Alliphis yuxiensis sp. nov. (Figs. 1-6)Holotype ♀,paratypes 4 ♀♀, 1 ♂ were collected in June 1992,off beetles (Scarabaeidae) from Yuanjiang County (23. 6°N, 101. 9°E), Yunnan Province, deposited in the Department of Parasitology, Medical School, Nanjing University.The new species resembles Alliphis longirivulus Gu et Liu, 1996 but may be differenciated from the latter by: 1) corniculus slender; 2) genito-ventral plate narrower; 3) posterior end of peritrematal plate wide and with a concavity; 4)PA shorter than Ad; and 5)spermatodactyl smaller.Alliphis magnus sp. nov. (Figs. 7-12)Holotype ♂, paratype 1♂ and 6 deutonymphs were collected in June 1992,off beetles (Scarabaeidae), from Yuanjiang County (23. 6°N, 101. 9°E), Yunnan Province, deposited in the Department of Parasitology, Medical School, Nanjing University.The diagnostic characteristics of this new species are: 1)idiosoma large, the length of male dorsal plate may attain to 700 μm;2) tectum and spermatodactyl unusual.


Resource allocation is an important factor in providing different varieties of services in next-generation broadband wireless systems. In this paper, we consider dynamic routing and subchannel allocation for providing quality of service (QoS) in the downlink of orthogonal frequency-division multiple-access (OFDMA) networks enhanced with buffering relays. Specifically, we consider satisfying the QoS requirements of both delay-sensitive users with the goal of meeting packet deadline constraints and delay-tolerant users who need guarantees on their average throughputs. We provide a framework for "time-domain scheduling" and "frequency-domain resource allocation," and based on this, we propose novel channel-, queue-, and delay-aware policies for formulating and solving the joint routing and resource allocation problem. In particular, these policies take different approaches to decide on the set of users considered in the utility function, the delay budget division between the base station and relays, the routing path of delay-sensitive users' packets, and the computation of minimum rate requirements for serving their queues. We present an iterative algorithm to solve the resulting problems. Numerical results show significant improvements in throughput and delay performance of the proposed resource allocation mechanisms compared with existing algorithms.


ABSTRACT CO2 flooding is an effective way in the tertiary oil recovery. While asphaltene often precipitates from the crude oil during the CO2 flooding, and the mechanisms of blockage resulting from asphaltene precipitation is still unclear in different CO2 flooding schemes. In this work, pure-CO2 flooding, water-alternating-CO2 flooding (WAG), and CO2-foam flooding were applied to conduct the core-flooding experiments. Then, as for each flooding scheme, we quantitatively investigated the blockage degree in different pores due to asphaltene precipitation with nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technique. Tests results show that CO2-foam flooding has a relatively higher blockage degree both in the smaller pores and the larger pores than WAG and pure-CO2 flooding. Although pure-CO2 flooding has the least asphaltene precipitation and blockage degree among three flooding schemes, its oil recovery degree is far less than the other two flooding schemes. Compared with pure-CO2 flooding and CO2-foam flooding, WAG flooding has the highest oil recovery and an acceptable asphaltene precipitation.


One of important topics in image processing and machine vision is face detection and tracking. There are problems and difficulties into face detection and tracking scope, for example: change environment illumination, presence glasses and beard on the face. In this paper, one hardware system based on infrared light is designed and implemented to solve these problems. In proposed method after face detection, bright face image (illuminated face image by infrared light) is subtracted from dark face image, and then face tracking is done by following rectangular frame on face. The proposed method regardless solving problems, has benefits such as: simplicity, good performance and accuracy and low computational cost (proper for real time applications). The described system, unlike many existing methods that are laboratorial, has been implemented and tested in a real environment.


We present a BVI photometric study of four old open clusters (OCs) in the the Milky Way, Czernik 30, Berkeley 34, Berkeley 75, and Berkeley 76 using the observation data obtained with the Small and Moderate Aperture Research Telescope System 1.0 m telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, Chile. These four OCs are located at the anti-Galactocentric direction and in the Galactic plane. We determine the fundamental physical parameters for the four OCs, such as age, metallicity, distance modulus, and color excess, using red clump and PARSEC isochrone fitting methods after finding center and size of the four OCs. These four old OCs are 2–3 Gyr old and 6–8 kpc away from the Sun. The metallicity ([Fe/H]) values of the four OCs are between −0.6 and 0.0 dex. We combine data for these four OCs with those for old OCs from five literatures resulting in 236 objects to investigate Galactic radial-metallicity distribution. The gradient of a single linear fit for this Galactocentric [Fe/H] distribution is −0.052 ± 0.004 dex kpc−1. If we assume the existence of a discontinuity in this radial-metallicity distribution, the gradient at Galactocentric radius <12 kpc is −0.070 ± 0.006 dex kpc−1, while that at the outer part is −0.016 ± 0.010 which is flatter than that of the inner part. Although there are not many sample clusters at the outer part, the broken linear fit seems to better follow the observation data.


Mr. R. C. ELMSI,IE said he thought that in this discussion one started with the presumption that sarcoma of the long bones, at least the periosteal variety, was a fatal disease, in which the diagnosis was very difficult, often uncertain, and the established treatment at present was very drastic and maiming; and that, even after that treatment, the prognosis was very bad. Therefore it was necessary to take the greatest possible care in making a certain diagnosis. There were two points in particular in connexion with their diagnosis which he would bring forward. In the case of true periosteal sarcoma of the femur or of any part, he felt that at best one could only do a rather wide amputation or removal of the bone, which often left a useless limiab; and even then the prognosis was so bad that this radical operation should be reserved for cases in which the diagnosis had been definitely proved. With regard, first, to endosteal growths. If one excluded myeloid sarcomata, tumours which were sarcomata and which were diagnosable as truly endosteal, surrounded by a shell of bone and not bursting through at any point, were excessively rare. And tumours other than sarcomata, as Sir John Bland-Sutton had said, if not common, certainly did occur. He had a collection of skiagrams of different endosteal tumours, which he had collected for several years. The collection included only one true endosteal sarcoma. Its nature could be seen from the skiagram, as its shell of bone was incomplete, so that the tumour had burst through and was infiltrating beyond, and he handed round for comparison the skiagram of a typical myeloma. Of other endosteal tumours, the first was the cold abscess, which showed a clear space in the bone with, in this case, no periosteal formation of new bone, a point which needed emphasis in diagnosis. He diagnosed it as a cyst with great confidence, but when it was opened pus was found inside. The next group of which he had specimnens were benign cysts in long bones, to which Sir John Bland-Sutton had alluded. He had illustrations of three cases, all cysts of the humerus. occurring in identical situations. All were in boys, who came to the hospital because of spontaneous fracture, the cyst being revealed by the skiagrain. He would say a little more about these cysts, because he differed from


When the company purchases goods, the goods storage process is carried out using certain administrative records to implement planning and control to prevent shortages and excess inventories as well as acts of fraud that harm the company. The methods used in collecting research data are the Distribution Requirement Planning (DRP) and Tabu Search methods. . The data in this study were obtained based on recap data on the distribution of goods carried out by CV Almira Jaya Abadi. The purpose of this research is to plan distribution to focus more on product demand and delivery scheduling plans at CV Almira Jaya Abadi. Planning product orders using the DRP method. Comparing the total costs incurred with the company's method. Knowing the product distribution process system applied in this company. After forecasting, testing the DRP method for planning distribution schedules in the 2021 period. distribution using the DRP method found that after forecasting, the distribution cost of the DRP method during the 2021 period was Rp. 214,985. Comparison of the calculation of distribution costs between the company's method and the DRP method before forecasting, the results show that the DRP method is more profitable with a product distribution cost of IDR 2,085,015 compared to the company's initial cost of IDR 2,300,000. The company achieves efficiency through distribution calculations using the Distribution Requirement method. Planning according to the calculation on the first point is 90.65%.


Headquarters for the meeting was the Shap Wells Hote l , near Penrith, Cumbria [NY 579 097], where members met for dinner on Friday, 21st May. In the evening the leader gave an illustrated talk on the geology of the region and outlined the p rogramme for the weekend. With the hotel situated in the centre of the region to be visited, the route on both Saturday and Sunday was conducted on foot with a walking distance of about five miles each day.


The effects of fruit setting and shoots constitute in which fruitting branchlet spur and bouquet branchlet was included on the sweet cherry yield of fourteen varietys was investigated with conventional method in cherry orchard in Institude of Pomology, Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences located in Jinzhong city of Shanxi province to provide the foundation of pruning and the high-yield cultivation. The computing of correlation analysis, quadratic polynomial stepwise regression analysis and optimizing was employed for the investigated date. The results showed that the relationship of fruit setting and the sweet cherry yield was positively correlated and the correlation coefficient reached an extremely remarkable level, the effect of bouquet branchlet on the yield was enhanced with dosage increasing and the effect of the rate of blossom bud to leafbud was opposite. It was demonstrated that the high-fruit setting sweet cherry varietys was planned and abundant bouquet branchlet was very important for the high-yield cultivation and the optimal rate of shoots constitute of long fruit shoots, moderate length fruit shoots, fruit spur and bouquet branchlet was 3∶1∶8∶40.


