The generation of dark envelope pulses with a duration of about 10 ns is obtained in a modified noisetron circuit consisting of two nonlinear amplifiers: a multicavity drift klystron and a travel-ing wave tube (TWT), captured by a delayed feedback circuit. The drift klystron operates in the output power saturation mode, and the TWT amplifier operates in the nonlinear cross mode, in which there are two N-shaped sections on the amplitude characteristic of the lamp, and the phase shift dependence on the signal power at the traveling wave tube entrance is highly nonlinear. It is shown that an increase in the chaotic signal power in a ring leads not only to a decrease in the average repetition period of dark envelope pulses, but also to the formation of bound states of dark and anti-dark envelope pulses.


This paper presents the method of solution the vibration problems of rectangular plates, free and loaded, by means of analysis of vibration problems of auxiliary plates, the frequencies and modes of which are known. The calculations are based on a modification of Nowackis method. The loads necessary for realisation of boundary conditions on the line separating the proper plate from the auxiliary one are described by smooth functions. This causes a fast convergence of the series expressing the deflections of the plate and enables the calculations of the internal forces. The numerical solution of the problem was performed considering two different boundary conditions.


We present abstract conditions under which a special flow over a probability preserving map with a non‐integrable roof function is Krickeberg mixing. Our main condition is a version of the local central limit theorem for the underlying map. We check our assumptions for independent and identically distributed random variables (renewal theorem with infinite mean) and for suspensions over Pomeau–Manneville maps.


molecular resonance imaging joint changes, cytokine mediated or The biological properties and tissue distribution of a variety of polypeptide growth factors indicate a role in cardiovascular development and disease. Increased collagen deposition observed during cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis is due to the stimulation of cardiac fibroblasts replication and collagen metabolism. In this study we investigated the phenotype of cardiac fibroblasts by examining their responses to four well characterized growth factors. its own production and of matrix proteins at mRNA level in chondrocytes. inhibits the of type 11 collagen. RT-PCR analysing gene expression Deduced protein sequence of bone small proteoglycan (biglycan) shows homology with proteoglycan 11 (decorin) and several non- connective tissue proteins in a variety of species. Chem. 264, 4571-4576. Human osteoblast-like cells (HOBs) isolated from the trabecular bone of femoral condyles and the human osteoblast-like cell line MG-63 are used as in vitro model systems for the study of osteoblast biology. MG-63 cells are a spontaneously transformed cell line isolated from a naturally occurring osteosarcoma. MG-63 cells have many of the osteoblastic features displayed by the primary osteoblast-like cells but it is not known when they spontaneously transformed and therefore which stage of the osteoblast lineage they represent. Differences in the pattern of expression and secretion of matrix proteins between MG-63 and HOBs have been observed (Johansen et al. 1992) and the possibility that there are other important differences remain. These results demonstrate that TGF-,31-induced procollagen synthesis in lung fibroblasts is modulated by production of PGE2. Pertussis toxin and indomethacin block the production of PGE2 and enhance the effect of TGF-,31 on procollagen synthesis. From these data we conclude that the effects of TGF-,31 on PGE2 production but not procollagen synthesis are mediated via pertussis toxin sensitive G-proteins. The microfibrillar glycoprotein fibrillin (MW 350 kDa) is the principal structural component of a class of connective tissue microfibrils that have been localized to a range of elastic and non-elastic tissues. The importance of these microfibrils has been highlighted by the recent linkage of mutations in the fibrillin gene on chromosome 15 with the development of Marfan's syndrome, a heritable connective tissue disorder characterized by skeletal, cardiovascular and ocular abnormalities. The skeletal abnormalities suggest a role for fibrillin in bone, and recent work has located fibrillin in bone insertions (Keene et a/. 1991). Our investigation is concerned with elucidating the function of fibrillin in skeletal tissues. Bovine foetal tissue from different gestational ages was collected and used for RNA extraction and the establishment of cell cultures. The following tissues were isolated: bone, cartilage, periosteum and perichondrium. Following tissue explant, both the bone and cartilage derived cell lines exhibited slow growth to confluence for the first three passages in comparison to the periosteum and perichondrium derived cell lines. The cell lines were characterized by morphological appearance and cell phenotype established by examining the expression of aggrecan, osteopontin and bone sialoprotein. The ability of cells to synthesize and secrete fibrillin was studied by radioactive labelling and immunoprecipitation studies. All cell types studied appeared to synthesize fibrillin, which was evident as a 350 kDa component on 6% SDS-PAGE gels. Most of the fibrillin was associated with the cell layer. Intact RNA was extracted from tissues and cells in culture. The expression of fibrillin was investigated by Northern blot hybridization (1.6kb fibrillin DNA). The synovial lining is a complex and yet relatively undifferentiated vascular connective tissue lining the inner surface of the dense, fibrous joint capsule which encloses the epiphyses of diarthrodial joints. It provides a low friction lining, acts as a filter and secretes joint lubricants, such as hyaluronan, into the synovial fluid. Despite the key significance of the synovial lining in controlling joint metabolism, its ultrastructural organization and biochemical composition remain poorly defined. Our aim has been to isolate and characterize the microfibrillar elements that form an extensive network in the superficial layers of the synovial lining.


One key, but little documented and empirically supported, input in the ship design cycle is the expected operating speed profile. This real-world constraint affects many decisions regarding hull form and power systems, from fuel tanks to main propulsion and ship's service machinery selection and operation. These decisions, in turn, ripple through the design of a ship in ways that are often hard to discern, but clearly impact acquisition and life cycle costs. Recent studies of DDG 51 operating speed profiles demonstrate that the Navy regularly operates with speed profiles considerably different than used to design the ship. In general, warships operate in standard engine order telegraph increments (e.g., Ahead 2/3) and at lower speeds than designed for.


Based on an investigation of the situation of bringing the role of the township forestry stations in Longde county into play,the existing problems and measures to give full play to the functions of township forestry stations in new period are put forward to make effort to provide some references for giving full play to the functions of the township forestry stations in poverty-stricken area.


The temperature dependence of the density of liquid bismuth–indium–tin alloy of eutectic composition (57.20 wt. % Bi; 24.79 wt. % In; 18.01 wt. % Sn) has been investigated using gamma-ray attenuation technique at temperatures from liquidus line to 950 K. The density change during solid–liquid transition has been measured. It has been found that the behavior of the volume properties of the melt is described quite well by the laws of ideal solution


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Conceptualization of spatial relations takes different forms in different languages, and certain cognitive spatial structures underlie the meaning of many linguistic expressions, both lexical and grammatical (Kravchenko 1996a). However, these underlying structures that often account for the functional features of such expressions, are not so obvious across languages, and it is sometimes rather difficult to relate the meaning of a particular expression to its function on the basis of common sense reasoning. A good example are the Russian verbs


The Chilean National Electricity System (NES) has integrated Variable Renewable Energy (VRE) generation capacity at one of the fastest rates in the world. As of 2017, Chile is the only Latin American country to have joined the group of fewer than 15 countries worldwide that generate at least 10% of their electricity from wind and solar resources. Auctions carried out by the National Energy Commission to supply regulated clients, as well as commercial opportunities to renew Power Purchase Agreements with non-regulated clients, will drive the future integration of even greater amounts of VRE in a market where technologies compete without subsidies.


When future cash flows are expected to occur at sub-annual intervals, it is widely recognized that present value estimates are biased by the common assumption that each year's flows occur at year-end. Although a "brute force" remedy for the end-of-year (EOY) bias is well known, the method does not appear to be generally used for financial decisions. The author suggests the possible reasons for continued tolerance of EOY bias are that the present method for eliminating the bias is too cumbersome or that the amount of bias is thought to be negligible. The paper also (a) examines the current remedy, indicating several features that hamper its use, (b) presents a correction constant approach that simplifies calculation of unbiased present values for streams of sub-annual cash flows, (c) derives expressions for correction constants under two alternative assumptions about sub-annual discounting, and (d) demonstrates use of the constants and the possible decision-relevance of EOY bias by a simple capital budgeting example.


In the 1925 edition of the "Munchener Medizinische Wochenschrift" Hinselmann published his famous article on cervical and vulvar inspection using optical magnification and suggested the term "colposcopy". In addition to the well-known colposcope, Hinselmann described the "von Eicken'sche Stirnlampe", a magnification device with a light source mounted on a headset. In the following article, a modern version of such a device is presented using a magnification of 4 ×, which can be used for inspection of the cervix. The optical effect is comparable to that of a colposcope on low magnification. Thus, the Muenster Colposcopic Magnification Device offers a simple and economical alternative to the conventional colposcope.


Recently, the 1144 iron arsenide (e.g. CaKFe4As4) has been discovered and inspired a new tide of search for superconductor (SC). Such far, it has discovered various 1144 iron arsenides (XY Fe4As4) containing alkali metals and alkaline earth. In this work, we propose two directions in searching new 1144 structures: (i) building in tri-valence cations; (ii) Substitute the transition metal, e.g. Fe replaced by Co. Following these ideas, we employ density functional theory (DFT) to study stability and electronic structures of 1144 pnictides over a range of tri-valence cations (La, Y, In, Tl, Sm and Gd). For LaXFe4As4, 1144 phase can be stabilized in three systems: LaKFe4As4, LaRbFe4As4 and LaCsFe4As4, which show two-dimensional semi-metal features similar as the iron-based SC: hole-type Fermi surface (FS) at {\Gamma} point and electron-type FS at M point in B.Z. In addition, LaKFe4As4 feature an extra bubble shaped FS sheets, distinct from other two peers. Y does not favor any 1144 phase within our search. For In and Tl, by substituting Fe by Co, two unknown 122 phases are stabilized: InCo2As2 and TlCo2As2. The two cobalt arsenides have FS of similar topology as iron arsenide, but FS are all electron-type, showing a potential to be a new SC. Stable 1144 phase is also found in InKCo4As4 and InRbCo4As4. For Sm and Gd, most 1144 or 122 iron arsenides are unstable.


