This paper presents design and development of novel pitch control mechanism for low power wind turbine (WT). Indigenously designed pitching system for WT and its fabrication is discussed in detail in this paper. Wind velocity does not remain constant throughout. In order to extract non fluctuating electric power from the WT, it is essential to have proper control system in place. Optimization of energy extraction from WT largely depend upon blades' shape and pitch angle. Here pitch angle mechanism and its control is focused. Existing low power WT have fixed pitch. The main reason being the cost and complexity. Here, design of relatively simple and low cost pitching mechanism is attempted. PID controller is developed for implementation of pitch control. It is validated in simulation. Microcontroller is used to support necessary control hardware.


A modernized baking industry needs accurate information on materials and processes for manufacturing products with textures suited to consumer demands. Texture assessments of bread have been mostly directed to measuring the firmness of bread crumb—a mechanical property related to fundamental mechanical parameters such as elastic modulus and critical stress, which, in turn, are related to the macro- and microstructure of the crumb. While the contribution of the macrostructure, such as cells and cell walls, has been extensively investigated, the contributions of the microstructure and the irregularity of the structures remain to be explored. This review discusses the hierarchical structures that are present from macroscale to microscale within bread crumb, and examines how structures at the different hierarchical levels affect the mechanical properties of the bread crumb. Predictions of mechanical properties of bread crumb using various approaches such as empirical models, Gibson and Ashby's theory, fractal characterizations, theories on colloidal linkage mechanisms and finite element methods are discussed. Although the cellular solids approach of Gibson and Ashby's theory can predict the mechanical properties of bread crumb reasonably well, the other approaches are more physically realistic because they do not assign a periodic structure to the bread crumb.


This paper, using an adaptation of a method described by Kornhauser for a circular helix antenna in a 1951 publication, rigorously develops hitherto unavailable explicit analytical expressions for the far-zone electric fields radiated in free space, by a thin-wire helical antenna, of square cross-section. It is shown in the presentation that these radiation field expressions for the square helical antenna represent a general case, from which corresponding expressions, exactly as published elsewhere for the square-loop and linear geometries, are recoverable: to support the correctness of the formulation. And subsequently using the expressions as basis, the presentation undertakes a systematic investigation of the characteristic performance features of the square helical antenna, mounted on a ground plane of infinite extent; when operated in the axial mode, and for various values of square-loop perimeter and number of helix turns. For computational data, the antenna's current distribution is determined via the method of moments with piece-wise linear basis and testing functions, after invoking the image theory.  In addition to the radiated electric field, numerical results concerning axial ratio as well as the directive gain, for the square helix antenna, and for a range of antenna physical dimensions, are presented in graphical formats. These results very clearly indicate that the axial-mode performance of the square helical antenna is comparable with that of the conventional circular helical antenna.


Ultracentrifugational studies with deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) extracted from phage exposed to light in the presence of either 0.25 or 8.5 Mg of proflavine per ml reveal that the lethal damage of Rxl renders DNA alkali-labile, with lethality resulting from damage that occurs singly on either strand or simultaneously on both strands. Apparently nonlethal damages temporally associated with Rxl consist of (i) heat and alkali-labile cross-links (which produce undenatured DNA that migrates at 45S) and (ii) heat-labile bonds. The formation of 45S material is a linear function of light dose, and the production of this material ceases when Rx2 appears at the higher dye concentration. No tendency to plateau is seen at 0.25 Mug of dye per ml. The nature of the lethal damage of Rx2 could not be determined. Damages that were temporally associated with Rx2 at 8.5 yg of dye per ml


Peatlands are extremely valuable ecosystems of enormous biological diversity, mainly due to their specific geological and hydrological conditions. One of the most important threats facing these habitats is overgrowth resulting from intensifying succession processes. Due to the fact that peatlands are endangered or vanishing, attempts are made to restore their original natural assets. The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of active conservation of peatland ecosystems, in the form of removal of birch trees, on communities of ciliates. The subject of the research was the Durne Bagno peat bog, located in Polesie National Park in eastern Poland. Analysis of the results of long-term research (nine years) showed that active conservation measures affect the physical, chemical, and hydrological properties of peatlands. In the habitat where birch trees were cut down, the water level, temperature, and chlorophyll a concentration in the vast majority of cases were higher than in the area with Betula L. Changes in habitat conditions are reflected in the taxonomic composition and abundance of ciliates. In the habitat from which birch trees were removed, ciliate abundance was higher than in areas where birch remained. The total number of taxa in the habitats was the same, but there were seasonal differences. The most taxa were recorded in spring and summer and the fewest in autumn. Thus, analysis of the results indicates that ciliates are an appropriate indicator group of species for biomonitoring of peatland restoration.


A three-dimensional plasma excitation model based on the phenomenological model was proposed and used as an excitation source of the jet. The large - eddy simulation method was used to simulate the flow field of a rectangular turbulent jet. The position deviation of the large eddy structures in the simulated flow field is within 8% compared with the experimental data. The model can accurately reflect the vortices distribution of the flow field and has a good accuracy. The variation trend of jet vortices is surfaces and vortices field is studied under different excitation voltages, which proves that the stream wise vortex is the key to the influence of the plasma exciter on the jet. The maximum value of velocity and vortices in the flow field enlarge with the voltage increasing while the turbulent position of the jet advances significantly, and the vortex shedding strength increases. The jet mixing characteristics are significantly enhanced.


. This is a study of the correspondence between Forms and particulars in Plato. The aim is to determine whether they exhibit an ontological symmetry, in other words, whether there is always one where there is the other. This points to two questions, one on the existence of things that do not have corresponding Forms, the other on the existence of Forms that do not have corresponding things. Both questions have come up before. But the answers have not been sufficiently sensitive to the intricacies of the questions. Nor have they been adequately resourceful with what little evidence there is in the original sources. The intention here is to make up for that deficiency, not just with better answers but also with better insight into the questions.


A white woman was seen in 1979 for a right breast carcinoma of 10 years' duration. The histopathologic examination of the mammary gland and a lymph node confirmed the diagnosis of breast adenocarcinoma. As the patient refused surgical resection, she received a cobalt irradiation over a period of 18 weeks. The final radiation doses were as follows: 10,000 rads to the breast, 5000 rads to the internal mammary lymph node chain and the supraclavicular region, and 9000 rads to the right axilla. The radiologic study of the thorax, skull, vertebral column, and pelvis did not disclose any evidence of metastasis. The patient was in general good health; the physical and gynecologic examinations as well as routine laboratory tests were unremarkable. Two years later, she noticed the appearance of three dark cutaneous lesions occurring over a 3-month period. On the presternal region, there was an asymptomatic 4 X 2-cm irregularly shaped well-defined slightly infiltrated black plaque with smooth surface. On the right submammary furrow within the fibrotic irradiated area, there were two identical brown lesions that measured 3.5 X 2 cm and 1.5 X 0.5 cm (Fig. 1). The histopathologic study of the pigmented cutaneous lesions (Fig. 2) showed in the papillary dermis, under an atrophic epidermis, the presence of multiple small rounded ovalar or irregularly shaped well-defined tumor islands. Cleft formation between these tumor masses and the surrounding tissue could be seen, sometimes taking the aspect of lymphatic channels. There was no inflamatory reaction, and the tumor masses were surrounded by a moderate amount of fibrosis. Abundant melanin disposition, mainly in the subepidermal location, was a striking feature (Fig. 3). The tumor islands were composed of round epithelial cells with hyperchromatic nuclei and scanty cytoplasm. Only rare mitoses could be identified. In several areas, aspects of PAS-positive canalicular differentiations could be seen (Fig. 3). The epidermis was invaded by multiple small pigmented tumor islands simulating nevus cell nests (Figs. 3, 4). The Fontana's positive and Perl's negative pigment was


Summary Incubations of rat hypothalamic fragments and of extracts of rat and porcine hypothalamic tissue found previously to synthesize thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH), luteinizing hormone releasing factor (LRF) and prolactin releasing factor (PRF) have been used to study the biosynthesis of growth hormone releasing factor (GH-RF). To demonstrate synthesis, GH-RF was measured by the elevation of radioimmunoassayable growth hormone in the estrogen-progesterone-reserpinized male rat. GH-RF is synthesized by rat hypothalamic fragments incubated in Krebs-Ringer bicarbonate buffer under an atmosphere of 95% oxygen and 5% carbon dioxide and by extracts of rat and porcine hypothalamic tissue in the presence of amino acids, ATP and Mg2+. This synthesis is not blocked by puromycin, indicating that the synthesizing system may not be ribosomal dependent. Further proof of a nonribosomal mechanism comes from the fact that a ribosomal-free extract also synthesizes GH-RF. From these observations, it may be concluded that GH-RF is also formed enzymatically by a nonribosomal mechanism.


PACKMAN computer program used to find nearly optimal arrangements of cargo items in storage containers, subject to such multiple packing objectives as utilization of volumes of containers, utilization of containers up to limits on weights, and other considerations. Automatic packing algorithm employed attempts to find best positioning of cargo items in container, such that volume and weight capacity of container both utilized to maximum extent possible. Written in Common LISP.


OBJECTIVE
to assess the efficacy of developed laser technologies of basal meningioma resection.

MATERIAL AND METHODS
Authors analyzed the results of surgical treatment of 83 people, who underwent basal meningioma surgery in 1995-2008, in remote postoperative period. Follow-up and analysis of the dynamics of patient's quality-of-life, neurological deficit, frequency of relapses and continued growth of tumors were studied in 51 patients operated using neodymium laser and 32 patients after standard surgery.

