In the frame of a given crystallographic symmetry a matrix ζ(k) is constructed, the eigenvectors and eigenvalues of which are directly related to the spin configuration and magnetic exchange energy, respectively. For Bravais lattices the matrix equation reduces to Villain's equation.


Specific diagnosis.-Acanthatrium: Body pyriform, much flattened dorsoventrally, 0.65 to 0.82 mm. long by 0.65 to 0.83 mm. wide. Cuticula without spines. Oral sucker terminal or nearly so, from 0.078 to 0.087 mm. in diameter. Ventral sucker just anterior to body middle, approximately equal in size to the oral sucker, measuring from 0.085 to 0.09 mm. in diameter. Anterior margin of ventral sucker 0.27 to 0.3 mm. from the anterior end of the body. Pharynx 0.031 to 0.038 mm. lonlg by 0.042 to 0.045 mm. wide. Prepharynx absent. Oesophagus apparently absent. Testes ovate, 0.14 to 0.18 mm. in diameter, located at the terminations of the intestinal cecae. Prostate mass large, average diameter 0.16 to 0.22 mm., bordered anteriorly by cecae, posterior part overlapped by acetabulum. Coiled seminal vesicle opening into genital pore, the latter surrounded by a sphincter muscle and located near the center of the prostate mass. Atrial spines from 0.01 to 0.015 mm. long, directed caudad, arranged in a long crescent between the genital pore and the anterior margin of the prostate mass. Ovary overlapping posterior part of testicular zone, on right side of body axis, 0.07 to 0.11 mm. long by 0.12 to 0.185 mm. wide. Vitellaria in compact masses, reaching from level of pharynx to testes. Eggs average 0.030 mm. long by 0.016 mm. wide. Slings of uterus mainly transverse, largely filling posterior part of body. Host.-Myotis californicus caurinus Miller; also Myotis evotis evolis (A. Allen). Location.-Intestine. Distribution.-Nelscott, Oregon. Type specimen.-U. S. N. M. Helm. Coll., paratypes in same and in author's collection. DISCUSSION


A monolithic current-mode synchronous step-down dc-dc converter with two control modes is presented in this paper. The high efficiency in a wide load range is achieved by "dynamic partial shutdown strategy" in Burst mode control,which makes the quiescent current of the whole chip down to 63.5μA. A simple current-sensing circuit and slop compensation circuit which suit for both control modes enhance the response speed. This converter simulated with a 0.8μm EPISIL BCD process,and verified the design validity. When the supply voltage is 4.2V and the output is 1.5V,the efficiency is 75.8% at PWM mode and 84% at Burst mode. When the supply voltage is 4.2V,the maximum efficiency is 95.2% at loading current 150mA and Vout 3.3V.


Despite the fact that visible light communication (VLC) systems provide tremendous data rates, employing visible light for the uplink (UL) is unfavourable due to safety concerns, illumination constraints, interference challenges etc. Using infrared (IR) light is a more feasible alternative for the provision of high UL data rates in VLC systems, even though IR may suffer severe intermittent outages just like visible light. For reliability sake, a lower rate WiFi UL can be used to support the vulnerable IR UL via link switching. Therefore, this paper presents a link switching scheme based on Markov decision process (MDP) for hybrid WiFi and IR UL systems with the objective of minimizing the transfer delay of data. The results of simulation, carried out under varying scenarios, prove our scheme's ability to adapt to the dynamic transiency of IR link interruptions leading to relatively low transfer delays.


This article examines the practical case of psychotherapy of a client with anxiety. It presents an overview of various tools and methods, an analysis of the work, with advantages and disadvantages of various work methods highlighted. It is concluded that it is possible to work with anxious clients in a transactional-analytical approach. Psychotherapy should include structural and functional analysis, deconfusion of the Child's feelings, building up the Adult's support, development of inner care, training in new safe ways of behaving in situations that cause anxiety.


In this paper, we propose a TDMA scheduling algorithm to provide on-time packet delivery in wireless multi-hop sensor networks. In multi-hop environments, scheduling of timeslot is optimized on end-to-end basis. However, the end-to-end transmission is unavailable if a scheduled link on the communication path is failed by wireless interferences and/or device functional errors. We exploit substitute communication paths to avoid the link failures. Our proposed algorithm schedules communication links on the substitute path by using dedicated timeslots in the frame. The max-min optimization is used to maximize the number of dedicated timeslots to establish substitute paths. We evaluate the performance of our proposed algorithm using QualNet network simulator. The simulation results show that our proposed algorithm achieves higher path survival ratio while satisfying end-to-end delay bound. Especially, our algorithm recovers communication paths eleven times more than a previous work when all communication links in the network are failed.


The concept of orthogonal quaternary multiwavelet packets was introduced.The properties of quaternary orthogonal multiwavelet packets were investigated by using variable separation method and matrix theory.Three orthogonality formulas were established for the quaternary multiwavelet packets.


This performative reading explores our affection for and accounts of material used in Poetry of Unknown Words, a feminising response to Iliazd's Poesie de mots inconnus (1949). We have worked in collaboration since 1987, often in combination with other artists and writers, deliberately disrupting the single authorial voice and destabilising borders of subjectivity.

This talk is formed from process notes, a serendipitous approach outlining our day to day use of archives and engagements with printed material.


We develop a dynamic multi-country trade model with foreign direct investment (FDI) in the form of non-rival technology capital. The model nests structural gravity subsystems for FDI and trade, with accumulation/decumulation of phyisical and technology capital in transition to the steady state. The empirical importance of the FDI channel is demonstrated comparing actual aggregate cross-section data for 89 countries in 2011 to a hypothetical world without FDI. The gains from FDI amount to 9% of world's welfare and to 11% of world's trade, unevenly distributed among winners and losers. Net exports of FDI substitute for export trade in the results.


The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of developing an integrated head and neck cancer speech and swallowing rehabilitation program on physician/team focus on functional outcomes.


The thermodynamic characteristics of coordination bonding between oxygen-containing ligands and zinc(II)tetraphenylporphyrin in benzene and carbon tetrachloride at 298.15 K were determined calorimetrically. The dependenceof the thermodynamic stability of the complexes on the nature of the oxygen-containing ligand was analyzed. The factors responsible for an increase in the thermodynamic stability of the complexes were determined.


Determining the tourist potential of a place requires a systemic
vision in the analysis of the territorial information ─ territorial system ─, selecting
the elements and analogous factors of the destination system. The objective is to
predict the territorial response capacity to its tourist functionalization. Based on
conventional methodology, we propose a change in its analytical purpose: a
representative indicator of the real tourism specialization or existing material
structure, which is a reflection of the current problem, not a hypothetical overlap of
tourism about the place. The results show us the pernicious effects of the subversion
of the use and the exchange value of the territory to the detriment of a vast dependent
periphery or affected by the market relations channeled through power centers


A stand-alone system is described for incorporating a general-purpose microprocessor and a floating-point, as well as a fixed point, coprocessor. An A/D (and/or D/A) card can be used with this system by simply inserting it into the VME rack. Any software developed using this system can be stored in a host through an RS232 link. The system is validated by developing several programs designed for test purposes.<<ETX>>


PHYSICIAN burnout, which is characterized by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and a diminished sense of personal accomplishment, has become a significant and widespread topic in the field of medicine. Although its effects are personal, burnout is also a systemic issue that can be difficult and complex to resolve, often leading to more medical errors, lapses in professionalism, interpersonal conflict, substance abuse, and depression and suicidality. Urology as a specialty has not been immune to this disturbing trend. Indeed, burnout has been shown to not only affect trainees, but also the entire urological workforce, ranging from our allied health colleagues to our seasoned attending staff. Residents and fellows are no exception, and recent statistics show that more than 40% of urological trainees meet the criteria for burnout. While it is well established that surgical training can be grueling, there is little doubt that burnout exacerbates the negative aspects associated with training, which may lead to significant mental health distress, increased career regret and evenmore catastrophic outcomes. The AUA Residents and Fellows Committee Essay Contest was launched in 2017 to promote selfreflection among urology trainees within the context of a creative writing contest. This year's theme, "How I Maintain Resilience in an Era of Physician Burnout," was chosen to echo the current zeitgeist within medicine and highlight how individuals may triumph in the face of compassion fatigue, long nights and intense personal struggle. Reflecting on the hardships and successes of training in urology can have tremendous value, leading to a greater sense of community and shared experience, especially during a time when we feel alone and isolated. The committee asked medical students, residents and fellows to describe how they experience and deal with burnout. A total of 60 submissions were received from trainees in the United States and internationally. As the committee members reviewed the essays, it became apparent that the personal stories depicted were all too familiar and relevant. From among these incredibly thought-provoking entries we selected 1 winning essay and 3 outstanding honorable mentions, all of which are posted on the AUA website. Dr. Karen Wheeler, from the University of Texas Health Center in San Antonio, wrote this year's winning submission. In her thoughtfully crafted essay she compares the discipline and routine of the military to the intensity of urological residency. The difficulties she experienced throughout her training are recognizable to all of us but the methods she used to overcome the hardships are inspiring, including choosing your battles and finding the joy in life again. Dr. Wheeler's conclusions provide an important lesson for all urological trainees and staff alike. I urge all members of the AUA to read this essay and reflect on their own practices for coping, resiliency and selfdevelopment in order to survive and succeed in training, and build a sustainable and robust career.


Geza island arc belt is one of the important tectonic units in the archipelagic arc-basin system of the Sanjiang Region.it started its evolution at the westward subduction of Ganzi-Litang oceanic crust in Late Triassic,and experienced intracontinental convergence and post-orogenic extensional phase in Yanshanian period.In this region,there were strong magmatic activities and rich mineralization,constituting an important copper polymetallic ore concentration area discovered in recent years.According to temporal and spatial distribution of magmatic rocks and ore deposits,geochronological evidence,tectonic setting and mineralization,the Geza island arc metallogenic system can be divided into Indosinian metallogenic subsystem and Yanshanian metallogenic subsystem.The Indosinian subsystem mainly developed intermediate-acidic crust-mantle magmatism homologous with the andesite and formed porphyry Cu metallogenic system;the Yanshanian subsystem had syn-collision magmatic activities leading to the generation of the porphyry Mo(Cu) and W(Mo) hydrothermal metallogenic system.Studies show that Geza island arc has favorable resource potential in the depth,with Mo polymetallic mineralization of Yanshanian epoch showing better prospect.


