Abstract : This study investigated the impact of media characteristics on receiver's acquisition of recruiting information, the favorability of receiver's attitudes toward the Navy and joining the Navy. The study use a 4x2x2 experimental design which manipulated media (Face-to-face, video, audio only, and text modes), message content (objective and subjective), and length (1 minute and 3 minutes). After controlling for content, length, and receiver gender and experience, media characteristics associated with media richness and channel types accounted for significant portions of variance in perceived media characteristics, receiver outcomes including ambiguity credibility, comprehension, media satisfaction and judgments of communication effectiveness. These variables accounted for significant variance in attitudes toward the Navy, joining the Navy, intentions to join, and a behavioral measure. In general, richer media (i.e., media with greater channel capacity) were more effective for conveying emotionally oriented subjective messages. Results suggest media differ in ways that are important for communicating with potential applicants.


We report an Fe L-edge resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) study of the unusual superconductor βFeSe. The high energy resolution of this RIXS experiment (≈ 55 meV FWHM) made it possible to resolve lowenergy excitations of the Fe 3d manifold. These include a broad peak which shows dispersive trends between 100–200 meV along the (π, 0) and (π, π) directions of the one-Fe square reciprocal lattice, and which can be attributed to paramagnon excitations. The multi-band valence state of FeSe is among the most metallic in which such excitations have been discerned by soft x-ray RIXS.


The invention relates to a method for calculating the river input pollutant quantity based on variable river inlet coefficients. The method includes the steps that firstly, an evolution situation of water cycle factors of a region is systematically analyzed; secondly, sources and components of non-point source pollution in the region are determined; thirdly, the runoff yield of utilization of soil corresponding to various types of non-point source pollution is determined; fourthly, function relations among the river inlet coefficients, the amount of precipitation and the volume of runoff are established according to a rainfall-runoff process combined with the water cycle process analysis; fifthly, according to the river inlet coefficients changing along with time, the river input pollutant quantity is obtained through calculation. The method breaks through a prior fixed river inlet coefficient method, a variable river inlet coefficient method is established, and aiming at non-point source pollution, the river input pollutant quantities of specific pollution sources at different time periods under the different rainfall conditions, different underlying surface conditions and other conditions can be solved out, and therefore a technical support and a scientific basis are provided for water quality simulation, water pollution control and water environment management.


Floating body effect (FBE) in partially depleted SOI MOSFET has become the focus of research recently. So far, most researcher concentrated their study on switching type circuit operation. However, in order to quantify the impact of floating body on analog circuit, small signal characteristic in frequency domain should be investigated. This paper reports an enhancement of output resistance (R/sub out/) at high frequency in partially depleted devices. The effect is explained by the floating body potential fluctuation under the influence of hole accumulation in the neutral body and gate coupling. At high current level, self heating effect overrides FBE and decreases R/sub out/ at high frequency.


Chinese gardens display very distinctive national and cultural features in the space arrangement. With the historical background and cultural comparison, the paper analyses and generalizes the basic features of Chinese gardens and their three dimensional space arrangement from three aspects.


Due to the lack of a resilient system connecting the involved agents, the science of music therapy finds itself today on "moving grounds" ... and even though it seems confident, it is still in incertitude. In the practice of music therapy, the listening of music has as its goal to induce the patient to a state of relaxed embodiment to a point in which (so often) the traditional medical practice surrenders (Antrim, 1944). The idiolectic language as therapeutic, personalized language is present in the process of clarifying the psycho-physiological states specific to music. The programming of the subconscious through music becomes possible, and becomes the ultimate goal of the collaboration between the patient and the therapist. The current study is trying to look at whether we can truly evaluate the succession of the facts that lead to the improvement of the patient's psychiatric state, and whether the condition of reconquering the field in which music therapy has functioned historically is still valid.


How far does financial aid get a poor student living in California? Unfortunately, the answer is not as far as people might think. The State of California spends over $2 billion per year to provide financial aid for hundreds of thousands of college students with the most financial need. In the 23-campus California State University system – "Cal State" for short – the majority of the over 400,000 undergraduate students are from low-income families and 80% of all students receive some combination of state, federal, or institutional financial aid. As a result, nearly two out of three Cal State students pays no tuition at all.


Asprosin was discovered to be an innovative hormone that is complemented in "adipose tissue" as well as is abnormally elevated in human and mice which are resistant to insulin. Nevertheless, data on the contribution of asprosin in the development of DM (T2DM) is still largely missing. Consequently, the main aim of this trial was to compare the serum asprosin concentration in people with T2DM to those of apparently healthy individuals who reside in Duhok district. This investigation was carried out between Sep. 2021 and Jan. 2022 at "Duhok diabetic center in Azadi teaching and Mazi non-government laboratory". The levels of serum asprosin were measured in 180 participants (90 confirmed as with T2DM and 90 apparently healthy persons). All of the participants' height, weight, and biochemical variables were measured and compared. Biochemical markers including lipid panel, fasted blood sugar, hemoglobin A1c, and fasted insulin were analyzed via the "auto-analyzer system termed 6000 series COBASS". While, the blood's levels of asprosin were calculated through ELISA assay. The study's data was analyzed using "SPSS". The mean age of adults with T2DM was (43.93 ± 11.95) and among those who appeared to be healthy was (41.09 ± 11.33). Serum asprosin levels were considerably higher in T2DM patients (17.21 ± 4.61) ng/ml than in healthy control (5.17 ± 2.96) (P value < 0.001). In addition, a strong relation existed among serum asprosin and BMI, TG, TCH, FBG, HbA1c, FI, and HOMA-IR (P value < 0.001), whereas an inverse relationship appeared between serum asprosin and HDL-C (P value < 0.01). This investigation proves that adults with T2DM had higher serum asprosin levels than those who seemed to be healthy. Additionally, in individuals with T2DM, serum asprosin was found to be strongly linked with BMI, FBG, FI, HOMAIR, TCH and TG (P value < 0.01).


Knowledge as a factor of production has some specific features. It does not exist independently from individuals, from their interactions and from the social context. It requires, on one hand, free circulation and openness and, on the other hand, integration (i.e. an adequate governance to ensure coherent actions). This constitutes an economic dilemma which the conventional organization forms (firm, market) often fail to solve. Therefore, the analysis of capabilities of an alternative organization – the cooperation in Network – becomes especially relevant. The analysis of this question is undertaken throughout three chapters: (1) a formal theoretical representation of the Network organization and its comparison with the market-like and hierarchical forms, (2) the empirical analysis of the patterns of its development and (3) of its performance. The example of Free and Open Source Software, representing the network-like alternative in the software industry, has been used. This work highlights the advantages and the inherent problems of the F/OSS model. It discusses the perspective of this model in other fields of the knowledge-intensive production.


Frozen-in stresses and strains can significantly impact both the optical and mechanical performance of optical fibers, enabling unique functionalities or leading to serious impairments. Frozen-in strains can be grouped into two general categories: those directly inducing strong birefringence, which are associated with residual elastic stresses; and those inducing a substantially isotropic index perturbation, which can be described as inelastic frozen-in strains. Both types of frozen-in strains can be simultaneously present in the same optical fiber. Frozen-in viscoelasticity was only recently found to be an important draw-induced inelastic strain that can significantly perturb the refractive index profile and hence the waveguiding properties of optical fibers. The optical and mechanical effects of both types of frozen-in stresses and strains are reviewed. Both practical applications as well as impairments are discussed.


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The purpose of this study was to analyze on how the implementation of teaching strategies used by English teacher and the reasons teacher used certain strategies for teaching in SMPN 20 Kota Bengkulu. The subject of this research is English teacher who taught at the first grade in SMPN 20 Kota Bengkulu. The researcher used Roy Killen's theory to analyze the teaching strategies used by English teacher. The theory of Roy Killen has nine teaching strategies that can be applied by English teacher in teaching and learning process in the classroom. There are direct instruction, discussion, small-group work, co-operative learning, problem solving, research, role play, case study, and writing. The research method used by the researcher was qualitative approach. The techniques of data collection were observation, interview, and documentation. The results of this research show that the teacher used some varieties of teaching strategies which are: direct instruction, discussion, small-group, and role play. The reasons teacher those strategies because those strategies made students more actively on follow the learning process, students could learn together and share their knowledge each other. The teacher used the same strategies for teaching English at first grade, but in term implementation of teaching strategies, the teacher still has difficulties to apply strategies in class during Covid-19 pandemic.
Keywords: Teacher, EFL, Teaching Strategies


Peak ground velocity (PGV) has many applications in engineering seismology and earthquake engineering but there are relatively few prediction equations for this parameter in comparison with the large numbers of equations for estimating peak ground acceleration [1, 2]. The purpose of this study is to derive the attenuation relationships for larger horizontal component (PGVmax) and geometric mean horizontal component (PGVGM) of PGV for Iran. In the present paper new attenuation relations are proposed based on 484 strong motion recordings from earthquakes in Iran. The prediction equations were derived by regression method. The data set used consists of records with magnitudes 4.5<Mw<7.4 and epicentral distances 1 km <R< 150 km. The theoretical-empirical Relationships obtained in this study is one of the first Studies in PGV field for Iran and is comparable with the world famous relations. Comparisons with other predictive relations from other regions are also carried out.


