Since the triple bond in a nitrogen molecule is considered to be one of the strongest bond to break, the ammonia synthesis under atmospheric pressure and mild temperature becomes a remarkably challenging problem. In the present research study, a novel method is introduced for electrochemical ammonia synthesis through integrating the reactor with the electromagnetic zero‐voltage switching (ZVS) device. The reactor is tested under an induced electromagnetic (EM) field in galvanostatic mode by varying the operating parameters that include temperature, flow rate, and current density. The experimental setup is designed and operated toward performing the electrochemical synthesis. The maximum Faradaic efficiency achieved with EM field is 4.5%, and the ammonia formation rate is found to be 1.21 × 10−10 mol cm−2 s−1 at an applied constant current of 6.4 mA cm−2 and EM field of 49 mT. Furthermore, the experiments are extended to include the ammonia synthesis with and without EM field influence on the reaction; in which case, the reduction potential becomes 1.25 V with the presence of EM field, while it is 1.7 V without EM field when the applied current of 6.4 mA cm−2 is incorporated. This study demonstrates that the electrochemical ammonia synthesis, via nitrogen reduction, can be achieved spontaneously, which is beyond the classical approach for electrochemical ammonia synthesis.


1 -Aminocyclopropane-l -carboxylate deaminase was inhibited by several sulfhydryl-modifying reagents. Inhibition by 5,5 /-dithiobis(2-nitrobenzoic acid) were reversible. The chemically sensitive sulfhydryl groups were about 3 mol per mol of enzyme. A competitive inhibitor, L-serine, reduced modification of the sensitive sulfhydryl groups. The mechanism-based inhibition by /?-chloro-D- alanine almost completely prevented the modification of sulfhydryl groups. The inhibition by monoiodoacetamide and 7V-ethylmaleimide was strengthened at pHvalues above 8.5, and in this range of pH, the maximumvelocity of the enzymereaction increased. The enzyme had 2.8 mol of tightly bound pyridoxal 5'-phosphate per mol (1 10,000 g) and was dissociated to a single subunit of molecular weight 36,500 by sodium dodecyl sulfate. The purified enzyme showed pH-dependent absorption maximaat 326 and 416nm. The absorbance at 416 nm decreased as the pH of the enzyme solution increased from 7 to 9. The decrease in the absorbance corresponded to the pH dependence of Kmand Ki at pH values below 8.5. The maximal affinity of the enzymeto substrate and competitive inhibitors, L-alanine and L-serine, was at pH 8.5.


A novel model of thermal regulation of homoeothermic animals has been implemented. The model is based on a non-equilibrium thermodynamic approach which introduces entropy balance and the rate of entropy generation as a formulation of The Second Law. The model explains linear correlation between an animals skin and environment temperatures using the first principles and demonstrates the role of blood circulation in the thermoregulation of homoeothermic animals.


With the gradual development of energy storage system for largescale, the combined capacity expansion technology of battery energy storage system has been widely concerned by the society. Due to poor safety and economy, the traditional capacity expansion technology of batteries is difficult to be applied in the field of large capacity energy storage. The distributed energy storage architecture is beneficial to realize the module segmentation control of large capacity battery energy storage system. Comprehensively considering that the remaining capacity and state of charge(SOC) of battery modules are very different in real condition, this paper puts forward an optimal battery control strategy applied to distributed battery energy storage system, defining the physical meaning of the relative state of charge. Based on the balance control of relative state of charge between modules, the system realizes the optimal utilization of the capacity of different battery modules. Simulation and experimental results verify the effectiveness of the proposed control method.


This article examines Wordsworth's recollection of the French Revolution in Books VI, IX and X of The Prelude. It argues that Wordsworth's self-reflexive memories of this traumatic political experience suggest not only his personal ambivalence towards the event but also the ambivalent meanings of modernity as it is often associated with the French Revolution. Wordsworth's recollection shows a salient pattern of recurrence and revision, in which the "two consciousnesses" of the narrated and the narrating self exist both in affinity and in tension. The pattern reveals that Wordsworth's urge to restore the early ideals of the Revolution is in coexistence with a painful disillusionment that these early ideals are betrayed by the Revolution itself. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH was the only major English Romantic poet who witnessed the French Revolution at first hand. While still a university student, Wordsworth visited France briefly in 1790 on his walking tour and became inspired by revolutionary ideals. In 1791, Wordsworth graduated from Cambridge and went to France again in search of further inspiration. This time, among other things, he fell in love with a French woman, Annette Vallon. Monetary difficulty and the political troubles between France and Britain forced Wordsworth to return to Britain in 1792, before Annette bore their illegitimate daughter Caroline. Various personal and political circumstances—including Wordsworth's estrangement from the progress of the Revolution and the war between Britain and France—prevented him from returning to France and seeing Annette and Caroline until ten years later. It is thus not surprising that the French Revolution becomes a complex signifying process for Wordsworth in his autobiographical poem, The Prelude, which was never published while he was alive. In Books VI, IX and X of the 1805 Prelude 1 Wordsworth recollects his emotionally complex experience in France, a recollecting process that lasted virtually his entire life and bears a powerfully personal witness to a revolution that signifies the complexity of modernity that is our collective legacy. This article argues that the relevant books in The Prelude offer valuable insights into the question of modernity, not just because they concern the most important historical event that defines modernity, but also because Wordsworth's self-reflexive exploration of the complex nature of memory forecasts the preoccupation with time and memory in many modernist works and the surge of studies of memory, especially traumatic memory, at the end of the 20 th century. The French Revolution ushered in the modern era in social history and politics, but its connection with modernity and the values of the modern world exceeds its socio-political significance. The revolutionary experience can be seen as a sample of modernity in the ambivalence and contradictions it entails. In terms of its violent course of development and its diverse legacy, and in the various Dr. OU LI, Assistant Professor, the Department of English, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. All references to and quotations from The Prelude in this paper are the 1805 edition.


The invention relates to a device (5) for operating a compression piston (2), in particular a hydraulic ram, with at least one spindle (6) with a spindle nut (8) for axial displacement of the plunger (2) cooperates with the spindle (6 ) an external thread (7) and the spindle nut (8) has an internal thread (9), meshing with each other, and assigned to the spindle nut (the plunger 2) and the spindle (6) for axial displacement of the spindle nut (8) can be driven or wherein the spindle (6) associated with the plunger (2) and the spindle nut (8) for axialan displacement of the spindle (6) is drivable. It is provided that the internal thread (9) has two flanks (19, 20) which are aligned asymmetrically to each other.


This paper focuses on the wildly successful blockbuster American Pie teenpics, especially American Pie 3—The Wedding. I argue that these films are specifically designed to appeal to teenage male audiences, and to provide lessons in sex and romance. Movies like this are especially important as they are experienced by far more teenagers than, for example, instructional films or other classroom materials; indeed, as Henry Giroux has observed, 'Learning in the postmodern age is located … in popular spheres that shape their identities, through forms of knowledge and desires that appear absent from what is taught in schools'. I discuss whether the American Pie series is actually a 'new age' effort that, via insubordinate performances of gender, contests the hegemonic field of signification that regulates the production of sex, gender and desire, or whether it is a retrogressive hetero‐conservative opus with a veneer of sexual radicalism. I probe whether this filmic vector for sex education is about the shaping of responsible, caring, vulnerable men, or is it guiding them to be like their heterosexual, middle‐class fathers? And whether, despite its riotous and raunchy advertising, American Pie dishes up something spicy or something terribly wholesome instead.


The invention relates to a method and a headbox system for improving the consistency of the transverse profile of a fibrous web, in particular a paper or board web, in the wet process, wherein two suspensions are mixed sectionally and the basis weight profile is regulated by influencing the sectional mixing ratios. DOLLAR A The method is characterized in that at least a third suspension Q¶3¶ sectioned with a lower or higher solids content is admixed over the machine width, with the percentage composition of the solid components of the third suspension differs from the composition of the first and second suspension. DOLLAR A The headbox system according to the invention is characterized in that upstream of the turbulence generator and / or at least a third set of individual feeds is provided with durchflusbeeinflussenden means for a third suspension per section in the z direction of the fibrous web the same effect, the solid composition from the first and second suspension different.


Separation of the pubic symphysis in association with pregnancy, labor, and delivery is rare, and frequently it is not recognized when it does occur3. Historically, opening of the pelvic joints was considered necessary for childbirth38'323, and studies have shown that normally some widening is associated with pregnancy' .2.5.7. 3. 4. 16. 8. 9.23 The physiological widening is small and asymptomatic, and it regresses shortly after delivery'2'3'8. Rarely, however, a separation of more than one centimeter may occur, and this is generally symptomatic3'78'6. Such a diastasis represents partial or complete rupture of the symphysis pubis and requires aggressive treatment. The obstetrical literature pertaining to this syndrome is limited, usually only recognizing its existence and rarity3'2'5'72022. We have not found any mention of this entity in the orthopaedic literature, although all of the reports on this syndrome have stressed the need for orthopaedic intervention in the treatment of the rupture. The case that we are reporting is that of a patient who had symptomatic diastasis of the symphysis pubis in association with childbearing. A review of the literature, aimed at making the orthopaedic surgeon more aware and capable of treating this problem, is also presented.


The author, who is director of the Building & Road Research Institute, Ghana, reports long experience in that country on the problems associated with low-rise building on difficult soils, Various types of soil and their characteristics arc identified, with references to a wealth of literature, and alternatires to standard strip foundations, including the promising reinforced strip foundation, are discussed. A plea is made for international co-ordination of research results in order to produce guidance manuals on this major problem.


