Our grid flows large reactive power and its direction is 500 kV-220 kV-110 kV-10 kV-0.4 kV. The reason is the low real-time power-factor of the users. The solution to this situation is to revise power-factor regulating tariff measures. The present monthly power-factor measure doesn't check user realtime power-factor and the standard of the present examination is too low. These are two faults of the measures. The paper puts forward to checking user real -time power-factor hased on the present measures or abolishing the measures to the implement reactive tariff measure.


The U.S. government has had 2 sets of policies regarding immigration (de jure and de facto) which relate to the domination of both sets of policies by private interests. Emigration is only estimated and immigration is only measured for those legally entering the country. Recently 2 decisions have changed the 400000/year limit currently in use by the government: 1) 145000 Indochinese refugees soon to be increased by 15000 more will remain outside formal immigration statistics until their status can be changed from that of parolee to that of immigrant; and 2) the U.S. District Court in Chicago ruled that Cuban refugees now in the country should be granted a stay of deportation until the issue regarding numerical limitations for Cuban refugees rights to visas has been decided. Further the Justice Department has ruled to allow those staying to work legally. Also President Carter has decided to offer permanent resident status to those illegal alients who have lived in the country since January 1 1970. Half amnesty will be offered to others who arrived in the U.S. between January 1 1970 to January 1 1977. The de jure policy in the U.S. is a screening it is legalistic and it shows concern for the rights of those admitted through its processes. The de facto policy is primarily involved with Mexicans and is negatively expressed: 1) there is no law making it illegal to hire an illegal alien 2) the State Department has not been instructed to cut back the number of visas it grants to those likely to become illegal aliens and 3) the Immigration Service has not received funds or laws to limit illegal immigration. Therefore the 3 to 6 million illegal alines in the U.S. inflate the population and deflate the wages of disadvantaged U.S. workers. In Canada a potential immigrant is awarded points for ability to speak the nations 2 languages skills education age and willingness to settle in sections determined by population and unemployment. Perhaps a similar policy should be instituted in the U.S.


The electromagnetic interaction of picosecond pulses with a metal-backed magnetic slab is discussed. The medium is nonlinear in the sense that the layer responds with different magnetic permeabilities with respect to the rising and falling edges of the applied picosecond pulses. Nonlinear and relaxation effects are readily identified in the reflected signal. A change in polarity of the reflected signal, for example, implies hysteretic behavior in magnetic materials. >


Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)-assisted free-space optical (FSO) communication has become a promising solution in both civil and military applications. Nevertheless, hovering UAV-assisted FSO links suffer from several losses due to atmospheric turbulence, pointing errors (PEs), angle-of-arrival (AOA) fluctuations, and link attenuation related to various weather conditions. In this paper, we optimize the theoretical channel model for hovering UAV-assisted FSO links considering all the above destructive channel factors. Our optimized theoretical channel model agrees with the Monte-Carlo simulation results much better under the full range of channel coefficients compared to previous published works. Based on our optimized theoretical channel model, theoretical expressions of the link outage probability, ergodic and outage capacity, and bit error rate are derived. The impact of various parameters, such as Rytov variance, root-mean-squares (RMS) of PEs and AOA fluctuations, angle of field-of-view, rain rate, visibility, optical beam divergence angle, and transmitted power on the above performance metrics is analytically studied and corroborated by Monte-Carlo simulations. Simulation results also show that for a given receiving aperture, transmit power, and link length, the performance of the hovering UAV-assisted FSO links can be optimized by carefully designing the ratio of optical beam divergence angle to RMS of PEs.


Motivation: The prevalence of dyslexia among the student body is estimated to range from 3-5% [14] to 20% [12] depending on when the study was conducted, the criteria used to define dyslexia and the sociocultural background. In the USA, dyslexics constitute 80-85% of learning disabled students [11,12]. The etiology and the remediation of dyslexia are widely researched. However, the interest in the prevention of dyslexia is less obvious. If there is a way for preventing or reducing the incidence of dyslexia, it is important to find out how and then implement it.


We consider the problem of real-time, proactive de- cision making for dynamic and time-critical decision-events where the choices made for multiple, individual decisions over time determine the final decision outcome of an event. We posit that the quality of such individual decisions can be significantly improved if human decision makers are provided with decision aids in the form of dynamically updated information and dependencies between the different decision variables, and the humans affecting those decision variables. In this position paper, we propose the CONRAD (CONtext aware Real-time Adaptive Decision making) system that uses computational techniques from large scale network analysis and game theory-based distributed information aggregation to develop such decision aids. CONRAD's function- alities are implemented through three subsystems - a decision making subsystem that updates and mathematically combines information from different decision variables to predict the outcome of the decision event, a decision assessment subsystem that uses the currently predicted decision outcome to estimate the future decision trajectory and recommends information collection-related actions to the human decision maker, and, a network analysis subsystem that uses those recommended actions to dynamically update the dependencies and correlations between events and people influencing the decision variables. To the best of our knowledge, our work is one of the first attempts towards combining dynamic decision updates and using the predicted decision trajectory as a proactive feedback mechanism to dynamically update the correlations between decision variables so that human decision makers can make more strategically- informed and well-aligned decisions towards the desired outcome of decision events. I. INTRODUCTION Modern decision making scenarios are characterized by large amounts of data and information that arrive dynamically, over a short period of time, from multiple sources. Processing this data in a time-critical manner to make accurate decisions is an overwhelming task for human decision makers. Over the past few decades several decision making solutions have been proposed to aid human decision makers with tools such as intelligent or automated software that use computational methods and mathematical models of human cognitive pro- cesses to make sophisticated decisions on behalf of humans(3), (12). However, most existing decision support tools provide only limited context awareness of the decision process to the decision maker in rapidly evolving, information-rich and time- critical scenarios. This reduces the efficiency of human deci- sion makers in making accurate decisions, and, consequently, could result in erroneous decision making in critical situations. Therefore, it makes sense to investigate techniques that could alleviate the human decision makers' context awareness by presenting information relevant to the decision making process, precisely and in a timely manner, to the decision maker. To address this problem, we present the framework of a context-aware, real-time, decision making system called the CONRAD (CONtext aware Real-time Adaptive Decision making) system that focuses on enabling and enhancing the capabilities of human decision makers by developing proactive decision-aids for making high-accuracy, time-critical decisions in complex, data- and information-rich environments. The central research problem that CONRAD proposes to answer is as follows:Given a set of decision variables in the current decision context along with a set of data sources from which the decision variables can be derived and/or calculated and updated, what is a suitable set of techniques for (i) extracting relevant information, (ii) then using that information to update, correlate and aggregate the decision variables dynamically, and finally , (iii) assessing the quality of the aggregated decision outcome (prediction), so that the divergence between the aggregated decision outcome (predictions) and the desired decision outcome is successively minimized?


The Wireless Body Sensor Network (WBSN) surrounds and communicates with the human body. Wearable and implantable tiny sized sensor nodes placed or attached on the human body collect the physiological data to achieve the continuous monitoring of patient's health conditions. These sensor nodes depend on open wireless medium for effective transmission of vital and confidential information. For the purpose of overcoming the interference problem, spread spectrum modulation methods such as Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) and Frequency Hop Spread Spectrum (FHSS) have become widely used. If you use a typical spread spectrum modulation approach in the face of a reactive jammer, it is required for the transmitter and receivers to communicate pseudo-noise (PN) codes as a secret key for data transfer. Furthermore, if a jammer is aware of the Pseudo-Noise codes, it is capable of replicating the same secret Pseudo-Noise codes and so jamming the entire system. Therefore, strict security mechanisms are essential to enable a secure WBSN from various vulnerable attacks such as reactive jammer and eavesdropper. This paper reviews diverse relevant works associated with anti-jamming in wireless communication.


Content-Centric Networking (CCN) is a novel networking paradigm making named data the first class entity rather than IP address. That is, it cares about which data to fetch rather than which host to reach. One key feature of CCN is the content caching that CCN routers are caching named contents instead of IP addresses, which makes the effect of Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack different from in TCP/IP networking. In this paper, we propose a DoS attack model for CCN. Comparing with TCP/IP networking, we use the model evaluations and NS2 simulations to show the effectiveness of CCN's content caching on limiting DoS attack. In addition, we analyze how the content caching Time-To-Live (TTL) in CCN affects DoS attack. Both the results show CCN has better survivability and resilience than TCP/IP networking when suffering DoS attack and larger content caching


Solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas. Case report The solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas is a rare disease, accounting for only 1-2% of pancreatic cystic tumors. We report on a 13-year-old female patient who complained of abdominal pain. An ultrasound was performed, which revealed a heterogeneous pancreatic mass, which was further analyzed with computed tomography (CT). The spleen and pancreas tail were surgically removed. The pathology report described the existence of a solid cystic tumor of the pancreas. In order to make a proper differential diagnosis between this lesion and other pancreatic tumors, a literature review was carried out. We further analyzed the contribution of different imaging methods to the excised tumors, which presented diverse characteristics and behaviors.


The third chapter of The Center of the World: Regional Writing and the Puzzles of Place-Time is titled "The Unexpected Jewett." It analyzes Sarah Orne Jewett's regionalist project, and argues for seeing religion as central to her work. Her beliefs offer a way of coordinating time and space, and inform her vision of transfiguring friendship. The chapter offers an assessment of the history and current state of Jewett criticism, a reading of the early story "A Late Supper," and discussion of her writing for children. In terms of the concerns of the book as a whole, the center of Jewett's world is the New England village, reimagined as a woman-centered, radically Christian democracy.


Objective
To compare the differences in the detection and diagnosis efficiency of OGIB between CE, MSCT and two detection methods.

