The article considers the level of self-sufficiency of the region with the main types of agricultural products. On the basis of the analysis of resources and use of basic food products in the Amur region, it is concluded that the in-house production of some food products does not meet the needs of their domestic consumption. A large part of the region 's food resources is formed by the import of goods from other regions of the country, including imports. The high dependence of the region 's economy on imports poses a threat to the food security of the region 's population. In order to reduce the dependence of the region 's economy on imports and crises in foreign commodity markets, as well as to increase the competitiveness of the Amur region in domestic and foreign markets, the article considers the need to develop a strategy for import substitution of both food and non-food products.


Abstract Coordination problem among agents is a very interesting area for studying. In this paper we will deal a problem how the agents can coordinate via coalitions, we will also analyse a problem of choosing an optimal structure for agents' coalitions. A method for reduction the searching space for finding the optimal coalition will be presented. Another problem is a coalition related various parameters, for it we will introduce and propose a method to resolve.


Objectives: This study was conducted to estimate diagnostic performance of dementia screening tests including Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Mini-Cog, Clock Drawing Test (CDT) and Ascertain Dementia 8 questionnaire (AD8) without a gold standard by Bayesian method. Methods: 2015 participants aged 65 years or more in eastern China were enrolled. 4 screening tests were administered and scored by specifically trained psychiatrists. The prior information of sensitivity, specificity of each screening tests are updated via Bayes' theorem to a posterior distribution, using the survey data and the multinomial likelihood function. Results: The diagnostic characteristics of Mini-Cog, including sensitivity, specificity, PPV, NPV, especially the Youden index, performed well, even better than the combinations of several screening tests. Meanwhile, the Mini-Cog was quick and easy to administer, which needed only 2–4 minutes to complete compared with more than 10 minutes of MMSE, while having psychometric properties similar to the MMSE. Conclusion: Our study showed that Bayesian method was a suitable tool for evaluating dementia screening tests when a gold standard was not available. The Mini-Cog with excellent screening characteristics, could be considered to be used as a screening test to help screening patients for cognitive impairment and diagnose dementia early.


improvement in diplopia and ptosis. Ocular findings can occur in myotonia congenita, although they are reported rarely. This is a unique description of a patient with a CLCN1 gene mutation who presented with fluctuating diplopia, ocular misalignment, and ptosis as initial symptoms of myotonia congenita. This patient's response to mexilitine suggests myotonia of the extraocular muscles as the likely mechanism for her symptoms. MC is an important diagnostic consideration in evaluating patients with fluctuating ocular symptoms.


Effects of different pretreatment methods such as heating treatment,adding NaHSO3 or NaCl or CaCl2 on preservation rate of vitamin C(VC) in preserved fruit of cherry tomato were studied in this research.Results indicated that the four pretreatment processes had different effects on VC stability,and the order was:adding NaCladding CaC12adding NaHSO3 heating treatment.On the conditions of soaking in 0.2% citric acid and 1.5% NaCl compound solution for 15 min,the preservation rate of VC in preserved fruit of cherry tomato reached maximum,45.83%.


This article analyses the doctrine of free will (autexousion) in the confessions of St. Peter Mogila and Dositheos II Notaras of Jerusalem. Free will is a central concept in Eastern Christian anthropology and these two monuments of theology represent how the understanding of the concept of free will developed in Eastern Orthodox theology in the context of the confrontation with Western theologies in the seventeenth century.


In the 1763 Treatise on Tolerance, Voltaire focuses on a case that deserved the full attention of his time, and also of posterity: the Jean Calas case. The untimely accusations, without any mediation of reason, made this a foretaste of so many others that would come ahead. The present article proposes a revision of Voltaire's text so that the theme of tolerance can be resumed and rediscussed. In order to transcend thresholds that obscures reason and stifle the possibility of a peaceful coexistence among men, a discussion from the Lights is opportune for an assessment of the nuances of intolerance, which perpetuates itself, and for the resumption of its antipodal, the tolerance, which has never been so necessary for the 21st century in the various spaces of coexistence of citizens.


A new phenolic glucoside, isoconiferoside (1), was isolated from the seeds of Panax ginseng (Araliaceae). The structure was determined to be 9-O-[β-d-glucopyranosyl-(1→6)-β-d-glucopyranosyl]-trans-coniferyl alcohol based on spectroscopic analyses (1H- and 13C-NMR, DEPT, COSY, HMQC, and HMBC) and acid hydrolysis.


Sir: We have read the very interesting paper by Zhang & McManus (1996) reporting the puri®cation and Nterminal amino acid sequencing of Echinococcus granulosus antigen 5. This work contributes valuable information on this major immunogenic molecule of the parasite, for which no biological function has been suggested. The authors report a series of related but different N-terminal sequences for what may be variants of the 38 kDa subunit of antigen 5. From these individual sequences, an 18 residue consensus sequence is drawn. The authors report this sequence as having no signi®cant homology with any known sequences in the databases. However, we have done a BLAST (NCBI) search with the reported consensus sequence, and found it to have homology with various serine proteinases from a range of organisms. The highest ranking match (12 similar or identical residues in 18; see Figure) is with a 28 kDa collagenolytic serine protease from the red king crab Paralithodes camtschatica (Klimova et al. 1990). Lower ranking matches are mostly with elastases from a variety of vertebrate species. The E. granulosus sequence contains (residues 11±13) a conserved SWP motif found in many known serine proteinases. In addition, its ®rst four residues, IVGG, match a conserved serine proteinase xxGG motif (with x representing I, V, or L). The 38 kDa subunit of antigen 5 is known to be disulphidelinked to a 20±25 kDa chain, which causes non-reduced antigen to run as 56±70 kDa on SDS-PAGE. This chain structure is compatible with our suggestion: in various known serine proteinases the proteinase domain remains disulphide-linked, after activation of the zymogen form, to the regulatory polypeptide. It is then worth performing functional studies on antigen 5 in order to assess a serine proteinase type of activity. Considering the hydatid cyst grows, in most cases, within a tightly apposed host collagenous capsule (adventitious layer), a collagenolytic activity in antigen 5 would suggest a possible function in the opening up of physical space for cyst growth. As a potentially interesting connection, it should also be pointed out that the other major immunogenic component of this parasite (antigen B) has been shown to possess elastase inhibitory activity (Shepherd, Aitken & McManus 1991).


Abstract : The study analyzed human engineering requirements and criteria documents in use by the Military Services to achieve a balanced and structured document system in this area composed of a minimum number of fully coordinated and limited coordination specifications, standards, and handbooks. It was concluded that a single military specification for human engineering can be used by the three Services in procurement of military systems, equipment, and facilities (FSC Misc); that a single military standard can be used by the three Services as human engineering design critera for aerospace/missile systems, equipment, and facilities (FSC 1400); and that handbooks remain product and Service oriented. Models of both a suggested military specification and military standard are included for further evaluation. (Author)


The goal of my thesis is to research ways to improve energy efficiency in IoT networks, which contain various devices including sensor nodes and smartphones. In my research, I will use a bottom-up approach by starting with modeling of traffic impact on energy consumption in single wireless nodes to large-scale IoT networks. The result of my work will be energy and interference models for WSNs and energy management middleware for IoT networks. As of now, I have published work in traffic scheduling and currently working on a large-scale 802.15.4/CoAP network emulation experiment and interference modeling.


Objective To culture and induce the rat bone marrow-derived dendrtic cells,investigate the suppressive effects of immature dendritic cells on high-risk corneal allograft rejection.Methods To cultivate,induce and amplify a large number of dendritic cells,with morphological observation,immunological phenotype identification by flow cytometry; 45 Wistar and 23 SD rats were used as donors and recipients respectively to establish allogeneic risk corneal transplantation model with alkaline burn.The SD rats were randomly divided into control group with 15 rats,immature dendritic cells (imDC) group with 15 rats and mature dendritic cells (mDC) group with 15 rats.In control group,0.1 ml Phosphate buffer were injected into SD rats via tail vein in 7th day before corneal transplantation; In imDC group,donor bone marrow-derived imDC of 1 × 106 were injected into SD rats via tail vein in 7th day before corneal transplantation; In mDC group,donor bone marrow-derived mDC of 1 × 106 were injected into SD rats via tail vein in 7th day before corneal transplantation.The survival of corneal graft were observed and scored by slitlamp microscope everyday after transplantation.In each group,five recipients were killed on 14th day after transplantation,the corneal grafts were take and fixed in 10% formaldehyde solution for hematoxylin-eosin(HE) staining.Results With combination of rat lymphocyte separation medium induced a large number of dendritic cells,the dendritic cells were proved in different state with morphological observation by inverted phase contrast microscope and scanning electron microseope,with immunological phenotype indentification by flow cytometry.The mean survival time of corneal graft was 19.6 + 1.1 days in imDC group,9.5 ± 0.9 days in control group and 7 ± 1.6 days in mDC group.The differences were statistically significant.Conclusions The imDC from donor in vitro culture can suppress high-risk corneal allograft rejection in rat.

Key words:
Dendritic cell,immature;  Corneal transplantation;  Immune tolerance


Introduction Ge nanodots formed on a SiO2 monolayer covering Si surface have been considered as a promising material for optoelectronics [1]. One can separately fabricate two types of nanodots by controlling the growth condition; epitaxial and non-epitaxial. The former has subnanometer-sized voids in the interface oxide layer beneath the nanodots, which makes direct contact to the substrate, whereas the latter has no void causing separation of the dots from the substrate. Quantum size effect in the nanodots was revealed by means of valence band photoemission [2,3], and quantitative analysis on shift of the quantized energy as a function of dot-size shows a lower confining potential barrier height for the epitaxial nanodots compared with the non-epitaxial ones [2]. Recently, significant enhancement of electrical conductance on the epitaxial dot arrays compares to the non-epitaxial ones was elucidated by means of micro 4 point probe and 4-tip STM, which implies effective carrier exchange through the voids between the epitaxial nanodots and the substrate [4]. Generally speaking, however, such enhancement of the conductivity can also be ascribed to a change in band-bending of the Si substrate. In this context, we evaluated the change in the conductance through the space-charge (SC) layer of Si substrate from band-bending modification after formation of the two types of Ge nanodots.


