The structure and working principle of the patented experimental device for the strip wound prestressed dies are introduced.The curve of electrical voltage vs.winding tension is established by the calibrating experiments.The winding experimental investigations aimed to the cylinder-like dies with thick wall thickness are carried out.The strip wound die is successfully developed by solving the problems of starting and ending by glue and others.The magnitude of prestress acting on the outer surface of die is calculated based on the measurement of its inner diameter.The technical advantages of the strip wound dies are proved based on the comparison with the conventional annual-ring type prestressed dies.


There is serious of electric current harmonics during the oil-drilling rigs' power systems' working,which affects the stability of the power systems work.The characteristic of the harmonics of the oil-drilling rigs with Non-linear loads was focused on,and a special shunt active power filter(SAPF) was designed.The key technologies of the SAPF is introduced,including its real-time detection circuit,current tracking control circuit,DC side of the converter control circuit and so on.Simulation and the experiment showed that the SAPF suppression harmonics of the Rig Power Bus achieved good results,and proved its actual value.


heart seem to make it possible. Kellogg's investigations, for technical reasons, cannot be regarded as satisfactory, and the argument from gross structure to function is a dangerous one. In this, as in so many problems of embryology, the high court of appeal must be physiology, and those who have approached the problem from the physiological standpoint do not find the doctrine accepted by Prof. Frazer susceptible to interpretation in terms of their data. Sir Joseph Barcroft' 2 and co-workers,3 ' and Windle and Becker,5 have shown that there is indisputable separation of the two blood streams in the foetal right atrium. The investigations of these workers, based on blood-gas analyses and direct inspection of the hearts of living mammalian embryos under optimum conditions, must be accepted. It remains a problem for the organogenists to find an anatomical basis for a satisfactory explanation of this physiological separation of these two blood streams.I am, etc., Anatomy Department, London Hospital J. D. BOYD. Medical College, Sept. 23.


Instructions on how to access and search the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Codification Standards and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and explanatory resources available to Baruch students and faculty. Details how to Baruch accountancy students and faculty may access the database FASB Codification of Accounting Standards


ABSTRACT Background: We evaluated the association between polymorphisms in the tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) (-G308A) gene and upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) in schistosomiasis. Methods: This was a transverse study involving 294 Brazilian patients infected with Schistosoma mansoni. Results: The homozygous A/A genotype in TNF-α (-G308A) showed a risk association (prevalence ratio = 1.90, p = 0.008) with UGIB. There was no statistically significant difference in serum TNF-α levels between the clinical groups. Conclusions: The polymorphic TNF-α (-G308A) can be a risk factor for UGIB, in addition to being a potentially predictive factor for the severity of UGIB in schistosomiasis.


Clustering-based unsupervised domain adaptation (UDA) for person re-identification aims to learn in the unlabeled target domain. However, the noise problem of clustering-based generated pseudo labels remains under-explored, and these wrong labels can mislead the feature learning process. In this paper, we propose a consistent and intensive pseudo label refinement method in which pseudo labels generated in two different feature spaces, local and global, refine each other to improve the pseudo label quality of the final clusters. Then we utilize a quantitative criterion to measure label inaccuracy and fine-tune the target domain to reduce the noise by an inaccuracy-guided pseudo label optimization scheme. On a strong benchmark, we demonstrate the superiority of the method with extensive experiments. Specifically, our method outperforms the baseline by 7.2% mAP on the Duke2Market task and 0.5% mAP on the Market2MSMT task over the state-of-the-art.


The invention discloses a method for preparing xanthan gum with high viscosity in fresh water, which comprises the following steps: pyruvic acid or calcium pyruvate is added to xanthan gum fermented liquid, the mixture is stirred evenly and is added with ethanol for solid-liquid separation, and the extracted xanthan gum is added to the ethanol for solid-liquid separation is performed; and then the xanthan gum is extracted again to be dried, the dried solid is crushed and packed to obtain the xanthan gum with high viscosity in the fresh water. The viscosity of the xanthan gum produced by the invention in the fresh water can be increased by 150cp, the additive amount in the fresh water system can be reduced by more than 5 percent; moreover, the suspended stabilization of the xanthan gum is not affected. Therefore, the method is an ideal thickening agent in the fresh water system.


For the demand of standardized, digitalized and intelligent grid dispatching, a fault diagnosis model based on the fusion of communication network and grid data is proposed which includes three steps: multi-source data fusion, deep learning model, and diagnosis model optimization. A multi-source data fusion system of TMS data, regulation cloud data, and other grid professional data is established. A global optimization model construction method based on historical accuracy and real-time validity is proposed. The deployment and application of the model improves the hidden danger warning capability, fault detection capability and fault disposal efficiency of the power grid and communication network to ensure efficient and stable operation of the power grid.


Densities of three binary systems, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ([BMIM][BF4]) + ethanol, [BMIM][BF4] + benzene, and [BMIM][BF4] + acetonitrile, over the miscible composition range at T = (313.2 to 473.2) K were measured by means of a densimeter at elevated pressure up to 2.00 MPa. The total uncertainty of density was ± 0.0009 g·cm−3. The experimental densities were correlated by an empirical equation. The total average relative deviation (ARD) was 0.08 %, and then the excess molar volumes, VE, were calculated using the experimental densities. The uncertainty of the excess molar volumes was estimated to be about ± 0.008 cm3·mol−1.


The study of β-cell function in vivo has been hampered by the relative inaccessibility of the pancreas as well as the hybrid exocrine/endocrine nature of the organ. This has limited the ability to correlate structure with function, although some efforts have been made in this regard (1,2). Moreover, there are no tests available that can easily, accurately, and reproducibly measure β-cell secretion in a way that might be clinically relevant or influence therapeutic decisions for individual patients (3). The issue is further compounded by the conflation of β-cell function with β-cell mass, where the former can be taken to represent response to a "physiological" challenge and the latter is represented by the (presumed) maximal response to a "supra-physiological" challenge (4). How these relate to the numbers of functional islets or to islet "health" and integrity remains unknown, despite numerous efforts to image β-cell mass in vivo. Unfortunately in a time when an echocardiogram is routinely used for the assessment of cardiac structure and function, diabetologists are stuck with the equivalent of Laennec's stethoscope.

The response to a meal is affected by multiple factors (Fig. 1), including gastric accommodation, gastric trituration of complex food, intraluminal digestion, and subsequent absorption (5–8). In addition, the prevailing degree of insulin action will also alter β-cell secretion; indeed for glucose tolerance to be maintained, β-cell function must be able to compensate for impaired insulin action (4). This concept is embodied in the disposition index, which describes the hyperbolic relationship between the two parameters (9) (Fig. 1). Examination of insulin secretion in disease states where these parameters are directly or indirectly affected by the disease process …


I already had a project and a dvd player (playstation 3) so it seemed like it would be simple to convert our small backyard into


In many languages there is a genetive subject which is a genetive in the form of a case but a subject in a practical manner. And also Korean has this grammatical construction. But some people insist that this construction has been derived from Japanese and is incorrect construction. But genetive subject has been used from the old Korean period in Hyangka. So they are not abnormal at all. On the contrary it was a familiar expression in old Korean period. We can know this because of the frequent appearance of this construction in Hyangka. And some linguists insist that this construction is derived from normal subiect construction by the change of a semantic feature. Also some linguists insist that this construction is derived from normal subject construction by the deletion of a same nominal phrase. But I assert that the original structure of the genetive subject construction and the normal subject construction is not same and these constructions are different in the form of a structure.


Objective To develop RT-PCR kits for detection and identification of type A and subtype H5 avien influnza virus (AIV). Methods Two pairs of primes were designed for type A and subtype H5 avian influenza vir us according to the report by Ming-Shiuh Lee. The cDNA of AIV were amplified by one step RT-PCR for AIV type A and subtype H5, and identified by electrophores is analysis. The RT-PCT kits for AIV type A and subtype H5 were assembled. The H1-H15 reference strains and 38 isolated strains were detected using the RT -PCR kits. Results The RT-PCR method for detection of AIV type A and subt ype H5 was established. All stains of AIV were positive using RT-PCR kits for A type. The sensitivity of this kit was 1/1024 hemagglutinin unit. Subtype H5 reference strains and 19 subtype H5 isolated strains were positively detected using the RT-PCR kit for AIV subty pe H5. Subtypes H1-H4 and H6-H15 reference strains, subtypes H7 and H9 isolated strains, and 1 subtype H5 isolated strain showed a negative result. The sensiti vity of this kit was 1/64 hemagglutinin unit for AIV subtype H5. The samples of H5N1 AIV infected chicken were all positively detected using these two types of kits. Conclusion The RT-PCR kits for AIV type A and subtype H5 are excellent in specificity, sensitivity, stability and reproducibility.


This article has analyzed the nature of troposphere delay effect on GPS positioning error systematically.Based on Hopfield model and Saastamoinen model,the author proposed one kind of simple troposphere delay revision model applied under the condition of lacking of the actual measured meteorological parameters.Also,matlab simulation software is used to analyze the real measured data by the static and dynamic receivers,and the experimental results indicate that the simply-revised model can eliminate 70% of troposphere delay effects or so,and that the GPS positioning accuracy can be effectively improved.


