According to Wittgenstein,the foundation of our understanding the aliens is the form of life which is the intertwining of aspects and language games. To understand language of the aliens,we have to go deep into their practices of lives,see the similar use of their language games with ours,and know how they obey their language rules.So our understanding depends on the family resemblances between our language games and theirs."Family resemblances" are not something commonly found by reflection,but a metaphor of the resemblances of the intertwining of things in the work of language games.On the other hand,family resemblances are the mediate modes of our original contacting with the world,through which language meaning and our forms of life come into being.


Abstract : A Common Time Reference (CTR) is a critical factor in the development of new force capabilities, and perhaps the most difficult to achieve without dependence upon GPS. A technical architecture linking the systems on a common reference framework using their existing time and frequency standards was examined as the most effective approach to achieving interoperable systems. To build an inter-systems architecture within the existing system and platform infrastructure will require a fundamental change in adopting interoperable interfaces and more extensive management of the fabric of technical parameters. The foundation of this new architecture can be built upon the existing infrastructure distributed throughout the legacy and developing systems. The means of providing the elements for this architecture and supporting infrastructure is the objective of this report. The interconnection of assets provides the means for synchronization and coherent system operation.


The essence of the category "uncertainty" in the field of economic activity is revealed, a mechanism for reducing uncertainty in the work of industrial enterprises is proposed.

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Background: Improvements in transplantation have increased the survival of children after kidney transplantation. These patients have complex needs, and the current medical system is not prepared to effectively transfer the care of these individuals from pediatric to adult health-care systems. Too often, transfer occurs during moments of crisis and is associated with poor outcomes. Objective: The aim of this study was to use a national database, the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, to test the hypothesis that the increased risk of graft loss after transfer of care (from pediatric to adult services) for young adult kidney transplant recipients over a 2- to 3-year posttransfer follow-up period was related to these posttransfer risk factors (medication noncompliance, acute rejection, insurance status). Design: A retrospective, longitudinal, correlational design using secondary data was used to evaluate the transfer of care of 250 kidney transplant recipients (ages 16-25). Results: Seventy-seven (30.8%) individuals lost their graft within 3 years after transfer of care. Medication noncompliance, acute rejection, and serum creatinine >2.0 mg/dL at transfer were significant predictors of graft loss after accounting for multiple other factors. Conclusion: These individuals are at risk for graft loss after transfer of care and may benefit from increased personalized care during this risky period.


Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the most prevalent dementias in the elderly and is associated with a high rate of morbidity and mortality. AD is also accompanied by functional changes and psychiatric disorders in older adults with AD. In addition to drug treatment, non‐pharmacological interventions can contribute to attenuating cognitive and functional decline, improving well‐being and psychiatric symptoms. The aim of the present study was to analyze the effects of interventions with isolated physical activity program and multidisciplinary rehabilitation program (including physical activity sessions, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, art therapy, games, cognitive and computer stimulation) on physical capacities, neuromotor components and depressive symptoms in elderly with AD.


Production finds an ideal manu.access of aluminium-inserted cot regarding the selection of aluminium cot and the bearing as well as the telescoping,grounding,and micro-treatment of the cot in conjunction with the spinning comparasion.Suggestion is put forth that rough grouding plus comprehensive grounding is the way sharpening the edge of the cot.


In this article, we analyze the edge-fault-tolerant properties of the enhanced hypercube, which is an attractive variant of the hypercube and is obtained by adding some complementary edges from hypercube. We show that an n-dimensional enhanced hypercube is (n-2)-edge-fault-tolerant Hamiltonian connected when n and k have the different parity.


The retinal fundus photograph is widely used in the diagnosis and treatment of various eye diseases such as diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma. Medical image analysis and processing has great significance in the field of medicine. Segmentation in eye imaging provides an important role for calculating the geometric shape and size of optic disc and anterior segment and abnormal growth of any region in the eye. It automatically and precisely calculates the values of place, position and area of the contour and structural part of the image required by ophthalmologists.An efficient detection of optic disc (OD) in colour retinal images is a significant task in an automated retinal image analysis system. Most of the algorithms developed for OD detection are especially applicable to normal and healthy retinal images. It is a challenging task to detect OD in all types of retinal images, that is, normal, healthy images as well as abnormal, that is, images affected due to disease. This paper discusses to automatically segment the optic disc from a fundus image. For the detection of the optic disc, first step is to find the position approximately. Then find the exact contours by means of the watershed transformation. The method for the extraction of the optic disc contour is mainly based on mathematical morphology along with thresholding and watershed transform. Keywords— WATERSHED,OPTIC DISC,PCA,RETINAL,DIGITAL FUNDUS IMAGES


After ten year's development the engineering supervision enterprises are of great scale,and obtain very good social and economic efficiency.With the development of constructive market there are many problems coming out in engineering supervision.Based on the relationship and conditions during the development some problems and analysis are researched in the paper.


The article analyzes the concept of financial stability, innovative approaches to the dynamics of the economic security of the financial interests of the state and the region have been considered.


(which, possibly, that distinguished scholar might not now care to defend), that ni3tebecame ni3tinthrough association with evening, he points out that the phenomenon in question has an exact parallel in the forms Portingale (for Portigale, Portugal), and martingale, and a less close parallel in the well-known and extensive class of words exemplified by passenger, messenger, harbinger. The disappointing conclusion of the article is that no explanation is attainable. We can formulate the "law" that during the M.E. period a nasal was regularly inserted in tri-syllabic words between a vowel ending the middle syllable and a g or dg beginning the third syllable; but why this took place we have, Professor Jespersen seems to think, no means of conjecturing. But let us examine all the known instances in which a nasal has been inserted in this position before guttural g. These are, nightingale, Portingale, martingale, and fardingale, which last Professor Jespersen has omitted. Now it is a decidedly suspicious circumstance that they all end in -ingale. So far as I know we do not find an unetymological n before g in any other word of the same rhythm, such as herigaut, pedigree, or verdegrece. The presumption therefore seems to be that we have not here to do with any unexplainable operations of phonetic law, but that the sound-sequence -ingale, owing to its familiarity as occurring in the common word nightingale, was instinctively substituted for the -igale of the less frequent words. The process is surely natural and ordinary enough. A person who was in the habit of using the word nightingale, but to whom Portigale, martigale, and fardigale were not quite so familiarly known, would almost inevitably mispronounce these latter; and indeed would very likely hear them wrongly as well.


Computer programming is a highly practical subject and it is essential that those new to the discipline engage in hands-on experimentation as part of the learning process. However, when faced with large cohorts and an increasing demand for distance and student flexible learning, incorporating this into a programming course can be difficult. There is a dynamic that exists between tutor and student in a real-world programming workshop session that is not easily replicated online. In this paper we describe an online learning environment that begins to create an analogue of this dynamic and its successful integration into an undergraduate programming module. Ultimately, the potential exists to not only improve the student learning experience but also investigate and inform programming pedagogy itself.


A robust approach that centers on carbonyl imidazole chemistry was used to synthesize a triple-stimuli-responsive degradable block copolymer labeled with acetal, disulfide, and o-nitrobenzyl groups exhibiting acid, reduction, and light responses.


Objective: To examine the associations among household food insecurity (FI), academic performance, and weight status in urban primary schoolchildren. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Primary schools in Tehran, Iran. Participants: A total of 803 students (419 boys and 384 girls), aged 10–12 years, were recruited from


A multi-temperature measurement system was built using the microcontroller and the digital temperature sensor DS18B20.An eight digital tube displays the number and temperature of each measurement point.The dynamic scanning method was used in digital display,a SN74HC573AN was used as the drive,and a SN74HC138N was used as selecting signal.A key switch was installed between microcontroller P3.2 and the system GND,by which measurement points can be switched.To ensure stable operation,the external side of DS18B20 VCC was connected to a +5 V power supply.The standard read-and-write function of DS18B20 was designed according to the read-and-write timing-sequence of the DS18B20.And the DS18B20 64 laser ROM was used for information addressing.


This twelfth volume of works from the Dutch mercantile and colonialist periods of Indonesia's past completes E. M. Beekman's imposing series, which should interest Asianists and Europeanists equally. The books cover natural history, fiction, travel sketches, and journalism, including new editions of such classics as Rumphius's seventeenth-century descriptions of Ambonese flora and curiosities and the paramount text of Dutch colonialism and indeed of Dutch literature, Multatuli's Max Havelaar. Fugitive Dreams presents excerpts evoking the dispiritedness of East Indies' circumstances and the alienation experienced by certain unconventional Dutch officials and other nonconformists, relativists, radicals, and anarchists with prolonged experience in the colonies. The book's residual character enhances its appeal. It stretches chronologically from Willem Bentekoe (1587-1629), whose travel tales blended Old Testament rhetoric and log-book formats, to Willem Walraven (1887—1949), whose low-grade nihilism pervaded such stories as "The Clan" and "Borderline," odes of dejection from Java's "doleful towns, backwaters of a crumbling colonial empire" (p. 291). Sandwiched in between are Beekman's capacious introductions with translations from an odd kettle of fish indeed: the controversial Bible translator F. Valentijn (1666—1727), whose possibly filched descriptions, often reprinted, became a "kind of Baedeker for colonial officials" (p. 93); the naturalist and volcanologist Wilhelm Junghuhn (1809-64), aptly deemed the "Humboldt of Java"; the stupendously gifted H. N. van der Tuuk (1824-94), vitriolic, freethinking philologist of Batak and Balinese literary languages; the grouching satirist Bas Veth (1860-1922), whose book in 1900 on life in the colonies deflated every imaginable propagandistic portrayal; the maverick journalist Alexander Cohen (1864-1963), who wrote a rare literary account touching on daily life in the colonial army; and the national heroine Kartini (1879-1904), disaffected daughter of a Javanese aristocrat, whose Dutch-language correspondence and dreams of personal liberty were later assimilated into Indonesian independence celebrations. What these diverse authors share is a sense of their own exile—Kartini no less because she remained at home. And exiles, as Beekman observes with manifest empathy, "make excellent chroniclers" (p. 293).


