This paper is to follow up on prior work on a mass-actuated airplane that is controlled by internally moving masses instead of conventional control surfaces. The mass-actuated aircraft effectively has two control variables: the internal positions of two control masses, one of which is moved longitudinal along the body x-axis and the other is moved laterally along the wings. Prior works showed feasible trim results of mass actuated airplane during straight level flight and steady state turn with and without side slip angle at constant altitude. This work investigates the controllability of the aircraft with mass actuation. Furthermore, to determine quality or level of controllability by mass-actuation as compared to that by aerodynamic control surfaces, two different methods are used: (i) a measure of controllability based on controllability Gramian and (ii) values of pertaining entries in control/input matrix.


The French Space Agency uses a special computer environment to collect quality and reliability data on the software it develops, and to analyze and predict the performance potential of that software throughout its life cycle. The authors present the environment, along with the way data is organized and collected during software development and maintenance. They show the impact their work in this field has on complexity metrics and software reliability measurements. They present practical applications and results concerning quite a large number of space projects in a real context.<<ETX>>


This work has shown the fluorescent antibody (FA) technique is a rapid and reproducible method for enumerating the levels of Nitrosomonas cells in coke-plant mixed liquor. The FA technique indicates that coke-plant mixed liquor contains about four orders of magnitude more Nitrosomonas cells than shown by MPN estimates. The FA technique indicates that Nitrosomonas comprises about 2% of the total cells in coke-plant mixed liquor at 25 day SRTs or greater and 1% at 4.2 day SRT. The nitrifying population in coke-plant mixed liquor has reserve capacity for oxidizing additional ammonia when treating moderate ammonia levels (approx. = 200 mg/l) at a 25-day SRT. The correlations between effluent ammonia and the population dynamics of Nitrosomonas indicate that the rate of ammonia removal in coke-plant mixed liquor is affected by both the number of nitrifiers and the activity per cell.


Walkley Award winning print journalist, Jo Chandler, visited Antarctica this summer on an Australian Antarctic Arts Fellowship to file stories for Melbourne-based broadsheet The Age, and undertake research for her new book about climate research in extreme environments.


This article is based on the requirement of "Accounting Law" that each unit should establish and regular the internal control. It is also based on the suggestion draft given by "Basic specifiation of internal accouting control" which is issued by the National Ministry of Finance. The questions such as the development, the contents and the key to the enforcement of internal accounting control are analyzed. According to the analysis,the author thinks that in the condition of modern corporation system, both the intension and the extension of internal accounting control have changed greatly. So it is a great work of regulating the accounting information' lack fidelity to establish and accomplish the internal accounting control system and to improve the staff's ability.


In the United States, emergency medical services (EMS) systems are regional networks of out-of-hospital emergency care and transport provided by trained non-physician emergency medical technicians (EMTs). This article describes the U.S. Coast Guard maritime EMS system, which is part of its search and rescue (SAR) responsibilities. Maritime SAR EMS includes medical evaluations (MEDEVACs) and medical advice consultations (MEDICOs) to vessels. MEDICO is an international term usually meaning the passing of medical advice at sea by electronic communications. The author describes the development of the SAR EMS through the 1970s and 1980s, including the addition of an EMT on each SAR crew, the addition of rescue swimmers to provide water rescue capabilities and basic emergency care, and changes in the 1990s to change the EMT requirements. An additional section explains how the helicopter MEDEVACs are performed, the equipment and personnel carried on the different types of helicopters, and MEDEVAC risk management policies and transportation policies. The author notes that MEDEVACs can be extremely hazardous to both patients and SAR crews because of environmental conditions and dangers inherent in transferring a patient from a vessel to another or to a helicopter. The benefits of MEDEVAC must be weighed against the inherent dangers of such operations. A final section considers emerging issues in the SAR EMS arena.


The velocity distribution along a rib‐stiffened thin plate immersed in a fluid and driven by a temporal harmonically varying line force is considered. To solve the coupled fluid‐elastic equations of motion, the Fourier transform approach is used. The resulting integrals are numerically integrated directly without the aid of contour integration. Previous studies have primarily dealt with the radiated acoustic field from plates reinforced with symmetric stiffeners. The presence of an asymmetric stiffener provides a mechanism whereby flexural wave energy can be converted into longitudinal wave energy or vice versa. The significance of this energy conversion due to inertia coupling between the flexural and longitudinal motions of the plate is investigated. Results are presented for symmetric and asymmetric stiffeners with and without fluid loading. In addition, the effect of structural damping and fluid loading on the velocity field of a uniform infinite plate is discussed.


Though more and more people are feeling pain in the neck due to computer and smartphone usage, few equipment is available to measure neck fatigue. In this paper, we use radio frequency wireless power transmission (RF WPT) method to allow a small battery to be used while allowing continuous measurement for big data. Miniaturized electromyogram (EMG) sensor system with Arduino Pro mini can be lightly attached to the neck, giving the user notification of posture correction or stretching needs without additional neck fatigue. Information collected by EMG sensor system is sent to the users, which can prevent turtle neck syndrome and reduce the neck fatigue by long working hours.


For over two millennia, by trial error and serendipity, the Chinese recorded the biologic actions of thousands of products derived from plants, animals, and minerals. They thought about and tried to explain their pharmacologic effects. In so doing, there evolved a rationalization process relating man's relationship with the universe and laws of nature, and these ideas were coupled with the empirical findings to formulate a system ofmedicine that is still extant. The efforts culminated in the emergence of proto-disciplines related to botany, physiology, biochemistry, and psychology, as well as to drug-related fields such as pharmacognosy, pharmacy, endocrinology, toxicology, immunology, and forensic medicine. Such notions led to the use of a vast number of agents to prevent, diagnose, cure, and alleviate illness. In the process, amazing insight and perspicacity were displayed with respect to factors that may alter drug action, including host facets concerned with age, sex, mood, and pathologic states, as well as environmental conditions related to daily and seasonal alterations on circadian rhythm. Medicinal agents were understood to act not by creating new functions but by correcting an underlying pathologic process. Especially intuitive were the concepts evolved concerning drug interactions that could alter drug efficacy and toxicity. In recent years, there has been an enormous effort to validate ancient Chinese recipes for treatment of medical conditions by Western methodology. Current efforts are directed mainly towards identification of the active substances in the prescription by chemical and bioassay procedures. The work involves isolation and identification of the various ingredients and


In a LAN (specified in 10/100Mbps Ethernet network) the diskless workstation (client side) can boot from the BootRom in it's network card. The client side boot program resides in the BootRom which cansend a boot request to BootServer in LAN for specific boot image. As a response to get the request from client side, BootServer replies a confirmation and then begins to send data package of specific boot image to client side by TFTP protocol. In TFTP protocol BootServer just replies no matter how many client request, as a result the bandwidth payload decreases. It is possible that some client will be fail to boot up due to transmission timeouts.The article presents a new protocol which supports multicast transmission and is complete compatibility. By this new protocol , the speed of boot increases.


When I finished reading Julian Nyarko's "Giving the Treaty a Purpose: Comparing the Durability of Treaties and Executive Agreements," I found my mind wandering through memories of the more than five years I spent working on Capitol Hill as Counsel for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC)—a role that often required me to figure out how best to preserve the constitutional prerogatives of Congress in the face of the various types of international agreements the executive branch produced. This essay recounts my impressions of how the Senate handled different agreements in the 2013–2018 timeframe—Article II treaties, the Paris Climate Agreement, and the Iran Nuclear Agreement. Unlike Professor Nyarko's ambitious and impressive work to categorize and statistically analyze the durability of Article II treaties and executive agreements—which I applaud and find useful—this essay is modest in purpose. I contend that how Congress handles different types of agreements is largely a product of specific political dynamics—including political ownership, policy entrepreneurism, and electoral risk—that can be unpredictable. Because of these dynamics, the differences that Nyarko reveals regarding the durability of Article II treaties and executive agreements are unlikely to produce a significant change in official practice.


A fixed pad seawater-lubricated bearing has been designed according to the structure parameters and loading requirements of axial flow pump. Water film lubrication model was built and 3-D simulations were performed for water-lubricated bearings. The pressure distribution inside the bearing predicted by simulations agrees very well with the theoretical predictions. The formation mechanism of dynamic pressure inside water–lubricated bearing was revealed. Then the pressure distribution characteristics were analyzed. It was found that the loading capacity would increase linearly with the angular speed, and the designed bearing could meet the loading requirements even at the lowest angular speed of the given axial flow pump.


Sex‐change procedures, better described as gender‐change procedures, involve preparing patients psychologically and surgically for gender transition to treat their gender dysphoria. Physical treatment might include hysterectomy for female to male transition, and post‐castration fashioning of an artificial vagina for male to female transition. Conservative opposition to accommodating and recognizing such procedures remains in some countries, and where treated, transgender individuals might face social hostility and oppression. However, human rights laws increasingly provide for transgender non‐discrimination and government re‐issue of official documents such as birth certificates and social insurance cards in the changed gender. A UK legal decision required a transgendered male who retained his ovaries and uterus to be registered as mother on the birth certificate of the child he bore. Most challenging are decisions on adolescents' requests for gender transition, especially over parents' objections. Laws increasingly recognize that legal minors with sufficiently evolved intellectual and emotional capacity can make decisions for themselves.


In the article we consider questions of prevention of diseases and correction of human way of life by using devices of information support of doctor's decisions, which are assigned to calculate effectiveness of human body operations.


