Major problems in the American workforce are absenteeism, tardiness, disorganization, off-task behavior, and limited teamwork. Attacking such problems by promoting effective work habits in schools should be an educational priority, with teachers, counselors, and school psychologists all playing a role in the process. Student work habits that can contribute to a more effective and efficient work force are regular school attendance; the punctual accomplishment of work task; orderly management of one's school materials; persistence in on task behavior; openness to supervision; and productive teamwork. Intervention strategies that promote these work patterns include teacher modeling of effective work habits; a classroom setting conducive to good work habits; reinforcement of sound work habits; and systematic assessment of student work habits. Future studies must consider whether work habits learned in school transfer to the adult workplace. (Contains 61 references.) (Author/JDM) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. Student Work Habits 1 Student Work Habits: An Educational Imperative Robert L. Williams1.2 and Eun Jung Oh Running head: STUDENT WORK HABITS: AN EDUCATIONAL IMPERATIVE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) 'Educational Psychology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-3400 2Correspondence should be directed to Robert L. Williams, Educational Psychology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, reps TN 37996-3400. Phone number:4,21-974-6625; fax number: ..9.2-T-9740135; E-mail: bobwilliams®utk.edu BEST COPY AVAILABLE P5


Recently there is a crisis about the ability of the Chinese writing for the minority students in university.This paper analyses the exact appearance and the reason of this crisis.It expresses the necessity of strengthening Chinese characters in minority Chinese teaching and gives several pieces of advice to them.


Background. In children with spondylolisthesis, there are still unexplained aspects in the relationship of the degree of displacement of the L5 vertebra with the severity of the clinical picture and neurological disorders. At the same time, aspects of the mutual aggravating influence of the indicated spinal disorder on the condition of the feet have not been studied. Therefore, the problem of identifying disorder of foot function in children with spinal spondylolisthesis of the L5 vertebra is relevant.Aim of the study — to evaluate the deviations in parameters of the transverse and longitudinal arches of feet in children suffering from severe spondylolisthesis of the L5 vertebra.Materials and Methods. In the period from 2016 to 2018, 12 children aged 14.1 y.o. [12,7; 15,5] were examined with spondylolisthesis of the L5 vertebral body of grade III-IV, accompanied by stenosis of the spinal canal at the same level and by compression of the roots of the spinal cord. Imaging diagnostics included multispiral computed tomography (MSCT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). To estimate the function of the feet, double-bearing and single-bearing plantography was used. The data for the control group included only plantographic examinations of 12 healthy children of the same age.Results. In patients with spondylolisthesis, the mean value of the anterior t and intermediate s plantographic bearing indices were significantly lower than those of healthy children. At the same time, in tests with an increased load on the foot in patients, there was no significant increase in the mean anterior t and medial m indices, which indicates the dynamic rigidity of the transverse and medial longitudinal arches. The value of the lateral plantographic index l showed its significant pathological increase compared with the normal value at double-bearing load, which indicates the static rigidity of the lateral longitudinal arch. Correlation analysis demonstrated that, against the normal state, the bearing ability of the feet in sick children is realized through a pathological strengthening of the functional relationship between the arches of the foot at double-bearing load and a non-physiological reduction of the interaction between arches at single-bearing load.Conclusion. In children with severe forms of vertebra spondylolisthesis, the parameters of plantographic characteristics indicate the rigidity of the arches of the feet and the distortion of their bearing pattern. It is necessary to take into account the aggravating effect of rigid feet on the state of the spine and include the examination of the bearing function of the feet in the algorithm for the comprehensive diagnosis of children with spondylolisthesis.


Molecular dynamics simulations of a coarse-grained model with soft, nonbonded interactions and implicit solvent are used to study the temperature- and pH-sensitive response of mixed brushes composed of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) [PNIPAm] and poly(acrylic acid) [PAA] polymers. The model is developed in order to address experimentally relevant, large invariant degrees of polymerization, and nonbonded interactions are expressed via a third-order virial expansion of the equation of state. The choice of interaction parameters for PNIPAm mimics the swelling behavior in water as the temperature increases toward the lower critical solution temperature, TLCST, and the model captures the pH-dependent response of PAA at fixed ionic strength (IS). For this case, the solvent-mediated Flory–Huggins parameter is adapted to reproduce the experimental pH swelling of the homopolymer brush. Mixed brushes incorporating various amounts of PAA are considered, and the effect of mixing polymers on the response of the mixed brus...


This book places the current wave of religion-based terrorism in a historical perspective, explaining why religion is associated with terrorism, comparing religion-based terrorism to other forms of terrorism, and documenting how religion-based terrorism is a product of powerful political, socioeconomic, and psychological forces.


* Resident, Department of Dermatology, Louisiana State School ofMedicine, New Orleans, Louisiana. t Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana. The practice of adding sodium bicarbonate to lidocaine local anesthetic as a buffering agent has become widespread. There is a recognition that buffering reduces the pain associated with the injection of local anesthetic.I Various investigators have adapted the use of sodium bicarbonate to cutaneous anesthetic techniques including tumescent anesthesia for liposuction and hair transplants, as well as for general dermatologic surgery.v? Studies have provided evidence that the addition of sodium bicarbonate does not significantly alter the effectiveness of anesthesia and may actually enhance the safety of administration. 6,7 Along with the expanded use of sodium bicarbonate buffered anesthetic solutions, has come the assertion that the use of buffered anesthetics results in increased incidences of ecchymoses especially in blepharoplasty." Inquiries concerning this observation received mixed responses from various cosmetic surgeons. This uncertainty indicated the need for an objective analysis.


The purpose of this research was to inversigate the moderating effect of brand image on the relationship between product, price and buying decision of coffee in Sungai Penuh city. The research population was all customers who have been consuming kerinci coffee since six months in Sungai Penuh city. This research performed purpossive sampling to get the samples. In order to test hypotheses, this study conducted multiple, single and moderated regression analyses. The results of analysis found that a) Product positively and significantly influenced consumer buying decision. b) Price positively and significantly influenced consumer buying decision. c) Brand image positively and significantly influenced consumer buying decision. d) Brand image was found as moderating variable and stengthened the relationship between product, price and consumer buying decision. The findings of this research recommended that in order to increase the numbers of Kerinci coffee selling future, it is needed to develop product and pricing decisions. Keywords: Product, Price, Brand Image and Buying Decision.


How historical the history of religions is has long been debated. This chapter details Skinner's approach to history of political thought. Skinner distinguishes three kinds of historical questions that can be asked of the works of political thinkers. Textualists do so for two seemingly opposed reasons. One, the meaning they seek does not go beyond what the author has stated in the work. And two, that meaning is not limited to the times in which the author lived. Skinner distinguishes even this kind of intent from the meaning, which would be the theme of the tragedy. Eliade is right to assume a symmetry between explanation and interpretation. A Freudian explanation of the cause of religion does pre-suppose a Freudian interpretation of the meaning of it. In his History of Religious Ideas , which is virtually a foil to Patterns, Eliade focuses on individual religions rather than on religion per se. Keywords: Eliade; Freudian; History of Religious Ideas ; Skinner


Suitable variety and optimum seedling age are important agronomic decisions for better productivity of rice particularly in the low land area. A field experiment was conducted at the experiment field of Agrotechnology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh during aman season (monsoon) to investigate the effect of seedling age on growth, yield attributes and yield of different local aman rice varieties in the coastal low land area of southwestern Bangladesh. Four different seedling ages (15, 30, 45 and 60-days old) and three local rice varieties (Ranisalute, Jatai balam and Basful balam) were used as experimental treatments. The experiment was arranged in a factorial randomized complete block design and replicated thrice. Earlier age seedling (15 days) substantially influenced the growth parameters but yield attributes and yield were significantly higher with 30-days old seedlings yet no significant variation with 45-days old seedling. 30-days old seedling produced 8-32% more grain yield than other seedling ages. Among the varieties, the highest plant height, yield components and yield were achieved from Ranisalute yet the yield variation was only 3-5%. From the findings of this experiment, it can be concluded that Ranisalute variety with the use of 30-days old seedling is better for low land area of southwestern coastal Bangladesh.


We propose an Improved Binary Product Unit Neural Network (IBPUNN) and Improved Binary Pi-Sigma Neural Network (IBPSNN) with reduced number of hidden nodes. It is based on Binary Product Unit Neural Network (BPUNN) and Binary PiSigma Neural Network (BPSNN) proposed by authors [1]. In this, the number of hidden nodes is equal to truth and false assignments respectively i.e. at most 2. In IBPUNN and IBPSNN the number of hidden nodes are further reduced if the inputs are at hamming distance one. In this case at the most 2 hidden nodes are required. The weights used in these networks are 1, -1 and 0 only. The algorithms developed using these networks are constructive algorithm.


The notion of a linear diophantine fuzzy set as a generalization of a fuzzy set is a mathematical approach that deals with vagueness in decision-making problems. The use of reference parameters associated with validity and non-validity functions in linear diophantine fuzzy sets makes it more applicable to model vagueness in many real-life problems. On the other hand, subspaces of vector spaces are of great importance in many fields of science. The aim of this paper is to combine the two notions. In this regard, we consider the linear diophantine fuzzification of a vector space by introducing and studying the linear diophantine fuzzy subspaces of a vector space. First, we studied the behaviors of linear diophantine fuzzy subspaces of a vector space under a linear diophantine fuzzy set. Second, and by means of the level sets, we found a relationship between the linear diophantine fuzzy subspaces of a vector space and the subspaces of a vector space. Finally, we discuss the linear diophantine fuzzy subspaces of a quotient vector space.


