes the value orientation of today's youth, the role of law in the system of values, factors influencing the formation of the system of values of modern man.


The configuration of polymer chains end-adsorbed at a surface from the melt is probed by taking advantage of the interfacial segregation of diblock copolymers to the substrate/polymer interface from their mixtures with homopolymers in thin films as a function of the ratio of block lengths. The segment density profiles of either PV2P−PS or PMMA−PS diblocks adsorbed at the PS/substrate interface are evaluated by neutron reflectivity as a function of the relative size of the anchoring block vs that of the dangling block. Moreover, the composition profiles and conformational characteristics of all chain species present in the interfacial region are evaluated using a lattice-based self-consistent field model inspired by the work of Scheutjens and Fleer and extended to incorporate chain conformational stiffness. Inputs to the model are the molecular characteristics of the various species, interaction parameters extracted from experimental binary interfacial widths, and experimental data on the total surface exc...


Last November, the InChI TRUST started the release of a newsletter, called InChI OUTREACH. The goal is to share new information about the InChI Project, the InChI Trust and the usage of the tools and technologies that are being created, updated, and maintained. A release 4 to 6 times per year is being planned. Please send any comments, questions, or suggestions to Outreach Director, Rudy Potenzone (email@example.com).


The development of a specialized computer system for optimal planning of production activities of large-scale multi-assortment polymer enterprises and corporations is described. The system is designed to form the optimal placement of orders for equipment within the planning interval. The computer system includes a module for representing knowledge about the scheduled object, a database of orders, production lines, types and recipes of polymer materials, a base of equipment reconfiguration rules, mathematical models of various optimization methods, including a problem-oriented genetic algorithm, and a solution visualization module. During the development, methods of mathematical modeling, methods of designing databases and knowledge bases, as well as technologies for creating automated information systems were used. The proposed computer system improves the efficiency of the scheduling process for industrial polymer production


This work explores two possibilities of harnessing mature cabling technologies used in broadband networks of 4th generation systems in emerging next generation applications. Specifically, two proposals for using the cabling structure of Hybrid Fiber Coax and SAT TV (Satellite Television) systems are evaluated. The first one, as support in 5G network analog transport networks (fronthaul). The second evaluates the use of coaxial cables in access networks G.mgfast (Multi Gigabit G.fast). In the firs one, It is shown the relationships between the data rates and the number of antennas reached by the coaxial cable RG06, under a fixed power level and a target signal noise condition, considering different distances and two configurations of radio signals. It is shown that in the 5G analogue fronthaul analyzed, rates higher than 40 Gbps can be obtained in a RG06 coaxial cable, giving support to 140 antennas, meeting 3GPP transmission criteria. The second solution proposes a process to reduce power consumption in the network, by adapting the transmission power in the coaxial network, with higher bit load in the initial frequencies of the spectrum. Links with RG59, RG06 and RG11 coaxial cables are analyzed, considering rates ranging from 5 Gbps to 10 Gbps and two types of bit loading algorithms. It is shown that with these procedures the power saving obtained in single link with 100 m coaxial cable can be used to power another 28 cables of 50 m. On the other hand, it is shown that the power reduction is not relevant, from the point of view of redistribution, in cables whose length is less than or equal to 25 m.


Students of post-colonialism and German colonialism as well as scholars interested in the formation of German identities will find much of value in this stimulating book, which illustrates the burgeoning interest, evident in a wide range of work across a variety of disciplines, in German colonialism. Considered as a whole, recent work on the German colonial experience demonstrates that the pendulum of scholarly interest has swung away from the more traditional approaches that sought to reveal the ideological, political, and eco‐ nomic roots of colonialism and towards those which seek to illuminate its cultural component. In this case, Susanne Zantap uncovers and ana‐ lyzes colonial fantasies that "provided Germans an arena for creating an imaginary community and constructing a national identity in opposition to the perceived racial, sexual, ethnic, or national characteristics of others" (p. 7).


FaberMaunsell is an international multi-disciplinary consultancy providing a range of services in building engineering, transportation infrastructure and environmental disciplines through a network of 32 offices across the UK and Europe.


