Textile permeability is one of the dictating factors in the fabrication of fibre-reinforced polymer composites. However, reproducibility of experimental in-plane permeability characterization is still a challenging task due to the lack of standardized test and evaluation procedures. The paper at hand addresses two major sources for discrepancies when characterizing in-plane permeability through optical observation of radial flow experiments: digital image processing and data evaluation algorithms. A digital image processing strategy is presented, which robustly handles varying lightning conditions, optical properties of the materials under test and image occlusions caused by mechanical elements of the test setup. The strategy is of universal validity and independent of the choice of reinforcing material and impregnating fluid. An experimental analysis compares two approaches for fitting elliptic geometry models to data points detected along the fluid flow front. The study reveals the impact of the fitting strategy on the resulting permeability data and the benefit of forcing the ellipse centre to that of the injection opening. The computation algorithm of Chan and Hwang, widely used for calculating in-plane permeability values from experimental data, is critically discussed. A correction of the algorithm is proposed which avoids a violation of isotropic data characteristics while adding robustness to the data reduction. An experimental analysis compares anisotropic in-plane permeability values obtained with different evaluation algorithms. The study highlights the impact of the computational algorithm on the permeability data and reveals discrepancies of up to 6%, which is considerable compared to the scatter typically reported for in-plane permeability data.


Pediatrics (3), State University of Groningen Development of tumour as a result of mutation of a gene followed by loss of the remaining normal allele has been suggested to be a general mechanism in childhood cancers occuring in both hereditary and sporadic forms. The best known example is retino-blastoma. A gene at a locus in band q14 of chromosome 13 appears to be involved in its development. Since survivors of the hereditary form of this tumour are at an increased risk for the development of osteosarcoma, the same gene may be responsible for this second malignancy. Using chromosome 13-specific polymorphic DNA probes we studied a possible loss of heterozygosity of chromosome 13 in osteosarcomas from patients that had not developed retinoblastoma before. Out of four cases where heterozygosity for the probes used was present in constitutional DNA, two appeared with homozygosity in the tumour DNA at the loci tested. Our results support the idea that a mutant allele in 13ql4 is involved in the development of osteosarcoma.


Based on a century of medical discoveries, we propose a methodology of using lifestyle interventions and proactive body temperature management protocol as prevention and cure for COVID-19 disease. We produce robust evidence to show that lifestyle interventions have a 100% "expected response rate", with a curative power being one to three orders of magnitude larger than that of a single lifestyle factor determined by clinical trials and can deliver immediate benefits to long-term curative benefits. On basis of a large number of studies, we propose that the local blood flow along the inner surface of the respiratory track works like an anti-viral shield, which is capable of robustly prevent and terminate viral and other infections. Breathing cold temperature from 26 °C to a frigid temperature can dramatically reduce local temperatures along the track and thus cripples the protective shield by reducing local blood flow to as little as 3-10%. A proactive body temperature management protocol (PBTM or PRTPM), which comprises pre-exposure, during-exposure, and post-exposure measures, are capable of boosting innate immune functions, anti-viral defenses, and vital organ functions. We estimate that pre-exposure and during-exposure measures can reduce temperature drops along the tract by 5°C to 20 °C, and that a series of post-exposure measures can increase local blood flow rates along the track by 2 to 20 times. The proposed measures can completely restore the anti-viral shield. All kinds epidemiological data support our estimated curative power that the protocol can prevent 90% to 97% infection incidences and deaths. We show that the protocol is even more powerful than vaccine, and maintaining a reasonable local temperature along the respiratory track is a required condition for delivering and boosting vaccine's protection.Current medical researches have excluded temperature and air as treatments in all on-going clinical trials. This misplaced priority is an inevitable result of the financial arrangement of all parties in medicine. Such financial arrangement provides too much incentive for medicalization, the key elements of which include finding revenue-making treatments, producing good data for promoting the treatments, and finding more patients for using treatments. Since lifestyle interventions and proactive body temperature management protocol cannot be studied by flawed research model and cannot be patented for monopoly, no entity has incentives to explore their extraordinary benefits. We also found that the reason of failure to contain the COVID-19 pandemic is same as failure to find cures for cancer and AIDS. Several studies imply that best solutions for cancer, AIDS and all chronic diseases are not revenue-generating medical treatments, but things that cannot sold for revenues and things that are born and carried in human genome. Based on a century of medical discoveries in disease causes, we propose for the federal government that the most cost-effective measures are finding and eliminating a large number of disease causes hidden in food production lines, family kitchens, cooking culture, personal cooking habits, home appliances, etc. This is the only way to root out causes for more than 90% chronic diseases incidences.


Districts face challenges and opportunities when they choose small learning communities (SLCs) as a whole school reform strategy for their high schools. This paper looks at the experience of five high schools in Boston, Massachusetts, a district that has a successful history of career pathways and academies and that, in the last three years, has encouraged schools to restructure entirely into smaller learning communities.


Taking Shuibuya diversion tunnel as an example,the author introduces its general engineering condition and its construction scheme, illustrates the construction technologies in the links of excavation and incipient support,steel fiber shotcrete construction,and secondary lining,and introduces several new innovated and applied techniques,which to offer a reference for similar construction.


Autonomous Adaptive Low-Power Instrument Platforms (AAL-PIP), containing several space weather instruments, were recently deployed in Antarctica. Among the instrumentation on the platforms are magnetometers for measuring magnetic activity and Connected Autonomous Space Environment Sensor (CASES) Global Positioning System (GPS) software-defined receivers for measuring ionospheric scintillation. However, no reasonable monitoring system for the AAL-PIP stations exist. As a result, the majority of recorded data has not yet been analyzed. In this project, we develop a Graphical User Interface (GUI) that displays daily magnetic activity and GPS scintillation events, as well as housekeeping data to monitor system health. Also, we conduct a statistical study to reveal a correlation between the disturbances in the ionosphere and GPS signal fading. In this study, we find general patterns of the relationship in the recorded data from 24 January 2012 through 7 May 2012 utilizing different sets of data from the AAL-PIP system and reputed solar storm indices.


The precision and real-time performance of motor velocity measurement have influences on speed control system.Absolute encoder which was used extensively in rotor position detection was stable to disturbance and can count number of rotor position during power failure.Based on the advantages of absolute encoder above,a velocity measurement system using absolute encoder and DSP was designed.By analyzing usual method of speed detection,adopting M/T method which has high definition and high resolution,and designing software and hardware.The result shows that the design was correct.


In this paper, it is described that the uncertainty of evaluation results of Offset of linear measurement system by using the least mean square four-parameter sine wave curve-fit method, including the courses of analysis and evaluation of uncertainty. By using the method from the Chinese military standard GJB 3756-1999 "expression and evaluation of uncertainty in measurement", some error sources of Offset evaluation are discussed, including the signal amplitude errors, the harmonic distortion of sampling serials, the quantization errors and noise and the spurious distortion, the jitter of the signal periods in sampling serials, the calculation errors of software, and the others. The uncertainty of offset of linear measurement systems is given, and several main methods about decreasing the offset evaluation errors and evaluation uncertainty are proposed. In an example of experiment, the analysis and uncertainty evaluation results of Offset by using the method in this paper are presented. The validation of the uncertainty shows the correctness and rightness of the method. The courses and conclusion of analysis and uncertainty evaluation of offset in this paper, can be applied to the uncertainty evaluation of measurement standards of Offset and the uncertainty evaluation of offset itself.


Despite the great strides in Zohar scholarship, the major work of the Spanish Kabbalah has rarely been analyzed as literature. Focusing instead on historical, philological, exegetical, and theosophical questions, Zohar scholars have made only tentative forays into the literary analysis of the kabbalistic masterpiece.  This study seeks to further advance such analysis through a close reading of one extended zoharic unit. Focusing on the intersection of the composition's two key rhetorical modes—narrative and exegesis—I argue that the unique poetics of the Zohar are intimately connected with its deepest mystical goals, namely, the generation of mystical consciousness among its readers. The narrative-exegetical weave of the Zohar is thus one of the composition's central performative strategies.


The article develops the model of bone deformities, making 6-DOF Parallel Mechanism have widely applied to correction of deformities. The platform's positional direct solution is the posture of the motion platform. Malformation can be measured by X-ray, based on the space coordinate transformation can find the final posture of the motion platform. Regarding the reverse solution to platform kinematics the paper gives a quick arithmetic program, six actuators to realize motion requirements. For the computer-assisted fracture reduction, we produced an application interface.


PurposeDrawing on the emotional labour theory, the purpose of this paper is to explore the effects of cultural orientation on emotion regulation and display processes for service employees.Design/methodology/approachBased on a Nigerian study where literature is scarce, data were gathered from semi-structured interviews conducted with 40 call centre service agents.FindingsThe findings identified three key values around reinforcing social cohesion, anticipated self-curtailment, hierarchy and expressions of servility based on broader societal needs to promote relational harmony when managing customer relations during inbound calls into the call centre.Research limitations/implicationsThe extent to which the findings can be generalised is constrained by the limited and selected sample size. However, the study makes contributions to the service work theory by identifying the extent to which communication of emotions is informed in large parts by local culture and seeks to incite scholarly awareness on the differences of emotional display rules from a developing country other than western contexts.Originality/valueThis paper is among the first to focus on the interface between culture and emotional labour from a Sub-Saharan African context.