— Generally the Italian and Europe conurbation, in addition to the most important historical cities, is characterized by a large number of urban and suburban areas, nucleus and districts of cities that, although not are classified as historic center by urban planning often reveal a remarkable formal language, a synthesis of morphological and architectural archetypes and a good balance formal and functional which have developed in the succession of ages, usually inhabited and lived in our contemporary times. In the range of the no-solved dichotomy between conservation and innovation, the thematic of regeneration of the historical cities can be located, in Europe as in other parts of the world, in functional and energetical terms. In an age during the which the social practice evolution becomes more and more united with the daily utilization of technology, once used exclusively by elite circles –scientific and professional community- the historical city, harbinger of a cultural, sociologic, iconographic and mnemonic heritage, ancestrally rooted in the conscience of civilization, addresses the complex path of the research of an equilibrium between the own essence and the new modernity needs. From the middle of the last century, the physical and social deterioration that for various reasons cause has influenced many urban areas, has expanded to a new suffering that showed a further condition of inadequacy of the public sphere. Individual buildings or entire urban areas and pieces of city, have begun to deal with a new one (in terms of perception) and postponed requirement, established by the need to embark on a path towards a logic of sustainability in terms of functionality and energy.


We present a design of a 400-MHz/60-mm all-REBCO nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) magnet (H400) that consists of a stack of 56 double-pancake (DP) coils. With the multiwidth no-insulation technique incorporated, DP coils were wound with REBCO tapes of five different widths, i.e., 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, and 8.1 mm; DP coils placed at and near the magnet midplane were wound with the narrowest (4.1 mm wide) REBCO tapes, whereas those with progressively wider tapes were placed toward the top and bottom of the magnet, where the "perpendicular field B⊥" is at its peak within the magnet. The magnet was designed to be operated under a conduction cooling environment at 20 K. Once successfully completed, the magnet will be installed as an NMR user facility in the Korea Basic Science Institute. Basic magnet performances and major technical challenges were discussed.


The purpose of this work is to improve the method by which a computer responds to numerical error in a general-purpose program for solving linear equations. In order to avoid the usual "interrupt" response, a digital version of "conservation of power" will be imposed. Conservation of power can be imposed by a simple iteration similar to the one proposed by Golub to improve the accuracy of his least squares algorithm. This iterative approach would refine the computer's response to serious error without degrading computational efficiency.


In this article, I aim at providing a phase-based explanation of extraposition phenomena
in attributive comparatives. Conforming to a semantic requirement, the than-expression
is an obligatory complement of the functional Degree head. However, there is need for
an adequate explanation of extraposition, which seems to be syntactically unmotivated,
if it involves movement to the right. Furthermore, this rightward movement is not even
obligatory in head-final constructions.
My solution makes use of the fact that comparative complements are
phase-sized constituents, and the cyclic Spell-Out of these elements determines their
order with respect to other elements in the construction. This may be changed by
feature-driven movements in the derivation, which accounts for the lack of extraposition
in head-final constructions.


This paper explores the composition of venture capital syndicates and their impact on portfolio firms' performance. Using a unique dataset comprised of the investment history in each investment round for each portfolio firm, we measure the correlation among various characteristics of lead venture capital firms and member venture capital firms. We also study how the assortativity of such member characteristics affects the firms' IPO dynamics, market movements, and delisting from stock markets. The estimate results imply, first, that the assortativity of venture capital characteristics in the first investment round is not statistically confirmed. Second, the assortativity becomes significantly positive in later investment stages. Third, the venture capital syndicate exhibiting higher heterogeneity among member venture capitals tends to be correlated with early initial public offerings. These results show the economic benefit associated with heterogeneous members in the early rounds.


Choice of partial melting model. Less-thanperfect fractional melting processes (O'Hara 1993) yield liquid products which quite closely simulate products of equilibrium partial melting (EPM); a useful first approximation is that the partial melting event supplies a liquid which is an EPM product of the true source region composition. Choice of magma chamber process. Less-thanperfect fractional crystallisation processes (O'Hara 1993, O'Hara and Mathews 1981) in magma chambers yield liquid products which quite closely simulate those of equilibrium partial crystallisation (EPC) of the gross input to the magma chamber, including any materials assimilated from the roof and walls; a useful first approximation is that the partial crystallisation event supplies a liquid which is an EPC product (the equations are identical to EPM) of the average magma chamber input composition. Simplifying assumptions. In this formulation the space problem is ignored and contamination by assimilation of country rock or previously erupted lavas assumed to be non-existent. It is further assumed that the distribution coefficient, d, for each element remains constant throughout both processes and is the same in each process. A simple two-stage model The simplest twostage model of a 'real' system in which erupted


The article presented the results of epidemiological and clinical-immunological features of the cource of tuberculosis in patients with HIV infection. Shown, combined HIV/TB co-infection, unlike HIV infection without tuberculosis, is characterized by a significant grave of the disease with pronounced infectious-toxic, asthenic-vegetative, bronchopulmonary syndromes, sharp and rapid decrease of body weight, long extending inflammatory processes.


A substrate transfer device preventing the deformation of the substrate and a substrate transferring method are provided to makes the establishment area of the substrate transfer device small and to perform the return and inspection efficiently and rapidly. A substrate transfer device comprises a flotation stage(3), a guide rail(4), and a substrate sending part. The flotation stage elevates the substrate. The guide rail extends as the sending direction of substrate on the straight line. The substrate sending part independently moves along the guide rail. The substrate sending part comprises a first substrate transfer module(5) and a second substrate transfer module(6). The substrate sending part accepts the substrate returned to the upstream of the sending direction. The first substrate transfer module returns the substrate to the downstream side of the sending direction. The second substrate transfer module returns the substrate to the downstream side of the sending direction.


New 4′-(1-hydroxy-9,10-anthraquinone-9-imino)benzo-15-crown-5 ether derivatives containing a phenoxy group at the position 2 or 4 of the anthraquinone moiety were synthesized photochemically. The complexing properties of these compounds in acetonitrile were studied by spectrophotometry. Two analogous derivatives, one of which has no substituents in positions 2 and 4, and the other one contains benzoylamino group in position 2, were used in this study as the reference ligands. It was demonstrated that the synthesized dyes are capable of binding the Sr 2+ and Ba 2+ ions to form 2:1 (ligand–metal) sandwich-type complexes that exhibit higher stability constants than the corresponding 1:1 complexes. The molecular structures of the biligand complexes with Ba 2+ in solution were studied by dispersion-corrected density functional theory calculations.


Abstact—This research aim is to describe about the functional changes of Jepin arts in the Banjarnegara. This research uses qualitative approach. The subjects of research are Jepin arts's artist and the community leaders who take charge of this art. The data collection is done by observing, document studying and interviewing. Researcher found four steps of analyzing the data; they are data description, data reduction, display the data, and the conclusion. The validity of the data obtained by triangulation. The results of this study are as follows: (1) Jepin is a typical art from Banjarnegara which grown since Japanese colonial era. Jepin arts use basic motion from Silat. In the first time, a Jepin art has functioned as a means of Silat practicing. As the development of the era, Jepin has functioned as entertainment right now. (2) The functional changes of Jepin arts in the Banjarnegara is because of the advancement of education level, which affect the community's mind set become more advanced along the time. (3) The changes of Jepin's performance arts is in the motion, accompaniment, presenting, makeup and also costumes. (4) The Banjarnegara's community appreciates and supports the functional changes that occur in the Jepin arts. Despite there are functional changes, people expect that Jepin arts remain in the community as one of the cultural treasures to be preserved.


Ruan Ji's The Poems Expressing Emotions were written after his being an official of Sima's clique. Ruan Ji bore psychologically a big pressure because of his political dependence on Sima's clique and tried to set up his transcendent figure by a mode of behavior characterized by being headstrong and discreet in order to conceal his embarrassment.As lonely chant in his self-depression,Ruan Ji's poems are deeply influenced both in content and in form by his life,thereby have a strong style of concealment.With integration of person and poem,Ruan Ji's literary creation is his life's requirement and is very individualized by his philosophic contemplation.This reflects the evolution of the self-consciousness of literature in the Wei and Jin Dynasties.


