On November 25, 2022, Stephen Anning, Product Manager for CESIUM at Trilateral Research, presented on The Role of AI in Safeguarding Children: A CESIUM Case Study. The presentation was followed by a question-and-answer period with questions from the audience and CASIS Vancouver executives. The key points discussed were the future of privacy, CESIUM's ability to audit evidence and provide a user-friendly atmosphere, information management and dataset governance, and mitigating the impact of techno-colonialism.

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The field of Business Engineering can be best described as the development and use of methods and tools for quantitative and qualitative analysis of current business processes, and for design and implementation of new ways of working. The focus of Business Engineering is usually not on the production and assembly of goods, but more on administrative processes that occur in all public and private organizations. Part of the attention is aimed at the service industry, because high quality processing of information is usually the added value the industry provides for its customers. The administrative processes are their primary process. In that way, Business Engineering is closely linked to business process redesign [2, 3, 5], but it has a broader focus. In this minitrack we look especially at recent developments in the field, focusing on concepts for modeling the dynamic behavior of business processes. Several conferences [e.g. 10], tracks, and minitracks have been devoted to business engineering. This year, we selected a number of interesting papers for the minitrack, which give a good insight into the current state of the field. Two of the papers highlight simulation support for business s engineering. The paper of Van Eijck and De Vreede [4] gives new insight into the support for quantitative analysis of business processes. The modeling template for the ARENA simulation environment they describe is a first example of a one-to-one translation of task / actor / coordination diagrams into a simulation environment. They claim that templates like this can decrease the effort needed for creating an empirical model of a business process tremendously. Lee et al. [8] also look at how to construct simulation models of business processes, but their focus is on group support for model construction. They provide a candidate architecture for supporting collaborative modeling and simulation using the DEVS framework and IDEF-3 like diagrams. More information on collaborative approaches for business engineering can also be found in [11]. The two other papers focus on the relation between performance and workflow modeling. Modeling business processes is an important part of the workflow field [6, 7]. The paper of Brataas, Hughes, and Solvberg [1] pr oposes a method for determining system requirements and performance analysis from a workflow standpoint of view. They suggest that the interaction between computer system performance and organizational performance can best be carried out in the same framework. Seidmann, Walter, and Dewan [9] present a mathematical description of task consolidation and the effect of consolidation on cycle-times and task performance. Their major contribution is the mathematical description of the effects of changes in work processes and tasks. The papers in this minitrack provide new insight into interesting business engineering frameworks. Both the theoretical background and case evidence that the methods work in real life cases are presented. We can clearly see that over the recent years, the research focus has shifted from presenting new methods, to developing tools that can be and that are really applied in practice. All in all, these papers are an important contribution to the field of business engineering, by creating and testing methods for the analysis and design of business systems in service industries, public, and private organizations.


Tutoring is an intrinsic function that belongs to teachers at all levels of education. Orientation and tutoring should not be taken as single processes used in order to solve problems at the moment they occur, but they should rather be part of a long chain of sequential and programmed actions. Their objective is the complete formation of the individual regardless of his background or personal characteristics. They provide answers to the principle of attention to diversity. They are mainly synergistic actions and they have to be open to social change and to any other change that could affect people under tutoring. This requires the use of all the specialized resources available, in particular ICT to personalize the processes and adapt them to the different contexts (Pantoja Vallejo, 2013). Therefore in this study we have analyzed how tutoring develops and takes place in kindergarten in two different contexts: first in Spain (in the area of Jaen) and then in Portugal (in the area of Coimbra). We offer the optimization of family-school relationships, helped by ICT tools, such as classroom blogs.


In the title 1:2 co-crystal, C—I⋯N halogen bonds between one of the 1,2,3,5-tetrafluoro-4,6-diiodobenzene molecules and the 5-{[4-(dimethylamino)phenyl]ethynyl}pyrimidine molecule form [110] chains while the second 1,2,3,5-tetrafluoro-4,6-diiodobenzene molecule resides in [100] channels.


In this study, a peristaltic thermoplastic micropump was designed and fabricated for a biomedical application. Extended experiments were performed on the fabricated micropump in order to obtain its operational characteristics including maximum flow rate and head. The micropump are pneumatic which is fabricated by sandwiching multi layers of poly methyl methacrylate (PMMA) and thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) film as a membrane. A computer numerical control (CNC) micromilling method is used to make a rectangular channel on PMMA sheet. The use of rectangular cross-section in the channel makes the manufacturing process more effective in terms of cost and time. A thermal fusion bonding method is served to bond the TPU film to the PMMA layers in a single step. The fluid flow rate through the micropump as a function of pneumatic gas pressure and frequency of microvalves wass obtained. The fluid flow is increased by increasing the frequency with a maximum at a frequency of 15 Hz. The maximum flow rate that can be generated using the fabricated micropump is about 350 μL/min. The introduced micropump in this study was shown to be reliable with low-cost production that can be used in lab-on-a-chip devices.


Filamentous fungi, especially from the genus Aspergillus, are well known for the production of organic acids in fermentation industry. Nonetheless, in present time the competing chemical conversion routes are still more profitable, leaving space for further investigations and improvement on the biological routes.


The new species Lecania sessilisoraliata is described from limestone in Burdur in Turkey. This species, close to L. baeomma with has indigo-speckled soralia and is coastal, has very clear discrete soralia with granular soredia.


During the recent years, with the advances in geriatrics, there has been a reexamination of diagnostic and therapeutic attitudes toward the aged. Great progress has been made with the non-mental illnesses, but the study of psychosis in the aged continues under the influence of many of the older prejudices. The purpose of this paper is: 1) to present two factors which overly influence the diagnosis of psychosis in the aged; 2) to discuss a new consideration as to the etiology of "senile psychosis"; 3) to include a diagnostic formulation which will allow for a more undestandable therapeutic approach; and 4) to present a clearcut diagnostic summary of the more common psychiatric syndromes found in the aged.


Horizon Scanning is a Futures methodology that aims to identify weak signals in the environment, and use these to inform strategic planning. Horizon Scanning is a people-driven process, which may or may not include the use of expert opinion. The outcome is inevitably influenced by the world view and priorities of the scanners. A number or organizations have been performing Horizon Scanning in Africa over the recent past, and the extent to which such work can identify trends and influence strategic thinking in a developing context, is of interest. Successful, large scale Horizon Scanning projects have been undertaken in the developed world, and have in most cases been driven by specific organisational or government goals and funding. With respect to poverty and development, the question is posed whether or not it is possible to do Horizon Scanning in an "open access" fashion, i.e. to produce information that is independent of specific goals, available to all for free, and of sufficient value to result in the broad uptake of Futures thinking and the ubiquitous use of Futures products to influence decision making. By its very nature, an assessment of the quality of any Futures work is difficult. This paper reviews some of the recent African Horizon Scans, at a process as well as a content level. It considers the strategic use of Horizon Scanning information in developing contexts, and the potential thereof to influence decision making for poverty reduction and development. The viability of open access Horizon Scanning in developing countries is also considered .


The frequency of induced abortions fell worldwide in the 1990s, from 35 abortions per 1,000 womenof childbearing age (15-44 years) in 1995 to 29 per 1,000 in 2003. But it stabilized in the 2000s (28per 1,000 in 2008) as the spread of contraceptive use slowed down in developing countries. Theproportion of unsafe abortions, defined by the WHO as abortions "performed by persons lackingthe necessary skills or in an environment not in conformity with minimal medical standards, or both,"did not fall, however, and still represents nearly halfof all elective terminations (49% in 2008). Paradoxically, abortion-related mortality has beenfalling steadily for two decades, from 60 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in 1990 to 40 per100,000 in 2008. The drop has been particularly pronounced in Latin America, even though abortionis still strongly condemned there. This development is linked in part to the spread of medical abortion incountries where it nonetheless remains illegal. Today, illegal no longer systematically means unsafe.


OBJECTIVE
To study the histologic source, clinical features and treatment methods of leiomyoma of the vagina.

METHODS
From January of 1988 to January of 1999, 25 patients with leiomyoma of the vagina were retrospectively analyzed.

RESULTS
The clinical features of leiomyoma of the vagina were slow in growth and solitary in number. Leiomyoma of the vagina can be recurrence and sarcomatous change. The symptoms of leiomyoma of the vagina depended on the size and location of the leiomyoma. Treatment consisted of surgical excision by vagina.

CONCLUSIONS
Leiomyoma of the vagina is a rare condition. Whenever such a tumor is detected, it has to be removed immediately to prevent further growing and sarcomatous change in the future.


Siddha provides several emergency first aid for centipede bite treatment. Centipede bite is quite dangerous and if not treat properly a strong centipede bite can also cause death. Centipedes generally have a single claw at the end of each leg. The appendages of the first body segment have been modified to form large, poisonous fangs that are used to capture living preys during active predation & contain venom glands. Neurotoxic venom is injected through venom duct. It is more neglected concept in context to research so this topic was chosen & entitled as centipede bite and its management overview. It is conceptual type research so Siddha texts as well as Non-Siddha texts & various articles from journals are followed. The aim of this manuscript was to correlate the concept of centipede bite. All the references were composed, organized & considered to drawn fruitful conclusion.


