Technology Strategy Vectorial Model(TSVM)- asnamedbyauthors -introduces anewapproach forstrategic managementoftechnology. TSVM interprets organizational technology strategy asa vectorina 2D circular coordinate system whereazimuth refers tostrategic direction andradius to strategic magnitude. Researchers propose TSVM asatoolfor themeasurement ofactual organizational technology strategy andevaluation ofstrategic performance. Four cardinalstrategic directions (Innovative, Conservative, Adaptive, andErratic) andfive levels ofstrategic magnitude -where5isthestrongest and1istheweakest -are employed inthemodelforexpressing thestrategic vectors. The strategic vectors ofindividuals will bemeasured byacarefully- designed questionnaire. Measuredindividual vectorsare summedwitha specifically designed software programand thereby theresultant organizational vector iscalculated. Besidesdetermining exactorganizational technology managementstatusin termsof strategic direction and magnitude, themodelisalsoexpected tobeuseful forthe diagnosis ofstrategic problems suchasstrategic deviation and deficiency. Strategic deviation refers tothedirectional deviation fromtheintended direction andstrategic deficiency refers tothe difference betweentheintended and measuredstrategic magnitudes. TSVM isproposed asa newtooltohelpdecision makerstoseethegapbetween wheretheyareandwherethey wanttobeandapply theappropriate correction.


By application of independent measurement field test and the leakage monitoring system of water supply pipe network,the suitable community controlling technology for leakage of water supply pipe network was discussed to realize the effective control of water supply pipe network and reduce the leak rate of pipe network.Based on the GIS geographic information system platform,the dynamic management of pipe network can be realized to protect the safe operation of urban water supply pipe network,also achieve good economic and social benefits.


The principles of marine cyclic deposition are discussed briefly and a classification of marine sedimentary cycles is presented. The principles are applied to the Tertiary section of the Mississippi embayment. Five major marine cycles are differentiated, each representing a major transgression of the sea into this embayment. Facies and thickness distribution of the older Tertiary cycles indicate the presence of a positive area (submarine plateau) in southeast Mississippi, which is bounded on the north and northwest by negative areas (synclines). Isopach studies also show a progressive expansion of this positive area north and northwest during Eocene time, with a corresponding north and northwestward shifting of the bordering synclinal areas. The theory is advanced that the southeast Mississippi plateau constitutes a part of the northern front of the Gulf of Mexico neutral plate, and that its progressive northward expansion is caused by a gradual rise and possible northwestward drift of this plate, in connection with the Tertiary orogenic movements in the Greater Antilles. Epeirogenic movements in the Miss ssippi embayment and its borderlands are considered to be responsible for the different marine transgressions during the Tertiary. These movements reached a climax at the end of Jackson and during early Oligocene time, after which the sea retreated from the Mississippi embayment. Marine deposition during Miocene time is restricted to the Gulf Coast areas with one minor transgression occurring during the deposition of the Heterostegina zone.


: This article examines anti-Francoist guerrilla forces in postwar Spain, known as maquis , from the perspective of gender. By so doing, it inserts this social history of the Spanish postwar within a transnational perspective. These chiefly communist resistance groups elaborated political imaginaries that were strongly gendered. The anti-Francoist guerilla configured masculine and feminine trajectories of commitment. The dictatorship used sexuality as a weapon against the movement. The article concludes by examining the consequences of the presence of women in a clandestine space of struggle that was strongly masculinized.


A great deal has been written about immigrant children and youth. Drawing on work done in the USA, this paper focuses on implications for school improvement policy and practice. Discussed are (1) the increasing influx of immigrants into schools; (2) different reasons families migrate; (3) concerns that arise related to immigrant students; (4) prevailing school practices for addressing immigrant concerns; (5) a framework for broadening what schools and communities do; and (6) policy implications, cautions, and recommendations for embedding immigrant concerns into a unified, comprehensive, and equitable system of student and learning supports.


The chapter presents a decision support system. The decision-making process is modeled by a multi-criteria optimization problem. The decision support method is an interactive decision-making process. The choice is made by solving the problem depending on the control parameters that define the aspirations of the decision makers for each criteria function, then it evaluates the obtained solution by accepting or rejecting it. In another case, the decision maker selects a new value and the problem is solved again for the new parameter. In this chapter, an example of a decision support system is presented.


Community resilience can be defined as having the ability to cope with hardships and displaying flexible responses to daily life pressures which can vaccinate us against all types of tensions and stresses of life.A resilient individual can stand strong in the face of social difficulties by utilizing his own biological- psychological balance. Enhancing this resilience can lead to huge progress in one's self care and psychological skills. On the other hand, the resilience of urban communities forms the main foundation of societies' solidarity in the face of crises and unexpected incidences.


The efficiency of many noble gas mass spectrometers to ionize gas species is known to be a function of the pressure of gas in the spectrometer. This work shows how the half plate voltage for maximum He or Ar signal depends on the spectrometer pressure and shows that the half plate voltage for maximum 4He sensitivity does not coincide with the half plate voltage for maximum 3He sensitivity. In addition, half plate voltage has a greater control on sensitivity at higher spectrometer pressures. Variations in He and Ar sensitivity and isotopic discrimination as a function of pressure are due, at least in part, to these variations in the position of maximum sensitivity with respect to half plate voltage. The maximum sensitivity settings shift to lower half plate voltage at high spectrometer pressures, irrespective of if the pressure increase is due to the gas being investigated or a different species. Therefore noble gas mass spectrometers should always be tuned at the maximum possible pressure; measurements at higher pressures should be avoided. Significant errors in the spectrometer sensitivity and discrimination can result from improper tuning and calibration of noble gas mass spectrometers.


The purpose of this study was to investigate the antioxidative effects of Mori Cortex Radicis powder and to determine the optimal mixing ratio of Mori Cortex Radicis powder and water in the preparation of bread. The optimal sensory composite recipe was determined by producing bread with different levels of Mori Cortex Radicis powder and water. The analysis was performed using response surface methodology and a sensory evaluation was performed with the data. Ten experimental recipes, including two with reference points in the composition, were selected. In terms of the antioxidative effects of Mori Cortex Radicis powder, the for total phenolic content and DPPH free radical scavenging activity were 149.56 GAE/g dry powder and 137.77 /mL respectively. Measurement results of the mechanical properties showed differences in volume (p


The purpose of this article is to analyze the optimal morphological characteristics of elite male pro golfers. The morphological optimization is the culmination of a final body shape and composition result from training, golfer type. In this study 55 male pro golfer (5 male elite) measured 39 anthropometric sites. To evaluate of the optimal morphological characteristics, ANOVA and easy OZ by Ms-Excel program were used. OZ means two distributions are the degree to overlapping. Two distributions can differ from each other if the mean of one is dislocated relative to the other if the variability of one is markedly different from the other. It would like to be able to quantify in OZ for a selection pressure, there are some difficult on OZ calculation because it is need to calculate by iteration over 10 or more for the intersection of two curves. The result of this study was as followed. First, male elite pro golfers' iliac crest, front thigh skinfold site was lower than general pro golfers. Second, muscle mass was lower than others. Third, brachial index, forearm, thigh, mid-thigh, radiale-stylion, midsty-dactylion, biiliocristal breadth, transverse chest, and anterior-posterior chest depth were higher than general male sport aerobic players. Therefore, the golfers' leaders at the excellence players of selection, these factors need to consider is he excellence players of the selection. In addition, training for the trunk and the lower part of the body are necessary.


This paper examines the evolution of wealth distribution between workers and capitalists. It shows that under competitive conditions, and when factors elasticity of substitution is high enough to ensure endogenous growth, capitalists' share of total wealth asymptotically tends to one if they have a higher propensity to save than workers. It is also shown that a tax on capital income shifts wealth distribution in workers' favor and makes any level of wealth concentration feasible.


The present invention relates to a curable polyvinyl benzyl compound and its manufacturing method. The compound represented by the formula 1, wherein, R


A kind of new material consisting of Re centralion and benzimidazole ligands had been deve loped.These novel luminescent complexes were synthesized.In the solid state,these complexes 1,and 2 have an emission maximum at 543,577 nm,respectively.They display yellow,green luminescence and have high luminescence quantum efficiency.The luminescent properties of Re (I) pyridyl-imidazole complex was also investigated,the assignment of emission was notable metal to ligand charge transfer (MLCT) process upon dπ→π*(L) transition.


In order to further explore the cause of high conductivity zones and estimate the amount of carbonates in the upper mantle,the impedance measurements of carbonated peridotites and carbonated basalts were carried out at 2~3 GPa pressure and 300~1300 ℃ temperature.The experimental results indicate that the carbonate melts can enhance the electrical conductivity of peridotites.It is difficult to interpret some extremely high electrical conductivity zones only by the partial melting of silicates or the hydration of peridotites.It is also difficult to interpret this phenomenon only by carbonated peridotite.The extremely high electrical conductivity zone in the upper mantle is likely to be region where silicate melt,carbonate melt and hydrated peridotite coexist.