Roughly 50% of fig trees (Ficus spp., Moraceae) are monoecious and the remainder are functionally dioecious. Monoecy is ancestral and dioecy probably evolved once or twice and reverted back to monoecy at least twice (Weiblen 2000, Machado et al. 2001). Several ideas have been suggested for the evolutionary advantage of dioecy (Kjellberg et al. 1987, Kjellberg and Maurice 1989, Kerdelhu6 and Rasplus 1996, Kameyama et al. 1999) and the maintenance of monoecy (Herre 1989, Greeff et al. 2001). One of these hypotheses suggested that non-pollinating wasps may play a role (Kerdelhu6 and Rasplus 1996), but their analysis overlooked some crucial points. Here we show that non-pollinating wasps that reduce the number of seeds, but not those that reduce the number of pollinators, can favour seed protection that can be the initial step towards dioecy, but that additional factors are required to maintain dioecy. The mutualism between fig trees and their pollinating wasps (Chalcidoidea; Agaoninae) is obligate, with figs being the only oviposition sites for the fig wasps and the wasps (with rare exceptions (Jousselin et al. 2001)) being the sole pollinators of figs are indispensable to the male function of the fig tree. Each wasp, however, develops to the detriment of a seed, with a potential trade-off between the number of pollinating wasps and seeds developing in a fruit (Herre and West 1997). This means that the agaonine wasps are simultaneously not only the sole pollinators, but also the most consistent and frequent gallers of fig seeds. Seeds are typically the most heavily chemically defended parts of plants (Janzen 1971, Bernays and Chapman 1994), but in order to accommodate the pollinators, fig seeds cannot be as strongly protected against seed predators as those of other species. This facilitates feeding on fig seeds by other insects and apart from the mutualistic gallery, numerous other chalcid gallers also attack figs. Some are like the pollinators in that they oviposit from the inside of the fig (Philocaenus spp. for example). Others lay their eggs from the outside of the fig using their long ovipositors (like Otitesella). Additionally, other species of wasps parasitise the pollinating and other galling wasps, often feeding on the plant tissue as well as the insect (Philotrypesis is an example). All the non-pollinating wasps are there at the expense of the mutualism, either indirectly by draining resources from the tree, or directly by attacking pollen vectors or seeds. This creates a fitness trade-off for the plant since facilitating the pollinators generates a vulnerability to the other wasp species. One evolutionary response to this may simply be to exclude all wasps from developing in the figs. Imagine a rare mutant fig tree that produces a toxin or physical protection that prevents all wasps from laying eggs and destroying seeds. It will be functionally female since no pollinators are produced, but may have a selective advantage if the parasitic load excluded in this way is large enough. To appreciate how fitness is affected, an analytical approach is useful. Consider a homogenous population where a proportion r of the resources, earmarked for reproduction, is used to rear pollinators and the remaining (1 r) resources are used to produce seeds. If proportions cm and Cf of these investments are lost to non-pollinating wasps that, respectively, attack pollinators and seeds then a tree's fitness through seeds is proportional to (1 r)(1 Cf). Its relative fitness through pollen is proportional to the total amount of seeds that can be pollinated in the population, multiplied by the proportion that the tree can expect to pollinate. We can calculate this as


Description of the mathematical formulation of a Perkins-Kern-Nordgren (PKN) fracture model, that accounts for the existence of poroelastic effects in the reservoir. The poroelastic effects, induced by leak-off of the fracturing fluid, are treated in a manner consistent with the basic assumptions of the PKN model, by means of a transient influence function. Numerical simulation with this model indicates that poroelastic processes could be responsible for a significant increase of the treatment pressure, but that they have virtually no influence on the fracture length and fracture width


On the contrast to the well known, that there are other different genes involved in symbiotic nitrogen fixation in addition to nod, nif and fix genes. In this review we will discuss up to date the function of genes that can play a significant role in symbiotic N fixation such as nodulation, nitrogen fixation, production of 2 exopolysaccharides, Type I to Type VI secretion systems and other different genes. Among the other genes that involved in this process, are genes that could be related to host specificity, competition and infection of nodulation process. In addition to the signals from the host plant that are important for plant-Rhizobium communications system. This review article will highlight the discovering of new symbiotic genes and their roles in nitrogen fixation.


A simple method is put forward to estimate the surface tension of binary liquid alloys. Through the medium of the activity coefficients and a certainly relationship between the bulk phase and the surface phase, that is ,the activity coefficient of the element in binary liquid alloys is related with the atomic number of complex. According to the thermodynamics datum filed, utilizing the Miedema model which can well calculate the enthalpies of formation of liquid alloy and the two mathematic softwares, the activity coefficients of every element in bulk phase are calculated. then the surface tension can be work out by the equation of Butler. In the paper, three kinds of binary alloys Fe-Cu、Fe-Ni、Cu-Ni,respectively,were used as examples to test the reliability of this method, the results show that there is a good agreement between the calculated values and the documents values.


The research endeavors at investigating the role of Mahua oil (MO), obtained from Madhuca longifolia as an emulsifier for formulating the w/o cream. Utilizing; erythromycin stearate, stearic acid, potassium hydroxide, glycerine, MO, and methylparaben, four different cream formulations were prepared. The formulations were characterized in terms of pH, viscosity, spreadability, extrudability, skin irritability test, drug content, accelerated stability studies and in vitro drug diffusion. The evaluation parameters highlighted that batch F4 exhibited the best formulation characteristic (highest drug release of 94.33% in 300 minutes) as compared to other formulations. The range of drug content (85.69–95.72%), pH (5.986.42), viscosity (880-1040 cps), and spreadability (2.69-3.5 g/sec) were observed. The accelerated stability study expressed no substantial alteration and skin irritation test showed no significant signs and symptoms. MO was found to be chemically inert, non-toxic, economic, biodegradable, good emulsifying ability, widely available and may be utilized as excipients in cream formulations.


As the basis of ethnography,field investigation has become a more and more important method in educational research.While in practice,there exists some deviation.Further studies should be made on how to understand and make field investigations in educational research from aspects of orientation,connotation,appropriate application and limits of field investigations.


Objective
To explore methods to develop a hospital quality of care index system of county level hospitals based on the homepage of inpatient medical records and examine the validity of this system.

Methods
By means of literature review, homepage data and panel discussion, along with theories and statistical methods, indexes were identified. The dimensions and indices of the index system were pinpointed. Confirmatory factor analysis and normalization methods were combined to calculate the weights and scores of such indices. Scores were adjusted by Charlson comorbidity index (CCI) with multi-regression method. The hospitals were ranked by adjusted scores in each dimension. The validity was evaluated by comparing the application results to universally acknowledged standards, such as hospital level and economic level of the geographic areas.

Results
An index system with 6 dimensions and 25 indices was developed, and the application results proved valid to some extent. The adjustment of CCI also proved effective. The 6 dimensions were correlated yet their directions were not consistent.

Conclusions
The methods and data used to develop the system have demonstrated strong operability and availability. The application results can reflect medical care quality in different aspects making it applicable among homogeneous hospitals.It is meaningful to assess dimensions respectively.

Key words:
County level hospital; Quality of care; Homepage of medical records; Confirmatory factor analysis; Charlson comorbidity index


Abstract : Thirty-nine mice, with hair clipped or unclipped, were clothed in a noncombustible garment, Beta cloth, and subjected to flame ignition in 100% oxygen atmospheres from 744 to 190 mm. Hg total pressure. The experimental results showed that the noncombustible garment afforded protection from combustion and flame propagation only if the animal's hair had been previously clipped. Further studies should be conducted in an effort to assure man's protection. (Author)


This paper reports on a project in Scotland whose major aim was to devise a strategy to improve road network performance by providing drivers, initially, with useful real time information on road conditions, and, eventually, advice about route choice. The paper considers and reports on the approach that was adopted in the design of alternative systems for meeting the strategic requirements and provides details of some of the major aspects of the project including the problem statement, traffic analysis, the development of system options and their evaluation against specific operational and user benefit criteria.


Virginia Cooperative Extension programs and employment are open to all, regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, or marital or family status. An equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Virginia State University, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture cooperating. Mark A. McCann, Director, Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg; Alma C. Hobbs, Administrator, 1890 Extension Program, Virginia State, Petersburg. Considering Specialty Crops? Tony Bratsch, Extension Specialist, Small Fruit and Vegetables, Virginia Tech, Department of Horticulture


Using mixture of Chinese wolfberry and wort as raw materials,Chinese wolfberry draft beer was produced after pure fermentation,asepsis filtration and asepsis fill.The optimal content and time of adding Chinese wolfberry were obtained and the fermentation conditions optimized.


The macro programming technique is one of main examination items for the game of NC technique.It describes the process of filleting contour in programming with the tool center track and tool radius compenstration.By the application examples,it gives the detail about the macro programming.The result shows that the method to take tool radius as variable is more simple and efficient.


The present invention relates to a method for generating a patent evaluation model, a patent evaluation method, a system for implementing the method, a recording medium storing a program on which the method is recorded, and a program on which the method is recorded. According to the present invention, it is possible to generate a patent evaluation model that is systematically reliable and high, and to generate patent evaluation information that is systematically reliable and high.


Purpose. The article objectives are to identify the factors, which can contribute to the formation of cracks and to develop the measures on improving the strength indices of bogie frame transoms of trailing cars. Methodology. In order to achieve these objectives, in performing the work it was conducted the inspection of the technical condition of supporting structures for bogie frames of trailing cars; measured the Brіnell hardness numbers and estimated the endurance limits of transom material; tested on determination of the levels of efforts and stresses being created in the specified transoms under operation; developed the computational models for the theoretical determination of stress levels in the transom by simulating both normal and abnormal conditions of operating loading. Findings. Based on the analysis of results obtained: the situations with the highest stress levels were found; the measures on improving the strength indices of bogie frame transoms of trailing cars were developed. Originality. Based on the experimental and theoretical studies, the scientific monitoring of works to develop the measures on improving the strength indices of bogie frame transoms of trailing cars was carried out. Practical value. The developed measures on improving the strength indices were passed to professionals of Ukrzaliznytsia to introduce the proposed activities during the repairs of electric trains of specified series.