Abstract Detailed experimental and numerical investigations of the flowfield and boundary layer on a highly loaded transonic compressor cascade were performed at various Mach and Reynolds numbers representative of real turbomachinery conditions. The emerging shock system interacts with the laminar boundary layer, causing shock-induced separation with turbulent reattachment. Steady two-dimensional calculations have been performed using the Navier—Stokes solver TRACE-U. The flow solver employs a modified version of the one-equation Spalart—Allmaras turbulence model coupled with a transition correlation by Abu-Ghannam/Shaw in the formulation by Drela. The computations reproduce well the experimental results with respect to the profile pressure distribution and the location of the shock system. The transitional behaviour of the boundary layer and the profile losses in the wake are properly predicted as well, except for the highest Mach number tested, where large separated regions appear on the suction side.


Catalogue includes four articles on the history of European ceramics and colour images with descriptions of ceramics from various European factories.


The aim of this dissertation was to identify the consequences of imprisonment and the extent to which these implications are effective in the lives of prisoners' families through the implementation of ethnography and a critical literature review. This ethnography was conducted in the Visitors Centre of a category B male sex offender's prison, by observing the experiences that prisoners' families face through their own personal narratives. Thematic analysis of the data revealed prisoners' families suffer extensively from particularly financial difficulties during the period of incarceration. It also highlights that despite the struggles the prisoner's family could have, there is still a high level of negative po1traya1, distrust and stigma placed upon these families from various platforms . Lastly, there is a unanimous feeling of gratification and appreciation towards the prison Visitors Centre and the volunteers . Although many other prison departments are portrayed by families as unhelpful, unorganised and require much improvement. As a result, this project considered the findings by suggesting several recommendations for future research and possibly future implementation of policy and practice.


IV List of Abbreviations used in Transcriptions VI Synoptic Map of Political Violence in South Africa vu Chronology of Regulations and Court Challenges Regarding the Media, July 1985-February 1991. V111 Preface 1 Chapter One: Television News 6 Chapter Two: The Origins of a State Media Policy During the State of Emergency 43 Chapter Three: Media Restrictions Under the First State of Emergency Redrawing the Boundaries of the Law. . 75 Chapter Four: Media Restrictions Under the Second State of Emergency: Restoring Order. 95 Chapter Five: Adapt or Die: Apartheid and Reform 132 Chapter Six: Communicating the Reform Process: A Case Study on Citizenship, Urbanization 164 Chapter Seven: Defining Violence: 'Unrest' and 'Terrorism'. 183 Chapter Eight: Declaring a State of Emergency. 193 Chapter Nine: Imaging 'Unrest': From Compassion to Compression. 241 Chapter Ten: The Social Construction of the Enemy: The Demonization of the ANC. 280 Conclusion 315 Appendices 317


IP address spoofing is employed by a lot of DDoS attack tools. Most of the current research on DDoS attack packet filtering depends on cooperation among routers, which is hard to achieve in real campaigns. Therefore, in the paper, we propose a novel filtering scheme based on source information in this paper to defend against various source IP address spoofing. The proposed method works independently at the potential victim side, and accumulates the source information of its clients, for instance, source IP addresses, hops from the server during attacks free period. When a DDoS attack alarm is raised, we can filter out the attack packets based on the accumulated knowledge of the legitimate clients. We divide the source IP addresses into n (1 ≤ n ≤ 32) segments in our proposed algorithm; as a result, we can therefore release the challenge storage and speed up the procedure of information retrieval. The system which is proposed by us and the experiments indicated that the proposed method works effectively and efficiently.


This study examines the relationship between politically connected independent commissioners and independent directors regarding the cost of debt. The sample is all companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the 2010–2017 period, totaling 327 companies with a total data value of 1722 firm-year observations. We used the ordinary least squares regression model (OLS) and the Heckman 2SLS method to solve the endogeneity problem. We found that politically connected independent commissioners and politically connected independent directors negatively correlate with the cost of debt. These results indicate the importance of politically connected independent commissioners and independent directors in managing companies, especially in obtaining loans with low interest rates. In addition, our results are robust due to the use of the Heckman 2SLS test. Therefore, this research can contribute to the development of the literature related to corporate governance and political connections in public companies, so that politically connected independent commissioners and independent directors have an essential role in decision-making in companies.


Objective: To evaluate the curative effect of chitosan and sodium hyaluronate in prevention of tissue adhesion after thyroid operation.Methods: From December 2008 to December 2009,146 patients were performed thyroid operation.The patients were randomly divided into 3 groups: group A(56 cases) was given chitosan,group B(52 cases) was given sodium hyaluronate while group C(38 cases) was given nothing after operation.Every patient was got out of the hospital seven days after operation.All the cases were observed for their adhesion of cutting edge six months after operation.Results: Tissue adhesion in group A was 4(7.1%),group B was 10(19.2%) while group C was 19(50%).There were insignificant differences between group A and group B(P0.05),while there were significant differences between group A and group C,group B and group C(P0.01).Conclusion: Chitosan and sodium hyaluronate can prevent tissue adhesion caused by thyroid operation.


Objective:To ascertain the risk factors for aplastic anemia(AA)in this region at the moment,especially multiple factors comprehensive effect.Method:A case-control study was conducted and based on our patients' information in ten years.A total of 220AA cases without medical histories of cancer,radiotherapy and chemotherapy were collected as observation group,and 986gender and age-matched cases without hematology disease but were hospitalized at the same time for other reasons were collected as control group.Single and multiple Logistic regression analyses were used to analyze the collected information.Result:Single and multiple Logistic regression analyses found that living with chemical plants around in 3km,living in newly decorated houses,low birth weight or premature infants and so on were the independent risk factors of AA(OR1,P0.05),mainly drinking tap water(OR=0.127)was the protective factor of AA(OR1,P0.05).In addition to the above factors,single factor analysis found that there were other risk factors such as the private patients,smoker,alcoholic etc,while ventilating for a long time after decoration was a protective factor.At present,there was no certain correlation found among the incidence of AA with fertilizer contact,smoking time and drinking time.Conclusion:Control of risk factors for high risk population helps to prevent and control the occurrence and development of AA.


ZSM-5 zeolite was synthesized via a template-free method. The influence of crystallization time was investigated. The obtained samples were characterized by XRD, SEM and FTIR. Results shown that with the ratio of 8 Na2O : 80 SiO2 : 2 Al2O3 : 2500 H2O, the crystallization for ZSM-5 began at ca. 9 h. And fine ZSM-5 zeolite (ca. 10~15 μm) could be obtained by crystallizing at 190 °C for 10 h. Further increasing time would lead to the appearance of quartz.


The stress-induced failure in an aluminum conductor of a microelectronic package was investigated in terms of diffusion along the surface and grain boundary. The mechanism of the growth of groove, which initiated at and progressed along a grain boundary perpendicular to the stress at elevated temperature, was proposed and the failure process was numerically simulated. The grooving process was found to be sensitive to thermal stress as well as the diffusion ratio, F=(grain boundary diffusion)/(surface diffusion). The active grain-boundary-diffusion brought about a crack-like groove at high magnitudes of F and/or stress, whereas the low magnitudes led to a V-shaped groove and marked thinning of the conductor.


Relation between agriculture and the human development is very old. From the beginning era all participant of food chain in second stage depends on agriculture. At the beginning state life was natural and moving. With the stability of humans use of specific land increased and now stage is , where , humans are useable to chemical products for increasing the quantity of crop production in the land. Though the use of external chemicals result in quantitative growth of crop, but internally soil health get suffer from it and one –day it might be loss her fertility. Soil testing tools has a vital role in testing the soil for nutrient in soil and test its productivity. Easy classification of soil on the basis of its different features and also from testing the quality of soil to suggest the additional supplement to improve the health and nutrient in the soil. Key objective of this paper is to capture soil health in concern of nutrient. In this paper we have shown the classification approach of soil nutrient and detecting the soil health. We have built model using machine leaning algorithm (Logistic Regression) in Python. Results are compared with standard chart of soil health contains from the agriculture laboratory. Our detection accuracy lies between 95 to 99%.


Through a series of factorial matings, it has been determined that in one population of the mussel, Mytilus edulis (L), there is some additive genetic variance for larval growth rate, but the predominant genetic component is nonadditive. In two separate experiments the sire-dam interaction which estimates 25% of the dominance variance plus other non-additive components accounted for 9% to 15% of the total variance in larval growth rate.


Within the last two decades, higher order univariate kernels have been under focus with respect to its importance in examining the concept of curve fitting. This paper has taken this direction by examining some basic properties of the univariate kernels in assessing and improving the choice of kernels. The minimum efficiency of the selected kernels is 82% at order 6. The global error diminishes as the order of h increases, and it is highest between orders 2 and 6, and beyond order 12 the global error seems to level off. Depending on the tolerance limit specified for the MISE and the percentage efficiency permitted, the extent of bias reduction required, can be monitored. Journal of Science and Technology Vol. 26 (3) 2003: pp. 19-23


Forest and landscape restoration in the tropics is often undertaken by groups of smallholders and communities whose livelihoods are primarily agricultural and forest-based. In the Philippines, the implementation of forest restoration programs involving people's organizations showed mixed results. We present a case study of a pilot community-based forest restoration project that was undertaken in Biliran Province to understand the impediments, and pilot test interventions to improve restoration outcomes. The project was designed using systems thinking, employing smallholder-based best-practice, and applying the principles of a participatory approach. The results revealed that the initial participation of smallholders is mostly driven by short-term financial incentives. However, long-term commitment to managing the trees is attributed mainly to sustainable livelihood, land and tree rights, equitable sharing of benefits, strong leadership, effective governance and improved human and social capitals. The support of extension officers, use of high-quality seedlings, and participation of women are essential for community-based forest restoration success. Key lessons from our research could contribute to fulfilling the forest and landscape restoration commitments of developing countries in the tropics.


