Recently, modern reciprocating air compressors tend to be smaller and lighter. But, as the development of performance, they have many problems for noise and vibration. For this reason, many researches are processing for the reduction of noise and vibration by arranging cylinders with V/W type. Especially, noise and vibration problems of reciprocating air compressor cause a rotating unbalance of crankshaft, so it needs a change of crankshaft parameters appropriately. Hence in this study, we changed crankshaft parameters to solve the rotating unbalance and compared results in order to verify the noise and vibration reduction between new and original air compressor. According to modify a crankshaft parameter, the improvements of noise and vibration were showed results of spectrum measured at selected points of the air compressor crankshaft housing and sound intensity contours measured at a belt left side, table that figure out characteristics of noise. Furthermore, we analyzed objective sound quality metrics with recording data of systems. The results showed that, the new design has improved the level of the first harmonic of vibration displacement, noise and objective sound quality metrics.


Fractured reservoirs comprise finite or discrete fracture networks; if these are conductive, they
form heterogeneously distributed high-permeability streaks. These are generally referred as
fracture corridors. Unless they occur as joint swarms, fracture corridors are simply seismic or sub-
seismic fault zones with connected fractures in the near-fault damage zone. Several studies
document the decrease in rock-matrix permeability adjacent to the fault surface, within the
damage zone. Although the damage zone creates fracture connectivity and high permeability
anisotropy for reservoirs, the matrix fracture feeding mechanism is related to matrix permeability
generally described by a transfer function. This transfer function accounts for fracture properties
(i.e. fracture density, length and connectivity), relative fluid mobilities, imbibition and reservoir
properties (i.e. matrix permeability). Commonly, the matrix permeability for all transfer functions
is considered in terms of a representative rock type permeability. However, observational
evidence and our numerical model show that slip induced deformation causes significant strain on
matrix in vicinity to the fault surface causing a permeability decrease in the matrix.

In this study, we present a new approach to model strain in a porous medium and related
permeability changes due to stress perturbation from slip around pure strike slip faults. The fault
length is used to scale the amount fault slip. For given/computed dislocation (slip) the off-fault
strain is then calculated to derive porosity and permeability changes. In our study we propose an
off-fault plastic-poroelastic deformation model for any known fault length and known rock
mechanical and petrophysical properties of the surrounding material. Our modeling technique will
help to better quantify fault transmissivity in geo-reservoirs.


In the K computer, the job manager automatically collects various metrics for workloads and stores them in databases. However, most of the data are not fully exploited in our services due to the huge and disorganized data set. As an early study, in order to understand the characteristics of the workloads and extract them without training data set, we make an attempt to classify the workloads using hierarchical clustering and k-means. Both techniques are fundamental multivariate analysis methods to divide the entire data set into small groups and easily understand the behavior of the groups. At first, we use typical HPC benchmarks to classify workloads with the criterion, which are grouped seven clusters according to a different set of characteristics. In addition, we classify the total of 363,015 actual workloads by k-means with the seven clusters. These classified workloads are further partitioned into groups and having different characteristics as well. Based on these results, we sort out the workloads in terms of performance. Finally, the poster presents that one cluster having a large number of nodes shows lower performance than the mean of all the clusters. The extracted cluster becomes a candidate to examine in more detail about the performance.


Revisiting his 1996 book entitled Fellini's Films: From Postwar to Postmodern, Frank Burke has published an updated analysis of the director's films, adding to the original treatment a preface and a new chapter on Fellini's commercials. The occasion of the revival is, of course, the centenary of Fellini's birth. This volume and the 2020 edited collection A Companion to Federico Fellini, which Burke coedited with Marguerite Waller and Marita Gubareva, are most welcome as a counterbalance to the notable underappreciation of Fellini's production in Anglo-American film studies in the past, where feminists dismissed Fellini's works, disapproving of his construction of gender, even if a more careful analysis would have revealed the complexity of such a construction in his filmic universe. The hyperintellectualism of French post-1968 semiological theory, in conjunction with a puritanical British counter-cinema that rejected cinematic pleasure, marginalised not only Fellini, but a good deal of Italian cinema. French-infused British theory was incapable of reading Fellini's work in the light of his own culture, and of a vast sensual tradition of Italian visual art. Dismissing them a priori on theoretical grounds, the academic theorists did not pay close attention to Fellini's films.


We propose a method to improve problems of single frequency RTK (Real Time Kinematic) positioning in urban area. When GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) signals are acquired in urban area, it is necessary to choose which satellite signal to use since some satellite signals may include bad state. We propose a method of choosing satellites using a vehicle speed sensor. We perform RTK positioning using the proposed method and general RTK positioning. From two results, we choose the better result by using the vehicle speed sensor.


We propose a simple `virtual slit' for atoms based on the position- and velocity-dependent optical pumping of atoms into an undetected internal state. We show how this slit can be used as a nanometre scale, high-contrast tool for atom lithography as well as a subrecoil collimator for atomic beams.


Koenker9 studied a studentized version of Neyman's score statistic and obtained theoretical results which indicated that the studentized version will outperform the score test under a linear model if the data is from a heavy-tailed t-distribution. However, the author failed to examine the size and power performances of the studentized test through a simulation study. Subsequently, Cai, Hurvich and Tsai7 after a simulation study in a nonparametric setting, found that even when the data is from a normal population the score test was biased in estimating a pre-assigned level of significance. Thus, he recommended that the studentized score test should be used in all situations. Several authors have, however, shown earlier that when the data is from a normal population, Neyman's partial score test is asymptotically unbiased in estimating a pre-assigned level of significance. As a result in this paper, we obtain the partial score statistic and the studentized version under various models but conduct our simulation studies under the special case considered by Cai et al.7 in order to examine the studentized test. We found, in our simulation studies, that when the model of interest is nonparametric with uncorrelated errors, the power of the score test is generally higher than that of the studentized test. The difference in power performances becomes more pronounced under the heavy-tailed t-distribution. In the normal case, both the partial score test and its studentized version performed well in controlling the size of the test. We also found that if the score statistic is constructed based on the underlying distribution of the data, then the score statistic will always outperform the studentized test in both power and size.


The article by Grace Goodell (Bull. Entomol. Soc. 30[3]: 18–26) on research and extension in the Third World was superb. The opportunities (i.e., problems) she outlines are those we in extension deal with daily. A major issue she perceives is the research versus extension role in technology transfer to Third-World cultures. This, in my judgment, is precisely the applied versus basic issue that plagues ESA from the personal and department level to the national organization level. She gives it international flavor, as well.


The linear tune shift of a particle crossing an azimuthally uniform cylindrically symmetric Gaussian beam is evaluated taking into account the g variation through the crossing region.


Objective To study the tortuosity coefficient (TC) values of basilar arteries in the adult,and its change in cerebral basilar artery infarction.Methods TC values of basilar arteries was prospectively analyzed using the magnetic resonance angiography images of 135 controls(19-80 years of age,male 90,female 45)and 42 patients with cerebral infarction(5l-70 years of age,male 28,female 14).The relationship between TC values and posterior circulation infarction was statistically evaluated.Results Differences of TC between age groups were statistically significant except group B (31-50 years)and C(51-70 years)(F=10.31,P<0.01).The infarction group had greater TC value(2.497±1.200)than the control group(1.939±0.850,t=2.39,P=0.0195).Conclusions (1)Basilar artery tortuosity is positively related to age,reflecting the degree of arteriosclerosis;(2)Basilar artery tortuosity increases in patients with posterior circulation infarction.

Key words:
Brain infarction; Intracranial arteriosclerosis;  Basilar artery;  Magnetic resonance angiography


MacKuen, Erikson, and Stimson (1992) recently have challenged a long-standing conventional wisdom by claiming that sociotropic prospections dominate presidential approval models. Net of long-term expectations about the economy, judgments about its past performance are not significant. However, when nonstationarity in the time series of interest is taken into account, analyses of models similar to MacKuen, Erikson, and Stimson's and analyses of an alternative error correction model both indicate that retrospections as well as prospections are influential. They also contend that the electorate forms its economic expectations according to a rational expectations model. This claim is unfounded because their analyses and data are inadequate for assessing it.


Adopting a descriptive approach, this study focuses on what traditionally is called the direct object of Brazilian Portuguese, especially the conditions of its omission. The possibility of occurrence of a NP as an object divides the verbs between those that admit and those that do not admit direct object, hence the importance of these conditions for the formulation of verb valencies. In this paper, the analysis is limited to simple sentences; anaphoric situations are not considered as the omission of the direct object in anaphoric situation applies to any verb annulling subclassification.


Problem:  Integration of social media tools in marketing practice of B2B companies is not a widespread phenomenon yet. However, particular patterns of involvement already exist. Companies get conne ...


We define geometric matrix midranges for positive definite Hermitian matrices and study the midrange problem from a number of perspectives. Special attention is given to the midrange of two positive definite matrices before considering the extension of the problem to $N > 2$ matrices. We compare matrix midrange statistics with the scalar and vector midrange problem and note the special significance of the matrix problem from a computational standpoint. We also study various aspects of geometric matrix midrange statistics from the viewpoint of linear algebra, differential geometry and convex optimization.


This paper concerns the reconnaissance and surveillance problem for multi-rotor aerial drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) flying over geometrically complex environments, such as mountainous terrains and urban regions. In contrast to the existing literature, our approach takes both UAV kinematics constraints and camera sensing constraints into consideration. We present a two-stage strategy to solve this UAV surveillance problem with the given terrain information. In the first stage, the challenge is to find a set of camera locations called the vantage waypoint set to provide full coverage of the area of interest, which can be viewed as a 3D Art Gallery Problem using drones as the observers. In the second stage, one or several UAVs are determined to conduct the full coverage reconnaissance and surveillance duty along individual routes respecting their kinematic constraints in the optimization criterion (the shortest time possible). This variant of the combinatorial traveling salesman problem is solved by introducing unsupervised learning and Bézier curves. The reported results support the feasibility of the proposed solution.


