In the framework of a radiation exposure management program entitled (ALARA)), EDF aims at decreasing the mass dosimetry of nuclear power plants workers. So, the annual dose per unit, which has improved from 244 m.Sv in 1991 to 1.08 in 2000 fture4Y, should target 0.8 mSv in the year 2005 term in order to meet the results of the best nuclear operators.


Thcs problem of finding the power of the hypothesis test of no drift versus the alternative of positive linear drift in a one-dimensional Brownian motion process is considered. The tests are based on an observed sample of first passage or failure times under this process. The distribution of the test statktie of Nadas [1] under thr alternative hypothesis has been found. Power of the test is given in a closed series form for odd Silmple size.


In the article the peculiarities of taxation of property of individuals subject to the changes in legislation coming into force in 2015. A comparative analysis of the objects on the proposals of the tax to property of physical persons in connection with changes in tax legislation. Considered regional peculiarities of taxation of individuals '' assets in municipal formations of Bryansk oblast.


Right-lateral displacement of 80 to 120 miles across the western Great Basin is indicated by the consistent disruption of sedimentary facies and thickness trends of formations ranging in age from late Precambrian to Mesozoic. Some of this displacement occurs as fault slip and some as a more pervasive large-scale drag (oroflexural bending).


This paper reviews the structure of sub-cratonic mantle ('continental root') from seismological, petrological and geothermal points of view. The 'continental root' is divided into the chemical boundary layer (continental keel, up to about 200 km depth) and the thermal boundary layer (tectosphere, up to 200-400 km depth). The tectosphere has been a non-convective region against underlying convective mantle since the Archaean age. The tectosphere is recognized as high velocity region with magnitude of about 1-4% higher than the global average. Depleted garnet peridotites which compose the continental keel have low intrinsic density, because of their FeO deficiency than peridotites of the oceanic mantle. The buoyancy caused by this low intrinsic density offsets the negative buoyancy caused by the relative density decrease due to the temperature difference between the continental mantle and the oceanic mantle. Therefore, the in-situ densities beneath the continent and the ocean are equal, and the tectosphere of which the continental keel occupies the upper part is stabilized against convective disruption. The Rb/Sr and Sm/Nd ages of 3.2-3.3 Ga are reported from silicate inclusions in diamond derived from sub-cratonic mantle, suggesting that the stable tectospheric structure has formed in Archaean age. The material of the continental keel is mainly composed of the depleted garnet peridotites formed by extraction of basic magma during the Archaean age. Once the tectosphere was formed, the tectosphere diverts heat flow away from the sub-cratonic mantle into the thinner surrounding mantle. This mechanism explains the low heat flux into the Archaean craton.


In the insurance industry, the assessor's role is essential and requires significant efforts conversing with the claimant. This is a highly professional process that involves many complex operations to make a final insurance report. In order to save the cost, the previous offline insurance assessment procedure is gradually moved online. However, for the junior assessor often lacking in practical experience, it is not easy to quickly handle such an online procedure, yet this is important as the insurance company decides how much compensation the claimant should receive based on the assessor's feedback. In this paper, we present an insurance assistant that applies NLP technologies to help junior insurance assessors do their job better. The insurance assistant recommends appropriate inquiring policies and auto-completes the case report during the insurance assessment procedure. Here, we demonstrate the system via a short video 1.


The aim of this study was to develop knowledge about the social workers' importance for unaccompanied children's integration in the Swedish society. In order to investigate this we also have to dis ...


Merely involving the users in software development won't guarantee system success. User involvement is a complex, multifaceted phenomenon with a good side, a bad side, and an ugly side. A better, deeper understanding of those sides can help project managers develop responsive strategies for increasing user involvement's effectiveness.


Homicide is a universal phenomenon which occurs both among developed and developing communities, but to a varying extent. Homicide in this context does not include the lawful killing of criminals convicted of capital offence, or killing in war or in conditions of political strife. Considerable work has been done on various aspects of criminal homicide in many countries—Verkko (1951) in Finland, Jacqueline H. and Murray A. Strauss (1953) in Ceylon, Wolfgang (1958) in the United States. The book African Homicide and Suicide edited by Paul Bohanan (1960) contains only a chapter on homicide among the Tivs of Central Nigeria, and this is based on a retrospective study of case files. Lambo (1962) reported twenty-nine cases which he had interviewed for the courts; these came from the whole of Nigeria, and therefore represent different peoples and cultures.


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The OBIDICOTE (On-Board Identification, DIagnostics and COntrol of gas Turbine Engines) Brite/Euram project involves partners from both industry and academia in 6 different "Work-Packages". The main objective of the project is to define the principles for a new generation of electronic controllers and data management systems in order to increase both reliability and performance of power generation systems. The target application is a typical jet engine powering commercial aircraft. This report describes the work done by Chalmers participation in Work-Package 6 "Adaptive Engine Control".


A 74-year-old man with active smoking habits presented to the emergency department with a 2-month history of weight loss (20% of previous body mass), dyspnoea and night sweats. Physical examination showed clinical signs of respiratory distress, significant cachexia and thickened velvety palms with pronounced folds (figure 1). The laboratory results revealed leucocytosis of 15 700 cells/µl, thrombocytosis of 547 000/µl and elevated C reactive protein of 6.65 mg/dL. A posteroanterior chest radiograph showed a right pleural effusion and …


This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...shortest near the vertex, and draw 1, 1', 2, 2', 3, 3', etc., perpendicular to A B. Take distance 1 J in compass, and with the focus as centre sweep arc cutting ordinate 1-1' at 1'. In like manner take distance of each ordinate from the directrix, and with focus as centre sweep arcs cutting the ordinates at 2', 3', 4', etc. These will be points in the curve which can be drawn through them. Fig. 15.--Length and breadth being given, to draw the parabola: Construct the parallelogram F E C D. Subdivide the ordinates B C and B D into any number of equal parts; also divide F C and E D into a like number of equal parts. From A draw lines A 1', A 2', A 3', etc., and from B D and B C draw from points 1, 2, 3, etc., lines parallel with A B and cutting the lines drawn to 1', 2', 3', etc. These will be points in the curve through which it may be drawn. Fig. 16.--Another method. Length A B and breadth C D being given. Produce A B, making A E equal to A B; draw E C and E D, and draw 4'--4 through A and parallel to C D. Divide E 4 and D 4 into the same number of equal parts, likewise E 4' and C 4', and draw lines 1-7', 2-6', 3-5', 5-3', etc. The curve will be tangent to these lines as shown. Plates 12 And 13. The Ellipse. If a cylinder or cone be cut by a plane at an angle to its axis, the outline of the curve obtained will be an Ellipse. In Plate 12 is shown a cylinder E F G H cut by the plane J K. To develop the ellipse: Draw the centre lines A B and C D perpendicular to each other, and with their point of intersection O as centre draw the circle CAD equal in diameter to the required cylinder, this will be the plane. Project the points C and D indefinitely to G and H. Draw G H perpendicular to A B, and measure G E the required height of the cylinder. Draw E F parallel w...


As of February 11, 2020, more than 43,000 cases of a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) have been reported worldwide. Using publicly available data regarding the transmissibility potential (i.e. basic reproduction number) of 2019-nCoV, we demonstrate that relevant preprint studies generated considerable search and news media interest prior to the publication of peer-reviewed studies in the same topic area. We then show that preprint estimate ranges for the basic reproduction number associated with 2019-nCoV overlap with those presented by peer-reviewed studies that were published at a later date. Taken together, we argue that preprints are capable of driving global discourse during public health crises; however, we recommend that a consensus-based approach - as we have employed here - be considered as a means of assessing the robustness of preprint findings prior to peer review.


We thank Dr. Stevens for her observations (1). We agree with Stevens that standardized body mass index (BMI; weight (kg)/height (m)2) cutpoints can aid comparisons among studies examining different populations. The standard BMI cutpoints of 18.5, 25, and 30, indicating underweight (<18.5), normal weight (18.5–<25), overweight (25–<30), and obesity (≥30), were developed by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (2) and the World Health Organization (WHO) (3) and were reiterated in the 2013 obesity guidelines (4). Since their inception, these standards have been widely used in studies of BMI and risk of death and appear to be well accepted. In a previous systematic search (5), we found well over 100 published studies of weight and mortality as of 2012 that had reported results using those standard categories, including approximately half of the studies published since 2000. Turner et al. (6) used those BMI standards as their example of an approach to categorization that used well-recognized, published boundaries. In our article (7), we did not suggest that a new or augmented set of standards was needed. Rather, we emphasized that use of the current standard BMI groupings in analysis would avoid issues arising from ad hoc and post hoc selection of BMI categories. Finer BMI categories are not clearly necessary and can create problems of interpretation.

Dr. Stevens is correct that we did not mention the narrow BMI ranges discussed by the 2002 WHO expert consultation on BMI in Asian populations (8). The WHO expert consultation was directed towards policy and intervention. It recommended use of the standard BMI cutpoints noted above and also identified "further potential public health action points (23.0, 27.5, 32.5, and 37.5 kg/m2)" (8, p. 157). When the PubMed searches previously described (5) were repeated after being limited to studies published from 2004 through August 2014, they identified 6,627 potential studies of weight and mortality. Of these, only 26 (0.3%) cited the 2002 WHO consultation. Of those 26 studies, only 1 (9) used the array of finer cutpoints suggested by the 2002 consultation. Thus, the WHO consultation appears to have had relatively little impact on studies of weight and mortality.

