This paper describes system that was developed for measurement of voltage and current during welding with CMT (ColdMetalTransfer) welding robot. System should assist welding machine operator with inspection of products. Main objective was to record welding signal, separate individual joints, normalize signal, and compare it with reference signal from database. Result of analysis should be detection of faulty or missing joints right on the site. System consists of data acquisition unit with two ADC (analog to digital converter) channels, protective and scaling circuits, operator software for analysis and database software for storage data and configuration in database. During development, method of joint separation was changed many times, growing database was changed to SQL (Structured Query Language) database with separate software and we found that because of differences between individual welders and joints, auto-scaling of input is necessary.


This paper presents a low-profile dual-band filtering antenna element and its application to long-term evolution (LTE) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system for wireless customer premise equipments (CPEs). The proposed element consists of two separate U-shaped patches operating at different frequencies and a multistub microstrip feed line. For size miniaturization, the smaller U-shaped patch is embedded in the larger one. In addition, the multistub feed line can generate two controllable resonant modes as well as two nulls in realized gain at the boresight direction. Since the modes of the patches and multistub feed line can be controlled individually, the two operating bands can be tuned to desired frequencies. Also, the radiation nulls in boresight gain can be controlled, high roll-off rate and out-of-band radiation rejection levels are thus obtained. For demonstration, a low profile (0.009λ0) dual-band filtering antenna element operating at 1.9 and 2.6 GHz for TD-LTE applications (B39 and B38-bands) is implemented. Dual-band bandpass responses and four radiation nulls are observed in the experiment. Measured in-band gains are 6.7 and 7.3 dBi, whereas out-of-band gains are less than -10 dBi. Based on this element, a four-element MIMO antenna is further designed for LTE CPEs, where low profile and high integration of multiple components are required. A low mutual coupling of less than -19.2 dB and the low envelope correlation coefficients of better than 0.2 are obtained with a small edge-to-edge spacing of 0.15λ0.


Heart of young SD rats was dispersed into cell suspension, in which about 40 % of cells were non-cardiac muscle cells, as designated by the name of mesenchymo-cytes.The results in this paper indicated that the non-cardiac muscle cells were able to recover the chemically or physically damaged cardiac muscle cells under the condition of being cultured in vitro.


Objective
To explore the effect of male chromosomal polymorphism on spermatozoa quality and in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection-embryo transfer (IVF/ICSI-ET) outcomes.

Methods
A retrospective analysis was performed in 131 couples with male chromosomal polymorphism as study group, and 160 couples with normal chromosomes as control group.

Results
There was a statistically significant difference about the ratio of severe oligozoospermia/asthenospermia between study group (19.85%) and control group (5.00%, P<0.001). Yqh+ was the most frequently occurring in patients with severe oligozoospermia/asthenospermia (38.46%). The secondary was Yqh-(15.38%). 1qh+ was the most frequently occurring in men with autosomal polymorphism with severe oligozoospermia/asthenospermia (19.23%). There were no significant differences in the female age, female body mass index (BMI), female basic sex hormone level, PR% and the proportion of normal spermatozoa, number of oocytes retrieved and transplantation between study group and control group. When undergoing IVF-ET treatment, the implantation rate (17.42%), the clinical pregnancy rate (28.17%) in study group were significantly lower than those in control group (32.26%, 59.38%)(P<0.05). There was no significant increase in early abortion rate between the two groups. There was no significant difference in clinical outcomes between the two groups when undergoing ICSI-ET treatment. In addition, the good-quality embryo rate was higher in study group (75.24%±23.68%) than in control group (49.97%±29.31%) (P<0.05). In study group, the implantation rate (34.78%) and the clinical pregnancy rate (52.00%) were significantly higher among the patients undergoing ICSI-ET treatment than those undergoing IVF-ET treatment (17.42%, 28.17%) (P<0.05).

Conclusion
It suggests that male chromosome polymorphism can increase the ratio of severe oligozoospermia/asthenospermia. Male chromosome polymorphism has an adverse effect on IVF reproductive outcome and has no obvious effect on ICSI reproductive outcome.

Key words:
Male chromosomal polymorphism; Spermatozoa quality; In vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF/ICSI); Pregnancy outcome; Yqh+; 1qh+


The two Air Force Geophysics Laboratory low-energy spherical electrostatic analyzers aboard Injun 5 have provided observations which are used in conjuction with simultaneous Lepedea observations to study the energetic and ambient thermal plasmas in the evening sector topside ionosphere. Significant thermal electron flux enhancements are observed in the vicinity of the inverted V structures which could be due to either auroral return currents or ionospheric scale height changes. Enhanced hyperthermal (E>28 eV) fluxes of positive ions, as well as vehicle potential modulations, are observed as the satellite passes through inverted V events. At 2500 km the polar cap electron density, temperature, and energy density were 89 +- 41cm/sup -3/, 2234 +- 480/sup 0/K, and 16.2 +- 5.8 eV/cm/sup 3/, respectively. Higher energy densities were found during times of magnetic disturbance. Persistent fluxes of hyperthermal electrons are identified with the polar rain observed with Isis 2 experiments. Finally, evidence is cited for the existence of small-scale (20 km) structures within the region of plasma sheet precipitation.


Hypoxanthine -guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT IMP: pyrophosphate phosphoribosyltransferase, EC 126.96.36.199) is a purine salvage enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of hypoxanthine and guanine to their respective 5 '-mononucleotides. Partial deficiency of HPRT results in hyperuricemia, hyperuric aciduria, uric acid nephrolithiasis, and precocious gout arthritis (Kelley et al., 1967). Total deficiency or virtually complete deficiency leads to the Lesch-Nyhan (LN) syndrome, an X-chromosome linked neurological disease (Lesch and Nyhan, 1964). In addition to hyperuricemia and hyperuric aciduria, LN disease is characterized by a devastating neurological dysfunction, the hallmarks of which are mental retardation, spasticity, choreoathetosis, and compulsive self-mutilation (Lesch and Nyhan, 1964; Seegmiller et al., 1967). Subjects with HPRT deficiency reveal a striking degree of phenotypic and genotypic variation with a preponderance of single DNA base substitutions (Sculley et al., 1992). Since the HPRT gene is located on the X chromosome, this syndrome usually occurs only in males. However, in a recent publication (Aral et al., 1995a), we reported the molecular identification of HPRT deficiency in a female with a typical form of the LN syndrome. The genetic basis of this HPRT deficiency resulted from a nonrandom pattern of X-chromosome inactivation with a preferential inactivation of the maternal Xchromosome and a de novo point mutation in exon 6 (HPRT,,,,) on an active paternal X-chromosome. In the present survey of 10 French independent male LN index cases, we have screened the entire coding region of HPRT gene for mutations and found two novel mutations (HPRT,,, and HPRTR,,,,,,). Our data contribute to the establishment of a common database of mutational spectrum of HPRT deficiencies in Europe.


1Student, Dept. Of Civil engineering, Indus Institute of Engg. and Tech., Kinana, Haryana, India 2Assistant Professor, Dept. Of Civil engineering, Indus Institute of Engg. and Tech., Kinana, Haryana, India 3Assistant Professor, Dept. Of Civil engineering, Indus Institute of Engg. and Tech., Kinana, Haryana, India 4Assistant Professor, Dept. Of Civil engineering, Indus Institute of Engg. and Tech., Kinana, Haryana, India ---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------Abstract The main focus of this research was to improve the engineering properties of soil by using jute fibre treating with the sand. Jute fibre is treated with the sand to enhance the engineering properties in case of pavement and earthen slopes. The aim of the present investigation is to determine the jute geo textile as soil reinforcement or soil stabilizer. This analysis discusses the potential of fine sand stabilization with jute is cut into approximately 20mm lengths as admixture. Present work has been taken up by addition of 20mm jute pieces as admixture. The varying percentage 0.25%, 0.50%, 0.75%, 1% of jute pieces of jute geo-textile were mixed with fine sand of different densities and moisture content. All the Unconfined Compressive Strength Tests were conducted at different mix compositions of square pieces of plastic waste and fine sand of different dry densities as arrived from Standard Proctor Test. On the basis of the experiments performed, it is determined that the stabilization of fine sand using 20mm pieces of jute as admixture improves the strength characteristics of the fine sand so that it becomes usable as construction of embankment.


With the development of society, the popularization of Putonghua, the increase of floating population, the promotion of urbanization and the transformation of the inner cities, both the using scope of dialects and the environment of using dialects obviously become weaker. On the other hand, according to the relationship between the establishment of courses and the objects of talents training in local undergraduate colleges and universalities, the courses on local dialect and culture should be paid proper attention. This article will proceed from the importance of dialect and culture and the problems in the establishment of language and culture courses in local undergraduate colleges and universities therefore demonstrate the importance and feasibility of setting up the local dialect and culture courses.


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To improve the accuracy and speed of temperature measurement as well as the precise location of the arm in the modern disintegrating apparatus,a high quality control system of temperature measurement was designed based on a PT100platinum resistance and single-chip microcomputer, termed as STC12C5A60S2. The photoelectric switches detected the movements of the arm to achieve an accurate parking. The electric bridge circuit and multiple reference levels, could form a new type PT100 temperature index table, and compensate the measurement error after calibration. Finally, the high-accuracy measurement with effectively compensating deviation was achieved by EEPROM. In term of controlling temperature, the system employed a means of PWM like to control the temperature of heater. It was tested that this system could measure temperature quickly and efficiently, and the accuracy is significantly higher than the products available in the market.


