The ozone distribution in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere is needed in many geophysical applications. For example, it is needed in quantification of cross-tropopause fluxes, tropospheric ozone, and radiative transfer calculations. Accurate estimates of ozone fields in the lower-most stratosphere and troposphere can provide better first guess profiles for retrievals of ozone from remote sensing instruments, and thus, improve our ability to extract information from satellite observations. Global three-dimensional ozone fields are produced at NASA/Goddard Data Assimilation Office (DAO) by assimilating the Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) and the Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (SBUV) instrument observations into an ozone transport model (Riishojgaard et al. 2000, Stajner et al. 2001). Satellite instrument ozone observations, including those by TOMS and SBUV instruments, have low vertical resolution in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere. Therefore, vertical structure is largely provided by the assimilation model. We investigate the sensitivity of the assimilated ozone in this region to changes in specification of error covariances and to data selection, which change the balance between the amount of information from the observations and the model.


The increasing world population and expected climate scenarios impel the agricultural sector towards a more efficient use of water. The scientific community is responding to that challenge by developing a variety of methods and technologies to increase crop water productivity. Precision irrigation is intended to achieve that purpose, through the wise choice of the irrigation system, the irrigation strategy, the method to schedule irrigation, and the production target. In this review, the relevance of precision irrigation for a rational use of water in agriculture, and methods related to the use of plant-based measurements for both the assessment of plant water stress and irrigation scheduling, are considered. These include non-automated, conventional methods based on manual records of plant water status and gas exchange, and automated methods where the related variable is recorded continuously and automatically. Thus, the use of methodologies based on the Scholander chamber and portable gas analysers, as well as those of systems for measuring sap flow, stem diameter variation and leaf turgor pressure, are reviewed. Other methods less used but with a potential to improve irrigation are also considered. These include those based on measurements related to the stem and leaf water content, and to changes in electrical potential within the plant. The use of measurements related to canopy temperature, both for direct assessment of water stress and for defining zones with different irrigation requirements, is also addressed. Finally, the importance of choosing the production target wisely, and the need for economic analyses to obtain maximum benefit of the technology related to precision irrigation, are outlined.


[Problem] To improve reliability by preventing contact between a wiring harness and an electrode terminal.
[Solution] A battery which is provided with: a plurality of cells (1) each of which is provided with an electrode terminal (3) on the upper surface; a bus bar (6) which connects electrode terminals (3) of adjacent cells (1) in such a state wherein the plurality of cells (1) are stacked; and a wiring harness (7) that is connected to the electrode terminals (3). In addition, an insulating partition wall (11) is provided between the electrode terminals (3) and the wiring harness (7).
[Effect] Since the insulating partition wall is provide between the electrode terminals and the wiring harness, the wiring harness does not come into direct contact with the electrode terminals. Consequently, the electrode terminals are not short-circuited since the covering of the wiring harness is not damaged by the electrode terminals.


The optical absorption and fluorescence have been characterized for a broad range of vitreous and ceramic transparent inorganic materials doped with trivalent chromium ion. The aim was to identify a Cr/sup 3 +/ host which is susceptible to economical mass production and which could simultaneously satisfy the stringent long-term stability and spectroscopic requirements of the luminescent solar collector. Completely vitreous materials were found to be deficient because of unacceptably low Cr/sup 3 +/ fluorescence quantum yields which could not be circumvented by radiationless energy transfer to a lanthanide ion. In order to overcome this problem of low quantum yield, a new class of luminescent solid based on transparent glass ceramic technology had to be developed. In particular, transparent glass ceramics which precipitate the crystalline aluminosilicate mullite were found to be excellent hosts for Cr/sup 3 +/ which have quantum yields of at least 50 +- 10%. Currently, these mullite ceramics are by far the most advanced wholly inorganic material developed for the collector application and represent the first example of a new type of luminescent solid which can be extended to include many other crystalline ceramics and transition metal ions.


Thispaperdiscusses mechanisms and circuit-related factors thataffect thedegradation of linear integrated circuits fromradiation inspace. For somecircuits there issufficient degradation toaffect performance attotal doselevels below4krad(Si) because thecircuit design techniques require higher gainforthepnptransistors thatarethemostsensitive toradiation. Qualification methods are recommended thatinclude displacement damageas wellasionization damage.


Evolution underpins the survival of a population under environmental pressure. Resistance to treatment commonly arises as a result of such evolution. We analytically examine the addition of frequency-dependent effects on evolutionary outcomes. Through the lens of experimental biology, we frame these interactions as cell-extrinsic, growth rate-modifying, ecological interactions. Additionally, we show the extent to which the presence of these ecological interactions can modify evolutionary trajectories predicted from cell-intrinsic properties alone and show that these interactions can modify evolution in such ways as to mask or mimic or maintain the results of cell-intrinsic fitness advantages. This work has implications for the interpretation and understanding of evolution, a result which may explain an abundance of apparently neutral evolution in cancer systems and similarly heterogeneous populations. In addition, the derivation of an analytical result for stochastic, ecologically dependent evolution paves the way for treatment approaches involving genetic and ecological control.


Based on general analysis and comparison of present situation of e quipment and technology for prepara-tion of medical fluids and oxygen in hospi tals,the technological progress and economically practicability of OS,EDI and PSA applied in these fields are mainly presented in this paper.


NHS England's chief executive has warned junior doctors that further planned strikes will do patients "no good" and that trusts will be unable to guarantee safe care.

Asked about the dispute at NHS England's Expo 2016 conference in Manchester on Wednesday 7 September, Simon Stevens said that he was studying new assessments made by hospitals of the likely effects of further planned five day strikes by junior doctors. Though the five day strike set to begin on Monday 12 September has been cancelled,1 three more are scheduled to take place: one every month till the …


Recreation is an increasingly important function of the forest, delivering a broad range of benefits to society and supporting rural tourism and economic development. Forest owners, both large and small, are critical to delivering these functions. However, frequently they see little in terms of economic dividend from this provision. Coillte contends that such services, whether provided by large or small landowners, should be supported by fund transfers. The mechanisms exist to calculate these nonmarket benefits. Coillte commissioned a study in 2005 to evaluate the contribution their forests make to national well being and also the economic activity recreation generates in rural communities. The study used both Willingness To Pay and Costless Choice methods to evaluate the nonmarket benefits (€97 million) and economic activity (€268 million).


Mine transportation system's operation statuses was simulated by computer methods,and bunker capacity of the system and its validity were determined based it.In the software,the system status' changes were dynamically displayed,and simulating visibility was enhanced.


We report on the fabrication and characterisation of the very first direct electron transfer‐based glucose/oxygen biofuel cell (BFC) operating in neutral glucose‐containing buffer and human serum. Corynascus thermophilus cellobiose dehydrogenase and Myrothecium verrucaria bilirubin oxidase were used as anodic and cathodic bioelements, respectively. The following characteristics of the mediator‐, separator‐ and membrane‐less, a priori, non‐toxic and simple miniature BFC, was obtained: an open‐circuit voltage of 0.62 and 0.58 V, a maximum power density of ca. 3 and 4 μW cm–2 at 0.37 and 0.19 V of cell voltage, in phosphate buffer and human serum, respectively.


Tash Aw is the first renowned Malaysian writer who has brought Malaysian literature to the platform of the world. This paper uses the text, The Harmony Silk Factory(2005), by Tash Aw to investigate the relationships between traumatic memory and temporal-spatial narratives. The text utilises three narrators to tell the story of central silent character Johnny Lim, intermixing with their personal memories. We hypothesises that traumatic memories are correspondent to or characterised with special time and space arrangement of narratives. The article also frames its arguments according to the ideas proposed by Michael Toolan and Cathy Caruth, Toolan's viewpoints about time and space in discourse and story; Caruth's views on features of trauma. The frame of argument presupposed that circular temporal-spatial narratives have more similarities to traumatic memories than previously assumed. By analysing Jasper's and Peter's telling of Johnny's experiences, the study strives to deepen the idea of chronotope arrangement being conducive to expression of traumas. The study concludes that traumas determine special arrangement of narratives, especially in the dimension of time and space, in turn, temporal-spatial narratives are to express traumas' characteristics and even achieve some universal theme in literary works. The implication of the study allows us to view traumatic texts more objectively and deeply.


© Korean Medical Association This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons. org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. E-cigarettes (ECs) and heated tobacco products (HTPs) have become popular in Korea; hence, it is important to determine whether ECs and HTPs are less hazardous than combustible cigarettes (CCs). In general, the levels of harmful and potentially harmful constituents (HPHCs) are lower in ECs and HTPs than in CCs, although the levels of some heavy metals and HPHCs are higher in ECs and HTPs than in CCs. ECs and HTPs showed possible adverse effects on respiratory and cardiovascular system function, which could result in chronic respiratory and cardiovascular system diseases in animals. An analysis of biomarkers showed that ECs had possible adverse health effects on the respiratory and cardiovascular systems, in addition the effects of HTP on respiratory and cardiovascular systems were not significantly different than those of CC. Epidemiological studies identified positive associations between EC use and asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and myocardial infarction. Only one epidemiologic study reported a positive association between ever using HTPs and asthma, allergic rhinitis, and atopic dermatitis among adolescents. Modelling studies of ECs did not show consistent findings regarding the health effects compared with those of CCs. A modeling study of HTPs, performed by tobacco industry, has been criticized for many unfounded assumptions. Lower levels of HPHCs in ECs and HTPs, compared with those in CCs, cannot be directly translated into health benefits because the relationship between exposure and effects is non-linear for cardiovascular diseases and because the duration of exposure is more important than the level of exposure in determining lung cancer mortality. In summary, there is no definite health benefit in using ECs or HTPs instead of CCs, for the individual or the population; hence, tobacco control measures should be the same for ECs, HTPs, and CCs. ECs and HTPs have become popular in Korea; hence, it is important to determine whether ECs and HTPs are less hazardous than CCs.