A fully premixed combustion gas heating water heater comprises a heat exchanger, a combustor, a fan, a gas regulating valve, a gas pipe and an air pipe. A closed combustion chamber is formed in an inner cavity of the heat exchanger, the combustor is arranged in the closed combustion chamber, an air outlet of the fan is communicated with an air inlet of the combustor, the gas pipe and the air pipe are communicated with an air inlet of the fan, the gas regulating valve is connected to the gas pipe in series, and the gas regulating valve and the fan are electrically connected with a control circuit module. The fully premixed combustion gas heating water heater further comprises an ionic current feedback pin and a flame ionic current detecting unit. The ionic current feedback pin is installed inside the closed combustion chamber, and the flame ionic current detecting unit is electrically connected with the ionic current feedback pin and the control circuit module. When gas component changes, the fully premixed combustion gas heating water heater enables the proportion of gas and air to be adjusted to a new air-fuel ratio, and therefore the purpose of enabling gas to be combusted fully is achieved.


Diffusion on self-similar structures is reviewed within a unified theoretical framework. Much attention is devoted to the asymptotic form of the probability density of random walks on fractals, for which analytical solutions are discussed. New predictions for the structure of percolation clusters at criticality are presented.


environmental uncertainty. They are becoming more complex and more dynamic. To survive with such a competitive environment, organizations should create values through attaining and sustaining competitive advantages. So businesses should know which aspects effective impact on competitive advantage. The main objective of this is to examine the impact of distinctive competencies' (capabilities, competencies, and core competencies) on competitive advantage. Two types of competitive advantage were studied: Cost efficiency and Quality. The suggested model was tested in the context of detergent manufacturing companies in Jordan. The survey was administered to a total of 148 managers. Results indicate that it appears to be consistent and reliable scales. The findings have provided empirical support for the contention that competitive advantage is positively and significantly affected by distinctive competences. varying importance of distinctive competencies dimensi advantage. It has also been found that core competencies impact on competitive advantage than other dimensions competitive and improve organizational performance strength their competitive advantage by managing each dimension of distinctive competencies i.e. capabilities,


in each enterprise and its activities go hand in hand logistics costs incurred in this activity. Since they occur at all stages of business activity, steps are being taken to make these costs were as low as possible. The following article was submitted to the typology of logistics activity for each enterprise together with the various activities undertaken by the enterprise. Was presented the concept of the LCC Life cycle cost, the correlation occurring between the costs of logistics and marketing. At the end of sequence diagram is presented which actions will culminate in the restructuring costs of logistics business activity.


end of his teaching sessions. Small wonder that in' sucl cirenustances the communuiitv has no trained body of miien to call upon. There h.-ave been maniy illustraftiois in recent years of -the need for expert investig,ation. The general praetiticoner, who, is frequently called upon to make p4ist-rnortePf and other examinations in crinal cases, dooes not profess to know muich of the subject, and is therefore disinclined to uncdertake this duty. The sa-ame renr ark applies in general to the ordinary pathologist N-ithout any special forensic training. It


Electrochromic tungsten oxide thin films produced by dip-coating from a sol-gel solution are of interest for large area electrochromic window applications. The influence of the sol-gel formulation and the subsequent processing of the film required to produce uniform WO3 films are discussed together with the effects of the dipping and processing parameters on the structure, optical properties, and electrochemical behavior of the films. The electrochemical behavior of the films has been studied using cyclic voltammetry. Electrolyte solutions, with different cations for insertion into the WO3 layers, have been used in this work, and the resultant coloration of the films studied using spectrophotometry. Both colored and uncolored films have been studied using Rutherford backscattering spectrometry (RBS) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The sol-gel processing steps are shown to have a significant influence on the film microstructure and therefore the electrochemical coloration behavior of the films, as well as the lifetime of the film under repeated cycling. Results are shown illustrating the coloration behavior of the films, and the transmittance of the films over the visible and near-infrared spectra. WO3 films approximately 0.15 micrometers thick are highly transparent and color quite uniformly, although the process is not completely reversible. There is evidence from the auger electron spectroscopy (AES) and RBS data that there is residual carbon in the films after conventional processing. Some progress has been made toward examination of the effect of this carbon on both coloration efficiency and long-term switching life of prototype devices.


The invention discloses a porous integral medium and a preparation method and application thereof. The invention provides the porous integral medium with a nanometer line cage construction, wherein the porous integral medium consists of a nanometer line network framework and micron-order through holes, the size of the network framework is between 50 and 500nm, and the aperture of each micron-order through hole is between 1 and 100mu m. The porosity of the porous integral medium is between 60 and 95 percent. The porous integral medium which has the very regular nanometer line network frameworkand internal pores arranged orderly has excellent properties of high porosity, larger specific surface area, controllable aperture size, etc. The excellent properties enable the medium to be characterized by low resistance, high efficiency, high flux, etc. while the characteristics of excellent biocompatibility, wide pH accommodation range, etc. brought by the draw material enlarge the application range of the medium.


Details the partnership between the County Reference Library in Buckinghamshire, UK, and Dun & Bradstreet. It enables the library to provide better information services to its much more sophisticated public. The library is also providing services to local businesses, which generate revenue to fund much‐needed resources such as new books, CD‐ROMs and memory upgrades for the library's computers. Dun & Bradstreet gain feedback about their products direct from consumers, which means problems can be dealt with swiftly and efficiently.


Summary The paper deals with methods of thermovision image processing and analysis applied in a vision system used for welded joint quality assessment. In the paper some ways of thermogram analysis were proposed. Results were presented in forms of new images called profilograms. Some regions of these images were analyzed with the use of a method based on F-images obtained with the use of image Fourier transform.


There exists not at the Cape that marked difference in the manners of the two sexes which we find in Europe. In conversation the women are free and unreserved, and very often not only listen to, but make use of expressions by no means to be reconciled with English ideas of decency and propriety. They are not the disciples, they might be the models, of the school of Mrs. Wolstonecraft (sic); they call every thing by its right name, and seem in general to think that actions which men may perform with impunity ought equally to be allowed to themselves.2


In this work we report on studies of the kinetics of He–N2 mixtures excited by a proton beam. The rate of charge transfer from both atomic and molecular helium ions to N2 was studied using a time‐resolved technique to measure the fluorescence of N+2(B 2Σ+u→X 2Σg). The population of N+2(B2Σ+u) through a Penning ionization process from metastable helium atoms or molecules is observed, and the Penning ionization and charge transfer process which populates this state in a He–N2 laser is discussed. The charge transfer rate constants of He+–CO, He+–CO2, He+–H2S, and He+2–CO are also measured.


This research was used to analyze the influence of emotional intelligence and organizational communication to employees performance Supermarkets Relasi in Sukoharjo. The sample used in this study were 37 respondents and objects taken on employees in relation Supermarkets. In this study using a test instrument data, and data analysis techniques. Abstract test instrument data is not presented as assumption had escaped during the tests so that presented only the conclusions obtained in the analysis using SPSS.
The results obtained showed that partially variable emotional intelligence and communication organizations significantly influence employee performance Supermarkets Relationships in Sukoharjo. And the F test also significantly simultaneously between emotional intelligence and communication organizations on employee performance.


The paper investigates the ambiguity resolution problem in the field of GPS.By utilizing Z-transformation and baseline constraint,it improves the conventional FASF.At last,the paper gives the result of experiment.The result indicates that the method that the paper gave can reduce the state range of potential ambiguity relative to the conventional FASF.So the computing time can be reduced.It is suited to the real-time application in the dynamic condition.


The chemical composition of the essential oil of Salvia aegyptiaca L. was analysed by GC and GC–MS, the identified components constituting 91.1% of the oil. Thirty five components were identified. The main constituents were limonene (3.2%), bornyl acetate (8.5%), -bourbonene (2.9%) , -caryophyllene (10.2%), -gurjunene (7.6%), selina-4,11-diene (9.7%), germacrene D (7.0%), bicyclogermacrene (2.3%), -cadinene (3.4%), germacrene B (4.8%), spatulenol (3.1%), -caryophyllene oxide (6.2%) and -cadinol (2.9%). This is the first report on the chemical composition of the oil of Salvia aegyptiaca from Algeria.


The bidirectional nature of late endosome/lysosome movement suggests involvement of at least two distinct motors, one minus‐end directed and one plus‐end directed. Previous work has identified dynein as the minus‐end‐directed motor for late endosome/lysosome localization and dynamics. Conventional kinesin (kinesin‐1) has been implicated in plus‐end‐directed late endosome/lysosome movement, but other kinesin family members may also be involved. Kinesin‐2 is known to drive the movement of pigment granules, a type of lysosomally derived organelle, and was recently found to be associated with purified late endosomes. To determine whether kinesin‐2 might also power endosome movement in non‐pigmented cells, we overexpressed dominant negative forms of the KIF3A motor subunit and KAP3 accessory subunit and knocked down KAP3 levels using RNAi. We found kinesin‐2 to be required for the normal steady‐state localization of late endosomes/lysosomes but not early endosomes or recycling endosomes. Despite the abnormal subcellular distribution of late endosomes/lysosomes, the uptake and trafficking of molecules through the conventional endocytic pathway appeared to be unaffected. The slow time–course of inhibition suggests that both kinesin‐2 itself and its attachment to membranes do not turn over quickly.


algebraic categories In Part I of this book, consisting of Chapters 1–10, we develop the approach in which algebraic theories are studied without reference to sorting. Consequently, algebraic categories are investigated as abstract categories. We study limits and colimits of algebras, paying special attention to the sifted colimits because they play a central role in the development of algebraic categories. For example, algebraic categories are characterized precisely as the free completions under sifted colimits of small categories with finite coproducts, and algebraic functors are precisely the functors preserving limits and sifted colimits. This leads to an algebraic duality: the 2-category of algebraic categories is dually biequivalent to the 2-category of canonical algebraic theories.