Toxocara canis is an Ascarideo nematode, common in the small intestine of dogs, which become infected through transplacental migration by galactogen way, or embryonated eggs ingestion. It also infects humans, mainly affects children under five years old, producing human toxocariasis, and classified as a neglected zoonosis. Infestation is especially spread by ingestion of contaminated soil and vegetables without adaquated health management, and causing illiness such as Migratory Syndrome Visceral Larva, plus dermal and ocular toxocariasis. The aim of the study was to determine by the Sloss technique the presence of Toxocara canis eggs in Duitama three public parks soils, besides to identify the Toxocara canis transmission mechanisms in the population that goes to these parks. For that purpose, were collected 76 samples from the ground, 10 cm long, by 10 cm wide, and 3 cm depth, then stored in sealed plastic bags, for a later study at the laboratory. The results indicate that parasite eggs were found in 34.7% of the samples collected, ponting a risk level to the population. According to Variables pH, humidity and strata, no association between them and the identification ofthe egg was obtained. Nevertheless, the presence of T. canis in the parks indicates that the population of the city of Duitama is exposed to the serious potential risk of acquiring the parasite.


This paper introduces the basic theory of creep strength design of high temperature components and analyzes the creep strength of main steam valve body of USC turbines using FEA method and related creep theory.It is indicated that the design of main steam valve body of USC turbines is successful.This analytical method has reference meaning in creep analysis of turbine\'s high temperature parts.


An important issue for agricultural planning is to estimate evapotranspiration accurately due to its fundamental role in the sustainable use of water resources. In this sense, it is essential to have reliable and precise evapotranspiration measurements to improve models or products, mainly related to predicting droughts. The main objective of the present study is to evaluate the Support Vector Machine Regression's (SVR) potential to estimate the actual evapotranspiration (ETa) through a NASA-Power dataset in the Pampean Region of Argentina. The results obtained were compared with ETa values (water balance), based on information from 12 agro-meteorological stations (1983 – 2012). After training and validating the SVR algorithm, we observed statistical mean errors of 0.39 ± 0.07 mm/d, 0.54 ± 0.09 mm/d, and 0.67 ± 0.07 for the MAE, RMSE, and R2, respectively. The results show the feasibility of applying machine learning algorithms for obtaining ETa values in agricultural plains without agro-meteorological data.


IONS OCCURRING IN MUSIC RECOGNITION Simultaneous Interval Recognition and Transposition The unit of the musical scale as conventionally defined is the semitone. When two tones are played simultaneously we are able to tell how many semitones they are apart independently of the absolute pitch of the component tones. Thus, two tones three semitones apart constitute a minor third, four semitones apart constitute a major third, and seven semitones constitute a fifth. In physical terms, since the musical scale of pitch stands in logarithmic relationship to the frequency scale, intervals appear identical if they stand in the same physical ratios to each other. An octave is produced by the physical ratio 1 : 2, a fifth by the ratio 2 : 3, and so on. Thus equal frequency ratios appear as equal intervals. Chord Recognition and Transposition Just as with intervals, we are able to classify simultaneous combinations of more than two tones, independently of their component frequencies. For instance a combination of three tones of which the lowest and middle are four semitones apart, and the middle and the highest three semitones apart is known as the root form of the major triad. It might be thought that chord recognition follows logically from interval recognition; however, it can be shown that abstraction of all the intervals involved in a chord does not uniquely define the chord. Consider, for instance, the root forms of the major and minor triads. As shown in Figure 1 they are both composed of a major third, a minor third, and a fifth. However, they sound quite different. Thus the problem of how we abstract chords is not solved by the knowledge of how we abstract intervals. Tune Recognition and Transposition A tune is a series of successive intervals. When two tones are played successively, we are able to tell how far apart they are from each other on the musical scale, independently of their absolute pitch (in physical terms, we abstract their ratios independently of their absolute frequencies). This process of abstraction is so fundamental that it is easier for us to remember a tune than it is to remember the absolute pitch of the component tones. We transpose tunes so readily that it is extremely difficult for us not to do so. Tune recognition is more complicated than simultaneous interval abstraction because it involves recognition of the time order in which the two components of the interval occurred. For instance all three intervals in Figure 2 sound different although their component frequencies are identical. Recognition and Transposition of Sequences of Chords It follows from the transposability of harmonic sequences that we abstract successive relationships not only between tones played separately, but also between simultaneous combinations of tones. Such successive relationships may however be defined by specifying all the abstracted successive intervals involved. For illustra-


The binary-window capacitor switching algorithm is proposed for a binary-weighted capacitor array successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC). It eliminates the middle-code transition glitch to improve ADC linearity. The swapping binary-window (SBW) DAC switching technique, which combines the capacitor swapping and the binary-window switching, further improves both linearity and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). It can effectively reduce the total capacitance to approach a noise-limited design criterion, achieving better energy-efficiency. The static linearity improvements are shown with the integral non-linearity (INL) reducing by a factor of two due to the utilization of the SBW technique.


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As one of the serviceability limit states, the prediction and control of crack width in reinforced concrete bridges or PSC bridges are very important for the design of durable structures. However, the current bridge design specifications do not provide quantitative information for the prediction and control of crack width affected by the initiation and propagation of corrosion. Considering life span of concrete bridges, an improved control equation about the crack width affected by time-dependent general corrosion is proposed. The developed corrosion and crack width control models can be used for the design and the maintenance of prestressed and non-prestressed reinforcements by varying time, w/c, cover depth, and geometries of the sections. It can also help the rational criteria for the quantitative management and the prediction of remaining life of concrete structures.


The purpose of this research is to know the chemical nature of liquid organic fertilizer (LOF) based on various organic wastes and their effect on soybean growth. The study was conducted using a randomized block design with 9 treatment of LOF type applications. made from water hyacinth waste and a variety of additional composition of other organic wastes. Each of these treatments was repeated 3 times, requiring 27 experimental plots each with an area of 18 m2. The parameters observed were the chemical properties of LOF and the growth of soybean crop (plant height, number of leaves). The data obtained were analysed by analysis of variance when there was real difference, then continued with Least Significant difference (LSD test) 5%. The results showed that LOF contained some essential nutrients needed by plants, it is containing Nutrition Plants: N, P, and K, with C / N ratio: low. In addition also contains various bacteria that can improve the growth of soybean crops. Application of LOF in the field of agriculture can also prevent the occurrence of land degradation, as well as a solution in overcoming the problem of organic waste.


The purpose of this Article is to show how the Yoruba and the Ibo people of Nigeria often use proverbs to express the need for people to be careful in whatever they do in life. This research work focuses on the proverbs that Nigerian Yoruba and Ibo people often use to express carefulness in people, so as to guarantee better life for them, and of course to make the people stay out of trouble at all times. This research work therefore aims at exploring the social implications of the usage of the proverbs that instill carefulness in people, within the Yoruba and the Ibo people's cultural terrain.


Nowadays, food safety has become an increasingly important aspect to be considered, particularly in developing countries such as Indonesia. Yogyakarta is known for its plethora of street foods, which are sold in public places and school environments. In the present work, the microbiological safety of such street foods, particularly skewered meatballs, was assessed. The present work aimed to detect enteropathogenic bacterial contaminations, particularly enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC), using a combination of microbiological, biochemical assay API 20E, and molecular characterisation of virulence factor by ipaH primer pairs. The results confirmed the presence of bacterial contamination particularly from the most-common coliform group. The street food vendors must be educated by presenting information that the total bacterial count has exceeded the safety threshold. The microbiological examination confirmed the presence of suspected enteropathogenic colonies, based on the biochemical assays. Molecular identification of three isolates yielded positive results containing ipaH gene, which is a strong indication of EIEC-type of bacteria, most probably E. coli and Shigella spp.


The cover picture of this issue is an optical microscopy image of an yttrium-barium-copper oxide surface grown by liquid phase epitaxy. It shows the spiral-growth characteristics and the mosaic-like structure of the film.

This issue of physica status solidi (a) also contains Original Papers presented at the XI Latin American Congress of Surface Science and Its Applications (XI CLACSA), Pucon, Chile, 7–12 December 2003. The Proceedings of this conference are to be continued in phys. stat. sol. (b) 241, No. 10 (2004) and in an online issue of phys. stat. sol. (c) 1, No. S1 (2004).

The issue is completed by a number of papers from the Conference on Photo-responsive Materials, Kariega Game Reserve, South Africa, 25–29 February 2004. Full Proceedings of this meeting are published in phys. stat. sol. (c) 1, No. 9 (2004). The plenary presentation by David C. Look on "The future of ZnO light emitters" [2] appears as Editor's Choice. (© 2004 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)


As participants in a western regional research project entitled "Economic Analysis of Range and Ranch Management Decisions on Western Livestock Ranches," agricultural economists from the 11 Western states plus Texas and Hawaii have developed a set of consistent budgets for cattle ranches for almost all areas in the region. The budgets are stratified by ranch size within each subarea. They are consistent across all subareas in that the researchers used standardized methods in the development of the budget material and present the budgets in a standardized fashion. Thus, for the first time, it will be possible to make detailed comparisons of the organizations, costs and returns among livestock producing areas throughout the entire Western region.


Wavefront measurements have been made with the COME-ON adaptive optics prototype system on the ESO 3.6 m telescope at La Silla (Chile). Two types of data have been recorded : the atmospheric wavefronts and the residual wavefront errors after correction by the adaptive optics system.
 A spatial and temporal characterization is performed through both angle-of-arrival fluctuation analysis and wavefront modal expansion. Correlation times and atmospheric cut-off frequencies are deduced for different seeing conditions. The outer scale of the turbulence is also determined.
 The servoloop transfer function is analysed. The adaptive optics gain is expressed in terms of wavefront fluctuation attenuation. Different types of servoloop control are compared. During these experiments, the maximum servoloop bandwidth has reached 25 Hz for a 100 Hz sampling frequency.


