The results of the empirical investigation of the characteristics of value and professional orientation of the students taking studies in social and computer engineering related fields are presented. The types of value structure uncovered depend on the students' attitudes to the values significant for the professional evolution (active mode of life, creative work, productive life, development, etc.). Value type grouping of students provided is of particular importance.


The present invention relates to a cored electrode to form a weld bead having a small amount of diffusion gases from the gas shielded electric arc welding process. The cored electrode includes a metal sheath and a fill composition. The fill composition includes at least two fluorine-containing compound and a slag forming agent.


I. The technological divide and North-South ititet-depeiidetice It is difficult to be optimistic about the future when one surveys the nature and extent of global underdevelopment. Powerful political and economic forces continue to widen the gap between the rich and poor parts of the world. The technological divide is deepening. The production of ever more sophisticated and lethal weapons is, if anything, accelerating


Although only five years have elapsed since the Rh factor was first described by Landsteiner and Wiener,l this aspect of individual differences of human blood has developed into a complex subject, with important applications in clinical medicine, anthropology, and forensic medicine. In fact, the subject of the Rh factors appears to exceed, in complexity, all previously obtained knowledge concerning individual differences in human blood,? including the original four Landsteiner blood groups, the sub-groups of A and AB, and the M, N, and P agglutinogens of Landsteiner and Levinc. In place of the original, single Rh factor, transinittcd by a pair of allelic genes, Rh and rh, three Rh factors are known a t the present time, together with a so-called Hr factor, and these, in combination, give rise to a large series of different varieties of Rh agglutinogens, determined by a corresponding set of at least ten or more allelic genes. If any progress is to be made, or even if any work a t all is to be possible, i t is necessary to designate the Rh factor in some way. Therefore, as soon as sufficient evidence had been accumulated concerning the serologic and genctic behavior of the Rh factors, we devised a nomenclature, based on these firmly established serologic and genetic facts. Since the original designations have already been widely adopted and have proved satisfactory, becausc they are relatively simple to learn and work with, i t would appear that no change should be made, a t lcast for the time being, unless such a change offered a distinct ntlvantagt. IJnfortunatrly, Iiowever, R number of other workers have recently proposed other liwthods of designation. As will be shown, the alternative designations tlint have been proposed have no special advantage, but can only give rise to confusion in an already complicated subject. As long as the serologic and gcneticb behavior of the Rh factors remained unclear, the only sensible procedure was to use a temporary system of numbering for the various anti-Rh sera, and that was our procedure in our earliest publications. However, as soon as increased


In this study, the behaviors of co-extraction and selective stripping of Tc, Np and U with radiolysis of 30 vol.% tributyl phosphate(TBP)-0.5% trioctyl system (containing the oxidant of Np) were investigated. Radiolysis was carried out by an irradiation of Co-60 . Effect of radiation absorbed dose on the extraction yield of Tc and U was negligible less than rad, because degradation of extractant (TBP, TOA) and nitric acid were very small during the radiolysis. At rad, however, extraction yield of Tc was slightly increased due to the set off an increase of extraction yield of Tc with decrease of nitric acid concentration by radiolysis of nitric acid against a decrease of extractability on Tc by radiolysis of extractant, and extraction yield of U was rapidly increased owing to DBP, which was one of the degradation products formed from radiolysis of TBP. On the other hand, extraction yield of Np(+6) oxidized by was rapidly decreased, because lost its own the function as a Np oxidant by formed from radiolysis of nitric acid in above rad. Extraction yield of Np(+6) oxidized by was rapidly increased owing to DBP like U, because filled the role of oxidant of Np up to rad. Under the conditions with radiation absorbed dose, Tc, Np and U could be selectively separated by the subsequent stripping steps, which were composed of the Tc stripping with 7 M , the reduction stripping of Np(+6) with 0.2 M acetohydroxamic acid, and the U stripping with 0.2 M .


Introduction
 AYA cancer patients (pts) face unique healthcare disparities due to their social development stage. AYA with AML and minorities continue to suffer reduced survival (Kahn, Cancer, 2016). Our group demonstrated that structural violence, specifically neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES), significantly impacts adult AML survival (Abraham, Blood, 2020). This real-world study, in a segregated metropolitan area, confirms inferior survival in the non-white (NW) AYA AML population and explores social barriers that contribute to disparities.
 Methods
 AYA AML (non-APL) pts, age 18 to 39, diagnosed and treated between 2012- 2018 at 6 cancer centers across the Chicago area were included. Race/ethnicity was categorized as Non-Hispanic White (NHW), Hispanic, non-Hispanic Black (NHB), and Other. Census tract data was collected using the FFIEC Geocoding/Mapping System and computed tract disadvantage and affluence scores, divided into high, moderate, and low tertiles. A survival analysis was performed to generate hazard ratios (HR) for all-cause mortality between NHW and NW pts. Social determinants of health explored for AYA outcomes included caregiver responsibilities, employment, time off work, mental health, Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) and obesity.
 Results
 Table 1 shows demographic data (n=101); 46% were NHW, 17% were NHB, 30% were Hispanic, and 8% were other. Median age was 31 years. The number of pts with children was similar across all groups, while more NHW (29%) and Hispanic (21%) pts reported being caregivers to other household members compared to NHB pts (0%), despite their young age (p=0.09). Overall, 68% of pts never met with a fertility specialist, more frequently due to no counseling (77%) than patient preference (23%). Most pts were not in school during treatment. NHW pts took time off work and filed for disability more commonly than NHB and Hispanic pts. NHW (65%) and Hispanic (71%) pts both reported anxiety and/or depression during treatment more than NHB pts (33%). Yet, NHW pts (68%) were referred to psychiatry more often than Hispanic pts (54%).
 Payer source differed significantly. Most NHW pts had private insurance, unlike NHB and Hispanic pts (74% vs. 41% vs. 43% respectively). The largest uninsured population was Hispanic (33%) compared to NHW (4%) and NHB (6%) pts. NHB pts (76%) tended to reside in more disadvantaged areas, while Hispanics (60%) tended to live in less affluent areas.
 ELN classification was comparable amongst NHW and NHB pts, while the largest group of favorable risk pts were Hispanic (37%). Extramedullary disease was more frequent in NHB (25%) and Hispanic (14%) compared to NHW (7%) pts. FLT3-ITD mutations and NPM1 mutations were more prevalent in NHW pts. Molecular testing was not done on most pts.
 Overall, 87% achieved CR/CRi. Notably, ICU stays during or post induction were higher in NHB (41%) and Hispanic (57%) compared to in NHW (33%) pts. Transplant status differed significantly with 87% of NHW pts receiving a transplant compared to NHB (41%) and Hispanic (57%) pts. Relapse rates were similar between all groups. However, the incidence of death within 2 years of diagnosis was highest in NHB (24%) and Hispanic (30%) pts, and nearly half that in the NHW pts (17%). (Table 2)
 32 pts died, 22 due to leukemia. Hazard of all-cause mortality was over twice as great for NW than for NHW pts HR=2.22 (95% CI:1.06, 4.65). Statistical adjustment for tract SES accounted for 57% of the survival disparity, reducing the HR to 1.53 (95% CI:0.59, 3.87). Further adjustment for treatment center reduced the HR to 1.25 (95% CI: 0.48, 3.28); together, treatment center and tract SES accounted for 80% of the survival disparity. Adjustment for private insurance, transplant status, clinical trial enrollment, prognosis (based on ELN classification and secondary AML) and BMI/CCI did not appear to account for any of the survival disparity. (Table 3)
 Conclusion
 Our study shows that Hispanic and NHB AYA AML pts have inferior survival compared to NHW pts despite similar ELN risk groups, treatment, response and relapse rates. Census tract-level SES related to differential resources in neighborhoods explained a significant proportion of the disparity in hazard of all-cause mortality. Our work highlights social determinants of health in AYA leukemia pts must be elucidated to determine mechanisms underlying structural barriers and inform future interventions to mitigate survival disparities.
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This report endeavours to present current thinking on the social costs of roads as they affect the environment and the society they serve. The intent of this report is to focus discussion on the areas of environmental impact that must be considered when assessing the costs to society of a road investment.The environmental cost of highway and road transportation has increasingly become a concern of governments and the public. Traditional approaches to project planning and evaluation have been criticized for not taking into account the intrinsic values of the environment. Thus the ministry undertook a study of environmental costing and its use in transportation decision making. This report presents some of the background material required to incorporate monetized environmental costs into evaluations supporting highway and road planning and projects.(A)


Beginning in the early seventies, the artists and architects of SITE, Inc. staged a series of interventions into the everyday American practice of shopping that confronted some of the most crucial issues of public art. An increasingly contentious discourse in the late sixties and early seventies on the nature and role of public art, was triggered, in part, by various government initiatives to promote and fund public art projects, and focused on the gap between a consumptiondriven mass culture and a modernist avant-garde defined in opposition to it. Central to the problem of defining an authentic form of public art was the question of what constituted authenticity in the face of commercialization and mass media. What aspects of contemporary culture were generated by the people, and what were merely debased forms of propaganda imposed by the culture industry? What was the relationship between the two? Did they operate purely in opposition to one another, or was it possible to imagine a more symbiotic negotiation at play, each appropriating, transforming, and providing new material for the other? The avantgarde had long held to the former position, and had argued that art should create a space of resistance to the commercialization of culture, although what form this resistance should take was continually debated. Complicating the issue was the fact that high art, despite its lofty goals and spiritual claims, was itself a commercial product, marketed to a wealthy elite who wished to distinguish themselves from the masses. Furthermore, the general public, for the most part, found little in this avantgarde vision to relate to, recognizing in the aesthetic of high modernism an unwillingness to address the everyday experiences that shaped public life. And while Pop Art addressed these issues with ferocious humor by appropriating the iconography of commercial culture to question the distinction between high art and commercial product, it did not challenge the assumption that the culture of the masses consisted of nothing more than the mindless pursuit of the latest brandname product.