In this issue of Acta Physiologica, Warfel et al. advance our knowledge on the physiological significance of brown adipose tissue (BAT) thermogenesis by creating a new uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1)knockout rat model.1 In mammals, adaptive nonshivering thermogenesis (NST) evolved in BAT to protect high body temperatures of small and newborn species in the cold and to accelerate arousal from hypothermic states, such as torpor and hibernation.2 BAT is specialized for heat production by virtue of rich vascularization, capacity for rapid fatty acid mobilization of multilocular lipid droplets and high mitochondrial density. In BAT mitochondria, a small membrane protein named UCP1 is pivotal for heat production by promoting mitochondrial proton leak.3 The increase of proton leak uncouples mitochondrial respiration from ATP production and accelerates oxidation of energy substrates. UCP1 is almost exclusively expressed in thermogenic adipocytes, which include brown and beige adipocytes, the latter displaying intermediate characteristics between white fatstoring and brown fatburning cells. BAT fades with age in larger mammals, but residual amounts in adult humans are in the crosshairs as a therapeutic target to combat cardiometabolic diseases, given BAT's potential to control systemic glucose and lipid metabolism. Prior to the genetic era, most of our knowledge on BAT physiology derived from physiological and biochemical experimentation in a variety of rodents. Later, the UCP1 knockout (KO) mouse confirmed the crucial role of UCP1 in BAT to defend body temperature during acute cold exposure.4 Interestingly, however, the UCP1 KO mouse can withstand cold exposure when gradually acclimated, suggesting the recruitment of UCP1independent thermoregulatory mechanisms. It is still debated whether the thermogenic compensation is achieved by increased muscle shivering or UCP1independent NST, which may be located in fat, muscle, or other tissues. Suggested alternative mechanisms involve other mitochondrial carrier proteins, futile cycling of lipids, creatine, or calcium. These alternative mechanisms are interesting for translational efforts, given that obese patients possess very little amounts of BAT and display reduced UCP1 expression. Notably, UCP1 KO mice are resistant to dietinduced obesity at room temperature,5 suggesting that UCP1independent mechanisms could be even more antiobesogenic. Several caveats remain: the genetic background of the mouse can be confounding and potential offtarget effects of ablating UCP1 in mice have been highlighted, such as secondary oxidative damage impairing mitochondrial function.6 Thus, the plethora of data collected from UCP1 KO mice should be consolidated with other mammalian models to distinguish speciesspecific from common roles of BAT, the latter improving translation to human physiology and therapy. The inverse relationship between body mass and NST in different mammals2 particularly demonstrates that the significance of BAT for systemic thermoregulation changes with body size. Coherently, the UCP1 gene has been repeatedly inactivated throughout mammalian evolution, particularly in largebodied species such as elephants, horses, and pigs.7 Thus, the significance of BAT for systemic thermogenesis may be rather low in adult humans, given the significantly lower surface area to body volume ratio as compared to mice. For the last 25 years, the research community has mainly focused on mice as genetic model, given welldefined molecular tools. Novel technologies such as CrisprCAS, however, enable us to manipulate the genome of former 'nonmodel' organisms to expand the variety of experimental species. In UCP1less pigs, for example, mouse UCP1 was reconstituted in white adipose tissue.8 Using CrisprCAS, Warfel and colleagues generated the UCP1 KO rat, which is so far only the second species with an artificial genetic UCP1 inactivation.1 The value of yet another rodent model does not transpire at first sight, but the thermoregulatory differences between mice and rats are significant. While mice would readily go into a torpid state upon fasting to save energy, rats prefer to maintain high body temperatures and continue foraging. The


Wangcheng is the precuresor zone of the two types society constraction in Chang-Zhou-Tan Area.The circulation of the right of contractual management of rural land produces a wider arena for the the constraction of the service organization of agricultural machinery cooperation in the countryside.The agricultural machinery cooperative is put together on the basis of govermental guiding and market regulation.It operates in accordence with the wishes of the members and paid services.


Poly(3‐hydroxybutyrate) (P(3HB)) and its copolymer poly(3‐hydroxybutyrate‐co‐3‐hydroxyvalerate) (P(3HB‐co‐3HV), are biodegradable thermoplastic polymers. They are members of the polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) family, synthesized and accumulated as a carbon and energy reserve by a variety of microorganisms. The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of the proteases Corolase® L10, Alcalase® 2.4L, Corolase® 7089 and Protemax® FC and glycosidases Celumax® BC, Rohament® CL and Rohalase® Barley for the recovery of P(3HB) and P(3HB‐co‐3HV) synthesized by Cupriavidus necator. The enzyme Celumax® BC provided better lysis of the bacterial cell membrane and the results for the optimization of the operating conditions showed that this enzyme is most stable in acetate buffer at pH 4.0, bath at 60°C, hydrolysis time of 1 h and concentration of 0.02% (w/w). The optimization of the operating conditions showed that the enzyme Celumax® BC provided better lysis of the bacterial cell in acetate buffer at pH 4.0, bath at 60°C, hydrolysis time of 1 h and concentration of 0.02% (w/w). These conditions resulted in lysis of the membrane of the bacteria with a recovery of 93.2% P(3HB‐co‐3HV) with 94% purity. The results showed that the use of enzymes for the polymer extraction is an efficient process that assists in the cell disruption of Cupriavidus necator. © 2012 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Biotechnol. Prog., 2012


A turpentine-like off-odor and unusual taste development can occur in some colas held to the end of their normal shelf-life and stored at temperatures of 20°C and warmer. Extended storages (up to 8 wk) at 20° or 40°C under fluorescent or ultraviolet light have been conducted on colas bottled with closures containing different liner materials. Results suggest off-odor development is due to excess p-cymene in the cola. The p-cymene appeared to be a product of the dehydrogenation of γ-terpinene and limonene with titanium dioxide (TiO2) in the ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) white liner acting as a catalyst. Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) at levels of about 750 ppm greatly reduced this reaction.


JLHE GENETIC METHOD is used in long-time investigations to discover and study the origin, trend, rate, direction, and pattern of development in the phenomena studied. It is often thought of as pertaining primarily to physical and anatomical growth but actually it is being used increasingly for the study of mental, social, and personality characteristics as well. The genetic method cannot be separated with precision from the historical or case history method, but it diifers from the historical method in that it is more concerned with current developmental sequences, and it differs from the case history method in that it studies normal as well as atypical phenomena and it is not so likely to fail to consider the negative instance. As a problem-solving mode of attack it makes use of many other methods, such as the normative-survey, the experiment, the causal-comparative, the observational, the rating, or any other which will help it attain its ultimate objective of the prediction and control of individual development. The longitudinal or seriatim procedure is often identified with the genetic method and contrasted with the cross-sectional approach. Actually, the genetic method encompasses both. Developmental sequences may be secured by either method although it is obvious that the procedure which utilizes successive measurements on the same individuals may give a more accurate picture of developmental sequences than does the cross-sectional attack. The essence of the genetic method is that it does not study any given cross section of growth or development, or level of behavior, for its own sake but seeks to discover developmental principles represented by a particular cross section in relation to other cross sections. Critical descriptions and evaluations of the genetic method will be found in Good, Barr, and Scates (310) and in Munn (350).


Abstract : This report is concerned with the problem of realization of active RC networks, utilizing practical transistor amplifiers, with minimum sensitivity of the transfer function or poles to variations in transistor parameters, in particular to the most variable of the parameters. Two synthesis techniques are considered and realizability conditions are given for single-stage and two- stage realizations. It is shown that the sensitivity of the poles to the variation of transistor alpha can be made as small as desired.


This thesis is part of a project at Bombardier's Object Controller System. This system acts as a communication interface for several sub-systems that control the railway traffic. Therefore, part of ...


The increasing use of composite materials in many engineering fields is largely due to their desirable characteristics; such as high stiffness-to-weight and high strength-toweight ratios. This report will explore the vacuum bagged, hot bonding manufacturing process utilized in both CFRP laminates, and CFRP nomex core sandwich panels, with two differing quasi-isotropic fiber orientations. Initially, baseline tension testing was carried out on 0/90° and ±45° CFRP laminates to ensure characteristics consistent with results previously achieved. CFRP nomex core sandwich panel coupons were then subjected to LVIs using a drop weight and impact test rig. The impact energies imposed ranged from approximately 1J to 6J. Post LVI, the samples underwent phased array CScan NDI, to ascertain whether damage had in fact been induced. Four-point bending tests were utilized throughout the final testing phase of this project, where both damaged and undamaged samples were tested. From this particular type of testing, the data gathered was used to calculate the flexural strength, and bending stiffness. The results obtained from the damaged samples were then compared to the results of the undamaged samples, which then lead to finding the reduction in structural response of the CFRP nomex core sandwich panel after exposure to LVIs.


Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides have recently attracted much attention owing to their potential applications in flexible, low power electronics and optoelectronic devices. This paper investigated the growth of WSe2 films by atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition (CVD). The introduction of hydrogen in the reaction chamber helps to activate the selenization of WO3, where large-size WSe2 monolayer and few-layer films can be successfully grown. By this method, WSe2 flakes with different shapes were deposited on the SiO2/Si substrates, and the maximum side length of dozens of microns. The mono- and few-layered WSe2 films were characterized by optical microscopy, atomic force microscope (AFM) and Raman spectra. We attribute the evolution of morphology to the result of the growth rate of terminations under two different growth conditions. Our results provide a foundation for the controlled synthesis of WSe2 and reveal the morphological evolution of WSe2 grown by CVD.


In Sayyarrdsari, Homaifar, and Hogans (1993), a hybrid implementation of fuzzy and conventional PID controller was introduced and its application to a 2 degree of freedom robot manipulator arm was examined. A theoretical justification for that approach, based on the fact that "fuzzy systems are universal approximators" is presented in this paper.


With the rapid development of oral techniques and materials, clinical treatment has been developed gradually from single removable prostheses or fixed prostheses to fixed-removable prostheses, according to the special cases during clinical treatment. The kind of therapy has a good effect on complicated tooth defect or dentition defect, especially on distal extension defect. This is a kind of prostheses which could restore aesthetical and comfortable need of the patient. Therefore, it would have a good application prospect in the future. In our article, we mainly summarized the types and application issues of fixed-removable prostheses from the clinical aspects, and lay the foundation for clinical practice.


Nitrous acid (HONO) was first identified in ambient urban air in 1979 [Perner and Platt, 1979]. Since then, a number of atmospheric measurements have been made showing that HONO accumulates during the night, and undergoes photolysis in the early morning to produce a pulse of hydroxyl radicals (OH) [Platt et al., 1980; Winer and Biermann, 1994; Harrison et al., 1996; Lammel and Cape, 1996; Lammel, 1999; Schiller et al., 2001; Alicke et al., 2002; Stutz et al., 2002]. HONO photolysis is believed to be a major source of OH in the early morning. [Winer and Biermann, 1994; Harrison et al., 1996; Alicke et al., 2002; Stutz et al., 2002]. Both the OH and nitric oxide (NO) formed participate in reactions with volatile organic compounds (VOC) which lead to tropospheric O3 formation, the principal component of photochemical smog [Finlayson-Pitts and Pitts, 2000]. Therefore, it is important to understand the sources and sinks of HONO, and the mechanism of its formation.