Density, Vickers' hardness, transformation temperature and thermal expansion of xZnO.2xPbO. (100-3x)B 2 O 3 glasses have been investigated as a function of composition. Variations of the properties around 50 mol% (ZnO+PbO) are attributed to nonbridging oxygen ions formed in the borate matrix. Parameters are given to calculate the density in the ZnO-PbO-B 2 O 3 glasses. Results indicate that the fraction of modifier oxide given from a ZnO content is lower than that given from an equal PbO content.


An analysis of the solar power satellite system is presented. The satellite solar energy conversion and microwave power transmission systems are discussed including the structure, power distribution, thermal control, and energy storage. Space construction and support systems are described including the work support facilities and construction equipment. An assessment of the space transportation system for the satellite and the ground receiving station is presented.


In this paper we apply the T matrix formalism of scattering theory to derive general expressions for the absorption cross sections, the cross sections for resonance fluorescence and the emission quantum yields from large molecules in the statistical limit. In the simple case of an isolated molecular resonance both the absorption line shape and the photon scattering cross section exhibit a Lorentzian distribution on the photon energy, the emission quantum yields are distributed among the ground state vibronic levels according to their radiative widths and, most important, the emission quantum yields are independent of the photon energy and of the spectral width of the exciting light. We were able to derive general expressions for the resonance scattering from a pair of overlapping resonances, including radiative corrections to infinite order. The absorption cross section does not vanish in the region of destructive interference but assumes a finite value which depends on the radiative widths. A sharp maxim...


This study describes how tertiary ESL speakers having different vocabulary
proficiency and strategy use take strategic approaches to learn vocabulary when
they are engaged in L2 academic reading. Depending on their VLS use and
vocabulary size level, eight participants were divided into four groups. Based on
the data collected from the Vocabulary Size Test (VST), pre and post-task
interviews, observation notes, and think-aloud protocols, the key findings
revealed that the highly active strategy users having high vocabulary proficiency
tend to orchestrate multiple strategies in a combinatorial or sequential fashion.
This in turn depended on the task, needs, and prior knowledge of these users. On
the other hand, the less active strategy users were inclined to employ isolated
and non-sequential strategy in L2 reading. This implies that vocabulary
instructors should encourage users with less active strategy to broaden their
repertoire of strategies and use them in sequential ways to compensate for their
lower vocabulary knowledge in L2 academic reading.


Aiming at the existing problem of operation management,this paper studies the unattended(few people on duty) operation mode to achieve the target of unmanned on duty(few people on duty) for Xixiayuan Hydropower Station.From the aspects of engineering design,equipment selection and standard production,it takes measures to carry out equipment renovation and technology transformation,which basically realizes unmanned on duty(few people on duty) operation mode.


The condensation of tetraethylammonium cations on poly(acrylic acid) is a progressive process and its extent is limited; the discontinuity of the titration curve, when α approaches 0.40 (ξ≈1), is probably an indication of several polyion–counterion system internal changes.


The conventional trumpet mouthpiece has already been shown, theoretically and experimentally, to behave as a Helmholtz resonator termination of the trumpet air column, changing the apparent length of that column with frequency. Further theory indicates that for musically proper placement of the upper playing modes, a more nearly ideal termination would be a multiple Helmholtz resonator. Experiments confirm this.


The invention relates to an aerosol device containing a hair styling composition comprising in a cosmetically acceptable aqueous medium, at least one copolymer based on units N-vinyl pyrrolidone and N-vinylimidazole having a molecular weight greater than 100Kdaltons, and dimethyl ether as propulseur.L'invention agent also relates to the use of this device as well as a hair treatment method.


This paper aims to highlight the positive aspects of the application of modern methods of teaching and learning in studying ecotourism and sustainable development in local and regional horizon. We will present the importance of using modern teaching methods in teaching and studying ecotourism and sustainable development in local horizon, choosing for this Maramures region. In our research, we stopped on the Biosferei Reservation area – "Poiana cu Narcise" from Bistra village. An important aspect regarding the location of Bistra is that it lies at a distance of approximately 42 km from the so-called geographical center of Europe (Dilove town, Rahiv district, Zakarpatya region Ukraine), it is an opportunity for Bistra village, capitalizing this, and the town can become a major European tourist attraction pole. For ecotourism, different plant species are natural attractions, interesting in that their ecosystems are untouched. The research was conducted with the help of a small group of undergraduates from the Geography of Tourism (Faculty of Geography – Babes-Bolyai University) from Bistrita extension during their teaching practice in an optional activity at the eleventh grade students from Bistrita Sports High School, in the second semester, year 2014. © 2017 Published by Future Academy www.FutureAcademy.org.uk


In this case of study, Incheon International Airport 2nd phase site preparation 1st section estimated final settlement to improve soft ground. Final settlement is very important in preloading method. Recently, Hyperbolic method, Hoshino method and Asaoka method are used mostly in prediction of final...


e14028Background: Although a significant proportion of aggressive meningiomas acquire TERT promoter (TERTp) mutations which drive TERT overexpression during progression, alternative mechanisms of telomere maintenance in meningioma are broadly unknown. TERT activating rearrangements are common in some aggressive cancers and associated with poor outcome. We sought to assess TERT rearrangements in a large cohort of patients with progressive meningiomas. Methods: We determined the frequency of TERT mRNA overexpression in 126 temporally- and regionally-distinct specimens from 55 WHO grades II/III meningioma patients using reverse-transcriptase PCR. Subsequently, RNA sequencing was performed in samples with TERT overexpression to detect rearrangements. Additionally, the TERTp region was sequenced in all patients to assess hotspot mutations. Results: We identified 9 samples from 3 patients (5.4%) with highly amplified TERT mRNA expression. RNA sequencing of these samples revealed a novel fusion RETREG1-TERT that...


The hybrid power domain sparse code non-orthogonal multiple access (PD-SCMA) scheme multiplexes multiple users on a single resource element (RE) both in power and code domains, thus achieving a superior spectral efficiency. The multiplexing performance of such a scheme can be enhanced not only through deployment of sophisticated resource allocation schemes and low complexity robust multi-user detectors but also prudent multi-user multi-dimensional codebook design. By considering the key codebook design performance indicators (KPIs) in different channel use scenarios, this work assesses various known multi-dimensional constellation (MDC) design criterion on the performance of low-rate turbo-coded PD-SCMA NOMA system. In order to strike a balance with regard to good multi-dimensional modulation (MDM) and low complex detection, a low complex codebook design based on linear error correcting block codes is proposed. Unique user-specific rotation design based on quaternion rotation matrices is proposed with the aim of maintaining users symbol uniqueness for overloaded systems. Simulation results confirm that MDCs that satisfy design KPIs outperform others. Besides, the proposed user-specific rotation design remarkably enhances the BER performance of the block code based codebook design.


philos ophy of empiricism demonstrates a strong correlation with the existential ontological basis of human being as far as the existence of thinking turns out to be connected with the existence of Being.


QUANTUM CONDENSATESAll the particles of nature fall into one of two categories, bosons and fermions, and in 1995, physicists chilled bosons to such a low temperature that they became locked into a single quantum state ( Science , 14 July 1995, pp. 152, 182, and 198). Now on page [1703][1], physicists report coaxing a vapor of reluctant fermions into a low-temperature quantum state of its own. With luck, it will be the first step toward an even stranger state of matter--a collection of fermions so cold that they seek each other out as partners, forming pairs that resemble the pairs of particles that are key to superconductors and superfluids.

 [1]: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/short/285/5434/1703


We use the Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA) and the Deep Extragalactic Visible Legacy Survey (DEVILS) observational data sets to calculate the cosmic star formation rate (SFR) and active galactic nuclei (AGN) bolometric luminosity history (CSFH/CAGNH) over the last 12.5 billion years. SFRs and AGN bolometric luminosities were derived using the spectral energy distribution fitting code ProSpect, which includes an AGN prescription to self consistently model the contribution from both AGN and stellar emission to the observed rest-frame ultra-violet to far-infrared photometry. We find that both the CSFH and CAGNH evolve similarly, rising in the early Universe up to a peak at look-back time $\approx 10$~Gyr ($z \approx 2$), before declining toward the present day. The key result of this work is that we find the ratio of CAGNH to CSFH has been flat ($\approx 10^{42.5}\mathrm{erg \, s^{-1}M_{\odot}^{-1}yr}$) for $11$~Gyr up to the present day, indicating that star formation and AGN activity have been coeval over this time period. We find that the stellar masses of the galaxies that contribute most to the CSFH and CAGNH are similar, implying a common cause, which is likely gas inflow. The depletion of the gas supply suppresses cosmic star formation and AGN activity equivalently to ensure that they have experienced similar declines over the last 10 Gyr. These results are an important milestone for reconciling the role of star formation and AGN activity in the life cycle of galaxies.