Objective Previous studies show that caveolin-1 is involved in the regulation of multiple ion channels. However,no report has been seen on its regulatory effect on the cardiac HERG channel function. This study was to investigate the regulatory function of caveolin-1 on the cardiac HERG potassium channel. Methods HEK293 cells were transfected with pcDNA3. 0-caveolin-1 or pcDNA3. 0-herg by Lipofectamine 2000,and G418 was used to screen stably expressed cell lines. The lipid rafts in the cell membrane were disrupted by incubation with 10 mmol / L methyl-β-cyclodextrin. The expression of caveolin-1 was knocked down by transfected caveolin-1-specific siRNA and caveolin-1 was overexpressed by transfection with pcDNA3. 0-caveolin-1. The HERG channel currents were recorded by the patch-clamp technique. Results A significant increase in the HERG current amplitude and a faster deactivation of the tail current were observed in the HEK293 / HERG cells with lipid rafts disruption and in the caveolin-1-inhibited HEK293 / HERG cells. The HERG current amplitude was significantly reduced and the tail current deactivated more slowly in the HEK293 / HERG cells with the overexpression of caveolin-1. Conclusion Caveolin-1 negatively regulates the function of the cardiac HERG channel.


Buddhism is one of the oldest religions in the world, and the development has led to a great change in the typology of Buddhist architecture, and caused a complex scope of the concept. This complexity is due to the absence of architectural literature that regulates the addition of supporting functions, such as profane and sacred value, in improving Buddhists' education. However, the addition of a profane function reduces sacred value and act of worship, opposes architectural design, and defiles ritual activities. Furthermore, one of the functions that provide education as well as a personal approach to Buddhism is the museum. This research aims to examine the contextual relationship between main and supporting functions, namely the sacred (worship building) and the profane (museum), respectively. And also, to display the sacred value through architectural characteristics. The analytical method used the theory of sacredness and contextuality. This was further elaborated in various architectural scopes to produce a relationship between temples and museums, that apply sacred values according to Buddhist philosophy. The research leads to differences in principles application, such as orientation, hierarchy, boundary scope, geometric shapes, symmetry, repetition, material appearance, shape synergy, zoning, processions, atmospheric ambiguity, symbolic objects, boundary guards, and gathering areas.


Samarium doped double tungstate with good optical quality were grown by Czochralski pulling method.The growing progress was:The seed used was [100] orientation,the pulling rate and rotating rate were 1.0—2.0 mm/h and 15—20 r/min,respectively,and annealed according to the process enacted.Differential thermal analysis experiments show the melting point of the crystal is at 1203 ℃.The concentration of Sm3+ was tested.The absorption,permeation,excitation and emission spectrum of Sm3+:NaY(WO4)2 crystal were analyzed at room temperature,too.The results show that the Sm3+:NaY(WO4)2 was easy to grow,the absorption peaks of the crystal were intense and wide.


[Context] Social BPM is the combination of business process management with social and
collaborative techniques for the purpose of exploring collaboration among stakeholders in the
BPM lifecycle. However, there is no information on how these techniques are being used in the
organizational environment and what their impacts are. [Goal] This study aims at showing how
Brazilian organizations are using the Social BPM technology. [Method] A survey study was
performed with employees from different organizations in order to collect data on their BPM
collaborative practices. [Results] The survey received 31 replies and, among them, 3 were
chosen to conduct an interview in order to give depth to their answers and to understand better
how collaboration happens in their organization. [Conclusions] The study shows that
collaboration happens predominantly in BPM phases such as design and modeling. There is
concern on applying collaborative methods in BPM, but collaboration still happens without
formal planning and without the aid of software.


Starlings were netted from the lower perches of a communal roost during winter. Windspeed on the evening of capture was a significant factor affecting the mean body mass of adult Starlings, heavier birds being netted on relatively windy nights. After allowing for variation in mean winglength and windspeed on the night of capture, mean body mass was negatively correlated with both long-term average (expected) temperature (significant for all age-sex classes) and prevailing temperature (significant for males only). Long-term average temperature was the most important factor determining the winter body mass of Starlings, except in the case of adult males for which prevailing temperature was more important.


In the International Journal of Neuroscience 2012;122:494−499 for the article "Cerebral Hypoperfusion and Cognitive Impairment: The Pathogenic Role of Vascular Oxidative Stress," the authors have noticed an omission since publication. Their declaration acknowledging financial support from "the Fundamental Research Fund for the Central Universities" of China was missing the grant number and should have read as follows: This study was supported by grant number 30270483 from the National Natural Science Foundation of China and grant number 201130302020003 from "the Fundamental Research Fund for the Central Universities" of China. The authors apologise for this error.


Yoshida ascitic sarcoma and Zajdela ascitic hepatoma were investigated in Norway rats to provide more information on active nucleolus organizer regions (NORs) represented by silver stained granules (SSGs). Diploid Yoshida sarcoma cells were characterized by the presence of 6 (3 doublets) of SSGs in the metaphase and 3 + 3 SSGs in future daughter nuclei in the anaphase or telophase. In contrast Zajdela hepatoma cells (frequently hypoploid) possessed 6 SSGs less frequently in the metaphase and the number of anaphasic or telophasic cells with 3 SSGs in future daughter nuclei was also reduced. The number of SSGs in future nuclei of anaphasic or telophasic Yoshida sarcoma cells was usually the same, i.e. such anaphases or telophases were symetric. In Zajdela hepatoma cells the number of symetric anaphases and telophases was substantially reduced in favor of asymetric anaphases or telophases which contained different number of SSGs in future nuclei.


The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for detecting pathogens and particles in the fluid, thereby, the particle size and the internal fluorescence of a single particle is determined. .FIELD 4


Organic photovoltaic devices employing bulk heterojunctions (BHJs) of polymer donors and small molecular nonfullerene acceptors have recently demonstrated high performance, with strong visible and near‐infrared absorption and low energy losses. Such junctions are promising candidates for solar‐driven water splitting; however, the poor underwater stability of the small molecular acceptor in such devices has limited their viability to date. Here, a stable and efficient organic photoanode is demonstrated for water oxidation based upon a Y6:PM6 BHJ with a further dual functional PM6 layer transferred from water, and Au/NiFe electrocatalyst top layers. The additional PM6 layer functions to 1) increase operational stability and 2) suppress recombination losses between the BHJ and electrocatalyst layers. These BHJ/PM6 based photoanodes exhibit a photocurrent density of 4.0 mA cm−2 at 1.23 V versus the reversible hydrogen electrode and promising operational stability compared to the anode without a PM6 layer, maintaining a photocurrent ≥ 2 mA cm−2 over 1 h. Employing these photoanodes, solar water oxidation under near‐infrared irradiation is demonstrated with an incident photon‐to‐current efficiency up to 25% at 770 nm illumination.


Correlation of crude oils, or refined products, in the environment with suspected sources is typically undertaken through the use of GC and GCMS and in certain cases bulk carbon isotope compositions. However, with crude condensates, or refined products in particular, the absence, or low concentration, of biomarkers precludes their successful use for making unique correlations. An alternative and, sometimes, complimentary technique for correlation of such products is evolving through the use of combined gas chromatography-isotope ratio mass spectrometry (GCIRMS). This approach permits determination of the carbon and hydrogen isotopic composition of individual compounds in the crude oil or refined product to produce isotopic fingerprints for use in correlation studies. In this paper, it is proposed to review applications of GCIRMS to the correlation of various spilled products with their suspected sources in different environments. Whilst not proposing that this technique will replace GC or GCMS; it is proposed that GCIRMS is a very powerful tool to be used in conjunction with GC and GCMS to make such correlations. Although isotopic fractionation has been observed in some of the lighter components such as benzene and toluene, higher carbon numbered compounds, say above C 10 , do not appear to undergo any significant isotopic fractionation as a result of weathering. Furthermore with refined products, isotopic fractionation of the lighter components has the potential to demonstrate the onset of natural attenuation of refined products in the environment.


Let $\mathcal{L}^{S}\left(s,\pi,\chi,\operatorname{\mathfrak{st}}\right)$ be a standard twisted partial $\mathcal{L}$-function of degree $7$ of the cuspidal automorphic representation $\pi$ of the exceptional group of type $G_2$. In this paper we construct a family of Rankin-Selberg integrals representing this $\mathcal{L}$-function. As an application, we prove that the representations attaining certain prescribed poles are exactly the representations attained by $\theta$-lift from a group of finite type.


