Concrete is a mixture of cement, coarse aggregate, fine aggregate, water and could also be given the added material that varies on a certain percentage or replaced from the binder material is cement replaced with fly ash from coal combustion. Fly ash material in the manufacture of concrete may react chemically with alkaline liquid at a specific temperature to form a mixture of materials such as cement-owned properties. In rigid pavement, which was very influential in determining the pavement structure strength to bear the burden of traffic is the strength of the concrete itself. The strength of the land base is only a small effect on the carrying capacity of the structural strength of rigid pavement. The present study is to compare the compressive strength, tensile strength and flexural strength sides Geopolymer concrete with normal concrete that is using the ratio variation Geopolymer concrete 3: 2, 4: 2, 5: 2. Geopolymer concrete mix design refers to previous studies, and normal concrete using the method of ACI with a compressive strength of 20 MPa plan. Number of test specimens included 24 cylinders with a diameter of 15cm, 30cm high and 12 pieces of beams with a length of 60cm, width 10cm, height 20cm. So overall total cylindrical test specimen and the beam that is 36 pieces. The test results showed Geopolymer concrete is superior to normal concrete on the variation to 5: 2. In testing the compressive strength, compressive strength test data that is on Geopolymer concrete variation of 3: 2 was 11.883 MPa, the variation of 4: 2 is 18.825 MPa, the variation of 5: 2 was 21.314 MPa, and the concrete is normally 18.862 MPa. Then the split tensile strength testing, tensile test data split on Geopolymer concrete variation of 3: 2 was 6.311 MPa, the variation of 4: 2 is 6,785 MPa, the variations of 5: 2 was 7.215 MPa and 7.096 MPa normal concrete. Later on testing flexural strength, flexural strength test data on Geopolymer concrete variation of 3: 2 was 3.843 MPa, the variation of 4: 2 is 6.303 MPa, the variations of 5: 2 was 8.003 MPa and 4.835 MPa normal concrete. Geopolymer concrete quality can be concluded more concrete above normal variations to 5: 2. Although it has its drawbacks and less economical than normal concrete.


South East Asia is having to face the problems of a rapidly aging population more quickly than other areas of the world. As a result, the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) has established a programme to tackle the needs of the growing elderly population.

It took over 100 years for the proportion of Belgium's population aged over 60 …


In the title compound, [Mn(C13H11N4O2)2], the Mn atom is coordinated in a distorted octahedral manner by pyridyl N atoms, amidrazonato N atoms and carbamoy O atoms from two tridentate N 3-salicyloylpyridine-2-carboxamidrazonato ligands. N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds result in the formation of two chains, one parallel to the b axis and the other one parallel to the c axis. These two chains are cross-linked, building up layers parallel to the (100) plane.


The lack of use of the surrounding environment as a learning media for students, where the teacher always considers that the only media or source of learning, but can be seen from the explanation of the theory, that the environment around children, a lot of information or symptoms that participants get not only students. The teacher can also feel the benefits of using the surrounding environment as a learning medium, can help teachers in delivering material that does not only occur in the classroom, but learns outside the classroom, and uses the environment as a source of learning, will make students know more about the environment around students.


IRAK1 gene polymorphism rs3027898 (located in the 3'-untranslated region) has been associated previously with atherothrombotic celebral infarction in Japanese patients. The present study addresses, for fi rst time, the role of IRAK1 polymorphism rs3027898 in Caucasian ischemic stroke (IS) patients. IRAK1 gene is located on chromosome X (Xq28) and according to a recent study, the genotype-based analysis of X-linked polymorphisms should be performed in females, which is the case of the present study. On the other hand, stroke tends to be more severe in women than in males. Therefore, if this polymorphism is confi rmed to be associated with disease severity, this could strengthen further the association with IS.


The degrading influence of different cutting techniques on the magnetic behavior of electrical steel sheets has been well recognized. However, more research is needed to understand how the influences of different cutting techniques compare, notably with respect to laser versus mechanical cutting and for different materials. This paper addresses the influences of CO2 laser cutting, FKL laser cutting, and mechanical cutting on the magnetization characteristics and specific losses of electrical steel sheets determined by Epstein frame measurements on rectangular samples and by the measurements of stator lamination stacks. Experimental results based on three different materials commonly used with electric machines and investigated at different frequencies are provided.


The chaotic system is widely used in communication system and the detection of weak periodic signals.However,it is rarely used in the detection of complex signals.A chaotic system and its corresponding Simulink model for the detection of ECG signals are presented.The simulation results show that the ECG signals could be detected intuitively througth the difference of the system output phase diagrams.The results of phase space reconstruction of each ECG sequence and its responding output phase diagram after each ECG sequence being input into the chaotic model show that the ECG signals could be detected througth the characteristics of chaotic parameters of each ECG sequence and its responding output phase diagram sequence.


This paper applies the Johansen cointegration technique to examine the validity of the monetary model of exchange rate determination as an explanation of the Turkish lira-U.S. dollar relationship over 1987:1-2000:12. A single cointegrating vector is identified, lending support to the interpretation of the model as describing a long-run equilibrium relationship. We also test for weak exogeneity of the nominal exchange rates and monetary fundamentals from the estimated vector error correction models. This gives us insight into the adjustment process through which the long-run equilibrium relationship between exchange rates and monetary fundamentals is maintained. In addition, we calculate misalignment from estimating the long-run relationship to evaluate whether the lira was overvalued before the eve of the 2001 financial crisis in Turkey. Calculated misalignment figures show substantial overvaluation before the crisis.


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The results of field tests using an early version of the AMIR asphalt roller showed the potential benefits and advantages of this innovative compaction technology. Challenges with maneuverability were considered critical to resolve if a full scale AMIR compactor was to be used on commercial highway projects. Several modifications and upgrades were completed on the original AMIR compactor in 2012, which produced an improved AMIR II compactor with better steering abilities. This paper describes the experience gained with the AMIR II compactor through its use in the construction of test sections on two MTO highway construction projects and on one in-house test section. The results supported the findings of earlier AMIR field trials and indicated that HMA compacted with the AMIR II had a much tighter surface appearance, consistently lower permeability and equivalent or better density achieved with fewer roller passes. Additionally, results showed that the same asphalt mixes compacted in the field to a similar in-situ density by the AMIR II roller and by conventional rollers had very different permeability rates. (A) For the covering abstract of this conference see ITRD record number 201402RT334E.


The invention relates to a method and apparatus for planning a directed onto at least one target area (PV) treatment beam, comprising planning parameters for performing a treatment beam to the treatment to be applied to associated desired parameter values. The process in this case has the following steps: - setting (301) a comprehensive for the irradiation of the at least one target area (PV) treatment area (V) suitable first target parameter value (y) of the planning parameters and - based on the first target parameter value, determining (302) a first probability distribution (z) with respect to an optimizable degree (x), which is due to be adopted in carrying out the irradiation deviations given.


There are two FDA‐approved anti‐CD38 monoclonal antibodies for treatment of multiple myeloma: isatuximab and daratumumab. Owing to expression of CD38 on reagent red blood cells (RBCs), these antibodies interfere with indirect antiglobulin tests (IATs). We sought to understand differences in such interference by performing binding experiments.


The paper elaborates the relationship between architectural waterproof technology and engineering design,and also probes into the main factors and causes affecting the archi- tectual waterproof engineering design.


Large time sharing systems and distributed networks of computers are already major factors in tying together decentralized national operations in both the public and the private sectors. In the public sector, the marriage of computers and communications is apparent in such systems as the ARPA Network, the Air Defense System, law enforcement systems, weather forecasting and the like. In the private sector, there are many such systems used for tying together sales offices and warehouses or ticket offices and data banks of reservations systems, as well as serving various other scheduling, financial control or logistics operations in large corporations. In fact, discussions on the design and development of massive national or regional information utilities have been appearing with increasing frequency of late.


The Dulux Study Tour is a collaborative initiative between Dulux, the Australian Institute of Architects and EmAGN.

Each year five (5) architectural professionals (within 10 years of graduation) are selected to join the Dulux Study Tour, an international tour visiting leading architectural firms, recently completed projects and architecturally rich locations.

The Dulux Study Tour acknowledges the contribution the selected emerging architects make to practice, research and the culture of architecture, and seeks to further inspire the next generation of emerging architects.


This work introduces the road map of a wide project that is aimed to inform and assist healthcare system users of the local healthcare area ASUR Zona Territoriale 7 of Ancona. The system offers several services which are designed to improve the information capabilities of the actual healthcare portal. An intelligent user interface simplifies the interactions between the citizens and the applications offered by the system. The developed information service offers personalized contents and a management system of electronic clinical folders and healthcare processes. 1. Introduction The introduction of informatic technologies in every human activity is leading informatics to be a discipline oriented to support the communication among users. In the last twenty years has grown the necessity to design the interaction of informa-tic systems to make them easier to use. The Human Computer Interaction (HCI) is the discipline that studies methoda and techniques for the design and develop of interactive systems which are usable and reliable in order to support and facilitate human activities (Nielsen, 1994). The ever more frequent employment of informatic applications needs a design that considers all the possible contexts of use and objectives of the users. HCI comes up with the increasing necessity of the healthcare system to improve the quality of the information given to the citizens. Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI) are a subfield of HCI aimed at improving the interaction of humans with computerized machines like television, refrigerator , mobile phones and computer (Maybury, 1998). The main purposes of IUI are the creation of personalized systems which know the user and can use this knowledge to improve their interactions , the reduction of information overload by filtering out irrelevant information, the creation of personalized support systems, the automatic recognition of users' goals and the definition of new ways of interactions like speech and gestures. In this way IUI can adapt themselves to their con


This essay presents an analysis of the ideologies in the online trailer to the virtual musical performance video game The Beatles: Rock Band. This analysis presents a contribution to the scholarly conversation by using Theodor W. Adorno's theories, a novel and underutilized heuristic for analyzing video games. The trailer to The Beatles: Rock Band (Harmonix, 2009) promotes the ideology of consumerism through its mythologized depiction of the Beatles. The interactivity of video games may combat Adorno's condemnation of the culture industry, allowing resistance to its hegemony via the performed de(con)struction of the text.


