A system and method for transmitting an audio signal through a user's bone includes receiving an audio signal from a first microphone positioned within an entrance or a first ear canal, vibrating the first transducer, and through the bone. Audibly transmitting the audio signal. The second microphone can be positioned in the second ear canal, and the two microphones retain and deliver the naturally occurring binaural sound level and phase difference so that the user can perceive directionality. To do.


Zinc chromate complex compound is a thin coating formed through a passivation process produced by a chemical or electrochemical treatment of a metallic surface that gives a superficial layer. This layer which is actually a compound of the metal gives corrosion protection and has a profound influence on the properties of the coating. The chromate film was produced from eliminating liquid which consists of three different chemical compositions comprising of chromic ions (hexa & tri Cr) and acids. The zinc plated steel sheet were then immersed in the solution and approximately 0.5-3.0 jam thick chromate film was formed on the metal sheet surface. It was found that pH value and immersion time have a significant effect on the corrosion resistance of the chromate layer. The microstructure analysis and corrosion rating in accordance to BS/ISO was conducted. The chemical reaction of the phenomena was also discussed. The newly blended formulation gives the best corrosion performance in comparison with a proprietary product used commercially.


The paper analyzes the principal of the nonlinear least squares and propose a solution of high accuracy parameter estimation based on the model of enhanced Kalmen filtering.Applying the methods of the depth-first search algorithm and fast pruning,the calculation speed is improved.A two-objective programming model is made as the time-observation is inaccurate.


The utility model discloses a hand wheel rotating and switching device of an electric actuating mechanism, which comprises a hand wheel, a pin shaft, a worm screw, a clutch, a roll ball and a spring,wherein the hand wheel is fixedly connected with the clutch, and the pin shaft is fixed on the worm screw and disengaged from or locked with the clutch. The utility model has the benefits that becausethe claw clutch is disengaged from or locked with the pin shaft fixedly connected to the worm screw, the manual/automatic switching of the electric actuating mechanism becomes simpler, and the operation becomes more convenient.


Harmonic distortion in electric distribution system is increasingly growing due to the widespread use of nonlinear loads. Large concentrations of these loads have the potential to raise harmonic voltages and currents in an electrical distribution system to unacceptable high levels that can adversely affect the system. Hence there is need to study the impact of nonlinear loads in the system. This paper presents a method based on bispectrum analysis to characterize typical single phase nonlinear loads by analyzing the harmonic currents produced by these loads. Measurements are conducted using a power quality monitor to record the harmonic current waveforms, individual harmonic distortion levels and total harmonic distortion. To investigate the harmonic characteristics of these loads, the fast Fourier transform technique and the advance signal processing technique such as the bispectrum analysis are used. The results of harmonic characteristics obtained from these loads are compared so as to investigate the effectiveness of the bispectrum analysis in characterizing the various nonlinear loads.


Thin-walled aluminum alloy casting shell has been widely used in aerospace and aviation,etc.Although machinability is good,it still has many disadvantages such as the complex structure,low hardness,poor rigidity,deformation easily during machining,and hard control for machining quality.So the machining of thin-walled aluminum alloy casting shell is a technological difficulty.To solve these problems,this article first make a brief description and analysis on the main factors causing deformation,which are residual stress,tool angle,workpiece clamping,and part material of parts.According to these deformation factors,technology requirements are supplied as following:the tool and its trajectory should be optimized to improve the machining quality and efficiency,such as choosing the proper tool material,increasing the rake angle and clearance angle、decreasing the friction of tool and workpiece when cutting and decreasing cutting stress;By making use of auxiliary facilities and the clearance of sequence process,stress can be released,so as to reduce deformation caused by machining process;Optimize fixture by making it to contact with part by surface to guarantee equal force and avoid deformation;The three elements of finish turning are limited,that is cutting depth,speed,and feed.Using the above technology can effectively reduce the deformation of aluminum alloy thin-walled shell,so as to meet the design requirements.


A numerical method, based on the path-integral formalism, is presented to solve nonlinear Fokker-Planck equations with natural boundary conditions. For one-dimensional stochastic processes, several specific examples possessing exact analytic solutions are evaluated numerically for purposes of comparison. Various discretization prescriptions are investigated and found to be equivalent as expected. The numerical method is shown to give accurate results provided the spatial discretization and the time step satisfy certain relationships determined by the drift and the diffusion functions of the nonlinear Fokker-Planck equations. 26 refs., 5 figs.


This permanent exhibition is the theme of 'Seaside Science' and was launched in April 2014 at Ilfracombe Museum to showcase the creative, commercial and scientific engagement with the North Devon coast from the 1830s onwards. The project as a whole seeks to engage local communities with a neglected aspect of their heritage; namely, the growth of seaside science and environmental tourism in North Devon during the Victorian and Edwardian periods.

The North Devon coast attracted many literary and scientific visitors, local and distinguished, professional and amateur; these included well-known figures such as George Eliot, George Henry Lewes, George Tugwell and Philip Gosse, who explored, collected and displayed scientific specimens, as well as published accounts of their visits. There is a rich history of writing about the North Devon coast, which deserves to be better known as it played an important national role in the growth of Victorian popular science.


The present invention relates to a backlight device and a display device having the same. The backlight device for a non-self-luminous image display panel has a light-emitting area corresponding to a display area of the image display panel. The light-emitting area is arranged by combining a plurality of backlight substrates each of which is provided with a color sensor for detecting an incident light intensity and red, green, and blue LEDs whose respective light intensities are controlled in accordance with a detection result obtained by the color sensor. This arrangement allows reduction of brightness unevenness entirely in the light-emitting area of the backlight device.


Defective disposal of misfolded proteins is involved in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases, cystic fibrosis, and heart failure. Experimental studies suggest that therapies that target misfolded proteins may have broad clinical application.


Background: The incidence of Type 2 DM (T2DM) is rapidly increasing worldwide and constitutes a major global public health problem. Autonomic reactivity to a challenge like that of exercise or cold offers a greater scope to evaluate and assess the capability of autonomic system to regulate and maintain homeostasis. The cold Pressor test (CPT) which is considered to be a sympatho-excitatory maneuver is a simple, noninvasive and validated test of sympathetic activation. The Blood pressure (BP) responses to CPT could be used as indicators of global sympathetic activation, and thus of cardiac status and autonomic function. Aims: To compare the autonomic reactivity by recording the Blood pressure during and after CPT between healthy offspring with and without parental history of T2DM. Methods: This study consists of 40 healthy male subjects with family history of T2DM (cases) and 40 healthy male subjects without family history of T2DM (controls) in the age group of 18-25 years. BP during and after CPT were compared between cases and controls. Results: Chi-square/ Fisher Exact test has been used to find the significance of study parameters on categorical scale between two or more groups. In the present study, the post CPT changes in Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) and Diastolic Blood Pressure (DBP) did not demonstrate any significant differences. However, the graphical representation of SBP changes after CPT shows fluctuation among cases before it reaches the stable value, whereas, in controls the decrease was at constant level. Conclusion: The results suggest there was altered autonomic reactivity to physical stress among the offspring with parental history of T2DM when compared to their counterparts and hence this points towards the fact that they are at a risk of developing future autonomic dysfunction and cardiovascular complications.


Combination therapy with cytosine arabinoside and 6‐thioguanine has been found to be effective for remission induction in acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). The present study was undertaken to determine the efficacy of this combination in late refractory ALL; 19 children received Ara‐C (100 nig/M2) given either subcutaneously or intravenously, and 6‐TG (75‐100 mg/M2) given orally in combination every 12 hours. The duration of therapy was variable (6‐31 days) and determined by individual response. Complete remissions were obtained in 9 of 19 patients (47%). Severe marrow hypoplasia median 19 days, range (7–30 days) and pancytopenia occurred in all 9 patients who achieved remission. Two patients died during induction, 4 patients had no response to the combination, and 4 achieved marrow hypoplasia but no remission. The median remission duration was 28 days (range 11‐127 days). In addition to severe myelosuppression, the majority of children experienced mild nausea, vomiting, and minimally abnormal liver function tests during therapy.


We study how ex-ante information provision, in the form of codified prior art, affects innovation outcomes. Using a unique dataset of herbal patents filed on the United States Patent Office (USPTO) and European Patent Office (EPO) from 1977 to 2013, we exploit a natural experiment where the USPTO and EPO adopted a codified database of traditional herbal medicine prior art at different points in time. This database (the 'Traditional Knowledge Depository Library' or TKDL) was created by Indian state-owned R&D labs and provided the USPTO and EPO patent examiners with codified, searchable prior art on herbal formulations based on a translation of ancient Indian medicinal texts. We establish that the time lag of the USPTO adopting TKDL compared to the EPO was related to idiosyncratic differences in how the agreements were structured and negotiated, not differences in policy toward herbal patents at the USPTO and EPO. We find that the adoption of TKDL affects the level of herbal patent filing and grants. It also shifts the composition of patenting away from pure herbal formulations that are similar to prior art available in the ancient texts towards applications involving both herbs and synthetic compounds, which are more distant from the prior art and arguably less contestable. We also use unique data coded from patent image wrappers at the USPTO and validate the 'smoking gun' that prior art codification affects the search strategies of patent examiners.


Entrepreneurship and innovation are considered as key drivers for economic development. In this study, we made an attempt to answer the question as to what should be the policy framework to encourage entrepreneurship and foster innovative culture in India to achieve the desired level of economic development. Entrepreneurship is built upon pillars such as institutional and policy support, availability of capital and entrepreneurial culture. In an emerging economy like India, the government should institutionalise innovation and entrepreneurship and promote commercialisation of brilliant ideas by emulating the startup ecosystems in the developed nations. Besides the government, large and well-established companies in private sector and research institutes should nurture startups by extending hand-holding support and generous funding. If India wishes to be a leader in innovation, it needs to scale up its gross expenditure on R&D, that is, on par with the advanced economies by engaging more researchers, especially in the private sector. Our article has important implications for policymakers and all key stakeholders, as it can help in identifying and implementing the appropriate measures to eliminate the obstacles that entrepreneurs face and channels to support innovative entrepreneurial activities in India.