Leflunomide is a disease-modifying antirheumatic drug used for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Its safety and efficacy was initially described in 1995.1 In vitro studies have demonstrated that CYP1A2 is one of the main leflunomide metabolising enzymes.2 We have previously shown that polymorphisms in CYP1A2 may be associated with leflunomide toxicity in patients with RA.3 As leflunomide metabolite directly inhibits dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHODH),4 we investigated whether the DHODH A40C polymorphism (rs3213422) that causes substitution of Lys7 to Gln is associated with leflunomide toxicity.

Our study included 105 patients with RA, of whom 62 tolerated the leflunomide treatment well (group A), while 43 patients discontinued …


A review of the recently published book Žižek: Paper Revolutionary by Mark Zlomislic.  On its back cover, Marko Zlomislic's book claims to offer a critique of Žižek's work from a Franciscan perspective, drawing especially on the late medieval notion of haecceity or 'individual thisness'. But one does not have to read far into this book to realise that Zlomislic is a lot more interested in insulting Žižek than he is in actually engaging with his thought. Zlomislic's work is sadly lacking in substance, and fails to convince not only because its explication is marred by an over-use of exaggerated ad hominems , but because Zlomislic has a limited understanding of the basic parameters of Žižek's philosophy. The result is a poorly-structured and largely incoherent attack at a straw-man-Žižek that would fail to inform or persuade any reader with even a basic grasp of Žižek's work.


In Veneto, and more precisely in Lonigo, a town in the province of Vicenza, the pollution of surface and ground water by the chemical company Miteni has triggered one of the most serious environmental disasters of the last 50 years. Through archival research and field research with interviews with Mamme no Pfas - a group of parents who took political action to defend the health of their children - the author analyzed, within the theoretical framework of the disaster, conflicts and changes cultural events that have arisen in a state of environmental emergency, highlighting how the experience of political activism has manifested itself as a new effective therapeutic method - individual and collective - to face the emergency.


This article concerns the blow-up and asymptotic stability of weak solutions to the wave equation utt −∆u + |u|j(ut) = |u|p−1u in Ω× (0, T ), where p > 1 and j′ denotes the derivative of a C1 convex and real value function j. We prove that every weak solution is asymptotically stability, for every m such that 0 < m < 1, p < k + m and the the initial energy is small; the solutions blows up in finite time, whenever p > k + m and the initial data is positive, but appropriately bounded.


High molecular-weight aromatic polyamides were obtained by the direct polycondensation reaction of 4,4′-sulfonyldibenzoic acid (SDA) with various aromatic diamines, by means of di- (DPP) or triphenyl phosphite (TPP) in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP)-pyridine solution containing metal salts such as LiCl and CaCl2. The factors affecting the phosphorylation reaction were investigated, in particular for the reaction of SDA and 4,4′-oxydianiline (ODA). For the polymerization by means of TPP, the optimum conditions are: molar ratio of TPP to diacid, higher than 2.3; concentration of metal salts, 8 wt % LiCl or 6 wt % CaCl2; reaction temperature, 100°C; and monomer concentration, 0.4 mol/L. For the polymerization by means of DPP, the optimum conditions are: molar ratio of DPP to diacid, higher than 3.8; concentration of metal salts of 8 wt % LiCl or 10 wt % CaCl2; reaction temperature, 110°C; and monomer concentration, 0.4 mol/L. Copolyamides were also prepared from the reaction of ODA with the mixed diacids of SDA and other dicarboxylic acids such as terephthalic acid, isophthalic acid, and 2,6-naphthalene dicarboxylic acid by using TPP and DPP as the condensing agents.


NAFLD is the liver manifestation of the metabolic syndrome: characterized by histological or radiographic evidence of fat accumulation in the liver (hepatic steatosis), with or without associated inflammation or fibrosis (steatohepatitis) in the absence of alcohol or other causes of liver fat. It has a high prevalence rate, affecting 25% of individuals in North America. Importantly, whereas hepatic steatosis increases the risk for cardiovascular morbidity for all patients, the 30% of patients with NAFLD who have nonalcholic steatohepatitis (NASH) have a 40% risk for development of progressive liver injury, with roughly 20% experiencing the development of cirrhosis. Given the high overall prevalence, this represents a large cohort of patients at risk for advanced liver disease. In fact, the prevalence of NAFLD as an indication for liver transplant has increased 170% over a 10-year period. NAFLD is currently the second most common liver disease for patients listed for liver transplant and is expected to become the number one indication for liver transplant in the next several years. In addition, although the risk for hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with cirrhosis is generally well known, more than 30% of NASH-related hepatocellular carcinoma occurs in patients without cirrhosis, highlighting the need to closely monitor the most at-risk patients (NASH with advanced fibrosis and metabolic syndrome).


The goal of this paper is to expose the character of 'Grammar' in curriculum standards of Korean Language Education revision in 2011. To achieve this goal, we examined the contents of grammar education in this curriculum, comparing with previous curricula and viewing different points of view on grammar education in the Korean Language Education. The grammar curriculum revision in 2011 tried to raise the value of grammar education through connecting the goal of grammar education to language skills. For example, the contents items chosen from the field of 'Linguistic Norms' and 'Vocabulary' was increased comparing with previous curricula. But in terms of contents, this new curriculum is unsatisfactory, because it selected its contents from linguistic content system as ever and it was unsuccessful in pursuing some important value of grammar education. Therefore, it is necessary to try constructing contents system of grammar education with the items based on the intrinsic value of language.


In Automatic Soccer Robot Competition, ball tracking is the most important task. A common method used to track a ball in the field is by using color based method. The main problem of color based method is that the color values of the ball may be vary according to the lighting condition of that environment. The lighting problem made operator need to manually change the color range used to track the ball. This way is ineffective and unoptimal as operator need to test it several times. This paper presents an approach where the robot can automatically define the color range of the ball. The idea is to use hough circle to find the ball in the image and then get all the ball's pixel values. Then standard deviation is used to the ball's color values data to reject outliers. Then from the new data, minimum and the maximum value for the range is extracted and used in the color-based object tracking.


Describes the collaborative effort, begun in 1976 by the Task Force on Male Antifertility Methods and the Task Force on Psychosocial Research in Family Planning, to address the question of acceptability of new methods of male contraception and their impact on sexual functioning. 199 volunteers between the ages of 25 and 45 were solicited from 6 cultural settings to test contraceptive drugs. All received incentive payments although the method of recruitment varied from country to country. Data were collected by means of pretested questionnaires administered by local interviewers. The contraceptive drugs tested were oral or injectable experimental hormonal methods. 2 classes of behavioral variables were analyzed: 1) measures of sexuality; and 2) measures of beliefs about and acceptability of contraceptives. Substantive results of the data must be interpreted with caution, owing to the small size of the sample. This consideration notwithstanding, the general consistency of the findings and their statistical significance warrant some tentative conclusions. Acceptability of the hormonal approach to male fertility regulation was relatively high at all centers at the beginning of the trial and remained so or increased during the treatment and recovery phases. Maintenance of enthusiasm for the new method was independent of incentives and was inversely related to the degree of adverse impact on sexual functioning, to the extent that no bad effects were experienced. While it is hazardous to predict actual expected usage on the basis of stated intent in the absence of direct data, this study suggests that a significant number of men (even if not the entire 76% claiming definite or possible intent to use such a method in the future) would use male hormonal contraceptives if they were made available.


In 2018, the first babies with edited DNA—Lulu and Nana—were born in China, under the auspices of nownotorious scientist He Jiankui. The experiment has been widely condemned as unethical on a number of grounds, including risk, lack of necessity, poor consent, and absence of oversight (Dyer 2018). Though the case is not mentioned in his article, Sparrow raises an interesting new question about the procedure: Are Lulu and Nana bound to become yesterday's children (Sparrow 2019)? The purported modification arguably constitutes an enhancement, as their genes were edited to contain an immunity to HIV normally found only very rarely in the general population. But the process was relatively crude, and will almost certainly be surpassed in terms of efficacy if scientific progress in gene editing continues. If genetic enhancement were to greatly improve and become widespread in a few generations, Lulu and Nana might when they grow older find their edited genes obsolete—causing, as Sparrow worries, issues of selfworth, social discrimination, and being treated as a product whose value is surpassed by the next generation's new improvements. However, those are by Sparrow's own account only serious concerns if genetic enhancements greatly improve and are widely promulgated at a rapid pace. Sparrow does not himself argue that the pace will indeed be rapid (and at several footnotes highlights that he is in fact skeptical that there will be rapid progress). Rather, he is meeting futurist proponents of enhancement where they are—pointing out a problem with their imagined future of rapid genetic improvements. But if by contrast genetic enhancements progress at a slow, measured pace, successive generations would not be clearly demarcated in terms of genetic quality. Differences would be too slight to merit stratification, and not much of our self-conception would hinge on the relatively small differences between generations. So which imagined future is the most probable? Here, I would suggest that the slow and steady picture (if genetic enhancement occurs at all) is much more realistic, in light of existing genetic research and the history of genetic progress. This does not completely obviate Sparrow's concerns about obsolescence, but suggests they may be relatively easily mitigated over time as society adapts to modest changes.