Methods
Patients who underwent examinations in our hospital from January 2017 to August 2018, who met the inclusion criteria and did not meet the exclusion criteria, were grouped according to age and bleed pattern.CE examinations were performed on patients. MSCT examination, comparing the detection rate of the two types of examination, the cause of the diagnosis of the disease and the consistency of detection and diagnosis.

Results
The detection rate and etiology of CE were significantly higher than those of MSCT (P 0.05). The detection rate and etiology of CE and MSCT were significantly higher than CE and MSCT (P 0.05). In the middle-aged group, there was no significant difference between CE detection and etiological diagnosis rate and MSCT (P>0.05). The detection rate and etiological diagnosis rate of CE combined with MSCT were significantly higher than CE and MSCT (P< 0.05).

Conclusions
CE and MSCT are safe and effective OGIB detection methods. The detection rate and etiological diagnosis rate of CE for OGIB are significantly higher than those of MSCT, especially in the dominant bleeding group and the young population. The combined detection efficiency of the two was significantly higher than that of CE and MSCT, but in the young population, the combined detection efficiency of the two was not significantly different from the CE alone.

Key words:
Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding; Capsule endoscopy; Multislice spiral computer tomography


Variation in plant species composition, abundance o f seeds in the soil seed bank and standing vegetati on, over the course of a post-fire succession was investigat ed in coastal Calluna-heathlands in Western Norway. Vegetation and seed banks were analysed over a 24-y ear post-fire period. The total diversity of vegeta tion and seed bank were 60 and 54 vascular plant taxa respec tively (39 shared species), resulting in 68% simila rity. Over the 24 years the heathland community progressed fro m open newly-burnt ground via species rich graminoi dand herb-dominated vegetation to mature heather Calluna vulgarisdominated heath. This post-fire succession was not reflected in the seed bank; the 10 most abundan t species constituted 98% of the germinated seeds. The most abundant were Calluna (49%; 12,018 seeds/m ) and cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix (34%; 8,414 seeds/m ). Calluna showed significantly higher germination in the two first years following burning. Vegetation species richness (ranging 23 to 46 species/yr) was highest in the middle years of the post-fire succession per iod. In contrast, the seed bank species richness (21 to 31 species/yr) showed no trend. This suggests that the seed bank act as a refuge, providing a source of recruits for many species that colonize newly-burnt areas. The traditional management regime has not depleted or destroyed the seed banks, and continuing management is necessary to ensure perpetuation of the heathlands.


An antibacterial polymer peptidopolysaccharide (COS‐AMP) that integrates antibacterial and detection functions is constructed with a simple synthetic method. The COS‐AMP is constructed by simulating the structure of peptidoglycan of the bacterial cell wall with chitooligosaccharide with intrinsic aggregation‐induced emission (AIE) effect as the main chain, as well as a peptide polymer grafted onto its amino group. Based on the AIE effect and excitation‐dependent fluorescence of COS‐AMP, it is tentatively applied to multicolor imaging and quantification of bacteria. This multicolor imaging helps to match different excitation sources of fluorescent instrument for straightforward imaging and detection. The structural similarity with the bacterial cell wall component facilitates the passage of COS‐AMP across the cell wall and destroys the bacterial structure, thus it has a good broad‐spectrum antibacterial activity. In addition, aromatic fluorophores are not needed, and excellent biocompatibility will make it have broad application prospects.


In modern society the ability to generate, use and spread new knowledge is the basis of national competitiveness and the basic precondition for accelerated socio-economic growth. The strategy of the development of information-knowledge society is today the priority of socio-economic policy of the developed countries, allowing them to take full advantage of opportunities that are opening before them through the transition to a new type of post-industrial society – information society. A special type of economy – the knowledge based economy – serves as an economic foundation for this society. Current problems of economic development are connected with intellectualization of labor, prioritiz-ing the processes of production of new knowledge that can provide steady development and socio-economic progress for the Ukrainian society. One of the key factors in accelerating the pace of technological development is the availability of knowledge that is one of the most important conditions for the participation of a state in the global competition. In times of crisis, knowledge is the resource that becomes important not only as the level of intellectual abilities, but also as an economic resource, which becomes a means of innovation creation and implementation.


Thank you for downloading love a question for feminism in the twenty first century. Maybe you have knowledge that, people have look hundreds times for their chosen readings like this love a question for feminism in the twenty first century, but end up in infectious downloads. Rather than reading a good book with a cup of coffee in the afternoon, instead they are facing with some infectious virus inside their laptop.


My diploma thesis deals with stress in relation to an individual. Its theoretic part defines stress and deals with its stages, effects and consequences as well as coping with stress and theories of an unassailable personality. The practical part describes the results of qualitative research performed with emergency rescue workers. The research showed that rescue workers cope with stress very well (thanks to the coordination of various personality traits and social influences). The coping strategies which they use completely intuitively are usually proactive. Most participants are aware of the stress associated with their job, but they are happy with it. An MBTI typological test yielded similar results for all participants.


The current study shows the extraction of pigment from pigment producing bacteria isolated from marine sediment. The isolation of pigment producing bacteria was done by spread plate method. The marine nutrient medium was used for the isolation procedure. Further, subculture was followed to get desired pure culture. From the isolated culture, various preliminary test, biochemical test, molecular characterization and antimicrobial activity were performed. To extract the pigment a solvent centrifugation process was carried out. The extracted pigment was tested against drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Based on the FTIR spectrum respective functional group were identified from extracted pigment. After GC-MS spectral analysis specific Neoisolangifolene (32.73%) compound was identified from the total pigment extract. UV-Visible spectral studies of the pigment extract have confirmed with the variations in absorption peak of total pigments. The isolated organisms were identified based on 16s rRNA partial gene sequence analysis identified as Micrococcus flavus.


This study developed a Regional Land Use Allocation Decision Analysis Tool, which enables decision makers to quantify the impacts of population and employment distribution in terms of the resulting vehicle miles traveled (VMT). The study addresses the need for improving our understanding of the links between land use and transportation and provides Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) a user-friendly modeling tool to develop forecasts based on different land use, transportation, and policy scenarios. The Regional Land Use Allocation Decision Analysis Tool developed through this study has two main components: a Land Allocation Component and a Transportation Component. This tool forecasts the impacts of future land use policies in Ohio, based on alternative assumptions of highway and mass transit corridor development, zoning and environmental constraints, regional growth or decline projections, and changes in travel associated with auto trip generation rates and trip distances.


Two strategies to share radio spectrum for two co-existing personal communications systems are discussed. The implications on signal quality are examined by simulating wireless access for portable users and gathering the statistic of the signal to co-channel interference ratio. The author shows that, for two service providers to offer services in a common geographic region with interleaved port locations, it is preferable that the radio spectrum be partitioned between the two systems.<<ETX>>


During the 20th century, agricultural engineering became a really multidisciplinary field of science. Besides traditional mechanical engineering, fundamental developments in microelectronics, systems and control engineering, chemical engineering and physics have opened wide perspectives for agricultural engineering. During the last century, agricultural engineering has effected major changes in agriculture with regard to labour productivity and specialization in the different sectors of plant production and livestock production. Public concern for environmental issues, e.g. emissions of volatile compounds, water pollution through plant nutrients and agrochemicals, has resulted in research and technology development in the field of environmental engineering. In developing activities for more sustainability in production, agricultural enterprises have to reclaim the trust of society and earn 'the licence to produce'! Agricultural engineers have the chances to contribute in this process. They must be also aware that new technologies and techniques require thorough full technology assessment procedure to make clear aspects of acceptability to different groups in the community. To achieve optimal results for agribusiness and the society, the expertise of agricultural engineers must be integrated with expertise from the biological and socio-economic sciences. In agricultural engineering, a dynamic balance between economy, technology and ecology must always be found in order to satisfy the requirements of government and the changing preferences of consumers. Recognition of trends in the society and networking and participation in debates are important activities for agricultural engineers in the 21st century. 'Breakthrough' technologies are needed for agricultural enterprises to meet the increasing list of standards and norms, for example in the areas of energy, animal welfare, product quality, water and volatile emissions.

As this was the case in the last century, agricultural engineering has therefore to keep pace with trends in science and technology, e.g. fundamental developments in the information and communication technology, biotechnology, materials technology, microelectronics and mechatronics. Technology watch, networking and cooperation are key words for agricultural engineers.

In line with these challenges, strategic themes for the agricultural engineering science are: the concepts for sustainable bioproduction systems in the greenhouse and livestock sector; the further progress in precision agriculture; the use of biomass and wastes as energy sources: electronic communication with models and databases without human interference (green net); and innovative measurement and biomonitoring systems.


