The model of the magnetic disordered alloys, including the itinerant electrons, localized spins and phonons, was elaborated in details in the paramagnetic region with the use of the Coherent Potential Approximation (CPA) approach. The expression for the DC electrical conductivity was taken from the Kubo-Greenwood formula for an alloys. The separate (residual, phonon and magnetic) contributions to the resistivity for the temperatures above Curie transition temperature, different sets of the model parameters were calculated. The linear temperature dependence of the phonon contribution to the resistivity was reproduced except from the anomalous behavior observed for the parameters sets for which the Fermi level locates near the band's edges. For the same parameters sets our calculations showed the largest percentage deviations from the Matthiessen's rule. Our model calculations confirmed the Matthiessen's rule generalized to the case of the three, residual, phonon and magnetic contributions to the resistivity of the magnetic disordered alloys with the partially filled band when the Fermi level locates far from the bands edges. (© 2006 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)


This paper is a brief summary of some developments in integrated intelligent control and management system for urban traffic systems in China at the Key Laboratory for Complex Systems and Intelligence Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The key technologies employed in this development include hierarchical intelligent control systems, agent-based control (ABC) and artificial transportation systems (ATS) for network-enabled traffic operational systems. The integrated system covers surface street intersection signal control, freeway/road entrance/exit ramp metering, and integrated traffic network control, guidance, and management.


The article analyzes instruments and systems for measuring the muzzle (initial) velocity of artillery and small arms ammunition of different calibers. Local and foreign devices that are mounted on weapons or which are located at a distance are given. Most of the devices considered in this article can work autonomously, which is an advantage when using them at the landfill.
An important component of ensuring the defense capability of the State is the high level of Armed Forces of Ukraine equipment with new high-precision weapons and military equipment and the modernization of existing weapons, which involves verification of weapons samples for compliance with the declared characteristics of the manufacturer (supplier).
The effectiveness of the tests depends on the accuracy and quality of the instruments(systems) which are used to measure the characteristics of the weapons. The initial speed of the ball (shell, mines, etc.) is one of the main characteristics of the weapon's combat properties. It is determined experimentally and by additional calculations.
The SL-520 series systems are versatile and precise instruments that allow the effective testing of weapons samples at training grounds. The advantages of these systems are: range of possible measurement speeds, high measurement accuracy, the possibility of measuring the muzzle velocity of all types of artillery and small-arms ammunition of different calibers, self-calibration option for the whole life cycle, integrated GPS time synchronization, the possibility of complex application of typical radars and the duration of autonomous operation.


The shared workspaces, known as coworking, are part of a recent urban happening and still understuddied. The present article used ways and tools aiming to identify a social innovation promising case in the field of coworking spaces in Curitiba (Brazil) as. Solimões 541 was identified and the goal was to study it according to Mazini (2008)'s proposed framework. The results confirmed the case as a social innovation initiative and the discussion points to the need of more similar coworking spaces.


The paper mainly researched how the Wye and delta connection affect the copper losses in induction motor under over-voltage condition. The multi-slice time-stepping finite element method (FEM) was utilized to calculate the copper losses of a 5.5-kW skewed motor under no-load and different load conditions respectively. It is shown that, when the motor is supplied with 10% over-voltage, the delta connection can increase the copper losses by approximately 15 percent under no-load condition. Furthermore, with the load increasing, the disparity of the total copper losses of the two different connections is becoming smaller.


At the Institute for Micro Process Engineering of the Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, micro heat exchangers are manufactured out of single foils of base metal alloys. The characterisation of the thermohydraulic properties of microchannel heat exchangers is done using water as heat transfer medium on both passages at temperatures of 10°C and 95°C. The present publication will give an overview of the numerical simulation as well as experimental results for crossflow and counterflow microchannel heat exchangers. A comparison of three crossflow heat exchangers with different microchannel structures, and two different types of counterflow microchannel heat exchangers is shown. For comparison, the heat transfer rate, the overall heat transfer coefficients and efficiencies as well as pressure drop obtained from experiment and theory is shown. For numerical simulation, two models have been used. An easily accessibly method is to use classical engineering codes based on the Nusselt theory (VDI Warmeatlas, 1994). A more detailed model is to use computational fluid dynamics (CFD) with the commercially available tool FLUENT ®, where best estimation codes have been applied for numerical simulation. Both numerical calculations are a helpful complement to predict thermal and hydrodynamic behaviour of the microchannel heat exchangers.Copyright © 2004 by ASME


. Frame theory has been rapidly generalized and various general-izations have been developed. In this paper, we present a brief survey of the frames in Hilbert C ∗ -modules, including frames, ∗ -frames, g-frames, ∗ -g-frames, ∗ - K -g-frame, operator frame and ∗ - K -operator in Hilbert C ∗ -modules. Various proofs are given for some results. Also, we prove some new results. Moreover, non-trivial examples are presented.


We propose to realize the pseudo-Hermiticity in a cavity magnonics system consisting of the Kittel modes in two small yttrium-iron-garnet spheres coupled to a microwave cavity mode. The effective gain of the cavity can be achieved using the coherent perfect absorption of the two input fields fed into the cavity. With certain constraints of the parameters, the Hamiltonian of the system has the pseudo-Hermiticity and its eigenvalues can be either all real or one real and other two constituting a complex-conjugate pair. By varying the coupling strengths between the two Kittel modes and the cavity mode, we find the existence of the third-order exceptional point in the parameter space, in addition to the usual second-order exceptional point existing in the system with parity-time symmetry. Also, we show that these exceptional points can be demonstrated by measuring the output spectrum of the cavity.


Abstract Detailed karyotype analysis and cytophotometric estimation of 4C DNA amount as well as inter-phase nuclear volume (INV) were carried out in eight mangrove associates found in Bhitarkanika mangrove forest of coastal Orissa, India. Somatic chromosome number of Sarcolobus carinatus (2n=22), Lumnitzera racemosa (2n=24), Tylophora tenuis (2n=24), Sphaeranthus indicus (2n=30), Cerbera manghas (2n=40), Sesuvium portulacastrum (2n=48), Syzygium cumini (2n=66), and Hibiscus tiliaceous (2n=86) were recorded for the first time. Karyotype analysis revealed numerical and structural alterations of somatic chromosomes in different species. Significant variations of 4C DNA content was noted among the species ranged from 5.31pg in T. tenuis to 27.83pg in C. manghas. Genome size varied about five fold among the taxon of different familiesfrom 1301 Mbp in T. tenuis to 6818 Mbp in C. manghas. Chromosome length, volume and INV showed significant correlation between them. ANOVA analysis confirmed the variation in nuclear DNA content in the interspecific as well as intergeneric level.


An ADR arbitration system has a necessary value in the sports industry for settlement of disputes. Sports disputes should be resolved independently by enacting internal regulations within the basic principles of national law rather than treated as a civil action. If the dispute is not fair and transparent, it may cause distrust. Because an arbitration system has values such as speed, flexibility of economic decisions, professionalism of arbitrator and confidentiality of arbitration-related information, the efficiency of the arbitration system for conflict resolution has emerged recently. We have to assign sports experts to reactivate sports arbitration commission committees which existed from 2006 to 2009 in Korea. Many countries, such as the UK, USA, Canada, New Zealand, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Germany, and Japan, which attain advancement of sports and the International Court of Arbitration establish and run their own sports arbitration agencies. However, Korea disbanded its sports arbitration commission committee for political and economic reasons. In 2012, after their disbanding, athlete Kim Yeon-kyoung came into conflict with Heungkuk Life over terms of free agent acquisition and international transfer certification. Finally they were able to settle those political conflicts. However if there had been related laws in Korea, they could have resolved those problems easily without international disputes. Practically, it would have been almost impossible for Kim Yeon-kyoung to win the dispute. But her problem became an issue after the London Olympics, so she could win. Although it is well for her to take an active role on the international stage, it left much to be desired on account of the intervention of political circles in order to resolve the conflict. If the sports arbitration commission committee in Korea had still been active, it could have come to a peaceful settlement domestically. Therefore we have to reestablish a Korean sports arbitration committee centered around experts of sports law.


Abstract:This article investigates the centrality of language in the Qur'ānic story of Adam as a human being or insān. Based on the Qur'ān's view of human creation, Adam emerges as a creature who is uniquely capable of naming things. Analyzing the semantic difference between the two key concepts of insān and bashar, I argue that the human being as khalīfa is the "successor" to non-speaking creatures rather than a successor to God, as is commonly understood. The appearance of the concept of insān in the Qur'ānic model of creation refers primarily to the creation of a speaking animal. Hence, the Qur'ānic use of the term khalīfa should also be seen as signifying an evolutionary stage in humanity's social life on earth rather than providing the basis for a political institution. Understanding the concept of khalīfa in the light of the human acquisition of language instead of mastery over God's earthly creation leads to a fundamentally different picture of political sovereignty in Islam from that held by proponents of political Islam.


Novel raft‐like zinc(II)–phenylalanine complexes and zinc(II)–phenylalanine/acid green 27 (AG27) hybrid radial bundles have been successfully synthesized by a simple refluxing reaction. The formation processes of the morphologies and the superstructures of the hybrid bundles were proposed based on the time‐dependent evolution process. The AG27 molecules act as both the inclusion compound and the controller of the morphologies and the superstructures of the final hybrid. The combination of the zinc(II)–phenylalanine complex and AG27 leads to distinct optical properties compared with the individual component materials. This approach opens a new and effective way for the fabrication of amino acid/dye hybrid materials with unique optical properties and is expected to allow access to other organic/organic hybrid materials with structural specificity and functional novelty.