Room temperature ionic liquids were adsorbed on the surface of the multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) by electrostatic interaction between carboxyl groups on the chemically oxidized MWCNTs surface and room temperature ionic liquids. The cations of ionic liquids and carboxyl groups on the carbon nanotube surface are put into a one-to-one correspondence by the electrostatic interaction. Negatively charged 15 nm gold nanoparticles are subsequently anchored to the surface of the MWCNTs through the electrostatic interaction between the ionic liquids and the gold nanoparticles. Gold nanoparticles are selectively attached to chemically functionalized surface sites of carbon nanotubes. This approach provides an efficient method to attach other nanostructures to carbon nanotubes and can be used as an illustrative detection of the functional groups on carbon nanotube surfaces.


BACKGROUND
Endothelial cell (EC) activation plays an important role in inflammation, hemostasis, and organ rejection of allogeneic and xenogeneic transplantation. These processes leads to rapid and transient up-regulation of proinflammatory molecules, such as the adhesion molecule E-selectin and the chemotactic cytokine IL-8. The purpose of this study was to investigate the specific effects of several major and potentially synergistic immunosuppressive drugs-cyclosporin A (CsA), rapamycin (Rap), and glucocorticoids (GC)-on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)- or tumor necrosis factor (TNF)alpha-induced EC activation

METHODS
The ability of immunosuppressive drugs, used alone or in combination, to prevent in vitro TNFalpha- and LPS-induced expression of E-selectin and interleukin 8 on porcine ECs, as well as their effect on leukocyte-EC interaction, were investigated. In addition, we studied the in vivo effect of these drugs after i.v. administration of recombinant TNFalpha to rats.

RESULTS
At high concentrations, which correspond to the acceptable experimental levels in primate xenograft recipients, CsA, Rap, and GC individually inhibited E-selectin protein induction in a dose-dependent manner in cultured porcine ECs treated with LPS with an additive effect when the drugs were associated. The pattern of drug-mediated inhibition was related to the stimulus used to activate ECs (i.e., LPS vs. TNFalpha). Reduced expression of E-selectin on ECs activated in the presence of the tested immunosuppressive drugs correlated with a weaker adhesion of human U937 cells to ECs. Messenger RNA analysis demonstrated that the presence of CsA, Rap, and GC during EC activation inhibited E-selectin and interleukin 8 at the gene expression level. LPS-mediated induction of IbetaBalpha expression was not observed in ECs treated with CsA, whereas GC reduced its transcripts by approximately 50%. It is interesting that in vivo studies confirmed that CsA and GC inhibited EC activation at therapeutic doses (1 mg/kg and 10 mg/kg for GC and CsA, respectively) and showed that the combination of CsA and GC efficiently prevents TNFalpha-mediated induction of E-selectin on cardiac ECs.

CONCLUSION
Our data show that, besides their specific immunosuppressive effects on T cells, CsA, Rap, and GC can efficiently contribute to the attenuation of EC activation in vivo and the resulting inhibition is enhanced by the association of CsA with GC.


CASE PRESENTATION A 50-year-old woman presented with a newly diagnosed right pulmonary arteriovenous malformation (PAVM) discovered during follow-up imaging after a cholecystectomy. The patient denied a history of stroke, transient ischemic attack, epistaxis, hemoptysis, dyspnea/hypoxia, exercise intolerance, or other symptoms related to right-to-left shunting. The cardiac and pulmonary physical examinations were unremarkable, including for murmurs or audible bruits. The patient had no family history of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia or other risk factors for lymphovascular malformations. Her preprocedural contrast-enhanced CT demonstrated a 1-cm PAVM (simple type) with a single feeding artery (segmental pulmonary artery) ranging from 2.8 to 3.4 mm in diameter and a single draining vein (pulmonary vein) measuring 4.1 mm (Figure 1). On further workup, the patient had no evidence of cardiac abnormalities or other respiratory diseases. Her past medical and surgical histories were significant only for symptomatic cholelithiasis requiring cholecystectomy. Despite the lack of clinical symptoms, given the increased risk of future adverse events (feeding vessel > 3 mm),1 the decision was made to proceed with transcatheter embolization of the PAVM.


Aiming at the design requirements of stability,efficiency and low-power of down-hole for micro-resistivity imaging logging tool,a novel digital phase-sensitive detection algorithm is proposed.The method mainly includes dividing phase accumulation,common factor multiplication,matching addition,arctangent and square root calculations,etc.Among them,the dividing phase accumulation is accomplished in the acquisition module FPGA,the common factor multiplication and the matching addition are accomplished in the processing module FPGA and the arctangent and square root calculations are accomplished in the processing module DSP.By phase-sensitive detection method,system power consumption can be effectively reduced and accurate measurement of formation impedance can be achieved at the same time.


The genus Eclipidrilus is recongnized from the unique apomorphy of elongate of elongate atria with spiral muscles. The spermathecae are in segment IX, the male pores, in X, and female pores in 10/1...


In his second critical study of modern Spanish poetry, Mayhew explores the literary self-consciousness of several major poets -- Guillen, Salinas, Aleixandre, Valente, Gil de Biedma, and Guillermo Carnero.


The ancient Carian city of Aphrodisias is located in southwestern Turkey, near the modern village of Geyre, in the upper valley of Morsynus River. The city was famous in antiquity for its sanctuary of Aphrodite and its marble sculptors. The first systematic excavations at the site started in 1961 and still continue today. One of the most important structures at the site is the Temple of Aphrodite dedicated to the patron deity of the city. The first phase of the temple is dated to 30 BC, it was enlarged in the 1st century AD and it was then converted into a church in late antiquity. The finds discovered in the excavations of the sanctuary present quite important information about the history of the temple. Amongst the finds, a significant group consists of terracotta figurines. Several areas of the temple were excavated in the 1960's and during these field works, a total of 32 fragments of figurines were brought to light. The figurines were mostly unearthed in the temenos of the sanctuary. Since the temple had a long and complicated history, the context of the figurines is not very clear. The majority of the figurines represents females. Female types include seated female representations, which were popular in the Archaic Period, fragments of head and drapery reflecting the Tanagra type and various female heads, which were widespread during the Hellenistic and Roman Periods. Furthermore, a relief representing an "Aphrodite-Eros" group has been evaluated within this study. The existence of the "Naked Aphrodite" type is proven through several body and arm fragments. There are two representations of Eros. One is an infant Eros on a relief fragment, the other is a nude youth on an applique fragment of a relief vase. It seems that the male figurines are the least favoured votive offerings to Aphrodite among the figurines from the sanctuary. They are represented with only two examples; the back of a draped kouros figurine and the fragment of head. Another group in this study is the animal representations including dove, bear, ram and cattle, which are all solid and decorated with incisions and lines. All the figurines in this study are votive offerings to Aphrodite and they give information about the cultic activities for the goddess. The scarcity of male figurines is to be expected in the dedication of the votive offerings to deities. Animal representations like dove figurines, are important in terms of indicating the sacred elements in the cult of Aphrodite. The earliest figurines from the sanctuary are dated to the 6th century BC after which there is a hiatus until the 3rd century BC, when the dedication of figurines start again and continue increasingly until the 1st century AD. Thus, the terracotta figurines dedicated to the Aphrodisian Aphrodite that had originated from a local cult, are significant in terms of reflecting the history, the structure and the function of the cult.


Four novel [Sr(thd)2(L)]n (n=2; L=diethylenetriamine (I), n=1; L= triethylenetetramine (II), tetraethylenepentamine (III), and tris(2-aminoethyl)amine (IV)) complexes were synthesized by the reaction of Sr(thd)2 with corresponding polyamines in THF and characterized by FTIR, H NMR and single-crystal X-ray crystallography. Complex I exists as a dimmer in the solid state in which two strontium atoms are bridged by two thd ligands. Complexes II and III exist as monomers in the solid state and in both complexes, the polyamine ligands are coordinated to the central strontium atom in a meridional fashion, with the two thd ligands on opposite sides of the neutral ligand plane. Complex IV also exist as a monomer in the solid state. In this molecule, strontium atom is eight-coordinate with all of the nitrogens of the amine ligand and all oxygens of the thd ligand binding to the metal atom. The amine ligand is coordinated to one side of the metal atom and resulting in a cis-relationship. Thermogravimetric analysis shows that complexes I, II, III and IV are sufficiently volatile and sublimed without residue. © 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.


A new and direct nano-microprocessing technique for poly(9,9'-dioctylfluorene) (PFO) films using proton beam writing (PBW) based on the cross-linking reaction of the polymer without a cross-linking agent was proposed. Not only the surface morphology but also structure size and shape on PFO films can be controlled from the nanometer to micrometer scale by adjusting the fluence of incident protons. Fabrication of three-dimensional PFO structures with an aspect ratio of 12 was successfully demonstrated by PBW with the adjustment of fluence at 3.5×106 ions/µm2.


Supercritical catalytic cracking of hydrocarbon fuels over zeolite coatings is an important technique to improve cooling capacity of hydrocarbon fuels for the advanced aircraft. A series of HZSM-5 zeolite coatings with different thickness (6.13−18.27 μm) was prepared in the stainless steel tubes by washcoating methods to study the effect of the coating thickness on the catalytic activity, deactivation of catalyst, and adhesion strength. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) characterization of prepared coatings indicated that the uniformity of the coating surface as well as the thickness was enhanced by repeated washcoating. The catalytic activity and deactivation of the coatings was investigated using catalytic cracking of n-dodecane under supercritical phase (550 °C, 4.0 MPa). It was found that the catalytic activity during 30 min raises from 12.5 to 19.2% (about 53.2% improvements) when the thickness of the HZSM-5 coating increases from 6.13 to 18.27 μm, but the significant deactivation was also observed ...