To guarantee the citizen's education right is the basic function of government.On the one hand,the education right is one of the human rights with universal significance and every citizen in every society can benifit a lot from this guarantee.On the other hand,the education right is very fragile and costly.Therefore,the citizen's education right must be guaranteed by the government and state.


38 The Hearing Journal February 2018 O lder patients, defined in this paper as those aged 80 years and older, are growing in number and living longer. They have the most severe and highest incidence of hearing loss but report the least amount of satisfaction with hearing aids. Although the reasons for patient dissatisfaction with hearing aids are affected by many factors, a major factor concerning the elderly population is the complex effects of aging on the brain. However, an auditory processing assessment model proposed in this article may help hearing professionals better evaluate the central auditory effects of advanced age and its significance on intervention.


Based on the applications of solid wastes in cement industry,the principle of energy conservation and emissions reduction is reviewed. The research status and problems of using solid wastes as clinker and fuel alternative materials in cement industry are introduced. Its main research directions in the future are also proposed.


Abstract A homogeneously aligned nematic liquid crystal cell with a hole-patterned electrode and with an indium-tin oxide (ITO-) coated counter-electrode has been prepared. A non-uniform electric field can be produced by the asymmetrical electrode structure. The liquid crystal director can be reoriented by applying a voltage across the electrodes, and this produces an axially symmetrical profile of the refractive index. This liquid crystal cell is expected to have a lens effect and so its optical properties have been investigated. The profile of the output light intensity was measured by using a detecting system with an optical fibre. Some relationships between the lens properties, the diameter of the hole and the thickness of the liquid crystal layer have been examined. The liquid crystal cell becomes a convex (converging) lens with a relatively low voltage. A focal length of several millimetres can be obtained by applying voltages of 3-4 V. As the applied voltage increases, the focal length becomes long...


W ORLD WAR I offered the United States a unique commercial opportunity, not only to supply the European belligerent powers with needed goods but also to gain control of trade in the world-particularly Latin America-that had long been dominated by England and Germany. While historians have given much attention to the role of the United States as a merchant for the belligerent powers, they have all but neglected the worldwide commercial thrust of Americans during this period. Yet to government officials as well as to influential business leaders the prospect of an extensive trade on a permanent basis with markets hitherto dominated by Europe was at least as enticing as the temporarily enlarged trade with Europe, which, they realized, would be drastically reduced once the war ended. Secretary of Commerce William C. Redfield had already laid the basis for extending the nation's trade even before the outbreak of hostilities. One of the neglected figures of Woodrow Wilson's administration, Redfield had reorganized his department soon after taking office, especially its Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. He had turned it into a highly efficient agency for foreign commercial development. He had also brought about close business-government cooperation in trade matters, a relationship which had previously been lacking. As a result of Redfield's efforts and certain measures passed during the first year of Wilson's administration, the United States was already prepared when the war began to challenge Europe's commercial hegemony in Latin America. While the opening of the struggle in August 1914, at first threatened to bring ruin to the nation's economy, the crisis was short lived. Even as the nation encountered financial difficulty, business and administration leaders sensed the opportunity which the war afforded them in Latin America. In-


Indonesia is the country through which volcanic pathways. Frequent disasters,
the volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and debris flood. Equator also passes this
country, so Indonesia has a tropical climate, where the properties of rain in the
tropical climate concentrated in a relatively small area and keep moving from place
to place. It would require dense rain graduated station, but with radar equipment,
rainfall conditions can be monitoring, along with the intensity, and movement of rain
areas from time to time with a wide range. Data which is obtained from the
monitoring, functions for early warning, calculate of discharge, and planning
waterworks.
Radar weather EWR XD 700 is only specialized to monitor the rain clouds
carrier. The radar transmits an electromagnetic wave to the target and will be
reflected back by taking the distance information, the content of the rain, and the
movement of clouds which will be processed to be a special rainfall data. Rainfall
data is also obtained from rainfall section. Automatic rain gauge is widely used
today with a recording system using a logger.
Rainfall gauge and radar equipment supplementary. Radar monitors the cloud
that is located in the atmosphere, while the gauge rainfall monitors when it rains, so
that accurate data will be obtained if both devices are calibrated. Period of early
warning for residents directly affected by the flood debris enough to evacuate.


This article is devoted to the lyrics of German expressionism. Reviews repetition as an important element of expressionistic texts appearing at different levels of the linguistic structure and analyses stylistic potencial of its different forms in the texts of this literature movement.


Nitrogen has been shown to be a limiting nutrient across a range of xylophagous insects. These insects often rely on symbiotic microorganisms in the gut for nitrogen acquisition, via fixation of atmospheric nitrogen or break down of other available nitrogenous substances. In phylogenetically lower, wood-feeding termites, the role of nitrogen fixing bacteria has been well studied. However, there is also evidence that uric acid can be metabolized into ammonia and serve as an additional nitrogen source. In this study, 36 Actinobacterial isolates (Streptomyces spp.) from the guts of Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar) and Reticulitermes tibialis Banks, were screened for uric acid breakdown using culture-based methods. Results showed 92% of isolates are capable of degrading uric acid, with 35% classified as having "very strong" uricase activity in vitro. Enzyme assays of four representative Actinobacterial isolates confirmed that uric acid was broken down and ammonia was produced. Soil materials manipulated by termites also showed increased uricase activity compared to soil alone. However, this increase was not accompanied by an increase in overall abundance of Actinobacteria. It is still possible, however, that only those Actinobacteria with uricase activity increase while others remain the same or decrease, which would not change overall abundance values. Results from this study support the hypothesis that Actinobacteria associated with the gut of wood-feeding termites have the potential to contribute to nitrogen acquisition via uricolysis. Future work will be aimed at better understanding this complex relationship between wood-feeding subterranean termites and gutassociated Actinobacteria.


The invention relates to an apparatus and method for cable dynamic suppression, and relates to a method and apparatus for mitigating vibrations in a device towed in water. The apparatus includes one or more tuned elastic sections having a complex spring rate and adapted to attenuate vibrations; and a head end coupler adapted to couple the apparatus for vibration mitigation to a component of an electro-mechanical cable or a tow assembly. One of the one or more tuned elastic sections is coupled to the head end coupler with a high impedance material interface.


Palladium-catalyzed C(sp2)–H arylation of ortho C–H bonds involving 2-(1-methylhydrazinyl)pyridine (MHP) as the directing group has been investigated. The reaction proceeds smoothly under an air atmosphere to generate biaryl derivatives in an environmentally friendly manner while tolerating a wide range of functional groups. Notably, the directing group present in the product could be easily removed under mild reductive conditions.


A hydrogen sensor has been developed in which the sensing element is a palladium wire, mechanically attached to a monomode optical fibre. In the presence of hydrogen, the palladium is converted to palladium hydride, with consequent changes in the physical dimensions of the wire. In turn, these dimensional changes produce a longitudinal strain in the optical fibre. The strain is transduced to a phase retardance in a light beam guided by the fibre, and which is recovered interferometrically. The sensor has been demonstrated in a nitrogen atmosphere at laboratory temperature. The phase retardance is proportional to the square root of the hydrogen partial pressure, and has been demonstrated in the partial pressure range 0-100 Pa, with an accuracy of +or-2 Pa.


In this study, the process of explosion has been simulated on a fire extinguishing bomb for the object of extinguishing wild forest fires with Sedov's similarity theory. As this problem consists of two-phase flow with the media of air and water in the regime of compressible flow, the direct numerical simulation is very difficult in the present model. Therefore, applying analytic similarity theory, the suitable parameter powers are obtained for the dimensional analysis. Through this investigation, the complex physical phenomena is simply analyzed with the similarity theory, and the result is expected to be applied usefully to the prediction of performance in fire extinguishing bombs.


Abstract : Management of video information for content-based retrieval has been recognized as a significant problem in the multimedia community for a long time. Recent literature reports research activities in three major areas: segmentation of special video events based on both abrupt and gradual scene changes; motion analysis techniques applied toward determination of camera movement and object!background segmentation; and data-modeling and query-language development with the assumption that objects in the video have been segmented by low-level processing. The proposal was chartered to explore methods and develop techniques for information retrieval and browsing of news video using both imagery and linguistic content. We chose television news as the domain of this video retrieval project. The long-term goal for video news information retrieval/browsing system is to have the ability to: (1) isolate a specific information item using imagery, linguistic, and audio description and any combination of these; (2) present it at different levels of abstraction (detail) using any a priori knowledge about the domain of application to the maximum extent possible; (3) given one piece of information related to a semantic information unit such as a news story, find other parts of the same or related semantic units; (4) allow a user to put in further annotations as additional information related to a semantic information unit like a news item, and (5) allow the user to search through the collection of news videos using any prior annotation that the user has made. Fulfilling the contract required us to develop a prototype Video Data Management System, which demonstrated the infrastructural framework for exploring the research issues listed in the proposal. The system has both hardware and software components which together allow the complete management of video data.


This paper deals with the active control of forced vibration in composite beam using piezoelectric material. Composite beam with different boundary conditions are modelled in ABAQUS 6.7FEA analysis software. The model is studied for different laminate sequences and boundary conditions. A comparison study is carried out for different types of composite also


Transit-oriented development (TOD) has become a leading model of urban planning worldwide that promises to meet a broad range of local and regional objectives: improving mobility, expanding ridership, attracting investment, reducing urban poverty, improving quality of life, making affordable housing and fostering urban integration. At the same time, the implementation of TOD in many cities has raised concerns about gentrification, displacement, re-segregation, and more polarization. This article aims to shed light on these issues by bringing together previously disparate literature that mentions these contradictions and discusses policymakers' hopes and critics' concern for the implementation of a newly started TOD project in a universal housing system in Rosengård—a segregated, low-income neighborhood in Malmö, Sweden. Although policy advocates view the project as a significant development strategy for a more sustainable Malmö, there are also real concerns about gentrification and the potential displacement of low-income residents. Furthermore, the mixed-methods study showes how integration might be achieved, but concerns have arisen about the possible exclusion of the current low-income residents, which brings up issues of inequality, representation of poverty, and marginalization.