RESULTS AND CONCLUSION
The use of the neodymium laser in basal meningioma resection significantly increased the efficacy of surgery, reduced the risk of recurrent tumors and improved quality-of-life of patients in remote postoperative period.


Land uses order needs management of current environmental databases. Maximum rainfall in one day values are esential for infraestructures planification and fixing risk levels in a geographical land. This work shows a map with real values maximum rainfall in 24 hours at Alicante province during the present century. It shows how little periods of recurrence are adjusted to pluviometric reality in mediterranean lands.


Abstract Thiocyanate (SCN − ) is used in many industrial processes and is found in industrial wastewaters. Adsorptive removal of thiocyanate by surfactant-modified coir pith, an unwanted byproduct of coir fibre industry was studied. Cationic surfactant, hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide was used as modifier. Optimum pH for maximum adsorption of SCN − was found to be 2.0. Langmuir, Freundlich and Dubinin Radushkevich (D-R) isotherms were used to model the adsorption equilibrium data and the system followed all the three isotherms and the adsorption capacity of the adsorbent was found to be 8.6 mg g −1 . Kinetic studies show that the adsorption obeyed second order. Desorption studies showed that upto 90% recovery of SCN − from the spent adsorbent was feasible. Effect of foreign anions on the adsorption of SCN − was also examined.


This work is dedicated to the study of immigration of extrapeninsular origin established in the colony of Barcino from the analysis of epigraphic documents. We will study elements such as the regions and cities of origin of these immigrants, their occupations, the causes that generated their mobility and the role they played in Barcino after their settlement in the city. Chronologically, our contribution is centered on the 1st and 2nd centuries AD.


To meet the demands of system debugging and real-time running state monitoring in multi-motor servo system,a novel monitoring terminal based on CAN bus is proposed. The general structure of multi-motor system is introduced. PC /104 embedded computer and CAN interface extended card are used as the hardware platform. The system software is designed and the software flow chart is described in detail. The CAN bus communication protocol is also designed. The system can receive and transmit data,display and calculate real-timely. The system parameters can be easily set. The experimental results show that the man-machine interface is friendly,and the system has reliable and high real time performance.


Light-matter interactions are an established field that is experiencing a renaissance in recent years due to the introduction of exotic coupling regimes. These include the ultrastrong and deep-strong coupling regimes, where the coupling constant is smaller and of the order of the frequency of the light mode, or larger than this frequency, respectively. In the past few years, quantum simulations of light-matter interactions in all possible coupling regimes have been proposed and experimentally realized, in quantum platforms such as trapped ions, superconducting circuits, cold atoms, and quantum photonics. We review this fledgling field, illustrating the benefits and challenges of the quantum simulations of light-matter interactions with quantum technologies.


Pervasive computing" in the sense of "permeating", but also in the sense of supporting human day-to-day living with computer applications has long entered the field of teaching and learning. In the area of education, developments of this kind often come up under the keyword "e-learning". Preparing teaching and learning materials based on multi-media and using interactive elements and interactivity seem especially promising when complex, dynamic, and real situations should be presented. A good example therefore, is the subject area of sports. The authors describe an e-learning system, which was developed to teach and for learning selected fields of soccer tactics based on the design-based research strategy.


Abstract : This book is intended for mechanical engineering students intending to work in civil aviation. The book deals with the principal structural members and systems of aircraft gas-turbine engines and with their advantages and short-comings. Strength and vibration calculation methods are presented along with data on critical rotor speeds. (Author)


The present disclosure is an upper bone contacting surface including a plurality of irregular shapes of the pores having a mean pore size from one aspect - a plurality of irregular shapes of the pores having a mean pore size of - the pores are formed by a plurality of struts the bottom including a bone contacting surface, pores are formed by a plurality of strut-center including a plurality of irregular shapes of the pores having a, and an average pore size in the body-surgical implant comprising a-pores are formed by a plurality of struts provides a mean pore size on the top and bottom bone contacting surface is different from the average pore size on the central body.


ABSTRACT
 Zulkarnaein, Zio. "PENERJEMAHAN KESEPADANAN KOSAKATA FISIK BERMUATAN BUDAYA MATERIIL BAHASA JEPANG KE BAHASA INDONESIA DALAM NOVEL ODA NOBUNAGA". Thesis Departement of Language and Culture of Japanese Faculty of Humanities, Diponegoro University. The first advisor S.I. Trihutami, S.S., M.Hum. and the second advisor Elizabeth I.H.A.N.R, S.S., M.Hum.
 The source for this research is Oda Nobunaga novel from Sohachi Yamaoka that was translated into several languages, including Indonesian. Indonesian version entitled Oda Nobunaga si Bodoh dari Owari by Ribeka Ota. This novel tells the story about the life of Nobunaga and his country in civil war.

 In this novel, there are many cultural terms so that when they translated, they would trigger some difficulties because some of the terms still do not have equivalences in target language. The material cultural terms include weapons, clothes, houses and their parts, foods, and means of life equipments. They can be found in several words such as katana, kimono, yudzuke, and so on. It obtained 32 material cultural terms in total.

 This research analyzed the equivalence in the translation with the informant and dictionary as the benchmark to know whether the message in the target text is equivalent with the source text. This method is based on dynamic equivalence concept by Nida and Taber (1974: 12). Based on the informant, the methods and techniques used by translator in maintaining the equivalence of message were analyzed. The theory was the translation methods for cultural terms by Newmark (1988) and translation techniques by and Hoed (2006). The results is of this research are 32 data has to be apart become 2 grups, which was equivalent translation that has 22 data, and non equivalent translation that has 10 data.

Keyword: Translation, The Material Cultural Term, Equivalence, Oda Nobunaga


A sample of 780 pupils attending year four, five, and six classes in Welsh medium primary schools completed a Welsh translation of the short-form Junior Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Revised. The findings support the satisfactory nature of the psychometric properties of the three ten-item scales designed to measure extraversion, neuroticism, and psychoticism, together with the ten-item lie scale.


The management of breast cancer during pregnancy poses unique challenges and requires a multi‐disciplinary approach. In this review, we discuss the treatment of breast cancer in pregnancy and recent updates regarding the safety of surgical and chemotherapeutic treatments, including both oncologic and fetal outcomes. The treatment of breast cancer during pregnancy mirrors that outside of pregnancy, with a few important differences dictated by the balance of maternal versus fetal health. Overall, surgical treatment, neo‐adjuvant chemotherapy, and/or adjuvant chemotherapy are feasible in most women during pregnancy. Further research to determine the safety of these therapies in pregnancy‐associated breast cancer is warranted.


A universal expression is presented for the lateral shift of leaky rays incident at angles close to the critical angle on a curved interface between uniform dielectric media of slightly different refractive indices.


A methodology for implementing parallel DSMC codes in a heterogeneous computing environment is described. The methodology involves the use of a common message-passing software library together with recently developed software that handles the actual interprocessor communications in a standard manner across a variety of computing platforms. Benchmark tests using a simple DSMC model problem were performed on an Intel iPSC/860, a Cray-YMP and a group of Sun workstations. The approach was found to give speedups that scaled linearly with problem size on all the computing platforms tested. This methodology was then incorporated into a production-type DSMC code to allow the simulation of problems that would not otherwise have been practical. The application of this production code to simulations of hypersonic shear flows and shock-lip interactions under near-continuum conditions is described. Synchronous and asynchronous models for implementing parallelism into DSMC simulations are also described and both models are shown to produce the same steady-state result.


A three-dimensional heat/fluid flow analysis procedure to predict the planar SOFC performance has been developed. The continuity, Navier-Stokes, energy and species equations, coupled with the electro-chemical relation models, are solved for the single periodic module of a unit cell which is composed of the anode/cathode channels, the porous electrodes, the electrolyte, and the interconnect. Using the FVM method of SIMPLE type, the local current density, which is proportional to the rate of chemical reaction, is determined iteratively by forcing the local current density and the mass-transfer rate at the reacting surface match. The Butler-Volmer equation is used to estimate the activation overpotential while the diffusion in the porous electrodes is simulated to accurately predict the concentration overpotential. Upon validation of the procedure, the average current density and voltage relation has been successfully obtained for the given structure. The cell characteristics, which include the local current density, temperature, and concentration distributions, are presented and discussed. The effects of various parameters, namely, the inlet temperature, the electrode thickness, and the channel/rib width, on the cell performance are carefully examined for different electric loads.© 2010 ASME


We make comments on some shortcomings of the non-unitary-invariant and non-bi-invariant complexity in quantum mechanics/field theory and argue that the unitary-invariant and bi-invariant complexity is still a competitive candidate in quantum mechanics/field theory, contrary to quantum circuits in quantum computation. Based on the unitary-invariance of the complexity and intuitions from the holographic complexity, we propose a novel complexity formula between two states. Our proposal shows that i) the complexity between certain states in two dimensional CFTs is given by the Liouville action, which is compatible with the path-integral complexity; ii) it also gives natural interpretation for both the CV and CA holographic conjectures and identify what the reference states are in both cases. Our proposal explicitly produces the conjectured time dependence of the complexity: linear growth in chaotic systems. Last but not least, we present interesting relations between the complexity and the Lyapunov exponent: the Lyapunov exponent is proportional to the complexity growth rate in linear growth region.


