Partial discharge (PD) diagnostic is considered as the main concern while making condition assessment plan for medium voltage assets. PD detection and localization in multi-section (straight and branched power lines) MV network is difficult by using the conventional Time Domain Reflectometry and Time Difference of Arrival methods. It is due to interconnected cables of different lengths and properties which make the interpretation of PD signals quite complex as compared to single cable routes. This paper presents an online technique of PD localization in MV cable network. PD activity emits current pulses propagating away from the PD site. Polarity of the detected PD pulses with reference to polarity of the supply voltage determines the direction of arrival of these pulses. Comparison of the polarity of PD pulses identifies the faulty section of the overhead covered conductor line as well as the cable network. A detailed discussion has been presented to address the practical issues of sensor implementation and polarity comparison in order to ensure the accuracy of polarity based direction of arrival (DOA) assessment during field application. Evaluation of DOA is based on directionally calibrated sensors. Allocated induction sensors are employed along the feeder for integrated implementation of proposed technique in accordance with the distributed agent for improving the network reliability.


Dr. Jason Jixuan Hu is the General Partner/President, WINTOP Consulting Group, Washington DC and WINTOP Management Consulting ( Shanghai) Co. Ltd. , Shanghai. ( www. wintopgroup. com). He once worked as Chief Operating Officer - China/Vice President for Apollo International from 1999 to 2002. Apollo International provided education to internationnal market and had education projects in Netherlands, Germany, Brazil, India and China. The journalists meet with Dr. Hu in a seminar and interviewed him about the current states and future development of distance education in America in the light of the Apollo experience.


Autonomous robots can be assigned with various tasks such as moving payload, analyzing terrain, and capturing data in an environment. For an Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) to execute such tasks the robot (Hussarion ROSbot) will require efficient algorithms and techniques to reference its current location. The robot is relative to surrounding obstacles in its predetermined path. The conducted research study explains the coordinated method used to successfully allow a robot to identify its position in the environment (Gazebo Simulation) and avoid obstructions with increasing velocity - contingent on nearby surroundings. The results show multiple robots individually tasked with distinct roles, while incorporating an obstacle avoidance function used to avoid both static and dynamic obstacles. Such results can be used in the applications of a high-capacity warehouse environments.


The study was carried out to determine the prevalence and effect of malaria on visual acuity (V.A) in relation to age, sex and the level of parasitaemia in patients visiting the University of Benin Health Centre. The research was accomplished by examination of blood films of the patients for presence of malaria and measuring the visual acuity (V.A) and palpebral apertures of the patients. A total of 1,000 patients were examined to determine their visual acuity and palpebral aperture after confirmation of malaria parasite in their blood films. Both parameters were again measured after a two-week- recovery period and on a confirmation of the absence of malaria parasite in the blood film of the patient. Five hundred (500) patients served as control. The result showed a malaria prevalence rate of 32% with no sex predilection. Malaria had a statistically significant effect on visual acuity (t=21.22, p<0.05). The result also revealed that the effect of malaria on the patient's visual acuity was dependent on the age (r=0.373, p<0.05) and the sex of the subject (t=3.41, p<0.05). Also the level of parasitaemia had a significant effect on the patient's V.A (rs=0.485, p<0.05). There was also a statistically significant effect of malaria on the palpebral aperture (t=3.15, p<0.05). The study demonstrated clearly that poor visual acuity is a symptom of malaria disease and deteriorates with increase in parasitaemia and increase in age of the subject and also that the males are more affected than the females


Present beam splitters allow a maximum beam separation of about 12o, and an electronically-controlled scanner for lasers is non-existent. Design variables are presented for a beam splitter (yielding up to 90o or more beam separation), and for an electronic scanner. Voltage control is obtained by changing input polarization components with a voltage-controlled KDP crystal. The beam splitter consists of two doubly-refracting crystals, either optically clamped or cemented, so as to form an oblique boundary at which one component is totally reflected, and the other, totally transmitted. The beam-separation angle determines the angle of incidence, which in turn specifies the maximum ratio (n 1 /n 2 ) of indices of refraction for the totally-reflected component and the exact ratio of indices required for total transmission of the other. Experimental measurements of the relative transmission intensities for the two beams are presented for a first experimental model. The scanner makes use of one of the conical refraction phenomena found in biaxial crystals. Here, each direction of vibration has a unique and "continuous" direction of refraction; so a "continuous" scan then results from a "continuous" change in the input vibration direction. Shaping of the output surface, or of some external media properly directs each particular ray. The beam splitter may prove especially useful in sampling, feedback, logic, and intensity-control systems, and the scanner in high-speed sweeping systems, including optical radar and television.


METHOD FOR HEATING A ELECTRO-OPTICAL ETOU ELECTROCHEMICAL ELEMENT WITH A SYSTEM OF THIN IS BY STRATA AND PARTIAL REMOVAL ON A SUPPORT AT LEAST PARTIAL LAYER IS THE FORM OF A SURFACE ELECTRODE FOR APPLICATION VOLTAGE REQUIRED CONTINUING OPERATING ELEMENT. A 3 eLECTRODE SURFACE IS APPLIED SIMULTANEOUSLY AS CURRENT HEATING, A AC POSSESSING FREQUENCY DOES NOT disrupting OPERATION ELEMENT.


Objective : To observe and describe the clinical effects of propranolol in an agitated and violent patient with postviral encephalitis organic personality disorder. Background: Cognitive and behavioral deficits are common in patients with viral encephalitis. Meth ods to modify behavior by a behavior program and medication have reported limited success. Case: A sixteen-year-old girl developed progressive violent and sexually dis inhibited behavior five weeks following acute viral encephalitis (presumed herpes sim plex encephalitis). Three weeks of high dose lorazepam (6mg/d) failed to control her symptoms. Intensive behavioral therapy was also ineffective and violent behavior increased during structured treatment hours. Benzodiazepines and low dose haloperidol were ineffective over the subsequent two weeks in a neurorehabilitation unit. Propra nolol was then given (10 mg b.i.d. to 20 mg t.i.d.) and she had a dramatic change in behavior with less violence and less agitation after one day of treatment with propra nolol. Her short-term memory improved. Decreased dosage of propranolol was associ ated with the return of violent behavior. Maintenance propranolol was effective in con trolling her symptoms and led to the resumption of her multidisciplinary rehabilitation program. Conclusion: Violent and autistic behavior due to viral (herpes) encephalitis may respond to propranolol. Key Words: Propranolol—Viral encephalitis—Organic personality disorder—Autism.


With the sustainable prosperity of E-commerce Industry, the postal express has become the fastest-growing area in the logistics industry in China, but it also faces a serious shortage of high-level specialized personnel. In order to better adapt to the current development of the postal express industry and the needs of enterprise talents, the authors discusses some problems in the reform of innovative entrepreneurship training mode of logistics engineering specialty, and takes the school where the authors are working as an example to make a beneficial attempt. Firstly, the study outlined the logistics engineering, especially the demand and training of senior professionals in the field of postal express in China, and then analysed four new trends of the new era, new subjects, new goals and new challenges faced by the current cultivation of doublecreative talents in logistics engineering specialty, finally summarized the exploratory work done by the specialty in training high-end and compound talents in the field of postal express from four aspects: course system construction, undergraduate scientific research training, subject competition organization and participation, and social service. Keywords—Logistics engineering; Postal express; Innovative and entrepreneurial talents; Training mode


OBJECTIVES To investigate the surgeries practiced in township hospitals in the last decade and provide evidence for the specification of the surgery function of township hospitals. METHODS Compare the frequency, coverage and utilization of surgeries in 49 township hospitals between 2000 and 2008. RESULTS The coverage of surgical items was stable in general but declined a little. Various tendencies were found in areas with different levels of economic development. Surgeries associated with family planning and acute symptoms were common in all township hospitals. CONCLUSION The developments of the surgery department in township hospitals must be based on the demand of the residents covered, and avoid any potential unnecessary expenditure due to unwise equipment purchase.


Curriculum innovations influenced by shifting curriculum from teaching subjects as separate compartments into integration of related disciplines has ushered discourse on adopting pedagogical strategies for teaching sciences through amalgamated themes across disciplines. The South African Teacher Education Institutions were mandated to develop curriculum reflecting science disciplines reflecting principles of knowledge integration. Bernstein's theory was used as a theory to frame the empirical study. The theory enabled the study to identify relevant syntax and semantics that could be used to describe how integrated knowledge in sciences curriculum could be structured to ensure that teacher trainees are adequately prepared to teach school curriculum. This study aimed at identifying perceptions and thoughts of Science Teacher Educators on how curriculum could be structured to allow knowledge integration in related disciplines. A purposive sample of teacher training universities was used to collect data for the case study. Data was collected through qualitative means, through interview and curriculum document analysis. Findings unveiled diverse patterns of thoughts on whether science multidisciplinary knowledge could be structured to allow integration of related themes in designing science teacher education curriculum structure. Further, findings unveiled that models used for the curriculum design by different institutions to some extent demonstrated divergent models influenced by lecturers as curriculum designers and developers' perspectives are influenced by their philosophical world views on how knowledge production entails. In conclusion, knowledge integration is a paradigm shift which requires ideological and philosophical beliefs to be set aside for transformational curriculum to be developed. Knowledge integration is therefore a process from curriculum design to curriculum dissemination and it can therefore act as a principle underpinning its implementation process.


