A 63-year-old woman with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus was admitted to the intensive care unit for increased respiratory support following large-volume fluid administration to treat diabetic ketoacidosis. The patient was intubated and diagnosed with mild acute respiratory distress


Pronase E is able to hydrolyze poly‐L‐lysine in 100% yield into the monomer L‐lysine. The experiments show an intermediate production of tri‐L‐lysine and di‐L‐lysine that are clipped off from the polymeric peptide. During the hydrolytic process a number of characteristic amino acids are released from the enzyme that may indicate its activation. Amino acids as well as mono‐L‐lysine are decomposed by pronase E after a period of several days.


A review of the book "Mounting Frustration: The Art Museum in the Age of Black Power," by Susan E. Cahan, is presented.


In France during the period 1830–1905, the very boundaries of the debate on the social question were dictated by a foreign example, the English Poor Law. French fears of national public assistance programmes were grounded in a widespread disdain for the Poor Law. In this article I examine many of the major French works on charity and assistance written between the 1830s and 1900s and the debates surrounding reform proposals. I argue that the opponents of compulsory, tax-financed public assistance created a negative image of the English Poor Law in order to discredit attempts to introduce, first, the 'right to assistance' in 1848–1851, and later, bills providing for free medical assistance for the poor and aid to the elderly indigent in the 1890s and 1900s. I conclude with a discussion of how the proponents of mandatory, national assistance programmes defeated a carefully orchestrated and misleading public relations campaign led by some of the opponents of social welfare during the 1890s and 1900s.


In this study with regard to employees' personality types, namely, extroverts and introverts based on Jung's typology Model, it is targeted to demonstrate which group has more congruencies to the features of telecommuting to experience less burnout result from the qualities of this type of workplace. Besides, the model of this study is inspired by person-environment fit theory. The samples were 86 females and 130 males from Ministry of Cooperatives, Labour and Social Welfare of Iran. The teleworking burnout and personality questionnaires with 28 statements for gathering data; in addition, SPSS 16 and Lisrel 8.8 for descriptive and inferential statistics were applied. From given data, it was obvious there was a correlation between extraversion and burnout with correlation rate of 0.55, whereas introversion had zero effect on burnout with correlation rate of -0.13. It can be concluded introverted employees can face stresses resulting from telecommunication more easily than extroverted ones regarding differences between these two characteristics.


Butanol has received significant research attention as a second-generation biofuel in the past few years. In the present study, skeletal mechanisms for four butanol isomers were generated from two widely accepted, well-validated detailed chemical kinetic models for the butanol isomers. The detailed models were reduced using a two-stage approach consisting of the directed relation graph with error propagation and sensitivity analysis. During the reduction process, issues were encountered with pressure-dependent reactions formulated using the logarithmic pressure interpolation approach; these issues are discussed and recommendations are made to avoid ambiguity in its future implementation in mechanism development. The performance of the skeletal mechanisms generated here was compared with that of detailed mechanisms in simulations of autoignition delay times, laminar flame speeds, and perfectly stirred reactor temperature response curves and extinction residence times, over a wide range of pressures, temper...


Abstract A systematic sequence of psychometric procedures was used to develop a scale of consumer exchange. Initially, a diversity of psychological attraction concepts from widely published sources was selected for scale development. Scale content reflected concepts of passion, intimacy, affection, friendship/attraction, affiliation, freedom/creativity, cooperation, satisfaction, compliance, and dependence. The reduced scale appeared acceptable in both interpersonal attraction and apparently nonpersonal consumer exchange contexts. Two dimensions were interpreted as dependent obsessive attraction and interdependent exchange. These dimensions were validated by using interpersonal exchange concepts suggested by Thibaut and Kelley (1959) and others. The specific consumer exchange context used was department store shopping.


The article deals with the dialectics of territorialization, deterritorialization and reterritorialization in the context of cultural regionalistics. The author shows how changing the roles between these modes of terra dynamics influences the becoming of culture interpreted as existential creation. Grand Duchy of Lithuania (GDL) has been used as the case for the development of these ideas in the paper. According to the author, we deal with the polyphonic process of territorialization while the physical aspect serves as a background for cultural deterritorialization and vice versa. The perspective of cultural regionalistics presupposes an existential approach (culture as existential creation), as well as border discourse, while border has been interpreted as cultural phenomenon to be cultivated by both an individual and the nation. The major thesis is the following: the very dynamism of life‐world's borders follows from human existential creativity, the source of which is being towards death. The minor thesis: a nation is alive as a terra for individual (re)birth while he (she) creates the future community by his (her) activity. The author presents two kinds of communication during territorialization: horizontal, which deals with realization of a utopia, and vertical, which deals with the myths of the nation's past. The change of roles between different aspects of human terra signifies not linear multi‐layered development of culture as a fight for creative space or existential territory. According to the author, reterritorialization presupposes a temporal aspect, which regards all three modes because of dialectics between them. Historical images have been used in our political terra and, vice versa, historical terrae have been understood in political perspective.


Although the focus of many sociologists, social structure is only vaguely defined in theory. The early sociologists based their research on such binary relations as the individual and the society, freedom and order, function and structure, which were also the major issues of augments. In the post-Parsons period, scholars hope the conception of social structure can cast off the dilemma of binary opposition and move toward integration. The post-structuralists believe that this opposition exists no more in a total deconstruction of social structure.


A mathematical analysis of the ignition of a cloud of fuel droplets in air is described. In contrast to previous work in the literature which investigated the genesis of spray flame propagation from the stage when some embryonic flame already exists, the current paper concentrates on describing the process of events preceding that stage. The model considered is one-dimensional and consists of a heated wall next to a semi-infinite domain containing the fuel sprayair mixture. The chemical kinetics is taken to be that of a single global reaction. The spray is described using the sectional method and the thermal role of the spray in the ignition process is explicitly found. Delay in ignition due to heat loss to the droplets for evaporation is found to be a function of spray-related parameters such as initial liquid fuel load, sectional evaporation coefficient and latent heat of evaporation and can be of the order of about 8% under certain operating circumstances.


P2P is a kind of network discarding server and client,which has obvious advantage in information sharing and the utilization of network' s resources.But the traditional way of using broadcasting information may induce network congestion.This paper uses the characteristics of high connectivity,analyses the maximum connectivity first(MCF) algorithm,and at last,proposes to optimize the algorithm.


A biochip of the present invention, the substrate member to be a plurality of grooves formed in the culture medium is accommodated; And an auxiliary member is a plurality of insertion columns, and the inserted column is inserted into the groove in which a through hole connected with the grooves formed in the state inserted into the groove to rise the culture medium is rising to the top of the groove; including can do.


The thermal degradation processes occurring in the pyrolysis of the isomeric aromatic polyesters I-III synthesized by condensation reaction between phthaloyl chloride and catechol, resorcinol, or hydroquinone, respectively, were investigated. Data obtained by direct pyrolysis mass spectrometry (DP-MS) indicate that the thermal decomposition processes of these polymers yield only and selectively cyclic 1,2-dihydroxybenzene phthalate, bis(1,3-dihydroxybenzene phthalate), and tris(1,3-dihydroxybenzene phthalate) as a function of the polymeric structure. As a consequence, it is possible to identify each of the three isomeric polymers just on the basis of their DP-MS spectra


The design of a MEMS-based Rotman lens beamformer that uses a high dielectric constant lead zirconium titanate (PZT) thick film as the insulating material inside the lens cavity has been presented. The 56 mum thick Rotman lens has a footprint area of 5.5 times 7.1 mm , incorporates 3 beam ports, 5 array ports, and operates at 77 GHz. The lens has been designed to have a mainlobe gain of 35 dB with a scan angle of 4 degrees. The small size of the Rotman lens beamformer enables to stack it vertically or horizontally to realize a compact MEMS-based radar when used in conjunction with microstrip antennas and necessary microelectronics circuits. The device could be used for an automotive collision avoidance system to detect the proximity of other vehicles or obstacles.


Computer-assisted pronunciation training (CAPT) can meet the needs of second language learners for pronunciation training. Since articulatory features can reflect the intrinsic logic of the pronunciation process and show the specific process of pronunciation, it is of great significance to incorporate them into the CAPT system. To address the complexity of vowels in continuous Mandarin speech, we established a multi-task pronunciation feature recognition model that includes four pronunciation channels. Multiple acoustic features were used to train the multitask articulatory feature recognition model on the standard Chinese corpus, obtained the correlation between multiple pronunciation features, and the trained model was then applied to the detection of pronounciation errors for L2 learners. The experimental results of Biaobei corpus show that the combination of CNN-BLSTM and multi-task training can improve the recognition accuracy of various articulatory features by 0.1% to 3.19%. The model for detecting Mandarin vowel pronunciation errors and deviations was tested on samples of second language Mandarin speakers, and it was proven to be effective in detecting errors and deviations in Mandarin vowel pronunciation.


The search for renewable energy sources that are alternatives to fossil fuels is critically important. A validated strategy in this context is the use of microorganisms to convert plant biomass into high‐value biofuels. Microbial conversion of the cellulose and hemicellulose components of plant biomass into biofuels is at the vanguard of bioenergy technology. An inherent limitation of this technology is that these carbohydrates represent only 60–70% of plant biomass. The remaining component of plant biomass, lignin, is under‐utilized in part due to its highly stability. Currently used fuel‐producing microorganisms cannot degrade this heterogeneous, aromatic polymer. The efficiency of microbial conversions of plant biomass into biofuels can only be maximized if cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin are all consumed. While fungi have been the foci of most studies of lignin catabolism, bacteria are also have this capability. Given the utility of bacteria in biotechnology and the ease with which they can be genetically engineered, studies of bacteria that degrade and consume lignin are particularly valuable. Prominent among the ligninolytic bacteria are members of the Streptomyces genus. This talk will describe our progress in understanding the catabolism of the lignin component of plant biomass by Streptomyces bacteria and our efforts to engineer these organisms as lignocellulose biorefineries.