Paule Constant's first novel, Ouregano (1980), is set in the early 1950s, at the height of existentialism's colonization of French consciousness and just a few years before the demise of the French colonial empire. In the fictional African outpost of its title, the novel brings together a cast of white characters that includes the Administrator, the Judge, the Doctor, the Teacher, and their Wives. What unifies the members of this rancorous group is that they all struggle, and fail, to find the decor, the props, and the audience necessary for the successful performance of the roles they have adopted in life. Whether unable or unwilling to find a better alternative, they all tenaciously adhere to these roles, and they persist in doing so despite the pain and destruction this adherence sows in their lives as well as in the lives of those who are dependent upon them. Constant's entire fictional universe (eight novels so far) is in fact heavily populated by role-players. In Balta (1983), which is set in a newly post-colonial Africa and which brings back several of Ouregano's characters, a number of European and African characters perform the role of Academic, with all the petty ambitions, rivalries, intellectual insecurities, and 1500-page doctoral theses that go along with it. (1) In La fille du Gobernator (1994), the Governor of the colonial prison in Cayenne and his Wife (dubbed "la mere de Dieu" for her relentless piety) take method acting to its extreme by playing out their chosen roles of military and religious martyrs to the bitter end (they both effectively commit suicide). (2) Following their theatrical lead, their daughter Chretienne also attempts to perform a role, albeit a less hazardous one (that of Bernadette Soubirous in consultation with the Virgin), but while her classmates are entranced by her performance, their parents find it less than convincing (119-21). (3) In Confidence pour confidence (1998), the four female protagonists who come together for a feminist colloquium in Kansas (one of whom is an actor by profession) all play roles of one kind or another--Femme fatale, Abandoned Wife, Woman-Who-Does-It-All, etc. In a perfect play of mirrors, a game of which Constant is particularly fond, (4) one of the women even goes so far as to usurp the role, indeed the very identity, of one of the other three. (5) Ouregano and Balta in particular are replete with allusions, some subtle, some more explicit, to Jean-Paul Sartre's existentialist notions concerning role-playing and authenticity. Sartrean Existentialism posits, we will recall, that while the human being exists, he is not; that is, he lives but has no pre-determined essence or purpose. (6) Although this lack of essence means that the human being is perfectly free, he is also, Sartre argues, responsible. He is responsible for creating or for "choosing" himself, not once and for all, but at each and every moment of his life. Of course, this never-ending obligation to create and recreate oneself is exhausting. An easier alternative, one for which most individuals opt according to Sartre, is to assume, on a permanent basis, a ready-made role. Most people select roles that society sanctions, such as those chosen by the majority of the members of Ouregano's white society--Judge, Doctor, Wife, etc. A smaller number choose roles that society condemns, like Swindler or Murderer (Alexandrou and Beretti in Ouregano), but it is precisely in censoring these roles that society implicitly recognizes and so legitimizes them. These are the roles that society loves to hate but upon which the roles of power and prestige (e.g. Judge and Administrator) depend. For Sartre, individuals who choose to play roles (of any kind) and who then begin to believe that these roles are innate and necessary rather than adoptive and contingent live in what he calls "bad faith." That is, they try to persuade both themselves and others that they are not playing a role at all. (7) Using such Sartrean concepts as a framework, in what follows I will examine the different varieties of "bad faith" in which several of Constant's characters dwell and will point out some of the more egregious (and often comical) instances of role-playing in which these characters participate. …


The article considers the initial period of the formation of collective forms of economic entity in the Black-Earth county Yelets county of the Orel province. The analysis of a complex of archival materials allows to determine the waviness of this process in 1917 1919, its territorial heterogeneity and to highlight a number of key problems that prevented the county leadership from achieving positive results in the formation of the collective sector in Yelets County. Preservation of peasant societies, land conflicts, as a consequence of the land redistribution of 1917-1918, serious administrative shortcomings and military actions on the territory of the county in aggregate undermined positive developments in the formation of collective forms of economic entity. The author comes to the conclusion that already at the turn of 1919-1920 against the backdrop of the devastation, the search for ways of developing collectives outside the military-communist model is being conducted of the county's leadership. Ключевые слова: Орловская губерния, Елецкий уезд, коллективные формы хозяйствования, трудовая коммуна, трудовая артель, поземельные конфликты.


Relatively few Pre-Tertiary outcrop examples of the Tanimbar Islands have been described in the literature. Pre-Tertiary rocks outcrop at these islands is hardly found due to high levels of weathering and dense vegetation. This area needs a further geological work because this is one of the few areas near offshore of Arafura Sea where we can get Pre-Tertiary rocks outcrop analog for subsurface interpretation. This paper is aim to recognize the stratigraphic successions of the Pre-Tertiary sedimentary rocks exposed in the study area based on their lithological characteristic and palynological ages. The methods used are geological fieldwork and palynological analysis for samples obtained. Four lithostratigraphic units are recognized from the outcrops: 1) Late Triassic (Carnian–Norian) limestone, sandstone, and claystone of Wotar Formation with the depositional environment at the marine environment with storm influence. 2) Early to Middle Jurassic (Hettangian–Bajocian) sandstone and claystone of Selu Formation, that was deposited at the marine environment with tide influence. 3) Early Cretaceous (Berriasian–Barremian) red and brown claystone and siltstone of Arumit Formation which was deposited at an open-coast tidal flat setting, and 4) Early to Late Cretaceous (Aptian–Santonian) sandstone of Ungar Formation, which was deposited at an open-coast wave-dominated depositional environment. Uppermost Middle to Late Jurassic outcrop was not found in the studied area. This time interval is probably represented by the clay dominated matrix of mud volcano matrix.


A discussion of vacuum systems for intersecting storage rings using both superconducting and conventional magnets is presented. It is shown that a circulating current I > 15 A can be achieved in a 7-cm-diameter vacuum chamber pumped every 3 m by 200-300 liter'sec pumps. A very economical and effective vacuum system can be built in narrow-gap, room-temperature magnets by utilizing distributed titanium sublimation pumping. Finally, pertinent experiments to study cryosorption, outgassing and desorption due to ion bombardment are outlined.


Purpose The
 purpose
 of
 this
 literature
 review
 is
 to
 outline
 a
 health
 promotion
 plan
 for healthcare
 providers
 and
 diabetes
 educators,
 using
 erectile
 dysfunction
 (ED)
 as
 a motivational
 tool
 to
 change
 health
 behaviors
 for
 men
 with
 diabetes.
 Because
 the
 most severe
 complications
 might
 not
 manifest
 themselves
 until
 later
 in
 life,
 patients
 with
 either type
 1
 diabetes
 mellitus
 (T1DM)
 or
 type
 2
 diabetes
 mellitus
 (T2DM)
 are
 less
 likely
 to
 make the
 dramatic
 behavioral
 changes
 necessary
 to
 control
 their
 diabetes
 at
 the
 time
 of diagnosis.1 Methods Twenty-‐eight
 articles
 obtained
 from
 CINAHL
 and
 Medline
 databases
 were
 examined. Eleven
 of
 those
 articles
 were
 selected
 for
 analysis
 based
 on
 their
 specificity
 in
 addressing the
 complication
 of
 ED
 and
 glycemic
 control
 or
 health
 behavior
 change
 analysis. Results Improvements
 in
 glycemic
 control
 might
 occur
 when
 healthcare
 providers
 (HCPs) and
 diabetic
 educators
 teach
 male
 patients
 with
 T1DM
 or
 T2DM
 of
 the
 risk
 of
 sexual dysfunction.
 A
 man
 with
 diabetes
 might
 be
 more
 intrinsically
 motivated
 to
 make
 the
 drastic health
 behavioral
 changes
 required
 if
 he
 understands
 sexual
 dysfunction
 could
 result
 from not
 managing
 his
 diabetes
 and
 that
 ED
 might
 occur
 earlier
 in
 life.1 Conclusion A
 review
 of
 peer-‐reviewed
 articles
 demonstrates
 changes
 in
 male
 sexual
 function might
 occur
 earlier
 in
 the
 life
 cycle
 of
 males
 diagnosed
 with
 T1DM
 or
 T2DM
 than
 those ERECTILE
 DYSFUNCTION
 AS
 A
 MOTIVATIONAL
 TOOL 3 without
 diabetes,
 which
 might
 provide
 additional
 motivation
 to
 men
 seeking
 to
 make lifestyle
 changes
 that
 will
 slow
 the
 progression
 of
 the
 disease.


In this paper, we prove that every \(n\)-bi-Jordan homomorphism between commutative algebras is an \(n\)-bi-ring homomorphism, and then we employ this result to show that to each approximate \(n\)-bi-Jordan homomorphism \(\varphi\) between commutative Banach algebras there corresponds a unique \(n\)-bi-ring homomorphism near to \(\varphi\).


The known light induced reactions of sulfonamides and sultams are in most (but not all) cases
initiated by S–N homolysis. Sulfur dioxide release may be a consequence of this primary process. In the
author's laboratory three hitherto unexplored photoreactions of saccharin-derived sultams have been investigated:
(i) a novel formal oxygen shift from sulfur to nitrogen generating upto now unknown cyclic
N-hydroxysulfinamides; (ii) a condensative dimerization of 2,3-dihydro-1,2- benzoisothiazole 1,1-dioxide
generating a new cleft molecule, and (iii) a facile allylic skeletal rearrangement of a pyrrolo-anellated dihydro-
1,2-benzoisothiazole. At least in the latter two cases an initial S–N-homolysis seems to be vital for the processes
observed, whereas in the first case some ambiguity remains with respect to the first step. Scope and
limitations are discussed and rationales for the conversions observed are presented, with special emphasis
on structure proof by X-ray crystal structure determinations. All reactions discussed have to be treated
within the wider context of current sulfonamide and sultam photochemistry.


Understanding that the history lesson is rote learning resulted in a greater emphasis on verbal. Under these circumstances researchers offered the implementation of cooperative learning model type Time Game Tournament, which is a cooperative learning model in which there are elements of the game academic or weekly tournament to replace the individual test, so students do not feel bored because there is an element of the tournament. This research is a classroom action research conducted with 3 cycles. Each cycle consists of two meetings. It can be concluded: (1) The application of cooperative learning model TGT can be executed properly if the teacher can plan learning activities with good (2) Problems encountered in general can be overcome if the teacher has the willingness and ability to develop the profession (3) The application of the model TGT cooperative learning can enhance students' motivation is measured by ARCS motivational strategies that attention (attention), relevance (relevant), confidence (confidence) and satisfaction (satisfaction). Key words: History lesson, cooperative learning, Time game tournament, learning achievement


In western countries, a dramatic increase in papilla calcifications (Randall's Plaque or RP) is observed as a major cause of calcium oxalate kidney stones. Through ex vivo X-ray absorption spectroscopy, we give for the first time direct structural evidence of the presence of amorphous carbonated calcium phosphate in these Randall's plaques (RP). Such chemical composition of RP present in increasingly young subjects raises a major question regarding alimentation: does nutrient-enriched food especially aimed at young children affect the physiology of the kidney? Moreover, lithogenic diseases may induce intratubular crystallization and end-stage renal failure. We show that Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy is able to characterize such pathological microcalcifications giving their chemical composition and their spatial distribution, thus providing invaluable information for the diagnosis of the disease and the treatment of the patients.