Emerging pests and phytopathogens have decreased crop yield and efficiency, putting global food security in jeopardy. Traditional breeding techniques, molecular marker-based breeding technologies, and the use of genetically engineered crops have all contributed to global food security. However, owing to a number of caveats, their use in crop enhancement has been severely restricted. Genome editing techniques such as transcriptional activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs) and the clustered frequently interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-associated endonuclease Cas9 (CRISPR/Cas9) have successfully solved the shortcomings of traditional breeding methods and are now widely accepted for crop enhancement. Because of its performance, amicability, versatility, low cost and adaptability, the CRISPR/Cas9 technology has emerged as the most efficient genome editing method available. Data suggests that genome editing has a lot of promise for enhancing disease resistance in crop plants [1]. In this study, we provided a brief overview of the processes of various genome editing systems before discussing recent advances in CRISPR/Cas9 system-based genome editing for rice disease resistance enhancement using various strategies. The potential applications of recently established genome editing approaches including CRISPR/ Cas12a (formerly known as Cpf1) and base editors for improving rice disease resistance were also addressed in this study. While genome editing relies on the targeted mutation of S genes to introduce disease resistance in plants, it can come at a cost in terms of fitness. S genes, which code for proteins involved in pre-penetration structures, defence suppression, and replication machinery, can cause phenotypic anomalies and nutritional deficiency, which can impact plant growth and development. Sweet rice mutants induce resistance to the BLB pathogen by restricting sugar supply, but this can also result in decreased plant stature and pollen abortion. Targeted editing of various promoter regions of the S genes has been shown for SWEET genes in rice, and this may be mitigated. Disease tolerance can also be established by adding synthetic versions of the S gene that are similar to the allele that actually appears in immune genotypes, rather than completely knocking out a S gene. With no developmental expense, this new allele will induce plant resistance while still demonstrating normal protein functions. Some S genes that differ only at the single nucleotide polymorphism stage may benefit from the newly established base editing techniques, which can be used to precisely introduce single base transformations. Furthermore, since plants have several pathogen inducible promoters and regulatory components, a pathogen induced CRISPR mechanism may be used to transiently turn off the S gene with no compromise [2]. A CRISPR vector system that can take advantage of the pathogen inducible promoter should be developed to show their efficacy in disease tolerance in field crops. When unique allelic variants are involved in resistance reaction, however, the insertion of a custom design sequence into the genome would be more suitable [3]. A CRISPR system combined with the HR mechanism will indefinitely increase the likelihood of introducing the R gene allele into the desired target site for disease resistance growth. CRISPR toolboxes must be developed and studied to extend their applications in resistance breeding for plants, despite the fact that HR is still technically difficult in plants due to low performance and a lack of multiplexing protocols.


The main causative factor for the chronic liver disease is infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV). Around the world, it has been estimated that almost 180 million people are carriers of HCV. Infection with HCV leads to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) that is a frequent cause of mortality in HCV-infected patient. Among the most common cancers, it is ranked fifth worldwide. The annually death rate of HCC patients being caused by HCV is approximately 1 million. Epidemiological studies have demonstrated that prolong infection with HCV is the main threat for the development of HCC. Keeping the knowledge about the causes of cirrhosis and development of HCC in HCV patients is consequently very important for improving treatment choices and health-care delivery. Effective precautionary measures that can prevent the progression of HCC have now been well illustrated. The perfect natural explanation of HCC pathogenesis is so diverse that treatment strategies are highly difficult. Therefore, in the case of nonmalignant hepatic disease follow-up of the patients and treatment options must take into account to prevent the progression to carcinoma. In this review, we have strived to describe natural disease course of HCV infection and the ways through which it progresses to malignant hepatic disease.


The credit system is the need of higher education development. It is the basis and core of the credit system. Therefore, it is necessary to establish a reasonable course recommendation system. Collaborative filtering is a method of group intelligence, which has been successfully applied in many fields such as electronic commerce, video recommendation, etc. A model to recommend the curriculum is established to guide students to choose the right course to improve the learning effect based on a large number of students grades in the educational management system, and that combined with collaborative filtering recommendation technology to find the students who may not pass and give any help as soon as possible, so these improve the level of management of students in the school effectively and lay a solid foundation for improving the quality of teaching. The method is applied to the prediction of student grades, the results show that the absolution deviations between predicted and actual values are within 5. Keywords—Collaborative Filtering; Credit System; Course Selection; Student Management; MAE


instance, a vivid and intense visual image is explicable on the basis of slight muscular movements. In a measure this theory of thought would seem to weaken rather than strengthen the behaviourist position, because it is contrary to the facts of daily experience. Cognition is too fundamental a fact about the human being to be ignored successfuilly by the psychologist, and somehow or another it will have to be taken into account. From the brief outline that has been givein of the contents of this volume, it will be seen that Professor Watson adopts thle conventional method of the psychologist in presenrting the subject to the student. He artificially divides up the individual reaction systems of the individual for the purposes of description, just as it is customary to describe states of consciousness under the headings of cognition, conation, and affection. Having thus described the various part activities, he devotes the final chapter to the consideration of the totally integrated individual in action, or the personality and its disturbanices. His practical treatment of this subject is useful, but the chapter is short, and, as the author explains in the preface, by the time attention has been paid to the necessary part activities there is but little space to consider the totally integrated individual. This volume contains much of interest, and Professor Watson writes with clearness, vigour, frankness, and courage. It is doubtfiul, however, if his theoretical views will find general acceptance, and they would seem to need much more evidence to support them than is at present forthcoming. Consciousness as a fact cannot be dismissed in a few abrupt and vigorous phrases, and the reader will still probably feel after reading this. volume that man has a psychophysical rather than a merely physical organization. As a method of approach, and on practical grounds, behaviourism may well be left to take care of itself, and it may be relied upon to furnish contributions of value to psychology. As a reaction against academic introspectionism its significance is readily to be understood, and by its emphasis on action rather than thought it has already exerted a considerable and beneficial influence upon normal psychology. The psychopathologist long ago discovered that the academic psychologist was unable to afford him muich assistance in elucidating the problems he was called upon to sQlve, and he has tended naturally to develop a psychology which, in many respects, is closely allied to behaviourism. The aims are similar, thouigh the methods and terminology differ.


The recent political instability in Russia provides a topical background for the following article which says electoral administration in Russia has much improved.


Two new species of scyphozoan jellyfishes from tropical Australian waters are described. The first, Sanderia pampinosus, n. sp., from waters off northern Western Australia, represents the first record of the genus from Australia. It differs from its only other congener, S. malayensis Goette, 1886, in having: (1) almost double the number of gonadal papillae at about half the body size; (2) horseshoe-shaped gonadal rings; and (3) eradial tentacles that are flattened in the oral-aboral direction and have nematocyst clusters on all sides. The second species, Netrostoma nuda, n. sp., from the Great Barrier Reef region, has been erroneously identified in the past as N. coerulescens. Species distinctions in the genus rely on the number and relative position of warts or papillae on the central dome; in contrast, N. nuda lacks warts and papillae, and instead has a large gelatinous knob at the apex of the bell. A key to the species of Netrostoma is provided, along with a synoptic list of previous reports of scyphozoans in tropical Australian waters.


Abstract The aim of the study was to determine total antioxidative capacity (TAC) and zinc concentration in serum of dogs suffering from perianal tumours just before the start of the antihormonal treatment (AHT) and one and six months later. The study was performed on 45 dogs divided into two groups: control group suffering from non-malignant tumours (N = 24) and a group with malignant neoplastic changes (N = 21). Serum TAC and zinc concentrations were measured using photometric and atomic absorption spectrophotometric methods. Six months after the start of the AHT, TAC was significantly lower by 10.6% in dogs with malignant tumours when compared to controls (P = 0.03). In the non-malignant group, serum zinc concentration was higher before the treatment than in the malignant group, while the opposite results were observed six months later (P < 0.001). In the non-malignant group, gradually decreasing values of serum zinc concentration at each stage of the investigation were observed, while the opposite results were obtained in the malignant group (P < 0.05). The obtained results indicate that malignant neoplastic process is associated with significantly reduced TAC. Determination of serum zinc concentration in dogs with non-malignant and malignant perianal tumours may have practical diagnostic and prognostic values and may serve towards increasing the effectiveness of AHT monitoring.


In 1977, the Wave Propagalion Laboratory (WPL) developed a millimeler-wave radiometric sys tem to measure almo�pheric water vapor, and cloud liquid. Since that time, WPL has constructed or pur chased six more radiometric systems utili7:ing fre quencies ranging from 20.6 GH7: to 90 GH7:. All of these radiometers use an Automatic Gain Control (AGC)-corrected Dicke design which gives an in �trUlllent with the long-term �tability and accuracy necessary for unattended operation. However, the electronics of these receivers has been virtually un changed since 1977. A new prototype 53.85-0Ih single-frequency radiometer incorporates the best features of the old design and improvements derived rrorll I () years of operational experience. The sensi tivity of the 53.85-0I1z prototype is improved by 70% compared with the original radiometer.


Nanoporous polymer technologies present exciting new opportunities for fine tuning polymers for applications in ultrafiltration, selective membranes, or even selective catalysis. Polyethylene is a great candidate for such applications with its chemical robustness and favorable thermal properties. Block copolymers serve as an effective avenue for synthesizing such polymers given their affinity for micro phase separation.


Presents hardware and software techniques for configuring a wafer scale 2D array. A switching network independent of the processing elements (PEs) has been designed and implemented. Two algorithms find and program an optimized target array in a reversible or irreversible manner. This paper is based on a wafer scale design for low-level image processing. >


Abstract (1), C18H26N2O7, Mr = 382.41, P212121, a = 9.7215(9), b = 10.687(1), c = 18.399(2) Å, V = 1911.6(3) Å3, Z = 4, R1 = 0.0395. (2), C12H18 ClNO4, Mr = 275.72, P21, a = 10.431(1), b = 6.9223(8), c = 18.043(2) Å, β = 102.085(7)°, V = 1273.9(2) Å3, Z = 4, R1 = 0.0578. The five membered ring is in a twist conformation in (1) and in the two independent molecules of (2) in an envelope conformation. In both compounds the hydroxyl moieties are involved in hydrogen bonds. The compounds were studied by HF/6-31G** computations.