Summary form only given. Fiber Bragg gratings are important for various applications in optical communication systems and in optical metrology. Several methods for analyzing the performance of complex fiber gratings have been recently demonstrated. However, those methods do not give direct information on the spatial distribution of the grating. By measuring the spatial distribution of the grating one can improve the quality of gratings and increase the spatial resolution of fiber sensors. We present an innovative yet simple method for interrogating fiber Bragg gratings. The method is based on analyzing the interference between a low-coherence beam that is reflected from a grating and a reference beam. Using the Fourier and the Gabor transformations we can find the impulse response of the grating and its response to short pulses with different central frequencies. Because fiber gratings are distributed elements and because the propagation time of photons depends on the location of the region that scattered the photons, the impulse response contains information on the spatial distribution of the grating. We describe two methods for obtaining the spatial distribution and the chirp of the grating from its impulse response.


Irish Birds 8: 299-311 (2007) This is the 31st annual report on bird ringing in Ireland, covering the year 2006. The main purposes of these annual reports are: (a) to summarise the total number of each species ringed in Ireland during the year under review, broken down between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, and also by separate totals for fullgrown birds (juveniles and adults) and pulli (chicks); and (b) to present a selection of interesting recoveries of ringed birds, both those ringed in Ireland and ringed abroad and recovered in Ireland. These recoveries indicate what is being discovered from ringing birds, including unusual locations of recoveries, distances travelled, longevity of the birds, speed of migrations and movements, causes of mortality, and so on. The total number of birds ringed in Ireland in 2006 was 29,361 (see Table 1A), of which 18,468 were ringed as full-grown birds and 10,893 were ringed as chicks. In Table 1A, these totals are compared with those of 2005, but, as stated in the 2005 Irish Ringing Report, the 2005 totals were incomplete due to the late receipt of data from some ringers and ringing groups. These late data, covering 1,594 ringed birds are now given in Table 1B, and the necessary adjustments have been made to the 2005 numbers in Table 1A. The 2005 totals given in Table 2 in the 2005 Irish Ringing Report have also been adjusted to include the late data. This report marks a milestone in Irish ringing as the total number of birds ringed in 2006 takes the grand total of birds ringed in Ireland since annual reports commenced in 1975 to just over one million (1,006,815). Annual recovery totals are not available for the first three reports (see Table 2), but if the long-term average of 556 Irish Ringing Report for 2006


CASE DESCRIPTION A 25-month-old boy who had a 3-month history of nasal congestion and itching was treated for allergic rhinitis, and presented to our hospital because of progressive prominence of the right face. Physical examination on admission showed palpated mass over right maxillary area without local redness or tenderness, and narrowing of right nasal cavity. There was no congestion of the eyelids, abnormal eye movement, or papilledema. No pathologic enlargement of lymph nodes, skin lesions, or hepatosplenomegaly was noted. The laboratory data were as follows: white blood cells 10.2 10 /mL with mildly elevated eosinophil (4%); hemoglobin 8.5 g/dL; platelet 321 10/ mL, alkaline phosphatase 308U/l and lactate dehydrogenase 552U/l. Peripheral blood smear showed no blasts. The level of 24-hour urinary vanillylmandelic acid was within normal range, and no definite abnormality was shown in the 99m Tc-MDP whole-body bone scan. Computed tomography of the brain revealed one smaller mass over right temporal bone, and the other destructing one filling in right maxillary sinus with upward extension to right orbital cavity, medial extension into nasal cavity, and downward extension to hard palate (Fig. 1). There was neither evidence of a mass nor leukemic infiltration of the brain. What is the diagnosis? FIGURE 1. One mass over right temporal bone, and the other filling in right maxillary sinus.


The invention discloses petroleum drilling and production equipment, a drilling table surface manipulator and a pipe column support mechanism. The invention discloses the pipe column support mechanism, comprising a first grabbing rod, a second grabbing rod and a telescopic driving piece, wherein a first connecting rod and a second connecting rod are hinged between the first grabbing rod and a first end of the telescopic driving piece; a third connecting rod and a fourth connecting rod are hinged between the second grabbing rod and the first end of the telescopic driving piece; a fifth connecting rod is hinged between the first grabbing rod and a second end of the telescopic driving piece; a sixth connecting rod is hinged between the second grabbing rod and the second end of the telescopic driving piece; the first grabbing rod, the first connecting rod, the second connecting rod and the telescopic driving piece are formed to a parallelogram mechanism; and the second grabbing rod, the third connecting rod, the fourth connecting rod and the telescopic driving piece are formed to a parallelogram mechanism. The pipe column support mechanism is simple in structure, compact in space layout, accurate and quick in positioning in pipe grabbing and excellent in working reliability.


The social character of today's restructuring of society is such that it cannot be accomplished without involving managers and employees in the process of management decisions and procedures for implementing them. It is for this reason that in recent years management consultants—specialists in dealing with organizational problems—have begun to make more extensive use of social-psychological methods—especially game methods—in the joint search for fundamentally new solutions and accelerated development of organizations.


Nonnegative matrix factorization (NMF) has been traditionally considered a promising approach for audio source separation. While standard NMF is only suited for single-channel mixtures, extensions to consider multi-channel data have been also proposed. Among the most popular alternatives, multichannel NMF (MNMF) and further derivations based on constrained spatial covariance models have been successfully employed to separate multi-microphone convolutive mixtures. This letter proposes a MNMF extension by considering a mixture model with Ray-Space-transformed signals, where magnitude data successfully encodes source locations as frequency-independent linear patterns. We show that the MNMF algorithm can be seamlessly adapted to consider Ray-Space-transformed data, providing competitive results with recent state-of-the-art MNMF algorithms in a number of configurations using real recordings.


Continuous development and automation has improved the production of Indian textile industry. As a result, more and more raw materials demands have adversely affect the environment. In this study the effects of Indian textile industry on environment and human health are reviewed and concluded that textile mechanical process mainly affects the environment of the workplace by the way of producing heavy noise and cotton dust. While fiber formation and chemical processing has vast negative impact on outside world that pollutes land, water, air and emits hazardous byproduct which indirectly promotes acid rain and global warming.


The objective of this study was to assess the phenotypic diversity of Caryocar brasiliense Cambess through morphological analysis of the fruit in three different Cerrado physiognomies: dense, typical and thin. In each vegetation type 20 genotypes were randomly sampled in order to collected 20 fruits per genotype. The vegetation types that have greater variability were the dense and the thin Cerrado, featuring four subgroups of phenotypic similarity accordingly to the clustering method (UPGMA), drawn from the matrix of Euclidean distances between standardized mean. Greater similarities were clearly observed between the fruits collected in the dense and in the typical cerrado physiognomies in comparison with the thin Cerrado fruits. The intrapopulational variability was higher than those observed between the vegetation types, which may be the result of the environmental variation.


Background: Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is an acute bacterial infection of ascitic fluid. Generally, no source of the infecting agent is easily identifiable. The aim of this work was to identify the most suitable antibiotic to describe for empiric therapy of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) in Egyptian patients with liver cirrhosis and ascites. Methods: This study was carried out on 80 cirrhotic patients from Benha university hospitals and Ahmed Maher Teaching hospital underwent ascetic fluid analysis for PMN cell count and culture\sensitivity, Thorough history taking, full general and local examination, full investigations, serological tests for viral markers, modified Child's Pugh classification, abdominal ultrasonography and diagnostic abdominal paracentesis. Results: PMN cell count of all studied patients was over 250 cells/µL, 30 patients (37.5%) their culture were negative (no growth organisms) which is a large variant of SBP called culture negative neutrocytic ascites,50 patients (62.5%) their culture was positive. For gram stain negative organisms 41 patient (82%), E. coli (53.66%) mostly sensitive to cefotaxime (80%), ceftriaxone (87.50%), cefoperazone (76.92%), out of the 22 E. coli 4 (18.18%) were multidrug resistant, 3 (13.64%) were extensive drug resistant. For gram stain positive organisms 9 (18%), Staphylococcus aureus (77.78%) mostly sensitive to trimethoprim\sulphamethoxasole (100%), vancomycin (85.7%), linezolid (100%), out of 5 staphylococcus aureus 4 (57.14%) were multidrug resistant, 1 (20%) was extensive drug resistant. Conclusion: If PMN cell count more than 250 cells/µL should start empirical third generation cephalosporin antimicrobial treatment for 10 to 14 days even if culture\sensitivity result is negative. Amikacin & cefepime should be considered in empirical antimicrobial therapy in spontaneous bacterial peritonitis with dose adjustment according to creatinine clearance.


Effects of structural relaxation and the glass-transition process are clearly manifested in the electrical behavior of glassy-chalcogenide films. Analysis of the transport and trapping of photoinjected carriers and of the thermal generation of free carriers in the bulk reveal that in chalcogenides each of these processes is mediated by a specific manifold of localized electronic states residing in the mobility (forbidden) gap. It is demonstrated that in the vicinity of Tg the population of these states varies systematically with the structural state of the glassy film always tending toward a temperature-dependent quasi-equilibrium. The present-observations thus clearly establish the structural origin of key electronic-gap states and simultaneously reveal the mechanism by which relaxation impacts electrical behavior.


Yellow rice wine is the oldest wine in China, but, yellow rice wine industry develop slowly now, Industrialization and modernization of it is also not good. In order to develop our yellow rice wine industry, We should learn the successful experience of beer, grape wine and Japanese sake, from the choice of raw material, scientific research, new products development, yellow rice wine culture research, company cooperation, standardization building and so on.