The nominal radiation environment in low Earth orbit, especially for the International Space Station (ISS), is dominated by two sources. The first is galactic cosmic radiation, which is modulated by the interplanetary and the Earth's magnetic fields, and the second is trapped radiation in the form of the Van Allen belts. The trapped radiation inside the ISS is mostly due to protons of the inner radiation belt. In addition to these sources sporadic solar particle events (SPEs) can produce high doses inside and outside the ISS, depending on the intensity and energy spectrum of the event. Before 2017, the last SPE observed inside the ISS with relevant radiation detectors occurred in May 2012. Even though we are currently approaching the next solar minimum, an SPE was observed in September 2017, which was (a) a ground‐level enhancement, (b) measured with various radiation detector systems onboard the ISS, and (c) observed on the surface of Mars. This paper gives an overview of the 10 September 2017 SPE measured with the DOSIS 3D‐DOSTEL and the ISS‐RAD (Radiation Assessment Detector) instruments, both located at this time in close proximity to each other in the Columbus Laboratory of the ISS. The additional dose received during the SPE was 146.2 μGy in Si as measured by ISS‐RAD and 67.8 μGy in Si as measured by the DOSIS 3D‐DOSTEL instruments. In comparison, the dose measured on the surface of Mars with the Mars Science Laboratory‐RAD instrument accounted to 418 μGy in Si.


In this paper, based on the I-V, C-V characteristics of 4H-SiC PIN detector and the characteristics of output current signal, two front-end readout circuits with different conversion gains and a digital data acquisition system (DAQ) based on high-speed ADC (AD9226) and FPGA (Zynq7020) were designed and developed. The front-end circuit of the detector is a charge sensitive amplifier circuit based on the high bandwidth operational amplifier (ADI ADA4817), which completes the Q-V conversion and filter shaping of the charge signal. The data acquisition system (DAQ) converts the front-end signal to analog with a resolution of 12 bits and a sampling rate of 50MSPS, and collects, stores and analyzes the energy spectrum data, and finally sends it to the upper computer through serial port. The conversion gain of the front-end circuit and the energy resolution of the system to α particles are measured and analyzed. The conversion gains of the designed two front-end readout circuits are 4.11V/pC and 8.42V/pC respectively in the dynamic range of input charge of 20~420fC and 20~200fC, the integral nonlinearity is 0.52% and 2.6% respectively, and the highest counting rates are 1MHz and 500kHz respectively. The 239Pu α source with factory activity of 6.0×105Bq was used for energy spectrum readout test of the system. The energy resolution of 4H-SiC detection system composed of two front-end readout circuits with different conversion gains is 6.94% and 7.96% respectively.


Integrated measurement of water parameters is the basis of water resource protection and ocean science.The sensor chip with a platinum resistance temperature unit and a ring-form four-electrode conductivity unit which has the advantage of simple process and easy preparation is introduced.The temperature testing box and dual operation amplifiers circuit are used to test separately the temperature part and the conductivity part,good measurement results are obtained so that the following calibration and application is easier.The design is attempt to avoid the complicated MEMS process of existent chips.This batch fabrication skill is able to reduce the cost and enhance the consistence of chips.


The issue of decentralization refers to the extent to which authority has been delegated, authority from one level of management to the next level of management that is below it, while centralization is the opposite or remains held at the top level. The issue here is not whether an organization must decentralize, but to what extent it is decentralized. For example, basic education management tends towards centralization or decentralization. Let's take the example of the case of basic education management in Indonesia, including a private elementary school, namely SD Al-Anwar, Pasuruan City


Despite the fact that most of Tedjoans' work is out of print and hard to find, he keeps showing up again and again.1 If more by rumor, remembrance, and reference to performances than by more clearly textual reference, Joans is part of the narrative (s) of overlapping Pan-Africanist, anarchist, and surrealist circles. Ted Joans is still writing, talking, and putting things together in various media and locations. The lines trajectories as well as poems on the page of this peripatetic, polyglot poet-observer are worth mapping from the internationalist aesthetic and anti-colonial resistances of late


From the angle of knowledge morphology and through an analysis of the contemporary character of discourse, of the re-search themes and of the features of thinking modes embodied or reflected by the outlook of scientific development, this paper proves that the outlook of scientific development is the contemporary shape of historical materialism. Why? Seen from the angle of its wording, the outlook of scientific development is expressed and expounded by means of a linguistic register characterized by clear-cut features of the present era. Examined from the perspective of research themes, the issues which the outlook of scientif-ic development looks at directly are precisely the ones that are confronting the most well developed countries in the world, and they correspond to research themes and general concerns of today's world. Observed from the viewpoint of thinking modes, the outlook of scientific development has absorbed many contemporary features of thinking modes as its new elements so that it has be-come today's latest outlook of development free from one-sidedness and turned into historical materialism with clear-cut con- temporary features.


Ag contents is determined in seme minerals belonging to mineralization outcrops in the Peloritani Mts.
Chemical tests were mainly carried out by A. A. and electron microprobe.
Since galena and sphalerite are the most common minerals, greater past of the data come from these. Where purity and quantity allowed, we analyzed pyrite, pyrrhotite, antimonite, tetrabedrite, Mn ad Fe oxides.
Galena ad sphalerite contained minimum quantities of Ag in the Molino Giampilieri area (about 100 ppm) Going southwards, arounds Fiumedinisi, we find a increase, with a maximum of 2000 ppm of galena in the old S. Carlo mine ad 2660 ppm of tetrahedrite in Zilli.
In mineralizations in the Ali area, Ag is mainly found in galena with an average of about 1100 ppm (Tripi 1200 ppm, Viola 1300 ppm, Utra 1050 ppm, Piadaci 900 ppm). Maximum Ag content is normally found in galena and tetrahedrite, but in some of the examined mineralizations the highest Ag content was found in sphalerite. In some cases, the lack of continuity in the silver distribution-especially in galena-can be related to the presence of various generations of minerals distinguished in numerous Peloritan mineralizations.


The major effective component part of xuesaitong is panax notoginseng saponin(PNS).It has many pharmacological effects,such as inhibiting the activity of thrombus,reducting edema and inflammation,blocking the Ca2+ channel,eliminating free radical production,protecting the nerve,improving the microcirculation,protecting the cerebrovascular atherosclerosis,making sedation and analgesia.Nowadays PNS is widespread used in the clinic,especially in the therapies of the central nervous system diseases.It has therapeutic effect on the damaged nerve after spinal cord injury,cerebral hemorrhage,cerebral ischemia,cerebral infarction,Alzheimer disease and so on.


The Hosts of the Congress The congress was hosted by the Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiatong University Mental Health Center, and the GermanChinese Academy for Psychotherapy in cooperation with the China Association for Mental Health, Division of Psychotherapy and Counseling, the Chinese Psychological Society, Division for University Students Psychological Counseling, the Shanghai East Hospital.


This paper studies the possibility of assessing the impact of Competitive Grant Scheme financed sub-project using data from the national statistical system of Romania. This research is of particular interest for measuring or at least identifying the existing of the economic impact of past interventions, in the conditions where data is not available from the implementing institutions for the period after the project completion. The initial method of impact assessment was based on the calculation of IRR and NPV based on the Incremental Net Benefits obtained by the participants to the project in comparison with the ones obtained by the non-participants (the control group) [1]. Keyword: Agricultural Project, Finance, Statistical Data.


Spencer v. World Vision, Inc., No. 08-35532, 2011 WL 208356 (9th Cir. Jan. 25, 2011) (per curiam). I. INTRODUCTION While the United States Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of a law permitting religious organizations to exercise a religious preference when making employment decisions, (1) courts remain at odds over the proper test for determining whether an organization is "religious." This conflict highlights the tension between Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and the First Amendment's religion clauses. (2) When Congress passed Title VII, it took the first step toward its goal of "eliminating] all forms of unjustified discrimination in employment." (3) Title VII prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. (4) Title VII generally applies to religious organizations; (5) however, in order to avoid offending the religion clauses, Congress added an exemption, codified in section 702 of the Act, for "religious corporations], association[s], educational institution[s], or societ[ies]" with respect to Title VII's prohibition against religion-based discrimination. (6) Section 702 is intended to protect religious organizations from unconstitutional government intrusions into their religious affairs. (7) Yet in drafting Title VII, Congress provided little guidance on determining whether an entity qualifies as a religious organization. (8) As a result, the courts were tasked with developing a workable standard. (9) A circuit split has developed. (10) over the years, federal courts applied four different tests to determine whether organizations were religious. (11) However, in Spencer v. World Vision, Inc., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit called into question the constitutionality of these competing tests and subsequently issued three separate opinions, with each judge proposing a new test. (12) Although the Spencer court correctly pointed out flaws in the tests applied by other circuits and offered new considerations that are helpful in applying section 702 to future cases, it failed to develop a standard that adequately protects the religious liberty of all religious organizations. II. FACTS AND HOLDING In Spencer, Silvia Spencer, Ted Youngberg, and Vicki Hulse (collectively, Employees) filed Title VII claims against their former employer, World Vision, Inc. (World Vision). (13) World Vision is a nonprofit, self-described "Christian humanitarian organization" that provides humanitarian aid and services to impoverished people around the world. (14) Employees alleged World Vision terminated their employment because of their religious beliefs. (15) World Vision admitted that Employees were discharged because of their religious beliefs but claimed that as a "religious corporation," it is exempt under section 702 from Title VII claims based on religious discrimination. (16) Founded in 1950 by Dr. Robert Pierce, a pastor whose faith inspired him to begin sending monthly donations to a poor child in China, World Vision has grown into an international federation of national-level entities operating under one umbrella organization, World Vision International (WVI). (17) WVI is not a traditional church or house of worship, nor is it affiliated with any particular religious denomination. (18) However, the I.R.S. has classified it as a "church" for tax purposes. (19) World Vision represents the U.S. branch of WVI. (20) World Vision solicits financial donations from within the U.S. for a variety of humanitarian efforts, including its renowned child sponsorship program. (21) In addition to fundraising, World Vision collects and distributes supplies for overseas disaster relief, provides operational support to foreign relief centers, offers a wide-range of vocational training to international aid recipients, and educates people in the U.S. about the needs of the world's poor. (22) World Vision characterizes its humanitarian work as "a demonstration of God's unconditional love. …