Objective: To investigate the protective effects of the methanolic extract of Withania somnifera roots and Eclipta alba whole plant inameliorating oxidative damage and mitochondrial dysfunction in the rat brain. Methods: The methanolic extracts of W. somnifera and E. alba were analyzed for their total phenolics and flavonoid content. In vitro antioxidant activity was evaluated by employing DPPH and ABTS radical scavenging assays. Anti-amnesic activity of methanolic extracts of W. somnifera and E. alba (50, 100 and 200 mg/kg, p. o.) after 8 days dosing was studied in comparison with the standard drug Donepezil hydrochloride and Piracetam treatment. On 8 th day, 90 minutes after the administration of last dose, elevated plus maze was carried out and subsequently animals were sacrificed and brain homogenate was prepared to estimate lipid peroxidation and MTT reduction as current markers of antioxidant status and cell viability, respectively. Results: The methanolic extracts showed high phenolic and flavonoid content and also showed comparable antioxidant activity with standard reference. Results of elevated plus maze demonstrated protection from memory deficit. MEW Sand MEEA at doses 100 and 200 mg/kg showed significant decrease in the transfer latency as compared to the toxicant and control group. MEWS and MEEA at 200mg/kg produced a reduction MDA content of 51.49±0.15 nmol/g tissue and 50.23±0.50 nmol/g tissue, respectively comparable to 47.96±0.06 nmol/g tissue of Donepezil hydrochloride 3 mg/kg. 200mg/kg dose of MEWS and MEEA were effective in increasing the reduction of MTT 72.01% and 71.59%, respectively comparable to 66.33% of Piracetam 200mg/kg. Conclusion: Withania somnifera and Eclipta alba could be potential candidates demonstrating neuroprotective activity in oxidative stress induced mitochondrial dysfunction.


A description is given of the design and characteristics of an electron-beam-controlled CO2 laser with an output energy of up to 30 J and a pulse repetition frequency of up to 50 Hz. In the self-contained regime the input and output energies per pulse fell rapidly as the number of pulses increased and then rose and became stabilized at 50–60% of the initial level after 104 pulses. The rise in these parameters was associated with a change in the content of CO, O2, and the oxides of nitrogen in the active mixture during operation. It was found that stratification of the discharge and its operation in regions of increased electric field resulted in the existence of a prolonged low-current discharge during its final stage of development.


Plants of willow genus are rich in various flavonoids. In 60-e years of the XX century the works of V. A. Kompantsev showed that leaves of willow triandra, growing in the North Caucasus, contain up to 5% of rutin. The method, which required long sample preparation (extraction of the raw material with TLC, chromatographic layer extraction with methanol, removal of the solvent, dissolution in ethanol, optical density measurements) was used. Currently available and simple methods for the determination of rutin in plant material are described. Given that leaves of Salix triandra contain significant amounts of rutin and can be a potential raw material for the creation of medicines on their basis, it is essential to determine the amount of flavonoids in the leaves of Salix triandra and its branches. The purpose of this study is determination of the amount of flavonoids in the willow triandra, growing in the North Caucasus, depending on the place and time of collection. Methods. TLC and the method of differential spectrophotometry were used to study chemical reactions. Results. The presence of flavonoids in various vegetative plant organs was established using qualitative reactions (cyanidin test; boric-citric reaction; the reaction with solution of lead acetate and solution of ammonia). Rutin and quercetin flavonoids in the presence of standard samples were identified using TLC. the method of differential spectrophotometry, based on the reaction of flavonoids with aluminum chloride was used for the quantitative determination of the amount of flavonoids. It is shown that the greatest quantity of flavonoids amount accumulated in the leaves (up to 3.76%), its value in branches is slightly smaller (up to 3.26%). The branches without leaves have almost 10 times less flavonoids. It was established experimentally that the accumulation of flavonoids in raw material of Salix triandra is dependent on the place and time of raw materials gathering. Conclusion. The results confirmed the previously obtained information about the fact that Salix triandra mainly contains rutin. The method of differential spectrophotometry allows determining the amount of flavonoids with a relative error not exceeding 2.5%.


ABSTRACT Experience in consulting in industry has convinced this author that there is a gap between statistics as it is taught in many college courses and statistics as it is practiced in industry. The size of actual data sets forces the use of computer methods, making the emphasis not, "How do you use this formula?" but, "How do you approach collection and analysis of data for this experiment?" A brief introduction is given to a few hot topics in industrial statistics normally excluded from college courses. One of these topics, process capability, measures the deviation in a set of products, compared with the specifications the products must satisfy. The Taguchi methods are introduced as a way to determine the important factors in manufacturing a product.


This paper describes a power combining structure applied to ultra-wide spectrum pulse based on transmission line transformer(TLT).Pulses of 1.7kV and 200ps in rise time,each from 4transmission lines with an impedance of 50Ω,are combined in the 2-stage structure and then fed into a 200Ωultra-wide antenna,without any decrease in combining efficiency.The experimental results indicate that the radiation E-field strength is twice as large as that from the single transmission line,and the structure works well at the repetition rate of 20kHz.


Whether to obtain cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) to assess the presence of acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) in neonates with febrile urinary tract infection


There are always surprises in the sugar industry. Droughts, wet weather, pests and government edicts can all have an impact, often when least expected. This year it looks like Thailand will be the surprise package.


The concentrations of seven heavy metals (HMs) in tissues of bivalve mollusks of the families Unionidae (genera Ensidens, Scabies, Kunashiria) and Cyrenidae (genus Corbicula) and from four natural lakes located on the eastern slope of Sikhote Alin (Primorskii krai, Russian Far East) and the Mekong River delta (Vietnam) were determined. It was established that the HM concentrations in the bivalve mollusks studied, inhabiting unpolluted water reservoirs, are specific for every family and do not depend on the geographical positions of the lakes. They decrease in the following order: Mn > Fe > Zn > Cu > Ni > Cd > Pb for Unionidae, and Fe > Zn > Cu > Mn > Ni ≥ Cd > Pb for Cyrenidae (Corbicula). It is likely that deviations from the revealed sequence are due to anthropogenic pollution of lakes with some metals or the occurrence of a natural geological anomaly.


Congenital heart malformations, with an incidence of 6-8/1,000 births, represent about 30% of cases of infant mortality due to congenital abnormalities. Of these, most require immediate corrective surgery in the neonatal period. Kidney and urinary tract malformations have an incidence of approximately 1%. The development of ultrasound techniques allowed for prenatal diagnosis of many fetal malformations, some of them lifethreatening. Thus, important ethical problems occur, concerning abortion or guidance of the pregnant woman to a center where the newborn will be operated in the first hours of life.


Abstract : In this project we focused on the development of theoretical techniques (primarily numerical) that could be used to study correlated topological phases where density functional theory (DFT) could not. The main tool we sought to develop is dynamical mean field theory (DMFT). In DMFT, the main object is the single-particle Green's function. Theoretical work independent of this project established formulas that express the topological properties in terms of the single-particle Greens functions. Thus, there is a direction connection between the quantities that DMFT can compute, and the topological properties of a material. The major technical challenge in DMFT is the so-called impurity solver. Our main result in this roughly 12-month project was to benchmark various methods of solving the DMFT problem: NCA, OCA, CT-QMC, and IPT. Certain methods are computationally cheaper, but less accurate. We identified some of the tradeoffs in the choices and brought the PI's group capability to the point where it can be applied to the study of strongly interacting topological phases.


The methods of preferred stationary phases choosing the used in gas-liquid chromatography are analyzed. It is shown that in the literature, such criteria as selectivity, sorption capacity, thermal stability, reproducibility of properties, operating temperature range, etc. are used as criteria for choosing suitable stationary phases. One of the most used methods for characterizing stationary phases is their classification using chromatographic polarity based predominantly on the values of polarity factors proposed by Rorschneider and Mc Reynolds. The basis of these systems is the characterization of various types of intermolecular interactions into which stationary phases can enter, using a set of standard substances. The system of Rorschneider-McReynolds polarity factors is also the basis of the spectral approach to identifying the components of complex mixtures, the essence of which is to use the combination of physicochemical characteristics of the sorbate and sorbent, which allows to establish the structure of sorbate molecules based on their different ability to be sorbed by stationary phases of different chemical nature. The spectral approach is applied to the characterization of weakly polar stationary phases of various chemical nature. It was shown that despite the close chromatographic polarity of the stationary phases, the retention of substances belonging to different classes of compounds can significantly differ and be determined by the values of descriptors characterizing the types of intermolecular interactions and the tendency of the stationary phases to a certain type. Spectra of 5 stationary phases obtained using the Rorschneider, Mac-Reynolds, and Lafffort solubility factors are presented. It was established that the possibility of preferential retention of sorbates of various chemical nature is determined by the ratio between the values of these descriptors. The possibility of choosing the corresponding stationary phases for the selective separation of sorbates of various chemical nature is shown.


The stress concentration problem of a strip with a finite row of circular holes subjected to tension is solved numerically. The number of holes is taken from three to six. It is assumed that the holes have equal diameters and are placed on a center line of the strip at equal intervals. A numerical method is adopted in which a general form of stress function expressed in the polar coordinates and its transformed equation in the rectangular coordinates are recurrently used; the former is used with the method of Fourier analysis to satisfy the boundary conditions on the circular edges, and the latter is used with the method of Fourier transform to satisfy the boundary conditions on the rectilinear edges. Stress concentration factors are calculated and are summarized in some diagrams. The results coincide well with the solutions obtained by the finite element method.


Children as a perpetrators of crime clans that their rights is obligated to be
protected, because the children have not to be fully responsible for what he did
yet, even though crime has been repeatedly occur and get the permanent force of
law. Problems in the research criminal act to the children as the perpetrator of the
criminal offence of repeat (residivist), the method used is juridical-empirical
method. Drug crime that is committed by children in this case as the image of the
presence of residivist in children. Punishment and the criminal act are also
different with them who do this thing once time. Environmental factors and
negative social trend easily make the children do any criminal acts including the
drugs selling. In the system of criminal act to the children residivist in the case
above were not dropped in casually, but still considering the existing the mistakes
in the indictment whether proven or not. And also considering the rights and the
interests of the childen for their future. This has been correspondence to the
children rights' protection in the Act No. 35 on 2014 about childen protection.