AT the end of Day VI, the seven ladies of the brigata depart for the uniquely feminine "Valle delle donne," which is perhaps the most beautiful and harmonious locus amoenus in all of the Decameron. The "Valle delle donne," however, is more than a mere ornamental space, and more than solely a locus amoenus. (1) It is, I sustain, a pre-symbolic space that generates and empowers the feminine discourse that defines Day VII. The "Valle delle donne" lends Day VII a certain symbolic topology inside of which "si ragiona delle beffe, le quali o per amore o per salvamento di loro le donne hanno gia fatte a' suoi mariti, senza essersene avveduti o si" (VII). In an effort to expose this locus amoenus as a presymbolic space, this paper explores the "Valle delle donne" through the lens offered by Julia Kristeva's notion of the chora--an approach that has not yet been applied to a reading of Boccaccio's "Valle delle donne." The "Valle delle donne," I believe, resembles Kristeva's concept because both are pre-symbolic spaces in which energy and meaning are generated. Just as the semiotic chora is linked to the world of the symbolic, the "Valle delle donne" is likewise linked to the ten novellas that make up Day VII. That is, although the valley is not present in any of the stories of Day VII, it serves, however, to frame and determine the nature of the symbolic space in which the stories are told. In each of the ten novellas of Day VII, therefore, is recognizable the presence of an empowered feminine discourse--akin to the day's theme--conceived in the Kristevan chora that is the "Valle delle donne." What exactly is the chora? In the section entitled "The Semiotic Chora Ordering the Drives" of Revolution in Poetic Language (1974), a profound meditation as to how poetic language is constituted in speaking subjects, Julia Kristeva proposes an answer to this question. To begin, Kristeva borrows the term chora from Plato's Timaeus. In this work Plato likens the chora to the figure of a mother--one who nourishes and cares for another living being. As commentator Miglena Nikolchina stresses, however, Kristeva's use of the concept "is a matter not of a simple transfer from Plato, but of a radical translation" (164). In this light, Kristeva's "radical translation" is built around two points of agreement with Plato: 1) the chora is generative; and 2) it is an indeterminable and mutable space. Building upon this, Kristeva defines the chora as a space that "precedes evidence, verisimilitude, spatiality, and temporality" (26). Moreover, she claims that the chora is "a nonexpressive totality formed by the drives and their stases in a motility that is as full of movement as it is regulated" (25). As such, "one can situate the chora and, if necessary, lend it a topology, but one can never give it axiomatic form" (26). (2) Kristeva thereby claims that although one must use signifiers to express the notion of the chora, it is of great importance to note that the chora precedes the very linguistic sign that it determines and shapes. This is achieved because the chora is, as Kristeva elaborates, the "kinetic functional stage of the semiotic" (27; her emph.). The semiotic chora transmits to the symbolic sphere its own "semiotic articulations" through "biological code or physiological 'memory'" (29). One must keep in mind that although the symbolic sphere and its antecedent chora are distinct, once a speaking subject has been constituted, the two establish a mutual dependency. This dependency is formed because "[o]ur discourse--all discourse--moves with and against the chora in the sense that it simultaneously depends upon and refuses it" (26). The chora works to program the symbolic sphere in which are found the "constraints of biological (including sexual) differences and concrete, historical family structures" (29). All systems of signification, therefore, exhibit the imposing rhythms and currents of the chora. Now that I have provided an elucidation of the chora, I draw my attention to Boccaccio's "Valle delle donne. …


The present invention provides apparatus and methods for treating a target site in a body lumen. A medical device comprising a stent-like structure, which structure comprises a stent-like interwoven with a plurality of filaments scribed filament and the non-scored. Generally, the stent-like structure will have more than a non-scribed filaments scribed filaments, to provide greater structural support and scratch force is focused on only a few selected areas. Expanding the target site within the stent-like structure, so as to scribe the target site, and at the same time providing a temporary support structure with an infusion of the therapeutic agent to the target site. Such therapeutic agents infusion accompanied disposed within the drug-eluting stent-like structure or a drug coated balloon using a balloon, or introduced into the target site blocked and closed by the occlusion of the target site of drug a residence period of time occurs.


With the advancement of robust deep learning techniques, a significant number of applications pertaining to biomedical research and clinical practice can be noticed within the computer vision domain. Radiologists use Chest X-Ray (CXR) images, prominent among medical imaging, to diagnose and treat diseases. Proper anatomical segmentation of CXR images is increasingly valuable as a critical image pre-processing step as well as in interpreting the deep learning models since it isolates the necessary area by extracting the region of interest. This paper proposes a CXR-segmented dataset based on the MIMIC-CXR dataset. A total of 243,324 frontal views of CXR images with segmented masks for each image are available in the dataset. A U-Net model with spatial attention (SA-UNet) architecture is utilized for segmenting the CXR images after a comparative analysis of different U-Net variants. The SA-UNet model achieved a 96.80% in dice similarity coefficient and 91.97% in IoU for lung segmentation. This study has shown that the visual feature extraction process is optimized using segmented CXR radiographs of CXLSeg instead of original MIMIC-CXR images by a significant margin.


is distributed wide]y in invertebrates. Wc dctcrmined thc cDNA-derived arnine acid scquenees ot' two arginine kinases (AK1 and AK2) from thc almelid Sabeliastafte indica. cloncd the cDNA inLe pMAL plasmid und expressed them in E. cvli. Thc i'ecombinuiit Sab{ittaseartE' AK2 lnainly showed sLrunger activity foi' both Dand I.arglnine, a very unique substrate specifieity not scen bcrorc in "suit1 AKs. Ill this -,erk, fifiy independent mutalions wei'e inti'oduccd around the putative substratebinding region of Sabeiinstarte AK2. The I.64t and l.64V mutants exhibited a significant increase in enzyme activity lbr beth Dund L-arginine than the wild-


Background: In line with the current global energy crisis, there is an urgent need to seek cheap energy sources. This study has utilized waste materials for synthesizing biodiesel, an environmentally friendly alternative energy. Aim: This study aimed to prepare low-cost carbon-based zirconium impregnated heterogeneous catalysts using wood dust to produce biodiesel from waste vegetable oil (WVO). Methods: Response Surface Methodology via Central Composite Design (RSM-CCD) optimized the biodiesel production process. The physico-chemical properties of waste vegetable methyl ester were determined following the American Standard Testing of Materials (ASTM). In addition, the catalyst morphology and elemental composition were determined using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Energy-Dispersive X-ray (EDX), respectively. Results and Discussion: The optimum conditions were observed to be 8:1 methanol/oil ratio, 5 wt% catalyst loading, 55 °C temperature, and 3 hours of reaction time. The corresponding response was observed to be 98.39%. Conclusions: The experimental analysis confirmed that the synthesized catalyst from wood dust under optimized conditions transesterified the waste vegetable oil into biodiesel with properties that comply with American Standard Testing of Materials.


Isuma: Inuit Video Art. By Michael Robert Evans. (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2008. Pp. xiv + 236. Glossary, notes, references, index. $95.00 clotii, $29.95 paper); The Fast Runner: Filming the Legend of Atanariuat. By Michael Robert Evans. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2010. Pp. xxii + 176. Illustrations, series editors' introduction, list of characters, guide to pronunciation, glossary, notes, bibliography, index, photographs. $19.95 paper.)For many urban authences and film critics in the mainstream news media, the Inuit film Atanarjuat/The Fast Runner appeared as a complete surprise. As the first Inuit-made feature-length drama, the film's story, landscape, aesthetics and cultural orientation felt completely new to many viewers outside of the arctic. The film awards at festivals around the world, including the Camera d'Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival and multiple Canadian "Genie" awards, received enthusiastic reviews in the New York Times and other major publications, and turned a profit in its theatrical run, an especially remarkable feat for a nearly three-hour film shot entirely in the Inuktitut language.But Atanarjuat is actually a very old story, a legend grounded in die small arctic community of Igloolik, in Nunavut, Canada. And the filmmakers - members of the Isuma production company - had already been making films together for more than twenty years. Their films are aesthetically sophisticated in terms of cinematography, performances, sound, narrative structure, pacing and other audio-visual and technological elements. And Isuma's films, along with those of other Indigenous media organizations outside of the arctic (such as CAAMA in Australia) , are also important in the context of broader international movements for Indigenous rights and control over Indigenous images in mass media. Isuma's ongoing projects also link Inuit video production with the millennial impact of new media. Isuma maintains extensive websites for its films, including Atanarjuat, and recendy launched Isuma TV, a multi-channel online streaming video site for Indigenous films. These strategic internet expansions bridge remote communities in a global network and make Indigenous audiovisual storytelling much more widely available.Michael Robert Evans has written two books, one about the people and work of Isuma, and the other a focused study of their signature feature film, Atanarjuat. Both books reveal the strengths of Evans' training in journalism and folklore; they are written with a clear style, effective description, and a feel for storytelling, making the books accessible for a broader authence than is usual for scholarly studies. Isuma: Inuit Video Art describes the work of Isuma and its key members, Zacharias Kunuk, Norman Cohn, and Pauloosie Qulitalik, during die period just before A tanariuat was completed. Based on Evans' nine months of fieldwork in Igloolik, Isuma describes the work of the Isuma company from a number of angles: as a form of cultural expression or folklore, as a form of resistance to the colonizing practices of the surrounding Canadian society, and as the result of a unique production practice that honors and disseminates ttaditional knowledge while also strengthening the local economy.Evans opens with a useful overview that positions Inuit video in relation to Inuit art and to theories of folklore and mass media articulated by Dell Hymes, Linda Degh, Henry Glassie, Richard Bauman and others, as well as scholars in visual anthropology such as Faye Ginsburg. Evans situates Inuit media in the context of both mass media and folkloric performative variants not just because of its content but also, crucially, because of Isuma's processes of production and reception. He argues that Isuma's videos function simultaneously as cultural Uansmission through storytelling performance, material culture, and folklife. His discussion of the video makers' relationships with their authences is particularly nuanced, and in re-defining film as a form of performance, his analysis suggests a re-definition of the field - what folklore is, how it is transmitted - in light of developments in film and technological methods of storytelling and transmission. …