The successful establishment of crop mainly depends on good quality seed which germinate rapidly, uniformly and able to withstand under environmental adversity after sowing. Laboratory experiment was conducted at Seed Technology Unit, Mansoura, Egypt to evaluate the effect of rice seed priming (c.v. Giza 177) with CaCl2 at osmotic potentials (- 0.75, -1.00 , -1.25 , -1.50  MPa and distilled water) for 6 , 12, 24 , 36 and 48 hours on seed germination, seed and seedling vigor under normal and salinity stress. The obtainedresults of this study indicated that salinity levels (9 dS/m) delayed germination, seed and seedling vigor characters compared with normal salinity (0.3 dS/m). Rice seed priming with CaCl2 at (-1.00 MPa)  followed by (-1.25 MPa)  gave the highest values of germination percentage, speed of germination index, germination rate, germination co-efficient, germination energy %,seedlings length, seedlings dry weight, water uptake % and decreasing mean germination time as well as time to 50 % germination compared with control (distilled water) under salinity stress. Whereas, priming seed with distilled water (control) resulted in the lowest germination characters under salinity stress. Priming duration 24 h showed its superiority in improving germination characters comparing with other priming durations. It could be concluded that, priming rice seed (c.v. Giza 177) with osmotic potential (-1.00 MPa) for 24 h can reduce the injurious effects of salinity stress.


This is the archive of a panel discussion given by Eva Nowotny, Ambassador of Austria to the United States; Martin Palous, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the United States. Listen to this lecture, which originally aired on WBUR's World of Ideas, at http://www.bu.edu/european/2009/07/05/two-ambassadors-on-european-union-enlargement>.


We have studied the development of the ciliated, locomotory organ of Patella vulgata trochophore larvae. This organ, the prototroch, arises from different clones of trochoblasts. In each of these trochoblasts, a band of filamentous (F-) actin is formed at the time that ciliogenesis starts. This band, which we visualized with TRITC-phalloidin, is positioned at the base of the row of cilia that crosses each trochoblast. Isolated trochoblasts, as well as isolated quartets of animal micromeres (from which the trochoblasts are derived), similarly form rows of cilia and F-actin bands at the proper time in development. In whole embryos, the trochoblasts shift their position following ciliogenesis, and finally form a ring of differentiated prototroch cells with a continuous band of F-actin encircling the entire larva. At the dorsal side, a double row of prototroch cells and thus a double band of F-actin is present. In contrast, multiple regions with a double F-actin band are found in trochophores in which the establishment of a dorsoventral axis is inhibited experimentally. Confocal laser scanning microscopy shows that the F-actin band extends from the apical surface deep into the cytoplasm of the prototroch cells. At the ultrastructural level, a single striated rootlet connected to the basal body of each cilium can be seen to extend deep into the cytoplasm toward the nucleus, and a band of actin-like filaments is found to interconnect neighboring basal apparatus. Treatment of trochophores with cytochalasin B disrupts the organization of the F-actin band as visualized with TRITC-phalloidin, affects the angle of the effective stroke of ciliary beat and reduces their swimming capacity. This suggests that the F-actm band is essential for the normal locomotory behavior of the Patella trochophore larva.


Simultaneously realizing high exciton density and high emission efficiency in light emitting devices is generally challenging because of the competition between exciton accumulation and its radiative recombination. Here, we demonstrate...


The effects of Sr concentration on the Si particle structure in modified A356 alloys have been investigated. Experiments have been conducted for Sr contents ranging from 0.005 to 0.5%. Data have been acquired for two different values of secondary dendrite arm spacing. The castings have been analyzed by optical and scanning electron microscopy. The results indicate that Sr concentrations less than about 0.015 to 0.02% lead to a refinement of the Si crystals. At Sr concentrations greater than about 0.02%, a coarsening of the Si particles is observed. Two types of Sr containing intermetallic particles may form at Sr concentrations greater than about 0.03%.


: To overcome the crisis vector in the development of monotowns, it is necessary to form a strategy that would increase the level of their competitiveness. The procedure should be based on a complex of complementary actions, both from the city-forming enterprise and from the monotown itself. The paper features an analysis of development tendencies in Russian monoprofile urban settlements, as well as the main problems of development of monotowns. The results obtained have made it possible to offer some basic directions for competitive recovery of monoprofile settlements. The subject of the research is the tendencies and development directions of Russian one-industry urban settlements. The research goal includes 1) consideration of functioning features of Russian monotowns, 2) identification of the most significant factors in competitive recovery of monotowns, 3) determination of perspective directions for monotown development that would take into account the peculiarities of the city-forming enterprise. The author used bibliographic, historical, comparative, economical and statistical methods as well as an analysis of dynamics and structure of the parameters in question. The practical implication of the research is that the results obtained can be used for strategy forming of competitive and socio-economic recovery of a single-industry urban settlement. The current data suggest a decline in social and economic conditions of monotowns.


Colony polymerase chain reaction(PCR)technology was used to detect Staphylococcus aureus in cosmetics.According to the specific gene of femA of Staphylococcus aureus that had been reported,primers were designed and specific segments were cloned.This method was simple,rapid and characterized with acceptable sensitivity and accuracy to meet the requirements for the analysis of cosmetics.


Objective To investgate the biocompatibility between chitosan scaffold( CS) and cells in vitro to provide data for the application of CSin vivo. Methods The effects of CS for the biological characteristics of human gastric adenocarcinoma cell line BGC-823 were evaluated with cell morphological examination and MTT assay. The cells were co-cultured in the leaching solution containing gelatin-immobilized CS with a series of concentrations. The morphological changes of the cells were observed under invert microscope per 24-hour and the cell counting was conducted to plot the growth curve. The effects of CS on the relative proliferation rate of BGC-823 cells were determined by MTT assay. Results No remarkable morphological change in the cells was found during the culture with CS solution in vitro. The leaching solutions of CS showed no significant inhibition on either growth or proliferation of the cells( P 0. 05). The cytotoxicity gradation of various concentrations of the leaching solution of CS was ranged from 0 to1 degree. Conclusion CS showed high biocompatibility with BGC-823 cells and may become valuable medical biomaterials.


Abstract.
 Genotypic variation in crop response to drought depends on agronomic, environmental and genetic factors, and only limited work has compared responses of crop species to water limitation. Twenty genotypes of peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) and of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) were tested in lysimeters under well-watered (WW) and water-stress (WS) conditions during two seasons, a post-rainy season with high evapotranspiration and a rainy season with low evapotranspiration (ET), in order to assess: (i) variability in the agronomic response to stress within and between species across the seasons; (ii) the water requirement of the two crops in each season; and (iii) the stress effect on harvest index (HI), transpiration efficiency (TE), pod yield and haulm yield. Cowpea required less water than peanut during the two seasons, and water use in cowpea varied less across seasons than in peanut. Peanut yield was more sensitive to water stress than cowpea yield, although its water use under WS was higher than in cowpea. Also, under WS conditions, TE, HI and pod yield were more stable across season in cowpea than in peanut. In the post-rainy season, the decrease in pod yield and HI under WS was higher in peanut (95% and 80%, respectively) than in cowpea (70% and 35%). In addition, TE was less affected by WS in cowpea (5%) than in peanut (24%). HI explained a large part of yield variation in both crops, especially under WS. Under WW, water use explained a large portion of the residual yield variations unexplained by HI, although TE also explained a substantial part of the variation in cowpea. Under WS, the main determinant of residual yield variations in both crops was TE. Generally, genetic variation for water use, TE and HI was found in both species across water regimes and seasons. A notable exception was the absence of variation in peanut water use and TE in the rainy season. Our results showed that cowpea, with lower water requirement and efficient water use under a high-ET season, was more resilient to water-limited and high-ET conditions than peanut.


This paper addresses the propagation of free surface water waves over a variable seabed in the long wavelength scaling regime. We consider the situation in which the bathymetry is given by a stationary random process which has a correlation length substantially shorter than the wavelength of the principal surface wave components. An asymptotic description shows that the water waves problem is modeled by an effective system of equations that is related to the KdV, however in a reference frame given in terms of random characteristic coordinates, and in addition with a random amplitude modulation and random scattered component. The resulting random processes are strongly correlated and have canonical limits due to the Donsker invariance principle. Our analysis is based on the Hamiltonian description of water waves and long wave perturbation theory and a new criterion for asymptotic expansions of partial differential equations with rapidly varying coefficients. In this paper we give a detailed analysis of the transformation to random characteristic coordinates and the asymptotic form of the resulting transformed partial differential equations. A companion paper (de Bouard, A., Craig, W., Diaz-Espinosa, O., Guyenne, P., Sulem, C., Long wave expansions for water waves over random topography, Nonlinearity 21 (2008), 2143-2178) analyses in detail the asymptotic behavior of the resulting expression for solutions, and their consistency with the derivation of the effective model equations.


Solution-processed organic thin-film solar cells with triple-layered structures were fabricated by combining a hole-transporting layer made of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(4-styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS), a light-harvesting layer assembled by layer-by-layer (LbL) deposition of poly(p-phenylenevinylene) (PPV) and PSS, and an electron-transporting layer of fullerene C60 dispersed in a polystyrene film. The thickness of the light-harvesting layer was precisely designed and controlled on a scale of nanometers by the LbL deposition technique. The efficiency of exciton generation in the PPV/PSS LbL assembly was estimated for various layered structures by optical simulation considering optical interference effects. For the discussion on the efficiency of exciton diffusion, photoluminescence quenching was measured for the LbL assembly with various thicknesses and analyzed using the one-dimensional diffusion model. As a result, the exciton lifetime and diffusion constant were evaluated as 0.67 ± 0.02 ns a...