Many microorganisms, plants and animals control their movements in response to light. The simplest motility response to light, bacterial phototaxis, was described more than a century ago (Engelmann, 1883). Although bacterial taxis is now the best-understood simple sensory system, no phototaxis receptors in bacteria have been described yet. More complex organisms are better studied in this respect: phototaxis in unicellular algae (Foster, 1984; Ebnet et al., 1999) and fungi (Saranak and Foster, 1997), as well as in Archaea (Spudich, 1998) was shown to be dependent on rhodopsin-like receptors. Complete genome sequencing of the photosynthetic cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 (Kaneko et al., 1996) should have resulted in the identification of a phototaxis receptor. However, the bioinformatics methods used for the genome annotation in 1996 were not sensitive enough. An increased power of new algorithms for genomics, especially the introduction of the PSI-BLAST program (Altschul et al., 1997), provided new opportunities for discoveries in completely sequenced genomes. Therefore, I have revisited the Synechocystis genome in order to identify the first bacterial phototaxis receptor. BLAST searches against the Synechocystis genome database (available at www.kazusa.or.jp/cyano/cyano.html) by using a highly conserved signaling domain of bacterial chemotaxis receptors (Le Moual and Koshland, 1996) as queries have identified three genes coding for taxis receptors: sll0041, sll1294 and slr1044. Further in silico domain analysis including PSI-BLAST searches (Altschul et al., 1997) and multiple alignments revealed that the gene sll0041, which has been annotated as coding for a methylaccepted chemotaxis protein I or a serine chemotaxis receptor (Kaneko et al., 1996), coded in fact for a phototaxis receptor. In its C-terminal region, the sll0041 protein contains a conserved signaling module typical of bacterial taxis receptors (Figure 1). This sequence region is homologous to the signaling module from the serine chemoreceptor and other methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins from Escherichia coli that caused the erroneous gene annotation in 1996. I have identified two GAF domains and two HAMP domains in the N-terminal region of the sll0041 protein (Figure 1). The GAF domains are sensor modules in various phototransducing proteins in both eukaryotes and prokaryotes (Aravind and Ponting, 1997). The best known examples of GAF-domain-containing photoreceptors are plant phytochromes (Reed, 1999) and ethylene response sensors (Chang and Shockey, 1999) and mammalian rod photoreceptor phosphodiesterases (Soderling and Beavo, 2000). HAMP domain is found in various signal transduction proteins. Aravind and Ponting have recently suggested that the HAMP domain is not just a linker between a transmembrane region and a signaling domain, as it was previously thought, but it is an important signaling domain itself (Aravind and Ponting, 1999). The presence of the second HAMP domain between the GAF2 domain and the signaling module in the cyanobacterial photoreceptor (Figure 1) is in a good agreement with their idea. All sensory and signaling domains of the sll0041 protein are predicted to be located in the cytoplasm (Figure 1).


ABSTRACT The ongoing denial of rights to homes and land for Palestinian refugees holding Israeli citizenship is one of the starkest examples of ethnic discrimination within the State of Israel. Internally displaced Palestinians in the Galilee are not recognised internationally as refugees, unlike family and friends forced beyond the borders. This essay examines the evolution of official and unofficial Israeli policy towards the internally displaced, and discusses the changing refugee focus, a focus moving from the basic struggle to survive to community activism and frames the issue of the internally displaced as part of the wider national campaign for the right of return.


Seeds of cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum Maton) variety Malabar were found to exhibit dormancy due to their hard seed coat. Experiments were conducted to study the effect of various physical and chemical treatments for breaking seed dormancy. Treatment of seeds with sulphuric acid (25%) for ten minutes and absolute alcohol (80%) for 30 minutes were found to be the best amongst all the treatments in breaking seed dormancy. Scanning electron microscopy of seed coat surface revealed the presence of mucilaginous layer over the control seed and irregular shape lesions of various sizes over the seed coat of treated seeds.


Poverty alleviation has become one of the biggest challenges for many countries and access to financial services is considered to be a key driver of development and economic growth. Finding solutions that can break down barriers that poor people are facing to access formal financial services has become a major concern for researchers, governments, financial institutions. Financial services must reinvent themselves and the adoption of new technology is a crucial key to overhaul their operations and to find innovative solutions to manage customer expectations. The escalation in access and penetration level of mobile phones and the Internet can improve financial inclusion by facilitating easy access to financial services, by providing secure transaction platforms, by reducing transaction costs, by providing a competitive business framework. There has been relatively limited research on the impact of Internet and mobile phones use on financial inclusion, therefore our main purpose was to investigate this linkage in a sample of 11 post-communist countries of the European Union from 1996–2017 using panel cointegration and causality analyses. Firstly, we investigated whether mobile cellular phone subscriptions and the rate of Internet usage affect financial institutions' access; secondly, we analysed the impact of these variables on financial market access. Results indicate that mobile cellular phone subscriptions positively affect both financial institution access in countries like Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Slovenia and financial market access in Bulgaria, Croatia, and Hungary. Also, a negative relationship between mobile cellular phone subscriptions and financial institution access was noticed in the Czech Republic and regarding financial market access in the Czech Republic and Poland. Our findings also indicate both positive and negative relationships between Internet usage rates and financial institutions and financial markets access. By increasing Internet usage we can improve access to financial institutions in Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland and we can increase financial markets access in Latvia and Slovenia.


A new four-lane tollroad through the western suburbs of Chicago is being built in an environmentally-sensitive area along the flood plain of the DuPage River. Because of its location, soft, wet foundations are common, and frequently peat bogs must be excavated and backfilled to provide firm foundation for the new highway. Borrow for the embankment to raise the roadbed above flood level comes from one cut near the north end of the project and from excavation for detention basins within the already low-lying flood plain. A fleet of 18-wheelers do the two-way, on-highway hauls, while articulated off-road dump trucks make the short, on-site hauls. Work started in the spring of 1987 and is expected to be completed by the end of 1988, at least six months ahead of schedule. Further details of the project are contained in this article.


Summary Synthesis of Pyridinyl coumarins were achieved by treating 3- bromoacetyl coumarins with pyridine, esters of nicotinic and isonicotinic acids in anhydrous toluene as solvent system. Initially 15 derivatives of coumarinyl pyridinium bromides (1.a – o) were synthesised and purified in good yields. Three of the 3-coumarinoyl pyridinium bromide salts (1.m – o) reacted with different chalcones in glacial acetic acid to obtain 7 derivatives of pyridinyl coumarins (2.a – g). Further, 3-bromoacetyl coumarins treated with quinoline in dry toluene to obtain coumarinoyl quinolinium salts (3.a – c). Out of the 22 test compound synthesized, 8 test compounds exhibited minimum inhibitory concentration on par with the standard antibacterial such as Amoxicillin and Gentamycin. Test compounds showing promising antibacterial activity were showing Log P values well within the range to express the optimum biological activity.


Primary infection by Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is usually followed by a persistent and/or recurrent infection. In most cases the infection is sub-clinical, but it can eventually be acute. This paper aims to evaluate by ELISA the frequency of IgG and IgM anti-CMV antibodies in 86 samples of parturient women and their newborns living in Presidente Prudente, SP, and vicinities. The samples were collected at Dr.Domingos Ceravolo University Hospital. Three parturient women (3.5%) were negative for anti-CMV antibodies, and 83(96.5%) were positive for IgG only. About the newborns, 83(96.5%) were positive for IgG only, 2(2.3%) where positive for both antibodies, and 1(1,2%) was negative for both antibodies. Results showed a high frequency of IgG anti-CMV antibodies in parturient women and their newborns. Moreover, we detected a relative high frequency of CMV congenitally infected newborns in this population, which might have an important impact on the amount of children with neurological and other diseases due to the virus infection


AbstractThis paper deals with the preparation of novel polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) membranes from an aqueous dispersion of fluorinated polymer and a pore forming agent (PFA) sintered onto the outer surface of a porous tubular support. Different membranes were obtained by varying the ratio between PTFE and PFA in the starting dispersion as well as the number of dispersion layers sintered on the support. Membranes were characterized through scanning electron microscopy and gas–liquid displacement porosimetry. Distillation tests of the membrane were carried out on a laboratory scale unit fed with a NaCl solution. The characteristics and performance of the membranes were compared with those of commercial porous PTFE tubulets.


