(ProQuest: ... denotes non-US-ASCII text omitted.)Paul the Apostle: His Life and Legacy in Their Roman Context . By J. Albert Harrill . Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2012. xv + 208 pp. $25.99 paper.Book Reviews and Notes"That Saint Paul . . . . He's the one who makes all the trouble." Anyone who wants to understand that trouble would do well to take up this book, and anyone charged with teaching a course on the troublesome apostle will find it made for this purpose. That the author chooses this line from Hemingway for an epigraph tells us that he, too, wants to stir up a bit of creative trouble, in the classroom and in academic discourse about Paul. The book is an admirably succinct introduction to the current state of Pauline scholarship but wants also to offer an important correction. The book, identified as "a historical biography" with full awareness of the ambiguity of both adjective and noun, is divided into two roughly equal parts: "the life" and "the legend."Those address in turn the two pivotal insights that emerged in twentieth-century scholarship on Paul. First, to understand the life one must know the social and cultural context within which that life was lived and by which the surviving evidence for it was shaped. Second, to discern the significance of the life one must explore the ways its story was retold and appropriated or resisted by succeeding generations of interested parties.In late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century scholarship, the cultural context of nascent Christianity was defined by a supposed antithesis between "Judaism" and "Hellenism." Only slowly did we come to realize, by the turn of this century, that there were many different ways in which Jewish communities adapted to the complex culture of the Greco-Roman world, appropriating some elements, resisting others, in order to maintain but reshape their own identities. And the little sect and emerging trans-ethnic cult that would become "Christianity" must be understood--not "against" that "background," but--as indigenous in that dynamic culture. Harrill is fully in accord with that shift of consensus, but he wants to correct it in one important respect: Paul was not only "Jew" and "Greek," he was also Roman . That is the subject of chapter 3, which is effectively the book's center, and will likely provoke the most surprise and resistance. New Testament scholars tend to dismiss the notion that Paul might be in any way pro-Roman, as they tend to doubt the assertion of the book of Acts that he was born a Roman citizen. The recent influence of post-colonialist theory has strengthened this tendency; Paul is now commonly seen as deliberately anti -Roman. Harrill will have none of this, dismissing it as wishful thinking (91-94).The key term for Harrill's understanding of Paul's romanitas is the Latin auctoritas , which he translates "clout" or "influence. …


The Egyptian housing sector suffers from a number of deficiencies. Among these is the lack of an efficient housing finance mechanism. The mortgage market, formally developed in 2001, is still at nascent stages and is unable to provide such a mechanism for a large majority of would-be or actual buyers. This study examines the reasons behind the failure of the mortgage market to grow and thrive. It presents a qualitative analysis based on extensive interviews with the players in the mortgage market, including regulators, lenders and real-estate developers. It assesses the current market standing and identifies the barriers to the mortgage market and recommendations to overcome those barriers. Institutional immaturity and security measures are addressed at the core of problem as possible hypotheses to answer why mortgages are not more widespread. Through the intensive interviews, it is learned that there are specific barriers to mortgages as a housing finance mechanism. These barriers include, but are not limited to, the infrastructure associated with legal documentation and property registration; minimal mortgage education; hindrance in foreclosure policy and procedure; lack of an institutional leader; a limited secondary market; and an overall underexposure of Egyptian culture to mortgages. Market players participating in research offer recommendations that would improve the state of the mortgage market and overcome some of the barriers. Recommendations include nationwide awareness efforts, possibly starting with basic financial education at the school level; more promotion by regulators of the mortgage market; creation of mortgage-specific notaries; standardization of mortgage documents; and market synchronization through the establishment of a single national mortgage agency. This research demonstrates the importance of policy that is harmonious with existing supply of a commodity, in this case, housing, and the associated infrastructure.


Harmonic generation by Rayleigh–Lamb waves of finite amplitude in homogeneous, isotropic, stress‐free elastic plates is investigated theoretically. A bifrequency primary wave field is considered, in which the two waves propagate in single yet arbitrary Rayleigh–Lamb modes. Solutions for the second‐harmonic and difference‐frequency components are obtained via modal decomposition and use of reciprocity relations. Two conditions are required for generation and resonant amplification of these spectral components, power flow, and phase matching. Second‐harmonic generation is considered first. Although phase matching is possible between a primary wave in the first symmetric mode and its second harmonic in the second asymmetric mode, the power flow is found to be zero. However, with one primary wave in each of the first symmetric and asymmetric modes, both phase matching and power flow may be achieved with the difference‐frequency wave generated in the first asymmetric mode. In particular, resonant parametric am...


This letter proposes an ultrawideband (UWB) transmitter for a UWB primary impulse radar that is designed for real-time pedestrian localization. The proposed transmitter applies a novel combination of a UWB pulse generator followed by a UWB amplifier to boost output pulse amplitude, which is able to be turned off automatically after one pulse transmission in order to reduce power consumption. The transmitter has been fabricated using 45-nm SOI CMOS technology and has been measured on a printed circuit board (PCB). The produced pulses possess a high measured peak-to-peak amplitude of 425 mV and a width of around 600 ps. The power spectral density (PSD) of the pulse achieves a maximum of −41 dBm/MHz at 6 GHz with a −10-dB bandwidth of 4.5 GHz from 3.3 to 7.8 GHz that assures that the proposed transmitter complies with the regulation of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for UWB outdoor applications. The pulse generator consumes around 10 pJ/pulse from a 1-V supply, which is very low among the similar designs, and remains almost constant with an increasing pulse repetition time (PRT).


Racemic O,O-di(1-phenylethyl) dithiophosphoric acid was received by thiophosphorylation. This acid was transformed into ammonium salts by treatment of ammonia and (S)-(-)-1-phenylethylamine. The molecular structure of D,L-1-phenylethylammonium salts of O,O-diethyl dithiophosphoric acid was estab-lished by single crystal X-ray analysis.


For the past decade, additions to crude reserves in the U.S. from revisions to known onshore fields averaged 1.2 billion bbl per yr, or about one half the total reserve added. A large part of these reserves resulted from low cost, low risk water injection or other improved secondary recovery methods. In the future, such additions will come from increasingly expensive tertiary methods, as many prime low cost projects already are exploited. However, with proper price incentives, a potential reserve addition of 60 billion bbl from already discovered oil may be within reach. To accomplish this goal in the fact of 75 cents to $1.75 per bbl costs for tertiary oil, compared to last decade's 50 cents or less costs for secondary recovery oil, constant dollar, noninflation wellhead crude values must increase 20% to 30%. Exploration and development drilling also must continue to provide new oil reserves. This effort supplies the resource base for all future recovery methods. The current status of the development and recovery to total U.S. crude oil natural resource base is shown by tabular data. Of the future 60 billion additional bbl predicted to come from the Lower 48 by better technology, API now recognizes 5more » billion bbl to be added when conventional recovery methods under existing economics are applied.« less


The invention discloses a device and method for measuring a spatial dynamic angle. The device and method are used for measuring the spatial dynamic angle in real time. The device for measuring the spatial dynamic angle comprises a dynamic angle sensor, a cooperative target plate and a data processing system and is low in cost, high in accuracy and easy to operate. The method for measuring the spatial dynamic angle is characterized in that a dynamic angle sensor formed by a two-axis precise servo mechanism, a high-accuracy optical imaging system and a universal mechanical clamping mechanism is used for recognizing and tracking the cooperative target plate, measurement of the spatial dynamic angle is converted into target automatic recognition and tracking based on machine vision, the method becomes a new method in measurement science, the vision measurement technical connotation is enriched, and the device and method can meet the testing or measurement requirements in the fields such as the industry, military and scientific research.


Summary Cassava is one of the most important food crops in Africa. Meristem culture is an effective method ofeliminating viruses and other systemic diseases spread through the vegetative propagation of stems.However, in semi-arid conditions, survival of ex vitro plants in the field is often disappointing. When anincreasing range of light regimes in vitro was provided, the fresh and dry masses more than doubled theirvalues between 29 and 369 mmol s -1 m -2 PPFDs. Increases in numbers of senescent leaves and stemthickness were also recorded with increasing PPFD. However, PPFD above 101 mmol s -1 m -2 resulted in30-70% reduction in plant survival, with the thin plants with the smallest fresh and dry masses being theones with highest survival rates. High light and temperature levels in the greenhouse were also found to becritical for plant survival. It was also shown that transpirational loss from detached leaves and epicuticularwax deposits were not good indicators for predicting survival of


Transparent and flexible force sensor provides potential applications in a lot of area such as human wearable sensor, robotic sensor and underwater equipment. Here the work presents a zig-zag patterned hydrogel-based force sensor. Slow-gelling alginate hydrogel, self-designed microextrusion 3D printer and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) were adapted for the sensor fabrication. A slow-gelling hydrogel printing ink was prepared and printed onto the treated PDMS layer with a computer-aided designed zig-zag pattern. The line width and resistance of the printed hydrogel were precisely controlled by the self-designed microextrusion 3D printer. To stabilise the water content, a sandwich structure was adopted and two PDMS cover layers were fabricated to seal the hydrogel sensor. Theoretical analysis was performed and it is shown that the change rate of resistance was linear related to the force, and this analysis was proved by experiment. Experiments also show that the sensor was flexible and transparent. The zig-zag patterned hydrogel also and the PDMS layers provided stable water content and recording.


An ultrasound imaging system is provided with a vector compounder and a vector splicer for respectively compounding and splicing vector data from multiple firings along a scan line to improve image quality. The compounder consists of an accumulator which sums the vector data of at least two vector data sets and then scales the summed vector data by a scaling factor. Preferably, the scaling factor equals 1/n, where n is the number of vector data sets being summed. The splicer splices compounded vector data to form a single output vector data set in accordance with a weighting function that splices vector data from a first compounded vector data set for a firing having a first range of maximum focus and vector data from a second compounded vector data set for a firing having a second range of maximum focus with a transition region therebetween. The vector data from the first and second compounded vector data sets are combined in the transition region using a piecewise linear weighting function. The piecewise linear weighting function uses a first set of weighting factors which increase linearly in magnitude from a number less than 1.0 to 1.0 and a second set of weighting factors which decrease linearly in magnitude from 1.0 to a number less than 1.0, the weighting factors of the first and second sets forming pairs of weighting factors having magnitudes the sum of which equals 1.0.