This paper draws on the author's experience undertaking life history research with adults with histories of organized child sexual abuse. Organized abuse has been a particular flashpoint for controversy in debates over child abuse and memory, but it is also a very harmful and traumatic form of sexual violence. Research participants described how, in childhood, threats and trauma kept them silent about their abuse, but in adulthood this silence was reinforced by the invalidation that accompanied their efforts to draw attention to the harms that have befallen themselves and others. This paper will examine the role of qualitative research in addressing a form of alterity whose defining characteristic is the silencing and dismissal of narrative.


Research was conducted in the final stage of fattening pigs Palmiste in Landrace pigs - York, with an average age of 75 days. The experimental unit consisted of two animals with three treatments and four replications. Was performed on the property of Mr. Rodolfo Rodriguez, located at km 11 of the road the Mana - Latacunga Sector Progress to right margin, 2 km from the main, in the Canton La Mana - Cotopaxi Province. The duration was 60 days, and its objectives determine the weight gain in the three levels of palm kernel in feeding pigs in the fattening stage, determine the best level of palm kernel in feeding pigs in the fattening stage , establish the relationship of economic analysis study diets. We used a completely randomized design with three treatments and four replications. For comparison between means was used Tukey test, for the profitability of the treatments study reports the benefit - cost. The variables studied were total weight gain, total feed consumption, feed conversion total. In the variable weight gain did not show statistical difference between treatments, but numerically the biggest gain the kernel obtained 40% T3 (370.80 g day-1) and the lowest kernel Q1 profit 20% (306.5 g / day-1). In the variable feed intake was not obtained statistically significant difference, but there was still the largest numerical difference kernel T3 consumption 40% (216.8 g day-1) and lower power T1 20% kernel (1778.9 g / day-1). The variable feed conversion showed no statistically significant difference, but 20% T1 numerical kernel is the best converter with (6.7) and lowest in converting 40% T3 is the kernel with (7.4). In the variable production costs find the highest cost kernel in T2 30% ($ 372.07) and the lowest cost of registering the kernel T1 20% ($ 358.49). Found in net profit with the largest value the kernel T3 40% ($ 117.59) followed by 20% kernel T1 ($ 46.09) and the lowest recorded profit kernel T2 30% ($ 36.20).


A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: an outer casing material; a nonaqueous electrolyte solution; a positive electrode; a negative electrode; and a separator that is sandwiched between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The nonaqueous electrolyte solution is filled into the outer casing material. The nonaqueous electrolyte solution contains one or more sulfone compounds represented by formula (1), a partially fluorine-substituted ether represented by molecular formula (2), and one or more lithium salts. The positive electrode is contained in the outer casing material. The positive electrode comprises, as a positive electrode active material, a composite oxide represented by Li 1-x Mn 1.5-y Ni 0.5-z M y+z O 4 (wherein 0 ≤ x ≤ 1, 0 ≤ y + z ≤ 0.15, and M represents one or more elements selected from among Mg, Al, Ti, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Nb, Sn, Zr and Ta). The negative electrode is contained in the outer casing material. The negative electrode comprises, as a negative electrode active material, an oxide that contains Ti and is capable of absorbing and desorbing lithium.


607 Published By: Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering & Sciences Publication Retrieval Number:F11060476S519/19©BEIESP Abstract: With overwhelming use of internet, security is the top most priority while transferring data. This paper proposes a Joint encryption method along with Dual watermark embedding which gives ultimate security for multimedia file and also this procedure was implemented on color images.At first watermark is encoded with Chaotic mapping, after which it experience blended change inserting strategy dependent on DWT and DCT, with unique picture pursued by AES encryption for non-dazzle watermarking calculation. The DWT and DCT were joined to adapt to clamor issue and upgrade perceptual straightforwardness of watermarking picture. Our goal is to offer access to the results of the picture uprightness and of its inception despite the fact that the picture is put away encoded. This strategy gives better PSNR and relationship factors.


I want to change my boss' mind, but he won't listen. I want to change the way we operate around here, but there are too many obstacles. I want to make some changes in my life, but I'm scared they might not work out. All too often our desire to improve things is undermined by the scepticism of others and by our own caution and fear. In "Switch", best-selling authors Chip and Dan Heath delve deep inside the human psyche to explain why this should be so, but they also argue that once we understand how our minds function, there are practical steps we can take to overcome our inbuilt resistance to change. And the results can be extraordinary.


Use insolubilization treatment can be suppressed elution of PVA in the step of contact with water without previously laminate the polarizing film having excellent polarizing performance can be conveniently prepared using a general-purpose polarizing film producing apparatus, and it method for producing a polarizing film had, as well as less polarizing film leakage of the red light in the crossed nicols is excellent in polarizing performance, and provide a manufacturing method thereof. Thermoplastic resin film layer and the degree of swelling laminate having a 260% to 180% or less of the PVA layer, and a manufacturing method of the polarizing film including a step of stretching the laminate, and birefringence 45 × 10


THE C O N C E P T OF THE S C H O O L L I B R A R Y as an enriched instructional materials center has been accepted generally by librarians serving today's elementary and secondary school programs. The abundance of print and non-print material now flowing into schools as a result (primarily) of recent Federal legislation, such as the National Defense Education Act (NDEA) and Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), has made it imperative that revised patterns of library organization and accessibility be established or expanded in all school systems. A statement published recently by the Knapp School Libraries Project defines instructional materials as "all types . , , used in intellectual pursuits by teachers and students" and reaffirms the principle that a "strong central library . . . is the keystone of quality education in each school, regardless of size or organization of the school. From this central library many points of access to instructional resources can be provided through mobility of library staff and of library materials." The materials-centered school library is intended to locate, organize and disseminate all media in the way which will best serve the school community, the community being defined to include teachers, supervisors and administrators as well as students. The key word is "serve." No center can justify its existence if it is merely a storehouse for equipment, bound periodicals or other media. The library must serve as a teaching instrument within the over-all framework of the school. Librarians must keep constantly aware of innovations in school organization, curricular trends, and instructional techniques. Inevitably,


Mass transport and thermodynamic properties of Li{sub x}CoO{sub 2} were studied by the potentiostatic intermittent titration technique (PITT). We determined the chemical diffusion coefficient ({bar D}{sub Li}) and the thermodynamic factor ({Theta}) of Li in the region 0.45 < x < 0.7, where Li{sub x}CoO{sub 2} exists as a single phase having either a rhombohedral or a monoclinic structure. Solid-state thin-film batteries were used in order to ensure a well-defined diffusion geometry. Both {bar D}{sub Li} and {Theta} have minima at the phase boundaries of the Li vacancy ordered phase Li{sub 0.5}CoO{sub 2}. The self-diffusion coefficient of Li (D{sub Li}) has a minimum at x = 0.5 associated with the Li vacancy ordering. As the degree of ordering increases, nonmonotonic variations of {bar D}{sub Li}, {Theta}, and D{sub Li} become more pronounced when approaching x = 0.5 in Li{sub x}CoO{sub 2}.


Abstract In conducting his research for The Last Refuge (1962), Peter Townsend visited 173 public, voluntary and private residential care homes for older people in England and Wales. Drawing on his data, now archived at the University of Essex, we traced the subsequent history of these homes and revisited a sample that were still functioning as care homes in 2006. In this article, we focus on the 42 private homes he visited, some of which remain open and were revisited by us in 2005–06. The pre-1980 history of private sector residential care provision for older people is an elusive and poorly charted topic. Drawing on the two data sets for then and now, this article contributes new insights into this area of UK policy and practice.


Summary In this paper we use GrÖbner bases to explore the inherent structure of Sudoku puzzles and boards. In particular, we develop three different ways of representing the constraints of Shidoku with a system of polynomial equations. In one case, we will explicitly show how a GrÖbner basis can be used to obtain a more meaningful representation of the constraints. The GrÖbner basis representation can be used to find puzzle solutions or count numbers of boards.


The volume of cis-1,4-polybutadiene between 5 and 55°C and 1 and 3000 atmospheres was measured to within a relative error of 0.1 percent with an especially developed, bellows-type dilatometer. The presence of a small transition near 55°C was indicated by analysis of the data and confirmed by differential thermal analysis.


Joseph V. Brady, elsewhere in these pages, has mentioned some of the operant conditioning techniques that are being developed to assess the behavioral effects of drugs. In this paper I shall describe some preliminary results obtained with still another method of this sort. Both psychotic behavior and drug-induced behavior are often characterized by a lack of appropriateness to environmental stimuli. To put it in another way, stimuli appear to have less control over behavior than usual. The present method is specifically concerned with the stimulus control of behavior and druginduced changes in this control. The procedure derives from B. F. Skinner's operant-conditioning methodology. It is rather complex and will be analyzed in detail in a future paper. '


The study area is located west of Lake Maardu, North Estonia and has been previously investigated by means of a pollen diagram from the lake sediments and by archaeological excavations of fossil fields dated to the Late Bronze and Pre-Roman Iron Age. Samples for a new pollen diagram were taken 300 m east of the lake and 200 m west of the fossil fields, from the peat bog of Saha-Loo. When comparing these two diagrams and the archaeological results it became evident that, although the bog site is much closer to the ancient fields, it reveals only the major and strongest changes resulting from human interference. The lake samples, on the other hand, give a regional but still more detailed picture of the land-use history.