Dr. Friedman's editorial (10) suggested dividing the normal-weight reference category into 3 subdivisions. Stevens comments that "an additional BMI cutpoint between 18.5 and 23, as suggested by Friedman, may help to separate persons who are in the normal-weight range due to healthy diet and exercise behaviors from those who have anorexia associated with disease" (1, p. 1128). Our article did not recommend changes to the reference category of normal weight. As is shown in Table 4 of our article (7, p. 293), excluding BMI <20 from the reference category produced almost no effect on the hazard ratios for overweight and obesity. Even though the risk was slightly higher for persons with BMI <20, the prevalence of that category was quite low, so the effect was negligible. In a previous investigation (11), we found that the primary effect of the reference category on estimates of excess mortality was seen in changing from a reference category of BMI 23–<25 to a reference category of 22–<25. Further lowering of the lower bound below 22 had almost no effect.

Stevens (1) and Friedman (10) note that risk may vary within the normal-weight category, but as our article shows (7), risk also varies within the overweight category, with no difference in risk between a BMI of approximately 23–25 and a BMI of approximately 25–27.5. The summary hazard ratios were 0.97 (95% confidence interval: 0.96, 0.98) for men and 1.03 (95% confidence interval: 1.00, 1.05) for women (7). This effect might be masked by comparing the standard overweight category with a nonstandard reference category.

The existing standardized categories can be used as part of the analysis to facilitate comparisons between studies. Other analytical approaches, such as splines, are more suited to exploration of the shape of the relationships.


UK environmental guidelines relating to the treatment of flows from CSOs and other intermittent wet weather discharges have focussed on the removal of aesthetic pollutants. This has dictated widespread adoption of screening systems. The majority of screening systems currently on the market employ electro-mechanical components to prevent blinding. However, given the harsh environment of the sewer, this is clearly not ideal. The paper describes the Hydro-Jet Screen™, a self-cleansing CSO screening system that has no moving parts and no power requirements. Utilising a purely hydraulic cyclic backwashing mechanism, the system is well suited for use in a sewer environment.


Post-school education earnings premia have remained strikingly stable over the 1981 to 2003–2004 period in Australia. This stability contrasts sharply with the rising college premium observed in the USA. The observed stability in Australia may in part be due to changes in the credentials earned by individuals entering certain professional occupations (especially nursing and teaching) during the period, particularly for women. We construct an estimate of the potential effect of within-occupation credential changes on estimates of education earnings premia in Australia over time.


This paper presents a short overview of the available LEO weather satellites transmitting APT (Automatic Picture Transmission) images. Also, this paper shows the development and setup of an advanced VHF ground station capable of receiving APT images from LEO weather satellites. This ground station will be capable of automatic tracking of selected NOAA satellites by using a steerable high gain multi-purpose VHF X-Quad Yagi antenna. The 137 MHz FM signal from NOAA satellites is received using a wideband Icom receiver and is processed using an external USB soundcard with dedicated software for APT/WEFAX image decoding. The proposed solution will provide low-cost access to APT data from NOAA POES weather satellite fleet. Tests were completed with good results and based on the experimental data, it demonstrates the technical feasibility of this improved receiving system.


Aging leads to changes in nearly all pharmacokinetic phases. Koumine (KM), an alkaloid derived from Gelsemium elegans Benth., is effective against age-associated chronic diseases, but its dose proportionality following oral administration in aged individuals remains unknown. Herein, we established and validated a simple method that requires low sample volumes to determine KM concentration in rats using ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. The maximum plasma concentration (Cmax) of 7 mg·kg−1 KM was ~12-fold and ~24-fold higher than that of 0.28 mg·kg−1 KM in adult and aged rats, respectively (P < 0.01). Time to reach Cmax (Tmax) for 7 mg·kg−1 KM was 4-fold longer in aged rats (P < 0.05). The area under the curve (AUC) of 7 mg·kg−1 KM was >17-fold and >43-fold higher than those of 0.28 mg·kg−1 KM in adult and aged rats, respectively (P < 0.01). The half-life (t1/2) of 7 mg·kg−1 KM was over 4-fold longer than that of 0.28 mg·kg−1 KM in adult rats (P < 0.01). The t1/2 of 1.4 and 7 mg·kg−1 KM were 1.5~2-fold longer, than that of 0.28 mg·kg−1 KM in aged rats (P < 0.05). The clearance rate of 7 mg·kg−1 KM was significantly lower in aged than in adult rats (P < 0.05). For 7.0 mg·kg−1 KM, the Cmax in aged rats was higher than in adult rats during the Tmax period (P < 0.05). In aged rats, the AUC for KM was >2.5-fold higher (P < 0.05) and the t1/2 was >60% longer than in adult rats (P < 0.05). These results help interpret the pharmacokinetics of KM in aging-associated diseases.


A stochastic global optimization method based on a multistart strategy and a derivative-free filter local search for general constrained optimization is presented and analyzed. In the local search procedure, approximate descent directions for the constraint violation or the objective function are used to progress towards the optimal solution. The algorithm is able to locate all the local minima, and consequently, the global minimum of a multi-modal objective function. The performance of the multistart method is analyzed with a set of benchmark problems and a comparison is made with other methods.


In the present communication, a theoretical analysis of air flow near windbreak structure was carried out to obtain some information about the optimal conditions of structure to be constructed, applying the computor program already proposed (Takahashi, 1982). Two parameters, shelter density (D) and Reynolds number (Re), and a decreasing rate of wind speed, which generally characterize the patterns of air flow, were examined in detail for analysis. The results obtained are summarized as follows:1) The wind flow pattern on both sides of structure varied depending on the values of Re: the decreasing effect of wind speed is maximum in the range of 25 85), the flow pattern clearly depended on flow time as characterized by the following observations. At first, a regular oscillatory motion arose behind windbreak structure and then induced the formation of vortices on both sides of structure. Next, the vortices gradually moved towards downstream and then it was mixed with main flow. The flow finally meandered at a slow or high speed, the weak and strong flows and their appearance regions are characterized according to the change of Re.3) When a simulation model was set using various values of D(=100, 90, 80, 70, 60 and 50%) to see the relationship between D and a reduction of wind flow speed, we found that with lower Re values (Fig. 5) the decreasing rate of wind increased parallel to D value, while in the case of higher Re values (Fig. 6), the D value of 60% was effective for a decrease in flow speed. These phenomena are explained with the formation of vortices or the meandering flow results with the relation between the vortices and main flow.From the data obtained, we conclude that both parameters applied for analysis of air flow are closely related to the wind pattern arising near windbreak structure and offer the optimal conditions for structure.


The current study aimed to ensure the chemical and microbiological quality of imported canned meat. Random samples of canned beef, canned beef luncheon and corned beef are imported from different countries were collected from the local market in Fayoum Governorate.  Chemical composition (moisture, protein, fat, ash content, carbohydrate and energy value), Quality indices (pH, Total volatile basic nitrogen and Thiobarbituric acid) and Microbiological quality (Aerobic plate counts, Staphylococcus aureus, Thermophilic bacteria and Clostridia count) have been estimated. The moisture content was not in conformity with the Egyptian Organization for standardization (E.O.S 1563/2005) in 50% of the samples, as well as the protein content of all samples not in conformity with the (EOS, 1563/2005). While the only fat content in which all samples were in accordance with the (EOS, 1563/2005). Also, T.V.B.N and T.B.A values for all trademark's samples passed into the allowance limits. Microbiological analysis revealed the presence of Staphylococcus aureus andClostridia count in 50 and 37.5 % respectively of trademarks samples.


This paper is concerned with a class of dynamic boundary systems with boundary feedback. The well‐posedness of the considered systems is proved under some regularity conditions. Moreover, some spectral properties are derived. As an application, the well‐posedness and the asymptotic behavior of population dynamical systems with unbounded birth process ' B(t) =∫0∞β(a)u(t−τ,a)da,t ≥0 ' are solved. Such population dynamical systems were pointed out in [S. Piazzera, Math. Methods Appl. Sci., 27 (2004), 427‐439] to be a current research topic in semigroup theory and still an open problem. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


About half a century ago, a bunch of psychologists came up with the provocative idea that all human thought is inherently constrained by the principle of consistency. The most well-known product of this insight is Festinger's (1957) theory of cognitive dissonance. Yet, the idea that consistency plays a fundamental role in thinking and reasoning was also a central part of several other theories at that time, many of which have disappeared from psychology textbooks over the years (for a review, see Abelson et al., 1968). Although these theories differed in various regards, all of them shared the assumption that cognitive inconsistency elicits an aversive state of arousal that people try to avoid. Today, the concept of cognitive consistency is mostly known for its contribution to research on attitude change. Counter to the notion of reinforcement that dominated psychology in the middle of the 20th century, dissonance theory predicted that people who engaged in counterattitudinal behavior should show a more favorable evaluation of the relevant attitude object when they received a low rather than a high incentive for engaging in the behavior. Festinger and Carlsmith's (1959) well-known confirmation of this prediction quickly became one of the most prominent findings in psychology. At the same time, however, the accumulating body of research on dissonancerelated attitude change directed researchers' attention away from the original idea that cognitive consistency represents a fundamental principle of human thought (Abelson, 1983; Berkowitz & Devine, 1989; McGuire, 1968). Over the following decades, the focus became even narrower when dissonance-related attitude change was reinterpreted as the result of selfrelated processes rather than reflecting the operation of basic consistency principles (see Gawronski & Strack, 2012; Greenwald & Ronis, 1978). Despite the increasingly narrow focus in research on cognitive consistency over the past decades, recent theorizing has rediscovered the original idea of cognitive consistency as a basic principle of human thought (for reviews, see Gawronski & Strack, 2012; Proulx, Inzlicht, & Harmon-Jones, 2012). Travis Proulx and Michael Inzlicht's (this issue) discussion of meaning maintenance is an excellent example in this regard. Drawing on a small set of basic psychological principles, their meaning maintenance model (MMM) offers a conceptual integration of a wide range of content-specific phenomena that many researchers consider as unique. Yet, as the authors convincingly argue, it seems rather implausible that the human mind is characterized by different principles of information processing depending on the particular content of the processed information. In line with this view, I concur that the MMM offers a valuable framework that provides deeper insights into the shared underpinnings of a wide range of psychological phenomena. Nevertheless, I believe that the authors have overlooked a few important distinctions in their identification of basic psychological principles. Consistent with the authors' emphasis of content independence, these distinctions are not content specific. Instead, they pertain to some unacknowledged aspects of the basic components of meaning maintenance. As I argue next, a closer analysis of these components may help to increase both the integrative and the predictive value of the MMM.


