This research aims at investigating the perceptions of EFL undergraduate students from a Brazilian federal university taking a writing course in relation to written feedback received during their classes. The analysis focused on identifying which feedback types students received on their papers, and what feedback characteristics they found more valuable as what types of feedback students prefer to receive and their feelings and beliefs about receiving feedback. To this aim, 24 written papers and 12 grading sheets were analyzed to catalog the feedback types given during the semester. To obtain students' perceptions, a questionnaire with 13 open questions was applied. The data is discussed in the light of research in the field Ferris (1995, 1997, 1998, 2006, 2007), Lee (2004, 2008), Ellis, (2004), Arshwell (2000). According to the results, 727 comments were given by the professor, mostly commenting on form (69,2%). Regarding students ́perceptions, they showed a preference for feedback on form and content (35%) and feedback only on form (35%). Also, students demonstrated to be more prone to written feedback (59%) as compared to oral feedback (8%). In addition, 35% of the participants answered they believed that comments on content help them to improve their texts. Also, students demonstrated satisfaction in relation to teacher' s feedback (92%) and they also reported a positive impact when receiving feedback (100%). Additionally, most students considered teacher's feedback clear enough (82%).


Cloud computing is a type of Internet-based computing that provides shared computer processing resources and data to computers and other devices on demand. Cloud computing model allows on-demand access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., computer networks, servers, storage, applications and services), which can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort. Cloud computing provide users and enterprises with various storage and processing capabilities for data in either privately owned, or third-party data centers. Cloud computing has privacy concerns because the service provider can access the data that is in the cloud at any time. It could accidentally or deliberately alter or even delete information. The information can be shared by the cloud providers with third parties if necessary for purposes of law and order even without a warrant. Solutions to privacy of data can be done by encrypting data while uploading and downloading on cloud. Users can encrypt data that is processed or stored within the cloud to prevent unauthorized access. II. LITERATURE REVIEW


 Abstract—Domain Name System (DNS) provides name to address mapping services for the entire chain of Internet connectivity. Hackers exploit this fact to damage different parts of the Internet. In this paper we clarify possible Denial of Service (DoS) threats against DNS. An Intrusion Detection System (IDS) is introduced is the system to detect and classify different types of DoS attacks against DNS. This system consists of a statistical preprocessor and a machine learning (ML) engine. Three different types of neural network classifiers and support vector machines are evaluated in a simulated network. The results show that a backpropagation neural network engine outperforms other types of classifiers with 99% accuracy.


1. WINES THAT CLARIFY THEMSELVES NATURALLY AND RAPIDLY ARE ALWAYS CONSIDERED BETTER THAN WINES THAT DO NOT. 2. GRAPE VARIETIES DIFFER MARKEDLY FROM EACH OTHER IN THE EASE WITH WHICH THEIR WINES BECOME CLEAR. THIS IS RELATED TO MATURITY, OVERCROPPING, AND OTHER FACTORS. EARLIER HARVESTING IS BETTER THAN LATE. 3. SETTLING THE MUSTS IS AN ADVANTAGE IN WHITE WINE PRODUCTION. LIKEWlSE, USE OF SULFUR DIOXIDE AND PURE YEAST CULTURES IS ADVANTAGEOUS. 4. METAL CONTAMINATION SHOULD BE KEPT AT A MINIMUM DURING PROCESSING. THE AMOUNTS OF METALS FOUND IN GRAPES OR NEW WINES APPARENTLY DO NOT INFLUENCE WINE CLOUDING UNLESS AUGMENTED BY METAL CONTAMINATION DURING PROCESSING AND FINISHING. 5. FERMENTATION AT LOW TEMPERATURES AND EARLY RACKING OF THE NEW WINES ARE DESIRABLE FOR CALIFORNIA WINES. 6. A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF UNANSWERED PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN NOTED. ONE MUST CONCLUDE THAT SPECIFIC STABILITY TESTS HAVE TO BE MADE ON EACH WINE.


Under partially shaded conditions, series connection of photovoltaic (PV) modules results in the flow of lowest current in the string corresponding to the most shaded module, reducing the overall power output. Power output can be maximized by incorporating module-level "distributed" maximum power point tracking (DMPPT) wherein the current of each module is compensated by regulating its voltage at the respective maximum power point (MPP) value by connecting a dc-dc converter in parallel. Existing current compensation schemes are either too complex or inaccurate. This paper proposes a novel DMPPT scheme using current compensation, which is simple to implement and yet provides an accurate compensation, resulting in exact maximum power point tracking (MPPT). In the proposed scheme, each PV module is resonated through a special arrangement in the shunt-connected flyback dc-dc converter. The secondary-side diode in the flyback converter is replaced by a power mosfet with an antiparallel diode. The converter operates in two modes: resonant MPPT mode and normal flyback mode. An intelligent controller tracks the MPP of the modules while they resonate. An output switch decouples the PV source from the grid momentarily, while the MPP is tracked. All the results of this work, including experimental validation, are presented.


Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) at a high concentration is among the most common and harmful air pollutants. The present study aimed to explore the physiological responses of plants exposed to NO2. A total of 41 plants were classified into 13 functional groups according to the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification system. The plants were exposed to 6 μL/L NO2 in an open-top glass chamber. The physiological parameters (chlorophyll (Chl) content, peroxidase (POD) activity, and soluble protein and malondialdehyde (MDA) concentrations) and leaf mineral ion contents (nitrogen (N+), phosphorus (P+), potassium (K+), calcium (Ca2+), magnesium (Mg2+), manganese (Mn2+), and zinc (Zn2+)) of 41 garden plants were measured. After NO2 exposure, the plants were subsequently transferred to a natural environment for a 30-d recovery to determine whether they could recover naturally and resume normal growth. The results showed that NO2 polluted the plants and that NO2 exposure affected leaf Chl contents in most functional groups. Increases in both POD activity and soluble protein and MDA concentrations as well as changes in mineral ion concentrations could act as signals for inducing defense responses. Furthermore, antioxidant status played an important role in plant protection against NO2-induced oxidative damage. NO2 poses a pollution risk to plant systems, and antioxidant status plays an important role in plant protection against NO2-induced oxidative damage. In conditions of strong air pollution, more evergreen plants may be considered in landscape design, particularly in seasonal regions. The results of this study may provide useful data for the selection of landscaping plants in NO2 polluted areas.


In this paper, we apply the notion of semi-I-open sets in ideal topological spaces to present and study a new class of functions called contra semi-I-continuous functions. Relationships between this new class and other classes of functions are established.


Positive psychology being risen just more than ten years,has become a worldwide trend.On the whole,positive psychology researches mainly concentrate on in three areas: positive emotions,positive personalities and social positive organization systems,which have got an unbalanced development.Domestic research is relatively weak and more results had international influence are needed.At present,positive psychology should make the researches more credible and expand the research fields.Even so,the future of positive psychology is still very broad.


We present the results of propagation measurements at 2.485 GHz for fixed wireless loops. Path loss measurements were performed and characterized at 43 subscriber locations around a base station antenna located on top of Crawford Hill in Holmdel, NJ. This suburban location is characterized by rolling hills, foliage, and terrain blockages. Temporal and horizontal motion path loss fluctuations were found to be uncorrelated, each characterized by a different Ricean distribution. Lower r.m.s. delay spreads were obtained with directive subscriber antennas than with omni-directional antennas. No substantial gain loss (less than 2 dB) of subscribers' directive antennas was observed. The effects of trees, with foliage, surrounding the base station upon the path loss and the ratio of scattered power to specular power are also examined. The distance exponent of path loss versus distance (about 1.5) was observed to be less than free-space. Diffraction loss from hilltop trees, shadowing the base station, are suspected to be the cause. This loss decreases as the remote moves further away and comes out of the shadow. Scattered power from directions other than line-of-sight was observed to be as high as one half of the specular contribution when tree scattering near the base station was significant.


The Roma are the largest ethnic minority in Europe—as well as one of the most disadvantaged. A triple vicious circle is at play: Substandard socio-economic outcomes reinforce each other; they fuel negative attitudes and perceptions, leading to ill-chosen policies; and segmentation is perpetuated through (statistical) discrimination. A severe lack of data precludes progress. However, existing bits of evidence point to virtuous ways out.


Abstract To purpose of the current study was to inform system level decision-making about the value of integrating clinically relevant personality information with criminogenic need risk appraisal in justice-involved youth. Using a Canadian sample of youth referred for court-ordered psychological assessments (N = 201, M age=15.62 years; 70% male), we examined the patterns of association and differentiation between youths' Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (YLS/CMI) criminogenic need/risk profiles with personality profiles derived from the personality scales of the Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory (MACI, Millon, Millon adolescent clinical inventory. National Computer Systems, 1993). Specifically, latent profile analysis identified four MACI based personality profiles: externalizing, internalizing, dependent/followers, and complex dysregulated personality profiles. These groups varied significantly on YLS/CMI risk-need profiles. Although both externalizing and complex dysregulated sub-types represented higher criminal risk, their intervention needs diverged meaningfully. These results provide insight into the heterogeneity of justice-involved youth and point to the need for system resources that allow for appropriate intervention matching to maximize the goal of recidivism risk reduction in youth.


A method and reagent for constructing a nucleic acid double-linker single-strand cyclic library. The method comprises: breaking a nucleic acid into nucleic acid fragments; connecting a first linker sequence; producing by amplification a first product provided with the first linker sequence at either end, where a U nucleobase site is provided on primer sequences and a nicking enzyme recognition sequence is either provided or not provided on same, and a first affinity tag is provided on one of the primer sequences; using USER enzyme to cleave the first product; cyclizing the cleaved first product; treating the cyclization product with either a phosphatase or a nicking enzyme; using a solid-phase vector for combination with a cyclized molecule; performing a restrictive gap translation reaction; removing by digestion any portion that did not undergo the restrictive gap translation reaction; connecting a second linker sequence; producing by amplification a second product provided with the second linker sequence at either end; denaturing the second product, and cyclizing a single-strand nucleic acid molecule. The method allows an increase in the length of library insert fragments, a simplified library construction process, reduced library construction time, and reduced library construction costs.