It has been estimated that 10–15% of people with Robinow syndrome (RS) show delayed development, but no studies have formally assessed developmental domains. The objective of this study is to provide the first description of cognitive, adaptive, and psychological functioning in RS. Thirteen participants (10 males) aged 4–51 years were seen for neuropsychological screening. Eight had autosomal‐dominant RS (DVL1, n = 5; WNT5A, n = 3), four had autosomal‐recessive RS (NXN, n = 2; ROR2, n = 2), and one had a mutation on an RS candidate gene (GPC4). Participants completed measures of intellectual, fine‐motor, adaptive, executive, and psychological functioning. Findings indicated generally average intellectual functioning and low‐average visuomotor skills. Adaptive functioning was average in autosomal‐recessive RS (RRS) but low average in autosomal‐dominant RS (DRS). Parent‐report indicated executive dysfunction and attention problems in 4/8 children, 3/4 of whom had a DVL1 variant; adult self‐report did not indicate similar difficulties. Learning disabilities were also reported in 4/8 individuals with DRS, 3/4 of whom had a DVL1 variant. Peer problems were reported for a majority of participants, many of whom also reported emotional concerns. Altogether, the findings indicate average neurocognitive functioning in RRS. In contrast, DRS, especially DVL1 pathogenic alleles, may confer specific risk for neurodevelopmental disability.


Abstract
 This book applies a gender lens to examine the implications of climate change for livelihoods in vulnerable states. The goals are to enhance awareness of climate change as a gender issue, and to highlight the importance of gender in identifying livelihood vulnerabilities and in designing more robust climate adaptation measures, especially in climate-sensitive industries such as agriculture. The contributions in this book examine how the consequences of climate change affect women and men in different ways, and address the implications of climate change for women's livelihoods and resource access. The book is organized into two main sections. The first section (Chapters 2-8) examines disparities in the vulnerability of women's and men's livelihoods to climate change. The chapters in this section address issues such as gender inequalities in the household distribution of labour; differential access to agricultural livelihood inputs and assets; gender-based threats to personal safety and security; and gendered vulnerability to and experiences with climate disasters, food insecurity, and infrastructure development. The second section (chapters 9-16) takes a gender-based view of various climate adaptation initiatives in areas that rely on agriculture for subsistence and production. The contributions in this section address gender-inclusive participation in climate policy planning and decision making, the role of gender in livelihood adaptation measures, and any successes, failures, or opportunities for improvement that emerge from these efforts.


ABSTRACT The living alone for elderly is undesirable condition that they have to face in their later life. Elderly need a lot of assistance from others which becomes more complicated as their physical and mental conditions are getting degenerative because of aging . Mental health promotion has similarity with health promotion. Both aim to enhancement of well-being rather than on illness and addressing the population as a whole. Using a wide range of strategies such as communication, education, policy development, organizational change, community development and local activities, acknowledge and reinforce the competencies of the population encompass the health and social fields as well as medical services . The aim of this paper is to develop nursing care plan by using theoretical frame work of community nursing mental health promotion. The nursing actions and interventions will be developed based on the program from the existing study in term of reducing social isolation among elderly in community. Keywords: Mental health, community, elderly.


This article presents some of the features of the lexical realization of the concept of "God" in the artistic world view Semyon Lipkin. First, the author speaks of verbalizatorah this concept in the poems, which coincide with the explication of the conceptuniversals, and then on the individual author.


and key words Multibeam echosounders and bathymetric side-scan sonars are nowadays widely used for seafloor topographic mapping. Depending on the measurement angle sector and on the sonar array structure, various methods are usable to estimate time-angle pairs needed to estimate sounding point positions. Distinctions are to be made bet- ween methods based on signal amplitude or phase, on one hand, and measurements at given time or angle, on the other hand; this leads to define four main methods, covering most of bathymetry systems available today (maximum amplitude instant, phase difference direction, zero-phase difference instant, maximum amplitude direc- tion). The principles of these four approaches are described, and their respective measurement accuracy is evalua- ted as a function of the signal-to-noise ratio value. The formulae developed here account for the array geometry and beamforming weighting. The performances of two current methods for oblique incidences are compared and commented. The particular case of measurements close to the vertical is discussed. The performances of elemen- tary measurements of phase, time and angle for fluctuating signals are presented in an appendix.


Supply chain formation problem is one of the important research topics in e-Commence. In an e-Marketplace where buyers and sellers meet and trade online, dynamic supply chains can be formed among them by mediating agents. SET and CSET are two typical make-to-order supply chain models. CSET represents a scenario that has a central authority in charge of the formation, management and dissolution of a sup-ply chain. The principal authority selects the partners under certain principles which may either aim for maximizing profits of the whole supply chain or for ensuring every partner to re-ceive a job for communal prosperity. In SET, every supply chain partner uses local knowledge to compete for jobs at each supply chain level. We have implemented a Java-based simu-lator for simulating the process of dynamic supply chain for-mation. The simulator can operate in both modes whose results may be useful in decision-support in supply chain planning.


【Objective】To do clinical analysis and comparison between brain cardiovascular stroke(BCS) and cardiovascular brain stroke(CBS).【Methods】Sixty cases were divided into brain stroke and cardiovascular stroke happened simultaneously,group(A),BCS group(B),CBS group(C),clinical trait,pathological region,outcome were analysed and compared.【Results】The patients with both brain stroke and cardiovascular stroke had poor prognosis.【Conclusion】By clinical analysizing and comparing CBS with BCS,the best treatment program and prognosis are suggested.


The induction of cancer by chemicals is a process that consists of a series of steps. These comprise two principal sequences, the conversion of the normal cell to a neoplastic cell and the progression of the neoplastic cell to formation of a tumor. Chemicals are involved in this process at several points in both of the sequences, primarily as "initiating" agents, which produce neoplastic conversion most likely as a result of reaction with DNA, and as promoting agents, which facilitate the deveiopment of altered cells into tumors. Effects by chemicals in both sequences can lead to an increase of cancer in animals, and consequently, chemicals can be carcinogenic by a variety of mechanisms. In 1977, a proposal was made to categorize carcinogens into two types, genotoxic, which are capable of reacting with and damaging DNA, and epigenetic, which do not damage DNA but produce other biological effects that result in the production of tumors.'.' This basic dichotomy has been recognized by other and working groups.5v6 Specific classes of carcinogens have been assigned to these two categories (TABLE 1) based upon the established capacity of representatives to produce DNA damage or other biological effects.'


For all but the lowest levels of radioactive wastes, a satisfactory permanent disposal scheme is not currently available. The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is a model research and development program to demonstrate safe and effective means of removing transuranic nuclear wastes from the biosphere. This paper gives the historical development of the WIPP project, the classes of waste to be included in the project, the geologic basis of the repository, and methods used for characterizing the waste. Emphasis is given on how characterization methods are used to demonstrate compliance with regulatory criteria for handling various classes of waste.


Outcomes of oesophago‐gastric cancer are poor and highly variable between centres. It is important that complex multimodal treatments are applied optimally. Low case volumes at Australian centres mean that the analysis of crude outcomes is an inadequate assessment of overall quality of care. Detailed analysis across a range of quality domains offers the opportunity to measure performance.


ABSTRACT In many countries across the globe, and on the African continent in particular, young people do not have a voice in matters concerning their schooling. By virtue of their minor status, opportunities for participatory decision-making and leadership in schools are restricted, despite national policies to the contrary. This is all-too-often because leadership is (mis)understood as an adult phenomenon. In this article, we present a formative intervention, 'Learners Lead', which aimed at developing learner voice and leadership in learners through collective involvement in school change projects. Formulated as a documentary case study, data were generated from 95 research reports, the written assessments of the students registered for the Educational Leadership and Management elective within a postgraduate qualification in a South African university. Analysis drew on the pyramid of learner voice and the theory of expansive learning to examine if, and how, leadership development in learners occurred. The study found that expansive learning's seven learning actions provided the necessary additional theoretical tools for understanding and unpacking the stages of leadership development as the school change projects unfolded. Implications for practice and research are discussed.


In order to understand the spatial correlativity of Chilo supressalis, an origin sample and its two construction samples,sequence sample and random sample,are analyzed with geostatistics. Results show that semivariogram can characterize well the spatial distribution pattern and congregation intensity of Chilo supressalis.As for origin sample,the population distribute in a clump pattern with a weak aggregated intensity both in line and row direction. The dependence ranges are 1.15 m and 2.64 m in line and row direction respectively, with the spatial correlativity in line direction more than that in row direction.


