Natural colorants have become important due to the health-benefits for humans. In that sense, it is important to evaluate the degradation kinetics of these components, in order to establish the stability under different processing and/or storage conditions. This study provides experimental and simulated results about the degradation of betalains in microencapsulated beetroot juice. Maltodextrin solution (MDX 10%) and sweet potato starch solution (SPS 2%) in proportions of 40MDX:60SPS, 20MDX:80SPS and 0MDX:100SPS were used as microencapsulating agents. The thermal degradation of betalains in the microencapsulated powders was evaluated at three temperatures (6, 19 and 30 °C) in order to predict the behavior under different conditions, using the first-order kinetic model. The kinetic parameters were identified using linear regression on the logarithmic curves of the experimental data to obtain the Arrhenius equations. The highest content of betalains was 2.58 mg/g and the lowest activation energy value was 48.71 KJ/mol, with both values corresponding to the powder that was microencapsulated with 20MDX:80SPS. The above results suggest high betalain stability in this powder, since there was less sensitivity to temperature in comparison to the rest of the powders. Additionally, some thermodynamic parameters were evaluated, which confirmed that the process is non-spontaneous and irreversible. The results obtained from this study, could be a useful tool to predict the minimal losses during processing, and gives the possibility to improve and select the food products where this kind of natural colorant can


Bio-plastic is Eco-friendly option of the chemically synthesized plastic. Due to the environmental and health hazards the demand for bio degradable plastic is increasing day by day. This book deals with the search for the possible producers of bio-plastic from paint industry waste water. It was a great success that we have found good producers from our targeted site. The isolates were identified and the methods have been explained in detail. The quantitative extraction and analysis of PHB (a type of PHAs) from the bacterial isolates of paint industry effluent was performed using various analytical techniques like UV Spectrophotometry, FT-IR. The present study also emphasize on the effect of various carbon sources and time on PHB production. This book has in depth information regarding isolation and identification of bacteria for PHB production and also for the techniques used for downstream extraction and analysis of PHB and we think it will be really have its high impact for the scientific community dealing with the same aspect.


1. NCIS was launched in April 1992 2. It's home to the UK Bureau of Interpol 3. It's main objective is intelligence gathering 4. Provides intelligence for UK police forces 5. Established National Wildlife Crime Unit in 2002

What is NCIS?

Modern crime is no longer simply a matter for the local police, as national and international organised crime groups continue to network across the globe and carry out a huge proportion of criminal acts. As a result, today's criminal intelligence gathering (...)


The present thesis consists of three main parts: one theoretical and two experimental. The first part, composed of three chapters, will introduce several definitions of romantic love (chapter 1), the paradigms that are currently adopted in the literature to study it (chapter 2) and will provide a neuroscientific framework of the construct (chapter 3). The second and third part comprises four different chapters that represent experimental research that I have conducted during the three years of Ph.D. Specifically, in the second part, I report two validation studies that had the objective of validating (chapter 4) and designing (chapter 5) two questionnaires that would evaluate romantic love in the Italian context. Moreover, the third part will introduce the neuroscientific studies that aimed to explore the neural (chapter 6) and autonomic (chapter 7) correlates of romantic love through the use of a promising, encouraging and innovative paradigm.


Aboriginal and white Australian adolescent males classified stimuli along a specifically Aboriginal or a moiety dimension of dual organization and a colour dimension. A 2 x 2 randomized factorial design with simple reaction time (SRT) as the covariate showed that Aborigines recorded significantly greater choice-reaction times (CRT) on both CRT tasks. A significant culture x task interaction was in the opposite direction to the suggestion that moiety classification would favour Aborigines in a CRT task. Codability was slightly related to CRT for the white Australian group.


Innovation is an area increasingly attractive to most companies. During and after the crisis, more and more companies are trying to expand their business horizons, to change the organization to discover new products and services in order to maintain operational status, and this can be done only through innovation. The business environment in Romania was heavily influenced by the global crisis in the period 2008-2013: entrepreneurship has become vulnerable due to uncertainty of the economic environment and many SMEs have left the market. In order to survive in these conditions, many companies have had to change the way have worked, and was one of the means innovation. The European Union has undertaken studies that examined this issue for each country, as well as comparisons with other countries. This paper identifies the empirical relationship between innovation (both technological and organizational one) based on published outcomes of European Union-Directorate for Research and Innovation and SMEs in Romania results in this period. Hypothesis that released this paper is that innovation was one of the means by which companies remained in operation during the period 2008-2013. To verify this hypothesis, I will check the results of innovation indicators in Romania in the period 2008-2013 and will check which business organizations remain in operation during this period, based on my correlation between innovation, economic performance and entrepreneurial performance.


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 Changes to soil properties and precipitation scenarios significantly affect the water balance in agro-hydrology.

 SPAW model is sensitive to simulated runoff and infiltration, but it has limitations in responding to soil compaction and organic matter change.

 Increasing organic matter (1% to 5%) did not significantly affect runoff or infiltration in silty and sandy loam soil.

 Low precipitation generates significantly lower runoff (%) and higher infiltration.

 Abstract. Agricultural practices can change soil properties and the amount of runoff generated from a landscape. Modeling results could be significantly different than expected if the web soil survey or other commonly used remote sensing applications are used as model inputs without site verification. This study assessed the applicability and sensitivity of the Soil-Plant-Air-Water (SPAW) Model for simulating the runoff (%) and infiltration (%) components of the water balance for various soil physical properties, cover crop, and weather variables. Soil profiles in 135 combinations were developed with three soil classes (sandy loam, silt loam, and clay), five organic matter levels (1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, and 5%), three levels of compaction (low, medium, and high), and three topsoil layer thicknesses (7.6 cm, 11.4 cm, and 15 cm). Also, three cover crop treatments were simulated by modifying surface cover and evapotranspiration during the non-growing season. Finally, two precipitation regimes were considered (Iowa City, IA, as high precipitation and Brookings, SD, as low precipitation) to simulate runoff and infiltration. In total, 810 scenarios were run, resulting in over 300 million data points. This study confirmed that soil texture, bulk density, and topsoil thickness significantly (p<0.01) influence runoff generation and infiltration percentage based on the water balance criterion. Interestingly, the SPAW model had no significant response on runoff (%) and infiltration (%) to organic matter levels changing from 1% to 5%. This simulation demonstrates that runoff estimations can be significantly influenced by soil properties that can change due to agricultural conservation practices (ACPs) or, conversely, by compaction events. Inputs to models must account for these changes rather than relying only on historical or remote sensing inputs. Keywords: Agricultural conservation practices, Conservation agriculture, Field hydrology, Infiltration, Runoff, SPAW.


Ligand-induced BCR association with detergent-resistant plasma membrane compartments (lipid rafts) has been argued to be essential for initiating and/or sustaining Ig (cid:1) /Ig (cid:2) -dependent BCR signaling. Because a fraction of the BCR and an even larger fraction of the preBCR associates with lipid rafts in the apparent absence of ligand stimulation, it has been proposed that raft-associated receptor complexes mediate the ligand-independent basal signaling events observed in resting B lineage cells. However, there is no direct evidence that localization of Ig (cid:1) /Ig (cid:2) -containing complexes to detergent-resistant membrane compartments is absolutely required for the signaling events that drive B cell development. To address these issues we have designed surrogate preBCR/Ig (cid:1) /Ig (cid:2) complexes that are incapable of ligand-induced aggregation and that are preferentially targeted to either raft or nonraft compartments. An analysis of their ability to promote the preBCR-dependent proB 3 preB cell transition of murine B cell progenitors revealed that expression of these surrogate receptor complexes at levels that approximate that of the conventional preBCR can drive B cell development in a manner independent of both aggregation and lipid raft localization. The Journal of Immunology, 2005, 174: 1245–1252. gradient separation by a procedure similar to that described by Cheng et al. (14, 15). Gradient fractions loaded, proteins were separated through a 12% SDS-PAGE polyacrylamide gel, followed by transfer to nitrocellulose membranes. Western blot analysis was performed using mouse anti-HA (16B12; COVANCE) as primary Ab and peroxidase-con- jugated horse anti-mouse IgG (Vector Laboratories) as secondary Ab. Membranes were stripped and reprobed with cholera toxin B-HRP conju- gate (Calbiochem).


Avalonia, defined by its distinctive uppermost Ediacaran-Ordovician overstep sequence, extends from New England through Atlantic Canada to Wales. It unconformably overlies: (i) parts of one cratonic Neoproterozoic arc, which records in several pulses: 760-730 Ma, 680-600 Ma, 580-540 Ma, (ii) a 800-760 Ma passive margin sequence; and (iii) ca. 976 Ma isolated plutons, possibly basement. Comparisons with modern arc dimensions suggest the dip of the Benioff zone ranged from ca. 22°W in Newfoundland to ca. 52-67° elsewhere. An 600-580 Ma hiatus in arc magmatism Cape Breton Island is attributed to over-riding an oceanic plateau, leading to a 15° decrease in the dip of the Benioff zone. The Collector magnetic anomaly along the Grand Banks and the Minas Fault is inferred to mark the Neoproterozoic southern margin of the Avalon Plate consisting of leaky transform faults and trench segments characterized by magnetite serpentinite mantle wedge beneath forearcs. The Minas Fault/Collector Anomaly connects the similar arc units in Cape Breton Island and southern New Brunswick suggesting that they were already offset by the Minas transform fault in the late Neoproterozoic. Similar tectonic, paleomagnetic, and isotopic data in the Timan orogen of Baltica suggests that Avalonia may correlate with the Kipchak arc.