1. An apparatus, comprising: a first modulator for generating a first signal in accordance with a first radio communication method and the second modulator for generating a second signal in accordance with a second radio communication method; imultipleksor for multiplexing the first signal in a first time slot and multiplexing the second signal in a second time interval.2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first radio communication method is a radio communication method for a spread spectrum radio and the second radio communication method is a method with a plurality nesuschih.3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the second radio communication method is an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), Multiple Access FDMA (IFDMA) or localized interleaved FDMA (LFDMA) .4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first radio communication method is the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) for unicast transmission, and the second radio communication method is OFDM multicast or broadcast peredachi.5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first signal for at least one unicast transmission and the second signal for the multicast or broadcast peredachi.6. An apparatus, comprising: a first modulator for generating a broadband multiple access CDMA (W-CDMA) signal, a second modulator for generating a multiplexing signal Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing; imultipleksor for multiplexing the W-CDMA signal at the first time slot and multiplexing OFDM signal in the second


Longitudinal and transverse impedances have been incorporated into the ORBIT particle beam dynamics code. This paper deals with longitudinal impedance calculations. The model has been validated for low harmonic number ring stability calculations. Successful benchmarking with the ESME code, for a case without space charge, and with analytical instability thresholds, for coasting beams with and without space charge, has been carried out. The model was then applied to the SNS ring using the measured impedance of the proposed extraction kicker, and it was found that the instability threshold occurred at about four times the proposed current for 2 MW operation.


Objective:To study the imaging manifestations and clinical values of progressive disseminated histoplasmosis(PDH).Methods:Analyzed were 32 cases of PDH confirmed by marrow biopsy collected from 1989 to 2003.Every case had image check including X-ray,CT and B-ultrasound imaging.Results:19 out of 32 chest image checkings revealed different abnormal symptons:acute interstitial pneumonia,acute small lobour pneumonia with possible hydrops in thoracales,lymph nodules'enlargement in hilar of lung or nodular hyperplasia foci in chest cavity.32 abdomen imagings had liver and spleen enlargement.Conclusions:Though histoplasmosis does not have specific signs,imaging findings of PDH are of significance for various histoplasmosis diagnosing,ensuring its types,its lesions extension and its degree.


Random strategy is currently an interesting alternative to traditional trading of financial instruments. The paper builds on existing research into the trading of investment instruments through random strategy and strategies based on technical analysis. The highly liquid USD/CAD currency pair was chosen for the US market research. We analyze five years of data, and in every intraday trading session, only a single position will be opened. Technical analysis strategy uses essential indicators such as Bollinger Bands, relative strength index (RSI), moving averages (MA) and other. Every trading position will have the risk-reward ratio (RRR) 3 to 1. In addition, another trading positions on the USD/CAD currency pair will be opened without technical analysis. The time of entry into position will be indicated randomly with a similar risk-reward ratio (RRR) 3 to 1. The aim of this paper is to assess which of the above strategies is more suitable for the investor. In other words, this paper aims to compare the strategy of technical analysis and the random strategy in intraday trading concerning the profitability of these trades. We expect that a random strategy will be more suitable for the investor in many points.


We consider a control theory approach to adaptive dose allocation of anticoagulants, based on an analysis of records of 152 patients on long‐term warfarin treatment. We consider a selection of statistical models for the relationship between the dose of drug and subsequent blood clotting speed, measured through the international normalized ratio. Our main focus is on subsequent use of the model in guiding the choice of the next dose adaptively as patient‐specific information accrues. We compare a naive long‐term approach with a proportional‐integral‐plus method, with parameters estimated by either linear quadratic optimization or by stochastic resource allocation. We demonstrate advantages of the control approaches in comparison with a naive approach in simulations and through calculation of robust stability margins for the observed data.


Five of the most important currencies compose the SDR, the currency cocktail which is. at the base of the International Monetary System. Violent swings on the foreign exchange markets and greatest uncertainty of interest rates plead for a more frequent use of currency cocktails international operators. Both the Ecu and the SDR should have been more present in international finance. This article presents and analyses two international transactions in which the SDR was selected as unit of account: the first one is a syndicated loan to the Kingdom of Sweden and the second one a syndicated loan to the Republic of the Ivory Coast. A comparison of the two credits is presented and their differences are exposed. The author concludes that the SDR could be, in practice, very different from a private transaction to the next. Additional clauses are required when a currency cocktail is selected for a euro-credit : the definition of the SDR, the definition of the dollar-value of the SDR, the difficulty of the calculation of the interest rates, the problems of foreign exchange quotations make additional clauses necessary. As a consequence, the documentation of a SDR credit is more complex than in the case of a classic US dollar facility.


A kind of satellite remote sensing image positioning wayequal scaling amplifyingis introduced in this paper, which is able to realize the precise positioning of remote sensing image to meet the requirement of product making and service. Meantime, the way of amplifying the image for positioning with the aid of VC language is introduced in detail.


Perspective The immune system has evolved to recognize itself and respond to nonself (antigens) within the context of self (1, 2). The immune response needs to be specific, augmentable and yet limited in extent and temporally to the defense requirements of the organism (1, 2). Rearrangement of immunoglobulin (Ig)1 genes brings one VH segment into proximity with those of one of several J segments and a single CL segment and VH, D, J, and one of eight CH segments to assemble active light and heavy chain genes, respectively. This process entails somatic recombination and RNA splicing. The large number of gene line components to choose from, point mutations in V region and flexibility of the recombinational process between certain segments contribute to the extraordinary antibody diversity (2, 3).


This paper presents a Class-E power amplifier (PA) realized in GaAs HBT technology for hybrid quadrature polar modulation (HQPM) application. A digital predistortion scheme is implemented to improve the linearity between supply voltage and output envelope of realized Class-E PA for HQPM application. The developed system prototype is capable of transmitting CDMA2000 lx signal very efficiently.


Multi-hop relation detection in Knowledge Base Question Answering (KBQA) aims at retrieving the relation path starting from the topic entity to the answer node based on a given question, where the relation path may comprise multiple relations. Most of the existing methods treat it as a single-label learning problem while ignoring the fact that for some complex questions, there exist multiple correct relation paths in knowledge bases. Therefore, in this paper, multi-hop relation detection is considered as a multi-label learning problem. However, performing multi-label multi-hop relation detection is challenging since the numbers of both the labels and the hops are un-known. To tackle this challenge, multi-label multi-hop relation detection is formulated as a sequence generation task. A relation-aware sequence relation generation model is proposed to solve the problem in an end-to-end manner. Experimental results show the effectiveness of the proposed method for relation detection and KBQA.


The fate of 2-aminoindamines [2-amino-N-(4-aminophenyl)-p-benzoquinone di-imines] in aqueous solution has been found to be highly pH dependent. At high pH (>9) the major reaction involves hydrolysis of the unsubstituted imino-group to produce 2-aminoindoanilines [2-amino-N-(4-aminophenyl)-p-benzoquinone mono-imines]. At low pH ( <4), the major reaction involves hydrolysis of the azomethine bridge to give a mixture of a p-phenylenediamine and a 2-amino-p-benzoquinone monoimine. In the intermediate pH range, the amino-indamines undergo intramolecular cyclisation to give 2,8-diaminophenazines. Mechanisms are proposed for these reactions on the basis of kinetic studies of the effect of pH on the rate.


bia, or religious intolerance as the essence of Islam, they are simultaneously fighting against a politically diverse West, desperately attempting to craft – beyond the representational level – the monolith so paramount to establishing their claim to civilizational supremacy. If Foucault could be thought of as tracing the birth of a liberal biopolitics through the deployment of race in a context of competing nationalisms, Massad's achievement would be to have unearthed the birth of a liberal monopolitics through the deployment of Islam in a context of competing universalisms. 'TheWest' – as a self-styled supremacist universalist monolith – demands the racial silencing of political disagreement, as much as the 'Wests' – weakened by disunity and poststructuralist plurals – could have never achieved global dominion. 'Unite and Rule': It is in the production of this monolith that Islam had to be deployed so insistently, to draw away and dismiss the white enemies of freedom – making them into security threats and racial traitors. In place of a conclusion, I would like to ask a question: Does liberalism need saving? The end of the 30-year class-war truce – the welfare state – bought at the expense of brown blood, and the waning of Western economic power signal a moment of crisis – 'Islamo-fascism', liberalism's allergic right-wing reaction to diversity – when a faltering West seeks to prop itself up by its Islamic bootstraps. Liberalism appears constitutionally incapable of dealing with dissent without race. Perhaps even worse, Islam in Liberalism suggests that liberalism – as an exceptional Christian universalism – could not even survive in the absence of its supplementary internal enemy. The miraculous West is addicted to Islam. In that regard, rather than the Muslim, it is the Liberal who needs saving. Massad might not provide a clear treatment for this specific political disease, but at least he's diagnosed the pathology.


Since the end of World War II, there have been six world oil supply disruptions, in 1951, 1956, 1967, 1973, 1979, and 1980-one year in six, and the frequency seems to be increasing. This danger will continue, for there are many sources of disruption. Although the probability of any one type in any one year is low, the chances of escaping them all for several years are also low.


The Tangsa or Tangshang of the mountains on the India-Burma border consist of around 70 subgroups, each of which has an ethnonym and its own linguistic variety. Some varieties are very similar and mutually intelligible; others are quite distinct and unintelligible. One division of Tangsa is the Pangwa, of which around 20 groups in India share a common heritage of songs. Traditionally, the song language of the different groups was very similar and easily understandable by all, even where the spoken variety was not. There are specialised vocabulary items in song language, such as ron 'rice' in Cholim song language whereas in spoken language the form is cham . Song language also employs cognates to spoken forms, as in the table below, where words found in a Locchang traditional songs are compared with the spoken form in two Tangsa varieties and the related language Singpho. We see that the song language is much closer to the proto form than it is to modern spoken Lochhang. ( stands for an unstressed vowel, and for a high back unrounded vowel.) Locchang Song language Locchang spoken Cholim spoken Singpho Proto gloss lam le lam lam *lam 'road' nam ne nam (gă)nam *nam 'daughter in law' sa si se kăsa *za 'child' ka ki ke *ka 'go' wan we wai wan *war 'fire'  In this paper we will explore the possibility that the song language represents an earlier form of Pangwa Tangsa, and what this might mean for our understanding of the language.


