Precision coffee growing is a concept that implies the use of precision agriculture techniques in coffee plantations. For the coffee growing, the precision electronic resources coupled to the harvesters are very scarce. Thereby, the harvest of coffee plantations that compose the grid sampling for generation of thematic maps can be performed manually. The aim of the present study was to generate a linear regression model to estimate the time required to harvest, estimate the labor costs to harvest manually the georeferenced sample points for generation of coffee yield maps. The study was performed in a coffee area of 56 hectares using two sampling points per hectare, totaling 112 points, being evaluated four coffee plants for each point. The manual harvest of the points was performed by four rural workers with experience in the coffee harvest. Afterwards, the collected volume was measured by a graduated container and the times were obtained by the digital stopwatch. Based on the data obtained in the field, a linear correlation model was established between the harvest time of each sampling point and the yield of the point, whose R² value was 78.27, cost was R$ 8.92 per point. These results are relevant for estimating the amount of labor force required to generate manually harvest yield maps according to the producer's coffee yield estimate, contributing to the closure of the precision coffee growing cycle.
 Key words: Precision agriculture; crop mapping; field efficiency; costs.


Indirect immunofluorescence (IF) techniques were used to measure IgG and IgA antibodies to membrane antigens (anti‐MA) and IgA antibodies to virus capsid antigens (anti‐VCA) of herpes simplex type 2 (HSV‐2)‐infected cells in sera from patients with cervical dysplasia and neoplasia, controls who had been matched for ethnic origin, age and social class, patients with other malignancies and patients with genital herpes. IgA anti‐MA were detected significantly more frequently and at higher titres in patients with cervical dysplasia and neoplasia than among matched controls. A high proportion of patients whose cervical cancer had previously been treated by radiotherapy, patients with other squamous carcinomas and patients with genital herpes also had IgA anti‐MA and at higher titres than matched controls and patients with non‐squamous cancers. In contrast, IgG anti‐MA and IgA anti‐VCA did not distinguish patients from controls. The IgA anti‐MA response was more type‐specific than the IgG anti‐MA response. IgA anti‐MA appeared to persist in sera from patients with genital herpes for at least 17 months after clinical attack, while IgA anti‐VCA were usually detected for only 2‐3 months. The persistence of IgA anti‐MA may suggest a persisting antigenic stimulus among patients with genital herpes as well as patients with cervical dysplasia and neoplasia. HSV‐2‐specific antibodies measured by ELISA were also detected in a significantly higher proportion of patients with cervical neoplasia than in matched controls, although 32–48% of patients did not possess these antibodies. Furthermore, there was no consistent difference in the prevalence of HSV‐2‐specific antibodies when cohorts of patients with cervical neoplasia and controls born at the same time were compared. The possibility is discussed that IgA anti‐MA, which were detected in a high proportion of patients with other squamous carcinomas as well as in patients with squamous carcinoma of the cervix, are reacting with cross‐reacting antigens found both in human squamous carcinoma cells and in HSV‐infected cells.


Abstract : This WTEC panel report assesses the international research and development activities in the field of catalysis by nanostructured materials. Catalysis is important for a wide variety of processes that impact manufacturing, energy conversion, and environmental protection. This study focused specifically on solid catalysts and how nanoscale structures associated with them affect their reactivity. The principal technical areas of the study are (a) design and control of synthetic nanostructures; (b) nanoscale characterization of catalysts in their working state; (c) theory and simulation; and (d) applications. The panel visited over 40 institutions and companies throughout East Asia and Western Europe to explore the active research projects in those institutions, the physical infrastructure used for the projects, the funding schemes that enable the research, and the collaborative interactions among universities, national laboratories, and corporate research centers. A bibliometric analysis of research in catalysis by nanostructured materials published from 1996 to 2005 was conducted as part of this WTEC study. The total number of published papers as well as the expected total number of citations of those papers revealed a growing focus on this subject. Western Europe was the numerical output leader in the world; U.S. output, while published in high-impact journals, was relatively stagnant, and the number of published papers originating from China was growing exponentially and expected to exceed that from the United States in the latter half of this decade. China's rapidly expanding economy together with its growth in large-scale chemical and refining plants motivate its significant commitment to catalysis research. The panel found that cooperation between universities and companies in catalysis R&D is common in Europe and Asia, presumably because of a more favorable intellectual property environment outside of the United States.


The treatment of hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism with gonadotrophin releasing hormone (LHRH) has proved difficult in the past because of a progressive decline in the pituitary gonadotrophin response. These early studies generally used large relatively infrequent doses of natural LHRH (Davies et al., 1977) or analogues with a prolonged action (Smith et al., 1979).


To build trade unions as an essential condition of opening enterprises is an inner requirement of establishing consultative labor relations mechanism under a market economy. We should give an effective guarantee for building trade unions in non-public enterprises according to law and relative departments' harmonization.


Eliomys quercinus is classified as Data Defficient (DD) according to the Red Book of Vertebrates. Although this gap of information, some results shows that this species is probably facing a decline of its populations in Portugal. The territory of Guadiana Valley Natural Park is referred as an occurrence area for this species. On the other hand in the backwater area of Alqueva and Pedrógão Garden dormouse seems to be absent. Thus, the objectives of this study were to determine the occurrence and distribution of Eliomys quercinus in PNVG and surrounding areas, to check for a transition zone between areas of occurrence and areas of absence or reduced abundance, in the study area, and to identify factors that determine the presence or absence of the species in the region. Variables concerning use of soil, type of soil, human influence and climatic information were analyzed by means of a generalized linear model. Data on the distribution of the species was obtained with questionnaires. The univariate analyze showed that presence is promoted by warmer areas, with lower levels of radiation, precipitation and humidity, slope, number of hives, proportion of clay shale, agricultural areas with shrubland, forested areas, shrubland areas and moderate acid soils. On the contrary the variables longitude, altitude, road perimeter, proportion of diorite or gabbro, granite, agricultural areas, orchards and "montado" seems to negatively affect the presence of Eliomys quercinus. However, the model obtained includes the variables humidity, precipitation, temperature, soil acidity, orchards, agricultural areas and forested areas, with a changing in the influence signal of orchards and agricultural areas. The results show a short transition belt that splits the occurrences (in the Southern area) from absences (in the Northern area), showing the importance of PNVG area in the maintenance of Garden Dormouse populations as well as of management practices that are use in the area.


Kidney transplantation is a method of treating patients with kidney failure. Today, organ transplants from living related and unrelated donors as well as deceased donors (cadaveric transplantation) are used. Importing biological materials (organs, tissues, cells ) in the recipient organism leads to immune response with formation of specifi c antibodies that react with donor HLA antigens. An important criterion for organ allocation is negative result of cross-match, which is done by the CDC method. Th e CDC cross-match as a gold Eurotransplant standard must be performed prior to transplantation. Th e presence of donor specifi c antibodies can be determined by use of the Luminex methodology, which is a complex system for the detection and determination of specifi c anti-HLA antibodies. Th e test is based on polystyrene beads that bind HLA-antigens of kidney donor. In case of the presence of donor specifi c anti-HLA antibodies in serum of the kidney recipient, it comes to specifi c binding between donor HLA antigens and recipient anti-HLA antibodies. In kidney transplantation, cross-match deserves fi rst place in laboratory diagnosis for the selection of organs recipients. Th erefore, cross-match is a decisive criterion for the possible kidney transplantation.


In an OFDM transmission system, it is difficult to improve performance against frequency selective fading by using only an adaptive equalization because of the severe degradation of the SN ratio of specific carriers. In order to improve this, we propose an optimal data reconstruction from OFDM signal whose data symbols are spread in the frequency domain. In addition, we studied simplification of data spread OFDM with optimal data reconstruction. The bit error rate characteristics were examined by using computer simulations. Our results confirmed that the proposed method simplified data spread OFDM and equaled the performance of the conventional method. Moreover, we confirmed that combining it with large interleaver, rather than increasing carriers, improves the characteristics of the data spread OFDM under the Rayleigh frequency selective fading channel.


In this paper, we have developed operational matrix for estimating the approximate solutions to water quality assessment model. The model is of the form of Convection-Diffusion Equation (CDE) with variable coefficients. An efficient spectral method has been utilized to assess the chemical oxygen demand (COD) in a river. The obtained numerical solutions have been compared with results of Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg fourth-fifth order method (RKF45M) and optimal homotopy asymptotic method (OHAM). The convergence and supporting analysis of the method are investigated Numerical experiments are given to demonstrate the accuracy and efficiency of the proposed method .A few numerical examples are provided to demonstrate the validity and applicability of the proposed method.


Ab initio molecular orbital theory (Mo/ller–Plesset theory to fourth order with a series of extended basis sets) has been used to calculate the total energies of GeH+n (n=1–4), AsH+n (n=1–3) and SeH+n (n=1–2). In combination with previously published results on the neutral hydride molecules, the data are used to derive ionization energies of the neutral species and appearance potentials of the ions with an expected accuracy of ±0.15 eV. Experimental data are reviewed in light of these results. Theoretical predictions of the structures of several cations are discussed including the Jahn–Teller distortion in GeH+4.


This work introduces a short term forecasting gated recurrent unites framework for swarm motion speed forecasting. This is motivated by the growing need of addressing such forecasting challenges in order to keep swarm robotic systems executing daily collective operations and accomplishing tasks more successfully in groups. The framework is based on the BiGRU model and its performances is compared to its base GRU model. The framework is built upon sensor measurements collected using a simulated swarm of e-puck robots performing a simple pattern formation task in a free/no-free obstacles scenarios. Findings show how accurate BiGRU is in forecasting swarm motion speed while compared to GRU.


