Based on the superior stability of Ca3TaGa3Si2O14 (CTGS) and YCa4O(BO3)3 (YCOB) single crystals over a wide temperature range, this thesis work adopted Aleksandrov [1]'s method to investigate their nonlinear electromechanical properties which are crucial in the fabrication of acoustic wave devices with high-precision demand. In this research, two types of bulk acoustic wave resonators, longitudinal one and thickness shear one, have been considered separately to characterize the nonlinear permittivity, elastic coefficients as well as piezoelectric coefficients of CTGS and YCOB resonators under DC bias voltages from -180V to +180V. From the experimental results, it has been shown that resonance frequency has good linearity dependence on electric field. The nonlinear coefficients of resonators from eight crystal orientations are fully calculated, this potentially enables those two types of crystals to become frequency compensators. In addition, a pressure tube test setup was utilized to characterize the force/pressure dependence of resonant frequency of YCOB crystal in this research. With the pressure-frequency sensitivity and nonlinear coefficients in this research, the further investigation becomes possible to explore the design and applications of high precision bulk acoustic wave pressure sensors.


1) When the action potential was led off from both end pools in a section box with two septa, each septum caused one diphasic action potentials respectively. This, the time interval between these two potentials and the distance between the two septa were measured for the calculation of conduction velocity.2) On the toad's sartorius muscle, the conduction velocity of fibrillary twitchings (BFT), is 1.9 rn/sec. on an average in the spring toad, and is equal to that of a normal twitch.3) The velocity varied widely with the season, e.g. in summer was 2.9 m/sec. at 20°C. of water temperature and in winter 1.36 m/sec. at 20°C. But the rate of increase of velocity against surrounding temperature was constant for all seasons.4) The velocity is slower at both tapering ends, and also in a vinyl pipe. By extending the muscle, the conduction time per a interseptal distance remains unchanged ; therefore that between two points of the muscle itself is increased, and it was found that about a 40% increase in muscle length was accompanied by about a 30% decrease in velocity.5) KCl, BaCl2 and acetylcholine increase the velocity of BFT, but CaCl2, SrCl2 and MgCl2 decrease it. When the velocity is slowed to less than half the normal value, the impulses of BFT are blocked.


This paper describes a comparative study of various stress-test conditions per automotive standard AEC Q100 grade 1 and grade 0 [1]. In addition to first-level reliability tests of High-Temperature Storage (HTS) and Temperature Cycle (TC), second-level tests such as Temperature Cycling on Board (TCoB) and Power-Cycling on Board (PCoB) were compared for leadframe and laminate packages typically used in automotive applications such as Electronic Control Units (ECUs). Electrical testing and physical inspection were used for characterization of test-chip structures. End-of-life testing was performed to obtain failure distributions and to estimate acceleration factors. In summary, this feasibility study for grade 0 stress tests is an overview of reliability issues for packages exposed to elevated temperatures, and should help to improve the reliability of future package designs.


Taxonomic reasoning is used in many applications, including many-sorted logic, knowledge bases, document retrieval, and natural language processing. These various applications have been dealt with independently. Because they have so much in common, a general approach to taxonomic reasoning would seem to be justified. This paper presents a theory of lexical semantics as an example of such a general approach. The theory defines a representation and an algebra for that representation. The operations of the algebra are inherently parallel, making them well matched to the capabilities of modern computer systems.


This paper discusses some of the design concerns in parallelizing MPEG for video. A detailed overview of the MPEG algorithm is given (as it pertains to parallelization). Parallelization of macroblocks and groups of pictures (GOPs) are explored in detail. Work is currently under way on implementation of macroblock and GOP parallelization, being performed on both a multiprocessor Sun Sparc and an Intel 32 I860 multiprocessing computer. The results of these studies will be presented at a later time.


Two case studies are summarized using anisotropic plasticity and the Weibull weakest link failure model to predict the behavior of wood and wood composites. The linear elastic orthotropic model normally used for wood is shown to be insufficient for the prediction of ultimate strength in wood. Non-linear, non-recoverable behavior in compression in each of the orthogonal material directions is of particular interest in cases where localized crushing governs the load-displacement behavior of wood. The anisotropic plasticity option in ANSYS was used to predict yielding and post-yield behavior for the wood composite used in this study because yield stresses in orthogonal directions were found to be in the ratio of 1:1.2:5. A user-programmable Fortran subroutine was developed for ANSYS to carry out the failure analysis (and to calculate the volume integration of the stresses) at each loadstep in post-processing. The model was verified using two cases: I) the ASTM D143 shear block test, and II) bolted connections. CASE I: A three-dimensional model of the ASTM D143 shear block was constructed. SOLID45 elements were used for the wood block and for the rigid steel surfaces. CONTAC49 elements were used on the interfaces between the steel loading platens and the wood block. Load-displacement results for three loading orientations and two block sizes agreed with experimental findings. CASE II: A three-dimensional model of a single-bolt connection was used to predict loaddisplacement behavior and ultimate strength. A three-dimensional analysis was required because experimental results have shown that non-uniform displacements occur through the thickness of the member due to bolt yielding and wood crushing near the member faces. SOLID45 elements were used for the bolt and wood with a friction contact interface of CONTAC49 elements. Bilinear kinematic hardening was assumed for bolt yielding behavior. Load-displacement curves of the connection compared well with experimental results.


The article is devoted to the analysis of the actual admission to work as a legal fact, its characteristics and the legal consequences of this action for the employee and the employer, both explicitly indicated in special norms, and follows from the interpretation of other norms of labor legislation, including the obligations of the employer and liability for their violation; There is a gap in the rules of labor legislation regarding the definition of an authorized representative of the employer, the legal consequences of admission to work by an unauthorized person are examined, procedural issues about the distribution of the burden of proof and court costs are considered.


This  study  aims  to analyze  the  effect  of  work motivation, professional competence and self-efficacy on teacher performance and the role of self-efficacy mediates the influence of motivation and professional competence of the teacher's performance in the junior high school teachers in the  Batang  subdistrict,  Batang districk. The  population  in  this  study  was  a  Junior High School teacher in Batang subdistrict numbered 238 people. Because the population is large, then made amodel of sampling with purposive  sampling method, that is sampling with certain criteria. In this case the researchers used a sample of teacher from  who have received certification allowance amounting to 131 people. Then from 131 people,who returns the questionnaire answers amounted to 131 people. The results showed that (1) work motivation has positive effect and significant on self-efficacy, (2) professional competence is also has positive and not significant effect on self-efficacy, (3) work motivation has no positive and not significant impact on teacher performance, (4) professional competence positive and not significant impact on teacher performance, (5) self-efficacy and significant positive impact on teacher performance, (6) self-efficacy mediates the effect of motivation to work on teacher performance, (7) self-efficacy does not mediate the effect of the professional competence of the teacher's performance. Keywords : work motivation, professional competence, self-efficacy and teacher performance.


Machine fault detection has great practical significance. Compared with the detection method that requires external sensors, the detection of machine fault by sound signal does not need to destroy its structure. The current popular audio-based fault detection often needs a lot of learning data and complex learning process, and needs the support of known fault database. The fault detection method based on audio proposed in this paper only needs to ensure that the machine works normally in the first second. Through the correlation coefficient calculation, energy analysis, EMD and other methods to carry out time-frequency analysis of the subsequent collected sound signals, we can detect whether the machine has fault.


ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the difference in the multi-attraction travel behavior patterns of short-haul and long-haul tourists in Incheon, South Korea. A network t-test analysis and normalized centrality analysis were employed to achieve the purpose. The finding confirmed significant differences between the multi-attraction travel patterns of short-haul and long-haul tourists. Geographic distance played an important role in determining the order of the top-ranking attractions within a multi-destssssination travel network. Since attractions with high centrality scores are comparatively more influential, they are important and competitive in attraction development and marketing. Implications for future studies were also suggested.


It is a well-known fact that the ground temperature is stable all the year round. Paying attention to this fact, a new type greenhouse was devised for the purpose of making use of the difference between the temperature inside of the greenhouse and that in the ground. This newly devised greenhouse is called by the author "an earth-air heat exchange greenhouse".Fig. 1 shows the structure of an experimental "earth-air heat exchange greenhouse". Many earthen pipes are laid in the ground at the depth of 64cm, 100cm and 136cm in 10 rows at 36-cm intervals, so that they may serve as the earth-air heat exchangers. With the help of a motor-fan installed on the wall, the air is circulated throughout the inside of the greenhouse and the pipes. The greenhouse room is heated in the night-time, while cooled in the day-time by the circulated air which was heated or cooled by passing through the heat exchange pipes. Since the ground has by a the grater heat capacity than air, excessive heat conveyed by the air can easily be accumulated in the ground in the day-time. In other words, in case of this greenhouse, its heat balance phase is by far expanded, as compared with that in the case of a conventional geenhouse. Therefore, extra-high temperature in a greenhouse is saved as a result of accumulating the excessive heat in the ground during the daytime, and the accumulated heat is available in the night-time.An example of changes in temperatures in winter season is shown in Fig. 2. The temperature under the ground being maintained at about 10°C, the air temperature inside of the greenhouse is kept at about 7°C, even if the outside air temperatue drops to -5°C in the night-time.This closed thermo-control system is especially effective in case of CO2 and other gas control culture in the greenhouse.