Four pollen zones are present in a 360-cm core of sediment from Rice Lake, Becker County. The zones indicate a vegetation succession from mid-postglacial oak savanna to deciduous forest to pine-hardwood forest to an uppermost ragweed zone representing postsettlement forest disturbance. Seeds of wild rice occur in the upper meter of the core with abundant wild rice type pollen. The initial increase of wild rice type pollen is radiocarbon dated at 2450 ± 100 years ago. The ragweed pollen rise that dates land settlement about 75 years ago is radiocarbon dated at 590 ± 95 years ago. The difference is attributed to contamination by dead carbon, and when this error is subtracted from the older date, the corrected age for the spread of wild rice across the lake is 1935 ± 100 radiocarbon years ago.An extensive stand of wild rice at this lake predates by 1000 years prehistoric cultures known to have used wild rice in Minnesota.The spread of wild rice is probably due to either climatic change and associated changes...


The High Intensity Gamma-ray Source (HIγS) is a joint project between Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory (TUNL) and the Duke Free Electron Laser Laboratory (DFELL). This facility utilizes intra-cavity back-scattering of the FEL photons in order to produce a γ-flux enhancement of approximately 103 over the existing sources. At present, gamma-ray beams with energies ranging from 2 to 50 MeV are available with intensities of 105–107 γ/s, energy spreads of 1% or better (with lower intensities), and 100% linear polarization. An upgrade is presently underway which will allow for the production of γ rays up to an energy of about 225 MeV having intensities in excess of 108 γ/sec. The primary component of the upgrade is a 1.2 GeV booster-injector which will provide for efficient injection at any chosen operating energy of the storage ring from 300 MeV to 1.2 GeV. In addition, an upgrade of the present OK-4 FEL to a helical undulator system (OK-5) is underway. This new system has many advantages over the pres...


In order for a manufacturing firm to be competitive, by supporting the market requirements through the manufacturing function, manufacturing should focus on a narrow set of tasks. Focused manufacturing is concerned with the perspectives when designing a manufacturing facility, be it a factory, plant, or plant within a plant. Traditionally, focus has been on the product, the process, or the manufacturing task based on competitive priorities (order winners and qualifiers). So far, the literature implies that a certain facility should have only one focus. In this paper, we present a framework that differentiates focus with respect to different parts of the manufacturing value chain. The point around which focus needs to be differentiated is the customer order decoupling point. We associate alternative types of focus relative to the customer order decoupling point, separating the upstream and downstream parts, and create a framework for choosing focus and how to differentiate manufacturing focus.


Ten promising genotypes of mungbean were evaluated for yield and its components for three years. Genotype x environment component was significant for all the characters studied indicating the genotypes had divergent linear response to environmental changes. Non-predictable component of clusters per plant and predictable component (linear) for grain yield indicated that the genotypes responded non-linearly to the change of environments. Stability parameters revealed that among the genotypes studied, Co 4 exhibited high mean grain yield, number of clusters per plant. length of pod and number of seeds.


Introduction Although investigation of a corrosion problem using only one or two techniques can give useful information, the most complete picture of the processes involved, and thus the best approach for a satisfactory solution of the problem, often only results from the use and interpretation of a combination of techniques. In this respect, the Corrosion Centre is fortunate in having a wide range of long‐established and modern facilities at its disposal, enabling reasonable investigations to be carried out on many different types of corrosion problems. These techniques are used primarily for research and teaching purposes, but many of them can be made available to industrial users. Table 1 gives an indication of some of the techniques to which the Centre has access and briefly mentions some of their possible applications in corrosion studies.


Objective Comparative analysis of the ultrasonic appearance and the pathological findings of the breast infiltra- ting ductal carcinomas(IDC).Try to investigate the relationship between the ultrasonic features and the expression levels of Id2mRNA and Id3mRNA.Methods The real-time fluorescent quantitative RT-PCR(FQ-RT-PCR)was used to detect the expression levels of Id2mRNA and Id3mRNA in 36 IDC.The results were compared with the ultrasonic features of IDC.Re- sults The expression of Id2mRNA was higher in normal tissues than that in carcinoma tissue(P0.05)and was lower in WHOⅢgrade than that in WHOⅠgrade(P0.05),Id3mRNA inversely(P0.01,P0.05,respectively).Id2mRNA has no statistically significant with the ultrasonic appearance(P0.05).Id3mRNA was high expression in spiculate margin and peripheral duct extension(P0.01).Conclusion Uhrasonographie morphologic manifestations are closely related to pathology in IDC.The expression level of Id3mRNA can be assessed according to ultrasonic features of IDC(spiculate mar- gin and disorder structure in duct)in certain degree.


The efficiencies of rice flour (RF) and rice husk (RH) as agents of the controlled release of methyl salicylate (RF-MeSA and RH-MeSA, respectively) were investigated. The adsorption percentage of RH-MeSA was significantly higher (two-fold) than that of RF-MeSA owing to its higher specific surface area and total pore volume. However, both materials are classified as mesoporous materials. Scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis confirmed that MeSA diffused toward the pores and covered the surfaces of RF and RH. A temperature increase from 25 °C to 40 °C and an increase in relative humidity from 75% to 95% stimulated the release of MeSA. The kinetically controlled release of RF-MeSA and RH-MeSA was in line with a Fickian diffusion mechanism. Both RF-MeSA and RH-MeSA significantly delayed the ripening of banana fruit compared to the control. The results indicate that RF and RH can be used as biosorbent materials for the adsorption and controlled release of MeSA without chemical and mechanical modification.


The invention relates to a prepared freshwater fish gas-cooking processing technology. The processing technology comprises the following steps of: scaling, removing gill, removing wings, removing head and gutting at environment temperature, cutting into blocks or slices, cleaning, and soaking in citric acid solution; adding seasoning prepared by edible salt, chilli, soybean paste and garlic, wherein the seasoning is pickled for 8 hours in aseptic environment after the ultraviolet lamp sterilization for 30min or ozone treatment; and frying, packing by a polyester-nylon-aluminum foil-polypropylene composite film material, vacuumizing to inflating nitrogen, and carbon dioxide to pack, warming at three stages, and fast cooling to 35-50 DEG.C within 2min. According to the decontamination pre-treatment and curing process of the freshwater fish and in combination of the mixed gas package of the nitrogen and the carbon dioxide, compared with the normal gas-cooking technology, the highest temperature at each stage is reduced, the sterilization time at each stage is shortened, and the flavor and nutrient of the freshwater fish preparation are well maintained.


The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of business strategy to firms performance with the influence of ERP implmentation and organizational capability as intervening variables. Different from prior study, this study was done in manufacturing entities that listing on IDX. This reasearch is based on cybernetic control theory, resource based view and dynamic capabilities theory.
The results of this paper reveals empirically that ERP implementation can enhance companies performance in Indonesian manufacturing firms however the result can't reveals empirically that prospektor as business strategy can enhance ERP implementation and companies performance.
The results also show that prospektor as business strategy can significantly enhance companies performance indirectly through mediation effect of organizational capability. This paper contributes to the manajement accounting literature, investors, and manajers by providing insight usefullness of ERP implementation in the context of sustainable firms.


A transient solution is presented for the directional response at the focus of a paraboloidal reflector due to an incident plane wave. The validity of the solution is associated with the Kirchhoff approximation used to determine the boundary condition on the surface of the reflector. This approximation requires the wavelengths to be short compared with the minimum radius of curvature, and the radius of the aperture, of the reflector. The solution in the far field due to a point source at the focus is related by reciprocity to the solution at the focus due to an incident plane wave. Both solutions are expressed as the convolution of a function obtained for the unit step response with the time derivative of the waveform incident on the reflector. For a point source far removed from a shallow paraboloidal reflector, it is shown that the pressure in the far field reduces to the expression obtained by Morse (Vibration and Sound) for transient radiation from a baffled circular piston. Results are presented illustrating the angular dependence of the reflected pressure waveforms at the focus for incident plane waves that include an N wave and a tone burst.A transient solution is presented for the directional response at the focus of a paraboloidal reflector due to an incident plane wave. The validity of the solution is associated with the Kirchhoff approximation used to determine the boundary condition on the surface of the reflector. This approximation requires the wavelengths to be short compared with the minimum radius of curvature, and the radius of the aperture, of the reflector. The solution in the far field due to a point source at the focus is related by reciprocity to the solution at the focus due to an incident plane wave. Both solutions are expressed as the convolution of a function obtained for the unit step response with the time derivative of the waveform incident on the reflector. For a point source far removed from a shallow paraboloidal reflector, it is shown that the pressure in the far field reduces to the expression obtained by Morse (Vibration and Sound) for transient radiation from a baffled circular piston. Results are presented illu...


The principles of construction of architectures of electronic educational systems (EES), their functions, properties and data structure are considered. A comparative analysis of existing architectures and their characteristics is done. The directions of EES development are determined. It is assumed that the main vector of their development will be EES using artificial intelligence.


Attendant problems which arise with prolonged confinement of patients to bed are discussed. These disorders are of a hyperkinesic nature, and the symptoms are treated with pharmacological substances.


We use a unique firm-level data set merging administrative information on average wages paid by firms by skill level (blue collars and white collars), Population Census information on the local stock of human capital available to firms and survey information on firm characteristics to investigate the existence and magnitude of local human capital externalities in Italian Manufacturing. The latter represents an interesting case study due to the prevalence of small family business and a technological lag with respect to the US, to which most evidence supporting local human capital spillovers refers. Our estimates show that in Italy, like in the US, firms located in geographical areas with a higher stock of human capital pay higher wages. This evidence is robust to many variants of the econometric specification and to addressing potential endogeneity issues using instrumental variables estimation and instruments based on the lagged expansion of the Italian higher education system and the lagged demographic structure.