The resistance of 13 rice varities to rice grassy stunt virus (RGSV) was identified. The results showed that the resistances were different. There were one variety of high resistance, 7.7% of the total, seven varieties of middle resistance, 53.8% of the total, four varieties of middle susceptible, 30.8% of the total, one variety of high susceptible, 7.7% of the total and no immune varieties. The infected plants of different resistant varieties also showed different symptoms. Detection of RGSV by SPA-ELISA showed that the resistance of rice vareties was negatively correlatd to the virus concentration and the contents of virus were different in different parts and periods of rice plants. The concentration of high susceptible varieties was highest and lowest in high resistant varieties, even could not be detected.


Medical Record System is changing from paper document to electronic document. New era of electronic medical document system needs the basic terminology, however, it is difficult to realize Electronic Health Record (EHR) system through current terminology system. For the connection between terminology and clinical document (CD), the Medical Record (MR) item was innovated as a new concept. The basic concept and result of MR item is discussed.


Children as a doer of criminal act must get different enforced with adults. The government must give protection for children's right that be faced by law. The problem statement of this research is the punishment for children as a doer in the traffic accident. The method that used in this research is empirical juridic. The process of the criminal act solution, especially in the traffic accident, where become the doer of traffic accident is children or teenager that still not yet mature. Punishment for children as a doer in the traffic accident must pay attention to children's right in particular, based on various regulation boundary age said children that able to responsible the act for criminal act is at less than 18 years but more than 12 years. Procedure of solution law for children as a doer in the traffic accident is to pay attention to children Jurisdiction and children Protection, children Investigation, children Public Prosecutor, children Judge, Legal Advisor and Social Officer. Then throwing the criminal by The Children Judge at Children Jurisdiction with still pay attention to the best interest for children.


Peter Thule is an associate professor of Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism and a faculty member of the Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB) Metabolic and Secretory Organs at the Georgia Institute of Technology.


This paper rst analyzes the issues of the traditional instruction-driven and data-driven processors, as well as the trend of the recon gurable computing processor. Afterwards, hardware architecture and the compiler techniques of the recon gurable computing processor are discussed, focusing on the challenges facing the HW/SW architecture as well as the corresponding applications. Then, a recon gurable media processor, called REMUS (REcon gurable MUltimedia System), and its development tools are proposed. Finally, the vision of the generalpurpose recon gurable computing is presented.


Psychophysical capabilities of individuals in terms of work in the modern systems of today are not the only factor that their performance and achievement of results depend on. The context is much broader, starting from work conditions at their work place, through physical and climate factors, social environment and support, down to psychophysical status of an individual, his/her general work efficiency and risk from getting professional illnesses. Although the mechanisms and causes of fatigue occurring at work have long been a subject of study and interest in the area of psychophysiology of work, the fact is that to the day there has been no unique and generally accepted definition of fatigue, not only due to complex causes of its origin, but also due to complexity and diversity of its manifestations. Factors that are subject of study may be grouped into areas of contents of work, organization of work or work environment, and they significantly affect working ability and its misbalance, needs, capabilities and requirements to be met by an individual at a work place. Similarly to the concept of stress at work, fatigue as a reversible physiological occurrence manifests itself in physiological, i.e. health-related, psychological and professional areas, which in the long run affects total performance and efficiency of an individual, and results in unfit behavior, mental problems or physical illness. Keeping this in mind, it is important that a professional department and personnel management in organizations and institutions should react in a timely manner in order to prevent, detect and eliminate the factors that bring an individual at work to chronicle fatigue, therefore, to reduced performance and productivity at work.


Mobile edge computing with device-edge-cloud fusion provides a new type of heterogeneous computing environment. We consider task scheduling with device-edge-cloud fusion (without energy concern) and energy-constrained task scheduling with device-edge-cloud fusion as combinatorial optimization problems. The main contributions of the paper are summarized as follows. We design three heuristic algorithms for task scheduling with device-edge-cloud fusion and prove an asymptotic performance bound. We design one heuristic algorithm for energy-constrained task scheduling with device-edge-cloud fusion, which solves the two subproblems of task scheduling and power allocation in an interleaved way. We derive lower bounds for the optimal solutions for both task scheduling with device-edge-cloud fusion and energy-constrained task scheduling with device-edge-cloud fusion, so that the performance of our heuristic algorithms can be compared with that of an optimal algorithm. We experimentally evaluate the performance of our heuristic algorithms and find that the performance of our heuristic algorithms are very close to that of optimal algorithms. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first paper which studies task scheduling with device-edge-cloud fusion and energy-constrained task scheduling with device-edge-cloud fusion as combinatorial optimization problems and conducts analytical performance evaluation.


While the quality of matches between the teams in the RoboCup Standard Platform League has increased a lot, there are still certain situations that prevent the game from progressing. One of the most severe ones is when a team loses track of the ball, because it cannot score goals or prevent the opponent team from scoring goals without knowing where the ball is. In this paper a method is presented to quickly find the ball again by searching the least-recently observed parts of the pitch. A consistent model shared by all robots of the team to identify these parts of the field is explained, as well as the procedure to coordinate the observation among the teammates, such that a varying number of robots can participate in the process.


We present the algebraic foundations of the symmetric Zassenhaus algorithm and some of its variants. These algorithms have proven effective in devising higher-order methods for solving the time-dependent Schr\"{o}dinger equation in the semiclassical regime. We find that the favourable properties of these methods derive directly from the structural properties of a Z2-graded Lie algebra. Commutators in this Lie algebra can be simplified explicitly, leading to commutator-free methods. Their other structural properties are crucial in proving unitarity, stability, convergence, error bounds and quadratic costs of Zassenhaus based methods. These algebraic structures have also found applications in Magnus expansion based methods for time-varying potentials where they allow significantly milder constraints for convergence and lead to highly effective schemes. The algebraic foundations laid out in this work pave the way for extending higher-order Zassenhaus and Magnus schemes to other equations of quantum mechanics.


The theory of self-induced transparency for waves of Rayleigh type is applied to a system consisting of a solid layer on a solid surface which contains paramagnetic impurities. Explicit expressions for a soliton and breather are given. It is shown that the parameters of the nonlinear waves of Rayleigh type depend on the transverse structure of the field and are formed at any thickness of the film.

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Evaluation of Barrett's glands buried underneath esophageal squamous epithelium becomes increasingly important in order to achieve curative treatment. However, clinically available endoscopes have critical limitations in depicting subsurface structure, resulting in non‐curative treatment. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) can achieve a high‐resolution cross‐sectional image, equivalent to an optical biopsy. We aimed to assess the feasibility of in vivo use of probe‐type OCT imaging to evaluate Barrett's mucosa buried underneath esophageal squamous epithelium.


The failure process of an acrylic polyurethane coating in simulated sea water under a wet-dry cyclic condition and immersion condition was studied with the methods of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), and scanning electron microscope (SEM). The results show that the failure rate of acrylic polyurethane coating under the condition of wet-dry alternation is obviously greater than that under complete immersion. Under wet-dry condition, both the porosity and the water absorptivity of the coating are also greater than those under complete immersion condition. Owing to the physical effect of wet-dry alternation, the fillers in the coating surface layer may fall off and result in micro-pores, which could multiply the defects in the coating and accelerate the coating degradation. FT-IR analysis shows that the isocyanate group in the coating not only participates in the curing of coating, but also hydrolyzes with water molecule. The C-O bonds fracture partly due to hydrolysis of the main molecule chains, which is one reason of the coating failure. The failure process for acrylic polyurethane coating under a wet-dry cyclic condition is discussed. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2015, 132, 41989.


Prior to 1900 the influence of English on other languages was modest, at least in Europe. Jespersen (1930) noted that in 1582 an English writer could maintain that "the English tongue is of small reach, stretchüig no further than this Island of ours, nay not there over all" (p. 227). The nineteenth Century changed all that, f irstly thanks to the rise of the British Empire and secondly through the rapid settlement of the United States. From having been one of the most hospitable languages of the world in its acceptance of foreign loans, English became a donor of words to other languages, a model which infiltrated them äs the influence of Anglo-American spread world-wide. It was probably no coincidence that the years between World War I and saw the rise of studies of English language influence both in Europe and America. Norwegian became the special focus on both continents, in Europe because of its close connections with England, and in America because of the heavy Immigration from 1825 to 1924. Under the influence of my doctoral mentor, George T. Flom, who had done yeoman work on American dialects of Norwegian, I undertook a major research project in 1935. My first results were publicly presented in a 1938 series of lectures at the University of Oslo. Unbeknownst to me, a similar project for the Norwegian of Norway was being undertaken at the University of London under the direction of J. B. Firth by a Norwegian woman, Aasta Stene, who read her first paper on the topic in the English Philological Society in the same year of 1938. Her dissertation was pubüshed after the War (1945), whüe my monograph did not appear until 1953.


The ongoing spread of online social networking and sharing sites has reshaped the way how people interact with each other. Analyzing the relatedness of different users within the resulting large populations of these systems plays an important role for tasks like user recommendation or community detection. Algorithms in these fields typically face the problem that explicit user relationships (like friend lists) are often very sparse. Surprisingly, implicit evidences (like click logs) of user relations have hardly been considered to this end.
 Based on our long-time experience with running BibSonomy [4], we identify in this paper different evidence networks of user relationships in our system. We broadly classify each network based on whether the links are explicitly established by the users (e.g., friendship or group membership) or accrue implicitly in the running system (e.g., when user u copies an entry of user v). We systematically analyze structural properties of these networks and whether topological closeness (in terms of the length of shortest paths) coincides with semantic similarity between users.
 Our results exhibit different characteristics and. provide preparatory work for the inclusion of new (and less sparse) information into the process of optimizing community detection or user recommendation algorithms.