FIELD: chemistry.SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a process for the preparation of 6-dehydro-6-methylhydrocortisone (11β,17α,21-trihydroxy-6-methylpregna-4,6-diene-3,20-dione) or esters thereof of general formula II, in which R=COCFor H; R=COCHor H, from hydrocortisone 21-acetate of formula II, through a series of conversions comprising protection of the 11β-hydroxyl group by esterification with a trifluoroacetic acid derivative in an aprotic solvent medium under basic catalysis conditions using an effective amount of a catalyst to form 21-acetoxy-17α-hydroxy-11β-trifluoroacetyloxypregn-4-ene-3,20-dione of formula III, enol-esterification Δ-3-keto system of the obtained compound by the action of a trialkyl orthoformate in the presence of an acid catalyst to form a 3-alkoxyester Δ-3-hydroxy derivative of general formula IV, condensing it with a Mannich reagent formed in situ from formaldehyde and a secondary amine, in the presence of an acid catalyst to form a mixture of 6α- and 6β-isomers of the 6-(N-methyl-N-phenyl)-aminomethyl derivative of general formula V, cleavage of the resulting mixture of Mannich steroid bases on the C-N bond by the action of a protonic mineral acid in the presence of hydrohalic acid salts to form a 6-methylene derivative of formula VI, isomerisation of the 6-exomethylene bond to a 6,7-endomethylene bond; removal of protective groups 11β- and 21-hydroxyl groups entirely or in part; esterification of the 21-hydroxyl group with an acetic acid derivative under basic catalysis conditions.II,III,IV,V,VI.EFFECT: simple method for preparing a compound of formula I from hydrocortisone 21-acetate with output of the desired products of not less than 80 %.55 cl, 12 ex


Background: The chickpea wilt complex caused by several soil-borne pathogens, is the most destructive disease of chickpea that causes severe losses in yield worldwide. The development of a resistant variety is the most appropriate approach for managing the disease.
Methods: The present investigation was aimed to find out the resistant sources against the wilt complex of chickpea under pot conditions and studies on biochemical characters responsible for disease resistance during rabi 2018-19 and 2019-20 at Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat.
Result: Among the thirty-seven varieties/germplasm of chickpea, the final disease reaction of two years revealed that two varieties/germplasm viz., GJG-6 and GAG-0624 showed a resistant reaction and three varieties/germplasm (GJG-3, Dayadara and Khedbrahma) showed a moderately resistant reaction. The biochemical analysis of the resistant and susceptible varieties/germplasm revealed that healthy roots of resistant and susceptible germplasm showed higher moisture content (85.90-88.42%), while it was lower (74.71-80.22%) in diseased roots. Concerning protein content, the least (32.14%) decrease in protein content was recorded in resistant germplasm, whereas, the highest decrease of 41.79 per cent was recorded in susceptible germplasm. W.r.t. to phenol content, diseased roots of resistant and susceptible germplasm contained higher phenol content compared to healthy roots. Similarly, the minimum per cent decrease in total soluble sugars content (32.14%) was observed in resistant germplasm, while it was highest (41.82%) in susceptible germplasm.


The invention provides a satellite-earth time delay measurement system and a work method thereof. The system comprises a GPS receiver, a spaceborne computer, a responder, a down converter, GPS timing equipment, measurement and control base-band equipment and measurement and control center management equipment. The satellite-earth time delay measurement system has the following advantages: 1, time is calibrated by use of the GPS receiver and the GPS timing equipment through adoption of the same GPS signals, time of satellite and ground test systems is unified, first bit rising edge time of a satellite remote measurement frame is directly read by use of software, local time of a first bit rising edge is demodulated through a ground device, a satellite-earth time delay is obtained through calculation, and rapid measurement, querying and counting of the satellite-earth time delay can be conveniently realized by direct use of the software; 2, the rapid measurement of the satellite-earth time delay is realized without reliance on such auxiliary devices as an oscilloscope and the like; and 3, the system has certain versatility in tests of satellite-earth time delays of satellites of various models.


This paper analyses the technology implications on the MOD Defence and Security Systems of Systems (SoS). Horizon scanning provided input to evaluation and assessment of implications, through the synthesis of Technology Clusters. Implications included contextual SoS issues that may constrain or impact up-take of technologies. The MOD enterprise SoS was also analysed to identify processes, structures and culture for responding to science and technology change.


Cost of Inventory has been charge of many company in totally production cost. JIT system ought to minimize production cost, with JIT inventory of materials and finished good can emphasis radically (zero inventory). Inventory cost in JIT system 40%cheaper than conventional system (e.g. EOQ system). Implementation of JIT system to have got to support by top management and implementation another system such as TQM and TPM.


The present invention relates to a carrier of tacrolimus solid dispersion of prepared using solid surfactant having physical properties HLB value is larger than or approximately equal to 7. The surfactants exhibit a solubility enhancing agents function as a carrier function simultaneously. As a result the dissolution rate of the tacrolimus is improved, it can increase oral absorption and bioavailability by rapid drug Hojo.


A wide-angle and fully polarimetric Van Atta retrodirective array (RDA) based on tri-polarized antennas is proposed in this paper. By leveraging the pattern complementary and polarization orthogonality of three resonant modes including a TM02 monopole-like mode and two orthogonal TM11 microstrip patch modes, the RDA could better sense and retrodirect the incident wave with arbitrary polarization over a large field of view. A prototype of the RDA consisting of four tri-polarized antenna elements is designed and fabricated, which works at 5.8 GHz and has a low-profile planar structure with a compact volume of 1.93 × 0.56 × 0.059 λ03. The simulated and measured monostatic radar cross section (RCS) results show that, compared with the RDA composed of dual-polarized microstrip patches, this tri-polarized RDA has a significant improvement of the retrodictive angle range for the transverse-magnetic (TM) incident wave. Specifically, for the tri-polarized RDA, the -3 dB monostatic RCS beamwidth is 132°, and the -7 dB monostatic RCS beamwidth can reach 180°; while for the dual-polarized RDA, the -3 dB and -7 dB monostatic RCS beamwidth is only 52° and 73°, respectively.


PD01 Effects of ultraviolet radiation on blood pressure in a large chronic haemodialysis patient cohort R. Weller, Y. Wang, J. He, F. Maddux, L. Usvyat, H. Zheng, M. Feelisch and P. Kotanko University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, U.K., University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, U.S.A., Fresenius Medical Care North America, Waltham, U.S.A., Renal Research Institute, New York, U.S.A. and University of Southampton, Southampton, U.K. Ultraviolet (UV) is the major environmental risk factor for skin cancer, but may lower blood pressure (BP), the leading cause of premature death worldwide. Population BP correlates with latitude and is lower in summer than winter. Exposure to sunlight may account for BP variation, but whether the effect is due to variation in temperature or UV radiation is unknown. We test the hypothesis that systolic BP is negatively associated with UV radiation. We tested this hypothesis in a large and diverse cohort of maintenance haemodialysis patients, because in most of them systolic BP (SBP) is measured predialysis thrice weekly as part of routine care. We studied patients at 2178 U.S. dialysis centres over 3 years. Daily UV/temperature data for each location were retrieved from public databases. Linear mixed effects models were fitted to different locations and combined estimates of associations calculated using the DerSimonian and Laird procedure. SBP and environmental data were analysed for 342 457 patients (36.2% black, 63.8% white). SBP showed seasonal variation, and was ~4 mmHg higher in black patients. Temperature, UVA and UVB were linearly and inversely associated with SBP; this was more marked for UVB than UVA and varied with skin colour (in units of 100 9 mmHg SBP change per W m 2 UV): UVA, white 0.75 (95% confidence interval 0.78 to 0.72), black 0.63 ( 0.66 to 0.59); UVB, white 12.73 ( 13.22 to 12.23), black 10.49 ( 11.07 to 9.91). Intriguingly, this relationship remained after correcting for temperature: UVA, white 0.32 ( 0.37 to 0.27), black 0.23 ( 0.29 to 0.16); UVB, white 5.63 ( 6.48 to 4.78), black 4.17 ( 5.26 to 3.08). Solar UV radiation may lower SBP, the leading global risk factor for premature death and disease, independently of temperature. Our results suggest that a careful reassessment of the health benefits of sunshine is warranted. PD02 Isolated actinic lichen planus of the lower lip N. Machnikowski, D. Bilsland, R. Dawe, S. Ibbotson and M. Sivaramakrishnan Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, Dundee, U.K., Department of Dermatology, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, U.K. and Department of Photobiology & Dermatology, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, Dundee, U.K. Actinic lichen planus (ALP) affects photoexposed skin sites, with sparing of mucous membranes and predominantly occurs in spring and summer. Only four cases of isolated lichen planus of the lip have been reported and they did not have a seasonal pattern. A 61-year-old woman presented with a history of swelling, crusting and erosions of the lower lip that only occurred after 2 hours of direct sun exposure when abroad or on a sunny summer's day in Scotland. Resolution occurred within 5 days of sun avoidance. No other body site was affected. High SPF sunscreen, hydroxychloroquine, aciclovir and a potent topical corticosteroid were not effective in preventing or treating episodes. Images from a recent holiday showed oedema, erosions and crusting of the lower lip. Monochromator phototesting to ultraviolet (UV) B, UVA and visible wavebands produced normal immediate and delayed responses on the back at 24 h. Broadband UVA provocation testing on lower lip of normal appearance, at a cumulative dose of 30 J cm 2 over 2 days, induced, erythema, oedema and crusting at the exposed site that resolved over 7 days. Viral swabs for herpes simplex virus PCR taken during an active episode and from the induced provocation site were negative. Lupus serology, porphyria plasma scan, HLA DR4 analysis and patch testing to British standard series were negative. Biopsy taken from the active area on the lip after her recent holiday showed lichenoid inflammation. Biopsy from the abnormal induced provocation site showed acanthosis, parakeratosis, basal layer vacuolar change, Civatte bodies and band-like lymphocytic infiltrate in the dermis consistent with lichen planus. Photoprotection with high SPF sunscreen, and oral prednisolone 20 mg per day commencing the day before and continuing throughout a subsequent 2-week holiday abroad prevented any further episode. A potent topical corticosteroid applied on the lower lip on a very sunny day in Scotland also prevented any active episode. This is the first case of isolated ALP of the lower lip reported. Previous reports of ALP of the skin in two cases were provoked using UVB and a combination of UVA and UVB. As we provoked a severe episode of ALP of the lip by using UVA source, we did not attempt to provoke this with UVB. ALP is a distinct subtype of lichen planus. We wish to raise awareness and highlight this


List of figures Introduction: the golden age of macrohistorical sociology 1. Maturation of the state-centered theory of revolution and ideology 2. The geopolitical basis of revolution: the prediction of the Soviet collapse 3. 'Balkanization' or 'Americanization': a geopolitical theory of ethnic change 4. Democratization from the outside in: a geopolitical theory of collegial power 5. German-bashing and the theory of democratic modernization 6. Market dynamics as the engine of historical change 7. An Asian route to capitalism Appendices Notes Bibliography Index.