A GC-NCI-MS method was developed for the determination of chlorfenapyr residues in eggplant and soil sample.The sample was extracted by the mixture solvent of acetone-dichloromethane(4 ∶3,by volume),and cleaned up by chromatographic column of aluminum oxide-graphitized carbon black.The analysis of extract was performed by gas chromatography-negative chemical ionization-mass spectrometry(GC-NCI-MS).The recoveries of chlorfenapyr at the spiked concentration levels of 0.1,1.0,10.0 mg/kg were 100%-116% for eggplant sample with RSD of 2.0%-6.2%,and 83%-116% for the soil sample with RSD of 1.1%-4.5%,respectively.


Glass Ionomer cements are used in modern dentistry for various preventive purposes, one of which is the treatment of cervical caries lesions. Anticariogenic properties and the ability to bond to dentin and enamel are their main advantages. Since acid-etching of the tooth prior to glass ionomer placement is contraindicated, a "dry" defocused laser beam was used to enhance retention. The results indicate that finishing the cavity walls with a laser beam increased the marginal microleakage of the glass ionomer cement restorations. Thus, the procedure was apparently found unsuitable for clinical use.


At present, college graduates can be seen everywhere, which brings employment pressure to college students. In recent years, the problem of employment difficulties for college students has gradually risen, affecting the harmonious development of society. In this environment, if college students want to highlight their personality among many employment competitors and attract the attention of corporate recruiters, they first need to strengthen their own ability and have more professional skills than others under the same educational background. For English majors, the higher the level of English, the stronger the competitiveness in the workplace, the more able to stand out among many competitors, and the greater the possibility of success. But before you get a high level of English, Students need to train and study hard, and the educational environment is very important to the improvement of students' English performance and English proficiency. However, the traditional English teaching methods lack clear teaching orientation and teaching objectives, and students can not achieve good English level in the traditional English teaching environment. Based on this, this paper analyzes the present situation of English teaching in colleges and universities under the guidance of employment, and puts forward some reform strategies according to the actual situation of English teaching, hoping that it is beneficial to optimize the English teaching structure and create a good learning environment for students.


To enhance the confidence level in the museum management is a request inevitably to adapt to the social development.Reduction of administrative intervention,enhancing the leading role of the expert in management and establishment of management responsibility system are the important methods to build the trust engine.To strengthen the trust is the principal means of organization competition.


The article deals with the military-political and diplomatic activity of Russia in the Sea of Azov and the Northwest Caucasus direct to realization objects of the organization and ensure the success of Russian troop's campaign in the Kuban in 1711.


The electroplating process of Au/nano-SiC composite coatings was studied,especially the effects of nano-SiC concentration of electrolyte and cathode current density on codeposition.The morphologies,components and microstructures of coatings were measured by scanning electron microscope(SEM),energy dispersive spectrum(EDS),X-ray diffraction(XRD) etal,and the results show the coatings contain some quantity of nano-SiC particles.The results from testing microhardness of coatings indicate that the microhardness can be greatly improved by composite electroplating gold with nanometer particles comparing to pure gold electroplating.


From the injection technique and the spraying protection of hanging net,the paper explores the application of the mobile concrete injection unit in the support operating line of mountain tunnel,and extends the application of the mobile concrete injection unit by undertaking the effective control over the spring rate.


The Commission on Children and Violence was conceived during a wave of
media debate and apparent public concern at levels of violence involving
children, and in particular at perceived levels of violence by children.
The Commission has no desire to add to unrealistic fears of violence to or by
children; its aims have been to research and summarise available knowledge
of the extent of violence involving children, and why children become
violent, and then to make recommendations for reducing all forms of interpersonal
violence involving children.


The article is devoted to the analysis of the international experience of spiritual education of convicts. It is concluded that in most developed countries of the world there is a chaplaincy service in every correctional institution, where chaplains perform both liturgical and non-liturgical (social) functions. The purpose of the article is to analyze the features of spiritual education of convicts in developed countries. Methodology. The article has the comparative analysis. Results. The administration of correctional institutions of the studied countries of the world promotes the right of convicts to religious activity. Spiritual and educational work with them is carried out by prison chaplains of various Churches. They not only worship, but also participate in social programs. Representatives of their religious denominations are invited for convicts of different religions. In most countries, prison chaplains perform both liturgical and non-liturgical (social) functions. Practical implication. International experience of convicts' spiritual education can be used to create a national chaplain service in Ukraine. Value (originality). Manifested in the analysis of the experience of convicts' spiritual education in 41 developed countries. Key words: spiritual education, convicts, international experience, prison chaplains, religious organizations. Key words: spiritual education, convicts, international experience, prison chaplains, religious organizations.


Like manufacturing firms, health firms in service industry have to take into account some implications in today's intensive competitive conditions and changes in expectations of consumers. Companies by that way, continues their existence and meets their social partners' expectations. An important factor in providing the productive and effective working crew is to supply work motivation for employees, especially in front of the house departments. Health firms in the service industry also try to pay attention to employee motivation levels in the context of the alternative solutions stated above.


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Based on the evaluation of de-polyvinylalcohol effects for wool/polyvinylacohol blended fabrics,the improved method for it has been set forth.The results indicate that the powerful penetrating agents such as E,DMSO and PVP can considerably enhance the de-polyvinylalcohol effect and improve its wet-finishing process.


Abstract Background Several cases of autism spectrum disorder have been linked to mutations in the SHANK3 gene. Haploinsufficiency of the SHANK3 gene contributes to Phelan-McDermid syndrome, which often presents an autism spectrum disorder phenotype along with moderate to severe intellectual disability. A SHANK3 gene deletion in mice results in elevated excitation of cortical pyramidal neurons that alters signaling to other brain areas. Serotonin 1A receptors are highly expressed on layer 2 cortical neurons and are known to have inhibitory actions. Serotonin 1A receptor agonist treatment in autistic cases with SHANK3 mutations and possibly other cases may restore excitatory and inhibitory balance that attenuates core symptoms. Methods A series of experiments investigated the effects of acute tandospirone treatment on spatial learning and self-grooming, subchronic treatment of tandospirone on self-grooming behavior, and the effect of tandospirone infusion into the anterior cingulate on self-grooming behavior. Results Only male Shank3B+/− mice exhibited a spatial learning deficit and elevated self-grooming. Acute i.p. injection of tandospirone, 0.01 and 0.06 mg/kg in male Shank3B+/− mice, attenuated a spatial acquisition deficit by improving sensitivity to positive reinforcement and reduced elevated self-grooming behavior. Repeated tandospirone (0.06 mg/kg) treatment attenuated elevated self-grooming behavior in male Shank3B+/− mice. Tandospirone injected into the anterior cingulate/premotor area reduced self-grooming behavior in male Shank3B+/− mice. Conclusions These results suggest that stimulation of cortical serotonin 1A receptors may reduce repetitive behaviors and cognitive impairments as observed in autism spectrum disorder, possibly by attenuating an excitation/inhibition imbalance. Further, tandospirone may serve as a treatment in autism spectrum disorder and other disorders associated with SHANK3 mutations.


The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) issued newly revised guidelines for the evaluation and treatment of dyspepsia late last year. Pharmacotherapy with proton pump inhibitors remains the primary treatment modality, but the AGA has backed off from earlier recommendations for endoscopic examination of patients in early middle age.


Based on the traditional structure of SRT division algorithm, an optimized structure is obtained to short the delay of the critical path. That structure can let the two independent parts in the traditional structures (including computing the input value of quotient selection table and looking up the quotient selection table) work in parallel. And in this paper, the traditional structure and the optimized structure are implemented in Verilog hardware description language. Then, these designs are synthesized with the Design Compiler synthesis tool (with . 18 micron CMOS standard cell library) to obtain the delay and area. Synthesis results show that, compared with the traditional structures, the optimized structures can short the delay of different radixes obviously. Meanwhile, the shorter delay should be paid more area. Specifically, with the optimized structures, radix-4 has approximately 13.30% shorter delay (the delay is about 0.27ns), but requires approximately 5.02% more area; Radix-8 has approximately 22.31% shorter delay (the delay is about 0.54ns), but requires approximately 31.94% more area; and Radix-16 has approximately 12.41% shorter delay (the delay is about 0.33ns), but requires approximately 259.59% more area.


