The paper presents results of an experimental investigation performed under controlled laboratory conditions, in order to identify real causes of variation in the rotational speed of an axial fan that can be noticed after a certain period following the start of operation. The theoretical background important for understanding the observed phenomenon is given and the hypothesis is proposed which states that the temperature rise in motor windings and a consequential rise of their resistances are responsible for such specific behavior of the axial fan. The experiment was performed on a standard test rig with a small industrial axial fan, driven by a three-phase induction motor with the rated power of 1.5 kW. The experimental procedure is described in details, measured and calculated results are presented and appropriate conclusions are given. The obtained experimental results confirm the proposed hypothesis.


This paper analyses the demands and wishes of farmers' participating in production techniques training on the base of surveying 511 farmers in Ningbo's 8 counties. The paper discusses the constraining factors from the aspect of subject, object, and training system, and researches the attending training and satisfaction influencing factor by running Tobit model and regression model. The researcher finds that the most preferred cultivating content is training on excellent variety techniques, the favorite way of training is learning by visiting, the most preferred training time span is one day, and the favorite training schedule is flexible time adjusted according to farming season. The farmers' training actions are affected by the following factors: gender, village cadres, planting size, sources of income and other factors. The satisfaction degree in the training affected by whether the training ground is fixed, whether the training content is production techniques, whether the organizer takes the advice of those who are willing to be trained, and whether the teachers are experts and so on.


In this paper we investigate the classification of mappings up to K-equivalence. We give several results of this type. We study semialgebraic deformations up to semialgebraic C0 K-equivalence and bi-Lipschitz K-equivalence. We give an algebraic criterion for bi-Lipschitz K-triviality in terms of semi-integral closure (Theorem 3.5). We also give a new proof of a result of Nishimura: we show that two germs of smooth mappings f, g : Rn → Rn , finitely determined with respect to K-equivalence are C0-K-equivalent if and only if they have the same degree in absolute value. Mathematics Subject Classification (2000) 28A78 · 32B10 · 32B20


Abstract INTRODUCTION: Ventriculomegaly, or dilatation of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) space, occurs after whole-brain radiation (WBRT) of brain metastasis (BM) patients due to either 1) hydrocephalus or 2) cerebral atrophy from radiation-induced white matter injury. In this study, we examined whether cumulative radiation from repeat stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) increases the risk of ventriculomegaly. METHODS: Patients were included if they underwent SRS of BM from 2007–2017 and had imaging follow-up. We examined a cohort of 214 patients treated at the University of California San Diego (1,106 BM) and a second cohort of 148 patients (1,760 BM) treated at Karolinska Institutet. Ventriculomegaly was defined according to established morphometric criteria. Patients were grouped according to the development of new ventriculomegaly at last follow-up. Demographic, clinical, and dosimetric factors were compared between groups using univariable and multivariable logistic regressions. RESULTS: In the UCSD cohort, 63 patients (29%) presented with ventriculomegaly before SRS. Of 151 remaining patients with normal ventricular size before first SRS, 30 (20%) developed new ventriculomegaly. The odds of developing ventriculomegaly increased with history of WBRT (OR 5.247, p< 0.001) and trended toward significance with a greater number of SRS treatments (OR 1.296, p=0.075). In the Karolinska cohort, the odds of developing new ventriculomegaly trended towards significance with a greater number of SRS treatments (OR 1.605, p=0.26). To test whether this trend would achieve significance in a larger sample, we repeated the analysis in the combined cohort of 362 patients. The association between number of SRS treatments and developing ventriculomegaly reached significance (OR 1.254, p=0.049). CONCLUSIONS: These pilot findings suggest that cumulative radiation from repeat stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) potentially increases the risk of ventriculomegaly. Based on our study, a prospective study of >350 patients will be needed to further test this hypothesis.


'This report summarizes work after 1.5 years of a 3-year project. The authors efforts have focused on demonstration of photocatalysis of organic pollutants using nanosize MoS{sub 2}. They investigated the effects of (1) bandgap, valence and conduction band energies; (2) surface modification of MoS{sub 2} by deposition of metal and metal oxide islands to enhance electron transfer; and (3) use of semi-conductor semi-conductor composites to achieve improved charge separation and thus photooxidation of pollutants. They synthesized and studied nanosize MoS{sub 2} of three different sizes and associated bandgaps and studied photoredox reactions of nanosize MoS{sub 2} dispersed in solution and supported on a macroscopic powder. The latter would be the method of choice for use as a practical photocatalyst for water purification. As they emphasized in the original proposal, MoS{sub 2} in nanosize form can be tuned to absorb various amounts of the solar spectrum. They discovered there is an optimal choice of absorbance characteristics and valence and conduction band levels which allow the rapid photo-oxidation of a chosen organic molecule. The advantages of having a photostable material with a tunable bandgap were demonstrated in an experiment where phenol destruction with visible (> 450 nm) light occurred at a dramaticallymore » faster rate with nanoscale MoS{sub 2} catalysts compared to the best available previous material TiO{sub 2}. This was the first demonstration of rapid photooxidation of an organic molecule using a completely photostable catalyst and only visible light. The possibility of transferring electrons or holes between nanoscale MoS{sub 2} and other semiconductor materials in order to increase electron/hole lifetimes were explored. It was shown that small amounts (<5 weight %) of nanoscale MoS{sub 2} deposited on to TiO{sub 2} can lead to significant ({approximately}2) enhancements of phenol destruction rates. A number of different chemicals were photocatalyzed sucessfully to CO{sub 2}, but most of the work centered on the destruction of phenol. This particular organic was chosen for its ease of detection and relative resistance to oxidation, and because its photo-oxidation has been studied extensively by many previous researchers. No attempts were made to find the absolute quantum yield of the photo-oxidation process. Rather, following the approach of Serpone and coworkers they compared the relative activity of nanoscale MoS{sub 2} to a well studied photocatalyst, Degussa P25 TiO{sub 2}. Chemical analysis was done with high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) using a reverse phase column, Hewlett-Packard 1050 diode array detector, and Hewlett-Packard 1046A fluorescence detector. The fluorescence detector allowed detection of phenol to {approximately} 10 ppb without preconcentration. They were typically able to destroy phenol and certain cholorinated hydrocarbons such as pentachlorophenol (a common wood preservative) to undetectable levels in less than 2--3 hours of treatment.'« less


The invention discloses a signal detection method of a touch screen, the touch screen and a displayer. The touch screen comprises a plurality of drive wires, a plurality of induction wires, a plurality of drive electrodes and a plurality of induction electrodes, wherein the drive electrodes are electrically connected with the drive wires, and the induction electrodes are electrically connected with the induction wires. The method includes the steps that the drive wires sequentially send drive signals to drive the drive electrodes; coupling capacitance signals between the driven drive electrodes and the induction electrodes are detected; when one drive electrode is driven, at least one of other drive electrodes except the driven electrode is multiplexed as the induction electrode; coupling capacitance signals between the driven drive electrodes and the multiplexed drive electrodes are detected. By the adoption of the signal detection method of the touch screen, the touch screen and the displayer, it can be avoided that blind zones or dead zones exist when a touch point is positioned on the touch screen, and positioning accuracy of the touch point on the touch screen is improved.


Accelerated ageing of seeds of pigeonpea cultivars led to a progressive loss in seed viability and vigour. Reduced water uptake, increased leakage of solutes and a decline in respiratory activity accompained 'agening' of seeds. These changes associated with ageing, are interpreted as resulting from membrane deterioration. The cultivars showed marked differences in their response to ageing treatment.


The effect of using a spatially smoothed forward-backward covariance matrix on the performance of MUSIC and the minimum-norm method for estimating the direction of arrival of plane waves in white noise using a uniformly spaced linear array (ULA) is analysed. In particular, asymptotic results for the mean squared error in the estimates of the signal zeros and the direction of arrival are derived. It is shown that in general for subspace methods a forward-backward smoothing approach is preferable to a forward smoothing approach. An important outcome of this analysis is that for MUSIC, the error in the signal zeros is shown to exhibit a different trend compared to the error in the DOA estimates and this leads to difficulty in interpreting the spatial spectrum. For instance, when smoothing is used, the peaks in the spatial spectrum become sharper, giving the impression of higher resolution, whereas in reality the estimates of the DOA may in fact have deteriorated compared with the ones obtained using minimal or no smoothing. With regard to the minimum-norm method, the errors in the signal zeros exhibit the same trend as the DOA estimates so that no such problem is created. As to the relative comparison of the methods, it is shown that proper spatial smoothing enables the performance of the minimum-norm method to be made comparable to MUSIC.


The traditional neural network has the uncertain shortcomings on structures and the genetic algorithm has the optimization ability. So the improved adaptive genetic algorithm is used to optimize the numbers and value of hidden nodes of neural network. And then LMS algorithm is used to optimize the weight and threshold value of the neural network. The nueral network is trainned by much groups of training samples and the ultimate neural network system is got. Afterwards, using the improved power spectrum K value method to extract the characteristic value of the collected surface emg signals;Finally, the characteristic values of six kinds of hand motions is input into RBF neural network classifier for pattern recognition. This trial gets good results and 6 kinds of action recognition rate to 75%.