Euthanasia debate remains in the order of day. As a concept it refers to every action or omission realized to search a peaceful death in order to avoid pain and sufferance of the patient. However, there are no physiological, biological or clinical reasons to accelerate the death process. But there are anthropological, cultural, ethical and religious reasons inside this debate. In this way, it is not an exclusive problem of medicine, but transcends the biological and evidence based medicine parameters to achieve all society. In Brazil this debate remains in the superficiality. So, the author reviewed the most important elements involved in euthanasia dilemma, integrating them to Brazilian reality, and using a bioethical approach with the worry to the person who is dying. Brazilian doctors are not well prepared to face terminal patients and there is lack of universal access to palliative care.


A an organic material in which a low molecular weight converted like gaseous and liquid fuels, and efficiently reforming low molecular weight organic materials using stable supply possible gases, Ya heavies less carbonaceous, it is possible to obtain a reformate containing a large amount of light components, and to provide a low molecular method of organic substances that can be implemented with relatively simple equipment. A in the exhaust gas (g Hydrogenation is a modification of the organic material, hydrocracking, steam reforming, the fourth reaction of carbon dioxide reforming proceed simultaneously, it promotes low molecular weight efficiently organic matter at relatively low reaction temperatures. .FIELD 1


This paper presents a face recognition method based on Compressed Sensing(CS) algorithm on PCA feature set for robustness problem caused by occlusion,expression,as well as illumination.It utilizes the Two Directional Two Dimensional PCA((2D)2PCA) transformation to extract image features in both row and column directions and reduce the dimension.A projection matrix is constructed to identify the face features,considering these features to form an over complete dictionary.By solving the l1 norm minimization,the paper finds out the sparsest representation of images based on the dictionary to obtain a set of optimal sparse coefficient,which is used to recover the train images,computes the residuals between test and train images for face recognition.Experimental results show that this method not only has a high recognition rate in a lower dimension,but also reduces the computational complexity.Thus it can effectively improve the face recognition robustness on occlusion and expression,as well as illumination.


This paper presents a study on the influence of the Electron Energy Distribution Function (EEDF) on the calculated species densities in pure O2 DC discharges, for pressures in the range 0.075 – 5 Torr. A time dependent global kinetic model is used, considering either a Maxwellian EEDF or one calculated by solving the electron Boltzmann equation. The study focus on the O2(a), O2(b), O(P), O3 and O species densities, together with their creation and destruction mechanisms. The results point out that the differences in these two distribution functions can have an important effect on the electron reaction rates and ensuing densities of some of the major species, which draws attention to the limits of validity of using a Maxwellian distribution, even at low pressure conditions.


We implement a chromatic dispersion monitoring scheme that is based on four wave mixing (FWM) in a 2.1 cm long silicon waveguide. The average idler power produced by FWM in the waveguide depends on the peak power which is dependent on the pump pulse width after chromatic dispersion. Thus the average idler power can be measured to monitor accumulated residual dispersion in the pump. The average idler power change by ~ 53 % is observed for 40 Gb/s return-to-zero (RZ) signal when the dispersion is varied from zero to 27.2 ps/nm.


Given the widespread intimidation state of affairs, there is a gripping want to enlarge architectures, algorithms, and protocols to apprehend a trustworthy network infrastructure. In order to attain this aspiration, the foremost and leading step is to develop an ample perceptive of the security threats and existing solutions as stated in this paper. A way of building ontologies that proceeds in a bottom-up fashion is presented, defining concepts as clusters of concrete XML objects. Clusters are being generated, which are formed based on the structure of the input XML documents. The learning domain is a more general concept of security and health care system. On today's global information infrastructure, manual knowledge extraction is often not an option due to the sheer size and the high rate of change of available information. A bottom-up method for ontology extraction and maintenance intended at impeccably harmonizing current ontology design practice, where, as a rule, ontologies are designed top-down.


ABSTRACT A new surgical knife has been designed, developed through prototypes, and clinically tested over four years. It allows the surgeon intraoperatively to vary the position of the cutting blad...


At his death in 1631, John Donne was popularly famous not as a poet, but as a preacher. Even the elegists marshalled to praise Donne in the first editions of the collected Poems (1633, 1635) lauded his preaching, not his poetry. Indeed, the author of a dedicatory epigram to the printer of Poems was bold to say, ''Yet shew I thee a better way; / Print but his Sermons, and if those we buy, / He, We, and Thou shall live t' Eternity.'' This petition was soon granted. Six of Donne's sermons had already appeared in print during his lifetime, including two by royal command, followed quickly by Donne's last sermon, Deaths Duell . Then in folios published in 1640, 1649, and 1661 by John Donne, Jr., there appeared the 156 sermons that still form the basis of the sermon canon (see Sermons , vol. X, pp. 402-09). There was little doubt in the seventeenth-century mind that eloquence used for preaching was infinitely superior to penning ephemera like poems. Yet modern taste has inverted these early modern priorities. Donne's sermons have been used primarily either as convenient thematic glosses on the poetry, or for biographical evidence about Donne's theology, politics, and personality. Formal criticism has tended to praise them only when, in selected passages, they approach modern notions of ''the poetic.'' To appreciate properly Donne's sermons requires students first to acquaint themselves with what they are formally and generically.