To evaluate the ultimate compressive strength of five composite resins after 1 hour, 24 hours, 7 days and 1 month. Twenty four cylindrical 4 mm×8mm specimens of each commonly used composite resins in posterior region (Nulite-F , Z250 , P60, Biscore, Tetric ceram HB) were prepared. Each group of composite resins were divided into four time groups of 1 h, 24 h, 7 days and 1 month. All of specimens stored in an incubator with 37 °C. After each period of time all of the specimens were tested by Zwick/Roell Z020 (Germany) for ultimate compressive strength at cross head speed of 0.5 cm/min. Results were analyzed by ANOVA and Scheffe test. P60 and Z250 had the highest and Nulite-F and Tetric ceram HB had the lowest compressive strength at all the times. The difference between these two groups was statistically significant (p<0.05). The results of the Biscore was steady among the other groups. It is suggested to use Z250 or P60 in posterior restorations instead of the other composite resins tested.


In the present paper the continuous model method is applied to the prototype of a wind turbine tower in order to perform its modal structural analysis. This mathematical analysis is used as an alternative approach to the modal analysis method that uses discrete models. It is well known that in discrete models with high-level discretization and a large number of finite elements, several open questions on the accuracy, the convergence and the stability of the solution arise during the modal or response history analysis. In this sense, the results of the analysis by means of discrete modeling are in several cases doubtful and, therefore, a modal analysis by applying a continuous model as an effective alternative is recommended. To this end, the present paper proposes a continuous model approach to calculate the eigen-frequencies, periods and mode shapes to a wind turbine tower prototype. Starting from the equilibrium of forces on a differential element of the structure, the equation of motion of the tower is formulated and using in turn the known boundary conditions at the two ends of the wind tower, the tower eigen-problem is numerically treated and solved. The action of the higher mode-shapes is very important and may become critical in the case that the tower is subjected to strong dynamic loading (cf. e.g. wind) and simultaneously is excited by a strong seismic motion.


Nowadays, the streaming of high-quality video content for Internet TV or IPTV is one of the most demanding applications for the networks. This study focuses on the provision of multicast video service by means of a point-to-multipoint transport network as an alternative to delivery over a set of point-to-point connections. By a network design tool applied to study cases, we will evaluate how the multicast transport solutions can achieve lower capital expenditure taking advantage of the synergy of packet switching, packet replication and optical infrastructure. We will compare the different scenarios of legacy unicast circuit-switched transport (e.g. SDH), Carrier-Ethernet multicast and optical multicast transport in terms of network cost.


Summary A visible-light-induced photoredox-catalyzed bromoetherification of alkenols is described. This approach, with CBr4 as the bromine source through generation of bromine in situ, provides a mild and operationally simple access to the synthesis of β-bromotetrahydrofurans and -tetrahydropyrans with high efficiency and regioselectivity.


Objective To estimate the main disease spectrum and the result differences of physical examination between men and women,and to put forward the recommendations about health management. Methods The results of physical examination of 1,349 employees were collected from CNPC Central Hospital in 2009,and then a statistical analysis was conducted by using the order method and the abnormal detection rate. Results The top ten of disease diagnosis and the positive signs were fatty liver,hyperlipidemia,thyroid nodules,prostatic hypertrophy,osteopenia,hyperuricemia,hemorrhoids,helicobacter pylori antibodies,high ALT,and cervical smear showed inflammation.In addition to the special diseases of males and females and individual diseases,there were statistically significant differences in the prevalence rate between men and women(P0.05,P0.01). Conclusions There are significant differences in the diseases measured by physical examination between men and women.Health management is conducive to reduce the prevalence rates of the diseases.


Background: Premature death is a challenge from the social, medical, sanitary and economic point of view. Many of these deaths are avoidable with the impleme...


A transistor for a bandgap circuit is described, which is designed in the form of an NPN transistor. An insulated p-well, which is surrounded by a buried n-well, is used as the basic connection. The n-well represents the emitter connection. A negatively doped region is formed in the p-well, which serves as a collector connection. The structure used is present in DRAM processes and can therefore be used to form an npn transistor as a base diode in bandgap circuits.


To evaluate the integration of distributed generation, a stochastic optimization model will be applied. Existing stochastic optimization models show a rough and therewith not adequate description of the grid. For an improved consideration of the distribution grid, several methods to describe the load flow during optimization are analysed by using an exemplary case study. The obtained results are compared and evaluated.


A study was made of a joint between a single-mode channel waveguide and a single-mode fiber. The measured parameters of the mode field distributions in the waveguide and fiber were used to calculate the sensitivity of an end-to-end joint to the magnitude of the gap and to angular transverse displacements between the ends. The parameters of a channel waveguide fiber should, in principle, allow formation of a joint with an efficiency of 90%. The experimental value of the joint efficiency was 86%.


A dispersion scheme for aqueous processing of manganese zinc ferrite suspensions is presented. The addition of oxalic acid leads to the formation of a uniform negative charge on the surface such that a cationic polyelectrolyte, polyethyleneimine (PEI), adsorbs and provides electrosteric dispersion. At 0.5 w/w (weight percent with respect to the dry powder) oxalic acid addition, there is a relatively uniform negative surface charge (approximately −30 mV) within the suspension pH range investigated (3–10), eliminating the isoelectric point (pH ∼7.6) present for the as-received metal oxide powder. At the addition of 0.5 w/w PEI on an oxalate-treated surface, the surface charge is constant and positive (∼20 mV) through a wide pH range, ∼5–10. The resulting rheological data for passivation–dispersion of relatively high-solids manganese zinc ferrite suspensions (∼80 wt%) demonstrate improved colloid stability with improved rheological properties. The resulting apparent viscosity and Bingham yield point is 0.01 Pa·s (12.0 cP) and 0.24 Pa (2.4 dynes/cm2), respectively. A sulfonated napthalene-based dispersant, typically used in industry, gives an apparent viscosity and Bingham yield point of 0.03 Pa·s (32 cP) and 3.1 Pa (31 dynes/cm2), respectively.


A CMOS VCO circuit technique which enables a dynamic GHz-band switching has been described. To get wide band switching, it has been clarified analytically that keeping Q constant is important to configure the circuit. To meet this, an LC VCO circuit which can switch resonant capacitors and inductors simultaneously for switching the band has been suggested. To verify the effect, a dual band VCO circuit has been designed and fabricated by using a 0.13-mum standard CMOS process technology and succeeded in switching the band dynamically from 2 to 4 GHz with keeping 1 MHz offset phase noise of -120 dBc/Hz


Dr. Kinnick is the Director of Pre-College Programs and a professor of Communication in the Department of University Studies at Kennesaw State University. She was the recipient of the KSU Foundation Distinguished Teaching Award in 2003 and the recipient of the KSU Foundation Distinguished Professor Award in 2010. The transcript includes two separate interviews: October 15, 2004, conducted by Dede Yow and Thomas Allan Scott, and January 26, 2011, conducted by Thomas Allan Scott. It supersedes the single transcript for the October 15, 2004, interview.


The invention provides an antibacterial deodorant ultra-fine denier polyester raschel blanket and a production method thereof. The blanket uses antibacterial deodorant polyester fiber with the fineness of below 1 denier as blanket fluff yarn raw material and uses 100 to 150-denier polyester filaments as base cloth. The production method of the raschel blanket is characterized by sequentially comprising the following steps: a) preparing the raw material according to the formula; b) weaving the raw material into grey cloth; c) slitting the grey cloth into specification size; d) performing printing or dyeing; e) performing post-treatment, f) performing heat setting; g) performing combing; and h) performing shearing to obtain a finished blanket. Compared with the prior art, the blanket has the advantages of changing the water-repellent non-breathable performance of polyester fiber, selecting and developing appropriate moisture-absorbing sweat-discharging softener and achieving firm moisture-absorbing sweat-discharging function through after-finishing after washing. In order to achieve the fluff style of raschel blankets, an ultra-fine fiber polyester blanket with the fineness of below 1 denier needs to have the moisture-absorbing sweat-discharging function with such fine fiber, as well as fine soft fluff, fluffy straight fluff, bright clean smooth fluff surface, good compression-resisting rebounding property, light weight and good warmth retention property, and similar products cannot achieve the effect.


The floating roofs are used in large aboveground storage tanks to prevent evaporation of the content. The single-deck floating roof, which is considered herein, consists of a thin circular plate called a deck attached to a buoyant ring of box-shaped cross section called a pontoon. Under the accumulated rain water condition, the deck is deflected largely, and both its edge part and the pontoon are compressed circumferentially. Since the load condition due to the rain water depends on the deflected deck shape, it is difficult to find the unique equilibrium condition. This paper describes the deformation analysis for the single-deck floating roofs under the accumulated rain water condition using the geometrically nonlinear axisymmetric shell finite element method. The load incremental method, in which the equivalent nodal forces due to the rain water converges to coincide with the rain water load derived from both the current rain water volume and the deflected deck shape, is used.Copyright © 2011 by ASME


The reaction of bis(trifluoromethyl)arsane 2 with secondary amines R2NH in a molar ratio of 1:3 at -6 0 °C allows the preparation of trifluoromethyl arsaalkenes of the type F3CAs=C(F)NR2 in moderate yields (15-35% ) [NR2 = NM e2 (3a), NM eEt (3b), N Et2 (3c)]. The main product of the reaction of 2 with Me2NH is the 1,1-diamino compound F3CAs=C(NM e2)2 (4a). With ethyl(isopropyl)or di(isopropyl)amine the corresponding de rivatives F3CAs=C(F)NEt(/Pr) (3d) and F3CAs=C(F)N(/Pr)2 (3e), respectively, are formed only in traces (3d), or not at all (3e). However, 3d and 3e can be prepared by reacting perfluoro-2-arsapropene with the corresponding secondary amines. The new compounds 3 a to 3 e can be stored at 20 °C in chloroform solution for hours without decomposition and show Z configuration without exception. The molecular structure of l-(diethylam ino)-l,3,3,3tetrafluoro-2-arsapropene 3 c, determined by an X-ray diffraction study on single crystals, indicates a strong electronic interaction of the lone pair on nitrogen with the AsC double bond. This results in a trigonal planar arrangement at the nitrogen atom, a strongly shortened sp2-CN-bond (1.312 A ), an elongated AsC distance (1.867 Ä ), and an almost planar skeleton of the molecule.