Potential for sequestration of carbon dioxide in organic rich shale is investigated in this work. Adsorption isotherms and Onsager diffusion coefficients are determined using molecular dynamics simulations for atomistic kerogen models. The kerogen unit models prepared by (Ungerer et al., 2014) are used in this study. To build representative solid state models for kerogen, eight kerogen molecules are placed in a periodic cubic cell. Once the initial configuration of kerogen molecules is prepared, constant-temperature constantvolume simulations and then constant-temperature constant-pressure simulations are performed to obtain the final structures. For the final structure, computed density and adsorption isotherms are within the reported experimental values. Grand Canonical Monte Carlo (GCMC) simulations are performed for CH4-CO2 mixtures to investigate binary adsorption isotherms in kerogen models with different maturities. Equilibrium molecular dynamics (EMD) simulations are used to determine Onsager diffusion coefficients. As pressure for each species in the binary mixtures increases, its adsorbed amount increases and adsorbed amount of the other species decreases. Adsorbed amount of CO2 is higher than that of CH4 for all kerogen types at all pressures tested due to the strong permanent quadrapole moment of CO2. Due to higher adsorption affinity of CO2 to kerogen pore surfaces compared to CH4, its Onsager diffusion coefficients are smaller than those for CH4 for all kerogen types. Introduction Shale gas is expected to account for 30% of world natural gas production by 2040 (U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2014). Large scale production of gas from shale resources can lead to large capacities for storage of CO2 in these resources. Furthermore, due to the higher affinity of the organic matter to CO2 compared to CH4, injection of CO2 can replace the adsorbed CH4 and therefore, enhances the recovery of natural gas (Kazemi and Takbiri-Borujeni, 2016c). Modeling transport and storage of CO2 in organic pores of shale is complex due to small sizes of the pores and also differences in magnitude of intermolecular forces between fluid molecules and solid molecules at the pore walls (Kazemi and Takbiri-Borujeni, 2015; Kazemi


Experimental study on the flexural property of recycled aggregate concrete beams is carried out with different replacement ratio of recycled aggregate and concrete grade.The similarities and differences on the failure modes between recycled aggregate concrete Beams and normal ones are discussed.According to various replacement ratio of recycled aggregate and concrete grade,the influence on the assumption of plane section,carrying capacity,cracking ability,etc.of recycled aggregate concrete beams is also analysed.The results show that the ultimate bearing capacity of recycled aggregate concrete Beams is not reduced,and can meet the requirements of the current specification,but the calculation value of the crack load larger than the measured value,which is against the engineering application.Accordingly,it is advised that the calculated crack load value of recycled concrete beams should be divided by 1.3 in the application.


This article reviews the research on the relationship between a reported history of sexual abuse and subsequent suicidal behavior. Based on this review, it is suggested that a conclusion that childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is a significant risk factor for subsequent suicidal ideation, attempts, and completed suicides is premature. Identified limitations of the existing research include the lack of consistency in definitions of CSA and suicidality, issues related to sample selection and causality interpretations, and the absence of theoretical grounding.


[1] Two coronal mass ejections associated with the X17 and X10 solar flares reached the Earth's environment at very high speeds on 29 and 30 October 2003, respectively, causing very intense geomagnetic storms (Dst ∼ −400 nT). The present study focused on the main phase of the 30 October storm during which the Geotail spacecraft was within the near-Earth magnetotail at X ∼ −8 RE. A number of extremely intense substorms occurred during this period. In one of them, the intensity of the westward auroral electrojet exceeded 3000 nT, which was one of the largest magnitudes ever observed. The energetic particle observations from the low-altitude, polar-orbiting NOAA satellites indicate that the auroral oval shifted equatorward to magnetic latitudes much lower than usual, as low as 50°. Throughout the interval, the magnetic field in the near-Earth magnetotail, and possibly the plasma density, was much larger than usual, indicating a considerable degree of energy accumulation in the lobe region and compression of the plasma sheet and very intense cross-tail currents. The dense plasma may be responsible for the intense auroral electrojet and the intense ring current. Very large, rapid dipolarizations occurred in relation to the intense substorms. High-energy particle fluxes were an order of magnitude higher than usual, and their increases took place immediately after the dipolarizations. Fast tailward flows with large southward magnetic fields as well as fluxes of energetic heavy ions (oxygen) were also observed, suggesting that the magnetic reconnection took place in the near-Earth magnetotail, associated with the very intense substorms. This location is much closer to the Earth than usual, probably as close to the Earth as ever reported. These magnetotail and auroral observations as well as other results reported previously suggest that the entire magnetosphere was considerably distorted during the storm.


Reverberation can be a significant interference if the voice control of the unmanned aerial vehicles is performed by an indoor operator. In this paper, two simplified models of early sound reflections in a room are considered. The first model is a single reflection at a time interval of 0–50 ms. The second model is a set of reflections randomly distributed, according to a uniform law, over the same time interval. For both models, speech intelligibility was calculated using the Schroeder formula, which made it possible to obtain functional dependences of speech intelligibility on the parameter values of the models under consideration.


1-(4-Arylazobenzoyl)benzotriazoles 2a–c react in aqueous acetonitrile at 20 C with aminoxy acids 3a–c to give azodye-labeled aminoxy acids 4a–i in 65-80% yields. Similarly, reaction of Fmocprotected aminoxy-dipeptides 6a–c with 2a gave azodye-labeled aminoxy peptides 7a–c in 55–65% yield.


The paper discusses the material compaction process under various types of stress conditions based on the simulation of the multiaxial compression process of powdered titanium sponge. The finite element model of the multiaxial compression process made it possible to apply both radial and axial pressure independently from one another. Titanium sponge subjected to reversible thermo-hydrogen processing was used as the research material. For the description of the material plasticity condition, the modified Drucker–Prager Cap plasticity model was used, implemented in Abaqus.


170. The process and speed in which mineralisation oc- curs depends on the amount of moisture, acidity, temperature and geochemical environment of the burial (Chen e.a. 1998, 1016; Janaway 1987,133). This process has been simulated several times under laboratory conditions. According to (Gillard e.a.,1994) mineralisation happens in the first few months after burial. Janaway (1987) tested the process of decomposition of a buried body, in relation to the process of corrosion of metal objects and the mineralization of organic materials. For this purpose, he buried rats, either in a wooden coffin or directly in the soil. Metal objects and textiles were placed on top and underneath the bodies. The burials were opened after 34 days or 226 days. He concluded that after a month no visible changes had occurred regarding the decomposition of the bodies and the state of both metals and textiles. After 226 days however, considerable changes were visible: corrosion had taken place and the first textiles had begun to decay (Janaway 1987, 143). He also concluded that corrosion occurs later in burials where the coffin is filled with the liquid of a decomposing body. This causes different conditions within a burial: the metal objects lying on top of the body will start corroding earlier, while the metals underneath the body remain more or less the same until the body fluids have disappeared from the coffin (Janaway 1987, 133-134). Several studies have dealt with the process of decay and mineralisation of textiles under different conditions in a range of sediments, leading to rather varied results. These studies have been described by Peacock (1996a, 36-37) and will be briefly summarized here. Simulations in wet burial conditions (both sand and turf) made it clear that linen could be completely degraded after a period of 9 years whereas wool was at that point still intact. In a simulation of an inhumation linen was completely degraded in a period of only 32 weeks.


India's healthcare industry has been growing at a Compound Annual Growth Rate of around 22% since 2016. At this rate, it is expected to reach USD 372 Billion in 2022. Healthcare has become one of the largest sectors of the Indian economy, in terms of both revenue and employment. In 2015, the healthcare sector became the fifth largest employer, employing 4.7 Million people directly. As per estimates by the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) healthcare can generate 2.7 Million additional jobs in India between 2017-22 -- over 500,000 new jobs per year. India's healthcare industry comprises hospitals, medical devices and equipment, health insurance, clinical trials, telemedicine and medical tourism. These market segments are expected to diversify as an ageing population with a growing middle class increasingly favours preventative healthcare. Moreover, the rising proportion of lifestyle diseases caused by high cholesterol, high blood pressure, obesity, poor diet and alcohol consumption in urban areas is boosting demand for specialised care services. In addition to these demographic and epidemiological trends, COVID-19 is likely to catalyse long-term changes in attitudes towards personal health and hygiene, health insurance, fitness and nutrition as well as health monitoring and medical check-ups. The pandemic has also accelerated the adoption of digital technologies, including telemedicine. Further, there is a growing emphasis on and emergence of Public-Private Partnership models in India's healthcare sector. The country's relative cost competitiveness and availability of skilled labour are also making it an increasingly favoured destination for Medical Value Travel. On the policy front, the Indian Government is undertaking deep structural and sustained reforms to strengthen the healthcare sector; it has also announced conducive policies for encouraging Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). In fact, India's FDI regime has been liberalised extensively. Currently, FDI is permitted up to 100% under the automatic route (i.e., the non resident investor or Indian company does not require approval from the Government of India for the investment) in the hospital sector and in the manufacture of medical devices. In the pharmaceutical sector, FDI is permitted up to 100% in greenfield projects and 74% in brownfield projects under the automatic route. India has emerged as one of the fastest-growing emerging economies over the last two decades, receiving large FDI inflows, which have grown from USD 2.5 Billion in 2000-01 to USD 50 Billion in 2019-20. The healthcare sector, in particular, has received heightened interest from investors over the last few years, with the transaction value increasing from USD 94 Million (2011) to USD 1,275 Million (2016) – a jump of over 13.5 times. All of these factors together create several opportunities for investment in India's healthcare industry.