The issue of monitoring the structural condition of bridges is becoming a top priority worldwide. As is well known, any infrastructure undergoes a progressive deterioration of its structural conditions due to aging by normal service loads and environmental conditions. At the same time, it may suffer serious damages or collapse due to natural phenomena such as earthquakes or strong winds. For this reason, it is essential to rely on efficient and widespread monitoring techniques applied throughout the entire road network. This paper aims to introduce an integrated procedure for structural and material monitoring. With regard to structural monitoring, an innovative approach for monitoring based on Vehicle by Bridge Interaction (VBI) will be proposed. Furthermore, with regard to material monitoring, to evaluate concrete degradation, a non-invasive method based on the continuous monitoring of the pH, as well as chloride and sulfate ions concentration in the concrete, is presented.


Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has aroused a surge of interest in recent years. In this paper, we investigate the joint phase alignment and phase quantization on discrete phase shift designs for RIS-assisted single-input single-output (SISO) system. Firstly, the phenomena of phase distribution in far field and near field are respectively unveiled, paving the way for discretization of phase shift for RIS. Then, aiming at aligning phases, the phase distribution law and its underlying degree-of-freedom (DoF) are characterized, serving as the guideline of phase quantization strategies. Subsequently, two phase quantization methods, dynamic threshold phase quantization (DTPQ) and equal interval phase quantization (EIPQ), are proposed to strengthen the beamforming effect of RIS. DTPQ is capable of calculating the optimal discrete phase shifts with linear complexity in the number of unit cells on RIS, whilst EIPQ is a simplified method with a constant complexity yielding sub-optimal solution. Simulation results demonstrate that both methods achieve substantial improvements on power gain, stability, and robustness over traditional quantization methods. The path loss (PL) scaling law under discrete phase shift of RIS is unveiled for the first time, with the phase shifts designed by DTPQ due to its optimality. Additionally, the field trials conducted at 2.6 GHz and 35 GHz validate the favourable performance of the proposed methods in practical communication environment.


A variety of stream power‐based approaches for predicting catchment‐scale alluvial channel adjustment have been developed. There is an international interest in applying these to inform river catchment management. However, there is some uncertainty regarding their ability to make consistently accurate predictions. This study evaluates the performance of a range of stream power indices for predicting observed channel adjustment. Remotely sensed data were used to generate 33 different stream power indices every 50 m across the networks of five test catchments. The performances of the indices were evaluated by comparing them against observations of erosion and deposition‐dominated channels extracted from the UK's River Habitat Survey (RHS) database. A selection of metrics for evaluating the performance of the indices were calculated. The key finding from this study is that the stream power indices were poorly associated with the observations of alluvial channel adjustment. It is not clear whether this poor association is due to limitations with stream power indices or the suitability of the RHS observations. However, this is not the first study to find a weak association between stream power and observed adjustment. Therefore, caution is recommended to anyone hoping to take advantage of the practicability of stream power indices until further testing is applied using alternative observation datasets. An additional finding from this study is the inconsistency of outcomes between different measures of model performance. It is recommended that future studies also employ multiple model performance measures rather than relying on accuracy alone.


On the basis of the mathematical model about the relation between the service life of the concrete and its aperture size,the rule in which the chemical composition of cement acts on the durability of the concrete is explored.And according to the practical service life of the concrete and the chemical composition status of cement,the mathematical model about the relation between the chemical composition of cement and the service life of the concrete is presented.


We introduce a bipartite state property sufficient for the validity of a CHSH-form inequality and the perfect correlation form of the original Bell inequality for any bounded quantum observables. A nonseparable state with this property does not necessarily admit a local hidden variable model.


Mr. Fifield was just about to start work on the second edition of his book. Minor Surgery, when his untimely death cut short his proposed labours. The revision and preparation of this edition was therefore undertaken by Mr. R. J. McNeill Love whose own book, A Shorter Surgery, is well known. Minor Surgery is however very different from Mr. Love's own book in that it. is definitely confined to minor surgery, and no mention is made of any condition which does not come within the scope of the general practitioner; this is exemplified by the fact that there are no sections dealing with chest or abdominal


The paper briefly introduces the compensation method for reactive power,combining with the practical situation of the power grid for dry coke quenching engineering by using the method of shunt capacitors to improve the power factor of the overall power grid.


SUMMARY Angus heifers and bulls in test 2 and 3 of the Net Feed Conversion Efficiency (Net FCE) project at Trangie (Arthur et al. 1996) were ranked for Net FCE. Blood and faecal samples were taken from high and low Net FCE animals at the end of each test to identify possible indicators for Net FCE. Blood analysis included measurement of 12 haematological parameters and assays for insulin-like growth factor- 1 (IGF-1) and 2 (IGF-2). Feed and faecal samples were measured for alkane concentration which was used to estimate dry-matter digestibility (DMD) for each animal. Results from blood analysis indicate several significant relationships exist between Net FCE and some less labile blood constituents. Total plasma protein was significantly different between high and low Net FCE animals (P 0.05) between high and low Net FCE animals. DMD was 1% unit higher (P < 0.10) in high Net FCE cattle compared to low Net FCE cattle. This study identified physiological differences between high and low Net FCE animals at the end of the efficiency tests. Further research is needed to identify differences at the start of the test, predictive of subsequent performance, to form a screening test that justifies the expense of putting animals through a Net FCE test.


This carefully researched book analyzes the origins and trajectory of the genre of "theological encyclopedia" as it was articulated by several key German-Protestant university professors between the 1790s and the middle of the nineteenth century. Written in an engaging, clear manner, the book examines classic early-modern rationales for the scholarly (wissenschaftlich) character of university theology, especially its proper methods and parameters, and the various ways in which German Protestant theologians organized its diverse subfields into a unified whole. nothing seems left untouched here: published texts, faculty manuals, manuscripts, lecture notes, correspondence, records of publishing houses. The book thus provides an excellent overview for how theology developed as a "science" (Wissenschaft) in nineteenth-century German Protestant universities, and it offers many insights into a period of theological education ("the seedtime of the modern world") that continues to impact contemporary understandings of theology and theological education.


In finite magnetic field H, the excitation spectrum of the low energy quasiparticles in a two-dimensional d-wave superconductor exhibits a scaling with respect to H{sup 1/2}. This property can be used to calculate scaling relations for various physical quantities at low temperature T, such as the finite magnetic field specific heat, quasiparticle magnetic susceptibility, optical conductivity tensor, and thermal conductivity tensor. These predictions are compatible with existing experimental data. Most notably, the measured thermal Hall coefficient {kappa}{sub xy} in YBCO is found to scale as {kappa}{sub xy}{approximately}T{sup 2}F({alpha}T/ H{sup 1/2}) for T{approx_lt}30K in agreement with our predictions. {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Physical Society}


Since Sweden joined the EU in 1995 there has been a noticeable increase in the value of arable land occurred. This paper is intended to study the inflation of farmland prices. In order to ascertain what affects the market prices so much since Sweden affiliated with the EU three regions has been selected for a detailed study on the subject. These three regions are selected because each of them represents different parts of the Swedish farmlands. The time period that has been examined is the year 1995 until 2009.

The price raises in the three observed regions was overall fairly even at the end of the studied period. What was notable on the other hand was that the price changes year to year had been very different in the regions. What is this depending on?

In some regions the price has increases relatively stable, while in others it has been more erratic over periods. For example in Central Norrland there has been a low rise in farmland prices. It has been relatively stable at around a 4% increas, which is low in comparison to most other regions, from 1995 until 2005. Then in 2005 the value of farmland rose by as much as 113.5%, which is more than twice as much as other regions. This can be briefly explained by the payment scheme that was introduced for the benefit of farmers with less fruitful farmlands.

There are several happenings that have affect land prices. Examples of such are the economic crises and policy decisions such as involving the EU grants. Generally speaking arable land values are based on what it can give in return. Over the studied period political decisions have been the factor that has affected the prices of most. The increases price generally is depending on the differences in what form of agricultural production the land is used for in the region. Regions of southern Sweden and East Central Sweden produces more grain than Central Norrland. There has been an increase in prices of cereals in the current period, which benefited the South Sweden and East Central Sweden. In addition, there have been depopulation in the north while the population has increased in South Sweden and East Central Sweden.


Summary The reception of Coetzee's work in Russia should be interesting for a number of reasons, not least, because of Coetzee's own interest in Russian literature. The article points at a certain analogy that is detectable in the works of J.M. Coetzee and Russian classics. The affinity, which exists on various levels including the created universe as well as a certain philosophical outlook of characters, not only attests to the South African writer's literary erudition but also points at his particular interest in Russian literary exploits, which opens the range of possibilities for further comparative study. In the second part of the article, the author surveys briefly a number of reviews which appeared in Russia concurrently with the publication of Russian translations of Coetzee's work. As it appears, Russian critics are not aware of Coetzee's essays on topics related to Russian literature, as these are not available in Russian as yet. They also seldom note intertextual links between his writing and Russian literature, and if they do, it is done in a cursory manner. Nevertheless, as can be seen in the reviews surveyed in this article, Coetzee's creative works are well known and appreciated by Russian critics and the reading public alike. In order to illustrate areas of interest on which Russian reviewers hinge their evaluation of Coetzee's novels as well as an overall tonality of their reviews, a brief summary of the more discerning reviews, usually solicited by the Russian publishers, is given in English,1 with particular emphasis on Waiting for the Barbarians, Life & Times of Michael K, Disgrace and The Master of Petersburg.


