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Solvent effects on the 1H NMR parameters of perhydro-oxazolo[3,4‒a]pyridine, perhydropyrido[1,2‒c]‒[1,3]oxazine and perhydrothiazolo[3,4‒a]pyridine derivatives are described. Particularly marked are changes in the proton-proton geminal coupling constants of the NCH2O and NCH2S methylene protons with solvent and these are attributed to reaction field and solvation effects rather than to changes in the position of conformational equilibria.


Energy is one of the most fundamental event of the universe and it is impossible to imagine an area where energy is not used. The energy demand is also increasing with the ever‐increasing population of the world. We also use energy to meet our heating and cooling needs. Heat loss from the exterior walls of buildings is important, so thermal insulation on the wall is very critical. In this study, optimum insulation thickness is determined for four provinces and two different insulation materials selected from four different climatic regions of Turkey. In order to calculate insulation thicknesses, the number of the degree‐day and exergetic environmental impact factor have been used. Natural gas is used as fuel. By using exergetic life cycle cost assessment method for rock wool and glass wool as insulation materials, the changes of CO2 emission values, the environmental impact factor, and energy saving values are determined for optimum insulation thickness. The optimum insulation thickness, which are calculated by using the number of the degree‐day and exergetic environmental impact factor for glass wool and rock wool is 0.1103 m and 0.04375 m for Antalya, 0.1667 m and 0.07292 m for Isparta, 0.1667 m and 0.0625 m for Bursa, and 0.2188 m and 0.1021 m for Erzurum, respectively. The reduction of carbon dioxide emission values for glass wool and rock wool 86% and 64% for Antalya, 90% and 76% for Isparta, 92% and 82% for Erzurum, and 90% and 73% for Bursa, respectively. Net exergetic environmental impact saving values for glass wool and rock wool: 589 mPts/m2‐yr and 342 mPts/m2‐yr for Antalya, 1,318 mPts/m2‐yr and 642 mPts/m2‐yr for Bursa, 1,315 mPts/m2‐yr and 878 mPts/m2‐yr for Erzurum, and 2,248 mPts/m2‐yr and 1,687 mPts/m2‐yr for Isparta, respectively.


One Health (OH) is a new approach to controlling zoonoses in the veterinary and public health fields in Nepal. This study aims to explore the OH-related knowledge, perception, and practices of service providers like veterinarians, public health, and livestock-related cooperative members in selected districts of Nepal. We randomly selected three municipalities from three districts of Gandaki province in Nepal using by qualitative dominant mixed-method research approach for data collection. The study showed that most of the respondent service providers had a low level of knowledge of the OH approach and conducted their zoonoses control programs vertically in a traditional way. Foot and mouth disease (FMD), brucellosis, Peste des petits ruminants (PPR), rabies, leptospirosis, and bovine tuberculosis (BTB) are livestock-related common zoonoses and dog bites, worm infestation, diarrhoeal diseases showed the common health problems in public health sectors in the study. This prevalence creates a higher zoonoses risk in farming communities of Nepal. Therefore, to control the zoonoses we need to make knowledgeable service providers who are engaged basically in human and animal health care sectors by applying the OH approach. Government should introduce OH-related programs up to the community level and should establish the OH committee at every local level with united all public health, animal health, and water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) related officials in the country.


For heavy-load and high-speed engineering vehicle,the general suspension damping system has not met the needs of vehicle riding comfort.Study on vibration control is one of the key issues in order to design a new generation engineering vehicle and improve its riding comfort.Based on a simplified engineering vehicle model and adaptive filtering algorithm,a new adaptive controller for vibration control of engineering vehicle is designed.Simulation results show that the RMS value of the sprung mass acceleration reduces by 23%,and the RMS value of suspension dynamic deflection reduces by 33%.The riding comfort of engineering vehicle has been significantly improved.


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Adding manually annotated prosodic information, specifically pitch accents and phrasing, to the typical text-based feature set for coreference resolution has previously been shown to have a positive effect on German data. Practical applications on spoken language, however, would rely on automatically predicted prosodic information. In this paper we predict pitch accents (and phrase boundaries) using a convolutional neural network (CNN) model from acoustic features extracted from the speech signal. After an assessment of the quality of these automatic prosodic annotations, we show that they also significantly improve coreference resolution.


Leadership is one of the most observed and least understood phenomena on earth (Afegbua & Adejuwon, 2013). A call for a focus on leadership and governance is timely, important and no doubt topical, reflecting the worldwide thrust toward political and economic liberalization (Afegbua & Adejuwon, 2013). The ubiquity of the governance phenomena in contemporary times has made most African and indeed, global multilateral organizations, like the World Bank, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) to become "governance infatuated" by giving prescription and insisting that governance is the key to economic growth and development in Africa (Essien, 2012). Nonetheless, after two decades of unprecedented economic growth, how much have the lives of African families improved? A plethora of its citizens wallow in poverty hinged on the declining quality of governance, and indeed the spatial culture of non-existent leadership in Africa. The latest estimates from the World Bank suggests that the share of the African population in extreme poverty did decline- from 56% in 1990 to 43% in 2012. These are staggering numbers. In fact, the search for aptness in government and governance that is oriented toward development, the common good and well-being of the people of Africa has become something of a scandal and simply ironic (Anyanwu, 1998: 148).

This paper engages in a conceptual examination of the nexus between leadership and governance focusing on the impact of their interaction on poverty alleviation. Using selected key governance indicators such as government effectiveness and control of corruption, voice and accountability, budgetary transparency, resource allocation and targeting of benefits, and the rule of law and human rights, this paper investigates the governance contents of member states, its Impact and the extent which it can transform leadership and promote good governance as a basis for achieving poverty alleviation in Africa.


A child younger than one year of age (i.e., birth to twelve months) is termed an infant. Nearly 5.2 million children less than five died in 2019, with close to 75 percent dying in the first year. The infant mortality rate (IMR) is the probability of dying between birth and exactly one year of age expressed per one thousand live births and remains a key indicator to track child health and survival. Globally, infant deaths have markedly decreased during the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) period and beyond. The IMR is closely linked to the neonatal period as the greatest risk of mortality in the first year is during the first twenty-eight days of life. Out of the 3.9 million infants who died in 2019, nearly 2.4 million (61.5 percent) died in the first month. Globally, the leading causes of neonatal mortality are complications from preterm birth, intrapartum-related neonatal events, and neonatal infections. Preterm birth complications, the leading cause of under-five and infant deaths, account for nearly 35 percent of all neonatal deaths. Addressing causes of neonatal mortality is critical in reducing global infant mortality and achieving the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.2. With the COVID-19 pandemic and its predicted long-term effects on maternal and child health, health systems, and food security this challenge is all the greater.


The invention discloses an automobile Lundell motor AC-generator which comprises stator windings and a rectification circuit, wherein two sets of the stator windings which are of symmetrical triphase structures are isolated at an electrical degree of 30 degrees; the two sets of stator windings are connected by a star-shaped way, and two Y windings are output in series by respective rectifier bridges. The invention completely eliminates fifth time frequency harmonics, seventh time frequency harmonics, fifth spatial harmonics and seventh spatial harmonics in the air-gap field of the generator by adopting the structure of double-Y 30-degree stator windings, thereby reducing the torque pulsation of the generator, lowering electromagnetic noise, enhancing the efficiency and enabling the performance of the generator and a system to have a greater improvement.


In the work entitled "Comparative proteomics of Mesembryanthemum crystallinum guard cells and mesophyll cells in
 the transition from C3 to CAM", we presented an interesting diurnal/diel proteomics analysis in M. crystallinum during its photosynthesis transition using the label-free method. We identified the proteins showing inverse
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 transition) in guard cells and mesophyll cells. This simple but useful method allowed us to focus on 165 and 151
 proteins out of 1153 proteins in guard cells and mesophyll cells, respectively. The results facilitated understanding of
 plant photosynthesis plasticity at the single cell-type level.


While it is well known that Lorentz ether theory predicts all the confirmed results of special relativity, it is not true, as is commonly assumed, that such Lorentzian ether analyses demand that observers always measure a constant speed of light. An acoustical analogy involving open-air sound clocks reveals that the speed of sound will only appear to be constant for observers using acoustic-based instruments and moving at constant velocity with respect to a uniform wind-velocity field. However, acoustical experiments conducted 1) by accelerating observers (e.g., on rotating platforms), 2) in regions with varying wind velocities or 3) that rely on non-acoustical methods of measurement can easily determine the effect of wind velocity on the speed of sound. Extending this Lorentzian fluid dynamic analysis to the ether, it is shown that the Sagnac effect, gravitational time dilation of light clocks, and Shapiro time delay correspond to these acoustical experiments, respectively, and they have, in fact, detected the effect of the ether wind. Even according to general relativity, these well known effects demonstrate a variable speed of light, and,


In the article the concept of enterprise readiness for the organizational development is defined. The algorithm of enterprise preparation for the organizational innovations is developed, the estimation criterions of readiness diagnostic have been analyzed and selected, that allows to define the capacity of business entity for the effective transformations in future.


The proposed analog low-dropout regulator (ALDO) achieves 250nA of ultra-low quiescent current and 130ns of fast transient response simultaneously. The proposed use of an ultralow quiescent current (ULQC) error amplifier to regulate the gate of power MOSFET while the auxiliary digital gate voltage control (DGVC) circuit contributes to the load transient response. Moreover, the switching frequency is dynamically reduced by the frequency modulation after entering the steady state. The line and load regulation rates are 0.14 m V /V and 0.2 1mV/mA, respectively. High current efficiency of 99.91 % and the best merit-of-figure in steady state are achieved.