This paper reports the activities aimed at teachers and high school students in Lubuk Linggau, which went smoothly, interspersed with questions and answers. Demo and presentation, which are program activities, also run smoothly. The theme of community service activities is making a supercapacitor and battery and explaining the material used to make both energy storage devices. In addition, the team also presented basic knowledge about potentiostats and multimeters as test instruments related to electrochemistry. The activity went smoothly, interspersed with questions and answers—the demo and training have run smoothly. The theme of program activities includes the demo and training of preparing supercapacitor - batteries, explaining the materials - tools employed to make the energy storage devices. In addition, the team also presented basic knowledge about supercapacitors, batteries, potentiostats, and other tools related to electrochemistry. The activities of teachers and students at school took place very enthusiastically in receiving direction and counseling from the team. The enthusiasm can be seen in the active discussions between the team and members of these community groups. Group members feel the positive value of the activities carried out by the team. Generally, the team and participant can work out the ideas contained in the patent well. The team recommends some extended programs to propose, such as (a) similar activities should be carried out continuously to increase acknowledgment. (b) collaborating with others, and (c) developing online lab work.


Wave energy converters generate electricity from the motion of the ocean's waves. To make wave energy converters cost effective they need to be designed to be highly reliable and low maintenance. The wave energy converter must be capable of efficiently converting the very high torques and low-speed motions created by the waves into higher speeds and lower torque that can be more suitably used for power generation. This paper presents the electromagnetic design of a coaxial magnetic gear (MG) for use in a wave energy converter that can operate with a torque density ≥ 300 Nm/L. A coaxial magnetic gear creates torque-speed change without any physical contact and therefore does not require gear lubrication and will never suffer from tooth wear. A numerical based coaxial magnetic gear sizing analysis is presented. The presented MG design is shown to be capable of breaking the ≥ 300 Nm/L torque density barrier and therefore its performance is competitive with equivalent mechanical gear designs.


Abstract We analyze the discounted probability of exponential Parisian ruin for the so-called scaled classical Cramér–Lundberg risk model. As in Cohen and Young (2020), we use the comparison method from differential equations to prove that the discounted probability of exponential Parisian ruin for the scaled classical risk model converges to the corresponding discounted probability for its diffusion approximation, and we derive the rate of convergence.


IS1 ESTROGENS AND THE OSTEOPROTEGERIN/RANK-LIGAND SYSTEM LC Hofbauer, V Viereck. Division of Gastroenterology and Endocrinology Philipps-University, Baldingerstr. D-35033 Marburg, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics University of Goettingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, D-37075 Göttingen, Germany Bone remodeling is a life-long coordinated process of osteoclastic bone resorption and osteoblastic bone formation that rejuvenates the skeleton while maintaining its structure. Recently, receptor activator of NF-κB ligand (RANKL) has been identified as essential cytokine for the formation and activation of osteoclasts. The effects of RANKL are physiologically counter-balanced by the decoy receptor osteoprotegerin (OPG). The balance between RANKL and OPG is regulated by cytokines, hormones, and drugs, and crucially determines osteoclast functions and bone resorption. Alterations of the RANKL-to-OPG ratio are essential in the pathogenesis of bone diseases that result from increased bone resorption, including postmenopausal osteoporosis. Several lines of evidence implicate the OPG/RANKL system in the pathogenesis of osteoporosis following estrogen deficiency: (I) Estrogen receptor agonists are able to enhance OPG production in human osteoblasts through stimulating of osteoblastic differentiation. Our groups have demonstrated these effects for 17β-estradiol, the phytoestrogen genistein, and the selective estrogen receptor modulator raloxifene (II) Marrow stromal cells as well as B and T lymphocytes from postmenopausal women display higher levels of RANKL expression than premenopausal women or postmenopausal women on estrogen replacement therapy. In these women, RANKL expression is inversely correlated with serum levels of 17β-estradiol and positively with bone resorption markers. (III) The activity of c-jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), an intracellular signal following binding of RANKL to its specific receptor can be repressed by 17βestradiol. (IV) Several studies have documented that polymorphisms in the OPG gene may confer an increased risk of developing postmenopausal osteoporosis. (V) In preclinical models of osteoporosis due to estrogen deficiency, bone loss was prevented by RANKL blockade using a modified OPG protein. A similar approach is currently being employed in clinical studies on postmenopausal women using monoclonal antibodies against RANKL. The role of the OPG/RANKL system in bone cell biology, its various interactions with estrogen receptor agonists, and progress of studies involving RANKL blockade against postmenopausal osteoporosis will be presented at this meeting.


A S COLONIZATION MOVED up along the northern coast of A \ Brazil, together with the military forces there invariably came a religious. That vast strip of land from Pernambuco to the mouth of the Amazon was gradually integrated into the Portuguese Empire by the establishment of forts, towns, and agricultural centers, but it was not only to the accompaniment of the rustle of arms that this took place. The gentle message of Christ, the age-old lessons of charity and brotherhood, the faith-suffused deeds of consecrated servants of the Church had also their part in winning over the hostile tribes of natives peopling that difficult section of the New World.


We calculate energies, oscillator strengths for radiative recombination, and two-particle wave functions for the ground-state exciton and around 100 excited states in a T-shaped quantum wire. We include the single-particle potential and the Coulomb interaction between the electron and hole on an equal footing, and perform exact diagonalization of the two-particle problem within a finite-basis set. We calculate spectra for all of the experimentally studied cases of T-shaped wires including symmetric and asymmetric ${\mathrm{G}\mathrm{a}\mathrm{A}\mathrm{s}/\mathrm{A}\mathrm{l}}_{x}{\mathrm{Ga}}_{1\ensuremath{-}x}\mathrm{As}$ and ${\mathrm{In}}_{y}{\mathrm{Ga}}_{1\ensuremath{-}y}{\mathrm{A}\mathrm{s}/\mathrm{A}\mathrm{l}}_{x}{\mathrm{Ga}}_{1\ensuremath{-}x}\mathrm{As}$ structures. We study in detail the shape of the wave functions to gain insight into the nature of the various states for selected symmetric and asymmetric wires in which laser emission has been experimentally observed. We also calculate the binding energy of the ground-state exciton and the confinement energy of the one-dimensional (1D) quantum-wire-exciton state with respect to the 2D quantum-well exciton for a wide range of structures, varying the well width and the Al molar fraction x. We find that the largest binding energy of any wire constructed to date is 16.5 meV. We also notice that in asymmetric structures, the confinement energy is enhanced with respect to the symmetric forms with comparable parameters but the binding energy of the exciton is then lower than in the symmetric structures. For ${\mathrm{G}\mathrm{a}\mathrm{A}\mathrm{s}/\mathrm{A}\mathrm{l}}_{x}{\mathrm{Ga}}_{1\ensuremath{-}x}\mathrm{As}$ wires we obtain an upper limit for the binding energy of around 25 meV in a 10-\AA{} -wide GaAs/AlAs structure that suggests that other materials must be explored in order to achieve room-temperature applications. There are some indications that ${\mathrm{In}}_{y}{\mathrm{Ga}}_{1\ensuremath{-}y}{\mathrm{A}\mathrm{s}/\mathrm{A}\mathrm{l}}_{x}{\mathrm{Ga}}_{1\ensuremath{-}x}\mathrm{As}$ might be a good candidate.


Nowadays, brands feel the need to invest in alternative forms of making themselves know to the public(s), due to (1) the high prices charged by the traditional advertising supports and (2) the indifference felt by given segments of the public as to the classic traditional formats. Guerrilla advertising is emerging as a new marketing tool and as an alternative or complement to the ad-cluttered mass media. To their advantage, they can count on their surprise effect, the unexpectedness of the situation they create and entertainment possibilities, all of which are characteristics that will appeal to specific audiences. These communication actions (sometimes politically incorrect ones) are amusing, stimulating and hard to ignore – and they often constitute an effective way of targeting audiences with new characteristics.


Abstract Introduction Therapeutic methods are very important in the prevalence of opportunistic fungal infections, which are an important cause of human diseases. In this study, air pollution agents that are in direct contact with microorganisms, and the effects of carbon sources using CO2 and MTBE on growth of fungi, and particularly the evaluation of changes in the expression of interfering genes in susceptibility and drug resistance in these fungi, were investigated. Materials and Methods Collecting samples and isolating Candida glabrata and Candida albicans with phenotypic methods were accomplished. We then evaluated the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) with the M27A4 protocol of CLSI. We adjusted 20 strains of C. albicans and 10 strains of C. glabrata whose sensitivity was evaluated in the MIC test with 5% CO2 and 5mg/ml methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) considered as air pollutants, and followed by re-evaluating MIC testing to separate azole-resistant strains. Interfering agents were also considered. Results Upregulation of some genes on the two mentioned yeasts had led to drug resistance in them; they were previously sensitive to both drugs. Correspondingly, 41% of C. glabrata samples in sputum showed sensitivity to these drugs. Upregulation of ERG11 (71%) and EPA1 (90%) were observed in resistant strains. Upregulation of genes associated with aspartate proteins and downregulation of SAP3 genes were recognized in C. glabrata in sputum and a 15% downregulation of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) isolate and 50% upregulation of SAP1 gene in C. albicans sensitive samples were observed and compared to fluconazole and itraconazole with the oral and joint sources. Remarkably, decreased SAP2 expression in oral sources and a 60% increase in resistant strains in C. albicans were observed. The downregulation of SAP3 expression showed in the joint samples. An increase in HWP1 expression (30%) was noted in isolated and drug-sensitive samples at the sputum and BAL source. CDR1 expression was increased in MTBE-affected species; however, it decreased in the vicinity of CT. Conclusions Air pollutants such as CO2 and MTBE eventually caused drug resistance in Candida, which can be one of the causes of drug resistance in candidiasis infections.