Abstract This survey essay presents a range of contemporary media art projects exploring ecological themes, deriving their content through the use of scientific information and data. Artists incorporate a variety of technological approaches including online environments, interactive installation and real-time data visualisations to procure environmental data, making visible the often-kept hidden aspects of natural or human-built systems, resource consumption and ecosystem disruptions. The projects engage the public while informing about such things as a building's energy consumption, air quality in their vicinity, mapping of water usage on a digital landscape, and the calculating CO2 in air travel, to name a few.


We realized a prototype for a Beam Profile Monitor (BPRM) composed of 64 channels of scintillating and quartz fibers for the UA9 Experiment at CERN. The UA9 experimental equipment is installed in the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) with the main aim of demonstrating the feasibility of using bent crystal as primary collimators in accelerators with the aid of the channeling effect. The aim of this BPRM is the measurement of particle fluence of the channeled beam during UA9 tests. The detector is made up of 256 0.5 mm round fibers arranged in four layers. A multi-anode photomultiplier supplies 64 optical channels readout. Vacuum/air mechanical interface is realized to house the BPRM in a secondary vacuum of a SPS Roman Pot. Signals are driven 20 meters away from the beam pipe where they are read by VME electronics readout boards. This prototype was installed in SPS at the end of June 2012 and first results are reported here. We plan to design and build on the basis of this BPRM a similar detector for the extension of UA9 program to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).


This writing examines the International Court of Justice's authority over cases of airspace breaches. Airspace is the space above the land area and waters of a country. Air space is one of the most critical parts of a region in realizing the welfare of a country. ICJ, as the Supreme Court of the United Nations, is capable of resolving conflicts between countries and disputes involving United Nations member states. As a result, this writing aims to analyse further the authority of the International Court of Justice regarding airspace violations. The research was normative and qualitative. The result showed that, in theory, ICJ had clear jurisdiction in resolving violation of airspace cases, but in practice, only a few cases had been resolved by ICJ. However, most of those cases submitted to ICJ produce no judgment from ICJ since the Court found that it lacks jurisdiction


This article provides an overview of acute pesticide poisoning incidence among the Kyiv population for the 1993-2013 period. Forty four cases of acute pesticide poisonings in adults (insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, rodenticides) were retrospectively studied. The patients were treated in Poison Control Center of the Kyiv Clinical Emergency Hospital. The structure of pesticide poisoning and its dynamics for 20 years were studied. The authors studied the causes of acute pesticides poisoning (non-organophosphates) among the urban population, the clinical picture of poisoning with carbamates, pyrethroids and neonicotinoids was described. The basic principles of diagnosis and intensive therapy of pesticides poisoning were proposed.


This paper,based on the theory of adaptation,points out that the translation of humor subtitling is a dynamic adaptation to the communicative context which includes the mental world,social world and physical world of the audience,and linguistic context which includes word choices,sentence patterns and language style of Chinese.By the conscious choice of translation skills,the translated humor subtitling are made to achieve the expected result in Chinese audience.


Software maintenance has dramatically evolved in the last four decades, to cope with the continuously changing software development models, and programming languages and adopting increasingly advanced prediction models. In this work, we present the initial results of a Systematic Literature Review (SLR), highlighting the evolution of the metrics and models adopted in the last forty years.


The purpose of this study was to evaluate water status and overall visual quality (OVQ) of fresh butterhead lettuce during the first hours after harvest when plants were exposed to three different isothermal conditions: T1 = 0–2C, T2 = 10–12C and T3 = 20–22C (all with optimal relative humidity). Relative water content (RWC), water content (WC), free water (FW), bound water (BW), free water-to-total water ratio (FW/TW) and OVQ were evaluated in external (E), middle (M) and internal (I) zones of lettuce. High temperatures affected the tissue response to the uptake of water, diminishing the tissue turgid mass and increasing RWC, being I the most affected zone. Water movements (decreases in FW with simultaneous increases in BW) were detected immediately after harvest, even if conditions were optimum. However, the exposition temperature was a significant factor that affected the exchange between FW and BW. Texture and browning of lettuce heads were affected by inadequate temperature.

PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS

Lettuce is a highly perishable vegetable whose quality and shelf life are limited by the storage conditions. Inadequate temperature immediately after harvest is a climatic stress that produces unfavorable changes to consumer acceptability. Uncontrolled conditions (especially high temperature) are recurrent during transport towards the distribution center. These first hours after harvest are crucial for vegetable shelf life because quality losses at these earlier stages can not be recovered. Therefore, knowledge of the events occurring within the plant when temperature is uncontrolled is of fundamental importance to improve and optimize lettuce management.


Series dc arc is a common fault in dc microgrids. It is hard to be detected by circuit protection system because the fault current is lower than normal current. This paper proposes a series dc arc fault detection method by using Rogowski coil. The Rogowski coil is composed of a Ni-Zn ferrite ring, a coil, a copper shielded shell and a self-integrating resistance. The detection band of Rogowski coil is from several kilohertz to tens of megahertz, which includes the mainly effective detection band of series dc arc current. The Rogowski coil can naturally filter the low frequency and dc components, which contributes to the improvement of the measurement accuracy and the simplification of the signal processing. In addition, a spike feature is proposed to be an indicator of the occurrence of the dc arc. Corresponding experimental verification platform with a dc arc generator is designed, and the experimental data show the effectiveness of the approach.


Methylidyne, a carbon-based gas believed to have helped form the first molecules of life and one of the earliest molecules ever discovered among the stars, belongs to an unusual class of compounds called carbynes. These highly reactive compounds are not to be confused with the contentiously categorized, one-dimensional string of carbons of the same name or with the more familiar carbenes. Carbynes, according to organic chemistry's definition, are monovalent carbon species with three nonbonded electrons. These species have tantalized researchers with the prospect of forming three new bonds from a single atom, but synthetic chemists have been unable to tame these unruly molecules. A team led by Marcos G. Suero at the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia has developed a new method that sidesteps carbynes' unstable nature by generating their molecular equivalent, a diazomethyl radical species, using photoredox catalysis (Nature 2018, DOI: 10.1038/nature25185). The researchers can install these radical


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In this era of truant behavior becomes a bad habit of students so that guidance and counseling strategies are needed that are able to overcome these behaviors. The purpose of this study is to prove the factors underlying students who often play truant and to explain the behavior patterns of students who often play truant. The method used in this study is a qualitative descriptive method with interview techniques with students in various circles as research subjects. The results of this study state that there are a number of underlying factors such as internal factors, namely oneself and external factors, namely family factors, and school factors with truant behavior patterns, which are playing playstation or internet, hanging out, hanging out, hanging out with friends who play truant. Truant behavior results in academic and student behavior every day. If students do not take part in the academics conducted on that day, students experience lagging in learning and result in students not understanding the learning material. The results of this study serve as input for students to be more disciplined in participating in learning and not have a sustainable impact.


We review the methods developed for combining the parton shower approximation to quantum chromodynamics with fixed-order perturbation theory so as to achieve next-to-leading-order (NLO) accuracy for inclusive observables. These developments have made it possible to generate fully simulated hadronic final states with the precision and stability of NLO calculations. We explain the underlying theory of the existing methods, MC@NLO and POWHEG, together with their similarities, differences, achievements, and limitations. For illustration, we mainly compare results on Higgs boson production at the LHC, with particular emphasis on the residual uncertainties arising from the different treatment of effects beyond NLO. We also briefly summarize the difference between these NLO plus parton shower methods and matrix-element plus parton shower matching, along with current efforts to combine the two approaches.


We perform a comprehensive study to explore the low-energy crystalline phases of 3d transitional metal–cerium (TM–Ce) binary compounds using an unbiased structural search method coupled with first-principles optimization. For Ce–Sc, Ce–Ti, Ce–V, Ce–Cr and Ce–Mn binary systems, no stable crystalline phases are found from the structural search, offering an explanation for why none of these binary compounds have been observed in experiments. For Ce–Fe, Ce–Co, Ce–Ni, Ce–Cu and Ce–Zn binary systems, in addition to the previously known experimental structures, we also find several new low-energy crystalline phases. The computed electronic structures show that Ce atoms are in different states in the predicted binary compounds. In the Ce–Fe, Ce–Co and Ce–Ni compounds, the Ce 4f electrons are partially itinerant so that Ce atoms tend to adopt intermediate valence states between Ce+4 and Ce+3 due to the hybridization among Ce-4f, Ce-5d states and 3d states of TM. In the Ce–Cu and Ce–Zn binary compounds, the Ce-4f states are more localized with the charge state of Ce being close to 3+. In particular, the ferromagnetic metal (FM)-rich phases of the Ce–Fe, Ce–Co and Ce–Ni compounds tend to exhibit FM ordering in their ground states, owing to the strong exchange interaction among metal elements, whereas the non-magnetic states are usually preferred for FM-deficient phases. Magnetic orderings are also found in some other TM-rich phases of Ce–Cu and Ce–Zn compounds, where the magnetic moments are located on the Ce atoms due to the Kondo effect. Mechanic properties of these compounds are also computed based on density functional theory methods. This systematic study offers significantly new data for Ce-based alloys and will be useful to understand the intriguing behavior of the Ce-4f electron, thereby calling for future experimental confirmation of the newly predicted phases of Ce–TM compounds.