Optical spectroscopy at T=2K reveals systematically a low-energy companion to the features of heavy- and light-hole excitons localized on CdTe 1-ML-high islands, buried in wide ZnTe/(Zn,Mg) Te quantum wells. These transitions are assigned to a negatively charged excitonic complex (trion) from magnetoreflectance and photoluminescence results. A mechanism of formation of the trion is proposed. A clear correlation is found between the exciton energies, which depend on the size and strain of the islands, and the trion binding energy, which varies between 1 and 3 meV.


The application of adaptive control method based on characteristic model to the control of tracking and pointing of antenna of Tracking and Data Relay Satellite(TDRS) is researched.The simplified dynamics of multi-body satellites with flexibility based on Newton-Euler method and expressed in hybrid coordinate equations are used in numerical simulations.To control the pointing of antenna and attitude of centre rigid body of TDRS,an adaptive control method based on the characteristic model and a classic PID method are used respectively.The control stability and control precision of two kinds of control methods are compared.The results of simulations show that the adaptive controller based on characteristic model can satisfy the performance requirement of system and has very strong robustness and anti-disturbance ability.


The Court's introduction o f legislative history serves no purpose except needlessly to inject into the opinion a mode o f analysis that not all o f the Justices consider valid. And it does so, to boot, in a fashion that does not isolate the superfluous legislative history in a section that those o f us who disagree categorically with its use, or at least disagree with its super fluous use, can decline to join. I therefore do not join the opinion, and concur only in the result.12


The aim of this paper is to determine and understand the ideas and poetics of the Portuguese writer Guerra Junqueiro's (1850-1923) satire in verse. the article analyzes the literary content, form and stylistic strategies and takes into account Junqueiro's historical, cultural and literary contexts. the idea of homeland fuels his satire to ridicule and punish both the internal agents that the poet considers responsible for the civilizational backwardness of his country (monarchists, King D. Carlos, the Church, the literati, etc.), and the external ones (England and its Portugal-related policies). the article demonstrates that Junqueiro's satire is aimed to produce psychological and physical pain, which is metaphorized in the images of defense and punishment. Finally, it proves that this kind of fi gurative violence, in the context of a country in dire need of activism, paradoxically took the form of a nihilistic perspective expressed through a satirical verbalization that can, nonetheless, be considered as "active pessimism".


For the two kind of materials,3Cr23Ni8Mn3N and usually used 4Cr14Ni14W2Mo,the contrast and analysis of their mechanical property and microsructure show that 3Cr23Ni8Mn3N has superiority in structure,perfacrmance,heat treatment process,low cost with a wide solid dissolving treatment temperatures and fine grains.So 3Cr23Ni8Mn3N can satisfy the performance requirements for the high power diesel engine exhaust valve and have the feasibility of wide applications for this kind of parts.


This memo outlines the guidelines for selection of members of the IETF
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Anticipatory breach of contract system consisting of evincive anticipatory breach and implicit anticipatory breach is providing relative system out of civil law with numerous points of difference and similarity. Although legal system in our country traditionally belongs to civil law, it is advisable for our legislators of the new Contract Law to adopt some provisions in anticipatory breach system, which play a key role in the risk prevention in performance of contract.


This research is done to analyze the magnitude of contribution and effectiveness of local taxes toward original regional income at Bandung City. Method that used is descriptive analysis. Analysis result show that contribution of local taxes has contribution toward original regional income. The higher contribution of local taxes in 2013 is 82,763% and the lower in 2010 is 68,671%. Effectiveness of local taxes has effective toward original regional income. The higher effectiveness of local taxes in 2011 is 122,181% and the lower in 2016 is 78,210%. The results of data analysis use SPSS Version 20 showed that the result of hypothesis testing partially is contribution of local taxes has impact toward original regional income, and effectiveness of local taxes has impact toward original regional income. The result of hypothesis.


The utility model discloses a reflux prevention drainage device, comprising a water intake section and a drainpipe. A blocking ball is arranged on the joint of the water intake section and the drainpipe. A moveable section is provided behind the blocking ball. The utility model has the advantages of simple structure, easy manufacture, and easy maintenance and can not be damaged easily. Once clogging occurs, the sealing cover of a maintenance opening can be opened to clean conveniently and eliminate the clogging in time. The utility model can be arranged on various indoor outfalls of floor drains, closets or urinals, water pools, etc. The reflux prevention drainage device can stop reflux from the indoor outfalls and has a better effect of preventing the backflow of foul smell.


Research data or datasets can be regarded as a catalyst to inspire new research by repurposing or combining existing research data, and grant applicants have been requested by funding institutions to include a data management plan as part of research project proposals. In addition to the metadata approach, data papers may mirror the scientific publication model as an alternative means of description and management of research data. However, there is not a common standard for all data papers across various communities. This study aimed to build up a common structural framework to investigate the embedded characteristics and structures of the content of data papers by using a content analysis approach, and 26 data journals from 16 publishers were selected as subject in this study. This study has proposed a common framework and further embodied a concept map (Candela et al. 2015) into more concrete components for the structure of data papers.


Abstract The pressure dependence of thermal EMF and the resistivity-temperature dependence of CsI has been measured at pressures 20-50 GPa. In CsI non-monotonous change of resistivity, thermal EMF and activation energy of charge carriers has been observed at pressures above 40 GPa. The sign of thermal EMF corresponds to the electron conductivity. At pressures below 47 GPa the resistivity-temperature dependence is of the type characteristic of non-degenerate semiconductors, at pressure above 49 GPa it is characteristic of degenerate semiconductors (or metals). The observed properties are connected probably with the continuous distortion of B2 to an hcp-like phase.


OBESITY MAY be encountered at any age in pediatric practice and a discussion of this subject should probably not be limited to one age group. Many overweight adolescent children were overweight as younger children. However, it is true that the adolescent is more prone to develop obesity and the parents of these children are more sensitive about the obesity as it occurs at this age. Wilkins,'2 at Johns Hopkins Hospital, quotes figures to show that this is probably the most common entity that he sees in his endocrine clinic. Our own experience at the University of Michigan Hospital would support this and certainly obesity is one of the most common complaints with which the pediatric endocrinologist is concerned. A recent public school survey in an eastern city demonstrated that between 10 per cent and 20 per cent of all high school children may be considered overweight. Obesity is difficult to define, because the definition will vary in different cultural environments and will also vary to some extent with race, genetic background determining body type or habitus of the individual, and with the statistics or figures used to determine the degree of overweight of the individual. Most of the standard charts for height and weight which have been assembled within the last 10 years would indicate that any child weighing 20 per cent above the mean for his height and age would probably be considered obese. I would like to mention briefly the prevention of obesity and to emphasize in this regard that plotting the progress of a particular child on any one of the numerous growth curves that are now available will often reveal a trend of the patient which is perhaps not apparent from individual statistics of his height, and weight, and age. This method may not only be revealing to the physician, but it is also of great help in showing the parents that the child is beginning to deviate from the average growth curve. These charts will often convey information very graphically to the parents, and make them realize better what is going on with their child, than to sit down and talk to them for 30 or 40 minutes. These charts or graphs thus become useful preventive measures when the first signs of obesity begin to appear. It is of particular interest that approximately 50 per cent of the children we see have one or both parents who are considerably overweight. Some investigators have felt that there may well be a genetic factor involved in the obesity. As yet there is insufficient information to establish any hereditary or genetic factor in obesity. As is true in so many other growth and developmental


The Georgia Tech Research Institute has developed an integrated suite of software for Visual and Electro-Optical (VISEO) detection analysis, under the sponsorship of the Army Aviation and Troop Command, Aviation Applied Technology Directorate. The VISEO system is a comprehensive workstation-based tool for multi-spectral signature analysis, LO design, and visualization of targets moving through real measured backgrounds. A key component of the VISEO system is a simulation of real measured backgrounds. A key component of the VISEO system is a simulation of human vision, called the Georgia Tech Vision (GTV) simulation. The algorithms used in the simulation are consistent with neurophysiological evidence concerning the functions of the human visual system, from dynamic light adaptation processes in the retinal receptors and ganglia to the processing of motion, color, and edge information in the striate cortex. The simulation accepts images seen by the naked eye or through direct-view optical systems, as well as images viewed on the displays of IR sensors, image intensifiers and night-vision devices. GTV outputs predicted probabilities that the target is fixated (Pfix) during visual search, and detected (Pd), and also identifies specific features of the target that contribute most to successful search and detection performance. This paper outlines the capabilities and structure of the VISEO system, emphasizing GTV. Example results of visible and IR signature reduction on the basis of VISEO will be shown and described.