Statistic results of border corner tactics in 12 th Tae Kwon Do world championships finals on video and tactic cases in ever world championships were analysed The results showed that border corner tactics are products of initiative attack and they will play a important role in competition if they are applied actually


1. A method for performing motion serving radio network subsystem (SRNS) in a communication network, consisting in that! sent move request source Node B + to the target Node B + on the basis of the measurements received from the user equipment (UE); ! sending a physical channel reconfiguration message from source Node B + to UE; ! forwarding the packet data units (PDU) from the source Node B + to the target Node B +; and! perform synchronization of the physical layer and the establishment of a radio link with a target cell of the target Node B +. ! 2. The system for performing motion serving radio network subsystem (SRNS) in a communication network, comprising! means for sending a request to move the source Node B + to the target Node B + on the basis of the measurements received from the user equipment (UE); ! means for sending a physical channel reconfiguration message from source Node B + to UE; ! means for transferring packet data units (PDU) from the source Node B + to the target Node B +; and! means for performing physical layer synchronization and the establishment of a radio link with a target cell of the target Node B +.


Marketing is the wide range of activities involved in making sure that you're continuing to meet the needs of your customers and getting value in return. These activities include market research to find out, for example, what groups of potential customers exist, what their needs are, which of those needs you can meet, how you should meet them, etc. Marketing also includes analyzing the competition, positioning your new product or service (finding your market niche), pricing your products and services, and promoting them through continued advertising, promotions, public relations and sales.1


AUTHOR Bardovi-Harlig, Kathleen; Hartford, Beverly S. TITLE Refining the DCT: Comparing Open Questionnaires and Dialogue Completion Tasks. PUB DATE 93 NOTE 25p.; In: "Pragmatics and Language Learning," Volume 4. Selected papers presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Conference on Pragmatics and Language Learning (6th, Urbana, IL, April 2-4, 1992); see FL 023 905. PUB TYPE Reports Evaluative/Feasibility (142) Speeches/Conference Papers (150)


The corynebacteria that were isolated by non-selective methods from raw and pasteurized milk are of two main types: (1) heat-sensitive diphtheroid organisms which appear to be derived principally from the animal body, and (2) thermoduric saprophytes originating from dairy equipment. The characters of group (2), which are discussed in detail, indicate that all the cultures examined belong to a single species, Corynebacterium lacticum. Reasons are given for classifying that species in Corynebacterium and for suppressing the genus Microbacterium.


Background: Increasing evidences indicated that long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) play critical roles in tumor development and progression. However, the role of lncRNA XIST in cervical cancer remains unclear. Methods: QRT-PCR was used to explore the relative expression of XIST in cervical cancer. The biological functions of XIST on cervical cancer cell growth and mobility were determined by CCK-8 assay, transwell migration assay and transwell invasion assay. In addition, the potential mechanism of XIST in cervical cancer progression was investigated by western blot. Results: Our data showed that lncRNA XIST expression was upregulated in cervical cancer tissues and cell lines compared to normal cervical epithelium tissues and normal human cervical epithelial cell line H8. High XIST expression was significantly correlated with cervical cancer lymph node metastasis. Reduced expression of XIST suppressed cervical cancer cell proliferation, migration, invasion and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) by modulating Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway. Conclusion: Our results revealed that lncRNA XIST could act as a novel molecule involved in cervical cancer progression, which provided a potential therapeutic target for new therapies in patients with cervical cancer.


Traffic congestion affects millions of people every day. It is an inconvenience for the average driver, leads to loss of billions of dollars for businesses worldwide and has an adverse effect on the environment in terms of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and increased fuel consumption. With the introduction of an international traffic congestion index, various organizations including metropolitan planning organizations, departments of transportation, etc. can more easily identify areas of concern and allocate resources to alleviate bottlenecks on the road network, to build new infrastructure and monitor change over time in a standardized way.


The reconstruction of scenarios of historical hazardous landslide and erosion processes is a milestone to understand their formation, and perform an appropriate hazard assessment. Here, we focus on the possible conditions that lead to a dramatic cyclone-induced gullying event on La Reunion volcanic island in the Indian Ocean.

In Cirque de Salazie, the Ravine de l’Eglise is a gully of 720 m long and 40 m wide. It formed in just the few days the cyclone Hyacinthe lasted from 15th of January to 27th of January 1980. Hyacinthe drenched Grand-Ilet with world-record-type rainfalls: 5254 mm in 12 days on Grand-Ilet, with a maximum of 1044 mm in one day. This sudden gullying phenomenon, locally called “Déboulé”, poses a substantial threat to local dwellings and inhabitants. Grasping the conditions that lead to such dramatic process is a pre-requisite to mitigating the risks.

The heterogeneous properties of coarse volcanic materials, the complexity of the structural characteristics of the terrain and its hydrogeology make Déboulé a phenomenon that is difficult to understand and anticipate. As this rare, fast and hazardous cyclonic circumstances process cannot be observed in-situ, scenarios combining physically based hydrogeological and slope stability models are explored to describe conditions to form and propagate a Déboulé. The development of such integrated models requires the description of initial conditions that led to the event (rainfall amount, morphology of the terrain and its mechanical and hydrological characteristics) and also a detailed geometry of the gully to validate the simulation output.

In this communication, we present the methods used (1) to document the geometry of the Déboulé of La Ravine de l’Eglise (2) the morphological and hydrological triggering conditions of this event.

The original and final topography where the Déboulé of la Ravine de l’Eglise occurred was reconstructed with ca. 1/27 000 archive aerial photographs taken before (1978) and after (1984) the cyclone above Grand-Ilet. Using Structure-from-Motion processing on these two sets of archived images, we build historical digital surface models and ortho-photographs to retrieve quantitative metrics of the landscape evolution caused by the cyclone. The mass wasted during the Déboulé is ca. 0.6 Mm3  ± 0.1 Mm3.We also access to the morphology of the area before the event allowing to identify conditions favorable to the initiation of such phenomenon such as closed depressions, lineaments and regressive erosion lining up the future gully and steep slope breaks.

The hydrogeological conditions of Grand-Ilet during Hyacinthe that caused the Déboulé, are simulated using GARDENIA, a BRGM application for lumped hydrologic modelling. The historic water table levels, especially that under Hyacinthe rainfall, are hindcast considering the rainfalls since 1978 and water table measured in a piezometer since 2010. The hindcast water reported on the reconstructed topography of 1978, crosses the bottom of the embankment that collapsed during Hyacinthe.

The reconstructed topographies and the hindcast water level are consistent with field evidences. Our results document and propose for the first time a quantification the geometry of a Déboulé and bring insight for the initiation of such process.


The teacher-training education should follow the order of information time , continuously reform the old-fashioned idea, content and mode of teacher-training ,and realize the informationized transformation of teacher-training as quickly as possible , and enthusiastically foster the new-typed , creative normal students with modern educational idea and information literacy, so as to meet the needs of educational informationization.


In the field of environmental acoustics, the conventional approach, i.e. reduction of 'sound level', does not always deliver the required improvements in quality of life. Soundscape, by considering sound environment as perceived, in context, with an interdisciplinary approach, represents a step change. This paper explores a soundscape approach in the urban sound planning process. A framework is first proposed for designing soundscape in urban open public spaces, considering four key components: characteristics of each sound source, acoustic effects of the space, social/demographic aspect of the users, and other physical conditions. Consequently, the design potentials for the four key components, namely sounds, space, people and environment, are demonstrated. Designing/planning tools/models for soundscapes are then presented, including an auralisation software package for design modification and public participation, and an artificial neural network model for predicting acoustic comfort based on various design variables. Finally, the potentials and scope of soundscape approach are discussed, in terms of increasing safety, cultural preservation, and management of the various noise sources such as delivery sounds and traffic sounds.


We propose an original method to monitor insulin adsorption by EOF mobility measurements. Kinetics have been real-time recorded by particle anemometry in a Wheastone microfluidic bridge. Hybrid glass/photosensitive PDMS/glass microfluidic chips were fabricated to perform mixed hydrodynamic and electrophoretic cycles, with different insulin concentrations. From the real-time measurements the constants of adsorption kinetics were determined by fitting the extracted data according the Langmuir model. This platform offers accurate results even at 10 M insulin concentration.


Abstract Introduction Sleep disorders are widespread in children and associated with a myriad of detrimental health sequelae. Accurate identification of sleep stages is crucial in diagnosing various sleep disorders; however, manual sleep stage scoring can be subjective, laborious, and costly. To tackle these shortcomings, we aimed to develop an accurate deep learning-based approach to automate sleep staging in a paediatric cohort. Methods A clinical dataset (n=115, 35% girls) containing overnight polysomnographic recordings of 10–13-year-old Icelandic children from the EuroPrevall-iFAAM study was utilised to develop a combined convolutional and long short-term memory neural network architecture. A three-channel input comprising electroencephalography (F4-M1), electrooculography (E1-M2), and chin electromyography was used to train and evaluate the model to classify sleep into five stages (wake/N1/N2/N3/REM) using 10-fold cross-validation. Further, inter-rater reliabilities between two manual scorers and the automatic method were investigated in a subset (n=10) of the population. Results The automatic classification model achieved an accuracy of 84.5% (Cohen's kappa κ=0.78: substantial agreement with manual scorings). Inter-rater reliability attained between two manual scorers was 84.6% (κ=0.78), and the automatic method achieved similar concordances with them, 83.4% (κ=0.76) and 82.7% (κ=0.75). Discussion The developed model achieved high accuracy and compared favourably to previously published state-of-the-art methods (performance range: 74.8%-84.3%). Inter-rater reliabilities were on par with the consensus between manual scorers and even better than among international sleep centres (commonly 0.57–0.63 as per literature). Therefore, incorporating the proposed methodology in clinical practice could be highly beneficial as it enables fast, cost-effective, and accurate sleep classification in children.