Education is an industry which may improve individuals' self content and societal function .Investment in education is factually process in which human and material resource capital cumulates .The main function of people's expenditure in education is to realize the "cumulation "rather than the "consumption "of anticipatory profits .The process of planning its investment and locating its costs is actually a game between a government and an individual or a family .The marginal utility of education conforms to the law of increasing and the "industrialization "of education does not mean "marketization" .The government should strengthen its investment in primary and secondary school education and establish a newly typed "mixed system" in which governments and individuals cooperate their investment in order to achieve the healthy development of education .


The article summarizes the new conclusions and spirit of CPC's 16th national conference, analyzes the situation and task of China's ethnic education and systemically discusses a series of key problems in the reform and development of China's colleges for the nationalities. The article points out that under the guidance of the spirit of CPC's 16th national conference we should help Yunnan University of the Nationalities have an over-all development starting at a new level.


A number of changes to the Colorado Business Corporation Act and the Colorado Corporations and Associations Act became effective July 1, 2020 as a result of S.B. 2019-086. One change planned for 2019 but which was delayed until H.B. 2020-1013, was a provision for "ratification of defective corporate acts," which became effective September 14, 2020.

The Colorado provision follows similar provisions in a number of other states, including Delaware, and provides that defects in authorizations of share issuances and other corporate actions shall not be void or voidable solely as a result of a failure of authorization if a prescribed statutory ratification process is followed. Colorado established this process in C.R.S. § 7 103 106 which is now effective for all Colorado corporations.

This paper provides a discussion for practitioners when they recognize that several corporate acts may need to be ratified and provides a procedure to determine which corporate acts should be ratified first, and how the ratification process should occur.


Rural land policy is the foundation and core of rural policy system and its better and worse directly affects the innovation and achievement of rural land system. Generalized in this paper is the theoretical inspiration drawn from the systematic retrospect of our country's rural land policy' evolution after 1949, which provides a theoretic basis for the innovation of rural land policy.


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 Three selected mussel tissues (digestive gland, mantle, and gills) were studied to determine which was the most suitable for the potential use of the cellular energy allocation (CEA) methodology in indigenous mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis. In addition, the applicability of CEA in the assessment of natural stress caused by salinity fluctuations in stratified estuary was tested in selected tissues. It was important to identify the mussel gender to reliably assess the changes in organism energy budget. CEA value was calculated as a ratio between available energy (Ea) and energy consumption (Ec). Mantle tissue was under the strongest influence of the differences in protein and lipid content between male and female mussels, and therefore reflected physiological changes in the organism itself, rather than those caused by natural environmental stress. CEA in gills had lower values than in mantle and digestive gland, and was similar at two selected sampling sites, so the changes in CEA caused by natural stress could not be detected in the gill tissue. Greater Ec in mussels from the estuarine site than from the coastal site was detected only in the digestive gland tissue, and can probably be attributed to the energetically costly maintenance of osmotic balance. Last, using digestive gland tissue in CEA analysis demonstrated a clear difference between coastal and estuarine sampling sites, providing the measure of the natural stress posed by variations in salinity.


Abstract : Cooperative decentralized control of autonomous vehicles continues to be an important research subject for many military applications. Vehicles communicate with each other and exchange information about their relative environment and use that data to develop decentralized, coordinated control policies. Communication is often represented by an graph, and information exchange is modeled by a discrete-time dynamical system, known as the information loop. When vehicles agree on the information state they have reached an information consensus. In this work a topological manifold for representing complex networks of dynamical entities is shown to be an effective way to represent non-entropic measures of information as low dimensional embeddings in a high dimensional lifted space. A 2 dimensional embedding was developed that demonstrates an efficient frontier of graphs that dominate all others in their ability to reject disturbances and converge rapidly to a consensus.


An electrostatic undulator based on a dusty plasma crystal with a period of ∼10 μm is proposed. The linear chain of dust grains is taken as an undulator model. The main mechanisms of radiation are discussed and analytic expressions for the radiation field are shown. The possible application in astrophysics is discussed.


Valproate is a widely used drug against epilepsy and several other neurological disorders although it has deleterious hepatotoxic side effects. The current study was designed to test if agmatine as nitric oxide modulator has protective effects against valproate‐induced hepatic injury. Male Swiss albino mice were treated with sodium valproate (SVP) with or without agmatine for 7 days. Serum and liver samples were collected for analysis. Results have revealed that agmatine exerted hepatoprotective effects against SVP‐associated hepatic injury. Agmatine ameliorated SVP‐induced elevated serum biochemical markers of hepatic damage such as serum transaminases, alkaline phosphatase, γ‐glutamyl transferase, and lactate dehydrogenase. Histopathological examination of the liver showed improvement of hepatic lesions in case of agmatine treatment. Furthermore, agmatine attenuated oxidative stress and enhanced antioxidants in liver tissue. Agmatine inhibited the activation of nuclear factor‐κB and ameliorated the immunoexpression of inducible nitric oxide synthetase. This was accompanied by decrease in the level of inflammatory markers as nitrite/nitrate, tumor necrosis factor‐α, and interleukin‐6. These data provide new evidence of the hepatoprotective activity of agmatine against SVP‐induced hepatotoxic effects.


Objective To investigate the sanitary quality of drinking water from centralized water supply department in Luan City.Methods The colourity,turbidity,total count of bacteria,total coliform bacteria,coliform bacteria faecalis,iron,manganese and chlorination by-products from source water,finished water and tap water samples in centralized water supply department in Luan City were inspected respectively.The sanitary quality of drinking water was assessed based on Hygienic Standards for Drinking water.Results Seventy samples from source water were inspected.22 of 70 were qualified.Total qualified rate was 31.1%.Qualified rate of source water was 49.4%、12.0%、50.1%、19.6% and 12.3% from 2000 to 2004.Seventy samples from finished water were inspected.Qualified rate was 100%.420 samples from tap water were inspected.Qualified rate was 99.8%.Conclusions Qualified rate of source water was lower in Luan City.Qualified rates of finished water and tap water samples in centralized water supply department were higher in Liuan City.


Oxygen isotope composition of surface snow sampled in the austral summer of +332/+333 along the traverse route from Zhongshan Station toward Dome A, Antarctica is measured with the conventional mass spectrometer technique. The results of measurement show that oxygen isotope composition of surface snow varies in a wide range from ,,./+ to /*.01 , and has a tendency that isotopic values gradually decrease with increase of distance from Zhongshan Station and altitude. Linear regression analysis indicates that there exists good correlation between oxygen isotope composition of surface snow and distance from Zhongshan Station, altitude and/or latitude, which actually reflects the close relation between stable isotope composition and air temperature.


Biking is a popular recreational activity, and understanding how to promote participation is important to college health and recreation professionals. The purpose of this study was to examine factors contributing to cycling behaviors on one large college campus from an ecological perspective. Students were surveyed at a southeastern university in 2014 (n = 3 56). The survey instrument included intrapersonal, interpersonal, and institutional predictors of cycling practices. The predictors of cycling engagement included gender, ethnicity, and race and also intrapersonal and interpersonal variables that predispose participation. This inquiry was intended to offer insights to guide the planning and implementation of targeted, multilevel cycling promotion programming for the campus community to increase commuting options and create opportunities for outdoor recreation involving bicycling. This study identified factors that facilitate or hinder university campus cycling as well as demographic predictors of cycling behavior.


A storage and charging device for game pieces is described which is associated with an interactive software experience, such that the storage and charging device corresponds to a virtual entity within the interactive software experience. The storage and charging device comprises a charging mechanism and a communication mechanism. The charging mechanism is arranged to charge at least one of the game pieces and the communication mechanism is arranged to communicate with the interactive software experience.


The invention provides oral cavity cleaning equipment and an oral cavity cleaning set, and belongs to the field of oral cavity cleaning. The oral cavity cleaning equipment comprises a toothbrush main body, a dental plaque detecting instrument, a first power device and a second power device, wherein the toothbrush main body comprises a handle and a brush head; a first channel and a second channel are formed in the handle; an output end of the first power device communicates with the first channel; an output end of the second power device communicates with the second channel; an output end of the dental plaque detecting instrument is mounted on the brush head; and the oral cavity cleaning set comprises a mounting seat and a plurality of oral cavity cleaning devices mounted on the mounting seat. Through the oral cavity cleaning equipment provided by the invention, an oral cavity and teeth are cleaned effectively by fluid which has suitable speed and impact force when entering the oral cavity, the effect of removing food residues and the dental plaque is quite obvious, and the second power device can suck away a residue mixture in the oral cavity, so that the oral cavity is clean and refreshing. The dental plaque detecting instrument monitors the content of bacteria in the oral cavity at any time, and therefore, people controls cleaning degree conveniently.


This paper addresses the issue of critical infrastructure protection regarding prevention and response when an incident of road transport. Critical infrastructure is necessary for each country. Security functionality and security of the individual components or system components. When an incident occurs always, distort proper operation. As a result of the incident sends requests to the criteria just before the onset but also in the development we must take into account. Evaluation criteria are important parts not only for prevention of occurrence of the incident as well as reaction. Implications of evaluation criteria are to minimize the risks and consequences of the incident.


This design would make a hospital's lobby interior that not only provide health services, but also make patients feel comfortable by giving some facilities. Facilities to be added to the hospital's lobby are interior design and furnitures ambience, the furnitures are made to facilitate the disabled as well, smart hospital system, as well as a good circulation system for the smooth operation of the lobby. The addition of a better atmosphere at the hospital can provide an increement of hope in patient's healing process. In addition, the smart hospital system and a good circulation system can support the activities that occur in the hospital's lobby.