Morphology profiles (MPs) have been applied to the processing of different types of imagery, which have highly improved the segmentation and classification results. MPs can both preserve spatial structures of objects and construct the multiscale description of images. Since the speckle noise inherent in the images, the classification of PolSAR images cannot obtain satisfied results. In this paper, the framework of polarimetric object-based morphological profiles (POMPs) is proposed in which the MPs features and polarimetric features are combined and object-based image analysis (OBIA) is introduced to PolSAR image classification. Based on statistical measures of central tendency, the POMPs are obtained by integrating the feature vector of images with the segments of meanshift segmentation. To evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed method, POMPs are introduced to support vector machine (SVM) classifier. Experiments on the EMISAR image using object-based polarimetric features, object-based MPs and POMPs features respectively are implemented and compared. The results show that the proposed method can effectively improve classification accuracy of high resolution PolSAR images.


Owing to the complexity of food matrices, process synthesis methodologies have not been as widely applied in the food industry as in the chemical industry. Here, we describe the application of a process synthesis methodology to design a system to separate valuable components from a byproduct of the soymilk production. The method yielded a number of potential processing pathways and relevant mechanistic questions, which required experimental input. The combination of considering the overall system on the level of general transformations, heuristics, and additional insights through experiments resulted in a simplified conceptual process design for the separation of isoflavones from okara with a globally more sustainable choice. The holistic approach within process design as an implication of the methodology is discussed.


This study evaluated the impact of an innovative science course for prospective elementary teachers on their perceptions of the learning environment and compared these perceptions with those of their previous laboratory science course. The sample consisted of 525 female students enrolled in 27 classes of A Process Approach to Science (SCED 401) at a large urban university in Southern California. Perceptions of the learning environment were measured using scales from the Science Laboratory Environment Inventory and What Is Happening In this Class? Attitudes towards science were assessed using one scale from the Test of Science-Related Attitudes. Results indicated that large and statistically significant differences between students' previous laboratory class and SCED 401 existed for all six learning environment scales. The largest difference was found for the level of Open-Endedness (effect size of 6.74 standard deviations). A statistically significant difference was found for attitude as well. This research makes a distinctive contribution to the learning environments field because it is the first study to investigate laboratory classroom environments at the university level with prospective elementary teachers. The study has implications for undergraduate laboratory course instructors, science teacher educators, and for elementary teachers and the science learning of their students.


A 28-year-old woman ingested 20 g of hydroxychloroquine sulphate for suicidal attempt. She developed hypotension, cardiac conduction disturbance, hypokalemia and hypoglycemia. Despite treatment with mechanical ventilation, epinephrine, sodium bicarbonate, diazepam and potassium replacement, she succumbed 10 hours post-overdose. Previous case reports of hydroxychloroquine overdose are summarised and the therapeutic choices are discussed.


In a short period of time, living resources of the sea are non-renewable. The importance of the living resources of the sea has been recognized by more and more countries. The governments codified the laws to protect their living resources of the sea. The international community also codified the laws to protect the high seas. However,due to the lack of the power supervision, there are not enough sanctions to the disruptive behavior. For that reason, we can use the international criminal law to protect the living resources of the high seas. We can take international criminal court as international justice subject to attack the crime of destroying living resources of the high seas, which can make contributions to the protection of living resources of the high seas.


• Summary: This article reviews the existing literature on power within a social work context and extends the analysis to broader sociological understandings through which to rethink the ways in which social work professionals understand and work with power within everyday practice. • Findings: The review argues that prevailing dichotomies, which feature so centrally in theoretical conceptualisations of power, offering binary positions of power as 'good or bad', 'positive or negative' and 'productive or limiting' are limiting in themselves. It is argued that power must also be recognised as a construct which operates in a synchronous way; whereby it can impact in limiting and productive ways at the same time. • Applications: To support this position, the Power-informed Practice (PiP) framework, which recognises power at the individual, professional and structural levels is offered. The utility of the framework in providing a clearer understanding of power is then presented in relation to working with children who have experienced abuse. As a tool, the framework enables social workers to structure their analysis of power within all areas of contemporary social work practice, in order to promote and support processes of empowerment.


We have implemented classical Ewald and particle-mesh Ewald (PME) based treatments of fixed and induced point dipoles into the sander molecular dynamics (MD) module of AMBER 6. During MD the induced dipoles can be propagated along with the atomic positions either by iteration to self-consistency at each time step, or by a Car–Parrinello (CP) technique using an extended Lagrangian formalism. In this paper we present the derivation of the new algorithms and compare the various options with respect to accuracy, efficiency, and effect on calculated properties of a polarizable water model. The use of PME for electrostatics of fixed charges and induced dipoles together with a CP treatment of dipole propagation in MD simulations leads to a cost overhead of only 33% above that of MD simulations using standard PME with fixed charges, allowing the study of polarizability in large macromolecular systems.


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It studys a kind of method to analysis question sentence based on the structural question sentence instance,design a method to express various kind of semanteme knowledge, manage domain knowledge in Xml file, and design a method to extract answer on the kind of knowledge structre. The system of BAQS has developed. The experiment indicated that the method is feasible, The rate of accuracy and recalling can be up to 82.05% and 91.95%. For it use in a bank question-answering system and the experiments proved that it was feasible to use the method to analyze question clause and valuable to continue to study it deeply.


Objective:To study on determination of active ingredients in household insecticides to provide basis on having effective quality of household insecticides Methods: GC/FID with internal standard and capillary column Results: The standard deviation were 0 1 and 0 046 respectively, and coefficients of variation were 3 25% and 1 54% respectively. Average recovery rate were 97 84% and 98 69% Standard deviation and coefficient of variation for electric device (liquid) were 0 33×10 -3 and 3 89%. The average recovery rate was 99 7% The coefficients of variation were 0 86% and 1 53% for mat with d allethrin as active ingredient and two internal standards, 1 89% and 2 09% for mat with prallethrin as active ingredient and two internal standards Aerosol were formulated with d allethrin, pynamin, tetramethrin, rich d trans cyphenothrin, permethrin and cypemethrin as combined active ingredients, the recovery rates were 102 43%, 100 77%, 100 26%, 100 39%, 101 10% and 103 16% respectively Conclusion: The concerned method was done with good separation, analytical accuracy, suitable for determining mentioned four active ingredients used in household insecticides


Seed funding for this research was provided by the Standing Conference
on Teacher Education North and South, Forfas and the NUI Galway
Millennium Research Fund


The amino acid compositions of the root xylem saps of Olax phyllanthi and a range of its common hosts were examined in native coastal heath in Western Australia and in pot cultures of Olax reliant on single hosts. When hosts specializing in the xylem transport of one major solute (asparagine, glutamine, histidine, arginine or proline) were exploited, the endophytic tissue of haustoria and the xylem sap of Olax showed much lower proportions of this than of other solutes, suggesting pronounced metabolic transformation prior to xylem loading by the parasite. However, the xylem sap of Olax did partly reflect the compositions of its hosts; for example, djenkolic acid and pipecolic acid were present when Olax was parasitic on species of Acacia, and levels of citrulline and aspartic acid were higher than normal when it exploited hosts transporting large amounts of these compounds. Back-flow of S-ethenyl cysteine, a novel amino acid specific to Olax, was observed to another root hemiparasite (Exocarpos sparteus) in native habitat and to certain non-parasitic hosts in water-stressed pot cultures. Haustoria exhibited high levels of glutamine synthetase but showed appreciable in vivo nitrate reductase activity only when on hosts with high xylem levels of nitrate.


The author beings with a personal account of his experience with roadway powered systems. He then proceeds with a discussion of dynamic systems which transfer power and control to moving vehicles. The paper concludes with a section on the potential and constraints of roadway powered systems.


A portable analytical system for the characterization of liquid environmental samples and beverages in food control was realized. The key element is the implementation of contactless conductivity detection on lab-on-a-chip basis ensuring the system to be operated in a label free mode. Typical target molecules such as small ionic species like Li+, Na+, K+, SO4 2- or NO3-, organic acids in wine whose concentration and ratio to each other documents the wine quality, or caffeine or phosphate in coke were detected. Results from sample matrices like various beverages as water, cola, tea, wine and milk, water from heaters, environmental samples and blood will be presented.


This paper describes flight tests of a Honeywell Synthetic Vision System (SVS) prototype operating in a hybrid-centered mode on a Primus EpicTM large format display. This novel hybrid mode effectively resolves some cognitive and perceptual human factors issues associated with traditional heading-up or track-up display modes. By integrating synthetic 3D perspective view with advanced Head-Up Display (HUD) symbology in this mode, the test results demonstrate that the hybrid display mode provides clear indications of current track and crab conditions, and is effective in overcoming flight guidance symbology collision and resultant ambiguity. The hybrid-centering SVS display concept is shown to be effective in all phases of flight and is particularly valuable during landing operations with a strong cross-wind. The recorded flight test data from Honeywell's prototype SVS concept at Reno, Nevada on board Honeywell Citation V aircraft will be discussed.