The presence of Ukraine in the legal regime of martial law, the tasks performed by the National Guard of Ukraine formations, as well as the modern conditions for the use of the NGU formations to participate in the cessation of the russian federation armed aggression determine the peculiarities of personnel individual and collective training for the successful performance of the tasks assigned to them to ensure national security . The open and large-scale war waged by the russian federation against Ukraine, the current level of the NGU's ability to perform national security tasks, defined by legislation during the right-wing martial law regime, necessitate the development of new approaches to training the personnel of the NGU units to act as part of the state security forces and defense forces. In conditions of increased tension and speed of change in the operational situation, specialized professional training of servicemen, crews (calculations) and units of battalion tactical groups acquires special importance. In the article it is analyzed the problems of substantiating the rational composition of groups of the state defense forces (including battalion tactical groups), the issue of determining the rational composition of NGU groups for the performance of relevant tasks to ensure national security, the experience of creating and using battalion tactical groups during modern wars and armed conflicts, as well as the system of training units equal to the battalion. Based on the analysis of relevant approaches and methods, the analysis of the experience of creating and using battalion tactical groups, an organizational structure scheme of NGU typical battalion tactical group is proposed, which takes into account the specifics of the implementation of the relevant NGU units. After analyzing the typical training plan of NGU battalion tactical groups, a number of weaknesses were revealed, which were taken into account when justifying the recommended improved training plan. Such an approach to training will further improve the performance by National Guard of Ukraine battalion tactical groups of tasks to ensure national security under the martial law legal regime, because the level of training and preparedness of personnel depends on the degree of performance of the assigned task, the preservation of personnel and weapons and vehicles.


The Colorado Association for Continuing Medical Laboratory Education, Inc. (CACMLE), located in Denver, is an organization that has been developing and presenting continuing education programs for clinical laboratory personnel for more than 15 years. CACMLE's history, goals, development, organizational structure, current programs and projects are discussed so that they may serve as models for other groups that may wish to initiate or expand local programs of their own.


The paper is devoted to the analysis of the contemporary domestic practices of psycho diagnostic methods application, definition of their main disadvantages and substantiation of a context-sensitive approach to psychological diagnostics being povided.


The primary target of the present work was to elaborate garlic sausage, longaniza and hamburger with 100% meat of stifle. For the obtaining of the meat 6 animals sacrificed themselves during all the investigation, with a weight average of 14 pounds, in the property curazao located in the municipality of Carmen de Apicalá. A microbiological analysis of the raw material was developed obtaining positive results of salmonella what entailed to review the process of sacrifice and killed discovering that a tactically important point is the extraction of the vísceras. Consecutively the sacrifice was repeated and worked avoiding that the visceral content had contact with the channel and thus results were obtained that they indicated that the meat of stifle derived from this procedure was apt for the human consumption. Later the bromatólogico analysis of the meat was made and very satisfactory results due to the good nutricional quality were obtained excelling the high percentage of protein that contains. Next the three meat products were elaborated that were planned (garlic sausage, longaniza and hamburger) and was developed the microbiological analysis which threw that the products were apt for the consumption. Later a survey to 100 people was made in the city of Bogota in which it determined that 55% of the population wished to consume the stifle meat; most of people they would consume it cooked (40%) and if outside offered as processed meat product of preference they would like in longaniza or mortadela (30%). Also 60% of the encuestados ones say that the stifle meat is similar to the traditional meats (Head of cattle, pig, chicken and fish). The results of the survey of acceptance of products were satisfactory since in general terms it was of affability the elaborated hamburger, garlic sausage and the longaniza in this investigation. The cost by kilogram of elaborated longaniza was of $2,205 pesos, the cost by kilogram of made garlic sausage was of $ 2,258 pesos and the kilogram of hamburger was of $2,205 pesos, products that can be competitive in the market.


Abstract : Water delivered as a spray is more effective against hydrocarbon fires than a stream of water. Water as a mist is even more effective. The delivery system influences the effectiveness of water. The major problem with using water in a combat vehicle is freezing at low temperatures. Additives can be added to lower the freezing point Thus, water solutions may be usable under all expected operating conditions. Experiments have been conducted using sprays of water and water with additives to extinguish JP-8 pool fires. Additives were chosen to provide low freezing points to the water and to improve the fire extinguishing capability of the water. As expected, sprays of just water were not particularly effective for extinguishing JP-8 pool fires. Water with calcium chloride, added to give a -55 deg C freezing point, showed no improvement in fire suppression over the baseline water tests. Other additives, however, showed remarkable improvements over the water case.


Reptiles that commonly found in or on riverbanks are turtles, lizards, snakes and crocodiles. Nowadays, turtles and crocodiles are rarely found or seen the river which flows across human settlement especially in Java. The Opak River is one of the biggest rivers that flowing across Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta (DIY) Province, Indonesia. The Opak River upstream is located on the southern slope of Mount Merapi, and it is estuary is located on the southern beach of DIY (Depok Beach), Bantul Regency. The research aimed to acquire data about the diversity of snakes and lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) along the Opak River in the DIY. The data of squamates diversity were acquired using a combination of several methods, i.e., VES (Visual Encounter Survey), riverbank cruising and transect. Sampling area generally divided into four locations, i.e., upstream, midstream, downstream and estuary. Species diversity of squamates in the Opak River consists of 11 species of lacertilians (lizards) and 16 species of serpents (snak...


The paper highlights the glimpses on gender mainstreaming in Indian marine fisheries sector focusing attention on the gender equity and equality emphasized in the Indian context. Gender empowerment paradigm has been explored along with emphasiz ing the three pillars such as economic empowerment, well-being and decision making. Policy and programs for aquaculture development in India also have been given a vivid explanation followed by mariculture sector. The mariculture potential of India is vas t as there is great scope for developing farming of shrimps, pearl oysters, mussels, crabs, lobsters, sea bass, groupers, mullets, milkfish, rabbit fish, sea cucumber, ornamental fishes, seaweeds etc. Although about 1.2 million ha is suitable for land base d saline aquaculture in India, currently only 13 % is utilized. Important legislations in the Mariculture farming systems pre valent in


I recently had the opportunity to interview David Jones, md, president emeritus of the board of directors for the Institute for Functional Medicine. Before meeting Dr Jones, I had expected to conduct a traditional interview with him. I had a list of questions that I thought could be presented in typical interview format. However, within 5 minutes of speaking with him, I realized that my questions paled in comparison with Dr Jones's far more interesting story. So, I set aside my questions and listened for the next hour as he described his career in medicine.


There are many approaches being proposed to find the correspondence points between two images. They generally perform when used to find the correspondences between two images of the same object, such as in a video sequence or in a stereo camera. However, they fail if the number of true matches between two images was small compared to all the potential correspondence points found, which could happen if both scenes vary significantly, such as when the objects are not the same but of the same class. In this paper, we proposed an approach which uses both the geometric and appearance features to find the true correspondence points even if the number of true matches was small portion compared to all the correspondence points found. The experimental results show that the proposed method also stabilizes very fast compared to the other approaches in the literature.


A conceptual framework is presented showing formal and informal institutions and their relationship with the strategic choice of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in a developing-country setting. Emphasis is placed on how institutions at the subnational level (such as a region or city) influence the strategic orientations of MSMEs in the wake of decentralization, which grants subnational government authorities more political, economic, fiscal, and administrative powers. Furthermore, the paper sheds light on the environmental (institutional) determinism-organizational (strategic) choice nexus. It offers propositions, questions, and issues worth pursuing in future empirical investigations.


Research is presented on new bifunctional chelating ligand systems with stability on the macroscopic and radiochemical levels. The synthesis of the following complexes are described: rhodium 105, palladium 109, and gold 198.


Construction projects, both in developed and developing countries, are widely affected by cost deviations that arise at the completion of the construction process; these deviations manifest themselves as a difference between the executed cost and the planned cost. To mitigate cost deviation, the first step is to identify the causes that originate the phenomenon. Therefore, several studies have been focused on the identification and characterization of the causes that originate the deviations in various countries. However, there is a lack of studies focused on the frequency and severity analysis of the cost deviation causes in the Colombian construction projects. Considering the knowledge gap, this paper presents a frequency and severity analysis of the cost deviation causes in Colombian construction projects by consulting a group of professionals. The research method has four main stages: 1) cost deviation causes identification; 2) questionnaire design, validation, and calibration; 3) questionnaire survey; and 4) frequency and severity analysis. Thirty-eight cost deviation causes were identified, and forty-six professionals from the Colombian construction industry were consulted. The findings show that the three most common causes of cost deviation are: 1) delays of activities, 2) slow permits by local authorities, and 3) unrealistic contract duration. The three most severe cost deviation causes are: 1) slow permits by local authorities, 2) delays of activities, and 3) financial difficulties of the owner.


The nano bacterial cellulose resin( SANBCR) with high water absorption was synthesized by graft copolymerization using acrylic acid( AA) as monomers,K 2 S 2 O 8 as initiator and N,N'-methylene bisacrylamide( MBA) as cross linker in homogenous nano bacterial cellulose/NaOH/urea solution.The effects of neutralization degree and dosages of AA,MBA and K 2 S 2 O 8 on the water absorbency of SANBCR were investigated.The structure of SANBCR was characterized by FT-IR.The results showed that the optimum copolymerization conditions were as followed:neutralization degree 80%,dosages of NBC,AA,K 2 S 2 O 8 and MBA 1g,12 mL,0.12 g and 0.04 g,respectively.The water adsorption ratio of SANBCR was up to 1 320 g/g and the water retention was over 95% at 30 °C after 8 h.


Iron-catalyzed oxidative coupling between two C-H bonds, and C-H with heteroatom-H bonds have received significant attention due to its atom-economy, and sustainable nature. Oxidative coupling and annulations strategy provide step-economy route towards the synthesis of heterocycles. This review highlights the Fe-catalyzed C-C and C-heteroatom oxidative coupling reactions and its potential application in the synthesis of heterocycles, bioactive natural products.


The goal of Transit Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) project was to provide an engineered solution that would dynamically fill the gap between a commuter train and a high level platform. The solution would have safety provisions to avoid potential passenger accidents while eliminating the hazards and inconveniences of the gap. This work builds on a previous project in which a laboratory model of a device was designed and built that could in principle replace the current trap door used aboard commuter railcars with one that could dynamically close the gap. In the IDEA project, the investigators successfully integrated a moving platform within the trap door. When the train is stopped at a high level platform, a bridge is extended from the trap door across the gap to provide a surface for wheelchairs as well as protection against passengers being injured by stepping into the gap. In addition the apparatus makes it easier for passengers to move wheeled luggage across the gap. Also, a sensor on the apparatus allows the measurement of the amount of forward movement of the slide as the extending bridge closes the gap. In this way, it provides real-time data on the size of the gap at the station that can be captured by the communication network of a railcar when implemented on a modern railcar system. The final apparatus design can be used to retrofit existing railcars and the design concept can be integrated into the design of new vehicles.