We derive pointwise curvature estimates for graphical mean curvature flows in higher codimensions. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first such estimates without assuming smallness of first derivatives of the defining map. An immediate application is a convergence theorem of the mean curvature flow of the graph of an area decreasing map between flat Riemann surfaces.


The potential for environmental, social, and economic advances enabled by information and communication technologies (ICTs) is tremendous: 'Smart Grid' systems hold promise for resource conservation and climate change mitigation; innovations in ICT help transition countries from industrial to knowledge economies, and bridging the digital divide in developing countries can help achieve Millennium Development Goals worldwide: ending poverty, enabling universal education, and creating global partnerships. However, the benefit possible from global use of ICTs cannot be realized without a corresponding build up of digital infrastructure. This projected increase in ICT products is of particular concern to environmental sustainability, in large part due to the global health, safety, and environmental effects of managing these products in the waste stream. The ability to quantify and manage environmental impacts of ICT products is complicated by continuous evolution of product form and function. The work described herein provides an assessment of how changing form factor and material composition in common consumer electronics - desktop and notebook computers - may influence the electronic waste stream in the U.S. Results indicate that dematerialization on a per product basis is largely offset by increasing volumes of the total waste stream. From an economic standpoint, end-of-life value will be enhanced by the increasing use of lightweight materials such as aluminum and magnesium but potentially impacted by decreasing precious metal content. This paper also suggests that common design for end-of-life heuristics may be less applicable to ICT products undergoing rapid technological progress, as exemplified by the changing form factor and lightweighting of the consumer notebook computer.


Much interesting and useful information is contained in this concise compilation of essential information on iron poisoning. There appear to have been about 30 deaths from ferrous sulfate poisoning in the United States between 1949 and 1956. The incidence of iron poisoning appears to be increasing, and this is related to the greater use of iron therapy in the recent decade. Death has occurred after ingestion of from 40 to 1,600 mg ferrous sulfate per kg of body weight. The fatal dose for a child 2 years of age has been estimated to be about 900 mg/kg. The principal clinical and pathologic manifestations of iron poisoning are described. Treatment is essentially symptomatic and is directed toward removing the iron from the gastrointestinal tract and combating circulatory failure, as follows: give milk immediately and induce vomiting; lavage stomach with a 5% aqueous solution of monosodium phosphate or disodium phosphate, leaving 2 or 3 ounces of the phosphate solution in the stomach for a child of 1 or 2 years; 200 mg of bismuth subcarbonate may be given every 4 hours; dehydration should be corrected with parenteral fluids, and whole blood or plasma may be employed to combat shock; edathamil calcium-disodium is administered intravenously. Oxygen and antibiotics are given as indicated and occasionally exchange transfusions have proved valuable in treatment.
 The report is concerned only with the toxicity of ferrous sulfate and no information is given regarding the safety of organic iron compounds. It is obvious that ferrous sulfate must be kept out of the reach of children and excessive doses avoided.


This research work aims to analyze the static analysis of laminated composite plate with various boundary conditions and various types of load applications. In this paper, finite element analysis has been carried out for five laminated rectangular plate by considering the master element as a tetrahedron element. Numerical analysis has been carried out by developing programming in mathematical software MATLAB and the results obtained from MATLAB are giving good agreement with the results. Later, for the same structure, analysis has been carried out using finite element analysis software ANSYS 12.1. This job is helpful for obtaining the results not only at node points but also the entire surface of the rectangular plate. Finally, comparison has been done between the results obtained from FEA numerical analysis, and ANSYS results. Numerical results showed that, the results obtained by finite element analysis and ANSYS simulation results are in close agreement with the stress results. During this analysis, the optimal thickness of the plate has been obtained when the plate is subjected to different loading and boundary conditions.


Objective: To evaluate the anesthetic effect and influence using the Wand oral cavity local anesthesia in teeth preparation of vital teeth. Methods:Eight-seven patients with vital teeth were randomly divided into two groups. Pain intensity were scaled by VAS. Pulse and blood pressure were observed before and 5 minutes after drugs administration. Results:The anesthetic effect of the Wand was significant better than traditional method (P0. 01). No significant changes of pulse and blood pressure were found during the whole process. Conclusions:The Wand oral cavity local anesthesia is an efficient and safe dental anesthesia method.


Background: Therapy related myeloid neoplasm (t-MN) such as acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplasia are emerging challenges in the current era when newer therapies are improving patient survival in many malignancies. Although clinical trials have reported the outcomes of t-MN, the real world data on its incidence and overall survival (OS) at population level remains sparse. Methods: Using Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER-18) database, we identified patients aged ≥ 10 years with pathologically confirmed t-MN (ICD-0-3 code 9920) diagnosed between the years 2000-2013 and actively followed. Incidence rate per 100000 population and incidence rate ratio (IRR) were calculated to describe the relative differences in disease incidence between the subgroups. Race was divided as Whites, Blacks, American Indians and Asian/pacific islanders. Three year OS was calculated by Kaplan-Meier method and compared by log rank test. Determinants of OS were analyzed with Cox proportional hazard regression method. Statistical analyses were done with significance level of p Results: A total of 941 patients with t-MN who met the study criteria were identified. Median age of the cohort was 63 years (10-85 years). Majority of the patients had age ≥60 years (58.2%), females (55.2%) and White race (86.4%). Overall incidence of t-MN was 0.09 cases/100000 population and showed significant variations with age, race and the period of diagnosis (Table 1). The disease incidence increased significantly after the age 40 (IRR ranging from 4.23 to 15.68, p Conclusions: The incidence of t-MN has significantly increased in the last decade and varies with factors such as age and race. Although OS has improved in the period 2010-2013, outcomes of this disorder continue to remain poor at the population level. Further research to identify the disease risk factors and development novel therapies is required to improve the outcomes. Disclosures Michaelis:Pfizer: Equity Ownership; Cellgene Corporation: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity9s Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Incyte Corporation: Consultancy, Honoraria. Atallah:Pfizer: Other: Grant review; Takeda: Research Funding; Novartis: Consultancy; BMS: Consultancy; CTI biopharma: Consultancy; Incyte: Consultancy; Ariad: Honoraria.


The history and character of ZMBCH-2.7 type high current density,natural circulation,bipolar-type ion-exchange membrane electrolyzers are introduced,as well as the application in chlor-alkali industry.


Sarcasm often manifests itself in some implicit language and exaggerated expressions. For instance, an elongated word, a sarcastic phrase, or a change of tone. Most research on sarcasm detection has recently been based on text and image information. In this paper, we argue that most image data input to the sarcasm detection model is redundant, for example, complex background information and foreground information irrelevant to sarcasm detection. Since facial details contain emotional changes and social characteristics, we should pay more attention to the image data of the face area. We, therefore, treat text, audio, and face images as three modalities and propose a multimodal deep-learning model to tackle this problem. Our model extracts the text, audio, and image features of face regions and then uses our proposed feature fusion strategy to fuse these three modal features into one feature vector for classification. To enhance the model's generalization ability, we use the IMGAUG image enhancement tool to augment the public sarcasm detection dataset MUStARD. Experiments show that although using a simple supervised method is effective, using a feature fusion strategy and image features from face regions can further improve the F1 score from 72.5% to 79.0%.


BECAUSE OF THE EFFECT OF VIBRATIONS DUE TO BLASTING UPON SURROUNDINGS OF QUARRIES IT MAY BECOME NECESSARY TO RESTRICT OR STOP THE BLASTING OPERATIONS. IN SUCH CASES, WHEN DEALING WITH SUITABLE AND RELATIVELY LOOSE ROCK, IT MAY BE POSSIBLE TO QUARRY THE RAW MATERIAL BY RIPPING AND THEN SHIFTING IT WITH THE AID OF HEAVY CRAWLER VEHICLES. THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTORS IN THE CHOICE OF EQUIPMENT ARE THE ENGINE POWER AND THE WEIGHT OF THE CRAWLER VEHICLE. SOME EXPERIENCE WITH THE USE OF RIPPING IN THE CEMENT INDUSTRY IS ALREADY AVAILABLE. WITH PORTABLE CRUSHING PLANTS IT IS POSSIBLE TO AVAIL ONESELF OF THE ECONOMIC AND OPERATIONAL ADVANTAGES OF CONTINUOUS MATERIALS HANDLING IN THE QUARRY AS WELL. A NUMBER OF FAIRLY LARGE INSTALLATIONS ARE IN USE. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS SHOW THAT WALKING MECHANISMS WHEREBY SUCH INSTALLATIONS CAN MOVE FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER ARE GAINING IN IMPORTANCE. CRUSHED STONE STOCKPILES ENABLE THE QUARRYING OPERATIONS TO BE PERFORMED MORE ECONOMICALLY AND ALSO, BY PREHOMOGENISING OF THE RAW MATERIAL, PROVIDE THE CONDITIONS FOR WELL-CONTROLLED KILN RUNNING. THERE ARE VARIOUS SYSTEMS OF STOCKPILING AND RECLAIMING THE MATERIAL, ALL OF WHICH REQUIRE A GREATER OR LESS EXPENDITURE IN RESPECT OF TECHNICAL CONTROL EQUIPMENT. /AUTHOR/


The most frequent benign tumor of the female genital organs is leiomyoma of the uterus. On average, 20% of European women over 35 years of age are affected by it. In the Afro-American population, the incidence is 2-3 times higher than in the Caucasian population. The female endocrine system can stimulate these myomas which may grow to extreme sizes and thus complicate pregnancy and delivery. Here, we report on a successful pregnancy with an extremely large myoma of the uterine fundus in a 37-year-old woman from Ghana (Grav II, Para I). The pregnancy was prolonged successfully up to 34 weeks' gestation. Because the patient's clinical condition dramatically worsened on day 34+4 of GA, a cesarean section was performed. The baby presented in breech position with a weight of 2170 g and a good ABG. Subsequently, enucleation of the leiomyoma was performed. The histological findings showed a leiomyoma with regressive changes and no sign of malignancy. The patient was discharged from the hospital in good clinical condition on the 8th postoperative day.