Nowadays, the problems as such famine, gender inequality, lack of water resources, and many other problems are no longer belong to individual and any specific countries. These problems have become a global problem in this era of globalization. This global problem then raises the global response by forming a global development agenda in the form of MDGs which then continued by SDGs with more complex goals. The addition of goals and strategic change from MDGs to SDGs is also a form of response to increasingly complex global issues and requires serious handling. The participation of the state and the international community is needed for the achievement of the goals to be achieved. Many are optimistic about the transformation but not the least are pessimistic on the transformation of this global development agenda. Optimists argue that SDGs are more promising because they promote principles that uphold justice and equality. While pessimists argue that the process of preparing SDGs is not purely based on global issues but is heavily influenced by political processes, such as Chinese politics which ensures that no word of democracy emerges in the goals of SDGs. It is important to discuss whether the transformation is something that can make a significant difference. To analyze this question, a sustainable development perspective can be used. The transformation is seen as a manifestation of development that moves forward along with the fear (traumatism) of other problems that will arise with global problems, such as chaos, conflict to war. This then makes economic restructuring and global development scheduled along with the process of achieving peace.


This book of 17 chapters is a revision of a previous edition (published by Butterworth in 1974). It is a shorter practical handbook than the 'Manual ' reviewed above and said to be especially suitable for those concerned with the Third World problems. It is written in a somewhat light-hearted and anecdotal style but nevertheless contains many excellent explanations of the problems confronting field experimenters. It deals particularly well with the practical issues of planning experiments as well as giving some very useful tips on conduct for various crops. The chapters dealing with statistical aspects are well written in a form that should not be difficult for anyone whose study of mathematics ceased at O-level. There is a good chapter on multidimensional geometry presented somewhat apologetically but very useful for understanding some of the presentation in the ' Manual'. The author writes that he first came across this approach in 1946 or 1947 but some who had the good fortune of speaking with Fisher in his later years believe that this was the approach that he used when developing analysis of variance. This book should be read by all experimenters before tackling its companion, the ' Manual' reviewed above, and together they form an excellent reference book not only for students but for all who are involved in planning, conducting, interpreting and even funding, crop research.


An integrated analytical model for fine-diamond, double sided grinding of ceramic components in ductile mode was developed, validated, and qualified as a correct predictability tool for operation efficiency for a given set of process parameters.


Background. Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is one of the most common and aggressive tumors of the lymphatic system. Despite the frequency of occurrence, there is no single algorithm for treating DLBCL patients with poor prognostic factors. R-CHOP therapy does not allow achieving long-term complete remissions. Therefore, there is a need for second and subsequent lines of therapy. At the same time, the effectiveness of each subsequent therapy is low, while the toxicity increases. There are many randomized trials of the DLBCL treatment; however, there are only a few studies on the comparative efficacy of high-dose chemotherapy at the induction stage.The objective of the study: the evaluation of the effectiveness and toxicity of R-DA-EPOCH and R-mNHL-BFM-90 induction courses in DLBCL patients with poor prognostic factors in a randomized multicenter clinical trial "DLBCL-2015".Materials and methods. As of April 2021, 140 patients from 13 medical institutions in Russia were included in the randomized multicenter clinical trial DLBCL-2015. As part of this study, the analysis of pharmacoeconomic factors and effectiveness of combined immunochemotherapy R-DA-EPOCH and R-mNHL-BFM-90 in patients with prognostically unfavorable DLBCL had been performed. From January 2018 to April 2021, this study included 41 patients (21 men, 20 women) with a newly diagnosed DLBCL, with 2 or more factors of an unfavorable prognosis, who were treated at the National Research Center for Hematology of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. Of these, 21 patients received R-DA-EPOCH, and 20, R-mNHL-BFM-90 therapy. Median age for R-DA-EPOCH patients was 52 years (range 30–64); for R-mNHL-BFM-90 patients, 40 years (range 18–60). All patients had high-intermediate and high risk according to the international (IPI) and age-adjusted (aaIPI) prognostic index. The primary protocol endpoints were rates of complete remission, partial remission, disease progression, and hematologic and non-hematologic toxicity. Side effects were assessed in accordance with the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) criteria.Results. By the end of 6 induction courses, the frequency of achieving complete remission on R-mNHL-BFM-90 therapy was 100 % (20/20) compared to R-DA-EPOCH, where the complete remission rate was 71.4 % (15/21) (p = 0.0097), partial remission and progression were 14.3 % (n = 3) and 14.3 % (n = 3), respectively. Hematological toxicity on therapy according to the R-mNHL-BFM-90 scheme exceeded that on R-DA-EPOCH in terms of myelotoxic agranulocytosis (p = 0.0536), anemia (p = 0.0464) and thrombocytopenia grade III–IV (p = 0.0206). When assessing non-hematological toxicity at the compared courses, no statistically significant differences were noted, all complications occurred with the same frequency.Conclusion. Treatment according to the R-mNHL-BFM-90 protocol is highly effective as first line therapy in high-intermediate and high-risk DLBCL patients. The hematologic toxicity is higher on the R-mNHL-BFM-90 than on the R-DA-EPOCH therapy, but it is acceptable. Non-hematological toxicity in both programs is comparable.


In  this  paper  we  introduce and study another types of convergence in a topological spaces namely ,cocompact convergence( coc-convergence )of nets and filters by using the concept of coc-open sets. Also we investigate some properties of these concepts


Expectations towards small scale urban wind based electricity generation are rather high. The vendors promise high production rates and high returns on the investment. In this paper we describe our practical measurement experiment of one horizontal and three vertical axis turbines. The result shows that the performance of the turbines does not meet the expectations and the urban wind blow is really far from being optimal in energy production.


RAND estimated government spending and cost savings associated with outcomes targeted by Full Service Partnership programs in Los Angeles County: homelessness, criminal justice detention, health care (inpatient and outpatient), and employment.


The FBG sensor's pressure sensitivity that is influenced by the metal-coated material and thickness was described, and the relationship in them was rightly gotten. the metal pipes of different material and different thickness were acted as the metal-coated in experiment, and the gap between the fiber and the metal-pipe was filled with epoxy. As indicated by the experiment, the changeable curve of the pressure sensitivity between theory equation and experiment is identical, and the FBGs sensitivities can be improved to 3~13 times.


Background: Cancer is a leading cause of death for children worldwide. More than 80% of children with cancer are cured in high-income countries, but only 20% are cured in many low-income countries. Aim of the study was: To assess the knowledge and performance of caregivers having children with cancer undergoing chemotherapy.Research design: A descriptive research design was used in the current study.Sample: A purposive sample of 35 caregivers having children with cancer and undergoing chemotherapy was participated in the study.Setting: The current study was conducted in the pediatric unit at Minia Oncology Center.Three Tools were: Tool (I): Structured Interview Sheet: it covered the personal data of the caregivers and the characteristics of the child; Tool (II): Caregivers Knowledge Assessment Sheet and Tool (III): Caregivers Performance Assessment Sheet.Results: There was lacking in knowledge and performance of Caregivers having children with cancer undergoing chemotherapy. There were no statistically significant relationships between the total mean scores of caregivers' knowledge and total caregivers' practice regarding childhood cancer and chemotherapy as well as their personal data as age, level of education, their children's age, gender and the child's rank in the family (p=>0.05).Conclusion: The study concluded that the overall level of caregivers' knowledge and performance was unsatisfactory. Personal variables have no impact on the knowledge and performance of the caregivers.Recommendation: The study recommended that developing periodic educational programs and instructions to caregivers having children with cancer undergoing chemotherapy would improve their knowledge and performance regarding childhood cancer and chemotherapy.


This study explores structural change at the corporate headquarters (CHQ) of the contemporary corporation. Data from a large-scale survey and public sources reveal a counterintuitive finding: While changes in the related elements of the business portfolio encourage change in the CHQ size, the two corporate-level changes combined result in negative firm performance when the level of the changes in the related business portfolio is high. The finding exposes the disruptive nature of high levels of corporate strategic change. The study contributes to research on the CHQ, and corporate strategic change.


The present problems of bilingual teaching in local colleges in west China and are analyzed,and the countermeasures also are presented.The aim is to carry out bilingual teaching well in local colleges in west China.


Public services both at the central and regional levels still do not apply Ethical values due todiverse understanding, not supported by adequate policies, contrary to local cultural values, and nonbinding.For this reason, the government needs to establish a policy on public service ethics in anintegrated and more operational manner that is able to create an understanding of central and regionalgovernment officials regarding the form of Public Service Ethics policy and applies to officials directlyrelated to the community and does not apply to officials who are not directly related to society. Thegovernment needs to develop and socialize a strategy for developing operational and integrated PublicService Ethics that accommodates the content of local culture and involves all existing public servicestakeholders, both in government offices and in private institutions.


The invention provides a production method of a circuit board module. The production method comprises the following steps: providing a first connecting plate, wherein the first connecting plate comprises a first side joint, the first side joint comprises multiple first connecting pads which are arranged at intervals; forming at least one connecting welding block on the surface of each first connecting pad by electroplating; providing a second connecting plate, wherein the second connecting plate comprises a second side joint, the second side joint comprises multiple second connecting pads which are arranged at intervals, the multiple second connecting pads and the multiple first connecting pads are in one-to-one correspondence; connecting the first side joint of the first connecting plate with the second side joint of the second connecting plate in a pressing manner so that the at least one connecting welding block formed on the surface of each first connecting pad can be fused between the first connecting pad and the second connecting pad corresponding to the first connecting pad.