This paper conceptualized the "fiber craft community," a group of people heavily engaged with other members in community spaces, both online and in person, surrounding their craft. Drawing on scholarship about imagined communities, brand communities, and subcultures of consumption, this research argues this potential audience is a "community." In addition to providing contextual information on the creative products industry and craft/hobby books market, this research uses a case study approach to gather ethnographic information about where and how the fiber craft community engages. It draws conclusions about how authors can best reach this community to market their fiber craft books.


The metamorphosis of 19 Atrichopogon species, 14 of which are described as new, is treated from a morphological point of view. Most of the characters that are employed in distinguishing adults of the species are of a quantitative nature and subject to great individual variation. Hence, we are forced to base the taxonomy to a great extent upon the immature stages; and yet at present the genus can be clearly separated from Forcipomyia only by adult characters. Three broad groups are distinguished on the basis of larval morphology. They are presented with the object of providing a foundation for the establishment of subgenera in the future when more material becomes available.


Niobium-based junctions are still the best candidates for many small-scale applications of superconductivity and in particular, for the design and the fabrication of programmable voltage standards and D/A converters of fundamental accuracy. Non-hysteretic junctions with a large current density JC, and a reasonable characteristic voltage Vc are required, while, in order to make these circuits available to a wider market, operation at temperatures above 4.2 K would be important. In this work we report our results achieved on Nb/Al-AlOX/Nb junctions whose properties are studied in order to optimize the aforementioned features. Their behavior is analyzed showing how the overdamped characteristic is obtained with a less critical structure compared to other type of junctions. Moreover, using the scattering matrix approach, we have calculated a deviation of superconducting current-phase relation in such a SNIS Josephson junction from sinusoidal one and its effect on the current amplitudes of Shapiro steps as function of temperature. Measurement of the step dependence on temperature are also reported, where we considered the possibility of using both n = 1 and n = 2 RF step above 4.2 K, for a possible reduction of the number of junctions in array circuits.


The design and development of floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) is an attractive issue in the wind energy harvesting field. In this study, the research related to the high-fidelity computational fluid dynamic simulations of FOWTs is comprehensively summarized and analyzed. Specifically, the component-level studies including aerodynamics, aeroelasticity and hydrodynamics are presented. The system studies with increasing complexity are performed, such as the simplified aerodynamics, prescribed platform motions and fully coupled aero-hydrodynamics, as well as a little knowledge relevant to the aero-hydro-elastic behaviors. This study emphasizes that some efforts should shift to the research on strongly coupled aero-hydro-elastic performance of FOWTs with the increasing rotor diameter. Moreover, further investigations of more realistic atmospheric inflows and strong interactions between multi-FOWTs are required. This study aims to introduce the hotspots of high-fidelity simulations of FOWTs to novel researchers, as well as to provide some suggested solutions.


The current research reported fluoride content in soil and water samples collected from various sites of fluorspar mines at Ambadungar, Dist Vadodara. This site geologically contains large reserves of hydrothermal fluoride deposits that are associated with carbonatites. Because of fluoride containing minerals in these host rocks it was hypothesized that fluoride might have accumulated in water, soil and vegetation of the area. The results of fluoride in water samples collected from 6 different villages varied from 0.8 to 3.28 mg/l. with minimum concentration of fluoride in the village Manavant (0.80 mg/l) and the highest in the village Raisingpur II (3.28 mg/l). The total fluoride content of soil samples ranged from 1.3 to 9.2µg/g. The water soluble fluoride content of soil samples ranged from 0.275 to 1.75mg/l. Among four different plant species i.e. Cassia tora, Eriophorum comosum, Holoptelia integrifolia and Pupalia lappacea; P. lappacea was found to accumulate highest concentration of fluoride in its roots.


Among the many hormones which influence the finer structure of bone, estrogens have, during the past several years, attracted particular attention, and it is now well established that experimental treatment may lead to profound modifications in the internal configuration of bones. Rats,'l mice s14 gunea-pigs,5 13, 15,16 chickens,8 17 ducs 18 pigeons 1921 and sparrows, 22 23 all show these effects, although the amount of response varies from one species to another and also with sex, age and other intrinsic factors. A number of investigators have studied the histologic consequences of estrogen treatment on bone, especially on the long bones of young and growing mammals. The present report is concerned with observations on long bones of estrogen-treated cocks and drakes, and particularly with estrogen-mediated changes in the bones of mature birds. Information concerning the animals which were used in this work and the doses of hormone which were injected is contained in previous publications.8""'7'8 Briefly, the work of one of us (B. Z.) was done with White Leghorn cockerels which were 6 weeks of age when treatment was started, while the experimental material of the other (W. L.) consisted of mature White Leghorn and Creeper cocks and of mature Pekin and Mallard drakes. The hormone used was estradiol benzoate. For details concerning duration of treatment and dosage we refer to our earlier publications.


ABSTRACT Aircraft full-scale fatigue tests are expensive and time-consuming to conduct but are a critical item on the certification path of any aircraft design or modification. This paper outlines a proposal that trades cycling hours for increased detail in the teardown of a metallic test article. A method for determining the equivalent demonstrated crack size (and crack growth curve) at the mandated test life utilising the lead crack framework is demonstrated. It is considered that the test duration can be significantly reduced, whilst still achieving all the desired outcomes of a certification program.


From the ‡Program in Biology and Biomedical Sciences and the ¶Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, the Department of Clinical Oncology, Institute of Development, Aging, and Cancer and Tohoku University Hospital, Tohoku University, Sendai 980–8575, Japan, and the **Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115


Dynamic properties of saturated silts and silty sands were studied with the resonant column and dynamic triaxial apparatus which were developed by bender element. From the test results,the curves of normalized shear modulus and damping ratio vs. shearstrain were obtained forcomparison with those sug- gested by Seed and Idriss.The difference between shear wave velocities obtained in- situ and those obtained with resonant column testing are discussed.Based on the new instrumentation systems,undrained cyclic strain- controlled tests were conducted to analyze the liquefaction potential of siltand silty sand specimens whose elastic shear moduliwere controlled by prestraining.The growth of pore water pressure both in the specimens subjected to prestraining and those prepared in traditional method are described and the differ- ence of the growing rules shows the great effect of prestraining.


The invention discloses a breeding method of a processing type Capsicum annuum L. species. The method comprises the steps of: 1) breeding a set of high-quality cytoplasmic male sterile line and a maintainer line through cytoplasmic male sterility line breeding; 2) breeding a high-quality parent inbred line through system breeding; and 3) breeding a high-quality Capsicum annuum L. species by a heterosis technology. The fruits of the high-quality Capsicum annuum L. species bred by the invention have a consistent size from head to tail and a beautiful appearance. By planting the high-quality Capsicum annuum L. species bred by the invention, the fruit price is higher than that of other species by 0.4-0.6 yuan. And in terms of 2500kg per 667 square meters, an extra income of 1000-1500 yuan can be obtained from per 667 square meters of the planted high-quality Capsicum annuum L. species bred by the invention. Thus, the economic benefits can be significant.


Objective To retrospect survey of elderly patients potentially inappropriate medication among inpatients. Methods With Beers standard of judgment( 2012 Edition) as the basis of our hospital,320 patients over65 years old hospitalized patients with potential risk of drug evaluation were to determine the prevalence of potentially inappropriate medication. Results 320 cases of elderly hospitalized patients with an average age of 73. 4 years old,the average drug 8,43 cases( 13. 6%) of potential drug- related inappropriate medication,28 cases( 8. 7%) of potential associated with the disease or condition is not appropriate medication. Conclusion Elderly hospitalized patients potentially inappropriate medication is serious,and we should take various measures to prevent the irrational drug use.


1Department of Psychiatry, Bellvitge University Hospital-ICS, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Neurosciences Group Psychiatry and Mental Health. L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain; 2Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Carlos III Health Institute, Barcelona, Spain; 3Department of Anesthesiology, Reanimation and Pain Clinic, Bellvitge University Hospital-ICS, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain; 4Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Medicine, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain; 5Department of Mental Health, Consorci Sanitari del Maresme, Mataró, Spain; 6Parc Taulí, Institut d'Investigació i Innovació Parc Taulí (I3PT), Barcelona, Spain Purpose: Airway management is a key objective in adapted electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic to prevent infection. The objective of this study was to describe the effectiveness of a modified ventilation procedure designed to reduce aerosol-generating bag-mask ventilation (BMV) and isolate possible droplets while maintaining adequate respiratory gas values in ECT sessions. Materials and Methods: This prospective study analyzed the results of the modified protocol applied over a month. Adaptations entailed preoxygenation and extension of the voluntary hyperventilation (VHV) time for two minutes before anesthesia induction, asking patients to hyperventilate with oxygen therapy via nasal cannula and while wearing a face mask. Thereafter, vigorous hyperventilation was avoided, and patients were only assisted with tightly sealed BMV until emergence from anesthesia, isolating the ventilation by using a single-use plastic device. Oxygen saturation (SpO2) and transcutaneous partial pressure of carbon dioxide (TcPCO2) were recorded throughout the session. Results: The study included 74 sessions of bilateral ECT with the modified ventilation protocol in 15 subjects. After VHV, the mean SpO2 increase was 2.12±2.14%, and the mean TcPCO2 decrease was 4.05±2.98 mmHg. TcPCO2 values at the moment of stimulus administration were 2.22±3.07 mmHg below pre-ECT values. The mean EEG seizure was 38.70 ±17.03 s, and postictal suppression was 68.31± 34.58% and 2.13±0.75 on a 0–3 scale. Brief desaturation (SpO2 <90) of 4–5 seconds duration was observed in 4 sessions. Conclusion: This modified ventilation protocol was effective during COVID-19, and it did not elicit significant side effects. In addition to avoiding vigorous BMV, it induced moderate hypocapnia, which has been tied to seizure optimization and less hypercapnia during the apnea period.