Fishes were collected from Red River mainstem habitats in Arkansas with seines, rotenone, hoop nets, gill nets, and trotlines from 1995 through 2001. Seventy-two species were identified distributed among 17 families, and 15 species were new records for the Red River in Arkansas. Eighty-three species are now historically known from the Arkansas segment of the Red River. Approximately 67% of the fishes known from the entire Red River have been found in the Arkansas segment, which is only 11% of the entire river length. Baseline data on the fish fauna of the Red River is critical for the analysis of potential effects to aquatic systems, and because of the potential for deleterious effects from alteration of aquatic habitats by a proposed project to extend the Red River Navigation System upstream from Shreveport, Louisiana to Index, Arkansas and by desalination projects upstream in Texas.


Sintering at high temperature (up to 2200/spl deg/C) was achieved. Boron carbide has been sintered to 83% of theoretical density without carbon or sintering aides by using a 24 GHz gyrotron as a radiation source. The densification of B/sub 4/C was occurred at 2000/spl deg/C. However the densification showed the plateau at the temperature 2100/spl deg/C. The SEM shows the sintering process for small pores occur at the early stage of sintering below the temperature 2100/spl deg/C. These results suggest the green specimens which doesn't have large pores, make more dense sintered pellets below 2100/spl deg/C.


The invention relates to a method for controlling and adjusting an internal combustion engine (1) comprising an A-side and a B-side common rail system, the rail pressure (pCR(A)) of the common rail system on the A side being controlled via an A-side rail pressure control loop in a closed loop mode and the rail pressure (pCR(B)) of the common rail system on the B side being controlled via a B-side rail pressure control loop in a closed loop mode independently of each other. The invention is characterized in that once a defective A-side rail pressure sensor (8A) is detected, an A-side emergency operation mode is activated in which the A-side rail pressure (pCR(A)) is controlled in an open loop mode and the B-side rail pressure (pCR(B)) is continued to be controlled in a closed loop mode, or once a defective B-side rail pressure sensor (8B) is detected, a B-side emergency operation mode is activated in which the B-side rail pressure (pCR(B)) is controlled in an open loop mode and the A-side rail pressure (pCR(A)) is continued to be controlled in a closed loop mode.


Acrodermatitis enteropathica (AE) is a rare genetic autosomal recessive disorder, characterized by periorificial dermatitis, alopecia, and diarrhea due to zinc deficiency. We report a case of a 9-month-old baby boy with hair loss for 2 months, diarrhea for 1.5 months, skin peeling starting around mouth, nose, anus, gradually spreading all over body over 1 month, and fever for 10 days. Due to superadded bacterial infections and altered clinical picture, he was diagnosed as a case of staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome. With low serum zinc levels and improvement of skin lesions and diarrhea within 8 days of starting oral zinc therapy, it was confirmed to be a case of acrodermatitis enteropathica. It is important to consider AE as one of the differential diagnoses in pediatric chronic diarrhea cases with acral and/or periorificial skin lesions to prevent delay in the zinc supplementation treatment and mortality.


Foot rot disease caused by Dickeya zeae in rice has been recently concerned in Vietnam, though there has not been a specific prevention and treatment measure. Streptomyces griseus strain VTCC 41724 has been previously reported for the antagonistic properties against Dickeya zeae and other plant pathogenic bacteria, it is therefore investigated for the capability of controlling this disease. Thus, the strain is selected for further studies aiming to application in organic rice cultivation. In this study, the appropriate culture conditions for strain VTCC 41724 to grow and release bioactive substances inhibiting D. zeae were determined, i.e. 2M medium, 5 days, 5% inoculum, and shaking at 160 rpm at 30C. A microbial formulation SGB was created from biomass of strain VTCC 41724 (7.1  108 CFU/g) and tested for its effectiveness in controlling the foot rot disease caused by Dickeya zeae under net house conditions. The experiment was carried out on Bac Thom No.7 rice variety, applied the SGB formulation in the soil before the seed and during the disease symptoms, has resulted in a protective efficiency as high as 73.56%. In addition, strain Streptomyces griseus VTCC 41724 also showed the antagonistic activity against harmful fungi including Phytophthora capsici, Alternaria sp., Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and Fusarium sp. This preliminary results showed the potential application of actinomycetes in biological control of foot rot caused by D. zeae, and other microbially mediated plant diseases.


SUBTITLE: IT SEEMS THAT, AFTER NEARLY FIFTEEN YEARS OF TALKING ABOUT IT, PAKISTAN MAY FINALLY GET A DEDICATED CONTAINER TERMINAL, OR TWO, OR SIX : ADRIAN BASCOMBE INVESTIGATES THE POLITICAL SHENANIGANS GOING ON IN KARACHI.


Multifrequency EM induction and GPR parallel dipole (co-pole) and orthogonal dipole (cross-pole) surveys were conducted to assist in the characterization of a former industrial site prior to it being remediated by the Ohio EPA and the U.S. EPA. The site has been a major concern to both agencies for the past decade due to high concentrations of creosote present in clay-rich surficial soils, resulting from many years of wood treating at the site. Information provided on the approximate extent of contamination at the site and the locations of several contaminant-filled structures determined through the use of quadrature phase EM data and cross-pole GPR data served as the basis for an efficient, comprehensive and cost-effective site remediation plan. Geophysical data interpretations were confirmed through exploratory trenching and soil sampling subsequent to the completion of this study. This study demonstrates the potential for mapping the extent and variation with depth of resistive compounds under circumst...


The present study was conducted in order to develop genetic information on heterosis and inbreeding depression for seed yield and its contributing characters using generation mean analysis in safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.). GMU-2720 x GMU-3423 (Cross-1) depicted a positive and significant relative heterosis, standard heterosis and heterobeltiosis for seed yield per plant. Cross-1 also revealed a significant desirable relative heterosis, standard heterosis and heterobeltiosis for number of others yield contributing traits. Negatively significant inbreeding depression was observed for the characters i.e., the number of branches per plant, the number of capitulum per plant, the number of seeds per capitulum, test weight and seed yield per plant in JMU-1339 x GMU-3423 (Cross -2). It was suggested that the parental genotypes GMU-2720 and GMU-3423 due to their presence in high heterotic combinations viz., GMU-2720 x GMU-3423 would be further exploited in future safflower breeding programme. The cross JMU-1339 x GMU-3423 exhibited a significant negative inbreeding depression for test weight, seed yield per plant and oil content. Hence, this cross would likely to yield beneficial transgressive segregants for these traits leading to the possibility of selecting superior recombinations for high seed yield and high oil content in F2 and succeeding generations.


From a sociotechnical systems theory framework, this study investigates the effect of the introduction of advanced manufacturing technology (AMT) on communication, interaction, and other job outcomes at a large manufacturing firm. Ninety-four skilled workers, some with supervisory responsibility, responded to a mail questionnaire about the introduction of industrial robots on a manufacturing line. It was hypothesized that the introduction of industrial robots, a form of AMT, would result in predictable changes in communication and interactions. in addition, ii was further suggested that these changes would have an effect on certain job outcomes such as workers' perceptions of job satisfaction, job influence, and job control. Study results show that the introduction of AMT was associated with significant increases in the amount of information to process, increase in informal communication, decreases in some forms of formal communication, increases in both intraunit and interunit communication (especially the latter), more face-to-face and machine communication (e.g., use of VDT's), more supervisory communication, more working together on teams, and more feedback on job problems. Many of these increases are accentuated for those skilled workers who spend more of their time with industrial robots, an advanced form of AMT. Finally, many of the changes in communication and interaction were positively related to workers' job satisfaction. However, the effect of these factors on job influence and job control was mixed. The factor of more avenues or opportunities to communicate informally about job problems was related positively to job influence and control. However, the presence of more supervision during early implementation and tighter monitoring of job performance was related negatively to job influence and control. Job satisfaction and job influence was somewhat higher for skilled workers who spent more time than others with industrial robots.


Does education promote support for liberal economic views? We show in a large cross-section of countries that in almost all cases those with higher educational attainment are more pro-market and less sympathetic to economic regulation than those who have less formal education. This is true in countries with high support for markets and in those with high distrust of markets and strong support for government regulation. Fixed-effect models show that respondents' education is negatively related to support for state economic activities. When considering Russian micro data, we observe that whether we confine ourselves to older people educated in the Soviet period or compare the results to a sample from the post-Soviet generation, we consistently find that those with more education are relatively less supportive of market regulation. Different models also show that parental education is a positive predictor of pro-market values


Purpose – This study aims to examine the possibility that housing satisfaction mediates the relationship between fulfilled preference and a sense of attachment to place.Design/methodology/approach – A 15‐item questionnaire was administrated to 751 students residing in residence halls at a public university in Malaysia. The respondents were asked to choose their answer from a four‐point Likert scale that was constructed as follows: not at all; very little; mostly; and very much.Findings – The results of the survey revealed that housing satisfaction partially mediated the relationship between fulfilled preferences and sense of attachment to place. These results highlight the importance of students' fulfilled preferences. It reveals that the more students' preferences regarding residence hall were fulfilled, the more they were satisfied with their residence hall and felt attached to it.Originality/value – The findings of this study emphasise the importance of understanding students' residence hall needs and ...