The possibility that various silane treatments may enhance the corrosion resistance of a magnesium alloy AZ31 with silane-modified acrylate interpenetrating polymer network (IPN) coating has been investigated. Potentiodynamic electrochemical tests and neutral salt spray test were applied to evaluate the corrosion performance of the alloy. The results show that silane film improves corrosion resistance of the AZ31 alloy with and without IPN coating. The silane-modified IPN coatings improved more than 4 orders of magnitude of the corrosion resistance of the substrate.


In the experiment, according to stepwise salting-out of ammonium sulfate, semifinished enzyme also has been acquired. The research results were showed as following: according to studies on semifinished enzyme,consider that the most suitable temperature is 50 ℃. The most suitable pH is 7.4. Elastase has good thermal stability below 37 ℃ to a different extent . Elastin has violent affinity adsorbent to elastase which causes that elastase has ability to degrade elastin prefermently.


In recent years, with the rapid increase in Internet usage, the data that has been generated is huge and unstructured. These data can be interpreted with various techniques of Data Mining. Many useful patterns can be extracted from these trends. Classifying these data into meaningful analysis is the key concept behind this study. In this paper, the authorship data for books was used. A data was created where various attributes of users were stored along with the book that they like to read. Naive Bayes was applied on the data set to find which factor is majorly affecting the ratings of the books. The various attributes were compared using data mining tool and found that the rating of books highly depends upon the location of the user. This interpretation was also verified by the measure of precision and recall. High precision results into more accuracy of the system.


Two-dimensional (2-D) density and potential measurements have been carried out for plasma diffusing through an aperture in a diverging magnetic field. The radial density profile near the source is peaked on the axis but gradually evolves into a hollow profile away from the source. We observe a slow increase of the peak density along a hollow conical surface and correlate with the 2-D potential measurement reported earlier. It is also shown that the formation of 2-D structures with similar features are observed whenever plasma is allowed to diffuse through a physical aperture in such diverging magnetic field configuration, with or without the presence of electric double layer, i.e., the phenomenon is generic in nature.


In this study, a test-bed system simulated a tunnel and concrete track is tested on cite and invested an allowed limit of multi-layered sound absorbing panel for reducing noise reflected on the concrete track in train tunnel considering the criteria and limitation on the theoretical back ground. The studied results are an effective evaluating system of the sound absorbing coefficient influenced fluid effects depending on the vehicle speed in the urban train tunnel and measuring not only structural behaviors of maximum displacement and acceleration of the panel but also dynamic characteristics of damping ratio and natural frequency.


This publication presents the emergence of the new sciences that are most important for today's world: communication science, cybernetics, the theory of information, and the theory of the noosphere in the 1940s – 1950s. The purpose of this article is to analyze the total scientific achievements in Eurasia at the time of the Second World War. This was a bright phenomenon in the formation of new revolutionary theories. Works of Chicago-based and Frankfurt-based schools of thought, the theoretical concepts of T. Adorno, M. Horkheimer, H. Lasswell, P. Lazarsfeld, аnd other researchers laid the foundations of the communication science and contributed to the breakthrough in a number of the key subject areas. A system approach to and a comparative analysis of the causes and subsequent consequences of the achievements at that time for today's world served as a methodological basis for a comprehensive consideration of large-scale studies of the past. The scientific novelty of this historic study consists in the interdependence and complementarity of the theoretical and practical achievements in the 1940s and rethinking of their importance in the structure of concepts in the 20th century. Industrial and military goals associated with the automatic management and communication processes required fundamentally new approaches and achievements. When World War II broke out, N. Wiener worked on these problems aiming at creating a computer, which pushed him to the idea that the principles of managing biotic and abiotic systems are the same and to the cybernetic concept development. In the mid-1940s, J. von Neumann built the first digital computer. In 1945-1947, A. Turing worked, as an inventor of "a universal machine", on the "electronic brain" project and was the first to develop a number of programs for it. In 1942, C. Shannon published his work dedicated to the theory of information permitting a constellation of researchers to lay the foundations of the theory of communication. V. Vernadsky's noosphere concept proposed in 1944 was particularly important. At present, the ideas of that period are gaining new importance as a basis for the single planetary management system.


As AI technology develops, research on developing self-driving cars is being carried out actively. Self-driving cars can reduce traffic accidents and bring convenience as a means of transportation. For self-driving cars to be commercialized, detailed standards of judgment must be prepared for emergency crisis response while driving. In response, this paper examines ethical/moral issues regarding the operation of self-driving cars. A prior study on ethical and moral issues related to self-driving cars found that there were different standards for judging emergency situations, depending on country, age, occupation and gender. This paper suggests that disputes such as human rights issues, privacy issues, and the possession of responsibility for traffic accidents must be resolved before autonomous driving can be implemented, and that detailed and clear legal rules must be followed.


Tunable narrowband filters will be used in a variety of applications such as wavelength-division multiplexed (WDM) optical communication systems. Ti:LiNbO3 electro-optically tunable filters (EOTF) are potential candidates for such devices [1]. However, they require some improvements in sidelobe suppression, drive-voltage reduction, narrow passband, and polarization independence for practical use.


Real-time systems refer to systems that have real-time requirements for interacting with a human operator or other agents with similar timescales. An efficient simulation of real-time systems requires a model that is accurate enough to accomplish the simulation objective and is computationally efficient. In this paper a real time modeling system for dynamic systems will be studied. Normally, Real time modeling can be classified into hardware and software systems, but this work focuses on the software techniques and systems. Finally a demonstration example for real time simulator has been simulated for complex dynamic system, namely a small nuclear fusion device (Egyptor Tokamak). The obtained results agree well with published work. Such simulator can be considered an imperative requirement for predicative control tasks.


Non-quenched prehardened steel for plastic mould with 700 mm thickness (NQP700) has been developed in order to save energy and shorten the producing cycle. Microstructure and properties of the NQP700 steel are studied. The results show that microstructure of the NQP700 steel block is bainite distributing uniformly through the whole section, whose hardness fluctuation is not more than ±1.5HRC. Its polishing ability and pattern etching properties satisfy the needs of plastic mould, and it has better machinability


In conventional time-average holography,the measurement of amplitude of vibration is realized by detecting the intensity distribution of reconstructed image,and satisfied results can not be obtained due to noise and other factors.The phase of first class zero-order Bessel function for modulating the reconstructed optical field image of time-averaged hologram has binary values,zero and p.With the help of digital holography,the phase of reconstructed optical field can be calculated,and then,the distribution of amplitude of vibration can be measured.Experimental result showed that the method is useful and more accurate for the measurement of amplitude of vibration.


THE visually handicapped can be divided into two groups: the blind (those with less than 20/200 vision) and those whose vision is between 20/200 and 20/70. In the blind, education is primarily interested in the development of the sense of touch, the sense of hearing, and the phenomon known as "facial vision." The program of rehabilitation is divided into three periods. The aim in the primary training period is that the individual shall make a satisfactory psychologic adjustment to his loss of vision. He is guided in learning to arrange and take care of his personal effects and of himself. Early stress is laid on motivation indoors as well as outdoors with the aid of a cane. During the intermediate period the pupil receives instruction in Braille, typing, and some vocational training. To thwart any tendency toward poor speech patterns, discussions are .cultivated and social activities encouraged. In the advanced period the pupil is given higher education training for a specialized vocation. In the conservation of vision program effort is concentrated on the development of visual skill, the maximum use of the availahle vision; or the prevention of further damage of the eyes by their judicious use. During the war it was my privilege, as civilian consultant in ophthalmology to the Surgeon General of the Army, to be closely associated with the blind program of the Army, both at Dibble General Hospital and at the advance training center at Old Farms, Avon, Connecticut. My personal observations in this work bear out the contentions that the two types of training cannot be considered together.


This report is a historical document from 1985, with some footnotes highlighting the change towards the present. From a quite personal perspective, Computer Science education at the university level in the USA and West Germany are compared, endeavoring to take the best of both educational systems to derive recommendations for the emerging development in China.


Abstract : This study examines the life and career of Admiral David G. Farragut. Specifically, this paper addresses the primary question: Why was Farragut chosen to command the West Gulf Blockading Squadron? This study seeks to establish the criteria used in Farragut's selection. This thesis breaks down the criteria into three areas. First, the study examines significant events in Farragut's career leading up to his selection. Second, this study analyzes Farragut's loyalty to the Union and its effect on his selection. Last, Farragut's political and family connections are examined to determine their effect on his selection. Research shows that career performance and seniority, loyalty to country, and political connections were all factors in Farragut's appointment to command. By analyzing these factors and the selection process, this study contributes to the knowledge and understanding of how commanders were appointed during the Civil War.


It is so excited to imagine what ubiquitous intelligent computing can bring us in the following 10 years. In Chinese fiction, there are lots of legends where heroes use Kungfu to get great power. Getting such power is the dream for many people.We believe that ubiquitous intelligent computing is a valid way to help us realize such dreams. In this video, we compare the power between the ubiquitous intelligent computing and Chinese Kungfu in three aspects: checking health status,detecting hazardous goods and making new friends. What we want to show is that ubiquitous intelligent computing can give each individual magical power and reshape our lives. All the magic in the video are not only based on the imagination but also the theories and technologies nowadays. We are looking forward to seeing them in daily life in near future.