This study explored the impacts of CuO, TiO2, SiO2 nanoparticles on biological phosphorus removal. Experimental results showed that the phosphorus removal ability of phosphorus accumulating organism (PAO) was initially inhibited when CuO nanoparticle concentration was 5 mgl-1. The inhibition of phosphorus removal for 1000 mgl-1 of TiO2 with sunlight was higher than without sunlight case. The inhibition of phosphorus removal began at SiO2 nanoparticle concentration of 500 mgl-1. Inhibition became apparent when SiO2 nanoparticle concentration was up to 1000 mgl-1 . Statistical analysis showed that the three kinds of nanoparticles significantly affected the PAO's metabolisms, including phosphorus release, PHA synthesis/degradation, and glycogen degradation/synthesis, except for the cases of glycogen degradation for TiO2 nanoparticle and PHA/ glycogen synthesis for SiO2 nanoparticle. The order of the inhibition degree of nanoparticles for PAO was CuO> SiO2> TiO2. This study also found that the influence of nanoparticles on PAO's metabolisms mainly resulted from the release of ionic metals and the formation of reactive oxidation substances (ROS). The concentration of ionic metals and ROS increased with increasing nanoparticle concentration.


Phase relations in the pseudoternary system CaO-CoO-Si02 have been established at 1323 K. Three quaternary oxides were found to be stable: CaCoSi206 with clinopyroxene (Cpx), Ca2CoSi207 with melilite (Mel), and CaCoSi04 with olivine (01) structures. The Gibbs energies of formation of the quaternary oxides from their component binary oxides were measured using solid-state galvanic cells incorporating yttria-stabilized zirconia as the solid electrolyte in the temperature range of 1000-1324 K. The results can be summarized as follows: CoO (rs) + CaO (rs) + 2Si02 (Qtz) ~ CaCoSi206 (Cpx), ~GJ = -117920 + 11.26T (:t 150) J/mol CoO (rs) + 2CaO (rs) + 2Si02 (Qtz) ~ Ca2CoSi207(Mel), ~GJ = -192690 + 2.38T(:t130) J/mol CoO (rs) + CaO (rs) + Si02 (Qtz) ~ CaCoSi04 (01), ~GJ = -100325 + 2.55T (:t 100) J/mol where rs = rock salt (NaCl) structure and Qtz = quartz. The uncertainty limits correspond to twice the standard error estimate. The experimentally observed miscibility gaps along the joins CaO-CoO and CaCoSi04C02Si04 were used to calculate the excess free energies of mixing for the solid solutions CaXCo1-XOand (CayCo1_y)CoSi04: ~(;E = X(l X)[31975X + 26736(1 X)] J/mol and ~(;E = 23100 (:t250) Y(l Y)J/mol. A T-X phase diagram for the binary CaO-CoO was computed from the thermodynamic information; the diagram agrees with information available in the literature. The computed miscibility gap along the CaCoSi04-C02Si04 join is associated with a critical temperature of 1389 (:t 15) K. Stability fields for the various solid solutions and the quaternary compounds are depicted on chemical-potential diagrams for Si02, CaO, and CoO at 1323 K.


The subject of research. This article determines that in conditions of global transformational processes, the sphere of innovation activity becomes of particular importance in the economy of advanced countries. Its development provides socio-economic growth of local companies and a state, in general, requiring significant financial resources. Consequently, the subject of this study is the management of innovation activities at the enterprise with the achievement of maximum effectiveness, as well as the identification of interconnection between innovations and investments. Methodology. Conducted research shows, the condition of development of domestic technologies is unsatisfactory: Ukraine occupies the last place among European countries. Innovative activity is associated with investments, whose government support in our country is rather small in the context of the state's GDP. Content analysis is carried out on materials of works of domestic and foreign scientists using information from Ukrainian legislation and statistical data provided by experts. In the process of preparing the paper, the following general scientific methods of research are used: logical analysis, observation, formalization, synthesis, abstraction. The purpose of a study is to analyse the nature of the innovation activity of companies, to establish its unbiased relationship with investment processes in order to identify areas for improving the innovation and investment situation in Ukraine. Important is to substantiate the expediency of improving the innovative management of Ukrainian enterprises in the focus of implementation of new projects by finding the necessary sources of financing. As a result – effective management of the company is capable of satisfying consumer demands and increase profits. Conclusions. Thus, the analysis of the relationship between innovations and investments has shown that the situation in Ukraine is characterized by a deficit of state support in the investment and innovation sector, and difficulties in attracting finance. The latter is directly related to the political situation, instability, the lack of clear legislative rules of direct action, as well as insignificant pay for the work of inventors. At the same time, the positive direction of innovation development in Ukraine is the tendency to increase venture companies (with the use of foreign experience), which directly provides investment in the latest local finds. Improving the investment and innovation situation in Ukraine is possible by creating a set of incentives for attracting investment, further investing in human capital, raising wages for researchers; growth of inflow of foreign investments; providing tangible state support to enterprises and more favourable lending conditions for them, etc. It is important to ensure transparency of legislation, to perfect the conditions of functioning of business space and the state of market infrastructure, to take measures to improve the state of the environment.


— This study aimed to develop a mobile solution for the estimation cover of green vegetation, pasture height, and aboveground biomass of pasture using orthogonal images. Experimental plots of Panicum sp grass were photographed in two experiments. The first experiment yielded data on plot biomass and the second experiment on pasture height. All samples were automatically georeferenced using the GPS location function of the smartphone. For green cover area, the application uses a region-growing segmentation algorithm and conversion to HSV color space (Hue, Saturation and Value) to obtain the relation of the regions where pixels average in the green matrix and compare the number of pixels classified as pasture with the total number of pixels in the image. The method for estimating height and biomass divides into two parts. The first part is the extraction of characteristics from the images using texture parameters, vegetation indexes, and information about image shadow projections. In the second part, a regression model was developed using the SVR (Support Vector Regression) technique. The model provided accuracy of 0.518 and 0.647 for the estimates biomass and pasture height, respectively.


Value-added materials produced from broiler manure can be a renewable alternative to its problematic disposal. Pyrolysis of broiler manure (litter and cake) produces char, bio-oil, and biogas. In this study broiler manure chars were characterized for their ability to adsorb selected metal ions. Char yields for pelletized broiler manure slowly pyrolyzed at 700 and 800 °C for 1 h ranged between 29.6% and 33.5%. Surface areas for the broiler litter and cake decreased with pyrolysis temperature with 238 and 318 m2/g and 199 and 261 m2/g for 700 and 800 °C, respectively. Broiler manure chars removed significantly more metal ions from solution (up to 0.91 mmol/g Cu2+ and 0.96 mmol/g Zn2+) when compared to chars produced from coal, wood, or coconut shells (up to 0.0 mmol/g Cu2+ and 0.10 mmol/g Zn2+). Composition of the biogas generated during fast pyrolysis between 700−900 °C, as a measurement of its energy potential, was also determined. The major components of the noncondensable gas produced during fast pyroly...


In this paper, we investigate delay diversity in Ricean fading channels. We will outline the impact in broadcast and in mobile radio systems. Both systems investigate relaying as a gap filler to increase coverage. Without careful planning these gaps could be emphasized or new gaps could be created. Ray tracing tools take into account the actual SNR, but not the K factor of a Rice channel. Latter is a factor which could effect the coverage as relays are not necessarily beneficial.


Current genomic analyses often require the managing and comparison of big data using desktop bioinformatic software that was not developed regarding multicore distribution. The task-farm SCBI_MAPREDUCE is intended to simplify the trivial parallelisation and distribution of new and legacy software and scripts for biologists who are interested in using computers but are not skilled programmers. In the case of legacy applications, there is no need of modification or rewriting the source code. It can be used from multicore workstations to heterogeneous grids. Tests have demonstrated that speed-up scales almost linearly and that distribution in small chunks increases it. It is also shown that SCBI_MAPREDUCE takes advantage of shared storage when necessary, is fault-tolerant, allows for resuming aborted jobs, does not need special hardware or virtual machine support, and provides the same results than a parallelised, legacy software. The same is true for interrupted and relaunched jobs. As proof-of-concept, distribution of a compiled version of BLAST


Children mortality rates describe the health services' quality as indicators of each countries' welfare, particularly in Indonesia. Several factors were determined as the main contributors of mortality, such as neonatal factors, maternal, environment and health services. The important of this research is to give recommendation to the government of Indonesia to propose some policies in handling of the increasing children mortality and modifying underlying disease as contributor mortality among children in Indonesia. The design of this study is cross sectional. The data was taken from World Health Organization Maternal Child Epidemiology Estimation from 2000 to 2017. There were three main categories : neonatal mortality rate (NND), post neonatal mortality rate (PND) and under five mortality rate (UFIVE). The leading causes of mortality were searched according to those categories and followed by descriptive analysis by line graphs. According to the data that had been found, there was declining on  NND (102.700 to 60.986), PND (138.553 to 63.471), UFIVE (241.253 to 124.457). The children mortality tend to decline at the range of 17 years, meanwhile the highest mortality among the three of groups are : premature birth in neonates, ARI in post neonates and premature birth in under five children.  In conclusion, the trend of three parameters of children mortality declined within 17 years. On several cases, there were outbreak of injury on 2004 and fluctuation of measles incident among infant and under five children. Premature birth and ARI have the highest prevalence among children in Indonesia.


