Dongwu movement is an important geological event of the Permian in South China, however, there are still lots of disputes and controversy on the timing, dimension and nature of the Dongwu movement. This paper discusses the nature, geodynamics and evolution of the Dongwu movement. It is based on biostratigraphic correlation of the Maokou Formation and the study of an unconformity and volcanism in the Upper Yangtze block, combined with an analysis of the stratigraphy, sedimentation, lithofacies and paleogeography of the Permian in South China. This research suggests that there is a genetic relationship between the rising of the Emeishan mantle-plume, the eruption of the Emeishan basalts, and the Dongwu movement. That is, the Dongwu movement is a rapid differential crustal uplift caused by the rising of the Emeishan mantle-plume. It is stronger in the west than in the east, and it began earlier in the west. This research also shows that the Dongwu movement did not extend as far as the lower Yangtze and south Huanan block, and that the sedimentation in these areas during the Permian was controlled by the Huanan block.


It is widely expected that Indonesian banks will significantly improve their services to reach a broader range of customers, especially those in the 3T region. However, only a tiny percentage of the contacts to companies in the 3T region is made by Indonesian banks. In the face of this issue, he prepares and conducts his SWOT analysis of FinTech policies to improve Indonesian banking services, especially by extending their offerings to a more significant segment of Indonesian society. Stakeholders in the banking industry can better understand the importance of good bank governance based on fear of God and respect for others when managing internal and external assets encompassing all banking aspects. This study explores relevant banking literature to learn more about the SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) of implemented financial techniques on the quality of banking services in Indonesia in the digital age


Faithful matrix representations of least degree are discussed for the Lie algebra L:[X 0 , X ± ] =±rX ± , [X + , X - ]=P(X 0 ), where, r ∈ R, and P is a polynomial function. The operators X 0 , X + and X - satisfy the physical properties: X 0 is a real diagonal operator and X - = X † + († is for hermitian conjugation). The physical condition X + +X must be real, is separately considered. Conditions are found for the polynomial function P to guarantee matrix representations of L.


Though learning-based models have shown high performance on different tasks, existing efforts have discovered the vulnerability of classifiers to evasion attacks. Recent work has shown that individual models are more vulnerable than ensemble models in adversarial settings. However, we have empirically demonstrated that ordinary integration methods do not always improve the robustness against black-box attacks, which is more common in the physical world. In this paper, we prove that random forest does not effectively defend against adversarial attacks, even if it is highly discrete. The proposed non-gradient based algorithm can be fast implemented and receives binary feature inputs. We experimentally compared the robustness of random forests and SVMs using white-box and black-box assessments respectively, and show that random forests and decision tree are consistently worse than SVMs.


ABSTRACT Background: purification of drinking and waste water needs acrylamide which is also used in sprays, paper and pulp industry and soil stabilizers, so it has a significant risk for our health. Objective (Aim): studying the possible protective role of N- acetyl cysteine against hepatotoxic effect of acrylamide. Material and methods: randomly divided forty male albino rats into four equal groups (10 rats each) were used: group I (control group), group II (sham control), group III (acrylamide-treated group): receiving 50 mg/kg body weight acrylamide by an oral gavage daily for 21 successive days. Group IV (acrylamide and N-acetyl cysteine treated group) was received 50 mg/kg body weight acrylamide and 150 mg/kg body weight N-acetyl cysteine both by an oral gavage daily for 21 successive days Results: Group III showed disrupted hepatic architecture in comparison with the groups I, II, and marked degenerative changes especially at portal triads, as well as in form of dilated sinusoids, pyknotic nuclei and Ito cells. Group IV showed restoration of the normal hepatic architecture seen in control groups with improvement of the degenerative changes. Conclusions: Antioxidant effect of N-acetyl cysteine reduces the oxidative stress of acrylamide and decreasing its hepatotoxic effects.


This paper is concerned with the practical implementation of some orthogonal reference frame based methods in the control of a shunt three-phase three wire active power line conditioner in order to compensate unbalanced nonlinear loads under nonideal voltage conditions. The first two developments are based on the components of voltage and current space vectors in the orthogonal stationary reference frame associated with the p-q theory of the instantaneous reactive power. They allow obtaining either unity power factor or perfect harmonic cancellation after compensation. Other two developments are based on the current components in the orthogonal rotating reference frame d-q with axis d in the direction of the voltage vector, which is specific of the id-iq method. This time, the compensation target is the total compensation through the perfect harmonic cancellation. The control algorithms were first modelized and tested by simulation under Matlab/Simulink. Then, experimental tests were conducted on a dSPACE platform based on DS1103 controller board for modern rapid prototyping. The compensating performance, in terms of harmonic distortion factor, unbalance factor, global power factor and displacement power factor, are analyzed for each situation. All the results prove that the desired compensation goals can be achieved through the conceived algorithms and the proposed practical implementation.


ABSTRACT We quantify the oxygen consumption rates and cost of transport (COT) of a benthic batoid fish, the little skate, Leucoraja erinacea, at three swimming speeds. We report that this species has the lowest mass-adjusted swimming metabolic rate measured for any elasmobranch; however, this species incurs a much higher COT at approximately five times the lowest values recorded for some teleosts. In addition, because skates lack a propulsive caudal fin and could not sustain steady swimming beyond a relatively low optimum speed of 1.25 body lengths s−1, we propose that the locomotor efficiency of benthic rajiform fishes is limited to the descending portion of a single COT–speed relationship. This renders these species poorly suited for long-distance translocation and, therefore, especially vulnerable to regional-scale environmental disturbances. Summary: The little skate exhibits decreasing mass-adjusted swimming metabolic rates with increasing speed, which are the lowest values among elasmobranchs. However, its cost of transport is one of the highest measured for fishes.


The subtitle of this paper is a reference to Carl Sagan's 1995 book The Demon Haunted World in which he advocates rationalism as a way of dispelling the superstition that still haunts the modern world. In the work of Canadian horror writer Gemma Files, demons, and other supernatural creatures, really exist but haunt the world because most people dismiss them as superstition. Many of these beings are predatory and the few humans who know of their existence realise that humanity is not necessarily top of the food chain. Because of this a rationalist world-view is inadequate, and a wider definition of nature – one that acknowledges and, therefore, accommodates the supernatural - is required for survival.

In this paper I discuss Files' 2014 collection of interlocking short stories We Will All Go Down Together and her novel Experimental Film (2015) which is set in the same universe, with the majority of events in both taking place in modern-day Toronto. The former focuses on clans of 'supernatural' beings, who dwell on the margins of consensual reality but regularly infiltrate the human world, while the latter deals with the attempt by a forgotten demonic figure from Slavic folklore to re-enter reality. Both texts involve investigations into missing people and so intersect with crime fiction, a genre grounded in rationalism; however, that the disappearances involve 'supernatural' events, and that some of the investigators are magicians or psychics, places them in the tradition of the 'occult detective' sub-genre which requires a movement beyond the limits of a rationalist world-view.

The interactions with the human world by 'supernatural' beings, and the tension between a rationalist world-view and the truth about such beings – that they exist outside of the conventional taxonomy of nature - is central to Files' work. She also addresses the myth of Canada as the United States' better mannered, more peaceful neighbour in both texts, and in the essay 'Under These Rocks and Stones', We Will All Go Down Together's afterword, in which she writes:

Toronto and Ontario can be exactly as scary as anywhere more exotic, if you know where to look … scarier, maybe. Because, on the surface, it all seems so pleasant.(375)

As I show, Files uses the horror genre's capacity for estrangement to debunk the myth of 'Canadian-ness' from a postcolonial perspective and reveal the brutal reality of Canada's history – and its present – which the myth conceals, just as her investigators confront the occult truth of nature that rationalism denies.


At the outset of the 1937 excavations, we had certain main objects in view. The most important, since it affected the history of Anatolia as a whole, was to decide what culture was represented by our third and latest period, called C. The particulars wherein C differed from the preceding periods, B and A, were obvious: during B, which may have come to an end in the twentieth century, the settlement clearly belonged to the 'west Anatolian group', known from Troy, Lesbos, Yortan, and the Pisidian sites; A could be regarded as an earlier stage of B, not yet modified by western influence (see p. 237, below); C, however, seemed hard to parallel. The acquisition of fresh material, and a careful study of the collections in the museums at Ankara and Istanbul has now enabled us to recognize C as Hittite in the wide sense of the term used by archaeologists to-day. The C pottery has many points in common with the monochrome Hittite wares of Alisar II, Alaca Huyuk, Hashuyuk and even Bogazkoy, while the smaller antiquities from C and Alisar II are much closer than was previously supposed. That Kusura should display local peculiarities is not surprising, when we consider its distance from the larger Hittite centres.


This paper explores the collaborative journalism developed by the Alianza de Medios Tejiendo Redes, a project that brings together journalists from 11 news portals in Mexico. From interviews with members of the Alliance and a quantitative approach to the texts produced in their different portals, it was found that not only protection and updating networks can be formed, but also to undertake joint projects that dispute the word to position an informative agenda based on respect for human rights.


Our business has changed substantially in recent years. Ours was a practice that was primarily hospital-based. However, it underwent a paradigm shift, and the group has added a substantial amount of teleradiology and non-hospital based business. In so doing we have made several philosophical decisions and must continue to consider those.