We study theoretically the angular momentum transfer between strongly focused laser vortex beam and a dielectric oblate spheroidal particle (OSP). We find sets of geometrical parameters of the particle and the beam for which the particle is stably trapped on the beam axis in a uniform rotating state, thereby serving as a possible test probe of the global beam angular momentum as well as its spin and orbital parts.


The author considers whether Georgia should adopt a unitary corporate income tax. He suggests that it would be better if the state curbed on the use of Delaware holding companies. He also thinks that adopting a value added tax would be preferable to adopting the unitary method.


ABSTRACT An international challenge is presented by the unprecedented number of refugees worldwide, many of whom have undergone psychological and social stresses associated with migration and who consequently experience mental health disorders. A growing number of organizations recognize the role of art in supporting refugees to support recovery from trauma, and this pilot study in participatory arts is designed to contribute to the field. The research was undertaken with a charity supporting pre- and post-natal women refugees who are victims of rape, trafficking, sexual violence, domestic servitude and other forms of gender based violence and human rights abuses. The research explores the benefits of painting landscapes through re-imagining places experienced as a 'safe-haven', or journey towards safety. The research design is explored with a view to inform a further research study using the approach to evaluate a participatory arts workshop model that support refugees' recovery and transition.


In order to introduce the user needs into the improved design of HMI (man-machine interface) quickly and reasonably, Be intended for Manned Capsule HMI, the particular field of engineering technology. A product design method and QFD technology based on information entropy is proposed. Aimed at the design characteristics of HMI components, using the QFD technical and to guide the design process of the man-machine interface, through information entropy theory to determine the customer requirements in quality function deployment. Research shows this method can reduce the subjective judgment in the process of HMI design, and through the QFD technical and information entropy theory can enhance the effectiveness and objectivity.


Daylight is highly beneficial for improving the indoor environmental quality and reducing building energy consumption, daylighting applications are scarcely considered, especially during the care facility design process, because of lack of previous studies on elderly- light environment and complex s...


In this paper, we propose a smallcell local caching algorithm under user's context in smallcell environment. The proposed system reduces traffic to core network and the network cost, but increases it's performance. The proposed algorithm precache suitable files using smallcell's regional characteristics and target's personality. It can adjusts a storage allocation to make effective usage of our limited cache storage capacity. In order to evaluate the performance of the proposed cache algorithm, we define the cache efficiency, the decrement of core network traffic. The simulation results show that the proposed algorithm can improve performance by about 200% compared to existing web cache scheme.


Mutations in casein kinase Iδ that are associated with migraine in patients cause changes in enzymatic function, pain behavior, cortical excitability, and astrocyte signaling in mice. The Pain of Sleep If you have experienced the excruciating pain of a migraine, chances are that some of your relatives have too. Despite this clear heritability, the genes that transfer this disease from generation to generation are known for only a few specialized types of migraine. While studying families with a sleep disorder called familial advanced sleep phase syndrome, Brennan et al. may have found another one of these genes. They discovered that mutations in a gene (casein kinase Iδ) that cause the sleep problems also seemed to cause migraine. In two families, everyone who carried the sleep-disrupting casein kinase Iδ mutation (each family had a slightly different mutation) also suffered from migraines, although there were several members who had migraines but not the mutation or the sleep disorder. To see whether the casein kinase mutation might really be contributing to migraine, the authors took their experiments in vitro and into mice. In a test of whether the two mutations affected casein kinase Iδ enzyme activity, the authors found that neither mutated form of casein kinase Iδ was able to properly phosphorylate its substrate. But does this weakened enzyme activity cause headaches? To see, the authors generated mice carrying mutated casein kinase Iδ. Because migraine is a pain syndrome, patients' reports of their pain are important for characterizing the disease. Although mice cannot tell us if they hurt, the authors found some mouse phenotypes that suggest they are experiencing a migraine-like disorder: When treated with nitroglycerin (a migraine trigger), the mice were more sensitive to pain, just as humans are. The mice also more easily exhibited cortical spreading depression (a wave of ionic disturbance thought to be similar to migraine aura), and their arteries were abnormally dilated during the spreading depression—both phenomena similar to those seen during migraine in humans. The suggestive segregation of the casein kinase mutations in migraine patients and the ability of the same mutations to produce migraine-like phenomena in mice together make a strong case that casein kinase mutations can contribute to migraine, adding another gene to the small list associated with this debilitating headache syndrome. Migraine is a common disabling disorder with a significant genetic component, characterized by severe headache and often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and light sensitivity. We identified two families, each with a distinct missense mutation in the gene encoding casein kinase Iδ (CKIδ), in which the mutation cosegregated with both the presence of migraine and advanced sleep phase. The resulting alterations (T44A and H46R) occurred in the conserved catalytic domain of CKIδ, where they caused reduced enzyme activity. Mice engineered to carry the CKIδ-T44A allele were more sensitive to pain after treatment with the migraine trigger nitroglycerin. CKIδ-T44A mice also exhibited a reduced threshold for cortical spreading depression (believed to be the physiological analog of migraine aura) and greater arterial dilation during cortical spreading depression. Astrocytes from CKIδ-T44A mice showed increased spontaneous and evoked calcium signaling. These genetic, cellular, physiological, and behavioral analyses suggest that decreases in CKIδ activity can contribute to the pathogenesis of migraine.


In this paper,based on Financial Fusion Server as the basic framework,and integrate a number of different front-end and back-end system,including the RBS,SBS,FUND,BOND,CBSI,the credit card system,NACS(),discuss J2EE architecture and its core technology,and principles and advantages of making use of MVC design pattern,to realize the internet by different banking front-end system,and to simplify the development of banking network systems.


The title compound [Cu(IB)2]n·n(H2O) 1 was synthesized via the hydrothermal reaction of CuSO4·5H2O and NaOH with 4-(1H-Imidazol-1-yl)benzoic acid(HIB),and character-rized by elemental analysis and infrared spectra.The crystal of 1 crystallizes in monoclinic,space group C2/c with a = 14.349(7),b = 5.977(3),c = 21.368(9) ,β = 104.956(9)o,V = 1770.5(2)3,Z = 4,C20H16CuN4O5,Mr = 455.92,Dc = 1.710 g/cm3,F(000) = 932 and μ(MoKα) = 1.279 mm-1.The final R = 0.0337 and wR = 0.0888 for 1972 observed reflections with Ⅰ > 2σ(Ⅰ) and R = 0.0369 and wR = 0.0926 for all data.X-ray diffraction reveals that the IB ligand links the Cu(Ⅱ) atoms into a double stranded chain.The extensive supramolecular interactions lead to the formation of an infinite 2D structure.


In this paper we consider CP-violating new-physics contributions to the decay t → bbc. We examine the prospects for detecting such new physics at the LHC, which requires studying the process gg → t(→ b ¯)¯(→ ¯ bl¯ ν). We find two observables that can be used to reveal the presence of CP-violating new physics in t → bbc. They are (i) the partial-rate asymmetry and (ii) the triple-product correlations involving the momenta of various particles associated with the interaction. A Monte Carlo analysis is performed to determine how well these observables can be used to detect the presence of new physics, and to measure its parameters. We find that there is little difficulty in extracting the value of the relevant new-physics parameter from the partial-rate asymmetry. For the triple-product correlations, we test multiple strategies that can be used for the extraction of the corresponding combination of new-physics parameters.


The article is devoted to the prospects of creation and functioning of cooperative banks and development banks in Ukraine. The article deals with the peculiarities of cooperative banks and development banks. Sci-entists analyzed the views on the activities of banks and their impact on economic development. The article deals with the peculiarities of development and operation of the cooperative banks of developed countries: Germany and Poland. A three-tier model of national cooperative bank system has been suggested.
The influences of developments banks operations on the national economy are defined. The main grounded differences between development banks and commercial banks are defined. The problems of creating devel-opment banks in Ukraine are analyzed.


Abstract : Previous experiments on high energy elastic pion nucleon scattering have demonstrated the existence of a peak in the differential cross section at 180 degrees. Because the experimental peak is much smaller and narrower than might be anticipated from the perturbation calculation, work was undertaken to explore the possibility that the attenuation of the backward peak is a general property of the Fermion propagator in the crossed channel, not just connected with strong interactions. The approach used involved the measurement of the Compton cross section for bremsstrahlung photons of maximum energy 500 MeV and 950 MeV.


My design-based research investigates architectural fabrics, in spatial enclosures between the body and the city. It draws inspiration from the rich associations between dressing and building, in order to question the hermetically sealed architectural envelope. Identifying interstitial and in-between spaces as places where seams exist in the architectural fabric, my work investigates environmental comfort, beyond the strict engineering approach. A particular research focus is shadows and shading, conceived as ephemeral architectural fabrics which dress the city, the body and the landscape. Architectural envelopment and comfort are here explored as multidimensional qualities of inhabitable space, place and the environment in the context of a rural landscape in the Mediterranean, using the example of the design for a summer house. The house uses contemporary parametric tools to engage with environmental site conditions, while cutting-edge digital technologies are employed for the fabrication of its metallic 'cloth'. Tectonic arrangements of semi-enclosed spaces suggest a possible sustainable future in architecture, where the boundaries between exterior and interior are continually negotiable, and where bodies freely inhabit both sides of the 'architectural fabric'. Within the contemporary context of parametric digital design and fabrication there is an opportunity in further enhancing this vocabulary of bodily envelopment. EAR 33 107 Figure 1: Third iteration of the Weaving House, plan Weaving Shadows Dressing Bodies and the Landscape Eva Sopeoglou PhD Candidate in Architectural Design Barttlet School of Architecture


The Party schools play an especially important role in the college Party building. We should have a clear understanding of the attributes of the Party School, and establish firmly its important position in the Party building of higher learning of institutions and bring into full play the Party school in the college Party building. We should also strengthen further building of the Party school.