Determining the relationship between single-neuron spiking and transient ( ∼ 20 Hz) beta local 21 field potential (β-LFP) oscillations is an important step for understanding the role of these oscillations 22 in motor cortex. We show that while motor cortex firing rates and beta spiking rhythmicity remain 23 sustained during steady-state movement preparation periods, β-LFP oscillations emerge, in contrast, 24 as short transient events. Single-neuron mean firing rates within and outside transient β-LFP events 25 showed no differences, and no consistent correlation was found between the beta oscillations' amplitude 26 and firing rates, as was the case for movement and visual-cue related β-LFP suppression. Importantly, 27 well-isolated single units featuring beta-rhythmic spiking (43%, 125/292) showed no apparent or only 28 weak phase-coupling with the transient β-LFP oscillations. Similar results were obtained for the 29 population spiking. These findings were common in triple microelectrode-array recordings from 30 primary motor (M1), ventral (PMv) and dorsal (PMd) premotor cortices in non-human primates 31 during movement preparation. Although beta spiking rhythmicity indicates strong membrane potential 32 fluctuations in the beta band, it does not imply strong phase coupling with β-LFP oscillations. The 33 observed dissociation points to two different sources of variation in motor cortex β-LFPs: one that 34 impacts single-neuron spiking dynamics, and another related to the generation of mesoscopic β-LFP 35 signals. Furthermore, our findings indicate that rhythmic spiking and diverse neuronal firing rates, 36 which encode planned actions during movement preparation, may naturally limit the ability of different 37 neuronal populations to strongly phase-couple to a single dominant oscillation frequency, leading to 38 the observed spiking and β-LFP dissociation. was computed on the +-5 433 Hz band around β-LFP peak (multi-taper PSD, 10 Hz bandwidth). We used linear discriminant analysis (LDA) with leave-one-out cross validation. Chance levels and p-values were determined by sampling 435 from a null hypothesis distribution generated by randomly permuting the grip and object labels for each 436 trial. We have found no statistically significant classification (p-values > 0.05) of the object or upcoming 437 grip movement from β-LFP power during the examined steady-state movement preparation periods. We examined the possibility that the phase coupling between spiking and the transient β-LFP oscillations could be too weak to be detected, but much stronger if assessed at the level of the population spiking activity. Population spiking activity was defined here as the total number of spikes (1 ms time bins) summed across the well-isolated single units within a given motor area, smoothed by a 25 ms boxcar 443 filter (Methods). For each motor area we computed the cross-correlation function between the population 444 spiking activity and the β-LFP averaged across the channels in the area. Cross-correlation functions 445 were computed for time lags ranging over one beta cycle ( ± 25 ms). A cross-correlation function was 446 computed for each area, epoch, session and subject. 447 Our findings contribute the of the statistical properties of signals recorded via


Direct or indirect Al toxicity has been suggested as a principal factor in forest tree declines. We monitored ambient soil solutions in undisturbed and experimentally manipulated soils from a fir [Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.]-spruce forest on Whiteface Mountain, NY, in order to characterize soil solution Al concentrations over a range of acid anion loadings. Under both natural and experimental conditions total Al and labile Al concentrations rarely exceeded values (180-250 μmol L -1 ) associated with reduced root growth in red spruce (Picea rubens Sarg.) (...)


Product positioning in industrial markets is an important consideration when new materials or products are introduced into a mature market. An investigation was carried out into the position of established timber species as perceived by United Kingdom end- users of timber. Multi-dimensional scaling techniques were employed in obtaining and explaining the perceptual patterns of four market segments (i.e., general furniture, furniture frames, general joinery, and mouldings). The potential position of P. radiata D.Don was determined by overimposing objective measures of its physical properties. The findings indicated that although there were differences in the perceptions of the end-use segments, all four segments shared a common element in their differentiation of species as hardwoods or softwoods. It was proposed that P. radiata should be positioned amongst the premium softwoods. Therefore, promotional efforts should emphasise its superior finishing properties and should be supported by a unique selling proposition centred around the sustainable availability of long and wide clear lengths. Efforts should be aimed at end-users who exhibit diversity in their utilisation of species, e.g., manufacturers of mouldings.


Exact deterministic remote state preparation schemes that involve projective measurements on Alice's side are not able to prepare arbitrary states but a restricted ensemble of states only. Instead of restoring the output state, Bob can transform his future measuring devices, and he can get the same probability amplitudes as with the original state. We show that such a simulation of measurement statistics is not possible for arbitrary states.


In article are considered the various ways of measurement of capacity Public sectors of economy: property, finan-cial and labour. The necessity of display for the normative documents of financial and labour ways of measurement of public sector is emphasized, that will allow increase his capacity and to strengthen a social vector in development of the Russian economy.


Abstract The films of Japanese director Kurosawa Kiyoshi in the late 1990s and early 2000s capture the malaise of the 'lost decade' (ushinawareta jû-nen) of the 1990s, a period characterized by the end of an economic boom that propelled Japan through two decades of unprecedented prosperity. Facing the decline of high-growth, the country for the first time in two decades could no longer ignore the things that it had suppressed to realize progress: the failure of Japan's radical movements of the 1960s and early 1970s and their de-evolution into extremism. As the haze of prosperity dissipated in the early 1990s, Japan was again stunned by a violent uprising more than two decades after the collapse of the student movements – the Tokyo subway gassings in 1995, an event that many associated with the radicalism of the 1960s and 1970s. The attacks served as a reminder of the deep-seated social dissatisfactions that existed among the activist generation and the violence that results from extremism. Utilizing trauma theory, this paper will examine the way Japan's radical past is re-experienced in Kurosawa's films in the years following the gassings. Through an analysis of the cinematic style of Charisma (Karisuma 1999), Pulse (Kairô 2001), and other cinematic works in light of their narrative references to radicalism, this article will flesh out the layered process through which Kurosawa's films engage the past while coping with the trauma of post-Aum Japan.


Two-dimensional laser visualization methods have been used in the study of breakup and atomization processes of non-evaporating diesel sprays. A single-hole spray injected into a quiescent atmospheric environment was visualized by the LIF(Laser Induced Fluorescence) and scattering technique. The LIF technique could be implemented to take the images which are magnified enough to show the shape of liquid ligaments and small droplets. The spontaneous scattering and fluorescent images of sprays were also taken to investigate the atomization of droplets. In the tip and periphery of a spray, the scattering light is bright and the ratio of fluorescent/scattering intensity is lower. This characteristics indicate the very high number density of small droplets which are well atomized.


One way to understand frailty is by comparison with the traditional concept of disease. Fifty years ago, the typical patient admitted to the hospital was suffered from a disease and was treated based on clinical diagnosis. Nowadays, most of the patients are suffering from multiple diseases and the target to therapy is shifted to regain the functionality of the patients instead to treat a disease only. Frailty is important because is associated with many serious conditions. Hospitalisation, falls, disabilities and death relate to the presence of frailty. Ageing may be conceptualised as a process of progressively increased entropy coupled with reduction and subsequently failure of the homeostatic mechanisms. Homeostatic equilibrium is maintained by robust function and interconnections between multiple physiologic systems. When one system is dysregulated or impaired, as in a specific disease, disability can result in the specific areas of function affected by the disease. In younger subjects the disease usually does not result in disability. There is a threshold to be overtaken in order to be disabled which is not reached in this case. However, later and during aging the derangement of general homeostatic mechanisms characteristic of frailty induces a multiple systems impairment which passes the disability threshold because of development of multiple diseases and leads to disability. There is general agreement that frailty results from underling physiologic and/or biologic alterations that are age-associated and maybe compounded by single or multiple diseases, or even be an end-stage outcome of several disease. Key systems thought to be involved in the development of frailty include muscoloskeletal, hormonal, immune and inflammatory systems with likely contributions from the autonomic anc CNS. Sarcopenia or loss of muscle mass if thought to b a central manifestation of frailty. The pathway of frailty starts with modification of physiology or biological alterations associated with ageing which may be deteriorated from diseases or even could be the final stage of diseases. Basic systems which is believed to interfere with frailty include musculoskeletal, hormones, immune function, inflammation and may be contributed from autonomic nervous system. Frailty is defined as a multi-system impairment associated with increased vulnerability to stressors and describes individuals who are at increased risk of adverse health outcomes (disability, admissions in hospitals, institutionalization, mortality). Frailty includes as basic components: disease, sarcopenia, reduced resting metabolic rate, total energy expenditure, undernutrition, reduced strength and power, reduced oxygen capacity. These components are dysregulated energetics as well as altered physiologic functioning and create a vicious cycle. The comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA), may be an option for characterizing frailty. However, due to its length is difficult to be used and requires geriatric training to carry it out and more evidence that is proper to identify subjects as frail. So, it would be of great importance to include a specific measure of frailty, in the CGA. Fried et al described frailty as a medical syndrome (assessed as the Fried frailty phenotype). Frailty criteria (which apply to the physical frailty) include shrinking, weakness, poor endurance and energy, slowness, reduced physical activity or exercise. All these criteria correspond to the following characteristics weight loss, low grip strength, poor endurance and energy, self-reported exhaustion, walking speed/Kcal expended per week, level of physical activity, respectively. Three or more of the above criteria define a subject as a frail. The Fried physical frailty phenotype might capture sarcopenic older adults as the criteria are directly related to the development of sarcopenia. Individuals can be categorized as non-frail (0 Fried criteria present), pre-frail or intermediate (1–2 criteria) or frail (≥3 criteria). Rockwood and Mitnitski describe it as an accumulation


The article describes the process of destruction of soil lumps on sifting separators of potato harvesters, based on the theory of low-cycle fatigue strength, based on the position that the destruction occurs as a result of the presence of initial defects and consists in the nucleation and development of cracks present in the body. A probabilistic model of reducing to "pass-through" sizes of large soil particles is considered, considering not only their destructive, but also hardening effect of cyclic loads of sifting separators, as well as the effect of areas of load application to the lump on the intensity of the destruction process and the purity of the heap. The conclusion was obtained that it is possible to increase the efficiency of the process of destruction of soil particles when using vibration effects. A design is proposed and the optimal parameters of a vibration separator with a reflector are determined.


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The micropore features in carbon fiber are studied by small angle x-ray scattering technique. The results show that there exist major and minor axes in the micropores. The major axis is parallel to the fiber axis direction. When carbonification temperature rises from 800℃ to 2400℃, the major axis increases from 1.90nm to 4 13nm, and minor axis from 1.52nm to 2.75nm. The carbon fiber were pulled at 230℃ for pre-oxidation and pulled at high temperature for carbonification during preparation. The ratios of microporous axial length for the unpulled carbonification sample are 1.25~1.34, however, the ratio is increased to 1.50 for the 2% pulled carbonification sample. The fractal dimension is 2.19 for the sample carbonized at 1400℃, and 2.65 for the sample carbonized at 2400℃, and the low fractal dimensions of micropore have high tensile and compressive strength.


