Aimed at the problem that the parameters of PID controller is difficult to tune,which often leads to oscillation and overshoot,a integrated arithmetic to search after the parameters was proposed based on chaos of digital PID controller,which can be applied for process control and motion control,and can get the optimizing parameters fast and efficiently according to the control of a flexible manipulator arm.The simulation results show the advantages of stability,fast response,small overshoot and short setting-time,the optimization control of PID controller in the flexible manipulator arm is realized,and there is also very good effect in the pure time-delay system.


As a system with both merits and demerits, Plea Bargaining and victim-offender mediation show the contradiction and conflicts between fairness and efficiency. However, except the differences in system structure, the two systems in nature are relations of contract in criminal field, having the same value basis and contract essence. Based on this, it is possible for the two systems to integrate with each other, take in rational composition, and make up for weak points of each other, which also represent the development direction of criminal contract.


Nigeria's first contact with China took place in 1960 when a Chinese delegation, on the invitation of the Nigerian government, attended Nigeria's independence celebrations. The delegation brought a message from Chinese leaders congratulating Nigeria on the victory won by the Nigerian people in their struggle against colonialism. In February, 1971, Nigeria finally established diplomatic ties with China more than a decade after independence. Both countries opened embassies in each other's capital within the year. The Chinese government has described this relationship as a "win-win" situation. This work using the dependency theory aimed to show that the amiable and heart satisfying description by the Chinese government does not tally with the reality on ground. For clarity sake, the work is compartmentalized into five sections: introduction, theoretical framework, historical background of NigeriaChina relations, lopsided relationship, and conclusion.


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The main purpose of this paper is to study the relationship between the important variables of cyberspace and cyber-crime in Iran. In order to assess this relationship, a model with 9 latent variables has been presented, where each of the variables is measured by some other indicators. In order to measure the indicators, a questionnaire was prepared and distributed among 79 respondents. The visual PLS was employed to estimate the relationship between the latent variables. According to the results, there is a significant relationship between learning, permanent accessibility, ultra-time, fluidity, augmented reality, multimedia factor and cyber-crime in Iran.


In this study, the electrical and optical properties of GZO (Ga-doped ZnO) thin films prepared on PES substrates by RF magnetron sputtering method with various working pressures (5 to 20 mTorr) were investigated. All GZO thin films exhibited c-axis preferential growth regardless of working pressure, the GZO thin film deposited at 5 mTorr showed the most excellent crystallinity having 0.44˚ of FWHM. In AFM observations, surface roughness exhibited the lowest value of 0.20 nm in a thin film produced by the working pressure 5 mTorr. Figure of merits of GZO thin film deposited at 5 mTorr showed the highest value of 6652, in this case resistivity and average transmittance in the visible light region were 6.93×10-4Ω-cm and 81.4%, respectively. We could observed the Burstein-Moss effect that carrier concentration decrease with the increase of working pressure and thus the energy band gap is narrowed.


Synthesizing a frontal view face from a single nonfrontal image, i.e. face frontalization, is a task of practical importance in a wide range of facial image analysis applications. However, to train the frontalization model in a supervised manner, most existing face frontalization methods rely on the availability of nonfrontal-frontal face pairs (typically from the Multi-PIE dataset) captured in a constrained environment. Such approaches, in return, limit the generalizability of their application to unconstrained scenarios. Unfortunately, although a large amount of in-the-wild face datasets are available, they cannot easily be utilized for face frontalization training since the nonfrontal and frontal facial images are not paired. To train a frontalization network which generalizes well to both constrained and unconstrained environments, we propose a semi-supervised learning framework which effectively uses both (labeled) indoor and (unlabeled) outdoor faces. Specifically, to achieve this goal, this article presents a Cycle-Consistent Face Frontalization Generative Adversarial Network (CCFF-GAN) which consists of both (1) the supervised and (2) the unsupervised components. For (1), we use the indoor paired (labeled) data to learn a roughly accurate frontalization network which may not generalize well to outdoor (in-the-wild) scenarios. For (2), to cope with the generalization issue, the unsupervised part uses the unpaired (unlabeled) images under the perceptual cycle consistency constraint in the semantic feature space to generalize the network from controlled (indoor) to uncontrolled (outdoor) environment. Extensive experiments demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method in comparison with the state-of-the-art face frontalization methods, especially under the in-the-wild scenarios.


A cross was made between two isolates of Magnaporthe grisea, CH63 and TH16. A total of 78 ascospore isolates were tested for pathogenicity on 36 rice varieties. The 71 pathotypes were clearly observed in the sexual progeny. The segregation ratio of avirulence and virulence was 1∶1, 1∶3, 3∶1, 1∶7, 15∶1 and 1∶15 on different rice varieties, respectively. The segregation ratio indicated that the avirulence and virulence to different varieties were controlled by a single or more than one avirulence genes. Genetic analysis showed that parental isolates caused various avirulence and virulence phenotypes on different variety. In the cross, avirulence and virulence on K59(Pi-t), Zhong 98-18,Tetep, T641, C102TTP(Pi-4), C101TTP6, E No.11, Nonghu No.6, C101PKT(Pi-4a) and C105TTP-1(Pi-4) were controlled by a single gene, by 2 genes on 1461 Xuan, Zhong156, Zhong 98-19, 6392 Xuan, Magutaiyin No.1, Lement, Miyazaki 7,Vandana, Chokoto, Qingzhen 8, and Zhenyou 3.


Wireless communication technology has shown that the application of multiple antennas at both transmitter and receiver sides improve the possibility of high data rates through multiplexing or improve the performance through diversity as compare to single antenna systems. In this article,the BER performance of Maximum Likelihood (ML) -Vertical Bells Lab Layered Space Time Architecture (V-BLAST)Spatial Multiplexing Technique using BPSK and QPSK has been investigated in Rayleigh flat fading channel.Furthermore, the comparison of different multiple antenna configurations with BPSK and QPSK have been considered in the given channel. It has been concluded that ML-VBLASTdecoding technique using BPSK modulation scheme gives better results than QPSK modulation technique in Rayleigh channel. More optimal results have been observed for 1×4 antenna configuration for ML-V-BLAST system in Rayleigh channel.


The invention discloses a health care wine made of ginseng and the like, which belongs to a traditional Chinese medicine health-care wine and is prepared by brewing ginseng, radix codonopsitis, herba cistanche, boxthorn fruit, radix polygonati officinalis, radix astragali, herba epimedii, prepared rhizome of rehmannia, fructus rosae laevigatae, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, tuckahoe, silkworm king, polygala, Salvia miltiorrhiza, eucommia bark, Amomum villosum, cinnamon, radix cyathulae, cornucervi pantotrichum, peppermint, angelica, liquorice, Scurfpea Fruit, cassia twig, date and crystal sugar in distilled spirit. The health care wine made of ginseng and the like has the efficacy of nourishing Yin, strengthening Yang, strengthening body and bones, tonifying Qi, enriching blood, invigorating spleen and stomach, protecting liver and kidney, expelling wind dampness and the like and has better curative effects on consumptive disease, essence deficiency, liver-kidney asthenic disease, lumbar genu ache, impotence, spermatorrhea, spleen deficiency, deficiency of food, insomnia and dreaminess and the like. The health care wine made of ginseng and the like is suitable for old men and women; the wine can treat diseases after taken for a long time and can reinforce physical fitness if people do not suffer from diseases, thereby having the efficiency of prolonging the life.


This paper summarizes a study that estimated trichloroethylene (TCE) contamination patterns in a portion of the Tucson water distribution network due to several polluted wells. Aspects discussed include a description of the evolution of the network, data requirements for various contaminant estimates, geographic flow balance, and network analysis.


Four dietary treatments were assessed: AASO (alfalfa 66.95% and soybean oil 4.5%), VASO (common vetch 75.74% and soybean oil 5.33%), VASA (common vetch 75.83% and sardine oil 5.18%), and ALCO (commercial feed) on breeding does, of 3.2 kg during their first 2 lactations without homogenizing litters. The assessed variables were: content of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in milk fat. The feed was offered in pellets ad libitum. Milking was done manually. The milk concentration of DHA showed differences (p<0.02) among means of 0.36, 0.55, 1.26, and 0.15 mg mL -1 , corresponding to the order of the indicated feeding treatments. EPA content was different (p<0.01) by effect of treatments 1.72, 1.86, 3.64, and 0.94 mg mL -1 , according to the mentioned order. As it was expected, rabbits fed oils rich in omega-3 fatty acids are capable of delivering these acids into their milk.


The level scheme of 191 Os has been studied from β-decay of 191 Re. Gamma-ray singles spectra, γ-γ and β-γ coincidence spectra were obtained by using high resolution detectors. A total of 82 γ-transitions observed were assigned in the level scheme of 191 Os consisting of thirty-six excited states up to 1391.89 keV. The level and γ-ray transition properties are discussed in terms of the Nilsson model combining the information from ( d , p ), ( d , t ) reactions and ( n , γ) spectroscopies.


OBJECTIVE
To compare how education, race, and screening status affected men's knowledge about colorectal cancer and their views of 3 screenings: the fecal occult blood test (FOBT), sigmoidoscopy, and colonoscopy.

METHODS
In-depth interviews were conducted with 65 African American and white men with diverse education backgrounds with similar numbers screened and unscreened.

RESULTS
Education was associated with knowledge about colorectal cancer and the colonoscopy. Screening status and education were related to FOBT knowledge. Men knew little about the sigmoidoscopy.

CONCLUSION
Intervention programs should tailor education about colorectal cancer and screening by educational attainment levels, not by race.


Contemporary eating habits may cause malformations in children jaw, that are difficult to evaluate and treat clinically. In this work, a computational methodology for the diagnosis and the treatment of this pathology is proposed. It combines porous-fibrous material models, medical devices and computational models of patients with facial asymmetries from the perspective of neuroocclusal rehabilitation.