The purpose of this study was to measure customer satisfaction and customer loyalty with news stand services, and to examine the relationship between the concepts of interest. The research was conducted on news stands in the city of Rijeka. Data were gathered using questionnaire. The questionnaire was created based on the studies conducted by Radman et al. (2002), Sincic Coric, Vorkapic (2008) and Peric et al. (2010) and was adopted to the specific features of the present study. It consists of three parts. In first part customer satisfaction with news stand services was measured. Second par included variables for assessing customer loyalty. Third part consisted of respondents' demographic characteristics and buying habits in news stand. A total of 129 valid questionnaires were collected. Descriptive analysis and regression analyses were performed to analyze data. The findings showed high level of customer satisfaction and moderate level of customer loyalty. Furthermore, there is statistically significant relationship between attribute and overall customer satisfaction. The highest significant impact on overall customer satisfaction had staffs' courtesy, product quality, and price. In addition, significant relationship was found between overall customer satisfaction and customer loyalty. The results of the present study may be useful to academics and practitioners in better understanding of customers' attitudes and habits regarding the news stand services, in order to enhance the level of customer satisfaction and customer loyalty in this retail segment.


This system is a special device designed for medical training institutions,it is a kind of electrocardiogram defibri-llate simulator based on ARM9.The system′s hardware include high-voltage defibrillation signal acquisition module,D/A conversion modules and monitor signals matching module.The software is designed on Linux embedded operating system,this system makes full use of ARM9′s rich I/O resource and storage space,this system can simulate the process of medical defibrillator,connect to medical monitor,output 34 kinds of heart rate waveform mainly include ventricular fibrillation,atrial fibrillation,which are in line with the relevant provisions of medicine.Experiment proves that the system is stability,low power consumption,and easy to use.The system design,including hardware and software design are introduced.


Abstract: When people reason on the basis of moral rules, do they suppose that in the absence of a prohibitory rule they are free to act, or do they suppose that morality always requires a justification establishing a permission to act? In this essay we present a series of learning experiments that indicate when learners tend to close their system on the basis of natural liberty and when on the principle of residual prohibition. Those who are taught prohibitory rules tend to infer natural liberty while those taught permission rules tend to infer residual prohibition. In mixed cases, where learners are taught both types of rules, there is some tendency to suppose that natural liberty is the default. Both natural liberty and its denial can be learned; is there a reason to adopt one system of moral rules or the other? We argue that systems of social morality based on a principle of natural liberty have a striking advantage over their competitors: they are well adapted to effectively exploring the constant novel circumstances that arise in open, dynamic, societies.


Cross-polarization distortion (XPD) due to nonspherical raindrops may be a serious problem for 18.5- and 30-GHz microwave radio communications, but no measured data have yet been published. This paper presents a simple approach for estimating XPD due to rain from the effects of differential attenuation on canted spheroidal raindrops. Values of average raindrop canting angle, θA, are predicted from R. A. Semplak's measurements of differential attenuation taken over a one-year period, published in 1970. Independent observations of canting angle from two rainstorms, published in 1971 by M. J. Saunders, agree with the predicted values and also indicate values for the senses (positive versus negative) of raindrop canting angles. Estimated values of XPD due to rain are graphically presented for various frequencies, rain rates, and typical path lengths. The paper concludes that the operational limits placed on communications by XPD due to rain are comparable to the limits due to rain attenuation or fading.


Aim – to estimate the contribution of traditional risk factors in the development of cardiovascular complications (CVC) in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) of ischemic genesis, the creation of predictive models of adverse outcome. Materials and methods . The study included 167 patients (144 men and 23 women) aged 40 to 72 years after myocardial infarction with manifestations of CHF and written informed consent signed. All patients underwent general clinical examination, a test with a 6-minute walk test, echocardiography, determination of levels of high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP), NT-proBNP (N-terminal fragment pro-brain natriuretic peptide). Monitoring of patients lasted for 12 months with fixing the following end points: worsening of CHF, the development of unstable angina and myocardial infarction, death, the total number of CVAE. Results . The development of the MTR during the year in patients with ischemic CHF is associated with age older than 60 years, body weight > 90 kg, heart rate (HR) > 70 beats/min, a distance of 6-minute test 250 umol/L, NT-proBNP > 250 pg/ml, hsCRP > 5.8 g/l. In the model predicting the development of the MTR in patients with ischemic CHF included age, body mass index, heart rate, uric acid levels, NT-proBNP, hsCRP, which are independent significant predictors of adverse outcome. Conclusion. The created model allows us to calculate individual risk for the MTR in patients with ischemic CHF during the year and make the correction of risk factors for improving prognosis. The sensitivity of this model is 81 % and specificity – 85 %.


Ladies' wellbeing alludes to the strength of ladies, which contrasts from that of men from numerous points of view. Ladies' wellbeing is an illustration of populace wellbeing, where wellbeing is characterized by the World Health Organization as "a condition of complete physical, mental and social prosperity and not just the nonattendance of sickness or illness". Frequently treated as essentially ladies' conceptive wellbeing, numerous gatherings contend for a more extensive definition relating to the general strength of ladies, better communicated as "The soundness of ladies". These distinctions are additionally exacerbated in agricultural nations where ladies, whose wellbeing incorporates both their dangers and encounters, are additionally impeded.


fully. Dr Kilby is particularly convincing in demonstrating the inadequacy of the common assumption that the expansion of the ' modern' sector, in involving imported technology, imposes rigid and predominantly capital-intensive factor proportions. His analysis of the Nigerian bread industry shows that a wide range of factor proportions can be employed successfully. What really matters is the quality of the management, which is decisive in shaping the performance of all firms irrespective of their size and structure. If there is a policy recommendation here, it is surely that training in modern managerial skills is of crucial importance to the solution of Nigeria's development problems. The book is less strong, understandably, at points which are not central to the economic analysis. Economic historians would have liked to see the historical introduction placed more firmly in the context of the development of the colonial economy in the twentieth century, for Shackleford's enterprise in bread making had parallels in other areas of entrepreneurial endeavour, where changes in the range of economic opportunities open to Africans were taking place as a result of the impact of colonial rule. Similarly, sociologists interested in entrepreneurial behaviour In developing countries might feel that the chapter on 'entrepreneurial patterns' could have been given more extensive theoretical treatment. For example, Dr Kilby's comments on the strategic position which traders occupy in relation to new economic opportunities could have been developed with reference to Barth's concept of the entrepreneurial niche. In this chapter, too, the author is less sure of the relevant Nigerian background, as his explanation of the failure of Nigerian businesses in the past reveals (p. 104, n. 20). However, these comments are designed mainly to suggest the directions in which Dr Kilby's work might be extended, and are not intended to detract from the main achievement of the book, which gives a valuable description and analysis of the Nigerian bread industry in the context of a developing economy. Centre of West African Studies, A. G. HOPKINS


Abstract: In the present study we investigated uptake of the nitric oxide (NO) synthase inhibitors NG‐methyl‐l‐arginine and NG‐nitro‐l‐arginine by the mouse neuroblastoma × rat glioma hybrid cell line NG108‐15. Uptake of NG‐methyl‐l‐arginine was characterized by biphasic kinetics (Km1 = 8 µmol/L, Vmax1 = 0.09 nmol × mg−1× min−1; Km2 = 229 µmol/L, Vmax2 = 2.9 nmol × mg−1× min−1) and was inhibited by basic but not by neutral amino acids. Uptake of NG‐nitro‐l‐arginine followed Michaelis‐Menten kinetics (Km = 265 µmol/L, Vmax = 12.8 ± 0.86 nmol × mg−1× min−1) and was selectively inhibited by aromatic and branched chain amino acids. Further characterization of the transport systems revealed that uptake of NG‐methyl‐l‐arginine is mediated by system y+, whereas systems L and T account for the transport of NG‐nitro‐l‐arginine. In agreement with these data on uptake of the inhibitors, l‐lysine and l‐ornithine antagonized the inhibitory effects of NG‐methyl‐l‐arginine on bradykinin‐induced intracellular cyclic GMP accumulation, whereas l‐tryptophan, l‐phenylalanine, and l‐leucine interfered with the effects of NG‐nitro‐l‐arginine. These data suggest that rates of uptake are limiting for the biological effects of NO synthase inhibitors.