To probe the reason why the catalysis effort was in distint,considering the composition of propellant and the act position of lead salts catalysis,the thermodynamicall calculation was conducted.The results show that the activated substances Pb and PbO derived from lead salts, which are used as catalysts, can react with Al, HCl and Cl 2 that are produced during the decomposition of AP. The final product is the inactivated PbCl 2. Hence, the effectiveness of lead salts to produce super rate burning in NEPE propellants will decrease because of the loss of Pb and PbO. In order to increase the effectiveness of catalysts, oxides that react with HCl more easily are added to NEPE propellants.


Using the value distribution theory, the author studied the uniqueness of meromorphic function concerning multiple value. Let S={ω∈C|P(ω)=aω 7-42ω 2+70bω-30b 2=0},a≠0,b≠0,a,b are constants. ab 5≠2 .If f and g are non-constant meromorphic functions such that E k) (S,f)=E k) (S,g) ,the following results are proved: ① if k≥3,Θ(∞,f)34,Θ(∞,g)34 ,then f≡g ② if k=2,Θ(∞,f)89,Θ(∞,g)89 , then f≡g The above theorem extend and improve some results due to H.X.YI,M.L.Fang and X.H.Hua et al.


Abstract The modification of polypropylene (more precisely, a propylene/ethylene random copolymer containing 10% ethylene) has been accomplished by melt grafting of acrylamide tertiary butyl sulfonic acid(ATBS) initiated with a radical initiator. The resulting PP-g-ATBS was used to prepare ternary blends of PA1O1O/PP-g-ATBS/PP and binary blends of PA1010/PP. The size of domains of PP in ternary blends is much smaller than that in binary blends. It was found that mechanical properties of ternary blends obviously surpassed that of binary blends. These behavior could be contributed to chemical interactions between sulfonic acid groups of PP-g-ATBS and end amino group of PA1010. Thermal and rheological analysis were performed to confirm the possible chemical reactions taken place during the blending process.


We discuss two topics in this talk. One is a brief overview of nuclear parton distributions, and the other is SU(2)-flavor-symmetry breaking in {\it nuclear} antiquark distributions. First, we show that nuclear structure functions $F_2^A(x)$ could be explained in a $Q^2$ rescaling model with parton recombination effects. Then, nuclear gluon distributions are discussed in this parton model. We point out other interesting distributions for future investigations. Second, $\bar u-\bar d$ distributions in nuclei are discussed in order to shed light on nuclear modification of the $\bar u-\bar d$ distribution. -------------------- * This talk was supported by the Yamada Science Foundation.


This review focuses on Living and Loving Better with Time Perspective Therapy by Philip G. Zimbardo and Rosemary K. M. Sword. It discusses the main theses presented in the text and invites the reader to reflect on loneliness, depression, anxiety, being happy and the time perspective therapy.


.................................................................................................................... xi CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION ............................................................................ 1 1.1 Background of the Study .......................................................................................... 1 1.1.1 Employee Motivation ........................................................................................ 2 1.1.2 Employee Performance ...................................................................................... 2 1.1.3 Water Sector in Kenya ....................................................................................... 4 1.2 Research Problem ..................................................................................................... 5 1.3 Research Objective ................................................................................................... 7 1.4 The Value of the Study ............................................................................................. 7 CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW ............................................................... 9 2.


With the development the e-commerce,the movement environment of the traditional accounting has changed.The traditional accounting assumption,accounting factors,accounting reports and accounting practice,etc.face great challenges.The e-commerce blurs basic theory of the accounting assumption,which must be further considered.Under the e-commerce environment we should take the human resource as one of the important accounting factors and extend the accounting limits.The e-commerce makes real-time accounting information reporting on-line possible.Many aspects of the accounting practice must be had a further consideration and innovation because of the new economic environment.


The paper proposes to expose and problematize the legitimation speech constructed by the Military Government after the 1964 coup. It is based on the understanding that parallel to the repressive apparatus characterized by state violence, the Military Dictatorship sought to construct a discourse to justify its action, to obtain popular support for its maintenance, seeking to assign itself a revolutionary mission to fight against subversion and corruption, as well as to bring the country back to economic progress. In order to achieve this objective, will be study sources as the bibliography on the theme, the language of the Institutional Acts, president' speeches, institutional advertisements and newspaper reports from "Folha de São Paulo" and "O Globo". As a conclusion, there is a need for caution and critical thinking towards discourses that use 1 Mestre em Ordem Jurídica Constitucional (UFC). Advogado. Fortaleza (Ceará). E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com. CARVALHO, Harley Sousa de. Um breve estudo crítico sobre as estratégias de legitimação da ditadura militar brasileira (1964-1985). Revista Eletrônica Direito e Política, Programa de PósGraduação Stricto Sensu em Ciência Jurídica da UNIVALI, Itajaí, v.12, n.3, 3o quadrimestre de 2017. Disponível em: www.univali.br/direitoepolitica ISSN 1980-7791 1228 socially estimated values to gain popular support in the establishment of authoritarian governments.


It analyzes the origins and reasons which cause generator room noise,equipment noise,route noise and ventilated noise in air-conditioner wind-ventilated system.According to actual experience,it brings forward some measures in dealing and eliminating noise in air-conditioner wind-ventilated system,has significance to design and construction of low noisy air-conditioner wind-ventilated system.


Our objective was to evaluate the effects of feed additives on ruminal pH of finishing cattle fed a 90%-concentrate diet. Twenty four 18-mo Angus-Nellore crossbred bulls (IBW, 456 ± 6,5 kg) were allocated in a completely randomized design to three treatments with eight replicates each, as follows: 1) Control (MON) - Sodium Monensin (26 mg/kg DM, Rumensin, Elanco Animal Health); 2) Crina® RumistarTM (CR) - a blend of essential oils, 90 mg/kg DM + exogenous α-amylase, 560 mg/kg DM) and 3) CR + HyD® (25-hydroxy-vitamin-D3 at 1 mg/animal/d, CRD, DSM Nutritional Products). The ruminal pH and temperature was monitored individually for 98 days, using a wireless bolus, (SmaXtec Animal Care, Austria). Data were analyzed using the Mixed procedure of SAS and means comparison evaluated by Tukey test at P< 0.05. During adaptation period (i.e. first 14 days), bulls fed CR and CRD had increased rumen mean pH (6.40 and 6.36 vs. 6.16; P < 0.01) and minimum pH (5.89 and 5.87 vs. 5.57; P < 0.01) than bulls fed MON. In addition, rumen pH from bulls fed CR spent less time below 6.0 than bulls fed MON (256.07 vs. 452.62 min/d; P = 0.05). Regarding the total period, bulls fed MON had lower mean (6.22 vs. 6.51 and 6.42, P < 0.01) and minimum rumen pH (5.60 vs. 5.92 and 5.85, P < 0.01) than bulls fed CR and CRD. Additionally, feeding MON increased time duration of rumen pH (390.79 min/day, P < 0.01) and had a larger area below 6.0 (81.52 min x pH units/day; P < 0.01). Moreover, the addition of monensin increased pH time duration below 5.8 (161.10 vs. 121.13 and 122.56 min/day; P = 0.02) compared with CR and CRD, and increased ruminal temperature (39.60 vs. 39.51 and 39.5 °C; P < 0.01). We conclude that feeding Crina® RumistarTM and Crina® RumistarTM HyD® increased the rumen pH of bulls.


Summary Levels of Cu and Fe in fresh milk and in bulk pasteurized milk were measured. The endogenous levels varied during the lactation period. The level of Cu in bulk pasteurized milk was greater than the endogenous level, suggesting some contamination. This apparent Cu contamination was greater in winter than in summer. No similar contamination was observed with Fe. The levels of Cu and Fe in butter manufactured each month and in retail butter were measured. Higher levels of Cu were detected in ripened cream butter produced in winter compared to that produced in summer. No similar trend was evident for Fe in ripened cream butter. Very low levels of Cu, Fe and lipid oxidation were detected in Irish sweet cream butter and consequently Cu and Fe contamination and resultant oxidation are not a problem in this product.


With the advance of modernization, the rural regional features is disappearing increasingly. Based on the analysis the factors and dynamic mechanism of rural regional features,the paper explores some ideas about the conservation and development of regional features, and will prevent the process of the worsening situation.


An intriguing aspect of vector-transmission of plant viruses is the frequent involvement of a helper component (HC). HCs are virus-encoded non-structural proteins produced in infected plant cells that are mandatory for the transmission success. Over five decades, all data collected on HCs from unrelated viral species transmitted by distinct vector species were consistent with a unique mode of action designated "the bridge hypothesis": the HC has two functional domains, one binding the virus particle and the other binding a putative receptor in the vector, creating a reversible molecular bridge be-tween the two. This hypothesis appeared fully satisfactory as HCs were reported solely in viruses transmitted non-circulatively – i.e. the virus particle binds externally to the mouthpart of its vector, and can later be released therefrom and inoculated. Recently, however, HCs have also been reported in viruses transmitted circulatively, where the virus particles are internalized in gut cells and cycle


Abstract A procedure to find the existence and domain of asymptotic stability for a class of systems described by a set of non-linear partial differential equations is presented in the context of semigroup theory. No a priori bound is imposed on the non-linearity which is assumed to be a quad ratic (bilinear) or multilinear form. The linearized system can be non-self-adjoint and need not be asymptotically stable equation by equation. The solution of the stability problem is carried out. in two steps : (a) the development of an L2-like norm that bounds above the sup norm, a requirement to obtain a useful estimate of the non-linear term, and (a)the computation of an estimate of the L2-likc norm of the semigroup generated by the linearized system in terms of its usual L2 norm.