A computationally efficient procedure for multiobjective design optimization with variable-fidelity models and response surface surrogates is presented. The proposed approach uses the multiobjective evolutionary algorithm that works with a fast surrogate model, obtained with kriging interpolation of the low-fidelity model data enhanced by space-mapping correction exploiting a few high-fidelity training points. The initial Pareto front generated by multiobjective optimization of the surrogate using the multiobjective evolutionary algorithm can be iteratively refined by local enhancements of the surrogate model. The latter are realized with a space-mapping response correction based on a limited number of high-fidelity training points allocated along the initial Pareto front. The proposed method allows us to obtain, at a low computational cost, a set of designs representing tradeoffs between the conflicting objectives. The current approach is illustrated using examples of airfoil design: one in transonic flo...


Thermally enhanced package saves the geometry for IC products and enables the possibility of the higher power IC design. In this work, the thermal characterization of such packages with and without external heat sink is reviewed. It shows that 35x35 mm 2 HSBGA 388L and die-up BGA such as Viper BGA and Tape BGA can dissipate more than 6 watts in natural convection. The idea of thermal limit of package is also proposed. For a specific package outline, the thermal resistance θ JA of a package made of pure copper defines the thermal limit. This value can be used as the criterion to judge if the system-level solution, such as the external thermal modulus, is needed. The results indicate that the thermal limits for a typical 35x35mm2 die-up PBGA 388L and die-down BGA 352 are 8.9°C /W and 9.3°C /W, respectively. It suggests that an idea 35x35 mm 2 BGA can dissipate about 7.5∼8 watts in natural convection in the condition of T A = 55°C. The thermal limit of the package is a linear function of package size with the slopes of-0. 1 °C/Wmm in natural convection and -0.09 °C/Wmm in forced convection.


Written for the general reader as well as the professional, this succinct but comprehensive work examines the hybrid nature of the two violent extremist movements threatening the United States: Islamist extremism and white nationalism.
 Scholarship as well as popular discourse on terrorism often focuses disproportionately on specific groups without paying sufficient attention to the ideology that motivates them. This book emphasizes understanding and countering the ideology that fuels extremism over preoccupation with specific organizations such as Al Qaeda or ISIS. It sets contemporary terrorist threats in perspective, avoiding fear-mongering and political rhetoric.
 The book examines the nature of violent extremism today in all its forms, including lone wolves and cyber threats. Focusing on the threats posed by both international and domestic terrorism, it analyzes each in depth as a multidimensional hybrid phenomenon: each threat exists as an ideology, as distinct groups espousing that ideology, and as a network of followers. Short, easy-to-read chapters take readers through the subject matter in a clear, methodical manner. Written in an accessible style by an author who has studied terrorism for more than 30 years and provided extensive media coverage on the subject, the work is a valuable addition to the literature on violent extremism.


Gail, Mum and Rupert live together in their old house. Rupert and Gail share a secret: he is a prince who was once turned into a frog by a wicked witch. Now another frog, Princess Edwina, has turned up determined to win back her prince. This is a sequel to "Never Kiss Frogs".


In the broadcasting system,which are used specially for public emergency events.,we use the dual-tone multifrequency(DTMF) the signal for the handshake signal correspondence recognition and the control response method,to impress the system the security and stabilization.In the system,we add the dual-tone patrol inspection code generator which has patrol inspect function to prevent from interfere and attack of the extra DTMF signal;and we use the menthod of distinction address coding to istancely start-up the big proportion;and we use the hufu code distinguishing the DTMF controlling instruction and yalidate the distinction of the loginor.


The purpose of this study is to quantitatively and empirically investigate whether cartoon-realism, which is referred to as a guideline for avoiding the uncanny valley phenomenon, is actually effective. An experiment was carried out to investigate whether or not methods that try to realistically express the texture of human skin while making 3D models whose outward appearance abstract like a cartoon actually reduce the negative sentiments associated with the uncanny valley phenomenon. The results found that when human skin textures were applied to cartoon-type 3D models, the degree of eeriness significantly increased (p<0.05), while there was no change in the degree of human likeness. When cartoon-style skin textures were applied to human-type 3D models, there was no significant difference in the degree of eeriness, but the degree of human likeness significantly decreased (p<0.05). These results show that, cartoon realism is not actually effective, and rather creates a perceptual conflict and induces the uncanny valley phenomenon. The results of this study are expected to be used as quantitative and empirical data for developing design guidelines that will overcome the uncanny valley phenomenon in the future.


Abstract : An investigation is made of the dependence of the friction force and the effective contact area of synthetic rubbers on the slip rate, by means of measurements based on optical instrumentation. For small and large slip rates, the effective contact area was studied while the friction force was related to the rate in accordance with the molecular kinetic theory of friction. (Author)


YM5"BZ?=169,S]Gelatinase B belongs to the family of matrix metallopoteinases(MMPs),also named MMP-9.It can degrade Ⅳ collagen, Ⅴcollagen or gelatine, and participates in several physiological and pathological processes. Its activity is regulated by gene expression, activation of zymogen and enzyme inhibitors. Gelatinase B plays multiple roles in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), including destruction of bone and cartilage, angiogenesis and cytokine modulation, so that the inhibition of its activity may be an effective therapeutic strategy for the treatment of RA.


Influences of La-Ce substitution on the microstructure and mechanical properties of R2Fe14B-type (R: rare earth) permanent magnets have been investigated. The results show that the optimum compressive and bending strengths of 1137.8 and 339.9 MPa, respectively, are achieved at 18 wt.% La-Ce substitution for Pr-Nd. La-Ce substitution is found to enhance the micro-hardness and Young's modulus of 2:14:1 matrix phase gradually, strengthening the main phase grains. The irregular grain growth together with weakened R-rich intergranular phase in higher La/Ce-containing magnets, however, leads to easier crack propagation, hence deteriorating the mechanical properties. Consequently, R-Fe-B permanent magnet with a proper La-Ce content satisfies the constraints of cost, and magnetic and mechanical properties simultaneously, thereby exhibiting competitive advantages for mass production.


The absolute cross sections for negative and positive ions formations of the nucleic acid base - adenine were found using the crossed electron and atomic beam technique. Energy dependences and absolute values of the total cross sections of formation of positive and negative ions of adenine were obtained. The maximum value of the ionization cross sections for the production of positive ions at the 85eV energy reaches (2,8±0,6)∙10 -15 cm 2 . The maximum value of the negative ion formation cross section reaches (6,0±1,2)∙10 -18 cm 2 at (1,1±0,15) eV energy. Mass spectra of adenine molecules were measured and also the partial cross sections of dissociative ionization were found.


Three-party password authenticated key exchange (3PAKE) protocol is capable of reducing the number of required keys stored by users in a conference. In 2007, Lu and Cao proposed a simple three-party password authenticated key exchange (S-3PAKE) protocol for assisting users to complete business negotiations and agreements during a communication process without requiring a public server key, and the S-3PAKE protocol can resist all known attacks. However, in 2008, Cuo et al. pointed out the protocol proposed by Lu et al. still cannot resist man-in-the-middle attacks and online dictionary attacks thus further proposed an improved solution as follows. Two parties execute the 2-PAKE protocol to obtain an agreement key first, so that when they execute the 3PAKE protocol, they can authenticate the real identity with each other. An effective three-party password authenticated key exchange (3PAKE) protocol was proposed for authenticating the real identity of both parties without requiring an execution of the 2-PAKE protocol to obtain the agreement key first, but simply adding the real identity of the opposite party in the communication


Deaf people have difficulty communicating with the hearing people around them, but little research has addressed how new technology may help address this issue. The current research objectives were to (1) survey research on communication barriers encountered by deaf people; (2) survey the available communication applications (apps) and features designed for deaf people; (3) recommend the best existing communication apps for Deaf people; and, (4) identify the best designs and features of these apps for developers. A total of 55 communication apps were examined, but only six were found to be designed specifically as communication apps for deaf people. The survey outlines useful features of available communication apps for this population, examines the needs and preferences of the users, and compares these with existing features. We see that there is a serious need to develop more communication apps that meet the needs of deaf people.


This work presents the three-dimensional (3D) modeling of magnetostrictive materials. For the underlying dynamic magneto-elastic problem, mechanical displacements and vector magnetic potential are chosen as the working variables. Different field quantities are discretized with appropriate types of elements defined on nodes, edges, facets or volumes (Whitney elements). To account for the dependency of material constants on the stress and the magnetic field, the Discrete Energy-Averaged Model (DEAM) is incorporated into our finite element model (FEM), which, at the same time, involves a hierarchy of structures – with DEAM solved on the microscopic structure and FEM on the macroscopic structure. It also brings up nonlinearity that can be effectively resolved following a piece-wise linear approach. Representative numerical examples are also presented.


There are a lot of low- and extra low-permeability gas reservoirs in China, accounting for a big proportion of discovered and developed reservoirs. Many situations in low- and extra low-permeability gas reservoirs may emerge due to poor physical properties, bad geological conditions and complicated filtration mechanism, for instance, low control reserves and yield, fast production decrease, poor stable production and low recovery efficiency in single gas well. This paper analyzes the reason of both low yield and low recovery efficiency in these reservoirs and also presents how to enhance recovery efficiency and production under the condition of existing technologies.


BACKGROUND
AmpC beta lactamases are cephalosporinases that confer resistance to a wide range of beta lactam drugs thereby causing serious therapeautic problem. As there are no CLSI guidelines for detection of AmpC mediated resistance in Gram negative clinical isolates and it may pose a problem due to misleading results, especially so in phenotypic tests. Although cefoxitin resistance is used as a screening test, it does not reliably indicate AmpC production.