Response Surface Methodology (RSM) was employed to analyze the effect of pectinase processing on Juice Yield (JY), Total Anthocyanin content (TA), Total Phenol content (TP) and Total Flavonoid content (TF) of blueberry juice. The processing conditions included enzyme dosage, hydrolysis temperature and hydrolysis time. For resolving multi-response optimization, desirability function method was used to integrate JY, TA, TP and TF into a new target D (Desirability value). Predicted values of JY, TA, TP, TF and D were found to be in good agreement with experimental values as indicated by the high R 2 values of 0.9963, 0.9217, 0.9586, 0.9901 and 0.9933, respectively. The optimum conditions were: enzyme dosage of 0.6 mg/g, hydrolysis temperature of 51.6°C and hydrolysis time of 2.36 h. At this optimum point, JY, TA, TP, TF and D were 71.406%, 420.367 mg/L, 2.784 g/L, 3.121 g/L and 0.9206, respectively. The study showed that RSM was an effective technique to model the effect of pectinase processing on blueberry juice parameters and desirability function method could be used for multi- response optimization of blueberry juice extraction.


...motion means...passing through time and through space." "Pushes and pulls seem to be the cause of motion." "Push and Pull" is about exploring process. While trying to locate my form of expression and process, I rediscovered my mother's form of expression and process – crochet. I decided in order to continue forward, I must explore the past. 1 Richard Wolfson, Simply Einstein: Relativity Demystified (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2003), 20. 2 Wolfson, 20.


Two groups of students, one dozen each, were selected after a pre-test. CALL Materials were developed. One group was taught with CALL tools while the other was taught using whiteboard lecturing method. After experimental teaching session of one month data was collected in two ways. The attendance sheets of the students and secondly the questionnaire answers. The data was statistically analyzed and the results favored CALL. It was concluded that CALL tools enhance marks gaining capacity of the learners in reading and writing test. They also boost the motivation level of the students.


Low-frequency noise induced by vehicle-bridge coupling vibration is an important pollution source for environment.The investigation for the sound field distribution of such kind of noise offers important accordance for assessment of environmental noise pollution.Based on the theories of vehicle-bridge coupling vibration and sound wave propagation,the low-frequency noise due to vehicle-bridge coupling vibration is investigated using boundary element method(BEM).A steel bridge in service is studied as a case.The low-frequency noise produced by vehicle-bridge coupling vibration is investigated by experiment and numerical simulation.And the effects of sound wave reflection due to the ground surface on sound field distribution and sound pressure is also investigated.Results show that the applicability and precision of BEM are great in assessment of low-frequency noise due to bridge vibration.And the distribution of sound field is obtained.For the steel plate girder bridge in this paper,the sound pressure of a survey point in sound field is related to the distance between the survey point and the bridge.The sound pressure level in upward side of the bridge is similar to that in downward side.The effects of sound reflection of ground surface on sound field in neighborhood of the bridge deck are great.When considering sound reflection of ground surface,the distance between ground surface and the bridge is an important issue for sound pressure due to bridge vibration.


The abyssal ocean covers more than half of the Earth's surface, yet remains understudied and underappreciated. In this Perspectives article, we mark the occasion of the Deep Submergence Vehicle Alvin's increased depth range (from 4500 to 6500 m) to highlight the scientific potential of the abyssal seafloor. From a geologic perspective, ultra-slow spreading mid-ocean ridges, Petit Spot volcanism, transform faults, and subduction zones put the full life cycle of oceanic crust on display in the abyss, revealing constructive and destructive forces over wide ranges in time and space. Geochemically, the abyssal pressure regime influences the solubility of constituents such as silica and carbonate, and extremely high-temperature fluid-rock reactions in the shallow subsurface lead to distinctive and potentially unique geochemical profiles. Microbial residents range from low-abundance, low-energy communities on the abyssal plains to fast growing thermophiles at hydrothermal vents. Given its spatial extent and position as an intermediate zone between coastal and deep hadal settings, the abyss represents a lynchpin in global-scale processes such as nutrient and energy flux, population structure, and biogeographic diversity. Taken together, the abyssal ocean contributes critical ecosystem services while facing acute and diffuse anthropogenic threats from deep-sea mining, pollution, and climate change.


Mobile phone use has increased exponentially on a global scale in all segments of society since the rise of the first mobile phones in 1970s. Although a wealth of research has been conducted to measure the effects of mobile phones on individuals, a few studies have been carried out to make a connection between similes and mobile phone use. In this respect, this study examined habits of students on mobile phone use through similes at a private university located in Erbil, Iraq. Students employed food, drink, household items and people to illustrate their mobile phone dependence rate. A questionnaire, a survey and an interview were adopted to gather data. The data which were collected by employing a mixed method design were analyzed through MAXODA software program and SPSS 25. The findings of the study uncover that mobile phone are indispensable in their lives with varying reasons to take advantage of them. Additionally, students have unsubtle plans to reduce their daily usage by channeling their energy to social activities. The findings of this study can have some implications to acknowledge negative points of mobile phone use and adopt realistic strategies t


Headcut retreat is one of the important processes of gully erosion, which leads to intensive sediment  yield and threaten the soil quality of a region (Oostwoud Wijdenes et al., 2000; Vandekerckhove et al., 2001; 2003). The waterfall at the headcuts dissipated flow kinetic energy to gully beds and formed plunge pools right under the headcuts (Stein et al., 1993). The development of plunge pools caused rill headcut migration to upstream drainage area (Bennett et al., 1999), and the shape factors were applied to predict the linear headcut retreat rates of rills (Alonso et al., 2002). Flores-Cervantes et al (2006) extended the model to hillslope gully heads in the model channel-hillslope integrated
 landscape development (CHILD). Campo-Bescos et al (2013) calibrated the model in northeast Spain and found the differences between field observation and model simulation were only 0.05 m3 year-1. While the plunge pools were not typical in some gullies in fields, and how to predict the headcut erosion rates without shape factors of plunge pools needs further study. The aim of this study is to detect the relationships between headcut retreat rate and flow hydraulics and erosion processes of gully beds, and find out the key influencing factors on gully head eroison based on an in-situ scouring experiment on 5 simulated gully heads in Dry-hot valley in southwest China.


According to the World Health Organization (who), in addition to the already known (nitrogen oxide, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide), solid suspended dust particles were added to the most dangerous for human air pollutants. The inclusion of these particles in the list of especially dangerous pollutants has opened the way for a large number of studies, including their accounting in different conditions and for different types of economic activities in order to reduce their concentration in the air. To assess the harmful effects of dust on humans as air pollutants, it is necessary to know the chemical composition of these particles. The article considers the dust entering the atmosphere of warehouses for two variants (cases) of storage in soft tissues, in a cloth or plastic packaging. Dust of the most common building materials and dust of organogenic rocks, on the example of flask. The chemical composition and structure of materials on the basis of quantitative and qualitative microprobe analysis (EDS). Visually presented in the form of tables with the content of each element at different points of the same material and in the areas of two different materials.


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This working paper presents methodology for matched employer-employees panel data collection in Russian industrial enterprises. It summarizes the results of the most important Russian and international labor market research based on matched data analysis; introduces sampling procedures and defines possible matching techniques; elaborates the basic questionnaire structure for further data collection.


Air pollution in Ogaki City has been studied for more than five years. Measurement on the variation of SO3 and NO2 value was performed at more than thirty places, and the hourly variation of the gases was tested at some places. It was found that air pollution in this city was mainly caused by two sources, one of which was two factory areas in southern and western districts, and another was cars running on the National Road Route 21. It was proved that pollutants discharged from the factories are both sulfur dioxide and hydrogen sulfide, and those from cars are nitrogen oxides, and their concentrations were makedly high. Polluted areas were altered with the wind direction and the main wind direction in this city is between north and west, so the polluted areas are unchanged through all seasons. It was also found that correlation exists between the concentration of sulfur dioxide and the direction of wind.


After annealing treatments for fcc-Fe/Ir(111) below 600 K, the surface layers remain pseudomorphic. The Ir(111) substrate plays an important role on the expanded Fe lattice. At temperatures between 750 and 800 K, the surface composition shows a stable state and a c(2 × 4) structure is observed. We discover a layered structure composed of some Fe atoms on the top of a Fe0.5Ir0.5 interfacial alloy supported on the Ir(111) substrate. The competition between the negative formation heat of Fe0.5Ir0.5 and surface free energy of Fe causes the formation of layered structure. The existence of ferromagnetic dead layer coincides with the formation of fcc-Fe for ultrathin Fe on Fe0.5Ir0.5/Ir(111). For Fe films thicker than three monolayers, the linear increase of the Kerr intensity versus the Fe coverage is related to the growing of bcc-Fe on the surface where the Fe layer is incoherent to the underlying Fe0.5Ir0.5/Ir(111). These results emphasize the importance of the substrate induced strain and layered structure o...


In order to investigate the fatigue behaviors of beams with web reinforcement, three series of fatigue tests were carried out. Behaviors of 17 beams, especially changes in strains of stirrups due to repeated loading, were carefully observed. Based on the test results, a new equation for predicting stirrup strain under repeated loading was proposed and a tentative design proposal for stirrups in a beam subjected to fatigue loading was made.


