A new technique is presented.The principle is at first,the linear laser beam is projected vertically on steel bars on cooling bed,and then the laser beam images of steel bars are captured by a CCD area-scan camera,after laser beams are thinned,the contour coordinates of steel bars are calculated with BP neural networks.In addition,the concept of partial contour center is also proposed that distribution of steel bar center is calculated according to partial contour of the steel bar,and then the number of centers of steel bars,which means number of steel bars,are counted based on clustering methods.Finally,the resolution of counting for piled up steel bars is discussed.


October 24—The disturbance, which began gradually at about 4h, G.M.T., was marked by slow fluctuations of the elements until about 8h 40m, when the amplitudes abruptly became much larger and the periods shorter. In about two hours the violent fluctuations ceased, and by 17h the storm had ended. The ranges were: Declination, 69′; horizontal intensity, 338γ; vertical intensity, 697γ.

December 3–4—This storm also began gradually, about 23h, G.M.T., December 3, The first part was characterized by small, short-period oscillations of the declination. All the elements began to fluctuate violently about lh 45m, December 4, but became relatively quiet again within half an hour, and remained so until about 4h, when another period of rapid fluctuations began, lasting until about 8h. The storm ended about 16h. The ranges were: Declination, 108′: horizontal intensity, 645γ; vertical intensity, 590γ.


The Electronic Lock Using Real Time Signature Recognition System is a
process of verifying the writer's identity by using signature recognition as a
key to the electronic lock. This project highlights the development of
signature recognition using visual basic to recognize the input signature. This
system can be use as a security system such as Verification for Assessing
Entry Application and Password Substitutions. The electronic lock will be
functioning when it receives correct signature. This project is divided into
two parts. In the first part, focus is given on Real Time Signature Recognition
where this technique is far sophisticated than a simple analysis of a finished
signature. As a person signs on a pressure-sensitive tablet, the software
records the character shape, writing speed, stroke holder, off tablet motion,
pen pressure and timing. These characteristics uniquely identify a person and
cannot be mimicked or stolen. In this part, Support Vector Machine (SVM)
will be used to focuses in verifying the signature. Second part, electronic key
will be functioning when it receives the correct signature. DAQ card
(Multifunction USB Module) will connect the program from the computer to
the Electronic Key circuit. Once the signature is recognize the door will
automatically open.


This article discusses the function of Computer keys which are widely used in power system nowadays in order to prevent misoperation. put forward a new design which bases on multi-layer network architecture , we mainly discuss about how to design this new kind of computer key and finally give the hardware circuit and software framework. This new computer key meets lots of requirements and has a very good prospect.


While many CO 2 removal technologies are being researched through laboratory and pilot-scale testing, an existing technology has a significant operating history at commercial-scale facilities, where it is collecting CO 2 from multiple sources, including low-CO 2 concentration flue gas ( 13% by volume).


Three dimensional high-definition point clouds containing semantic information are crucial in several applications, such as autonomous driving. In urban traffic scenarios, these point clouds are known to be affected by extreme class imbalance, the large planar surfaces being the dominant features, such as the drivable road area, while traffic signs, for instance, appear only rarely, making the training of deep learningbased segmentation methods especially difficult. To this end, we create our own multi-spectral dense LIDAR data set and conduct an ablation study, the results of which highlight the importance of tackling class imbalance, as well as the usability of LIDAR reflectance values in addition to point coordinates, as evidentiated by the final model achieving 0.3792 mIoU, a 67% relative gain over the baseline method. We also experiment with two different LIDAR sensors operating on different wavelengths (905 nm and 1550 nm), the results of the experiments showing that the sensor with a shorter wavelength performed better, suggesting that objects and materials commonly faced in urban traffic scenarios might be easier to differentiate at this end of the spectrum. To address the burden of manual labeling, and the need for large-scale data sets to train such networks, we successfully adapt label-efficient supervised contrastive methods as well from the image processing literature to learn point cloud latent representations usable for the downstream task of point cloud semantic segmentation.


The research purpose to find out: 1. self awareness of students who are given services group guidance using role playing techniques. 2. self awareness of students who are given group guidance services without using role playing techniques. 3 differences in self awareness of students who are given group guidance services with role playing techniques and without using role playing techniques.
 The method used in this research is the experimental method. The population in the study were all students of class XI IPA 3 SMAN 9 bengkulu city. The sample is determined by random technique with the number of 20 students in class XI IPA 3. Technique data analysis that is used is descriptive percentage and t test that processing using program SPSS 20.
 After the data collected and analyzed obtained the following research results:

The level of self awareness of students who are given group guidance services without the use of role playing techniques are generally at a moderate level.
The level of self awareness of students in the experimental group who were given group counseling services using role playing techniques were generally at a high level.

There is a significant difference between group counseling services with role playing techniques and without using role playing technique to self awareness of students of grade XI IPA 3 SMAN 9 bengkulu city. Then the treatment provided significant effect


The understanding of doping behavior of carbon nanotubes is crucial in controlling their valence electrons. K doping of single-walled carbon nanotubes leads to an overall reduction in resistivity and in the crossover temperature T * (above T * , the sign of d ρ/ d T changes from negative to positive). The resistance of K-doped single-walled carbon nanotube mats is decreased monotonically and saturated with K doping concentration. The K doping behavior of semiconducting and metallic single-walled carbon nanotube mats has been probed by optical absorption spectroscopy. Molecular dynamics has been used to predict structures of K-doped single-walled carbon nanotubes.


Since the working of No.1 blast furnace(2 000m3) in Liugang,there are many problems happened in strengthening smelting and operation on casthouse with higher production rhythm. The article introduced the effect of measures of strengthening operation on casthouse,strengthening iron outlet maintenance,reforming the main spout and direct-current nozzle.


Purpose: This study investigated the effects of trunk exercise using less-affected extremities on gait and balance in chronic stroke patients. Methods: Thirty subjects with chronic stroke disease were divided into two groups: a trunk exercise group that used less-affected extremities (n=15) and a general trunk exercise group (n=15). All interventions were conducted 30 min a day, 6 times per week, for 3 weeks. Gait parameters were measured before and after the intervention using Zebris FDM-1.5. In addition, all subjects were evaluated using the Trunk Impairment Scale, the Berg Balance Scale, and the Functional Gait Assessment before and after the intervention. Results: Both groups showed improvements on all outcome measured preto post-intervention (p<0.05). The groups exhibited significant differences for TIS, BBS, FGA, gait speed, step length, and cadence at post-intervention (p<0.05). Conclusion: This study showed that trunk exercise using less-affected extremities has therapeutic benefits on gait and balance in individuals with chronic stroke disease.


Leitgeb (2002) objects against the clarity of the debate about the alleged (non-)circularity of Yablo's paradox, arguing that there actually are at least two notions of self-reference and circularity at play. One, on which Yablo's paradox is not circular, is defined via the reference of the constituents of a sentence, and another, on which the paradox is circular, is defined via syntactic mappings and fixed points. More importantly, Leitgeb argues that both definitions aren't satisfactory and that before we can undertake a serious debate about the circularity of Yablo's paradox we first need to clarify the notions involved. I will focus on Leitgeb's criticism of the first definition1 and will argue that the problems arise not as much on the level of our definition of circularity as on the level of our definition of reference of sentences (aboutness). Leitgeb's main worry is the failure of a requirement called 'Equivalence Condition', which says that if a formula is self-referential, any formula logically equivalent to it should also be self-referential. I will argue that preservation under logical equivalence is unreasonable with respect to self-reference, but is indeed needed with respect to aboutness. Since Leitgeb's own tentative notion of aboutness doesn't satisfy the requirement, I will suggest another approach which fixes this problem. I also explain why the intuitions that circularity should satisfy the equivalence condition are misled. Next, I argue that the new notion of aboutness is not susceptible to slingshot arguments. Finally, I compare it with Goodman's notion of absolute aboutness, emphasizing those features of Goodman's approach that make his notion inapplicable in the present discussion.


This chapter discusses the first set of sources to transcribe the corpus of troubadour song: the corpus of francophone songbooks. After tracing the contours of the corpus of Occitan song in French songbooks, it turns to the various mechanisms that obscure the cultural and linguistic alterity of Occitan song in its francophone transmission in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. These include, alongside Gallicization and geographical remapping, anonymization and the compilation of Occitan songs amid francophone songs rather than in a separate section of the manuscript. When troubadour song was demarcated in some way, it was staged not as a foreign cultural artifact but instead as something whose strangeness came from its status as non- or only quasi-human. Indeed, troubadour song was repositioned as avian rather than foreign. The chapter then reveals a fundamental ambivalence in the reception of Occitan song in francophone territories: on the one hand, and most frequently, it was actively assimilated, allowing for easier appropriation, and, on the other, it was exoticized by being remapped onto an axis not of cultural alterity but of species difference.


Under conditions specified in this work, mechanical properties of commercial alumina, silicon carbide, silicon nitride and zirconia ceramics were selected from published manufacturers' catalogs. Numerical data of the selected properties for materials of 254 kinds in total were finally compiled in a computer-readable database. Interrelations among these properties were analyzed by using the database, and analyzed results were discussed. The selected properties of Young's modulus, linear thermal expansion coefficient, bending strength, Vickers hardness and fracture toughness were correlated with an apparent porosity derived from the theoretical and bulk density. Relationships of the selected properties to the porosity were fitted to exponential functions, and a good fitness was confirmed in most of the cases with a few exceptions. In general, every mechanical property tended to decrease with increasing the porosity. Although the hardness variation with respect to the bending strength was expressed by a proportional relationship for alumina and silicon carbide, a power relation was more adequate for silicon nitride and zirconia. The relation between the fracture toughness and the bending strength was fitted to a power function. In this case, a good fitness was identified for silicon carbide and zirconia, though a poor correlation was found for alumina and silicon carbide. A specific crack length, which was used to modify a fracture mechanics criterion for small cracks, was well correlated with the bending strength by a power function.


Polyester polyol is synthesized by esterification and polycondensation with trimethylolpropane, pentaerythritol as material,then modifies the silicone intermediate.Apply the modified polyester to the tinplate form membrane,the adhesion of resin modified by polyester polyol to substrate,hardness and flexibility are analysized,the data shows,at the same content of silicon.The adhesion of polyester polyol is thebest,the flexibility is the best also,the flexibility of pentaerythritol is general,adhesion and color difference are in between.So based on the comprehensive consideration,trimethylopropane has the best performance.