Objective To analyze retrospectively immune response of 300 premature after vaccine inoculation of HBVac. Methods 300 prematures were divided into A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H by body weight,gestational weeks and the dose of vaccine inoculation of HBVac. All pre- mature were received HBVac following 0,1,6months. After immunization,local and systemic reaction were observed and recorded during 72h-after 6 months,Anti-HBs titre and seroconversion rate were measured. Results There were no obviously local and systemic reaction in all groups in which all test were finished successfully. There were no significantly differences between Group A,B(P0.05). Eroconversion rate of Group C,D Eroconversion rate of Group A and B(P0.01). Eroconversion rate of Group Eroconversion rate of Group G(P0.01). The total Eroconversion rate was 79.3%. Conclusion The body weight and the dose of vaccine inoculation of HBVac is principal factor of effect premature's immune response.


In the paper the peculiarities of the process of proving in criminal cases, according to the ratio and relationship of criminalistics and criminal proceedings are analyzed. The role of S.A. Sheifer in formation of the law of evidence is noted. The peculiarities of interrogation of the witness are viewed and regularities that affect the quality of obtaining evidence, taking into account specific character and evidential significance of the pointed out investigating action are analyzed. The need to develop criminally-remedial activity is substantiated, the being in demand of development of foundations of forensic study of personality of the witness is summarized.


Compared with coherent detection, the price of not requiring channel state information (CSI) in a noncoherent UWB receiver is an increase of about 3 dB in the required SNR. In order to overcome the gap, a differential encoding and decoding scheme for multiband UWB systems is proposed in this paper. The proposed scheme employs the parallel concatenation of two differential diagonal space-frequency encoders at the transmitter and performs a simple soft decision iterative decoding at the receiver. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme can outperform the conventional differential and coherent detection at high SNR with few number of iterations.


Abstract : Computer Integrated Shipbuilding (CIS) systems represent a key technology for improving the U.S. shipbuilding industry in the coming decades. CIS will be based upon a completely integrated CAD/CAM system that provides computer control or assistance to all shipbuilding functions. The shipbuilding aspects embraced by CIS include business planning and support, engineering design and ship production planning, control, and automation. All business functions of marketing, ship delivery, and logistics support can be linked into such a CIS system. The objective of this paper is to provide a framework for shipbuilding technology modernization which incorporates a road map for the integration of shipbuilding functions via systematic planning and the simultaneous systematic application of computer technology. This CIS approach is unique in that it is data driven and is based upon a three architecture concept. This concept concentrates planning methodologies on building three formal integrated architectures: (1) the "application and database architecture", defining what applications and databases must be implemented to support the using. community; (2) the "computer systems architecture" on which those applications and databases will be implemented; and (3) the "control architecture" which defines specific project and software management techniques to be used to implement and maintain the applications within the computer systems architecture. Each of the architectures is ultimately represented in the form of standards and procedures.


Background: Recent attempts to develop more efficacious treatments for asthma, a TH2-dominant disease, have incorporated mesenchymal stem cell (MSC)-based cell therapies. Despite numerous previous studies, the full action mechanism of the pathogenesis of asthma remains undiscovered, and the need for further investigation is increasing in order to identify more effective target molecules. Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the anti-asthmatic effects of intratracheally administered MSCs primed with Liproxstatin-1, a potent ferroptosis inhibitor. In addition, we sought to examine the changes within macrophage populations and their characteristics in asthmatic conditions to explain the pathogenesis of asthma. Methods: Seven-week-old transgenic (TG) mice, constitutively overexpressing lung-specific interleukin (IL)-13, were used to simulate chronic asthma. Human umbilical cord-derived MSCs (hUC-MSCs) primed with Liproxstatin-1 were intratracheally administered four days prior to sampling. Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and lung tissues were then evaluated. Results: IL-13 TG mice demonstrated phenotypes of chronic asthma, including severe inflammation in the respiratory organs, goblet cell hyperplasia, and subepithelial fibrosis. The ratio of Ly6C+M2 macrophages, found within the pro-inflammatory CD11c+CD11b+ macrophages, was also upregulated, and showed a strong correlation with lung eosinophil counts. Upon intratracheal administration of Liproxstatin-1-primed hUC-MSCs, which showed enhanced ability to downregulate the activation of TH2 cells compared to naive MSCs in vitro, the IL-13 TG mice showed reduced airway inflammation and fibrosis, in addition to a decreased ratio of Ly6C+M2 macrophages. Conclusions: Intratracheal administration is an effective method of MSC delivery, and macrophages hold great potential as an additional therapeutic target for asthma.


Studies of the ultraviolet absorption of dilute aqueous solutions of lithium, sodium, pofassiu~n, and ammonium sr~lfates show that the concentration of sulfate ion in the presence of univalent cations can be determined from the optical density of the solution at 190 mp. The concentrations of sulfate ion thus determined in dilute solutions of sulfuric acid are in agreement with values reported previously from Raman spectral, conductivity, and other studies, which indicate a dissociation constant K? = 0.01 for the second stage in the ionization of sulfuric acid. Sulfuric acid ionizes in \\rater in two stages. [I.]* H?SO.I + H+ + HS04121 * HSO.1- F? H+ + SO,$Estimates of the dissociation constant for the first stage vary, but it is known to be very large, so that dissociation to hydrogen ion and bisulfate ion is essentially coinplete in acid solutions more dilute than about 80% (3). The dissociation constant for the second stage has been estimated by several different methods to be about 0.01 (4 (p. 383), 5, G), so that even in relatively dilute solution ionization of bisulfate ion is incomplete. In the present study we have shown that the ultraviolet absorption of dilute solutions of sulfuric acid confirills this value for the second dissociation constant. Ultraviolet absorption was used long ago to determine the dissociation constant of nitric acid (7). EXPERIMENTAL Solutions of reagent grade lithium, sodium, potassiu~n, ammonium, and magnesium sulfates and of sulfuric acid were made up in distilled water free from carbon dioxide. The absorption of these solutions over the range 185-200 mp was ~neasured in quartz cells of 1.0 or 0.1 cm light path with a Unicam SP 500 spectrophotometer at 25.0 f 1.5 "C against \\later as a blank. No attempt was made to purge this apparatus of oxygen, although it is lcnown that absorption by oxygen becomes increasingly important at lo\\rer wavele~~gths (8) and can result in spurious absorption peaks because of scattered light (9). Sp~~rious peaks of this nature at 186-188 mp were observed in several cases, as exemplified in Fig. 1 (curve a) for sodium sulfate. 'l'hese peaks were not observed when measurenlents were made down to 186 Inp with cells of 1.0 rnm light path in a Perl;in-Elmer 350 spectrophotometer purged with nitrogen (Fig. 1, curve b). No attempt was rnade to observe the spectr~~rn at shorter wavelengths; recently I-1alrna1111 and Plntzner (10) have reported a peak at 185 lnp (E, 200) for this solutior~. Our results with the Perkin-Elmer spectrophotonleter are in fair agreement with those obtained in 1932 by Ley and Arends (11) (cf. Fig. 1). Further evidence of scattered light in the unpurged Unicam spectrophoto~neter came fro111 the failure to obtail~ linear Beer's law plots at wavelengths below 190 mp; on the other hand, linear plots at these \vavelengths were obtained with the purged Perkin-Elmer spectrophotometer. No\vever, at 190 mp scattering has become relatively unimportant in the Unicarn, as shown by the linearity of Beer's law plots in Fig. 2 for low co~~centrations of salts. Consequently, all ~neasurements were made at this wavelength with the Unicam spectrophotometer. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION


Underground coal mine monitoring system adopts single chip microcomputer and bus articulated structure, the communication mode is CAN field bus, with various intelligent sensors, it can automatically monitor various ventilation indicators of underground coal mine. The test results show that the system has realized real-time monitoring of distributed mass nodes ventilation parameters, through accurate monitoring, simple system structure and flexible operation, it fully meets the need of safe production of coal mine.


Few studies have examined patients with pathological personality traits in terms of their competency to exercise autonomy, despite the increasing number of these individuals who visit psychiatric clinics in Japan. The purpose of this study was to assess such patients' competencies using medical record data focusing not only on the therapeutic relationship but also on the patients' social relationships throughout their life histories. Two patients were evaluated: one with borderline personality disorder and another with the "as if personality", a concept of personality prototype proposed by Helene Deutsch in 1942. Their clinical materials were analyzed from psychosocial viewpoints. I attempted to identify the points in their lives at which any competency weaknesses originated. I further discuss their competencies in decision making and exercising autonomy using psychoanalytic theory, in particular Winnicott's contributions. Finally, I propose the role of contemporary psychiatry in nurturing patients' autonomy, in order to help them live more comfortably in Japanese modern society.


Based on Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert (LLG) equation, the precession relaxation of magnetization is studied when the external field H is parallel to the uniaxial anisotropic field H

 k
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 k
 (n=3, 1, and 0). It is found that with the increase of H or the decrease of initial polar angle of magnetization, the relaxation time and angular frequency of magnetization decreases and increases, respectively. For comparison, the analytical solution for H

 k
 = 0 is also given. When the magnetization tends to the stable direction, the angular frequency is proportional to the total effective field acting on the magnetization. The analytical solutions are not only conducive to the understanding of the precession relaxation of magnetization, but also can be used as a standard model to test the numerical calculation of LLG equation.