We consider several point estimators including the jackknife estimator for the estimation of the common location and scale parameters and the right tail probability in an exponential distribution . Several interval estimators of the common location and scale parameters arc also obtained.


In recent years, gray markets have become a significant phenomenon in the business practice. This paper investigates the gray markets issues in differentiated duopoly case by considering quantity competition among firms. We develop a game-theoretic model and provide equilibrium results for three scenarios, i.e. the benchmark scenario 'no gray market', the scenario 'parallel imports act as a buffer against a follower's product' and the scenario 'gray markets stimulate the competition'. By the analysis of the equilibrium results, some important managerial insights are obtained. Finally, by comparison of the equilibrium results among different scenarios, we study the impact of gray markets on manufacturers' optimal strategies and profits in differentiated duopoly.


Often times Indonesian films raise issues around women, especially about mothers, which is linked to gender inequality between men and women. The films that depict women unfairly in a disadvantageous position is a product of patriarchal culture. Women, especially mothers, often have less dominant roles and positions in all fields; also women are rarely used as main characters. The same is the case with the characterization of the mother in the film Athirah. In this study, we discussed about how motherhood is shown in the film Athirah. This study employed semiotic method proposed by Charles Sander Peirce. The results of this study indicate that Athirah's motherhood revolves around her role as a wife and husband's companion, as a household organizer and leader, and also as a child caregiver. The depiction of motherhood in the film Athirah is still trapped in the classic depiction of a woman in an unequal gender construction. This inequality is shown in the double burden carried by Athirah's figure.


Heat Shock Proteins (HSPs) are essential components for maintaining the correct folding, function and stability of client proteins, and to avoid aggregate formation. Given this ubiquitous role, they are directly involved in numerous diseases including cancer, diabetes and inflammation. Identification of several specific HSP90 (heat shock proteins of 90 kDa) inhibitors, through a unique mode of action (ATPase inhibition) paved the way to a potential new class of anticancer agents. Two natural products were instrumental in this endeavor: geldanamycin, a natural ansamycin, and radicicol, a 14-membered resorcylic acid lactone (RAL). Intensive research resulted in the identification of new class of inhibitor of HSP90, and 10 molecules are now in preclinical and clinical development. At the beginning of my PhD, pochonin D was identified as a simplified HSP90 inhibitor. Pochonin D proved to recapitulate radicicol properties without its drawback. First structure-activity relationships were achieved. Having in mind these preliminary results, oxime analogues of pochonin D were synthesised, yielding to the discovery of the pochoxime A-C analogues. They demonstrated very attractive biological activity in vivo, resulting in a tumor regression in treated animals. Structure-activity relationship studies resulted in the discovery of the most potent compound reported to date, 6-hydroxypochoxime C. Computer assisted modelling done in collaboration with Professor KARPLUS and a crystal structure of pochoxime with HSP90 revealed a refolding of the ATPase pocket to fit the drug. The synthesis of a PNA labelled library will allow a broad screening in order to expand the scope of pochoximes.


Introduction: The equatorial ridge on Iapetus is a geological anomaly in the solar system. This ridge is 20 km high and spans more than half the circumference of Iapetus [1]. Multiple hypotheses have been suggested for the origin of this ridge including convective upwelling in the underlyin g ice shell [2], the remains of an early ring system [3], and a giant thrust fault as the satellite contracted and despun from a fa ster initial rotation rate [4]. Despinning may result in large co mpressive stresses at the equator [5], but the principal stre sses in this case are not oriented in the direction needed to produce an equatorial ridge. Here we investigate whether tidal dissip ation due to early despinning of Iapetus may promote formation of a degree-2 convective upwelling in the ice shell that may for m the ridge dynamically. Despinning Stresses: Presumably, Iapetus formed as an oblate spheroid in hydrostatic equilibrium with some flatte ning  . The departure from a sphere is caused by the centipetal acceleration due to rotation, and a gravitational perturba tion arising from the deformed mass [5]. The hydrostatic flatteni ng for a rotating body is


Interfacial flows are often characterised by the existence of a complex shape interface, composed by waves in a wide range of amplitudes and frequencies. An important example is the annular gas-liquid flow, composed of a gas core and a thin liquid film near the wall, with structures like "roll waves" and ripples occurring over the whole interface. A common approach in the modelling of the interaction between the two phases is to use an "equivalent roughness" of the film to determine the interfacial shearstress [1]. In this work we generalise this idea by introducing the concept of an interfacial function. In this approach, a transient simulation is performed in both phases (e.g., using DNS or LES), together with an interfacial function that provides the stress between the phases. The shape of the interface is determined locally from the pressure distribution in each phase, and a physically-based model is used to relate its shape with the interfacial stress. This approach allows us to perform high-resolution simulations in each phase without the need to perform a detailed simulation of the interfacial phenomena. The interfacial interaction is incorporated through a model, which also allows us to isolate the different mechanisms involved. This model can be of a "static" nature, where the stress is determined directly from the shape of the interface, or it can incorporate the dynamics of the interfacial phenomena.


This paper examines the extent of implementation of introductory technology programme in secondary schools in Enugu State. This is because for about twenty-one years of the programme, there seems to be lapses and problems that have hindered the accomplishment. Five research questions were formulated to guide the study. A 39-item research questionnaire was developed as cut-off point. The Z-test statistics were employed in testing the null-hypotheses. The result shows that the principals and teachers agree that the human resources for the implementation of the programme are made adequate and that the equipments, facilities, tools and materials were not available and or inadequate. They equally agree that the method and means of teaching the subject are poor, and so the objectives are far from being achieve. The analysis equally shows that principals and teachers encounter mirage of problems while trying to effectively implement the programme.


Abstract Dysfunctional commercial scientific, technical and medical journal publishing is stimulating efforts to achieve greater, wider dissemination of scientific research for less cost. Various schemes, including open access to online publishing, have been proposed. The need to maintain the selectivity and focused intellectual energy of journals is paramount. The SYNERGIES project will assist the community of Canadian social science and humanities journals to migrate online and will enrich the research record by allowing for the publication of associated data sets and other primary documents, theses and monographs, preprints and other unpublished content in nontextual media. The project aims to serve Canada's cultural and research interests and facilitate research innovation in a variety of disciplines.


Education equity is regarded as the important base of society equity and harmonious society con-struction.However,at present our country still meets with unfair phenomena in education such as the distinct dif-ferences in terms of geographical areas,social classes and sexes,which have greatly affected the construction of harmonious society.Therefore,the country should set about promoting education equity from the aspects of in-creasing financial inputs,optimizing resources allocation,formulating corresponding policies,and etc..


As a form of cognition,translation interpretation involves the biological structure and function of the reader's cognitive mechanism,of which the nervous system of the cerebral cortex is the central unit.And the formation and development of the cerebral cortex depend on the individual's genetic factors as well as the environmental influences that come upon him/her right after his/her birth and last until his/her death.Genetic and environmental forces thus fundamentally shape the reader's interpretation of a translation.Different readers are subject to different hereditary and environmental influences,which makes well justified their variances in interpreting a translation.


A brain-computer interface (BCI) is a closed-loop system with feedback as one important component. Dependent on the BCI application either to establish communication in patients with severe motor paralysis, to control neuroprosthesis, or to perform neurofeedback, information is visually fed back to the user about success or failure of the intended act. One way to realize feedback is the use of virtual reality (VR). In this chapter, an overview is given of BCI-based control of VR. In addition, four examples are reported in more detail about navigating in virtual environments with a cue-based (synchronous) and an uncued (asynchronous) BCI. Similar results in different virtual worlds with different types of motor imageries could be achieved, but no significant differences in the BCI classification accuracy were observed between VR and non-VR feedback. Nevertheless, the use of VR stimulated the subject's task performances and provided motivation.


The situations of the data storage in our power plant were analyzed.Combining with the features of our power plant,a data storage backup system had been built.The construction process of enterprise data storage backup system was researched by application of the Net app company's disk array,the IBM Company's intelligent tape library and the CommVault Company's data backup software.


There is a common trend towards Graphical User Interfaces (GUI). Writing applications for such an environment puts new demands on designing software and managing its development. The applications software needs to be event based. It needs to have a special uniform "feel" and provide flexibility for both the novice and experienced user.Many of the new GUI oriented needs can be handled by traditional User Interface Toolkits or Libraries. However, using these will not solve the complexity of a good user interface design. Another approach is to choose or design a User Interface Management System (UIMS). UIMS is responsible for all user interface action and only when necessary will call actual application code for performing e.g. a calculation or data base operation.The paper describes the architecture of a large real-life UIMS based APL application project. Since a UIMS approach differs from traditional hierarchical programming, many of these differences are described in detail. Particular emphasis has been put on how this approach has affected project management and the various tasks of a software project. The paper ends by presenting some thoughts about future APL Application Development Systems.


Abstract Ensemble Kalman filter (EnKF) data assimilation experiments are conducted on a limited-area domain over the Pacific Northwest region of the United States, using the Weather Research and Forecasting model. Idealized surface pressure, radiosoundings, and aircraft observations are assimilated every 6 h for a 7-day period in January 2004. The objectives here are to study the performance of the filter in constraining analysis errors with a relatively inhomogeneous, sparse-observation network and to explore the potential for such a network to serve as the basis for a real-time EnKF system dedicated to the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. When only a single observation type is assimilated, results show that the ensemble-mean analysis error and ensemble spread (standard deviation) are significantly reduced compared to a control ensemble without assimilation for both observed and unobserved variables. Analysis errors are smaller than background errors over nearly the entire domain when avera...


