Web mining is the application of data mining technique to discover patters from the web. Web mining can be further classified into research fields such as: Data mining and World Wide Web (WWW). Data mining a field of computer science is the process of discovering new patterns from large dataset involving methods of artificial intelligence, database systems. It refers that the goal of the data mining is to draw out information from the dataset [19] .The World Wide Web provides an effective and simpler way for the users to search, brows and retrieve information from the web. Web mining can be broadly classified into i) Web Structure Mining ii) Web Content Mining and iii) Web Usage Mining[15]. This paper is based on the survey established on the published papers on web mining, mainly focus on web usage mining .Its a known fact that Web usage mining is an application of web mining. This is s used to extract patterns from the log data which are then examined to obtain behavioral patterns which can be analyzed for further processing. The input for all these operations is the log file.


Summary The subcutaneous injection of 6,000 to 10,000 r.u. of α-estradiol benzoate, 4 to 6 times weekly, for 26 weeks, produced an azoospermia in a 72-year-old man. The duration of treatment, the daily dosage, and the variation in the spermatozoa counts are presented in the graph.


An array of hard-magnetic (CoPt)/soft-magnetic (FeCo) composite nanocable has been fabricated in the pores of porous anodic aluminum oxide templates: CoPt nanotubes were first prepared by high temperature chemical reduction method; FeCo alloy was then electrodeposited into the CoPt nanotubes. The morphology and structure of the nanocable array were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and x-ray diffraction. The magnetic measurements showed that two apparent kinks appear in the hysteresis loop after the FeCo alloy was deposited into the CoPt nanotubes, which may be attributed to the hard-magnetic phase being partly or even completely decoupled from the soft-magnetic phase.


This paper presents a newly suggested calculation method in which an arbitrary quadrilateral element with curved sides is transformed to a normal rectangular one by mapping of coordinates, then the two-dimensional spline is adopted to approach the displacement function of this element. Finally the solution can be obtained by the least-energy principle. Thereby, the application field of Spline Finite Element Method will be extended.


Abstract.  The metabolites that are generally used by insects during exercise are present in quite different concentrations in the haemolymph of the backswimmer Notonecta glauca L. Lipids are most abundant (between 10 and 20 mg/mL), whereas carbohydrates (2–3 mg/mL) and proline (approximately 1 mg/mL) are at very low concentrations. Injection of an extract of conspecific corpora cardiaca causes pronounced hyperlipaemia in the backswimmer. A neuropeptide with the same effect was isolated from the corpora cardiaca in a single high‐performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) step; the primary sequence was deduced from mass spectrometric measurements (matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization‐time of flight and electrospray quadrupol time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry) of whole corpora cardiaca, and the mass was confirmed in the HPLC fraction that had adipokinetic activity. The biologically active octapeptide has the sequence pGlu‐Val‐Asn‐Phe‐Ser‐Pro‐Ser‐Trp amide, which was characterized previously from the corpora cardiaca of the Emperor dragonfly, Anax imperator, and denoted Anaim‐adipokinetic hormone (AKH). The synthetic Anaim‐AKH peptide causes lipid mobilization when injected at a dose of 1 pmol into N. glauca. When other synthetic AKH members that occur in Hemiptera are injected into N. glauca at the same dose, the hyperlipaemic responses are significantly lower than after injection of Anaim‐AKH. Because only lipids increase upon activity, such as continuous swimming for 1 h or during a 1‐h rest period after a 3‐min flight episode in the laboratory, it is assumed that Anaim‐AKH serves as a true adipokinetic hormone in the backswimmer during bouts of natural swimming and flight.


ABSTRACT Broadly neutralizing antibodies have been isolated that bind the glycan shield of the HIV-1 envelope spike. One such antibody, PGT135, contacts the intrinsic mannose patch of gp120 at the Asn332, Asn392, and Asn386 glycosylation sites. Here, site-specific glycosylation analysis of recombinant gp120 revealed glycan microheterogeneity sufficient to explain the existence of a minor population of virions resistant to PGT135 neutralization. Target microheterogeneity and antibody glycan specificity are therefore important parameters in HIV-1 vaccine design.


It was a stroke of genius that caused Charles Baldwyn, publisher of the first English translation of tales by the Grimm Brothers, to hire satirical cartoonist George Cruikshank as illustrator for the publication. Cruikshank's expressive etchings so impressed the Grimms that they decided to publish their own illustrated "small edition" in Germany. Thus the first step was taken towards the international commodification of the tales as illustrated children's and family classics. Late nineteenth-century UK editions of the Grimms' tales showcased the work of numerous British artists, from the sumptuous detail of Walter Crane to the darkly romantic interpretations of Arthur Rackham. In the twenty-first century, publishers have sought to capitalise on Victorian traditions by reissuing classic illustrated Grimm collections, or by creating hybrid volumes of new and extant artwork. Alongside such gift-book editions, a spectrum of new interpretations extends from retellings of individual tales in novelty book form to the dramatic and disturbing canvases of fine artist Paula Rego. Two case studies – one of a 2012 anniversary edition of collected tales that uneasily combines the work of disparate artists, and the second of the cross-cultural travels of Philip Pullman's retellings as envisaged through the radical imagination of Shaun Tan – illustrate both current global trends in children's publishing and the inexhaustible visual allure of the Grimms' tales.


Medical professionalism is the basis of the trust given to doctors by the society. At the heart of it is a doctor who must ensure the well-being of patients at all times and always protect them from harm. In doing so they are expected to be competent, compassionate, open and honest, respect patient's autonomy and always guard their confidentiality. These qualities enable doctors to earn that trust, and accord them their professional status and privileges, and axiomatic of the essence of a good doctor [1]. As a concept, medical professionalism is defined with four basic characteristics [2]. They are an altruistic vocation linked to public service, adherence to defined standards and ethical codes, the ability to apply a body of specialist knowledge and skills, and a high degree of self-regulation over professional membership and work organization. Other qualities that are fundamental to the understanding of medical professionalism include advocacy and justice, leadership, collaboration and collegiality. These values are timeless but they do not operate in a vacuum, the dynamics of a society change over time leading to different demands and expectations from the medical profession [3]. Doctors therefore must be cognizant that these changing circumstances represent new challenges and require them to adjust and refine their professional values to effectively fulfill their obligation to the society. Two key issues that will be touched here are the changing landscape of healthcare in this country as it moves from public to private healthcare and the question of professional self-regulation and organization.


It is known that the adult phase is a time when many transformations happen and, therefore, some adaptations must be made in the life of the individual. It is at this stage of life that concerns about health, physical and psychological well-being intensify. It is at this stage of life that concerns about health and physical and psychological well-being intensify. The practice of Classic Ballet in adult women has grown, and thinking about it this work sought to understand the psychological impacts of the practice of Classic Ballet in women in adulthood. In order to do so, topics such as Human Development in adulthood, contemporary womanhood, concepts about Quality of Life and the benefits of physical activity were discussed, as well as a brief history of dance, specifically Ballet. As a data collection instrument, the Focal Group method was used to answer the research question. To construct the results, a subjective reading of the participants' speeches was performed. With this, it was possible to obtain as a result of this research that the main psychological impact promoted by the practice of this activity is related to positive transformations of self-esteem, self-image and self-concept.


The purpose of this research was to determine whether or not Vogue and Refinery29's sustainable fashion coverage differs in terms of framing, dominating frame, narrative emphasis, and tone following the advent of COVID-19. Since COVID-19 wasn't found in the United States until 2020, this research examines a sample of papers published throughout the summer months of 2019, 2020, and 2021 (May–August). A total of 206 articles were analyzed using content analysis in this research. Consumers and businesses alike are starting to worry about the environmental and social impacts of the garment industry, therefore studies like these are crucial. Despite claims from academics that the fashion industry is today one of the most polluting industries worldwide and claims that just one percent of apparel is produced in an ethical manner, the researcher found no indication that the coverage of sustainable fashion has evolved in its framing over time. As well as having practical ramifications for fashion journalists and theoretical implications for future researchers, this study reveals how fashion magazines cover fashion sustainability.


Now a day, security applications and person's identity verification using biometric systems is increasing rapidly for security aspects. In this field of security system, banking field also requires a proper authentication for transaction when any transaction is done through cheque. In that case, signature matching becomes a challenging task due to skilled forgery in signatures. Hence, a technique is required for offline signature verification systems. Generally, signatures may vary each time which may mislead to the verification process. To overcome this issue, we have presented an improved classification approach for offline signature verification system where simulated annealing optimization scheme is implemented for optimized trainset formulation by computing best cross-validation scores. In order to show the performance, we have considered GPDS &CEDAR database are considered where skilled forgery is present. Experimental study shows better performance when compared with other state of art techniques.


Nodar Mosaki, Ph.D. in History, senior researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation. Email: email@example.com Address: 12 Rozhdestvenka St., Moscow, 107031, Russian Federation.The experience of opening national schools abroad has been studied through the example of Turkish schools opened in 140 countries. The study has analyzed activities of Turkish schools in Africa and their importance for promoting a positive image of Turkey on the Dark Continent. The study has also identified the factors of success and investigated into the composition of student population and into the specific features of educational programs.Worldwide expansion of Turkish schools has become Turkeys most successful foreign policy project in recent years. In spite of being part of a non-governmental project, private schools are strongly supported by authorities. Financing comes from tuition fees and business sponsorship. Creating a wide network of Turkish schools abroad owes the best part of its success to commitment and missionary attitude of pro-Muslim businessmen sponsoring these schools. The private nature of schools provides for control flexibility and helps prevent bureaucratization.Turkish schools abroad are made even more attractive due to teaching in English. Being fluent in some other languages apart from English, including non-European ones, graduates have almost unlimited choices. An intense scientific and humanitarian program allows to select the most talented students, giving them chances to get higher education in the best universities of the world. Nonschool activities of teachers, who work closely with students families and are engaged in charity, advance reputation ratings of Turkish schools in local communities. Turkish schools have become the key channel of national influence, promoting the Turkish-Islamic synthesis across the African continent.