Method of obtaining a biomaterial. # The present invention is directed to a method of obtaining a biomaterial comprising a support of activated carbon fibers and osteochondral lineage cells, in which stem cells are contacted with said support and are cultivate in the presence of serum and absence of additional osteogenic and / or chondrogenic differentiation factors. The invention is also directed to the biomaterial thus obtained and to the different medical applications of said biomaterial.


The article presents the methodological geometrical modeling of a hydro mechanical valve within a CAD environment. There has been summarized an approach for the creation of 3D geometrical models of the compound details and the assembled unit. Methodology and didactical materials have been developed which are to be used for teaching in Basics in designing and CAD. An analysis of the kinematics of the mechanical product has been made as well as a dynamic model for animation. The obtained results might be used for the purpose of designing and researching of this type of products.


This dissertation was supported by the European Unions Horizon 2020 research and innovation program, project Virtual Research Environment for Regional Interdis- ciplinary Collaboration in Southeast Europe and Eastern Mediterranean VI-SEEM [675121].


The ability to undertake critical thinking is required for a student to do well at university in the UK; Asian students are regularly criticised by lecturers because of their lack of critical thinking skills. This project seeks to understand Chinese postgraduate international students' experience of critical thinking while they are studying for their Masters degree in Tourism and Hospitality Management at the University of Plymouth. It investigates the students' perceptions of critical thinking and the problems they might have in applying critical thinking skills; meanwhile it evaluates educators' suggestions on applying critical thinking in tourism and hospitality subjects. Eventually it is intended to develop a strategy to facilitate the students' experience. Several general conclusions are drawn from this study. Firstly, due to the students' differing backgrounds, they have a different understanding of critical thinking and corresponding difficulties in applying it to their studies. Secondly, lecturers who are teaching the students have different views on critical thinking therefore they produce different procedures for the students to apply critical thinking in their work. However common procedures can be drawn from lecturers' suggestions. Based on those common procedures, a strategy is developed to facilitate the students' use of critical thinking skills in their study.


Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of disorders that affect a person's ability to move
and maintain balance and posture. CP is the most common motor disability in
childhood. Cerebral means having to do with the brain. Palsy means weakness or
problems with using the muscles. Aim: This study aimed to evaluate dietary
counseling program for mothers of children with cerebral palsy through, assess
mothers' knowledge and practices regarding to cerebral palsy; and appraise dietary
counseling program for mothers of children diagnosed with cerebral palsy. Setting:
This study conducted at faculty of physical therapy of Cairo University and neuro
outpatient clinic in Sayed Galal hospital at Bab-AL-Shareya Cairo, Egypt. Design:
A quasi experimental design was used. Subject: This study included seventy
mothers of children with cerebral palsy came to neuro outpatient clinic at faculty
of physical therapy of Cairo university and fifty mothers of children with cerebral
palsy from neuro outpatient clinic in Sayed Galal hospital at Bab-AL-Shareya
Cairo, Egypt. Tools: An interview questionnaire tool used in this study pre and
post dietary counseling program, include three parts, I) socio-demographic
characteristics for mothers of children with cerebral palsy; II) Mothers' knowledge
(pre and post) regarding to cerebral palsy; and III) Mothers' reported practices
regarding dietary counseling program for their children with cerebral palsy.
Results: an improvement of mothers' Knowledge and reported practice post dietary
program than pre the program, the mothers' Knowledge mean and standard
deviation pre-program is (53.0702 ± 29.77748), while post-program is89.3202 ±
11.68589 with highly statistically significant differences, also the mothers' reported
practice mean and standard deviation pre-program is (42.6667 ± 27.76653), and
post-program is (75.0833 ± 20.29181) with highly statistically significant
differences. Conclusion Mothers' knowledge and reported practices toward their
children with cerebral palsy improved significantly post implementation of the
dietary program. Recommended: Periodically dietary counseling program for
mothers help to improve their practices for enhancement of dietary condition for
their children with cerebral palsy and reduce the complications of cerebral palsy
and malnutrition


Abstract Selected individual chlorobiphenyls (CB) used for monitoring and tolerance purposes are checked on interferences using negative chemical ionization (NCI) mass spectrometry. An interference at the retention time of CB 138 (2,3,4-2′4′5′ hexachlorobiphenyl) was found. Quantitative results reported up till now and maximum residue limits (MRL) set for this compound are at least questionable.


Using a grounded theory method, we analyze the framing strategies of organizational leaders of the gun rights and English Only movements. Although we find greater variability in the framing strategies of English Only leaders, leaders of both movements mobilize fear by rhetorically constructing moral threats to American society in ways that draw on, and uphold, the ideals and practices of dominant social groups. In doing so, they appeal to their constituents' status anxieties. We also find that these movements engage in a particular form of frame transformation that we call "frame appropriation" to counter opponents' claims and broaden their support. Future research should examine when and how, and to what effect, other social movements similarly mobilize fear and engage in frame appropriation.


Glucosinolates and their highly reactive breakdown products (mainly isothiocyanates, ITC) belong to the group of very important natural toxicants. This paper describes the interactions of benzyl-ITC with the egg-white protein fractions ovalbumin, conalbumin, ovomucoid, and lysozyme and the resulting formation of protein-ITC derivatives. Benzyl-ITC reacts with the amino groups of the proteins, forming thiourea derivatives. Such reactions are characterised by decreases in the levels of free amino groups and available lysine. Other reaction sites of benzyl-ITC are sulphydryi side-chains of proteins, the results being formation of dithiocarbamate esters. This in turn results in a decrease of SH-groups due to carbon disulphide being released from their esters. The present study describes the reactions of benzyl-ITC with amino groups and sulphydryl side-chains, and the subsequent decrease of lysine and crysteine after derivation. Changes in the behaviour of ITC-derived egg-white protein fractions were analysed by SDS-PAGE and RP-HPLC.


Invertebrates such as Asellus aquaticus, halacarid mites, copepods and cladocerans are common in drinking water distribution systems. The Zeeuws-Vlaanderen drinking water distribution system (DWDS) of Evides water company is divided into western and eastern sections, initially supplied with drinking water derived from a eutrophic reservoir (water) and groundwater, respectively. The drinking water derived from eutrophic reservoir water was characterised as less biologically stable than the drinking water from groundwater. Due to groundwater level protection measures, since 2015 the groundwater supply to the eastern section has been gradually replaced with supply from the drinking water treatment plant, which uses eutrophic reservoir water as source water. This change caused increased regrowth conditions, as observed by regulated microbial regrowth indicators (HPC22 and Aeromonas), increased invertebrate biomass, and the dominant occurrence of Asellus aquaticus, confirming observations in other Evides DWDSs. The results from the western section supplied with the same less biological stable drinking water, however, showed that the occurrence of microbial regrowth, invertebrate biomass and A. aquaticus is not only related to the biological stability of the supplied drinking water, but also to the influence of DWDS-specific conditions. The DWDS configuration as well as higher water demands in summer (western section) and/or higher sediment and Fe accumulation in the DWDS (eastern section) are suggested factors affecting regrowth and therefore subjects for further research.


NIH Public Access Author Manuscript Cancer. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2015 January 15. NIH-PA Author Manuscript Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2014 January 15; 120(2): 197–204. doi:10.1002/cncr.28423. Cigarette Smoking Is Associated With an Increased Risk of Biochemical Disease Recurrence, Metastasis, Castration- Resistant Prostate Cancer, and Mortality After Radical Prostatectomy: Results From the SEARCH Database Daniel M. Moreira, MD 1 , William J. Aronson, MD 2,3 , Martha K. Terris, MD 4,5 , Christopher J. Kane, MD 6 , Christopher L. Amling, MD 7 , Matthew R. Cooperberg, MD 8,9,10 , Paolo Boffetta, MD 11 , and Stephen J. Freedland, MD 12,13,14 1 The NIH-PA Author Manuscript Arthur Smith Institute for Urology, North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System, New Hyde Park, New York 2 Urology Section, Department of Surgery, Veterans Affairs Medical Center of Greater Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 3 Department of Urology, University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 4 Urology Section, Division of Surgery, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Augusta, Georgia 5 Division of Urologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia 6 Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of California at San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, California 7 Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon NIH-PA Author Manuscript 8 Department of Urology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California 9 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California 10 Urology Section, Department of Surgery, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California 11 Institute for Translational Epidemiology and Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York © 2013 American Cancer Society. Corresponding author: Daniel M. Moreira, MD, The Arthur Smith Institute for Urology, North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System, 450 Lakeville Rd, New Hyde Park, NY 11042; Fax: (516) 734-8537; firstname.lastname@example.com. The views and opinions of, and endorsements by, the author(s) do not reflect those of the US Army or the Department of Defense. CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURES The authors made no disclosures.


Numerous studies have shown that basic Tat peptide (48-57) internalized non-specifically in cells and localized in the nucleus. However, localization of imaging agents in cellular nucleus is not desirable because of the potential mutagenesis. When conjugated to the peptides that undergo receptor-mediated endocytosis, Tat peptide could target specific cells or pathologic tissue. We tested this hypothesis by incorporating a somatostatin receptor-avid peptide (octreotate, Oct) and two different fluorescent dyes, Cypate 2 (Cy2) and fluorescein 5'-carboxlic acid (5-FAM), into the Tat-peptide sequence. In addition to the Cy2 or 5-FAM-labeled Oct conjugated to Tat peptide (Tat) to produce Tat-Oct-Cypate2 or Tat-Oct-5-FAM, we also labeled the Tat the Tat peptide with these dyes (Tat-Cy2 and Tat-5-FAM) to serve as positive control. A somatostatin receptor-positive pancreatic tumor cell line, AR42J, was used to assess cell internalization. The results show that Tat-5-FAM and Tat-Cypate2 localized in both nucleus and cytoplasm of the cells. In contrast to Tat-Oct-Cypate2, which localized in both the cytoplasm and nucleus, Tat-Oct-5-FAM internalized in the cytoplasm but not in the nucleus of AR42J cells. The internalizations were inhibited by adding non-labeled corresponding peptides, suggesting that the endocytoses of each group of labeled and the corresponding unlabeled compounds occurred through a common pathway. Thus, fluorescent probes and endocytosis complex between octreotate and somatostatin receptors in cytoplasm could control nuclear internalization of Tat peptides.