When dealing with Shakespeare's Henry VI on the page or on the stage, a critic, an editor, or a director immediately confronts the question of the integrity of the three plays as they have survived in the two quartos (among the earliest of Shakespeare's works to appear in print) and the First Folio (where Part One first appears). Since the eighteenth century, scholars and theatrical professionals have shown little confidence in or enthusiasm for these histories as intact entities, worthy of analysis as discrete units, but rather have either lumped them together as one item that can be dealt with summarily or raided them so as to appropriate detachable elements that suit the interpreter's agendas. For example, directors often graft Richard of Gloucester's speeches from Part Three on to Richard III (the Olivier movie is the best known but by no means the only instance); several recent scholars have written tellingly about Joan de Pucelle;1 and other distinctive parts have been singled out for attention or analysis, with one line ('The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers', 2 Henry VI, Iv. 2.70)2 achieving a cult status. Admittedly, starting in the I96os and 197os a few academic critics have argued forcefully on behalf of thematic or imagist integrity;3 at least two directors (Terry Hands, Jane Howell) have treated the scripts with respect. But for the most part both scholars and theatrical professionals (weaned on standards and assumptions derived from subsequent plays in the canon) have only intermittent interest in this trilogy other than as context for Richard III.


The article presents an exploratory and descriptive study of the failure rate of students of the professional school of mechanical and electrical engineering of a public university in Peru. The purpose is to identify if the level of failure has experienced any positive or negative variation when moving from the context of face-to-face education to virtual education, due to the state of health emergency. This study makes it possible to demonstrate an initial reference state, relevant for decision-making at the level of university academic management, through strategies that will increase the approval rate of this professional school. The results obtained indicate that the level of failure of the students has experienced a positive variation when moving from the face-to-face context to the virtual one, due to the increase in the average rate of failure from 25% to 34%. The results are equivalent to 242 students failed during the context of face-to-face education, and 438 students failed during the context of virtual education. In addition, it is visualized that the specialty subjects, where there are the largest number of failed students, are linked to the area of electrical engineering. Being the subject of Electrical Machines I, the one with the highest failure rate, with a total average of 43% during the context of face-to-face education and 48% during virtual education.


Variable focus lens instrument is at least one hard optical disc, having at least one layer of clear fluid in at least one soft optical membrane and the fluid channel and the reservoir communication with. When incorporated into the spectacle lens wearer by the lens system to adjust the refractive power of each lens, thereby the maximum steric lift degree and preferably binocular visual performance that matches the binocular fusion at any desired object plane it can be achieved. .FIELD 1A


International students enrolling in undergraduate nursing courses in Australian universities are an increasing presence. The literature in regard to enhancing international student success has concentrated on theoretical, or class room learning. For nursing, and other practice based disciplines, success is also required in the practical learning experience. Clinical practice experience is recognised within the profession world wide as an essential element of nurse education for the development of competent and skilled registered nurses For those international culturally and linguistically different students entering Australian programmes, this requirement is often difficult and challenging This paper will discuss Australian nurse education which is grounded in western values and beliefs regarding health and illness and the role of the nurse, and highlight the student anecdotes that have lead to the development of a doctoral research proposal asking the question: What is the nature of learning to nurse in Australia for international culturally and linguistically different students?


Ministers at the European Union's Health Council meeting in Brussels on 15 November 2001 adopted unanimously a Recommendation on the prudent use of antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents in human medicine (see also IP/01/1596) (1). The Recommendation asks national governments to take measures to contain the spread of antimicrobial resistance by encouraging a more prudent use of antibiotics. Member states are asked to raise awareness and provide information to the general public, to use a precautionary approach (by prescription only), and to improve monitoring of consumption of these drugs.


ABSTRACT This note discusses the approach of specifying a Gaussian Markov random field (GMRF) by the Cholesky triangle of the precision matrix. A such representation can be made extremely sparse using numerical techniques for incomplete sparse Cholesky factorization, and provide very computational efficient representation for simulating from the GMRF. However, we provide theoretical and empirical justification showing that the sparse Cholesky triangle representation is fragile when conditioning a GMRF on a subset of the variables or observed data, meaning that the computational cost increases.


One of the automatic way of theme grouping that can be used is K-Means Clustering. In this research, the song theme is taken from the text of song lyrics. The aim of this study is developing a system that can automatically group the song lyric theme and know the accuracy level of the grouping. The process stage is started with the data processing or text processing called as text mining. In text mining, there are some processes. First, the text operation. The text operation consists of tokenizing, stopword, steeming, and word weighting then can be processed using K-Means clustering. In clustering process, it consists of initial centroid initialization uses Variance Initialization, next counts the centroid distance on the data using Euclidean distance until get the proper grouping accurately. The accuracy counting uses confusion matrix. The next step to see the suitability system that has been made, new data is added which then is processed by a system. After that, it can decide the new data is classified into one specific theme. From the research that has been conducted as case study in Masdha Radio Yogyakarta, total data available 400 and divided into four clusters. The clusters consist of love cluster, friendship cluster, religion cluster, and fighting cluster. The result of research song lyric grouping based on the theme works well with 93.25% accuracy for the unique word frequency numbers 121 maximum and unique word 0 minimum.


Civil handicraftsmen were the carrier of the protection and inheritance of intangible culture heritage.All levels of governments,culture department,even education department should attach importance to the respect and protection of civil handicraftsmen,advertance to their subsistence condition,promote their social and economical status,support and safeguard civil handicraftsmen's skill.


The article discusses development of an integrated approach of teaching English to students majoring in Management and IT technologies in the Ural State University of Economics and describes the experience of its implementation. Current trends in education require the use of non-traditional means in class to activate students' potential and help them master the necessary competences. This integrated approach meets the requirements of the educational standard and is based on the survey among students held to reveal their needs and interests in a foreign language. It exceeds the boundaries of the textbook (which is still the basis for learning) and includes participation in multi-university projects and scientific conferences, use of on-line resources and creative tasks.


The dose calibrator assay of certain electron-capture radionuclides is made difficult because of the large fraction of the calibrator's response due to characteristic x-rays. Dose calibrator assay of I-123 presents a problem similar to that of I-125, because the energies of their characteristic x-rays are the same. The authors have investigated several methods of determination of correction factors for I-123 in different containers. They have found imaging of I-123 activity with a gamma camera, relative to that of Tc-99m, to result in satisfactory definition of I-123 activity. An easier method makes use of a screw-top thin wall glass vial with absorption characteristics for 5 ml of I-123 solution similar to those of the NBS ampoule. Correction factors have been determined for several plastic syringes and glass vials, unshielded and copper-shielded.


Labor force lives on hardworking and offering technology.Their education originates from their own demand,and the desire of businessesis for profit. There have been stages of apprenticeship,rising,development and decline of labor force education,which take on voluntary and compulsory features.The compulsory education is committed to the willingness of the party,government,and employers,so the labor force education eventually ends up in failure.


The effects of internal energy upon metastable and collision-induced dissociation (CID) processes observed in the tandem mass spectrometry of multiply protonated molecules of horse-heart cytochrome c (Mr 12360) are described. The internal energy of the multiply protonated (15H+) molecules (at m/z 825) formed by electrospray ionization (ESI) was manipulated using electric fields in the atmospheric pressure/vacuum interface region. Highly efficient CID is obtained for molecular ions collisionally activated in the ESI interface. The dissociation efficiency at 3.8 eV to 5.8 eV (center of mass) collision energies for internally "hot" molecular ions under multiple collision conditions in a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer is shown to be much greater than for "cold" ions. The CID spectra show dramatic effects due to internal energy, with charge stripping dominating for cold ions (where CID efficiency is very low) and extensive fragmentation observed for hot ions.


The polyphenoloxidase activity of nine bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) cultivars (Arua, Apore, A774, Carioca, Diamante Negro, Ouro Branco, Perola, RAO 33 e Ruda) were studied. The crude enzyme extract of the nine cultivars was found to have optimum pH in 7.2 using catechol as substrate. No PPO activity in beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) was observed using D,L DOPA and gallic acid as substrate.


Nuclear fusion research is focused on the development of physics and technology for controlled utilization of the fusion reaction D + Τ —» He + η which releases an amount of 17.6 MeV of energy. In the thermonuclear approach to fusion a DT-plasma is heated to high temperatures such that a sufficient reaction rate is provided by the high energy tail of the maxwellian distribution of the plasma particles. Ignition of the plasma is reached if the energy gain by α-particles, which is 3.5 MeV per reaction, is in excess of the energy loss of the plasma due to imperfect energy confinement. For ignition the plasma ion temperature Γ, has to be larger than 10 keV and the product ηΐ£ of plasma density η and energy confinement time T£ must simultaneously exceed 4xl0 2 0 nr s, i.e. n^T, > 4xl0 2 1 m~skeV.


Little is known about depictive secondary predicates such as raw in She ate the fish raw in languages other than a few European ones. The goal of this paper is to broaden the database for this grammatical construction by reviewing its recurring formal properties, introducing a crosslinguistically applicable definition and delimiting it from other, semantically and/or morphosyntactically similar constructions. In particular, w ew ill show that the distinction between depictives and adverbials is much less clearcut, both in formal and semantic terms, than is often assumed. First, languages may not formally distinguish the two construction types. Second, in language sw ith genuine depictive constructions distinct from adverbials, expressions that have generally been analysed as adverbials (e.g., expressions of concomitance, manner, location, and even time) may exhibit the formal properties of depictives. As a consequence, we argue that adverbial and depictive constructions are in competition, in the sense that languages may have different cut-off points for the two construction types on an implicational hierarchy ranging from typical depictive content to typical adverbial content.