Objective To study the expression of bone morphogenetic protein receptor 2(BMPR2) gene in patients with portopulmonary hypertension(PPHTN).Methods Encoding sequences of all 13 exons in BMPR2 gene were obtained from Genebank of NCBI.Forward and reverse primers of each exon were designed by Premier Primer 5.0 and Oligo 6 software.DNA was isolated from whole blood of 4 PPHTN patients,5 PHT patients and 5 normal volunteers.Protein coding sequences from exon 1 to 13 were amplified from genomic DNAusing the forward and reverse primers.All 13 exons of BMPR2 gene were sequenced directly.Results A heterogeneous missense G→A mutation was detected on 1 149 bp at exon 9 of BMPR2 gene in 1 volunteer,and caused codon 383 change from ATG to ATA(M383I),but the function of protein unaffected.This mutation could not be categorized as any of the 342 known single nucleotide polymorphisms.There was no other mutation found in the other 13 cases.Conclusion No mutation on encoding sequences of all 13 exons in BMPR2 gene is found in 4 PPHTN patients.The 1 149 bp at exon 9 of BMPR2 gene may be a new location of coding region single nucleotide polymorphisms in Chinese.


Abstract Embryonal tumors with multilayered rosettes (ETMRs) are rare pediatric brain tumors defined primarily by overexpression of the C19MC microRNA cluster. These tumors affect mostly children under the age of 3. However, little is known about the origin and developmental contexts of ETMRs. We hypothesized that the early onset of these tumors suggests an embryonic tumorigenic event. To elucidate the embryonic contexts of which ETMRs arise, we curated three mouse embryogenesis datasets representing the full spectrum of murine embryonic development. We generated timepoint structure signatures of this atlas and projected them onto a single nuclei RNA sequencing dataset of 8 primary ETMRs. Consistent with existing literature, we discovered that ETMRs resemble a spectrum of radial glial, neuronal, and oligodendrocytic cell types. We also recapitulated potential ETMR driver mechanisms such as overexpression of WNT and SHH signaling by gene set enrichment analysis. We validated the enrichment of lineage and driver markers through GSEA and marker gene enrichment in a separate cohort of ETMRs characterized by bulk RNA sequencing. Taken together, the embryonic context of ETMR development may play crucial roles in the early identification and treatments of this lethal disease.


The article analyzes the volume and structure of direct foreign investment in the economy of Ukraine. Factors that negatively affect investment attractiveness and the investment climate in Ukraine are presented and analyzed. It was established that in Ukraine there is a significant imbalance in investments by regions of the country – two-thirds of foreign funds are invested in enterprises of four regions, which has a negative impact on the national economy development. Proposals have been developed to increase the investment attractiveness of Ukraine in the post-war period, in particular, to create the most comfortable conditions for investment, which will make it possible to compensate for the damage caused by the war.


The house is the core of social and economic identity, and a metaphor for kinship, for the Gorale of southwestern Polad. This article argues that Levi-Strauss's idea of `house societies' can be applied to peripheral, rural cultures in contemporary Europe. Rather than a transitional form between kin- and state-based societies, however, the house in this context maintains a shifting power relationship with the state, in response to changes in the broader political economy. Regardless of its actual economic importance, in ideological terms the house is consistently represented as economically dominant, a representation reinforced by kinship and neighbourhood reciprocity, and by the rituals of the house.


Work Identification was found to predict workforce flourishing and employee health. In particular, work group identification was more predictive than organisation identification. A newly tested construct of engagement climate was added to the model of workforce flourishing and was found to predict identification and workforce flourishing, suggesting potential promotional pathways.


The invention relates to a wheel hub (1) having a central portion (2) and a to it radially adjacent radial section (3), with a from the central portion (2) axially projecting bearing portion (4) for receiving a wheel bearing and with an axially opposite holding section (20 ) are adapted to receive a brake disk and a wheel rim, in which (in the radial section 3) holes (5, 6, 7, 8) for receiving bolts. To realize a very light wheel hub, which can withstand all operating stresses and under all operating conditions provides a secure contact surface of a brake disc, it is provided that the wheel hub (1) between at least some of the holes (5, 6, 7, 8) recesses (9, 10 , 11, 12, 13), which penetrate the wall of the radial section (3) of the wheel hub (1) completely, and that (at the radial end 28) of the wheel hub (1) at least one stiffening means is formed.


We calculate the relation between the bare coupling constant ${g}_{0}$ and the $\overline{\mathrm{MS}}$-renormalized coupling ${g}_{\overline{\mathrm{MS}}}$, ${g}_{0}={Z}_{g}({g}_{0},a\overline{\ensuremath{\mu}}){g}_{\overline{\mathrm{MS}}}$, to 2 loops in perturbation theory. We employ the standard Wilson action for gluons and the overlap action for fermions. For convenience, we have worked with the background field technique, which only requires evaluation of 2-point Green's function for the problem at hand. Our results depend explicitly on the number of fermion flavors (${N}_{f}$) and colors ($N$). Since the dependence of ${Z}_{g}$ on the overlap parameter $\ensuremath{\rho}$ cannot be extracted analytically, we tabulate our results for different values in the allowed range of $\ensuremath{\rho}$ ($0l\ensuremath{\rho}l2$), focusing on values which are being used most frequently in simulations. Knowledge of ${Z}_{g}$ allows us to derive the 3-loop coefficient of the bare $\ensuremath{\beta}$-function (${\ensuremath{\beta}}_{L}({g}_{0})$) which, unlike the 1- and 2-loop coefficients, is regularization-dependent. The nontrivial dependence of ${Z}_{g}$ and of ${\ensuremath{\beta}}_{L}({g}_{0})$ on $\ensuremath{\rho}$ is plotted for various choices of $N$, ${N}_{f}$.


[Objective]To investigate the clinical effectiveness and feasibility of anterior approach in patients who had obtained successful high weight close reduction with skull traction and one-stage posterior-anterior approach in those who failed in closed reduction in the treatment of subaxial cervical fracture-dislocation with locked-facet. [Method]From Jan.2000 to Mar.2010,retrospective analysis was done on 68 cases of lower cercical fracture-dislocation with locked-faced who were managed in our institution.Closed reduction was attempted in all patients using high weight Gardner-wells traction.If reduction was accomplished successfully,only anterior cervical fixation was performed(group A),if reduction failed,one-stage posterior-anterior approach was performed(group B).[Result]Thirty-seven patient were included in Group A and the Group B,31 patients.Successful rate of closed reduction in all paitients was 54.4%,patients with bilateral cervical locked facets was 75.6%,patients with unilateral cervical locked facet was 22.2%,these were statistical difference between bilateral and unilateral group(P0.05).No one with spinal cord injury were aggravated after operation.The neurologica fuction of five patients with complete spinal cord inury(SCI) not improved at all.The average American Spinal Cord Injury Association(ASIA) neurological function scale was improved by 1-2 levels.The average score of ASIA sense and motor,Japanese Orthopaedics Association(JOA) were apperantly improved,respectively,at final follow-up.There was no statistical difference between group A and group B in the recovery rate(P0.05).X-ray films were examined disconnectedly in 5 days,and 1,3,6,9,12 months after operation which displayed that these measurements of kyphosis(Cobb angle),vertebral body translation,vertebral body height and interbody fusion were mostly normal and no looseness or breakage was found in the fixation system for all but three patients developed prolapse of plate and screw and vertebral body displacement. [Conclusion]Our study demonstrated that for reduction of bilateral cervical locked facets dislocation by high weight skull traction is more effective in comparison with unilateral cervical locked facet dislocation.Reasonably ASIA sensor score was increased after traction but motor score of no avail.All active and reasonable surgical strategy according to different severity of injury can get a practical and effective clinical results for subaxial cervical fracture-dislocation with locked-facet.


Recurrence of psychotic phenomenon in people with psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia increases healthcare costs, as well as directly affecting


Diffractive optical elements (DOEs) fundamentally provide the possibility to simultaneously utilize multiple orders for different imaging functions within a system. However, to take advantage of this property, it is necessary to tailor the assignment of specific wavelengths or wavelength ranges with high diffraction efficiency to specific diffraction orders. To achieve this wavelength-selective assignment to different orders, simple diffractive profile shapes are not suitable; instead, multilayer DOEs are required. In this study, we conducted theoretical, scalar investigations on the diffraction efficiency of triple-layer double-relief DOEs for the purpose of tailored wavelength selectivity. Specific materials such as nanocomposites, layer materials, and high-refractive-index liquids with strong dispersion were included, in addition to inorganic glasses, to enable wide design freedom for wavelength selectivity across multiple orders. To simultaneously account for both positive and negative orders, specific material combinations featuring intersecting or touching dispersion curves were utilized. For various material combinations, we calculated significantly different efficiency profiles for multiple orders by varying the relief depths. Further, we discuss the possibility of fine-tuning the efficiency profiles by using high-index liquids as an intermediate layer between two solid profiles, whose dispersion properties can be varied continuously or at least in small steps.


This study examines whether and how select individual characteristics moderate the relationship between neighborhood disorder and a sense of personal control. Our findings show that neighborhood disorder is associated with a decreased sense of control. However, regression analyses including interaction terms of neighborhood disorder and some individual characteristics show that the negative effect of neighborhood disorder on sense of control is greater among Whites and people with low economic hardship, compared with racial minorities and those with high economic hardship, when neighborhood disorder is high. These results imply that, for Whites and those with low economic hardship, sense of control is more vulnerable to high levels of neighborhood disorder, even though Whites and people with low economic hardship show higher levels of sense of control than their counterparts when neighborhood disorder is low. Our research contributes to a more nuanced understanding of neighborhood disorder and psychological well-being. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.


The humanoid robots Justin and Toro at DLR are equipped with joint torque sensors, which allows to implement compliant motion control via highly sensitive impedance behaviors. The control framework presented in this work has been developed using a passivity-based argumentation and avoids feedback cancellation of the natural dynamics. In this overview also the extension to multiple task hierarchies using prioritized null-space projections will be discussed. The approach has been applied to the whole-body control of the mobile manipulator Justin, with position and torque controlled subsystems for locomotion and manipulation. Additionally, a generalization to the bipedal humanoid robot Toro is shown. Thereby, the distribution of the control forces to the available contact points has to be taken into account. The presented control approaches are well suited for tasks in which the robot has to physically interact with humans or the environment.


