The invention relates to a modified UV paint and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the field of coating. The modified UV paint comprises the following components in percentage by weight: 20-40% of an oligomer, 5-30% of thermoplastic polyurethane resin, 1-10% of a diluent monomer, 30-50% of a diluent, 0.1-5% of an additive and 0.5-5% of a light initiator. The invention further discloses a preparation method of UV paint and an application of the coating. The coating has good performance, is subjected to spray coating on the surface of an integral seamless product of metal and plastic or glass and plastic, is stripped off by an adhesive tape to achieve excellent decoration and performance protection of paint on the plastic position, is not left on glass or plastic and has a clear boundary with the metal and the plastic or with the glass and the plastic without generating a hand feeling.


As 3D NAND enters its second decade of scaling, we must continue to develop solutions to maintain cost and performance improvement trajectories. Looking forward, scaling vectors that reduce stack height demands are crucial for the economic viability of the roadmap. Scaling vectors of 3D NAND towards next several nodes are discussed. Block architecture, WL pitch scaling, cell film composition, and WL drive schemes will be key enablers for structural stability and device performance, without sacrificing die area.


This study focuses on the process of improving students' achievement in reading comprehension by using KWL Chart Technique. The objective was to discover the significant improvement of students' achievement in reading comprehension when the students were taught by using KWL Chart Technique. The subjects of the study were the second grade students of SMP Negeri 29 Medan. There were thirty four students. They were taught by using KWL Chart Technique. The instruments for the data collection were reading assessment, questionnaire sheet, and observation sheet. The techniques of the data analysis applied were quantitative and qualitative. In analyzing the data, the students were three reading tests namely orientation test, test I, and test II. The mean of students' core for the orientation test was 38.59, test I was 59.32, and test II was 77.76. The total percentage of students who passed the passing grade significantly improved, in the orientation test it was 3.12%, in test I it was 23.53%, and in test II it was 88.24%. It was found that the application of KWL Chart Technique significantly improved the students' achievement in reading comprehension. Key Word s : Know-Want-Learn (KWL), reading comprehension


The storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 has led to the killing of 5 people and is widely regarded as an attack on democracy. The storming was largely coordinated through social media networks such as Twitter and "Parler". Yet little is known regarding how users interacted on Parler during the storming of the Capitol. In this work, we examine the emotion dynamics on Parler during the storming with regard to heterogeneity across time and users. For this, we segment the user base into different groups (e.g., Trump supporters and QAnon supporters). We use affective computing to infer the emotions in content, thereby allowing us to provide a comprehensive assessment of online emotions. Our evaluation is based on a large-scale dataset from Parler, comprising of 717,300 posts from 144,003 users. We find that the user base responded to the storming of the Capitol with an overall negative sentiment. Akin to this, Trump supporters also expressed a negative sentiment and high levels of unbelief. In contrast to that, QAnon supporters did not express a more negative sentiment during the storming. We further provide a cross-platform analysis and compare the emotion dynamics on Parler and Twitter. Our findings point at a comparatively less negative response to the incidents on Parler compared to Twitter accompanied by higher levels of disapproval and outrage. Our contribution to research is three-fold: (1) We identify online emotions that were characteristic of the storming; (2) we assess emotion dynamics across different user groups on Parler; (3) we compare the emotion dynamics on Parler and Twitter. Thereby, our work offers important implications for actively managing online emotions to prevent similar incidents in the future.


-Background and objectives: Brain neoplasms may be classified by location of supratentorial, infratentorial and midline tumours. Of the supratentorial neoplasms meningiomas are the most frequent extra-axial neoplasms. CT has become the most important diagnostic procedure in evaluating patients suspected of harbouring an intracranial tumour. It is still considered the basic radiologic study since it gives specific information for the management of brain tumours and is minimally invasive. The purpose of this study was to assess the distribution, features,l ocalization and extent of supratentorial neoplasms. Methods: Fifty cases with symptoms of intracranial pathology and on CT found to have supratentorial tumours were studied. Results: The CT patterns of 50 supratentorial tumours were reviewed, out of which 30cases i.e. 60% were found to be intra-axial and 20 i.e.40% extra – axial tumours. GBM formed the major group of the intra axial tumours i.e. 18 % andmeningioms formed the major extra-axial tumours forming 26 %. Interpretation and Conclusion: Tumours was done on 50 cases. The patients who were referred to department of Radio-diagnosis after suspected to have brain tumours by clinicians, are taken up for radiological evaluation and try to detect by CT scan. Thorough clinical history and clinical examination were done before CT examination. Inclusion Criteria: All age groups with supratentorial tumours will be included. Exclusion Criteria: All cases with supratentorial pathology and sympatomatology due to infections, congenital malformations, trauma or cerebrovascular accidents etiology will be excluded.


DNA samples of diseased rice tissue collected from Jilin province were analyzed by (Pot2-)rep-PCR with two outwardly directed primers of Pot2,an element found in approximately 100 copies in Magnaporthe grisea genome.We found that the molecular weight of fragments ranged from 0.5 to (3.0 kb),the number of amplification fragments was 1 to 6,and there was one common band in all DNA fingerprints.The isolates were divided into 7 lineages according to the DNA band data at the level of 80% similarity.The fingerprints of physiologic races collected from the same variety of different districts were different.


Introduction: The International System and the Origins of the Cold War David S. Painter and Melvyn P. Leffler Part 1: Soviet and American Strategy and Diplomacy 1. National Security and US Foreign Policy Melvyn P. Leffler 2. Stalin and Soviet Foreign Policy Geoffrey Roberts 3. The Atomic Bomb and the Origins of the Cold War Martin J. Sherwin 4. Stalin and the Bomb David Holloway Part 2: Three Cold War Crises: Iran, Turkey and Greece 5. The Iranian Crisis of 1946 and the Origins of the Cold War Fernande Scheid Raine 6. The Turkish War Scare of 1946 Eduard Mark 7. The Greek Civil War Thanasis D. Sfikas Part 3: Europe and the Cold War 8. British Policy and the Origins of the Cold War John Kent 9. The European Dimension of the Cold War David Reynolds 10. The Russians in Germany Norman Naimark 11. Communism in Bulgaria Vesselin Dimitriov 12. Stalin and the Italian Communists Silvio Pons 13. Hegemony and Autonomy Within the Western Alliance Charles S. Maier Part 4: The Cold War in Asia, Africa and Latin America 14. From the Marshall Plan to the Third World Robert E. Wood 15. Revolutionary Movements in Asia and the Cold War Michael H. Hunt 16. Stalin and the Korean WarKathryn Weathersby 17. Mao and Sino-American Relations Chen Jian 18. The Impact of the Cold War on Latin America Leslie Bethell and Ian Roxborough 19. The United States, the Cold War and the Color Line Thomas Borstelmann. Epilogue: The End of the Cold War David S. Painter and Melvyn P. Leffler


: At present, one of the main tasks of Russian shipbuilding yards is implementation of new technologies and replacement of main process equipment. In particular, conventional bending technologies with dies are being replaced with resource-saving methods of rotation (roller) banding. Such rolling bending is performed by multiple rolling of a plat in special bending rollers. Studies, conducted in JSC SSTC, allowed developing a theory of rotation bending, methods for calculation of process parameters, requirements to roller presses and bending accessories. This technology allows replacing old and expensive presses with new cheaper roller ones, having less power consumption and bending force. At first, roller presses were implemented in ship repair, however now they are widely employed at major shipbuilding yards. JSC SSTC develops bending technology and carries out design, manufacturing and delivery of roller presses.


In this paper, we develop a large-scale integer programming model to optimize decision rules for accepting reservations for groups' stays -- as well as individuals -- in a hotel environment. The proposed model is based on deterministic and randomized mathematical programming methods. Reviewing the literature revealed that, in group reservations models, it was always assumed that the guest arrivals follow a certain distribution. On the contrary, this paper introduces an optimization model that addresses groups' reservations based on numerically forecasted demand scenarios from a highly sophisticated simulator. Another point addressed in this paper is the nature of the decision variables of the mathematical model. These variables represent the number of rooms allocated for each type of stay; hence should be integer numbers; however most models in the literature assume that the decision variables are non-negative real numbers. Our suggested solution takes integrality constraints into consideration while solving the model, by using an advanced large-scale integer programming solver.


For normalized harmonic functions in the open unit disk , a sufficient condition on for to be -valent in is discussed. Moreover, some interesting examples and images of satisfying the obtained condition are enumerated.


Changing with the time, the Panjab University, Chandigarh has conceptualized many egovernance small projects/ incentives. This study tries to examine the perception of the students, faculty and staff regarding Egoverness ein the Panjab University. Data from total 200 respondents was collected and analyzed for this purpose. Faculty members identified 'Proper Training' as the most effective measure to improve the current state of egovernance of the university. The study also iden tifies that complete implementation of Egovernance in University will include building te chnical Hardware and Software infrastructure. It will also include better and faster connectivity options.


A pan-European network of universities connected with a common goal and involving both students and professors can be a strong catalyst for the professional, economic and social development of the university environment that positively affects not only the university itself but also the other agents or actors in its ecosystem. It is also widely recognized that training and education in entrepreneurship constitutes a solid strategic tool for regional development in which both public and private institutions around the world have made large investments over the past years. The European Project EntRenew in which the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia - Spain (UPV) participates from 2019 is working in facilitating the exchange, flow and co-creation of new knowledge, enabling professors to teach transdisciplinary studies through innovative methods and stimulate synergies between universities and entrepreneurial support systems throughout Europe. Ideas-UPV, the entrepreneurial service at UPV has a large experience of 30 years promoting entrepreneurship among students and professors. It also participates in different European projects establishing networks and future collaboration opportunities. The design of entrepreneurship education programs aimed at higher education students is also a core area of the service, not only addressing business plans but also the development of entrepreneurial skills. This work analyses the current results of the EntRenew program and how this and other initiatives of Ideas-UPV have had an impact on the creation of student entrepreneurial ecosystems, fostering cooperation between the actors and establishing connections to the university environments.