To increase the return rate of questionnaires mailed to clergy and physicians concerning their mental-health practices, different prompts were used after the questionnaire was received during four mail-outs to four randomly drawn samples of clergy and physicians. For each mail-out, the sample was divided into experimental (received prompt) and comparison (no prompt) groups, and one type of prompt or combination was used. Non-returnees of the questionnaire in the experimental group received either: (a) a single telephone call, (b) a memo, (c) a package (personal letter and new questionnaire) or package plus a telephone call, or (d) a double call. Comparison physicians and clergy were mailed only the original questionnaire. Relative to their respective comparison group's return rate, which averaged 22% across the four mail-outs (range 18% to 24%), the single call and package alone about doubled the overall return rate, the package and call increased the return rate about two-and-a-half fold, and the double call almost tripled the return rate. The memo was ineffective. A cost-effectiveness analysis indicated that the double-call procedure was less expensive than the single call, and much less expensive than the package alone or package with a call in securing returns. An analysis of the pattern of returns showed clearly that when prompts were not delivered (comparison groups), very few returns were received after about seven days from the initial mail-out. Most returns from prompts (experimental groups) were received by several days after the prompt. The results were seen as salient to the problem of reducing selection or volunteer bias in questionnaire studies and subsequent research demonstrating the effectiveness of telephone calls made about a week after distribution of surveys in securing high return rates was discussed.


Conventional wisdom about neoliberalism is that it has led to the privatization of what were once public resources and that many state functions, particularly those related to social welfare, have been outsourced or privatized. While we do not dispute that many recent changes have led to what analysts call "privatization," we argue that this story of neoliberalism is insufficient to understand its contemporary manifestations in India and China and, perhaps, more generally. Feminist theorists have long argued that "public" and "private" are ideologically defined and vary historically; that the division is empirically unfounded; and that it obscures the work these ideological distinctions do to maintain gender hierarchies. The chapter borrows from such insights to analyze recent mutations in the relationships between state and capital, or state-capital. It argues that much of what has been described as neoliberal privatization are actually blurred, hybrid mixtures of public-private endeavors that comprise "actually existing" neoliberalism.


This paper is about the utility of distinguishing principles of law from rules of law and its limits. Especially, it treats legal theories of Dworkin and Alexy, which are related to the standards of distinguishing between legal rules and legal principles. And it treats three models of legal system which can be appeared from the result of critical look-over about such discussions. According to Dworkin, legal rules and legal principles are logically and structurally distinctive in that the former has all-or-nothing-character on the one hand and the latter has dimension of weight or importance on the other hand. According to Alexy, both are distinguished in that whereas principles are optimal orders, rules are definite ones. Such distinctions are useful in understanding what law is and which norms legal system includes. Furthermore, the theory of principles is practically very meaningful in that it provides the judge with a clue to make a decision in hard case. When man acknowledges the usefulness of distinguishing principles from rules, legal system is apt to be understood as rule-principle model or rule-principle-process model. These models are the ones which understand law under the viewpoint of practical rationality. By the way, I think rule-principle-process model is more proper than rule-principle one in that the former includes a series of forms and standards for rational argumentations. Their legal theories can be very available foundations to understand, search and analyse our legal system and its problems.


Pedestrians are vulnerable road user which have potential conflicts with vehicles, especially when pedestrians crossing the road. The number of accidents which was involving pedestrians crossing on the roads were relatively high. Data showed that accidents which were involving pedestrians in Indonesia were 3878 events1. The purpose of this study is to determine the needs of pedestrians on the crossing facility and how pedestians desired types of crossing facilities. Data were collected by questionnaire distribution and interviews to the pedestrians. Collecting data and information were conducted in Bandung. Perception of comfort on each type of crossing facility, the majority of respondents choose pelican crossing and crossings with creative road marking with the highest comfort 50% and 51% respectively. Respondents' perception on the secure of each types of crossing facility is to assume that overpass/underpass has the highest secure pedestrian crossing by 48%. In addition, the recommendation of types of pedestrian crossing on Jalan Asia Africa Rd and Aceh Rd are pelican crossing on weekday and overpass/underpas at the weekend based on PV 2 formula.


Objective To observe the clinical effect and security of insulin aspart 30 on type 2 diabetes.Methods Who sixty cases of poorly controlled type 2 diabetic patients on oral antidiabetic drug were randomly assigned into insulin aspart and Novolin 30R groups.They were treated with insulin aspart and Novolin 30R for 12 weeks,and then observed the change of glucose,HbA1c,fasting and postprandial C peptide,body mass,doses of insulin and the incidence rate of the hypoglycemia.Results Insulin aspart and Novolin 30R had effective control glucose(P0.05).There was no significant difference between two groups in fasting plasma glucose,but insulin aspart had more effective control glucose on 2 hours postprandial glucose of early and evening than Novolin 30R group.The incidence of hypoglycemia was lower in insulin aspart group(P0.05).Doses of insulin was lesser in insulin aspart group than another one.But it was no significant difference(P0.05) Conclusion Twice-daily subcutaneous insulin aspart injection could better control postprandial glucose and the incidence rate of hypoglycemia was lower.than in Novolin 30R group.


BACKGROUND
We surveyed ocularists' views on orbital implants, secondary surgical procedures, patient satisfaction, and cooperation between ophthalmologists and ocularists.

METHOD
A 14-item questionnaire was sent to all 29 ocularists working in Germany all 4 in the Netherlands.

RESULTS
Primary implants are generally recommended, preferably dermofat grafts and ,,baseball" implants. Outcome depends crucially upon surgical procedure and postoperative course. Scepticism is common toward secondary surgical procedures, with the success rate estimated at 70%. Cooperation between ocularists and ophthalmologists is generally regarded as unsatisfactory, also the information provided to the patients by the ophthalmologist after enucleation.

CONCLUSIONS
The ocularists demand best possible enucleation techniques including the use of primary implants. However, they are critical toward secondary procedures for correcting postenucleation socket syndrome. Cooperation between ocularists and ophthalmologists need to be improved in providing patient care.


It is true, as some critics have shown,2 that Caleb Williams may be read to some extent as an analysis of the corrupting influences of social and political institutions, but such a reading is unable to account for the no less conspicuous, but more important, psychological reverberations of the novel. To regard Caleb as a prototype of the reformist revolutionary, bent on implementing the rights of man, or to characterize Falkland as a version of the reactionary conservative, an echo, as it were, of Burke's repudiation of the French Revolution, is to isolate abstract gesture and apparent social significance at the expense of the turbulent psychological experience of reading the novel. Godwin, as the original preface (which was withdrawn) of the novel indicates, intended the novel to be a fictional embodiment of his own political interests?a kind of follow-up to his earlier Enquiry?but Godwin also knew that social and political institutions are themselves expressions of the latent fears and desires of the human mind. Caleb Wil? liams simply does not deal exclusively with social injustice, which would make it into a political melodrama where the reader oscillates between praise and accusation,3 but rather it deals with human culpability and vulnerability, where the psychological experiences enacted by the characters lure the reader into turning inward to the complexities of his own and the characters' mental processes. In his essay, "Of Choice in Reading," Godwin distinguishes between the moral of a literary work and its tendency, using the Iliad, Gulliver's Travels, Paradise Lost, The Fair Penitent, and Richardson's characterization of Lovelace and Grandison (i.e., "it would not perhaps be adventurous to affirm that more readers have wished to resemble


57) ABSTRACT In this process comprising fluidizing the enamel powder in a fluidization vessel by blowing air in the bottom of the latter, steam is also introduced in the vessel in the course of the fluidization. The relative humidity is ad justed in the vessel to a value between about 15 and 45% in respect of a temperature in the vessel of between about 20 and 30° C. A steam boiler (12) is connected to the fluidization vessel (1) for this purpose.


Ciprofloxacin, considered a benchmark when comparing new fluoroquinolones, shares with these agents a common mechanism of action: inhibition of DNA gyrase. While ciprofloxacin demonstrated a fairly good activity against gram‐positive bacteria, it is against gram‐negative organisms that it proved to be more potent than other fluoroquinolones. It is the most active quinolone against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, with MIC90s on the order of 0.5 μg/ml. When given orally, ciprofloxacin exhibited 70% bioavailability and attained peak serum levels ranging between 1.5 and 2.9 μg/ml after a single 500‐mg dose. Nineteen percent of an oral dose was excreted as metabolites in both urine and feces. In most cases, body fluids and tissue concentrations equaled or exceeded those in concurrent serum samples. In clinical trials, oral and intravenous ciprofloxacin yielded similar clinical and bacteriologic results compared to standard therapy in a wide array of systemic infections, including lower and upper urinary tract infections; gonococcal urethritis; skin, skin structure, and bone infections; and respiratory tract and gastrointestinal tract infections. Major benefits with the oral form of this quinolone are expected in chronic pyelonephritis and bone infections, and in pulmonary exacerbations in patients with cystic fibrosis. Emergence of ciprofloxacin‐resistant microorganisms has been noted in clinical practice, primarily Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus. The most frequent side effects are related to the gastrointestinal tract; but attention should be given to adverse central nervous system effects.


School physical education is essentially an education carried out on the entire human body by means of physical activities,yet actually regarded as "a fitness education";school physical education is essentially an under-taking to promote the healthy growth of students and embody human's care about life,yet actually regarded as "the entrance decoration of schools";physical education and health courses are essentially opened to emphasize "health first",yet actually regarded as "health education courses";school physical education is essentially established to advocate the interaction between schools,families and community sports,yet actually regarded as "intramural" physical education;school physical education is essentially an education to establish a lifetime sport foundation for students,yet actually regarded as "sport at the learning stage".Therefore,school physical education should be un-derstood in a comprehensive,overall,intrinsic,long term and broad way.


Discrete Fourier transform (DFT) is popular in harmonic analysis of power systems. The statistical characteristics of DFT algorithms for synchronous sampling and asynchronous sampling under stochastic condition are studied. DFT algorithms contain normal DFT algorithm and windowing DFT algorithm. The statistical characteristics contain the mean value, the variance and the correlation for every order of harmonic and so on. A non-deviation estimation approach for harmonic amplitudes and phase angles with windowing DFT algorithm is deduced. A novel time-invariant windowing DFT algorithm is proposed based on the condition deduced. Simulation results based on MATLAB show the correctness of the conclusions given.