It is noted that an enterprise in today's climate of rapidly changing technology must deal with the challenge of continual organizational and managerial adaptation and evolution to achieve goals. A practical method to describe and evaluate goals and structures and to deal with change is introduced. A framework model is used as a guide to planning, designing, monitoring, and controlling the evolution of a total system. Attention is also given to the use of IDEAL (integrated design, engineering, and analysis languages), a comprehensive methodology for describing, developing, and analyzing systems.<<ETX>>


This was an appeal against the decision of the Divisional Court [2009] EWHC 227 (Admin) by which the court dismissed the appellants' claims for judicial review of the basis of assessment on which compensation should be payable to them as former shareholders of Northern Rock plc ("Northern Rock") following its nationalisation in February 2008. Northern Rock was originally a building society. In 1997 it was converted into a public limited company. Its core business remained residential mortgage lending. The business was financed by borrowing on the wholesale money markets. As a result of turbulence in the international financial markets, by August 2007 it could not raise sufficient finance on the wholesale markets. Its assets exceeded its liabilities but it could not pay its debts as they fell due. To ease its liquidity problems, the Bank of England lent over £20bn to Northern Rock. These loans were repayable on demand and at a premium rate of interest. The Treasury also provided additional financial support. The government then nationalised Northern Rock in February 2008. The appellants did not challenge the decision to nationalise Northern Rock itself; their challenge related to the provisions of the compensation scheme for shareholders. Mirroring restraints to be found in section 5(4) of the Banking (Special Provisions) Act 2008, paragraph 6 of the schedule to the Northern Rock plc Compensation Scheme Order 2008 required an independent valuer to value Northern Rock's shares on the assumption that all financial assistance proved by the Bank of England and the Treasury had been withdrawn and that no financial assistance would be provided in the future by the Bank of England, and that Northern Rock was not, at the relevant date, a going concern. The appellants' case was that this basis of valuation was unfair and incompatible with their rights under Article 1 of the First Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights 1950 ("A1P1") and, in particular, the rule that "no one should be deprived of his possessions except in the public interest and subject to the conditions provided for by law and by the general principles of international law". They contended that Northern Rock was, at the date of nationalisation, in fact a going concern, with a strong mortgage book and an excess of assets over its liabilities. They said that the valuation provisions were unfairly designed to give the government a profit beyond a fair return for the financial support it had provided and was providing to the company, and that this, effectively, deprived the Northern Rock shareholders of that profit. The government contended that the provisions of the legislation were fair and compatible with the Convention. The Divisional Court (Stanley Burnton LJ and Silber J) dismissed the claims for judicial review. None of the former shareholders in Northern Rock were held to have had any justifiable claim against the government beyond their entitlement under the compensation scheme. The former shareholders appealed to the Court of Appeal where they submitted that (i) the assumptions which the valuer of Northern Rock shares was required to make pursuant to section 5(4) of the Act meant that the appellants would have been deprived of their shares for nothing (or a derisory amount), and that in those circumstances their rights under A1P1 would have been violated; (ii) the regulatory authorities, including the Financial Services Authority, were guilty of a series of culpable errors in their regulation of Northern Rock and that such wrongful conduct by the expropriating State should have been taken into account in setting the terms of the nationalisation; and (iii) an interference with A1P1 property rights would not be lawful unless there were in place procedures by which the merits of the expropriation in issue could be tested. Held (by Lord Clarke MR, Waller LJ and Laws LJ): that the former shareholders' appeal should be dismissed.


For stabilization of a robot manipulator upon collision with a stiff environment, a nonlinear bang-bang impact controller is developed. Under this control, a robot can successfully achieve contact tasks without changing the control algorithm or controller gains throughout all three modes: free space, transition and constrained motion. It uses a robust hybrid impedance/time-delay control algorithm to first absorb impact forces and stabilize the system. This control input alternates with zero when no environment force is sensed due to loss of contact. This alternation of control action repeats until the impact transient subsides and steady state is attained. After impact transient, the hybrid impedance/time-delay control algorithm is again utilized. This bang-bang control method provides stable interaction between a robot with severe nonlinear joint friction and a stiff environment, and achieves rapid response while minimizing force overshoots. During contact transition, we employ one simple control algorithm that switches only to zero and maintains the same gains, while other controllers use more than one control algorithm or different control gains. It is shown via experiments that overall performance is superior or comparable to more complicated existing impact force control techniques.


Low cellularity can be problematic in thyroid fine needle aspiration (FNA) biopsies. The Cellient cell block (CB) system has been reported to improve cell recovery compared to traditional methods. Therefore, we studied the utility of Cellient CBs in the evaluation of thyroid FNAs, with an emphasis on low‐cellularity specimens.


peoples one can mention the various Gypsy groups in the East (Dom and Lom) and in the West (Rom), whose language is the only authentic, although imperfect, source for the reconstruction of their early history. Many groups of the Near Eastern Gypsies at the present time speak mostly the vernacular languages of the local population among which they usually dwell. Simultaneously, some of these Gypsies have developed specific secret languages or argots, known


Abstract
 This study aims to determine the effect of the quality of receptionist services on guest satisfaction at the Pusako Hotel Bukittinggi. This type of research is quantitative descriptive with associative causal methods. The purposive sampling used as many as 93 guests who had or were staying at Pusako Bukittinggi Hotel In the period of January-June 2017, data was collected through questionnaires with a Likert scale that had been tested for validity and reliability. The results obtained from this study are as follows: 1) Service Quality of Hotel Employees is in the poor category with a percentage value (58%), 2) Guest Satisfaction is in a less satisfied Category at Pusako Bukittinggi Hotel with a percentage value (53%). 3) The results of a simple linear regression test obtained a value of Fcount 29,667 with sig. 0,000 <0,05 which means that variable X can explain Y variable significantly. Furthermore, the regression coefficient is 0.383 at a significant level of 0.000 <0.05. This means that each increase of 1 unit of service quality will increase 0.383 guest satisfaction units, and the R square value of 0.246 means that the effect of variable X on Y variable is 0.246 (24.6%) while the remaining 75.4% is influenced by other factors. So the service quality variable affects the guest satisfaction variable, so Ha is accepted.
Keywords: Service Quality, Guest Satisfaction


In this study, a Zr metal–organic framework (UIO-66) was synthesized with zirconium tetrachloride and terephthalic acid using the solvent method. Then various masses of 1-methylimidazolium-3-propylsulfonate hydrosulfate (PSMIMHSO4) were supported on the UIO-66 as catalysts, which were used for catalytic oxidative desulfurization. Sulfur removal using 400 mg of 40% PSMIMHSO4 supported on the UIO-66 of greater than 94% was obtained at 313 K for 20 min with an O/S molar ratio of 7:1. The results obtained in this work could provide useful information for the design of water-stable metal–organic frameworks with permanent porosity in applications of catalytic oxidative desulfurization. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Drift-diffusion model is an indispensable modeling tool to understand the carrier dynamics (transport, recombination, and collection) and simulate practical-efficiency of solar cells (SCs) through taking into account various carrier recombination losses existing in multilayered device structures. Exploring the way to predict and approach the SC efficiency limit by using the drift-diffusion model will enable us to gain more physical insights and design guidelines for emerging photovoltaics, particularly perovskite solar cells. Our work finds out that two procedures are the prerequisites for predicting and approaching the SC efficiency limit. First, the intrinsic radiative recombination needs to be corrected after adopting optical designs which will significantly affect the open-circuit voltage at its Shockley–Queisser limit. Through considering a detailed balance between emission and absorption of semiconductor materials at the thermal equilibrium and the Boltzmann statistics at the nonequilibrium, we offe...


In order to optimize the cryopreservation protocols of tissue engineered dermal equivalent,the effects of cryoprotectant concentration and the loading conditions on the cell viability of tissue-engineered dermal replacement were studied with dimethyl sulfoxide(Me2SO) as the cryoprotectant.The effects of Me2SO concentration and the exposure time/temperature to Me2SO on the cell viability of dermal fibroblasts were studied.Then experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of Me2SO concentration on the cell viability of freeze thawed tissue engineered dermal replacement,under the selected pretreatment conditions.Viabilities of the fibroblast and the dermal slices were determined by using the Trypan Blue staining and the modified MTT assay,respectively.The results indicate that the cryoprotectant concentration(Me2SO) and the loading conditions(pretreatment time and temperature) have significant effects on the cell viability of the dermal fibroblast and the tissue engineered dermal equivalent.In order to maintain a relatively higher cell viability(≥60%) during the cryoprotectant loading stage,a combination of 4 ℃ and 20 min is preferable.And if the Me2SO concentration ranged from 10% to 20%,the freeze-thawed dermal equivalent can retain the cell viability over 60%.


Franklin H. Littell In his last hours Seren Kierkegaard entered in his journal a series of observations which, put in the perspective of his total writings and life work, provide the key to unlock his understanding of the relationship of Christianity to politics. One sees therefore what nonsense it is to believe that true Christianity is found in 'the Church' .... No, whatever of true Christianity is to be found in the course of the centuries must be found in the sects and their like .... the only thing that resembles the Christianity of the New Testament, that is -a sect, which is what it is also called in the New Testament. The 'Establishment' is on the whole a completely un-Christian concept. Thus it is ridiculous to hear the Establishment brag itself up in comparison with the 'sects'-because there is infinitely more Christian truth in sectarian delusion than in the Establishment's indolence and drowsiness and Inertia.t Seren Kierkegaard was writing and working, of course, in a Christendom where "establishment" and "sectarianism" were the only known alternatives except for abandoning the religious concern altogether, a path which an increasing number of intellectuals, in fact, were taking in his day. Between the two, Seren Kierkegaard vastly preferred the "sects" although he criticized them, too, for settling in and accepting mildness and ~~~ _ The alternatives Seren Kierkegaard saw and the choice he made, brilliantly presented in a new book by Vernard Eller: Kierkegaard and Radical Discipleship, are familiar to us. They have been popularized by many American writers, and applied to the American church scene to the disadvantages of "the sects" even though their chief elaborator, Ernst TroeItsch, himself warned that the useful application of the church/sect typology petered out with the end of the 18th century and was useless in discussing the later developments in England and America,> The church/sect typology is so insightful to an understanding of the history of Christendom, and so emancipating to many keen young American churchmen who find the heritage of their "sectarian" forefathers too confining, that it has found a wide popularity and application in contemporary situations where it is not only irrelevant but misleading in the extreme,"


According to one embodiment, there is provided a method for improving the perceived quality of the decoded audio when the signal processing frequency, the method comprising: determining time-frequency representation of the audio signal (e.g., analysis and synthesis filter banks); estimating from when the frequency of the audio signal of the filter bank frequency energy distribution; the calculation frequency representation of each point in the correction gain obtained when the modified frequency representation; and corrected from the time-frequency representation of the output audio signal.