This study proposes a new control scheme for grid integration of a three-phase two-stage photovoltaic (PV) system by employing an integral sliding mode current control loop and an improved adaptive maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithm. Integral sliding mode control (ISMC) offers fast control action and is insensitive to plant parametric uncertainties. In a grid-connected PV system, ISMC suffers from steady-state error in tracking reference grid current signal due to disturbances in the dc-link voltage caused by the MPPT. To improve the performance of the ISMC, the authors propose a direct duty ratio control-based variable step size perturb and observe (P&O) MPPT algorithm for reducing the oscillations in the dc-link voltage. The efficacy of the proposed control scheme is verified by first simulating it using MATLAB/Simulink and then through real-time implementation on a prototype PV control setup. To evaluate the performance of this ISMC-improved adaptive P&O-based controller, its performance is compared with Lagrangian interpolation-based particle swarm optimisation MPPT, sliding mode controller and proportional-integral controller. From the comparison, it is observed that the former exhibits superior performance and suppresses the harmonic content in the grid current despite the presence of low-order harmonics in the utility grid voltage.


................................................................................................................................................ viii Chapter 1. Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 1 I. Counting disability, making disability count ...................................................................................... 1 II. Kinship futures ........................................................................................................................................... 5 III. Narratives of change and progress ..................................................................................................... 9 IV. The al-‐Nur Society: A meeting space ............................................................................................... 17 V. Situating disability .................................................................................................................................. 24 VI. Economies of care: disability, religion, and kinship .................................................................. 34 VII. Ambivalent Inheritance ..................................................................................................................... 37 VIII. Organization of the dissertation .................................................................................................... 39 Chapter 2. Risk .................................................................................................................................... 43 I. Diagnosing Down Syndrome ................................................................................................................. 43 II. Neither sick nor normal ........................................................................................................................ 46 III. Marital prognostics ............................................................................................................................... 54 IV. Moral etiologies ...................................................................................................................................... 62 V. Past perfect futures: New temporalities of diagnosis ................................................................. 73 VI. Children of Adam ................................................................................................................................... 81


Amidst of nowadays hustle and bustle society, organizing and managing an event is such a tiresome work. Not everyone are able to organize and manage their own events.  Then there comes an event organizer service.  But the event organizer services are also increasingly widespread, so there must be a identity as differentiator in order to be known in the public.  An example is a visual Identity. Gong Production Malang as agency that recently established an event organizer service from traditional dance studio requires visual identity. These visual identities are logo, stationery kits, publication media in the such as banner, x-banner and Instagram feeds, uniform t-shirts and key chain accessories. Aside from being a differentiator, the existence of a visual identity also makes Gong production Malang looks professional and considerable by most people.. It was proven by validation results that shows percentage of 82,58%, which means it was quite successful.


An exhaust steam recovery device for a deaerator belongs to the technical field of boiler gas recovery devices and is used for recovering large amount of exhaust steam. According to the technical scheme, the exhaust steam recovery device for the deaerator comprises a heat exchanger and an ejector, a cooling water inlet and a cooling water outlet of the exchanger are respectively connected with a demineralized water pipeline, a cooling water output pipeline of the heat exchanger is connected with the deaerator, an exhaust steam pipeline of the deaerator is connected with an exhaust steam inlet of the heat exchanger, a condensate water outlet of the heat exchanger is connected with the ejector, an overflow opening is formed in the upper portion of the heat exchanger, and the ejector is connected with the demineralized water pipeline of the deaerator. According to the exhaust steam recovery device for the deaerator, demineralized water of the deaerator is utilized to serve as cooling water of the heat exchanger to conduct heat exchange with the exhaust steam, pressure energy of the demineralized water of the deaerator is further utilized to be changed into speed energy driving the condensate water to take away the condensate water, the distance of the pipeline is short, no pumps are additionally arranged, the electric energy cannot be increased due to the fact that load of an original pump is increased, 0.5 ton of condensate water can be recovered each hour, and remarkable economic efficiency is achieved.


The fundamental premises driving the new communication architecture is the convergence of the voice and data realms. This paper aims to deliver a framework for inclusion of voice request and response facility in mobile Internet devices. The design methodology presented, is aimed at mobile devices supporting WAP (wireless application protocol), a defacto standard for access of Internet content on mobile devices. The service delivered to the subscriber will include the user being able to access his/her mobile device to access the Internet services and other telephony application using his/her voice. This paper presents the constraints related to the proposed method and hopes to find the optimal solution for it. This paper along with our earlier work on the same subject, puts forward a complete solution for voice enabled Internet access through a mobile device using WAP.


We performed comprehensive SNP validation and linkage disequilibrium (LD) analysis of the c-fos induced growth factor (Figf) gene in Korean population. Out of 32 SNPs, only 9 SNPs were polymorphic in Korean population. Validated SNPs formed a single extended haplotype block with strong LD through the entire length of the gene. Tagging SNP analysis picked only 2 SNPs to represent most of the genetic variation information of the Figf gene. Our results demonstrate the utility of LD block and tagging SNP analysis for an efficient way of performing a candidate gene based association study.


In recent decades, the emphasis on renewable resources has grown considerably, leading to significant advances in the sector of wave energy. Nevertheless, the market cannot still be considered as commercialized, as there are still other obstacles in the mooring system for wave energy converters (WECs). The mooring system must be designed to not negatively impact the WEC's efficiency and reduce the mooring loads. Firstly, the overview of the types of wave energy converters (WECs) are classified through operational principle, absorbing wave direction, location, and power take-off, respectively, and the power production analysis and design challenges of WECs are summarized. Then, the mooring materials, configurations, requirements, and the modeling approaches for WECs are introduced. Finally, the design of mooring systems, including the design considerations and standards, analysis models, software, current research focus, and challenges are discussed.


Utilizing microscale chemical derivatization reactions and matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry, we have identified a novel posttranslational modification of aspartic acid, β‐methylthio‐aspartic acid. The modified residue is located at position 88 in ribosomal protein S12 from Escherichia coli, a phylogenetically conserved protein that has been implicated in maintaining translational accuracy of the ribosome.


We show that the reciprocal of a partial sum with 2m terms of the alternating exponential series is the exponential generating function for permutations in which every increasing run has length congruent to 0 or 1 modulo 2m. More generally we study polynomials whose reciprocals are exponential generating functions for permutations whose run lengths are restricted to certain congruence classes, and extend these results to noncommutative symmetric functions that count words with the same restrictions on run lengths.


The paper analyzes control of construction quality of high-type highway pavement cushion from test of raw and processed materials,design of proportioning,construction technology and control of quality etc.It proposes also points for attention to construction and measures for segregation controlling.


Simulation tools and technology are now commonplace in the high technology environments of many large-scale companies. However, this is not yet the case in many smaller firms. Furthermore, the smaller firm may have a highly individual approach to its design and manufacture. The paper focuses upon the specific example of small and medium sized enterprises engaged in the design and manufacture of bicycles from the United Kingdom. Conversely, the smaller firms are synonymous with high technical standards in terms of the traditional engineering qualities of strength, durability and manufacturing tolerances. The smaller firms compete against much larger firms with greater technical and manufacturing resources. Interestingly, the smaller firms can introduce innovative designs faster and sometimes carry out design work for larger firms. The paper explores how issues of scale may be addressed in order to speed up the use of appropriate simulation tools and technology for smaller designers and manufacturers.


The Ryan White CARE Act received a 15 percent budget increase this year due in large part to additional funds for AIDS drug assistance programs (ADAPs). The cost of supplying triple antiretroviral drug therapy to eligible patients has exceeded the expectations of AIDS policy advocates, resulting in a significant increase in the ADAP budget. President Clinton recently signed appropriations bills that boost spending for HIV research, prevention, and housing. No Federal funds were released for needle distribution and exchange programs. Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala can lift the ban on needle exchange spending if she can prove that these programs prevent HIV transmission and do not encourage illicit drug use.


Abstract : Investigation of the interaction of ozone and potassium hydroxide has shown that the reaction product is a formerly unknown higher oxide of potassium, potassium oxonide KO3. It was then assumed that similar oxides are formed by the other alkali metals. In the reaction between ozone and sodium, rubidium and cesium hydroxides, as is well known, these materials assume an orange color just as KOH does. We conducted an investigation into the reaction of ozone with NaOH, RbOH and CsOH, and, by a method similar to the synthesis of KO3, obtained high-percentage compounds of sodium, rubidium and cesium ozonides. With regard to lithium ozonide, the experimental data and theoretical considerations indicate that it should be possible to obtain this compound by the method given above. (Author)


The influence of hydrogenation on the biocompatibility of different hydroxyapatite (HAP) materials was tested. Materials consisted of pure HAP, HAP substituted with manganese (Mn+2) and with magnesium (Mg+2) – all axially pressed and conventionally sintered for 2 h at 1200 °C; pure HAP isostatic pressed and sintered by a microwave technique for 15 min at temperature of 1200 °C. Biocompatibility was compared by enumeration of the number of osteoblast-like cells to the materials before and after hydrogenation. Obtained results show that the osteoblastic cells demonstrated a higher ability to attach to HAP if its surface was negatively charged. Hydrogenation altered the surface potential; HAP substituted with manganese – HAP(Mn) and with magnesium – HAP(Mg) demonstrated the highest ability to engineer the charge.