In this specification, various natural raw materials for skin-related applications is described. Individual compounds provide collagen production improved, fibroblast proliferation, antioxidant protection, and a beneficial effect for the free-radical inhibition. The combination of these individual compounds, the moisture level of the skin, wrinkles reduction, and leads to a dramatic improvement of elasticity, shows a synergistic effect. In a way that participates in toning the skin, and can be applied in cosmetic formulations for improved aesthetic appearance, various embodiments of the combined raw material is provided. .The 11


Objective To summarize the clinical features and image diagnosis of cryptococcus neoformans (CN) in intracranial infection. Methods The pathogenetic regularity, clinical and image characteristics from 35 patients admitted in our hospital with definite diagnosis as cryptococcus neoformans meningitis or encephalitis from January 2006 to October 2012 were retrospectively analyzed and summarized. Results Images displayed there were cerebral parenchyma occupation in 27 cases (77.1%) including one case (2.8%) of cerebellar occupation, 5 cases (14.3%) of low density with small patch in simple white matter, and 7 cases (20.0%) of meningitis. After enhancing examinations, the number of irregular enhancement, brain abscess enhancement, ring enhancement, wreath-like enhancement, and mural nodule was 20, 8, 3, 2, and 2 respectively, together with gyrate enhancement (n=7), hydrocephalus (n=9), and visible calcification (n=1). All cases presented with low density edema at varied range. 27 cases after brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations showed abnormal signals. Conclusion The onsets of CN in intracranial infection were mostly in subacute or chronic. There are not specific clinical manifestations or imageological examinations. Its diagnosis requires etiological or pathological examinations in cerebrospinal fluid or brain tissues.


In this work, the perceived quality of VoIP communications is studied. The distributions of the number of consecutive received and lost packets, respectively named gap and burst, of a VoIP communication are modeled with discrete two-state and four-state Markov chains. Algorithms for estimating the transition probabilities between states and from these, the packet loss rate and the respective gap and burst length distributions, are described. Through a study of monitored VoIP calls, it is shown that these models can adequately represent the geometric-type decay of these distributions and that although two-state model performs well for homogeneous losses, for non-homogeneous losses the four-state model fits better. An analysis of the performance of a packet-level FEC scheme, based on N-packet redundancy, is presented. The perceived packet loss rate that results of applying this correction scheme is quantified. For the studied measurements, 1-packet redundancy is sufficient to decrease the perceived loss rate below 1%. Also, the impairments of the perceived quality of voice after the FEC technique and a de-jitter buffer is quantified. The resulting equations can be used to optimize the adjust parameters of the VoIP call, e.g., level of redundancy, type of codec used and de-jitter buffer size. The proposed methodology can be extended if other types of improvements are included.


I don't really remember Audley's Castle being in Game of Thrones. But apparently it is. I'm assuming most people who go to Castle Ward these


SUMMARY Grid-level storage of seasonal excess can be an important asset to renewable electricity. By applying the freeze-thaw thermal cycling strategy, here, we report Al-Ni molten salt batteries with effective capacity recovery over 90% after a period of 1–8 weeks as a proof-of-concept. We explore three activation methods of the nickel cathode in a molten-salt battery: (1) heat treating the cathode granules under H 2 /N 2 , (2) incorporating a partially charged NiCl 2 /Ni cathode, and (3) doping the molten salt electrolyte with sulfur. In particular, sulfur doping, a cost-efficient method suitable for large-scale applications, is not only effective in activating the Ni cathode initially but also invaluable for energy retention during thermal cycling. Overall, these Al-Ni molten salt batteries under thermal cycling show high retention in cell capacity over weeks, setting a direction for scalable seasonal storage.


The PDMS/PET composite membranes were prepared by casting the polydimethylsiloxane(PDMS) membrane filled with fumed hydrophobic nano-silica on PET membrane.The physical morphology,tensile strength and thermal resistant performance of the as-prepared composite membranes were investigated by SEM,WSM-5KN and TGA.The effects of feed temperature,feed concentration on the pervaporation performance of ethanol/water solutions were also examined.It is shown from the results that the thermal resistant performance of the modified membrane is significantly improved and its tensile-strength is increased from 1.5 MPa to 7.4 MPa compared with pure PDMS.Otherwise the peak value of the membrane separation factor seemed to constantly appear in advance.


The present study aimed to investigate the transdiagnostic and emotion-focused CBT treatment program Unified Protocol in a group format in a general psychiatric outpatient clinic. The study used case series design on three patients with anxiety problems as primary diagnosis. The study followed changes in symptoms of depression, anxiety and perceived quality of life and emotion regulation skills during the twelve weeks of treatment. The authors also wanted to examine the covariance between strengthed emotion regulation skills and symptom relief and whether the former preceded the symptoms. For data collection was used six subscales that measure emotion regulation skills in order to match six of the processing modules of the Unified Protocol. These skills were "Cognitive reappraisal", "Nonacceptance", "Goal", "Awareness", "Distress aversion" and "Aversion endurance". Symptom changes are continuously measured by tests OASIS and ODSIS. In addition, measurements were made of the symptoms of depression and anxiety symptoms, and perceived quality of life with BAI, BDI-II and WHOQOL-BREF. The authors have investigated whether changes have been made in accordance with the Reliable Change Index and clinical significance. The results showed symptom relief and increased quality of life of one patient. In the second case, there was no change of symptoms or quality of life. In the third case occurred some symptom relief. Some emotion regulation skills strengthened for the patients. Partly, there was a covariance between emotion regulation skills and symptom relief, but the former preceded not symptom close in time. The study shows that the Unified Protocol is an interesting treatment of a general psychiatric clinic, but further research is needed to determine if the treatment in a group format is as effective as an individualized therapy.


GAIT is recognizing of human motion or Motion-based human recognition and records the data as walking, running, jumping, moving body parts. It has a relatively new approach to biometrics identification. GAIT based recognition is used in medical science or healthcare to recognize the physiological behavior changes as a motion study of the patient to study the condition of disease, either it is a cure or not. In defense, through the GAIT recognition technique, enemies activities in remote areas can also be recognized, where the human cannot reaches. Biometrics is now useful in surveillance systems. Vision-based biometrics is used in a robotic automobile where the driverless vehicle is used. Considering the above aspects, this paper describes different types of motion (geometric aspect) involve in the human body such as oscillation motion, linear motion, rectilinear motion while walking, running fast or slow or moderate speed. We record the videos from various angles and studied with sequence of motion by segmenting single video into large multiple images though this, we able to define motion and angles of the human body.


In order to obtain high range resolution, wideband or ultra wideband waveform are used to radar system, which makes great trouble for data collection. Since the limitation of A/D technology is a bottleneck in the implementation, A/D sampling rate must be lowered. For Chirp waveform, dechirp provides the ability to alleviate the A/D problem by easing the requirement on the sampling rate and reduce the quantity of data. In this paper, dechirp is applied to Synthetic Aperture Radar, and furthermore, both the imaging steps and simulation results, which validate the method, are presented.


Customer Relation Management (CMR) is a tool that has shown prospect even beyond customers' retention to customers' attraction. A focus on an aspect of CRM is important to retain customers and also attract customers. The aim of this study was to propose a Complaint Management System that could add more value to CRM in businesses. The research employed the use of secondary data and telephone interview. The study showed that there is a need to re-direct attention/focus in the area of complaint management, in order to facilitate and enhance intelligence in business. Keywords: Complaint Management, Customer Relation Management, Customers' retention


Summary. The aim of this study was to estimate the frequency of fungal colonization of the stomach of patients suffering from gastric ulcer (GU) and chronic gastritis (CG) and the influence of fungal colonization of the stomach on the process of ulcer healing. We investigated 293 patients aged 20–80 years. Before and after 4 weeks of sucralfate treatment they underwent endoscopy of the stomach, histological examination of biopsies taken from the ulcer margin or inflamed gastric mucosa and mycological examinations of the gastric juice, surface brushing and biopsies. The studies revealed a high concentration of fungi in 54.2% patients with GU and 10.3% with CG. Candida albicans was the most frequently isolated organism. Fungal colonization of the stomach impairs the process of gastric ulcer healing. Control examination after 4 weeks of sucralfate therapy showed the ratio of GU healing in 62% of patients with a high concentration of fungi in comparison with 78% of patients not colonized with fungi (P<0.05). A significantly longer duration of ulcer symptoms in the group of patients with a high concentration of fungi in the stomach was also observed. There was no correlation between the level of fungal antibodies, of Candida antigen in the serum and the concentration of fungi in the stomach.


The coastal terrain of Zhejiang is complex.It is impossible to use the traditional way to measure the tideland heights of many beaches or offshore islands.With UAV remote sensing technology and tidal observation,the tideland height can be measured,and the difficult problems of artificial measurement can be solved,thus greatly improving the efficiency.Firstly,in combination with existing data,the aerial region and tide information are determined.Secondly,the UAV aerial operations and tidal observations are implemented outside synchronization.Finally,the boundary between tide and coast are interpreted and drawn with high-precision remote sensing image data(DOM),the tidal observation data are interpolated to update tideland height.The results show that this technology can quantitatively describe the tideland height information and is hence a new method of tideland height measurement.


Energy harvesting (EH) has attracted a lot of attention in cooperative communication networks studies for its capability of transferring energy from sources to relays. In this paper, we study the secrecy capacity of a cooperative compressed sensing amplify and forward (CCS-AF) wireless network in the presence of eavesdroppers based on an energy harvesting protocol. In this model, the source nodes send their information to the relays simultaneously, and then the relays perform EH from the received radio-frequency signals based on the power splitting-based relaying (PSR) protocol. The energy harvested by the relays will be used to amplify and forward the received information to the destination. The impacts of some key parameters, such as the power splitting ratio, energy conversion efficiency, relay location, and the number of relays, on the system secrecy capacity are analyzed through a group of experiments. Simulation results reveal that under certain conditions, the proposed EH relaying scheme can achieve higher secrecy capacity than traditional relaying strategies while consuming equal or even less power.