The traditional and non-traditional threats to security have mixed in today's world.Hegemonism and power politics are emerging in a new form as "colored revolution".China,a developing socialist country,is meeting lots of non-harmonious factors.Facing the complex and changing international situation,China is vulnerable to the "colored revolution".Only by speeding up the economic development and meanwhile attaching importance to the construction of harmonious society can China effectively meet the challenge from the international environment,avoid the danger of "colored revolution" and ensure the smooth process of modernization.


We report on the quasi in situ scanning force microscopy nanotomography which proved to be a key method to effectively obtain a three-dimensional (3D) microdomain structure of a complex ABC triblock morphology. As an example, we studied polybutadiene-block-poly(2-vinyl pyridine)-block-poly(tert-butyl methacrylate) (BVT) thin triblock terpolymer films. We realized a controlled erosion of the material by using low-pressure plasma etching coupled to the scanning force microscope. The 3D reconstruction provides insights into the structural behavior in very thin volume elements revealing morphological details not accessible with other methods.


Proton beam polarization measurement is essential for the R elativistic Heavy-Ion Collider (RHIC) spin program at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL). A pro ton-Carbon polarimeter is employed to monitor beam polarization at the Alternating Grad ient Synchrotron (AGS) which injects 24 GeV/c protons into the RHIC rings. The methods of the polarization measurements and systematic errors are discussed. The results of the experim ental testing of the "zero emittance polarization" model is given.


In the Kuosheng nuclear power station, a turbine-driven reactor feedwater pump (TDRFP) is used to drive feedwater to the reactor pressure vessel (RPV). The performance of the TDRFP plays an important role in the safe operation of the nuclear power station as it governs the water inventory in the RPV. The dynamics of the TDRFP in the Kuosheng nuclear power station are simulated, and related parameters are identified by the simplex search method. A reactor feedwater pump (RFP) trip test was performed during the startup test of the Kuosheng nuclear power station. This RFP trip transient was selected for this study because it simplifies the identification process. The ratio of rated torque to moments of inertia, parameters related to the characteristic H-Q curve, and parameters related to the characteristic T-Q curve are verified.


A three stage superconducting undulator (modulator, dispersive section, and radiator) is under construction at the National Synchrotron Light Source--Accelerator Test Facility at Brookhaven National Laboratory in collaboration with Grumman Corporation. A novel undulator technology suitable for short period undulators (6 - 40 mm) is employed that offers (1) high magnetic fields on axis at short periods, (2) as easily varied field, (3) a variable dispersion, (4) a variable magnetic field taper to ensure optimum resonance between the electrons and the radiation field, (5) transverse focusing to prevent electron beam emittance growth, and (6) low random field errors (below 0.3% rms) as machined and assembled, without shimming or trimming.


ABSTRACT New historiography of the Holocaust, revealing the dark pages of national histories, stained with the facts of group and individual collaboration with Nazi Germany, makes the Polish state (like some others: Ukraine, Baltic states, Hungary), national groups, and individuals, feel uncomfortable. Disparities have grown between Holocaust research and education elsewhere but it was only Poland that passed a law which attempted to redefine Polish collective identity with reference to attitudes toward Jews during the Holocaust. This article investigates challenges of education about the Holocaust in Poland, including post-1989 strategies and initiatives in the context of post-memory of the Shoah.


In this paper we investigate the Cauchy problem for hyperbolic operators with double characteristics and hyperbolic operators of third order whose coefficients depend only on the time variable. And we give sufficient conditions for C∞ well-posedness.


PURPOSE: A microarray and a kit for diagnosing cat eye syndrome are provided to digitize a ratio value of a dyeing difference between a sample with a normal gene copy number and a sample which is suspected to have cat eye syndrome. CONSTITUTION: A microarray for diagnosing cat eye syndrome contains one or more kinds of genome DNA fragments, 20-100bp oligonucleotide, 100bp-10kbp DNA, and one more probes. The oligonucleotide is continuously arranged in the genome DNA fragments. The cDNA is selected from a group consisting of complements of the genome DNA fragments, oligonucleotide, and cDNA. The probe has a single locus in chromosome.


looks tools and a focus We look at some of the top players (Toyota, Volkswagen, Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi, Stellantis, and and in particular at: the Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions, the E pillar in ESG ratings of some of the major rating agencies, and at the latest arrival, the EU taxonomy. we new mandatory


THORACO-RETROPERITONEAL NEUROGENIC TUMORS. REPORT OF TWO CASES (Abstract): Retroperitoneal and posterior thoracic neurogenic tumors are rare tumors and may have different origins: ganglion cell (ganglioneuromas, ganglioneuroblastomas, neuroblastomas), paraganglionic system (paragangliomas, pheochromocytomas) and nerve sheath (schwannomas, neurofibromas, malignant nerve sheath tumors). Nerve sheath tumors are mostly benign tumors. These tumors usually present late and cause symptoms or become palpable once they have reached a significant size. Good quality cross-sectional imaging is necessary to evaluate these types of tumors and the diagnosis may be suggested by the imaging appearance of the lesion, including its location, shape, and internal structure. Distinguish between benign and malignant tumors is difficult to make preoperatively unless distant metastases are present. A core needle biopsy may be helpful but tumor location and its frequently encountered close relations with vascular structures preclude it. Surgery remains the mainstay of curative therapy for these tumors. We present two cases, a retroperitoneal benign schwannoma and a posterior thoracic malignant nerve sheath tumor with retroperitoneal extension, which were successfully resected through an abdominal approach and phrenotomy. Preoperative imaging, surgical approach and intraoperative strategy are emphasized.


A new project based on continuous bi-annual surveys of hectare plots is introduced with the aim to monitor future floristic changes as well as environmental conditions that may be assessed based on species-specific plant traits or ecological indicator values. As a trade-off between the needs for representativeness at the landscape scale and field work efficiency, the hectare plots have been placed 1 km apart in clusters of ten aligned to the road network, but with the clusters positioned considering major biogeographic divisions and gradients in the landscape. At present the project is restricted to 120 hectare plots in the province of Skane, southern-most Sweden, but future expansions are suggested and discussed. Analyses of 50 plots surveyed in both 2018 and 2019, i.e. before and after the unprecedentedly hot and dry summer of 2018, show that plant species richness per hectare increased significantly by ca 17% from 2018 to 2019. Likewise, expected biodiversity of plant-associated organisms increased by ca 12 %. Furthermore, the analyses show that the vegetation changed significantly towards higher proportions of 1) drought-resistant species, 2) species favored by grazing or mowing, 3) short-lived species, 4) species not forming mycorrhiza, 5) species with a persistent seed-bank and, 6) rapid germination. (Less)


of this work for the scope of ACP must be further discussion takes place. In essence, this work provides an improved description of a parameter widely used in atmospheric models to describe ice cloud formation. As such it should not be dismissed as a mere theoretical exercise. Since the representation of ice nucleation in cloud models is still under development the manuscript is relevant for the atmospheric community and within the scope of ACP. Detailed responses are given below.


The rapid increase of the human population also increases the demand on food. According to our illiteracy rate and poverty we lose a huge percentage of crops every year due to the climate change and pests. The main goal of this paper is to identify all the pest that are present in the agriculture field and apply certain measures to prevent them from destroying crops and to make this possible we will be classifying the pest available in a field by using a microprocessor along with infrared camera and normal camera which would be attached to a quadcopter that would fly over the field and identifying the pest.


The increasing amount of data related to the execution of scientific workflows has raised awareness of their shift towards parallel data-intensive problems. In this paper, we deliver our experience with combining the traditional highperformance computing and grid-based approaches for scientific workflows, with Big Data analytics paradigms. Our goal was to assess and discuss the suitability of such dataintensive-oriented mechanisms for production-ready workflows, especially in terms of scalability, focusing on a key element in the Big Data ecosystem: the data-centric programming model. Hence, we reproduced the functionality of a MPI-based iterative workflow from the hydrology domain, EnKF-HGS, using the Spark data analysis framework. We conducted experiments on a local cluster, and we relied on our results to discuss promising directions for further research.


Introduction Smokes are used to obscure troops and equipment on the battlefield. They are liquid or solid particulate aerosols that diffuse electromagnetic radiation at wavelengths ranging from the infrared through the visible to the ultraviolet end of the spectrum. They achieve this by absorption of atmospheric water. Not all smokes are hazardous at concentrations necessary for obscuration. However, exposure to heavy smoke concentrations for extended periods, particularly if near the source of emission, may cause ill-effects or even death. Medical personnel should be prepared to treat reactions to military smokes once they have been introduced to the battlefield. With the exception of oil smoke, high concentrations of smoke generated in closed spaces are extremely dangerous. High concentrations of zinc oxide/hexachloroethane (HC) smoke under these conditions have caused fatalities. Under no circumstances should HC munitions be used indoors or in closed compartments. In the open air, the air passages should be protected by a respirator if the smoke irritates the airway, if it is very thick or if a stay of longer than 5 minutes in a diluted cloud is necessary. The standard respirator gives the respiratory tract and eyes adequate protection against all smokes and should always be worn when smokes are used in confined spaces. However, it will not protect against carbon monoxide, a common byproduct of smoke generation.


Palliative care should be available to all those with chronic, incurable or life-threatening illness and is intended to alleviate symptoms and improve quality of life. Although good nutrition is needed - not only to meet the body's physical requirements but also many social and psychological needs - such patients often experience reduced oral intake during the course of their illness. This raises many challenges for practitioners but may include the use of nutritional supplements or artificial nutrition using enteral or parenteral feeding.


In this paper, we define and investigate a new class of functions called semi θ-perfect functions and also obtain the characterizations of locally s-closed spaces in weakly Hausdorff spaces.


The SoundSpaces project in general serves as a framework to develop highly interactive and non-deterministic multimedia applications without the need to have programming or technical skills.