Foreign direct investment (FDI) refers to long term participation by country A into country B. There are two types of FDI: inward FDI and outward FDI. Many African countries have already done much to create a more business-friendly environment and many have made impressive progress towards political and economic stability. In their efforts to revive economic activity they have scaled down bureaucratic obstacles band interventions in their economies, embarked on privatization programs and are putting in place pro-active investment measures. These efforts helped by other factors such as high commodity prices have borne fruit in recent years. Research on the impact of China on other developing countries is still at an early stage and there are still a number of key areas where current knowledge is limited. The result indicated that, China is the second highest country in terms of trade and FDI in Ghana. Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment, Development, trade, industries and Economic


. This study aimed to determine the species composition of reef fish in Nonoc Island, Surigao City, Philippines. Multiple fishing techniques were conducted within established 50x50 m quadrats, at three sampling stations, in January 2020, yielding 16 species from 12 families of reef fish fauna. All species are native in the Philippines and the majority are of a least concern status (94%). Chlorurus sordidus has the highest relative abundance (12%) among the collected species. Station 1 located in Brgy Nonoc had the highest number of species (S=16) and the most diverse taxa (H'=2.65), among the three sampling stations. The Nonoc Island still hosts a noteworthy number of reef fish fauna, despite the mining activities that lasted for decades and the intensive fishing activities deployed by the population living in the area. Hence, regular monitoring and intensive study are essential to come up with comprehensive data related to the reef fish fauna of the area.


The tetrahydro-β-carboline ring system is present in many naturally occurring compounds, either simple tetrahydro-βcarboline alkaloids or more complex natural products bearing additional fused rings, most of them displaying significant biological and pharmacological activities. This heterocyclic ring system is also present in numerous bioactive alkaloid-related synthetic compounds, some of which have emerged as important targets for pharmaceutical research.


Due to the fact that public procurement law could not meet the needs of the world's changing and developing needs, a new law came ino operation in the 1st of January, 2003 with the number 4734. This law ensured that the contract was signed with the company who had the capacity to do the job required instead of the one who offered the lowest price. This is called adequacy criterion. Moreover, the World Bank, European Investment Bank and the criteria that is applied to the procurements have been examined. The purpose of this study is the examination of the effect that the adequacy criteria used in public contracts in Turkey has on the proper execution of the contracts. Turkiye'de kamu ihale kanunu gunumuzun degisen ve gelisen ihtiyaclarina cevap verememesi nedeniyle 1 Ocak 2003 tarihinde 4734 sayili yeni bir kanun yururluge girmistir. Survey has been used in order to achieve this.


This study investigates the impact of oil price uncertainty on the Stock Exchange of Thailand. Monthly data from May 1987 to December 2013 are applied to the two-stage procedure. In the first step, a bivariate generalized autoregressive conditional heteroskedastic (GARCH) model is estimated to obtain the volatility series of stock market index and oil price. In the second step, the pairwise Granger causality tests are performed to determine the direction of volatility transmission between oil to stock markets. It is found that movement in real oil price does not adversely affect real stock market return, but stock price volatility does affect real stock return. In the sense of causality, there exists a positive one-directional volatility transmission running from oil to stock market. Oil price change and its uncertainty also adversely affect two main sub-index returns. These important findings give some implications for risk management and policy measures.


1 IS SN 2 29 284 99 Q ue s av on sno us ? (E n lig ne ) With the increasing number of divorces and separations, the question of the physical custody of children in a post-breakup context has become a major issue for legal and social worker professionals, as well as for parents and the groups that represent them. In the Province of Québec, both parents have legal custody. They likewise have, with respect to their children, a right and a duty regarding custody, supervision, and education. They must also nourish and provide care for their children. Even if physical custody is granted to one of the parents after the separation, each parent conserves the right to supervise their care and education1. While it is important not to deny the importance of these principles, we must recognize that the debates about post-breakup parenting focus on the daily supervision of children and on the respective attributions of the mothers and fathers. Since the 90s, the sharing of the physical custody of children between the two parents has given rise to numerous discussions among specialists. The notion of the child's best interest, which constitutes, according to Québec's Civil Code, the most important criterion when making decisions about children's physical custody and access rights, has been clarified by the courts2 but also widely discussed by psychologists and practitioners (for an international state of the art, see Nielsen, 2011). The present text does not take a direct part in this debate. Rather it draws a quantitative and objective portrait of children's physical custody as it currently occurs in the Province of Québec and asks the following questions. Is shared physical custody really


The calculation method for discharge capacity of sluice under highly submerged discharge is still not perfect now. Based on the experience in model tests for more than ten lower-head hydraulic projects and a lot of cross-section model experiments, this paper presents a calculation method for discharge capacity of sluice under highly submerged discharge which provides a more complete estimation of the water level increment in front of the sluice after its construction.


T The synthesis and release of human prolactin (hPRL) in the human fetus was assessed by radioimmunoassay analysis of the content and concentration of hPRL in 82 pituitary glands and the concentration of serum hPRL in 47 fetuses of gestational age 68 days to term. Fetal hPRL exhibited parallelism with the reference standard (Lewis 203-1). hPRL was detected by 68 days of gestation (10 wk), the earliest fetal pituitary gland studied; 8 out of 33 pituitaries had a prolactin (PRL) content above 2.0 ng between 10-15 wk gestation. The mean content of PRL in the pituitary gland increased sharply from 14.8±4.6 ng at 15-19 wk to 405±142 ng at 20-24 wk and 542±204 ng at 25-29 wk gestation. By term, the mean content was 2,039± 459 (range 493-3,689) and the mean concentration 15.9±2.4 ng/mg (range 7-20). There was a significant positive correlation (P < 0.001) between the hPRL and human growth hormone (hGH) content of fetal pituitary glands; at term the hPRL/hGH ratio was 1/290. The concentration of serum hPRL between 12 and 24 wk ranged from to ng/ml, mean ng/ml (n by 26 wk fetal serum hPRL increased sharply and attained of in At the mean plasma of was 36 RIA


In additional measurements following their experimental demonstration of the now well-known longitudinal shift of a light beam undergoing total reflection, Goos and H\"anchen have observed that an incident beam of natural light is separated into two beams with polarizations normal and parallel to the incidence plane. Although an explanation of this filtering effect of orthogonal modes is easy in terms of either the Artmann or the Renard formulas of the Goos-H\"anchen shift, which are deduced from a stationary phase and an energy-conservation argument, respectively, it seems that this explation has not yet been produced. We describe here associated theoretical and experimental work showing that both the longitudinal Goos-H\"anchen shift and the new transverse shift are quantized, each having two eigenvalues and two eigenfunctions, which are the principal linear polarization states in the first case and the circularly polarized states in the second case. Thus the longitudinal and the transverse shifts should not be simultaneously observable. This can be justified in terms of the so-called tangential and sagittal focal lines produced by total reflection from a point source. Our theoretical reasoning is based on formal properties of Poynting's energy-flux vector. Our experiments consist of (1) a confirmation, with photographic recording, of the Goos-H\"anchen "polarization effect," (2) a similar demonstration of the filtering of the two circular polarization modes by observation of the transverse shift. In the latter case our apparatus is similar to the one we have used for demonstrating the transverse shift, but with the circular polarization analyzer placed after rather than before the totally reflecting prism. Our new measurements also comprise an improved evaluation of the transverse shift.


An apparatus for directing electromagnetic radiation EMR, comprising an EMR source to produce discrete pulses of radiation, EMR separator, the EMR separator providing a plurality of EMR transmission paths for the received pulses, EMR transmission paths ending in a network, and optical means for receiving EMR from the network and for directing said EMR.


Because of the drawbacks of differential drive mobile robots in positioning and estimating the track such as the low precision,this paper presents a new dead reckoning method.By measuring the angular velocity of two coaxial driving wheels and using the moving mechanism of differential drive system,the location of next sampling for the two wheels can be evaluated by this method.Under the condition that the robot's initial location is known,this algorithm can track and locate differential drive mobile robots for a certain distance,and effectively assists or corrects other indoor positioning methods by which positioning results are unstable.Simulation results show that compared with current dead reckoning methods based on differential equations,the positioning error of this method is less.


We here shortly review the field of long-range interactions and presents selected issues of fundamental interest for statistical mechanics and dynamical systems theory. Applications to the case of a Single-Pass Free Electron Laser are discussed.


The 6bone was established in 1996 by the IETF as an IPv6 Testbed network to enable various IPv6 testing as well as to assist in the transitioning of IPv6 into the Internet. It operates under the IPv6 address allocation 3FFE::/16 from RFC 2471. As IPv6 is beginning its production deployment it is appropriate to plan for the phaseout of the 6bone. This document establishes a plan for a multi-year phaseout of the 6bone and its address allocation on the assumption that the IETF is the appropriate place to determine this.


The utility model relates to a flat surface screen printing machine and a feeding and discharging mechanism thereof. The feeding and discharging mechanism comprises a feeding device and a discharging device which are made up of a plurality of belt wheel units which are driven synchronously, and a transfer device which transfers printing stocks between the feeding device and a printing platform and between the printing platform and the discharging device by two pairs of manipulators. Therefore, the flat surface screen printing machine using the feeding and discharging mechanism realizes the full automation of feeding and discharging completely and improving production efficiency greatly in addition to reducing labor intensity for operators. Moreover, the flat surface screen printing machine uses an approach inductor and corresponding control programs to control the feeding device, the discharging device and the manipulators, therefore, the location is very accurate. The accurate location of a screen and the printing stocks can be realized conveniently and the relative positional accuracy of machine printing is improved greatly.