ABSTRACT Chelators have routinely been used to supply iron (Fe) in the nutrient solutions for growing plants. However, potential toxicity of these chelators to plants has not been assessed hitherto. In this study, wheat was grown in the presence or absence of EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid) in the nutrient solution (with Fe supplied to plants as a foliar spray of Fe citrate). The effects of these treatments were compared with Fe(III)EDTA supplied to the nutrient solution. Plants grown in EDTA-containing nutrient solutions had lower biomass of roots, and especially shoots, in comparison to the plants grown in the EDTA-free solution. Greater accumulation of Fe in shoots occurred in the treatments with Fe foliar sprays compared to Fe supplied in the nutrient solution. In the treatments with foliarly-applied Fe, roots contained sufficient amounts of Fe, indicating good transport of Fe citrate in the phloem. Greater accumulation of zinc (Zn) and copper (Cu) occurred in roots and shoots of plants growing in the EDTA-free nutrient solution than in the EDTA-containing solutions. Such an effect was also observed for manganese (Mn), but to a smaller extent and only in 19-day-old shoots. In contrast, roots accumulated more Mn when grown in the Fe(III)EDTA solutions than in treatments where Fe was supplied to the foliage. The amount of Zn and Cu transported from roots to shoots was greater in plants grown in EDTA-free nutrient solution compared to EDTA-containing solutions, reflecting greater accumulation of these micronutrients by roots. In conclusion, EDTA in nutrient solutions can affect plant growth. Thus, for experimental work involving EDTA, it will be necessary to establish absence of interactions between EDTA-related growth reduction and the treatments under study.


Understanding the quantum-mechanical origins of friction forces has become increasingly important in the past decades with the advent of nanotechnology. At the nanometer scale, the universal Amontons–Coulomb laws cease to be valid, and each interface requires individual scrutiny. Because of the well-known lubricating properties of two-dimensional materials, a significant amount of research has been performed in an effort to understand interfaces they form with one another. However, the interfaces between these two-dimensional materials and metals red from a tribological point of view, important for such applications as friction force microscopy, have yet to be thoroughly investigated. In the current work, we present a detailed density functional theory investigation of the hexagonal BN/Au(111) interface. Because of a good agreement between their characteristic lengths, a high level of commensurability is achieved in a suitably constructed model between the bulk surfaces of the two materials. As a result o...


In this paper, the activated sludge from liquor-making factory was domesticated by adding the Yellow water to simulate wastewater, and the well-treated activated sludge was used to deal with the wastewater from liquor-making factory. The results show that: compared with the activity of activated sludge with appropriated addition of the Yellow water or not, the activated sludge, which was acclimated with the Yellow water, can increase the capability of activated sludge in dealing with wastewater. Through 16-hour cycle reaction system with the well treated activated sludge, COD of liquor wastewater was decreased to 95mg/L, and at the same time Polyhydroxybutyrate can accumulate about 33.2% of DCW.


Longan polysaccharides have significant health efficacy on antifatigue,memory and learning ability improvements,as well as antineoplastic.Using the hybrid of Lidongben and Qingkebaoyuan,a multi-target screening method was applied to breed longan with high polysaccharide content.The aim was to obtain high polysaccharides in the aril,superior fruit characteristics and quality.The result showed that the aril polysaccharide content of "Gaobao" was the highest(i.e.,808.22 mg·(hg·FW)-1) among the 85 strains.Its economic indicators appeared to be superior to the major late mature longan cultivars available on the market:(a) the average individual fruit weight was 15.5 g,(b) the soluble solid content was 20.6%,(c) the edible portion was 70.9%,and(d) it matured in mid-October.Furthermore,the genotype of this longan hybrid progeny were quantitative inherited characteristics,and the characteristic segregation was under normal distribution.These factors are considered advantageous for cross-breeding of high polysaccharide content longan.


The singlet–triplet gap for two families of 16-electron organometallic complexes has been examined in detail by DFT calculations at the B3LYP level with polarized basis sets on both metal and ligands. For the first family, the group 6 metallocenes (Cp2M with Cp = η5-C5H5 and M = Cr, Mo, W), the singlet–triplet gap (ES – ET) is always positive and decreases continuously on going from Cr to Mo to W. For the family of group 9 CpM(PH3), on the other hand, there is a decrease on going from Co to Rh, followed by a slight increase on going further to Ir. These trends have been analyzed in qualitative monoelectronic terms as a function of the competition between the pairing energy and the orbital gap. While the pairing energy decreases as expected in the order 3d >> 4d > 5d, the orbital gap varies in a different way for the two families and, though quantitatively less important, is responsible for the different trends. It is argued that changes in orbital gap are system-dependent for open-shell organometallic systems, thus it is not possible to establish a universal trend of singlet–triplet gaps for a homologous series of complexes with a group of transition metals. (© Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2005)


In the paper an equational deenition of Petri net is given. The articles 3], 4], 1], 5], and 2] provide the notation and terminology for this paper. In this paper x, y, X , Y are sets. We introduce G-net structures which are extensions of 1-sorted structure and are systems h a carrier, a entrance, a escape i, where the carrier is a set, the entrance is a binary relation, and the escape is a binary relation. Let N be a 1-sorted structure. The functor echaos(N) yielding a set is deened by: (Def. 1) echaos(N) = (the carrier of N) fthe carrier of N g: Let I 1 be a G-net structure. We say that I 1 is GG if and only if the conditions (Def. 2) are satissed. One can check that there exists a G-net structure which is GG. A G-net is a GG G-net structure. Let I 1 be a G-net structure. We say that I 1 is EE if and only if the conditions (Def. 3) are satissed.


The device consists of a 12 bit DAC and a direct voltage potentio static amplifier with an output within the range of + 80 volts and a current up to 4 amps. The programme driver for controlling the device is also included.


Membership associations can face specific challenges when it comes to marketing and brand recognition. This case describes how the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC), a membership association for 26 national and international women's fraternal organizations, or "sororities," addresses these challenges. NPC's mission is to be the premiere advocacy and support organization for the advancement of the sorority experience. However, NPC has traditionally struggled with brand recognition and identity, hampering their mission fulfillment. This chapter illustrates the social media techniques used to engage and inform NPC's key constituents through a virtual event, using a two-pronged approach. The first prong involves deepening engagement to move stakeholders to higher levels of interaction with the association. NPC must effectively communicate with its vast network of members and stakeholders to help generate greater awareness of NPC and promote sorority life in general. The second prong involves using its existing network to amplify NPC's key messages and spread it to those beyond its current network. Outputs and outcomes for the virtual event were used to determine that a defined strategy, as provided in the organization's strategic plan and logic model, impacted overall outcomes. Erin K. Nemenoff University of Memphis, USA


Children start to use the Internet ever-earlier, which is problematic as it has not been established that young children have the capacity to engage online safely. In this thesis I concentrate on how Finnish children aged 10-12 approach and enact online safety, how their online safety is mediated at home and in schools, and how this mediation could be supported. I use mostly qualitative data collection and analysis methods. I use Nexus analysis as my theoretical lens, as it suits research where focus is on complex social action. Children who participated in my research reported being skilled in online safety. They have confidence in their skills; as do parents and teachers, to a lesser extent. Children also mediate online safety within their own groups. At home, children's Internet use is monitored and restricted, but parents favour active mediation such as talking and offering help. Technical parental controls are unpopular. To some extent, children and parents disagree on how much parental mediation is provided. In schools, restriction and monitoring are employed, e.g., concerning smartphones, but focus is on active mediation. Teachers believe the message is best received when tied to children's experiences. Children say they like learning while doing, and hope for a positive tone and concrete advice from online safety education. Schools connect different actors in a dialogue concerning children's online safety, but division of responsibilities seems blurry. Teachers feel alone in deciding how online safety is taught and wish for support. My results provide implications regarding how we design mediational means for ensuring children's online safety. When mediating online safety, adults are balancing between necessary control, loving trust, and involvement. While some control is called for, I encourage adults to become involved in children's online lives, and to build trusting relationships. To support online safety mediation at home, I suggest a combination of technical and active mediation that serves both parents' and children's interests, gives parents tools for ensuring children's safety, and facilitates trust building between family members. To support online safety mediation at school, I suggest a more systematic approach to online safety, as well as teaching practices that facilitate active mediation, fit the children's world, and appeal to teachers.


ABSTRACT The goal of the project is to compile an index of printed sources of hymn tunes with English-language texts from the Reformation to 1820. Each tune is identified in the index by an incipit of ten notes in numerical code. The tune itself is provided, as is the meter of its text, a list of its printed sources, and its composer or compiler. The article describes some of the difficulties encountered in cataloging the many tunes for the index.