Congratulations on the success of your new BC Journalof Ecosystems and Management. We look forward tofuture issues on this important topic. However, webelieve there needs to be some clarification on therecently posted JEM article, "Using forest structuraldiversity to inventory habitat diversity of forest-dwellingwildlife in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia"by Kris McCleary and Garth Mowat [see pages 120–132]. The authors state that "forest ecosystem inventoriescurrently used in the province only document forestcomposition (Vegetation Resources Inventory) oridentify plant communities (Terrestrial EcosystemMapping) and are therefore inappropriate or inadequateas tools for land management planning." Yet the methodssubsequently described for using forest structure asa means of inventorying forest-dwelling wildlife habitatappear to draw heavily on these existing provincialinventory standards for forest and ecosystem inventory.These inventories should have been correctly acknowledgedand referenced in McCleary and Mowat's article.


Hasan El-Shamy's Folk traditions of the Arab World: A guide to motif classification, 2 vols. Indiana University Press, 1995, (henceforth: GMC-A) was reviewed in Asian Folklore Studies (1996, vol. 55: 184-86). The reviewer, Professor Heda Jason, raised a number of issues and expressed opinions on a variety of matters dealing mostly with editorial aspects of the work; many of these are impressionistic and require clarification. First, a few general facts need to be presented. To start, GMC-A, as its title specifies, is designated as a guide that offers primarily relevant themes and concepts to be applied toward generating a full fledged motif-index, and secondarily "samples of references" (1, xiii-emphasis appears in the original). Producing a complete motif-index for intricate and diverse social and cultural systems, as is the case with the Arab World, requires intensive work on the part of many trained researchers and indexers-a condition beyond what has been available to the present writer. Scholars from folklore and related disciplines are expected to apply these motifs to data under investigation, and then make their findings available to other users. These findings would be integrated in new editions of the GMC-A (or made accessible to users through other means). Thompson's Motif Index, first published between 1932 and 1936, was refined and augmented in this manner (THOMPSON 1955-1958, 1, 26). As of today, some additional 10,000 motifs have been generated and designated for the forthcoming revision of GMC-A. Second, GMC-A is computer generated and meant to be made available to users on floppy disks and CD-ROM. In its present format, it represents the outcome of innumerable trial and error attempts by the author to address certain printing demands, within the limitations imposed by computer technology available to him at various stages between 1986 and 1994; these limitations apply to the computer itself (memory, speed, size of hard disk, etc.), and word processing programs (or databases), in conjunction with the varying capabilities of printers for personal computers in generating foreign language characters (e.g., under-dotted letters, long vowels, glottal stops). The goal was to produce a single computer file for the entire work, which would allow users to electronically "search" for words or characters, and easily find them. During the 1980s, this goal was not easily attainable (e.g., a file that was about 15-20 pages long proved to be beyond the capacity of the personal computer used, and had to be shortened); today, especially with CD-ROM technology, it is a much easier undertaking (p. 1, xvii n. 27). Third, GMC-A was submitted as a "camera ready copy" to Indiana University Press: the manuscript was typed, typeset with printing font selected and applied, formatted, and printed as it currently stands by El-Shamy (at a considerable financial cost incurred by him personally). The size of the print and the length of a page were determined by the production department at the publisher, which is also responsible for other features of the printed work (jacket design, paper quality, etc.). Certain financial conditions (including the fact that publishing reference works is not a profit-making undertaking) were considered. An attempt to have the work published jointly with a certain Arab folklore center was not successful. With reference to "errors," it is the author's view that one error in an academic work is one too many; regrettably, there are some in GMC-A. However, even with more personnel


4011 Background: Human equilibrative nucleoside transporter 1 (hENT1) belongs to a family of nucleoside transporters critical to entry of gemcitabine into cells. The prognostic and predictive characteristics of this biomarker in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) have primarily been evaluated by immunohistochemistry, with conflicting results. We explored the impact of hENT1 gene expression in the Comprehensive Molecular Characterization of Advanced Ductal Pancreas Adenocarcinoma for Better Treatment Selection (COMPASS) trial. Methods: Patients were enrolled on COMPASS from December 2015 to June 2020 and underwent a biopsy for whole genome sequencing (WGS) and RNA sequencing prior to first chemotherapy in the advanced setting. Biopsies underwent laser capture microdissection to enrich for tumour epithelium. Chemotherapy regimen was determined based on clinician preference. The cut-off thresholds for hENT1 expression were determined using the maximal chi-squared statistic. Response rates and overall survival (OS) were computed based on hENT1 expression and chemotherapy regimen. Results: 254 patients were included in the analyses with a median follow-up time of 18 months. 146 patients were treated with modified FOLFIRINOX (FFX), 104 with gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel (GnP), and 16 received no systemic therapy. Based on gene expression levels, 133 patients were classified as hENT1 high and 121 as hENT1 low. hENT1 expression was significantly associated with the modified Moffitt classifier with higher expression seen in classical tumours (p < 0.001). In the entire cohort, median OS was 10.0 months in hENT1 high vs. 8.3 months in hENT1 low (adjusted HR 0.78, 95% confidence interval 0.59 - 1.03, p = 0.08). In patients receiving modified FFX, there was no difference in response rates (32% vs. 31%, p = 1.00) or OS (10.6 vs. 10.6 months, p = 0.94) between the hENT1 high and hENT1 low groups, respectively. However, in patient treated with GnP, response rates were significantly higher in hENT1 high patients compared to those with hENT1 low tumors (45% vs. 21%, p = 0.035). Median OS in this GnP treated cohort was 9.8 months in hENT1 high vs. 6.1 months hENT1 low (p = 0.003). In an interaction analysis, hENT was predictive of treatment response to GnP (p = 0.0002). Conclusions: Biomarkers predictive of response to GnP and FFX are urgently needed. Here we demonstrate that hENT1 gene expression is a predictor of response to GnP in advanced PDAC.


Abstract : A single-stage centrifugal compressor designed to produce a 10:1 pressure ratio at a flow rate of 3.2 lb/sec was tested. An earlier version of this compressor was tested under USAAMRDL Contract DAAJ02-70-C-0006 and was found to have excessive losses in the tandem inducer. In addition, diffuser damage was incurred during that testing, which also prevented the achievement of the full design potential. The objective of this follow-on program was therefore to demonstrate improved performance for the 10:1 pressure ratio single-stage centrifugal compressor with a modified inducer and a new (undamaged) diffuser. Modifications to the design of the inducer were made to improve its high-speed (Mach number) performance and to decrease the required inlet prewhirl, and a test program was conducted to obtain overall and inducer performance data.


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The invention relates to a wave generation system into a basin, said system comprises, at at least one wall of said basin, at least a water inlet mouth connected to a supply source by a network lines, said network of conduits comprising at least one pump capable of exchanging water alternately to the source of supply to the tank and vice versa, said pump being driven so as to generate at the water inlet mouth an alternately oscillating flow to the basin and to the source of supply.


Three hundred and thirteen of 2643 dried fig, two of eighty hazelnut, sixteen of twenty-eight pistachio, five of ten peanut and nineteen of twenty-three paprika samples for export from Turkey were contaminated with total aflatoxins in the range of 0.2-162.76, 5.46-6.55, 2.31-63.11, 0.75-26.36 and 1.79-6.55 μg kg -1 , respectively. Samples were collected from January to August 2007 and tested for aflatoxins (B 1 , B 2 , G 1 and G 2 ) by immunoaffinity column extraction using RP-HPLC. Fifty-six of the 313 dried fig, all of the contaminated hazelnut and pistachio, two of the sixteen peanut and three of the nineteen paprika samples exceeded the regulatory limits of the European Union. The ratio of the different types of aflatoxin present in each sample exhibited great variability. For example, of 313 contaminated fig samples, 159 contained only aflatoxin B 1 , eighty-five contained B 1 (49.7%) + G 1 (50.3%), twenty-two contained only G 1 , twenty contained B] (89.4%) + B 2 (10.6%), thirteen contained B 1 (73.7%) + B 2 (10.8%) + G 1 (15.5%) and fourteen contained all four types, B 1 (26%) + B 2 (2.5%) + G 1 (66.5%) + G 2 (5%).


High purity and doped alumina ceramics previously prepared on this program by cold pressing and sintering rarely exceeded 90% of theoretical density. Therefore hot pressing in argon was applied to pure aluminas prepared at ARF and to a commercial high purity product (Gulton Alucer MC). Densities in the range 3.85 g/cm ( f or ARF alumina) to 3.97 g/cmi (for the Alucer MC) were readily obtained at 1650"-1750"C and 3000-3500 psi. Although the specimens were apparently rendered completely free of carbon by annealing in oxygen at 1500 to 1700 "C, their dissipation factors were much higher than for sintered discs made from the same powders. These anomalously high losses appear to be caused by the absorption of impurity cations from the graphite hot pressing dies despite their low ash content. With the objective of compensating the positive temperature vari- ation of dielectric constant (k') characteristic of alumina regardless of its purity, compositions were formulated containing a titanate phase whose temperature variation of k' is negative. Attention was concen- trated on SrTiO 3 and SrTiO 3 -BaTiO 3 solid solutions of C. P. grade in the concentration range 8 to 20% by 'weight. At a level of 14% SrTiO the k' of a titanate-alumina ceramic varied only 2.8% between 25 and, 500"C at 106 c/s and 1.0% at 4 x 109 c/s as compared to 5.5 to 6.8% for high purity aluminas. The stable coexistence of A1 2 0 3 and SrTiO 3 on firing suggests a eu- tectic system which is actually pseudo binary because of the dissociation of the titanate. This eutectic was approximately located in the composition interval 65-70% SrTiO and near 1625"C. Ceramics SrTiO 3 A1 2 3


Purpose – To report on new products and applications at the 2005 International Robots and Vision Show, Chicago, USA.Design/methodology/approach – A brief description of some of the highlights of the exhibition.Findings – Robots are becoming faster and cheaper.Originality/value – The article is of value to those interested in developments in robotics and machine vision.