This paper is described on the degree of contribution of paper and paperboard to Japanese packaging industry and recent technical trends as packaging materials.Total production amounts of packaging materials in Japan in 1985 is 17, 980.8 thousand tons and its 53.6% is paper and paperboard products.Production amounts of corrugated boards to total amounts of paper and paperboard for packaging materials is 66% and its main uses is food packaing as shown in Fig. 5.Milk carton in Japan has been drastically increasing scince 1975 and spreading now for Japanese proper drinkings such as sake and tounyu.Finally, this paper introduces on development state of new packaging matrials for new life style and high technological application.Many kinds of electro conductivity, antitarnish paper, lint free paper and electro-magnetic wave shielding materials for electronics packaging has been developing now as packaging materials.As a results, it is supposed that paper and paperboard production for packaging industry does not decrease if the new development for packaging industry is much more progressed.


A popular approach to modeling electromagnetic wave propagation in the troposphere is to use the Fourier split-step algorithm to solve the parabolic equation (PE) by marching over range steps. In each step a Fourier transform is made to the frequency domain followed by a multiplication of the frequency-domain operator. The result is then transformed again to the space domain and is followed by a multiplication of the space-domain operator. The PE algorithms provide a fast and efficient numerical solution to most long-range propagation problems. Some limitations of this technique are that it neglects the backscattered field and is accurate only for waves propagating near horizontal directions. In this paper, we show a new method that implements the nonuniform fast Fourier transform in the Fourier split-step algorithm to solve the parabolic equation.


Real time spectroellipsometry has been applied to determine the deposition rate and thickness evolution of the nondiamond (sp2‐bonded) carbon volume fraction in very thin (<1000 A), but fully coalesced, nanocrystalline diamond films prepared on Si substrates by microwave plasma‐enhanced chemical vapor deposition from gas mixtures of CO and H2. At a substrate temperature of ∼800 °C, high quality diamond films can be obtained over two orders of magnitude in the CO/H2 gas flow ratio, from 0.04, the lowest value explored, to ∼5. A well‐defined minimum in the sp2 C volume fraction (0.03 in a 600 A film) is observed for a CO/H2 ratio of 0.2, corresponding to the C–H–O diamond‐growth phase‐diagram coordinate XH/Σ=[H]/{[H]+[C]} of 0.9. Under these conditions, the deposition rate increases with increasing temperature over the range of ∼400–800 °C with an activation energy of 8 kcal/mol, behavior identical to that observed for diamond film growth from a CH4/H2 ratio of 0.01. This observation shows that the dominant...


The application of frequency conversion technology in the main spindle speed adjustment of the grinding head of knife sharpeners is introduced.


The purpose of this essay is to examine the relationship between belief in predestination and trust in God in terms of the disciplines of kalām and mysticism. Tawakkul is regarded in Islamic ethics as one of the positive characteristics of faith. Considering that humans cannot be all-powerful, they need to depend on and trusting another. As to religion, the being described is God. Notably, in Sūfism, tawakkul is a significant indicator of worshipping with reference to the human-God relationship. Moreover, the content of the concept is closely associated with the tenet of predestination in kalām. There is a fine line between being responsible and fulfilling the tasks given and the belief in destiny. In the Sūfī understanding of tawakkul, relinquishing the will described as the final state of the worshipping and the state of submission to and trust in God, which is a positive attitude, when combined with the kalām belief that everything happens by a divine decree, can turn into a problematic phenomenon. The impact of the problem in question on the underdevelopment of the Islamic societies in the last two centuries. However, it should be kept in mind that a sound interpretation of the traditional perception of the belief in destiny in both Sūfism and Sunnī kalām literature may lead to a tawakkul understanding encouraging and strengthening the human and the society. In the present study, the concept of tawakkul has been discussed with regard to the doctrines of will, power (qudrah), preordination-destiny (qāzā-qadar) within kalām discipline, and the positive relation of tawakkul with the belief in destiny has been investigated.


One of the most fundamental questions we can ask about a wildlife population is "How many are there?" Estimates of population size, or a related quantity population density (i.e., animals per unit area), are crucial for effective management, whether the management goal is conservation of a threatened or endangered species, control of a pest species, or optimal harvest of a species used for food. Population estimates are used to prioritize species of conservation concern, to monitor the success of management programs, and to set limits on harvest or incidental bycatch. Although "how many?" is a simple question to ask, it is often a hard one to answer, given that many populations are patchily distributed over very large areas and their lifestyle can make them quite cryptic to human observers. In this article, we introduce an emerging field with great potential—the estimation of wild animal population size and density using passive acoustics.


This report summarizes selected highlights of the FY2017 Defense Appropriations Act passed by the House on June 16, 2016 (H.R. 5293), and the version reported by the Senate Appropriations Committee on May 26, 2016 (S. 3000).


During the 1980s, a large basalt stone was discovered in the foothills of Mount Hermon adjacent to Kibbutz Ma῾ayan Barukh in Upper Galilee. It is inscribed with several North Arabian graffiti, and another fragmentary text that is probably Aramaic, but has seriously been damaged. The North Arabian texts are nondescript graffiti, but gain notoriety by their provenance outside of Arabia. They may be regarded as either a product of local residents or the vestiges of Arabian travellers passing through the region. In regard to the former, it is widely assumed there was an Ituraean Arab presence in Upper Galilee during the late Hellenistic and early Roman era, but the evidence for their presence remains controversial. The fact that the Roman Road between Damascus to Tyre passed by or through Ma'ayan Barukh in Upper Galilee makes it the more attractive hypothesis.


A novel all-fiber Multimode Interference (MMI) liquid level sensor is proposed and demonstrated. We show that MMI effects can be effectively applied for multiplexed liquid level sensing, and by selecting an adequate fiber, discrete and continuous level sensing is feasible. Using a standard 105/125 multimode fiber a simple discrete level sensor was fabricated, which can also can also discriminate the refractive index of the liquid. When a specialty fiber, know as No- Core fiber is used, both continuous and discrete level sensing can be achieved. We can also modify at will the continuous level range by increasing the No-core fiber by the appropriate length, while retaining the ability to determine the refractive index of the liquid during the level measurement. The MMI liquid level sensors are not only inexpensive, but their fabrication is quite simple.


Identical questionnaire items were used to gather data from 2 samples of employees. One sample (n= 50) responded to a survey implemented on the World Wide Web. Another sample (n= 181) filled out a paper version of the survey. Analyses of the 2 data sets supported an exploration of the viability of World Wide Web data collection. The World Wide Web data had fewer missing values than the paper and pencil data. A covariance analysis simultaneously conducted in both samples indicated similar covariance structures among the tested variables. The costs and benefits of using access controls to improve sampling are discussed. Four applications that do not require such access controls are discussed.


On 29 December 2008, the Commission confirmed that it has sent a Statement of Objections to EDF, the largest supplier of electricity in France. The Statement of Objections concerns various…


Uterine arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is a rare condition, with fewer than 100 cases reported in the literature. Despite it being rare, it is a potentially life-threatening condition. This case report describes a healthy 29-year-old patient, nulligravida, with an unremarkable medical history, came from gynaecologist for ultrasaound due to complain of irregular heavy PV bleeding. Transvaginal Doppler ultrasonography is a widely available, noninvasive and excellent diagnostic method. Transvaginal ultrasound (TVS) of the pelvis showed increased vascularity with multidirectional flow of the uterus and a prominent vessel, located on the posterior wall.KEYWORDS: Arteriovenous malformation; Primary infertility; Transvaginal ultrasound.


Changes of climate factors in the Qaidam Basin during 1981-2010 were analyzed based on the monthly temperature and precipitation data from meteorological stations.Rate of linear tendency and Mann-Kendall test were used to illustrate the change trends and detect abrupt changes of meteorological elements respectively.In addition,lake area changes and vegetation activity changes in the Qaidam Basin in response to climate changes were discussed using Landsat TM/ETM+ images,NOAA/AVHRR-NDVI and EOS/MODIS-NDVI products.The results showed that(1) The Qaidam Basin experienced an overall rise in temperature,especially in autumn and winter during 1981-2010.Temperature changed abruptly from low to high in 1987 and the increase has become more rapid since 1998.(2) The annual available precipitation showed a "decrease-increase-decrease-increase" change in recent 30 years,but the inter-annual trend of annual available precipitation was similar to annual mean temperature at a rate of 5.65 mm/10a.Available precipitations were low in 1981-1985,1990-2001,but high in 1985-1990,2001-2010.An abrupt change to warm-wet happened in the mid-late 1980s.However,an overall trend of warm-dry was detected from the mid-1990s to the end of the 20th century.A significant warm-wet trend of climate has arrived once again since the early 21th century.(3) Variations of lake area and vegetation growth were significantly affected by the change of wet and dry climate.The "expansion-atrophy-expansion" pattern in lake areas correlated with summer available precipitations which happened in 1985-1990,1990-2001,2001-2010 respectively.(4) The "degradation-amelioration-degradation-amelioration" pattern in vegetation growth was closely related with growing season available precipitation which happened in 1981-1985,1985-1990,1990-2001,2001-2010.