Using the structural theorems developed in [Hua13], we study the deformation theory of coisotropic submanifolds in contact manifolds, under the assumption that the characteristic foliation is nonsingular. In the "middle" dimensions, we find an interesting relationship with foliation theory. Some elementary applications of contact geometry in foliation theory are explored.


The concept and technology of flush airdata sensing system is presented.In order to solve the problem of high angle measure of high speed and high maneuvering missile,flush airdata sensing technology is introduced.The principles and methods of attack angle measure are presented by considering the characteristics of the missile,which is useful to design a new type missile.


Part I. Introduction: Methodological and Historical: 1. Reflections on the history of taxation 2. Tax regimes, national crises, and state-building in America Taxation for War, Social Security, and Economic Stability: 3. Mass-based income taxation: creating a taxpaying culture, 1940-1952 4. Social security and the financing of the American state 5. The fiscal revolution in America Part II. 1964 to 1994: Tax Reform and the Political Process: 6. Learning the ways and means: Wilbur Mills and a fiscal community, 1954-1964 7. American business and the taxing state: alliances for growth in the postwar period The Next Revenue Regime: 8. Financing the American state at the turn of the century.


Abstract : Tungsten heavy alloy bars 1.35 inches in diameter were prepared and evaluated for uniformity of properties. Alloys contained 97.1% to 97.3% tungsten with primary emphasis on the 97.1W-1.6Ni-0.7Fe-0.5Cu-0.1Co composition. To achieve high uniform densities with this alloy, it was necessary to use fine tungsten powder (approx 1-1.5 micrometers) and slow heating rates between 1000 C and the sintering temperature. This was not necessary with similar alloys containing no copper. Tensile elongation was found to be strongly dependent on oxygen levels in the sintered bars. Low oxygen levels gave the best results with 16-17% elongation when oxygen levels were below 6 ppm. These very low oxygen levels were only achieved with alloys containing no copper.


The importance to strengthen the legislation of agricultural insurance is described from the aspects of characteristic of agricultural insurance,full necessity of agricultural insurance,the role agricultural insurance played in the new socialist countryside construction.


Journalists are a special and important professional group in China today. This paper intends to explore the various dimensions of journalists ' professional evaluation, analyze its impact on professional identity, and try to explore the logic of journalists ' professional identity construction from the perspective of self-evaluation and social evaluation. Through a questionnaire survey of 4170 journalists in China, the relationship between different factors such as satisfaction, loyalty, respect and trust are analyzed. In addition, research and field surveys in some areas were supplemented, including in-depth interviews with 22 practitioners. The study found that journalists ' professional evaluation directly affects their professional identity. The higher the evaluation, the higher the loyalty to the profession, and the higher the job satisfaction, which means the stronger the professional identity. The formation of professional identity is an interactive process of individual cognition and social shaping. It not only needs the continuous strengthening of self-identity, but also needs tolerance and recognition from the social level and balances the influence between self-identity and social identity. The research perspective of this paper is innovative, focusing on the relationship between professional evaluation and professional identity of journalists. Under the background of the spread of global journalism crisis discourse, it can comprehensively show the complex picture of China 's journalism reform.


The key that the Soviet Communist Party is split is that something is wrong within the Party with different factions.Through this event,we can learn such lessons: once there are factions within the Party,there must be struggles that will lead to the split.The proletariat party must adhere to the principle of democratic centrality.Developing democracy does not mean discarding the democratic centrality.The democracy within the Party is the life of the Party,but extreme democratic tendency should be avoided.


To enhance the efficiency of gear production of F Company, according to the six sigma DMAIC methodology, we analyzed and improved its gear production machining process. In the new stage, we used the Principle of """"Single Minute Exchange of Die"""", under the premise of ensuring product quality, and further integrated the production process of cylindrical gears. Comparing the actual data of before and after, we found that the time of cylindrical gears production reduced and the Improvement plan effect is obvious.


Herein, we demonstrate that NFAT, a key regulator of the immune response, translocates from cytoplasm to nucleolus and interacts with NF45/NF90 complex to collaboratively promote rDNA transcription via triggering the directly binding of NF45/NF90 to the ARRE2 consensus sequences in rDNA promoter upon T cell activation in vitro. The elevated pre-rRNA level of T cells are also observed in both mouse heart or skin transplantation models, and in kidney transplanted patients. Importantly, T cell activation can be significantly suppressed by inhibiting NF45/NF90-dependent rDNA transcription. Amazingly, CX5461, a rDNA transcription specific inhibitor, outperformed FK506, the most commonly used immunosuppressant, both in terms of potency and off-target activity (i.e. toxicity), as demonstrated by a series of skin and heart allograft models. Collectively, this reveals NF45/NF90-mediated rDNA transcription as a novel signaling pathway essential for T cell activation, and as a new target for the development of safe and effective immunosuppressants.


Many postcolonial studies of the relationship between the 'empire' and the 'margin' have revealed that it is characterized by persistent dominance and exploitation. Scholars like Frantz Fanon have argued that colonial encounters between the West and Africa constitute a relationship of dominance and oppression in which the oppressed is maintained as an exploited Other to the dominant Self. While the power differential in this relationship is obsessively guarded through varying forms of othering, the dominant self subtly explores new ways of upholding the structures of supremacy over the Other. Gender is one such subtle means, in the sense that the colonial Other is often ingeniously conceived as the traditional female who is a subordinate (Other) to the male. This essay examines ways in which such othering through gendering is achieved in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible . Keywords: Gender, Othering, Post-colonialism


The active defense scenario in which the attacker evades from the defender and pursues the target is investigated. In this scenario, the target evades from the attacker, and the defender intercepts the attacker by using the optimal strategies. The evasion and the pursuit boundaries are investigated for the attacker when the three players use the one-to-one optimal guidance laws, which are derived based on differential game theory. It is difficult for the attacker to accomplish the task by using the one-to-one optimal guidance law; thus, a new guidance law is derived. Unlike other papers, in this paper, the accelerations of the target and the defender are unknown to the attacker. The new strategy is derived by linearizing the model along the initial line of sight, and it is obtained based on the open-loop solution form as the closed-loop problem is hard to solve. The results of the guidance performance for the derived guidance law are presented by numerical simulations, and it shows that the attacker can evade the defender and intercept the target successfully by using the proposed strategy.


This article explores pro-feminist podcasting as an emergent approach to engaging men and boys in gender justice. In recent years, an increasing number of podcasts have surfaced which implicitly or explicitly espouse pro-feminist praxis. However, scholarship in this area remains underexamined. This article seeks to move the literature forward by 1) situating pro-feminist podcasting within the wider multi-disciplinary literatures on critical podcasting pedagogies; 2) sharing examples from the current landscape of English-language pro-feminist podcasts; and 3) discussing the potential benefits, challenges, and risks of this approach. In doing so, this article considers how pro-feminist podcasts have the potential to expand men's engagement efforts to wider audiences, provide new accessible entry points, and help facilitate ways to bring together and mobilise groups of pro-feminist men. However, there are several challenges and tensions involved in pro-feminist podcasting - as is the case with other forms of engaging men and pro-feminist allyship - which demonstrate that this work should be undertaken with care, ongoing reflexivity, and accountability. Overall, this article seeks to start a conversation about the potential of podcasting in the field of engaging men and boys and to draw attention to the need for further work and research in this area.


Brain ischemia leads to energy depletion, mitochondrial dysfunction and neuronal cell death. The present study was designed to identify key genes and pathways associated with brain ischemia. The gene expression profile GSE52001, including 3 normal brain samples and 3 cerebral ischemia samples, was downloaded from the Gene Expression Omnibus database. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified using the limma package. Then functional and pathway enrichment analyses were performed by the MATHT tool. Protein-protein interaction (PPI) network, module selection and microRNA (miRNA)-target gene network were constructed utilizing Cytoscape software. A total of 488 DEGs were identified (including 281 upregulated and 207 downregulated genes). In the PPI network, Rac family small GTPase 2 (RAC2) had higher degrees. RAC2 was significantly enriched in the FcγR-mediated phagocytosis pathway. miR-29A/B/C had a higher degree in the miRNA-target gene network. Insulin like growth factor 1 (Igf1) was identified as the target gene for miR-29A/B/C. RAC2 may function in brain ischemia through mediating the FcγR-mediated phagocytosis pathway. Meanwhile, miR-29A/B/C and their targets gene Igf1 may serve important roles in the development and progression of brain ischemia.


This study aims to determine the use of low-sodium salt for the proximate quality of salted eggs. The research method used a complete randomized design with P0 control treatment, 10% P1 low sodium salt treatment, 20% P2 low sodium salt treatment, and 30% P3 low sodium salt treatment. Analysis data was carried out on the contents of water, protein, lipid, and ash content. The data were analyzed using SPSS with a significance level of 0.05. The results indicated that the water content of egg whites and egg yolks was not significantly different from the treatment of ordinary salt and low sodium salt treatment. The lipid content was also not significantly different at all treatments. Protein content, ordinary salt treatment, and low sodium salt provided a noticeable difference in egg white protein content (p<0.05). Making salted eggs using low-sodium salt produces salted eggs with the similar proximate quality as the control with the lower sodium levels than the control treatment.