This study aims to explain whether the variables of motivation, communication and job satisfaction on the performance of the Rantau Prapat stone glass employees. This research data obtained through questionnaires and interviews. The analysis used is descriptive quantitative, multiple linear regression analysis, validity and reliability testing and hypothesis testing. The results show that motivation, communication, and job satisfaction have a positive and significant influence on employee performance.


Heterogeneity in computing has been with us for a long time, and it is here to stay for a foreseeable future too. In this talk, with some diverse set of application examples, ranging from histopathology image analysis to graph analytics, we will discuss the challenges of application developers for developing efficient, scalable and maintainable applications for heterogeneous systems, and associated opportunities for systems researchers in this field.


A novel material of Sn1-xNixO2 nano powders were synthesized by sol-gel method. As prepared samples were characterized by X-ray Diffraction, Scanning Electron Microscopes, Photoluminescence and Elemental Dispersive X-ray analysis. By Ni-doping, not only the grain size reduces, but also the lattice volume and Intensity ratio also reduces. The crystallization becomes better with Ni concentration increasing. The EDAX analysis shows the percentage of doping. Room temperature PL signal of sample has a split in the blue green emission band. The SEM images show that the sample comprises of crystalline nanosized grains. The VSM analysis shows, the increase of concentration of Ni induce ferromagnetic property.


Dye-sensitized solar cells with different front contact materials to the nanoporous TiO2 layer are used to investigate the influence of the front contact barrier on the photovoltaic performance. The study uses devices that have SnO2:F, ZnO:Al, Al, or Au contacts underneath an amorphous TiO2 blocking layer and the nanocrystalline TiO2. These devices are illuminated via the semitransparent platinum back contact. Variations of the front contact have no significant influence on the open circuit voltage of the devices. In contrast, the fill factors of the solar cells exhibit systematic differences. The experimental current/voltage curves are fitted to a simple model that uses two diodes, one corresponding to the front contact/TiO2 interface and a second one for the TiO2/electrolyte interface.


We study the behaviour of the Green function of the heat problem in a dihedral angle with oblique (or Neumann) conditions on the faces. The uniform estimates obtained for the Green function and its derivatives show, in particular, the exponential decay at infinity, as in the parabolic problems in regular domains.


Thesis (M.S.)--American University of Beirut. Department of Crop Production and Protection,1994.;"Advisor: Haytham Zaiter, Assistant Professor, Plant Breeding -- Members of Committee: Yossef Abu Jawdeh, Assistant Professor , Plant Pathology Mohammad Farr


Andhra Pradesh has set for itself the primary target of becoming a developed state in India by the year
2022, specifically in the areas of socio-economic development and ease of doing business. The vision is
to lay foundation for the 'Sunrise state of Andhra Pradesh'. The achievement of this vision is incumbent
upon a fast paced and sustained double-digit growth delivered through a combination of programmatic
and project interventions with a focus on sustainable and inclusive development. To operationalize its
vision, the state government has charted out a multi-pronged strategy comprising seven missions, five
grids and five campaigns. Among the seven, primary sector mission (Rythu Kosam Mission) is on the top
aiming for achieving double digit growth in agriculture and allied sectors. Massive outlay of investments
over five year period (2015-2020) are targeted in agriculture development under consortium approach by
bringing state, national and international partners on board. ICRISAT leads the consortium in partnership
with the Government of Andhra Pradesh and has designed a strategy to transform the agriculture and
allied sectors in the state. The prime focus of this mission is focused on improvement in soil fertility, access
to better seed, reducing costs of cultivation, productivity enhancement and value addition in agriculture,
horticulture, livestock and fisheries sub-sectors. Initially, thirteen pilot sites representing 13 districts of the
state were identified and established for introduction, testing and scaling-up of technologies over a period
of time. The proven technologies will be scaled-up to the entire district with suitable institutional reforms
and different scales. Supply and demand side interventions are aimed for improving the livelihoods of the
farmers in the state.


We deal with some pcf (possible cofinality theory) investigations mostly motivated by questions in abelian group theory. We concentrate on ap- plications to test problems but we expect the combinatorics will have reason- ably wide applications. The main test problem is the "trivial dual conjecture" which says that there is a quite free abelian group with trivial dual. The "quite free" stands for "µ-free" for a suitable cardinalµ, the first open case isµ = @!. We almost always answer it positively, that is, prove the existence of @!-free Abelian groups with trivial dual, i.e., with no non-trivial homomorphisms to the integers. Combinatorially, we prove that "almost always" there are F � � � which are quite free and have a relevant black box. The qualification "almost always" means except when we have strong restrictions on cardinal arithmetic, in fact restrictions which hold "everywhere". The nicest combinatorial result is probably the so called "Black Box Trichotomy Theorem" proved in ZFC. Also we may replace abelian groups by R-modules. Part of our motivation (in dealing with modules) is that in some sense the improvement over earlier results becomes clearer in this context.


In the process of European integration, 2004 was undoubtedly one of the most memorable years. In May 2004 ten new member states joined the European Union. The eastward enlargement of the EU presents major political, institutional and economic challenges. Moreover, there is a very high probability that the process of eastward enlargement has not yet come to an end. Does the enlargement of the EU imply a new shift in the focus of economic integration in Europe? At this juncture, it is difficult to give a clear answer to that question. The history of the EU has seen several such shifts. While in the early years of European integration the focus was on the goods markets, financial market integration has received more attention of late.


Material Flow Analysis (MFA) is used to quantify and understand the life cycles of materials from production to end of use, which enables environmental, social and economic impacts and interventions. MFA is challenging as available data is often limited and uncertain, giving rise to an underdetermined system with an infinite number of solutions when attempting to calculate the values of all stocks and flows in the system. Bayesian statistics is an effective way to address these challenges as it rigorously quantifies uncertainty in the data and propagates it in a system flow model to provide the probabilities associated with model solutions. Furthermore, the Bayesian approach provides a natural way to incorporate useful domain knowledge about the system through the elicitation of the prior distribution. This paper presents a novel Bayesian approach to MFA. We propose a mass based framework that directly models the flow and change in stock variables in the system, including systems with simultaneous presence of stocks and disaggregation of processes. The proposed approach is demonstrated on a global aluminium cycle, under a scenario where there is a shortage of data, coupled with weakly informative priors that only require basic information on flows and change in stocks. Bayesian model checking helps to identify inconsistencies in the data, and the posterior distribution is used to identify the variables in the system with the most uncertainty, which can aid data collection. We numerically investigate the properties of our method in simulations, and show that in limited data settings, the elicitation of an informative prior can greatly improve the performance of Bayesian methods, including for both estimation accuracy and uncertainty quantification.


The objective of this research was to determine the level of knowledge and awareness of diabetic emergencies among Turkish bus drivers.
Methods. The universe of this descriptive and cross-sectional study was all the individuals working as bus drivers in the Mediterranean Region between January-June 2019, and the study sample was 1292 drivers who met the inclusion criteria of the research. Data were collected by the Personal Information Form and the Diabetic Emergency Information and Awareness Survey Form. Descriptive statistics, the Mann-Whitney U test and the Kruskal-Wallis test were used in data evaluation.
Results. The average age of bus drivers participating in the study was 38.29 ± 9.44 years, while their average work experience was 12.50 ± 8.92 years. Among them, 14.9% of bus drivers had a diabetic family member; 23.7% of bus drivers had a first aid certificate; 11.5% of bus drivers received diabetes-related training. The average score of drivers for the level of knowledge and awareness regarding diabetic emergencies was found to be 15.39 ± 4.72. There was a statistically significant difference between the drivers' average scores for the level of knowledge and awareness and their age, education status, work experience, the presence of chronic disease, the presence of a diabetic family member, the presence of a first aid certificate, diabetes-related training, the place of receiving this training variables (p < 0.05).
Conclusions. Bus drivers were found to have above average levels of knowledge and awareness of diabetic emergencies. Bus drivers are recommended to be trained on diabetic emergencies and raising awareness of diabetes mellitus to ensure a proper intervention in case of emergencies in individuals with diabetes mellitus during travels.


The undersigned hereby certify that they have read and recommend to the Faculty of Graduate Studies for acceptance a thesis entitled " Statistical Part of Speech Tagger for Urdu"


A direct conversion X-ray detector temperature stabilizing method for the direct conversion of X-ray detector having a detector surface of the detector surface and having a semiconductor detector is sub-divided into a plurality of surfaces, wherein when the surface of the heat generated in the semiconductor by the irradiation electric power detector, wherein, at least during the irradiation of the detector surface unevenness and / or changes in time, by introducing additional radiating surface of the power matching each sub-detector, so that the electric power generated by each detector sub-surface in a semiconductor kept constant. A method of detecting the direct conversion of X-rays an X-ray detector according to the method of the present invention, wherein the at least one instruction having at least one adjustment parameter for the power regulation circuit is configured to additional radiation to which each detector sub-surface by means of additional radiation power change to maintain constant power semiconductors while maintaining the constant temperature of the semiconductor. Also relates to a CT system.