: This article quantifies the correlation between Bitcoin and NVIDIA using the DCC-GARCH model during the period of 2020-2023. We analyzed data from investing.com for this research. Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency based on blockchain technology, which involves mining by solving complex cryptographic puzzles. Mining refers to the process of verifying and recording Bitcoin transactions through computation, and acquiring newly generated Bitcoins as a contribution to network security and the distributed consensus mechanism. Therefore, it is important to understand the correlation between Bitcoin and graphics cards, especially with the expansion of the virtual currency market. Determining the correlation between Bitcoin mining and graphics cards can help miners optimize their hardware choices, investors better understand market potential, and manufacturers produce and develop graphics cards according to market demand. Due to the high computational requirements of Bitcoin mining, traditional central processing units (CPUs) are not well-suited for this task. On the other hand, graphics cards (graphics processing units, GPUs) have become the preferred hardware for Bitcoin mining due to their highly parallel computing capabilities. Consequently, we hypothesize the existence of a correlation between Bitcoin and graphics cards, which is further validated in subsequent sections.


The paper describes topology and control of three-phase DC-to-AC converter for variable speed cage induction machine. The proposed DC-to-AC four-quadrant converter provides wide range frequency and amplitude sinusoidal voltage. The sinusoidal voltage is produces by PWM modulation passive LC filter and control system. The multiloop controller consists of voltage controller and a current controller. Experimental results have been given to verify the proposed topology and the control scheme. The results confirm the practical feasibility of the topology and control system.


Abstract Based on surveys and field work conducted in District C of Beijing City, the author identifies migrant children's social assimilation obstacles according to distinct school types: each school type offers different quality educational resources and is composed of migrant students at different socioeconomic levels. The survey data show that migrant children with relatively low cultural capital and social capital are more concentrated in private and self-run schools. Field work also shows migrant children in public schools encounter a major social assimilation barrier through school culture, which privileges urban culture and marginalizes rural culture; private school students experience both urban and rural hometown cultures; and self-run schools illuminate the stark contrast between policy rhetoric and the marginal status of migrant youths. In investigating the social assimilation of migrant workers and their children in Chinese cities, we should question the homogeneity of the "migrant children" group. Rather than modifying the U.S.-based social assimilation theory that is based on ethnic group differences, we should focus on the Chinese-specific, cultural, and systemic differences among migrant children subgroups.


...................................................................................................................... ii DEDICATION.................................................................................................................. iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ..............................................................................................v INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................................1 EVALUATING MATE PREFERENCE IN ADULT FEMALE SEA LAMPREYS .........3 Abstract .............................................................................................................................. 3 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 4 Methods .............................................................................................................................. 6 Study Area ............................................................................................................................6 Collecting sea lamprey ........................................................................................................7 Determination of size classes of sea lamprey ......................................................................8 Experimental setup...............................................................................................................9 Experimental Trials ...........................................................................................................10 Audio recordings ................................................................................................................12 Data Analysis .....................................................................................................................12 Results .............................................................................................................................. 13 Discussion......................................................................................................................... 14 APPLICATION OF THE GROWING DEGREE DAY METRIC TO REVEAL PATTERNS OF GROWTH AMONG LARVAL SEA LAMPREY .................................23 Abstract .............................................................................................................................23 Introduction ......................................................................................................................24 Methods .............................................................................................................................26 Results ...............................................................................................................................30 Discussion......................................................................................................................... 31 MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS ..............................................................................42 REFERENCES .................................................................................................................44


The globally acquired interferometric synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data set, used for the recently completed primary goal of the TanDEM-X mission, enables a big opportunity for scientific geo-applications. Of great importance for land characterization, classification, and monitoring is that the data set is globally acquired without gaps and includes multiple acquisitions of every region, with comparable parameters. One of the most valuable maps that can be derived from interferometric SAR data for land classification describes the presence/absence of vegetation. In particular, here we report about the deployment of the Global Forest/Non-Forest Map, derived from TanDEM-X interferometric SAR quick-look data, at a ground resolution of 50 m by 50 m.


Presents is an analysis of role of activity of A.D. Butovsky, his labours and ideas in development in Russia of physical education, sport and Olympic Movement at the end of XIX at the beginning of XX centuries. The contribution of A.D. Butovsky is considered to the theory and practice of domestic physical education during his service on different positions in Main administration of soldiery educational establishments and on results foreign business trips. The results of generalization of experience are rotined during the stay of A.D. Butovsky in composition the International Olympic Committee and on different international congresses (1905 and 1910). Positions of A.D. Butovsky and P.F. Lesgaft are presented on the different applied aspects of physical education. The organizational aspects of preparation and participation of sportsmen of Russia are selected on the Olympic Games. Attitude of Russian society is marked toward practical realization of olympic ideas in a country.


Textiles for the food processing industry are treated by a patented technology combining an ionic polymer (antimicrobial agent) and a precipitating agent to obtain an insoluble deposit expected to exhibit antimicrobial properties. ToF‐SIMS and XPS are used in the understanding of the surface chemistry at various steps of treatments (cleaning step prior to surface modification, antimicrobial deposit, industrial ISO 15797 washing). ToF‐SIMS and XPS analyses show that the signatures of the antimicrobial treatment are detected at the surface after treatment. After industrial ISO 15797 washings, the precipitating agent is rapidly removed (possibly replaced by washing agent components) while the antimicrobial agent (PHMB) is still detected but is significantly removed from the surface after five washings. ToF‐SIMS and XPS data are compared to microbiological tests specifically intended in relation with food processing industry applications. After the antimicrobial treatment, the surface is biocide as well as after a single ISO 15797 washing, but after 5 washings, either the surface is slightly active (cotton‐based textile) or not active anymore (polyester‐based textile). The XPS N atomic percentage variation is unable to explain this difference. Even though a slight difference is observed for the ToF‐SIMS normalized intensity for m/z = 184.1561 (PHMB molecular peak) between C/P and P/C samples, it can hardly be concluded that this would be the only explanation for the difference in activity. ToF‐SIMS indicates that cotton is the textile component still detected at the surface of the washed samples. This could play a role in the remaining efficiency of the antimicrobial treatment after industrial washing. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze 660 stillbirth cases retrospectively during 10 years period. Methods: We evaluated 660 stillbirth cases (group1) retrospectively during 10 years period in our clinic. Maternal age, parity, prepartum estimated gestastional week, birth weight, vaginal and abdominal delivery ratio, cesarean section indications, fetal anomalies, maternal diseases were evaluated and compared with 660 women (group2) who had given live births . Results: The ratio of stillbirth was 4.91% during ten years period. Multiparity was 73.63% in cases. Prepartum estimated mean gestasional week was 33.8 ±3.9 in stillbirths and 25.75% of women had undergone cesarean section. Gestasional hypertension 33.78%, gestasional diabetes mellitus 1.0%, and type II diabetes mellitus were 0.3% in group 1. Fetal abnormality was found 12.12% in stillbirths. Pregnancy induced hypertension ratio was in group 1 and group 2 33.78%, 13.18% respectively (p<0.001). Cesarean section ratio were 25.75% and 46.21% in group 1 and group 2 respectively (p<0.001). The most seen cesarean endication was abruptio placentae (%12.87) in group 1. Fetal anomaly ratio were 12.12% and 3% in group 1 and group 2 respectively (p<0.001). Mean birth weight were 2121±1200 g and 2828 ±979 in grup 1 and in group 2 respectively (p<0.001). Conclusion: Gestational hypertension, fetal anomalies and placental abruption are the most common causes of fetal demise in our study. Our stillbirth ratio is higher than literature. High delivery rate, inadequacy of pregnant visits, inefficiency of antenatal care centers for high risk pregnant patients can increase ratio in our region. Improvement of antenatal care units in primary and secondary health centers may decrease our stillbirth ratio.


The aim of the thesis is to account for the interaction between sound and meaning in a set of symbolist poetic texts in french language. Ghil and moreas are studied for their formal work on sounds, samain, viele-griffin and van lerberghe for their cratylian aim, elskamp and saint-pol- roux for their role of transition towards modernity. The study of the euphonia as such is drawn aside, as well as the primary cratylism. The approach is founded on the indirect cratylism. All the repetitions of the set of texts, according to a restrictive definition of phonic repetitions, are listed by means of a data-processing program. To select the relevant effects from the phono-semantic point of view, the metrical and rhythmic structure is regarded as an essential element of perceptibility. The compensation of the attenuation of the traditional constraints of versification by the phonic structure is highlighted: the writing is structured by the expansion of a group of phonemes according to patterns similar to the rimic pattern. From the point of view of the interaction between this phonic structure and the meaning, the analogy between the expression plane and the content plane is analyzed in the process of perception: the major significance lies neither in the perception of the content plane, nor in that of the expression plane, but in an interval between these planes, which is expressed by means of work on the signifiers: the attenuation of denotative semantic features to the profit of a change of significance, the diversion of the stereotypes, the elucidation of the poetic lapses or impertinent terms from the semantic point of view. The axis of taxonomy, on which the relations of similarity are situated, and the axis of generativity, which corresponds to the links of adjacency, implement a structure in the cognitive processes, at the same time in the substance of expression and in the substance of content. The symbolists thus based a new esthetics on the use of old elements.