Distributionally robust optimization is an effective method to deal with uncertainty. In this paper, we apply distributionally robust optimization methods to multivariate ridge regression model with data uncertainty. We construct the ambiguity set of the distributionally robust optimization problem by Wasserstein metric. We relax the primal formulation of the distributionally robust multivariate ridge regression model by introducing a regularization term. In this approach, the relax formulation is a solvable convex optimization problem. The feasibility and effectiveness of our approach is verified by numerical experiments.


ABSTRACT Drought is one of the major concerns that reduces yield and quality of wheat worldwide, thus posing a great threat to food security. In near future, increasing wheat production is a key to meet the current increasing demand for food in drought stressed areas. Recent research findings have illustrated that silicon (Si), a second highly rich component in the soil, could cut down drought stress in wheat plants. Therefore, we have reviewed the promising role of Si in reducing drought stress and highlighted the mechanism by which Si could mitigate the drought stress in wheat plants. Application of Si not only enhances the photosynthetic pigment, biomass and growth but also improves grain quality and yield under drought stress. The review further sheds light on key mechanisms which explain about modification of gas exchange properties, nutrient element homeostasis, regulating of compatible solute synthesis, osmotic adjustment and antioxidant enzyme stimulation in wheat plants under drought stress. The review concludes via suggesting the future research needs about the Si role on wheat under drought stress.


Both Shangcheng in Yanshi and Shangcheng in Zhengzhou were the capitals with the token of kingdom in pre-Shang Dynasty,the two had some relation of coexistence,and their designated functions and relation had a marked dynamic change.Shangcheng in Yanshi experienced the change from capital to secondary capital,while Shangcheng in Zhengzhou experienced the secondary change from capital to capital,which was not as some bachelors said,and the location change of Shangcheng in Yanshi had the direct relation with the building and developing of Shangcheng in Zhengzhou.


It is proposed a valve arrangement for a hydraulic or pneumatic control device comprising a housing (4) with two provided on a side openings (7, 8) and an on another side, in particular on the opposite side, provided further opening (9), wherein in the housing (4) a switching valve (6) and a throttle check valve (1) are arranged in floor construction, the control pressure medium from the working valve (a) or (B) through the switching valve (6) through the flow control valve (1) to the consumer ( P) can be conveyed, and vice versa.


| In this paper we present a strategy for automatically adapting the control parameters of an evolutionary algorithm. Its main features consist on its simplicity, and on providing total independence of the type of problem being solved.


Background: This study was conducted to detect various presenting clinical features, type and severity of pelvic endometriosis according to revised American fertility society classification. Objective of this study was to assess outcome of endometriosis after medical and surgical treatment in form of pregnancy, reduction of symptoms like dysmenorrhoea, dyspareunia and others.Methods: This prospective study conducted at one of tertiary care teaching institutes for period of 3 years from January 2011 to December 2013. A total number of 100 patients of pelvic endometriosis were examined and divided according to Revised American Fertility Society Classification on bases of severity, type and clinical features and laparoscopic findings. After 1 year of follow up, outcome assessed after completion of medical and surgical treatment in form of pregnancy, reduction of dysmenorrhoea and dyspareunia and other symptoms.Results: This study showed most affected patients (46%) belongs to 26-30 years of age group, dysmenorrhoea was the most common presenting symptoms in 76% patients. Most common site affected (52%) was ovaries. Laparoscopy was done in 86% patients. Most patients (44%) were benefited with fulguration of endometriotic nodules. 62% of patients were given oral contraceptive pills or progesterone pills after definitive surgery as freely available in Governmental setup and fewer side effects as compared to Danazol and GnRH analogues. 40 patients became pregnant after medical and surgical treatment, where 60 patients had reduced dysmenorrhoea and 20 patients had reduced dyspareunia.Conclusions: Laparoscopy is gold standard diagnostic as well as therapeutic tool in pelvic endometriosis as it can rule out other causes of infertility without interfering normal anatomy.


An objective and relational theory of local time is expounded and its philosophical implications are discussed in Sect. 2. In Sect. 3 certain physical and metaphysical questions concerning time are taken up in the light of that theory. The basic concepts of the theory are those of event, reference frame, chronometric scale, and time function. These are subject to four axioms: existence of events, frames and scales; time is a real valued function; the set of events is compact; and any duration can be subdivided into two contiguous durations. Several theorems are derived, among them the one of the asymmetry of time. And a number of concepts are defined, such as those of time order, instant, and time coordinate. It is argued that the theory, though untestable, belongs to the background of a number of scientific theories. It is also shown that it includes all relational theories of time. The usual confusion between the asymmetry of time and the direction of irreversible processes is clarified. Time reversal is interpreted either as a purely formal operation or as a convenient way of describing motion reversed processes. Time orders are shown to be both relative and objective, apart from the choice of the positive direction, which is conventional. The various attempts to define the direction of time in terms of irreversible processes are shown to be logically untenable and methodologically undesirable. A number of metaphysical questions, such as the one of the reality and the fundamental character of time, are tackled. Finally the occasion is seized to extoll the advantages of systematization over both ordinary language discussions and open context analyses.


The authors compare asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) fixed-length-cell (FLC) versus variable-length-cell (VLC) formats with regard to memory requirements, delays, and efficiency considerations. In particular, they develop models for the comparison of these formats at an access multiplexer. Results show that at moderate outgoing link utilizations, the memory requirements for an FLC format are less than those for a VLC format. However, at higher outgoing link utilizations, the opposite is true, due to the inherent efficiency advantage of a VLC format. At moderate outgoing link utilizations, delays for short messages are found to be comparable. However, at higher outgoing link utilizations, a VLC format has an edge for short messages because of the efficiency advantage. It is concluded that the performance differences found here do not overwhelmingly favor either an FLC or a VLC format, and thus it is important to factor in other issues as well.<<ETX>>


The range of symbolic meanings associated with the figure of the dragon extends to include an important role in those branches of knowledge that encompass the more esoteric or magical sciences, in particular sympathetic and talismanic astrological magic and the preparation of verbal and material talismans. The word serpent or snake appears in the Qurʾān only in allusion to the staff or rod that Mūsā carried as sceptre of his authority and miraculously transformed into a serpent. The magic power of Mūsā's serpent-rod was attributed primarily to the words inscribed upon it, which consisted of names that were linked to the mystical divine name that was endowed with special power and in Arabic magic literature is generally referred to as ism Allāh al-aʿẓam ("the greatest name of God").Keywords: divination; dragon; Mūsā; magic; serpent-rod; talismans


A numerical study of the laminar and compressible boundary layer, about a circular cone in a supersonic free stream, is presented. It is thought that if accurate and efficient numerical schemes can be produced to solve the boundary layer equations, they can be joined to numerical codes that solve the inviscid outer flow. The combination of these numerical codes is competitive with the accurate, but computationally expensive, NavierStokes schemes. The primary goal of this study is to develop a finite element method for the calculation of three dimensional compressible laminar boundary layer about a yawed cone. The proposed method can, in principle, be extended to apply to the three dimensional boundary layer of pointed bodies of arbitrary cross section. In the present thesis the three dimensional boundary layer equations governing supersonic free stream flow about a cone are examined. The three dimensional partial differential equations are reduced to two dimensional integral equations by applying the Howarth, Mangler, Crocco transformations, a linear relation between viscosity, and a Blasius-type of similarity variable.This is equivalent to a Dorodnitsyn-type formulation. The reduced equations are independent of density and curvature effects, and resemble the weak form of the two dimensional incompressible boundary layer equations in Cartesian coordinates. In addition the coordinate normal to the wall has been stretched, which reduces the gradients across the layer and provides high resolution near the surface. Utilizing the parabolic nature of the boundary layer equations, a finite element method is applied to the Dorodnitsyn formulation. The formulation is presented in a Petrov-Galerkin finite element form and discretized across the layer using linear interpolation functions. Linear functions were chosen for ease of programming while also providing adequate accuracy. The finite element discretization yields a system of ordinary differential equations in the circumferential direction. The circumferential derivatives are solved by an implicit and noniterative finite difference marching scheme. Solutions are presented for a 15° half angle cone at angles of attack of 5° and 10°. The numerical solutions assume a laminar boundary layer with free stream Mach number of 7. Results include circumferential distribution of skin friction and surface heat transfer, and cross flow velocity distributions across the layer. PRECEDING PAGE BLANK NOT FILMED Acknowledgement I would like to start by thanking my research advisor, Professor Maurice Holt, for the years of patience, support, and encouragement he has given me throughout my stay at U. C. Berkeley. I would also like to thank Professor Edmund V. Laitone and Professor Robert F. Steidei for their helpful suggestions and interest in my doctoral studies. The helpful comments of Professor Clive A. J. Fletcher at University of Sydney, Australia, and Dr. Petrus P. van der Walt at U. C. Berkeley are gratefully acknowledged. I would also like to acknowledge Dr. Paul Kutler and project monitor Dr. Lewis B. Schiff at the NASA Ames Research Center for the partial support through NASA Ames UC Cooperative Agreement No. NAG-2-483. Finally I would like to thank my family and my close friends here in the Bay Area for their love and support during my school years.


Objectives/Hypothesis: Our aim was to evaluate the combined effect of 5‐fluorouracil (5‐FU) and myringotomy for the treatment of otitis media with effusion (OME). OME is usually treated with medication, myringotomy, or insertion of a ventilation tube (VT). Except for VT insertion, however, treatment effects are short‐lived. VT insertion has numerous sequelae: increased susceptibility to infection, large perforation of the tympanic membrane, cholesteatoma, and eventual hearing deterioration. We estimated the depressant action of 5‐FU on normal cell proliferation in vitro. In addition, clinically, we assessed whether 5‐FU has the potential to prolong the effect of myringotomy.