Taking the fire design of He'nan University auditorium as an example,combining with the status of the auditorium,such as simple equipment and hard implementation of safety management,the paper analyzes basic requirements of installing fire protection equipment in the auditorium,and describes equipment installing measures,with a view to better protect historic buildings.


xxix Chapter 1: Introduction 1 1.0 Introduction 1 1.1 Justification of the Research 3 1.1.1 Maintaining Hong Kong's Position as an International Financial Centre 3 1.1.2 Asian Financial Crisis as Impetus for Further Reforms 6 1.1.3 Unresolved Corporate Governance Concerns in Hong Kong ........ 8 1.1.4 'Gaps' in the Literature 11 1.2 Thesis Research Questions, Methodology and Limitations 14 1.2.1 The Regulatory Problems and Research Questions 14 1.2.2 Methodology 17 22.214.171.124 Extra-legal and Non-legal Issues 18 188.8.131.52 Corporate Governance Regulation Research Methods ... 21 22.214.171.124 Cultural Factors 22 1.2.3 Limitations 24


This paper suggests heuristic algorithm with linear time complexity to decide the normal and optimal point at minimum loss/maximum profit maximum shortest scheduling problem with additional loss cost and bonus profit cost. This algorithm computes only the earliest ending time for each node. Therefore, this algorithm can be get the critical path and project duration within O(n) time complexity and reduces the five steps of critical path method to one step. The proposed algorithm can be show the result more visually than linear programming and critical path method. For real experimental data, the proposed algorithm obtains the same solution as linear programming more quickly.


The literature regarding portfolio analysis for institutional real estate investors has until now largely been concerned with benefits associated with naive diversification strategies. In this paper, we discuss the prospects that institutional characteristics suggest for risk reduction in internationally diversified portfolios. The risk/return relationship of each country is affected by its own unique institutional environment and therefore there are potential benefits for investors. We argue that, given the significant differences in the institutional framework across countries, there are likely impacts on returns and that this fact deserves the attention of institutional investors.


An earlier paper(1) described a simple linear relationship between detonation velocity of 64 ideal C,H,N,O type explosives at their theoretical maximum densities (TMD's) and a factor. F, that is dependent solely upon chemical composition and structure. Based upon available experimental data for nine fluorine-containing explosives, the equation for calculating the factor has been expanded to include compositional terms for fluorinated compounds. In addition, the reliability of the linear relationship has been further tested against seven more recently published C,H,N,O type explosive experimental detonation velocity data points. The calculated detonation velocity values for all 16 explosives lie within 6.0% of experimental with an absolute error of ± 3.0%.


A brief history of the submarine U-167 which during the Second World War was bombed by British aircraft near the Canary Islands. Fearful local fishermen helped the shipwrecked; for them at sea there are no political ideologies when there are human lives to save. U-boat crew could return to their country and the submarine wreckage still gave a lot to talk about for some time.


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Studies on the invariant features of Japanese stop and nasal consonants have been extended to French. Place and or manner of articulation of 7 consonants I?, p, t, k, b, d, gl are discriminated in an environment of la, 0, 0::, e, c, u, y, i, a, e, 51. The feature vector is 23 LPC cepstrum coefficients at every 10 ms of the initial 100 ms (30 ms before the burst and 70 ms after the burst). The burst point was manually specified referring to waveform display. Three of nasal consonants 1m, n, pi are discriminated in the same environment. The release point, openning of the oral passage, was manually specified also. The stepwise discriminant analysis in the SAS system obtained a reduced feature set and discriminant score. The 40 male speakers' sample comprizes 3080 stops and 1120 nasals. Speaker and vowel independently stops are better discriminated than Japanese, but nasals are equivalent or a little lower than Japanese. The conclusion that the spectral pattern near the stop burst is a good feature for place discrimination can be generalized throughout French and Japanese. Results are compared with perception test.


This paper studies the eigenbuckling of Mindlin plate with two adjacent edges clamped and the remaining edges simply supported or clamped by using the separation of variables method, and the concise and explicit closed-form solutions are obtained for the first time. The cases involving free edges can also be dealt with if there are two opposite edges simply supported. The closed-form solutions are in good agreement with the existing solutions, thus the validity of present method and accuracy of the obtained solutions are verified. This paper proves to be a major development of analytical method since it has long been acknowledged that the eigenbuckling of rectangular plates without two parallel edges simply supported are not amenable to analytical solutions.


The exciting symposium hosted by Journal of Molecular Cell Biology (JMCB), with the theme 'The Legend of p53 vs. Cancer', took place in Hangzhou, China on May 10–12, 2019. The symposium provided the opportunity for delegates in the fields of p53 biology, epigenetics, and cancer research to share scientific updates and to bridge the gap between basic science and translational research. The delegates also enjoyed celebrations of the 40th anniversary of the discovery of p53, as well as the 50th anniversary of the discovery of RNA polymerases.


ABSTRACT In this post 9/11 era Western cultures are focusing on values that support war and violence. In this article an ethnographer explores the impact of these values on schools. These values, seen through the lens of restorative justice, include: (a) punishment, (b) adversarial relationships, (c) monopolization of power, (d) problemization and professionalization, (e) prevalence of economic interests, (f) racism and privilege, and (g) imposition of the dominant culture. Based on his research, the author outlines how schools can create an alternative culture of peace and nonviolence grounded in the restorative justice based idea of peacemaking and focusing on: (a) building trust, (b) healing harms to relationships, (c) restoring dignity of persons affected, (d) respecting biculturalism/multiculturalism, (e) being aware of power differences, and (f) creating safety.


The quick advancement of science and technology has greatly promoted the progress of modern education technology.It shows great potentiality to the English learners.This paper focuses on the character of the English language and uses advanced ways of modern educational technology abundantly and changes the traditional model and digs more and more rich English's study resource in order to improve efficiency of English learners.


Investigating Gertrude Stein's use of a pastoral countryside with war themes sheds light on her continuous mise en scene of the pastoral, and her production of pastoral sounds. In her own way, Gertrude becomes the modernist shepherdess of a mechanized pastoral soundscape. This study will demonstrate that buried within the difficult Steinese language, pastoral elements, such as those of specific sounds of cowbells, tinkling waterfalls, and birdsong or human song, help readers find their way along the narrative through its soundscape. To understand Stein's pastoral sounds, we will first study her pastoral influences, then we will turn our attention to her pastoral productions, notably those involving pastoral sounds, in the works Four Saints in Three Acts; The World is Round; Paris France; and Wars I Have Seen. Ultimately, the pastoral sounds present in these texts invite the readers to join in a countryside afternoon promenade led by the shepherdess herself.


Patients with mutations in the receptors for TGFβ (Loeys-Dietz syndrome) exhibit an increased prevalence of allergic diseases. Allergy Unveiled Loeys-Dietz syndrome (LDS) is an autosomal dominant disorder closely related to Marfan syndrome caused by mutations in the genes encoding receptor subunits for transforming growth factor–β (TGFβ). Patients with LDS are predisposed to aortic aneurisms and other connective tissue disorders. Now, Frischmeyer-Guerrerio et al. report that patients with LDS are more likely to develop allergic diseases. Allergy occurs when the immune system responds to normally harmless substances. The authors observed that LDS patients had elevated incidence of allergic diseases, including asthma, food allergy, eczema, allergic rhinitis, and eosinophilic gastrointestinal disease. These patients had elevated levels of immune responses thought to contribute to allergy, including allergen-specific IgE, eosinophilia, and TH2 cytokines. Because regulatory T cell (Treg) development is regulated by TGFβ, the authors then examined Treg number and function in these patients. They found that the frequency of Tregs was increased in LDS patients, but that these cells produced TH2 effector cytokines, and in vitro studies suggested that LDS mutations promote TH2 inflammation. What's more, children with allergic disease, but not LDS, had similar changes in Treg number and function. These data suggest that altered TGFβ signaling could promote allergic disease and support testing for U.S. Food and Drug Administration–approved drugs that affect TGFβ for treating allergy. Transforming growth factor–β (TGFβ) is a multifunctional cytokine that plays diverse roles in physiologic processes as well as human disease, including cancer, heart disease, and fibrotic disorders. In the immune system, TGFβ regulates regulatory T cell (Treg) maturation and immune homeostasis. Although genetic manipulation of the TGFβ pathway modulates immune tolerance in mouse models, the contribution of this pathway to human allergic phenotypes is not well understood. We demonstrate that patients with Loeys-Dietz syndrome (LDS), an autosomal dominant disorder caused by mutations in the genes encoding receptor subunits for TGFβ, TGFBR1 and TGFBR2, are strongly predisposed to develop allergic disease, including asthma, food allergy, eczema, allergic rhinitis, and eosinophilic gastrointestinal disease. LDS patients exhibited elevated immunoglobulin E levels, eosinophil counts, and T helper 2 (TH2) cytokines in their plasma. They had an increased frequency of CD4+ T cells that expressed both Foxp3 and interleukin-13, but retained the ability to suppress effector T cell proliferation. TH2 cytokine–producing cells accumulated in cultures of naïve CD4+ T cells from LDS subjects, but not controls, after stimulation with TGFβ, suggesting that LDS mutations support TH2 skewing in naïve lymphocytes in a cell-autonomous manner. The monogenic nature of LDS demonstrates that altered TGFβ signaling can predispose to allergic phenotypes in humans and underscores a prominent role for TGFβ in directing immune responses to antigens present in the environment and foods. This paradigm may be relevant to nonsyndromic presentations of allergic disease and highlights the potential therapeutic benefit of strategies that inhibit TGFβ signaling.