Natural gas hydrates could form during blowdown of compressor station yard piping, even if the moisture composition is within the allowable range of up to 65 mg/st.m3. This is because the temperature of the gas drops well below the vapour-hydrate equilibrium. If sufficient hydrates form, they have the potential to impede the path of the gas to the blowdown stack exit. To evaluate this risk, it is important to determine the conditions at which hydrates could form under gas blowdown situations and accurately determine the quantity that would form as both gas pressure and temperature drop during the blowdown process. This paper first compares the hydrate equilibrium conditions for different moisture contents obtained with a publicly available model to published measured data for some alkanes present in natural gas. A gas blowdown scenario establishing the gas conditions (P and T) is then presented based on the worst case scenario of adiabatic expansion of the gas. Based on these conditions, two methods are developed to quantify the amount of hydrates that could form during the blowdown process. These methods are demonstrated on a gas blowdown event of compressor station discharge yard piping where the gas was assumed to have moisture contents of 65 mg/st.m3. The potential amount of hydrates formed and the implications on the gas path to blowdown exit are discussed.Copyright © 2014 by ASME


Cardiac computed tomography (CT) is widely used in diagnosis for the coronary artery heart disease. Due to the heart motion, ECG gating is usually applied to the cardiac CT. Although diastolic phase has mostly enough angular data, the systolic phase suffers from insufficient angular data. Hence, the main goal of this paper is to develop a patch based low rank regularization approach that exploits inherent similarities between diastolic and systolic images for reducing artifacts in systolic image. In particular, our optimization framework is based on the Poisson log-likelihood and the non-convex low rank regularization. To address the non-separable and non-convex optimization problem, we used the separable paraboloidal surrogates (SPS) for Poisson log-likelihood, and the concave-convex procedure (CCCP) for non-convex low rank regularization, which guarantees the fast convergence. We confirm that the proposed algorithm can provide significantly improved image quality.


Oral malodor develops mostly from the metabolic activities of indigenous bacterial populations within the oral cavity, but whether healthy or oral malodor-related patterns of the global bacterial composition exist remains unclear. In this study, the bacterial compositions in the saliva of 240 subjects complaining of oral malodor were divided into groups based on terminal-restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) profiles using hierarchical cluster analysis, and the patterns of the microbial community composition of those exhibiting higher and lower malodor were explored. Four types of bacterial community compositions were detected (clusters I, II, III, and IV). Two parameters for measuring oral malodor intensity (the concentration of volatile sulfur compounds in mouth air and the organoleptic score) were noticeably lower in cluster I than in the other clusters. Using multivariate analysis, the differences in the levels of oral malodor were significant after adjustment for potential confounding factors such as total bacterial count, mean periodontal pocket depth, and tongue coating score ( P < 0.001). Among the four clusters with different proportions of indigenous members, the T-RFLP profiles of cluster I were implicated as the bacterial populations with higher proportions of Streptococcus , Granulicatella , Rothia , and Treponema species than those of the


Modal participation analysis provides a useful framework for the understanding of the dynamical behavior of linear time-invariant systems. This method is of particular interest in the area of electric power systems, and is based on the concept of modal participation factors, which provide a measure of the interrelationship between modes and states of the system. The contribution of this paper is to propose an updated and more refined notionofmodalparticipationfactors,forwhichtheparticipation relationship between modes and states is no longer symmetric. Under the new definition, the amount by which a given mode participates in a state is not necessarily the same as that of the state participation in the mode (as is the case under the standard definition). The approach followed here is based upon the consideration of possible uncertainty on the initial condition of the system, and a subsequent probabilistic average. The new definitions are motivated and illustrated using several interesting examples of dynamical systems.


Daughter sporocysts of Zoogonoides viviparus (Olsson 1868) Odhner 1902 (Trematoda, Zoogonidae) occur In the tissue between the tubules of the digestive gland of Buccinum undatum L. (Prosobranchia, Buccin~dae). Sporocysts in naturally infected snails were studied by hght, transmission and scannlng electron rnlcroscopy. The external surface of the sporocyst is increased by irregular tegurnental projecbons. Haemocytes adhere to the tegument of young sporocysts. Older sporocysts are surrounded by flattened haemocytes. No ~njured parasite or host cell membranes were found. The sporocysts and developing cercariae feed upon host haernolymph and disintegrated extracellular material. The body wall of morlbund or dead sporocysts may be attacked by phagocybzing haernocytes. Amoebocytic and phagocytic haemocytes take part in the process of encapsulation and destruction of the parasite. A granuloma formation remains after an encapsulated and subsequently completely removed parasite.


Environmental scientists have increasingly been deploying wireless sensor networks to capture valuable data that measures and records precise information about our environment. One of the major challenges associated with wireless sensor networks is the quality of the data and more specifically the detection of segment outliers and unusual events. Most previous research has focused on detecting outliers that are errors that are caused by unreliable sensors and sensor nodes. However, there is an urgent need for the development of new tools capable of identifying, tagging and visualizing erroneous segment outliers and unusual events from sensor data streams. In this paper, we present a SOUE Detector (Segment Outlier and Unusual Event-Detector) system for wireless sensor networks that combines statistical analyses using Dynamic Time Warping (DTW) with domain expert knowledge (captured via an ontology and semantic inferencing rules). The resulting Web portal enables scientist to efficiently search across a collection of wireless sensor data streams and identify, retrieve and display segment outliers (both erroneous and genuine) within the data streams. In this paper, we firstly describe the detection algorithms, the implementation details and the functionality of the SOUE Detector system. Secondly we evaluate our approach using data that comprises sensor observations collected from a sensor network deployed in the Springbrook National Park in Queensland, Australia. The experimental results show that the SOUE-Detector can efficiently detect segment outliers and unusual events with high levels of precision and recall.


In this paper we study the problem of generalisation in information retrieval. In particular we study precision-recall curves and the average precision value. We provide two types of bounds: large-deviation bounds of the average precision and maximum deviation bounds with respect to a given point of the precision recall curve. The (cid:28)rst type of bounds are useful to answer the question: how far can true average precision be from the value observed on a test collection? The second is useful for obtaining bounds on average precision when tight bounds on a particular point of the curve can be established, as is the case when training SVMs or Perceptrons for document categorisation.


Objective: The objective of this study was to assess average improvement in maximal mouth opening, pain at rest, and active mouth opening after platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections using ultrasonography (USG)-guided platelets rich plasma injection in the management of internal derangement of the joint. Materials and Methods: Ten patients with internal derangement of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) underwent PRP injections guided by the ultrasonography. The extent of maximal mouth opening, pain, and tenderness of the TMJ and the masticatory muscles at rest, motion, and mastication were thoroughly assessed at the beginning of the study and scheduled for next follow-up at 2, 4, 12, and 24 weeks. Results: USG-guided platelet-rich plasma injection was significantly effective in improvements of the extent of maximal mouth opening, pain at rest, and on movement. Statistics result demonstrated a significant reduction in the visual analog scale values of pain at rest and on movement. Conclusion: USG-guided PRP injection to the upper TMJ space provided improvement in signs and symptoms of patient with internal derangement of the TMJ.


Current data acquisition and reduction techniques are described, some of recent depth profiling results are reported, and possibilities of semiquantitative analysis for hydrides are speculated on. (LK)


Polarity reversal operation can affect the stability of the converter transformers due to the sudden electric field enhancement within the oil. With the purpose to study the transient electric field of oil after polarity reversal operation, the pulsed electroacoustic (PEA) method will be utilized in this paper to measure the space charge of two layers oil and pressboard during the polarity reversal operation. Two factors including different polarities of voltage and the temperature gradient effect are focused in this paper. Experimental results indicate that after the polarity reversal operation, the maximum electric field of the oil is higher when the polarity changed from negative (−) to positive (+) compared to the reversed voltage polarity operation under the temperature gradient. Moreover, the maximum electric field in the oil gap occurs at the transient state after the polarity reversal operation under the ambient temperature while that occurs at the steady state under the temperature gradient.


Abstract : Out-of-tolerance cold hole expansion can occur during scheduled maintenance of aircraft structures. Personnel responsible for the maintenance of aircraft structures must make decisions as to the acceptability of any deviation from repair specifications. The decision to accept or reject an out-of-tolerance repair can be significant in a scheduled maintenance situation since a rejection will normally involve a major integral component of structure. A rejection of a discrepant hole at the repair stage can mean scrapping of the component with the potential of thousands of person-hours for replacement and refurbishment. The purpose of this research effort was to investigate the effect of out-of- tolerance cold hole expansion on flaw growth and structural life. To accomplish this goal, specimens were prepared and fatigue tested under spectrum loading conditions to failure. Typical discrepancies found in structures undergoing repair were simulated for this effort. Crack length measurements were periodically obtained during the spectrum test and the resultant fatigue lives were noted. Crack growth behavior and fatigue lives for the holes with discrepant preparation were compared to those of properly prepared specimens.


A decomposition of the reachable subspace of the singular system Ex'(t)=Ax(t)+Bu(t) into m singly generated reachability subspaces is presented, where E,A,B are real matrices of dimensions n*n, n*n, n*m, respectively. It is not assumed that the system (E,A,B) is regular. This decomposition is used to derive canonical forms for controllable singular systems under the actions of the proportional and proportional-plus-derivative feedback groups.<<ETX>>


The utility model relates to a no-shell egg boiling device which comprises a flexible container (10), and a cover (20) which can close the container (10). The size of the container can be suitable for containing at least one no-shell egg. The container (10) which contains the no-shell egg and is closed by the cover (20) can float in boiling water and is used for boiling eggs. The container (10) comprises a cup (11) which is provided with an upper portion area (11a) close to a top opening (13), and the size of the upper portion area (11a) is larger than that of a lower portion area (11b) close to the bottom (12). The container (10) is provided with a periphery tongue piece (14) which extends from the edge of the top opening (13) to outside and downwards. Accordingly, when the boiling device floats, the periphery tongue piece (14) can obtain air so that a buoyant force and floating stability of the boiling device are benefited. The cup (11) is substantially submerged and the cover (20) is substantially above the water.


