The use of Ligasure™, a computer-controlled bipolar diathermy system is proven beneficial in a wide range of surgical procedures. This study was to evaluate its application to vaginal hysterectomy. Over forty patients underwent vaginal hysterectomy with (n = 32) or without (n = 12) Ligasure™ using standard surgical techniques. The main diagnoses, the age of patients, time for surgery, hospital stay and estimated blood loss during operation were compared. The average operating time was shorter in the Ligasure™ vaginal hysterectomy group (30 mins (24 – 48) P < 0.05), the estimated blood loss was less in the Ligasure™ hysterectomy group (39 mins (25 – 60) P < 0.05), and the hospital stay was shorter in the Ligasure™ hysterectomy group (1.2days (1 – 2) vs 3 days (3- 5) P < 0.05). There were no postoperative complications or re-admissions in either group. Vaginal hysterectomy using Ligasure™ reduced operating time and blood loss, and therefore shortened hospital stay.


The methods for the recycle of silver from discarded silver electroplated wares were investigated, and the processes for the recycle and utilization of the silver coating were established.


various monosaccharides were reacted with 4-hydrazinoquinazoline to give the corresponding mono- and dihydrazones depending on molar ratio used. Acetylation of the products gave the O-acetyl derivatives without N-acetylation. The antibacterial and antifungal of the products were evaluated.


The maturity indexes of organic solid waste compost are important parameters evaluating stability and safe guarantee for agricultural utilization. The maturity physical indexes, chemical indexes and biological indexes are reviewed in the paper. Physical indexes can be used as subsidiary parameters, the amount of T ≤0.6 and the ratio of WSC to total organic nitrogen ≤0.70 can be used as chemical parameters, ~(13)C-NMR and FTIR can be used to evaluate ingredients of maturity compost. Seed germination index, as biological parameter, was recommended to be a safe and stabile parameter of maturity compost. BOD, CEC and humification indexes can be combined while evaluating maturity.


The electrodynamic characteristics of a high-Q dielectric whispering gallery mode resonator in the form of a hemisphere positioned on an impedance plane were studied. The analysis of the anisotropic resonator was modeled using Maxwell equations and the impedance Leontovich boundary condition. The interaction coefficient ASj of the conductor and microwave field was determined using a frequency and field distribution of the j-type mode in the hemisphere resonator considering a perfect conducting plane. Results of the theoretical study and experimental measurements of the Teflon resonator frequency spectrum and Q factor are in good agreement. The results obtained are confirmed by calculations using Microwave Studio CST 2008. In the case of the sapphire hemispherical resonator with an impedance plane, comparison of the experimental and simulation results allows us to identify the H -type modes in the resonator and their electromagnetic field distribution. In such anisotropic hemisphere resonators, the quasi-TE modes are revealed. The modes are excited together with TE modes inherent to the isotropic resonator and they have an identical distribution of electromagnetic field.


Agriculture, one of the oldest economic sectors of humankind, is getting a technological makeover. Pervasive computing puts the vision of a sustainable agriculture within reach for anyone, any time, anywhere.


Broker Notes mentioned that 9.6 million people in the world was doing foreign exchange trading online. It means every 1 (one) of the 781 inhabitants of the world is an online trader (in-network). Among 9.6 million traders in the world, 768,000 of them are Indonesian-language online traders. It counts almost 8%. In addition, Indonesian language traders rank fourth after English with a total of 54 percent of users, Arabic 15 percent and Spanish 10 percent of users. The next rank below Indonesia are Indian 7% consumer traders and French 6 %. The data does not clearly state that all Indonesian online valet traders use Indonesian. There can be thousands of traders online from Indonesia who choose to use English for their trading online. It means that the actual number of Indonesian residents who are online valerine traders is much greater than the number of traders who choose to use Indonesian. This paper aim to describe and illustrate how the development of information technology has quickly triggered the interest of the world population to plunge into the foreign exchange trading sector. The number of people trying to make a living for trading has steadily increased, including Indonesian people. Unfortunately, traders' interests are not offset by their knowledge and understanding of online valet trading. Traders also often have to deal with dishonest and cheating brokers. As a result, traders have to deal with not only the real issues of the trade but also the external problems from brokers. The results of this study indicate that the application of the Futures Trade Law (UN Law) No. 32 of 2008 which was later amended into Law No. 10 of 2011 with its derivative rules and Electronic Information & Transactions Act No. 11 of 2008 later amended by Law No. 19 In 2016, it was sufficient to become the legal of online system trading in Indonesia. Unfortunately, traders still find it difficult to apply for evidence when dealing with criminal cases. Meanwhile, the number of supervisors authorized to supervise is very limited, and traders themselves often do not realize that they have been "cheated".


This paper investigates identification and root- n consistent estimation of a class of single index panel data models where: the index function is unspecified; the individual effects may be correlated with all the explanatory variables, and; all the explanatory variables may be predetermined, including lagged dependent variables. The model is extended to allow for a general form of sample selection. For both estimators, we propose kernel based modified backfitting algorithms to estimate the finite and infinite dimensional pa rameters of interest. The algorithms fully implement all the identification restrictions of the m odels. We derive consistency and asymptotic normality results for the proposed estimators. Finally, Monte Carlo simulations are performed to study the finite sample properties of both estim ators.


Contract administrator constantly faces the challenge of selecting the right procurement method in tandem with the basic need to achieve required performance in cost, time and quality. To achieve the required performance, tender process is carried out in which the contract administrator states the requirements starting from the notice of invitation to treat. There are rules and procedure to be complied with by the tenderers in the tendering process and the tenderer that best meet all the criterion would likely be awarded with the contract. However, what if the contract administrator deviates from rules and procedure and use his discretion in view of certain circumstances in the tender process. This study seeks to find the limit on the use of discretion by the principal, contract administrator or contracting authorities in general. The scope of this study is limited to the tender process. The methodology used involves several stages starting from initial study and concluded with a write up. The data from literature review and law cases are analyzed. From the relevant law cases, it appears that use of discretion is controlled by such principles as proportionality, equality of treatment, transparency, legitimate expectation and non-discrimination.


I n recent years the potent influences of hypercapnia, hypoxia and respiratory obstruction on the intracranial pressure during anxsthesia have rightly been stressed. This emphasis on factors related to good anathetic technique has led to the belief that, provided respiratory depression is avoided, general anxsthetic drugs have negligible effects on intracranial pressure 1-21 3. The present study was undertaken to determine quantitatively the eflects of halothane and trichlorethylene on the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure in the absence of changes in arterial carbon dioxide tension and to correlate any changes found with alterations in central and cerebral venous pressures.


Background: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants of concern are associated with increased infectivity, severity, and mortality of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and have been increasingly detected in clinical and wastewater surveillance in Canada and internationally. In this study, we present a real-time quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) assay for detection of the N gene D377Y mutation associated with the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant in wastewater. Methods: Wastewater samples (n=980) were collected from six cities and 17 rural communities across Canada from July to November 2021 and screened for the D377Y mutation. Results: The Delta variant was detected in all major Canadian cities and northern remote regions, and half of the southern rural communities. The sensitivity and specificity of this assay were sufficient for detection and quantitation of the Delta variant in wastewater to aid in rapid population-level screening and surveillance. Conclusion: This study demonstrates a novel cost-effective RT-qPCR assay for tracking the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant. This rapid assay can be easily integrated into current wastewater surveillance programs to aid in population-level variant tracking.


The emphasis is placed on changes in the educational field of Ukraine and the importance of forming the competencies of future journalists. Features of the application of modern information technologies in distance learning are outlined. A review of scientific sources of Ukrainian and foreign scientists on the stated issues. The relevance of the introduction of integrated technologies in modern journalism education, which contributes to improving the training of future professionals, the formation of his competencies. Definitions of the concepts "integrated learning", "interdisciplinary approach", "team learning" are defined. The focus is on the need to use an integrated approach - binary classes to increase the level of cognitive activity and activity of higher education. The focus is on forming multi-qualification of the modern journalist working in convergent newsrooms. Means of practical training of students that significantly affect the formation of professional competencies are identified. The importance of media literacy and critical thinking for the training of future journalists has been updated. According to the results of an online survey of students, it was found that interactive teaching methods increase the level of critical thinking and form skills of verification of information as a program competence of future media professionals. Scientific approaches to understanding the concept of "binary class", the organization and methods of its implementation, the features of distance learning during the pandemic. The binary online lesson "Critical Thinking: Verification of Online Content" for students-journalists in the disciplines of journalism (photo and online journalism) on the Zoom platform is described. The skills and abilities necessary for the future mediator, which create a positive professional image and public authority, are generalized and classified. Summarized the application of new learning technologies for self-realization of students, the atmosphere of cooperation, increased responsibility of teachers for the results of their work. Vectors of further research of integrated interdisciplinary classes in the educational process are outlined.


The structure of the nail unit is complex and its knowledge is basic to achieve a correct diagnosis of nail biopsies. Inflammatory or infectious conditions that affect the nail can have a marked impact on a patient\'s quality of life. A wide-ranging variety of tumors can also develop in this region. In this lecture we will briefly review the anatomy and histology of the nail unit as well as the basic histopathologic findings in the most common inflammatory and infectious conditions affecting the nails. Furthermore, we will cover the most important non-melanocytic tumours that may arise in this area.


By introducing three parameters A , B and λ , we give a generalization of Hilbert's inequality with a best constant factor and some particular results. Mathematics subject classification (2000): 26D15.