Certain convergence theorems, akin to results of Levy and Lebesgue for conditional expectations, are established for conditional medians. An explicit representation of a conditional median is given.


From the factors that affect the teaching of housing,the author of this article explains that the major of civil engineering should base on the knowledge of housing and attach importance to the link of practice in order to raise the comprehensive abilities of students so as to lay an excellent foundation for the study of civil engineering.


Plantar fasciitis affects an estimated 2 million persons who present annually for medical treatment. Runners comprise over 76% of athletes with this condition. Men and women appear to be equally affected. Plantar fasciitis classically presents as medial heel pain that is sharp and most severe with the first step out of bed in the morning or after prolonged rest. This condition is generally self-limiting, but complete resolution may take 6 to 18 months or longer. Aggressive management using combination therapies is most efficacious and affords athletes the best opportunity to recover quickly and fully. An understanding of risk factors and pathophysiology will help in identifying athletes predisposed to developing plantar fasciitis, as well as in formulating the most effective preventive and therapeutic treatment plan.


In the article the mechanism of functioning of system of marketing of fish and fish products in the domestic market of Ukraine is reasonably. The proposal and scientific recommendations for improving its functioning are shows. To simplify the working conditions in the fishing industry and attract additional investment in the industry proposed to create the State register of fishery water bodies, to provide information about the reservoir and the possibility of their use in modern conditions.


Functional dyspepsia (FD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) are the most frequent functional gastrointestinal (GI) disorders. They require a multifactorial treatment since they appear to be related to several functional conditions, such as alterations of motility, hypersensitivity, inflammation, alteration of the gut microbiota, stress and psychological disorders, among others. SWT 5 is a combination of 9 herbal extracts with synergistic and complementary activities that is able to modulate gastric and intestinal motility, inhibits gastric acid secretion, shows mucosal anti-inflammatory and protective activities, and reduces intestinal hypersensitivity. Since 1990, statistically significant efficacy has been shown in 6 randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical trials: five in DF (4 versus placebo and one in front of cisapride) and one in IBS (versus placebo). The efficacy in DF and IBS has also been shown in observational studies involving more than 5000 adults and 44000 children treated with STW 5. The combination of extracts presents an excellent tolerability and a good safety profile, with a very low incidence of adverse effects.


It introduces characteristics of the cooling coil in the cold air distribution system,combining with project case,studies the cooling coil column number,procedures and pressure dropping,so as to promote research of the cooling coil in the cold air distribution system,thus improving development of the air conditioning energy saving largely.


Only one of the country's 14 regional health authorities is set to meet the government's deadline for settling clinical grading appeals.


Easter Island prehistory has been intensively investigated over the last two decades with an emphasis on archaeological inventories and the reconstruction of religious sites. However, recent research has taken on a new empha is directed at past land cape use and its change over time. In this ymposium, we present the mo t recent re earch programs and demonstrate how soil science and environmental research methods can be used to develop a context for the interpretation of the archaeological record. Studies of past agronomic potential, environmental diversity, soil structure and depositional history are u ed to help reconstruct the landscape that was modified by fore t clearance, agricultural systems and domestic settlements. SOIL CHARACTERISTICS FOR CROP GROWTH IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE IN THE LA PEROUSE AREA OF EASTER ISLAND Geertrui Louwagie, Roger Langohr and Jari Mikkelsen Ghent University, Laboratory of Soil Science Abstract: Physical land evaluation method are applied in order to test hypotheses about past land u e y tems on Easter Island. Physical land evaluation method are applied in order to test hypotheses about past land u e y tems on Easter Island. For a better understanding of the soil cape and its dynamics, now and in the past, the subject is studied according to the scale of observation. With regard to pa t agronomic potential, only small scale soil variability, of everal meters up to several decametres, is further discussed. In the La Perou e area, a pedotopotransect that crosses a lava plateau, a lava ridge and interlava-ridge-depression i studied. Profile I, in plateau position, has parent rock at I m depth. Profile 2, situated on a concave lope, is shallow (40 cm). Profile 3, in depression position, is up to 2 m deep and has a thick (70 cm) bioturbated urface horizon NEW EVIDE CE OF THE SCHOE OPLECTUS CALIFOR ICUS TOTORA ARRIVAL AT EASTER ISLAND BASED 0 PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS L. Vrydaghs l , Ch. Cocquyt, T. Van de Vijver P. Goetghebeur I Laboratory of Palaeontology, Univer ity of Ghent, 2 University of Ghent, Department of Biology, Laboratory of Botany Abstract: The Easter I land vegetation shifted from a forThe Easter I land vegetation shifted from a forested landscape to open grassland and incorporated new plant introductions. Among the latter was Schoelloplectus califomicus totora (formerly Scirpus califamicus totora), a reed widely u ed in South America. In 1998, an interdi ciplinary tudy of a Rano Raraku core by Dumont and others proposed a date for its arrival on Ea ter Island in the second half of the 14 century. Can phytolith analysis confirm this proposed date? A comparison between the phytolith spectra from an archaeological site in the Rapa Nui Journal 49 VoI.15(I)May2001 19 Benson: Captain Benson's Own Story The Log of the El Dorado Published by Kahualike, 2001


Sustainability is an issue that has a profound effect on large companies and also among SMEs. The research framework for this study is built upon this triple bottom line agenda. The study integrates individual factors that consist of sustainable orientation, organisational factors that consist of intellectual capital (human, structural and relational capital) and institutional factors (government support and social norms) as the antecedents of sustainable entrepreneurship practices. Sustainable performance of SMEs is treated as the dependent variable in this research. A total of 203 responses were obtained and analyses were carried out using Smart-PLS software. The results show that five out of eight hypotheses were accepted. The result indicates that Malaysian SMEs entrepreneurs are clearly aware and understand the importance of sustainability concepts in their business performance. In addition, this study aims to provide insight and knowledge for designing policies and promote sustainable practices in Malaysian manufacturing SMEs.


In this paper, we obtain some properties such as coefficient conditions, distortion theorem and extreme points for a certain subclass of meromorphic harmonic functions with fixed residue α, 0 ≤ α < 1. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: 30C45.


Audio analytic systems are receiving an increasing interest in the scientific community, not only as stand alone systems for the automatic detection of abnormal events by the interpretation of the audio track, but also in conjunction with video analytics tools for enforcing the evidence of anomaly detection. In this paper we present an automatic recognizer of a set of abnormal audio events that works by extracting suitable features from the signals obtained by microphones installed into a surveilled area, and by classifying them using two classifiers that operate at different time resolutions. An original aspect of the proposed system is the estimation of the reliability of each response of the individual classifiers. In this way, each classifier is able to reject the samples having an overall reliability below a threshold. This approach allows our system to combine only reliable decisions, so increasing the overall performance of the method. The system has been tested on a large dataset of samples acquired from real world scenarios, the audio classes of interests are represented by gunshot, scream and glass breaking in addition to the background sounds. The preliminary results obtained encourage further research in this direction.


Abstract Rolling contact fatigue (RCF) and wear are inevitable problems for wheels and rails. Recently, increasing vehicle speeds and axle loads have led to the need for an increase in the hardness of the wheel. In this article, the RCF and wear characteristics of normal rails and heat-treated rails due to an increase in the wheel hardness were evaluated through experiments. As the hardness of the wheel increased, different types of damage occurred for each kind of rail. Pitting and cracks occurred in the normal rails, and corrugation through the delamination wear mechanism occurred in the heat-treated rails. The heat-treated rail exhibited increased hardness and resistance to wear as the lamellar spacing of the metal structure became smaller due to heat treatment. However, it showed delamination wear because the depth of plastic deformation is shallow, the fracture toughness is low, and the crack growth rate is fast. In addition, the steady-state wear behavior was found in which the hardness is increased by the work-hardening effect and the wear rate is decreased accordingly and the wear rate remains constant after a certain cycle. Therefore, the initial hardness as well as the work hardening effect should be taken into consideration in order to evaluate the wear characteristics of wheels and rails.


Bran Nue Dae, written by Jimmy Chi , directed by Andrew Ross, and with a score performed by Kuckles, uses the eccentricity of the musical theatre genre to communicate political messages in innovative and unexpected ways. Indeed, the play's origins are in Broome, a city that as Peter Bibby articulates in the script's introduction, 'is such a long way from anywhere that it might as well be nowhere, which is perhaps a good starting point for surprises' (Bibby 1991, p.6). Part of what characterises the text and makes it so surprising is its combination of non-naturalistic techniques and hard-hitting political statements. In this essay, I will first weigh up three separate issues; whether Bran Nue Dae can be considered conservative, the extent to which it is political, and the nature of its conclusion which, as the essay question suggests, presents a utopian reconciliation that compromises its political aims. Following this, I will assess the question as a whole, determining whether the musical's conclusion jars or aligns with the rest of the text. Ultimately, I will argue that although the musical theatre genre enables Bran Nue Dae to be blatant and outlandish, the political issues it explores are incorporated into the text in complex, subtle and oftentimes abstract ways.


To address the need for robust and fast representation, we introduce deep learning neural networks and parallel programming techniques for laser welding. In order to deal with high-dimensional data within real-time constraints, we use a deep autoencoder to extract robust, meaningful and low dimensional features. The implementation is then optimized, using parallel programming techniques and shown to perform within the real-time requirements for laser welding. The performance, in terms of reconstruction and capability for classification are later compared with features, extracted by the principal component analysis. The neural network demonstrates to extract more robust and meaningful features, compared to a PCA.


This paper describes the structure design of movable machine in tube. Based on kinematics and statics, the gear mechanism of worm and linkage of transmission system is analyzed. The author presents the formula to design and the method to determine the major parameters of the system.