MATERIALS AND METHODS
We planned a study to determine the occurrence of AmpC beta lactamase in hospital and community, clinical isolates of Escherichia coli and simultaneously evaluate different phenotypic methods for detection of AmpC beta lactamases.

RESULTS
It was observed that 82.76% isolates were ESBL positive and 59% were cefoxitin screen positive. Using phenotypic confirmatory tests the occurrence of Amp C beta lactamases was found to be 40% and 39% by inhibitor based method using boronic acid (IBM) and modified three dimensional test (M3D) respectively.

CONCLUSION
Both the test showed concordant result. Co-production was observed in 84.62% isolates Screening of ESBL and Amp C can be done in routine clinical microbiology laboratory using aztreonam and IBM respectively as it is a simple, rapid and technically less demanding procedure which can be used in all clinical laboratories.


Two types of high-power GaAlAs single-element lasers with nonabsorbing mirrors are described. One is a high-power laser which oscillates at wavelengths as short as 780 nm. The difficulty of growth on high AlAs-content surface has been overcome by optimizing the flow rate of arsine in the covering MOCVD growth. The fabricated 780-nm nonabsorbing mirror-buried twin-ridge substrate (NAM-BTRS) laser has achieved maximum output power of 200 mW due to complete suppression of catastrophic optical damage together with remarkable improvement in reliability by suppressing mirror degradation. The other type or NAM structure laser is a built-in composite-cavity laser which has achieved stable longitudinal mode operation in a temperature range as wide as 50 C for output powers from 3 mW to 100 mW without mode hopping as a result of mode selectivity in the composite-cavity NAM-BTRS laser.


Lake Urmia, located in the north-west of Iran, is one of the largest hypersaline lakes in the world. In recent years, there has been a significant decrease in the lake's area and volume by 88% and ...


The choice of agent-based architecture satisfies most of the requirements to the cyber-physical systems such as autonomy, resilience, reconfigurability, reusability, etc. Unfortunately, achieving semantic interoperability remains one of the greatest challenges in this area. The main aim of the paper is to propose an approach based on the use of agent domain ontologies and meta-ontologies to achieve semantic interoperability in agent-based cyber-physical systems. In order to illustrate the suggested approach, an example from the field of telemedicine is presented and discussed.


Fiscal decentralisation theories posit that 'yardstick competition' – comparison between peers – creates political incentives to enhance public service delivery. However, little is known about how party politics shape decision-makers' incentives to compare each other's performance across neighbouring localities. This working paper examines how the spatial distribution of support for political parties affects public spending across local counties in Kenya by examining the spillover effects of a partisan reform that increased spending in 10 of Kenya's 47 counties. Using a spatial difference in difference design, this paper shows that policymakers in the counties that bordered the 10 reform counties engaged in 'free riding' – reducing their own public goods and services spending (relying on citizens accessing services in neighbouring counties). They re-allocated these resources to targeted goods, an effect that was stronger in the run-up to elections and for incumbents with a political stronghold. Further evidence from household surveys suggests that free riding reduced household's access to public goods and services. The findings suggest that party politics may render the disciplinary effects of yardstick competition ineffective by generating incentives to benchmark performance vis-à-vis neighbours sharing the same party, rather than among neighbours under different parties. Series


Abstract: To identify genes induced by transient forebrain ischemia, we used the mRNA differential display technique in the four‐vessel occlusion model in rats. Some genes were identified as candidates that encode ischemia‐responsive protein, and one of them was cloned as ischemia‐responsive protein 94 kDa (irp94) from the rat hippocampal cDNA library. Sequence analysis suggested that rat irp94 was a transcriptional variant or a homologue of mouse apg‐2 and human heat shock protein (hsp) 70RY and a member of the HSP110 family, because IRP94 was >90% identical to APG‐2 and HSP70RY and ∼60% identical to the other members of the HSP110 family. Although irp94 mRNA was constitutively expressed in the normal hippocampus, it was clearly enhanced 4‐24 h after ischemia for 10 (1.9‐fold increase) and 15 min (3.4‐fold increase). These changes mainly occurred in neuronal cells, as judged by the localization of irp94 mRNA using in situ hybridization histochemistry. On the other hand, hyperthermic stress did not enhance irp94 mRNA expression, suggesting that irp94 expression was enhanced under ischemic stress and not related to the heat shock signaling mechanism. Our study suggested that irp94, a novel member of the HSP110 family, might play an important role in the environment altering neuronal functions, especially after transient forebrain ischemia.


In their research article on cardiovascular disease prevention, Barton and colleagues show a table claiming that four interventions (cholesterol reduction of 5%, systolic blood pressure reduction of 5%, salt intake reduction of 3 …


The present invention relates to a drying apparatus and a drying method for a washing machine, and comprises: a drum part for storing laundry; a turbo part embedded in the drum part and installed at the drum part to be able to rotate; a driving part installed at the turbo part, and connected to the drum part to drive the drum part; and a drying part for circulating air inside the drum part and removing moisture. The use of condensate water can be suppressed by storing the condensate in the drying part, and a foreign substance like lint can be removed by the stored condensate water.


Language models have been widely used in the detection of spam pages in the web. However even though most of the experiments using language models to detect spam have got improved results, there exists several problems in the use of language models which affects the validity of the results. This paper points out the shortcomings of using language models specifically KL-Divergence and suggested improvements.


Potential function approaches to robot navigation provide an elegant paradigm for expressing multiple constraints and goals in mobile robot navigation problems. As an example, a simple reactive navigation strategy can be generated by combining repulsion from obstacles with attraction to a goal. Advantages of this approach can also be extended to multirobot teams. In this paper we present a new class of potential functions for multiple robots that enables homogeneous large-scale robot teams to arrange themselves in geometric formations while navigating to a goal location through an obstacle field. The approach is inspired by the way molecules "snap" into place as they form crystals; the robots are drawn to particular "attachment sites" positioned with respect to other robots. We refer to these potential functions as "social potentials" because they are constructed with respect to other agents. Initial results, generated in simulation, illustrate the viability of the approach.


The dynamical behavior under perturbation of high dimensional degenerated system is studied. Under resonant condition, the authors use continuation method to discuss the persistence of invariant torus of perturbed system. Also the authors use extended Melnikov function, transversality theory to discuss transversality of the orbit homoclinic to invariant torus. Some known results are extended.


A virtualized system incorporates multiple systems into a single physical computer as virtual domains. A lot of data centers and server systems have been organized using virtualization technology to merge several computer systems. On the shared system, resource manager is the key affecting the performance. However, the resource management in current systems does not provide accurate resource allocation, because it only utilizes information from virtual machines and disregards the state of running applications. The paper demonstrates the CPU resource controller taking the state of application as inputs to produce the minimum resource retaining application performance in acceptable level. In particular, it employs two-layered controller. The first layer controller makes resource request based on the relationship between the state and resource demand of each application, modeled by fuzzy control theory. This approach is efficient to represent resource allocation model since fuzzy control theory deals imprecise and uncertain problems. The second layer controller adjusts the requests to the system capacity and builds the layout of resource capacity based on the relative Quality of Service performances between applications. For the separation of resource, common resource controller imposes a hard limit on the amount of resource a given domain can consume. The controller allocates resource with most effective capacity configuration. Under certain specified conditions, the controller does not set the capacities and allows domains to use the free time if the resource is idle. This results in eliminating unused resources and achieves relative high resource usage. Finally, the resource controller is evaluated with a virtualized system, and its advantages over conventional resource allocation methods are shown.


Jehem Tourist Village has been designated as Tourism Village in 2015. The existence of tourist attraction Anjungan Tukad Melangit (ATM) is currently popular in the eyes of tourists who visit the Village Tourism Jehem. The purpose of this research is to know the condition of existing tourism Jehem Tourism Village and the influence of attraction Anjungan Tukad Melangit (ATM) to the development of Jehem Tourism Village.
The data used in this research is qualitative and quantitative data. Primary data source data and secondary data, data method used are: observation, interview and documentation. Informant determination technique used is purposive sampling technique.
The results of the research show that the existence of tourist attraction Anjungan Tukad Melangit (ATM) to make tourists began to visit the Village Tourism Jehem. The attraction of Anjungan Tukad Melangit (ATM) has an important influence in the development of Jehem Tourism Village. The advice given in this study is expected to conduct further research in order to provide a deeper knowledge again.

 Keywords: Jehem Tourist Village, Anjungan Tukad Melangit (ATM), Visits, Influence


The pyrolysis of waste lubricating oil, used vegetable oil and used polypropylene have been studied experimentally which can be produce liquid fuels such as gasoline, kerosene and other hydrocarbon distribution. The process was carried out in the semi-continues reactor, the condition as, 400 - 430 C, initial hydrogen pressure of 0 - 5 bar, and the weight hourly space velocity of 1 - 4 hr{-1}. The feedstock are cracked to form light hydrocarbon molecules The liquid products were analyzed by distillation gas chromatograph that major product is gasoline and diesel, with slight production of C4-gas and small amounts of solids were present.


Studies were done on both greenhouse- and field-grown peanuts to determine if feeding on the root-hypocotyl region of the plant by the lesser cornstalk borer, Elasmopalpus lignosellus (Zeller), augments the occurrence of southern stem rot caused by Sclerotium rolfsii Saccardo. Peanuts were grown in the greenhouse with and without infestation with S. rolfsii sclerotia and E. lignosellus larvae. Only plants grown in soil infested with sclerotia developed southern stem rot; all plants infested with lesser cornstalk borer larvae were damaged at the root-hypocotyl region. Southern stem rot incidence was consistently greatest in the plants infested with both sclerotia and larvae. In addition, lesser cornstalk borer damage to the root-hypocotyl region of peanut plants was simulated in the field for 7 consecutive weeks (treatment dates) in 1993 and for 8 weeks in 1994. Each artificially damaged plant was paired with an adjacent undamaged plant control. Fifty pairs of plants were damaged each week. Incidence of southern stem rot was assessed at the end of the growing season and was consistently greater in damaged plants than in undamaged plants. These results indicate that damage to peanut plants, such as that caused by feeding of the lesser cornstalk borer, increases the occurrence of southern stem rot.