5 Construction businesses expanding internationally often need to devise corporate social responsibility 6 (CSR) as an indispensable component of their competitive strategies. Companies will customize their 7 CSR programs in line with host countries' institutional environments, meanwhile, this customization 8 will be unavoidably influenced by the institutions at home countries. This research aims to explore 9 whether the institutional distance between home and host countries matters to CSR, in particular its 10 related environmental and social practices. Data regarding the CSR practices in host countries are 11 extracted from CSR/sustainability reports by using content analysis and text mining. Logistic regression 12 models are then applied to test the roles of institutional distance and host country contexts on the two 13 types of CSR practices. It is found that the institutional distance has no impact on environmental 14 practices in host countries, but the embedded contexts of host countries positively affect the practices. 15 It is also found that the institutional distance is positively correlated with social practices; however, the 16 positive relationship is less pronounced when the host country's development level is higher. The 17 novelty of this research lies in considering both host countries' contexts and the institutional distance. 18 The findings offer companies new insights on how to engage in environmental and social practices and 19 develop CSR strategies in international construction markets. 20 21


This article intends to deepen in the documentation of papal nuncio and other officials of the Roman curia, leaving from the examples sent to the abbot of the monastery of San Isidoro de Leon, Francisco Gasca Salazar, personage that starred in numerous lawsuits while occupied that position. This way, we try to develop the lawsuits and to make a diplomatic study of this kind of documents, found in San Isidoro's archive.


The rate of the interconversion of 2- and 1-phenylcycloheptatriene upon heating has been measured. These 1-5 shifts - in which the phenyl group is attached to the non-shifting double bond — are somewhat faster than in unsubstituted cycloheptatriene.


This review examines the immobilization of A. pullulans cells for production of the fungal polysaccharide pullulan. Pullulan is a water-soluble gum that exists structurally as a glucan consisting primarily of maltotriose units, which has a variety of food, non-food and biomedical applications. Cells can be immobilized by carrier-binding or entrapment techniques. The number of studies utilizing carrier-binding as a method to immobilize A. pullulans cells appears to outnumber the investigations using cell entrapment. A variety of solid supports, including polyurethane foam, sponge, diatomaceous earth, ion-exchanger, zeolite and plastic composite, have been employed to immobilize pullulan-producing A. pullulans cells. The most effective solid support that was used to adsorb the fungal cells was polyurethane foam which produced polysaccharide after 18 cycles of use. To entrap pullulan-producing fungal cells, agents such as polyurethane foam, polyvinyl alcohol, calcium alginate, agar, agarose, carrageenan and chitosan were investigated. Polysaccharide production by cells entrapped in polyurethane foam, polyvinyl alcohol or calcium alginate was highest and the immobilized cells could be reutilized for several cycles. It was shown that the pullulan content of the polysaccharide synthesized by cells entrapped in calcium alginate beads was low, which limits the method's usefulness for pullulan production. Further, many of the entrapped fungal cells synthesized polysaccharide with a low pullulan content. It was concluded that carrier-binding techniques may be more effective than entrapment techniques for A. pullulans cell immobilization, since carrier-binding is less likely to affect the pullulan content of the polysaccharide being synthesized.


According to experimental data shape memory alloys have some rheonomous properties. The results of simulation of these properties in framework of analog of viscous-plastic model are presented.


The present work studies the valuative structure of some extensively used division algebras in the theory of central simple algebras. A first example of such division algebras is the generic abelian crossed product which served to settle many interesting conjectures concerning the cyclicity of division p-algebras, the existence of division algebras with involution of the first kind which are not tensor products of quaternion algebras and the existence of indecomposable division p-algebras of prime exponent. We show in the first chapter that these generic abelian crossed products are algebras of central quotients of semiramified graded division algebras over graded fields. This new structure enables us to generalize many constructions previously made with generic abelian crossed products. Also, it allows us to classify semiramified graded division algebras that have the same support and the same 0-component. In the second chapter, we study graded field extensions and give many new results concerning especially tame and normal graded field extensions. We study then nicely semiramified division algebras over Henselian fields and simplify the necessary and sufficient conditions for division algebras over a Henselian field to be nicely semiramified. We define what we call nondegenerate division algebras over Henselian fields and use them to give examples of indecomposable division algebras of prime exponent. Also, we describe the valuative structure of nondegenerate tame semiramified division algebras over Henselian fields. Finally, in the last chapter, we determine necessary and sufficient conditions for tame division algebras over a Henselian field to have Kummer subfields. This generalizes the study of Amitsur and Tignol for Malcev-Neumann division algebras and also the study of Morandi and Sethuraman for a special kind of tame division algebras over Henselian fields. We give also conditions for a tame semiramified division algebras over a Henselian field to by non-cyclic and also to be a non elementary abelian crossed product.


We present in this Letter the results of a study focusing on vulcanized poly(butadiene–styrene butadiene rubber) (PB–SBR) diblock copolymers in the microphase-separated state filled with various amounts of silica nanoparticles. It is demonstrated that the microphase separation of PB and SBR blocks is preserved in composites with a silica mass content of ≤60 parts per hundred rubber (phr). The only effect of silica incorporation is a more restricted long-range order of the block copolymer morphology. The most interesting finding is, however, that through mechanical mixing the silica nanoparticles are highly selectively incorporated in the SBR phase up to high filler contents. This opens new opportunities toward a rational design of the filler network in composites with self-assembled elastomer matrixes and results in advantageous mechanical properties for tire-tread applications.


Background: TSS is commonly associated with various WEDs in postoperative period, which can lead to prolonged hospital stay, readmission and rarely be life threatening. There is scarcity of prospective studies regarding various factors which could predict occurrence of these disturbances. Aims and Objectives: To prospectively study the prevalence, presentation and clinical course of WEDs following TSS in patients with pituitary adenoma and assess potential risk factors for these disturbances. Results: Forty patients (median age 45.5 years, 60% male) harbored 25 clinically hormone inactive and 15 hormone secreting pituitary adenoma. Postoperative WEDs occurred in 45 % of the patients; in 22.5 % as transient diabetes insipidus (DI) %, in 5 % as biphasic response, in 5% as isolated SIADH, in 12.5% as persistent DI. Median day of onset of DI was day 2 and remission was day 4. Median day of onset of SIADH was day 5 and remission was day 9. Younger age and greater adenoma volume were associated with increased risk of DI. Conclusion: WEDs are common following TSS. Diabetes insipidus was more common than SIADH.


This article is devoted to the analysis of Chuvash plays dedicated to the Great Patriotic War; reveals the peculiarities of their poetics and problems, shows conflict situations that reveal heroic characters. The main attention is paid to the analysis of the plays by N. Aizman, N. Terentyev, M. Yuhma, A. Vasiliev, M. Belov, N. Sidorov, and others. They are united by the themes of courage, heroism, the feat of Soviet people on the battlefield and in the rear. Whereas in the early decades dramatists focused their attention directly on combat events, modern war plays are filled with deep moral content, their plots are distinguished by the sharpness of moral choices, revealing the moral and ethical aspects of the individual.


The party-political system of Uruguay has always been characterized by stability and constancy. For many years, the development of the country was determined by two "traditional" parties - Partido Nacional (Blanco) and Partido Colorado - as well as the Frente Amplio coalition. The completed electoral cycle has shown that the current sys-tem is changing from both the right and the left side. In particular, the "Cabildo Abierto" party founded in May 2019, received strong support from the voters, changing the land-scape of the country's right-wing forces. This article discusses the history of the party, the factors of its formation and success, analyzes the domestic and foreign policy program, gives strokes to the political portrait of the party's founder, Guido Manini Rios.


Measurements of density, speed of sound, and viscosity have been carried out on liquid certified reference materials for biofuels as a function of temperature at ambient pressure. The samples included anhydrous and hydrated bioethanol and two biodiesel fuels from different feedstocks, soy and animal fat. The ethanol samples were measured from a maximum temperature of 60 to 5 °C (speed of sound) and to −10 °C (density and viscosity), respectively. The biodiesel samples were characterized from 100 °C (density and viscosity) and from 70 °C (speed of sound) to 10 °C (animal fat-based) and 5 °C (soy-based). Densities were measured with two vibrating-tube instruments of different accuracy. The speeds of sound were measured with a propagation-time method in an acoustic cell that was combined with one of the densimeters. Viscosities were measured with an open gravitational capillary viscometer and with a rotating concentric cylinder viscometer, according to Stabinger. The measurement results are reported with det...


The article is devoted to the development of relations stored on the warehouse of origin from England to its development in Ukraine. This article analyzes the experience of warehousing in Europe and the legislative provision storage in Ukrainian law. We analyze the concluding a separate contract storage at the warehouse simultaneously with the transfer of warehouse receipts. The necessity of referring to the warehouse receipts securities. Analyzed the following types of warehouse receipts as a warehouse receipt, a simple warehouse certificate and double warehouse certificate. Definitely need to introduced species such securities market turnover.


BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
The role of copper, zinc-superoxide dismutase (CuZn-SOD) in hippocampal injury after transient global ischemia was studied using transgenic (Tg) mice and wild-type littermates.

METHODS
Global ischemia was induced by bilateral common carotid artery occlusion. The hemisphere with the hypoplastic posterior communicating artery was determined and then the hippocampus in this hemisphere was evaluated qualitatively using a score of 0 to 4 and quantitatively using an image analyzer.

RESULTS
Hippocampal injury was reduced in Tg mice after both 5 and 10 minutes of ischemia. In the 5-minute ischemia group, the mean score of the injury was significantly lower in Tg than nontransgenic (nTg) mice at 3 days. In the 10-minute group, the hippocampal injury was reduced more in Tg than nTg mice at 1 day. Quantitative evaluation by an image analyzer confirmed the qualitative data. Neurons with fragmented DNA were also studied in the hippocampal injury. In the 5-minute group, despite the reduction of the injury in Tg mice, their neurons with fragmented DNA were relatively increased at 1 day. In the 10-minute group, this ratio was almost the same in both nTg and Tg mice.

CONCLUSIONS
CuZn-SOD plays a protective role in the pathogenesis of selective hippocampal injury after brief ischemia, whether the insult is relatively mild or intense. Furthermore, CuZn-SOD may reduce both necrotic and DNA fragmented neuronal death after global ischemia.