Few studies have investigated the influence of test environment (field vs. laboratory) on pacing strategy and on physiological variables measured during endurance running performance tests. The objective of this study was therefore to compare the behavior of mean velocity (MV), pacing strategy, heart rate (HR) and rating of perceived exertion (RPE) during one-hour running time trials conducted on an athletics track with the behavior of the same variables during one-hour running time trials conducted on a treadmill. Eighteen male recreational runners (25.4 ± 3.3 years) performed two one-hour time trials; the first running on a treadmill and the second on a 400 m athletics track. Rating of perceived exertion and HR were recorded every 10 minutes and MV was calculated every 15 minutes for analysis of pacing strategy (0-15min; 15-30min; 30-45min; and 45-60min). These performance variables were compared using Student's t test for paired samples. Figures for MV, HR and RPE measured at different points during the trials were compared using two-factor ANOVA for repeated measures, followed by Bonferroni's post hoc test. A significance level of P < 0.05 was adopted for all analyses. Mean velocity was higher for the trials on the running track (12.2 ± 0.8 km·h-1) than for the trials on the treadmill (11.8 ± 0.8 km·h-1). Additionally, there were also differences between the two test environments for mean and maximum heart rate, and in terms of pacing strategy. On the basis of these differences, it can be concluded that performance was influenced by the environment in which the one-hour time trials were conducted.


ObjectiveTo observe the effect of stimulating "Zhiyang" (DU 9) with electric acupuncture apparatus on contents of cAMP and cGMP in plasma of experimental acute myocardial ischemic rabbits.Methods40 rabbits were randomly divided into four groups: the normal control group (A), model group (B), model plus electric acupuncture on "Neiguan" (P 6) group (C) and model plus electric acupuncture on DU 9 group (D). The acute myocardial ischemic model was established by pituitrin (2 U/kg) injected into the vein of rabbit. Electrocardiogram (ECG) of Ⅱ leads was observed and contents of cAMP and cGMP in plasma were tested after electric acupuncture by radio immunoassay.ResultsThe cAMP contents of the group C and group D were lower than that of the group B significantly ( P0.01), but not different from that of the group A ( P0.05), and there was no difference between the group C and group D. The contents of cGMP were not different among four groups ( P0.05).ConclusionPuncturing DU 9 can raise the myocardial endurance to the insufficiency of blood and oxygen. The effects of electric acupuncture on DU 9 and P 6 are the same.


The theoretical and methodological base of history of pedagogy at the present stage is analyzed in the article. The author announces the methodological prism, which aims to provide a scientific novelty and practical value to solve the problem of holistic consideration of the subject of historical and pedagogical research. The approbation of the presented prism has been implemented during the study of national-regional problems. The ways of implementing the results of research in educational practice are proposed.


TH E Primates are among the most generalized of mammals in that they possess five well-developed digits on both manus and pes. While this is true of most members of the order, a few forms nevertheless depart from the ordinal rule. In these species, one or more digits normally are so under-developed that they must be regarded as stunted or even rudimentary. This condition usually is more than merely dimensional in nature, for, as will be shown, it commonly involves external characters, skeleton, and musculature. Such type of stunted digit, normal for a given species, falls into a different category from those anomalous rudiments that occasionally occur in man and other primates as well (see Schultz, 1942). The latter do not lie within the scope of this paper.


A small-size countercurrent centrifugal extractor with Taylor vortices in a narrow fluid region between an inner rotor and a stationary outer wall has been developed for high-performance liquid–liquid extraction. The extractor enables fast multistage extraction, and control of the emulsion flow is important for achieving superior extraction performance. To achieve a higher number of theoretical stages, rotation speed is initially increased to 1500 rpm to form an emulsion flow and subsequently decreased to the required level. The addition of (1) two types of surface-activating agents (sodium di(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate and sodium dodecyl sulfate) and (2) polymer protective agents (polyethylene glycol) was tested for maintaining a stable emulsion flow without sacrificing effective oil–water contact at lower rotation speeds. It was found that addition of a small amount of such agents allows for multistage extraction with a higher number of theoretical stages.


This study was conducted to determine the satisfaction of the people of
Surabaya in Indonesia watching a comedy program Indonesia Lawak Klub (ILK) in
Trans7. In this study, researchers used S-O-R theory and the theory of Uses and
Gratification. The analysis technique used in this research is an explanatory analysis
techniques with inferential statistics and t-test (t-test).
The results showed that the people of Surabaya obtain satisfaction in all of the
indicators with the dominant indicator is Entertainment. The results generally stated that
the people of Surabaya obtain satisfaction in watching a comedy program Indonesia
Lawak Klub in Trans7.


violent love; theology; lovesickness; mystical theology; mysticism; history of Christianity; medieval; Middle Ages; erotic mysticism; bridal mysticism; affect; affectus; Richard of St Victor; Hadewijch; Beatrice of Nazareth; Angela of Foligno; history of Christian thought


We developed a new apparatus using the probe-tip-quartz-crystal resonator technique, and measured the dynamical frictional force acting on HOPG and C60 substrates by a sliding Si3N4 tip as a function of sliding distance. It was found that the dynamical frictional force undergoes a drastic change when the oscillation amplitude is approximately the lattice constant of each substrate : For a small case, it is directly proportional to the amplitude, while for a large case, it does not depend on the amplitude. The observed behavior is qualitatively understood by a simple one-dimensional Tomlinson model. Then, we can conclude that the principal mechanism of energy dissipation due to the frictional force does not depend on sliding distance.


If G1 and G2 are finite groups with periodic Tate cohomology, then G1×G2 acts freely and smoothly on some product Sn×Sn.


The relationship between plasma concentration, clinical outcome and side-effects was examined in 23 patients with major depressive disorder (DSM-III-R) treated with fluoxetine. All patients received a fixed dose of 20 mg for 6 weeks. Good response was observed in 57% of patients, while 30% of patients had moderate responses after 6 weeks of treatment. Fluoxetine and norfluoxetine plasma concentrations were not significantly influenced by age and sex. At 6 weeks, plasma fluoxetine concentrations were not significantly different between responders and non-responders to treatment (82.2 ± 59.6 μg/I vs. 84.7 ± 6.7 μg/I) or those with or without side-effects (74.6 ± 28.7 μg/I vs. 87.0 ± 66.6 μg/I). Similarly, norfluoxetine concentrations were not significantly different for responders and non-responders (65.5 ± 28.9 μg/I vs. 66.5 ± 26.2 μg/I) or those with or without side-effects (66.6 ± 14.4 μg/I vs. 61.5 ± 33.6 μg/l). Plasma concentrations and clinical outcome were not related in a simple manner. Further studies are needed to evaluate the role of monitoring plasma fluoxetine/norfluoxetine concentrations as a routine procedure.


Geographical plantings at latitudes 45 and 50є used for an estimation of soybean genotypes" reaction to length of day. Thus for an estimation of soybean photoperiodic sensitivity used not frequency algorithms of measure estimation of asymmetry and completeness of vegetative growth. The maximum visually distinguishable distinctions in latitude values of photoperiodic sensitivity parameters are found out on factor of vegetative growth completeness Kcc. On the basis of the received results the empirical morphological express method of soybean genotypes" preliminary estimation on reaction to the photoperiod based on visual comparison of the lengths sums of three bottom and three top plant internodes is developed.


Background  Mutations in the plectin gene (PLEC) generally lead to epidermolysis bullosa simplex (EBS) associated with muscular dystrophy. It has been recently demonstrated that PLEC mutations can also cause a different clinical subtype, EBS associated with pyloric atresia (EBS‐PA), which shows early lethality. Prenatal diagnosis (PND) of EBS‐PA using mutation screening of PLEC has not been described.


A scanning electron spectroscope and a microhardness indentation tester were used to study the microstructure and mechanical properties of plasma sprayed NiCrBSi coatings before and after laser remelting,and the sliding wear behavior of the coatings was investigated.It was found that defects like pores,cracks and unmelted particles were eliminated by laser remelting,resulting in increased density and hardness of the coating.The laser remelted coating had metallurgical bonding,and was twice the anti-wear ability of as-sprayed coating.


Underdense meteor echoes observed using very high frequency (VHF) radar can be accurately modeled as a single complex damped sinusoid in additive white Gaussian noise. The normalized damping coefficient is expected to be between 0 and 0.3 for a VHF meteor return based on the modeled ambipolar diffusion rates near 90 km and a radar operating between 30 and 50 MHz. Current meteor echo detection routines operate either in the frequency domain, where it is difficult to detect highly damped signals, or in the time domain, where it is difficult to detect narrow band signals. An added difficulty is that typical approaches require a priori knowledge of the noise variance which can bias the performance of these estimators. In this paper, a time‐frequency waveform detector is proposed to address these problems. By normalizing the signal power and power spectral density in the time and frequency domains, respectively, a detector that is invariant to the noise variance can be implemented. The characteristics of a damped sinusoid in the time and frequency domains are exploited to construct the detector. The threshold for the proposed detector is only a function of of the time series length, and is stable with respect to a range of damping coefficients and noise levels. The time‐frequency waveform detector exhibits superior performance to the conventional energy or power detectors when the signal of interest is highly damped or the noise variance is unknown. A derivation of the time‐frequency waveform detector, comparison with the energy and power detectors and numerical results demonstrating the effectiveness of this detector are presented.


This study aimed to understand the reconfiguration process of the propositions that bind special education and the regular education of students with disabilities, considering the investment on alternative spaces - such as specialized service centers - as a possibility to complement support to schooling. As a qualitative research study in the methodological action plan, the study based on the analysis of documents in the context of a municipal public education system in Porto Alegre/RS metropolitan area. The study was based on research that approach public policies of education topics, having as main reference the works of Stephen Ball on policy cycle. It is concluded that the special education reconfiguration in this municipal system has been restructured based on the double mandatory enrollment as a legal argument that boosted the practices to make the schooling of students with disabilities mandatory in regular schools, in regular classes. This reconfiguration had as its axis the transformation of the municipal public special schools that served students with disabilities in special education service centers.