This paper investigates the relationship between energy consumption and GDP for Turkey over the period from 1960 through 2009 by using a fractional cointegration approach, which allows residuals to be fractionally integrated rather than stationary, with the classical cointegration approach based on I(0) stationarity or I(1) cointegrating relationships. The findings obtained from the Engle and Granger cointegration test indicate that there is no evidence of cointegration between energy consumption and GDP. On the other hand, the results of the fractional cointegration test give evidence of fractional cointegration which implies that deviations from the long run relationship shared by energy consumption and GDP take a long time to dissipate before reaching their equilibrium level.


200 words) Interstrand cross links (ICLs) are toxic DNA lesions that cause severe genomic damage during replication, especially in Fanconi anemia pathway-deficient cells. This results in a progressive bone marrow failure (BMF) and predisposes to acute myeloid leukemia. The molecular mechanisms responsible for these defects are largely unknown. Using Ercc1-deficient mice, we show that Trp53 is responsible for ICL-induced BMF and that loss of Trp53 is leukemogenic in this model. In addition, Ercc1-deficient myeloid progenitors gain elevated levels of miR-139-3p and miR-199a-3p with age. These microRNAs exert opposite effects on hematopoiesis. Ectopic expression of miR-139-3p strongly inhibited proliferation of myeloid progenitors, whereas inhibition of miR139-3p activity restored defective proliferation of Ercc1-deficient progenitors. Conversely, inhibition of miR199a-3p functions aggravated the myeloid proliferation defect in the Ercc1-deficient model, whereas its enforced expression enhanced proliferation of progenitors. Importantly, miR-199a-3p caused AML in a pre-leukemic mouse model, supporting its role as an oncomiR. Target genes include HuR for miR-139-3p and Prdx6, Runx1 and Suz12 for miR-199a-3p. The latter genes have previously been implicated as tumor suppressors in de novo and secondary AML. These findings show that, in addition to TRP53-controlled mechanisms, miR-139-3p and miR-199a-3p are involved in the defective hematopoietic function of ICL-repair deficient myeloid progenitors. For personal use only. on August 25, 2017. by guest www.bloodjournal.org From


An overview of the currently available smart power ICs reveals that a good design should include sensing circuits for protection, analog multiplexer for effic ient use of hardware and analog-todigital converter for real-time monitoring. This research deals with the circuit design and implementation of an advanced smart PIC which features a temperature sensing circuit, a load current detector, a load status detector, a supply (load supply) voltage detector, an analog multiplexer and an 8-bit successive approximation A/D converter. A new approach to the design of the successive approximation A/D converter has been proposed in order to minimize the silicon area and to maximize the operating speed. In order to verify the design approach and the performance of the designed circuits in a timely fashion, the successive approximation A/D converter was implemented using TSMC's 0.35 μm 3.3 V CMOS process, the sensing circuits and the high power output stage were implemented with a semi-custom array featuring Bipolar/CMOS/DMOS high voltage technology. The experimental results have proved that the fabricated chips are fully functional.


NTT is promoting the Innovative Optical and Wireless Network (IOWN) to provide an information and communication technology infrastructure that brings about various benefits The company is pursuing research and development of key technologies to implement IOWN in 2030 Now that the entire world has been hit by an unprecedented situation due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, expectations for NTT's efforts based on its philosophy of contributing to society are growing We talked with Katsuhiko Kawazoe, NTT Senior Vice President, Head of Research and Development Planning Department, about the attitude of his department-which ought to be called the "brain of NTT"-to tackle this crisis and the sense of value of NTT researchers © 2020 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp All rights reserved


Soldering, wherein a metallic, located in an extension direction (E) extending connector (2) with a solar cell (1) is electrically connected, comprising the steps of: - placing of the connector on an electrode contact (12) of the solar cell (1); - heating a first connector portion (21); - heating a on the connector (2) in the extension direction (E) arranged between the first connector portion (21) and a third connector portion (23) of the second connector portion (22); and - heating the third connector portion (23), wherein heating each generating a temperature profile (51, 52) with a heating-up phase (51w, 52w), and a cooling phase (51k, 52k) to the respective connector portion (21, 22, 23), characterized, in that the heating phase (52w) of the second connector portion (22) at least partially during the cooling phase (51k) is carried out of the first connector portion (21) and / or the third connector portion (23).


Biohydrogen production from suspended, biofilm, or granular sludge fed with a glucose substrate was examined in a continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) and anaerobic fluidized bed reactors (AFBRs) operating at a temperature of 37 °C and a pH of 5.5. Comparing with a hydrogen production rate of 0.32 L/(L·h) by suspended sludge in the CSTR, a 10-fold and a more than 20-fold increases in hydrogen production rate were achieved by granular sludge in the CSTR and granular or biofilm sludge in AFBRs, respectively, while keeping a comparable hydrogen yield with the suspended culture. Although a comparable performance in hydrogen production was demonstrated by both granular sludge and biofilm in the AFBRs, the biofilm may be washed out and replaced completely in a longer term of operation. Formation of granular sludge and biofilm substantially enhanced biomass retention which was closely associated with reactor configuration and hydrogen production performance. A granule-base column-shaped reactor system appears to be the preferred process for continuous hydrogen fermentation on glucose substrate.


The test rig for hydro-pneumatic converter used in straddle type monorail vehicles was researched, and its electro-pneumatic proportional control system was set up and simulated based on AMESim/Simulink. Compared fuzzy-PID (Proportion Integral Derivative) controller with PID controller through fuzzy logic tool box in Simulink, the results indicate that, this electro-pneumatic proportional control system can meet design requirements better, and fuzzy-PID controller has higher accuracy and stability than PID controller.


Improving the recyclability of the high voltage apparatus is a major concern of the manufacturers. In this paper, the suitability of thermoplastic polymer used as support insulator in high voltage gas insulated substation is presented in this paper. Among the possible candidates, a semi-crystalline thermoplastic polyethylene-terephtalate was selected and investigated in terms of the chemical structure and the morphology as well as the basic characteristics such as mechanical and electrical characteristics are reviewed for the virgin material. The effect of the temperature on the dielectric strength is also investigated. In view of extremely promising results, it is worthwhile studying the evolution of the material properties under operating conditions. In that sense, mechanical creepage curves are given. It is also shown that the main electrical properties of the material are affected neither by aging under used SF6 nor by combined thermo-electrical ageing. As an application, we present the manufacturing of plate insulator dedicated to the new 72.5 kV three phase F35 substation insulation.


Language is a core of communication and in pragmatics, it is analyzing the information about the development of language and knowledge of language in general and it is related with human language and its context. Pragmatics is concerned with the study of meaning that communicated with the speaker and interpreted by a listener. Context also holds the important rules and cannot be separated in learning pragmatics itself.  Therefore, to learn and understand the meaning and it's context of spoken between speaker and hearer in an utterance, then learning the speech act and it's parts is one of the important things. This research discusses the use of illocutionary acts in "Wonder" movie. The focus analysis on this research is not only on the main character but on the whole conversation from each character at the movie by classified it into five types by using John Searle's (1975) theory. The data of illocutionary that appears on Wonder movie is analyzed by using the context situations to find out the flow of each utterance from the speaker and listener. Researcher used the Pragmatic Approach and speech act theory to find out the types of illocutionary act contained in Wonder movie. And, from the result of this analysis, it was found that there are 5 types of illocutionary acts that classified by Searle (1975) in Wonder movie, that known as Representatives or Assertive, Directives, Comissives, Expressive and Declaration. Keywords : Movie / Film, Illocutionary, Pragmatic Approach.


Conditional traffic estimation is a vital problem in urban plan deployment, which can help evaluate urban construction plans and improve transportation efficiency. Conventional methods for conditional traffic estimation usually focus on supervised settings, which require a large amount of labeled training data. However, in many urban planning applications, the large amount of traffic data in a new city can be hard or impossible to acquire. To tackle the conditional traffic estimation problem in data scarcity situations, we formulate the problem as a spatial transfer generative learning problem. Compared to prior spatial transfer learning frameworks with only single source city, we propose to extracts knowledge from multiple source cities to improve the estimation accuracy and transfer stability, which is a technically more challenging task. As a solution, we propose a new cross-city conditional traffic estimation method — Spatially-Transferable Generative Adversarial Networks (STrans-GAN) with novel pre-training and fine-tuning algorithms. STransGAN preserves diverse traffic patterns from multiple source cities through traffic clustering, and incorporates meta-learning idea into the pre-training process to learn a well-generalized model. During fine-tuning, we propose to add a cluster matching regularizer to realize the flexible adaptation in different scenarios. Through extensive experiments on multiple-city datasets, the effectiveness of STrans-GAN is proved.


Background:The intensive care unit is a room designated to treat critically ill patients. Besides the professional skills of the nurses, technological support also plays an important role in patients' care. The rapid development of technology has resulted in various innovations, including robotic technology to assists health services.
Aim:This study aims to describe the nurses' perspective in the use of robotic technology in patients' care in the intensive care unit.
Methods: This study uses descriptive qualitative design with interview methods. The participants were ten intensive care unit nurses selected by using purposive sampling technique. The data collected based on prepared interview guidelines and analyzed using the Elo and Kyngas method.
Result:The results produced three main themes, which are the positive effects of robotic technology, the negative effects of robotic technology, and the nurses' need related to the operation of robotic technology. The positive effects of robotic technology include helping the work of nurses, helping in patients care and working under the program, while the negative effects are caring nurses to patients is reduced, anxiety in patients and operating the robot becomes an obstacle. The socialization and training for the operation of robot technology are needed by the nurses.
Conclusion:To conclude, the use of robotic technology in patients' care has positive and negative impacts. The use of robots is mainly to maximize the role of nurses in providing care to patients.