We report on the enhancement of the electrocatalytic activity of Au nanoparticles after NaBH4 treatment and its application to H2O2 detection.


During the passing years,the bilateral relations between China and Indonesia have witnessed great progress.China has become Indonesia's fourth biggest trade partner.Indonesia and China need to continue to work together to increase their bilateral trade and investment partnerships.The two countries can further strengthen their cooperation in various fields,such as tourism,agriculture,fisheries,textile and garment industry,information and communication technology,infrastructure,as well as energy.These sectors are among the possible cooperation opportunities between China and Indonesia in the near future.


The results of surgical treatment of 153 patients with diabetes mellitus, suffering from purulent-necrotic complications, were analyzed. The inclusion of parmidin and trental in the complex of treatment have promoted their convalescence and the improvement of microhemocirculation and immunological indexes.


As the application of aerial video surveillance has become more and more popular,the limited channel capacity and storage prompt the development of compression. In particular,the video compression coding based on region-of-interest considering human visual system have received great attention. This paper thoroughly reviews the recent advances of video compression and coding based on region-of-interest.


"Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes and having fun." Quoted by Mary Lou Cook, encouraged us to think on such a topic which can make our lives easier by overcoming the prominent problem faced around the globe. Sometimes we have to make our things automated and there is a need to make the world an easier place to live in. Arduino micro-controller has already made a huge impact on learning. The widespread acceptance gave the open source hardware a new life, potentially challenging many industrial products and new interests in hardware prototyping and electronics. The recent transition has been made from 8 bit to 32 bits and it is expected that in future Arduino may be seen in the form of a cheap practical computer. You can also presently make custom cell phones using open source boards like the Arduino. Looking at this actionable advancement towards Arduino, allured the ideology to make systematic and organized parking system for vehicles, using Arduino Uno. This project's main purpose is to produce a real-life solution to the car parking problem which the whole world is facing frequently. People usually roam around in the parking lots trying to find a suitable place to park in. To solve that problem we have created the automatic car parking system, using open source hardware, programmable sensors and the use of computers to provide an interface to understand the digital output produced.


The project-innovation activity experience in the Vasyl Stefanyk National Scientific Library of Ukraine in Lviv, in particular development of strategy of development of a monument of cultural heritage «Complex restoration of architectural monument of the early XIX century the building of the V. Stefanyk National Scientific Library of Ukraine in Lviv, Stefanyka Street, 2» within the framework of the national project «Great Construction» within the program «Great Building in Culture». A set of measures to be implemented within three years for the modernization, systemic transformation and further intensive innovative development of the book collection is considered. Emphasis is placed on ways to ensure the sustainability of project results. The project management procedure is described in detail. It is emphasized that the implementation of the project will help solve a number of problems in the future. In particular, such as: 1) introduction of a customer-oriented service model; 2) improvement of physical and virtual library spaces; 3) improvement of digital content, tools and services; 4) creation of information and communicative creative space; 5) scientific support of library development; 6) ensuring the professional development of staff, updating the system of library and information education and training; 7) creating a system of stable financing.


Lung cancer‐associated mortality is the most common cause of cancer death worldwide. Non‐coding RNAs (ncRNAs), with no protein‐coding ability, have multiple biological roles. Long non‐coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are a recently characterized class of ncRNAs that are over 200 nucleotides in length. Many lncRNAs have the ability of facilitating or inhibiting the development and progression of tumours, including non‐small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Because of their fundamental roles in regulating gene expression, along with their involvement in the biological mechanisms underlying tumourigenesis, they are a promising class of tissue‐ and/or blood‐based cancer biomarkers. In this review, we highlight the emerging roles of lncRNAs in NSCLC, and discuss their potential clinical applications as diagnostic and prognostic markers and as therapeutic targets.


The sound velocities in K 2 PbCu(NO 2 ) 6 were measured in the vicinity of its structural phase transition point of 281 K. The velocity of the transverse sound wave traveling along the [110] direction with the polarization vector in the [1\bar10] direction was found to follow the Curie-Weiss type law; V T [110] = V 0 T [110] - V 1 T [110] ( T 0 /( T - T 0 )), where V 0 T [110] =1.13×10 3 m/sec, V 1 T [110] =2.52×10 2 m/sec and T 0 =172.8 K. The anomalous behavior in the sound velocity was atrributed to the linear coupling between the strain and one of the order parameters associated with local distortion.


Serum levels of hepatic fibrosis markers(including CG, Ⅳ-C and LN) in 2 CAH patients, 53 CPH patients and 69 LC patients were significantly higher than that in 50 control group (P0.01). The values were correspondingly in creased with the progress fibrosis towads of the liver toward development of cirrhosis. Serum Ⅳ-C level was most remarkable and an valueable in dicator for dignosis and treatment in cirrhosis patients.


In the last few years growing attention has been focused on the synthesis of chiral phase-transfer catalysts to obviate difficulties encountered in asymmetric synthesisl-4. Inspite of growing importance, very few such catalysts are known, derived from ephedrine! and cinchonidine2 -4. Herein, we report the synthesis and the chemical activity of a new chiral phase-transfer catalyst 2, prepared by quaternization of the known intermediate 1 which was prepared from D-( + )-tartaric acidS (Scheme I). Alkylation of active methylene compounds under usual solid-liquid phase-transfer conditions· were carried out at room temperature using catalyst 2. All the reactions listed in the Table 1 led exclusively to monoalkylated products with good yields in presence of 1mole % catalyst. This catalyst is more active than the conventional tetratfkylammonium salts, which require higher temperatures when bases like K2C03 or Na2C03 were used6 . Further, alkylation of benzyl cyanide with dimethyl sulphate could also be effected, which required simple work-up operation compared to conventional tetraalkylammonium salts. As an example in asymmetric alkylation the efficacy of the pre-


Concerned with slumping losses, an optimization method related with finite element and its application to cantilever supporting piles have been studied in this paper. The designing parameters the distance, diameter, area of reinforced steel, and length of supporting piles are taken to be the design variables, the cost of major materials of the supporting sturcture objective function, and the strength, upper end displacement of piles and the upper and lower limitations of design variables constraints. The non linear optimization problem with constraint is solved by using a complex method. The optimum design and analysis for cantilever supporting piles in deep excavation have been propose and a large utility for optimum design of supporting plies has been developed also. Base on the optimum result of a practical deep excavation engineering, corresponding affecting degree of design variables on the engineering cost have finally been analysed and furthermore, a optimum design plan in that region has been given for designing reference. [WT4"HZ]


Abstract. Livestock manure nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) play an important
role in biogeochemical cycling. Accurate estimation of manure nutrient is
important for assessing regional nutrient balance, greenhouse gas emission,
and water environmental risk. Currently, spatially explicit manure nutrient
datasets over a century-long period are scarce in the United States (US).
Here, we developed four datasets of annual animal manure N and P production
and application in the contiguous US at a 30 arcsec resolution over
the period of 1860–2017. The dataset combined multiple data sources
including county-level inventory data as well as high-resolution livestock
and crop maps. The total production of manure N and P increased from 1.4 Tg N yr−1 and 0.3 Tg P yr−1 in 1860 to 7.4 Tg N yr−1 and 2.3 Tg P yr−1 in 2017, respectively. The increasing manure nutrient production
was associated with increased livestock numbers before the 1980s and
enhanced livestock weights after the 1980s. The manure application amount
was primarily dominated by production, and its spatial pattern was impacted
by the nutrient demand of crops. The intense-application region mainly
enlarged from the Midwest toward the southern US and became more
concentrated in numerous hot spots after the 1980s. The South Atlantic–Gulf and Mid-Atlantic basins were exposed to high environmental risks due to the
enrichment of manure nutrient production and application from the 1970s to
the period of 2000–2017. Our long-term manure N and P datasets provide
detailed information for national and regional assessments of nutrient
budgets. Additionally, the datasets can serve as the input data for
ecosystem and hydrological models to examine biogeochemical cycles in
terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Datasets are available at https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.919937 (Bian et
al., 2020).


In view of the current situation of our country's development, this paper briefly discusses the problems in promoting enterprise's core competitiveness and in defining enterprises' development strategy from two aspects-internal development-oriented strategy; external trade type strategy. We hope to provoke thoughts on the problems existing in enterprise's development at present in our country.


A study was conducted using the CAMRAD to explore dynamics performance of high speed coaxial helicopter, which consideration the aerodynamic interaction between the two rotors of coaxial helicopter and fuselage. Take one coaxial helicopter for example, the flexible finite element model of the fuselage is built by MSC/Nastran software, and the results are consistent with the existing testing results. Coaxial helicopter vibration responses influence of parameters such as forward speed and rotor cross angel are simulated.


As an important method and key link in the implementation of sustainable development strategy in the architecture industry, green construction has been understood and accepted by more and more people in the industry. How to promote the green construction in architecture industry, improve the sustainable development of the architecture industry, build a resource-saving and environment-friendly society is our common issue. Based on the author's learning and practical experience, this paper first analyzed the concept and connotation of green construction, and then discussed the development status of green construction, and finally analyzed the application of green construction in architectural engineering project management from the organization and management, construction management, technical management these aspects.