This paper is about efficient Forster coupling between inorganic and organic excitons. It was presented at the international conference on synthetic materials in 2006.


Countryside feminine science and technology training is very important in countryside harmonious development,the reform should follow certain principle and take pointed,systematized countermeasures.


In this study, coagulant control of a water treatment plant was performed and analyzed based on the proposed datamining roadmap. Process data sets were collected from physical processes, so the process data had special features and entailed specific problems for field implementation. To reduce the problems, suitable techniques and approaches were utilized that could fulfill the goal of datamining in this study. For example, water control has been achieved by operators' knowledge; thus, water treatment plants cannot be constructed with fully automated systems. In this study, an automatic control algorithm was extracted from data in order to select a water treatment coagulant.


The products of controlled-potential electrolysis of cis- and trans-diacetoxystilbene are dependent on solvent composition; in dry dimethylformamide the major product is diphenylacetylene (formed by reductive elimination) whereas in aqueous dimethylformamide hydrogenolysis of one of the acetate groups may be achieved. This trapping of the carbanionic intermediate is compelling evidence for a stepwise mechanism.In the structurally related 9,10-diacyloxyphenanthrenes elimination is precluded and they are cathodically cleaved in an unexpected fashion. Fission of the acyl–oxygen bonds occurs to give phenanthraquinone radical-anion. After aqueous work-up, phenanthraquinone and the appropriate carboxylic acid are formed. It is suggested that the acid is formed by addition of water to the corresponding keten which, in turn, is probably the product of initial cleavage.The mechanistic proposals are supported by detailed product analyses, coulometry, and cyclic voltammetric experiments.


Audiovisual media-based French language training for high school teachers in Sumatra, Java and Eastern Indonesia aims to improve teachers' abilities and provide access to audiovisual learning media especially for those serving in remote areas. French Literature Program FIB-UGM conducted it in collaboration with the French Embassy in Indonesia, Institut Français d'Indonésie, and TV5Monde. The success of socialization makes this program not only atrract high school teachers, but also by French lecturers from various universities and French teachers from five Institut Français d'Indonésie and Alliance Française. The program was conducted online and took place from 5 to 16 July 2021, followed by a total of 105 people. Participants were divided into 8 groups with a learning length of 27 hours / group. The training materials are divided into Modules A and B. Module A contains training on 'exploring tv5monde.com sites for teachers', 'Accessing learning resources', 'using apprendre.tv5monde.com in the classroom', and 'understanding and using pedagogical tools on enseigner. tv5monde.com'. Module B contains everything in module A, 'creating activities out of videos', and 'designing teaching sheets from audiovisual media'. This program provides access to teaching materials in the form of audio-visual documents that can be downloaded and used in classrooms that do not yet have adequate network infrastructure. This is an important contribution for teachers in the regions who often have difficulty accessing audio document teaching materials that suit the needs of their class. This training has been successfully improve the ability and confidence of high school and vocational teachers and produce output in the form of sitography (resources pages) databases easily accessible to teachers.


Objective To investigate the curative effect of the minimally invasive surgery around pancreat region in treating rats with severe acute pancreatitis.Method 72 rats were randomed divided into 4 groups(the control group,the routine therapy group,the DDFA group,the minimally surgery group).Each group has 18 rats which were divided into 3 teams further.The model was made by injection of 5%sodium deoxycholate through retrograde lybilio pancreatic ducts.After the model was made succesfuly,the rats were killed in special times(6,12,24 h).Get the blood from heart for test the leucocyte, the blood amylzyme,the ascites amylzyme,the IL - 6,TNF -α,PL - A2 in the blood serum,and the pathological changes.Result The comparision of index the above - mentioned among the teams of the groups is significant.Conclusion The minimally invasive surgery around pancreat region can obviously decrease the leucocyte,the blood amylzyme,the ascites amylzyme, the IL - 6,TNF -α,PL - A2 in the blood serum,and improve the pathological change in SAP rats with severe acute pancreatitis. This therapeutic regimen is effective.


We study $B\to \phi K$ and $B\to \phi X_s$ decays in the heavy quark limit using perturbative QCD. The next leading order corrections introduce substantial modifications to the naive factorization results (more than 50%). The branching ratio $Br(B\to \phi K)$ is predicted to be in the range $(F^{B\to K}_1(m^2_\phi)/0.33)^2(3.5\sim 4.2) \times 10^{-6}$ which is within the one $\sigma$ allowed region from the central value of $6.2\times 10^{-6}$ measured by CLEO, but outside the one $\sigma$ allowed region from the central value of $17.2\times 10^{-6}$ measured by BELLE for reasonable $F_1^{B\to K}$. For the semi-inclusive decay $B\to \phi X_s$ we also include initial bound state effect in the heavy quark limit which decreases the branching ratio by about 10%. $Br(B\to \phi X_s)$ is predicted to be in the range $(5.1\sim 6.3)\times 10^{-5}$.


In addition to speech, visual information (e.g., facial expressions, head motions, and gestures) is an important part of human communication. It conveys, explicitly or implicitly, the intentions, the emotion states, and other paralinguistic information encoded in the speech chain. In this paper we present a multi-language, real-time text-to-audiovisual speech synthesis system, which automatically generates both audio and visual streams for a given text. While the audio stream is generated by our new HMM-based TTS engine, the visual stream is rendered by incorporating multiple animation channels, which control a cartoon figure parameterized in a 3D model simultaneously. The challenges in synthesizing, synchronizing, and integrating multiple-channel information sources are investigated and methods of generating natural, realistic animations are developed. The result of rendering all available or learned information is an expressive audio-visual synthesis module


Bioenergemal [BEL] communication [BELC] carried out on July 24, 2010, on this date Sigmund Freud made the following comment: "Doctor, sexual abuse continues to be an important axis to explain abuses, exterminations, the uselessness of the NMEGO [brain, thoughts and ego] and other atrocities, it seems that deworming is important for humanity and bioenergemity [set of bioenergemes (BEGs) at the BEL universe]. Well, it seems that if the BEG [personal component of organized BEL energy] is so affected, it is also because there has been a NMEGO and a BEG weakened. And I mean those who have been victims of all these outrages, carried out by the Tartuffes, inquisitors and criminals. In that sense, an endless story is also made and, at the same time, it shows how BEL energy supports everyone who wants to survive." These affirmations were the result of the active and spontaneous participation that Freud used to have during the BEL communications with different BEGs. But he was so confident and insistent that he overflowed with flattery towards me, which finally led me to question him.1 This situation is similar to what had happened to us with Jesus.2 For the BEL research there are three universes. Biomaterial (BML) or discontinuous space-time. Biointerfacemal (BIFL; maybe tetradimensional) that results from the immense openings that space-time presents and through which extraterrestrial flying saucers usually travel. And, bioenergemal (relative to the bioenergeme) to which the BEGs arrive after the body biocollapses (dies): and where they remain for indefinite BEL time or biotime; the BML timescale doesn't appertain there. All three form what I have proposed to name as the unit universe (UU). Likewise, in addition to biomatter, the human body includes the BEG and a third virtual (temporary, potential) component or biointerfaceme. In BELC, that we establish through relaxation, the bioimage of a BEG is a living and acting virtual biointerfaceme, like the rest of the bioimages that are formed during it (perhaps through a BIFL process of the brain), which, as in dreams, at the end of BELC all virtual events vanish.1 If someone wants more information and discussion about the methodology used, they can read references 26 and 29.


2 Abstract: Microbial keratitis is a potentially sight threatening disorder and the leading cause of monocular blindness worldwide. This study analyzed the prevalence, microbiology, clinical risk factors and treatment of infectious microbial keratitis. A prospective review of all cases presenting with keratitis at Cornea Outpatient department of Research Institute of Ophthalmology from September 2008 to September 2012, were included in this study. Full ophthalmic examination with slit lamp bio-microscopy was performed and corneal scrapings were sent for microbiological diagnosis. Results revealed that of the 380 patients who attended the outpatient department 213 (56.05%) patients were confirmed to be positive for microbial keratitis whereas 167(43.95%) showed no growth.123 (57.75%) of positive cases were males with age ranged from (4 to 88 years) and 90 (42.25%) of cases were females with age ranged from (2 to 77 years). The most common predisposing cause of ulceration was trauma 45 (21.12%) followed by contact lens wearing 40 (18.78%). Pure bacterial cultures were obtained from 122 (32.10%) eyes, whereas pure fungal cultures were obtained from 48 (12.63 %) eyes. 43 (11.31%) eyes showed mixed growth. In conclusion, this limited study has revealed and reinforced that suppurative corneal ulcers are caused by both bacterial and fungal agents. The most commonly isolated bacteria was Staph. epidermidis 40(25.64%). Early stage of diagnosis and formulation of an uncompromising management protocol can prevent profound visual morbidity. Gentamicin (10µg), Amikacin (30µg), Gatifloxacin (5µg), Ceftazidime (30µg), Erythromycin (10µg) Chloramphenicol (30µg) and Vancomycin (30µg), Voriconazole (1µg), Fluconazole (25µg), Itraconazole (50µg), Ketoconazole (10µg),) Metronidazole (5µg) and Amphotercin B (20µg), were found to be better efficacious drugs against most of the bacterial and fungal pathogens noted in in-vitro susceptibility testing.