Precipitation at thermal treatment and radiation induced precipitation in zirconium alloy with low concentration of Nb is studied. A corresponding phase field model by taking into account ballistic mixing and dynamics of point defects with their sinks (dislocation loops) is developed. Analysis of precipitation dynamics and statistical distributions of precipitates with local rearrangement of non-equilibrium vacancies around precipitates is provided. It is shown that the competition between ballistic mixing and the thermodynamic force plays a major role in kinetics of radiation induced precipitation and precipitates dissolution. The estimation of mechanical properties of the material at irradiation at reactor conditions is provided.


The beam dynamics under the influence of the stochastic cooling forces can be studied by a particle by particle and turn by turn simulation in the time-domain. This treatment does not involve complicated, changing frequency spectra, which anyhow are likely to be incomplete by considering the Fokker-Planck Equation and its solution [1, 2]. To keep the computation times within reasonable limits, the scaling law that cooling times are proportional to the number of particles (for zero preamplifier noise and all other parameters remaining unchanged, except the gain) has been applied throughout. A special computer code has been developed to calculate beam cooling in the CR. Preliminary results for the Palmer method are presented. A typical simulation super-particle number is about (1 − 10) × 10.


Humans perceive objects daily and communicate their perceptions using various channels. Here, we describe a computational model that track and simulate objects' perception, and their representations as they pass in communication. We describe two key components of our internal representation ('observed' and 'seen') and relate them to familiar computer vision terms (encoding and decoding). These elements joined together to form semiotic networks, which simulate awareness in object perception and human communication. Nowadays, most neural networks are uninterpretable. On the other hand, our model is free from this disadvantages. We performed several experiments and demonstrated the visibility of our model. We describe how our network may be used as preprocessing unit to any classification network. In our experiments the compound network overperforms in average the classification network at datasets with small training data. Future work would leverage our model to gain better understanding of human communications and personal representations.


The hydroponic technique for sweetpotato cultivation was used under field conditions in a wet lowland. A plastic porous tube was placed in a soil ridge for aeration treatment. Water depth between the ridges was kept at 20 mm throughout the growing period in order to imitate the wet soil conditions in tropical and subtropical lowlands. The growth characteristics and yield of sweetpotato grown with the aeration treatment were compared with those grown in a conventional ridge as a control. The dry weight of above-ground parts was 1.8 times greater in the control than in the aeration treatment, while the dry weight of sub-ground parts was 3.1 times greater in the aeration treatment than in the control. The dry weights of stem and leaf, main stem length and leaf area were less in the aeration treatment than in the control. The dry weight of tuberous roots was 4.4 times greater in the aeration treatment than in the control, while the dry weight of roots excluding tuberous roots in the aeration treatment was almost half of that in the control. The edible biomass index was 4 times higher in the aeration treatment than in the control. Plants in the aeration treatment had greater edible parts (tuberous roots) and less non-edible parts (stems, leaves and roots excluding tuberous roots) than those in the control.


BACKGROUND
Genetic factors other than HLA have been reported to be associated with the outcome of organ transplantations. Because binding of FasL to its receptor Fas could play an important role in tubulitis and in the death of graft tubular epithelial cells during kidney allograft rejection, a gene polymorphism recently identified in position -671 in the promoter of the TNFRSF6 gene coding for Fas was investigated in donors.

METHODS
A case-control study was performed within a cohort of non-hyperimmunized adult patients who had received cadaveric kidney transplants based on the occurrence or absence of acute cellular rejection in the first 6 months after renal transplantation. Each recipient from the acute rejection group (n = 35) was matched for age (+/- 5 years) and number of HLA-DR mismatches with two recipients within the non-acute rejection group (n = 70).

RESULTS
The TNFRSF6-GG genotype was more frequent in donors in the group without rejection episodes. In contrast, patients who received a kidney from a TNFRSF6-A carrier were more likely to experience acute rejection episodes (relative risk nearly 2.1).

CONCLUSION
This study suggests that donor TNFRSF6 polymorphism directly or indirectly influences acute kidney rejection episodes.


In Alumina Refinery,the main consumption of electric power is applied for equipment such as illumination,air-conditioners,transformers and motors,etc.This paper introduces measures on saving electric power for above-mentioned equipments and the preferable economic effect has been achieved in practical application.


Like other types of industry, the modern pulp and paper industry (MPPI) is applying more modern information technologies and management technologies, and is integrating the different function sub-systems and production processes to realize intelligent and integrated production. This task is very complex thus useful theories, technologies and methods are needed to provide help. At the same time, fierce competition in today's global markets and the heightened expectations of customers' need in TQCS (time, quality, cost and service), CIMS (computer integrated manufacturing systems) technology can help MPPI to win market share from competitors. CIMS-oriented information integration technology is the key control technology of MPPI. This paper mainly discusses the information integration of the modern pulp and paper industry. Firstly, the characteristics and requirement of modern pulp and paper industry for information integration are introduced. Next, information integration and its key technologies are discussed, in the meantime, the paper gives the hierarchy of CIMS-oriented process integration of MPPI. Then, the integrated information framework of MPPI is put forward.


A grid computing system is a geographically distributed environment with autonomous domains that share resources amongst themselves. One primary goal of such a grid environment is to encourage domain-to-domain interactions and increase the confidence of domains to use or share resources: (a) without losing control over their own resources; and (b) ensuring confidentiality for others. To achieve this, the "trust" notion needs to be addressed so that trustworthiness makes such geographically distributed systems become more attractive and reliable for day-to-day use. In this paper we view trust in two steps: (a) verifying the identity of an entity and what that identity is authorized to do; and (b) monitoring and managing the behavior of the entity and building a trust level based on that behavior The identity trust has been the focus of many researchers, but unfortunately the behavior trust has not attracted much attention. We present a formal definition of behavior trust and reputation and discuss a behavior trust management architecture that models the process of evolving and managing of behavior trust in grid computing systems.


As a mature technology, network video technology is widely accepted by the public. And it has the necessity and feasibility to be combined with the cloud computing technology. The paper analyzes the characteristics and technical needs of cloud network video service platform, and we proposed an infrastructure about how to use the cloud computing technology to build a flexible, reliable, energy-saving and safe services platform.


A century after the identification of a co‐enzymatic activity for NAD+, NAD+ metabolism has come in the spotlight again due to the potential therapeutic relevance of a set of enzymes whose activity is tightly regulated by the balance between the oxidized and reduced forms of this metabolite. In fact, the actions of NAD+ have been extended from being an oxidoreductase cofactor for single enzymatic activities to acting as a substrate for a wide range of proteins. These include NAD+‐dependent sirtuin protein deacetylase, poly(ADP‐ribose) polymerases, and transcription factors that affect a large array of cellular functions. Through these effects NAD+ provides a direct link between the cellular redox status and the control of signaling and transcriptional events. Of particular interest within the metabolic/endocrine arena are the recent results, which indicate that the regulation of these NAD+‐dependent pathways may have a major contribution to oxidative metabolism and lifespan extension. I will provide an integrated view on how the control of NAD+ production and cycling, as well as its cellular compartmentalization, alters transcriptional pathways via NAD+'s commanding role on cofactor networks that involve and SIRT1, GCN5, and PGC‐1α. As such the modulation of NAD+‐producing and ‐consuming pathways have a major physiological impact and hold promise for the prevention and treatment of metabolic disease.


Nature of the Event: Technology demonstration. The project successfully met all of its technical objectives. Albacem has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with Vitro Minerals Inc., a specialty minerals company, to commercialize the Albacem technology (website: www.vitrominerals.com). Location: The basic research for the project was conducted in Peoria, Illinois, and Atlanta, Georgia, with third-party laboratory verification carried out in Ontario, Canada. Pilot-scale trials (multi-ton) were conducted at a facility in South Carolina. Full-scale manufacturing facilities have been designed and are scheduled for construction by Vitro Minerals during 2006 at a location in the Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina tri-state area. The Technology: This technology consists of a process to eliminate solid wastes generated at glass fiber manufacturing facilities by converting them to value-added materials (VCAS Pozzolans) suitable for use in cement and concrete applications. This technology will help divert up to 250,000 tpy of discarded glass fiber manufacturing wastes into beneficial use applications in the concrete construction industry. This technology can also be used for processing glass fiber waste materials reclaimed from monofills at manufacturing facilities. The addition of take-back materials and reclamation from landfills can help supply over 500,000 tpy of glass fiber waste for processing into value added products. In the Albacem process, waste glass fiber is ground to a fine powder that effectively functions as a reactive pozzolanic admixture for use in portland ce¬ment-based building materials and products, such as concrete, mortars, terrazzo, tile, and grouts. Because the waste fiber from the glass manufacturing industry is vitreous, clean, and low in iron and alkalis, the resulting pozzolan is white in color and highly consistent in chemical composition. This white pozzolan, termed VCAS Pozzolan (for Vitreous Calcium-Alumino-Silicate). is especially suited for white concrete applications where it imparts desirable benefits such as increased long-term strength and improved long-term durability of concrete products. Two U.S. patents entitled have been issued to Albacem covering the technology. Third-party validation testing has confirmed that the pozzolanic product is an excellent, high performance material that conforms to a ASTM standards and improves the strength and durability of concrete. Currently, there are no known significant competing technologies to process glass fiber manufacturing by-products and con¬vert them into value-added products. Most glass fiber-forming and fabrication wastes continue to be disposed in landfills at significant costs and with associated negative environmental impact. It is estimated that in a typical glass fiber manufactur¬ing facility, 10-20% by weight of the processed glass material is sent for dis¬posal to a landfill. Today, supplementary ce¬menting materials or mineral admixtures are key to achieving strong and durable concrete. Recovered materials such as coal fly ash, ground granulated blast furnace slag and silica fume are widely accepted and used in concrete all over the world, espe¬cially in the construction of "high performance" structures such as massive dams, bridges, subway tunnels, etc. These min¬eral admixtures are not suitable for white concrete and light-colored architectural concrete applications. Converting waste glass fibers into a high performance white pozzolan would allow white concrete producers to gain from the same durability benefits currently realized by gray concrete producers. Description of the Benefit: Albacem's technology will enable the glass fiber industry to eliminate nearly 100% of its glass fiber produc¬tion waste streams by converting them into viable value-added products. With this technology, the glass industry can prevent the landfilling of about 250,000 tons of waste glass fiber annually. Glass manufacturers will realize improved production efficiency by reducing process costs through the elimination of solid waste disposal costs and participation in revenue sharing for the creation of value-added market-ready products. Implementation of the technology will save a net amount of energy (estimated at 1.75-trillion BTU) consumed by eliminating the manufacture of material replaced by the processed waste glass. The technology also reduces the amount of CO2, NOx, and other air pollutants emitted from the manufacturer of the replaced product (Portland cement). In addition, jobs will be created, and the cement industry will benefit from the introduction of a new product that will increase the service life of concrete and improve sustainability.