This paper reports the 3D force feed back device for CAD system with the adaptable control for human characteristics. For the problem of unstable motor action of force feed-back device caused by disagreement of impedance between man and machine, the human friendly device is proposed with adaptive control using parameter tuning for device controller. One hypothesis of proportional relation between grasping force and muscle tension is discovered. The experimental result shows the unstable motor actions caused by higher muscle tension. From the hypothesis and experimental results, the system parameters are unfolded on grasping force, and an adaptive control method is described. As an evaluation experiment of proposed device, a comparison is examined among tracing-resistances of virtual surface and real surface (ice, steel, and wood), and shows smooth feeling rather than ice plate.


The article analyzes the informative conditions of junior schoolchildren's communicative education pedagogical management: creating dialogical didactic-and-communicative environment; junior schoolchildren's orientation for linguistic tolerance; application of the authorial course "Speech Culture and Communication Ethics" in the primary school educational process.


The article presents the results of the author's research on implementing the main principles of the architectural formation of non-formal education institutions (NFEI). A scheme of their interconnection and implementation at three levels (environment, object and element) has also been presented.
The formulation of each principle and the necessary clarifications regarding their operation both in the field of architecture and in related fields have been provided in the article. These principles are the principle of systemic transformations, the principle of differentiated openness, the principle of typological and functional flexibility, the principle of concentration and branching, the principle of functional planning adaptability and variability, and the principle of functional accessibility. A scheme for the implementation of those main principles of the formation of NFEI architecture at the environment, object and element levels has been created. It was revealed that the principle of system transformation (system input) is closely related to analytics and strategy for the formation of the architecture of such institutions, and shows itself in the area of principled decision-making and operates at the environmental level which is under the influence of external factors. The principle of systemic transformations (systemic input) sets into action others that, when implemented, produce a certain architectural product that affects both the subsystems of non-formal education and the changing society as a whole (systemic output). Such a process is delayed in time and illustrates constant dynamic changes in the social, educational and architectural and construction sectors, as components of the system. The functional and structural justification lies in the zone of formation of NFEI concepts, it is here that place and time for taking decisions about "cooperation" or "in-depth specialization", such decisions are made both at the level of the environment and at the level of the object. The adaptability of such institutions is a powerful component of both the analytics and the practice of forming the architecture of the NFEI, which is analytically considered in the article using a strategic SWOT analysis. The main design methods and solutions are in the area of material realization of the NFEI architecture formation. The main principles are implemented thanks to such decisions and are a system output that affects the principle of system transformations but is delayed in time. Therefore, the theory of the formation of non-formal education institutions architecture consists in the implementation of the above-mentioned basic principles with the help of multi-faceted techniques, which should be optimally applied for each situation at the level of the element, the object and the environment. Clear consecutive algorithms currently do not exist, because a lot of positions depend on the actual design task. That is why the typological approach to the formation of the architecture of non-formal education institutions as separate types of buildings is currently ineffective and does not work. But the methodical approaches that were outlined above in the modern world could help to provide certain mechanisms and practical approaches that will allow the creation of architectural objects for new types of educational institutions.


The title compound, C21H25BrN2O, was synthesized by the Heck reaction. Its crystal structure shows that there are π–π-stacking interactions between the two aromatic rings of the two neighboring molecules in the unit cell. The C—I bond distance is 2.108 (4) A and the butene double-bond distance is 1.311 (4) A.


Advertising p. 118 Advertising research p. t t8-Art, literature, theatre p. t t8-Audience research p. I 18 Biographies p. 119 Censorship p. i 19 Commercial broadcasting p. i 19 Communication theory p. t tg Content analysis p. 119 Editorial methods p. 120 Education for communicators p. 120 Effect research p. 120 Ethics p. 120 Film p. t 2 t Freedom of expression p. 121 Freedom of information p. 121 History p. 121 -Journalism research p. 122 Labour conditions p. 122 Legal proceedings p. 123 Legislation p. t 23 Leisure and popular culture p. 123 Libraries, bibliographies p. 123 Management p. 124 Mass behavior p. t 2~. Mlass media as means of education p. t 24 News, flow, agencies p. t25 Newspapers p. t25 Organizations of journalists p. 125 Pictorial journalism p. 125 Press councils p. 125 Pressures on mass media p. 125 Production p. 125 Propaganda p. t 26 Public opinion and attitudes p. 126-Public opinion and attitude-research p. 126 Public relations p. 127 Radio and television p. 127 Readability research p. 127 Readership research p. 127 Relations between mass media


At present, the popularization of augmented reality technology on personal terminals is no longer hindered by inherent computing devices due to the substantial improvement in the performance of intelligent terminal processors. However, in the practical application of augmented reality technology, there are still various external disturbances in the real environment, such as perspective changes, motion poses and other potential variables, so it will cause unstable target detection, target registration distortion, virtual and real space superposition of varying degrees of severity. Using TBD strategy as the basis of multi-target tracking technology can further improve the efficiency of multi-target tracking method if it is effectively combined with neural network algorithm. Based on the improved FairMOT neural network multi-target tracking algorithm, this paper mainly studies the specific application of deep learning algorithms in the field of multi-target tracking. Experiments have shown that the improved multi-scale feature fusion network and the optimized loss function of the FairMOT tracking algorithm have good real-time performance and high accuracy for multi-category target detection. The method of stable tracking of multi-category targets is completed in the scene of this paper, which improves the tracking performance, and finally achieves stable tracking through neural network learning and training.


It is shown that research of scaling on the uninterruptedly-casted and the hot-rolled blanks, enabling to improve quality of production and due to that to increase its competitiveness, is actual.


Introduction: The slow death of liberal England? Part I Reform and the Urban Radical Tradition: The rise of Manchester radicalism Leicester liberalism: an uneasy alliance Part II The Home Rule Crisis in the Towns: Manchester and the Home Rule crisis Leicester: unionism marginalised? Part III Municipal Government Transformed?: Municipal scandals and realignment The 'politicisation' of the town hall Part IV The Town and the Suburbs: Manchester's suburban radicalism Incorporation - an agent of radicalism? Part IV The Challenge of Progressivism: Manchester and the rise of progressivism The Labour challenge in Leicester Conclusion: The road to New Liberalism Appendices Bibliography Index.


We present an approach for navigation in hybrid maps consisting of a topological graph overlaid with local occupancy grids. The topological graph is built on top of a graph SLAM system, which can be efficiently optimized even for very large environments. The novel feature of our system is that it navigates locally using local metric maps, while the overall plan is formed on the topological graph. Unlike many current SLAM methods, we never reconstruct a full occupancy grid of the environment for localization or path planning. We show that our method generates near-optimal plans, and deals gracefully with changes to the map.


The paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) profiles of digest gland extraction samples from scallop Chalmys nobilis and mussel Perna viridis colleted at two stations in Daya Bay, Guangdong from March to June 1998 have been analyzed by HPLC established by Oshima. The results showed that a similar suite of toxins presents in each sample and the low potency N-sulfocarbamoyl toxins (GTX_(5), C_(1) and C_(2)) and the high potency gonyautoxins GTX_([1-4]) had a high proportion, and the saxitoxin derivatives were less than 5% of total toxin content. The dominant toxin was GTX_(5) up to 25% for scallop and 13% for mussel. In the molluscs, GTX_(1) and GTX_(2) dominated over their epimers GTX_(4) and GTX_(3), respectively. Either toxicity or toxin content in scallop is higher than in mussel. The similar toxins indicates that the HK strain of Alexandrirm tamarense, which was found and isolated from the same bay, was possible the paralytic shellfish poisoning-producing causative ouganism.


Abstract Dear Sir: We wish to report the Mossbauer parameters and magnetic moment for the only authenticated2 eight-coordinate iron(II) complex, tetrakis (1,8-naphthyridine) iron(II) perchlorate,3 and to propose that the Mossbauer data for the compound in solution and after exposure to moisture can be rationalized in terms of a change in ligands with retention of eight-coordination (Table I). Tentative values for the six-coordinate 2,7-dimethyl-1,8-naphthyridine complex are given since we have been unable to prepare the pure material. The spectrum for this compound contains two overlapping doublets with Mossbauer parameters indicative of a mixture of high-spin iron (II) and iron(III) species.


Purpose: To evaluate and compare the efficacy of proximal versus distal embolus protection devices (EPD) during carotid artery angioplasty/stenting (CAS) based on diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI). Methods: Forty-four patients (31 men; mean age 68 years, range 48–85) underwent protected CAS and had DW-MRI before and after the intervention. The cohort was analyzed according to the type of EPD used: a proximal EPD was deployed in 25 (56.8%) patients (17 men; mean age 66 years, range 48–85) and a distal filter in 19 (14 men; mean age 70 years, range 58–79). Fifteen (60.0%) patients with proximal protection were symptomatic of the target lesion; in the distal protection group, 10 (52.6%) were symptomatic. Results: New lesions were seen on the postinterventional DW-MRI in 28.0% (7/25) of the proximal EPD group versus 32.6% (6/19) of those with a distal filter (p=NS). The majority were clinically silent. The new lesions in the vascular territory of the stented carotid artery in the group as a whole and per patient were fewer in the proximal EPD group (p=NS). No significant differences were noted in the T2 appearance of the new lesions or the number of new lesions observed away from the vascular territory of the stented artery. Conclusion: Proximal embolus protection devices show a nonsignificant trend toward fewer embolic events, which warrants large-scale studies. Furthermore, proximal protection devices can be useful to control and treat acute in-stent thrombosis.


This article aims to provide a historical summary of the eco-critical situation from its origins to recent acquisitions, focusing on both the comparative and aesthetics of reception aspects of this new approach to literary analysis and criticism.