2.3. Symmetry Aspects 4112 2.4. Computation of the Spectrum 4113 3. Rovibrational Spectrum of Argon−Methane 4113 3.1. The Schrödinger Equation and Its Solution 4114 3.2. The Spectrum and Its Assignment 4117 4. Water Pair Potential and Dimer Spectrum 4118 4.1. Tunneling Processes in the Water Dimer 4119 4.2. Dynamics Calculations 4120 4.3. Pair Potential and Dimer VRT Levels 4121 5. Three-Body Interactions; Water Trimer Spectrum 4123 5.1. Torsion and Bifurcation Tunneling 4124 5.2. Torsional Model Hamiltonian 4126 5.3. Effective Rotational and Tunneling Hamiltonian 4127


Under the guidance of the spirit of the 16th CPC Congress and in light of the actual conditions in the tertiary institutions, the paper expounds the importance and argues for the effective measures in fighting corruption in the tertiary institutions such as enhancing education, developing democracy, perfecting the system, strengthening the supervision and deepening reforms.


As a growing number of Chinese female athletes participating in international sports events, the medias report on the image of Chinese female athletes has attracted lots of attention. On the basis of the existing research, this paper discusses the current characteristic of female athletes media image, the reality reason behind the presented characteristic and its possible effects, which will provide a fresh perspective for future research. Based on Pierre Bourdieus theory, this paper makes an in-depth study into the case of Chinese Olympic Champion Yang Qian. The research shows that due to the changes in media communication, market environment and political atmosphere, the image shaping of Chinese female athletes presents the characteristics of diversification and individuation. The symbolic capital they possess not only brings them sufficient commercial value, but also offers them the opportunity to reshaped the public cognition, which helps broaden the public's understanding of the gender roles of athletes.


Convergence to the entropy solution of a second-order scheme for the resolution of scalar hyperbolic conservation laws is studied. We consider the case of the so-called two-point upstream weighting scheme, widely used in petroleum engineering, to solve fluid flows in porous media problems. We prove convergence of the two-point upstream weighting scheme to the entropy solution for both discrete and semidiscrete approximations.


To explore the age-related difference of attention, this study compared the attention abilities of younger adults with that of older adults in attention allocation and selective attention. Data collected from 60 younger adults and 50 older adults indicated that there was no significant age-related difference in attention allocation. Although attention resource of older adults is not critical for the allocation task, significant age-related difference was found in selective attention between younger and older adults, thus the influence of attention to recognition aging might come from the decline of the selective attention, rather than from the decrease of attention resource.


The probiotic strain L. casei DN-114 001, in fermented milk, has demonstrated ;health benefit in human. Positive results have been obtained, with animal ;models, concerning the beneficial role of th...


The change of valley degeneracy in a Si(111) inversion layer due to the intravalley exchange and correlation at high magnetic fields is mapped out as a function of the density and of the strength of the interaction compared with the impurity scattering. The calculated magnetoconductivity is used to explain the observed splitting of the last Landau level in the Shubnikov-de Haas measurements.


High-density through-silicon via (TSV) interconnects in silicon interposer require effective crosstalk-reduction signaling schemes and rigorous crosstalk modeling techniques. In this letter, we propose a rigorous model for grounded TSVs with ohmic contact. The proposed model takes into account contact resistance, doping density, and doping-region capacitance for the metal-silicon interface of grounded TSVs. The comparison between modeling results and full-wave simulations validates the accuracy of the proposed model for signal-ground-signal vias.


Constraint programming is a powerful paradigm that allows for solving optimization and constraint satisfaction problems (CSPs). In this context, a main concern of this technology is that the efficient problem resolution usually relies on the employed solving strategy. Unfortunately, selecting the proper one is known to be complex as the behavior of strategies is commonly unpredictable. Recently, Autonomous Search appeared as a new technique to tackle this concern. The idea is to let the solver adapt its strategy during solving time in order to improve performance. This task is controlled by a choice function which decides, based on performance information, how the strategy must be updated. In this paper, we evaluate the impact on the solving phase of 16 different choice functions. We employ as test bed a set of well-known benchmarks that collect general features present on most CSPs. Interesting experimental results are obtained in order to provide the best-performing choice functions for solving CSPs.


Autonomous two-dimensional manipulation of microparticles to form patterns under an optical microscope by pushing and pulling them with a sharp nanoprobe is presented. Camera calibration is done by an iterative sliding-mode parameter observer designed to satisfy the Lyapunov stability criterion. Estimated parameters are also used to increase the bandwidth on position control. Individual particles are manipulated in linear trajectories, utilizing a procedure that allows the particles to stick near the tip for horizontal motion and to get released for vertical motion. Patterns (and assemblies) of particles are generated using a planning algorithm that orders individual manipulations based on the blockage of linear trajectories by other particles or target positions. Basically, the particle that blocks the most number of trajectories is positioned to the target position that blocks the least number of trajectories. This ordering algorithm is a minimization of blockages to the linear trajectories and hence, performs better than the conventional distance-based approaches. Efficiency of the approach is demonstrated on experimental results, positioning 4.5 mum diameter polystyrene particles on a flat glass substrate autonomously. Average accuracy of individual manipulations is less than 0.64 mum.


Abstract Small birds that winter in the tropics and breed in the northern hemisphere migrate at night. When the sky is overcast, particularly with rain or snow in the air, these migrants become attracted to and disoriented by the aircraft warning lights on tall structures. They often die as they strike the structures and supporting wires. Mass mortality events have been repeatedly recorded in the United States over the past half century. Migrants under threat from habitat destruction in their wintering and nesting areas are the most vulnerable. Tall towers are multiplying with the proliferation of cellular telephones and the introduction of digital television. Estimates based on available data in North America imply significant threats at the population level and a review of a recent bibliography suggests an unexplained concentration of risk in the Mississippi and central flyways. The telecommunications industry and the American and Canadian governments (in violation of treaty obligations and applicable regulations) are refusing to accept responsibility, support research, or adopt remedial measures. A brief survey of the international situation conducted by the author indicates tower proliferation worldwide, reports of nocturnal migrant deaths but no indication of government or industry interest or action. Systematic monitoring of mortality at towers is desperately required.


MANY common viral diseases have long been recognized by the specific nature of their accompanying rashes. The eruptions of herpes simplex, smallpox and cowpox were readily recognized by their distinctive characteristics, and vaccination against smallpox was practiced successfully long before the era of modern virology. Recent successes in the isolation and propagation of viruses from varicella and herpes zoster,1 measles2 and rubella3 , 4 also have not been of much help in the clinical diagnosis and management of these infections although they have definitely increased the prospects for their prevention. Other illnesses associated with exanthems that are poorly characterized have been noted . . .


Generally, multiple valued logic algebra is based on the number system of modulo-M. In this paper, characters a, b, c,... each of which represents the independent state, are regarded as the elements of the symbolic multiple valued logic. By using set theory, the symbolic multiple valued logic and their functions are defined. Variations of the symbolic logic function due to the variation of a variable and their properties are suggested and analyzed. With these variations, the MacLaurin's and Taylor's series expansions of the symbolic multiple valued logic functions are proposed and proved. The theory and properties may be available in the design and modeling of the hardware or intelligent system.


INTRODUCTION: Rhytidectomy is one of the most commonly performed cosmetic procedures by plastic surgeons. Increasing attention to the development of a high-value, low-cost healthcare system is a priority of U.S. healthcare policy makers as projections of healthcare costs in the U.S. are shown to be unsustainable. This study aims to analyze specific patient and hospital factors that may augment the marginal charges of the procedure.


Insertion phase of coaxial cable under conditions of temperature change and flexure will be examined. Its definition, significance, IEC standards, measurement methods, and data analysis methods will be discussed. Introduction The insertion phase of coaxial cable is important to wireless and other markets that use coaxial cable in radio frequency (RF) applications. These cables may transport signals that require predictable insertion phase characteristics for the system to function properly. For example, an antenna array where the driven elements are interconnected with coaxial cables will be subject to the temperature extremes of an outdoor environment. These temperature variations will change the insertion phase of the coaxial cables, which could significantly change the antenna radiation pattern due to the alteration of the phasing of the signals applied to the antenna elements. Cables within equipment assemblies may provide important phasing between modules, which could change as the temperature in the equipment changes. Equipment that involves flexure of coaxial cables may be adversely affected by insertion phase changes in the cable. For example, robotic equipment or moveable antenna arrays would have flexure as a concern. This could adversely impact the equipment performance to the extent that it would no longer conform to its published specifications. Unfortunately phase characteristics of coaxial cable are sometimes not given, or if they are given, are very brief. What is missing is an explanation of how it was determined, what conditions it was measured under, or how to apply it to system design. This paper will explain what insertion phase is, how it is measured and evaluated, and how to apply the results to system design. Definition Insertion phase is the phase change that occurs to a signal as it propagates through a transmission line. Coaxial cable serves as the transmission line for many RF signals. Insertion phase can also be thought of as the time it takes for a signal to pass from one end of the cable to the other. Phase is expressed in radians or degrees, and time is expressed in seconds. Because RF signals travel so fast, time is usually expressed with smaller units such as milliseconds, microseconds, or nanoseconds. Phase is related to time if the velocity though the cable and the frequency of the signal are known. Take for example the propagation of a signal through the cable of Figure 1. A signal is injected into end A of the cable at time to and exits the cable at end B at time t1. The velocity (vc) and length (l) determine the time it takes the signal to travel from end A to end B. Figure 1 – Signal Propagation Time Through a Cable athematically, the difference between t1 and t0 is:


Eliminating stray light is a very important item in optimizing optical systems. The typical method is to use matting materials to coat onto the optomechanical component. However, the material will deteriorate or bleaching after being exposed to long periods of time and high UV energy. The performance of the optical system will be therefore affected. In this study, the anti-photobleaching capacity of matting materials on various substrates was discussed. A high intensity UV source was used to radiate the samples for long time. The changes of the morphology and relative reflectance of sample were observed and analysed. Also, a 355 nm pulsed laser was used to perform the surface modification on samples. An improvement of the matting performance was expected. This study succeeded in establishing a comparing procedure, which enabled the characteristic comparison between the various experimental conditions. This study provides a useful database for the development of matting material technology.