ABSTRACTThe kinetics of isobutylene (IB) polymerization, initiated by 2-chloro-2,4,4-trimethylpentane (TMPCI)/TiCI4 initiator/coinitiator system in methyl chloride/methyl/cyclohexane solvent mixture at −90°C, was investigated. The existence of a dynamic equilibrium between dormant and active species was verified by obtaining 'living' conditions and 100% initiator efficiency using a large excess of initiator over coinitiator [TMPCI]0 >> [I]4. It was shown that the polymerization rate is first order in monomer and is directly proportional to [TiCI4]0 and [TMPCI]0. From polymerization rate data the overall polymerization rate constant k′p=kpK1 was calculated, where kp is the rate constant of propagation and K1 = k1/k−1 is the equilibrium constant for the dormant-active species equilibrium. The rate of TMPCI consumption was shown to be first order in [TMPCI]. While polymer concentration increased during the rather slow initiator consumption, the polymerization rate did not accelerate as the concentration of a...


The way forward for mobile networks is indicated by a number of themes including the move to IP-based networks, roaming across a variety of access networks, an increasingly userfocussed approach to services and applications, and terminals that are increasingly distributed, multifunctional and personalized devices. In the light of this, there is a need to determine how security technology can be used to protect the interests of all participants. This paper identifies the pertinent research issues, and describes how the IST SHAMAN project is dealing with them.


The filling-in effect of diffusion processes is a powerful tool for various image analysis tasks such as inpainting-based compression and dense optic flow computation. For noisy data, an interesting side effect occurs: The interpolated data have higher confidence, since they average information from many noisy sources. This observation forms the basis of our denoising by inpainting (DbI) framework. It averages multiple inpainting results from different noisy subsets. Our goal is to obtain fundamental insights into key properties of DbI and its connections to existing methods. Like in inpainting-based image compression, we choose homogeneous diffusion as a very simple inpainting operator that performs well for highly optimized data. We propose several strategies to choose the location of the selected pixels. Moreover, to improve the global approximation quality further, we also allow to change the function values of the noisy pixels. In contrast to traditional denoising methods that adapt the operator to the data, our approach adapts the data to the operator. Experimentally we show that replacing homogeneous diffusion inpainting by biharmonic inpainting does not improve the reconstruction quality. This again emphasizes the importance of data adaptivity over operator adaptivity. On the foundational side, we establish deterministic and probabilistic theories with convergence estimates. In the non-adaptive 1-D case, we derive equivalence results between DbI on shifted regular grids and classical homogeneous diffusion filtering via an explicit relation between the density and the diffusion time.


BACKGROUND
Acute cutaneous lupus erythematosus (ACLE) is a specific lesion in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients. ACLE can be categorized into localized ACLE, generalized ACLE and toxic epidermal necrolysis-like ACLE. Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) that occurs in SLE patients has been infrequently reviewed. This condition is complicated to diagnose because medication can produce a blistering eruption that resembles vesiculobullous disease in SLE.

OBJECTIVE
To describe two cases of newly diagnosed SLE that had a cutaneous presentation compatible with TEN-like ACLE.

CASE REPORTS
Characteristics of two patients presenting with TEN-like ACLE and SLE are presented.

CONCLUSION
The authors have described two cases of TEN-like ACLE which occurred in the context of systemic involvement of SLE. The cutaneous lesion was gradually progressed, with less mucosal involvement and mainly photodistributed. The authors suggest that the complexity and rarity of this condition could be related to systemic severity of SLE.


The volume of video and other image data is expanding at a rapid pace with the increasing use of surveillance systems, unmanned vehicles, and other collection systems. The sheer volume of images requires the use of automatic systems to select interesting image features for further analysis. These systems should have a low false alarm rate, e.g. satisfying a pre-determined constant false alarm rate (CFAR). Various filters may be applied to filter out non- target (background) parts of an image. The output of these filters is noise, plus possible target features. When the noise is Gaussian, CFAR thresholds may be based on t- distributions, with reduced degrees of freedom in the case of correlated noise. For the non-Gaussian case, the use of t distributions is inappropriate, and we suggest alternatives based on parametric families of distributions, with location, scale, and shape parameters. When shape parameters are known the thresholds can be determined using a Monte Carlo technique, using variance reduction techniques to improve the computational efficiency by a factor of 1800. We discuss methods for handling unknown shape parameters.


A cerium containing magnesium aluminate spinel catalyst is used as a SOX emission reducing catalyst in the hydrocarbon cracking catalyst regeneration zone. In the regeneration zone this catalyst oxidizes the SO/sub 2/ to SO/sub 3/ and chemisorbs it as sulfate and releases it as H/sub 2/S when it enters the reactor zone. All FCC units are equipped to handle the H/sub 2/S that comes out of the reactor. This paper will discuss some of the materials, such as the cerium containing spinels, that were examined as potential SOX catalysts for FCC units and how they were tested for their ability to remove SOX under conditions prevalent in modern FCC units.


i. e. the equation f(z) = w has in {z : |z − z0| ≤ 1/l(|z0|)} at most p solution and, thus, f is p-valent in {z : |z − z0| ≤ 1/l(|z0|)}. As in [1; 2, p. 71] by Q we denote the class of positive continuous functions l on [0, +∞) such that l(x+O(1/l(x)) = O(l(x)) as x→ +∞. The following statement is true ([2, p. 49]): an entire function f is of bounded value l-distribution with l ∈ Q iff its derivative f ′ is of bounded l-index. Here we investigate the univalence of entire functions of bounded l-index. Suppose that l ∈ Q1 if l ∈ Q and l(xγ(x)) = O(l(x)) as x → +∞ hold for an arbitrary continuous function γ satisfying the condition 0 < A ≤ γ(x) ≤ B < +∞ for all x ≥ 0. We prove the following theorem.


Summer Dann, CBM2 Ms. Dann is the Education & Outreach Coordinator for the Center for BioModular MultiScale Systems. She is responsible for developing and coordinating recruitment and retention programs in STEM fields related to engineering, biology and chemistry. Prior to her employment with CBM2, Ms. Dann was a design and reliability engineer in private industry. Ms. Dann has bachelor of science degrees in Psychology and Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering.


Methacrylic acid was produced in high yield by an integrated process involving bioconversion of 2-methyl-1,3-propanediol (2M1,3PD) to 3-hydroxy-2-methylpropionic acid (3H2MPA) via 3-hydroxy-2-methylpropanal (3H2MPAL), and catalytic dehydration of the resulting acid. Whole cells of Gluconobacter oxydans grown on glycerol-based culture medium were used as the catalyst for oxidative biotransformation that involved alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) and aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) enzymes in the organism. The effect of several reaction parameters on bioconversion in a batch system was investigated to obtain 95–100% conversion of 2M1,3PD with over 95% selectivity to 3H2MPA. The optimum conditions for bioconversion were pH 6–7.5, 25–30 °C, 5–10 g substrate and 2.6 g cell (dry weight) per liter. Higher substrate concentrations led to enzyme inhibition and incomplete conversion. Loss of catalytic activity was noted during recycling of the cells. The cells were active for a longer period when used for biotransformation of 20 g per L of substrate in a continuous reactor with cell retention. The product of the bio-oxidation, 3H2MPA, was converted using titanium dioxide at 210 °C to give methacrylic acid (MA) with a yield of over 85%. The integrated process provides a new environmentally benign route for production of methacrylic acid from 2-methyl-1,3-propanediol, an industrial by-product, compared with the conventional acetone-cyanohydrin (ACH) process.


To develop a multimedia system using elements of gamification in teaching, the meaning of the concept of "gamification" is studied and the main elements used for gamification in the educational process are identified. The developed software solution for learning a foreign language with elements of gamification will improve the learning process of apprentices.