Aiming at the role of urban transportation systems in the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic and emergency support. Based on epidemic prevention and control, this paper introduced the concept of resilience. The change process of system performance was divided into the prevention stage, maintenance stage, and recovery stage. Analyzed the factors affecting urban transportation systems resilience at various stages and the causal relationship between the factors. Assessment indicators of the transportation system resilience was established. Bayesian network (BN) was used to build resilience assessment model of urban transportation systems. And BN was used to evaluate and reason the model. Taking Xi'an as an example, the paper assessed the resilience of Xi'an transportation system. GeNIe was used for causal inference and sensitivity analysis of the network. Identify factors with high sensitivity and propose improvement measures. The results show that the model can quantify the resilience of urban transportation systems during the COVID-19 Pandemic, evaluate the current situation of the systems, and analyze the effects of factors on the resilience, to provide decision support for improving the resilience of urban transportation systems and dealing with epidemic risk. © 2021 SPIE


Treacher Collins syndrome (TCS) is a congenital craniofacial anomaly inherited as an autosomal dominant condition affects both sexes equally with wide variable deformities.The purpose of this study was to highlight the dental and oral malformations associated with this syndrome.A total of eight cases diagnosed to have the syndrome according to minimal obligatory criteria which are malar hypoplasia and downward slanting palpebral fissures were included in the study. Patients' data were recorded in special formula in addition to oral and dentaldeformities.Seven patients were males one female their age ranged from 10 to 23 years with normal mental status. All patients showed downward slating palpebral fissures, malar hypoplasia .Four patients showed lower eyelid coloboma while six patients (75%) have partial absence of the eyelashes. Oral findings were high arched palate in all cases, malocclusion in 6 cases (75%) and macrostomisa in 4 cases (50%) while multiple impactions of the teeth were detected in four patients. Cleft palate was detected in one case. Dental and oral anomalies associated with this syndrome should be considered in the treatment plan as soon as possible this will improve the quality of the life of the patients and decrease syndrome complications.


We use micro data from the Confidentialised Unit Record File of the 2008 General Social Survey to examine the determinants of workers' self-reported discrimination experienced in the workplace. Using logit regression modelling, we find that migrants are significantly more likely than New Zealand-born workers to report that they experience discrimination in the workplace. However, the likelihood that migrants report discrimination decreases with the number of years a migrant has lived in New Zealand and reaches parity with the New Zealand born after approximately 20 years. There are noticeable gender differences in determinants of discrimination. The highest likelihood of discrimination is found amongst migrants from Asian and Pacific regions. Discrimination is more likely to be reported by those with higher education and those who are mid-career. Employment in the capital Wellington is associated with lower discrimination.


The importance of host plant resistance to insect and mite vectors in controlling virus diseases of plants is not well established, but 13 examples of resistance to aphids, leafhoppers, planthoppers, and onc mite species that have reduced the incidence of virus diseases in the field are cited. In Kansas, an estimated 97% of the acreage of the five major crops (wheat, sorghum, corn, soybeans, alfalfa) is resistant to one or more diseases compared with 31% resistant to insects and 14% resistant to a mite vector. Resistance to the wheat curl mite, Eriophyes tulipae Keifer, has been reported from wheat relatives in the genera Thinopyrum (Agropyron), Aegilops, and Secale and most recently in common wheat, Triticum aesliuum L. So far, only the resistance from Secale (rye) is being utilized commercially. The rye source of resistance is derived from the IRJIA translocation line Amigo. This resistance is a major component of an integrated program to control wheat streak mosaic, which was the most important plant disease in Kansas from 1987 to 1991. Resistance to the wheat curl mite reduced the incidence of wheat streak mosaic in wheat fields by an average of 76% from 1979 to 1988. Although resistance to the wheat curl mite illustrates the potential for using resistance to vectors to control virus diseases, it may not be typical of most viruses that are spread by aphids and leafhoppers. More research is needed to clarify the importance of the resistance already available for many insect species that are vectors of plant viruses.


Little is known about the experiences of Kurdish workers in the UK and even less about how they attempt to resolve any difficulties or problems that arise at work. In part, this is due to academic oversight, but it is also because Kurdish workers are difficult to identify from statistical data and thus understanding of their labour market position is largely based on anecdotal information. The paper explores these workplace experiences, highlighting the complex relationship between employment, identity, community organisation and exile politics and how these intersect and affect the behaviour of Kurdish workers. The paper draws upon 61 interviews with workers from a variety of employment backgrounds to explore the experiences of workers from this 'invisible' community.


The present invention, alpha A in represented by indoline compound (KMD-3213), in a powder X-ray diffraction pattern, 2 [Theta] is 5.5 ° ± 0.2 °, 6.1 ° ± 0.2 °, 9.8 ° ± 0 .2 °, 11.1 ° ± 0.2 °, 12.2 ° ± 0.2 °, 16.4 ° ± 0.2 °, 19.7 ° ± 0.2 ° and 20.0 ° ± 0 it relates .2 ° crystals and for oral solid pharmaceutical is characterized by the major peaks of dysuria therapeutic oral solid pharmaceutical comprising the same as an active ingredient.


A method for simulating x-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectra in hybrid densitometry is presented. This technique allows simulation of XRF spectra for solutions with arbitrary concentrations of special nuclear material and minor actinides excited by an x-ray generator. Spectra for mixed uranium and plutonium solutions with U/Pu ratios ranging from 100 to 1 have been generated. This range of ratios applies to most solutions found in plutonium reprocessing plants. XRF simulation can provide important data for estimating instrument precision, evaluating analysis techniques, and training system operators. Applications of XRF simulation in the development of the Los Alamos Hybrid K-Edge/XRF Densitometer system are described.


Capsular tissue obtained from a series of 16 patients with silicone mammary implants was exposed in vitro to smooth-muscle stimulants and relaxants. Capsule relaxation was produced in 75 percent of the patients. The most active antagonists were papaverine and veratrine. Capsule contracture was produced in 69 percent of the patients. The most active agonists were histamine and epinephrine. Myofibroblasts were identified in several capsules. These data support the hypothesis that the myofibroblasts is a probable cause of capsular contracture.


SiC is a preferential material for space large aperture mirror at present. Aperture of 1 meter sic mirror can meet most requirements of space optical systems. For larger aperture sic mirror, it is not economical and safe to make the monolithic body directly. The SiC mirror brazed assembly with several segments can solve these problems. In this paper, one Φ600 mm sic plane mirror as demonstration welded with 3 radial segments is roughly grinded to the required figure at first, then the mirror is finely grinded and polished by CCOS technology, the RMS of the figure error is less than 1/20λ (λ = 632.8nm) finally. The problems of the preferential removal near braze joint and material removing rate influenced by deformation of mirror surface are solved. Methods of reducing the residual stress of mirror are discussed. At last, some measurements and experiments are carried on, and the results conclude that the brazed SiC mirror can meet the requirement of large aperture optical systems.


Diagnosing a food allergy is like working on a jigsaw puzzle, in which the oral challenge test is the key piece. Oral challenges are currently the mainstay in the diagnosis of a food reaction, i.e. in establishing a cause–effect relationship between the ingestion of a given food (or food additive) and the reported reaction (1. , 28. ). Despite improvements in our knowledge of the role of IgE and cellular interactions in the last 20 years, no in vitro or in vivo laboratory test is diagnostic for food allergy. Skin tests are characterised by a high negative predictive accuracy and a low positive predictive accuracy (2. ). Together with the patient's history, they help the physician to select the food (s) to challenge. Exceptions are due to the potency of the extract (3. ), the type of allergen and the age of the patient (4. ). IgE-mediated sensitivity to certain fruits or vegetables (apple, orange, banana) frequently go undetected, because of lability of the allergen concerned (5. ) and children younger than 2 or 3 years are more likely than older children to have a negative skin test and a positive challenge (4. , 6. ). The in vitro measurement of specific IgE was hampered in the past by the same pitfalls as the skin tests, i.e. specificity and negative predictive accuracy were high, while sensitivity and positive predictive accuracy were low (2. ). Sampson et al. recently tried to establish cut-off levels in order to predict which patients will react to food challenges. They used CAP-FEIA with optimal decision point analysis and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves (7. ). In the analysis of more than 100 children, they established cut-off levels for egg, peanut, milk and fish, which were associated with more than a 95% probability of reaction to Double Blind Placebo Controlled Food Challenge (DBPCFC). If confirmed, these results will enable the identification of patients most likely to react. This study was unable, however, to identify a cut-off level with a negative predictive accuracy of at least 90%, so there is still a significant risk of reaction even when the IgE dosage is below 0.35 KuA/L. Oral challenges are still crucial in evaluating this new approach. The positive outcome of an oral challenge does not identify the pathogenic mechanism involved, it merely detects the offending food or foods. In food-mediated gastrointestinal disorders, circulating IgE are rarely detected (8. , 9. ) and nonIgE-mediated reactions are often involved. The oral food challenge is, at present, the least invasive procedure enabling the diagnosis of a food reaction in food gastroenteropathies.


Integrated energy systems incorporate new types of clean and distributed energy into the power grid. In the future, smart grid will emerge in the form of integrated energy services. However, the application of new technology inevitably brings the threat of privacy disclosure. To deal with this kind of information security, a smart grid data security aggregation technology based on fog computing architecture for integrated energy services is proposed in this paper. Real-time data is encrypted in the energy acquisition equipment to obtain the first layer of privacy protection, and fine-grained aggregation at the fog end to obtain the second layer of privacy protection, so as to achieve the confidentiality and privacy of the entire network data transmission and processing. Finally, the safety and performance evaluation shows that this technology has a great advantage over other schemes in terms of safety, practicability and efficiency.