Abstract. Convolutional neural network (CNN) models achieve state-of-the-art performance for natural image semantic segmentation. An approach for extracting vegetation from Gaofen-2 (GF-2) remote sensing imagery based on the CNN model is presented. We constructed a convolutional encoder neural networks (CENN) consisting of two layers. The first layer has two sets of convolutional kernels for extracting the features of farmland and woodland, respectively. The second layer consists of two encoders that use nonlinear functions to encode the learned features and map the encoding results to the corresponding category number. In the training stage, samples of farmland, woodland, and other lands are categorically used to train the CENN. After training is accomplished, the CENN would acquire enough ability to accurately extract farmland and woodland from GF-2 imagery. The CENN was trained on 36 GF-2 images and tested on three other GF-2 images. We compared the proposed method to a deep belief network, a fully convolutional network, and a DeepLab model using the same images. The experiments demonstrate that the proposed approach improves upon the accuracy of existing approaches. The average precision, recall, and kappa coefficient of the proposed approach were 0.91, 0.87, and 0.86, respectively. Thus, the proposed approach is proven to effectively extract vegetation from GF-2 imagery.


The present study investigates the effect of the methanolic extract of E. sativa leaves on some oxidative stress markers as reactive oxygen species, total antioxidant capacity, metallothionein, cytochrome P450 (CYP1A1) and acetylcholinesterase concentrations and their correlations with hematological parameters (CBC profile) in male albino rats. Three experimental groups were used in this study which was 250 and 500 mg/kg body weight of 20 % methanolic of E. sativa leaves extract which given orally for 40 consecutive days and the third group treated with distilled water as a placebo-treated control group. The data of this study showed no significant differences in reactive oxygen species and cytochrome P450 concentrations between groups treated with E. sativa leaves extract and control group. Both dose 250 and 500 mg/ kg of E. sativa leaves extract could cause significant increasing in MT concentration while only 500 mg/ kg of E. sativa caused a significant increasing in acetylcholinesterase concentration compared with control group. In addition, there were non-significant differences in red blood cells count and indices while there were some significant differences in total and differential white blood cells count in treated male rats. Key word: Eruca sativa, Hematological parameters, Oxidative response, Male rats 1INTRODUCTION Eruca sativa Mill. which is locally known as Jarjeer in Arabic is used in this study and is immensely used as vegetable and spice. All civilization used plants as sources of food because of their essential nutritional value, physiological effect, and as pharmaceutical materials (Okasha et al., 2008). So they considered as complementary and alternative medicine (Kamel, 2014). Medicinal plants constitute the main source of new pharmaceuticals and healthcare products (Ivanova et al., 2005 ). E. sativa Mill, a member of Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) family (Al-Shehbaz et al., 2006; Lamy et al., 2008). It was used as a garden crop, spice and as a medicinal plant (Yaniv et al., 1998). It is believed that plants belonging to the Brassicaceae family possess diversified medicinal and therapeutic properties including inhibition of tumorigenesis (Lynn et al., 2006). E. sativa is a native of southern Europe and central Asia where it has been cultivated since centuries (Ugur et al., 2010). Leaves of E. sativa contains proteins, carbohydrates, Mg, Ca and Na while seeds contain proteins, fats, P, Ca, Na, K and Mg (Bukhsh et al., 2007). E. sativa aids in digestion (Jin et al., 2009), used as a carminative and to alleviate abdominal discomfort and improve digestion. It has been reported that the ethanolic extract of E. sativa seed possesses potent antioxidant and renal protective and diuretic activities (Sarwar et al., 2007; Jin et al., 2009; Sadiq et al., 2014). Previous studies reported medicinal and therapeutic properties of E.sativa include antihyperlipidemic, antihyperglycemic, hepatoprotective (Alqasoumi et al., 2009; Jin et al., 2009; Rafatullah et al., 2008 ), antiplatelet and antithrombotic activity (Fuentes et al., 2014). Furthermore, E. sativa possesses anti-secretory, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, cytoprotective and anti-ulcer activity against experimentally-induced gastric lesions which is possibly due to prostaglandin-mediated activity and/or through antisecretory activity (Alqasoumi et al., 2009; Khan & Khan, 2014; Saleh et al., 2016). So far, it has been reported that E. sativa seed and leaves are potent antioxidants (Sadiq et al., 2014; Koubaa et al., 2015; Abdul-Jalil et al., 2016). The E. sativa The seeds and tender leaves are known in Arabian countries to increase sexual desire and are considered to be an aphrodisiac (Yaniv et al., 1998; Sarwar et al., 2007). It was reported that the ethanolic extract of E. sativa has an androgenic activity or stimulate testicular steroid production which enhances the preputial gland as well as increase spermatogenesis in the testis of male mice (Nowfel & Al-Okaily, 2017).Treating mice with E. sativa leaves extract had a significant increase (P≤ 0.05) in testosterone level, sperm activity and a significant decrease (P≤ 0.05) in sperm mortality and abnormalities (Hussein, 2013). In addition, E.sativa act as anti-cancer (Alqasoumi et al., 2009; Khan & Khan, 2014; Shaban et al., 2016 ). Lamy et al. (2008) reported the antigenotoxic effect of E. sativa against human hepatoma (HePG2) cells which are attributed to the presence of erucin and erysolin compounds in the plant extract. Also, the previous studies were evaluated their possible curative effects and considered E. sativa seed extract a promising natural product from cruciferous vegetables against cancer as breast cancer (Shaban et al., 2016). In vitro antitumor study of E. sativa 70% ethanolic extract (ES-EE) as well as its compounds kaempferol and glucopyranoside proved their cytotoxic activity in 4 different human tumor cell lines: HepG2 (liver carcinoma), MCF7 (breast carcinoma), Maysaa A. Hadi et al /J. Pharm. Sci. & Res. Vol. 9(11), 2017, 2278-2285


An optical apparatus for the pattern classification consisting of two steps of training and classification was made. Holographic cross-correlation of training patterns with a random mask was used to make the filters for classification. Although the error of classification was 13% in this experiment, a computer simulation of the optical method which gave a completely correct classification showed the effectiveness of this method. Effects of the characteristics of a photographic emulsion and of the displacement errors of the patterns and correlation filters were also discussed.


Recent publication of The 2022 GP 1 coincides with one of the most volatile moments in the 65-year history of the NHS: unparalleled pressure on resources and finance; sweeping government reforms; rising public expectations with yet greater need as we all live longer; respect and love for the NHS questioned as never before following high profile failures of care and compassion; and a GP workforce shouldering 90% of patient contact on 9% of the NHS budget, feeling battered, overworked, and with no prospect of an end to the growing demands.

The far-sighted 2022 vision sets out a clear action plan for developing general practice over the next decade of unprecedented change. It was never more needed, both for GPs, who have always been the cornerstone of community medicine and for patients, like Colin, who is representative of the growing millions we care for, needing compassionate, complex, and long-term medical support. We met over a 6-week period as I studied his healthcare journey …


ABSTRACT Due to the growing number of analysed pesticide residues, analytical strategies have evolved for the data processing of 100s of pesticides in a single analysis. We present herein a LC-MS/MS method based on triple quadrupole technology capable of detecting concentrations at 5 ng/g and confirming 381 pesticides in a single injection. Confirmatory analysis is performed using data-dependent acquisition that compares full MS/MS spectra of candidates to a fast library interrogation within the same injection. A comparison on more than 200 samples of fruits and vegetables (representing principal types: normal, pigmented, and fatty) with pre-existing workflow based on single MRM analysis per compound was performed to validate this approach. A fast turnaround time was demonstrated due to more-unambiguous identification suppressing the need for reinjection to confirm candidates. The automated library searching and confirmation only of putative hits also allowed focusing on the manual verification and validation steps just for putative candidates which hence also increased overall throughput and results quality. Superior robustness of the method due partially to a reduced volume injected was also one of the key points achieved using this methodology. An interesting feature is also the capability to enrich the library and the number of pesticides screened with ease.


In 1978 the concept of primary health care was adopted by 116 countries at Alma Ata, yet the negative impact of structural readjustment programs in Africa and South America could be felt due to the cuts in expenditures on health, education, and social matters. The result is a resurgence of communicable diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis. Another factor in this resurgence is extreme poverty. In 1994 over 1000 people died in Rajasthan, India, of a malaria epidemic, and during the same time in Delhi over 300 deaths were attributed to hemorrhagic dengue fever. Malariogenic and tuberculous conditions continue to flourish owing to distorted development patterns and commercialization of medical care as public health and community health services are being replaced by profit-oriented curative care, 80% of which is in private hands. This has resulted in spiraling medical care costs and rural indebtedness. Socioeconomic deprivation in developing countries threatens TB control. Factors contributing to the spread of TB were established in 1899 and are still valid in India and other developing countries: TB contamination of air, inadequate food, overcrowded dwelling, and low state of physical health. Even in developed countries TB is on the rise: there were 172 cases in 1991 in England vs. 305 cases in 1993, half of them among immigrants. The increase occurred in the poorest 30% of the population. The World Bank is providing loans for a revised TB and malaria strategy, and the Disability Adjusted Life Year has been used to identify the greatest burden of diseases. On the other hand, the Indian National Health Policy has not been revised since 1983. Priority must be given to those living in extreme poverty to curb the resurgence of once controlled diseases.


For the current stage of helmet detection in complex environments with low accuracy, missed detection and not easy to manage wearing, this paper proposes a YOLOv5 face helmet detection algorithm based on Swin Transformer improvement from the overall semantics of the image. In this paper, experiments are conducted using a self-built dataset to further enhance the performance of the model and improve the accuracy of face helmet detection through Mosaic data enhancement, label smoothing processing, adaptive weighted features combined with Wconcat module and the application of C3TR and C3STR modules to fuse multi-scale information, enhance the feature extraction capability of the network, and improve the generalization and robustness of the model with a self-built dataset . Experiments show that the improved YOLOv5 face helmet detection algorithm mAP based on Swin Transformer improves 5.7% compared with Faster RCNN, 6.1% compared with YOLOV3, 5.3% compared with YOLOV4, and 1.6% compared with the original algorithm. It performs well in helmet face detection tasks in complex environments, achieving real-time detection and higher accuracy, while reducing missed detections.