This study explored how teachers' collective reflection within one community of practice – a teaching research group consisting of Chinese mathematics teachers – might have enabled or constrained teacher learning. Close examination of the specific interactions within one group meeting provided the focus for the present investigation. Using a narrative discourse analytical approach, this study examined the potential learning opportunities created or foreclosed by the community through unfolding several key episodes. It indicated that further research on specific interactions transpiring within a teachers' community can contribute to understanding the complex relations between teachers' communities of practice and improvement of teaching practice.


ABSTRACT In political campaigns, candidates and parties frequently use biographical films based on politicians' life stories to attract voters during election years. However, little academic attention is paid to investigating the cognitive and affective influences of biographical political movies on viewers' attitudes. This study explores the psychological processes underlying these influences, which might change audiences' attitudes towards political protagonists in the movies. Specifically, this study focuses on the mediating role of narrative transportation and enjoyment as psychological influences affecting viewers' attitudes towards female politicians in the biographical films. Using data from 331 participants in an experimental study, a conceptual model was tested, which yielded significant results. The study found that enjoyment and narrative transportation experienced during exposure to biographical films positively influenced viewers' attitude towards the lead character depicted as a female politician. These findings contribute to and provide important clarification to the existing literature and have both methodological and practical implications.


Different notions of mechanical energy and conservation laws are considered and discussed from the viewpoint of transformation laws with respect to changes of reference. Here, in particular, we shall consider and investigate the behavior of suitable conservation laws in non-inertial frames.


In order to respond to new challenges in an increasingly complex and dynamic environment, modern management is using a vast amount of knowledge from various sources. Depending on the particular problem being investigated, managers switch between different perspectives and levels of detail when searching for the relevant pieces of knowledge required to provide an appropriate answer. However, lacking a centralized knowledge management facility, individual managers' access to knowledge is restricted to a relatively small subset of the collective organizational knowledge, depending on their status and function within the organization. This may inhibit the recognition of the interactions and interdependencies relevant to the problem under study. Conceptually, we are looking for an enterprise modeling system (EMS) which automatically builds and executes task-specific models as needed in response to queries posed by the user. The focus of this paper is on how we can improve model building and how we can extract the relevant parts of models to support specific analyses of enterprise-wide corporate issues. We discuss and propose


Cassini/Huygens is a joint United States NASA , European Space Agency, and Italian Space Agency mission to Saturn to perform a detailed investigation of the Saturnian system, including Saturn's rings, magnetosphere, atmosphere, and internal structure, as well as to study Saturn's large moon Titan and the numerous smaller icy satellites. Huygens is the name of the ESA provided atmospheric probe that will enter the atmosphere of Titan, descend to the surface, and return scientific data to the Cassini orbiter  passing  overhead.  The  combined  Cassini Orbiter and  Huygens Probe spacecraft was launched on 15 October 1997, and is now well into its third year of flight on its nearly seven year trajectory to Saturn.


Potassium hydride in tetrahydrofuran in the presence of 18-crown-6 polyether is capable of metallating the hydrocarbons triphenylmethane, diphenylmethane, di-p-tolymethane (to completion), and di-2,4-xylyl-methane (partial completion); the results allow an estimate of the relative acidity of hydrogen with respect to the hydrocarbons studied.


Various substances have been analyzed by pulsed NMR at 0.47 T in order to extract quantitative information from the CPMG spin-echo signal. This signal can be considered to show the true T2 relaxati ...


Calculating and analyzing to the steady-state current caused by loop closing operations in radial power distribution networks are extraordinary important to the safe operations. This paper studies the calculation method of loop closing steady-state current in radial distribution networks. The voltage and current iterative method based on associated matrix is introduced to calculate the power flow distributed in each branch before the loop closing operation, and then the superposition principle is involved to obtain the current distribution after the loop closing operation. To the typical example in Macau-CEM 11kV power distribution networks, of which the current distribution before and after loop closing operation is calculated, the accuracy and practicability of the method proposed are certified by the comparisons between calculation results and measurement results. Finally, this paper analyzes the influence to the current value after operations led by the variations of bus node voltage phase angle difference and amplitude difference.


Purpose: the article aims at justification and identification of the factors hindering the effective implementation of the management systems ESG-transformation, taking into account new risks and threats to sustainable development, and substantiation of the mechanisms that ensure its implementation.Methods: along with the traditional methods of scientific analysis, interdisciplinary approach typical for the study of sustainable development problems and the diagnosis of key factors associated with ESG-transformation of management systems, carried out a review of scientific literature, used various rating models, regulatory documents and guidelines for sustainable development, corporate social responsibility and diagnostics of ESG-factors.Results: the article performed diagnostics of managed and unmanaged risks of ESG-transformation of management systems, identified trends in the development of managerial personnel competencies that carry out such a transformation, and disclosed the features of achieving sustainable development goals. The essence of the author's position is that in order to achieve any of the sustainable development goals, two mandatory conditions must be met: ensuring effective interaction between the state, business and civil society and applying an integrated approach to considering economic, social and environmental aspects that reflect its specifics.Сonclusions and Relevance: the proposed approach makes it possible to develop scientifically based tools for minimizing risks and mechanisms for achieving sustainable development goals based on the ESG-transformation of management systems. Results obtained in the article may be useful for the professional community interested in promoting the ESG-agenda and achieving sustainable development goals based on the ESG-transformation of public and corporate governance.


feudal theoretical model and states that it is not applicable in explaining the polity in Orissa. The penultimate essay is by Cynthia Talbot entitled 'Political Intermediaries in Kakatiya Andhra, 1175–1325' and deals with the polity under the Kakatiyas. She mentions the early Kakatiya state as a loose federation with the ruler at the apex of a horizontal network of ostensibly subordinate sub-states, and later the number of subordinates who were not members of princely or chiefly lineage jumped sharply. This officer category became the main source of the Kakatiya support. Thus, Talbot reflects upon an intensive vertical network creating numerous patron–client relationships with peasants, warriors and other men of humble background. The last chapter in the book is by Mahesh Sharma entitled 'Building "Consentto-Rule": State Formation and Cultural Complex in Western Himalayas, 700–1650 CE'. This is based on the state formation in Chamba interrogating cultural and political processes. The author here uses epigraphic data vis-à-vis the Vamsavali literature. However, Sharma wrongly uses the term palaeography for the epigraphic data. In this context, he also discusses the importance of the creation of ritual space by using the temples, controlling pilgrimage centres, everyday life rituals and so on, and in this way he explores the cultural underpinnings. This anthology not only makes an interesting reading but also gives a clear position of the integrative model and the advancement that the idea has made over a period of more than thirty years since its inception. The selection of essays would have been more interesting if discussions on coastal polity could have been accommodated in a more pronounced manner. The two essays on Orissa and Gujarat have their focus on the regional polity and do not specifically focus on the coast and the coastal polity. Another essay on secondary state formation would also have been a welcome addition. Inclusion of an essay on the making of a major power such as the Kushanas and the complex polity of the Kushana state was almost necessary for such a potential anthology. However, this cannot reduce the value of this volume and what emerges from this work is that the 'non-aligned' historians who form the third force have now offered the most influential tool of the analysis of the state.


The methods of construction of high-precision rangefinder on the modulation method, which will complement the means of linear measurements on the interference method, are considered. The linearly compensation method, which leads to the possibility of implementing range finders with an error of mφ=0.01 mm, is proposed as the basic constructions of extremely high accuracy linear measurement devices.


Comprehensive supplementary reforms of modern agriculture are a strategic deployment for the development of agriculture. The establishment and improvement of an agricultural market system are one of the key links of comprehensive supplementary reforms. The improvement of the market system is conducive to realize agricultural modernization. However, the modernization process has been severely hindered as, in the pilot areas of the comprehensive reforms, the structure of agricultural market system is unreasonable, production factor markets such as the land market grow slowly, farmers are less organized, and the chaotic market competition. Four important tasks for the reforms include improving the structure of agricultural market system, accelerating the land transfer, developing farmers' cooperative,and intensifying government supervision.


JT-60SA is a fusion experiment tokamak device with superconducting magnets to be built in Japan. As a unique feature of the JT-60SA cryodistribution system, the main cryogenic transfer line from the helium refrigerator directly inserts into the tokamak cryostat at 12.4 m height, and then it branches to 12 distribution units separately placed around the tokamak through headers in the cryostat. This configuration contributes to the maximization of plasma volume and installation flexibility for heating and measurement devices of plasma experiments but causes complicated cooling paths and severe conditions on a mechanical design due to the seismic event and the thermal contraction. In this work, we represent the system design of JT-60SA cryodistribution and several component designs in these severe conditions.


This paper proposes a real-time livestock monitoring system that could use a mobile platform to diagnose the livestock's estrus and livestock diseases in early stages. The proposed system enables users to monitor livestock's biometric and image information, which is collected from sensor nodes and CCTV, via smart phones anytime and anywhere in real time, and abnormal conditions of livestock are determined to inform users about them based on such collected livestock-related information, so that users could quickly cope with livestock's estrus and livestock diseases. It could provide convenience to users through the proposed system, and detect livestock's estrus and livestock diseases in advance by livestock information to improve productivity resulting from realizing timely fertilization and to cope with livestock diseases beforehand, so that damage could be minimized.


According to the carnivalization theory,the paper analyzes the characters' carnival features in Conrad's The Heart of Darkness.On the basis of that,the paper further discusses the characters' spirits of equality and freedom,alternative and modification in the theme,and the effects of satirical imitation and space-time apposition achieved through the employment of language and the setting of scenes.