BCH code for correcting distributive errors has been widely used in Nand Flashes with data-based mobile systems around the world, and its decoding process is often followed by Chien search, which calculates the roots of a polynomial in finite fields by substitution and testing. Usually, BCH decoding can be accelerated by parallel syndrome computation and Chien search. In the past years the parallel Chien search circuit has been optimized to the extent that most of its area overhead in the past architecture has been reduced, which makes the other affiliated circuits significant. In this work, the error correction logics after Chien search is optimized by a three staged and group sorted circuit, in which the memory units to record error addresses are greatly saved. Synthesis results demonstrate that the proposal further compresses the area overhead for Chien search.


Penetrating brain injury (PBI) has the highest risk for inducing posttraumatic epilepsy, and those PBIs with retained foreign materials such as bullet fragments carry the greatest risk. This study examines the potential contribution of copper, a major component of bullets, to the development of epilepsy following PBI.


Thermal radiation from an empty blackbody cavity follows the conventional Wien's displacement law. At a temperature $T=2500\mathrm{K},$ the maximum monochromatic radiation intensity lies at a wavelength of $1.16\ensuremath{\mu}\mathrm{m},$ and radiation into the visible band occupies only 3% of the total radiation energy. In this paper, we show that when the cavity is filled with a three-dimensional photonic crystal, a strong thermal radiation band can appear in the visible regime, significantly improving the luminescence efficiency. This is attributed to the redistribution of photon density of states (DOS) in different frequency ranges in the photonic crystal leading to orders-of-magnitude enhancement of DOS in the visible wavelength over that in the infrared wavelengths.


Blockchain technologies are gradually being deployed in a variety of industries, including telecommunications. In this paper, due to the strict governance of telecommunication infrastructure, we propose a permissioned distributed ledger (PDL)-based blockchain supported architecture for a network management and orchestration platform. The work focuses on creating a trusted environment for both Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) and Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) for managing the lifecycle of network services (e.g., instantiation, scaling, termination, etc.) in a multi-cloud environment. We also validate our proposed approach with an experimental scenario using the Quorum blockchain network (BCN) to measure various performance metrics (e.g., number of transactions and blocks, time to write, and transactions per second) of different service orchestrator (SO)-related instantiation metrics. Our evaluation results show that the values for the service instantiation time and the corresponding BCN metrics can be completely different, suggesting that some logs arrive very quickly and generate a high transaction load, while others take longer and generate a low number of transactions. As a solution, at the end of the paper, we also provide some recommendations for appropriate optimizations during transfer of SO-related logs to BCNs and some observed challenges.


Minghe County of Qinghai province has geographical advantage.The environment of Qili temple Yaoshui Spring scenery area is graceful and the water quality is good.In order to change this resource advantage into economic advantage,we should fully realize the conversion of tourism resource,and use new thinking to support its sustainable development.


One of the industrial applications of ultrafiltration membrane system is water purification and wastewater treatment. Membranes act as physical barriers by eliminating particles such as pollen, yeast, bacteria, colloids, viruses, and macromolecules from feed water. The effectiveness of the membrane to separate particles is determined by its molecular weight cut-off and feed water characteristics. Typically, pre-filtration strainers are installed upstream of an ultrafiltration membrane system to separate large particles from the flow stream. The criteria for selection of the strainer pore size is unclear and is often determined by the feed water average particle size distribution. This paper is motivated by the hydraulic loading failure of a 125 μm strainer by average feed water particle size of 1.6 μm when the volumetric flow is at or greater than 40% of the rated design flow capacity.The objective of this paper are to: a) determine if the feed particle size distribution is a sufficient parameter for selection of pre-filtration strainer, b) evaluate the effect of feed flow velocity on strainer performance, and c) enhance strainer performance using vortex generator.In this experimental study, a Single Particle Optical Sensing, Accusizer, was used to analyze particle size distribution of five water samples collected at strainer feed, strainer filtrate, and strainer backwash. All samples were analyzed using a lower detection limit of 0.5 μm. In order to capture more counts of the larger particles present in the sample, a second analysis was done for each sample at a higher detection limit, 5.09 μm for feed sample, and 2.15 μm for the rest of the samples. Particle size data based on individual detection limits were statistically combined to generate comprehensive blended results of total number and total volume. The volume was determined based on assumption that each particle is spherically shaped. The Particle Size Distribution Measurement Accuracy is ±0.035 μm.Results showed that the feed particle size diameter and volume was insufficient to determine strainer size. Particle size distribution is needed at the feed, filtrate, and backwash to evaluate the strainer particle separation efficiency. It was observed that the total particle count in the filtrate (4.4 × 106) was an order of magnitude higher than the feed (3.2 × 105). Specifically, the total count for particles with diameter less than 7.22 μm were higher in the filtrate while larger particle size ≥ 7.22 μm were more in the feed stream. It appears that the large particles in the feed breaks down into smaller particles at the strainer interface and the small particles (≤ 7.22μm) passed through the pore into the filtrate. The particle breakdown, detachment of particles in the strainer pore into the filtrate, and particle to particle interactions are enhanced by increase in flow velocity hence increasing the hydrodynamic shear that acts on attached particles. A vortex generator inserted in to the strainer reduced pore clogging and pressure drop.Copyright © 2015 by ASME


Background: Soy isoflavones belong to a class of plant-based compounds known as phytoestrogens and effect menopausal symptoms and bone metabolism. We evaluated the effects of high-isoflavone soybeans ("Yukipirika") in climacteric women. Methods: In this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study, we randomly selected 64 female subjects (aged 46–60 years) to consume products made from high-isoflavone soybeans (active test), low-isoflavone soybeans (Placebo 2), or wheat (Placebo 1). The simplified menopausal index (SMI) test, visual analog scale (VAS) of skin and hair conditions, joints functions, and bowel movements, hematological analysis, and urinalysis were performed at weeks 0, 4, and 8 during the study period.  Results: Intake of high-isoflavone soybeans did not change bone metabolism parameters. However, a subsection of the SMI score was improved in the active test food group compared to the Placebo 2 food group. Additionally, VAS of skin conditions, joints functions, and bowel movements improved in the active test group compared to the Placebo 1 or Placebo 2 groups. Conclusion: These results suggest that the ingestion of high-isoflavone soybeans can improve skin conditions, joints functions, and bowel movements, in addition to menopausal symptoms. Keywords: bone metabolism; clinical trial; isoflavone; soybeans; menopausal symptoms; Yukipirika


Purpose: Decellularized uterine scaffold, as a new achievement in tissue engineering, permits recellularization and regeneration of uterine tissues and supports pregnancy in a fashion comparable to the intact uterus. The main purpose of this study was using of different chemical methods to introduce an optimized protocol for decellularization of rat uterus.Method: We decellularized rat uteruses by four different protocols using sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and triton-X100 with different doses and time incubations.We characterized the scaffolds through histopathological staining, DNA quantification, MTT assay, Blood compatibility assay, Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM), and biomechanical studies.Results: Histology assessment showed that only in protocol 4, cell residues were completely removed. Masson's trichrome staining demonstrates that in protocol P3 collagen bundles were decreased; however, no damage in the collagen bundles was observed by other protocols. Cell viabilities indirect MTT assays of all protocols were significantly higher than the native samples. The RBC hemolysis percent in the presence of prepared scaffolds from all 4 protocols was less than 2%. The mechanical properties of none of the protocols were significantly different from the native sample. Conclusion: Protocol 4 which used freeze-thawing before using detergent, was introduced as the optimized protocol due to complete removal of cell residue, preservation of the three-dimensional structure, complete removal of detergents, and preservation of the mechanical property of the scaffolds.


A LEU-fueled research reactor for cold neutron sources is currently being studied at NIST. The new design is targeting at least two high quality cold neutron sources. A tank-in-pool type reactor with a horizontally split compact core cooled by light water and reflected by heavy water is proposed and investigated, with the expectation of achieving extraordinary flux performance. The thermal power of the new reactor is designated at 20 MW and the operating cycle of the equilibrium core is set to be 30 days. Core design studies were performed mainly using the Monte Carlo code MCNP-6. The core performance characteristics at several representative burnup states of an equilibrium cycle including startup (SU) and end of cycle (EOC) are presented in the paper to demonstrate the performance of the new design. The calculated surface current at the exit hole of the cold neutron source is expected to achieve a gain factor of three compared to the cold neutron performance of the existing NIST reactor.


Poor sub grade soil conditions can result in inadequate pavement support and reduce pavement life. Soils may be improved through the addition of chemical or cementations additives. These chemical additives range from waste products to manufactured materials and include lime, Class C fly ash, Portland cement, cement kiln dust, RBI Grade 81. These additives can be used with a variety of soils to help improve their native engineering properties. The effectiveness of these additives depends on the soil treated and the amount of additive used. Design of the various pavement layers is very much dependent on the strength of the sub grade soil over which they are going to be laid. The sub grade strength is mostly expressed in terms of Indian Bearing Ratio (IBR). Weaker sub grade essentially requires thicker layers whereas stronger sub grade goes well with thinner pavement layers. The pavement and the sub grade mutually must sustain the traffic volume. The Indian Road Congress (IRC) encodes the exact design strategies of the pavement layers based upon the sub grade strength which is primarily dependant on IBR value for a laboratory or field sample soaked for four days. For an engineer, it's important to understand the change of sub grade strength. This project is an attempt to understand the strength of sub grade in terms of IBR values subjected to different types of stabilizers. Treatment with cement and lime was found to be an effective option for improvement of soil properties, based on the testing conducted as a part of this work. It was found that with the addition of stabilizers i.e. cement and lime, the I.B.R. increased upto a certain limit but after that the I.B.R. decreased even on the further addition of stabilizers


Abstract : The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of Aviation Selection Test Battery (ASTB) cutoff scores on racial/ethnic minority applicants to naval aviation. The data were obtained from the Naval Aerospace and Operational Medical Institute in Pensacola, Florida. The data consist of test scores and performance measures for student pilots from 1988 through 1994, including pilots who were selected by both the 1992 ASTB and the previous version of the selection test. The study simulates the effect of a higher cutoff score on the 'Old Test' portion of the data, then relates the findings to what may be occurring under present conditions. The results show that the 'selected' pilots performed at a higher level, but the representation of minority groups declined markedly. The 'deselected' pilots performed at a lower level and experienced higher attrition. The implication is that the relatively high cutoff score used by the Marine Corps may be improving the overall performance of selected pilots, but it may also be eliminating minority candidates at disproportionate rates. Further study of several options is recommended, including the following: additional selection procedures, intensified recruiting efforts, the use of selective waivers, and adverse impact analysis.


