. The importance of bostonite rocks is known as one of the possible hosts for uranium and/or thorium mineralizations in Egypt. During the sixties El atshan uranium prospect area was one of such discovered sites, and the present work is concentrated on it. The present study includes detailed ground geologic mapping, gamma-ray spectrometric and magnetic surveys as well as some selected self potential profiles. The data have been treated qualitatively and quantitatively by applying various interpretation techniques. The gamma-ray spectrometric survey shows some eU, eTh and K% anomalies are related to the bostonite sills, which were intruded between the beds of Hammamat sediments .This survey indicates that, the bostonite sills possess gamma radiations ranging between 8 and 30 Ur as a total count, 3.8 to 15 % K, 1 to 9.5 ppm eU and 6 to 69 ppm eTh. Inside the exploratory mine at a depth of about 10 m, these values reach 380, 22, 270 and 180 for total count, K%, eU and eTh respectively. Environmentally, the radiation dose rates in the study area, which range from 0.6 to 4.7 mSv/y were calculated from the exposure rate and established for the study area. It was found that, the study area as a whole is outside the safe limit of the permissible safe radiation dose rate (1 mSv/y) .The mean dose rate in the study area is the distribution of the radioactive minerals. A series of upward continuations (to 10 m, 50 m, 100 m, and 120 m) were applied to the RTP data. The results obtained from these upward continuations show the location of the main magma of bostonite sills. These maps show that the study area may represent the southeastern part of a syncline whose axis strikes in the NW-SE direction.


This study is aimed to investigate the application of DITA(Defense Information Technical stAndard) on the weapon information systems and defense management information systems in order not only to update the current DITA version 4.0, but also to develop SoS(System of systems) interoperability policy in the armed forces of Korea. For this study, 18 information systems were considered, their development products(System/Sub-system Specification, Technical architecture View, System Interoperability Test and Evaluation products) were reviewed and analysed. As a result of the investigation and analysis, it was found that the 44% of the DITA standard profiles were used for the development of the defense information systems. We conclude that DITA should be updated to be a minimal set so that all the defense information systems should be DITA-compliant. And it should be reviewed periodically to reflect the new information technology.


Modeling environment is essential for agents to cooperate with each other in a distributed system. In this paper, we propose two strategies for selecting agents' communication structures in a cooperative search using their local histories as a model of their computational environment. Under the assumption of homogeneity of agents, an agent can select a proper communication structure by using a history of local computation, and the utility of communication always matches its cost. Simulations using the traveling salesman problem show that strategies produce high performance. We also describe an extension of these strategies to other areas and the means to separate them from application programs using meta-object programming in Object-Oriented Programming Languages (OOPL).


Due to their great performance and scalability properties neural networks have become ubiquitous building blocks of many applications. With the rise of mobile and IoT, these models now are also being increasingly applied in distributed settings, where the owners of the data are separated by limited communication channels and privacy constraints. To address the challenges of these distributed environments, a wide range of training and evaluation schemes have been developed, which require the communication of neural network parametrizations. These novel approaches, which bring the "intelligence to the data" have many advantages over traditional cloud solutions such as privacy-preservation, increased security and device autonomy, communication efficiency and high training speed. This paper gives an overview over the recent advancements and challenges in this new field of research at the intersection of machine learning and communications.


Background: Rajaiyang Village is one of the villages in Indramayu Regency which has agricultural commodities in the form of rice production. In the current condition, even though it has a fertile area, welfare data of the community is not good enough from the management of these commodity products. The village government strategy requires support of information technology and knowledge development due to support regional food security and village sustainable development goals indicators.
Contribution: Increased understanding and ability to manage the availability of commodity results using information technology to support food security strategies.
Method: Inducting inventory training with an internet-based inventory application system for farmer groups and village apparatus.
Results: The ability of residents and village apparatus to become better, more prepared with the system and product inventory management process, together with BUMDes support as a village owned enterprise.
Conclusion: Implementation strategies and supporting facilities for village food security can be improved by using updated technology, as well as collaboration between village agencies for integrated decisions


ABSTRACT Enaminones undergo self-condensation on reflux in acidic media yielding 1,3,5-trisubstituted benzene in very high yields. Reaction of enaminones 1a,b with ethyl propiolate affords 5-aroyl-1,3-benzene dicarboxylate derivatives.


One means of calculating the cut-off space and impedance of a ridge wave guide which avoids the need to describe the fringing fields at the edges of the ridges is the finite element method (FEM). One way of obtaining any of the definitions of impedance at any frequency in such a waveguide is to make use of the relationship between that at finite and infinite frequencies. The impedance at infinite frequency is readily deduced by recognising that the electric field distribution is invariant at cut-off and at infinite frequency and that the magnetic field at infinite frequency is simply related to the electric field there by the impedance of free space. This suggests that a knowledge of the electric field at infinite frequency or at the cut-off space is in practice sufficient for calculation.


VERTICAL integration, often suggesting a myriad of coordinating activities, will here imply control by complete or partial ownership, with capital flowing from the integrating to the integrated industry. The two types of integrated agriculture, then, would be ownership of farms by supply or processing firms and ownership of supply or processing firms by farmers. While the latter seems to be the more general pattern of integrated agriculture, the ownership or even contractual control of farms by supply or processing firms causes by far the most ruckus. Efficiency and welfare questions arise from both types of integration. The thrust and direction of such questions are quite different, however. Over the years, a case has been made for integration by farmers. Where farmers have successfully integrated supply or processing operations, it has been judged in the interest of both the farmer and society at large., Either efficiency is improved or an alternative to monopolistic buying or selling is provided. Since farmers enter these arrangements of their own initiative and the institutions created must compete with conventional channels, it is hard to make a case against integration by farmers. The reasons why farmers buy supply or processing facilities are significant here. It is not to improve production efficiency. It is not to obtain better industry coordination.2 It is almost always to provide a 'less monopolistic" market outlet or supply or to provide services not otherwise available. The farmer who joins his neighbor in buying a dairy plantthrough which he expects to sell his milk-does not integrate production and marketing functions in any significant way. He merely sends his milk to a different and competing processor, which he controls, in hopes of getting higher prices and/or an assured market. Integration of agricultural production by other industries seems to be significantly different in a few ways. A farmer may own a few revolving shares of a half dozen farmer-owned supply or processing outfits, but this ownership will affect his production operations very little. On the other


The upswing in brief forms of literature in the early Roman principate is marked. From Ovid to Velleius Paterculus, Phaedrus to Valerius Maximus, this aesthetic trend seems to transcend genre. Such a phenomenon has thus far been understood as arising from either the pressures of literary tradition or the transformations in the organisation of elite knowledge. This article disagrees. It posits a new prospective causality behind the eruption in brevity, namely the state of slavery and its time-conscious way of being in the world. The article performs a close comparative reading of Phaedrus' Fables alongside Velleius Paterculus' Compendium of Roman History to show how brevity and its suspension can be understood as formal constraints, acts of service and redemptive aesthetic coping modes – all determined by the historical conditions of enslavement. It concludes with a coda on the general association of poetry with bondage and constraint in the late Republic and early Empire.