That does not imply, however, that we are ignoring the serological data . We are well aware of the comments made and appreciate the necessity to resolve some of the issues raised. Our publication' makes no claim other than that stated. Namely, that under our conditions of enzymatic incubation, where we release the maximum of the specific sugar, we get n o sequestration of erythrocytes treated with a-galactosidase, whereas we d o with the sialidase treated erythrocytes. (Supported by contract N-0000 14-76-CI269 from the Office of Naval Research). DAVID AMINOFF, PhD, DSc Thomas Henry Sinipson Memorial Instilure University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109


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Ultraviolet near-field scanning microscopy and near-field spectroscopy have been employed to study the optical properties of AlGaN/GaN quantum-well waveguides. The divergence of the spontaneous emission emerging from the waveguide exit port was measured. The near-field optical image revealed a half-angle in-plane divergence of 6° and vertical divergence of 40°. Optical loss of the spontaneous emission inside the waveguide at λ=350 nm was found to be 106 cm−1. These parameters are important for the achievement of future III-nitride photonic integrated circuits for various applications.


The invention discloses a taro pancake and a method for making the taro pancake. The taro pancake contains the raw materials in following proportions: one medium-sized taro, 15 to 18% of cream, 15 to 18% of powdered sugar, 20 to 25% of kaoliang, 20 to 25% of millet flour, 3 to 4% of salt, 1 to 2% of alkali, and 7 to 8% of dried ginger. The method comprises the following steps that: the taro is peeled and cleaned and then cut into small pieces, these pieces are steamed for 30 minutes to obtain quite soft mashed taro, the resultant mashed taro is taken out and added with 20g cream and 20g powdered sugar while the mashed taro is hot, the mixture is pounded up by a spoon to obtain mashed mixture for future use; the resultant is mixed with kaoliang and millet flour to obtain fine powder, the fine powder is mashed and put in a pancake making machine for pan-frying, and finally, the taro pancake can be eaten after being dried. Compared with the current pancakes, the taro pancake disclosed by the invention has sweet and delicious taro taste, has the efficacies of dispersing accumulation, regulating Qi flow, detoxifying, tonifying spleen, clearing away pathogenic heat and relieving cough, enhances human immunity and disease resistance, and can achieve the purposes of detoxifying and nourishing body in the case of long-term use.


The purpose of this research is to investigate the effects of strategic orientation on the export performance of export-oriented garment manufacturing businesses in the context of Cambodia. Hypothetical and quantitative research methods were applied to this research by which a paper-based questionnaire was designed to collect the data. The data was collected from 120 export-oriented garment manufacturing businesses operating in Cambodia. A multi-correlation analysis and multi-regression analysis were employed to analyze the data. The result of this research reveals the following. 1) Business executives generally agreed in applying the entrepreneurship concept style, that is, strategic orientation, at the high level. Additionally, in terms of export performance, business executives are overall fairly satisfied. 2) The results show that, overall, aggressiveness, analysis, defensiveness, and riskiness had a positive correlation with and an effect on export performance. With this alternative breakthrough from previous empirical studies, this research consolidates understanding of strategic orientation, and its relationship and effect on the export performance of garment manufacturing businesses in Cambodia.


The present invention discloses a waterproof structure and a method for controlling a built-in barometer terminal device, the terminal device relates to the field, to solve the problem of waterproof breathable terminal device. Specific programs: a built barometer waterproof structure of a terminal device, a waterproof structure for the terminal device built cavity, having an opening in the waterproof structure of the housing of the terminal device, so that the pressure and ambient air pressure inside the waterproof structure communication, waterproof disposed between the internal structure is provided with a pressure gauge, a barometer and the opening has the air filter, and a drop of water between the water detecting means is provided with a screen, mesh and waterproof barometer manometer between the dustproof net is provided, the detection drops there is provided between the means and the control valve barometer; drop detecting means is electrically connected to the control valve, when the water detecting means detects water droplets of water reaches a threshold value, the control valve is closed. The present invention is used for various terminals.


Five 1:1 salts of 3-X-1-methylpyridinium (X = benzoyl, acetyl, methoxycarbonyl, carboxy, and aminocarbonyl; abbreviated as Ben, Ace, Met, Car, and Ami, respectively) cations with a [Ni(dmit)2]− ani...


Medium access control protocols are at the core of all forms of ABSTRACT electronic communications systems. MAC protocols are designed to coordinate the transmission of packets, retransmission of damaged packets, and resolu- tion of collisions among stations during a contention period. MAC protocols are founda- tions in low-level network architecture and play a significant role in the performance of higher-level protocols such as multiservices and multimedia application protocols. In this article five classes of MAC protocols are investigated with respect to their applications in satellite communications. These classes include fixed assignments, demand assignment, random access, hybrid of random access and reservation, and adaptive protocols. Among several QoS objectives described in high-speed networking and the limitations inherent in satellite communications systems, in this article a set of important performance criteria are identified and used to evaluate different MAC protocols for satellite communications. The performance criteria include high channel throughput, low transmission delay, channel sta- bility, protocol scalability, channel reconfigurability, broadband applicability, and low com- plexity of the control algorithm. For this, a simulation study is performed among selected MAC protocols from different classes, and their performances have been evaluated for NASA's Mars Regional Network. cant; hence, these protocols need to be reevaluated for satellite communica- tions. Third, physical changes to the controllers in space are limited if not impossible, and this necessitates a sim- ple control mechanism for the proto- cols under consideration. Fourth, to provide fault tolerance and network survivability, a MAC protocol for satel- lite communications is expected to eas- ily accommodate topological changes and network reconfigurability in case of failures by adding, deleting, activating, or deactivating a station from the net- work. Finally, limitation in power implies stringent use of buffer memory,


Questioned are, whether the various social institutes in the Netherlands are organized according to the major problems of today. There are some 100 institutes in the Netherlands, but though there are some central demographical problems, there is no specific demographic institute. The same applies to industrialization. There is a danger that more and more religious institutes will undertake research in problems in which the religious elements are negligible. L. Turksma.


In this chapter, the twin concepts of personal growth and professional development will be examined. In many ways this is timely since governments worldwide are devising largely regulatory ways of 'driving up' and sustaining the quality of health care that health professionals provide.(1) However, a theme running throughout the discussion here will be that political pressure for what has been termed 'accountability' of the professions has led to a distortion of the means whereby this can be realized, and in the process has created a distancing of the professions not just from politicians but through them from society itself, the members of which are the primary focus for any caring professional. In contrast to this 'top-down' view of professional accountability, arguments will be presented for an alternative approach—one which provides health professionals with the means whereby they are able to give more clearly an account of what it is that makes them truly professional and through that develop their own professional practice.(2) The chapter draws on a wide range of literature that is both international and burgeoning. It seems that professional people feel they have something to say—and that they must say it now. Throughout the discussion, the term 'professional' will be used to refer to all those who work in this way within a primary care setting.


In our project, we focus on predicting the number of bike rentals for a city bikeshare system in Washington D.C., as part of a Kaggle competition. Through our project, we identified several important feature engineering ideas that helped us create more predictive features. We then trained and tuned several different models with our data, and experimented with ensembling methods as well. In the end, we found that decision-tree based models perform well on the bikeshare data; in particular, using a conditional inference tree model yielded both the best cross-validation result and leaderboard performance.


Over the years, the design of chemical vapor deposition processes has relied on accumulated empirical ability. It is now well established that the properties of films grown by this chemical process are strongly determined by both transport phenomena and homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions in the reactor. Thermodynamic calculations and mass transport modeling provide a possible approach to delineate the general features of a given process. The application of this concept to the deposition of Si 1-x Ge x alloys has led to a better knowledge of the physicochemical phenomena involved in the growth of these materials


Chinese cabbage is a popular leaf vegetable, and many cultivars have been developed for different regions and growing seasons. For the identification of the cultivars, many marker systems have been applied, but they usually require a large number of markers and expensive equipment. Therefore, it is necessary to develop an efficient and economical method for identifying Chinese cabbage cultivars. In this study, we aimed to develop a marker system with the minimum number of markers using simple PCR and gel electrophoresis. A total of 48 simple sequence repeats (SSRs) in a previous study were screened based on their chromosomal location and applied to 105 Chinese cabbage cultivars. The minimum number of markers was selected based on their genomic location, polymorphic information content, and allele frequency. To validate the cultivar identification capability of selected SSRs, they were applied to genetically similar cultivar pairs from a previous study. Eleven SSRs were finally selected, and they successfully identified cultivars with high genetic similarity, as well as all 105 Chinese cabbage cultivars tested. The proposed SSRs require only 11 primer sets, simple PCR, and gel electrophoresis, which need less time and resources compared to previous ones. These SSRs can be used not only in small seed companies and laboratories but also in large-scale seed companies.