THE natural food for an infant is its mother's milk, but some women cannot nurse their babies satisfactorily and artificial feeding has to be adopted. Frequently goat's milk is used for this purpose. Like the milk produced by other mammals, goat's milk contains protein, fat, lactose, minerals and vitamins. According to the Associates of Rogers, 1 goat's milk contains about the same amount of fat, two thirds as much lactose, two to three times as much protein and over three times as much ash as human milk. Holmes and his co-workers 2 found that goat's milk contains desirable amounts of nicotinic and pantothenic acids, riboflavin and thiamine. Hilditch and Meara 3 and Hilditch and Jasperson 4 in an extensive study of goat, ewe, mare and human milk fats found that several of the fatty acids which were common to both were present in human and goat milk fats in approximately


Spatial topology rule is the primary method to insure the consistency and validity of spatial topology relation in GIS software. Topology rule can be divided into three categories according to geographic entity's geometric shape: point topology rule, line topology rule and polygon topology rule. At first, this paper summarizes the various linear geographic entities' topological relations which have practical application, then designs a series of linear entity topology rules detailedly. Based on these rules, this paper proposes a topology rule checking algorithm using quadtree, which is designed on the basis of MAPGIS7.4 spatial data model. The algorithm has already been applied to MAPGIS platform and gained good effects.


Background Cytotoxic agents are a well-established risk factor for therapy related myeloid neoplasms (t-MN). The incidence of t-MN in patients (pts) with autoimmune diseases (AID) treated with cytotoxic and immuno-modulatory agents are not well described in the literature. Most case series assess an MDS/AML population and co-occurrence with an AID. To our knowledge, there exists no large case-control studies evaluating a primary AID population that developed therapy-related MDS or AML, and the relationship to detailed therapeutic intervention for AID. Our study queries the association of cytotoxic and immune-modulating agents to treat AID as risk factor for developing MDS or AML. Methods Between 2004-2014, 23,671 pts with an ICD-9 coded AID were seen at Mayo Clinic Arizona; 148 pts from this population had a concomitant coded diagnosis of MDS/AML. In an IRB approved, retrospective chart review we confirmed 61 cases meeting strict inclusion criteria. We performed a case-control match from the same primary AID population for age, gender, and autoimmune specific diagnosis at a 2:1 ratio. AML/MDS cases were compared to controls by use of chi-square test for frequency data. Odds ratios with 95% confidence interval were constructed using conditional logistic regression. Case incidence was compared to SEER data for the general population Results Of 61 cases 33 were MDS, 20 de-novo AML, and 8 MDS transformed to AML. Psoriasis 16 (26.2%) and rheumatoid arthritis 14 (23.0%) were the most common autoimmune diagnoses, followed by systemic lupus 11 (18%), Crohn9s disease 7 (11.5%), and ulcerative colitis 5 (8.2%). 39 out of 61 cases (63.9%) received either a cytotoxic or immune modulating agent for AID, compared to 64/122 (52.5%) in the control group; p=0.140. 7/61 cases (11.5%) received both a cytotoxic and immune modulating agent as compared to 16/122 (13.1%) in controls; p=0.753. Overall, the case population received more agents than controls. No cytotoxic or immune-modulating treatment was documented in 16% of cases and 36% controls. Exposures to cytotoxic and immune-modulating agents were similar in both case and control cohorts. Exposure time was not statistically significant. Azathioprine was the only statistically significant agent exposure observed more often in the case cohort than control. Per SEER data, over a 10-year period in a general age-matched population that is comparable to our AID population cohort, we would expect 54 MDS and 35 AML cases. Discussion Treatment of AID does not seem to increase the incidence of MDS or AML. Furthermore, the incidence of myeloid neoplasm occurring in association with treatment of AID is not higher than expected in the general SEER population. However, the case cohort was exposed to more agents overall and more likely to have exposure to azathioprine than controls. Limitations of our study are associated with its retrospective nature, possible associated underrepresentation of t-MN, and autoimmune population profile. Nevertheless, this is the largest case study with detailed drug exposures with timelines for pts with AID, contributing to a better understanding regarding possible risk of developing MDS/AML in pts treated for AID. Confirmation of the same study at Mayo Clinic Rochester and Florida are ongoing. Disclosures Al-Kali:Novartis: Research Funding.


Specialized electric vehicle(EV) project of the national 863 project and Beijing Green Olympic project will improve EV development condition. According to the test of EV bus, the expressive form and generation principle of the battery pack imconsistency were studied; voltage inconsistency was mainly discussed. Regularities of distribution were generalized; commection of voltage inconsistency and service time was showed; theoretical nomal distribution and its basic parameters were determined; and conformity between theory and practice was verified. In the end, the measures were brought forward to prevent from enlarging the battery pack inconsistency.


This survey covers three areas in real estate: to- kenization models, deep learning-based price prediction, and AI-based Know Your Customer(KYC) verification. The papers explore blockchain-based tokenization of real estate assets, high- lighting benefits like increased liquidity and fractional ownership. Deep learning techniques improve price prediction accuracy by analyzing patterns and using regression algorithms. AI-based KYC verification focuses on document analysis and identity recognition to automate processes and enhance accuracy. The survey emphasizes collaboration, advanced techniques, and the transformative potential of these areas in real estate.


Mesoporous silica is a porous material with walls made of silica and pores in the size range of 2-50 nm. Since the silica most often is amorphous, the material lacks short range order but the pores may be arranged in different structures generating a long-range order.

The main objective of this project has been to study and develop syntheses of mesoporous silica suitable for large scale applications. Therefore this licentiate thesis focuses on the development of a new synthesis of mesoporous silica based on a sodium silicate solution and a commercially available non-ionic surfactant. The synthesis results in a stable colloidal suspension of hexagonally mesostructured silica and the particle size of the material can be controlled within the range of 50-300 nm by the electrolyte concentration. Since the synthesis is based on near neutral conditions and cheap starting materials, it is also a suitable synthesis route for development towards industrial production and applications.

Another important objective of the project is to obtain a better understanding of the formation of mesostructured materials and of the interaction between silica and non-ionic surfactants. This has been studied by changing several variables in the synthesis procedure and a mechanism for the particle formation is proposed. The mechanism is based on a burst nucleation process followed by growth through aggregation. The mesoorder of the particles is then achieved by reorganization within the particles.


This article develops a community resilience optimization method subject to power flow constraints in the cyber-physical-social systems in power engineering, which is solved using a multiagent-based algorithm. The tool that makes the nexus between the electric generation on the physical side and consumers and prosumers on the social side is the power flow algorithm. Specifically, the levels of emotion, empathy, cooperation, and the physical health of the consumers, prosumers are modeled in the proposed community resilience optimization approach while accounting for the electric power system constraints and their impact on the critical loads, which include hospitals, shelters, and gas stations, to name a few. The optimization accounts for the fact that the level of satisfaction of the society, the living standards, and the social well-being are depended on the supply of energy, including electricity. Evidently, the lack of electric energy resulting from load shedding has an impact on both the mental and the psychical quality of life, which in turn affects the community resilience. The developed constrained community resilience optimization method is applied to two case studies, including a two-area 6-buses system and a modified IEEE RTS 24-bus system.


'Roma' tomato seedlings were transplanted to the field on 6 Jim in Sunderland, MA. Heavy rains, ca. 9 inches in 2 days, reduced the CPB population to low levels and by the time the population recovered the tomato plants had become tolerant to CPB and were no longer an acceptable host. 'Marglobe' seedlings were transplanted to the field 11 Sep. The soil type was a sandy loam. Fertilizer (1100 lb 10 N: 10P: lOK/acre) was broadcast and incorporated prior to planting. Treatment plots were 1 row with 15 plants per row and 2 ft between plants. The experimental design was a randomized complete block with 4 replicates. Insecticides were applied on 13 Sep with a CO2 pressurized sprayer at 40 psi and 60 gal/acre. The mean number of adult CPB in the pre-spray count per 15 plants was 31.5 (s.d. = 7.8). The number of live adults on 15 plants and dead adults with a 12 inch radius of the base of the plant were recorded for each plot on 14 Sep.


Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) can be operated in a reversed mode as electrolyzer cells for electrolysis of H2O and CO2. In this paper, a 2D thermal model is developed to study the heat/mass transfer and chemical/electrochemical reactions in a solid oxide electrolyzer cell (SOEC) for H2O/CO2 co-electrolysis. The model is based on 3 sub-models: a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model describing the fluid flow and heat/mass transfer; an electrochemical model relating the current density and operating potential; and a chemical model describing the reversible water gas shift reaction (WGSR) and reversible methanation reaction. It is found that reversible methanation and reforming reactions are not favored in H2O/CO2 co-electrolysis. For comparison, the reversible WGSR can significantly influence the co-electrolysis behavior. The effects of inlet temperature and inlet gas composition on H2O/CO2 co-electrolysis are simulated and discussed. Copyright a 2012, Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights


A new hydrodynamic bearing concept, the wave journal bearing, is being developed because it has better stability characteristics than plain journal bearings while maintaining similar load capacity. An analysis code to predict the steady state and dynamic performance of the wave journal bearing is also part of the development. To verify numerical predictions and contrast the wave journal bearing`s stability characteristics to a plain journal bearing, tests were conducted at NASA Lewis Research Center using an air bearing test rig. Bearing film pressures were ed at 16 ports located around the bearing circumference at the middle of the bearing length. The pressure measurements for both a plain journal bearing and a wave journal bearing compared favorably with numerical predictions. Both bearings were tested with no radial load to determine the speed threshold for self-excited fractional frequency whirl. The plain journal bearing started to whirl immediately upon shaft start-up. The wave journal bearing did not incur self-excited whirl until 800 to 900 rpm as predicted by the analysis. Furthermore, the wave bearing`s geometry limited the whirl orbit to less than the bearing`s clearance. In contrast, the plain journal bearing did not limit the whirl orbit, causing it to rub.


The challenge of coping with natural disasters has increased as populations have increased. These challenges have been particularly acute in developing countries where both the human and economic loss can be staggering and financial resources are limited. Reducing economic vulnerability to weather events in developing countries may very well be the most critical economic development challenge of the new millennium. As a proportion of GDP, natural disaster losses in developing countries are 20% greater than in industrial countries. The economies of many developing countries rely heavily on agriculture and agricultural success is directly tied to weather. In recent years, the international community has focused more attention on the relationship between weather disasters and poverty. Measures taken to reduce the economic impact of weather disasters can provide substantial advances in the fight against poverty. Although weather cannot be controlled, weather risk markets can be used to offset the financial impacts of adverse weather events, and possibly compensate for human suffering in developing countries. This chapter begins with a brief review of the degree to which weather events contribute to the human and economic suffering that accompanies weather events. The story is compelling – extremes in rainfall and temperature account for the vast majority of documented problems. These issues deserve attention from both the public and private sector.


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As everything around us is changing, in an increasingly interconnected environment, the field of public administration and public administration education cannot be away from the need to innovate and improve. Public administration education is affected by various reasons in Turkey and the world. These reasons are the structure of public administration and politics in the country, the higher education system in the country, and the public personnel policy. Advances in technology, the rapid spread of information along with the use of technology, and most importantly, the way we access and share information, appear as other factors affecting the public administration education. In an era of rapid change, while essential public services are not likely to disappear any time soon, how their administrative functions are carried out and evaluated is expected to change considerably. Public administration makes use of several other disciplines such as organizational behavior and theory, finances, human resources, politics, law, and even ethics and philosophy. At this point, the paper underlines that the courses regarding innovation, entrepreneurship, leadership and information technologies, etc should be part of the public administration education, along with the courses from political science, business science, economics, public policy and analysis, history, sociology. Innovation is not limited to making a concrete invention only in the technological sense, and not only companies make innovation. Examples such as renewing the organizational structure of an institution private or public, re-designing processes in their services provided and changing approaches in their decision-making processes could be subjects of innovation. Innovation is crucial to the continuing success of any organization. Public sector entities also innovate by introducing new approaches to provide quality public services and better respond to society's needs. However, innovation in the public sector is hard to achieve. Because innovation also needs adaption (to context) and flexibility (of execution). Silo-based and vertical administrations are not at ease with the practice of experimentation to foster more collaborative ways of working. So, the concept of innovation in the public sector has been mentioned in the literature within the framework of NPM as a result of the analysis of successful private sector practices after the 1980s. Scholars and practitioners have become increasingly interested in innovation in the public sector. Many embrace the idea that innovation can contribute to improving the quality of public services as well as enhancing the problem‐solving capacity of governmental organizations in dealing with societal challenges. Frequently, public sector innovation is linked to reform movements such as new public management, electronic government, the change from government to governance and, most recently, to the discussions on the retreating role of government in a 'Big Society'. The new concept concerning the capacity for innovation of public administration reflects the synergy between the traditional instruments of administrative innovation (planning, strategy, etc) and the modern ones (information and communication technologies -ICT, e-governance, knowledge management in public administration). Today, the public sector has to innovate itself if it wants to raise its efficiency, to provide solutions for societal challenges and to meet the increasing demands from businesses and citizens in a rapidly changing and technologically evolving environment. As the definition of innovation in the public sector is often quite broad, innovation types are often specified. The type of innovation can be a product, a process, an organizational innovation, or an innovation on communication. Based on a review of the innovation literature, there are four innovation types: process innovation -including administrative process innovation, technological process innovation, product or service innovation, and conceptual innovation. Successful public institutions will be more flexible, adapting to the one constant of the new technologically advanced age: innovate and change itself. Government's digital era, the public sector, public institutions will re-imagine their services and continually innovate the way they engage with citizens, primary beneficiaries of public services. As a result, public sector leaders and employees are the main drivers of innovation in the public sector. This situation is also directly related to education as today's ideal public administration professional is tech-savvy, communicative, globally minded, and efficiency driven. So, it is vital to include courses such as innovation, leadership, entrepreneurship, information technologies, etc in the academic programs so that public employees and public sector leaders are open to the idea of innovation and, more importantly, they have the competence to benefit from the potential of technological innovations. Concluding, public sector innovation is an essential issue on the agenda of policymakers and academics when discussing the role of government in dealing with "wicked problems" in an age of austerity. It is often considered to be a "magic concept". In this study, the place of innovation in the public sector and its importance in public administration education will be examined.


The development and use of techniques that extend the life vase of the flowers, maintaining the quality of the product, is essential for reducing postharvest losses. The objective of this work was to evaluate different solutions for maintenance, associated or not to sucrose, in maintaining the postharvest quality of chrysanthemum stems. The treatments used distilled water, 8-HQC to 100 mg L-1, 8-HQC to 100 mg L-1 + sucrose 50 g L-1, 8-HQC to 200 mg L-1, 8-HQC to 200 mg L-1 + sucrose 50 g L-1. Physical assessments were made: color, fresh mass and relative water content; chemical evaluations: reducing sugars and pigments, and qualitative assessments: turgidity, color of the flowers, and number of buttons, open flowers and partially open flowers. The combination of 8-HQC 200 mg L-1 + sucrose 50 g L-1 was the best performance that made for maintaining the quality of flower stems, favoring the opening of buttons and turgidity of petals. Sucrose contributed to better maintenance of the reserve substances in the shaft, which had increased the flower vase life.


Children with achondroplasia have midface hypoplasia, frontal bossing, spinal stenosis, rhizomelia, and a small foramen magnum. Central sleep apnea, with potential resultant sudden death, is thought to be related to compression of the spinal cord at the cervicomedullary junction in these patients. Screening polysomnography and/or cervical spine MRI are often performed for infants with achondroplasia. Decompressive suboccipital craniectomy has been performed in selected cases. We aim to better delineate the relationship between polysomnography, cervical spine MRI, and indications for surgical decompression in achondroplasia.We retrospectively review electronic medical records of all children with achondroplasia in our IRB‐approved skeletal dysplasia registry who had received screening polysomnography and cervical spine MRI examination was performed. We explored correlations of polysomnography, MRI parameters, and need for decompressive surgery. Seventeen patients with both polysomnography and MRI of the cervical spine met inclusion criteria. The average age at time of the sleep study was 2.4 ± 3.6 years. An abnormal apnea–hypopnea index was found in all patients, with central sleep apnea found in 6/17. Five patients (29%) required foramen magnum decompression. We found no statistically significant correlation between central sleep apnea and abnormal MRI findings suggestive of foramen magnum stenosis. Screening polysomnography is an important tool but does not appear to correlate with MRI findings of foramen magnum stenosis. Cord compression, with either associated T2 cord signal abnormality or clinical findings of clonus, was most predictive of subsequent surgical decompression. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.


The purpose of this study is to investigate relation between the Three Kingdoms by comparing Wanghoido's envoy costume. These Three Kingdoms were Koguryo, Baekche and Shilla. The result are as follows. First, Koguryo envoy costume such as hat which were decorated feathers, long jackets with decorated hearts, slacks, boots. Second, Baekche envoy costume such as cone shaped hat and long jacket, slacks, boots. Third, Shilla envoy costume such as hat and long hair, jacket and slacks, boots. Wang-hoi-oo showed each kingdom has its own unique costume.


With advanced subsonic transports and military aircraft operating in the transonic regime, it is becoming important to determine the effects of the coupling between aerodynamic loads and elastic forces. Because aeroelastic effects can signie cantly impact the design of these aircraft, there is a strong need in the aerospace industry to predict these interactions computationally. Such an analysis in the transonic regime requires high-e delity computational e uid dynamics (CFD) analysis tools, due to the nonlinear behavior of the aerodynamics, and high-e delity computational structural dynamics (CSD) analysis tools. Also, there is a need to be able to use a wide variety of CFD and CSD methods to predict aeroelastic effects. Because source codes are not always available, it is necessary to couple the CFD and CSD codes without alteration of the source codes. In this study, an aeroelastic coupling procedure is developed to determine the static aeroelastic response of aircraft wings using any CFD and CSD code with little code integration. The procedure is demonstrated on an F/A-18 stabilator using NASTD (an in-house McDonnell Douglas CFD code )and NASTRAN. In addition, the AeroelasticResearch Wing is used fordemonstration with ENSAERO (NASA Ames Research Center CFD code ) coupled with a e nite element wing-box code. The results obtained from the present study are compared with those available from an experimental study conducted at NASA Langley Research Center and a study conducted at NASA Ames Research Center using ENSAERO and modal superposition. The results compare well with experimental data.