In this paper, we study the problem of predicting new locations of groundwater in Jordan through the application of a proposed new method, Groundwater Prediction using Associative Classification (GwPAC). We identify features that differentiate locations of groundwater wells according to whether or not they contain water. In addition, we survey intelligent-based methods related to groundwater exploration and management. Three experimental analyses were conducted with the objective to evaluate the capability of data mining algorithms using real groundwater data from the Ministry of Water and Irrigation. In the first experiment, we investigated the performance of GwPAC against three well-known associative classification algorithms, namely CBA, CMAR and FACA. Furthermore, three rule-based algorithms — C4.5, Random Forest and PBC4cip — were investigated in the second experiment; further, so as to generalise the capability of using data mining for solving the groundwater detection problem, four benchmark algorithms — SVMs, NB, KNN and ANNs — were evaluated in the third experiment. From all the experiments, the results indicated that all considered data mining algorithms predict locations of groundwater with acceptable classification rate (all classification accuracies [Formula: see text]%), and can be useful methods when seeking to address the problem of exploring new groundwater locations.


Recent changes in education and training policy in England continue to focus on creating a 'demand-led' system in an environment where public funds are dwindling and where more responsibility is being devolved away from central government. This raises questions about governance of the system, among others, and the roles that key system actors are expected to play. This paper broadly discusses education and training system policies that focus on workforce development in England and the US, especially with regard to the role of further education colleges (community colleges in the US), employer engagement, and local workforce development bodies. The focus is on governance at the post-secondary level, as the main interest is skills development after compulsory education. The US and England share a number of features and problems that affect the education and training system, such as lack of employer involvement, the lower status of sub-baccalaureate education and training providers despite their central role in delivering vocational education and training programmes, and insufficient links between education and training provision and the labour market. The most striking differences between the American and English systems are the governance and authority structures, which are stronger in the US and afford greater scope for strategic planning by states and between states and the federal level. The experiences of community colleges in working with employers to provide workforce training may be worth further investigation as further education colleges further develop this type of provision. The US experience is less instructive with regard to quality assurance or increasing employers' engagement with education.


The first burial system of Tolaki people in prehistoric times and ancient times adopted boat-shaped grave coffin known as soronga or oduni. There were large and small soronga and there were also decorated and undecorated or plain soronga. When Islam was introduced in the Mekongga Kingdom during the leadership of King/Bokeo Laduma in 17th century and in Konawe in 18th century, the burial system was adopted. However, the tradition of using boats experienced a change. During the Islamic era, there were two shapes of grave in the Islamic grave called as ninggeo-nggeo where the grave was placed in a hole made on the side of the excavation and tinandapa where the grave was placed in a hole made in the middle of the excavation and it was intended for elite and influential ruler. There were also four models of tomb types, namely circle (buboto/loelole), rectangular (konahuu), rectangular step pyramid, elongated (menda'a), and boat-shaped (obangga). koburu bangga tomb. The distribution pattern of the tombs varied, there were converging (metobu), circular, and spreading patterns. The shape of tombstone also varied, it resembled pappilus genital, round stone, wide wood and stone, human head, knights grinding stone (oliro). It was made of stone, river stone, mountain stone, wood, and even tree was also used as a tomb marker. The boat-typed tomb still maintained because a faith that the deceased need vehicles to go to their destination. It is also affected by maritime world at the past as well as technology that lived in the past used by a collective memory.


We present an expression for an effective boundary condition for a rough periodic surface with a thin cover layer. This boundary condition was derived from an asymptotic technique known as homogenization. It is shown that the coefficients in this effective boundary condition can be interpreted as electric and magnetic polarizability densities. We apply this boundary condition to calculate the reflection coefficient of H- and E-polarized plane waves incident on a rough perfectly conducting surface. The reflection coefficients obtained here are compared to results in the literature, which demonstrate the accuracy of the effective boundary condition. We also specialize our result to obtain an effective boundary condition for a flat perfectly conducting plane with a thin cover layer.


N arratives published in this journal often illustrate the importance of the authors assuming an attitude of "reflective practitioner." The authors share with the readers their thinking about the work, actually doing the work, and then thinking about it again. The reflective practitioner thinks not only about the process and the results, but about the consequences of actions for those worked with and for him/her self. This type of reflection can lead to an enlightened and enhanced practice. Alean Al-Krenawi's article struck an important cord with us, not only because it is a vital and powerful example of how a practitioner's reflections led to important consequences for himself and his clients, but because it illustrated the need to examine the doctrines underlying our practice. Dr. Al-Krenawi was educated at an Israeli school of social work in what he calls the western social work tradition. As a Bedouin he reflected on whether traditional social work (at least as interpreted by the author) had relevance for a cultural group with as vastly a differing cultural lifestyle as tbe Bedouin group. Like most of us, while initially accepting and appreciating the approaches he was taught, then finding that they didn't always work, he began to seek ways to improve his practice. Many of his Bedouin clients played an important part in helping him change his practice. It was a perfect example of using clients as your consultants. While his paper raises issues which many of us have thought about and have had to deal with, the editors were ab-


Steady state and dynamic modelling and simulation of catalytic reforming unit of Kaduna Refining & Petrochemical Company, NNPC (Nigeria) was carried to find out the behaviour of the reactions under both steady and unsteady state conditions. The basic model together with kinetic and thermodynamic parameters and properties were taken from the literature but is developed in gPROMs (an equation oriented modelling software) model building platform for the first time rather than in MATLAB or other modelling platform used by other researchers in the past. The simulation was performed using gPROMs and the predictions were validated against those available in the literature. The validated model was then used to monitor the behaviour of the temperature, concentrations of paraffins, naphthenes and aromatics with respect to both time and height of the reactor of the industrial refinery of Nigeria. Hydrogen yield, Research octane number (RON) and temperature profiles are also reported. The components behave similarly in terms of reactions in the reactors but the time to attain quasi-steady state is different. The results are in good agreement with the industrial plant data.


We present experimental results that show oxygen related precipitate nuclei (OPN) present in P-doped, N type, CZ wafers can be dissolved using a Flash Annealing process yielding very high quality wafers for high efficiency solar cells. Flash annealing consists of heating a wafer in an optical furnace to temperatures between 1150 °C and 1250°C for a short time. This process step produces a large increase in the minority carrier lifetime (MCLT) and homogenizes each wafer. All wafers, from different axial locations of an ingot, reach nearly the same high value of MCLT. The OPN dissolution is confirmed by Oxygen analysis and injection level dependence of MCLT.