The invention provides a solar cell soft board modular structure and a manufacturing method of the solar cell soft board modular structure. The solar cell soft board modular structure comprises a substrate, a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, a solar cell chip, at least one first conductive wire and at least one second conductive wire. The area of the solar cell chip is smaller than the area of the first conductive layer, a lower-layer electrode of the solar cell chip is connected with the first conductive layer, an upper-layer electrode is connected with the second conductive layer, the structure can be smoothly adhered to the substrate, therefore, the problem that the solar cell chip is broken because of bearing local stress in the process of packaging can be solved, and the excellent rate of product packaging can be effectively improved. The modular soft board structure can conduct serial-parallel connection according to usage requirements, has elasticity in application, and can be suitable for carriers with curvature.


The quadruple-tank process has been proposed as a benchmark for multivariable control system design. This paper addresses the design in the bond-graph domain of a robust controller having the volumetric flows of two pumps as manipulated variables and the level of the two lower tanks as the regulated outputs. The basic control objectives are expressed in terms of desired closed-loop energy and power-dissipation functions and captured in the bond-graph domain by means of a so-called target bond-graph. A basic controller design performed via bond-graph prototyping yields a primary control law which is further robustified against parameter uncertainties, measurement deviations and faults using the diagnostic bond-graph concept. This results in an additional closed-loop consisting of a PI-law which is represented by a physically meaningful bond-graph subsystem. The design methodology is first developed on a simpler two-tank SISO-control problem and then straightforwardly extended to the multivariable problem with the help of some causal manipulations on the four-tank bond-graph model.


Simatic PCS7 is not only a fully open Profibus process control system,but also an overall dispersal,fully digital,intelligent and multi-station communication system used in the field equipments,instruments,control systems and control rooms.The PCS7 system features high reliability,excellent stability,strong anti-jamming ability,quick communication and low cost maintenance.It integrates control,interlock,data acquisition,equipment management system and so on.The software and hardware components of this system were introduced,as well as its application in the production of converters.


The purpose of this Rapid Prototyping Capability (RPC) experiment was to determine the compatibility of the current version of the Nonpoint-Source Pollution and Erosion Comparison Tool (N-SPECT) with a NASA next generation sensor relating to precipitation data by using the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission. By assessing the compatibility of N-SPECT with NASA next generation sensors, water resource managers in coastal and inland areas will have another source of precipitation measurements available to use in analyzing water quality issues. Currently, the recommended precipitation data for input into N-SPECT is annual or event scenarios using Parameter-elevation Regressions on Independent Slopes Model (PRISM) data or precipitation data from NOAA National Climatic Data Center. This experiment compares the results of N-SPECT output for erosion, runoff and sediment concentration by using a large, single precipitation event and applying it to three temporally different Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) datasets for basins on the Gulf coast of Mississippi to determine the validity of using a NASA next generation sensor as a substitute for the recommended precipitation datasets to successfully run N-SPECT. The project successfully demonstrated the compatibility of NASA next generation sensors, specifically simulated GPM precipitation data, with the NSPECT model.


A monopolist retailer facing two suppliers producing two symmetric and independent goods improves its bargaining position by commiting to sell only one good. We analyze if this advantage extends to the case where there are two undierentiated retailers competing in the same market. With linear supply contracts, we have partial capacity restriction in the sense that only one retailer commits to sell only one good. Then, we have that if retailers were to merge, welfare would decrease because the merger reduces the variety of goods available to consumers.


This paper presents the effects of local geology on the damage severity during Bhuj earthquake of January 26, 2001. Bhuj earthquake (Mw=7.6) caused a heavy toll of about 20,000 dead, more than 60,000 injured, 200,000 people homeless, and more than U.S. $ 2.0 Billion in losses. Macroseismic field observations revealed that loose soil cover (Rann area) and topographical feature like ridge and island have played a significant role in damage. The damage patterns illustrate the strong influence of local geology conditions on the severity of the damage at many places like soil amplification in Ahmedabad, Morbi city, LudraBhawar and low lying areas with thicker alluvium deposits; ridge effects on the Ramdev Pir hill near Hawai, Kutri village and Sajan Garh fort constructed on a hill near the Udaipur city and island effects at Beyt-Dwarka. Findings of numerical simulations of characteristics of seismic waves on the weathered hill supports the observed more damage on the Ram Dev Pir hill. Surface ground fissures and liquefaction were observed mainly in the swampy and Rann areas and heavily alluviated low land regions. Overall lesser intensities were observed in the hard rock areas that are mostly in the Deccan Traps, while higher intensities were observed on the alluvium soil cover at places like all of Rajasthan, the part of Gujarat to the north and east of the epicentre, and the coastal regions. It was concluded on the basis of the observation that local geology rather than engineering features of structures largely determined the severity of damage during the earthquake.


Turbidity from raw water is, usually, removed from by
adding chemical coagulants. These chemicals are hazardous to
human body and not much environmentally friendly. Therefore, this
study was intended to discover microbial coagulant which would be a
new replacement for the chemical coagulants. There are potential
microorganisms, those can produce bioactive compounds, which can
lead to different charges and surface properties. As such, the main
goal of this project was to reduce turbidity of river water using
natural coagulant. The discovered microbial coagulant showed
promising results which can be considered as safe and
environmentally friendly as compared to the conventional chemical
coagulants. Thus far, a potential fungal strain is successfully
identified which could reduce turbidity of water from 900 NTU to 54
NTU. It is expected that further optimization of the process
parameters will help reduce the turbidity of the water. However, the
full-scale application of the findings and the economic evaluation of
the new coagulant is not determined yet.


Renewable energy sources (RES) have become a subject of interest world-wide, including in Kenya where recently a 310 MW Wind Power plant was commissioned. They are clean energy technologies and relatively cheaper compared to fossil-fuels. They do not inherently provide system inertia from rotating masses of the rotor of the wind turbine hence when integrated into the grid pose electrical power system frequency instability. The optimization and load flow were conducted using particle swarm optimization algorithm and Newton Raphson algorithm. Results showed that the voltage profile and frequency response profile improved significantly as the percentage of wind penetration increased in the grid. For the test system considered, the maximum wind penetration was 32.1%. Notably, as the percentage of wind penetration increased, the rate of change of frequency worsened because of the intermittent nature of wind energy source.


Objective To study the regulation of cellular protein tyrosine phosphorylation by large conductance calcium-activated potassium (BKCa) channels. Methods The change of protein tyrosine phosphorylation was detected after transfection of BKCa, channels or cotransfection of BKCa channels and v-Src in HEK293 cells. The effects of BKCa channel agonist NS1619 and antagonist paxilline were compared on the protein tyrosine phosphorylation of hippocampal neurons in vitro. Results Protein tyrosine phosphorylation by endogenous and expressed v-Src tyrosine kinase was reduced markedly by the expression of BKCa channels in HEK293 cells. The cellular protein tyrosine phosphorylation of hippocampal neurons was decreased by BKq, channels agonist NS1619, but increased by BKq, channel antagonist paxilline. Conclusion Expression of BKCa channels decreases cellular protein tyrosine phosphorylation.


ABSTRACT Fitria Rahmawati, 2015. The Pub;ic Relations Problems and Solutions in PT. Pertamina. English Diploma Program, Faculty of Cultural Science, Sebelas Maret University. This final project report was written based on the job training done in PT. Pertamina (Persero) located in Jl. Medan Merdeka Timur No. 1A Jakarta Pusat. The job training was done for three months, started on March 2nd till June 2nd, 2015. The objectives of this final project report are to describe the activities and roles of Public Relations officers in PT.Pertamina, to identify the problems faced by Public Relations officers in media relations office of PT. Pertamina, and to find out the solutions of PR officers to solve the existing problems. During the job training I did some activities of Public Relations officers in media relations office of PT. Pertamina, i.e. making press release, media monitoring (clipping newspaper), handling and calling the journalist, holding media gathering and press conferences, weekly meeting, publishing Energia Weekly Newspaper and National Geography Magazine, updating article and information in Pertamina's web, etc. I also had some activities outside the office such as, having dinner with the journalists, holding media gathering and press conference. There were also some obstacles in a company faced by me. It is a duty of PR officers in PT. Pertamina to solve this problem as soon as possible to avoid misscommunication between public and company. One of the examples of Pertamina's case is demonstration because of the LPG 3 KG rising price. PT. Pertamina often becomes a sitting target for demonstrators who feel unsatisfied with the rising price which is fixed by government. To solve this problem, I hold Communities Event/ Gathering and Press Conference. Communities Gathering aimed to accommodate demonstrator aspiration, so that we can know what they want. While Press Conference aimed to clarify the problem what actually happened is to the public. I hoped this final project can be useful for the readers, especially those who are interested in Public Relations.


This revised document is the introduction to the Kids Growing with Plant Connections Leader's Guide. It is part of the 4-H Plant Connections Curriculum, which is aimed at educating youth about the basics of horticulture. In this guide, youth will be exposed to information on plants and the plant kingdom. Written by Janice Easton and Deborah J. Glauer, and published by the UF Department of 4-H Youth Development, January 2015.
4H357/4H357: Plant Connections Leader's Guide—Introduction (ufl.edu)


'Semper aliquid novi Africa affert' (out of Africa this is always something new) wrote the Roman scholar Pliny the Elder, and that has been all too true of catastrophe and misery in modern times. Yet despite Africa's problems, the continent also offers many examples of humankind's most commendable achievements. This is one such story. It is the account of the successful struggle by a small but well disciplined and well led African army to protect a vital national resource, a role performed with dedication and consistent success since 1987. The fight against poaching in Botswana is a peculiar form of low-intensity conflict that poses significant political, operational and technical challenges. This article identifies some of those challenges and notes how the Botswana Defence Force overcame them, providing an example that may profitably be emulated elsewhere. The article also calls attention to evolution of military roles and missions in reaction to the novel threats of post the Cold War world.