Now days, the amount of data stored in educational database is increasing rapidly. These databases contain hidden information for improvement of student's performance. Classification of data objects is a data mining and knowledge management technique used in grouping similar data objects together. There are many classification algorithms available in literature but decision tree is the most commonly used because of its ease of implementation and easier to understand compared to other classification algorithms. The ID3, C4.5 and CART decision tree algorithms has been applied on the data of students to predict their performance. In this paper, all the algorithms are explained one by one. Performance and results are compared of all algorithms and evaluation is done by already existing datasets. All the algorithms has a satisfactory performance but accuracy is more witnessed in case of   C4.5 algorithm.


This article discussed the collision application of law,medical treatment and religion custom in peace-keeping operation.Combining with practical experiences,the author proposed solutions to offer reference to latter peace - keeping operation.


Grading unit is the second operation in garlic bulb separator; with a separated clove grading is necessary to further processing. A grading and cleaning unit was added to garlic bulb separator. The grading unit was developed through consecutive stages of design, fabrication and evaluation. Some physical and mechanical properties (dimensions, mass, volume, static coefficient of friction and terminal velocity) of garlic bulb that are pertinent to the mechanical processing were measured and considered in design stage of grading unit.
The developed unit was evaluated at four levels of crank speed (CS) (200, 225, 250 and 275 rpm), four levels of feeding rate (FR) (233, 266, 326 and 353 kg h-1) and three levels of sieve angle (SA) (5, 10 and 20 deg.). The Evaluation was based on the following parameters: grading efficiency (GE), machine capacity (Pm), consumed energy (CE) and cost.
The results recommend operating the machine at combinations of CS =225→250 rpm, SA =5→20 degrees at different FR to maximize GE value of 86.9 % - 97.8%. The grading unit capacity increased to about 2.7 times and the grading cost decreased to about 93 % comparing with manual method. The obtained results were used to introduce empirical equations to predict the values of " Pm, GE and CE " as a function of "CS, FR and SA".


This research is a classroom action research consisting of two cycles where each cycle consists of four stages, namely the stages of planning, implementation, observation, and reflection. Each cycle consists of 3 meetings.     This study aims to determine whether using power point media in PBM can improve Mathematics learning achievement in Class III-A Students at SD Negeri 11 Cakranegara Semester I Academic Year 2017/2018. The place of research in SD Negeri 11 Cakranegara, for 6 (six) months from July to December 2017 with research subjects of class III-A students totaling 27 people.     Data collection techniques used by observation, evaluation, and documentation. While the data analysis technique is qualitative descriptive. In the study, the final success indicator for student learning achievement was set at 85% of students reaching 70. The indicator was reached in the second cycle, so the action research was carried out in 2 cycles where each cycle consisted of 3 (three) meetings.     The results of the study showed that after the use of power point media in PBM, the student learning achievement increased by 8.7% with an average value in the first cycle of 68.15 and in the second cycle it increased to 76.85. While for learning completeness there was an increase of 29.63% from the first cycle of 62.96% and in the second cycle it increased to 92.59%. Thus, the use of Power point media in PBM can effectively improve student achievement, especially students of class III-A on Mathematics subjects at SD Negeri 11 Cakranegara.


Functional skills training techniques and effective communication strategies previously found to improve function and decrease behavioral problems in cognitively impaired nursing home residents were taught to family members in tandem with their introduction to an Alzheimer day care center. Compared to non-treatment control clients at the center; treated Alzheimer patients were found to have significantly improved ability to communicate and to exhibit less disoriented, withdrawn, depressed or anxious behaviors. Treated patients did not, however; improve significantly over controls in their ability to perform the basic activities of daily living, and their families did not perceive their care giving burden to have been significantly reduced. Results are interpreted as cautiously supportive of efforts to develop therapeutically-oriented programming in day care and supportive of patient management as a joint responsibility of professionals and family caregivers.


Abstract Recently, the research in Industry 4.0 has been focused not only on the technological aspects of Industry 4.0, but also on the wellbeing of the workers and their autonomy and job satisfaction. In this paper, specific requirements related to Industry 4.0 implementation are reflected with regard to female element. Based on the analysis of the key challenges of the Industry 4.0 development, specific challenges in human capital of women are pointed out, such as e.g. the social skills, maintenance of non-routine jobs, and support to adaptation to Industry 4.0. The aim of the paper is to analyse if women in Slovakia are prepared for the of Industry 4.0 development in terms of digital access, digital literacy and digital attitudes (patterns of digital participation).


When strongly back-lit by sunshine or on a wet night at a busy intersection with street lights and advertising signs to confuse, traffic signals are sometimes difficult to find let alone read. Signal lights can pose problems for drivers with normal vision and particularly for colour-blind drivers. Colour-blindness is common, occurring in eight percent of the male population, affecting males 10 times more often than females. Observations of colour-blind drivers in traffic indicate that they most certainly do have problems at intersections with signals. The solutions so far offered for the colour-blind driver have not been satisfactory. For instance, Austria has so far prohibited the colour-blind from driving. North America has taken a half and half approach. Some drivers must have good colour vision; most of us do not require it. Assistance has been given to colour-blind drivers by making the green signals somewhat more blue and the reds larger and more amber, and by seeking to standardize signal positions. These changes have not been sufficient, as the testimonies from colour-blind drivers show. For the covering abstract of the conference see TRIS 378581. (TRRL)


An impossibility theorem for preference aggretating rules is discussed. In this theorem no transitivity condition or acyclicity condition is imposed on the preferences: neither on the individual level nor on the aggregated level. Under the conditions that aggregation is non-dictatorial, Pareto-optimal, neutral and independent of irrelevant alternatives, it follows that the aggregated preferences are much more complex and therefore less ordered than the individual preferences.


Over the past fifteen years the rationale, organisational infrastructure and delivery of social policy in Britain have undergone radical transformation. Whereas efficiency was the key word of the 1980s, quality was the touchstone of the 1990s and quality control with accountability has become the management philosophy of the new millennium. Increased pressure for greater accountability in the use of public funds, together with changes to the structure and funding of higher education, were designed to increase competition for students and subsequent resources. This has provided the initial thrust for increasing the profile of quality issues than in the past. The difficulty is that there is much confusion about the definition of quality and this leads to problems in assessing it. Many academics would argue that quality has always been high on their agenda and the government motivation is simply another element of control to change the focus away from a government policy that led to massification without the necessary injection of resources. Blame has to be levelled so why not at the already overworked, under resourced and demotivated academics?


Technology is still masculine, and so is the Technical University at Delft. Frequently the question is asked: who were the first woman teacher and woman student? More interesting, however, is the question how women participated in this domain throughout history and how they managed to survive. This article presents a - for lack of sources rather short - biography of Toos Korvezee (1899-1978) and Betty Biegel (1886-1943). Toos Korvezee studied at Delft University and, only after al long career, became professor extraordinary of theoretical chemistry in 1954. She was the first woman professor at Delft. The second was appointed as late as 1981. Betty Biegel made a rather individual and curious academic career outside Delft, from astronomy to psychotechnics. In 1935, as a so-called 'privaatdocent', she succeeded in introducing psychotechnics as a new, non-technical, specialism into the curriculum of Delft Technical University. In the lives of Betty Biegel and Toos Korvezee, both personal circumstances (status and family) and political circumstances (the first feminist movement, the Second World War and the economic situation) played an important part. A crucial factor was the organisation of female students during their studies, and the presence of other women at their work. Therefore some attention is paid to the organisation of students at Delft Technical University and to the presence of women in technical studies, both of which varied with the times. Remarkable is the - partly shifting, partly constant - concentration of women in certain discipline areas.


A variety of social and political theorists, most notably Plato, Hegel, Marx, and Freud, distinguish a society's real structure from the appearance it presents to its participants. Bound up with this distinction are those between theory and ideology, thought and action, the actual and the possible, and consciousness and self-consciousness. The goal of theory, when these distinctions are prominent, is to pierce through appearances to the real structure, to allow (at least some) participants to see things as they really are, and either to reconcile the newly self-conscious agents to necessity or to encourage them to bring the society into closer harmony with their real interests. The view that consciousness enters into the fabric of social life plays a prominent role in most theories where the appearance/reality distinction is operative. But extreme theories of intersubjectivity--those which identify social reality with the shared consciousness of participants---dissolve the appearance/reality distinction. If shared concepts, beliefs, and norms exhaust social reality, and if, as sometimes alleged, standards of rationality themselves are relative to each way of life, social appearance and reality would coincide automatically.' Similarly, "structural" theories cannot capture the complexity of the relation between appearance and reality. For they treat the ideas and aspirations of a populace entirely as effects to be explained, never as ingredients which help to explain social relations.2 By failing to acknowledge that social relations are constituted partly by the self-interpretations of participants who retain some reflexive capacity to confront new interpretations and to convert them into premises of future conduct, the frozen categories of structural theory gloss over complexities, ambiguities, and possibilities immanent within the society studied.