Photoelasticity is a non-contact and full-field type method of experimental stress analysis. It does not provide individual stress components directly. In this study, a new technique of stress separation is developed, in which this problem is divided into the following three: (1) determination of the difference of the principle stresses based on isochromatic data, (2) estimation of unknown boundary values from the difference of the principal stresses, and (3) computation of individual stress components inside the body based on the estimated boundary values. Problem (1) is solved by using the isochromatic fringe images obtained at incremental loading steps. Fourier transform method and direct method are applied to determine the difference of the principal stresses. Problems (2) and (3) are formulated and solved by BEM. A nonlinear optimization method is employed to solve problem (2) since the relation between the unknown boundary value and the difference of the principal stresses is nonlinear. The effectiveness of this technique is verified through numerical simulation and experimental data analysis.


Abbreviations: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD; Towards a Revolution in COPD Health study, TORCH; fluticasone propionate, FP; salmeterol, SAL; Study to Understand Mortality and Morbidity in COPD, SUMMIT; fluticasone furoate, FF; vilanterol, VI; Investigating New Standards for Prophylaxis in Reducing Exacerbations study, INSPIRE; inhaled corticosteroid, ICS; long-acting beta2agonist, LABA; long-acting muscarinic antagonist, LAMA; bipropionate, BDP; formaterol fumorate, FORF; glycopyrronium bromide, G; InforMing the Pathway of COPD Treatment, IMPACT; Efficacy and Safety of Triple Therapy in Obstructive Lung Disease, ETHOS; forced expiratory volume in 1 second, FEV1; umeclidinium, UMEC; budesonide, BUD Citation: Balkissoon R. Journal club— Do inhaled corticosteroids reduce all-cause mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? What is the latest evidence? Chronic Obstr Pulm Dis. 2021;8(1):177-184. doi: https://doi.org/10.15326/jcopdf.2020.0196


This paper examines the decision of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) that attributed competence to the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) to adjudicate complaints against decisions made by Small Claim Courts of Civil Procedure. In its judgment, the Supreme Court decided that, while the legislator does not create the court to uniform Jurisprudence of these Courts, the Superior Court of Justice shall exercise jurisdiction over the complaints to control the identity of the decision rendered by the appellate divisions of the Small Claim Courts of Civil Procedure and the jurisprudence of Superior Court. Two hypotheses are handled aiming to demonstrate the unconstitutionality of this Complaint: the first raises the possibility of the Supreme Court render unconstitutional decisions; the other is the formal and material unconstitutionality of STJ Resolution No. 12/2009, issued to regulate the procedure of the Complaint within the STJ. Both lead to the conclusion that the Supreme Court misinterpreted the system of the Small Claim Courts of Civil Procedure.


A direct proof is given in the functional representation of the invariance of the S-matrix constructed in the framework of the generalized operator canonical formalism. We find the traditional functional expression for the S-matrix (without point-splitting in the time factor) in the generalized phase space, as well as in the ghost configuration space. An explicit expression is obtained for the effective unitarizing Hamiltonian for gauge theories with constraints of arbitrary rank.


Ground filtering is one of the essential steps for processing airborne light detection and ranging data in forestry applications. However, the performance of existing methods is still limited in forested areas due to the complex terrain and dense vegetation. To overcome this limitation, we proposed an improved surface-based filter based on multi-directional narrow window and cloth simulation. The innovations mainly involve two aspects as follows: (1) sufficient and uniformly distributed ground seeds are identified by merging the lowest points and line segments from the point clouds within a multi-directional narrow window; (2) complete and accurate ground points are extracted using a cyclic scheme that includes incorrect ground point elimination using the internal force adjustment of cloth simulation, terrain reconstruction with moving least-squares plane fitting, and ground point extraction based on progressively refined terrain. The proposed method was tested in five forested sites with various terrain characteristics and vegetation distributions. Experimental results showed that the proposed method could accurately separate ground points from non-ground points in different forested environments, with the average kappa coefficient of 88.51% and total error of 4.22%. Moreover, the comparative experiments proved that the proposed method performed better than the classical methods involving the slope-based, mathematical morphology-based and surface-based methods.


This paper presents a novel topology of ultra‐low voltage (ULV) operational transconductance amplifier (OTA), which exploits several design techniques to achieve high efficiency, symmetrical slew rate, good linearity, and robustness in spite of ultra‐low voltage operation. Simulations in a commercial 130‐nm CMOS technology with 0.3‐V supply voltage show the best reported small‐signal figure‐of‐merit among 0.3‐V OTAs, with a dc gain of 56.2 dB, a unity‐gain frequency of 26.2 kHz over a 150‐pF load capacitor, and a power consumption of 139.5 nW. A symmetrical slew rate of about 3.2 V/ms is achieved, and results are consistent under process, supply voltage and temperature variations, and device mismatches.


The karyotypes of 16 populations belonging to eight species of Polygonatum from China were analysed. The chromosome numbers and karyotypes of P. omeiense, P. adnatum and P. hirtellum and the diploidy of P. tessellatum are reported for the first time. The basic chromosome numbers were x = 11, 13, 14 and 15. Based on Stebbins' karyotypic classification, the four karyotypes were recognized as 2B, 3B, 2C and 3C. Considering the arm ratio and individual chromosome size, it was concluded that the possible evolutionary trend of the karyotypes in Polygonatum was from 2B to 3C. The results show that: (1) satellite heterozygosity occurs in many species of this genus; (2) mixoploidy and B chromosomes occur in some species; and (c) karyotypes are different in different species and even in different populations of the same species. © 2009 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2009, 159, 245–254.


. A correct understanding and description of the I = 2 pp S-wave interaction is important for the extraction of the I = 0 pp S-wave interaction from experimental data and for understanding the I = 0 pp S-wave interaction theoretically. With t-channel r , f 2 ( 1270 ) exchange and the pp → rr → pp box diagram contribution, we reproduce the pp isotensor S-wave and D-wave scattering phase shifts and inelasticities up to 2.2 GeV quite well in a K-matrix formalism.


In cloud environment trust becomes one of the challenging tasks. Actually it remains problem forever for accessing the data from the cloud in a secure and efficient way. For Efficient transfer of information from one data centre to another one there should be secure channel which encompasses the shortest path with low liability that's correct information is encoded and decoded correctly at the receiver end. Cloud provides the best effort services seamlessly now it can be used in the healthcare applications. The nodes are vulnerable and there lies the possibility of the various attacks among themselves such as Sybil attack, sinkhole attack, DOS attack etc. In this paper we are proposing trust scheme by feasible path feedback algorithm between two nodes, initially, then trust between these two nodes in propagated in the whole network by achieving belief between them.