Pseudartria viscida, a well known medicinal plant is widely used for the management of many diseases and ailments. Root of this plant is an important ingredient in more than 68 ayurvedic formulations. The present study deals with the existing major variation in anatomical, physico-chemical and phytochemical characters in P.viscida due to change in season and region. Phytochemical changes due to various seasons and different regions were also studied by performing HPTLC densitometric quantification of lupeol in methanol extract of roots. Microscopic variation observed in the quantity of cell inclusions such as starch and tannin, number of phloem fibers, and wall thickness of lignified cells. Physico-chemical parameters and HPTLC densitometric quantification also showed variation in the quantity of chemical constituents according to season and place of collection.


Objectives The purpose of this study was to explore the aspects that golf clubs notice during their rounding process and the intentions for paying attention to them. Methods In this study, golf journals of research participants were collected as data and analyzed using an inductive category analysis method. Results Aspects paid attention to in the rounding process were categorized as paying attention to the aspect of golf environment creation, paying attention to the aspect of golf operation management, paying attention to the aspect of golf operation strategy, and paying attention to the aspect of golf feedback. In the process of golf rounding, attention was drawn to the improvement of basic motor skills, acquisition of golf management strategies, positive interaction with others, and enhancement of golf rounding discernment. Conclusions This study specifically presented the aspects and meanings that were noticed in the rounding process of golf club members. This will be an opportunity for those who participate in leisure activities to explore what kind of thoughts and interests they should participate in and the educational meaning of leisure activities.


The Bakhtin theory was proposed by the famous Western literary theorist Bakhtin based on his interdisciplinary research in the 20th century.Its ideological core can be summed up as "Dialogism","Polyphonic Novel Theory" and "Carnivalesque Poetry".King Lear,one of the greatest tragedies in literary history,is full of imbuing dialogue relationship,polyphonic narrative and carnival spirit in novel construction,artistic features and spiritual implication.Based on Bakhtin's polyphonic theory,this paper explores new human relationship in the polyphonic carnival world in this drama and reveals its profound social significance.


In order to explore the accumulation ability of leaves of three vertical plants to Zn,Cu,Pb,the metal's contents in leaves of the three plants(Parthenocissus tricuspidata,Rosa multiflora,Jasminum mesnyi) were determined at different sites and in different months in this paper.The results showed that the three plants could accumulate Zn,Cu,Pb to different extent depending on sites and time.Besides,the dynamics of accumulation quantity of the three vertical plants' leaves to Zn were basically consistent,that was the content of Zn decreased from April to June,then went back in the early June,and came down from August;the content of Cu in three species' leaves decreased with the passage of time.Finally,through comprehensive analysis it was concluded that Parthenocissus tricuspidata's leaves had high accumulation ability to Zn,Cu,Pb.


Result computation and management in tertiary institutions is one of the key components to ascertain the level of academic quality a gradu and possesses. Research indicates that result computation through the available single-platform system models are about 40% deficient (for the offline) and about 50% deficient (for the online), and inadequate to drive the NUC's goal of attaining higher global ranking and competitiveness. To solve this inadequacy, this work developed a hybrid result processing and management system (HRPMS) for Nigerian Universities. The study adopted Agile-Scrum methodology, which provided the platform for quick response time to changes in user requirements and enhanced the pace of development of the software product. In the design and development process, the HRPMS input-output modules and computing components were developed with the following tools: UML designs, Excel Binary VBA, Java 8.0 (NetBeans 8.0), PHPDesigner 8.0 and MySQL5.4 programs, which optimized the standalone-internet hybrid functionalities of the socket-subsystem. Using the Agile fourquadrant tests in the alpha and beta test stages, the HRPMS operations, user requirements, cost effectiveness and system performance were hybrid-validated. Consequently, the HRPMS model development is valid (HRPMSDevVal) when the result of the hybrid-validation tests (HRPMSFunctVal + HRPMSReqVal + HRPMSCostVal + HRPMSPerfVal) passes as valid. The hypotheses test and the probability density function (PDF) prediction value (1.043458X10-8), shows that the non-functional requirement variables actually and positively drives HRPMS performance to becoming improved over the existing singleplatform system model. Finally, the HRPMS promises to provide more efficient, more secured and hard-to-crash system for result processing and management in Nigerian Universities.


Based on American's system of the evaluation of credit risk of commercial banks; that is capital adequacy, assets quality, management, profitability and liquidity, combined with the present situation and the feature of China's commercial banks, this paper puts the growth index into the system of evaluation and constructs the system of evaluation ofcredit riskfor commercial banks, and carries the empirical analysis with factor analysis. Results from empirical studies are shown as follows: ranked according to the explanatory ability from big to small, capital adequacy growth ability and liquidity, profitability, management quality and assets quality are key indexes to evaluate credit risk. At last this paper puts forward corresponding policy and advices based on the result of analysis.


The current thesis describes the research work of the author in the field of wind turbine aerodynamics and especially passive and active flow control solutions for wind turbine applications. The basic theory description is accompanied by a thorough literature review where many different flow control solutions are briefly analyzed. Special efforts have been made to include a wide range of technical fields, apart from aerodynamic performance, in the analysis process and thus try to provide a comprehensive study. The best performing solutions are then thoroughly analyzed by means of flow simulations (CFD), wind tunnel tests as well as aeroelastic simulations. Through this analysis it is possible to estimate the merits of such solutions for wind turbine applications. A final chapter with a fictive wind turbine "smart" rotorbade, equipped with flow control solutions is finally presented and discussed in this thesis. The aim of the author is that this work will be able to function as a base for further research of other flow control solutions...as well as for the development of new flow control concepts, which will overcome current drawbacks.


The embodiment of the invention provides a network video processing method and device. The method includes the specific steps of obtaining video topics corresponding to a network video; extracting the latest update time of the video topics; displaying the video topics on a timeline according to the order of the latest update time. By means of the method and device, a user can be helped to obtain the needed video topic resource from a huge number of network video resources more rapidly, and thus the efficiency of obtaining information for the user is effectively improved.


PURPOSE: To obtain a resol used for cements, laminates, impregnating resins, and abrasive binders, being present in the state of a specified mixed condensate, and having a free phenol content lower than a specified value, low after- shrinkage and excellent solvent resistance. CONSTITUTION: There is provided a resol being present in the state of a mixed condensate prepared by condensing a phenol, such as phenol, being trifunctional in relation to formaldehyde and an alkylidenepolyphenol being a novolac obtained from phenol and formaldehyde and having a number-average molecular weight of 200-1,000, the molar ratio of the phenolic hydroxyl groups in the trifunctional phenol to the hydroxyl groups in the alkylidenepolyphenol being 9/1 to 3/7, with formaldehyde, the molar ratio of the total of the phenolic hydroxyl groups to the formaldehyde being 1/1.2 to 1/2.0, and having a free phenol content smaller than 5 wt.% and a low after-shrinkage. COPYRIGHT: (C)1995,JPO


The article deals with the political movement "Our Home - Russia" (NDR) as the first attempt of the creation of the "party of power" in post-soviet period. The aim of this work is to analyze the experience of the NDR and the reasons of the failure of this project. In the course of the study, the historical genetic method, M. Duverger's partological analysis, and A. Gramsci's theory were used. The author turned to the political science literature on parties and elections in the Russian Federation and used NDR's materials and publications of federal mass media as primary sources. In 1995 the movement was created with the experience and the basis of the preceding pro-Kremlin project the "Democratic Choice of Russia" (DVR). Unlike the DVR, it was built on the B. Eltsin's initiative who needed the support in the State Duma all the time. The prime minister V. Chernomyrdin headed this union and members of political and financial elite of federal and regional levels became its leaders. Despite their strength the movement did not become full-fledged «party of power» because of the communists` domination in the Duma and the lack of large electoral support. The «Our Home - Russia» like DVR could not make effective regional divisions and spread its influence among people masses. The inner split, weakness of Chernomyrdin's figure and the absence of due president's support were the causes of its fail in the parlamentary elections of 1999. Nevertheless, the NDR became the first centrist movement in post-Soviet Russia, which retained loyalty to the Kremlin to the end. The union worked out new forms, for example, drew public organizations to its side and for the first time used «name tactics» in the 1995 elections. These developments were useful in the creation of the next, much more successful pro-regional project - the «United Russia».


Computer-aided screen printing is a widely used technology in several fields like the production of textiles, decorative signs and displays and in printed electronics, including circuit board printing and thick film technology. Even though there have been many developments in the technology, it is still being improved. This paper deals with the optimisation of the screen printing process. The layer deposition and the manufacturing process parameters strongly affect the quality of the prints. During this process the paste is printed by a rubber squeegee onto the surface of the substrate through a stainless steel metal screen masked by photolithographic emulsion. The off -contact screen printing method is considered in this paper because it allows better printing quality than the contact one. In our research a Finite Element Model (FEM) was created in ANSYS Multiphysics software to investigate the screen deformation and to reduce the stress in the screen in order to extend its life cycle. An individual deformation measuring setup was designed to validate the FEM model of the screen. By modification of the geometric parameters of the squeegee the maximal and the average stress in the screen can be reduced. Furthermore the tension of the screen is decreasing in its life cycle which results in worse printing quality. The compensation of this reducing tension and the modified shape of squeegee are described in this paper. Using this approach the life cycle of the screen could be extended by decreased mechanical stress and optimised off-contact.