During the past five years, phenomenal changes have taken place throughout the former Soviet Union and nowhere more so than in the Russian Federation and in no area of Russian society has the change been more manifest than in religion. With per estroika and glasnost, changes in Russian church-state relations were not only inevitable but they surfaced almost immediately. The year 1988 marked the millennium of the decree of Vlad imir I in 988 which gave official status to Christianity in Russia. On 29 April 1988, in a speech to the leadership of the Russian Orthodox Church, Mikhail Gorbachev pledged that he would implement policies that allow the church to carry out its activi ties without state interference and that "a new law on freedom of conscience, now being drafted, will reflect the interests of religious organizations." Later, in the first visit of the head of the Soviet Union to visit the Vatican, Gorbachev similarly prom ised Pope John Paul II a new era of religious freedom in the Soviet Union. Within a year, new religious publications, such as The Church Messenger, a weekly newspaper published by the Russian Orthodox Church, began to appear and the quasi-official journal of "scientific atheism," Science and Religion, became a journal about religion and society with "atheistic" articles lim ited to dialogues with believers. These expressions of revolutionary changes in Russian church-state relations were quickly followed by the opening of many new churches and places of worship, the restoration of monasteries, the appearance of religious bookstores, and the meeting of more than a thousand Christians from all fifteen So viet republics in Moscow in the fall of 1990 to discuss ways of evangelizing their country. The climax of these early changes came 1 October 1990 with the passing of the "Law on Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations," the full text of


Line drawing is a unique drawing technique developed over millennia in China. Since ancient murals have line drawings of beautiful form and vast history, it is incredibly important to digitally curate these pieces. In this paper, we propose a line drawing generation method named Mural2Sketch (MS) for ancient mural paintings. MS first utilizes heuristic routing to detect the outer edge of a stroke, and then high frequency enhancement filtering is used to extract the information inside the stroke. A complete stroke is then generated by collaborative representation. MS is capable of outputting the result in vector form and producing different artistic styles. Experimental results show that our method is simple but effective. This research has the potential to support digital mural copying, mural protection, as well as related cultural research and application.


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Demand for electricity is increasing and difficult to control in smart-grid. The problem of load balancing is very important that affects ability of devices and their safety especially for households using three-phase electricity. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a system to support monitoring power consumption for real time. Proposal system requires devices to measure power consumption of loads and to send them to server. Server is able to store data and apply artificial neural network (ANN) for forecasting power consumption displaying on website to help users to monitor and control devices. As a result, proposal system (devices, server, and website) not only balances energy consumption but also forecasts them for long time.


Andra is a modern text editor and formatter designed for the personal computer Lilith. Lilith was developed at the ETH by Prof. N. Wirth. The interactive part of Andra makes extensive use of Lilith's characteristic features, namely its high‐resolution raster scan display and the mouse. The printer component of Andra allows the creation of high‐quality hardcopies on a laser printer. The Andra program is written in the language Modula‐2.


: Root zone soil moisture (RZSM) is critical for water resource management, drought monitoring and 10 sub-seasonal flood climate prediction. RZSM is not directly observable from space, but several RZSM products are available and widely used at global and continental scales. This paper presents a comprehensive quantitative evaluation of eight RZSM products over the Huai River Basin (HRB) in China. A direct validation is performed using observations from 58 in situ soil moisture stations from 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2020. Attention is drawn to the potential factors that increase the uncertainties of model-based RZSM, such as errors in atmospheric forcing 15 (precipitation, air temperature), soil properties, and spatial scale mismatch. The results show that the Global Land Data Assimilation System Catchment Land Surface Model (GLDAS_CLSM) performs best among all RZSM products with the highest correlation coefficient ( R ) and the lowest unbiased root mean square error (ubRMSE): 0.69 and 0.018 m 3 m -3 , respectively. All RZSM products tend to overestimate in situ soil moisture values, except for the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) L4 product, which underestimates RZSM. The underestimation 20 of S u rface Soil Moisture (SSM) in SMOS L3, caused by underestimated physical surface temperature and overestimated ERA interim soil moisture, triggers the underestimation of RZSM in SMOS L4. The overestimation of RZSM


The aim of this research was to isolate bacteria that had potential to act asprobiotics from the intestine to Oreochromis niloticus being cultured in RiauProvince; to investigate the optimum growth of at pH 2, 4 and 6; and to test theantibacterial potency of bacterial candidate probiotic against candidatepathogens Streptococcus agalactiae. The methods used in this research are Surveyand experiments methods were candidate in this research. Probiotic bacteria wasisolated from the inner wall of nila intestine. Twenty isolates were obtained fromfour fish. Identification based on physical, biochemical and morphologicalcharacters indicated that the isolates were classified into Bacillus andLactobacillus sp. Two of 20 isolate showed highest clear zone against S.agalactiae. They were isolate N-42 (22.7 mm), and N-62 (7.2 mm). Identificationby using API CHL 50 Kits identicated that the two isolates were chategorized intoLactobacillus paracasei spp NCFB with similirity of 82% dan 78%, respectivelyKey words: isolation, the bacteria candidates probiotics, Streptococcus agalactiae,Oreochromis niloticus


The poor reporting quality of methods and outcomes is relatively recognized in the biomedical field. Its prevalence and implications have been studied in the cardiovascular rehabilitation literature but not so extensively in exercise-based trials. Our main objective was to cross-sectionally estimate the prevalence of both methodological and outcome reporting items in CVR trials with EBI. We also searched for associations (secondary outcomes) between (1) the effect size reported and the direction of the primary outcome, as well as (2) associations with the frequency of Spin. We cross-sectionally screened the sample of eligible trials dated between 2017 and 2021, and then collected the prevalence of methodological and outcome characteristics, independent and blinded manner. Our study shows that there was an insufficient reporting of methods and outcomes. Also, studies reporting effect size measures had a lower chance of Spin. The primary outcome effect size was not reported in 35% of the studies SES. However, more than 2/3 of the sample (69%) had a statement in the discussion or conclusion sections mentioning clinical relevance or meaningful benefit of the statistically significant results. Selective outcome reporting has important implications for translating science into practice, once not so threatens the validity of an intervention effectiveness, but also frustrates the use of its evidence in meta-analyses.


Abstract IN THE first report of this series (Crawford and Smyth, 1964), data from natural matings and from artificial inseminations were presented which indicated that the subnormal reproductive ability of White Wyandottes was due to the poor performance of homozygous rose comb (RR) males. Heterozygous males, and females of both rose comb genotypes, were found to reproduce normally. It was concluded, from microscopic examination of blastodiscs of unincubated eggs, that the problem was one of infertility. In the present report, comparisons of duration of fertility and of sperm transport among males and females of RR, Rr, and rr comb genotypes will be described. MATERIALS AND METHODS Stocks: The two populations of birds derived from the Ottawa Meat Control strain (O.M.C. strain) used in these studies and the additional stocks against which they were tested have been described earlier (Crawford and Smyth, 1964). During all of the experiments reported here, the males…


Study Objective. To determine the correlation between activated clotting time (ACT) or activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) and plasma heparin concentration.


century, none is so charged with long-term significance as the revolution of economic development. Within the span of a single generation, two-thirds of the world has newly acquired political and economic self-consciousness, a phenomenon without parallel in human affairs. And this extraordinary awakening portends more than a mere widening of our historic field. Implicit as well, in the emergence of self-consciousness on a global scale, is a shift in the locus of the history-making process itself. The outbreak of the revolution of economic development signals a slow movement of the dynamic core of world events away from the Northern and Western nations into the broad new areas of the South and East.


This paper investigates the earthquake-resistance performance of a continuous rigid-frame bridge under different strong seismic loads. To this end, an ideal finite element mechanical model for a continuous rigid-frame bridge was first constructed through the use of ANSYS codes. Based on the developed model, the seismic behaviours of the continuous rigid-frame bridge with and without a base isolated system were investigated with respect to the natural frequencies, mode shapes, displacements and stresses. Further, based on the foregoing results and the limit state method, the earthquake-resistance reliability was calculated. From the computed results, it is found that this large continuous rigid-frame bridge has a relatively high seismic-resistance capacity and could satisfy the design requirements under the action of earthquake excitations. The findings herein are also expected to provide some design guidelines on the seismic analysis for other similar large engineering structures.


"Providing an invaluable resource for scholars and researchers, this book investigates positive psychology and relationships theory and research across a range of settings and life stages—intimate, work, educational, senior/retirement, and in the context of diversity.
 Nearly universally, relationships are a key source of what we all seek in life: happiness, fulfillment, and well-being. The experts who contributed to this novel volume apply the framework of positive psychology to the findings of relationships research across a variety of practical contexts. What actions create and sustain respectful, caring, joyous, stimulating, and loving relationships? How do people rich in friendship, intimacy, and interpersonal skills think and behave? How do they unconsciously cultivate positive relationships? This book brings together authoritative reviews, cutting-edge research, and thoughtful scholarship that serve to answer these questions and document the benefit of positive relationships in a variety of settings and across the human life span.
 Following a comprehensive introduction, the book addresses positive intimate relationships, positive relationships at work, positive relationships during different stages of life (in youth, in adolescence, and among older adults), and positive relationships intersecting with diversity. The chapters underscore the simple concept that relationships are central to what makes life worth living and are fundamental to well-being across all life domains as they play out at home, in school, at work, in retirement homes, and in the community at large."