Until recently, most wavefront-guided excimer laser treatments have been driven by HartmannShack aberrometry. Hartmann-Shack aberrometry works by reflecting a ray of infrared laser light off of the retina and sampling the emerging beam over the pupillary zone with a grid array of lenslets. Aberrometric data are then derived from a function of the difference between the measured position of the emergent beam and its reference position based on a neutral wavefront at each point sampled. Measurement fidelity for Hartmann-Shack systems is limited by the density of the sampling array, and the measurement range is limited by spot cross-over. Spot cross-over is a term used to describe the situation in which the emergent beam is deviated beyond the sampling area of the reference sensor and into the sampling area of the neighboring sensor, resulting in a failed scan acquisition. This limits the application of Hartmann-Shack systems in the highly aberrated eyes that would benefit most from wavefront-guided treatment. Ragazzoni1 described pyramidal aberrometry in 1996. Pyramidal aberrometry in the eye is also based on sampling the emergent beam from infrared light reflected off of the retina over the pupillary zone. An oscillating pyramidic optical component placed at the focal plane splits emergent light into four images of the pupil. These images are captured through relay optics by a charged coupled device camera. Differences in light intensity between corresponding loci on these four images are used to derive aberrometric information. Measurement fidelity is only limited by the pixel density of the charged coupled device camera, and spot cross-over does not ocABSTRACT


A WORKER in a pharmaceutical laboratory presented himself complaining of bloodshot eyes which had existed for six days. He hardly felt any discomfort apart from an occasional slight itching; no lacrimation or secretion were present. On examination both eves were found to be bloodshot, the bulbar conjunctiva being injected only in, the area exposed to the air. Neither the palpebral conjunctiva nor the bulbar conjunctiva normally covered by it-shoked any changes. The line of demarcation between the hy,peraemic and -the normal bulbar conjunctiva was rather sharply defined. The cornea was normal. Apart from the hyperaemia, the slightly oedematous conjunctiva had a peculiar opaque aspect, the superficial vessels only being clearlv visible. Especially on the slit-lamp this opaqueness of the bulbar conjunctiva was striking. A conjunctival smewr did not show any organisms. A drop of adrenalin solution 1: 1000 reduced the congestion considerably and the conjunctiva took the aspect of a opaline glass. The clinical picture-hyperaemia and infiltration of the exposed bulbar conjunctiva-together with the iuiformation as to the occupation of the patient, suggested a chemical agent as the cause for the condition. This substance would probably be present in the atmosphere in the form of a vapour or fume; dust would be washed into the inferior fornix and exert its irritating action there, while the fornix was entirely normal. The patient had been engaged in work entailing the use of dimethyl-sulfate, a substance which is used to introduce the methyl group into certain chemical compounds. Dimethyl-sulfate (CH3)2S04, is, a colourless, heavy oil which has a boiling-point of ca. 1880 C. Direct application to the skin produces a very intensive reaction, and its vapours are known to have an irritative effect on the mucous membranes. Prolonged exposure to it may cause serious nervous symptoms. The noxious effect of dimethvl-s'ulfate on the eyes has been subject to a number of publications at the beginning of this century. Weber' was the first to recognize its toxicity and published three cases: two were workers who had been exposed to dimethyl-sulfate fumes in the course of their work; one of them died from lung


Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) constitute an alternative method of procuring infrastructure projects. They include the cooperation of the public and private sectors for the provision of assets and services. The idea behind this kind of partnerships is old (France in the 19th century), however, in modern times it was introduced in the UK (1992) under the term Private Finance Iniative (PFI). Since then, and after 15 years of experience and evolution, many countries around the globe have adopted PPPs for projects and services in numerous public sectors, that include: transport, health, education, waste treatment, prisons, defence. In the light of these events, Greece has decided recently (2005) to launch a PPP program with a new legislation, in order to promote PPPs in the Greek market. Until now, only 3 transport projects (Attiki Odos, Rio-Antirio Bridge, International Airport of Athens) were procured as PPPs in Greece, however the "steps" of the Greek economy, during the last 15 years, were towards the participation of private funds in the operation of the state. Moreover, the contribution of the European Union with the Community Support Frameworks (CSF I,II,III 1989-2006) was, and still is, fundamental for the increase of public spending. Thus, we can conclude that the conditions for the development of PPPs, at this specific time, are more than propitious. This report will attempt to evaluate this effort of the Greek state, by examining the history and the present of PPPs in Greece and by using guidelines from the international experience and practice. This provides a basis for future research to examine the success or failure of this method, after the first series of such projects are complete.


We developed, tested on industrial plants and implemented into production the effective methods of getting hydrogen fluoride by sulphuric-acid decomposition of fluorite, which allow to intensify the process of sulphuric-acid decomposition, to raise the degree of fluorine extraction up to 99.7 %, to reduce the reagents consumption coefficients, to reduce the energy consumption. These methods include the following techniques: precalcination of fluorite; preheating of sulphuric acid; adding of hot waste gypsum for mixturing withreagents; applying methods of alternating electric current influence on the reaction mass of fluorite and sulphuric acid; raising temperature in the first heating zone of the furnace; adjustment of optimum temperature regime in heating zones of a drum rotatable furnace; adding surface-active substances to the working mixture of acids; using the working mixture of acid with a higher contents of hydrogen fluoride. There has been developed the theory for processes of sulphuric-acid decomposition of fluorite, their kinetics and mechanism were investigated, the kinetic equations were got, the optimum conditions and mathematical models of the processes in drum rotatable furnaces were defined, the additional apparatus was developed and also the arrangement for measuring temperature of the reaction mass in a drum rotatable furnace.


FACULTY OF LAW University of Lund. Linn Wredström. Liability for Pure Economic Loss in English and Swedish Law of. Tort. According to Chapter 2 Section 2 of the Swedish Tort Liability Act, pure economic loss arising in non-contractual relations shall be compensated if the tortfeasor has caused the loss through the commission of a crime. Although never intended, until recently, the general view was that in the absence of legislation, damages could only be awarded for pure economic loss outside contractual relations if suffered in connection with a crime. In cases where economic losses arise directly out of physical loss, most legal system's tort law (Sw. skadeståndsrätt) provides for compensation. This is not controversial. EUROPEAN REVIEW OF PRIVATE LAW RSS All Journals RSS This Journal Etoc Alerts


In the last decade, private equity and venture capital funds have shifted to the Asia-Pacific region. This article aims to contribute to the understanding of the trends in fundraising and capital allocation in the context of the US–China trade disputes and, therefore, to fill the gap in the literature on private equity and venture capital industry.


Type of funding sources: Public grant(s) – National budget only. Main funding source(s): Spanish Cardiology Society, Cardiac Imaging Association. Grant for short extern fellowship in national centers.

 Reports have suggested an association between the development of myocarditis and mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 coronavirus disease. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) findings in this setting have not been widely explored.

 The present study explores the clinical profile and CMR imaging findings in patients with a diagnosis of myocarditis during the period of 1 month after COVID-19 vaccination compared to non-related myocarditis during the same period.

 All patients who underwent a CMR for suspected myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA) during a period of 1 year from June 2021 to June 2022 were retrospectively evaluated. Myocarditis was defined by modified Lake Louise criteria (mLLC) and vaccine-related myocarditis was defined as a myocarditis episode in the period of 1 month after vaccination. Electronic medical records were analyzed to collect data on baseline clinical variables, CMR features and clinical events.

 A total of 118 consecutive patients undergoing a CMR for suspected MINOCA were included in the study of whom 48 (40,7%) fulfilled mLLC for myocarditis, of those, 15 cases (31,25%) were vaccine-related myocarditis. Both related and non-vaccine related myocarditis were more frequent among men and there were no differences in cardiovascular risk factors or baseline comorbidities between groups. CMR findings showed that vaccine-related myocarditis had similar LVEF and RVEF compared to other myocarditis and there were no differences in native T1, native T2 or extracellular volume (ECV). (Table 1). Edema in non-vaccine related myocarditis was more frequently observed in inferolateral mid and basal segments (segment 11) whilst in vaccine-related myocarditis edema was more frequently observed in inferoseptal mid segment (segment 9). There were no differences in the localization of the late gadolinium enhancement (LGE). (Table 2.) CMR follow-up was performed in 30 patients between 6 to 8 months after admission, showing LGE persistence without edema in 70% of non-vaccine related patients and 77,8% of vaccine-related patients. There were only 2 myocarditis recurrences. During the clinical follow up there were no deaths or ventricular arrhythmias, there were 3 hospital readmissions, 2 of them for a new myocarditis episode and 1 due to an unrelated myocardial infarction.

 Vaccine-related myocarditis represented a significant proportion of new myocarditis diagnosis from June 2021 and June 2022. There were no differences in baseline characteristics, index CMR and CMR follow-up features between both subtypes. Clinical follow up of vaccine-related myocarditis showed no important events.


Recording of auditory nerve action potential is now widely used in clinical practice to objectively adjust speech processor parameters in patients with cochlear implants. According to some authors, the correlation coefficient between the potential of the auditory nerve and the most comfortable level varies within a fairly wide range, but nevertheless it well determines the relief of the tuning curve. This article discusses the relationship of this correlation to the rate of growth of the response amplitude of the auditory nerve potential. Patients with high growth rate of auditory nerve potential amplitude show high correlation (R = 0,71) of this threshold with maximum comfortable level of auditory perception, but patients with low speed show low correlation (R =  0,34) of this dependence. In the latter case, the automatic mode of recording the auditory nerve potential does not achieve the desired result and requires the use of the visual analysis mode of the obtained results. In this case, it is necessary to create several progressive maps with subsequent verification of the results on the patient's behavioral reactions. The paper also presents a variety of options for recording the effect potential of the auditory nerve in special groups of patients with an anomaly of the cochlear and auditory nerve.