Visual Abstract Both cyclooxygenase-1 (COX-1) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) convert arachidonic acid to prostaglandin H2, which has proinflammatory effects. The recently developed PET radioligand 11C-PS13 has excellent in vivo selectivity for COX-1 over COX-2 in nonhuman primates. This study sought to evaluate the selectivity of 11C-PS13 binding to COX-1 in humans and assess the utility of 11C-PS13 to measure the in vivo potency of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs. Methods: Baseline 11C-PS13 whole-body PET scans were obtained for 26 healthy volunteers, followed by blocked scans with ketoprofen (n = 8), celecoxib (n = 8), or aspirin (n = 8). Ketoprofen is a highly potent and selective COX-1 inhibitor, celecoxib is a preferential COX-2 inhibitor, and aspirin is a selective COX-1 inhibitor with a distinct mechanism that irreversibly inhibits substrate binding. Because blood cells, including platelets and white blood cells, also contain COX-1, 11C-PS13 uptake inhibition from blood cells was measured in vitro and ex vivo (i.e., using blood obtained during PET scanning). Results: High 11C-PS13 uptake was observed in major organs with high COX-1 density, including the spleen, lungs, kidneys, and gastrointestinal tract. Ketoprofen (1–75 mg orally) blocked uptake in these organs far more effectively than did celecoxib (100–400 mg orally). On the basis of the plasma concentration to inhibit 50% of the maximum radioligand binding in the spleen (in vivo IC50), ketoprofen (<0.24 μM) was more than 10-fold more potent than celecoxib (>2.5 μM) as a COX-1 inhibitor, consistent with the in vitro potencies of these drugs for inhibiting COX-1. Blockade of 11C-PS13 uptake from blood cells acquired during the PET scans mirrored that in organs of the body. Aspirin (972–1,950 mg orally) blocked such a small percentage of uptake that its in vivo IC50 could not be determined. Conclusion: 11C-PS13 selectively binds to COX-1 in humans and can measure the in vivo potency of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs that competitively inhibit arachidonic acid binding to COX-1. These in vivo studies, which reflect the net effect of drug absorption and metabolism in all organs of the body, demonstrated that ketoprofen had unexpectedly high potency, that celecoxib substantially inhibited COX-1, and that aspirin acetylation of COX-1 did not block binding of the representative nonsteroidal inhibitor 11C-PS13.


Purpose The study attempted to assess the safety of the infusion of dopamine for anesthesia induction in the patients with the severe mitral stenosis. Methods Twenty patients undergoing elective mitral valve replacement were studied(10 patients in each group).Anesthesia was induced with fentanyl,midazolam,pipecuromium.Small dose dopamine 3 μg·kg~(-1)·min~(-1) was used before anesthesia induction in dopamine group,control group use none.BP,HR and SpO_2 was measured at before induction,after administion,after intubated,2 min,5 min and 10 min after intubaed. Results In dopamine group BP insignificantly decreased, HR significantly decresased,but BP、HR was no significantly changed after intubation.In control group BP,HR significantly decreased after induction,significantly increased after intubation. Conclusions The small dose dopamine before anesthesia induction is conribute to hemodynamic stability.


A top-down approach is proposed for cost analysis for database and information system design. General principles are given which allow the analyst either to estimate rapidly the costs of a wide variety of alternatives or to investigate fewer possibilities in great detail. Techniques are developed which can be used at any level of the iterative design process - at the early stages or at the detailed phase of specific design. The paper applies the methods to the basic categories of file cost at the simpler levels of analysis and refers to the literature for more sophisticated analyses, which can be done within the framework provided here. Among the specific results developed are: the extension of a widely-used hit ratio formula to non-uniform usage distribution; the introduction of the "distribution of depths" for serial accesses; a general activity analysis and a volatility analysis for indexed sequential files.


Illustration shows Roscoe Conkling holding a corkscrew labeled "Investigation", attempting to pull the cork that shows the face of Jacob Sharp, out of a bottle with a label that states "Jacob Sharp's Private Information about the Broadway Railroad Steal"; on shelves in the background are the "Aldermanic Bottles to be Opened Next".
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Objective:To observe clinical effect of oral bumbuterol on control of symptom and improvement of lung function in asthma patients with inhaled corticosteroids.Methods:Thirty seven chronic asthmatic patients with inhaled corticosteroids were randomized into two groups:①Oral bumbuterol group:Nighteen patients receive oral bumbuterol 20mg QN in addition to inhale corticosteroids.②Higher-dose corticosteroids group:Eighteen patients received increased dose of inhaled corticostersids.The changes of lung function and improvement of symptom were observed in two group patients for four weeks.Results:After four weeks,FEV 1 and PEF increased markdely in both groups (P0 01 and P0 05).However,changed values of FEV1 and PEF in oral bumbuterol group were higher than those in the higher-dose corticosteroids group (P0 05).The number of rescue inhaledβ 2-agonist and the number of awakenings in nights due to asthmatic symptoms weekly decreased significantly in both(P0 05).The number of awakening in night in oral bambuterol group was markedly lower than that in higher-dose corticosteroids group (P0 05).Conclusion:Once-daily oral bambuterol can significantly improve lung function and clinical symptom in patients with asthma, who still have symptoms on treatment with inhaled corticosteroids.Oral bambuterol provides a highly effective alternative to inhale higher-dose corticosteroids for relief of nocturnal symptom and improvement of lung function in patients with chronic asthma.


ABSTRACT The North African countries' (NACs) production and export structure suffers from double constraints: insufficient diversification and weak sophistication. This study assesses the impact of diversification/sophistication variables on growth in the NACs and verifies that the current export structure is indeed a constraint to economic development. We estimate a growth model as a Barro's regression (conditional-convergence model) using panel data. The factors that determine export diversification and sophistication suggest which levers and actions would firstly allow NACs to diversify their exports to higher added-value products and secondly take the existing products to a higher level of sophistication. Our recommendations highlight the role of various policies and stakeholders.


. It is a phenomenon that students in the vocational education system further their studies for higher level of degrees in the developed countries. With a purpose to understand the preference together its influencing factors of whether the students further their studies for the bachelor degrees in the universities in China, this paper carried a questionnaire with an empirical analysis by decision tree method targeting the students being enrolled in the higher vocational colleges, most of which are located in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The questionnaire includes questions of personal and family characteristics, preference/reasons/concerns of pursuing bachelor degrees in universities, daily courses and capability cultivation, gains in the internship. The results in the questionnaire concludes that the students feel difficult in learning courses related to mathematics, English languages, and technical courses in theory. This research also finds students' incompetency in these three types of courses, which are also the ones they would like to improve in the universities after they are approved for bachelor degrees. It is recommended that the higher vocational college should strengthen these three categories of courses, especially to those students who plan to pursue their bachelor degrees in the universities after graduation.


Metamaterials (MM) are artificially designed materials that possess unique properties due to their geometrical design. They also display some peculiar properties, such as negative refractive index, Snell's law reversal, Doppler effect reverse, and left-handed behavior. MMs are used in a myriad of applications, including invisibility cloaking, perfect lensing, perfect absorption, and sensing. In this review article, the property of electromagnetic absorption by structures known as metamaterial absorbers (MMAs) is discussed. An MMA is a composite made up of many layers of metallic patterns separated by dielectric. This novel device helps in achieving near-unity absorption by various mechanisms, which are investigated in this article. The MMAs are classified based on their absorption characteristics, such as polarization tunability, broadband operation, and multiband absorption, in different frequency regimes.


Data clustering is a process of putting similar data into groups. A clustering algorithm partitions a data set into several groups such that the similarity within a group is larger than among groups. This paper reviews two types of clustering techniquesk-Means and Hierarchical clustering. In this paper the Strengths and weaknesses of both Clustering techniques and their methodology and process are listed. The performance and various other attributes of the two techniques are presented and compared.


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Caveolae, cholesterol rich microdomain platforms localized mostly at the cytoplasmic membrane of endothelial cells as well as other cell types, are importantly involved in cell signaling and enzymatic activity.1–6 Caveolae also contain cationic amino acid transporter (CAT) which provide L-Arginine to the eNOS-Ca2+-Calmodulin complex toward the production of nitric oxide (NO).1–6

Caveolin-1, a major caveolae-localized protein, represses markedly eNOS-dependent NO production by interfering with NADPH-dependent electron flux.3 Alteration in caveolin abundance or its subcellular location leads to the control of NO production.5,6 Thus, it is clear, that the more the caveolin the less the NO, and inversely.3

The conventional paradigm supports the concept that eNOS–caveolin-1 interaction promotes inhibition of NO production, whereas increased intracellular Ca2+ activates Ca2+-Calmodulin which in turn disrupts the eNOS–caveolin-1 interaction and thus liberates the enzyme. This in turn promotes NO production.1–6

A new paradigm is now suggested by Miniatis and colleagues7, who elegantly demonstrated that NO production in pulmonary endothelial cells is significantly mediated by caveolae internalization and is independent of the increase of intracellular Ca2+. …


The floodplain soils of Central Cross River State are extensively cultivated for food crop production and contributes nearly 60% of the agricultural wealth of the inhabitants. Knowledge of their characteristics, classification and management will enhance their productive potential and facilitate technological transfer. Profile pits were escavated in levee and backswamp locations in two communities with extensive floodplains and studied. Based on morphological and other analytical characteristics, the soils were classified according to USDA soil Taxonomy and correlated to FAO/UNESCO soil map of the world legend. Backswamp soils were classified as Vertic Tropaquepts while levee soils were classified as Typic Tropustuepts at sub-group level of the USDA soil Taxonomy. The FAO/UNESCO equivalent of these soils is Luvisol. The major limitations of these soils are high acidity (low pH), low available phosphorus and poor drainage. Backswamp soils were superior in most fertility indices assessed than levee soils. Soil pH in these soils had a high positive correlation with CEC, available phosphorous and base saturation with "r" values of 0.79, 0.76, and 0.75 at p 0.01 significant level. The floodplain soils can be efficiently managed through the use of water control mechanisms, construction of efficient low cost drainage systems,  construction of giant heaps and application of phosphatic fertilizers/NPK high in phosphorus. The backswamps can be dammed for fish farming.