The International Classification of Diseases for Perinatal Mortality (ICD‐PM) is a system for recording causes of perinatal death. In this system, placental pathology is considered a "maternal condition" and this category does not cover the spectrum of placental pathology that can impact on perinatal death. The aim of the study was to apply a wider spectrum of placental pathology as a separate parameter for classifying death in the ICD‐PM.


The invention relates particularly to an equipment for processing fatty waste (1) essentially comprising a fatty fraction (11), an aqueous fraction (12), and a residual fraction (13), wherein said equipment includes at least one boiler (2), a station (3) for collecting waste (1), a fractioning station (4), a loop including a duct (5) having a constant utility volume for the waste (1) flow between the collecting station (3) and the fractioning station (4), and at least one heat exchanger (61 - 63) for heating the waste. According to the invention, each heat exchanger (61 - 63) is mounted on said duct (5).


Harrogate Grammar School Sixth Form saw record breaking results with a total of 64 per cent of all A level grades being at A*-B. This shows an ...


However, the size limit of the single crystal using the high- temperature high-pressure method is about 1 cm, and further increase in size is difficult because that will require large-scale pressure equipment. In contrast, the chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method used for the synthesis of polycrystalline diamond and homoepitaxial film has less size limit compared to the high-temperature high-pressure method. Therefore, there are several R&Ds for the single crystal synthesis using the CVD method to increase the size and to reduce the cost. Our R&D objective is to use the substrate in the next-generation power devices, and we aim to fabricate a 2-inch wafer needed for the manufacture line of the current prototype device. The single-crystal substrate with maximum 1 cm size that can be fabricated by ultrahigh- pressure synthesis is Ib type, and it is very expensive at 1 to 2 million yen. Cost reduction by one digit or more is expected by using the CVD method. The reason that the CVD method has been used only for the synthesis of diamond film but not for the synthesis of bulk crystal until recently was because the growth speed was slow and the single-crystal growth could not be maintained over a long time due to the occurrence of abnormal grains. The solutions to these issues are the main topics in the research for the single-crystal CVD diamond synthesis.


The article uses the lens of structural violence to examine the lives of Pakistani Christians.  Thirty-five Christians living in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi participated in a study that elicited life history narratives and dialogical interviews. These narratives yielded participants' experiences of structural violence and their analyses of societal level processes that enabled these experiences. The collaborative analysis is discussed under three headings: the impact of the Blasphemy Laws, the ascription of impurity, and unequal citizenship. These findings have important implications for practice and future research.  The results of the study, that is the accounts of structural violence generated by the participants, need to be made available to policy-makers, educators and other justice-oriented members of the dominant group so they can work towards attaining equity for Christians.  In terms of further research the study points to the imperative of investigating in depth the various domains of structural violence such as education, sexual harassment, job experiences, and religious expression.


Mancur Olson's stationary bandit model of government sees a ruler provide public goods in the form of protection from roving bandits, in exchange for the right to monopolise tax theft from a population. As it stands, this model implicitly treats the exchange as one between ruler, and homogenous citizenry. Yet it is obvious that a citizenry is made up of a heterogeneous group of individuals who have very different capacities to provide labour and other tribute. As such, rulers must be able to distinguish between these individuals. Using this expanded model, I show the way in which states have used means of administrative identity to distinguish between individuals for extractive and other purposes.


Permafrost thaw in peatlands is one of the most widespread and worrying consequences of climate warming in the sub‐Arctic area. To predict future climate feedbacks, it is important to study the history of permafrost aggradation and thaw. Plant macrofossil analysis with radiocarbon dating has been widely used in detecting past permafrost dynamics in peatlands, however, due to a lack of permafrost‐specific plant indicator species, determining the exact timing of permafrost aggradation remains a challenge. In this study, we investigated if oribatid mites can be used to determine Holocene permafrost aggradation and degradation in Canadian mires. Based on analyses of subfossil oribatid mite assemblages of Holocene peat profiles from two mires in the Hudson Bay Lowlands area, our results suggest that two species, Carabodes labyrinthicus and Neoribates aurantiacus, are useful bioindicators, which can be used in palaeoecological studies determining permafrost histories. Moreover, our results show that subfossil oribatid mite remains can reveal periods of permafrost, which cannot be determined with certainty based on plant macrofossils alone.


How to deploy and manage, in an efficient and adaptive way, complex applications across multiple heterogeneous cloud platforms is one of the problems that have emerged with the cloud revolution. In this paper we present context, motivations and objectives of the EU research project SeaClouds, which aims at enabling a seamless adaptive multi-cloud management of complex applications by supporting the distribution, monitoring and migration of application modules over multiple heterogeneous cloud platforms. After positioning SeaClouds with respect to related cloud initiatives, we present the SeaClouds architecture and discuss some of its aspect, such as the use of the OASIS standard TOSCA and the compatibility with the OASIS CAMP initiative.


Electrical characterization of Palladium (Pd) Schottky diodes on n-type zinc oxide (ZnO) is performed by current-voltage (I–V) and capacitance-voltage (C-V) and current-voltage-temperature (I-V-T) measurements. Single crystal bulk ZnO wafer synthesized hydrothermally in the wurtzite (0001) orientation has been used for device fabrication. From I–V measurements the Schottky diodes exhibited a non-linear rectifying behavior with a barrier height of 0.65eV and an ideality factor of 4.1. Room temperature current transport mechanism has been investigated from logI - logV plot. Series resistance (Rs) is extracted from forward I–V characteristics by using Chueng function and Norde function. Rs is also extracted from I-V-T measurements at two different temperatures, by using modified Norde function. The series resistance is found in the range from 313 to 460 Ω. A comparison is made between the obtained values of Series resistances and possible reasons of discrepancy are addressed.


Driver's reduced alertness due to fatigue and monotony of road is a major cause of road accidents and thus a crucial factor undermining road safety across the world [1,2]. It has been reported that in America, from 1989 to 1993, this issue has been the cause of about 500,000 crashes leading to 1550 deaths and 4000 severe injuries [3]. Research has shown that driver's reduced alertness is the cause of about 12.4 billion dollars annual damage to US economy [4,5], is the primary or contributing cause of about 20% of road accidents in Britain [6], and also the main cause of road accidents in Japan [8,9] and France [10]. It has been estimated that this issue is the cause of 25% of accidents worldwide [11,12], and plays an even bigger role in the less developed countries and the ones with less effective enforcement of road and transport regulations.


This paper deals with in vitro plantlet regeneration of Edgeworthia chrysantha L.with young stem segments as an explant.Results show that the basal medium of the shoot induction was WPM,and that the appropriate media for the shoot induction from young stem segments and the rooting from shooting were WPM + IBA 0.2 mg·L~(-1) +6-BA 3 mg·L~(-1) and 1/2 MS+IBA 0.5 mg·L~(-1) respectively.The research results provide references to the quick propagation and factory production of E.chrysantha.


A cw 1.48 micrometers diode-laser microsurgical procedure is investigated allowing drilling of mouse zona pellucida without micromanipulators or handling of the egg outside the culture dish. The laser beam (60 - 70 mW at the focal point) and a coaxial red light aiming laser are directed through the objective (45 X) of an inverted microscope and focused in spots of 2 - 3 micrometers diameter. Mice zygotes are suspended in groups of 15 - 20 (Nunc culture dishes) in 1 ml culture medium. Egg zona is positioned with the microscope stage on the control spot and exposed to laser light (10 - 20 ms; 0.65 - 1.3 mJ). One laser pulse is sufficient to drill openings ranging from 5 - 7 micrometers diameter depending on laser power and exposure time. Drilled zygotes (N equals 150) develop to the blastocysts stage at a rate (70%) comparable to the control. There is no evidence of thermal damage under optical microscopic observation. In conclusion, the 1.48 micrometers laser radiation allows us to drill holes in mouse zona pellucida in a rapid, simple and non touch procedure. Its high absorption by water and non-mutagenicity makes it a useful tool for assisted fertilization procedures.


FIELD: machine building. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to machine building. Vibration isolator contains resilient element interacting with the base of case and pendulum suspension. Pendulum suspension is made in form of the thread rod having spherical profile at one end and thread bushing connected with it, and having spherical profile. Spherical profiles interact with cone surface of bottom and top plates. Package of resilient elements of disc type contains connected with each other external and internal ring resilient cone discs. Discs are located between base and cover. Base in made as sleeve, one of internal discs rests against it. Cover is made in form of T-shaped disc with through hole to accommodate centering mandrel. Mandrel is fixed on base via resilient gasket by screw. External and internal discs are made as truncated cone surfaces, and contain three radial slots. Each of the radial slot is ended by hole. EFFECT: increased efficiency of vibration isolation in resonance mode is being achieved. 3 cl, 3 dwg


The improvements of G-SEED standards was studies in this research by comparing the composition, rating scores, and standards, including categories, issues and criteria of BREEAM in the UK. In this research, it was found that both certification systems had very similar composition and rating system, however, there was slight difference in the points of emphasizing the standards due to the differences in social awareness of green buildings in each country. As a result of the detailed comparison of both standards, in addition, it was found that almost half of criteria had different evaluation approaches such as evaluation methods and scopes between both standards even though they had same evaluation objectives; some of the differences were due to the social or cultural differences between the countries, and the others were not. Through the research, we were able to derive some criteria that need for improvements of G-SEED considering the domestic conditions in Korea.