ABSTRACT Despite widespread acceptance of the capabilities approach the world finds itself more unequal, more damaged by war and subjected to unnecessary scarcity. Is it possible that Amartya Sen's Development as Freedom (DAF) (2000) paradigm, itself, needs a reappraisal in light of this? Or, what makes Sen so easy to ignore? The essay below argues, like some, for specifics and 'feasible prescription' in the reading of Sen's work, but it pushes that Sen's approach is not specific enough in its analytical frameworks for the causes of key forms of poverty. As a remedy, this essay looks at this important text's problems and opportunities, specifically from a geographical perspective. This is done in the context of Flint City, Michigan, USA's politically made ongoing water disaster as a heuristic (and to keep it on the tips of our tongues) for imagining how parts of the geographical tradition can push DAF into more rigorous territory. How does Flint reveal the geographical nature of 'capabilities deprivation', or Sen's reframing of poverty? And, what new directives become necessary for an understanding of Sen's approach when considering geography and communication together? What new directives become necessary for an understanding of development as freedom? We begin with Flint City, a quintessential case of Sen's capabilities deprivation.


Objective:To detect the expression of multi-drug resistance genes MDR 1 and BCRP in breast cancer stem cells and differentiated cells as well as discuss their clinical significance. Methods:The breast cancer stem cells were separated from human primary breast cancer tissue and MCF-7 cells by flow cytometry-based selection on freshly isolated cells. The expressions of MDR 1 and BCRP in different subsets of cells was measured by real-time PCR. Results:Compared with breast cancer differentiated cells, the expressions of MDR 1 and BCRP in breast cancer stem cells were significantly higher (P0.01), and the proportion of stem cells markedly increased after chemotherapy (P0.01). Conclusion:Compared with breast cancer differentiated cells, breast cancer stem cells have stronger drug-resistance against chemotherapy via over-expression of multidrug resistance genes, which is one of the key factors for failure of chemotherapy and recurrence of breast cancer.


The task of association rule mining is to find certain association relationships among a set of data items in a database. There are three primary measures for association rule, support and confidence and lift. In this paper we developed a association rule ranking function using conditional probability increment ratio. We compared our function with several association rule ranking functions by some numerical examples. As the result, we knew that our decision function was better than the existing functions. The reasons were that the proposed function of the reference value is not affected by a particular association threshold, and our function had a value between -1 and 1 regardless of the range for three association thresholds. And we knew that the ranking function using conditional probability increment ratio was very well reflected in the difference between association rule measures and the minimum association rule thresholds, respectively.


Many different approaches have been developed to "narrative ethics",the logical combination of the two "turns",i.e."narrative turns" and "ethical turns",which have come into prominence in the Western humanities since 1980s.Based upon the discussion of the historical and the cultural causes of the "ethical turn",the present paper points out the major trends of the study of narrative ethics in western context,and using Edith Wharton's Roman Fever as the tutor text,clarifies the rhetorical narratological approach to narrative ethics.


Valleytronics is a pioneering technological field relying on the valley degree of freedom to achieve novel electronic functionality. Topological valley-polarized electrons confined to domain walls in bilayer graphene were extensively studied in view of their potentials in valleytronics. Here, we study the magnonic version of domain wall excitations in 2D honeycomb ferromagnetic bilayers (FBL). We report new topological phases in these materials, determined by Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction, electrostatic doping, and interlayer exchange. We further demonstrate that layer stacking domain walls in FBL can be used as 1D channels for ballistic transport of topological valley-polarized magnons. Our theoretical results raise hope towards magnon valleytronics based on atomically thin topological magnetic materials.


Background - Continuous growth of aircraft manufacturing business - Human Factors & Safety education/training and communication are vital elements to manage this growth effectively Literature suggests that: - Productivity increases with more comfortable and safer working environment - Knowledge on human factors not always transformed into practice - Safety skills are mostly developed through experience - Inevitable trade‐offs amongst multiple objectives generate dilemmas and ambiguities - It is necessary to achieve a productivity‐safety equilibrium


The main objective of this paper is to introduce the possibilities of resistance furnace control performed by cyclic and phase control. The measurement is based on individual case of functional model of a muffle furnace. The thyristor device EPAC is used to regulate the power supplied to the load. This device allows setting the cyclic or phase control via PC. Both the types of controls were tested on heating coil. The temperature was measured using the thermal scanner which allows very fast and accurate measuring.


Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are frequently prescribed to pregnant women, but knowledge about their unintended effects on child health is scarce.


This case uses an actual investment proposal brought to an EDI seminar on private sector development in transition economies. The case highlights some of the main decisions that should be made among the key parties to such an arrangement: the government, the local tobacco company management, and the management of the multinational company. In order to facilitate the use of the case, two teacher's notes have been prepared.


Discotic liquid crystals are emerging as novel nanomaterials useful in many device applications. Recently their hybridization with various zero-, one- and two- dimensional metallic and semiconducting nanoparticles has been realized to alter and improve their thermal, supramolecular and electronic properties. In this article, we have overviewed the work carried out in our laboratories on the dispersion of various metallic, semiconducting and carbon nanoparticles in discotic liquid crystals. First a brief introduction of self-organizing supramolecular liquid crystalline materials is presented with an emphasis on discotic liquid crystals. This is followed by the description of various discotic liquid crystal-nanoparticle hybrid systems. A number of discotic liquid crystals, functionalized nanoparticles and their nanocomposites were prepared and studied by spectroscopic and analytical tools. The dispersion of such functionalized nanomaterials in columnar matrix enhances the physical properties such as, conductivity, photoconductivity, absorbance, etc., significantly without disturbing the supramolecular properties.


Massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) have gained increased popularity over the last decade. Despite the many positives of gaming, alleged problems relating to MMORPG playing have emerged, more specifically in relation to addiction to MMORPGs among a small minority of players. This study set out to establish the prevalence of MMORPG addiction using validated addiction criteria. Factors relating to online gaming were examined to establish whether they were linked to MMORPG addiction. A self-selected sample of 1420 gamers ranging in age from 12 years to 62 years (mean age 23 years) completed an online questionnaire. The results showed that 44.5% of gamers were classified as addicted according to the polythetic format and 3.6% according to the monothetic format. Ordered logistic regression analysis showed that the variable years of gaming, total time spent playing online per week and employment status can have a major impact on the probability of MMORPG addiction. The implications of these findings for the assessment of MMORPG addiction are discussed.


Summary form only given. M-Payments mean that the mobile phone becoming a personal trust device (PTD), and mobile devices equipped with wireless connectivity, can be used as a payment instrument in the physical world. A payment capability is embedded in the phone, which supports both physical face-to-face transactions, extending the e-purse proposition to the mobile phone, and remote transactions, with care of ease of use and overall convenience. The main issue, more than in the case for e-Payments, is strict security requirement, which include customer transaction authentication, confidentiality, integrity, nonrepudiation in an environment composed of heterogeneous wireless networks, such as PAN, LAN, WAN, with different security weaknesses. We provide a technology overview of the state of the art of mobile payments.


The paper explains the power quality study conducted in an IT Park, to investigate the critical electrical problems caused by the neutral loading, harmonics, unbalance and poor power factor and the development of 500kVAR four-leg full-bridge active filter as solution for PQ issues. The selected control strategy ensures instantaneous control of current through each phase and neutral of the shunt active filter. The experimental results verifying the performance of the active filter are also presented.


In allusion to the problems such as insufficient rigidity of the belt, returning of handling material (leaking of the material) and belt misalignment etc. in the application of corrugated skirt belt conveyor, the corresponding improving measures are proposed. Two kinds of practical aligned devices on belt aligning units and belt supporting units are highlighted and some problems that shall be paid attention to in the design are proposed.


Multiple faults in a program may interact with each other in a variety of ways. A test case that fails due to a fault may not fail when another fault is added, because the second fault may mask the failure-causing effect of the first fault. Multiple faults may also collectively cause failure on a test case that does not fail due to any single fault alone. Many studies try to perform fault localization on multi-fault programs and several of them seek to match a failed test to its causative fault. It is therefore, important to better understand the interference between faults in a multi-fault program, as an improper assumption about test case failure may lead to an incorrect matching of failed test to fault, which may in turn result in poor fault localization. This paper investigates such interference and examines if one form of interference holds more often than another, and uniformly across all conditions. Empirical studies on the Siemens suite suggest that no one form of interference holds unconditionally and that observation of failure masking is a more frequent event than observation of a new test case failure.


Both Cheng Zhangchan's History of Fu in Wei,Jin,Northern and Southern Dynasties and Wang Lin's History of Fu in Six Dynasties are great works of studying the history of Fu in Wei,Jin,Northern and Southern Dynasties. Cheng's book focuses the categorization analysis,while Wang's book is good at the analysis of the writers and works. The two books are different in narrative perspective,narrative methods and writing style. Nevertheless,they are much similarities such as the extensive academic perspective and objective history- writing attitude. Complementarily,these two books lay a foundation for us to understand the complete picture of Fu history in the Dynasties.