Pot experiments and 10 field trials were conducted to study the effects of slow releaseing urea on the growth and development of tea plant,and the yield and quality of tea.The results showed that slow release urea developed by Tea Research Institute,Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences could obviously increase the number and weight of shoots,number of mature leaves and chlorophyll content,the diameter and height of tea trunk,resulted in significantly increasing in biomass of tea plants.The biomass of tea leaves,stems and roots in the pot experiment were increased by 58.3%,36.9% and 17.2%,respectively.The yield in the field trials was increased from 4.2% to 24.1% with the average of 9.6%.The tea quality components including free amino acids,caffeine and water extracting solids increased to some extent in tea shoots.The most obvious increase was found in free amino acids.However,the tea polyphenols had no much change,resulted in a decrease in a ratio of tea polyphenols to amino acids,which is beneficial to the quality of green tea.


Calibration of the pressure sensitivity of measurement microphones in a coupler requires by definition that the incident pressure be uniform over the surface of the microphone diaphragm. This requirement is readily satisfied at frequencies up to the cut in frequencies of the radial modes and, if the microphone is not azimuthally symmetric, the spin modes. Above the lowest natural frequency of either of these modes, the uniformity of the pressure distribution will be destroyed. This effect is alluded to in current standards, ANSI S1.15‐2005/Part 2 and IEC 61094‐5:2001, but the suggested countermeasure "to use more than one coupler with different dimensions" or to compare "calibrations performed in a variety of other jigs and couplers" does not resolve the problem. Specification of the maximum excitation frequency to preserve pressure uniformity in a coupler is presented for several laboratory standard and working standard microphones.


The cultivating experiment for Russian seabuckthorn, a sun-like species, introduced from Xinjiang Forest Farm of Qiqihaer Protecting Forest Research Institute of Heilongjiang Province, has been done in Yichun forest region for five years.It has completely adapted to the conditions of the climate and soil in local area. It is growing well in height of the trees and the crown width. It can overwinter safely, bloom and bear fruits normally. The grain size of the fruit is big with a long stemlet. The high production and the same quality of the fruits as the introduced area have showed that the introduction was successful.


The invention relates to gas purifying and cooling process and equipment, in particular to gas purifying and cooling process and equipment of a two-section furnace. The gas is cooled by an induced air or blast type air cooling tower instead of a tube air cooling tower and an intercooler in the traditional gas cooling and purifying process, and the preheated air enters a gas furnace. Because the intercooler and a softened water supplying, returning and cooling system thereof are eliminated, the equipment manufacture cost and the maintenance cost of the whole process system are greatly reduced; the preheated air enters the gas furnace, thereby strengthening the gasification process of coal, improving the output of the coal and reducing energy loss; the induced air or blast type air cooling tower has a large heat transfer coefficient, reinforced convection heat transfer and good cooling effect; meanwhile, the volume and the weight of the induced air or blast type air cooling tower are reduced, and the equipment investment is lowered.


This paper uses the theory of hedonic prices for housing services. The classical approach in this field of urban economics is the monocentric model. The model is often criticized due to the restrictiveness of its assumptions. The most important hypothesis is that the rental value per unit of housing service declines with the distance from the central business district (CBD). We consider some other physical and geographical information in an econometric model for the estimation of house prices. The results indicate that the most significant variables are the physical attributes of the houses and the existence of North-South differences.


Fungi play a crucial role in biogeochemical cycling and shaping biological communities at macro‐ and microcosmic scales. However, fungi have been largely overlooked in studies of marine ecology and microbiology. Here we present protocols for preparing culture media, collecting and culturing fungi from several types of marine environments and animal hosts, and preparing microscopy slides for long‐term time lapse imaging of fungal isolates. © 2021 Wiley Periodicals LLC.


Calendar anomalies are the most popular anomalies specially month of the year or January effect. January effect refers to the theory that monthly average stock market return is highest in January than any other month of the year. The importance of detecting this anomaly is that investors can capitalize on knowing this information to achieve abnormal returns. There is lack of research on January, or monthly, effect in the Egyptian stock exchange, even for the existing ones results are contradicting. This research objective is to detect January effect in the Egyptian stock exchange over the period from 26 of July 2004, to 31st of January 2009, on both the EGX30 general index and the companies that constitute it as of 1st of February 2009.The research will use two models to test January effect. The first one is the basic model that has been used widely to detect January effect worldwide. The second model is the extended model adopted from Agrawal (1994) which introduces the effect of the Dow Jones Industrial Average index DJIA returns on the EGX30 returns.The research examines the January effect on the EGX30s' companies using an extended model to the basic one after introducing the effect of both the security's trading volume and the return on the EGX30.Findings supported the absence of January effect on the EGX30, and its companies. However, it was detected that December is the month of the year on the EGX30.


Abstract The Special Studies Unit of Cal/OSHA monitored mandelic acid in urine and styrene exposure in a survey of 324 workers in the fiberglass-reinforced plastics industry. The urine was sampled at the end of the shift, and the mandelic acid was analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography. A stepwise regression analysis shows that the mandelic acid (MA) concentration is affected by the styrene concentration, the urine's specific gravity, effective respirator usage, work rate, and sampling on Friday; it is unaffected by skin exposure to styrene or exposure to other solvents. The regression model supports the Biological Exposure Index (BEI) of 1 g/L if the MA concentration is standardized for specific gravity. In a comparison of styrene and MA compliance decision, 7 percent of the subjects were false positives, i.e., violating the BEI while in compliance with the styrene threshold limit value. Since one of the false positives was using an organic vapor respirator, the MA monitoring did demonstrate ...


The identification of facial key-points is a difficult challenge in computer vision. Each person's face has incredibly distinctive facial characteristics. The centres and borders of the eyes, the brows, the nose, and the lips are some of the key elements of the face. Thus, finding the facial key features in a particular face is the major aim of the facial key point detection process. This is a very challenging task. In this work, the initial step of the proposed methodology for identifying facial key-points includes a range of training data augmentations to improve the number of training instances and the generalizability of the proposed model. In the second phase, an Inception-based deep neural network model is proposed that accomplishes this task quicker by reducing the training time. While testing, we combined the images from different data augmentation approaches to enable averaged predictions. We evaluate the model design with and without data augmentation techniques based on their Mean Squared Error (MSE) scores on the test set. The research demonstrates that the MSE of the proposed Inception-based model is very low as compared to the other state-of-the-art methods.


California's Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), signed into law in 2013, centers equity as a key to increased and improved services for three targeted student subgroups, including English Learners (ELs), low-income students, and foster youth. As a component of LCFF, districts develop Local Control and Accountability Plans (LCAPs) to specify their goals and strategies for using LCFF funds for equity and continuous improvement purposes. The California Model Five by Five Grid Placement Report (Spring 2017 Dashboard) included the Five by Five Placement Grid, a key function of which is to identify the needs of diverse ELs. The Dashboard and the LCAPs are two policy mechanisms with great promise in combining school finance and accountability reform to promote equity and coherent state-wide. In this report, Lavadenz and colleagues review the EL policy context and examine the connection between the two contemporary policy mechanisms in California, namely the Year 4 LCAP and the California Department of Education's Accountability Model (Spring 2017 Dashboard). The authors use a sample of 26 California school districts with high numbers/percentages of ELs and conclude that California's current accountability system diminishes the urgency to respond to educational needs of the English Learner subgroup and undermines the equity intent of the LCFF. Few promising practices and assets-based approaches were identified in the LCAPs, and there is minimal mention of metrics focused on EL outcomes. The authors provide recommendations at state, county office of education and district levels.


This paper concentrates on a multi-loop hierarchical controllers for a microgrid system in order to design a modified local voltage controller with a proper power sharing performance. The proposed controller which contains inner current and voltage loops, is based on dynamic model of microgrid system. This controller regulates the switching functions of interfaced-inverters and the reference values of DG currents. Also, a new droop controller is introduced to enhance the performance of the designed voltage control loop based on the measured fundamental current components of microgrid. In addition to improving the dynamic operation of the proposed controller (by the considering nonlinear loads), the extraction and analysis of harmonic components of PCC voltages are accomplished. The performance of the proposed control technique has been verified in simulation using MATLAB/SIMULINK environment. The designed controller provides a good transient performance. This suitable performance is maintained specially during non-linear load changes.


Several Edgeworth size-adjusted test statistics for the linear regression model with AR(1) errors are assessed by simulation. The size/power tradeoff is important since the alternative adjustments can be ordered. This tradeoff is handled by computing weighted average mean squared errors of the resulting pretest estimators for a variety of weights on the true coefficient value. The recommended correction gives a test that is equivalent in finite samples to the test that uses Rothenberg's (1984) critical value adjustment. This correction leaves more over-rejection than the others, but has higher power. The recommended correction gives a test that is equivalent in finite samples to the test that uses Rothenberg's (1984) critical value adjustment. This correction leaves more over-rejection than the others, but has higher power.