The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of feedback on the learning of a novel speech task: simulating hypernasality. Forty participants (20 male, 20 female; age range 18-35 years) were randomly assigned into four groups, receiving different combinations of feedback type (visual or verbal) and relative frequency of knowledge of results (100% or 50%). The participants practiced hypernasal production of syllables, words and a passage during acquisition. Their performances at baseline, immediate retention, delayed retention and transfer were assessed with three different types of connected speech stimuli. The results showed that learning was took place in all feedback conditions. However, no significant difference was found across different feedback type and feedback frequency. The findings indicated that velopharyngeal closure during speech can be controlled voluntarily upon practice with appropriate feedback rendered. The findings also shed light on the treatment of hypernasality and on speech motor learning. Simulating Hypernasality 3


In wireless sensor networks (WSNs), the present bunch based information accumulation procedure expends more vitality. Additionally the secured information transmissions are essential for upgrading the information confirmation and secrecy. Keeping in mind the end goal to conquer these issues, in this review, In this paper, we provide detailed analysis on the relations between clustering and routing, and then propose a Ambient Trust Sensor Routing (ATSR) protocol for reliable and efficient data collection in large-scale wireless sensor network. ATSR adopts the back off timer and gradient routing to generate connected and efficient inter-cluster topology with the constraint of maximum transmission range. The relations between clustering and routing in ATSR are further exploited by theoretical and numerical analysis. The results show that the multi-hop routing in ATSR may lead to the unbalanced cluster head selection. Then the solution is provided to optimize the network lifetime by considering the gradient of one-hop neighbor nodes in the setting of back off timer. Theoretical analysis and simulation results prove the connectivity and efficiency of the network topology generated by ATSR.


Learning Environment of the Children for the Social Competence Development by Conversion of Viewpoint Narihito Shinonaga (firstname.lastname@example.com) Graduate School of System Information Science Future University - Hakodate 116-2 Kamedanakano-cho Hakodate Hokkaido, Japan Masashi Toda (email@example.com) Department of Media Architecture Future University Hakodate 116-2 Kamedanakano-cho, Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan Ikuko Gyobu (email@example.com) Department of Developmental Clinical Psychology Ochanomizu University 2-1-1 Ohtsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan From View To Empathy Me-Camera In this paper, suggesting that using small camera for quickening understanding other person or object's mind. Kariyado(1993) made each child use note PC as practicing class of the upper-grade of the elementary school, and practiced one year with Watching as the theme. This practice's first activity is drawing picture as "Will have become it." This activity was that each students becoming something in the classroom, and draw the world seen from the object by using PC. Kariyado says about this practice's aim, "The act 'Becoming' is an act where not only the movement of an only physical place but also the empathy to the object is included." And Saeki (1993) says "''Becoming' is an act the object that is seen from the inside outside up to now to which the meaning comes to the surface." In a word, it can be said that it will be suggested that the empathy to the object be able to happen by experiencing the aspect of the object. Moreover, it is possible to explain by using both Watching aspect and Becoming aspect concepts of 'virtual self' (Miyazaki, 1985). In a word, 'virtual self' is the one's double when decide the viewpoint, and he viewpoint is set by sending it for 'the target'. In 'Watching' aspect, sending it for the target and the object is observed from various angles and the mechanism is understood. That works as 'eye' of 'virtual self'. On the other side, in 'Becoming' aspect, sending it for the other person, and guess the others' purpose and intentions at that time. In a word, it becomes others' standpoints. That works as 'mind' of 'virtual self'. Thus, it relates to Watching aspect and Becoming aspect. It can be said that it will show relating to the empathy to the object by the presentation of the aspect image that has been aimed because of this research. The advantages of ME-Camera are in the free setting of the infant of the object, and obtaining a lot of aspect images. Eyes are given usually to the one where I exist near oneself, and the aspect image can be obtained. Relations between the object and me can be actually related only from own aspect. So to speak it is from an outside aspect and, neither a cervine object nor the interaction can be done. But, ME- Camera is developed aiming to try to relate the world of my surroundings from the inside of the object in giving eyes to the object, and knowing the world seen from the object. Figure 1: Me-Camera Acknowledgments Aoi Kindergarden supported this research for experiment. References Kiyotaka, M., & Naoki, U. (1985). Viewpoint. Tokyo University Publishing. Yutaka, S., Toshihumi, K., Manabu, S., & NHK crews. (1993). The future comes to classroom. NHK publishing. Narihito, S., Masashi, T., & Ikuko, G. (2005), Learning Environment of the Children for the Social Competence Development by Conversion of Viewpoint. Proceedings of the 22 nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Cognitive Science Society (pp.318-319).


Liquid crystal PBHpB(H15C7O–C6H4COO C6H4COO C6H4OC7H15) is used to separate m,o,p‐nitrotoluene in gas chromatography experiments, and the infinite dilution activity coefficients of the three isomers are determined at various temperatures. A lattice model of mixed liquid crystal system is applied to calculate these coefficients. The results are in agreement with experimental data with properly chosen parameters.


Structural phylogenomics refers to the combined use of evolutionary and structural information in a bioinformatics analysis. The term phylogenomics refers to two distinct tasks: reconstructing a species phylogeny using multiple genes (for a review, see [1]) and predicting protein function by estimating the evolutionary history of a family of related sequences (i.e., a gene tree or multi-gene tree including gene duplication events) [2]–[4]. In this "Getting Started" article, we focus on the latter task, restricting our discussion to the construction and analysis of phylogenetic trees for amino acid data, and including protein structure data and structure prediction to improve the accuracy of functional annotation. We address the following questions: Why perform a complicated structural phylogenomic analysis when simpler approaches are available? What are the fundamental underlying assumptions of this approach, and what are the implications of any conflicts with these assumptions? What technical challenges do we need to address to achieve the full potential of these ideas?


Hua and Identity are a pair of fundamental contradiction in Ideological and Political Education.Fundamentally,Ideological and Political Education is a kind of enlightenment practice.The fundamental effect criterion of Ideological and Political Education is whether it was identified by object,the criterion is people's degree of identify.Essentially,the purpose of Ideological and Political Education is to promote object's identity transformation through the resourses and methods of hua.


For the description of low-energy ..pi..N scattering, (1/1) Pade approximants have had limited success starting from Lagrangian-induced power series. We have shown elsewhere that, from a formal power series whose generating kernel can in principle be approximated by a kernel of finite rank N, we can construct a democratic approximant A/sup N/ with N perturbative terms which provides as good an approximation to the true solution as a Pade approximant (N/N) with 2N perturbative terms. Here we use the two available orders of perturbative terms g/sup 2/ and g/sup 4/ of the Lagrangian gpsi-tilde..gamma../sub 5/psiphi to construct a democratic approximant A/sup N//sup 2/. We apply it to the low-energy ..pi..N phase-shift analysis of Carter, Bugg, and Carter and show empirically that a reasonably good fit can be obtained in the low-energy region with the two available orders of perturbative terms. Extrapolating this fit to threshold we determine scattering lengths and effective ranges for S and P waves which are in reasonably good agreement with more conventional dispersion-relation determinations. The method indicates how the concept of Lagrangian can be made dynamically relevant in a strong-interaction context.


The Security Council resolution of November 22, 1967, seems to provide for a satisfactory solution of the Middle East controversy, and it is difficult to see how there can be a satisfactory settlement except on the basis of the principles on which that resolution is based. The preamble of that resolution states three fundamental principles.


Duodenal diverticula are frequent, they are present in 22% of the cases at autopsy. However, radiological assessment demonstrates duodenal diverticula in 1 to 5% of the patients only. Perforation, the main complication, is very rare. Preoperative diagnosis is exceptional. In a 69-year patient admitted for diffuse abdominal pain, a computerized abdominal tomography, completed by opacification of the gastroduodenal transit allowed diagnosis. In the second case, diagnosis was made peroperatively. Based on these two observations, the authors review the elements of diagnosis and management in complicated duodenal diverticula.


Recently, dynamical mean-field-theory calculations have shown that kinks emerge in the real part of the self-energy of strongly correlated metals close to the Fermi level. This gives rise to a similar behavior in the quasiparticle dispersion relation as well as in the electronic specific heat. Since $f$-electron systems are even more strongly correlated than the hitherto studied $d$-electron systems, we apply the dynamical mean-field approach with the numerical renormalization group method as impurity solver to study whether there are kinks in the periodic Anderson model.


Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) exhibit a remarkable exciton physics including bright and optically forbidden dark excitonic states. Here, we show how dark excitons can be experimentally revealed by probing the intraexcitonic 1s-2p transition. Distinguishing the optical response shortly after the excitation and after the exciton thermalization allows us to reveal the relative position of bright and dark excitons. We find both in theory and experiment a clear blueshift in the optical response demonstrating the transition of bright exciton populations into lower-lying dark excitonic states.


In this paper, an improved variable step size NLMS algorithm is proposed. NLMS has fast convergence rate and low steady state error compared to other traditional adaptive filtering algorithm. But there is a contradiction between the convergence speed and steady state error that affect the performance of the NLMS algorithm. Now, we propose a new variable step size NLMS algorithm. It dynamically changes the step size according to current error and iteration times. The proposed algorithm has simple formulation and easily setting parameters, and effectively solves the contradiction in NLMS. The simulation results show that the proposed algorithm has a good tracking ability, fast convergence rate and low steady state error simultaneously.