A time-dependent trap-limited conduction scheme is used to analyze the transient behavior of bistable homogeneous amorphous semiconductors when either the electric field or the current density is prescribed. Numerical outcomes confirm that, for a current-controlled system, the working point is unique and stable in any region of the current-voltage characteristic, while in a field-controlled system the negative differential-resistance region is unstable even in absence of circuit parasitics. The proposed theoretical approach represents a valid tool to grasp the relevant time-dependent features of the Ovonic switching in chalcogenide materials.


This paper aims to categorize bank transactions using weak supervision, natural language processing, and deep neural network techniques. Our approach minimizes the reliance on expensive and difficult-to-obtain manual annotations by leveraging heuristics and domain knowledge to train accurate transaction classifiers. We present an effective and scalable end-to-end data pipeline, including data preprocessing, transaction text embedding, anchoring, label generation, discriminative neural network training, and an overview of the system architecture. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our method by showing it outperforms existing market-leading solutions, achieves accurate categorization, and can be quickly extended to novel and composite use cases. This can in turn unlock many financial applications such as financial health reporting and credit risk assessment.


The objective of this study was to design a group program to prevent smartphone overdependence in adolescents and verify its effects. The program comprises six sessions carried out in the following steps: "Building Relationships and Preparing for Change," "Preparing for Change," "Implementing Change," and "Maintaining Change." Furthermore, to verify its effects, we applied the program to 109 middle and high school students (51 in the experimental group, 58 in the control group) in Chungcheongnam-do. A significant difference was found in the scores of smartphone overdependence, peer relationships, and self-efficacy between the experimental group and the control group. This study showed that this short-term group program of six sessions had significant effects on reducing smartphone overdependence and improving peer relationships and self-efficacy. The program has significance in that it is a prevention program that reinforces the positive aspects of smartphone use as well as reduces the negative impact of smartphone overdependence.


Wireless sensor network is a new network technology, can play a unique role in many aspects of their own, but because of the technical basis of requirements is very high, so long-term since its application has been confined to the military field. In recent years, with the progress of technology, the network technology application domain expands gradually, also got certain popularity in many civil fields. Based on the concept of the features of wireless sensor networks and application characteristics, analyzes the common problems in the security technology of the network, and put forward five major existing safety protection measures, hoping to contribute to further development of related research and application.


The objective of this research was to establish the estimation method of growth information on potato using Multi-Spectral Image Sensor (MSIS) and Global Positioning System (GPS). And growth estimation map for determining a prescription map over the entire field was generated. To determine the growt...


e17627 Background: High-grade non-Hodgkin lymphoma is an aggressive malignancy that requires urgent, intensive management. It is estimated that 60% of patients are cured (Cancer Research UK) so rap...


According to a relatively wide-spread opinion in Italian legal culture, the right to personal identity is the right everybody has to appear and to be represented in social life (especially in portrayals performed by the mass media) in a way that fits with, or at least does not falsify or distort, one's personal history. In the Italian debate, the right to personal identity is often considered as a "new" personal right. This means that: (A) it is a right that belongs to the person, in the sense that it is an entitlement or claim of human beings as constitutional subjects in contradistinction to, for instance, juristic persons (however, the question will be discussed in due course if and in what cases, a similar right can be recognised also to juristic persons); (B) it is a somewhat "new" right, in the sense that it has only recently been recognised by judges, legal theorists, and (finally) by the legislator, in a period that can be restricted to the last two decades.


With the heavily application of steroid in the clinic, the incidence of steroid-induced osteonecrosis of the femoral head is also rapidly increasing. It is generally believed that steroid-induced osteonecrosis of the femoral head is the result of a various of pathological mechanisms. Clinical evidence suggests that the occurrence of osteonecrosis is highly correlated with the daily mean dose and cumulative dose of steroid. Patients don't always have osteonecrosis of the femoral head which may be related to the susceptibility of individual genes to steroid. Steroid-induced osteonecrosis of the femoral head is divided into three stages by pathomorphological, indicating the early, middle and late stage of blood supply changes. With the change of blood supply, the range of osteonecrosis is gradually increasing, and eventually leads to collapses. The earlier the osteonecrosis is found, the more selective the treatments regimen are. The prognosis will be often better with early diagnosis. Regulating the use of steroid can reduce the occurrence of osteonecrosis. Thus, we emphasize that the use of steroid in clinical settings should be cautious and regulated. Digital subtraction angiography can be used to assess early osteonecrosis of the femoral head. According to the assessment of progression of disease, the drug or the corresponding surgical procedure will be selected. Steroid-induced osteonecrosis of the femoral head can achieve good clinical results through early detection and early treatments.


Abstract : The report deals with languages used to program electronic computers for automatic testing. The primary purpose of the report is to tabulate, and explain the various languages so far developed to meet these testing requirements. (Author)


he improvement of technologies for the production of foodstuffs and dietary supplements from vegetable feedstock using natural and efficient biocatalytic systems is a promising direction in the development of agroindustrial complex. At present, enzyme preparations produced in Russia are virtually absent at the market; therewith, high cost of their imported analogs increases the prime cost of products. A study on efficiency of the domestic broad-spectrum enzyme preparation Glucanofoetidin, which was developed at the Russian Scientific Research Institute of Food Biotechnology, toward fruit and berry feedstock and corn showed an increase in the yield of extractive substances (amino acids, sugars, phenol compounds, and carotenoids), particularly the biologically active components (tocopherols, anthocyanins, and vitamins), by 7–18 % as well as the quality improvement and an increase in the yield of target products (juices and extracts) by 10–44 %. Practical importance of Glucanofoetidin consists in a more rational use of vegetable feedstock as compared to conventional technology without enzymatic treatment, and also in a considerable (twofold) shortening of the process time. The multienzyme composition of Glucanofoetidin makes it promising for use in juice, confectionary, brewing, oil-and-fat and baking industries.


Ethene/propene terpolymers containing either 1-vinylcylohexene-4 (VCHen) or vinylcyclohexane (VCHan) as termonomer component were prepared using MAO-activated rac-Me 2 Si(2-MeBenz[e]Ind 2 ZrCl 2 (MBI). Propene content was varied between 26 and 72 wt.-% with less than 1 mol-% termonomer incorporation. Blends containing 85 vol.-% isotactic polypropene (i-PP) and 15 vol.-% of the two EP terpolymer families were prepared by melt-compounding in a twin-screw kneader at 200°C to examine the role of sulfur-mediated crosslinking of the unsaturated EPDM terpolymer phase in comparison to the corresponding blends containing non-crosslinked saturated EP/VCHan terpolymers. The observed glass temperature (T g ) depression of the T g of EP(D)M phases with respect to the T g of the corresponding bulk EP(DM) was attributed to the presence of thermally induced stresses in both blend systems. Blends of i-PP with crosslinked EPDM showed smaller T g depression with respect to those of iPP/EPM blends containing non-crosslinked EP and EPM dispersed phases. Morphology differences were detected for i-PP/EPM and dynamically vulcanized i-PP/EPDM blends by means of atomic force microscopy (AFM). The crosslinked i-PP/EPDM blends exhibited significantly improved low temperature toughness as compared to the corresponding non-crosslinked i-PP/EPM blends. Curing of the EPDM elastomer phase in i-PP/EPDM (85 vol.-%15 vol.-%) blends afforded significantly improved toughness/stiffness balance and a wider toughness window with respect to the corresponding i-PP/EPM and i-PP/EP blends without sulfur-cured rubber phases.


An 18-year-old man with no previous cardiac history presented to his local hospital complaining of severe chest pain. One day before admission, he was hit in the chest by a ball during a basketball game. He did not notice any symptoms and was able to finish the game; however, the next day, he developed severe central chest pain. Cardiac troponins were elevated at 79 μg/L (normal range, 0 to 1.2 μg/L). He subsequently underwent cardiac catheterization, which showed normal coronary anatomy with no significant stenoses. Subsequently, he had another episode of chest pain that was associated with diffuse ST elevation involving the anterior and lateral leads. The ST elevation persisted for >90 minutes before subsiding spontaneously. On transfer, the patient was specifically questioned about recreational drug use. He denied any use of cocaine, although he did admit to using marijuana 1 week before admission. On examination, he was pain free and hemodynamically stable. An echocardiogram showed minimal persistent ST segment elevation in the anterior leads (Figure 1). A cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan (Magnetom TRIO, Siemens, Germany; field strength 3 T) was performed to assess morphology of myocardial injury. This scan demonstrated normal left ventricular size with mild left ventricular systolic dysfunction (Movie I in the online-only Data Supplement). Left ventricular ejection fraction was calculated at 42% using QMass® MR version 7.0.28 (Leiden, The Netherlands). There was severe hypokinesis of the …


A strong inverse relationship between per capita assistance and population of aid-receiving countries is found in an examination of Canadian bilateral foreign aid to 33 countries over the period 1982-92. However, the middle-income bias present in aid allocation of some other countries is not found in the case of Canada. Instead, there is a bias associated with the recipient's membership to the Commonwealth.