The international comparative research project 'e2democracy' was aimed at assessing the potential of (e–)participation for fighting climate change in seven cities in Austria, Germany and Spain. Citizen panels collaborated with local governments on CO2 reduction including bi–monthly individual consumption monitoring and feedback of CO2 balances via carbon calculator for a period of up to two years. Following Thaler and Sunstein, the working hypothesis is that information about the impact of one's own behaviour as well as the competitive comparison with others encourages behavioural changes leading to CO2 reduction. Two major findings are: (1) the gap between declared commitments and actual participation is huge, and (2) the central hypothesis is only partly confirmed. Positive impacts among the participants (increased awareness of climate effects, reported changes of behaviour, improved individual CO2 balances by the majority) are not necessarily accompanied by reduced CO2 emissions on the collective level. Informed behaviour change has its limits.


Incorporation of Te and Gd were done based on the stoicheometric formula PbTi[Formula: see text] Te[Formula: see text]GdxO3 (PTTeG). TG characterization of green powder revealed the completion of solid state reaction at temperature 450∘ C. XRD of modified PTTeG powders milled for 10[Formula: see text]h was found most suitable as it gives pure single-phase tetragonal structure. Dielectric constant was found as 2543 at curie temperature of 480∘C in the case of 5[Formula: see text]wt.% of Gd in PTTeG. Piezoelectric Coefficient was found as 241 [Formula: see text] 10 [Formula: see text] C/N at 39[Formula: see text]Kv/cm of poling field. The results obtained were comparable and even better than so far reported in similar kind of materials.


Gender Differences in Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics. Increased evidence of clinically relevant sex-based differences in the pharmacological response requires specific consideration in the pharmacotherapy of female and male patients. Female sex has been shown to be a risk factor for adverse drug reactions. Physiologic differences that may affect bioavailability, distribution, biotransformation, and elimination of drugs may stem from variations in average body weight, body fat, gastric emptying time, plasma protein levels, drug transporter function, metabolizing enzymes, and differences in excretion activity. There are also examples of sex-dependent differences in the pharmacodynamics of drugs. Disparities in the pharmacologic response to opioid analgesics are presumably mediated by sex differences at the level of opioid receptors or signal transduction pathways. Similarly, female gender has been shown to be a risk factor for drug-induced torsade de pointes arrhythmias presumably reflecting gender-related differences in cardiac repolarization and proarrhythmic effects of certain drugs. J Hyperton 2008; 12 (2): 22–5.


The research on crop water requirements makes great sense to water productivity and irrigation water utility, and the enhancement of which is an urgent task for sustainable agriculture development. This paper introduces the current research progress in crop water requirements and their relevant estimation methods, including the study contents, quantitative analysis methods, mathematical prediction methods, research achievements, etc. This paper also discusses the principles, performances and limitations of these methods. Based on the analyzed results above, it is pointed out that the interaction between vegetation growing on heterogeneous underlaying surface and environment is much more complicated than that on homogeneous underlaying surface. Currently, there are many hypotheses in calculation models, their suitability is relatively poor, and the models are difficult to be applied. Therefore, the main task in the future is to improve the calculation method of evapotranspiration. At last, this paper introduces a concept of calibrating land surface model with RS model for estimating the regional land surface evapotranspiration and land water consumption.


The concept of adolescent self-disclosure with peers is defined as a behavioral process in which adolescents reveal personal information aspects about themselves such as their opinions, feelings, personalities, and experiences as well as share their comments and ideas about other persons and things directly through face-to-face communication and other means. Peer self-disclosure benefits adolescents' social adaptation as well as their development both physically and psychologically. However, compared with studies on adults, those on adolescents are relatively few. Besides, most recent questionnaires in these studies were not designed specifically for adolescents. Instead, the items were extracted from the questionnaires for adults. Moreover, some questionnaires had serious problems. Since some domestic researchers applied overseas questionnaires directly, the applicability of these questionnaires had been ignored. Therefore, we tried to develop a questionnaire on adolescent self-disclosure with peers that can reflect adolescent characteristics and focus on the given topics of adolescence. Seventy-three adolescents were asked to complete an unstructured questionnaire. Based on literature searches and adolescents' opinions, a structured questionnaire was developed. Thereafter, 262 adolescents completed the initial questionnaire. Further, 655 adolescents from four grades completed the formal questionnaire on adolescent self-disclosure with peers. We also tested the reliabilities and validities of this questionnaire through exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. The exploratory factor analysis revealed that the topics of adolescent self-disclosure with peers contained seven dimensions. They were parent-child relationship, physical development, tastes and interests, friendship, academic performance, experiences in school, and attitudes and opinions. The final questionnaire included 36 items. The result of the confirmatory factor analysis indicated that the validity of the formal questionnaire was acceptable, with the factor loading of each item above 0.58, and the Cronbach's α coefficients of the seven factors were 0.920, 0.887, 0.832, 0.879, 0.839, 0.827, 0.794, respectively. The seven main dimensions of the topics of adolescent self-disclosure with peers were parent-child relationship, physical development, tastes and interests, friendship, academic performance, experiences in school, and attitudes and opinions. Validity and reliability analyses showed that the psychometric properties of the questionnaire on adolescent self-disclosure with peers are acceptable.


An amusing Shakespeare allusion is preserved in the still unpublished late seventeenth-century playlet (or farce) The Merry Loungers which runs to approximately I05 prose lines and is preserved uniquely in British Museum MS. Additional 6402, pp. 84-86. The play is anonymous; and there is nothing of an external character to fix a date of composition: Professor Alfred Harbage, in his invaluable Annals of English Drama: 975-I700 (p. 263) does not attempt to date it. But the fair copy script appears unquestionably to belong to the closing decades of the seventeenth century, or, possibly, to the early eighteenth century. The play itself is a scrappy little farce, of no dramatic merit or distinction, perhaps written by a Cambridge undergraduate or don for performance on a holiday or festive occasion. The action revolves about some brisk undergraduates whose notion of sophistication is to play hooky from college chapel in order to breakfast at leisure, and later to play tennis, reserving the afternoon for cards and sipping "rack-punch" spiced with lemon juice. Urging his friends to hurry through their breakfast (in scene i), an undergraduate named Western, described as "a very witty fellow," declaims:


Metasurfaces, constructed from function-driven artificial meta-cells, possess great flexibility in tuning effective electric permittivity and magnetic permeability, leading to excellent performance on the manipulation of electromagnetic waves. Here, polarization-independent dielectric metasurfaces are presented as beam deflectors and meta-lenses working on telecommunication wavelength based on non-resonant metamolecules. A conversion efficiency as high as 70.5% is achieved when beam deflection angle θ  =  18.45°. With precisely designed parameters, a planar lens with the focal length of 30.85 µm shows that focusing efficiency as high as 47.3% is realized. The meta-lens yields a NA  =  0.63 and a full-width at half-maximum (FWHM)  =  1.64 µm at 1.55 µm. With broadband and wide-angle focusing properties, the polarization-insensitive metasurfaces promise great applications in high sensitivity single photon detector and other opto-electronic integrated devices.


The article, through linguopoetic analysis, reveals semantic and functional features of the lexeme "night" of the Persian-language text in the original poem by Nizami Ganjavi "Khosrov and Shirin". Observing then temporal lexeme "night" in the poem "Khosrov and Shirin", it can be concluded that the lyrical image of "night" reflects some features of the poetic language of Nizami Ganjavi. In the poem, the lexeme "night" is used both in its direct nominative meaning and in a figurative context. The poetic text of the poem is characterized by izafet constructions with the "night" component, which enriches the poem's language with stylistic coloring and lyricism. Primarily, this lexeme acts as the second component of the izafet construction, where the first component is somatism: [zolf-e shᾱb], [cheshm-e shᾱb] curl of the night, eyes of the night. construction of the antithesis. We have considered only one lexeme denoting a certain period of time in "Khosrov and Shirin". Many words with temporary semantics remain beyond the scope of this article. In poetic works, the means of expressing the concept of "time" occupy a special place in the organization of the structure of the poetic text. Research in this area is relevant and enriches the list of existing works in the area of the functional-semantic direction of linguistics. The use of time time-expressing lexicon in artistic works is always deeply individual. Semantic transformations based on time-expressing lexemes in a literary text are especially frequent due to the associativity and imagery of the artistic syllable; in poetic language such processes are even more vivid.


Stability constants for the formation of platinum(II)–olefin complexes with unsaturated alcohols have been measured by a spectrophotometric method. Enthalpy and entropy changes, obtained from the temperature-dependence of the stability constants, indicate that the stability constants with unsaturated alcohols are higher than those with unsaturated ammonium cations largely owing to solvation effects. But-3-en-1-ol reacted with the tetrachloroplatinate(II) ion in the presence of dilute acid to give a butadiene–platinum(II) complex.


Based on the practical research of a corpus-based translation teaching, this article discusses the importance of translation teaching in college English. While traditional translation teaching has been criticized for its focus on English culture only and outdated teaching methods, corpus-based translation teaching would meet the demand, which utilizes technology to provide authentic language input and improve translation competence. The benefits of corpus-based teaching include exposure to authentic language input and cultural context, while the challenges include the need for specialized training and balancing the use of corpora with other teaching methods. To prepare for the future, translation educators should emphasize technology skills and incorporate real-world translation examples and scenarios.