Phase Shifting Interferometer using the Carre and Hariharan algorithms is proposed for quantifying resorption in bone sample. Advantages of the system include being non-contact, 3D profile, less time consuming, and relatively inexpensive.


In a tidal marsh plain, salinity and moisture distribution determine the sustainability of the ecosystem. These response patterns are modeled by the marsh plain equations, the governing equations for coupled flow and salinity transport in a saturated/unsaturated tidal marsh plain. The boundary conditions, whose combination is unique to a tidal marsh plain, are established, and evaporation and periodic inundation in a onedimensional soil column is explored. INTRODUCTION In a tidal marsh plain, salinity and moisture distribution determine habitat suitability for local fauna and flora. When the marsh plain is infrequently inundated, large volumes of water evaporate from the surface, creating a dry and hypersaline environment that may be incapable of supporting vegetation. In the creation or restoration of tidal wetlands, the ability to predict when and where such conditions may exist is a crucial factor in success. The unsteady mass conservation equation (Bear 1972), with Darcy's equations defining the flow velocities, models subsurface flow. The advection-diffusion equation (Fischer et al. 1979), including variable soil saturation, is used to model salinity transport. The governing equations are coupled because fluid density varies with both pressure head and salinity concentration, and the equations must be solved simultaneously. The marsh plain equations are modeled using the numerical technique Method of Lines. A complete discussion of the physics and numerical methods can be found in Greenblatt (1997) and Greenblatt and Sobey (1997). MARSH PLAIN EQUATIONS The marsh plain equations are the governing field equations for coupled flow and salinity transport in the tidal marsh plain, where both saturated and unsaturated flow regions are present (Greenblatt 1997). The full equations are reduced to 1Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Univ. of California, Berkeley 2Professor, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Univ. of California, Berkeley Copyright ASCE 2004 Wetlands 1998 one spatial dimension. Flow will be modeled in the vertical (z) direction, with z positive upwards. The marsh plain flow equation is and the marsh plain salinity transport equation is where p(h, S) [gm/cm3] is the fluid density, K(h) [cm/s] is the hydraulic conductivity, 13(h) is th e moisture content, c(h) [ cm-'] is the soil moisture capacity, and E [cm2/s], is the diffusion coefficient. The dependent variables are pressure head h = h(z, t) [cm] and salinity S = S(x, t) [psu]. BOUNDARY CONDITIONS The combination of boundary conditions applied to the marsh plain equations is unique to the tidal wetland. Because flow and salinity transport is boundary driven, proper formulation of the boundary conditions is a crucial part of the numerical model. INFILTRATION Infiltration is a downward flux at the surface of the soil column. While the soil surface remains unsaturated, applied water will infiltrate into the soil column. If the applied rate exceeds the infiltration rate, the soil surface becomes saturated, water ponds on the surface, and the actual infiltration rate will be less than the applied rate. A finite control volume approach is implemented to apply the boundary conditions at the top and bottom of the flow domain. Because subsurface flow and salinity transport is slowly varying, sharp gradients may develop at the boundaries if boundary conditions induce large, local changes in the dependent variables. Sharp gradients can cause spurious results in the numerical solution. The control volume approach at the boundaries avoids this purely numerical difficulty without compromising mass conservation. The control volume method treats each end of the soil column as a boundary layer, and uses the boundary conditions at the top and bottom, along with existing conditions in the soil column, to calculate the control volume averaged values of pressure head and salinity. The known applied water rate, qtop, is applied at the top of the control volume. The flow out of the bottom of the control volume, qbot, is a function of the pressure gradient at that location. From Equation 1, mass conservation for the control volume becomes


Multiple scattering is a process in which a particle is repeatedly deflected by other particles. In an overwhelming majority of cases, the ensuing random walk can successfully be described through Gaussian, or normal, statistics. However, like a (growing) number of other apparently inoffensive systems, diffusion of light in dilute atomic vapours eludes this familiar interpretation, exhibiting a superdiffusive behaviour. As opposed to normal diffusion, whereby the particle executes steps in random directions but with lengths slightly varying around an average value (like a drunkard whose next move is unpredictable but certain to within a few tens of centimetres), superdiffusion is characterised by sudden abnormally long steps (Lévy flights) interrupting sequences of apparently regular jumps which, although very rare, determine the whole dynamics of the system. The formal statistics tools to describe superdiffusion already exist and rely on stable, well understood distributions. As scientists become aware of, and more familiar with, this non-orthodox possibility of interpretation of random phenomena, new systems are discovered or re-interpreted as following Lévy statistics. Propagation of light in resonant atomic vapours is one of these systems which have been studied for decades and have only recently been shown to be the scene of Lévy flights.


Introduction E-learning is becoming an increasingly important part of Higher Education Institutions (HEI) (Ngai, Poon, & Chan, 2007). According to Allen and Seaman (2006), HEIs in the United States have been consistently at the forefront of e-learning course offerings. To offer e-learning courses, HEIs are investing substantial resources to incorporate and maintain the infrastructure of e-learning systems (Levy & Murphy, 2002; Yohon, Zimmerman, & Keeler, 2004). However, instructors' use of e-learning systems in community colleges in the United States is relatively sparse (Nevill & Zimbler, 2006). Changes in instructors' attitude toward e-learning systems have not kept pace with the way that e-learning systems have expanded in HEIs (J. K. Kim & Bonk, 2006; Zywno, 2002). While some instructors accept e-learning systems quickly and use such systems enthusiastically, a large number of instructors seem to lack the intention to accept such systems and continue to resist using them (Naidu, 2004). The resisting instructors far outnumber those who embrace and use e-learning systems (Lammers & Murphy, 2003; Zywno, 2002). The following section includes a review of the literature that outlines the key factors related to instructors' use of e-learning systems. Then, the research model is proposed followed by a review of the methodology used in our study. The results of the research and discussion of these results in the context of their contribution to practice and future research are provided. Theoretical Background E-Learning Systems The concept of e-learning has been around since the early 1990s and is one of the most significant developments in the information technology (IT) industry's contribution to education (Selim, 2007). According to Fuller, Vician, and Brown (2006), researchers have been examining the role of IT as an instruction tool for over three decades. A number of individual characteristics have been identified as significant to the acceptance and subsequent use of IT. Gwebu and Wang (2007) suggested that with their increasing popularity and strategic importance, e-learning systems have received ample attention both from practitioners and scholars. According to Selim (2007), as with all educational endeavors, instructors play a central role in the effectiveness and success of e-learning courses. Consequently, understanding individual determinants in the acceptance of e-learning systems by instructors is highly warranted. Referring to the definition of e-learning systems given by the Learning Technology Standard Committee of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Ngai et al. (2007) stated that an e-learning system is: a learning technology system that uses Web-browsers as the primary means of interaction with learners, and Internet or an intranet as the primary means of communication among its subsystems and with other systems. These systems work as platform to facilitate teaching and learning. (p. 252) Ngai et al. noted that, with the widespread use of the Web, many HEIs are taking the opportunity to develop e-learning courses. As a result, e-learning systems are becoming an increasingly important part of HEIs. Numerous HEIs are now resorting to e-learning systems as teaching and learning tools for enhancing authentic e-learning (Liaw, Huang, & Chen, 2007). According to Mahdizadeh, Biemans, and Mulder (2007), e-learning systems increasingly serve important infrastructural features that enable university instructors to provide students with different representations of knowledge and to enhance interaction between instructors and students and amongst students themselves. Although there have been rapid advances in computer hardware and software capabilities, the problem of underutilized e-learning systems still remains and this underutilization appears to be more acute at community colleges (J. …


We refer to [1] for notation. In [1], we proved that the first order correction for the hydrodynamic equation of symmetric simple exclusion processes with speed change in dimension d ≥ 3 is ∂ t ρ N =Δ u (ρ N (1+αρ N )) - ∂ uι 2(R ij (ρ N )∂ uj ρ N ), where R ij is a continuous function on (0, 1). We now prove that R = 0, which means that there is no correction of order N -1 to the hydrodynamic limit. Indeed, from Lemma 9.1 of [1], there exists a sequence of functions F i k that satisfies E vm [W 0,el τ x F i k ]=-R i,l (m)m(1 - m), where v m is the product Bernoulli measure of parameter m and W 0,el is the current between 0 and e l . Notice that v m is translation invariant. Therefore, since our process is gradient, we obtain E vm [W 0,el Σ τ x F i k ] = E vm [(Σ τ x W 0,el )F i k ] = 0, and thus R i,l (m) = 0. THEOREM 1. For symmetric simple exclusion processes with speed change, under diffusive rescaling, the density of particles q N (t, u) at time t around u ∈ R d satisfies N(q N (t, ) - m(t, )) → 0 for dimension d ≥ 3, where m(t, u) is the solution of the hydrodynamic limit ∂ ti m = Σ i ∂ 2 ui (m(1 + αm)).


The article offers a reflection of the current practice of archiving and digitalising, which, due to the circumstances induced by the pandemic/lockdown, enable life to go on for certain artistic practices that are otherwise strongly connected to the common and live time of gathering.
 The author reflects on the archive as a space of redefining the medium of exhibition; on the relation between the body and the online space; the relation between the artwork and the curatorial input, etc. She focuses on the City of Women's web exhibition Looking Back to Look Forward,
 which features the discursive, performative and visual practices.