Liver cancer is among the top deadly cancers worldwide with a very poor prognosis, and the liver is a particularly vulnerable site for metastasis of other cancers. In this study, we developed a novel computational framework for the stage-specific analysis of hepatocellular carcinoma initiation and progression. Using publicly available clinical and RNA-Seq data of cancer samples and controls, we annotated the gene expression matrix with sample stages. We performed a linear modelling analysis of gene expression across all stages and found significant genome-wide changes in gene expression in cancer samples relative to control. Using a contrast against the control, we were able to identify differentially expressed genes (log fold change >2) that were significant at an adjusted p-value < 10E-3. In order to identify genes that were specific to each stage without confounding differential expression in other stages, we developed a full set of pairwise stage contrasts and enforced a p-value threshold (<0.05) for each such contrast. Genes were specific for a stage if they passed all the significance filters for that stage. Our analysis yielded two stage-I specific genes (CA9, WNT7B), two stage-II specific genes (APOBEC3B, FAM186A), ten stage-III specific genes including DLG5, PARI and GNMT, and ten stage-IV specific genes including GABRD, PGAM2 and PECAM1. Of these, only APOBEC3B is an established cancer driver gene. DLG5 was found to be tumor-promoting contrary to the cancer literature on this gene. Further, GABRD, well studied in literature on other cancers, emerged as a stage-IV specific gene. Our findings could be validated using multiple sources of omics data as well as experimentally. The biomarkers identified herein could potentially underpin diagnosis as well as pinpoint drug targets.


ABSTRACT Control charts are usually designed with constant control limits. In this article, we consider the design of control charts with probability control limits aimed at controlling the conditional false alarm rate at the desired value at each time step. The resulting control limits are dynamic and thus are more general and capable of accommodating more complex situations in practice as compared with the use of a constant control limit. We consider the situation when the sample sizes are varying over time, with a primary focus on the CUmulative SUM (CUSUM)-type control charts. Unlike other methods, no assumptions about future sample sizes are required with our approach. An integral equation approach is developed to facilitate the design and analysis of the CUSUM control chart with probability control limits. The relationship between the CUSUM charts using probability control limits and the CUSUM charts with a fast initial response feature is investigated.


X‐ray diffraction was performed in situ during annealing of a Co/Ti/Si(001) multilayer, which produced an epitaxial CoSi2 layer. The results indicate that the Ti layer did not stay intact during the reaction, and thus could not act like a membrane, moderating Co/Si interdiffusion. Strongly textured phases (M) formed prior to CoSi2 nucleation, and was unobservable upon completion of the anneal. Nucleation and growth of CoSi2 on Si(001) took place in the presence of M, new Co‐Ti‐(O) phases that were located at the metal/Si interface, and thus M might play an important role in the perfection of the silicide.


The theoretical acoustic sensing characteristics of a fiber laser are described based on Michelson interferometric demodulation technique.The fiber laser sensor is made by writing Bragg grating with π phase-shift into a section of Er-doped fiber.Acoustic pressure applied on the fiber laser induces laser wavelength shift.And a polarization-insensitive unbalanced Michelson fiber interferometer based on the 3×3 coupler is employed to transform the wavelength shift into phase shift of the interferometer.The signals are processed by Digital Signal Processing(DSP) to demodulate the phase shift.Based on the asymmetry characteristic of 3×3 coupler output signal,a novel algorithm for demodulating the phase shift is proposed.By employing two output signals whose amplitude can be adjusted in real time,it don't need uniform splitting ratio of coupler.The sensitivity experiment shows that the sensitivity is-166.5 dB(re 1 rad/μPa) when a 200 m path imbalanced readout interferometer is used,and the system output is linear to the pressure applied on the fiber laser sensor.


Austronesian language speakers migrated to Southeast Asia and Indo-Pacific around 3500 years ago. Austronesian language speakers left traces of technology and cultures through the remains of artefacts. No exception in the area of South Sumatra also indicates the presence of the artefacts and cultures that characterize the Austronesian language speaking cultures. This paper will discuss the trail Austonesia speakers in South Sumatra through the remains of its culture.


A method of presenting coal washability data and equipment performance as a 3-dimensional surface is described. The way in which Coal Preparation Surfaces can be constructed and the useful information that they can provide are explained. The value of the system lies in its ability to display data on one diagram rather than on a number of washability and partition curves.


Inflammatory pathways serve to protect the host and promote tissue healing/repair; however, over‐activation or dysregulation can be pathological with unintended consequences including malignant progression. A correlation between inflammation and cancer has been well established, and anti‐inflammatory medications have been shown to be chemopreventive in certain malignancies. Data are now becoming available that outline an inflammatory pathway that may have a critical role in melanomagenesis. ATP‐regulated membrane channels/receptors P2X7 and PANX1 have been directly implicated in melanoma tumor growth. Among other potential effects, opening of the P2X7/PANX1 channel results in activation of the NALP3 inflammasome, which in turn leads to caspase‐1 activation and increased levels of activated IL‐1β. Elevated levels of caspase‐1 and IL‐1β have been correlated with melanoma progression, and inhibitors of the inflammasome, caspase and IL‐1β activity have all been shown to inhibit melanoma growth. Among many other potential actions, IL‐1β increases cyclooxygenase‐2 expression leading to local increases in inflammatory mediators such as prostaglandin E2 (PGE2). Anti‐inflammatory medications targeting the end of this pathway have had positive results for certain cancers but overall remain mixed for melanoma. A better understanding of the pathways and appropriate intervention points may help direct future therapies. In this viewpoint, we will review data and attempt to model an inflammatory pathway that may be critical for melanomagenesis and propose future directions for exploration.


This paper describes an approach to using neural networks as part of a control architecture that allows tracking performance to improve as the network assimilates the dynamic characteristics of the plant. Stability is guaranteed by using Lyapunov analysis and controllability is insured as the network learns. The results are shown for a scalar, affine plant where uncertainties exist in the functions representing the dynamics of the plant.


In a performance analyzing apparatus, a setting unit sets an event of which the performance is desired to be monitored, a detecting unit detects an instruction address at the time of generation of an interrupt signal from a timer, and a calculating unit calculates a variation amount of a counted value by a hardware counter at a detected instruction address. The variation amount is accumulatively retained for each detected instruction address. A specifying unit specifies an instruction address that corresponds to the event, and a display unit displays a graph of the total variation amounts.


OBJECTIVE:To study the pharmacokinetic characteristics of tritium-labeled calf thymus DNA(3H-ctDNA)in rats and Beagle dogs. METHODS:Isotope exchange method was used to synthesize3H-ctDNA. The rats were given high-dose,medium-dose and low-dose of3H-ctDNA via tail vein injection(15,5,1.67 mg/kg,n=5);high-dose and medium-dose groups were given3H-ctDNA for consecutive 7 days(injecting with3H-ctDNA on first and seventh day and non-labeled calf thymus DNA on other days)while low-dose group was given3H-ctDNA just once. Dogs were given high-dose,medium-dose and low-dose of3H-ctDNA via forelimb vein(1.5,0.5,0.167 mg/kg,n=3);medium-dose group was given3H-ctDNA for consecutive 7 days while other two groups were given3H-ctDNA just once. The blood samples were collected 0.033 h,0.25 h,1 h,2 h,4 h,6 h,8 h,12 h and 24 h after medication on first and seventh day,respectively. Scintillation solution was added into samples after separating plasma, and then analyzed with scintillation count. The pharmacokinetic parameters were estimated by using WinNonlin software. RESULTS:Pharmacokinetic parameters of high-dose,medium-dose and low-dose of3H-ctDNA in rats were as follows:in single dose,AUC0-24 h were(11 742±2 245)ng-Eq·h/g,(3 571±851)ng-Eq·h/g and(727±202)ng-Eq·h/g,t1/2 were(21.4±5.08)h,(13±6.0)h and(6.8±1.76)h;in multiple dose,AUC0-24 h of high-dose and medium-dose were(5 706±1 009)ng-Eq·h/g and(7 601±1 861)ng-Eq·h/g,t1/2 were(16.0±10.13)h and(9±2.7)h. Pharmacokinetic parameters of high-dose,medium-dose and low-dose of3H-ctDNA in Beagle dogs were as follows:in single dose,AUC0-24 h were(4 444±999)ng-Eq·h/g,(2 719±139) ng-Eq·h/g and(501±101)ng-Eq·h/g,t1/2 were(17.6±7.57)h,(14.0±1.76)h and(16.4±2.39)h;in multiple dose,AUC0-24 h of medium-dose were(3 073±200)ng-Eq·h/g,t1/2 were(20.6±6.62)h. CONCLUSIONS:Single dose and multiple doses of3H-ctDNA are rapidly eliminated in rats and Beagle dogs.


Abstract : The Army Preliminary Evaluation of the tractor tail rotor modification on the AH-1G helicopter was conducted. This test was conducted to confirm the results of the feasibility tests with the proposed final configuration for this modification and also to evaluate both the performance in hover and level flight and the handling qualities throughout the flight envelope. This modification provides an increase in the usable in-ground-effect (IGE) operating envelope and improves the directional control characteristics while maneuvering. The test showed good agreement with the results of the earlier feasibility tests. The maximum safe IGE maneuvering envelope for the tractor tail rotor AH-1G was determined and defined by those conditions of gross weight and density altitude where a 10-percent directional control margin was available in the critical azimuth in a 15-knot wind. Using the same criteria for the standard AH-1G configuration, the difference due to the improved directional control with the tractor tail rotor is equivalent to an additional 1500 pounds payload at the same density altitude.