I. INTRODUCTION Over the past four years, the American public has witnessed a seemingly unending number of corporate and white-collar scandals. Corporate scandals in the business world are not a new phenomenon; indeed, every decade has had its share. Michael Milken, the Wall Street wonder of the eighties, along with his associate, Ivan Boesky, were both dethroned in the "junk bond" scandal. (1) This was followed by the Savings and Loan scandal that sent Charles Keating to jail. (2) The Archer Daniels Midland price-fixing scandal (3) marked the nineties, as did the Whitewater investigation that was closely associated with then President William Clinton and his wife, Hillary Clinton. (4) Nonetheless, the present wave of corporate and white-collar scandals distinguishes itself through the sheer number of companies being investigated. (5) It appears that no industry has been safe from scandal. (6) The investigations prompted by the collapse of Houston's energy giant, Enron, were independently responsible for the indictments of thirty individuals as of May 2004. (7) The present scandals are also interesting because they provide us with an opportunity to observe the prosecutions of several women of high status charged with white-collar crime. (8) Other than Susan McDougal, a defendant in the Whitewater case, (9) and Leona Helmsley, the New York Hotel proprietor, (10) one is hard pressed to recall significant numbers of women publicly associated in the past with white-collar crime or corporate scandal at the level we presently see. Between 2001 and 2004, six high-status women were charged with crimes in connection with corporate criminal cases. (11) The public is familiar with some of them, although not all of their cases have been covered equally in the press. The most thorough press coverage was of the arrest and trial of Martha Stewart, former CEO of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, whose case has been referred to as "mediagenic." (12) Stewart's public persona drove the coverage, despite the fact her criminal acts were neither the most serious, nor the most extensive, of the six. (13) The other five women are Lea Fastow, former assistant treasurer of Enron; (14) Betty Vinson, former account manager for WorldCom; (15) Kathleen Winter, former director at Marsh & McLennan, Inc.; (16) Helen Sharkey, of Dynegy, Inc.; (17) and Paula Rieker, former Vice President, Managing Director of Investor Relations and Corporate Secretary of Enron. (18) Lea Fastow's prosecution received some media attention, although the simultaneous prosecution of her husband, Andrew Fastow, the former CFO of Enron, undoubtedly motivated the coverage. (19) Similarly, Betty Vinson's case came to the attention of the press because her guilty plea helped secure the government's case against the CFO of World Com, Scott Sullivan. Sullivan eventually entered into a cooperation agreement with the government. (20) His cooperation enabled the government to prosecute Bernard Ebbers, the CEO of WorldCom at the time the telecommunications firm collapsed. (21) Relatively little information can be found in the public domain about the other three women, who have all plead guilty, and are presently cooperating with authorities and awaiting sentencing in 2006. During the same period of time these corporate scandals were unfolding, another "mediagenic" case of a high-status woman was investigated and prosecuted. This woman was rap artist Lil' Kim, whose birth name is Kimberly Jones. (22) At first blush, Lil' Kim's case appeared to fit within the parameters of the prosecutions of the other high-status women. She was, for example, charged with a classic white-collar cover-up crime, as was Martha Stewart. (23) She was charged in connection with an investigation into the actions of others. However, for reasons that will be discussed in Part IV of this Article, Lil' Kim's high status was not sufficient to elevate her case to the level of white-collar treatment. …


As the reflection company risk degree, the economic potentiality, the economic efficiency important comprehensive financial norm, The capital structure being reasonable or not, is affecting company's management present situation and the prospects for development. Using the tax policy through adjust the debt proportion in the capital structure, To be listed may has the influence to the company value. To analyse how enterprise income tax influence the Ningbo To be listed capital structure, may obtain the conclusion that enterprise income tax rate has a positive relationship with enterprise's debt level.


In this paper,the over vibration problem of lubricating oil pipeline in warship was analyzed,anoptimized design to vibration was proposed and the real equipments in the ship were also been transformed according to the design.The vibration amplitude reduced after the transformation.The optimized program and construction technology can be guidance to the similar vibration problem in ship.


Patient 1: A 62-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with complaints of tiredness, abdominal pain, and nausea. He had been treated with various medications, including ticlopidine 500 mg daily, for 16 weeks for diabetes and peripheral arteriopathy. Routine clinical tests elicited abnormal hematologic values manifested as neutropenia, as well as an inflammatory syndrome. Therapy with ticlopidine was discontinued; there was gradual resolution of the hematologic abnormalities in one month. Patient 2: A 51-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with fever and a 4-week history of fatigue. He had been taking ticlopidine 500 mg daily for the past 10 weeks for iterative transient ischemic cerebral attacks. Results of routine biochemical tests and bone marrow biopsy were consistent with agranulocytosis and marked erythroid hypoplasia of megakaryocyte type. Ticlopidine was discontinued and the patient's hematologic parameters normalized seven later. Patient 3: A 69-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with a 7-day history of fatigue and amygdallitis. For'the past 54 days he had been taking ticlopidine for a cerebro-vascular stroke and arterial hypertension. Results of clinical tests, including bone marrow biopsy, established a diagnosis of aplastic anemia. Several purpuric skin lesions were noted on the patient's trunk. Ticlopidine was discontinued. Although the patient was treated conservatively, and his hematologic parameters gradually improved in the next several weeks, his bone marrow aspirate remained hypocellular with an absence of megakaryocytes. The patient continued to receive platelet transfusions.-


This paper investigates Gaussian copula mixture models (GCMM), which are an extension of Gaussian mixture models (GMM) that incorporate copula concepts. The paper presents the mathematical definition of GCMM and explores the properties of its likelihood function. Additionally, the paper proposes extended Expectation Maximum algorithms to estimate parameters for the mixture of copulas. The marginal distributions corresponding to each component are estimated separately using nonparametric statistical methods. In the experiment, GCMM demonstrates improved goodness-of-fitting compared to GMM when using the same number of clusters. Furthermore, GCMM has the ability to leverage un-synchronized data across dimensions for more comprehensive data analysis.


Diffuse axonal injury (DAI) is a common primary brain injury. The main mechanism of DAI is the relative displacement of brain tissue junction caused by shearing force during cranial rotation. The pathological changes are the deformation and rupture of white matter nerve fiber bundles. The mechanism of injury and recovery is still unclear, and unified diagnostic criteria are also lacking. Apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene polymorphisms are associated with nervous system development, injury, and repair process. The APOE gene contains six genotypes by the combination among three genes and synthesizes three proteins including apoE2, apoE3 and apoE4. The abnormal spatial structure of apoE4 decreases its ability of transporting lipids, resulting in reduced repair ability after nerve injury. The molecular mechanism of ApoE in the development of axonal injury is complicated. apoE protein can bind to receptor proteins such as low density lipoprotein receptor related protein 1 (LRP1) and heparan sulfate proteoglycan (HSPG) to mediate axonal repair, and it can also damage nerves by influencing calcium influx and producing toxic fragments through hydrolysis. Correcting the abnormal structure of apoE4 is helpful to nerve repair, and apoE analogues also have certain neuroprotective effects. This article reviews the injury characteristics, pathological characteristics, APOE gene polymorphisms, and the role of apoE synthesis in DAI, to provide new insights for elucidation of mechanism of DAI and related clinical application.

Key words:
Brain injuries; Diffuse axonal injury; Apolipoprotein E gene


A new species from Genus Apterygothrips, collected on Cyperus longus in Sardinia, is described. Morphological comparison to the other one member of the genus known from Italy and comments on collecting sites and host plant are provided.


The model currently applied to radiation transfer in heterogeneous media is the radiation transfer equation (RTE) rigorously derived for homogeneous media only. However, the hypothesis that heterogeneous media can be described by the same model as homogeneous media is questionable. Indeed, local radiation intensities in different phases of a heterogeneous medium can be of considerably different values, so that the unique homogenized radiation intensity employed in the RTE model is not sufficient. A mathematical model of radiation transfer is obtained for a two-phase heterogeneous medium in the limit of geometrical optics. It consists of two transport equations for the partial homogenized radiation intensities defined by averaging in each phase. The equations are similar to the conventional RTE but contain terms taking into account exchange of radiation between phases. This model is referred to as the vector RTE model. It reduces to the conventional RTE in the cases when one of the two phases is opaque or one phase prevails in volume. In these two limiting cases, the vector RTE model is shown not to contradict the known calculations by ray optics and Monte Carlo simulation and to agree with the known experimental data. The proposed vector RTE model is crucial when the two phases are transparent or semitransparent and their volume fractions are comparable because of the absence of satisfactory mathematical models for this case. It describes the known results of Monte Carlo simulation for packed beds of semitransparent spheres. The application of the vector RTE model for an experimental identification of radiative properties is illustrated by normal-directional reflectance of the packed bed of semitransparent SiC particles. The numerical calculations confirm the general experimental tendency of increasing the reflectance with the reflection angle. The principal uncertainty arises from the boundary conditions applied to the vector RTE equations, so that a detailed analysis of the model near the boundaries would be worthwhile.


ABSTRACT Background Breast milk is a complex biofluid that provides nutrients and bioactive agents, including bacteria, for the development of the infant gut microbiota. However, the impact of maternal diet and other factors, such as mode of delivery and antibiotic exposure, on the breast milk microbiota has yet to be understood. Objectives This study aimed to examine the association between maternal diet and breast milk microbiota and to ascertain the potential role of mode of delivery and antibiotic exposure. Methods In a cross-sectional study of the MAMI cohort, breast milk microbiota profiling was assessed in 120 samples from healthy mothers by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Maternal dietary information was recorded through an FFQ, and clinical characteristics, including mode of delivery, antibiotic exposure, and exclusive breastfeeding, were collected. Results Maternal diet was grouped into 2 clusters: Cluster I (high intake of plant protein, fiber, and carbohydrates), and Cluster II (high intake of animal protein and lipids). Breast milk microbiota was shaped by maternal dietary clusters. Staphylococcus and Bifidobacterium were associated with carbohydrate intake whereas the Streptococcus genus was associated with intakes of the n–3 PUFAs [EPA and docosapentaenoic acid (22:5ω-3)]. Mode of delivery and antibiotic exposure influenced breast milk microbiota in a diet cluster–dependent manner. Differences between/among the maternal dietary clusters were found in the milk microbiota of the cesarean-section (C-section)/antibiotic group, whereas no differences were observed in vaginal births. Lower abundances of Lactobacillus, Bacteroides, and Sediminibacterium genera were observed in Cluster II/C-section/antibiotic exposure compared with the other groups. Conclusions Maternal diet shapes the composition and diversity of breast milk microbiota, with the most important contributions coming from dietary fiber and both plant and animal protein intakes. The relation between the maternal diet and the milk microbiota needs further research because it has a key impact on infant microbiota development and contributes to infant health outcomes in the short and long term. This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT03552939.