2,3-Diphenyl-1,4-benzodithiin (1) was prepared from the reaction of phenyl-lithium and bromobenzene with carbon disulphide. 2-(Biphenyl-2-yl)-3-phenyl-1,4-benzodithiin (2), 3-(biphenyl-2-yl)-2-phenylbenzo[b]thiophen (3), and 2,3-dihydro-2,3-diphenyl-1,4-benzodithiin were isolated as by-products. Pyrolysis of (1) afforded tetraphenylthiophen. A reaction mechanism involving a benzyne intermediate is suggested.


reconstitution method was used in this study. Wheat starch were added into wheat flour in order to change starch content range. Typical Chinese fresh noodles were made from these mixtures and their textures were measured by texture analyser at compression and extension mode. Also the color of noodles were assessed. The effects of wheat starch on Chinese noodles were studied.


[1] As a significant source of trace gases and particulate matter to the atmosphere, biomass burning plays an important role in climate change and atmospheric chemistry at regional and global scales. The burned area is a critical parameter in estimating fire emissions. Recently, multiyear global burned area products with medium spatial resolution (1 km or 500 m) have been released, including the L3JRC product and the Collection 5 Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MCD45A1) product. In this study, we compare the spatial distribution and temporal pattern of L3JRC and MCD45A1 burned areas over 7 fire years from 1 April 2000 to 31 March 2007. For these 7 fire years, L3JRC gave global burned areas of 3.89, 4.32, 3.53, 4.43, 3.81, 3.60, and 4.51 million km2, and MCD45A1 gave values of 3.44, 3.33, 3.57, 3.38, 3.52, 3.39, and 3.61 million km2, respectively. The L3JRC product showed persistent burning activity from April to October, whereas the burned area according to MCD45A1 often peaked in August and December at the global scale. For most continents, the L3JRC and MCD45A1 burned areas compared very well during the fire season; however, for the period outside the fire season, L3JRC generally reported a significantly larger burned area than did MCD45A1. The burned areas were examined according to the main vegetation classes given by the GlobCover product. Validation of the L3JRC and MCD45A1 burned areas was performed using data from ground-based measurements in Canada, the United States, Russia, and China. The results showed that MCD45A1 was more comparable to reference data, although it often underestimated in the boreal forests. L3JRC generally exhibited significant overestimation in these areas.


Recorded test data are presented for Test S-07-8 of the Semiscale Mod-3 baseline test series. This test is one of several Semiscale Mod-3 experiments conducted to investigate the thermal and hydraulic phenomena accompanying a hypothesized loss-of-coolant accident in a pressurized water reactor (PWR) system. Test S-07-8 was conducted from initial conditions of 15.7 MPa and 556/sup 0/K to investigate the response of the Semiscale Mod-3 system to a blowdown transient following a simulated double-ended off-set shear of the broken loop cold leg piping. The specific objective of this test was to provide reference data to evaluate integral blowdown and reflood behavior during a 200% cold leg break with emergency core coolant (ECC) injection into the vessel lower plenum of the Mod-3 system.


This cross-sectional study was performed on all patients suspected to be suffering from ectoparasites who were referred to the parasitology laboratory of Imam Reza Hospital of Mashhad during 15 years (April 1995 to April 2010). All patients' data were collected from the questionnaires and then analyzed statistically. From 1814 suspected patients to be suffering from ectoparasites, 375 patients had scabies and, 99 suffer from pediculosis. The mean age of patients was 26/18 ± 17/68. The most common age of scabies was 10–19 (27/7%) and pediculosis 0–9(9/6%) (P value = 0.00). The highest incidence of pediculosis was in women (3.6%) and scabies in men (13.7%) (P value = 0.00). Pediculosis is more common in children (9/9%) and scabies in workers (32%)(P value = 0.00). Scabies and pediculosis were more prevalent in patients from Razavi Khorasan Province with 18.7% and 5%, respectively (P value = 0.08).


We describe an empirical approach to identifying the kind of task that an emotion recognition system could usefully address. Three levels of information are elicited – a basic emotion vocabulary, a basic representation in 'evaluation-activation space' of the meaning of each word, and a richer 'schema' representation. The results confirm that an approach of this kind is feasible. Key-Words: emotion recognition, semantics, neural network CSCC'99 Proceedings, Pages:5311-5316


Abstract This systematic review aimed to understand the effects of self-esteem on risky sexual behavior (RSB) among adolescents and young adults. We followed the procedures outlined in the Cooper's five-step approach, and used the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) 2020 reporting requirements. Published studies were identified using nine electronic databases. Studies were included based on (a) a focus on populations aged between 10 and 25 years; (b) an examination of the association between self-esteem-related factors, in line with RSB outcomes among adolescents and young adults; and (c) early sexual debut before 16 years, having multiple sex partners, and unprotected sex. In total, 11,216 studies were identified, of which nine studies met the inclusion criteria. All articles received high quality ratings. Despite methodological limitations, results showed that early sexual debut positively associated with self-esteem among female participants; condom use showed a negative association with lower self-esteem among female participants, while condom use decreased with decreasing self-esteem. Several sexual partners were found not to be associated with self-esteem. Intervention programs to increase the self-esteem of adolescents are recommended by educators to reduce risky sexual behavior among adolescents and young adults. Moreover, subsequent studies should develop instruments that assess self-esteem using subscales and educational programs that enhance healthy self-esteem development and correct sexual norms in peer groups and local communities. KEY MESSAGE Early sexual debut was positively associated with self-esteem, and condom use negatively associated with self-esteem among adolescents. Intervention programs are recommended to establish healthy self-esteem and reduce risky sexual behavior among adolescents and young adults. Future research should consider self-esteem as a pertinent aspect of sexual behaviors (e.g., physical pride, romantic capacity, and sexual autonomy).


World Fertility Survey data for ten developing countries are used to examine the respective roles of development and family planning in influencing the regulation of fertility. The findings show that high proportions of women at all socioeconomic levels in the countries studied wanted no more children, including large proportions among rural, poor, and uneducated women with few children. The data also show that despite the limitations of underdevelopment, in countries with strong family planning programs knowledge and use of contraception was high. These findings confirm that there is a large unmet demand for family planning and point to the importance of continued allocation of funds to support service programs.


In this paper, the problem of the closed-loop stability of a class of bilinear systems with delayed state and saturating actuators is considered. Delay-independent sufficient conditions for the uniform asymptotic stability of the closed-loop system via a memoryless static state feedback are developed. The closed-loop stability conditions and the corresponding memoryless control laws are expressed in terms of symmetric positive definite solutions of appropriate finite dimensional algebraic Riccati equations.


The reason people have strong loyalty to smartphones "Iphone" different products is because the quality of the product and the operating system get full trust, recommend products, keep using products, Encourage people to use products to make products very attractive not unconditionally. 100 respondents were taken with Purposive sampling technique. Research results: The influence of Brand Experience on Brand Trust: Behavioral Experience and Sensory Experience hypotheses are accepted, while Intellectual Experience is rejected. The influence of Brand Experience on Behavioral Loyalty: Behavioral Experience, Intellectual Experience and Sensory Experience hypothesis is rejected while Brand Trust is accepted. The effect of Brand Trust on Behavioral Loyalty is hypothesized to be accepted.


Introduction to e-commerce. The evolution of e-commerce: a focus on Europe and Italy. New business models in the food industry. Food and grocery retail overview. Food subscription boxes: Degustabox SL.


The article presents a methodological system for the formation of the skills of younger schoolchildren to use dictionaries. Theoretical analyses as a system structure are characterized by a goal, a sequence of tasks, an integral structure, unity of elements, constructive ideas–methods, a principle, a set of processes, a single phenomenon and a connection of means. The components that make up the methodological system and its functions are reported. On the part of the authors, it is clarified that "the methodological system for the formation of the skills of younger schoolchildren to use dictionaries is a hierarchical set of integral components of planning and conducting the educational process (content, methods, form and means, forms) aimed at improving the effectiveness of learning in mastering the content of primary education." The goals and objectives of the methodological system for the formation of the skills of primary school students to use dictionaries are set, a model of a primary school student with a developed vocabulary is given through the formation of the skills to use dictionaries in the process of solving them. The program of textbooks «Alippe», «Ana tili» for the 1st grade is analyzed. According to the empirical section «What do you do if you don't understand the meaning of words?», a constant experiment was conducted and its comparative analyses were carried out. For the formation of students' skills to use linguistic dictionaries at the stage of formation, the improvement of the professional competence of primary school teachers is based and attention is focused on the lexicographic competence of the teacher. In this regard, the article has prepared and presented the program and the educational and thematic plan of the 16-hour educational and methodological seminar «Formation of skills of primary school students to use linguistic dictionaries».


This paper mainly deals with a control system of BLDCM employing direct B-EMF rotor position detection by means of special MCU(ST72141), including accelerated demagnetization during commutations. After the descriptions of its principle,a BLDCM control system of DC inverter air-conditioner is established and experimented with satisfactory results. It features with simple circuit, accurate position detection, immunity from noise and common mode disturbance and wide speed scope.There are also some important attentions to its design:(1)high switching frequency due to the detection occurring at the PWM off;(2)accelerated demagnetization for increasing veracity and reducing torque pulsation;(3)different reference voltage for different loads (0.4V,0.6V,1.2V and 2.5V);(4)suitable for such BLDCM control system powered by boost active PFC.