Parents' reasons for operating home schools are complex and embedded in their life histories. Using ethnographic and life history techniques, the author explored connections between parents' early experiences of family, classrooms, and schools and their present circumstances associated with educating their children at home. An overwhelming number of parents in the study had experienced dysfunctional and disrupted family environments along with difficult and trying experiences in schools, which prompted them to compensate on behalf of their children for their own unhappy memories of youth. They particularly wanted to protect their children from the types of experiences they had had in school by creating warm, supportive family learning environments.


This paper develops a theory of financial crises that explains why crises should be expected to follow periods of sustained lending booms and high banking profitability. When the behavior of agents is affected by the availability heuristic and there is a long period of sustained banking profitability, all agents—banks as well as those who fund banks and those who regulate them—end up in an "availability cascade" in which they overestimate the skills of bankers in managing risks and underestimate the probability that the observed good outcomes are simply due to luck. All agents consequently become more tolerant of bank risk-taking, and banks invest in increasingly riskier assets. Further, as the number of banks entering this market grows, the liquidity of highly risky assets improves, making it more attractive for others to enter the market. The economy thus ends up with a large number of financial institutions investing in very risky assets that are traded in highly liquid markets. Subsequently, if some salient public signal reveals in some period that loan repayment probabilities are exogenous rather than skill-dependent, investors rush to withdraw funds, market liquidity dries up, and a crisis ensues. The model also explains why the economy may not recover even after the friction that precipitated the crisis has dissipated. Empirical predictions and policy implications of the analysis are discussed. The analysis suggests that the majority of regulations put in place in response to the crises of the last few decades, including the recent financial crisis, may do little to prevent future crises.


This study was performed in the villages located within the towns of Siverek, Viransehir and Hilvan in Şanliurfa province where pesticides are sprayed against sunnpest (Eurygaster spp.: Heteroptera-Scutelleridae). The use of aircraft in pesticide application for sunnpest is important due to large areas, very short time period and topographycal conditions. On the other hand, in Turkey, in 2006, pesticide applications via agricultural aircraft were banned to cause of negative impacts on environmental and human health. The use of manual equipments and field sprayers against sunnpest was therefore decided in Turkey for pesticide applications. In this study, survey was made for field sprayer components condition that is used in the spraying for sunnpest. Also, material conditions of field sprayers were determined related to years. Survey study was conducted in the sixty farms in order to determining equipment and material of sprayers, and the process of determining how the actions of farmers. In this study, field sprayer used sunnpest spraying were evaluated related to years in terms of the tank strainer, nozzle filters, hoses connections and strength, pressure regulator, manometer, pump leakage, nozzle and boom connection, and tank cracken.


The combustion characteristics of individual coal particles are the basis for a deep understanding of the macroscopic pulverised coal combustion in power plant boilers. This work proposes a quantitative method to characterise the combustion behaviours of individual pulverised coal particles by measuring a set of physical parameters from digital images of the particles. The combustion process of pulverised particles of bituminous coal in a visual drop tube furnace was recorded by a high-speed camera with a frame rate of 6200 frames per second. An improved-Canny algorithm was developed to extract the combustion zones of a coal particle in both the volatile and char combustion phases. Using the improved-Canny and Otsu algorithms, the unburned part of the particle was identified in the volatile combustion phase. Characteristic parameters of coal particles, including the area, brightness, length, width and aspect ratio of volatile flame, and falling velocity, were derived from the processed images. The results obtained show that the volatile and char combustion took place successively and the volatile matter was combusted almost as soon as it was released. The particle travelled upward for around 14 ms during the early stage of combustion due to the influence of devolatilisation and volatile combustion. The particle also exhibited a slight difference in the rotation frequency at different combustion phases.


This invention relates to hydrophilic polymer-threewingnut abstractor and the combination (I) and (II) of its vibrant. P is the hydrophilic polymer and well selects PEG; L, X and Z are connecting groups, D is threewingnut abstractor or its vibrant. The combination improves the water solubilization of threewingnut abstractor and its vibrant, decreases the toxin and extends the cycling half-life period in the organism.


In this paper, the hysteresis behaviour of a reactive magnetron sputtering process with oxygen admixture is studied by both experiment and model. The ground state number densities of titanium atoms and ions, and the deposition rates in high power impulse magnetron sputtering discharge were determined for a constant average applied power and pulse duration, while the repetition frequency and reactive gas supply were varied. The hysteresis curve reduced in width and shifted towards the lower oxygen supply with a decrease in the repetition frequency. These experimentally observed trends were well reproduced by a modified Berg model. The presented model utilised measured ionisation fraction of sputtered species and considered the back-attraction of the ionised sputtered species to the target. Significance of the back-attraction process was observed as large fraction of ionised sputtered particles was found to be lost back to the target. This drastically decreased the number of particles deposited onto the substrate, which reduced not only the deposition rate, but also the gettering of the reactive gas. Consequently, the simulated hysteresis curve was shifted and reduced in width as it was observed experimentally.


Anden, N. -E. The urinary excretion and the tissue uptake of noradrenaline after severe tissue depletion of noradrenaline by α-methyl-meta-tyrosine and metaraminol. Acta physiol. scand. 1965. 64. 136–143. Four to eleven hours after an i. v. injection of metaraminol (0.2 mg/kg) to rats pretreated with α-methyl-m-tyrosine (400 mg/kg intraperitoneally on each of the two preceding days) there was a severe reduction of the noradrenaline levels in the sympathetically innervated organs but no significant change in urinary noradrenaline excretion. This finding may indicate that the release of noradrenaline from the sympathetic nerves is unaffected in spite of severe transmitter depletion. The uptake of tritiated noradrenaline from the blood by the sympathetically innervated organs was about 40 per cent of normal after this treatment. Metaraminol (and its precursor α-methyl-m-tyrosine) is almost as efficient as reserpine in causing depletion of the adrenergic transmitter but this effect appears to be due to simple displacement rather than interference with transmitter storage and release.


Objective: The study was conducted to determine the prevalence of sexual dysfunction and the factors affecting the medical and non-medical profession women using of Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) as an assessment instrument. Material & Method: Respondents were women aged ≥ 18 years that consist of medical groups , working in the field of health care ( doctors, nurses , pharmacists , hospital staff ), and non-medical groups that have regular sexual partner and sexually active for 3 months. Data was taken with the Female Sexual Function Index ( FSFI), translated into Indonesian . Results: There are 206 respondents consisting of 103 people medical and 103 people non-medical group. Mean age was 32.92 ± 7.23 respondents in the youngest age of 21 years and the oldest 53 years. Most respondents (75.2%) were well educated (graduate diploma) with a long marriage has a range of 6-372 months. The majority of respondents (94.2%) married one time. The overall prevalence of sexual dysfunction (FSFI total score 0.05) between the medical groups 12,6% when compared to non-medical group (5.8%). Most interference was in the domain of satisfaction (34.0%) in the medical group and 27.2% in non-medical. Conclusion: The medical profession has high potential to experience sexual dysfunction. Night shifts were associated with the prevalence of sexual dysfunction in healthcare workers. Other factors were not found to be related to sexual dysfunction . Keywords: Sexual dysfunction , factors that affect sexual function . Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */
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Abstract Although the Mesoscale Community Compressible (MC2) model successfully reproduces the wind climate (for wind energy development purposes) of the Gaspé region, equivalent simulations for the steep mountainous southern Yukon have been unsatisfactory. An important part of the problem lies in the provision of suitable boundary conditions in the lower troposphere. This paper will describe an alternative provision of boundary conditions to the MC2 model based partly on standard National Centers for Environmental Prediction/National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCEP/NCAR) Reanalysis statistics, however, with modified lower tropospheric conditions based on local radiosonde measurements. The MC2 model is part of the AnemoScope wind energy simulation toolkit which applies statistical‐dynamical downscaling of basic large‐scale weather situations (i.e., the NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis) to simulate the steadystate wind climate of a complex region. A case study summarized here imposes a typical mean winter temperature inversion on the boundary conditions to reduce downward momentum transfer in the MC2 model over the Whitehorse region. In conjunction with this step, the geostrophic wind at the boundaries is held constant (with height) in speed and direction, based on the (observed) dominant southwesterly winds above the mountaintops. The resulting simulation produces wind directions within the modelled domain that are in much better agreement with the available measurements. However, despite the imposed atmospheric stability, downward transfer of horizontal momentum from aloft still appears to exceed that occurring in nature. It is recommended that (in future studies of this type regarding mountain wind climate) the input statistics processed from the NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis be modified by referencing the geostrophic winds to a level above the mountaintops. It is also suggested that converting to a height (z) coordinate system may reduce the erroneous downward momentum transfer found in the present terrain‐following grid.


This article focuses on the analysis of the relationship between the factors of economic development human capital (applied and skill-oriented) in Xiong'an New District and higher vocational education. It elaborates on the relationship between the economic and industrial structure of Xiong'an New District and higher vocational education, the relationship between various science and technology parks (future industrial layout) in Xiong'an New District and higher vocational education, the relationship between the economic development differences of Xiong'an New District and higher vocational education as well as how to give full play to the resource advantages of Tianjin's higher vocational colleges and enhance specific measures to serve the economic development of Xiong'an New District.


Summary This is a short note on two potential worries surrounding a scenario of falling rents in East Germany. These worries, put forward by Wolfgang Maennig, are: (1) that housing suppliers could withdraw as rents fall, while (2) housing demanders might hesitate to expand consumption as rents fall. - This note insists that falling rents' overall benefits would outweigh their costs.