Introduction: Upper Gastrointestinal (UGI) endoscopy has become part and parcel of investigation protocol in a patient with gastrointestinal diseases. With passage of time it has been transformed to a therapeutic modality too. The present study was conducted to look for the indications and patterns of UGI endoscopy of certain GI and liver disorders in study hospital. Materials and Methods: Patients undergoing UGI endoscopies referred from other departments and hospitals as well as from OPDs were assessed in our endoscopy clinic. Total 2466 patients who were examined at our endoscopy room were recorded over a period of the year 2016. The records were manually retrieved with the help of a predesigned semi-structured proforma and later on transformed to suitable statistical software and subsequently analysed. Results: Out of 2466 patients 59% were males and 41% were females. The commonest indication for doing UGI endoscopy was dyspepsia followed by evaluation for chronic liver disease (CLD) and UGI bleed. Other indications were corrosive injury and evaluation in patients with chance detection of Hepatitis B and C markers. Majority of dyspepsia patients were found to be normal on endoscopy. In dyspepsia patients a significant findings was esophago gastric malignancies. In CLD patients, commonest findings were esophageal varices in various stages. Patients presented with UGI bleed were noted to have esophageal varices in 18% of patients. Other causes of UGI bleed in this study were peptic ulcer disease, esophagogastric erosions and duodenal and gastric ulcers.About8% patients of UGI bleed had underlying esophageal and gastric growth. A good majority of patients did not have any mucosal changes. Corrosive ingestion had produced spectrum of esophageal and gastric erosions as well as ulcers. Discussion & Conclusions: Patients attended for endoscopic evaluation were almost equal in sex distribution. Dyspepsia was the single most important indication for endoscopic examination and majority of them were found to be normal endoscopically. This implies that functional dyspepsia is probably the commonest etiology for dyspeptic patients. Among CLD patients portal hypertension (PHT) was evident in most of the patients with varices and portal hypertensive gastropathy (PHG). Patients presented with UGI bleed had varix in one fifth of cases and peptic ulcers in less than 10% of patients. Thus UGI endoscopy is a very useful and informative procedure for diagnosis of GI and liver disorders.


To describe current practice and outcomes relating to fitness to drive for people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) attending a specialist driving clinic.


It was recently reported that alkaline phosphatase (ALP) levels below 1.5 upper limit of normal (ULN) predicted better prognosis in primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC). We evaluated whether ALP as well as other laboratory values were useful for the short‐term prognosis of PSC in a Japanese cohort.


This work presents the first survey on fingerprint pore detection. The survey provides a general overview of the field and discusses methods, datasets, and evaluation protocols. We also present a baseline method inspired on the state-of-the-art that implements a customizable Fully Convolutional Network, whose hyperparameters were tuned to achieve optimal pore detection rates. Finally, we also reimplementated three other approaches proposed in the literature for evaluation purposes. We have made the source code of (1) the baseline method, (2) the reimplemented approaches, and (3) the training and evaluation processes for two different datasets available to the public to attract more researchers to the field and to facilitate future comparisons under the same conditions. The code is available in the following repository: https://github.com/azimIbragimov/Fingerprint-Pore-Detection-A-Survey


Bound-systems of $\Xi^-$--$^{14}_{}{\rm N}$ are studied via $\Xi^-$ capture at rest followed by emission of a twin single-$\Lambda$ hypernucleus in the emulsion detectors. Two events forming extremely deep $\Xi^-$ bound states were obtained by analysis of a hybrid method in the E07 experiment at J-PARC and reanalysis of the E373 experiment at KEK-PS. The decay mode of one event was assigned as $\Xi^-+^{14}_{}{\rm N}\to^{5}_{\Lambda}{\rm He}$+$^{5}_{\Lambda}{\rm He}$+$^{4}_{}{\rm He}$+n. Since there are no excited states for daughter particles, the binding energy of the $\Xi^-$ hyperon, $B_{\Xi^-}$, in $^{14}_{}{\rm N}$ nucleus was uniquely determined to be 6.27 $\pm$ 0.27 MeV. Another $\Xi^-$--$^{14}_{}{\rm N}$ system via the decay $^{9}_{\Lambda}{\rm Be}$ + $^{5}_{\Lambda}{\rm He}$ + n brings a $B_{\Xi^-}$ value, 8.00 $\pm$ 0.77 MeV or 4.96 $\pm$ 0.77 MeV, where the two possible values of $B_{\Xi^-}$ correspond to the ground and the excited states of the daughter $^{9}_{\Lambda}{\rm Be}$ nucleus, respectively. Because the $B_{\Xi^-}$ values are larger than those of the previously reported events (KISO and IBUKI), which are both interpreted as the nuclear $1p$ state of the $\Xi^-$--$^{14}_{}{\rm N}$ system, these new events give the first indication of the nuclear $1s$ state of the $\Xi$ hypernucleus, $^{15}_{\Xi}{\rm C}$.


Over the past decade, parathyroid hormone‐related protein (PTHrP) has been identified as a key survival factor for cells subjected to apoptotic stimuli. Its anti‐apoptotic activity has been attributed to nuclear accumulation of the intact protein, or a synthetic peptide corresponding to its nuclear targeting sequence (NTS), which promotes rapid exit of nutrient deprived cells from the cell cycle. Intracellular PTHrP also inhibited apoptosis by blocking tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα)‐induced apoptosis by blocking signaling from the "death receptor" and preventing damage to the mitochondrial membrane. In both cases, the anti‐apoptotic activity was significantly reduced in the presence of a nuclear deficient form of PTHrP with a 88K/E K/E·K/I91 mutation in the NTS. The current work was undertaken to determine the mechanism by which nuclear PTHrP blocked mitochondrial‐mediated apoptosis. Using sub‐cellular fractionation and functional assays we showed that pre‐treatment of HEK293 cells with exogenous NTS peptide before inducing apoptosis with TNFα was as effective as expression of the full‐length protein in inhibiting apoptosis. Inhibition of apoptosis was associated with increased expression of protein kinase casein kinase 2 (CK2) and in sustained CK2 accumulation and activity in the nuclear fraction. In primary chondrogenic cells harvested from the limb buds of PTHrP+/− and PTHrP−/− embryonic mice, there was a dose‐dependent decrease in CK2 expression and activity that correlated with increased susceptibility to apoptosis. Taken together the results indicate that nuclear accumulation of PTHrP effectively inhibits mitochondrial‐mediated apoptosis through regulation of the expression, activity, and sub‐cellular trafficking of CK2. J. Cell. Physiol. 212:591–599, 2007. © 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


Power plant simulation system is a subsystem of E/R Simulator DMS-2000. By analyzing the system, and building up a mathematical model, the operating function of the marine power plant is simulated by computer simulation technology, and connecting with the virtual power station, it is possible to realize better for natural man-machine interaction interface, and complete the function of the simulation system for the simulator.


A CASE is presented of double primary, malignant tumor associated with pulmonary tuberculosis and esophagobronchial fistula. Especially interesting features are the diagnostic possibilities and the role of the otolaryngologist in establishing the diagnoses. REPORT OF A CASE A 59 year old white newspaper salesman, unmarried, was admitted to Strong Memorial Hospital on June 24, 1949 with a history of progressively severe chronic cough productive of purulent sputum, which began three months prior to admission. The signs and symptoms were malaise, extreme lassitude, anorexia, undetermined weight loss and vague substernal pain. There was no history of chills, fever, sweats or hemoptysis. The past history was not of especial significance except that the patient lived the life of a derelict. Routine roentgenograms of the chest made in 1947 showed increased fibrous markings in the pulmonary fields but no evidence of specific disease (fig. 1). Examination revealed a well developed but chronically ill


Abstract Introduction: Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) is delivered after cytoreductive surgery in patients with several kinds of peritoneal surface malignancies. Different methods for delivering HIPEC have been proposed, substantially being variations between two modalities: the open technique and the closed technique. The open technique improves the distribution of the cytotoxic solution, with the disadvantage of heat loss at the surface of the perfusion fluid and leakage of cytotoxic drugs. The closed technique prevents heat loss and drug spillage, increases drug penetration, but does not warrant adequate circulation and homogeneous distribution of the perfusion fluid.1 This video shows the technical details of a novel procedure,2 in which a laparoscopic approach to the closed abdomen was applied to stir the abdominal contents, to untie any adhesions, and to achieve optimal distribution of heat and cytotoxic drugs. This procedure aims to combine the advantages and overcome the weaknes...


The article discusses the main directions in the study on the appearance and usage of terms in specialized texts. Particular attention is paid to the definition of the notion "term".


Abstract– The 1.4–1.6 km thick Onaping Formation consists of a complex series of breccias and "melt bodies" lying above the Sudbury Igneous Complex (SIC) at the Sudbury impact structure. Based on the presence of shocked lithic clasts and various "glassy" phases, the Onaping has been described as a "suevitic" breccia, with an origin, at least in part, as fallback material. Recent mapping and a redefined stratigraphy have emphasized similarities and differences in its various vitric phases, both as clast types and discrete intrusive bodies. The nature of the Onaping and that of other "suevitic" breccias overlying impact melt sheets is reviewed. The relative thickness, internal stratigraphic and lithological character, and the relative chronology of depositional units indicate multiple processes were involved over some time in the formation of the Onaping. The Sudbury structure formed in a foreland basin and water played an essential role in the evolution of the Onaping, as indicated by a major hydrothermal system generated during its formation. Taken together, observations and interpretations of the Onaping suggest a working hypothesis for the origin of the Onaping that includes not only impact but also the interaction of sea water with the impact melt, resulting in repeated explosive interactions involving proto‐SIC materials and mixing with pre‐existing lithologies. This is complicated by additional brecciation events due to the intrusion of proto‐SIC materials into the evolving and thickening Onaping. Fragmentation mechanisms changed as the system evolved and involved vesiculation in the formation of the upper two‐thirds of the Onaping.


nique of molecular biology. The organization, analysis, annotation, and presentation of the data associated with such constructs can be very tedious and time consuming. Thus, many software packages have been developed over the years to address these needs. Such packages cover a wide spectrum in terms of features, program usability, and price. They range from freeware or shareware packages that perform a limited set of tasks to commercial products that are feature-rich and expensive. In 1998, Redasoft Corporation released their first product, Plasmid, a program that allowed researchers to draw genetic maps. User feedback prompted Redasoft to add sequence analysis and cloning features to the program. In September 2000, an upgrade to the Plasmid package,Visual Cloning 2000, was released. Visual Cloning 2000 sported a user-friendly interface, detailed graphic capabilities, and integration with the Internet. Both of these products have been reviewed previously [1–3]. This review examines an upgrade to the Visual Cloning package,Visual Cloning 3.