The transport of passing energetic ions (EIs) in presence of the resonant interaction with a rotating magnetic island is studied within the frame of drift kinetics. The phase-space structure of the drift island induced by the resonances is first presented. New transport channels responsible for the transport of EIs are discovered when the drift island of phase space couples with the magnetic island in real space. When the pitch-angle scattering rate is very weak, the resonance-induced transport is dominant. Only a small increase in the collision rate can significantly influence the total transport.


The fleet scan speed is a strong point of the Fourier transformation spectroscopy,it is more hundreds quicker than the prism spectrum instrument and grating spectrometer.However,it brings some problems as well.To research the effects of scan rate of the Fourier transformation spectroscopy on test results,different detectors were tested with different scan speed.Finally,the seemly scan rate was given corresponding to different testing samples and purposes.


This work considers using faster-than-Nyquist (FTN) transmission in symbol-synchronous and symbol-asynchrounous multiple-access channels (MAC) when multi-user demodulation and decoding are used at the receiver. We derive a sum capacity expression for the FTN-MAC in the presence of user asynchronism and present numerical capacity results. This work demonstrates that the channel capacity can be improved by introducing the FTN signaling in the multiple-access channels with or without asynchronism among transmitters of various users.


Nowadays the problem of treating of acute respiratory viral infections, primarily manifested with the clinical picture of acute rhinitis, remains an important problem due to the high prevalence and variety of etiological factors of this disease. Pathogenesis of rhinitis, regardless of the etiology, includes the swelling of the nasal mucosa, the increase in nasal secretion, which blocks nasal breathing and significantly reduces the quality of life. In uncomplicated forms of acute infectious rhinitis, symptomatic treatment is traditionally used, including the elimination therapy and drugs for reducing the nasal mucosa swelling. Topical decongestants have a sympathomimetic effect, affect α1- and α2-adrenergic receptors and help to eliminate swelling of the nasal mucosa and improve nasal breathing, and as a result, restore the patency and aerodynamics of the airways, recover the drainage function of the paranasal sinuses and auditory tube. To date, the pharmaceutical market offers many intranasal decongestants that differ in the duration of exposure, frequency of use, the occurrence of side effects or adverse events. The article shows the pharmacological and pharmacokinetic characteristics of the drug xylometazoline, highlights the results of Russian and foreign studies that demonstrate the efficacy and good tolerability of xylometazoline with a short-term topical course of treatment. The conclusion is made about a good profile of the efficacy and safety of the drug and confirmed that in compliance with the recommendations for the frequency and duration of application, xylometazoline could be recommended for use in a complex symptomatic treatment of acute rhinitis in adults and children.


This paper presents a generalization of multidimensional modulation to all dimensions that are an integer power of 2. Miiiiiiiuiii-baiid\\,idth transfer functions are constructed using binary orthogonal Walsh-Hadlamard sequences. We also present a time-domain approach which consists of using Walsh-Hadamard sequences as spreading aiid despreading sequences and discuss its relationship with conventional direct sequence code-division multiple access (DSKDMA). It is pointed out that multidimensional modulation systems essentially have tlie same performance and bandwidth efficiency as conventional 2-D systems.


Adopting near-infrared portable tissue oximeter,eight athletes' oxygenation was monitored spontaneously when doing five-gradational exercises on the power bicycle. Blood acid lactate analyzer was used to test the density of blood acid lactate,which demonstrated that with the intensity of sports intensity,the amount of oxyhemoglobin decreased while reducing hemoglobin increased. Blood volume raised but intensity of blood acid lactate lowered. Oxyhemoglobin was highly related to intensity of blood acid lactate.


3D System Integration is one of the most significant strategic key technologies in the field of microelectronic packaging and System integration. Besides the progress in silicon technology following "Moore's law" there is an increasing demand for highly miniaturized complex system architectures which are based on 3D SiPs. Currently different approaches are in development, which will result in complex 3D stacking approaches using TSV technology. Silicon interposer with TSV are one important element to combine different advanced devices into one miniaturized system with high functionality. The main target today is to achieve cost reduction in TSV processing and stack assembly. But nevertheless 3D WL approaches technology is one of the main technology drivers in packaging and system integration. The presentation will highlight same major aspects and current status of this technology.


SUMMARYGenetic factors responsible for ovarian hyperandrogenism in womenL.N. Semenyuk, N.E. YarotskyThe review provides an analysis of published data on the classification of hyperandrogenic diseases in women, the genetic factors predisposing to the formation of different phenotypes of PCOS and metabolic syndrome in these patients and their impact on gender, onset of the menstrual cycle and reproductive functionin the patient population.


This paper presents a position monitoring system incorporating high birefringent optical fiber and white-light interferometry, where the measurement process takes place within the optical fiber medium. With a novel scheme of relative position detection, the effects of temperature variation can be largely eliminated. A position monitoring range of 200 mm, accuracy of about 3 mm with temperature stability to within less than 0.5 percent was experimentally demonstrated.


Purpose – This paper aims to discuss in detail a feasible realization method of workflow engine for enterprise information management on the basis of database technology.Design/methodology/approach – Under the guidance of workflow management coalition (WfMC), the data model of the workflow engine is first presented based on the given process model, in which the attributes of process, activity and its relationships with role, application, workflow relation data and transfer condition are marked out. Then the basic control principles of the workflow engine are designed based on the necessary tables of process instances and activity instances, in which the control method of process instance and activity instance are discussed in detail including the creation, startup, management or status evolvement of the instance.Findings – In the research, the workflow engine is successfully programmed as this realization method on the development platform of SQL server 2000 and Visual Studio 2005 and the results show the...


Richardson and Pollock discuss the evidence base for the cost effectiveness of community pharmacy services.1 Expansion of minor ailments schemes in community pharmacies could save money.2 Data from six English …


In this paper,the relation between the area of potato late blight and weather conditions in Weichang County during 1990-2008 was analyzed.It showed that the biological factor played a role under suitable weather conditions in the occurrence of potato late blight.Weather conditions such as temperature,precipitation,relative humidity,sunshine hours,were decisive factors for prevalence of potato late blight.The appropriate temperature,rainy or foggy weather were most conducive to late blight occurrence and prevalence.By using the affected rate as criteria to classify meteorological levels for potato late blight,the preceding meteorological elements correlated with potato late blight as a prediction factor,the meteorological forecasting model was established using integrated clustering method.Tests results showed that the model could improve decision-making meteorological services level and control the spread of potato late blight in time.


Within the chief characteristics of the artistic process of the 21st Century is the incontrovertible fact that the arts are no longer isolated fields and that they are continuously interrelated among themselves and with other fields of the humanities. This characteristic makes it necessary to look towards a more global analysis of the treatment of the arts and these relationships which make up a cultural unit of the times. Thus, art, as a product of human sensitivity, is an activity that upon becoming a part of esthetic formation allows the individual to have a broader view of his/her surroundings through coming to know other possibilities of contemplating life and forming part of it. As a result, the current educational process should promote inclusive artistic-educational activities that make possible the consolidation of cognitive competencies and skills that will provide a better and more integral development for the student. The Project Estetica y educacion: Compromiso social de la Universidad (Esthetics and education: Social commitment of the University) seeks to contribute to this holistic formative vision by proposing the implementation, at high school and undergraduate levels of the UAQ (Autonomous University of Queretaro), of the subjects of art history and Mexican literature, as well as artistic-cultural workshops, initially through a process of teaching-learning, coordinated by the Institute of Multidisciplinary Research (IIM, from its initials in Spanish) at the campus of San Juan del Rio and that of Cerro de las Campanas. The creation of artistic-cultural workshops, where the university students are in charge of the classes, seeks to create networks that allow for a collaborative sharing where the student who wishes to carry out his/her social service presents a research protocol in order to become part of this plan and understands the importance of offering a service to the community.


On the south Polish pre-Caledonian Malopolska microcontinent, after its complete peneplanation in the Late Arenig, deposition of the extremely stratigraphically condensed M6jcza Limestone Formation continued during the whole mid-Ordovician. The formation , 8 meters thick, is composed ofbiosparites (grainstones to packstones), sandy at the base, and contains dispersed ferruginou s ooids. The global regressive eustatic event in the Late L1anvim has its expression in a hiatus of locally varying duration, depending on the thickness of the sediment cover removed by submarine erosion. The basal Caradoc transgression is expressed by faunistic changes in the central part of the area, suggestive of a warming of the climate , but in marginal parts it initiated deposition of the fine clastic Zalesie Formation. This facies appeared in the type section of the M6jcza Limestone not before the Latest Caradoc . Possible influences of the Gondwana late Ordovician glaciations are recorded in faunal changes within the M6jcza Limestone and the Zalesie Formation. Late Ashgill regression seems to be the cause of the reappearance of carbonates or coarse clastics close to the top of the Ordovician , even in deeper parts of the area.


The passive control problem is explored for singular systems with time -delay under bounded energy exogenous inputs. By means of linear matrix inequality and generalized Riccati inequality, a sufficient condition is derived such that a prescribed singular system with time - delay is passive and its zero solution is asymptotically stable. Moreover, under certain conditions, a state feedback control law is designed such that the closed -loop system is passive and its zero solution is asymptotically stable.


CrN, AlN, TiN layer were prepared as diffusion barriers between the K417 substrate and Ni+CrAlYSiN nano composite coatings via vacuum arc evaporation. Oxidation kinetics and microstructure evaluation of these nano coating systems at 1000 °C after 100 h were studied. Results show that the AlN layer showed good thermodynamic stability, effectively inhibited the interdiffusion between the coating and the substrate, improved the oxidation resistance of Ni+CrAlYSiN nano composite coatings, and a single-layer Al2O3 film was formed on the coating. The CrN layer was decomposed, which did not block the diffusion of elements and had little effect on the oxidation resistance of the Ni+CrAlYSiN nano composite coating. The TiN layer effectively prevented the interdiffusion between the coating and the substrate. However, it deteriorated the oxidation resistance of the composite coating. Similar to the Ni+CrAlYSiN coating without a diffusion barrier, a double-layer oxide film structure with Al2O3 as the inner layer and Ni(Al,Cr)2O4 as the outer layer formed on the Ni+CrAlYSiN nano composite coatings with the CrN or TiN diffusion barrier.