Certification standards recommended for secondary teaching majors in science and social studies suggest teachers need to specialize in one major area, but study broadly across the discipline. The narrowly defined academic majors of many colleges and universities were considered potential liabilities in achieving a comprehensive science or social studies teaching degree. For a 1-year period, final quarter secondary science and social studies students were given the National Teachers Examination (NTE) Specialty Tests for their respective fields as a measure to assess academic preparation of students with narrow focused majors. In addition, analysis of students' courses of study provided information about students' efforts to broaden their education. Our findings established that those enrolled in the Teacher Certification Program, with rigorous entrance requirements and limited enrollment, are a cohort of predominantly postbaccalaureate students with extensive preparation in their fields. The students' NTE scores ranked in the 80-90th percentile nationally, suggesting they were well prepared academically to teach the broader context assignments in the secondary schools. (Author) *********************************************************************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. * ***********************************************************************


The four Xiao's played rather important roles in the literary world of the Six Dynasties. A Probe into Four Xiao's-Literature as the Center is a new achievement in the literature study of Wei Jin and South and North Dynasties, whose innovation lies in its case study of the four Xiao's, the study of palace poems and Chanting poems.


Tax01,l isolated from the bark of several yew species, is considered the most promising cancer chemotherapeutic agent and has recently been approved for the treatment of metastatic carcinoma of the ovary.2 Taxol possesses unusually potent antileukemic and tumor inhibitory proper tie^.^ The scarcity4 and highly challenging structure have stimulated interest in its syntheS~S.~ Central to all synthetic strategies for taxol is the attachment5"t6 of the C-13 side chain to the baccatin III' nucleus. Since the presence of this side chain has proven to be essential for the biological a~tivity'~~~~~ of taxol, the development of short and practical synthetic routes for phenylisoserine derivatives, which are adaptable for industrial-scale production, has become very important. The numerous papers devoted to the preparation of enantiomerically enriched 1 include research on semisynthesis drawing from the chiral poo1,Sds8 enzymatic


This paper presents the results of walk tests that were
conducted to analyze the errors in estimation of step
length in pedestrian dead reckoning. Test data, sensor
signals of MEMS accelerometer and barometric altimeter
together with GPS positions were collected using a
pedestrian dead reckoning module developed in Tampere
University of Technology. The data sets were collected
from eight test walks that were performed by five
persons. The principles of step detection and step length
estimation were used to analyze the magnitude of the
estimation error and how it propagates to the error in the
estimate of the traveled distance. The tests showed that
although there were differences in the error growth
between the different data sets, in most cases the error in
the estimate of the traveled distance does not exceed 50
m in 20 minutes and about 1.87 km. This error
corresponds to 2.7% of traveled distance. In the best data
set, the error remained below 7 m during the whole walk,
corresponding to 0.4% of traveled distance. Even in the
poorest case, the error is below 5.4% of the traveled
distance.


To solve the optimal allocation problem of water resources with Pareto ant colony algorithm (PACA) and remote sensing (RS), we develop an optimization model in pixel scales. This model produces the largest social, economic, and environmental benefits under constraints on water supply, water demand and water quality. By limiting the local pheromone scope, dynamically updating the global pheromone and filtering the Pareto solution set, we improve the PACA to make ants move towards the optimal border with higher pheromone density, and enhance the global search capability and raise the convergence rate. To validate the feasibility and effectiveness of the PACA, a county in central China is selected as the simulation object, from which the data of the land-use pattern is obtained by using the RS technology. By solving the multi-objective model, we obtain the optimal allocation scheme for water resources with the aid of PACA on a raster map. Performance and convergence of the PACA are compared with those of the genetic algorithm (GA) and BP neural network algorithm (BP-ANN); results show that PACA can effectively solve the large-scale, multi-objective optimization model of water resources with stronger global search capability and higher convergence rate and precision.


Abstract We prove that a stable solvable group G which satisfies xn = 1 generically is of finite exponent dividing some power of n. Furthermore, G is nilpotent-by-finile. A second result is that in a stable group of finite exponent, involutions either have big centralisers, or invert a subgroup of finite index (which hence has to be abelian).


Spectral hole burning is investigated in an optical medium in the presence of Doppler broadening and Kerr nonlinearity. The Kerr nonlinearity generates coherent hole burning in the absorption spectrum. The higher order Kerr nonlinearity enhances the typical lamb dip of the hole. Normal dispersion in the hole burning region while Steep anomalous dispersion between the two hole burning regions also enhances with higher order Kerr effect. A large phase shift creates large delay or advancement in the pulse propagation while no distortion is observed in the pulse. These results provide significant steps to improve optical memory, telecom devices, preservation of information and image quality.


Although amyloid fibres are highly stable protein aggregates, a specific combination of human Hsp70 system chaperones can disassemble them, including fibres formed of α-synuclein, huntingtin or Tau. Disaggregation requires the ATPase activity of the constitutively expressed Hsp70, Hsc70, together with the J domain protein DNAJB1 and the nucleotide exchange factor Apg2. Recruitment and clustering of Hsc70 on the fibrils appear to be necessary for disassembly. Here we use atomic force microscopy (AFM) to show that segments of in vitro assembled α-synuclein fibrils are first coated with chaperones and then undergo bursts of rapid, unidirectional disassembly. Cryo-electron tomography reveals fibrils with regions of densely bound chaperones extending from the fibre surface, preferentially at one end of the fibre. Sub-stoichiometric amounts of Apg2 relative to Hsc70 dramatically increase recruitment of Hsc70 to the fibres, creating localised active zones that then undergo rapid disassembly at a rate of ∼4 subunits per second.


This introductory chapter provides a background of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), a multilateral treaty based on humanism and rule of law. Similar to the—albeit non-binding—Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the ECHR is a document that marks a change in philosophy and gives a new definition of the responsibility of the State towards the individual. It fixes basic values in times of change and paves the way towards reconciliation in Europe. Unlike in a peace treaty, not all wartime enemies participate in its elaboration, but, one by one, all the European States accede to it, signalling their consent to the values fixed by a small community of States in the early 1950s. Seven decades later, forty-seven European States have ratified the Convention. Admittedly, the new start based on common values could not prevent the outbreak of violent conflicts between Member States. At the same time, the resurgence of anti-democratic tendencies could not be successfully banned in all Member States, but such tendencies could be stigmatized as grave human rights violations in binding judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Thus, it is not surprising that the European model of human rights protection has been attractive and inspirational for other parts of the world. Nevertheless, there was and is a debate in some Member States to withdraw from the Convention as the Court's jurisprudence is seen to be too intrusive on national sovereignty.