Water systems consist of natural and man-made objects serving multiple essential purposes. They are affected by many types of meteorological disturbances. In order to deal with these disturbances and to serve the desired objectives, infrastructures have been built and managed by societies for specific purposes. Given a water system, and its purposes, the control of the existing infrastructures is the subject of operational water management. The system controller, either a natural person or a mathematical algorithm, takes his recursive decisions observing the state of the system and trying to bring it to the desired condition. Model Predictive Control (MPC) is an advanced method for the control of complex dynamic systems. When applied to water systems operation, MPC provides integrated and optimal management. If disturbance forecasts are available, this information can be integrated in the control policy and water management becomes proactive. Before the realization of the disturbance, the MPC controller sets the system to a state which is optimal to accommodate the expected disturbance. A typical example is lowering the water level of a reservoir before an expected storm event in order to avoid floods. In proactive control of open water systems, the main uncertainty is generally related to the difficulty of producing good forecasts. Weather and hydrological processes are difficult to predict, and meteorological or rainfall-runoff models can be wrong. Especially when using only one deterministic estimate, the control is more vulnerable to forecast uncertainty, running the risk of taking action against a predicted event that will not occur. The research question of this thesis is: How to use existing forecasting methods in optimal control schemes, thereby enhancing robustness in the face of forecasting uncertainty? In open water systems, such as rivers, canals, or reservoirs, the available forecast is generally the natural inflow, which is the output of a deterministic rainfall-runoff model. The model produces a point estimate, which is the expected value of the variable of interest. Nevertheless, the nonlinearity of the control problem requires the forecast of the entire probability distribution. When residuals are assumed independent, identically distributed, zero-mean, and Gaussian, then the variance is the only extra parameter required to build up the entire distribution, and its value can be estimated from the data. However, residuals of rainfall-runoff models are in fact heteroscedastic (i.e. the variance changes in time) and autocorrelated. In Chapter 2 it is shown how to deal with both deficiencies. Dynamic modelling of predictive uncertainty is built up by regression on absolute residuals, and applied to two test cases: the Rhone River, in Switzerland, and Lake Maggiore, at the border between Italy and Switzerland. When the information on the catchment state does not offer sufficient anticipation, for example because the catchment dynamics are fast compared to the controlled system, it is necessary to include weather forecasts. Meteorological agencies produce not only a deterministic trajectory of the future state of the weather system, but a set of them, called ensemble, to communicate the forecast uncertainty. The algorithm presented in Chapter 3, called Tree-Based Model Predictive Control (TB-MPC), exploits the information contained in the ensemble, setting up a Multistage Stochastic Programming (MSP) problem within the MPC framework. MSP is a stochastic optimization scheme that takes into account not only the present uncertainty, but its resolution in time as well. Going on in time along the control horizon, information will enter the system. Consequently, uncertainty will be reduced, and the control strategy after uncertainty reduction will change according to the occurring ensemble member. The key idea of TB-MPC is producing a tree topology from the ensemble data and using this tree in the following MSP optimization. A tree specifies in fact the moments when uncertainties are resolved. Generating a tree from ensemble data is both difficult and of critical importance. It has been considered an open problem until now, especially regarding the tree branching structure, which also strongly affects control performance. Chapter 4 shows a new methodology that produces a tree topology from ensemble data. The proposed method models the information flow to the controller. This implies the explicit definition of the available observations and their degree of uncertainty. Chapter 5 summarizes the contribution of my PhD and the research directions that, in my opinion, deserve more investigation.


Summary 1. Ro 2-4969, a compound of low solubility, related to isoniazid, has been administered experimentally to human subjects to determine the rate and extent of absorption from the gastrointestinal tract. 2. The compound or its derivatives appeared in the plasma and, probably because of slow absorption, detectable and clinically significant amounts remained for a longer period than when the highly soluble isoniazid was administered. 3. The drug administered in a single daily dose of 10 mg/kg/day was found to maintain drug concentrations of one μg/ml of plasma without dangerous cumulative effect. 4. No toxic reactions have been observed in 26 patients treated for 2 months or more.


Driven by the potential advantages and promising applications of organic solar cells, donor‐acceptor (D‐A) polymers have been intensively investigated in the past years. One of the strong electron‐withdrawing groups that were widely used as acceptors for the construction of D‐A polymers for applications in polymer solar cells and FETs is isoindigo. The isoindigo‐based polymer solar cells have reached efficiencies up to ∼7% and hole mobilities as high as 3.62 cm2 V−1 s−1 have been realized by FETs based on isoindigo polymers. Over one hundred isoindigo‐based small molecules and polymers have been developed in only three years. This review is an attempt to summarize the structures and properties of the isoindigo‐based polymers and small molecules that have been reported in the literature since their inception in 2010. Focus has been given only to the syntheses and device performances of those polymers and small molecules that were designed for use in solar cells and FETs. Attempt has been made to deduce structure‐property relationships that would guide the design of isoindigo‐based materials. It is expected that this review will present useful guidelines for the design of efficient isoindigo‐based materials for applications in solar cells and FETs.


Why is it that most among the relatively few moral philosophers since Kant who, like J. S. Mill, have discussed the question whether there can be moral duties to oneself, have answered it negatively? One reason is that those philosophers have supposed that all moral action must be, inter alia, social; and they may have thought so because of their commitment to what is here called a 'corporationist' moral view. But such a conception of morality as social is objectionable because it does not square with ordinary opinion and because it introduces an artificial division between types of action which go together in real life.


The authors consider the status of the European terrestrial and satellite land mobile scene likely to emerge in the early 1990s. They discuss system architectures, in particular terrestrial systems and satellite systems, and examine the role of synergy in maximising the benefits of both types of system.


Based on introducing the basic composition of the eletronic controlled fuel injection system for the diesel engine of the wheel loader VOLVO L180E,the paper analyses the principle and characteristics of that system.


Abstract With the reform of the talent training system and mechanism in colleges and universities and the transformation of the economic and social development mode, the construction of "double-teachers" teachers has been paid more and more attention by the theoretical and practical circles, so as to meet the practical needs of the training of practical and applied talents in colleges and universities. At present, some progress has been made in improving the teacher management system with vocational education characteristics, strengthening the professional construction of vocational and technical normal colleges, carrying out the national training of "double-teachers" teachers, and optimizing the professional and concurrent teachers. However, there are still some problems in the construction of double-qualified teachers, such as cognition, mechanism, dominance and participation, which need to be solved by effective measures. The Paper first puts forward practical applied talent cultivation under the perspective of "double-teachers" teachers construction overall train of thought and guiding principle, and then formulate perfect double management system, broadening the optimized double path, strengthening double assessment and incentives, the implementation of the improved double safeguard measures put forward specific "double-teachers" teachers construction countermeasures.


Information systems (IS) designers from the United States, Japan, and Korea were surveyed to explore potential similarities and differences in their views on two IS risk factors, various types of IS failure and the overall failure rate on IS projects. While there were only a few differences between the U.S. and Japan, there were a number of differences in the views of designers from the U.S. and Korea. The results revealed that a lack of user involvement and a lack of experienced IS personnel were perceived as greater risk factors in Korea than in the U.S. and Japan. The data also revealed that unmet project goals and missed deadlines were perceived by designers from Korea as more likely to contribute to IS failure than did the designers from Japan and the U.S. Finally, the designers from Korea perceived a higher overall failure rate on IS projects than did the designers from the U.S. The findings were discussed in terms of the importance of national differences in technology development and national culture.


Defects in the vasculature of the heart accounts for a large portion of cardiac‐related illness. Alterations in cell signaling factors, which can occur via changes in cytokine expression or biomechanical load, can affect vessel patterning in the heart and, therefore, the pressure‐flow network and availability of oxygen and critical growth factors to cardiac cells. Interleukin‐6 (IL‐6) is a pleiotropic cytokine involved in the regulation of several key biological processes, including wound repair, inflammation and vasculogenesis; circulating levels of IL‐6 can serve as clinical indicators for several cardiac pathologies. We observe an increase in IL‐6 secretion in fibroblast‐myocyte co‐cultures in vitro, as well as altered ratios of cardiac cell populations in IL‐6 knockout hearts. Using immunolohistological and cardioangiographic analyses of hearts from wild type (WT) and IL‐6−/− mice, we have found that IL‐6 deficiency alters vessel density and vascular distribution. Using non‐Euclidean geometrical fractal analyses, we observe a marked increase in the fractal dimension of IL‐6−/− mice, indicating that IL‐6 loss is closely associated with vascular patterning. Characterization of pathways involved in IL‐6‐dependent vasculogenesis and vascular remodeling may lend insight into factors critical to cardiac function.


In the light of contemporary interest in Institutional Theories of Art, one is drawn to an elegant argument which promises to show, once and for all, that any such account of art is impossible. Richard Wollheim' argues this by dilemma2 in the course of his discussion of institutional definitions of art. On institutional accounts, one learns about the nature or character of art by considering how objects become (acquire the status of) works of art. The institutional answer has traditionally involved this status being conferred on the object by some group of people "whose roles are social facts" (W, p. 157). Some thought of this kind is a central part of any institutional account of art which deserves the title, for such "conferring" is (or at the least models) the institutional action the importance of which is emphasised.3 So Wollheim's dilemma, which (if successful) squarely undercuts such a model, strikes at the heart of institutional accounts. The argument is of appealing simplicity. He asks:


Object-oriented technology featuring the concepts of object identity, instance creation, encapsulation, dynamic binding and inheritance are increasingly popular when designing systems, but there is a lack of formalisation tools. The common way to formalise object-oriented models is by translating from object-oriented models to models which are supported by existing calculi, ie, functional models (lambda calculus) or models of communicating processes (eg, π-calculus). Such translations are not ideal as it may not be intuitive how definitions and proofs done in these calculi map to object-oriented models. This paper presents a calculus which is based on the object-oriented concepts. Reasoning about object-oriented systems can then be done without changing paradigm.