The resonance energy of tetraphenylporphyrin has been calculated from thermodynamic (combustion) data as -1021 kJ.mol-' 1841. This value is compared with values determined by other methods. Single site spectra of Zn-porphin in triphenylene at 4.2 K [70] has been shown to exhibit three principal site species at 570.1, 568.7 and 567.8 nm, which can be selectively excited with a dye laser. Vibrational assignments are reported. T~ for each species is also reported as < 10 ns. Fluorescence of Chl a and h by site selection spectroscopy has also been reported [37] in ethanol and methyltetrahydrofuran glasses at 4 K. The possibility of analytically utilizing the different vibrational frequencies as a "fingerprint" for identification of the two species in uiuo is promising. The effects of the central metal and substituents on the quasiline absorption spectra of Zn, Cu, Ni, Pd and Pt-porphyrins at 15 and 35 K in n-octane [4] show linewidths of 12 cm for Pt-porphyrin and 4 cmfor Pd-porphyrin and Zn-porphyrin. Niand Cu-porphyrins show no quasiline structure, due to an efficient electronic radiationless decay. ZnTetraphenynlporphin shows no quasiline structure due to inhomogeneous broadening. The & was estimated as 2 7 x The luminescence of Y, Lu and Th meso tetraphenylporphin was examined and s, -+ S o fluorescence (-425 nm) was reported [91] with & 1 for all species. No heavy atom effect was observed, even though Z increased from 39-90, presumably due to efficient internal conversion from S2-+S1. The S1 + So emission clearly shows a heavy atom effect, as expected. Phosphorescence was also reported, with T~ = 29 ms, 4p = 0.01 for Y ; T~ = 2.8 ms. q5p _z 0.02 for Lu and T~ I 0.3 ms, bp = 0.03 for Th. Kampas and Gouterman [67] report that amorphous octaethylporphin films lack an exciton band at 460nm found in crystal films, and that the Soret band is considerably sharpened. Gouterman and coworkers have done much work on the absorption and emission of porphyrins in film. Lack of space prevents for Pt-porphyrin.


Niobium bulk multi-cell cavities have recently become the technology of choice for several accelerator projects. The application ranges from cavities for the acceleration of electrons, protons and ions. For elliptical cell shapes the particle velocity ranges from β=0.47 up to β=1. The paper gives an overview on the most important technology issues as well as on the achieved performance at several different projects illustrating the degree of maturity superconducting RF cavities have achieved. The typical peak surface magnetic fields achieved are in the order of 100 mT. A surface preparation using electropolishing can lead to a further increase of the achievable fields.


Automation in agriculture is very much required in today's technological era. When it comes to automation in agriculture; coverage is a key component in determining the performance of the system which is being developed. In this paper an efficient system to perform coverage in agricultural fields is proposed. In addition, monitoring of farmlands remotely is becoming a need of the hour. A framework for Remote Farmland Monitoring and Control System (RFMCS) in agricultural farmlands is envisioned here. It includes a field monitoring system (FMS), communication system (CS), and a remote monitoring application system (RMAS). A combination of these systems paves way for both online and offline environment monitoring and transfer of sensor data to a remote user through an application interface. An android based application is proposed for monitoring the framework which is aimed for controlling local automated systems and long term environmental monitoring. These automated machineries require complex algorithms to monitor the entire farmland. Such an algorithm to perform coverage in an agricultural environment is proposed and evaluated in simulation.


The dynamical correlation functions are considered for classical particles moving in general one-dimensional unbounded potentials. In particular, the dynamic structure factor S(k,w) which predicts the intensity measured in a neutron-scattering experiment, is calculated in detail. According to the magnitude of the energy transfer, the analysis of S(k,w) is usually divided into three regions: inelastic, quasielastic, and elastic. New results are obtained for each region


The infusion of geography, particularly with history and/or social studies, is a means of calling attention to the force and significance of geography. Such a hove, says this writer, can only improve American education.


FIR digital filter is widely used in engineering and the way of window function designing FIR digital filter is the typical design method.Nowadays,the relevant professional courses without explaining the way of window function designing FIR digital filter in detail,so students have difficulty to master it.This paper analyses some related questions about the way of window function designing FIR digital filter with a practical example,including the relationship between FIR digital filter and its simulated sample,cut-off points value,FIR digital filter linear phase shift characteristics.Matlab simulation software is used to analysis and test the design.


In this study we implemented a training program, relying on service learning methodology for completing the formation about attention to the diversity of students of the Teacher Degree. We propose a quasi-experimental research pretest-posttest with nonequivalent control group, the sample are sophomores of the Teacher Degree. Our working hypothesis is that students who have more training in attention to the diversity, will have more favorable attitudes to the inclusion of people with disabilities in society.


We study a phenomenological class of models where dark matter converts to dark radiation in the low redshift epoch. This class of models, dubbed DMDR, characterizes the evolution of comoving dark matter density with two extra parameters, and may be able to help alleviate the observed discrepancies between early- and late-time probes of the universe. We investigate how the conversion affects key cosmological observables such as the CMB temperature and matter power spectra. Combining 3x2pt data from Year 1 of the Dark Energy Survey, Planck -2018 CMB temperature and polarization data, supernovae (SN) Type Ia data from Pantheon, and baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) data from BOSS DR12, MGS and 6dFGS, we place new constraints on the amount of dark matter that has converted to dark radiation and the rate of this conversion. The fraction of the dark matter that has converted since the beginning of the universe in units of the current amount of dark matter, ζ , is constrained at 68% confidence level to be < 0 . 32 for DES-Y1 3x2pt data, < 0 . 030 for CMB+SN+BAO data, and < 0 . 037 for the combined dataset. The probability that the DES and CMB+SN+BAO datasets are concordant increases from 4% for the Λ CDM model to 8% (less tension) for DMDR. The tension in S 8 = σ 8 (cid:112) Ω m / 0 . 3 between DES-Y1 3x2pt and CMB+SN+BAO is slightly reduced from 2 . 3 σ to 1 . 9 σ . We find no reduction in the Hubble tension when the combined data is compared to distance-ladder measurements in the DMDR model. The maximum-posterior goodness-of-fit statistics of DMDR and Λ CDM model are comparable, indicating no preference for the DMDR cosmology over Λ CDM.


Title of Dissertation: NIGERIAN MARINE ENVIRONMENT: The role of the Maritime Academy of Nigeria in promoting short course training needs to achieve prevention of oil pollution and marine environment protection in conjunction with the STCW 95' convention.


Discusses the results of a new approach to develop an improved crosswalk between Army military occupational specialties (MOSs) and civilian occupations, highlighting ten of the Army's most populous combat and noncombat MOSs.


The genomics approach to materials, heralded by increasingly accurate density functional theory (DFT) calculations conducted on thousands of crystalline compounds, has led to accelerated material discovery and property predictions. However, so far, amorphous materials have been largely excluded from this as these systems are notoriously difficult to simulate. Here, we study amorphous Ta2O5 thin films mixed with Al2O3, SiO2, Sc2O3, TiO2, ZnO, ZrO2, Nb2O5, and HfO2 to identify their crystalline structure upon post-deposition annealing in air both experimentally and with simulations. Using the Materials Project open database, phase diagrams based on DFT calculations are constructed for the mixed oxide systems and the annealing process is evaluated via grand potential diagrams with varying oxygen chemical potential. Despite employing calculations based on crystalline bulk materials, the predictions agree well with the experimentally observed crystallized phases of the amorphous thin films. In the absence of ternary phases, the dopant acts as an amorphizer agent increasing the thermal stability of Ta2O5. The least efficient amorphizer agent is found to be Nb2O5, for which the cation has similar chemical properties to those of Ta in Ta2O5. These results show that DFT calculations can be applied for the prediction of crystallized structures of annealed amorphous materials. This could pave the way for accelerated in silico material discovery and property predictions using the powerful genomic approach for amorphous oxide coatings employed in a wide range of applications such as optical coatings, energy storage, and electronic devices.


This article is a theoretical examination of the relationship between truth (understood experientially) and forms of dialogue, in discursive psychology. To do this, I mainly draw on Bakhtin (1929/1984, 1975/1981) and Kiekegaard (1841/1989, 1846/1968). In contrast to a hermeneutic tradition that has sidelined the importance of the author to discourse (e.g., Barthes, 1967/1977), these authors offer an understanding of truth that depends on the author's emotional connection to the truth they are expressing. They most clearly demonstrate the dynamics of our emotional connection to truth in their descriptions of different forms of speech. Kierkegaard describes the relationship between self and truth in irony, while Bakhtin does the same in the epic, the confession and the quarrel. It is my argument that these forms of speech interact with truth and help organise selfhood. I also argue that our current methodological emphasis on the function of words or the play of dominant discourses tend to overlook the experiential landscape of language and its reciprocal relationship with our subjectivity.


The present study demonstrates how the Genetic Algorithm (GA), coupled with the CFD solvers ARC2D for 2D and KTRAN for 3D problems, can successfully be applied to the airfoil and wing aerodynamic drag minimization. The geometry of airfoil and wing sections is represented by a B-spline curve. The actual values of the coordinates of the control nodes for the B-spline curve are designated as the design variables. The NACA0012 airfoil is optimized for a free stream Mach number M∞ =0.30, at which the drag coefficient is reduced by 46.1% for a constant lift coefficient of CL = 0.55. For the corresponding straight wing, the Mach number is set at M∞ =0.80. The drag coefficient is reduced by 13.5% under the constant lift coefficient of CL = 0.30. The results demonstrates the powerful reliability and robustness of this technique.


This paper describes the NASA/USRA University Advanced Design Program (ADP) and the role it plays in providing a systems engineering experience for senior engineering students in "capstone" design courses. Experience with the program has resulted in conclusions about the factors that contribute to a positive experience in the course, with parallels drawn to the "real world." The paper also presents on‐going ADP activities designed to expand the impact of the program to a wider community.