Recommender systems are being improved by every means to be more accurate, more robust, and faster. Collaborative filtering is the mainstream type of recommendation algorithms, and its core is calculating the similarity between users or items based on ratings. Researchers recently found that the binary similarity based solely on who-rated-what rather than actual ratings output more accurate recommendation. We, from robust perspective, evaluated the binary collaborative filtering under multiple types of profile injection attacks on large dataset. Experimental results show binary collaborative filtering is more robust than actual ratings based collaborative filtering in all situations.


A calculation is presented of the effect of triple‐dipole forces on the differences of volume of 20Ne and 22Ne lattices at 0°K in the quasiharmonic approximation.


Pulse current is one of the core parameters of pulse power device. In this paper, based on a new circuit topology, a current sensor with hybrid integrator is designed, which works in LR integral mode at high frequency and RC integral mode at low frequency. First, the coil inductance is simulated using ANSYS HFSS, and the exact inductance value of the coil is obtained by comparing with the measured results. In addition, a sampling branch with low inductance is designed based on PCB board and patch resistance. Finally, the square-wave response test of the current sensor shows that the current sensor has good performance and wide bandwidth. The quickest response is to ~3ns, and the wave flattening drop within 1 μs is very small. At the same time, the sensitivity and bandwidth of the current sensor are experimentally studied, and theoretical analysis is verified. This work has important reference significance for current sensor design and effectively expands its application range.


Analysis of different methods of diesel engines conversion for operation on natural gas was carried out showing feasibility of these methods for engines of various applications. The KAMAZ V8 120/120 mm diesel engine was converted to operate on natural gas by spark ignition cycle and Cummins Kama 6L 104/127 mm diesel engine – by gas diesel (dual fuel) cycle. Gas feed and electronic engine control systems were developed for both the methods of engine conversion. For gas diesel version, modular gas feed and engine control systems were developed which could be mounted both on high-speed and medium-speed gas diesel engines. These systems were perfected during engine tests. CR fuel system for the perspective medium-speed D200 6L 200/280 mm gas diesel engine was developed jointly with the industrial partner. A computer model for simulation of engine operation was developed and calibrated on the basis of engine tests and used for the development of gas feed and engine control systems, experimental results analysis and forecasting of the parameters of the medium-speed D200 gas diesel engine. © 2018 Published by University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Engineering Mikhail G. Shatrov, prof., Moscow Automobile and Road Construction University, MADI, Leningradsky Prosp., 64, Moscow, 125319, Russia, firstname.lastname@example.com (Corresponding author) Vladimir V. Sinyavski, Moscow Automobile and Road Construction University, MADI, Leningradsky Prosp., 64, Moscow, 125319, Russia firstname.lastname@example.com 3 Ivan G. Shishlov,., Moscow Automobile and Road Construction University, MADI, Leningradsky Prosp., 64, Moscow, 125319, Russia firstname.lastname@example.com Andrey Y. Dunin, Ph.D., assoc. prof., Moscow Automobile and Road Construction University, MADI, Leningradsky Prosp., 64, Moscow, 125319, Russia, firstname.lastname@example.com Andrey V. Vakulenko, Moscow Automobile and Road Construction University, MADI, Leningradsky Prosp., 64, Moscow, 125319, Russia email@example.com 14 Mikhail G. Shatrov, Vladimir V. Sinyavski, Ivan G. Shishlov, Andrey Y. Dunin, Andrey V. Vakulenko Mobility & Vehicle Mechanics, Vol. 44, No. 2, (2018), pp 13-25 Engine tests of the gas and gas diesel engines demonstrated considerable decrease of CO2 and NOx emissions, practically no soot and lower fuel consumption compared to the base diesel engine.


Some authorities identify the Nile basin as one of the hotspots in an area where violent conflict could break out over the shared water resource because of the various hydropolitical intricacies it involves. Mounting demands for more water, an alarming population growth rate, the absence of comprehensive legal and institutional frameworks, and relations among the riparian states that are marred with suspicion and misunderstanding, are among the
major factors creating the potential for an extreme conflict in the basin. To date, the Basin states have not been able to cooperate in order to devise a solution to the issue of the Nile – the utilisation and management of Nile water for the benefit of all riparian states. One of the impediments to such a solution, is the absence of a basinwide agreement. Although there have been various agreements over the Nile River, none of these has involved more than three
states. The accords constitute one of the hurdles in the path towards cooperation. This article reviews the main agreements which have decided control over the Nile, their traits, and the implications for cooperative schemes in the basin. It also examines the current promising initiative, the Nile Basin Initiative, as a possible way forward to reach comprehensive cooperation. The article does not examine all the problems enveloping the Nile basin. It limits itself to the legal aspects of the questions of the Nile and proposes appropriate approaches to accords on the water of the Nile. Further, it concentrates on three countries, Egypt, the Sudan
and Ethiopia, which are considered to be central actors in the Nile issues and deals with the accords involving them, or concluded on their behalf, during the colonial period.


This paper addresses religious pluralism as an academic, civic, and theological challenge. Looking at religious communities in their connections and interrelations is a critical academic challenge for students of religion who would gain insight into the dynamics of religious life and identities today. The encounter of people from different religious traditions in hometown America has reshaped the context of religious life, calling for attention and serious study. In short, the study of a complex city like Fremont, CA, might well be the study of today's Silk Road, today's convivencia. Religious pluralism is also a critical civic issue for citizens of increasingly diverse societies, raising fundamental questions about the nature of civic polity, the "we" of our civic life. And, to be sure, religious pluralism is a critical theological issue for people of faith, raising fundamental questions about one's own faith in relation to the religious other. Scholarly, civic, and theological issues have their own distinctive realms of discourse and require us to think


To find the model which best coincides with the fast fading channel among the different statistical laws,The paper design the Kullback-Leibler distance and information criterion expression based on the probability theory and information theory,obtain the correct recognition rate for each candidate distribution model repeat by simulation and experiment,compare and analyze the performances of ours identification methods by statistical method.The experiments show the KL method based on Histogram than other methods to high reliability,that Webuill fading model is more suitable for modeling of the wireless channel in the environment we researched.