Specialists in the history of the French Revolution will find much that is familiar in Keitner's book. Since François Furet's revisionist challenge to "Jacobin" orthodoxy in the 1970s, historians have repeatedly exposed the weaknesses of an interpretation that takes the triumphalist claims of French revolutionaries at face value. Still, historians will welcome Keitner's sustained analysis of the idea of the nation and be gratified to read a compelling case for the continued relevance of a much-debated historical subject. Moreover, the author's audience includes political theorists and scholars of international relations whose understanding of a key concept in their fields will benefit from Keitner's historically informed analysis.


The TMDL process (total maximum daily load) developed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency EPA determines the maximum amount of a pollutant loading that a waterbody can receive without violating water quality standards established and allocates loads of this pollutant between point sources and nonpoint sources. It is a tool of planning of water resources that considers the effect of all the activities or processes that cause or contribute for the impairment of the waterbody quality. For this reason, it can very be useful for the implementation and operation of the Federal water resources law, instituted in 1997. The goal of this research is to demonstrate the application of process TMDL in the Piraquara River Watershed, especially in the draining area of contribution to the future Piraquara II Reservoir Curitiba Metropolitan Region, to be implanted in 2004. The phosphorus was the pollutant selected for the development of TMDL process specially because this nutrient is the limitant factor in the production of algae biomass in lakes and reservoirs of the region. In agricultural wathershed, as it case of the area in this present study, the main source of phosphorus is the transport by water of rain of fertilizers, animal wastes and soil particles contained the nutrient. TMDL process was developed for a future situation considering the year of 2006 in two scenario of simulation by application of the mathematical model SWAT. Scenario A: soil actual use and Scenario B: soil use admitting point sources that cause the increase phosphorus load input in the Piraquara II Reservoir. The development of the TMDL resulted in a concentration monthly in the reservoir in 75% and 100% of months in 2006, respectively for the scenario A and B, corresponding limit strip for eutrophication occurrence of 0,025 0,10 mg/L of P total, established in the present study. To reduce these concentrations, were adopted like control measures the: no till, the implantation of riparian area and treatmentof point sources to decrease the exported Ptotal load from watershed. The adoption of these control measures allowed the concentration reduction of P total in the reservoir for 0,020 mg/L and a exported P total load of the watershed 1.822,2 kg/year to the scenario A, being this value the goal of TMDL (total maximum daily load) for the Piraquara II Reservoir. For the scenario B the standard dont achivied with the treatment level adopted. Thus, the present study demonstrated that the TMDL is a flexible and useful tool in the decision process management water resources, especially when using a mathematical model for its development that makes possible the forecast of a future situation with a reasonable amount of essential information on the conditions of the watershed. Moreover, when incorporating the monitoring evaluate if the adopted actions to reduce exported loads of pollutants of the watershed are efficient or must be improved. Key-words: TMDL, Water Quality, Reservoir, Phosphorus.


Abstract This report describes a problem‐based learning activity concerning antibiotic exposure and bacterial resistance in human and veterinary medicine. In addition, learning outcomes and satisfaction of students were recorded by the supervisors of the activity. The students all participated actively in the group work and considered that the small size of the group facilitated interpersonal communication. They believed that working in an interdisciplinary group helped them learn better than if they were following specific courses. They also reported that their mid‐term meeting with one of the supervisors was a catalyst for the initiation of a real work group. Concerning the evaluation of the activity itself, the supervisors considered that the group provided a relevant analysis of the issue. These characteristics should encourage teachers to test this method of learning certain aspects of microbiology and infectious diseases with their students.


Unsupervised Domain Adaptation (UDA) has been shown to alleviate the heavy annotations for semantic segmentation. Recently, numerous self-training approaches are proposed to address the challenging cross-domain semantic segmentation problem. However, there still exists two open issues: (1) The generated pseudo-labels are inevitably noisy without external supervision. (2) These is a performance gap between UDA models and the fully-supervised model. In this paper, we propose to investigate Active Learning (AL) that selects a small portion of unlabeled pixels (or images) to be annotated, which leads to an impressive performance gain. Specifically, we propose a novel Uncertainty-aware Boundary Discovery (UBD) strategy that selects the uncertain pixels in the boundary areas that contains rich contextual information. Technically, we firstly select the pixels with top entropy values, and then re-select the pixels that are exclusive to their neighbors. We leverage the Kullback-Leibler divergence between one pixel's softmax prediction and its neighbors' to measure its "exclusivity". Extensive experiments show that our approach outperforms previous methods with both pixel-level and image-level label acquisition protocols.


The study was conducted to investigate the effect of shelter system on shelter seeking behaviour of lactating crossbred cows from March 1998 to February 1999 (summer, rainy and winter seasons). Cows (30) were allotted to 3 treatment groups, randomly 10 animals in each. The treatments were loose housing (control), loose housing with central shed and closed housing. The analysis of shelter seeking behaviour revealed that unshaded manger did not discourage feeding in loose housing with central shed group in summer and rainy season i.e., 128.75 and 113.87 min, respectively, while it encouraged in winter (274.00 min). Excessive protection of closed housing resulted in considerable panting. No panting was observed in loose housing cows. At less temperature in summer and rainy season in night, open area was more preferred by cows. In loose housing, tree-shade was the third preference, It can be concluded that cows were more comfortable in loose housing in summer and rainy season while in winter season cows were more comfortable in loose house with central shed.


In order to select the pesticides to control Srptoria sp,60% Carbatene metiram WG,50% dimethomorph W,50% kresoxim-methyl,30% difenoconazole were applied on Srptoria sp control in Yuqing from Mar to Apr,2013.The results showed that 4 pesticides were effectively to control the occurrence of Srptoria sp,its above 90%,it's better to use pesticides alternately to control Srptoria sp.


In this paper we study the special case of Graphic TSP where the underlying graph is a power law graph (PLG). We give a refined analysis of some of the current best approximation algorithms and show that an improved approximation ratio can be achieved for certain ranges of the power law exponent $\beta$. For the value of power law exponent $\beta=1.5$ we obtain an approximation ratio of $1.34$ for Graphic TSP. Moreover we study the $(1,2)$-TSP with the underlying graph of $1$-edges being a PLG. We show improved approximation ratios in the case of underlying deterministic PLGs for $\beta$ greater than $1.666$. For underlying random PLGs we further improve the analysis and show even better expected approximation ratio for the range of $\beta$ between $1$ and $3.5$. On the other hand we prove the first explicit inapproximability bounds for $(1,2)$-TSP for an underlying power law graph.


This paper describes an optimal ripple-free dead-beat controller for SISO linear sampled-data plant models. A step reference is assumed and the deadbeat horizon is considered to be one of the designer's choices. The cost function to be minimized is a cumulative index that penalizes the time-weighted squared tracking error (i.e., it corresponds to an ITSE cost term). The corresponding optimization problem turns out to be convex, leading to closed form solutions. Examples are included to illustrate the main results.


Gears are usually used for transmitting energy. They develop high strain awareness at the basis and the factor of touch. The repeated stressing on the fillets causes the fatigue failure of gear teeth. the principle goal of this have a look at is to add specific shaped holes to reduce strain awareness. A finite element version of Spur gear with a phase of three tooth is considered for analysis and strain concentration reducing holes of numerous sizes are added on tools teeth at diverse places. evaluation found out that aero-fin formed hole brought along the strain flow course yielded better results.


Correct bias for microwave transistors is a frequently neglected area. The consequences of inadequate bias conditions range from significantly over-stated specifications, particularly output power capability, to potential failure due to drifts with temperature and power level, and reduced lifetime due to overheating. A discussion and analysis of the problems are presented to assist the engineer when undertaking a MMIC-based design.


Abstract:During the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, Icelandic authors produced original romances and legendary sagas that contained their own forests of aventure. Influenced by earlier French romances, these authors created innovative imaginary geographies that combined foreign and indigenous cultural elements and thereby forged more varied and unpredictable literary worlds.


This document shows the application of three method s of solution from the approach of a lot sizing problem: Solution by Silve r ‐ Meal Heuristics, the Part Period Balancing Heuristic and Minimum Cost Unit He uristic. The evaluation of the methods mentioned above are pmanually, through bibliographic resources provided by the tea cher of the subject: Production and Inventory Control. Given the results a comparison was made between the m and proceeded to choose the best solution which is justified by a po licy of minimal cost.


This paper presents a novel architecture for electrical distribution networks based on a decentralized control system where a Substation Automation and Control System plays a key role. This new control element brings additional control and management functionalities that are crucial for future distribution networks with high levels of Dispersed Energy Resources in both interconnected and islanded operating modes. Several coordination and control issues are addressed with the aim of optimizing grid operation in interconnected mode and simulation results are shown for voltage and reactive power control.


This study investigates the link between mother's and children's (8 to 9 years of age) creative thinking, focusing in particular on how mothers' creativity interacts with climate for creativity in the parent-child relationship in predicting the offspring's creative potential assessed by the Test for Creative Thinking-Drawing Production (TCT-DP). The moderating role of the children's gender in this relationship was also assessed. In a sample of parent-child dyads (N = 66), it was demonstrated that (a) mother's and child's creative thinking was related within dyads, (b) four dimensions of climate for creativity at home environment, namely Encouragement to Experience Novelty and Variety, Encouragement of Nonconformism, Support of Perseverance in Creative Efforts, and Encouragement to Fantasize partially mediated this relationship, and (c) child's gender did not moderate the investigated relationship. Moreover, there were no differences in climate for creativity between girls and boys, except for the fact that mothers support nonconformism more strongly in their sons than in daughters. Results were discussed in light of potential family transmission mechanisms of creative potential. It was also indicated the study's implications for practice and directions for future research that stem from this project.