Chandipura virus is a sandflies-transmitted vesiculovirus first isolated in 1965 in India where it is endemic causing outbreaks of acute encephalitis in less than 15 years-old children with death within 48 hours from the date of onset. Despite several isolations from sylvatic area, any Chandipura infection in humans had been yet reported in West Africa where its genetic diversity and phenotypic characteristics remain poorly understood. Collection of full-length genomic data from West Africa allows not only elucidating the diversity of Chandipura virus into two distinct clades circulating and evolving in India and West Africa, respectively, but also provides more insights regarding modifications of the West African sequences in highly conservative motives of virulence. Our study exhibited also differences in codon preferences of viral proteins to human genes which agree with the G protein-based Chandipura virus phylogenetic evolution. The significant M and L proteins codon usage adaptation to human housekeeping genes and the West African clade Chandipura virus pathogenicity in adult mice could facilitate its future spillover in humans as the Indian clade, particularly for the West African subclade 2. The identification of non-neurotropic West African isolates could be useful in development of protective or therapeutic targets for humans or wildlife based on a major gene as the glycoprotein. Considering the context of global exchanges and the recognition of codon adaptation as a mechanism driving its evolution Chandipura virus, could become a major problem of public health worldwide, mainly in geographical areas where vectors are already present.


A method of outcome-adaptive allocation is presented using Bayes methods, where a natural lead-in is incorporated through the use of informative yet skeptical prior distributions for each treatment group. These prior distributions are modeled on unobserved data in such a way that their influence on the allocation scheme decreases as the trial progresses. Simulation studies show this method to behave comparably to the Bayesian adaptive allocation method described by Thall and Wathen (2007), who incorporate a natural lead-in through sample-size-based exponents.


(57) Abstract: The present invention is, for example, relates to highly sensitive single-layer system manufacturing method of detecting the concentration of analyte, such as oxygen, optically, the analyte, is always fixed in the optical beam path it is desirable to have, adsorption sensitivity to analyte good indicator, emission, by performing light emission quenching, it is possible to inspect the composite state or dissolved state of the liquid or gas. Sensitive monolayer system, it is necessary to realize the response operation by an extremely short time and reproducibility. To this end, after the indicator has been adsorbed on the filler material, in permeable matrix material to be detected analyte mixture is produced. Then, under pressure action, this mixture is extruded on a substrate, layer thickness depending on the supply pressure used is formed. The supplied high-sensitivity layer, copolymerization, co-condensation or solidified, and also made homogenized by expanding with fluorescent indicator solution.


The Engineering Development and Demonstration (ED&D) program for the Accelerator Production of Tritium (APT) project provides critical data necessary for a plant built on schedule and within budget. The ED&D program is based on prioritized design data needs, and is driven by a formal systems-engineering approach. This paper describes the current role of the project for the U.S. Defense program, the ED&D process, the functional areas where ED&D activities are underway, key ED&D activities, and how the technical data from the ED&D program are used.


The vibrationally excited molecules play an important role in the plasma process. We numerically calculate the two-dimensional point-to-plane streamer propagation and the vibrational kinetics in atmospheric pressure dry-air (80% N2, 20% O2) environment. The calculated streamer discharge characteristics, such as the mean streamer velocity and the streamer channel radius, show good agreement with an experimentally obtained results. The nitrogen radical production by streamer discharge can be successfully reproduced in our simulation with vibrationally excited molecules effects. On the other hand, the vibrationally excited molecules are not so important in oxygen radical production.


The present invention relates to use sophora alopecuroide alkaloid sophoridine as a basic active composition to produce medicine combination with outsanding analgesic affection and its preparing process and application as well as relates to the application of using sophocarpine to produce analgesic and medicine to cure nerve regenerating disease. To use sophoridine as a analgesic it has the advantage of not creating withdrawal syndrome in addition to be antitumour activity of sophora alopecuroide alkali complex.


The invention relates to an escape tool, particularly to a vehicle safety hammer. The vehicle safety hammer comprises a hammer pole and a hammer head body, wherein the hammer pole comprises a supporting seat, an inner loop bar and an outer loop bar; the inner loop bar is provided with an inner cavity of which one surface is opened, one end of the inner loop bar is mounted on two pin rolls supported by the supporting seat in a sleeving way to form rotatable hinged connection, a sliding chute is formed in the other end of the inner loop bar, the inner loop bar is sleeved with the outer loop bar penetrating through the pin rolls, and the pin rolls are used for positioning the front-and-back displacement between the outer loop bar and the inner loop bar through the sliding chute; an extension spring is arranged in the inner cavity of the inner loop bar, and the two ends of the extension spring are mounted on the pin rolls respectively in a sleeving way; the other end of the outer loop bar mounted on the inner loop bar in a sleeving way is fixedly connected with the hammer head body. According to the invention, the vehicle safety hammer has a small, exquisite and compact structure and can be used as a hallstand in a vehicle without affecting the attractiveness in the vehicle under a non-emergency condition; under an emergency, the vehicle safety hammer is convenient and simple to use, the time for fetching the hammer is saved, and in addition, the exerting directions of strength of all actions are habitual body strength-exerting directions, so that the vehicle glass can be effectively broken, and both safety and reliability are realized.


From the n-butanol soluble fraction of the ethanol extract of the medicinal plant Olax subscorpioidea, a previously unreported rotameric biflavonoid glycoside constituted of 4'-O-methylgallocatechin-(4α → 8)-4'-O-methylgallocatechin as aglycone named olasubscorpioside C (1) along with the known 4'-O-methylgallocatechin (2) were isolated. Their structures were determined on the basis of spectrometric and spectroscopic techniques including HRFABMS, 1 H and 13 C NMR, DEPT 135o , HSQC, HMBC, ROESY, and CD followed by comparison with the reported data.


Increasing power leads to the spectral broadening of fiber laser beams. In this effect the spectral line width of the laser beam becomes broader than that of the output coupler (OC) due to power scaling. Therefore, the effective reflectivity of the OC mirror decreases. In this paper, this phenomenon is investigated theoretically and experimentally. A Liekki Application Designer V3.3 was used for the theoretical investigation and the experiments were conducted during the fabrication of a 630W fiber laser. Given the excellent agreement between the simulation and the experimental results, a decrease in the effective reflectivity of the OC mirror was proved. The decrease in the effective reflectivity of the OC mirror changes some of the laser parameters, such as optical efficiency, longitudinal distribution of population inversion and the backward power inside the resonator. This may also lead to power instability. The effects of a decrease in the reflectivity of the OC on the mentioned parameters of the fiber laser are investigated in the present paper. Finally, recommendations for choosing appropriate OC mirror parameters in high-power (kW class) fiber lasers are suggested.


As a traditional music and modern music that combines the music of a new form of Chinese"New Folk Music"by all sectors of the community wide concern.It appears,to some extent,conform to the social development of certain objective laws,but it should be on the merits of the cultural background of this discussion and research.China's"New Folk Music"in their own development at the same time,we must pay attention to the culture of information transmission,must be in line with the development of the long-term interests of the national culture."New Folk Music has yet to be the development of" improved cultural and music theory to be of such concern and guidance.


Taking 150 mmol/L NaCl to simulate salt stress condition of saline soil, this paper studied the effects of exogenous calcium chloride and glucose on red bean seed germination under salt stress. The results showed that different concentrations of calcium chloride and glucose both could improve the germination potential, germination rate, germination index, shoot length and other indicators of red bean under salt stress, and best result was rechived when the concentration of Ca2+was 25 mmol/L.


Results: The two populations most at risk are the SF Nooksack and Cedar River (Figure 1). In both cases the combination low abundances of natural origin recruits and a large proportion of non-local hatchery fish in the watershed are the major demographic threats. Skagit populations, Mid-Hood Canal, and Skykomish watersheds have the highest ecological integrity ratings. All these populations have a significant portion of their watersheds in national forest or parks. The Cascade, Upper Sauk, Suiattle populations also have moderately high risk ratings comparable to the risks for the SF Stillaguamish and White River because of their low abundances. A large group of watersheds, such as the Elwha, SF Stillaguamish, White, and Snoqualmie, have some ecological integrity intact but also have been highly compromised. A smaller group of watersheds, such as the Sammamish, Cedar, and Duwamish-Green rivers, are ecologically highly compromised.