The interest in service industry is increasing because service industry continues to grow bigger and in national economy. This Study is centered on the estimation of airlines' service quality and strategic management plans due to the increase of an air transportation demand and customer's trend to seek for service quality. Firstly, this study sets the type of criteria for the differentiation of the air service market and clarifies the characteristics of their purchase behavior by different segment of air passenger. Secondly, it grasps the airlines attributes and the degree of importance considered in choosing airlines by exerting influence on the degree of air passenger's satisfaction and makes a systematic analysis on the type of airline choice behaviors. Thirdly, this study identifies the degree of satisfaction which air passengers are experience in their air travels through an empirical analyses. The results of this study are as follows. First, the verified meaningfulness in some major items shows that airlines' service quality has an effect on the satisfaction. Second, the verified results show that the satisfactory customers have a positive effect on information by word of mouth. Third, the verified results show that the satisfactory customers have a positive effect on re-boarding effect.


The ring structure is adopted in the cast house of Baogang No. 4 blast furnace, one of the key structures is the ring-type crane girder. The principles of support, design and detail construction of ring crane girder are discussed in this paper.


Provided is a hydrogenation catalyst containing a carrier and an active metal supported on the carrier, wherein: the active metal contains Pt and Pd; and, in an infrared absorption spectrum obtained by means of CO adsorption IR measurement, the ratio (S 2 /S 1 ) of the peak area S 2 at 2000-2130 cm -1 to the peak area S 1 at 1720-2000 cm -1 is 0.7 or higher.


Purpose: Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) has the most complex chemical structure of all vitamins and it  is  obtained naturally only from products of animal origin  in developing countries.  Vitamin B12 deficiency is prevalent in countries of origin of refugees.  The aim of this study was to determine  the  prevalence  of  vitamin  B12  deficiency  among  newly-arrived  Syrian  refugees  in  Central  Anatolia of  Turkey.  Journal of Anatolian Medical Research 2017; 2(1): 22-30 Orjinal  Arastirma 23 Methods:  Newly  arrived  256  refugees  aged  ≥  16  years  were  tested  for  vitamin  B12  level  and  other hematological parameters.  Results: We found that 50 participants (19.5%) had vitamin B12 deficiency (≤ 150 pmol/L).  Low  levels of vitamin B12 were  prevalent  among males those over the age of 50 (44.4%)  (p=0.01) and  females those under the age of 50 (75%) (p<0.001).  Conclusion:  The results of this study shown that, the prevalence of vitamin B12 deficiency was  higher in Syrian refugees, especially in older men and younger women.  To our knowledge, this is  the  first  nationally  representative  study  for  Central  Anatolia  of  Turkey  about  vitamin  B12  deficiency in refugees.


Having given a lecture at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee on 12th April, Dr Denis Flannery will be speaking on Henry James and Ireland at Columbia University.


Helping children develop appropriate reading competency for the twenty-first century is one of our most important functions as teachers of reading. As we move to a more technical society, it is very important that we help each child improve his or her reading skills to the ITE.Ximum level possible. There are three ITBjor aspects discussed in this article. First, some of the social conditions which necessitate improved reading programs is outlined. Second, the important skills which we should emphasize in an effective reading program. Third, some principles for building a meaningful philosophy about reading instruction are explained. At the end of the article some thoughts are expressed relative to the importance of building lifetime reading habits. Of all the literacy skills which we educators emphasize, that of reading, lTBy be the most important. Certainly students will not be able to function in today' s society until they are able to recognize words, comprehend words, react to the words, and then make a logical decision based on what they have read or learned. We have, currently, over thirty million functionally illiterate adults in this country! These indi viduals are over the age of eighteen and cannot demonstrate a minirrrurn sixth-grade instructional level in reading skills. There are many significant reasons for this p3.rticular condition. Perhaps one of the reasons is the fact that students have not appropriate reading skills in going from one grade level to the next. We need to be very sure before In too an and not a of reading


Multinational organizations are called agents of globalization, due their economic and social relevance. Given their complexity, by having to act globally and locally at the same time, there is a need to study their RH operation dynamic as a key point to understanding the contemporary management practices. In this scenario, this study aims to understand how the HR management is


The article focuses on the interaction between game and religion within the research field of religion and fihn. lt considers productions from the end of the last century like NIRVANA (Italy 1996, Gabriele Salvatores), EXISTENZ (USA/Can ada/UK 1998, David Cronenberg) and THE MATRIX (USA 1999, Larry and Andy Wachowsky). A film-historical example introduces the striking relationship between play, religion and film. In a further step, a sample of contemporary films dealing with play and games are· selected, presented and analyzed from. the perspective of the study of religion. Particular attention is given to explicit religious symbols, motifs, and plots. In a third step, attention ls directed away from the inner fllmic fictlon to the pragmatics of the film as a piece of fiction. Finally, the analyzed scenes are considered from the perspective of the cinema as a public place for playing with ficticin and fictional worldviews. Here some general theoretical considerations with regard to film as an equlvalent to reli gion and ritual are critically discussed, with particular reference to the role of play and game.


The Indian financial services industry has taken a major leap with the gradual opening up of the economy. The growth in this industry is predicted by the width and depth of the products offered by it. The industry has brought out numerous innovative products. However the extent to which these products are successful depends on the investors/customers. Hence the providers of financial products have to be extremely careful in marketing their products. The expectations of the investors, their perception towards various products/ investment avenues, their current pattern of investment have to be understood to serve them well and also to offer better products.Hence this study has been done with an objective to find out the investment pattern of investors in various investment avenues offered in the Indian financial system. The findings of the study are that the investors are aware of different modes of investment but the prime motive for investment is tax benefit. The study shows that the investor's current preference of investments is in the order of life insurance policy, bank deposits, investments in shares and national savings certificates. The future investments are in areas of mutual funds schemes.


Follistatin-related gene (FLRG) protein, also called follistatin-like 3 (FSTL3), is a recently described member of the follistatin family and is widely expressed, including in human ovary (1) and endometrium. Like follistatin, FLRG protein binds activins that appear to play a crucial role in ovarian follicle development, however, follistatin and FLRG protein have distinct intracellular localization and differentially regulate activins (2). Urbanek et al. recently studied 37 possible candidate genes that may be involved in the inheritance of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and demonstrated that the strongest evidence for genetic linkage in PCOS patients was with the follistatin gene (3), however, the conclusion is still controversial. On the other hand, preliminary analysis of FLRG transgenic female mice showed that their ovaries contained fewer antral follicles and more apparent follicular atresia, suggesting that FLRG protein regulates follicular development and function through inhibition of the paracrine activity of activin and/or other related factors, such as bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) (4). Therefore we focused on this new follistatin member, FLRG , and speculated that impaired FLRG protein signaling might cause ovarian dysfunction in humans. The aim of this study was to search for mutations in the coding regions of the FLRG in Japanese women with 46,XX premature ovarian failure (POF) and PCOS. This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Shiga University of Medical Science. Informed consent was obtained from all patients and controls. Fifty-three unrelated women with a history of infertility were recruited for this study. The age at presentation ranged from 20 to 37 years. Of these 53 patients, 16 patients were diagnosed as idiopathic POF, defined as secondary amenorrhea before 40 years of age with elevated gonadotropins on at least two occasions (with follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH): 96.99/8.9 mIU/ml and LH: 38.99/15.3 mIU/ml; mean9/SD). The reference range for FSH is 2.0 14.8 mIU/ml, and values above 40 mIU/ml are indicative of ovarian failure. Each patient's medical history was taken and each underwent a physical examination to rule out any identifiable cause of POF. Thirty-seven patients were diagnosed as PCOS according to the following criteria of the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology: 1. amenorrhea or oligomenorrhea without specific underlying diseases of the adrenal or pituitary glands; 2. a high basal LH level and a high LH:FSH ratio; and 3. bilaterally enlarged ovaries with multiple small


The factors to control the selective release and recovery of enzymes from Escherichia coli cells were examined quantitatively based on kinetic analysis of cell lysis in the treatment with Triton X-100/EDTA. The release rate constant of an enzyme i (k i ) , determined from the first-order kinetics, was found to increase with an increase in the Triton concentration ( C Triton ) at less than 0.02M. The ki values decreased with an increase in molecular weight ( M W ) at 0.65 ∼ 2.0 kDa. The effect of a subcellular distribution of each enzyme on the k i values was also analysed by using the evaluated location factor of the enzymes ( LF i ). The k i values for various enzymes were successfully correlated with the operational parameters regardless of their subcellular location on the single quantitative equation in the range of: 0.002M C Triton M W LF i


Uniform Y2O3:Tb3+ nanowires with diameters of about 70 nm were fabricated using the anodic aluminum oxide template (AAO). The Y2O3:Tb3+ nanowires and Y2O3:Tb3+/AAO composite were characterized by using powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM) and spectrofluorometer techniques. The Y2O3:Tb3+ nanowires are amorphous phase in symmetry as the annealing temperature was lower than 1000 °C. And the cubic Y2O3: Tb3+ nanowires were formed partly as the annealing temperature approached to 1000 °C. The spectral measurements indicate that the excitation and emission intensity increased with the increasing annealing temperature as well as annealing time. The lifetime of 5D4-7F5 transition becomes longer with the increasing annealing temperature and time in Y2O3:Tb3+/AAO composite.