The application discloses a digital signature method, system and server. The digital signature method comprises that: the digital signature server receives signature information and identity information of a first user from a first client terminal; a first user temporary certificate is applied according to the received signature information and the identity information of the first user; an electronic document to be singed is generated; the electronic document to be singed is signed by utilizing the first user temporary certificate; and a signature request from a second client terminal is received so that the electronic document to be singed is signed by utilizing an electronic seal of a second user. With embodiment mode of the application, paper-based printing cost can be saved, later storage, inquiring and scheduling can be facilitated, integrity of the document can be guaranteed without tampering, counterfeit caused by multiple use of the applied signature information can be prevented, concentrated management of secret keys can be facilitated, security is high and deployment and use are convenient.


Nowadays, processes of logistics are generally controlled by applying a centralized control approach. However, regarding an increasingly complex and dynamic environment the centralized control approach often turns out to be inflexible and not manageable satisfyingly. To cope with this situation, autonomous control was developed. Though, both control approaches feature advantages and disadvantages regarding their performance and transparency. Here, a hybrid control approach can combine the advantages of both approaches. The paper at hand presents a concept of a hybrid control approach using the example of automotive logistics.


In this paper, we propose an effective approach for automatic 4D Facial Expression Recognition (FER). The flow of 3D facial scans is first modeled to capture spatial deformations based on the recently-developed Riemannian approach, namely Dense Scalar Fields (DSF), where registration and comparison of neighboring 3D face frames are jointly led. The deformations are then fed into a temporal filtering based magnification step to amplify the slight facial actions over time. The proposed method allows revealing subtle (hidden) deformations which enhances the performance in classification. We evaluate our approach on the BU-4DFE dataset, and the state-of-art accuracy up to 94.18% is achieved, which is superior to the top one so far reported, clearly demonstrating its effectiveness.


Telemedicine provides healthcare to patients at a distance from their treating clinician. There is a lack of high‐quality evidence to support the safety and acceptability of telemedicine for postoperative outpatient follow‐up. This randomized controlled trial—conducted before the COVID‐19 pandemic—aimed to assess patient satisfaction and safety (as determined by readmission, reoperation and complication rates) by telephone compared to face‐to‐face follow‐up after uncomplicated general surgical procedures.


Milk samples of 24 pure-bred Holstein cows were taken during lactation and changes in milk fat to milk protein ratio and quality of rennet gel were evaluated. The cows were either fi rst (n=12) or second (n=12) calvers, in the same phase of lactation. The individual milk samples were taken on average on the day 25, 45, 73, 101, 133, 166, 199, 224, 253 and 280 of lactation and the following mean values of the F/P ratio were found: 1.91; 1.45; 1.38; 1.28; 1.22; 1.14; 1.26; 1.21; 1.09; 1.18. High values in the fi rst phase suggest a great energy defi ciency. The quality of rennet gel was also worst in the fi rst phase of lactation.


Digital simulations have been conducted to analyze the thyristor valve turn-on phenomenon while a valve arrester is conducting, which gives the most severe turn-on stress for the valve. The effects of various other parameters have also been clarified. Based on this analysis, two test methods are proposed that verify a valve turn-on during arrester conduction, and their effectiveness is described. The nonrepetitive turn-on test given in the IEC Std Pb. 700 and IEEE Std 857 is studied, and a new test voltage level based on these analyses is proposed. >


Digital twin (DT) provides accurate guidance for multidimensional resource scheduling in 5G edge computing-empowered distribution grids by establishing a digital representation of the physical entities. In this article, we address the critical challenges of DT construction and DT-assisted resource scheduling such as low accuracy, large iteration delay, and security threats. We propose a federated learning-based DT framework and present a Secure and lAtency-aware dIgital twin assisted resource scheduliNg algoriThm (SAINT). SAINT achieves low-latency, accurate, and secure DT by jointly optimizing its total iteration delay and loss function, and leveraging abnormal model recognition (AMR). SAINT enables intelligent resource scheduling by using DT to improve the learning performance of deep Q-learning. SAINT supports access priority and energy consumption awareness due to the consideration of long-term constraints. Compared with state-of-the-art algorithms, SAINT has superior performance in cumulative iteration delay, DT loss function, energy consumption, and access priority deficit.


: We disagree with Woodruff that we have good neurobiological reasons to think fishes are sentient, because mechanisms for consciousness are controversial even in humans. To the extent that there are consensuses in that literature, they do not support Woodruff's claims.


The A2BWO6 (A=Sr, Ba; B=Co, Ni, Zn) microwave dielectric ceramics were prepared by conventional solid-state ceramic route. According to the X-ray diffraction (XRD) results, the ceramics have cubic perovskite structure for all compounds. In addition, the Ni-containing compounds showed apparent supperlattice reflections at low angles, whereas the others didn't. The results of Raman spectroscopy show that the degree of B-site ordering is different with different B2+ ions. The dielectric properties of the ceramics were measured in the frequency range 6.5 to 8.5 GHz using resonance methods. The ceramics have dielectric constant in the range 18 to 30, high quality factor (Q×f value up to 56000 GHz) and negative temperature coefficient of resonant frequencies in the range -72.9 to -31.1 ppm/°C. The dielectric constant increased with increasing B2+ ionic polarizability, and the quality factor was enhanced due to the increase in B-site ordering. The relationship between temperature coefficient of dielectric constant and tolerance factor was accordant in comparison with the other perovskites.


In this paper, a new biased estimator called partial root root estimator is proposed through analyzing the corresponding properties of root root estimator, Stein shrunken estimator, and Sclove partial shrunken estimator. Its properties are discussed. The computational results demonstrate that the partial root root estimator can improve the LS estimator when the design matrix is ill conditioned.


Despite the knowledge that CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein α (C/EBPα) plays an important role in preadipocyte differentiation, our understanding of how C/EBPα interacts with nuclear proteins to regulate transcription is limited. Based on the hypothesis that evolutionarily conserved regions are functionally important and likely to interact with coactivators, we compared the amino acid sequence of C/EBPα from different species (frog to human) and identified four highly conserved regions (CR1–CR4) within the transactivation domain. A series of amino-terminal truncations and internal deletion constructs were made creating forms of C/EBPα which lack single or multiple conserved regions. To determine which regions of the C/EBPα transactivation domain are important in its ability to induce spontaneous differentiation of 3T3-L1 preadipocytes, we infected preadipocytes with expression vectors encoding the C/EBPα conserved region mutants and observed their ability to induce differentiation. We found that CR2 fused to the DNA binding domain is able to induce spontaneous differentiation independent of the other conserved regions. However, CR2 was not necessary for the adipogenic action of C/EBPα because a combination of CR1 and CR3 can also induce adipogenesis. Because the transcriptional coactivator p300 participates in the signaling of many transcription factors to the basal transcriptional apparatus, we examined whether functional interaction exists between C/EBPα and p300. Cotransfection of p300 with p42C/EBPα results in a synergistic increase in leptin promoter activity, indicating that p300 acts as a transcriptional coactivator of C/EBPα. Analyses using C/EBPα conserved region mutants suggest that multiple regions (CR2 and CR3) of the C/EBPα transactivation domain functionally interact with p300.


Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are major energy storage in portable electronic devices, hybrid/plug-in hybrid vehicles (HV/PHV), and electric vehicles (EV). Especially, with regard to the use in HV/PHV and EV, LIBs are expected to have much higher gravimetric and volumetric energy densities than current LIBs. Silicon is an attractive material as an alternative anode of LIB because its theoretical capacity is more than tenfold greater than the current carbon (graphite) anode, so LIBs containing Si anode have been the subject of much recent investigation [1]. However, Si has some problems to be used as LIB anode. One of the problems is "hysteresis"; cell voltage (Open Circuit Voltage; OCV) profiles at the discharging state decrease compared with the charging state. Although hysteresis leads to declining the performance of LIB, the reason why it occurs has been poorly understood. Recently, a study was conducted on macroscopic analysis of voltage hysteresis and it was reported that the mechanical stress of Si anode might have relation to hysteresis [2]. However, no study has been reported on the microscopic analysis to investigate hysteresis of Si anode LIB. Therefore, in this work, we aimed to study the microscopic mechanism of hysteresis.


SUMMARY SOME heavy and repeated mortality of seedlings in a second rotation plantation has proved to be due to a common pine bark beetle, Hylastes ater Payk. which is present in large numbers throughout the forest. Observations have shown both the beetle and the damage to be identical with occurrences in New Zealand. The beetle lives and breeds in recently felled material, and aften clear-felling its numbers increase very greatly. Serious damage to seedlings has resulted only in cases where the debris has been burned. New crops have been successfully established among the infested debris, both by planting and by natural regeneration.


Millimeter wave communications will use large bandwidth and experience severe attenuation due to the pathloss. The two above conditions may force the communication system to enter the so-called wideband regime, where transmitted signals must be increasingly "peaky" in order to achieve a large fraction of the wideband capacity. This paper investigates noncoherent capacity of millimeter wave communications with average and peak power constrained inputs as a function of bandwidth. The impact of several parameters, in particular coherence block size and strength of the normalized specular component in line-of-sight propagation, is also studied. Capacity upper and lower bounds are provided and suggest that in practical scenarios the communication system may have to operate in the wideband regime. Paired with non-line-of-sight propagation, dense signaling is shown to limit the maximum achievable rate for typical users in the cell.