Adhesive liquid stable to seal a wound, the adhesive comprising a cyanoacrylate, a therapeutic agent encapsulated in a microcapsule and a forming agent defect, wherein the forming agent defect can be extracted from a matrix cyanoacrylate cured by solvation in an aqueous solution, whereby a plurality of defects are formed in the matrix, allowing the release of the therapeutic agent from the matrix at a controlled rate.


Average or equalization is the ultimate constituent of Chinese ancient social , economic and political thought. Pre-Qin scholars have abundant description and argumentation about the average thought, which is the source of Chinese ancient average thought. To know and understand the basic spirit of traditional culture in China well, it is very significant to study the average thought of Pre-Qin scholars. The average thought they advocate mainly includes three aspects of economy, society and politics. The core of the average in society is social equity. Pre-Qin scholars have formed different schools on social thought and political ideology, but there are no decisive boundaries on the average thought among them. So we can say it is a kind of culture intergrowth phenomenon and has stressed the basic speciality of Chinese traditional culture even more.


AIM
To prepare rabbit antibody against LRR of Nogo-66 receptor (NgR) and identify its properties.

METHODS
LRR protein was expressed in E.coli BL21. Rabbits were immunized with purified LRR protein to prepare anti-LRR antibody. The titer and specificity of prepared antibodies were identified by Western blot and immunohistochemical staining, respectively.

RESULTS
Purified rabbit anti-rat LRR antibody with high titer was obtained. The anti-LRR Ab showed good specificity and could be used to detect the NgR in rat brain and spinal cord tissues. Immunohistochemical staining indicated that NgR was expressed widely in spinal cord neurons.

CONCLUSION
Successful preparation of anti-rat LRR antibody provides a useful tool for identification and further functional study of NgR molecule.


The present study was conducted to evaluate the following hypotheses: H 0(1): the productive capacity classification of nothinned ev enaged eucalyptus stands can be performed using the diameter of the trees identified as dominant; H 0(2): site index based on the dominant diameter are more correlated to the basal area and to the volume production, compared to the site index based on the dominant trees height; and H 0(3): the dominant height variable can be efficiently replaced in hypsometric models by the dominant diameter variable. The data used in this study came from 523 permanent sample plots measured in continuous forest inventories carried out in eucalyptus stands, with initial spacing of 3,0 x 3,0m. The site index curves were constructed employing the guide curve method assuming the indexage of 70 months to estimate the dominant height (A) or dominant diameter (B) according to age. Then, the Clutter


The procedure of evaluating the suitable fixation and decalcification preserving the best immunoreactivity and histological structure of bone marrow was examined. The comparison of results of immunohistochemistry for lysozyme and leukocyte common antigen(LCA) were studied using various fixatives, decalcifying agents and the time period of decalcification with extraction from normal rib bone during autopsy. In this study, 10% neutral formalin and B5 solution were selected for fixatives, 0.5M EDT A, Plank-Rychlo solution, Jenkin``s fluid, 5% nitric acid and von Ebner``s fluid were used for decalcifying agent and peroxidase labelled streptavidin -biotin(LSAB) method for immunostain. The results are as follows : 1. The best suitable immunoreactivity were found in tissues placed in 10% formalin fixative regarding decalcifying agent. 2. Tissues decalcified in Plank-Rychlo solution showed the best preservation of histological structure. 0.5M EDT A was the next decalcify. ing agent. 3. Immunoreactivity of tissues decalcified most obviously in 0.5M EDT A solution and the best alternative solution for 0.5M EDT A was Plank-Rychlo. But the loss of immunoreactivity was evident in tissues placed in von Ebner``s fluid. 4. LCA antigenicity was preserved only in tissues fixed in 10% formalin solution and decalcifided in 0.5M EDT A. 5. Decalcification was good in tissues placed in 0. 5M EDT A for 3 days, Plank-Rychlo solution for 1 day. 6. Preservation of histological structure of tissues was usually good in Jenkin``s fluid for 12 hours, otherwise tissues were partially decalcified and immunostained. As for 5% nitric acid, 4 hours was needed to occur the same result of the former. According to the result, tissues decalcified in 0. 5M EDT A solution yield the best immunoreactivity though it requires relatively more time period of decalcification than others. Plank-Rychlo solution appears to be another recommandable decalcifier .


Transthyretin-mediated (ATTR) amyloidosis is a progressive, fatal disease in which cardiac deposition of transthyretin (TTR) amyloid commonly manifests as cardiomyopathy. Patisiran, an RNA interference therapeutic that reduces TTR synthesis, is approved for the treatment of hereditary ATTR amyloidosis with polyneuropathy. The Phase 3 APOLLO-B study (NCT03997383) evaluated the clinical efficacy and safety of patisiran in patients with ATTR amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy (CM).

 This post-hoc analysis evaluated disease progression in APOLLO-B patients following treatment with patisiran vs placebo, based on the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) expert consensus on monitoring patients with ATTR amyloidosis with CM every 6–12 months using three domains: Clinical/Functional, Laboratory Biomarker, and Imaging/Electrocardiography (ECG).

 Patients with ATTR amyloidosis with CM were randomised (1:1) to intravenous patisiran 0.3 mg/kg or placebo every 3 weeks for 12 months. Disease progression was defined at Month 12 (M12) relative to baseline using Clinical/Functional criteria (≥1 heart failure-related hospitalisation, increased New York Heart Association class ≥1, decline in Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire ≥5, or decline in 6-minute walk test ≥30 metres), Laboratory Biomarker criteria (increased N-terminal prohormone B-type natriuretic peptide ≥30% and absolute change ≥300 ng/L, troponin I ≥30%, or ATTR disease stage ≥1), and Imaging/ECG criteria (conduction disturbances or change in left ventricular wall thickness ≥2 mm, change in diastolic dysfunction grade ≥1, or change in systolic function measurements). One marker from each domain provides the minimum criteria for disease progression.

 At M12, the patisiran group (N = 180) had improved odds of no disease progression compared with the placebo group (N = 178; odds ratio [OR] 1.4; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.77, 2.55) (Figure). The patisiran group had benefits in Clinical and Functional markers vs placebo at M12 (OR 1.58; 95% CI 1.03, 2.42). Patisiran also showed favourable changes in Laboratory Biomarkers vs placebo at M12 (OR 2.14; 95% CI 1.33, 3.43) and a favourable trend in Imaging assessments/ECG vs placebo at M12 (OR 1.31; 95% CI 0.80, 2.15).

 In this post-hoc analysis of APOLLO-B, fewer patisiran-treated patients had disease progression with respect to clinical, functional, and biomarker parameters vs placebo. The risk of disease progression was lower by Clinical/Functional and Laboratory Biomarker composite criteria, and trended lower by individual criterion from the ESC consensus statement among patisiran-treated patients at 12 months vs placebo patients. Long-term follow-up will further assess the impact of patisiran in patients with ATTR amyloidosis with CM.Figure 1


In this paper, we discuss the challenges for facial expression analysis in the wild. We studied the problems exemplarily on the Emotion Recognition in the Wild Challenge 2013 [3] dataset. We performed extensive experiments on this dataset comparing different approaches for face alignment, face representation, and classification, as well as human performance. It turns out that under close-to-real conditions, especially with co-occurring speech, it is hard even for humans to assign emotion labels to clips when only taking video into account. Our experiments on automatic emotion classification achieved at best a correct classification rate of 29.81% on the test set using Gabor features and linear support vector machines, which were trained on web images. This result is 7.06% better than the official baseline, which additionally incorporates time information.


This paper presents a new in-situ experimental procedure for determining a
 thermal conductivity of soil, as one of the thermophysical properties
 necessary for dimensioning vertical buried heat exchangers of geothermal
 heat pumps. The proposed method, called the Thermal Recovery Test, is based
 on the assumption that there is a direct analogy between the hydrodynamic
 process of filling (recovery) the well with water from a porous aquifer
 after its partial or complete discharging and the process of establishment
 of thermal equilibrium in an infinite medium previously disturbed by a line
 heat sink (source). Apart from presentation the theoretical background of
 these two phenomena, the display of the identical theoretical logarithmic
 character of the change of hydrostatic pressure and soil temperature,
 description of the experimental procedure, the experimental results of three
 performed experiments are also presented. Additionally, results for the
 experimentally obtained values of the thermal conductivity of the soil are
 compared with those obtained from the Thermal Response Test, and the
 advantages and drawbacks of the new Thermal Recovery Test method are
 analyzed.


To a series of calcium or strontium saturated clays suspended in 50 symmetry concentrations of the saturating ion, variable amounts of Sr⁸⁵Cl₂ or Ca⁴⁵Cl₂ were added. From the radiochemical analysis of the clay at equilibrium, the amount of exchange was determined. Plotting the data as [Cation-Clay]/[Cation-Solution] vs. [Cation-Clay] yielded a curved line composed of at least two adsorption isotherms. This is interpreted to mean two independent sites of adsorption or that two mass action equations are necessary to describe the system. Following the cation desorbed by tracer technique resulted in almost identical curves as when the adsorbing cation was followed. This evidence showed that no precipitation or reaction other than the one described took place. Also, the sites were shown to be independent by introducing a third cation such as barium. Barium ions at an appropriate concentration prevented the adsorption of the cation being studied on the "tight site" but had no effect on the adsorption of the cation on "loose site." The two sites were separated graphically and labeled "tight" and "loose" sites according to the bonding energies for the cation being studied. An apparent equailibrium constant was calculated from the slope of the "loose site." The slope of the "tight site" could not be determined accurately enough to calculate an equilibrium constant, being less than 1% of the exchange capacity. Strontium is adsorbed more tightly than calcium on either site, but the difference becomes less as the exchange capacity of the clay decreases. It was necessary to define the data in terms of two mass action equations if the exchange reaction is to be stoichiometric at either site. Using one equation to compare the adsorption of Sr and Ca resulted in considerable hysteresis, largely due to the influence that the sites have on each other.