Thequality ofanticoagulant treatmentof ambulatory patients isaffected by the content of referrallettersand administrative processes.To assessthese influences a method was developed to auditagainst thehospital standardthe referral of patients to one hospital anticoagulant clinic ina prospective study ofall(80)new patients referred to the clinic over eightmonths.Administrative information was providedby theclinic coordinator, andthereferral letters were auditedby the researchers. Referral letters were notreceived bytheclinic for 10% (8/80) ofpatients. Among the72 referral letters received, indication for anticoagulation andanticipated duration oftreatmentwere specified inmost (99%, 71and81%,58respectively), butonly3% (two)to 46% (33)reportedother important clinical information (objective investigations, date of starting anticoagulation, currentanticoagulant dose, dateand resultof latestinternational normalised ratio, whetheritshouldbethe anticoagulant clinic thatwas eventually to stop anticoagulation, patients' other medicalproblemsandconcurrenttreatment.Twentytwo per cent(16/80) ofnew attendees were unexpected at theanticoagulant clinic. Mostpatients' casenotes were obtained fortheappointment (61%, 47/77beforehand and 30% 23/77on the day), butcase noteswere notobtained for 9Gb(7/77). The authorsconcludethat healthprofessionals shouldbetter appreciatetheadministrative and organisationalinfluences thataffect team work and quality ofcare. Compliance witha well documentedprotocolremained below the acceptable standard.The quality ofthereferral process may be improvedbyusing a more comprehensive andhelpful referral form,whichhasbeen drawn up, and by educating referring doctors. Measuresto increase theefficiencyoftheadministrative process includetelephoning theclinic coordinator directly, direct referrals through a computerised referral system,andtelephone reminders byhaematology office staff to ward staff to ensure availability ofthe


This article studies and analyzes the data of "student study hour". The purpose of this article is to analyze the relationship between students' learning hours and the score. Data analysis involves machine learning and algorithms. Therefore, these two parts and their related knowledge need to be learned and mastered. In the following part, the article will first introduce the utilization methods, which are machine learning, Bayesian method and PyMC3. Then, the article introduces the details of the analysis steps for the "student study hour" data. The conclusion will be presented at the end of the article, which concludes the linear relation of the data, and the pros and cons of PyMC3.


Two Ni- and Cu-free bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) of Zr65Pd17:5Fe10Al7:5 and Zr65Pd12:5Ag5Fe10Al7:5, with a critical casting diameter of 6 mm and a compressive strength above 1500 MPa, were developed. While the Zr65Pd17:5Fe10Al7:5 alloy showed little plastic strain before fracture, the Zr65Pd12:5Ag5Fe10Al7:5 alloy exhibited much larger plasticity by the relatively stable, intermittent propagation of the major shear band under compression. This unusual plastic deformation behavior was interpreted on the basis of the contribution of the icosahedral shortrange order. Potentiodynamic polarization tests revealed that the Zr65Pd12:5Ag5Fe10Al7:5 alloy has a higher corrosion resistance than the Zr65Pd17:5Fe10Al7:5 alloy in phosphate buffered saline at 37 � C. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis revealed that the passive film of Zr65Pd12:5Ag5Fe10Al7:5 alloy consisted mostly of ZrO2, which may be responsible for the excellent corrosion resistance of this alloy. Ni- and Cufree BMGs with a critical diameter of 6 mm, together with enhanced mechanical properties and corrosion resistance, may be promising in biomedical applications. [doi:10.2320/matertrans.M2010068]


Myoelectric activity in four different shoulder muscles was collected and interpreted as indirect indicators of the load in eight different arm positions. The power spectrum changes associated with localized muscle fatigue were measured using a new dedicated instrument. Localized muscle fatigue was present in all muscles, in overhead and shoulder level work, and in some cases in waist level work • as well. For instance, in overhead work, the supraspinatus load was significantly affected by elbow positioning. The infraspinatus muscle held the highest fatigue effects of all muscles investigated. The results indicate the possibility of finding positions entailing reduction of the total muscular load in different working situations.


More than 3 million Asians have immigrated to the US since 1920. The proportion of Asians among all immigrants has changed dramatically; Asians now consititute the largest stream of immigrants to the US and comprise nearly half of all annual admissions. This paper 1st overviews the historical trends in Asian immigration to the US and surveys the racially restrictive legislation that has affected the trend at various times. It then examines the revolution in recent immigration trends and patterns. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the current debate about immigration policies and the implications for the future of Asian immigration to the US. Despite the dominance of Asians in recent immigration flows to the US Asian immigration has not figured prominently in the current debate about reforming immigration policies possibly because Asian immigrants are generally not perceived to be a problem. The demand for immigration from Asia to the US is due to the confluence of several forces: 1) differing levels of economic development 2) the sheer population size of Asia and 3) population pressure on available land and resources. Already there are signs that overall Asian immigration to the US has reached a plateau. In 1984 and 1985 immigration from Asia dropped substantially--entirely because of a slowdown in the admission of Vietnamese and Laotian refugees. If Asian immigration were to remain stable at its 1984 level of 240000 per year projections are that the population of Asian immigrants and their descendants would swell to 5.7 million by the year 2000 and 15.6 million just 30 years later.


The Hanoi Towers is a typical case of recursive calls in programming teaching.This paper introduces the basic process of designing Hanoi Towers animation game by VB,focuses on recording game state between two steps and designing animation by self-defined data type and graph skill in VB.


Four flavone glycosides were isolated from the extract of Erigeron breviscapus (Vant.) Han.-Mazz. and identified by spectral analyses as scutellarin (I), 5, 6, 4^-trihydroxy flavone-7-O-beta-D-galactopyranosiduronic acid (II), 4^-hydroxy baicalein-7-O-beta3-D-glucopyranosiduronic acid methyl ester (III), baicalein-7-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (IV). Compound II was new and compound IV was isolated from this plant for the first time.


The sample of 566 molecular clouds (Corbelli et al. 2017) identified in the CO(2–1) IRAM survey (Druard et al. 2014) covering the disk of M 33 is explored in detail.


Abstract Tafreshichyzeria hessabyi n. gen., n. sp. (Acari: Chyzeriidae) is described and illustrated from larvae ectoparasitic on adults of unidentified grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) from Arak, Iran. A key to the genera of Chyzeriinae of the world (larvae) is presented.


The paper reviewed recovery,treatment and utilization technology of waste polyurethane foam in refrigerator both domestic and overseas.In recent years,the number of scrapped refrigerator increases sharply in China,and rigid polyurethane foam is the type of plastics mostly used in refrigerator,which owns dual characteristics of resource and environmental pollution.In view of circular economy and the concept of cleaner production,it proposed that the harmless treating and disposal of waste polyurethane rigid foam is conducive to prompting the sustainable development of our country and the construction of Beautiful China.


On virtually all campuses, committees are the traditional way to evaluate problems and deal with institutional problems; indeed many institutional changes cannot be made without some committee's approval. Most of the information described here can be applied to formal committees, subcommittees and boards as well as informal task forces, working groups and advocacy groups. This information is also very useful when participating in departmental meetings. Not all strategies will be appropriate for all committees or all individuals. You'll want to pick out those that make sense to you and with which you are comfortable.


Most major stock market indexes across the globe are based on the market capitalization or price weighted index method, which has been derived from modern portfolio theory introduced by Harry Markowitz (1952). However, over the last decade, we have seen t


Elastic optical networks enter as a promising technology for the future of high-capacity networks. Its features provide flexibility and superior scalability in spectrum allocation following the growing demands of Internet traffic. In this letter, we propose a novel approach to address the routing, modulation level, and spectrum allocation (RMLSA) problem through the use of a distance-adaptive modulation scheme that enables the routing of traffic through multiple hops in virtual topology, enabling smoothing out the spectrum continuity and transmission distance constraints. The results showed that the use of the proposed scheme provide a gain of up to 82% in the bandwidth blocking rate using 7% less spectral resources in the network compared with the literature. This proposal opens a new avenue for future research, allowing new solutions for RMLSA problem.


A simulation model of FSAE racing car was established based on Adams/Car according to a sample car.To analyse the handling stability of the sample car,two handling stability simulation tests which contain step steer test and fish hook test are carried out based on GB/T6323-1994.The analysis of simulation results provides a clear reference for improving transient response performance and sharp steering performance of the racing car.


THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF PERSONAL CONSTRUCT PSYCHOLOGY. Personal Construct Psychology and Offending. PCP Assessment of Offenders. Therapy with Offenders--The PCP Perspective. Repertory Grids and the Measurement of Change. CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF PERSONAL CONSTRUCT PSYCHOLOGY WITH OFFENDERS. Young Offenders and Delinquency. Violence and Aggression. Sex Offenders. Personality Disordered Offenders. Alcohol, Drugs and Offending. Mental Illness and Offending. Epilogue. Appendices. Glossary. Further Reading and Resources. References. Index.