High Energy Gamma Ray (HEGR, hereafter) emission in the energy range 30 MeV ~ 30 GeV from the various celestial sources has been studied by the Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET ) aboard the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory since its launch in April 1991. EGRET discovered a large number of celestial sources of various types; see Fichtel et al. for a catalogue of sources seen during the first 18 months of observation. Among the detected sources are five pulsars: Vela (Kanbach et al. '), Geminga (Bertsch et al. 3 ; Mayer-Hasselwander et al. 4 ) , Crab (Nolan et al. 5 ) , PSR B1706-44 (Thompson et al. ') and PSR B1055-52 (Fierro et al. 7), the first three being much brighter than the latter two.


Whether love or business, these proverbs refer to sodium chloride (NaCl), the granular white mineral used in cooking and seasoning food, and to enhance its flavor. Actually, sodium chloride is just one example of a salt, which to chemists is any compound formed by the interaction of an acid and a base. However, to most people salt means sodium chloride. For thousands of years, humans have valued salt. Its importance has been noted in many ways, from economic to literary. Early civilizations had sophisticated methods for obtaining salt: several techniques to extract and purify it are described in a pharmacology text from China, published around 2700 B.C. As is the case today, salt was appreciated for many reasons, ranging from usefulness as a food preservative to various medicinal qualities — some perhaps more valid than others. Salt has even been used in some cultures as a type of currency. In ancient Greece, slaves were traded for salt. Since antiquity, governments have levied salt taxes, and the resulting anger and revolts have helped shape human history. Although salt has led to warfare, certain cultures have never used it. In fact, the Finnish language has no word for salt. Some Eskimo tribes are reported to actually dislike the taste of salt, a trait utilized by an explorer who added small amounts of salt to the food he served when he wanted his Eskimo visitors to leave! Salt is essential to survival: without salt, a person will die. Sodium chloride is required for a variety of biological functions and, because the body does not produce minerals such as sodium or chloride, these nutrients must be consumed on a regular basis. Once ingested, salt separates into sodium and chloride ions. Chloride has many roles. For example, it contributes to maintaining the balance between acids and bases in the body, which is crucial for normal bodily function.


Background: India contributes significantly towards a large part of the worldwide epidemic of hypertension (HTN) and its associated complications. As, there are limited longitudinal studies available in India to understand its occurrence over time, this Pan-India longitudinal study will aid to assess the real world outcomes of HTN across the country.Methods: This was a prospective, multi-centered, longitudinal, observational study investigating a large COHORT of people with HTN across India over a period of one year. The primary objective of this study was to evaluate blood pressure (BP) control and clinical outcomes in high-risk hypertensive patients distributed over 5 visits (including baseline visit). The secondary objective is to assess the co-morbidities/risk factors in different clinical settings across India. Participants (4,000) with HTN will be included from 200 centres across India and data will be recorded for the use of anti-hypertensives, demographics, socio-economic status, anthropometric measurements, family history, personal history, risk factors, co-morbid conditions and physician treatment preferences. Overall, clinical practice patterns were assessed for their relationship with clinical outcomes.Conclusions: This study is expected to reveal the trends in complications associated with HTN, treatment strategies used by physicians, and correlation among treatment, control and complications of HTN within the Indian context. The outcome of this study will help to identify the burden of HTN, along with pin-pointing the emergence of early-onset complications and dose titration patterns. This will eventually help to develop person-centred care and facilitate public health agencies to invest appropriate resources in the management of high-risk HTN across India.Trial registration: Since this is a real world evidence study no trial registration was needed as per Indian regulations.


The paper describes the main features of a new type of steering equipment, called a "bow thruster rudder", recently developed by C.N.R. and fitted on-board the Italian Railways' GARIBALDI ferry ship.


A correlation between the surface morphology of slant‐angle deposited films and the magnitude of the transverse thermoelectric voltage has been observed. This finding has been mainly responsible for the fabrication of optical detectors with responsivities greatly enhanced over those previously reported, extending to 10.6 μ and into the cw range.


Introduction: The knowledge and attitude of the people in a society about intellectual disabilities has a significant impact on the social functioning of afflicted individuals. Therefore, understanding deficiencies in this knowledge and attitude about Down Syndrome (DS) can help us raise awareness among the masses about the genetic disorder, in turn facilitating social insertion of individuals with DS. Aims and Objectives: In this study, we assess the knowledge and attitude towards DS among population of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted in Jeddah in the month of March 2014. Materials and Methods: Adults were randomly surveyed at a shopping center, using a questionnaire that included 7 knowledge-related questions and 7 attitude-related questions. Results: Of the 1253 participants, 19% thought that DS is diagnosed based on ultrasound and blood test and 33.6% thought that it is curable. When asked if children with DS can understand speech, 38.3% thought that people with DS do not understand speech and 69% believed that they could not get employment. The knowledge and attitude towards DS was significantly deficient among females and participants younger than 35 years. Overall, deficiency was more pronounced in domain of attitude (47%) as compared to knowledge (37%). Only 59.5% expressed their willingness to support DS people in living a normal life. Further, we found a significant correlation between knowledge and attitude, even after adjustment for gender and age. Conclusion: There are important deficits in the general knowledge about DS leading to unfavorable attitude towards people with DS, which results in a certain overestimation of their handicap. Efficient awareness and educational campaigns require an understanding of conscious and subconscious social obstacles for the integration of people with DS at both the familial and social levels.


Software is critical to the success of Swiss-based power and automation technology giant ABB. It is the 'glue' that holds the £15 billion company's systems together—which means a high level of consistency is required in development and application. This paper describes the company's approach to harmonising and expediting software processes through the group—including the establishment of a common framework for software development and maturity, an online experience database to share lessons learned and a 'decision gate' model to expedite projects.


An account of Fiji since the first coup in Fiji on 14 May 1987 is provided and the way race was used by the various Fiji governments and indigenous activists to justify the nationalist control of the state is demonstrated. The contradictions and divisions within both the Indo-Fijian and the indigenous Fijian communities in Fiji, is highlighted.


After a short discussion of the general theory of the first order aberrations in a system of thin lenses, the equations expressing the absence of Seidel's first four aberrations in an objective consisting of two thin systems of lenses, separated by an interval, are formed. When each of the two thin systems consists of only two lenses, the equations can be put in a form which admits of an elegant graphical solution, regard being paid to the necessity of obtaining a solution in which on one of the lens curvatures exceeds a certain limit.


Purpose: An intensity modulated radiation therapy(IMRT) field is composed of a series of segmented beams. It is practically important to reduce the number of segments while maintaining the conformality of the final dose distribution. In this paper we quantify the complexity of an IMRT fluence map by introducing the concept of sparsity of fluence maps and formulate the inverse planning problem into a framework of compressing sensing. Method and Materials: In this approach, the treatment planning is modeled as a multi‐objective optimization problem, with one objective on the dose performance and the other on the sparsity of the resultant fluence maps. A Pareto frontier is calculated, and the achieved dose distributions associated with the Pareto efficient points are evaluated using clinical acceptance criteria. The clinically acceptable dose distribution with the smallest number of segments is chosen as the final solution.Results: The method is demonstrated in the application of fixed‐gantry IMRT on a prostate patient. The result shows that the total number of segments is greatly reduced while a satisfactory dose distribution is still achieved. Conclusion: A compressed sensing based inverse planning technique is proposed for IMRT planning. The main features of the approach include (1) the inclusion of a sparsity objective; and (2) the use of a convex optimization algorithm. Without compromising the dose performance, IMRTsolutions with piece‐wise constant fluence maps can be easily obtained using the proposed approach. The reduction of the number of segments in IMRT delivery reduces the total treatment time and therefore increases the dose delivery accuracy and the clinical throughput. With the focus on the sparsity of the optimal solution, the proposed method is distinct from the existing beamlet or segment‐based optimization algorithms.


The utility model provides an environment-protective sofa with egg supporting plates, which is combined by egg supporting plates and wood frames and comprises a sofa. The sofa frame is a wood frame. The wood framework surface consists of three transverse rods that are arranged at interval; the lower end of an egg supporting block is provided with an E-shaped groove (E is rotated to the left by 180 degrees) and is vertically clamped and superposed on the wood frame so as to form a seat of the sofa; and the sofa seat is sheathed by a sponge sheath. The soft has the advantages that the mainbody of the sofa consisting of the wood frame and egg supporting layers has simpler structure and more convenient manufacturing process, and is more environment-protective as the egg supporting plates can be reclaimed, re-machined and re-utilized.