Oral Medicine (OM) is generally defined as the branch of dentistry related to the oral health care of patients suffering from chronic recurrent and medically related disorders of the mouth and maxillofacial region with their diagnosis and mostly non-surgical management. OM was originally called dental medicine and it is sometimes termed oral and maxillofacial medicine and, mainly in the Ibero-American world and in Southern Europe, also stomatology [1]. Scopes and definition of OM are not the same everywhere and these differences are likely the result of cultural, economic, differences, heterogeneity of settings and health care systems. However, there is a broad agreement about clinical activities as OM practice in mainly devoted to the diagnosis and management of oral mucosal lesions, salivary gland disorders, and oral manifestations of dermatologic, gastrointestinal, infectious diseases (such as but not restricted to HIV and HCV), and facial pain [2]. OM works closely with other Dental (mainly Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, Periodontology, Geriatric Dentistry, Oral Surgery, Special Need Dentistry) and Medical (especially Oral andMaxilloFacial Surgery, Dermatology, Otorhinolaryngology, Gastroenterology, Ophthalmology, Rheumatology, Neurology) specialties. OM has an active research component: just as an example and without any wish to be comprehensive, land marking discoveries published by OM colleagues include fields as Infectious diseases [3,4], Hepatology [5], Oncology [6], Rheumatology [7], and Pharmacology [8]. OM is recognized as a specialty by Local Registering Authorities in Europe in Croatia, Israel and United Kingdom whereas OM training is a distinct field of study in Finland, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Sweden [2]. The European Association of Oral Medicine (EAOM) was founded 1998 in London by Professors Crispian Scully (United Kingdom) and Isaac van der Waal (Netherlands) along with Professors Sir David Mason, Tony Axéll (Scandinavia), Antonio Azul (Portugal), and Stephen Challacombe (United Kingdom) [1] and I am honoured to be the 10th President of the Society.


Iron Mountain is one of three intrusive bodies exposed in the Iron Springs district approximately 15 miles west of Cedar City, Utah. It is the erosional remnant of a quartz monzonite porphyry, intruded into Mesozoic limestone and clastic rocks probably at a depth of less than one mile. The quartz monzonite was intruded in large part along the base of the Carmel formation and has pushed aside the overlying sedimentary rocks as if they were a trap-door hinged on the southeast. Metamorphism is very weak and is confined for the most part to the Sandy member at the base of the Carmel formation. The Homestake limestone member of the Carmel formation is locally replaced by massive bodies of iron ore, consisting chiefly of magnetite, specularite, carbonates and phlogopite. The mineralization is associated with the quartz monzonite but was not necessarily derived from it. Chemical analyses and the mineralogy of the limestone and the ore show that Ca and CO2 have been removed and important amounts of Fe, Si, Mg, Al and K have been added with no change in volume during replacement of the limestone. A high temperature and a low confining pressure during mineralization may have permitted the transport of iron halide in a gas phase, but the addition of some of the other constituents and the removal of Ca are not easily accounted for by such a mechanism.


Three experiments were conducted to investigate the existence of incidentally acquired, long-term, detailed visual memory for objects embedded in previously viewed scenes. Participants performed intentional memorization and incidental visual search learning tasks while viewing photographs of real-world scenes. A visual memory test for previously viewed objects from these scenes then followed. Participants were not aware that they would be tested on the scenes following incidental learning in the visual search task. In two types of memory tests for visually specific object information (token discrimination and mirror-image discrimination), performance following both the memorization and visual search conditions was reliably above chance. These results indicate that recent demonstrations of good visual memory during scene viewing are not due to intentional scene memorization. Instead, long-term visual representations are incidentally generated as a natural product of scene perception.


On admission, he was comatose with Glasgow Coma Score 8 (E4M3V1). He had deep shallow respiration with respiratory rate 35 per minute, hypotension (blood pressure 70/40 mmHg) and funduscopic examination did not show papilloedema. Arterial blood gas analysis showed metabolic acidosis with high anion gap (pH 7.07, PCO2 14 mmHg, PO2 62 mmHg, HCO3 4.1 mmol/L, BE -24 mmol/L). With a presumed diagnosis of methanol intoxication, he was treated with sodium bicarbonate, folinic acid, high dose Vitamin B12 and thiamine in injectable form and noradrenaline infusion for hypotension.


Abstract The properties and applications of 2-methyl-(2H)-tetrazole-5-amino-saccharinate (2MTS) in catalysis and chelant-based chemotherapy stimulated investigations on its photostability. The photochemistry of monomeric 2MTS in solid argon (15 K) was compared with those of 2-methyl-(2H)-tetrazole-5-amine (2MT) and 1-methyl-(2H)-tetrazole-5-amine (1MT). Compounds were subjected to in situ narrowband UV-irradiation at different wavelengths. Reactions were followed by infrared spectroscopy, supported by B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) calculations. Photochemical pathways for 2MT and 2MTS proved similar but photodegradation of 2MTS was 20× slower, unraveling the photostabilizing effect of the saccharyl moiety that extends into the nitrilimine formed from 2MTS and its antiaromatic 1H-diazirene isomer, which proved photostable at 290 nm, unlike the 1H-diazirene formed from 2MT. Analysis of the photochemistries of 2MTS/2MT (250 nm) and 1MT (222 nm), including energy trends calculated for the isomeric C2H5N3 species postulated/observed from photolysis and EPR results, enabled a deeper insight into the photodegradation mechanisms of 1,5-substituted and 2,5-substituted tetrazoles. We postulate a pivotal singlet state imidoylnitrene species, sN1, as common intermediate, which undergoes a Wolff-type isomerization to a stable carbodiimide. Photo-extrusion of N2 from 1,5-substituted tetrazoles generates sN1 directly but from 2,5-substituted tetrazoles it originates a nitrilimine, then a diazirene, which finally leads to sN1. Selective formation of cyanamide from 1MT requires photoisomerization between sN1 and sN2, accessible at 222 nm. EPR studies enabled the detection of methyl nitrene, arising from photolysis of 1H-diazirene intermediate.


The chaos theory rose in 1980s,which has given a tremendous impact to our world ruled for centuries by deterministic theories.Its characteristics of strange attractor,great sensitivity to initial value and self-similarity causes impact and transformation to medical science,natural science and economic field,but there are also misunderstandings to the effect that chaos equals to complexity,random is internal,chaos is uncontrollable,and chaos is almighty etc.From the methodological point of view,chaos opens an field of unlimited potentials which can shape human's future.


Abstract In this paper an implicit (double) shifted QR-method for computing the eigenvalues of companion and fellow matrices will be presented. Companion and fellow matrices a e Hessenberg matrices, that can be decomposed into the sum of a unitary and a rank 1 matrix. The Hessenberg, the unitary as well as the rank 1 structures are preserved under a step o f the QR-method. This makes these matrices suitable for the design of a fast QR-method. Several techniques already exist for performing a QR-step. The implementation of these methods is highly dependent on the representation used. Unfortunately for mos t of the methods compression is needed since one is not able to maintain all three, unitary, Hesse nb rg, rank 1 structures. In this manuscript an implicit algorithm will be designed for performing a step of the QRmethod onto the companion or fellow matrix based on a new representation cons isting of Givens transformations. Moreover, no compression is needed as the specific re presentation of the involved matrices is maintained. Finally also a double shift version of the implicit method is pre sent d.


Objective To study the relationship between kidney lesion and skin purpura and to explore the effectiveness of early corticosteroid therapy in preventing the development of nephropathy in anaphylactoid purpura.Methods The medical records of 108 cases with anaphylactoid purpura were reviewed retrospectively and divided into the following three groups according to the extent of the cutaneous lesions:Group A(the purpura appeared only on the lower extremities),Group B(the cutaneous lesions involved other skin except for the lower extremities),Group C(besides purpuric rash,there were angioneurotic edema,erythema multiforme,necrotic lesions,etc).The rates of renal involvement were calculated in cases treated with corticosteroid and non-corticosteroid.Results Of 108 cases,25.92% had renal involvement.The incidences of kidney lesions were 12.24%,28.12 % and 48.15%,respectively in Group A,B and C.There were significant differences between the rates of Group C and A(P0.01).Patients treated with corticosteroid in early course of anaphylactoid purpura had a lower incidence(19.05%)of kidney lesion than those not given steroids(35.56%).Conclusion The incidence of kidney lesion was higher in patients who had extent rash and multiple types of cutaneous lesions.The early usage of corticosteroid could prevent the development of nephritis in anaphylactoid purpura.


This study aims to determine the effect of promotion through the use of the Instagram account @bengkulu_gutar on the purchase decision of a guitar at Bengkulu Guitar on Jalan Kalimantan, Bengkulu City. The sample in this study were 99 consumers who made purchases of guitars at Bengkulu Guitar. The data collection technique used a questionnaire. The analysis technique used is simple linear regression, coefficient of determination and hypothesis testing. The results showed the results of linear regression with the equation Y = 25.939 + 0.482X. This means that if X (promotion through the use of social media Instagram) has increased by one unit, then Y (economic activity) will increase by 0.482 times. The coefficient of determination of the R square is 0.254. This means that promotion through the use of Instagram social media has an influence on purchasing decisions by 25.4% while the rest (100-25.4% = 74.6%) is influenced by other causal factors which were not examined in this study. Promotion through the use of social media Instagram has a significant effect on purchasing decisions (Y) at Bengkulu Guitar, this is evidenced by hypothesis testing which shows a significant value (sig α = 0.000 <0.05). This means that H_0 is rejected and H_a is accepted


The aim of this paper is to apply the Lie group analysis method to the weakly coupled Kaup–Kupershmidt (KK) equation with time fractional order. We considered the symmetry analysis, explicit solutions to the weakly coupled time fractional KK (TF-KK) equation with Riemann–Liouville (RL) derivative. The weakly coupled TF-KK equation is reduced to a nonlinear ordinary differential equation (ODE) of fractional order. We solve the reduced fractional ODE using the sub-equation method.