Rolipram facilitates the postsynaptic neurotransmission of NA through a completely new mechanism of action, namely, an inhibition of the inactivation of the second messenger (the cyclic AMP) by phosphodiesterase. In the present study, Rolipram is compared to a classical tricyclic antidepressant which facilitates the NA transmission through an inhibition of its presynaptic reuptake: Desipramine. Preliminary results on 12 Rolipram patients vs. 9 Desipramine patients indicate that Rolipram has an antidepressant potency comparable to Desipramine with less anticholinergic and hypotensive side effects. This study also illustrates that a 14-factor AMDP profile gives much more information than a single total score such as the Hamilton score.


Diapause in the alfalfa seed chalcid, Bruchophagus roddi (Gussakovsky), is 1 of the principal mechanisms for survival and perpetuation of this multivoltine species in seed alfalfa. The chalcid actively developed through 2 generations, which lasted about 2½ mo from about June 15 to Sept. 1. The chalcid diapaused in the prepupal stage. Diapause began about Sept. 1 and was completed about Dec. 1, 3 mo later, when 100% of the population was in diapause. The daylength for induction ranged from 10½–13 h; only about 40% of the population diapaused between 10¼ and 11 hours. Diapause lasted about 5½ mo, from Dec. 1 to April 15. Termination of diapause and emergence of the population occurred over a period of about 2 mo, from April 15 to June 15. Daylength of 13–14½ h terminated diapause.


In public sector procurement, social welfare often depends on the time taken to complete the contract. A leading example is highway construction, where slow completion times inflict a negative externality on commuters. Recently, highway departments have introduced innovative contracting methods that give contractors explicit time incentives. We characterize equilibrium bidding and efficient design of these contracts. We then gather a unique data set of highway repair projects awarded by the Minnesota Department of Transportation that includes both innovative and standard contracts. Descriptive analysis shows that for both contract types, contractors respond to the incentives as the theory predicts, both at the bidding stage and after the contract is awarded. Next we build a structural econometric model that endogenizes project completion times, and perform counterfactual policy analysis. Our estimates suggest that switching from standard contracts to designs with socially efficient time incentives would increase welfare by over 19% of the contract value; or in terms of the 2009 Mn/DOT budget, $290 million. We conclude that large improvements in social welfare are possible through the use of improved contract design. ∗We are grateful to Mn/DOT for data, and to Rabinder Bains, Tom Ravn and Gus Wagner for their help. We would also like to thank John Asker, Susan Athey, Matt Gentzkow, Ariel Pakes, Chad Syverson and participants at the IIOC, Stony Brook, NBER IO and WBEC conferences for helpful comments and suggestions. Jason Kriss, Tina Marsh, Maryam Saeedi and Connan Snider provided excellent research assistance


The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to clarify that narratives have a rhetorical dimension, whose study has to be considered an important part of rhetoric (this claim is not accepted by important scholars). The arguments are based on the properties that narratives are very persuasive and that they are implicitly involved in the three species of rhetoric (deliberative, judicial and celebrative) introduced by Aristotle in his Rhetoric. Second, narratives are strongly related to the concept of intentional action or human action that has a purpose, a mental project and the execution of the act, such it is defined in the classical paper by Alfred Schutz common-sense and scientific interpretation of human action (1953). This property relates narratives with phenomenology, epistemology of social sciences and management research and practice.,This research is a theoretical work based on the study of central concepts of rhetoric, narratives, historiography and epistemology of social sciences and it uncovers the narrative aspects involved in intentional action. As a theoretical study, it does not include empirical studies, but it points out some kinds of management activities, such as creating projects and case studies.,It uncovers the relationships between rhetoric and narratives, and between narratives and intentional action. If offers a new conceptual frame that can be very productive.,This conceptual approach is new. It clarifies important misunderstandings about narrativity, facts, meanings and interpretations.


Since the pioneer work of Calmette (1894) and Fraser (1895) it has been generally assumed that specific antivenene is the most effective treatment available for snake bite. Many reports claim support for this assumption, but to the critical mind the impressions and conclusions are vitiated by the many variables in human snake-bite poisoning. In Malaya the most common cause of snake bite is the pit viper, Ancistrodon rhodostoma (Boie). In 1958 a limited supply of specific A. rhodostoma antivenene became avail able for the first time in Malaya. Since the number of .4. rhodostoma victims was much too high (Reid, Thean, and Martin, 1963) to allow each subject this specific antiserum, it was thought ethical to use the limited supply in controlled clinical trials.


In this paper we describe geometrically a path planning method for the optimal control of multiple Lagrangian systems on Lie groups. We solve the optimal control problem as a constrained higher-order variational problem for a multiagent system. Necessary conditions for optimality are derived via the method of Lagrange multipliers and, in consequence, it also allows the design of optimal trajectories. The proposed geometric method is illustrated with an application for the shape control with flocking behavior of Lagrangian models of quadrotors.


SYNOPSIS Isometric contraction oftheabductor digiti minimi muscle (ADM)hasbeenstudied in sixnormalsubjects. Twitchcontraction timesofADM ranged from60to68ms andtwitch torque ranged from2-33to6-24 x 10-3Nm.Inthree subjects torque declined byan averageof310% after tetanization at50Hzfor30seconds butthere was nosimilar diminution intheevoked muscle action potential suggesting thatthefatigue arosefromintrinsic muscular mechanisms. A markeddecline in tetanic torqueoccurred withcontinued tetanization intwosubjects foratotal offive minutes, but this change was accompanied byadecrease inthemuscle action potential. Insixsubjects threshold stimulation totheulnarnerveatthewrist andtovarious sites overthemotorpointofADM allowed 55threshold twitch contractions tobeidentified after averaging. A unimodal rangeofcontraction times ranging from40-100 ms wasfoundandthis wasconfirmed byadditional experiments intwosubjects inwhom 30threshold twitch contractions wereidentified using aneedle electrode to stimulate various sites inthemotorpoint. Tetanization at50Hz was performed using threshold stimulus levels. Ninethreshold tetanic contractions wereevokedintwosubjects. Ineight tetanic torqueprogressively fatigued tobetween14and20%within 60-90seconds, but,inone tetanic contraction, torqueproved relatively fatigue resistant. Theseresults suggest thatthere isa homogeneousgroupofmotorunits inADM (with respect tocontraction time) andthat this groupcontains whatareprobable fasttwitch fatigue sensitive andfatigue resistant motorunits. No evidence ofa distinct groupofslowtwitch units was found.


Uruguay has initiated in recent years a complex process of renewal in the training of education professionals. In this sense, the transition to a teacher training of a university nature highlights the conflict between formative traditions and the new demands of teacher policies that seek to rethink the required skills, knowledge and working conditions of teachers.This report aims to deepen the current process of transformation of the model of training of teachers of secondary education in Uruguay, from a historical and analytical perspective.The approach of this process is carried out from a double way of analysis. On the one hand, it is studied the genesis and the main milestones of the education of secondary school teachers in Uruguay. In parallel, we reflect on the main tensions and conflicts that arise from the analysis of the implementation of educational policies and the different positions and conflicts between administrative authorities, trade unions and different teaching groups. Among other aspects that generate tensions and conflicts in the history of teacher training in the country, we reflect on the debate around the design of curricular plans, regulations of training processes and teacher training practices.


Culture an important concept in Social sciences is considered a design for living or a roadmap that guides and moulds the behavior of the members of a society. In the broader sense it includes material and non material aspects like, dwellings. food habits, entertainments, educational and religious buildings, beliefs, religion, traditions, art, literature and values .To quote Ottaway, the culture of society means the total way of life of a society. Different societies adopted different Cultures according to the prevailing geographical conditions. Since Central Asia is having different geographical conditions and adopted the culture accordingly. For centuries Central Asia remained a hub of all ancient Civilizations, absorbing the best traditions of ancient Greeks, Persians, Chinese, and Indian Cultures, enriching the Culture of the region which represented a colorful mix up of many ethnic groups who lived together for many generations, sharing and enriching one others cultures, customs, and traditions till Russian conquest. Under Soviet Rule Central Asia underwent an intensive process of modernization rather Sovietization. In fact region was wretched out of Asia and thrust into the Europe. To create a uniform socio-political system for all the citizens of USSR traditional culture was either destroyed or rendered invisible. The present paper intends to analyze the impact of socio-cultural changes introduced by the Soviets with regard to the institution of family, a pivotal centre of Central Asian Society. The institution despite intrusions served as a torch bearer of traditional culture throughout the 7 decades of Soviet rule. The paper will also focus on the challenges of Soviet Cultural Legacies in the newly independent Republics of Central Asia which are passing through transition process and are in search of National identity.


In April 2006 an airborne laser scanning (LIDAR) survey of the Albano and Nemi craters was carried out to obtain
a high resolution digital terrain model (DTM) of the area. We have integrated the LIDAR survey of the
craters and the recent bathymetry of the Albano lake to achieve a complete DTM, useful for morphological studies.
In addition, with a GPS RTK survey (July 2007) we estimated the Albano and Nemi mean lake levels respectively
at 288.16 m and 319.02 m (asl). Based on the integrated DTM and the newly estimated water level
values, we evaluated about 21.7·106 m3 the water volume loss of the Albano lake from 1993 to 2007, with an
average rate of about 1.6·106 m3/yr.


The story follows Carol Danvers as she becomes one of the universe's most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic


While the Russian authorities may seek to talk up the role their security apparatus plays in combating organised crime, in fact, they are to a large extent falling prey to criminalisation. A culture of corruption and a decade of neglect have combined to create a situation in which not only do police, army, and security officers provide services to 'civilian' criminals but organised crime groupings have actually formed within them. These gangs tend to be defined by their location and legal powers, both of which can be abused for criminal ends, and they include police and military officers at the very apex of their respective command structures. There are grounds for hope now that President Putin is beginning to become aware of the practical dangers this poses for Russian national security, not least given the haemorrhage of weapons to criminal and insurgent hands, but, for the immediate future, the security apparatus will remain corrupted and criminalised.