1) Introduction IMeasurements of asymmetries in the behaviour of matter and anti-matter through the mechanism of CP -violation (CPV) are presented here. IThe standard Model predicts that CPV in the D0 system will be very small. The world's most accurate measurements of the CP violation observable AΓ are presented here. ITwo methods are used. The first measures AΓ as the yield asymmetry between D0 and D0 in bins of decay time. The other method is described here. IBoth analyses use D∗+→ (D0→ hh)π+ decays which have come directly from the primary vertex (Prompt), where h is π or K. Secondary events are those in which the D∗ comes from a B or other long lived particle. Theory INon-zero off diagonal elements of the CKM matrix allow for mixing between different quark generations. ICPV can occur in the interference between decays to the same final state, with and without mixing. ID0 and D0 can both decay to CP eigenstates. u c


Macroscopic particles or solid surfaces in contact with a typical low-temperature plasma immediately charge negatively and surround themselves with an electron-depleted region of positive charge. This Debye shielding effect is involved in the Debye-Huckel theory in liquids and plasma sheath formation in the gas phase. In this report, the interaction between such screened particles is found by using the same basic approximation that is used in constructing the Debye shielding potential itself. The results demonstrate that a significant attraction exists between the particles, and, if conditions are right, this attractive force can contribute to the generation of particulate plasma crystals.


THE last two decades have witnessed a process of rapid transformation in different parts of the world on an unprecedented scale. Modern science and technology have been the principal instrument for this transformation which is mainly distinguished by its economic character. In addition, this has resulted in the evolution of a new outlook, a new conception of education, of scientific research and industrial production, of new types of investments to generate inventions and technological applications of great social and economic significance. Science and technology, on the one hand, and the social and economic pr9gtess of a country, on the other, are becoming increasingly integrated and dependent upon each other now more than ever before. In this process, the Government and Parliament of a nation, by their very structure and functional character, are necessarily and intimately involved.


Hexamethyl Melamine (HMM), a derivative of triazine, possesses various pharmacological actions against breast, lungs and ovarian cancers. These derivatives bind with MAP-kinase p-38. A Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship (QSAR) model was developed using 16 compounds and its ability was verified by a set of nine compounds. Several graph theoretical indices were computed along with quantum chemical parameters and regression equations constructed. A series of triazine derivatives has also been designed and their activity predicted. Some compounds which have high predicted activity are also suggested.


In agreement with Professor Russell we find increased radioisotope activity over the sacroiliac joints when scanning patients with Reiter's syndrome (RS) with 99mTechnetium stannous pyrophosphate. We use a similar quantitative technique calculating the sacroiliac uptake ratio. Increased isotope uptake was also found on clinically non-involved sacroiliac joints. Indeed, the value of the scan is somewhat questionable in patients under 30 years of age, since young patients tend to have high sacroiliac ratios (that is, of 1 -60 and over) with or without any clinical signs of disease (Figure). The Figure shows an attempt to correlate the sacroiliac uptake ratio with the age of the patient. The black part of the column represents patients with ankylosing spondylitis or one of the 'rheumatoid variants' with potential sacroiliac joint involvement. More than 500 of those aged under 30 have a high ratio even though two-thirds had no clinical or radiological evidence of sacroiliac joint disease. In those aged 30 to 50 we hardly ever find a high sacroiliac ratio. To find, without discrimination, a high uptake ratio in many patients aged under 30 is especially perturbing, since this is a group where the early diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis is very difficult and where any additional diagnostic help would be of particular value. Yet, in our experience, the sacroiliac joint scan seems to be of only limited use in this young age group. Typing for HLA-B27 seems to have more diagnostic significance, especially in patients aged under 30. Among 50 patients positive for B27 22 (44%) had a low uptake ratio. Among these 22 were five with clinically active disease. In nine (18 %) the scan was indifferent, and in 19 (38 °/) the sacroiliac ratio 100.


The objective of this special collection was to provide an outlet for researchers, educators, engineers and government officials, involved in the general areas of Intelligent Manufacturing, Manufacturing Systems and Processes, Modeling and Simulation, to disseminate their latest research results and exchange views on the future research directions of these fields. The result will certainly be of especial interest to anyone working in these areas.


Each territory evokes different images for stakeholders that are linked with it. When these images are managed in a conscious manner by the States, one can speak of territorial image policies. Is there an academic field that encompasses them? What characteristics define it and which of them addresses specifically developing territories? With these questions as guide, I analyze territorial image policies of developing countries, regions and cities through academic papers between 2004 and 2014. The analysis shows the predominance of marketing approaches, which determine relations of representation which tend to reproduce global commercial stereotypes, turning territories into commodities.


By analyzing the academic theought in related domestic and foreign literatures,the researches about the impact of corporate social responsibility(CSR) activities on consumer can be devided into three approaches: identification-supporting approach,value perception-acting approach and communication-influencing approach. The analyses indicate that these approaches differentiate in the influencing road and its mechanism of CSR on consumer because of diverse backing theories,manifold paradigms and scant empirical researches,resulting in variety of the findings. The new and creactive frames of CSR theory with more explanatory ability will be set up in future researches by integrating multi-theories and utilizing multi-paradigms.


This investigation, gives an overview, about International Criminal Court background and under which parameters must direct their actions. Mainly emphasis on competence in which this analyze categories that lies on. Such as by reason of the time, matter, place and person. Once competition its based, the action of the Court must also respond to the application of the principles of legality, non-retroactivity, complementarity, subsidiarity and the principle of universal jurisdiction. Consecuently, we move from generalities and foundations, to analyze the focus of this research: res judicata, and its transformation into fraudulent. They are explained through doctrine, national and international court decisions, using
standards such as due process, impartiality and independence that being unobserved break the sanctity of res judicata. Also, deals the relationship generated for the right to the truth is also addressed.
In addition to this, this paper analyzes the legal consequences of res judicata are fraudulent. Specially, respect the principle of non bis in idem and is conceived as res judicata in the Rome Statute. Finally, the standards of admisibility requirements for cases before the International Criminal Court are analyzed. This, based on the seriousness of the crimes, the willingness and ability of the State to punish and therefore reconcile these standards with those of the fraudulent res judicata, to establish it as a standard of admissibility and demonstrate that it is not written in the Statute but that - res judicata fraudulent- but its provide.


In this paper, we describe the application and testing of reactive navigation algorithms using Nearness Diagrams on a mobile robot. The project was conducted at the German Company Innok Robotics. The addressed robot is the product of the company and is called Innok Heros. The scope of the project is an indoor application, where the robot must detect a person and follow him around while avoiding obstacles. The whole project runs under the Robot Operating System and uses the functionality provided by the C++ open source library called MRPT (Mobile Robot Programming Toolkit). As for the human detection, a Kinect sensor was used together with available ROS packages for the skeleton detection. The work was simulated using the ROS supported simulator MVSIM and was then tested on the real robot. The paper covers the theory behind the application as well as the steps followed toward the project's goal.


NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me as Governor of the State of South Carolina and pursuant to the Constitution and Laws of this State and the powers conferred upon me therein, I hereby determine that an emergency exists in the State of South Carolina for the limited purpose of complying with the state of emergency in the State of Georgia. Accordingly, I hereby direct the South Carolina Department of Transportation, the South Carolina Department of Public Safety, and the State Transport Police, as needed, to suspend application and enforcement of the federal rules and regulations that limit the hours operators of commercial vehicles may drive to ensure the uninterrupted supply of petroleum products and other fuels needing to be moved to comply with this Order.


INTRODUCTION: Although group B streptococcus (GBS) bacteremia is very commonly discussed within the obstetric literature in regard to puerperal infection of the neonate, rarely is GBS infection found in women after gynecologic procedures. CASE: This is a case report of a 43-year-old nulliparous woman with secondary infertility, presenting with fever, abdominal pain, and cervical motion tenderness after a hysterosalpingogram. Group B streptococcus bacteria were isolated on blood cultures, from a presumed ascending infection from the vagina after hysterosalpingogram. She was treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics and had an uncomplicated recovery. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATION: Physicians should be aware of possible uncommon complications of transcervical procedures. Taking a good history and performing a thorough physical examination are essential in diagnosing uncommon complications. This is the first reported case of GBS bacteremia after hysterosalpingogram.


The progress of a nation is largely determined by the quality of education. The more quality a nation's education is, the more potential it is to increase the dignity of that nation. Therefore, the government created a National Education Standard as a benchmark for minimum standards that must be achieved and even exceeded by educational units in the territory of the Republic of Indonesia. The implementation of the National Education Standards must be regularly monitored by school supervisors and reported to the relevant authorities. The principle of web-based transparency is one of the strategies that need to be taken in order to streamline the monitoring of the National Education Standards


Abstract A new instrument has been developed to measure the elastic memory of rubber or plastic compounds by automatically indicating the die swell of the material when a small amount is extruded. It has the potential to be used as a quality control instrument in a manufacturing plant. The new Die Swell Tester measures the time (in sec.) necessary to extrude a fixed length of extrudate at a constant volumetric flow rate. The time measurement is directly proportional to the die swell when expressed as an area ratio, and it can be made equal to the die swell by choosing the extrudate length judiciously. Furthermore, it is measured electronically and has a digital readout in hundredths of a second. Measurements made on tire tread compounds using the Die Swell Tester correlate well with die swell measurements made using a more conventional gravimetric method. The die swell of filled elastomers generally decreases with increase in filler loading and structure. When a composite of fixed filler loading is mixed,...