PURPOSE: To provide highly oxygen-permeable, wet, flexible, and bright polymer which is applied to intraocular apparatus such as a contact lens or an intraocular transplant, by forming it from unit having a specific skeleton which contains polyoxyalkylene unit. CONSTITUTION: This polymer comprises (A) unit represented by formula I [b, d, f are 0-4, q is 1-1000, x, y, z are from 0 to such number that (x+Y+z)×q=4-1000, R1-R18 are selected from H, aromatic or alicyclic group containing group which are interrupted or not, and may form 5-8 rings together with atoms with which adjacent groups are connected], and (B) hydrophilic modifier units which is selected from polyethylene glycol group represented by formula II, or pyrolidone group represented by formula III (R20 is H, C1-7 alkyl, g is 1-25, and R21 is ethylenically unsaturated group), keeps moisture content of crosslinked polymer to be at least 10%, degree of crosslinking to be equal to or less than 10%, and retreated contact angle less than 50°. COPYRIGHT: (C)1990,JPO


ON REPRINT DTIC , ELEC-E SFEB 1 5198q 20 DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITY OF ABSTRACT 21. ABSTRACT SECURITY CLASSIFICATION 0 UNCLASSIFIED/UNLIMITED 0:] SAME AS RPT. l DTIC USERS Unclassified 22a. NAME OF RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUAL 22b. TELEPHONE (/rIlude Area Code) 22c. OFFICE SYMBOL DD FORM 1473. 84 MAR 83 APR edition may be used until exhausted. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF THIS PAGE All other editions are obsolete. UCLASSIFIED PHYSICAL REVIEW B VOLUME 38, NUMBER 14 15 NOVEMBER 1988-1 Spectral and up-conversion dynamics and their relationship to the laser properties of BaYb 2F8:Ho 3+ Guy D. Gilliland and Richard C. Powell Department of Physics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078-0444 Leon Esterowitz Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. 203 75-5000 (Received 25 September 1987; revised manuscript received 7 July 1988) The optical spectroscopic properties, energy transfer, up-conversion transitions, and lasing dynamics of BaYbF.:Ho' * crystals are reported here. The positions of the various Stark components of the different J manifolds of Ho3 " are identified, and the branching ratios and radiative decay rates were calculated for the Hol levels from the Judd-Ofelt theory. The fluorescence-decay kinetics of the Ho' emission originating on the F5 and S,,F 4 levels and of the Yb 3 ' emission were measured and analyzed with two energy-transfer theories. These calculations show that the Ho" Yb'" interaction is greater for ions initially in the F5 level and that the diffusion of excitation energy among Yb' ions is a thermally assisted incoherent hopping process with a diffusion constant of 1.1 x 10 "' cm /sec at 30() K. The kinetics of the up-conversion processes were modeled with rate equations. It was necessary to include the effects of stimulated emission at 551.5 nm and three successive energy transfers from Yb' to Hio' " to adequately describe the spectral dynamics of the upconversion. The efficiencies of the different laser transitions were found to be dependent upon the pump power used. The output of the shorter-wavelength transition (0.55 ,rm) increases at the ezpense of the longer-wavelength transition (2.9 /im) as the pump power is increased. The 2.9-ym laser action was found to have a 15% energy conversion efficiency and a slope efficiency of 4.5% when pumped at 1.047 gm.


To provides guidance to the research and the application of chemical type in Cinnamomum plants on some remaining problems.Analyzed of concept of the chemical type and which compound can come into being chemical types,and discuss the mechanism and characteristic of the chemical type formation in Cinnamomum plants,and brought forward in the future research direction of chemical type in Cinnamomum plants.Chemical type is the all-pervading phenomena in Cinnamomum plants.Chemical components of leaf oil from reproductive progenies of Cinnamomum plants are different.The formation of chemical type is the result of the interaction between environment and genes,and related of developmental stages.Different chemical types have different applications in pharmaceutical,chemical and spices industries.In the future the chemical type in Cinnamomum plants should be studied from the following aspects:① Studying the formation mechanism of the chemical type in Cinnamomum plants.② Studying the affect factor of the formation of different chemical types.③ Studying genes of key enzyme different chemical types,and establishing transgenic systems.④ The good breeding of different chemical types.⑤ The Identification of the different chemical types seeds.


SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: This study aims to compare heart rate variability (HRV) between patients with chronic neck pain and patients with chronic low back pain and to correlate the chronic pain variables with heart rate variability indices. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study. We divided the sample into two groups: neck pain (n=30) and low back pain (n=30). We used the Numeric Pain Rating Scale, Neck Disability Index, Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire, Pain-Related Catastrophizing Thoughts Scale, Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia, and Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire. For heart rate variability analysis, we used the following indices: mean RR, standard deviation of all RR intervals, mean heart rate, root mean square differences of successive RR intervals, triangular index, triangular interpolation of the interval histogram, low-frequency band in arbitrary units and in absolute values, high-frequency band in arbitrary units and in absolute values, standard deviation of the instantaneous beat-to-beat variability (standard deviation 1), long-term standard deviation of continuous RR intervals (standard deviation 2), and Stress Index. We used Student's t-test for comparisons and Spearman's coefficient for correlations. RESULTS: We observe insignificant values in the differences between the groups. Disability and self-efficacy were correlated with heart rate variability only in patients with chronic neck pain, whereas catastrophizing and kinesiophobia showed greater correlations with heart rate variability in patients with chronic low back pain. CONCLUSIONS: Autonomic dysfunction of individuals with chronic neck pain, when compared to patients with chronic low back pain, does present insignificant differences.


with antibodies by using overlapping Synthetic, overlapping peptides representing the entire amino acid sequence of potato virus Y (PVY) coat protein were used to affinity-purify antibodies from polyclonal antisera to PVY. In testing the binding of the purified antibodies to PVY particles, antigenic epitopes were identified. The N-terminal and C-terminal regions of the PVY coat protein were found to contain most of the antigenic epitopes. The results will facilitate the development of detection methods for PVY based on synthetic peptides.


This minireview showcases the role indole diterpenoids have played in inspiring the development of clever synthetic strategies and new chemical reactions.


The Cloud is becoming a more and more popular expression and as companies learn what it
is and the cloud services offered by cloud providers mature, more companies are looking towards
The Cloud to satisfy their needs.
This master thesis examines issues that can arise when moving an existing server solution
to The Cloud and how to utilise the possibilities offered by cloud services with a cost-effective
solution.
This is achieved by developing a cloud-deployment architecture for an existing server solution,
FOCS, for deployment on Amazon's EC2 service and then migrating FOCS to this architecture.
The deployment is then optimised on both performance and cost-effectiveness - both on a sourcecode
level through refactorisation of any bottlenecks that arise and on an architectural level by
modifying the architecture to avoid performance bottlenecks associated with network throughput.


Graphite intercalation compounds(GIC) were tested as an experimental model for studying the electronic effect of carbon support on the catalytic activity and poisoning tolerance of Pt catalyst for direct methanol fuel cells. The GIC samples with different intercalation degrees were prepared by electrolyzing graphite flake in H2SO4 for va- rying the periods of time. The GIC-supported Pt catalyst was deposited electrochemically. The catalytic activity and poisoning tolerance of the GIC-supported Pt catalysts were evaluated. It was found that GIC with sulfate anion as in- tercalate was able to catalyze methanol electrooxidation, which could be related to the positive charges generated on the graphite layer upon intercalation. As intercalation degree increased, the catalytic activity of the GIC-supported Pt catalyst decreased while the poisoning tolerance improved. This suggests that electron donation from support to cat- alyst had great effect on both catalytic activity and poisoning tolerance of Pt catalyst. And intercalation can be adopted as another important way to make modification on carboneous catalyst support. Keywords Catalyst support; Electronic effect; Graphite intercalation compound; Catalytic activity; Poisoning tole- rance Article ID 1005-9040(2010)-03-465-07


In the new economic development environment, the traditional values of contemporary college students are diversified, which also brings great challenges to the practice of moral education in Colleges and universities. Aiming at the problem of how to help students improve their moral cognition and moral judgment ability, this paper analyzes the moral discussion strategy and the just group behaviour training strategy proposed by the famous American educator Kohlberg, and discusses the development of moral education practice in Colleges and universities from three aspects: the rationalization of moral education content, the scientization of moral education goal and the improvement of the effectiveness of moral education work in Colleges and universities. It can provide some reference for the practice of moral education in Colleges and universities.


The fundamentals of information theory and also their applications to testing statistical hypotheses have been known and available for some time. There is currently a new and heterogeneous development of statistical procedures, based on information measures, scattered through the literature. In this paper a unification is attained by consistent application of the concepts and properties of information theory. Our aim is to examine a wide range of divergence type measures and their applications to statistical inferences, with special emphasis on multinomial and multivariate normal distributions, The "maximum likelihood" and the "minimum discrepancy" principles are combined here in order to derive new approaches to the discrimination between two groups or populations. To study the asymptotic properties of divergence statistics, we propose a unified expression, called (, )-divergence, which includes as particular cases most divergences. Under different assumptions it is shown that the asymptotic distributions of the (, )-divergences are either normal or chi square. From the previous results a wide range of statistical hypotheses about the parameters of one or two populations can be tested To help clarify the discussion and provide a simple illustration examples are given.