A deterministic model for transmission of Echinococcus multilocularis (EM), a parasitic disease responsible for human alveolar echinococcosis, is formulated and analyzed rigorously. The model consists of two hosts, with three compartments each, and concentration of the parasites from environment as sources of infection. The model takes into account a predator‐prey relationship between the major hosts and obtained a threshold value for their existence. Systematic derivation of basic reproduction number, R0 , is provided. Thorough qualitative analysis of the model reveals that it has a local and global asymptotic stable disease‐free equilibrium when R0<1 ; thus, (EM) will die out in the populations. However, when R0 exceeds unity, the model exhibits a unique endemic equilibrium, which is globally asymptotic stable; hence, disease will persist. The elasticity indices and partial rank correlation coefficients of the basic reproduction number and cumulative new cases of the two hosts with respect to parameter values are computed. Sensitivity analyses identified key parameters that are the most sensitive and can be used for control strategies in reducing R0 below unity. Numerical simulations are used to verify theoretical results and quantify prevalence of the disease in host populations.


Racial/ethnic disparities exist in health care that are not fully explained by differences in access to care, clinical appropriateness, or patient preferences (Smedley, Stith, & Nelson, 2002). An important health disparity that exists within the Asian American population is in preventive cancer screenings. The rates of physicians recommending cancer screening among Asian Americans are disproportionately lower than justified by the relatively small ethnic group differences in cancer and mortality rates (U.S. Cancer Statistics Working Group, 2012). Despite cancer being the leading cause of death for Asian Americans, (National Center for Health Statistics, 2011) screening rates for cervical and breast cancer in Asian American women, and colorectal cancer in Asian American women and men are well below those of any other ethnic group (King, 2012; U.S. Cancer Statistics Working Group, 2012). In this article, we present a conceptual model that seeks to explain a factor in these lower screening rates. We review and incorporate in our model established mechanisms in the literature including physician-patient communication, patient variables, and physician variables. We also propose a new mechanism that may be specific to the Asian American population—the impact of the model minority myth and how that may translate into positive health stereotypes. These positive implicit or explicit health stereotypes can interact with time pressure and limited information to influence physician decision making and cancer screening recommendations. Suggestions are offered for testing this model including using the Implicit Association Test and the Error Choice technique.


ABSTRACT Setyoningsih, L, Dhini. 2019. The Correlation of Visual, Auditory and Kinesthetic Learning Style on Students' English Learning Achievement . Thesis, English Education Department, Postgraduate Program, Islamic University of Malang, Advisor : Dr. Hj. Kun Aniroh, M.Pd. Key Words : visual learning style, auditory learning style, kinesthetic learning style, achievement The aim of this research is to know whether significant or not the correlation of visual, auditory and kinesthetic learning styles to students' English learning achievement . This research focused on those learning styles on students' English learning achievement. To conduct the research, this study uses a correlation design with Multiple Regression to describe the correlation of visual, auditory and kinesthetic learning styles on students' English achievement of Junior High School 2 Pesanggaran students. 123 (One Hundred Twenty and Three)  VIII Graders involved in this study. They have learned English materials based on 2013 Indonesian National Curriculum and are facing two semesters in each grade.   To collect the data, the questionnaire about visual, auditory and kinesthetic learning styles are administered to investigate the students' learning style preference. Their last semester score of English academic achievement are also collected to support this study. SPSS V.20 is used in computing and analyzing the result of the data collection. The data analysis finds that there is a significant correlation among visual learning style, auditory learning style, kinesthetic learning style and English learning achievement. The regression coeficient of these three factors is 0.868. meaning these three factors give 86.8 % contribution to the students' English learning achievement. It indicates that there is only 13.2 % contribution of other factors that influence the students'English learning achievement. The other factors can be personality, motivation, or sociolinguistic factor that are not discussed in this study. Among the three predictor variables, auditory and kinesthetic learning style have the contribution to English learning achievement as the dependent variable. Auditory learning style has the significant coefficient 0.000, while kinesthetic learning style has significant coefficient 0.000 or lower than 0.05. It means they have significant correlation to the students' English learning achievement. Then visual learning style has the significant coefficient 0.076 or higher than 0.05. So, it means that visual learning style doesn't have positive correlation to the students' English learning achievement. Considering these findings, it is suggested to the future researcher to investigate the correlation of the other factors with English learning comprehension. Then, to the teacher, students' learning style identification can guide them to appropriate methods and materials to maximize students' learning.


TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to the technical field of agricultural machinery, and more particularly to an agricultural machine for planting peanuts, and specifically, a foldable 4 × 8 large peanut seeder. A suspension and sowing machine large frame, and a parallelogram hydraulic folding extension frame, the suspension is fixed at the front end of the parallelogram hydraulic folding extension frame, and a parallelogram hydraulic folding extension frame A sowing machine large frame is provided behind. The parallelogram hydraulic folding extension frame includes a support main extension frame, an intermediate connection extension frame, an outward extension extension frame and a parallel lateral link, and includes a support main extension frame, an intermediate connection extension frame and a parallel horizontal Direction links form a parallelogram structure. The large seeder frame includes an intermediate seeder frame and a side edge seeder frame, the intermediate seeder frame is located between the two side edge seeder frames, and the two side edge seeder frames are each folded outwardly by a wide ground support mechanism. Connected to the extended frame. The seeder has a compact, rational and complete function, integrates a plurality of processes integrally, has high work efficiency, and has excellent ground copying.


We present, in this work, our preliminary results of a systematic theoretical study of the adsorption of Ga, In and N over GaAs(110) surfaces. We analyze the changes in the bond lengths and in the bond angles before and after deposition, as well as the total energy behaviour with the adsorbate position variation. Our results show that both the InN and GaN growth over GaAs(110) are possible. Also, based on our results, we speculate the arsenic mediated growth for GaN over GaAs substrates which shows a surfactant effect.


To search for a easy and reliable way to diagnose
the airway inflammtory reaction caused by smoking. The bronchoalveolar lavage fluid(BALF)
obtained from 51 healthy smokers was examined and divided into , and degrees of
inflammation according to the absolute value of cell counts in BALF.Simultaneously,the acetyl
methyl choline (Mch) bronchial provocative test was performed and peak expiratory flow (PEF)
within 24 h was estimated. The absolute value of cells counts in BALF of 51 subjects was
(2.347.2)108/L,16 subjects belonged to Degree of inflammation,22 subjects to Degree and 13
to Degree .The positive rate of Mch bronchial provocative test was 64.7%(Degree :50%,degree
:68.2%,Degree :76.9% respectively).The abnormal rate of variability in 24 h-PEF was 62.7%
(Degree :37.5%,Degree :72.7%,Degree :76.7% respectively).There existed a good correlation
between these results and the degree of BALF inflammation. It proved that the divisional
degrees based on the absolute value cell counts in BALF could caused by smoking. Mch
bronchial provocative test and PEF extimation can be used as one of the non-invasive indices
in early diagnosis of airway inflammation


Three hundred and twenty seven Yorkshire,Landrace and Duroc pigs were analysed to screen the SNPs in 6-10 Exon of mitochondrial 2,4-dienoyl-CoA reductase 1(DECR1) gene and analyse its genetic structure.The resluts showed: the primers were designed accroding to human DECR1 gene by means of genome comparison,2 SNPs were screened out in Exon6 and Exon8 by PCR-SSCP method,but mutation in Exon6 loic belonged to nonsense mutation,mutation in Exon8 loci belong to missense mutation.The polymorphism of the SNP in Exon8 were studied and 3 genotypes(CC,CG,GG) were tested in 3 breeds.There were abundant genetic polymorphism in Exon8 loci.


The position of women and role of gender in Sudan has been researched from anthropological, sociological and economic traditions. This study will review the position of Sudanese women within the formal employment sector, setting this within the specific political, economic and social context of the country. In addition, it will examine women in political and voluntary settings, as these are also important decision making arenas. There has been little published material previously on this topic. The study draws on secondary data from unpublished studies and master's dissertations, and also grey material available in Sudan. In addition, semi-structured interviewing of a purposive sample of selected informants was used. The data were analysed thematically. The findings were that many behavioural patterns seen elsewhere were evident in Sudan, such as stereotyping and discrimination. However, educated Sudanese women sought equality within a man's world, unlike the equal but different gender roles found by Metcalfe (2007) in parts of the Middle East.