List of Figures. List of Tables. About The Authors. Foreword. Acknowledgement. Preface. Abbreviations. 1. INTRODUCTION. 1.1 Access to radio spectrum. 1.2 Artificial spectrum scarcity from unexploited frequencies. 1.3 Cognitive radio and dynamic spectrum access as solution. 1.4 This book 28. 2. RADIO SPECTRUM TODAY - REGULATION AND SPECTRUM USAGE. 2.1 History and terminology. 2.1.1 The four basic approaches for radio spectrum regulation. 2.1.2 Guiding principles. 2.2 Institutions that regulate radio spectrum. 2.2.1 International Telecommunication Union, ITU. 2.2.2 Europe. 2.2.3 Germany. 2.2.4 United Kingdom. 2.2.5 Japan. 2.2.6 P.R. China. 2.2.7 United States of America. 2.3 Licensed and unlicensed spectrum. 2.3.1 The disadvantages of spectrum licensing. 2.3.2 Unlicensed spectrum as alternative. 2.3.3 Tragedy of commons in unlicensed spectrum. 2.3.4 Spectrum measurements. 3. RADIO SPECTRUM TOMORROW ? DYNAMIC SPECTRUM ACCESS & SPECTRUM SHARING . 3.1 Spectrum sharing and dynamic spectrum access: concepts and terminology. 3.1.1 Spectrum trading and spectrum liberalization. 3.1.2 Underlay and overlay spectrum sharing. 3.1.3 Vertical and horizontal spectrum sharing. 3.1.4 Coexistence, coordination and cooperation. 3.2 Horizontal spectrum sharing. 3.2.1 Coexistence. 3.2.2 Centralized spectrum coordination for horizontal sharing. 3.2.3 Spectrum sharing games. 3.3 Vertical spectrum sharing. 3.3.1 Re-use of TV bands for vertical spectrum sharing. 3.3.2 Spectrum pooling and a common control for vertical spectrum sharing. 3.3.3 Operator-assistance in vertical spectrum sharing. 3.3.4 Spectrum load smoothing for vertical spectrum sharing. 3.4 Taxonomy for spectrum sharing. 4. TOWARDS COGNITIVE RADIO - RESEARCH AND STANDARDIZATION. 4.1 Research programs and projects. 4.1.1 DARPA Next Generation Communications Program, XG. 4.1.2 National Science Foundation's project GENI. 4.1.3 European project E3. 4.1.4 European project WINNER+. 4.1.5 European project WIP. 4.1.6 European project SOCRATES. 4.1.7 European project ROCKET. 4.1.8 European project ORACLE. 4.2 IEEE coordination, and the Coexistence Advisory Group IEEE 802.19. 4.3 IEEE SCC41/P1900. 4.3.1 IEEE P1900.1. 4.3.2 IEEE P1900.2. 4.3.3 IEEE P1900.3. 4.3.4 IEEE P1900.4. 4.3.5 IEEE P1900.5. 4.4 Wi-Fi Wireless Local Area Networks IEEE 802.11. 4.4.1 IEEE 802.11k for radio resource measurements. 4.4.2 IEEE 802.11n for high throughput. 4.4.3 IEEE 802.11s for mesh networks. 4.4.4 IEEE 802.11y for high power Wi-Fi. 4.5 WiMAX Wirless Metropolitan Area Networks IEEE 802.16. 4.5.1 IEEE 802.16.2 Coexistence. 4.5.2 IEEE 802.16h license exempt. 4.5.3 IEEE 802.22 for wireless rural area networks. 4.6 Other standardization activities. 4.6.1 White Spaces Coalition & Wireless Innovation Alliance. 4.6.2 The New America Foundation and open spectrum. 4.6.3 SDR Forum. 4.6.4 Third Generation Partnership Project 3GPP. 4.6.5 European Telecommunications Standards Institute ETSI. 4.6.6 Academic research conferences and workshops. 5. PROPOSED ENABLERS FOR REALIZING HORIZONTAL SPECTRUM SHARING. 5.1 IEEE 802.11 in unlicensed spectrum. 5.1.1 Overview. 5.1.2 Physical layer. 5.1.3 Medium access control. 5.1.4 Learning from 802.11. 5.2 IEEE 802.16 in unlicensed spectrum. 5.2.1 Coexistence scenario. 5.2.2 Protecting the beginning of 802.16 MAC frame. 5.2.3 Protecting the 802.16 UL subframe. 5.2.4 Shifting the contention slots. 5.2.5 Quality-of-service, efficiency, and fairness. 5.3 Policies in spectrum usage. 5.3.1 Policy framework. 5.3.2 Spectrum navigation. 5.3.3 Reasoning based spectrum navigation. 5.4 Policy language. 5.5 Spectrum sharing games. 5.5.1 Related work. 5.5.2 802.11e coexistence scenario. 5.5.3 Game overview. 5.5.4 Single stage game for frame based interaction. 5.5.5 Quality-of-service as utility. 5.5.6 Analytic game model. 5.5.7 Behavior. 5.5.8 Equilibrium analysis. 5.5.9 Multi stage game model. 5.5.10 Discounting of future payoffs. 5.5.11 Strategies. 5.5.12 Nash equilibrium in multi stage games. 5.5.13 QoS evaluation of strategies. 5.5.14 Game approach as policy. 5.5.15 Learning from spectrum sharing games. 6. PROPOSED ENABLERS FOR REALIZING VERTICAL SPECTRUM SHARING. 6.1 Frequency division duplex for Wi-Fi: FDD WLANs. 6.2 Operator assisted cognitive radio with beaconing. 6.2.1 Existing standard beaconing concepts. 6.2.2 What is a beacon? 6.2.3 Improved signaling mechanism with dual beacons. 6.2.4 Beacon implementation in IEEE 802.11. 6.2.5 Evaluation. 6.2.6 Dual beaconing for the reuse of TV bands as policy. 6.3 Spectrum load smoothing. 6.3.1 Related work. 6.3.2 Enabling cognitive radios. 6.3.3 Spectrum load smoothing in the time domain. 6.3.4 Initial simulations and convergence experiments. 6.3.5 Modeling spectrum load smoothing in spectrum sharing scenarios. 6.3.6 QoS support in IEEE 802.11e coexistence scenarios. 6.3.7 SLS with reservations - approach to the re-use of TV-bands. 6.3.8 SLS without reservations - opportunistic spectrum usage scenario. 6.3.9 Evaluation of QoS capabilities. 6.3.10 Spectrum load smoothing as policy. 6.3.11 Learning from spectrum load smoothing approach. 7. OUR VISION ? THE TRUE COGNITIVE RADIO. 7.1 Mitola's cognition circle and related cognitive radio definitions. 7.2 Cognitive radios can gain from delay-tolerant software radio. 7.3 DARPA XG provides implementation guidelines, including the access protocol. 7.3.1 Traceable decision making. 7.3.2 Machine-understandable radio semantics. 7.4 Spectrum etiquette may stimulate cognitive behavior. 7.4.1 What is spectrum etiquette? 7.4.2 Value orientation. 7.5 Network operators may assist dynamic spectrum access. 7.6 Business opportunities. 8 CONCLUDING REMARKS. A. APPENDIX "JEMULA802". B. APPENDIX "YOUSHI". B.1 Modeling QoS requirements and demands. B.2 Resource allocation and collisions. B.3 Graphical user interface. References. Index.


The invention relates to a device (10) for fixing an electric line (4) in a plug (1), the plug (1) at least comprising a housing (2) with a receptacle (3) for the device (10). Further, the invention relates to a connector (1) for an electric line (4) with a device (10) for fixing the electric line (4) in the plug (1) and a housing (2) with a receptacle (3) for the the apparatus (10) as well as an electrical cable (50), in particular an electric cable (50) for a vehicle, comprising at least one plug (1) and an electric line (4).


This paper aims to research the Automobile Inspection System based on Wireless Communication, and suggests an overall design scheme which uses GPS for speed detection and Bluetooth and GPRS for communication. The communication between PDA and PC was realized by means of GPRS and TCP/IP; and the hardware circuit and software for detection terminal were devised by means of JINOU-3264 Bluetooth Module after analyzing the Bluetooth and its communication protocol. According to the results of debugging test, this system accomplished GPRS based data communication and management as well as the real-time detection on auto safety performance parameters in crash test via PC, whereby the need for mobility and reliability was met and the efficiency and level of detection was improved.


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Measures of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) that are defined and implemented by the European Union (EU) differ depending on whether or not the country is a member state of the EU. Their realization is carried out on an annual basis through two funds – the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD). The purpose of the paper is to show the dynamics of funds paid out from funds in the period of 2012-2016, as well as the planned budgets from 2017 to 2020. However, for non-EU countries, financial assistance is paid from the so-called IPA found (Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance). Serbia has been granted EU funds successively, depending on whether it has acquired the status of a candidate for EU membership or not. An overview of the funds paid out of the IPA Fund will be divided into two phases: I 2007-2013; II 2012-2013. Given that Serbia has acquired the status of EU membership, funds are also available from the so-called IPARD fund (fifth component of IPA fund).


Abstract This paper is concerned with the travelling waves for a class of non-local dispersal non-cooperative system, which can model the prey-predator and disease-transmission mechanism. By the Schauder's fixed-point theorem, we first establish the existence of travelling waves connecting the semi-trivial equilibrium to non-trivial leftover concentrations, whose bounds are deduced from a precise analysis. Further, we characterize the minimal wave speed of travelling waves and obtain the non-existence of travelling waves with slow speed. Finally, we apply the general results to an epidemic model with bilinear incidence for its propagation dynamics.


Baseline In studying the metabolic characteristics of human serum lipids and lipoproteins, we have investigated the relationship of the baseline level of serum lipids to the response to the drug treatment. We have analyzed the correlation between the initial lipid levels and the magnitudes of change in lipids in 80 subjects with hyperlipidemia in the niceritrol double blind study and 871 patients with hyperlipidemia in a pantethine open study. In both studies, the reductions in total choles-terol and triglycerides revealed a positive correlation with their baseline concentrations;higher the pretreatment levels, greater the reduction. The elevation in HDL-cholesterol had a negative correlation with the initial levels;lower the initial level, greater the increase. These relationships were represented by the regression lines between them. The ratio of the effective cases in both studies also showed a positive relation with the baseline levels;greater the abnormalities in initial levels, higher the ratio of effective case. These relationships were expressed by a logistic function curve. These results indicated that human serum lipids and lipoproteins had a metabolic characteristics of an intrinsic tendency where the abnormally high or low lipids restore the stable optimal levels.


Winter wheat is the main crop in the North China Plain, and its growth is affected by weather, varieties, and man第 2期 孙 蕊等: 气候×基因型×水分管理对河北平原冬小麦产量和 WUE的影响 201 http://www.ecoagri.ac.cn agement measures. Many scholars have conducted extensive research on the mechanism of winter wheat growth, but most of these studies focused on a single factor. Moreover, research was mostly conducted at the regional scale, with few studies being conducted in areas at the same latitude. To investigate the effects of weather, genotype, and water management interaction on winter wheat yield and water use efficiency (WUE), field experiments were conducted at four typical experimental sites (Hengshui, Nanpi, Luancheng and Nandagang) in the Hebei Plain in the 38° north latitude zone from 2018 to 2019. Three winter wheat varieties 'KN2009', 'GY2018' and 'SL02-1' and two water management levels — irrigation and rain-fed treatments — were used at all four sites. The soil water content was measured at 20 cm intervals in the 1.6 m soil profile before sowing and after harvest. Grain yield and yield components were also measured. Weather factors were collected from a nearby weather station 200500 m from the experimental sites. Under irrigation conditions, grain yield was 6 316.7 kg·hm, 5 204.1 kg·hm, 4 356.5 kg·hm, and 2 597.7 kg·hm, respectively; WUE was 1.62 kg·m, 1.72 kg·m, 1.36 kg·m, and 1.08 kg·m, respectively; irrigation water use efficiency (IWUE) was 1.62 kg·m, 3.20 kg·m, 2.19 kg·m, and 1.02 kg·m, respectively, at Hengshui, Nanpi, Luancheng and Nandagang sites. Under rain-fed conditions, grain yield at Nanpi, Luancheng, Hengshui and Nandagang was 2 644.4 kg·hm, 2 602.8 kg·hm, 2 422.3 kg·hm, and 1 784.3 kg·hm, respectively; WUE was 1.13 kg·m, 1.10 kg·m, 1.18 kg·m, and 1.01 kg·m, respectively. Grain yield differed significantly among the four sites, while no significant difference was noted among varieties. With regard to WUE, trends differed between the irrigation and rain-fed treatments. The WUE of different sites under irrigation conditions differed significantly, while there were no significant differences among varieties. The WUE of different sites under rain-fed conditions did not differ significantly, while WUE differed to some extent among varieties. Statistical analysis of results for grain yield and yield components revealed that the number of spikes was the most important factor affecting yield, while the effects of grain number per spike and 1000-grain weight on yield were inconsistent with different sites, varieties, and water conditions. Multivariate analysis of variance revealed that the interaction of weather factors and water management had a highly significant effect on yield and WUE (P < 0.01), while weather factors, genotype, and water management had a significant effect on WUE (P < 0.05). Thus, the effects of climate conditions and management measures on winter wheat yield, water consumption, and WUE were significantly greater than those of variety, and water factor was the influential factor on yield and WUE. Based on comprehensive yield, water consumption, and WUE analysis, Nanpi had relatively high grain yield with low water consumption and relatively high WUE. Wheat varieties with strong tillering ability were potentially suitable for planting in this region.