The accounting system that is necessary to bring out the business results should have enough space to accommodate the changes taking place from time- to- time in the concerned field. Cooperative societies were following an accounting system which was very simple to understand even by those who are not much educated. Today, the condition has changed throughout the world as a result of which cooperatives in different sectors started using double entry accounting system. The study conducted in 24 service cooperative banks (SCBs) in Thiruvananthapuram district in Kerala reveals that no SCB follows the double entry accounting system in its complete form. Wide variation is found in the preparation of R&D statement onwards. The Trading Account, P&L Account and the Balance Sheet prepared by the selected SCBs are in no way comparable with one another, thus, lacks uniformity. It is found that there is no uniformity in the heads of accounts, treatment of items in the final accounts, pattern of preparation of final accounts and also in the preparation of schedules or even budgets. The study was conducted with the main objective of knowing whether the SCBs follow uniform pattern in the preparation of final accounts. The study suggests that double entry accounting system has to be implemented in SCBs.


This paper puts forward a new atmospheric quality assessment method that is, according to the combinatorial theories, using Goodness of Fit method to get weights to combine three models which are air pollution index method, cloud model and Projection Pursuit Grade method. The combined model is applied to the Hong Kong atmospheric qual- ity assessment; the results show the method increases the evaluation performance, possesses more reliability and com- prehension, and provides a new idea for the city atmospheric quality synthetically assessment.


Title of Dissertation: PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR COLLABORATION IN GUAM'S TOURISM INDUSTRY: IS GUAM PREPARED FOR THE FUTURE? Fred Robert Schumann, Doctor of Philosophy, 2006 Dissertation Directed By: Professor Masakatsu Ogata, Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies The topic of tourism development has been explored by a number of scholars and increasingly, over the past decade, more literature has become available on tourism development on small islands. For many of the small island territories or nations, they share a number of major issues in the area of tourism. These include vast distances from source markets, foreign investment and the resulting leakage of revenue, over-dependence on tourism (mono-structured economy), dependence on imports, and an overburdened infrastructure, just to name a few (Gössling 2003; Harrison, 2004; McElroy, 2006). Most island destinations rely on stakeholders from not only a single sector, but from both private and public sectors to tackle these issues (Buhalis, 1999). As a tourism-dependent economy, Guam receives at least sixty percent of its governmental revenues from tourism. Japanese visitors had made up over 80 percent of Guam's visitor arrivals in earlier years, but numbers started to drop in 1 For some of the major sources, see the following: De Albuquerque and McElroy,1992; Bass and Dalal-Clayton, 1995; Briguglio, et al., 1996; Hampton, 2005: Shareef, 2003; Duval, 2004; Milne, 1997; Milne and Nowosielski, 1997; McElroy, 2003, 2006) recent years due to a number of reasons, such as natural disasters, world events, as well as stiffer competition from similar resort destinations. Still, the market remains the largest source of visitors for Guam, with South Korea coming in a distant second in ranking making up approximately 12 percent of Guam's visitor arrivals. As background information to illustrate the importance of public and private sector collaboration efforts on Guam, this research examines some of the changes occurring in Japanese overseas travel. It also reviews how tourist industry stakeholders in a nearby destination like Guam can adopt strategies to meet the changing expectations of this important market. The primary research of this thesis involves the analysis of qualitative data generated from in-depth interviewing in examining the issue of collaboration between the private and public sectors as a method for assisting Guam's tourism industry to prepare for the future. This is followed by multiple case research (Yin 1994) that investigates strategies used in destinations to enhance tourist experiences through attractions. The SWOT Analysis is also utilized as an example of a tool to assist stakeholders in understanding the environment of the present to prepare strategies for the future.


The Compact Linear Collider (CLIC) is a proposed TeV-scale high-luminosity electronpositron collider. For an optimal exploitation of its physics potential, CLIC is foreseen to be built and operated in three stages, with centre-of-mass energies ranging from 380 GeV up to 3 TeV. Electron beam polarisation is provided at all energies. The initial energy stage will focus on precision measurements of Higgs-boson and top-quark properties. The subsequent energy stages enhance the reach of many direct and indirect searches for new physics Beyond the Standard Model and give access to the Higgs self-coupling. Higgs and top-quark projections have been evaluated using full detector simulation studies. Many new phenomenology studies have been undertaken to explore the BSM reach of CLIC, from EFT interpretations of precision measurements through to signature-based searches; these include flavour dynamics, and dark matter and heavy neutrino searches. This talk will review some of the latest results that demonstrate the outstanding potential of CLIC in many physics domains. Talk presented at the 54th Rencontres de Moriond, QCD and High Energy Interactions, La Thuile, Valle d'Aosta, Italy, 24-30 March 2019 c 2019 CERN for the benefit of the CLICdp Collaboration. Reproduction of this article or parts of it is allowed as specified in the CC-BY-4.0 license. ⇤email@example.com News on the CLIC physics potential R. Ström, on behalf of the CLICdp Collaboration


H. C . Howland's geometrical analysis of the optics of the static photographic skiascopy is illustrative from a theoretical point of view. However, I would like to emphasize that I have studied the static photographic skiascopy only in practice. The reliability of my method has been tested by Kaakinen (1979) and Kaakinen & Tommila (1979) in standard circumstances, which are somewhat different from the theoretical analysis of H. C. Howland. The distance (h) between the optical axis of the camera lens and the center of the flash is 25 mm instead of 36 mm, and the distance of the lower edge of the flash reflector to the optical axis of the lens is only 15 mm. If 15 mm is used as h, the recalculation of the curve then indicates that a minimum myopia refraction of 2.25 diopters (with an 8 mm pupil) would produce a crescent with average value of f-numbers 11 and 16, which I have constantly used depending on the sensitivity of the film. However, it should be emphasized that in H. C. Howland's geometrical analysis, the flash lamp has been taken as a point source of light. Clearly, the flash lamp is a point source as far as the corneal reflex is concerned, but H. C. Howlands argument is chiefly with the retinal reflex. In this latter case, exception might be taken in treating the flash as a point source, since, with respect to the other dimensions used in the geometrical analysis (e.g., camera aperture radius 13-2.5 mm, pupil diameter 5-8 mm, and distance between light source and optical axis 36


Inhomogeneous broadening is a major limitation for the application of quantum emitters in hBN to integrated quantum photonics. Here we demonstrate that blue emitters with an emission wavelength of 436 nm are less sensitive to electric fields than other quantum emitter species in hBN. Our measurements of Stark shifts indicate negligible transition dipole moments for these centers with dominant quadratic stark effect. Using these results, we employed DFT calculations to identify possible point defects with small transition dipole moments, which may be the source of blue emitters in hBN.


As a new energy source, microwave (MW) has greatly applied in chemical research,foodstuff processing, medical apparatus and material heat treatment.It has obtained the rapid development. In microwave thermal processing, temperature is an important parameter apparently. One of the major problems concerning MW heating has the difficulty in obtaining accurate temperature owing to suffering from electromagnetic interference. The development of fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensing technology provides a lot of new methods used in temperature measurement in a MW field. The principle of FBG temperature sensor is presented, the application and development foreground of FBG temperature sensor in temperature measurement in a MW field are analyzed.It is of certain reference value to further development of temperature measuring technology in a MW field.


The wide range of UV extinction properties in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) probably traces the effects of star formation on interstellar dust. The Swift UVOT, with its three UV filters (centred at 1800, 2200 and 2500 A respectively) and three optical filters, is an ideal instrument to map this extinction. We present preliminary results of six-band photometry in a similar to 3.3' square field in the SMC. Fitting the resulting optical/UV spectral distributions with a dust model, we estimate the depths of extinction for 53 stars and use this to map the distribution of dust in the observed field. We briefly discuss the relevance of this study for star forming galaxies, including the hosts of Gamma-Ray Bursts.


Post-communist transition in Romania, This article describes the various phases of post-Communist transition in Romania, from the revolution of December 1989 to the country's accession to the European Union in January 2007. The analysis focuses on the roles played by the range of political, economic and social figures who led the country through the 1990s and on the political reforms enacted up to the present time. The analysis of the country's internal transformation is placed in continuous comparison with parallel process of negotiation for European accession - in which the author himself played a leading role - thus underlining the close intertwining of the internal and external dimensions in the country's social transformation.


PURPOSE: To provide a new improved housing that can be used efficiently by selectively assembling three separate components together to form the housing, and eliminating the need for an adhesive and locking means during assembly. CONSTITUTION: The front panel A of the housing of a vacuum cleaner is selectively attached to a back housing B by tabs 10, 14 and slots 12, 16. To assemble the front panel A and the back housing B together, the tab 10 is introduced into the slot 12, the tab 14 is aligned with the slot 16, and pressure is applied to the uppermost end 18 of the front panel A. The tab 14 is curved, slides over the end 22 of the back housing B, and fits into the slot 16. A back motor shell part D is formed integrally as a part of the back housing B and is used along with a front motor shell part C to serve as a housing for an electric motor. The front motor shell part C is snap fitted into the back motor shell part D by fixing means 24, 26. COPYRIGHT: (C)1991,JPO


In this paper, we introduce a method for sensing intentional eyelid movement using an impulse radio ultra-wideband (IR-UWB) radar. Since it is the first step of the study, we assume that eyes are in the near-field and all the motions, except eyelid movement, are fixed. The measurement of eyelid movement can be utilized in a human computer interface or for the recognition of a driver's drowsiness. If the eyelids move up or down, the amplitude and frequency of radar signals change. We can observe these changes in a three-dimensional graph of raw radar data. Intentional eyelid movements produce some peaks or nulls on the graph. We used two methods to analyze the patterns of eyelid movement. Both methods involve fast Fourier transform (FFT) and exploit a pulse Doppler processing technique of radar signals. Thus, we can calculate the frequency of intentional eyelid movement using these methods. The calculated frequency corresponds to the number of peaks in the raw radar graph.