Common purslane ( Portulaca oleracea L.) is a drought-tolerant weed cultivated for its fresh leaves and stems. In the present study, a field experiment was conducted in 2016 to determine plant development and photosynthesis of six common purslane genotypes. The experiment was carried out according to randomized complete block design with four replications per treatment. The treatments were as follows: genotypes A, B, C and D (local populations), and genotypes E and F (commercial cultivars). During the experiment, plant biomass, plant height, leaf relative chlorophyll content (SPAD values), stomatal conductance (gs) and photosynthetic rate (A) were recorded. From the results of our study significant differences in plant height and biomass were observed among the studied genotypes. The lowest height and biomass was found in genotype D whose growth was prostrate to semi-prostrate, whereas all the other genotypes had erect growth. Differences were also observed in physiological parameters. In particular, the relative chlorophyll content (SPAD value) was the highest for genotype D, whereas stomatal conductance and photosynthetic rates were the lowest for the same genotype. Biomass yield had also positive and significant correlation with photosynthetic rate and plant height. Our results indicate that the tested genotypes had significant differences in growth habit and physiological parameters. Comparing the six genotypes, it could be suggested that apart from genotype D which had lower biomass yield due to its growth habit, the rest of the genotypes could be suitable for commercial purposes and proposed as alternative crops in semi-arid regions of the Mediterranean basin. ************************************** This submission was accepted to be presented at the conference entitled " 40 Years of Horticulture Education in Cluj-Napoca " Cluj-Napoca, September 27, 2017, being included in 'Book of Abstracts' of this special-anniversary event ( http://conference.shst.ro ). All accepted papers will be published in a special issue of Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca journal.


Sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) is a bioactive lipid mediator generated in the skin when cell membrane or barrier components are damaged. S1P regulates diverse cell activities via S1P receptors (S1PR). Keratinocytes express S1PR1–5. Although it is known that S1PRs control keratinocyte differentiation, apoptosis and wound healing, S1PR functions in keratinocyte infections are not fully elucidated. We hypothesized that S1P and S1PR-axis in keratinocytes works as a biosensor for bacterial invasion.

 The expression of S1PRs were studied by immunofluorescence and qPCR. Cytokine transcription and secretion were detected by qPCR and ELISA, respectively. siRNA and S1PR2 antagonist, JTE013, were used to test the different S1PR functions. The S1P synthesis was tested by ATP depletion assay and ELISA.

 We found a high epidermal S1PR1 and 2 expressions in human impetigo skin. In vitro, in normal human epidermal keratinocytes (NHEK), S. aureus bacterial supernatant not only induced S1P production but also increased S1PR2 transcription and TNFα, IL36γ, 6 and 8 transcriptions, confirming our in vivo observation. S1P directly increased NHEK IL36γ, TNFα and IL8 expression, but not IL6. In both, S1P and S. aureus bacterial supernatant treated NHEK, S1PR1 knock down reduced IL36γ, TNFα and IL8 transcription, while S1PR2 antagonist, JTE013, blocked their protein secretion.

 We proved that, during infections, keratinocytes communicate the infection by sensing S1P release and respond to it using receptors S1PR1 and 2, releasing pro-inflammatory cytokines.


The effect of angle-of-arrival fluctuation caused by atmospheric turbulence seriously influences the performance of the communication system in the free-space-optical communication. Variance of angle-of-arrival fluctuation is deduced from the theory of turbulent inner-and-outer scale. An experiment for angle-of-arrival fluctuation was carried out on 0.893 km line of sight link, 15000-frame grayscale images were grabbed by camera per 10 Min from 8:00 to 21:00 every day. The daily trends of the variance of angle-of-arrival fluctuation in different seasons and the effect on different wavelengths are achieved through this experiment. The experimental results indicate that the daily trends of the variance of angle-of-arrival fluctuation are different in different seasons, and the results measured at four wavelengths are similar. The results are in good agreement with the theoretical analysis.


This paper examined the relationship between study habits and the academic performance of students on the University of Cape Coast distance education programme. A Study Habits Inventory for Distance Learners (SHIDL) was used to collect data. A total of 879 participants took part in the study. ANOVA, t-test of independence, and Pearson's Product Moment correlation coefficient were used in analyzing the data. The results showed that a statistically significant relationship exists between study habits and academic performance of distance learners on one hand and mode of preparing assignments on the other hand. It is therefore concluded that successful academic performance depends on the development of good study habits. By implication, academic counseling needs to be focused on good study habits.


This paper introduced the main circumstances about the constructed wetland in Beijing Olympic Forest Park(BOFD),and discussed what ecosystem service it possesses,in order to obtain comprehensive value and raise public understanding on it.It is indicated that it's very important to evaluate ecosystem service nonuse value for BOFP constructed wetland including landscape viewing,entertainment and scientific research and education.Contingent Valuation Method(CVM) was adopted to evaluate the ecosystem service nonuse value for the constructed wetland.After designing relative questionnaires,carrying out prior survey,survey,and analyzing the output,it shows that the mean WTP(willingness to pay) for the BOFP constructed wetland's ecosystem service nonuse value was 160.23 Chinese Yuan/(household·a).Three Multi-Regression analysis methods namely Enter Regression,Step Regression and Step Regression with some variables after logarithm transformation were carried out,which established a good model to confirm that people who have more WTP are more likely to be those who learn more about constructed wetland,have better salaries and have gained better education.By choosing proper context population coming from Beijing city,the total WTP of the BOFP constructed wetland in the following 20 years was acquired as 123.3656 million Chinese Yuan/a and the total Net Present Value were 1890.4297,1614.2785 and 1398.4225 million Chinese Yuan at discount rate of 3%,5% and 7% respectively.


Wet-bulb and dry-bulb thermistors are interfaced directly with a microprocessor without the need for a separate A/D converter or other complex analog signal conditioning circuitry to provide a simple and reliable yet flexible and cost-effective approach to measuring humidity. Two such circuits are described along with the digital signal processing algorithms that help extend the range and linearize the response of the sensors. With the first approach, the thermistors become part of a dual resistor-controlled-oscillator circuit; oscillator frequencies are mapped into dry-bulb and wet-bulb temperatures. For the second approach, the thermistors reside in a pulsewidth-modulation circuit; pulsewidths are mapped into dry-bulb and wet-bulb temperatures. The transfer function and sensitivity coefficients for each circuit are calculated. Overall measurement system accuracy is limited by the uncertainties in the wet-bulb and dry-bulb sensors and not by thermal drift, component aging, variations in power supply voltages, or nonlinearities in other circuit components.


In this paper we focus on the electric power load in Beijing during this great Olympics to analyze their dynamic fluctuation and find the relationships between electric and other factors (i.e. the highest temperatures). The ARMA process is used here to illustrate the series trends and do the next day's prediction. We also do some research on the effect of the highest temperature to the electric power load, give an enhanced ARMA model to better depict and generalize the power load series. It will make valuable sense for the hold of big tournament in China and in other countries.


This work reports an experimental investigation on the recovery of polyphenols from aqueous solution by means of adsorption on polymeric resins. The target of this study is the development of a process to recover the polyphenolic compounds contained in olive mill wastewaters. The adsorption kinetics and equilibrium where investigated in a batch mixed adsorber and in a bench scale column. The desorption in alcoholic solutions was proven to be feasible. A phenomenological model of the process was implemented and the accordance between experiments and simulations is satisfactory.