We characterized real‐world prescribing patterns of opioids and benzodiazepines (BZDs) for older adults to explore potential disparities by race and sex and to characterize patterns of co‐prescribing.


ABSTRACT

Lucky Dwi Widyarso, 10206561
Effect of compensation, discipline, and motivation on the Productivity of Employees of PT Pos Indonesia.
Skripsi, Faculty of Economics, 2010

Compensation, discipline, and motivation is very important in relation to work productivity, better compensation would encourage employees to work better and high motivation will encourage employees to work in a discipline that underlies the work in achieving the success which in turn would encourage increased productivity . This study aims to analyze the effect of compensation, discipline, and motivation to work productivity of employees of PT Kukdong International.

The data used are primary data collected from 100 respondents randomly selected from employees of the production of PT Pos Indonesia. Data was analyzed using a Multiple Linear Regression.

The results showed that compensation, discipline, and work motivation partially or together affect employee productivity. Motivation is the most dominant variable effect on work productivity.

Keywords: Compensation, Discipline, Work Motivation, Work Productivity
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This paper critiques Matheron's interpretation of propositions 29 to 35 of the fourth part of Spinoza's ethics, in which it is stated that, in Spinoza's system, only the similar is beneficial to the similar. It is argued that this interpretation is incoherent with important aspects of spinozist ontology in which difference is crucial to increase a body's power of acting; and an alternative reading of the propositions is suggested.


We states the design and thought of realization of computer assisted instruction and explains its characteristics with examples. in the method of combination of theory and practice.


This paper describes a new genus and species of subterranean gastropod from a karstic region near Viesca, Coahuila in northern Mexico. Shells of Phreatoviesca spinosagen. nov. et sp. nov. were found in spring-deposited sediments near the outlet of a cave that dried up in the late 20th century. The new genus can be primarily distinguished conchologically from other phreatic genera by three remarkable characteristics: (i) prominent open coiling of the last whorl, (ii) shovel-shaped spine ornamentations on the teleoconch, and (iii) a coarsely honeycomb-like pitted protoconch structure. Since only dry shells were found, the new species could already be extinct. However, in view of the relative recent drying up of the spring, we consider that Phreatoviesca spinosa is possibly extant in the aquifers in or adjacent to the Viesca region.


by G. K. Chesterton. Step softly, under snow or rain, To find the place where men can pray, The way is all so very plain That we may lose the way....


All-inorganic perovskite quantum dots (APQDs) have emerged as excellent materials which have been widely used in numerous micro-nano photoelectric devices. However, resistive random access memory (RRAM) devices based on APQDs are relatively scarce. In this work, RRAM based on CsPbBr3 APQDs prepared by the solution processed method was fabricated at room temperature. The sandwich structure memory device shows high reproducibility, good data retention ability, and light assisted multilevel storage capability. The resistance ratio (ON/OFF) of the RRAM device between the high resistance state and the low resistance state reaches almost 107. Additionally, the device exhibits high performances under low power consumption—low reading voltage (−0.3 V) and operation voltage (−2.4 V/1.55 V). It is suggested that the connection and rupture of conducting filaments, which are formed by Br vacancies under an electric field, are responsible for the resistive switching effect. Our work provides an opportunity to develop the next generation high-performance and stable nonvolatile memory devices.All-inorganic perovskite quantum dots (APQDs) have emerged as excellent materials which have been widely used in numerous micro-nano photoelectric devices. However, resistive random access memory (RRAM) devices based on APQDs are relatively scarce. In this work, RRAM based on CsPbBr3 APQDs prepared by the solution processed method was fabricated at room temperature. The sandwich structure memory device shows high reproducibility, good data retention ability, and light assisted multilevel storage capability. The resistance ratio (ON/OFF) of the RRAM device between the high resistance state and the low resistance state reaches almost 107. Additionally, the device exhibits high performances under low power consumption—low reading voltage (−0.3 V) and operation voltage (−2.4 V/1.55 V). It is suggested that the connection and rupture of conducting filaments, which are formed by Br vacancies under an electric field, are responsible for the resistive switching effect. Our work provides an opportunity to develop ...


The article reveals peculiarities of formation of values in the texts of public service advertising in the USA. A classification of norms of behavior which are being propagandized (norms of mutual help, norms of security, norms of social communication and norms of sustenance) is prezented as well as a description of the linguistic means used for this purpose. The author argues that the character of these norms is subjective-objective.


In this review, the synthesis of FddG, a potential HIV reverse transcriptase inhibitor is described focusing on regio- and stereoselective fluorination at the C3'a-position of the nucleoside. These results, which include a synthetic strategy employing retentive fluorination, may provide a new approach towards a variety of C3'α -substituted nucleosides.


In the teaching of science, teachers should pay attention to fostering students abilities and qualities of innovational thinking by widening the students' thinking space, exploiting the students' activity space and providing the students with chances of acting.


Nutrition transition is a process including changes in the nutritional profile of populations. Many developing countries, including Peru, are in transition. Objectives: The aim of this study was to describe the variation of the nutritional profile of Peruvian children, mothers in reproductive age and families between 1991 and 2005. Material and methods: using available information from databases from Peruvian Health and Demographic National Surveys, between 1991 and 2005, we described the prevalence of malnutrition in Peruvian children less than 5 years of age, mothers in reproductive age, and families, at the national, regional, and socioeconomic level, and by residence area (urban/rural). Results: Stunting in children has been high and constant since 1996. Overweight in children has increased, mainly in Lima and the Coast. Overweight and obesity are the main nutritional problems of mothers in reproductive age, which have increased in Lima and the Coast. Coexistence of child stunting and maternal obesity at the family level has been low and without specific trend. Conclusions: The Peruvian nutritional profile is in transition. The main components are the high prevalence of stunting in children and the increase of maternal overweight and obesity. This findings show that Peruvian population is posed at a high risk of developing diseases related to both extremes of nutrition.


A separate agreement for Israel, India, and Pakistan would bolster nonproliferation efforts from outside the NPT, but would require Israel to acknowledge its nuclear status.


Plastics have been one of the most useful materials in the world, due to their distinguishing characteristics: light weight, strength, flexibility, and good durability. In recent years, the growing consumption of plastics in industries and domestic applications has revealed a serious problem in plastic waste treatments. Pollution by microplastics has been recognized as a serious threat since it may contaminate all ecosystems, including oceans, terrestrial compartments, and the atmosphere. This micropollutant is spread in all types of environments and is serving as a "minor but efficient" vector for carrier contaminants such as pesticides, pharmaceuticals, metals, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). The need to deeply study and update the evolution of microplastic sources, toxicology, extraction and analysis, and behavior is imperative. This review presents an actual state of microplastics, addressing their presence in the environment, the toxicological effects and the need to understand their extent, their interactions with toxic pollutants, the problems that arise in the definition of analytical methods, and the possible alternatives of treatments.


BACKGROUND
The APA published the DSM-5 in May, 2013. When compared to dsm-iv, the latest edition incorporates many changes, some relating to neurocognitive disorders.

AIM
To review critically the new DSM-5 alterations and adjustments relating to neurocognitive disorders.

METHOD
We compared the relevant chapters in DSM-IV-TR and DSM-5 and we searched the literature for articles involving discussions about cognitive disorders in DSM-5.

RESULTS
With regard to differential diagnosis of neurocognitive disorders, DSM-5 has more in common with current clinical practice than does the DSM-IV. DSM-5 names ten etiological subtypes for which the diagnostic criteria are based on recent scientific research. However, some researchers and clinicians have reservations about using the term 'major neurocognitive disorder' instead of 'dementia', and are reluctant to make a distinction between 'mild' and 'major' cognitive disorders.

CONCLUSION
The alterations and adjustments that appear in DSM-5 in relation to neurocognitive disorders may well mean progress for clinicians and researchers but they will inevitably require greater investment.


This paper considers the Portuguese transition towards full membership of the European Community in the light of the conflicts between domestic political objectives and the process of economic integration and liberalization. The paper studies two "integration episodes", the development of an economic union between Portugal and its African colonies and the establishment of democratic socialism since then. The paper contrasts the recent economic experience of Portugal with its neighbour Spain. The view that EC membership is desirable because it ensures Portugal against dictatorship is also examined and criticized. The paper concludes by examining the lessons of the postwar experience for the latest integration episode, Portugal's transition to full EC membership.


Objective:To investigate the relationship between syndrome differentiation of Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM) and carotid artery intima-media thickness,elasticity and compliance in hypertension.Methods:Carotid artery intima-media thickness(IMT),lumen diameter,the peak systolic velocity(PSV),the end diastolic velocity(EDV) in 124 patients with four types of hypertension defined by TCM theory were measured by color Doppler ultrasound.Another 30 subjects with normal blood pressure served as controls.Results:Except for the type of over abundant liver-fire,the vascular resistance and pulsatility index(PI) of other types were higher than those in the control group(P0.05,P0.01).The type of over abundant liver-fire had the highest PSV and EDV,the type of deficiency of Yin leading to hyperactivity of Yang had the second highest,the type of asthenia of both Yin and Yang had the third,and the type of Qi-asthenia and phlegm muddy had the forth.Except for the type of over abundant liver-fire,the carotid artery IMT of other types were higher than those in the control group(P0.05,P0.01),and the difference in the type of asthenia of both Yin and Yang and the type of Qi-asthenia and phlegm muddy was the most significant.Conclusion:The type of asthenia of both Yin and Yang and the type of Qi-asthenia and phlegm muddy are the risk pattern of syndrome for hypertension.