Recent improvements in the capabilities of low-frequency radio telescopes provide a unique opportunity to study thermal and non-thermal properties of the cosmic web. We argue that the diffuse, polarized emission from giant radio relics traces structure formation shock waves and illuminates the large-scale magnetic field. To show this, we model the population of shock-accelerated relativistic electrons in high-resolution cosmological simulations of galaxy clusters and calculate the resulting radio synchrotron emission. We find that individual shock waves correspond to localized peaks in the radio surface brightness map which enables us to measure Mach numbers for these shocks. We show that the luminosities and number counts of the relics strongly depend on the magnetic field properties, the cluster mass and dynamical state. By suitably combining different cluster data, including Faraday rotation measures, we are able to constrain some macroscopic parameters of the plasma at the structure formation shocks, such as models of turbulence. We also predict upper limits for the properties of the warm-hot intergalactic medium, such as its temperature and density. We predict that the current generation of radio telescopes [Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR), Giant Meter Radio Telescope (GMRT), the Murchison Wide-field Array (MWA) and Long Wavelength Array (LWA)] have the potential to discover a substantially larger sample of radio relics, with multiple relics expected for each violently merging cluster. Future experiments [(Square Kilometre Array (SKA)] should enable us to further probe the macroscopic parameters of plasma physics in clusters.


A 2-D viscoelastic finite element model for subduction in the southern Aegean Sea allows us to study the distribution of stress and surface velocities in a vertical cross section through the island of Crete. Recent tomographic results constrain the geometry of the slab and the structure of the crust, lithosphere and mantle. Two models are considered, the first for passive subduction driven solely by slab pull, and the second one where active convergence between the African and Aegean plates is also included. Both models predict subsidence of the Hellenic trench and of Cretan trough ; uplift of Crete and of the Aegean volcanic arc. The island of Crete is subject to differential uplift, highest in the southern part, with maximum rates of 1.5 and of 3.2 mm/yr for the two models, respectively. These results agree with the tectonic uplift inferred from Holocene sea-level changes in the island. The style of stress within the modeled African and Aegean plates is in general agreement with the focal mechanisms of the largest earthquakes along the subduction zone.


Per una storia della paranoia - This article is about the historiography of paranoia, that is, the historical method that should be used to write on the origins of "paranoia". It illustrates the historical approach developed by the Cambridge school (see Berrios, 1996). According to the latter, the history of paranoia consists in the hermeneutic analysis of those narratives constructed by Western societies to deal with that subset of human beings who express persistent, exaggerated (and occasionally overbearing) self-referential beliefs, and often enough carry a personality to match. The latest of such narratives (and still predominating today) emerged during the 19th century and was the first fully to medicalize its target behaviour. Constructed in a period when the social order was being threatened by intense political unrest, the paranoia narrative should best be seen as the expression of a collective social response to such threat resulting from the convergence of an ancient word (paranoia), a relatively new concept (self-referentiality) and a set of behaviours (selected in terms of their oddity and nuisance value).


OBJECTIVES
To explore the value of high frequency color doppler ultrasonography in differentiating benign and malignant skin solid tumors.

METHODS
Clinical and ultrasonic data of cutaneous solid tumors confirmed by pathology in our hospital were collected. The differences in clinical and sonographic features between benign and malignant tumors were statistically analyzed.

RESULTS
A total of 512 patients, involving 527 cases of skin solid tumors, were enrolled in this study. The ultrasonic detected 99.43% of the cases, with 99.02% accuracy in locating the lesions. The benign and malignant tumors showed differences in patient age, location, multiple occurance, location and depth, surface skin condition, tumor size, echo, morphology, uniformity, calcification, blood flow status, tumor rear area and peripheral echo, and pathological requests ( P<0.05).

CONCLUSIONS
High frequency ultrasound has excellent detection rate of skin tumors, which can locate invasion depth of skin accurately. Benign and malignant skin tumors show differences in a number of clinical and ultrasound features.


The direct containment heating (DCH) issue has surfaced in the past year or two as one of the major factors affecting the risk uncertainty for pressurized water reactors in general. As a result, work has been progressing at Sandia on several aspects of the DCH issue, both from an experimental and an analytical standpoint, with a view to developing more advanced analytical capabilities for treating the rather complex phenomenology involved. This paper is intended to describe Sandia's contributions to the analyses of direct containment heating that were performed under the auspices of the SASA and QUECLA programs. The SASA program effort involved application of newly developed DCH models in the CONTAIN code to hypothetical high pressure ejection scenarios in the Surry and Bellefonte nuclear power plants.


For the defects in PCB manufacturing process, this paper mainly introduces the application, work principle, produce process, main constitute parts and technique mold of automatic optical inspection(AOI) system.


Mobile ad-hoc networking is considered as one of the key technologies to support communication when different emergencies or disasters strike. Unfortunately, the majority of existing ad-hoc networking solutions are based on proprietary hardware and software which severely limits their use by only those competent authorities that are well trained and properly equipped. As a consequence, patients/victims and bystanders are deprived from access to this communication means. This work details a novel ad-hoc networking solution that is purposefully designed to operate on consumer electronics such as smartphones, tablets and laptops that support the WiFi-Direct standard. The networking solution proposed is shown to be both highly scalable, robust and energy efficient due to the distributed and purely local operation of all its functionalities. The proposed solution has been implemented and tested on Android devices with several multimedia services provided in the form of a mobile app. Experimental results demonstrate the performance of the proposed solution under varying degrees of mobility associated with alternative emergency situations.


The construction of a low-cost and reliable array antenna system is required to facilitate the practical use of the adaptive antenna in the mobile communication field. The array antenna system can be verified by DOA (Direction of Arrival) estimation. This dissertation describes the attempt to achieve a high-precision adaptive antenna and the examination of this device, which suppresses the number of array elements, in a real mobile communication environment. In chapter 2, we evaluate the array antenna system by DOA estimation, and on the basis of this evaluation, we clarify the problems related to the hardware and propagation environment of the array antenna system. It is necessary to model the array antenna system both statistically and quantitatively based on measurements. First, we formulate the array antenna and DOA estimation and explain the prototype array antenna systems. The prototype system has been improved after every evaluation. Next, an evaluation method using a rotating array antenna is proposed. Using a rotating array antenna and DOA estimation, this method can be used to evaluate the array antenna system in detail. Further, we analyze the error factor on the basis of an experiment in the anechoic chamber. In chapter 3, we undertake a detailed examination of the errors resulting from inaccuracies in array element positions, mutual coupling of elements, and plane-wave approximation in which the distance between transmitting and receiving antennas is small. Element position and mutual coupling influence each other and affect the antenna element pattern. First, we formulate the array antenna that takes into account the effects of the antenna element pattern and use the moment method to quantitatively and statistically, analyze the mutual coupling and DOA estimation error. The DOA estimation error is dependent on null steering of the adaptive antenna. Next, changing simulation is performed by varying the extent of 2 mutual coupling. It is impossible to realize an antenna without coupling; however, the coupling can be suppressed. This property will be useful in manufacturing the antenna array. In chapter 4, we propose a calibration method for suppressing the error factors. Steering vector compensation method is the most basic calibration method. Coupling calibration using a fixed calibration antenna can eliminate these problems and it can be calibrated during operation. The correlation matrix estimation method for the transmission array antenna is demonstrated experimentally in the anechoic chamber. Additionally, based on the discussion in chapter 3, the time of calibration of the pattern is reduced by employing the element interval tuning method and a low-coupling array antenna system. The array antenna element pattern is changed due to several error factors; however, optimum adjustment of the element interval, mutual coupling, and number of elements results in a high-precision array antenna system with reduced errors. In conclusion, inaccuracy of array element position and mutual coupling of elements influence each other and cause a DOA estimation error or adaptive null steering in the antenna element pattern. A high-precision array antenna system can be achieved through optimal adjustment of these factors.


When participants with varied background and interests join in a collaborative activity, their different viewpoints may make the evaluation of the activity more difficult. The emphasis placed on different kinds of success may differ greatly among project partici pants, causing them to disagree over the worth of components of the program, irrespective of the technical merits of the evaluation of these components. Our experience as evalu ators in a multidisciplinary biomedical research center indicates the need to augment conventional evaluative techniques with ones that explicitly recognize the influence of values on program evaluation.


AIM
To express midkine (MK) protein, prepare its monoclonal antibody (mAb), and detect its expression in tumor cells.

METHODS
The human MK gene fragment was cloned from kidney cancer tissues by RT-PCR and inserted into the prokaryotic expression vector pMS-31b. The MS2-MK fusion protein was expressed in E.coli after temperature induction. The purified fusion protein was used to immunize BALB/c mice to prepare mAbs against MK by routine hybridoma technique. The Ig subclasses of the mAbs were identified by ELISA. The expression of MK in tumor cells was detected with the mAbs.

RESULTS
MK gene was cloned and MS2-MK fusion protein was expressed successfully. Two hybridoma cell lines secreting anti-MK mAbs were obtained. The Ig subclass of the 2 mAbs was IgG1 and IgG2a, respectively. MK was expressed in gastric carcinoma cell line MGC803 and gastric cancer tissue.

CONCLUSION
The MS2-MK fusion protein was expressed in E.coli and the mAbs against MK were pepared, which allow futher research on MK function.


In this paper, we reported our recent progresses on growth of InGaN quantum dots and related light-emitting devices by metal organic vapor phase epitaxy.