In my earlier paper [4], an eigen-decompositions of the Laplacian operator is given on a unit regular hexagon with periodic boundary conditions. Since an exact decomposition with Dirichlet boundary conditions has not been explored in terms of any elementary form. In this paper, we investigate an approximate eigen-decomposition. The function space, corresponding all eigenfunction, have been decomposed into four orthogonal subspaces. Estimations of the first eight smallest eigenvalues and related orthogonal functions are given. In particulary we obtain an approximate value of the smallest eigenvalue λ1 29 40 π = 7.1555, the absolute error is less than 0.0001. Mathematics subject classification: 42B35, 65N25, 65T50


The combination of a heating element and a control unit therefor and methods of making and of operating the same are provided, the heating element normally being adapted to be operated by the continuous full wave pulses of a certain high voltage alternating current source and the control unit being operatively interconnected to the heating element for operatively interconnecting the heating element to a high voltage alternating current source, the control unit having an arrangement for operating the heating element with a certain repeating pattern of skipped full half-wave pulses of the source when the source has a higher voltage than the certain source.


Major difficulties in the study of high‐quality processes with traditional process monitoring techniques are a high false alarm rate and a negative lower control limit. The purpose of time‐between‐events control charts is to overcome existing problems in the high‐quality process monitoring setup. Time‐between‐events charts detect an out‐of‐control situation without great loss of sensitivity as compared with existing charts. High‐quality control charts gained much attention over the last decade because of the technological revolution. This article is dedicated to providing an overview of recent research and presenting it in a unifying framework. To summarize results and draw a precise conclusion from the statistical point of view, cross‐tabulations are also given in this article. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


To the Editor: One prominent issue in the obesity field is to gain a greater understanding of the heterogeneity obesity subtypes. Despite the well-known associations of obesity with features of the 'metabolic syndrome' (insulin resistance, dyslipidaemia and hypertension), several investigators have noted that not all obese individuals develop metabolic complications [1,2]. These individuals have been termed metabolically healthy but obese (MHO) [3]. MHO individuals are insulin sensitive, normotensive and have normal lipid profiles, despite having excessive levels of body fat [4]. In fact, MHO metabolic profiles are similar to those of younger lean women [5]. It is presently unclear as to why MHO individuals appear to be 'protected or at least more resistant' to the development of metabolic disturbances associated with obesity. Furthermore, there exist no current criteria in an attempt to identify MHO individuals. Recognition of MHO patients is important because the absence of metabolic complications could modulate prognosis and treatment indications. One criterion to identify MHO persons that has been proposed in the literature has relied exclusively on a measure of insulin sensitivity using the hyperinsulinaemic euglycaemic clamp (glucose disposal greater than 8 mg/kg/fat-free mass) [3]. However, as the 'clamp' technique is time intensive and a method reserved for research purposes, it is important to develop simple clinical tools in order to identify MHO patients. The early identification of MHO individuals would permit epidemiological and pathophysiological studies of this subtype of obesity. Based on our experience, we propose a preliminary set of simple markers to identify the MHO individual based on our clinical studies. These markers should be viewed as preliminary and thus the need for validation in larger data sets will be warranted. We propose metabolic cutpoints based on plasma insulin, triglycerides and homeostasis model assessment (HOMA) (table 1). The proposed choice of these metabolic markers are partially based on the National Cholesterol Education Program's Adult Treatment Panel III report [6] for the metabolic syndrome, for lipid profiles and from the study of Brochu et al. [4] for HOMA. Although arbitrary, we would suggest that when four out of five of the listed metabolic markers are met, a diagnosis of the MHO individual can be made. Preliminary results from an on going study in our laboratory in obese, postmenopausal women have identified four MHO individuals out of a possible 41 patients (10%) that meet the criteria for these metabolic markers. These four MHO women had an average age of 60 6.7, BMI of 34.1 5.0 and percentage body fat of 48.6 6.3. Insulin sensitivity, as determined by HOMA, was the first criterion listed and reflects a high priority for the identification of MHO individuals given the central importance of insulin sensitivity in the metabolic syndrome. We would also suggest that favourable lipid profiles, such as low levels of triglycerides, total and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and high levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol may be useful markers of the MHO individual. These criteria may eventually need to be broadened to include blood pressure or fasting glucose levels. Waist circumference was not considered as a potential marker because generally most obese individuals have large waist circumferences; thus, its discriminating values are low. An understanding of the MHO individuals has important implications for both clinical and academic work [3]. In clinical research, volunteers are frequently excluded from participation in experimental protocols if they have one or more of the phenotypes of the metabolic syndrome. This recruitment or 'exclusion' strategy could increase the percentage of MHO individuals within a given protocol. If MHO individuals within research protocols are statistically analysed within the same cohort with 'at risk' obese individuals, the mixing of 'apples and oranges' may render data


Information systems (IS) professionals are being subjected to a plethora of occupational demands that can have a negative affect on their psychological well-being. The increasing incidence of absenteeism and high turnover rates are indications that IS professionals are experiencing high levels of job related stress. A factor that has contributed to businesses' unawareness of the stress is the limited theoretical and empirical research that has examined the concept of stress among IS professionals. The job strain model (JSM) is one of the most widely applied theoretical models that have been used to underpin occupational stress research. In this paper, the predictive capabilities of the full JSM, which encompasses job demands, job control and social support, for IS professionals is examined. The results indicate that the JSM can be used to significantly predict employees' psychological well-being in terms of worker health and job satisfaction among the IS professionals sampled in the United Kingdom (UK). The research demonstrated that social support had significant main effects on psychological well-being. Contrary to previous research, however, non-work related support was found to be more significant than work support in alleviating psychological strain.


With the wider application in the geotechnical engineering of anchorage technique of anchors in the world,anchorage problems has been happening at all times,so the examination to the anchors seems to be very important.Taking a project as an example,the time-domain and frequency domain signals from defective anchor poles and good anchor poles were respectively collected,and comparing the results of analysis,the frequency-domain analysis can be used as a basis for judging the defects of engineering anchors.


Cells in the blood can be screened through a membrane. But the method of manually identifying the number of cells is time-consuming and laborious, and there may even be some errors. Therefore, an effective image recognition method was adopted in this paper to automatic count and label the stained cells on the membrane after filtration. We tested the images of cells without the influence of the membrane, and compared them with the actual number of cells with 90% accuracy. Under the influence of the filter membrane, the accuracy is about 80%. Therefore, this method can be used to calculate the number of cells in the images relatively accurately and efficiently.


Abstract : Research was conducted in the area of distributed routing of messages in a digital broadcast network. The early detection routing protocol (EDRP) was developed to achieve automated shortest-path routing and optimum resource distribution. EDRP can be implemented either on a real time basis or as a network simulation tool for the network manager. EDRP works as follows: A minimum spanning tree is grown from a message origination point (source) until the message destination point (sink) is found. The path between the source and the sink within the minimum spanning tree is the shortest path between the two points. A graphics simulation program was developed to test the protocol. For each tested network, minimum-hop path routing and congestion control were demonstrated. (Author)


ABSTRACT Public campaigns aimed at preventing the demolition of sports venues represent a recent trend to recognise them as legitimate expressions of local sports culture. This article focuses on analysing what fans feel about these sports venues and the need to preserve them. Its main goal is to examine this growing phenomenon, which could affect modern preservation trends and the built heritage of sports. Focusing on the Israeli context, the article includes qualitative analysis of fans' internet feedback expressing their attitudes towards preservation of sports facilities compared to preserving buildings associated with other cultural pursuits. It also features a series of interviews with fans and analysis of articles published in sports sections of newspapers, journals and sports blogs. The qualitative analysis shows that fans attribute five heritage values to sports venues as well as assign them historical community importance, and they do so consciously but primarily unconsciously. Thus, the primary obstacle to the decision to preserve sports venues is not the degree of emotional significance of these places for fans. Rather it is the absence of broad social recognition of the heritage of sports in Israel or of the possible advantages these buildings offer as a tangible expression of this heritage.


The invention provides a sample adding device which comprises a sample collecting area, a nucleic acid extracting area and a testing reagent sample adding area, integrates the functions of sample collection, nucleic acid extraction and testing reagent sample addition, and can be widely applied in automatic sample adding applications in sample analysis or testing in the fields of biology, immunology, medicine and the like, in particular to large-scale automatic analysis or screening. In addition, the invention further discloses a testing device comprising the sample adding device and a method for carrying out sample adding, analysis and testing.


Novel microgels, microparticles and related polymeric materials capable of delivering bioactive materials to cells for use as vaccines or therapeutic agents. The materials are made using a crosslinker molecule that contains a linkage cleavable under mild acidic conditions. The crosslinker molecule is exemplified by a bisacryloyl acetal crosslinker. The new materials have the common characteristic of being able to degrade by acid hydrolysis under conditions com monly found within the endosomal or lysosomal compart ments of cells thereby releasing their payload within the cell. The materials can also be used for the delivery of therapeu tics to the acidic regions of tumors and sites of inflammation.


The competitiveness of the satellite in access communication systems is today more and more threatened by the considerable continuous progress seen in terrestrial fixed and wireless communications networks. Nevertheless satellites still represent an attractive solution for broadcasting, multicasting and point-to-point communications, because of their coverage capability, limited ground infrastructure required and flexibility. In order to enhance the position of the satellite in the future communication systems market, a further step is needed to increase the on-board available capacity and flexibility of the payload.


The higher vocational education takes an important role in cultivating the persons who master the basic theory and special knowledge in there field. If we want the students having persistent power in the future, it's necessary to train their self-directed learning ability in the school. This paper made a survey on the students' present independent study abilities in Tianjin Medical College through a questionnaire. In order to cultivate students' independent study abilities, we should arouse students' interests, cultivate the students' confidence in the medical genetics classroom teaching, and develop their life-long learning ability.