Abstract As Islamists engage in ideological moderation, they tend to move away from doctrinaire positions on the economy and foreign policy. However, this activity is less apparent with respect to issues regarding women. What explains this variation? Using the Justice and Development Party (JDP) of Turkey as a case study, this essay discusses how and why Islamist groups characteristically resist moderation concerning gender, contending that this resilience stems from three inter‐related factors. First, women have become the symbol of Islamist movements, making gender more resistant to change as opposed to peripheral issues. Second, the JDP seems to have interests in portraying itself as resistant to change since it strategically uses this conservatism to keep in touch with its traditional base. Third, a patriarchal party structure places male values and interests above those of females and reconstructs femininity as pertaining to family by making references to religious texts, custom and tradition. Although playing a crucial role in mobilizing the constituency, women have been systematically excluded from decision‐making mechanisms of their party and their activities have been confined to separate auxiliary organizations called Women's Branches.


The article deals with the models of dump cars, which form the basis of a modern fleet of industrial railway transport. The design features of dump cars used for transportation and automated unloading of coal ore, soil, sand, gravel and other similar goods at domestic industrial enterprises are presented. Models of modern dump cars of domestic production for industrial railway transport, which were created and put into serial production during the last ten years, are given. The main existing requirements to design and manufacture of dump cars are determined. The results of comparative analysis of technical characteristics of dump cars of the last generation up to modern models of dump cars showed that one of the main advantages of the latter is to improve the strength and reliability of individual components and systems. The main focus of design upgrading of modern models of dump cars of domestic production for industrial railway transport is determined. The technical requirements for dump cars of the next generation, which are planned to be created and introduced into serial production in 2022-2026 for operation on the railway tracks of industrial enterprises, are proposed. Technical requirements are based on the results of the design studies of the present-day dump cars for industrial applications, review of technical and design documentation for these cars, and also the analysis of requirements and wishes of customers. The necessity for relevant research and development works of dump cars of the new generation for industrial railway transport is substantiated. The materials of the article will contribute to the construction of new models of dump cars for industrial railway transport and total upgrading of existing models, as well as improving the efficiency of their operation. Key words: dump car, maintenance interval, strength, industrial railway transport, service life.


This article explores and analyses several remarkable parallels between two unique cultural spaces, namely, that of the Korčula Summer School and that of the Kurorte – the Grand Spas of Central Europe. Though distinct from one another with respect to their historical as well as topographical locations within Europe, it is as cultural spaces that the two share their least apparent – but perhaps most significant – points of affinity. Just as Baden-Baden had served as the 'summer capital of Europe' for one set of cultural elites across political, linguistic and national boundaries, so did Korčula offer a space for cultural and intellectual exchange for philosophers from both sides of the Cold War. The article demonstrates how both of these spaces were marked by their shared internationalism, their political engagement, their privilege, their respective distance from daily social orders, and their intellectual intensity. Thus, it is suggested that Central-European Kurort culture – commonly considered a belle-époque phenomenon – did indeed survive the Great Wars, and found new expressions in a post-war, socialist context.


Introduction: Myositis is a rare manifestation of chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD). We present 4 cases of myositis as a manifestation of cGVHD and a review of the seven cases published in the literature (Tables 1-2). Out of the 340 allogeneic transplants done in our institution over the past 12 years, four (1.17%) cases of myositis-like GVHD have been identified. Materials and Methods: A retrospective chart review of patients treated at the blood cancer center. Results: Four patients, ages 27 to 51 years, were identified. Two of the patients had an associated rash, leading to a diagnosis of dermatomyositis. In our cohort, patients developed symptoms over seven months to 8.6 years post-transplant. Seventy-five percent were female, and none of them had original diagnoses of leukemia. Two were histopathologically diagnosed and the peak CPK was 71,000 U/L, the highest reported in the literature. Discussion: Polymyositis and dermatomyositis are idiopathic inflammatory myopathies characterized by proximal skeletal muscle weakness and inflammation. They should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients with fatigue, muscle pain, and weakness with or without a rash. These conditions can affect patients9 quality of life and in severe cases, if they involve respiratory muscles, can be potentially lethal. Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.


By using microalgae mud (MAM) taken from a high-efficiency algae pond as raw material to treat domestic sewage, this paper investigated the effects of such factors as the amount of microalgae added, shaking time, pH, temperature, the concentration of Pb ions and the rotating speed of the shaking table on the performance of MAM in the adsorption of the heavy metal Pb (II) by use of the single factor control variable method. Research results show that when the initial concentration of Pb(II) is 30mg/L, the amount of MAM added is 30g/L, the pH is 4, and the rotating speed of the shaking table is 180rpm, the maximum adsorption rate of Pb(II) may reach 85.51% after the solution is shaken and reacts at 25 °C in a thermo shaker for 30min. By further studying the adsorption rate of Pb(II) and fitting the adsorption isothermal equations, we found that the best effect can be achieved when the pH was 4 and the adsorption time was kept for 30min or above, with a maximum adsorption capability of 22.52mg/g in theory, and that the adsorption process was in line with the Langmuir and Freundlich adsorption isothermal models, and the correlation coefficients R2 of these two models were both greater than 95%, which demonstrates MAM was easy to adsorb Pb(II) ions, and the adsorption process was of monomolecular physical adsorption.


This paper describes a methodology that was developed for the prediction of the critical flashover voltage of polluted insulators under sec and rain conditions least squares support vector machines (LS-SVM) optimization. The methodology uses as input variable characteristics of the insulator such as diameter, height, creepage distance, and the number of elements on a chain of insulators. The estimation of the flashover performance of polluted insulators is based on field experience and laboratory tests are invaluable as they significantly reduce the time and labour involved in insulator design and selection. The majority of the variables to be predicted are dependent upon several independent variables. The results from this work are useful to predict the contamination severity, critical flashover voltage as a function of contamination severity, arc length, and especially to predict the flashover voltage. The validity of the approach was examined by testing several insulators with different geometries. A comparison with the Grouping Multi-Duolateration Localization (GMDL) method proves the accuracy and goodness of LS-SVM. Moreover LS-SVMs give a good estimation of results which are validated by experimental tests.


Using daily precipitation data from seven weather stations from May to September in1961-2013, climate statistical characteristics and the change of day-night rainfall in Altay in the warm season was analyzed with mathematical statistics. The results show as follows.(1)In the warm season day and night rainfall spatial distributions were basically consistent in Aletai nearly 50 years, with a decreasing trend from the foothills to river valley plain. In the warm season precipitation and rainy days number in daytime were more than those in nighttime at each station.(2)Rose distribution of day-night rainfall days showed single peak type, and peak value was in July in the whole area.(3)Daily precipitation showed an increasing trend in Aletai, precipitation days number showed a decreasing trend. The rate of increasing of nighttime precipitation was larger, and the rate of decreasing of the days number of nighttime rain wass less. It means intensity of day-night precipitation in the warm season became strengthening, extreme precipitation events increased,and the two kinds of changes were more obviously.(4)The inter-annual variability of nighttime precipitation and its days number were consistent with that of daytime. And that were the most in1990 s, and the least in 1970 s. The days number of nighttime rainfall was the most in 1980 s, and the least in 2000 s. Days of day-night rainfall mutated in 1972. The day and night precipitation mutated in 1983 and 1991.(5)Morlet wavelet analysis of warm season rainfall showed periodic variation of day and night precipitation and their days are different, but there were similarities between them. For the current time, the nighttime precipitation, days of nighttime rainfall,days of daytime rain, are in the periods of less than normal.


Mastitis-endometritis syndrome at the beginning of lactation in cows is one of the most economically significant diseases of dairy cattle, since the measures of treatment and prevention are financially costly and, very importantly, difficult to recover. In this regard, further study of the relationship of these diseases in the postpartum period is of great practical importance. In the course of work, the percentage of cows with placenta retention, endometritis and mastitis, separately, as well as jointly occurring in the postpartum period (the first month after calving) was determined. It was found that of 590 calving cows and heifers in the first month after calving revealed 322 or 54.5% of animals with postpartum pathology, including endometritis, detention of the afterbirth and mastitis. Among postpartum diseases of cows in the surveyed economy dominated by endometritis (43.2% of the number of calving cows) with various forms of inflammation of the endometrium. Detention of placenta and mastitis amounted to 20.0% and 17.8% of the number of calving animals or 2.2 and 2.4 times less compared to endometritis. The analysis of the results found that the number of postpartum diseases averaged 0.8 per calving cow or 1.5 per sick cow (P>0.999). A direct average relationship between the diseases of cows in the postpartum period of endometritis and mastitis was established, with a correlation coefficient (r) of 0.48; a direct strong relationship between endometritis and placenta retention was 0.83 at P>0.999.


This paper presents a study of work shift analysis on security workload. Six security employees were investigated in this study for two work shift periods (morning and night). T - test was used to determine the differences of psychophysiological fatigue before and after working. Survey was conducted to identify some complaints. Pulse, blood pressure (systolic and diastolic), and skin temperature were also determined to define the physiological fatigue. In addition, motivation, psycho - social, and psychological complaints were identified to define the psychological fatigue by using an independent developed questionnaire. The results then shows some differences about the physical fatigue aspect in which the average are 32,2 before working and 28,2 after working. The average pulses aspects are 65.6 beats/min and 93.2 beats / min before and after working, the average blood pressure are 121,8 mm Hg and 127,7 mm Hg before and after working for systolic aspect. The average blood for diastolic aspect are 71 mm Hg and 75,9 mm H before and after working. Skin temperature is 34.8 C before working and 34.6 C after working. Result of this study also shows some differences on psychological fatigue where the mean work motivation was 21.5 before working and 24.7 after working, psycho-social was 13,5 before working and 14.3 after working, and psychological complaint was 50.8 before working and 40.83 after working.