A 79-year-old gentleman with a T4 Gleason 9 prostate cancer (PCa) developed progressive relapsed disease following sequential hormonal therapy (initially with oestrogen patches in the PATCH trial, followed by LHRH analogue therapy). Staging investigations revealed multiple bony metastases on isotopic bone scan, and extensive bilateral cervical, left axillary and mediastinal lymphadenopathy in chest CT (Figure 1). A clinically enlarged left-sided cervical lymph node was biopsied and revealed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (Figure 1). Despite the initiation of R-CHOP chemotherapy, he died from respiratory complications secondary to compression of main airways associated with progressive lymphadenopathy.


High-temperature characteristics in normally off AlGaN/GaN heterostructure field-effect transistors (HFETs) with recessed-gate enhanced-barrier structures were examined up to 300 °C, where a high threshold voltage (Vth) of +3.0 V and a high drain current density (Id) of 610 mA/mm were obtained at room temperature (RT). Interestingly, Id did not degrade significantly up to 300 °C with a small positive shift in Vth from +3.0 to +3.5 V. A model has been proposed that channel electrons should experience a potential step when they pass the nonrecessed/recessed boundary region in recessed-gate structures, which should be related to the observed high-temperature characteristics.


It is shown that a multichannel sample-and-hold amplifier with weighted integration can perform internal antialiasing filtering when its weight function and the number of channels are properly selected. The advantages of internal antialiasing filtering, which allows the removal of a conventional antialiasing filter, are especially significant in digital receivers.


The invention relates to a throttle body (1) for an internal combustion engine having a main channel (3) having an inlet port (31) and an outlet opening (32), a throttle valve (2) centrally rotatably mounted with in the main channel (3) throttle valve shaft (20) is connected so that a throttle upper half (21) and a throttle valve lower half (22) are defined, and a first throttle valve stopper (331) formed on an inner wall surface (33) of the main channel (3) , and closing of the in a first the outlet opening (32) locking position (101), the throttle upper half (21) having a front edge (21a) abut, and the throttle lower half (22) with a back edge (22b). On the inner wall surface (33) of the main channel (3) is a second throttle valve stopper (332) formed occluding at in a second inlet opening (31) locking position (102), the throttle upper half (21) with a back edge (21b) and abutting the throttle lower half (22) having a front edge (22a).


The article examines the possibility of transfer to bipartisan system in Russia. The authors assess the benefits of the two-party system that include first of all the ensuring of actual political competition and authority alternativeness with simultaneous separation of minute non-system forces that may contribute to the country destabilization. The authors analyze the accompanying risks and show that the concept of the two-party system as the catalyst of elite schism is mostly exaggerated. The authors pay separate attention to the experience of bipartisan system implementation in other countries, including the United States. They offer detailed analysis of the generated concept of the bipartisanship crisis and show that this point of view doesn't quite agree with the current political practice. The authors also examine the foreign experience of the single-party system. They show that the success of the said system is mostly insubstantial, besides many of such systems have altered into more complex structures, while commentators very often use not the actual information but the established myths about this or that country. The authors also offer practical advice regarding the potential technologies of transition to the bipartisan system in Russia.


In this paper, the tracking control problem for a class of nonlinear time‐delay multiagent systems with input saturation is considered. The nonlinear dynamics are dominated by strict‐feedback form and satisfy Lipschitz conditions with constant gains. First, it indicated that the tracking control problem is equivalent to a general bound problem of high‐dimensional multivariable systems. Second, an ingenious state transformation is utilized to change the bound problem into the parameter design problem. Third, by the static gain control technique and the hyperbolic tangent function, both state feedback and output feedback controllers are built such that all signals of the closed‐loop systems are globally bounded, and the tracking errors between the followers and the leader can converge to a small neighborhood around the origin by appropriately selecting parameters. Finally, an example is shown to verify the feasibility of our results.


Contributions to the Chemistry of Boron, 2021). – Borylation of Amino Acids by an Amino-imino-borane

Reactions of (tert-butylimino)(2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidino)-borane (3) with amino acid esters or N,N-dimethyl amino acids lead to the N-borylated products 5 and boryl esters 11, respectively. Amino acids and 3 yield the O,N-bis-boryl compounds 13 and/or 1,3,2-oxazaborolidin-5-ones 14, depending on the size of the organyl substituent R at the α-carbon atom of the amino acid. Increasing the bulk of this group favours the formation of 14 with elimination of tert-butylamine. The five-membered OBNCC ring of 14 is planar according to an X-ray structure analysis of 14e. (2,6-Diisopropylphenylimino)(2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidino)borane reacts with amino acids similar to 3, but tetramethylpiperidine is eliminated on ring formation to produce 20. N-Monoalkyl amino acids and 3 predominantly give oxazaborolidin-5-ones.


Objective To evaluate the effects of peritoneal rest on peritoneal transport and morphology in a rat model of peritoneal dialysis. Design Twenty-four rats (Sprague-Dawley, male, 250 300 g) were divided into three groups: group 1 (control, n = 6) without dialysis, group 2 (n = 9) sacrificed immediately after 3 weeks of dialysis, and group 3 (n = 9) sacrificed after 4 weeks of peritoneal rest after 3 weeks of dialysis. Both dialysis groups were dialyzed twice daily with an intraperitoneal instillation volume of 25 mL of 3.86% dextrose solution for 3 weeks. Peritonitis was induced by supplementing the dialysis fluid with lipopolysaccharide (5 μg/mL) on days 8, 10, and 12 in both dialysis groups. Peritoneal equilibration tests were performed on each animal at baseline. The equilibration tests were repeated at the 4th and the 8th week of dialysis. Morphometric analyses of the peritoneal membrane were carried out in tissue specimens obtained at the time of sacrifice. Results The DIDo ratio for glucose at two hours in groups 2 and 3 at the beginning of week 4 was significantly lower than at baseline, indicating an increase in peritoneal permeability to glucose after 3 weeks of dialysis. DIDo in group 3 at the beginning of week 8, after 4 weeks of peritoneal rest, was significantly higher than at week 4. The drain volume in groups 2 and 3 at week 4 was significantly lower than at baseline; however, the drain volume in group 3 at week 8 was significantly higher than at week 4. The thickness of the parietal peritoneal membrane in group 3 was significantly greater than in group 1 and less than in group 2 (group 1, 11.4 ± 7.6 μm; group 2, 37.5 ± 18.4 μm; group 3,21.4 ± 12.1 μm). Conclusions Peritoneal rest improves ultrafiltration in rats by decreasing the hyperpermeability of glucose and also reduces the degree of peritoneal thickening. These data suggest that dialysis -induced changes in peritoneal transport and morphology are reversible under the conditions of peritoneal rest in this experimental model.


Until comparatively recently, the diphthong systems of southern English accents have appeared virtually symmetrical, and such an ideally symmetrical system for the closing and centring diphthongs is shown in Figures 1 and 2. (The diphthong /ɔI/, which of course does upset the symmetry, is omitted for the sake of exposition. Historically too this omission is well-motivated, as this diphthong was a borrowing from Norman French (Gimson, 1962: 132), and still has a limited distribution (Gimson, 1962: 148).)


The faults of the victims in crime of causing traffic casualties are different from those in other kinds of crimes.The faults affect the determination to punishment,so they should be prescribed in the principle of lesser punishment.


The interaction behavior of Fe3+ with transferrin and apotransferrin (iron-free form) was investigated in this study using affinity capillary electrophoresis. Change in the mass and charge of protein upon binding to the metal ion in the capillary tube led to variation in its migration time and was used to measure the noncovalent binding interactions by fast screening method. Acetanilide was used as the electroosmotic flow (EOF) marker to avoid possible errors due to the change in EOF during the experiment. The binding results were calculated from the mobility ratios of protein (Ri) and EOF marker (Rf) using the formula (Ri − Rf)/Rf or ∆R/Rf. For more comprehensive understanding, the kinetics of the interaction was studied and binding constants were calculated. Results showed that the Fe3+ displayed insignificant interaction with both proteins at lower metal ion concentrations (5–25 μmol/mL). However, transferrin exhibited significant interactions with the metal ion at 50 and 100 μmol/mL (ΔR/Rf = 0.0114 and 0.0201, resp.) concentrations and apotransferrin showed strong binding interactions (ΔR/Rf = −0.0254 and 0.0205, resp.) at relatively higher Fe3+ concentrations of 100 and 250 μmol/mL. The binding constants of 18.968 mmol−1 and −13.603 mmol−1 were recorded for Fe3+ interaction with transferrin and apotransferrin, respectively, showing significant interactions. Different binding patterns of Fe3+ with both proteins might be attributed to the fact that the iron-binding sites in transferrin have already been occupied, which was not the case in apotransferrin. The present study may be used as a reference for the investigation of protein-metal ion, drug-protein, drug-metal ion, and enzyme-metal ion interactions and may be helpful to provide preliminary insight into the new metal-based drug development.


Bernard Collin was born in Paris, France, in 1927. His published works include Ame liquide, (Les Lettres Nouvelles, July/August 1956), Centre de Vous (Pierre Bettencourt, 1960), Les milliers les Mmillions et le simple, (U. G. E. , 1965), Perpetuel (Christian Bourgois, 1969), Sang d'autruche (Mercure de France, 1977), Besbion oros (Parler net, 1984), Premiers pas sur la terre radieuse (Fata Morgana, 1984), Ambakoum (Fata Morgana, 1985), 22 lignes et il sort de sa pensee (Fata Morgana, 1988), Wols avec une loupe (fourbis, 1990), Une espece de peau mince (Michel Chandeigne, 1995), and Perpetuel voyez Physique (Editions Ivrea, 1996). This thesis - the first to be devoted to Bernard Collin - comprises a bibliography of the poet's work and the critical reviews it has received. The first part deals with the entire opus, with the exception of Perpetuel voyez Physique, which is addressed in the second part. I present and analyse the author's literary situation, themes and poetic art. It is important to emphasise the wealth of Collin's work, which is entirely new and totally practical. The writer's intention is not to create another world but, using cadence and rhetoric, to reach this world and to capture it as never before. The reader becomes a part of Collin's "radiant earth" and is totally sensitive to it.