The potential implementation of membrane separation to bioactive compounds like soluble phenolics from aqueous and organic solvent solutions is gaining increasing interest in the recent years. The scope of this investigation is the concentration and fractionation of polyphenols from plant extracts by nanofiltration and its combination with other separation techniques (adsorption, precipitation, crystallization) in order to increase the selectivity of the process. The aim of the study is to review the observed tendencies in membrane processes applications for separation of polyphenols derived from natural products, as well as to present own results of such combination schemes on the example of extracts from several natural sources (Sideritis, grape seeds, propolis etc.). Organic solvent nanofiltration (OSN) is in the focus, applied for concentrating and fractionating polyphenolics from plant extracts. Own results using nanomembranes with different molecular weight cut-off Starmem (200 and 400 Da) and Duramem (200 to 900 Da) are included.


Air plasma spraying technology was used to prepare ZrB2–NiCr coatings for the surface protection of gears and improving their service time. The morphology of the coating was investigated by means of scanning electron microscope. The generation of new phases and decomposition of old phases in the powders and coatings were explained by Gibbs free energy calculations. The hardness and wear resistance of the coatings were measured using a Vickers microhardness tester and a ball-on-disk tribometer, respectively. The results showed that ZrB2–NiCr composite coatings present typical thermal spraying morphologies, and mainly contain ZrB2, Ni4B3 and Ni phases. In addition, the coating with an added 20 wt%ZrB2 demonstrated the lowest wear loss and highest hardness (812 HV), which was about five times that of the substrate. The wear process generated some plate-like debris for the 20ZrB2–NiCr composite coating, which suggested the occurrence of adhesive and oxidative wear, while the other coatings also showed signs of adhesive and fatigue wear on observation of the worn surfaces.


Despite widespread presumption of a wall of separation between church and state, boundaries between the activities of religious and policy organizations in the United States are fluid and endlessly renegotiated. Faith-based organizations (FBOs) are full participants in complex policy networks in some policy areas (health, education, and social services), while in other issue areas FBOs have minimal if any impact. Government policies at national, state, and local levels directly or indirectly manipulate the incentives and disincentives of believers' participation in policy-relevant activities.Religion policy encompasses a wide array of policy instruments (or policy tools), and this paper identifies the key determinants of diverse patterns of relationships among the leaders of religious and political organizations. The Bush-era faith-based initiative illustrates religion policy in action, revealing both its potential and its inherent limitations. This paper concludes with an examination of criteria by which the positive and negative consequences of increased FBO participation, for those involved in specific policy areas and for society as a whole, might be evaluated.


It would be logical to assume that for various EQA systems in this situation, there are comparable evaluation criteria necessary to reach equivalent conditions for accreditation organizations and for patient safety in various geographical areas. Above all, this applies to the value of the limits of acceptability (limit of acceptability means maximal allowed deviation of the participants individual result from the target value), where achieving cross compatibility should not present any fundamental problem. However, in reality, the value of the acceptance limits used in various EQA programmes differ widely. The analytes which were evaluated, as well as the acceptance limits of several selected EQA programmes, are presented in Table 1. From the data in Table 1, it is evident that the acceptance limit values differ significantly. The results from 380 to 402 participants in one control cycle SEKK (EQA system Pardubice, Czech Republic, survey AKS4/09) were evaluated. The assigned reference method values (RMV) obtained using reference method procedures were the criteria for success of the measurement results. Cholesterol determination was an exception, where for all laboratories, trimmed mean (ALTM) results were used. What are the reasons for the dramatic differences among the acceptance limits of various EQA programmes that are


In 19 to 30 weight percent cycloparaffins saturates fraction, the remainder being normal - and iso - paraffin at a saturates contains at least 95 wt%, with greater than a viscosity index of 120, with a pour point below -15 ° C. there lubricating base oil composition.


The Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) is one of the species of Propithecus, living in the dry forest of southwest Madagascar. This species is endangered due to the loss and fragmentation of its natural habitat, a consequence of deforestation. Thirteen novel nuclear microsatellite loci were isolated and characterized in three populations of Verreaux's sifaka. The marker suite proved informative with an average of 8.9 alleles per locus and observed heterozygosity across the three populations of 0.675.


This paper presents modeling and simulation utilizing a parallel conformal finite-difference time-domain (Yu and Mittra, 2003) code developed at the Electromagnetic Communication Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University, on a massively parallel supercomputer. Parallelization, scalability, and application to the modeling of high-end server electrical interconnects are examined.


Higher education in health has, among others, the challenge of allowing students to develop knowledge, skills, and attitudes for the exercise of their profession. In this way of teaching, the assessment of learning becomes an ally, allowing the institution, teachers, and students to reflect on the result of their actions. The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) is an instrument for assessing clinical competencies initially used in the Medicine course and since then expanded to other majors in the health sciences. The objective of this study is to report the experience of inserting the OSCE in the Dentistry course at Faculdade Pitágoras (Unidade Guarapari/ES). A workshop was held for professors in the area, covering three activities: explanatory lecture presenting the OSCE, demonstration and practical experience of planning and elaboration of the evaluation instrument, and discussion with the participants about the tool applied to their teaching reality. After four months, for institutional organization, the OSCE was implemented as a formative and summative assessment in all classes of the course, which were already inserted in the dental clinic, taking into account adaptations suggested by the teachers to meet the needs of the local reality, but preserving the model's adherence to the assessment of estimated competencies. Experience points to the OSCE as an excellent assessment tool in Dentistry and the workshop dynamics as a tool for understanding, demonstrating that teacher training was essential to success. Finally, the group is motivated to continue adopting the OSCE as an instrument for assessing clinical competencies.


It is shown that a stable temperature of the active medium of a gamma-ray laser is essential for its operation. An analysis is made of the influence of thermal expansion of a laser rod cooled with liquid helium on the feasibility of lasing in the presence of heat evolution because of the absorption of electrons and x-ray conversion photons, as well as of cascade gamma photons.


High-background applications such as climate monitoring, biology and security applications demand a large dynamic range. Under such conditions ultra-high sensitivity is not required. The resonator bolometer is a novel detector which is well-suited for these conditions. This device takes advantage of the high-density frequency multiplexing capabilities of superconducting microresonators while allowing for the use of high-Tc superconductors in fabrication, which enables a modest (1-4 K) operating temperature and larger dynamic range than is possible with conventional microresonators. The moderate operating temperature and intrinsic multiplexability of this device reduce cost and allow for large pixel counts, making the resonator bolometer especially suitable for the aforementioned applications. A single pixel consists of a superconducting microresonator whose light-absorbing area is placed on a thermally isolated island. Here we present experimental results and theoretical calculations for a prototype resonator bolometer array. Intrinsic device noise and noise equivalent power (NEP) under both dark and illuminated conditions are presented. Under dark conditions the device sensitivity is limited by the thermal noise fluctuations from the bolometer legs. Under the experimental illuminated conditions the device was photon noise limited.