In this study the motion of saline gravity currents is investigated in lock-exchange experiments which are carried out in a tank of rectangular upper cross section and a lower valley of trapezoidal shape. This is considered as a realistic model of the valleys which occur in nature. The experiments are performed for equal depths of heavy and light fluid on both sides of the lock gate. Gravity current is generated, due to the horizontal density gradient, after the removal of the partition. The heavier fluid propagates towards the lighter fluid reservoir along the bottom of the tank and the lighter fluid propagates along the free surface in the opposite direction. Density difference between salt water and clear water is varied between 0.1 % and 0.4 % and hence the effect of density difference on the motion of the gravity currents is also investigated. The movement of the gravity current is monitored with a digital video of high definition, the front velocity is measured and the height of the front is captured Twenty four experiments were performed twelve inside the trapezoidal section (H=4, 6 or 8 cm) and twelve over the trapezoidal section (H=12, 14 or 16 cm). The initial Reynolds number, based on the height of the valley and the reduced gravity, is greater than 10000 for all cases indicating that the gravity currents are turbulent. Results are compared with those of gravity currents in simple rectangular tanks as well as with similar experiments in V-shaped valleys performed by Monaghan et al. (2009).


Visual delineation of the outline of the dynamic envelope occupied by light rail transit cars or trains as they travel along or across roadways and walkways was examined. An argument was formulated against the routine installation of delineation features, except in situations deemed beneficial. Conditions when such delineation on paving surfaces is useful were identified, as well as conditions when it is unnecessary and sometimes detrimental. Various methods to accomplish delineation were also addressed.


According to the drawbacks of the existed mathematic models,which are too complicated to meet the design demand of SOFC control system,a nonlinear model based on a kind of improved RBF neural network(RBFNN)identification technique is presented.The fuel utilization of the SOFC is taken as the input,the voltage and current density as the outputs of the neural network model.With 800 groups of experimental data as the training samples,a cell voltage and current density identification model of the SOFC is established.The simulation results show the validity and accuracy of the model.Furthermore,based on this RBFNN identification model,some advanced control schemes can be developed.


This report is an extended version of a paper of the same title previously published in: colloquium vervoessplandogische speurwerk 1988. Deel 2, 1988, P765-84, and for the abstract see IRRD 819901.


Bovine herpesvirus-1 (BHV-1), the causative agent of infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR), is a major feedlot pathogen, which can cause substantial economic losses to the cattle industry. Since IBR is common and highly contagious, control through vaccination is essential. Modified-live viral vaccines, although unsafe under certain conditions, are the most effective for prevention of IBR in the feedlot. New generation 'marker' BHV1 vaccines are under development, which promise to be at least as effective, safer and usable in cattle destined for export.


Solar cells based on Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)(4) absorber layers have received a growing amount of interest. Typically a Mo(S,Se)(2) layer is formed at the Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)(4)/Mo interface during processing. Tra ...


The pupils' motivation towards their studies is something that is frequently debated in all different kind of media and the Swedish Television produced TV- show "Gympalararen" (2016) is only one ex ...


The whole underground explosive destruction area is regarded as a seismic source of blast seismic wave.Based on the theory of explosive equivalent load and the destruction theory of area near explosion,the boundary loads on cavity are denoted by velocity of particle.A simplified calculation model of seismic source of underground explosion is presented.The ground response to underground explosion is transformed into the problem about propagation and reflection of spherical dilatation wave in elastic half-space.The propagation of explosive seismic wave in half-space is calculated by applying incomplete separation variable method,so the movement fields of response of ground particles are received.Based on numerical calculation,ground movement of underground explosions are analyzed quantatively showing that the maximum velocity of ground particles is subjected to exponential decay laws.Compared with empirical formulae from experiments at home and abroad,the calculation method is proved to be correct.


Scheduling in operating systems is allocate certain amount of CPU time with use of different processes. Task scheduling is also one of the key process in running of different processors in with in life time. Round Robin (RR) is a popular scheduling algorithm allows to utilize the CPU short time for individual task scheduling events in real time process execution. The advancement of RR scheduling performs fine tuning for time slice which do not stipulated time to allocate them in events proceedings based on CPU scheduling. RR also maintains turnaround time, waiting time and response time with processing frequency of context switches. In this paper we improve the performance of RR with integer programming to refine in arrival time analysis in process scheduling with proceedings of all the requirement CPU processes. Every process has reasonable response and arrival time analysis in allocation of scheduling in process allocation. A method the usage of integer programming has been proposed to resolve equations that determine Changeable Time Quantum (CTQ) value that is neither too massive nor too small such that each system has reasonable response time and the throughput of the system is not decreased because of unnecessarily context switches.


Review In this article, the authors propose that research software engineers (RSEs), a role which is well-known in research teams in several ST EM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) and SSH (social sciences and humanities) disciplines, should be recognised appropriately by and within the academia, while nowadays there are no particular incentives that permit such RSEs to have a proper academic career path. T o address this issue, the authors introduce a theoretical model based on four fundamental "pillars" (software development, community, training, and policy) that would enable the formal recognition of RSEs and their work within an academic framework. Real examples of people, institutions, and activities that have worked along the direction sketched by the pillar accompany the discussion.


A strain, Pseudomonas sp. AEBL3, which was isolated from soils exposed to repeated spills of carbamate pesticides, was capable of utilizing carbofuran as a sole source of carbon and nitrogen. AEBL3 was used as inoculant to bioremediate carbofuran simulated-contaminating soil. The result shows degradation rate of carbofuran in the soil was increased remarkably by the treatment. AEBL3 is mobile in the soil to a certain extent. When AEBL3 was added to the soil surface, it had a strong ability to degrade the carbofuran in 0-7cm deep soil. The effects on bioremediation of different inoculation formulations were compared. The original liquid formulation was the best. The buffer solution was the second and mixture with sand was the worst. Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis(DGGE) of 16S rRNA genes revealed a dynamic change in the microbial community structure of the soil during bioremediation.


Hospitality industry in India is playing a key role in the development of Indian economy in terms of job opportunities, tax revenue and promotion of Indian culture and tourism. Indian hotels can be classified into star hotels and budget hotels. In the wake of globalization global famous hotel chains have come to India to meet the growing demand for accommodation. However, Indian hotel industry is facing several problems and challenges. This paper addresses concerns and offers suggestions to overcome the challenges of hotel industry.


Poverty has long been a topic of discussion at both the national and community levels. Women are a particularly affected group. Deprived of a qualitative change in their lives, women are mainly the most affected by poverty. Reducing women's poverty in particular is becoming a priority. For ONGs, holding the role of intervener in this fight and ensuring the sustainability of their interventions present great challenges. Thus, the question arises as to how ONGs adapt their actions to the feminization of poverty. The results of a survey of 156 women in the Vakinankaratra region on the dimensions of female poverty confirmed the hypothesis that ONGs accompany women in need in their empowerment.


This paper explores online resources in Singapore that reflect the current state of support in higher education for students with visual impairment. In the six institutions of higher education there was evidence of support being provided for students with disabilities ― but the type and extent of support was variable, and messages conveyed to students were mixed. Provisions tend to be generic in nature, and do not necessarily address needs related to specific disabilities. If students with disabilities are to participate in higher education, clearer communication is necessary to enable them to make informed choices with confidence. Information needs to confirm that they will have the requisite support to afford them the opportunities associated with the university experience.


ABSTRACT Experimental and numerical investigations are performed to assess the durability of Palmyra natural fiber composites under hydrothermal ageing conditions. The effect of alkali and stearic acid pretreatments is analyzed on the moisture uptake. The natural fiber composite specimens were subjected to accelerated ageing under water and humidity conditions at controlled temperatures between 0°C-75°C. The 4% stearic acid treatment lead to a remarkable reduction in moisture diffusivity. The coefficient of moisture diffusion of different specimens of is calculated using edge correction factor for rectanguloid specimens. The methods presented here can be used to assess and improve the hydrothermal durability of Palmyra fiber composites.


The provision of humanitarian assistance has rapidly become a core component of modern peacebuilding and post- conflict reconstruction. Yet, despite the normative appeal of providing humanitarian assistance to the victims of violent conflict, aid workers and analysts frequently claim that humanitarian assistance can inadvertently prolong war. If such claims are true, the very treatment that the international community has been employing to address the consequences of violent conflict may actually be prolonging war and increasing the amount of suffering over time. To date, however, the evidence to support these claims is mostly anecdotal, and a satisfying theoretical link between humanitarian aid and the duration of war has yet to be specified. This dissertation explores the link between humanitarian aid and the duration of war both theoretically and empirically through a series of four papers, with each paper serving as a chapter. I show how humanitarian aid can inadvertently prolong civil war when disbursed during conflict (Chapter 3) and how humanitarian aid can undermine peace when disbursed in the aftermath of civil conflict (Chapter 4). I also show that - as a result of these effects - combatants strategically respond to aid provisions by violently attacking aid workers (Chapter 5). In each paper, I test propositions econometrically using observational data to estimate the relationship between the level of aid and political violence at the macro and micro levels