In this paper, we conduct a review of major power systems in North America, Europe and Australia to discuss the determinants of efficient system operation. It consists of an overview of key system dimensions, a classification of market designs and a comparison of main system outcomes regarding price variability, system costs and GHG emissions.


The issuance of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) of the license renewal rule and the maintenance rule have presented a challenge to the nuclear industry to meet the requirements of both rules. These two rules afford an opportunity to provide a comprehensive, strategic approach to facility operation. A strategic approach is essential to integrate the processes and programs that are vying for resources within the organization and to take advantage of the opportunities available. This approach has been called structured life-cycle management (SLCM). The objectives of SLCM are to integrate the various utility programs and processes that bear directly on performance of the facility structures, systems, and components (SSCs) to (1) assure that SSC age-related issues are addressed effectively in utility maintenance and operations programs to preserve license-renewal options; (2) incorporate all existing utility maintenance and other related program benefits into one managed program (e.g., environmental qualification, design basis reconstitution, motor-operated valve testing, in-service inspection and test programs, and individual plant evaluations); and (3) maximize the benefits possible from the synergy of combining the various programs and processes in terms of enhanced safety, performance, and cost.


A Nd:YAG laser is used to produce a plasma on targets of Al, Cu, Ge, Ag, and a lunar simulant. Ion energies for 1×109 W/cm2 were found to be between 550 and 900 eV. Some of these ions travel down a 11.1‐m evacuated tube to an ion trap 1‐m time‐of‐flight spectrometer producing a mass spectrum of a lunar simulant, demonstrating the ability to analyze targets at significant remote distances.


Manufacturing feasibility and reliability evaluations were performed on circuit board test vehicles assembled with the lead-free solders 96.5Sn-3.5Ag (T{sub eut} = 221C) and 58Bi-42Sn (T{sub eut} = 138C). Manufacturability was assessed by defect analysis of the test vehicles. The reliability evaluation was performed by thermal cycling selected test vehicles for 1000, 2500, and 5000 cycles (0C-100C and 30 min cycles); the quantitative and qualitative metrics were solder joint strength and joint microstructure, respectively. Both lead-free solders demonstrated adequate assembly performance. A slightly reduced degree of spreading (wetting) was the predominant defect which was largely attributed to nonoptimized paste components. Fatigue damage in the form of grain boundary and/or phase boundary sliding resulted from thermal cycling of the 96.5Sn-3.5Ag and 58Bi-42Sn solder joints. The damage was distributed primarily in the solder located between the lead or termination and the pad. The absence of well developed cracks allowed the joints to maintain structural integrity, even when fatigue damage was appreciable.


Modern radiation therapy treatment planning has traditionally relied upon computed tomography (CT) in modeling the interaction of megavoltage (MV) photons with the various tissues and organs of the body. CT image data provide both detailed information about individual patient anatomy, as well as a voxel-by-voxel three-dimensional grid of Hounsfield units (HU), which specifies, at all points within the patient, essentially the difference between the attenuation coefficient of the tissue within that voxel from the attenuation coefficient of water, normalized to that of water. From the HU value, the relative electron density can be inferred, and as the relative electron density is the major determinant of the interaction of the tissue with MV photons, the radiation dose distribution can then be calculated. Recently, there has been interest in using magnetic resonance imaging (MR) in lieu of CT, as MR provides superior soft-tissue contrast; however, MR does not provide any electron density information. Various approaches have been essayed to create a synthetic CT (synCT) from the MR data. In the present study, genetic programming was used to construct mappings of MR data to HU data for seven tissue types: bladder, cancellous bone, cortical bone, fat, muscle, prostate, and rectum. These maps were then applied to randomly chosen points in five patient data sets to calculate the synCT HU values, which were then compared with the actual HU values from CT images of those same patients. The method produced mean absolute errors (MAE) of 9.28 HU, 33.24 HU, 75.32 HU, 18.64 HU, 17.12 HU, 11.76 HU, and 18.40 HU for the respective tissue types, and these MAE values are less than those of previous approaches, indicating superior performance. Although the method of the present study does require more manual input, the superior performance is compensatory. Further study is necessary to confirm accuracy on entire MR data sets, and to ensure there is no sample variance effect on the current results.


ABSTRACT This article discusses hospitality towards asylum seekers as a political and contentious act. Accommodating asylum seekers in local homes is one of the pro-asylum mobilisations that emerged across Europe following the 'summer of migration'. Based on interviews with local hosts in Finland, this article demonstrates that offering accommodation is often motivated by an explicit mistrust in state asylum policies and a will to make a statement in support of the right to asylum. Home accommodation challenges the norm of housing asylum seekers in reception centres, isolated from the rest of society. Thus, it provides valuable social and spatial resources in the struggle for asylum. Departing from the understanding that questions of asylum and home are inherently political, and following feminist citizenship theorisation that connects the domestic with the political, this article and the concept contentious hospitality contribute to challenging the discursive division between public and private.


According to the structural characteristics of optical fiber connector Ceramic insert core, this article analyzed the structure technology of it. Based on Mold wizard module and Pro/Moldsign module. We conducted injection mold design of optical fiber connector ceramic insert core; Put forward the flow characteristics of zirconia powder injection feeding and binder, lubricants and other additive formulation.


Research about the internal flow have been done and continues to grow
up. One of all is the flow through a rectangular elbow. On the flow characteristic
that the rectangular elbow through is so complicated and have many kinds of
phenomena. There is the formation of secondary flow. This flow phenomenon
occurs because of boundary layer interaction on the corner wall. The effect
caused by this secondary flow is the flow blockage (blockage effect), so that
reducing the effective flow area.
The test model used was Air Flow Bend AF 15 inside Mechanical
Engineering Laboratory Termofluid UNDIP with hydraulic diameter (Dh) = 66.7
mm, using the velocity U ≈ 33 m / s and Reynolds Number of 150,000. The
variable measured is static pressure using a manometer Multitube Inclinable and
connected to wall pressure tappings then can produce wall distribution graph
Pressure Coefficient (Cp).
Research conducted in experimental and numerical visualization using the
software FLUENT GAMBIT 6.3.26 and 2.4.6 in order to provide information
about flow phenomena that crosses the rectangular elbow. By using the two
methods showed the results of pressure distribution on the outer, inner wall and
the radial section and know the amount of discharge (Q) in the inlet, the bend θ =
45 ⁰ and outlet.


Taking chitosan(CTS)and carboxymethyl chitosan(CMC)as materials,and leaf mustard as research objective,effects of different concentration of CTS and CMC coatings on postharvest quality of leaf mustard were investigated via determining sensory evaluation,water loss rate,ascorbic acid,chlorophyll content and total phenols content.The leaf mustards were stored in refrigeratory at 4℃and 75%humidity.The results showed that 0.6% CMC treatments could retard the leaf mustards' transpiration effectively and reduce the loss of ascorbic acid,chlorophyll content and total phenols content.On the fifth day,the sensory evaluation of control group reached to a unacceptable level(under 7.0),whereas the 0.6% CMC treatments reached the same level after 4days.On the ninth day,the water loss rate of 0.6% CMC and control group were 13.7%and 19.3%,respectively.The chlorophyll content of 0.6% CMC and control group were 0.23mg/100gFW and 0.18mg/100gFW respectively at that time.Also,the 0.6% CMC treatments had a good effect on retarding the ascorbic acid and total phenols content.


The embodiment of the invention relates to toy sand prepared by a solvent-type synthetic adhesive. The toy sand comprises solid particles and a solvent synthetic adhesive which wraps the solid particles, wherein the solid particles are premixed and dried by methyl sodium silicate; and the solvent synthetic adhesive comprises stearic acid, white wax and an octadecanol treating agent. The embodiment of the invention further discloses a method for preparing the toy sand. According to the toy sand prepared by the solvent-type synthetic adhesive, the methyl sodium silicate and the solid particles are treated and then are mixed with the synthetic adhesive; the prepared toy sand is good in viscidity and high in plasticity; the adopted materials are environment-friendly and healthful; the production technology is simple, low in cost and wide in application; the materials of toys such as sand and sand plate game joys for children parks can be replaced; and the toy sand can be applied to sandbank toys, kitchen toys, sand trays, art, teaching, modeling, sand sculpture and the like.


Whilst allowing that specialization among scientific workers has done as much in the way of progress for science as specialization of structure and function has done for living beings in general, "We have always been of opinion that by the majority of men physiology and medicine have not been looked upon in their proper relations. The physiologist is, we think, too much inclined to consider himself as the only individual whose .function it is to investigate the phenomena of life, while the physician is too apt to content himself with simply applying the results of these investigations to the practical treatment of disease. In this view we do not concur. Instead of looking at physiology and medicine as distinct subjects, we prefer to regard the study of the phenomena of living beings, or, as Landois puts it, the ?Doctrine of Life, as the centre of a circle of which the physiologist and the physician are two of the radii. W e believe that in the


The theory of the bank lending channel indicates that financial institutions with larger size, higher capitalisation and higher liquidity present a greater capacity to maintain their levels of credit supply in a situation of monetary contraction. However, there is a paucity of (European) studies that analyse the bank lending channel from the non-financial firms' perspective. This paper analyzes the impact of monetary policy actions on a large sample of Spanish firms. The empirical evidence for Spain shows that the impact of size, solvency and liquidity are similar for banks and non-financial firms.