For a local ring, (A, 9)) of positive depth regularity is shown to be equivalent to the symmetric algebra of 93 being torsion free. Let A be a commutative ring with unit element and 2! an ideal of A. The symmetric algebra S(2() has been an object of study in [1], [2], and [4], particularly with regard to the questions of when it is factorial or simply a domain. In the special case where A is a (Noetherian) local ring and W = 9, its maximal ideal, Micali [1] has shown that S(9) is a domain if and only if A is regular. It is the purpose of this note to prove the following somewhat different characterization of regular local rings. THEOREM. Let A be a local ring with maximal ideal 9, depth A > 0. Then A is regular if and only if S(9N) is a torsionfree A -module. NOTE. An A -module M is called torsion free if ker(M-*M 0 A B) = 0 where B is the total ring of fractions of A. Before proceeding with the proof, we set down some notation in the general case. Suppose that (= (a,, * * *, an). Then the A-epimorphism An -*2 given by (b1, **, bn)F-Z'=1 biai induces an A-algebra epimorphism ,u: A [X1, , Xn]-*S(2!). If we denote the kernel of ,u by Z, then ZC is the homogeneous ideal generated by all linear forms Ei=i biXi such that EJbiai=0. One also has the notion of the Rees algebra, R(2(), of the ideal W(. This is defined as R(2) =A [a1X, * * *, anX]CA [X]. The map 2{R(W) given by aF->aX induces an A-algebra epimorphism O:S(I) -* R(W). Finally one has the A-algebra epimorphism 'y:A [X1, * , Xn]-*R(2() given by XiF->aiX. The kernel of y is denoted by ZOO. It is the homogeneous ideal generated by all forms f(Xl, * * *, Xn) such that f(ai, , an) = 0. It is easily seen that ,y = o , and so ker q0 -Z /Z? These maps can be embedded in a slightly larger commutative diagram which is a useful framework for viewing things. Thus we have Received by the editors November 17, 1970. AMS 1969 subject classifications. Primary 1395, 1656; Secondary 1320.


Purpose

– The purpose of this paper is to discuss the development of the community-based individual risk mitigation profile (IRMP) and to examine its effectiveness for people who have an intellectual disability, and are at risk of offending, through the use of a case study.

Design/methodology/approach

– Case study and literature review.

Findings

– The tool has been found to be useful and accessible by clinicians. It has a particular focus on joint sharing of opinion on risk and decision making in a structured and contained multi-disciplinary forum, that is evidence-based and defensible. This multi-disciplinary approach meets recommendations in best practice in relation to risk.

Research limitations/implications

– A current limitation is that the IRMP has not been evaluated for reliability and validity, though a research study is being planned.

Originality/value

– The paper highlights the usefulness of a community-based risk profile assessment and linked risk mitigation process.


Biological phosphorus removal (BPR) techniques offer a number of advantages over chemical addition, including enhanced treatment, reduced energy consumption, and reduced sludge production. A rapid, low-cost method for determining the feasibility of biological phosphorus removal should allow these techniques to be more widely used. A simple test is proposed to determine the amount of phosphorus that can be removed from a particular wastewater using a BPR process. The test involves measuring phosphorus release during a 2-hour anaerobic stage in a batch reactor containing phosphorus-removing organisms (PAOs) and estimating the effluent phosphorus concentration using a biochemical relationship. The BPR potential test developed in this study was used to evaluate BPR feasibility of five wastewaters. Comparing the test result with the effluent phosphorus concentration from a sequencing batch reactor validated the BPR potential test. An effluent phosphorus concentration predicted by the BPR potential test, compared favorably to the average effluent concentration obtained from the SBR. The initial sludge concentration affected the phosphorus release rate to a greater extent at the beginning of the anaerobic stage but to a lesser extent after 2 hours. It is recommended that the BPR potential test be conducted at a location where a PAO-containing sludge is available (either from an operating, full-scale BPR plant or from a lab-scale reactor) and that the wastewater samples be stored at 4°C for less than 24 hours. * Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. ** DNR Bureau of Watershed Management, Madison, WI.


Although this device contained all the basic control elements required for switching regulator design, practical power supplies still required other functions which had to be implemented with additional external discrete circuitry. An additional development within the semiconductor industry was the introduction of practical Power Mos which offered the potential of higher efficiencies at higher speeds with resultant lower overall system costs.


Porphyra haitanensis is a unique seaweed species that grows in South China and has the highest production(by weight) in Chinese aquaculture.However it has been a great loss in nori farming due to the degeneration of the germplasm quality in the last years.In order to understand the genetic background of P.haitanensis and guide its genetic breeding and germplasm resource protection,Inter-simple sequence repeats(ISSR) markers were used to investigate the genetic variations within and among 3 populations(PT,NR and DS) of P.haitanensis.The thalli samples were collected from 60 individuals.15 ISSR primers gave rise to 222 discernible DNA bands of which 186(83.78%) were polymorphic,indicated a considerable genetic variation at specific level.At the population level,the percentage of polymorphic bands(P) was from 80.18% to 81.53%,80.93% on average.Expected heterozygosity(h) and Shannon's information index(I) were 0.3304 and 0.4834 respectively at specific level,0.3809 and 0.4551 at population level.According to the value of Gst,a large proportion of genetic variance(93.5%) of P.haitanensis was among individuals within population,only 6.5% genetic variance was among populations,the results indicated that the genetic differentiation level among the 3 populations of P.haitanensis was low.And according to the value of Nm,the reason of the low genetic differentiation level among populations of P.haitanensis was the sufficient gene flow.UPGMA cluster analysis based on Nei's genetic distance showed that the individuals from the same population were no grouped together,but randomly.At Last,the necessary of protecting the germplasm resource of P.haitanensis also was discussed.


Acquaintance and elaboration of relationships between nature reserve and adjacent community are essential in forest ecosystem management and biodiversity conservation.On the basis of field survey,we categorize settlement distribution in Nujiang Valley into 3 types and 5 kinds.In accordance with materials used for roof,wall,and floor,we classify dwelling houses into 4 kinds,7 kinds and 3 kinds respectively.We analyze the distribution of rural settlements and the succession of dwelling houses in adjacent areas of Gaoligongshan Nature Reserve,and their impacts on the Reserve.It is hoped to be helpful for the nature reserve management and to be a way to explore relationships between nature reserve and adjacent community.


Data and information literacy (DIL) is a set of critical skills for every citizen in the twenty-first century. It is important to help both college students and other individuals become skillful data/information users, creators, and lifelong learners. As DIL has a profound impact on education, employment, and quality of life in today's data-intensive and information-rich environment, it is essential to make everyone aware of the importance of DIL and to deliver effective DIL education. Currently, DIL education confronts multiple challenges including insufficient instruction, heterogeneous student groups, inadequate faculty, out-dated instructional materials, etc. To overcome these challenges, effective generic and specific education methods and models are desired to be proposed and applied. The goal of this panel is to further discuss these challenges, methods, and models of DIL education. Innovative development strategies are put forward. The importance of enhancing educators' teaching skills are also emphasized. This panel will include two main activities. First, the panelists will give presentations about recent efforts to improve DIL education. Second, the moderator will host a discussion among the panelists and the audience, drawing on previous presentations.


Hollow cylinders of functionally graded materials (FGMs) composed of low-density alumina and high-density tungsten powders with two kinds of particle size were fabricated using a centrifugal molding technique. Fine and coarse particle sizes of tungsten powders were used to make continuous and gradual variations of their composition. The alumina and tungsten powders were mixed with ethanol solvent, dispersant, and binder, and rotated at 3000 rpm in a steel mold of the centrifugal molding equipment. After casting and drying the slurry, the FGM cake was sintered in a reduced atmosphere of H2/N2 environment at 1600°C for 3 h. Continuously gradient constituents across the thickness of the hollow cylinder were obtained with the range of the slurry viscosity from 100 mPa·s to 300 mPa·s by adjusting the mixture ratio of the two particle sizes of tungsten powders. Residual thermal stresses generated during the cooling process were also analyzed numerically for each fabricated FGM cylinder with different variation of microstructure using a multi-layered technique. The analytical results showed that tensile hoop stresses appeared on the inner surface of the hollow cylinder and compressive stresses on the outer surface, and these residual stresses were released by selecting appropriate gradients with good dispersion of particles.


The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently furthered the discussion of the mind-numbing, myriad issues around the use of opioids in children.


ABSTRACT The adiabatic approximation has formed the basis for much of our understandings of the interaction of light and electrons. The classical nonrecoil approximation or quantum mechanical Wolkow states of free-electron waves have been routinely employed to interpret the outcomes of low-loss electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) or electron holography. Despite the enormous success of semianalytical approximations, there are certainly ranges of electron–photon coupling strengths where more demanding self-consistent analyses are to be exploited to thoroughly grasp our experimental results. Slow-electron point-projection microscopes and many of the photoemission experiments are employed within such ranges. Here, we aim to classify those regimes and propose numerical solutions for an accurate simulation model. A survey of the works carried out within self-consistent Maxwell–Lorentz and Maxwell–Schrödinger frameworks are outlined. Several applications of the proposed frameworks are discussed, and an outlook for further investigations is also delivered. Abbreviations: CL: Cathodoluminescence CW: continuous – wave DLA: dielectric laser accelerator EDPHS: electron-driven photon source EEGS: electron energy-gain spectroscopy EELS: Electron energy-loss spectroscopy eV: electron-volt fs: femtosecond FDTD: finite-difference time-domain IR: infrared PIC: particle-in-cell PINEM: photon-induced near-field electron microscopy PLDOS: photonic local density of state PPM: point-projection electron microscopy SEM: scanning electron microscope SVA: slowly varying approximation TE: transverse electric TEM: transmission electron microscope THz: terahertz TM: transverse magnetic UV: ultraviolet GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT


This paper presents semi-empirical modeling results to help guide optimization for low resistance in small critical dimension interconnects. We show that cobalt metallization has lower expected line resistance than copper at a threshold of around 10-15nm line width and detail some of the fill or reflow contrast thresholds necessary to realize this benefit on a single layer. Recess etch of metal at via bottoms can substantially reduce via resistance if contact resistance or resistance across a barrier is significant, and we show the interface resistivity and etch depth thresholds at which this becomes a useful approach.