Baboon's Cucumber (Kedrostis africana (Linnaeus) Cogn is a monoecious caudiciform plant that belongs to Cucurbitaceae family. Baboon's Cucumber is used traditionally for the management of syphilis and obesity in South Africa. In the present study, we examined the hatchability and lethality of Baboon's Cucumber bulb extracts against brine shrimps. The tested samples were aqueous extract, acetone extract, and ethanol extract. Cytotoxicity was screened using Brine Shrimp Lethality Test (BSLT). The hatching success was in the order: ethanol extracts (49.2%) >aqueous extract (45.4%) >acetone extract (45.2%). All the extracts hatching success were significantly higher than the positive control (potassium dichromate) (p <0.05). Based on Clarkson's toxicity index, LC50> 1 mg/mL were considered non-toxic for acetone extract while the aqueous and ethanolic extracts were considered to be moderately toxic (LC50 100-500 μg/mL) with LC50 of 0.298 and 0.489 mg/mL respectively. In conclusion, since the aqueous and ethanolic bulb extracts of K. africana exhibits potent cytotoxic property comparable to that of standard drug. Therefore, this might be utilized for the development of novel anticancer drug leads and the nontoxic acetonic extracts could further be exploited for the development of plant-based pharmaceuticals. INTRODUCTION: The healing potentials in plants are an antique concept. The World Health Organization (WHO) has long recognized and drawn the attention of many countries to the ever increasing interest of the public in the use of medicinal plants and their products in the management or treatment of various ailments. This discovery has brought about the search for novel drugs which are plants-derived and possess the potency to combat the menace of drug resistance pathogenic microorganism, antitumor, anti-obesity and anticancer agents 1, 2 . QUICK RESPONSE CODE DOI: 10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.8(9).3719-25 Article can be accessed online on: www.ijpsr.com DOI link: http://dx.doi.org/10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.8 (9).3719-25 Obesity is becoming one of the most prevalent health concerns among all populations and age groups worldwide, resulting into a significant increase in mortality and morbidity related to coronary heart diseases, diabetes type 2, metabolic syndrome, stroke and cancers 3 5 . Recently, there has been difficulty in the treatment of obesity because some of the drugs in the market have side effects, including increased blood pressure, dry mouth, constipation, headache, and insomnia 6, 7 . Therefore it has become imperative to explore natural products for treating obesity as this may be an excellent alternative strategy for developing future effective, safe anti-obesity drugs which would also be affordable 8, 9 . Kedrostis africana (Linnaeus)Cogn. is among the plants used by traditional healer for the management of obesity in the Eastern Cape of South Africa by a survey conducted by Afolayan and Mbaebie 10 .


In modern Russia to the vocational education system, is to develop in higher education and training institutionsset of conditions for the development of tolerance as an important characteristic of the individual expertssocio-pedagogical profile. Manifestations of tolerance as an important characteristic of social workers(professionals working in children's homes, social shelters, centers for social assistance to families and children,geriatric centers in Moscow) with a different experience of employment (from 1 to 18 years) were studied by theauthors in the course of fifteen years using valid diagnostic techniques. Identified the relationship of tolerancedevelopment social workers with their individually-typological properties and age and gender characteristics ofthe individual. The article describes the characteristics of the authors developed an individual style manifestationof tolerance: synergy, effectively adaptive, selective.


This article discusses the results of the dynamic study conducted in the laboratory conditions to explore the effect of density and moisture of moistened loess soils on the dynamic stability of slope steepness. It is noted that the seismic stability of slope structures is determined by both internal factors, such as adhesion and friction forces, vertical stress components, soil density, base thickness, and external factors, such as the acceleration of oscillation and its components: amplitude, frequency, period. For static processing of the experimental results, a simplified method proposed for identifying the averaged value of soil indicators was used. The essence of this method is to plot a graph of the average values of a particular accumulated indicator, for example, the resistance of soil to shear under various dynamic loads. At the same time, the average indicator values are determined first from the data of two experiments, then three, four, etc. The experiments conducted on loess and sand slopes with different dynamic effects showed a direct dependence of slope steepness on soil density. There is a decrease in slope steepness with increasing clay particles in the soil composition, which indicates a greater dynamic stability of soils containing clay particles. Similar results were also shown by the experiments with fine dust particles (0.01-0.005 mm). The experimental studies on the influence of moisture on the stability of slope steepness showed that an increase in moisture always contributes to a change in soil strength. It is established that there is a significant change in this case in plastic soil cohesion, which makes it possible to conclude that soil strength in the slope composition is mainly determined by the amount of plastic cohesion depending on soil moisture. It is also established that any increase in soil moisture contributes to a decrease in plastic soil cohesion, which in turn increases the soil deformation capacity. Increasing the moisture content of loamy soil by 10-15% reduces plastic cohesion by almost two times within 1.5-2 hours. After 10-12 hours, there is a gradual increase in the value of cohesion, which apparently is due to the restoration of the destroyed soil cohesion with the course of time.


Intelligent Personal Assistants (IPAs) like Amazon Alexa, Apple Siri, and Google Assistant are increasingly becoming a part of our everyday. As IPAs become ubiquitous and their applications expand, users turn to them for not just routine tasks, but also intelligent conversations. In this study, we measure the emotional intelligence (EI) displayed by IPAs in the English and Hindi languages; to our knowledge, this is a pioneering effort in probing the emotional intelligence of IPAs in Indian languages. We pose utterances that convey the Sadness or Humor emotion and evaluate IPA responses. We build on previous research to propose a quantitative and qualitative evaluation scheme encompassing new criteria from social science perspectives (display of empathy, wit, understanding) and IPA-specific features (voice modulation, search redirects). We find EI displayed by Google Assistant in Hindi is comparable to EI displayed in English, with the assistant employing both voice modulation and emojis in text. However, we do find that IPAs are unable to understand and respond intelligently to all queries, sometimes even offering counter-productive and problematic responses. Our experiment offers evidence and directions to augment the potential for EI in IPAs.


A smoking article having the mouse end and a distal end portion (2, 40, 50, 60) as, a smoking article (2, 40, 50, 60) are heat source (4); Aerosol generating substrate (6) in the downstream of the heat source (4); At least one air inlet downstream of the aerosol generating substrate (6); And an air flow path extending between at least one air inlet and the mouse end of a smoking article (2, 40, 50, 60). The air flow path downstream in a longitudinal direction from the first part of the mouth end of the first part and the smoking article (2, 40, 50, 60) extending upstream in the longitudinal direction to the aerosol generating substrate from at least one air inlet and a second part which extends.


Gas turbine blades (buckets) are among the most critical and expensive components of the engine. Buckets rely on protective coatings in order to withstand the harsh environment in which they operate. The thickness and the microstructure of coatings during the lifespan of a unit are fundamental to evaluate their fitness for service. A frequency scanning Eddy Current instrument can allow the measurement of the thickness and of physical properties of coatings in a Non-Destructive manner. The method employed relies on the acquisition of impedance spectra and on the inversion of the experimental data to derive the coating properties and structure using some assumptions. This article describes the experimental validation performed on several samples and real components in order to assess the performance of the instrument as a coating thickness gage. The application of the technique to support residual life assessment of serviced buckets is also presented.


This paper proposes a class of full space diversity full rate space-time turbo codes. Both parallel concatenated and serially concatenated codes are designed. A rank theory proposed by the authors earlier is employed to check the full space diversity of the codes. The simulations show that the space-time turbo codes can take full advantage of space diversity and time diversity if they are available in the channels. We also study the robustness of performance of both turbo codes and trellis codes in space-time correlated fading channels.


Zinc can played three roles in Zn/MnO_2 battery: negative electrode material,a container and a current collector.Replacing some of zinc from the non-reacted container part with plastics coated by electrostatic spraying on the outer wall of the zinc can won't have any influence on the performance of battery,such as continuous discharge,intermittent discharge,leakproof,high temperature storage.This technology could reduce the costs and zinc consumption in the Zn/MnO_2 battery,suitable to high capacity and big size battery.


As part of The Geysers research activities of DOE's Geothermal Reservoir Technology Program, LBL, in close cooperation with industry, is performing fundamental and applied studies of vapor-dominated geothermal systems. These studies include the development of new methods for evaluating cold water injection, monitoring of the seismic activity in The Geysers associated with injection and production, interpretation of pressure and geochemical changes measured during well tests and long-term production and injection operations, and improvement of existing models of the geothermal system. A review is given of the latest results of DOE-sponsored LBL reservoir engineering and seismic studies relevant to The Geysers.


Continuing recalcitrance to therapy cements pancreatic cancer (PC) as the most lethal malignancy, which is set to become the second leading cause of cancer death in our society. We interrogated the transcriptome, genome, proteome and functional characteristics of 61 novel PC patient-derived cell lines to define novel therapeutic strategies targeting the DNA damage response (DDR) and replication stress. We show that patient-derived cell lines faithfully recapitulate the epithelial component of pancreatic tumors including previously described molecular subtypes. Biomarkers of DDR deficiency, including a novel signature of homologous recombination deficiency, co-segregates with response to platinum and PARP inhibitor therapy in vitro and in vivo. We generated a novel signature of replication stress with potential clinical utility in predicting response to ATR and WEE1 inhibitor treatment. Replication stress and DDR deficiency are independent of each other, creating opportunities for therapy in DDR proficient PC, and post-platinum therapy. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE We define therapeutic strategies that target subgroups of PC using novel signatures of DNA damage response deficiency and replication stress. This potentially offers patients with DNA repair defects therapeutic options outside standard of care platinum chemotherapy and is being tested in clinical trials on the Precision-Panc platform.