Information interaction is an important factor affecting the application of cooperative vehicle infrastructure system (CVIS). In order to evaluate the effectiveness level of cooperative vehicle infrastructure system (CVIS) information interaction with closed field test comprehensively and objectively, the analytic hierarchy process and fuzzy theory are used to study the effectiveness level of CVIS information interaction. By analyzing the key factors that affect the effect of CVIS information interaction, an effectiveness evaluation index system for the CVIS information interaction is established. And then, the analytic hierarchy process is used to determine the weight of the influence of different factors on the result of CVIS. By constructing the membership matrix, the fuzzy evaluation model is used to evaluate the effectiveness of CIVS. Finally, the method was experimentally verified by building an CVIS test system on a closed road with a networked vehicle, on-board unit (OBU), roadside unit (RSU) and wireless communication module. The effectiveness level of CVIS information interaction was obtained. The results show that the proposed evaluation results of CVIS information interaction can help to guide the update and development of in-vehicle devices and roadside devices.


The problems existed in electric supply protection for coal mine are introduced,and the features and result of the computerisation reform plan are provided.


The life education theory is the rational knowledge and experience summary on Mr.Tao Xingzhi's education practice,the essence of which is "Life is education","Society is school"and "Uniting teaching,learning and doing".Based on Tao Xingzhi's life education theory,this paper use three basic theory into the College Counselors work,establishing the concept of ideological and political education,expanding training channels,riching culture approach,and finally innovate diversified education mechanisms,broaden the path of the ideological and political education,improve the quality of the work ofideological and political education.


This letter will discuss the probabilistic caching strategies in spatially clustered cellular networks. Thanks to the content preference of mobile users, proactive caching can be adopted as a promising technique to diminish the backhaul traffic and to decrease the content delivery latency. However, basically there are two obstacles to accomplish the caching policy, i.e., the limited storage capacity of small cells to cache large amount of multimedia contents, and the too small number of users under each base station to imply the content aggregation effect. Traditional caching strategies of the base station only concern its local requests from the connected users through wireless links, but neglect the potential benefit from the cluster feature of the network infrastructure and user traffic demand. In this letter, we proposed a new policy called "Caching as a Cluster", where small cells can exchange content with each other to fulfill every user request within the cluster of base stations. Intuitively, this cooperation between base stations makes a difference to decrease the content delivery latency of mobile users in clustered cellular networks as testified in our numerical simulation.


The utility model provides a transportation unit of large-size carriage type semitrailers. The transportation unit comprises a plurality of containers which are tightly stacked, wherein the top portions of the plurality of containers are provided with a plurality of platform boxes, the platform box consists of a space for holding a support leg assembly, a traveling assembly and a crashproof frame assembly of a whole carriage type semitrailer, and whole carriage type semitrailers are stacked on the platform box. Compared with the prior art, the embodiment of the utility model provides a transportation unit of large-size carriage type semitrailers, which can stack carriage type semitrailers equipped with a transportation framework on the containers, the support leg assembly, the traveling assembly and the crashproof frame assembly of the carriage type semitrailer can be held in the platform box, and the liner sea transportation of the carriage semitrailers can be realized through utilizing the platform box to stack the carriage type semitrailers on the containers.


Summary: Childhood maltreatment is associated with later psychopathology, including conduct disorder, antisocial personality disorder, anxiety, and depression. However, the neurobiological mechanisms by which childhood adversity heightens vulnerability to psychopathology remain poorly understood. There is likely to be a complex interaction between environmental experiences (such as maltreatment) and individual differences in risk versus protective genes, which influences the neurobiological circuitry underpinning psychological and emotional development. Brain imaging research in children and adults is providing evidence of several structural and functional brain differences associated with early adversity. These in turn are likely to be associated with patterns of psychological adaptation that may ultimately increase a child's risk for later psychopathology. © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


There are four forms for most of the Arabic characters- initial, medial, final and isolated. This paper presents the design of a complete display unit for Arabic alphanumeric characters. The word 'complete' signifies that the proposed display unit can represent all forms of entire Arabic alphabets as well as Arabic numerals. The first segmented display unit for Arabic characters in the world covered only the isolated form and did not follow any base line to display a sequence of characters. This work extends the capability to represent all the forms of Arabic characters and follows a base line to represent a sequence of characters. Here a grid structure of 25 non-overlapping segments has been discovered. There can be 109 alphanumeric characters (at least 99 characters such as isolated form- 30, final form-29, medial form- 21, initial form- 20; and 10 numerals) to be displayed and 7-bit input is used to represent each character. After analyzing appropriate segments to be activated for every character, respective logic functions of all segments have been derived to display the entire set of Arabic alphanumeric characters.


Moral character is one of the parts of quality education,and as the primary element of quality education,Physical education is also the important approach to actualize it,the paper discusses content and standard of college students' sportsmanship.


This study aims to determine the effect of mechanical user capabilities and effectiveness of accounting information systems (AIS) on the individual performance in village credit institutions in Mengwi. Samples in this study were 154 respondents to the sampling technique used was purposive sampling. Data collection methods used were a questionnaire method. Data analysis technique used is the technique of multiple linear regression analysis. According to the research by distributing questionnaires to 154 respondents, it can be drawn the conclusion that the wearer engineering capabilities and effectiveness of the accounting information system and significant positive effect on the performance of the individual. This means increasing the wearer engineering capabilities and effectiveness of the SIA then there is also an increase in the performance of individual on Credit Institutions Village in Mengwi.


Total nonstructural carbohydrates (TNC) of roots were sampled in early autumn from saplings of four species that differ in light-dependent growth and survivorship (shade tolerance). The two deciduous species (Acer saccharum and Fraxinus americana) had higher TNC concentrations than the evergreens (Tsuga canadensis and Pinus strobus), presumably because of autumn build-up of reserves for spring refoliation. In separate comparisons of deciduous and coniferous pairs, A. saccharum and T. canadensis had higher low-light TNC concentrations and survivorship than F. americana and P. strobus, respectively. In high light, TNC levels were not significantly different between A. saccharum and F. americana and both species had >98% survivorship. An analytical model of carbohydrate allocation demonstrates that variation in storage allocation can influence survivorship and growth and that the opportunity cost of storage is lower under low light. The model and empirical data are consistent with an observed correlation among species between growth determinancy and shade tolerance and a negative correlation between high-light growth rates and low-light survivorship. Allocation to storage may be an effective strategy of shade tolerance because it is relatively inexpensive under low light and provides a buffer against stresses.


The aim of this case study is to analyze the relationship between the burnout syndrome, job satisfaction and role conflict in the context of Galician secondary school teaching. It is hypothesized that job satisfaction would be indirectly related to burnout, whereas role conflict would have a direct relationship with the syndrome. The data analyses confirm the initial hypotheses. On the one hand, job satisfaction shows a statistically significant inverse relationship with burnout and the role conflict showed a direct relationship. On the other hand, differences between job satisfaction and role conflict are not found. In addition, these two variables explain a third part of the burnout variability.


Abstract Amorphous hydrocarbon (a-C: H) films have enormous potential as low friction, wear resistant coatings. Here, we present a plasma assisted chemical vapour deposition process for a-C: H that exhibits growth rates of 100 nm min– 1 and higher. The tribological performance of the resulting a-C: H films has been studied experimentally by reciprocating sliding of an a-C: H-coated Si3N4 ball on an a-C: H-coated 100Cr6 steel substrate and by subsequent micro Raman spectroscopy of the wear track. Running-in of the coatings is observed and characterised by a rapid decrease in the friction coefficient accompanied by a significant increase in sp2 hybridisation in the wear track. In order to gain a deeper understanding of the underlying running-in mechanisms, the sliding of two a-C: H films under a load of 5 GPa has been studied by classical molecular dynamics employing a range-corrected Brenner bond-order potential. The simulations reproduce the experimental trends and explain the running-in by a combination of smoothing and chemical passivation of both tribosurfaces. Consequently, both mechanisms should be controlled in order to produce tribological coatings for applications with optimum energy-efficiency.


To avoid the information leakages of sensitive and important documents is one of important tasks for information security of electricity industry. This paper presents a keyword filtering method based on binary sort tree and Chinese word segmentation. The proposed method first uses binary sort tree to sort basic phrases and filtering Keywords, and then implements the Chinese word segmentation by applying the postfix maximum match algorithm to the candidate Chinese texts, further checks sensitive keywords by using keyword binary sort tree. The experimental results show that the proposed method has a very good effect on performance and accuracy.


In this paper the authors first address arguments that have been made within the sociological literature concerning the nature of time; in particular they question the validity of the distinction between concepts of natural and social time. Secondly, they discuss some direct sociological critiques of the use of time-use diary methodology. They argue that much of the substance of these critiques relies upon a limited conception of such diaries, based upon relatively crude early analyses of time-use data. In fact diary materials have the potential to provide measures of many of the aspects of the experience of time which they have been accused of ignoring. They present a series of example analyses which consider : the rhythm and sequencing of daily activities; the occurrence of multiple simultaneous activities; the duration of specific activities; the enjoyment of time spent in different activities; and the social context of activities


We present calculations of fission potential energy surface based on Strutinsky's prescription for realistic 5-parameter shape parametrization of the fissioning nucleus. The determination of the saddle points in this 5-dimensional potential energy surface was performed directly. The calculated fission saddle points present typical feature that most of the actinide nuclei have the lowest two saddle points, one is mass-symmetric and the other is mass-asymmetric, separated by a ridge.


a novel configuration of wireless and passive Love wave based ice sensing device employing waveguide structure of SiO2/36°YX LiTaO3 with high mass sensitivity and excellent temperature stability was presented in this work. A reflective delay line consists of a transducer and three reflectors on 36° YX LiTaO3 substrate with SiO2 guiding layer was developed as the sensor element. Prior to sensing device development, the coupling of modes (COM) modeling was performed to device simulation. Using the typical lithography technology, the sensing device was developed at 433 MHz, and packaged with a permeable film. Using the experimental setup composed of a high-low temperature chamber, wireless transceiver module and sensing device, the response in time domain of the developed sensing device was characterized. The mass loading effect in icing process modulates the propagation of Love wave, resulting in the corresponding phase response shift. By wireless measurement, the phase change from water to ice was detected, and the measured results addressed the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed wireless and passive Love wave ice sensor.