As is the case with most Latin American countries, Colombia is facing rapid economic growth. Yet, in terms of meeting the upcoming challenges and demands, the transport infrastructure of the country is lacking. In particular, the Colombian road infrastructure is one of the most under-developed in the region. The preparation of ambitious road projects has been motivated by the situation, and these are increasing the demand for high quality asphalt materials. The asphalt market in Colombia is currently controlled by a Colombian oil company called Ecopetrol. This is the only company, by law, authorized to produce and commercialize asphalt binder in the country. An average of 22,000 tons of asphalt binder are produced by month by this company in two different refineries; this amount equals almost half of the actual capacity of the refineries. Penetration is still the basis of specifications for asphalt binders in Colombia, and it is unlikely that a modification to performance-based specifications will occur in the short term. Nonetheless, there are two actors in the country that are becoming significant promoters of changes, as follows: universities and contractors, particularly those in road concession projects. World-class research is being conducted in the area of pavement engineering, and the expectation is that these results will have an impact on the paving industry. Yet, as an economical scheme that was developed for the first time in the 1990's with the goal of achieving better management of national roads, road concessions are assuming risks in order to optimize their operation by exploring the use of new materials and techniques. As a result, in the upcoming years, significant changes in the asphalt market and paving industry may be expected.


This paper reports an experiment in which 24 two-word phrases (collocations and compounds) were dictated to 38 adult EFL students who were then asked to discriminate between ones which manifest consonant repetition across the two words (e.g. private property; important point,) and ones which do not (e.g. private collection; important thing). The students' ability to recall the phrases was subsequently gauged in unannounced tests. Phrases that were judged by the students to meet the criterion (i.e. +consonant repetition) were significantly better recalled in the post-test regardless of whether their judgement was correct. The finding that a discrimination activity results in superior recall of items that are thought to display a stipulated trait over those that do not is relevant for the experimental study of memory and can be exploited in second language instruction.

Dans l'experience rapportee par cet article, 24 expressions composees de deux mots (collocations et mots composes) sont dictees a 38 etudiants EFL qui sont invites par la suite a distinguer celles qui comportent une repetition de la meme consonne dans les deux mots (e.g. private property; important point,) ou non (e.g. private collection; important thing). La capacite des etudiants a se rappeler les expressions est ensuite evaluee dans deux tests surprise. Les post-tests demontrent que les etudiants sont significativement plus susceptibles de ce rememorer les expressions qui, d'apres eux, remplissent la condition (cad la repetition de la consonne), et cela que leur evaluation soit correcte ou non. Une activite de discrimination semble donc amener une meilleure memorisation d'items consideres par l'apprenant comme comportant la caracteristique stipulee dans l'activite. Cette constatation a des implications pour l'etude experimentale de la memoire et peut etre exploitee dans l'aprentissage des langues etrangeres.


In this paper the relationship between resolvability in generalized double topoligical spaces and pairwise resolvability in bigeneralized topological spaces has been studied. 1.Introduction: In 1968 C.L. Chang [2] introduced the concept of fuzzy topological space. The concept of intuitionistic fuzzy set was introduced in 1986 by Atanassov [1] as a possible generalization of ordinary fuzzy sets. In 1997 coker [3] introduced the concept of intuitionistic fuzzy topological spaces as a generalization of fuzzy topological spaces. In 1989, Kandil introduced the concept of fuzzy bitopological space. The concepts of resolvability and irresolvability in a topological space were introduced and studied by E. Hewit in 1943. 2. Preliminaries Now we introduce some basic definition. Throughout the paper by X we denote a nonempty set. In this section we shall present various fundamental definitions and proposition. Definition 2.1 [4] A double set A is an object having the form A = x, A1, A2 where A1 and A2 are subsets of X satisfying A1  A2 = . The set A1 is called the set of members of A while A2 is the set of non-members of A. Throughout the remainder of this paper we use the simpler notation A = (A1, A2) for a double set. Definition 2.2 [4] Let the double sets A and B on X be of the form A = (A1, A2), B = (B1, B2) respectively. Furthermore, let {Aj : j  J} be an arbitrary family of double sets in X, where Aj = (Aj , Aj ). Then (a) A  B if and only if A1  B1 and A2  B2 (b) A = B if and only if A  B and B  A (c) Ā = (A2, A1) denotes the complement of A (d)  Aj = (Aj , Aj ) (e)  Aj = (Aj , Aj ) (f)  = (, X) and X = (X, ) Definition 2.3 [5] A generalized double topology on a set X is a family  of double sets in X satisfying the following axioms T1 : , X   T2 :  Gj   for any arbitrary family {Gj : j  J}   In this case the pair (X, ) is called a generalized double topological space and double set in  is known as a double open set. The complement Ā of an double open set A in generalized double topological space is called a double closed set in X. Definition 2.4 [5] Let (X, ) be generalized double topological space and A = (A1, A2) be double set in X. Then the interior and closure of A are defined by int (A) =  { G: G is a double open sets


Aims : (i) To report on the routine use of the reverse transcriptase‐polymerase chain reaction (RT‐PCR) technique on decalcified or non‐decalcified, formalin‐fixed, paraffin‐embedded tissue (FFPET) for translocation detection, with particular emphasis on improved RNA extraction methodology and the use of PCR primers designed to generate small amplicons. (ii) To report on the relative incidences of translocation types and transcript variants in a large, single institution series of Ewing's sarcoma of bone.


Some elements as contaminant tend to be concentrated in biofilm. In order to prevent the fogging of glass, it is very important to control biofilm formation by metal dissolution. In this study, Metals were deposited on glass substrate by Helicon-wave-excited-plasma sputtering process. Sample was very thin metals layer like as half mirror, it could transmit light. The results of biofilm formation test, biofilm formation were inhibited on Cu, Sn and Cr, and light transmission of these samples was not degradation. It could be said that inhibition of biofilm formation was effective to suppressing cloudiness.


The experiment was carried out to find out the effect of organic, inorganic sources of nutrients on growth of Garlic. The treatment combinations involving three levels of organic manure i.e. O 1 - FYM (farm yard firstname.lastname@example.com/ha, O 2 - firstname.lastname@example.com/ha, O 3 - Poultry email@example.com/ha, three levels of In-organic fertilizer i.e. I 1 - Control, I 2 - 100% RDF (NPK-150:80:60), I 3 - 50% RDF (NPK-75:40:30) and Bio-enhancers in three levels i.e. B 1 - Panchgavya (45 and 60 DAT), B 2 - Jivamrit-500 lit. /ha (with every irrigation), B 3 - Bijamrit- seed treatment + seedling treatment Practices were given in Agrifound Dark Red variety. neck thickness of bulb (cm), total soluble solids content in bulb (%), vitamin-C (Ascorbic acid), allyl-propyl disulphide (C 6 H 12 S 2 ). were observed by the maximum at 1 st year, 2 nd year and Pooled were observed under the treatment I 2 (100% RDF (NPK-150:80:60) at all the growth stages.


"Abandoned at birth because of China's strict one-child-per-family [policy], Olivia was destined to grow up in one of [China's] 41,000 state-run orphanages had it not been for the determination of her new-found parents to make their family complete."1 After five years of unsuccessful attempts at pregnancy, Olivia's parents decided that adoption was their last hope of ever having a child. Because their ages were thirty-five and forty-seven, however, Olivia's parents knew that the adoption laws of Great Britain would never allow them to adopt domestically. Thus, the couple chose to broaden their adoptive search and eventually adopted Olivia from China.2 Olivia's family story is not unique. Intercountry adoption is a growing, worldwide phenomenon. An intercountry adoption is "the adoption of a child born in one nation by adults who are citizens of another nation, who will ordinarily raise the child in their own country."3 The growing disparity in developed nations between the decreasing number of children available for adoption and the increasing number of parents wishing to adopt, coupled with the equally great disparity in developing nations between the supply of abandoned or orphaned children and the shortage of parents willing to adopt, have forced many families to turn to intercountry adoption. Many developing countries are suspicious of intercountry adoption. They regard it as a vehicle for exploitation-a means by which developed nations can exploit developing nations and their children. As a result, many developing


Preface The Course of the Cold War: 1947-1990 Importance of U.S. Prewar Defense Assistance to England: 1941-1943 U.S. Cold War Kickoff: Greece and Turkey, 1947-1951 Early Days of the Arab Refugee Problem: 1949 Envoy to the Middle World: 1949-1951 The Role of Nuclear Weapons in the Cold War and Navy Duty with LeMay's B-29s: 1944-1945 The Tripartite Declaration of 1950: 1950 Anglo-Iranian Oil Negotiations: 1951 Meetings with Mossadeq: 1951 Ambassador to Turkey: 1951-1953 The Kennedy Administration Takes Over: 1961-1969 Covert Intelligence in Cuba, Iran, and Vietnam: 1961-1968 The Congo Crisis: 1962 Five Years as Ambassador to Germany: 1963-1968 Epilogue Index


Nitrogen has a favorable effect on the improvement of pitting corrosion resistance of welds. This effect is enhanced by the coexistence of molybdenum. Chromium and molybdenum, which are said to be effective in increasing pitting corrosion resistance, segregate in the weld metal to a considerable degree. According to electron probe microanalysis, the molybdenum content is at least 50% lower in gamma matrix than in delta ferrite; and when the weld metal is fully austenitic, the molybdenum is concentrated in the interdendritic region and depleted in the central part of the dendrites. Therefore, large molybdenum additions to the weld metal cannot be expected to be as effective as is the case with sheet and plate. There are various pitting initiation sites, such as gamma matrix, gamma grain boundaries and gamma matrix-delta ferrite interfaces. The growth and propagation of pits after initiation occur preferentially in the gamma matrix depleted of chromium and molybdenum. This depletion is due to segregation upon solidification, particularly along the central parts of the cellular dendrites and dendrite cells. The pitting corrosion of the gamma matrix can be suppressed by the enrichment of the gamma matrix with nitrogen. A fairly effective method of accomplishing this is by the addition of manganese to the weld metal. In fact, the added manganese segregates as an austeniteforming element in gamma matrix upon solidification, and the segregated manganese further enhances the solubility of nitrogen in gamma matrix. It is worth noticing that addition of some amount of niobium exhibits a fairly preferable effect on the pitting corrosion resistance of high-nitrogen containing austenitic stainless steel weld metal in which nitrogen content is as high as 0.45%.