In 1940 OKABAYASHI(~) presented data indicating that kidney and heart lesions, closely resembling those characteristic of diffuse glomerulonephritis and rheumatic carditis in man, had been induced in a small portion of rabbits which had undergone successive infections in the paranasal sinuses with hemolytic streptococci. The experimental results constitute rather suggestive evidence for the view that glomerulonephritis and carditis of the rheumatic type may well result from a common or closely related pathogenetic mechanism. I t is significant that invasion of living bacteria into the tissues, as the experimental study of focal infection has disclosed, is not a necessary condition for the occurrence of diffuse glomerulonephritis and carditis of the rheumatic type. MASUGI(~) produced experimentally renal lesions entirely comparable to human qlomerulonephritis by means of intravenous injection of anti-rabbit-kidney duck serum into rabbits. Following the suggestion of the so-called Masugi nephritis wc have attempted to reproduce experimentally rheumatic carditis by means of injection of anti-rabbit-heart duck serum into rabbits. MASUCI and his collaborator^(^,^, 5 , attempted to produce allergic cardiac lesions by means of injection of anti-rabbit-heart duck serum into normal rabbits. However, they were unsuccessful in producing carditis with granuloma with their method. In the rabbits which had been previously sensitized with normal duck serum, as our study has revealed, severe carditis with granulomata of Aschoff body type has been obtained following injection of anti-rabbit-heart duck serum. Moreover, characteristic carditis has been brought out in all test animals distinctly. The cardiac lesions had appeared already in 24 hours after intravenous challenginq injection. In the control animals, which had undergone injections of same doses of normal duck serum only, the changes of the heart were slight and not worthy of consideration. It is the purpose of this communication to describe the morphological pictures of the cardiac lesions induced in rabbits by this procedure.


This paper presents recent observations of the misuse of technical definition, hydrologic concepts, sedimentation engineering principles, and flood control regulations by the legal profession during litigation involving property damages caused by various kinds of hydrologic events. Recommendations are offered so that prospective expert witnesses and technical advisors can avoid the embarrassment and possible professional discreditation associated with theatrical courtroom procedures.


Based on an analysis of primary and secondary documentary sources this paper examines the relationship of medical men to state intervention in women's labour. Focusing on factory legislation it explores the extent to which this intervention may be seen as an attempt to alleviate the health consequences of industrial work or as a means of social control, which is defined here in terms of actual restrictions on women's participation in the paid labour market and of the assertion of their primary role within the private domain. The involvement of medical practitioners in such questions is also assessed in terms of the consequences for industrial medicine. The paper argues that factory legislation failed to meet either its social purpose, or the health needs of working women, while reinforcing the ideology of 'separate spheres'and the moral and social responsibilities of the state


The main result is a direct proof of the implication $(LVKF_{k,3})\Rightarrow( LT_{3k-1,3})$ below. Consider the following statements:
($LVKF_{1,3}$) From any 11 points in $ \mathbb{R}^{3}$ one can choose 3 pairwise disjoint triples whose convex hulls have a common point.
($LVKF_{k,3}$) From any $6k + 5$ points in $ \mathbb{R}^{3k}$ one can choose 3 pairwise disjoint sets each containing $2k + 1 $ points and whose convex hulls have a common point.
($LT_{2,3}$) Any 7 points in $\mathbb{R}^{2}$ can be decomposed into 3 subsets whose convex hulls have a common point.
($LT_{d,3}$) Any $2d+3$ points in $\mathbb{R}^d$ can be decomposed into 3 subsets whose convex hulls have a common point.
This statements are true, but the meaning of the article is the direct derivation of one statement from another.


Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine the intersections of whiteness, anti‐racism and social justice in educational administration. It is an attempt to understand how white administrators who work in racially minoritized school communities reconcile the moral challenges of articulations of racial equity with the hierarchical institutions of schooling.Design/methodology/approach – This qualitative study asks ten white administrators how they understand themselves as raced, the ways they see race operating at individual and institutional levels in schools and districts, and factors that facilitate and/or hinder social justice work as it pertains to race.Findings – The data indicates that whiteness is a difficult subject for white administrators, even those who agreed to be interviewed about whiteness, racism, equity and social justice. As agents of the school districts where they are employed, the administrators generally view these issues from an organizational perspective that does not challen...


In this paper, we present an effective, flexible and completely automated camera calibration approach using only one pair of concentric circles. This approach utilizes the characteristics of concentric circles' tangent lines to locate the center of these circles, and finds the geometric constraints for calibration based on the orthogonality formed by a point on the circle and the two intersected points of the circle with the line through the center of the circle. The entire process requires no conic equation fitting and no metric measurement of the test pattern, which is very flexible to implement.


Let H be a bialgebra. Let α : C → H ⊗ H be a linear map, where C is a left H-module algebra, and a coalgebra with a left H-weak coaction. Let β : D → H ⊗ H be a linear map, where D is a right H-module algebra, and a coalgebra with a right H-weak coaction. In this paper, we extend the construction of two-sided smash coproduct to two-sided crossed coproduct C ×αHβ × D. Then we derive the necessary and sufficient conditions for two-sided smash product algebra C#H#D and C ×αHβ × D to be a bialgebra, which generalizes the Majid's double biproduct in [Double-bosonization of braided groups and the construction of Uq(g), Math. Proc. Camb. Philos. Soc. 125(1) (1999) 151–192] and the Wang–Wang–Yao's crossed coproduct in [Hopf algebra structure over crossed coproducts, Southeast Asian Bull. Math. 24(1) (2000) 105–113].


The media today is in many ways responsible for how politics is described and of how our politicians are portrayed. The way in which politicians are being portrayed is affected by gender and power structures in our society. Ultimately, this becomes a problem for the democracy. This aim of this thesis is to highlight the problems which are connected to the relationship between gender, politics and the media. The purpose of this thesis is to examine how the media portrays of politicians differ depending on the politicians gender. This will be done by analyzing articles of two female and two male politicians before the election in 2014. The research questions that are connected to this purpose deal with how the politicians were portrayed in the media and how these portrayals can be understood as gendered. For this I used the discourse analysis. I looked at four different articles and analyzed them by looking at the written and multimodal text. The results of this study show that there is still a difference in how male and female politicians are portrayed in the media. In this essay I make these differences visable. In some cases they are obvious whiele in others more subtle. I therefore conclude that gender still has an effect in how politicians are portrayed in the media today.


of the pus showed a pure growth of Streptococcus haemolyticus. The caecal tumour completely disappeared after operation. confirmed the presence of calcified mesenteric glands in the fossa.


This paper studies the impact of trade openness policy on economic growth volatility in Middle Eastern and North African countries. The observed trade openness is divided into natural openness and trade openness policy. Natural openness is determined by a country's structural and geographical characteristics while trade openness policy depends on policy makers' decisions. First, a specific indicator is elaborated for the trade openness policy. Then, the impact of trade openness policy is econometrically tested on 13 countries of the Middle East and North Africa over 1960-1999. The results show that countries with a more open trade policy are less volatile.


Mangroves are plants that can transport, absorb, and store heavy metals in the surrounding environment. This study aims to measure the capacity of Rhizophora sp. root and stem in transporting, absorbing, and storing Zn from water and sediment of Blanakan Riparian, West Java. Rhizophora sp. root, stem, water, and sediment samples were collected from 3 stations located on the Blanakan Riparian, West Java. Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer was used to analyze the Zn contents from the samples. Likewise, Bioconcentration Factor (BCF) and Translocation Factor (TF) were used to calculate the Zn contents from water and sediment stored in root and stem. The results showed that the range of BCF of Zn in water and sediment in root were 108.214-284.204 and 0.254-0.271, respectively. Meanwhile, the range of BCF of Zn in water and sediment in the stem were 112.193-189.611 and 0.233-0.297. Furthermore, the range of TF of Zn in water and sediment were 0.667-1.036 and 0.917-1.095. To conclude, the root and stem of Rhizophora sp. can be used to translocate Zn contents from water and sediment at Blanakan Riparian, West Java.


Ca8MgLa(PO4)7:Eu2+, Mn2+ phosphors were prepared by solid-state reaction method, and their luminescence properties were studied. The optical bandgap of the Ca8MgLa(PO4)7 host was determined to be about 5.34 eV experimentally. For Eu2+ single-doped samples, broad yellow emission bands were found from 400 to 800 nm, derived from various Eu2+ emission centers in different Ca2+ sites. The corresponding excitation spectra exhibit strong and broad absorption in near ultraviolet region with a red-shift depending on the monitoring wavelengths. For Eu2+-Mn2+ codoped samples, extremely efficient energy transfer from Eu2+ to Mn2+ was found, and tunable emission was realized with the emitting light color ranging from yellow to red. In sum, the investigation results of Ca8MgLa(PO4)7:Eu2+, Mn2+ phosphors indicate their promising applications in white LEDs.


Not all that happy with progress over at the mothership. I managed to get this stream mirrored over there, and then got sucked into two


Cultural heritage is important to people's identity and character.Preserving the culture is therefore very important for the future generations. The Tinguians who are the natives of Abra Province have their own culture which is distinct from other Filipino ethnolinguistic groups. Studies on the Tinguians however, show that many of their customs, traditions, practices and beliefs are no longer observed or done. To develop socio-cultural awarenesswhich enhances the pride of the learner's heritage, language and culture,the Department of Education has institutionalized the Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education as its fundamental educational policy and program. This study which is a qualitative research aimed to determine how the program helps in the preservation of the Tinguian culture. The interview guide was used to gather data from the teachers, and officials of the selected public schools in Tinguian communities where the program was piloted.These were complemented by the observations of the researchers when they visited the schools. Based on the findings of the study, the first language or mother tongue of the learners is Ilocano thus the medium of instruction for kindergarten to Grade 3 is Ilocano; some of the teachers are not Tinguians and cannot speak the dialect; there is no working orthography of the Tinguian dialects; there are no available teachers guide, reading and instructional materialsin Tinguian; many of the learners whose parents are Tinguians speak Ilocano with their friends and classmates.