Experimental studies on giant resonances in heavy atoms and ions by electron impact, carried on in our laboratory at Sophia University, are described. Three topics are discussed; the first one is measurements of the double ionization cross sections of singly charged alkaline‐earth ions by means of the crossed electron‐ion beams experiment. The second topic is measurements of partial cross sections for the inner shell ionization of rare‐gas atoms by means of the Auger electron spectroscopy. The third one is measurements of partial cross sections for the outer s‐subshell ionization of rare‐gas atoms by means of the VUV spectroscopy. Experimental results are discussed in relation to the giant resonance effect.


The Thiessen polygon method is commonly used in hydrological modeling to estimate average areal rainfall from point measurements. This paper presents and compares two fast methods for computerized estimation of Thiessen weights. The first method, termed as the "modified raster method" uses a grid approach with selective fine resolution rasterization of the catchment to enhance the accuracy. The second method, termed as the "vector method," uses the principles of analytical geometry to estimate Thiessen weights accurately. The accuracy and time requirement of the modified raster method at different resolutions is compared for rain-gauge networks of four catchments. It is observed that excessive fine resolution of rasterization does not significantly improve the accuracy of estimation of Thiessen weights relative to an increase in computation time. Two case studies are presented as the application of the vector method with uncertainty in data availability. It was found that the vector method can be used for...


Family members providing care to nursing home residents with dementia have a more favorable perception of the experience and of their relationship to staff members after participating in a family-oriented intervention. After 14 Midwestern U.S. nursing homes with special units for residents with dementia were paired according to type of ownership (private, private nonprofit, or public) and unit size, one of each pair was randomly assigned to receive the Family Involvement in Care (FIC) intervention while the other served as control. The intervention entailed orientation of the primary family caregiver (and of other family members, if desired) to the facility, the special unit, and the partnership role; education in the provision of care; negotiation of a care partnership agreement between the family member and the staff (specifying how much of it the family member wants to provide, for example); and subsequent evaluation and possible renegotiation of the arrangement. One hundred eighty-five family members (average age, 61 years; 94% white; 75% women) and 845 staff members (average age, 37 years; 93% white; 92% women; 13% registered nurses) participated in the study. In the nine-month period during which the FIC intervention was conducted, the outcomes among family members were measured five times (including at baseline) with the Family Perceptions of Caregiving Role instrument and the Family Perceptions of Care Tool, and outcomes among the staff members were determined using the Staff Perceptions of Caregiving Role, the Attitudes Toward Families Checklist, and the Caregiver Stress Inventory, which were administered at baseline and every six months during the two-year study period. All of the tools had been developed and tested by the investigators. The results showed that the FIC intervention improved family members' perceptions of the role of the caregiver, of their relationship with staff members, and of the care provided to their relatives; ameliorated their feelings of both loss and captivity and the sense of being disregarded by the staff; prevented the decline in satisfaction with the residents' activities among their contemporaries (usually spouses); and increased satisfaction with the care provided. Staff members' perceptions of the role of family caregiver, particularly in regard to the three scale categories ("dominion," "disruption by family members," and the "irrelevance of family") also improved. Although further studies using more heterogenous samples and with more frequent follow-up are warranted, this one suggests that this type of family-oriented intervention, especially with stronger leadership from registered nurses in family involvement, could improve the perceptions of both family and staff members of family involvement in the care provided to nursing home residents with dementia. Maas ML, et al. Nurs Res 2004;53(2):76-86. THE EFFECTS OF CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS ON MORTALITY IN MEN The mortality rate associated with metabolic syndrome is lower.


Bifurcation of rupture path is studied for the effect of linear and cubic damping. Momentum equation with Rayleigh factor was transformed into ordinary differential form. Bernoulli differential equation was obtained and solved by the separation of variables. Analytical or exact solutions yielded the bifurcation was visible at imaginary part when the wave was non dispersive. For the dispersive wave, bifurcation of rupture path was invisible.


The article deals The article is devoted to the insufficiently explored problem "Leo Tolstoy and Ossetian literature". It details the translations of the great writer's works into the Ossetian language. The article is the source of materials which can be used at special courses or at special seminars on the creative work of the colossus of the world literature. The author pays attention to the great interest which Leo Tolstoy showed to the moutaineers' life, quotes the writer's diary paying attention to the fact that it is in the Caucasus that the literary activity of the writer started. The analysis of the translations demonstrates that not all of them were made before the revolution and are of equal power of skill, the reasons for which are: a) the domination of a literal translation; b) the fact that many of the translators were not men of letters, etc. Ossetian literature was enriched with worthy translations after the Great October Revolution and at the turn of the 20th-21st centuries.


The invention provides a thermal head which is capable of reducing heat concentration on a heat generation part; and a thermal printer which is provided with this thermal head. The thermal head (X1) is provided with: a substrate (7); a plurality of heat generation parts (9) that are arrayed on the substrate (7); electrodes (17, 19) that are electrically connected to the heat generation parts (9); and a protective layer (25) that covers the heat generation parts (9) and a part of the electrodes (17, 19). The protective layer (25) comprises a first protective layer (2) that is provided on the heat generation parts (9), and a second protective layer (4) that is provided on the first protective layer (2) and has a higher heat conductivity than the first protective layer (2). The width (W4) of the second protective layer (4) is larger than the width (W2) of the first protective layer (2) when viewed from the array direction of the heat generation parts (9).


Existing evidence indicates that genetically controlled renal factors are among the determinants of the opposite propensities for hypertension presented by two strains of inbred rats. In the hypertension-prone (S) strain, uninephrectomy induces mild hypertension and unilateral renal artery constriction induces severe hypertension. The same maneuvers in the hypertension-resistant (R) rats have little or no effect on blood pressure. In these R animals, surprisingly, removal of the kidney opposite to the one with arterial constriction results in severe hypertension. The potentiality of the kidneys as protectors against the development of hypertension, therefore, appears to be genetically determined. There follows the evidence for a hypertensinogenic agent peculiar to the hypertension-prone rats: When animals from each strain are united in parabiosis and placed on a high-salt diet, hypertension develops first in the normally salt-resistant (R) animals. Similarly, when rats from the S strain have one renal artery constricted and the contralateral kidney removed, severe hypertension develops in the intact R partner as well. Removal of both kidneys in an S parabiont, when followed by renoprival hypertension, does not induce hypertension in the R partner. The source of the hypertensinogenic agent, which was transmittable across the parabiosis junction, therefore appears to be produced by the S kidney or needs the function of kidney tissue for its production. The sum of this evidence suggests that the kidneys of the hypertension-resistant (R) strain have an antihypertensive capacity, whereas those from the hypertension-prone (S) strain have a hypertension-promoting capacity. It is concluded that the kidneys effect an important, probably decisive, genetically determined influence in the development of both salt and renal hypertension. We suggest that this holds true for other "kinds" of hypertension, too.


The objective of the current work is evaluate phytochemicals in Azadirachta indica (Indian Lilac; Neem) and Ocimum sanctum (Holy Basil; Tulsi) extracts and study the anti-biofilm activity alone or in-combination against MRSA. Azadirachta indica and Ocimum sanctum aqueous extracts were prepared based on ayurvedic principles, tested for phytochemicals, and examined for biofilm inhibiting potential on methicillin-sensitive and methicillin-resistant S. aureus strains alone or in fixed-dose combination. Both Azadirachta indica and Ocimum sanctum extracts were detected with alkaloids, flavonoids, glycosides, sugars and protein. The crude extracts maximally inhibited biofilm formation of MRSA1 at 60-70%. The concentrated extract of Azadirachta indica dose-dependently inhibited the biofilm formation of methicillin-sensitive S. aureus (MSSA) and –resistant S. aureus strains (MRSA1 and MRSA2) with maximum inhibition of 67, 50 and 45% respectively. Likewise, Ocimum sanctum extract also exhibited maximum biofilm inhibition of 48, 35 and 45% respectively. Further, combination of the concentrated extracts of Azadirachta indica and Ocimum sanctum exhibited a very significant biofilm inhibition of > 80% in both sensitive and resistant strains. The combination of Azadirachta indica and Ocimum sanctum extracts prepared as per ayurvedic principles is effective in inhibiting biofilm formation of MSSA and MRSA. This finding may also be experimented further with pathogens like Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acetanobacter baumanii for anti-biofilm activity. Also, this combination can be used as an organic disinfectant in place of synthetic sanitizers since the former can eradicate the pathogens colonized in the environmental surfaces to avoid co-infection in situations like COVID-19 pandemic.


Let G be a finite group. We prove that if {1,m} are the conjugacy class sizes of p-regular elements of primary and biprimary orders of G, for some prime p, then G has Abelian p-complement or G = PQ × A, with P ∈ Syl p (G), Q ∈ Syl q (G) and A ⊆ Z(G), with q a prime distinct from p. As a consequence, if {1, m} are the conjugacy class sizes of ab p-regular elements of primary and biprimary orders of G, then m = p a q b . In particular, if b = 0 then G has abelian p-complement and if a = 0 then G = P × Q × A with A ⊆ Z(G).


To evaluate accurately the performance of the network switching equipment and the scheduling algorithm, it was very important to use a simulated network traffic which represents the major characteristics of real network. The study and analysis on the network traffic in recent years showed the traffic distribution was long-rang-dependent and self-similar, not Poisson process. Combining the modern statistical result on network traffic with the existing traffic models, a practical traffic model was constructed. Based on Pareto distribution and truncated power-tail distribution the model presents nice self-similar property in macro-scale. A practical network traffic generating system is built for evaluating the performance of switch fabric and its scheduling algorithm.