Rough set is a tool for dealing with uncertainty in information systems. Matroid is a structure that generalizes the notion of linear independence in vector spaces. In this paper, we study attribute reduction algorithms based on the matroidal structure of rough set. Firstly, an approach is proposed to convert a partition into a matrix, then turn this matrix into a matroid. Secondly, several basic concepts of Pawlak rough set are equivalently expressed by matroid. In this way, we establish the matroidal structure of rough set. Consequently, attribute reduction is transformed into the corresponding problem under the matroidal structure. Two attribute reduction algorithms are designed using the matroidal structure. They are equivalent to the discernibility matrix based one and the significance of attributes based one under Pawlak rough set, respectively. This study shows the usefulness of matroidal structure in dealing with attribute reduction.


The article presents the results of the study of the road traffic safety on the automobile roads of the Republic of Kazakhstan. We performed the analysis of the main indicators, specifying the state of the road traffic safety on the automobile roads of the republican significance of the Republic of Kazakhstan. In many regulatory acts, such as "The Priority Action Plan for Improving the Road Traffic Safety of the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2017–2020", developed with the support of the Asian Development Bank, and in the "National Concept of Road Traffic Safety" project as well , developed by the Interdepartmental Research Institute called "The Academy of Law Enforcement Agencies" of the General Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the urgent need to improve road traffic safety is clearly pointed. At the same time, it is necessary to have the information about the extent of the existing problem in the field of road traffic safety, which is ensured by the constant consideration and analysis of the statistical indicators, as well as by planning appropriate measures aimed at correcting the situation and achieving planned indicators in the framework of, for example, the national concept of road traffic safety. Currently, statistics on road traffic accidents, occurring in Kazakhstan, are published by the Committee on Statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Committee on Legal Statistics and Special Accounting. However in the current situation, this is not enough, especially since the ARC MIID of the Republic of Kazakhstan outlined the program of actions aimed at eliminating the existing shortcomings in the field of the road traffic safety and significant improving its indicators. The analytical investigation of the status of the road traffic safety on the roads of the Republic of Kazakhstan was carried out. This will become a kind of starting point in the consistent work in this direction, which will provide the interested parties, first of all the experts, with the high-quality and reliable information about the main figures, characterizing the state of safety of the road users. Based on objective accident data, it is possible to take the effective measures aimed at improving the situation on the roads of the Republic of Kazakhstan.


In many ways, Tomas Venclova's life mirrors the history of Lithuania during the last half century. Translator, poet and essayist, Venclova was born in 1937 in the Lithuanian seaport of Klaipeda. His father, Antanas Venclova, belonged to the radical Lithuanian literary circle, The Third Front, in the early 1930s. During the first Soviet occupation of the country, from 1940 to 1941, Antanas Venclova was appointed Minister of Education of the new Soviet Lithuanian government. After the war he remained a member of the Central Committee of the Lithuanian Communist Party, and a writer, says his son, 'of a strict Soviet persuasion' who 'belonged to the Soviet élite'. Tomas Venclova was also a member of this élite. In the first years after Stalin's death he attended the University of Vilnius, lived in Moscow and Leningrad, and formed much closer ties to Russian culture than most Lithuanians. At the University, he occasionally taught courses on Western literature, published a book on his own poetry, The Sign of Language (1972), two books of essays The Rockets, the Planets, and Us (1962) and Golem, or the Artificial Man (1965), and wrote articles for the literary press. His chief interest, however, was translation. Fluent in four languages — Lithuanian, Russian, Polish, and English — and with a working knowledge of French, Spanish, Italian, Czech, and Ukrainian, Venclova introduced the Lithuanian reading public to many modern and classic works of world literature. He translated poems by W. H. Auden (In Memory of Yeats and September 1, 1939), T. S. Eliot (The Waste Land), short stories by Jorge Luis Borges, plays by Shakespeare, Harold Pinter, Eugene O'Neill, Garcia Lorca, excerpts from the works of James Joyce, Cavafy, and others. In this he harked back to the tradition of the radical Third Front his father had belonged to during Lithuania's years of independence. This group tried to introduce writers and poets such as Walt Whitman, Carl Sandburg, John Dos Passos, Alfred Doeblin, and Vladimir Mayakovsky to their fellow-countrymen. The younger Venclova also found something in common with other goals espoused by the Third Front. They wanted, he said, 'to air out literature, to bring Lithuanian letters out of provincialism, to bring it to maturity and to modernise it…'. Often this was done 'through humour — frequently angry and strident, but nevertheless humour — which in Lithuania is a rather rare thing; it was always much more fashionable with us to strike a suffering and tragic pose'. Yet the literary activity that had propelled Antanas Venclova into becoming part of the new Soviet establishment served to alienate Tomas Venclova from it. His own efforts to 'air out literature' during the post-war Soviet years led to increasing frustrations and obstacles. He recalls: 'Once I translated four of Borges' short stories, and brought them to the editorial offices of a magazine. The first thing the editor asked me was, "Is this Borges an enemy of the Soviet system?" I answered that I didn't think Borges was so much against the Soviet system as he was against the solar system. The editor got a little nervous and said, "I'll check to see if he might be on the blacklist." I asked him, "Maybe you could show me this blacklist, so that I would know once and for all, who can be translated and who cannot." The editor replied, "I don't have it, and myself am not quite sure where it is." And in some vague way he checked to see if Borges was on it. In the end they published two of the four stories.' Tomas Venclova's increasing confrontation with the censor spelled his eventual expulsion from the élite. He was pushed out of it, he says, 'in part through my own efforts, in part through the efforts of others. There is great competition to win a spot among the élite and people set up obstacles for one another'. Of the difficulties this caused with his father, Venclova says, 'We argued with one another, but our relationship stayed intact. It was simply that he belonged to one party and I to another. That often happens and people still find something in common to talk about. We tried to do the same.' Venclova's future in Lithuanian life did not remain intact. In the early 1970s he applied for membership in the Writers' Union as a translator and his application was turned down. He, it seems, did not meet the criteria of the first paragraph of the Union's by-laws, which stipulate that through his work, a writer must contribute to building Communist society. In addition, Venclova turned more and more to dissident and human rights activities, joining the Lithuanian Helsinki Agreements Monitoring Group in 1976. He began applying for permission to emigrate. Several writers in the West — including Arthur Miller, who wrote a letter on his behalf to the Chairman of the Central Committee of the Lithuanian Communist Party — gave him their support. Eventually, Czeslaw Milosz arranged a special lectureship at the University of Columbia, and Venclova was permitted to take the post in early 1977. Soon after he left the USSR, his citizenship was revoked by a unanimous vote of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet. In the West, Venclova has continued to publicise both the restrictions on literary expression and violations of human rights in the Soviet Union. He still writes, he says, mainly for readers in Lithuania. It is the thought that his translations, poems, and essays will reach them that underpins his work. While still in Lithuania, one of his principal aims as a translator was to 'broaden people's cultural horizons and bring them closer to world culture'. This purpose has not changed. His fourth book to be published in the West — which will appear later in 1984 — Texts on Texts, is an example. It is a collection of essays on literature and literary figures from various cultures, written by Venclova in several languages, which he himself translated into Lithuanian. (Venclova's books, whether published in the USSR or the West, have appeared only in Lithuanian.) The three other books he has published in the West consist of two collections of poetry — 98 Poems (1977) by himself, and Voices (1979) poems by others that he translated into Lithuanian — and a collection of essays, Lithuania in the World (1981). Covering a broad spectrum of cultural and political topics, this book sold out almost immediately, reflecting the central role Venclova plays in Lithuanian cultural life today. Historian Romas Misiúnas says of Venclova, 'He is one of a handful of Lithuanians who are discussed as much in Lithuania as in the émigré (post-World War Two) community, and who have left their footprints in both surroundings.' Venclova has made an impact outside this boundary as well. As Misiúnas writes on Lithuania in the World, '(Venclova) concerns himself first with the common problems of humanity. But his analysis of them is from a Lithuanian and Eastern European intellectual standpoint…' The very broad forum where Venclova's work has appeared reflects this. His poems have been translated into English, Polish, and Russian. His essays have appeared in Polish and Russian literary journals, as well as English-language publications such as Encounter and the New York Review of Books. As a member of PEN Writers in Exile, he has travelled extensively in the past seven years. In all, Venclova has visited over thirty countries. He attributes this to a passion for globetrotting: 'When the Bolsheviks took history away from us, well, somehow we lived with that. But when they took away geography — that was too much!' Currently, Tomas Venclova teaches Russian literature at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. He has no regrets about having emigrated, but his focus never veers far from Lithuania and the Soviet Union. His experience reflects what many who have emigrated from that part of the world in the past fifteen years have gone through. As he explains: 'For about three years after I arrived in the West, I occasionally dreamt the following dream. I dreamt that I had returned to Vilnius, and sat together with my friends in the Neringa cafe, drinking coffee and cognac (this, in the Neringa cafe, is unavoidable). I talked to them, just as I talk here. Yet no one arrested me, no one hauled me into the secret police. I walked freely through my beloved city of Vilnius. I saw St Ann's Church, the cathedral, and everything was infinitely pleasant. Suddenly, through my dream, I remembered — my dear God, I don't have my American passport anymore, I can't leave! I bolted screaming from my sleep, turned on the light, and with relief, realised that I was in New Haven… This dream… hounded me a long time… We will all return, but the situation is such that most of us will return only through our works….'