Sporulation of Bacillus megaterium Km (ATCC 13632) was synchronized by a technique employing three 10% transfers. The culture was harvested when 60% of the cells contained spore forms. Dihydrodipicolinic acid synthetase was purified 150-fold by ammonium sulfate fractionation at pH 6.5, heating for 15 min at 45 C at pH 6.0, ammonium sulfate fractionation at pH 6.0, and subsequent chromatography on diethylaminoethyl cellulose. During the final stage of the purification procedure, the enzyme exhibited sensitivity to refrigeration temperatures. The enzyme had a pH optimum of 7.65 in imidazole buffer. The apparent Km values were 4.6 × 10−4 and 5.0 × 10−4m for β-aspartyl semialdehyde and pyruvate, respectively. All attempts to demonstrate cofactor requirements were unsuccessful. Sulfhydryl inhibiting reagents and lysine did not inhibit the enzymatic reaction. The enzyme exhibited maximal thermal resistance at pH 10.5. The thermal stability of the enzyme at 75 C was increased more than 1,800-fold by the addition of 0.3 m pyruvate. The Ea was 67,300 cal/mole for the thermal denaturation of the enzyme. At 60 C, the ΔF, ΔH, and ΔS values for the thermal denaturation of the enzyme were 22,250, 66,700, and 133 cal per mole per degree, respectively.


Ultra High Strength Concrete (UHSC) is a new generation of concrete which has exceptional mechanical and durability properties. The major difference between ultra high strength concrete and conventional concrete is that coarse aggregates are eliminated in UHSC which improves the homogeneity of concrete. The present paper is aimed to produce ultra high strength concrete using locally available materials, to achieve target compressive strength more than 170 Mpa. Different curing regimes play different role in enhancing the micro structural properties of concrete which improves the mechanical and durability properties of concrete, apart from different curing regimes a combination thermal curing regime and normal water curing has been chosen. A cube specimen of size 70.6 mmX 70.6mmX70.6mm mm and cylindrical specimen of size 100 mm diaX 200 high mm were cast and demoulded after 24 hours then they allowed for normal water curing. Specimens were exposed to thermal regime at 200 0 C for duration of 24 hrs, 48 hrs and 72 hours at the age of third day followed with water curing till 28 days. The compressive strength varied in the range of 108 Mpa to 171 Mpa. The results showed marked difference in compressive strength and split tensile strength of UHSC with thermal curing when compared with only normal water curing.


Abstract The aim of this study is to measure the performance of the selected Sukuk index, Dow Jones Sukuk Total Return Index (DJSTRI) in the presence of 2008 global financial crisiswith trade-off risk and return by measuring the volatility behavior as the proxy of risk for the period under study. The data of  DJSTRI are collected from the Bloomberg database from the daily data of historical prices, 30/9/2005-12/5/2015 (2490 observations) excluding Saturdays and Sundays. The methodologies that are utilised in the study consisting of the Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (GARCH) model. The application of  GARCH (1,1) model can give the empirical analysis to forecast the volatility of DJSTRI. The researcher advises policy makers to guide regulators, investors and issuers to the best Sukuk that remained stable during a crisis. This analysis will provide valuable information and guidelines to Sukuk issuers, policy makers, regulatory bodies and investors to Islamic bonds. Keywords : DJSTRI, Sukuk, Volatility, GARCH, Financial Crisis


A method of reversible data hiding in encrypted images is proposed, in which either data-extraction or image-recovery is applicable to an encrypted image. The proposed method is a reversible data hiding in encrypted image with improved performance. A content owner first encrypts the image by permutation using an encryption key. Then a data-hider may embed data into the encrypted image by difference expansion and shifting. If the receiver has the data-hiding key, he can extract the hiding data. If the receiver has the encryption key, he can decrypt the received image, and get an image similar to the original one. If the receiver has both the data-hiding key and the encryption key, he can extract the additional data and recover the original content without any error. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed scheme can embed a larger payload into the encrypted image while keeping the same PSNR (peak signal-to-noise ratio).


PURPOSE: To obtain the subject compound useful as blood platelet antiaggregation medicine with high purity and high yield in a simple process and short reaction time by thermally cyclizing a specified 2- cyanoiminoquinazoline derivative in acidic medium. CONSTITUTION: The diamine derivative expressed by formula I [R is cyano, a substituent of the formula; COOR 1 (R 1 is a lower alkyl that may have phenyl substituent), for example, ethyl (2-amino-5,6-dichlorobenzyl)-aminoacetate, etc., is allowed to react with a cyano derivative expressed by formula II (L is a free radical), for example, diphenyl-N-cyanoimide carbonate, etc., to obtain a 2-cyanoiminoquinazoline derivative expressed by formula III. The objective 6,7-dichloro-1,5-dihydroimidazo[2,1-b]quinazolin-2[3H]-one (salt expressed by formula IV (sal) is obtained by allowing the 2-cyanoiminoquinazoline derivative to thermaly cyclize at 80-130°C in the solvent (for example, ethylene glycol, etc.), having ≥80°C boiling point and inactive to mineral acid in the presence of mineral acid. COPYRIGHT: (C)1993,JPO


Due to space limitations I have chosen to confine my reply to the comments by Temkin (this issue, pp. 899–901) that touch most directly the concepts of practice effects and reliable change. Temkin seems to portray my adherence to the classic approach as a private affair. However, Temkin herself (Temkin et al., 1999) reported to utilize the most widely applied procedures of Jacobson and Truax and of Chelune et al., which are based on the classic approach. For unexplained reasons they had substituted a different standard error. The unsatisfactory justification later given in their reply to Hinton-Bayre's (2000) letter revealed the presumably actual reason: unfamiliarity with psychometrics including the classical test theory (CTT). Not surprisingly, Temkin ignores this historical aspect in her comment. Nevertheless, the new post-hoc arguments she brings up deserve, of course, a fair evaluation.


A broadband rat-race coupler is proposed with planar configuration. Stepped-impedance and coupled transmission lines are utilized. Due to the symmetric structure, it is easy to design such a component by the even-/odd-mode analysis. A prototype is optimized to demonstrate our idea. The central frequency is 1.37 GHz with a 52% relative bandwidth. The return loss and port isolation are both better than 15 dB, the maximum magnitude imbalance is less than 0.5 dB, and the phase imbalance is within ±10°. Since the proposed circuit is fully planar, requiring no metallic tapes, plated through-holes, etched ground, bonding wires and multilayer structures, it is easy to be integrated into a low-cost microwave system.


A clinical effectiveness of the drug Bioparox in acute respiratory infections was studied in 50 children with acute obstructive bronchitis and bronchial asthma. As has been shown, Bioparox is an effective and safe preparation for treatment of acute respiratory diseases in children, including children with the broncho-obstructive syndrome. Administration of Bioparox during the first days of an acute respiratory infection shortens the duration of disease, permits to prevent the spread of the inflammation to the lower parts of the respiratory tract, diminishes the possibility of development of exacerbation of secondary infection foci, reduces the necessity of using systemic antibiotics. Application of Bioparox in children with obstructive bronchitis promotes a faster coping with the broncho-obstructive symptoms due to effective therapy of ARVI. In cases when an acute respiratory infection in children with bronchial asthma turns into the remission stage, the administration of Bioparox during the first 24 hours of disease decreases the possibility of development of a BA attack, and the drug inhalations do not cause bronchial obstruction in patients with higher hyperactivity of the bronchial tree. Administration of Bioparox inhalations does not enhance the bronchial obstruction in children with acute obstructive bronchitis and does not provoke a bronchial spasm in children with bronchial asthma. Bioparox has a local antibacterial effect in treatment of acute respiratory infections and besides, it acts preventively on bacterial and mycotic superinfections of the upper and lower respiratory tracts. Also, due to its marked anti-inflammatory action, Bioparox is effective in respiratory infections of viral etiology.


The role of nanodielectrics in the electrical power system is becoming crucial owing to its superior properties and potential applications in the field. Yet, the materials face limited breakdown strength and thermal properties. Further, the nanodielectrics have not found a comprehensive commercial platform because of the costly manufacturing process, and characterization and testing facilities. Therefore, to reduce the involved cost, in this work, an FE (finite element) based computational technique has been implemented to visualize the effect of shape, size, and filler concentration under the application of high voltage (HV). The epoxy-based nanodielectrics have been modeled incorporating a range of different shapes and size nanofillers—Al2O3, BN, BeO, SiO2, and TiO2. The paper discusses the 2D-analysis of the modeled nanodielectric in the steady-state electrostatic fields and thermal domains. It shows the insights of the nanofillers' choice to ensure a perfect blend of electrical and thermal properties. The epoxy with square-shaped BeO fillers showed a rise in the electric field of nearly 1.5 times than unfilled neat epoxy, which indicates a significant surge in thermal conductivity at specific filler loading.


DISCOVERED A DIETARY FIBER THAT CAN BE SAVED FROM REMOVING using an aqueous solvent at a temperature of 170 water-soluble polysaccharides AND HARD TO DIGEST rich in glucose (BETA). FIBER IS SUITABLE IN DIETARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS because it has inhibitory activity of tumor growth, PROLEFERACION ACTIVITY OF Lactobacillus bifidus, IMPROVE ACTIVITY AND CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM ENHANCEMENT OF IMMUNE RESPONSE ACTIVITY. ALSO it IS quite safe for humans and animals.


Currently there are two competing scenarios to explain the origin of the stellar population in globular clusters (GCs). The main difference between them is whether or not multiple events of star formation took place within GCs. In this paper we present the star formation history (SFH) of Cluster 1, a massive young cluster in NGC 34 $(\sim10^7\mbox{ M}_\odot)$. We use DynBaS, a spectrum fitting algorithm, to retrieve the SFH and find that Cluster 1 is consistent with a single stellar population of solar metallicity with an age of $100\pm30$ Myr and a mass of $1.9\pm0.4\times10^7\mbox{ M}_\odot$. These results are in conflict with the expectations/predictions of the scenarios that invoke extended or multiple episodes within 30--100 Myr of the initial star-formation burst in young massive clusters.