The sulphur,titanium and oxygen contents in superclean bearing steel(SFGCr15) are less than 0.003%,0.0012% and 0.0007% respectively and the content of non-metallic inclusions is at satisfactory level by controlling the technological parameters of EAF steelmaking(intensity of oxygen supply,content of(FeO) in slag,the rate of slag stopping at tapping,oxygen activity of liquid steel at tapping),LF refining(refining slag composition,deoxidizers,temperature of liquid steel,refining time,pressure of bottom argon blowing,the selection of refractory materials in refining ladle,the selection of ferroalloys),vacuum degassing(vacuum degree,time of vacuum degassing,pressure of bottom argon blowing) and soft argon stirring after vacuum degassing,adapting IAPS and adjusting the casting rate of liquid steel.In this way,the quality of SFG15 meets the requirements from top world bearing manufacturers.


This study was carried out to check the influence of some factors (cultivars and sampling regions) on the physicochemical characteristics of two energizing products: cassava roots and derivative fermented flours. Cassava roots of three local cultivars were drawn from ten different regions of Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) and processed into fermented flours. These both products characteristics were significantly (P<0.05) affected by cultivars and sampling regions. The effects of the interaction cultivars- regions were also shown to be significant. These factors induced differences about physicochemical characteristics between the studied products.


Rating: Mature Archive Warning: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Category: Multi Fandom: Dragon Ball Character: Cooler, OCs, Frieza, King Cold Additional Tags: The reader is yet another female saiyan, and also an assassin, Planet Vegeta was not destroyed, And this is starting about a year after it would have happened, Unsatisfying Sex, Sex with a masked man, There's probably going to be a lot of sex in this fic, Porn With Plot, Insert Royal Tour Joke, Futanari, Yes you read that right, You Have Been Warned, Intrigue, Plot Twists, Manipulation, He's proving a point guys, The Queen's Turning Out More Pervy Than I Intended, Crazy Oracle Bardock, Suicide by Ki, Fake Pool Sex, Mating Cycles/In Heat, Sharing Body Heat, The Heat May Be Both Figurative and Literal, Royal Tour Complete, whoops, Call Him Rasputin, Forced Sterilization, conscious surgery, Torture, Discussion of Abortion, Pregnancy, Teasing, Kissing, Breasts, Lactation Kink, Cooler Likes Boobs, Blackmail, Dubious Consent, Size Difference, Discussion of child abandonment, Swearing Children, mention of rape, Family Betrayal Freeform, Poisoning, Marriage Proposal, Weddings, Death, death by suffocation, Cold's fetish, Can you guess what it is, Forced Ingestion Of Venom, Someone Is Getting Eaten, Mental Instability, Mental Disintegration, Child Death, Traumatic Miscarriage/Stillbirth, Ki Use, Arcosians Without Tails Are Shamed Things, Fingering, Implied Genital Trauma, Blood and Gore, Implied/Referenced Torture, Blood and Torture, Medical Jargon, Science Stats: Published: 2016-05-29 Updated: 2019-08-16 Chapters: 76/? Words: 113178


Reviewed Work(s): Tax Evasion and the Rule of Law in Latin America: The Political Culture of Cheating and Compliance in Argentina and Chile by Marcelo Bergman Review by: Maria Victoria Murillo Source: Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 126, No. 1 (Spring 2011), pp. 144-145 Published by: The Academy of Political Science Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/23056927 Accessed: 30-06-2020 16:57 UTC


The Cr/CrN multilayer thin films with two different percentage modulations were prepared on #45 steel substrates by arc discharge deposition, of which the phase composition, surface morphology, cross-section element distribution and anti-corrosion behavior in artificial seawater were analyzed by XRD, SEM, EPMA (electroprobe microanalysis) and M273A electrochemistry system. The results indicated that the film is mainly composed of CrN, Cr2N and Cr layers with Cr2N (111) as preferred orientation. The film presents a modulated sandwich mirostructure in multilayer form of Cr-transition-CrN. The existence of Cr/CrN mulilayer structure and intermediate Cr layer can remarkably improve the anti-corrosion behavior of substrate and CrN monolayer, and the #45 steel in combination with Cr/CrN(5/10) provides best protection system from corrosion.


The work here reported was done under a special grant from the Agricultural Research Council. It gives us much pleasure to thank farmers in the neighbourhood who wilIingly supplied calves for these experiments. We are indebted to Messrs Marcom Ltd. for supplying the special non-vitaminized margarine and to Mr Barbour of the Scottish Milk Powder Company for his help withsupplies of dried skim milk. We wish to thank Miss E. Fawcus for valuable assistance with the experimental animals.


This study aims to obtain information about the influence of Personality and Quality of work-life on state high school teachers' work productivity in the region I of East Jakarta's administrative city. This research is Associative quantitative research. The research was conducted using a survey method with the data analysis technique used to answer the hypothesis is the path analysis technique. This study's population was 801 respondents, and a sample of 267 respondents who were selected using random sampling. The research is focused on two aspects that determine work productivity; Personality and Quality Of Work Life. The results of the analysis conclude that (1) there is a direct influence of Personality on Work Productivity, (2) there is a direct influence of Quality of Work Life on Work Productivity, (3) there is a direct influence of Personality on Quality of Work Life.


The composition of the invention based on zirconium and cerium oxides has a cerium oxide content of at most 50% by weight, a level of reproducibility of at least 95% after calcination in air at 600°C, and a specific surface area after calcination for 4 hours at 1100°C of at least 15 m2/g. It is prepared: by forming an aqueous mixture comprising zirconium and cerium compounds; by heating this mixture to at least 100°C and, after the heating, bringing it to a basic pH; by adding an additive of the surfactant type to the precipitate obtained from this mixture and by calcinating the precipitate in an inert gas or under vacuum at a temperature of at least 900°C and then in an oxidizing atmosphere at a temperature of at least 600°C. The composition may be used in the treatment of motor vehicle exhaust gases.


ABSTRACT A prototype of beam profile measurement system developed by the Institute of Modern Physics, which can work in the proportional region and ionization region, respectively, by adjusting the pressure and voltage, has been tested several times and achieved the design expectation. When the working pressure of the detector is low enough, the system can work in the secondary electron mode to measure the fast extraction beam profile too. The measurement system has been used to measure the profile of carbon ion beam in the Second Radioactive Ion Beam Line in Lanzhou in slow extraction mode and fast extraction mode, respectively. It is confirmed that the measurement system can measure the profile of carbon ion beam with a dynamic range of beam intensity up to six orders of magnitude. We used the X-ray beam to simulate the Gaussian-like distribution for laboratory testing, and the results show that the measurement system has a better resolution than 0.1 mm for the beam position with a Sigma of about 1.6 mm. This measurement system, together with the harps measurement system, will be able to meet needs of most beam profile measurements in High energy Fragment Separator (HFRS) at High Intensity heavy-ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF).


Prediction and explanation are key objects in supervised machine learning, where predictive models are known as black boxes and explanatory models are known as glass boxes. Explanation provides the necessary and sufficient information to interpret the model output in terms of the model input. It includes assessments of model output dependence on important input variables and measures of input variable importance to model output. High dimensional model representation (HDMR), also known as the generalized functional ANOVA expansion, provides useful insight into the input-output behavior of supervised machine learning models. This article gives applications of HDMR in supervised machine learning. The first application is characterizing information leakage in ``big-data'' settings. The second application is reduced-order representation of elementary symmetric polynomials. The third application is analysis of variance with correlated variables. The last application is estimation of HDMR from kernel machine and decision tree black box representations. These results suggest HDMR to have broad utility within machine learning as a glass box representation.


GIS systems the world over are awash with data that experts can classify visually. This process is time consuming and costly. Expert Systems have been built which attempt to at least pre-classify images and hence speed up the process. To build these systems it is necessary to elicit information from the human expert classifiers in order to assist the classification of these many hundreds of images. Traditionally this knowledge has been captured through interview and protocol analysis. However, this required either the expert classifier to describe verbally what they were seeing or the expert systems developer (knowledge engineer) to interpret what they were being shown.


General transmission‐line equations that can describe both uniform and nonuniform transmission line are derived in brief. By using the algorithm analogous with a one‐dimensional FDTD in the time domain, we obtain a new time‐domain method we call the on‐line FDTD method. Frequency‐domain results are compared with those computed by the MoM to show the validity of our new method. © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 32: 46–51, 2002.


Abstract It is shown that the Hertz theory of impact is applicable to the determination, from softness measurements, of the static modulus of elasticity and from impact tests, of the dynamic modulus of elasticity. A simple relation is then derived which connects the difference of these moduli and the internal damping in impact tests. This relation was checked with the rebound resilience values and proved to be valid for all measurements.


Lagrangians for strong interactions of mesons and baryons were studied wdth considerations for their isotopic structure (according to A. Salam Nucl. Phys. 2, cles with similar isotopic multiplicity bebove identically in all their transformations. (R.V.J.)


Background: Stroke is the sudden loss of neurological function which is caused by an interruption of blood flow to the brain. A variety of focal deficits are possible that include changes in level of consciousness and impairments of sensory, motor, cognitive, perceptual and language functions. Trunk muscles are impaired in the patients with stroke so there is diminished ability to maintain balance because of weakened muscle strength of trunk. Resistance to neck motion during PNF provides irradiation to the trunk muscles.
Purpose: The purpose is to study the scientific evidences regarding the effect of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation neck pattern exercises on balance in stroke.
Methodology: A search for relevant articles was carried out using key words- Neck proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation, Balance, Trunk control and Stroke. Search engines used were Google Scholar, PubMed, PEDro, ScienceDirect and ResearchGate. Studies were selected from year 2011-2020. Eight studies were included in which there were 6 randomized control trial, 1 case series, 1 single subject design.
Results: All the 8 articles concluded that proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation neck pattern exercise is effective in improving balance in the patients with stroke. (level of evidence :1b,2a,4,5)
Conclusion: Based on evidences, it can be concluded that proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation neck pattern exercise is found to be effective in improving balance in the patients with stroke.
Clinical Implication: Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation neck pattern exercises can be used as an adjunct to other treatment in improving balance in stroke.