In responding to Mayer's painstaking and scholarly proposal for a new framework in the field of personality, I am reminded of Lewin's famous dictum, "There is nothing as practical as a good theory." This sentiment, it seems to me, is the real challenge to Mayer's comprehensive work. I find little to dispute in the systems framework he employs, nor can he be faulted for partisan bias or neglect of any significant concerns in contemporary personality research. Even more, he demonstrates the value of the framework in clarifying his own thinking about the field, and in helping him achieve a fruitful organization for what I assume will be a major new textbook of personality. If these were all the tangible products that were to result from his proposed framework, I would say that the practical result from his theorizing was already highly commendable. Yet Mayer has, with no hint of grandiosity or pretension, offered this framework to the field itself, to help other theorists and researchers come together around a common set of definitions, structural features, and dynamics that constitute, according to Mayer, the larger domain of personality as a scientific discipline. Here then is the more demanding test of the practicality of Mayer's framework: Could other personality researchers besides himself find this framework an organizing and edifying rubric in which their own work could be located and elucidated? Following this question, could Mayer's framework reunite divergent strains of personality research in such a way that both scientists and students will perceive commonalities and shared assumptions that had previously been obscured? The best way to answer such questions is to put Mayer's framework into practice and to see what results its application can yield. Accordingly, the next part of my commentary consists of my efforts to apply Mayer's systems framework of personality to my own particular interest in personality research-autobiographical memory narratives. I have written extensively elsewhere about the role that certain kinds of autobiographical memories, called self-defining memories, can play in affective responses to the present and strivings for the future within the personality (Moffitt & Singer, 1994; Singer, 1990, 1995; Singer & Salovey, 1993). In a special issue of the Journal of Personality concerning new frameworks in personality research, I suggested that self-defining memories achieve a convergence in conscious thought of the cognitive, affective, and motivational systems of the person (Singer, 1995). By bringing to mind a vivid, affectively intense, and psychologically meaningful experience from the past, individuals are more able to make sense of and respond to new and complex situations in the present. Similarly, the importance and affective valence of their ifuture strivings are in part determined by the cognitive and affective information provided by a review of significant past personal experiences (Moffitt & Singer, 1994; Singer, 1990). Personality researchers (McAdams, 1985; Singer & Singer, 1994; Tomkins, 1979) have emphasized the tendency of certain self-defining memories to become "archetypal" and thematically central or "nuclear" for the personality. These nuclear episodes (McAdams, 1985) may play a pivotal role in how individuals interpret and respond to new interactions that resemble these earlier remembered experiences. How might I locate my work on self-defining memories in Mayer's systems framework of personality? According to the systems framework, I would begin with the process of definition through identification. Application of the identification category aids me in locating self-defining memories within the personality system and with respect to allied, but distinct, systems, such as the biological or familial system. Using Figure 1 from Mayer's article, I can place self-defining mremories within the internal personality cube; its position within this space (its left-right or internal-external orientation) might be more to the left or "psychological" direction, because I am more interested in the subjective meaning of the memory than its relation to external circumstances. Researchers interested itn assessing the veridicality of autobiographical memories (e.g., memories of abuse or flashbulb memories) would place narrative memories more to the right of internal personality, closer to the external situation. With regard to the second dimension, the molecular-molar continuum (represented vertically in the cube), I have studied self-defining memories at varying heights within the cube. For example, I have studied how different memories within an individual are linked or share common structural features. Moving up the continuum, I have studied how self-defining memories differ thematically and structurally across individuals. At an even more molar level, I have looked at how self-defining memories reflect aspects of a particular subculture and provide information about a collective identity in addition to meaning on an individual basis (Singer, 1997).


In this study, we measured and evaluated the nervousness of Japanese native speakers in speaking English with non-Japanese from different countries. Questionnaires were given to the participants, and an experiment measuring the participants' physiological responses of nervousness was conducted. The experimental data was observed and analyzed by paired t-tests and fuzzy sets mathematical theory. We discovered that most of the Japanese participants (subjects), in spite of their English level, feel more nervous when talking to "typical"Caucasian native English speakers, than when talking to Chinese or Koreans, with whom they share similar East Asian physiological and psychological characteristics. This shows that East Asian people who have a good command of English can be regarded as viable English teaching resources in Japan, as their presence in the class decreases nervousness among the students.


This paper presents the detailed analysis of a full bridge zero current switched (FB-ZCS) PWM converter that is suitable for high-voltage and high-power DC applications. It exhibits excellent ability to incorporate parasitic parameters, zero current turn-off characteristics for all active switches and ZVS operation for all diodes on the high voltage side. Based on the features of high-voltage power supplies, the converter utilizes parasitic components, particularly for the high-voltage transformer, and employs fixed frequency phase-shift control to implement soft-switching commutations. Steady state analysis of the converter is presented and major features of the converter are discussed. Finally, a small signal model based on the averaging method is created and the simulated results for typical traveling wave tube (TWT) load are given.


Physical environmental processes, such as the evolution of precipitation or the diffusion of chemical clouds in the atmosphere, can be approximated by numerical models based on the underlying physics, e.g., for the purpose of prediction. As the modeling process is often very complex and resource demanding, such models are sometimes replaced by those that use historic and current data for calibration. For atmospheric (e.g., precipitation) or oceanographic (e.g., sea surface temperature) fields, the data-driven methods often concern the horizontal displacement driven by transport processes (called advection). These methods rely on flow fields estimated from images of the phenomenon by computer vision techniques, such as optical flow (OF). In this work, an algorithm is proposed for estimating the motion of spatio-temporal fields with the nodes of a geosensor network (GSN) deployed in situ when images are not available. The approach adapts a well-known raster-based OF algorithm to the specifics of GSNs, especially to the spatial irregularity of data. In this paper, the previously introduced approach has been further developed by introducing an error model that derives probabilistic error measures based on spatial node configuration. Further, a more generic motion model is provided, as well as comprehensive simulations that illustrate the performance of the algorithm in different conditions (fields, motion behaviors, node densities and deployments) for the two error measures of motion direction and motion speed. Finally, the algorithm is applied to data sampled from weather radar images, and the algorithm performance is compared to that of a state-of-the-art OF algorithm applied to the weather radar images directly, as often done in nowcasting.


In order to improve the efficiency and accuracy of the inversion of perfectly electric conductors (PECs), an iterative method based on linear approximation (IMLA) is proposed in this work. In the iteration, the computational complexity of the proposed IMLA is well reduced by the implementation of a linear approximation, which makes the inversion highly efficient. Although the linear approximation is employed to solve the inverse scattering problem (ISP), the full-wave effect is still considered to improve the inversion accuracy in the iteration. In addition, to effectively solve the ill-posed ISP and improve the inversion quality, Tikhonov regularization method is introduced, and the corresponding regularization parameter is determined by a self-adaptive L-curve method. To verify the effects of scatterer size and noise on the reconstruction, typical 2-D experiments are given, and the results show that the proposed IMLA could efficiently and accurately retrieve complex PEC scatterer shapes, even in the presence of noise.


A case of pseudomembranous colitis presenting with tachycardia, fever, and shock, but not accompanying by abdominal pain and diarrhea in an early stage after gastrectomy is described. Pseudomembranous colitis, if it occurs in an early stage after gastrointestinal operation, often lacks in abdominal symptoms. This case, being sucessfully diagnosed to start the treatment in a relatively early postoperative period, is rare.A 52-year-old man underwent total gastrectomy for primary malignant lymphoma. Cefotaxim (CTX) administration was started on the day of operation. From the 3rd postoperative day severe tachycardia, fever, and shock occurred, and nosotropic therapy failed to improve the general condition. Cause searching try also failed to disclose any complications such as anastomotic leakage and abdominal bleeding. On the 4th day a large amount of water diarrhea appeared. Endoscopic examination of the large intestine was performed. Based on macroscopic findings and biopsy cytodiagnosis, a diagnosis of pseudomembranous colitis was made. Administration of vancomycin hydrochloride and a large quantity of transfusion led to rapid symptomatic remission.


Sub-Sahara African countries have had a checkered past when it comes to good governance and good institutions. Increasingly, economists and policy makers are recognizing the importance of good governance and institutions for economic growth and development. The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) which was initiated by the African Heads of State and endorsed by the G8 countries including the European Union, Japan, and China in October 2001 has four main goals: eradicating poverty, promoting sustainable growth and development, integrating Africa into the world economy, and accelerating the empowerment of women. The NEPAD objectives are based on the underlying principles of a commitment to good governance, democracy, human rights and conflict resolution, and the recognition that the maintenance of these standards is fundamental to the creation of an environment conducive to investment and long-term economic growth. The objective of this paper is to investigate the role of governance in explaining the sub-optimal economic growth performance of African economies while controlling for the conventional sources of growth. Our results suggest that good governance or lack thereof contributes to the gaps in income per capita between richer and poorer African countries. Furthermore, our results indicate that the role of governance on economic growth depends on the type and the level of income growth of countries under consideration.