W W W. T I K K U N . O R G T I K K U N 51 L et justice roll ..." on a beautiful blue Sunday in SanFrancisco,October 1997. I standwith 200others on a steamyweed-strewnparking lotata formerarmybasecalled thePresidio. It is themorningafterYomKippur,a timetobuild the sukkah inmanyJewish homes:a flimsyoutdoor"booth"coveredwithpalmfronds,areminderof impermanenceandtheJews'wanderingthrough the desert thousands of years ago. Jews later camped in them outside the Temple in Jerusalem, offering the first fruits of theirharvest toGod. "roll likeamightyriver..." to carryourdesire to transformvacant armyhousing tohelphomelesspeople,manyofwhomareveteransofpastwars.Activist and veteranRonKovic rolls forward inhiswheelchair. I am familiarwithhis story thanks tohismemoir and themovie that followed,Born ontheFourthofJuly,whichI saw ina theaterblocks fromwherewearenowstanding. I feel shy inhispresence.He is a celebrity. I try to keepmyglancesunobtrusive. Overhead, the "BlueAngels" fly.This is theirdayaswell, theirnoisy arrogancea slap-in-the-facebackdrop to thepeaceful gathering. They fly close enough thatwecoverourears. InoticehowRonwincespainfullywitheachoverpassof the jets, just like in themovie.But this is real, andRon isnotTomCruiseon thebig screen. "washingawayall obstacles..." asaprieststandsandasks ifanyonehasever flownsuchaplane.Hehas,hetellsus.Didweknowthat itcosts$10,000aminutetoput on this airshow?Howmany thousands of homeless individuals could be helpedwith that amount?Money is allocated tomilitary gallantry,while armybarracks lie vacant andveterans sleeponSanFrancisco streets. RabbiAlanLewbringsouthisshofar, a ram'shornblownduringtheJewishHighHolyDays.Exhaustedfromthepreviousday's fasting and prayers, he gathers his strength and blows the shofar before a hand-heldmicrophone, blasting its ancient sound toward the heavens.Theresonantwail,deepandraspy, tugsattheheartandawakensthesoul. Itcallsustoactionandmomentarilywashesaway the shriekof the jets. ThetimbreofaBuddhistbell, thesprinklingofhealingwaters,anIslamicprayer,aNativeAmericansong,andweproceedupthehill to agrassyknollwherea small plaque liesdedicated to thememoryofVietnam's veterans. RonKovic ishandedthemicrophone,andinatremblingvoice,heasksthatwebowourheads inmemoryof thosewhofought inawar that shouldn't havehappened.He remindsus of themanyveterans, nowdiscarded,who live on the streets andneedhousing.Wemust properly care forour veterans, heurgesus.Thenhewheelspastme, andI reachout to thankhim. He takesmyhand, grasping it tightly. "ThankYOU!"he says, his eyes filledwithgratitude. I amstunned that I seemtomatter. "... to thepeaceful, life-giving societyweseek to create." Wepass by a line of police officers and slowlymove downhill to the administration building, singingHolly Near's "We are a gentle angry people, andwe are singing, singing for our lives!" In the brick-lined courtyard, we form a large circle, shielding the center from police visibility. Someone tosses a boxed tent onto the grass, with its clear directive: "assembly required." Many pitch in, calling out numbers, aligning the poles. Finally the tent is completed and a community sukkahhasbeenerected, that ancient symbol for those forced towander inmakeshift shelters. Two hours have passed, and I am exhausted. I walk past the police line to my car in the vast, deserted lot. I learn later that several people have been arrested for sitting in this sukkah, but no mentionof it ismadeontheeveningnews.Ihearreportsonlyof the"BlueAngels,"a fire intheMission district, andapoll conductedby the localnewspaper listing the top tennames fordogs. Homelessness, theBlueAngels, and theNightlyNews Rememberinga 1997Rally at thePresidioon the DayAfterYomKippur (JewishDayofAtonement) by Abby Caplin


Objective:To explore the impact of chlorpromazine,risperidone treatment on the blood glucose and fat level and body weigh in schizophrenia patients. Method:198 schizophrenia patients were enrolled in the study.They were randomly admitted to risperidone therapy group and chlorpromazine therapy group.They are followed up one year.Data of the blood glucose and blood fat and body weight were collected at different point in the one year course of the study. Results:Both cholorpromazine group and risperidone group increased significantly in the index of total cholesterol(TC),triglyceride(TG),fasting blood glucose(FPG),glycated hemoglobin(HbA1c),body weight and body mass index(BMI) while chlorpromazine group was significantly higher in these indexes. Conclusion:While chlorpromazine and risperidone can affect the blood glucose,blood fat and body weight in different ways,but they can both elevated the blood glucose,blood fat level and body weight.


Evidence from weak beam electron microscopy shows that dislocations introduced by deformation of crystals of tetrahedrally coordinated semi‐conductors are dissociated into partials, and suggests that these lie on the'glide' rather than the'shuffle' planes. Models of the structures of the cores of such partials are described, and it is proposed that the bonds in the cores of the 30° and 90° partials constituting screw and 60° dislocations are reconstructed, forming one dimensional super‐lattices, and that dangling bonds occur only at kinks, antiphase defects, and possibly in the cores of 60° partials constituting edge dislocations. The implications regarding electronic and optical properties are discussed briefly. Consideration of the charge carried by dislocations suggests that significant Coulomb forces between partials may arise only when Cottrell atmospheres of charged point defects or impurities are present.


The number of Greeks living in Russia inscreased considerably in the nineteenth century, as they fled the various forms of oppression inflicted upon them in the Ottoman Empire.  At the beginning of the nineteenth century organised Greek communities  started to spring up, and they became increasingly active in the communal,  commercial, ecclesiastic, educational, social, and cultural spheres.  In the hospitable environment of the Russian Empire, "our brother the  Greek", as the Russians called him, embarked upon a wide variety of activities  in communities with special privileges (such as Nežin) and in the Black Sea's  free port of Odessa. All the Greeks enjoyed the official policy of "protection"  and the special affection the average Russian felt for the enslaved Christians  of the Balkans. It was in this climate that the Filiki Etaireia, the Greek Philanthropic Society, and the Greek Imperial Subsidiary Committee began to  function.  This paper examines the activities of the Gieeks element from the end of  the eighteenth century to the fourth decade of the twentieth century. Specifically, it looks into the structure of the Greek communities within which the  Greek merchants, artisans, landowners, teachers, clergy, scholars, academics,  university professors, national benefactors, patrons of the arts, diplomats,  consular and other civil servants, military and naval men, doctors, and masons  lived and worked, and also includes within its scope Greek literature published at the time, educational activity, and theatre.


Much attention is given to children in homiletics and preaching. Disproportionately little attention is given to the elderly in these same fields. This study supplements this deficiency. The reflection begins with an attempt to describe who the elderly are, followed by a discussion on their place in the life of the parish. An analysis of the elderly as an audience in church preaching is undertaken next. Subsequently, the most important existential issues that relate to this group of listeners is discussed, followed by the manner and circumstances of preaching to them. The publication concludes with a reflection on the attitude of the preacher towards this audience.


Despite acknowledgments of pluralism, Caribbean family researchers often focus on the Afro-Caribbean families and do not satisfactorily address the issues of the Indo-Caribbean people, who have been living in the region for well over a century. It is unclear from extant literature whether people of Indian origin in the Caribbean have remained ethnically separate or have blended into the dominant Creole culture of the Caribbean. This paper examines whether the Indo-Guyanese differ from the other Guyanese in their attitudes on marriage and views on exogamy. Findings from secondary analysis of cross-sectional data of Guyana collected in 2004, suggest that the Indo-Guyanese are distinct in their values and beliefs from the other Guyanese. The most common reason for marriage and benefit from marriage for the Indo-Guyanese is utilitarian rather than romantic, when compared to the other Guyanese. The Indo-Guyanese hold more conservative views on importance of marriage and views on exogamy, but there were clear gender differences as well irrespective of ethnic affiliation. These attitudinal differences about marriage suggest that some of the Indo-Guyanese values are different from that of the dominant Creole culture, which may be attributed to their cultural traits. Hence the concept "Guyanization" appears to be an ongoing process rather than a completed phenomenon, at least in the familial domain of the Indo-Guyanese.


Objectives and Importance: Hughes (antiphospholipid) syndrome is mainly seen among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). This has been called 'secondary' in contrast to 'primary' where no obvious underlying disease is detectable. The objective of this report is to highlight the fact that Hughes syndrome can, however, also occur in association with other underlying diseases or, as a result of certain therapies. The importance of this report is in emphasizing the fact that secondary Hughes syndrome can occur in several settings other than SLE or SLE-like illness. Clinical Presentation: Here we describe 3 patients with clinical features of arterial or venous thromboses associated with significant levels of anticardiolipin antibodies. Their underlying diseases were, however, neither SLE nor 'SLE-like' illness. One of them had been on oral contraceptive pills, the 2nd patient had Behçet's disease and the 3rd patient had liver carcinoma associated with hepatitis C infection. Thus, these patients could be classified under the category of 'secondary' Hughes (antiphospholipid) syndrome. Conclusion: The 1st patient recovered and remained well during a 12-month follow-up after the discontinuation of oral contraceptive pills combined with long-term low-dose aspirin therapy. The last patient remained normal in the 12-month follow-up period on long-term warfarin treatment at a dose adequate to keep the international normalized ratio above 3. The 2nd patient died of uncontrollable hypercoagulability associated with advanced extensive malignancy and related complications. It is, therefore, recommended that the possibility of Hughes syndrome be considered in any clinical situation characterized with hypercoagulable state. If proven, long-term anticoagulation may benefit the patient.


The modern horizontal drilling technique has been well developed in China,and its application to low permeability gas fields is under research and development.In this paper,difficulties in the application of horizontal well drilling techniques to Daniudi gas field with low permeability are analyzed,and horizontal drilling techniques are discussed including the bottomhole assembly(BHA) technique,the technique of drilling parameters optimization,the sidetracking technique,the trajectory control technique,the coal seam drilling technique and systematic measuring equipment.The feasibility of applying the horizontal well drilling technique to Daniudi gas field is studied.Systematic drilling techniques have been applied to nine horizontal wells sucessfuly in the area,and it may be good reference to the drilling of similar oil and gas fields.


In this article, an analysis will be made of the re-invention of the popular urban cultural circuits and the direct mediation of contemporary media practice. Specifically evident was the use of technological communication devices as the means of constituting the contemporary, popular, Brazilian, urban cultures. Based on the documentary 100% Favela, produced in Brazil, there is an emphasis, within social practice, on the self-management of the cultural and communicational processes as a form of re-invention of the means of economic and symbolic existence in a favela (shanty town) in the city of Sao Paulo. The use of the media devices and the construction of self-dialogue within this outer-city culture requires, these days, new modes of social listening.