The process of signal transduction during thrombin-induced activation was studied in pathological platelets characterized by a defect in a specific storage granule, i.e. from Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS) and from Grey-Platelet Syndrome (GPS). HPS platelets exhibited an apparently normal ultrastructure except for a decreased number of dense bodies. Grey platelets showed marked vacuolization and an almost total absence of alpha-granules. During thrombin stimulation both types of platelets showed the same tendency of centralization of the organelles present indicating that neither type of granule is a prerequisite for this ring-like structure.However this granule centralization was clearly delayed in GPS where it occurred 15 sec after thrombin addition instead of 5 sec in normal platelets. The transducing system involving phosphoinositides specific phospholipase C was observed in platelets lacking dense bodies (HPS) but the phosphatidyl 4,5 bisphosphate(PIP2 )breakdown in 32P-prelabelled platelets was measurable at 202 sec instead of 10 sec in normal platelets. No ch activity was detectable at any time in grey platelets. 32P-phosphatidate (PA) formation was subnormal in HPS platelets and normal in grey platelets. Phosphorylation pattern of myosin light chain (P20) and of 43K protein (P43) were normal in HPS platelets and markedly reduced in grey platelets, being less than half of the normal during the first 15 sec and remaining subnormal even after complete aggregation. The release of constituents from the present granules and the thromboxane formation were lower than in normal platelets in all cases. In conclusions, (i) alpha-granules but not dense bodies may play a key role in the activation of the PIP2 specific phospholipase C,(ii) PA formation does not always correlate with phosphoinositide metabolism and could originate from another pool of diacylglycerol,(iii) complete phosphorylations of both P20 and P43 may not be sufficient to stimulate a normal release, and (iv) end products such as thromboxanes and released ADP accelerate and reinforce platelet responses.


The  scarcity  of  agriculture  land and  the  increasing population around  the  forest  have aucsed pressure on  the forest resource.   Taungya  system  approach   is aimed  at  improving   the prosperity   of  the people  surrounding   the  forest  through tree planting  coupled   with  crops in  two  years period. The result of observation on Taungya system in Pasar Sore Forest District  Administrations, Cepu,  Central Java, revealed  that  the  present  income  from taungya  system   contributed   about  22  % of  total  income.  Other  interesting   result showed   that  soil fertilization   by peasant,   beside gives positive   effect on peasant  income,   it also causes positive  impact  on the  growth   of  trees  basal areas.  Some   variables analyzed   in  this study  are  taungya  income   (Y 1 ),  the  cost of  production facility  such  as fertilizer  and  insectiside  cost  (X 1 ) man power   (X 2 ), non-taungya income   (X 3 ),  and  basal growth   (Y 2 ). The  relationship   resulted  in regression  models  as follows  : Y 1 = -32,23 + 14,04X 1 +   0,23X 2 -  0,04X 3 (R 2 = 0,83) Y 2 =   2.009,45 + 326,09  X 1 + 2,98  X 2 - 1,29  X 3 (R 2 = 0,78)


Abstract We introduce G ¯ {\overline{G}} -fusions of local pointed groups on a block extension A = b  𝒪  G {A\kern-1.0pt=\kern-1.0ptb\mathcal{O}G} , where H is a normal subgroup of the finite group G, G ¯ = G / H {\overline{G}=G/H} , and b is a G-invariant block of 𝒪  H {\mathcal{O}H} . We show that certain Clifford extensions associated to these pointed groups are invariant under group graded basic Morita equivalences.


Background: In general, patients with osteoarthritis require long live treatments, especially anti-infammatory drugs. Non steroidal anti infammatory drugs are mostly follow by some side effects such as dyspepsia and gastrointestinal bleeding. The use of natural medicine for rheumatic diseases have commonly been practiced worldwide. Objectives: To learn the changes of hemoglobin level due to treatment with curcuminoid from Curcuma domestica Val. rhizome extract compared to diclofenac sodium as anti-infammatory agent for the treatment of osteoarthritis. Methods: This research is a prospective randomized open end blinded evaluations (PROBE). Patients treated with 30 mg curcuminoid from Curcuma domestica Val. rhizome extract or 25 mg diclofenac sodium three times daily for 4 weeks respectively.The hemoglobin level was checked before and after treatment.  Results: A total of 80 patients with knee osteoarthritis participated in this study. There was no signifcant difference in the frequency of sex, educational level, duration of suffering, percentage of co-morbidities in both groups. There was no signifcant different of hemoglobin level before treatment between both treatment group. The hemoglobin level was increase signifcantly in curcuminoid treatment groups while no signifcant change in diclofenac group. Treatment with curcuminoid increasing the hemoglobin level signifcantly compare to diclofenac sodium (p=0.03). Conclusion: Treatment with curcuminoid from Curcuma domestica Val. rhizome increasing the hemoglobin level signifcantly compare to diclofenac sodium treatment for osteoarthritis.


Vitamin A and its derivatives (retinolds) are capable of inhibiting vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation in vitro. The present stUdy examines the effect of two retinoids. all-trans retinoic acid and 13-cis retinoic acid. on intimal hyperplasia following arterial injury. After receiving varying doses of all-trans retinoic acid or 13-cis retinoic acid, 78 male Sprague-Dawley rats underwent standard balloon catheter denudation of the left common carotid artery. Morphometric analysis and immunohistochemistry for proliferating cell nuclear antigen was performed at early and late time points. IntimaVmedlal ratios were reduced in a dose-dependent fashion for animals treated with all-trans retinoic acid (P = 0.001) and 13-cis retinoie acid (P = 0.004). Proliferating cell nuclear antigen labeling indices were reduced after treatment with all-trans retinoie acid and 13-cis retlnoic acid at early time points post-i'1iury. At a dose of 10 mglkg. both all-trans retinoie acid and 13-cis retinoie acid inhibited vessel remodeling as measured by increases in luminal diameter (P < 0.05) and external elastic lamina (P < 0.05). Retinoids are an attractive clinical option for the treatment of restenosis following angioplasty and arterial surgery. © 1999 The International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved


ABSTRACT Optimization forms the core of several industrial problems and demands suitable methods of solution for determining the best possible solution. However, it is often observed that the classical optimization algorithms available in literature may not be applicable in real-life scenarios where the nature of the problems is quite complex. Under such circumstances, nature-inspired algorithms (NIA) can be beneficial because of their generic nature. This is shown in the present study by obtaining the optimal solution of two fundamental industrial problems, viz. optimizing and controlling the level of noise in an industry having multiple sources of noise; and optimizing the total production cost in a machining process through different NIA including two newly proposed differential evolution (DE) variants. Comparison is also done through classical methods. Both the problems are nonlinear in nature where the complexity increases by increasing the number of variables. The first problem taken is unconstrained in nature, while the second problem is constrained. A thorough comparison of all the methods is done through various performance measures and it is observed that the proposed DE variants form an attractive alternative for dealing with such problems.


The article examines the concept "quality of education". The role of point-rating system as a means of the educational process quality management is testified.


A novel method of Distributed computing approach has been proposed for risk assessment of power system due to transient instability. Because of continuous increase in the size of the electric power network, the assessment of risk has to be more computationally effective and robust. In this scenario, Transient stability analysis plays vital role in development and secure operation of power system whose parameters are stochastic in nature. In practice, probabilistic transient stability analysis will be more comprehensive because it requires lot of computations for accurate results. A distributed computing approach for analysis of stability under transient state in terms of critical fault clearing time measurement with overall risk index for various uncertainties is presented here. A prototype model has been established in our lab to deploy this method. Actually, the problem statement is divided into jobs and distributed among the processors and parallelism can be attained by sharing each task among processors. The Impact and effectiveness of distributed parallel computing is proved by performing Transient stability study on IEEE test systems. The measure of performance of the procedure is estimated in terms of rapidity of computation and efficiency by comparing it with sequential/serial method.


This German text offers a collection of papers and commentaries presented at a symposium in the German university town of Tfbingen in October 1990. On that occasion, well known German professors of medicine, law and philosophy debated the basic questions of medical ethics. The main focus, however, was on the ethos of the physician and its relevancy to the relationship between physician and patient. The four main aspects addressed in selected papers and scholarly discourses were the traditional maxims of medicine. These also provide the four main parts of the present volume:


Consideration is given to a method for calculating the duration of communication sessions of the command and tracking station with a spacecraft, which enables to make an efficient use of the session time when planning control operations in order to avoid their premature performance or contingency termination in the event of constraints in the ground site coverage. Thanks to the developed method, it was possible to identify communication coverage with limited radio visibility and exclude the times of constraints from the total session duration providing a zone of stable radio exchange with SC while performing control operations, thereby increasing reliability of their performance in the communication session. The method was successfully applied in control of the Resurs-P SC constellation, where it demonstrated its capabilities and efficiency. It can be used to control other advanced SC.
Key words: spacecraft, ground control complex, flight planning, session control operations, spacecraft motion model, numerical integration method.


An idea for practical implementation of an optical metasurface that behaves similarly to a recently proposed DB boundary is proposed. The D part is based on a thin plasmonic slab operating at plasma frequency, while the B part uses a SRR-like structure based on the D-dot wire. The correctness of this idea is demonstrated by full-wave simulations.


We study the bulk contribution to surface second-harmonic generation. It is shown that the formalism in the earlier literature neglected an important term in the bulk contribution which makes the separation of surface and bulk contributions impossible in experiments that allow no modification of the sample. Isotropic and cubic systems media are discussed in some detail for illustration. We also present a model for the bulk nonlinearity of molecular systems.