THE THESIS CONCERNS THE EFFECT OF ROAD IRREGULARITIES AND SPEED ON COMFORT AND DYNAMIC WHEEL LOADS. MOVEMENTS OF THE VEHICLE STRUCTURE AND DYNAMIC WHEEL LOADS FOR THE MEASURED ROAD UNEVENNESS WERE DETERMINED BY MEANS OF A TWO DIMENSIONAL VIBRATION MODEL. A VEHICLE STRUCTURE SIMULATOR, PROGRAMMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DATA OBTAINED, FACILITATED SUBJECTIVE EVALUATION OF DRIVING COMFORT. THE COMFORT VALUE FOUND IS COMPARED WITH THE TRAFFICABILITY P USED HITHERTO.


Kynurenic acid is a tryptophan metabolite provided with antagonist activity on ionotropic glutamate and α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. We noticed that in rats with a dialysis probe placed in the head of their caudate nuclei, local administration of kynurenic acid (30–100 nm) significantly reduced glutamate output. Qualitatively and quantitatively similar effects were observed after systemic administration of kynurenine hydroxylase inhibitors, a procedure able to increase brain kynurenate concentrations. Interestingly, in microdialysis studies, methyllycaconitine (0.3–10 nm), a selective α7 nicotinic receptor antagonist, also reduced glutamate output. In isolated superfused striatal synaptosomes, kynurenic acid (100 nm), but not methyllycaconitine, inhibited the depolarization (KCl 12.5 mm)‐induced release of transmitter or previously taken‐up [3H]‐D‐aspartate. This inhibition was not modified by glycine, N‐methyl‐d‐aspartate or subtype‐selective kainate receptor agents, while CNQX or DNQX (10 µm), two AMPA and kainate receptor antagonists, reduced kynurenic acid effects. Low concentrations of kynurenic acid, however, did not modify [3H]‐kainate (high and low affinity) or [3H]‐AMPA binding to rat brain membranes. Finally, because metabotropic glutamate (mGlu) receptors modulate transmitter release in striatal preparations, we evaluated, with negative results, kynurenic acid (1–100 nm) effects in cells transfected with mGlu1, mGlu2, mGlu4 or mGlu5 receptors. In conclusion, our data show that kynurenate‐induced inhibition of glutamate release is not mediated by glutamate receptors. Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, however, may contribute to the inhibitory effects of kynurenate found in microdialysis studies, but not in those found in isolated synaptosomes.


Decomposition and oxidation of nitromethane, nitroethane, and 1-nitropropane in supercritical water (SCW) near the critical point have been studied in a flow reactor. It was found that the rate of aliphatic nitro compounds decomposition in SCW decreased with an increase in the number of carbon atoms, while the rate of their oxidation increased with an increase in the carbon number. Experimental data on the decomposition of the studied nitro compounds showed that the apparent rate constants, calculated on the assumption of first-order reaction, increased exponentially with an increase in the pressure at constant temperature. The transition-state theory has been applied to simulate the effect of pressure on the rate constants. Some ideas on the nature of the activation complex have been suggested. The calculated values of the activation volumes in the decomposition reactions of nitromethane, nitroethane, and 1-nitropropane in SCW were similar, which suggested the same nature of the activation complex in all...


The x-ray storage-phosphor CsBr:Eu2+ has been found to exhibit a strong increase in photostimulated-luminescence (PSL) intensity following hydration at room temperature. The sensitivity increases by a factor of 25 following a 60 min exposure to an atmosphere of 99% relative humidity, which is considered to be due to an incorporation of H2O molecules within the CsBr:Eu2+ matrix, which are orientated by and enhance the electric fields surrounding (Eu2+–O2−)-dipoles, increasing their charge trapping cross sections. Following irradiation the PSL increase is accompanied by the formation of mobile VK-centers, which decrease the F-center population by a recombination process, which appear as an intrinsic 360 nm emission from the CsBr matrix in low temperature thermoluminescence measurements.


Rough estimates of the neutral fraction obtainable from a photoneutralizer and of the power required to operate it are presented as functions of the window and mirror performance. More precise information will become available in the future.


This preliminary research examines the role of digitalisation in changing how consumers respond to, manage and maintain more sustainable approaches to clothing. It brings together the mission and vision of Save Your Wardrobe, with expert consumer researchers from University of Glasgow. Using a qualitative approach (in-depth consumer interviews and wardrobe audits) we explore existing clothing behaviours and how the Save Your Wardrobe (SYW) application (app) could be used as a digital wardrobe management solution.


Abstract : During the 1983 Summer Study, a few members of JASON attempted to survey the current status of the reversible logic approach to digital computing. Our aim was to form an opinion on which future developments of this subject might be relevant to DARPA's computer-related interests and possibly worthy of its support. We consulted one of the pioneers in this subject, Dr. Edward Fredkin of MIT, at some length and brought ourselves up to date on the (not very extensive) literature. Our basic conclusion is that the importance of reversible logic depends crucially on the physical architecture of the computer: It is irrelevant to the current scheme in which packets of charge are stored on, and moved between, structures of order one light wavelength in size, but might be relevant and even essential if the basic information-handling units were of molecular or atomic size (a distant but not necessarily unattainable goal). The question of physical realization of reversible logic elements has been almost completely neglected in favor of the abstract questions of how, given the existence of reversible logic elements, one could wire them up to make a useful computer and how one would program it.


The transesterification has been studied by diphenyl methane dicarbamic acid ester with polyester polyol.The influence of catalyst,temperature and time on the reaction were described.the hydroxy-terminated polyurethane lowpolymer was synthesized which molecular weight up to 21,500,the lowpolymer was used into e-poxy resin potting.It has a good toughening effect.


The purpose of this article is to describe the process of creating an ethnodrama focusing on possible selves. Twelve older adult residents of an assisted living facility were paired with 12 nursing students to conduct semistructured interviews on the topic of possible selves. Interviews were analyzed in an iterative process involving in vivo and pattern coding. Themes relating to late life potential were identified, including hopes, fears, barriers, and aids to possibility. The ethnodrama was outlined from these themes and composite characters were created to represent findings. Ten final interviews were recorded with student adult dyads reading the script and providing feedback as member checks. The final draft was work shopped with a theatre company. Ethnodrama has the potential of increasing innovation in research but methodology must be clarified to improve consistency and rigor leading to greater acceptance in the research community.


The kintetic studies of polymerization of methyl methacrylate initiated with nickel ethyl acetoacetate gave the following equations.

Rp=K1[Monomer]1.4[Chelate]0.5, in the absence ox aniline

Rp=K2[Monomer]1.2[Chelate]0.5 [Aniline]0,5, in the presence of aniline.

Some aromatic amines such as aniline markedly accelerated the polymerization, while pyridine had no such effect. The activation energy of initiation was 24.8 kcal/mol in the absence of aniline, and 8.8 kcal/mol in the presence of aniline. Both the kinetic data and the infrared spectra of the polymer indicated that the polymerization was radical in nature. The reaction order against monomer varied, as the temperature differed. The spectrophotometric investigation indicated formation of a complex between the chelate and the monomer, or amines. It also showed that the formation of a complex was not a factor which controlled the rate of initiation. A scheme of initiation mechanism was presented on the basis of the above experimental evidence.


of information" and speculating about the consequences of people interacting through the electronic transmission of texts, photos, sound, and video, Dertouzos (1997) admits that "at this stage, we have no clue which way the pendulum will swing" (p. 281). Will electronic interaction increase the degree of intimacy among community members, or will it result in greater indifference? Will our society move toward a new educational system completely unlike the current one, or will it maintain the familiar framework with only minor changes? Educational leadership has drawn increasing attention. Kearsley and Lynch (1992) refer primarily to leadership in educational technology, which they perceive to be different from educational leadership in general. The major emphasis in leadership in educational technology is on different ways technology can be managed in schools, especially by teachers and school administrators. Leithwood (1994) argues for the promise of transformational leadership in the context of school restructuring, while Clark and Clark (1996) call for "better preparation of leaders" in all possible educational settings in order to prepare learners to cope with current and future dilemmas facing society. Based on different scenarios within educational settings, this article attempts to describe some of the possible characteristics of educational leadership in the 21st century. I will begin by outlining the characteristics of educational systems, then describe potential leadership figures in these institutions, and end with some thoughts about whence the future may lead us.


This work was carried out in Plant Tissue Culture Laboratory of Prof. Dr. Abd El-Fatah Helmy Belal, Faculty
of Environmental Agricultural Sciences, Arish University, North Sinai, Egypt during the period from 2016 to 2018.
This study was conducted to study the effect of medium type, explant source and growth regulator type and
concentration on micropropagation of E. citriodora plant which is grown in Sinai Peninsula. Results showed that
full strength of Murashige and Skoog's medium (MS) was the most suitable medium for seed germination and shoot
growth. Meanwhile, addition of BA at 1.00 mg l-1 was effective for improving shoot growth and development. Also,
multiplying of shoots was enhanced by using nodal cutting explants cultured on MS medium supplemented with
1.00 mg l-1 BA plus 1.00 mg l-1 NAA. On the other hand, shoot rooting was achieved by using MS medium
supplemented with 2.50 mg l-1
IBA. It is worth to mention that obtained plantlets were successfully acclimatized
(80% survivability) in a combination of peatmoss, vermiculite and washed sand or peatmoss and vermiculite at
equal volumes.