On Tuesday 1st of December, Jason Cook and Luke Barrett shared their experiences of live subtititling for UK TV channels.


PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to follow-up cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grades 2 or 3 (CIN2/3) cases after a loop electrosurgical excisional procedure (LEEP) by liquid-based cytology (LBC) and detection of HPV DNA.

METHODS
LEEP was performed for the first diagnosed CIN2/3 cases. Six and 12 months after LEEP, LBC and HPV DNA detection were performed.

RESULTS
The number of cases with CIN2 accounted for 64.5% (60/93) of the total cases before LEEP. Six months post LEEP, the number of cases with normal LBC and negative HPV DNA accounted for 63.4% (59/93). Cases with abnormal LBC accounted for 17.2 (16/93), and cases with persistent positive HPV DNA accounted for 11.8% (7/93). Two cases had both persistent positive HPV DNA and abnormal LBC. A vaginal intraepithelial neoplasm (VAIN2) was found in one of the HPV DNA persistent positive cases. Twelve months post LEEP, 4.3% (8/93) of the cases were HPV DNA positive. Abnormal LBC was observed in four cases (of which 2 cases were HPV DNA positive) with normal LBC and negative HPV DNA at six months post LEEP.

CONCLUSION
HPV DNA examination is instrumental for the detection of VAIN.


The present invention relates to the method for a kind of monitoring to the interested people of target (101). The method comprising the steps of: (210) provide data processor (111), and described data processor (111) is for the relevant interaction data of remote interaction between at least one of acquisition and people and multiple target (131,132,133); (240) usage data processor is analyzed interaction data, to identify the interested specific objective of described people (133); And (250) acquisition additional data relevant to specific objective, to inform described specific objective to described people. Can comprise the analysis of interaction data: step (220), identify the interested remote location of described people; And step (230), determine the position of described multiple target with respect to described remote location.


Stellar winds blown out from massive stars (≳10 M ⊙) contain precious information on the progenitor itself, and in this context the most important elements are carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and oxygen (O), which are produced by the CNO cycle in the H-burning layer. Although their X-ray fluorescence lines are expected to be detected in swept-up shock-heated circumstellar materials in supernova remnants, those of C and N have been particularly difficult to detect so far. Here, we present high-resolution spectroscopy of the young magnetar-hosting supernova remnant RCW 103 with the Reflection Grating Spectrometer on board XMM-Newton and report on the detection of the N vii Lyα (0.50 keV) line for the first time. By comparing the obtained abundance ratio of N to O (N/O = 3.8 ± 0.1) with various stellar evolution models, we show that the progenitor of RCW 103 is likely to have a low mass (10–12 M ⊙) and medium rotation velocity (≲100 km s−1). The results also rule out the possibility of dynamo effects in massive (≥35 M ⊙) stars as a mechanism for forming the associated magnetar 1E 161348−5055. Our method is useful for estimating various progenitor parameters for future missions with microcalorimeters such as XRISM and Athena.


Objective To study the effects and possible mechanism of high-glucose on rat Schwann cells growth and apoptosis in vitro. Methods Schwann cells were cultured with different concentrations of glucose for 72 hours. MTT assays were used to detect the activities of SCs. Apoptosis was observed by TUNEL assay. The expressions of Bcl-2 and Bax protein were evaluated by Western blotting assay. Results In high-glucose (60mmol/L,90mmol/L) group,the activity of SCs was decreased and the rate of apoptosis was increased. The expression level of Bcl-2 in SCs was decreased while Bax expression level was increased in high glucose culture. Conclusion High glucose inhibits the growth of SCs and increases the cell apoptosis,which is possibly caused by decreasing the expression of Bcl-2 and up-regulating the expression of Bax.


Calotropis gigantea fiber is a kind of natural cellulose fiber that regains increasing attention nowadays, thus it is evaluated here aiming to replace cotton or kapok fibers to some extent. New discoveries are found about its morphological structure, indicating that it has sharper, closed tip and coarser, open end, and that it usually has 4-6 grooves along its longitudinal axis, with fully distributed microvillus on its surface. The FTIR spectrum shows the fiber mainly contain cellulose, lignin and hemi-cellulose component. X-ray diffraction analysis shows that the fiber has higher crystallinity in comparison with kapok fiber. In term of breaking strength, the fiber is obvious lower than cotton fiber and a little higher than kapok fiber. Furthermore, the fiber has good water absorbing and releasing capability, implying it has excellent water transmissivity.


This thesis holds that in Jianghan Plain, the wetland ecosystem shows the characteristics of vulnerability, owing to the impact of natural factors and human irrational activities, such as factors of landform, climate, and hydrology, and also excessive reclamation land from lakes, excessive utilization of lakes' resources, discharge of pollutants. These have resulted in a series of ecological vulnerable problems, which include the increase of flooding, inundation, and waterlogging; gleization and swamping of soil; degradation of wetland system. In order to rehabilitate degraded wetland ecosystem, this thesis gives out several measures to be taken.


The parameters of tire pressure and temperature are collected by a temperature sensor and a pressure sensor,and the sampled data are sent to the host controller through nRF24L01 wireless transmission module.S3C2440processor drive nRF24L01 module to control the TFT LCD.The monitoring interface is cooperated with the data and commands according to the algorithms to realize the data display and transfer.The test results demonstrate that the system can meet the need of the real-time monitoring system of wireless tire pressure.


Using the start way of transformer motor combination has many advantages, such as less equipment, save of investment, reliable operation and convenient maintenance and is particular suitable for the strat of large size of high voltage motor. Two engineering design projects, practical operation and the calculation method of transformer capacity and start voltage were introduced.


Microarrays enable the expression levels of thousands of genes to be measured simultaneously. However, only a small fraction of these genes are expected to be expressed under different experimental conditions. Nowadays, filtering has been introduced as a step in the microarray preprocessing pipeline. Gene filtering aims at reducing the dimensionality of data by filtering redundant features prior to the actual statistical analysis. Previous filtering methods focus on the Affymetrix platform and can not be easily ported to the Illumina platform. As such, we developed a filtering method for Illumina bead arrays. We developed an R package, beadarrayFilter, to implement the latter method. In this paper, the main functions in the package are highlighted and using many examples, we illustrate how beadarrayFilter can be used to filter bead arrays.


ABSTRACT Ann Loades' exploration of sacramentality is extraordinarily wide-ranging in its sense of where the sacramental is to be discovered. It is also rigorously theologically discerning. The matters to which she paid attention may seem unconventional at times, but they are always to be referred to the doctrinal criteria which became most significant in her work: creation, salvation, the communion of saints, the incarnation, and the Trinity. This article considers two sets of evidence – a video interview conducted near the end of Ann's life in which she meditates on aspects of embodiment through the governing metaphor of dance, and those examples of her writing explicitly addressed to sacramental concerns – as important sources for illuminating her distinctive approach to sacramentality.


In the stress analysis of anisotropic sandwich construction, a theory based on the assumption of constant thickness has been available for some time. With the design of high-performance spacecraft, aircraft, and sailboats, there is a trend to use variable- thickness sandwich structures to have proper guidance of airflow and further weight minimization. In this paper a theory is presented for the bending of linearly elastic sand wich beams with variable thickness. The sandwich structure consists of fiber-reinforced composites as the face sheets and honeycomb as the cores. In the analysis the face sheets are considered as membranes, the core is assumed to be deformable m transverse shear, and the contributions of the face sheets in resisting transverse shear together with the face- sheet membrane strains arising from the transverse shear deformation in the core are taken into account. The results indicate that analyses based on constant-thickness theory locally may lead to significant errors when applied to thickness-tapered sandwich beams with cores that are deformable in shear. The errors arise mainly from two factors: (a) the trans verse shear components of the membrane forces in the face sheets alter the transverse shears carried by the core; and (b) the face-sheet membrane strains arise from transverse shear deformation of the core.


application to Jesus of the divine title "Alpha and Omega" (2:17; 22:13) as well as through Christ's self-designation in 3:14 as the origin of creation. Finally, Jesus's voice is given greatest expression in Revelation 2–3 as well as in 22:12–13. In chap. 3, B. analyzes Revelation's portrayal of the exalted Son of Man, focusing on John's depiction of the resurrected Christ in 1:12–13. While this title is derived from the mysterious figure of Dan 7:13, John's description of the "one like a son of man" utilizes features of the vision of the heavenly figure found in Dan 10:5–6, 9. Like Daniel, John prostrates himself until he is touched by the "one like a Son of Man." In chap. 4, B. informs readers about John's vision of the slaughtered and victorious Lamb. If the vision of the "one like a Son of Man" emphasizes Christ's divinity, the slaughtered lamb emphasizes Christ's humanity. By utilizing animal imagery John employs conventional apocalyptic symbolism to denote humans. In the process, John portrays Christ as both victorious lion and slaughtered and vulnerable lamb. This seemingly contradictory imagery is further explored in the discussion in chap. 5 of John's understanding of the exalted Jesus as a "peaceable warrior" (see Rev 19:11–21:8), whose blood-soaked garment is not sprinkled with the gore of slaughtered enemies but, as Origen observed, the Lamb's own sacrificial blood. In chap. 6, B. explores how Revelation understands the worship of Jesus. The worship of Jesus is contrasted with the false worship of the beast in Revelation 13. While the inspiration of the beast is derived from the dragon of chap. 12, Christ as the Lamb shares God's throne. Through this imagery the contrast is made between the dark side of Roman domination and the ultimate peaceable kingdom of God and Christ. In conclusion, B.'s book performs its expressed purpose. Although there is little in the book that is new, it coordinates the Catholic understanding of Revelation with the findings of narrative criticism. In the process it speaks to a nonspecialist audience without being patronizing. The book helps laity understand what has been for many a closed book. In this way, the book admirably fulfills its objectives. The one suggestion I would make is that someone take up the mantle to present a similar treatment to non-Catholic audiences, which would provide a remedy for some of the misrepresentations of Revelation found in popular culture.