An active compensation technique for two-stage CMOS operational amplifiers is described. The settling response of a two-stage operational amplifier is critically dependent upon an effective capacitance. The introduction of a current follower to the commonly employed voltage follower and capacitor compensation network significantly reduces this capacitance, resulting in a considerable reduction in operational amplifier setting time. Simulated performances using ideal followers indicate ultimate dynamic performance improvements.<<ETX>>


The present invention provides a flame-retardant olefinic resin composition, which satisfy the UL-94V-0 standard flame retardant brominated flame retardant, the weight ratio of the total heat-expandable graphite and an inorganic flame retardant aid is less than 30%. The flame-retardant olefinic resin composition comprising the following ingredients: (A) an olefin-based resin (B) heat-expandable graphite (C) selected from bromine-based flame retardant of the following (a), (b) and (c) of agent of one or a mixture thereof: compound (a) represented by (ⅰ) wherein, R represents -CH 3 or -H, a represents -C (CH 3 ) 2 -, - SO 2 -, - S-, or -CH 2 -, (b) a bromine content of 40 wt. % or more of alicyclic compounds, (C) 2,4,6-tris (mono-, di- or tribromophenoxy) triazine; (D) an inorganic flame retardant auxiliary, the weight ratio of the components were (B ) component is 1.5 ~ 4.5%, (C) component is 5.0 ~ 18.0%, (D) component is 1.0 to 5.0%, the remaining component (A).


ABSTRACT In this paper, we address the problem of finding outer bound of forward reachable sets and inter-bound of backward reachable sets of switched systems with an interval time-varying delay and bounded disturbances. By constructing a flexible Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional combining with some recent refined integral-based inequalities, some sufficient conditions are derived for the existence of (1) the smallest possible outer bound of forwards reachable sets; and (2) the largest possible inter-bound of backward reachable sets. These conditions are delay dependent and in the form of linear matrix inequalities, which therefore can be efficiently solved by using existing convex algorithms. A constructive geometric design of switching laws is also presented. Two numerical examples with simulation results are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of our results.


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We all practice it, use its presumed power of explanation, and never seem to get tired of it: theory, only recently introduced to geography at large, appears to be indispensable for any truly rigorous analysis of the social world. But is it really? In this paper it is argued that even the most sophisticated of attempts at 'theorizing the social' can claim success only by abandoning reason where reason is needed most: in the abstract formulation of particularity. In the pursuit of this ultimately fatal flaw of any theoretical endeavour, the author ultimately asks what it is about society and space that seems to require a theoretical approach, and what precisely we stand to lose if we opt for a theoretically informed abandonment of theory. With reference to Walter Benjamin, whose work is read as an embodiment of the most crucial conflict between reason and justification, an attempt will be made towards a genuinely material social science that does not rely on external guarantees to achieve a modest goal in the possibility of cognizance.


The Forestry Branch situated at Marche-en-Famenne in the heart of the Ardennes Forest houses the treatment process of silviculture grains coming from the domains of the Walloons Region. It is essentially made up of a work shop, a series of cold storage areas and a few offices and laboratories. The actual workshop is composed of a predrying zone, storage and an area for treating grain. The irregular polygon shape of the site, timbered with beautiful 200 year old oaks made us choose an ovoid form. A frame work of composed arcs clamped at the edges in an apron of reinforced concrete, constitutes the structure which covers the whole building. Two secondary buildings are placed in the inside of this shell along its longitudinal sides. The central nave is reserved for large machines which treat and pre-dry grain. The building is covered with 1,691 large tiles of laminated reflecting glass.


Today's communications systems require use of broadband antennas to meet high capacity requirements. Furthermore, some applications require smaller antenna sizes. In this work, a broadband Dielectric Resonator Antenna (DRA) for WLAN applications is presented. The antennas presented are compact in size, have the broadside radiation patterns and high radiation efficiency. The bandwidth of the DRA depends on the dielectric material, its shape, as well as the excitation technique used to feed the antenna. The three antennas presented in this thesis are of half cylindrical shape, mounted on ground planes and excited by aperture coupling slot. A parasitic U slot is part of the feeding network for more coupling and bandwidth enhancement. The antennas have good radiation characteristics and operate over a wide band of frequencies. Ansoft HFSS is used for the antenna simulation. CST Microwave studio is also used to compare the accuracy of time domain and frequency domain analysis of the DRAs. The DR material is Rogers RO3010 (TM) with [varepsilon] r = 10.2, and a dielectric loss tangent of 0.0035. The substrate material is Rogers RT/Duroid 5880 (TM) with [varepsilon] s =2.2, a loss tangent of 0.0009, and 0.767 mm thickness. The half-cylindrical DRA is used to have the TEo13 mode excited. The radiation patterns of the three antennas are similar to that of a magnetic monopole which has the broadside radiation pattern. Parasitic U-shaped slots are used with the three presented antennas to enhance the bandwidth by exciting a dual resonant frequency in the TE 01e mode. These slots have similar radiation characteristics to those of the half cylindrical DRAs so the overall radiation patterns of these antennas are not deteriorated. For the fabricated antennas, they have broadside radiation characteristics in H and E planes. As for the impedance bandwidth, the half cylindrical ORA has 24 % fractional bandwidth. For the half cylindrical ORA backed with a rectangular dielectric resonator, 32% bandwidth is achieved. A bandwidth of29% is achieved in the case of half volume Elliptical ORA. The gain of the three antennas slightly changes around 5 dBi which is good for the WLAN applications.


Endometriosis (EMS) is a common gynecological disorder characterized by the presence of endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity. It is commonly associated with pelvic pain and infertility. The exact pathogenesis remains unclear and many hypotheses have been suggested. In recent years, accumulating evidence indicates that oxidative stress (OS) plays a role in the development of EMS. The treatment of EMS remains a challenge. Antioxidant therapies for effective management of reactive oxygen species and inflammation have generated considerable research interest. Antioxidant agents such as Vitamins C and E, resveratrol, curcumin, melatonin, epigallocatechin-3-gallate, and others have been studied for the treatment of EMS. This review presents the role of OS in pathophysiology of EMS and the antioxidant therapies in its management.


This year's Parameterized Algorithms and Computational Experiments challenge (PACE 2020) was devoted to the problem of computing the treedepth of a given graph. Altogether 51 participants from 20 teams, 12 countries and 3 continents submitted their implementations to the competition. In this report, we describe the setup of the challenge, the selection of benchmark instances and the ranking of the participating teams. We also briefly discuss the approaches used in the submitted solvers and the differences in their performance on our benchmark dataset. 2012 ACM Subject Classification Theory of computation → Graph algorithms analysis; Theory of computation → Parameterized complexity and exact algorithms


NCTM's Connections Standard highlights the importance of drawing on students' prior mathematical knowledge and experiences to help them construct new knowledge. This grade 3 lesson describes how do so when presenting the concept of symmetry


Sulfinamides can now be readily accessed from carboxylic acids and amines in a direct decarboxylative reaction enabled by the kinetically-driven reactivity of sulfinylamines and acridine photocatalysis.


Keywords: Food crisis Restaurants Brand equity Branding strategy Customer visit intention a b s t r a c t Food crises, such as food borne illnesses, are a major threat to the restaurant industry. However, consumer responses to a food crisis are expected to differ depending on the brand equity and branding strategy of the restaurant involved. In order to test the roles of brand equity and branding strategy in a food crisis situation, this study used a scenario-based experimental survey with a 2 (brand equity: Low/High) × 2 (branding strategy: Corporate branding/House-of-brands) × 2 (presence of crisis: No/Yes) design. The results of the study supported the " amplifying " perspective by providing evidence of the negative role of brand equity during a crisis. Moreover, the three-way interaction between brand equity, branding strategy, and presence of crisis revealed the effectiveness of the corporate branding strategy, which varies depending on the level of brand equity, under crises. The findings of this study will enable marketers to develop appropriate post-crisis strategies based on predicted consumer responses depending on the level of brand equity and branding strategy. Further discussion and implications are provided in the text.


A method for optimally reducing the error incurred during the quantization operation in DPCM image coding is presented. The method is optimum with respect to a mean-square error criterion and is applied a posteriori. The technique is based on knowledge of the multidimensional probability density function of the DPCM difference signal. The quantizer operates on this difference signal to achieve a data compression. The coarser the quantization, the greater the compression, but also the greater the degradation of the encoded image. To minimize the degradation, a reconstruction should utilize all of the knowledge that is available about the difference samples, such as their distribution, the quantization levels, and any correlation which remains after the differencing operation. An estimation equation which embodies this information is derived and solved. The solution is applied to images which have been either DPCM or deltamodulation encoded. The resultant images have lower mean-square error and exhibit an improvement in subjective quality.


Bursty communication channels can be modeled as hidden Markov sources where the error source is assumed to exist in one of N states and the source alphabet consists of M symbols. In general the Hidden Markov Model (HMM) of a stationary source is given by P, the N x N state.,transition matrix. The N states are partitioned into M sets such that when the source is in a state belonging to set i, symbol i is generated. HMMs provide great flexibility to the design engineer in interpreting the symbols and the states. In general HMM techniques can be an invaluable tool for channel characterization. The problem with existing techniques is that they are computationally intensive and it is usually impossible to use them in real time applications. In many cases, the existing methods also give non unique models since they tend to use either too many or too few parameters in their model structures. Our main contribution is a highly efficient HMM algorithm that can be used in real time channel tracking applications. The method we use integrates our technique for estimating an equivalent (and in a number of cases, unique) model A with the forward-only procedure developed by Narciso Tan et.al. The resulting algorithm is used on an "improve the model as you go" basis to provide for real time channel tracking. Using empirical modeling techniques for the channel response, we generate observation sequences and then evaluate the performance of our channel tracking algorithm. The algorithm is being implemented on a C40 based development platform to test its real time applicability.