This article presents a new type of casing treatment which completely eliminates the drop in the head characteristic of a single-stage, axial-flow pump without any noticeable negative effect on the pump efficiency. The casing treatment consists of 60 shallow axial grooves, which are located only in front of the rotor. These shallow axial grooves differ from other commonly investigated types of casing treatments with respect to their mechanism of action. For a qualitative as well as a quantitative analysis of the mechanism of action of grooves, oil flow pictures were taken and also radial velocity profiles were measured using calibrated pressure probes. These investigations reveal that, unlike other types of casing treatments, the grooves do not delay the onset of stall by controlling the rotor inflow before reaching the stall point. However, when stall occurs, the shallow axial grooves reduce the detrimental swirl component of the stall cell, which otherwise leads to the drop in pump head at the stall point. The pump efficiency at design is not affected by these types of grooves. In deep stall, the efficiency is even higher for the grooved casing due to better inlet flow conditions.


The radiation self‐impedance, the mutual coupling coefficient, and the farfield radiation pattern of a circular piston in an infinite rigid‐plane baffle is obtained when the acoustic medium in front of the piston and baffle consists of a layer followed by an infinite half‐space with different properties. Numerical calculations are presented for cases where the half‐space is ordinary water and the layer is water containing resonant air bubbles. The properties of water containing bubbles are discussed. The Green's function for a layered medium is derived. The reciprocity theorem for a layered medium is proved.


: The point of this work is to examine dynamic properties of a bolted joint. The first task was to show the possibilities of modelling these bolted joints. We tried to compare simple models, the first one was prismatic beam, to beams connected in different ways, to match the measured values. Models were approximated based on data about natural frequencies and mode shapes. In the last step, we evaluated and compared the calculated values as well as the graphical solution of the mode shapes.


Protection of bunds and slopes is of prime importance in Oil and Gas facilities, in order to contain hydrocarbon products and to protect soil erosion. This paper highlights some slope protection challenges and mitigation techniques comparing the conventional systems and describes the evaluation methodology including Sustainability and Cost optimization potential of a new material "Concrete Impregnated Fabric". The knowledge obtained in determining the evaluation criteria and methodology of this slope protection system is worth sharing with industry professionals.
 Conventional slope protection involves mainly gatch and concrete lining. While the design life of gatch being less, use of reinforced concrete is non-sustainable. The main challenge in slope protection is "slope stability" involving the type of soil to be retained and slope angle. Various polymeric products named as Geo-strips, Geogrids, etc. are used for soil reinforcement. Steel mesh surrounded Gabion retaining structures are used for retaining very high slopes. New technologies such as "Mastic grouted mattresses" are more suitable for sloped surfaces of coastal areas.
 "Concrete Impregnated Fabric" or "Geo-synthetic Cementitious Composite Mat (GCCM)", a new material that hardens on hydration was found suitable for quick construction and has many more advantages. Technical evaluation criteria and detailed evaluation process in selecting this slope protection system is described in this paper. Technical information, features and installation methods of the product have been collected from the manufacturer and subjected to a detailed desk study. After initial review, the product with its varying thicknesses was applied on mock-up bund, demonstrating laying, joint-fixing, end-anchoring and initial hydration. This event has been witnessed by more than a dozen of engineers from all plants of ADNOC Gas Processing. The trial site was left exposed to atmosphere and revisited after 6 months and the condition ascertained.
 Physical properties listed in the information brochure have been verified by carrying out third party laboratory tests in UAE based on various international codes and witnessed by professional team. Also as part of evaluation process, in a pilot project, it was applied on pipeline bund area of about 4000 Sqm.
 Apart from the sustainability aspects and techno-commercial analysis, other advantages of the product such as design-life of 50 years, construction ease, 24% cost saving compared to concrete lining and feedback from previous users, etc. were evaluated and captured in a comprehensive report based on which it was accepted for use on slopes without any loads. Evaluation of this fit-for-purpose slope protection system including its pilot application will be useful for all relevant stakeholders.


Statistics have shown that Wikipedia is very frequently used by the general public and that its articles rank high in online search engines. However, the accuracy and general quality of Wikipedia have been debated over the years. This study aims to investigate the quality of Wikipedia by expert reviewers pertaining to the accuracy, currency, breadth, readability, im-ages, structure, neutrality and relevance of a Wikipedia entry on dark matter. The entry has over 5800 edits. A comparison to two other centrally controlled sources, edited by acclaimed experts was also made. Data was collected by asking a number of qualified experts to review and rate three different texts, one published by NASA, one by Encyclopaedia Britannica and one from the English language version of Wikipedia. An interview with one of the experts was also carried out. The results showed that Wikipedia scored better than the other texts in all examined variables except for readability. Wikipedia was the preferred source by all but one panel members and its credibility was considered high. This review indicates that both NASA's and Encyclopaedia Britannica's articles on dark matter had a lower degree of quality than expected considering their brands' high level of credibility. This report encourages the use of Wikipedia both for reference and as a platform to communicate, revise and correct re-search.


In many geodetic analyses, it is important to consider the effect of earth tide on the instantaneous position of a station and its subsequent influence on the computation and interpretation of time series of coordinates as well as related data products. In this research work, effect and temporal variations in position of the IGS (International Global Navigational Satellite Systems [GNSS] Service) station at Hyderabad and some of the other Indian stations due to solid earth tide, has been carried out. Mean daily coordinates of the station has been computed using static precise point positioning (PPP) method for a month. Results show that the station undergoes temporal displacements and its coordinates varies continuously within a day and all the days in the month. It has been found that the tidal oscillations follow some periodicity, and thus need to be studied independently for all stations.


The study determined the predictive power of students' misconceptions and difficult concepts in physics on academic engagement and retention. The study adopted a correlational survey research design. The population comprised 3148 science students in Benue State. The sample was 650 science students. Six research questions were answered and six null hypotheses were tested. The instruments for data collection were Physics Difficult Concepts Retention Test (PDCRT), Physics Academic Engagement Scale (PAES), and Physics Students' Misconceptions Identification (PSMI). The PDCRT, PAES, and PSMI were faces validated and PDCRT was also content validated. An estimate of internal consistency was obtained through Cronbach's Alpha for PAES and Kuder-Richardson (K-R21) for PDCRT. The coefficient of internal consistency was 0.73 for PAES and 0.88 for PDCRT. Regression analysis was used for data analysis. It was spotlighted that students' misconceptions, as well as difficulty levels in Physics, significantly predicted academic engagement. However, students' misconceptions, as well as difficulty levels, do not significantly predict retention in Physics. It was also found that students' misconceptions and difficulty levels jointly significantly predicted students' academic engagement in Physics. Similarly, the combination of students' misconceptions and difficulty levels significantly predicted retention in physics. It was recommended among others that Physics teachers should use instructional strategies that allow self-directed learning that could give emotional safety, reduce misconceptions and enhance academic engagement. Physics teachers should guide students using systematic procedures so that they acquire relevant skills essential for successful learning interplay to reduce the level of difficulty in understanding Physics concepts and enhance retention.


A spindle head holder (5) is pivoted on a base member (1), a linear drive (21) is mounted to the base member (1), a linear guide (50) is mounted to the spindle head holder (5), and an engagement member (60) is engaged with both linear drive and linear guide at a substantially identical part (35, 37) thereof.


Objective: The COVID-19 pandemic caused the habits of university students to have spent more time with technological devices and the internet. This study is aimed to investigate the effect of technology and internet addictions of university students on the musculoskeletal (MSK) problems during the post-pandemic period.
Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted with 368 university students. The Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire, Pain Numerical Rating Scale, Technology Addiction Scale (TAS), Young's Internet Addiction Test-Short Form (YIAT-SF), and Örebro Musculoskeletal Screening Questionnaire-12-TR (Örebro-12-TR) were applied. Multiple linear regression analysis was performed to assess the effect of technology addiction and internet addiction on the MSK problem.
Results: The mean TAS score of the participants was 45.94±15.46, the mean YIAT-SF score was 24.56±9.52, and the mean Örebro-12-TR score was 35.55±17.14. Technology (p=0.037) and internet addiction (p=0.001) variables had a significant effect on MSK problem. This model can explain 18.4% of the total variance in the risk of developing MSK problems (adjusted R2=0.184).
Conclusion: This study showed that internet and technology addictions affected the MSK problems during the post-pandemic period. Interventions and training programs could reduce the risk of MSK problems.


It is demonstrated that the angular variation of a positive peak at 2.2 eV in the reflection anisotropy spectrum (RAS) observed from the Cu(110)/electrolyte interface is consistent with its identification as a transition between surface states at the Ȳ point of the surface Brillouin zone. The angular variation of a broad negative feature in the RAS spectrum is consistent with the major contribution to its intensity arising from transitions polarised along the principal axes of the Cu(110). The intensity of this feature varies with the potential applied to the Cu(110).


The subject of this paper is image decomposition into bit planes and its compression based on the independent analysis of bit planes and appropriate preprocessing and coding. The results obtained are presented and some hints for further improvements are given.


A computer can, in a very real sense, read human minds. Although the dot's gyrations are directed by a computer, the machine was only carrying out the orders of the test subject .The computer mind-reading technique is far more than a laboratory stunt. Though computers can solve extraordinarily complex problems with incredible speed , the information they digest is fed to them by such slow, cumbersome tools as typewriter keyboards or punched tapes. People express their mental states, including emotions, thoughts, and desires, all the time through facial expressions, vocal nuances and gestures a computer can, read it very real sense. Although the dot's gyrations are directed by a computer, the machine was only carrying out the orders of the test facial expression. The computer mind- reading technique is far more than a laboratory stunt. The key to his scheme: the electroencephalograph, a device used by medical researchers to pick up electrical currents from various parts of the brain. If we could learn to identify brain waves generated by specific thoughts or commands, we might be able to teach the same skill to a computer. The machine might even be able to react to those commands by, say, moving a dot across a TV screen. So far the S.R.I, computer has been taught to recognize seven different commands — up, down, left, right, slow, fast and stop .these review is focus mainly on mind reading and use this technic for handicapped person by using futurestic band.