PURPOSE: A CVVL(Continuous Variable Valve Lift) apparatus is provided to obtain high reproducibility and to reduce the torque of a driving motor by decreasing dynamic loads. CONSTITUTION: A CVVL apparatus comprises a cam shaft, a first cam, a second cam(60), an actuating shaft(30), an actuating lever(40), a swing arm(50), and a controller(70). The first cam is installed in the cam shaft. The actuating shaft is placed side by side with the cam shaft. The actuating lever is connected to the actuating shaft. The swing arm is rotatably coupled to the actuating lever and an engine. The second cam is pivotally connected to the swing arm. The second cam opens and closes a valve opening/closing unit by contacting with the first cam. The controller is connected to the actuating shaft, and moves the pivotal center of the swing arm with selectively rotating the actuating shaft.


Abstract : The problem of ion motion and laser cooling in a radio frequency quadrupole trap is considered. It is shown by a simple numerical calculation that for ion motion in the absence of laser cooling the effect of the time varying potential v(R-bar)cos(Omega x t) can be approximated by a time independent effective potential whenever the frequency of oscillation of the electric field, Omega is sufficiently greater than a resonant frequency, (Omega)squared = (sq. root of (2) times eVo)/M were e is the electronic charge, Vo is the maximum potential applied to the trap electrodes, and M is the mass of the ion. Equations for the Hamiltonian matrix elements in the presence of laser cooling, in the Lambe-Dicke limit are derived and studied to determine the cooling transitions. The equations of motion for the density matrix in the Lambe-Dicke limit are derived using a simple representation of spontaneous emission. (Theses) (Author)


Microwave plasma oxidation (below 200 °C) of partially strain-compensated Si1−x−yGexCy (Ge:C=20:1 and 40:1) with and without a Si cap layer is reported. The electrical properties of grown oxides have been characterized using a metal–oxide–semiconductor structure. Fixed oxide charge density and mid-gap interface trap density are found to be 2.9×1011/cm2 and 8.8×1011/cm2/eV, respectively, for directly oxidized Si0.79Ge0.2C0.01 film. The oxide on samples with low C (0.5%) concentration, exhibits hole trapping, whereas electron trapping is observed for oxides on alloys containing 1% C.


Time series of rut data from 109 in-service pavement sections in the Long-Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) Special Pavement Study-1 (SPS-1) experiment were used to predict the permanent deformation parameters for the VESYS mechanistic–empirical rut model. This was accomplished by matching the rut performance curves versus time being matched for each section with a commercially available iterative solver. To ensure uniqueness of each section's permanent deformation parameters (PDPs), the transverse surface profiles were used to match the most likely contributions by layer according to the criteria proposed in the NCHRP Report 468. On average, the contribution to the total surface rutting from the various pavement layers was as follows: 57% from the asphalt concrete layer, 27% from the base layer, and 16% from the subgrade. These results confirmed that the contribution to the total rutting from asphalt concrete and base layers is important and needs to be included in any mechanistic–empirical design procedure.


It has been shown in this and earlier investigation that the turtle bladder mucosa has three main cell types on their mucosal surface. They are the granular cells, CA cells, and CA cells. The three major transport mechanisms that occurs in the turtle bladder are sodium reabsorption, proton secretion, and bicarbonate secretion. In the present work the trans-port mechanisms by bladder epithelial cells of freshwater turtle, Pseudemys scripta, are summarized as follows. 1. The granular cells play an important role in sodium transport, while the and CA cells do not appear to play a determining role in sodium transport. 2. It appears that the active sodium transport in the granular cells occurs in two-step process, implying that first, sodium diffuses into the cells, followed by an energy-dependent efflux step, which is catalyzed by the ouabain-sensitive Na-K ATPase. 3. The type of CA cells are responsible for the proton secretion using the proton pump on the apical plasma membrane, while the type of CA cells are believed to be responsible for bicarbonate secretion. 4. When looked at under freeze-fracture electron microscopy, the apical plasma membrane of cells have a characteristic population of rod-shaped intramembranous particles which are believed to be components of the proton pumps. Conversely, type of CA cells show rod-shaped particles in their basolateral plasma membranes, which is consistent with the proton absorptive, bicarbonate secretory mechanism. 5. In the turtle bladder, the and type of cells are believed to be both responsible for proton transport, but in opposite directions.


With the increasing environmental issues, the energy consumption and carbon emissions of data centers have become a major concern. However, in previous works, the cost and carbon reduction potential of geographically dispersed data centers with renewable generations is not fully explored due to the difficulty in matching renewable generations with stochastic incoming jobs. In this paper, the temporal and spatial variability of the carbon footprint and electricity price is revealed. Integrated with the distributed characteristics of renewable generations and geographically dispersed feature of the data centers, the carbon emission reduction potential of data centers with renewable generations is explored, leading to triple uncertainties in electricity price, fuel mix and renewable generation. To navigate such a potential, a virtual queue algorithm is designed, which makes online strategies for job scheduling of the data centers. By introducing historical correction terms, high-precision matching of the workload and renewable generation can be achieved with triple uncertainties. This leads to the economic and environmental friendliness of the proposed mechanism, which can achieve <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$O(\sqrt{T})$</tex-math><alternatives><mml:math><mml:mrow><mml:mi>O</mml:mi><mml:mo>(</mml:mo><mml:msqrt><mml:mi>T</mml:mi></mml:msqrt><mml:mo>)</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:math><inline-graphic xlink:href="chen-ieq1-3150391.gif"/></alternatives></inline-formula> expected regret and constraint violation. Simulations based on real-world data from several states of Australia demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed framework in cost and carbon emission reduction with triple uncertainties.


In last chapter, we have implemented MDDCA in which the channel allocation is done based on global optimization followed by local optimization for call admission and handoff control. To further explore the feasibility of such control, in this chapter, we present a mechanism to integrate pricing alongwith call admission. A dynamic pricing concept considering the parameters of linear and non-linear pricing system with and without feedback is introduced. Due to pricing based availability of resources, the network traffic gets spread over which results in reduction of congestion, increased utilization of channels and thereby enhancement of spectrum utility.


ABSTRACT There is considerable evidence that the level of parental involvement is closely associated with children's school outcomes 1 . Schools are increasingly using digital technology to engage parents, but the impact of such technology on students' learning behaviour is still unclear. This paper reviews and synthesises international evidence from 29 studies to establish whether technology-mediated parental engagement can improve student outcomes. While the review suggests promising evidence in school–parent communication via phone, texts, or emails on children's attainment, attendance, and homework completion, such communications have to be two-way, personalised, and positive. The evidence for home computers and other portable devices is inconclusive. There is no evidence so far that online technological devices and digital media are effective for improving school outcomes. Current research on the use of such technology is weak. Research in this field needs to consider a more careful and scientific approach to improve the evidence base.


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William Foster discusses the classic 1981 Nature paper 'Evidence for the dilution effect in the selfish herd from fish predation on a marine insect' that he published with John Treherne.

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We prove three conjectures of Tsukano about exponential sums stated in his Master's thesis written at Osaka University. These conjectures are variations of earlier conjectures made by Lee and Weintraub which were first proved by Ibukiyama and Saito.


The combination of a gel-free silver halide deposit with a chalcogenide glass layer is being investigated for its potential as an ultra high speed electron-sensitive resist. A vacuum evaporated silver halide layer which, in 200 to 300 nm thickness, is capable of photographic speeds exceeding 10-10coulombs/cm2for 2 to 20 Kev electrons (or ions), is employed as the source of silver for photodoping into the chalcogenide. The optimum thickness of silver halide necessary to confer etch resistance to the thicker substratum of amorphous chalcogenide is determined from doping experiments with a pure silver/chalcogenide system and from SEM structural studies of silver halide films of diminishing thickness on various substrates. The system also possesses sensitivity to soft X-rays and ultraviolet light and can be made to operate in either a negative or positive resist mode with equal sensitivity to the exposing radiation.


Peri-implantitis may occur because of biologic or mechanical factors. It can be treated by a variety of methods. The aim of the present study is to evaluate implant surface of failed oral titanium implants after being irradiated with erbium laser.


Kafka configures gender roles in both familiar and unexpected ways. His characters, despite certain conformities with the stereotypes of his age, are in flux, calling to mind Otto Weininger's scale of masculinity and femininity. Gender boundaries in Kafka's writings of all periods are indistinct as are boundaries between species. For Kafka one is not born male or female, to paraphrase Simone de Beauvoir, one becomes one or the other or sometimes a mixture of the two. As a recent critic has pointed out, his approach to gender was tied up closely with Jewish thinking on the subject. A close look at earlier and later works will reveal also that he did not revise his concepts of gender relations over time, contrary to Klaus Theweleit's assertion that by 1922 Kafka had achieved an understanding of women based on individuality, but rather that he 'de-essentialised' gender all along. Kafka derived gender models from a variety of sources all of which he approached in a critical, detached way. The diversity of the available models allowed him to recognize the relativity of each and, as Theweleit notes, to escape the exclusively heterosexual model which admits 'only victors and victims . . . (not men and women)'.