This study of 1,283 middle-school students examined the effect of an educational video designed to distinguish bullying from ordinary peer conflict. Randomly assigned classrooms of students either watched or did not watch a video prior to completing a self-report bullying survey. Compared to the control group, students who watched the video reported 32% less social bullying victimization, while boys who watched the video reported 54% less physical bullying victimization and 68% less physical bullying of others. These results indicate that student self-reports could yield inflated estimates of the prevalence of bullying if students are not adequately educated about the distinction between bullying and other forms of peer conflict.


The hierarchical linear models or multilevels were developed for analysis of data which possess group structure, that is, a structure hierarchy whi ch takes in account the data variability inside and among each hierarchical level. By using data an alysis from SAEPE (2002 Educational Evaluation System of Pernambuco), hierarchical mode ls are presented with two levels of evaluation in mathematics and Portuguese language capplied to the 4 th and 8 th grades students of fundamental teaching and to 3 rd grade high school students. The results in this modeling are more appropriate due to data group str ucture DEFINITION OF HIERARCHICAL MODELS According to Bryk and Raudenbush (1992), hierarchical linear model (HLM) was named by Lindley and Smith (1972) as part of their work i n Bayesian estimation of linear models in which they introduced a general approach for grouped data with complex error structure. Until the middle of the 90s, the development of these models were concentrated in the areas of discrete output data, time series models, crossed classifica tion, missing data and nonlinear models (Goldstein, 1995). The hierarchical structure is ch aracterized by the presence of individual observation (people or objects in study) which are grouped in the highest level. The hierarchical models or multilevels provide a theoretical and con ceptual ground for treatment and analysis of data with hierarchical structure or grouping. They allow the measurement of how variables at different levels affect the variable output, and to quantify how much variability there has to be at each output level. The hierarchical model involves a statistical integration of the different models specified in the levels of interest. The simple int egration leads to added random coefficients in the model, where the regression coefficients of the lev el of the individual are considered as random variables in the level of the group, where the leve l of regression coefficient of an individual is derived from a probability distribution. In several studies, the hierarchical model has a different approach where hierarchy is based on the order of v ariable importance in the study. OBJECTIVE


The angiogenic factor vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)‐A plays an important role in breast cancer progression. However, the involvement of VEGF‐C and VEGF‐D, two newer members of the VEGF family, in breast carcinoma and their relationship with clinicopathologic parameters have not been clearly demonstrated.


Adjuvant systemic therapy and the combination of breast-conserving surgery and radiotherapy are used with increasing frequency to treat patients with early-stage breast cancer. However, the optimal sequencing and timing of radiation and chemotherapy are unknown, both with regards to each other and to surgery. Some possibilities include giving all planned chemotherapy before radiation, all chemol therapy after radiation, giving both concurrently, or giving a portion of the chemotherapy before irradiation, and then completing chemotherapy afterward ("sandwich technique"). Trials of preoperative or "neoadjuvant" chemotherapy are underway as well. There are few data yet available to resolve such questions concerning treatment timing and sequencing. This article will discuss some aspects of this subject. The synergism or interaction of systemic therapy with radiotherapy in reducing the incidence of local recurrence will be explored. We will examine whether and to what extent the timing of radiotherapy and adjuvant systemic therapy in relation to surgery is related to their effectiveness in preventing local and distant failures, respectively. The sequencing of treatment modalities will then be assessed in relationship to tumor recurrence, cosmesis, and complication rates. The interactions of adjuvant tamoxifen with radiotherapy will also be addressed briefly.


A plastic die large-span hidden type gate comprises an upper bottom plate and a lower bottom plate, wherein the upper bottom plate is connected with a model cavity, a sprue frame is mounted in the model cavity, the sprue frame is provided with a heat nozzle, a die leg and a top plate are mounted on the lower bottom plate, a model core is mounted on the die leg, a die cavity is arranged between the model core and the model cavity, a top rod is mounted on the top plate, the gate is characterized in that a straight top block is arranged in the model core, the lateral wall of the straight top block is provided with a curved sprue, one end of the curved sprue is extended to the inner surface side of a plastic product, the other end of the curved sprue is connected with the heat nozzle, and the bottom portion of the straight top block is connected with the top rod. The technical solution is that the straight top block is arranged in the model core, the lateral wall of the straight top block is provided with the curved sprue, one end of the curved sprue is extended to the inner surface side of the plastic product, the other end of the curved sprue is connected with the heat nozzle, the gate achieves the hidden type gate in the large-span arrangement, the injection molding of large-sized plastic products is sufficient and even, and one end of the curved sprue is extended to the inner surface side of the plastic product. The plastic die large-span hidden type gate has the advantages of non-traces, smoothness and beautiful appearance of external surfaces of plastic products, and satisfies demands of people.


ABSTRACT The international legal regime pertaining to maritime piracy has developed and grown over the years. These changes were prompted due to lacunas in the legal system, which surfaced when the codified laws were implemented. The problem of maritime piracy flares up every few years, especially with the modernization of boats and weapons. Dealing with maritime piracy involves coordinated and orchestrated efforts at different levels including, domestic, regional and international. Anti-maritime piracy operations have been very successful in controlling and reducing piratical activities, for example, attacks on merchant vessels off the Somalian coast have considerably reduced. Given the success of such anti-maritime piracy operations, it becomes imperative to underscore some legal issues that may stand out and flag the gaps in the international maritime piracy legal regime. Identifying such legal issues will help the future lawmakers in deciding if such issues need resolution, and does it require further development or amendment of the current maritime piracy legal regime.


We describe a distributed structural estimation approach for recovering graph edge-type weights that are revealed through orders generated by a specific type of influence propagation, Edge-Type Weighted PageRank. Our implementation combines numerical gradient descent with PageRank iterations using the Pregel framework.


Stenus taurus sp. n. from Northwest Iran is described in the S. incanus species group (s. str.) and compared to the West Palaearctic species assigned, S. incanus Erichson, 1839, S. pygmaeus Perris, 1866, and S. laetificus Ryvkin, 1990. Characters of the aedeagus, first of all the expulsion hooks and expulsion bands, are identified as being the most important diagnostic characters of these species, and illustrated in detail. The expulsion hooks of S. laetificus and S. pygmaeus are illustrated for the first time. The distinguishing characters of Stenus laetificus are compiled since this species could not be identified according to the original description. (© 2013 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)


The present invention relates to isolated from isolated containing organic and / or amino acid fermentation broth by adsorption bed solid organic acid and / or amino acids.


The analysis of alpine sediment cascades requires the identification, differentiation and quantification of sediment sources, storages, and transport processes. On a continental scale the Alps can be considered as source area with high rates of sediment production and huge amounts of sediments available for transport. However, large areas shift to (intermediate) sediment storages when analysing smaller spatial and temporal scales. These sediment storages frequently interrupt sediment fluxes and therefore decouple alpine cascading systems. Valley blockings due to large rockfall deposits or glacial oversteepening effects are possible causes for decoupled systems. As a consequence characteristic knick points in longitudinal profiles with increased sediment storage above and reduced sediment storage below develop. Subject to the considered spatial scale, altering driving forces controlling sedimentation patterns and processes can be observed. Whereas the variability of major driving forces (e.g. geology, lithology, and climate) controls sedimentation patterns on larger scales, the relation of landscape adjustment to specific topoclimatic, morphometric and subsurface characteristics is of major concern on smaller scale investigations. Both categories of parameters controlling sedimentation in high mountain systems show a high variability in the area under investigation (upper Möll basin with several subcatchments, approx. 430 km2). Due to the location within the transition zone between Tauern Window formations and the Palaeozoic, geological, lithological, and tectonical conditions are varying significantly between the different subcatchments. In addition, small scale driving forces are also highly variable, not only between different subcatchments, but also within them. In this context, the spatial variability of permafrost conditions and a heterogeneous glacial imprint in the study area plays a key role for the explanation of local patterns of sediment storage and flux. In contrast to frequent studies dealing with alpine sediment budgets on smaller scales, this contribution highlights the transferability of locally acquired field data to a mesoscale catchment. For this purpose, the whole set of the above mentioned parameters have to be analysed complementary in order to identify key parameters finally serving as input for modelling postglacial relief evolution. Overall objectives of this study are to improve the knowledge of source area characteristics in general and to provide a better understanding of source to sink linkages in alpine sedimentary systems.


early Cretaceous Xiagou Formation in Liugouzhuang Area, Qingxi Sag, Jiuquan Basin as typical condensed oil reservoirs, which further broadens the exploration area of hydrocarbons in Yumen Oil Field. The paper presented here demonstrates reservoirs in Xiagou Formations in LiugouzhuangArea are in an advantageous condition for forming condensed oil reservoirs, based on studies of tectonic evolution, sedimentation and diagenesis of the basin, and findings from geochemistry analysis, core description, thin section identification, and physical property analysis.The Qingxi Sag was in a closed-semi closed brackish lacustrine sedimentary environment, and exposed to the frequent climate change between moisture and aridin the early Cretaceous (Fan et al., 2003). A set of very thick deep-semi deep lacustrine pelitic dolomite consisting of intercalating laminar algal and pelitic dolomite lamina was formed under such condition (Fig. 1a,b). The laminar algal is considered to be good source rock, with Type-II Kerogen as its main type of organic matter and havinghigh TOC and high potential hydrocarbon S1+S2 (Pan et al., 2012). The pelitic dolomite reservoir consists of muddy dolostone and dolomitic mudstone, and is mainly found at the central parts of the lacustrine basin. The main pore types are intracrystalline pore, secondary porosity and structural ZHANG Chengcheng and LIAO Yuantao , 2015. The Forming Condition and Exploration Potential of condensed oil in Xiagou Formation, Liugouzhuang Area, Jiuquan Basin . Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition), 89(supp.): 370-371.