The common bean ( Phaseolus vulgaris L.) stands out in the eating habits of Latin Americans for having great importance in providing the nutritional diet of protein, iron and carbohydrates, with Brazil being the largest producer of the vegetable. In the season 2006/2007, in Selviria, MS , located in the Brazilian Cerrado, we evaluated the spatial variability of bean, depending on the chemical properties of Oxisol using a minimum tillage system, irrigated with center pivot. The objective of this work was to select the soil attributes that have the best spatial and linear correlation, to explain the variability of common bean grain yield. A geostatistical grid, with 117 sampling points, was installed to collect the soil and plant data in an area of 2,025 m 2 with homogeneous slope of 0.055 m m -1 . The common bean grain yield (GY), number of haricot per plant (NHP), number of grains per haricot (NGH), number of grains per plant (NGP) and weight of one hundred grains (DHG), represented the attributes of the plants, while P, OM, pH, were the soil chemical attributes collected at three depths (0.00-0.10 m, 0.10-0,20 m e 0.20-0.30 m). The average common bean grain yield was a consequence of lower plant population provided by that the system, this may have been caused by a decrease in organic matter content.


Many law societies in Canada have responded to studies documenting gender bias and sexual harassment in the legal profession by introducing anti-discrimination rules. The Law Society of British Columbia introduced anti-discrimination rules in 1993. This article discusses the attitudes of a stratified random sample of lawyers (50 women and 50 men) called to the Bar in British Columbia between 1986 and 1990, gathered through indepth interviews conducted in 1993-94. It addresses the question of whether they think the Law Society's rules prohibiting discrimination and sexual harassment will be effective. The article also raises some questions about the role of self-regulation in curbing such behaviour in the legal profession. This article is available in Osgoode Hall Law Journal: http://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/ohlj/vol35/iss2/1 THE USE OF SELF-REGULATION TO CURB DISCRIMINATION AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION©


Statistics from Thika Institutional sex disaggregated baseline survey (2014) clearly showed that 65% were males and 35% were females. This clearly shows there is a gap as far as women participation in technical education is concerned. Few girls enrol and complete technical education than men. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to find out the successes of ODL programme in increasing women access to technical education. Some of the specific objectives of the paper include: finding out causes of low female participation in TVET, examine ODL programme in skills training for the formal sector and non-formal sector. Further, the study will examine challenges and solutions of implementing ODL programme for skills training. Data will be collected using desktop research and participatory discussions with the heads of department, FSD champion and departmental FSD champions. The participants cut across the mainstream academic departments. The findings and recommendations will assist in enhancing female participation in technical education hence address the problem of female disparity in TVET institute


Based on an analyze of the basic concepts of data warehouse,the forming way of data and the design method of system,a data warehouse used to appraise human quality is built so as to gather all the decentralized data,at the same time,improve the efficiency and accuracy of the appreciation of human quality.


Summary form only given. In summary, the behavior of laser ablated species and the temperature distributions during pulsed-laser deposition of YBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 7/ high-Tc thin films have been visualized using 2D laser induced fluorescence (LIF). The results show that the present technique is very powerful to understand the dynamic behavior of the pulsed laser deposition (PLD) process.


Integrating more functionality in a smaller form factor with lower power consumption pushes traditional semiconductor technology scaling to its limits. Three-dimensional (3D) chip stacking is touted as the silver bullet technology that can keep Moore's momentum and fuel the next wave of consumer electronic products. Introduced is a framework that enables rapid evaluation of 3D SoCs with existing physical design tools.


Health is an important aspect of human existence. Good health depends on a variety of factors like physical, biological, economic, and environmental factors. These factors have a contributory effect on the total well-being of a person positively or negatively. One of the negative effects is migration. Illegal migration has helped in the spread of communicable and non-communicable diseases. Many migrants are unaware of the health implication of migration because they are not equipped with necessary information for informed decision. This information can only be made available through the media. There has been a paucity of literature on migration and health. This chapter sought to examine how the media has helped to disseminate information that encourage or discourage people to migrate. It was recommended that the media work in concert with government and non-governmental organizations to provide information that would show case the health challenges migrants face. It also recommended that testimonies of survivors should be reported in a way that would discourage potential migrants.


The method of classification using D2 statistic as given by Singh and Chaudhary [7] is examined in depth and shown to be basically erroneous. A relook on the paper that identifies the character contributing most to genetic divergence by Singh [8] brings to light the complexities of the problem which remain essentially unsolved.


It is widely held that the emphasis of care should be transferred from in‐patient to day places and support services. How strong is the financial case for doing this?


A kind of actuator system of adaptive intelligent augment stabilization for micro-UAV based on the piezoelectric bimorph is researched,and a driven power source of the piezoelectric bimorph is designed based on the booster circuit theory.The actuator adopts onboard battery to provide power,for the sake of researching the dynamic character of the driven power,0~5V voltage is adopted to simulate the control signal.At the same time,in order to realize the self-adaptive control of the actuator system,the displacement variation of the piezoelectric bimorph based on the fiber Bragg grating(FBG)sensor is measured.The research results indicate that the driven power source can satisfy driving requirement,when the actuator system is working,by analyzing the central wavelength variation of the FBG which is adhesived to the piezoelectric bimorph,can real-time monitor the output displacement of the actuator system,and these research results provide a certain reference for the self adaptive control of the actuator system.


ing debriefing remains unknown. In advanced life support (ALS) training, one major challenge in conducting post-simulation debriefing is the difficulty in allowing trainees to both objectively and comprehensively review their practice in order to identify the gap between actual performance and the target goal. What was tried? A free iOS application, 'CodeTracer' (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/codetracer/ id887099682?mt=8), was developed to aid creative learning and teaching in ALS simulation education. We introduced a novel presentation scheme into this App to allow participants to 'visualise' their performance by sequencing the registered interventions on a timeline map. The App also computes the overall no flow fraction (NFF) in simulated cardiac arrests. Data on every simulation can be saved on the device for real-time review, and for further comparison between different scenarios. A simple pilot study was conducted to gain quantitative evaluation of whether this particular tool could help in the debriefing after ALS simulations. Sixty participants were randomly assigned into teams of six. Each team completed a scenario of ALS simulation following a mini-lecture on learning objectives and practice guidelines in adult cardiac arrest resuscitation. A structured debriefing was held immediately after every simulation. Teams were then randomly assigned to receive either oral debriefing alone or App-assisted debriefing after the simulation. What lessons were learned? The response to our App-assisted ALS education was promising. Ninety per cent of the participants in the App-assisted group rated the software 'helpful' and 'valuable'. They considered that 'being able to implement the App' for debriefing allowed them to be more interested and focused, as the software enables them to have an intuitive visual summary of which and when interventions were performed during their practice. We found some potential benefits of the App in our pilot study. First, participants receiving adjunctive data by the App in the debriefing sessions gave more and richer feedback on how their performances could be improved in the future (the technical skills gaps). For example, wrong or omitted actions or medications during resuscitation, or proper actions performed at the wrong time, can all be easily and rapidly recognized on the timeline graph by the App. These errors are strongly associated with adverse clinical outcomes in cardiac arrest resuscitations, and are difficult to identify by either memory recall or even video review. Second, we observed that a higher level of team collaboration could be achieved when objective indicators were provided for review. In our pilot study, debriefing with quantitative parameters (NFF, time to initiation of cardiopulmonary resuscitation [CPR] and to first defibrillation) was associated with more practical feedback on team performance, with emphasis on team communication, leadership and interpersonal collaboration in order to reduce unnecessary interruptions in chest compressions and to ensure rapid response to several time-sensitive interventions. Finally, it would be interesting to investigate in the future whether this App could complement the traditional checklist-based assessment by providing an additional scoring system for ALS simulation tests.


Introduction The morbidity of chronic pancreatitis (CP) remains at a high level. In cases of CP, prepapillary stenosis of the common bile duct (CBD) complicates the course of disease in 30–60% of patients. Aim To improve the detection of biliary hypertension (BH) in patients with complicated forms of CP by increasing the accuracy of preoperative and intraoperative diagnostics using modern diagnostic methods. Material and methods We analysed the results of surgical treatment of 573 patients with complicated forms of CP. In 163 (28.5%) patients, CP was complicated by BH. The method of intraoperative monitoring of biliary pressure (IOM BP) was developed and introduced for intraoperative control and determination of the adequacy of intervention regarding biliary decompression. Results Mechanical jaundice was diagnosed by clinical methods in 101 (61.9%) CP patients with BH, and by laboratory methods in 108 (66.2%) patients. Such methods as magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (95.6%), endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (93.7%), and computed tomography (93.8%) proved to have the highest sensitivity for the diagnostics of BH in cases of CP. Conclusions The application of an integrated approach with extensive use of modern non-invasive preoperative methods of assessment allowed an approximation of the reliability of preoperative diagnostics of BH in CP patients to 95.6%. The use of the IOM BP method enables us to increase the sensitivity of intraoperative diagnostics of BH to 97.3% and choose the method of surgical intervention, which significantly reduces the risk of BH recurrence in the distant postoperative period by 15.1% (χ2 = 4.22, p = 0.04).