The objective of this study is to find the effective stiffness and compressive strengths of a unit-cell pinwheel truss and double pinwheel truss model designed following a double helical geometry similar to that of the DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) structure in biology. The ideal solution for their derived relative density is correlated with a ratio of the truss thickness and length. To validate the relative stiffness or relative strength, ABAQUS software is used for the computational model analysis on five models having a different size of truss diameter from 1mm to 5mm. Applied material properties are stainless steel type 304. The boundary conditions applied were fixed bottom and 5 mm downward displacement. It was assumed that the width, length, and height are all equal. Consequently, it is found that the truss model has a lower effective stiffness and a lower effective yielding strength. •


Risk factors of teenagers' health and their contribution to general life standard on the territory of Bryansk region were explored by the method of questionnaire. Teenagers are a social and age population group who are the most sensitive to the influence of outside stress factors because this age period is known for intensive physiological changes and active processes of growth and development. The author's questionnaire included eight sections such as financial family standing, living conditions, parent's education, nutrition, teenagers' education and incidence of bad habits. The questionnaire provided for teenagers' assessment of their well-being. 138 teenagers aged 15-17 living in the anthropogenically polluted area (the town of Novozybkov) and relatively clean zone (the town of Pochep) were questioned. Among main health risk factors of teenagers from Novozybkov bad habits prevail. The respondents from Pochep seem to suffer from such risk factors as low financial family standing and bad nutrition. According to the survey school environment, living conditions and parents' education have little influence on teenagers' well-being. Quite a low financial family standing did not have an impact on living standard.


A method for obtaining jet fuel from diesel fuel is provided, the method comprising Subjecting the diesel fuel to hydroc racking to convert at least a portion of the diesel fuel into a mixture of light hydrocarbons, kerosene, naphtha and a liq uefied petroleum gas, isolating the kerosene, recovering jet fuel from the kerosene, Subjecting at least a portion of the mixture of kerosene, naphtha and a liquefied petroleum gas to steam forming to obtain a synthesis gas containing hydrogen, and recycling hydrogen contained in the synthesis gas to the hydrocracking step. A modular system for performing the method is also provided.


10 The postwar period has been one of unprecedented growth for the United States in international banking activites. U.S. banks expanded their loans and other claims on foreigners dramatically: the total reached $80.7 billion at the end of 1976 from the U.S.based offices. In addition, U.S. banks expanded overseas by establishing branches worldwide; at the close of 1976 U.S. banks operated 731 branches in 85 foreign countries with assets totaling $220 billion. The expansion of U.S. banks abroad has been accompanied by a rapid expansion of activities of foreign banks in the United States. By the end of 1976 there were 199 foreign financial institutions operating in the United States with total assets of $76 billion.


Hans Holbein's portrait of Henry VIII perished in fire in 1698, yet has remained the definitive image of the English monarch, through a number of derivations down to modern cinematic portrayals. Written to accompany an exhibition at the National Museums & Galleries on Merseyside (UK) and prompted by


To address the issue of the substantial energy cost and operating cost of an all-return air system for a clean room, we changed the former system to a 2nd return air system. With the newest building energy simulation program, Energy Plus, we simulated and compared the summer energy consuming conditions of the two systems. Results prove the superiority of the 2nd return air system, and the validity of the simulation. Also, the air system energy performance in summer was illustrated with typical meteorological hour-to-hour


ON TYPE II0 E0-SEMIGROUPS INDUCED BY q-PURE MAPS ON Mn(C) Christopher Jankowski Robert Powers, Advisor Using a dilation theorem of Bhat, Powers has shown that every non-trivial spatial E0-semigroup can be obtained from a CP -flow acting on B(K ⊗ L(0,∞)), where K is a separable Hilbert space. In this thesis, we use boundary weight doubles (φ, ν) to define natural boundary weight maps which then induce CP -flows over K for 1 < dim(K) <∞. Developing a comparison theory for the E0-semigroups arising from certain boundary weight doubles, we obtain examples of type II0 E0-semigroups and classify them up to cocycle conjugacy. We study the unital q-pure maps acting on Mn(C), classifying all such maps which are invertible or have rank one. We find that the rank one unital q-pure maps arise from faithful states on Mn(C) and, through a boundary weight construction using particular unbounded weights ν on B(L(0,∞)), yield uncountably many mutually non-cocycle conjugate type II0 E0-semigroups for each 1 < n ∈ N. We ask whether every unital q-pure map acting on Mn(C) has rank one or is invertible, and show that this is the case when n = 2. In conclusion, we discuss future problems involving the examination and generalization of these results.


In this paper, we discuss the measurements of spectral surface reflectance (rholambda s) in the wavelength range 350-2500 nm measured using a spectroradiometer onboard a low-flying aircraft over Bangalore (12.95degN, 77.65deg E), an urban site in southern India. The large discrepancies in the retrieval of aerosol properties over land by the Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), which could be attributed to the inaccurate estimation of surface reflectance at many sites in India and elsewhere, provided motivation for this paper. The aim of this paper was to verify the surface reflectance relationships assumed by the MODIS aerosol algorithm for the estimation of surface reflectance in the visible channels (470 and 660 nm) from the surface reflectance at 2100 nm for aerosol retrieval over land. The variety of surfaces observed in this paper includes green and dry vegetations, bare land, and urban surfaces. The measured reflectance data were first corrected for the radiative effects of atmosphere lying between the ground and aircraft using the Second Simulation of Satellite Signal in the Solar Spectrum (6S) radiative transfer code. The corrected surface reflectance in the MODIS's blue (rho470 s), red (rho660 s), and shortwave-infrared (SWIR) channel (rho2100 s) was linearly correlated. We found that the slope of reflectance relationship between 660 and 2100 nm derived from the forward scattering data was 0.53 with an intercept of 0.07, whereas the slope for the relationship between the reflectance at 470 and 660 nm was 0.85. These values are much higher than the slope ( ~0.49) for either wavelengths assumed by the MODIS aerosol algorithm over this region. The reflectance relationship for the backward scattering data has a slope of 0.39, with an intercept of 0.08 for 660 nm, and 0.65, with an intercept of 0.08 for 470 nm. The large values of the intercept (which is very small in the MODIS reflectance relationships) result in larger values of absolute surface reflectance in the visible channels. The discrepancy between the measured and assumed surface reflectances could lead to error in the aerosol retrieval. The reflectance ratio (rho660 s/rho2100 s) showed a clear dependence on the NDVI SWIR where the ratio increased from 0.5 to 1 with an increase in NDVI SWIR from 0 to 0.5. The high correlation between the reflectance at SWIR wavelengths (2100, 1640, and 1240 nm) indicated an opportunity to derive the surface reflectance and, possibly, aerosol properties at these wavelengths. We need more experiments to characterize the surface reflectance and associated inhomogeneity of land surfaces, which play a critical role in the remote sensing of aerosols over land.


In this paper, a distributed monitoring system based on PC for mine belt conveyor fire is developed and a new real-time cycling measuring method in monitoring system is presented. In this way, the flow of communication and the time for cycling measuring can be reduced. The practice shows that the monitoring system has advantages of single structure, low cost and good practical performance, etc.


Direct Red: A Surgeon's View of her Life or Death Profession . By Gabriel Weston. Collins, 2009. 208 pages. R323,12.


Judging from the actual operation experience of the power grid, the current power flow control in thunderstorm weather cannot meet the requirements of power system operation stability. A method that can accurately and quickly control the power grid based on dynamic lightning protection technology was discussed. Based on the real-time lightning detection results and the combination with the dynamic lightning protection master terminal of the smart grid, this method can implement power flows adjustment and power loads shifting. Therefore the dynamic balance of the transmission network and distribution network are realized.


Background: Carcinoma of oral tongue has a high propensity for cervical node metastasis. The thicker the tumour, the higher would be the risk of nodal metastasis and locoregional recurrence. Ultrasonography is used for evaluation of carcinoma tongue and tumour thickness and has a high correlation with histopathological findings. Methods: Our study is a comparative prospective study conducted on 30 patients of carcinoma tongue. All patients underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan and ultrasonography. The findings of MRI and ultrasound were correlated with clinical and pathological findings. Results: MRI had a better correlation with histopathology for primary tumour characteristics and nodal assessment than ultrasonography. Ultrasound with a Pearson correlation coefficient of 0.809 correlated better than MRI for tumour thickness. Tumour thickness of >5 mm was associated with 27.2% nodal positivity rate whereas no patient with primary tumour thickness <5 mm had node positive disease. Conclusions: Ultrasonography has a high correlation with histopathological thickness. Ultrasound thus seems to be an optimal technique in early stage, node negative tongue cancer for evaluation of tumour thickness and predict nodal status.


In the past 10 years, the genetic engineering including the mechanism, purification of enzymes and isolation of genes had gotten a great achievement.In the industry of the flowers and plants it also had come into wide use and gotten outstanding achievement in the study of the flowers and plants. The paper reports the advances of genetic engineering used to improve the shapes of flower, flowering time and shelf life of flower in detail.


Cabrio and Opera are new broadspectrum Fungicides and plant growth regulators.They can reduce the growth of bacteria and regulate the physiological activity of plants.But their affections on soybean have not been reported.The purpose of the experiment was to investigate the growth,yield and physiological effects on different soybean cultivars after Cabrio and Opera treatment.The result showed that after treated with the Fungicides,the activity of peroxidase(POD)and catalase(CAT)significantly increased,the weight of nodules increased 56.3% and 57.6%,the number of pods increased 14.3% and 13.6%,100-seed weight increased 5.28% and 5.42%,yield increased 10.64% and 7.85%,respectively,with the rate of moldy seeds decreased 5.07% and 3.87% in Zhonghuang13 and 1.00% and 0.87% in Nannong99-6.But there were insignificant difference between treated cultivars and CK in other traits such as plant height,root length,the content of auxin,gibberellin,cytokinin and abscisic acid.In brief,Cabrio and Opera could promote growth and increase yield of soybean.