The nonlinear analysis of space configuration of flexible elasto-structure is especially complicated, the more perplexing and frustrating research direction is to find and equilibrium configuration of flexible elasto-structure under complicated external loads. Current methods of finding equilibrium configuration was restrictedly to solve mathematic equation under fixed restrained boundary conditions, therefore the adaptation of the computing methods is limimed. This paper presents the nonlinear iteration method of compeling displacement of boundary support, which can succeed flexibly in finding equilibrium configuration under complicated external loads.


This paper outlines an approach to optical feed-forward linearisation technique to reduce nonlinear distortion generated by a directly modulated semiconductor laser diode for application in Radio-over-Fibre Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) operating in the 5.2 GHz band (IEEE802.11a). Suppression of greater then 26 dB for intermodulation distortion is achieved at 5.2 GHz and an improvement of 15 dB in dynamic range with feed-forward.


The effects of polymer chain ends and polydispersity in the molecular weight were incorporated into the perturbation theory based on the scaled particle theory for wormlike spherocylinder solutions, which was previously used to analyze thermodynamic properties of stiff or semiflexible polymer solutions in terms of intermolecular interactions. The modified theory was applied to three stiff or semiflexible polymer solutions, poly(n-hexyl isocyanate)−n-hexane, schizophyllan−water, and poly(γ-benzyl l-glutamate)−dimethylformamide, to estimate the intermolecular interaction parameters (the hard-core diameter d and the strength of the soft attraction). The values of d estimated for all the polymers are reasonably compared with the diameter calculated from the partial specific volume. The soft attractive interaction and the polymer-chain-end effect were significant for schizophyllan, but unimportant for poly(n-hexyl isocyanate) and poly(γ-benzyl l-glutamate).


Summary: The book and optional disk contain 18 programs to perform various types of data management and plotting. Plotting programs include histograms, pie charts, bar charts, X/Y scatterplots, stock market charts, profit/loss charts, 3-dimensional surfaces, regression line fitting, and a plot labelling program. The major advantage of the collection is that the programs are unprotected, written in BASIC, and fully documented. Therefore, you can rearrange them for your personal use. The major disadvantage is that you would really need to rearrange and improve the programs. Because there is no error-trapping, the programs can stop and possibly lose data. The data entry routines have unnecessary and tedious keystrokes. Plotting the pie and 3D charts is slow. Finally, too often the plots are unattractive. In particular, the labelling on the HiRes screen in unacceptable. (Reviewed by Kenneth E. Hinze, Louisiana State University, Shreveport)


Background: The length and content of informed consent documents (ICDs) in clinical trials have increased in recent decades. In Norway, Regional Committees for Medical and Health Research Ethics (RECs) approve ICDs according to national and international guidelines. The aim of this study was to investigate how important members of these committees and cancer patients consider the information elements found in ICDs to be. Methods: Using the Delphi technique, an expert group developed a questionnaire for asking the participants how they rated the importance of 31 information elements, and whether they were familiar with or considered seven terms/phrases commonly used in ICDs difficult to understand. All 123 members of the Norwegian RECs and 200 consecutive cancer patients at the outpatient cancer clinic at St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, received the questionnaire. Group comparisons were conducted using chi-squared and Fisher`s exact tests. The statistical significance level was defined as p < .01 due to multiple comparisons. Results: The committee members (n = 81) and patients (n = 104) rated almost all (95%) of the information elements as important. Very few (4%) information elements were rated as not important. We did not find any significant differences in the rating of the elements between subgroups of patients, between subgroups of REC members, or between patients and REC members. The patients were not familiar with all terms commonly found in ICDs, and the REC members were not able to predict which terms the patients were familiar with. Patients rated the information elements as more important if they were familiar with the terms used in the respective elements. Conclusions: The participants rated almost all information elements important to include in ICDs, suggesting that ICDs cannot necessarily be shortened by leaving out information elements. Ensuring that patients understand all terms in an ICD appears to be a particularly important part of the informed consent process.


This paper presents a stable finite element approximation for the acoustic wave equation on second-order form, with perfectly matched layers (PML) at the boundaries. Energy estimates are derived for varying PML damping for both the discrete and the continuous case. Moreover, a priori error estimates are derived for constant PML damping. Most of the analysis is performed in Laplace space. Numerical experiments in physical space validate the theoretical results


This study is based on captures of annual fi shes conducted from August 2004 to June 2009, aiming at the dissemination of data on their occurrence, distribution and conservation in the municipality of Chui. Four species were recorded: Austrolebias charrua Costa e Cheffe, Austrolebias luteofl ammulatus (Vaz-Ferreira, Sierra-de-Soriano e Scaglia-de-Paulete), Austrolebias prognathus (Amato) and Cynopoecilus melanotaenia (Regan), captured at 14 different sampling points distributed in the floodplains of Chui and Sao Miguel streams, near the road of Barra do Chui. All ponds where annual fi shes were recorded in Chui were altered by some form of human activity, arising mainly from rice culture and trampling by cattle. The main area of annual fish occurrence in the municipality that is most relevant to conservation is located in the fl oodplain of the Chui stream.


The Upper Permian Zechstein Supergroup has the potential to play an important role in the UK's future energy production and energy transition. However the Supergroup is comparatively poorly understood in the UK, particularly the link between the onshore and offshore geology. In this paper we re‐evaluate available data in order to present a consistent regional interpretation of the Z1 to Z3 Zechstein Supergroup cycles. This review is based on an interpretation and re‐evaluation of 620 offshore wells located in the UK portion of the SW Southern North Sea and 83 onshore wells located in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire (eastern England). The Zechstein Supergroup was interpreted in each well, and the data was used to compile seven SW‐NE oriented correlation panels which show the development of the Supergroup in the study region. Five isopach maps for key formations in the Zechstein Supergroup were created, together with depositional environment maps for each of the main Zechstein carbonate formations. In combination, these regional‐scale maps and diagrams have resulted in a consistent interpretation of the Zechstein Supergroup over an area which extends from the onshore outcrop in the west to the UKCS boundary in the Southern North Sea in the east.


Education is one of the pillars of society, which generates positive changes related to the development and global growth of the country, however the lack of specialized technological education centers in Lambayeque region, causes the stagnation of academic quality, therefore, it does not allow people to develop specialized orientation in the agroindustrial sector. The aim of this study is to analyze the current state of demand and supply of the institutes and technological education centers in the region, as well as the growth of the agro-industry to get as a consequence the growth of the demand for specialized education. At the same time, to analyze the physical-spatial, environmental and urban conditions of the northern agroindustrial zone of the Lambayeque region, in order to ask the following question: How does the proposal of a Higher Technological Institute influence the North Agroindustrial Zone of the Lambayeque region? This project will implement the province of Lambayeque with an architectural solution against the lack of an institute specializing in the agroindustrial economic activity which is the pillar of the economic development of the region. The northern area of the Lambayeque region, is known as an agro-industrial development territory, this area includes the 12 districts of Lambayeque province which are: Lambayeque, Chóchope, Illimo, Mochumí,


The new sterile lines D Qibao A and D Bao A were bred through multiple crossing and improving Longtebu B, Zhenyou B, Hongtu 31B and D297B, with characters of higher exogamy rate, better resistance, rice quality and combining ability as compared with Zhenshan A. Practice further proved multiple crossing to improve B line was an important access to breed new sterile line and select new hybrid combination.


Let Sn(F) be the vector space of n × n symmetric matrices over a field F (with certain restrictions on cardinality and characteristic). The transformations φ on the space which satisfy one of the following conditions: 1. det(A + λB )=de t(φ(A )+ λφ(B)) for all A, B ∈ Sn(F )a ndλ ∈ F; 2. φ is surjective andd et( A + λB )=de t(φ(A )+ λφ(B)) for all A, B andtwo specific λ; 3. φ is additive and preserves determinant are characterized.


The research format of the open state-social-personal system presents the results of the analysis of higher education conditions for the socialization of students. The definition of the important role of the spatial factor – research sociological education reveals the need to introduce a multifunctional management mechanism of the educational subsystem of society. The project features sociological intervention of processes at all levels of the system, which provides functional flexibility and gives focus on the goal-attainment. The possibility of introducing sociological support for the co-management of the system processes of the institutional environment for other institutions of society is demonstrated.


Distance and asynchronous learning systems can provide a possibly unlimited time and space merit for teacher's teaching and student's learning. However, to learn effectively a professional course in engineering, the teaching and learning interaction in classroom is still an essential element in most universities. To overcome the problem of short time space in classroom, the Web technology can be embedded in an interactive teaching-learning system to improve and assess the teaching-learning performance for a classroom instruction. Based on the interactive teaching-learning system, the teaching-learning assessments including teaching quality, learning quality, student's participation degree, individual and global learning performance, can be easily analyzed and visualized.


The clinical data of 8 patients with the fourth-degree laceration of perineum, who were admitted in Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Capital Medical University from January 2004 to December 2010, were reviewed retrospectively. The causes and clinical strategies were analyzed. The fourth-degree laceration of perineum was mainly caused by improper skills of midwifery, too faster labor,insufficient estimation of fetal-weight and perineal condition and obstetric forceps in this group of patients.Primary suture was performed and all cases achieved complete healing. The improvement of midwifery skill,carefully monitoring the uterine contraction, accurate evaluation of condition of perineum and the fetal-weight and good communication between patients and midwives are the key points to prevent the fourth-degree laceration of perineum.