The variational method with multiconfiguration interaction wave function is used to obtain the energies of high-lying core-excited states $^{5}P(n)$ ($n=1\char21{}7$) and $^{5}S^{o}(m)$ ($m=1\char21{}5$) in Be-like boron and carbon, including the mass polarization and relativistic corrections. Restricted variational method is carried out to extrapolate a better energy. The oscillator strengths, transition rates, and wavelengths are also calculated. The results are compared with other theoretical and experimental data in the literature. The fine structure and hyperfine structure of core-excited states for this system are also investigated.


The latest searches with $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV data from 2015 with final states containing Higgs bosons decaying to bottom quarks are presented. Even though the majority of Higgs bosons should decay to bottom quarks, this final state remains very elusive because of overwhelming standard model background. In order to enhance the sensitivity of the standard model searches, additional final state objects are selected when available. We report on the searches with Higgs decaying to a $\mathrm{b}\overline{\mathrm{b}}$ pair in the production with an associated top pair and in vector boson fusion. We also report on the production with an associated single top, which is particularly enhanced in models were the relative sign of coupling between top-higgs is flipped with respect to the Standard Model. No excess is observed.


The intercommunication teaching method is a kind of teaching mode which fits the cultivation of applied talents in vocational college.It organized the teaching content by the intercommunication items and determined the focus of the cultivating object by the future job needs of the students.


Small data sets of varistor arrester's failure times sourced from standard accelerated degradation tests are used to analyse performance reliability of these SPDs. The White's approximation-based computational technique is invoked in order to estimate the Weibull parameters of the failure time data sets. Contour plots are applied to examine the behaviour of the extreme bounds or limits of the estimated parameters. Results indicate noticeable increase and decrease of extreme values of the parameters upon harmonic-distortion being injected. Limitation of contour plots-based approach is also observed when small data sets are used.


The Vonsovskii-Zener model for a superconductor with regularly positioned magnetic impurities is considered. Two theorems are given which prove the exact solubility of the thermodynamic problem by the approximating Hamiltonian method. Exact analytical solutions for the zero-temperature order parameters and the ground state energy of the mixed phase are derived. A comparison of the energies of the different phases confirms the known result that ferromagnetism and superconductivity cannot coexist in the ground state of the model.

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on patches of lupus, and in most cases has obtained satisfactory results. The rays at the violet end of the spectrum ("chemical rays") penetrate more deeply than ?do rays in other parts of the spectrum, and the almost translucent material of lupus nodules is more suited to transmit them than the ordinary skin. By this method of treatment, the chemical rays actually reach the tubercle bacilli, which cause the cutaneoug affection, and gradually kill them if the lupus granulations be not too opaque. Crocker'9 reports two cases of lupus erythematosus in which salicin had been administered in 15 grain doses three times a day, with excellent result, a cure occurring in one and great improvement in the other. The external treatment consisted in the application of calamine lotion, which was painted on twice a day. In the case in which a cure had resulted the treat-


Anthracnose is a plant disease that can infect a variety of plants worldwide. Fungal pathogen groups are the cause of anthracnose, one of which is Colletotrichum acutatum. Morinda citrifolia is famous for having antimicrobial activity. This study aims to determine the antifungal activity of M. citrifolia leaves extract against the growth of the fungus C. acutatum. The extract solvent used was 96% ethanol. The experiment consisted of five treatments (0%, 20%, 40%, 60% and propineb 0.1% as positive control). The method used in this study was the poisoned food technique. In this technique, C. acutatum was grown on PDA media mixed with M. citrifolia leaves extract. Antifungal activity was observed based on reduced mycelium growth compared to control. Observations were made every day by measuring the diameter of the fungus mycelium for eleven days. The analysis showed that 60% M. citrifolia leaves extract effectively inhibited the growth of the mycelium C. acutatum on the eleventh day of observation.


Artykul dotyczy tzw. struktur poziomych w PZPR, bedących nieformalnymi, pozastatutowymi formami wspolpracy miedzy Podstawowymi Organizacjami Partyjnymi. Zjawisko bylo charakterystyczne dla kryzysu z lat 1980–1981 i stanowilo cześc liberalnego nurtu w partii. W tekście przyblizono dzialalnośc Partyjnej Komisji Koordynacyjnej Warszawskiego Środowiska Naukowego – zakres podejmowanych przez nią zagadnien związanych z "odnową" PZPR, relacje z aparatem warszawskim i centralnym oraz proces pacyfikacji środowiska po wprowadzeniu stanu wojennego. Communist horizontal structures in the Warsaw academic community in 1980–1981 After the agreement concluded with the "Solidarity" in summer of 1980, it was obvious that the crisis would also have an impact on the relations between members of the Polish United Workers' Party (PUWP). The Political Bureau of the Central Committee as well as the rest of the apparatus divided into two wings. Liberals wanted further cooperation with the Solidarity and democratisation of the Party's structures. Conservatives (also called dogmatics) were eager to fight against the opposition and therefore maintain discipline in their own ranks in order to be more efficient in that struggle. Meanwhile, ordinary members massed in the Basic Party Organizations along with their leaders from the lower level of the apparatus started to articulate their disappointment and criticism of the PUWP policy and leadership. The phenomenon was most apparent at the universities and the most numerous industrial party cells. Basic organizations started to cooperate with each other, making the so-called "horizontal structures" (in opposition to vertical structures regulated in the Party's statute). One of that structures was the Party Coordination Commission of the Warsaw Scientific Community. It was established in November 1980 and consisted of representatives of the universities and the Polish Academy of Sciences as well as representatives of workers invited to the Commission. The main issue discussed during the Commission meetings was general democratization, especially of the PUWP. The head of capital's communist apparatus Stanislaw Kociolek supported that movement but probably it was a tactical decision made to please own members in order to have a free hand to deal with the "Solidarity" regarded as the main threat to hegemony of the Party. This uncomfortable partnership lasted almost until the introduction of martial law in December 1981 which delegalized any informal (both dogmatic and horizontal) structures.


. One of the main challenges in 3D shape analysis is the comparison of surfaces according to rigorous metrics that can capture their intrinsic differences. A well-defined metric should be invariant to translation, rotation, scaling, articulation, and more generally, isometric variations. On the other hand, surfaces are typically represented as embedding manifolds in 3D where the explicit use of Euclidean coordinates makes it difficult to achieve the above invariance. To overcome this difficulty, we propose in this work a novel metric, the spectral l 2 -distance, based on optimizing the surface Laplace-Beltrami spectral embedding. Because the Laplace-Beltrami eigen-system is isometry invariant, the proposed distance automatically satisfies the desired invariance. We also prove that the spectral l 2 -distance meets the conditions of a metric, which allows the rigorous comparison of intrinsic shape differences. One key advantage of this novel metric is that it enables us to perform robust analysis of global shape differences and local shape features. For global shape analysis, we apply it to surface classification and show that it can achieve intuitively meaningful results. For local shape analysis, we develop a template matching approach in the optimal embedding space to tackle the challenging problem of identifying major sulci on vervet cortices. To further demonstrate its power in local analysis, we design a direct surface mapping algorithm based on the correspondence induced from the spectral l 2 -distance and illustrate its application on mapping cortical surfaces.


In order to investigate the impact of the size effect on its performance in designing axial-magnetized permanent magnet micromotor,the finite element method was adopted to simulate the magnetic field of this kind of dual rotor motor,and the flux density wave form distributed in the airgap was obtained.The influences of the external dimensions, pole numbers and magnet thicknesses of the rotor and the airgap distances on the flux density were analyzed,the analytical results were given. With the increasing of the airgap distance,the flux density under more poles reduces more quickly than under fewer poles.With the increasing of the magnet thickness,the flux density is a rising curve,and after the magnet thickness gets to a certain point,it is almost a constant.While reducing the diameter of the rotor,the decreasing of the flux density is slower and slower with the reducing of the magnet thickness.The results of the magnetic field analysis can guide the design of the microminiaturization of the motor.Moreover,the results are analyzed theoretically and the simulated values are almost consistent with the experimental values.


Terminology of metal nanoparticles, the uniqueness properties in terms of the surface atom, the quantum dot, and the magnetism are described. The further elaboration was on the synthesis of nanoparticles. Applications of metal nanoparticles in electronic, ceramic medical and catalysis were overviewed. The bibliography includes 81 references with 99% are journal articles.


Self help groups have been working for the empowerment of women since its inception. In its system for destitution lightening and women empowerment, the government of India has given significant space to women's self help groups  What are the Characteristics of the women based gathering models of neediness easing and women empowerment that are being actualized in the nation? How are the poor women composed into groups? How do the group work? Also, what has been the commitment of these models to destitution lightening and women empowerment? Secondary data are used for addressing these issues .SHGs help in poverty alleviation and SHGs contribute in fighting covid 19aswell. This paper highlights the role of SHGs in Women Empowerment.


Optical means of instrument tracking has been widely used in image-guided interventions and considered the de facto standard for tracking rigid bodies with a direct line-of-sight. However, the occlusion problem which remains unresolved in current systems frustrates surgeons during the operation. To address this challenge, we propose a surgical instrument tracking system based on multiple reconfigurable monocular modules. The main approach is to enable the system to dynamically reconfigure the multiple monocular modules when occlusion occurs partially within the workspace. In this paper, we focus on the system architecture and an agile multicamera calibration method which only uses the customized tool for the surgical instrument tracking scenario. Additionally, two fast non-iterative algorithms are proposed and studied. In order to show the feasibility and superiority of the corresponding multicamera calibration algorithm, comparison experiments have carried out. The intensive investigation results give a practical instruction to the real implementation of the proposed system in image-guided interventions.