The main purpose of this paper is to make an inquiry if the shotgun provision, as a tool to resolve business deadlocks, can be considered as not compliant with Brazilian Civil Code (Law n. 10.406/2002), which rules that the contractual freedom shall be exercied in acordance and under the limits of the "social function of the agreements" (article 421) and that it is illicit for someone to exercies its rights acting manifestly in disacordance with their economic or social goal, the good faith, and the good customs (article 187).
A bibliographic search on the aforementioned legal provisions was perform and shareholders agreements of Brazilian public-traded companies were assessed.
Depending on how the shotgun provision is designed, it may be considered null and void, but it does not mean that this deadlock provision is not accepted under Brazilian Laws.


In order to solve the ambiguous tracking problem for binary offset carrier(BOC)modulated signals which are used in global navigation satellite system(GNSS),a unitary unambiguous tracking method which is suitable for all kinds of BOC modulated signals is proposed to solve the ambiguous tracking problem.Firstly,the concept of step-shape bits vector is proposed to obtain a unified signal expression.Then,a formula of the cross-correlation function based on step-shape bits vector is derived.Finally,an unambiguous tracking method is proposed based on the idea of combined correlation functions.Simulation results indicate that the proposed method can deal with all kinds of BOC modulated signals including composite and complex ones with different phases or orders.An unambiguous correlated function with narrow single peak can be obtained by the proposed method.Furthermore,the anti-noise and multipath mitigation performance of proposed method are analyzed and the proposed method has better performance in anti-noise mitigation than the traditional unambiguous tracking methods.


The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of TikTok social media on learning discipline in adolescents in the Bojonggede area of Bogor. This study uses quantitative methods with a survey approach and data collection techniques using observation, questionnaires, literature studies and documentation. From the analysis conducted by the author, it was found that the influence of TikTok social media on learning discipline experienced by teenagers in the RT area. 01/13, Bojonggede, Bogor, which has a moderate/sufficient effect, as evidenced by simple linear regression analysis with the equation Y = 52.366 + 0.473, which shows a unidirectional effect. Analysis of the correlation coefficient with a value of 0.532 which means it has a moderate/sufficient level of relationship between variables. The analysis of the coefficient of determination with the results of the X variable contributed 28.30% to the Y variable. Hypothesis testing with the results of 4.486 > 0.2706 (t_count > t_table) means that there is a positive influence of TikTok social media (X) on learning discipline (Y) in the region RT. 01/13, Bojonggede District, Bogor Regency.


Design requirements usually include unavoidable stress raisers, eg, holes, fillets and keyways. In the design phase these stress raisers are accounted for by the stress concentration factor (scf), the fatigue life of a component or a part is designed assuming that the material does not have any flaw or initial cracks. Recent developments in fracture mechanics open new possibilities to investigate the fracture behaviour of vehicle components and prediction of crack propagation. This paper briefly describes crack propagation models and evaluation of structural behaviour under loads where cracks occur. Using this approach, the repair and inspection intervals can be defined (a).


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ducted – as far as they can be – with great prudence. This peculiarity produces strange and interesting phenomena. In this short paper I want to deal with one of these: the survival of national exhibitions. Switzerland is the only European country where there has been a persistent tradition of national exhibitions in the twentieth century. This tradition continues into the present century with an exhibition in four cities of the region of Neuchâtel (Bienne, Morat, Yverdon and Neuchâtel) planned for 2002. My very modest goal is here to sketch briefly the historical context of this exhibition, and consider some of the questions raised by my experience of working with artists, architects and academics on an exhibition on space and identity. I will argue that the cultural projects underpinning these national exhibitions in the past and the forthcoming exhibition have radically changed. This change is at the root of the unease and controversies that the present project has generated, and signifies a shift in the public and governmental politics of Swiss identity.


With the popularity of OA in the campus, the safety problem of the campus network is more to be taken into account, It relates to the normal work of teaching researching and management in the school.But traditional campus network security defense system has been difficult to adapt to the current attacks, which are complex and large-scale.Although there are still technical deficiencies in the Active Defense System, but it will take the initiative to detect and analyze these attacks, block them in time, and enhance its immunity.This paper designed an active defense system and its related implementation strategy for the security of campus network, which was based on P2DR, and integrated the current technology of security defense.


In this paper, the leader‐following consensus problem of uncertain high‐order nonlinear multi‐agent systems on directed graph with a fixed topology is studied, where it is assumed that the relative states of a follower and its neighbors are immeasurable and only the relative outputs are available. Nonlinear adaptive observers are firstly proposed for each follower to estimate the states of it and its neighbors, and an observer‐based distributed adaptive control scheme is constructed to guarantee that all followers asymptotically synchronize to a leader with tracking errors being semi‐globally uniform ultimate bounded. On the basis of algebraic graph theory and Lyapunov theory, the closed‐loop system stability analysis is conducted. Finally, numerical simulations are presented to illustrate the effectiveness and potential of the proposed new design techniques. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


to the vicissitudes of the climate, and even to extreme heat, than the soldiers of &dquo;metropolitan&dquo; France; that they reacted to the least changes in the weather, and even to such barely discernible events as minute inflections of the voice. These warriors who had passed for brutes-these heroes-turned out to have the sensitivity of women. It is often said, and not without reason, that the Negro is a man of Nature. The African negro, whether peasant, fisherman, hunter or herdsman, lives outdoors, both off the earth and with it, on intimate terms with trees and animals and all the elements, and to the rhythm of seasons and days. He keeps his senses open, ready to receive any impulse, and even the very waves of nature, without a screen (which is not to say without relays or transformers) between subject and object. He


The book probes the role of mentoring in science and explores how the spark of creative genius is transferred from mentor to protege. It traces four generations of scientists working in neuropharmacology, starting with Bernard Brodie the discover of Tylenol who hired Julius Axlerod. Alexrod under the influence of Brodie's teachings goes on to win the Nobel Prize for laying bare the mysteries of neuronal synapse. Axelrod works with Solomon Snyder, the discoverer of the opiate Receptur who then hires Candace Pert. By examining the importance of the mentor relations, Kaigel reveals the importance of young scientists working for scientists with a reputation, in efforts to gain recognition.


Let r be a type bounded by an infinite regular cardinal a , V be a variety in z , x' Ç t and V the class of all r'-reducts of the algebras in V. We show that the operations in t\t' are explicitely definable in V by pure formulas (i.e. existential-positive without disjunction) if and only if they are implicitely definable and V is closed under unions of o-chains (if and only if every t'-homomorphisms between algebras in V are r-homomorphisms, as J. Isbell has shown). It follows that the operations in t\t' are equivalent (in V) to r'-terms if and only if every algebra in the (t'-) variety generated by V has a unique r-expansion in V. As usual, ordinals will be identified with the set of smaller ordinals, and cardinals with initial ordinals. Definitions 1. (i) A type x is a set of operation symbols, each with an assigned arity (some cardinal), t is bounded by the infinite regular cardinal a if the arities of its operation symbols are all < a. (ii) If C is a class of (t-) algebras, an a-sequence (in C) is an a-chain {21 c 21,, |0 < p. < y < a} (where " ç " means "subalgebra") of algebras in C each of which is a section of a fixed 21 e C (i.e. 21 ç 21 for every p. and these inclusions have left inverse homomorphisms). (iii) If x ç t and 21 is a t-algebra, we will denote, if the context is clear, by 2l' (instead of the usual 21 |~T,) the r'-reduct [2] of 21. Similarly, if C is a class of T-algebras, C' will be an abbreviation for C["r,= {2l'|2l e C}. Lemma. Let x be a type bounded by a, V a variety of type x, and x ç x. The following are equivalent: (a) Every x-homomorphism between algebras in V is a x-homomorphism. (b) For every a-chain {21^ ç 2T/|0 < p < y < a) in V', U/,< " 21^ " tne x'-reduct of a unique algebra in V. (c) Same as (b), with "a-chain" replaced by "a-sequence."


A wheeled Unmanned Ground Vehicle's (UGV) mobility is a function of the maximum lateral and longitudinal forces that it can apply at the tire/terrain interface. The forces are functions of the vehicle's geometry, dynamic properties, actuators, and the tire/terrain contact mechanics—properties that are typically fixed. This paper presents the Variable Inertial Vehicle (VIV, see Fig. 1), which has the ability to alter some of the aforementioned properties during locomotion [1]. More specifically, the VIV can change its center-of-mass location during operation and thus dynamically control the normal forces that act on the front and rear tires. Since a tire's longitudinal and lateral forces are strongly related to the tire's normal force [2], the VIV is able to modify its dynamics to suit a particular situation. For example, the VIV can load its driven wheels to achieve better acceleration or load its steered wheels to achieve high sideslip angle trajectories. This allows the VIV to travel at a high average speed, quickly alter its trajectory to avoid obstacles, and operate more efficiently on deformable terrain. The effect is created through a mechanism that shifts the VIV's high-density batteries along a central corridor running the length of the vehicle. The VIV shifts a 14 [kg] mass 0.8 [m] in 1.2 [s] using 54 [J] of energy. This is less than 0.003% of the total energy available to the system and does not affect mission duration. Furthermore, the mass would only be shifted that entire length when the vehicle needs to quickly recover from unwanted sideslip or execute a highly dynamic turn (e.g. to avoid an obstacle detected at short range) [3]. Part of the motivation behind the design of the VIV


The mandible with the ageing process is susceptible to alterations in terms of its shape and size. At the old age, after the collapse of teeth, the alveolar process is absorbed and, as a result of this, the mandibular canal and the mental foramen are found to be close to the superior border. The body of the mandible resembles the basic part of the mandible. There is reference to a case with an evident atrophic mandible and exposition of the inferior alveolar neurovascular bundle on an 81- year-old male cadaver who carried a complete denture in the mandible. The above case is also remarked on a 70- year- old- male patient who could not bear the denture for ten years. The patient rehabilitated with an implant-overdenture retained on two endosseous osseointegrated implants. The final result was functionally and esthetically a success. The exposition of the inferior alveolar neurovascular bundle in an atrophic mandible is almost rare but it presents anatomical and clinical interest.