As a result of a microfacial study in the outer and middle ramp deposits of the Vaca Muerta Formation (lower Tithonian-upper Valanginian), four ichnotaxa of crustacean microcoprolites are described: Palaxius azulensis Kietzmann isp. nov., Palaxius caracuraensis Kietzmann isp. nov., Helicerina? isp. A. aff. Helicerina siciliana and Helicerina isp. B. They represent one of the first records of crustacean microcoprolites for the Neuquén Basin and Argentina. Helicerina is reported for the first time from the Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous of South America. It is inferred that Palaxius ichnospecies were produced by callianassids, while Helicerina ichnospecies could be produced by decapods of Mecochiridae, Erymidae, and/or Nephropidae affinity. Two assemblages of crustacean microcoprolites are recognised, a middle Tithonian to lower Berriasian Palaxius-dominated assemblage and an early to late Valanginian Helicerina-dominated assemblage.


Studies on the feeding performance of the larvae of Acraea eponina (Cramer) were conducted on three main leaf forms of Corchorus olitorius (namely leaf form A, lacinate; showed that leaf form B, (narrow lanceolate) and B N (Nihort-lanceolate) are the most suitable among the various forms of C.olitorious for rearing A. eponina in the laboratory based on the growth indices. Leaf form B 2 was significantly different from the other forms based on the larval duration. The order of performance was as follows: A 1 , A 2 , C 1 , B 1 , B 2 (Set A) and B N , A 1 , B 1 , C 1 , C N , A N and B 2 (Set B) in descending order. Food consumption and utilization studies revealed significant difference among the three main leaf forms used. C 1 values were not significant among the forms. The gross efficiency of conversion of ingested food (ECI) into body matter was highest in B T and least in C T . Also the net efficiency (ECI) was highest for B T and least for C T . Leaf form C T was more consumed and B T least consumed.


Viviparity, giving birth to live young, is a conspicuous example of evolutionary convergence that has arisen independently on numerous occasions within metazoans. The means by which embryos are maintained are extremely diverse, as are the developmental stages and characteristics of the "birthed" young. In this issue of BioEssays, Alex Kalinka [1] proposes that common selective factors drive the evolution of each of the following two adaptations that facilitate the evolution of viviparity: fertilization of eggs in the upper regions of an elongated female reproductive tract and retention of eggs in that organ. It has long been recognized that internal fertilization and a female reproductive tract physiologically suitable for embryonic development are necessary conditions for the evolution of viviparity [2]. Kalinka [1] proposes that an evolutionary shift in the site of fertilization from the lower regions of the female tract to the upper regions is driven by post-copulatory sexual selection, specifically cryptic female choice. The inspiration for this hypothesis came from comparative studies of reproductive mode in two major lineages of Diptera (true flies). Viviparity among sexually reproducing species occurs in a single lineage, Schizophora, which have evolved an elongated female reproduc-


As a special and extensive type of advertising, public service advertising(PSA) has become an important cultural phenomenon. Same as commercial advertisement, PSA can also convey cultural values. Out of similar purposes, however, PSA for disasters between China and other western countries contain many differences. Aiming to reveal the cultural differences, this paper undertakes the analysis of PSA for disasters of China and other western countries from the perspective of inter-cultural communication.


Technology of welding has been undergoing continuous review and development and various arc welding processes are currently being used in the conventional mode as well as with certain modification for better joint strength and better surface finish. Keeping in mind the present scenario, it is necessary to study and compare new process like GMAW and PulseGMAW.GMAW continues to suffer from certain limitations like spattering and dilution as it affects the quality and cost effectiveness of any welded surface directly. Very limited information is available on weldability characteristics of austenitic stainless steel particularly with GMAW and Pulsed-GMAW. For other alloys, for a given heat input per unit length of weld the pulsed arc gives a narrower and deeper fusion zone compared with conventional GMAW and the HAZ is smaller. Hence there is a need to study the fusion characteristics of this steel in the conventional GMAW and pulsed-GMAW and compare the fusion characteristics at similar current and arc voltage ranges. The first phase of this work included identification and selection of the welding variables, both direct and indirect, and finding their ranges by carrying out trial runs as per the requirements of the design of experiment for both GMAW and P-GMAW. Developing correlation between welding variables and different response parameters which are important from the welding point of view, constitute the second phase of the work. The third phase of work includes development of mathematical model and validation of experiment. The fourth phase of work to study the behaviour of metal transfer in pulsed current GMAW welding using wave form study.


This chapter discusses how Americans were at open war with British forces, while claiming to be formally loyal to the king. Persons who aided the British could not be tried for treason in a court of law, so Pennsylvania employed committees of safety to conduct trials of disloyal persons. At the county level, committees punished primarily verbal offenses, but the state committee in Philadelphia heard cases of actual disloyalty. The persons convicted were imprisoned on charges of "high treason." These ad hoc and legally questionable detentions were an impetus for the Declaration of Independence, which put the punishment of traitors on a sounder footing. For their part, British efforts to punish disloyal Americans all faltered and the suspension of habeas corpus permitted American prisoners to be effectively treated as prisoners of war.


Grasping and manipulating objects in dense un-structured environments is challenging both for humans and for robotic systems. One of the essential components of a successful grasp, is the position and orientation (pose) of the wrist, from which the object is grasped. Determining such a goal pose is an important part of reach-to-grasp motion planning. Grasp affordance densities are spatial probability density functions that represent grasp success probability from wrist poses about the object. To represent both position and orientation well, the density function must be based on a mixture model which includes both cyclic and non-cyclic components. We developed a non-parametric Bayesian estimation method suitable for a mixture of such combined density functions composed of Gaussian and Von-Misses-Fisher functions. Non-Parametric Bayesian estimation facilitates joint estimation of both mixture component, number and component parameters and is less prone to being trapped in local minima, or to over-fitting the dataset, than maximum likelihood based estimation methods. The developed method is incorporated in a reach-to-grasp motion planning algorithm and is applied to motion analysis in patients with stroke. For reach-to-grasp motion planning, we integrated the grasp affordance density estimation with bi-direction Randomly exploring Random Tree (RRT) motion planning algorithm. The developed algorithm, grasp affordance-RRT (GA-RRT) facilitates multiple goal configurations with a high grasp success probability. The GA-RRT algorithm was tested in simulation for motion planning towards a mug in five different environments with obstacles. In one of the environments, the algorithm did not find suitable goal configurations, since it was very cluttered and required approach orientations that were not included in the original data-base from which the density was estimated. In the other four environments, 95% of trials led to successful grasps. The grasp affordance estimation method was applied for estimating affordance densities of 15 patients with stroke and 13 healthy, aged-matched controls. Subjects in both groups performed reach-to-grasp movements towards four targets locations. A grasp affordance density was estimated for each group with data from all targets combined. For both groups the estimated densities comprised two components, yet the division of grasp configurations between the components in each density mixture, differed between the groups. For the health group, the configurations of three target locations were allocated to one density mixture component and one target was allocated to a separate component. For the stroke group, subjects were divided between the components based on the effected arm, with which they performed the motion. In addition, the variance of the density components was much higher for the stroke group.


To address the lack of physical activity opportunities in their rural community, a non-profit coali-tion formed to address health disparities. This evaluation investigated the coalition's effectiveness in movingtoward sustainable physical activity programming for all community members. Participants engaged insemi-structured interviews or focus groups, and observations and informal conversations were conductedat approximately 30 meetings (e.g., town hall), programs (e.g., funding agency meetings), and events(e.g., two fundraising galas). A commitment to partnerships, the diversity of coalition member's expertise,a focus on equity, and the recognition that a healthy community is economically attractive positioned thecoalition for success.


Face recognition has become the front runner for deep learning applications in the real world and this paper focuses on its implementation in a human-robot interaction and security system. For this specific project, it is inherent that restraints are created to allow the system to produce greater performance within the requirements of a receptionist and security robot. A k-nearest neighbors classifier is applied to further enhance the accuracy of face recognition. By sequencing images from videos, we create large datasets to train our own classifier in various conditions to increase its accuracy and lower false-positive rates in poor lighting environments. With the goal of creating a service robot, we have standardized our method of data collection for new inputs that will assist the recognition process in variable conditions of operation. The resulting product is a system that can accurately predict known and unknown faces with Asian features.


Author(s): Poole, Jay Martin; St. Clair, Gloriana | Abstract: During this transitional time of decreasing library budgets and an increasing requirement for online services, it behooves librarians to consider all the possible sources for funding these new and demanded services. The information provided by an online search satisfies legitimate educational and research needs and should be funded with monies from the print materials budget. As automated information services become more prevalent, it is essential that libraries find permanent funding to support this activity.


E-Module Development Using Single and Mixed SubThemes Flipbooks aims todetermine the feasibility of developing teaching materials. The researchmethodology used was research and development with the ADDIE model (Analyze,Design, Development, Implementation, Evaluation) with research subjects fromclass V-A SDN Dukuh 01. The instruments used in this research were validationsheets from media experts, linguists, and expert material with three experts, studentresponse instruments, and pre-test and post-test instruments. The validation resultsyielded an average of 96.3% with the criteria of "Very Eligible", then the results ofthe pre-test and post-test produced an N-Gain score of 0.59 with the criteria of"Moderate" and obtained 89% of student responses with the criteria of "Very Good".Based on the results obtained, the development of e-modules using flipbooks onsingle and mixed object sub-themes meets valid criteria.


The purpose of this Discussion Paper is to examine the constraints upon, and opportunities for, spreading the workload of general practitioners (GPs) more effectively and efficiently among members of the Primary Health Care Tea, (PHCT). Current knowledge of GP activity is outdated and based on self-reporting by GPs and nurses using methods which may be unreliable. The policy background and the research background are briefly outlined before discussing methodologies for examining the activities of the PHCT and assessing whether tasks can be delegated. Attitudes to delegation and examination of outcomes are also addressed. The central concept of the proposed study design described here relates to delegation and the issues arising thereof, thus taking into account of the identification of tasks currently undertaken by one group of professionals which could be carried out by another group. If the study proposed here is able to demonstrate that delegation of at least some tasks is both feasible and acceptable, changes in health care delivery in general practice would be inevitable.