We consider the question whether a wormhole can be converted into a nonextremal quasiblack hole by a continuous change of parameters. In other words, we ask whether ``black'' wormholes can exist as end points of families of static wormhole geometries. The answer is negative since the corresponding limit is singular. Similar conclusions are valid also for other types of black hole mimickers. Our treatment is model independent and applies to any static geometries. We also find an asymptotic expression for the Kretschmann scalar for wormholes on the threshold of horizon formation. We point out complementarity between the ability of wormholes to mimic black holes and their ability to be traversable ``in practice.''


W. W. Immerzeel et al. ("Climate change will affect the Asian water towers," Reports, 11 June, p. [1382][1]) overlooked two features of monsoon influence on the future of Asian water resources: Regional climate models disagree on whether monsoon precipitation will increase or decrease in the


The language-modeling approach to information retrieval provides an effective statistical framework for tackling various problems and often achieves impressive empirical performance. However, most previous work on language models for information retrieval focused on document-specific characteristics, and therefore did not take into account the structure of the surrounding corpus, a potentially rich source of additional information. We propose a novel algorithmic framework in which information provided by document-based language models is enhanced by the incorporation of information drawn from clusters of similar documents. Using this framework, we develop a suite of new algorithms. Even the simplest typically outperforms the standard language-modeling approach in terms of mean average precision (MAP) and recall, and our new interpolation algorithm posts statistically significant performance improvements for both metrics over all six corpora tested. An important aspect of our work is the way we model corpus structure. In contrast to most previous work on cluster-based retrieval that partitions the corpus, we demonstrate the effectiveness of a simple strategy based on a nearest-neighbors approach that produces overlapping clusters.


Adult size in Drosophila results from the ratio of the rate of biomass increase and the rate of differentiation, both rates being temperature sensitive. Data on rates and size are collected in two tropical and two temperate Drosophila species; differentiation rate is higher in the two tropical species, growth rate differs between the large and small species of similar climatic origin. A biophysical model is used to evaluate the temperature dependence of adult size in Drosophila. The model is based upon the Sharpe–Schoolfield equation connecting enzyme kinetics and biological rates. Temperature sensitivities of growth rate, development time, and wing and thorax size are characterized by biophysical parameters. The biophysical parameter indicating trait specific temperature sensitivity is lower in tropical species than in temperate species, both for growth rate and for differentiation rate. In the larger species of a climate pair, thorax size and wing size prove to differ in pattern of temperature dependence; in the smaller species of a geographical pair, thorax size and wing size have identical patterns of temperature dependence.


This letter to the editor questions the guidance of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH) that a doctor must be present during intrauterine device (IUD) fittings for the slight possibility of atropine administration.


To the Editor: I read with interest a special article in a recent issue of Hemodialysis International, but I found that the historical perspective is rather cursory and does not refer to the publications before 1975, when most of the basic studies on glucose in dialysate were performed. Abel, Rowntree, and Turner used various concentrations of electrolytes but no glucose in the dialysis solution for their animal experiments. Haas, in his experiments on animals and in first human hemodialyses, used Ringer's solution or normal saline, but no glucose. The initial idea of using a high glucose concentration in a dialysis solution stemmed not only from the need for osmotic ultrafiltration in rotating drum dialyzers but also from Kolff's belief that glucose may prevent hemolysis in extracorporeal circulation. It is worth remembering that Kolff established the first blood bank in continental Europe in 1940 and was familiar with handling blood outside the body. For blood storage, in addition to citric acid and sodium citrate, glucose was used to prevent hemolysis. In his memoirs, in 1965, Kolff stated ''One of the reasons why we added glucose to the rinsing fluid was to protect the red blood cells since it was well known that the storage life of red blood cells is increased if glucose is added to blood bank bottles.'' In dialyzers capable of hydrostatic ultrafiltration, such as the spiral, sheet, or twin coil, glucose was added to the dialysis solution for various reasons. Many followed Kolff's recommendation to prevent hemolysis, and others to increase the ultrafiltration rate. Holmes and Nakamoto provided an excellent discussion of the reasons for using a 0.5% to 1.0% glucose concentration in twin coil dialyzers. The most important was avoidance of coil rupture with outflow pressures exceeding 200 to 240 mmHg. A glucose concentration as high as 7% was used for more intensive ultrafiltration but was discontinued after lethal, severe hyperglycemia without ketosis developed during dialysis with 7% glucose. The conclusion of this fatal case report was that ''Dehydration of patients during dialysis should be accomplished by ultrafiltration, and the concentration of glucose in the dialysis bath should not exceed 1.5 g/100 mL.'' Another reason for the use of 1.52% glucose concentration was prevention of osmotic disequilibrium; however, other papers reported that glucose at concentrations of 2.0% to 2.5% did not prevent disequilibrium, but was associated with hypoglycemia after dialysis. Consequently, the glucose concentration was reduced to 0.2%, while osmotic disequilibrium was prevented with more frequent dialyses. A glucose-free dialysis solution was found to be associated with hypoglycemia in mongrel dogs, weighing 17 to 38 kg, dialyzed on a Skeggs-Leonards dialyzer with a blood flow of 200 to 500 mL/min and a dialysate flow of 710 to 910 mL/min. When blood glucose was above 100 mg/dL, glucose losses were 3 mg/kg/min and dogs developed hypoglycemia with arterial blood glucose o40 mg/dL. ''In most instances the quantity of glucose removed from the circulation by dialysis appears to have been too small to account for hypoglycemia. As further evidence for this, in 2 experiments the quantity of intravenously administered glucose that was required to return plasma glucose concentration to normal was several times the quantity of glucose removed by dialysis.'' The authors postulated an increase in peripheral glucose utilization during dialysis as an important reason for hypoglycemia. Hypoglycemia was prevented with a dialysis solution with 100 mg/dL glucose. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the glucose concentration in dialysis solution was usually below 0.5%, and sometimes glucose was completely eliminated for various reasons. The introduction of the reuse of Kiil dialyzers at home using formaldehyde as a sterilant required the use of Clinitest tablets to detect traces of formaldehyde. Glucose in the dialysis solution was eliminated to avoid interference with the Clinitest. It was also found that the losses of glucose during a 10-hour dialysis were about 30 g and the patients never became hypoglycemic; arteriovenous shunts were used for a pumpless blood flow of o200 mL/min. Two patients were dialyzed on the tank dialysate-supply system (Sweden Freezer Company, Seattle, WA, USA) and 6 on the Mini II (Milton Roy, St Petersburg, FL, USA). Dialysate flow was not mentioned, but was probably 500 mL/min as this was routinely used in Seattle at that time. Hemodialysis International 2009; 13:86–88


Pulsed lasers can be utilized to generate intensity-modulated light at the fundamental frequency of the laser repetition rate as well as higher order modulation (HOM) frequencies in the recent study. We also demonstrated the feasibility of using pulse lasers and fiber-wavelength-convertors as a light source in multicolor frequency-domain (FD) biophotonic systems. In this paper, we present a novel approach to enhancing the intensity of signals below 1 GHz in HOM-based FD systems simply by employing the fiber dispersion effect. The energy spectrum of HOMs can be redistributed to enhance the intensity of HOMs within the bandwidth of the photo-detector without the need for an external (optical or electrical) amplifier. We also demonstrate that the length of dispersive fiber can be optimized via numerical calculations, the results of which are in good agreement with experimental measurements. Finally, we demonstrate a frequency-domain-photon-migration system employing the fiber dispersion effect to enhance sub-GHz signals at a wavelength of 1.03 μm in order to recover the optical properties of turbid samples. Our measurements results demonstrate the superiority of the proposed FD source over the conventional directly modulated FD light source. Furthermore, the simple configuration of the proposed scheme makes it applicable to a wide range of FD biophotonic systems.


The present invention comprises the steps of spinning a spinning solution containing the metal, nonmetal, metal oxide, metal compound, nonmetal compound and a precursor capable of forming at least one element selected from the group consisting of a composite metal oxide at least one member, the emitted precursor by crystallization or amorphization by crushing to produce a nanofiber comprising the nanoparticles at least one selected from the group consisting of metal, nonmetal, metal oxide, metal compound, nonmetal compound and composite metal oxides, and the nano-fiber is selected from the nanoparticles, nano clusters or the group consisting of a production method and a metal, non-metal, metal oxide, metal compound, nonmetal compound and composite metal oxide nanopowder and nano ink and micro rod containing the same, including mixtures thereof the grinding or from nanofibers made up of one or more kinds of nano-particles Particle, to a nanopowder and nano ink containing the same and microrods containing nano clusters or mixture thereof. Nanoparticles, nano clusters, nanopowders, nano ink, microrods, precursor, electrospinning


In present Thesis a plasticity based composite interface model is proposed for the simulation of cyclic behavior of the masonry under cyclic loading. The monotonic composite interface model consist of single surface yield criterion which is extension of mohr-Coulomb criteria with cut in tension region and a cap in compression region.


Poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) has been used as a sustainable, non-volatile, and environmentally friendly reac- tion solvent for the synthesis of functionalized benzene/biaryl and fluoren-9-one derivatives from activated acetylenes and 1,3- diones at 100 o C. No additional solvent and catalyst are required.


Aesthetic is a special form for man to grasp the world. It is the natural relationship between man and society,image and emotional state with non- utilitarian purpose. However,the emergence of current mass culture has deeply influenced our thinking consciousness,and changed our aesthetic pattern. Dance as an earliest human cultural phenomenon should be mutually growing with public appreciation. But it has been "small minority " artificially with the change of the public aesthetic. This article intends to investigate the reasons for dance to be"small minority"and the rational interpretation for the relationship between"mass"and"small minority"from the continuous collision between public appreciation and dance.