We demonstrate the use of atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) to graft polymers onto preformed shell cross-linked reverse micelles (SCRM). Reverse polymer micelles are first obtained in organic solvents and stabilized by cross-linking of the shell using the photoinduced dimerization of coumarin groups (>310 nm). The structurally locked SCRM are then used as micellar macroinitiators for further polymerization from their surface of monomers such as styrene and dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA) via ATRP. The decoration of an outer corona of PDMAEMA renders the nanoparticles containing a hydrophilic core soluble in water, with the solubility being sensitive to changes in pH and temperature. In addition, such decorated SCRM are light-responsive. The photoinduced cleavage of cyclobutane bridges (<260 nm) leads to the de-cross-linking of the shell and thus the disintegration of the micellar aggregates. The characterization results, using size-exclusion chromatography (SEC), dynamic light scatterin...


Summary: The most recent analysis of the Saite Formula by K. Jansen-Winkeln (2000), based on an exhaustive corpus of over 200 examples, concluded that it was essentially a dedication formula expressed in the passive voice, commemorating the proper sacralization of the statue. Two previously unrecognized examples, both from Nubia during the late Eighteenth Dynasty, show that the supposed passive verbal form must be understood as the imperative of rḏı͗, "to place", written in its archaizing or abbreviated non-suppletive form. This calls for a new analysis of the religious meaning of the formula, restoring agency to both the dedicant and his protective City God.


Fungi use diverse organic compounds for their growth and development.  Neurospora crassa  can use quinic acid as its sole carbon source for its growth because of presence of a quinic acid utilization (QUT) cluster of genes in its genome. Using bioinformatics methods we examined a total of 285 completely sequenced fungal genomes comprised of 282 unique species and found there were 117 fungal species having all 7 QUT genes in their genomes. Most species in the classes of Dothideomycetes, Eurotiomycetes, Leotiomycetes and Sordariomycetes have QUT genes, however, among 53 species in Saccharomycetes only 3 species have all 7 QUT genes. There were linage specific losses of QUT genes, such as species in Eurotiomycetes class Onygenales order lacked most of QA utilization genes. Our survey revealed that species in Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota, Chytridiomycetes, Exobasidiomycetes, Malasseziomycetes, Microsporidia, Schizosacharomycetes, and Tremellomycetes did not have QA utilization genes. Using concatenated protein sequences encoded by 7 QUT genes, a robust phylogenetic tree to infer the evolution of the QUT cluster genes was constructed. In addition, we also found QUT genes from recently sequenced genome of cork oak ( Quercus suber ), however, our analysis suggests that these QUT sequences are likely from a contaminated fungal species.


Mainly introduce the technologies of bonding polarizing film equipment,including how to realize the whole original roll feeding of the optical thin film,protective film collection and bonding process.The original roll feeding mechanism uses double screw structure and magnetic powder brake structure to ensure positioning accuracy of the optical thin film original roll during bonding,and the tension of original roll feeding;The bonding mechanism uses pressure sensor structure,provide precision pressing of upper and lower rollers,and polarizing film delivery,to ensure there are no bubbles,wrinkles and other bad phenomenon;The reasonable design of edge adjusting mechanism ensure that the bonding product won't produce warping.


Alpha-amylases (1-4, α Dglucano hydrolase EC 126.96.36.199) are endoenzymes that hydrolyses α–1, 4glycosidic linkage in starch and related substrate in an endo-fashion producing oligosaccharides, glucose and α–limit dextrin. To cater the constant growing need of this enzyme in detergent industrial purposes, alkaline amylase secreted by Bacillus licheniformis MTCC1483 was studied in order to test its suitability as a detergent additive. It was found to produce 21.6 U/ml of alkaline amylase after 24 hours of incubation. The amylase was further characterized with respect to pH and temperature optima and stability, detergent compatibility. The optimum pH and temperature for amylase activity was found to be 8.0 and 40°C. The enzyme was found to retain around 80% residual activity in the pH range of pH 6.0-10.0. The enzyme showed highest stability at 40°C for 1 h of incubation while at 60°C, 70% of the original activity was lost, respectively. Compatibility of enzyme amylase with certain commercial laundry detergents was also shown to be good as enzyme retained up to 100%, 85% and 55% of their activities after 30 min of incubation at 40°C. Supplementation of the enzyme to the detergent Tide® improved the cleansing ability of the detergent with maximum strain removal in terry cloth followed by cotton fabric stained with potato curry sample. All these properties make this amylase an ideal choice for application in detergent formulations.


Tables. Figures. Case Studies. Introduction. Section One: Integrated Marketing Communications: Chapter 1:Marketing Communications Planning. Chapter 2:Research and Analysis. Chapter 3: Communications Objectives and Targeting. Chapter 4: Communications Strategy. Section Two: Communications Toolkit Chapter 5: Public Relations. Chapter 6: E-Marketing Communications. Chapter 7: Advertising. Chapter 8: Event Sponsorship Programmes. Chapter 9: Sales Promotion. Chapter 10: Direct and Relationship Marketing. Section Three: Events as Communications Tools Chapter 11: Promotional Events. Chapter 12: Corporate Sponsorship of Events. Chapter 13: Corporate Hospitality. Section Four: Ensuring Future Success Chapter 14: Implementation, Evaluation and Control. Chapter 15: Trends and Forecasts. Index


The ultrafast relaxation dynamics of a widely used viscosity probe molecule, auramine O (AuO), was investigated in water and a water/aerosol-OT (AOT)/n-heptane reversed micelle. We discussed the contribution of specific interactions between AuO and the local environment to the relaxation dynamics. The transient absorption spectra of AuO showed that the nonradiative relaxation process of the photoexcited AuO in the AOT-reversed micelle was approximately 1 order slower than that in bulk water and the relaxation rate decreased with a decrease of the size of the reversed micelle. The slowing down of the relaxation was attributed to a depletion of the ultrafast solvation dynamics of water molecules in the interfacial area of the reversed micelle as well as an increase of viscosity, which strongly suggested that the viscosity of the reversed micelle determined from the fluorescence yield of AuO was somewhat overestimated. In addition, it was observed that the absorption coefficient of the twisted intramolecular charge transfer-like (TICT-like) intermediate state of the AuO in the reversed micelle was about half as large as that in bulk water. A decrease of the refractive index of the TICT-like state was also observed in the reversed micelle by the ultrafast transient lens measurements. The reduction of both the absorption coefficient and the refractive index of the TICT-like state indicated a considerable change of the molecular structure or the charge distribution of the TICT-like state. Such a change of the TICT-like state suggested the existence of strong interactions between AuO and AOT. These interactions would also affect the relaxation dynamics and the fluorescence yield of the AuO in the reversed micelle.


Chemotherapy employs toxic chemicals to kill rapidly dividing cells. Examples of FDA approved antineoplastic drugs include cisplatin, doxorubicin, and paclitaxel. Since most of these drugs are nonspecific, they also damage normal tissues as well as the aberrant tumors. As a result, non-specific therapies have multiple side effects, which include myelosuppression, mucositis, alopecia, nephrotoxicity, and genotoxcity. In order to minimize these issues, researchers have begun to conjugate antineoplastic chemicals with targeting moieties or encapsulate drugs into nanoparticles decorated with compounds, peptides, or proteins that recognize specific cellular receptors, which are upregulated by the neoplastic cells. The targeting moieties aid in the accumulation of these drugs within the blood vessels of carcinomas, while keeping concentrations low in the systemic circulation. Thus, targeted delivery systems are able to minimize the unwanted side effects and increase the efficacy of chemotherapies.© 2011 ASME


This study investigates the effect of spans length, reinforcement ratio and continuity of flexural reinforcement on the progressive collapse performance of double span beams over failed columns. The investigations focus on initial flexural resisting mechanism to prevent the progressive collapse. Detailed nonlinear finite element simulation of double span beam-column sub-assemblages subjected to residual gravity loads that initially carried by the failed column is adopted for the investigations. Nonlinear static pushover analysis is conducted in which capacity curves are derived and compared with demanded capacities. The effect of spans length, reinforcement ratio and number of continuous bottom flexural reinforcement on progressive collapse are considered in the investigations. Analysis results show that the strength to resist progressive collapse has decreased by 25.4 % and the ductility increased by 103 % following the increasing in span length from 5 m to 7 m. On the other hand, increasing reinforcement ratio of top flexural reinforcement from 0.447 to 1.089 leads to 26.27 % increasing in strength accompanied with a decrease in ductility equal to 16.42 %. In addition, extending all bottom bars rather than the minimum specified two bars resulted in 12 % increasing in strength and 40.28 % decreasing in ductility.