\overline{M} of constant curvature c. Then either M is totally geodesic, i.e.\overline{c}=c , or c-\geqq(2p-n+1)c/(p-n+1), in the latter case the equality arising only when \overline{c}>0 . Our method is based on the Simons' type formula which has been given by Simons [4]. On the other hand, we shall study the Laplacian of the Ricci operator of a minimal submanifold of codimension 1 in a Riemannian manifold of constant curvature and give some inequality. And combing the theorems of Lawson [2], we shall prove some theorems for compact minimal hypersurfaces in a unit sphere.


It is my privilege and pleasure to introduce Professor Carol Newsom, who will deliver her official address as the President of the Society of Biblical literature from November 2010 to November 2011. Carol Newsom is a native of Birmingham, Alabama, where she attended the public schools and Birmingham-Southern College, graduating summa cum laude in 1971. She continued her graduate education at Harvard Divinity School, from which she received a master's degree in theological studies in 1975, and Harvard University, from which she received the Ph.D. from the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations in 1982. She holds the Doctor of Divinity degree, honoris causa, from Birmingham-Southern College and the University of Copenhagen. Since 1980 Professor Newsom has taught Hebrew Bible at the Candler School of Theology and the Graduate Division of Religion at Emory University. In 2005 she was named a Charles Howard Candler Distinguished Professor at Emory University, in recognition of excellence in research and teaching. She has been a member of the international team of translators of the Dead Sea Scrolls since the mid 1980s (she was the first woman to serve as a translator), editing and translating the Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice, the Apocryphon of Joshua, and other texts. Most recently, she has prepared the translation of the Qumran Thanksgiving Psalms for the official publication of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Discoveries in the Judaean Desert Series, published by the Clarendon Press. Her interpretive work on the Qumran community includes the book The Self as Symbolic Space: Constructing Identity and Community in the Dead Sea Scrolls (Brill, 2004). She is also a scholar of the wisdom literature, having published a commentary on


Introduction: Primary and posttraumatic degeneration of the intervertebral disc and concurrent impairment of spinal function are of major orthopaedic and socioeconomic importance. Current models for the study of disc degeneration use either animals or more controlled but mostly substantially simplified in-vitro systems. However, it remains difficult to investigate the complex disc metabolism and signaling cascades in vivo. In contrast, most in-vitro systems use either isolated cells or disc fragments, which are difficult to culture due to the unconstrained conditions and the often-observed loss of cell viability and cell dedifferentiation. Furthermore, cellular response to mechanical and / or chemical stimuli is a critical aspect governing normal disc metabolism in a culture model. In this context the influence of osmotic loading is so far not investigated in-vitro using an entire intervertebral disc [1]. The aim of our study was therefore to establish and characterize an ex-vivo in-vitro whole-organ disc / endplate culture model with preserved matrix and cell function and to evaluate the effect of hypertonic culture media.


The article covers questions of populist radicalism and role of A. Herzen and N. Chernyshevsky in it. The author disputes their participation in the radicalism movement and substantiation of the populist terror of 70-80-s of the 19 th century. Despite widespread opinion neither A.I. Herzen nor N.G. Chernyshevskiy ever called to "take an axe", i.e. peasant wars. Narodnik movement established by them arose, for the most part, as a social ideology; it was irrepressible followers of Bakunin (but not all of them) who called to take an axe, ironically, together with monarchists. Bolsheviks also paid attention to this interesting idea, which was described by Plato and Chinese mohists as well. The populism founders didn't think revolution may answer all the questions of life and resolve all the social issues.


Magnetic properties of quark matter are studied within the Landau Fermi-liquid theory, and magnetic phase diagram of QCD is presented in the density-temperature plane. The screening effect for gluon propagator is emphasized to see the characteristic behavior of the magnetic susceptibility; novel non-Fermi-liquid behavior is observed at finite temperature. Some implications on the origin of the magnetic field in compact stars, especially magnetars, are briefly discussed.


Through thorough analysis of the reasons for internet addiction,and based on the four main theories in psychological consultation,some conceptual strategies to bring the students suffering from internet addiction to normal are suggested,and some concrete working methods to do so are disclosed in terms of counsellors.


This article aims to identify the supply chain management practices adopted in the Brazilian electronics sector and verify whether manufacturing competitive priorities of companies in this sector relate to the adoption of such practices. An empirical quantitative research was developed based on an e-mail survey with managers of companies in the electronics sector associated with the Brazilian Association of Electrical and Electronics Industry. Descriptive and multivariate statistical techniques of second generation (Structural Equation Modeling) were used to analyze the data. Main results showed that: (a) the supply chain management practices most deployed are focused on the integration and support of product development activities with customers; and (b) no significant relationships between competitive priorities and supply chain management practices were found.


The Diels–Alder reactions of 1-(p-substituted phenyl)buta-1,3-dienes with methyl acrylate are shown to give 2-arylcyclohex-3-enecarboxylates, irrespective of the nature of the aryl-substituent, but the steric course of the reaction is affected by the substituent. Similar results were obtained with 1-aryl-2,3-dimethylbuta-1,3-dienes.


This study traces a heuristic inquiry process from the point of view of a science educator, from a secular-humanist background in the northern United States, attempting to better understand and appreciate a major aspect of religious-influenced culture in the southern United States which has a major bearing on science education in the region. The intellectual and emotional viewpoints of selected scientists, science educators, science teachers, and prospective science teachers are examined regarding the relationship between their orthodox Christian religious beliefs and biological evolutionary theory. We view the prospect of teaching evolution to students with such a religious commitment as a prime example of the severe limitations of cognitively-oriented conceptual change theory. We also view conflicts between religion and science regarding evolution as a bona fide example of a multicultural issue in education. These theoretical perspectives are inconsistent with the common tendency among science professionals to view or treat orthodox Christian students in a manner unconscionable with others-to disrespect their intellect or belittle their motivations, to offer judgments based on stereotypes and prejudices, to ignore threats to personal selfesteem, or to deny the de facto connection of some scientific conceptions to the morals, attitudes, and values of individuals with such religious commitments.


Objective To evaluate the effect of lipoxin A4 receptor agonist BML-111 on acute lung injury induced by hemorrhagic shock and resuscitation in rats.Methods Thirty-two healthy male Sprague-Dawley rats,aged 6-8 weeks,weighing 200-250 g,were randomized into 4 groups (n =8 each) using a random number table:sham operation group (S group),hemorrhagic shock/resuscitation group (HSR group),BML-111 group,and BML-111 plus BOC-2 (lipoxin A4 receptor antagonist) group (BOC-2 group).The animals were anesthetized with 2% pentobarbital sodium 80 mg/kg,tracheostomized and mechanically ventilated.Left common carotid artery was cannulated for blood-letting and fluid infusion.Hemorrhagic shock was induced according to the method described by Kochanek et al.MAP was reduced to 35-45 mmHg and maintained at this level for 30 min.The animals were then resuscitated for 30 min with infusion of the blood withdrawn and lactated Ringer' s solution 2 times the volume of blood withdrawn.In BML-111 and BOC-2 groups,BML-111 (1 mg/kg) was injected intraperitoneally at the beginning of resuscitation.In BOC-2 group,BOC-2 (50 μg/kg) was injected intraperitoneally before blood-letting.The rats were sacrificed at 2 h after completion of resuscitation.Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) was collected for determination of neutrophil count.Lungs were excised for microscopic examination of the pathological changes and for determination of wet/dry lung weight ratio (W/D ratio),contents of interleukin-1 (IL-1β) and IL-6,and phosphorylation of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK).Results Compared with group S,the neutrophil count in BALF,W/D ratio,contents of IL-1β and IL-6,and phosphorylation of MAPK were significantly increased in HSR group (P < 0.05).The neutrophil count in BALF,W/D ratio,contents of IL-1β and IL-6,and phosphorylation of MAPK were significantly lower in BML-111 group than in HSR group,and higher in BOC-2 group than in BML-111 group (P < 0.05).Conclusion BML-111 can attenuate acute lung injury induced by hemorrhagic shock and resuscitation in rats and inhibition of activation of MAPK pathways and reduction of inflammatory responses in lung tissues are involved in the mechanism.

Key words:
Receptors, lipoxin ;  Shock, hemorrhagic ;  Respiratory distress syndrome, adult


In this work, Ni–P coatings are deposited on the steel substrate by electro-deposition from a solution containing nickel sulfate and sodium hypophos-phite (NaH 2 PO 2 ). The effect of the current density on the morphology, phase structure, microhardness, and corrosion performance of the Ni–P coatings are studied. Scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray analysis and X-ray diffraction are used to study the morphological, composition and phase structure. The corrosion performance of the coatings is evaluated by weight loss, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and Tafel polarization. Results showed that the morphology of the electrodeposited Ni–P alloys coatings has spherical grains for all the samples, and the Ni 3 P phases are formed all over the microstructure of the coatings. It is observed that the phosphorus content and microhardness are dependent on the current density. The corrosion tests show that 5 A ⋅ dm − 2 current density is the optimal value which gives the best protective coating against corrosion. It also exhibits superior microhardness originated from the higher Ni 3 P amount.


Disclosed is a lighting device (10) comprising: a light source (12); optical components (16, 18, 20) defining a plurality of outgoing light paths from the light source (14); in at least one of the light paths, a light conditioning arrangement (22), at least one optical output (34) to which is connected an associated, to be supplied with light or conditioned light is connected or device; at least one light path (24) having a plurality of a different one of the light paths associated Eingangslichtwegabschnitte and at least one leading to the light output or to an associated one of the light outputs Ausgangslichtwegabschnitt, wherein by means of the adjustable between a plurality of selection conditions light path selectively each of the light paths in a corresponding selection of a light path can be connected as selected light path via the Ausgangslichtwegabschnitt with the light output or via a predetermined or selected Ausgangslichtwegabschnitt with a predetermined or selected light output.