The project study of experimental work the chiller water was carried out using a nano-fluid aluminum (Al) with ethylene glycol (EG) with different concentrations (0.02, 0.04, 0.06, 0.08, and 0.1 %) to enhancement the performance and efficiency of the chiller water system and the thermal conductivity. Therefore, the most important point to know is its thermal conductivity. The study focus of this work is on nanofluids including aluminum of 10 nm nanoparticles. Thermal conductivity was measured at room temperature. The specific objectives are the determination of the influence of volume fraction, ultrasonic time, concentration, on the thermal conductivity of nanofluid (Al/EG). The results of the thermal conductivity measurement show the best interval time of sonicated which was 6 hours in comparison with the other interval times. The result shows that the thermal conductivity of different concentrations of nanoaluminum (Al) with base fluid ethylene glycol (EG) have increase linearly with increment of concentration of nanoaluminum (Al) in base fluid. The volume fraction concentration of the nanoaluminum (Al) with ethylene glycol (EG) increases with increase in the coefficient of performance COP and compared with ethylene glycol (EG) gives value enhancement very good 29% when addition nanoparticles. The temperature of the entering nanofluid increases with the increase of the coefficient of performance.


Abstract Background Thyrotoxic Periodic Paralysis (TPP) is a rare complication of thyrotoxicosis mostly reported in Eastern Asian countries with relatively few known cases among non-Asian diaspora in the West. Case A 28-year-old African American male with no documented medical history reported to the ED with concern for mechanical fall secondary to progressively worsening muscle weakness. Symptoms began the prior evening with proximal lower extremity and bilateral shoulder weakness which then became severe generalized weakness in all four extremities by morning prompting a fall due to unstable gait and inability to maintain stable seated position. A 60 lb weight loss over the prior year was also noted. Vital signs were notable for blood pressure 154/67 mmHg, tachycardia 109 beats per minute, and tachypnea 20 breaths per minute. Initial labs were significant for hypokalemia 2.2 mEq/L (3.5–5.5 mEq/L), hs-troponin 59 ng/L (n < 20 ng/L), CK 444 U/L (38–174 U/L), ALP 186 U/L (35–110 U/L), TSH < 0.01 uIU/mL (0.35–5.5 uIu/mL), free T4 4.13 ng/dL (0.61–1.12 ng/dL), free T3 15.10 pg/mL (2.5–3.9 pg/mL) and total T3 404 ng/dL (87–178 ng/dL). EKG revealed sinus tachycardia with prolonged PR-interval to 236 ms and prominent precordial U-waves. The patient was given potassium chloride 40 meq IV and PO supplementation, started on propranolol 10mg PO QID and methimazole 30mg PO daily, and admitted to telemetry. Endocrinology recommended increasing the methimazole dose to 20mg PO TID. Thyroid ultrasound revealed a heterogeneous hyper-vascular gland. Follow up labs included: thyroid stimulating immunoglobulin 4.97 IU/L (n < 0.10 IU/L), thyroid peroxidase antibody 19 IU/L (n < 9 IU/mL), gamma glutamyl transpeptidase 22 (9–65 U/L). Findings were consistent with Graves' disease. Repeat metabolic panel showed appropriate potassium response to supplementation trending between 3.9 meq/L to 4.2 meq/L at six-hour intervals. Hs-troponin peaked at 108 ng/L likely due to demand ischemia in the setting of persistent tachycardia. Follow-up 2D echocardiogram was remarkable for borderline LVH with 60% EF. Patient displayed rapid improvement in muscle strength as potassium normalized; creatine kinase trended down to 49 U/L with resolving myopathy. Patient was discharged on methimazole 20mg PO TID and propranolol 10mg PO QID and told to increase PO intake of potassium rich foods. He was advised to avoid strenuous activity for at least 2 weeks.His potassium was 4.5 meq/L on follow-up endocrinology appointment one week after discharge. He did not endorse residual symptoms and remained compliant with medications. Conclusion This is a case of TPP amidst undiagnosed Graves' disease that resolved with timely potassium repletion. Documented TPP cases in non-Asians, especially African Americans, are rare and should be investigated further. Presentation: Saturday, June 11, 2022 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., Sunday, June 12, 2022 1:12 p.m. - 1:17 p.m.


Objective To explore the influencing factors and possible mechanism of axial rotation of the pelvis in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) with primary thoracic curve.Methods 91 AIS patients with primary thoracic curve were recruited in this retrospective study. There were 81females and 10 males with a mean age of 14.5 ± 1.7yrs and a mean Cobb angle of 48 ± 8.6.Axial pelvic rotation can be quantified using the left/right hemipelvis width ratio (L/R ratio) as measured on standing posterior-anterior scoliosis radiographs.According to the L/R ratio,the subjects were divided into two groups:Group A (L/R ratio ≤1) and Group B (L/R ratio >1).Descriptive statistics were done to determine the means and standard deviations.Correlation and linear regression were used for statistic analysis.Results 75.8% (n =69) of AIS patients with primary thoracic curve had a trend of axial pelvic rotation in the same direction as the thoracic curve; two variables were associated with axial rotation of the pelvis:more flexibility of the lumbar curve in AIS patients with axial pelvic rotation to the right (0.87 ± 0.27 vs 0.69 ± 0.24,P =0.007) ; and greater axial pelvic rotation in AIS patients with less rotation of the lumbar apex (P =0.008).The L/R ratio correlated with the lumbar apical vertebral rotation (P =0.003) and the lumbar Cobb angle (P =0.002),but not with thoracic curve severity.There was a correlation between lumbar and thoracic Cobb angles (P<0.001 ).Conclusions The majority of AIS patients with primary thoracic curve had significant axial pelvic rotation in the same direction as the thoracic curve.Moreover,although the axial pelvic rotation did not correlate with the magnitude of thoracic curve directly,there were overlapping correlations from the thoracic spine to the pelvis.Thus it was speculated that the pelvis might compensate for the deformity of thoracic curve through the lumbar spine.

Key words:
Scoliosis;  Adolescent;  Pelvic rotation


The study explored the mediating effect of Perceived Employability (PE) on faculty members' protean career orientation (PCO) and Career Success (CS). The study is exploratory in nature which aimed to ascertain the mediating relationship of perceived employability between protean career orientation and career success of faculty members working in public sector institutions of higher learning. The researchers tried to test protean career theory by developing a conceptual framework. Data were gained through self-administrated questionnaires from the faculty members working in Punjab's Public Sector Universities. For the purpose of sampling: stratified sampling technique was applied for data collection. Data were obtained from 269 respondents' for testing the theoretical model. Measurement model was analyzed by applying Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) for testing the hypothesis. For this purposed we used SMART-PLS Licensed version 3. The researchers detected a statistically significant mediating role of perceived employability between protean career orientation and subjective career success. Due to the scarcity of financial and time constraints we have collected data from only 12 universities of Punjab, Pakistan. However, the results can be generalized as all the public sector universities are governed by same governing body; named Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC).


A hybrid material can be defined as a combination of two components of different chemical nature. The combination of a mineral matrix and organic matter has multiple significance. From a chemical point of view, it allows the obtaining of bi-functional materials that combine the chemical properties of their components. The development of new materials with specific properties and nanostructured Lamellar Double Hydroxides (LDHs) has been widely investigated due to their great importance. This study focuses on the development of a hybrid material consisting of a matrix of alumina trihydrate Al(OH)3 (gibbsite). Previous studies on the synthesis of suspension LDHs by lithium salts intercalation in a gibbsite matrix were examined, while the obtained samples were characterized by different physicochemical methods.


This paper presents a photoelectrochemical (PEC) sensor using flexible polymer as the substrate for detection of hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) ions, showing a large sensing range from part per billion (ppb) level to part per million (ppm) level. This sensor utilizes layer-by-layer (LbL) self-assembled graphene intercalation to mediate the Schottky barrier formed between the metal electrodes (Au) and the photon-sensitive material (titanium dioxide, TiO2), which enhances the photocurrent of the sensor more than three times. Additionally, graphene layer also improves the stability of the sensing signal (photocurrent) due to its role in facilitating the separation of photon-excited electrons and holes. Quercetin is used as the selective material in the sensing system, which can specifically interact with Cr(VI). The flexibility of metal electrode and nanomaterial films of the sensor allows the adoption of a flexible substrate, with great application potential in wearable or implantable sensors for animals and plants. The sensor shows a detection range from 14.9 to 3194.1 ppb in dissolved air, with a low detection limit of 9.5 ppb.


In this paper Line spectrum pairs are proposed as the feature representation when at- tempting to model the dynamics of speech frame. The experiments on TIMIT data base show the eectiv eness of the proposed features for the ap- plication of vowel classication.


The seminal contributions of Y. C. Lee and co-workers since the early 1980s in the field of glycobiology and multivalent carbohydrate–protein interactions have culminated into the concept of ''Glycoside cluster effect''. These pioneering observations led to the foundation of glycodendrimer chemistry initiated more than two decades ago. It became progressively evident that the interplay of complex multivalent interactions was similarly applicable to a wide range of other biomolecular relationships valuable in new drug design. Although tremendous progress has been accomplished in our understanding of the ''glycocodes'' through multivalency, it is also becoming increasingly obvious that the detailed mechanisms underlying multiple ligand–protein interactions are far more complicated than initially perceived. On the other hand, numerous useful applications of multivalent glycoarchitectures have emerged through this exciting activity. They encompass several therapeutic opportunities that include antimicrobial strategies, vaccines, and targeted drug delivery, together with diagnostic applications and cell and tissue imaging. The quest to overcome the weakness of natural glycan binding interactions a Département de Chimie Moléculaire, UMR-CNRS 5250 & ICMG FR 2607, Université Joseph Fourier, BP 53, 570 rue de la chimie, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com; Fax: +33 4 56 52 08 03; Tel: +33 4 56 52 08 33 b Institut Universitaire de France, 103 boulevard Saint-Michel, 75005 Paris, France c Pharmaqam – Department of Chemistry, Université du Québec à Montréal, P.O. Box 8888, Succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3P8. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com; Fax: +1 514 987 4054; Tel: +1 514 987 3000 ext 2546 † Part of the multivalent scaffolds in glycosciences themed issue.