ULFATUL MAHABBAH :
Learning a different language is sometimes difficult since the target
language has different elements compared to the native language. These
differences cause students to make errors when using it. The researcher found
some mistakes of students spoken and written English. Students only use much in
expressing "banyak", and the researcher found some errors of students' recount
text in her first observation, because of these problems; the researcher would to
know deeply about the students' error of recount text especially in using
quantifier.
Finally this research would give the answer to the researcher about what the
researcher wants to know. This research has aims to find out the quantifiers'
errors that found on students' recount text, to determine the most dominant type of
quantifiers' error and the last to know the teacher's effort to overcome the errors.
To get the brief data in analyzing the students' errors in using quantifiers on
their recount text, the researcher did some methodologies to reach the result of her
research. The researcher used qualitative method in the form of case study. In
collecting data the researcher used study documentation, interview and
observation. And the last in the technique of analysis data the researcher used the
steps based on Ellis theory in analyzing data.
From the research that has been done by the researcher, that the researcher
found some mistakes on students' recount text in using quantifier, and the most
dominant type quantifiers error did by the students was all, there were fifteen
errors in using it. Based on the grammatical problems that faced by the students,
the English teacher of the eighth grade students at MTs Manba'ul'ulum has some
efforts to overcome the problems. The teacher obligated students to memorize
countable and uncountable noun, to memorize irregular and regular verbs and to
memorize one day one tenses with the patterns and examples and the last to
strengthen their ability in grammar, the teacher obligated them to write everything
in English on their diaries.
Keywords: Analysis, quantifier, recount text


Purpose: The purpose of this systematic literature review was to summarize information on the efficacy of percutaneous vertebral augmentation (PVA) and the incorporation of physical therapy intervention following PVA for vertebral compression fractures (VCF). Methods: Literature searches were completed using the Cochrane Library: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (Cochrane Reviews); Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): National Guideline Clearinghouse; Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro); Medline; and Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) through August 2005. Results: Seventeen relevant studies were identified. They reported favorable outcomes (eg, earlier mobility, decreased pain, and improved spinal posture) after PVA. No study addressed physical therapy intervention after PVA. Conclusion: PVA appears to be an effective treatment option for individuals with VCF. However, research dealing with physical therapy after PVA is needed.


IDENTIFYING AND ANALYZING USER NEEDS: A COMPLETE HANDBOOK AND READY‐TO‐USE ASSESSMENT WORKBOOK WITH DISK. Westbrook, Lynn. New York: Neal‐Schuman Publishers, 2001, 250 pp., $75.00, 1–55570–388–7. THE ECONOMICS OF INFORMATION: A GUIDE TO ECONOMIC AND COST‐BENEFIT ANALYSIS FOR INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS, 2nd edition. Kingma, Bruce R. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2001, 180 pp., $45.00, 1–56308–816–9. DEFUSING THE ANGRY PATRON: A HOW‐TO‐DO‐IT MANUAL FOR LIBRARIANS AND PARAPROFESSIONALS. Rubin, Rhea Joyce. New York: Neal‐Schuman, 2000, 99 pp., $45.00, 1–55570–372–0. ADAPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR LEARNING AND WORK ENVIRONMENTS, 2nd edition. Lazzaro, Joseph J. Chicago: American Library Association, 2001, $35.00, 0–8389–0814–4. LIBRARY RELOCATIONS AND COLLECTION SHIFTS. Tucker, Dennis C. Medford, NJ: Information Today, 1999, 208 pp., $35.00, 1–57387–069–2. LIBRARY DISASTER PLANNING AND RECOVERY HANDBOOK. Alire, Camila (Ed.). New York: Neal Schuman, 2000, 616 pp., bibl., index, $75.00, 1–55570–373–9.


Commercial swine production has become an increasingly globalised industry, with global meat trade demanding that all regions compete on cost and differentiation of pork products. The utilisation of continually improving genetic populations can be one input that helps maintain, or increases, the competitiveness of an individual producer or regional industry. So as to deliver these improving genetic populations, genetic providers of today must focus on developing and implementing best science that delivers improvement on traits affecting commercial profitability. Providers must also efficiently multiply and disseminate the improved merit to the commercial hog production level. The swine-genetics industry has made considerable progress in driving a faster genetic gain over the past 30 years by systematically combining ever-changing computing power, accurate data capture and emerging genomics information. The combination of these technologies today has resulted in hundreds of thousands of animals being genotyped for tens of thousands of markers, and this information is being combined with extensive phenotypic data to deliver rates of genetic gain nearly double what we were able to achieve 20 years ago. As importantly, this scientific advancement can then be combined with the ability to continue to understand and evaluate emerging traits related to animal robustness, well-being and consumer demand, resulting in the most comprehensive definition of selection targets in the history of modern animal improvement. Finally, managing the dissemination of these genes through boar stud and multiplication systems helps ensure that the commercial level minimises lag and utilises the highest-merit genetics available.


This paper focuses on China ́s demand for commodities. While this is a broad topic, the paper sets out to perform three well-defined tasks. First, it gives a comprehensive view of the market specificities for several commodities that China demands, including various classes in the broader categories of metals, energy and food. Second, it builds a rich panel dataset where various countries' demand for different commodities is estimated as a function of each country's economic development, essentially per capita GDP. Third, with the insight of the descriptive section and the quantitative methodology of the empirical exercise, the authors run a scenario to project Australia–China bilateral trade.


The purpose of this study was to determine whether the LDR, IPR, APB, NPL, IRR,
BOPO, and FBIR had a significant effect either simultaneously or partially to ROA.
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have a significant effect toward ROA.
APB and BOPO partially have negative significant
effect toward ROA.
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LDR
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IRR
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NPL
partially have positive unsignificant effect toward ROA, and the most
dominant effect toward ROA is BOPO.

Keywords : Liquidity Risk, Credit Risk, Market Risk, Operational Risk.


Purpose: This study was performed to observe the correlation between Hot flush and pulse wave velocity(PWV), ankle brachial index(ABI) in the Climacteric women. Methods: We studied 63 climacteric women visiting OO hospital from 8th January 2007 to 22nd April 2009. The subjects were categorized in two groups, the hot flush group(37) and normal group(26). For the study, the subjects were selected by excluding the patients who receive treatment affect hot flush or have disease affect arterial states. We assessed PWV and ABI of two groups by Oscillometric method using VS-1000(Form PWV/ABI; Fukuda Denshi, Co., Ltd., Japan). From these results, we studied the correlation between hot flush and PWV/ABI by Wilcoxon Mann Whitney Test. Results: 1. It is shown that hot flush group was no significant correlation with normal group. There is no significant factor among R-PWV, L-PWV, R-ABI, L-ABI. However, L-ABI have shown relatively higher correlation with comparison to the other factors.(p-value


Hysteresis loop measurements were conducted on several commercial iron‐nickel alloys during neutron irradiations at 90°K and at temperatures up to 175°C, in both zero and saturating magnetic fields. Isochronal annealing tests were also performed on the alloys after irradiation. The low‐temperature irradiation results indicated that magnetic properties are affected not by the point defects themselves but by their motion and eventual disposition. The radiation‐induced changes appeared similar in many ways to those observed in these alloys upon magnetic annealing.Experiments on the alloys at temperatures from 70° to 175°C in a saturating magnetic field showed that the activation energy of the radiation‐induced process was 0.3 eV. In all cases the radiation‐induced changes were annealed out at temperatures below the usual ordering temperature for Ni3Fe. This recovery process appeared to be dependent upon the state of the magnetization of the sample.


The invention discloses a method, an apparatus and a system for series service massage processing. In the series service massage processing method, the series service massage is composed of multiple service massages, at least two server embodiments provide real-time processing for series service massage, store information provided by the series service massage and process the result from the series service massage. The method comprises: judging the behavior of at least one server embodiment of the two server embodiments, which affects real-time processing to series service massage, subsequent service massages of the series service massage are allocated to other server embodiments except the at least one server embodiment, to assure the massage processing delay is not affected by the behavior. The invention can eliminate the effect of the behavior to real-time processing of service massages, and avoid obvious decrease of massage throughput rate caused by other methods for improving service massage processing delay.


This paper investigates the codimension-two grazing bifurcations of a three-degree-of-freedom vibroimpact system with symmetrical rigid stops since little research can be found on this important issue. The criterion for existence of double grazing periodic motion is presented. Using the classical discontinuity mapping method, the Poincare mapping of double grazing periodic motion is obtained. Based on it, the sufficient condition of codimension-two bifurcation of double grazing periodic motion is formulated, which is simplified further using the Jacobian matrix of smooth Poincare mapping. At the end, the existence regions of different types of periodic-impact motions in the vicinity of the codimension-two grazing bifurcation point are displayed numerically by unfolding diagram and phase diagrams.


This article is part of my project that engages with visual and media cultures – fashion, cinema and documentary – to address Chinese consumer culture in the socialist and post-socialist periods. Focusing on haute couture, consumption and memory, the first part introduces an aspiring fashion designer, Ma Ke, and her latest fashion line, 'Wuyong'/'Useless' (2007). Ma Ke intends to draw attention to the loss of the emotional bond between the maker and the user of clothes in the age of industrialized mass production and consumption. To help fashion recover this lost memory, Ma Ke buries her garment under dirt for a period of time. When the garment is unearthed, she reasons, it will find itself imbued with the imprint of the time and space of the soil. Presented at the Paris Fashion Week in February 2007, Ma Ke's haute couture exhibit 'Useless' was intended to be a critique of modern consumer culture. The second part engages with Jia Zhangke's documentary Wuyong/Useless (2007), a trans-media dialogue with Ma Ke's fashion design 'Useless'. I argue that Jia Zhangke's engagement with Ma Ke's fashion is double-edged: although the director embraces some parts of 'Useless', he critiques other parts of her design. In particular, I show how the director introduces a new level of complexity to the artist's anti-fashion and anti-consumption gesture through the use of montage. The last part suggests that Jia Zhangke's documentary can be regarded as an exercise in what Fredric Jameson calls 'cognitive mapping', which attempts to capture the complexly mediated relationships between cultural representational form (e.g. fashion and documentary) and social totality within the context of global capitalism.


For the most part, articles on AIDS focus on issues pertaining to gay men. Little has been written specifically about women with AIDS, particularly within a feminist framework. This article explores, from a feminist perspective, the special impact that AIDS has on women as potential victims, carriers of the disease, and caretakers of others with the disease. It emphasizes how the sexual politics of this disease influence society's view of women with AIDS, as well as the delivery of services to this population.


The aromatic ladder polymer, poly(1,2–8,9-trans-quinacridono) (PQ) has been synthesized. The intermediate polymer was also characterized. Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and conductivity measurements were made on PQ. PQ packs in nematic liquid crystal form. Iodine intercalates and destroys the order during doping, while raising its conductivity by five orders of magnitude.