The Internet provides access to vast volumes of nominal data (data containing names) collected for a range of different purposes (e.g. parish registers containing baptism, marriage, and burial records). To mine these data effectively methods must exist, that are aware both of the source and semantics of the data, as well as the types of linkage (relationships between records) that can exist. Furthermore, as well as handling the implicit constraints of nominal data, such a system must also be able to handle automatically a range of temporal and spatial rules and constraints. This paper describes some initial research into this problem. It describes a prototype nominal data workbench that allows the specification and examination of several linkage types and discusses the merits of alternative name matching methods. The paper concludes that in the cases examined so far, effective nominal data linkage is essentially a query optimization process. The process is made more efficient if linkage specific indexes exist, and suggests that query re-organization based on these indexes, though a complex process, are entirely feasible. To facilitate the use of indexes and to guide the optimization process, the work suggests use of formal ontologies. Keyword: nominal data; record linkage; linkage workbench; domain ontologies; name matching; data mining 1. A Workbench Approach Access to vast volumes of nominal data [6] (data associated with names e.g. birth/death records, parish records, census data, text articles, newspapers, multimedia, etc) is now readily available through the Internet. Mining these data resources involves linkage [33] (how two names are related, e.g. similar surname, same spatio-temporal location, legal association, etc). In this paper are presented the results of the first year of a three-year Ph.D. study into automating various aspects of nominal data linkage. In particular this paper is concerned with algorithms associated with matching one of the key elements of nominal data linkage. The human approach to nominal data linkage is to acquire a corpus of knowledge, which is then used to compare entire records, and to rank matches based on experience. Current computer based techniques use a more or less complicated matching algorithm to search a database (or databases) for linkage and then to rank the linkage probabilities. All prior knowledge is captured in the program logic, and the program is usually optimized for speed or accuracy. Current systems are unable: • dynamically to modify their prior knowledge, • arbitrarily to chose which datasets to search, • to vary the matching algorithms used and dynamically to change their control parameters, • to combine the results from disparate nominal data linkage / matching run. What is required is a workbench approach which has components that may be tailored for different situations and parameterized by the user to meet changing requirements. The goal of this research is to investigate the elements of such a workbench and to evaluate prototypes using the extensive Lancashire and Cheshire Parish Register [14] archive held on the MIMAS database computer located at Manchester University. Capturing and processing prior knowledge in the workbench approach is dependent on combining


Soil physical properties are of great importance for the evaluation of soil compaction or for soil conditions characterization. The latter option is important for the purpose of soil tillage machines. Field measurements were arranged in order to characterize the variation of soil physical properties within the plot. Two methods of soil physical characteristics evaluation were used: soil cone index and undisturbed soil sampling. Undisturbed soil samples were taken from 102 points in almost regular grid 6 x 6 m. Cone index was measured thrice in the each point. The maps of mentioned measurements were created and compared by using statistical methods. Penetration resistance generally copied soil bulk density but otherwise than expected. Nevertheless, the most important finding was that relatively very small changes of soil moisture content can influence penetration resistance regardless, or with minimal impact, of soil bulk density results.


This text is based on the full-year PhD qualifying course on differentiable manifolds, global calculus, differential geometry and related topics, given by the author at Washington University. It presupposes a good grounding in general topology and modern algebra, especially linear algebra and analogous theory of modules over a commutative, unitary ring.


To investigate the effect of seed size and salinity stress on the germination and vegetative growth of wheat variety Imam, a laboratory and a pot experiment were conducted during the winter season of 2016. The experiments were conducted at the Seed Laboratory of Agronomy Department and at the Nursery, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Khartoum, (Shambat). Seed size treatments were selected on the basis of seed diameter, and were categorized into three classes of small; medium and large. Salinity concentrations were: EC0 (control); EC2 (0.24 mM NaCl L -l ); EC4 (0.28 mM NaCl L -l ); EC6 (0.39 mM NaCl L -l ); EC8 (0.41 mM NaCl L -l ) and EC10 (0.59 mM NaCl L -l ). The experiments were conducted using a completely randomized design with two replicates for the germination test and three replicates for the pot experiment. Data were collected on: germination percentage on the 4 th and 8 th day after planting; plant height; number of leaves per plant; leaf area; number of tillers per plant and dry matter yield. The data were statistically analyzed using ANOVA and mean separation using LSD. The results revealed that seed size class did not show significant (p ≤ 0.05) effect on germination percent of wheat. However, salinity significantly (p ≤0.05) affected germination at both readings. Small seed class registered higher germination at EC4 and EC10. For the pot experiment, the results revealed that seed size class did not have a significant (p ≤ 0.05) effect on the studied parameters. However, better performance was observed for the large seed size class as compared to the other seed size classes. Salinity had a significant (p ≤ 0.05) adverse effect on all measured growth parameters and reduced dry matter yield by 10.4 %, 11.7 %, 47.7% ,


This work is aimed at evaluating the extent to which numerical bifurcation analysis tools can contribute to the determination of Regions of Attraction (ROA) for stable solutions of a dynamical system. The focus is on different flight scenarios within a safe flight envelope for a mathematical model of an airliner, aimed at being able to contribute to the assessment of aircraft control law designs. The implications of the study can be applied to other similar dynamical systems. In a multi-dimensional nonlinear system, computation of an exact ROA is difficult, as is its graphical representation and interpretation. Problems become more complicated when the behavior of system parameters (such as aircraft control surfaces) is also taken into account. The system under consideration here is a polynomial representation of the NASA GTM aircraft model. Bifurcation analysis was carried out on this nonlinear aircraft model for understanding its steady state behavior with respect to input parameters and evaluating the multiple solution branches to give an indication as to the steady-state ROA for varying input parameters. Time history-based ROA analysis was then carried out, to understand the transient state response and for determining a multidimensional ROA for a constant input parameter value. This helped in specifying the maximum value of disturbance an aircraft can be subjected to and still return to the stable trim point. Differences between the bifurcation analysis and the time history results highlight the difficulty in estimating a ROA for a multi-attractor multi-parameter multi-state nonlinear aircraft system. The benefits of combining the results obtained from bifurcation analysis with time history-based region of attraction analysis is discussed; this offers the prospect of a ROA within which, for a range of predefined input parameters, an aircraft subjected to any disturbance will return back to a specific stable trim point. The solution hence provides a measure of robustness for aircraft systems and aircraft control law designs.


R. \Y. ANGUS.14 The writer's long interest in water-hammer problems causes him to welcome any new contribution to the subject, particularly when the approach is from a new angle. The paper presents a mathematical discussion, which is an addition to the arithmetical and graphical solutions available and will help to clarify the latter, so that the author is to be commended for his paper. The writer thinks the paper has been too greatly condensed and that some further discussion of the formulas would be helpful. He hopes that at a later date the author will also supplement his paper by tables or curves which will aid in the solution of the equation.


Creating an application user interface and binding it to the underlying application logic involves many considerations such as testability, maintainability, and modifiability of the solution. Over time a number of software developmental patterns have emerged to aid programmers solve problems dealing with coupling user interface to application domain. For this research paper we have conducted a literature review on the Model-View-* (MV*) family of patterns using the family definition outlined by Syromiatnikov and Weyns in their research on MV* design patterns [1]. The purpose of this paper is to serve as an overview to MV* design patterns and propose a rough method for choosing the most suitable pattern based on application size and requirements. The structure of this paper is the following; An overview of the patterns is given in chapter 2, part 3 contains pattern comparison and definition of the pattern language, part4 is a summary of study.


In this letter, we report on coupling optics for connecting single-core single-mode fibers with multicore single-mode fibers. After a brief discussion of the options for such coupling systems, we describe our approach of using bulk optics to fabricate low-loss and low-crosstalk devices for both 7- and 19-core multicore fibers with the free-space design approach. This enables the use of the same coupling device with a variety of multicore fibers whose structural parameters differ from one sample to another. We present the results of experimental evaluations of these devices, discuss various causes of insertion loss, and analyze the coupling loss in detail.


Moral hazard is crucial issue in insurance not only in developing countries but also in developed countries. This research is to find out the cause of moral hazard on the implementation of crop insurance in Indonesia. To support farmers in risk management and prevent financial losses the Indonesian government subsidizes crop insurance by paying 80% of the premiums. This study asked to farmer as primary data in Karanganyar Regency, Central Java. The result indicates that landholding size, farming experience, age, study experience, income, and farmers' participation in crop insurance influence the farmers' production cost. While farming and study experience has no significant influence on production cost. This study found that there is a risk of moral hazard when farmers are covered by crop insurance. This means that farmers will not take the necessary precautions to protect their crops, leading to greater losses.


This paper summarizes and analyzes the current status of online message service of sci-tech periodicals,and explores how to reply the messages properly,so as to promote the development of publishing work.


A simple stochastic model is presented describing the nonadiabatic transitions in the level crossing with fluctuating off-diagonal coupling, in which the fluctuation is assumed to obey the Markoffian Gaussian process. The probability P that the transition occurs from one diabatic state to another is calculated exactly in the two limiting situations: In the slow fluctuation limit, P is given by \(P{=}1-\{1+(4{\pi}J^{2}/\hbar|v|)\}^{-1/2}\), where J is the averaged amplitude of the off-diagonal term and v is the velocity of the change of the energy difference between the crossing levels. In the rapid fluctuation limit, P is given by \(P{=}\{1-{\exp}(-4{\pi}J^{2}/\hbar|v|)\}/2\). The intermediate case is studied numerically by the Wiener-Hermite expansion method. Generally, P approaches not 1 but 1/2 in the limit of slow passage, namely, v →0.