Input interface Output interface Computing THE ARCHITECTURE OF HYPER-INSTRUMENTS (HI) • HI's usually separate the control interface and the sound generation ⇒ risk of developing poor mapping strategies • Break down of the perceptual linkage between the physical action and the musical reaction • Expressive information in music relies on details that are usually difficult to perceive at the level of the performer's gestures


1 Hyaluronan is not only a lubricant but also enhances the synovial lining's resistance to fluid outflow. This finding led to the proposal that hyaluronan (> 2 × 106Da, ∼210 nm radius) may escape across the synovial lining less freely than smaller solutes (e.g. albumin, 6.7 × 104 Da, 3.6 nm radius) or water. Here multiple washouts were used to measure intra‐articular hyaluronan mass and secretion rate in rabbit knees, leading to an estimate of hyaluronan turnover time. Plasma albumin permeation into the joint cavity was also measured to enable comparison of turnover times between molecules of very disparate size. 2 Endogenous hyaluronan mass in the joint cavity, analysed by high performance liquid chromatography of joint washes, was 182 ± 9.9 μg (mean ± S.E.M; n= 21). Since hyaluronan concentration in synovial fluid averages 3.62 ± 0.19 μg μl−1, the endogenous synovial fluid volume was calculated to be 50 μl (mass/concentration), about double the aspiratable volume. 3 The hyaluronan secretion rate over 4h was 4.80 ± 0.77μg h−1 (n= 5). The rate was significantly higher in contralateral joints expanded by 2 ml Ringer solution (5.80 ± 0.84 μg h −1, n= 5, P= 0.01, Student's paired t test), indicating a stretch/hydration sensitive secretory mechanism. The newly secreted chains ((2.05–2.48) × 108 Da) were not significantly different in length from the endogenous chains (2.95 × 108 Da). 4 Hyaluronan turnover time, calculated as mass/secretion rate, was 31.4–37.9 h. This is more than an order of magnitude longer than turnover time for intra‐articular albumin. The latter, determined from the intra‐articular albumin mass and plasma‐to‐cavity permeation rate was 1.8 h (95% confidence intervals 1.2–3.5 h, n= 9). The big difference in turnover times support the view that, relative to albumin and water, hyaluronan is partially sieved out and retained in the joint cavity by the synovial lining. The lining cell layer is discontinuous, so it appears that interstitial matrix itself acts as a leaky size‐selective molecular filter.


Background There is rising evidence that in glioblastoma(GBM) surgery an increase of extent of resection(EoR) leads to an increase of patient's survival. Based on histopathological assessments tumor depiction of Gd-DTPA enhancement and 5-aminolevulinic-acid-fluorescence(5-ALA) might be synergistic for intraoperative resection control. Objective To assess impact of additional use of 5-ALA in intraoperative MRI(iMRI) assisted surgery of GBMs on extent of resection(EoR), progression free survival(PFS) and overall survival(OS). Methods We prospectively enrolled 33 patients with GBMs eligible for gross-total-resection(GTR) and performed a combined approach using 5-ALA and iMRI. As a control group, we performed a retrospective matched pair assessment, based on 144 patients with iMRI-assisted surgery. Matching criteria were, MGMT promotor methylation, recurrent surgery, eloquent location, tumor size and age. Only patients with an intended GTR and primary GBMs were included. We calculated Kaplan Mayer estimates to compare OS and PFS using the Log-Rank-Test. We used the T-test to compare volumetric results of EoR and the Chi-Square-Test to compare new permanent neurological deficits(nPND) and general complications between the two groups. Results Median follow up was 31 months. No significant differences between both groups were found concerning the matching criteria. GTR was achieved significantly more often (p <0.010) using 5-ALA&iMRI (100%) compared to iMRI alone(82%). Mean EoR was significantly(p<0.004) higher in 5-ALA&iMRI-group(99.7%) than in iMRI-alone-group(97.4%) Rate of complications did not differ significantly between groups(21% iMRI-group,27%5-ALA&iMRI-group,p<0.518). nPND were found in 6% in both groups. Median PFS (6mo resp.;p<0.309) and median OS(iMRI:17mo;5-ALA&iMRI-group:18mo;p<0.708)) were not significantly different between both groups. Conclusion We found a significant increase of EoR when combining 5-ALA&iMRI compared to use of iMRI alone. Maximizing EoR did not lead to an increase of complications or neurological deficits if used with neurophysiological monitoring in eloquent lesions. No final conclusion can be drawn whether a further increase of EoR benefits patient's progression free survival and overall survival.


In this paper I will present a comparison of the design frameworks used in programming and those followed in order to implement an empirical study. As part of this comparison I will consider views from both a computer science and a psychology background describing the processes and terminology used in each. I will draw on some fundamental similarities and differences explaining these by considering what the designers in each case aim to achieve. Finally I will conclude by focusing on some of the philosophical aspects of design underpinning each discipline. These will include the concepts of epistemology, ontology and general worldview.


Stand by Me (SBM), a four-year-old program created to educate Delaware residents about personal finance and motivate them to achieve financial goals, is currently being implemented by four state agencies, seven nonprofits, and about 50 businesses. The program, which is a joint initiative of the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services and the United Way of Delaware, has the support of Delaware Governor Jack Markell — a longtime proponent of financial education.


The concept of relative permeability is the key concept in extending Darcy's law for single phase flow through porous media to the two-phase flow regime. Relative permeability functions are needed for simulation studies of two-phase geothermal reservoirs. These are poorly known inspite of considerable theoretical and experimental investigations during the last decade. Since no conclusive results exist, many investigators use ad hoc parametrization, or adopt results obtined from flow of oil and gas (Corey, 1954). It has been shown by Reda and Eaton (1980) that this can lead to serious deficiencies. Sensitivity of the relative permeability curves for prediction of mass flow rate and flowing enthalpy into geothermal wells has been studied by many investigators (e.g. Eaton and Reda (1980), Bodvarsson et al (1980), Sun and Ershagi (1979) etc.). It can be concluded from these studies that the beehavior of a two-phase steam/water reservoir depends greatly on the relative permeability curves used. Hence, there exists a need for obtaining reliable relative permeability functions.


Background
We previously reported that repeated low-dose grass pollen intradermal allergen injection suppresses allergen-induced cutaneous late-phase responses, comparable with conventional high-dose subcutaneous and sublingual immunotherapy.

Objective
To evaluate the efficacy and mechanism of grass pollen intradermal immunotherapy for treatment of allergic rhinitis.

Design
A Phase II, double-blind, randomised controlled parallel-group trial.

Setting
Single-centre UK study.

Participants
Adults aged 18–65 years, with grass pollen-induced allergic rhinoconjunctivitis.

Interventions
Seven 2-weekly intradermal injections were given into the forearm, containing either Phleum pratense soluble grass pollen extract (7 ng of the major allergen Phl p 5) or histamine control.

Main outcome measures
The primary outcome was a combined symptom and medication score (CSMS) during the 2013 grass pollen season. Secondary clinical outcomes were overall symptom scores; individual symptoms scores for nose, mouth, eyes and lungs; overall medication scores; CSMSs during the peak season; visual analogue scale (VAS) scores for nose and eye symptoms; Mini Rhinitis Quality of Life Questionnaire scores; health-related quality-of-life scores (European Quality of Life-5 Dimensions, 5-levels); a global evaluation of symptoms, number of symptom-free and medication-free days; number of days when prednisolone was used; and adverse events. Mechanistic studies included measurement of late-phase skin response sizes, allergen-specific antibody titres, analysis of skin biopsies and basophil activation tests.

Results
There was no significant difference in CSMSs between treatment arms [difference in median area under curve (AUC) 14, 95% confidence interval (CI) –172.5 to 215.1; p = 0.80]. Paradoxically, among the secondary outcomes, nasal symptoms measured with daily scores were higher in the active arm (difference in median AUC 35, 95% CI 4.0 to 67.5; p = 0.03), with a trend for higher nasal symptoms measured by VASs (difference in median AUC 53, 95% CI –11.6 to 125.2; p = 0.05). No differences were seen in other clinical outcomes in the main intention-to-treat analysis. In mechanistic studies, active treatment increased P. pratense-, Phl p 1- and Phl p 5-specific immunoglobulin E (all p = 0.001) compared with the control. T cells cultured from skin biopsies of active intradermal immunotherapy subjects showed higher T helper type 2 cell (Th2) marker CRTH2 (chemoattractant receptor-homologous molecule expressed on Th2 cells) expression (p < 0.05) and lower T helper type 1 cell marker CXCR3 [chemokine (C-X-C Motif) receptor 3] expression (p < 0.05), respectively. Interleukin 5 messenger ribonucleic acid, measured by microarray, was more highly expressed by cultured skin T cells in the active arm (p < 0.05). Late-phase skin responses to grass pollen were still inhibited up to 7 months after intradermal immunotherapy (p = 0.03), but not at 10–13 months' time points.

Limitations
Grass pollen doses were not increased during the course, as our proof-of-concept trial showed that repeating the same doses was sufficient to achieve almost complete late-response suppression. Injections were not continued throughout the season, as previous subcutaneous grass pollen immunotherapy trials have demonstrated preseasonal regimen efficacy.

Conclusions
Intradermal immunotherapy suppressed late-phase skin responses to allergen, but was not clinically effective. The intervention appeared to have an immunological priming effect and exacerbated certain seasonal symptoms, notably in the nose.

Future work
Further studies on low-dose intradermal grass pollen immunotherapy are not recommended because of our demonstrated worsening of allergic rhinitis symptoms and immunological priming. The findings are of great significance for other novel immunotherapies targeting the skin, such as epicutaneous techniques.

Trial registration


In this study, 7 items were used to define a composite variable that measures the perceived effectiveness of student conduct systems. Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) was used to test the relationship between perceived level of system effectiveness and self-reported student learning. In the analyses, 49% of the variance in reported learning outcomes was explained by the composite variable. How a conduct system is administered has a dramatic influence on how much is learned by students who interact with that system. When conduct officers view the concepts of due process and fundamental fairness as system efficacy, they are more apt to generate the type of intentional practice advanced by Lancaster (2006). Intentional practice requires student conduct professionals to engage in processes that are timely, fair, explanative, respectful, and facilitative, and that foster student learning.