Fission technology can enable rapid, affordable access to any point in the solar system. If fusion propulsion systems are to be developed to their full potential; however, near-term customers must be identified and initial fission systems successfully developed, launched, and utilized. Successful utilization will most likely occur if frequent, significant hardware-based milestones can be achieved throughout the program. If the system is designed to operate within established radiation damage and fuel burn up limits while simultaneously being designed to allow close simulation of heat from fission using resistance heaters, high confidence in fission system pe$ormance and lifetime can be attained through non-nuclear testing. Through demonstration of systems concepts (designed by DOE National Laboratories) in relevant environments, this philosophy has been demonstrated through hardware testing in the Early Flight Fission Test Facilities (EFF-TF) at the Marshall Space Flight Center. The EFF-TF is designed to enable very realistic non-nuclear testing of space fission systems. Ongoing research at the EFF-TF is geared towards facilitating research, development, system integration, and system utilization via cooperative efforts with DOE labs, industry, universities, and other NASA centers.


The successful generation of the carbenoid equivalent of 1,6-methano(10)annulen-11-ylidene and the trapping of a novel intermediate was reported. When 1,6-methano(10) annulen-11-ylidene was generated in the presence of 1,3-diphenylisobenzofuran (DPIBF), a 1:1 adduct, mp 187-189/sup 0/C with decomposition, was obtained in 65 percent yield. Clear crystals of the 1,3-diphenylisobenzofuran adduct were grown by slow evaporation of an EtOAc solution at 4/sup 0/C. Diffraction symmetry was orthorhombic with accurate cell constants of a = 8.792 (2), b = 17.037 (5), and c = 14.493 (4) A. Systematic absences indicated a chiral space group and a calculated density suggested one molecule of C/sub 31/H/sub 22/O per asymmetric unit.


Urinary Incontinence (UI) is a disease in which patients lose control of their bladder. It is particularly common in elderly women having a prevalence of as much as 30% to 50% [1]. Many of these patients are left without successful treatment. A recent study has shown a new option for treatment that consists of deep brain stimulation (DBS) at a site known as the periaqueductal gray (PAG) [2, 3]. To test the effectiveness of this treatment, chronic stimulation of the PAG should be used in animals to see if it can reliably prevent micturition in the long term. A device was created that incorporated a piezoresistive pressure sensor and two electrodes connected through an implantable circuit developed by other members of this lab. The pressure sensor was implanted in the bladder and the electrodes were implanted in the PAG. When the bladder pressure reached a level greater than XXmmHg, XXmA of current was sent between the electrodes. The threshold was set slightly lower than the actual voiding pressure to ensure effectiveness. Results showed that the circuit and pressure sensor used could accurately detect voiding in a rat's bladder. There was a steady increase in the voltage output and a sharp spike followed by a quick decrease during voiding. This shows that an implantable chronic device to regulate micturition is very feasible as long as the electrodes are placed in the correct location. The next step is to insert electrodes, stimulate, and look for changes in the bladder pressure readings.


This research was in response to the needfor more information on the ethnic diversity of the grandmother role and the implications for strengthening the support network of older black women. The subjects consisted of 79 black grandmothers and 87 white grandmothers 65 years of age or older. The results of the research show cultural distinctions in the grandmother role and suggest ways in which this diversity can be used to strengthen the support system of older rural black women, a significant percentage of whom fall below the poverty level.


The proposed electron beam (e-beam)flue gas cleanup process development unit program has been analyzed to investigate methods of reducing total project cost.Two major program elements were analyzed in detail: (1) equipment and installation, and (2) test program. Results indicate that reducing the maximum design flow rate and shortening the test period can significantly reduce total project cost while still maintaining most of the original project goals.


The amount of engineered nanoparticles produced each year has grown for some time and will grow in the coming years. However, if such particles are inhaled, they can be toxic. Therefore, to ensure the safety of workers, the nanoparticle concentrations at workplaces have to be measured. This is usually done by gathering the particles in the ambient air and then taking images using scanning electron microscopy. The particles in the images are then manually identified and counted. However, this task takes much time. Therefore, we have developed a system to automatically find and classify particles in these images (Kockentiedt et al., 2012). In this paper, we present an improved version of the system with two new classification feature types. The first are Haralick features. The second is a newly developed feature which estimates the counts of electrons detected by the scanning electron microscopy for each particle. In addition, we have added an algorithm to automatically choose the classifier type and parameters. This way, no expert is needed when the user wants to train the system to recognize a previously unknown particle type. The improved system yields much better results for two types of engineered particles and shows comparable results for a third type.


An interview with Róbert Lénárd, the young director from Novi Sad, about theatre as an inalienable part of public life.


The utility model relates to a voltage transformer local discharge ultrahigh frequency (UHF) online monitoring device. The device comprises an ultrahigh frequency sensor, an ultrahigh frequency coaxial feeder, a signal hardware regulating unit, a high frequency coaxial cable, an A/D collecting card and an industrial control computer. The ultrahigh frequency sensor and the end cap of the flange of a manhole (hand hole) are integrally arranged on the manhole (hand hole) of the wall of a voltage transformer oil tank and are positioned in the voltage transformer. The utility model overcomes the disadvantage that when the sensor is arranged through the accident fuel outlet valve of the voltage transformer or the leak valve at the top of the oil tank, because the arranging position and the dimension are limited, and the effective detecting range is small, the sensor capability is sacrificed. The signal is regulated by the signal hardware regulating unit, which can more effectively abstract a discharging signal in the entire detecting band and enhance the detecting sensibility.


This research aims to analyze how the influence of corporate characterics on Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure. There are 4 variables used in this research that corporate social responsibility disclosure as dependent variable, and firm size profitability, leverage as independent variables. The population used in this study were mining companies listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange at 2014-2018 where the total population was used by 10 companies. The sampling technique used was purposive sampling technique in which the number of samples obtained in this study were 8 companies. The tests used in this study are classical assumption test (normality, multicollinearity, autocorrelation, and heteroscedasticity) and hypothesis testing (T test, F test andregression test). Based on the result of simultaneous test can be concluded that the firm size, and debt to asset ratio significantly affects the disclosure of corporate social responsibility, but return on asset have no significant affect on the disclosure of corporate social responsibility. Based on the partial test results can be concluded that firm size, return on asset, debt to asset ratio significantly impact the corporate social responsibility disclosure.


Measurements of the four mutual diffusion coefficients of the ternary systems CaCl2(l) + HC1(2) + H20 using the diaphragm cell method are described, = 25° C. The concentrations were c, = 0.5, 1, 1.5 M with c2 = nc¡, = 1, and c, = 0.5, 1 M with c2 = 1.0 and 2.0 , = 2. Density measurements were performed to transform the cell fixed diffusion coefficients to solvent fixed ones wherefore the partial molar volumes are needed. By proper extrapolation of literature data we calculated the activity coefficients of both solutes to convert the D'j matrix into the matrix of the phenomenological coefficients û'j. The validity of the Onsager reciprocity relations was confirmed within the limits of experimental error. We give a discussion of the remarkably high D2, value compared to D'22 we found in our systems.


Group events are defined as regular events recognized by partial group automata. Canonical forms are introduced for the class of regular expressions denoting group events. Algorithms are presented to find a canonical form from a recognizing automaton, to find a recognizing automaton from a canonical form, and to find a canonical form from a regular expression denoting a simple group event. Furthermore an algorithm is presented that decides whether or not two canonical forms denote the same event.


Recreational parks services industry in West Java have problems due to low business performance caused by the difficulty of companies to compete, whereas tourism services right now are yet offered unique characteristics products due to the product is relatively similar with competitors. Based on that background, the research aims to obtain a study on the influence of business partnerships and competitive strategy on business performance in recreation park service industries in West Java. Research conducted using an explanatory survey. In this study, the target population is a company incorporated in the tourism service industry in West Java. Time horizon is a cross-sectional, which research is done in one time simultaneously. The data analyzed through verification. Hypothesis is tested using partial least square (PLS). The research findings reveal that there is a simultaneous and partial influence of business partnerships and competitive strategy on business performance. The influence of competitive strategy is more dominant than business partnership in improving business performance, the rest influenced by other factors not examined in this study. Based on that it would need to the management of recreation park services companies in West Java to increase the competitive strategy as the first priority in efforts to improve business performance.


Fluorescent imaging technology has been widely used in bioimaging,biolabeling,biodetection,immunoassay and other biomedical applications.Traditional fluorescent materials,such as organic fluorescent dyes,fluorescent proteins and quantum dots,faces many limitations,such as low photostability,background autofluorescence,cytotoxicity and limited detection sensitivity.To address these issues,lanthanide(Ln)-doped upconversion nanoparticles(UCNPs) have been developed as a new class of fluorescent material.Such materials exhibit unique fluorescent property known as photon upconversion,providing tremendous advantages over conventional fluorophores for biomedical applications.This paper reviews recent advances in the synthesis of Ln-doped UCNPs and their surface modification,as well as their emerging applications in biomedicine.The future prospects of Ln-doped UCNPs for biomedical applications are also discussed.