Nineteen anthraquinones, all substituted in one benzenoid ring only, were isolated from mature plants of R. tinctorum. One-year old plants yielded nordihydrolapachenole and four quinones, alizarin, purpurin, rubiadin, and pseudopurpurin. All four incorporated [2-14C]mevalonate into the substituted ring and into the side-chain of pseudopurpurin and rubiadin. A partial biosynthetic pathway is suggested.


PURPOSE
The purpose of this article is to describe the rapid development of speech-language pathology in Japan since governmental licensing started in 1997 and to summarize the current trends in assessing and treating stuttering for preschoolers, school-age children, adolescents, and adults.

METHOD
The authors review relevant information about the current assessment and treatment services for people who stutter in Japan and discuss the issues and challenges faced by speech-language pathologists in managing stuttering.

CONCLUSION
It is predicted that as expertise in stuttering grows in Japan, the role of stuttering specialists in allied health, school districts, and research will increase.


Magnetic anomaly maps are important for scientific and practical applications; such as they provide insight into the subsurface structure and composition of the Earth's terrestrial and oceanic crusts. These maps are widely applicable for geological exploration and detection of man-made subsurface anomalies. There is available high-resolution 2 arc-minute global Earth Magnetic Anomaly Grid data (EMAG2) at 4 km above the geoid [1], which has been created using various satellite, ship, and airborne magnetic measurements. However, many. if not all. practical applications require EMAG data at different elevations and different resolutions. To achieve this demand here EMAG2 data at 4 km elevation is remapped at different elevations and resolutions using the method of auxiliary sources. Comparisons between predicted and measured data are demonstrated.


There is a tendency in current medical research to explore the importance and symptomatology of saliva. The question to which increasingly more researchers from the medico-legal, systemic and dental fields tried to answer and bring together arguments for a greater emphasis is referring to the role of saliva in the health of the patient. Up until our time, people have looked at the importance of saliva from another perspective: saliva helped in pasting envelopes or stamps, or mostly in reported cases of public speakers faced with the impossibility of having a coherent speech due to sensations of dry mouth. This 'dry mouth' condition, named xerostomia in medical terms, has been used since antiquity as a test in detecting lies, knowing since then that the inhibition of emotional salivary glands, the feeling of 'dry mouth' is caused by anxiety, thus being a potential incrimination. Although hundreds of publications have insisted on the etiology and complications of the salivary gland hypofunction, only a few health professionals used to harvest saliva tests. As in the case of urine and blood, saliva quality and quantity are affected by a multitude of medical conditions and treatments, as well as the patient's psychological state. A review of the formation, function and dysfunction of salivary glands may convey the significant role played by saliva in health and disease, especially in detection and recognition of salivary gland hypofunction, systemic disease, and the psychological states, and thus prevent complications caused by these conditions.


With the development of technology, secret communication with audio, image and video files has become important. In this case, encryption and steganography play a major role. While encryption deals with uncatchable of message content, steganography deals with failure to understand the existence of the messages used for secret communication. Because of these features steganography and encryption are the two main elements complementing each other. In this study, it is proposed to use the least significant bit (LSB) change method with a shuffle algorithm to hide data in color images in 24-bit JPEG format.


Enzymes can be used as valuable models for the development of catalysts used in chemical synthesis. One characteristic of enzyme catalysis is the binding of the reacting substrate in a perfectly fitting cavity or hole that contains, in the correct stereochemistry. functional groups for binding, catalysis, and group transfer (active center). It is exactly this feature that has been very difficult to mimic in synthetic catalysts. During the last few years, remarkable progress has been achieved in the design of organic molecules based on molecular recognition. Thus it was possible to use cyclodextrins as the binding site carrying catalytically active groups attached in a controlled stereochemistry to individual hydroxyl groups of the molecule.'.' Another approach to construct tailor-made cavities for binding and catalysis uses crown ethers, cryptates. cyclophanes, and similar ring system^.'^ In the above-mentioned examples, substances of low molecular weight were used as carriers. We tried to use synthetic polymers and studied in detail the possibilities of producing microcavities or holes of specific shape within the polymeric matrix by imprinting procedures.'-" Basically, the use of polymers makes the system even more complicated than with substances of low molecular weight, but in principle, the typical properties of the enzymes can be better mimicked, since enzymes are polymers as well. It is not the aim of our research to mimic an individual enzyme and acquire information on the mechanism of enzyme catalysis as it is the main purpose of some other research groups. We are more interested in the use of these substances for preparatory work. We are trying to use the principles of enzyme catalysis to design catalysts working in a similar way to enzymes, but to utilize functional groups for binding and catalysis, substrates, and reactions other than those occurring in nature.


A novel composite floor consisting of an upper chord of a grouted square steel tube truss and a lower chord of a reinforced concrete slab is proposed to address existing problems with precast composite floors, such as a complex construction process, high cost, significant resource consumption, and severe environmental pollution. Sixteen-point loading tests were carried out on five simply supported one-way slabs to simulate the stress state of the floor under a uniform load and to investigate the stiffness, cracking moment, load-carrying capacity, and failure mode of the composite floor system. The results showed that the composite floor system exhibited ductile failure, with cracks uniformly distributed at the bottom of the slab; additionally, the grouted steel tube did not experience uplift or out-of-plane buckling, and the truss welds did not fracture, indicating that the composite floor system still had further deformation capacity and load-carrying capacity with satisfactory stress conditions. After unloading, the residual deformation of the composite floor accounted for 28% to 36% of the maximum deflection, demonstrating good deformation recovery ability. The bottom slab thickness and truss height are key parameters that influence the new composite floor, and increasing the two parameters enhances the cracking load, deformation resistance, and flexural capacity of the composite floor, with a significant improvement achieved by increasing the truss height. The floor slab should have a minimum thickness of 60 mm, as required by China's Code for Design of Concrete Structures, and the truss height-to-span ratio should be 1:30, which meets the deformation and load-carrying requirements of the floor and conforms to the design concept of green buildings.


The question that started this research was: "Why is approach A more difficult to fly for a pilot than approach B?". To find an answer to this question, pilots flew a large variety of Area Navigation (RNAV) approaches during several flight simulator and real flight experiments. The results of these experiments were analyzed and resulted in seven guidelines for the design of approaches. The guidelines all relate to the shape of the approach trajectory and the corresponding altitude and airspeed constraints. When these guidelines are followed, the difficulty of flying the approach, as experienced by the pilot, is predicted to be acceptable. These guidelines can consequently be used during the design of approaches. To be able to predict, in the early stages of approach design, whether an approach complies with these seven guidelines, a computer simulation program was developed and validated. The output of the simulation is conveniently arranged, and produced within a minute. As an example of the output: for two of these guidelines, the simulation program gives an indication of the percentage of flights that will meet the altitude and airspeed constraints at the waypoints, and the percentage of flights that will achieve a stabilized approach.


5G is the advancement in communication beyond our expectation. It will correct the limitations of present day communication up to great extent. It will come with increased speeds (at least 1Gb/s), very less or zero transmission delays and many more as mentioned in paper . New protocols like VOICE over INTERNET PROTOCOL (VoIP) would make the whole world local by providing voice calling service over internet. 5G would not revolutionalize the technological world only but it would be a great boom to economy .Hence by following this way 5G would be able to overcome the limitations of all G's . Another thing to be noticed that is that the 5G would not only be a success for human information interaction alone but it would also make machine type communication a great success. This generation of communication would actually give a feel of real time communication to the users as they would be able to enjoy such advanced and interesting features for low cost, once they have paid to upgrade to this technology.


For decades, vision science practitioners at every level have exhibited a marked indifference to fact and reason. Demonstrably false or logically paradoxical claims are passed on as traditions which practitioners often acknowledge as dubious but nonetheless adopt for the purpose of "modelling data." I illustrate and question the scientific value of this kind of practice.


Abstract. Residential wood combustion is a widespread practice in Europe with a serious impact on air quality, especially in mountainous areas. While there is a significant number of studies conducted in deep urbanized valleys and basins, little is known about the air pollution processes in rural shallow hollows where around 30 % of the people in mountainous areas across Europe live. We aim to determine the influence of ground temperature inversions on wood combustion aerosol pollution in hilly, rural areas. The study uses Retje karst hollow (Loški Potok, Slovenia) as representative site for mountainous and hilly rural areas in central and southeastern Europe with residential wood combustion. Sampling with a mobile monitoring platform along the hollow was performed in December 2017 and January 2018. The backpack mobile monitoring platform was used for the determination of equivalent black carbon (eBC) and particulate matter (PM) mass concentrations along the hollow. To assure high quality of mobile measurement data, intercomparisons of mobile instruments with reference instruments were performed at two air quality stations during every run. Our study showed that aerosol pollution events in the relief depression were associated with high local emission intensities originating almost entirely from residential wood burning and shallow temperature inversions (58 m on average). The eBC and PM mass concentrations showed stronger associations with the potential temperature gradient (R2 = 0.8) than with any other meteorological parameters taken into account (ambient temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, wind direction and precipitation). The strong association between the potential temperature gradient and pollutant concentrations suggests that even a small number of emission sources (total 243 households in the studied hollow) in similar hilly and mountainous rural areas with frequent temperature inversions can significantly increase the levels of eBC and PM, and deteriorate local air quality. During temperature inversions the measured mean eBC and PM2.5 mass concentrations in the whole hollow were as high as 4.5 ± 2.6 µg m–3 and 48.0 ± 27.7 µg m–3, respectively, which is comparable to larger European urban centres.


We show some results on the asymptotic behavior of the solvability set for a nonlinear resonance boundary-value problem, with linear damping, periodic nonlinearity and homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions. Our treatment of the problem depends on a multi-dimensional generalization of the Riemann-Lebesgue lemma.