Women and men, girls and boys are expected to exhibit different behaviors, which they learn from their socio-cultural context, as there are specific expectations for each gender. One of the ways of "learning" the appropriate gendered behavior since childhood is children's popular culture texts, such as cartoons, which sometimes, in a very clear way, show this separation between women and men, reproducing the dominant gendered ideologies. The aim of the present study was to investigate the sociolinguistic representations of gender in children's cartoon movies. For this reason, a qualitative comparative analysis of two scenes from two Disney animation films, an older and a contemporary one, was made through the use of the Androutsopoulos's model, the Bucholtz and Hall's approach as well as the ethnomethodological model of Sacks's Membership Categorization Analysis. The analysis of the older film has shown a clear reproduction of traditional gendered stereotypes. In the contemporary film, it is observed that attempts are made to eliminate traditional patriarchal stereotypes, through the emergence of progressive gendered representations, which reflect the feminine fictional character. This, however, does not disturb the traditional female figure, which is conventionally associated with the kindness and sweetness of the female character. When it comes to the ways of speaking, the male fictional characters in the two movies use both the "feminine" and the "masculine" way of speaking. On the contrary, the female fictional character in the older movie uses only the "feminine" way of speaking, 1 Αυτή η έρευνα αποτελεί μέρος της διπλωματικής εργασίας της Τσώτσου Βικτωρίας για την απόκτηση του Μεταπτυχιακού Διπλώματος Ειδίκευσης στις «Επιστήμες της Αγωγής: Επαγγελματική Μάθηση και Καινοτομίες στην Εκπαίδευση» του Πανεπιστημίου Δυτικής Μακεδονίας με επιβλέπουσα καθηγήτρια τη Δρ. Στάμου Αναστασία. 2 Νηπιαγωγός, Μεταπτυχιακό Δίπλωμα Ειδίκευσης στις «Επιστήμες της Αγωγής: Επαγγελματική Μάθηση και Καινοτομίες στην Εκπαίδευση» του Πανεπιστημίου Δυτικής Μακεδονίας/ e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com. 3 Αναπληρώτρια Καθηγήτρια, Τομέας Γλωσσολογίας και Διδακτικής, Τμήμα Γερμανικής Γλώσσας και Φιλολογίας, Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης/ e-mail: email@example.com. Multilingual Academic Journal of Education and Social Sciences Vol. 6 No.1, July 2018, E-ISSN: 2308-0876 © 2018 HRMARS 78 whereas the female fictional character in the contemporary movie uses both the "feminine" and the "masculine" way of speaking, in order to express dynamism and independence.


Lippmann has personally never endorsed Christianity. Wellborn's closing argument that Lippmann has come to accept the Christian view of man, but not yet the Christian view of God, capped by the phrase, "the pilgrimage continues" is perhaps an unwarranted conclusion to this part of his study. Twentieth Century Pilgrimage thus strikes me as an uneven book. It is too short to pursue many of the questions raised, and the treatment is sometimes uncritical. Yet the analysis of Lippmann's philosophic positions is often perceptive. Herbert Croly, his mentor on the New Republic, foresaw (when writing to Learned Hand in 1930) that Lippmann might fail to tie his thoughts together: "Unless he stops journalism soon he will only continue to write introductions and prefaces as long as he lives." Charles Wellborn has made a useful contribution towards a systematic understanding of the wide-ranging and pervasive thought of Walter Lippmann.—EDWARD A. STETTNER, Wellesley Colege.


In the note we study holomorphic symmetric tensors, that is, sections s e η (V, 5 Ώ ), where 5 Ώ is the fth symmetric power of Ω , the cotangent bundle of the surface V. It has long been known that H°(V, Ω) = Η (V, R)isa. homotopy invariant of V. The problem of a topological interpretation of H°(V, S'n) was raised by Severi in [2]. LEMMA I. If Vis α projective surface and Ε a two-dimensional bundle on V such that H°(V, nd<ttE~K)> 0 for all η > n0, and if c\(E) > c2(E), then there exists an i0 > 0 such that dimH°(V, SE)>0 for every i>io. 2


Effectively delegating work to others is considered critical to managerial success, as it frees up managers' time and develops subordinates' skills. We propose that female leaders are less likely t...


Objective: To determine the relationship between clinical parameters (HbA1c) whit metabolic control and deterioration of peripheral arterial perfusion in diabetic patients. Methodology: 108 medical records of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus were evaluated. We obtained averages of: blood glucose (162.3 ± 73.10 mg/dl), glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c = 7.64% ± 1.77%), cholesterol (189.28 ± 35.25 mg/dl), triglycerides (189.11 ± 87.76 mg/dl), Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP = 119.69 ± 14.95 mmHg), Diastolic Blood Pressure (DBP = 77.15 ± 9.55 mmHg) and Media Blood Pressure (MBP = 91.36 ± 9.89 mmHg). We correlated variable HbA1c with vascular injury symptomatology. Results: Correlation was found between sensitivity dysfunction and HbA1c with a statistical significance of p = 0.01, and a correlation Kendal coefficient w = 0.01, any other parameter of metabolic control was not correlated with symptoms of vascular injury. Conclusion: It is remarkable that the sensitivity dysfunction is a symptom of poorly vascularized lower extremities caused for both functional impairment and structural changes in diabetic patients' peripheral nerves, even in the preclinical stage of vascular disease. The HbA1c could also be investigated as a likely sensitivity dysfunction biomarker in DM due to the correlation presented in this study but more studies must be realized.


Utilizing temperature and magnetic field dependent dielectric spectroscopy, two different dielectric relaxation processes, both accompanied with prominent positive magnetodielectric (MD) effects, were observed in Pt/BiScO3-PbTiO3/La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 (Pt/BSPT/LSMO) heterostructure. An equivalent circuit model is established to quantitatively describe the relaxation data well. The simulation results elucidated that one relaxation process can be attributed to magnetic order associated BSPT/LSMO interfacial relaxation with abnormal dynamics feature. Another one is due to the external contact interface contributions. Both relaxation dynamics can be tuned, via magnetic field controlled localization of free interfacial charges, to induce MD effects in BSPT/LSMO interfaces and nonmagnetic Pt/BSPT contacts.


Up to now,it is not clearly understood 1) whether the steel bar with high strength(HRB500) affects the direct shear performance of reinforced concrete members,and 2) in which scope of the shear span ratio the direct shear failure is prone to occur.To explore these aspects,eight Z type specimens reinforced with steel bars HRB400 and HRB500 were casted,with the reinforcement ratio varying from 0.48%to 1.10%.The influences of steel bar with high strength on the direct shear performance of reinforced concrete members were studied by comparison.Meanwhile,four corbel type specimens were casted,with their shear span ratios of 0.21,0.43,0.74 and 0.87,respectively.Tests were also conducted to understand the transformation of failure patterns as the shear span ratio increases.It was found that the direct shear bearing capacity of specimens reinforced with HRB500 is 2%—8%higher than those with HRB400.With the increase of shear span ratio,the failure patterns of the specimens switch from direct shear to diagonal compression,and finally to flexure.Direct shear failure is prone to occur when the shear span ratio is less than 0.3 for the cases in this study.


High-quality Dy3+ and Tb3+ co-doped GSAG single crystals were grown successfully by the Cz method as promising UV or blue light chip excited solid-state lighting and InGaN blue LD excited all-solid-state yellow lasers.


"Zein," as friends and colleagues knew him, practiced an interpretive anthropology that, like the writing of history, is a craft in which the best work is realized only after long years of field experience, study, and the development of concepts and themes through teaching and writing. Zein's sudden death on 13 August 1979 at the age of 44 cut short his work just as it began to achieve its fullest form. Zein's professional career was divided between two remarkably distinct periods. The first of these lasted for roughly the decade prior to 1966, during which he mastered the conventions of what might be called a standard, functionalist anthropology and applied them to ethnographic research in Egypt. The second period began in 1966 with his participation in the formative period of symbolic anthropology at the University of Chicago.


Taking the curriculum of integration between vocational and general education as the key point to explore the development of education under the background of "Double Reduction" and analyzes the historical process of its difficult start, exploration and development, deepening of reform, and moving towards the period of strategic opportunity under the background of "Double Reduction". Preliminary proven the curriculum of integration between vocational and general education under the background of "Double reduction" there is a social coordination imbalance and the contradiction between education demand, curriculum as pilot reform of the utilitarian intentions obvious at the grassroots level and the deepening of the contradictions of the curriculum of integration between vocational and general education. From the perspective of the core of this phenomenon, combined with the theory and reality based on practice, using the case analysis and comparative analysis to explore the positive development path of the curriculum of integration between vocational and general education. First, to achieve a benign balance of the ideological cognition of general education and vocational education with family, school, and social comprehensive practice education. Second, to establish a diversified education evaluation mechanism. Third, to return to school education with the construction of various forms of cooperative fusion mechanisms in order to improve the quality of the curriculum of integration between vocational and general education.


The 1990–1991 Gulf War of the US-led coalition forces against Iraq had far-reaching global and regional implications. Islamists – that is, those for whom religion had become a part of political discourse, organizational affiliation and political struggle – sharply diverged in their assessments of that war. While the Wahhabis supported the Saudi government, which invited the US troops and their allies, the Muslim Brothers and the related Sahwa Movement in Saudi Arabia condemned the deployment of non-Muslim forces to the land of the two Holy Places and the war against 'Muslim Iraq' with the assis-tance of non-Muslim soldiers, as well as questioned the very legitimacy of the government of Saudi Arabia, which made such a decision. Previous dogmatic disagreements – such as those over attitudes towards the Sufis or the applica-tion of Sharia law – had not previously hindered the cooperation between Brothers and Wahhabis on the basis of the struggle against nationalism, communism, socialism, laicism, the penetration of culture and other Western values. Yet, the former dogmatic divisions deepened, and the politicization of Islam revealed the sharply anti-Western positions of the Islamists from among the Brothers and the Sahwa. The Sahwa ear-Vasiliev Contradictions between Islamists ly 2021 did the coalitions achieve some degree of consensus, and Saudi Arabia and Qatar seemed to have restored relations. 2001:


: Co-catalysts play a crucial role in photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting reactions by improving slow kinetics and reducing surface recombination, thereby enhancing PEC performance. However, achieving a well-defined interface between low-dimensional semiconductors and co-catalysts is challenging due to difficulties in depositing a uniform co-catalyst layer and attaining mixed and disordered states. CaMn 2 O 4 ·xH 2 O, composed of earth-abundant materials, has been extensively studied for the purpose of decreasing the overpotential in the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). The intimate contact between CaMn 2 O 4 ·xH 2 O and GaN nanowires (NWs) can enhance charge transfer and lower the activation energy of the OER. In this study, CaMn 2 O 4 ·xH 2 O was synthesized via a hydrothermal method, and loaded onto a GaN NW photoanode.