This critique argues that the intervention of military in land utilization and recreational tourism in the Northern and Eastern provinces of Sri Lanka was instigated by marker-driven geo-political negligence. It discovers that the nature of the introduction of  post-catastrophic tourism (Zizek, 2014) has been affected by profound non-articulation of political significance to the traumatic historical memory of the inhabitants who were affected, which has resulted in generating a degree of dark tourism in the area concerned. The southern invasions in the form of usual pilgrims which 'combined battlefield and leisure tourism practices' (Pieris, 2014: 266) has characterized 'the presentation and the consumption of real and commoditized death and disaster area' (Foley and Lennon, 1996: 198) which has originated in consequences of a long term conflict. Correspondingly, the apparent mass tourism promotion by the government between 2009 and 2014 too has significantly disregarded the definitive symbolic principle of 'the visitation to places where tragedies or historically noteworthy death has occurred and that continue to impact our lives' (Tarlow, 2005: 48) before obvious profit motives. The study observes that serious memories and sensitivities of the thirty years of the war-affected community have not been paid attention to and has caused dangerous humanitarian negligence in a wider political sense. While the function of tourism at present as an agent of development in improving the living condition of the community seems evidently true in this context, the trivialization of the symbolic significance of a historical memory and ownership of a community, which has turned 'the suffering into a leisure experience for contemporary tourists' (Smith et al., 2010: 38) cannot also be easily overlooked.


Aim:  Liver damage due to facultative hepatotoxins is scarcely foreseeable. We evaluated the prevalence of acute drug‐induced liver injury (DILI) in a specific setting, assessing eventual interactions with pre‐existing hepatic illnesses.


7083 Background: ABX-EGF is a high-affinity, fully human, IgG2 monoclonal antibody directed against epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFr). This is a report of results from part 1 of a 2-part, phase 2 trial to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and pharmacokinetics (PK) of ABX-EGF in combination with paclitaxel and carboplatin for advanced NSCLC.

METHODS
In this open-label, sequential, dose-escalation design in pts with NSCLC (stage IIIb or IV) and EGFr expression of 2+ or 3+ in >=10% of tumor cells, pts received weekly IV ABX-EGF in combination with standard paclitaxel and carboplatin every 3 weeks for up to 6 cycles; pts with response or stable disease could receive extended ABX-EGF therapy. Responses (RECIST) were evaluated at week 6 with confirmation >=3 weeks later. The PK of ABX-EGF and paclitaxel were evaluated at weeks 0 and 3.

RESULTS
Nineteen pts (5 men/14 women; mean [SD] age 52.2 [11.9] years) were enrolled into 3 ABX-EGF cohorts: 1.0 mg/kg (n=6), 2.0 mg/kg (n=7), and 2.5 mg/kg (n=6). One pt (5%) had a confirmed complete response (1.0 mg/kg) and 4 pts (21%) had partial responses (2 at 2.0 mg/kg and 2 at 2.5 mg/kg) by investigator assessment. The most common adverse event (AE) was skin rash (89% overall; 83%, 100%, and 83% in the 1.0, 2.0, and 2.5 mg/kg groups). The incidence of grade 3 skin rash did not appear to increase with dose (17% at 1.0 mg/kg, 29% at 2.0 mg/kg, and 0% at 2.5 mg/kg). Four pts (1 at 1.0 mg/kg and 3 at 2.0 mg/kg) had ABX-EGF dosing interrupted or reduced because of skin toxicities. The PK of ABX-EGF appeared to be dose dependent. PK results for paclitaxel were similar to that reported in the literature.

CONCLUSIONS
ABX-EGF is well tolerated in combination with paclitaxel and carboplatin for advanced NSCLC. Part 2 of the study continues to accrue patients to further assess clinical activity in this setting. [Table: see text].


Partial REE patterns have been determined for ten Permian mud-rock samples from the central Transantarctic Mountains. Depositional environments of the samples range from fluvial overbank to open-water deltaic and basinal. REE patterns have beeh characterized by a LREE enrichment factor (EF), defined as the NASC-normalized La/Lu ratio. The response of LREE to weathering intensity, thermal diagenesis, and compositional variability has been assessed. Average LREE EF for the ten samples is 2.00 (+-0.6), similar to published LREE EF for recent riverine and marine siliciclastics. This agreement suggests that the LREE EF of a sediment is established early in its weathering/transport history. LREE EF do not covary with either an index of chemical weathering of vitrinite reflectance, indicating that LREE are not fractionated by either bulk weathering processes or diagenesis. LREE EF increases as grain size decreases and clay mineral abundance increases. Geographic variations in LREE EF, however, may also reflect a provenance control. These stratigraphic and geographic distributions of LREE EF emphasize the importance of grain size and mineralogy as controls on REE compositions, but also suggest that the early development of LREE enrichment can include a stable provenance signal.


This paper describes the status of RF power standards at KRISS briefly and introduces the on going project which developing a 3.5 mm coaxial microcalorimeter for implementing the national power standard up to 26.5 GHz. Microcalorimeter design and developing process which based on CAD and computer aided engineering (CAE) will be discussed and some results will be shown.


Image quality assessment is crucial for the optimization of computed tomography (CT) protocols. Human and mathematical model observers are increasingly used for the detection of low contrast signal in abdominal CT, but are frequently limited to the use of a single image slice. Another limitation is that most of them only consider the detection of a signal embedded in a uniform background phantom. The purpose of this paper was to test if human observer performance is significantly different in CT images read in single or multiple slice modes and if these differences are the same for anatomical and uniform clinical images. We investigated detection performance and scrolling trends of human observers of a simulated liver lesion embedded in anatomical and uniform CT backgrounds. Results show that observers don't take significantly benefit of additional information provided in multi-slice reading mode. Regarding the background, performances are moderately higher for uniform than for anatomical images. Our results suggest that for low contrast detection in abdominal CT, the use of multi-slice model observers would probably only add a marginal benefit. On the other hand, the quality of a CT image is more accurately estimated with clinical anatomical backgrounds.


The invention relates to a steam ager cloth roller loop forming device; a main shaft is connected with a drive chain wheel and a drive pinion; a main chain is respectively engaged with the drive chain wheel and a plurality of guide chain wheels so as to realize transmission; the drive pinion is engaged with a gap bridge duplex gear; the gap bridge duplex gear is engaged with a driven gear; the driven gear is connected with a cloth loop translation drive chain wheel; a cloth loop translation chain is engaged with the cloth loop translation drive chain wheel and a cloth loop translation driven chain wheel so as to realize transmission; a cloth roller carrier plate is arranged on the cloth loop translation chain; one end of the cloth roller is fixedly connected with a cloth roller chain wheel; the cloth roller chain wheel can be engaged with a cloth roller rotation chain; the cloth roller rotation chain is engaged with a cloth roller rotation drive chain wheel and a cloth roller rotation driven chain wheel so as to realize transmission. The steam ager cloth roller loop forming device is compact in structure, small in space, can contentiously convey cloth loops in loop formation, the cloth loop can stably move and the cloth roller can slowly rotate, thus providing stable cloth cover printing effect.


The MOdified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) is an alternative to the dark matter assumption that can explain the observed flat rotation curve of galaxies. Here hydrodynamic accretion is considered to critically check the consistency and to constrain the physical interpretation of this theory. It is found that, in case of spherically symmetrical hydrodynamic accretion, the modified Euler's equation has real solution if the interpretation is assumed to be a modification of the law of dynamics. There is no real solution if it is assumed to be an acceleration-scale-dependent modification of the gravitational law. With the modified Euler's equation, the steady-state mass accretion rate is found to change up to ∼ 15 per cent. The astrophysical and cosmological implications of these results are also discussed.


Purpose - Presenting empirical findings from an ethnography on the making of contemporary dance and movement theatre, this paper aims to deepen our understanding of organizational creativity as practice driven by the nexus of idea generation and evaluation. From a practice-based perspective situated in a sociology of attachment (Hennion, 2004; 2007), the concept of 'taste-making' (Gherardi, 2009) is thereby introduced as a central, performative practice (Hennion, 2004) elucidating the intricate interlacing of idea generation and evaluation.
Design/methodology/approach - The paper draws on empirical data from a multisited video ethnographic fieldwork on the making of contemporary dance and movement theatre (CDMT), which has been part of my ongoing PhD project. The data has been analyzed according to the following research question: How is the making of contemporary dance and movement theatre realized by choreographic practices that interweave idea generation and evaluation in different forms of taste-making?
Findings - The paper suggests that in different phases of a creative process taste-making is central to distinctive 'tactics' (Certeau, 1984) of dance making. Three rehearsal tactics are presented in depth: 'collective improvisation as assessocratic performance', 'employing 'le regard exterieur by turns' and 'postponing closure - deferring taste-making to future assemblages'. These tactics are presented as pertaining to two dominant aesthetics of the chosen context, namely an 'aesthetic of im/perfection' and a twofold aesthetic of 'capitulation & closure'.
Originality/value - The paper seeks to discuss organizational creativity from a practice-based approach based on process philosophy, distinguishing the various configurations of the idea generation and evaluation nexus, yet emphasizing their co-constitution in creative practice. By developing a conceptual framework around the performativity of practice and its inherent taste-making, the basic concept of practice is further opened up to the non-teleological openness, the collective (relational) aspects and the aesthetic aspects of a creative development process. The study thereby addresses a gap between creativity literature, mainly focusing on idea generation, and innovation literature, which mainly focuses on idea evaluation and implementation (Kijkuit & Van Den Ende, 2007). The paper is further contributing to the development of an aesthetics of organizational creativity as practice and therefore also draws on videographic data.


Organochlorine and organophosphorus pesticides are effective against a great variety of insects. They have been used in agricultural crops, residential and commercial buildings, ornamental gardens and plants and also to control de presence of disease-carrying mosquitoes [1]. Their wide use could lead to extensive pollution of the environment and constitutes a potential and deliberate risk to human health.


The West Flower Gardens Bank has been the subject of study by the Department of Oceanography at Texas AM (2) the occurrence of dead barrier reefs at depths of 180-190, 290-315, and 420-430 ft; and (3) the occurrence of dead patch reefs on terraces behind the barrier reefs. End_of_Article - Last_Page 1836------------


We derive formulas describing the induced production of bosons via fireball emissions. If the fireball volume is large, induced emission is unimportant and we get back to the usual independent emission model. Induced emission due to the Bose-Einstein statistical nature of bosons is however very important for small fireballs, from which we obtain greatly enhanced production rates and very unusual charge distributions. This can explain the cosmic ray Centauro events if the fireball has an energy density of the order of 1 TeV/(fm)3. We suggest that this density may be feasible if preons do exist.