The Manifest Anxiety Scale (MAS) and the Test Anxiety Questionnaire (TAQ) were ostensibly developed primarily in an effort to measure different aspects of drive ( D ) , in order to relate anxiety as a possible D to learning. Both the MAS and TAQ were developed within the general conceptual frarnework of Hullian behavior theory. There are some differences between the specific theories relating performance on the MAS and TAQ to learning which are of potential theoretical importance. However, the theorizing about the MAS and TAQ in relation to learning the type of complex tasks employed in this study appears to lead to some similar hypotheses. I t is the purpose of this paper to review briefly the two theories relating scores on these tests to learning, and then to test these hypotheses. The MAS was designed to measure emotionally based D, and Spence ( 1958) has presented a detailed discussion of the behavior theory involving the MAS. In brief, the MAS, as an aspect of D, multiplies all learned habits ( H ) that are elicited in a situation so thac the higher the D, the higher the excitatory potential (E) and the greater the strength of all elicited responses ( R ) in that sicuation, i.e., D X H = E+R. Ordinarily, in complex tasks such as many paired associates and serial learning or concept formation and problem solving, when competing or incorrect responses are initially stronger than correct responses, the high D Ss should produce a larger number of competing responses than low D Ss. High D produces more competing responses than low D because more competing responses are raised above threshold. Other things being equal, the more competing responses above threshold the less likely that correct responses will be strongest. Thus, during early training on a complex task (as in the uaining period of the present experiment), it could be hypothesized that Low MAS Groups would be superior in performance to High MAS Groups. However, when a correct response tendency is being learned in training (where training is carried to some mastery criterion), then it could be hypothesized that late in the training period, or in a sicuation shown previously to be a transfer task (Sassenrath, 1959, 1962), the High MAS Groups should eventually be superior to the Low MAS Groups. This follows since high D should now multiply more than low D the probability of all re-


Unidirectional input switching arrangements or Padschaltungen (7) by means of transfer switch means (4) adds about an internal test signal (S) to the input of an input driver (2) out of the unidirectional input switching arrangement (7) and with an internal circuitry (8, 11 ) is connected. The transfer switch means (4) are controlled by a multiplexer (8) which in turn is directly programmable via boundary-scan register. The invention enables the testing of all unidirectional Padschaltungen (7) or input driver (2) in the course of a Reduced-IO test method for semiconductor circuits (1), in which for testing internal circuits (11) of the semiconductor circuit (1) only a subset of the is input drivers (2) associated with the signal terminals (3) with a test apparatus (9).


Currently, sulfamic acid as a primary chemical industrial material is ubiquitous. One of its uses is a sweetener. Due to its corrosive nature, it is necessary to use a suitable container to avoid contamination of the solution. Corrosion behavior of super austenitic stainless steel, duplex 2205, and 316L uncovered to sulfamic acid in diverse attention at ambient temperature had been investigated. Concentration Weight loss method, Potentiodynamic Polarization, and Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) examined the corrosion rate. The result showed that the corrosion rate of material increased with the increasing concentration of sulfamic acid. Super austenitic stainless steel has higher corrosion resistance than duplex 2205 and 316L.


The Zero Emissions Research and Technology (ZERT) collaborative was formed to address basic science and engineering knowledge gaps relevant to geologic carbon sequestration. The original funding round of ZERT (ZERT I) identified and addressed many of these gaps. ZERT II has focused on specific science and technology areas identified in ZERT I that showed strong promise and needed greater effort to fully develop.


Underground mining imposes very rigid constraints on mobile equipment design. The choice of a particular mining "method" – i.e. the specific mix of techniques for excavation, ground support, and materials handling – is greatly influenced by the nature of the ore body being exploited. Mining methods tend to be fairly conservative, relying upon well established and proven equipment designs. In order to improve worker safety and productivity, South African platinum mines have increasingly turned to mechanization. An added benefit of these mechanization efforts is that the nature of the mining can be modified based on the feasible equipment designs. These efforts have resulted in changes to the mining methods employed in South Africa's narrow-reef platinum group metal (PGM) ore bodies, as well as the development of a suite of mobile equipment which enables implementation of the new production processes. This paper focuses on the design and development of one of these machines - a narrow-reef bulldozer suited to selective mining. The resulting machine is a miniature unmanned bulldozer and multipurpose crawler platform designed for narrow-vein mining applications, with integrated mechatronics and remote control capabilities. This paper will discuss the development of the machine and the applications for which it was designed.


Objective:To probe the effect of Danggui Shaoyao San on ethologic and the content of neuropeptide in hippocamp of vascular dementia mouse.Methods:The second order Kunming mice were divided into four groups:sham operation group,model group,Danggui Shaoyao San group,and Naofukang group,ten mice each group,the mouse model of vascular dementia were reproduced through operation of cerebral ischemia reperfusion,and contrast to Naofukang.Then,to detect the praxiological changes of each group mouse by the means of water maze and the content of CGRP,ET-1 and SS in hippocamp on the 14th day after operation.Results:Compared with sham operation group,the ability of vascular dementia model mouse for learning and memory reduced,which showed extending the time for swimming the whole process,and increasing times of mistakes(P0.01);the content of CGRP and SS in hippocamp reduced,the content of ET-1 increased(P0.01).Compared with model group,Danggui Shaoyao San could make the time for swimming the whole process shorten and times of mistakes decreased(P0.01),increase the content of CGRP and SS in hippocamp,and decrease the content of ET-1(P0.01),which were excellent than that of contrast medicine(P0.05).Conclusion:Danggui Shaoyao San could regulate the content of CGRP,ET-1 and SS in hippocamp and improve the learning and memory capability of model mouse.


 Abstract - This study assessed the effect of diluted WWW and raw water on soil chemical parameters including pH, potassium (K), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), and sodium (Na), and soil enzyme activities including β-glucosidase, phosphatase, and urease, where different summer catch crops were cultivated over one season. The experimental design was a complete randomized block design (CRBD) with 3 replications. After the application of diluted WWW and raw water over one season, there was a significant impact in soil pH in the 0-15 cm soil layer. In the 15-30 cm soil layer, the significant impact was on soil pH and K. Results showed that irrigation with either diluted WWW or raw water had no significant effect on the three soil enzymes throughout the study period. Thus, irrigation with diluted WWW may not adversely affect soil microbial population, ecosystem, and nutrient


How do you make a computer read with understanding? The author explains how the ideas of an 18th Century cleric can provide an answer, and how the Autonomy company is in the business of getting computers to make sense of unstructured textual information.


Objective: To assess hydronephrotic kidney assessment via ultrasonography. Study Design: Prospective study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Radiology, Chandka Medical College Hospital, Larkana from 1st August 2020 to 31st September/2021. Methodology: Two hundred patients visited for the complaint and suspicion of hydronephrosis and within them 40 patients were diagnosed with hydronephrosis. The both kidneys were examined in the longitudinal as well as transvers planes of scanning using colored Doppler technique in ultrasonography. In older age patients a curved-array transducer having centered frequencies (3-6 MHz) was applied while in case of younger patients' linear array-transducer was used with high entre frequencies. Results: The age of the patients was between 12-72 years with more elderly patients than youngsters. Most of the patients were males rather than females. Ureteropelvic obstruction in junction, primary megaureter as well as urethral valve involvement was observed in ultrasound imaging of hydronephrotic pediatric kidney. End stage hydronephrosis was presented in adult patients with cortical thining. Conclusion: Ureter and kidney stone appeared to be a common reason of hydronephrosis. Keywords: Hydronephrosis, Ultrasonography, Blockage, Calculi


A sentence (or other portion of discourse) is taken to evoke in the listener a meaning complex, here called a "cognitive representation". The lexical elements of the sentence, to simplify, by and large specify the content of the cognitive representation, while the grammatical elements specify its structure. Thus, looking systematically at the actual notions specified by grammatical elements can give us a handle for ascertaining the very makeup of (linguistic-) cognitive structuring. We accordingly examine a number of grammatically specified notions, observe the categories and systems in which they pattern, and speculate on broader cognitive connections.Some provisional findings have already emerged. Grammatical specifications for structure are preponderantly relativistic or topological, and exclude the fixed or metrically Euclidean. The categories in which grammatical notions pattern include:plexity perspectival modestate of boundedness level of synthesisstate of dividedness level of exemplaritydegree of extensionality axial characteristicspattern of distribution scene-breakup"Grammatical specification of structuring appears to be the same, in certain abstract characteristics, as the structuring of visual perception.


The bacteriological examinations were carried out to evaluate the degree of bacterial contamination in cattle carcasses at abattoirs of Gharbia Governorate. A grand total of 100 random swab samples from cattle carcasses were collected in the year of 2018, under complete aseptic conditions just after washing and before stamping from different abattoirs and transferred without undue delay to the Laboratory of Animal Health Research Institute, Tanta lab, and subjected to the bacteriological examination. The obtained results indicated that the mean values of APC. At the region of fore quarter, hind quarter and abdomen were 1.09x109 ± 0.47x109, 1.61x109 ± 0.74x109 and 1.19x109±0.78x109cfu/g, respectively. While the mean values of Coliform count at the previous regions were4.78x105 ± 3.82x105, 1.30x105 ± 6.57x104 and 1.42x105± 1.27x106cfu/g, respectively, and the mean values of total Staphylococcal count were 2.39x107 ± 8.57x106,2.76x107 ± 7.50x106 and 3.56x107± 1.54x107cfu/g, respectively.The means of all counts showed non-significant difference (P < 0.05)


Organic waste, produced during operation of sugar mills, is normally thrown in small streams, practically without pre-treatment. The present study was undertaken with an aim to analyze effluent water of various sugar units in the Northern region of Haryana. The water samples from each unit were collected from inlet and outlet of effluent treatment plant (ETP) and were analyzed for various physico-chemical properties viz. appearance, odour, pH, Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD), Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) and Total Suspended Solids (TSS). A careful analysis of the results firstly reveals that the characteristics of waste water are more or less similar in nature for all the units. The results are compared with the general standard limits for discharge of environmental pollutants. Results reveal that value of pH for waste water were within the limits prescribed for sugar mill effluents. BOD and COD of waste water before treatment were significantly high. Further, even after treatment many samples showed slightly higher values for BOD than the required standard value. Waste water from sugar industries, if not treated properly, contains significant amount of TDS and TSS. After studying the physicochemical parameters of waste water samples from different sugar mills, selected samples were subjected to phyto-remediation studies by water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes). All parameters showed exponential decrease with increase of time for phyto-remediation. The results obtained show that except for pH, there is tremendous reduction in pollution parameters of waste water. The results obtained were also fitted into a modified form of mathematical model developed by S. Kumar et. al for phyto-remediation potential of water hyacinth for effluent of pulp and paper industry. The results are in excellent agreement.