Low density rigid foams, produced by reacting polyether polyols with tolylene diisocyanate in the presence of fluorotrichloromethane, offer mechanical properties at levels which can have commercial utility. Compressive strength was selected as a representative subject for empirical analysis at temperatures from 25 to 120°C. The resultant correlation indicates that mechanical performance can be optimized only when foam formulation, manufacturing technology, and conditions of service are considered jointly. At moderate temperatures, strength is controlled most conveniently through the foam's effective physical structure. The relative importance of polymer chemistry tends to rise with temperature. Strengths are generally highest in foams based on highly functional aromatic polyols of low equivalent weight.


Three case-studies from a shrine of possession healing in Gujarat/India are discussed under an ethnopsychoanalytical perspective to demonstrate the development of depressive affectivity and its formation by the idiom and ritual of possession. Special attention is given to the development of aggressions. The concepts of magic causality and magic environment by M. MAUSS and that of manic defence of WINNICOTT are put in relation to each other for analysis. - The way of how culture-bound syndrom-unity is constituted out of pre-ritual (jadu) and ritual (hajri) behaviors is demonstrated, as well as the indigeous logic operating in the ways of finding diagnosis and indication for treatment


The two-dimensional mixed-ligand network catena[(μ-4,4 -bipyridine)-bis(μ-L-tryptophanato-κ3N,O,O )-diaqua-dicopper(II) dinitrate] is constructed through the bridging action of both the tridentate amino carboxylato and the bidentate 4,4 -bipyridine ligand. The enantiomeric L-tryptophanato ligand acts as an N,O chelate towards one copper atom and bridges through the


It has become almost inevitable that on an annual basis there is a review into child protection in an Australian state or territory. These reviews result in common recommendations about service improvements, increased resourcing, structural reorganisation and legislative reform. Within this context, this article explores what three recent child protection reviews - in the ACT, Queensland and South Australia - have to say about supervision. The paper argues that without a focus on staff supervision in child protection there is unlikely to be significant improvement to service delivery for the most vulnerable children and families in our community.


Abstract It is shown that the quantitative approach to morphological typology presented by Greenberg (1960) has considerable potential as a sensitive and powerful device for capturing morphological phenomena in natural languages, provided the up‐to‐date statistical techniques and effective computer support are involved. In the present paper, the method of quantitative typology is extended by introducing automatic typological analysis of a large text corpus in a language under investigation. This analysis allows for investigation of distribution functions of quantitative exponents (indices) standing for the relevant morphological features. A computer program is developed which performs automatic typological analysis of Semitic languages. Its performance is exemplified by analysis of Literary Arabic and Maltese.


Records of Depressariidae species collected in the Altai Republic (Russia) in 2014–2019 are presented. Agonopterix kyzyltashensis sp. nov., A. ustjuzhanini sp. nov., and Depressaria paraleucocephala sp. nov. are described as new for science. Depressaria leucocephala Snellen, 1884 is deleted from the list of Altaic Depressariidae due its previous confusion with D. paraleucocephala sp. nov. Agonopterix rimulella (Caradja, 1920) sp. restit. is removed from synonymy with Agonopterix liturosa (Haworth, 1811). Exaeretia fuscogriseella Hannemann, 1990 syn. nov. is synonymised with E. indubitatella (Hannemann, 1971). Agonopterix feruliphila Millière, 1866 syn. nov. is transferred from synonymy with Agonopterix thapsiella (Zeller, 1847) to synonymy with Agonopterix adspersella (Kollar, 1832). Provisional list of related taxa of the Agonopterix adspersella group is given. Within Russian fauna, Depressaria altaica Zeller, 1854 was presented only from the Altai Republic, namely because the type specimens were recorded in the Altai. However, type locality is the Kazakh Altai, and D. altaica should be removed from checklist of the Altai Republic. At the same time, we present the first reliable records of D. altaica from southern Ural as a new species for Russia. The first reliable record of Agonopterix putridella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) for Russia is presented. Exaeretia allisella Stainton, 1849, Agonopterix anticella (Erschoff, 1877), Agonopterix bipunctosa (Curtis, 1850), Agonopterix rimulella, Depressaria sibirella Lvovsky, 1981, D. falkovitshi Lvovsky, 1990, D. libanotidella Schläger, 1848, and D. fuscovirgatella Hannemann, 1967 are new for the Altai Republic. In addition, Exaeretia mongolicella (Christoph, 1882) was found as new for the Tuva Republic. In total, 36 species of the studied family are known from the Altai Republic to date. Figures of all species new for the Altai Republic and the Tuva Republic are presented. Newly described species are figured in detail including their genitalia.


In 1911, an ambitious American was invited by a budding Iranian democracy to bring financial stability to the country. He went with the blessing of the British and Russian governments, both of which enjoyed a wide sphere of influence in the region. However, no one expected him to succeed so quickly in making Iran into a credible democracy and he was ousted by the actions of the Russian and British governments. After he was forced to return to the US, Shuster wrote a book revealing the true motives of the superpowers of the time and how the region's course of history was forever altered. "The Strangling of Persia offers keen insights into the timeless methods used by powerful nations to achieve their own ends. More than eighty-five years after its first publication, it remains a powerful indictment of a short-sighted policy that crushed a fragile but promising democracy.


Aims of this study to concentration test of methane gas from swamp forage silage with  in vitro  methods.This study used Completely Randomized Design with 3 treatments and each treatment consisted of 5 replications. The treatments used are as follows: P1 (100% kumpai tembaga grass  (Hymenachne acutigluma)),  P2 (50% kumpai tembaga grass  (Hymenachne acutigluma) +  50% kemon air  (Neptunia oleracea lour)),  P3 (100% kemon air (  Neptunia oleracea lour )). The parameters observed N-Ammonia, total gas production, methane gas concentrations  in vitro  and VFA partially. The results of variance showed that treatment significantly different (P <0.05) with methane concentration in vitro  with highest gas concentration treatment of silage made from 50%  kumpai tembaga grass  (Hymenachne acutigluma)  and  50% kemon air  (Neptunia oleracea lour). Keywords: Concentration, Methane, Silage Forage Swamp, In Vitro.


In order to improve the disturbance attenuation characteristic of modified repetitive control systems, Gotou et al. proposed a Multi-period repetitive controller that follows the periodic reference input with small steady state error. Recently, there are studies on the parameterization of all stabilizing multi-period repetitive controllers. However, the input-output characteristic and the feedback characteristic cannot be specified separately as it is desirable from the practical point of view when the parameterization of all stabilizing multi-period repetitive controllers is used. Besides, the parameterization is useful to the design stabilizing controllers. Yamada et al. solved this problem by obtaining the parameterization of all stabilizing two-degree-of-freedom multi-period repetitive controllers. Chen et al. also proposed that for multiple-input/multiple-output plants. However, because the low-pass filter is related to four free parameters in the parameterization, using their method is not easy to specify the low-pass filter in the internal model for the periodic reference input of which the role is to specify the frequency characteristic. To specify the frequency characteristic with ease, this paper proposes the parameterization of all stabilizing two-degree-of-freedom multi-period repetitive controllers for multiple-input/multiple-output plants with specified frequency characteristic such that the low-pass filter can be specified in advance.


Speaker overlap in meetings is thought to be a significant contributor to error in speaker diarization, but it is not clear if overlaps are problematic for speaker clustering and/or if errors could be addressed by assigning multiple labels in overlap regions. In this paper, we look at these issues experimentally, assuming perfect detection of overlaps, to assess the relative importance of these problems and the potential impact of overlap detection. With our best features, we find that detecting overlaps could potentially improve diarization accuracy by 15% relative, using a simple strategy of assigning speaker labels in overlap regions according to the labels of the neighboring segments. In addition, the use of cross-correlation features with MFCC's reduces the performance gap due to overlaps, so that there is little gain from removing overlapped regions before clustering.


In the background of the appreciation of the RMB,this article analyzed the characteristics of export trade of Guangzhou from2005 to 2008.It described the impact of the appreciation of the RMB on foreign trade of Guangzhou,and put forward the countermeasures from the aspects of governmental intervention and policy support and processing trade enterprises.


Orchids are one of the most numerous groups among the Angiosperms. The Orchidaceae Family Juss. is divided into five subfamilies, Epidendroideae Kostel. receives the tribe Cymbidieae Pfitzer with the subtribe Catasetinae Schltr., in which is inserted the genus Mormodes Lindl. The present study describes and illustrates a new species of this genus for Brazil, Amazonia, characterized by a fleshy, severely trilobed, curved (saddle) lip 23.4 × 21.7 mm, unguiculated base attached to the spine, rhomboid lateral lobes and visible recess, arches to the center, central lobe with trine-denticulate margin with approximate size to the sides. Keywords: Biodiversity; Brazil; Neotropics; Nomenclatural novelty.


Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is the most common subtype of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and accounts for majority of the deaths from renal cancer. SETD2, the sole histone methyltransferase that catalyzes trimethylation of lysine 36 on histone H3 (H3K36me3), is frequently mutated in ccRCC. Studies have shown that SETD2 mutations are often subclonal and the mutation rate dramatically increases from 25% in primary ccRCC to more than 60% in metastatic ccRCC, suggesting SETD2 loss plays an important role in renal cancer metastasis. However, mechanisms underpinning how SETD2 mutation drives invasion and metastasis in ccRCC is largely unknown. Here, by performing RNA-seq and ATAC-seq in a non-tumorigenic renal epithelial cell line isogenic for SETD2 loss-of-function, we found that SETD2 inactivation induces dramatic changes in the transcriptome and drastically enhances chromatin accessibility, which allows binding of a variety of transcription factors. We also discovered that SETD2 loss induces a TGFβ-independent EMT program, which is a major pathway linked to metastasis. Correlation of RNA-seq with ATAC-seq identifies SOX2, OCT2 and PRRX1 as key transcription factors promoting the SETD2 loss-driven EMT program. Furthermore, we found that this distinct EMT program is in part triggered by secreted factors, which suggests that SETD2 mutation promotes a metastasis-permissive tumor microenvironment through paracrine signaling. In summary, our findings reveal that SETD2 is a key regulator of EMT phenotypes that may explain the role of SETD2 mutations in ccRCC metastasis and further uncover potential therapeutic targets for SETD2-mutant ccRCC patients.
 Citation Format: Tianchu Wang, Ryan Wagner, Ryan Hlady, Sungho Kim, Xiaoyu Pan, Thai Ho, Keith Robertson. SETD2 loss in renal epithelial cells induces epithelial to mesenchymal transition in a TGFβ-independent manner [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2023; Part 1 (Regular and Invited Abstracts); 2023 Apr 14-19; Orlando, FL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2023;83(7_Suppl):Abstract nr 1226.


In view of complex situations of marine traffic safety, it is of great significance to investigate AIS data mining methods for useful traffic information. On basis of behavior patterns of inland vessels, a four-dimensional state-space model including temporal and spatial locations, speed, and course is proposed to describe behavior patterns of vessels. Using DBSCAN clustering algorithm to extract similar ship trajectories in state space to calculate the behavior patterns of different ships; Statistical methods such as kernel density estimation are further being applied to derive vessel behavior characteristics under different modes, and spatial-temporal distributions of microscopic characteristics (i.e. vessel speed, heading angle, and position). Five different kinds of behavior patterns are analyzed through a case study in bifurcation waterways of Hanjiang River in Wuhan, China. Static information (sizes of ships), spatial distribution characteristics (trajectories and speeds), and arrival patterns of vessels are successfully extracted. The model can be helpful to improve supervision efficiency of maritime traffic safety.


A micromechanical beam structure has been fabricated with surface micromachining of a 2 /spl mu/m polysilicon layer and includes capacitive electrodes for excitation and floating gate MOS transistors for detection. The device is presented in two possible configuration that we call double gate (DG) or extended gate (EXTG). Preliminary results of the electrical characterisation and mechanical behaviour are presented.


Excerpt Viral hepatitis has recently gained increasing recognition as one of the most important communicable disease problems in the United States. Two separate entities are included under this ter...


Society for Photographic Education National Conference San Francisco March 22-25, 2012 Photography superstar Sally Mann opened the forty-ninth annual Society for Photographic Education (SPE) conference in San Francisco by reading portions of what she described as her "gothic, southern" memoir If Memory Serves, which she originally presented as a Massey lecture at Harvard University in 2011. Her essay, read in the dark and only scantily punctuated with black-and-white snapshots of people from her childhood, placed her personal experience in the context of her upbringing in the American South, with its "racial horrors" and lack of "ecological morality." The final section of her essay moved into a slideshow of her most recent body of work, "The Black Man," which consists of sepia-toned portraits of the titular subjects' bodies and body parts, which Mann accompanied by a reading from Walt Whitman's "I Sing the Body Electric." In discussing this new work, Mann acknowledged the inherent exploitation of portraiture, and explained that this new body of work would speak to such problematics in its aesthetic qualities and content. She defended this new project, speaking of the "benediction of creating a good picture" and maintaining that these close-up, segmented bodies of black men are "not a voyeuristic inventory of the body parts." She praised her subjects' willingness to participate fully in this intimate and private act, claiming it 41. worth the risk of making [themselves] so vulnerable." Mann's attention to the private as public, while sticky in its essentializing of complicated issues of historical racism and her exhibition of an arguably dominant gaze, did in some perhaps nearly coincidental way set the stage for the conference theme of "Intimacy and Voyeurism: The Public/Private Divide in Photography." As Mann harkened back to a time of hushed talk and closed-door conversations, modern-day photographers face a world with no secrets, where the personal and private is so often made public--both by choice and wholly involuntarily. The theme of the conference was loosely followed with a handful of sessions that ostensibly addressed this issue--not surprisingly often under the guise of portraiture. Arno Rafael Minkkinen presented on the issue of public/private in portrait photography. Beginning with the work of Finnish photographer Pekka Turunen, Minkkinen explored the people of Finland through depictions of them in the various rooms of their homes, on their farms, and posing with their livestock, cars, and family members. He shared Margaret M. de Lange's book project Surrounded By No One (2011), which uses spontaneity and immediacy, to dispel boundaries. In an artist's presentation, Kathleen Laraia McLaughlin discussed the challenges of photographing peasant villagers in Transylvania, which resulted in her book The Color of Hay: The Peasants of Maramures (2010). Laraia focused on the awkwardness of being an outsider capturing intimate private moments such as funerals, even though she had the blessing of her subjects. Amanda Herman shared her work interviewing families who were exiled from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. She interviewed in depth all the members of one family, resulting in the film Lost Island (2007). When questioned by an audience member about how she negotiates the potential for retraumatization, Herman shared that the projects addressed these issues from an uncommon angle and that although she did worry about the possibility of retraumatization, her subjects seemed comfortable with their own process and sharing it with her in this creative manner. As part of the panel discussion "Where Are We Now?: Google Maps, GPS, and GeoTags in the Landscape," Nathan Jurgenson called for an "augmented art," arguing that online and offline lives should not be considered so disparate; instead we should honor a third space. In terms of public/private he argued that we have developed a "documentary vision" whereby we are fully aware of the documentary possibilities of our day-to-day experience. …


Currently, most anomaly detection approaches in industrial control systems (ICSs) use network event logs to build models, and current unsupervised machine learning methods rarely use spatiotemporal correlations and other dependencies between multiple variables (sensors/actuators) in a system to detect anomalies. Most of the existing anomaly detection technologies simply compare the current states with the predicted normal range. Due to the highly dynamic characteristic of industrial control systems, it is insufficient to simply compare the current states with the predicted normal range. As a result, these approaches have low detection rates for unknown or new types of attacks. In view of these shortcomings, this paper presents a network model for predicting sensor/controller parameters in industrial control systems. To predict the parameter values of the sensors and controllers more accurately, the 1D convolutional neural network (1D_CNN) and gated recurrent unit (GRU) are combined to fully learn the spatiotemporal correlation and other dependencies between the parameter values of the sensors and controllers at each moment. An abnormal state detection method based on the calculation of the statistical deviation is proposed to realize the anomaly detection of industrial control systems. The model is validated on the Secure Water Treatment (SWaT) dataset. The precision, recall and F1 scores are used to evaluate the effectiveness of this method in anomaly detection on the SWaT dataset. The experimental results show that the average precision and recall of this method are 0.99 and 0.85, respectively, and that the average F1 score is 0.91. The experimental results show that the proposed method can be successfully applied to anomaly detection systems in industrial control systems with lower false positive rates.


Indonesia has a very high diversity of ecosystems ranging from land areas to the ocean, includingsmall islands in Maluku Province. The diversity of plant species on small islands is stronglyinfluenced by local habitats and climates. The Maluku region has site-specific crops such as clovesand nutmeg that are cultivated by most farmers. But in reality, there has been a continuous declinein production and one of the causes is the presence of weeds. The objective study is to identify thetypes of weeds and SDR values in the clove planting area in Ariate Village, West Seram Regency.The survey method is used to collect data directly in the field. In conducting vegetation analysis, thepurposive quadratic method is used. Data collected in the form of primary data and secondary dataThis study used a sample plot measuring 1 x 1 m. The results showed the presence of 10 types ofbroadleaf weeds, from 6 families in this village. The dominant weed in the clove planting area at thestage of immature plants is Clidemia hirta weed with an SDR value of 57,574%


Background and Purpose The present investigation aimed to quantify functional activity in rat brains after long-term recovery from transient forebrain ischemia. Methods With the use of the [14C]2-deoxyglucose method, local cerebral glucose utilization was measured in 62 cortical and subcortical brain regions in postischemic rat brains. Transient forebrain ischemia of 10 minutes' duration was induced by clamping the common carotid arteries and simultaneously lowering blood pressure to 40 mm Hg. Rats survived the insults for 1 week, 2 weeks, 3 weeks, or 3 months. Results Reductions predominated in the majority of gray matter structures at all time points investigated (P<.05). Except for a few areas, recoveries of local cerebral glucose utilization to preischemic levels did not occur. Conclusions The data illustrate that widespread alterations of functional activity prevail in postischemic brains beyond the selectively vulnerable regions. The present functional data are in line with previous stereological re...


The earliest paper on international classification of accounting systems is one hundred years old. For about fifteen years from the late 1960s, many papers on the subject were published. One feature of several of the classifications was the dichotomous split of countries into Anglo and continental European. This has been extensively debated. This paper prepares a classification based on the accounting policy choices made by the largest listed companies of eight countries in 2008/9. All the companies were using the same reporting rules, International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). This classification by IFRS practices shows the same two groups as a classification of national practices drawn up in 1980, despite 30 years of harmonization. None of the classifications above or the more recent ones was based on the actual accounting practices of companies in annual reports. This has several disadvantages, as the paper investigates. This paper's classification is the first to be based on accounting practices, as well as being the first in the IFRS era. The paper also investigates the implications of the persistent differences in practices for assessing the success of the IASB's whole project on improving comparability of financial statements.