Photograph of Dr. Pearl Lee Walker McNeil, an educator and social researcher, seated and smiling for her portrait to be taken inside her home.


In recent years, Anglo-Chinese educational contacts have greatly increased. Cultural exchange agreements, open door policies and individual initiatives have stimulated much exchange of information and increased cultural understanding. The interest generated has resulted in various publications disseminating information of great interest from the comparative education standpoint. To date such publications have tended to emphasise educational structure and curriculum policy. A largely neglected but equally interesting area concerns the more personal experiences of students and teachers. In this short paper we wish to review some recent developments in technical and vocational education in the People's Republic of China (PRC) andsubsequently to provide some insights into college life and lecturers conditions of employment.


The purpose of this paper is to examine how the study of ancient Egypt conducted in the medieval Islamic world influenced the development of modern Egyptology in Europe after the 15th century. Medieval Muslim scholars such as Ibn Waḥshiyya made the most remarkable achievements in the study of Egyptian hieroglyphs. They found that the ancient Egyptian language was closely related to the Coptic language, and that some of the Egyptian hieroglyphs had phonetic values. And the writings of Muslim scholars were introduced to Europe by Athanasius Kircher in the 17th century and Joseph von Hammer in the 19th century. And it is believed that the ideas of Muslim scholars provided a very important clue to Champollion in the process of deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs in 1822.


The direction of technological advancement toward autonomous aerial vehicle is increased. As a consequence of this evolution, the quad rotor used to accomplish a complex task in several fields. This paper presents the dynamic model of this miniature aerial vehicle in altitude and new dynamic model for yaw attitude movement, based on varying the arm length of quadrotor instead of varying the speed of motors to obtain a rotation around z-axis. This achieved by fixed a stepper motor in the arm of quadrotor to increase or decrease the length of the arm according to controller command for yawing movement. The controller command achieved by design PID controller with specific parameters to maintain the stability of the quadrotor in the flight path. The equipped energy to the motors during flight and maneuvering is reduced by selecting the motors' speed. The MATLAB software code used to evaluate and presents the comparison between the proposed and conventional quadrotor dynamic model. Simulation results show the robustness performance of the proposed model due to the movement around the z-axis with high system stability


of angina pectoris in 1867 by Brunton,l nitrates have been used widely as the most potent of drugs in the treatment of angina pectoris. Isosorbide dinitrate, an isomer of isomannide of dinitrate which was synthesized in 1939 by Krantz and his co-workerS2 was reported by Goldberg3 in 1948 to be one of the most active of the long-acting nitrates and nitrites for the treatment of angina pectoris. Clinically, our results correspond with those reported, i.e., that most patients who obtain relief from angina with nitroglycerin will get relief with isosorbide dinitrate. Goldberg3 showed that, sublingually, isosorbide dinitrate in doses of 5 to 10 mg produces a response within 10 minutes and lasts 2 to 3 hours. Orally 5 to 20 mg of isosorbide dinitrate produce a response in 20 minutes lasting 4 to 6 hours.


Introduction Hair analysis of anabolic steroids is mainly applied on horse samples for purposes of breeding control. The method to analyse hair samples consists of the following steps: decontamination of the hair strand, extraction of the pulverised material with methanol, purification of the raw extract using LL-extraction and HPLC-Clean up, formation of TMSderivatives, detection by GC-HRMS [1]. Anabolic compounds included in the standard procedure are clenbuterol, 19-nortestosterone (NT), testosterone (T) and several esters of both of these steroids. Investigations have been carried out to optimise the initial extraction of the hair material. An ideal procedure is characterised by the complete release of incorporated substances combined with the separation of interfering compounds. Several procedures are applicable performed either by extraction (organic solvents, buffer solutions) or by digestion of hair samples (alkaline, acidic, enzymatic, reductive pulping). The suitability of different treatments depends on the substance-specific properties and the kind of binding in hair. Therefore, the stability of the analytes under conditions required for digestion and extraction, respectively, has to be taken into consideration. Due to the usage of methanol for the standard procedure, incorporated steroids are extracted unchanged from hair. Therefore, it is possible to analyse the applied parent compounds itself, e. g. the entire esters of NT and T after intramuscular injection. However, the resulting methanol extract contains fatty impurities, and a timeconsuming sample preparation is necessary. In contrast, the alkaline digestion of hair results in cleaner solutions, but the detection of the esters of steroids is prevented due to the hydrolysis under alkaline conditions. Different methods were tested and compared with the methanol extraction, concerning sensitivity, recovery, feasibility and efficiency. Disintegration utilising the reductive agent tris(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine hydrochloride (TCEP) has been described for hair analysis [2] and was therefore of particular interest.


Objective: based on the mycoplasma urealytium culturing and drug sensitivity analysis,it is proposed that reasonable drug administration is recommended to treat Cervical erosion,and avoid adminstering drug according to personal experience.Methods: 245 suspected prostaitic fluid were cultured and undertaken drug sensitivity tests.Macrolides includes josamycin,clarithromycin,erythrocin and roxithromycin.Quinolones includes ofloxacin,ciprofloxacin and sparfloxacin.Tetracyclines includes minocycline,doxycycline and tetracycline.Result: Mycoplasma urealytium is insensitive to macrolides and quinolones,and only sensitive to tetracylines.


Prototype helicopters at the Bristol Aeroplane Company have been produced and servicing schedules have been made up detailing the maintenance work and inspection that has to be carried out after the following periods : (a) between flights, (b) daily, and (c) after 30, 60, 120 and 240 hours flying.At the time these schedules were made it was not fully realised that the work would not be carried out exactly in this way.We now learn that the airline operators are dividing their 30, 60, 120 and 240 hour inspection and maintenance schedules into small parts. One of these parts is added to the routine daily inspection, and so, by the time 240 hours of flying have been completed the whole of the interim schedules have also been completed, without withdrawing the helicopter from service. This system can only be operated providing that all work in the schedules can be split into tasks of less than, say, three hours each; there must, of course, be exceptions as obviously the overhauling of an engine takes longer than three hours.


'Virtual Worlds' now offer the possibility of realistic and sustained 'immersive' educational environments that transcend the formal curriculum (Thomas and Brown, 2009). They portend new forms of interaction and engagement that have already been glimpsed through online gaming, and go beyond these to open up a wide array of new learning opportunities that seemed unfeasible only 15 years ago (Moore, 1995). The five papers in this part-issue report findings from ongoing research of the ESRC/EPSRC-funded 'Inter-Life' Project (TLRP/TEL Phase; 2008-2011). This interdisciplinary project is investigating the emerging potential of 3D virtual worlds in education. The synergy between education and computing science is a central driver of this work. The aim of the Inter-Life Project is to investigate the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to support transition skills development for young people to enhance their management of important life transitions. In particular, we are investigating the role of Inter-Life in supporting the school to university transition (Demetriou et al, 2000; Parker et al 2004) and the development of life transition skills in young people with ability and who are presently in the care of local authorities (Connelly and Chakrabarti, 2008; West et al, 2010).