The effects of the structure of a conventional NiP/Al substrate on shock resistance were investigated. In this study, a 2.5-inch-type hard disk drive with a thin-film 70%-micro-slider head was used. The tested shock was supplied by a pendulum shock-testing machine with a half-sine shock pulse and a duration of l.0 ms. We defined the shock resistance as the maximum acceleration in a shock for which head slap was not formed. The results showed that the shock resistance increased with increasing hardness of the Al alloy and thickness of the NiP underlayer.


A 47-year-old man with Behcet disease was hospitalized because of abdominal pain. Abdominal ultrasonography revealed a 3 cm x 3 cm hepatic mass and chest x-ray showed an empyema of the right lung. The patient was placed in a protocol for Tl-201 uptake in hepatic tumors. Surprisingly, Tl-201 accumulation was seen in the inferior lobe of the right lung within the empyema.


Background: Psychological stress (stress) is associated with cardiovascular events, but the impact of stress on changes in adiposity as a measure of cardio-metabolic risk is unknown. Methods and Results: We examined the relationship between self-reported psychological stress level at baseline and change in weight and waist circumference (WC) over a median 7-year interval in the Dallas Heart Study, a multiethnic, population-based sample of Dallas County residents aged 18-65 (N = 1603; whites = 615; blacks = 754; Hispanics = 234). Participants answered a questionnaire and underwent measurement of weight, height and WC at baseline and follow-up visits between 2000 and 2009. Stress levels were determined by self-report using a five-point scale, with responses categorized as low (1-2), moderate (3) and high (4-5) stress levels. Linear regression modeling was used to determine the association between baseline stress category and weight/WC change over time. At baseline, 24% of participants reported low stress, 4...


Hartree−Fock and second-order perturbation theory methods were used to determine structures and binding enthalpies of complexes formed from a single alkali metal cation (Li+ through Cs+) and one or two 1,2-dimethoxyethane ligands or 12-crown-4. These calculations employed multiple basis sets in order to determine the sensitivity of the results to the completeness in the one-particle basis. The results are compared with recently reported collision-induced dissociation experimental findings. In general, good agreement was found between the experimental and theoretical bond dissociation enthalpies, although for the heavier cations discrepancies of as much as 14 kcal/mol or more were uncovered. Possible reasons for these anomalies are discussed.


The single skew beam mechanical model is used to simulate skew continuous box girders.On the basis of the three-moment-equation,temperature stresses and displacements of skew continuous box girder bridges under nonlinear gradients of sunshine temperatures are analyzed in detail.The influence of the skew angle and the ratio of bending and torsion stiffness on the temperature stresses and displacements of three-span skew continuous box girders is studied systematically.A large number of curves clearly show the influence patterns.The results show as followings: Within the normal range of skew angles,the tension stress at the bottom and compression stress at the top of the middle span decrease as the skew angle increases and increase as the ratio of bending and torsion stiffness increases;large camber displacement exists in the middle of side spans,and the value decreases with the increase of the skew angle while increases with the increase of the ratio of bending and torsion stiffness;displacement in the middle of the central span changes from downwards to upwards with the increase of the skew angle,and the critical skew angle increases with the increase of the ratio of bending and torsion stiffness.


— The disposal of solid waste in the sand strips of the beaches tends to cause environmental, social, economic and public security damages. This can lead to risks of contamination by infectious diseases and a demotivating look at the natural wealth of the marine environment. In this way, this work aimed to characterize the solid residues of the beaches of Itapuã, Stella Maris and Praia of Flamengo, aiming to provide subsidies for Environmental Education campaigns, in order to sensitize the population. This research is of qualitative and quantitative nature, being also exploratory and of field. The survey results indicated that the most representative classes found on the three study beaches were plastic and wood, followed by non-recyclable waste. The cigarette filters were classified as not recycled and were expressive in numbers of the category in quantity in the three beaches. In this way, the significant amount of solid waste on Itapuã beach can be attributed to its geographical location with easy accessibility to its regulars and traders, in addition to the quality of the water for bathing, low level of turbidity of the waters and small height of waves.


The seedling dampping off, caused by Rhizoctonia solani, is considered one of the most important diseases in the early stage of the bean. This soil-dwelling pathogen survives on organic matter or plant debris and can be transmitted to the seeds. The objective of this work was to verify the efficiency of the use of fungicides in the treatment of Perola bean seeds, aiming the control of seedling dampping off caused by Rhizoctonia solani. The treatments used were: 1) carbendazim + thiram; 2) carbendazim + thiram + (fludioxonil + metalaxyl-M); 3) fludioxonil + metalaxyl-M; 4) pyraclostrobin + thiophanate Methyl; 5) pyraclostrobin + methyl thiophanate + (fludioxonil + metalaxyl-M); 7) carbendazim + thiram; 8) carbendazim + thiram + (fludioxonil + metalaxyl-M); 8) Trichoderma asperellum. Untreated and treated with fungicide seeds were sown in sand contained in plastic trays. The inoculation with R. solani was done using 80 g of the inoculum (sorghum seeds colonized by R. solani) per tray, distributed in the seeding grooves. The emergence of seedlings at 07 and 15 DAS and the emergency speed index was evaluated. Seedling emergence was reduced in infested soil. At seven DAS, all presented a significant difference when compared to the infested control with the exception of the Trichoderma asperellum treatment. The treatments T1 (carbendazim + thiram), T3 (fludioxonil + metalaxyl - M) and T4 (pyraclostrobin + thiophanate methyl) were efficient in controlling R. solani at 15 DAS. For emergencies at 7 and 15 DAS and IVE the treatments were equivalent when compared to each other.


Convergence in contemporary media and its social effects, for ex ample culture of active creation the media by audience, let us better understand nowadays mechanisms of creating information. Henry Jenkins, the author of the book entitled Convergence culture, indi cates that when the audience creating media, the effects can be ex traordinary, but it means the troubles for all participants. One of the researchers, as Dan Tapscott, author of the book entitled Grown up digital: how the net generation is changing your world, sees in citi zen journalism a chance for the new era of political relations de mocracy 2.0. The others, as Andrew Keen the main destruction force which destroy the traditional culture and media. The citizen journalism, understanding as an active participation in the media, has very wide meaning. The article is an attempt of systematise that phenomenon (also in the law aspect) and looking for the answers for main questions about chances and threats of citizen journalism and who is called the citizen journalist.


G.Jager [Compactness and connectedness as absolute properties in fuzzy topological spaces, Fuzzy sets and Systems 94(1998) 405-401] introduced a kind of (general) fuzzy topological space. In this paper, we propose a new kind of topological space in Sostak's sense, called Jager-Sostak's I-fuzzy topological space, which reduced to Jager's (general) fuzzy topological to two-valued logic. After that for each fuzzy subset of Jager-Sostak's I-fuzzy topological space, we define a degree of connectedness, which overcome the deficit of study for the whole space a degree of being connected in public papers, and establish two characteristic theorems of the degree of being connectedness. Doing so we find that the degree of connectedness is an absolute property in Jager- Sostak's I-fuzzy topology.


The objective of the article is to substantiate the forms, mechanisms, and directions of development of rural green tourism in the regions of Ukraine as an important means of improving the sectoral structure and territorial organization of tourism activity on the basis of the use of natural tourism resources and the employment of large numbers of unemployed rural population. Methodology. The methodological basis of the study is the dialectical method of cognition and the systematic approach to the study of phenomena and processes of the formation and development of rural green tourism in the regions of Ukraine on the basis of the use of a favourable natural potential and an excess of labour resources. Results. The article reveals the tendencies and possibilities of improving the structure and territorial organization of tourism activity on the basis of development of rural green tourism. First of all, the natural conditions and resources of the picturesque countryside, as well as the unoccupied rural population, are determined as its resources. The forms, sources, and mechanisms of the organization, proposals for granting and extending the nomenclature of services are substantiated. The prospects of using the EU experience and the advantages of European integration processes for Ukraine are revealed. Recommendations on the formation of clusters and other associations of tourist activities in the village have been developed. The field of application of results: carrying out of scientific researches in the field of development of the activity of agriculture, provision of services of rural green tourism, is one of directions of diversification and increase of incomes of rural population and improvement of its standard of living. Solving the problems of employment, organizational and economic problems related to the reproduction of labour potential in the agrarian sector and the formation of new trends in the production and marketing of agricultural products. Conclusions. The development of rural green tourism has a positive effect on solving socio-economic problems of the village, primarily in the direction of expanding the rural population's employment. Rural green tourism provides a rural population with additional income, expanding employment opportunities for rural owners, not only in the production sector but also in the service sector. With an increase in the number of vacationers, there is a need to meet their diverse needs and this, in turn, stimulates the development of services: excursions, communications, trade, life services, recreation and entertainment, and others.