To verify whether, as index of insulin resistance, ISI‐gly (insulin sensitivity index) is more efficient than HOMA‐IR (homeostatic model assessment) or QUICKI (quantitative insulin sensitivity check index) in detecting patients with the metabolic syndrome.


ABSTRACT In the last decade, self-tracking technologies have encouraged users to optimize various biosocial practices. Through a wide array of smart digital devices and apps, users are put on notice: are they aware of the screen time they accrue each day, the steps they have (not) walked, or the last time they stood up? In the resulting sphere of mediated self-awareness, sleep is ripe for calculation, analysis, and optimization. Essential yet unconscious, sleep is a practice that manifests as an ambivalent example of wider self-tracking logics; an alluring "data frontier" for users and corporations alike. In this article, I draw on qualitative data (N = 38), collected in Australia, to explore the experiences and practices of self-trackers who monitor their sleep. Using interview data and participant screenshots, I discuss how apps construct sleep standards, social dimensions of sleep metrics, gamified incentives, and the process of assembling codes/spaces around sleep monitoring. In bringing sleep within a sphere of rational control, apps often exclude difference by focusing on consumer choice, wellness, and self-care. While imprecise and fungible, sleep metrics act as proxies for productivity, and reify normative understandings of time-use, energy, and sleep.


Chronic inhibition of phosphodiesterase‐5 (PDE‐5) with sildenafil after permanent occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) limits ischemic heart failure (HF) in mice. We postulated that treatment with sildenafil beginning at 3 days post myocardial infarction (MI) would also attenuate HF through inhibition of RhoA/Rho kinase pathway.


2017, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 34–41 34 Introduction A variety of the modular microwave devices such as couplers, bridge circuits, and matched dividers are widely used in a microwave equipment to control a signal in a microwave path. The major drawback of these devices is the directly proportional relationship of their weight and size characteristics and a working frequency range. While the mass-dimensional characteristics are not very significant for the stationary objects such as terrestrial radar systems, the weight and size savings become vital for microwave devices set on the mobile objects. Consequently, the development a microwave technology targeting to the weight and size decrease is a topical problem. Nowadays solutions are based on the microstrip technology, which applies the methods of magnetic sputtering, hybrid hook-up elements, and dielectrics with high relative dielectric constants [1]. However, the potential of the technology in decreasing the weight and size characteristics of microwave devices is limited by their single-layer architecture. Therefore, it seems appropriate to consider developing microwave electronic devices based on their multilayer structure. Let us estimate the advantages of the devices developed with the use of multilayer technology considering an example of microwave power divider (hybrid ring). Its weight-size and electric characteristics compared with those of a device traditionally designed by microstrip technology would allow the conclusion that the multilayer technology is advanced to develop the microwave electronic devices.


We reported an observational, retrospective chart review of 36 women who underwent robotic myomectomy at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Foch Hospital. Short- and long-term results were analyzed. We compared our results with literature data. Potential advantages and limits of robotic surgery in myomectomy are discussed.


We introduce a high-speed 4x25Gbps, MSA-compliant, QSFP transceiver built on a Silicon Photonics platform. The transceiver integrates high sensitivity receivers, CTLE, clock recovery, modulator drivers and BIST on a TSMC 28nm die connected to the photonic die thru a fine pitch (50um) Copper Pillar interface. A wafer-scale approach, Chip on Wafer, CoW, is used to assemble the electronic die and the light source on to the photonic die, so that the full optical path can be tested, at speed, in loopback configuration in wafer form, using a standard ATE solution. This presentation focuses on the CoW assembly development aspects of the transceiver. Wafer probe and bump, die processing services, CoW assembly and Back End of Line, BEOL, Test Services will be presented.


Agents in the real world must be capable of autonomous goal creation. One effect of this ability is that the agent may generate a substantial number of goals, but only a small number of these will be relevant at any one time. Therefore, there is a need for some heuristic mechanism to control an agent's reasoning attention. Such a mechanism is presented in this paper: alarms. Alarms serve to focus the attention of the agent on the most salient goals, and thereby avoid unnecessary reasoning. In this way, a resource-bounded agent can employ modern planning methods to effectiveness.


Abstract A subgraph G of H is singular if the vertices of G either have the same degree in H or have pairwise distinct degrees in H. The largest number of edges of a graph on n vertices that does not contain a singular copy of G is denoted by TS(n, G). Caro and Tuza in [Singular Ramsey and Turán numbers, Theory Appl. Graphs 6 (2019) 1–32] obtained the asymptotics of TS(n, G) for every graph G, but determined the exact value of this function only in the case G = K3 and n ≡ 2 (mod 4). We determine TS(n, K3) for all n ≡ 0 (mod 4) and n ≡ 1 (mod 4), and also TS(n, Kr+1) for large enough n that is divisible by r. We also explore the connection to the so-called G-WORM colorings (vertex colorings without rainbow or monochromatic copies of G) and obtain new results regarding the largest number of edges that a graph with a G-WORM coloring can have.


It is often argued that micro-credit program interventions at the grassroots level increase the ability of the poor to deal with crises. Economists argue that micro credit program does not always bring development in the life of the grassroots' level people. Hence, policy makers view micro credits financed by the organizations are, most of the time, not allowed to the poorest (refunding problems). This paper examines the relationship between the Micro-Credit programs and elimination of economic hardship of women. Ten in-depth interviews and 50 self administrated questionnaires were distributed among the beneficiaries of BRAC in Eravur Pattu Divisional Secretariat Division in Batticaloa District in order to collect data. The study reveals that there is a strong positive relationship exists between Micro-Credit Programs and Elimination of Economic Hardship of women. That is, most of the women in Eravur Pattu involve in micro credit process in order to manage their economic hardship of the families and it resulted in improving the quality of life than existed earlier. Microcredit loans empower the poor to seek alternative ways to improve their life styles. The in-depth interviews support that the micro credit programs should be extended to male in order to develop their quality of life. In addition recommendation and suggestions are given to strengthen the micro credit programs and to extend this program to male.


Objective To explore the simple of pancreaticoduodenal resection of pancreatic intestinal into the clinical value of bundled anastomosis.Methods Retrospectively analyzed in May 2003 to May 2003 in our hospital clinical data of 56 patients of pancreaticoduodenal resection,reconstruction of residual pancreatic simple distal intestinal surgery into a bundled anastomosis ways 32 cases( simple),distal jejunum routine set of end to end into the anastomosis surgery( normal group) 24 cases;Comparison of two groups of pancreatic anastomosis operation time,intraoperative blood loss,postoperative hospital stay,and so on and so forth;Diagnosis and classification standard and according to the Clavien postoperative complications analysis this two types of anastomosis and the postoperative complications incidence and severity of the relationship.Results Simple anastomosis of intraoperative blood loss,there was no statistically significant difference compared with conventional anastomosis group( P 0.05),and two groups of pancreatic anastomosis time,postoperative hospital stay compared with statistical significance( P 0.05);In the postoperative complications of severity classification of simple anastomosis of Ⅱ level and grade V complication rates were 9.36%( 3 /32) and 3.13%( 1 /32),significantly lower than normal anastomosis of 25.00%( 6 /24) and 12.5%( 3 /24),two groups of comparison,the difference was statistically significant( P 0.05).Conclusion In line of pancreaticoduodenal resection using simple pancreatic intestinal into bundled anastomosis way to significantly reduce the incidence of postoperative complications,shorten the pancreatic anastomosis operation time and postoperative hospital stay,may be more beneficial to patients with postoperative recovery,the match way is worth popularization in clinical work.


It is well known that today two main and well studied methods for alignment of liquid crystals has been used, namely: rubbing and photoalignment technologies, that lead to the change of anisotropic properties of aligning layers and long-range interaction of the liquid crystal molecules in a mesophase. In this manuscript, we propose the usage of the nonlinear laser lithography technique, which was recently presented as a fast, relatively low-cost method for a large area micro- and nanogrooves fabrication based on laser-induced periodic surface structuring, as a new perspective method of the alignment of nematic liquid crystals. 920 nm periodic grooves were formed on a Ti layer processed by means of the nonlinear laser lithography and studied as an aligning layer. Aligning properties of the periodic structures of Ti layers were examined by using a combined twist LC cell. In addition, the layer of the microstructured Ti was coated with an oxidianiline-polyimide film with annealing of the polymer film followed without any further processing. The dependence of the twist angle of LC cells on a scanning speed and power of laser beam during processing of the Ti layer was studied. The azimuthal anchoring energy of Ti layers with a periodic microstructure was calculated. The maximum azimuthal anchoring energy for the microstructured Ti layer was about 4.6*10-6 J/m2, which is comparable to the photoalignment technology. It was found that after the deposition of a polyimide film on the periodic microstructured Ti layer, the gain effect of the azimuthal anchoring energy to ~ 1*10-4 J/m2 is observed. Also, AFM study of aligning surfaces was carried out.


The influence of ion-implantation damage on the formation of emitter and base in advanced bipolar technologies is studied. A novel nonequilibrium diffusion model has been developed to analyze this issue. By comparing simulation and experiments on a 0.5- mu m BiCMOS technology, transient-enhanced diffusion phenomena for rapid thermal anneal and furnace annealing are discussed. Two-dimensional effects are reported.<<ETX>>


Objective To determine the difference between two standardized grip strength test,the American Society of Hand Therapists(ASHT)recommended and the Chinese National Physical Fitness Evaluation Standard(CNPFES)recommended.Methods 32 healthy young adult,right-hand dominant subjects were measured with their grip strength under the both methods.Results The measurement of grip strength using methods the ASHT recommended was smaller than that of the CNPFES(P0.05),for all their left and right hand.Conclusion The measures of grip strength are different between ASHT and CNPFES standard.It is important to keep the testing conditions while measuring grip strength,and ASHT is suggested.