The escape responses exhibited by pea aphids were examined at three different temperatures, 15, 20, and 25 °C, using two different predators: syrphid larvae and coccinellid beetles. Coccinellid beetles foraged more vigorously at higher temperatures resulting in greater vibrations on the host plant as they searched for aphids. Foraging rates for syrphids were slower by comparison and did not vary with temperature. We found that most aphids dropped off the host plant when confronted by coccinellid beetles, especially at higher temperatures, and backed up when confronted by syrphid larvae regardless of temperature. We conclude that individual aphids do not have characteristic escape responses, but rather the response adopted depends in part on the foraging rate and species of predator.


The invention relates to a method for controlling a temperature of a glow plug in an internal combustion engine, wherein in a reference operation of the internal combustion engine (4) a mathematical relationship (MF) between measured temperatures To ensure that the control of the temperature of the glow plug is always tailored to the actually built glow plug, is taught while the reference operation at least one reference parameter (R, P, E, U) for the diagnosis and the reference parameter (R, P, E , U) (with a measured parameter


Design: Case report. Setting: Vascular Surgery Department, Hull Royal Infirmary, UK. Patients: A 79-year-old man with a history of right leg ulcer and pulsatile veins. Investigations and interventions: Clinical examination revealed findings of tricuspid regurgitation. Investigations included duplex scans, CT scan, arteriography and both trans-thoracic and trans-oesophageal echocardio-graphy. These all proved inconclusive. High sapheno-femoral ligation and stripping of long saphenous vein ligation procedure resulted in healing of his ulcers within six months Conclusion: Pulsatile veins in the leg may be due to tricuspid regurgitation or AV malformation. Echocardiogram, duplex scan and angiograms can help to differentiate between the two diagnoses. In this case, the above investigations were misleading and clinical examination here played the key role.


This paper outlines the importance of gaining a good knowledge of the underwater channel. The channel is discussed in terms of absorption and scattering with an explanation of the processes involved in both. Then a review of the various techniques used to model these processes is presented. Some results obtained via a Monte-Carlo simulation of the channel are presented and discussed, showing how channels with similar parameters but different scattering conditions can have very different responses.


Over the past decade global securities markets have dramatically changed. Evolution of market structure in combination with advances in computer technologies led to emergence of electronic securities trading. Securities transactions that used to be conducted in person and over the phone are now predominantly executed by automated trading systems. This resulted in significant fragmentation of the markets, vast increase in the exchange volumes and even greater increase in the number of orders.
 In this talk we present and analyze forces behind the wide proliferation of electronic securities trading in US stocks and options markets. We also make a high-level introduction into electronic securities market structure. We discuss trading objectives of different classes of market participants and analyze how their activity affects data volumes. We also present typical securities trading firm data flow and analyze various types of data it uses in its trading operations.
 We close with the implications this "sea change" has on DBMS requirements in capital markets.


Signcryption can provide simultaneous digital signature and encryption at a low computational and communication overhead compared with the signature-then-encryption approach.This paper proposed a signcryption scheme based on elliptic curves.Based on the theory of provable security,proved this scheme to be secure under the GDH(gap Diffie-Hellman) assumption in the random oracle model.It is secure against adaptive chosen plaintext/ciphertext attack.


The Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee, held between December 18 and 22, 1978, marked the prelude to China's reform and opening-up policy. Since then, the world has witnessed China's economic growthmiracle of the past 40 years. With an average real growth rate of gross domestic product (GDP) of around 9 percent, China's GDP share over world total GDP increased from 2.5 percent in 1978 to over 15 percent in 2017. However, in recent years, China has entered the "new normal" stage in which economic growth has appeared to slow down. The after-tax return to capital dropped to 4.17 percent in 2013 (Bai and Zhang 2014). The demographic dividend contributed 26.8 percent to the growth of per capita GDP during 1982 to 2000, but the dividend is disappearing (Cai and Wang 2005). Demand for exports decreased sharply after the 2008 financial crisis and may decrease further under a looming trade war. China is at a crossroads: the growth strategy that relies on exports, cheap labor, and often at the price of sacrificing the environment is no longer sustainable. To avoid the middleincome trap, new sustainable growth strategies are imperative. As deepening the unfinished reform to tackle the challenge has been the consensus, it is time to summarize what China has done right over the past 40 years and what can be further reformed in the future. We devote this special issue to this goal. The issue covers six topics: the political economy background of the reform and opening-up policy, the population dividend, changes in rural institutions and village governance, development of the exchange rate scheme, international trade during the opening-up process, and the trade war with the United States. Yang Yao's paper, "An Anatomy of the Chinese Selectocracy," provides a political economy explanation of China's economic success, as opening to international trade and investment alone cannot ensure successful growth. The paper depicts the reform as an interactive process between local experiments and changes in the ideology of the central government. The changes in ideology are characterized as a de-politicization process of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Yao characterizes the central government as disinterested, that is, the government favors the social or political group that can bring success to the economic reforms, but not any specific group consistently. The "selectocracy" selects local officials largely based on merit, evaluated based on the officials' ability to develop the economy and their loyalty to the central government. Consequently, the CCP is no longer a conventional political party but an institution of China's constitutional setup, molded by successful economic reforms. After comparing


Recently, octahedron structures have been found in the Czochralski‐silicon substrate surface layer just under the oxide defects. An attempt is made to characterize these structures by analysis with transmission electron microscopy and energy‐dispersive x‐ray spectroscopy. Several results indicate that the structure is full of vacancies. This is contrary to previously reported results suggesting that the octahedron structures found in Si bulk are filled with amorphous SiO2. A model for the formation of an octahedron structure with many vacancies is proposed.


A series of 78 prisms of plain concrete was tested in a special test rig simulating a portion of an under-reinforced beam. The prisms were allowed to crack and the influence of the tension concrete below the neutral axis was included. Prisms having different breadth/depth ratios were tested to quantify the difference in behaviour between broad "slab" type sections and narrow "beam" -type sections. Two series of under-reinforced beams were tested to confirm the results obtained from the prism tests. It is concluded that the breadth/depth ratio of a rectangular section is a major variable governing its rotation capacity under ultimate conditions. Some further testing is suggested to investigate this parameter in respect of t, i and box beams. It is further concluded that there should be no problems in regard to ductility in solid slabs designed in accordance with yield-line theory. (Author/TRRL)


Pension strategies in OECD countries, the dynamics of pension fund assets at the beginning of the third century are highlighted in the article. Long term demographic pressure from ageing are accompanied at the end of the second – the beginning of the third decades by pandemic challenges with unstable contributions, slowing expectancy gains in old age, problems of low retirement benefits. After the first year coronavirus pandemic stress, the retirement savings in pension funds grew faster than GDP in the OECD area. Pension fund assets continue growing in almost all countries of the area, with the highest rate in Turkey, Lithuania; also a double-digit growth assets rate in Finland, France, Greece, New Zeeland, the United States, etc. As pension fund assets show large variations across countries, the decline of assets was mentioned in Chile, Peru, Estonia. The largest volume of assets are in the United States pension funds leaving far beyond the assets in each of the other countries; but taking the assets percent of GDP, in the Netherlands, Iceland, Denmark it's higher than in the United States.


The purpose of the article is to characterize the structure of agro-industrial enterprises management in the context of the information technology development in order to ensure the set strategic goals achievement, the management process effective organization and regulation agro-industrial enterprises development in the long run. Research methods. The methodical basis of the research were general and special methods, namely: systems theory and sys-tems analysis - for a comprehensive of the agro-industrial enterprises management processes; systematization and generalization – to substantiate the conceptual approach to the management structure elements formation of the agro-industrial enterprises in the information technology development; economic analysis, comprehensive analysis – for diagnosing the current state and trends of domestic agro-industrial enterprises innovative development graphical method - to visualize the research results. Research results. There was characterized the structure of agro-industrial enterprises management in the context of the information technology development, the features of which are ensuring the management process mobility and transparency at the enterprise through the formation of strategic information support departments as the optimal method of efficient production and guaranteed profit. Scientific novelty. It was proposed the agro-industrial enterprises management structure in the context of the information technology development, the key feature of which is observance innovation and uniqueness principles of entrepreneur activity in order to determine the enterprise mobility compliance with the information technology development needs and possible prospects for successful outcome achieving. Practical significance. In the research it has been improved the structure of agro-industrial enterprises management in the context of the information technology development, the implementation of which will ensure the agro-industrial enterprises gradual strategic formation in the context of innovative development, and also possibilities of definition and substantiation of optimum innovative decisions' complex system concerning management of activity taking into account the factors of information society development. Tabl.: 1. Figs.: 6. Refs.: 25.


Beach tourism is one of the tourism models that most partners realize to manage to its sustainability. Integration of thoughts for various sectors was also needed for a walk to success. This research, thus, sought for ways to investigate for proper beach tourism management model with certain component. Testing will be implemented in area along the gulf of Thailand which is known by the name "The Royal Coast". The mixed-methods design was employed for the study: focus group (n=88), policy meeting (n=29) and questionnaire (n=800). Both host whose stakeholders in public and privates business in the beach area and communities and guests or tourists were asked and discussed. The results from the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) indicated that six components were the significant factors for sustainable beach management, yielding Chi-square =10.870 Chi-square/df = 1.812, df = 6, p = 0.092, GFI = 0.996, CFI = 0.993, RMR = 0.008, RMSEA = 0.032. The sustainable beach tourism included six components of management on marketing and promotion management, tourist attraction management, participation management, environmental, cultural and education management, process, plan and policy management and personnel management respectively. All six components was assigned and implemented for testing in sustaining beach tourism management on the Royal Coast.