The Malvaceae family has many species that are the subject of systematic controversy. Its broad spectrum of fruit and pollen morphology has challenged taxonomists because often morphological studies lead to different conclusions. Therefore, this study of selected stages of pollen wall development in Malvastrum corchorifolium is offered as another approach to verify its current taxonomic assignment and assist in the clarification of malvacean ancestry. Aperture number, endexine thickness and the presence of basal cushions are features that concur with its present placement in the Abutileae tribe, Sidinae subtribe and genus Malvastrum. Its advanced spine morphology, long spines with pointed apices and prominent basal cushions, suggest that Malvastrum corchorifolium is highly specialized and evolutionarily advanced.


The iron deposit is located in the Zhongdian metallogenic belt,Sanjiang metallogeny domain,which has excellent mineralization conditions.The ore bodies in the deposit mainly occur along the contact zone of the intermediate-acid intrusive porphyry(porphyrite) and Tumugou formation marble,which is belongs to skam type iron deposit.The length of I ore body is 940m and the average thickness is 39.88m with stable extension,the boundary is not closed,it has a considerable potentiality for prospecting.The ore deposit is mainly Fe,the associated elements of Fe are S、Cu、Pb、Zn、Au、Ag.The ore bodies are characterized by simple texture of ore and enrich grade.High-intensity magnetic anomaly,limonite,magnetite,skarn and structural fracture zone are the major prospecting criteria.


A proposal of criteria is discussed in the paper for the definition of geological and thematic layers in a GIS system by means of CARG geological maps and database data processing. The geological dataset obtained through the GIS implementation of CARG standard data can be used for the study of territorial planning, natural risks and engineering geology nature. Some examples of criteria use and application in the elaboration of lithologic and geo-thematic maps of Campania region are described.


abstract: This article explores the functions of apostrophe and other strategies of mediated reception in Juan Latino's Austrias Carmen (1573), a two-book epic poem in Latin on the Battle of Lepanto. Latino's epic repeatedly invites the narratee to fix his or her gaze on remarkable spectacles, creating a tension between narrative and discursive time. In the first part of the article, I examine how Latino uses apostrophes directed at his patron Pedro de Deza to establish a close link between the addressee of the epic—Deza—and the Habsburg dynasty, while at the same time encouraging Deza to visualize the scenes described. In the second part, I question the shift within the poem from apostrophes explicitly addressing Deza towards ones directed at an implicit narratee. Latino's purpose, I argue, is therefore to put before the eyes of the narratee his marvelous artistic skills as a painter with words.


We consider a simplified Newton's cradle. An observer is proposed that asymptotically estimates all the nonmeasurable state variables, in presence of a infinite sequence of non-smooth impacts.


A n A lternative M ethod of Problem Solving: The G oal-Induced A ttractor W illiam B Levy (w bl@ virginia.edu) U niversity of V irginia, D epartm ent of N eurosurgery, P.O . Box 800420 Charlottesville, V A 22908-0420 U SA X iangbao W u (xw 3f@ virginia.edu) U niversity of V irginia, D epartm ent of N eurosurgery, P.O . Box 800420 Charlottesville, V A 22908-0420 U SA O ne theory of problem solving posits solutions by search. That is, the generic problem has a starting point and a goal, w here the goal m ight be precisely know n or only sketchily describable. Successful problem solving entails finding a legal (i.e., biologically consistent) path from the starting state to the, or to an, acceptable goal. Influential theories of problem solving, including N ew ell's w ork, em phasize the im portance of search. That is, the strategy is to try out various paths in hopes that one w ill lead to the goal. Such searching techniques are com putationally intractable in m any situations and , in our day-to-day life, w e often consider a problem and then find the answ er. That is, w e find the logical path to the goal w ithout m uch thought at all and certainly w ithout being consciously aw are of trying m ultiple paths. H ere w e present a neural netw ork m odel that solves paradigm atic cognitive problem s w ithout search. The alternative to the search strategy in a recurrent neural netw ork is the use of an attractor. A n attractor affects the states of a netw ork, and the states of a netw ork are its representations of the w orld itself. W hen a netw ork is designed as a sequence-learning netw ork and w hen it has enough freedom to create its ow n solutions, i.e., to create novel paths through state space, such a netw ork can find paths from an initial state to a goal state and can find such paths w here a path has never before been experienced (Levy, 1996). The principle of the goal-induced attractor requires or assum es that the system solving the problem has a vague know ledge of the solution. For instance, if I am hungry, I m ight know I w ant som ething to eat, but I m ight not know exactly w here I w ant to go to eat. W e propose that such notions of the goal w eakly turn on certain representations. These representations heighten the probability that paths to that goal w ill be discovered. A t the sam e tim e, because netw orks have activity control m echanism s, there w ill be a tendency not to explore or m ove tow ards other goal states. O f course, if the netw ork is not to depend on total random ness, there m ust be a history of paths learned by the netw ork that can in som e w ay be pieced together by netw ork dynam ics. W e use a m odel of hippocam pal region CA 3 because this is a sequence-learning region that is capable of coding novel sequences. In particular, and in contrast to error correction-based m odels, our m odel is used w hen m am m als do not know the answ er and m ust recode the environm ent in order to produce sim ple, usable codes by other brain regions or, from our point of view , by other netw orks. The problem s solved by the CA 3 m odel using the goal-induced attractor are not unlim ited but include the sim ple goal finding problem that is analogous to a rat or a hum an going from a starting point to a goal by piecing together sm all paths that have been previously learned but have taken the organism to other places. O ther cognitive problem s, and som e that m ay even appear to be logical in N ature, can be cast in term s that the goal finding hippocam pal m odel can solve. For instance, the task of transitive inference can be taught to rats, and it can be taught to people in a nonverbal m ode. The hippocam pal m odel solves this problem , and it solves the problem , in a sense, by w anting to get the right answ er. That is, the goal in perform ing transitive inference is to get the right answ er as opposed to the w rong answ er. In this case, the netw ork w ould have a crude version of the reinforcem ent yes, you're right turned on w hile it is being presented w ith the stim uli of the transitive inference task. The task itself is view ed as a sequence but just barely. In particular, the sequence is stim ulus, decision/response follow ed by know ledge of w hether the outcom e is a success or failure (right or w rong). The m odel is able to m ake the right decision for novel, transitive pairings. A nother problem that can be solved in a sim ilar m anner is the transverse patterning problem . O ur poster w ill discuss the critical characteristics of our CA 3 m odel that lead to its problem -solving abilities. R eferences Levy, W . B (1996). A sequence predicting CA 3 is a flexible associator that learns and uses context to solve hippocam pal-like tasks. H ippocam pus,6, 579-590.


Metabolites, small endogenous molecules existing in every living cell, tissue or organism, play a vital role for maintaining life. The collective group of all metabolites, the metabolome, is a cons ...


The Atomism of Leucippus and Democritus is implicitly used, in quite a few dialogues of Plato, as an important scientific paradigm to be problematized, criticized or reutilized. My focus here is in analysing the contribution of Atomism to the Platonic Philosophy of Language present in Sophist. The hypothesis to be developed is that the core of the linguistic reflections found in the aforementioned dialogue begins with an important criticism to the doctrine of Atomism.


The detonation sensitivity to plane shockwave loading of three polycrystalline, high-density explosives (PBX-9501, DATB, and TNT) was measured for runs-to-detonation up to 2.5 cm in the temperature range 25 to 150/sup 0/C. Streak camera recording was used to obtain the shock-wave propagation distance, the initial shock velocity in the explosive, and the free-surface velocity of the driver. For PBX-9501 and DATB no significant change in distance-to-detonation was detected between 25 and 100/sup 0/C, whereas a decrease in the distance-to-detonation of approximately 30% for the same input pressure was noted for shots fired at 150/sup 0/. A small decrease in distance-to-detonation was noted for cast TNT between 25 and 73/sup 0/. The time-to-detonation for liquid TNT at 150/sup 0/ for an input shock strength of 13 GPa was measured. Possible mechanisms leading to increased sensitivity in polycrystalline explosives at high temperature are discussed. However, the nonmonotonic nature of the relationship between pressure and distance-to-detonation as a function of temperature indicates that a simple thermal model is not adequate.


A method for providing an increased capacity for a data frame of a predetermined burst length in a transmission system in which data frames at least an information part, in which at least a part of the information to be transmitted is arranged, wherein the length of the information part is 8 bits, and a control part , wherein the length of the control part 10 bit is comprising 6 parity bits and 4 tail bits, and wherein the data frames in the transmit stage of a channel encoding is subjected by ½ rate convolutional encoding to form a channel-coded data frame of a predetermined length, and wherein in is the procedure of the channel-coded data frame is converted into a burst of predetermined length to be transmitted on a communication path, wherein the length of the channel-coded data frame in the burst is 36 bits, the method being characterized in that 3, additional information bits are added before the channel coding to form an extended data frame; the extended data frame is channel coded to provide an extended channel-coded data frame, ...