Dalian Coherent Light Source will use a 300 MeV LINAC to produce fully coherent photon pulses in the wavelength range between 150–50 nm by high gain harmonic generation free electron laser(FEL)scheme.To generate stable FEL pulses,a stringent tolerance budget is required for the LINAC output parameters,such as the mean beam energy stability,electron bunch arrival time jitter,peak current variation and the transverse beam position ofset.In order to provide guidance for the design of the Dalian Coherent Light Source,in this paper,the sensitivity of FEL pulse energy fluctuation to various error sources of the electron bunch was performed using intensive start-to-end FEL simulations.


This paper develops a computational tool, based on two-stage stochastic programming, for a wind power producer bidding in the electricity market. The uncertainty related to electricity market prices and wind power production is taken into account. A hybrid intelligent technique, combining wavelet transform, particle swarm optimization and adaptive-network-based fuzzy inference system, enables the generation of scenarios. Besides, risk aversion is considered using the conditional value-at-risk methodology. Computer simulation results are provided and analyzed. Finally, conclusions are duly drawn. (5 pages)


This paper aims to investigate the Liquefaction Potential Index (LPI) of different Wards and prepare a liquefaction severity map of Rangpur City Corporation. A Liquefaction severity map of a city helps the legislators and policymakers with informed land use planning as well as the development of the town. Disturbed soils from 10 Wards among 33 Wards of Rangpur were collected for different depths in a single borehole. The locations for the borehole were selected based on the seismic soil profile and engineering geology reports available for Rangpur City Corporation in CDMP-II. Standard Penetration Test (SPT) and Microtremor test were done on the field. Then, the Grain Size Distribution test and Liquefaction Potential Index (LPI) were determined for the collected samples in the laboratory. Based on the results of the tests done in the field and laboratory, the severity was classified as moderate, moderate to severe, and severe. Based on the Liquefaction Potential Index (LPI) value, four Wards of Rangpur City Corporation fall within the moderate risk class, three Wards show moderate to severe risk of liquefaction, and the remaining 3 Wards belong to the severe risk class.
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The aim — on the example of the analysis of clinical observations, the authors draw attention to various variants of the course of the classic auto — inflammatory disease-familial Mediterranean fever (SSL) with severe abdominal syndrome.Materials and methods: the article present clinical material on two observations of patients with SSL in clinical symptoms, which were dominated by abdominal syndrome, from the moment of their request for medical care to the verification of the diagnosis.Results: The article presents brief information about the diseases of the group of auto-inflammatory (periodic fever syndrome with mevalonatkinase deficiency, TRAPS-syndrome, Crohn's disease, familial Mediterranean fever), in the manifestation of which gastroenterological symptoms play a significant role. An example of «early» and «late» diagnosis of auto-inflammatory diseases is illustrated by the results of the analysis of two clinical cases of patients with SSL.The analysis of the analyzed clinical cases confirms the multidisciplinary nature of the problem of auto-inflammatory diseases and the importance of readiness not only of rheumatologists, but also of other specialists to make such a diagnosis.


The fertility indices of each male sterile line were reduced and the sterile rate was increased with the postpone of sowing date,according to the sowing experiment of four rape male sterile lines.The male sterile lines 466a-1 and Zhongyouza 2 A sowed in September 10th could be harvested in the last 10 days of March and won's influence the transplant of early rice's.Though 325a-6,Youyan a-10 were samely sowed in September 10th,the maturity stage was in the first 10 days of April and the interral to transplant early rice's was too short.Therefore,the transplant date of early rice's should be deferred properly.when producind hybride seed in Zhanjiang,The results also showed that if the four male sterile sowed in September 10th,the sterile rate was too low and the fertility indeces of first flowering dates were a little higher.Hence,the four male sterile lines should be pured in the process of self-propagation.


This article will be based on the data of Douban and Maoyan platforms, using python to analyze the box office, investment amount, movie types, the popularity of actors and directors and ratings of movies to measure the market value of movies. According to the relationship reflected in the data, we found that the most important driving force influencing the market value of movies is famous actors, followed by famous directors. In addition, the amount of investment is also an important factor for movies, but it is not a necessary factor. In the end, we came to conclusion that in order to improve the market value of movies, we must first work hard on the content. In addition, the participation of famous actors and famous directors, and the increase in investment amount will also greatly increase the market value of the film.


Congestion pricing is a policy at which road users being charged with certain amount for using particular road during peak hours. It is as much about meeting the demand of car drivers for road space as allocating road space between road users. It has been successfully implemented in some other countries such as Stockholm, London and Singapore with various scheme of congestion pricing. Hence, the main aim of this pilot study is to evaluate and create model based on the willingness of the Kota Kinabalu City residents' to shift to public transport due to the implementation of congestion pricing. A total of 60 respondents were randomly chosen within Kota Kinabalu City. Data collection is being conducted using stated preference survey and analysed with Microsoft Office Excel 2010 in order to conduct regression analysis and develop a logistic transport model analysis. It is found that the number of people who willing to shift to public transport is parallel with the congestion charge amount. The results from this pilot study indicate that 71.67% of respondents are willing to shift to public transport when the congestion charge price is RM4.00. This study can give contribution for further transportations planning in order to achieve sustainable transportations in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.


Studies have been performed to assure contamination free charged particle exposure of thin optical films. The films tested included second surface mirrors, thermal control coatings, lenses, and solar cell anti-reflective coatings tested in simulated space environments. In high vacuum in situ (temperature, ultraviolet radiation, and charged particles) testing of films a number of problems had to be overcome so that valid transmission and reflectance data could be obtained. Methods of eliminating oil vapor deposition, recondensation of outgassing products from seals and adhesives, cross contamination from samples and radiation-inducted polymerization were determined. Spectral data from thin films illustrate the sensitivity to radiation, to contaminants and alterations in sample optical properties when re-exposed to the atmosphere.


Phase shifting transformers (PSTs) can be regulated to minimize total generation cost in optimal power flow problems. Under the perception that there exists multiple optimal solutions of PST angle adjustment and better economy may be achieved by controlling a small fraction of PSTs, this letter proposes a mixed integer linear programing model to optimally determine the subset of PSTs for angle adjustment. Numerical results on several test systems including large-scale systems show that the proposed model can provide better economic dispatch with regulating a small number of PSTs.


The research questions of budgetary and fiscal equalization regionalism it assumes forming a model that allows , on the one hand, the integrity of the state in a single policy , and on the other - an acceptable level of autonomy of local budgets. This paper considers the current state of the mechanism of intergovernmental transfers in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Conducted correlation between allocated transfers and fiscal instrument. This article aims to identify the main problems and challenges facing local authorities , which should be implemented in the context of limited financial resources


Digital content industry(DCI) is a newly emerging industry incorporating IT and culture.Taiwan and the mainland are both in the period of adjustment and transformation of economic structures and therefore pay special attention to DCI development.This paper argues that the cultures across the Strait share the same roots and therefore boast obvious comparative advantages in DCI.Cross-strait cooperation in DCI will benefit both sides of the Taiwan Strait by maximizing mutual benefit,promoting the development and dissemination of Chinese culture and enhancing the influence of Chinese culture.Cross-strait cooperation in DCI has gone on smoothly so far.It is suggested that a series of measures be taken to establish a mechanism for cross-strait DCI cooperation for more cooperation on a larger scale and basis in the future.


In the field of research, there are a variety of statistical methods used. Hypothesis testing is one test that is often used to obtain the conclusions of the research conducted. One hypothesis testing that is often used is the testing of hypotheses through ANOVA (Box et al., 1978). However, in determining the validity of a hypothesis is obtained, there are assumptions that must be met, namely the assumption of homogeneity range between treatments (Box et al., 1978; Box and Cox, 1964; Gomez and Gomez, 1984; Guerrero, 1993; Mattjik and Made, 2006). Examination of a wide homogeneity assumption has been made in research involving plants, which use a randomized block design. Wide homogeneity assumption was tested using Bartlett test, but from the tests that have been done show no results were less consistent (Box et al., 1978; Box and Cox, 1964; Gomez and Gomez, 1984; Guerrero, 1993; Mattjik and Made, 2006). Transformation Box-Cox used to transform data that is not homogeneous (Box et al., 1978; Box and Cox, 1964). Calculation of the variance range and test computer-based transformation has been compiled using C # programming language.


A combined dual-wavelength radar and radiometer method is described for estimation of precipitation parameters from airborne or spaceborne platforms. The idea of the method is to identify a number of drop size distributions that are consistent with the radar measurements and then to narrow the number of possible solutions by using the results to regenerate the measured radar and radiometric responses. After showing simulation results to highlight the advantages and defects of the method, application is made to airborne radar/radiometer measurements over stratiform precipitation measured in the Western Pacific.<<ETX>>


Defining the concept of "information" has always been an attractive challenge for LIS professionals. Such a definition is important, as due to the axial role of information as the raw material of Library and Information profession/discipline, giving a clear definition on this concept can help trimming much of the other LIS-related definitions which are of varied perceptions and interpretations due to LIS's inter-disciplinary nature. In this paper, the author provides a definition of information actually based on and derived from the definition of knowing, the one having a long history in philosophy and is said to be inherited by Islamic philosophy from the pre-Islamic era and is used by Farabi and Avicenna and other Islamic philosophers. According to this definition, information is a recognition created based on the phenomena, having necessarily a especial semantic and conceptual form. Any kind of storage, transmission, and communication of information takes place among reasonable beings. Its concrete, objective manifestations used in the process of communication and transmission are merely the tools, having no meaning by themselves, used solely as conventional vehicles to convey meaning. Thus, information as a subjective matter is the cognitive image of the relationships of the phenomena in mind. The author believes that relying on this definition makes it possible to settle most of incongruities raised by current definitions of information.