The sorption of dimethyl ether on alumina has been investigated at pressures from 0.5 to 52 atm., the critical pressure, over the temperature range 25–135 °C. The results are comparable to those for the propylene–alumina system. No discontinuity in the sorption accompanies the transition of sorbate from vapor to gas at the critical temperature; this differs from the previous results for the liquid-to-gas change. The initial stages of the sorption involve the formation of a monomolecular layer followed, with increasing pressure, by a multimolecular layer of increasing depth. It is unlikely that condensation to liquid occurs in the pores except at high relative pressures. The increase in critical temperature of such a liquid must be exceedingly great to account for the continuous form of the isobars up to 135 °C.


The article deals with some unknown pages in Soviet history repressions against officers of the Sovien Navy after the Great Patriotic War.


Background: Pain and inflammation are the basic processes involved in the pathogenesis of many diseases. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are often used to treat rheumatic diseases. The study compound N-Benzoyl Isoserine Methyl Ester (N-bime) is a newly synthesized propionic acid derivative by National Chemical Laboratory, Pune. Since the biological data of this compound is not available, the present study has been planned to screen this compound for anti-inflammatory, analgesic activity and its toxicity profile in animals.Methods: Single dose toxicity study was carried out in rats. Anti-inflammatory activity was tested by Rat Hind Paw Oedema and Cotton Pellet Implantation method. For Analgesic activity, Acetic acid induced writhing and Tail Pinch method was used. Yeast induced Pyrexia was used for evaluation of anti-pyretic activity. Ibuprofen was the positive control. Data are presented as mean±SEM. Statistical analysis was performed by analysis of variance and students unpaired't' test.Results: The test compound N-bime did not show any apparent adverse effects or mortality in the dose range 1mg - 500mg / 100gm body weight in animals. It showed better anti-inflammatory actions in higher doses as compared to Ibuprofen (p˂ 0.05). In acetic acid induced writhing test N-bime offered better protection against writhes, than Ibuprofen. But, both failed to demonstrate analgesic activity in the Tail Pinch method. N-bime showed a gradual decrease in temperature in the anti-pyretic test (P<0.001).Conclusions: The present study indicates that N-bime does possess anti-inflammatory, analgesic and weak anti-pyretic properties like the NSAIDs. It has proved to be safe in the dose range of 1mg - 500mg / 100gm body weight in rats and mice.


Low power consumption and smaller area are some of the most important criteria for the fabrication of DSP systems and high performance systems. Optimizing the speed and area of the multiplier is a major design issue. This paper aims at an efficient implementation of high speed multiplier using the shift and add method, Radix_2, Radix_4 modified Booth multiplier algorithm. The low power consumption quality of booth multiplier makes it a preferred choice in designing different circuits. The result of this paper helps to choose a better option between serial and parallel multiplier in fabricating different systems. The proposed architecture is implemented in mentor graphics tools and targeted to Spartan – III FPGA kit. Finally it has been proved that booth multiplier is more efficient than other multipliers in terms of speed and power consumption.


XYZ is a newly acquired software company of Company JL, which develops recreation management products for Parks and Recreation centres across North America. Company XYZ uses a perpetual licensing model where a lump sum is charged up front for the use of the software. Company JL uses a transactional licensing model where the licensing fee is charged per transaction via the Internet. Company XYZ can provide its customers with hosting solutions that provide end users with online registration services. Based on our analysis of XYZ's internal competencies and external environment, the transactional licensing model is recommended as the most suitable software licensing strategy for meeting the company's goal of increasing revenue by 20%, aligning itself to customer values, and increasing transaction volume by 40%. This study further recommends that a gradual transition to a full transactional model is a key to ensuring success for both Company XYZ and its customers. The increasing number of people going online has made it necessary for many enterprises to seek ways of engaging their potential clients as well as existing clients in that forum. Software development companies have led the way in making this interface between companies and their clients easier. The relationship between these software companies and their target enterprises has generally centred on the perpetual licensing model, which unfortunately, has become complex and unattractive for many customers. In the dynamic field of software development, novel forms of licensing relationships have emerged beyond the perpetual model, including transactional and subscription; some of these new models appear to better meet the needs of particular client groups. XYZ is a newly acquired by Company JL, which uses a transactional licensing model where the licensing fee is charged per transaction via the Internet. Transactional licensing model has gradually become popular in the software industry due to the trends of online transaction growth. The value chain from end users to customers and then to XYZ revenue is expected to grow with the increase in online transaction volume. XYZ's product is geared primarily towards North American-based Parks and Recreation centres, which have a very modest record of using software in their transactions and relationships with clients. This leaves a vast untapped area for companies such as XYZ but the choice of licensing model is critical because few Parks and Recreation centres, with their modest funding from municipalities or cities can afford large upfront fees for software usage or commit themselves to any licensing models that are too constraining over the long term. Based on our strategic analysis the transactional licensing model is recommended for XYZ as the most suitable software licensing strategy. This recommendation is not only based on an analysis of XYZ's in-house technical capabilities for software development but also the larger industry trends and the particular needs, constraints and opportunities in the Parks and Recreation sector. The new model will meet XYZ's goal of increasing licensing revenue by 20%, aligning itself to customer values, and increasing transaction volume by 4O0/0. Moreover, complexity of various feature licenses and dependent support fees will be eliminated in a transactional licensing model. This study further recommends that a gradual transition to a full transactional model is a key to ensuring success for both Company XYZ and its customers. 7hir prgecf ir &&a fedfo my p r e n b X u y y a y ~ d w a r i L e e anJPei-Nua Rgnes Chey Leel b r their hue, encouryement anifheir unfiihy suporf in cLhyiy fimes. 9 &dcah. fhir projec f fo my paren& Chia-Chiy Xu andShiowMaan Chuanj Su, Wifhoufyour pa fience, ruporf, an i rno~f ofa//hve, [he complc fion o@ir prgecf wouLfnof be pos~6le.


Metafiction emphasises a text's fictionality by drawing the reader's attention to how texts create meaning through numerous textual devices. This paper examines translations of the postmodern picturebook The Incredible Book Eating Boy (2006) by Oliver Jeffers. It compares the original English text to its Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese translations across verbal translation, visual and verbal-visual interactions, specifically focusing on metafictive devices. Using Gideon Toury's model for descriptive translation analysis indicates that socio-cultural contexts influence preliminary norms and are closely related to operational norms applied by both translators and publishing houses.


Teachers' College students were asked to select from a list of problem-solving situations the content areas, and within areas the level of complexity or ambiguity, in which they would be willing to participate as experimental Ss. When each S's interest area subscale scores on the Ontario Test of Intrinsic Motivation (OTIM) were ranked, volunteering at the medium, and particularly the high, complex levels was more frequent in higher ranked interest areas. Correlations showed that the mechanical, computational, and musical subscales were positively related to the complexity level chosen in their respective experimental areas, and the mechanical and scientific subscales predicted the average level chosen. OTIM total scores were more related to the amount of volunteering than to the complexity level favored.


The committee charged with evaluating the effects of added highway capacity on the environment and energy use has reviewed extensive literature and conducted numerous meetings in pursuit of consensus. Although Michael A. Replogle concurs with many of the committee's findings as presented in Transportation Research Board Special Report 245, Mr. Replogle believes that some of the findings and much of the report's tone are based on judgments or opinions he must reject on the basis of his 18 years of experience as a transportation planning engineer and modeling professional. In this appendix, Mr. Replogle presents a minority view. All other committee members (12) endorse the report findings and recommendations.


Teachers are the group that the university students contact most.Therefore,the morality,specialty levels,educational concepts and teaching methods will exert direct or indirect influence on the formation of students' learning styles.If a teacher has poor morality and study style,he will mislead students and the consequences will be unimaginable.So the universities should make great efforts to advocate the meticulous teaching and researching style,the combination between teaching and education,playing a leading role in the construction of study styles,and guiding the study styles with the excellent teaching ones.


Text in German. The title of Paul Wegener's film Hans Trutz im Schlaraffenland, dating from 1917, alludes to Pieter Bruegel's well-known picture Cockaigne (Das Schlaraffenland). For Wegener art history, which he counted as one of his 'favourite occupations' throughout his life, was an inexhaustible treasury of images. Although he did not always allude so openly to the relationship between film and other arts as he does here, it is always a tangible presence. Wegener was one of the most striking actors in the German theatre, from the time he joined Max Reinhardt's Deutsches Theater (1906) until his death in 1948. And at a very early stage he mastered the new pictorial language of the cinema, as a leading performer, director and author of many fairy-tale-like, imaginative films. He started in 1913 with his Student of Prague, which immediately brought him world fame. The high point was the 1920 film The Golem (with sets by Hans Poelzig), which played in New York, for example, for eleven months. Films like these placed Wegener at the beginning of a brilliant epoch in German film art. Wegener's pictorial world is seen both in the context of the art of his period and in a retrospective view of the history of the motif. Pictorial comparisons and analyses from the point of view of interdisciplinary iconography are revealing about Wegener's position in artistic development. Unknown aspects emerge, which show Wegener's personality and work in a new light. Comparative observation shows that this work is the film variant on the great Neo-Romantic renewal movement, which affected all fields of life and art at the beginning of our century. It has increasingly attracted academic attention in recent years, adding an interesting early phase to the excessively one-sided image of Modernism.