Component based software development is the reuse of the existing software. By reusing the component have cheaper cost, better quality, improved performance. The reusable component performs better than existing software. It provides a standardized system. But finding components for efficient software reuse is one of the important problems identified by researchers as well as artefacts which constitute a software system. Many researches have also been done in improving cohesion and reducing coupling for source code and to recover software architecture in reverse engineering process, grouping of component is done. The objective of our paper is to improve design and to examine numerical clustering techniques and implement these techniques for different software applications. Different clustering techniques for component reuse and program restructuring are hierarchical clustering, density based clustering,SOM.


The pathogenic process underlying the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is not yet clear in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus who receive direct‐acting antiviral therapy and achieve sustained virological response. This study investigated two risk factors for HCC in these patients; specifically, hepatic fibrosis and steatosis.


This article studies two works that have been fundamental sources on the history of the Luciferian schism, that is, Jerome's Altercatio Luciferiani et Orthodoxi and the  Libellus precum of the presbiter Faustinus, both of them from the fourth century. The manifestations of physical and verbal violence in these works are analysed in order to determine why the authors resort to aggressive means of argumentation, and why they describe violent actions.


The invention discloses a method for synthesis of TEX under catalysis of a nonionic surfactant. The method comprises the steps of adding fuming nitric acid and concentrated sulfuric acid into a reaction container, adding the nonionic surfactant, adding the midbody 1,4-diformyl-2,3,5,6-tetrahydroxypiperazine in batches at 35-55 DEG C for condensation caging reaction, increasing temperature to be 45-75 DEG C for nitratlon reaction after reaction is conducted for 0.5-2 h, pouring the product into ice water after nitratlon reaction is conducted for 1-3 h, and obtaining TEX through aftertreatment. The purity of TEX can be over 98.0% without purification, the yield can be over 50.0%, and the total yield can reach 45%; furthermore, the reaction condition is mild, reaction operation is easy, and large-scale industrial production is facilitated.


This paper sets out a comprehensive framework to identify regional business cycles within Spain and analyses their stylised features and the degree of synchronization present among them and the Spanish economy. We show that the regional cycles are quite heterogeneous although they display some degree of synchronization that can be partially explained using macroeconomic variables. We also propose a dynamic factor model to cluster the regional comovements and …nd out if the country cycle is simply the aggregation of the regional ones. We …nd that the Spanish business cycle is not shared


Recently marine environment has been drastically and seriously polluted by the activities relating to the fishery and leisure in the Korean coastal zone. Especially, many environmental problems are arising from marine litter, especially, including the seabed litters, which input into the ocean over the limitation of self purification capability of marine environments. In order to recover the contaminated marine environments, first of all, the present status about seabed litters should be investigated. Such an investigation can make it possible to manage seabed litters systematically and to support the relevant litters disposal project effectively. In this paper, an investigation on the status of seabed litters on the bottom of the sea off the coast of Jeju Island was carried out. The major results of this investigation were summarized as presentation of characteristics on the distribution of seabed litters.


Interatomic interactions and ordering in fcc Ni-rich Ni-Re alloys are studied by means of first-principles methods combined with statistical mechanics simulations based on the Ising Hamiltonian. Fi ...


The article is a reflection on the need to preserve the social memory of the soldiers of the border formations of the Second Republic of Poland. In the Polish campaign of 1939, they fought a heroic fight with the German and Soviet armies. Sub-units of the Korpus Ochrony Pogranicza (Border Protection Corps; KOP) and the Straz Graniczna (Border Guard) and units created on their basis have shown outstanding combat qualities. They fought fierce battles against repeatedly stronger opponents, including in the area of Wielun, on Hel, Wegierska Gorka, Wizna, Szacka and Wytyczna. After the war, the history of September events and the memory of the soldiers of the KOP and the Border Guard were secretly suppressed. Important facts about the struggles and battles of the soldiers of the KOP and the Border Guard were deliberately omitted. In the new political reality after 1989, political changes influenced the evolution of Poles' historical consciousness, which led to an increase in public interest in the memory of the KOP and the Border Guard. The main purpose of the research was to determine the place of defense battles of border guards soldiers from September 1939, as well as to show the activities of local government units, social organizations and Border Guard authorities in restoring and preserving the memory of their heroism in present times. The scientific deliberations in the article are concretised on the following thesis that: Preservation and commemoration of places of struggle of soldiers of border formations in Polish society in September 1939 constitute permanent values for the heritage of the nation and the Polish state, which should be popularized in the process of upbringing and education of young people in particular. generations.


The most used renewable energy in Indonesia comes from hydro energy. The hydro energy available in Indonesia is around 75,000-76,000 MW. Of the total available water energy in Indonesia, there is only about 3.783MW to power for large-scale power plants and about 220 MW for small-scale power plants. One small-scale hydro energy source is a small river that has a water speed range of 0.01 M / s to 2.8 m/s. Although it only has a low water velocity, the energy stored in it has the potential power to generate electricity. There are three types of waterwheels based on the water flow system, namely: overshot, breast-shot, and under-shot. In the overshot mill, the water through the windmill and the mill are under the flow of water. Water twisted the mill and water fell to the lower surface. The mill moves clockwise. In the breast-shoot wheel, the mill is placed parallel to the flow of water so that water flows through the center of the mill. Water turns the mill counterclockwise. In the undershot mill, the position of the waterwheel is placed slightly upward and slightly touches the water. The flow of water that touches the windmill moves the mill so that it is anticlockwise. And in this final project the author made a new system called Jumping Water, this system works almost the same as the breast-shoot only the wheel is not in a lower condition of the water surface, the bottom position of waterwheel parallel to the bottom of the water channel, which distinguishes the jumping water position Can be altered altitude according to the flow of the water which will affect the speed of the spin mill. Keywords— renewable energy, small-scale power plants, low water velocity, jumping water


The article is devoted to the problems of effective provision of electronic services, research of the main problems of digitalization of services. It was found that the development of the information society is impossible without the introduction of fully formed information resources in electronic form and their actualization in public life. It is noted that the improvement of the mechanism of providing electronic services involves amendments to existing regulations, as well as the development of new acts.
The authors point to the need to introduce a unified state policy in the field of electronic services, a clearly defined system of criteria for its implementation and control by the state over the implementation of its implementation. The article also identifies a number of problems that exist in this area. The authors call the first problem the lack of a comprehensive mechanism for legal support for the introduction of electronic services, and the second - imperfect law enforcement practices and legal nihilism of citizens, businesses and government officials, the third problem is insufficient funding that hinders the introduction of new electronic services.
The article points to the need to improve access to electronic services for certain categories of citizens, namely the elderly and people with disabilities. The authors point out that this problem has become especially acute after the introduction of quarantine, which continues to this day and is extended until August 31, 2022. Yes, the Government has introduced mandatory COVID certificates, which can also be issued for "Action" and "E-help". Most elderly people and people with disabilities have not been able to use these services.
A new problem arose after the beginning of the armed Russian aggression and hostilities on the territory of our state, when a huge number of Ukrainian citizens lost their homes, were left without documents, and were forced to move to safer places. Those electronic services introduced by the Government during martial law also remained inaccessible to these categories of citizens.
The authors conclude that this problem can be solved by overcoming legal nihilism, providing smart people through government and presidential programs for the elderly, and implementing the "Action. Barrier-free" program for people with disabilities. However, the implementation of these programs was made impossible due to the introduction of hostilities on the territory of our state.


MRCKα is activated by PDK1 through a PIP3-dependent, kinase-independent mechanism that drives the relocation of both proteins to lamellipodia and regulates lamellipodial retraction and directional migration.


In this work, steam-air gasification of mechanically activated coal was studied experimentally. To increase the energy efficiency of coal flaring, a technology with mechanochemical activation of coal by the mills is being developed at the Institute of Thermophysics SB RAS. The technology is aimed at increasing coal reactivity and can be used to replace high-reactive expensive and difficult-to-obtain fuel oil for ignition and lighting of pulverized coal boilers of thermal power plants (TPP) using mechanically activated microground coal. In experiments, we used brown coal from a deposit in Siberia. The results on the effect of steam flow rate to the continuous gasifier and the point of injection were obtained. During the experiment, the time of autothermal regime stabilization was measured, and it was 105 s. Five different regimes of continuous gasifier operation have been tested. For steam-air gasification with a steam flow rate of 32 kg/h and air excess coefficient of 0.5, concentrations of combustible gases at the end of the continuous gasifier were obtained: H2 (vol.%) = 6.3; CO (vol.%) = 10.7; CH4 (vol.%) = 0.4.


Hydrogen peroxide, t‐butyl hydroperoxide, di‐t‐butyl peroxide and dibenzoyl peroxide efficiently quench the fluorescence of 2,3‐dimethylnaphthalene incorporated into sodium dodecyl sulfate and cetyltrimethylammonium chloride micelles. Potassium persulfate only is effective when the probe is incorporated into a cationic micelle. The binding constant of the peroxides and the intramiccllar quenching rate constants have been evaluated for all the systems considered and the data are compared to that obtained in homogeneous solution. It is concluded that, even for processes which are not diffusion controlled, the quenching process is slower in the micelles.