Key words:
Birth injuries;  Perineum


This paper proposes a novel architecture for disaster resilience of optical access networks. The proposed scheme is simultaneously passive, flexible and completely secure. The architecture is implementable on WDM, TDM or TWDM schemes. The scheme has a long reach and does not require on-field amplifiers. We also show that the proposed architecture is a budget scheme and has all the desirable properties of access networks.


To overcome the limitations of traditional propagation of Galax (Galax urceolata (Poir.) Brummitt), the feasibility of in vitro propagation was explored. We studied the effects of cold stratification, seed maturity, light intensity, pH and plant growth regulators on in vitro seed germination and subsequent shoot proliferation of Galax. Our results demonstrated that cold stratification enhanced seed germination. Seeds cold stratified at 5 degrees C for a month resulted in significantly higher seed germination than seeds treated at 22 degrees C for the same period. The level of seed maturity had an impact on seed germination. More mature dark brown seeds consistently produced higher seed germination (> 70%) than less mature light orange seeds (between 30% and 40%). The highest germination percentage of 76% was obtained with dark brown seeds stratified at 5 degrees C. Light exposures stimulated germination. Light exposure at 97 umol m-2s-1 and minimal light at 17umol m-2s-1 promoted significantly higher seed germination percentages (64% and 56% respectively) than total dark (18%). Germination media at pH levels of 4.2, 5.0 or 5.8 had no effect on germination, irrespective of seed maturity. Gibberellic acid (GA3) negatively affected germination, which was significantly reduced germination from 49% to around 30%. Additions of 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP) and indole-3-butyric acid (IBA) at different ratios in the growing medium significantly influenced shoot proliferation. The ratio of 1:1 of BAP : IBA produced the highest shoot number (8.1). All other ratios, (3:1, 6:1 and 9:1) showed no promotive effect on shoot proliferation. Abnormal shoots and shoot hyperhydricity were also observed in cultures with 6:1 and 9:1 of BAP and IBA ratios. This is the first report on successful in vitro propagation of galax.


"Reverence toward the gods must be inviolate. Great words of prideful men are ever punished with great blows....' These concluding words of the Antigone of Sophocles state a theme which occurs repeatedly in Greek tragedy: the requirement that man's ego be held in check and subordinated to the will of the gods. In Euripides' Iphigenia in Aulis, Achilles praises Iphigenia for submitting to the oracles' decree: "Fighting the gods no more, who master you,/ You have learnt to see the right and what it must be."2 In his Medea too, Medea's nurse chants, "Moderation wins the day first as a better word for men to use, . . . greatness that doth o'erreach itself, brings no blessing to mortal men . . . ." Among qualities usually associated with Classical thought, moderation and humility are fundamental. They obviate arrogance and violence in the face of self-examination and self-criticism, and in social conduct they recognize the superiority of the community over the individual. In a larger sense, however, mere subordination of the ego is not an end in itself, but leads ideally to the embodiment of the individual in a universal order, which is the fulfillment toward which every man's lawful efforts are directed, consciously or not. This theme is by no means confined to Classic tradition; recognition that the individual cannot attain salvation on his own terms is as fundamental


To enrich the experiment education and to make real the engineers' training establishment, a small simulation equipment of ship elevator has been designed recently in SMU. The most important index of the ship elevator is comfort degree and running efficiency. So the soft start-up and the capability optimizing of the elevator have been studied in the simulation system. In this paper the characteristic control of running elevator has been described emphatically, and the long-distance control and supervision software through serial communication and software development platform have been described as well. Now the elevator simulation device is suitable not only for the application of experiment education in management but also for the further investigation and research in the fields of maintenance, control, and faults diagnosis.


the film is a valid form of literature (and, incidentally, to point out the value of their mimeographed textbook Varieties of Modern Drama), they seem to me to have grasped the problem from the wrong end. They lament the paucity of scripts available in print-a lament in which I will cheerfully join-but they overemphasize the importance of approaching the teaching of films through the written word. Toward the end of their article, they admit, almost as an afterthought, the value of "audio-visual aids" and suggest that i6-mm. films can be "employed to excellent purpose." Must be, please, not can be! No study of the film as an art form can really reach the heart of its subject without centering the attention on the film itself.


Adult bull sharks Carcharhinus leucas were monitored with electronic tags to investigate horizontal and vertical movements in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. In both locations, C. leucas showed some fidelity to specific coastal areas with only limited horizontal movements away from the tagging sites after tag attachment. Fish tagged in the Bahamas were detected mostly in the upper 20 m of the water column in water 25-26° C, whereas C. leucas tagged in Fiji spent most of their time below 20 m in water usually >26° C. The results highlight the importance of coastal inshore habitats for this species.


NOx and CO formation characteristics in rich-lean flames at a multi-slit burner were studied experimentally and numerically. In the rich-lean combustion, rich and lean slit burners are set side by side. The overall NOx and CO concentrations were measured by using a water-cooled quartz microprobe to investigate the effect of various pairs of air ratios for the rich and lean flames. To understand the NOx formation mechanism, two-dimensional reactive flow calculations were also performed. The results suggest that the thermal and prompt NO in the rich flames are the main source of NOx production, and NOx increases when the rich flames air ratio becomes lower or the fuel flow rate ratio for the rich burners increases. It is also found that the burner plate thickness affects the blow-off limits of the burner. These results are useful for improving the low pollutant and stable combustion method.


Purpose – This paper aims to identify and examine valid project termination reasons and the rebidding strategies of road construction project. Rebidding strategies is one of the measures to restructure terminated/troubled road construction project. Design/methodology/approach – An instrument which comprised 82 items entitled "Project Termination and Rebidding Strategies in Road Construction Projects in Nigeria" (PTRS) was developed to evaluate 60 randomly sampled road projects using qualified project/site managers and engineers as project respondents for the purpose of securing valid information on the terminated and rebid road construction projects. Mean, standard deviation and factor analysis shall be used as analytical tools in identifying valid termination reasons and rebidding strategies and as well as the relationship between them through regression analysis. Findings – The paper's findings revealed major project termination reasons and rebidding strategies. It further indicated significant relation...


It is debated whether sex differences in adiponectin and leptin are due to sex differences in body fat 2 distribution. In this cross-sectional analysis of the Netherlands Epidemiology of Obesity study, associations 3 of measures of body fat and sex with serum adiponectin and leptin concentrations were examined using 4 linear regression analysis (n=6,494, VAT: n=2,516). Sex differences were additionally adjusted for the 5 measure of body fat that was most strongly associated with adiponectin or leptin concentrations. Median 6 adiponectin concentrations in women and men were 10.5 mg/L (IQR, interquartile range: 7.7-13.9) and 6.1 7 mg/L (IQR: 4.5-8.2), mean difference 4.6 mg/L (95% CI: 4.3, 4.9). Median leptin concentrations in women 8 and men were 19.2 µg/L (IQR: 11.5-30.0) and 7.1 µg/L (IQR: 4.6-11.1), mean difference 15.1 µg/L (95% 9 CI: 14.4, 15.8). VAT was most strongly associated with adiponectin, total body fat percentage was most 10 strongly associated with leptin. After adjustment for VAT, women had 3.8 mg/L (95% CI: 3.3, 4.3) higher 11 adiponectin than men. After adjustment for total body fat percentage, leptin concentrations in women were 12 0.4 µg/L lower than in men (95% CI: -1.2, 2.0). One genetic variant (rs4731420) was associated with 13 extreme leptin concentrations (>100 µg/L) in women: odds ratio 2.8 (95% CI: 1.7, 4.6). Total body fat 14 percentage was strongly associated with leptin concentrations. Higher leptin concentrations in women than 15 in men were completely explained by differences in total body fat percentage. Visceral fat was associated 16 with adiponectin concentrations, and did not completely explain higher adiponectin concentrations in women 17 than in men.


The invention relates to a self-correcting device and method for a magneto-electricity encoder and the magneto-electricity encoder. The self-correcting method includes the first step of carrying out measurement to obtain a d-axis Hall value d and a q-axis Hall value q , the second step of calculating an angle theta according to the d-axis Hall value d and the q-axis Hall value q , the third step of querying a prestored standard d-axis Hall value d and a prestored standard q-axis Hall value q corresponding to the angle according to the angle theta, the fourth step of correcting the measured d-axis Hall value d and the measured q-axis Hall value q by utilizing the correlation between the measured d-axis Hall value d and the prestored standard d-axis Hall value d and the correlation between the measured q-axis Hall value q and the prestored standard q-axis Hall value q , and the fifth step of calculating the angle according to the corrected d-axis Hall value and the corrected q-axis Hall value. Through the self-correcting device, the measured values of the magneto-electricity encoder are corrected so that the magneto-electricity encoder can not be influenced by external factors such as temperature and vibration; consequently, the measuring accuracy is improved.


Following the traditions of the previous successful DCABES conferences held in Wuxi, Wuhan, Paris (France), Greenwich (UK) , Kingston (UK), Hong Kong, Dalian, Hangzhou, Yichang, Anyang, Guiyang and Xianning. The 19th International Symposium on Distributed Computing and Applications for Business, Engineering and Science (DCABES 2020) will be held at China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China. The conference will provide an excellent international forum for sharing knowledge and results in theory, methodology and applications of Parallel, Distributed Computing. Original papers are invited on Algorithms and Applications, computer Networks, Cyber trust and security, Wireless networks and mobile Computing and Bioinformatics.