Events and Legacies come from the need for occurrences here we will is questioned absence of studies and academic works on field events for elderly. Objective is legitimizing the Physical Education for elderly, from perspective of sports legacies, constructing new meanings for these events, through well-structured projects, together with insertion between formation and politics, leisure and sports. To build and to realize Public Policies means fulfilling real needs expectations of the society. The benefits that result from the events require documentation and research, for appropriate strategies to be developed with the objective multiplying the events, results and enhance its benefits.


Advances made in advanced driver assistance systems such as antilock braking
 systems (ABS) have significantly improved the safety of road vehicles. ABS
 enhances the braking and steerability of a vehicle under severe braking
 conditions. However, ABS performance degrades on rough roads. This is largely
 due to noisy measurements, the type of ABS control algorithm used, and the
 excitation of complex dynamics such as higher-order tire mode shapes that are
 neglected in the control strategy. This study proposes a model-free intelligent
 control technique with no modelling constraints that can overcome these
 unmodelled dynamics and parametric uncertainties. The double deep Q-learning
 network (DDQN) algorithm with the temporal convolutional network is presented as
 the intelligent control algorithm. The model is initially trained with a
 simplified single-wheel model. The initial training data are transferred to and
 then enhanced using a validated full-vehicle model including a physics-based
 tire model, and a three-dimensional (3D) rough road profile with added
 stochasticity. The performance of the newly developed ABS controller is compared
 to a baseline algorithm tuned for rough road use. Simulation results show a
 generalizable and robust control algorithm that can prevent wheel lockup over
 rough roads without significantly deteriorating the vehicle stopping distance on
 smooth roads.


The 4-H program is recognized nationally and internationally as a successful program for youth development. Some strengths of the 4-H program as listed in 4-H in Century 111 are: cooperative relationships of university and government, staff of volunteer leaders, state extension specialists and local extension staff, extension family involvement, and effective education concepts used in 4-H. The overall objective of 4-H is the development of youth "building the creative, productive citizen." But one does not do youth development in a vacuum. The heart of 4-H education is its program (subject matter) content. Developing effective leadership is one of extension's primary functions. Helping young people and adults to develop leadership competencies and to develop abilities to function in groups is and will continue to be foremost among the objectives of the 4-H program. 4-H in Century III states that the key to the success of 4-H is the volunteer leader -both adult and youth. Such volunteers should be recruited for specific roles and special assignments. A larger number of volunteer leaders can be recruited, trained, placed, serviced, and supervised. County, area, and state youth specialists provide the direction and work force in this area. By working together with these youth development specialists, subject matter specialists, such as dairy extension, can work with more specialized leaders and be more efficient and effective in their efforts. Teenagers should be recruited and trained for leadership roles. One of the reasons for the success of volunteer leaders is the extensive talents and resources of subject-matter specialists of landgrant colleges and universities. Discussions from other states have told


Obese people in the area of Rapak Mahang Public Health Center Experience Improvement in the last 3 years, in 2014 there were 47 people, in 2015 there were 51 people, and in 2016 there were 90 people.This study aims to determine the self efficacy of obese people in implementing a healthy diet. Place of research was in working area of Rapak Mahang Public Health Center of Tenggarong Subdistrict.Qualitative research methodology with Grounded Theory approach, using in-depth interviews on 11 informants consisting of 5 obese people, 5 parents of obese and 1 School Health Unit Coordinator and Youth.From the results of the study can be known the occurrence of obesity in patients due to unhealthy eating patterns, excessive eating, and the frequency of eating was very close. Then obese people do not have confidence about his ability in organizing themselves to set healthy eating patterns such as portions and the right frequency of eating.


The effect of anti‐la antibody on the development of murine neonatal self‐Ia‐reactive T lymphocytes in the thymus was studied. A C57BL/6 (B6) mouse pregnant with (B6 ± C3H/He)F1 (B6C3F1) embryos was injected with monoclonal anti‐I‐Ek(mαI‐Ek) antibody every other day starting from the 12th day of gestation. The mixed leukocyte culture reaction (MLR) responses of thymocytes from mαI‐Ek‐treated neonatal mice were assayed against adult B6 (H‐2b), C3H/H3 (H‐2k) or BALB/c (H‐2d) splenic stimulator cells. The syngeneic MLR response of mαI‐Ek‐treated B6C3F1 neonatal thymocytes against C3H stimulator cells was augmented compared to that of untreated neonatal thymocytes. Experiments utilizing recombinant inbred strains of mice as well as monoclonal anti‐Ia antibody blocking experiments suggested that the antigen(s) responsible for this augmentation of syngeneic MLR resided in the I‐Ek molecule. The MLR response against B6 or BALB/c stimulator cells was not influenced by mαI‐Ek treatment. We speculate that mαI‐Ek antibody blocked the expression of I‐Ek molecules in B6C3F1 embryos and this resulted in the alteration of T cell self‐specificity repertoire in the thymus. Our results support the concept that Ia molecules play important roles for the elimination of self‐reactive T lymphocyte clones in the thymus.


The International Conference on Advances in Physics 2015 (ICAP 2015) was held at the University of Rajshahi on 18-19 April 2015. The conference was organised by the Department of Physics, University of Rajshahi, in collaboration with the Bangladesh Physical Society. The Department of Physics here at the University of Rajshahi has been has been lucky to have a few of the most productive physicists in the country. This has led to a comparatively vibrant culture of research here, by country standards. However, for quite some time, there had not been any conferences held here. In this situation, there was a decision to organise a conference of high quality, trying to avoid typical weaknesses of conferences in our country. List of ICAP 2015 Committees, Programme Overview, A selection of photographs from the event, List of Participants, Sponsors and images are available in this pdf.


Medications cure the diseases, but sometimes adverse effects occur and these adverse effects cause new diseases. These drug-induced diseases include drug-induced glucose disorders. The clinical significance of drug-induced diseases ranges from negligible to potentially life-threatening. The studies show that there are a few agents implicated in drug-induced glucose disorders. Particularly in patients at risk, health care providers avoid or minimize administration of suspect drugs and monitor the patients. Patients receiving medications that are known to cause drug induced diseases, should be educated about sings and symptoms and advised to consult the health care providers if they experience these signs and symptoms. In patients with new-onset glucose dysfunction, the suspected drugs should be discontinued, if feasible. If the drug can not be discontinued or if the condition does not resolve after discontinuation, a new cure strategy may be required.


OBJECTIVE:To determine positions of transcription regulation elements in 5′flanking region of NGAL (neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin) gene. METHODS:The interaction between transcription regulation elements and transcription regulation proteins in 5′flanking region of NGAL gene(-1 431 - +84)was measured by analyzing relative light unit(RLU) with the help of Dual Luciferase Report Gene Assay System(DLR).RESULTS: Transcription enhancer elements, which had interacted with transcription activation proteins, existed in both region -945 - -658 and region -657 - -417. Transcription silence elements, which had interacted with transcription suppression proteins, existed in the region -416 - -152.CONCLUSION:There are at least two transcription enhancer elements and one transcription silence element in 5′flanking region of NGAL gene.


With the continuous increase of railway operation mileage, higher requirements are put forward for professionals who can operate and maintain railway signal equipment accurately and skillfully. In the process of practical teaching for employees, due to the characteristics of railway operation, such as fast train running speed, high traffic density, scattered equipment layout and high safety requirements for on-site operation, the traditional practical teaching of railway signal equipment based on on-site observation is difficult for students to master the working principle of equipment, real-time information transmission process, equipment action status, linkage with other equipment, etc. To a certain extent, it limits the cultivation of students' engineering practice ability and innovation ability. The research has developed a 3D interactive experiment system of virtual railway signal equipment based on hardware perception. Through controlling 3D virtual signal equipment by hardware sensing component, students can know the internal components, composition and operation environment of the equipment at any time, so that they can quickly understand the function of railway signal equipment and understand the actual action principle of signal equipment in railway station.


The ESA Gaia mission provides a unique time-domain survey for more than one billion sources brighter than G=20.7 mag. Gaia offers the unprecedented opportunity to study variability phenomena in the Universe thanks to multi-epoch G-magnitude photometry in addition to astrometry, blue and red spectro-photometry, and spectroscopy. Within the Gaia Consortium, Coordination Unit 7 has the responsibility to detect variable objects, classify them, derive characteristic parameters for specific variability classes, and provide global descriptions of variable phenomena.
We describe the variability processing and analysis that we plan to apply to the successive data releases, and we present its application to the G-band photometry results of the first 14 months of Gaia operations that comprises 28 days of Ecliptic Pole Scanning Law and 13 months of Nominal Scanning Law.
Out of the 694 million, all-sky, sources that have calibrated G-band photometry in this first stage of the mission, about 2.3 million sources that have at least 20 observations are located within 38 degrees from the South Ecliptic Pole. We detect about 14% of them as variable candidates, among which the automated classification identified 9347 Cepheid and RR Lyrae candidates. Additional visual inspections and selection criteria led to the publication of 3194 Cepheid and RR Lyrae stars, described in Clementini et al. (2016). Under the restrictive conditions for DR1, the completenesses of Cepheids and RR Lyrae stars are estimated at 67% and 58%, respectively, numbers that will significantly increase with subsequent Gaia data releases.
Data processing within the Gaia Consortium is iterative, the quality of the data and the results being improved at each iteration. The results presented in this article show a glimpse of the exceptional harvest that is to be expected from the Gaia mission for variability phenomena. [abridged]


The National Literacy Strategy (NLS) was introduced into schools in England in 1998 with the aim of raising the literacy attainments of primary‐aged children. The Framework for Teaching the Literacy Hour, a key component of the NLS, proposes an interpretation of literacy that emphasises reading, writing and spelling skills. An investigation of the Literacy Hour for pupils with a range of special needs raised questions about teachers' interpretation of literacy when children have severe and complex learning needs. The research suggested that a skill‐based view of literacy is limited and has the potential to exclude pupils who cannot access or produce written material by conventional means. These issues are discussed within the context of views drawn from contemporary literature. Implications for further research are identified.