The formation of good character or morality is the core of national education goals as mandated by USPN No. 20 of 2003. To be implemented in life, the process of character building needs to be carried out in a systematic, systemic and continuous way, touching the physical and spiritual dimensions, which need to be built from before birth until the end of life. Pondok Pesantren as the oldest educational institution that is attached to the journey of the nation's life still exists and has been proven to contribute to the formation of the nation's character. Suryalaya Islamic Boarding School with its Sufism and Tarekat is more focused on spiritual education in shaping the character of its practitioners. This study aims to describe family education, riyadhah, and character, as well as how the relationship between these three variables in the formation of the character of TQN pontren Suryalaya practitioners. There are two steps in optimizing the character building of TQN Pontren Suryalaya practitioners. namely: First, family education is the first and foremost find that must be built by parents in their families, especially through example and habituation. Second, riyadhah in the qodiriyah naqsyabandiyah congregation is a ritual that must be carried out continuously and seriously starting from talqin dhikr, practicing dhikr, khataman, kiamullail, manakiban, and pilgrimage. To answer the research questions, a mixed-method (quantitative and qualitative approaches) was used, with survey methods and content analysis. This study concludes several things, namely: (1) The family education of TQN practitioners is generally good, although in this modern era there is a shift in the value of family education, especially role modeling and habituation. (2) Riyadhah is a ritual practice of TQN commanders that is carried out well and consistently, although some rituals such as manaqiban and pilgrimage are still carried out by certain circles due to time constraints, while the character of TQN practitioners is classified as good. (3) Family education is positively and significantly related to the character-building of TQN practitioners at Suryalaya Islamic Boarding School. (4) Riyadhoh is positively and significantly related to the formation of the character of TQN practitioners at the Suryalaya Islamic Boarding School. (5) Family education and Riyadh are positively and significantly related to the character building of the TQN practitioners of the Suryalaya Islamic Boarding School.


This paper employs the methods of human detecting and tracking based on stereo vision in the indoor environment. A novel method of template matching based on head-shoulder model is proposed to detect human. The presented method is achieved by attaining the disparity images from the stereo cameras, and extracting the head-shoulder model of human. Robust human tracking is performed using the EKF. The EKF is used to locate the position of the target and it is flexible and effective in the practical environment. When the human is occluded by other objects, the EKF is used in predicting the trend of human movement. This paper introduces the architecture of the proposed method and presents some experimental results.


This Article examines an Islamic legal equivalent of the Euro-American concept of the "best interests of the child," a legal principle underpinning several international conventions. It presents various concepts and arguments made by pre-modern Muslim Sunni jurists in their discussions of legal rules regarding child custody, guardianship, maintenance, and travel with the ward. The Article presents four overarching lines of investigation. The first deals with explicit discussions of whether custody and guardianship were rights of the custodian/ guardian or the ward. The second seeks to comprehend juristic assumptions about whose rights took priority in the event of conflict between the rights of the ward and those of the custodian or guardian. The third deals with party autonomy, and the fourth with actual Ottoman court practice; the latter should help us transcend the discussions of jurists and venture onto the level of the discretion possessed by the judge in managing the conflicting needs and rights of wards, custodians, and guardians.


Physical activity (PA) is associated with numerous health benefits; however, both children and adults in the U.S. fall short of national PA recommendations. Diverse agencies have identified the importance of recreation professionals playing an ac-tive role in providing and promoting PA, including via recreation centers. Few studies have examined the contributions public recreation centers make in pro-viding residents with opportunities for PA, and those that exist offer mixed results concerning the influence of neighborhood family income levels.Recreation center websites are a popular, cost-efficient, and flexible me-dium for providing information about PA and center programs. We completed a line-by-line analysis of the content of the websites of all public recreation centers (N = 58) in the city of San Diego, California. We extracted the days and hours the centers operated as well as PA facil-ity types and programs they provided. Program details were identified, includ-ing content, frequency/duration for classes, participants targeted, and enrollment costs. Additionally, we generated information about local neighborhoods, includ-ing family median income levels. Diverse statistical analyses were conducted, overall, and by a median split for neighborhood income status. On average, centers had 4.5 PA facilities and were open 59 hours/week, with no differences by neighborhood income. Meanwhile, centers in higher-income areas provided significantly more programs (5.3 vs 2.3). Overall, 33 distinct facility types were identified, but only gymnasia and outdoor basketball courts were listed by over 50% of centers. Fifty distinct programs were identified, with dance, teen center, basketball, and volleyball mentioned most frequently.


Analytical and atmospheric insights into the architecture of the workspace with a deep plan. Featured are buildings and projects by Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, Alison & Peter Smithson, SOM, Norman Foster, Richard Rogers, MVRDV, SANAA, and others.INAKI ABALOS


This study attempts to identify the factors contributing to overall satisfaction in end-user computing (EUC) process. The sample of end-users, who worked in a micro or minicomputer environment, corresponds to the first three of the six categories in Rockart and Flannery's (1983) typology: nonprogramming end-users, command level users, and end-user programmers.

A survey was conducted asking respondents to rate their satisfaction with EUC on various attributes of not only the EUC application but also the EUC process, including the support, training, etc. A factor analysis of the generated data supports seven of the hypothesized factors: 1) quality of technical support, 2) quality of EUC product, 3) timeliness 4) EUC application characteristics, 5) user training, 6) documentation, and 7) user participation. A regression of respondents' ratings of overall satisfaction on the resulting factors and some user characteristics suggests that the first four of the mentioned factors, and variables such as perceived effect on career, familiarity with pre-EUC manual operation, and experience with computer based IS contribute to overall satisfaction.

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Cette etude tente de determiner les facteurs qui contribuent a la satisfaction globale en informatique individuelle. L'echantillon finale d'utilisateurs, provenant des contextes de micro et de mini-informatique, correspond aux trois premieres des six categories de la typologie de Rockart et Flannery (1983): utilisateurs non-programmeurs, utilisateurs niveau commande et utilisateurs programmeurs.

Dans un sondage, les repondants ont indique le degre de satisfaction que leur apportent divers aspects de l'informatique individuelle, non seulement en matiere d'applications, mais ausside processus d'informatisation, par exemple le soutien technique et la formation. L'analyse factorielle des donnees recueillies a permis de confirmer sept des facteurs de satisfaction fixes au depart comme hypotheses:1) qualite du soutien technique, 2) qualite du produit informatique, 3) rapidite de production, 4) caracteristiques des applications informatiques, 5) formation de l'utilisateur, 6) documentation et 7) participation de l'utilisateur. Par ailleurs, laregression des notes de satisfaction globale accordees par les repondants sur les facteurs resultants et sur certaines caracteristiques des utilisateurs suggere que les quatre premiers facteurs ci-dessus ainsi que des variables telles que l'effet percu sur la carriere, la connaissance de l'activite manuelle pre-informatisation et l'experience de systemes d'information automatises contribuent a la satisfaction globale.


In this era, the middle-aged can be considered central to the overall advancement of society, as they provide a driving force for society as a whole (Jung, 2013). Inspection of recent demographics in South Korea revealed a gradual increase in the proportion of middle-aged men within the total population. According to data from Statistics Korea, the middle-aged population of 40to 59-year-olds in 2010 was 14.76 million, which was about 30% of the total population, and the number of middle-aged men was 7.36 million, which was approximately 15% of the total population (Statistics Korea, 2013). Recently, the incidence of factors threatening the health of middleaged men, such as overwork, stress, smoking, and excessive alcohol consumption, has increased. These factors elevate the risk of hypertension, diabetes, and musculoskeletal diseases. In particular, office workers are known to develop more musculoskeletal diseases if they sit at a computer for long periods with incorrect posture (Lee, 2007; Ong, Chia, Jeysratnam, & Tan, 1995). Since musculoskeletal diseases became recognized as work-related disease in 1996, their incidence has steadily increased (Jeong, 2010), as has the proportion of total work-related diseases accounted for by musculoskeletal diseases. Consequently, systems to prevent musculoskeletal disease were introduced in 2003 for the benefit of business owners and workers alike (Seo, 2012). In 2009, musculoskeletal diseases accounted for 2,915 (33.4%) of 8,721 cases of work-related disease (Kim, Hwang, & Suk, 2013). Musculoskeletal diseases occur when the body is maintained in an unbalanced state, such as when sitting with poor posture in a chair for long periods (Hwang, 2012). Habitual poor posture causes deformity of the spine and gradual development of pain, eventually causing difficulties in activities of daily living (Im, 2003). Owing to a lack of awareness about the importance of posture, the number of people with low back pain (LBP) and other spinal diseases is increasing. In particular, LBP, as the most common spinal disease in South Korea, has grown beyond a personal health issue to become a societal issue as a whole. In 2000, the Ministry of Health and Welfare reported that the production loss due to LBP was 1.3072 trillion KRW (Ministry of Health and Welfare, 2000). With the spine at the center, our bodies should be balanced with left-right symmetry of the shoulders, pelvis, and lower limbs. When the proper posture is not maintained, this leads to a state of physical imbalance. Physical imbalance can generate pain and imbalance of the lower limbs, causing problems in the position of the feet or legs, or can cause KJSB Korean Journal of Sport Biomechanics 2016; 26(2): 213-220 http://dx.doi.org/10.5103/KJSB.2016.26.2.213 http://e-kjsb.org eISSN 2093-9752 ORIGINAL


In Nigeria, the philosophy of people"s participation in rural community development is increasingly gaining acceptance as an important instrument for mobilising resources and organising the rural populace to have cogent interests in providing for their wellbeing. Government at various strata such as the federal, state and local government have come to terms with the fact that there is an inherent imperative in "the traditional democratic theory", which advocates rural populace active participation in the Decision-making and implementation of policies that affect and shape their lives. In view of this recognition of the impetus of people"s participation, successive governments" proposals for rural community development contain various forms of statements and commitments aimed at maximising people"s participation in ensuring their general wellbeing. In this light, this paper seeks to review the various self-help approaches to rural community development in Nigeria, with vivid emphasis on its group dynamism, which also serve as the thrust of this paper.