Wetlands form a crucial component of ecosystems, and wetland restoration serves as an effective strategy for promoting sustainable urban development. Spatial support is essential for wetland restoration, meaning that research on wetland spatial planning is of considerable importance. Existing studies on wetland spatial planning primarily focus on the analysis of wetland spatial distribution characteristics, with limited exploration of wetland spatial relationships. This paper aims to explore the potential of utilizing both spatial distribution characteristics and spatial relationships to identify wetland spatial issues, thereby facilitating the formulation of wetland spatial planning strategies. Using Tianjin City as a case study, this research applies nearest neighbor analysis, the geographic concentration index, the Gini index, and kernel density analysis to identify the spatial distribution characteristics of wetlands in Tianjin. Additionally, spatial autocorrelation analysis and connectivity analysis are employed to identify the interrelationships among wetlands in Tianjin. Based on the results derived from the analysis of spatial distribution characteristics and spatial relationships, wetland spatial planning strategies are proposed. The effectiveness of these strategies is validated using methods that consider both spatial distribution characteristics and spatial relationships. The findings reveal that, although wetlands in Tianjin are widely distributed, large wetland patches are primarily concentrated in areas with abundant water resources, while the six districts within the city have few or no large patches of wetlands. The spatial distribution of wetlands is highly uneven, exhibiting patterns of high–high aggregation and low–low aggregation. The number of connecting paths between wetland patches is relatively low, indicating a generally low overall connectivity. While medium-sized and larger wetland patches maintain the connectivity of existing wetlands in Tianjin, small wetlands that serve as stepping stones are lacking. Following the implementation of planning strategies, there would be an increase in the wetland area in Tianjin, accompanied by significant improvements in the spatial distribution pattern and spatial relationships of the wetlands.


Testing embedded systems must be done carefully particularly in the significant regions of the embedded systems. Inputs from an embedded system can happen in multiple order and many relationships can exist among the input sequences. Consideration of the sequences and the relationships among the sequences is one of the most important considerations that must be tested to find the expected behavior of the embedded systems. On the other hand combinatorial approaches help determining fewer test cases that are quite enough to test the embedded systems exhaustively. In this paper, an Optimal Mining Technique that considers multi-input domain which is based on built-in combinatorial approaches has been presented. The method exploits multi-input sequences and the relationships that exist among multi-input vectors. The technique has been used for testing an embedded system that monitors and controls the temperature within the Nuclear reactors.


A return-to-zero, bipolar, trapezoidal current generator for driving the coil of a prototype electromagnetic groundwater flowmeter is described. Operation of the circuit, which employs a laboratory DC power source, a MOSFET H-bridge, some ancillary components and a microcontroller-based control system, is analyzed, simulated and practically demonstrated. Although the circuit can produce acceptable results, we show that it is sensitive to component tolerances and timing jitter and is inherently limited in realizable efficiency.


The combined use of peptide mass information with amino acid sequence information derived by chemical sequencing or mass spectrometry (MS)‐based approaches provides a powerful means of protein identification. We have used a two‐part strategy to identify proteins from nerve growth factor (NGF)‐stimulated rat adrenal pheochromocytoma cell line PC‐12 cell lysates that associate with the adaptor protein Shc (Shc homologous and collagen protein). Initial experiments with metabolically radiolabeled cell extracts separated by sodium dodecyl sulfate‐polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS‐PAGE) revealed a number of proteins that coimmunoprecipitated with anti‐Shc antibody compared with control (unstimulated) cell extracts. The experiment was scaled up and cell lysate from NGF‐stimulated PC‐12 cells was applied to a glutathione‐S‐transferase (GST)‐Shc affinity column, eluted, separated by SDS‐PAGE and blotted to Immobilon‐CD. The blotted proteins were proteolytically digested in situ, and the masses obtained from the extracted peptides were used in a peptide‐mass search program in an attempt to identify the protein. Even if a strong candidate was found using this search, an additional step was performed to confirm the identification. The mixtures were fractionated by reversed‐phase high‐performance liquid chromatography (RP‐HPLC) and subjected to chemical sequencing to obtain (partial) sequence information, or post‐source decay (PSD‐) matrix‐assisted laser‐desorption ionization (MALDI)‐MS to obtain sequence‐specific fragment ions. This data was used in a peptide‐sequence tag search to confirm the identity of the proteins. This combined approach allowed identification of four proteins of Mr 43000 to 200000. In one case the identified protein clearly did not correspond to the radiolabeled band, but to a protein contaminant from the column. The advantages and pitfalls of the approach are discussed.


Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a devastating necrotrophic pathogen that infects multiple crops and its control is an unremitting challenge. In this work, we attempted to gain insights into the pivotal role of lipopeptides (LPs) in the antifungal activity of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens EZ1509. In a comparative study involving five Bacillus strains, B. amyloliquefaciens EZ1509 harboring four LPs biosynthetic genes viz., surfactin, iturin, fengycin, and bacilysin exhibited promising antifungal activity against S. sclerotiorum in a dual culture assay. Our data demonstrated a remarkable upsurge in LPs biosynthetic gene expression through qRT-PCR during in vitro interaction assay with S. sclerotiorum. Maximum upregulation in LPs biosynthetic genes was observed on the 2nd and 3rd day of in vitro interaction, with iturin and fengycin being the highly expressed genes. Subsequently, MALDI-TOF-MS analysis confirmed the presence of LPs in the inhibition zone. SEM analysis showed disintegration, shrinkage, plasmolysis, and breakdown of fungal hyphae. During in planta evaluation, S. sclerotiorum previously challenged with EZ1509 showed significant suppression in pathogenicity on detached leaves of tobacco and rapeseed. The oxalic acid synthesis was also significantly reduced in S. sclerotiorum previously confronted with antagonistic bacterium. The expression of major virulence genes of S. sclerotiorum including endopolygalacturonase-3, oxalic acid hydrolase, and endopolygalacturonase-6 was significantly downregulated during in vitro confrontation with EZ1509.


A mass covid-19 screening programme has been rolled out in Liverpool,1 with further plans announced for mass testing of asymptomatic university students across England before they return home for the Christmas holidays.2

Mass testing programmes, although often intuitively appealing, can raise complex ethical matters. Public health, focused as it is on protecting …


Since February 1987 we have been performing Kapandji's intra-focal pinning as first choice for treating distal radial fractures. From July 1991, we started to use new "ARUM" pins which were proposed specifically to avoid injuries to the tendons and nerves in Kapandji's method. The "ARUM" pin is so named because of its resemblance to the shape of an arum flower and composed of a 20/10mm full threaded pin and a special nut. The conical form of the nut makes possible sliding between tendons without damaging them and widens the gap of the fracture which will act as a reduction effect.From July 1991 to May 1993, we treated 30 distal radial fractures by Kapandji's intra-focal pinning with the new "ARUM" pins. Patients comprised 19 females and 11 males with an average age of 52.2 years, ranging from 15 to 91 years. Follow-up averaged 11.4 months with a range of 3 months to 2 years. According to Kawashima's evaluating system, 23 were rated excellent and 7 good subjectively, 15 excellent and 15 good functionally and 20 excellent and 10 good anatomically. There were no complications due to the cut ends of the pins.Present findings indicate that the new "ARUM" pin is not only effective for protecting against damage to tendons and nerves from the cut end of the pin but also improves the clinical results achieved by Kapandji's method due to its excellent reduction and fixation effects.


Congenital dislocation of head of radius without associated synostosis between radius and ulna is very rare. Recently we had two cases of this condition.Case 1; 16 year old boy had deformity and feeling of fatigue around the right elbow joint. He has full range of motion of the joint. However there are clicking noises in the movement at the 90° extension and the 65° flexion of the joint. He has no history of injury to the elbow. Radiographic examination of it showed anterior dislocation of the head of the radius with dome shaping on its upper surface.Case 2; The mother of this 1 year and 10 month old boy noticed clicking noise in the left elbow when moved. He has no restriction of the joint motion. X-rays showed anterior dislocation of the head of the radius.


Objective:To observe the relationship between reactive neurons and astrocytes (ASs) in the Sp5C following nocuous pain stimulation induced by formalin injection. Methods:By means of anti glial fibrial acid protein(GFAP), anti connexin43 (Cx43) with DAB stain and anti connexin32 (Cx32) with gold particles labeled double immunohistochemistry. Results: Four kinds of special structures were found between the activated neurons and ASs: The first kind was the synapse like structure. The second one was the tripartite synaptic structures. The third one was the gap junction. The fourth one was the heterotypic Cx32 and Cx43 gap junctions (HGJs), which showed the thickened membranes. Cx43 like immunoreaction (Cx43 LI) appeared on the ASs side and Cx32 LI on the neuron side. HGJs in the experimental group was significantly more than that of the control group. Conclusion: There are many types of signaling pathways between neurons and ASs in Sp5C, the HGJs may be an acutely adaptive signaling pathway. ASs in the Sp5C might actively regulate neuron's function via HGJ and participate in CNS responding to stimulations . \[


The incidence of cervical cancer is expected to rise sharply in China. A reliable routine human papillomavirus (HPV) detection and genotyping test to be supplemented by the limited Papanicolaou cytology facilities is urgently needed to help identify the patients with cervical precancer for preventive interventions. To this end, we evaluated a nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) protocol for detection of HPV L1 gene DNA in cervicovaginal cells. The PCR amplicons were genotyped by direct DNA sequencing. In parallel, split samples were subjected to a Digene HC2 HPV test which has been widely used for "cervical cancer risk" screen. Of the 1826 specimens, 1655 contained sufficient materials for analysis and 657 were truly negative. PCR/DNA sequencing showed 674 infected by a single high‐risk HPV, 188 by a single low‐risk HPV, and 136 by multiple HPV genotypes with up to five HPV genotypes in one specimen. In comparison, the HC2 test classified 713 specimens as infected by high‐risk HPV, and 942 as negative for HPV infections. The high‐risk HC2 test correctly detected 388 (57.6%) of the 674 high‐risk HPV isolates in clinical specimens, mislabeled 88 (46.8%) of the 188 low‐risk HPV isolates as high‐risk genotypes, and classified 180 (27.4%) of the 657 "true‐negative" samples as being infected by high‐risk HPV. It was found to cross‐react with 20 low‐risk HPV genotypes. We conclude that nested PCR detection of HPV followed by short target DNA sequencing can be used for screening and genotyping to formulate a paradigm in clinical management of HPV‐related disorders in a rapidly developing economy.