This paper described the current status of domestic and international protection of GI products,by describing the meaning and the value of the protection of GI products in Shantou,the favorable conditions,the current protection and reporting status of GI products in Shantou,pointed the problems existed in GI products protection in Shantou,and put forward the countermeasures to accelerate the development and protection of the GI products in Shantou.


A the microscope came into vogue, the surgeons enjoyed a huge optical advantage, but at the price of increasing the working distance. This often resulted in early fatigue of the shoulder, arm and hand muscles and also predisposed to tremors very soon. The stability of the surgeon's hand and the surgeon's fatigue cannot be measured, and the impressions of the surgeons using the system are therefore subjective.


In this paper, we study the automorphism groups of highly symmetric graphs, and relate the algebraic structure of their automorphism groups to their combinatorial parameters. We exhibit infinite families of vertexprimitive, arc-transitive (VPAT) graphs with Ω(n) degree and Ω( √ n) independence number. We also exhibit an infinite family of VPAT graphs with degree increasing to infinity and bounded chromatic number. Along the way to proving these results, we study combinatorial properties of Paley Graphs, Kneser Graphs, Johnson Graphs, Hamming Graphs, and Cayley Graphs. In addition to results related to the independence number, degree, and chromatic number of these graphs, we also study their universality, girth, and clique number.


The purpose of this one-year investigation is to perform a technology integration/search, thereby ensuring that the safest and most cost-effective options are developed and subsequently used during the deactivation and decommissioning (D&D) of U.S. Department of Energy Environmental Management (DOE-EM) sites. Issues of worker health and safety are the main concern, followed by cost. Two lines of action were explored: innovative Personal Cooling Systems (PCS) and Personal Monitoring Equipment (PME). PME refers to sensors affixed to the worker that warn of an approaching heat stress condition, thereby preventing it. Three types of cooling systems were investigated: Pre-Chilled or Forced-Air System (PCFA), Umbilical Fluid-Chilled System (UFCS), and Passive Vest System (PVS). Of these, the UFCS leads the way. The PVS or Gel pack vest lagged due to a limited cooling duration. And the PCFA or chilled liquid air supply was cumbersome and required an expensive and complex recharge system. The UFCS in the form of the Personal Ice Cooling System (PICS) performed exceptionally. The technology uses a chilled liquid circulating undergarment and a Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) external pump and ice reservoir. The system is moderately expensive, but the recharge is low-tech and inexpensive enough to offset the cost. There are commercially available PME that can be augmented to meet the DOE's heat stress alleviation need. The technology is costly, in excess of $4,000 per unit. Workers easily ignore the alarm. The benefit to health & safety is indirect so can be overlooked. A PCS is a more justifiable expenditure.


In conjunction with the particular provisions of the substance and procedure law involving the right of subrogation in marine insurance for the purpose of keeping harmonization between the provisions of the substance law and the procedure law, the paper indicates the current and forthcoming questions in practice and the defects of legislation, and then expresses some opinions of making perfect of the system of right of subrogation of our country.


Brain norepinephrine (NE) is involved in relevant physiological functions regulated by the hypothalamus. We previously reported that endothelins (ET) participate in the short term regulation of NE uptake in the anterior and posterior hypothalamus by changing the kinetic and internalization of the neuronal NE transporter (NET). In the present work we studied the mechanisms involved in the regulation of NET by ET‐3 in the rat posterior hypothalamic region (PHR). Experiments were performed in vitro and neuronal NE uptake and nisoxetine binding were used as indexes of activity and internalization of NET, respectively. Results showed that ET‐3 reduced neuronal NE uptake through the activation of a non conventional ET receptor involving PKC, PKA and PKG pathways. Furthermore ET‐3 enhanced NET internalization. However incubation with inhibitors of PKC (GF‐109203x), PKA (H‐89) or PKG (KT5823) inhibited ET‐3 response on NET internalization. Present findings suggest that the effect of ET‐3 on NET in the rat PHR is mediated by a non‐conventional ET receptor coupled to various intracellular pathways including PKC, PKA and PKG.


This book contains papers presented at the materials Research Society Symposium on Phase Transformations Kinetics in Thin Films held in Anaheim, California from April 29 through May 1, 1991. This symposium provided a multidisciplinary forum for explorations, on experimental and theoretical levels, of thin film reactions and stability, phase nucleation and growth, and amorphization. The papers in this volume, refereed by the peer review process, are organized according to materials and techniques and do not reflect the order of presentations at the symposium. Symposium sessions were organized in the areas of thin-film crystallization, solid-state amorphization, interfacial reactions, solid-state transformations, phase-change optical media and ferroelectric thin films. Contributed papers ranged from theoretical determination of the limits to melt nucleation to commercial concerns of processing techniques for specific properties. Despite this breadth, the similarity of experimental techniques and thermodynamic underpinnings for most of the materials provided a common basis for discussions.


Abstract Introduction Road traffic collisions and related casualties are a major issue for public health and society. Depression is characterized by mental, emotional and executive dysfunction, which may have an impact on driving behaviour. Among its symptoms sleep disturbance is very common. Objectives The current study examined behaviour and attitude towards driving in a group of patients with depression and a group of controls, considering sleep disturbances. Methods Participants (patients N = 39 and controls N = 30) were asked to complete the Driver Stress Inventory (DSI) and Driver Behavior Questionnaire (DBQ). Afterwards, they were asked to drive on a driving simulator in a motorway scenario, and in urban and rural scenarios under low and high traffic load, all in good weather conditions. Driving simulator data included speed, lateral position (LP) and safety distance from the preceding vehicle. Results Gender, age and, to a lesser extent, body mass index influenced almost all variables. Patients with depression did not differ from the controls regarding driving behaviour as assessed through the DSI and DBQ questionnaires. Subjective fatigue was found to be positively correlated with aggression (β = 0.027, p = 0.005), dislike of driving (β = 0.036, p = 0.006), hazard monitoring (β = 0.046, p = 0.001) and traffic violations (β = 0.010, p = 0.020). On the driving simulator, patients maintained a longer distance from the preceding vehicle. Epworth Sleepiness Scale and Athens Insomnia Scale scores were positively associated with safety distance and with the Standard Deviation of LP, denoting lower ability to keep a stable vehicle track (β = 2.108, p = 0.003 and β = 0.047, p = 0.004 respectively). Conclusions It seems that although certain symptoms of depression (insomnia, fatigue and somnolence) may affect driving performance, this effect is lessened by patients driving more carefully. There are parameters (age and sex) which influence driving behaviour and attitude similarly for both groups. Key messages • Patients with depression did not differ from controls regarding driving behaviour and attitude. • Patients seem to realize the effects of symptoms of depression on their driving ability and, consequently, drive more carefully.


This protocol is not intended for amplification of DNA. Rather, it uses the Phi29 DNA polymerase enzyme to turn single stranded DNA (ssDNA) into double stranded DNA (dsDNA). This is required for ssDNA viruses to be sequenced. The procedure should be performed in a fume hood with a UV-light. Prior to starting, the UV-light should be turned on to disinfect the workspace and UV-tolerant materials such as empty PCR-plates, lids, and pipette tips. Whenever working with the samples, keep them on ice.


Hospitals prepare for emergencies, but the impact on transfusion staff is rarely discussed. We describe the transfusion response to four major incidents (MIs) during a 6‐month period. Three events were due to terrorist attacks, and the fourth was the Grenfell Tower fire. The aim of this paper was to share the practical lessons identified.


In this manuscript, we exhibit SCFE, an elite disseminated framework engineering for secure administration arranged figuring. SCFE incorporates a novel administration situated application display whereupon security and disconnection strategies are inferred and implemented. The workhorse of SCFE is a custom system interface controller, called the Network Management Unit (NMU), that implements SCFE's security and separation strategies while giving elite system get to. SCFE's application display fulfils the unpredictable cooperation of present day vast scale disseminated applications. Our experimentation comes about demonstrate that notwithstanding when executed on substantial bunches, the NMU includes an immaterial message idleness of 41ns under reasonable workloads and 66ns at the 99th percentile of most pessimistic scenario get to designs. Our examination demonstrates that the NMU can without much of a stretch help more than 100 Gbps with a solitary rationale motor and that more than 500 Gbps is achievable with more forceful plans. SCFE's administration arranged security and disconnection component evacuates high overheads forced by current frameworks. SCFE enables appropriated applications to work in a situation with fine-grained security and segregation while encountering supercomputer-like system execution.


We present the results of the experimental testing of the laser facility LAMBDA, created and built at the Institute of Experimental Physics of the Russian Federal Nuclear Center for generation of quasi-steady-state laser fields in microvolumes. The facility includes: a single mode generator of reference radiation (RR) producing about 10 mJ energy in a pulse of controlled length from 3 to 30 ns; a target chamber with an input objective focusing the RR beam to a micron-size spot, and a 280-mm-diameter parabolic mirror with the focal length also of 270 mm; a two-stage iodine amplifier with the small signal gain coefficient 3·10 5 per one pass, to the input of which radiation from the target chamber formed by the (microobjective + parabolic mirror) system is applied; a phase conjugating device with the system for the selection of the phase-conjugated component, which allows us to realize the pulse compression in the amplifier stages, and to provide the compensation of the optical aberrations after the second pass amplification and focusing of high-power radiation into the microvolume; a complex for diagnostics of plasma and laser radiation parameters.