This master's thesis deals with timing effects in complex on chip systems. It is written in cooperation with the research and development centre of Infineon Technologies. One primary goal of all in ...


ABSTRACT In this paper, we have studied the actuation performance of Ionic Polymer Metal Composite based actuator (IPMC) in the artificial blood analogue fluid medium. The fluid used in this study was transparent and made from readily available materials. This study can be useful for testing the actuation behavior of IPMC by forming an in-vitro hemodynamic environment for treating different cardiovascular diseases. IPMC electrodes fabricated by a standard electroless deposition process. A rectangular strip of 35 mm length and 2 mm width was used for actuation testing under 0–5 V DC. Actuation results show fairly effective results in a fluid environment for repetitive measurements. Graphical abstract


The fermentable technique of can of making fermented sweet corn in fresh sweet corn and the percentage of can composition were experimented. The result showed that the optimum fermentable technique of making fermented sweet corn in fresh sweet corn was 1.0% yeast content of sweet wine, 25 ℃fermentable temperature, 4 days fermentable time and the ratio of sweet corn and water at 1∶0.8 respectively. The optimum percentage of fermented sweet corn can was the ratio of fermented sweet corn and water at 1∶2, 8% adding sugar content, soluble solid content of production reached 8.5%, and alcohol concentration≤1.5° respectively.


Abstract Let λ be a partition of the positive integer n chosen uniformly at random among all such partitions. Let Ln = Ln(λ) and Mn = Mn(λ) be the largest part size and its multiplicity, respectively. For large n, we focus on a comparison between the partition statistics Ln and LnMn. In terms of convergence in distribution, we show that they behave in the same way. However, it turns out that the expectation of LnMn – Ln grows as fast as 12logn {1 \over 2}\log n . We obtain a precise asymptotic expansion for this expectation and conclude with an open problem arising from this study.


Image captioning models aim at connecting Vision and Language by providing natural language descriptions of input images. In the past few years, the task has been tackled by learning parametric models and proposing visual feature extraction advancements or by modeling better multi-modal connections. In this paper, we investigate the development of an image captioning approach with a kNN memory, with which knowledge can be retrieved from an external corpus to aid the generation process. Our architecture combines a knowledge retriever based on visual similarities, a differentiable encoder, and a kNN-augmented attention layer to predict tokens based on the past context and on text retrieved from the external memory. Experimental results, conducted on the COCO dataset, demonstrate that employing an explicit external memory can aid the generation process and increase caption quality. Our work opens up new avenues for improving image captioning models at larger scale.


This paper compares Higher Still with post-16 reform policies currently pursued in other European countries. These reforms all respond to similar problems and pressures, many of which reflect common educational, social and economic trends, and they pursue similar objectives but with differences of emphasis. Compared with other reforms Higher Still focuses more on 'middle-attaining' students, is less labour-market-oriented and is less concerned to increase flexibility than to address problems of an already flexible system. Along with reforms in Norway and Sweden, Higher Still pursues a 'unified system' which unifies tracks; other strategies link tracks or enhance their distinctiveness. Higher Still is also distinctive for its emphasis on 'system architecture' (certification and pathways) as the main focus of reform, for its omission of work-based learning, and for pursuing an individualist rather than collectivist model of unified system. The paper concludes by discussing the lessons which may be drawn from such comparisons.


[Objective] The research aimed to study the distribution characteristics of heavy metal forms,reveal the influence of heavy metal contamination on soil,and clarify the correlation between heavy metal forms and physical and chemical properties.[Method] The Tissier synchronization extraction procedure method was used to analyze the content of the cadmium forms.Correlation analysis of Pearson between forms of cadmium and physical and chemical properties was done with SPSS.And linear regression simulation was done between cadmium forms and its major impact factors.[Result] Cd was mainly in residual fraction,exchangeable and carbonate combined and the content of the three forms accounted for 91.40% of the total.The content of the labile fractions was higher and amounted to 40.09% of the total.[Conclusion] The forms of cadmium had bioavailability and potential risk.In soil environment,more attention should be paid.pH was the dominant factor which affected the content of heavy metal forms of the cadmium.In addition,the forms of cadmium were affected by CEC and organic matters.


A CMOS image sensor capable of wide-dynamic-range compression is proposed. This sensor has two main features. It uses a negative-feedback technique to set any intermediate voltage into photodiode (PD) capacitance in the pixel circuit. It also uses a quasi-holding function by resetting the pixel-output voltage into PD capacitance. Dynamic range compression is achieved by individually selecting pixels and by setting an intermediate voltage or performing quasi-holding with respect to each pixel. Output data has a polygon-like form corresponding to a change from high sensitivity to low sensitivity as optical intensity becomes stronger. Experimental results obtained with a chip fabricated using a 0.25-mum CMOS process demonstrate dynamic range compression


This paper proposes a reduced order mathematical model for the VSC converter and its controls by linearizing the combined set of equations of the power system and controller. The reduced order model can preserve the unstable characteristic of the VSC system and provide an explicit mathematical expression for the system eigenvalues. This analytical formula can directly reveal by simple inspection relationships between the system stability and system parameters. Results show that small signal stability of the system is significantly affected by the ac system strength (SCR) and the Phased Locked Loop (PLL) parameters. Also, small signal stability is more sensitive to the ac voltage controller's gain than to the power controller gains. Compared with the previous developed full order model, the reduced order model can give more insights and constructive suggestions how to adjust the parameters of the control system of VSC. In particular, it is shown that by increasing the value of the voltage controller's integral gain the system can be made to operate at an SCR which is very close to the theoretical minimum SCR limit.


Author(s): Wang, Lin | Advisor(s): Xu, Hongquan | Abstract: Space-filling designs are commonly used in computer experiments and other scenarios for investigating complex systems, but the construction of such designs is challenging. In this thesis, we construct a series of maximin-distance Latin hypercube designs via Williams transformations of good lattice point designs. Some constructed designs are optimal under the maximin L1-distance criterion, while others are asymptotically optimal. Moreover, these designs are also shown to have small pairwise correlations between columns. The procedure is further extended to the construction of multi-level nonregular fractional factorial designs which have better properties than regular designs. Existing research on the construction of nonregular designs focuses on two-level designs. We construct a novel class of multilevel nonregular designs by permuting levels of regular designs via the Williams transformation. The constructed designs can reduce aliasing among effects without increasing the run size. They are more efficient than regular designs for studying quantitative factors. In addition, we explore the application of experimental design strategies to data-driven problems and develop a subsampling framework for big data linear regression. The subsampling procedure inherits optimality from the design matrices and therefore minimizes the mean squared error of coefficient estimations for sufficiently large data. It works especially well for the problem of label-constrained regression where a large covariate dataset is available but only a small set of labels are observable. The subsampling procedure can also be used for big data reduction where computation and storage issues are the primary concern.


Abstract A longitudinal study was designed to investigate the possibility of improving current accuracy in prediction of reading disability, using phonological awareness (PA), oral language, and auditory temporal processing (ATP) as predictors. Preschoolers (n = 106) were tested on PA, and two groups were selected from the upper and lower quartiles of the PA distribution for initial testing as prereaders on ATP and oral language, and later testing on reading and oral language at the end of years 1, 2 , and 3. Oral language markedly improved levels of prediction previously achieved using PA alone. However, although ATP is related to PA and oral language in prereaders, it contributed little to prediction of reading achievement beyond that afforded by measures of PA and oral language. Options for improving the levels of prediction achieved here by increasing the sensitivity of our measure of AJP are discussed.


We performed charge exchange collision experiments of metastable He-like C, N and O ions (1s2s 3S1) with neutral target gases, and observed soft X-rays from doubly excited Li-like C, N and O ions produced by single electron capture. These emissions corresponded to 1s22s 1S0 - 1s2s (3S1) np transitions according to calculations for transition energies by the Cowan code.


Based on a long-span rigid frame-continuous combination bridge with corrugated steel webs, the seismic behavior of finite element model built by Midas Civil is analyzed through Pushover method, and the result is compared with the result from nonlinear time-procedure analysis. The outcome indicates that the bridge is able to meet the demand of E2 earthquake, and the results from the different methods are generally identical.


Crop breeders increasingly need to mitigate the effects of climate change. Ideally, their selection strategies are based on an understanding of crop responses to environmental covariates such as temperature. In this study, the height of 352 varieties (European and Swiss) was repeatedly measured in multiple years. P-splines were used to model plant height as a function of time, from which the phenology parameters jointing (start) and end of stem elongation were derived. An asymptotic model was used to estimate the base-temperature of growth (Tmin), the steepness of the response (lrc), and the growth at optimum temperature (rmax). Parameter rmax had the largest effect on final height, whereas the temperature-response parameters in the narrow sense (Tmin, lrc) were closely connected to phenology. Final height and rmax decreased from the more continental, eastern European countries towards the more maritime, western countries. For genotypes registered in Great Bitain, Tmin was distinctly lower compared to most other regions. Integrating such analysis of in-season responsiveness to fluctuating environmental conditions in breeding will help to improve the genetic gain for climate adaptation. It can only be achieved based on high-throughput assessment of phenotypes in the field throughout the season. Highlight Wheat phenology and environmental responses have been affected by breeders' selections since 1970. High throughput field phenotyping methods reveal these developments, allowing to better adapt future varieties to climate change.