The 0–1 multidimensional knapsack problem is a popular NP-hard combinatorial optimization problem with a number of real-world applications. In this paper, we investigate a heuristic algorithm called the diversification-based quantum particle swarm optimization algorithm for solving this computationally challenging problem. The proposed algorithm integrates a quantum particle swarm optimization method, a diversification-based population updating criterion, and a popular repair operator aiming at repairing infeasible solutions. Computational results on 30 widely used benchmark instances in the literature show that the proposed algorithm is very competitive compared to two popular particle swarm optimization algorithms in the literature. In particular, the proposed algorithm is able to reproduce in a very short computational time (less than one second) the optimal solution for most tested instances, with a success rate of 100%. Finally, the experimental analysis shows that the diversity of population is a key factor affecting the effectiveness of the quantum particle swarm optimization.


Abstract Five hundred seventy-six Single Comb White Leghorn pullets were divided into three body size categories at 20 weeks of age and assigned to laying cages for a 52-week production period. Average body weight of the heavy, medium, and light size groups were 1377, 1256, and 1131 g, respectively. Size of bird did not affect age at 50% production, hen-day or hen-housed production. Livability of the heavy birds was significantly lower (16.2 and 15.6%) than livability of the medium and light birds, respectively. Body weight differences at 20 weeks of age continued through 72 weeks of age. Heavy birds produced heavier eggs, consumed more feed per hen day, and consumed more feed per dozen eggs than the medium and light birds, while the medium birds had greater means than the light birds for each of these categories. The heavy birds also consumed 3.66% more feed/g egg mass than the light birds. The results of this experiment indicate that chickens can produce at lighter body weights than in the past, therefore, nutritional programs which produce lighter pullets may be desirable.


Topics in Online Markov Decision Processes by Peng Guan Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Duke University Date: Approved: Maxim Raginsky, Supervisor Rebecca Willett, Co-Chair Henry Pfister, Co-Chair


Since its advent, Covid-19 has raced forward. It has influenced every aspect of human life and has been labelled a "pandemic" with its effects reaching epic proportions. World witnessed discernible modifications in every walks of life. Human race was forced to adapt to the changes in times of uncertainty. According to the UNICEF, Covid has affected more than 91% students worldwide. UNESCO estimated the effect on nearly 474 Million pre-primary to upper-secondary education learners and 78 million tertiary education learners world-wide. Chaos prevailed in education and training of medical and health professionals. Institutions were forced to bring about changes in the way education was formally provided. In order to combat the situation, several recommendations were made by UNESCO and the National Governments for engaging students in online learning. UNESCO suggested that the institutions examine the readiness of the students and choose the most relevant tools and technology solutions based on reliability of power supply, internet connectivity, and digital skills. Educational systems were to be planned that utilized approaches which limited the number of applications and platforms for synchronous and asynchronous learning. Institutions had to ensure inclusion of the distance learning programmes and implement measures to ensure that students, including those with disabilities and low-income backgrounds, have


not entirely satisfactory. Some of the most important happenings are brought to the reader's notice, but the narrative is not wellbalanced and, in parts, is liable to confuse if not actually to mislead. In the second and third parts of the book, devoted to independent North and South Vietnam respectively, the author shows himself more familiar with his subject and treats it at greater length. However, his style of writing has more in common with hectic political journalism than with the detachment and precision normally associated with academic books, which renders The two Viet-nams easy to read but detracts greatly from its value as a reliable chronicle of the events. Nevertheless, the biographies of the two Vietnamese leaders, Ho Chi Minh and Ngo Dinh Diem, are more complete than any which have been published elsewhere. Much of the subject matter has already been fully treated in another book, The emancipation of French Indo-China, by Donald Lancaster, with which Dr. Fall is obviously acquainted, but that was published in 1961 and The two Viet-nams carries the story down to the spring of 1963. In addition, it deals with a much wider range of subjects than the earlier book and is given to making categorical statements on such diverse matters as the Vietnamese language, Communist statistics, the philosophy of Personalism, and the techniques of' people's warfare '. Not surprisingly, the value of many such statements is questionable. Those made about the Vietnamese language, for example, are sometimes ludicrous. The author would have been better advised to restrict his scope to subjects of which he has a personal knowledge. Political developments are, on the whole, well covered, but it is disquieting to find that so important an event as the agrarian reforms in North Vietnam, which set the pattern for agriculture in that country and have been the principal cause of chronic food shortages, has been passed over almost without comment. Nevertheless, it is in the sphere of politics that The two Viet-nams is of most value to students of modern Vietnam. Dr. Fall has been singularly unfortunate in the timing of his book because, while it was still in the process of publication, the government of Ngo Dinh Diem was overthrown and replaced by a new regime under the control of a military junta. Events have contradicted his assertion on p. 387 that the armed forces of South Vietnam can offer no alternative to Ngo Dinh Diem, and whole sections of the book were already outdated before it was published. The two Viet-nams suffers from two serious defects which are fundamental and affect the entire book. Firstly, it is based solely upon source material in Western languages, the author being restricted to such Vietnamese documentation as happens to have been translated. As a result, there is an imbalance in some of its judgments which would not have occurred if Dr. Fall had had access to the extensive materials existing in Vietnamese. No doubt the failure to describe the agrarian reforms in North Vietnam and the faulty assessments of guerrilla techniques in South Vietnam are directly attributable to the fact that the relevant Vietnamese documents have not been translated. The author's habit of including in the text what he imagines to be Vietnamese expressions will annoy readers familiar with that language because so many of them are incorrectly written or wrongly translated. Secondly, Dr. Fall's strong pro-French and anti-American bias colours the whole book and vitiates many of its conclusions. No doubt it arises from his situation as a French citizen resident in the United States, where he can scarcely avoid being subjected to uncritical and often uninformed condemnation of colonialism in all its forms. But he himself has strayed equally far in the opposite direction and is no less culpable than the critics. Indeed, some of the more exaggerated passages, such as the description of Vietnamese weeping copiously in the streets at the departure of the French soldiers, leave the reader wondering what could have been the Vietnamese motive in fighting a bitter war which lasted eight long years. Again, the attempt to excuse the rapid French surrender to the Japanese in 1940 and their loyal collaboration with the enemy from 1940 until 1945 is entirely unconvincing and would have been better omitted. France did much of which she can be proud in Indo-China and much of which she can be justly ashamed. There can be no valid reason for trying to disguise this truth. The two Viet-nams is a long, somewhat rambling book, often dealing with subjects of which the author has no first-hand knowledge and equally often guilty of strong personal bias. Stripped of both, it could become a worthwhile chronicle of recent political developments in Vietnam but would not extend to more than half of its present length.


Beach cleaning robots have been proposed as an option in reducing the pollution of beaches in Mexico, through garbage collection. To collect waste the robot must have a mechanism that can take the waste and deposit it in a container where they can remain without generating pollution. In our institute various mechanisms have been implemented that allow waste to be collected and this article shows the description of some of them showing the application of additive manufacturing in their design. The objective is to show the design, implementation and application of each collection system designed, showing the improvement by applying additive manufacturing. The basic contribution of this work is to show different design options and the parameters to consider in the design of each of them.


Latest development of study and application on super-luminescent diode(SLD)were reviewed.The effect of the structures included active area,rear absorption area as well as antireflection film of light emitting facet on the spectral characteristics were analyzed.Temperature control of SLD,alignment of the chip to pigtail and module packaging were described respectively.The requirements of Interference fiber optical gyroscope(IFOG),optical time domain reflectometer(OTDR),biomedicine optical coherence tomography(OCT),and Wavelength division multiplexing(WDM)for SLD were introduced respectively.


The reactivity of glycerol with trimethyl orthoformate is here described with an emphasis on developing a reliable synthetic approach for glycerol valorization. The glycerol based orthoester 4-(dimethoxymethoxy)methyl)-2-methoxy-1,3-dioxolane (3) was synthesized, under catalytic as well as catalyst-free conditions, by taking advantage of the thermodynamically controlled equilibrium between intermediates. Both Brønsted and Lewis acid catalysts accelerated the attainment of such an equilibrium, particularly Brønsted acidic ionic liquids BSMImHSO4 and BSMImBr were the most effective compounds for this reaction. The kinetic profiles allowed the proposal of a mechanism that accounts for the selectivity of the reaction.


Rules are being established by federal and state agencies to control water pollution from feedlots. In order to investigate the impact of alternative rules, a simulation model was constructed to represent the behavior of beef feedlots in Michigan and similar states over the 1974–85 period. Individual firm behavior was simulated as the firm formed expectations concerning ex ante production relationships and input and output prices, made decisions based on these expectations, and had its success determined by ex post production relationships and input and output prices. Results indicate that while the alternative rules would not have severe impacts on feedlot production, their impacts would be regressive.


Background/Aims: Tissue factor (TF) is a transmembrane protein that is essential for coagulation. TF is expressed on podocytes and its cytoplasmic domain has cell signalling functions in epithelial cells. Methods: Mice lacking the cytoplasmic domain of TF (TFCT–/– mice) were used to study its role in physiological albuminuria and pathological proteinuria following induction of glomerulonephritis (GN). Results: Absence of the cytoplasmic domain of TF was associated with increased albuminuria, podocyte effacement, reduced podocyte numbers and increased spontaneous glomerular tumour necrosis factor α(TNFα) production under physiological conditions. In mice developing GN, absence of the cytoplasmic domain of TF resulted in increased proteinuria and enhanced renal TNFα production without altering other parameters of renal inflammation and injury. Studies in TFCT–/– chimeric mice (created by bone marrow transplantation) showed increased proteinuria and renal TNFα mRNA in GN was associated with absence of the cytoplasmic domain of TF in the kidney and was independent of the leucocyte phenotype. Conclusion: These studies demonstrate that the cytoplasmic domain of TF contributes to renal albumin retention and its renal expression protects against proteinuria in leucocyte-mediated renal inflammation. Increased glomerular production of TNFα in the absence of cytoplasmic domain of TF may contribute to podocyte injury resulting in albuminuria and proteinuria.