Purely supervised Convolutional Networks yield excellent accuracy on image recognition tasks when data is plentiful [1]. But until now, they have not produced state-of-the-art accuracy on object recognition benchmarks for which few labeled samp les er category are available. For example, on the popular Caltech-101 dataset with 30 samp les for each of the 101 categories, methods that use hand-designed features, such as SI FT and Geometric Blur combined with a kernel classifier, achieve accuracies of 66.2% [5], an d 64.6% [6]. By contrast, a purely supervised convolutional network with standard sigmoid no n-linearities yields only 26%. This abstract describes a modified ConvNet architecture with a ne w unsupervised/supervised training procedure that can reach 67.2% accuracy on Caltech-101. This work explores several architectural designs and train ing methods and studies their effect on the accuracy for object recognition. The convolut i nal network under consideration takes a 143x143 grayscale image as input. The preprocessing includes removing mean and performing a local contrast normalization (dividing each p ixel by the standard deviation of its neighbors). The first stage has 64 filters of size 9x9, followe d by a subsampling layer with 5x5 stride, and 10x10 averaging window. The second stage has 256 feature map, each with 16 filters connected to a random subset of first-layer feature ma ps. The subsampling layer has a stride of 4x4 and a 6x6 averaging window. Hence, the input to t he last layer has 256 feature maps of size 4x4 (4096 dimensions). Figure 1 shows the outlin e of a convolutional net, and figure 2 shows the best sequence of transformations at each st age of the network. The results are shown in table . The most surprising result is that simply adding an absolute value after the hyperbolic tangent (tanh) non-linearity pr actically doubles the recognition rate from 26% to 58% with purely supervised training. We conjectu re that the advantage of a rectifying non-linearity is to remove redundant informati on (the polarity of features), and at the same time, to avoids cancellations of neighboring opposite filter responses in the subsampling layers. Adding a local contrast normalization step after ea ch feature extraction layer [4] further improves the accuracy to 60%. The second interesting result is that pre-training each sta ge one after the other using a new unsupervised method, and adjusting the resulting network u sing supervised gradient descent bumps up the accuracy to 67.2%. The procedure is reminiscent of several recent proposal for "deep learning" [2, 3]. Our layer-wise unsupervised traini ng method is called Predictive Sparse Decomposition (PSD). It consist in learning an overcomplet e s t of basis functions from which


LiB3O5 crystals were irradiated with MeV He+ ions of different fluences and energies. The refractive index profiles, nx, ny, and nz in LiB3O5 waveguides are given. The results show that: (1) the thickness of the ion irradiated waveguides can be estimated by the mean projected range of irradiated ions, and the refractive index changes in ion irradiated waveguides are mainly caused by nuclear collisions; (2) after annealing at 200 °C for 40 min., the height of the optical barrier in the LiB3O5 waveguide is decreased; (3) the attenuation measured is 0.87 dB/cm for m=0 in the LiB3O5 waveguide irradiated with 2.8 MeV He+ to 5×1016 ions/cm2; and (4) it is possible to make double waveguides in LiB3O5 by MeV He+ ion irradiation.


Introduction: It is agreed all over the world that liver cancer can influence a woman's approach of self-acceptance and self-efficacy. Limited literature addressing levels of self-acceptance and self-efficacy separately among women with liver cancer is available in Pakistani population. Objectives: The aim was to study the role of self-acceptance and self-efficacy among women with liver cancer, and to analyse the influence of socio-personal characteristics of women with their self-efficacy. Data Source and Settings: To address the objectives, a sample of 60 women (N=60) was selected from different hospitals of Islamabad. Period: The duration of the study was 6 months. Methods: The present study made use of the two scales i.e ., self-efficacy scale and Self-Acceptance. Clinical group was selected through random sampling to collect data from different hospitals of Islamabad. Results: To determine the psychometric properties; alpha correlation, and t-test analysis and ANOVA were computed. Self-acceptance and self-efficacy was found significantly associated with each other. Results indicated that the low sense of identity as a whole, leads women to be low self-efficacy regarding their abilities in their daily lives. There was also a significant difference in demographic variables on Self-acceptance and self-efficacy. Conclusion: It is concluded from the finding of the current study that women suffering from liver cancer demonstrated low level of Self-Acceptance. Several associated factors with self-acceptance and self-efficacy were also found among female liver cancer patients of Islamabad. ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 22(8), October 2021: 1-5.


of Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas on the fundamental concepts of Islamic education is the concept of ta'dib. For him the most fundamental issues in Islamic education is the loss of civilized values in a general mean. This is more due to the confusion of understanding in the term of tarbiyah, ta'lim dan ta'dib. Al-Attas is more likely to use the term ta'dib to the concept of Islamic educationbecause if the concept of ta'dib is applied in a comprehensive, integral, and systematic practice of Islamic education, the various human resource development issues Muslims are expected to be overcome. Moreover, in Islamic history Muslim educational process is more likely to sense ta'dib than tarbiyah or ta'lim. More fundamental reason is closely related to the science of manners, because science can not be taught or transmitted to students unless the person had the proper culture to knowledge in various fields. The concept of Islamic education is only limited to the meaning tarbiyah and ta'lim have been possessed by the Western worldview based on the values of dualism, secularism, humanism, and Sufism so civilized values become increasingly blurred and increasingly distant from the values of hikmah Ilahiah. Ambiguity civilized values or civilized destruction resulted in injustice, ignorance, and insanity.


Abstract Examination of the ways side-chain carboxylate and amide groups in high-resolution protein crystal structures form hydrogen bonds with main-chain atoms reveals that the most common category is a two-hydrogen-bond four to five residue motif with an aspartate or asparagine (Asx) at the first residue, for which we propose the name Asx-motif. Similar motifs with glutamate or glutamine residues at that position are rare. Asx-motifs occur typically as (1) a common feature of the N termini of α-helices called the Asx N-cap motif; (2) an independent motif, usually a β-turn with an appropriately hydrogen-bonded Asx as the first residue; and (3) a motif incorporated in a β-bulge loop. Asx-motifs are common, there being just under two-and-a-half in an average-sized protein subunit; of these, about 55 % are Asx N-cap motifs. Because they occur often in many situations, it seems that these motifs have an inherent propensity to form on their own rather than just being a feature stabilised at the end of a helix. Asx-motifs also occur in functionally interesting situations in aspartyl proteases, citrate synthase, EF hands, haemoglobins, lipocalins, glutathione reductase and the α/β hydrolases.


In this study, we conducted a numerical investigation of the turbulent mixed convection of a hybrid nanofluid (HNF) in a flask equipped with an agitator, which is commonly used in organic chemistry synthesis. The bottom wall and the middle section of the flask were maintained at a constant high temperature Th, while the upper, left, and right walls up to the middle of the flask were kept at a low temperature Tc. The HNF consisted of Graphene (Gr) and Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) nanoparticles (NP) dispersed in pure water. The governing equations were solved numerically using the finite size approach and formulated using the Boussinesq approximation. The effects of the NP volume fraction φ (ranging from 0% to 6%), the Rayleigh number Ra (ranging from 104 to 106), and the Nusselt number ( Nu) were investigated in this simulation. The results indicated that the heat transfer is noticeably influenced by the Ra number and the increase in the φ ratio. Additionally, the agitator rotation speed had a slight effect on the heat transfer.


JYPO and the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Association of Young Psychiatrists and Trainees (SAARC-AYPT) facilitated a multicenter pathway study for its members. Dr Naoki Hashimoto, a member of JYPO and Dr Syeda Ruksheda, from SAARC-AYPT played a key role in organizing the study. Researchers and authors were given the opportunity to attend the 13th PRCP Scientific Meeting and take part in the FPADP. Sharad Man Tamrakar and Shailendra Raj Adhikari (Nepal), Noor Ahmed Giasuddin (Bangladesh) and Basanth Kumar Kenchaiah (India) were participants from SAARC countries. Khongorzul Duggeragchaa and Altanzul Narmandakh from Mongolia and Daisuke Fujisawa from Japan were the other researchers who took part in the pathway study.


A preprocessing system, designed and constructed for use with the University of Illinois sodium lidar system, was developed to increase the altitude resolution and range of the lidar system and also to decrease the processing burden of the main lidar computer. The preprocessing system hardware and the software required to implement the system are described. Some preliminary results of an airborne sodium lidar experiment conducted with the preprocessing system installed in the sodium lidar are presented.


Axial loading sample of high-strength steel sheet is of plate, which is provided with a medium loaded component and two pull ends arranged on both ends of the medium loaded component. Each pull end is designed with one pin hole and the two pin holes are arranged symmetrically. Pull ends applied to the axial loading sample are fixed on a testing machine. Wherein, the pull end comprises a pair of separating fitting, symmetrically designed clamps and jam bolts applied to each clamp. One end of the clamp is fixed on the testing machine, and the other is clamping end which is arranged inside it with U-shaped open slot fitted to the thickness of the sample to accommodate it. The clamping end of the clamp is divided by the U-shaped open slot into upper horse and lower horse, and is provided with a jam screw square to the U-shaped open slot, with its diameter equal to that of the pin hole of the sample. The jam bolt gets through the jam screw and then the pin hole in the sample so as to be fixed. This sample applies to dynamic axial loading test and other tests.


We demonstrate experimentally the second-harmonic generation circular dichroism in a dimer of two identical AlGaAs nanoantennas attributed to the hybridization of electric and magnetic Mie-type multipolar optical modes of the nanoantennas.


enced the change in Fuchs. Even in the 195Os, he was already familiar with the thinking of Rahner; obviously, the exciting days of Vatican Council I1 (1962-65) must have had a great influence on him. Still, Fuchs's experience on the Birth Control Commission was very important. From a personal perspective, I disagree with both Fuchs and Graham on strong distinctions between the transcendental and the categorical, goodness and rightness, and the restriction of grace and salvation directly to the transcendental level. However, even those who may disagree with some aspects of Fuchs's positions will find here a very enlightening analysis of the intellectual development of one of the most influential Catholic moral theologians in the last half of the twentieth century.