The Two Noble Kinsmen, King Edward III, and Double Falsehood, presented by Atlanta's New American Shakespeare Tavern (March-June 2011)The Two Noble Kinsmen. Director: Troy Willis. Costume Design: Anne Carol Butler. Lighting Design: Harley Gould. Fight Director: Drew Reeves. Choreography: Katie Grace Morton. Music Written or Arranged by: Debra Peterson, Clarke Weigle, Stuart McDaniel, Amy Vyas. With Andrew Houchins ( Theseus, Duke of Athens), Drew Reeves (Pirithous, an Athenian General), Daniel Parvis (Palamon), Matt Nitchie (Arcite), Paul Hester (Bavian, Wooer to the Jailer's Daughter), Winslow Thomas (Jailer/Keeper) Clarke Weigle (Doctor), Nicholas Faircloth (Gerrold, a schoolmaster) Mary Saville (Hippolyta) Kathryn Lawson (Emilia), Amee Vyas (Jailer's Daughter), Stuart McDaniel (Prologue/Epilogue), Debra Peterson (Woman) Eve Butler, Erin Considine, Becky Cormier Finch (Three Queens).Edward III. Director: Andrew Houchins. Costume Design: Anne Carol Butler. Lighting Design: Harley Gould. Fight Director: Drew Reeves. With Drew Reeves (King Edward III), Matt Felten (Edward, Prince of Wales, his son), John Curran (Lord Audley), Stuart McDaniel (Lodwick, King Edward's Secretary), William S. Murphey (John the Second, King of France ), Nicholas Faircloth (Charles, Duke of Normandy, his son), Stephen Hanthorn (Philip, his second son), Josie Burgin Lawson (Philippe, Queen of England), Mary Russell (Countess of Salisbury).Double Falsehood. Director: Andrew Houchins. Costume Designer: Anne Carol Butler. Lighting Design: Mary Ruth Ralston. Fight Choreographer: Drew Reeves. With Daniel Parvis (Duke Angelo / Master of the Flocks), JeffWatkins (Citizen), Matt Felten (Roderick/Gerald), Jonathan Horne (Henriquez), Jacob York (Don Bernardo / Shepherd), Kelly Criss (Leonora/Maid / Shepherd), Clarke Weigle (Camillo / 1st Gentleman), Nicholas Faircloth (Julio / Violante's Servant), Mary Russell (Violante).1. The New American Shakespeare Tavern of Atlanta, Georgia, reached its goal of completing performances of Shakespeare's entire 39-play canon on March 17, 2011 with their official opening of Edward III, a play still not included in some editions of the complete works. More remarkably, the play ran in repertory with The Two Noble Kinsmen, opening just a week earlier. The Tavern claims to be the only American theatre to have accomplished performances of the 39-play canon. This enterprise had begun the previous June with a public notice about a financial crisis that led to the awarding of a $50,000 challenge grant; the canon completion project emerged amid this effort to revitalize the financial standing of the company (Rhue). Coming as it did on the heels, more or less, of Eric Piepenberg's New York Times article on those who pursue the completion of a personal canon, the Tavern's announced project gave me the opportunity to complete my own 39-play canon of attendance at performances, having seen Shakespeare at two Stratfords, in London, Boston, Minneapolis, New York and New England, and most recently, in Montgomery, Alabama.2. When the Tavern announced their ambitious project, they had yet to mount Henry VIII and Timon of Athens. Timon (not seen by this reviewer) ran in November 2010, with Maurice Ralson playing Timon and just three other credited roles, the rest assigned to an eight-performer "ensemble" playing multiple parts. More ambitiously, Henry VIII played in repertory with Maxwell Anderson's Anne of the Thousand Days in October 2010. At the Henry performances, the audience was greeted with the announcement that the company had completed the traditional thirty-seven play canon (that is, all plays in the First Folio, plus Pericles). Just as Henry required a full commitment to a large cast with very minimal doubling, so too did the ambitious Two Noble Kinsmen. It was all the more remarkable, then, that Kinsmen was performed in tandem with the very different yet surprisingly Shakespearean Edward III. In the midst of preparing this bill, artistic director JeffWatkins explained after the performance of Double Falsehood, the company discovered that the Arden Shakespeare series had published Double Falsehood, and that the iPhone Shakespeare app lists it as Shakespeare's fortieth play. …


The effect of a fluctuating Lorentz force on the AC magnetohydrodynamic micropump is studied. A two-dimensional transient developing laminar flow is modeled. The governing Navier-Stokes equations are solved numerically using the finite-difference method and the SIMPLE algorithm. The effect of the Hartmann number on the transient and steady-flow velocity is studied. It is found that controlling the electrical conductivity and magnetic-flux density will allow us to control the entrance region length. The effect of the Stanton number and phase angle is also included, and it is found that at high frequency, the pulsed volume is small, which yields a continuous flow instead of a pulsating flow, and the magnitude and direction of the flow can be controlled by the phase shift between the electrical and magnetic fields.PACS Nos.: 45.20.dh, 47.10.dh, 47.11.dc, 47.15.Cb


Recently, much interest has been generated in the use of intense pulsed light (IPL) sources in the treatment of various skin conditions. However, the underlying mechanism for its therapeutic action has not been elucidated.


We have revisited a previous interpretation of lunar Th abundances at Hansteen Alpha, which is thought to be a nonmare volcanic construct. Previous studies concluded that while Th abundances were higher than the surrounding mare basalts, Th abundances at Hansteen Alpha were not high enough to be indicative of known, evolved rock types. However, a forward modeling analysis of the Lunar Prospector gamma‐ray data provides evidence that Hansteen Alpha may have Th abundances up to 25 μg/g. This indicates Hansteen Alpha may be composed of a rhyolitic, volcanic lithology. We propose that a possible formation process for Hansteen Alpha is underplating where basaltic magma intrudes into and partially melts the overlying crust. The resulting partial melt is compositionally and thermally buoyant and can be erupted to produce rhyolite. Based on Earth‐analogues, underplating could explain both the composition and the relatively large volume (∼100 km3) of material represented by Hansteen Alpha.


This paper briefly introduced the current coke reactivity test method used in China, which is a standardized method mainly measuring the anti-CO 2 gasification property of coke before it enters the raceway of a blast furnace as well as the anti-pulverization property of coke after it reacts with CO 2. Knowledge development about coke reactivity in China and foreign countries was reviewed. In the last century,coke reactivity was regarded as an index expressing the anti-CO 2 gasification property of coke in a blast furnace. It was considered then that a higher coke reactivity meant a lower coke strength after reaction and was thus unfavorable for blast furnace production. However,in the 21stcentury,Nippon Steel put forward that coke reactivity only reflected the activity of coke. The company held the view that the increase in coke reactivity would improve the reaction efficiency in a blast furnace and was thus favorable for blast furnace production. The above two conclusions contradict with each other as the understanding of blast furnace production has progressed with time. This paper also described the calculation of blast furnace carbon balance and the experiments for investigating the effects of CO 2 concentration and reaction temperature on coke reactivity. On the basis of the calculation and experiments,the behavior of coke in a blast furnace with coal injection has been analyzed and the reaction weight loss rate of coke before it enters the raceway has been determined. It has been pointed out that in the current national standard,"Method of determining coke reactivity and coke strength after reaction",coke reactivity refers to the activity of coke in the reaction with CO 2. The reaction weight loss rate of coke in a blast furnace is mainly affected by the reduction performance of iron ore and the unburned pulverized coal( UPC) rate,and is irrelevant to the coke reactivity measured in labs.


The objectives of this study were: (1) to analyze the competence of female farmers in vegetable cultivation and (2) to analyze the relationship between the characteristics of respondents and the competence of women farmers in cultivating vegetable crops. This research was conducted in Wonua Village, Konda District, South Konawe Regency. The determination of the research location was carried out purposively (purposive sampling), with the consideration that Konda District is the center for vegetable production and 50% of the people in Wonua Village cultivate vegetable crops. And the farmer's wife is directly involved in vegetable farming. The number of samples in this study were 30 vegetable farmers. The data analysis used quantitative derivative analysis method and Spearman Rank Correlation analysis. The results showed that the competence of female farmers in vegetable cultivation was high. There are four identities of respondents that have a significant relationship with the competence of female farmers in vegetable cultivation in Wonua Village. These characteristics include education, farming experience, number of family dependents and farmer cosmopolitanism. Meanwhile, the other three characteristics have an insignificant relationship with the competence of female farmers in Wonua Village.


In the Antioch Review (Fall, 1960), Mr. James H. Justus published an essay, "A New Liberalism to Pay Old Debts," commenting on an essay of mine, "American Intellectuals and American Democracy," which appeared in the Antioch Review in the summer of 1959. Mr. Justus' comments were stimulating, and they were provocative in the best sense. Mr. Justus took issue with me on a number of questions, and on several of these went ahead to argue counter propositions of his own. I wish to take this opportunity to clarify some of my views and to make some observations about his. Actually, the views of Mr. Justus and myself are not so far apart as this running discussion might seem to indicate, for it is in the nature of polemical give-and-take to emphasize the areas of disagreement and to assume more or less the areas of agreement. Today, in our open society, sophisticated conservatives no longer damn the liberal tradition as heresy; but they have other ways of denigrating it. They accuse it of being naive, superficial, and callow, of misunderstanding "the nature of man" and "the human situation," of underrating the non-rational, of ignoring the basic continuities of history and social life. They tend, too, as I wrote in my original article, to appropriate for conservatism the whole humanistic tradition of the Western world, whereas, of course, that tradition has become a part, in somewhat varying ways, of Western reaction, conservatism, liberalism, radicalism, and socialism. In all fairness: An awareness of tradition, of the interplay of the rational and the non-rational, and of the continuities of history is not so much a matter of conservatism or liberalism as it is of political and social maturity. Mr. Justus writes: "Mr. Carleton implies that America suddenly sprang into being in 1780 or thereabout and that the Age of Reason is largely responsible for the American character." I implied no such thing.


Abstract A magnetic survey was carried out along a NW–SE trending monchiquiteintrusion near Llanllowell, Gwent. The intrusion was previously thought to be a dyke, 23m long and 5 m wide, and that it may have been an extension of a second monchiquite intrusion at Great House to the southeast. However, the survey revealed the intrusion to beat least 34 m long, up to 20 m wide, and independent of the Great House intrusion. Evidence suggests that both of these monchiquite intrusions in central Gwent may have been feeder pipes to post-Lower Carboniferous volcanoes.


In this paper we discuss the role of a broker in a market-oriented resource allocation model for large-scale heterogeneous systems. The simplified model is based upon a three party system, provider-broker-consumer. The allocation of resources is determined by their price, their utility to the consumer, and by the satisfaction of the consumer. The role of the broker is to add societal objectives to resource allocation algorithms and to mediate between greedy consumers and selfish providers. A simulation experiment was conducted to study the transient and the steady-state behavior of several performance measures, including the average consumer satisfaction, the average utility, and the hourly revenue.


The development research is initiated by the lack of students' knowledge in determining the understand the concept of hydrocarbons, and aimed at designing the student worksheet based on Think Talk Write (TTW). Using Research and Development model of 3D (Define, Design, and Develop), this study included validation sheet, teacher and students questionnaires, and pretest posttest as the instruments. The study revealed a number of findings. First, the average score of validation criteria was 94,60% (strongly valid), with an average score of media expert by 93,75% (strongly valid). Second, the results of practicality criteria taken from the students respon were 93,8% (strongly practical), and from the teacher respon was 82,8% (strongly practical). Third, the effectiveness criteria of pretest and posttest after taught using student worksheet based on TTW and counted by N-gain was considered very good (0,75). In conclusion, the student worksheet based on TTW is effectively used as teaching materials in hydrocarbon in class XI Science MA Al-Mustaqim.