Pacific Research Program An Initiative of the Australian Aid Program Executive Summary The stated objectives of Australia's Seasonal Worker Programme (SWP) are to fulfil labour shortages in Australian agricultural industries and to contribute to development in Pacific island countries and TimorLeste. Since the introduction of the SWP there has been a tendency by the majority of government stakeholders to focus on the development benefits possible through financial remittances made by individual workers. Greater attention is required to other ways that the SWP could contribute to development objectives, including through social remittances. One way to capitalise on social remittances is to provide more opportunities for upskilling workers while they are in receiving countries, beyond the limited frame of jobreadiness1 training. When seasonal worker programs are designed with development goals in mind, this allows for focusing on workers as whole people, with potential, skills and confidence to make change in their lives and the lives of others around them when they return home. Investing in seasonal workers works well when employers share a long-term vision of enhancing workers' potential. Employers can play a role in supporting the acquisition of new skills through providing additional training programs in workplaces. Such employers recognise their power to create supportive environments to consolidate workers' learning opportunities. Yet assumptions remain that seasonal workers require only job-ready skills, or that employers will share in the SWP's development objectives and take responsibility for providing training opportunities that support workers' development goals at home. Further, the outsourcing of courses to multiple training institutions has meant that government managers of the SWP have been unable to ensure that workers are aware of opportunities available to them. Accessible, well-designed and culturally appropriate training that supplements seasonal worker stays in Australia needs greater attention and support. This policy brief advocates a bottom-up approach to worker skills development, with flexibility to respond to workers' diverse contexts and interests. Communicating with workers, and gaining an understanding of their needs in terms of new skills and training, is critical to ensure the development objectives of the SWP are followed through. This policy brief unpacks the common assumptions that are restricting investment in upskilling seasonal workers. We conclude with the following recommendations: 1. Greater attention is needed to facilitate social as well as financial remittances for seasonal workers. One means of achieving this is through workers returning home with new knowledge and skills that have the potential to contribute to improvements in home country contexts. 2. Additional skills programs need to go beyond job-readiness and be designed to be responsive to workers' interests and needs. 3. Flexibility in program design and funding for upskilling is required to ensure culturally responsive and appropriate training for workers. 4. Improving workers' awareness of training opportunities and ensuring better access and availability is crucial. 5. Greater coordination of courses for workers would be beneficial in the provision of skills training. While employers are responsible for on-the-job training, greater support is needed to ensure workers have opportunities to develop skills beyond those needed for job-readiness.


Rotational spectroscopy of atmospheric molecules has long been a hallmark of laboratory and field studies at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. in addition to maintenance of the millimeter and submillimeter spectral line catalog, the laboratory has actively purued the challenging laboratory tasks of quantitative linewidth measurements and transient species identification.


Abstract: Objective: The objective of this study was intended for evaluation the effect of different surface treatments on microtensile bond strength of two different luting resin cements to two CAD/CAM resin ceramic materials with dentin. Materials and Methods: A total number of 112 samples were used for microtensile bond strength test (µ-TBS). Samples were divided into two equal main groups according to type of resin ceramic used (Vita Enamic [ENA] and Lava Ultimate [LVU]). Then each main group was subdivided according to the surface treatment performed into four equal subgroups; Gr 1 (sandblasting (SB) with Al2O3 50µm), Gr 2(sandblasting (SB) with Al2O3 110µm), Gr 3 (plasma etching), and Gr 4 (Hydrofluoric acid (HF) plus Silane), then two types of resin cements (Rely X Ultimate, Panavia f 2.0) were applied to the treated ceramics in each group. µ-TBS test was performed and the data statistically analyzed. Results: The results of this study revealed that; LVU recorded statistically significant higher µ-TBS than ENA. Rely X Ultimate recorded statistically significant higher µ-TBS than Panavia F 2.0. Conclusion: LVU has higher µ-TBS than ENA with all surface treatments except with HF plus Silane ENA has higher µ-TBS than LVU. Key Words: Resin ceramic, Resin cement, sandblasting, Plasma, Hydrofluoric acid.


(57) Abstract: PDAs / mobile phone of the coupling device according to the present invention includes a base 12, a screen 18 coupled to the base 12, is mounted by a hinge coupled to the base 12, when lowered is the window provides a portion of the screen 18, a keypad 14 when lifted is to provide all of the screen 18, is composed of, the keypad 14, which provides a portion of the screen 18 when lowered wherein the base 12 further includes a cover 16 that is attached by hinged, the keypad 14 is located between the base 12 and the cover 16, the cover 16 has an open position and a closed position characterized in that it is configured to rotate between.


The paper describes the concept of public-private partnership (PPP) and examines how it is different from 'privatisation' concept. It examines the present status of public libraries in India and the need formobilising support for their improvement. The authors stress the need for implementing the National Knowledge Commission recommendation for PPP. The paper highlights the role of the public sector andprivate fi rms in developing public libraries through the PPP model. At the end suggestions were madeon how to implementation the model for the development of public libraries. http://dx.doi.org/10.14429/djlit.33.1.3725


Objective: Motorcycle injuries have shown a progression in last years in trauma patients admitted to our clinic. The aim of this study is to evaluate statistically whether the motorcycle accidents' incidence is really has a progression or not. Method: The study involved 180 patients (87 women, 93 men) operated for the fractures after a motorcycle crash between the first six months of 2002 and 2007. The injury patterns are investigated if there is a significant increase or not. The mean age was 45.2 years. In Group I; 50 patients (22 women, 28 men ) were included which operated in the first 6 months of 2002. The mean age was 44.8 years. In Group II; 130 patients (65 women, 65 men ) were included which operated in the first 6 months of 2007. The mean age was 45.7. Results: We compared two groups and found a significant 3.425 increase in motorcycle injuries contrary to 0.075 decrease in falls, 0.023 decrease in traffic accidents within the vehicle, 0.013 decrease in traffic accidents out of the vehicle, 0.616 decrease in sports injuries, 0.25 decrease in gunshot injuries. This increase in motorcycle injuries is statistically significant. Conclusion: We have found significant increase in motorcycle injuries statistically. The importance of this, it affects younger population, and they bring out high morbidity. Since; we think that motorcycle injuries must be stated especially in literatures. We must warn our colleagues to state this injuries, and must take precautions against this problem.


The invention discloses a swing arm type human body infrared sensing switch. The swing arm type human body infrared sensing switch comprises a relay connected with a power utilization terminal, and is characterized by further comprising a swing arm and a driving mechanism for driving the swing to perform pendulum motion, wherein the free end of the swing arm is provided with an infrared detector; a control device is connected with the infrared detector, is used for receiving signals input by the infrared detector, and comprises a single-chip microcomputer for detecting the variation of signals input by the infrared detector; the single-chip microcomputer is connected with the relay. The working principle of the swing arm type human body infrared sensing switch is that human body motion is replaced by sensor motion, thereby solving the problem of invariableness of signals detected by the sensor when a human body is static, and effectively avoiding the misconception of the 'nonexistence' of the human body by the infrared sensing switch. By adopting the swing arm type human body infrared sensing switch, the aim of 'turning on in the presence of people and turning off in the absence of people' is fulfilled easily and efficiently.


The implications of TOC and COD\-\{Cr\} are introduced, the measure methods, the difference of apparatus and each advantage and disadvantage are compared between TOC and COD\-\{Cr\}. The interrelationship between TOC and COD\-\{Cr\} is discussed through theory, measurement and determination of water samples, which isn't same for the different waste water, so it shall get the relation between them through experiments first.


High bandwidth satellites offer the promise of a rapidly deployable communications infrastructure with a natural support for mobility. However, many widely used versions of the Transmission Control Protocol perform poorly over satellite links, and this presents an obstacle to the deployment of such systems. We present an architecture that overcomes these problems and allows easy integration of heterogeneous networks into the larger Internet. We also present some results from our initial implementation, which uses TCP connection splitting to improve TCP performance over satellite links. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


A prosthetic constraining device (24, 30, 32) for use with a hip replacement where a femoral stem (14) includes a ball (22) component at its proximal end received within an acetabular cup assembly (10) to form a ball joint type coupling, and where the constraining device (24) includes a ring having a central aperture, where the ring is adapted to be mounted to a rim of the acetabular cup assembly so that the femoral stem passes through the central aperture, where the diameter of the central aperture is less than the diameter of the ball component on the proximal end of the femoral stem, and where the ring (24) comprises a biologic material, a biologically reabsorbable material and a combination of biologic, or biologically reabsorbable materials. Further embodiments of constraining devices for use with hip joints are disclosed: A mesh or webbing (30) used to hold the neck region of the femoral component (14), and a paste or glue (32) directed in proximity to the neck of a prosthesis and an acetabulum.


'Health walker-Six minute walk testing unit' is a device that determines various health factor like heart rate, body mass index, oxygen saturation, which play a vital role in deciding pulmonary or cardiovascular fitness. The conclusions inferred by our device"Health Walker" are of good help to the doctors for analysing person's health status. Health Walker consists of three segments: pulseoximeter (to calculate the heart rate and oxygen saturation), pedometer (to calculate the distance walked in six minutes) and graphical user interface (to make a medical sheet). Keywords—MSP430, pulseoximeter, six minute walk and distance (6MWD), heart rate, oxygen saturation.


Abstract Fusarium avenaceum is distributed worldwide and directly causes considerable crop losses. The compositions of lemongrass essential oils (EOs) were analysed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The antifungal activity of lemongrass essential oils (EOs) and the main compounds against F. avenaceum were evaluated in vitro, and the underlying mechanism was investigated. Geranial, geranyl acetate, β-citronellol, citronellal, limonene, and citral were demonstrated to be the major constituents of the EOs. Lemongrass EOs and the main compounds possessed the antifungal effect against F. avenaceum, and citral exerted the strongest antifungal effects against F. avenaceum compared with other compounds, with IC50 values of 0.087 µl/mL. Lemongrass EOs and their major constituents increased the permeability of the F. avenaceum plasma membrane, resulting in increased conductivity, protein and soluble sugar leakage. The activity of pectin methyl galacturonase (PMG) in F. avenaceum was suppressed after treatment with lemongrass EOs. The results indicated that lemongrass EOs inhibited F. avenaceum growth by targeting its plasma membrane and reduced its pathogenicity by inhibiting enzyme activity.