Nowadays, scientific management of organizations requires appropriate applying of information and communication technology tools such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. Therefore, identifying and studying these systems, especially from a management perspective, are highly essential. One of the dimensions of this study is to review the relationship between ERP systems and business intelligence, which should be done in the form of studying the requirements for ERP systems with the purpose of supporting management decisions. In this paper, the fundamental expectations of managers of various levels of ERP systems for supporting their decisions are surveyed. Based on the analysis of management specifications and the decision context of managers, some hypotheses about the relationship between ERP systems and management decisions are studied. In addition, the significance of the requirements for decision support (business intelligence) is investigated via statistical analysis tools. In the rest of the paper, in order to cover the identified requirements for management decisions support and building business intelligence for ERP systems, some Business Intelligence (BI) solutions are recommended. To present a practical framework for applying the solutions, the best order of solution implementation for meeting the requirements is searched by means of Multi Alternative Decision Making (MADM) methods. Furthermore, by using Anthropy Shanon method, the weight of criteria (requirements), and by applying the Technique Ordered Preference by Similarity to the Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) model, the priorities for implementing the most appropriate solutions are determined.


Summary The seminal vesicles and ventral prostate of Fischer rats were found to contain 4 discrete glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) isoenzymes as estimated by separation on disc gel polyacrylamide electrophoresis followed by specific staining and planimetry. The activities (μmole NAD PH/min/100 mg tissue) in intact young adult rats for each G6PD isoenzyme were: seminal vesicles; G6PD-1, 0.009; G6PD-2, 0.011; G6PD-3, 0.057; and G6PD-4, 0.004 (numbering based on order of decreasing mobility); ventral prostate; G6PD-1, 0.088; G6 PD-2, 0.025; G6PD-3, 0.032; and G6PD-4, 0.014. Thus, the predominant isoenzyme in ventral prostate was G6PD-1, while in the seminal vesicles G6PD-3 was the predominant isoenzyme. In rats sacrificed 2 weeks after castration, G6PD-3 was the predominant isoenzyme in both seminal vesicles and ventral prostate. Testosterone propionate, administered subcutaneously at 8, 40, 200, or 1000 μg/day/animal produced a dose-related response in total G6PD activity. In the ventral prostate this increase was primarily due to a dose-related increase in G6PD-1 (maximum increase was 23-fold), a slight decrease in G6PD-2 and a slight increase in G6PD-3 when compared to the diluent-injected castrate control animals. In the seminal vesicles, the increase in G6PD activity was primarily due to a 4-fold increase in G6PD-3 and a 2- to 3-fold increase in G6PD-1. Thus, elevation of G6 PD activity by androgen treatment appears to be the result of induction of different isoenzyme species in seminal vesicles and in ventral prostate.


The concept,structural composition and architecture of wireless sensors network are briefly presented in the paper.Then some key technologies including energy-efficient,localization,time synchronization,and security are analyzed in detail.Finally,the problems and further development of wireless sensor networks are respectively described.


Stony-soil mountain areas exist largely in China,studying the characteristics of soil water movement of this area has a great realistic significance to research on mountain zone hydrology of our country.Determination of hydraulic parameters of stony-soil media is an important research subject.In this paper,the trial of vertical one-dimensional unsaturated soil water movement in the stony-soil media has been researched by one-dimensional vertical infiltration test.With gravel size 2~5 cm and under four different gravel contents of the mixture,the measured amount of soil water infiltration characteristics,estimating the model parameters,and then predicting soil water infiltration process by model parameters.The relative error between the predicted infiltration time and the measured time is less than 6%,and it has relative accuracy.This indicates that applicability of the one-dimensional vertical infiltration algebraic model in the unsaturated stony-soil media,and could meet the practical needs.


It is known that the maximum likelihood methods does not provide explicit estimators for the mean and standard deviation of the normal distribution based on Type II censored samples. In this paper we present a simple method of deriving explicit estimators by approximating the likelihood equations appropriately. We obtain the variances and covariance of these estimators. We also show that these estimators are almost as eficient as the maximum likelihood (ML) estimators and just as eficient as the best linear unbiased (BLU), and the modified maximum likelihood (MML) estimators. Finally, we illustrate this method of estimation by applying it to Gupta's and Darwin's data.


We demonstrate efficient multicycle THz generation with periodically poled lithium niobate crystals via difference frequency generation using a multiple-line source. The THz yield for different crystal lengths as well as pump pulse durations is investigated. Our experimental results show excellent agreement with the theoretical predictions. By employing a 20-mm PPLN crystal, up to 2.7 μJ at 0.5 THz was obtained with 6.2 mJ input pump pulse energy (130 m.J/cm2 peak fluence) at 77 K, corresponding to an internal conversion efficiency of 0.3%. The record internal efficiency at the peak fluence of 130 m.l/cm? shows the great potential for high-energy multicycle THz generation with a multiple-line source.


An effort has been made to synthesize polycrystalline (abbreviated as BLNT) system with compositions x = 0, 0.02, and 0.04 by novel semiwet technique. Preparation of A-site oxides of BLNT for composition x = 0 was optimized using two precursor solutions such as ethylene glycol and citric acid. The XRD patterns revealed that the sample prepared by ethylene glycol precursor solution has single phase perovskite structure with a rhombohedral symmetry at RT as compared to the sample prepared by citric acid. Ethylene glycol precursor has been found to play a significant role in the crystallization, phase transitions, and electrical properties. The studies on structure, phase transitions, and dielectric properties for all the samples have been carried out over the temperature range from RT to 450°C at 100 kHz frequency. It has been observed that two phase transitions (i) ferroelectric to antiferroelectric and (ii) antiferroelectric to paraelectric occur in all the samples. All samples exhibit a modified Curie-Weiss law above Tc. A linear fitting of the modified Curie-Weiss law to the experimental data shows diffuse-type transition. The dielectric as well as ferroelectric properties of BLNT ceramics have been found to be improved with the substitution of La elements.


In this paper an iterative technique for antenna diagnosis and pattern reconstruction from amplitude field data at two distances is presented. At each iteration, phase correction is accomplished using a source reconstruction optimization method. Results from synthesized data, even in the case of typical measurement errors, illustrate the validity of the technique.


As one learns a language, she or he learns to view the world as one's culture views it. Krober and Kelly claim a culture contains "implicit" designs for living. The objective of the study is to uncover "implicit" dimensions of the Arabic and English languages by using survey data gathered in Amman and Cairo. First, we have found that respondents answer the same questions differently depending upon the language in use. For example, we observed shifts in the use of primary group relations rules as opposed to second group relations rules in the workplace. Second, when the Arab students are answering questions in English, they may not think of only the Arab world but a greater part of the world—perhaps a sign of greater cognitive flexibility and diversity. Third, on the basis of these and other findings in the present study we would posit that a key reason for our inability to grasp certain elements in English grammar that are incomprehensible to the Arabs or the Japanese, no matter how expertly explained, may be caused by implicit dimensions of the concept inherent in English language that defy explication.


Orientation: Performance management plays a pivotal role in the realisation of many facets of public administration, including service delivery, good governance and organisational productivity through setting of performance targets and regular assessments of performance. In search of improved quality and productivity in the public service, the South African government introduced several legislative and policy interventions, including but not limited to the Public Service Act , 1994 (Proclamation 103 of 1994), Public Service Regulations of 2001 and the White Paper on Transforming Public Service Delivery of 1997. Research purpose: The main thrust of this conceptual paper was to explore the relationship between performance management and training in the South African public service. Motivation for the study: The lack of sufficient literature on the relationship between performance management and training. To also prove that the two are inseparably linked, meaning that one cannot exist without the other. Research design, approach and method: This article, which is conceptual in nature, reviewed existing literature on performance management and training in the public service extensively so as to arrive at a definitive conclusion. Main findings: The article contends that as much as training underpins the process of performance management, training is also fortified by performance management. Precisely, there cannot be performance management without training and vice versa . Practical/managerial implications: As much as training is imperative in the management of performance in the public service, such training must be need-based and it must be underpinned by performance management through identification of skills gap in the assessment of performance. Contribution: It is proposed that to enhance the knowledge, capacity, effectiveness and efficiency of the public service performance, needs-based training that seeks to close the skills gap, is developed and adequately implemented.


Tandem-cold-mills is a complex multivariable process in which the thickness, hardness and crown of the strip can usually not be measured due to the measure meters out of function and the hostile environment. This paper proposed a novel multivariable observer which is robustly stable for changes to the mill modulus while still providing high observed states accuracy. The performance and stability of the multivariable observer are analyzed and the benefit of the multivariable observer is demonstrated using a simulation and paved the way to the production of an advanced multivariable controller.


Our bodies play an important part in our remembering practices, for example when we can remember passwords by typing, even if we cannot verbalise them. An increasing number of technologies are being developed to support remembering. However, so far, they seem to have not taken the opportunity yet to support remembering through bodily movements. To better understand how to design for such embodied remembering, we conducted a diary study with 12 participants who recorded their embodied remembering experiences in everyday life over a three-week period. Our thematic analysis of the diaries and interviews led to the creation of a framework that helps understand embodied remembering experiences (ERXs) based on the level of skilled and conscious movements used. We describe how this ERX framework could help with the design of technologies to support embodied remembering.


The supersymmetric extension to the Standard Model offers a promising cold dark matter candidate, the lightest neutralino. I will review the phenomenological and cosmological constraints on the supersymmetric parameter space and discuss the prospects for the detection of this candidate in both accelerator and direct detection searches.