We construct and develop a new financial market stress index using twenty-three headline U.K. financial data series. A logistic regression framework provides a parsimonious representation of financial market stress in the U.K. based on the market dynamics around the time of Bank of England crisis-alleviating economic interventions. Our results present clear evidence that the Bank of England's swift and decisive actions stemmed financial market stress as measured by the stress index.


In this paper, an experimental investigation of the effects of droplet diameters on the Leidenfrost temperature and its shifts has been carried out. Tests were conducted on a 304 stainless steel polished surface and a stainless steel surface which was processed by a femtosecond laser to form Above Surface Growth (ASG) nano/microstructures. To determine the Leidenfrost temperatures, the droplet lifetime method was employed for both the polished and processed surfaces. A precision dropper was used to vary the size of droplets from 1.5 to 4 millimeters. The Leidenfrost temperature was shown to display shifts as high as 85 °C on the processed surface over the range of droplet sizes, as opposed to a 45 °C shift on the polished surface. The difference between the shifts was attributed to the nature of the force balance between dynamic pressure of droplets and vapor pressure of the insulating vapor layer.


The transient infrared absorption spectra of the coordinatively unsaturated Cr(CO)/sub x/ species (x = 5, 4, 3, 2) that are generated via excimer laser photolysis of gas-phase Cr(CO)/sub 6/ are presented and discussed. The photofragments produced upon 193-, 248-, and 351-nm photolysis are identified. The results indicate that the gas-phase structures of the Cr(CO)/sub x/ species are the same as those observed in condensed-phase experiments. It is postulated that Cr(CO)/sub 5/ adopts a C/sub 4nu/ structure, Cr(CO)/sub 4/ adopts a C/sub 2nu/ structure, and Cr(CO)/sub 3/ adopts a C/sub 3nu/ structure. The coordinatively unsaturated species are, in general, observed to be produced with a significant amount of internal excitation. The rate constants for the reaction of Cr(CO)/sub 5/, Cr(CO)/sub 4/, and Cr(CO)/sub 3/ with CO were measured and found to be 1.5 x 10/sup 13/ cm/sup 3/ mol/sup -1/s/sup -1/, respectively.


Thischapter attempts to discuss, through detailed ethnographic description, the manner in which scientists in a leading Indian scientific research institute defined and practiced religion and atheism(s). Instead of posing science and religion as dichotomous categories, the chapter demonstrates their easy coexistence within the everyday lives and practices of Indian scientists. The hyper-rationalism associated with modernity and Western science did not over determine their everyday life and practices. The 'religious' scientists did not perceive their religiosity in opposition to science, nor did they accept the conflictual view of science and religion. For them, science and religion are two different 'modes of existence', and they perceived the science-religion conflict as an artificial one. Likewise, the 'atheistic' scientists did not find any contradiction in following a 'religious' lifestyle and simultaneously identifying themselves as atheists or non-believers. The chapter argues that the acceptance of a Western canonical understanding of atheism or belief imposes a closure on the multiple cultural meanings assumed by these categories. Any attempt to universalize or homogenize the experiences of belief and unbelief against the scale of Western modernity runs the risk of neglecting the enmeshing of these categories within the complex life worlds of Indian scientists. The chapter questions the tacit acceptance of the distinctions between science and religion and seeks to evolve new vocabularies to talk about these categories.


The New Masters of Capital: American Bond Rating Agencies and the Politics of Creditworthiness. By Timothy J. Sinclair. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2005. 208p. $29.95. In his book, Timothy J. Sinclair makes a strong theoretical and empirical contribution to the growing political economy literature on the increasing influence of nonstate actors. More specifically, he draws upon a cogent interweaving of rationalist and constructivist approaches to reveal the various forms of power exercised by American bond raters, such as Moody's and Standard & Poor's. Moreover, by means of detailed case studies on the rating of corporations, municipalities, and national governments, he demonstrates the broad political implications of rating agency power in terms of both geopolitical and distributive questions. In both cases, Sinclair's central argument is that "rating agencies help to construct the context in which corporations, municipalities, and governments make decisions. Rating agencies are not, as often supposed, 'neutral' institutions. Their impact on policy is political first, in terms of the processes involved, and second, in terms of the consequences of competing social interests" (p. 149).


In [3], the authors initiated a technique of using affine representations to study the groups of units of integral group rings of crystallographic groups. In this paper, we use this approach for some special classes of crystallographic groups. For a first class of groups we obtain a normal complement for the group inside the group of normalized units. For a second class of groups we show that the Zassenhaus conjectures ZC1 and ZC3 are valid. This generalizes the results known for the infinite dihedral group. 1. Crystallographic groups and actions. An n-dimensional crystallographic group is a discrete and cocompact subgroup of the group of isometries Isom(Rn) of Euclidean n-space. These groups are well understood by the three Bieberbach theorems (see [1] and [6]) and the work of Zassenhaus ([7]) who provided a complete algebraic characterization of the crystallographic groups: A group Γ is an n-dimensional crystallographic group if and only if it contains a free abelian normal subgroup A of rank n, which is of finite index in Γ and which is maximal abelian in Γ . In other words, a crystallographic group Γ fits into a short exact sequence 1→ A ∼= Z → Γ → H → 1, where H is a finite group, called the holonomy group of Γ . Moreover, the action of H on A, induced by conjugation inside Γ , is a faithful action (since A is maximal abelian in Γ ). The maximal abelian normal subgroup A is referred to as the translation subgroup of Γ . In fact this group A is exactly the group of pure translations, when one realizes Γ as a cocompact discrete subgroup of Isom(Rn). (Note that by the second Bieberbach theorem such a realization is only unique up to affine conjugation.) 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: 16S34, 20C07. Research supported by a project for bilateral scientific cooperation (Flanders–Poland): BIL01/C-31.


Background Australian football is a popular sport in Australia, at both the community and elite levels. It is a high speed contact sport with a higher incidence of medically treated injuries when compared to most other organized sports. Hamstring injuries, ligament injuries to the knee or ankle, hip/groin injuries and tendinopathies are particularly common and often result in considerable time-loss from sport. Consequently, the prevention of lower limb injuries is a priority for both community and elite Australian football organizations. There is considerable literature available on exercise programs aimed at reducing lower limb injuries in Australian football and other running related sports. The quality and outcomes of these studies have varied considerably, but indicate that exercise protocols may be an effective means of preventing lower limb injuries. Despite this, there has been limited high quality and systematic evaluation of these data.


Offline learning during the Covid-19 pandemic can change adolescents' lifestyles, including dietary patterns that have an effect on increasing body weight so that it can have an impact on negative body image perceptions. This study aimed to determine the relationship between body image perception and adolescents nutritional status in Pekanbaru City during the Covid-19 pandemic. The research design was a cross sectional study. The research sample was adolescents in Pekanbaru City with an age range of 12-25 years old, totaling 194 people. The data was obtained from the results of filling out the questionnaire independently which was distributed to sample via Google Form. Data analysis used the spearman correlation test with p value<0,05. Total samples who were satisfied with their bodies were 33,0% and dissatisfied were 67,0%. The nutritional status of sample were 4,6% very thin, 13,4% thin, 68,0% normal, 9,8% overweight, and 4,2% obesity. The results showed that there was a significant relationship between body image perception and adolescents nutritional status in Pekanbaru City during the Covid-19 pandemic (p=0,000;r=0,609). The problem of dissatisfaction with body image can make a adolescent have negative thoughts and have an impact on abnormal nutritional status. The need for a psychological approach to adolescents in increasing their confidence in their own body image.


This article by Susan Gregory reviews the rationale for the inclusion of disabilities in preschool programmes in the United States. Recommendations are given for facilitating this process and a particular project is highlighted.


The Ablowitz-Ladik (AL) equations are distinguished integrable discretizations of the focusing and defocusing nonlinear Schr\"odinger (NLS) equations. In a previous paper (arXiv:2305.04857) we have studied the effect of the modulation instability of the homogeneous background solution of the AL equations in the periodic setting, showing in particular that both models exhibit instability properties, and studying, in terms of elementary functions, how a generic periodic perturbation of the unstable background evolves into a recurrence of anomalous waves (AWs). Using the finite gap method, in this paper we extend the recently developed perturbation theory for periodic NLS AWs to lattice equations, studying the effect of physically relevant perturbations of the $AL$ equations on the AW recurrence, like: linear loss, gain, and/or Hamiltonian corrections, in the simplest case of one unstable mode. We show that these small perturbations induce $O(1)$ effects on the periodic AW dynamics, generating three distinguished asymptotic patterns. Since dissipation and higher order Hamiltonian corrections can hardly be avoided in natural phenomena involving AWs, and since these perturbations induce $O(1)$ effects on the periodic AW dynamics, we expect that the asymptotic states described analytically in this paper will play a basic role in the theory of periodic AWs in natural phenomena described by discrete systems. The quantitative agreement between the analytic formulas of this paper and numerical experiments is excellent.