Malaysia is expected to become an ageing nation by the year 2020, when 10% of its population will fall within the age group 60 years and above. One of the challenges heralded by this development is income insecurity among the elderly population, who by virtue of their age are forced on retirement thereby making them to rely heavily on pension, social security or filial transfers, which in most cases are not sufficient to cater for their needs. Despite the fact that the elderly are "cash-poor", however, they are in most cases considered to be "asset-rich" by virtue of the possession of substantial wealth in form of housing equity that is trapped in their residential homes, which if released, can provide considerable income that can augment their existing source of income. Reverse mortgage offers the avenue where elderly people can access the trapped wealth in their residential home by releasing the housing equity therein in order to improve their welfare. This paper explores the prospects of developing reverse mortgage product market in Malaysia by presenting a SWOT analysis based on the synthesis of extant literature on the factors driving the demand and/or willingness of individuals to use the product as a source of supplementary income and consumption smoothing option in old-age. The analysis is expected to spur discussion on the subject as the country targets to become a high income economy by the year 2020 amidst increasing challenge of old-age poverty facing the elderly population.


Reform movements in higher education have employed technology primarily to mimic standard mechanisms, representations and objects of higher education. While there are important reasons to make use of standard representations, this strategy often reproduces standard artifacts of higher education, which limits innovation and reform. For example, too often reengineering has focused on the bottom line and on things at the university that look like business processes. If there is to be fundamental reform, we must rethink the core processes of the university, namely, teaching, learning, and research. We must understand how to respond to the penetration of technology into infrastructure and how to reward faculty for responding to the opportunities and needs produced by this penetration. Distance learning, because of its inherently asynchronous nature, provides a useful vehicle for such innovation. Once we no longer assume that asynchronous models are weaker than campus models, we can start to reengineer standard classroom practice accordingly. We argue that for reengineering to succeed, we must question common sense beliefs about teaching and learning. This program of reengineering will result in reform and change in higher education that will be neither additive nor subtractive, but transformative.


Ordovician-Silurian gastropods from western North Greenland collected by the British Arctic Expedition (1874-1876) and described by R. Etheridge (1878) are reviewed. OfJleyotrochus n. gen. is proposed, with type species O. naresi (Etheridge, 1878) from the Silurian of Orney ø, and assigned to the family Euomphalidae.


I used to think writer's block affected only the very great or very near great writers of ages past. Then I extended my view to include the professional slacker; an individual bold enough to plead "writer's block" when confronted with yet another deadline missed.


The thesis of this paper is threefold: (1) that congregational polity in Baptist ecclesiology was undergirded, particularly in its early days, by a conviction that Christ had granted to each local church power and authority (what I call competence) to order its own affairs; (2) that over a long period of time, but particularly in the late nineteenth century, a variety of factors developed in American life that began to undermine the idea of church competence and replace it with an idea enshrined in the phrase " soul competence; " and (3) that this development should be regarded as a devolution in Baptist ecclesiology, for it seems linked to a variety of deleterious ideas and practices that have been and are continuing to weaken and trouble Baptist church life. This threefold thesis will be developed in the three main sections of this paper, with each section devoted to one of the three aspects of the thesis. As the documentation will suggest, I am looking primarily at what has happened to Baptists in North America, particularly my own context of Southern Baptists. I do not know how applicable it will be to Baptists from other geographical contexts, but I believe it will have some relevance for most evangelical groups in the North American context, because the factors that affected Baptists were not completely unique to them.


ABSTRACT We report a new four-dimensional potential energy surface for the C2H2–Ar complex involving the and normal modes for the symmetric stretching and asymmetric stretching vibration of the C2H2 molecule. The potential was constructed at the coupled-cluster singles and doubles with noniterative inclusion of connected triples [CCSD(T)]-F12 level with augmented correlation-consistent polarized-valence triple-zeta (aug-cc-pVTZ) basis set supplemented with midpoint bond functions (3s3p2d1f1g). Two vibrationally averaged potentials with C2H2 at the vibrational ground and excited states were obtained by the integration of the potential over the and coordinates. It was found that each averaged potential has two equivalent T-shaped global minima, two equivalent local minima as well as three saddle points among them. The global minima are located at  = 3.97 Å,  = 61.4°/118.6° with a well depth of 125.47 cm−1. The rovibrational energy levels and bound states were calculated adopting radial discrete variable representation (DVR)/angular finite basis representation (FBR) and the Lanczos algorithm. The calculated band origin for C2H2–Ar is red-shift by −0.9937cm−1 in the region of C2H2, which reproduces the observed value of −1.0749cm−1 successfully. Furthermore, the calculated microwave and infrared transition frequencies are in well good agreement with the experiment data. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT


Oxidation of the head-tail dimer cis-[(NH3)2Pt(1-MeU)]2(NO3)2 (1-MeU = 1-methyl - uracilato anion, C5H5N2O2) with a mixture of nitrous and nitric acid yields three crystalline species, [(NO2)(NH3)2Pt(C5H5N2O2)2Pt(]SrH3)2(NO2)](NO3)2 · 3 H2O (1), [(H2O)(NH3)2Pt(C5H5N2O2)2Pt(]SrH3)2(NO2)](NO3)2 · 5 H2O (2) and [(NO3)(NH3)2Pt(C5H5N2O2)2Pt(]SrH3)2(NO3)](NO3)2 · 4.5 H2O (3). The crystal structure of 2 has been determined. 2 crystallizes in the triclinic space group P1̄ with cell dimensions a= 11.959(4), b= 11.560(3), c= 11.261(2) Å, α = 89.16(2), β= 104.36(2), γ = 99.61(2)° and Z = 2. The structure was refined to R = 0.056, Rw = 0.061 on 4311 reflections. The Pt-Pt distance within the dinuclear cation of 2 is 2.574(1) Å and corresponds to a Pt-Pt single bond. The axial ligands are N̲O2 (Ptl) and O̲H2 (Pt2), the equatorial ligands two NH3 groups, N 3 and O4 of 1-MeU for both Pt atoms. The oxidation state of Pt in 2 is +III. 1H NMR and IR spectra of 1, 2, and 3 reveal a close structural similarity of the three compounds.


On 31 July 2019, the Paris Court of Appeal (the "Court") ruled that Hyundai did not discriminate against retailer Garage Richard Drevet by terminating its car distribution contract. The Court…


The article deals with the relevance of studying the structure of psychological culture of personality, considered the component structure of authors such as LD Demin, LS Kolmogorov O.I. Motkova, I.A. Ralnikovoy, V.V. Semikina and others. Various approaches to understanding the structure of psychological culture of personality considered, it may be noted that the domestic psychologists consider complex components, i,e. components are dependent on each other. Some authors, defining the concept, recovered the levels of development of psychological culture of personality. The article presents a comparative analysis of levels of psychological culture of the individual authors such as H.P. Kolmogorov, O.I. Motkova and V.V. Semikina.


Search spaces hallmark the advancement of Neural Architecture Search (NAS). Large and complex search spaces with versatile building operators and structures provide more opportunities to brew promising architectures, yet pose severe challenges on efficient exploration and exploitation. Subsequently, several search space shrinkage methods optimize by selecting a single sub-region that contains some well-performing networks. Small performance and efficiency gains are observed with these methods but such techniques leave room for significantly improved search performance and are ineffective at retaining architectural diversity. We propose LISSNAS, an automated algorithm that shrinks a large space into a diverse, small search space with SOTA search performance. Our approach leverages locality, the relationship between structural and performance similarity, to efficiently extract many pockets of well-performing networks. We showcase our method on an array of search spaces spanning various sizes and datasets. We accentuate the effectiveness of our shrunk spaces when used in one-shot search by achieving the best Top-1 accuracy in two different search spaces. Our method achieves a SOTA Top-1 accuracy of 77.6% in ImageNet under mobile constraints, best-in-class Kendal-Tau, architectural diversity, and search space size.


Since the 1990s the retrospective of Russian and East-European Early-Modern societies has largely benefited from several methodological turns. Objects and profiles of the past reinterpreted in cultural terms are emerging against the anthropological background. This trend does not proceed to better consent in the historical community; rather it reconciles them against Soviet interpretations of the past. In the times of the Russian Empire and Soviet Union the East-European Early-Modern period was conceptualized in terms of "growth", understood as a strengthening of the rulership and concentration of territories under the power of monarchs – grand dukes, later tsars, of Moscow and kings of the "Jagiellonian Empire".


The European environment — state and outlook 2015 report (SOER 2015) provides a comprehensive assessment of the European environment's state, trends and prospects, and places it in a global context. It will inform European environmental policy implementation between 2015 and 2020, and analyses the opportunities to modify existing policies in order to achieve the European Union's 2050 vision of living well within the limits of the planet.


: Although multiple GNSS constellations such as GPS,GLONASS,and Galileo are now being realized, there are few analysis software for precise surveying that can handle multi-GNSS data including Japanese Quasi Zenith Satellite System (QZSS).The Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI)launched a 4-year project from 2011 to develop and standardize a precise positioning technique that can fully utilize the potential of multi-GNSS data including QZSS for surveys in urban canyons or rapid detection of crustal deformation after large earthquakes.After a brief review of general GNSS software packages,this paper focuses on the status and findings of GSI's multi-GNSS project.


References concerning the diseases and parasites of ptarmigan are widely dispersed in the literature, and for the most part are not readily accessible. It is the purpose of this paper to report the helminth parasites obtained from 191 willow ptarmigan, Lagopus lagopus Linn.; 45 rock ptarmigan, L. mutus (Mont.); and 56 white-tailed ptarmigan, L. leucurus (Rich.). These birds were collected over a period of four years, and were taken from widely separated areas in Alaska. (Fig. 1.)


Using a large sample of U.S. small businesses and a new measure of optimism, we examine the role of entrepreneurial optimism in small business lending. We provide evidence that optimistic entrepreneurs are not rationed by lenders. Quite the opposite, our results suggest that they often have better credit accessibility and obtain lower cost of financing. Our results are robust to alternative measures of optimism and controls for private information between lenders and borrowers.