Dynamic simulation of nonpoint source pollutant, transport in agricultural water sheds , Dynamic simulation of nonpoint source pollutant, transport in agricultural water sheds , مرکز فناوری اطلاعات و اطلاع رسانی کشاورزی


In the summer of 1997, organized labor won a major strike against United Parcel Service. Staying out for just over two weeks, more than 185,000 members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) crippled UPS's operations, securing pay increases and more full-time positions as a result. At the time, observers widely predicted that the strike would lead to a revival of organized labor's fortunes, especially as it showed that American unions could still win public support. Revisiting the strike more than a decade later, this article re-assesses its impact and explores why the predicted labor revival did not happen, as union density has continued to fall since 1997. It argues that observers exaggerated the strike's transformative impact, overlooking the structural barriers that have continued to cause organized labor to decline. The strike was a defensive victory that helped uphold the pay and conditions of the UPS workers themselves but unions in general have continued to be undermined by broad trends such as the growth of the service sector, the decline of manufacturing, and ongoing corporate hostility to organized labor. In addition, there were many unique features of the UPS strike, including the favourable economic climate at the time and public sympathy for UPS drivers, which have ensured that the strike has not provided a blueprint for most American workers. Finally, ongoing political divisions within the IBT also thwarted efforts to capitalize on the strike.


Software continuously becomes more and more difficult to understand and maintain with time elapse.Therefore,programmers must restructure the software before losing control of it. Refactoring is a key technique to acquire software quality,which is to restructure and reorganize software without changing its external observable be-haviour. However,refactoring is not applied in practice as much as might be desired. One of main deterrents is the cost of detecting candidates for refactoring and choosing the appropriate refactoring transformation operation. To overcome the deterrent ,a localization method for refactoring based-on average distance measure is proposed,formulas of calculating average distance and average distance difference between class members and classes,and a practical ap-method in real systems are presented in this paper. This paper elaborates the theory of distance, and demon-strates application of the theory in code refactoring by a simple case.


A new species of chewing louse, Myrsidea agarwali, is described from Garrulax lineatus lineatus (Passeriformes: Timaliidae) from the Rampur district (India). A key is provided for the identification of males and females of Myrsidea from birds of the genus Garrulax.


With the excessive growth in mobile users' traffic, radio resource management (RRM) techniques should undergo revolutionary changes to be competent enough to meet the ever-increasing users' demands. Virtualized wireless network (VWN) has emerged as a satisfactory solution in the fifth-generation (5G) cellular networks ensuring the required quality-of-service (QoS) of distinct slices. Yet, it seems that tackling RRM problems in VWNs using conventional optimization is not practical for real-time applications. In this paper, driven by the advancements of machine learning, we consider the throughput maximization problem in a cloud radio access network (C-RAN) assisted softly virtualized wireless network supporting different types of services and solve it with a deep Q-learning (DQL) algorithm. The performance of the proposed policy is thoroughly evaluated via simulation results with respect to the isolation rate, penalty value as well as the discount factor. It is shown that our proposed policy achieves a higher sum rate compared to the existing baseline namely a greedy search-based power allocation strategy.


Abstract Strong competitive advantage is a common goal shared among many retailers. Generally, to establish a competitive advantage, many retailers all over the world will focus on the three primary methods of gaining a leg up on their competitors which are cost leadership, differentiation and strategic alliance. However, the environmental issues regarding the pollution, waste, climate change and global warning are changing the competitive landscape of many industries such as the retail industry. Considering the strict environmental regulations and the consumers' increasing interest in the environmental problems, managers can no longer ignore the need to implement and develop innovative strategies that incorporate environmental aspects. The aim of the study was to the investigate the impact of environmental protective strategies such as environmental performance, green image and customer requirements on the competitive advantage of retailers in Southern Gauteng. The study adopted a quantitative approach to survey a sample of 200 managers and general employees from the retailer's businesses in Southern Gauteng, province of South Africa. A convenience sampling technique was applied to collect data from the respondents. Data were analysed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (26.0). Moreover, confirmatory factors analysis was applied to examine and test the relationship between observed constructs and their casual latent construct. Smart PLS 3.0 was also used to test the hypothesised relationships between the constructs. The current study revealed that green image, environmental performance and customer requirements are determinants of competitive advantage. The results also showed that there is a negative relationship between green image and environment performance. The results of the study also revealed that, through green image, customer requirements and environmental performance sustainable competitive advantage can be achieved.


The growth of Eucalyptus and its clones which introduced since from 2006 were investigated with sample survey,then the frozen damage,disease and pest were recorded.The reasons for their poor growth in 2007 were discussed.


This work illustrates the structure of an Ambient Intelligence system in terms of its general tasks: the main issues related to this kind of environments are described with the aim to define a logical architecture able at containing and covering the functionalities a Smart Space needs to acquire and exploit its knowledge about the environment, about the users acting inside its domain and about the internal state of the system itself. The inspiration for the definition of such an architecture is taken from the human physiology and in particular it comes from the work of A. Damasio who has defined a coherent model for describing the behavior of the conscience (self consciousness) in human beings. Starting from that model we try and pose the bases for a system able at exploiting data acquired from its set of sensors in order to control its actions adapting to the current situation. After the model and the architecture are defined in terms of the main tasks a smart space has to demonstrate, that is to say Perception, Analysis, Decision, and Action, we focus in this work on the perception task with the description of the problem of multimode data alignment for location. In particular we deal with the association of Videobased positioning systems and Radio based localization techniques.


A Nienano-CaO sorption complex catalyst was modified with ZrO2 to improve its stability for use in hydrogen production from steam methane reforming (SMR). Nano-ZrO2 was introduced into a support containing nano-CaCO3 and Al2O3. The sorption complex catalyst, ZrO2eNienano-CaO, was prepared by infusing Ni into the ZrO2enano-CaO support, followed by calcination. The catalyst was evaluated with a bench-scale fixed bed reactor under the following reaction conditions: a temperature of 600 C, a steamecarbon mole ratio of 4:1, a gas hourly space velocity of 1800 h , and a regeneration temperature of 800 C. The reaction was performed under an atmosphere of nitrogen. The ZrO2-modified sorption complex catalyst could achieve 20 cyclic runs of ReSER hydrogen production, while the sorption complex catalyst without the ZrO2 modification rapidly deactivated after three cyclic runs. BrunauereEmmereTeller analysis showed that the catalyst surface area of the new catalyst had increased. Furthermore, the addition of ZrO2 could prevent the formation of NiAl2O4 in the sorption complex catalyst, which we believe to be the main cause of the improvement in the catalyst stability. a 2010 Professor T. Nejat Veziroglu. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.


After discussing impacts of the maximum temperature and evaporation model on the nature of residues in the process of evaporation,it approaches the evaporation model of emulsified asphalt,furthermore puts forward relevant recommendations,in order to achieve a true reflection of emulsified asphalt pavement performance purpose.


This study aims to find out the perception and overall class satisfaction of learners based on their involvement in coaching class activities from a flipped learning-based program. This study also hopes to derive some implications from its results for future class improvement. For this purpose, the class was divided into coaching classes and lecture classes for first-year students taking liberal arts English at university and was conducted twice a week for 15 weeks. The results of the study are as follows: First, the activity that the students were most interested in regarding the 'reading' item in their learning journals of the flipped learning-based coaching class was something called 'question and answer'. By examining 1,400 questions and answers, we found an increase in not only the quantitative expansion of learning, but also in the motivation and confidence levels on the part of the students as well. Second, we found that self-coaching caused the students to engage in the sternest sort of reflection when it came to summary writing in their coaching journals. Moreover, peer coaching advanced from postevaluation of guided writing to in-depth coaching, such as is seen in sentence power (mechanics, vocabulary, grammar), and discourse. Third, class satisfaction with flipped learning-based classes was not statistically significant. Coaching and lecture-style classes scored the positive points of 3.87, 3.94 each according to five scales, especially in terms of class content, teaching method, and progress. Fourth, both groups chose flipped learning classes at a rate of 68.75% and 64.51%, respectively, as their preferred method of teaching going forward. Finally, regarding their preferred media for learning, the students chose Papago and Naver dictionaries. This suggests that it is necessary for instructors to set guidelines as auxiliary tools and as a practical routine of automatic translators. Based on the results of this study, the necessity of the simultaneous implementation of the two groups of learning journals, balanced distribution of tasks imposed on learners, activation of Q&A in non-face-to-face classes and continuous motivation, and the need for a consensus relationship between liberal arts English and the chosen majors of the students were suggested.


We have made mapping observations of L1551 IRS 5, L1551NE, L723, and L43 and single-point observations of IRAS 16293-2422 in the submillimeter CS (J = 7-6) and HCN (J = 4-3) lines with ASTE. Including our previous ASTE observations of L483 and B335, we found a clear linear correlation between the source bolometric luminosities and the total integrated intensities of the submillimeter lines (I_CS ~L_bol^0.92). The combined ASTE + SMA CS (7-6) image of L1551 IRS 5 exhibits an extended (~2000 AU) component tracing the associated reflection nebula at the west and southwest, as well as a compact ( 40 K) walls of the envelope cavities, excavated by the associated outflows and irradiated by the central protostars directly. The opposite velocity gradients along the outflow direction likely reflect the dispersing gas motion at the wall of the cavity in the envelopes perpendicular to the outflow.


Healthcare professionals' perception of the safety climate has been used as a tool to develop the instruments to measure patient safety climate in healthcare. Safety Attitudes Questionnaire 2006 Short Form (SAQ) has been considered a reliable and sensitive tool to assess safety attitudes. It has been used to explore the relationship between safety climate scores and patient outcomes and has also become the most commonly used self-reported psychometric questionnaire that measures safety attitudes in front-line workers.