This paper discusses the important position of adult 's ideological and political education work and practical measures to be implemented and makes some feasible suggestions.


Last year, my father was told by his family doctor that the cardiologist had found aortic stenosis during a diagnostic evaluation for hypertension. Some time later it transpired that the specialist's diagnosis had been wrongly transmitted. Instead of a major valve defect, my father actually had atherosclerosis, a much more benign diagnosis. The kind of culture that makes this sort of unfortunate miscommunication possible is examined in a paper in this week's BMJ and a recently published government report. 1 2 Their conclusions will come as no surprise to many BMJ readers—that communication between health professionals is a mess.

Both sets of authors offer a series of insightful recommendations on what might be done to improve things. However, there is also a pressing need to define the role of applied research in this area and to accept that …


In this study, it was aimed to determine social studies candidates how to practice about make of use museums as a learning environment. It was tried to discuss a case, for this purpose it was used case study. The study group consisted of 19 students (12 females, 7 males) studying social studies at a public university. Participants were given museum training lasting 7 weeks and the process started with the visit of the Antalya Archeology Museum. In this study, Museum Evaluation Forms were used as data collection tools. These forms were used at two-stage. The first stage was the Pre-Museum Evaluation Form and the second stage was the Activity Evaluation Forms. Content analysis technique was used in data analysis, and the forms were examined separately and themes and categories were created. In the categories, the statements of some of the participants were given with direct quotations. As a result of the research, the expectations of the students before the museum training are divided into the categories of Learning about the use of the Museum, Historical awareness and Embodiment in the theme of Cognitive Field. In the affective main theme, it was determined that it was divided into the categories of Group Work, Contribution to Professional Knowledge and Being an Effective Citizen. In the Cognitive Field theme, the students' experiences after museum training are divided into the categories of Field Knowledge, Museum Use Learning and Creativity. In the affective Thinking, Contribution to Professional Knowledge, Permanent Learning, and Role-Playing are the categories of the affective categories. Participants stated that to make use of museum to effect on the cognitive area more effective than affective area.


Abstract Zinc–aluminium alloys are known to possess excellent sliding wear properties particularly at a high load and low speeds. This paper investigates the effect of the addition of commercial master alloys Al–5Ti–1B and Al–5Sr to the melt with respect to the microstructures and unlubricated wear properties of a zinc–aluminium alloy. Along with the microstructural modification, the addition of the master alloys improves the bulk hardness and the wear resistance of the zinc–aluminium alloy. The wear behaviour of the alloys is explained on the basis of the microstructure, hardness and existing models of wear and friction.


The importance of dynamic memory management has increased significantly as there is a growing number of developments in object-oriented programs. Many studies show that dynamic memory management is one of the most expensive components of many software systems. It can consume up to 30% of the program execution time. Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) language systems tend to perform object creation and deletion prolifically. An empirical study has shown that C++ programs can have ten times more memory allocation and deallocation than comparable C programs. However, the allocation behavior of C++ programs is rarely reported. In this study, we attempted to locate where the dynamic memory allocations are coming from and report an empirical study of the allocation behavior of C++ programs. To do the experiment, we introduce a dynamic memory tracing tool, called Mtrace++, to study the memory allocation behavior in C++. Mtrace++ is a source code level instrumented tracing tool that produces records of allocation and deallocation information. Using Mtrace++, the C++ allocation patterns are studied thoroughly. After we identify the allocation behavior, we discuss a new high-performance memory management strategies, which were developed based on our empirical investigations. The goals for the strategies are fast allocation, fast deallocation, maximizing portability and space conservation.


SUMMARY In Florida, Meloidogyne christiei is a widespread root parasite of the turkey Oak (Quercus laevis) forming nodulelike galls, mainly by hyperplasia. Motile, vermiform juveniles infect lateral root tips at or near the apex. Upon penetration, nematodes appear to migrate through cortical parenchyma in a spiral manner to the phloem where feeding sites are initiated. Feeding sites are comprised of giant cells (hypertrophied phloem parenchyma) which contain granular cytoplasm and many unusual nuclei. Initially, the enlarged ovoid spherical multinucleolate nuclei have smooth envelopes. These nuclei elongate, aggregate, and their envelopes become lobed with age. Giant ce11 cytoplasm commonly aggregates along the thickened walls which contain numerous pits. Sclerenchyma cells form where galls protrude from the root. Vascular tissue within galls appears disorganized. Young galls containing nematodes had one or two females, one or two males, a gelatinous matrix, and an average of 185 eggs and 52 juveniles. Matrix, eggs, and juveniles are located in a spiral duct which connects the female posterior to the rhizosphere. Duct development is initiated during nematode penetration and is associated with considerable cellular destruction. We hypothesize that the gelatinous matrix elicits the formation of periderm where cortical parenchyma cells had lined the duct. The periderm produces a single layer of suberized Cork cells proximal to the female which thickens to one to six layers near the rhizoplane.


Obtaining product shock fragility by means of damage boundary curve (DBC).And using it as basic data for buffer package designs, which are often liable to conservative structures .One of the main reasons lead to above situation is that the import impetus is rectanguar impulse which can cause most severe responsive conditions . Nevertheless, the over packaging structure due to the conservative design would bring up material wasting, cost increasing and negative effects for environment .To realize buffer package design based on SRS provided will be an important approach to improve the buffer packaging design.


The invention discloses a wheel groove broach layered multi-tool tooth groove rough/finish-milling method. The method comprises a wheel groove broach rough-milling tooth groove machining step and a finish-milling tooth groove machining step, wherein the rough-milling tooth groove machining step comprises four steps of rough-milling machining programs; the first step of rough-milling machining program adopts three-tool machining and sequentially performs rough-milling on the middle, the toothed back and the toothed rake angle of the wheel groove broach; the second step of rough-milling machining program adopts two-tool machining and sequentially performs rough-milling on the toothed back and the toothed rake angle of the broach; the third step of rough-milling machining program adopts two-tool machining and sequentially performs rough-milling on the toothed back and the toothed rake angle of the broach; the fourth step of rough-milling machining program adopts one-tool machining and sequentially performs rough-milling on the middle of the broach; and the finish-milling tooth groove machining step performs finish-milling on the tooth groove twice, namely sequentially performing finish-milling on the toothed back of the tooth groove and performing finish-milling on the toothed rake angle of the tooth groove. The method has the advantages of high precision, high efficiency, low cost and the like and is particularly suitable for a large-pitch large-groove depth wheel groove broach.


During the Second World War the United States sent billions of dollars worth of military equipment and supplies to the Soviet Union through the Lend-Lease program. In the Soviet official memory of the war, however, Lend-Lease aid was either marginalized or disappeared completely. Past scholars and even Soviet rulers have given different reasons for this amnesia, which often include a paranoid Stalin or high tensions during the Cold War. This essay argues instead that Marx's ideology was mainly responsible for marginalizing the memory of U.S. aid to the Soviet Union. For many, World War II legitimized the Soviet's collective economy. The memory of aid from the capitalist West did not fit the ideological narrative and thus was forgotten. It also demonstrates how memory can be shaped to fit an ideological view.


The human platelet antigen 1 (HPA‐1) system has been implicated in rare but severe diseases, such as neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenic purpura, post‐transfusion purpura and immune platelet refractoriness. We developed a flow cytometry assay for HPA‐1 phenotyping using two commercial monoclonal antibodies, P2 and SZ21, directed against glycoprotein (GP) IIb–IIIa and GP IIIa respectively. One hundred and twenty‐seven healthy controls were studied and ratios of mean fluorescence intensity for P2 and SZ21 discriminated between HPA‐1a homozygotes and heterozygotes. These two monoclonal antibodies, coupled with flow cytometry represent a rapid and reliable tool for platelet HPA‐1 typing to aid diagnosis.


We present an acceleration method for volumetric ray tracing which utilizes standard graphics hardware without compromising image accuracy. The graphics hardware is employed to identify those segments of each ray that could possibly contribute to the final image. A volumetric ray tracing algorithm is then used to compute the final image, traversing only the identified segments of the rays. This technique can be used to render volumetric isosurfaces as well as translucent volumes. In addition, this method can accelerate the traversal of shadow rays when performing recursive ray tracing.


A plurality of electric double capacitor connected in series, the resistance value is equal to five resistor and a balancing resistor unit connected in parallel, and connect a balancing resistor unit to each of the electric double layer capacitor. Thus, the charged electric double capacitor connected in series uniformly.


"The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future." Joseph Stiglitz. Penguin. April 2013. ---
America currently has the most inequality and the least equality of opportunity among the developed countries, writes Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz in The Price of Inequality. While market forces play a role in this stark picture, politics has shaped those market forces. Stiglitz aims to explain how inequality affects and is affected by every aspect of national policy, and with characteristic insight he offers a vision for a more just and prosperous future, supported by a concrete program to achieve that vision. Joel Krupa encounters passionately argued points with a scattering of controversy.