Between March and May 2022, researchers conducted a broad survey in the Lamjung district to ascertain the presence and accessibility of bee-friendly flora to compile a floral calendar. In the PMAMP Bee Zone, 62 respondents were chosen for the interview through a simple random sampling approach, from a pool of 382 registered beekeepers. Primary data collection involved using personal interviews, focus group discussions, and key informant surveys. Secondary data were gathered from publications related to the topic from various institutions. The collected data were then analyzed using IBM SPSS V.26 and Microsoft Excel. Nearly all farmers in the study area kept Apis cerana bees, but due to insufficient irrigation, the crop fields provided limited forage for the bees during certain periods. The lowest number of frames covers by bees was four during the dearth period. Farmers in the Lamjung district did not practice migratory foraging. The majority of the respondents reported an increase in productivity compared to the previous year. However, only 37.1 percent of them cultivated bee flora. The colony carrying capacity of the forage area was not estimated. Additionally, an increase in deforestation was identified as the major problem affecting bee foraging. To address these issues, it was recommended to plant and cultivate perennial trees such as butter trees (Vitellaria paradox), bottle brush (Callistemon speciosus), litchi (Litchi chinensis), sissoo (Dalbergia sissoo), and sunflower (Helianthus annus) with assured irrigation. This approach could ensure year-round forage availability and reduce the need for artificial feeding. The research aimed to explore the current status of honey bee flora and investigate major flora that could be introduced in the study area.


The parsec-scale OH megamaser emission in the luminous IR galaxy Arp 220 has been imaged in detail using a global VLBI array. Four major emission regions are revealed in the 1667 MHz line, each with complex spatial and velocity structure showing intriguing symmetries. These emission regions have no associated continuum emission to stringent limits, and the brighter components have a maser amplification ratio exceeding 800. No compact emission is detected in the 1665 MHz line. The compact maser emission, with high amplification and unmeasurably small 1665/1667 line ratio, appears to be the result of saturated masers in physically compact masing clouds. The diffuse emission, on the other hand, appears to fit the traditional OH megamaser model of a low-gain masing screen on scales of hundreds of parsecs. Infrared pumping is indicated for the diffuse emission, but collisional pumping is probably important for the compact components. The compact components may trace shock fronts in the dense nuclear environment and may be related to active galactic nucleus activity.


A coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical consolidation theory is proposed for a saturated porous cylinder with infinite length.The expressions of the field variations in Laplace transformation space are deduced such as temperature,pore pressure,volumetric strain,radial displacement,strain and stress,etc.Then,the time domain solutions are obtained by a numerical inversion scheme.Using the solutions,the evolution processes of thermal consolidation for a cylinder under axisymmetric conditions are studied for both constant and variable thermal loading conditions.These analytical results can provide some reasonable explanations for experimental results.


A new notation is proposed for use in the discussion and analysis of high-purity signal sources. Omissions in the previously accepted notation are rectified and a consistent set of interrelated symbols is suggested.


Frame tearing in an arbitrarily large number of incoming motion video signals incorporated into a single composite display is prevented using as few as three frame buffers. Independently and concurrently for each incoming motion video signal, one of the frame buffers is reserved for writing captured pixel data, another is identified as storing the most recently completely captured frame, and one is identified as currently being read in forming a frame of the outgoing composite display. Frames of the outgoing composite display are collected from the multiple frame buffers accordingly to designations of the motion video signals of the read frame buffer for each.


Though the prestressed cable technology is a very effective reinforcement method in geotechnical engineering,the study on prestress variety characteristic of prestressed cable in soft rock slopes is not comprehensive due to its complexity.Based on the safety monitoring of the extension projects of ZheLin hydropower station,the major factors affecting the lock loss of prestressed cable and prestress variety characteristics after lock are analysed,and the influence of rainfall,the variety of temperature and the displacement of slopes on prestress state of cable are all studied carefully.The basic variety rules of prestress after the lock are found,and the research findings can serve as reference for the study on the prestress state under different work condition for other similar projects.


Exposure of the (E)-isomer (4E) of 2-(3, 4, 5-trimethoxyphenyl)-4-(3, 4-methylenedioxyphenyl)-4-oxo-2-butenonitrile (β-cyanochalcone) in the solid state to sunlight led to unusual dimerization through isomerization to give an unsymmetrical E-Z dimer (7) along with a symmetrical Z-Z dimer (5) obtainable from the photoreactive (Z)-isomer (4Z-b).


ch. i he discusses prose, in ch. ii he discusses poetry. In the course of a discussion on how speech can cool down conflict, Samatar shows how ' cumulative grievances ' and curses can heat it up. Curses themselves can be further analysed on the basis of who can use them and at whom they can be aimed. Samatar fits oratorical assemblies and the orators themselves into similar typologies. To flesh out his structural framework, Samatar provides rich examples to show precisely how these oral techniques have operated in the Somali milieu. Samatar's reconstruction of the DaaqatoBeerato feud of 1962-3—based on his childhood memories and subsequent field research— helps greatly to illuminate his typologies. Samatar's analysis of pastoral oratory has considerable sociological significance. Anthropologists have long claimed that kinship structures can explain historical phenomena in particular societies. Samatar, by demonstrating that oratory can be studied structurally, makes a plausible case that it should be examined as a force in history. It is this claim that constitutes Samatar's argument in chs. iii-v concerning the career of the Sayyid. Ch. iii, which Samatar modestly calls ' " straight" history' is actually a revisionist approach to the Sayyid's political role in Somali history. Countering the nationalist panegyrics of some Somali historians, Samatar argues that the Sayyid unnecessarily obstructed British Consul-General Sadler's progressive policies, and violated the values of the Somali pastoral ethos in his subsequent actions. What emerges is a deeper if somewhat iconoclastic portrait of the Sayyid. Samatar then examines other interpretations of the Dervish movement. He reviews I. M. Lewis's focus on the Sayyid's kinship alliances (the kinship connexion); R. Hess's focus on the Sayyid's formal treaties with the European powers (the archival connexion); and B. G. Martin's focus on the religious doctrines of the Sayyid's Saalihiya order (the religious connexion). Samatar acknowledges the importance of these foci, but feels that they all undervalue the ' literary connexion '. The contribution of the Sayyid to the institution of Somali oratory—and how the Sayyid shaped the interpretation of the history he was creating—becomes a central component to Samatar's treatment of the Sayyid and his Dervish movement. Despite the fact that this book is a revised thesis, and the fact that its author did not learn English until he was a young adult, it reads beautifully. Samatar has a gift for the poignant English phrase: e.g. ' the wordbearer . . . producing . . . [a] weird litany of war-talk ' ; ' once again the old apostle of acrimony raised his head'; ' Jugle . . . despatched a vitriolic versicle to the Sayyid ' ; and ' the poet continued to pour out his lugubrious jeremiads'. Samatar sometimes falls so in love with his own alliterations that he repeats them, thereby diminishing the freshness of his images; but in general his penchant for the apt phrase lends credence to his major argument: that the ' gift of gab ' has power to change the perspective of the listener. In my view, Samatar's analysis provides a partial answer to a question that has long troubled students of Somali nationalism. A careful reading of Lewis would lead one to predict that the Sayyid's strategies would have had the effect of splitting the Somalis on the basis of their chins. Why, for instance, did not an ' Isaaq' nationalism form in British Somaliland ? This movement could have been one that united groups that used British resources to fight against the Sayyid. Correspondingly, in Italian Somaliland, the Majeerteens and Hawiyes might both have developed their own nationalist movements, in competition for favours from the Italian colonialists. A focus on kinship as the building block of Somali society cannot easily explain the intense Somali nationalism of the twentieth century that often transcended the allegiance to clanfamilies. Meanwhile, a focus on the ' religious connexion ' would have led us to predict that a Saalihiya political movement would emerge from the Sayyid's efforts. The Sayyid was after all a religious propagandist and not a Somali nationalist. In fact, two of the three occasions where the Sayyid employs the word ' Somali' in Samatar's examples of his poetry are most derogatory, and suggest that the Sayyid thought ' Somalis ' were people guided by secular clan ties of dubious morality rather than by the true ideals of Islam. By emphasizing the ' literary connexion', Samatar is able to provide a plausible explanation for the association of the Sayyid with Somali nationalism. The Sayyid's brilliant contribution, according to Samatar, was the cultivation and development of the oratorical institution in Somali society. Samatar provides not only rich examples of the Sayyid's poetic images, his semantic contributions to the language, his use of circumlocutory argument, and his masterful employment of invective—• all of which other students of the Sayyid's poetry have already identified—but also an informative discussion on the Sayyid's innovative use of the ' triplet stanza ', which set new standards for rhetorical virtuosity in the Somali poetic tradition. The Sayyid, who failed to build wider kinship structures, failed to build a successful anti-colonial army, and failed to build a theocratic hierarchy, succeeded in enhancing the rhetorical possibilities of Somali verse. He was a seminal figure in the development of a pan-Somali social institution, and this helps to explain why a ' Somali' consciousness so easily congealed in the wake of his Dervish movement. In fact, the very success of Somali nationalism which has superseded Saalihiya and clan identifications as well, suggests that Samatar's ' literary connexion ' was indeed a strategically excellent vantage point for the examination of the Sayyid's historical role.


Preparation of questions which correct and standard not an easy thing, including preparing National Standard School Exam (NSSE) items. This research aims to describe the skills of technical guidance participant teachers in: (1) to compose the question lattices of NSSE, (2) to make the question card based on the question lattices, and (3) to compile the script about NSSE. This research is a quantitative descriptive. The subjects of this research are teachers member of Deliberation of Subject Teachers Social Science Junior High School of Gunung Mas Regency, who are participant technical guidance preparation of NSSE questions amounted to 34 people from 12 districts. Data collection was done by using the instrument of the study of question lattices, question card preparation, and assembling of the manuscript question. The results of data analysis show that the skills of teachers in (1) composing the question lattices with an average score of 74.38; (2) making question cards on the question lattices with an average score of 72.85, and; (3) preparation of NSSE question with the average score of 68.59 is quite good.