The article presents the main advantages of electric arc furnace (EAF): it has a great contribution to reintroduce significant quantities of reusable metallic materials in the economic circuit, it constitutes itself as an important part in the Primary Materials and Energy Recovery (PMER), good productivity, good quality / price ratio, the possibility of developing a wide variety of classes and types of steels, including special steels and high alloy. In this paper it is presented some important developments of electric arc furnace: vacuum electric arc furnace, artificial intelligence expert systems for pollution control Steelworks. Another important aspect presented in the article is an original block diagram for optimization the EAF management system. This scheme is based on the original objective function (criterion function) represented by the price / quality ratio. The article presents an original block diagram for optimization the control system of the EAF. For designing this concept of EAF management system, many principles were used.


Financial intermediation facilitates economic development by providing entrepreneurs with external finance. The relative costs of financing depend on the efficiency of the financial sector and the sector using financial intermediation services, the production sector. These costs determine the occupational choices and the set of active establishments in the production and financial sectors. A model of establishment-size distributions in the production and financial sectors results. This model is calibrated to match facts about the U.S. economy, such as the interest-rate spread and the establishment-size distributions in the production and financial sectors. The model is then used to evaluate the importance of the technological progress in the production and financial sectors and the observed decline in the real interest rate for the dynamics of the value added and the average establishment size in the production and financial sectors. The model accounts for the observed positive trend in the share of the value added and the negative trend in the average establishment size in the U.S. and Taiwanese financial sectors during the last three decades.


The COVID-19 pandemic has urged higher education institutions (HEIs) to improve their information technology (IT) capabilities due to online demands in almost all activities. However, a large IT investment does not guarantee added value for an organisation if the effectiveness of IT governance does not accompany it. Since studies on this issue are still lacking, this study examined the effect of IT capabilities and perceived effectiveness of IT governance on the accountability and performance of HEIs during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study also tested the role of IT governance as a mediator. This study employed a survey method with hypothesis testing using the Partial Least Squares (PLS) technique. The sample comprised 129 HEIs located on Java Island, Indonesia. Cluster sampling was utilised to ensure the representativeness of the sample between the provinces located in Java, covering Banten, the Special Capital Region of Jakarta, West Java, Central Java, East Java, and the Special Region of Yogyakarta. The results showed that when IT capabilities positively affected IT governance, either IT capabilities or IT governance positively affected HEIs accountability and performance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Further, IT governance was found to be a mediating variable.


Pressure vessels and pipelines in the actual production process,subjected to internal pressure, bending moment, torsion, axial force, gravity and other loads,a lower bound limit load solution has been developed for a plain thick-walled cylinder under pressure,bending and end load.This may be used to derive the refernce stress for input to an R5 assessment of a defect-free pipe or as a starting point for estimating the effect of a defect on the reference stress.


Objective:To study the inhibitory role of BsAb(anti-human bladder cancer/anti-VEGF) on human bladder cancer growth.Methods:BsAb was used to treat animal models of BIU-87 cell lines.The tumor inhibition rate was calculated and the tumor microvessel density was detected by immunohistochemical techniques.Results:BsAb could significantly inhibit growth of tumor.And the tumor microvessel density was lower than that of the control group.Conclusion:BsAb could inhibit tumor growth by inhibiting angiogenesis. BsAb may become a new method for human bladder cancer treatment.


In this study, a novel aerosol-based method has been further developed and applied for online investigation of steam gasification kinetics of suspended biomass char particles. When the aerosol method is combined with thermogravimetric analysis, the gasification kinetics were established in a steam (33 vol %)–N2 atmosphere from 800 to 1300 °C for char samples produced from pelletized wood, straw, and miscanthus. The aerosol method includes steps for generating, suspending, and gasifying char particles. The conversion of the char particles was established by measuring the change in particle size distributions and mass concentrations using an aerodynamic particle sizer (APS) spectrometer and a tapered element oscillating microbalance (TEOM), respectively. The reactivity of three char samples could be ranked as wood > miscanthus > straw. The activation energy was 155 kJ mol–1 for wood char, 199 kJ mol–1 for miscanthus char, and 222 kJ mol–1 for straw char. Results interpreted from TEOM and APS measurements in...


This study investigated the GSCM effect on the performance of export by also seeing its mediating influence on the environmental performance of the textile sector of Pakistan. The data has been gathered by means of the questionnaire with a five point's Likert scale from which a total of 350 responses are collected from the textile sector of Pakistan. Data were analysed using structural equation modelling. The Findings showed that there is a significant relation among the GSCM, export performance and environmental performance. Hence, green practices can essentially help to enhance the environmental and export performance of textile industry Moreover, export performance can also be increased it companies focus on environmentally friendly measures. The findings of the study are essentially contributing to explaining the role of GSC practices on export and environmental performance in the textile industry. By applying these practices, the textile industry of Pakistan can place significant changes in increasing its export performance and revenues.


Two new species and one new combination in the green lacewing genus Chrysoperla are presented, based principally on species-specific features of their substrate-borne, vibrational courtship songs. The three are North American taxa with broad geographical ranges. All were previously considered part of a single species, variously referred to as C. plorabunda (Fitch) (a Nearctic species) or C. carnea (Stephens) (a holarctic species that includes C. plorabunda ). An analysis of morphological characters of the adult body surface, wings, and male and female reproductive anatomy failed to reveal any consistent differences among the species that could be used to identify them, even though some statistically significant differences in wing shape emerged from the study. The new species are C. adamsi and C. johnsoni , with broadly overlapping geographical ranges in western North America. The name C. plorabunda is redefined to include only those individuals with courtship songs corresponding to an eastern North American population. As now restricted, C. plorabunda nonetheless ranges from the east to west coasts of North America and south at least to the Mexican border.


PUBLICATIONS Papers in progress: Richardson SS. "Integrating pay-for-performance into health care payment systems." Under review. Richardson SS. "Effect of payment reform on quality of primary care for coronary heart disease, diabetes, and chronic kidney disease in the United Kingdom." Richardson SS. "Specificity of provider responses to incentives under pay-for-performance in the United Kingdom." Under review.


In addition to the numerical challenges of simulating the explosive dispersal of particles, validation of the simulation is often plagued with poor knowledge of the experimental conditions. The level of experimental detail required for validation is beyond what is usually included in the literature. This presentation proposes the use of forensic uncertainty quantification (UQ) to investigate validation-quality experiments to discover possible sources of uncertainty that may have been missed in initial design of experiments or under-reported. The current experience of the authors has found that by making an analogy to crime scene investigation when looking at validation experiments, valuable insights may be gained. One examines all the data and documentation provided by the validation experimentalists, corroborates evidence, and quantifies large sources of uncertainty a posteriori with empirical measurements. In addition, it is proposed that forensic UQ may benefit from an independent investigator to help ...


Thispaperproposes amethodforassessing blurcaused bydefocus fromoneimage. Theessential ideaisto estimate thepoint spread function (PSF)fromtheline spread function (LSF), whereas theLSFisconstructed fromedgeinformation. Theprocedure includes edge detection andlocalization, pixelinterpolation, LSF determination andPSF extraction. Thisapproach is independent ofimagecontents, andthealgorithm hasfast speedasitworksinspatial domainwithout complex Fourier transform or iterative computation. The experimental results validate theproposed method. Itcan beusedforblind image quality evaluation invision-based applications.


To control membrane mirror figure,the physical model of Stretched Membrane with Electrostatic Curvature(SMEC) was established.The control principle of electrostatic shaping was introduced according to the balance between electrostatic force and resulting force formed by membrane deformation and the complex shaping process of SMEC.Then,taking the trisection circularity electrode for an example,the distribution characteristic of electric potential in the electrostatic field was analyzed,namely,the expression of potential function in the electrostatic field was deduced by Laplacian equation.And then,by combining the difference equation with electric potential expression,the numerical solutions of electrostatic force in single electrode mode and trisection circularity electrode mode were disposed.Finally,the calculated figure was compared with the ideal paraboloid and comparison shows that more accuracy would be achieved by multi-electrode control.The simulation and experimental results indicate that the force distribution in multi-electrode mode is more even than that in singe electrode mode,and membrane mirror of 180 mm in diameter can acquire the maximum 0.001 094 8 mm deformation controlled by a same size single electrode under voltage of 10 000 V.The system can work steadily and safely for a long time,while the symmetry of membrane mirror is preferably.


On the basis of the operation proces and the mathematical model of auxiliary diode resonant pole soft switching inverter(ADRPI), the authors built up a simulation model of ADRPI based on the S-Function (System-Function) of Matlab. The model is greatly convenient to research the inverter system and to design the system parameters under the practical conditions. The simulative and experimental results of a soft switching inverter shown that the designed system parameters are effective and the established model, as well as the written S-Function programm are correct.


Reported the feasibility of adsorption of heavy metals from simulated heavy metal wastewater with 10 mg/L of Pb2+ by using the soybean hulls.Results showed that removal rate of Pb2+ was 99.48 % at 30 ℃,pH=2-3,with soybean hulls of 2 g/L for 60 minutes.Desorption rate of Pb2+ was 94 %,which made soybean hulls could be used repeatedly.Soybean hulls were safe and environmentally-friendly natural products,and could be used as heavy metals adsorbents of waste water or drinking water.