Objective:To explore the use of multi-slice spiral computed tomography angiography(MSCTA) for evaluation of steno-occlusive vascular disease of the lower limbs.Methods:Among 32 patients suspected with steno-occlusive vascular disease of the lower limbs,MSCT was performed to visualize the vascularity using 3-dimensional reconstruction of computed tomography angiography(3D-CTA).Results:In these patients,MSCTA identified 92 arterial segments to have varied degrees of stenosis or occlusion,which included 22 cases of arteriosclerosis obliterans(ASO) of lower extremity(involving the abdominal aorta in 1 patient,iliac artery in 2,femoral or popliteal artery in 8,lower leg artery in 4 and full-limb vascularity in 7),5 cases of thromboangiitis obliterans(TAO,involving the common iliac artery in 3 patients and external iliac artery in 2),and 5 cases of Takayasu's arteritis.In 8 patients who received concomitant digital subtraction angiography(DSA),the two diagnostic modalities yielded satisfactory consistency in nearly 100% of the time.Conclusion:MSCTA can provide distinct 3D visualization of lower limb vascularity,which is highly useful for clinical evaluation of vascular diseases of the lower extremities.


The main goal of the presented study is to analyze the direct links between the material (sociogeographical) and information subsystems (layers) of the cultural landscape. Verkhneoredezhsky cultural landscape (Leningrad oblast) was chosen as the object of study, on the territory of which it is planned to create the regional natural and historical park "Verkhny Oredezh". The main attention is paid to the reflection of the network of settlements and communications in the structure of the information frame of the cultural landscape. To determine the volume and content of information about historical settlements as elements of the information frame of the cultural landscape, the method of text content analysis was used. Features of the spatial concentration of information are identified using a cartographic model of the network of settlements and communications. Tourist guides were used as sources of information; publications of local history content, data obtained using search engines and geoservices (Yandex, Yandex.Maps, Wikimapia). The results were visualized using cartographic and statistical methods (construction of chart diagrams and correlation fields). The concentric zoning of settlements was established, nodes and nuclei of information concentration were identified, which are historical settlements with noble estates located on their territory. Along with concentric zones, linear structures are involved in the formation of the information frame. A special place is occupied by the historic Ivangorod road, transiting the territory of the cultural landscape. Broadcasting of historical memory is facilitated by the active activity of geoservice users aimed at visiting historical and cultural places.


We present the testbeam results of the first embedded tracking system prototype based on artificial retina algorithm, capable to reconstruct tracks in real time with a latency < 1\mus and with track parameter resolutions comparable with the offline results. The tracking system is based on silicon strip telescope and a custom DAQ board based on commercial FPGA, in which the artificial retina algorithm has been implemented. The prototype has been tested with 180GeV/c protons at a maximum trigger rate of 280kHz. The testbeam has been carried out at CERN SPS and the obtained results for track parameters show good agreement with offline results and with the simulated response of the system.


The top ic treated is that of fi nding a re producib le, plaus ible and computationall y s imple method of selecting a di screte frequency di s tribution with a prescr ib ed rankin g of its components and pre· scrib ed upper and lowe r bounds on these compone nt. s . The problem is s hown to be tract.ab le when a minimax error selection c rit e ri on is e mployed, and "error " is measure d by maximum absolut e devia ti on a mong co mpone nts. In thi s case one obt.ains a lin ea r progra m of a specia l form ad mittin g expli c it solutio n.


The vast amount of code available on the web is increasing on a daily basis. Open-source hosting sites such as GitHub contain billions of lines of code. Community question-answering sites provide millions of code snippets with corresponding text and metadata. The amount of code available in executable binaries is even greater. In this talk, I will cover recent research trends on leveraging such "big code" for program analysis, program synthesis and reverse engineering. We will consider a range of semantic representations based on symbolic automata [11, 15], tracelets [3], numerical abstractions [13, 14], and textual descriptions [1, 22], as well as different notions of code similarity based on these representations.


B-cell prolymphocytic leukemia (B-PLL) is a rare lymphoid leukemia with an aggressive course. Diagnosis is based on morphology (>55% peripheral blood prolymphocytes), immunophenotype and histology when available, as there is no cytogenetic hallmark for this disease. There are scanty data regarding the mutational status of the variable region of immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgVH) genes and ZAP-70 expression in B-PLL. Davi et al (Blood1996;88:970–6) showed that 9 of 11 B-PLL cases had mutated IgVH genes ( 98% homology) and ZAP-70 expression was evaluated by 4-colour flow cytometry. Seven of 13 cases (54%) in which IgVH mutational status was evaluable, showed unmutated IgVH genes (99.7–100% homology) and 6 (46%) mutated IgVH genes (90.1–97.4% homology). V3-23 and V4-34 genes were used in one third of the cases. ZAP-70 was expressed (≥ 20% CD19+ cells) in 7 of 10 evaluable cases and CD38 (≥ 30% of CD19+ cells) in 7 of 11 cases. FISH analysis showed delp53 in 6/13 (46%) and del(13)(q14) in 3/11 (27%) cases; trisomy 12 was absent in 7 cases tested. Correlation between IgVH status and other features is shown in the table. There was a prevalence of delp53 (83%) among the unmutated group, while ZAP-70 expression did not correlate with IgVH mutational status. Median overall survival was 41 months. Six patients (4 mutated, 2 unmutated) are alive at 50 months (range 8-112) from diagnosis, 9 (5 unmutated and 2 mutated) died at 17 months (range 0–55) and 1 was lost to follow-up at 4 months. The number of patients is too small to conclude whether IgVH mutational status and/or ZAP-70 expression have a significant impact on survival. In summary, B-PLL is heterogeneous with respect to IgVH mutational status as in most chronic B-cell disorders, with equal representation of unmutated and mutated cases. P53 deletion is more common in the unmutated subgroup and most of the cases express ZAP-70 and CD38. Laboratory findings according to mutational status


Objective:To explore the prognostic of speech disorder after subcortical cerebral vascular disease(SCVD) and the role of family speech treatment on the speech disorder.Method:To scale 44 cases with speech disorder after SCVD in the procedure of family speech treatment with Chinese Aphasia Measurement Method.Result:Of 32 cases with subcortical aphasia syndrome (SCA),81.25% showed symptom improvement and 34.78% recovered to roughly normal level after 3 months family speech treatment.The prognostic of cases with lesion in right hemisphere was better than left (the difference of improvement rates was significant in time of 1 and 3 month, P 0.01).The prognosis of hemorrhage was better than that of infarction (the difference of improvement rates was significant in time of 1 and 3 month, P 0.01).12 cases with classical aphasia syndrome,apart from the global aphasia,have satisfactory recovery.Conclusion:The prognosis of speech disorder after SCVD is satisfactory after speech treatment and speech treatment, family treatment is a practical rehabilitation form.


Limestone-Gypsum FGD and Seawater FGD are introduced,which are the most widely used technologies in Chinese power plant.Characteristics,advantages and disadvantages of the two technologies are illustrated by comparison of technology characteristics,design parameters,main equipments,construct and investment.


In this interview, filmmaker Ric Burns talks candidly about his 2006 project, Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film. An icon of the 1960s underground art world, Warhol and his work take on added dimension through Burns's lens, as visionary, philosopher, and cultural antagonist. Burns sets the context for the controversial artist and filmmaker's career, shedding light on the ways in which a childhood full of creativity and isolation, a fierce respect for autonomy, and an abiding belief in moments of revelation amidst the commonplace, all combined to make Andy Warhol an archeologist of American culture unlike any other—unearthing and mirroring the taken-for-granteds of everyday life.


With the recent establishment by the College of 'Affiliate' status for non-member psychiatrists and continuing professional development (CPD) for 'non-training' grades, we though it timely to open a debate on the role, status and needs of staff grade doctors in psychiatry. Many of the issues that need to be addressed are common to staff doctors in all specialities. Following a brief description of the grade and how it is being used at present we will focus on education needs and career progression, drawing on recent debate in the medical literature and our own experience as staff grade psychiatrists in the West of Scotland.


Objective: To study the operation skill of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) and the prevention measures of complication. Methods: 180 cases of LC were analyzed and summarized retrospectively in three years. Results: In 180 cases, there were three cases to be operated right away and two cases to suffer complication after the operation, and operation were applied later on. 175 cases LC were carried out successfully. Conclusion: The cautious operation and perfect technology are required in precaution operative complications, the option of adaptive disease and shifting operation type will reduce obviously occurring of the operative complication.


A procedure that combines a one‐point probability density function (pdf) and two‐point correlation functions (TPCF's) is introduced to simulate the multispecies chemical reactions carried by a homogeneous turbulence field. In this procedure, the pdf equation and the evolution of TPCF's are treated in parallel using time splitting. The one‐point pdf equation requires closure of only the molecular diffusion terms. At any instant the time scale for the linear mean square estimate closure is obtained from the parallel solutions of the equations for TPCF's, using a physical‐space EDQNM (eddy damped quasinormal Markovian) closure for the advection terms and a similarity assumption for the reaction terms. With this procedure, a study of chemical reactions with four or five species is possible. The model's predictions are in good agreement with DNS data and a fully two‐point pdf description of simpler kinetic schemes. Results for a range of Damkohler numbers, Schmidt numbers, and Reynolds numbers that are beyond ...