Part One: Theoretical Issues in Description 1. Some Systemic Functional Reflexions on the History of Meaning M.A.K. Halliday, Emeritus Professor, University of Sydney 2. Beyond Redemption: Choice and Consequence in Youth Justice Conferencing James Martin, University of Sydney 3. The Meaning of Function: Syntax in Systemic Functional Linguistics Delu Zhang, Tongji University, China 4. Systemic Linguistics and Constructivism Shiqing Yan, Suzhou University, China 5. The System Network for Generating the Expressions of Chinese Aspects Guowen Yang, Institute of Linguistics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China Part Two: Theory and its Applications 6. On Linguistic Sign and the Science of Linguistics: The Foundations of Applicability Ruqaiya Hasan, Emeritus Profesor, Macquarie University 7. Labelling Discourse Acts: Interpersonal Projection Across Registers Geoff Thompson, University of Liverpool 8. Modelling Ellipsis in EFL Classroom Discourse Xueyan Yang, Beijing Foreign Studies University, China 9. Genre and Appraisal Theories in Functional Discourse Analysis - with Reference to Accounts in 'Dragon-Carving and the Literary Mind' Zhanzi Li, Nanjing Normal University, China 10. Analyzing the Reporting Clause in Translating Confucius's Lun Yu (The Analects) Guowen Huang, Sun Yat-sen University, China Part Three: Developing Directions 11. Challenges and Solutions to Multimodal Discourse: Technology, Theory and Practice Kay O'Halloran, Christel-Loic Tisse and Bradley Smith, all at the National University of Singapore 12. Challenges for Stylistic Method - From Literary Enquiry to Mental Health Treatments: When Two Methods are at One David Butt, Macquarie University 13. Systemic Functional Linguistics in the Round: Imaging FL Education for a Global World Heidi Byrnes, Georgetown University 14. Between Man and Machine: The Changing Face of Corpus Annotation Software Mick O'Donnell, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain 15. Systemic Functional Linguistics and Cyperspace Eija Ventola, Aalto University, Finland


ABSTRACT Though China's health-care workers (HCWs) had totaled as many as 12.3 million by the end of 2018, vaccination rates among them are still low or just moderate. There are few vaccination programs specifically for them. Neither targeted systematic recommendations nor effective incentives are in place. The HCWs also have some knowledge or awareness gap in vaccination. Moreover, HCWs' exposure to and infection risk of vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) mount up, as a great number of unvaccinated Chinese patients crowd in a few large hospitals. So does the chance of a nosocomial VPDs outbreak. Therefore, receiving vaccines is an essential part of infection prevention and control for HCWs. China should pay more attention to the challenges and take substantial measures to address it in the "Healthy China" agenda.


The electric protection system plays an important safety function for the industrial installa‐ tions. Its main purpose is to detect and clear the occurred faults rapidly and isolate only the faulted part of the system. The electric protection system performances are mainly depending on the type, setting and coordination of protective devices. A good electric protection design and setting improve the energy efficiency of the industrial installations in terms of ensure service continuity, decrease the outage time, prevents the devices damage, and lifetime extension. In this context, the nuclear event that has been occurred at the nuclear power plant of Forsmark in July 2006 it is mainly due to an incorrect tuning of a protective relay [1]. However, due to the complex topology of the modern interconnected power systems and the operation close to its limits, the setting and coordination of protective relays have become a very complex and tedious operation.


Gianyar Regency has interesting tourist objects, one of which is Kanto Lampo Waterfall, located in Banjar Kelod Kangin, Beng Village, Gianyar District, Gianyar Regency. The origin of the name Kanto Lampo is that there are many Kanto Lampo trees that grow around the river. Supporting infrastructure facilities currently available at Kanto Lampo Waterfall are the availability of a reception office, gazebo/bale bengong, toilets, changing rooms/rinsing rooms, payment counters, bathing pools, food vendors, and a fairly large parking area. The number of tourist visits to the Kanto Lampo Waterfall tourist attraction from 2015 was 10,170 people and continued to increase every year until 2019 as many as 51,810 people. The research on the financial feasibility analysis of Kanto Lampo Waterfall tourism aims to determine the economic feasibility of a waterfall development business based on an economic-financial approach. This research took place from January to February 2021. Primary data were obtained from interviews, direct observation, and documentation in the field. Based on the data obtained, the business of the Kanto Lampo Waterfall tourist attraction obtained an NPV value for 10 years of investment of IDR 1,137,263,458,-. The IRR value is 38%. The BCR value obtained is 3.8. and the value of the Payback Period (PP) of 1.3 years shows that the payback period for the waterfall business is relatively fast.
Keywords: Analysis; Beng; Economics; Feasibility; Tourism


This paper focuses on the problem of Differentially Private Stochastic Optimization for (multi-layer) fully connected neural networks with a single output node. In the first part, we examine cases with no hidden nodes, specifically focusing on Generalized Linear Models (GLMs). We investigate the well-specific model where the random noise possesses a zero mean, and the link function is both bounded and Lipschitz continuous. We propose several algorithms and our analysis demonstrates the feasibility of achieving an excess population risk that remains invariant to the data dimension. We also delve into the scenario involving the ReLU link function, and our findings mirror those of the bounded link function. We conclude this section by contrasting well-specified and misspecified models, using ReLU regression as a representative example. In the second part of the paper, we extend our ideas to two-layer neural networks with sigmoid or ReLU activation functions in the well-specified model. In the third part, we study the theoretical guarantees of DP-SGD in Abadi et al. (2016) for fully connected multi-layer neural networks. By utilizing recent advances in Neural Tangent Kernel theory, we provide the first excess population risk when both the sample size and the width of the network are sufficiently large. Additionally, we discuss the role of some parameters in DP-SGD regarding their utility, both theoretically and empirically.


An approach to fabricate gel actuator using nonionic polymer gels and dielectric liquid pattern was developed. The actuator could be operated in air using a dc electric field and exhibited a rotation-slide complex motion on the horizontal and a snail-like or sliding motion on the slope with controlled path. The average rotational speed and the average climbing speed of the gel could reach 0.35rad∕s and 3.8mm∕s, respectively. The driving force of the gel originated from the electrohydrodynamic flow of the dielectric solvent inside and outside the gel induced by the ion-dragging mechanism under the electric field.


May 15, 2006 issue Jeanne White-Ginder sits at home, assembling a scrapbook about her son, Ryan. She pastes in newspaper stories about his fight to return to the Indiana middle school that barred him in 1985 for having AIDS. She sorts through photos of Ryan with Elton John, Greg Louganis and others who championed his cause. She organizes mementos from his PBS special, "I Have AIDS: A Teenager's Story." "I just got done with his funeral. Eight pages. That was very hard," says White-Ginder, who buried her 18year-old son in 1990, five-and-a-half years after he was diagnosed with the disease, which he contracted through a blood product used to treat hemophiliacs. The scrapbook, along with Ryan's bedroom, the way his mother left it when he died, will be part of an exhibit at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis on three children who changed history: Anne Frank. Ruby Bridges. And Ryan White. "He put a face to the epidemic, so people could care about people with AIDS," his mother says.


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Styroworm's emergence is an incarnation of new materialist philosophies and as foodstuff t challenges its surroundings to deal with their responseabilities.


Measurements of twoand four-particle angular correlations for inclusive charged particles in pPb collisions at √ sNN = 5.02 TeV are presented over a wide pseudorapidity range, abs(η) < 2.5 and full azimuth from the CMS experiment. Results from 2.76 TeV semi peripheral PbPb collision data, recorded during 2011 PbPb running is compared to 31 nb−1 of pPb data, collected during the 2013 LHC running, having similar multiplicities. The two-particle azimuthal correlation technique and a four-particle cumulant method is used to extract the second-order (v2) and third-order (v3) anisotropy harmonics. The four-particle cumulant method is used to further explore the multi-particle nature of correlations in pPb collisions. We observe a remarkable similarity in the v3 signal as a function of multiplicity between pPb and PbPb systems. Presented at HEP 2013 EPS HEP 2013 Stockholm Measurement of twoand four-particle correlations in pPb collisions with CMS Monika Sharma for the CMS Collaboration∗ Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN E-mail: email@example.com Measurements of twoand four-particle angular correlations for inclusive charged particles in pPb collisions at √ sNN = 5.02 TeV are presented over a wide pseudorapidity range, |η | < 2.5 and full azimuth from the CMS experiment. Results from 2.76 TeV semi peripheral PbPb collision data, recorded during 2011 PbPb running is compared to 31 nb−1 of pPb data, collected during the 2013 LHC running, having similar multiplicities. The two-particle azimuthal correlation technique and a four-particle cumulant method is used to extract the second-order (v2) and third-order (v3) anisotropy harmonics. The four-particle cumulant method is used to further explore the multiparticle nature of correlations in pPb collisions. We observe a remarkable similarity in the v3 signal as a function of multiplicity between pPb and PbPb systems. The European Physical Society Conference on High Energy Physics -EPS-HEP2013 18-24 July 2013 Stockholm, Sweden


Pedestrian injuries are a leading cause of childhood mortality. The analysis of trends in pedestrian death rates may provide information on the determinants of the incidence of these injuries. This article examines the relationship between child pedestrian mortality and traffic volume in New Zealand from 1967 to 1987.