The groud state properties of the doubly-magic nucleus 100 Sn are calculated with the Skyrme-Hatree-Fock method.There may be a proton skin in the 100 Sn nucleus due to the Coulomb repulsion.


Proposed method, called Probabilistic Features Combination (PFC), is the method of multidimensional data modeling, extrapolation and interpolation using the set of high-dimensional feature vectors. This method is a hybridization of numerical methods and probabilistic methods. Identification of faces or fingerprints need modeling and each model of the pattern is built by a choice of multi-dimensional probability distribution function and feature combination. PFC modeling via nodes combination and parameter γ as Ndimensional probability distribution function enables data parameterization and interpolation for feature vectors. Multi-dimensional data is modeled and interpolated via nodes combination and different functions as probability distribution functions for each feature treated as random variable: polynomial, sine, cosine, tangent, cotangent, logarithm, exponent, arc sin, arc cos, arc tan, arc cot or power function.


1. Preface and Acknowledgements 2. Introduction: Perspectives on narrativity and narrative perspectivization (by Zeman, Sonja) 3. PART I: Cognitive-linguistic perspectives 4. Chapter 1. Perspectivization as a link between narrative micro- and macro-structure (by Zeman, Sonja) 5. Chapter 2. Presenting narration: The perspectival construction of narrativity in Bulgarian and Macedonian (by Sonnenhauser, Barbara) 6. Chapter 3. Neurolinguistic view into narrative processing (by Buttner, Julia) 7. PART II: Literary and transmedial perspectives 8. Chapter 4. The double-layered structure of narrative discourse and complex strategies of perspectivization (by Igl, Natalia) 9. Chapter 5. Narrator and narrative space in Middle High German epic poetry (Parzival, Ehescheidungsgesprach, Prosalancelot) (by Wagner, Silvan) 10. Chapter 6. Seeing or meaning?: Perspective and perspectivization in drama (by Bohm, Elisabeth) 11. Chapter 7. Pictorial narrativity: Transcending intrinsically incomplete representation (by Schottler, Tobias) 12. Index


In this work thermal lens spectrometry, thermal relaxation calorometry and optical interferometry were employed to determine the thermo-optical properties of transparent PLZT 10/65/35 ceramics. The thermal diffusivity, the specific heat and the temperature coefficient of the optical path length change were determined. These parameters are important to obtain the figure of merit of this material in terms of its application as optical components used under high power laser excitation.


The explanatory principles of developmental psychology are argued for: the principle of dynamic imbalance as a source of development, the principle of the interaction of the tendencies to save and to change (heredity-variability) as one of the conditions for the system to develop, the principle of diff erentiationintegration, serving as a criterion for the development of the structure of the system, and the principle of wholeness as a criterion for the functional development of the system. Refs 19.


We report measurements of the two-photon processes e-italic/sup +/e/sup -/..-->..e/sup +/e/sup -/..pi../sup +/..pi../sup -/ and e-italic/sup +/e/sup -/..-->..e/sup +/e/sup -/K/sup +/K/sup -/, at an e-italic/sup +/e/sup -/ center-of-mass energy of 29 GeV. In the ..pi../sup +/..pi../sup -/ data a high-statistics analysis of the f-italic(1270) results in a ..gamma gamma.. width GAMMA(..gamma gamma -->..f-italic) = 3.2 +- 0.4 keV. The ..pi../sup +/..pi../sup -/ continuum below the f-italic mass is well described by a QED Born approximation, whereas above the f-italic mass it is consistent with a QCD-model calculation if a large contribution from the f-italic is assumed. For the K-italic/sup +/K/sup -/ data we find agreement of high-mass continuum with the QCD prediction; limits on f-italic'(1520) and t-italich-italice-italict-italica-italic(1720) formation are presented.


The unfavorable ecological situation, as a result of anthropogenic activity, contributed to the emergence of the need to protect natural massifs and the formation of specially protected natural territories (ООPT). Currently, protected areas perform the most important function of preserving and re-storing wildlife resources, thereby being the most effective mechanism for maintaining the ecological balance of territories and preserving natural biodiversity. The article deals with specially protected natural areas of the Rostov region as elements of the region's ecological framework system.


Based on CMORPH high-resolution satellite precipitation data,three methods including spatial moving average,Fourier transform and wavelet analysis are used respectively to separate the 6-a mean( 04-09) summer precipitation over China region on different scales. The characteristics and possible mechanisms of spatial precipitation distribution on five scales( more than 1 000 km,500-1 000 km, 200-500 km,64-200 km,and less than 64 km) are investigated,especially over Yangtze River Delta region. The advantages and disadvantages of the three methods on scale separation as well as their application range are also analyzed. The results show that scale separation can obtain distribution features of spatial rainfall heterogeneity,based on physical reasoning,which reflect the influences of large-scale landsea distribution,monsoon circulation,topography,oceanic current,city and city groups. The spatial moving average method is easier to operate,but is relatively less precise. Fourier transform can support full spectrum decomposition,but it strongly depends on the stationarity of the signal and generates considerable deviation for small-scale disturbance. While wavelet analysis can deal with nonstationary signal and has the ability to distinguish details.


generally bad journalistic and academic press enjoyed by SEATO. Besides the Modelski contribution noted, the SEATO book also includes a very good case study of Australia and the alliance by Leicester C. Webb; sections on the "function and organization" of SEATO, India and the security pact, and "economic relationships and the SEATO powers"; and an excellent survey of Communist China and SEATO by R. Gavin Boyd. The latter represents one of the best short analyses in print and ought to be widely read. Unlike so many multi-author studies, the volume edited by Modelski represents a well-coordinated effort that could easily pass for the work of a single author. Problems of Freedom differs from the two volumes already discussed in its emphasis upon internal questions, but it also relates most directly to the question of the ability of a small—and weak—state to survive without foreign help. A collection of papers presented at a 1959 conference on South Vietnam, the book is much looser in organization, and quite uneven in quality, in comparison with the SEATO study. I t also was dated in a number of respects at the time of its publication in 1961 and is descriptive rather than critically analytical in its approach. Political scientists, however, will read with profit the papers on "democratic growth in free Vietnam" (by Wesley R. Fishel) and "stresses and strains in a developing administrative system" (by John T. Dorsey, Jr.). RICHARD BUTWELI,, University of Illinois.


Rape is the most preponderant oil plants crop in China, which is planted widely. Its yield reached 12 million tons in 2005, ranked first in the world. Besides oil, rapeseed contains many other components, such as protein, glucosinolate, polyphenol, phytic acid, polysaccharide, cellulose, sterol, vitamine E and so on. Most of them have great utilized values, which reveal a fine prospect for the comprehensive utilization of rapeseed. Therefore, the research and development of comprehensive processing techniques of rapeseed is all along a hotspot around the world. In this paper, we introduced the research on rapeseed comprehensive processing in our laboratory, and display the vision of the developing direction in the field.


In an article in Vet Record Careers last week, Mel Lean explained how she embarked on a veterinary degree at the Szent István university in Hungary. Here, she gives her first impressions of the city and the course


This paper analyzes some problems existing in the secondary tap water supply system and some links urgently need to be transformed, and introduces the design and implementation of the system circuit in the light of these transformed links,. This system, which takes the single-chip as the core,detects and monitors all parts of the water supply system through the sensors, the single-chip makes analysis and judgment based on the according to the sampled data, and then sends control signals or alarm signals of the executing agency. And the liquid crystal display can real-time display the flooded condition of water reservoir, the water level of water towers, and working condition of water pumps, so that the water supply system can operation safely and automatically.


This text takes the spun-laced non-woven fabric weaving machinery as an illustration, introduces the Textile machinery synchro-control system based on Siemens S7-300 PLC and Textile machinery by Siemens plc and DANFROSS Inverter.


In this paper we present neural networks based method for emotion recognition. Proposed model was developed as part of 2014 Emotion Recognition in the Wild Challenge. It is composed of modality specific neural networks, which where trained separately on audio and video data extracted from short video clips taken from various movies. Each network was trained on frame-level data, which in later stages were aggregated by simple averaging of predicted class distributions for each clip. In the next stage various techniques for combining modalities where investigated with the best being support vector machine with RBF kernel. Our method achieved accuracy of 37.84%, which is better than 33.7% obtained by the best baseline model provided by organisers.


The University of Georgia, in collaboration with GE Global Research, has investigated the relevant quenching mechanism of phosphor coatings used in white light devices based on UV LEDs. The final goal of the project was the design and fabrication of a high-efficacy white light UV-LED device through improved geometry and optimized phosphor coatings. At the end of the research period, which was extended to seamlessly carry over the research to a follow-up program, we have demonstrated a two-fold improvement in the conversion efficiency of a white light LED device, where the increase efficacy is due to both improved phosphor quantum efficiency and lamp geometry. Working prototypes have been displayed at DOE sponsored meetings and during the final presentation at the DOE Headquarters in Washington, DC. During the first phase of the project, a fundamental understanding of quenching processes in UV-LEDs was obtained, and the relationships that describe the performance of the phosphor as a function of photon flux, temperature, and phosphor composition were established. In the second phase of the project, these findings were then implemented to design the improved UV-LED lamp. In addition, our research provides a road map for the design of efficient white light LEDs, which willmore » be an important asset during a follow-up project led by GE.« less


This article unpacks the production and impact of the Foley punch in David Fincher's Fight Club (1999) to theorize the sonic transmission of affect in cinema. It advocates transduction as a model for a soundtrack analysis that acknowledges the already-mediated nature of aural subjectivity and allows for authenticity in electronically mediated experiences.