Cold chain logistics is a low temperature supply chain system that combines the refrigeration industry and logistics. Refrigerated transportation, cold storage, cold chain connection points and other auxiliary activities will cause a certain amount of energy consumption, and related technologies, management, equipment and facilities, Cold storage layout, etc. are all factors that affect energy consumption. Based on this research background, the research on the energy rebound effect of cold chain logistics is based on three aspects: definition, mechanism and empirical test. Based on the endogenous economic growth model, labour-enhancing technological progress and material cold chain logistics are introduced. Based on the assumption of long-term changes in capital, by constructing an invariable substitution elastic function, a theoretical model of the energy rebound effect of cold chain logistics is established, and the calculation formula for the energy rebound effect of cold chain logistics in the long and short term is obtained.


The end-to-end traffic volume between source and destination nodes in a telecommunication carrier network is essential traffic information for computing the necessary link capacity for the network's primary and backup paths. However, the end-to-end traffic volumes are not frequently measured because it puts additional loads onto the network equipment, and the measuring devices are too expensive to install on all the links of the network. Under these circumstances, network carriers must estimate the link capacity under limited available traffic information.


This paper presents an in situ and laboratory investigation conducted to diagnose unsatisfactory performance of new engineered wood flooring installed in an existing building. Shortly after installation, areas of flooring began to exhibit uplift and bowing (warp). Warp was more pronounced during the winter months, when indoor relative humidity was significantly below the flooring manufacturer's stated minimum. In addition to the correlation between low humidity and warp, other possible contributing factors were also considered; these included materials, construction of the finished product, installation, and end-use conditions. The investigation included detailed documentation of floor condition, building modifications, history of reported flooring defects, and apartment occupancy; plus laboratory environmental testing. An environmental test chamber was used to expose new flooring to a range of relative humidity regimes, including the full range permitted by the flooring manufacturer (35% to 65% RH), and the lower range experienced during the winter months (as low as 15% RH). Testing and analysis confirmed that the flooring performs satisfactorily within the allowable humidity range, and that poor performance at lower relative humidity was attributable to construction layup of the flooring product, the method of installation, and the building environmental conditions.


Brain tumors in children are common in the first two years of their life. The location of the tumor and magnetic resonance imaging characteristics including spectroscopy and contrast enhancement can give important clues to the final diagnosis.[1,2] Calcification and bleeding can be seen in some tumors like atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (ATRT) which has universal poor prognosis. On T1-weighted MRI, the tumor mass is typically isointense with frequent hyperintense foci secondary to intratumoral hemorrhage. Hyperintensities are noted on T2W/FLAIR images. Half of them are supratentorial and can occur in the cerebral hemispheres. They have the characteristics of restricted diffusion, edema, necrosis and calcification.[3]


The writer believes that the salvage of food waste is approaching a crossroads owing to the coming removal of controls on conventional animal feeding stuffs. He wonders whether food waste will travel on the " up " road or whether in a free market it will be driven to the " down " road. Consequently, he has endeavoured to provide a comprehensive review of the subject so that all its aspects may be brought within the arena of discussion.


Under the study of the buckling of the damaged ring-stiffened cylindrical shell subject to underwater explosion loading, the buckling strength of the damaged ring-stiffened cylindrical shell is calculated with MSC. DYTRAN and MSC. NASTRAN. An analysis method for calculating the resi-(dual) buckling strength of ring-stiffened cylindrical shell with those two softwares is advanced. The numerical analysis shows that the prediction agrees fairly well with the experiment results.


A numerical method based upon invariant imbedding and the transverse impedahce concept is applied to the problem of calculating various properties of inhomogeneous slab waveguides. The approach appears not only to be rapidly convergent but is also capable of giving arbitrary accuracy for any given mode. In particular, some interesting properties of a class of asymmetric profiles are pointed out, relating to discussions of lossy structures, temporal pulse distortion, and spatial broadening.


A novel catalytic synthesis of biscoumarins from 4-hydroxycoumarin and aromatic aldehydes has been developed. The reaction occurs in ethanol in the presence of tetrabutylammonium hexatungstate [TBA]2[W6O19] as catalyst to give the corresponding products in high yields. This new approach has short reaction times, clean reaction profiles, and simple experimental and workup procedures. Moreover, the catalyst can be easily recovered by filtration and used at least three times with only slight reduction in its catalytic activity.


We discuss the role of dilation symmetries for differential difference equations depending on nearest-neighbour interactions. In particular, we show that for a simple class of differential difference equations of this kind, symmetries which depend linearly on time are only compatible with linearizable equations.


This paper presents the prediction and evaluation of feed force in routing of carbon composite material. In order to extend tool life and improve quality of the machined surface, a better understanding of uncoated and coated tool behaviors is required. This work describes (1) the optimization of the geometry of multiple teeth tools minimizing the tool wear and the feed force, (2) the optimization of tool coating and (3) the development of a phenomenological model between the feed force, the routing parameters and the tool wear. The experimental results indicate that the feed rate, the cutting speed and the tool wear are the most significant factors affecting the feed force. In the case of multiple teeth tools, a particular geometry with 14 teeth right helix right cut and 11 teeth left helix right cut gives the best results. A thick AlTiN coating or a diamond coating can dramatically improve the tool life while minimizing the axial force, roughness and delamination. A wear model has then been developed based on an abrasive behavior of the tool. The model links the feed rate to the tool geometry parameters (tool diameter), to the process parameters (feed rate, cutting speed and depth of cut) and to the wear. The model presented has been verified by experimental tests.This paper presents the prediction and evaluation of feed force in routing of carbon composite material. In order to extend tool life and improve quality of the machined surface, a better understanding of uncoated and coated tool behaviors is required. This work describes (1) the optimization of the geometry of multiple teeth tools minimizing the tool wear and the feed force, (2) the optimization of tool coating and (3) the development of a phenomenological model between the feed force, the routing parameters and the tool wear. The experimental results indicate that the feed rate, the cutting speed and the tool wear are the most significant factors affecting the feed force. In the case of multiple teeth tools, a particular geometry with 14 teeth right helix right cut and 11 teeth left helix right cut gives the best results. A thick AlTiN coating or a diamond coating can dramatically improve the tool life while minimizing the axial force, roughness and delamination. A wear model has then been developed bas...


The concept of weight management has gained currency in present political and social discourses on weight and health, organizing the various efforts to fight obesity and to assist individuals in controlling their weight. In this paper, we ask whether weight management is becoming rooted also in the everyday life of individuals. Adopting a practice-theoretical approach we study whether weight management constitutes an intelligible and distinct entity to people problematizing their weight. By analysing data generated by focus group discussions with Finnish consumers we investigate the ways in which people understand the concept of weight management, what kinds of techniques they use in order to manage their weight, and what kind of emotional and normative positions they take with respect to weight management. We analyse weight management in relation to eating, but acknowledge the role of another practices, such as exercising. We conclude that weight management is not a clearly defined entity, but located at the intersection of more established practices, healthy eating and slimming. We end our article by discussing the policy-implications of our findings.


In view of the disability of traditional automatic transfer to reserve power source to satisfy the operation requirements on the 110 kV "hand-by-hand" networks,the original equipments are reformed logically and the transfer signal will be transmitted through optic fiber.


The heterogeneity and levels of chemicals released into the environment have dramatically grown in the last few years. Therefore, new low-cost tools are increasingly required to monitor pollution and follow its trends over time. Recent approaches in electronics and wireless communications permit the expansion of low-power, low-cost, and multiparametric sensor nodes that are limited in size and communicate untethered in small distances. For such a monitoring system to be ultimately feasible, a suitable power source for these nodes must be found. The present research falls within the frame of this global effort. The study sits within the context discussed above with the particular aim of developing groundbreaking technology-based solutions by means of efficient environmentally powered wireless smart sensors. This paper presents a multiparametric sensor node for indoor/outdoor air quality monitoring, able to work without battery and human intervention, harvesting energy from the surrounding environment for perpetual operation. The complete system design of the sensor and experimental results are reported. The evaluation of the energy-harvesting blocks with a budget allocation of the power consumption is also discussed.


A technique is described for making a demountable vacuum seal of reasonably good quality between an all-metal evacuation cup and a flat glass surface. The seal is bakeable to temperatures close to the softening point of glass. The stainless steel evacuation cup has two concentric and coplanar sealing surfaces. The regions defined by these surfaces are differentially pumped. Pressures typically below 1 Torr are achieved in the annular space between the two sealing surfaces using a conventional rotary pump. The center region inside the inner sealing surface is typically evacuated to below 10−4 Torr using conventional diffusion or turbomolecular pumps.


The latest trend of addiction in Malaysia has been toward used of Amphetamine type stimulant. Various attempt have been used to manage those who were on these drug but it yet to show any good outcome. Psychosocial rehabilitation were the preferred choice by the National Anti-Drug Agencies (NADA) and in many cases it was done through therapeutic community program. Unfortunately it is costly and the relapse rate even after 2 years rehabilitation were almost 95%. The demand for medical therapeutic intervention came after the success of harm reduction program for managing heroin dependence syndrome. In the case of Methamphetamine and other type of ATS Aripiprazole were chosen as the drug of choice in this study. It is an antipsychotic and partial dopamine agonist. Result of this study showed that it is effective to reduce craving among those who were dependence on methamphetamine.


The attempt was made to cultivate horse-radish meristems taken from buds removed from roots. The lowest per cent of contamination was found after the buds had been soaiked in 80% ethanol for 6 minutes and then in 5%, 7.5% or 10% chloramine for 30, 30 or 15 minutes, respectively. Both agar media: Murashige-Skoog and Linsmaier-Skoog, were equally good, providing a moderate number of developing plants. The Linsmaier-Skoog medium was more satisfactory when solidified with agar; the results with liquid medium and filter-paper bridges were not as good.