Scientists of the environmental domains (biology, geographical information, etc.) need to capitalize, distribute and validate their scientific experiments of varying complexities. A multi-function platform will be an adaptable candidate for replying this request. After a short introduction of our context and objective, this article presents the project MDWeb, a platform that we have conceived and realized for sharing and mutualizing geographic data. Based on this platform, our main interest is actually focused on providing users a workflow environment, which will be integrated soon after in this platform as a functional component. An introduction to a three-level workflow environment architecture (static, intermediate, dynamic) is presented. In this article, we focus mainly on the "static" level, which concerns the first phase of constructing a business process chain, and a discussion around the "intermediate" level, which covers both the instantiation of a business process chain and the validation, in terms of conformity, of the generated chain.


One of the most common dilemmas for candidates preparing résumés is to decide how to present periods in their work history when they were not actively engaged in the workforce. Content analysis of seven of the most popular résumé guides available in Australia indicates that opinion differs regarding how to deal with gaps in work history. Results from a field study involving professional recruiters indicate that reasons for absence from work are subject to gender stereotypes. Results from a second field study indicate that ratings of candidate suitability were not influenced by when the break in career history occurred, nor did explaining those gaps have any influence on this measure. However, explaining gaps in career history did result in improved ratings of honesty. When gaps were left unexplained, and the recruiters noticed the gaps, rejected candidates were rated significantly less honest than their shortlisted counterparts. When recruiters did not notice the gaps, there was no difference in the ratings of rejected and shortlisted candidates, indicating that gaps do influence recruiters' perceptions of candidates but only when noticed. It is argued that gaps in career history should generally be explained. Exceptions to this general rule are discussed.


Objective: To develop a HPLC method for the determination of terbinafine in human plasma.Method: The analytical column was packed with ZORBAX Eclipse XDB-C18.The mobile phase was acetonitrile-0.2% trifluoroacetic acid-water and the flow rate was 0.8 mL·min-1.The UV detection wave-length was 258 nm(0-5.2 min) and 283 nm(5.2-7.0 min) respectively.The terbinafine was extracted by ethyl acetate from plasma.Result: Excellent liner relationship was obtained from the range of 0.05 mg·L-1 to 4.00 mg·L-1(r=0.999 7).The intra-day RSD were 3.51%、2.44% and 2.75% and inter-day RSD were 3.87%、2.38% and 2.63% respectively at three concentrations,the relative recoveries were(99.33±2.58)%,(99.50±2.40) % and(100.95±1.63)%,The RSD were 2.60%、2.41% and 1.62% respectively.After a single dose of 250 mg,the pharmacokinetics parameters of terbinafine were as follows: Cmax(1.27±0.15)mg·L-1,Tmax(1.56±0.32) h,t1/2α(0.96±0.24) h,t1/2β(16.73±1.87) h,AUC(0-48)(13.44±1.95) mg·h·L-1,AUC(0-∞)(15.32±2.16) mg·h·L-1 respectively.Conclusion: The method was simple,rapid,accurately and could be used to determine the terbinafine concentration in human plasma and study of its pharmacokinetics.


PURPOSE: An ozone generator is provided to reduce the usage amount of used cooling water by reducing the number of cooling channels and to generate a massive amount of ozone using plural discharge units. CONSTITUTION: An ozone generator including plural discharge units comprises the following: more than three cooling channels(200) including a penetrating hole in the center thereof and a cooling water flowing passage; a discharge unit(300) including a center hole facing the penetration hole inserted into the cooling channels for generating a discharge when a high voltage is applied; a chamber(100) for mounting the cooling channels and the discharge unit; and an oxygen supplying unit(600) supplying oxygen into the chamber.


We show that a complete set of one-bit gates can be realized by coupling the two logical states of a phase qubit to a third level (at higher energy) using microwave pulses. Thus, one can achieve coherent control without invoking any tunneling between the qubit levels. We propose two implementations, using rf-SQUIDs and d-wave Josephson junctions.


Techniques of reduced-representation sequencing (RRS) have revolutionized ecological and evolutionary genomics studies, especially favoring species without reference genome. But it is a great challenge for RRS data to precisely establish homologous loci, which is strongly associated with accuracy of downstream analyses and reliability of biological inferences. maxSH is an overlooked parameter with respect to detecting paralogs, belonging to PYRAD/IPYRAD──a prevailing pipeline for genotyping RADseq and GBS data. Using GBS data of two primroses (Primula alpicola Stapf and P. florindae Ward) and their putative hybrids, as empirical study, we explore the efficiency of maxSH on filtering paralogs and its impact on downstream analyses. At the same time, we try to assess if putative hybrids are truly speciated from hybridization. Our study sheds light on the efficiency of maxSH on filtering paralogs, and significant effects of maxSH, together with clustering threshold and missing data, on downstream analyses of outlier detection, population assignment, and demographic modelling, emphasizing the significance of carefully coping with bioinformatics process. On the other hand, although putative hybrids exhibit a genetic mixture of P. alpicola and P. florindae according to most STRUCTURE and PCA results, we cannot clearly draw a conclusion on the origin of putative hybrids due to conflicting demographic scenarios mainly resulted from altering maxSH value among nine chosen datasets. However, gene flow patterns of most optimal models from multiple maxSH values collectively indicate incomplete reproductive isolation between putative hybrids and two primroses, and the existence of indirect introgression between P. alpicola and P. florindae.


This article introduces the operational strategies of some young Belgian firms.Through the analysis of design strategies and architectural practices of offices like "B612", "V+", "Label", "MDMA", etc. the authors affirm that it is quite possible for young architects to earn their first marks with something other than a successful building.


ABSTRACT: Studies on organization and management theory use status to explain intra-organizational behaviors such as developing alliances and partnerships by drawing on the practices of the private sector. We extend the concept of status to the public sector to study how the different status of partners influences their collaboration. Through studying collaboration in the field of HIV/AIDS disease control in China from 2015 to 2017, we assess how status asymmetry (different-status partners) affects collaboration by comparing several dimensions of different-status organizations, including their structure, funding distribution, target population, and service category. We find that, through structure design, a collaboration between high- and low-status organizations improves health service delivery in the epidemic disease control process by providing more integrated health schemes. This article contributes to the body of knowledge on collaboration by studying the dynamic role of status, thereby helping practitioners better understand how to effectively manage collaboration with status asymmetry.


Some issues concerning the numerical analysis of superconductors are discussed and a novel approach to 2D modelling is proposed. Both axial and translational symmetric as well as current driven and voltage driven systems are examined in detail. The E–J power law is chosen instead of the critical state model as a constitutive relation of the material and the need to modify this relation in order to account for the normal state transition at high currents is discussed. A linear space reconstruction of the current density by means of nodal shape functions is used in order to build the finite dimensional model. A method to relax the tangential continuity of the current density, which is inherent to the discretization method used, is discussed. The performance of the proposed approach, both in terms of current distribution and AC loss, is evaluated with reference to some cases of practical interest involving composite materials. The role of the electric field as a natural state variable for superconducting problems is also pointed out. The use of the method as an alternative to the circuit approach or edge elements for modelling the superconductors is finally discussed.


The purposeof this study was todevelop anautonomous guidance vehicleequipped by self propelling power and automatic guidance system to move steadily along the plant row in the field. The automatic guidance system consists of an 8051 single chip microprocessor, ultrasonic transducers and reed switches. DC motor is employed to drive the vehicle and stepping motor was utilized to steer the steering system. While the vehicle moves along the path, two ultrasonic transducers sense the location of plants and the system creates the travelling control strategy. While the


The Dominguez channel and Greater Los Angeles and Long Beach harbor waters toxic pollutants total maximum daily loads was developed to attain water quality standards and protect beneficial uses in San Pedro Bay, California. Waters of the Los Angeles/Long Beach (LA/LB) harbor and greater San Pedro Bay are listed as impaired by heavy metals and organic pollutants in sediment and/or or fish tissue. The harbor toxics TMDL specifies waste load allocations and load allocations to limit the discharge of metals and bioaccumulative organic pollutants. A scientifically-sound basis of the TMDL requires a calibrated model capable of simulating the complex three-dimensional (3D) flows, sediment transport, and chemical fate throughout the LA/LB harbor. Since the combined Port of Long Beach and Los Angeles is the busiest port in the United States, thousands of vessels of various types and sizes visit the harbor every year. The re-suspension of contaminated sediment in the bed can be a source of contaminants to the harbor water. This paper presents the incorporation of propeller induced re-suspension of sediment and associated contaminants into the 3D sediment and chemical fate model developed for the LA/LB harbor for the TMDLs.


To utilize 'Delannit' fiber asphaltic concrete to treat cross-road of pavement can heighten the stability of asphaltic concrete at high temp and settle the problems of rut displacement on asphalt pavement of cross-road.


A report on the 7th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) and some of the sessions presented at the 2004 conference, which had the theme of "Distributing Knowledge Worldwide Through Better Scholarly Communication."


A new data envelopment analysis(max-min DEA) model is proposed by maximizing the efficiency of the minimal efficiency Units.The idea combing selfrated and other-rated schema is adopted in the proposed model.Thus,to some extent,two inter-related problems that are weak discriminating power and unrealistic weight distribution occurred in classical DEA are solved.In this model,efficiency criteria more restrictive than the classical one will yield fewer efficient DMUs and will allow less flexibility for input/output weight distribution.The DEA-Nash equilibrium methods may hurt the efficiency of other DMUs in order to "protect" the minimal efficiency DMU.To deal with the problem,Nash Bargaining approach is applied to yield a solution that characterizes the evaluation process.Finally,conclusions are demonstrated by an example.