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Medical genetics;  Higher vocational students;  Self-directed learning;  Competence training


The utility model discloses a gas-phase synthesis dimethyl ether fluidized bed reactor. The gas-phase synthesis dimethyl ether fluidized bed reactor adopts a cylindrical casing in shape; and a gas distributor, a heat exchange pipe set, a baffle plate, a primary cyclone separator and a secondary cyclone separator are arranged in the cylindrical casing from the bottom up in sequence. Feed gas enters into a reactor, and is in contact with a catalyst layer at the heat exchange pipe set to conduct the catalytic reaction after being uniformly distributed through the gas distributor, so that the feed gas is in a fluid state, and then the feed gas penetrates small holes on the baffle plate and are further uniformly distributed, and the gas after the reaction entrains massive catalyst solid particles; and the solid entrained in the gas is separated through the primary and the secondary cyclone separators and then enters into the next procedure through a gas outlet. The utility model has the advantages of small investment, high conversion rate and long service life of the catalyst, and is simple to operate.


In the homocystinuric patient, cystathionine synthetase is absent or abnormal, and this results in an increase in the concentration of the blood and urine homocystine and in an absence of cystine. As the reaction methionine =_ homocysteine is reversible, methionine levels are also found to be raised in the serum. It is these findings that are used to establish a diagnosis. Because pyridoxine is an essential co-factor in the enzymatic reaction of homocysteine to cystathionine, two groups of workers have given this vitamin in high dosage, and have reported biochemical success in some of their patients. The response of 10 patients with homocystinuria, treated with oral pyridoxine and a normal mixed diet, is presented. In 5, the biochemical changes were normalized, i.e. homocystine concentrations in the serum have been much reduced, and cystine has appeared. In those cases in which the serum methionine concentration was raised, it has reverted to normal. The biochemical and therapeutic implications of these results were discussed.


Research Guide for Political Science Find out what you will learn in the guide, learn how to get background information, and know where to get help.


Active networking is the next generation network technology. Compared with the traditional networks, active networks are flexible, extensible and dynamically upgradable. However in implementation of active networks, there are many technology challenges such as security, performance, interoperability and appropriate operating systems. This paper introduces active networks,discusses these issues and proposes some approaches to overcome the challenges.


Installing the correctly sized gas meter to cope with demand is an important skill that plumbers and gasfitters can obtain with the right knowledge and equipment writes Roger Lambie.


Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The political arena 2. Mounting an opposition 3. The short-lived Union Civica 4. The radicals in action: part I 5. The radicals in action: part II 6. The decline of the Radical Party Conclusion Appendices Bibliography Index.


Two case studies from the northern margin of the Australian continental plate are presented to illustrate mapping and understanding seepage in an onshore and an offshore area. The first involves an integrated approach to the detection and analysis of onshore seeps in the Aure Thrust Belt of Papua New Guinea. The second study is an application of BP's proprietary Airborne Laser Fluorosensor (ALF) technology to the systematic detection and mapping of offshore oil seepage in the Arafura Sea, northern Australia. In the absence of well or outcrop source rock data, the source risking in the Aure Thrust Belt has been constrained using oil and gas seeps. Mapping the seeps required optimum use of the local peoples' observational prowess. Geochemical analyses of the seeps allowed the identification of an oil-prone source rock of probable Jurassic age. The data reveal that the seeping petroleum liquids are gas condensates in the subsurface, and provide information on the maturation history of the source and the nature of the reservoir/carrier beds, as well as differentiating the biogenic and thermogenic gas components. In this uplifted region, seepage is likely to be from accumulations only. To help reduce the exploration risk in offshore areas such as the Arafura Sea, BP have developed the ALF system which detects oil seepage at the sea surface. It does this by detecting its characteristic fluorescence, which is induced by an aircraft-mounted ultraviolet excimer laser. The ALF data over the western Arafura Sea indicate active oil seepage showing a distribution which is compatible with our current understanding of the subsurface Palaeozoic and Mesozoic source kitchens. The mapped seepage over the Goulburn Graben is most likely derived from the Palaeozoic to (?)Triassic section (with a possible contribution from other Mesozoic sources), and must be migrating through a largely unfaulted Mesozoic seal. Additionally, there is evidence for liquid petroleum seepage from the Mesozoic section in the Calder Graben via faults which cut through the regional seal along the Lynedoch Bank Fault System. In this region of the Arafura Sea, seepage is likely to derive from accumulations, mature source kitchens and secondary migration routes.


Septins are an evolutionarily conserved family of proteins that have been implicated in a multitude of cellular processes. Septin 5 is mainly expressed in the nervous system and it has been linked to regulated secretion through its binding to the SNARE protein syntaxin 1. However, the exact mechanism of septin 5 function in localized exocytosis remains unknown. Over-expression of septin 5 is known to lead to lower levels of secretion in HIT-T15 cells. Interestingly, in the current study, the knock-down of septin 5 also results in reduced levels of regulated secretion in PC12 cells, suggesting a more complex role of septin 5 that includes both negative and positive effects on exocytosis. Septin 5 knock-down data point to a possibility of septin 5 facilitating formation of a tether between the vesicles and their site of secretion.


A HPLC determination was developed for benzoic acid and salicylic acid in compound benzoic acid tincture, using Nucleosil C 18 column.The mobile phase was 0.02mol/L potassium dihydrogen phosphate solution(adjusted to pH 6.1 with sodium hydroxide solution) methamol(80∶20). The UV detection wavelength was 254nm.The two constituents had good resolution and high recovery.


*Department of Breast Imaging, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center of Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Key Laboratory of Breast Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin Medical University, Ministry of Education, Tianjin, China; Department of Breast Pathology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center of Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Key Laboratory of Breast Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin Medical University, Ministry of Education, Tianjin, China


This paper presents an experimental implementation of a predictive control strategy for a system made up of two induction machines fed by a six-leg indirect matrix converter. The objective is to evaluate the practical feasibility of this method, considering the large computational cost, and to incorporate available market technologies. This strategy achieves tracking of torque, speed, and flux references on both machines, minimizing the instantaneous input reactive power present in the system. A theoretical explanation of the main concepts that are used in the predictive control strategy is presented, along with comments on the experimental implementation, experimental setup, and results obtained under both balanced and unbalanced grid conditions.


P earl Brereton neglected to include product usability in the software procurement paradigm, as she described it in " The Software Customer/Supplier Relationship " (Feb. 2004). Whether organizations are buying large amounts of commercial off-the-shelf, custom, or component software, all are concerned about productivity and total cost of ownership. But software product selection is multi-dimensional, including functionality, price, maintainability, reliability, architectural compliance , and usability. Though poor usability is a major factor in the total cost of ownership, it is typically not even viewed as a cost. Consumer organizations have virtually no understanding of a pro-duct's usability before they buy it because software vendors don't make the information available. Usability problems manifest as uncontrolled overhead. Overhead costs increase significantly when end users find tools confusing, time-consuming, error-prone, inconsistent, require excessive training, or discourage exploration. Each of these factors undermines business benefits and the expected return on investment. Supplier and consumer organizations alike have much to gain from peering into the black box of usability. To lend some guidance , the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Industry Usability Reporting (IUSR) project is developing a method to assist them in using usability data in software-procurement decisions. The project aims to increase the visibility of software usability by encouraging software suppliers and consumer organizations to work together to understand user needs and develop a common usability reporting format for sharing usability data before users make their decisions. The ANSI/INCITS-354 Common Industry Format (CIF) for Usability Test Reports is a standard method for reporting usability test findings developed by the project and coordinated by NIST to institutionalize the use of technical usability data for comparing products from different vendors. The format is a U.S. standard and is being submitted to the International Standards Organization. It specifies the format for reporting the results of usability evaluations and provides metrics for how usable a product is in a particular context of use. Using CIF indicates that good usability practices are being followed , that the results are reproducible , and that specific effectiveness , efficiency, and satisfaction metrics have been provided. P eter J. Denning's " The Profession of IT " column (" The Social Life of Innovation, " Apr. 2004) is the most pessimistic thing I've read in a long time. I can't rebut what he says but, oh, how depressing. It has long been obvious that schmoozing, advertising, and even dumb luck …


In a Washington Post joint editorial, HHS Secretary Alex Azar and Commissioner Gottlieb stated that these preliminary Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data found a 75% increase in e-cigarette use among high school students and a 50% increase among middle school students from 2017 to 2018. According to a published CDC survey fielded in 2017, an estimated 2.1 million middle and high school students used e-cigarettes in the past 30 days.


Fixed-time synchronization problem for a class of leader–follower multi-agent systems with second-order nonlinearity is studied in this article. A new fixed-time synchronization control algorithm is developed by effectively combining homogeneous system theory, Lyapunov stability theory, and fixed-time/finite-time control technology. The leader–follower multi-agent system is considered to achieve fixed-time synchronization control. Finally, numerical simulations including coordination control multiple pendulum robot systems and electric power networks are carried out to verify the control performance of the control strategy.


AC loss in the Nb3Sn cable-in-conduit conductors (CICC) usually decreases after the conductor undergoes electromagnetic cycling. This can be attributed to the increase of inter-strand resistance due to the detachment of the strand-bonding during cyclic loading. In the years 2018 to 2020, ITER launched a series of test campaigns in SULTAN test facility, whose aim was to study the Tcs degradation of TF conductors of all manufactures. Along the main scope of the project, an accompanying study of the AC loss evolution has been measured on two samples. The AC loss was measured prior to any electromagnetic loading, after 1, 5, 50 and 1000 cycles, and at the very end also after a thermal cycle to room temperature. Sinusoidal AC loss was measured in the frequency range of 0.1 to 1.0 Hz. The measured AC evolution will help to predict heat load generated in the TF coils during the initial phase of ITER operation. It may also serve as an input to analysts for deducing the evolution of inter-strand resistance during electromagnetic cycling. The main observation is that already after the first electromagnetic cycle the AC loss reduction is significant, namely 80-90% lower compared to the initial conductor state.