Comprehensive statistics of present day have historically four roots: Practical statistics, university statistics, political arithmetics and probability theory). From this basis has developed the official statistics, the descriptive statistics and inductive statistics which comprise especially probability theory. However, these branches do no exist independently of each other though modern specialisation mistakingly assumed it to be so. There are facts and issues in the social sciences which influence the application of statistical methods. On the other hand the economics and social statistics are themselves influenced by the requirements of the statistical method. To be knowledgeable in both fields — official statistics and statistical methods — one would assume that the statistician had gained a first hand experience in both. This assumption is correct in the person we honour, for he was the one who has consistently pointed out the limits of statistical methods in practical statistics as applied to social science problems, especially in gaining data. This paper is derived from the offical statistics whose current function is in the production of data and the construction of reporting systems. This paper presents a reporting system on poverty that is being developed in three countries of the European Community, namely the UK, Denmark and the Federal Republic of Germany. In these three countries the reporting system consists of a summary of social economic characteristics describing poverty and the corresponding surveys).


Asymmetrical six-phase permanent magnet synchronous machines (PMSMs) drives are a promising candidate for electric transportation systems, offering inherent fault tolerance. However, one of the key challenges in developing high-performance control strategies for these systems is suppressing undesirable circulating currents that increase the machine losses. Hence, this paper compares two non-linear control strategies, namely finite control set model predictive control (FCS-MPC) and digital sliding-mode control (DSMC), to address this issue. Besides providing an excellent dynamic performance and robustness to parameter mismatch errors, both control strategies aim to minimize the circulating current harmonics, which are mainly due to deadtime effects and back-EMF harmonics in six-phase PMSM drives. Simulation results obtained with MATLAB/Simulink® are presented in this paper to compare and validate the performance of both control strategies.


Purpose
The purpose of this study is to examine the state of the literature on knowledge sharing in open source software (OSS) development communities by examining the existing research and identifying the knowledge gaps and opportunities that can inform areas for future research.

Design/methodology/approach
A systematic literature review was conducted of literature published between January 2011 and February 2023. A total of 24 papers were identified and reviewed.

Findings
The findings reveal that the literature on knowledge sharing in OSS development communities from developing countries are limited. Additionally, there exists a limited focus on the development of frameworks to support knowledge sharing in OSS communities. The transient nature of OSS development contributors' results in knowledge loss; thus, knowledge retention needs further investigation.

Research limitations/implications
This study only included papers whose titles, keywords or abstracts included the search keywords "knowledge sharing" and "Open Source Software". While the keywords were carefully applied, when applying the search, it cannot be ruled that some relevant studies might have been missed. The study was also limited to conferences and journal papers published in English. Despite the limitations, the study provides a systematic review of knowledge sharing in OSS communities and presents findings that can be useful to researchers and practitioners interested in this area.

Originality/value
The study provides a systematic literature review of published papers and identifies themes and future research areas on knowledge sharing in OSS communities. Additionally, this review offers insights into future research avenues for theory, content and context on knowledge sharing in OSS development communities.


The paper is devoted to historical masonry buildings protection against the destructive influence of earthquakes. Strengthening such buildings that were not originally designed to resist seismic actions became a common practice in structural engineering in Romania. Seismic retrofitting of the cultural heritage, especially of the historic buildings, requires compliance with the severe restrictions of the Romanian legislation related to the preservation of the original artistic and structural features. That's why the technical assessment, the strengthening followed by the rehabilitation of an old heritage building became an engineering "art" with a firm "scientific base". After a very short presentation on the evolution of the masonry buildings in Romania, the paper deals with the study of a prototype of such a building in Constanţa city, within which "The National History and Archeology Museum" is located. To perform the technical assessment of the above mentioned building a theory of damage and failure of unreinforced masonry walls was applied. This theory was conceived by the Romanian engineer Emilian Ţiţaru when he studied the behavior of masonry buildings in Karpos district, after the July 26, 1963 Skopje earthquake. For the strengthening of the museum building the concept of "spectral position" was used. Some information on the use in Romania of the concept of "base isolation" is also given. 1. MASONRY BUILDINGS IN ROMANIA. A SHORT HISTORY. As in most countries of the world, buildings with structural systems – masonry walls type, were the most frequent ones used in the past. For many centuries masonry buildings have been "designed" by using some practical rules derived from well defined ratios among the dimensions of the main structural elements, based on experience acquired over the years. Even after the evolution of most specific theoretical background in the field of the theory of structures at the end of the XIX century and the beginning of the XX century, the design of masonry buildings has been mostly done through the same old established procedures. The beginning of the XX century marked the introduction of new materials in the structural systems of masonry buildings, such as reinforced concrete and steel. In the above mentioned period hundreds of thousands of rural residential and hundreds of public buildings with solid bricks structural walls have been built in Romania. From the second class of existing masonry type buildings, the most representative are those for: public services, military, education, health and culture (theatres, cinema, and museums).


The project "MOST" (Microvariability and Oscillations of Stars) is a Canadian micro satellite space telescope mission. The micro satellite carries a Rumak-Maksutov telescope with an aperture of 15cm. The size of the satellite is 65cm x 65cm x 30cm and the mass is about 65kg. The goals of the mission are to analyze the inner structure of stars, to set a lower limit to the age of the universe and to search for Exoplanets. The project MOST consists of a Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) Satellite and three Ground Stations, one of them in Vienna [1]. The Vienna ground station was set up at the Institute for Astronomy of the University of Vienna in cooperation with the Institute of Communications and Radio-Frequency Engineering of the Vienna University of Technology. The satellite link operates full duplex at the 2GHz band. This paper presents the methodology and the experiment for checking an eventual desensibilization of the receiving system caused by the presence of the permanent uplink signal.


Master Plan of Conservation and Development of Krung Rattanakosin 2032 has planned under the vision of "A glorious capital city of Siam Kingdom, dignified by urban heritages, blending with multi-identical-cultural dimensions of the local community, and the contemporary urbanism."  An integrated planning in responsive with the dynamic contexts under the combining the conservation and development into one framework.  Highlighted on the Krung Rattanakosin urban structure and significant cultural heritages which express the important stories of the area, including the story of the two capital cities of Thonburi and Krung Rattanakosin, the stories about palaces, and spatial development.


The use of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in conjunction with an endorectal coil is currently the clinical standard for the diagnosis of prostate cancer. This approach has become recognized for its comparatively high sensitivity and specificity. However, imaging in this manner provides images and spectra of the prostate in the deformed state because of contact with the endorectal coil. Such deformation may lead to uncertainties in the localization of prostate cancer during therapy. In this dissertation we propose a novel 3-D elastic registration method. Unlike the traditional elastic registration methods which solve the force balance equations to achieve transformation between the source and target images, this algorithm derives the transformation by minimizing a physically motivated strain energy function. The minimization process is constrained by the matching features (i.e., contours or surfaces) in the source and target images that have been identified automatically by active contour/surface approaches. The Gauss–Seidel method was used in the numerical implementation of the strain energy minimization algorithm.
The registration procedure was validated on synthetic digital images, on a physical prostate phantom and in vivo prostate MR images. The registration error on the synthetic digital images was 0.2 ± 0.1 pixels. On the physical phantom and in vivo patient data, the errors were 1.0 ± 0.6 pixels (0.6 ± 0.4 mm), and 1.8 ± 0.7 pixels (1.1 ± 0.4 mm), respectively. Registration also improved image similarity (normalized cross correlation) from 0.72 ± 0.10 to 0.96 ± 0.03 on patient data. Registration results from the three forms of evaluation demonstrated that the proposed registration procedure can be used to significantly (p < 0.0001) improve the accuracy of image-guided therapies such as brachytherapy or external-beam therapy and can be valuable in the longitudinal follow-up of patients after therapy. When applied to in vivo prostate MR images the SEMT algorithm was significantly (p < 0.001) better than the 12-parameter affine approach, and nearing significant improvement (p = 0.066) when compared to the B-spline approach.


This article deals with the elaboration in Spain of a guide for prescribing medicinal drugs to patients who drive and to establish a categorization of drugs into three levels according to their impairing properties. (A) For the covering abstract of the conference, see ITRD Abstract No. E201067.


Raman spectra of crystalline subglobular proteins exhibit peaks in the low-frequency spectral range. These peaks can be related to resonance oscillations of subglobules and possibly play an important role in the catalytic act. The low-frequency spectral features were not observed in aqueous solutions. According to the hydrodynamics, the corresponding oscillations must be overdamped. The results obtained by the methods of molecular dynamics how that the Q-factor of subglobular oscillations can be larger than 10, which stimulated further experimental studies of solutions of proteins.