In the most industrial processes, products are weighed in motion using dynamic weighing systems before the measurement has taken place. There are many kinds of influence factors that affect weighing process. The accuracy of measurement and speed of dynamic response is closely related to the performance of the dynamic weighing system, which are contradictory each other. It is necessary to address these impacts on dynamic weighing system. To compensate affection caused by these factors, an improved adaptive dynamic state estimation (ADSE) algorithm running on the controller of dynamic weighing system for a gravimetric filling machine is proposed in this paper. The ADSE algorithm regards the weighing process as a finite state that controls state migration by estimating the next state of measurement and dynamic compensation for in-flight material. Compared with static compensation algorithm and dynamic compensation algorithm, the results showed that ADSE algorithm can provide accurate measurement and excellent dynamic response.


PURPOSE: A method is provided to effectively use acceleration in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction and an additionally increased torque. CONSTITUTION: An additionally increased torque(M_u), which is generated by the moment of inertia of an engine, is transferred to a wheel according to the function of acceleration and a frictional coefficient. Total mass moments of inertia in a clutch input side are included in the additionally increased torque. The additionally increased torque is adapted to the change of road/weather conditions.


The Quaternary loess deposits in the arid-semiarid area in northwestern China are composed of eolian sedimemts which are continuous in terms of sedimentation and have undergone little alternation after deposition.They provide an ideal place for the preservation of the extraterrestrial falls on the earth.The Late Pleistocene Malan loess is chosedn for our study of the preserved cosmic dusts.


The studies on effects of planting dates and optimum fertilization to yield and quality of high oil content soybean variety were conducted.The results showed that suiable planting date could increase yield and improve quality.The optimum fertilization,namely,applying a little amount of nitrogen fertilization can increase soybean yield 136.5 kg/hm2 and oil content 0.25 percent,potassium and phosphor fertilization can increase soybean yield 148.5~277.5 g/hm2and oil content 0.11~0.54 percent,zinc and boron fertilization can increase soybean yield 184.5~216.0 kg/hm2 and oil content 0.34~0.43 percent.


Decentralized provision of services allows communities to adapt to local variations in preferences. However, surveys show that central regulation of local sector revenue, spending, and borrowing decisions is pervasive. This article argues that one rationale for central regulations is to prevent local authorities from distorting allocation decisions in order to drive up intergovernmental grants. By limiting the local sector's discretion to act strategically, regulations give the government leeway in setting grants.


Objective: The purpose of this study is to examine how a person`s desire to be slim affects tendency of binge eating behavior and how dependent personality affects eating behavior though this process. Methods: In order to verify this subject, three kinds of survey were carried out. The common target is a group of 263 college students consisting of 35 males and 228 females. The average age of the members of the group is 22.22(SD:2.971). To measure the dependency a questionnaire of criterion of dependent personality set by Seo Jae-sam and Hwang Sun-taek(2006) is employed. Korean eating behavior questionnaire (DEBQ, 1996) is used in order to evaluate eating behaviors. Lastly, the eating attitudes test -26 in Korean edition is employed to measure the degree of a person`s desire to be slim. Results: This study aims to verify the impact of eating behavior on a desire to be slim and dependency respectively. Eating behavior consists of three sub factors; restrained eating, emotional eating and external eating. According to a result of regression analysis, only emotional eating and external eating have statistically meaningful relationships with a person`s desire to be slim and dependency. Looking at this aspect, people with lower desire to be slim show higher degree of bad mood leading to eating behaviors when they have lower dependency. On the contrary, when the desire to be slim is high, the relationship between the dependency and emotional eating is statistically irrelevant. In addition, when the desire to be slim is low, the group with higher dependency shows greater tendency of eating behavior led by external stimuli than the group with lower dependency. The relationship between tendency of dependence and external eating also has no statistical meaning when the desire to be slim is high. Lastly, it is shown that restrained eating is irrelevant with the dependency.


Current research on synthesis of zeolite and zeolite-like molecular sieve materials were reviewed. The research trend on zeolite molecular sieve synthesis was evaluated. Questions worth to pay attentions in synthesis research were pointed out, and research prospect on this field was also given.


Transfer factor was extracted by freeze-thaw-dialysis from immuned canine spleen.The activity of transfer factor extracted was analyzed by the E-rosette test.The results showed that specific TF could increase the E-rosette formation.It was showed that TF had immune-enhancing effect.The immunological activity was determined by MTT colorimetric method.The results indicated that the specific TF could improve the transformation of immunosuppressive murine T lymphocytes(P0.01).And in the T lymphocytes transformation test of normal mice,the specific TF could stimulate T lymphocyte transformation(P0.01).


The American Chemical Society and the Chinese Chemical Society (CCS) formed a three-year collaborative alliance in 2010 to address shared global concerns. Here we highlight some activities in 2012 to strengthen our ties and sustain the momentum generated during the International Year of Chemistry (IYC) in 2011. We are now evaluating our memorandum of understanding for renewal beyond 2013. ACS Delegation Visit To China In 2012, CCS hosted the ACS delegation—including Marinda Li Wu—at the 28th CCS Congress in Chengdu. The delegation also met with academic and industrial scientists from various organizations in Beijing and Shanghai. We had productive discussions on a wide range of issues, including the contributions of the chemical industry to the rapid economic growth of China, which further fuels the advancement of chemical research and education. We also discussed ways to better communicate to the public the central role of chemistry in improving daily life. This ...


Platooning technology offers great benefits to society when it comes to increasing road capacity, fuel efficiency and fulfilling environmental goals. This paper investigates the issue of modeling a ...


Let z′ ⊂ ` be arbitrary. Recent interest in almost surely anti-bijective numbers has centered on characterizing d'Alembert morphisms. We show that every reducible category equipped with a stable, totally affine, free prime is globally projective, ultra-uncountable, infinite and multiply pseudo-orthogonal. It is not yet known whether there exists an essentially Steiner and generic maximal monodromy, although [3] does address the issue of positivity. In this context, the results of [3] are highly relevant.


With constant development of the distributed generation technology and the user-side access technology as represented by electric vehicle charging, building a modern smart distribution grid which can satisfy the need for distributed generation access and real-time response to the electric vehicle charging has become the main trend in the planning and construction of future distribution grids. The grid should also be environmental-friendly,good in user interactivity,strong on network structure with a high degree of automation. This paper first introduces some key technologies that influence the deve-lopment of future distribution grids and then taking Shanghai Power Grid as an example,it explains the current status and characteristics of the distribution grids in major cities in China.Finally, considering the different reliabilities, power supply security levels and characters of the power grid in different city areas,the paper puts forwards the specific planning solution which is of some reference significance to the power network planning.


This paper describes and explains the takeover of a regional post-secondary institution in British Columbia, Canada by one of the world's 'top forty' universities: the transnational University of British Columbia (UBC). By mapping connections between the University of British Columbia and the provincial and national political and economic elite and bourgeoisie, the authors establish the takeover of UBC Okanagan as a classic example of neoliberalism that firmly places UBC within the corporate power structure of the 'Silicone Vineyard' region of British Columbia. 2-4-6-8 UBC is really great! U-B U-B-C U-B-C-Oh! Clap-clap clap-clap-clap clap-clap-clap-clap (UBC Okanagan cheer)


Cold pad-batch dyeing process and its conditions with reactive dyes are discussed, matters needing attention are pointed out, the optimum dwelling time and temperature are determined.


With the advances in networking technologies, robots can use the almost unlimited resources of large data centers, overcoming the severe limitations imposed by onboard resources: this is the vision of Cloud Robotics. In this context, we present DewROS, a framework based on the Robot Operating System (ROS) which embodies the three-layer, Dew-Robotics architecture, where computation and storage can be distributed among the robot, the network devices close to it, and the Cloud. After presenting the design and implementation of DewROS, we show its application in a real use-case called SHERPA, which foresees a mixed ground and aerial robotic platform for search and rescue in an alpine environment. We used DewROS to analyze the video acquired by the drones in the Cloud and quickly spot signs of human beings in danger. We perform a wide experimental evaluation using different network technologies and Cloud services from Google and Amazon. We evaluated the impact of several variables on the performance of the system. Our results show that, for example, the video length has a minimal impact on the response time with respect to the video size. In addition, we show that the response time depends on the Round Trip Time (RTT) of the network connection when the video is already loaded into the Cloud provider side. Finally, we present a model of the annotation time that considers the RTT of the connection used to reach the Cloud, discussing results and insights into how to improve current Cloud Robotics applications.


Intensive weight savings and out-sizing programs are developed in automotive industry and lead to increase the mechanical properties of the material of the automotive parts. ArcelorMittal has developed specific steel grades known as Super High Strength Steels which are designed for both high ductility and toughness and fatigue resistance. This paper investigates machinability for a drilling operation using an experimental methodology. One of the materials is a new low bainitic steel grade. Experiments are performed with a coated carbide solid drill. Thrust force and torque measurements, chip morphology analysis, surface quality monitoring and tool wear tests are carried out. Experiments are performed with and without lubricant.


The debate over control and ownership of natural and bio genetic resources has a chequered history in International environmental law. Historically genetic resources were considered and acknowledged as part of common heritage of mankind. But with the development of technologies and the heightened north south divide over the issue of sovereign right over natural resources the developing nations became extremely concerned with the exploitation of biological and Genetic resources. Access to benefit sharing (ABS) was considered as an answer to balance the interests of developed and developing nations and to conserve and protect bio diversity. Adopted on October 2010 in Nagoya, Japan by the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) of 1992, the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (NP) has come into force after its 50th ratification on 2013. Nagoya protocol details on procedure for access and benefit sharing, disclosure mechanism, principles of transparency and democracy. The paper analyses the protection of access and benefit sharing envisaged under Nagoya protocol and its possible role in promoting sustainable development in the develoing nations.