The surface of biomaterials used as implants are highly susceptible to bacterial colonization and subsequent infection. The amount of protein adsorption on biomaterials, among other factors, can affect the nature and quality of biofilms formed on them. The variation in the adsorption time of the protein on the biomaterial surface produces a phenotypic change in the bacteria by alteration of the production of EPS (exoplysaccharide) matrix. Knowledge of the effects of protein adsorption on implant infection will be very useful in understanding the chemistry of the biomaterial surfaces, which can deter the formation of biofilms. It is observed that the adsorption of BSA on the biomaterial surfaces increases with time and concentration, irrespective of their type and the nature of the EPS matrix of the bacterial biofilm is dependent on the amount of protein adsorbed on the biomaterial surface. The adsorption of protein (BSA) on the biomaterials, polypropylene (PP) and high density polyethylene (HDPE) has been studied and the formation of the biofilms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa on them has been examined.


This paper deals with the marriage in Chili's works .analyses the meeting and departing and comedy and tragedy on marringe and comments in modem families and marriage .


A new, simplified technique for obtaining the kinetic parameters of an autocatalyzed cure reaction from isothermal DSC measurements is presented. The method is appropriate to reactions that have a zero initial rate and relies solely upon characteristics of the exotherm peak with no assumptions being made about the overall reaction order. This technique is illustrated by obtaining the phenomenological cure kinetics of a commercial epoxy film adhesive. The derived kinetic model reproduces the measured isotherms in their entirety. In addition, the predictive capability of the model is demonstrated by comparison with an independent measurement of the adhesive's low temperature curing behavior. Glass transition temperature measurements are also made on partially cured samples and a good correlation with the degree of cure is found.


Collegiality resembles the text Stanley Fish described in his now famous essay, in part because it is not a concept or, more narrowly, a term with an "infinite plurality of meanings" (307). If it were—if the word's meanings were not already "severely constrained" before it was uttered—it could scarcely be heard in the first place. Like Fish's text, "collegiality" possesses historical and institutional connotations, ones that interpellate subjects unevenly and are almost always understood differently by academics occupying different subject positions within a college or university. That is to say, in its most significant senses the signifier "collegiality" transcends the personal; it is thus not merely the beneficent opposite of what Carlin Romano has derisively termed "colleagueality," the "normal state of affairs" among faculty, complete with "backbiting, envy, irresolvable feuds, hidden agendas, contempt, cowardice" (2000, B6). Neither Romano nor an ever-expanding roster of novelists who delight in depicting academic life in this way—from Richard Russo in Straight Man (1997) to Philip Roth in The Human Stain (2001)—are not so much wrong as they are predictable. All the human weaknesses Romano identifies and gleans from contemporary fiction are, of course, evident in some of our colleagues' behaviors and, at times, our own. To take matters to the opposite extreme of social behavior, "schmoozing" and other faux manifestations of a shallow gentility, no matter how prevalent in academic life and how endlessly parsed in articles in The Chronicle of Higher Education, will also be


The specific heat of insulating $({\mathrm{Sr}}_{1\ensuremath{-}x}{\mathrm{Eu}}_{x})\mathrm{S}$ with $0.017l~xl~0.07$ was measured between 0.04 and 2 K. The magnetic specific heat ${C}_{M}$ consists of two contributions: a roughly constant term ${C}_{M}^{P}$ between 0.3 and 1.2 K, which can be explained as arising from exchange coupled ${\mathrm{Eu}}^{2+}$ pairs and small clusters. At lower temperatures where ${C}_{M}^{P}$ drops exponentially to zero, the contribution from the remaining isolated ${\mathrm{Eu}}^{2+}$ spins becomes important. The freezing of these single spins at \ensuremath{\simeq} 0.01 K gives rise to a ${T}^{\ensuremath{-}2}$ term of ${C}_{M}$.


The author expresses the opinion that automated procedures require closer connections among the different fields of surveying and mapping. Tools and instruments for digitizing and automated drawing...


In the period 2-6 April 2007 a seismic survey was carried out at Solfatara Volcano, with the aim of inferring the shallow structure and evaluating local site effects. Seismic noise was recorded by five circular seismic arrays deployed in different areas of the crater. The geometry was designed in order to obtain also a sub-configuration consisting of two profiles oriented in the NS and E-W directions. An other seismic station was installed on the eastern rim of the crater, for a hardrock reference. A preliminary spectral analysis was performed on some samples of seismic noise recorded during the experiment. As future development, surface wave dispersion will be obtained by using array techniques, such as the Spatial Autocorrelation method (SPAC) of Aki (1957) and its recent modifications (MSPAC, Bettig et al, 2001; CCA, Cho et al., 2004). The shear-wave velocity models will be inferred for each array from the inversion of the dispersion curves. Moreover experimental site transfer functions will be evaluated for each station, using both Nakamura's technique and the reference-site spectral ratio method. The high density of the deployment and the large number of the sampled sites will allow to obtain a detailed shallow velocity structure and to map resonance frequencies and amplification values in different areas of the crater.


The reactions occurred and growth process in the preparation of copper aluminum borate (Cu2Al6B4O17) whiskers based on flux method (Al2(SO4)3/CuSO4/H3BO3 as raw materials, K2SO4 as flux) were investigated. The thermogravimetric and differential scanning calorimetry analysis (TG-DSC), inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrum analysis (ICP-AES) and X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD) results of reactants mixture quenched at various temperatures and phase diagrams of K2SO4– Al2(SO4)3 system and B2O3–Al2O3 system showed that the reaction process proceeds through three steps: the formation and decomposition of two different kinds of potassium aluminum sulfate (K3Al(SO4)3 and KAl(SO4)2); the formation of aluminum borate (Al4B2O9) and decomposition of copper sulfate (CuSO4) and boric acid (H3BO3); growth and formation of copper aluminum borate (Cu2Al6B4O17) whiskers. The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis results indicated that morphology in growth of Cu2Al6B4O17 whiskers develops through three stages: nanoparticles, fanshaped whiskers and agminate-needlelike whiskers. Crown Copyright & 2012 Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.


This note suggests a generalization of the Born–Infeld action on case of Yang-Mills and gravitational fields in four-dimensional spacetime. The action possesses a characteristic length, l, as a parameter. Expansion of the action invariants in powers of l2 contains standard EH and YM terms as leading terms of the row. It follows, that respective equations for gravitational fields should have ghosts-free solutions. The static spherically symmetric metic is obtained.


In this paper,the particle morphology of basic magnesium carbonate was analysed by SEM and the viscosity of epoxy resin /basic magnesium carbonate particles syslem was mensurated by viscometer.The effect of particles morphology of basic magnesium carbonates on the viscosity and the curing time of epoxy resin was investigated.The results showed that the coarse basic magnesium carbonate particles with squamaes and holes on their loose surfaces possessed strong adsorbability,which lead to increase of the viscosity and the curing time of epoxy resin by 30.2% and 34.6%,respectively.


The last couple of years have seen an explosion in the number of academic papers, technical reports and media about residential and commercial battery storage. Much of this is associated with the use of batteries and photovoltaic (PV), and frequently, for residential consumers, with a by-line associated with going 'off grid'.


We prove that the geodesic flow for the Weil-Petersson metric on the moduli space of Riemann surfaces is ergodic (in fact Bernoulli) and has finite, positive metric entropy.


(S)olving the Schrodinger equation in coordinate space with the appropriate asymptotic boundary conditions, neutron one-particle resonant levels in Y-20-deformed Woods-Saxon potentials are studied. These resonance levels are the natural extension of one-particle bound levels to the continuum and are defined in terms of eigenphase. For one-particle bound levels with Omega(pi)not equal 1/2(+) the corresponding one-particle resonant levels can be always found for small positive energies. For one-particle bound levels with Omega(pi)=1/2(+) the corresponding one-particle resonant levels are either absent or disappearing quickly as energy increases, when we use well-deformed potentials with a realistic size of diffuseness. The possible presence of Omega(pi)=1/2(+) one-particle resonant levels, in which epsilon=0 components in the wave functions play a crucial role, is further studied using a simplified model without spin-orbit potential. (Less)


Highly collimated lasing from a series of peanut-shaped micro-cavities were observed. The lowest divergence is about 1.2deg which is as small as the pure diffraction divergence of a plane wave propagating through an opening of the cavity size. It is shown that the lensing effect of the circular boundary plays a crucial role in generating the highly collimated lasing emissions. From ray and wave dynamic analyses, we find that the peanut-shaped micro-cavity is optimal for the lasing emission of very narrow divergence


This study focuses on exploring the use of local interpretability methods for explaining time series clustering models. Many of the state-of-the-art clustering models are not directly explainable. To provide explanations for these clustering algorithms, we train classification models to estimate the cluster labels. Then, we use interpretability methods to explain the decisions of the classification models. The explanations are used to obtain insights into the clustering models. We perform a detailed numerical study to test the proposed approach on multiple datasets, clustering models, and classification models. The analysis of the results shows that the proposed approach can be used to explain time series clustering models, specifically when the underlying classification model is accurate. Lastly, we provide a detailed analysis of the results, discussing how our approach can be used in a real-life scenario.


Acute severe ulcerative colitis (ASUC) is a medical emergency. Rescue medical therapy is increasingly used in steroid-refractory patients but has historically been considered to delay rather than prevent colectomy. We have previously described short-term outcomes from our unit of cases of ASUC, as defined by Truelove and Witt's criteria, over a 1 year period (July 2016 to June 2017). Data on longer-term outcomes is now available.

 Electronic patient records (EPRs) of cases included in the original study were reviewed. Outcomes including readmission rates, need for colectomy, steroid use, medical escalation and rates of biochemical remission (as defined by faecal Calprotectin (FC) <250μg/l) were recorded.