In the process of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD), retinal homeostasis may be adversely affected with resultant modifications in retinal and choroidal tissue. Hypoxia and nutrient deprivation along with inflammation at the detached retina may lead to morphological and microvascularity alterations. These changes imply that the functional status of the macula may not be entirely restored despite anatomical repair [1-8]. OCTAngiography (OCT-A) provides depth-resolved vascular information in a non-invasive procedure producing in situ representation of retinal and choroidal circulation, thus enabling physicians to examine foveal microstructure in detail. Interestingly, microcirculation changes in each capillary network including superficial capillary plexus (SCP), deep capillary plexus (DCP), intermediate capillary plexus (ICP) and choriocapillary plexus (CCP) seem to occur in a distinct way dependent on their location and tolerance to tissue hypoxia. Retinal microvasculature of the two capillary plexuses (SCP and DCP) and choriocapillary network are evaluated in detail, while ICP is not always included in most studies due to projection artifact [911]. Notably, the currently available evidence concerning potential macular alterations as seen on OCT-A after RRD repair has stirred controversy as the results of the studies have not been unequivocally confirmed [12-31].


The article contains the description of the structure and functionality of the developed imitation simulator of PID controllers adjustment, which makes it possible to setup their typical modifications on the example of a hypothetical technological process taking into account the peculiarities of real contollers and restrictions, introduced by actuators and control signals.


The present paper has suggested a new non-observational method to calculate electronic structure of carbynes taking into consideration the influence of the spin-orbital coupling. The method is demonstrated by calculations of the structure splitting at the Fermi level in cumulene and polyyne carbynes having semiconductor and metallic electronic structure correspondingly. These couplings result in 2 - 3 meV gaps.


Today,cloud computing has become a major direction of development of information technology.With the aid of virtualization platform,it realizes cloud computing in the universities campus network.By introducing the concept of cloud computing,analyzing its advantages in university experimental platform construction,and using the VMware technology,it puts forward ideas and implementation steps of the experimental platform.


This study aimed to improve the eighth graders' motivation toward science learning through inquiry-based teaching and provide various evidences through cross-comparisons regarding the students' classroom environment perceptions. The quasi-experiment design was adopted for this study with the subjects being the eighth graders from four classes of a junior high school in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. Two of the classes were assigned to the experiment group (74 students) and the other two were the control group (75 students). The inquiry-based teaching was applied to the experiment group while the traditional textbook teaching with cookbook experiments was applied to the control group. The teaching duration was the first semester for the eighth graders with a total of six learning units being taught in this period of time. The multi-variate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was applied with the dependent variables being motivation toward science learning and classroom environment perception and alpha being set to 0.05. It was found that the students in the experiment group were more likely to perceive the supportive inquiry-learning environment. And two of their intrinsic motivations—science learning value and learning environment stimulation, were stronger than the students in the control group. However, the extrinsic motivation—performance goal, of the students in the control group was stronger.


Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) are found in various plant genera worldwide. Poisoning by PA-containing plants is usually accidental, by the ingestion of grain inadvertently contaminated with seeds of pyrrolizidine-containing weeds, or the consumption of herbal or bush tea, or when taken as herbal infusions for medicinal purposes. In this paper the toxicity of PA-containing plants, with emphasis on Senecio spp. is reviewed. Although the toxicity of Senecio has been documented in numerous case reports, the mechanism of toxicity is not fully known. Elucidating the factors involved in herbal remedies-induced toxicity has medical significance. Currently, there is no antidote for naturalsubstances that induce liver damage. It is important to understand the need for monitoring the use of herbal medicine in order to optimize herbal/traditional medicine use and maximize the clinical and economical benefits. It is also necessary to enhance communication between scientists and physicians of all disciplines involved in complementary alternative medicine and clinical toxicology.


In order to reduce consumption of sawdust,make full use of the resourceful corn stalks in Lentinula edodes(Berk) Pegler cultivation,five indexes including the contents of carbon(C) and nitrogen(N),C/N ratio in cultural materials,the contents of essential amino acid(EAA) and nutritional index(NI) in L.edodes were analyzed and optimized by formula uniform design with corn stalk powder as main cultivation substrate,sawdust and wheat bran as supplemental cultivation substrates.The results indicated that the contents of corn stalk powder and sawdust was significant negative and positive correlation with the content of EAA and NI,respectively.Moreover,the contents of C and N,C/N ratio were regressive correlation with EAA,and prominent positive correlation with NI.Therefore,there was not a pronounced change in the contents of EAA and NI when the content of corn stalk powder was lower than 74.50% and the content of sawdust not less than 11.64%,indicating that it was feasible to cultivate L.edodes with corn stalk instead of sawdust with important economic and social values.


(*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this OTHER PUBLICATIONS patent is extended or adjusted under 35 DeRisi et al "Exploring the metabolic and genetic control of U.S.C. 154(b) by 75 days. gene expression on a genomic Scale Scinece, 1997, 278: 680-686. (21) Appl. No.: 10/112,657 Marton et al "Drug target validation and identification of 22) Filled: Mar 27, 2002 Secondary drug target effects using DNA microarrays' (22) File a 4 / Nature Medicin 1998, 4: 1293-1301.* (65) Prior Publication Data * cited by examiner US 2003/0186250 A1 Oct. 2, 2003 7 Primary Examiner B J Forman (51) Int. Cl." .......................... C12O 1/68; C12N 11/16; (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, C12M 1/00; CO7H 21/04 Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.; Ivor R. Elrifi; Matthew Pavao (52) U.S. Cl. ............................ 435/6; 435/7.1; 435/174; 435/283.1; 435/287.2:536/23.1; 536/24.3 (57) ABSTRACT (58) Field of Search ............................. 456, 7.1, 174, The invention provides computer Systems, computer pro 435/283.1, 287.2; 536/23.1, 24.3 gram products and methods for in Silico array-based meth (56) References Cited ods for determining the relative amount of biological mol


The invention relates to the electronic field of meteorology, in particular to portable ground meteorology automatic viewing integral equipment which is suitable for conveniently carrying in the wild for a single person and has the function of obtaining five meteorologic elements such as a ground air temperature, atmospheric pressure, humidity, a wind direction and a wind speed. The equipment comprises an integrated meteorologic sensor, an upright rod, a collection and communication box, a box body and a hand-holding terminal, wherein one end of the upright rod is connected with the box body, the integrated meteorologic sensor is connected with the other end of the upright rod, and the integrated meteorologic sensor is sequentially connected with the collection and communication box as well as the hand-holding terminal. According to the equipment, the integrated detection of the five meteorologic elements is realized, the size of the integral sensor is small, the power supplying mode is diversified, the power supplying time is long, the equipment can be carried on the back of the single person to work for a long time, and the operation is simple and convenient. The meteorologic information can be locally displayed by utilizing the hand-holding terminal and can be displayed and stored via transmitting to a meteorologic central station through the communication mode of a Big Dipper satellite or the communication modes of CDMA (code division multiple access) and shortwave.


Abstract : The maintenance of accurate primary mirror figure in the face of environmental disturbances is the key to the achievement of diffraction-limited performance in a large space telescope. In order to develop the concepts of optical mirror figure control, an experimental program has been initiated at the Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama. A major component in this experiment will be an XDS Sigma 5-2 multi-digital computer system which will realize the mirror figure control algorithm. Development of the control system for the experimental active mirror was initially described in two earlier MIT/DL reports in this series. This report extends the previous work in several areas. Figure control laws, suitable for digital computer implementation, have been designed and incorporated in a very flexible software package. A figure control system simulation capability was achieved by including models of the figure sensor, figure actuators, mirror structure and a simulation control module in the software package. This permits the figure sensor control software to be completely checked out and evaluated using the simulation before interface with the actual hardware components is attempted.


Subtropical jet stream is a narrow stream of strong wind at 200-hPa level, characterized by large vertical and horizontal wind shift and one or more maxima speed, reaching values of 70-100 m/s. The subtropical jet stream is located on the border of the "warm" and "medium" temperature zones in the Southern Hemisphere. The average annual trend of wind speed of the Southern subtropical jet stream is significant and is equal -0.47±0.10 m/s per decade. The subtropical jet stream is shifting southward (0.87°S ±0.08°S per decade) in the Southern Hemisphere.


Setting ability and other characteristics of the minces of freshwater snakehead, wild mullee, wild tilapia, genetically improved farmed tilapia and river shad were studied in order to investigate their potential use in the manufacture of surimi. Mince was prepared from fillet. A portion of the mince was washed with water containing 0.1% NaCl. Both washed and unwashed minces were ground with 3% NaCl for 20 min at 4 °C and incubated at various temperatures for one- and two-step heating. The resulting gels were subjected to punch, expressible moisture and folding tests. Gel hardness and colour of the minces were evaluated organoleptically. Wild mullee, snakehead and tilapia minces showed good setting ability. Genetically improved tilapia produced better quality gel compared to the wild ones. Optimum gel strength was observed in between 40-50°C and gel disintegration occurred at 60-700C. Gels prepared by two-step heating had higher gel strength except the river shad. A single washing of the mince substantially improved the texture and colour of the gels. River shad mince produced very poor quality gel even after two washings. A comprehensive investigation on the river shad with improved washing technique is required.


The viscoelastic behavior of a monolayer of the liquid-crystalline side-chain polymer [Si(Me)(R)O] m [Si(Me) 2 O] n (R= (CH 2 ) 8 OPhPhCOOPhOC * H(Me)COOEt)in its collapse region is discussed. The material shows a reversible collapse with a strong temperature and compression speed dependence. The collapse process can be empirically described as a viscoelastic relaxation with two relaxation times. Because of this behavior, theimportance of the «time of observatione is pointed out. A second increase of the surface pressure at lower mean molecular area and stepwise increases of the collapse viscosity are associated with the formation of bi- and trilayers.