Effects of a finite drain voltage and a finite temperature on coherent transport in the single electron tunneling regime are investigated for a novel quantum dot structure defined by two shallow etched trenches and two line Schottky gates. A regular amplitude modulation of Coulomb blockade oscillations is observed and attributed to coherent resonant transport. Increasing drain voltage disturbs the amplitude modulation more significantly than raising the temperature. This is explained in terms of the effects of nonmonochromatic electrons on the interference condition.


For axisymmetric objects, if the surface equations of the object may be constructed, the scattering matrix could be obtained by using the extend boundary condition method. Some examples of the scattering matrix of finite length cylinder are obtained. For different kinds of axisymmetric objects using the surface equation constructed method described in this paper the scattering property could be obtained also.


The article defines the concept of judicial reform in Ukraine from the standpoint of the development of electronic courts and the introduction of artificial intelligence technologies in this context. It was revealed that today the tools of artificial intelligence cause discussions in the scientific environment on the subject of their perspective and the necessity of application. It has been proven that developed positive foreign practices (in particular, the USA, China, France) regarding the use of such tools in judicial proceedings contribute to the unhindered and full realization by citizens of their rights to judicial protection. On this basis, it is recommended to take into account such positive foreign practices in Ukraine, which are especially relevant for it due to external military aggression by Russia. It is emphasized that such illegal actions make it impossible to exercise the right to judicial protection, but it is recognized that their effect can be neutralized with the help of the introduction of artificial intelligence tools, the development of electronic courts, etc.


The physical weak-discontinuous problem of an interfacial crack between homogeneous materials and functionally graded materials (FGMs) is studied based on Reissner's plates considering transverse shear deformation effect. The higher order crack tip fields of homogeneous materials and FGMs regions are obtained by the eigen-expansion method. The normalized stress intensity factors(SIFs) and stress distributions near the crack tip are computed and compared by means of the higher order fields and singular fields, respectively.


To compensate for the shortage of emergency specialists and maintain quality of medical care in remote regions, this paper presents two robotic systems enabling real-time telecoaching on surgical procedures in emergency rooms. The first one uses two robotized cameras moving on rails mounted on the ceiling and perpendicular to the stretcher. Cricothyroidotomy, thoracic drain, comb tube installation, endotracheal intubation and venous access were performed and assisted by a trauma surgeon on a corpse in a controlled environment using this system. The second system increases the range of motion of one of the camera, by installing it on a two-axis rail system. This paper describes these two prototypes, the evaluation done in controlled environment, and the on-going work in improving further the robotic system.


Total photoyield spectroscopy (TPYS) was applied to investigate the evolution of hydrogen-related defect states in amorphous In-Ga-Zn-O (a-IGZO) thin films. It was found that the defect states located at around 4.3 eV from the vacuum level were formed as a result of hydrogenation. After thermal annealing at 300 °C, the onset of the TPYS spectra shifted to 4.15 eV. As the annealing temperature was increased, the photoyield from the defect states decreased, implying that there was outdiffusion of hydrogen with Zn from the a-IGZO. These experiments produced direct evidence which shows the formation of defect states as a result of hydrogen incorporation into the a-IGZO thin films.


Dental structures may change in response to noxious stimuli. In this study we evaluate the possible changes related to diet composition.


Ductal carcinoma in situ is a preinvasive lesion in breast. Breast-conserving surgery followed by radiotherapy and mastectomy are the treatment options. Locoregional control rate is 96-100% after mastectomy. Patients with a local relapse can be treated by radiotherapy with or without chemotherapy. Our case who had a diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ was treated with mastectomy and axillary dissection followed by tamoxifen and 4 years after mastectomy she presented to our clinic with a local relapse. As the patient had no distant metastases, radiotherapy followed by chemotherapy was given. After treatment all the lesions disappeared. She is now well without any evidence of disease at 46th months' follow-up.


Abstract Objective.Objective. To assess cases of pulmonarytuberculosis in a Drug Abuse TreatmentFacility in the City of Sao Paulo, Brazil.Methods. Case-finding of pulmonary tuber-culosis was carried out in a purposefulsample of 160 alcoholics and drug abusepatients. A closed clinical/epidemiologicalquestionnaire was used to register the resultsof bacteriologic sputum smear and radio-logy exams. Results.Results. Of the total of 57patients with respiratory symptoms, 67%underwent bacteriologic exams and no ca-ses of pulmonary tuberculosis with positivebacteriologic exams were identified. Ninealcoholic patients with a previous history oftuberculosis presented a typical radiologicalaspect of apical shadows. A complementarystudy was conducted to identify the featuresof the facility and of its users in order toexplain the results observed in the case-finding. Conclusions.Conclusions. Due to the featuresof the facility and patients, we concluded thatthere was an external bias in patient selection,in which pulmonary tuberculosis casesconfirmed by bacteriology were beingdiagnosed and treated in other health carefacilities, mainly hospitals. Finally wediscussed the case-finding methodologyused in face of the specificity of the objectresearched and previous knowledge on case-finding of pulmonary tuberculosis.Key-words: Pulmonary tuberculosis.Epidemiology. Alcohol and drug-abuse.Case-finding.


Issues regarding the regulation of information dissemination via the INTERNET are discussed. In particular, the accessibility of inapropriate information to children is described.


The purpose of this study was to explore the motivation of Junior High School Physical Education teachers in providing online-based Physical Education instruction in Cimahi City, Indonesia. This study used a quantitative descriptive method. The instrument was a questionnaire distributed through Google form. The population of this study were Physical Education teachers in Cimahi. The sampling technique used purposive sampling technique with the Roscoe method. The data were analyzed by quantitative descriptives in the form of percentages. The result of this study concludes that the motivation of Junior High School Physical Education teachers in providing online-based Physical Education teaching in Cimahi are 4.84% were in the high category, 12.90% were in the medium category, 75.81% were in the low category, and 6.54% were in the very low category. It concludes that the teaching motivation of Junior High School level Physical Education teachers in Cimahi, in implementing online learning, was mostly in the low category.


The theory of the concentration dependence of the viscosities of solutions is developed for the dumbbell, rigid rod, and flexible chain macromolecules. Both the intramolecular hydrodynamic interactions between the monomer units of the same molecule and the intermolecular interactions between monomer units of different molecules are considered. The methods of Riseman and Kirkwood are applied throughout. The numerical result of the calculation for the dumbbell shaped molecule is compared with that obtained by Simha.


Learning rates in gradient descent algorithms have significant effects especially on the accuracy of a Capsule Neural Network (CNN). Choosing an appropriate learning rate is still an issue to date. Many developers still have a problem in selecting a learning rate for CNN leading to low accuracies in classification. This gap motivated this study to assess the effect of learning rate on the accuracy of a developed (CNN). There are no predefined learning rates in CNN and therefore it is hard for researchers to know what learning rate will give good results. This work, therefore, focused on assessing the effect of learning rate on the accuracy of a CNN by using different learning rates and observing the best performance. The contribution of this work is to give an appropriate learning rate for CNNs to improve accuracy during classification. This work has assessed the effect of different learning rates and came up with the most appropriate learning rate for CNN plant leaf disease classification. Part of the images used in this work was from the PlantVillage dataset while others were from the Nepal database. The images were pre-processed then subjected to the original CNN model for classification. When the learning rate was 0.0001, the best performance was 99.4% on testing and 100% on training. When the learning rate was 0.00001, the highest performance was 97% on testing and 99.9% on training. The lowest performance observed was 81% accuracy on testing and 99% on training when the learning rate was 0.001. This work observed that CNN was able to achieve the highest accuracy with a learning rate of 0.0001. The best Convolutional Neural Network accuracy observed was 98% on testing and 100% on training when the learning rate was 0.0001. Keywords—CNN; ConvNet; learning rate; gradient descent


This paper explores the question of whether the evaluation of health promotion efforts differs from evaluating treatment interventions. It is concluded that although the tasks of the evaluator may be similar, inherent differences in program philosophies and intervention strategies may result in differential approaches to evaluation.


In Whitman v American Trucking Associations, the Supreme Court reiterated the established modern doctrine that Congressmay not delegate power to an executive agency unless Congress has supplied "an intelligible principle" to guide the agency's actions. Judge Harold Leventhal of the D.C. Circuit had urged, in a wellknown opinion, that an apparent congressional "blank check" might be remedied by procedural constraints on the agency, together with the agency's supplying its own substantive standards. Scholars sim-


Diverse collection of literature in a digital library and a number of digital
libraries as a library information retrieval has its necessary means to search library
data more quickly and integrated in accordance with the wishes of the user.
Application of semantic web for collaborative digital library, is expected to
answer those needs. Existing search using mach word search properties , based on
keywords in the title or the author of literature. This led to the emergence of
literature that only relevant information based on the title or author, but if not
found then searched library users must switch to other digital libraries. So it takes
longer for the next search.
Semantic web application for data retrieval digital libraries have multiple
stages to obtain information through the search results in accordance with the
wishes of the user. Ontologi is a new idea in knowledge representation techniques
far more expressive than conventional knowledge representation techniques. In
addition it also has advantages in Ontologi-based Semantic query than traditional
techniques based syntactic query.
Through this research tested with several tools that can be used to design
ontologi based on RDF / OWL. On testing the system in a way macth all and
macth any keyword in the query as well as through the web page is able to
produce a library of information with one or several stages of the search. The
results of this study is an ontologi -based web portal that can be the basis of data
representation of collaborative digital library concept. This means that the
application of semantic web is able to improve the accuracy of search, especially
in the case of the acquisition of information about the data that the user wants
digital library.