 In total, 58 cases (51 patients) were included in original cohort. 19 failed initial medical therapy with steroids with 10 successfully treated using rescue medical therapy thus avoiding colectomy. Only 1/10 required subsequent colectomy during our median follow-up period of 32 months.
 29/51 (56.9%) patients settled with steroids alone. 3 died of unrelated causes so were excluded from further analysis. Further oral steroids were prescribed in 53.8% (14/26).
 6 patients were already receiving an immunomodulator (azathioprine or mercaptopurine) prior to initial presentation. 75% of the remainder (15/20) were discharged on aminosalicylates as their only maintenance therapy but the majority (60%, 9/15) subsequently required medical escalation with only 30% (6/20) continuing aminosalicylate monotherapy. 1 colectomy also occurred in this group.
 17 readmissions occurred in 12 patients with the majority (52.9%, 9/17) within 1 year. At the end of follow-up two out of three patients (66.7%, 12/18) were considered to be in biochemical remission (FC <250 μg/l).

 Rescue medical therapy for ASUC provides sustained benefit with the vast majority avoiding delayed colectomy. Patients admitted with ASUC have significant readmission rates, particularly within 1 year with frequent need for further steroids and/or escalation of medical therapy. Long-term remission rates are high but aminosalicylate monotherapy is rarely adequate to achieve this. All patients with an adequate response to treatment for ASUC should be considered for initiation of immunomodulator and/or biologic Rx prior to discharge. ASUC patients should be considered for more intensive follow-up and early, aggressive medical escalation. An enhanced inpatient liaison service and early review clinic is planned to support this.


Network resources are fully rich, but the source of information is uneven. Huge amount of information, complex diversity of the network information and vastly different perspectives has brought great distress for people to identify information [1]. Due to the complexity of objective things, uncertainty and ambiguity of human thinking and other factors, the actual decision-making information is often difficult to quantify. General choice is to express the decision-making information in the form of qualitative language, but this multi-language form depends on human mind. What's more, different decision-makers will be based on their existing personal experience or cognition degree on the same issue to make good and bad, individualized decision-making, thereby it increases the uncertainty in decision making and labor costs in decision-making process. In this paper, considering the entirety of information on the whole and the drawback of the information on the local, we combine the human knowledge with machine algorithm. The method proposed in this paper is based on the similarity degree of the research object's attributes and categories, which uses the ideas of information fusion [2], make good use of a variety of information together and in view of multidimensional multi-granularity information to confirm each other to find a more effective method to distinguish the similarity measure of information object.


The invention relates to a transdermal therapeutic system (TTS) consisting of a rear layer, a protective layer and an active-substance-containing polymer layer. The polymer matrix comprises a polyacrylate which contains an extremely reduced number of functional groups. In one particular embodiment, the polyacrylate is free from hydroxyl groups and/or carboxyl groups.


As a precision instrument of wavelength magnitude, interferometer plays an important role in the production of optical lenses, and it is an important instrument for optical profile detection. Based on the polarization Twyman-Green interferometer, the experimental device of surface detection is built. By analyzing the problems in the experimental process, the following improvements are made on the original basis: firstly, when using the dual optical path system to collect fringes, it is found that the interference of air has a great impact on the image quality, so we refer to the principle of Fizeau interference, In order to improve the anti-interference ability of the whole system, the double optical path structure of the Twyman-Green interferometer is combined into a common optical path structure. Secondly, because the detection aperture and surface type will be greatly limited by the standard mirror, so based on the previous research of the research group, this design designs a large F number and long focal length standard mirror for the detection of different lenses, especially the convex mirror. Finally, in order to improve the contrast of interference fringes, a plane mirror film with suitable transmittance and reflectance ratio is designed by using optical coating software to improve the contrast of interference fringes.


As a representative scholar in the late Ming Dynasty, WANG Zheng devoted his whole life to making mechanical devices for the people. His works provide us with plenty of designing ideas. On the basis of his outstanding designing history, this article systematically analyzes his designing ideas.


The purpose of this research is to find out how the influence of students' perceptions about the affirmation of the "idaman jelita" character towards economic literacy, also to exemine the heneral education theory. The population was students majoring in economics education in semester 3, consist of 254 students of 4 study program in the Departement of Economics Education. The sampling technique used was purposive random sampling, with a total of 176. Data analysis techniques using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The results of the study are there is a significant and positive effect on the affirmation of the " idaman jelita " character on economic literacy among students of the Department of Economic Education, Faculty of Economics, Universitas Negeri Surabaya. This indicates that the better the affirmation of the " idaman jelita " character, the better the economic literacy of students. Finally we suggests to the next researcher to confirm the results of this study with qualitative methods to dig deeper and detailed information related to the variables studied.


With the development of fluorescence molecular tomography (FMT), it has become an important tool for life science research. Many methods were developed to improve the reconstruction performance of FMT. However, these methods only focus on the accuracy and speed of the reconstruction, while ignoring the morphological information of the tumor. In this paper, the modified L2,1-norm method were adopted to reconstruct the morphology of the mouse orthotopic glioma. To verify the L2,1-norm method, we carried out the simulation experiment and the in vivo orthotopic glioma mouse experiment. The iterated shrinkage (IS) method and the Tikhonov-based method were implemented for comparison. The results show that the modified L2,1-norm method can obtain more accurate reconstruction in both tumor location and morphology reconstruction. We believe that the morphological reconstruction of FMT will provide more potential for preclinical research.


The mutations in UNC13D are responsible for familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (FHL) type 3. A 253‐kb inversion and two deep intronic mutations, c.118–308C > T and c.118–307G > A, in UNC13D were recently reported in European and Asian FHL3 patients. We sought to determine the prevalence of these three non‐coding mutations in North American FHL patients and evaluate the significance of examining these new mutations in genetic testing.


The purpose of this investigation was to study the hysteresis effect, the effect of micro-roughness and orientation of the heat-transfer surface, and the effect of infra-red-radiation-treated heat-transfer surfaces on the nucleate-boiling curve. It has been observed that there exists no hysteresis effect for water boiling from a cylindrical copper surface in the nucleate-boiling region over the range studied. The nucleate-boiling curve has been found to be independent of micro-roughness and orientation of the heattransfer surface. There was no detectable change in the nucleate-boiling characteristics of the heat-transfer surface when the surface was treated with infra-red radiation.


The paper briefly introduces the application of surfactants in viscosity reduction of viscous crude oil,and discusses the prospect of the applications of surfactants and the development of viscosity reduction.


We developed a low-temperature scanning force microscope using a quartz tuning fork operating at 4.2 K. A silicon tip from a commercial cantilever was attached to one prong of the tuning fork. With a metallic coating, a potential could be applied to the tip to sense the charge distribution in a sample while with a magnetically coated tip, magnetic force imaging could be performed. For the coarse approach mechanism, we developed a reliable low-temperature walker with low material cost and simple machining. We obtained Coulomb force images of boron nanowires at room temperature and of magnetic nano-structures at low temperature. With the tuning-fork-based magnetic force microscopy (MFM) probe, low-temperature MFM was performed at 77 K and 4.2 K in a high magnetic field (up to 3 T) by using a superconducting.


Artistic conception belongs to the peculiar acsthetics category in Chinese ancient poetry and ci not only is it's formation the summary of creating Chinese ancient poetry and ci, it also reflects the aesthetic standard of Chinese ancient poetry and ci this article, from the aesthetic angle, discusses the implication and characten, composition and nefinenent, and the aesthetic meaning of Chinese ancient poetry and ci.


An introductory report as part of a Conference on Forum Shopping in the European Judicial Area surveying the decisions of the ECJ in Gasser (concurrent proceedings), Turner (anti-suit injunctions) and Owusu (forum non conveniens) on the interpretation of the Brussels Convention.


Abstract Högbomite is reported from two upper-amphibolite and granulite-facies, sapphirine-bearing, Al–Mg–Fe-rich and silica-poor lens-shaped layers within the Bamble Sector, south Norway. Primary assemblages, indicating peak metamorphic conditions of 773-844°C at 7 kbar (Mg–Fe exchange thermometry), are spinel–sapphirine–biotite–gedrite, spinel–corundum–sapphirine–cordierite and orthopyroxene–biotite–cordierite–plagioclase. Högbomite formed by hydrous alteration and oxidation of primary spinel and rutile and/or ilmenite according to the generalised reaction: Suggested conditions of högbomite formation are 550–620°C and 6–7 kbar. The högbomites contain 10.2–14.7 wt.% MgO, 04).3 wt.% ZnO, 58.9–62.1 wt.% Al2O3 and 15.6-17.6 wt.% Fe as FeO. The two högbomite may belong to different polytypes, as suggested by their differing TiO2 (9.9-10.1 versus 5.7–5.8 wt. %) and calculated Fe3+ – and H2O–contents. The partitioning of Zn between spinel and högbomite is not uniform and is considered to depend upon prevailing fo2 and aH2O.


The work is divided into fifteen chapters. Chapter I discusses the origin of titles, and the classes represented in the Witan in the PreNorman Period. Chapter II traces the source of the &dquo; Ideas of Nobility and Succession &dquo; introduced by William the Conqueror. Chapter III explains the effects of the conquest down to Henry I. by showing how Saxon nobility were superseded by foreigners, who controlled the Witan. In Chapter IV is worked out the differentiation of governmental functions from Henry 1. to Edward III. Chapters V, VI and VII are devoted to Earldoms and Baronages. The rise and decay of the power of the spiritual lords fills Chapter IX, while X and XI relate to the origin and nature of the judicial functions of House of Lords-especially appeals and impeachments. The last hundred pages brings one into touch with questions of more modern