It is a great privilege to deliver this prestigious R.B.R. Kale Memorial Lecture. I am truly honoured to be amongst you today in Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, a world class institution, which is not only the pride of Pune but also of India. This institute has not only been a centre of excellence in education and research, but it has been a great thought leader right from its inception. Its founders would have been proud to see the momentous journey that this great Institute has had so far.


Introduction: One of the most significant negative emotions is competitive anxiety, which is one of the main causes of athletes' performance decline.. Aim: The present study aimed to examine the relationship between emotion-regulation strategies and competitive anxiety in elite Taekwondo athletes. Method: The research method was descriptive-correlational. For the purpose of the study, one hundred and twenty taekwondo athletes were selected via random sampling method from among the Iranian population of Taekwondo athletes' participating in South Korean Ambassador Cup. They completed three questionnaires including Emotion regulation questionnaire (EQR), Sport Competition Anxiety Test (SCAT) and Revised Competitive State Anxiety–2 (CSAI-2R). The data were collected and analyzed by Pearson correlation, multiple regression, and ANOVA tests. Results: The results showed a significant relationship between emotion-regulation strategies and competitive anxiety. Moreover, reappraisal strategy negatively and suppression strategy positively predicted dimension of competitive anxiety variance, but this prediction reversed with SelfConfidence. In addition, the data indicated that the men use significantly more reappraisal and less suppression strategies than female. Conclusion: According to these results, it seems that emotion-regulation strategies have effective role in dimensions of competitive anxiety, and the level of Taekwondo Athletes' anxiety is correlated with these strategies.


The effect of a relatively low and a high level of nutrition in combination with a high and low intensity of wool production on the attainment of puberty by Merino ewe lambs, was investigated.


Based on Software Defined Network paradigm we apply the Network-as-a-Service model to build a data center network architecture well-suited to the problem of virtual networks embedding. This task is performed by the algorithm proposed in this paper, which is based on aggregated information from a virtual routing plane using the BGP protocol and a physical network topology based on Open Flow 1.3 devices. The experimental evaluation shows that the proposed algorithm performs efficient load balancing on the data center network and altogether yields better utilization of the physical resources.


In the report published by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, it is stated that 90 percent of 6,457 natural disasters have been caused by floods, storms, hot air waves, drought, and other excessive climatic movements in the last 20 years. Tourists are sent from Turkey to important tourism centers of the world.  Turkey is an attractive country with significant potential for different types of tourism movements. Turkey is gradually becoming one of the countries which are negatively affected by the natural disasters occurring depending on climate changes. Likewise, whirlwinds have almost become a routine in the Mediterranean Region, particularly in Mersin province. The dense population in touristic regions is also of similar importance in terms of terrorist attacks – another type of man-made disasters. The chaotic environment created by disasters also has a feature which might be utilized as a suitable opportunity for terror as well. New problem areas have been added to the service flow and problems within the ethical behavior codes of tourism agencies that have gained a classical value. How those who manage tourism can govern the possible risk and crisis processes and, if available, their acquired experiences that they have developed to ensure the safety of tourists have gradually become more important in the scenario of secure tourism.  In conclusion, this proposed study envisages model study based on the cooperation networks likely to be developed with the relevant public, private, and civil actors by taking the views of the stakeholders in the tourism sector such as the hotels and agencies managing the Domestic and Foreign Tourism activities in Izmir in addition to the issue of what kind of a strategic action plan they make and should be made with respect to safe tourism in important touristic areas.


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After 25 years of research and well over a decade after the first randomized blinded clinical trials suggested benefit of stem cell therapy on cardiac performance, the field seems no closer to clinical approval of a product, and skepticism exists about the viability of the idea that myocardial regeneration can be effected. What has kept the field from crossing the finish line of clinical approval and is the goal in site?

From a regulatory perspective, the efficacy and safety of regenerative approaches remain unproven.1 Despite significant expenditures of time and funding, definitive adequately powered trials have yet to be completed.

Many of the challenges in the field of myocardial regeneration reflect obstacles in cardiovascular drug development as a whole. Improvements in the treatment of cardiovascular disease have resulted in dramatic reductions in cardiovascular mortality and have extended the life span of patients with cardiovascular disease but have also resulted in an increased prevalence of chronic conditions like congestive heart failure and refractory angina. These improvements in care have paradoxically increased the burden of disease and need for new therapies while exponentially increasing the number of patients required to demonstrate effectiveness. Recent estimates indicate that the cost of bringing a new drug to market increased from $140 million in the 1970s to >$2.5 billion in 2014 and tripled in the past decade alone.2 The implications of this can be seen in an example from the field of heart failure: although the CONSENSUS (Cooperative North Scandinavian Enalapril Survival Study; published in 1987) proved a mortality benefit of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition after following up 253 patients for 6 months, the benefit of sacubitril/valsartan in 2014 required enrollment of >8000 patients and 27-month follow-up to demonstrate an effect on …


Current Education seeks the use of information and communication technologies in education. The objective of this work is to analyze how the use of these technologies can influence and improve communication in face-to-face and distance education. The conditions, limits and possibilities of the digital media in the classes were analyzed. It was concluded that Education has greater interactivity and a strong presence of digital media so that knowledge can be constructed collectively.


Abstract Every being on this planet should respect the three simple laws of ecology proposed by the famous biologist Barry Commoner, in his book "Making Peace with the Planet", useful laws in explaining the reasons why the earth is so of "vulnerable" to human abuses: 1) "Each element is connected to the others"; 2) "Everything has to go somewhere"; 3) "Let nature take its course" The aim of the work is to identify the phytocenoses and habitats in the Crang, Spataru and Frasinu forests, as well as to develop people's ability to sustainably exploit the natural resources of these forests, if we take into account that the first two forests are possibilities for the recreation of wild boars. The work also aims to promote eco-responsible behavior among all of us. In this sense, we must change our mentalities and habits.


Purpose To examine the association between female reproductive factors and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in postmenopausal women. Design Nationwide population-based cross-sectional study. Methods A nationally representative dataset acquired from the 2010–2012 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey was analyzed. The dataset involved information for 4,377 postmenopausal women aged ≥50 years with a fundus photograph evaluable for AMD in either eye. All participants were interviewed using standardized questionnaires to determine reproductive factors including menstruation, pregnancy, parity, lactation, and hormonal use. The association between reproductive factors and each type of AMD was investigated. Results The mean age of the study participants was 63.1±0.2 years. Mean ages at menarche and menopause were 16.1±0.0 and 49.2±0.1 years, respectively. The overall prevalence rates of early and late AMD were 11.2% (95% confidence interval [CI], 10.1–12.5) and 0.8% (95% CI, 0.5–1.2), respectively. When adjusted for age, neither smoking nor alcohol use was associated with the presence of any AMD or late AMD. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed age (OR, 1.12 per 1 year), duration of lactation (OR, 0.91 per 6 months), and duration of use of oral contraceptive pills (OCP) (OR, 1.10 per 6 months) as associated factors for late AMD. The other variables did not yield a significant correlation with the risk of any AMD or late AMD. Conclusion After controlling for confounders, a longer duration of lactation appeared to protect against the development of late AMD. A longer duration of OCP use was associated with a higher risk of late AMD.


As renewal of old exchanges,traditional distribution system is no longer fit due to heavy jam caused by jumpers in distributing frame.This paper discusses the cause and finds a way to solve it.


Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the first cause of death worldwide. CVD risk factors are known and CVD primary prevention is possible. However, current main strategies are focused on medication and medical access is not sustainable, especially in low-income countries. Changes are necessary. SPICES aim was to implement non-pharmacologic CVD primary prevention recommendations in communities. A systematic literature review seeking to implementation was conducted. The ADAPTE process and its AGREE 2 tool allowed selection of efficient prevention interventions among the best international guidelines.
Method : seven guidelines were analyzed with the AGREE 2 tool. Guidelines with a double overall assessment equal or superior to 5 were selected. Then, recommendations concerning CVD non-pharmacological primary prevention for communities with an A or B level of evidence were extracted from two retained guidelines. References supporting recommendations were extracted and gathered in a matrix if they were of high level of evidence (systematic review, randomized controlled trial, cohort study) and had a positive outcome.
Results : among the seven guidelines, six were retained. 53 references were selected among 22 recommendations.
Discussion : an exhaustive CVD primary prevention international guidelines review and the extraction of their references were accomplished for SPICES. The choice of ADAPTE was creative. ADAPTE differed from PRISMA because of its implementation focus. Information bias and selection bias were limited by consensus between SPICES project members and by selection of high level of evidence guidelines.


Private practitioners will increasingly be called upon to meet the needs of single fathers raising children alone. One articular challenne will be to und&stand the relatGnship these fathers have with their &- wives, the mothers of the children they are raising. Information from a sample of 1,136 single fathers provides needed baseline data about visitation'patterns and the dynamics-of the continuing relationship between the father. the children. and the noncustodial mother. The benefits to the father of having the mother stay involved with the family are highlighted.