Forty-eight compounds of anise star oil were determined by GC/MS and their structures were described by a newly three-dimensional holographic vector of atomic interaction field (3D-HoVAIF).Partial least squares regression (PLS) and multiple linear regression were used for modeling.It has been shown that 3D-HoVAIF could successfully describe the structures of the compounds and the models can provide satisfactory estimation stability and favorable predictive ability.


_ when the viscus is filled with bile j^taining excess of calcium salts. The gall "ladder is not visualized normally due to lack ?j density on the part of the viscus itself and ?lso due to absence of contrast in the neighbour's structure. So, when the density is increased j? When the contrast improves, the viscus even h?Ugh not calcified may be rendered visible. during the last one year, radiological investigations were carried out in respect of 62 cases Offering from vague gastro-intestinal symptoms of which straight skiagrams only for gall ladder region were done in respect of 10 cases, and remaining 52 cases had oral cholecystography in addition. The gall bladder could be dualized in 4 out of these 62 cases.


Eric Levy's study of time is as much a reflection on mortality as it is on the lateral notion that ''temporal awareness is tragic,'' a familiar trope tied to the oscillation between thanatos and eros that so much Western literature is anchored upon. Levy's traditionalist study begins with the vision of a ''demonic old man, his face blank and pitiless, poised beside my bed. The next instant he raised his right hand, wielding a knife, and plunged it toward my chest.'' The author performs an admirable act of oneiric jiu-jitsu, forestalls the attack, and the study is launched, with the incident ''almost like an archetype, a fundamental human response to the problem of time: the reflex to obstruct temporal passage, because it is viewed negatively as a menace to life, and what is cherished in life.'' A great deal of Western metaphysical baggage is packed into this telling passage from the beginning of the book, which assumes a lot about how ''we'' conceive of time and its passage. And the book continues on to a number of literary case studies that include mimetic time in Shakespeare's Hamlet, pathologies of time in Charles Dickens's Hard Times, fear and acceptance of time in Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway and the phenomenology of temporal trauma in To the Lighthouse, a chapter on Beckettian ''post-temporal time,'' another on postlapsarian will in Ian McEwan's Enduring Love, and two concluding reflections that explain and apply Gilles Deleuze's temporal theories. In short, it is an ambitious book – and along the way are insights worth reflecting on and debating: ''No quantity of summary can redeem the world of Hamlet from its predicament regarding the passage of time – the apprehension that the future cannot be forestalled and that concerning it the present can never be adequately forewarned.'' This sort of observation assumes that forestalling the future is desirable, worth doing, or necessary – much less that forewarning the present of a future uncertain trumps the flow of present agency – this in the context of a play notorious for how it implies cycles of violence, retribution, and the restoration, however temporary, of order. What to make of Fortinbras's closing comment that ''[f ]or me, with sorrow I embrace my fortune,'' especially of how that line hints at how futurity is tied to sorrows yet to come, and arising from the tragic example of the present. Whatever one's take on this existential metaphysics, whether in agreement with Levy or not, it is a debate worth having as it brings into focus so many of the conventions that gather round the trope of time in the Western canon. The book posits a phenomenology of time that is heavily value laden; what might it mean to suggest that what time is (an impediment to our immortality that must be detained) is less important than what we do 336 letters in canada 2016


The quantitative understanding of converse magnetoelectric effects, i.e., the variation of the magnetization as a function of an applied electric field, in extrinsic multiferroic hybrids is a key prerequisite for the development of future spintronic devices. We present a detailed study of the strain-mediated converse magnetoelectric effect in ferrimagnetic Fe3O4 thin films on ferroelectric BaTiO3 substrates at room temperature. The experimental results are in excellent agreement with numerical simulation based on a two-region model. This demonstrates that the electric field induced changes of the magnetic state in the Fe3O4 thin film can be well described by the presence of two different ferroelastic domains in the BaTiO3 substrate, resulting in two differently strained regions in the Fe3O4 film with different magnetic properties. The two-region model allows to predict the converse magnetoelectric effects in multiferroic hybrid structures consisting of ferromagnetic thin films on ferroelastic substrates.


This paper proposes an effective way for forecast malfunction risk criterion for discrete event systems (DESs). This work is based on the probabilistic Automata (PA) model and risk decision-making technique, thanks to decision-making can be for the uncertainty. It provides logistical unite maintenance materials procurement to decision-making, reduces costs and creates supply chain greater profits.


Mr. Ghulam Mohammad, Senior Research Economist of the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, by publishing his critical analysis of the Revelle Report in Volume IV, No.3 of the Pakistan Development Review [4J has done a great service to the country. A chance has, thus, been created to examine some of the recommendations for the solution of the problem as put forth by the Panel of scientists from America.


Nucleation and domain growth in the switching of DOBAMBC were investigated by means of sequential microscope photographs taken with pulsed light and by laser light transmission. It was found that the electric field dependences of the switching time ts, the domain wall velocity v and the density of nuclei n obey power laws. The essence of the switching behavior is described well by the Avrami formula.


A new method for building extraction,without the need for DTM(digital terrain model) advance extraction,was proposed based on LIDAR(light detection and ranging) data and the shape analysis of contours.In this algorithm,firstly,the initial segmentation of DSM(digital surface model) contours is carried out based on the closure of a contour and the area enclosed by the contour,and the initial contours of buildings are acquired.These buildings are consisted of closed contours expressing building points and vegetable points and have a certain area.Secondly,after smoothing those initial contours,they are segmented to building contours and non-building contours based on dimension surveying and shape characteristics of the contours,such as rectangle tolerance and circle tolerance.Finally,the building contours predigested by the topological relation are served as the outlines of buildings and normalized based on the vertical or parallel characteristics of building outlines.In a test on an undulated region,buildings' contours were extracted from DSM contours and regularized.To validate the test results,an overlay of extracted buildings' outlines and an aerial image was checked.The result shows that the proposed method has an accuracy up to 80% and can effectively extract big and independent buildings in undulated regions.


The study of catalytic pyrolysis on rice straw was carried out in a fixed-bed reactor. The objectives were to determine the effect of catalyst on the distribution of product yield and bio-oil characterization. The non-catalytic and catalytic process of rice straw was performed at the optimum conditions with zeolite ZSM-5 and dolomite catalyst. The highest bio-oil yield from the catalytic pyrolysis was 26.3% with zeolite ZSM-5, while the yield of bio-oil from non-catalytic pyrolysis was 27.6%. Elemental composition and spectroscopic methods were applied for the characterization of biooil. The chemical characterization studies of uncatalysed bio-oil derived from pyrolysis of rice straw reflect a considerable amount of carbonyl and oxygenated compound, resulting in higher oxygen content in elemental composition. In the presence of the catalyst, the yield of bio-oil was markedly reduced and so was the oxygen content of the bio-oil itself. The product yields and quality of the resultant bio-oil were significantly affected by the use of the catalyst.


In this review, we aim to explore the structure-property relationships of a library of Y-series non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs) current advances, and systematic (chemical modifications) understanding influenced that have led to...


: Understanding the aggregation behavior of lignins is relevant to their application, especially toward value-added products. Here we report on the self-association of kraft lignin derived from hardwood and softwood species under mild temperature and pH conditions and in the presence of various salts and surfactants. Besides characterization of lignin functional groups (NMR and others), aggregation (extent and rate) (turbidity, viscosity), surface tension, particle size (dynamic light scattering) and filtration efficiency were determined. Monovalent salt ions increased lignin aggregation while non-ionic surfactants enhanced the colloidal stability of the system by steric effects, depending on the concentration. The combination of salt and surfactant enabled the regulation of the colloidal aggregation and the rheological properties of the respective aqueous dispersions. While pH affects the colloidal stability of lignin in solution, it plays a minor effect on lignin particles dispersed in water, indicating contributions beyond those arising from the presence of carboxylic and phenolic groups. Filtration and separation of lignin from aqueous media (relevant to processing streams, wastewater, etc.), as well as applications that require the control over the stability of lignin can be addressed suitably by application of the simple methods presented here.


By adding IP addressing to mobile node by game theory, an improved functional server node is implemented in this paper. The proposed algorithm is developed based on MANET. Simulation results show that our proposed algorithm decreases the waiting time of each node and overhead of server. Each node selects their strategy with credit value from utility function.


struction along the highway and in major cities. Eventually, the governmentrun National Tourism Committee (CTNT) invited influential members of the private sector to participate in shaping the image of the nation that would be promoted in the ideal Mexican vacation. A second aspect of tourism development and promotion was the role of the United States in this delicate balance between capitalist venture and revolutionary rhetoric. In an era of the Good Neighbor Policy and inter-American cooperation during World War II, U.S.-Mexican relations provided an important backdrop for the emergence of a viable tourism industry. U.S. participation was omnipresent in tourist ventures through promotion of and investment in the growing tourism trade. But Berger places even greater emphasis on the role of U.S. travelers and consumers of this new business. Although on the surface marketing Mexico to a foreign audience may seem like a repudiation of revolutionary nationalism, Berger demonstrates that U.S. involvement actually aided the push toward post-revolutionary reconciliation. She argues that consciously enticing foreigners to the country's national treasures allowed Mexicans to bolster their own pride in lo mexicano. Furthermore, by articulating the meaning of lo mexicano for the purpose of promoting tourism, national leaders were forced to reconsider national identity in the post-revolutionary context. By the mid1940s, this redefined sense of Mexican identity was embodied in a vacation that encompassed both the charming antiquity of pre-Colombian and colonial sites as well as the modern allure of cosmopolitan urban areas. Overall, Berger has produced a valuable and readable study that will surely set a high standard for future works on the history of Mexican tourism. Nevertheless, since she has set this story against the backdrop of the revolutionary project, the role of labor in this new and maturing industry should also be examined. Since this aspect of tourism falls outside the scope of this project, one can hope that a follow-up study may take up the theme. This reviewer also found the plethora of acronyms difficult to navigate at times and would have appreciated a guide in the appendix. These critiques should not detract from the overall strengths of the work and the importance of its argument. Through tourism, Mexican leaders sought to balance the need to cling to the strengths of the nation's traditions, while at the same time making Mexico a participant and contributor in the modern world. In the eyes of many after 1940, this balance indeed signified revolutionary success.