The goals of the initial management of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction include swift restoration of flow within the occluded coronary artery, prevention of early reinfarction, and avoidance of complications of reperfusion therapy.1,2 The selection of the reperfusion strategy, either the preferred percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or fibrinolysis, is usually driven by institutional access to primary PCI. Thus, the decision that clinicians most commonly grapple with at the time of the patient's presentation is the selection of adjunctive anticoagulant and antiplatelet therapy. In this issue of the Journal, Stone and colleagues report on a large, randomized trial that tested an . . .


Researchers have shown that news discourse contains images, episodes, themes, and vocabulary that comprise a negative portrayal of Blacks. But evidence linking news media content to Whites' racial policy opinions has lacked clear specification of the opinion formation process and mechanisms of news media influences on such process. This study mimics Whites' reasoning process via a causal model involving ideological orientations, affect toward Blacks, assessment of situations of racial inequality, and causal attributions of the inequality. The characteristics of this reasoning process may be affected by the news media in several ways. By analyzing the National Election Study (NES) 1990 Post-Election Survey data, this study examines how Whites' reliance on ideological principles or affect in forming their opinions is contingent on news media exposure. The data show that increased information-oriented media use enhances the role of ideological orientation and, possibly, causal attributions in Whites' racial policy reasoning.


The signing in Mauritius on 4 November 1995 of the amended fourth Lomé Convention, the aid and trade co-operation agreement between the European Union (EU) and the ACP Group of 70 African, Caribbean, and Pacific countries, brought the Mid-Term Review to its formal completion after protracted negotiations. Established in 1975, Lomé has long been the centre-piece of EU development assistance. In quantitative terms, the European Development Fund, the financial instrument of Lomé, has comprised the largest single portion of EU aid, averaging almost 45 per cent of all disbursements in recent years.1 Qualitatively, Lomé has been regarded as a model of North—South cooperation, mainly due to three special features: it was founded on the principles of equality, mutual respect, and interdependence; it is a legally binding contract negotiated between two sets of countries; and it involves ongoing dialogue through three joint institutions, the ACP—EU Council of Ministers, the Committee of Ambassadors, and the 'parliamentary' Joint Assembly.


Pristipomoides aquilonaris (wenchman, n = 115) were collected off Louisiana and Florida during October November 2007 along a depth range of 77 192 m. Fish were weighed and measured to the nearest 0.001 kg and 1.0 mm, respectively. Both sagittal otoliths were removed and right otoliths were sectioned using a low speed saw with a diamond wafering blade. Readers used otolith growth increment measurements on various whole and sectioned otoliths from fish of differing sizes to determine average placement of core and growth increments. Each specimen was aged (using increments), and agreement between 2 readers was calculated using: average percent error (3.98%), coefficient of variation (5.62%), index of precision (3.98%), and percent agreement ± 1 band (83.5%) and ± 2 bands (97.4%). Linear and nonlinear regressions were fit to meristic and depth data. Age frequencies demonstrated a large group of individuals with 1 or 2 otolith growth increments. Length frequencies showed more than a third of the collection was 150 174 mm fork length (FL). Size-at-age with fork length and whole weight and the von Bertalanffy growth curve all showed similar growth patterns and asymptotic trends. We conclude that more wenchman of various sizes and locations should be collected monthly to improve accuracy in the relationship between age and growth.


The present invention relates to a method comprising: setting an alarm method for a mobile communication terminal using a global time to set the alarm for the reference time for each country, performing the world time function, and select a particular country (shown); If made of a method comprising the step of setting an alarm function that based on the time of the selected countries, and also, the alarm function for the particular country setting comparing the set alarm time and the time in a particular country and; The comparison, as yirueojim to when the time and the set alarm time in a particular country matching further comprising the step of outputting the set ring group by the user, to determine a specific time for a specific country through an alarm line for the convenience to the user there is an effect that it is possible.


A 41-year-old woman presented with rectal bleeding and inability to defecate. Gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed an epithelial tumor involving the sigmoid colon with obstruction. Based on the diagnosis of sigmoid colon carcinoma, surgery was performed. Pathologic evaluation of the surgical specimen revealed intestinal endometriosis. A detailed examination was performed using an immunostaining technique, and mullerianosis of the colon was diagnosed.


Surfactants can improve postemergence herbicide efficacy and reduce the amount of herbicide required to obtain weed control. The effect of surfactants on the efficacy of herbicides is complicated and depends on the interaction among the plant, surfactant, and herbicide. The effects of surfactants on the efficacy of clodinafop-propargyl and/or tribenuron-methyl on wild oat (Avena ludoviciana) and wild mustard (Sinapis arvensis) under greenhouse conditions were investigated. In addition, the surface tension of aqueous solutions of the surfactants and surfactants + herbicides was determined. Significantly lower surface tension values were obtained with the aqueous solutions of citofrigate (Citogate plus Frigate) alone and with the herbicides used in this study. The citofrigate surfactant lead to the greatest enhancement of clodinafop-propargyl and/or tribenuron-methyl efficacy and the effect was species-dependent. The efficacy of clodinafop-propargyl and/or tribenuron-methyl in the presence of surfactants in controlling wild oat was higher than for wild mustard. The foliar activity of the tested herbicides rose with increasing surfactant concentrations. The tank mixture of clodinafop-propargyl and tribenuron-methyl showed a synergistic effect in controlling wild oat and wild mustard. The synergistic effect in controlling wild mustard was greater than for wild oat.


The article covers issues concerning ventilation and warm air heating systems described in polish 19th century technical journals. The main emphasis of 19th century works was put on the improving the life comfort, especially heating. Technical news from Western Europe reached polish writers very fast. The article presents the way the ventilation and warm air heating systems worked in rooms of different types, as well as its advantages and disadvantages.


The study attempted to establish a link between training and HRD climate perception in a public sector steelplant.80 executives and non-executives served as respondents. Findings reveal significant differences between these two groups both on training facets as well as perception of HRD climate. Pro-action, trust, and openness wee more positively perceived by executives than the non-executives.


This dissertation presents a research that aims to investigate emerging aspects of Computational Thinking (PC) in a group of undergraduate students in Mathematics when exploring Fractal Geometry with GeoGebra software. Specifically, we sought to analyze how these aspects manifested themselves in this group by constructing some fractals in the cited software. This research followed a qualitative methodological approach. Teaching experiments were carried out with three pairs of undergraduate students in Mathematics from the São Paulo State University "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" (UNESP), Rio Claro Campus. These teaching experiments consisted of four teaching sessions with each pair, which made up the research scenario of the work. The methodological procedures for registration used were: filming of all teaching sessions; computer screen capture; printed schedule of activities; interviews after each session; and writing of field diaries. Thus, the data of this research consisted of: video recordings of the environment; video recordings of computer screen; activity responses; and field diary observations. The results point out that the different strategies adopted for the construction of the fractals in the GeoGebra software, allowed the manifestation of several affordances present in the PC, that converged in five categories in this study: algorithmic thinking; decomposition and generalization; patterns and abstraction; representation and automation; and evaluation. In particular, evidence has been identified that one affordances complements the other, and that such aspects can manifest themselves together.


Purpose: This study was designed to evaluate the chelating potential of chitosan citrate and chitosan acetate on intraradicular dentin using (ESEM) and quantity calcium content of intraradicular dentin using (EDX). Materials and Methods: sixty freshly extracted human single rooted lower premolars with single canal were instrumented with Revo-S files till size AS 35. The samples were divided into 5 experimental groups according to the final rinse used and control group (10 samples each); Group I: irrigated with 0.2% chitosan acetate, Group II: irrigated with 0.2% chitosan citrate, Group III: irrigated with 1% acetic acid, Group IV: irrigated with 1% citric acid, Group V: irrigated with 17% EDTA and control group which was divided into;(VIa) :5 samples irrigated with sterile saline and (VIb): 5 samples were neither prepared nor received any treatment. The cleanliness of the root canals and smear layer were evaluated at three root levels using ESEM. The calcium content of five samples from each experimental group (I,II,III,IV,V) and the samples of control group was measured using EDX. Results: At the coronal, middle and apical root levels; there was a statistical significant difference among the tested groups and the control . Regarding calcium content, the highest mean calcium content was recorded in samples treated with saline followed by samples that did not receive any irrigation Conclusion: The chelating potential of 0.2% chitosan acetate and 0.2% chitosan citrate is comparable to that of 17% EDTA when used as final rinse without much altering the calcium content.


Mathematics Applied to Synthetic Analysis (MASA) is a useful addition to Logic and Heuristics Applied to Synthetic Analysis (LHASA), as it can be used to calculate the simplification afforded by alternative disconnections of a target molecule. One-bond and two-bond disconnections that are more efficient as far as simplification is concerned than those identified by the LHASA criteria have been found by using MASA. (© Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2003)


The corrosion behavior of rebar HRB400 in 0.5 wt.%, 1.5 wt.% and 3.5 wt.% NaCl solutions was investigated by corrosion rate calculation and corrosion morphology observation. The results showed that, with the increase of corrosion time from 240h to 720h, the corrosion rate of rebar HRB400 in each NaCl solution increases. With the increase of NaCl solution concentration, the corrosion rate of rebar HRB400 increases. The corrosion morphologies show strong consistency with the test results of corrosion rate.