Bleaching is one of hair-decoloring techniques widely used in the beauty treatment. Since hydrogen peroxide is used in this process, disulfide bonds in proteins, which represent a major class of hair components, are oxidatively cleaved and cysteine residues are converted to cysteic acid residues. Increased cysteic acid is considered to be a major cause of hair damages, and local changes in mechanical properties through cysteic acid formation have been presumed to affect the hair texture in an undesirable manner. In this study, we characterized the cysteic acid formation in Southeast Asian hair multidirectionally by means of three infrared spectroscopy-based techniques (ATR, KBr tablet, and microscopic). The result obtained by the ATR method showed that the amount of cysteic acid increase in a stepwise manner with respect to bleaching time. Since the measurement region of the ATR method is the cuticle layer on the hair surface, the KBr tablet method was used to analyze the cysteic acid formation behaviors in the cortex, an inner layer of the hair shaft. The result showed a stepwise increase depending on bleaching time, similarly to the result from the ATR analysis. Further, the result from microscopic analysis using the large synchrotron radiation facility SPring-8 demonstrated that the amount of cysteic acid formed by bleaching was constant across the cortex layer. Detailed analysis of the data obtained with these three methods suggested that the diffusion rate-limiting kinetics of cysteic acid formation in the cortex layer was due to slow diffusion of hydrogen peroxide from cell membrane complexes into cortex cells.


Needle-like ZnO nanorod (ZnO-NR)/2,9,16,23-tetra-phenoxy nickel phthalocyanine (TPNiPc) nanofiber hierarchical hetero-nanostructures have been successfully designed and constructed via a two-step hydrothermal approach on zinc foil. The as-prepared ZnO-NR/TPNiPc hierarchical hetero-nanostructure exhibited superior photocatalytic activities in degradation of Rhodamine B assisted by H2O2 under visible light irradiation with excellent efficiency, recyclability and stability. The intermolecular electron transfer in the process of photocatalysis was further confirmed by the enhanced photocurrent. This method offers a simple, economical, and convenient way to obtain a highly efficient visible-light photocatalyst based on ZnO, showing great industrial application potential in eliminating the organic pollutants from wastewater.


During the past three years one of us (C. W. F.) has observed 5 instances in which a member of a band who played some type of horn acquired vitiligo in the center of the upper lip. All of these patients were Negroes. Recently another eruption of this type was observed in a white trumpeter by one of us (H. H. H.). The literature contains no similar observations, and the book on "Occupational Diseases of the Skin" by Schwartz and Tulipan 1 records none. In a personal interview Dr. Schwartz stated that no such instance had been reported, but that the condition might well come from a wooden mouth piece or from metal polish. A careful history of our 6 cases revealed the fact that in each instance the mouth piece was of brass and no polish had been used on it. It is worthy of note that there


This paper discusses knowledge management strategies based on exploitation or exploration and the competitive intelligence perspective in the creation and sharing of knowledge. It establishes differences and similarities between knowledge management and competitive intelligence regarding the definition, creation, and use of knowledge and intelligence, and proposes a theoretical framework for organizations to choose their own knowledge management strategies.


Objective To explore the management and its curative effect on antrochoanal polyps in children.Methods A retrospective review has been made of 8 patients of antrochoanal polyp by endoscopic surgery at our hospital.Results All of them were cured and no complications occurred.Conclusion Endoscopic surgery is a safe and effective option on antrochoanal polyps in children.


ABSTRACT α-/β-/γ-Bi2O3 photocatalytic nanocomposite was prepared through thermal treatment of synthesised nanoparticles by submerged arc discharge . FE-SEM reveals the formation of flake nanostructures after thermal treatment. The signatures of multi-heterojunction formation among α-, β- and γ-Bi2O3 are confirmed by the XRD and PL spectroscopy. The optical transmission spectra indicated narrower band gap of α-/β-/γ-Bi2O3 nanocomposites. The photocatalytic performance of the samples studied by degradation of methyl orange (MeO) and compared based on multi-heterojunction formation . The composite nanostructures exhibited about twice as high photocatalytic activity than single-phase nanostructures. Cyclic photocatalytic degradation reveal stable performance of α-/β-/γ-Bi2O3 nanocomposites for the long term and cyclic utilisation. The enhanced photocatalytic activity can be attribute to the formation of heterojunctions between α-, β- and γ-Bi2O3. . In addition, PL spectra indicated that the recombination rate of samples after thermal treatment are much lower than that of samples before thermal treatment.


It has been done, the research which aims to develop a web-based teaching materials on the subjects of physics subject with subject mater of temperature and heat. This study using a modified model of the 4D development by eliminating the deployment phase. The validation of product development conducted by validator media experts and experts matter of physics, whereas small-scale trials conducted by physics teacher and 10 students. Validator review results stating that the quality of the product development were included in the category very well with the average percentage rating of 83.93%. The percentage value assigned by media expert by 75% in the good category and the percentage of the value provided by a matter expert 92.85% were in the very good category. Experiments by physics teacher to obtain result of equal to 94.44% were in the very good category and the average percentage of the test results by the students of 90.5% were in the very good category. The characteristics of the products developed include material composition using the curriculum in 2013, there was a recording facility and the results of evaluation of students' activities, there were feedback evaluation results were immediately known by the students and there were some links related to the material either youtube or other learning website.


The invention discloses a method for measuring content of silicon dioxide in iron ores, relates to a detecting method and in particular relates to the method for measuring content of silicon dioxide in iron ores. The method comprises the following steps of: decomposing the silicon dioxide iron ore samples at certain temperature by adopting hydrofluoric acid-nitric acid; controlling the volume of the test solution to form a ternary constant-boiling system of fluosilicic acid, hydrofluoric acid and water; adding potassium chloride and potassium fluoride in hydrochloric acid-nitric acid mixture medium, so that silicic acid is precipitated out in the form of potassium fluosilicate large crystals; removing free acid by filtering and washing the precipitates, generating hydrofluoric acid by hydrolysis adopting boiling water, and using bromothymol blue-phenol red as an indictor and using sodium hydroxide standard titration solution to titrate so as to obtain the content of the silicon dioxide in the iron cores. The method has the characteristics of being simple, quick, low in cost, good in reproducibility and the like.


Skovoroda's philosophy is considered through the prism of philosophical ideas and features of the scientific discourse presented by the modern philosophers, in particular Rene Descartes. Special attention is paid to the similarity of these philosophers' views, who focus their attention of the method of self-cognition. However, Descartes engages in the gnosiological aspect and pays attention to the process of cognition and on the correctness of conclusions. Whereas Skovoroda is concentrated on ontology or even on metaphysics speaking not so much about the process of cognition, but about the essence of existence. Besides this it is important that both thinkers have the same world-view intuition, in particular Skovoroda, akin to Descartes, considers God to be the only source of final and absolute truth.


Biochemistry is an importantly basic medicine subject and plays an important role in the development of medicine.Tea-chers should pay attention to training students to have a good experiment habit and a research ability,extend the knowledge range of students in biochemical experiment classes to improve the comprehensive abilities of students and cultivate excellent students for medical career.


Patients with prior myocardial infarction (MI) are at increased risk for recurrent cardiovascular events. Advances in treatment in the last decade has improved prognosis of patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), yet it is not known whether similar trends exist in patients with prior MI who are admitted with an ACS, a particularly high-risk group.

 Patients admitted with ACS who were enrolled in the ACS Israeli Surveys (ACSIS). Patients were stratified by early (2000–2008) and late (2010–2016) time-periods and by prior MI status. Clinical outcomes included 30-d MACE (death, MI, stroke, unstable angina, stent thrombosis, urgent revascularization) and 1-year mortality.

 A total of 15,211 ACS patients were included, of whom 4627 (30%) had a prior MI. These patients were older (67y vs. 63y), more commonly male, had more prior comorbidities, and a higher proportion had a GRACE score>140 (38.4% vs 12.2%). Patients with prior MI received more prior medications such as aspirin, statins, antihypertensives and hypoglycemics. During time, utilization of guideline-recommended therapies such as P2Y12 inhibitors, statins, and PCI had significantly improved in patients with prior MI. However, compared with patients without prior MI, they were still treated less commonly by PCI (61% vs. 74%). Overall, patients with prior MI had a higher 30-d MACE (13.7% vs 17.2%, p<0.001) and 1-year mortality (8.2% vs. 13.1%, p<0.001). In patients with prior MI, during time, 30d MACE nearly halved (22.7% to 11.8%) and 1-year mortality also decreased (15.5% to 10.7%). Upon adjustment, prior MI was independently associated with 1-year mortality (HR 1.13, 95% CI 1.01–1.26, p=0.04) and the late time-period was associated with reduced 1-year mortality (HR 0.75, 95% CI 0.65–0.84, p<0.001).

 Patients with prior MI have a worse prognosis after ACS despite being treated with prior medications and improvement in guideline-based therapies. Although still undertreated, their clinical outcome has significantly improved throughout the years.


Progress monitoring is an essential task of the Software Project Management (SPM), which is executed during the development process of software projects. In the market today, several tools are available for monitoring the progress of a project. However, most of these tools lack sufficient progress monitoring mechanisms, making them unattractive for many organizations. Moreover, some of the tools do not report and/or visualize useful information regarding the project status. To address these limitations, this study investigates some of the common tools used by Software Development Organizations (SDOs), which leverage on project management approaches and the concept of Agile methods. The SPM tools' pros and cons were identified through a literature survey. The key limitations were highlighted to show the gap in this area that led to the inception of this study. Resultantly, a Progress Monitoring Prototype Tool (PM-PT) was developed to overcome the limitations of the existing tools used in SPM. Subsequently, PM-PT was tested and evaluated by interviewing seven software practitioners. The initial results indicate that PM-PT is a useful and effective tool for software project monitoring task. Future work will focus on improving PM-PT based on the constructive suggestions and recommendations provided by the software practitioners.