GMagAO-X is the ExAO coronagraphic instrument for the 25.4m GMT. It is designed for a slot on the folded port of the GMT. To meet the strict ExAO fitting and servo error requirement (<90nm rms WFE), GMagAO-X must have 21,000 actuator DM capable of ≥2KHz correction speeds. To minimize wavefront/segment piston error GMagAO-X has an interferometric beam combiner on a vibration isolated table, as part of this "21,000 actuator parallel DM". Piston errors are sensed by a Holographic Dispersed Fringe Sensor (HDFS). In addition to a coronagraph, it has a post-coronagraphic Low Order WFS (LLOWFS) to sense non-common path (NCP) errors. The LLOWFS drives a non-common path DM (NCP DM) to correct those NCP errors. GMagAO-X obtains high-contrast science and wavefront sensing in the visible and/or the NIR. Here we present our successful externally reviewed (Sept. 2021) CoDR optical-mechanical design that satisfies GMagAO-X's top-level science requirements and is compliant with the GMT instrument requirements and only requires COTS parts.


LN were revived some years ago at the Inns of Court, might be attempted at the eye hospitals in Great Britain. Such a plan would give the student confidence and would help to balance the knowledge acquired in the week in question. Ophthalmology offers plenty of subjects for serious discussion and if a wag once in a way were to ask the question whether strabismus came to England with William the Conqueror or was indigenous among the aborigines; such a light-hearted theme, incapable of proof, might help to vary the monotony. The arrangements might be left as a rule in the hands of the chief clinical assistants, and a weekly rota of attendances for the seniors, who would occupy the position of judge or arbiter, would let each man know beforehand the date of his attendance and would not add very greatly to his labours. At the present time when the quiestion of post-war reconstruction is being much discussed, we commend this idea to those in authority for what it is worth. On a small scale the scheme would have some affinity to the ophthalmic club which has been for many years a feature among the seniors in the profession.


Objective:To investigate the expression of OPN mRNA、uPA mRNA and their correlations with the clinical pathological characteristics in hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC).Methods:60 cancer tissues and 20 normal tissues was semi-quantitively detected by RT-PCR.Results:The positive expression rates of OPN and uPA mRNA in HCC tissues are both higher than that in control tissues(bothP0.05);In HCC tissues,the expression of OPN mRNA were both higher in the cases with early recurrence or metastasis and with portal vein tumor embolus than that in the cases without(respectively P0.05 and P0.01),the expression of uPA mRNA were both higher in the cases with peplos infiltration and with portal vein tumor embolus than that in the cases without(respectively P0.05 and P0.01);Higher expression of OPN mRNA was positively correlated with higher expression of uPA mRNA(P0.05).Conclusions:OPN is an important marker to judge the potential ability of metastasis and to indict early recurrence or metastasis of HCC.Perhaps to block the expression of OPN may reduce the secretion of uPA,thus may decrease the tumor's infiltration and metastasis.


The effects of different exhaust ventilation conditions on potato storage characteristics and environmental conditions were studied.Through the orthogonal experiment,the optimal technological conditions of parameters were: ventilation volume(A.0.144 m3/(h.kg)),ventilation temperature difference(B.4~8 ℃),ventilation time(C.120 min),and the order of the three factors was CAB.Exhaust ventilation can effectively reduce the internal temperature and skins humidity of potato,as well as the temperature and humidity of storage environment.Particularly,the effect of cooling was more obvious,but long time of ventilation was required.


With the changing of ambient temperature,diesel truck must change lower freezing point diesel fuel in order to avoid paraffin deposit which makes the car not run correctly in winter.Paraffin deposit often happens in diesel fuel filter cleaner.To avoid the paraffin deposit this paper uses heating to heat diesel.The paper uses ANSYS to simulate the temperature field distributing of filter cleaner,results indicate temperature of the diesel heated in filter cleaner is higher than cold filter plugging point of that and keep the diesel flow the filter cleaner.Simulation result is consistent with the result of experimental verification in the car.The result of the test verifies the system can assure the vehicles that use the higher freezing point diesel in winter and diesel fuel filter cleaner with 58 W heater can be utilized correctly.


The main objective of source coding is to represent the symbols or messages generated from an information source in a suitable form so that the size of the data is reduced. In image compression we use JPEG where huge number of zero is generated in medium and high frequency region of transformed image using the combination of DCT (Discrete Cosine Transform) and quantization. This is required to reduce the run length coding of an image. The process is lossy compression but provide good illusion at a glance. In this paper we use Haar wavelet for image compression. Haar Transformation with an idea to minimize the computational requirements by applying different compression thresholds for the wavelet coefficients and these results are obtained in fraction of seconds and thus to improve the quality of the reconstructed image. In the results reconstructed image having high compression rates and better image quality. Keywords— Filter bank, Mask matrix, MSE, DWT, JPEG, DCT, GIF, RGB, PSNR, Compression ratio and Spectral components Haar wavelet.


Wireless energy harvesting using Radio Frequency (RF) signals and backscatter communication have proven themselves as the technologies for facilitating low power communication and providing sustained and stable power supply to millions of energy constrained Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices. In this paper, we have considered a hybrid user scheme consisting of two users where one user can transmit information by harvesting energy and the other one can employ backscattering for the same. Our proposed scheme shows that these users can cooperate among themselves to achieve a higher throughput and the improved throughput gets maximized for a specific time splitting coefficient. We have formulated an optimization problem to obtain the optimal value of the splitting coefficient and proved that the resultant optimization problem is convex. Then using the numerical simulations, we have highlighted the importance of incorporating the cooperation among the users by demonstrating that the net throughput achieved by our proposed scheme is higher than some of the existing benchmarks. Finally, we have compared the performance of the various schemes under two different channel conditions, thereby, highlighting the impact of the Line of Sight (LoS) component.


IV. Models. These results are of considerable interest as they suggest the presence in muscle of an element of free or undamped elasticity, a point which will be discussed at length below. At the same time they render untenable Hill's view in. its original form. For the equation given above (p. 219) used by Hill to describe the behaviour of human arm muscles, and on which the original viscous-elastic theory was based, implies that muscle is, mechanically, a system of the type illustrated by Model I, i.e., a single spring damped at its free end by a vane surrounded by a viscous fluid (fig. 4); whereas, in fact, this system may be


Author has discussed the present situation concerning the heat energy utilization of coal in China;has described the chemical reaction principle of the elementary materials in the gasification process of coal and the basic principle for value addition utilization of heat energy;from the point of view making the best use of everything,has introduced the process lines concerning the coal clean reformation and the methanol making from hydrogen obtained by electrolysis of water;through comparing the gasification data of the Shell pulverized coal gasification process with the Texaco water coal slurry gasification process,has presented the following multi-items of comprehensive utilization paths of coal utilizing the imported Shell gasifier technology:①Using pure oxygen gasification of pulverized coal to make the methanol by coal and electrolysis of water,and to reach the combinative production of synthetic ammonia and urea from releasing gas of methanol;②Methanol oil used as the fuel of automobile;③Making olefin from dewatered methanol produced by coal;④Newly created process flow of methanol with a capacity of 1.2 million t/a in combination of synthetic ammonia production with urea.


Singular effects of Bacillus subtilis C-3102 or Saccharomyces cerevisiae type 1 on the growth, gut morphology, immunity, and stress resistance of red sea bream ( Pagrus major Abstract The beneficial effects of Bacillus subtilis C-3102 and Saccharomyces cerevisiae type 1 were tested in red sea bream ( Pagrus major ) feeds. A basal diet (control) and two other diets were prepared by supplementation with B. subtilis C-3102 (PB) or S. cerevisiae type 1 (PY). After 60 days, both probiotic-supplemented groups exhibited significant enhancement in growth performance, the protein efficiency ratio (PER), and digestive enzyme secretion (protease and amylase) compared to the control group ( P <0.05). The anterior, middle, and posterior parts of the intestines exhibited significantly increased values of intestinal fold height (hF), enterocyte height (hE), and microvillus height (hMV) in fish fed PB- or PY-supplemented diets ( P <0.05). Serum peroxidase, anti-protease, and bactericidal activities were enhanced significantly in both probiotic-treated groups compared to the control group ( P <0.05). Serum and mucus lysozyme activities improved significantly in the PB group compared to the control group ( P< 0.05). Catalase activity was also significantly decreased in both probiotic groups, with relatively lower activity observed in the PY group ( P< 0.05). Both probiotic groups showed increased tolerance considerably to freshwater exposure ( P< 0.05). In conclusion, B. subtilis C-3102 and S. cerevisiae type 1 can be used as functional probiotics to enhance the growth performance, digestion capacity, gut morphology, immune response, and stress resistance of the red sea bream with relatively higher efficiency by B. subtilis C-3102.


Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a lentivirus (a member of the retrovirus family) that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive. A glimpse at the increasing incidences of HIV positive cases the world over, makes it necessary for behavioral scientists to probe into the psyche of individuals, to see what prompts them to become prey to HIV. The present study was an effort to identify some personality correlates of HIV positive individuals. In this study, we used of 100 people. 50 of them were suffered from HIV and 50 of them were healthy. So we aimed to compare their some properties related to their personality such as extraversion, neuroticism, anger and self-esteem. At the end, data were analysed by SPSS software. The main findings of the research indicated that on the traits of Extraversion and Neuroticism, HIV positive individuals scored higher than HIV free subjects. Also, the HIV positive subjects showed low Self Esteem and high anger. [Maryam Rauof, Bahram Azarifar, Arezo Azarm, Roghaieh Keykha, Maryam Pourabbas. Comparison of personality of HIV positive people with normal people: A psychological study. Life Sci J 2012;9(4):5009-5012] (ISSN:1097-8135). http://www.lifesciencesite.com. 750


Abstract:This paper examines anger as a driving force in Roman epic, and especially as a motivator for Silius Italicus' anti-hero, Hannibal. With Seneca's philosophical discussions of ira as a backdrop, it argues that it is not so much anger, but rather anger in excess that problematizes the epic hero.