OBJECTIVE: To assess evidence from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on the efficacy of low-dose heparin for prolonging patency of peripheral intravenous (PIV) catheters in the pediatric population. METHODS: We searched Medline, Embase, CINAHL, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials to identify studies up to June 6, 2012. Additional citations were retrieved from the bibliography of selected articles. The eligible studies were RCTs of low-dose heparin used in PIV catheters as compared with control and measured any one of the following outcomes: duration of catheter patency, infusion failure rates, or phlebitis. Data were extracted by 1 reviewer by using a standardized form and checked for accuracy by a second reviewer. Discrepancies were resolved by consensus. RESULTS: Thirteen RCTs were identified (3 RCTs of continuous infusion and 10 RCTs of intermittent flush). Catheters using heparin had longer patency (mean difference [95% confidence interval]: 26.51 hours [2.37 to 50.65], P , .001, for the infusion studies and 2.82 hours [20.04 to 5.67], P = .05, for intermittent flush studies). Heparin usage also resulted in a lower rate of infusion failure (rate ratio [95% confidence interval]: 0.78 [0.62 to 0.99], P = .04, for the infusion studies and 0.88 [0.72 to 1.09], P = .25, for intermittent flush studies). Lower phlebitis rates were also observed with heparin usage; however, the results did not reach significance. There was no increase in heparin-related side effects noted. CONCLUSIONS: Low-dose heparin as continuous infusion in PIV catheters resulted in clinically significant benefits in terms of catheter patency and fewer episodes of infusion failures. Heparin's use in intermittent flush solutions showed minimal benefits. Pediatrics 2013;131:e864– e872 AUTHORS: Manoj Kumar, MD, MSc,a Ben Vandermeer, MSc,b Dirk Bassler, MD, MSc,c and Nadia Mansoor, MBBSd aDepartment of Pediatrics, dDepartment of Medicine and bAlberta Research Center for Health Evidence, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada; and cCenter for Pediatric Clinical Studies and Department of Neonatology, Tübingen University Children's Hospital, Tübingen, Germany


The Strategic Planning section of the Gold Coast City Council with the assistance of Trimap Pty Ltd have developed a GIS‐based system which enables urban planners and economists to assess the performance of major retail/ commercial centres in the city This approach to centre evaluation has provided Council with vital information in its preparation for the new Activity Centre Strategy but it has also received a very positive response from various external stakeholders, such as local business operators and marketing professionals, to improve their competitiveness and business strategies. This paper will present readers with the methodology used in this project and provide examples how this GIS application is currently being utilised for activity centre planning.


SAGE, or Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment, is a key part of NASA's mission to provide crucial, long-term measurements that will help humans understand and care for Earth's atmosphere.


Foonded 1985 Research into diatoms commenced with the advent of the light microscope and progressed to 811 a d v d state in the 1950s. Since then the application of transmission and scanning electron microscopy has provided additional stimulus to the study of these microorganisms which play a vital role in rrmriee and fmhwater ecosystems. Their siliceous cell walls are amongst the best preserved micm-foasila and thus feature gteatly in micro-palaeontology and its applied aspects. Ease of culture has also led to considerable use of di.toms in physiological, cell biological and biochemical studies. In spite of a long history of research there has never been an International society sew@ all diuomids whatever their interest. The foundation of the Society in 1985 haa provided (I focps for the amtinuing development of diatom research. The publication of this journal now provides a fomm fa' studies and dl dnw together much work which until now has been scattered, often in relatively W b l e p b h t h s . -


Emulsion explosives have become the preferred choice as blasting agents for numerous industries including mining, agriculture, and construction. One of the most important components in such an emulsion is an emulsifier, which controls the emulsification p


The present study deals with a problem of modeling a surface growth process. Governing principles for mechanics of growing solids have been formulated. Within the framework of the surface growth theory, different variants of boundary value problems are discussed. A human blood vessel under pathological growth processes has been considered as an example of a surface growth process. Vessels are simulated by a long thick‐walled circular cylinder. The boundary value problem of a surface growth for elastic thick‐walled vessels is solved. The analytical solution in terms of velocities for parameters of stress‐strain state has been obtained. Condition of thickness has allowed us to study strain‐stress state of cylinder surfaces using approximation of infinitesimal deformations. The stress‐strain state characteristics are numerically computed and graphically analyzed using various mechanical parameters of the surface growth processes. Two cases of boundary value problems, namely, deformation of two‐ and multilayer cylinder have been considered. General analytical solution for thick multilayer cylinder deformation has been obtained. Analytical solution is based on the Lamé problem for elastic material. Comparison of multilayer and single‐layer solutions is performed.


Let $S_g$ denoting the genus $g$ closed orientable surface. An {\em origami} (or flat structure) on $S_g$ is obtained from a finite collection of unit Euclidean squares by gluing each right edge to a left one and each top edge to a bottom one. Coherent filling pairs of simple closed curves, $(\alpha,\beta)$ in $S_g$ are pairs for which their minimal intersection is equal to their algebraic intersection. And, a minimally intersecting filling of $(\alpha,\beta)$ in $S_g$ is a pair whose intersection number is the minimal among all filling pairs of $S_g$. A coherent pair of curves is naturally associated with an origami on $S_g$, and a minimally intersecting filling coherent pair of curves has the smallest number of squares in all origamis on $S_g$. Our main result introduce an algorithm to count the numbers of minimal filling pairs on $S_g$, and establish a new upper bound of this count using M\'enage Problem.


The relative importance of a cohort's early life conditions, compared to later period conditions, on adult- and old-age mortality is not known. This paper studies how cohort-level mortality depends on shocks in the cohort's early and later life (period) conditions. I use cohort's own mortality as a proxy for the early life conditions, and define shocks as deviations from trend. Using historical data for five European countries I find that shocks in early life conditions are only weakly associated with cohort's later mortality. This may be because individual-level health is robust to early life conditions, or because at the cohort-level scarring, selection and immunity cancel each other. Shocks in period conditions, measured as deviations from trend in period child mortality, are strongly and positively correlated with mortality at all older ages. The results suggest that at the cohort-level period conditions drive mortality change.


SummaryBackground: COPD can decrease patients' activity because of dyspneaObjectives: To critically evaluate the effect of RMT as a treatment of COPD.Method: Five databases were found from 2008, a randomized clinical trials (RCTs) research will be a reference if they evaluated RMT against any type of control in patients with any form of respiratory muscle weakness.Result: Five trials met the inclusion criteria. One journal has the good of sampling technic by using the COPD patient from 3 hospitals. Only four journals show the significant effect of RMT to decrease dyspnea of COPD. The impact of RMT is going to increase the lung capacity, lung function, activity, respiratory muscle straightness, and minimize the effort of breathing. Only one journal does this intervention for 12 weeks.Conclusion: The evidence for the effect of RMT to decrease the dyspnea scale has a significant impact. For future studies, it will be better to use RMT longer to get a more considerable impact.


Numerical analysis for the stochastic Stokes/Navier-Stokes equations is still challenging even though it has been well done for the corresponding deterministic equations. In particular, the existing error estimates of finite element methods for the stochastic equations all suffer from the order reduction with respect to the spatial discretizations. The best convergence result obtained for these fully discrete schemes is only half-order in time and first-order in space, which is not optimal in space in the traditional sense. The purpose of this article is to establish the strong convergence of O(τ 1/2 + h) and O(τ 1/2 + h) in the L norm for the inf-sup stable velocity-pressure finite element approximations, where τ and h denote the temporal stepsize and spatial mesh size, respectively. The error estimates are of optimal order for the spatial discretization considered in this article (with MINI element), and consistent with the numerical experiments. The analysis is based on the fully discrete Stokes semigroup techniques and the corresponding new estimates.


ZnO films with an excellent crystal orientation and surface flatness have been prepared by high‐deposition‐rate rf planar‐magnetron sputtering. A detailed study of these films has been carried out using x‐ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, reflection electron diffraction, optical measurement, and electromechanical measurement. These films have the c‐axis perpendicular to the substrate. The value of the standard deviation angle σ of the c‐axis orientation distribution is smaller than 0.5°, and the minimum value of σ is 0.35°, where the sputtering conditions are that the gas pressure is 5×10−3–3×10−2 Torr of premixed Ar (50%)+O2(50%) and the substrate temperature is 300–350 °C. ZnO films with a thickness up to 48 μm have been reproducibly prepared without the decreases of film quality and surface flatness. The surface flatness of these films is similar to that of a glass substrate. An optical waveguide loss for the TE0 mode of the He‐Ne 6328‐A line is as low as 2.0 dB/cm in a 4.2‐μm‐thick film, ...


Mastitis is a dairy farm disease which causes important loss for dairy industry. Mastitis control is permanent challenge for dairy farm [1]. Milk loss link to mastitis was assessed to reach 17% of world milk production [1]. In Burkina Faso, this loss is not assessed and remains unknown area. It is well known that the most spread mastitis is subclinical which has considerable impact on farm and decrease milk yield and quality [2,3]. It is therefore urgent to assess mastitis on dairy farm related to milking in Burkina Faso because the presence of mastitis is linked directly to presence of bacteria. Clinical mastitis could be detected and treated by farmers. However, subclinical mastitis is silent and affects milk production without any suspicion from farmers. Today, several tests could be used to reveal presence of mastitis but there are not all affordable to farmers. The well-known method is California mastitis test (CMT) which could be used by farmers to discard mastitis cows before milking. The advanced method like somatic cells counter is used to count number of somatic cells in saleable milk [4]. It is also possible to check efficiency of milking by run fat content of strip milk. The strip milk shows how farmer supposes to end up the milking process.


Sexual dysfunction in men, limiting their reproductive capabilities, prevent the achievement of ma- rital and sexual life as a couple, break the stability of marriage, adversely affect mental health, lead to the develop- ment of neurotic and depressive disorders, alcohol abuse and antisocial behaviour. In recent years, interest in the problem of vasculogenic erectile dysfunction has increased worldwide. But, despite this, many researchers believe that erectile dysfunction of vascular origin ranks second in frequency after disorders due to psychogenic factors. Therapy of sexual disorders with neurotic depression has a number of obstacles due to absence of system- structural approach to sexopathologist syndromes. It is necessary to search new possibilities of correction of sexual disorders in patients with neurotic depression. The purpose of this study was to develop and to justify pathogenetically the method of combined use of pho- totherapy and acupuncture for the correction of sexual disorders to improve the effect of treatment in men with neu- rotic depression. 80 patients with neurotic depression and erectile dysfunction prior to the application of medical facilities and at the end of treatment were examined. The results of treatment were: restoration of sexual function, decrease or disappearance of neurasthenic complaints (irritability, fatigue, headaches, dyssomnia, psycho-emotional, vegetative- vascular disorders, and others), normalization of libido and paraclinical data (psychological testing, electrophysio- logical parameters).