The family – understood not merely as a social unit but also as a western institution – holds a privileged position in recent American fiction treating the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World T ...


The objective of this study is to determine the impact of specifically programmed training during one year cycle on changes in some strength and power assessment tests in basketball players of junior and younger senior age. The sample of subjects included 17 basketball players of junior age HKK "Siroki" from Siroki Brijeg, Bosnia and Hercegovina, 16 to 18 years old. The battery of tests which monitored the progress in strength and power dimensions consisted of 8 items. Four items estimated maximum strength (barbell bench press, barbell shoulder press, squat, deadlift), three items for relative repetitive strength assessment (dips-chest version, pullups and 3/4 Sit-Ups) and one item for absolute explosive strength assessment (power clean). As a special variable we also recorded gain of body mass throughout annual training cycle. Planned and implemented macrocycle consisted of 376 days, 169 days of training, 169 training units, i.e. 211 hours of training total. The results obtained indicate significant effects of treatments in strength and power domain.


On Jeju Island, there are many freshwater springs because it is a volcanic island with abundant precipitation and rainwater. While springs were once plentiful in the island, due to depletion and urbanization pressures, many of the traditional wood and rock structures and spaces surrounding springs have become severely deteriorated. Until the 1970s springs served as vital community resources for water provisioning for drinking and household use, agriculture and livestock. However, after most springs fell into disuse, hydraulic engineers have maintained Jeju's springs with a concern for springs with strong flow and good water quality but disregarding human activities such as social, cultural and landscape context in the springs. In this research study, I address the cultural context as well as an environmental value of freshwater springs. In addition, it is necessary for people in Jeju recognize their ethnological identity in studying how their ancestors function spatially in springs and recording the design and shape of original structures which takes into account the historical, cultural and social elements of Jeju in the past. Also, I describe how to categorize various landscaping shapes of springs on Jeju Island through case study.


Wind is a key factor to trigger dorsal-ventral
 patterning in the Drosophila embryo development.
 Genetic experiments indicate that Wind is required for
 targeting the dorsal-ventral patterning protein, Pipe,
 from the ER to the Golgi. So far the mechanism is
 unknown at the molecular level. Here, we have
 determined the three-dimensional structure of Wind with
 X-ray crystallography to 1.9 A resolution. This crystal
 structure and the site directed mutagenesis studies
 based on it greatly promote our insight into the
 relationship of the structure and function of Wind.Wind is a PDI-related ER resident protein consisting
 of two distinct domains: an N-terminal thioredoxin-like
 b-domain and a C-terminal helical D-domain, connected
 by a short linker. Due to the flexibility of the
 linker, the orientation of the two domains could vary,
 which might be important for substrate capture.Wind exists as a homodimer both in the crystal and
 in solution. The dimer is formed by a head-to-tail
 arrangement of the b-domains without the participation
 of the D-domains. The dimerization yields a deep dimer
 cleft, which is large enough to hold a small peptide.
 This dimer cleft is negatively charged, with a
 considerable hydrophobic band spanning the top. And the
 surface residues in the bank areas of this cleft are
 rather conserved in PDI-Dβ family. Although the
 b-domain is essential, in which a substrate binding
 site is proposed near the dimer cleft, the D-domain is
 also required for the function of Wind.


Tamarind seed powder (TSP) was prepared from tamarind seed and further defatted with hexane. Non-defatted and defatted TSP samples were analyzed for pasting property using a Brabender viscoamylograph. Slightly lower of pasting temperature and significantly higher in PV, consistency index, and setback of defatted TSP was observed. Rheological property, especially flow behavior index, of high temperature extracted jellose (HT jellose) was described the samples as non-newtonian pseudoplastic type, and with higher consistency index than of room temperature extracted jellose (RT jellose). Precipitation with ethanol at pH 3, 4, and 5 of both extraction temperature group samples showed non-significant on consistency index in each group. However, HT jellose with precipitation at pH 4 resulted in highest viscous jellose.


Isolated corn(ZeamaysL.)mitochondria werefoundto oxidize reduced nicotinamide adeninedinucleotide phosphate ina KCIreaction medium.Thisoxidation was dependent on thepresence ofcalcium orphosphate orboth.Strontium and manganesesubstituted forcalcium, butmagnesium orbarium didnot.The oxidation ofNADPH produced contraction of mitochondria swollen inKCI.Further evidence thattheoxidationofNADPH wascoupled was observed inrespiratory controlandadenosine diphosphate-oxygen ratios thatwere comparable tothosereported forreducednicotinamide adenine dinucleotide. Thepathways ofelectron flowfromNADH and NADPH werecompared through theaddition ofelectron trans. portinhibitors. Theonlydifference between thetwodinucleotides wasthatamytal wasfoundtoinhibit almosttotally the state 3oxidation ofNADPH,buthadlittle effect on thestate 3oxidation ofNADH.Thehypothetical pathways forelectron flowfromNADPH arediscussed, asarethepossible sites of calcium andphosphate stimulation.


Sir, I read the review of J. Whicher et al., entitled "Inflammation, the Acute Phase Response and Atherosclerosis" in Clin Chem Lab Med 1999; 37:495–503. I highly appreciate it, but feel that the results of the ECAT Angina pectoris (AP) Study were not given appropriate attention. The ECAT (European Concerted Action on Thrombosis) carried out under the auspices of the Commission of the European Union, was the first to report on an association between C-reactive protein (CRP) and cardiovascular risk. The ECAT had its coordinating centre in the Gaubius Laboratory, TNO, Leiden, the Netherlands. The association between CRP and cardiovascular risk was established in a large prospective study (the ECAT AP Study) comprising over 3000 patients with non-severe angina, recruited in 18 European clinics. An ultrasensitive CRP assay was used. Studies on CRP and cardiovascular disease before that time had referred only to the extent of damage caused by the cardiovascular event and were limited to high CRP values. Full-length papers on follow-up results of CRP appeared in 1995 (2) and in 1997 (1). The ECAT reported the finding on cardiovascular risk function of CRP as early as 1992 in short form (3, 4). In summary, the ECAT results on CRP as a cardiovascular risk factor were a breakthrough in the field and prompted many groups (see for instance refs. 5–7) to follow the lead. The ECAT results on non-severe angina appeared to be comparable with those obtained with normal populations. Moreover, the ECAT showed the importance of ultrasensitive CRP assays for studies of this kind and their value for indicating patients at risk, independently of cholesterol. References


The paper analysed the profitability and resource use efficiency of boro rice cultivation in Bogra district of Bangladesh using farm level survey data of April-May, 2016. In total 103 farmers were selected randomly from the study area. Result based on Farm Budgeting model showed that per hectare variable cost and total cost of production was BDT (Bangladeshi Taka) 57,583 and BDT 71,208 respectively. Average yield was found 4.112 ton which was more than the previous year's national average yield of 3.965 ton. The average gross return, gross margin, and net return were BDT 86,548, BDT 28,965 and BDT 15,340 respectively. Benefit-Cost ratio (BCR) was found 1.22 and 1.50 on full cost and variable cost basis. Cobb-Douglas production function analysis showed that the key production factors, that is, human labour, irrigation, insecticide, seed and fertilizer had statistically significant effect on yield. MVP and MFC ratio analysis showed that growers allocated most of their resources in the rational stage of production.

 Key words: Benefit-Cost ratio (BCR), Cobb-Douglas production function, elasticity and resource use efficiency.


Dear Dr. Segraves: I read, with interest, two recent articles in the Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy (Poasa, Blanchard, & Zucker, 2004; Zucker & Blanchard, 2003) on birth order and gender identity. The authors propose an immunological factor that mediates sexual differentiation of the brain. Without citing references, in both articles, they claim that the male specific, Y linked, minor histocompatibility antigens, termed H-Y antigen, "likely plays some role in the sexual differentiation of vertebrates" (Poasa, Blanchard, & Zucker, 2004, p. 20; Zucker & Blanchard, 2003, p. 252). However, H-Y antigen has been shown not to play a role in vertebrate sexual differentiation, whether defined classically, by graft rejection and T cell cytotoxicity (Simpson, Scott, & Chandler, 1997) or serologically, as a cell surface component (Goldberg, McLaren, & Reilly, 1991). Likewise, a soluble molecule, which was loosely termed "soluble H-Y antigen," has now been found to be Mullerian Inhibiting Substance (MIS) (Muller, 1996). This molecule inhibits the Mullerian ducts from becoming the uterus, Fallopian tubes, cervix, and upper vagina in males (Picard, Guerrier, Kahn, & Josso, 1989). Although this molecule has also been correlated with the transformation of ovarian tissue into testicular tissue (Muller, 1996), this effect is independent of the sex determining pathway (Guigon, Coudouel, MazaudGuittot, Forest, & Magre, 2005; Ross, Tilman, Yao, MacLaughlin, & Capel, 2003). Instead, it results from its destruction of oocytes, as occurs in several models of oocyte-depletion induced female to male gonadal transdifferentiation (Guigon et al., 2005). Furthermore, this molecule is produced by genes on chromosome 19 (Picard et al., 1989) and thus is not relevant for the authors' fraternal birth order immunological hypothesis. Lastly, this substance has been demonstrated not to be related to gender identity variance (Money, Devore, & Norman, 1986).