The purpose of this study is to prove the effect of capital, liquidity and profitability are realized in the financial ratio Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR), Return On Assets (ROA), Operating Expenses compared to Operating Income (BOPO) and Loan to Deposit Ratio (LDR), either partially or simultaneously to the Stock Return in the company banks listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) period 2007 – 2009. The study uses sample are 20 of Banking Companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) period 2007 – 2009. The results show that Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR), Return On Assets (ROA), Operating Expenses compared to Operating Income (BOPO), and Loan to Deposit Ratio (LDR) jointly affect Stock Return. While partially the results show that only the Return On Assets (ROA) and Operating Expenses compared to Operating Income (BOPO) that affect Stock Return.


In this contribution an extended version of the well known DMC predictive control concept is presented. The definition of an extended DMC cost function leads to a LQR problem with predescribed weighting matrices. Solving the LQR problem the optimal predictive control (OPC) law can be found. Analysing the weigthing matrices it can be seen that the OPC control law is capable of guaranteeing closed-loop stability even for unstable or nonminimum phase plants. In order to achieve disturbance attenuation a disturbance model is used within the OPC method. Also using a reference model the extended OPC method yields a straight forward controller design with a predescribed disturbance attenuation as well as a good tracking behaviour. As one advantage the utilization of a reference model avoids the necessity of known future values of the reference signal.


Abstract : An ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation (UNDE) techniques was developed to successfully detect small defects in gas turbine quality ceramic materials. A high frequency (25-45 MHz), longitudinal wave mode, pulse- reflection UNDE method was developed to evaluate a range of densities (2.2 to 3. 2 g/cc) of ceramics (reaction bonded Si3N4, sintered SiC, hot pressed Si3N4 and hot pressed SiC) for various types of defects (open pores and seeded inclusions of low (Al2O3) and high (WC) densities) of various small sizes (10 to 130 micrometers). Conventional mechanical tests were also performed to verify defect sizes and to correlate material strength with UNDE results.


This study in the 1960s and 1970s, representing Kim Seung Ok "in Seoul in 1964 Winter," and Hwang Suk young's "Sampo road," the growth story from the perspective of comparative analysis to try it through the Korean history of growth-novel in the meaning will be examined. Both works 1960s and 1970s against the backdrop of the modernization process in Korea has been. Industrialization and urbanization, two works were not adapted to wander in the 'urban bourgeois' and the so-called bottom of life 'does not muck' lives are illuminated in a different way. Kim Seung Ok based on the novel of urban sophistication to lower their asses by major figures of the era called the 1960s the representation of the landscape seems to be graceful, if the work of Hwang Suk to fall to the bottom of the industrialization process away from the street the evils of industrialization through the lives of workers has been criticized for. Until now, these two works has been carried out for the individual studies tend to be active. "Winter 1964 in Seoul," Kim Seung Ok for the study mainly focused on the style of the novel the Lord has made a discussion topic for theoretical study and discussion on the composition has been submitted. "Road to Sampo" in the works for the study of this nature for people to discuss the Lord has made in recent years, awareness of the principal figures of the problems focused on the research was conducted. This article, based on a more fundamental debate about the growing significance of the novel of Korean is doemutgoja.


The aim of the present study was the investigation of catalytic oxidation of toluene over manganese oxide supported on a natural zeolite (clinoptilolite). The catalyst was synthesized by the impregnation method and calcining at 450°C, and then characterized by X-ray fluorescence (XRF), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The effects of the toluene concentration, and space velocity were investigated at different reaction temperatures and the catalytic activity of the catalyst was compared with zeolite 13X. The results indicate that Mn/Clino catalyst, with 10wt% loading, shows proper catalytic activity for degradation of toluene. This study claims that Mn/Clino exhibited relatively a good catalytic activity in comparison with Mn/Z13X.


The synthesis of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride was investigated. The effect of the ratio of 1-methylimidazole and n-butyl chloride,reaction time and temperature etc. were discussed. The result showed that the optimum conditions are the molar ratio of 1-methylimidazole to n-butyl chloride is 5∶ 7,the reaction temperature is 80 ℃ and the reaction time was 40 h. According to the infrared spectra,the synthetic product is 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride.


The proposed method is an effective scheme of balancing the color to generate an Ultra High Definition (UHD: 3840× 2160) image from four High Definition (HD: 1920× 1080) images. The four images have a different environment such as different device or view dependent illumination. Therefore, the proposed method generate the color balanced UHD image through mapping curve estimation and registration by using overlapped region information of four HD images. Experimental results showed that the proposed method could produce an image close to a natural scene.


West Africa is a region considered highly vulnerable to climate change and associated with natural
hazards due to interactions of climate change and non
-
climatic stressors exacerbating the
vulnerability of the region, particularly its agricultural system (
IPCC, 2014b). Taking the Western
Sudanian Savanna as our geographic target area, this paper seeks to
develop an
integrated risk
assessment framework that incorporates resilience as well as multiple hazards concepts, and is
applicable to the specific condit
ions of the target area.
To provide the scientific basis for the framework, the paper will first defi
ne the following key terms
of risk assessments in a climate change adaptation context:
risk, hazard, exposure,
vulnerability,
resilience, coping
and
adapt
ation.
Next, it will discuss the ways in which they are
conceptualized and
employed in risk, resilience and vulnerability frameworks. When reviewing the literature on existing
indicator
-
based risk assessment for West African Sudanian Savanna zones, it bec
omes apparent that
there is a lack of a systematic and comprehensive risk assessment capturing multiple natural
hazards.
The paper suggests an approach for l
inking resilience and vulnerability in a common framework for
risk assessment. It accounts for soci
etal response mechanism through coping, adaptation, disaster
risk management and development activities which may foster transformation or
persistence of the
social ecological systems. Building on the progress made in multi
-
hazard assessments, the
framewor
k is suitable for analyzing multiple
-
hazard risks and existing interactions at hazard and
vulnerability levels. While the framework is well grounded in theories and existing literature, and
advances the knowledge by including and linking additional element
s, it still remains to be tested
empirically


The invention belongs to the technical field of mobile terminals, and provides a mobile terminal icon managing method and device. The method comprises the steps that icons selected by a user to be hidden are placed in a hidden area; when touch operations with the designated types are detected in the designated area of a touch screen of a mobile terminal, the hidden area is displayed. Due to the fact that the icons selected by the user to be hidden are placed in the hidden area, and the hidden area is displayed when the touch operations with the designated types are detected in the designated area of the touch screen of the mobile terminal, the hidden area is triggered by the touch operations with the designated types on the designated area on the touch screen to be displayed, relevant information of the icons hidden by the user are not displayed when the hidden area is not triggered to be displayed, other people will mistakenly believe that no private data exist, and private data of application programs in the mobile terminal are protected with no trace.


For the evaluation of brominated flame retardants included in polymeric electronic devices, we investigated the extraction methods and solvent systems for four different types of polymers of PC (polycarbonate), PP (polyropylene), PET (poly(ethylene terephthalate)) and PBT (poly(butylene terephthalate)) using different solvent systems of hexane/acetone, THF, toluene, and THF/toluene. In order to compare the extraction efficiency of different methods and solvent systems, the deca-BDE (decabromo diphenyl ether) flame retardant was included in PC, PP, PET and PBT systems and subsequently extracted by soxhlet, ultrasonic, accelerated solvent, microwave and supercritical fluid extraction methods. The amount of the extracted flame retardant was monitored to evaluate the extraction efficiency. The ultrasonic extraction method was found not to be acceptable as an extraction method for the polymer systems mainly due to a low salvation efficiendy of the organic solvents. Soxhlet, accelerated solvent and microwave extraction methods exhibited over 80% of extraction efficiency for toluene. The supercritical fluid extraction method, which has been used as an extraction method for flame retardants in polymers, showed the extraction efficiencies of ca. 100% for PC and PP in the optimal extraction conditions of 60 ℃ and 120 bar.


This paper reports the effect of applying a gold islands film to the hetero-core structured optical fiber, which is fabricated by annealing thin Au films of 3 nm and 5 nm thicknesses and its sensing performance for the RI changes. We experimentally observe that novel LSPR spectra for 1.333 RIU appear in the visible-to-near-infrared region depending on the shape of Au islands. The absorbance and spectral sensitivities for a given refractive index region of the tested solvents were obtained to be 4.81 AU/RIU and 517 nm/RIU, respectively, in the range of 1.333–1.384 RIU in the case of 5-nm-thick Au film annealed at 900°C.


The current advocacy for rapidly increasing theuse of instructional technologies has not been accompanied bysufficient research on the costs of these modes of instruction. The purpose of this article is to illustrate the need for morecomprehensive research on instructional technology costs and toprovide a framework for examining these costs. First, to providecontext, some current assumptions about the growing use ofinstructional technology are discussed. Then various categoriesof costs are described.


A
project of spacecraft "moonplane" for regular delivery of astronauts onto the
Moon is considered. At the first stage of flight by using a carrier rocket,
equipped with a chemical rocket engine, the astronauts are delivered on the
international space station ISS. For flights from Earth orbit into Moon orbit,
the design of a moonplane "MOND", consisting of an interorbital module and a
lunar module, has been developed. The interorbital module is an electric rocket, equipped with four
superconductive magnetoplasma engine MARS. To power supply of the
electromotors, a solar battery of gallium arsenide is used. The
design of the lunar module with cabin astronauts, which is equipped with a chemical rocket engine for landing and take-off from
the surface of the Moon, is developed. A method and a device for refuelling
of the electrical rocket engines with nitrogen and for refuelling of the
chemical rocket engines with oxygen and hydrogen, which are stored in cryogenic
tanks of the moonplane in the liquid state is developed.
The developed spacecraft is capable to regularly transport four
astronauts off a moorage of ISS onto the surface of the Moon and back
during 6 days. The total cost delivery of one astronaut is 4 million US
dollars.