This paper describes guidelines and research results about the design of roundabouts and their effects on traffic safety.
After an introduction, the principal geometric elements of a roundabout are discussed in relation to traffic safety. Attention is given to specific accommodation for cyclists and pedestrians.
Next, international research results concerning roundabouts and effects on traffic safety are discussed. Some methodological aspects as well as conclusions from research are dealt with. It is explained why roundabouts have positive effects on traffic safety.
Finally, the research results are described, as well as the global effects of roundabouts on traffic safety and specific results for bicyclists and pedestrians. Some case studies, and particular roundabout designs, such as the "turboroundabout" or the oval-roundabout, are treated and the relationship between design elements and traffic safety was explored, together with conclusions and suggestions.


We present here a theorem stating sufficient topological conditions for an arbitrary graph not to exhibit spontaneous magnetization at finite temperature. Doing so, we introduce a large class of weakly separable graphs that encompasses all the known cases of lattices not displaying spontaneous magnetization, then we discuss the possibility that this class may contain all and only such graphs.


Using Ti(OBu)4 as the precusor S-doped nano-TiO2 photo-catalysts were prepared by the sol-gel method in ionic liquids. The IR and XRD were used to characterize the structure of the catalysts. At a constant temperature (25 ̊C), using respectively the three degradation conditions of MW, UV and MW/UV, the effects of the calcinations temperature, the calcinations time, the power of microwave drying, microwave drying time, the amount of ionic liquid and the S doping amount on the photocatalytic activity of nanoparticle TiO2 for degradation of methyl orange were investigated in the combination of catalytic synthesis of microwave ultrasonic instrument. The tests indicated that the highest catalytic activity of nanoparticle TiO2 under the following condition: calcination temperature of 600 ̊C, calcination time of 2 h, microwave drying power of 210 W, microwave drying time of 25 min, ionic liquid added in an amount of 5.6 mL and S doped amount of n(S)/n(Ti) = 2. The degradation rate of methyl orange under three conditions of MW, UV and MW/UV were 7.26%, 75.49% and 82.12% respectively. This reveals that MW has a very good synergy with UV, and microwave has the effect of strengthening S-doped nano-TiO2 degradation of methyl orange.


This article contests the idea that the world has entered a post‐globalization era. It argues that rapid globalization has evolved rather than ended. Even though the global goods trade‐to‐GDP ratio reached its zenith 15 years ago, the rapid rise of services trade has persisted and now accounts for one‐fifth of international commerce. The paper makes a statistical and logical case that the future of trade lies in services trade—especially trade in intermediate services.


The term hyperactivity and difficulty concentrating so common in society, but in understanding that is not fully accurate. In psychology the term hyperactivity and difficulty in concentrating known as ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). Several studies have shown resultsthat children with ADHD are not handled well at last experiencing behavioral problems, limitations in social adjustment, failure and dropout, and the abuse of drugs and crime. We have many health experts trying to develop methods of intervention for children dealing with ADHD.
Behavior modification therapy is an effective therapy applied to children because it does not cause side effects on health. In children an effective behavior modification is done by playing angklung. Controlling this behavior occurs when playing Angklung children learn to obey rules,
to provide positive reinforcement of praise and giving negative reinforcement in the form of restrictions play for a certain time.
This research uses experimental research design with a single case experimental designs. This design is used to determine the effect of a treatment by comparing the performance conditions or the subject from time to time. The observed behavior was measured repeatedly during a certain period before treatment, during treatment and after treatment. Subjects used were as many as two children aged seven to nine years have characteristics have some symptoms of ADHD, no other disabilities in addition to ADHD and not in medical treatment. The collection of data used in this
study is the recording of direct observation by the method of recording events (frequency).
Analysis of the data in this study using the graphic analysis that aims to help organize the data during the data collection process that would facilitate the process of analyzing the effect of play therapy angklung to modified anattention, hiperaktif, and impulsive behaviors.
The results obtained are angklung play therapy can be used as an effective alternative to behavior modification in children with ADHD symptoms are indicated by a decrease in the frequency of inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity.


They can be formulated pressure sensitive adhesives WHICH ARE absorbency properties AND / OR PERMEABILITY TO REMOVE transepidermal water loss and / or other body fluids come into contact with the adhesive, along with a good balance of properties COHESION AND ACCESSION, A by controlling the crossing of a polyurethane polymer having functionality HYDROXY IN eXCESS a temperature of glass transition below 0 (degrees) C, absorption HUMIDITY at least 20% APPROXIMATELY OF ITS WEIGHT / O transmission speed MOISTURE VAPOR AT LEAST 300 grams / meter 2/24 hours approximately measured at 37 (degrees) CY gradient 90% RELATIVE HUMIDITY. Adhesives These polymers have an adherence to HUMAN SKIN between 0.3 and 4 newtons / CM WIDTH ADHESIVE POLYMER OR APPROXIMATELY.


Myocardial flow and oxygen consumption are reduced during cardiopulmonary bypass. In ventricular fibrillation both flow and O2 consumption are higher than in the empty beating heart; after the fibrillation flow remains elevated although O2 consumption decreases. Aortic pressure is the major determinant of the myocardial flow rate, especially in hemodilution.


Objective The aim of this study was to describe thoughts and values influencing young people's choices to undergo orthodontic treatment. Subjects and methods Twenty-eight patients (11 boys), aged 13–19 years, at an orthodontic clinic in the western part of Sweden participated. Open, taped interviews, lasting about 1 hour, were conducted with each subject and analysed by the grounded theory method. Five descriptive categories, each related to several subcategories, were generated in the analysis and labelled: 'being like everyone else', 'being diagnosed', 'focusing on the mouth', 'obeying social norms' and 'forced decision-making'. Outcome Category forced decision-making was identified as a core category, describing the power in the social process, resulting in the decision to undergo orthodontic treatment. Conclusions Motivation for the decision to undergo orthodontic treatment seemed to be social norms, and the beauty culture in their reference group and in society in general. The teenagers were not fully conscious of these external influences. Their opinion, as a group, was that they had made an independent decision to undergo orthodontic treatment.


A novel signal subspace reconstruction method for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radar is proposed. The developed method realises signal subspace resconstruction by the eigendecomposition of two low dimension matrixes. It provides lower computational complexity and fewer training samples compared to the full DOF method. Simulation results are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the method.


Au film which was used as immunoassay substrate was modified by 16-mercaptohexadecanoic acid(16-MHA) via self-assembled monolayer(SAM) technology.A sandwich assay which contains captured antibodies,antigens and labeled immunocolloids was formed.Two different Raman reporter molecules(4,4′-bipyridine and thiophenol),which served as respective labels for each type of antibodies,were selected.SERS has the advantage of a small line width of Raman bands and high sensibility.The presence of dual-analyte was established by distinguishing the corresponding labeled reporter′s Raman spectrum.By chosing suitable Raman reporter molecules and immuno-colloids of certain size,detection limit ranges from 1 to 100 fg/mL were achieved.


We present ingenious recovery of understanding by way of CE for decentralized disruption-tolerant systems were introduced where numerous key government physiques control their attributes individually. The suggested technique of key generation made up of personal key generation adopted by protocols of attribute key generation it exploits arithmetic secure two-party computation procedure to get rid of key escrow difficulty by which nobody of presidency physiques can conclude whole crucial aspects of users individually. Attribute-basis system of file encryption assists an access control above encrypted information by way of access policies among cipher-texts. We've broaden a disparity within the CE formula partly according to Beth escort et al.'s building to improve expressiveness of access control policy as opposed to construction in the novel CE system on your own. The confidentiality of understanding is cryptographically forced against interested key government physiques inside the forecasted plan. Setback of key escrow is intrinsic to make sure that key authority decrypts each cipher-text that's addressed to users in system by way of generating their secret keys at any instance and additionally the issue was resolved to make certain that privacy of stored facts are assured still underneath the hostile atmosphere where key government physiques very might be not completely reliable.


Population sizes of long-diving marine mammals can be estimated with minimal bias using line transect sampling techniques in conjunction with data on surfacing/diving, even though the detection probability on the trackline is considerably less than 1. Using a simulation, it was investigated whether population sizes can be accurately estimated when only the mean cue production rate, without information on surfacing/diving patterns, is available. In addition, a new model that incorporates information on surfacing/diving patterns into the estimation procedure was developed. The simulation showed that the new model can provide less biased abundance estimates, whereas neglecting surfacing/diving patterns can result in serious underestimates of abundance, in particular for longdiving animals.


A mail sorting system according to an embodiment of the present invention is to easily release a mail from a target release point by arranging the led mail in the predetermined area of a cross belt, and comprises: a detecting part outputting a detection signal for the length of the mail led on a conveyor belt; a cross belt driving part controlling a motor interlocked with the cross belt including a central area in which the mail is arranged to be moved from the conveyor belt and a first and a second area adjacent to both sides of the central area; and a control part transmitting a motor control signal to the cross belt driving part, wherein the motor control signal controls at least one of the rotation number and the rotation speed of the motor based on the detection signal in order to arrange the mail in one among the central area, the first area, and the second area.