Nowadays, as time goes by the growing needs of houses is very important for a person. Owning a house is the most basic need and also a rights for everyone. In police sector,efforts to improve the professionalism of public service there are certainly several factors related to the fulfillment of the supported are fundamental rights (basic need) life members such as rights can inhabit/owning the house adequate either through the procurement service by service and home owneship in private. The home office itself has a meaning that is the home state-owned and or by the police and provided for the personnel of the national police. The placement of the house office's own in national police (polri)sector have been provided for The Head of National police Decission N0.17/VIII/2001 concerning the implementation of the directive by the publishing house placement service of the SIP. The core of the provide of the provided home service itself is intended to exist national police (polri) personnel still active so that it cant be secured and can be better doing their job in terms of promptness and timely.but in fact, the occupant of the home office is national police personnel has been in active more than personnel still active with sip status expired or have not lived by weakness in the control of the designation of the residents of this service which became the forerunner of the move was the rights to occupy or better known by the name of "sale and purchase" or "key money" is certainly not known by the service. This condition doesn't satisfy the main purpose of the procurement service itself in house Police Departement.


(57) Abstract: hybrid polymer matrix composition of the lithium-ion rechargeable battery (10) (15) contains a copolymer of vinylidene fluoride and about 8-20 weight percent of chlorotrifluoroethylene.


With the progress of computer science and the development of technology,a variety of software tools were introduced forproduct life cycle analysis in different departments of chemical enterprise.Consequently there are many"information islands"becauseof disagreement of information model and data format at the different stage in the product life cycle.The aim of this paper is to find away to help share and exchange data among different stages.STEP is used to unified lower level product data while in upper level XMLis used to realize documents communication.Then a two-layer framework based on product life cycle is proposed.In the end,a realchemical case is introduced to illustrate the information framework.


Britain's most famous marine painter, William Turner, sighed at the sight of an eighteenth-century print of a painting by Willem van de Velde the Younger: 'This made me a painter!' For obvious reas...


In this work we carry out a study of the single-electron charge transfer process for H+ collisions with atomic neutral lithium, in its ground and first excited state, at 1−25 keV amu−1. For this, we solve numerically the time dependent Schrödinger equation to the defined accuracy by using a multi-resolution adaptive approach, thus removing the uncertainties connected to a basis size and spatial and temporal numeric mesh size. We approximate the atomic lithium target by a single electron model in a frozen-core pseudo-potential while the projectile follows a straight line trajectory. Within these approximations we report new benchmark data for charge transfer cross sections to n = 2, and 3 states of hydrogen from 1s22s and 1s22pz of Li. Available theoretical and experimental data in the literature are in reasonable agreement with our results.


This paper obtains some solutions of the 5th-order mKdV equation by using the exponential–fraction trial function method, such as solitary wave solutions, shock wave solutions and the hopping wave solutions. It successfully shows that this method may be valid for solving other nonlinear partial differential equations.


OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of mobile phone usage on sleep quality and fatigue severity through standard questionnaires in Saudi Arabia mobile phone users.
METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 251 mobile phone users from September 2019 to January 2020. Volunteer mobile phone users aging 15-65 years were selected by nonprobability convenience sampling technique from the Riyadh city community. The subjects were interviewed about the knowledge, attitude and practice of mobile phone use and were assessed through Pittsburg Sleep Quality index (PSQI) and Fatigue severity scale (FSS). Spearman's correlations and Linear regression were applied for statistical analysis through SPSS V.22.

RESULTS: Mean age of study participates was 32.43±12.8 years. There was a significant increase in PSQI and FSS with the increase daily mobile usage. When participants exceeded one-hour daily usage, PSQI ( 2h=6.85, p= 0.001) and FSS ( 2h= 3.61, p=0.008) exceeded acceptable scores. Moreover, placing mobile phone inside bedroom was associated with the increase of PSQI (Near Pillow=6.93, Inside Bed=6.16, Outside bed=5.75, p=0.001) and FSS (Near Pillow=3.65, Inside Bed=3.39, Outside Bed=2.58, p= 0.008). There was a significant increase in PSQI (Near Pillow=6.93, Inside Bed=6.16, Outside bed=5.75, p=0.001) and FSS (Near Pillow=3.65, Inside Bed=3.39, Outside Bed=2.58, p= 0.008) its location inside bedrooms. Significant correlation was observed between high PSQI and FSS with daily usage (r=0.213, p=0.001 & r=0.171, p=0.01 respectively).
CONCLUSION: Inappropriate and excessive mobile phone usage is associated with poor sleep quality and excessive fatigue in Saudi Arabian population.


By describing three texts from different discursive contexts, this article seeks to demonstrate that there is an implicational path that goes from linguistic constructions that express alletic modality to those that express an epistemic modality, passing by deontic modality. Likewise, this work wishes to show that, by cooperating in a coordinated manner with the marks of person, these modalities produce particular discursive phenomena. Indeed, it is discovered that epistemic, deontic and expressive modalities are commonly associated with the singular and plural first person, while deontic and alletic modalities appear in impersonal constructions.


This paper introduces the industry advantages of Bambusa chungii in Longmen County,and analyses the situation of industry development and existing problems of Bambusa chungii,and discusses the industry development countermeasure of Bambusa chungii.


The sensitivity and accuracy of the usual methods for comparing the phases of two beams of light are affected by the intensity noise of environment and light source, although they can be improved by a lock-in circuit only for a periodic signal.


The patrol ship"Kainan Maru"60.71m in length and of 524.69 gross tons is propelled with two Diesel engines of 500 B.H.P., each coupled on one propeller shaft through Mitubisi Vulcan fliud coupling.The Diesel engines are supercharged by Mitubisi Buchi supercharging system, and the exhaust gas turbine driven supercharging blowers applied in this system are designed and manufactured first time in Japan.Some performance of this supercharged engine on test bed is described in these papers.


Due to their superior strength-to-weight ratios, advanced composite parts are increasingly being used by the aircraft industry. This industry is constantly looking for less costly, faster, and more reliable methods to produce advanced composite parts, while still maintaining the very high safety and reliability standards required. This paper describes a new SBCF (Stretch Broken Carbon Fiber) material being developed by Hexcel Corporation for use in forming of aerospace parts. The SBCF material is a discontinuous aligned fiber prepreg material that comes in unidirectional and woven forms. If commercialized, the SBCF material will expand the range of parts that can be formed using a double diaphragm forming (DDF) process. This paper also discusses the FEM modeling of the DDF process for the purposes of predicting part defects. Having defect prediction capabilities will reduce the time and money required to determine if a part can be formed using the SBCF material and DDF. A rudimentary orthotropic-viscoelastic model is developed for the SBCF material to be used in forming simulations being developed concurrently. Model parameters are derived from force-to-stretch (i.e. tensile tests run at a constant displacement rate) and relaxation experiments. A simple model for the diaphragm is developed and preliminary forming simulations are built. Early simulations include forming over hemi-ellipsoid and curved c-channel shapes.© 2005 ASME


AIMS
Major liver surgery can be performed safely and hepatic resection for metastatic disease is increasingly carried out. However, the role of liver resection for hepatic metastases from non-colorectal, non-neuroendocrine (NCNN) cancers is unknown. Our aim was to evaluate our experience from hepatectomies for NCNN metastases. A retrospective study of 170 patients with liver resection performed the last 8 years was performed in two liver units in affiliated university hospitals.

METHODS
Eighteen patients underwent liver resection for NCNN tumours. Origins included kidney (n=6), breast (n=4), gastric tumours (n=4), intestinal leiomyosarcoma (n=2) and malignant melanoma and in one patient a metastatic papillary of unknown origin was found. Eleven patients underwent a hepatic lobectomy and seven had local resections. Ten hepatectomies were performed at the same time with the primary tumour resection (synchronous resections) with five of those in an en bloc fashion with the primary tumour.

RESULTS
There were no post-operative deaths and the peri-operative morbidity was minimal. During a median follow-up time of 3.2 years, 14 patients are alive with one of them having developed pulmonary metastases.

CONCLUSION
In carefully selected patients with NCNN liver metastasis, liver resection can prolong survival as well and improve quality of life.


The paper commences in a descriptive fashion, succinctly describing the phenomena of "ambush marketing", the numerous, subtle and obvious practices adopted in such strategic, parasitic marketing, referring to a few past instances here and there. It then goes on to discuss the diverse perspectives and contentions relating to this unauthorized sponsorship or use, while touching upon the legality of such practice. While delineating different laws and rules existing in this domain in different jurisdictions, under the various IP regimes and otherwise as event-specific legislations, the paper analyzes whether such laws are in fact adequate. It also tries to answer whether these event-specific legislations are needed at all, if protection and remedies are available elsewhere, thus trying to answer if this practice necessitates any event-specific legislation or not. The paper then goes on to stress upon the necessity of an anti-ambush marketing legislation in India and attempts to propose a model for the same.