Studies were initiated for two consecutive years to find out the effect of nutrients sources under different management systems on biochemical properties of medicinal rice Njavara grain at Cropping Systems Research Centre, Karamana, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The experiment was laid out in split plot design with four replications. The treatments consisted of four management systems viz., System of Rice Intensification SRI (M1), Integrated Crop Establishment Method (ICM) (M2), Package of practices (PoP) (M3) of KAU (Kerala Agricultural University) and Farmers' practice (M4) in main plots. Nutrient sources viz., organic sources (S1), integrated nutrient sources (S2) and inorganic sources (S3) were the sub plot treatments. Introduction Njavara is a unique land race of rice valued for its medicinal properties. It issued in treating circulatory, respiratory, and digestive ailments in ayurvedic medicine. The landrace's medicinal property appears to be attributable to the sulfur containing amino acid, methionine, which is involved in the metabolic pathway of the biosynthesis of thiamine (VitaminB 1), the deficiency of which causes beriberi. Black glumed Njavara is richer than pulses in free amino acid content, entitling it to be called a proteinaceous cereal. Cagampang et al. (1982) inferred that the concentration of free aminoacids in the developing grain of high protein lines was higher than that in the grain of lines low in protein. During the embryo differentiation stage, free amino acids in rice were dominated by serine, alanine, aspartate and glutamate, whereas, in the maturation stage serine, alanine, arginine and lysine were the main components constituting free amino acid content (Zhang and Tang, 1986). Black glumed Njavara contained the amino acids DL-2-amino-n-butyric acid and DL-iso-Ieucine while, golden yellow glumed Njavara contained L-Histidine monochloride, L-ornithine monochloride and DL-iso-Ieucine. Black-glumed and yellow glumed Njavara had an inverse relationship between yield and quality (Menon and Potty, 1999). The free amino acid content in Njavara grains ranged from 0.090 mg g-1 to 0.190 mg g-1. Free amino acids coupled with soluble carbohydrates may be contributing to the production of active protein and secondary metabolites (Reddy, 2000). Starch is a mixture of amylose and amylopectin. Juliano (1998) reported starch as the major constituent of rice and as such, starch and protein accounted for 98.5 percent of the constituents of milled rice. Most of the Njavara genotypes tested had intermediate amylose content (18.88-23.27%). So they had consumer preference (Kumar, 2006). Materials and methods The field experiment was conducted for two consecutive years i.e., summer/third crop/puncha season of 2007 and 2008 at Cropping Systems Research Centre, Karamana, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The soil was acidic in reaction, high in organic carbon content, medium in available nitrogen, medium in available phosphorus and medium in available potassium status. The experiments was laid out in a split plot design by keeping the management systems in main plots viz. SRI (System of Rice Intensification) (M1), ICM (Integrated Crop Establishment Method) (M2), PoP (Package of Practices ) (M3) recommendation of Kerala Agricultural University) as well as the Crop Management Practices of Farmers (M4). Nutrient sources viz., organic sources (S1), integrated nutrient sources (S2) and inorganic sources (S3) were allotted to sub plots. All the treatments were replicated thrice. Black glumed type of Njavara was selected as the test crop. Eight, twelve and eighteen days old seedlings as per treatments were transplanted at the rate of 1, 2 and 3 seedlings per hill at 20x20 cm, 20x20 cm and 15x10 cm spacings in SRI, ICM and PoP treatments respectively. In Farmers' practice treatment pre germinated seeds were broadcasted on the same day. Nutrient management recommendation of Package of Practices: Crops (2007) of Kerala Agricultural University was adopted i.e 5t FYM (Farmyard manure) + 40:20:20 kg NPK (Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium) per ha. Full FYM + 2/3 N + Full P + 1⁄2 K were to be applied as basal. 1/3 N + 1⁄2 K were to be applied at panicle initiation. In the organic treatments 40:20:20 kg NPK ha-1were supplied through FYM, rock phosphate and wood ash. In integrated nutrient management treatments 40: 20: 20 kg NPK ha-1 were supplied through urea, rock phosphate and muriate of potash along with 5t FYM. In the inorganic treatments NPK contribution by 5t FYM was calculated and they were supplied through urea, rock phosphate and muriate of potash. NPK was also applied at the rate of 40:20:20 kg ha-1 respectively. Results and Discussion Effect of management systems on biochemical properties of Njavara grain Among the biochemical properties of grain, total free amino acid content in both the years and amylopectin content in 2007 were significantly influenced by management systems whereas phenols, starch, crude protein and amylose content remained unaffected. System of Rice Intensification (SRI) recorded highest free amino acid content (32.85/31.54 mg 100 g-1 in 2007/2008) and it was on par with ICM (32.16/30.10 mg 100g-1 in 2007/2008) and both were significantly higher than PoP (30.02/27.77 mg 100 g-1 in 2007/2008) and Farmers' practice (28.24/25.59 mg 100g-1 in 2007/2008) which in turn differed significantly from each other (Table 20). Total free amino acid content in SRI was 19/23% higher in 2007/2008 than that in Farmers' practice, 9/14% higher in 2007/2008 than that on PoP and 2/5% higher in 2007/2008 than that in ICM. The result is in conformity with the finding of RenQuan (2008) who reported that cultivation of hybrid rice under control of damp irrigation increased amino acid content of grain than submerged irrigation regimes. In 2007 highest amylopectin was recorded in ICM (30.53%) which was significantly higher than the other three management systems (Table 22). ICM was followed by Farmers' practice (30.47%) which was on par with PoP (29.77%) which in turn was on par with SRI (29.45%).


The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of student interest in learning on the study habits of Accounting Department's student. The population in this study were all 107 students of class X Accounting Department at State Vocational High School 2 Balige. The data collection technique was in the form of a questionnaire. This research was conducted by using descriptive and verification or causality. The data obtained were analyzed by using the PLS Algorithm test, PLS Bootstrapping and hypothesis testing using the t-test. The results of the analysis obtained that the average reflected variance was above 0.5 and the outer loading indicator was higher than 0.6. The hypothesis testing value seen from the p-value (0.007 0.05), meant that H0 was rejected, so learning interest had influence on study habits, and and also encouraged an increase in student learning outcomes obtained from good study habits. Suggestion is that students can increase their self-awareness and will be able to further foster enthusiasm on learning interest.


The purpose of the current study was: 1) to examine the relationship between academic efficacy and academic achievement among students of different ethnic groups, 2) to examine if students from different ethnic groups differ in their degree of academic efficacy, 3) to examine if students' ethnicity, gender, family structure, or socioeconomic status made a significant contribution to academic efficacy beyond the influence of modeling, verbal, and prior mastery sources of academic efficacy information, and 4) to examine the differential contribution of modeling, verbal persuasion, and prior mastery sources of academic efficacy to students' academic efficacy based on ethnicity and gender.


The article gives the analysis of the material collected by A. E. Kulakovsky, containing information about Yakut names of the plants growing in Yakut territory. The author's contribution to a solution of a problem of the Yakut language preservation and historical aspect of a botanical science development is considered. The comparative analysis of the similar information at different researchers of Yakut flora is resulted.


The invention discloses a multi-input and multi-output system based on antenna selection, and a signal processing method thereof, a system transmitting terminal comprises a block diagonalization module, a first-time precoding module, a second-time precoding module and a unified channel decomposing module; a receiving terminal comprises an antenna selection module, the block diagonalization moduleis used for decomposing out a single user channel matrix and a diagonalization precoding matrix according to the fedback channel information; the unified channel decomposing module is used for decomposing out the precoding matrix of a single user according to the single user channel matrix; the first-time precoding module is used for carrying out precoding to the user information according to theprecoding matrix of the single user; the second-time precoding module is used for carrying out second-time precoding to the user information according to the diagonalization precoding matrix; the antenna selection module is used for carrying out antenna selection according to the channel information obtained form a channel estimation module and outputting the selection result to a detection module. The invention optimizes the performance of the multi-user multi-input and multi-output system.


With farmers confused by frequency of split fertilization status,this research was carried out to study the effects of frequency of N fertilizer application on yield and quality of pineapple.Ananas comosusr cv.Yellow Mauritius and N 400 kg/ha as a fixed rate which is the farmers' traditional fertilization rate were selected for the study.It was designed as single application,splitting in 2 equal dosages during the slow and accelerating growth stages,splitting in 3 applications with N 80,200 and 120 kg/ha during the slow,accelerating and fast growth stages,splitting in 4 applications with N 80,70,150 and 100 kg/ha during the slow,accelerating,fast growth stages and before the forcing stage,respectively.The contrast was no N fertilization.The aim was to study effects of increasing frequency of split application on weight,yield and quality of pineapple fruits.The results show that the splitting in more than 2 applications significantly improve leaf chlorophyll contents,carotenoid contents,leaf weights,plant weights,fruit weights and yields of pineapple,and pineapple fruit weights and yields both have the increased trends with the increase of the fertilization frequency.With the splitting in more than 2 applications,a single fruit would be increased by more than 10%.The splitting in 4 applications improves pineapple yield significantly compared with the single application.However,the qualities of the pineapple are different.The titratable acidity,sugar content and vitamin C content have downward trends when adding the N fertilization frequency,and the vitamin C content reduction is most obvious and is decreased by 14%-26%.This study concludes that frequency of the splitting application should be more than 2 to achieve high yields.On the contrary,it should be less than 2 to maintain good fruit quality.The research provides a reference for farmers engaged in pineapple cultivation.


The article focuses on deconstructivism as one of the conceptual sources of postmodernist aesthetics of the last decade of the XX century, its signs and characteristics. Designers turn to deconstruction, authored by J. Derrida, in an attempt to rethink the previous experience accumulated over centuries in the field of costume. When applied to design, it is a creative method that performs the roles of both shaping and style formation. The complexity, provocativeness, and contradictory nature of postmodernist aesthetics, characteristic of the system of artistic form formation, are embodied in modern fashion largely with the help of the deconstructive method. Evolving, deconstructivism, as destroying habitual expectations and possessing inventiveness, contributes to the development of modern vestigial fashion, as evidenced by the successes of Japanese designers, as well as designers of the Belgian school. It is further defined in design as a modern design method and is actively applied.