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Although the technology has been around a few years now, there are still only a small number of firms i n the world that manufacture airborne light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system technology. A somewhat larger number of firms provide airborne LIDAR mapping services based on this technology (Wehr, A. and Lohr, U. 1999a). Yet, to date, tens of thousands of square kilometers of LIDAR data have been acquired in the United States and other countries for research, feasibility studies and actual applications projects. The reason why so many miles of data have been collected may have to do with the data's flexibility and value. It i s more likely that the reason so many miles are being collected is that the number of applications and uses for the data are growing exponentially. For most applications, LIDAR data does not replace the work of the surveyor or photogrammetrist, but wide-area LIDAR is beneficial for information on thousands of square kilometers and accepted by clients as both economical and accurate. Users are requesting the development of a variety of valueadded LIDAR data products such as bare earth DTMS, geomorphic-structure mapping, building renderings, mathematical model integration, vegetation parameters, change detection and others. LIDAR data are being enhanced with the integration of other data sets, including spectral, hyperspectral and panchromatic imagery, Geographic Information System (GIs) data and mathematical model integration. LIDAR sensors are being integrated with digital cameras, spectral and hyperspectral scanners, and thermal imagers. The sensors also are being upgraded so that scientists can better acquire and analyze such parameters as the returning pulse waveform (frequency shifts) and amplitude. Algorithm development is resulting in software used to create orthorectified imagery (satellite, aerial photography and digital-camera imagery) using LIDAR elevation data. Wide-area LIDAR data collection rapidly is becoming the standard and preferred data set for specific earth science and engineering applications.


Taking VC and BHT as controls,reaction kinetic property and scavenging ability of aqueous extracts and pigment from blackberry(Rubus spp.) cultivar 'Boysen' fruit to 1,1-diphenyl-2-piciylhydrazyl free radical(DPPH·) were researched by reaction kinetic method.The results show that complete reaction time of VC,BHT,aqueous extracts and pigment to DPPH· has a great difference,in which,that of 0.05-0.26 g·L-1 VC is only 1 min,that of 0.51-4.04 g·L-1 BHT is over 120 min,that of 10.00-100.00 g·L-1 aqueous extracts and 0.03-0.21 g·L-1 pigment is 28-100 and 10-100 min,respectively.The reaction of VC to DPPH· completes instantaneously,that of BHT to DPPH· is divided into two stages,that of aqueous extracts or pigment to DPPH· is divided into three stages,and the reaction rate constant(k) at different stages decreases with prolonging of reaction time.As enhancing of VC,BHT,aqueous extracts and pigment concentrations,reaction rate of them to DPPH· increases gradually and whole reaction time becomes short.Generally,reaction rate of aqueous extracts and pigment to DPPH· is lower than that of VC,but obviously higher than that of BHT.And the order of k value from big to small is VC,pigment,aqueous extracts,BHT.Half effective concentration(EC50) of aqueous extracts scavenging DPPH· with a value of 20.0 g·L-1 is higher than those of BHT and VC, and total antioxidative capacity(TCA) and antiradical efficiency(AE) are 2.89 μmol and 4.99×10-4,respectively,and lower than those of BHT and VC,which indicates that antioxidant property of aqueous extracts is weaker than those of BHT and VC.EC50 of pigment with a value of 7.16×10-2 g·L-1 is lower than those of BHT and VC,its TCA with a value of 809 μmol is higher than those of BHT and VC,its AE with a value of 1.40×10-1 is lower than that of VC but obviously higher than that of BHT,which indicates that antioxidant property of pigment is stronger than that of BHT.It is concluded that the pigment from blackberry(Rubus spp.) cultivar 'Boysen' fruit is an excellent natural antioxidant and further worthy to be developed and applied.


A fully analytical model for the quantum capacitance of AGNR-FETs is proposed in order to explore several finite-size and edge effects. It is demonstrated that, the quantum capacitance of sub-10 nm AGNRs versus channel potential, has a non-monotonic behavior with peak values and corresponding channel potentials which are strongly dependent on the ribbon's width and edge effects.


The ages of the oldest stars in the Galaxy indicate when star formationbegan, and provide a minimum age of the Universe. Radioactive dating ofmeteoritic material and stars relies on comparing the present abundanceratios of radioactive and stable nuclear species to the theoreticallypredicted ratios of their production. The radioisotope 232 Th (half life14 Gyr) has been used to date Galactic stars, but it decays by only afactor of two over the lifetime of the Universe. 238 U (half life 4.5Gyr) is a more precise age indicator. However, it has not until recently(Feb. 2001) been detected in stars. We report on the first detection ofU in a very metal-poor star. The derived age of 12.5 Gyr which isuncertain by 3 Gyr, is still to some extent model dependent. Theobservation of this cosmochronometer gives the most direct agedetermination of the Galaxy. With improved theoretical and laboratorydata, it will provide a highly precise lower limit to the age of theUniverse. (Less)


An experiment was conducted at the field laboratory of Sylhet Agricultural University from May to October 2013 comprising of 8 okra cultivars viz. BARI Dherosh-1 (control), Orka Onamika, Bankim, Durga, JO (Japanese okra)-1, JO-2, JO-3 and JO-4. This study was intended to select the superior okra cultivar(s) based on yield performance in acidic soil conditions. The experiment was laid out in a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications and all the cultivars were evaluated in relation to yield and yield attributes. Significant variations were observed in almost all parameters. Results revealed that high yielding cultivars JO-3 and Bankim produced largest fruits, however maximum number of fruits and fruit setting (%) were exhibited by the latter. The cultivars JO-1 and JO-4 showed maximum fruit weight but JO-4 provided highest fruit diameter. The cultivars Bankim followed by JO-3 & JO-4 were evaluated to be promising cultivars at Sylhet regions considering overall performances regarding yield and yield attributes. J. Bangladesh Agril. Univ. 14(1): 13-16, June 2016


The advent of the Visconti signoria was accomplished in ways not much different from those which saw the affirmation of signorial regimes in so many other cities at that time. The definitive breach with past practice seemed to come in the late thirteenth century, firstly with Napoleone Della Torre and then, after the victory at the battle of Desio in 1277, with the new signori Ottone Visconti, Guglielmo, marquis of Monferrato, and Matteo Visconti. Certainly, even during the Francesco Sforza era, Milan as the capital continued to enjoy a series of privileges in taxation and food-supply compared to other cities of the duchy. The defeat of Lodrisio Visconti at Parabiago in 1339 marked the definitive containment of Mastino II Della Scala ambitions in western Lombardy and the indisputable primacy of the signori of Milan. Keywords: Francesco Sforza era; Lodrisio Visconti; Lombardy; Mastino II Della Scala; Matteo Visconti; Milan; Napoleone Della Torre; signoria


The present invention relates to a channel display method and apparatus using the multi-picture. The present invention by grouping the broadcast channel will be displayed in the multi-picture. As a way to group the broadcast channel First, displaying minor channels of the main screen channel being viewed as a multi-picture sequence, or second, sequentially displayed, or the same genre of the channel and are watching the main screen channel as a multi-picture, and the third, each of the multi-picture screen by matching the genre of the channel preset by the user input information and displays the genre channel to each of the screen. Since it according to the present invention through a multi-picture allows quick search and selection of a suitable channel in taste and preference of the user, whereby the user can confirm easily the current broadcast information for a channel or a program of interest using the multi-picture in real time, can. Multi-picture, channel selection, the multi-display


ABSTRACT This essay examines the commonplace argument that particular weapons have the power to end war forever. I argue that the basic form of the durable memetic phrasal pattern that emerges from the commonplace's many iterations is Weapon X makes war impossible. I call this meme the perpetual peace weapons snowclone. Snowclones are formulaic communication patterns that enable users to swap out words, phrases, or images for one another without breaking the original pattern. To understand how and why the perpetual peace weapons snowclone remains cogent for weapons advocacy, I connect Erasmus's concept of copia to the contemporary concept of snowclones. Taken together, collective copia and snowclones demonstrate how simultaneous linguistic flexibility and rigidity help memes and other rhetorical commonplaces to replicate. I then trace the perpetual peace weapons snowclone's replication with a historical survey of the oft-repeated commonplace through the development of the atomic bomb, at which point the perpetual peace weapons snowclone transformed into an ideological principle that warranted Cold War nuclear deterrence theory and the Atoms for Peace campaign. The case study demonstrates how, in general, all kinds of commonplaces, memes, clichés, stereotypes, archetypes, and proverbs get reproduced across time and space when collective copia and snowclones interact.


In a case of a multidimensional grid-based GMM, it may be undesirable to make predictions directly in the ddimensional Hough space, as this has O(N) mixture components, where N is the average number of components per dimension. Assuming the number of hidden units in the layer before the softmax one is on average U , the number of weights in the softmax layer is O(UN), which would likely lead to over-fitting. Fortunately PHNs allows us to decompose p(z|xi) into a number of simpler networks via the probabilistic chain rule. We decompose our network which in a direct 3D case has O(UN) weights into two networks with a GMM of dimension 2 and 1, soO(UN+UN) = O(UN) weights. In general we can decompose any grid-based PHN to a single PHN for each dimension, leading to a total of O(dUN) weights in the last layers. Thus using more but smaller networks we can obtain a GMM which if predicted directly would lead to a network that would have too many weights compared to the dataset size we have.


The flow of an emulsion containing drops or bubbles through a porous medium has practical applications in biology, engineering, geology and oil recovery. Of fundamental importance are the relationships between pressure drop and flow rates of the dispersed and continuous phases, and the conditions where the drops or bubbles become trapped within the porous medium. These issues are particularly challenging when the drops or bubbles have sizes close to or larger than the pores, in which case an effective-medium approach fails. This talk presents direct numerical simulations of emulsion flows through a porous medium modeled as a granular bed at low Reynolds number, using boundary-integral methods. A model problem is considered first, where a single drop squeezes between two or more solid obstacles. It is shown that the drop becomes trapped when the capillary number (representing the ratio of viscous and interfacial forces) is below a critical value and the drop is not able to deform sufficiently to pass through the constriction. Subsequently, an efficient, multipole-accelerated algorithm was used for dynamical simulations of many non-wetting deformable drops squeezing through a granular medium comprised of fixed spheres in a lattice formation or distributed randomly in a periodic box. A large number of boundary elements per surface is needed, because of the lubrication sensitivity of drop-solid interactions. Surprisingly, away from the critical condition, the dispersed phase may have higher average velocity than the continuous phase. This result is due to steric exclusion of the drops from the slow-moving streamlines near the solid surfaces. Near the critical condition, however, the average velocity of the dispersed phase is reduced as the drops become trapped (or nearly so) in the narrow spaces between the particles comprising the granular medium.