The field resistance of different alfalfa(Medicago sativa) varieties to Acyrthosiphon pisum Harris was evaluated using aphid index and the rate of resistant plants as evaluation indices.Results show that the highest aphid index detected in China alfalfa No.1 is 82.48 and the lowest one is 26.00 in Algangjin compared with others,while the highest rate of resistant plants found in Algangjin is 93.50 and the lowest one is 2.36 in Hunterriver.The 16 of 28 tested alfalfa varieties such as Gannong No.5,Sandili and A1-gangjin have higher resistance to A.pisum.Six tested alfalfa varieties such as Algangjin,Gold empress and Gannong No.3 are resistant varieties.Cropper nine,Tianshui and 75-43 have moderate resistance and Weinan has low resistance.Hunterriver and China alfalfa No.1 are susceptible to A.pisum.


Multicultural literature is one good way to raise children's awareness of diversity, but how does one decide what constitutes "good" multicultural children's literature? Most any book can be critiqued from numerous perspectives: first and foremost is the book's literary quality--plot, character development, setting, themes, and style; of secondary importance is the author's and/or illustrator's handling of a particular social issue, such as gender or cultural depictions of the characters. Critical analysis requires the use of specific language. Three different pages of Wade Hudson's "I Love My Family" (1993) were analyzed as to the use of language, taking two opposing views to demonstrate that each reader will have a unique interpretation, and that each opinion is valid, provided it is supported with evidence. The novel depicts an African-American family which gathers each summer for a family reunion on Grandpa Lawrence's farm in North Carolina. Also analyzed is Sherley Anne Williams's "Working Cotton" (1944), which depicts an African-American family of migrant laborers working in the cotton fields of the American South. Analysis suggests that there can be more than one model for family values, and that it is the interactions between family members that demonstrate values, whether the family is shown relaxing in their home or laboring in cotton fields. It is essential that classrooms contain books that depict a wide variety of cultures and of family constellations, showing characters in a wide variety of roles. (NKA) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document.


following a roadside bomb blast. A traumatic pneumothorax necessitated the insertion of a chest drain, and a laparotomy revealed multiple liver lacerations and ureteric contusion. While the patient was awaiting further ureteric surgery after a percutaneous nephrostomy, the chest drain was removed. One week later, limegreen serosanguinous fluid began to leak from the drain site, while the patient began to cough up bitter yellow sputum. Biochemical analysis of these fluids confirmed the presence of bilirubin, suggesting the possibility of thoracobiliary fistulas involving the airways and pleural cavity. Ultrasound and computed tomography (CT) scans delineated a single biliocutaneous fistula, which was surgically excised. However, because the bilioptysis and bile leakage persisted, a fistulogram (●" Fig. 1) and contrast CT scan (●" Fig. 2) were undertaken; these revealed multiple biliocutaneous and biliobronchial fistulas. Due to the patient's ongoing recovery from complex major surgery, a conservative approach involving endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) with sphincterotomy and stenting was adopted. The ERCP findings were normal (i. e. revealing no contrast leakage), but the procedure resulted in the complete cessation of bilioptysis and of cutaneous bile leakage (i. e. from 500ml/day to nil) over 1 week. The patient thereafter remained fully asymptomatic from the thoracobiliary trauma. Biliopleural and biliobronchial fistulas are hitherto unreported complications of blast injuries [1]. Regardless of etiology, the rare biliopleural and biliobronchial fistulas are diagnosed on finding bile in the pleural cavity, by thoracocentesis, or in a sputum sample [2,3]. Nonoperative fistula resolution may be attempted by distally decompressing the biliary system either surgically or endoscopically; the latter offers both diagnostic and therapeutic potential with a single minimally traumatic procedure [4,5]. We recommend that even without evidence of biliary hypertension (i.e. if imaging excludes bile duct dilatation), ERCP with sphincterotomy and stenting is considered in patients like ours who have complex refractory pathology or are unfit for surgery. The relatively minor procedure may significantly reduce retrograde bile flow, resulting in major symptomatic improvement, before riskier alternatives (e.g. laparotomy or thoracotomy) are considered.


In recent years, the theory of deliberative democracy has begun to search for empirical evidence. Field experiments, such as large citizens' fora, are being monitored and analyzed by political scientists (Fishkin 2009) and the deliberative quality of parliamentary debates is being measured by means of refined instruments (Steiner et al. 2005). Claudia Landwehr's book can be viewed as a further contribution to a positive theory of deliberative democracy. Landwehr places her empirical focus on the controversy surrounding the use of embryonic stem cells in Germany. In 2002 the law for safeguarding the protection of embryos in the context of import and use of embryonic stem cells was passed – after intense debate and conflict both within and between the political parties. The law renewed the ban from the 1990s on the production of embryos for research purposes but permitted the import of embryonic stem cell lines developed prior to 2002. This decision is generally regarded as noteworthy because it traverses party cleavages and is considered a well-justified and widely-accepted compromise in what had previously been a highly polarized debate. Landwehr, however, does not only provide an analysis of the legislative process from a deliberative point of view. She attempts – successfully – to draft no less than a general blueprint for the deliberative dimension of political processes. Consequently, the book impresses with the breadth of its argument and the quality of its theoretical considerations, which extend to both the philosophy of language and to economics. Starting from the problem of the rationality and rationalization of individual preferences, progressing through a comprehensively deduced typology of the basic modes of political interaction, the spectrum extends to detailed empirical studies of parliamentary debates, expert commissions and citizens' conferences, for which the author employs such innovative methods as speech act analysis and argumentation analysis. The book delivers a theory of preferences as well as preference formation and transformation, a theory of ideal modes of discursive interaction and their institutional realization as well as a model of the entire political process as the interlocking of all these modes of interaction. The question at the center of this extensive undertaking is this: which institutional contexts increase the likelihood of preference transformation as a basic idea of deliberation? Surprisingly, the author begins her conceptualization of a strongly empirical theory of deliberative democracy with a rational choice construction of preferences which she then extends and modifies. At odds with the traditional decision-making theory, she argues that preferences are not stable and exogenous but can be transformed and rationalized. She establishes that not only cognition but also desires are relevant for the formation of preferences. It is possible to become aware of desires (which then become practical reasons). Furthermore, desires can be changed or reformed by reasons; that is, they can be rationalized. Nevertheless, the author still adheres to rational choice premises in decisive


Malware refers to a malicious software that exploits target system vulnerabilities for data theft, extortion or sabotage the network systems of the device. In this paper, the raw malware binary executable files are fed as images into a deep neural architecture for classification. ResNets are deep neural architectures which exhibit good feature extraction from the image data for dimensionality reduction and weight sharing, making them computationally efficient for training. Optimization of the ResNet architecture is performed using quantization of weights for building a lightweight and computationally less intensive framework for the malware classification. Quantization is achieved by converting floating-point values into integers and using a quantization function to parameterize the inputs based on the number of bits available. The deep learning framework with quantized ResNet achieved an impressive performance of 96.4% testing accuracy with 99.8% AUC score.


Objective To explore the protective effects and mechanisms of calmodulin inhibitor W-7 on PTZ-induced rats.Methods Healthy adult Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into 5 groups:control group(i.p.NS),PTZ group(i.p.PTZ 65mg/kg)and W-7 preteated groups(i.p.W-7 25μmol/kg,50μmol/kg,100μmol/kg,10min later,i.p.PTZ 65mg/kg).After treatment with relevant reagents,the behaviour was observed.Brain tissue samples were taken quickly to measure the content of LDH.The expression of caspase-3 in the hippoacampus of rats was examined by means of immunohistochemistry.Results The behaviour observation indicated that no seizure happened in control group,but IV-V grade of seizure was found in PTZ-induced group.Compared with control group,the expression of caspase-3 was increased in PTZ group(P0.01),while it was decreased in W-7 groups(P0.05,P0.01).Conclusion W-7 has protective effects on PTZ induced rats by depressing expression of caspase-3.


In this artistic work I'll explain my process of rehearsing and going through various technical aspects of the "Five Bagatelles for Guitar" by W. Walton.In the introduction I'll try to give a comprehensive history of my relationship with music, especially guitar.I will also discuss experiences with people I have met who influenced me in my musical direction.After that I'll write about Sir William Walton and what kind of composer and man he was, it feels natural to know who he was to understand the way he composed.Then follows an overall shape analysis with text and view sample, where I with the help of text explain the musical motifs and discuss various technical difficulties I encountered during the time of rehearsal.


I'm working on a project looking at the integration of Qualtrics survey software with our Salesforce CRM platform. One of the questions that keeps coming


Because of many religious descriptions of the moon and the fire which indicate the fates of the protagonists, Jane Eyre becomes mysterious and obscure. Both the moon and the fire also interpret the agitation and surmounting of love, express the sublimation of reality and ideal. On the other hand, it reveals the theme of the novel which is suffering-searching--being happy. The result is that the theme image comes into being through the religious description and the novel also becomes more meaningful and attractive.