Methodologies for risk analysis within the oil industry tend to neglect the potential effects of human error. Oil refineries frequently face incidents during their operation, which can lead to a broad range of objectionable consequences. These may concern unplanned stops, production delays, and operators' injuries; yet, more serious situations such as loss of life and substantial financial costs are also among the potential consequences. Deeper analysis of such accidents shows that they often involve human error at some point. Quantitative Risk Analysis (QRA) of petroleum refinery installations has mostly focused on technical barriers to avoid these incidents. It has thus neglected the relevance of human error and its prevention. Through Human Reliability Analysis (HRA), Human Failure Events (HFE) can be identified, modeled, and quantified in the context of accident scenarios. The benefits of conducting HRA within a QRA include the identification and analysis of factors that may influence the operator ́s behavior and the potential human errors that can lead to accidents. Among the more advanced HRA methods is the Phoenix methodology. Phoenix is a model-based method that incorporates strong elements of current HRA good practices, leverages lessons learned from empirical studies, and also takes advantage of the best features of existing and emerging HRA methods. It utilizes a Crew Response Tree (CRT) to provide a structure for capturing the context associated with the HFE. It parallels event trees of a typical probabilistic risk analysis (PRA). Phoenix makes use of a human response model that relates the observable crew failures modes (CFM) to "context factors" commonly known as Performance Influencing Factors (PIFs). Phoenix has, thus, three layers: the top layer being the CRT, the mid layer being the human performance model with the CFMs, modeled as fault trees, and the bottom layer being the PIFs, modeled and connected to the CFMs through BBNs. In order to demonstrate how a modified version of Phoenix can be used to analyze possible Human Failure Events within a refinery operation, we have developed a potential scenario involving a Hydrogen Generation Unit, which produces hydrogen through steam reforming to provide to hydrotreating reactions. The scenario consists of a leak of process gas into the reformer furnace that could lead to an explosion, and was built based on Qualitative Risk Analysis of the system. We first establish potential interactions between the operators and the process in order to build the crew response tree. Following that, we identify the Crew Failure Modes, and analyze and described the PIFs for each CFM. Through this application we highlight the importance of identifying and investigating the potential impact of human error in the Petroleum industry.


A mathematical description of atmospheric gases remote monitoring based on continuous-wave laser diode ladar (CW-LD ladar) is worked out. Dependences of echo-signal amplitudes and frequencies versus gas concentration at definite path range are obtained. Analysis of both probing signal modulation parameters and absorption line parameters on each-signal characteristics is carried out. Results of CW- LD-ladar numerical simulation are presented.


The genera Anguilla is economically important to Indonesia and on increasing demand in the global market. Providing nutritional information and consumer acceptance may favour its better application in research and functional food development. Thus, the objectives of this research were to study the proximate nutritional composition, amino acid profile, followed by consumer acceptance of short fin eel. This research used proximate analysis for the determination of nutritional composition, high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) to determine the amino acids profile, and hedonic analysis using 30 panellists for consumer acceptance. Proximate composition analysis showed that Indonesian shortfin eel contained 58% water, 1.53% ash, 10.15% protein, 8.89% lipid and 21.42% carbohydrate on wet basis. From the amino acids profile analysis, the highest amino acid found in Indonesian shortfin eel was glutamic acid. Acceptance of Indonesian shortfin eel is lower than trout fish. It may be due to the harder texture of the Indonesian shortfin eel fish.


We describe here the Act Ontology, a formalism for uniformly describing biochemical function, and its use in building an enzymatic pathway synthesizer. A formal description of biochemical function allows us to reason about it, and for the particular case of enzymes, this function allows us to build a synthesizer tool that given a target chemical can automatically infer the most likely pathway that leads to it. The pathway can include known as well as hypothetical enzymes with predicted function.


(A) first and second surfaces and a metallic foil having an air gap (void) between them; (B) a plurality of abrasive particles in a substantially air gap; And (c) comprising an alloy between the abrasive particles and the pores in the foil at least in part, the alloy is provided with a polishing article constituting the part and a second component of the metal foils adjacent to a space. In addition, the manufacture and use of such a polishing article is provided. Abrasive, diamond, voids, foil, conditioners, tools


Perimortem cesarean delivery (PMCD) is the only way to resuscitate pregnant women in cardiac arrest, and has been found to increase maternal resuscitation rate by increasing circulating plasma volume. However, many obstetricians have not experienced a case of PMCD, as situations requiring it are rare. We report our strategy for cases of maternal cardiac arrest, on the basis of a review of published work, and present two case reports from our medical center.


Commentators tend to be as critical of Baron Rofrano as they are of his victim, Wachtmeister Anton Lerch, and the latter's insubordination in the field. They characterize Rofrano as an aristocrat of the ancien regime resisting historical change, arrogant, ruthless and somewhat decadent (Alewyn 84; Burkhard 50; Dun 44; Fiedler 163; Gilbert 109; Trabing 720). His summary and casual execution of Lerch draws general condemnation as a savage act out of all proportion to Lerch's refusal to release his captured mount within the count of three. Even Rofrano's decision to enter Milan is regarded as a foolhardy act of vanity, perhaps even an infringement of orders (Tarot 351). Thus readers can easily infer from Hofmannsthal's account that the author, too, was morally repelled by Rofrano's action and person (Exner 46; Trabing 720). However, at no point does Hofmannsthal reveal unequivocally his feelings towards Rofrano. He disclaims for Rofrano's mind the privileged insight that he enjoys for Lerch's, so that "(es) bleibt im Zweifel" whether other than strictly military thoughts also motivate Rofrano as he shoots Lerch.' With this feigned ignorance, Hofmannsthal raises the intriguing possibility that there might be more to Rofrano than a brutally efficient officer enforcing military discipline, which, moreover, Hofmannsthal does not explicitly condemn. Is there, then, any real justification for claiming that Rofrano, who acquits himself commendably in the field, did not embody for Hofmannsthal "als Alternativgestalt in irgendeiner Weise Vorbildlichkeit" (Mauser 117)? The reappearance some twelve years later of another Rofrano, this time Octavian, der Rosenkavalier, who in the cause of love draws the blood of Baron Ochs, ought to give pause to readers who deny the bloody deeds of Baron Rofrano any sympathy on Hofmannsthal's part.


This study focuses on analyzing a deterministic SIR model governing the dynamics of the hosts and vectors on an urban network. Our analysis scrutinizes the typical existence--stability of the equilibria as well as the sensitivity of the basic reproductive number. The latter is a groundbreaking finding that has a strong applicative relevance, particularly for addressing the problem of the distribution of job opportunities toward diminishing the disease persistence on the entire network.


This paper formulates the traffic assignment problem from a dynamical system approach. User equilibrium is realised as the steady state in day-to-day traffic dynamics. The dynamic equilibrium solution is shown to be identical to the equilibrium solution in a static model. The advantage of this dynamic approach is that it enables the analysis on equilibrium stability and attraction domains, as well as how disequilibrium states evolve towards equilibrium. These are important issues for the identification of the prevailing equilibrium in the long run, and for dynamic traffic management. This paper shows how the attraction domain can be determined or estimated. Moreover, the simultaneous route and departure time choice problem in the dayto-day setting is also formulated.


Experimental research had been carried out in October-December of 1999 to analyze the effects of the female strain as well as the female age and the male strain including their interaction on the female receptivity of D. melanogaster after first copulation. The strains involved were y, w, m, yw, yw, wm, ywm, b, Cl, dp, bCl, bdp, Cldp, bCldp, and N. The data were analyzed in three ways of ANOVA using advanced test of LSD. I had found that only the female had significant effects on the female receptivity.


Background: This paper aims to provide a model that can be used to simulate the effect of patient presentation counts on ED boarder counts and investigate strategies that might be used for managing ED boarding levels. Methods: A boarding simulation model is constructed using a random variable and two regressions that are linked together in a difference equation. The simulation is run under varying constraints, including time interval, presentation counts, and boarder count threshold. Bootstrapping is used to run the simulation a large number of times so that mean and medians can be calculated along with confidence intervals. Results: The method outlined in this paper can be used to simulate the effect of presentation levels on ED boarder counts. Using these methods one can derive quantifiable estimates of time that an emergency department might meet or exceed a particular boarder count threshold. Conclusions: These simulation methods can help an emergency department understand the dynamics of the system in the status quo of normal operations and quantify the relationship of presentation counts and throughput to the hospital. We are hopeful that others may use these methods, adapting, developing, and testing for their own institutions.


textabstractProteins, the working tools of each and every cell, are able to carry
out and catalyse all processes essential for cellular metabolism
and survival. Every protein is equipped with a set of specific
properties, e.g. catalytic or structural features, that enable them
to fulfil specific tasks necessary for the proper functioning of the
cell. Moreover, proteins and peptides can assemble in intricate,
multicomponent arrays, that further increases the efficiency and
specificity of performed tasks, thus functioning as biological
nanomachines. As in every machine, or tool, structure and
structural dynamics are inseparable with protein' function. With
the recent developments in techniques utilized to study protein
structure, advances in understanding protein function had been
remarkable, however, big, flexible proteins prove difficult to study
and very often remain outside the scope of conventional
biochemical investigations. The aim of this thesis was to employ
Scanning Force Microscopy (SFM) to investigate structure-to-
function relations of proteins which size and structural dynamics
are limiting factors in most biochemical approaches.


This paper works on the reduction of PAPR with reduced transmitted power of OFDM using Gaussian distribution. Peak power to average power ratio in case of OFDM is quiet large due to adding of subcarrier coherently.The proposed technique extract the basic features of Gaussian distribution in companding for efficient transmission of OFDM with orthogonal subcarrier by improving peak signal power simultaneously with average power . IndexTerms—Complementary cumulative distribution function (CCDF),high power amplifier (HPA), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM), Peak-to-Average Power Ratio (PAPR), inter-symbol interference (ISI),bit error rate(BER).