Lethal effects of phosphine (PH3) on egg, nymph and adult of L.bostrychophila were conducted in laboratory and lethal concentration was systematically determined in this research. In addition, L. bostrychophila was treated with PH3 intermittent fumigation and alternative treatment of controlled atmosphere (CA) and PH3. And then compare the control efficiency of different treatments on L. bostrychophila population. Results showed that PH3 fumigation had different lethal effects on different stages of L. bostrychophila. After 24, 72 and 120 h exposure, LC50 of egg were 0.137, 0.045, and 0.035 mg/L,respectively; after 24 h treatment, LC50 of nymph varied in the rage of 4.28~7.36 μg/L, and that of adults was 20.404 μg/L. Exposed to 25 μg/L PH3 for 24 h every 10 d, the population was completely controlled. And after alternative treatment with PH3 (12 μg/L) and CA (35% CO2, 1%O2, 64%N2), the resistance of population was delayed, and the occurrence of L. bostrychophila was completely controlled after the alternative treatment for 3~5 times.


The development of supportive middleware to manage resources and distributed workload across multiple administrative boundaries is of central importance to Grid computing. Active middleware services that perform look-up, match-making, scheduling and staging are being developed that allow users to identify and utilise appropriate resources that provide sustainable system- and user-level qualities of service.

This paper documents two performance-responsive middleware services that address the implications of executing a particular workload on a given set of resources. These services are based on an estab- lished performance prediction system that is employed at both the local (intra-domain) and global (multi- domain) levels to provide dynamic workload steering. These additional facilities bring about significant performance improvements, the details of which are presented with regard to the user-perceived quality of service and to resource utilisation.


In the current curriculum, Curriculum 2013, the text becomes the main concept which develops the learning material. As for one of the material taught in the 2013 curriculum is the text of a film / drama review. The film / drama's review texts discussed in the 2013 curriculum require the students be able to produce the review texts which suitable with their language structure and rules. Therefore in this study the author observes the analysis of structure and rules, especially among the sentences in writing of a film / drama review text by a class XI student. It uses a qualitative research approach with descriptive methods.The data source in this study is based on document. It is a collection of text reviews of films / plays by students of class XI. The objects of research are class XI or second grade of senior high school. This research using documentation and questionnaires as a data collection technique. The data is collected by using a test technique. The test is carried out with the same film for all students, a film from a TV drama entitled " Aku Malu Bapakku Badut ". All student are able to write review texts. In the analysis of the structure of text reviews as the work of class XI or second grade students with total of 36 student works, all students are able to write text structure review. While in conjunction between sentences, out of the 36 students, only 31 students used inter-sentence conjunctions.


ABSTRACT Popular media and politicians have often blamed the high public debt of some EU countries on cultural differences. These claims are most apparent in the discourse contrasting ostensibly prudent Northern Europeans with spendthrift Southern Europeans. Despite the prominence of these and similar narratives and evidence that culture plays a nontrivial role in other economic outcomes, there is no systematic evidence that culture influences attitudes towards sovereign debt in the EU. We provide the first empirical test of this claim using over 233,000 responses to a Eurobarometer question about the salience of national debt. Our analysis reveals that national and sub-national differences explain very little of the variance in debt preferences. Further, the differences that do emerge do not fit existing cultural narratives. Additional analysis reveals that established measures of national culture or religious observance, at the national and regional levels, do not correlate with debt attitudes as cultural arguments would predict.


The purpose of this study is to assess Cambodian high school science teachers' perceptions of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) knowledge domains, including content knowledge (CK), pedagogical knowledge (PK), technological knowledge (TK), pedagogical content knowledge (PCK), technological content knowledge (TCK), technological pedagogical knowledge (TPK) and TPACK and investigate the relationship between knowledge domains with some demographic variables such as gender, qualification, age, teaching experience, school type and school location. The study surveyed 240 Cambodian high school science teachers using a self-rating questionnaire. Data analyses employed independent samples t-test, One-Way ANOVA and Pearson's correlation statistics to produce findings. The results revealed that Cambodian high school science teachers responding to the survey rated their knowledge relatively high for the CK, PK, PCK and TK, but relatively low for TCK, TPK and TPACK. Difference analyses affirmed that only the school-type variable indicated the difference in the four technology-related knowledge domains of TPACK. Age and teaching experience had negative correlations solely with the four technology-related domains. In conclusion, Cambodian high school science teachers have enough knowledge in (1) subject contents, (2) teaching strategies of their subject matter, and (3) ICT for administrative works and to support subject-matter-related works. Cambodian high school science teachers need more knowledge of specialised ICT for education to improve their teaching and enhance students' learning on their subject.


ABSTRACT This article explores the affordances of translanguaging as methodology by reflecting upon the role of the multilingual repertoires of research participants (including the researcher) in shaping an ethnographic inquiry on 'language cafés' (LCs), understood as public events which provide a non-formal learning space for (foreign) language socialisation. Drawing on the 'researching multilingually' framework proposed by Holmes et al. (2013, 2016), we reflect on the affordances and complexities of using different languages in the research process. In particular, we focus on how the researcher's fluid multilingual approach enabled her to co-construct translanguaging spaces with LC participants as part of a methodology to study multilingual socialisation for and through the lived experience of those involved in the research. We aim to inspire researchers to make visible the multilingual, collaborative, and relational processes that shape their research, and to problematise and be reflexive about their choices of transcription of multilingual data. We argue that applying translanguaging as methodology to study multilingual environments can challenge the monolingual ideologies that still prevail in research, while enabling research participants to perform and develop their multilingual social selves.


Abstract Wireless channels with severe fading conditions are often described using double scattering models. In these models, the signal-to-noise ratio is treated as the product of two identical random variables leading to the double Nakagami, double generalised gamma, double Hoyt channels, etc. While double scattering can also incorporate shadowing in Nakagami channels by allowing the one of the variables to be of gamma type and the other to be lognormal, the concept can be extended to triple scattering to explore the effects of shadowing in double scattering channels. While analytical solutions to the error rates and outage probabilities might not be possible in such triple scattering channels, computational approaches using Matlab can be employed to evaluate the performance of these channels. Such a study is undertaken here for double scattering Nakagami type channels in shadowing. Through computer simulation and other numerical techniques, an exact analysis demonstrated the worsening conditions existing in these channels, with the double Hoyt channels performing the best. The approach undertaken in this work can be easily extended to other multiple scattering channels making it possible to study the channel degradation in wireless channels.


Abstract The aim of this article is twofold: first, it seeks to address the question of why the competitive knowledge economy orientation that emerged in certain economically advanced states as a response to the crisis of Fordism came to be embraced by the Indian and the Brazilian states from the late 1980s onwards. Second, it aims to elucidate the manner in which the goal of becoming competitive knowledge economies has been articulated and implemented locally, especially from the mid-1990s onwards, by key fragments of the Indian and the Brazilian states. Drawing on insights from the competition state, regulation school, knowledge economy literature and that on India and Brazil, attention is paid to the context- and conjuncture-specific domestic and international factors that have contributed not only to the adoption of the competitive knowledge economy orientation, but also to the necessarily distinctive ways in which it found expression in practice in India and Brazil.


To investigate antioxidation and blood-lipid regulation of soybean phospholipid together with vitamin E,Two models was built: antioxidation model and blood-lipid regulation model by using mice.Each model was divided into different dosage groups for irrigated different concentration solution(its efficient compositions are soybean phospholipid and V_E) for 30 days.Then the mice'blood of the antioxidation model was taken to examine the content of SOD,GSH and MDA.The mice'blood of blood-lipid regulation model was taken to examine the content of TG,TC and HDL-C.The results indicated that soybean phospholipid and V_E had obvious antioxidation and blood-lipid regulation effect.


Abstract : This study analyzes the impact of force modernization and asymmetric warfare on future live fire training, recommends a new live fire training strategy, and describes a concept for future live fire ranges. The U.S. Army's force modernization goals include improving the range, precision, and effects of direct and indirect fires. Such enhanced capabilities will significantly influence requirements for support of live fire training. Employment of smart weapons, non-line-of-sight weapons, new target acquisition systems, and digital command, control, and communications systems will characterize future combat and should be included in future training. The other major force for change in live fire training is the non-linear nature of future combat. Prominent in the U.S. Army's challenges of the 21 Century will be a wide range of possible operational environments in terms of strategic goals, the political-military situation, the nature of the enemy, civilian population considerations, and the characteristics of the battleground. These variables must also be addressed in the design of training support.


A field experiment was conducted in 2011–2012 and 2012–2013 growing seasons to assess the effects of straw returning plus nitrogen(N) fertilizer on wheat yield and N use efficiency. Compared to only N fertilizer applied(control), straw returning resulted in the increase of dry matter accumulation during the whole growing period and the decrease of the proportion of dry matter accumulation before anthesis to that in whole growing period. The partial factor productivity of applied N, N use efficiency, and N harvest index increased by 7.5%, 6.4%, and 5.2%, respectively, in the straw returning plus pure N 225 kg ha–1 treatment compared with the control. Under straw returning condition, the nitrate N accumulation in soil decreased significantly, especially in 0–30 and 30–60 cm layer. The grain yield of straw returning plus pure N 225 kg ha–1 treatment was significantly higher than those of other treatments, showing the largest increment over the control. Therefore, it is a suitable technique in local cropping patterns.