THE rapid developments during recent years in our knowledge of respiratory enzyme systems have created a demand for a book which, whilst giving an accurate and coherent account of these developments, indicates the nature of the experimental work leading up to them and shows the manner in which they are interrelated. Much of the relevant information which has been summarized so far, is to be found in authoritative but somewhat scattered review articles. It would obviously be a convenience to the student and to the experimental worker to have at hand a reasonably accurate account of the present state of the subject, in which sufficient of the older work is discussed to provide a proper perspective for the appreciation of the value of recent contributions.Respiratory EnzymesBy University of Wisconsin Biochemists, under the direction of C. A. Elvehjem and P. W. Wilson. Pp. v + 236. (Minneapolis: Burgess Publishing Co., 1939.) 3.25 dollars.


In this paper,studied process of preparation Mg-Li alloy/Al composite plate by cold-rolling bonding,obtained rolling schedule and parameter of annealing heat treatment.The results shows that the best reduction is about 60% to 65%.After annealing α phases can obviously spheroidize,and the complete recrystallization of Mg-Li alloy occurs after annealing at 300℃ for 1h.The density Mg-Li alloy/Al composite plate is 1.6 to 1.7g/cm~3,still has the character of lightness,and at the same time the corrosion resisting property can rise largely.


2 Table of Content 3 Abbreviations 4 Introduction 5 Hypothesis and aim 6 Material and methods 7 Patients 7 Endpoints 7 Anesthesia 8 CPB circuit 8 Retrograde Autologous Priming (RAP procedure) 9 Transfusion criteria 10 Measurements and blood analysis 10 Time plan 10 Statistical analysis 11 Result 11 Transfusion and blood loss 11 Fluid administration 13 Hemoglobin concentration 14 Discussion 15 Limitations 17 Conclusion 17 Acknowledgement 19 References 20


Among the Ashanti of Ghana, me yere, "my wife," often serves as a term of address applied by important chiefs to the wood-carvers who produce their regalia. Since all carvers in Ashanti are male, this seems at first glance a rather peculiar practice. Although we might initially dismiss this as simply a term of endearment, it proves to be far more than that; in fact, carvers in such positions enjoy numerous social privileges normally reserved for prominent royal females. Yet when asked why this is so, carvers are at a loss for words (Hodinyah 1971). The solution to this ethnographic puzzle lies in the socioideational structure of Ashanti life. This paper will present a multitiered analysis focusing on the Ashanti carver's unique status1 within this structure. Two analytic strategies with complementary goals will be employed. I will begin by outlining the salient sociostructural features that distinguish and maintain this status. In order to function properly, the Ashanti politicoreligious system traditionally required great amounts of carved regalia. Production had to be regulated and producers had to be skilled. On a surface level, the organizational development of Ashanti carving constituted an economically rational means of efficiently maintaining a permanent corps of well-trained technical experts. The behavioral rules governing this organizational structure will be fully documented and their manifest functions explained. Geertz (1973) has suggested the term "thin description" to describe such an approach-one which captures the surface features of behavior without fully comprehending its total sociocultural significance. Materialist and symbolic explanations of cultural institutions are weighed in an effort to determine which best explains the unusual status of master wood-carvers in Ashanti. Technical skills and unique privileges mark the carver's position within the social order in a manner resembling the Western concept of professionalism. From an economic standpoint, these mechanisms limit competition and allow carvers to exploit existing markets with maximum efficiency. Yet such explanations fail to elucidate why certain peculiar features of this status assume the particular forms they do. The answer lies in "thick" description and analysis of the status's larger socioideational context-specifically in the analogous structural and symbolic qualities which carvers share with Ashanti noblewomen in their relationship with important chiefs. [symbolism, ideology, social organization, economics, ritual, art]


Abstract The hydrolysis of the α-hydroxy-δ-lactone ring moiety in topotecan is routinely monitored using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with fluorescence detection. While both tunable and filter fluorescence detectors are commercially available, only the tunable detector has been studied for clinical and in vitro applications of topotecan. In the present study we have developed a simple HPLC method for the simultaneous separation of the lactone and carboxylate forms of topotecan in plasma, which, can be utilized for both clinical and in vitro studies. Limits of detection, percent relative standard deviation, and linear range for both the lactone and carboxylate forms of the drug in plasma are presented and compared using a tunable and filter fluorescence detector. Limits of detection in plasma of 0.10 ng/mL for carboxylate and 0.26 ng/mL for lactone have been obtained using a tunable fluorescence detector. A filter fluorescence detector produced limits of detection of 0.15 ng/mL for carboxy...


A sensitive high-performance liquid chromatographic method was developed for the analysis of skatole and indole in porcine tissue and serum samples. The sensitivity of the method for tissue and serum samples was 1 ng/g and 0.1 ng/mL, respectively. The skatole content in adipose tissue (fat) was higher (p < 0.0001) in boars (median 39 ng/g, n = 91) than in barrows (24 ng/g, n = 96) or gilts (17 ng/g, n = 85). The corresponding levels of skatole in serum were 1.9, 1.4, and 1.1 ng/mL, respectively. Significant correlations (p < 0.0001) were found between boar serum and fat levels of skatole (r = 0.90) and indole (r = 0.65). Elevated skatole levels were found exclusively in boars, of which 9.9% exceeded the 200 ng/g limit in fat. Skatole concentrations were 8-fold lower in the salivary glands than in the fat samples, and they were (p < 0.0001) correlated with both fat and serum concentrations. On the basis of the close correlation between fat and serum skatole levels, it is proposed that serum measurements could be used for routine assessment of skatole in pork meat, a factor contributing to boar taint.


The present study sought to clarify the impact of executive and social functioning on challenging behavior and the downstream influence of challenging behavior on quality of life and functioning in a large transdiagnostic sample. Understanding these relationships is crucial for developing and designing tailored intervention strategies. In a cross-sectional study, parent informants of 2,004 children completed measures of executive and social functioning, challenging behavior, child and family quality of life, and reported on functional impacts of challenging behavior. Using structural (path) modeling, analyses evaluated the associations between executive and social functioning, including emotion regulation and risk avoidance, with overall and specific types of challenging behavior. Structural models also examined the influence of challenging behavior on child and family quality of life, including measures of the immediate and extended environment, and functional impacts on the parent/child as well as interactions with the medical/legal systems. Finally, mediational models explored the direct and indirect effects of executive and social functioning on quality of life and impact measures via challenging behavior. Results indicated that executive functioning accounts for substantial variance (R2 = 0.47) in challenging behavior. In turn, challenging behavior accounts for substantial variance in child and family quality of life (R2 = 0.36) and parent/child impacts (R2 = 0.31). Exploratory mediational models identified direct effects from executive and social functioning measures on quality of life and functional impacts and indirect effects for executive functioning via challenging behavior. These findings support the development of new intervention strategies and suggest the need to measure executive functioning when assessing and tailoring the treatment of challenging behavior in clinical practice.


ITN the 2 d (Paris, 1579) edition of Pare's Oeuvres may be found the story of Countess Margaret of Cracow, who is reported to have given birth to 36 live infants on January 20, I 269. Pare cites the Polish historian Martin Cromerus as his source: Martinus Cromerus au liure 9 de l'histoire de Poulongne escrit qu'en la prouince de Cracouie, Marguerite, dame fort vertueuse & de grande & ancienne maison, femme d'vn Conte dit Virboslaus accoucha le xx iour de lanuier I269. d'vne ventree de trente six enfans vifs.' The story, with identical dates and numbers, appears also in the 4th (Paris, 1585), ioth (Lyons, i641), iith (Lyons, i652), and 12th (Lyons, i664) French editions of Pare's Oeuvres, and in the definitive I9th century edition by J. F. Malgaigne (Paris, I840-I841 ).2 The 3d Dutch edition (Amsterdam, i615), reprinted from the 2d Dutch edition (Leiden, I604), reprinted in turn from the ist Dutch edition (Dordrecht, 1592), which is a translation made from the 4th French edition (Paris, I585), also gives the date as January 20, 1269 and the number of children as 36.3 In contrast, the Ist Latin edition (Paris, 1582), which is a translation of the 2d French edition (Paris, 1579), together with the succeeding Latin editions (Frankfurt/M, 1594, I612), give the date as January 20, 1296 and the number of children as 36. But the first English translation of Pare (London, I634) and the two subsequently reprinted editions (London, I649, I678) give the date as January 20, I296, and the number of children as 35.4 The English editions derive from the Latin edition of I582 and represent, according to Janet Doe, "a translation not only of a translation but of a poor translation."5 Thus the following combinations of dates and numbers in respect to Countess Margaret of Cracow: Jan. 20, I269, and 36 chil-


This paper focuses on the dynamical response of the ZAD-controlled buck converter under the variation of the PWM structure. Numerical analysis shows that the system can exhibit supercritical and subcritical period-doubling bifurcations, depending on the parameter values. This indicates that the ZAD technique can be highly dependent on the PWM composition.


Several problems related to determining the quality of dragon fruit quality are: fruit disease, harvest time selection, sorting process and post-harvest grading. Determination sorting dragon fruit quality by observing the appearance of fruit, fruit smoothness, presence or absence of defects and fruit size. However, this quality determination has disadvantages such as longer sorting time and different perceptions of farmers about the quality of dragon fruit. To solve this problem, we need a sorting system that is able to determine the quality of dragon fruit effectively and efficiently without damaging the dragon fruit. In this study, determining the quality of white dragon fruit using digital image processing techniques and intelligent systems. The output of the digital image processing technique is five morphological features such as area, perimeter, length, diameter and metric. This feature is the input of the backpropagation method so that the quality of white dragon fruit is divided into 3 classes such as class A, class B and class C. The results showed the best network architecture model was 5,8,5,3 with the best testing accuracy rate of 86.67%.