Wikipedia is an open Internet encyclopedia that everyone can access and edit. Due to its "written from a neutral point of view" policy, both advertising and promotion are strictly forbidden in Wikipedia, and advertising articles will be deleted by administrators manually. Currently most researches about spamming in Wikipedia are focusing on editing behavior and making use of user's edit history to do feature-based judging. In this paper, we propose a pure text-based method to automatically detect advertising and promotion articles in Wikipedia. In order to apply learning algorithms to training corpus, we need to transform text article into a vector form. Rather than traditional bag-of-words document vector representation which was proved to be inefficient, we employ a deep learning method to obtain a word vector for each word and then apply a sliding window on each document to gradually gain the document vector. Furthermore, we implement an improved deep-learning structure which can directly give us a document vector for each document. We then construct a supervised SVM classifier on the document vectors to obtain the final results. Our method was tested on several datasets and produced better performance than the bag-of-words model in both precision and recall measurements.


In the last few years the so-called '360 deal', in which record labels receive a portion of income from revenue streams such as merchandising and publishing, have become increasingly common in the recording industry. However, the most publicised 360 deals have been made not by labels but by Live Nation, the world's largest live music promoter, and some have argued that the emergence of the 360 deal reflects a shift in the balance of power within the music industry. This article provides an overview of 360 deals, discussing their emergence and overall structure as well as arguments for and against the 360 approach. It examines the broader implications of the 360 deal, concluding that the current situation of the major labels may not be quite as bad as is commonly perceived, and that the 360 approach may help them manage the challenges that they have faced in the last decade.


Rainstorm waterlogging is one of the most frequently occurring hazards for most cities in China, which causes a great impact to urban life and social development. To perform rainstorm waterlogging disaster simulation, based on the advantages of remote sensing, an alternative integrated model was presented from hazard assessment, vulnerability assessment and exposure analysis on the basis of meteorological and hydrographic and other professional knowledge, combining Global Position System(GPS) and Geographical Information System(GIS). and the basis of investigations of various data and mathematical models and empirical formula of urban storm strength. The model was validated with historical storms record in Guiyang and satisfactory result was attained. Finally, Some reasonable suggestions for the risk planning and management were given.


This paper considers a multi-agent pursuit-evasion game in a bounded domain with multiple exits and obstacles. First, the problem modeling is performed, and the control strategy of the evaders is assumed. Then, based on Voronoi partition and potential field gradient, a pursuit strategy for N-pursuer/M-evader in the non-closed bounded domain is proposed, where the pursuers are classified into three autonomous switchable categories: the goalkeeper, the striker and the defender. The proposed strategy is a low-dimensional algorithm, which can greatly reduce computational costs. Finally, the feasibility and effectiveness are demonstrated by numerical case studies.


Vane number is an important parameter of IGV device, which indirectly affects hydraulic performance and pressure pulsation characteristics of the attached pump. In this study, based on an IS pump, the influences of vane number on hydraulic performance and pressure pulsation characteristics were considered. Four set of IGV devices were generated to assemble to the pump with 5, 6, 7 and 9 vanes, respectively. Then the three-dimensional unsteady flow fields were simulated using RNG k-e turbulence model and sliding mesh by Fluent-16.0. The numerical results showed good agreement with the experimental data, which validated the numerical models. The effects of vane number on pump head and efficiency are different. 6 vanes IGV device can produce higher head while 7 or 9 vanes can bring about higher efficiency. Similarly, the influences of vane number on pressure pulsation in time domain and frequency domain are also complex. 6 vanes IGV device can remarkably decrease power spectral density at all flow rate conditions, but 7 vanes IGV device can improve pump pressure pulsation characteristics and realize better hydraulic stability. Therefore, it is hard to determine the best vane number, but 6 vanes IGV device is suggested for engineering application to obtain better hydraulic performance.