Abstract. This paper presents a proposal to combine supervised and semi-supervised training strategies to obtain a neural network for use in the prescriptive maintenance approach. It is required in this approach because of only partially labelled data for use in supervised learning, and additionally, this data is predicted to expand quickly. The main issue is the decision on which are suitable training methodologies for supervised learning, having in mind using this data and methods for semi-supervised learning. The proposed methods of training neural networks with supervised and semi-supervised training to receive the best results will be tested and compared in further work.


Abstract 1660 LFB-R603, a next generation anti-CD20 antibody currently in clinical development, is characterized by a specific glycosylation pattern containing a high percentage of non fucosylated antibodies molecules at the Fc site. This pattern of glycosylation increases the affinity of antibodies for human FcγRIIIa, resulting in an increased antibody dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) by human FcγRIIIa-expressing effector cells. This antibody is currently in a phase I clinical trial in B-CLL patients and its use is planned to be expanded to other non-hodgkin9s lymphomas (NHL) such as follicular and mantle cell lymphoma, as a single agent and in combination with chemotherapeutic agents. The antitumor efficacy of LFB-R603 was studied in comparison with rituximab in combination with conventional chemotherapeutic agents in two models of NHL developed in immuno-deficient mice. The RL cell line, derived from a patient with follicular lymphoma (FL), was xenografted in mice by subcutaneous injection. Tumor-bearing mice were treated intravenously during 4 weeks with the anti-CD20 antibodies used alone or in combination with suboptimal doses of cyclophosphamide 50 mg/kg or bendamustine 30 mg/kg. LFB-R603 and rituximab displayed a dose-related antitumor activity. The tumor growth inhibition (TGI) was at day 30, 64% at 10 mg/kg, 84% at 30 mg/kg and 100% at 100 mg/kg for LFB-R603 compared with the untreated-group. For rituximab, the TGI was 84% at 30 mg/kg and 99% at 100 mg/kg. More interestingly, LFB-R603 at 100 mg/kg dose showed a significantly superior antitumor activity as a delay of 21 days in tumor growth was observed compared to rituximab (p=0.00001). The combination of LFB-R603 or rituximab at 60 mg/kg with cyclophosphamide enhanced the effect observed with the antileukemic agent only and the additive effect was similar for the two antibodies as a delay of 13 days in tumor growth was observed for both combination-treated groups compared with the cyclophosphamide-treated group (p=0.00001). However, LFB-R603 displayed a significant higher antitumor activity against RL xenografts than rituximab when combined with bendamustine as a tumor growth delay of 7 days was observed between the two treated-groups (p=0.00001). The NCEB cell line, derived from a patient with mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), was xenografted in mice by subcutaneous injection. In this model, LFB-R603 and rituximab injected once weekly up to 3 weeks displayed a dose-related TGI activity. A higher activity of LFB-R603 compared to rituximab was observed at all tested doses (3, 10, 30 and 60 mg/kg). TGI values at day 51 were 91% for LFB-R603 at 3 mg/kg versus 40% for rituximab, 88% for LFB-R603 at 10 mg/kg versus 57 % for rituximab and 100% for LFB-R603 at 30 and 60 mg/kg versus 66% for rituximab when compared with untreated-group. In conclusion, LFB-R603 displayed a greater antitumor activity as compared to rituximab in two different non-clinical in vivo models of NHL, namely follicular and mantle cell lymphoma. Moreover, additive effects were obtained when LFB-R603 was combined with chemotherapeutic agents such as cyclophosphamide and bendamustine in the FL model. Disclosures: Tourais Esteves:LFB Biotechnologies: Employment. Dumontet:LFB Biotechnologies: Research Funding. Herveau:LFB Biotechnologies: Research Funding. Reslan:LFB Biotechnologies: Research Funding. Brune:LFB Biotechnologies: Employment. Van Overtvelt:LFB Biotechnologies: Employment. Salcedo:LFB Biotechnologies: Employment. Fournes:LFB Biotechnologies: Employment.


As supplementary to the data on incomes of individual farms,' it was found that information concerning the communities as economic units rounded out the data which were needed for setting aside certain areas as having agricultural possibilities and other areas as having no agricultural possibilities under present and prospective economic conditions. The cost of schools and roads was considered excessive per farm. These latter areas showed the inability of the community to support schools and roads, except through State aid and heavy taxes on the land. This was often the deciding factor in placing the community in the area designated as nonagricultural. In certain areas soil type and topography were favorable for agriculture but there was not enough good farm land to support communities of normal size. The cost of the roads and schools was so high per occupied farm that it would be cheaper for the county and State to buy the farms and


In recent years, due to the development of deep learning and convolutional neural network (CNN), the field of computer vision has been booming. As a subdivision of face recognition technology, faci...


The focus of the paper is the behavior under iterations of the filtered and local Floer homology of a Hamiltonian on a symplectically aspherical manifold. The Floer homology of an iterated Hamiltonian comes with a natural cyclic group action. In the filtered case, we show that the supertrace of a generator of this action is equal to the Euler characteristic of the homology of the un-iterated Hamiltonian. For the local homology the supertrace is the Lefschetz index of the fixed point. We also prove an analog of the classical Smith inequality for the iterated local homology and the equivariant versions of these results.


2057 Background: Malignant glioma cells use distinct brain structures for tumor growth and invasion. However, the cellular mechanisms and biological consequences of malignant glioma growth patterni...


Urban operations currently are of great concern to the defense community. J9, the Experimentation Directorate of USJFCOM, and the Joint Advanced Warfighting Program currently are conducting an experiment to investigate concepts for applying future technologies to joint urban operations. The first phase of the experiment focused on employing future sensors to remotely monitor and understand enemy operations in a foreign city. Characteristics of the urban environment include high building density, a large civilian population, and a cultural environment. These characteristics pose significant challenges for simulation designers. This paper describes the modifications required to adapt the simulations supporting the experiment, JSAF and SLAMEM, to the urban environment. A landscape with a large number of buildings had to be automatically generated and represented in a space efficient manner. Large concentrations of vehicles and pedestrians had to be modeled moving realistically through the city. This behavior had to be automatically generated since it would be impossible to individually control 100,000 entities. Embedding cultural features within the database in the form of building function codes allow civilian entities to automatically plan their movements based on generic daily schedules. Sensor models had to be modified to detect building properties, such as whether a building was fortified. The density of both entities and structures made both movement and intervisibility calculations significantly more expensive, requiring optimization combined with the application of large amounts of hardware. Computation and control was distributed between three CONUS sites and the High Performance Computing Centers at Maui and Wright-Patterson AFB. Limiting and balancing simulation traffic required a major effort. Source squelching was enabled by a distributed data collection system developed to collect data locally on each simulation node while still allowing analysts to perform real-time queries during the experiment.


Summary

The physico-chemical characteristics, and cooking, eating, milling and nutritive qualities of four varities of rice were measured and wide varietal differences were observed.

There was little variation in gel consistency and gelatinization temperature, but there were marked differences in water absorption, volume expansion and percentage of leach loss.

Eating characteristics of one variety (Ambemohar) were less acceptable than in the other three, and one (MAU-Sel-9) had a much higher protein content than the others.

On the whole, the quality of MAU-Sel-9 was found to be superior to the other three varieties of rice.


Abstract The focus of this study is to regulate the variation in the input parameters of multiple microwave sources in a high-frequency multimode resonant heating system to achieve uniform heating. First, this study deeply expands the theoretical process of frequency change and proposes a frequency-shifting strategy with hot spot alternation to ensure that the temperature difference range of each hot spot does not continuously expand during the heating process. Then, a sequential quadratic programming algorithm is introduced to reconstruct the input power values to improve the heating efficiency according to the different microwave absorption efficiencies of the heated material at different frequencies. Finally, a numerical calculation model for multi-source microwave power-frequency cooperative heating is established based on the finite-element method, and the temperature uniformity index is effectively calculated. Numerical calculations show that the proposed method can improve the uniformity in single-material heating and multi-material heating cases by 56.8–94.3% and 44.4–76.6%, respectively, over that of fixed-frequency heating while achieving improved heating efficiency on the basis of frequency conversion.


Introduction 1. Genesis of Customary International Law and International Criminal Law 2. New Concept of Customary International Law - The Role of International Criminal Judge 3. Customary International Law in the Decisions of the ICTY 4. Principle of Legality and Customary International Law 5. The Need for a New Conceptual Framework for the Sources in International Law General Conclusion


This paper is intended to look into the  inter-relation  among the development of multi-lingual faculty and the cognitive powers. The  inter-relationship  study will prove to be of some help in designing the course content for multi-lingual learning and enhancing the cognitive power through the multi-lingual approach of learning.