Introduction A Dire Need for Moral Education The Norms of Moral Agency The Feasibility of the Norms The Goal of Moral Education The Content of Moral Education The Pedagogy of Moral Education Moral Education for the United States Moral Education for Natalene Turner Moral Education for the Force Implications Selected Bibliography Index


Abstract Introduction Pseudohypoparathyroidism (PHP) describes disorders of hypoparathyroidism that are the result of resistance of target tissues to the actions of parathyroid hormone (PTH). Studies have estimated the prevalence of PHP to be 0.34 in 100,000 in Japan and 1.1 in 100,000 in Denmark. The first biochemical abnormalities to become apparent are elevated serum levels of PTH and elevated serum levels of phosphorus, followed by hypocalcaemia. We present a patient diagnosed with PHP Type 1B (PHP1B), which was presented to us many years after her initial diagnosis, with other major comorbidities now present. Case description This patient is an 81 year old female presenting to the clinic to discuss her previously diagnosed PHP1B. Her past medical history revealed she began having symptoms of intermittent muscle cramping at the age of 22, followed by carpopedal spasms and periorbital paresthesia a year later. She has also had a physical examination significant for a positive Trousseau sign, but no phenotypical signs of Albright hereditary Osteodystrophy (AHO). Lab evidence from 1977 was recovered showing urinary cyclic AMP level <20 nmol/mg after administration of PTH, consistent with PHP1B. The family history in her parents and children has revealed no similar genetic history so far. Other comorbidities she has developed since her diagnosis are hypokalemia, hypothyroidism, osteoporosis with a femur fracture, obesity, chronic kidney disease and nephrolithiasis. She has been continuing treatment throughout her life with calcium, calcitriol and vitamin D supplementation for hypocalcemia. She has been mostly eucalcemic since then, and complains of occasional carpopedal spasms and perioral numbness. Discussion PHP1B is isolated resistance to PTH in the kidney and normal PTH response in bone without features of AHO. PHP1A and 1C have PTH resistance in bone, and both express AHO. These various forms of PHP are due to defects in the GNAS gene that lead to decreased expression of the alpha-subunit of G protein (Gsa). In the absence of molecular analysis, the clinical and biochemical overlap between PHP and related disorders can lead to challenges in diagnostic classification. There are 2 types of PHP1B cases- autosomal dominant (AD) and sporadic. However, the majority of Patients with PHP1B do not have mutations within the GNAS but they have methylation and imprinting defects that result in absence of maternal Gsa. To emphasize, epimutation study rather than sequencing of the coding region in GNAS should be performed for genetic investigation, which has now become standard practice. Although there is no difference in clinical presentation between AD PHP1B and sporadic PHP1B, their differentiation early during the disease onset can help providers give patients more reliable genetic and reproductive counseling and provide optimal medical management of complications such as hypocalcemia. Presentation: No date and time listed


. The past few years have witnessed the great success of a new family of paradigms, so-called folksonomy, which allows users to freely associate tags with resources and efficiently manage them. In order to uncover the underlying structures and user behaviors in folksonomy, in this paper, we propose an evolutionary hypergraph model for explaining the emerging statistical properties. The present model introduces a novel mechanism that can not only assign tags to resources, but also retrieve resources via collaborative tags. We then compare the model with a real-world data set: Del.icio.us . Indeed, the present model shows considerable agreement with the empirical data in the following aspects: power-law hyperdegree distributions, negative correlation between clustering coefficients and hyperdegrees, and small average distances. Furthermore, the model indicates that most tagging behaviors are motivated by labeling tags on resources, and the tag plays a significant role in effectively retrieving interesting resources and making acquaintances with congenial friends. The proposed model may shed some light on the in-depth understanding of the structure and function of folksonomy.


An anti-geometric attack SVD digital watermark algorithm based on geometric center and image mass centroid is proposed. An improved block-based SVD is employed to embed and extract watermark. Based on the invariance of geometric center and image mass centroid, the conducted geometric transform can be detected, and the attacked image is corrected before extraction according to the detected transformation parameters. Experiments show that the proposed algorithm has low computational cost, good embedding capacity and shows perfect robustness in against large scale geometric deformation, the embedded watermark can be easily and exactly extracted.


The voltage-source inverters are normally equipped with an electrolytic capacitor in their DC link. The electrolytic capacitor has several disadvantage such as increasing size, limitting converter life and reliability. Therefore, several approaches for removing the DC link capacitor have been studied. This paper proposes a new strategy of the voltage source inverter without DC link components. To restrain the current resonance caused by LC filter of AC source side, rectifier of this inverter is controlled by current closed loop with di/dt feedback (di/dt; differenciation of AC source current). To improve AC source current waveform, feedback gain of di/dt and LC parameters are investigated by calculation for a 0.75kW induction motor driven by this inverter. Both the calculated and measured waveforms of AC source currents maintain nearly sinusoidal waveforms with a unity power factor.


Thermal spraying by High-Velocity Oxygen-Fuel (HVOF) process is being used in an increasing variety of coating applications. In this study a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model is developed to predict gas dynamic behavior in a high-velocity oxygen-fuel (HVOF) thermal spray gun in which premixed oxygen and propane are burnt in a combustion chamber linked to a parallel-sided nozzle. The CFD analysis is applied to investigate axisymmetric, steady-state, turbulent, compressible, chemically reacting, subsonic and supersonic flow within the gun. A segregated, finite volume numerical technique is used to solve the coupled conservation of mass, momentum, and energy equations for the gas in a sequential manner. A standard, twoequation, realizable   k turbulence model is employed for the turbulent flow field. An eddy dissipation model is used to solve the global reaction. This approach is based on the solution of transport equations for species mass fractions. The reaction rates are assumed to be controlled by the turbulence instead of the calculation of Arrhenius chemical kinetics. Results describe the general gas dynamic features of HVOF spraying and then give a detailed discussion of the computational predictions of the present analysis. The gas velocity, temperature, pressure and Mach number distributions are presented for various locations inside the gun. The gas Mach number increases through the gun and reaches a maximum value of approximately 2.3 out of the nozzle exit. In addition, the results reported in this paper illustrate that the numerical simulation can be one of the most powerful and beneficial tools for the HVOF system design, optimization and performance analysis.


ABSTRACT This case-study describes telephone-based interventions conducted by occupational therapists in the child and adolescent day ward at the Geha Mental Health Center in Israel, which was partially closed due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Most patients stopped coming to the ward in compliance with Health Ministry regulations to remain physically distant. Without intervention, however, these youngsters have difficulties functioning. Thus, in order to maintain treatment continuity, interventions were conducted by telephone. This imposed reality taught the staff that it is possible to provide functional-psychological assistance to children and adolescents via telephone conversations and to achieve desired treatment outcomes, ranging from psychological support to functional change.


Safety and Efficacy of Adjunctive Cenobamate (YKP3089) in Patients With Uncontrolled Focal Seizures: A Multicentre, Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Dose-Responsive Trial Krauss GL, Klein P, Brandt C, et al. Lancet Neurol. 2020;19(1):38-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(19)30399-0. BACKGROUND: More than a third of patients with epilepsy are treatment resistant, and thus new, more effective therapies to achieve seizure freedom are needed. Cenobamate (YKP3089), an investigational antiepileptic drug, has shown broad-spectrum anticonvulsant activity in preclinical studies and seizure models. We aimed to evaluate the safety, efficacy, and tolerability of adjunctive cenobamate in patients with uncontrolled focal (partial)-onset epilepsy. METHODS: We did a multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, dose–response study at 107 epilepsy and neurology centers in 16 countries. Adult patients (aged 18-70 years) with focal seizures despite treatment with 1 to 3 antiepileptic drugs were randomly assigned (1:1:1:1) via an interactive web response system, by block sizes of 4 within each country, to adjuvant once daily oral cenobamate at dose groups of 100 mg, 200 mg, or 400 mg, or placebo following an 8-week baseline assessment. Patients, investigators, and study personnel were masked to treatment assignment. The study included a 6-week titration phase and 12-week maintenance phase. The primary efficacy outcomes were percentage change in 28-day focal seizure frequency (focal aware motor, focal impaired awareness, or focal to bilateral tonic–clonic seizures) from baseline analyzed in the modified intention-to-treat population (≥1 dose and any postbaseline seizure data) and responder rates (≥50% reduction) analyzed in the maintenance phase population (≥1 dose in the maintenance phase and any maintenance phase seizure data). The primary efficacy outcomes were analyzed using a hierarchal step-down procedure comparing 200 mg versus placebo, 400 mg versus placebo, then 100 mg versus placebo. Safety and tolerability were compared descriptively across treatment groups for all randomized patients. This study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT01866111. FINDINGS: Between July 31, 2013, and June 22, 2015, 437 patients were randomly assigned to either placebo (n = 108) or cenobamate 100 mg (n = 108), 200 mg (n = 110), or 400 mg (n = 111). Of these patients, 434 (106 [98%] in placebo group, 108 [100%] in 100 mg group, 109 [99%] in 200 mg group, and 111 [100%] in 400 mg group) were included in the modified intention-to-treat population, and 397 (102 [94%] in placebo group, 102 [94%] in 100 mg group, 98 [89%] in 200 mg group, and 95 [86%] in 400 mg group) were included in the modified intention-to-treat maintenance phase population. Median percentage changes in seizure frequency were −24.0% (interquartile range: −45.0 to −7.0%) for the placebo group compared to −35.5% (−62.5 to −15.0%; P = .0071) for the 100 mg dose group, −55.0% (−73.0 to −23.0%; P < .0001) for the 200 mg dose group, and −55.0% (−85.0 to −28.0%; P < .0001) for the 400 mg dose group. Responder rates during the maintenance phase were 25% (26 of 102 patients) for the placebo group compared to 40% (41 of 102; odds ratio: 1.97, 95% confidence interval: 1.08-3.56; P = .0365) for the 100 mg dose group, 56% (55 of 98; 3.74, 2.06-6.80; P < .0001) for the 200 mg dose group, and 64% (61 of 95; 5.24, 2.84-9.67; P < .0001) for the 400 mg dose group. Treatment-emergent adverse events occurred in 76 (70%) of 108 patients in the placebo group, 70 (65%) of 108 in the 100 mg group, 84 (76%) of 110 in the 200 mg group, and 100 (90%) of 111 in the 400 mg group. Treatment-emergent adverse events led to discontinuation in 5 (5%) patients in the placebo group, 11 (10%) in the 100 mg dose group, 15 (14%) in the 200 mg dose group, and 22 (20%) in the 400 mg dose group. One serious case of drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms occurred in the 200 mg cenobamate group. No deaths were reported. INTERPRETATION: Adjunctive cenobamate reduced focal (partial)-onset seizure frequency, in a dose-related fashion. Treatment-emergent adverse events were most frequent in the highest dose group. Cenobamate appears to be an effective treatment option in patients with uncontrolled focal seizures.