Gearboxes are one of the most power dense systems used today, and in certain instances their limiting factor is the ability to evacuate heat from the gear contact. This work analyses the efficiency (i.e. heat generation) and tooth temperature in the three lubricating conditions dip, into mesh spray and out of mesh spray for superfinished gears which are then compared to ground gears. A back-to-back gear test rig is employed to test maximum contact pressures at the pitch of 0.59 to 0.96 GPa and pitch velocities from 0.5 to 20 m/s at a controlled lubricant temperature of 90 °C. The results show superfinished gears have higher mesh efficiency and lower gear tooth and bulk temperatures, hence lower heat flux compared to ground gears in all lubricating conditions.


The bad-tempered ladybird picks fights with every animal he meets, but soon learns the importance of friends and turns into a far nicer, happier bug. The beautifully illustrated pages of this entertaining book demonstrate the sizes of the different animals and the sun's path across the sky as time passes.


Abstract Mesoporous smectite-type materials (SM) were synthesized with a hydrothermal method from water glass, magnesium chloride and alkyl ammonium salt. The mesopore diameter of SM was controlled from 30 to 130 Å by changing the reaction temperature, pH and the template materials during hydrothermal treatment. Palladium metal particles were intercalated in the mesopores of SM with an ion-exchanging of [Pd(NH3)4Cl2] on them and hydrogen reduction treatment. The size-selective hydrogenation of butadiene-acrylonitrile rubbers (NBR) in carbon tetrachloride was studied using palladium loaded smectite catalysts (Pd-SM). The reaction was controlled by the sizes of mesopore of Pd-SM, which determine the diffusion of polymer molecules onto the dispersed palladium particles within the pores.


Prematurity is associated with feeding difficulties which remain a challenge for the neonatal nurses. Reaching full enteral feeding and increased weight are eligible criteria for sniffing away feeding tube and discharging from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). So, incorporating innovative olfactory and gustatory stimulations would enhance the preterm neonates' oral feeding abilities. Consequently, it leads to sniffing away the feeding tube, improve full enteral feeding and weight. Aim : The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of olfactory and gustatory stimulations on preterm neonates' feeding progression and sniffing away feeding tube. Research design : A quasi-experimental design was used. Setting : The study was conducted at the NICU of Damanhour National Medical Institute, Damanhour City, Al-Behira governorate, Egypt. Subjects : A convenience sampling of 60 preterm neonates who had hemodynamic and physiological stability and started tube feeding on the first day comprised the study subjects. Those neonates were equally divided into a study group (received olfactory and gustatory stimulations in addition to routine NICU care) and a control group (received NICU routine care without stimulations). Tools : Two tools were used to collect the necessary data namely; characteristics and medical history of the preterm neonates assessment tool and preterm neonates' feeding progression and sniffing away feeding tube assessment tool. Results : After the application of intervention, the mean time to reach full enteral feeding for the neonates in the study group was 18.77±3.43 in comparison with 25.02±3.95 for those in the control group and the difference was statistically significance (P=0.000 for each). The actual consumed milk relative to the total prescribed milk volume increased to be from 75% to less than 95% per feed for 40% of the neonates in the study group compared to only 16.7% for those in the control group with significant statistical difference (P<0.037). Moreover, the mean neonates' body weight was 1.926± 0.10 for the neonates in the study group compared to 1.864± 0.10 for the neonates in the control group and the difference was statistically significant ( P=0.045 ) . Furthermore, the mean time to sniffing away feeding tube (reach full sucking) was 11.13±2.83 for preterm neonates in the study group compared to 15.49±4.68 for those in the control group with significant statistical difference, where P= 0.000. Conclusion : Preterm neonates who received olfactory and gustatory stimulations exhibited better abilities to organize oral –motor functions and shorter time to reach full enteral feeding. Olfactory and gustatory stimulations were effective in enhancement the volume of consumed milk, feeding tolerance and body weight with decreasing the occurrence of adverse effects during feeding. In addition, those preterm neonates exhibited shorter time to sniffing away feeding tube (reach full sucking). Recommendations : The olfactory and gustatory stimulations should be incorporated in the NICU policies and the written guidelines for caring of the preterm neonates.


Interpretive restraint is the purposeful withholding of symbolic meaning for traditional ritual performance. Within a multicultural urban community, interpretive restraint often is an essential precondition for promoting cooperative action from community segments who otherwise would be alienated. The annual Bok Kai Festival at Marysville, California, was begun by Chinese immigrants over a century ago. By 1990, the multicultural community participated and sustained these orthodox Chinese folk religious rituals, which were publicly presented as historic civic festival activities. The article argues that because of an effective interpretive restraint on the traditional religious symbolism, this diverse urban community, Chinese and non-Chinese alike, can celebrate harmoniously together in this local tradition.


Describes real experiences of software process management based on the Software Engineering Institute's Capability Maturity Model (SEI CMM) assessment method and the AMI (assess/analyse, metricate, improve) approach. The AMI method is a 12-step supported approach to implementing measurement. It ensures benefits for project planning and management, cost-effectiveness and match of quality objectives. The AMI project was partly funded by the Commission of the European Communities (CEC) and was led by practitioners in the European software industry. The experiences discussed in the paper follow a goal-question-metric (GQM) derived method and mix business goals defined by senior management with the results of an SEI assessment. This enables generation of action lists, with associated measurements to follow the progress of the actions. The experiments have been running at industrial sites and, although the process management initiative still has some way to go before completion, a number of major benefits have already been observed.<<ETX>>


Multi-leader comprehensive learning particle swarm optimiser possesses strong exploitation ability, by randomly selecting and assigning best-ranked particles as leaders during optimisation. However, it lacks the ability to preserve diversity by mainly focusing on exploitation, and adopting random selection to choose leaders also hinders its performance. To overcome these deficiencies, an improved multi-leader comprehensive learning particle swarm optimiser is proposed based on Karush-Kuhn-Tucker proximity measure and Gravitational Search Algorithm. Karush-Kuhn-Tucker proximity measure is employed to determine the best-ranked particles' contribution to the swarm's convergence to influence their selection as guides for other particles. Gravitational Search Algorithm is introduced to preserve the algorithm's ability to maintain diversity. To curb premature convergence and particles getting trapped in a local optimum, an adaptive reset velocity strategy is incorporated to activate stagnated particles. Some benchmark test functions are employed to compare the proposed algorithm with seven other peer algorithms. The results verify that our proposed algorithm possesses a better capability to elude local optima with faster convergence than other algorithms. Furthermore, to prove the efficacy of the application of our proposed algorithm in real-life, the algorithms are used to train a Feedforward neural network for epilepsy detection, of which our proposed algorithm outperforms the others.


The e-sic system aims to centralize requests for access to information addressed to the Brazilian Federal Executive. However, the volume of received requests may be an impediment to opportunely responses to such requests. The purpose of this paper is to create an automatic classifier of these requests. For this, Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) architectures were analyzed, as well as a combination of these two architectures. The study concluded that the most appropriate network was CNN, because, despite the models tested presented very similar accuracy values, the CNN network took less time to training.


Abstract We pilot tested an identity-based relevance-writing intervention designed to support developmental community college students' (N = 54) educational commitment, value, and persistence. The intervention was embedded within regular journal assignments in two study skills courses with a third section serving as a comparison group. The intervention prompted students to explore how course topics connected to their identity. Results indicated large differences between groups in identity connections made in assignments and follow-up educational commitment and moderate differences in follow-up task value, all favoring the intervention group. There were no differences between groups in course enrollment eight months later. This pilot study offers promising preliminary evidence that an identity-based relevance-writing intervention may be effective in supporting developmental community college students' academic persistence.


Pyramidal neurons of the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) project to midbrain serotonergic neurons and control their activity. The stimulation of prefrontal 5‐HT2A and AMPA receptors increases pyramidal and serotonergic cell firing, and 5‐hydroxytryptamine (5‐HT) release in mPFC. As the mPFC contains abundant α1‐adrenoceptors whose activation increases the excitability of pyramidal neurons, we examined the effects of their stimulation on local 5‐HT release, using microdialysis. The application of the α1‐adrenoceptor agonist cirazoline by reverse dialysis increased the prefrontal 5‐HT release in a concentration‐dependent manner, an effect antagonized by coperfusion of TTX, prazosin (α1‐adrenoceptor antagonist), BAY × 3702 (5‐HT1A agonist), NBQX (AMPA/KA antagonist) and 1S,3S‐ACPD (mGluR II/III agonist), but not by MK‐801 (NMDA antagonist). Cirazoline also enhanced the increase in 5‐HT release induced by DOI (5‐HT2A/2C agonist) and AMPA. In addition, M100907 (5‐HT2A antagonist) but not SB‐242084 (5‐HT2C antagonist) reversed the cirazoline‐ and AMPA‐induced 5‐HT release. These results suggest that the stimulation of prefrontal α1‐adrenoceptors activates pyramidal afferents to ascending serotonergic neurons. The effect of cirazoline was also reversed by coperfusion of classical (chlorpromazine, haloperidol) and atypical (clozapine, olanzapine) antipsychotics, which suggests that a functional antagonism of the α1‐adrenoceptor‐mediated activation of prefrontal neurons may partly underlie their therapeutic action.


Three species and four subspecies of genus Catopsilia Hubner from China are dealt with in this paper.All the male and female genitalia are illustrated,and a key to Chinese species and subspecies is proposed.The geographical distribution is concentrated on Southwest District,Central China District and North China District.All the specimens examined are deposited in the Entomological Museum of Northwest A F University.


Resumen en: This paper shows a general study of the magnetic properties of Ni nanowire arrays; specifically the influence of the electrodeposition potential, length,...