Keywords: Neck proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation, Balance, Trunk control and Stroke.


The utility model provides in-situ sludge deodorization equipment. The in-situ sludge deodorization equipment is a biochemical boat which is not driven by paddles but pulled by a winch and a stranded cable. The in-situ sludge deodorization equipment comprises four systems, including a spouting system, a storing system, a transporting system and a navigating system, wherein the spouting system is used for injecting calcium nitrate liquor into sludge. In the utility model, the biochemical boat is adopted for injecting the calcium nitrate liquor into sludge so as to enable calcium nitrate to fully react with matter generating foul odor, finally the foul odor is changed to be harmless and odorless gas, and the utility model solves the problems in the prior art that excavated sludge deposited in a different place not only occupies the land space but also causes pollution diffusion.


[Objective] To establish an improved method to prepare cell-attached coverslip using a coverslip frame. [Methods] Made a plastic coverslip frame,then prepared the breast carcinoma cells(MCF-7) -attached coverslip with the made plastic frame(experiment group) and prepared another coverslip by routine method(control group) . Observed the cell growth after HE staining and compared the difference between two groups. [Results] There was no significant difference in morphous between two groups. But the operation was simpler using the improved method than using the routine method. The cells grew only on one side of the cover slip,and the cell quantity was more in the experiment group. [Conclusion] Preparing cellattached coverslip with a coverslip frame is a more effective method.


Taking Fujian Power Grid as an example,static stability of initial system under black start at Shuikou hydropower Plant is analysed and calculated.The results show that the scheme is effective and feasible.Moreover,some suggestions are proposed to help all levels of dispatch and operation department of Fujian Power Grid.


The Italian Risorgimento gave unity to a country that had had the name 'Italy' at least two millennia earlier, during the late Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. After the sack of Rome in 568 Italy lost its political unity, and remained divided until 1860. For thirteen centuries, the history of Italy was the history of various political entities that confronted each other in a context of continual tension between themselves and powers outside Italy. There was, in a sense, a multinational character to Italy before Unification, just as there is a strongly regional character to the socio-political history of the country after it. On the other hand, strong unifying characteristics can be found in the art and culture of the peninsula. In the mid-eighteenth century Italy was divided into seven states: the Kingdom of Sardinia (with Piedmont and Liguria), the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, the Papal States (Lazio, Umbria, the Marches, and parts of Emilia and Romagna); the rest of Italy was controlled by Austria, directly from Vienna in the case of Lombardy-Veneto, and by Habsburg scions in the case of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany and the duchies of Parma and Modena. Italy's political unification was the product of four decisive developments: a changed international situation, following Napoleon III's decision to challenge Austria; the internal crisis of the old-regime Italian states, foreshadowed by the revolutionary triennium of 1796–9 and the failed revolutions of 1848–9; the divisions in the national democratic movement between the followers of Mazzini and Garibaldi; and the success of Cavour's strategy, which made Piedmont a beacon for liberals and those interested in Italian independence. Unification went well beyond the designs of its moderate architects and the external powers that made the process possible. Napoleon made no secret of his expectation that the new state would quickly fall apart. Had this happened it would have resulted in some form of Italian confederation, which was more in line with French plans for reviving their own hegemony in the Mediterranean. But Britain supported Garibaldi and Italy's political unification and independence.1


Las Abstract Anemia occurs when low iron concentrations cause the hemoglobin content of the blood to drop to below the amount required to meet the body's oxygen demands. Anemia appears in up to a third of women during the third trimester. This study was carried out with the objective of determining the frequency of anemia during pregnancy in women from 25 to 35 years of age who consulted at the Yaguarón Health Center, from March to June 2020. For this purpose, 67 women were taken as population and as a sample of 40 pregnant women who met the inclusion criteria. The sampling was non-probability of accidental type. It was determined that 59.7% of the pregnant women who consulted at the Yaguarón Health Center during the study period presented anemia during pregnancy. The highest percentage had iron deficiency anemia (82%). They started consuming ferrous sulfate and vitamin B12 in the second trimester and folic acid during the first trimester.


Of the functional groups covered in this chapter, by far the most common are the ketene aminals, accounting for approximately 50% of the literature in this area. Ketene aminals have been synthesized from a wide variety of functional groups, but the most popular methods involve the reaction of ketene dithioacetals or ketene N,S-acetals with relevant amines. In certain cases, prior oxidation of the ketene N,S-acetal is advantageous in order to introduce the second amine group. Methods have also been reported which avoid the release of foul smelling methylmercaptans. Improved methods of synthesizing ketene N,S-acetals as intermediates for the synthesis of mixed ketene aminals have been described.

The syntheses of enamines and nitroalkenes bearing a variety of relevant α-substituents have been reported over the last decade including the first reported syntheses of gem-amido nitro alkenes and gem-alkoxycarbonylamino nitro alkenes. A large variety of functions containing one nitrogen functional group and various phosphorus functional groups have been reported, the most common being gem-amido phosphonio alkenes, gem-amido phosphorylalkenes, and α-phosphorylenamines. Several reports have been published on the synthesis of enamines containing silicon, palladium, chromium, tungsten, and tin at the α-position.


Exercise prescription for patients with cardiovascular disease remains a challenge. The concept of exercising at an intensity equivalent to one's anaerobic threshold has been well studied and highly recommended in the fitness industry for other populations. For this concept to be applicable to patients with cardiovascular disease, the level and intensity of activity must not trigger myocardial ischemia.


Objective: The purposes of this study were to isolate and characterize mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) with osteogenic and adipogenic potential from umbilical cord blood (UCB). Methods: MSCs were isolated using a density gradient centrifugation and extensive subcultivation from UCB. The proliferation capability, cell cycle, cytochemical markers, and immunophenotype of these MSCs were measured. The transcript of osteoblast-specific markers, alkaline phosphatase (ALP), and calcium deposit were analyzed from MSCs cultured in osteogenic media for 1-4 weeks, and MSCs exposed in adipogenic media were stained by Oil red after 4 weeks of culture. Results: More than 84% of MSCs were in the G0/G1 phase of cell cycle. MSCs were positive for periodic acid-Schiff, and -naphthyl acetate esterase activity, but negative for sudan black-B, and ALP activities. MSCs expressed CD13, CD29, CD 44, CD49e, CD51, CD54, CD 90, SH2, and SH3, but did not express CD11b, CD14, CD31, CD34, CD45, CD49d, CD106, CD133, CD144, CD146, CD163, CD166, and Stro-1. When MSCs were cultured in osteogenic media for 1-4 weeks, they expressed transcripts of osteoblastic specific markers: Runx-2, ALP, and procollagen type I. During culture of 2-4 weeks, ALP activity was detected and quantification increased significantly, and the deposition of a calcified matrix became evident. Exposure of MSCs to adipogenic media resulted in morphological change stained by Oil Red O. Conclusion: These data indicate that UCB contains MSCs with osteogenic and adipogenic differentiation potential, and may serve as an potential source of MSCs to be utilized in cell therapy for various diseases.


. The Competitive companies, irrelevant of being public or private, in order to remain competitive and performing well, need and must be interested towards developing and establishing adequate performance measurement and management systems. Given the revolution of economic profit that for several decades have joined the field of corporate finance, there is a need to review existing performance management systems and provide guidance in continuous use of existing systems, or provide another view of successful innovations used by other companies and explore opportunities in adopting for internal company use. This paper examines the existing performance management system in the Post and Telecommunication J.S.C., the biggest corporation in Kosovo. This paper elaborates the use of an innovative measure called EVA. It also discusses the importance of Value Based Management, EVA concept as well as the use of 6M's. Paper concludes with several ideas on the advantages and disadvantages of EVA implementation and potential adoption as part of PTK's performance management system, which due to being a publically owned company with a privatization perspective will face it difficult to comply with strict requirements of EVA implementation in regards to its performance management approach.