Purchasing souvenirs is an important travel shopping behaviour in the tourist industry. Multiple studies have explored dimensions related to a souvenir. However, the attributes of souvenirs are inconsistent and few studies have explored from tourists' perspective the customer value of the souvenirs they purchased. Using food souvenirs as an example, this study adopted the means-end chains approach to explore the consumer value of food souvenirs purchased by tourists. Based on the attribute–consequence–value linkages, food souvenir attributes most important to tourists were identified, and subsequently, the product attributes for food souvenirs were determined. This study found that when choosing which food souvenirs to buy, tourists perceived the following nine major attributes as important: good taste, shareability, convenient, nostalgia and unique, human warmth, authenticity, local characteristics, famous and representative. The findings of this study can serve as reference for helping business industry to design products. This study recommends incorporating these nine attributes and local characteristics into destination tourism development to closely resonate with the needs of tourists and strengthen tourists' perception and impression of the customs of destination tourism industry.


The sinter strength is guaranteed by liquid phase formation and agglomeration of the unmelted materials. Liquid phase formation and fluidity of iron ores are the basic which have significant influence on the yield and quality of the sinter. In this study, first the thermodynamic analysis of liquid phase formation was carried out with FactSage on seven kinds of domestic and overseas iron ores. Second, the generation speed, the amount of liquid phase and fluidity index of the sinters were measured and analyzed. The results indicated that the sinter liquid formation increased with rising temperature. When the reaction temperature was 1050 °C, a part of iron ore generated some liquid phase at a rapid speed, and the production of the liquid phase of most iron ores reached the highest level at about 1350 °C. As there is a large difference about liquid phase fluidity between different iron ores, the iron ores with worse fluidity could be used for matching with the iron ores of better fluidity in order to meet the quality requirements of the sinter.


This study aims to examine job satisfaction at the real estate sector according to various variables and the research depends onSurvey Questionnaire Model. The research group, randomly selected,126employees working in real estate sector in İstanbul.Firstly, some demographic questions were asked and then Minnesota Satisfaction is carried out to participants.The analysis was carried out through Descriptive and Inferential Statistics. The main purpose of this study was to illustrate the applicability of Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA) in detecting and representing underlying structures on the datasetsand also by using Principal Component Analysis we obtained significant factors about job satisfaction questions


First,this paper introduces the method and calculational process of the traditional AHP and puts forward an improvement of AHP method.The improved AHP solves all shortages of traditional AHP and has the character of simple calculation and highly precise and widely usability.So it is easy to realize calculation by computer.At the end of this paper,through application analysis,we explain how to use this method in actual problems.


Liabilities management is the description the nuclear industry uses for looking after its future obligations for spent fuel management, waste management and decommissioning arising from today's operations and managing, as responsibly and cost-effectively as possible, the discharge of those similar obligations that have arisen from the past. This paper considers how the reshaping of the industry over recent years has influenced financial responsibilities and liabilities and how these liabilities compare with other industries. The paper moves on to discuss the issues of ethics and generic and environmental principles and explains how Magnox Electric has applied these principles to its management liabilities strategy.


This paper provides a survey of our knowledge of the prosody of rhetorical questions, i.e. questions that do not require an answer and try to commit the listener to the presupposed answer, as compared to the prosody of string-identical genuine, information seeking-questions. The survey includes semantic literature on questions, corpus data, and experimental evidence from production and perception experiments. It covers a range of typologically different languages (German, English, Icelandic, Italian, Standard Chinese, Cantonese, Japanese, French) that have different word-level and phrase-level characteristics. The main finding is that rhetorical and information seeking questions differ reliably in terms of the following prosodic characteristics: (i) f0-features (e.g., position and type of pitch accent, type of boundary tone, as well as more global f0-parameters, depending on language type); (ii) duration / speaking rate (rhetorical questions are typically longer / produced with slower speaking rate than information-seeking questions). Often, but not always, rhetorical questions are produced with non-modal voice quality.


Electroencephalography (EEG) is an electrical signal recorded from a person's scalp, and is used to monitor the neurological state of the patient. This thesis proposes a quantified continuity feature to aid preterm neonatal EEG analysis. The continuity of EEG signals for preterm infants refers to the variation of the EEG amplitude, and is affected by the conceptional age of the infants. Currently, the continuity of the signal is determined largely by visual examination of the raw EEG signal, or by using general guidelines on amplitude-integrated EEG (aEEG), which is a compressed plot of the estimated signal envelope. The proposed parametric feature embodies the statistical distribution parameters of the signal amplitudes. The signal is first segmented into pseudo-stationary segments using Generalized Likelihood Ratio (GLR). These segments are used to construct a vector of amplitude, the distribution of which can be modelled using a log-normal distribution. The mean and standard deviation of the log-normal distribution are used as the continuity feature. This feature is less prone to the effects of local transient activities than the aEEG. This investigation has demonstrated that the degree of continuity corresponds to the major axis of the feature distribution in the feature space, and the minor axis roughly corresponds to the age of the infants in healthy files. Principal component analysis was performed on the feature, with the first coefficient used as a continuity index and the second coefficient as a maturation index. In this research, classifiers were developed to use the continuity feature to produce a qualitative continuity label. It was found that using a linear discriminant analysis based classifier, labelled data can be used as training data to produce labels consistent across all recordings. It was also found that unsupervised classifiers can assist in identifying the intrinsic clusters occurring in the recordings. It was concluded that the proposed continuity feature can be used to aid further research in neonatal EEG analysis. Further work should focus on using the continuity information to provide a context for further feature extraction and analysis.


Review of the advantages and disadvantages of the current Tanzania Tide Gauge (TG) vertical Datum (VD) has revealed that some of the problems cannot be solved to conform to the Satellite geodesy era timely and cost effectively. The current VD is costly and uneconomic. By changing to a Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) compatible VD, most of the problems of the current Tide Gauge-Vertical Datum (TG-VD will disappear and thus boost greatly economic and social prosperity. One of the current objectives of the International Association of Geodesy (IAG) is to establish a global homogeneous gravity potential vertical datum, a task assigned to the Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS). From GGOS, realization of the IAG objective is very much dependent on the unification of compatible local and regional VDs. Hitherto, New Zealand realized a new VD based on a geoid model in 2009, and Canada in 2013. The goal of the USA government is to change from TG-VD to geoid model VD by 2022, similarly a lot more countries and regions are striving for the same, and so should Tanzania.The data for a reliable gravimetric geoid model for Tanzania is ready. A few but not serious and solvable problems are envisaged if a GNSS compatible geoid model based VD replaces the current TG-VD. The advantages of Tanzania changing from the Tide Gauge VD to geoid model VD in this era of GNSS and other satellite technologies are enormous with long term solutions and surpass the expected problems by far. In addition to meeting the IAG/GGOS objective, it will enable the SPILL project to complete the NSRS which is partly ready with the horizontal component only, i.e. TAREF11. Keywords: vertical datum. tide gauge. geoid model. GNSS-position. orthometric height


In this paper,the author analysed the present situation and problems of laboratory contingent,which existed in the chemical engineering department of Hainan University; and from the following aspects such as management,policy,assignment,encouragement,check-up method,and engagement of laboratory leader etc., discussed how to build up a laboratory contingent which was in keeping with times.


Background: Breastfeeding is a two-way interaction between mother and infant, the sustainability of which requires the presence of both parts given their complementary roles.
Aim: The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of breast milk expression during kangaroo mother care (KMC) on milkvolume in mothers with premature neonates.
Method: This quasi-experimental study was performed on 40 mothers with premature newborns admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit in a city in the west of Iran in 2019. The participants were randomly assigned into two groups of intervention and control. Breast milk in both groups was expressed 8 times a day from day 4 to day 6 after birth using a 20-cc syringe and recorded in a checklist. In the intervention group, two milking sessions were performed during the KMC. However, in the control group, milking was conducted according to the ward routine. Data were analyzed in SPSS software (version 23) using repeated-measures ANOVA.
Results: The mean ages of the participants in the intervention and control groups were 29.05±4.09 and 27.85±3.58 years, respectively. There was a statistically significant difference between the milkvolume of the intervention and control groups on days 4 (P=0.04), 5 (P=0.02), and 6 (P=0.007) and between the total volume of milkduring the three days (P=0.01).
Implications for Practice: Breast milk expression duringKMC could have a positive effect on increasing milkvolume. Therefore, can be recommended as an intervention to support mothers with insufficient milk.


SUMMARY An algorithm for the inference of the external behaviour model of an automaton is given. It uses a sequential learning procedure based on induction-contradiction-correction concepts. The induction is a generalization of relationships between automaton state properties, and the correction consists in a more and more accurate discrimination of the automaton state properties. These properties are defined from the input/output contradictory sequences which are discovered after the observed contradictions between successive predictions and observations.


inductive measuring system for detecting the stroke of a control member or control including an internal combustion engine. Installation characterized in that the first variable inductance L1 coil is divided into two measuring windings 11, 12 magnetically coupled together while the second coil fixed comparison inductance L2 is divided into two comparison windings magnetically coupled together , one of the measuring coils being connected to a comparison of windings is connected to an oscillator Os while the other comparison of winding 14 is connected to a first rectifier G1 and the other measuring coil 12 is connected to the input of a second rectifier G2 whose output can be taken a UA voltage proportional to the ratio of L1 / L2 inductors. The invention applies in particular to the regulation of automobile engine injection pumps. (CF DRAWING IN BOPI)


Let G be a semigroup of commuting linear operators on a linear space S with the group operation of composition. The solvability of the systemered by Dahmen and Micchelli in their studies of the dimension of the kernel space of certain linear operators. The compatibility conditions Ijfr = Irfj , i ^ j , are necessary for the system to have a solution in 5. However, in general, they do not provide sufficient conditions. We discuss what kinds of conditions on operators will make the compatibility sufficient for such systems to be solvable in 5 .