Introduction Precision agriculture is an emerging technology for improving crop production inputs like fertilizer, herbicide, seed, and etc. Farmers practicing precision farming may experience the enhanced quality and quantity of their products due to better adjustment of production inputs to crop needs. One of the objectives in the precision agriculture is correct quantity and depth of application plays a major role. The objective of a fertilizer application can be summed up with a single sentence. "Put the right product on the right target at the right time". The increase of the rate of fertilizer generally increases the crop yield up to an optimum level, but extra fertilizer is less utilized or mobilized. Granular fertilizers need to be delivered at the prescribed application rates to accomplish the desired outcome of correcting within-field variations in plant nutrients. Granular applicator is a machine that applies granular fertiliser, pesticide, such as slug pellets or Avadex or insecticide. Granular applicators are used for precision application of solids to improve crop yields and quality. Application rates are often controlled electronically to improve accuracy (Derborg et al., 2012). Generally Manually operated granular applicators is very much suitable to apply fertiliser to Cucurbits, which include cucumbers, muskmelons, watermelons, pumpkins, summer squash, winter squash, and gourds, are some of the most popular garden vegetables planted now a days. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 6 Number 12 (2017) pp. 4015-4024 Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com Improper and inaccurate application of fertiliser causes abnormal and non-homogeneous soil fertility which is against to the objective of precision agriculture. As the conditions and land holdings are small and fragmented, power operated distributors are efficient but may result in wastage of power fertiliser granules due to its treatment away from the concentrated area. Initial purchase cost is high. Hence it is not affordable to small and medium scale farmers. Power operated applicator may not have versatility in spreading. The study is concerned on fertilizer application for creeper crops, where intercultivated equipment may not able to manure between the crop rows for fertilizer application. Even conventional manual dropping of fertilizer may also cause drudgery due to continuous bending during application at the root zone. This Paper suggests the hand operated applicator which is affordable for small scale farmers can drop and distribute the fertiliser in equal amount at concentrated area i.e. at the root zone there by reducing the wastage of fertiliser and drudgery. Maximum thrust is given for the application of gourd crops, cucumbers and other creeper crops. K e y w o r d s Distributor, Applicator, Fertilizer granules, Creeper crops. Accepted: 28 October 2017 Available Online: 10 December 2017 Article Info Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2017) 6(12): 4015-4024 4016 Materials and Methods The following points were taken into consideration for designing hand operated granular applicator.


We examined the relation between the perception and impression formation of temporal congruency in audio-visual stimuli. The luminance of the visual stimulus changed repeatedly with a constant temporal frequency. The audio stimulus was periodic drum sounds. In the phase-asynchrony condition, the audio stimulus was varied in its phase. In the frequency-asynchrony condition, it was varied in its temporal frequency. Nine conditions were used for asynchrony between the audio and visual stimuli (0, ±48, ±96, ±192, ±384 ms). The results showed that the participants had an impression of the temporal congruency even if they perceived asynchronicity in the audio-visual stimulus. This result was particularly true when the audio-visual stimulus was slow. Both processing that underlies impression formation and processing that underlies the perceptual judgment consider not only the time lag between the audio and the visual stimuli, but also the temporal frequency of the stimuli. These results suggest that the rule underlying the impression formation of the temporal congruency for audio-visual stimuli differs from that underlying the perceptual temporal order judgment for audio-visual stimuli.


Electrical Engineering Department, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria. -------------------------------------------------------------------------***-----------------------------------------------------------------------Abstract: This paper presents the simulation of speed control techniques of switched reluctance motors (SRM) using Matlab Simulink. Three controllers: P, PI, and PID were used for the simulation and after proper tuning using trial and error, the PID controller gave the best response in terms of reduction in settling time, elimination of steady-state error and minimization of speed overshoot.


The concept of numbers needed to treat is nearly 30 years old, but behind their seemingly simple digits, NNTs often hide complexity and uncertainty about treatment effects. An analysis of 51 meta-analyses and study reports in leading general medical journals (BMC Med doi:10.1186/s12916-017-0875-8) concludes that authors frequently fall short of basic methodological recommendations in reporting NNTs. As a result, clinicians already struggling to explain benefits (and harms) to patients might be working with figures that are unreliable, as well as poorly matched to the individuals they are talking to.


Halophyte is a steep natural flora of environment in serious salt soil.It has important values,both ecologically and economically.It is also a natural gene bank of salt tolerance.People have paid more attention on the utilization of halophytes because of their strong adverse resistances and high utilization values.There are plenty of halophytes in Tianjin Binhai area,but systematic researches about these resources are very few,especially about their utilization.This paper summarized the halophyte resources in Tianjin Binhai area,and suggested some possible ways to exploit them.


Telescoping Fingers in Rheumatoid Arthritis A 69-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis presented for the treatment of severe joint deformities. Examination of the hands, shown in a video, reveal...


In this paper we Önd certain solutions of some fractional partial di§erential equations. Tensor product of Banach spaces is used to Önd some solutions where separation of variables does not work. We solve the fractional wave type equation using fractional Fourier Series


Dissecting intramyocardial hematoma is a rare mechanical complication of acute myocardial infarction (MI). We describe four patients who sustained an acute inferior / inferoposterior MI, developed a new pansystolic murmur, and hemodynamically deteriorated in the first week following infarction. Two‐dimensional echocardiography identified a complex rupture that dissected across the inferior portion of the interventricular septum, tunneled through right ventricular (RV) myocardium, and reentered the cavity of the RV. Color flow Doppler was particularly valuable in identifying the serpiginous course of the dissections as well as the entry and exit points. Cardiac catheterization demonstrated markedly increased right heart filling pressures, multivessel coronary artery disease, and evidence of the ventricular septal rupture. One patient died prior to surgery, and the other three expired within 24 hours of attempted surgical repair. We conclude that intramyocardial dissection is a complication of inferior / inferoposterior MI that can be rapidly diagnosed by echocardiography.


Structural evolution of Li‐intercalated and pristine black phosphorous (BP) under high‐pressure (up to ≈8 GPa) is studied using in situ Raman spectroscopy. Even though both materials show a monotonic blueshift of the out‐of‐plane vibrational mode (A1g) with pressure, Li‐intercalated BP do not show a blueshift until a threshold pressure (2.4 GPa) is reached to compensate the structural expansion caused by intercalation. However, the in‐plane modes (B2g and A2g) in each sample respond differently. In the mid‐pressure region, they both show redshifts which in Li‐intercalated BP is also followed by abrupt blueshifts. Such behavior indicates pressure‐induced structural reorganizations inside the material. Computational modeling reveals the existence of a process of P─P bond breaking and reforming in the system due to the redistribution of intercalated Li atoms under pressure. This work shows the significance of combined effect of pressure and intercalation on structural changes in the search for new phases of BP and other two‐dimensional (2D) materials.


A hot gaseous fluid of low ash content, suitable for use in open-cycle MHD (magnetohydrodynamic) power generation, is produced by means of a three-stage process comprising (1) partial combustion of a fossil fuel to produce a hot gaseous product comprising CO/sub 2/, CO, and H/sub 2/O, (2) reformation of the gaseous product from stage (1) by means of a fluidized char bed, whereby CO/sub 2/ and H/sub 2/O are converted to CO and H/sub 2/, and (3) combustion of CO and H/sub 2/ from stage (2) to produce a low ash-content fluid (flue gas) comprising CO/sub 2/ and H/sub 2/O and having a temperature of about 4000/sup 0/ to 5000/sup 0/F. 2 claims, 1 figure.


This review concerns itself with the measurement of the effects of chromospheric motions and the diagnosis of those motions themselves over approximately the last ten years. The different types of observational techniques are described. The different size regimes of motions are reviewed and their possible effects on observable quantities are discussed. The different types of motion in the lower chromo sphere are reviewed, including microturbulence, 'layered' motions, and observations and interpretation of asymmetries in the core of the Can K line. The observation of motions in Ha mottles on the disk and spicules on the limb are reviewed, from the standpoint of both line profile analysis and broad-band measurements. The interpretation of these motions and attempts to construct empirical models of chromospheric fine structures are discussed.


This paper describes the usage of peak functions in the heat load modeling of district heating system. Heat load is approximated by the sum of time dependent and temperature dependent components. The temperature dependent component is approximated using sum of two peak functions and temperature dependent component is approximated using generalized logistic function. The model parameters are estimated using Particle Swarm Algorithm.


Background We developed a decision aid for patients with curable prostate cancer based on Svenson's DiffCon Theory of Decision Making. This study was designed to determine if surrogate patients using the aid could understand the information presented, complete all tasks, show evidence of differentiation, and arrive at a preferred treatment choice.


Gravity waves on the surface of water travel at subsonic speeds, but nonetheless can radiate sound power into the atmosphere. The radiation occurs when long trains of surface waves come to a stop, as, for example, on a beach. Computations of both the near and far sound‐pressure fields in the atmosphere have been made for water waves approaching a beach under various conditions, including oblique incidence, the formation of standing waves, and gradual attenuation as they approach the beach. The radiation computations are compared with observations on microbarom sound waves at infrasonic frequencies in the Washington, D. C., area. These come mainly from the east, travel parallel to the earth's surface, and occasionally have sound pressures as great as 6 dyn/cm2, with predominant periods between 5 and 7 sec.


Trace elements composition of granite and tropical soils formed by in-situ weathering over the basement complex of Ikere-Ekiti, Ado-Ekiti and Igbrara-Odo areas of SW Nigeria is evaluated and reported. The granitoids exhibit chemical features such as is common to other granite bodies across the basement areas. The soil profiles typically have four different horizons with contrasting physical characteristics. Analytical result from ICP-MS technique revealed compositional variation along vertical direction within depth of the profiles. Trace element as average for the granite reveals low Tm (0.5 ppm), Eu (2.1 ppm), Co (5.1 ppm), Sc (7.2 ppm), Hf (7.6 ppm), Sm (12.6 ppm), and Th (30.5 ppm) values, while La (110 ppm), Ce (216 ppm), Cr (235.5 ppm), and Ba (963 ppm) show enrichments. All the soils have Sm, Eu, Th, Hf and Co contents below 10 ppm; Sc, La and Ce values fall between 10-100 ppm, while Cr and Ba contents fall between 200-1500 ppm. Variation between trace contents in granite and the derived soils as revealed along depths of the profile indicates greater mobility of Th, Sc and Ba during chemical weathering while Eu and Tm are least mobile. Pronounced compositional variation occur at relatively shallow (0-1m) depth in near surface area all the profiles.