During an allergy screening of families with a history of allergy in one or more subjects, skin prick tests (SPT) were performed in duplicate in 314 adults. The tests were performed with a new type of lancet with a 0.9 mm long point, loaded either with allergen (Phazet®) or used together with standardized extracts (10,000 and 100,000 BU/ ml). Wheals obtained with both methods were compared, and related to total IgE concentrations and history. A wheal area of 3 and 7 mm2 was used as cut‐off limit. Results with Phazet were close to those with Pharmalgen 100,000 BU/ml. With both methods precision was good for allergens, but less for Phazet histamine than for the corresponding wet test. SPT results obtained with Phazet and 100,000 BU/ml correlated better with history than the results with 10,000 BU/ml. Using a wheal size of 7 mm2 as cut‐off limit the efficiency for five tested allergens was 91%. "False positive" tests, possibly indicating an unobserved or latent type of allergy, were found more often with higher serum IgE concentrations. The safety of SPT was confirmed and Phazet was well accepted by nurses and tested subjects.


This paper describes Doppler a new, fast algorithm for supporting concurrent, one-way constraints between objects situated in multiple address spaces. Because of their declarative nature, convenience, low amortized cost, and good match to interface tasks, constraints have been used to support a variety of user-interface activities. Unfortunately, nearly all existing constraint maintenance algorithms are sequential in nature, and cannot function effectively in a concurrent or dktributed setting. The Doppler algorithm overcomes these limitations. It is a highly efficient distributed and concurrent algorithm (based on an efficient sequential algorithm for incremental, lazy updates). Doppler relies solely on asynchronous message passing, and does not require shared memory, synchronized clocks, or a global synchronization mechanism. It supports a high degree of concurrency by efficiently tracking potential cause and effect relationships between reads and writes, and allowing all causally independent operations to execute in parallel. This makes it scalable, and optimizes reads and writes by minimizing their blocking time.


This intrinsic animation of a city under construction is based on six matte paintings. Time-lapse effects were used to visualize the transformation. First, the 3D team worked closely with the matte painters to supply them with 3D scenes. Then the painters used these scenes as a reference for framing, perspectives, and matte finalization. From the multiple layers, high-definition mattes were generated to represent various phases of the development. Finally, the 3D artists recreated the time-lapse animation of the construction and added building-site details and workers. Software: proprietary, Softimage, Photoshop, rendering with Mental Ray and Flame.


Label Distribution Learning (LDL) assigns soft labels, a.k.a. degrees, to a sample. In reality, it is always laborious to obtain complete degrees, giving birth to the Incomplete LDL (InLDL). However, InLDL often suffers from performance degeneration. To remedy it, existing methods need one or more explicit regularizations, leading to burdensome parameter tuning and extra computation. We argue that label distribution itself may provide useful prior, when used appropriately, the InLDL problem can be solved without any explicit regularization. In this paper, we offer a rational alternative to use such a prior. Our intuition is that large degrees are likely to get more concern, the small ones are easily overlooked, whereas the missing degrees are completely neglected in InLDL. To learn an accurate label distribution, it is crucial not to ignore the small observed degrees but to give them properly large weights, while gradually increasing the weights of the missing degrees. To this end, we first define a weighted empirical risk and derive upper bounds between the expected risk and the weighted empirical risk, which reveals in principle that weighting plays an implicit regularization role. Then, by using the prior of degrees, we design a weighted scheme and verify its effectiveness. To sum up, our model has four advantages, it is 1) model selection free, as no explicit regularization is imposed; 2) with closed form solution (sub-problem) and easy-to-implement (a few lines of codes); 3) with linear computational complexity in the number of samples, thus scalable to large datasets; 4) competitive with state-of-the-arts even without any explicit regularization.


It was in December 2008 that I took on the position of Scientific Secretary of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP), although sometimes it seems like yesterday, and sometimes it seems like a lifetime ago. At the time, I thought I had some inkling of the challenges that this would entail. Looking back, I now realise how little I understood that this was not just another job; it's a lifestyle, impacting every part of my life, professional and personal. It is extremely demanding, with an enormous variety of responsibilities, mundane and exotic, requiring near-infinite patience and all the energy one can muster. The international aspect makes for frequent changes of time zone, so all too much time is spent jet lagged. Although it is an almost impossible challenge, the work is meaningful and very fulfilling. There is no wider view of radiological protection, and the opportunities to work with so many great people all over the world, in the profession and beyond, are unparalleled.


Teams arise in a number of important multiagent appli- cations. Several theories of intentions for teams have been proposed. By and large, these theories tend to model team intentions exclu- sively on the basis of mental concepts, and fail to acknowledge the internal structure of teams. We present a formal theory of intentions for teams that consid- ers the structure of teams explicitly. In this context, we distinguish between exodeictic and endodeictic intentions, which are conceptu- alized as pointing outward or inward from a team. These concepts are formalized in a framework that models the structure of teams in terms of their members' commitments and coordination require- ments. In this way, our approach combines mental and social con- cepts in a principled manner. We describe some postulates concern- ing intentions and structure, and give technical results establishing or falsifying these postulates with different definitions.


The objective of this study was to evaluate the reduction of crude protein diets on nitrogen balance, urinary pH and blood parameters of starter pigs. The average initial weight of the animals was 18.5 ± 0.73 kg. Two digestibility experiments were conducted, one in environmental conditions of stress (28.77 ? C) and another in thermal comfort condition (18.13 ? C). In both experiments, the animals were distributed in randomized blocks with four decreasing levels of crude protein (20.5, 19.4, 18.3 and 17.2%) and four replications, totaling 16 experimental units in each experiment, each represented by an animal, totaling 32 animals. The methodology used was the total collection of feces and urine was collected and filtered daily. To assess blood parameters, samples were obtained by jugular vein puncture. The parameters evaluated were ingested nitrogen, excreted in feces and urine, absorbed, retained, retained/absorbed, total excretion, net protein utilization, urine pH, cholesterol, triglycerides, glucose, urea and creatinine in blood plasma. It is concluded that reducing the level of protein in the diet, 20.5 to 17.2%; is an efficient alternative to reduce the amount of nitrogen excreted by pigs in heat stress condition. In thermal comfort condition pigs showed higher concentration of creatinine and serum cholesterol.


To investigate the effects of Saruma henryi olive in analgesia and peristalsis,the pharmacological experiments were carried out by some classical methods,such as mice writhing test,mice models of hot-plate and toner test.In these experiments,the results all had significant differences.The results showed that Saruma henryi olive had the drug activity of analgesia and accelerating intestine peristalsis.


Introduction: Noise is one of the most common physical harmful agent in the work places with different severity in almost all industries. The noise higher than the standard level can be a potential source for human injuries. The aim of this study was to evaluate noise induce hearing loss among welders. Materials and Methods: This cross - sectional study was done in 2013 to 2014 on the welders who referred to occupational medicine centers of Shohadaye Fardis to do occupational medicine checkup. Audiometric test was done in acoustics room for both ear and after data collection, statistical analysis was performed using SPSS software (version 22). Results: The results showed that among 54 welders (5.17 of all referred persons), 18 persons (33.3) has hearing problems, 36 persons (66.7) of persons were healthy. among welders with hearing loss, 6 persons (33) had unilateral NIHL and 11 persons (66) had a bilateral NIHL. hearing loss was more in 6000 Hz frequency in the left ear. Conclusions: Research showed that welders are prone to hearing loss and requires corrective and preventive actions in order to control their hearing system damage.


Based on recommendations from the Renal and Cardiovascular Advisory Committee, the Food and Drug Administration approved prasugrel (Effient) for the treatment of patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing percutaneous transluminal angioplasty in July of this year. 1 Dual antiplatelet therapy with clopidogrel and aspirin is currently the standard of care for these patients. Similar to clopidogrel, prasugrel is a thienopyridine that inhibits the adenosine diphosphate P2Y12 receptor in platelets, preventing aggregation, which may trigger subsequent thrombus formation. 2 The FDA approval of prasugrel followed an extensive 18-month review. Numerous issues have been raised concerning the comparative efficacy and safety of this agent and whether it offers any significant clinical advantage over clopidogrel. This article will discuss these issues and the likely role of prasugrel in clinical practice.


The paper analyzes the existing state of classroom teaching on Listening Comprehension,puts forward a new way for its improvement and emphasizes the integration and continuation of the process.It is proposed that second classroom activity is a continuation of classroom teaching and also an important way to effectively improve it,some suggestions being given on how to organize the second classroom activities.


Fatty liver syndrome (Hepatic lipidosis) or fat cow syndrome is a major metabolic disorder in many dairy cattle in early period of lactation. The aim of this study was to evaluating fatty liver syndrome in dairy cattle in Tabriz by measurement of NEFA, Glucose and Cholesterol serum values. In this study 60 anestrous and healthy dairy cows selected and 10ml blood from each cow obtained and sent for laboratory to assessment. According to the T-test at the 95% confidence level demonstrated that there wasn't significant difference among groups from NEFA, Glucose and Cholesterol serum values.


!n this paper we consider the predicf an problem of the future nth record value based an the first m (m < n) observed record values from one-parameter exponential distribution. We introduce four procedures for obtaining prediction intervals for the nth record value. The performance of the so obtained intervals is assessed through numerical and simulation studies. In these studies, we provide the means and standard errors of lower limits. upper limits and lengths of prediction intervals. Further, we check the validation of these intervals based on some point predictors.