The investigation showed that there were few research works about the real dynamic performance of solar-assisted liquid desiccant air conditioning systems with an unsteady term in the governing equations. Regarding the unsteady properties of the components, a novel dynamic model was developed for a solar-assisted internally cooled liquid desiccant air conditioning system. In the model, the variable t (time) was involved in the governing equations of each component to take into consideration the influence of the previous condition on the following state of the system. The accuracy of the above mathematical model was verified partly with experimental results of some key components. Then the model was applied to a real solar-assisted internally cooled liquid desiccant air conditioning system for an office building with the capacity for eight people in Hong Kong. The transient performance of the system on a summer design day in Hong Kong was investigated. The results reflected the necessity of considering the influence of the former state on the following running of the system. In conclusion, the novel model could be a reliable tool to predicate the system operation and provide useful information for better control of the system.


MENEGUETTI, G.P. Nanotechnological development of L-asparaginase using PEGylation methodology. 2017. 88f. Dissertação (Mestrado) – Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, 2017. The enzyme L-asparaginase (ASNase) from Escherichia coli is widely used to treat acute lymphoblastic leukemia (LLA). However, it can activate the host's immune system causing allergic reactions. Hence, the pegylated form of the enzyme (PEGASNase) not only reduces the immune effect but also increases plasma half-life because of less proteases degradations. Nonetheless, the available PEG-ASNase is randomly pegylated and, consequently, with high degree of polydispersity. In this work we developed a site-specific N-terminus pegylation protocol for ASNase using methoxy-polyethylene glycol carboxymethyl N-hydroxysuccinimidyl ester (mPEGNHS, MW = 10 kDa). Reaction parameters investigated (with PEG 2 kDa) were ionic strength, pH and reaction time to optimize yield and minimize polydispersity. Results confirmed pegylation and low polydispersity. Buffer ionic strength favored N-terminal conjugation at 100 mM phosphate buffer saline (PBS). Additionally, pH and reaction time were found to increase polyPEGylated species. The highest yield of monoPEGASNase, 42%, corresponded to reaction conditions of pH 7.5, reaction time of 30 min and PEG:ASNase ratio of 25:1. The monoPEG-ASNase was purified in a strong anionic column with NaCl linear gradient up to 170 mM and monoPEG-ASNase was eluted with 78 mM NaCl, 70% pure (55% yield). Size exclusion chromatography was further performed and increased monoPEG-ASNase purity to 99% (45% final yield). The monoPEG-ASNase, 190 ± 10 kDa was stable for 21 days at 4oC while nonpegylated ASNase (control), 146 ± 6 kDa, lost 52% of its activity within 7 days at 4oC. Enzyme kinetics were studied and similar kM values were obtained for both native and monoPEG-ASNase, 20 μM and 35 μM respectively. The monoPEGASNase demonstrated to be resistant to the plasma proteases asparaginyl endopeptidase and cathepsin B, 84 h at 37 °C and also was cytotoxic to leukemic cells (MOLT-4 and Reh). Therefore, site-specific N-terminus pegylation of ASNase resulted in a novel enzyme variant with preserved catalytic activity and, therefore, promising for the treatment of LLA.


While the literature on management theory has been growing in recent years, there are no publications regarding the evolution and mapping of this scientific field. This study dwells on the issues related to management theories in the context of today's research by identifying the most important lines of research, researchers, and the concentration of research. To explore the trends in the development of management theory, this study used bibliometric analysis. The search in the Web of Science database provided 5,825 documents (including articles, books, reviews, etc.). Methods of trend analysis, clusterization, and comparative analysis were used. The results show that a new direction of responsible management research is being formed – the organization's operations and objectives must be balanced, and their implementation must be responsible. This study enriches management literature by providing new ideas related to future research tendencies. Moreover, it fleshes out the direction for developing management theory and outlines the most-cited works and authors, the research concentration in different countries, and leading journals. For scholars and practitioners, such structured data are an important source of relevant information in published papers and allows for the definition of research guidelines.


Supersonic nozzle experiments were performed with a fixed water or ethanol vapor pressure and varying amounts of nitrogen to test the hypothesis that carrier gas pressure affects the onset of condensation. Such an effect might occur if nonisothermal nucleation were important under conditions of excess carrier gas in the atmospheric pressure range, as has been suggested by Ford and Clement [J. Phys. A 22, 4007 (1989)]. Although a small increase was observed in the condensation onset temperature as the stagnation pressure was reduced from 3 to 0.5 atm, these changes cannot be attributed to any nonisothermal effects. The pulsed nozzle experiments also exhibited two interesting anomalies: (1) the density profiles for the water and ethanol mixtures were shifted in opposite directions from the dry N2 profile; (2) a long transient period was required before the nozzle showed good pulse‐to‐pulse repeatability for condensible vapor mixtures. To theoretically simulate the observed onset behavior, calculations of nu...


Cervical traction of one-third the person's weight was applied for 3 minutes to normal subjects. The mean and standard deviation of displacement and rotation between adjacent cervical vertebra was calculated in the sagittal plane. The average separation between adjacent vertebra was 0.7 mm with a standard deviation of 0.5 mm. The average angular motion between adjacent vertebra was 0.9 degrees with a standard deviation of 2.4 degrees.


This study was an analytic cross-sectional (correlation). The statistical population was patients who admitted to the Kermanshah Imam Reza hospital for dialysis. Correlation formula was used to determine of the sample size. 50 patients were selected using convenience sampling in one-month period. Two questionnaires were used in this study, one of them was the Cult - Lester fear of death Scale and the other was daily spiritual experiences scale. The relationship between fear of death and spiritual dimensions were determined by the Pearson Correlation Coefficient and regression. Difference of death fear scale in terms of gender, age and education was determined by t-test analysis using SPSS version 18. In this study significant relationship was seen between fear of death and spirituality in hemodialy- sis patients. There was no difference between men and women about fear of death. Fear of death average scores differences were not significant in age groups. It also found no significant association between age and Spirituality. The mean score of fear of death in people with a college education is more than whom were high school and under graduates, so that the difference was significant. There was no significant correlation between fear of death and spiritual needs. High religious belief and religious activity leading to reduce death fear. This study showed that spiritual matters should be considered for patient's treatment. Because, spiritual matters reduces the fear of death and reduce anxiety and thereby contribute to the disease process.


This entry in the Food Culture around the World series helps those in the United States understand the new immigrants from Central America who have brought their food cultures with them.
 Food Culture in Central America illustrates the unique foodways of the region in depth–and in English–for the first time. Important foods and ingredients, techniques, and lore associated with food preparation are surveyed. Typical meals eaten at home are presented, with attention to the cultural context in which those meals take place, including regional or national differences. The book also examines various meal settings–street vendors, modest comedors, and fancy restaurants. The role of food in common festivals and life cycle rituals is explored as well, including Christmas, Semana Santa, and Quincineras.
 Author Michael R. McDonald emphasizes the living process of "metatezation," referring to the use of the traditional metate, a stone platform used to grind ingredients, resulting in the unique flavors and textures of the cuisines. The process echoes the concept of "mestizaje," the intense hybrid mixture of identities throughout Latin America, which is also explained.


This paper describes the observations and presents comments related to the measurement of settlement and the avoidance of damage to a historic structure in the City of New York from adjacent construction activities during an 80-week monitoring period from June 1988 to January 1990.


Results are presented of a conceptual design and economic evaluation for a commercial complex to mine high-sulfur coal and produce substitute natural gas (SNG), fuel oil, naphtha, and liquefied petroleum gases (LPG) using hydroliquefaction technology for the coal conversion portion of the complex. The design uses the solvent refined coal (SRC) hydroliquefaction and entrained slagging gasification programs, with adaptation to the specific Oil/Gas objectives. Pseudo catalytic SRC II hydroliquefaction techniques are used in which a portion of the hydroliquefier effluent is recycled to the hydroliquefier reactor to provide a higher content of ash constituents, longer reaction time, and greater hydrogen consumption to produce products that are primarily gases and liquids at ambient conditions. The design basis was developed in cooperation with ERDA. Process flowsheets and heat and material balances are presented.


In the design of die casting mould for castings with the inclined holes or inclined cavities, angle core pulling is one of difficult points of designs of the die casting moulds. The thesis presents a practical die structure with dog-leg cam and angle pin for secondary combined angle core pulling of die casting draw hooks. A description was made on the selection of the parting line, the structural features and the operating principle of the mould. A mechanism of dog-leg cam and angle pin were adopted in the mould for combined angle core pulling of the draw hook castings, at the time, the side cores pulling of the two castings were respectively finished by the correspondent two mechanisms with angle pins and slides. The mould is compact in structure and reliable in operation. The quality of castings produced is high.


FIELD: electrical engineering. SUBSTANCE: claimed reel comprises a rotation-symmetric conical core. The reel core has the first end, one or several first locking areas and the first flange. The said flange has one or several first locking elements. One or several second locking areas are located at the reel core first end. One or several second locking elements are located at the first flange. The second locking elements are engaged with the second locking areas when the first locking elements are engaged with the first locking areas. The first locking elements can engage with the first locking areas at the core first end. The first locking elements can be forced by the wind-up material in the direction of locking the first areas at winding. EFFECT: simplified design, reliable locking of the flange on the reel core. 24 cl, 17 dwg


Through the investigation of Wenzhou footwear manufacturer,this paper introduces the application and research situation of shoes insole automatic trimming equipment which can completely replace manual operation.Combining current advanced automated production equipment with the original manual operation process,a solution to current problems existing in footwear industry,such as low efficiency,high scrap rate,poor repeatability,is discussed,thus to realize good economic benefit.