CLINICAL CHEMISTRY, Vol. 29, No. 5, 1983 989 lected 4 h after. None of the patients had any ulceration of the buccal mucosa, which might have led to spurious appearance of plasma constituents in the saliva. Specimens were stored frozen until required; thawed saliva was centrifuged (10 mm, 2000 rpm) to sediment any debris, and the supernates were taken for assay. Tobramycin and gentamicin were determined by use of magnetizable solid-phase fluoroimmunoassay reagents kindly provided by Seward Laboratory, London SE1, U.K. The assay diluent buffer was Tris HC1 (200 mmol/L, pH 9.0) containing, per liter, 10 mL of Triton X-100 detergent and 1 g of sodium aside. Standards were prepared in a matrix of human serum to have concentrations 0, 1, 2, 5, 10, and 15 mgIL. The elution reagent was a 2:1 by vol mixture of methanol and 100 mmol/L aqueous NaOH, and it contamed, per liter, 10 mL of Triton X100. We performed assays in duplicate, using 55 x 12 mm polystyrene test tubes, which also served as cuvettes for measurements in a Perkin-Elmer 1000M fluorometer with a test-tube adapter and optical filters as described previously (5). For serum, the procedure was as follows. Mix 10 L of serum specimen (or standard) with 100 j.L of fluorescein-labeled drug, followed by 100 L of solid-phase suspension (anti-drug seruin coupled to cellulose/iron oxide partides). Incubate for 18 mm, vortexmixing the tubes' contents every 6 mm. Add 1 mL of diluent buffer, vortax-mix, sediment the particles on a magnet (5), and aspirate the supernates to waste. Add 1.2 mL of elution reagent, vortex-mix, sediment the partides Ofl the magnet, and measure the fluorescence in the supernate. We modified the fluoroimmunoassays for more sensitive salivary drug analysis. We mixed 100 L of each saliva specimen with 10 L of zeroconcentration serum standard and calibrated the assays with 10-tL serum standards mixed with 100 L of phosphate-buffered isotonic saline. (This ensured equalization of protein matrix effects in assay incubation mixtures.) The rest of the procedure was as described above for the assay of serum. When phosphate-buffered saline was replaced with 100 L of saliva from a normal individual who had not received any drug, no effect on the standard curves was apparent. The sensitivity (minimal detectable concentration at 95% confidence) of the serum gentamicin assay was determined (6) to be 60 g/L and that of the salivary assay 8 g/L. Values for the tobramycin assays were similar. The pre-dose serum aminoglycoside concentrations in all the patients were <1 mg/L; after the dose, values ranged between 4.5 and 6.2 mgfL except for one gentamicin result of 2.5 mgIL. In none of the salivary specimens could we detect either tobramycin or gentamicin. We conclude that aminoglycoside antibiotics do not appear in saliva to any significant extent and therefore that assays of saliva can have no part to play in the routine monitoring of antibacterial therapy with these agents. The lack of penetration of aminoglycosides into saliva parallels their slow distribution into many other body fluids, apart from blood and urine, which has also been attributed to their extremely low lipid solubility (4).


The time‐dependent reaction rate and cumulative reaction probability are solved numerically with the incorporation of an effective force and hydrodynamic interaction in the relative diffusion expression. The use of finite difference methods permits the solution no matter how complex the form of the pair correlation function (pcf) and the hydrodynamic interaction utilized. In particular, a Percus–Yevick pcf as well as pcf's derived from Debye–Huckel theory are utilized to account for the initial distribution and interacting forces for the reactant (pair) molecules. Two measures of time‐dependent reactivity, namely the cumulative reaction probability and the observed reaction rate, are found to exhibit significant effects of molecular interaction.


Using advanced design concepts,integrated use of ASP,Cookie user identification,database technologies,such as fuzzy inquiries,the real-time collection of information will be sent to the user desktop,thus improving the timeliness of information transmission greatly.Website information tabletop take realization to realize technology,in the broadest sense for the vast number of users and has set up a website and a good service platform.


The mechanism of inhibition of polymer film dewetting is investigated by adding a star comb-like polymer, four-arm P(S-ran-VB-g-PMMA), to PS film and PMMA film on different substrates. It is found that the mechanism of inhibition of polymer film dewetting is kinetic in nature, and is related to the miscibility between the additional compound and the polymer film. On addition to the miscible system [four-arm P(S-ran-VB-g-PMMA) and PMMA], the star comb-like polymers can increase the resistant force of dewetting with hole growth and inhibit the dewetting process of the thin polymer film by enrichment in the rim. To the immiscible system [four-arm P(S-ran-VB-g-PMMA) and PS], firstly the four-arm P(S-ran-VB-g-PMMA) enriches the solid substrate and forms nanodroplets in the process of spin-coating, and then PS film dewets on these nanodroplets; however, the star comb-like polymer can inhibit the dewetting of the polymer film only when the contact angle θ of the polymer on the additional four-arm P(S-ran-VB-g-PMMA) is smaller than that of the polymer on the substrate.


The objective of the research is to study the properties of wallpaper made of silk threads compared to the silk fabric wallpaper that is available at present. Results of sound absorption, ability of sound absorption for Silk Fabric and Silk Thread Wallpaper at low frequencies did not differ. Silk Thread wallpaper is able to absorb more sound on higher frequencies and absorb at 4000 Hz for the maximum that absorbed over Silk Fabric wallpaper. The silk fabric wallpaper and silk thread wallpaper at 35 threads per inch have a minimum NRC (Noise Reduction Coefficient) and NRC tends to increase as the number of threads per inch silk wallpaper increasing. Flammability test and Temperature protection show that silk fabric wallpaper and 45, 50 threads per inch silk thread wallpaper had the test results better than the lowers.


The aim of this study was to determine phosphorus (P) requirements for the two main aspects of rumen metabolism: microbial digestion of the diet and microbial protein synthesis. A process for the extraction of adenosine trisphosphate (ATP) has been designed. RNA assay and the incorporation of heavy nitrogen (15N) were used to quantify microbial growth. The results permitted the two continuous culture systems to be compared and pointed out the difference between the nitrogen metabolism of free bacteria and that of bacteria bound to solid particles. The amount of P needed to degrade cellulose compounds and for ATP synthesis was higher than the growth requirement estimated to be 3. 6g of P/kg of digestible organic matter in the rumen.


Sulige gas field had been developed for a long term, but the yield is hard to keep a high value. How to improve the daily production is a key problem. In the past, we usually fracture horizontal well in single section. In this paper, we talk about horizontal well fracturing in multistage. And meanwhile, introduce some low damage fracturing fluids. Finally, fracturing evaluation shows horizontal well multistage fracturing can improve the yield effectively. This experience can be popularized in similar gas field.


The fuel demand literature generally focuses on the determination of a single long run or short run price and income elasticity of gasoline for a given country. However, a single elasticity may not dissect the distributional burden faced by different socio-economic groups when faced with a fuel tax or a carbon trading policy (for climate mitigation). Different responses to the same change in price or income are likely to occur, depending on their travel needs, which in turn is contingent upon their income, location of residence and other factors, such as levels of vehicle ownership. This paper investigates the differences in gasoline demand elasticities for different income quintiles. Group-wise aggregated consumer expenditure data for 20 years is used to derive elasticity estimates for the United States. Results show that the elasticities vary for different income quintiles and follow a U-pattern from the lowest to the highest income quintile. The lowest income quintile is found to have the largest price elasticity. The lowest and the highest income quintile appear to be statistically insensitive to any changes in income. The rebound effect also follows the U pattern, with the highest rebound observed among the wealthiest households. Rural households appear to have lower price elasticity than households in urban areas.


We list all metrics of arbitrary signature in four dimensions which admit complete separation of variables in the Hamilton–Jacobi equation for geodesic Hamiltonians. There are only ten classes of separable metrics admitting Killing vector fields, indecomposable quadratic conservation laws, and coisotropic coordinates. Canonical separable metrics parameterized by several (up to twelve) arbitrary functions of single coordinates are written explicitly. The full set of independent conservation laws in involution for each canonical metrics is also found.


Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) have dominated language modeling because of their superior performance over traditional N-gram based models. In many applications, a large Recurrent Neural Network language model (RNNLM) or an ensemble of several RNNLMs is used. These models have large memory footprints and require heavy computation. In this paper, we examine the effect of applying knowledge distillation in reducing the model size for RNNLMs. In addition, we propose a trust regularization method to improve the knowledge distillation training for RNNLMs. Using knowledge distillation with trust regularization, we reduce the parameter size to a third of that of the previously published best model while maintaining the state-of-the-art perplexity result on Penn Treebank data. In a speech recognition N-best rescoring task, we reduce the RNNLM model size to 18.5% of the baseline system, with no degradation in word error rate (WER) performance on Wall Street Journal data set.


The growing use of computing and proliferation of computing devices requires a holistic focus on sustainability as the environmental impacts of computing technologies go beyond their energy consumption. Environmental impacts span all stages of the lifecycle - manufacturing, operation, and disposal. A sustainability mindset must permeate all organizations involved in design, manufacturing, operation, and disposal/recycling of computational devices. This panel will discuss current and new research on sustainability in computing that spans the full lifecycle, all layers of the computing stack and across the computing spectrum from edge to cloud. The panel will also discuss potential cross-disciplinary approaches to sustainable computing and new notions and metrics to quantify sustainability.


Country of origin has become a significant phenomenon in consumer behaviour studies. Hence, increasing the knowledge of customers about products makes research about factors that influence their decisions more worthwhile than before. The purpose of this paper is to review the country of origin literature and mention different variables that influence consumer purchase intention, and also highlight the relationship of variables and customer purchase intention based on the previous literature. This research is valuable for promoting the consumer behaviour literature and providing support for relationships between the variables and purchase intention. In addition, it also helps marketers who work on related topics according to the country of origin perspective. The existing literature shows that all of the variables mentioned in this paper have a relationship with customer purchase intention from the country of origin point of view. However, there are many factors for which it has not been determined whether they influence consumer purchase intention related to the country of origin issue and there is wide scope for future research and development.


In this study, we developed silicon nitride with low friction, low wear and high strength for wear resistance parts. And this work is to study the basic synthetic process for ultra fine particles reinforced silicon nitride composites and the fabrication processes of wear resistance parts. The following results were obtained: 1) The basic synthetic and fabrication process for wear parts were almost established, 2) In engine durability test, it has confirmed that the wear resistance could be improved by using developed silicon nitride.