Which are the endometrial changes during implantation in assisted reproduction techniques?

 Synchronization between blastocyst development and the acquisition of endometrial receptivity is a prerequisite for the success of in vitro fertilisation (IVF).

 Implantation is the final and most important stage of embryogenesis and is of paramount importance in achieving a successful pregnancy. Progesterone and estrogen are steroid hormones responsible for the regulation of the implantation window and the current study hypothesised that their receptors may be implicated in women undergoing oocyte donation. Implantation is directly dependent on the synchronization of the fertilized egg's progression into a blastocyst and the specific differentiation of the endometrium through molecular and cellular changes regulated by agents with an endocrine, paracrine or autocrine activity.

 The study was conducted at the 1st Dept. of OB-GYN, Centre for Human Reproduction of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 'Papageorgiou' General Hospital and the 'Biogenesis' Assisted Reproduction Centre, (both in Thessaloniki, Greece).

 The participants recruited for this prospective study included 15 oocyte donors (age range, 25–32 years; mean age, 28.9±2.89) undergoing IVF treatment. The inclusion criteria were white race, no uterine-ovarian pathology, age <35 years and no prior known medical pathology. All donors had undergone extensive preoperative work-up, which included common blood tests, karyotyping, specific test for cystic fibrosis and pap smear. All donors were non-smokers and had given their informed consent.

 Both ERα and PR-B were expressed abundantly on both days (0 and 5; Fig. 1B). The ERα nodal staining percentage on day 0 was age-related, with patients aged <30 years showing 100% staining and those aged >30 years showing 90% staining (Mann-Whitney U test; P = 0.014; Fig. 2A)Both steroid hormone receptors showed significant variation between days 0 and 5, both in the nodal and stromal preparations. According to Wilcoxon signed-rank test; for ER (nodes% and stromal%) Day 0/5, P = 0.0001; for PR (nodes% and stromal%) Day 0/5, P = 0.0001 and P = 0.035, respectively; for ER (Grade nodes and stromal) Day 0/5, P = 0.0001; and for PR (Grade nodes and stromal) Day 0/5, P = 0.0001 and P = 0.016, respectively (Fig. 2B and andC;C; Table I).

 Immunohistochemistry is less quantitative than western blotting. Alternatively, ELISA or a gene expression assessment of both receptors using RT-qPCR could have been conducted. However, due to ethical restrictions, sufficient tissue for protein extraction could not be obtained in order to pursue this further.
 Wider implications of the findings: It was shown herein that both ER-a and PR-B were expressed abundantly on days 0 and 5, showing significant variation in the nodal and stromal preparations. Age appeared to be a critical factor, since ER-a nodal staining showed higher values in the age group of oocyte donors <30 years old.

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Paper No.17-00535 © 2018 The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers [DOI: 10.1299/jamdsm.2018jamdsm0004] Abstract A working pitch cone based geometry design approach for the intersected beveloid and cylindrical involute gear pair with small shaft angle was proposed. The cutter and geometry design parameters can be determined by the proposed method. Also, a quasi-static loaded mesh model was developed to calculate the contact characteristics. Then the influences of torque load, helix angle and misalignments on the mesh behaviors were investigated. Results show that the contact type is point contact both for light and heavy load situations. The increase of load tends to increase the root stress, transmission error and mesh stiffness obviously. However, the variations of the peak-peak value of transmission error and mean value of the mesh stiffness are greater under light load level compared with heavier load level. The increase of the helix angle obviously tends to increase the contact area, which is desirable. It also decreases the peak-peak value of transmission error and increases the mean mesh stiffness due to more area coming into contact. The shaft angle error tends to shift the position of the contact pattern and the peak value of the root stress along the tooth width direction slightly. Overall, the contact characteristics are not sensitive to the shaft angle error and gear axial position error.


According to the classification of nonsmooth body surface of the typical soil-burrowing animals and the achievements of soft-terramachine bionics,the mathematical models are set up for three kinds of wave shape surfaces about the soil animals geometric nonsmooth body.A computer software is programmed using the evolutionary computation


DNA hypermethylation has emerged as a molecular biomarker for the evaluation of cancer diagnosis and prognosis. We define a methylation signature of bladder cancer and evaluate whether this profile assesses prognosis of patients. Genome‐wide methylation analysis was performed on 70 tumor and 10 normal bladder samples. Hypermethylation status of 1505 CpGs present in the promoter region of 807 genes was studied. Thirty‐three genes were significantly hypermethylated in ≥10% of the tumors. Three clusters of patients were characterized by their DNA methylation profile, one at higher risk of dead of disease (p = 0.0012). Association between cluster distribution and stage (p = 0.02) or grade (p = 0.02) was demonstrated. Hypermethylation of JAK3 and absence of hypermethylation of EYA4, GAT6, and SOX1 were associated with low‐grade non‐invasive disease. On the other hand, in high‐grade invasive disease hypermethylation of CSPG2, HOXA11, HOXA9, HS3ST2, SOX1, and TWIST1 was associated with muscle invasiveness. A panel of hypermethylated genes including APC, CSPG2, EPHA5, EYA4, HOXA9, IPF1, ISL1, JAK3, PITX2, SOX1, and TWIST1 predicted cancer‐specific survival and SOX1 (HR = 3.46), PITX2 (HR = 4.17), CSPG2 (HR = 5.35), and JAK3 hypermethylation (HR = 0.19) did so independently. Silencing of genes by hypermethylation is a common event in bladder cancer and could be used to develop diagnostic and prognostic markers. Combined hypermethylation of SOX1, PITX2, or CSPG2 signals patients at higher risk of death from bladder cancer.


Two isolates Colletotrichum Cda. on Cuscuta sp. and C. chinense were isolated from Jinan and Wuchang and have been used as biocontrol agents of dodder succesfully in China for many years. They resemble each other and are identical to Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz.) Sace. morphologically. They can be distinguished from other isolates of C. gloeosporioides (Penz.) Sacc. isolated from apple, grape, Ficus elastica, Olea europea and Citrus spp. etc. by the test of host reaction. The dodder isolates are parasitic on Cuscuta chinensis and cause anthrocnose, while the others do not. They were determined as Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz.) Sacc. f. sp. cuscutae.


The combination of SAR (synthetic aperture radar) and FMCW (frequency modulation continuous wave) technology offers a high-accuracy, cost-effective imaging sensor for remote sensing. Instead of treating the target as a continuous object, this technology sees the target as several scattering points with certain amplitude which depend on the reflecting intensity. In this thesis, we implement two image reconstruction techniques: Gridding method (widely used in medical imaging) and unequally spaced FFTs (has advantages for arbitrary sampling geometries) to set up the scattering centers model. Then taking account of efficiency and saving time for further data process in self-driving area, only a few of the scattering centers having stronger amplitudes will be kept by doing sparse representation technology. Here, we choose the iterative soft thresholding algorithm based on l1-norm minimization to fulfill sparse representation. We then discuss the trade-off between the choice of threshold and the number of iterations for the optimization problem to converge.


Abstract A systematic study of the temperature dependence of the superlattice reflections has been carried out using anomalous x-ray scattering technique in a single crystal Pb(Mg⅓Nb⅔)O3 (PMN). Two types of nanodomains were found to exist in PMN: a) chemically ordered nanodomains, and b) polar regions formed by short-range correlated ionic displacements. Each type of nanodomains gives rise to superlattice reflections at different locations in the reciprocal space. From the temperature dependence of the superlattice peaks, corresponding to polar nanodomains, we found a second order structural phase transition near Tf=220 K. This transition corresponds to the freezing of correlated oxygen octahedra rotations with temperature-independent correlation radius of 40 Å below Tf. Chemical nanodomains due to short-range order on the B sites were shown to exhibit isotropic shape and temperature independent size of 50 Å in 15–800 K interval. Anomalous diffraction near Pb LIII absorption edge has shown that Pb displacements are not random at low temperatures, but correlated on the short-range scale.


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We are proud to introduce the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Letters (IEEE SSC-L), a new, fast-turnaround publication in the area of integrated circuits. Complementary to the Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), our new Letters publication invites authors to submit short papers describing novel integrated circuit ideas and experimental results that demonstrate high performance. Solid-State Circuits Society (SSCS) members will receive a subscription free of charge as part of their membership.


Physiologic races of puccinia recondition in iran ( 1968-1972) , Physiologic races of puccinia recondition in iran ( 1968-1972) , مرکز فناوری اطلاعات و اطلاع رسانی کشاورزی


ABSTRACT Over the past decade, automatic guidance of agricultural machinery via Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals has been increasingly adopted by the farming community. Peanut farmers are adopting such technology in order to improve the parallelism of operations to address difficulties that occur in mechanical digging, where losses are a big problem. This study aimed to evaluate mechanized operations of peanut sowing and digging controlled manually and by autopilot, along with their quality. The treatments consisted of two digging operations, with and without autopilot, and two displacement speeds (4.5 and 6.0 km h-1). The experiment was conducted in a medium-textured soil in a completely randomized design arranged in bands, using the analyzed variables as quality indicators. At sowing, parallelism between passes of the tractor-sower set, was evaluated at 120 points of each system (manual and automatic routing). The digging losses were evaluated in the two guidance systems, under two displacement speeds (4.5 to 6.0 km h-1) at 15 points per treatment. It was verified that the parallelism between the passes of the tractor-sower set was better when using the autopilot, which improved the operation quality. Displacement speed did not influence the digging loss. There were no differences in the visible digging loss, but higher quality was obtained when the operation was performed using autopilot. Minor invisible and total digging losses were obtained when the digging was performed with automatic routing, and superior quality was found at a speed of 4.5 km h-1; however, quality was adversely affected under manual operation. Thus, the use of autopilot is effective for improving the accuracy and the quality of the operations.