How patients cope with and manage their chronic condition when not under direct medical supervision makes a difference in their quality of life, their health, and their utilization of the healthcar ...


The aim of the work was to apply objective methods for texture evaluation of desserts of oxidised potato starch preparations using instrumental measurement of theological properties and texture. Desserts were made from commercial starch preparations, i.e. Skrobia budyniowa and Skrobia zelujaca, with a different degree of carboxyl groups substitution (0.03% arid 0.11%, respectively). The starch with a higher degree of oxidation caused decreasing of texture parameters of desserts. Viscosity variability (η * ) at the frequency range from 1 to 10 s -1 was very well described by gingham model of viscosity for viscoplastic fluids with initial yield stress) for all the examined desserts. A lower degree of oxidation of starch preparation Skrobia budyniowa resnited in the highest values of storage modulus (G') and loss modulus (G) of these desserts while higher oxidation of starch preparation Skrobia zelujaca caused the lowest values of these theological parameters. Thus, increasing the degree of carboxyl groups substitution resulted in more continuous microstructure of dessert gels.


The Bickley Ceramics Project explores the design and use of updraft kilns and it also enables the archaeologists and ceramists to give new life to historical findings. In a recent project many artists and archaeological ceramics specialists participated and explored the numerous artifacts.


The model of ballistic deposition (BD) with shadowing means that the tilt incidence of particles in a certain angle of distribution is taken into account based on the BD model. In this paper,in order to investigate the finite size effect and the scaling properties of the BD with shadowing,the extrapolation method is used to determine the asymptotic scaling exponents of the model in the large-size limit. The simulation results illustrate that the finite size effect on BD with shadowing is different from that on BD, and the shadowing as a nonlocal interation can significantly change the scaling properties of BD model.


INTRODUCTION For a long time, low weight was considered one of the main problems related to the nutritional aspect. However, on the last decades, with industrialization and urbanization, it could be observed a change on this problematic issue, the population is changing from a deficit to a high body mass (KAC and VELÁSQUEZ-MELÉNDEZ, 2003; BRANDÃO et al, 2005). This change was proved on the World Health Organization WHO, indicating that in 2003, on a 1 billion adult group, millions had any kind of obesity and 20 million of children were with overweight. In Brazil, In 1989, there was an estimate that almost one million and a half of children younger than 10 were obese (TADDE, 1995) and in 2000, almost 1/4 were obese or showed overweight (OLIVEIRA et al., 2003). The fast and high weight excess increase that happened on the last decades is being considered as an epidemic and a world public health problem (OLIVEIRA and FISBERG, 2003; TARDIDO and FALCÃO, 2006), once that is associated to many health problems, among which, the coronary disease is the mot important, as it is the primary risk factor. However, it also keeps a secondary relation to diabetes and low plasma cholesterol concentration (HDL) and high concentration cholesterol density (LDL) (ANGELIS, 2006), high blood pressure, (McARDLE, KATCH e KATCH, 1996), triglycerides and gall bladder (ANGELIS, 2006), higher levels of plasmatic lipids, metabolic alterations, premature menarche, osteoarthritis, skin problems among others (SOARES e PETROSKI, 2003).. And it also can result on social and psychological problems (LEMES, 2005). Considering that Campo Grande, the state capital of Mato Grosso do Sul, was classified as the fifth capital with overweight and obesity among adults higher percent (IBGE, 2004) and that practically do not exist studies with children in the city, and as the importance of the having childhood evaluations, because as earlier as the body mass excess are diagnosed, better may be the prognostic, this study had as its aim to evaluate the BMI on 6 to 10 year-old scholars, enrolled on a public state school in Campo Grande MS.


Music, filmmaking and a love of the bush came together for writer/director Brendan Fletcher. Thomas Caldwell finds out why a middle-class white boy from the suburbs felt compelled to tell this distinctly Indigenous, outback story.


New technique is developed to synthesize graphene film on flexible substrate for strain sensing applications. A flexible graphene/Poly-ethylene Terephthalate (PET) strain sensor based on graphene piezoresistivity is produced by a new simple low cost technique. Graphene oxide film on PET substrate is reduced and patterned simultaneously using 2 Watt CO2 LASER beam. The synthesized graphene film is characterized by XRD, FT-IR, SEM, and Raman techniques. Commercial strain gauges are used to predict experimentally the gauge factor (GF) of the graphene film at different values of applied strain. The stability of the graphene film and its GF are studied at different operating temperatures. The fabricated sensor showed high GF of 78 with great linearity and stability up to 60 °C.


Cauliflower {Brassica oleracea var. Botrytis L.) a member of cruciferae has probably been rightly described as an aristocrat of cole family, when its importance is judged in Indian context for its delicious taste, flavour and nutritive value. It is grown throughout the country for its white tender curds which are commonly used as vegetable and also in curries, soups and pickles. In India cauliflower is grown in an area of 3,50,000 ha with annual production of 5,250,000 MT (Anonymous, 2001). In Himachal Pradesh it is grown in an area of 1000 ha with annual production of 18,440 MT (Verma and Goma, 1998) of which Snowball is the major contributor.


The nuclear power plants designed and constructed under the regime of the former Soviet Union are an essential source of power within both the Russian Federation and the emergent democratic countries of central and eastern Europe. The beginning of `glasnost' opened up pathways to allow practical measures to be taken to enhance the safety standards of Soviet designed reactors. Ensuring that these reactors are operated or dismantled to meet accepted safety standards for nuclear technology is both a challenging task for these countries and for the expert assistance being made available from western countries. In this context the author discusses the work of the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) is a utility organisation solely concerned with the operational safety of nuclear power plants (NPP) throughout the world. WANOs sole aim is to bring about technical assistance to allow the enhancement of an NPP by providing a mechanism for the comprehensive exchange of information and `knowhow', a vital commodity for many power suppliers in the East.


Community Detection Algorithms for Darknet Traffic Analysis Today the diffusion of internet is widespread and so the defence from cyber-attacks is very relevant. Among the possible attacks there are large-scale network probing activities and DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service). One way to defend ourselves is to detect and predict via passive monitoring, keeping track of the traces of attacks that are collected by the Darknets: backscattering packets and port scans. Darknets are range of advertised, but unused, IP addresses, studying the darknet traffic at our disposal we try to propose a simple way to cluster, visualize and analyse the spurious data. In this thesis we focus on a complex network approach to the problem: instead of representing the packet records in a highly dimensional euclidean space of points we create a relationship traffic graph on the model of a social network, formed by nodes, e.g. IP, AS (Autonomous System), ports and we isolate communities (strongly connected and related sub-groups) that could hide implicit information about malicious traffc. The algorithm proposed are Label Propagation and Greedy Modularity combined on a weighted method of each edge based on the Jaccard Similarity between nodes inside the graphs. Once this cyber-intelligence information are inferred from the Darknet communities the future work could be to compare it with a real public-addressing scenario and use the features to isolate the malicious traffic from the huge amount of good packets exchanged.


This paper presents the results of a numerical analysis of military vehicles hulls mine resistance. The research concerns armours loaded with blast wave from large IED charges in three cases. First is an explosion in Euler domain without any boundary conditions. Second consists of Euler domain with flat bottom and the ground. Third is simulated Euler domain with ground and deflector. Boundary conditions used both in second and third case resulted in growth of the pressure impulse due to the reflection from a rigid obstacle. In the article different hull bottom shapes are compared. The gap between the bottom and the ground is fixed in all cases. Explosion in Euler domain without limitations is added as a reference. The blast wave caused by the detonation (simulated as a point detonation) propagated in cubic mesh with appropriate boundary conditions. Theoretical solution of spherical non-linearity is given in a form of Taylor equations. It was used to verify the numerical model. The research showed that the ground proximity affects the results of the simulation. The pressure impulse is amplified due to the wave reflection from both the bottom of the vehicle and the ground. As well as that, the study confirmed that the usage of the deflector considerably reduces the impact load to the structure.


The growth experiences of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Korea over the last several decades have been polar opposites. South Korea has had one of the world's fastest growing economies and the Democratic Republic of the Congo one of the slowest. Despite this divergence in economic outcomes, the two countries shared some initial similarities. Both initially were very poor and had high population growth rates. Both suffered from harsh colonial regimes and experienced civil strife following independence. Both experienced military coups that created repressive authoritarian regimes. Both were Cold War allies of the United States and received considerable amounts of aid. On the other hand, there were also important initial differences in population density, ethnolinguistic diversity, natural resource endowments, and geography. If anything, given its enormous mineral wealth, economic prospects probably looked brighter in the Democratic Republic of the Congo than in South Korea. This paper explores the possible causes of divergences in the two countries by discussing initial similarities and differences between the two countries and by documenting to what degree differences in physical capital, human capital, and productivity explain differences in income. The roles of geography and governance are then examined with emphasis being placed on the importance of 'neighborhood' effects.


The Vedic Mathematics system provides us with a large number of options at each stage of working. Depending upon the pattern of the problem, one of these options is going to give the result with very little effort and in minimum time. Therefore the very first step is to look for the pattern of the problem which essentially involves systematic use of the right half of the brain. Then the logical computations are done by the left half. Even while computing, due to various options available, the mind is always kept alert to pick up the path of least effort. Thus while practicing the Vedic Maths, Human brain gets the systematic training of integrated functioning of the two halves of the brain. Due to multidimensional thinking, overall development of human brain takes place through Vedic Mathematics. Study was conducted on two samples of 25 students each. They are 6th to 10th grade students. The sample for the study was selected on the basis of the random sampling technique. I have performed experiments on them. The results of statistical t test of significance of difference in means indicate that Vedic Mathematics can help any person achieve greater skill, comprehension and efficiency in mathematics. These methods can improve logical thinking, computational speed, creativity and positive Mathematics attitude