The aim of this thesis is to investigate the liability for property damage which has been inflicted on personal property belonging to a private person which is left behind or has gotten lost in premises belonging to a businessman, when the owner has or has had a contract with the businessman concerning his services. In order to meet the overall objective of this paper, I formulated the following questions:

- When, and under what conditions, can a businessman be obliged to take care of the private property that is left, lost or otherwise mislaid in his premises?

- In the event that there is an obligation on the businessman's part to take care of the property, what does that obligation encompass?

- Can the businessman be held liable if he doesn't fulfill any such obligation to take care of the property and, if so, under what conditions?

- If there is a tort obligation to take care of the property, can the businessman be allowed to exonerate himself from responsibility?

By private property I mean chattels or movable things, and not the broader concept of personal property that includes rights and claims.

My conclusion is that a businessman that finds himself in a situation like the one above does have an obligation to take care of his business partner's private property if it has ended up in his possession, either because of the law concerning lost property and where his obligation towards his partner is based on non-contractual rules, or in accordance with the general legal principles concerning services which has been codified in the law of customer service.


In light of the expanding SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, developing efficient vaccines that can provide sufficient coverage for the world population is a global health priority. The measles virus (MV)-vectored vaccine is an attractive candidate given the measles vaccine's extensive safety history, well-established manufacturing process, and induction of strong, long-lasting immunity. We developed an MV-based SARS-CoV-2 vaccine using either the full-length spike (S) or S2 subunit as the antigen. While the S2 antigen failed to induce neutralizing antibodies, the prefusion-stabilized, full-length S (MV-ATU2-SF-2P-dER) construct proved to be an attractive vaccine candidate, eliciting strong Th1-dominant T-cell and neutralizing antibody responses against the S antigen while minimizing reactivity to the vector itself. Neutralizing antibody titers remained high three months after homologous prime-boost immunization, and infectious virus was undetectable in all animals after challenge with a mouse-adapted SARS-CoV-2 virus.


Matrix metalloproteinase‐9 (MMP‐9) is a proinflammatory, proteolytic enzyme that is dysregulated in Apolipoprotein (APOE) ε4 carriers, patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) and has been shown to accelerate tau oligomerization, blood‐brain barrier breakdown and amyloid‐β (Aβ) accumulation. Evidence suggests that MMP‐9 activity may be regulated by sex hormones, yet it is unknown whether the association between plasma MMP‐9 and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) AD biomarker levels varies by sex.


graduate volunteers reviewed in this chapter, it is concluded that these predictions are corroborated. The present reviewer claims no expertise in psychiatry or clinical psychology and thus cannot evaluate much of the content of this book. Two characteristics of the volume are striking, however. First, the book provides evidence that the state of personality/self theory has not progressed to a sufficient stage of accumulation such that the theory developed by L'Abate clearly builds upon, and extends, an accepted model. Rather, L'Abate reviews other major theories of personality, lists their shortcomings, and proceeds to develop his own theory. Second, while the theory developed by L'Abate cites many extant theories and empirical studies, the boundaries of the literature cited extend only through psychology and psychiatry. The body of theory and studies of self done within the discipline of sociology or from a sociological social psychological perspective over the past several decades simply are not noted or integrated into the volume. This is not to say that the theory developed by L'Abate is irrevelant to sociology or sociologists. Certain propositions, such as those relating various aspects of personality to criminality, should well be of interest to, and subjected to test by, sociologists who study crime and deviance. It is unfortunate, however, that contributions by sociologists to the theory of the self are not acknowledged and integrated into the present volume.


The present article examines Russian folklore from the position of dynamic linguistics at the intersection of semiotic and discourse theories. Russian folklore is treated as a semiotic code facilitating the unfolding of discourse in time and space, simultaneously ensuring the transmission of cultural and literary traditions and the consolidation of various ethno-social entities. Our analysis of the poetics of inference is conducted on the basis of material from the contemporary Russian tale, replete with ambiguity that can be understood through the emotional and intellectual efforts of the reader. Knowledge of the global context, of historical facts and realia provide the reader with the possibility, on the one hand, to delve into folklore traditions, and, on the other hand, to grasp the spiritual and material culture of the Russian people – the bearer of the folkloric element.


Due to the limitation of data and analyzing method,previous studies of elderly's main economic resource are insufficient to answer the following two questions: first,when does transition begin before 60? Second,how does the economic resource change as the 2000 cohort of elderly growing older? This study uses the 6thcensus data to demonstrate the transitional trend of economic resource by analyzing data from the age of 45. Moreover,trace the 2000 cohort to analyze the changes of main economic resource to 2010. The results showed that: 1) the proportion of Chinese elderly rely on pensions experienced a ladder-like transition; 2) 60 to 69 was the important period of change and gradually became stable after 75. In urban area,the rank of labor income and pension switched at 60 forming "scissor-like "distribution,while in rural area,the rank of labor income exchanged with family support forming "sandglass-like"distribution; 3) the older people had better self-support capabilities with the development of social security system. The study indicates that the income structure of older people can not only reflect their financial situation,but also embody the national level of socio-economic development.


The model predictive control (MPC) with a nonlinear back propagation (BP) was used to design activated sludge process control system, and then a new improved dynamic matrix controller (IDMC) design method was proposed. The method was tested with the digital simulation analysis in a small-scale wastewater treatment plant based on benchmark simulation model No.1 (BSM1). The results showed that IDMC designed by the method has good dynamic characteristics and strong adaptability to stock load, and thus improves stability of the control system.


Analyzes the main reason of powder leakage caused by drag-link of ZGM95 coal pulverizer in No.1 boiler during the operation in Zhongning Power Generation Co. Ltd., introduces the treatment process of powder leakage, puts forward improvement measures.


ABSTRACT Wastewater containing Cr6+ with large water quantity and high levels of toxicity damages human health through the food chain. Electric flocculation was one of the commonly used methods for heavy metals wastewater treatment, which was applied to remove Cr6+ from wastewater. In this study, response surface methodology (RSM) was used to investigate the effects of different operating conditions on the removal efficiency of Cr6+ by the electric flocculation with iron electrodes. Box–Behnken design (BBD) was used for the optimization of the electric flocculation process to evaluate the effects and interactions of process variables such as initial pH, the electrode distance, the current density, and reaction time on the removal efficiency of Cr6+. The optimum values were found to be 5.48, 2.51 cm, 87.55 A/m2, and 25.6 min, respectively. Under this condition, the removal efficiency of Cr6+ reached 99.34%.


Expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs) identified using tumor gene expression data could affect gene expression in cancer cells, tumor-associated normal cells, or both. Here, we demonstrate a method to identify eQTLs affecting expression in cancer cells by modeling the statistical interaction between genotype and tumor purity. Only one-third of breast cancer risk variants, identified as eQTLs from a conventional analysis, could be confidently attributed to cancer cells. The remaining variants could affect cells of the tumor microenvironment, such as immune cells and fibroblasts. Deconvolution of tumor eQTLs will help determine how inherited polymorphisms influence cancer risk, development, and treatment response.


The publication presents a fragment of the university course «Peripatetic Philosophy» (1671) written by French Jesuit Georges de Rhodes. The translated fragment deals with the intellection, its essence and its kinds.


The present study seeks to outline a wholistic assessment method that was used in understanding problems experienced by an adolescent boy. Quantitative and qualitative assessments were done to identify cognitive and psychosocial problems. Parent, teacher and child's reports were used in obtaining essential information. We developed intervention strategies using parents as co-therapists. An individualized educational program was designed and assistive techniques were suggested. We reassessed the child after six months to understand the effectiveness of the intervention. Findings suggested that there was an overall improvement in academic performance, social and communication skills. These are important implications for practioners as learning disability can be managed successfully with the help of specially designed individual programs.


Unifying significant elements in real estate finance, we use the Bernanke-Gertler framework to model leverage cycles in US commercial real estate. We model capital-market yields, as conditioned by market-wide leverage, an indicator of debt availability, and jointly model investment, leverage, debt terms, and the aggregate appetite for risk. Our VAR framework delivers variance decompositions and impulse-response functions which show that leverage and its investment-related effect constitutes the primary driver of innovations in capital-market yields and vice versa. We further find evidence for flight to quality as well as knock-on effects that affect low-leverage investors in commercial real estate.