Objective: To investigate the effect of rosiglitazone(RGZ) on serum C-reactive protein(CRP) level and ovulation in the patients with polycystic ovary syndrome(PCOS).Methods: 108 patients with PCOS and 40 healthy women were recruited.Body mass index(BMI),waist to hip ratio(WHR),CRP,insulin sensitivity index(ISI) and related hormones were determined.The patients with PCOS were randomly divided into three groups: group A(treated with clomiphene),B(with RGZ) and C(with the combination of RGZ and clomiphene),with 36 patients in each group.12 weeks later,the parameters were determined again,and the ovulation rate in each group was recorded.Results: Mean ISI was significantly lower in the patients with PCOS than that of healthy women(P0.01) while CRP levels were significantly higher(P0.01).ISI of 59.3% PCOS patients was lower than 0.021.Relativity analysis showed that there was no relationship between CRP and ISI(P0.05).After the treatment,CRP level decreased and ISI increased significantly in the patients both in group B and C(P0.01),but there was no much change in group A(P0.05).The ovulation rates in three groups were 58.3%,33.3% and 83.3% respectively. Conclusion: Both insulin resistance and inflammatory reaction are involved in the pathology of PCOS.The inflammatory reaction might be an independent contributor.RGZ improves both insulin resistance and ovulation in PCOS patients.


We have made observations of the four hyperfine transitions of the 2Π3/2, ground state of OH at 1612, 1665, 1667 and 1720 MHz and the related 1.6-GHz continuum emission towards NGC 6334 using the Australia Telescope Compact Array. The observations covered all the major radio continuum concentrations aligned along the axis of NGC 6334 (V, A to F). We have detected seven OH masers plus a possible faint eighth maser; two of these masers are located towards NGC 6334-A. Absorption at 1665 and 1667 MHz was detected towards almost all the continuum distribution. All transitions show non-LTE behaviour. The 1667-/1665-MHz intensity ratios range from 1.0 to 1.2, significantly less than their LTE value of 1.8. The results of the OH 'Sum Rule' suggest that this discrepancy cannot be explained solely by high optical depths. The 1612- and 1720-MHz line profiles show conjugate behaviour whereby one line is in absorption and the other in emission. In addition, the profiles commonly showed a flip from absorption to emission and vice versa, which is interpreted as a density gradient. The OH line-to-continuum distribution, optical depth and velocity trends are consistent with a bar-like shape for the molecular gas which wraps around the continuum emission.


Fiber composite component (1) fiber composite parts (2a, 2b), wherein the fiber composite parts (2a, 2b) with the hinge element (4) form a created in the injection process integral component and at least one fiber layer (5 interconnected with two via an elastic joint member (4) ) therethrough (by the hinge element (4) in both of fiber composite parts 2a, 2b), characterized in that the joint element (4) elastomer layers (6a, 6b) on the top and / or bottom of which (between the fiber composite parts 2a, 2b) extending at least one fiber layer has.


The Fermilab Main Injector project is building 344 dipoles, for which over 7000 tons of steel are required. Budgetary and logistic constraints prevented purchasing all of the steel required prior to production. Run to run variations in the magnetic properties of the steel have produced variations in the excitation curves of the dipoles. The variations in the B(H) curves for the steel as a function of run number, and the excitation characteristics of the dipoles, are discussed.


EPIZOOTOLOGIC AND DIAGNOSTIC OF TOKSOPLASMOSIS OF GOATS A reviewer is doctor of veterinary sciences V. O. Yevstafyeva The paper presents data about the using of different test kits for in vivo diagnostics of toxoplasmosis of goats. The peculiarities of the course of invasion are established, which depends on the season of the year, as well as age, sex and breed of animals. An infection of sapling of goats from one year was 10 %, at the same time as at animals by age from five to six years this index was increased and evened 30 %. Maximal staggered it was registered toxoplasmes at animal regional breeds. Extensiveness of invasion among the females of goats was considerably higher (72,2 %) as compared to males (20 %).


Introduction - Cultural and political change in 1960s Britain 1. Labour's organisational culture 2. Responding to 'affluence' 3. Reconciling the classes 4. Appealing to women 5. 'Integration' and black immigration 6. 'Responsibility' and the young 7. Engaging with 'participation' Conclusion The 1970 general election Bibliography


The idea to write this Special Issue originated as I am involved in the running European FP7 Collaborative Project "Magnetic Sorting and Ultrasound Sensor Technologies for Production of High Purity Secondary Polyolefins from Waste (W2Plastics)" Grant Agreement No. 212782, specifically addressed to develop a number of novel concepts and an innovative operative approach finalized for recovering high-purity polyolefins from complex wastes at low cost.


The state of the art and trends of the Soviet electronic information industry are discussed. The most important achievements and some problems in this field are analyzed. Some estimates of the production volumes of databases and online services are presented. Special attention is paid to forecasting the near- and long-term future of the USSR's electronic information industry and market.<<ETX>>


With the acceleration of urbanization and industrialization,the issue of rural workers has invited more and more attention from the society.It is not a singular problem,instead,it affects many a field including politics,economy,culture and society and directly hinders the process of the socialist newrural construction.For many reasons,the legal rights of rural workers have long gone unnoticed.The paper discusses the importance of social welfare for them,analyses the presentsituation and the causes and proposes some countermeasures.


The research conducted aims to obtain an overview of the education and training budget for improving the professionalism of teachers in Mamuju district, using a qualitative approach. The technique used in determining research informants is purposive sampling. The data collection was carried out with participatory observation techniques, semi-structured interviews and document review. The results of the study show that the education and training budget planning process for increasing the professionalism of teachers in Mamuju District is not yet fully ideal for implementing the five principles that are theoretically believed to be good budgeting principles in the public sector. There are many influential factors in the budget planning process, namely apparatus resources, planning documents (development and budgeting), nominative lists, budgets, and facilities (facilities and infrastructure). The education and training budget for increasing teacher professionalism in the government in the Mamuju district faces the following constraints: 1. Limited resources; 2) participant mechanisms for education and training for improving teacher professionalism; and 3) communication and coordination of related parties that are still weak. To overcome these various obstacles, interested parties have made staff review efforts to the regents, improved budgets and organized education and training for improving teacher professionalism and increasing the intensity of communication and coordination with various relevant parties.


Objective: Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused lifestyle changes for many people. In this study, we evaluated the effects of physical activity (PA) at COVID-19 pandemic on the metabolic control of children with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). Methods: Age, sex, blood pressure, comorbidity, anthropometric and sociodemographic data of 6-18 years old 82 patients with T1DM were recorded. Averages of glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), lipid profiles, and daily insulin dose during the pandemic and a year prior were also recorded. With "Physical Activity Questionnaire-A/C" PA and screen time during the pandemic and a year prior were questioned. Patients were divided into 2 subgroups: normal weighted (group 1) and overweighted/obese (group 2) and were compared. Results: Of the 82 patients, 47 were girls and mean age was 12.2±3.2 years. Group 1 had 64, group 2 had 18 patients and no difference was observed in terms of age, sex, comorbidity and sociodemographic data between the groups. There was a significant increase in screen time, the number of parents staying at home with children and body mass index (BMI) standard devation (SD), and a significant decrease in PA, blood pressure SD and low-density lipoprotein levels, but there was no change in HbA1c levels at the pandemic in both groups. The insulin dose was increased in group 1 at pandemic. There was a negative correlation between PA and the insulin dose. Conclusion: During the pandemic, PA of patients with T1DM decreased, screen time, the number of parents staying at home with children and BMI SD was increased, but their metabolic controls did not deteriorate. This result was attributed to the fact that the support of the family might be much more decisive for metabolic control during a pandemic.


The dicyanamide-bridged polymers with Schiff-base ligand, [CoNaL(dca)]n (1) and [Mn2L(dca)2]n (2) [H2L = bis(3-methoxysalicylidene)benzene-1,2-diamine, dca = dicyanamide] were synthesized and characterized by elemental analyses, IR spectrroscopy and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The solid-state structures reveal that polymer 1 has double dca bridged loop-like 1D chains, in which the heterodinuclear Co2+-Na+ units (LCoNa) are bridged by dca with coordination mode μ1,3,5. In polymer 2, homodinuclear Mn2+-Mn2+(LMnMn) units are linked by dca in μ1,5-bridging mode to form 2D planes. Magnetic susceptibility studies on 2 reveals antiferromagnetic coupling interactions between the adjacent Mn2+ ions in the LMnMn unit.


During the period 2001-2002 sensory analysis of six salad cucumber varieties was carried out. The aim of this experiment was to assess the influence of the harvest time on the fruit sensory properties. Flesh colour was the most stable character while appearance, skin colour, aroma, texture, taste and total sensory evaluation varied during the three investigated harvest periods. Two-way analysis of variance proved significant effect of the varieties, harvest time and its interaction on all sensory characters. Depending on the harvest time some of the varieties changed their places one toward other by total sensory evaluation. Therefore, it could not be made reliable conclusions of data obtained from one harvest time. The number of harvest times as well as the number of vegetations should be more then one in order to receive more accurate information for sensory characteristics.


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Working hours is a important link in product costing, it is also an important component of enterprise process management and Lean Production. The relationship of NC code and working hour was studied. As the corresponding mathematical models were established. It is more scientific, rationalization and precise for the CNC Milling Machining hours. An actual case was given.