the reliability of witnessing and scientific exploration. Its inclusion within the identity of the traveller would have better grounded the historical figures examined. Given the rise of industry and consumer markets during the period that Byrne examines, the virtues of physicality and the aesthetically attuned mind provide a potentially interesting connection that might be further explored. Byrne's claim that curiosity and singularity are categories that transcend a dependency on the aesthetics of the sublime or picturesque, and create a richer understanding of landscape, is very troubling. The author does not engage in debates or definitions of picturesque or sublime, and the expected sources of picturesque literature – such as Michael Rosenthal et al.'s edited volume Prospects for the Nation (1997) and Stephen Copley and Peter Garside's edited volume The Politics of the Picturesque (1994) – are missing from the bibliography. Though older studies, these two texts remain extremely useful for thinking critically about the meaning of aesthetic categories. It is unclear how or why the picturesque and the sublime are problematic for Byrne's discussion, and how curiosity and singularity offer a more nuanced interpretation of history, especially since Barbara Maria Stafford argues in Voyage into Substance (1984) that the picturesque is attention to singularities. If Byrne wanted to read further studies about science, travel and curiosity, she perhaps should have consulted Nigel Leask's Curiosity and the Aesthetics of Travel Writing, 1770–1840 (2002). The most interesting contribution of the book, unfortunately, is presented in the conclusion, where Byrne briefly touches on the role of dreams in the Northern travellers' experience. This topic offers exciting potential for exploring how scientific travellers internalized experience and suggesting how travellers became absorbed by strange settings encountered on their expeditions. By contrast, the North as a dreamscape would be an excellent avenue for considering the superstitious nature of the British traveller. Overall, Geographies of the North deals with a range of rich materials but the arguments remain truncated and deserve more detailed engagement. ALLISON KSIAZKIEWICZ University of Cambridge


For the control of dual clutch transmissions with dry clutches, it is important to identify torque transfer characteristics of the dry clutches, which is affected by factors such as clutch temperature, tolerance of parts, wear and aging. In order to identify the characteristics, this paper includes the analysis of change in touch point and T-S curve as the influential factors vary. The paper presents a torque transfer control model that includes the algorithm to detect the touch point and optimize T-S curve. The model also includes a torque observer for detecting the transmitted torque by clutch.


Ethical climate is fast becoming an area of importance in the business ethics field; there is a growing need to understand its relationship with job outcomes such as turnover. Given the potential cost attributed to employee turnover that might be incurred by organisations, it is important to have an understanding of this relationship. The objective of this thesis is to perform a detailed analysis into the existing relationship among the ethical climate, organisational commitment, job satisfaction and turnover intentions using employees of different organisations. 150 responses were collected from the participants, who were all from the Famagusta province of North Cyprus. Evidence of an existing strong and positive relationship between how employees perceive a positive ethical climate with job outcomes such as organisational commitment and job satisfaction was displayed in the analysis of results, while an adverse relationship with turnover intentions. The results from the regression demonstrate that ethical climate is an important factor in determining the variation in organisational commitment and job satisfaction, and that ethical climate has minimal influence on the variations in turnover intentions, although organisational commitment shows a much stronger albeit negative relationship with turnover intentions. Findings suggest that top management's dictate on the ethical climate is significant as employees' perception of an ethical climate depends on the rules and policies guiding the organisations' ethical environment, and also how they view the top management as being ethical. The implications, discussions and suggestions for further research were also discussed.


Coordination networks formed between Co(NCS)2 and 4'-substituted-[1,1'-biphenyl]-4-yl-3,2':6',3"-terpyridines in which the 4'-group is Me (1), H (2), F (3), Cl (4) or Br (5) are reported. [Co(1)2(NCS)2]n·4.5nCHCl3, [Co(2)2(NCS)2]n·4.3nCHCl3, [Co(3)2(NCS)2]n·4nCHCl3, [Co(4)2(NCS)2]n, and [Co(5)2(NCS)2]n·nCHCl3 are 2D-networks directed by 4-connecting cobalt nodes. Changes in the conformation of the 3,2':6',3"-tpy unit coupled with the different peripheral substituents lead to three structure types. In [Co(1)2(NCS)2]n·4.5nCHCl3, [Co(2)2(NCS)2]n·4.3nCHCl3, [Co(3)2(NCS)2]n·4nCHCl3, cone-like arrangements of [1,1'-biphenyl]-4-yl units pack through pyridine…arene π-stacking, whereas Cl…π interactions are dominant in the packing in [Co(4)2(NCS)2]n. The introduction of the Br substituent in ligand 5 switches off both face-to-face π-stacking and halogen…π-interactions, and the packing interactions are more subtly controlled. Assemblies with organic linkers 1–3 are structurally similar and the lattice accommodates CHCl3 molecules in distinct cavities; thermogravimetric analysis confirmed that half the solvent in [Co(3)2(NCS)2]n·4nCHCl3 can be reversibly removed.


The reaction of [Ni(terpy)Cl 2 ] with ∼2.0 equiv of 2,6-(Me) 2 C 6 H 3 S - in acetonitrile affords the distorted trigonal bipyramidal (tbp) complex [Ni(terpy)(2,1-(Me) 2 C 6 H 3 S) 2 ] (4). Complex 4 crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pbcn.


Generation of successful project is one of the core challenges of the day. Since information is always a valuable resource, data of software projects comprises of wealth of information about the project status, progress and its evolution. Mining software engineering data has therefore emerged as a successful research since two decades. Further, predicting the success of software projects based upon information related to defect management is deemed to be one of the vital activities in software engineering research. Data mining techniques assures exploring the defect management information from the historical projects depending on which the project manager plans, controls and executes the software development in order to produce high quality software. This paper presents an empirical investigation carried on several projects developed at various software industries having different production capabilities. The aim of this investigation is to comprehend the effectiveness of appropriate clustering techniques for efficient defect management and henceforth accurate prediction of project success. The investigation results infer that K-Means clustering technique is more efficient than other clustering techniques in terms of processing time, scalability and efficiency. This awareness of right choice of clustering technique further accelerates the developing team to accurately plan towards generation of improved quality software


In this paper an inverse design method is presented which couples a Navier-Stokes flow solver and a numerical optimization algorithm. The design method generates a turbomachinery airfoil, producing a specified surface pressure distribution at a transonic speed. A least-square optimization technique is used to minimize pressure discrepancies between the target and designed airfoils. In order to represent the nonlinear, rotational and viscous physics of transonic flows, Navier-Stokes equations are used to predict the flow field. Sensitivity derivatives are obtained using finite differencing. Effects of different design variables on the performance of design optimization are evaluated.


Depression, anxiety and tuberculosis are common conditions with
significant public health implications. The connection among these conditions
is syndemic: the incidence of one increases the chance of developing the other,
with clusters of biological, social and psychological interaction. Therefore,
it has become crucial to understand better the mechanisms liable for the
physiological process related to these three conditions. The
present review focuses specifically on shared social events (perception of illness
severity, social stigma, poverty and social isolation) and biological pathways (central response
of the immune system within the CNS, the activation of the HPA axis and the
SNS) that may mechanistically elucidate the depression-anxiety-tuberculosis association
and discuss interventions prospects and significant issues to be arranged by
future clinical and research implications.


ABSTRACT The Czechoslovak national team finished as the runners-up of the 1934 FIFA World Cup in Italy but it was welcomed as moral winners by hundreds of thousands in their home country. Never before had a sporting event been followed so keenly by the largest social strata, thanks to the live radio broadcast of the final match. The tournament left a deep imprint not only in the collective memory but also in popular culture. This paper traces the reception of the event, showing how its image was used as the showcase of the First Czechoslovak Republic, how it was transformed and misused gradually by the communist regime that presented it as a deterrent example of elitism and prima donna behaviour in professional sport, and finally reinvented at the beginning of the 21st century.


A comparative spermatological survey of ascothoracid crustaceans is presented. They have the most generalized sperm morphology known in Crustacea. Several species of Dendrogaster have flagellate sperm with short heads and midpieces; their sperm may be secondarily shortened, and therefore less generalized than previously thought. The flagellate spermatids of Petrarca okadai and Ulophysema oeresundense have cup-shaped acrosomes, elongate nuclei and midpieces, and sheaths of microtubular organelles. Seminal receptacles in female Gorgonolaureus sp. are lined with a chitinous cuticle and contain flagellate sperm. The anterior basal body in sperm of the subclasses Cirripedia s.s., Mystacocarida, and Branchiura may be interpreted as a synapomorphy linking them within the class Maxillopoda, and Ascothoracida should be recognized as a subclass distinct from Cirripedia.


Many problems arising in practical situations have boundary constraints and can only be described in the setting of Riemannian manifolds with boundary. This justifies our focus in this report on various geometric aspects of manifolds with boundary. In particular, we are interested in those results concerning the properties of geodesics in such manifolds. A related problem is the geometry of wavefront propagation around an obstacle in an isotropic medium, since the orthogonal trajectories of the wavefronts are geodesics in the appropriate Riemannian manifold with boundary. In the last section, we will give as an example a problem of multiple aircraft conflict resolution, which can also be reduced to the problem of finding the shortest geodesics between two points in certain manifold with boundary. Therefore, although the results concerning manifolds with boundary are sometimes less elegant than their counterparts for manifolds without boundary, the study of this area is of both theoretical and practical interest. In the following, M will denote a C∞ Riemannian n dimensional manifold with boundary B, an n− 1 dimensional manifold. Unless otherwise stated, B will be assumed to be smooth.