1. A two‐microelectrode voltage clamp was used to determine the effects of n‐butanol, n‐hexanol, n‐octanol, n‐decanol and methyl hexanoate on a transient potassium (IA) current in identified Helix aspersa neurones. Experiments were carried out at a temperature of 10‐12 degrees C. 2. Each n‐alkanol reversibly reduced the amplitude of the IA current. Logarithmic dose‐response curves for the current reduction by each homologue were sigmoidal and had slope factors of around four. The concentrations required to reduce the peak (with time) current at ‐30 mV by 50% (ED50 +/‐ fitted standard error) were: 57 +/‐ 5 mM (n‐butanol); 2.0 +/‐ 0.1 mM (n‐hexanol); 0.28 +/‐ 0.02 mM (n‐octanol) and 0.016 +/‐ 0.001 mM (n‐decanol). Methyl hexanoate also reduced the current amplitude, with an ED50 of 1‐2 mM. The Helix IA current thus showed a similar sensitivity to n‐alkanols to that of squid and rat sodium currents but was rather more sensitive than the squid delayed rectifier potassium current. 3. The n‐alkanol ED50 concentrations were used to calculate a standard free energy per methylene group for adsorption to a site of action in the cell of ‐3.1 +/‐ 0.2 kJ/mol. This suggested a hydrophobic site or sites of action. The regularity of the change in free energy with chain length was maintained up to, and including, n‐decanol. This implied that the site(s) could accommodate a ten‐carbon chain as readily as an eight‐carbon chain. 4. The voltage dependencies of IA current activation and steady‐state inactivation were not consistently altered by treatment with n‐alkanols at concentrations around or above their current suppression ED50 concentrations. 5. The kinetics of current activation and inactivation were affected, particularly by lower chain length compounds. At 60 mM n‐butanol reduced the time constant for development of inactivation of open channels (tau b) by 56%, while 0.016 mM n‐decanol produced only a 13% reduction. n‐Butanol (60 mM) also caused a substantial (76%) reduction in the time constant for development of inactivation in channels which were presumed to be closed. The effects of n‐alkanols on the current time‐to‐peak (tc) were complex, showing both increases and decreases, but these actions also declined with chain length. Methyl hexanoate (1 mM) reduced tau b by around 30% and tc by around 20%. 6. n‐Alkanols have now been shown to inhibit a number of voltage‐gated ion conductances.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)


Parallel assembly sequence planning (PASP) reduces the overall assembly effort and time at the product development stage. Methodological difficulties at framework development and computational issues at their implementation made the PASP complex to achieve. This paper aims to propose a novel stability concept for subassembly detection to minimize the complexities in PASP.,In this research, a heuristic method is developed to identify, represent and implement the stability predicate to perform subassembly detection and assembly sequence planning (ASP) at the further stages. Stability is organized into static, dynamic, enriched and no stability between the mating assembly parts. The combination of parts that possesses higher fitness is promoted to formulate the final solution about PASP.,The results obtained by applying the proposed concept on complex configurations revealed that stability predicate plays a dominant role in valid subassembly detection and final sequence generation further.,The value of the presented study lies in the three types of stability conditions and effective integration to existed ASP method. Unlike the existed heuristics in subassembly detection, the proposed concept identifies the parallel subassemblies during ASP.


The past few years have seen a rise in both the number and proportion of incarcerated women in South Africa. Even though the rate of incarceration for women continues to be far lower than for men, the number of women in correctional facilities is growing. Hence the aim of this paper is to critically analyse the living conditions of female offenders who are incarcerated in South African correctional centres. This critical analysis was done by means of qualitative document analysis. This paper traverses, synthesises, and analyses empirical studies as well as other relevant academic and policy literature on women's incarceration in South Africa to suggest viable strategies and solutions that can be adopted to ensure good practises and address the identified challenges that are associated with the incarceration of women. Furthermore, the paper highlights various adversities that women in correctional facilities face, such as health issues and rehabilitation challenges, as well as the impact that development and care programmes have on them.


Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is the most common cause of anemia in childhood worldwide and it is commonly due to nutritional problems in developing countries. It is usually accompanied by normal white blood cells (WBC) and normal or increase platelet count. Pancytopenia can be a rare manifestation of IDA. Here, we report a 7-year-old male child who presented IDA with pancytopenia, without other causes of pancytopenia or any other malignant disease. This patient is a rare pediatric case with severe IDA who exhibited pancytopenia. The patient has received a packed cell transfusion because he had symptomatic anemia. His blood parameters were normalized with the starting and continuation of iron supplements. This case demonstrated that patients with severe IDA may present as a case of pancytopenia. Conclusion: This case demonstrated that patients with severe IDA, may also have leucopenia and thrombocytopenia. Thus, severe iron deficiency should be added to the list of conditions leading to pancytopenia.


Ochratoxin A (OTA), a fungal metabolite of strains of Penicillium and Aspergillus, binds in its dianion form to Sudlow site I of human serum albumin (HSA) with high affinity. In this study, isothermal calorimetry (ITC) is used to study the binding of OTA and its O-methyl derivative (MOA). Calculations of the equilibrium geometry of the monoanion and dianion of OTA reveal only small structural changes among the lowest energy conformers. The ITC data show the binding of MOA, which lacks the phenolic proton of OTA, is accompanied by the uptake of a proton from the surrounding solvent. At pH 7.13, the binding of OTA is accompanied by uptake of 0.43 ± 0.15 protons from the solvent. At this pH, the monoanion (0.54) and dianion (0.46) forms of OTA are both present in solution. However, the pKa of the phenolic group of OTA decreases by more than three units upon protein binding, and so all available OTA is bound to the protein as the dianion. To account for the ITC data, a model is proposed in which the proton is...


Tut concept of hamartoma (Gr ^ to err) was introduced by Eugen Albrecht (1904) to specify tumour-like malformations or inborn errors of tissue development in which the various tissues of a part are present in improper proportions or distributed with prominent excess of one particular tissue. Hamartomas may be derived from any one of the three germinal layers but are most frequently from the mesoderm. Tt is important to differentiate these malformations from teratomas and dermoids. The term 'teratoma' implies a spontaneous, autonomous, new growth derived from pluripotential tissue. It is foreign to the region in which it occurs and is composed of elements of all three germinal layers. Dermoid tumours have the same histogenesis as teratomas but differ in that they are cystic neoplasms and originate from only two germinal layers, the ectoderm and mesoderm, with predominance of the ectodermal elements. Hamartomas are commoner than teratomas and may occur as the so-called 'hairy polypi' of the nasopharynx (Foxwell and Kelham, 1958; Bicknell, 1967). The present case is presented as a further addition to the literature on hairy polyp of the nasopharynx.


VIENNA. A "Waiting List " for Students of Anatonzy.-Election of Professor Weichselbaunm as Rector oJ the University.-A Sicck Club Experiment in Vienna. FOR some time past there have been continuous complaints from the professors of anatomy and the medical students of Vienna concerning the lack of space and general inconvenience at the Anatomical Institute. This want of proper accommodation is especially felt by those engaged in dissection, the obsolete heating apparatus, and the scarcity both of tables and chairs, and of washinag and disinfecting arrangements, making scientific. work almost an impossibility. The institute was built five and twenty years ago as temporary quarters for the anatomical department, and since tllen the number of medical students has increased to such an extent that a continuation of the existing conditions is clearly out of the question. During the last term no less than fifteen hundred students (amongst them many foreigners) applied for permission to dissect at the Institution, and the overcrowding was in consequence so great that it became necessary to call the attention of the authorities to this undesirable state of affairs. Professor Tandler, therefore, in collaboration with hlis colleagules of the Medical Faculty of Vienna, has introduced a waiting list for the admnission of students who wish to study anatomy at the University. Only sucll as lhave already worked at the Institute will be admitted during the coming (winter) term, all newcomers being debarred adnission if the number of applications exceeds onie tlhousand; whilst foreign students will not be admitted until room has been found for every native applicant. These drastic measures, however, are extremely unpopular with all concerned. Austria has always been proud of her academic "Lernfreilieit," that is, the liberty enjoyed by her students to study where and hlow they please, and as the students of every Balkan State are obliged to matricuilate at Vienna, there being no othei university of repute for them nearer home, it will be seen that there are grave politicdl reasons for this universal disapproval of the new ruJes. It is probable, therefore, that the general dissatisfaction will force the Government to consider the question seriously, and grant a sufficient sum for the erection of a proper building for the accommodation of the anatomical department. Professor Weiclselbaum, the well known pathologist of tlle Allgemeines Krankenlhaus of Vienna, has just been elected Rector Magnificus of the, University. The universal esteem enjoyed by this eminent savant is fittingly displayed kby his call to the highest post of lhonour in the scientific republic of our Alma Mater. An interesting experimept is in progress at the present moment in Vienna, where the medical profession has reQeritly organized a Krankeneasse, or sick club, whose members have one and all the right to choose their own doctor. The club is composed of the 800 employees of a large firm, the medical staff being open to any doctor who is willing to give his services on the following terms, namely, a deduction of 50 per cent. from the usual fees paid by the average private middle-class patient (night visits being clharged double), whilst the family of every miiember can claim medical treatment on exactly the same terms. Apart from the benefits of such a system to the patient, who naturally prefers to choose hiis own medical man, the doctors should also profit, since the rate of payment mentioned above is at least three times larger than tlle usual club fees, whicll lhave hitherto amounted to about 15 per cent. of those obtained in private practice. It .hould be addled tllat t+he club fuindsare supplied by wseekily deductions made from the wages of its members, but these are no hlighler than thle usual contributions made~ to thle ordinary sick clubs. It should prove interesting to vsatch thle course of this experimuent. rrepAmbutce.