A precise phase modulation and demodulation method was proposed to retrieve temperature distributions in axisymmetric flames by using a single-wavelength large lateral shearing interferometer. A spatial light modulator (SLM) was employed to vary the phases in each pixel continuously in the flame-phase measurement. The uniqueness of the phase extraction was mathematically proved for the first time, and a least square method was applied to recover the profile of flame phase in the interferometer. The ambiguity of the phases at different cycles of $2\pi $ was eliminated. The phase shift at each pixel was uniquely determined and verified by using simulated data. Further, precise-phase distributions were utilized to retrieve the temperature distribution in a laminar flame. In actual experiments, four axisymmetric laminar flames from diffused to premixed flames were generated by using a Bunsen burner. Profiles of temperature distribution in the flames were extracted and agreed well with the results scanned by using a thermocouple. With the increase of airflow rate, the position of high-temperature zone was observed moving down, and the thermal structure of the premixed flame became more and more obvious. The preheating zone, reaction front, and reaction zone inside the flames were clearly captured.


This work aims to contribute to the understanding of the affective dimensions of teaching-learning process, with the prospect of creating possibilities for reflection to all those who believe that education is the possible dream where projects and achievements will enable it through relational literacy Human. Education is cultural production, knowledge is socially produced in this dynamic social context, the teaching-learning process takes place through interaction one who teaches and the one who sets out to learn. The education act to achieve their goal of forming autonomous and competent citizens, imposes an intentional attitude of the educator can not be limited to a spontaneous teaching-learning relationship. The educational process is the product of an exogenous intervention (external factors) as well as endogenous (internal factors) requires the educator in a process of interaction with the student to intervene in their learning process.


Abstract Rail transport is an environmentally friendly form of passenger transport which can be utilized effectively also in urban and suburban transport systems. The paper describes the urban and suburban rail transport system including comparison of selected Czech (Prague, Brno and Ostrava) and German metropolitan regions (Munich, Nuremberg and Dresden). Its aim is to analyze the importance of various factors influencing the differences between the situation in Germany and in the Czech Republic. Therefore, the research question is whether these differences are primarily caused by a different liberalization stage, or whether they are a result of other factors such as available infrastructure, investment level, rail transport services budget, structure and activity of ordering bodies and coordinators or geographical context. The supply of city and suburban rail transport is quite good in Germany and in the Czech Republic, although trains in Munich, Nuremberg and Dresden run more frequently, faster and are better interconnected with car transport. German rail transport sector is at a higher stage of liberalization, and tendering procedures are the preferred selection method for contractor carriers. However, a degree of liberalization of the railway sector is not the key marker indicating a better standard of urban and suburban rail transport in Germany because it is the high standard which is achieved as the consequence of the professional activity of the ordering bodies and train service coordinators in combination with geographical conditions, available financial sources and effective transport infrastructure. On the other hand, the importance of liberalization cannot be totally overlooked as tenders are a tool for the ordering bodies to strongly affect the price and quality of transport services in their area. The supply of better quality and attractive transport to passengers could increase the usage of rail transport in metropolitan regions and could have indirect but important socio-economic impacts


In addition to resource value, the cost of finding mates may affect how much males invest in fights for females. The cost of finding females may be imposed through natural factors extrinsic to males, such as female spatial distribution and predation pressure, which can be challenging to simulate in laboratory conditions. Therefore, studies under natural conditions may be suitable for understanding how the costs of finding mating partners affect male investment in fights. We used the spider Trichonephila clavipes to evaluate the hypotheses that males in field conditions invest more in contests for access to 1) unmated and 2) more fecund females and 3) when access to females is harder. To test these hypotheses, we recorded the occurrence, duration, and escalation of induced contests between males located in webs of females that differed in reproductive status (estimated by female life stage), fecundity (estimated by female abdominal area), and spatial distribution (i.e., isolated or aggregated with webs of other females). The occurrence and duration of contests were unrelated to female value or search costs. However, the probability for escalation was higher when males were fighting for adult (and probably mated) females. We also found that males tended to start a contest more often in aggregated webs. These results indicate that males of T. clavipes adjust investment in contests but contrarily to what we expected. We suggest that males invest more in contests for adult females because they are defending females that they previously fertilized to avoid sperm competition.


This article firstly makes a comprehensive analysis about the features of depositional system during the Late Oligocene of Baiyun depression in the deep-water region of northern South China Sea,using single well facies,seismic facies and seismic velocity-lithology analysis.Study shows that transgression started developing during the Late Oligocene.Probably,the sea water entered from the east and overlaped towards the west.Main depositional system tracts of Zhuhai sequence displays the consistent feature of multi sediment-source filling.There is a large scale S-type progradational reflection configuration prograding to the south in northeast of the depression(around BY1-2).Another large scale S-type progradational reflection configuration prograding to the northeast exists in the south of the depression.In northwest of the depression(Well BY1-1 and the west area of it),there are two middle-sized brush-like progradational reflection configurations prograding to the south.According to the sandstone index distribution converted from seismic velocity-lithology analysis,there are several relative high sandy areas in the eastern part,northern boundary,west corner,southwest and southeast direction of the depression.There are three palaeodrainage patterns in LST: northern palaeodrainage pattern(fluvial-fan delta),southern palaeodrainage pattern(fan delta) and eastern palaeodrainage pattern(fan delta).There are two palaeodrainage patterns in HST: northern palaeodrainage pattern(fluvial channels-fan delta) and western palaeodrainage pattern(delta-fan delta facies).The feature of multi sediment-source filling shows that the depositional environment during the whole Late Oligocene likely was restricted sea circumstance.The fan delta front in the gentle slope of southern Panyu low uplift and delta regime in the long axis direction of southern Baiyun depression have great significance for exploration.


The Canonical Binding Theory (Chomsky, 1981) assumes three major classes of expressions, anaphors, pronominals and R-expressions. However, it has been found that many languages have a richer system. In this thesis I investigate the anaphoric systems of a number of closely related languages spoken in Indonesia. The selected languages have a further element that is in some sense in-between anaphors and pronominals. I refer to these as 'half reflexives', since they can be both locally and non-locally bound. The languages under discussion show a further interesting puzzle, in that the pronoun dio in Palembangnese and in the variety spoken Village Jambi can have a reflexive interpretation. Contrarily, the pronoun dio in City Jambi differs from the Village dialect and is subject to Principle B. In this thesis I argue that the complexity of half reflexives explains why reflexivity in the selected languages is only licensed, but not enforced. I further show that the differences in binding behavior of dio in Palembangnese and the Village Jambi variety as compared to the other languages can be explained on the basis of an independent property, namely the absence of a number contrast.


Summary Philippines stingless bee (Tetragonula biroi Friese) pot-pollen are known for their advantageous effects on human health due to a high nutritional value and a broad range of beneficial physiological and pharmacological effects. However, safety aspects regarding this product were rarely examined. Therefore, pollen samples from the Philippines were analyzed for inorganic contaminants and microbiological quality. Obtained values for heavy metals (e.g., arsenic 0.015–0.032 mg/kg, cadmium 0.053–0.153 mg/kg and lead 0.017–0.155 mg/kg) were generally lower compared to previous studies and most were within the safety limits. Further, microbial counts for total aerobic microorganisms, yeasts and molds, Enterobacteriaceae, E. coli, Salmonella, and Staphylococcus aureus were in accordance with the recommended values. Microbial population was diverse and the identified species were mostly endosporeformers such as Bacillus spp. and Clostridium spp., and molds because of the low water activity and low pH of the pot-pollens. Results indicated that good practices in agriculture, hygiene and manufacturing in every step of the production chain must be implemented in order to enhance the quality and safety of this bee product. Overall, pot-pollens from T. biroi are safe for human consumption if hygienic principles are applied.


Attempts to simulate the effects of environmental complexity changes in business yielded the realization that much exploratory work needs to be done to (a) demonstrate that complexity has increased universally, and (b) to elucidate what contributory factors are at work in this environment. Accordingly, the team decided to undertake exploratory work to see if universal factors that increase complexity could be identified. The method involved brainstorming ideas, formulating a hypothesis, and conducting a literature review and analysis. We conclude that the effects of globalization and the widespread adoption of technology are indeed universal factors that profoundly increase complexity. This may be considered a partial list, and much more work in this area remains to be done.


A new varying-c cosmological model, constructed using two additional assumptions, which was introduced in our previous work, is briefly reviewed and the dynamic equation of the model is derived distinctly from a semi-Newtonian approach. The results of this model, using a term and an extra energy-momentum tensor, are considered separately. It is shown that the Universe began from a hot Big Bang and expands forever with a constant deceleration parameter regardless of its curvature. Finally, the age, the radius, and the energy content of the Universe are estimated and some discussion about the type of the geometry of the Universe is provided. PACS Nos.: 98.80.Bp, 98.80.Jk


We report analyses of a Brazilian study of early onset schizophrenia (BEOS) families. We genotyped 22 members of 4 families on a linkage SNP array and report here non-parametric linkage analyses using MERLIN® software. We found suggestive evidence for linkage on two chromosomal regions, 13q32 and 11p15.4. A LOD score of 2.71 was observed at 13q32 with a one LOD interval extending from 60.63–92.35 cM. From simulations, this LOD score gave a genome-wide empirical corrected p = 0.33, after accounting for all markers tested. Similarly 11p15.4 showed the same maximum LOD of 2.71 and a narrower one LOD interval of 4–14 cM. Of these, 13q32 has been reported to be linked to schizophrenia by multiple different studies. Thus, our study provides additional supporting evidence for an aetiological role of variants at 13q32 in schizophrenia.


Systems and methods for controlling a vehicle having a traction battery having a plurality of cell groups, each of which has a plurality of battery cells connected in series which contain balancing each cell of each cell group with a corresponding autonomous Zellbalancierschaltung and interconnecting a single, associated with each cell group output to an associated battery monitoring circuit. An integrated driver and switch circuit adjusts the voltage from a linked group of cells to provide battery monitoring circuitry having a voltage range corresponding to a voltage range of a single cell to the use of existing designs for battery monitoring circuitry and the subsequent input into a battery microprocessor based controller easier. The cell balancing is performed on each cell having a cell group associated with each battery monitoring circuit.