The invention provides a regulable key switch system and a control and binding method thereof. The switch system comprises at least one switch, an intelligent terminal module, a cloud storage module and control modules. The cloud storage module comprises a first data storage unit, a first inquiring unit, a first processing unit, a state storage unit and an updating unit. The intelligent terminal module comprises a second data storage unit, a second inquiring unit and a second processing unit. The control method of the key switch system comprises the steps that the control modules receives an actuating signal, and an electric appliance is controlled to actuate via the control modules according to the binding relation of the actuating signal, or commands are issued to other control modules to control actuation of the electric appliance via cloud storage. The binding method comprises two processes of binding and de-binding. With application of the regulable key switch system and the control and binding method thereof, the number of the switches is reduced so that user operation is enabled to be more convenient and cost is saved.


NMR spectra for 'H and I.'C nuclei of acetonitrile are reported for solutions of alkali metal and tetraalkylamrnonium halides. Chemical shifts and relaxation times for a series of concentrations at five temperatures between 25°C and oO°C are analyzed to gain an insight into the mode of anion-molecule interactions. The various salts considered include LiBr, LiI, NaI, tetrabutylammonium bromide (TBAB) and tetrabutylarnmonium iodide (TBAI). It is found that the chemical shift moves towards lower field on addition of the electrolyte and to higher fields on increasing the temperature of the system. An increase in the concentration of the electrolyte and a decrease in temperature increase the concentration of complexed species which is reflected in the measured chemical shifts. Earlier conclusions on the linear variation of the changes in the IH chemical shifts with concentration of the electrolytes are reviewed. The chemical shift data for solutions of tetrabutylammonium halides have been utilised for the determination of equilibrium constants for anion-molecule interactions and the values are found to be in the order 1> Br ' which shows that the interactions are more of electrostatic type which depend on the extent of polarization of the charge on the halide ions. The relaxation times obtained from the line widths of IH, 13Cand ~IBr are analyzed on the basis of anion-molecular equilibria.


More than 100 years have passed by since the first description of AD by Alois Alzheimer; however the patients are dying in the same way. Our discovery of the hitherto unknown capacity of the human body to split the water molecule breaks the paradigm. In accordance with our experience of 21 years, the signs and symptoms of AD are compatible with a generalized failure of the CNS; therefore AD is an energy problem, not a biomass trouble. In this work we are presenting the basis and results of our completely new treatment whose principles are grounded in a very different physiology: the main source of energy of the human body is water not food, in other words: the main source of energy of the CNS is the water located in the ventricles and subarachnoid space, and not through the blood vessels. Glucose is just a source of biomass, and therefore it must be absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract and then it needs to be transported to the different tissues in our organism by the blood vessels but eukaryotic cell uses glycans only as building blocks, surprisingly energy is taken from water, a very different and unknown concept. Energy comes in an unsuspected highly proportion (99%) from a similar process in plants: the water dissociation, a reaction that we appointed as human photosynthesis by their analogies with the photosynthesis of the plants. The capacity of our body to take energy from water begin to diminish at 26 years old, at rate of approximately 10 % each decade and after fifties it goes into free fall. This seems to be the natural history, however several factors are able to turning down the human photosynthesis levels, as alcohol, iron supplements, high fructose syrup, hormones, pesticides, herbicides, medical compounds with a high apparent distribution volume like antidepressants, old age, diabetes, trauma; contaminated water, etc. When the energy released by our photosynthesis system is comprised in enough amount and time, chaos sooner or later overcome. With the medical enhancement of the natural capacity of our body to split and back-bonding the water molecule, the recovery of AD patients are astonishing. In this brief presentation we will present some examples of the remarkable improvement in patients with AD treated at our Human Photosynthesis Study Center.


IntroductionMarked by difference, the freak does not conform to natural, social, or scientific norms. Whether monster, mutant, or undead, the abhuman body retains traces of human identity but has become, or is in the process of becoming, something quite different. According to Patrick McGrath, the 'New Gothic' foregrounds the workings of the psychotopia. This 'turning inward' of the gothic from landscape to mindscape places the emphasis on 'minds and souls haunted by the urge to transgress and do evil, crippled with distortions of perception and the moral sense, and obsessed with death and morbidity', all in instances of 'interior entropy - spiritual and emotional breakdown'.1 The mind is entropie as it cannot think outside of itself and constantly reinforces what it thinks, resulting in psychosomatic states like obsessive compulsion, claustrophobia, neurosis, paranoia, schizophrenia, and psychosis.The New Monster of the gothic is the psychopathological freak, or 'mindfreak'. The perception, reception, and conception of our reality are products of one's state of mind, from which there is no escape. This essay analyses Patrick McGrath's novel The Grotesque (1989) and Christopher Nolan's film Memento (2000), and examines the existential incarceration that both their narrator-protagonists suffer.2 Although they are set in different contexts and are expressed through different forms, both texts study the interior entropy of aberrant mental states in the act of re-membering narrative. In The Grotesque, Sir Hugo, after a 'cerebral accident', becomes a quadriplegic who suffers from locked-in syndrome.3 Although he continues to possess the faculty of memory, imagination, thought, and will, he has no expression or psychomotor ability. He is 'able to see, know, and evaluate the world, yet lift not a finger, nor even blink at will' [emphasis in original].4 Memento is about Leonard Shelby who wants to remember the motivation for his actions but suffers from anterograde amnesia, meaning that '[he has] no short-term memory [and] can't make any new memories'.5 Both The Grotesque and Memento are thus inherently interested in the workings of the brain, particularly the faculty of memory.Both mindfreaks are doomed to repeat indefinitely the cycle of their warped perspectives. From Edgar Allan Poe to Neil Gaiman, the New Gothic perceives the mind itself as 'a kind of supernatural space, filled with intrusive spectral presences'.6 Memento is a gothic film because 'Gothic is the terrain on which we are never sure what - if anything - we have remembered' .7 Similarly, in the fiction of McGrath, 'we find a mordant glee in the failings of taxonomic classification and the futility of all attempts to establish an objective, orthodox version of reality.'8 To Botting, 'the internalization of Gothic forms represents the most significant shift in the genre' as 'psychological rather than supernatural forces became the prime-movers in worlds where individuals could be sure neither of others nor of themselves.'9With no reference point to anchor any interpretation, the uncertainty of self and reality threatens to reveal the fictionality of one's being, compelling a fabrication of some semblance of coherence and credibility from shreds of imposture, assumption, and speculation. Trapped within the entropy of their mental states and its self-conceived simulacra, the isolation of both their conditions requires Sir Hugo and Leonard to devise coping mechanisms to make sense of their world. They re-create, re-present, and recover the narrative of memory by imposing order and stability on their histories and allowing the past to be rewritten 'in a fashion acceptable to the conscious mind'.10 This loss of a sense of history results from an inaccessible past that has become a 'multitudinous photographic simulacrum', a contrived text that is open to indeterminacy, misinterpretation, and self-deception.11 Thus what the viewer or reader has to accept as the only historically accurate point in the narrative is also thrown into question. …


This article is a case study of Yokomitsu Riichi's (1898-1947) novel Shanghai (1928, 1932) and the way the novel reflects changing Japanese views of China during the period of Japanese imperial expansion. Drawing for its theoretical framework on Edward Said's epochal Orientalism (1978), the article argues that Japan's perception of China in the early twentieth century was shaped by the emergence of a discursive practice that delineated China as Japan's "Other." Appropriation of China for political and ideological agendas that occurred as a result of Japan's imperial ambitions in Asia, the article further illustrates, was reflected in the latent and manifest displays of a distinct Japanese Orientalism that both mirrored and at times diverged from Western Orientalism. Through a close reading of Yokomitsu Riichi novel, I will show how Japanese attitudes toward China were impacted by the urge to control and to speak on behalf of the rest of Asia as well as a desire to demarcate modern Japan from what was perceived of an ancient civilization unfit to survive in the present. At the same time, I will comment on the limitations of Said's original theory when applied to the literature of a country that itself remained part of the West's Orient.


The National Police recognizes the human talent as their main capital for growth, positioning and institutional support. The rate of injuries during demonstrations control procedures, riot control and evictions by order of the competent authority, influence the process of institutional and organizational development of the institution, thereby identifying the causes, prevalence with presents this phenomenon must represent a purpose and be studied in this sense, this project becomes relevant. Thanks to the determination and identification of the causes, characteristics and prevalence, which will propose strategies to control, mitigate and prevent injuries in the riot police officers during its work and improve its procedures.


The paper analyses the success of an industrial simulation delivered to final year BSc Building Surveying students. Research is undertaken using an action research approach. The analysis does not focus upon the assessment wording and the methodology employed, but upon the support provided to the learners. The need for this support and the nature of the support is initially established using current literature, whilst its effectiveness is monitored using learner feedback and achievement data. The need for prior risk assessment of potential areas of student disadvantage is proposed, leading to establishment of a robust, flexible and evolving regime of support being imposed throughout the activity. The rationale for a support regime is derived from risk assessment of the proposed activity and its success is tested through feedback obtained from participant learners. It was concluded that evidence gained from feedback and achievement data suggested that, when adequately supported, industrial simulation is an appropriate tool for delivering both academic learning and vocational skills training, as required by all four stakeholders to building surveying education.


In this paper we investigate the feasibility of applying the Parareal algorithm [5, 6] for quasi-static nonlinear structural analysis problems. We describe how this proposal has been realized and present some preliminary numerical results of applying this algorithm to a beam undergoing nonlinear deflection with a contact boundary condition. Further numerical experiments are needed to provide an evidence for the effciency of the method.