Time lapse fluorescence microscopy can be used to monitor the behaviour of individual cells over time, but the imaging results can be affected by the inherent problem of overlapping emission spectra, commonly referred to as cross-talk. Various spectral unmixing methods have been adopted to solve this problem, thereby estimating the original signal from the observed mixture. The methods for evaluating the quality of spectral unmixing are usually based on the reference objects: a set of pixels where one of the signals is present while another is absent. However, reference objects are not always readily available, particularly in experiments that involve multi-colour fluorescence reporters. Moreover, there is little discussion about how we select training data to estimate the cross-talk coefficients of spectral unmixing methods. Our purpose is to address the challenge of missing reference objects by proposing a new quality evaluation approach, and to consider different strategies of training data selection. To this end, we develop a correlation-based quality measure that employs spatiotemporal information, and compare spectral unmixing results obtained using different training strategies.


In order to improve the recognition performance of pedestrian attribute recognition algorithm, based on the DeepMAR algorithm framework, an end to end attribute recognition algorithm is proposed. Firstly, after the output of the ResNet50 backbone network, a lightweight channel attention module is added to weight high level semantic information to improve the accuracy of global attribute recognition, secondly, in terms of loss function, the network output category probability is used as an index to measure the difficulty of sample training, to adjust the weight of each attribute task in the loss function. The average accuracy rate of the experiment on the PETA dataset reached 85.28%, and the average accuracy rate on the PA100k dataset reached 79.49, which was 1.29% and 1.58% higher than the DeepMAR algorithm.


This paper gives a very compact method for calculating the positive regions POS_C(D) in rough sets by translating the decision tables.This method not only need not calculate U/IND(C) and U/IND(D),but also omits the comparatire and joint calculation between U/IND(C)and U/IND(D).Finally,we investigate the logicality of the evaluation of weighting in our research,giving a method to mine the weighting of judged factors from original statistic data and processing the weighting mining on the judgement of the region zoology level of China.


A review is provided of the New America Foundation's report entitled An International Comparison of Cell Phone Plans and Prices.


Thin-film vanadium dioxide undergoes a thermally induced phase transition over a small temperature interval near 67°C. The standard material exhibits a large change in its IR transmission on switching but no significant deviation from a room-temperature bronze color. However, an anomalous form of VO2 was recently deposited1 which shows a striking blue to red color change through the transition. The surface morphology of these films is radically different from the standard material, consisting of large grains 1-2 µm in diameter and separated by wide-grain boundaries. Considering the unusual microstructure of the films, it was expected that the scattered component of transmission would be large. The magnitude of scattered and directional components of the total transmittance at 24 and 100°C has been investigated in the 800-350-nm spectral range using an integrating sphere assembly and spectrophotometer. Results of these measurements are discussed, and the optical constants at visible wavelengths of the anomalous VO2 are compared with those of the standard material.


An important issue in Basel Ⅱ is the calculation of portfolio credit risk. The motivation of this study is that, in Basel Ⅱ, there is a formula used to calculate the required regulatory capital for a bank's loan portfolio without considering possible concentration problem. The concentration of exposures in a credit portfolio can arise either because of its small size or because of large exposures to specific individual obligors. Emmer and Tasche (2005) proposed an analytical approximation method to calculate the required capital to cover the potential concentration effect. In this paper, we derive the exact distribution and credit Value-at-Risk (VaR) of the portfolio loss under one-factor model with some specified situations which stand for different degrees of concentration. To evaluate the performances for different risk models, we compare the estimated VaRs obtained from Emmer and Tasche (2005) and Basel Ⅱ regulatory capital rule to the exact VaR.


The situation of chemical water treatment equipment in Niangziguan electric power plant was introduced, the problems that the cyclic water-treated quantity of demineralization plant was slightly less and the consumption of acid alkali was slightly higher than expectation were analyzed, based on the analysis above, the improvement of intermediate discharge water device was done, making the cyclic water-treated quantity of the primary desalted water system higher, reducing the cost of power generating, gaining a lot of economic and social benefit.


This author uses MATLAB language to work out simulation program according to mathematical model of asynchronous motor in α β O coordinates.The program is applied to simulate the stator one phase short-circuited fault operating process of three-phase asynchronous motor driving constant torque load or ventilator load through a real calculation example and simulated results are also analyzed here.


Interactive Fiction (IF) games are complex textual decision making problems. This paper introduces NAIL, an autonomous agent for general parser-based IF games. NAIL won the 2018 Text Adventure AI Competition, where it was evaluated on twenty unseen games. This paper describes the architecture, development, and insights underpinning NAIL's performance.


nanced in the framework of contract No. 768/P-DUN/2016 by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education committed to activities aimed at the promotion of education. * Khaled Mohammed Alqahtani – Assistant Professor at the Business School Shaqra University. Mailing address: Business School Shaqra University, P.O. Box 88058, 11662 Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Faculty of Management University of Warsaw, 1/3 Szturmowa St., 02–678 Warsaw; e-mail: email@example.com.


We investigated the occurrence of serum M‐protein species in 2,007 Japanese patients older than 50 years of age. All sera samples were analyzed by cellulose acetate membrane electrophoresis. The relative mobility of an M‐protein band was calculated by dividing the migration distance of M protein by that of albumin. M proteins were found to be present in 71 of 2,007 cases (3.5%). Men 80–89 years old showed the highest occurrence of M proteins, 11.0%. The relative mobility of M‐protein bands, especially the band of the IgA‐type M protein, increased as the patient's age advanced. The patients had higher levels of the IgG‐type M protein than healthy Japanese subjects. We found that the occurrence of M‐protein species in Japanese patients increases with their age. The IgG‐type M protein was most frequently expressed among other types. The mobility of the M protein was greater in older patients probably because of aging‐related changes in the carbohydrate chain of immunoglobulins composing an M‐protein molecule. J. Clin. Lab. Anal. 14:64–69, 2000. © 2000 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


b 1. Which of the following pharmacologic agents is most likely to be associated with interictal epileptiform discharges? A. allopurinol B . bupropion C. donepezil D. lisinopril E . metformin The Continuum Postreading Self-Assessment and CME Test is an integral part of the issue that is intended to stimulate thought and help participants assess general understanding of the material presented in this issue. The Postreading Self-Assessment and CME Test is also approved by the American Board of Psychiatry andNeurology (ABPN) tomeet the Lifelong Learning (CME), Self-Assessment (SA) (part 2) component for Maintenance of Certification. For each item, select the single best response. A tally sheet is provided with this issue to allow the option of marking answers before entering them online. A faxable scorecard is available only upon request to subscribers who do not have computer access or to nonsubscribers who have purchased single back issues (send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com). Participants who complete the Postreading Self-Assessment and CME Test and issue evaluation online at www.aan.com/continuum/cme may earn up to 12 AMA PRA Category 1 Creditsi toward SA-CME. Participants have up to 3 years from the date of publication to earn CME credits. No SA-CMEwill be awarded for this issue after February 28, 2019.


The advantage of the application of GPS/GLONASS combined positioning in mining surveying is systemically analyzed,and the the key issues of combined positioning should be resolved are discussed.The practical applications of the GPS/GLONASS combined positioning in mine surveying are described in detail with examples.


The utility model relates to a railway passenger car air cylinder hanging bracket, which comprises a semi circular arc-shaped hanging seat, a semi circular arc-shaped hanging strip and a hanging iron piece, wherein the upper part of the hanging iron piece and the lower plane of a boundary beam of a railway passenger car are welded and fixed; both ends of the hanging seat and the hanging strip are provided with horizontal hems; the hems of the hanging seat and the lower part of the hanging iron piece are welded and fixed; and the hems of the hanging strip and the hems of the hanging seat are fixedly connected through bolts. The railway passenger air cylinder hanging bracket has a simple structure, and the structure is easy to overhaul and convenient to disassemble and assemble, and the defects that a traditional air cylinder is inconvenient to assemble and overhaul and the air cylinder is extremely easy to exceed the vehicle gauge are overcome; the height of the air cylinder can be randomly regulated through the welding positions of the hanging seat and the hanging iron piece so that designed technical parameters are ensured; simultaneously, the demand of maintenance convenience is also satisfied. The railway passenger car air cylinder hanging bracket provides a brand new installation mode with unique modeling for the railway passenger car.


Proefschrift ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor aan de Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen op gezag van de rector magnificus prof. mr. General Introduction 9 Calcium signaling in control of life and death 10 Release and uptake of calcium from subcellular organelles 11 Influx and efflux of calcium from the extracellular medium and the cytoplasm 13 Role of the membrane potential in cellular signaling 17 NRK fibroblasts: a model system to study growth-dependent calcium dynamics and membrane excitability 18 Aim and outline of thesis 22 Local induction of pacemaking activity in a monolayer of electrically coupled quiescent NRK fibroblasts 117 Chapter 6 General Discussion 147 Mechanisms of calcium entry in NRK fibroblasts 149 Channels enabling calcium entry in NRK fibroblasts 150 Growth stage dependent calcium entry 153 Release and uptake of calcium from subcellular organelles 154 Induction of pacemaking activity in a monolayer of coupled NRK cells 157 Electrophysiological characterization of pacemaking activity in density-arrested NRK monolayers 163 Future perspectives 171


ABSTRACT Applying the framework of Construal Level Theory (CLT), this study tested the effects of an environmental ad describing the distant-future (i.e. end of the twenty-first century) vs. near-future (i.e. next summer) consequences of climate change using a sample of college students in the U.S. and South Korea. Consistent with the proposed empirical model in this study, lower perceived temporal distance of climate change generally led to higher perceived relevance of the event and more positive attitude and greater intention toward the sustainable consumption suggested in the ad (i.e. using Energy Star® qualified bulbs). However, the effects of temporal framing on the variables were moderated by the culture-specific ways in which the participants represented time and interpreted temporal information. In response to the distant-future frame, South Korean participants tended to report significantly shorter perceived temporal distance, thus presenting higher levels perceived relevance, stronger pro-environmental attitudes, and stronger behavioral intention than their U.S. counterparts. Overall, the findings of this study have meaningful implications for the external validity of CLT and for the development of effective climate change awareness campaigns targeting different audiences around the world.