A b s t r a c t. Physical and chemical properties of persimmon fruit (cv. Fuyu) were determined. The plywood surface offered the maximum coefficient of static friction, followed by chipboard and galvanized metal. The skin and flesh firmnesses of persimmon fruits along Y-axis were higher than the X-axis. K e y w o r d s: persimmon, physical properties, chemical properties


Geochemical, isotopic, paleomagnetic, and geochronological studies of Late Miocene to Pliocene alkalic basalt in the upper Grand Wash Trough, Arizona and at Gold Butte, Nevada may place constraints on the petrogenetic history of the basalt and on the geometry of the crustal structures that may have served as conduits. The upper Grand Wash Trough lies near the east-central boundary of the Basin-and-Range Province in northwestern Arizona. Gold Butte lies 20 km west of the upper Grand Wash Trough. Basalt of the upper Grand Wash Trough is divided into three magma types. Type A basalt (9.15-9.47 Ma, Ce/Yb = 10-25, epsilon Nd = -1.14, and epsilon Sr = 7.6) occurs near Gold Butte, Nevada. Type B basalt (<4.7 Ma; Ce/Yb = 1020, epsilon Nd = 6.95 and epsilon Sr = 1.46) occurs primarily in the centralupper Grand Wash Trough at Pakoon Springs and East St. Thomas Gap. Type C basalt flows and dikes (<4 Ma, Ce/Yb = 20-70, epsilon Nd = 3.49 and 6.75 and epsilon Sr = -4.57 and -17) occur primarily in the northern upper Grand Wash Trough at Mud Mountain. Geochemical modelling suggests that type B basalt can be derived from independent batch melts (5 to 10%) of spinel peridotite with limited fractionation (5 to 9% olivine plus Fe-Ti oxide). Similarly, geochemical modelling suggests that Gold Butte lavas can be derived from 2 to 3.5% batch melting of spinel peridotite with small amounts of fractionation (3-5% olivine and Fe-Ti oxide). . The Sr, Nd and Pb isotopic data confirm the geochemical models and indicate that all three magma types are mantle derived and underwent little interaction with crustal material. Isotopic compositions of upper Grand Wash Trough and Gold Butte basalt are more similar to coeval alkalic basalt of the western Colorado Plateau and are unlike coeval basalt of the central Basin-andRange Province. The restricted range in geochemical diversity, the lack of extensive fractionation suggested by geochemical modelling, combined with a similarity of paleomagnetic poles and a lack of paleosols or uncomformities in the flow stacks of type B basalt flows, suggests that the eruptive episode for type B lavas was short lived. The rapid ascent of magma through the crust requires high-angle zones of weakness to serve as conduits for magma transport. Gold Butte flows (type A) overlie the trace of the Gold Butte fault, a major N-NE striking strike-slip fault. Because paleomagnetic poles of the lava flows display little dispersion, and the flow stack is conformable, it is suggested that magma ascended through the crust rapidly. The rapid ascent of magma suggests that the Gold Butte fault may be a crustal penetrating structure that allowed magma to escape to the surface, contrary to some existing models on the role of strike-slip faulting in extensional terrains.


The utility model relates to a tool-type sheet pile capable of forming underground walls, which comprises a wedge-shaped pile body, and a pile cover which can be connected with a pile hammer through a connecter. The utility model is characterized in that one side wall of the pile body is fixed with a guiding device for preventing the generation of the lateral or the longitudinal position deflection of the pile body during the course of construction; the length of the lower end of the guiding device needs exceeding that of the pile tip of the wedge-shaped pile body. The utility model has the advantages that because of the adoption of the sheet pile, a new forming process of underground walls can be formed; the sheet pile has simple structure, the arranged guiding device can realize the function of automatic guiding, and thus the continuity of the underground walls can be assured.


Purpose – This paper aims to explore the ways in which religious tourism in India fosters religious tolerance. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses a conceptual apparatus derived from the basic structure of religious tourism comprising motivation, journey and destination, to understand various aspects of tolerance. Tolerance, with the implicit meaning of diversity and pluralism, is examined at two levels – intra-religion and inter-religion – using field investigations from three Hindu pilgrimage sites, namely, Vrindavan, Tuljapur, Shegaon and review of one Muslim site called Ajmer Sharif. These sites exhibit a range of combinations, sectarian traditions within Hindu and their interactions with others, including Muslims and foreigners. Findings – Each of the sites provides different sets of opportunities for the "others" to get exposed to religious and cultural aspects. It is found that tolerance within the Hindu sects and with non-Hindus from other religious faiths is a function of their engagemen...


Mikhail Borisovich Voloshin passed away unexpectedly in the 67th year of life. Voloshin was born on May 14, 1953 in Romania, where his father worked at that time. He went to the first specialized physical class of the famous 57th Moscow school, which he graduated from in 1970, and then entered, without exams, the Faculty of General and Applied Physics of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) as a winner of the International Physics Olympiad. Already in his student days, Voloshin's leadership among physicists of his generation became clearly pronounced. He studied at the department of elementary particle physics, whose head was Karen Avetovich Ter-Martirosyan. The institute associated with the department was the Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP). When a thirdyear student, Voloshin passed the theoreticalminimum exams on quantum mechanics and quantum electrodynamics under Ter-Martirosyan and onGeneral Relativity (GR) under Igor' Yur'evich Kobzarev. Voloshin's academic advisor was Lev Borisovich Okun', who considered Voloshin his favorite student. The first paper by Voloshin, co-authored with Kobzarev and Okun', was devoted to the decay of a false vacuum. The results obtained there have been included in textbooks and are topical even now: the Higgs boson mass is such that our vacuum is at the stability boundary. The paper was published in the journal Yadernaya fizika (Nuclear Physics) (Vol. 20, p. 1229) in 1974. In about ten years, in a series of studies written by Voloshin together with K G Selivanov, he examined the processes of induced false vacuum decay with heavy-particle masses or colliding particle energies as inducing factors. It was revealed that the induced processes cannot be described by the perturbation theory on the background of a Euclidean solution, and the possibility of the disappearance of exponential suppression on the sphaleron energy scale was analyzed. This pioneering work opened new fields of research. In the autumn of 1974, the ``November revolution'' broke out: the groups of Ting in Brookhaven and Richter in Stanford discovered the J=C meson almost simultaneously. Voloshin and collaborators immediately joined the development of quarkonium theory; later, Voloshin without a doubt became the most prominent expert on heavy quark physics in the world. He made a fundamental contribution to the sum rule, the physics of hadrons containing heavy quarks, the basic elements of QCD, and the quark model. Based on the QCD sum rules, he predicted the Zc-meson mass that differed greatly from the experimental values available at the time. The uncertainty of that prediction was estimated, showing that the experimental value could not be valid. This prediction was confirmed by subsequent experiments. Together with M A Shifman, Voloshin found an elegant way to evaluate the matrix element of the Kobayashi±Maskawa matrix Vcb from exclusive semilepton B-meson decays. This method was used to seek manifestations of the new physics. Having graduated from MIPT in 1976, Voloshin began working at ITEP, and a year later defended his candidate thesis. Several years later, he defended his doctoral thesis devoted to the U-meson theory. Voloshin had a very wide spectrum of interests, not limited to heavy quark physics. He discovered the `custodial symmetry' of the electroweak theory relating the masses ofW and Z bosons. Voloshin, along with Okun' andM IVysotskii, proposed to measure time variations of neutrino fluxes associated with solar cycles as a method to discover the neutrino magnetic moment. These measurements have been carried out to date. Uspekhi Fizicheskikh Nauk 190 (5) 557 ± 558 (2020) Translated by M V Tsaplina PERSONALIA PACS number: 01.60.+q


[Objective] The study aimed to investigate the effects of different operation conditions on the electroosmotic dewatering performance assisted by absorptive separation.[Method] With the sludge after the gravity concentration,flocculation and centrifugal dehydration as the tested materials,the effects of the initial voltage gradient on the electroosmotic dewatering,electroosmotic energy consumption and the maximum current density after electroosmotic dewatering were studied and the optimization method for the electroosmotic dewatering time were discussed.[Result]Under the electrical potential gradient of 12-24 V/cm and the dewatering time of 10 min,the water content in the sludge was decreases from 79.9% to 64.7%-52.5% and the electroosmotic energy consumption of the sludge was increased exponentially with the time.The optimized the operation conditions were that when the electrical potential gradient for the electroosmotic dewatering of the sludge was 16 V/cm and the dewatering was 10 min,the water content in the sludge was reduced from 79.9% to 61.8% and the dewatering energy consumption was 0.076 kWh/kg-H2O.[Conclusion] Increasing the electrical potential gradient benefited the electroosmotic dewatering of sludge,but when the electrical potential gradient was higher,the dewatering energy consumption and the current intensity suffered by the electrode were greater.Through the comprehensive consideration,it was suggested that the electrical potential gradient should be selected as 16 V/cm and the electroosmotic dewatering time of the sludge of 8 min was optimum.


The main driving force of the financial crisis of 2007-2009 was a rapid deterioration of the trust of private agents in the quality of financial institutions and assets.


The city of Laon was a significant commercial and administrative centre in late medieval northern France. Laon's rich and powerful cathedral attracted many to its chapter, which was the largest in the country. In the years circa 1400 its ranks included a number of leading musicians. An investigation into their musical and non-musical duties sheds fascinating light on to the daily life of the cathedral musician and his position in the local urban and rural context.


Recent trends indicate replacement of fossil fuel driven conventional synchronous generators from the existing power grid with inverter interfaced renewable energy sources in coming years. A significant portion of these renewable energy sources is predicted to include doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) based wind turbine. This will cause a significant change in the grid dynamics, due to reduced system inertia and the intermittent nature of wind power. The impact of grid integration of DFIG-bases wind turbines on the grid voltage and frequency has been presented in this paper through rigorous simulation studies carried out using the professional simulation software PSS/E. The simulation studies are carried out on a power grid network model that includes hydro, gas and wind generation under different voltage and frequency contingencies or disturbances. Models of commercially available DFIG-based variable speed wind turbines from top manufacturers have been used in the simulation studies. The effect of inertia, loss of generations and loads on the system frequency, as well as the impact of different faults on system voltage are investigated and thoroughly analyzed. Furthermore, this study also includes the assessments of grid code requirements under for high penetration of DFIG based wind turbines in the power grid. Critical analysis of the simulation studies reveal that DFIG-based wind turbines are capable to contribute to system frequency and voltage regulation under different contingencies or network disturbances.