The development and implementation of a new school‐based suicide prevention education programme in one secondary school in Vancouver, British Columbia, recently provided us with an opportunity to conduct an in‐depth, qualitative case study. The purpose of our study was to deepen our understanding of how school‐based suicide prevention education programmes like this one get planned and enacted in particular, local settings. We argue that the narrow range of methodologies that have traditionally been deployed to study school‐based youth suicide prevention education programmes have hindered our ability to see the complexities and potentialities of this work. Through the presentation of a sub‐set of findings, we aim to show the possibilities for fresh thinking and contextualized understandings that a qualitative case study, informed by a constructionist methodology, invites.


In this paper, two approaches for designing tracking controllers for a variable reluctance motor (VRM), namely the Lyapunov-based fuzzy approach and the classical approach, are compared The nonlinear model of a VRM is first addressed The two control schemes are introduced afterwards, and then applied to obtain tracking controllers Simulation results of a sample case, to which the methods are applied, are also presented Comparison of the methods based on the results obtained concludes the paper.


A new method is proposed for automated recognzing the change types of residential areas using topological relations between new and old boundaries of residential areas.The residential areas samples on new rectified images are selected by existed boundary of residential areas on old maps.In order to obtain correct ranges of residential areas on the new rectified images,a two-step algorithm is applied.The first step is to do initial extraction of residential areas based on Law's Temples.The second step is to adjust the initial results using Grain table.To recognize the six change types of residential areas,the topology relations of new boundary on the rectified images and old boundary on the existed maps are analyzed by a 4-intersection model.The experimental results show that the proposed method using topology relations can automatically identify the change types of residential areas and provide more accurate change information.


This paper is concerned with ways that policy makers can plan ahead with respect to dealing with consequences of natural hazards. Despite the rash of movies highlighting dangers of earthquakes, floods, and tornados, local policy makers and community leaders view natural disasters as low priority items until after an event occurs.1 Should the damage be severe there is great concern with getting the community back on its feet and preventing disasters of a similar sort from occurring in the future. The behavior of public officials is naturally influenced by individual reactions to hazards which they face. There is considerable empirical evidence documenting the lack of interest by residents of hazardprone areas in adopting protective measures to mitigate losses or purchasing insurance voluntarily. Following a severe disaster, there is normally a clamor for disaster relief to aid uninsured victims and Congress has frequently responded with special legislation. In this sense the policy maker and individuals join forces since they both have the same objective-a speedy recovery. Petak and Atkisson have shown that the federal government, in contrast to local and state agencies, has been increasingly concerned with developing hazard mitigation policies and reducing uncertainties associated with natural disasters, but has been only partially successful in accomplishing their objectives.2 One reason for limited progress in this domain is the lack of available time to analyze and evaluate long-term planning options due to the large number of daily decisions that require immediate action. In order to change the context of policy planning, there is a need to develop interactive decision support tools that clearly enable one to evaluate the impact of alternative disaster programs on different stakeholders. In this sense the discussion in this paper supplements the approaches taken by Wallace and de Balogh3 and de Balogh and Petak4 in this volume.


FeF3 with a hexagonal-tungsten-bronze structure (HTB-FeF3) belongs to one type of promising cathode material for Li-ion batteries. However, poor conductivity has hindered its use for further practice. Moreover, its fundamental information, such as its geometrical structure, elastic properties and electronic structure, can rarely be found. In this study, first-principles calculations were implemented to perform a systematic investigation about the effect of OH− doping on orthorhombic HTB-FeF3. First, the single crystal elastic constants of HTB-FeF3−x(OH)x (x = 0, 0.083, 0.167, 0.333, 0.667, 0.833) were successfully obtained from the energy-strain curve calculations. The bulk and Young's modulus, as well as the Poisson's ratio for ideal polycrystalline HTB-FeF3−x(OH)x were calculated. The directionally dependent Young's modulus of HTB-FeF2.167(OH)0.833 and HTB-FeF3 was also further calculated to analyze their elastic anisotropy. These results show that the partial substitution of OH− for F− ions can improve the elastic property of HTB-FeF3. Moreover, HTB-FeF3−x(OH)x can be classified as a ductile material. Furthermore, the ductility of polycrystalline HTB-FeF3−x(OH)x can be enhanced with increasing OH− doping concentrations. In order to clarify the mechanism of OH− doping on the orthorhombic HTB-FeF3, the crystal structure and chemical bonding properties of the orthorhombic FeF2.167(OH)0.833 and HTB-FeF3 crystals were further investigated. The calculated results indicate that strong O–H⋯F hydrogen bonds play a crucial role on the strengthening effect in HTB-FeF2.167(OH)0.833. Moreover, OH− doping can improve the electronic conductivity of HTB-FeF3.


This text is devoted to situate the school uniform as a historical object, and as an important source on and in the school universe. For that, a literature survey is carried out on this theme, and a reflection is conducted envisaging this artifact as one of the expressions of materiality that give shape to the school form, considering it under the perspective of the material culture. Some authors are used here as references: Richard Bucaille, Jean-Marie Pesez and Ulpiano Bezerra de Meneses in the studies dedicated to material culture; Agustin Benito Escolano and Rosa Fatima de Souza for the works that turn their attention to the material school culture; Ines Dussel and Katiene Nogueira da Silva, authors that deal directly with the issue of school uniforms. Of no less importance for this article are the works that deal with the hygienist movement, particularly those developed by Jose Gondra. The data gathered and the reflections conducted review two movements (or tensions) not at all negligible. On the one hand, there are evident difficulties found in the adoption of school uniforms for every student, both on the side of the State and on the side of the families, due to the fact that uniforms represent a high cost, especially shoes, an article of limited usage by the majority of the population until at least the mid-20th century. On the other hand, there are indications that this apparel did perform an important leveling function. Through it, the idea was created of the standardization and democratization of teaching, even if only in appearance, apart from giving public visibility to an ever more important social institution: the school.


This paper begins by noting that unlike a particular kind of criticism, especially an oriental one, the Orient and the One Thousand and One Nights had little influence on Borges's imagination. Three types of citations or references are identified: cultural references, distorted references, and allusions to passages or stories from the well-known book. Despite a highly detailed knowledge of the Arab-Muslim Orient, Borges turns more willingly toward the myths of major European traditions. Starting from both Eastern and Western sources, the paper thus outlines another reading of Borges.


Purpose /objectivesDevelopmental dyslexia and/or reading disability is among the most common neurodevelopmental disorders with a prevalence of 5-12 % of the population and so is the neuro-developm ...


The key purpose for seamless mobility and service continuity between heterogeneous wireless networks is the handover. Vertical handover management is one of key challenges in such environment. To deal with some of these challenges, an IEEE 802.21 media independent handover (MIH) framework has been standardized. The main purpose of this standard is to offer a general interface for the handover by abstracting the link layer intelligence to higher layers. However, there still exist a number of limitations in MIH architecture. In this paper, a new architecture of improved MIH is presented to perform vertical handover between wireless heterogeneous networks. We focused on interworking architecture between wireless local area network and long term evolution advanced network with the use of MIH signaling to define an efficient vertical handover. A performance analysis model for the proposed MIH‐based vertical handover is derived. Analysis results show that the proposed method can be easily deployed in present multimedia service networks. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Background: Tannery work share exposure to solvents and chemicals , which has been linked with inverse pregnancy and fertility outcomes in human being as reported in some studies . Objective: The current study aimed to through some light on the harmful pollutant chemicals effect on tannery workers reproductive health. Literature in this portion are rare in Iraq, so it had been tested the hypotheses that leather workers suffered from male infertility parameters due to the continuous exposure to chemicals that used in this industry. Subjects, Materials and Methods: This study included 60 subjects can divided into 2 groups: 30 males as study group and 30 males as control group, the period of study was between October 2014 to April 2016, the samples were taken from tanneries workers from various governorates of Iraq. Results: The data clearly showed a significant infertility parameters among these workers represented by low total sperm number, low sperm activity the significance levels were within the value of P ≤0.05 accompanied with a significant high seminal fructose. Conclusion: The main conclusion was that chronic exposure to these chemicals in tannery workers especially Cr VI and N,N-dimethyle form amide may cause male infertility parameters.


In this paper, the problem of delay-dependent robust stability for uncertain neutral stochastic neural networks with time delays is considered. Based on Lyapunov stability theory combined with linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) techniques, some new delay-dependent stability conditions in terms of LMIs are derived by introducing some free weighting matrices and using Leibniz-Newton formula which can be selected properly to lead to less conservative results. Finally, a numerical example is given to illustrate the feasibility and effectiveness of the results.


FIELD: machine building. SUBSTANCE: hydro-pump (3) is connected with hydro-motor (4) via first and second working mains (11, 12) in hydro-static drive (1) in closed circuit. Hydro-static drive (1) consists of braking actuating device (37) and valve (26, 30) of pressure limit connected to a working main downstream relative to hydro-engine (4). Hydro-pump (3) is set to braking volume flow rate at response of braking actuating device (37). Depending on response force of braking actuating device (37) working volume of hydro-engine (4) increases with growth of actuating force of the braking actuating device (37). The procedure consists of the following stages: - determination of response of braking actuating device (37); - adjustment of braking volumetric flow rate of hydro-pump (3); - adjustment of hydro-engine (4) to increased working volume depending on growth of response force of braking actuating device (37); - and relief of braking pressure in working pipeline (11, 12) downstream behind hydro-engine (4) via valve (26, 30) of pressure limitation. At response of braking actuating device (37) hydro-pump (3) is set to braking volumetric flow rate different from zero when consumed hydraulic power corresponds to braking power of driven engine (2) at opening pressure of pressure control valve (26, 30). EFFECT: braking exclisively with elements positioned in closed hydraulic circuit. 11 cl, 3 dwg