In this paper, we investigate the performance of a relaxation filtering approach for the Euler turbulence using a central seven-point stencil reconstruction scheme. High-resolution numerical experiments are performed for both multi-mode and single-mode


A while to promote the hydrogen generation reaction, component configuration of the raw water provides that no hydrogen-dissolved solution manufacturing device changing. And A reacts with raw hydrogen generating agent to generate hydrogen from a sequestering agent to sequester metal ions eluted from the hydrogen generating agent, and pH adjusting agent to suppress or remove the hydroxide ions the hydrogen generating system comprising comprising housed in a separator. .FIELD 1


Disclosed are a combined type rain gutter and a comprehensive rainwater utilization system. The combined type rain gutter comprises an upper gutter, a lower gutter and baffles, one side wall of the upper gutter is longitudinally provided with holes, the upper inner sides of the two side walls of the upper gutter are longitudinally provided with protruding platform structures, a U-shaped thin-wall structure is disposed on the platform structures, and the bottom of the U-shaped thin-wall structure is provided with water permeable holes; the lower gutter is of a U-shaped thin-wall structure, the U-shaped thin-wall structure of the upper gutter is connected with the U-shaped thin-wall structure of the lower gutter through first fabric, the baffles are arranged at two longitudinal ends of the combined type rain gutter, and the upper gutter and the lower gutter are integrated. The combined type rain gutter is reasonable in structure and ingenious in design, and the comprehensive rainwater utilization system utilizing the rain gutter is capable of sufficiently utilizing rainwater, optimizing water drainage effect, increasing greening rate, improving landscape effect and optimizing road pavement structure.


Panchayati Raj in India is a system of local self-government by which the people in rural areas have taken on themselves
the responsibilities for their socioeconomic and cultural development. Basically, it is thus an arrangement of
participation of people in the administration of local affairs.The community development programme was first started
under official guidance. Although there were a number of voluntary bodies of non-official nominated members
associated,it was found out that such bodies were not of much use in creating enthusiasm among the people in securing
their participation. The problem was thoroughly examined by the Balvantray Mehta Committee. It was on its
recommendations that the advisory bodies have been abolished and statutory bodies were created to undertake the
work of Community Development.Thus Panchayati Raj has been ushered in the country as a people's programme with
officials participating in it on account of their technical knowledge and guidance.


There has been much publicity about the Internet around the world. However, much of the extant research on the Internet has been carried out in Europe and America. There is a dearth of published studies on the Internet in the Asian context. This study examines the differential effects of age on usage and perceptions of the Internet in an Asian country, namely Singapore. Data were collected via a questionnaire survey placed on the World Wide Web. One thousand three hundred sixty-nine usable responses were received. These responses were divided into groups according to the age of respondents and analyzed using ANOVA. Results showed that age has some effects on usage patterns, perceived usefulness, activities performed, and factors affecting an enjoyable Internet experience. Implications of the results are discussed.


The study of the electrophysical characteristics of crystalline semiconductors with structural defects is of practical interest in the development of radiation-resistant varactors. The capacitance-voltage characteristics of a disordered semiconductor can be used to determine the concentration of point defects in its crystal matrix. The purpose of this work is to calculate the low-frequency admittance of a capacitor with the working substance "insulator–crystalline semiconductor with point t -defects in charge states (−1), (0) and (+1)–insulator". A layer of a partially disordered semiconductor with a thickness of 150 μm is separated from the metal plates of the capacitor by insulating layers of polyimide with a thickness of 3 μm. The partially disordered semiconductor of the working substance of the capacitor can be, for example, a highly defective crystalline silicon containing point t -defects randomly (Poissonian) distributed over the crystal in charge states (−1), (0), and (+1), between which single electrons migrate in a hopping manner. It is assumed that the electron hops occur only from t -defects in the charge state (−1) to t -defects in the charge state (0) and from t -defects in the charge state (0) to t -defects in the charge state (+1). In this work, for the first time, the averaging of the hopping diffusion coefficients over all probable elec - tron hopping lengths via t -defects in the charge states (−1), (0) and (0), (+1) in the covalent crystal matrix was carried out. For such an element, the low-frequency admittance and phase shift angle between current and voltage as the functions on the voltage applied to the capacitor electrodes were calculated at the t -defect concentration of 3∙10 19 cm −3 for temperatures of 250, 300, and 350 K and at temperature of 300 K for the t -defect concentrations of 1∙10 19 , 3∙10 19 , and 1∙10 20 cm −3 .


The project is limited to catalyst development for increased jet fuel production. The work is sponsored by Amoco Oil and the United States Air Force. Results are reported for the first 2 of the 4 tasks assigned. Task I, a two process variable study on existing catalysts, is described. For one test, a stabilized cobalt/molybdenum (Co/Mo) catalyst was used alone. In the other test, equal amounts of the stabilized Co/Mo catalyst and a nickel/molybdenum/phosphorous catalyst were used in two reaction chambers. Processing conditions are stipulated. Results indicate that, under all conditions of pressure, temperature, and space velocity, the use of the stabilized Co/Mo catalyst is preferred. This substance performs better for saturation, for denitrogenation, and has higher cracking capability, and is thermally more stable. In Task II, the system was optimized with respect to metals concentration and supports composition. Optimum concentrations are cobalt oxide, 15% molybdenum oxide, and 10% stabilizer. Although the alumina-based catalyst system can be considered to be a satisfactory hydrotreating catalyst, the addition of silica or molecular sieve-containing catalysts show increased hydrocracking activity for shale oil in a single stage process. Further study is planned. 12 figures, 7 tables.


The landscape is one of the topics closely related to the art of drawing and photography throughout the various stages of history. Many artists have excelled in treating its elements such as the sky, mountains, trees, plants, seas and clouds. Nature, with its elements of trees and plants, are miniature worlds of human interests, and a symbol of creativity and magic. They always symbolize life and are similar in relation to birth and death. With the beginning of the nineteenth century and the emergence of technological progress, landscape painting had a real presence, and it was able to develop and adapt to most artistic trends and schools of impressionism, expressionism, experimentalism, surrealism ... etc.


Analysis of land cover changes is fundamental for providing information about watershed land management, monitoring, and planning. This study reveals large‐scale land cover transformation under the effects of frequent natural disturbances within the Taimali watershed in eastern Taiwan during 2005–2011. A landscape analysis approach combining landscape metrics and a Markov chain model is used to understand land cover changes with regard to natural disturbances. Results of the composition metrics analysis show that the landslide area within the region has expanded 7.5 times (15.5 km2), but the forested area has shrunk by 10.6% (20.9 km2). Spatial configuration metrics analysis indicates that patches of forest are becoming small, irregular, and spatially fragmented, while landslide patches are expanding and becoming spatially aggregated. Land cover changes in the area are considered to have occurred mainly through loss and fragmentation of forest cover, and an increase in the number and area of landslides. During 2005–2011, the most noticeable area changes related to transitions from forest cover to landslides (15.8 km2) and channels (6.7 km2). However, the greatest transition probabilities were for human‐made patches changing into forest cover and channel corridors over the study period. Through the Markov chain analysis, three projected proportions of land cover for the periods 2017–2035 are produced. These three predictive scenarios pose different risks to downstream life and property. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


A new freshwater crab of the genus Sinopotamon Bott, 1967, S. baokangense sp. nov. (Potamidae), is described from Baokang County, Hubei Province, P.R. China. The new species closely resembles two other Chinese species: S. cochlearidigitum Dai, Chen, Zhang & Lin, 1986, from Fang and Zhushan Counties; and S. introdigitum Dai, Chen, Zhang & Lin, 1986, from Fang and Yun Counties and Shennongjia, in general morphology and their distinctive spoon-tipped cheliped fingers. The new species, however, can easily be distinguished by a number of cheliped, male abdominal, and male first gonopod characters.


The Northern Review 48 (2018): 81–109In the early morning of January 24, 1978, the nuclear-powered Soviet satellite Cosmos 954 crashed on the barrens of the Northwest Territories. The crash dispersed radioactive debris in a wide trajectory across northern Canada, with multiple communities falling within the debris field.The lengthy clean-up that followed was shaped by government understandings of the northern environment as mediated through authoritative science and technology. This authority was to be challenged from the very beginning of Operation Morning Light. Constant technological failures under northern environmental conditions only increased the uncertainty already inherent in determining radioactive risk. Communication of this risk to concerned northerners was further complicated by language barriers in the predominantly Indigenous communities affected. Although Operation Morning Light was shaped by uncertainties, archival records of this clean-up are still ultimately defined by government narratives of scientific authority, narratives which leave little room for the concerns of affected Indigenous communities.


The article deals with plasma synthesis of aluminium oxide particles using a high-voltage alternating current plasma torch. Air plasma is generated between two annular copper electrodes. Behind the plasma torch there is a reaction volume, into which an aqueous solution of aluminium nitrate is fed. Under the influence of high temperature, nitrate decomposes to form an oxide. The composition and properties of the obtained particles were determined using an electron scanning microscope.


Microscopic mechanisms of energy relaxation and dephasing in two-photon photoemission (2PPE) from metal surfaces are investigated by nonequilibrium Green function method. It is shown that the dephasing time corresponds to the lifetime of a hole excited in an occupied state by a pump photon. The hole lifetime also affects the energy relaxation time which is usually considered to be the intrinsic electron lifetime of an unoccupied state. The density matrix method can reproduce the results by the Green function method well, however, fails to estimate the effects of the hole scattering properly. Based on the obtained results, a new physical interpretation of the energy relaxation time and the dephasing time of metals is proposed.