Beyond its mission to showcase the finest global thought leadership in the area of marketing and advertising research, the Journal of Advertising Research ( JAR ) in September offers its readers a bonus: a selection of winning papers from the annual David Ogilvy Awards.

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Recent commentators have drawn attention to what might be considered an epidemic of unhappiness (). The 'politics of wellbeing' are at the centre of political policy making (, ). While these comments could be dismissed as the concerns of the chattering classes, such worries are backed up by some pretty shocking and authoritative epidemiology.


As photovoltaic modules are increasingly used in renewable energy systems, ensuring energy efficiency by reducing the levelized cost of electricity has become the focus of current research. Herein, the 1‐year performances of both monofacial and bifacial photovoltaic modules were monitored, compared, and analyzed at a solar carport system in the Korean peninsula. The environmental parameters during the four seasons were investigated for both systems under ambient conditions. Irradiance was determined as the primary influencing parameter in the system. The energy yield of the bifacial module system was 3.08% higher than that of the monofacial system owing to rear‐side absorption during the study period. The loss mechanism for this lower yield was determined by investigating the irradiance effect. It was attributed to low bifaciality due to cell properties (optical and electrical properties, and the sorting effect) and module properties (shading effects from the junction box cable and frame design, and glass grid effect), design of the carport system, and the albedo effect. These analyses revealed that the photovoltaic energy yield can be increased further by reducing these loss parameters at the carport system. This study can contribute to achieving higher energy yield from photovoltaic systems during field applications.


The maximum mouth openings of 680 healthy adults from NWFP—Pakistan of 18 to 70 years old, were measured. For men the mean value and range of maximal mouth opening was 51.97mm (36.38 to 61.23mm) and for women mean value was 47.86mm (35.84 to 59.76mm). The results were similar to those reported by international investigators (Carlson, Land Twing, Lysell, Coxse) in other countries.


Latent Semantic Analysis is a natural language processing tools that allows estimating semantic distance between terms. The suc- cess of LSA is mainly based on the training corpus choice, which have been studied principally in English. This study focuses on studying LSA with regional Spanish corpus and evaluate the performance by identifying synonyms. We found that performance was slightly better than chance, concordantly with previous results. Standard LSA method cannot dy- namically increase the training corpus. By using classiers we combined multiple LSA models and showed that the use of automatic classiers increase the performance.


This paper proposes an upper division business course, The Business Core Application Seminar, which supports three related notions in business education: integrated learning, active learning and the development of soft skills. The course encompasses a variety of student team projects culminating in a Global Expansion Feasibility Project which is course encompasses a variety of student team projects culminating in a Global Expansion Feasibility Project which is course encompasses a variety of student team projects culminating in a Global Expansion Feasibility Project which is described in detail. The course described has been delivered at a major midwestern university for many years and was recently recognized in an AACSB competition as utilizing creative and unique strategies for advancing the quality of education in business schools.


ing a sophisticated audience. Far from taking a condescending attitude towards his readers, he assumes that they are thoroughly familiar with British politics in the Nineteenth Century and can appreciate his frequent literary allusions. But even those who may not know anything about the "Bedchamber Crisis" and have never read the novels of Max Beerbohm will find this book a fascinating study that judiciously combines careful research with imaginative speculation. Disraeli's contemporaries and most of his previous biographers found it difficult to comprehend this complex man. It is one of the great accomplishments of this new study that we come to understand him so much better than from the biographies of Monypenny and Buckle or Maurois. Blake is unsurpassed in his astute probing of Disraeli's motives and personality development, though one wishes he had not sought to link them to traits attributed to the "Mediterranean character" and "Jewish race" of his subject. A little less disdain for psychological analysis might have been more rewarding. For instance, what we are told about Disraeli's relationship with his mother and Queen Victoria—his "Faery Queen"—and about his life-long attachment to older women raises some fascinating questions which Blake prefers to leave unanswered. However, one should not take an author to task for refusing to delve into matters which he considers beyond his interest or competence. The same applies to Blake's dictum that the biography of a prime minister does not call for a history of the times, though he might have been well advised to have given greater attention to the broader socio-economic and political conditions under which Disraeli had to operate. The world beyond the governing "Establishment" remains obscure and the stage setting for the leading actor reveals little of the England outside Westminster, the clubs and salons of London Society, and the manor houses of the ruling few.


We conducted an experiment to study the growth kintetics of the oxidation‐induced stacking faults (OSF) of n‐ and p‐type (100) and (111) Si wafers with resistivities of 0.8–15 Ω cm. The OSF size data are as expected for the p‐type (100) and (111) wafers as well as for the n‐type (100) wafers. For the n‐type (111) 0.8–2 Ω cm wafers, however, no OSF were generated at a temperature higher than ∼1100 °C and those grown at 1050 °C are considerably smaller than expected. This indicates that in the n‐type (111) wafers there exists a mechanism that depletes Si self‐interstitials, in addition to the normal mechanism of interstitial injection. Obviously, the effect is dependent on orientation as well as on doping. The same kind of effect was found before via diffusion studies, which, however, did not appear as doping dependent. We propose that this discrepancy is apparently due to the fact that, in one diffusion experiment, p+ (111) materials (Ga implanted to a concentration exceeding 1020 cm−3) were oxidized.


DMA timing mode used in a transmission system having an input-output device and a DMA direct access storage device selection device, which comprises a microprocessor, for generating the timing mode conversion mode selection control signal. A first buffer selection control signal to the DMA device to a single mode acknowledgment signal to a data input / output device according to a first embodiment of the logic state. The second buffer selection control signal to the DMA device to the burst mode data transfer acknowledge signal to the input / output device according to a second embodiment of the logic state. Conversion microprocessor converter output mode selection control signal.


Abstract : This program investigated the role of processing on the high temperature creep behavior of polycrystalline alumina reinforced with SiC whiskers or particulates. Three types of tests were conducted. First, creep data were obtained on monolithic unreinforced alumina and on alumina composites reinforced with SiC whiskers or SiC particulates. Second, the effect of processing was investigated by testing conventionally processed composites and composites produced using a dispersion processing procedure. Third, the role of anelasticity was investigated by conducting stress removal experiments. A full description of the results of this program are contained in the publications documented in this report.


5103 Background: Recurrent and metastatic cervical cancer is not curable with conventional therapy, and the median survival is only about 9 months. High objective response rates have been reported ...


In preparation for the introduction of advanced problem-based learning (PBL) at higher levels of the 6-year curriculum of pharmaceutical education which began in April 2006,we conducted a PBL trial in the clinical pharmacy course for graduate students (n=16).There was 1 case of Typical Type PBL and four cases of Question Type PBL.The results of a questionnaire survey concerning the PBL lectures indicated a high level of satisfaction for many students and in the"general evaluation"of the self-assessment by students,they gave high scores to both Typical Type PBL and Question Type PBL.The data obtained were subjected to Customer Satisfaction (CS) analysis which is generally used for market surveys.When applied to the self assessment,CS analysis uncovered problems that would have been overlooked by conventional statistical analysis such as those in mean assessment values.The use of Customer Satisfaction analysis in this way enabled us to infer that the combined use of Typical Type PBL and Question Type PBL was effective in self learning by students.


The development of Information Technology and Digital Humanities has brought numerous significant changes to the Cultural Heritage domain. The Digital Humanities has become a dynamic and fertile research field, and new projects and opportunities are constantly flourishing. The BYZART project perfectly fits this context. This project is coordinated by the Department of History and Cultures of the University of Bologna, embracing a wide consortium of partners from Bulgaria, Greece and Italy. It aims at enhancing Byzantine and Post-Byzantine artistic and cultural heritage within the Europeana platform. This project will enrich the existing Europeanacollections with about 75,000 new cultural and artistic multimedia objects relevant to Byzantine history and culture, including collections of digitized photos, video and audio content, and 3-D surveys and reconstructions. We have also established a liaison between the new materials and Byzantine-related content already existing on Europeana. The archival material collected and digitized by the BYZART consortium is of the greatest cultural and art-historical importance, but until now, it has not been properly evaluated or published. For this reason, BYZART aims to guarantee the preservation and evaluation of significant cultural heritage objects from a wide range of contexts, while also making them accessible to scholarly and general audiences alike.