The bachelor thesis deals with a deed of association in trading corporations and its nullity in Slovak legislation. The first chapter is focused on the legal form of the deed of association, its mandatory particulars as well as a brief characteristic. In the second chapter we'll break down the manner in which changes of the deed of association can occur and who is in charge of such changes in trading corporations. In the last chapter we'll focus and analyze the nullity of the trading corporation and its deed of association and when the deed of association is absolutely invalid.


In the given article anthropological approach is taken into consideration as a specific feature of innovation in pedagogical activity in conditions of dynamically developing society. Intensification of humanistic tendency is shown to become a reaction to antihumanism. The main impulse of anthropology is expected to be in synthesis of all influences and predomination of man, in other words, in anthropocentrism. Philosophical understanding of man developed in philosophical anthropology puts new patterns in interaction of men, and may turn into the kernel for a new pedagogical conception of man. The main quality of this new conception of man is constant development of teacher and student as individuals.


Background & objectives: The present study examined the gonadotoxic effects of ciprofloxacin antibiotics and protective effects of L-carnitine. Methods: In this study, 20 NMRI mice were divided into four groups: control, ciprofloxacin, L-carnitine, L-carnitine-ciprofloxacin (each group included 5 animals). The control group received normal saline, the treatment group 1 received 12.5 mg/kg ciprofloxacin, the treatment group 2 received 100 mg/kg Lcarnitine and the treatment group 3 received 100 mg/kg Lcarnitine and 12.5 mg / kg ciprofloxacin simultaneously. All animals were treated by intraperitoneal administration for 15 days. Testis and epididymis were collected to evaluate sperm parameters (sperm count, motility, morphology and viability). Results: In the ciprofloxacin group, a significant decrease in sperm count, sperm viability, sperm motility, progressive sperm motility and normal sperm as well as a significant increase in rotating sperm motility, sperm without movement, head and tail abnormalities were observed (p≤0.05). A significant increase in sperm count, sperm survival, motility and progressive sperm motility, normal sperm and a significant decrease in rotating sperm motility, sperm without movement and head abnormalities in the L-carnitine-ciprofloxacin group were observed (p≤0.05); however, the reduction in tail abnormalities of sperm was not


The invention relates to a method for modifying a metal baseband surface used for YBCO (YBa2Cu3O(7-x)) coating, which comprises the following steps: placing a nickel tungsten alloy baseband into the cavity of vacuum evaporation equipment, vacuumizing to 5*10 Pa, heating the nickel tungsten alloy baseband to, and keeping heating for 1 hour at the temperature of 450-650 DEG C and removing the impurity atoms adsorbed on the nickel tungsten alloy baseband; charging mixed gas of Ar gas and H2S gas into the vacuum cavity, and controlling the partial pressure of H2S gas at 55*10 Pa; and heating the nickel tungsten alloy baseband to 700-800 DEG C at a heating rate of 20-40 DEC C/min, and holding the temperature for 10-20 minutes to obtain a nickel tungsten alloy baseband with a c (2*2) superstructure. A cerium dioxide film and an YBCO coating prepared on the nickel tungsten alloy baseband which is subjected to vulcanization surface treatment are completely c-axle oriented.


In order to control bunch length in the DA@NE main rings [l] an active 3rd harmonic RF cavity has been proposed. The energy acceptance, bunch length and Landau damping of the multibunch instabilities with the cavity are discussed. Alternative cavity shapes optimized with the aim of reducing the number of dangerous HOMs and increasing the fundamental mode shunt resistance are presented.


A number of pyridothienopyridine (2, 3), pyridothienopyrimidine (6, 10), pyridothienotriazine (13), pyrimidothienopyrimidine (15, 16, 17a,b) and thienoimidazo-triazines (18) were obtained via interaction of 3-amino-5-phenylamino-2,4-dicarbonitrile (1) with different reagents.


As both a constant reminder of the disease-inflicted body and the celebration of queerness and queer communities, AIDS literature generates a wide affective spectrum. In The Man with Night Sweats, Thom Gunn explores this spectrum through a poetic process of (dis)embodiment that creates a web of relationships marked by negative (pain, grief) and positive (joy, love) feeling. On the one hand, Gunn's work calls for what Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick calls "paranoid reading": an anticipation of, and emphasis on, AIDS' ravaging of the body to reestablish poetry in its real-world social/political context. On the other hand, Sedgwick's reparative reading, which searches for pleasure rather than warding off pain, is imperative to the queer world-building Gunn achieves in conjunction with his corporeal recognition. In this paper, I suggest a simultaneous application of paranoid and reparative strategies in reading The Man with Night Sweats. I argue that this simultaneous reading accounts for the agency of marginalized bodies while also acknowledging the shared spaces constructed for those bodies—spaces that persist with and without the diseased body. Meeker 61 Midwest Journal of Undergraduate Research 2023, Issue 14 During the height of the AIDS epidemic, poetry offered alternative ways of seeing what was, for many, a grim reality in its historical, medical, and social conditions. Utilizing the flexible, playful possibilities of language, poets could write about AIDS and rewrite AIDS discourses; they could reflect on difficult lived experiences while also reconstructing those experiences in self-sustaining ways. Both negative affect (for example, anger at a homophobic politics, grief for sick and dying loved ones, exhaustion from continued acts of oppression) and positive affect (for instance, sexual/social pleasure in queer relationships, intimacy in developing queer communities, love and care toward the next generation(s) of queer people) can be captured simultaneously in the constantly deconstructing nature of poetic form and language. In his collection The Man with Night Sweats, Thom Gunn powerfully exemplifies the generative possibilities of the (re)writer-poet in the AIDS era. Replete with harrowing descriptions of bodies-with-AIDS and heart-wrenching deliberations on the epidemic's social and political consequences on affected communities, Gunn's poetry does not repress its subject matter. His anger toward the political silence/silencing that further exacerbated the AIDS crisis hangs heavy in these poems—many of which are elegies for Gunn's gay male friends and lovers. At the same time, though, Gunn works to subvert problematic discourses—particularly ones that rationalize illness as a natural consequence of homosexuality and point to AIDS as a physical marker of that consequence. The Man with Night Sweats transcends oppressive ideologies of queerness to reimagine it as a community of shared understandings and affects; queer people release individual subjectivity and exist in an in-between space. In its common usage, "affect" has become synonymous with "emotion." However, while emotions are categorical due to their linguistic signifiers, affect is more fluid and relational. To be "affected" is to be involved in some kind of relationship—sometimes with oneself but more often with someone or something else. In practice, affect theory centers the acts of reading, writing, and critical interpretation along these relational lines; it asks questions like "how do we read/write?" and "how do we feel when we read it?" at each individual enactment. Drawing from the work of Baruch Spinoza, Gregory J. Seigworth and Melissa Gregg write that "affect's 'not yets' [are] never really supposed to find any ultimate resolution. . . . [I]t would be . . . a rather serious misrepresentation of contemporary theories of affect if we were to understand each of these 'not yets' as moving forward in some kind of integrated lockstep" (Seigworth and Gregg 3). To attempt to predict the "not yets" or the "unknowns" of an alwaysacting affective system by relying on historical or narrative patterns is to live in a paranoid mode. If AIDS literature is an affective tradition in its close relationships between body to text and reality to discourse, it is essential to consider the method by which it is read. Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick identifies a trend of "paranoid reading" and an alternative, "reparative reading," in two essays deeply


The artwork I created is to depict missing of face-to-face communication in this digital and information era. It can be seen that social network technologies have enhanced people-to-people communications and enriched their interactions. Yet, these inundated communication mediums have changed people's preferences for communication through visual-driven interface. This has reduced people's capabilities of communication skills including listening. Surprisingly, it was reported that 70 percent of young generations are non-auditory learners, influenced by the visual nature of communication (McCrindle, 2006). As a result, they are defined as a pragmatic generation focussed on outcomes and not processes. This serious and societal issue was drawn with a somewhat violent and aggressive form, yet its pop art style should enable audience to approach to the theme with a satirical and light way.


Singapore is often lauded for its meteoric rise from a 'third world' to 'first world' country. A top-class healthcare system is one of Singapore's crown jewels. The international recognition of the quality of healthcare here is evidenced by the fact that, despite considerable competition from neighbouring countries, it remains a top medical tourism destination in the Asia-Pacific region, accounting for yearly receipts of close to S$1 billion according to latest available Singapore Tourism Board figures.1 However, as a medical practitioner on the ground, I am often unpleasantly surprised at some of the standard practices adopted, and how they deviate from international standards. In this opinion piece, I wish to highlight one such example; radiation protection of dental patients.


The electrical conductivity and thermal conductivity of carboxyl methylcellulose doped with oleic acid and plasticized with glycerol have been measured by the electrical impedance spectroscopy method in the temperature range of 303 – 393 K. The composition of glycerol was varied between 0 and 50 wt. % and the samples were prepared via solution casting technique. The highest ionic conductivity at room temperature, σrt (303K) is 1.64 x 10-4 S cm-1 for sample containing 40 wt. % of glycerol. The system was found to obey Arrhenius rule where R2 ≈ 1. The dielectric study (,) shows a non-Debye behavior.

 Key words: Solid polymer electrolyte, carboxyl methylcellulose, oleic acid, glycerol.