Various mechanisms have been proposed to explain cross-presentation such as the classical cytosolic, TAP-dependent MHC-I processing pathway, the noncytosolic alternate MHC-I pathway, and the fusion of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) with the endosome/phagosome. Here we show that antigens encapsulated in biodegradable nanospheres are cross-presented in a cytosolic pathway that does not require proteosome. Nanospheres containing OVA were prepared with poly(DL-lactide-co-glycolide). OVA containing in the nanospheres were efficiently captured, processed and presented on MHC-I molecules by DCs. MHC-I presentation of OVA-nanospheres was resistant to lactacystin, a proteosome inhibitor, and was sensitive to brefeldin A, an inhibitor of anterograde endoplasmic reticulum-Golgi transport. Chloroquine, which inhibits phagolysomal enzymes by increasing phagolysomal pH, inhibited MHC-I-restricted presentation of OVA. MHC-I presentation of OVA-nanospheres was greatly reduced in DCs generated from TAP−/− mice. These results demonstrate that antigens encapsulated in the biodegradable nanospheres are cross-presented by a mechanism involving phagolysosomal degradation, subsequent release of the degraded peptides into the cytosol, and transport of the peptides from the cytosol into ER via TAP.


We introduce a new interest rate risk measure that is a product of two factors: one related to the distance between assets and liabilities in the Lp -space of financial instruments, and the other linked to the performance of the financial market. We prove a corresponding immunization inequality, showing that the expected deficit of assets, when compared with liabilities, is bounded from below by a linear function of this measure. We provide comparisons with other interest rate risk measures, such as duration gap and M2 , and give examples of applications to some models of interest rates.


Exposure to certain drugs and environmental chemicals can provoke the onset of autoimmune disease in susceptible individuals by releasing (self) epitopes for which tolerance has not been established, while simultaneously providing the necessary adjuvant activity. The resulting response type is influenced by the genotype of exposed individuals and relates to susceptibility to the adverse immune effects of the chemicals. Here, we assessed the modulatory role of the chemical compounds themselves. A single injection of streptozotocin (STZ) increased the number of CD8+ cells, macrophages, apoptotic cells, and IFN‐γ‐producing T  helper and T cytotoxic cells, whereas the number of CD4+ cells and B cells was reduced in the draining lymphnode. Coinjection with the reporter antigen TNP‐OVA resulted in primary and secondary production of TNP‐specific antibodies that were predominantly of IgG2a and IgG2b isotype, whereas STZ did not enhance priming for delayed‐type hypersensitivity (DTH) responses to TNP‐OVA. Injection of HgCl2 on the other hand, reduced the number of IFN‐γ‐producing cells, induced accumulation of B cells and CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, enhanced IgG1 and IgE production to TNP‐OVA, and primed for secondary IgG1 and IgE production as well as for DTH reactions. Together these results indicate that a single injection of STZ stimulates type‐1 responses, whereas HgCl2 enhanced mixed type‐1 and −2 responses in BALB/c mice. These response types match the (auto)immune effects elicited to unknown (auto)antigens following multiple injections of these chemicals.


Raymond, I remember everything about the day: the heat, the rain, the cold wind after. I remember Danny was sick, bloated up like a toad and moaning on the cot, so I took the call alone, which never happens on TV, but can happen twice a week out on Rocky Boy Reservation. The situation didn't sound extreme: one forty-four-year-old man down on the floor in his sister's kitchen. Drunk, I thought. Heat and alcohol, a bad combination. I was simple that way, preju diced against my own people. I figured I'd cool you down with rags and ice, take you to the river for a reservation baptism. It was Fourth of July, almost. People had been celebrating or mourning three days now. If things were worse than I thought, we'd have a rough ride, the rocky roads of Rocky Boy to the hospital in Havre, where the medicine men use masks, but not the kind we know. Doctors in town never appear as Owl or Coyote. They don't chant or smoke to heal your heart or sing the spirit back to your body. They carry drills and knives: they want to look inside; they need to open you. Doctors in green cut and cleave, suture and staple—they have miles of gauze to bind your wounds, respirators to help you breathe, electric paddles to jump you off the table. If you swallow twenty-seven Darvocets with a pint of gin like Aria Blue Cloud, they pump your stomach dry, but they won't love you back to life—that's not part of the treaty. No hospital doctor ever pressed his ear to the flesh of Aria's womb to hear the bones of


Meyer discusses Voice of San Diego's membership model that has once again earned the organization a place in the national spotlight for nonprofit local journalism. Memberships are the latest buzz across many swaths of online news, both national and local, for-profit and nonprofit. On the national level, for-profit operations like Slate and Talking Points Memo entice members with perks such as exclusive content arid the opportunity to interact with reporters in online forums. On the local nonprofit level, memberships offer readers a chance to be part of the club sustaining a news operation for the good of the larger community, arid work to cultivate a sense of intimacy through in-person interaction with reporters and member-exclusive community events.


The use of video games in education is nothing new, but often these games are specifically designed for one or more specific learning objectives. These games focus on maximizing the learning outcomes and are paired with a curriculum designed to cover the selected materials. However, that does not always translate to fun games or games played outside of the classroom. Students will associate these educational games as part of the class, not something they would do for fun. These games can be beneficial, but they can also be limited in scope. Since these games have a limited purpose, they are often used for that purpose and not used for anything else. This paper will review a trial run conducted in Fall 2020 using a popular and mainstream puzzle-solving game to teach engineering students teamwork and communication skills. First, we will outline our methodology for conducting this trial and the plan we followed in executing the trial using teleconference tools due to COVID-19. Next, we will discuss both pros and cons of using this game and the lessons we learned from this trial. Finally, we will review the data collected from this trial and the future work to continue using these games as an educational tool.


The study appraises the preferred team role of construction team members in selected higher institution projects in Nigeria, with a view to improving delivery of such projects. The study used purposive sampling technique to select two higher institutions studied and census survey was used in selecting 35 completed construction projects executed by the institutions. A total of 191 questionnaires were distributed to obtain information from construction team members who participated in the selected construction projects. Mean Item Score was used in ranking the preferred team roles of construction team members. The results revealed that the construction team members' preferred team roles by personal assessment are different from their preferred team roles by other observers' assessment of individual construction team members. Construction team members have more than one preferred team roles and that the most preferred team role of Quantity surveyors, clients and contractors is resource investigator while the most preferred team role of Architects, Structural/Civil Engineers and Service Engineer is Planter, Implementer/company worker and specialist respectively. The study concluded that a deliberate attempt should be made in determining the preferred team roles of construction team members before co- opting them into a team so as to improve construction projects delivery.


Packaging is thought to contribute to the consumers' purchasing choice of the powdered infant formula products. In Asian market, the products of international and local brands are competing. Evaluation and analysis of food package functions for a variety of brand products will be helpful for the innovative packaging development. Thus, the packaged products of powdered infant formula were collected in Chinese, Indonesian and Korean supermarkets as a typical Asian market and examined in terms of main food packaging functions. Metal cans were the most dominant type of big size package (800-1000 g) while flexible bags were often the common one of medium size (400 g). In general, convenience function was provided in forms of easy opening device and portioning take-out spoon. Information on primary and secondary shelf lives was given besides nutritional facts and use instruction for communication function. The combination of N2 and CO2 was usually employed to protect powdered infant formula in rigid packages, whereas only N2 was used to protect product in most flexible packages.


A scenario to be addressed by each manager is that how to design multi-item ordering quantity in order to not only reduce the inventory lever but also minimize the total order cost. Through analyzing some fundamental ordering methods by EOQ and following relative literatures, this paper summarizes one method which calculates the cost of multi-item joint ordering. The result of the comparative study shows that the new method can yield a lower total cost than the above methods. Moreover, the multi-item joint ordering plays a role in supplying chain management and coordination.


Assessment of business activity of LLC «Elan-95» for 2007-2015 is carried out. Efficiency of usage of current assets of the organization is analyzed. The analysis of indicators of business and market activity of LLC «Elan-95» is carried out. By results of the analysis conclusions and practical recommendations about improvement of efficiency of usage of means of the organization are carried out.


David R Griffin (ed) 1986 New York: State University of New York Press xv + 322 pp price $44.50 ($14.95 paperback) ISBN 0 88706 113 3 Hdbk, 0 88706 115 XPbk This book is based on the proceedings of a conference held in Claremont, California, in 1984 and it includes subsequent comments on contributions from participants, together with authors' replies, submitted to and collated by the editor (himself a substantial contributor) at a later date. Participants at this conference included philosophers and theologians; Bohm, Prigogine and Stapp were among the principal contributors.


We propose a multi-phase (piecewise-constant) model to segment images corrupted by Poisson noise. Our motivation comes from the Chan-Vese model and the Mumford-Shah model, where now we consider the observed data being corrupted by Poisson noise instead of the usual additive Gaussian noise. We reformulate the model so that the Split Bregman method can be applied and present a fast algorithm for the reformulated model. Comparisons of the proposed model with multi-phase Chan-Vese model through numerical experiments are also presented.


Abstract Following the 2014 Ukraine crisis, Belarus and Kazakhstan appear caught in an alliance security dilemma characterised by intra-alliance threat and entrapment, as both are potential targets of militarised hybrid warfare by their vastly more powerful ally, Russia. Despite having sought foreign policy flexibility between the two increasingly opposed geopolitical camps of the West and Russia, Minsk and Nur-Sultan appear drawn further towards Moscow. Utilising their pre- and post-2014 national security documents, reinforced by an examination of their rhetoric and policies, this essay demonstrates how both countries reassessed their security environment in the wake of the annexation of Crimea and the initial war in the Donbas region.