The behaviour of dual phase steel tubes at 600, 780, and 980 MPa strength grades undergoing rotary draw bending and pressure sequence hydroforming is examined. Bending was performed using three different bend ratios. Principal strains were measured at several locations on each tube. It was found that the level of strain experienced by the tubes was independent of steel grade. The outcome of the bending process was stochastic in nature; for a given steel grade and bend ratio, some tubes were successfully formed, while others experienced failure. The proportion of failed tubes was found to increase with higher strength steel grades and tighter bend ratios. Metallographic samples from the extrados of the bent tubes revealed that many of the same microstructural features affecting strength and elongation in uniaxial tensile testing, namely martensite banding and non-metallic inclusions, affected dual phase steel tubes undergoing rotary draw bending. Additionally, a nanoindentation technique was investigated to determine the potential for more detailed microstructural characterization.


There was studied an expediency and diagnostic value of using an intensity of clinical symptoms, general blood analysis, interleikin-6 and -8 content in the blood serum for the early diagnostics of the acute nonstreptococcus tonsillopharyngites in children. The aim of the work was to study the diagnostic value of the general clinical and paraclinical indicators in verification of nonstreptococcus etiology of acute tonsillopharyhgites in children and for optimization of its treatment. Methods . There were examined 98 patients with acute tonsillopharyngites: 66 persons with nonstreptococcus etiology and 32 children with diagnosis "acute streptococcus tonsillopharyngitis". The streptococcus etiology was proved by the positive result of cultural study of throat swab. As auxiliary paraclinical criteria of confirmation of nonstreptococcus etiology of ATP in patients of comparison group were analyzed the indices of general blood analysis and interleikin-6 (IL-6) and IL-8 content in the blood serum. Results . The intensity of clinical symptoms that were assessed on MacIsaac scale and indices of the general blood analysis cannot be used independently for the early diagnostics of ATP of nonstreptococcus etiology because of insufficient sensitivity of these methods. The development of acute nonstreptococcus tonsillopharyngitis in children is attended with the normal indices of interleikin-6 concentration and the lowered interleikin-8 content in the blood serum. Conclusions . To determine the tactics of starting treatment in children with symptoms of acute tonsillopharyngitis it can be used the next clinical and paraclinical complex: the general sum of points on MacIsaac scale, interleikin-6 level, and IL-8 content in the blood serum. An increase of IL-6 level and decrease of IL-8 content in the blood serum of patients with acute tonsillopharyngitis increases more than twice the detection of nonstreptococcus etiology of disease in children


The study examined the analysis of research publications of the faculty of Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. Bibliographic records of 4645 items were retrieved from Scopus database between 1982 and 2015 and increasing publications trends were seen in Bharathiar University. The average output of the organization was 137 per year. Among the 4645 papers published in the span of 34 years, highest number of 748 papers was published in the year 2015. The total numbers of citation received by the papers were 50964 and the citing articles were 3559. The average citation per article was 14.3. Keywords : Biblioimetrics, scientometics, collaboration pattern, publication density, Bharathiar University Cite this Article Sivakumar B. Research Publication Trends among Faculty of Bharathiar University: A Scientometric Study. Journal of Advancements in Library Sciences . 2018; 5(2): 42–50p


The present invention provides a combined immune suppression sgRNA gene expression of HPV high-risk, knockout vectors and their use: 16 Type sgRNA sequence human PD-1 gene and the gene specifically includes humans choose targeted CRISPR-Cas9 clip papillomavirus, HPV16 + into which the expression vector CRISPR-Cas9 nuclease gene of human cervical carcinoma cells, HPV16 + tumor bearing mice, can significantly reduce the expression of HPV16 and inhibit tumor growth. Gene expression vector prepared by the method steps of the present invention is simple, SgRNA targeting, high knockdown efficiency CRISPR-Cas9 system, and not only to the precise targeting of high-risk HPV16 type splicing and PD-1 gene, efficiently reducing the high-risk HPV16 type gene expression, the combination can inhibit tumor growth.


The purpose of this paper is to determine whether co-curricular at the polytechnics in Malaysia can carry out generic skills towards the students to fulfill the industrial needs in Malaysia. The design of the research that has been used is descriptive research approach. The data collection that has been done by using the triangulation method, it involved 291 lectures, 409 students and 381 of the management staff from 16 categories of industries based on export oriented in Malaysia. The result of the research had identified a few generic skills for the industrial needs in Malaysia and the co-curricular in the polytechnic in Malaysia had carried out the skills. The result from the One-way Anova shows that there is significant differentiation among the lectures, students and industries towards the needs of generic skills for Malaysian industries with the generic skills that has been implemented through co-curricular in the polytechnics in Malaysia. However the analysis mean shows that the differentiation is at the agreement level. This research is very significant for those who are involved with the discipline in co-curricular whether for the students or lecturers or the education institutions. This is because this research shows that through co-curricular the technical
education students could get the generic skills that can be useful in their career.


This study examined relations among diabetes-specific family factors, adherence to medical regimen, quality of life (QOL), and glycemic control in youth and adolescents with type 1 diabetes. During an endocrinologist visit, patient and parent–caregiver dyads (n = 70) completed family factors and QOL measures and participated in a structured interview to assess medical regimen compliance, and the patient's glycemic control was assessed by a medical professional. Combined measures accounted for 42% of the variance in glycemic control. QOL partially mediated adherence and glycemic control. Ethnic minority status was associated with poorer glycemic control.


The static and dynamic behaviors of tapered beams resting on two-parameter foundations are studied using the differential quadrature method (DQM). The governing differential equations are derived and discretized; then the appropriate boundary conditions are discretized and substituted into the governing differential equations yielding a system of homogeneous algebraic equations. The equivalent two -parameter eigenvalue problem is obtained and solved for critical loads in the static case (=0) and natural frequencies in the dynamic case with a prescribed value of the axial load (PoPcr). The obtained solutions are found compatible with those obtained from other techniques. A parametric study is performed to investigate the significance of d ifferent parameters.


A hierarchical supramolecular hydrogel was self-assembled from a Fmoc-RGDS tetrapeptide and showed photo-controlled release directed by host-guest interaction. Multiple payloads, including vesicles, were successively released from a single peptide hydrogel.


We study some of the main properties (masses and open-flavor strong decay widths) of 4 P and 5 P charmonia. While there are two candidates for the χ c 0 ( 4 P , 5 P ) states, the X ( 4500 ) and X ( 4700 ) , the properties of the other members of the χ c ( 4 P , 5 P ) multiplets are still completely unknown. With this in mind, we start to explore the charmonium interpretation for these mesons. Our second goal is to investigate if the apparent mismatch between the Quark Model (QM) predictions for χ c 0 ( 4 P , 5 P ) states and the properties of the X ( 4500 ) and X ( 4700 ) mesons can be overcome by introducing threshold corrections in the QM formalism. According to our coupled-channel model results for the threshold mass shifts, the χ c 0 ( 5 P ) → X ( 4700 ) assignment is unacceptable, while the χ c 0 ( 4 P ) → X ( 4500 ) or X ( 4700 ) assignments cannot be completely ruled out.


This article analyzes the socio-ecological aspects associated with the total informatization of modern society. Describes the hazards of uncontrolled informatization of the educational process.


In digital era, learning is not enough just to be carried out with conventional media. Today's students are close to various applications and websites, so it is necessary to apply them in the learning process. One of the innovative instructional media today is an educational web-based game named "Wordwall". This application is a learning web-based game in which there are many types of games that students can play.
This study aims to find out how to learn Arabic vocabulary using the web-based game "Wordwall" and what are  the advantages and disadvantages of "Wordwall" in learning Arabic vocabulary for eighth graders at Nurul Huda Junior High School. Modung District, Bangkalan Region.
The methodology in this research is descriptive qualitative, to describe the conditions of the research subjects and reveal the facts in the field. This research took place at Nurul Huda Junior High School Modung, Bangkalan Region, specifically eighth graders. The method of data collection was by interview, observation and documentation.
As the results, this educational game brings many advantages, and disadvantages as well. The advantages are: the students can study enthusiastically and happily, because they can play and learn a lot of new vocabulary at the same time. This web-based game is also flexible; it can be used by students of any level.  On the other hand, there are also disadvantages of "Wordwall". Among them are: for basic users, there are only 5 game templates. If you want more, users have to pay 54,000 rupiah per month. The drawback of a free account is that sometimes the font changes suddenly and sometimes errors occur. Besides those things, learning takes a very long time online, and it requires a lot of internet quota.


The article discusses economic cooperation between Indonesia and Russia, as well as the possibility of Indonesia entering the Eurasian market. Indonesia is recognized as the largest economy of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the leader of Southeast Asian countries with high rates of economic growth. The growth of the regional economy is expected to support global economic stability. Russia is an unconventional market for Indonesia's main goods in the Eurasian region, so Indonesian goods can be found quite rarely on Russian markets and in supermarkets. In this regard, it is important to understand which Indonesian export goods are of interest to Russians and how these goods can fall into Russia. To do this, it is necessary to study the business potential of partners with whom you can start working together. Since 2016, Indonesia has been emphasizing the importance of cooperation and trade and economic integration in the Asia-Pacific region, Eurasia and Southeast Asia. In the midst of a global pandemic, it is necessary to develop diplomacy and economic cooperation between Indonesia and Russia in order to prevent potential conflicts in the South China Sea involving the United States and China. At the same time, Indonesia should develop its economy and trade through bilateral and multilateral cooperation in international organizations. The study showed that economic cooperation between the two countries should contribute to strengthening trade relations, increasing investment and increasing the competitiveness of Indonesia's export products.