The purpose of this communication is to contribute to the understanding of the causes of the variation in the regional distribution of the demand for tourism in OECD countries. Our contention is that exchange rate fluctuations since 1970 have strongly influenced both cyclical and long‐term patterns of international tourism behaviour. Except for works by Gerakis and Artus the literature covers this aspect only marginally. However, their pioneering econometric analyses do not satisfy a number of fundamental objections to the measurement of tourism demand.


This article considers nonparametric comparison of survival functions, one of the most commonly required task in survival studies. For this, several test procedures have been proposed for interval-censored failure time data in which distributions of censoring intervals are identical among different treatment groups. Sometimes the distributions may depend on treatments and thus not be the same. A class of test statistics is proposed for situations where the distributions may be different for subjects in different treatment groups. The asymptotic normality of the test statistics is established and the test procedure is evaluated by simulations, which suggest that it works well for practical situations. An illustrative example is provided.


Charts of the estimated average insolation received over Canada during each month of the year have been prepared. In the construction of these charts, instrumental observations of insolation have been supplemented by estimates derived from empirical equations relating average insolation to average sunshine or cloudiness. In the winter months, the average insolation shows a distinct latitudinal gradient with values, in December, about 100 langleys per day along the southern border decreasing to zero in the region of the polar night In the summer months, the latitudinal gradient disappears completely with, in June, areas of maximum (insolation ≥ 600 langleys per day) in regions of low cloudiness and areas of minimum (insolation ⋜500 langleys per day) in the cloudy regions bordering on large bodies of water.


ACo2O4 (A= Mg, Ni, Zn) and ACo2O4/HZSM鄄5 (A=Mg, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Zr, La) catalysts were synthesized by the citric acid鄄ligated combustion method and by low鄄temperature complex impregnation, respectively. The catalysts were characterized by X鄄ray diffraction (XRD), ammonia temperature鄄programmed desorption (NH3鄄TPD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and energy dispersive X鄄ray microanalysis (EDS). The performance of the catalysts was evaluated with micro fixed bed reactor. The results showed that the catalytic activity was affected by the A鄄site ion, and when the A鄄site ion was Ni, Fe, Zr, or La, the catalysts had better catalytic activity and the temperature of N2O decomposition was lower. Compared with ACo2O4, the ACo2O4/HZSM鄄5 catalyst had better catalytic activity. ACo2O4 was present as ultrafine particles on the HZSM鄄5 zeolite and the ACo2O4/HZSM鄄5 catalyst had good acidity. All these factors are useful in improving the performance of these catalysts.


The aim of this paper is to provide a profound explanation of some nominal variables as well as evidentially a theoretical explanation from the context of Malaysia. As a quantitative research approach to explain nominal attributes, 107 of travel and tour agents, and tour operators were observed around Malaysia based on a simple random sample designed from a sampling frame of a list of tourism enterprises considered for a population. Innovativeness, communicativeness, collaboration and cooperation, strategy attitude, strategy intention, and strategy behavior are fixed as dependent variables that have been explained based on mainly gender, race and years of operations—from which significant differences between endogenous attributes and some sections of nominal ones were captured— and a meaningful interpretation has been proliferated as a help to provide few effective research, managerial and social implications. A research from Malaysia context partially shortens a broad contextfree meaning. Nevertheless, this result would have a values useful for raising a broader sense of these categorical attributes for those administrations in a context like this, and for the readers around and across Malaysia. The effort was employed, for the first time, in this type of context. So perhaps, this can have a vast theoretical understanding of the Islamic tourism conceptualization from the light of nominally inferential research methods.


This article discusses effects of different package materials on free amino acids nitrogen, salt, free fatty acids, and soluble solid content without salt during the sufu production. The experiment showed that the quality of sufu packed by the chinaware or the glass was higher than that by the plastic. There was no mould spoilage with the former package, but spoilage in 8% of products with the latter package during the ripening of 12 months.


Various varieties of Mucuna pruriens are widely grown in the tropics. It is an important legume used for soil improvement, as a green manure or cover crop. Besides, its prolific production of beans is an essential attribute for use as human food or animal feed. The use of seeds of Mucuna species as non-conventional protein source in poultry feed could be a significant relief in developing countries where conventional protein ingredients such as soybean meal, fish meal and protein concentrates have become scarce and expensive. Mucuna beans are a rich source of crude protein (230 to 384 g/kg) with high protein digestibility (Adebowale et al., 2005). However, the beans contain anti-nutritive factors such as tannins, protease inhibitors, saponins, phytic acid and L-dopa (Adebowale et al., 2005) which limit their nutritive value for poultry (Carmen et al., 1999). It has been observed that hydrothermal treatments of the Mucuna seeds were most effective among the processing methods for the reduction of various anti-nutritive factors and improved protein digestibility (Siddhuraju and Becker, 2005). Preliminary studies (Carmen et al., 1999) have shown that a single processing method is not adequate in eliminating the adverse effects of the antinutritive factors. Hence there is a need to use combined processing methods such as soaking, dehulling and heat treatment. The objectives of this study were to determine dietary effects of two varieties of Ghanaian Mucuna pruriens beans processed by combined methods of soaking, dehulling and cooking on the growth performance of broiler chickens during the finishing phase as well as economics of production. Two experiments were conducted concurrently to evaluate the nutritive value of two Ghanaian Mucuna pruriens varieties (white and mottle beans) in concentrate-based diets for broiler chickens. Both types of beans were soaked in water for 48 h, dehulled by hand and cooked for 2 h (white beans) or one hour (mottle beans). A total of 270 (4-week-old) broiler chicks (Lohmann strain) were randomly allotted in groups of 15 birds (9 males, 6 females) in triplicate to the dietary treatments using a completely randomised design. In each experiment (Table 1), three diets that comprised the control (no Mucuna beans) and the processed Mucuna beans (150 and 200 g/kg) were formulated to be isonitrogenous (200 g/kg CP) with slight variation in ME (12 1 to 13 0 MJ/kg). Diets were formulated using maize, broiler— finisher concentrate and wheat bran. The birds were fed the diets from 4 to 8 weeks of age. Feed and water were supplied ad libitum and light was provided for 24 h. Data collected included feed intake, weight gain, feed/gain, mortality, feed cost and economy of gain. The data were subjected to ANOVA using the 'Genstat'. In both experiments, there were no significant differences (P > 0 05) in the growth parameters and economic indicators among the treatments (Table 2). This could be attributed to the fact that the adverse effects of antinutritive factors such as tannins, L-dopa and protease inhibitors might have been minimised substantially by the combined processing methods. Other studies (Udedibie et al., 2001; Dei et al., 2006) showed significant improvement in the performance of broilers fed processed Mucuna beans. The incorporation of both processed Mucuna beans at 200 g/kg, also, spared some of the maize (4 to 6%), wheat bran (50%) and broiler—finisher concentrate (23 to 27%). Therefore, a processed Mucuna bean has a potential to be used as poultry feed.


Blue spruce (Picea pungens 'Iseli Fastigiata')1. Spruces are common trees in cultivated landscapes in Utah. They have varied shapes, attractive foliage color, and can be fairly long-lived. They have pests, but not overly so, and are not very messy. Overall, the spruce genus (Picea) is commonly planted because it is a good tree for many landscape situations. There also are many native spruces in our mountains, and some of these come under cultivation when someone builds a cabin or other development occurs. Five species of spruce are commonly found in Utah, and are listed below in order of their commonality in the landscape. A few other species can be found but are very rare, examples include Brewer's spruce (Picea breweriana), black spruce (Picea mariana), and Oriental spruce (Picea orientalis)


The article is devoted to Vladimir Ilyin's philosophy of culture. It deals with the problem of religious foundation of culture. The article also considers Ilyin's conception of Russian culture and Russian literature.


The exercise of ideology in translation is as old as the history of translation itself in a cross-cultural context.The effect of ideology on translation manifests itself not only in the selection of the source texts,but also the selection of translation strategies.By exploring the ideological influence on the translation of Buddhist scriptures from the perspective of the selection of the source texts and translation strategies,this paper attempts to verify the hypothesis that the translation of Buddhist scriptures is a process of receiving foreign ideology in a particular period of Chinese history;a process of Buddhism penetrating into China and communicating and integrating with the domestic ideology.


. In apure exchange economy under uncertainty the traders are willing to trade of the amounts of state-contingent commodities and they know their expectations. Common-knowledge about these conditions among all traders can preclude trade if the initial endowments allocation is a $ \mathrm{r}\mathrm{a}\mathrm{t}\mathrm{i}\triangleright$ nal expectations equilibrium, even when the traders have the non-partition structure of information without the common prior aslumption. In the proof it plays essential role to extend the notion of arational expectations equilibrium and to characterize $ \mathrm{e}\mathrm{x}$ -ante Pareto optimal endowments as the equilibrium. From the epistemic point of view it is emphasized that the partition structure of information for the traders plays no roles in the no trade theo $ \mathrm{r}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{m}$ .


Background: The quadrangular (or quadrilateral) space is defined by its anatomical borders and is the passageway for the axillary nerve and posterior circumflex humeral artery (PCHA). Quadrangular space syndrome (QSS) can present due to various compressive pathologies but is commonly seen in overhead athletes. Quadrangular space syndrome can present with neurogenic symptoms including pain and paresthesias, as well as vascular complications from compression of the PCHA including thrombosis, aneurysm formation, and distal emboli. Indications: Surgical decompression of the quadrangular space is indicated for severe neurogenic or vascular compromise in the case of QSS refractory to nonoperative treatment. Technique Description: After appropriate preoperative physical examination findings and trial of nonoperative treatment, including physical therapy and injections, surgical decompression was indicated. The posterior border of the deltoid was marked, and an incision centered over the posterior border of the deltoid lateral to the axillary fold was made. Posterior border of deltoid was identified and retracted, revealing the interval of the teres minor and major. The nerve to the teres minor was identified, protected, and fibrous bands compressing the nerve were released. The nerve to the teres minor was tracked deep to find the axillary nerve. This was identified and fibrous bands around the nerve were decompressed. The circumflex vessels were protected throughout. Following decompression of the nerves, there was free movement of the nerves indicating adequate surgical decompression. Results: Adequate surgical decompression of the axillary nerve and PCHA achieved with resolution of neurogenic symptoms of pain and paresthesias at first postoperative visit. Discussion/Conclusion: Quadrangular space syndrome is a rare disorder, can be difficult to diagnose, and is the cause of significant morbidity, particularly in overhead athletes. If symptoms persist after nonoperative treatment, operative decompression of the quadrangular space may be indicated. Adequate surgical decompression results in relief of neurogenic and vascular symptoms. Graphical Abstract This is a visual representation of the abstract.