Abstract Karlin has shown that the variation diminishing property possessed by totally positive distributions allows a unified and straightforward presentation of many basic properties of hypothesis tests. His work in fact reveals that total positivity is equivalent to a suitably formulated variation diminishing property. This largely expository article begins with the latter concept and consequently gives a more direct account of the theory. This approach avoids the extensive mathematical preliminaries previously required and isolates the more important statistical property.


X-ray images have the property of wide dynamic range,but human can't distinguish so tiny difference,an algorithm,based on contrast limited adaptive histogram equalization,is provided for resolving these problems.It is proved by experiments that this algorithm can improve the contrast of images and restrain noise from magnifying.


Examination of the cardiovascular system is an important skill for medical students and doctors. This article presents a comprehensive overview of the examination of the cardiovascular system in a format consistent with The Principles of Clinical Examination [1]. The paper also describes the signs of common and important cardiovascular diseases and, based on a review of the literature, the precision and accuracy of these signs is discussed.Word Count: 4659 (excluding tables, legends and references).


of side issues arise, in each chapter Young is charting the development of Nietzsche's interrelated views on religion and the Volk. Barthes once said, "Tell me how you classify and I'll tell you who you are." In his ground-breaking collection of studies, The New Nietzsche (MIT, 1985), David Allison argued that "most readers of Nietzsche have been quick to place him within the terms of traditional thought . . . they not only find his thought to be coherent and continuous with the language of traditional metaphysics, but to be fully circumscribed by it" (xi). This manner of reading allows the mode of reading itself to enjoy an unquestioned privilege. That is, the status of genres, their rules, the ensemble of preconceptions, the coding of discourses, the entire categorical schema used in the analysis and arrangement of the text is taken intact and "applied" to the text in question. Ergo, Allison argues: "What is at stake in deciding these claims [about hermeneutical strategies] is therefore considerable—not merely the nature of one somewhat enigmatic thinker, Friedrich Nietzsche, but the viability of conventional thought itself, its own prospects of limitation, decline, or future" (xi). Besides being a consummately un-Nietzschean hermeneutics, Young's historicist reading is an amazingly conventional way of thinking. It transforms scholarship into the reiteration of a doxa, of a pre-established set of ideas, categories, and assumptions upon which there is transparent agreement by "all right thinking men." Scholarship, then, is in service of bourgeois culture and civilization, it is the scientific, intellectual, and academic legitimation of its taxonomic principles, its norms, its values, its mores, thoughts, and assumptions. "Philosophy," "history," "culture," "religion," "values," and/or "reason," these fundamental taxons of Western ontotheology, of European civilization, of what Derrida called "white mythology," and/or bourgeois culture remain untouched by Nietzschean criticism in Nietzsche scholarship of this kind. Nietzsche becomes a "philosopher," not a threat, a challenge, an alter, an Other, not ganz andere to that tradition. His calls for an end, a new beginning, or the destruction of all those categories get folded neatly into the gran recit of the West's own thought. Nietzsche goes mad; society, thought, culture, and religion all go untouched. He is now "one of us," a "right thinking man," a confirmer, not a critic, of our common sense. Such is the "British mode" of Nietzsche studies, exemplified in the Cambridge series and in this work.


The present review deals with ferrisilicate analogs of zeolites, most of them belonging to the medium (10-ring) and large (12-ring) pore systems. The ionic radii of Si 4+ , Al 3+ and Fe 3+ are 0.039, 0.057 and 0.067 nm, respectively


Objective:To explore the effect of total flavonoids in Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi on anti-oxidation and anti-inflammation.Methods:Observe the macrophage phagocytic function in the experiment of peritoneal macrophage(PM)phagocytizing chicken red blood cell;research on the effect on FMLP induced mice PM respiratory burst and the effect on LPS induced PM synthesizing COX-2 enzyme in mice.Results:The total flavonoids group of 100mg/kg、200mg/kg dosage could extreme obviously decrease the phagocytic percentage and phagocytic index of mice peritoneal macrophage.The total flavonoids group of 1μg/ml、10μg/ml、100μg/ml dosage could all extreme obviously decrease the peak value of respiratory burst, and the depression rate increases with the dosage.The total flavonoids 100μg/mL group could extreme obviously decrease the PGE2 while the 1μg/ml、10μg/ml dosage group could decrease PGE2 without statistic significance.Conclusion:The total flavonoids has the function of depression on mice peritoneal macrophage phagocytize、respiratory burst and COX-2 synthesize,which could be the basis of its anti-inflammation and depression future research.


Threaded discussions represent conversational turn-taking in asynchronous, online learning environments. Given the crucial role that discussions play in the construction of knowledge within an online course, the quality of the interaction that occurs within threaded discussions is important to achieving the learning objectives of the designed instruction. Despite this importance, research has consistently demonstrated that the threaded discussions could offer more substantial benefit to learning in constructivist environments. Three variables, two of which were considered elements of course design, were examined relative to threaded discussions: intersubjectivity, cognitive requirement of prompt (CROP), and time in course (TIC). Intersubjectivity is the representation of knowledge construction achieved through a synergistic progression from individual contributions to sequences of interdependent contributions. This variable was measured using the Interaction Analysis Model, a tool of content analysis developed in 1997 through a grounded theory approach. CROP was defined as the highest category in the cognitive process dimension of Bloom's revised taxonomy that was required within the response to a discussion prompt. TIC was the amount of course time that had elapsed before a particular message was posted to the discussion board, calculated as the percentage of course completion at the time the response was made. Peer responses (n=167) were examined from a wholly online communications course offered through an accredited community college. Both elements of course design, CROP and TIC, were found to have significant, positive correlations with intersubjectivity as a measure of quality in online classroom discourse. As online course delivery continues to grow, the challenge for instructional designers is the identification and implementation of those course elements which facilitate intersubjectivity in online courses. This study demonstrated that the cognitive requirement of prompt and time in course are two elements that are related to the quality of discourse within threaded discussions. The initial prompt is one of the first pieces of scaffolding necessary for the knowledge construction requisite in a constructivist learning environment. Instructional designers should continue to recognize that the strength of the construction of knowledge, as evidenced in the threaded discussion, depends upon the strength of the scaffolding that supports that construction.


Significance Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is a ubiquitous human pathogen. The mechanism of HSV DNA replication is poorly understood. ICP8, the multifunctional HSV single-strand DNA binding protein (SSB), is essential for viral growth and DNA replication. ICP8 is also capable of efficiently annealing complementary ssDNA and has been classified as a single-strand annealing protein (SSAP); however, the role of annealing during infection is still unclear. In this paper, we characterize a mutant of ICP8 that retains many of its functions as a replicative SSB but lacks annealing activity. We show that ICP8 annealing activity is essential for viral DNA replication. These findings support our hypothesis that HSV-1 uses recombination-dependent mechanisms to replicate its DNA. Most DNA viruses that use recombination-dependent mechanisms to replicate their DNA encode a single-strand annealing protein (SSAP). The herpes simplex virus (HSV) single-strand DNA binding protein (SSB), ICP8, is the central player in all stages of DNA replication. ICP8 is a classical replicative SSB and interacts physically and/or functionally with the other viral replication proteins. Additionally, ICP8 can promote efficient annealing of complementary ssDNA and is thus considered to be a member of the SSAP family. The role of annealing during HSV infection has been difficult to assess in part, because it has not been possible to distinguish between the role of ICP8 as an SSAP from its role as a replicative SSB during viral replication. In this paper, we have characterized an ICP8 mutant, Q706A/F707A (QF), that lacks annealing activity but retains many other functions characteristic of replicative SSBs. Like WT ICP8, the QF mutant protein forms filaments in vitro, binds ssDNA cooperatively, and stimulates the activities of other replication proteins including the viral polymerase, helicase–primase complex, and the origin binding protein. Interestingly, the QF mutant does not complement an ICP8-null virus for viral growth, replication compartment formation, or DNA replication. Thus, we have been able to separate the activities of ICP8 as a replicative SSB from its annealing activity. Taken together, our data indicate that the annealing activity of ICP8 is essential for viral DNA replication in the context of infection and support the notion that HSV-1 uses recombination-dependent mechanisms during DNA replication.


A solid electrolytic capacitor and a method for manufacturing the capacitor are provided. The capacitor comprises a sintered porous anode body, a sintered anode substrate, a dielectric, which covers at least part of the anode body and at least part of the anode substrate and that is formed within at least a portion of the anode body; a cathode of a solid electrolyte, at least a portion of the dielectric that covers the anode body is covered; an anode end portion, which is electrically connected to the anode substrate; and a cathode terminal portion which is electrically connected to the solid electrolyte. The anode body is located in a planar surface of the anode substrate, and both the anode body and the substrate are formed from a powder of a valve metal composition. Furthermore, the anode substrate is impermeable and hermetically sealed for liquids.


Ideally, nonexperimental methods that aim to replicate the results of rigorous randomized experiments focus on the intent to treat (ITT) experimental impact estimate, the most causally rigorous measure. This working paper develops a new replication approach that facilitates testing nonexperimental methods against rigorous experimental ITT impact estimates when the experiment includes substantial control crossover.


Low-density parity-check codes with variable node degree two over high order Galois fields, also called non-binary cycle codes, exhibit good error correction performance. In this paper, several efficient encoder structures are proposed for non-binary cycle codes with only one optimized group of non-zero entries in GF(q)(q>2). The computation complexity and storage requirement are compared for these methods. Considering the underlying sparse graph of cycle code, the encoding complexity is quite low with the proposed modifications. In this way, a proper tradeoff between complexity and performance is achieved for non-binary cycle codes.