We address the energy-efficient broadcasting problem in ad hoc wireless networks. First we show that finding the minimum energy broadcast tree is NP-complete and develop an approximation algorithm, which computes sub-optimal solutions in polynomial time. We present a distributed algorithm that computes all N possible broadcast trees simultaneously with O(N2 ) message complexity. We compare our algorithm's performance to the best known centralized algorithm, and show that it constructs trees consuming, on average, only 18% more energy. Finally, we introduce the multiple source broadcasting problem, and explore algorithms that address this problem. Thesis Supervisor: Eytan Modiano Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Li Shu Title: Communications and Network Engineer, The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory


The "Three Caos",namely,Cao Cao,Cao Pi and Cao Zhi,not only inherit but also further develop Confucian literary conception-the political and educational functions in Confucian literary conception and the aesthetic function.The latter can be summarized into three aspects: first,they stress the expression of personal emotions;second,they pursue flowery language;third,they advocate and practice writing techniques in poems and phonology.Generally speaking,they hold aesthetic points of view towards literature.Their literary conception forms a connecting link between the preceding and the following,exerting substantial influence on the later literary theories.


After the collapse of the Hittite Empire a number of minor kingdoms were established in Southern Anatolia and Northern Syria. Their material culture was strongly influenced by Hittite art, Luwian hieroglyphs were frequently used in the inscriptions. Therefore these states are commonly labelled as "Late Hittite" or "Syro-Hittite" by modern scholars, following the Assyrian designation of this region as the "Lands of Hatti". The cultural and, for some time, also political centre was the city of KarkamiS, in which the dynasty of the Hittite Great King Suppiluliuma I is attested at least until the 11th century BC.1 The Neo-Hittite states were incorporated into the Assyrian Empire at the end of the 8th century. In contrast to the designation of these states as "Late Hittite", Arameans rather than Luwians became the dominating ethnic and linguistic element in most of them from the 10th century onwards.2 Thus, many attempts have been undertaken by modern scholars to point out the differences of "Aramean" and "Luwian" elements in the "Late Hittite" culture.3 Most of them failed. It seems that acculturation processes of different "ethnic" groups are much more complex than to allow simple solutions about the origin of single elements. Instead, it is more promising to extract some characteristics and, with that, some regularities of acculturation processes.4


The present research work deals with the thermal behavior of Ga10Se90 chalcogenide glass prepared by melt quenching technique. The kinetics of crystallization of Ga10Se90 glassy alloy at different heating rates 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 K/min was studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) using non-isothermal means. DSC experimental method is currently employed for determining the kinetic parameters of crystallization in Ga10Se90 glassy alloy. These parameters include the activation energy of crystallization (Ec), activation energy of glass transition temperature (Eg) and crystallization enthalpy (ΔHc). The average value of Ec is found to 96.06 kJ/mol and Eg is found to be 151.17 kJ/mol respectively. The results of crystallization have been discussed on the basis of different models such as Kissinger's approach and modification for non-isothermal crystallization in addition to Ozawa and Avrami.


A new biostratigraphic zonation for the middle Miocene Barstow Formation based on the mammalian megafauna is presented. Four biostratigraphic zones are outlined, two containing fossil assemblages of early Barstovian (Ba1) age, and two with late Barstovian (Ba2) assemblages. Recommendations are made for defining and characterizing the Barstovian North American Land Mammal Age (NALMA). The Ba1 biochron is defined based on the first occurrence of Plithocyon, and the base of the Ba2 biochron is revised based on the first appearance of the antilocaprid Ramoceros. The ursid Plithocyon remains a valid defining taxon for the base of the Barstovian NALMA. The use of both gomphotheriid and mammutid proboscideans to define the base of the Ba1 or Ba2 is abandoned due to the diachrony of first appearances across North America. The Ba1 biochron is additionally characterized based on the first appearance of the equid Scaphohippus. The base of the Ba2 biochron is revised based on the first appearance of Ramoceros. The Ba2 can also be characterized by the first appearance of the borophagine canid Protepicyon and the anchitherine equid Megahippus.


This summary presents the objectives findings lessons learned and recommendations of the Fall 1998 evaluation of a quality assurance (QA) program in Niger. The Niger QA Project (QAP) began in the Tahoua region in 1993. In 1997 the project merged with another health care program--Basic Support for Institutionalizing Child Survival (BASICS)--to become the joint QAP/BASICS project. Later the Konni District and the Boboye District were selected for QAP/IMCI (Integrated Management of Childhood Illness) interventions; this was the first time in the history of international health interventions that IMCI was introduced in an environment where QA practices were in place. Important lessons learned from the evaluation of the first 5 years of the Niger QAP and QAP/BASICS relate to the savings and benefits derived from introducing IMCI in a QA environment the ability to learn and adapt QA principles and implement solutions the development of teamwork among QA-trained staff and the importance of coaching and meetings to support and sustain QA activities. The case of QA in Tahoua stands out as an example of how QA activities can improve the quality of care even in the face of severe financial constraints.


ragile X syndrome is the most frequent hereditary cause of mental retardation. This X-linked disorder is caused by amplification of a fragile polymorphic site (a CGG repeat) in the 5′ untranslated region of FMR1 (the fragile X mental retardation 1 gene) at Xq27.3. One of the cardinal characteristics of fragile X syndrome in male patients is testicular enlargement. The enlargement is bilateral, and the testes exhibit no nodules and are histologically normal.1 Testicular microlithiasis (TM) is an abnormality that is usually detected incidentally during an ultrasonographic examination. Testicular microlithiasis is known to be associated with various conditions, including infertility, cryptorchidism, testicular tumors, hypogonadism, Klinefelter syndrome, Down syndrome, testicular or appendiceal torsion, male hermaphroditism, and neurofibromatosis. This abnormality can also occur after orchiopexy.2–5 In this report, we describe TM in 3 siblings, 1 with fragile X syndrome confirmed by DNA studies and 2 with clinically suspected fragile X syndrome. To our knowledge, the literature contains no previous reports of TM in siblings or TM associated with fragile X syndrome.


S u m m a r y : The compound, [Ca{Sn^-OSiMe 2 Bu' ) 3 } 2 ] 1, was prepared by the condensation reaction of Ca(OSiMe 2Bu') 2 with Sn(OSiMe2Bu')2 in dme. The structural characterisation revealed that 1 crystallises in the monoclinic system {Space group P2,/n (non-standard NP 14)}. Each of the two S n ^ O S i M e 2 B u ' ) 3 anion binds the Ca(II) cation in an η 6 fashion [av. Ca Ο 2.408 A ]. Mult inuclear [ l 3 C, " S i and " 9 S n ] solid-state N M R spectroscopic studies are also reported. Compound 1 showed satisfactory elemental analysis.


Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) is highly prevalent and may progress to chronic diseases if left un-treated. Early detection and diagnosis are crucial to prevent the complications associated with NAFLD. Fatty liver diagnosis is widely done through ultrasound scanning. Based on the density of fat, the liver is classified into four categories. The ultrasonic texture characteristics of liver parenchyma vary with the concentration of fat, and hence the radiographers use this as a property to classify the fatty liver. Classifying the nonalcoholic fatty liver is highly challenging to the radiographers due to the minute variations observed in the characteristics of the texture. To assist the radiographers in doing accurate diagnosis, we propose a novel computer-assisted novel algorithm based on compressed transfer scattering coefficients and ensemble subspace KNN classifier. The proposed algorithm classified the texture with an accuracy of 98.8% when tested on a data size of 1000 images, where each category consists of 250 images each.


Environmental pollution nature of heavy metals has recently received considerable attention. Cadmium is one of the heavy metals which is critical for the human health[1,2]. Cadmium is widely used in industry, especially in electroplating pigments for Saeid Nazari1*, Azizollah Nezhadali2, Mohadese Biabani2, Hossein Eshghi3 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hakim Sabzevari University, PO. Box 397, Sabzevar, (IRAN) Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Payame Noor,Thehran, (IRAN) Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, (IRAN) E-mail: email@example.com; firstname.lastname@example.com


Thin gate oxides used in metal‐oxide‐semiconductor devices are susceptible to mobile ion contamination introduced at critical patterning levels during photoresist stripping. Trace amounts of heavy, alkali metal ions such as sodium (Na+) and potassium (K+) that are found in even the best photoresists are very difficult to oxidize and do not form volatile products that can be easily removed in a typical O2 plasma. These ionic, heavy metals and their byproducts can be driven into critical underlying layers by self‐induced bias potentials and positive ion bombardment within an O2 plasma environment. To examine this potential problem, a series of commercially available photoresist ashing systems were selected to study the influence of process‐induced mobile ion contamination on sensitive underlying devices. The systems tested included a ''downstream'' rf plasma asher, a ''downstream'' microwave plasma system, and a nonplasma ozone ashing system. In this study, photoresist stripping rates and mobile ion (Ni) co...


In the field of Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems, road traffic actors detection is a vital task in order to avoid human errors in driving. Unlike camera only-based convolutional neural networks for 2D object detection, multimodality using improve object detectors accuracy and robustness. In this paper, we propose Stacked Fusion Double RetinaNet (SFD-Retina) and Gated Fusion Double RetinaNet (GFD-Retina), two convolutional neural networks taking multimodal data (RGB, Depth from Stereo, Optical Flow, LIDAR Point Cloud) as input. These networks combine efficiently sensor specific properties by using both early fusion and middle fusion for detecting road objects and their 2D localization. Evaluation of SFD-Retina and GFD-Retina on the challenging KITTI object detection benchmark shows that using sensor fusion improve significantly object detection accuracy. Moreover, GFD-Retina with Gated Fusion Unit outperforms SFD-Retina with Stacked Fusion Unit, and obtain satisfying results against state-of-the-art algorithms.


1.The angiotensin II antagonist, 1‐Sar‐8‐Ala‐angiotensin II (saralasin), was infused intravenously at a rate of 10 μg/kg per min in thirty‐three hypertensive patients, on a normal sodium diet (130 mmol per day) and/or during sodium depletion by low sodium diet (20 mmol per day) and chlorthalidone.


In this paper, we consider the problem of relay placement and resource sharing among the relays and the base station in a cellular network. Specifically, we focus on the problem of deploying half duplex relays in cellular systems employing soft frequency reuse (SFR) and fractional frequency reuse (FFR) schemes. For both SFR and FFR schemes, we propose strategies for relay placement and assigning mobile stations among the relays and the base station. We also propose strategies for allocating the spectrum among the relays and the base station, which are consistent with the frequency planning of SFR and FFR layouts. We study the performance of the proposed techniques using simulations of a cellular network with 19 cells layout. Our results show that the proposed relay-aided schemes achieve significant improvements in terms of both coverage probability and throughput over the conventional cellular system without relays.