This paper considers detection of conductivity inhomogeneities inside an otherwise homogeneous object by electrical impedance tomography using only two electrodes: one of the electrodes is held fixed, while the other moves around the examined object. Unit current is maintained between the electrodes, and the corresponding (relative) potential difference is measured as a function of the position of the dynamic electrode, thus producing so-called sweep data. In two dimensions and with point-like electrodes, the sweep data have previously been shown to extend as a holomorphic function to the exterior of the inhomogeneities. We derive a holomorphic asymptotic expansion for the (extended) sweep data with respect to the size of Lipschitz inclusions with constant conductivity levels. Based on this result, we subsequently introduce a numerical algorithm that locates the inclusions and estimates their strengths by considering the poles and corresponding residues of suitable Laurent–Padé approximants of the sweep data. The functionality of the reconstruction technique is demonstrated via numerical experiments, some of which are three dimensional and/or based on simulated complete electrode model measurements.


We and detail comments on the paper. Listed below are the point-by-point replies to the comments. General This article evaluates the ongoing changes in the pH and nitrate content of PM2.5 in Beijing as strict controls on sulfur sources are reducing particle sulfate. This is a timely and important topic and the article is within the scope of ACP, however the particle requires extensive revisions to help clarify the authors points


A small number of air cooler have emerged in recent years, but they are unable to serve their intended purpose in environments with high humidity levels. A modified air cooler that keeps the cooled air at a reduced desired temperature has been proposed in the current paper. The use of energy-guzzling air conditioning systems will be decreased as a result of the paper, which will benefit the ecosystem. It is more affordable and uses less energy than an air conditioner (AC). Additionally, this document details how to convert an existing air cooler to the modified air-cooler.


Civil Society Support Funds (CSSFs) are becoming a common mechanism for providing financial support and capacity building to Civil Society groups in most parts of the world. Management of these funds have become a challenge to the donors with options either to channel it through intermediaries or present it themselves. Multidisciplinary and multi-sectoral approaches were adopted and supported largely with other participatory methodologies that combine social, institutional, political and economic parameters in the information collection, collation, analysis and synthesis, and for reporting. It was found out that an independent funding scheme earmarked for the Environmental Natural Resources (ENR) sector is a preferred funding mechanism for the sector. The name 'Civil Society – Natural Resource and Environmental Fund' was recommended. This scheme is perceived to be independent of any existing scheme or institution and presents a mechanism for specific targeting of ENR issues and addresses variations in CS capacities. It was concluded that the use of intermediaries for the management of donor pool funding is an effective way of finding balance between the two horns of a dilemma – the DPs or Government donor funds meant for the development of the CS capacity for accountability.


Background: Sepsis in leukaemic patients is a leading killer of both adult and pediatric patients. Analysis of cytokine levels measured around the onset of bactaeremia indicated that IL-8 followed by IL-6 are potentially useful for predicting gram-negative and gram positive bacteremia . Methodology: Interleukin-8(IL-8) and Interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels were estimated in 56 cases comprising; 21 bactaeremia by gramnegative bacterial infection ,15 bacteraemia by gram-positive cocci infection and 20 healthy controls.Results: The highest serum concentrations of IL-6 and IL-8 were observed in episodes of gramnegative bacteraemia and gram-positive bacteraemia but higher in former (98.7-95 pg/ml) by order. Conclusions: IL-8 and IL-6 can be used as sepsis biomarkers their and elevation in serum indicate bacteraemia specially by gram-negative bacteria and less by gram-positive bacteria.


TPS140 Background: Fatty acid synthase (FAS) is a lipogenic multienzyme that catalyzes the final step in de novo fatty acid synthesis. FAS more recently has been characterized as an oncogene and is reported to be overexpressed in several tumor types including prostate. While FAS expression in cancer cells does not appear to be normally regulated by nutritional controls, addition of omega-3 fatty acid (w-3 FA), docosahexanoic acid (DHA) has been shown to inhibit FAS expression and fatty acid production in FAS expressing SK-Br3 human breast cancer cells. Once transcribed, FAS activity is dependent upon the appropriate function of each of its component enzymes. Epigallocatechin- 3-gallate (EGCG), a bioactive compound found in green tea, has been demonstrated to inhibit activity of transcribed FAS in prostate cancer cell lines. The primary objective of our clinical trial is to elucidate, in men at high risk for prostate cancer, a potential biologic mechanism whereby EGCG, alone or in combination with w-3 FA, ...


BA's passengers got their first look at the latest extension to the carrier's Heathrow home in May. Tom Allett reports.


A composition for the extermination of harmful arthropods, which contains at least one compound Selected from 1-(tetrahydrofuran-3-yl)methyl-3-methyl-2-nitroguanidine and 3-(2-chloro-5-thiazolyl)methyl-5-methyl-4nitroiminotetrahydro-1,3,5-oxadiazine, and pyriproxyfen, as active ingredients, exhibits remarkable Synergism and there fore has excellent extermination effects against various harmful arthropods by their application in Smaller amounts.


This work describes the design and realization of a laser sensor dedicated to the measurement of the finger position on a musical instrument, like a guitar. The working principle of the sensor is optical triangulation: the system is realized by six lasers, multiplexed in time, and four Position Sensing Detectors. The speed and the accuracy of the proposed sensor well satisfy the application requirements.


Objective
To investigate the relationship between baseline serum uric acid and the severity of coronary artery disease(CAD)in the first-degree relatives or non-first-degree relatives of men with type 2 diabetes.

Methods
Three hundred and eighty-one men with negative coronary angiography for the first time were divided into diabetes and non-diabetes groups and followed-up for 5 years. The primary outcome was acute coronary syndrome suspected during subsequent 5 years, and the coronary angiography was conducted simultaneously. The severity of CAD was assessed by the coronary stenosis index(CSI)and the number of coronary lesion vessels.

Results
In normal blood glucose group, serum uric acid was higher in the first-degree relatives of diabetics compared with non-first-degree relatives(P<0.01), along with higher morbidity of CAD, CSI, and coronary lesion vessels(all P<0.01). Correlation analysis showed that CSI(r=0.250, P=0.041)and coronary lesion vessels(r=0.252, P=0.040)in non-diabetics group were associated with baseline levels of serum uric acid.

Conclusion
The elevation of serum uric acid was closely related to subsequent CAD, especially in first-degree relatives of male with type 2 diabetes, which could be used as an early indicator for CAD prediction. (Chin J Endocrinol Metab, 2016, 32: 277-280)

Key words:
Cohort study; Serum uric acid; Diabetes mellitus, type 2; First-degree relatives; Coronary artery disease


1.1. The debate in the Evangelical Church 'It is not the Will of God that there should be war' , proclaimed the first convocation of the World Council of Churches in Amsterdam in 1948. Just how to go about effectively preventing war, and importantly just what the role of military means in this was to be, are questions which have engaged the Protestant churches in the Federal Republic ever since the 1950s. While the German Evangelical Church (EKD) first had rejected the idea of West German re-armament, it later declared that, because of dissension within the church, this


We present two-loop results for the quark condensate in an external magnetic field within chiral perturbation theory using coordinate space techniques. At finite temperature, we explore the impact of the magnetic field on the pion-pion interaction in the quark condensate for arbitrary pion masses and derive the correct weak magnetic field expansion in the chiral limit. At zero temperature, we provide the complete two-loop representation for the vacuum energy density and the quark condensate.


Under the background of transition of higher education from super talents education to popular education,local institutions of higher learning must change their goal from training students with degrees to fostering students with actual abilities.They should attach more importance to raising students' abilities in learning,employment and innovation,which has become an important direction to boost educational reform for local institutions of higher learning.


Summary and future directions. The results from the presentstudy demonstrate that intracellular ROS formation can be accu-rately measured in real time during tetanic contractions in Xeno-pus single intact myofibers. Although the ROS generation wasshown to be blocked by ebselen treatment, ebselen administrationhad no significant effect on the myofiber fatigue development.This suggests that, under the moderate fatigue conditions inducedin these Xenopus single myofibers, fatigue development wasindependent of ROS formation. It is possible that the contraction-inducedROSgenerationmaynothavebeensufficientundertheseconditions to affect fatigue development, particularly in this am-phibian muscle model. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We acknowledge the assistance of Dr. Ellen Breen for valuable suggestionsto the manuscript. GRANTS This study was supported by National Institute of Arthritis and Musculo-skeletal and Skin Diseases Grant AR-040155. DISCLOSURES No conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise, are declared by the author(s).


Today's network infrastructure have grown dramatically due to the advancement of IT technologies. Many enterprise service providers have shifted their focus to operate the network infrastructure using open source technologies to build a customer-provider friendly platform. One of the recent technology that has captured the interest of many service providers is the software defined networking (SDN). This paper presents a detailed study on how next-generation networks are influenced and orchestrated by SDN technologies. The challenges that are encountered in various applications and the benefits of integrating SDN to realize the full potential in various application domains are discussed. Further, the scope of research is also presented.


The present invention relates to a device for cutting paper, capable of cutting print paper or leaflet paper made of synthetic resin materials or PVC resin. The device comprises: a workbench including grooves accommodating a cutter blade in order for the cutter blade from being in contact with the bottom by passing through the paper when the print paper or the leaflet paper is cut: and a finger protecting unit. A general cutter blade instead of an exclusive cutter blade is used. The device is capable of safely and easily cutting the paper by protecting fingers from being cut by the cutter blade.