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This article looks at the behaviour of the British soldiers in the Peninsular War between 1808 and 1814. Despite being allies to Spain and Portugal, the British soldiers committed violent acts towards civilians on a regular basis. Traditionally it has been argued that the redcoat's misbehaviour was a product of their criminal backgrounds. This article will challenge this assumption and place the soldiers' behaviour in the context of their wartime experience. It will discuss the effects of war upon soldiers' mentality, and reflect upon the importance of psychological support in any theatre of war. In 2013 the UK Ministry of Justice removed 309 penal laws from the statute book, one of these being the Vagrancy Act of 1824. This Act was introduced for the punishment of 'incorrigible rogues' and was directed at soldiers who returned from the Napoleonic Wars and had become 'idle and disorderly...rogues and vagabonds'. Many veterans found it difficult to reintegrate into British society after experiencing the horrors of war at time when the effects of combat stress were not recognised. The need for the Act perhaps underlines the degrading effects of warfare upon the individual. The behaviour of British soldiers during the Peninsular War was far from noble and stands in stark contrast to the heroic image propagated in contemporary wartime literature. Daly has shown that low-level plunder and destruction occurred on a regular basis while British crimes escalated, on occasion, into full-scale atrocities in which civilians were raped and murdered. Such crimes were most notable during retreats and in the aftermath of successful assaults on enemy-held fortresses; Esdaile 1 John, Grierson, 'Sleep soundly, incorrigible rogues: you're no longer committing a criminal offence', The Independent, 12 December 2013, http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/sleep-soundlyincorrigible-rogues-youre-no-longer-committing-a-criminal-offence-9000162.html [accessed 09/02/14] 2 'Vagrancy Act 1824', http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo4/5/83 [accessed 07/02/2014] 3 David Bell, The First Total War: Napoleon's Europe and the Birth of Modern Warfare, (London: Bloomsbury, 2007), pp.279-280. 4 Gavin Daly, 'Plunder on the Peninsula: British soldiers and local civilians during the Peninsular War, 1808–1813', in Erica Charters, Eve Rosenhaft, Hannah Smith, (eds.), Civilians and War in Europe, 1618– 1815, (Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2012), p.218. British Journal for Military History, Volume 1, Issue 3, June 2015 43 argues that the retreat to Corunna in 1809 'remains a dark chapter in the history of the British army', and the sacking of Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz and San Sebastian should be recognised as war crimes. Coss has defended British soldiers' behaviour in light of their privations; and given the inadequacy of food and pay, some forms of plunder were a necessity for survival. Likewise the insults occasioned by local customs are perhaps understandable for soldiers who had not previously travelled abroad. However, the plunder that exceeded necessity and the violence toward civilians are harder to justify, so what was it that drove the redcoats to commit such crimes? The Duke of Wellington famously described his men as the 'scum of the earth' and this view has become entrenched in traditional historiography and has been used to explain the men's misbehaviour. It was simply a result of their inherent criminal nature. The system of volunteering at that time ensured that the majority of recruits were from the lower orders of society and often enlisted for no better reason than to find employment. But low income backgrounds do not necessarily explain or lead to criminality. Furthermore, to explain atrocities as a product of lowclass criminality is to ignore the officers who were sometimes also complicit in such crimes. In view of these circumstances, we must look at their experiences which may have formed the context of this behaviour. Firstly, the Iberians were viewed as an inferior 'other', whose superstitious and uncivilised customs offended British values. These cultural prejudices are crucial to understanding the breakdown of restraint towards inhabitants and the justification of British actions. The daily experience of campaigning further debased the soldiers' mind-set; food was scarce, pay was sporadic, sickness was rife and the men endured long marches with little shelter. Finally the physical and mental horrors of battle and sieges pushed men to extremes. All these factors combined to create behaviours lying outside the moral norms of the time. This begs the question, is there something within the experience of warfare that creates such disturbing reactions? Should these soldiers be condemned as brutes, or would anyone placed in their situation react similarly? Just as the Vagrancy Act remained in force until 2013, the behaviours of these 'incorrigible rogues' are of lasting importance in reflecting upon our own capabilities and the effects of warfare upon both men and women. Beginning with the social composition of Britain's Peninsular soldiers, Wellington's description of his men as the 'scum of the earth' has been accepted by many 5 Charles Esdaile, The Peninsular War: A New History, (New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2003), p.152 and p.470. 6 Edward Coss, All for the King's Shilling: the British Soldier under Wellington, 1808-1810, (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2010), p.109. 7 Philip Henry Stanhope (ed.), Notes of Conversation with the Duke of Wellington, 1831-1851, (London: John Murray. 1888), p.18. 8 Gavin Daly, The British Soldier in the Peninsular War: Encounters with Spain and Portugal, 1808-1814, (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013), p.14. 9 John Keegan, The Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo and the Somme, (London: Cape, 1976), p.18. BRUTALISATION OF BRITISH SOLDIERS IN THE PENINSULAR WAR www.bjmh.org.uk 44 historians as the literal truth. This provides a useful cause-and-effect explanation for British misbehaviour; if the army was composed of criminals, then their misconduct on the Peninsula was simply a 'product of their thuggish nature'. 10 Whilst this explanation is convenient, it confines misconduct to one social group and explains it entirely in behavioural terms. In order to ascertain the full range of motives and understand the nature of the crimes, we must deconstruct the myth of the 'scum of the earth' and answer the question who were the British soldiers and why did they enlist? The idea that the redcoats were drawn from the criminal classes was not without foundation. The recruitment of fugitives into the army had been practised throughout the century as an alternative to punishment by the civil courts. This may have been attractive given the severity of punishments within a Georgian England noted for its 'Bloody Code' and numerous capital offences. Convicts could also be forcibly recruited, as seen in the enrolment of men arrested in the Edinburgh New Year's Day riots of 1812. The fact that crime increased upon the demobilisation of soldiers furthered the conviction of innate soldier criminality. 13 This consensus notwithstanding, which has been reproduced in many works of history, it has recently been suggested that the proportion of fugitives recruited into the army does not justify the widespread attention they have been accorded. Buckley underlines that there is little hard evidence, or a single study, which supports the view that the rankers were predominantly criminals. Indeed, the Royal Commission on corporal punishment in 1853 reported that only 10-20% of the army were the 'incorrigibles' described by Wellington. In Speed's words, then, 'The ruffians won the army a bad name, but they were only a minority'. If the proportion of men condemned by the courts was not so great, Wellington's description of his men as 'scum' could be seen as a broader reference to the lower classes and a reflection of his own upper class prejudice. His comment on the British army was made in comparison to the French, whereby 'conscription calls out 10 Coss, All For the King's Shilling, p.xviii. 11 J.M. Beattie, Crime and the Courts in England, 1660-1800, (London: Clarendon, 1986), p.220. 12 Richard Glover, Peninsular Preparation: the Reform of the British army, 1795-1809, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1963), p.175. 13 This was more likely due to decreased employment after the decline of wartime industry and jobs, matched by an influx of working men upon demobilisation, Beattie, Crime and the Courts in England, pp.228235. 14 Glover, Peninsular Preparation, pp.174-175. 15 Cited in Coss, All For the King's Shilling, pp.80-81. 16 Richard Holmes, Redcoat: the British Soldier in the Age of Horse and Musket, (London: Harper Collins, 2001), p.151. 17 Peter Speed, Then and There Series: Wellington's Army, (Harlow: Longman, 1969), pp.18-19. 18 Coss, All for the King's Shilling, pp.37-38. British Journal for Military History, Volume 1, Issue 3, June 2015 45 a share of every class': by contrast, the British system of volunteering drew out mostly lowly men who enlisted 'after having got bastard children – some for minor offense – many more for drink'. Given the poor reputation of the army, and the harsh conditions on campaign, the nature of volunteering meant that only the most desperate men would enlist. Despite a series of reforms, pay remained lower than the average labourer's wage and the promise of pensions was 'yet a more distant carrot'. However, even if soldiering remained an unattractive profession that only attracted desperate men – lower-class backgrounds are not synonymous with criminality. As Lieutenant Sherer of the 34 Foot claimed, 'I think that we should find as much virtue, and as many amiable qualities, among ten thousand [soldiers], as among a similar number of individuals taken, without selection, from the bosom of civil society'. A closer analysis of the background and motivation


Location du domaine sacrt de Zeus Ttmemtes (Amorgos), J. Delamarre. A commentary and emendation of the text of this inscr. first published by Weil in 1876. It is especially interesting for information on Greek farming. De'couverte d"un fragment de manuscrit d'Sorace, P. Sjbbeck. Discovered at Lund and contains Hor. Od. iii. 4. 12-65. It appears to be of the tenth century, and the commentary of the eleventh. Zes composts syntactiques et la loi de Porson dans le trimetre iambique des tragiques grecs, •G. Dottin. Plaut. Aul. 3-8, J. Chauvin. Suggests for 5 patri < suo > avoque iam heres qui nunc hie habet and for 7 th'esaurum auri <aulam> clam omnis in medio foco, and inserts a new line after 5. Terentius, Phormio, L. Havet. Various notes. Ovide, Met. ix. 557, R. Cahen. Keeps the reading of the archetype tantum sit causa timendi where vulg. is tantum absit c.t. and some edd. give tamen •ut sit c.t. A propos d'une idition rdecnte de Thucydide, D. Serruys. On Stuart Jones' edition which is called rather 'heureuse vulgarisation qu'un progres considerable,' but much merit in it is recognised. Correction! •au texte de Origoire de Nazianze, A. Misier.


In this article, I examine the distribution of time pressure associated with the roles of marital partner and parent using data from a telephone survey. Results of an analysis of open-ended responses indicate that less than a quarter of respondents are satisfied with the time they spend with their children and spouses. Women are more likely to want to improve the quality of family time, whereas men are somewhat more likely to want more time with their spouses and children. Regression analysis indicates that social support, hours of paid labor, hours of housework, job control, and having dependent children are all associated with significant variation in family time pressures. In contrast to research on general time pressure, there are no socioeconomic differences in family time pressures, and women do not experience significantly higher family time pressures than men do.


The process of one-step reduction roasting and magnetic separation was adopted to prepare ferro-nickel alloy from low-grade nickel laterite ore(w(Ni)=1.52%,w(Fe)=14.08%).The roasting factors including roasting temperature,time,reducing coal amount and compound additive were investigated.The results indicate that under the conditions of adding 20% reducing coal,12% compound additive,roasting temperature and roasting in a N2 protected atmosphere 180 min at 1 200 ℃,most of nickel and a spot of iron are selectively reduced.Then conventional magnetic separation is carried out after water quenching of the roasted ore.The content of Ni and the ratio of Fe/Ni are 10.74% and 4.5 in ferro-nickel concentrate prepared by this method,respectively.And the recovery rate of Ni is 86.23%,which indicates that a high recovery of ferro-nickel from nickel laterite ore is achieved indeed.