This article discusses the linguistic image of the world and the views of various scholars and researchers on it, the concept term as one of the controversial problems of cognitive linguistics and linguocultural studies, the role of the concepts of "goodness" and "evil" in the linguistic image of the world. The national-cultural features of the concepts of "goodness" and "evil" are also illustrated by the use of English idioms and synonyms of goodness and evil.


studies and the ways in which it settles and unsettles the epistemes of what we have come to understand as "Western thought." Although the "invention tradition" only came to be recognized as such in the 1980s, it has its roots in the many articulations of antifoundational thought that may be productively traced back to a Nietzschean epistemology. Writing in the nineteenth century, Nietzsche called truth a "mobile army of metaphors, metonyms and anthropomorphisms" (46), thus foregrounding its essentially constructed or invented nature. We can hear various echoes of this articulation in some of the intellectual trends in our own


The article discusses the advantages and disadvantages of test control, which is an operational check of the quality of knowledge assimilation.


A rising proportion of the NHS annual budget is being spent on medico-legal costs, with over 1.6% of total UK healthcare spending on litigation in the year 2018/19. This is a risk to both patient care and public opinion of the NHS. Despite this, surgical litigation is a relatively understudied subject. This paper aims to assess the scale of the litigation crisis to fuel further work into mitigating it and improve value for patients and staff alike.

 Data was obtained via a Freedom of Information request from NHS resolution for all claims relating to General Surgery between January 2000 and December 2020.

 17,542 claims were made against General Surgical units in England with a gradual increase in claims per year. The successfully closed claims cost £1.3 billion. This was out of proportion to both inflation and case volume. The three most common causes for claims were intra-operative problems, failure/delay of treatment and failure/delay of diagnosis.

 The NHS is threatened by a litigation crisis, with case volume and cost rising out of proportion to surgical workload and inflation. The most common causes for claims against surgical units are known complications discussed as part of a standard consenting process, indicating that current practice may fail to achieve adequate patient understanding of surgical risk. More research is required to design methods to improve the current consenting process, and to identify specific demographics that may increase an individual's propensity to make a claim and establish modifiable risk factors.


Medical genetics has been recognized as a distinct medical specialty by the American Board of Medical Specialties since 1991, and as such, medical genetics residency programs are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). As a component of the ACGME's Next Accreditation System (NAS), a process was initiated in 2011 to formulate Milestones for medical genetics residents. As with Milestone projects in other accredited specialties, the intent was to provide a system for evaluation of resident performance over the course of training, which also would serve as an indicator of the educational effectiveness of residency programs.

The project was initiated at a propitious time in the history of medical genetics, as the discipline is experiencing a period of rapid expansion since the sequencing of the human genome. In 2011, the American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) published a document, "Competencies for the Physician Geneticist in the 21st Century," that was intended to help prepare the medical genetics community for the new era of genomic medicine.1 This document served as a template to guide the efforts of the Medical Genetics Milestone Project.


Critical illness can be considered to be any disease process which causes physiological instability that leads to disability or death within minutes or hours. Fortunately, physiological instability associated with critical illness is easily detected by perturbations of simple clinical observations such as blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate, oxygen saturations, level of consciousness, and urine output. Individual abnormalities in these observations are sensitive for the presence of critical illness but non-specific. Specificity for critical illness improves as the number of abnormal clinical observations increases. Over recent years, a greater appreciation of the importance of deviations in simple clinical observations as a method of detecting critical illness has led to the development of a number of 'early warning' or 'track and trigger' systems. These systems attribute a score according to the magnitude and number of abnormal observations that are present, and a high score prompts immediate medical review. Although intuitively sensible, the evidence that these systems are effective in ameliorating or preventing critical illness is currently lacking. This chapter looks at the approach to diagnosis of critical illness, including the pitfalls in diagnosis.


Speaking ability is the students' skill in expressing their ideas orally which is represented by the scores of speaking and the delivery of language through the mouth and the function is to speak. The aspects of students' speaking ability are fluency, accuracy, pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary. Therefore, it is important to do a research entitled "Improving Eighth Grade" Students' Speaking Ability through Story Games with Drawing"
In this research, the problem is "How can the use of story games with drawing improve the eighth grade students' speaking ability at MTs Hasanuddin Semboro in the 2018/2019 Academic Year?" and the objective of this research referring to the research problem is to find out how Story Games with Drawing Can Improve Students' Speaking Ability. Based on the research problem and the relevant theory, the hypothesis of this research is described as follows: the use of story games using drawing can improve the eighth grade students' speaking ability of MTs Hasanuddin Semboro in the 2018/2019 Academic Year.
The design of this research is classroom action research. The research subject is VIII class consisting of 35 students. The data are collected method; the instrument used speaking test and observation checklist. In order to analyze the data of students speaking score using percentage.
The implementation of story games with drawing in this research was combined with a pair work activity. All the students were active in teaching learning process and they didn't feel bored anymore because they were enthusiastic in the classroom. Story games with drawing improved students means score in their speaking ability from 63.63 in cycle 1 to 72.94 in cycle 2
Based on the research result, it can be concluded that Story Games with Drawing can improve students' speaking ability at MTs Hasanuddin Semboro in the 2018/2019 Academic Year by using pair work.


SCENARIO You review a former 24+2 week gestation male infant on your ward round. This infant is now corrected to 30 weeks gestation and has been on invasive ventilatory support since birth. He has had recurrent ventilatorassociated pneumonias, the most recent of which started 4 days ago. For the past 24 hours, he has had poor oxygenation despite escalating ventilation support, regular chest physiotherapy and appropriate antimicrobial therapy. An echocardiogram is normal. Chest Xray shows bilateral airspace disease with an almost complete loss of volume on the left side which has been persistent since yesterday. You recall a similar case where an infant was treated with endotracheal deoxyribonuclease (DNase) and appeared to improve, and you wonder about the safety and efficacy of DNase for this patient.


See 'fMRI' on page 2 he advent of functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, has been a boon for scientists who study the brain and its functioning. Employing existing MRI technology that produces images of soft tissue in any part of the body in a noninvasive manner, fMRI takes the technology to a new level, producing visual images of brain functioning, most commonly by detecting minute changes in blood oxygenation in specific regions. The higher oxygenation levels indicate areas of greatest neural activity as the person in the MR scanner performs various assigned mental tasks that activate brain areas for working memory, episodic memory, face perception and language and reading skills, as well as physical tasks like finger tapping. Functional MRI scans generate an immense amount of data, producing brain images in thin slices from top to bottom. When information from many individuals is combined as researchers compare brain activity in healthy volunteers with that of individuals with various neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders, an even greater volume of information is created. Data must be aggregated and analyzed using sophisticated computer and statistical techniques to produce composites that reveal differences between subjects and controls. The accuracy of the composites allows scientists to begin drawing conclusions about, for example, the differences in brain response in children with and without autism who are shown an image of a face, or in children with and without learning disabilities as they perform specified reading and language tasks. As researchers at the University of Washington increasingly utilize fMRI in their brain studies, the Center on Human Development and Disability has expanded its core services to assist them. One unit of CHDD's Neuroscience Core is its Brain Imaging Component, which facilitates the use of various imaging techniques including conventional MRI, fMRI, and a third form of magnetic imaging, MR spectroscopy. Important services provided by the core include guidance in data analysis and development of specialized techniques tailored to the research needs of individual investigators affiliated with CHDD. Clark Johnson, Ph.D., is a member of the core and expert in fMRI data analysis. A research associate professor in the School of Nursing, he assists CHDD researchers in refining their studies to achieve the most accurate results. He works closely with CHDD research affiliate Elizabeth Aylward, Ph.D., a professor of radiology and CHDD's coordinator of experimental design and image analysis. Todd Richards, Ph.D., also a CHDD research affiliate and professor of radiology, works closely with Johnson to develop methods for analyzing fMRI images. Goal number one for these investigators is to identify and control for confounding variables, to make the scans as accurate as possible. Confounding variables, or covariates, that affect brain function might include such factors as the time of day the scan takes place, medications taken, the number of cups of coffee ingested, tobacco use, and the amount of sleep the night before. "First we need to figure out whether these are, in fact, confounding factors," said Johnson. "If they are, we need to control for them in order to be precise about our measurements. If they're not controlled for, these confounders add variability. Since we're talking about very subtle effects, variability can mean the difference between discovering an effect and not finding one. This is an area that I don't believe anyone has done a lot of work on." Working with Richards and other colleagues, Johnson and Aylward hope to develop a simple one-page questionnaire that individuals will complete before being scanned. They will work in a small group and then with a larger group of UW researchers to reach consensus on the important confounding factors that research subjects should report on. While research participants can provide inforT


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The intention of this article is to expand some of the contexts and some of the conceptual and methodological trajectories presented Philo's (2003) paper. In particular I explore the relationship of adulthood and childhood as articulated through memory and how this may impinge upon the practices of adults researching into, and writing about, childhood. The key and complex question of the otherness of childhood is raised through the questioning of the extent to which adults can imaginatively re-enter childhood. Differing forms of memory, and how these may interconnect with emotion and imagination in writings about childhood are explored as a means of trying to make connection with the conditions of childhood.