Actually there are too many Methods which are used for solving the various types of equations by various methods. The equations may be like linear, quadratic, simultaneous, radial, and exponential as well as the equations with the number of variables. And for the Simultaneous Equation the methods are like Addition, Substitution, Elimination as well as Graphical Method also. We know there are too many methods like Gauss Elimination, Gauss Seidal, and Jacobi used for solving the Simultaneous Equations. But here we are going to introduce a new Method for solving the Simultaneous Equations as well as the comparison between the Methods above told and the new one. The paper will show you a new easy method for solving the Simultaneous Equation and the difference between the methods that are being used in the colleges which are Gauss Elimination, Gauss Seidal etc.


We present two methods for automatically annotating treeba nk resources with functional structures. Both methods define systematic patt erns of correspondence between partial PS configurations and functional structure s. These are applied to PS rules extracted from treebanks, or directly to constra int set encodings of treebank PS trees.


The serum prolactin response to intravenous dopamine infusion (5μg.kg−1 min−1) was measured in twenty‐one healthy subjects, in seven hyperprolactinaemic patients without evidence of a pituitary tumour, and in twenty‐one patients with prolactinomas. Mean serum prolactin values were significantly suppressed in all three groups, without any significant difference between the degree of suppression. A decrease of serum prolactin to below 50% of basal values occurred in fifteen healthy subjects, in four patients without evidence of pituitary tumour, and in fourteen patients with prolactinomas. These findings demonstrate that most human prolactin‐secreting pituitary adenomas are normally suppressible by exogenously administered dopamine and that dopamine infusion is not able to distinguish between tumorous and non‐tumorous hyper‐prolactinaemia. Since intravenously infused dopamine is believed to inhibit prolactin secretion by acting at pituitary level, it is suggested that a normal functioning of pituitary dopamine receptors is maintained in most human prolactinomas.


In the analysis of speech production, glottal inverse filtering has proved to be an effective yet non-invasive method for obtaining information about the voice source. One of the main challenges of the existing methods is blind estimation of the contribution of the lip radiation, which must often be manually determined. To obtain a fully automatic system, we propose an automatic method for determining the lip radiation parameter. Our method is based on a physically-motivated quality criteria for the glottal flow, which can be approximated by minimization of the norm-1. Experiments show that the parameters obtained by the automatic method are mostly within the 95% confidence intervals of the mean values obtained by manual tuning by experts.


Using pagan prose fiction produced in Greek and Latin during the early Christian era, Bowersock investigates the complex relationship among perceived and presented 'historical' and 'fictional' truths. Bowersock's superb lecturing style is successfully transferred into writing with force and eloquence, as he weaves accounts from a wide range of sources into his text, illuminating social attitudes of the period and persuasively arguing that fiction of the period was influenced by the emerging Christian Gospel narratives. In the second half of the first century emerges a new kind of fiction including outlandish tales of travel, romance and comic novels. Bowersock concentrates on secular literature, illuminating not only its literary motifs, but also reconstructing the societal context as one engrossed in fabrications and all kinds of revisions or rewriting. Using these less familiar materials as his points of reference, he reads into familiar Christian material, making linkages and casting new light on familiar subjects, as well as providing some provocative interpretations of familiar Christian texts. Bowersock uses close historical and literary analyses of specific passages of works, and pays attention to larger and more general issues and questions around the relationship between fiction and history and how we read them. This book will be of basic intellectual concern to all raised in the environment of Christian belief.


The set of two partial differential equations for the Appell hypergeometric function in two variables F4(α, β, γ, α+ β − γ + 2 − h; x, y) is shown to arise as a null vector decoupling relation in a 2h-dimensional generalisation of the Coulomb gas model. It corresponds to a level two singular vector of an intrinsic Virasoro algebra. Dedicated to the memory of Mitko Stoyanov


The introduction to James Potter's new undergraduate textbook, Media Effects, makes a compelling point: our thinking about our field is somewhat incoherent and disorganized. When we teach, we typically focus on a list of popular topics and theories. Our students are unlikely to leave our classes with a systematic framework for organizing these topics into a "big picture" understanding of media effects. In response to this state of affairs, Potter's text makes a simple and ambitious offer—to lay out two templates, one for individual-level effects and one for macro-level effects that capture and organize the entire gamut of media effects research. The notion of these overarching frameworks is very attractive. There are so many possible topics, so many possible studies to cover, so many decisions to make at each point about how much detail to give and what to emphasize. As a professor, I routinely suffer from anxiety at the beginning of the semester and remorse at the end over what does and doesn't get covered. So, how useful are these templates? How effective is this likely to be as an undergraduate text? And finally, a further question—one that is somewhat unfair given the general focus of the book, but is relevant to the readers of this journal—to what extent do the templates and the book as a whole acknowledge the role of human development in media effects? Potter's template of individual-level effects is a six by four grid. Outcome variables are categorized into six types: cognitive, belief, attitudes, affect, physiology, and behavior. The ways in which media content may influence those outcomes are divided into four functions: acquiring (e.g., gaining new cognitions, beliefs, attitudes), triggering (activating existing states or, perhaps somewhat confusingly, activating processes that produce new states), altering (changing the individual's pre-existing states), and reinforcing (strengthening pre-existing states). Obviously, many of these categories are intertwined and Potter acknowledges that there are overlaps and that individual scholars working with these variables don't always use these classifications. Nonetheless, he argues convincingly that there is value to making these distinctions. On reflection, they make intuitive sense—media content may have effects by giving us new stuff, activating our pre-existing stuff, changing our pre-existing stuff, or reinforcing our pre-existing stuff. The "stuff" that's being affected may be our cognitions or our attitudes or our emotions and so on. Fair enough. The macro-social template lays out the influence of media content on three broad aggregates: the public, institutions, and the media themselves. For each of these aggregates there may be effects on the same outcomes as at the individual level (beliefs, emotions, behaviors, etc.,) minus physiological effects which are not considered at the


According to the reliability theory,the reliability design criterion and the design code,the performance function (PF) of the reinforced concrete bridge under the serviceability limit state (SLS) was deduced.It was based on the maximum crack width of the concrete bridge.The distributions of the variables in the PF were obtained and used to calculate the reliability index of the maximum crack width according to the point-fitting method.In the example,the reliability index was computed using the software Matlab,and it satisfied the code requirements.The sensitivity analysis was performed on the maximum crack width-based reliability index to examine the influence of the ratio of the live loads to the dead load.


The capability to predict fatigue damage continues to be critical for determining the operational life and inspection intervals of connectors and components used in offshore applications. Subsea well intervention systems are subjected to wave induced cyclic bending moments and understanding the fatigue performance of equipment is essential for determining safe operating envelopes.
 In this paper, a validated fatigue analysis methodology is presented for non-preloaded connectors that are used within subsea well intervention systems. The fatigue analysis methodology addresses limitations in current standards when calculating the fatigue capacities of non-preloaded connectors with different interacting component materials (i.e. low alloy steel and nickel based alloys). The methodology considers the effect on the fatigue life of both non-axisymmetric geometry/loading, FAT loading, as well as the interaction of different connector materials, capturing any potential change in hot spot locations.
 Three different non-preloaded connections (i.e. consisting of threaded and load shoulder connectors) were analysed using 3-D finite element analysis models, where ΔM-N curves and the associated crack initiation locations were calculated for each connector. Full-scale resonance fatigue tests were successfully performed on the three different connector types, validating the ΔM-N curves calculated using the fatigue analysis methodology. Fatigue failure (i.e. through-wall crack) was achieved in all tests between 100,000 and 5,000,000 cycles matching the predicted crack initiation location from the analysis for each connection. The validated methodology provides accurate calculation of the fatigue life and correct identification of hot spot locations. Using the validated approach described in this paper within the design process can lead to significant improvements in future designs of connectors, enabling safer operational limits and extending the service life of subsea systems.


In "Evolution of the Sandpaper Clade (Miconieae, Melastomataceae)" by Lucas C. Majure, Kurt M. Neubig, J. Dan Skean Jr., Eldis R. Bécquer, and Walter S. Judd (International Journal of Plant Sciences 176:607–626), there is one minor nomenclatural error that the authors noticed after publication. Within the taxonomic treatment of the article, a new section within the genus Miconia, Miconia sect. Echinata Judd, Bécquer, & Majure, was described. This new section is supported asmonophyletic by a phylogenetic analysis of nucleotide sequences, and it is also


The invention relates to a method for determining a position and orientation of an image acquisition unit arranged on a vehicle. According to the invention, a pitch angle and yaw angle of the image acquisition unit are determined in a first method step during straight-line travel of the vehicle, and in a second method step, a roll angle (α) of the image acquisition unit relative to the vehicle is determined during cornering of the vehicle.


The conditions for the practical use of integrated optic gratings as high efficiency flat optical antennae are fulfilled. Some examples are reviewed. A CAD tool for the dimensioning and the optimization of real coupling structures based on Rayleigh approximation is proposed.


The FY-4 is the new generation of China's Geosynchronous meteorological satellite, the main payload onboard the satellite is the Advanced Geosynchronous Radiation Imager (AGRI),Geosynchronous Interferometric Infrared Sounder(GIIRS), Lighting Mapping( LMI) and Space Environment Package(SEP).The first experiment satellite FY-4A is scheduled to be launched on 2015. The AGRI will provide an significant advancements over the current FY-2 VISSR in several key areas, including more spectral channel, faster imaging and higher spatial resolution. The AGRI channel performance and top-of-atmosphere (TOA) radiance simulation on Typhoon Sinlaku 2008 will be discussed in this paper.