The syntheses and biological evaluation of the first anti‐protozoa imidazole N‐oxide and benzimidazole N‐oxide and their derivatives are reported. They were tested in vitro against two different protozoa, Trypanosoma cruzi and Trichomonas vaginalis. Derivative 7c, ethyl‐1‐(i‐butyloxycarbonyloxy)‐6‐nitrobenzimid‐azole‐2‐carboxylate, displayed activity on both protozoa. Lipophilicity and redox potential were experimentally determined in order to study the relationship with activity of the compounds. These properties are well related with the observed bioactivity. Imidazole and benzimidazole N‐oxide derivatives are becoming leaders for further chemical modifications and advanced biological studies.


Though the physical environment of life through technological evolution has rapidly improved, the quality of life due to a variety of undesirable environmental issues has been seriously damaging. This study has tried to suggest the positive & sustainable direction of space design which can contribute to improving the quality of human lives by reviving 'place property' which a site itself has, trying to analyze the recycling space which the sustainability has been applied to in a true sense. For this cause, we've tried to draw four 'methods of realizing place property' such as meeting a site, understanding a site, finding the identity of a site, and adding novelty to a site through advanced research. I've tried to suggest the design direction for reviving space which can relieve the artificial aspect of design with pursuing the co-existence with nature on the foundation of realizing 'place property' through case analysis selected on the basis of this, and can express the 'sustainability' through environment-friendly space structures & high efficiency of its function.


Organizations can base much of their success in creating competitive advantages which helps them achieve differentiation and therefore positioning. A competitive advantage helps us stay in the market, because the needs and desires of customers are met in a way better than competitors are able to. If the staff is a very important part of organizations, and is essential for the proper functioning of the operations of the organization, we can assert that individual employee behavior affects organizational performance. Happy employees offer better service to customers. In addition to employee satisfaction, employees must have the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to perform their job. This research determines which individual characteristics, personality, values, principles and skills of employees, influence performance of the organization and therefore provide competitive advantages.


for each input v. If every Fi is regular, meaning that the corresponding virtual valuation function φi(vi) = vi − 1−Fi(vi) fi(vi) is strictly increasing, then the virtual welfare-maximizing allocation rule is monotone and, after we define suitable payments, maximizes expected revenue over all DSIC auctions. This characterization of optimal auctions can be extended to irregular distributions, but this extension requires more work (see [3, Chapter 3]). As a corollary of this general characterization, we noted that the optimal single-item auction with i.i.d. bidders and a regular distribution F is shockingly simple: it is simply the Vickrey auction, augmented with the reserve price φ−1(0). This is a true "killer application" of auction theory — it gives crisp, conceptually clean, and practically useful guidance to auction design.


The invention discloses a high polymer bonding material which comprises the following components in parts by weight: 42 parts of epoxy resin, 22-58 parts of a packing, 11 parts of a methylacryloyloxyethyl silane coupling agent, 28 parts of an alicyclic amine epoxy curing agent, 2.2 parts of triphenyl phosphite, 2.8 parts of a brominated epoxy resin flame retardant and 2 parts of castor oil polyglycidyl ether. The heat-conducting packing is adopted, so that the heat-conducting performance of the whole system is improved; in the preparation process, the packing is subjected to mixing pretreatment by selecting a coupling agent in a targeted mode, so that the surface of the packing is coated by the coupling agent, and the compatibility of the packing and resin is further enhanced; the curing reaction is full by virtue of modes of adding the aids and adding the epoxy resin agents in batches, and the adhesive performance of the product is improved; and moreover, the high polymer bonding material disclosed by the invention has excellent bonding performance, has the peel strength of more than 200kg/mm and is high in heat-conducting coefficient, and the preparation method is easy to operate and high in cost performance.


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 This chapter outlines the options available so the practice team can support this, especially where the unwanted behaviour is arising in the practice.


Despite the fact that epidemiological studies have been informing improvements in
oral health situations all over the world, dental caries remain highly prevalent in most
age groups. In Brazil, for the pre scholars, high indexes of caries are diagnosed with
uneven distributions among populations and there is shortage of information, as well
as subjacent and spatially demarcated causes referent to the disease. This study
aimed at determining the prevalence and gravity of caries in pre scholars of PSF in
the Sanitary Districts (DS) II and IV/Recife and to analyze risk factors. The design of
the study was transversal with a case-control nested. Exams criteria followed
standardizations of OMS/MS (World Health Organization/Ministry of Health) and the
sample was probabilistic. Frequency distribution of dmf-t, average comparison,
proportions and weighed factors for the representation of the samples were
calculated. Children analyzed in the inquest were included in the case-control. A
binary variable was adopted for the occurrence of caries and those individuals with
ceo-d≥1 were considered case. For gravity, those with ceo-d≥4 were case. Raw OR
and their IC 95% were calculated, with variables associated at the end with
significance level p≤0, 20, in single varied analyzes, submitted to multi varied Logistic
Regression Models with backward stepwise variable selection method and
permanence criteria in model p≤0,10. The prevalence and mean dmf-t were at 18-36
months and 5 years. Respectively: DSII 31.1%, 1.15 e 63.3%, 3.65; DS IV 28.1%,
0.99 e 64.1%, 3.01. The reasons of prevalence did not show significant differences
between DS and ages. Between micro regions, differences in prevalence and ceo-d
occurred in DS IV. Common caries occurrence risk factors in both ages and caries
gravity risk factors at 5 years old were: sweets intakes between meals and seeking
health units for treatment. At 5 years were: low education of caretaker and living with
more than 6 people. Risk factors related to time of residing in areas and residing in
DS II, and other risk factors showed association with dmf-t ≥1 or ≥ 4 in ages of the
study. It was concluded that the prevalence and gravity of the caries were high and
bigger at 5 years. In spite of similar socioeconomic conditions between the areas,
there are differentials that indicate social niches in worse living conditions. The risk
factors that demand inter sector interventions prevailed.


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 Echocardiography, pulmonary CT and cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) were have been used in detecting organ damage in COVID-19 patients. The aim of this study is to compare imaging findings and clinical symptoms patients with COVID-19.

 The study was conducted in our university clinical center. All pts underwent clinical examination, laboratory analysis, echocardiography, pulmonary CT and CMR.

 126 pts with COVID-19 infection, 61 (48%) male, mean age 45±15years with symptoms of palpitation, fatigue, dyspnea and chest pain. Meantime from the onset of infection to observation was 107 days. In pts with palpitation, brain natriuretic peptide (NTproBNP) was not higher (39.4±9.1 vs. 19.2±9.4 pg/ml, p = 0.075). In case of pts with dyspnea ejection fraction of the left ventricle (LVEF) as founded by echocardiography, was significantly lower (62±6 vs. 67±6%, p = 0.025). The CT severity score index was not significantly higher in patients with fatigue after acute infection (21.0±8.1 vs. 10.1±5.1, p = 0.060). Late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) was seen in 61/126 (48%) pts, distribution was predominantly in mid and epicardial layers 41/61 pts (67%), >3 segments were identified in 37/61 pts (61%), myocardial edema was seen in 50/126 pts (40%). The extracellular volume (ECV) quantification by CMR were significantly higher in patients with fatigue (22.6±3.8 vs. 19.7±5.2%, p = 0.010). There is no significant correlation between clinical symptoms and myocardial oedema by using T2FS.

 Echocardiography and CMR are the most important imaging methods in risk stratification and optimal therapeutic strategies in pts with myocardial injury caused by COVID-19 infection.


In a globalized marketplace, one could access products or services from almost anywhere. However, resolving which product in one language corresponds to another product in a different language remains an under-explored problem. We explore this from two perspectives. First, given two products of different languages, how to assess their similarity that could signal a potential match. Second, given products from various languages, how to arrive at a multi-partite clustering that respects cardinality constraints efficiently. We describe algorithms for each perspective and integrate them into a promising solution validated on real-world datasets.


The equivalence between the centralized and federated Kalman filter is proved. And it is validated by the simulation of GPS/INS integrated navigation system.


The National Energy Act, enacted into law in 1978, is a collection of five separate acts dealing with discrete yet overlapping areas in the broad field of energy regulation. The impact of each act on the natural gas industry is discussed. The acts include: Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act; Energy Tax Act; National Conservation Policy Act; Power Plant and Industrial Fuel Use Act; and the Natural Gas Policy Act (NGPA). The committee reports in more detail about the NGPA. Among the items discussed are wellhead pricing, decontrol of certain natural gas sales, incremental pricing, and emergency allocations. Part II is the Producer Subcommittee Report, which deals with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission actions and/or decisions as well as court decisions on appeal. Producer cases discussed include various companies involving abandonment and dedication, jurisdiction over production operations, certificate matters, warranty contracts, market-value royalty claims, severance taxes, refund matters, and action concerning pipelines owned by producers. Part III discusses specific state government actions and decisions during the year. Part IV concerns pipelines and discusses pipeline certificate actions, rates, FERC jurisdiction, emergency actions, violations and alleged violations, imports, and broad judicial activity. Part V deals with curtailment, storage, and transportation actions taken during themore » year.« less


D iseases can cross communities and borders, but CDC helps combat infectious disease threats whenever and wherever they arise. CDC spared no effort to respond to the world's largest Ebola outbreak in 2014. We also quickly detect and stop foodborne outbreaks, track and eliminate dangerous infections in hospitals and clinics, investigate deadly viruses and bacteria. We prevent germs from spreading to people from animals and insects, protect U.S. communities from communicable diseases from other countries, and discover new or mutated germs while fighting drug-resistant microbes. About 850,000 people were trained on the latest Ebola guidance such as personal protective equipment use, infection control, and entry and exit screening. CDC makeshift office in the bush for disease detectives hunting down Ebola contacts.