This study aims to determine whether Gender and Education have an influence on taxpayer compliance with Tahuna prison service office. Compliance is a major issue of the application of the Self Assessment System. Taxpayers are entrusted by the Directorate General of Taxation to meet its tax obligations, Gender and Education Level is one of the factors that determine the behavior. The research method used is quantitative research using research and cross questionnaires to 51 individual taxpayers. Data were analyzed using ANOVA and the results showed that gender can not influence. With educational levels that have an effect on mandatory personal compliance. Will Gender and Education have no relationship in affect. The importance of education level in its implementation can be followed up by the DGT through ongoing socialization, tax counseling, taxation seminars and training, etc. Keywords: Gender, Education Level, and Tax Compliance


India is believed to be crowned as the diabetes capital of the world by 2030. Considering the same, the present study was undertaken to elucidate the antidiabetic potential of selected Indian spices, viz., Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume, Cuminum cyminum L., Laurus nobilis L., Piper nigrum L. and Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton. Phytochemical constituents of the spices were qualitatively identified and enzyme inhibitory assays performed. The study used 50% hydroacetone extracts of the above-mentioned five spices to evaluate in vitro α-amylase and α-glucosidase inhibitory activities. The IC50 for α-amylase inhibitory activity were 706.04 ± 0.07, 517.51 ± 0.09, 349.41 ± 0.12, 573.21 ± 0.08 and 376.18 ± 0.12 μg/ml, while those for α-glucosidase inhibitory activity were 243.92 ± 0.13, 386.73 ± 0.11, 203.01 ± 0.15, 269.92 ± 0.14 and 182.85 ± 0.16 μg/ml for C. zeylanicum, C. cyminum, L. nobilis, P. nigrum and E. cardamomum respectively. Statistical analysis suggests that the highest α-amylase inhibitory activity was exhibited by L. nobilis and E. cardamomum while the highest α-glucosidase inhibitory activity was observed for E. cardamomum. Diabetes is a disorder associated with many complications and diabetics generally consume spices as nutraceuticals along with their drug regime. Thus, the spice-drug interaction with two commonly used drugs, viz., Acarbose-an antidiabetic and Losartanan antihypertensive were also studied. The results suggest that spice-drug interactions significantly enhanced the inhibitory activities of α-amylase and α-glucosidase. The maximum increase in percent α-amylase inhibitory activity with Acarbose supplementation was observed in C. zeylanicum (74.52%) with minimum for E. cardamomum (50.53%) while in presence of Losartan, maximum and minimum enhancement were observed for C. cyminum (48.34%) and C. zeylanicum (28.19%), respectively. As for modulation of percent α-glucosidase inhibitory activity with Acarbose, C. cyminum (52.42%) showed the highest enrichment while no change was observed in the case of P. nigrum, while with Losartan maximal enhancement was with C. zeylanicum (19.85%) and minimum with C. cyminum (5.4%). Such interactions are a double-edged sword having an advantage but can also result in fatal consequences. Thus, for developing functional food having antidiabetic properties, the study of such interactions becomes significant.


This paper proposes the low-complexity Chase (LCC) decoding using basis reduction (BR) interpolation for Reed-Solomon (RS) codes, namely the LCC-BR algorithm. With received soft information, a number of decoding test-vectors are formulated. The LCC-BR algorithm first constructs a common basis which will be utilized by the following individual basis constructions of all test-vectors. This eliminates the redundant computation in BR interpolation, resulting in a low decoding complexity. Moreover, the LCC-BR algorithm can decode each test-vector in parallel, lowering the decoding latency. This paper further proposes the progressive LCC-BR (PLCC-BR) algorithm that decodes the test-vectors sequentially and terminates once the intended message is found. This progressive decoding is realized without additional memory cost. Simulation results show the complexity and latency advantages of the proposed algorithms over the other benchmark algorithms.


Background and Purpose: An aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage is a devastating event. To establish an effective therapeutic strategy, its pathogenesis must be clari�ed, particularly the pathophysiology of brain harboring intracranial aneurysms (IAs). To elucidate the pathology in brain harboring IAs, we examined the signi�cance of the receptor for advanced glycation end-products (RAGE)/mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) pathway and Na + /K + -ATPase (ATP1α3). Methods: Ten-week-old female rats were subjected to oophorectomy as well as hypertension and hemodynamic changes to induce IAs, and were fed a high-salt diet. Brain damage in these rats was assessed by in�ammatory changes in comparison to sham-operated rats fed a standard diet. Results: Six weeks after IA induction (n = 30), irregular morphological changes, i.e., an enlarged vessel diameter and vascular wall, were observed in all of the left posterior cerebral arteries (Lt PCAs) prone to rupture. Approximately 20% of rats had ruptured IAs within 6 weeks. In brain harboring unruptured IAs at the PCA, the mRNA levels of RAGE and MR were higher, and that of ATP1α3 was lower than those in the sham-operated rats (p < 0.05, each). Immunohistochemically, elevated expression of RAGE and MR, and decreased expression of ATP1α3 were observed in the brain parenchyma adjacent to the Lt PCA, resulting in increased Iba-1 and S100B expression that re�ected the in�ammatory changes. There was no difference between the unruptured and ruptured aneurysm rat groups. Treatment with the MR antagonist esaxerenone abrogated these changes, and led to cerebral and vascular normalization and prolonged subarachnoid hemorrhage-free survival (p < 0.05). Conclusion: Regulation of the imbalance between the RAGE/MR pathway and ATP1α3 may help attenuate the damage in brain harboring IAs, and further studies are warranted to clarify the signi�cance of the down-regulation of and SYBR used for glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), MR, RAGE, HMGB1 and ATP1α3. The primers were: for GAPDH, forward (F), 5'-TAC ACT GAG GAC CAG GTT G-3', reverse (R), 5'-CCC TGT TGC TGT AGC CAT A-3'; for MR, F, 5'-CCT TCC CAC CTG TCA ATA C-3', R, 5'-GAA GCC TCA TCT CCA CAC A-3'; for RAGE, F, 5'-TCA ACA TCA GGG TCA CAG AAA C-3', R, 5'-CAA TGA GCA GAG AGC GGC TA-3'; for HMGB1, F, 5'-GAG ATC CTA AGA AGC CGA GA-3', R, 5'-CTT CCT CAT CCT CTT CAT CC-3'; and for ATP1α3, F, 5'-AAG GAG CAG CCT CTG GAT-3', R, 5'-GTT CCT CCG GCA GGT AGT AA-3'. The PCR conditions were 95°C for 10 min followed by 40 cycles at 95°C for 10 s, 60°C for 10 s, and 72°C for 8 s. We subjected the samples from each group to two independent qRT-PCR assays. The results were quanti�ed after normalization to the expression level of GAPDH mRNA. We previously reported that more than half of our aneurysm model rats developed ruptures during the observation (2) (3) Some of the aneurysm ruptures were observed within 6 weeks after aneurysm induction. Based on these �ndings, in the present study, we examined the brain damage in the rats with aneurysmal changes at 6 weeks after aneurysm induction.


In recent years, the devices of the Internet of Things have grown exponentially. As an emerging wireless access mode in the Internet of Things, NB-IoT is gradually replacing the traditional GSM/GPRS communication mode. Aiming at the requirements of environment monitoring and device control application scenarios of smart home, a smart home control and management system based on NB-IoT is designed. The hardware node used STM32F429 as the main controller, equipped with 4.3-inch touch screen, connected to NB-IoT network with M5311 module, and used BME280 and BH1750 for indoor data and information acquisition. An AT framework is designed based on FreeRTOS, a touch screen program is designed based on the MVP architecture of TouchGFX, Ali Cloud is used as MQTT server, and the Web interface is built using the NodeRED platform. The test results show that the system can realize the device login to the cloud server, complete the home environment real-time monitoring and intelligent device control functions.


Background—Previous studies of pacing therapy for dilated congestive heart failure (CHF) have not established the relative importance of pacing site, AV delay, and patient heterogeneity on outcome. These variables were compared by a novel technique that evaluated immediate changes in hemodynamic function during brief periods of atrial-synchronous ventricular pacing. Methods and Results—Twenty-seven CHF patients with severe left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction and LV conduction disorder were implanted with endocardial pacing leads in the right atrium and right ventricle (RV) and an epicardial lead on the LV and instrumented with micromanometer catheters in the LV, aorta, and RV. Patients in normal sinus rhythm were stimulated in the RV, LV, or both ventricles simultaneously (BV) at preselected AV delays in a repeating 5-paced/15-nonpaced beat sequence. Maximum LV pressure derivative (LV+dP/dt) and aortic pulse pressure (PP) changed immediately at pacing onset, increasing at a patient-specific optimal...


This article is aimed at analyzing the concept of attention and its connections to the educational field. We invest on the understanding of this concept, seeking to identify the simplification trend that is present in the discourse regarding lack of attention as a reference to reflect on children and school processes. The historical field was chosen as the fundamental device for this argumentative framework because there are several possibilities of meanings given to the words that are emphasized in everyday life, in the relations established in the discourses and in its manifested existence. From Foucault's thought, the text presents a synthesis of a research process on the theme and highlights an investment in the process of redefining the meaning of attention. We also seek to problematize the emphasis on lack of attention and the medicalization of daily living.


In recent years, school-enterprise collaborative education has become the subject of research in higher vocational colleges. The article explores the significance of school-enterprise collaborative education and the construction of school-enterprise collaborative education mechanism. At the same time, through years of practice, it has proposed the establishment of a "gradual" talent training class system, a "one hospital one case" curriculum system, a "production and teaching sharing" joint team, a school-enterprise complementary practice base, and an off-campus craftsman spirit practice base, practical teaching 6S professional standardization and breeding system and other enterprise college talent training system.


AbstractIn two generations, suicide attempts in females with somatization disorder have increased from nearly 0 percent to 50 percent in the author's recent series of 60 patients. There has been no comparable increase in women with primary affective disorder. Psychiatric diagnoses related to personality disorder may account for much of the recently noted rise in reported suicide attempts.


This paper presents the parallel search tree based on attribute set division(PST-ASD).It divides the attribute set into two attribute subsets,and constructs a parallel search tree(PST) respectively on these two attribute subsets.When matching an event,it gets the matching subscription sets from the two search trees respectively,and then gets the finally result by intersecting these two sets.Analysis and experiments show that PST-ASD takes on much less store space and in certain conditions takes on less matching time,especially in the condition that the average number of branches following each tree node is large while the number of matching branches is small.


Different methods have been proposed for torque ripple control in Switch Reluctance motor (SRM). In order to overcome this problem, some of the methods are based on changing in the structure and the geometry of the motor and others are performed by using control methods. This paper describes the structure and principles of operation in SRM and then introduces some controlling methods for these motors. Some methods are studied for SRM toque ripple reduction and after that an optimum methods is suggested by authors according to the results which have been obtained in laboratory.