What place does motivation have in the lives of intelligent agents? Mele's answer is sensitive to the concerns of philosophers of mind and moral philosophers and informed by empirical work. He offers a distinctive, comprehensive, attractive view of human agency. This book stands boldly at the intersection of philosophy of mind, moral philosophy, and metaphysics.


The article specifies the content of the concepts of image and reputation of the bank. It is established that the image of the bank is its image, artificially created by means of marketing communications. The current level of public confidence in the main components of the banking system of Ukraine is analyzed and based on analytical data it is established that the level of image of banking organizations is not high enough. It is determined that over the last fourteen years the number of banks in Ukraine is projected to decrease mainly due to banks with domestic capital, which encourages market operators to intensify their activities, including through the use of modern tools to influence the market, including marketing communications. The factors influencing the bank's reputation are assessed, in particular, it is determined that the main ones are the bank's image and / or its unfair economic behavior. The components of the bank's image are identified, in particular the history of its origin and development, its goals and objectives; degree of reliability; degree of openness and transparency of activity, efficiency of information system; the level of its relationship with state, regional and municipal authorities, as well as the presence of large or well-known organizations among customers; participation of foreign capital; reputation of managers and employees of the bank; the degree of organization and quality of customer service culture; effectiveness of advertising policy, brand use and public relations; social orientation of activity, charitable actions and sponsorship, social programs, etc.; availability for customers, i.e. the presence of a network of branches. The components of the bank's integrated marketing communications, such as sales promotion, public relations, bank advertising, direct marketing, and branding, have been identified. The place of the brand in creating the image of the banking organization is revealed. The basic approaches to the formation of the material components of the bank's brand, in particular the design of the sign, corporate fonts, and logo are determined. The specific characteristics of the bank's advertising are revealed. Features of introduction of marketing innovations in the banking sphere are characterized. The main trends of digital marketing of banks in 2021 are described, in particular, increasing competitiveness, chatbots, targeting, artificial intelligence, search engine optimization, omnichannel, involvement.


The slow crack growth and creep characteristic of two intered silicon nitride ceramics under tensile stress were studied. The static fatigue strength degraded with increasing temperature due to the slow crack growth and the creep deformation. In slow crack growth failure without creep deformation, the power law for crack growth rate controlled the strength degradation under constant stress and/or constant stress rate. The modified Larson-Miller parameter was applicable to life prediction under static stress in creep deformation regime. The static fatigue behavior was mainly dominated by the grain boundary nature at elevated temperature. Crystallized phases at grain boundary inhibit not only slow crack growth by stress corrosion cracking but also cavity formation during creep deformation.


Pallet pooling is a basis for the operation of a city joint distribution system. Pallet allocation is a key problem for the success of a pallet pool. This article considers a multi-station, multi-period, and multi-type pallet allocation problem over a pallet pool in a city joint distribution system. First of all, we develop a deterministic model to optimally allocate pallets when managers have perfect knowledge of the information that will be available. By case studies, we show that this model can help managers to make scientific decisions. The influence of transportation capacity on decisions is shown by numerical simulation. And we propose managers should use both demand forecasting and leasing and renting tactics to minimization allocation cost. Then, we propose a multi-scenario model to optimally allocate pallets when some uncertain parameters cannot be estimated through historical data. The application of this multi-scenario model is also illustrated.


The purpose of this paper is to explore the applicability of real options theory in the domain of strategic corporate social responsibility (SCSR). This research further conceptualises a strategic CSR call/put and buy/sell real option instruments and a Black-Scholes real option model. This research also offers answers to questions relating to difficulties of doing CSR in emerging economies with strategic contexts. This paper has a mix of both empirical work input and conceptual framework propositions. Managerial input has been used to answer the research objectives. For managers a strategic CSR conceptualisation, as a plate of call/put and buy/sell has been developed. This can be used by managers to design their firm's SCSR initiatives to time investments to reduce associated risks. There has been very limited literature relating strategic CSR to real options theory for investment and risk reduction. This cross industry domain study would enrich the theoretical understanding of both real options theory application and strategic CSR decision making.


Millimetre and sub-millimetre astronomical polarimeters have traditionally been based on birefringent Half Wave Plates (HWPs) used as polarisation modulating elements. Although moderate bandwidth can be achieved using the Pancharatnam designs there are limitations in terms of diameters, weights and associated losses. In addition, the rapid advance in array detector technology at these wavelengths has created a pressing need for large diameter HWPs which exceed those possible with crystalline materials. The first metamaterial HWP was developed using an air-gap mesh filter technology, which demonstrated the feasibility. This was subsequently replaced by a more robust dielectrically embedded version which can be fabricated in much larger diameters than are available to crystalline plates and being basically a plastic material is also much lighter. The present development in this area is focussed on achieving large bandwidths (over 100%), large diameters (500mm or larger) and low losses (<;1% at cryogenic temperatures). Here we review different approaches to the design and show how a trade-off of the different HWP parameters (transmissions, differential phase-shift, cross-polarisation, absorptions) can lead to optimal performcrystalline materials. The first metamaterial HWP was developed using an air-gap mesh filter technology, which demonstrated the feasibility. This was subsequently replaced by a more robust dielectrically embedded version which can be fabricated in much larger diameters than are available to crystalline plates and being basically a plastic material is also much lighter. The present development in this area is focussed on achieving large bandwidths (over 100%), large diameters (500mm or larger) and low losses (<;1% at cryogenic temperaturesances for specific instrument configurations.


Objective To analyze the influence of subcutaneous dissection area on surgical indexes and results of breast approach endoscopic thyroidectomy.Methods Patients underwent endoscopic thyroidectomy between September 2011 and December 2011 in Changzheng Hospital Affiliated to Second Military Medical University were randomized allotted into standard dissection group and limited dissection group. Operative duration,blood loss, total length of incisions,postoperative pain and drainage volume were compared between two groups.Results Subcutaneous dissection area was significantly larger in standard group than that in limited dissection group[(137.07±26.28) cm2 vs.(92.07±17.41) cm2,P0.05]. But there was no significant difference in operative duration,blood loss and length of incisions between two groups. There was also no significant difference in postoperative pain (VAS (3.93±1.94) vs. (4.13±1.06),P=0.729) and drainage volume (124.00±28.98)mL vs.(109.00±27.46)mL,P=0.327) between two groups.Conclusion Subcutaneous dissection area of endoscopic thyroidectomy is not the influential factor contributing to postoperative pain. Getting into the right dissection plane should be emphasized.


A ka-band multi-channel Doppler reflectometer system was constructed for the Large Helical Device (LHD) using a comb frequency generator as a source. A filter bank system is utilized for precise quadrature phase detection, and preliminary back-scattered waves were obtained in LHD plasma experiments. In addition, a direct digital signal acquisition system was successfully demonstrated for providing a greater number of multi-channel measurements. c © 2014 The Japan Society of Plasma Science and Nuclear Fusion Research


This article takes up recent arguments to strengthen national parliamentary powers in EU decision-making through inter-parliamentary cooperation. By widening the analytical focus from parliaments to the cooperation amongst the parties within parliaments, it seeks to advance the debate in two respects. First, the article aims at providing a more accurate picture about the cooperation going on today. Second, it discusses why the amount of, and the benefits gained from inter-parliamentary cooperation may vary between parties and therefore cooperation may not only affect the power relations between national parliaments and non-parliamentarian actors, but also those within parliaments. Based on the results of a study of the Austrian parliament it is argued that inter-parliamentary cooperation (a) is more important for opposition parties than for governing parties but that (b) parties can make use of its full potential only when their ideology allows them to integrate into a European party network.


Energy meter frauds are increasingly innovative and complex, making them harder to detect and demanding different solutions while bringing undesirable costs for energy companies and consumers. Most of the current solutions use energy measurements differences to find tampering in meters, and many of them cannot be applied in field inspections, causing the costs to escalate even more until detected. To deal with this problem, this paper proposes a combination of solutions based on Artificial Intelligence that together tries to automatize and simplify the inspection process and increase the assertiveness in field fraud tracking. The first one is based on a combination of the Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) technique with an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) to classify the meter's internal impedance and determine if modifications were made in its circuit. To optimize the processing time, the implementation is done with a Hardware/Software co-design. The second solution tracks visual irregularities within the meter area using a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN). Both solutions are integrated into a mobile application, allowing them to be applied in field inspections. Results indicate that the TDR ANN technique was able to identify every tampered meter tested, and the CNN solution, even with a final F1-score of 0.67, which may not be high due to the small and unbalanced datasets, it is still good enough for field inspections.


Liang Chen-yu created a women's world. His eulogies, sympathy and praise reflected his intense female consciousness .He approbated women's worthiness towards their lives. There were three reasons for it: his era, his life and personality, and the effect of Taoism.


The results of a study of the precursor of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), the ionic intermediates, and the energy transfer mechanism that operates between matrix and solvent in the ..gamma..-irradiated polymer matrices are reported. It was found that the reaction intermediates induced in polymer matrices containing the solutes are radical cations and anions of the solutes, ionic species, and neutral radicals due to the matrices. ESR studies are reported for the formation of the anionic species of PMMA at low temperature and the possible precursor of scission-type radicals of PMMA that were obtained at room temperatures. (BLM)


AbstractThe bias error in moving-boat acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) streamflow measurements can be separated into two classes: calibration and application. Accordingly, the total bias li...