Angular distribution of scattering is one of the important optical properties contributing to the radiation balance in the Earth's atmosphere. Therefore,accurate description of the single-scattering properties of aerosol particles is required. In addition, the angular distribution of scattering of individual aerosol particle provides useful information to determine its size, shape, and refractive index of particles. We are developing a new polar nephelometer, which can measure angular distribution of the optical light scattered by an individual particle. Laser light at 532 nm from a 300 mW YAG laser was used as light source. The laser beam intersects with a stream of aerosol particles introduced with a sheath flow using a double pipe. There are 21 photodiode detectors arrayed in each plane, totaling 42.Detector apertures were placed to limit sensing angles and minimize background light scattered from walls. In this system, angular distributions of scattering for an incident light polarized parallel and perpendicular to the scattering plane were measured simultaneously. In the experiments, particles were atomized using a nebulizer and dried using a diffusion dryer. Then, size of particle was selected using a Differential Mobility Analyzer (DMA) and Aerosol Particle Mass Analyzer (APM) and introduced into the polar nephelometer. The performance of the system was tested by measuring angular distributions of scattering by gaseous molecules (HFC-134 and CO2) and spherical particles. Polystyrene latex sphere is non-light absorpbing spherical particle, while nigrosine are lightabsorbing spherical particle. The measured scattering angular distribution was compared with the simulation result calculated from the Mie scattering theory considering detection efficiency and of scattering angle range of each detector. As a result, the scattering angular distributions could be reproduced by the simulation results for PSL particles with diameters between 150 and 900 nm. The scattering angular distributions for nigrosine particles, were in good agreement with the theoretical curve calculated using a literature refractive index value, n = 1.63 + 0.24i . This result suggests that light absorbing particles is distinguishable by the scattering angle distribution measurement. In order to examine the influence of the difference of the shape, we also performed measurements of the scattering angle distributions of non-spherical particles such as sodium chloride and soot particles. In the presentation, capabilities of the system to determine the shape and refractive index of particle will also be discussed.


This passage put forward Newton-Iterative-Arithmetic to solve the inverse problem of the mechanism-arm kinematics in the free space.After improving the Newton-Iterative-Arithmetic,the general model is founded to keep away from the barrier in the space.Toward the pose of the mechanism-arm,This passage adopt the maximum interval to adjust the pose,then,inching the residual to get the instruction list,at the same time,make the list as short as possible.For problem ①,this passage present a instruction list which make the mechanism-arm get to the object point,the number is 89,the precision is 0.1779mm.For problem ②,after discrete the crack,adopt Newton-Iterative-Arithmetic and the longer interval to adjust,a instruction list is gained,and avoid the collision,the precision is 0.188mm.This passage else discuss the area which the mechanism-arm cannot reach in the given precision,and prove the lowest point cannot be reached.For problem ③,improve the general model and arithmetic,and joint the four points without collision.At last,we analyse the area which cannot be reached the inside surface in the 1mm precision.


We attempted to improve the performance of passivated emitter and rear cells by increasing the quality of the aluminum back surface field (Al-BSF) beneath the local contact. We demonstrate that a thicker Al-BSF can be obtained by adding Si to the screen-printing Al paste, offering a greater penetration depth of several micrometers compared to the silicon-free Al paste, thereby increasing the open-circuit voltage. The presence of Si in the Al paste is believed to suppress the driving force for the strong lateral Si diffusion toward the Al layer during alloying, as evidenced by 50% decrease in the penetration depth of the Al–Si melt. The electron probe microanalyzer element analysis indicates that the Si-free Al paste produced the combination of hypo- and hypereutectic structures, while the use of the Al paste containing Si resulted in a hypoeutectic alloy, which has a strong presence of the primary  α-Al dendrites. Different BSF thicknesses can be explained by that the liquid Al containing Si within the openings is saturated faster than the Si-free Al liquid under the same conditions. These findings allow a better understanding of the mass transport phenomena stimulated by the diffusion of Si and Al during the alloying process.


The paper studies solar panels automatic tracking system based on OMRON programmable logic controller (PLC).The System has effectively improved the utilization ratio of solar energy and efficiency of photovoltaic power generation system,and reduced the cost of grid-connected PV power generation with significances of theories research and application values of applications promotion.


Abstract Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) uses a suite of instruments on the Terra and Aqua satellites combined with analyzed weather data and information on surface conditions to estimate surface radiative fluxes. CERES estimates for the Terra satellite were compared with measurements of the surface radiative fluxes collected with the research vessels (RVs) Wecoma and Thomas G. Thompson radiometers for cruises off the Oregon coast undertaken during 2000–03. To assess the shipboard measurements, the radiometer observations were analyzed to identify cloud-free conditions characterized by ∼1–2 h of relatively stable radiative fluxes. Fluxes for the cloud-free conditions were compared with those calculated using profiles of temperature and humidity from analyzed meteorological fields for the times and locations of the measurements and broadband radiative transfer models. For summertime conditions along the Oregon coast, and assuming a marine aerosol having 0.55-μm optical depth of 0.05, m...


The international experiences have indicated that during the developing process of economic society,government regulation has the crucial function for improving the economic environment.We find that the key to building the better economic environment lies in promoting the quality of government regulation.According to the current situation in China,the key to building a better economic environment lies in promoting the quality of government regulation continuously.Combining the foreign experiences,we put forward policy suggestion on promoting the quality of government regulation to build the better economic environment.


The French Aerospace Laboratory (ONERA) is carrying out an ambitious program (IESTA) to design a modeling and simulation infrastructure able of evaluating innovative air transport concepts. This paper describes a first prototype of the IESTA platform built around the ONERA CERTI HLA Run-time Infrastructure, an open source RTI, ONERA physical modeling skills regarding noise emission and propagation, X-Plane flight simulator for aircraft trajectory generation and Google Earth and related tools for scenario generation and results visualization.


This paper provides a linguistic analysis of English loanwords in Akan (Niger Congo, Kwa). Using data from the sporting, political and socio-economic domains, we consider phonological and morphological issues that pertain with English loanwords in Akan. Additionally, the paper investigates the specific semantic sub-domains of these words. Phonologically, we note that the loanwords comply with the vowel harmony rule in Akan. Also the English short neutral half-open vowel /ʌ/, the schwa vowel /ə/ and the back open rounded vowel /ɒ/ are replaced with more familiar Akan vowels. Furthermore, loanwords with consonant clusters are adjusted by either insertion or deletion. Morphologically, we observe that English stems are borrowed with various inflections from Akan. Semantically, we note that Akan has borrowed from the domains of security, soccer, health, governance, education and other specialized fields. Finally, we recognise that Akan speakers borrow to fill lexical and semantic gaps, for simplicity and for prestige.


This article explores the potential modern exploitation of the partnership between couriers and delivery companies.  This research is normative legal research. The author used data from the literature and a survey of 37 couriers from 14 different companies. Of the 37 couriers who filled out the survey, in-depth interviews were conducted on 7 couriers from 6 different companies. The results suggested that the practice of Undue Influence can occur when the courier is economically or psychologically powerless to bind in a partnership agreement with the company. During the Covid-19 pandemic, couriers have a much weaker economic and psychological position than the company.  The company uses its special circumstances to establish policies unilaterally and makes a "take it or leave it" offer to the courier. Moreover, the relationship between the courier and the delivery company that is applied is not an industrial relationship, so it is not subject to the provisions of the legislation concerning manpower. Consequently, the provisions in the partnership agreement do not have a safety net for couriers and tend to only side with the company.


Abstract : This report describes the results and progress for research on the topics: statistical image recognition, statistical image models, and a comparative evaluation of image processing techniques. Publications and current research activities with this project are also described in detail. (Author)


Patients with non‐resectable colorectal metastases are currently treated with chemotherapy. However, liver transplantation can increase the 5‐year survival rate from 9 to 56 per cent if the cancer is confined to the liver. The aim of this study was to estimate the cost‐effectiveness of liver transplantation for colorectal liver metastases.


The necessity of entrepreneurship in rural area is an actual one. A smart entrepreneurial variant of contemporary village's development could be "the smart tourist village", to capitalize rural resources. Thus, in this research we come to a variant of contemporary village's development, respectively "smart tourist village", which is the basic idea of the work. To demonstrate that the notion of "smart tourist village" can be a future idea of sustainable rural entrepreneurship the steps undertaken were: the identification of the representative aspects of the villages from Maramures and of their specific resources presentation of the specific aspects; the study also made a quantitative presentation of the rural tourism infrastructure from Maramures by localities; and identifies the perception and "vision" of tourists and owners of tourist structures about Maramures tourist village as an innovative solution with benefits for tourists and locals. The information collected by using the method of qualitative case study served to sketch a possible projection such as "smart tourist village" taking into account the possible costs, return on investment, possible design and advantages.


The article deals with some issues of language game in modern mediatexts that use allusions to some other texts. The author grounds his research on the similarity of the principle of forming some polycode mediatexts to bi-component utterances. The stated type of utterances uses the "topic-comment" structure as the basis thus actualizing the predicativity through it. The "topic-comment" structure is said to be the proto-"Subject-Predicate" structure in grammar. The author of the given article has already made a brief overview of the realization of the "topic-comment" structure in simple mediatexts as "meme" and "demotivator" where there is a given frame (topic) and a variable element (comment), while in the given article he shifts the focus from formal to functional aspect of the problem. Studying the intertextual game in verbal and visual mediatexts whose difference in their forms influences their functional features. In mainly verbal mediatexts this game is used for enriching the whole of the text with additional meanings, while mainly and only visual mediatexts use this game for the sake of the process of playing.