Frege is the founder of modern logic and generally acknowledged originator of linguistic philosophy and analytic philosophy.He has made a series of creative studies on philosophical issues about logic,among them,Frege's theory of "truth" is the kernel of logical philosophy.He believes that logic studies truth and it is the science of the most universal law of truth.His conception of logic centers on "truth" which is his theoretical foundation.Therefore,a systematic study on Frege's theory of "truth" will have far-reaching significance on deep understanding of Frege's logical philosophy and on the study of modern western philosophy,esp.philosophy of language and analytic philosophy.This thesis explores Frege's theory of truth from two aspects: the nature of truth,the scope of its application and the expression of truth;and the relations between truth and thought.


Structural damage in glaucoma often occurs before detectable loss in visual function.1-3 Accurate assessment of the optic disk and retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) morphology, however, is not always an easy task. Optical coherence tomograph (OCT), confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscope (CSLO) and scanning laser polarimeter (SLP) are the 3 commonly used imaging instruments for objective measurement of the optic disk and RNFL in clinical and research settings. While SLP only measures the RNFL and CSLO primarily measures the optic disk, OCT provides cross-sectional imaging for both the RNFL and optic disk. Despite the recent introduction of spectral domain OCT,4 the Stratus OCT is currently the most widely available OCT instrument. Misinterpretation of OCT RNFL analysis is not uncommon among clinicians who have not paid enough attention to the image quality and scan location. This article aims to provide a step-by-step approach for interpretation of Stratus OCT RNFL analysis printout in the evaluation of glaucoma and its progression.


Yanliangshan tunnel is a key engineering site in Chongqing to Huaihua Railway. The tunnel passes through the Maoba syncline formed by carbonate rocks with very complex geological setting.The author conducted the applied research of more than one geophysical exploration methods in the tunnel and reached some conclusions. In geological beforehand forecast in the relatively deeply buried and long tunnel of carbonate rocks, we should first carry out controllable audio-frequency terrestrial electromagnetic exploration to find out positions, shapes, sizes and burial depths of various structures, karst areas and oil-gas reservoirs so as to get semi-quantitative understanding of the geological background. On such a basis, the negative visual velocity seismic reflection method should be used near the mined face so as to exactly detect unfavorable geological conditions in front of the face.


The invention provides a method and a system for enhancing a text image based on a stroke operator. The stroke operator is introduced into image enhancement processing, strokes and background can be intelligently distinguished through the stroke operator, the stroke is deepened, and the background is denoised, so that the aim of enhancing a reading effect can be effectively fulfilled; moreover, the stroke operator, binarization and expansion operation are adopted, so the calculation amount is small, the performance is good, and the real-time requirement can be met; moreover, the technology is easy to implement, technical barriers are avoided, the method and the system are low in cost and risk and have a wide application range, can be used for image enhancement in a handheld reader, and can also be used for the image preprocessing step for optical character recognition.


ABSTRACT Albeit many studies have promoted cultivating college students to develop their gender awareness, little work on heroine film-mediated gender education has been reported. Hence, this report presents a classroom-based study to examine how a heroine film is used as a medium to enhance gender knowledge. A total of 120 undergraduate students of the English Literature Study Program volunteered as participants (86 females, 34 males; 19–24 years old) in a cooperative manner. Data were garnered from students' work artifacts, classroom observation, in-class discussion notes, and semi-structured interviews. Anchored in systemic functional linguistics (SFL)-based analysis, the findings show that the film could influence the participants' perceptions of gender value that generates gender awareness, women's efficacy, gender equality promotion, and social reality reinforcement. Developing these achievements for the participants will positively affect their attitudes towards gender equality. Furthermore, it is hoped that this project inspires film-mediated learning methods to promote other values such as morals, cultures, and the like.


English delights in its irregular verbs: I wage just war, you rebel, he threatens my economic interests. We ought to be under no illusion that the just war tradition floats above deeply contested values and assumptions. This is not to cynically dismiss this method of practical reasoning as valueless but to highlight its non-innocence, especially when it wears the mask of a normative ethical framework founded on a supposedly neutral Archimedean fulcrum point.


The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): R-(CH2)2-O-A-O-(CH2)2-R, wherein A represents a divalent radical chosen from (A), (B) and (C); and R represents -CN or -CH2NH2. In order to prepare the above compounds, acrylonitrile is reacted, via a Michael reaction, with a compound of formula (II): HO-A-OH, wherein A is as defined above, in order to obtain a compound of formula (I) in which R represents -CN, and that the hydrogenation of the latter is carried out in order to obtain the corresponding compound of formula (I) in which R represents -CH2NH2. In the compound of formula (I), R represents -CH2NH2 as a polar head in a surfactant, or as a monomer for a condensation polymerization, in particular in the manufacture of polyamides, or else as a crosslinking agents. (A), (B) and (C) are defined in the description.


Four components of the susceptibility tensor of a high magnetostrictive amorphous Fe77.5Si7.5B15 wire are investigated by means of ac hysteresis loop measurements. The samples have been carefully annealed in order to eliminate the internal stresses produced during the quenching. When tensile stress and/or torsion are applied bistable magnetic behavior with a large Barkhausen jump is observed. The effect of applied torque on the longitudinal and circular components of remanence magnetization and on the longitudinal and circular coercive fields is studied for different constant values of tensile stress. With increasing torque the axial and circular components of remanence decrease and increase, respectively, approaching the limit value of 0.71 Ms. The axial coercive fields for the axial and radial magnetization components coincide. They are nearly constant at low torsion and above same threshold value, depending on applied stress, follow approximately a square‐root dependence on applied torque. When tensile...


The influence of technology in our lives emerges the need and the willingness to use it in education too. The possibility of using the Internet as an educational source is undoubtedly an interesting question. Our Web presentation focuses on the educational parameters, which could be used in the Internet, by following the journey of light, as a natural substance, through time.


This is a presentation of the mailing-list archives of the Wikipedia Project, which are used for the regulation of the community. We underline that memory matters in the community, and analyse the dynamical and historical aspects of the oldest regulation list. This supposed the constitution of a database.


A force degradation profile of Metformin Hcl & Glimepiride in combine tablet dosage form on RP-HPLC was developed using Grace RP-C18 (4.6 x 150 mm, 5 m) in an gradient mode with mobile phase comprising of Acetonitrile: Dihydrogen Pott.Phosphate (pH 2.5 using 0.1% OPA) The flow rate was 0.7 mL/ min and effluent was monitored at 242 nm.. The retention times were found to be 2.06 min for MET and 5.80 min for GLIM. The assay shows a linear dynamic range of 250- 1250 g/mL for MET and 1.0-5.0 g/mL for GLIM. The calibration curves were linear (r 2 = 0.999 for MET and r 2 = 0.998 for GLIM) over the entire linear range. Mean % recovery was found to be 99.80 % for MET and 98.93 % for GLIM with % RSD was NMT 2 for both estimations which fully agrees with system suitability which is in good agreement with labeled amount of formulation. The % RSD for Intra- Day & Inter-Day Precision was NMT than 2 for both the drugs. The developed method was validated as per ICH guidelines


This paper presents a simulation study on IEEE 802.11e enhanced distributed coordination function (EDCF) mechanism, designed by the IEEE 802.11 group to enhance the original 802.11 MAC with QoS facility. Based on ns2 platform, simulation study was conducted using various network configurations and traffic patterns. The results basically prove the effectiveness of MAC service differentiation provided by EDCF compared to DCF and also point out the limitation of EDCF to support real time traffic in wireless LAN environment.


A view of the interior of the carriage containing the Royal dining saloon showing a number of tables laid out with crockery, cutlery and glasses.


The technology of the dynamic infrared scene projector(DISP) is one of the key techniques to build the integration and performance evaluation test system of the infrared imaging guidance system.The DISP based on resistive array is one of the key trends in this field.The operating principle of the infrared imaging guidance laboratory test evaluation system is presented and the status of the technique in the MIT Lincoln Laboratory is explained.


Content within musical documents not only contains music symbol but also include different elements such as staff lines, text, or frontispieces. Before attempting to automatically recognize components in these layers, it is necessary to perform an analysis of the musical documents in order to detect and classify each of these constituent parts. The obstacle for this analysis is the high heterogeneity amongst music collections, especially with ancient documents, which makes it difficult to devise methods that can be generalizable to a broader range of sources. In this paper we propose a data-driven document analysis framework based on machine learning that focuses on classifying regions of interest at pixel level. For that, we make use of Convolutional Neural Networks trained to infer the category of each pixel. The main advantage of this approach is that it can be applied regardless of the type of document provided, as long as training data is available. Since this work represents first efforts in that direction, our experimentation focuses on reporting a baseline classification using our framework. The experiments show promising performance, achieving an accuracy around 90% in two corpora of old music documents.