Recently in Okinawa, Casuarina equisetifolia has been mainly used as windbreak tree as it grows fast. However, in terms of other characteristics for windbreak trees, such as wind resistance, salt breeze tolerance, usefulness for wood production etc., Garainia subelliptica or Calophyllum inophyllum seem to be more suitable, but they grow slowly. This study was focussed on the effects of gibberellin on seedling growth in four kinds of windbreak trees. Using one-year-old seedlings of Casuarina equisetifolia which grows faster and of Podocarpus macrophyllus, Garainia subelliptica and Calophyllum inophyllum which grow more slowly, studies were carried out in Miyako Is., Okinawa, from Aug. 1, 1990 to Jan. 2, 1991. Forty seedlings of each tree species were used for this study and half of them were treated with a gibberellin tape placed at about 3 cm below their growing points. Throughout this period, the height of seedlings was measured at intervals of two weeks. It was shown that the difference in growth between the control and the treated seedlings was remarkable in Calophyllum inophyllum. The growth ratio, represented by the percentage of the length increment divided by the height at the beginning of the study, was 61 .8% for the treated seedlings, or seven times as much as that for the control. Also in Garainia subelliptica, the difference was significant and the growth ratio of the control was 32.2%, which was twofold the value of the control. The results showed that the treatment by gibberellin tape exerted a significant effect on the acceleration of seedling growth in two kinds of trees which are suitable for windbreak but naturally grow slowly.


We prove that, to lowest order in $alpha$, the amplitude for the reaction $gamma$ + e $Yields$ n$gamma$ + e, where n = 2,3,4,..., vanishes when all n final photons have momenta parallel to that of the incident photon. We generalize this result to scalar electrodynamics, to the scattering of massless pseudoscalar (scalar) mesons off massive fermions, and to the scattering of massless scalar mesons off massive scalar mesons. (AIP)


Observers' ability to combine intensity information over time was measured by testing accuracy in time-average intensity judgments of periodic time-varying intensity stimuli (frame sequences). The subjects' task was to choose the highest time-average intensity stimulus (target) in a six-alternative forced-choice experiment. The intensities for each frame for each of the non-targets were assigned by randomly sampling values from a Gaussian sampling distribution (non-target sampling distribution). The same procedure was used to generate the target intensity values but by using a Gaussian sampling distribution with a higher mean than the non-target sampling distribution. Performance was measured for sequences of 4, 16, 32, and 50 frames, all displayed at 35 frames per second. For an ideal observer who perfectly integrates the intensity information, d' increases as the square root of the number of frames in the frame sequence. Our results show that the human visual system is able to integrate intensity information for a critical period, tc, of 700–900 ms. Such findings cannot be accounted for by the well studied Bloch's Law, which has a critical period about 200–300 ms. This study suggests the existence of another temporal intensity integration mechanism distinct from the mechanism described by Bloch's Law.


10520Background: Although oral metronomic chemotherapy is often used in progressive paediatric solid malignancies in the palliative setting, its usage is notable for scepticism and empiricism.Liter...


Medical image report generation (MeIRG) aims at generating associated diagnosis descriptions with natural language sentences from medical images, which is essential in the computer-aided diagnosis system. Nevertheless, this task remains challenging in that medical images and linguistic expressions should be understood jointly which however show great discrepancies in the modality. To fill this visual-to-semantic gap, we propose a novel framework that follows the encoder-decoder pipeline. Our framework is characterized by encoding both deep visual and semantic embeddings through a triple-branch network (TriNet) during the encoding phase. The visual attention branch captures attended visual embeddings from medical images with the soft-attention mechanism. The medical report (MeRP) embedding branch predicts semantic report embeddings. The embedding branch of medical subject headings (MeSH) obtains semantic embeddings of related medical tags as complementary information. Then, outputs of these branches are fused and fed into a decoder for the report generation. Experimental results on two benchmark datasets have demonstrated the excellent performance of our method. Related codes are available at https://github.com/yangyan22/Medical-Report-Generation-TriNet.


UltraCamXp is the new flagship camera product which introduced in 2008 at the ISPRS Conference and Exhibition in Beijing by Vexcel Imaging (a Microsoft Company). This paper will give a technical overview about the advantages and concept of the camera. The focus is set on a large scale project which was carried out in late 2008 near Graz, Austria. Radiometric and geometric aspects of this flight mission are presented in this paper.


A History of Iron Metabolism in the Mycobacteria.- Mycobacterial Iron Uptake Mechanisms.- Siderocalin Combats Mycobacterial Infections.- Design of Anti-TB Drugs Using the Iron Uptake Platform.


The purpose of the article is to discuss the universal design for learning (UDL) framework as a curriculum development tool and illustrate how it can be implemented in the physical education setting to include children with disabilities. Although a few scholars in physical education have advocated for the implementation of UDL, their efforts may not have had the desired results, perhaps due to a misinterpretation of UDL's key concepts. The UDL framework places an emphasis on curriculum development that proactively includes scaffolds in which to provide modifications for children with varying abilities. This method enables teachers to improve their inclusion efforts for children with disabilities. The framework is similar to the National Standards for K–12 Physical Education in that it can be generalized to a diverse student body, which makes it easy to provide alternatives and modifications to reach certain goals. This article explains how educators can use UDL as a curriculum development tool to proactively include students with disabilities in their classes.


Objective To observe the effect of Yiqi Tongluo Decoction on chronic ischemic nephropathy early expression of Ang,α-SMA rats,to explore the mechanism of prevention and treatment of chronic ischemic nephropathy early lesions.Method:Male SD rats were randomly divided into sham operation group,model group,prevention group,drug group.The bilateral renal artery insufficiency ligation to establish animal model.Use the immunohistochemical method to test the expression of Ang Ⅱ and α-SMA.Results Compared with the model group,the AngⅡandα-SMA expression of drug group and prevention group were significantly decreased( P 0.01) and the prevention group were reduced significantly( P 0.01).Conclusion Yiqi Tongluo Fang can reduce Ang Ⅱ and α-SMA expression,thereby preventing ischemic nephropathy early lesions.


This month's column suggests ways to rethink the criteria for selecting and using gases in laboratories. Knowing about gas grades, purities, and impurities will help alleviate some of the problems associated with gases.


Trick of the Eye of the Beholder Male bowerbirds build elaborate bowers, or display areas, that consist of an avenue where the female stands and an arena where the male displays. Males decorate their arenas meticulously with stones, flowers, and found objects. Previous work has shown that these bowers induce forced perspective illusions in the observing females. Now Kelley and Endler (p. 335; see the Perspective by Anderson) show that mating success is based on components of the illusion, rather than the physical nature of the bower. Thus, females choose their mates based on a visual illusion painstakingly constructed and maintained by the displaying male. Males that are more successful at tricking female senses mate more often. Sexual selection studies normally compare signal strengths, but signal components and sensory processing may interact to create misleading or attention-capturing illusions. Visual illusions can be produced by altering object and scene geometry in ways that trick the viewer when seen from a particular direction. Male great bowerbirds actively maintain size-distance gradients of objects on their bower courts that create forced-perspective illusions for females viewing their displays from within the bower avenue. We show a significant relationship between mating success and the female's view of the gradient; this view explains substantially more variance in mating success than the strength of the gradients. Illusions may be widespread in other animals because males of most species display to females with characteristic orientation and distance, providing excellent conditions for illusions.


IN their accounts of our Lord's final week in Jerusalem before his arrest and condemnation, all three Synoptic Gospels contain a series of questions addressed to him and all three state that subsequently nobody dared to question him any more. But, when we compare the Gospels, we find that in Mark the saying 'no one dared to question him any more' seems, in the context, to lack point. For Mark has just related how a friendly scribe has asked 'Which is the first commandment of all?' and has commended our Lord for his answer in words that merited the reply 'You are not far from the kingdom of God'. Then, says Mark, 'and no one dared to question him any more' (12, 34). In Matthew and Luke, on the other hand, this remark (about not daring to question him any more) comes more appropriately: in Matthew (22, 46) Jesus has just silenced the Pharisees by asking how the Messiah can be David's son if David calls him Lord; in Luke (20, 40) Jesus has just silenced the Sadducees after their question about the future marital status of the woman who had married seven brothers in succession. It is not without interest to examine the series of questions in each of the three Gospels.


This article by JACOB MARKOVITCH, Chairman of the Israeli Society for Disaster Management, describes the Fire Service response to terrorist attacks in Israel, outlining how best to prepare firefighters for such events, and how to attempt to mitigate the terrible traumatic after effects that those involved can all too often experience.


This paper proposes the concept of a visible light communication (VLC) system with LED-mounted drones for post-disaster monitoring and reports the results of the experimental feasibility evaluation. Post-disaster monitoring is a critical social issue given that in the case of a large-scale disaster, communication failure can occur, and the power supply can be interrupted. A VLC system is useful for investigating the disaster situation, can assist in life-saving activity by lighting the area, and allows for communication from the disaster area to a base station. In this study, the VLC system consists of LED-mounted drones and an image-sensor-based receiver. The drones are videoed and subsequently detected by the camera with a YOLOv3-based convolutional neural network (CNN). After detecting the position of the drones, the light signal is demodulated. This paper reports the following feasibility evaluation results; 90% accuracy in drone recognition and a low bit error rate with the distance of up to 80 m between the drones and the camera.


The most common approaches for farmland evaluation are income reducing process,income multiple law,law of cost,the supposition development law,the market comparison test,the shadow price method,hedonic pricing method,the soil potential estimate law,and standard field law. There are many different views about the feasibility and applicability of these methods about which this paper presents an overview.