A 58-year-old man with a 40 packs-a-year history of smoking presented with right neurosensory deafness and complete right peripheral facial nerve paralysis. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed an enhancing lesion in the right cerebelloponintine angle (CPA) extending into the right internal


The Netherlands is a trading nation. It is currently (2008), the second largest export country in the European Union, after Germany (Lemmers, 2009), and plays an important role as a distribution centre in European and global transport networks. Hence, the Netherlands attracts a relatively large share of transport flows to and from the European hinterland. These flows not only include Dutch imports and exports, but also goods flows for which the Netherlands is neither the ultimate origin nor the final destination. About 45 percent of Dutch exports are re-exports, i.e. goods that are transported via the Netherlands and become property of a Dutch citizen without being industrially processed in a significant way. In addition to re-exports, transit 2) of goods via Dutch ports plays an important role in transport for


Abstract Either a 25 per cent solution of 95 per cent ethanol or isocaloric glucose in drinking water was pair-fed with lab chow to 300 Gram male Sprague-Dawley rats for 2 weeks. These diets allowed 28.4 per cent of calories as either ethanol or glucose and sustained growth. At the end of 2 weeks, bile secretory function was assessed. Liver and body weights were similar in the 2 pair-fed groups. When blood ethanol levels were negligible at the time of study, bile flow and bile salt secretion were significantly increased in the animals fed ethanol. Bile-to-plasma ratios of 14 C-erythritol approximated 1.0 in both pair-fed groups, and estimates of canalicular bile flow suggested that ethanol was stimulating a bile canalicular secretory mechanism. Comparison of regression lines of bile salt secretion vs. flow indicated that ethanol significantly increased the nonbile salt-dependent fraction of bile (p


Bogwangsa temple (普光寺) located at the foot of Goryeongsan mountain, Paju city, Gyeonggi province is well-known as the temple dedicated to Soryeongwon(昭寧園), the tomb of Sukbin Ms Choi (淑嬪崔氏, 1670-1718), mother of King Yeongjo(英祖, r. 1724-1776) in late Joseon Dynasty. At the same time, the temple had long been closely related with the royal family of Joseon Dynasty, serving as the temple for royal family members.
The year 1898 was one of the important occasions when constructions and repairs of the structures of the temple had been made throughout the history. In 1896, Inpa Yeonghyeon(仁坡 英玄) advised Court Lady Cheon to reconstruct Chwijeon(鷲殿), a building in the temple, leading the court to decide to do that. In 1897, construction began, and, in spring 1898, Empress Eom and Court Lady Hong donated funds to paint the new building of Chwijeon. In addition, distinguished painters in Seoul city and Gyeonggi province were asked to draw Buddhist paintings, and they produced six pieces of Buddhist painting: Samjangbosaldo, Hyeonwangdo, Chilseongdo, Dokseongdo, and Gamrodo in addition to Shakyamuni Preaching at the Vulture Peak. The director of painting works was Inpa Yeonghyeon as in the case of the construction works of Daeungjeon Hall. The Buddhist monk-painters who drew the Buddhist paintings were over 20 painter monks in the Seoul and Gyeonggi region from the late 19th century to the early 20th century including Gyeongseon Eungseok (慶船應釋), Yewun Sanggyu (禮芸尙奎) and Geumhwa Gihyeong (錦華機炯). They had began to know each other before participating in producing Buddhist paintings in Bogwangsa, and, continued to cooperate in producing Buddhist paintings ever since.
The Buddhist Services and Buddhist paintings of Paju Bogwangsa in 1898 are important sources to allow us to recognize the power of Bogwangsa temple and how the court supported the works. The Buddhist paintings are precious sources from which we can figure out the characteristics of Buddhist paintings in the Seoul and Gyeonggi region from the late 19th century to the early 20th century, and painting styles of those artists. In addition, those paintings are precious sources from which we can comprehensively examine the times when they were drawn, the places they were devoted, the backgrounds of drawing them, artists who created them, other people who were involved in drawing those paintings with various services, and exchanges among painter monks, etc.


Poltazen is a medicine which is applied to diminish inflammation and stop pain.It is used to treat clinically the rheumatic arthritis.In the process of usage,it would cause poisoning at large dose or incorrect use.The symptom appear as disgasting,vomiting,pain in upper stomach,and having diarrhoea or constipating.This paper introduces how the content of the Poltazen in biogenic samples (such as urine and plasma) is determined by the gaseous chromatography.The article includes six parts.First section:the theory on which the content of the Poltazen is determined is mainlly illustrated.Second section:the main instruments used in the course of the determination are introduced.Third section:the important reagents utilized in the determination are given.Fourth part:the process of the method are wholly described.Fiveth part:the results of the determination are calculated.And sixth part:some supplements are added.


in Diagram 4, indicate that at early ages females suffer more than males, but that after adolescence is passed, with the introduction of occupational life, males go ahead and (as is brought out by comparing rural districts with county boroughs) go ahead most where industrial employment is most pronounced. The position seems to be that the more is the strain and stress in life to which any class is subjected, the more does that class succumb to tuberculosis. Greenwood has submitted the whole matter to close statistical study'13' and finds that the male death-rate from tuberculosis is highly correlated with the index of overcrowding ; and that the female death-rate is not


Abstract The propensity of thermally stabilized Inconel 600 to undergo low temperature stress corrosion cracking (SCC) in sulfur bearing environments has been investigated with U-bends and slow strain rate testing. The results have been compared with those of sensitized Inconel 600. The potential dependence of crack propagation rate has been established in a single test by using several U-bends held at different potentials by choosing an appropriate electrical circuitry. The difference in SCC susceptibility of the sensitized and stabilized materials has been discussed in terms of the grain boundary chromium depletion and resultant intergranular attack in boiling ferric sulfate-sulfuric acid tests, and electrochemical potentiokinetic reactivation (EPR) tests.


Background : Helicobacter pylori‐associated atrophy of the gastric corpus is associated with the presence of anti‐canalicular autoantibodies. Also, long‐term profound acid suppression in H. pylori‐infected subjects may cause atrophic corpus gastritis.


In order to provide theoretical basis for researching cultivation physiology in Vernicia fordii(Hemsl.),some indexes were determined,for example net photosynthetic rate,stomata conductance,transpiration rate,and so on,after fertilizing different exogenous hormones,and diurnal variation of net photosynthetic rate and relationship between it and some factors were analyzed by using correlation analysis method.The results showed that net photosynthesis rate reached the peaks at 9:00 and 16:00,respectively,and there was a clear depression at 14:00.Gibberellic acid 200 mg/L could enhance net photosynthesis rate.Both gibberellic acid and abscisic acid had the effect of weakening the depression,and the effect of gibberellic acid was stronger.6-BA could make the depression ahead of 3 hours.


The BRDF of granite surface under dry and wetness states at the wavelength of 0.6328μm and 1.34μm was measured by experiment.It was found that the dry and the wet states greatly affected surface BRDF,and the BRDF of wet surface appears obviously specular reflection component. The incident light goes through very different reflection process on the surface due to the change of wetness degree on granite surface.Once a stable water film forms on surfaces,it will act as translucent smooth interface in the local area of surface,and lead to the significant specular reflection component on the surface.


Objective To solve the over growth of stem and to stimulate the root growing development of Pfaffia paniculata by paclobutrazol treated.Methods Spraying of paclobutrazol with different concentration to Pfaffia paniculata was done during the growing acme.Results The length of basal internode of Pfaffia paniculata was restrained,meanwhile the stem growth of basal internode and the root growth was promoted was promoted efficiently,thus the ability of preventing lodge was strendthened.Conclusion Paclobutrazol could be used safely and efficiently as growth regulating agent on Pfaffia paniculata.


The results of experiments for obtaining granulated sodium tripolyphosphate with bulk density adjustable within 1.00−1.05 kg/dm3 and expected content of STPP crystalline phases are presented. The scope of experiments included the identification of factors with statistically significant impacts on the study object and the estimation of response surface. Because of the application of the Plackett-Burman design, 15 input factors could be evaluated regarding their impact significance and insignificant factors could be eliminated. Moreover, the Hartley design enabled the determination of a response surface based on the general regression equation in the form of a second degree polynomial with double interactions. The input factor values, determined on the basis of the prediction profile and desirability function, were used to perform a series of experiments to achieve STPP expected bulk density within the range of 1.00−1.05 kg/dm3.


The carrier recombination influence on the floating body effect for fully depleted n-channel SOIMOSFET was analyzed by device simulation. It was found that the hole diffusion to the source electrode is negligibly small and that the surface recombination for the generated hole dominates the hole extinction, at the subthreshold region. Based on the simulated result, an analytical model on the hole concentration is proposed, in which the recombination velocity is explicitly included. The model explains the hole concentration behavior that is responsible for the floating body effect for the fully depleted SOIMOSFET.<<ETX>>


Sergio Sant'Anna's narratives establish a dose dialogue with lhe contemporary questions. One oflhese questions is the emergence of a chaotic Brazil, basically urbano This essay aims at approaching Sant'Anna's urban Brazil, discussing the relationship between recognition and uncertainty in reality/language articulation.


Essay/Thesis: 30 ECTS Programme: Master Programme in Strategic Human Resource Management and Labour Relations Level: Second Cycle Semester/year: At/2017 Supervisor: Freddy Hällstén Examiner: Ylva Ulfsdotter Eriksson Report No: xx


A transmission line is the lifeline of a power system, while bolts play the role of connecting fittings and tightening conductors. However, bolts at different positions have different definitions of defects, which belongs to the problem of visually indistinguishable. Aiming at visually indistinguishable bolt defects in transmission lines, this article proposes an end-to-end visually indistinguishable bolt defects detection method that is based on transmission line knowledge reasoning. First, we use the end-to-end object detection with transformers (DETR) as the basic model and augment it with the dilated encoder module to obtain the multiscale features of the target. Then, we design a transmission line image relative position encoding (TL-iRPE) to infer the bolt position knowledge. Finally, this article designs a bolt attributes classifier and a bolt defects classifier. By combining the position knowledge and the attributes knowledge to assist bolt defect classifier in reasoning bolt defects, the accuracy of bolt defects detection is further improved. We have constructed the visually indistinguishable bolt defects dataset (VIBD dataset) and carried out experiments on the dataset. We call the bolt defects detection method combining position knowledge and attributes knowledge PA-DETR. Compared with other transmission line bolt defect detection methods, PA-DETR has more advantages in transmission line bolt defect detection.


In this paper, factors contributing to the uncertainty in the value of foundation modulus have been presented, the effect of this uncertainty on the stress computations of a beam on elastic foundation discussed, and a suggestion for arriving at a safe design of barrage rafts under a possible range of variation of foundation modulus has been advanced.