805 2.3 l/min/m2). Pulmonary angiography revealed high ‐risk thromboembolic lesions, mainly total or subtotal segmental and subsegmental occlu‐ sions (FIGurE 1A and 1B). Based on age, comorbid‐ ities, and the distribution of lesions, the patient was deemed inoperable by a PEA ‐experienced car‐ diac surgeon. The patient underwent 8 successful BPA sessions, performed according to the previ‐ ously described protocol.3,4 In total, 27 segmen‐ tal and subsegmental pulmonary arteries were opened with restoration of pulmonary flow and without major complications (during one ses‐ sion, only moderate hemoptysis occurred).5 Right heart catheterization performed 15 months af‐ ter the last BPA session showed normal hemo‐ dynamics with mean pulmonary artery pressure of 18 mm Hg, pulmonary vascular resistance of 2 Wood units, cardiac index of 2,7 l/min/m2, and excellent angiographic outcome (FIGurE 1C and 1D). The patient is in the WHO functional class I with‐ out signs of right ventricular failure, N ‐termi‐ nal pro ‐B type natriuretic peptide plasma lev‐ el dropped from 1383 pg/ml to 144 pg/ml and the 6 ‐minute walk distance test increased from 240 to 550 meters. Whilst PEA is the treatment of choice in CTEPH, there is a growing body of evidence that BPA can result in normalization of hemodynam‐ ics, either with or without combination with PH‐ ‐targeted drugs.2 In the reported patient, despite high burden of lesions, refined BPA led to normal‐ ization of hemodynamics, with significant func‐ tional improvement and without any major ad‐ verse events in almost 2 years of follow ‐up. Our report demonstrates a new approach to complex patients with CTEPH in our high ‐volume BPA Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hyperten‐ sion (CTEPH) is a rare disease resulting from un‐ resolved, flow ‐limiting organized thrombi within proximal and distal pulmonary arteries and sec‐ ondary remodeling of the pulmonary microvas‐ cular bed. Pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) is the method of choice for curative treatment of CTEPH with excellent long ‐term results. Yet, in large registries, half of patients with CTEPH are not considered suitable for PEA, due to either technical or medical reasons. The current guide‐ lines of the European Society of Cardiology rec‐ ommend in this population either balloon pulmo‐ nary angioplasty (BPA), targeted medical therapy, or combination of both strategies.1 Yet, the first‐ ‐line therapy in patients with CTEPH, offering op‐ timal safety and efficacy, is to be determined.1,2 Herewith, we describe a patient with CTEPH and very complex, high ‐risk thromboembolic lesions on pulmonary angiography, with curative BPA as the first ‐choice therapy, without pulmonary hy‐ pertension (PH)‐targeted medical therapy. A 66 ‐year ‐old woman diagnosed with severe segmental and subsegmental type CTEPH, on long ‐term oral anticoagulation due to recurrent intermediate ‐high–risk PE, in World Health Or‐ ganization (WHO) functional class III and ev‐ ident signs of right heart failure, was referred to our department. She had coexisting chron‐ ic conditions, including hypertension, hyper‐ lipidemia, diabetes mellitus, and hypothyroid‐ ism. Right heart catheterization confirmed se‐ vere pulmonary hypertension (mean pulmonary artery pressure, 44 mm Hg; pulmonary artery wedge pressure, 10 mm Hg, pulmonary vascu‐ lar resistance, 9.3 Wood units, cardiac index, CLINICAL IMAGE


This article presents a very brief historical overview, and contemporary description, of the Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Famagusta, Northern Cyprus. In the light of the changing political situation in that island it invites scholarship in a range of disciplines to the church and to other historic landmarks within the old city walls. Scholars interested might include: art historians, architectural historians, civil engineers, archivists, historians, structural analysts, masonry conservators, surveyors, ecclesiastical historians, and a wider range of experts involved in the full study of other Gothic churches elsewhere in mainland Europe.


Human Noroviruses (HuNoVs) are important enteric pathogens, which affect the stomach and intestines, leading to gastroenteritis or more commonly called the "stomach flu" or "winter vomiting bug". HuNoVs are mainly transmitted by the fecal-oral route, either by directly infected person-to-person contact or directly via contaminated foods, water and surface areas. The virus is highly contagious as 10-100 virus particles are sufficient to cause diseases. HuNoVs can spread easily and cause prolonged outbreaks. This is due to their environmental persistence, high infectivity, being resistance to disinfection and difficulty in preventing transmission. HuNoVs are the most common causative agent leading to acute gastroenteritis among infectious diseases worldwide and poses a serious public health problem, especially among children being the most susceptible. In developing countries, the highest cost of medical care after respiratory infections is listed for acute gastroenteritis. In this study, Norovirus outbreaks, precautions, its identification and struggles were informed and some suggestions were made about this case.


1. Electrosurgical apparatus with an electrosurgical instrument, the detection device for detecting a predetermined component of the atmosphere in the surgical site, the apparatus comprises a sensor for reading the optical variable at the surgical site, and an operation unit that can be connected to the tool and has a generator power to provide high frequency power, wherein in the operation unit, means are provided for influencing I pas Electrosurgical process according to obnaruzheniya.2 device output signal. Electrosurgical apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least part of the detector device is located in the distal region electrosurgical instrumenta.3. Electrosurgical apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least part of the detector device is located in the proximal region of the electrosurgical instrument or is a tool and the tool has a first fluid passage adapted for the passage of gas through it into the device obnaruzheniya.4. The electrosurgical apparatus according to any one of claims 1-3, wherein the detection device has means for precipitation and analysis apparatus for analyzing aerosol or solid particles carried with gazom.5. Electrosurgical apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the means for influencing the process have Electrosurgical fluid source for supplying fluid to the electrosurgical operations suited to effect the electrosurgical process, in particular a cylinder with oxygen or noble gas or a water receiving tank


OBJECTIVE
To explore the effect of individualized nursing intervention on autologous arteriovenous fistula (AVF) dysfunction and the risk factors leading to failures in maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients.

METHODS
A total of 196 patients undergoing MHD in our hospital from March 2017 to May 2019 were recruited as the study cohort and divided into two groups according to the nursing method each patient underwent. The patients who underwent individualized nursing intervention were placed in the research group (RG, n = 107), and the patients who underwent routine nursing intervention were placed in the control group (CG, n = 89). The proportion of patients with primary dysfunction in the use of AVF was recorded, and the patients' psychological states, treatment compliance, and self-nursing abilities in the two groups before and after the nursing intervention were observed. The complications, the life treatment scores, and the patients' nursing satisfaction were recorded after the nursing intervention. A logistic regression analysis was performed for the patients with initial AVF dysfunction.

RESULTS
Compared with the CG, the patients in the RG after the nursing intervention had statistically lower AVF dysfunction rates, notably lower SAS and SDS scores, remarkably higher total compliance rates and ESCA scores, and a dramatically lower total incidence of complications. AVF dysfunction occurred in 26 of 196 patients (13.4%) during the follow-up, with an increased risk of AVF loss in patients over 60 years old, lower blood pressure, higher hemoglobin concentrations, lower treatment compliance, self-care inability, and routine nursing interventions. After the nursing, the WHOQOL-BREF and nursing satisfaction scores in the RG were noticeably higher than they were in the CG.

CONCLUSION
Autologous AVF dysfunction is the result of multiple risk factors, and personalized nursing can reduce the incidence of complications, improve patients' treatment compliance and self-care abilities, and ameliorate their quality of life.


Summary In this work, PDSL(pre-detection sort last) and SDSL(strip-wise decomposition sort last) parallel visualization algorithms are proposed for efficient visualization of massive data generated from large-scale parallel finite element analysis through investigating the characteristics of distributed parallel finite element analysis procedure. The proposed parallel visualization algorithms are based on the sort last approach, and designed to be highly compatible with the characteristics of domain-wise computation in parallel finite element analysis. To investigate the performances of proposed algorithms, in-house software is developed by applying the binary tree network communication pattern along with the proposed sorting algorithms, and benchmarking test for parallel visualization is carried out.


Aiming at the problem of filtering malicious information which contains transformed keyword,this paper presents a feature extraction method in Chinese text based on flexible matching.The method adopts flexible matching technology to identify transformed keyword,improves the computational method of feature term weight in Vector Space Model(VSM).The keyword which has transmutative form is endowed high weight to enhance extraction efficiency for feature information.Experimental result shows that the method of feature information extraction for filtering has high recall in the condition of ensuring precision.


Peaceful nuclear programmes in non-nuclear-weapon states are fully transparent, largely because of the application of international safeguards administered by the IAEA. By contrast, military nuclear activities have traditionally been shrouded in secrecy. All aspects of fissile material and warhead production, warhead numbers, deployments and capabilities, were and, to a great extent, continue to be closely guarded and classified as national secrets. The aim of this paper, which draws upon a recently completed SIPRI study, is to illustrate a range of technical and non-technical issues related to establishing transparency for nuclear warheads and associated materials in nuclear-weapon states, having in mind two overarching considerations: achieving deeper and irreversible nuclear reductions.


This paper examines two basic components on which survival of any ethnic group is predicated. It will be followed by a discussion of how the Jews in the U.S. have coped with their own survival. Racism and other situational factors in society exist and impact on the way a group survives. This paper is not addressing simply the causes and impact of racism per se but goes beyond them to an examination of coping strategies when the very survival of a specific population is threatened.


To assess the level of intestinal parasite and malaria infection, a total of 806 consenting individuals were randomly selected from Tach Gayint District. The prevalence of malaria, intestinal protozoa and helminth infections and co-infections in the area were determined. The study was conducted in two seasons, November/December, 2008 (after the big rains) and April/May, 2009 (after the small rains). Blood film determination, direct wet mount and concentration techniques were respectively used for diagnosis of malaria and intestinal parasites. The overall prevalence of intestinal parasites was the same in the two seasons, 67.28% (November/December) and 67.20% (April/May), indicating lack of variation in intestinal parasite burden during the two dry periods of the year. However, the prevalence of hookworm, S. mansoni and A. lumbricoides were significantly higher in the age groups below 14 years (P > 0.05). The prevalence of T. trichiura in school children was much higher (21.08%) than in the adult population (3.33%) (P > 0.001) and the cumulative prevalence of H. nana in school children (7.98%) was also significantly (P = 0.003) higher than in the adult population (3.30%).


Astro-WISE is a scientific information system for the data processing of optical images. In this paper we review main features of Astro-WISE and describe the current status of the system.


. Analysis of Variety of Foreign Exchange Transactions (Al-Sharf) in the Review of Islamic Law. The purpose of this study is to find out the views of Islamic law in Indonesia regarding foreign exchange transactions or Al-Sharf which is one of the transaction tools that affects the fulfillment of basic human needs globally today. Buying and selling currency is allowed as long as it is paid in cash and the exchange rate of a country's currency will be exchanged for the exchange rate of the currency desired by the buyer. This factor will be examined by the author using the approach of norms and sources of Islamic law, especially those that apply in Indonesia. This research is literature research conducted by reviewing various documents, both books, and writings that discuss foreign exchange buying and selling which are studied and analyzed based on the view of Islamic law.