As the basis for virtually any form of nitrogen fertilizers, ammonia plays a vital role in agriculture; in addition, there has been an increased interest in its use as a carbon-free energy carrier....


Objective: In this study, we aimed to examine the association of demographic and socioeconomic factors with cutaneous melanoma that required admission. Methods: A cross-sectional study utilizing the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database, 2003–2009, was merged with County Health Rankings Data. Results: A total of 2,765 discharge records were included. Men were more likely to have melanoma in the head, neck, and trunk regions (p < 0.001), while extremities melanoma was more common in women (p < 0.001). Males had a higher risk of lymph node metastasis on presentation (OR 1.54, 95% CI [1.27–1.89]). Blacks and Hispanics were more likely to present with extremities melanoma. Patients with low annual income were more likely to be treated by low-volume surgeons and in hospitals located in high-risk communities (p < 0.05 each). Patients with Medicaid coverage were twice as likely to present with distant metastasis and were more likely to be managed by low-volume surgeons (p < 0.05 each). Conclusions: The presentation and outcomes of cutaneous melanoma have a distinct pattern of distribution based on patients' characteristics.


Eugenio D'Ors, the writer of 'Lo Barroco' called Baroque in the 17th century as the ultimate nostalgia of humanity we can see anywhere, and when our exclusive mental state, classic consciousness, is weakened, countless things within self get to be expressed without limitation. He defines this as Baroque ego. In other words, the abyss of a being is expressed within self, and it gets to come into the abyss of art and be settled in it. Thereupon, this study focuses on the characteristics of such effects of abyss expressed in Baroque art to amplify the depth of space in art and architecture and also its productive effects and considers in what types the abyss gets to be expressed in art and architecture. As a result, it shows nonlinear characteristics whose outline of the model and structural body is invisible, depth resulted from overlapping, unity from formal repetition, and temporal continuity from movement. In other words, formative elements which extend the unit area of space conceptually can be summed up by nonlinearity, overlapping, unity, and movement. Also, in art and architecture, this accelerates men's emotional functions and at the same time, has productive effects to extend space visually. Baroque abyss can be seen as a proper solution to overcome problems which modern architecture implies ultimately, that is, the limitations of area definition.


Nanostructured RuO2 powders were synthesized via a hydrothermal method at 180 °C for 12 h using 1 and 2 M NaOH aqueous solutions. The structure of the obtained nanomaterials was investigated by powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) technique. The morphology the obtained materials were studied by field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM). The technique showed that with changing the reaction rout, the homogeneity of the size and morphology of the synthesized nanomaterials were changed. It was found that the morphology of the obtained materials were spherical particles using 2 M NaOH aqueous solution. Catalytic performance of the synthesized nanomaterials was investigated in Biginelli reactions for the one-pot synthesis of 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-ones (DHPMs) using Benzaldehyde derivatives, urea and ethylacetoacetate as raw materials. Experimental design method was used to obtain optimized reaction conditions. It was found that the optimized conditions were 0.028 g of catalyst, 110 °C reaction temperature and 66 min reaction time.


This paper explores the challenges faced by design managers in planning and designing office environments, in the context of two major shifts: a progressive ageing of the workforce and a move towards the knowledge economy. Rapid demographic change in industrialised nations has shifted the age balance of the workforce. It is estimated that, within the EU, one in two adults of working age will be over 50 by 2020. Such changes in the population profile will be coupled with a shortfall in pension funding, requiring many people to continue to work for longer. There is a growing management realisation that wider organisational knowledge and experience can be lost when a worker retires, so there is a growing desire by managers to retain this knowledge. In addition, new age and disability legislation will provide more legal protection for people wishing to extend their working lives. Change is also taking place in the type of work we do. Much of the activity that takes place in offices has moved away from repetitive, supervised process work, towards work based on collaboration, expertise and initiative, a common term for which is 'knowledge work'. Initially, doctors, lawyers, academics and scientists were among the first identified as 'knowledge workers'. But the term, first coined in 1960 by the economist Peter Drucker, is now considered to extend to most executive, managerial and marketing roles as well as 'knowledge technologists' such as computer technicians, software designers, clinical lab analysts and paralegals. As such, many economists and social forecasters now consider the world of work as the world of knowledge work. Many knowledge workers are, by definition, older workers because these are the people who have amassed the experience and expertise over many years. But their needs and aspirations are not considered in the design of most current workplaces. Not only have these offices been primarily designed for what economists have described as the 'family formation workforce'


Submitted for the DAMOP16 Meeting of The American Physical Society Calculations of long-range three-body interactions for Li(2S)Li(2S)-Li(2P )1 PEI-GEN YAN, Univ of New Brunswick WIPM, LI-YAN TANG, WIPM, ZONG-CHAO YAN, Univ of New Brunswick WIPM, JAMES F BABB , ITAMP, Harvard-Smithsonian — With the rapid developments in ultracold atomic and molecular physics, accurate determinations of long-range interactions between two and three atoms are important in, for example, analyzing atomic photoassociation. Long-range interactions of two-body systems were extensively studied for S and P state atoms, however, for three-body systems studies are limited to S-state atoms. In this work, a general formula for calculating the long-range interactions among three like atoms is presented using perturbation theory up to second order, where two atoms are in identical S states and the other atom is in a P state. Unlike the case where the three atoms are in identical S states, here the first order interaction coefficients already show a dependence on the geometrical configuration of the three atoms, and nonadditive terms start to appear at the second order in energy corrections. For the Li(2 2S)-Li(2 2S)-Li(2 2P ) system, we perform precision evaluation of various dispersion coefficients using variationally generated atomic lithium wave functions in Hylleraas coordinates. These additive and nonadditive long-range dispersion coefficients may be useful in constructing a precise potential energy surface of this three lithium system. 1Work supported in part by NSERC, CAS/SAFEA, NBRPC, NNSF, and NSF Zong-Chao Yan Univ of New Brunswick Date submitted: 20 Jan 2016 Electronic form version 1.4


Electronic cigarettes (e‐cigarettes) have an important role in helping many people to stop smoking, but widespread myths and misconceptions remain about their safety. Public Health England's recent evidence review aims to help healthcare professionals dispel some of these myths.


This paper investigates Naïve Bayes (NB) classifier for Hindi Word Sense Disambiguation (WSD) utilizing eleven features. The features used in the experiment includes local context, collocations, unordered list of words, nouns and vibhaktis. Evaluation is done on a manually created sense annotated Hindi corpus consisting of 60 polysemous Hindi nouns. A precision of 77.52% was observed, using unordered list of words in feature vector. We obtained maximum precision of 86.11% by utilizing nouns in feature vector after applying morphology. The experimental results demonstrates that by adding more rich features, WSD accuracy of NB classifier can be significantly improved over unordered list of words. We obtained precision of 56.49%, by utilizing vibhaktis in the feature vector.


The author adds 1971 data and revises and extends the analysis of population density in Great Britain cited in 42: Title 1126. The basic aim of this study is to compile information from population census data which would answer questions concerning the density at which people live changes in density over time the most densely population part of Britain and the way in which the analysis is affected by the areal units used (ANNOTATION)


It was put forward a method of compensating Stimulated Brillouin Scattering effect (SBS) with Stimulated Raman effect(SRE), and under both optimal doping density and transparent transmission study the role of SRE. The results show: SRE compensates the pump power depleted by SBS, improves noise, makes optimal pump period long, and reduce the total pump power of transmitting system.


The invention discloses a cable with visual identifications and a manufacturing method of the cable. The cable with the visual identifications comprises a cable outer sheath and chips comprising information of the cable identifications, wherein the cable outer sheath wraps a cable core, a cable information belt is arranged between the cable core and the cable outer sheath, and the chips comprising the cable identifications are arranged on the cable information belt at intervals in the axial direction. As the cable information belt is arranged in the cable, the identifications can be set in the manufacturing process of the cable, the cable outer sheath is arranged outside the cable information belt for protection, and the manufactured cable is low in cost and has the good fouling resistance capacity. The manufacturing method is simple, the cost is low, the efficiency is high, the cable is convenient to maintain, examine and repair, and the problems that identifications are difficult to arrange on laid cables and the cable identifications are prone to damage in the prior art are solved.


How to conduct scientific research and research on some detailed problems, people who understand and have studied mathematical thinking in depth may know that the use of mathematical modeling is a way to maximize benefits. Even in today's high-tech experiments on natural sciences, whether it is mathematical modeling theory or its main application methods, they can play a great role [1]. Of course, the foundation of using mathematical modeling is the in-depth and mastery of mathematical courses. Then, according to the thinking of education, if we can apply the learning method of mathematical modeling to the teaching of the original mathematics course, we can apply some mathematical network teaching resources intact and effective to modern media teaching. in. This approach can not only help students improve their self-learning mastery, but also improve the quality of mathematics teaching in each school from the side.