The tabu search is a new promising optimization heuristic used for obtaining near-optimum solutions of combinatorial optimization problems. This paper looks into an implementation of tabu search on dedicated hardware and shows a potential for improvements of two orders of magnitude in the time taken to perform a fixed number of iterations for the traveling salesman problem (TSP).<<ETX>>


North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW) ventilates the deep World Ocean. It not only carries relatively well-oxygenated waters, but also other substances derived from recent sea-surface exchanges. There are five regional sources for NADW: (1) derivatives of the salty Mediterranean Sea outflow, (2) products of open-ocean convection in the Labrador Sea, (3) Iceland-Scotland Overflow Water from the Norwegian Sea - salty by virtue of mixing with saline water near the sills, (4) Denmark Strait Overflow Water from the Iceland and Greenland Seas - which retains a high-density, relatively low-salinity signal, and (5) remnants of deep water from the Antarctic circumpolar region - freshest of the bottom waters. Despite the differences of characteristics of the source waters, the NADW is relatively uniform. Because the formation of each of the five source waters may be viewed as a response to a complex series of events, it is difficult to examine the sensitivity of NADW to environmental fluctuations. It is known that the deep northern North Atlantic is relatively closely coupled to the sea surface in the Greenland and Iceland seas. The most recent studies indicate a minimum response time of only two years between the introduction of a passive signal north of Iceland and its appearance in the deep northwest Atlantic.


This graduate thesis focuses on parents and professionals´ opinion on winter school in special education programme at Gustav Silih Elementary school for children with special needs in Maribor.
The theoretical part describes children with special needs, children with mental disabilities, education of children with moderate, severe and profound mental disability, and the aims and areas of special education programme. The domain of physical movement and physical education at the beginning levels, and sport and recreation at higher level, is introduced in detail as a valuable part of holistic education.
Further I describe the locomotion, physical activity, and sport activities and discuss their importance for children with mental disabilities. Finally the winter school is introduced, with its goals and impact on children. The main topic is winter school as an educational form, which entails sports activities (alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, sliding) along with leisure-time activities (dancing, art workshops, night-walks, social games).
The research part of the thesis is based on questionnaires for parents whose children took part in a winter school and professionals working in this programme.
Research results illustrate that both parents and professionals are inclined of winter outdoor schools, since it positively affects the children with mental disabilities. Both study groups evaluate winter school as highly satisfactory, with positive impact on all areas of child development. Data collected shows that children's participation at outdoor school influences their locomotion abilities, social behaviour, independence, socialisation, teamwork, self-image/self-esteem, speech/communication, and integration in unknown settings.
My graduate thesis presents winter schools for children with mental disabilities as a contribution to a general child development and to a better quality of life.


The kinetic Brownian motion on the cosphere bundle of a Riemannian manifold $\mathbb{M}$ is a stochastic process that models the geodesic equation perturbed by a random white force of size $\varepsilon$. When $\mathbb{M}$ is compact with negative curvature we show that the $L^2$-spectrum of the infinitesimal generator of this process converges to the Pollicott--Ruelle resonances of $\mathbb{M}$ as $\varepsilon \rightarrow 0$.


It has been noted that line radiation-for example, the first member of the Lyman series of C5+-is optically thick at the surface of a laser-irradiated carbon target. Optical depths of the order of 104 can be anticipated with appropriate focusing geometry. Using such an optically thick and broadened line source it is calculated that population inversion and a measurable super-radiant gain can be achieved by resonance pumping in neighbouring ion species.


The main aim of this technical note is to present a new approach to studying the asymptotic behavior of nonlinear delay differential systems. Firstly, we develop a new nonlinear delay differential inequality which will be more effective and interesting than earlier ones in. Then we establish a new generalized Barbalat's lemma which can extend and improve earlier ones in. Finally, by combining the obtained generalized Barbalat's lemma with the nonlinear delay differential inequality, we obtain the attracting set and invariant set of the nonlinear delay differential systems.


Venture philanthropy's main goal is to help create and grow stronger and more sustainable social enterprises. In order to do so, venture philanthropy organizations, similar to traditional venture capital, provide the social enterprise with financial resources and non-financial support. Whereas it is clear how much money they invest, there is less clarity in terms of the value they provide through non-financial support, more specifically relating its cost to the impact on investees. Drawing on prior work in venture capital and using in-depth exploratory research, we expand, refine and develop a model to measure the value, the impact and the cost, of the non-financial services provided by venture philanthropy. This model will be tested on a large-scale sample in a subsequent study. By focusing our attention on these changes, we are able to uncover the subtle differences between two apparently similar fields of practice.


The inelastic electron-scattering cross sections of H, He, Be, C, and O were measured for 730-MeV electrons scattered at 37.1/sup 0/ for energy transfers to the nucleus up to 550 MeV. The nuclear response in the delta region is found to be quite similar for the A>1 targets. Although the differential cross section per nucleon at the peak of the delta region (380 MeV) is suppressed compared to that of the free nucleon, the area in the 230--550 MeV region is enhanced for the A>1 targets.


In this paper, a novel method for identifying the equivalent circuit model of a Li-Ion battery is described. The considered model consists of a non-linear state-of-charge - open-circuit voltage (SoC-OCV) and a second-order RC network. The parameters of the RC network are considered SoC-dependent. The proposed method requires only a single charging/discharging cycle for parameter identification and does not require either slow cycling or long battery resting periods in order to determine the SoC-OCV curve. Data analysis relies on a linear least-squares approach, with separate procedures for identifying the RC network parameters and the SoC-OCV curve. The identified model was verified on a dataset corresponding to a sports vehicle drive cycle, showing very good accuracy. Various approximations (e.g. polynomial, exponential, piecewise-affine) of the SoC-OCV curves were tested, yielding good accuracy for exponential and higher-order polynomial and piecewise-affine approximations.


This article aims to analyse how the meaning of the notions of 'restrictions' and 'discrimination' in EU free movement law has developed through the years, and to explore how the relationship between them has evolved. It is explained that the two concepts under examination had originally been closely intertwined, in the sense that one defined the other, the element holding them together being the aim of the relevant provisions to liberalise the inter-State movement of persons in the EU, as part of the process of establishing an internal market. Yet, more recently, the way that the Court has chosen to delimit their scope, illustrates that each of these notions can now have a life of its own, meaning that 'discrimination' can include discriminatory measures which do not lead to restrictions that are contrary to the free movement provisions, and 'restriction' can cover national measures that are not discriminatory.


The claiming for the moral sentiment (feeling) in the materialist thought of M. Horkheimer becames a new significance in present discussion about the foundation and the motive of moral action. But this significance would disappoint if it was interpreted in a sense opposite to its very intention. Indeed, its signficance don't reside neither in opening the door to a romantic irrationalismus nor in propose a return to a premodern, metaphysical or theological, foundation, advancing the purpose of the present neoconsevative thought. Its originality and significance reside rather in fact that the materialist conception of moral sentiment (feeling) by Horkheimer incite to surpass the idealist, formal, and particular moral toward a postidealist moral of compassion and universal justice.


Human Resources use quantification in several ways. This paper defines and addresses the three main ways: HR dashboards and reports, HR analytics, and Big Data in HR. As those uses are increasingly important with the raise of Big Data or analytics in HR, it seems important to better understand them. The sociology of quantification helps to characterize them. Based on a qualitative study using participant observation and semi-structured interviews, this paper shows that, even if those three uses present some similarities, they are sustained by different conventions (objectivity, deeper understanding, prediction, and improvement of the HR function). Finally, the Austin's framework about the three dimensions of speech acts helps to build a typology of the main aims of those uses, transposing the dimensions of speech acts to the quantification objectives.


The evaluation study demonstrated that AVLIS-enriched uranium converted to UO{sub 3} can be used to prepare UO{sub 3} pellets having densities in the range required for commercial power reactor fuel. Specifically, the program has demonstrated that MDD (Modified Direct Denitration)-derived UO{sub 2} powders can be reduced to sinterable UO{sub 2} powder using reduction techniques that allow control of the final powder characteristics; the resulting UO{sub 2} powders can be processed/sintered using standard powder preparation and pellet fabrication techniques to yield pellets with densities greater than 96% TD; pellet microstructures appear similar to those of power reactor fuel, and because of the high final pellet densities, it is expected that they would remain stable during in-reactor operation; the results of the present study confirm the results of a similar study carried out in 1982 (Davis and Griffin 1992). The laboratory processes were selected on the basis that they could be scaled up to standard commercial fuel processing. However, larger scale testing may be required to establish techniques compatible with commercial fuel fabrication techniques.


In this paper,a new IC chip UCC3895 is introduced which is a phase shift PWM controller for implementing the control of a full-bridge power stage. It improves on UC3875/6/7/8 family and UC3879 controller family with additional features,such as adaptive deadtime set,so that the system reliability can be improved. A 50kHz 100W ZVS-FB-PWM converter based on UCC3895 is designed,and the experiment results show that it has preferable behaviors .


Population is a major factor in socio-economic development.Population growth trend in Xinjiang rural area would affect the sustainable development of economics.On the basis of data of the statistics material of Xinjiang,the research predicted the total rural population trend,age and population structure of Xinjiang countryside,then analyzed its features.