In the article, a comparison is made between constitutional review and judicial review exercised by courts of general jurisdiction in Russia on the basis of comparative-law methodology. The author concludes that it is necessary to empower citizens with the right to consider their appeals within the framework of abstract review by courts of general jurisdiction. A proposal has also been formulated on granting the right to appeal for the protection of the rights of citizens and their associations within the framework of the Russian Code of Administrative Procedure (CAP), the Commissioner for Human Rights in Russian Federation, the Commissioner for Children's Rights, the Commissioner for the Rights of Business-Owners, and also the other Commissioners for these areas on the subjects of the Russian Federation, and the deputies of all levels – from municipal to federal.
The author states that with the adoption of the CAP, the problem of checking federal regulations that have less legal force than Decrees of the Government of the Russian Federation for compliance with the Russian Constitution has not been resolved. It is suggested vesting the courts of general jurisdiction with the right to exercise administrative and judicial control over compliance of such acts with the Russian Constitution. The article reveals the problem of lack of terminological unity in the legal regulation of similar institutions of constitutional and administrative judicial review. The need to unify a number of norms of constitutional and administrative legislation on regulatory control issue is emphasized.


An improved structure has been invented for use in superconducting accelerator cavities. The polyhedral cavity is a polyhedron composed of N identical segments, each formed by curving a flat foil so that the edge contour conforms to a compound ellipsoid that is the optimum geometry for microwave cavities used to accelerate beams of charged particles. The flat foils could be made of pure Nb, or of a metal substrate coated with any desired superconducting layer using thin film fabrication techniques optimized for the purpose.


Although the respiratory system is preferentially affected by SARS-CoV-2, many patients have been presented with neurologic symptoms In this report, we describe COVID-19 patients with neurological manifestations Here, we present 14 patients referred to Semnan Kowsar Hospital, Iran The mean age was 54 25 ± 20 01 years At admission, they had mild symptoms of respiratory involvement with a wide range of neurological conditions like impaired consciousness, seizure, stroke, ataxia, and muscle numbness After hospitalization, they developed overt respiratory symptoms They were positive for COVID-19 All patients received standard care of COVID-19 During SARS-CoV-2 pandemic disease, clinicians should be aware of the neurological manifestations of COVID-19 © 2020 Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Anesthesiology Research Center All right reserved


The seismic acquisition over External Albanides has faced very difficult geological problems, related with the increase of signal to noise ratio (S\N) in the time seismic sections.


Shell glands of the uterus of the hen oviduct secrete fluid which contains a high percentage of calcium1). The secretion rate of the fluid is higher during the time when normally ovulated ovum (ovum)2) or an artificial yolk-containing egg-like mass2) is present in the uterus comparing with other times2). However, whether the higher secretion rate during that time is caused by a certain stimulus associated with the presence of an egg or an egg-like mass has not been completely determined, since there remains a possibility that the higher secretion rate is due to a diurnal rhythm of the secretory activity of the uterus. The present experiments were performed to demonstrate that the presence of the egg in the uterus stimulates the secretion of the shell gland fluid. For this purpose, the volume of the shell gland fluid and its calcium concentration were measured at definite of a day in hens of which ovulated ovum was artificially retained at various regions of the oviduct by a surgical ligation.


Platelet serotonin (5-HT) content uptake and release were determined in healthy controls (Group A) and in patients with stump and phantom limb pain (Group B). Before transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), platelet 5-HT content in Group B was significantly lower than in Group A. After TENS, platelet 5-HT in Group A was decreased and in Group B was increased significantly. In Group B TENS induced a marked reduction of pain. Before TENS, 5-HT uptake was significantly decreased in Group B as compared to Group A. After TENS, 5-HT uptake was found to be elevated twice the initial values in Group B while in Group A it was slightly reduced. On the other hand tyramine-induced 5-HT release in both groups did not differ significantly. The results suggest that 5-HT is involved in pain mechanisms of stump and phantom limb pain and that TENS interacts with that mechanisms.


Abstract : Real-time driving simulations are an important tool for verifying vehicle and vehicle component designs with a driver in the loop. They not only provide a cost effective solution but also an ability to verify designs in a safe and controlled operating environment. A real-time driving experiment has been developed for Stryker to compare the ride and handling performance of a baseline passive suspension to that of a Magneto-Rheological (MR) semi-active damper suspension. The Tank Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) has integrated this new suspension into a real time vehicle dynamics model of the Stryker using the MR suspension model developed by the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM). Using this real-time model and the TARDEC Ride Motion Simulator (RMS), TARDEC associates, along with associates from the Stryker Program Management office and the suspension OEM were able to drive and compare the passive and MR Stryker in a virtual environment. This paper describes the simulation model, motion simulator integration, operating scenarios, terrain modeling, model validation, and subjective as well as objective results from this study.


In this research, solid powder form ZnO and MgO-doped ZnO were prepared by using solution immersion method. Mg divalent cation with different atomic percentage of 0.5%, 1.0% and 1.5% were added in 0.04 M of Zn solution containing zinc nitrate hexahydrates as precursor and hexamethylene tetraamine as stabilizer. Annealing treatment was consequently carried out to transform the precursors into oxide forms. ZnO and MgO-doped ZnO were successfully obtained and the surface morphology, crystallite size and elemental composition were studied using Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FESEM) and Energy dispersive X-Ray (EDX) respectively. The band gap energy was determined using Ultraviolet-Visible spectrophotometer (UV-Vis). FESEM images showed that the powder form of ZnO and MgO-doped ZnO consist of rod-like shape. A 0.5% of MgO-doped ZnO sample has smallest size of rods with higher aspect ratio compared to others. The EDX result revealed that the sample composed of Zn, O and Mg in the sample. The band gap energy for all samples was determined using Tauc plot and it was found that the band gap energy is reduced with 1.0 and 1.5 % doping while increased at 0.5% doping. The band gap energy was found to range between 3.23 eV to 3.26 eV. The 0.5% of Mg-doped ZnO with higher aspect ratio shows the highest band gap energy value.


The development of thin-film photovoltaics has emerged as a promising solution to the global energy crisis within the field of solar cell technology. However, transitioning from laboratory scale to large-area solar cells requires precise and high-quality scribes to achieve the required voltage and reduce ohmic losses. Laser scribing has shown great potential in preserving efficiency by minimizing the drop in geometrical fill factor, resistive losses, and shunt formation. However, due to the laser induced photothermal effects, various defects can initiate and impact the quality of scribed grooves and weaken the module's efficiency. In this regard, much research has been conducted to analyze the geometrical fill factor, surface integrity, and electrical performance of the laser scribes to reach higher power conversion efficiencies. This comprehensive review of laser scribing of photovoltaic solar thin films pivots on scribe quality and analyzes the critical factors and challenges affecting the efficiency and reliability of the scribing process. This review also covers the latest developments in using laser systems, parameters, and techniques for patterning various types of solar thin films to identify the optimized laser ablation condition. Furthermore, potential research directions for future investigations at improving the quality and performance of thin film laser scribing are suggested.


ABSTRACT: Despite a belief among corporate executives that smooth earnings paths lead to a lower cost of equity capital, I find no relation between earnings smoothness and average stock returns over the last 30 years. In other words, owners of firms with volatile earnings are not compensated with higher returns, as one would expect if volatile earnings lead to greater risk exposure. Although prior empirical work links smoother earnings to a lower implied cost of capital, I offer evidence that this link is driven primarily by optimism in analysts' long‐term earnings forecasts. This optimism yields target prices and implied cost of capital estimates that are systematically too high for firms with volatile earnings. Overall, the evidence is inconsistent with the notion that attempts to smooth earnings can lead to a lower cost of equity capital.


l-3,4-Dihydroxyphenylalanine (l-dopa)-induced dyskinesia affects virtually every patient with Parkinson disease (PD) after chronic administration.1 The pathophysiology of dyskinesia is complex, and several nondopaminergic systems are involved.2 The serotonin (5-HT) system has received much attention over the past years as a critical player underlying dyskinesia and as a potentially efficacious therapeutic target. 5-HT neurons contain the required enzymes to synthesize dopamine from l-dopa3 but without the regulatory mechanisms required for dopaminergic transmission, resulting in dysregulated, nonphysiologic dopamine release, which underlies the dyskinetic state.4 However, if this aberrant dopamine release by 5-HT fibers is the culprit in dyskinesia, it is also responsible, at least partly, for the antiparkinsonian action of l-dopa.5 As a result, it has proven difficult to achieve an antidyskinetic benefit with agonists of the 5-HT1A receptors, which act by dampening this aberrant dopamine release by 5-HT terminals, without hindering the therapeutic effect of l-dopa in both preclinical and clinical settings.6,7


This paper deals with empirical processes of the type \[C_n(B)=\sqrt{n}\{\mu_n(B)-P(X_{n+1}\in B\mid X_1,...,X_n)\},\] where $(X_n)$ is a sequence of random variables and $\mu_n=(1/n)\sum_{i=1}^n\delta_{X_i}$ the empirical measure. Conditions for $\sup_B|C_n(B)|$ to converge stably (in particular, in distribution) are given, where $B$ ranges over a suitable class of measurable sets. These conditions apply when $(X_n)$ is exchangeable or, more generally, conditionally identically distributed (in the sense of Berti et al. [Ann. Probab. 32 (2004) 2029--2052]). By such conditions, in some relevant situations, one obtains that $\sup_B|C_n(B)|\stackrel{P}{\to}0$ or even that $\sqrt{n}\sup_B|C_n(B)|$ converges a.s. Results of this type are useful in Bayesian statistics.


This paper discusses the design and development of the Solar X-ray Imager (SXI) vacuum door assembly (VDA). Rationale for the type of mechanism, seal, and prime mover is covered. An overview of the testing performed is included.