An improvement upon the naive O(n3) algorithm for matrix multiplication was first presented by Strassen, obtaining the result in only O(n2.81) field operations [5]. This raises the question of what the best possible exponent k such that matrix multiplication can be carried out in at most O(nk) time is. Clearly k ≥ 2, since n2 is the size of the output. It is believed that the optimal k is exactly equal to 2, but this has yet to be proven [3]. Presently, the fastest known algorithm computes the product of two matrices in at most O(n2.38) operations. Recent work by Cohn and Umans indicates a possible path to proving that the obvious lower bound of 2 is tight, namely an approach using techniques from group theory and representation theory [3]. Their proposed algorithm is analogous to the way that the Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) computes the product of two polynomials by embedding them in a cyclic group algebra over the complex numbers, then computing the pointwise product of vectors in the appropriate complex vector space. Since abelian groups cannot yield the properties necessary to achieve k = 2, it is instead necessary to embed the matrices in a nonabelian group algebra. This complicates multiplication in the Fourier domain; rather than being simply pointwise vector multiplication, it becomes multiplication of block-diagonal matrices with block sizes determined by the irreducible representations of the group.


Cloud computing is an interesting era of research, where motivation is to find out the best outcome and productive data security and sharing approach. Load balancing in public impair by way of division of cloud just right geographical position. Load balancing is frequently a strategy of controlling the visitors in a cloud atmosphere. Cloud requests hunt for assets for performance. The resources are quite often storage, processing, bandwidth, and many others. Allocation these belongings efficaciously to the entire competing jobs are named as load balancing. This paper will provide a comprehensive survey of cloud load balancing techniques.


A variational approximation is developed for general-geometry multigroup transport problems with arbitrary anisotropic scattering. The variational principle is based on a functional that approximates a reaction rate in a subdomain of the system. In principle, approximations that result from this functional ``optimally`` determine such reaction rates. The functional contains an arbitrary parameter {alpha} and requires the approximate solutions of a forward and an adjoint transport problem. If the basis functions for the forward and adjoint solutions are chosen to be linear functions of the angular variable {Omega}, the functional yields the familiar multigroup P{sub 1} equations for all values of {alpha}. However, the boundary conditions that result from the functional depend on {alpha}. In particular, for problems with vacuum boundaries, one obtains the conventional mixed boundary condition, but with an extrapolation distance that depends continuously on {alpha}. The choice {alpha} = 0 yields a generalization of boundary conditions derived earlier by Federighi and Pomraning for a more limited class of problems. The choice {alpha} = 1 yields a generalization of boundary conditions derived previously by Davis for monoenergetic problems. Other boundary conditions are obtained by choosing different values of {alpha}. The authors discuss this indeterminancy of {alpha} in conjunction withmore » numerical experiments.« less


Defining the role of water potential in Sisak implies recognition of the current state in its area, determination of degree of correlation to the population with water potential, needs and habits of the population associated with the water component as one of the key economic segments within the definition of sustainable development and exploatation of water potential supported on a redefinition of the river orientation. Throughout interdisciplinary approach, river orientation and water potential is discussed in the regional and global environment of the city. In accordance with the development plans of the Croatian Government to promote integrated tourism growth, this paper is focused on exploring the potential for sustainable development of nautical tourism on inland waterways in Croatia. Expected results will contribute to proposals and guidelines for development of nautical tourism in Croatia.


Introduction Part I. Structural and Institutional Foundations: 1. Property as a legal construct 2. Rules and standards: an institutional analysis of property Part II. Spectrum of Property Regimes: 3. Private-common-public: the promise of property hybrids Part III. Protagonists of Property: Beyond Individual and State: 4. How property can create, maintain, or destroy community 5. The corporation as a nexus of property 6. Eminent domain, incorporated Part IV. The Global Challenges of Property: 7. Can land law go global? 8. BITs and pieces of property.


Bayesian displacement estimation has been previously demonstrated in 1D and shown to reduce estimation and jitter and often bias. Here it is shown that the 1D implementation is directly extendable to 2D and 3D. 2D simulations are used to determine the validity of the perturbed likelihood function and empirically determine values for the scaling term α. 3D translation stage and in vivo cardiac experiments are used to examine the algorithm's performance for estimating displacements. The 2D simulations determined that a cap should be placed on the full scaling term (SNR/α). The 3D translation stage experiments show better performance in all three dimensions, and the 3D in vivo results show significant qualitative improvements as well as improvements in estimated levels of estimation variance.


Background Hypoplastic left heart syndrome is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. We aimed to assess the influence of left ventricular morphology and choice of shunt on adverse outcome in patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and stage 1 palliation. Methods and Results This was a retrospective analysis of patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome with stage 1 palliation between 1999 and 2018 in Sweden. Patients (n=167) were grouped based on the anatomic subtypes aortic‐mitral atresia, aortic atresia‐mitral stenosis (AA‐MS), and aortic‐mitral stenosis. The left ventricular phenotypes including globular left ventricle (Glob‐LV), miniaturized and slit‐like left ventricle (LV), and the incidence of major adverse events (MAEs) including mortality were assessed. The overall mortality and MAEs were 31% and 41%, respectively. AA‐MS (35%) was associated with both mortality (all other subtypes versus AA‐MS: interstage‐I: hazard ratio [HR], 2.7; P=0.006; overall: HR, 2.2; P=0.005) and MAEs (HR, 2.4; P=0.0009). Glob‐LV (57%), noticed in all patients with AA‐MS, 61% of patients with aortic stenosis‐mitral stenosis, and 19% of patients with aortic atresia‐mitral atresia, was associated with both mortality (all other left ventricular phenotypes versus Glob‐LV: interstage‐I: HR, 4.5; P=0.004; overall: HR, 3.4; P=0.0007) and MAEs (HR, 2.7; P=0.0007). There was no difference in mortality and MAEs between patients with AA‐MS and without AA‐MS with Glob‐LV (P>0.15). Patients with AA‐MS (35%) or Glob‐LV (38%) palliated with a Blalock‐Taussig shunt had higher overall mortality compared with those palliated with Sano shunts, irrespective of the stage 1 palliation year (AA‐MS: HR, 2.6; P=0.04; Glob‐ LV: HR, 2.1; P=0.03). Conclusions Glob‐LV and AA‐MS are independent morphological risk factors for adverse short‐ and long‐ term outcome, especially if a Blalock‐Taussig shunt is used as part of stage 1 palliation. These findings are important for the clinical management of patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome.


Oxygen permeation results through La1-xSrxCoO3-δ are reported. It is shown that in the temperature region 750 - 775 °C an order-disorder of the oxygen sublattice occurs. The low temperature ordered phase is studied by X-Ray powder diffraction (XRD), neutron diffraction as well as selected area electron diffraction (SAED) together with High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (HRTEM) coupled with Parallel Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (PEELS) and Energy Dispersive X-Ray spectroscopy (EDX). Although the long range methods XRD and neutron diffraction showed no indications for an oxygen vacancy ordering, SAED and HRTEM showed micro domains exhibiting an ac x ac x 2ac superstructure, along with regions without indications for a superstructure. The superstructure could be interpreted in terms of an oxygen vacancy ordering due to which a large part of the oxygen vacancies were trapped in regions with the superstructure and so effectively reducing the ionic conductivity. By means of PEELS it was shown that the cobalt ions within the superstructure regions have a higher oxidation state than the cobalt ions in the non-ordered regions.


The present invention relates to insecticide fertilizer granules for agriculture. The granules comprises the following components in percentage by weight against the total weight of the granules: by the gross weight of the insecticide fertilizer grain, between 0.1 and 30 percent of chlorpyrifos; the contents of the macroelements in the fertilizer constitution are as follows: N is between 5 and 45 percent, P is between 1 and 15 percent and K is between 1 and 20 percent, and the contents of the microelements in the fertilizer constitution are as follows: zinc is between 0.1 and 5 percent and boron is between 0.1 and 5 percent; the content of a slow-releasing agent is between 0.1 and 5 percent, the content of an attractant is between 0.1 and 10 percent, the content of a dispersing auxiliary is between 0.5 and 5 percent, and the balance is a filler. The granule is a one-time insecticide of vegetables, wheat and paddy, etc., and also can perform functions of fertilization and increasing yield.


We present an analysis of different methods to calculate the classical electrostatic Hartree potential created by charge distributions. Our goal is to provide the reader with an estimation on the performance—in terms of both numerical complexity and accuracy—of popular Poisson solvers, and to give an intuitive idea on the way these solvers operate. Highly parallelizable routines have been implemented in a first‐principle simulation code (Octopus) to be used in our tests, so that reliable conclusions about the capability of methods to tackle large systems in cluster computing can be obtained from our work. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.


Resource leveling problems are attractive and important part of construction project planning. Resource leveling is the process used within project scheduling to reduce fluctuations in resource usage over the period of project implementation. This study presents a new hybrid intelligence model, named as Artificial Bee Colony with Differential Evolution, to handle the multiple resources leveling in multiple projects problems (ABCDE-MRLMP). The proposed algorithm integrates crossover operation from differential evolution (DE) with original artificial bee colony (ABC) to balance exploration and exploitation phase of the optimization process. The ABCDE-MRLMP algorithm is compared with benchmark algorithms considered and previous findings using two construction case studies. The experimental results demonstrate the efficiency and effectiveness of the proposed model. The ABCDE-MRLMP is a promising alternative approach to handling resource leveling project scheduling problems.


The reform of the third pillar of the Basel framework allows the market to have a broader and more detailed access to relevant information. However, the application of Pillar III in Italy is not completely in line with the objectives of harmonization and standardization of the information