More than 300 publications have been revised for studying the thermal conductivity and the thermal radiation properties of UO2. The temperature, the porosity, the uranium to oxygen ratio and irradiation effects have an important influence on the thermal conductivity. The thermal conductivity of stoichiometric UO2 with nearly theorectical density is well known up to the melting point with a maximum uncertainity of ± 15%. Relations can be established to calculate the conductivity of porous UO2. The correlation between the conductivity and the Ö/U ratio could not be described analytically but the qualitative dependence is evident. Only a few publications could be found on thermal radiation properties of UO2; most of them are investigating the radiation transport through solid fuel. Emittance data are therefore quite speculative. The total emittance and the spectral emittance might be approximately 0.9, and not significantly dependent on temperature and porosity or surface roughness.


In the Omsk Region the morbidity of contact persons in the areas of tuberculosis from 2006 to 2009 was increased by 74.3%. In subsequent years, there was a decrease in the level of morbidity in 2012 the level of morbidity was 390.7 per 100 thousand of contacts. In the city Omsk, this index from 2006 to 2009 was increased by 344.2%. Later on, there was a decrease in the morbidity of contact persons in the areas of tuberculosis to 457.1 per 100 thousand contacts in 2012. However, based on the method of approximate estimation of the trend, the morbidity of contact persons in Omsk is not stable, and is committed to increase. All patients from the areas of tuberculosis infection in 2006-2012 in Omsk had a family contact with patients with chronic TB. The situation with the morbidity of contact persons in such areas requires the development of adequate individual preventive measures.


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Build your own computer-controlled servant. Construct your own robot or android to do your bidding! In Robots,Androids and Animatrons: 12 Incredible Projects You Can Build,electronics expert John Iovine serves up easy-to-follow plans and step-by-step instructions for constructing your very own state-of-the-art working robot that will obey your orders,act as your surrogate and even do scores of tough chores. You'll find everything you need to harness the latest robotics technologies—locomotion,sensing and control—to develop a high-tech robot,animatron or android in your own home workshop. This groundbreaking guide makes it easier than you ever imagined to: Design a lifelike robotic hand or arm that performs repetitive tasks; Build a computerized robot that uses both an expert system and a neural network—for some very unexpected behavior; Devise a robotic insect with a "brain"; Create a telepresence robot you can "get inside of" with actual arcade and virtual reality apps; Take advantage of sensing systems—tilt,bump,road and wall,light,speech,recognition,sound—even odors and gases; And much more.
Ever dream of building your own robot to do your bidding? Following the plans and instructions in this unique guide,you can construct a state-of-the-art working robot that will obey your orders,act as your surrogate,and even do some chores! Robots,Androids,and Animatron demonstrates step-by-step how to put the latest robotics technology—locomotion,sensing,and control—into a high-tech robot,animatron,or android that you can put together in your own workshop! With this book,you can—Make a lifelike robotic hand that performsrepetitive tasts;Build a computerized robot that uses both an expert systems and neural network—for some very unexpected behavior; Create a telepresence robot that you can "get inside of," with actual arcade and virtual reality applications; Build a robot with arcade applications; Create a robotic insect with a "brain"; Build a computer-controlled robotic arm; Learn about sensing systems—tilt,bump,road,and wall—light,speech recognition and sound—even odors and gases; Be the first on your block to own and operate your very own android! Plus,you get an inside look at today's on-the-job robots. . . lists of robotics organizations. . . and an extensive guide to parts suppliers for the off-the-shelf items that you don't build at home.


Published data on the use of eximer laser in therapy for circumscribed forms of atopic dermatitis are reviewed. The authors present the results of their comparative studies of treatment efficiency in patients with atopic dermatitis treated with the use of eximer laser exposure and topical glucocorticoids. The advantages of combined therapy with the use of eximer laser is demonstrated.


This review compares the gut microbiota of two economically significant freshwater fish species from India's Himalayas, Salmo trutta fario and Oncorhynchus mykiss. Knowing the composition and variety of gut microbiota in these two species is crucial to their health and productivity. Recent sequencing advances have helped to find and characterize different microbial communities in numerous habitats, including fish gut microbiota. The gut microbiota of these two fish has been compared using Himalayan literature. Proteobacteria, Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, and Actinobacteria dominate both species' gut microbiota, but their relative abundance differs. S. trutta fario has a more metabolically varied gut microbiota than O. mykiss. Scientific literature reveals that diet, water quality, seasonality, and host genetics influence the fish gut microbiome. Nutrition greatly affects the intestinal microbiome of animals. This study examines how the gut microbiota affects these fish's immune systems and probiotics' ability to boost their health and performance. This review reveals how changing the gut microbiota of these species might increase their health and production. In order to enhance the health of these commercially important fish species, there is a need for more research to understand the complex interaction between gut microbiota, host genetics, and environmental factors.


The labor market is sending out explicit signals that determine the behavior of present and potential workers. These signals give impetus to the development of education. In the past few years, for example, there has been a dramatic increase in the numbers of college students and higher educational institutions; the sphere of supplementary postcollegiate education has become substantially larger. At the present time, having a higher education is perceived as an imperative demand that is imposed by the employer, as a necessary but not sufficient condition to obtain a job. Very often, a higher education, even in places where it was not required before,


The two‐pore‐domain potassium channels TASK‐1, TASK‐3 and TASK‐5 possess a conserved C‐terminal motif of five amino acids. Truncation of the C‐terminus of TASK‐1 strongly reduced the currents measured after heterologous expression in Xenopus oocytes or HEK293 cells and decreased surface membrane expression of GFP‐tagged channel proteins. Two‐hybrid analysis showed that the C‐terminal domain of TASK‐1, TASK‐3 and TASK‐5, but not TASK‐4, interacts with isoforms of the adapter protein 14‐3‐3. A pentapeptide motif at the extreme C‐terminus of TASK‐1, RRx(S/T)x, was found to be sufficient for weak but significant interaction with 14‐3‐3, whereas the last 40 amino acids of TASK‐1 were required for strong binding. Deletion of a single amino acid at the C‐terminal end of TASK‐1 or TASK‐3 abolished binding of 14‐3‐3 and strongly reduced the macroscopic currents observed in Xenopus oocytes. TASK‐1 mutants that failed to interact with 14‐3‐3 isoforms (V411*, S410A, S410D) also produced only very weak macroscopic currents. In contrast, the mutant TASK‐1 S409A, which interacts with 14‐3‐3‐like wild‐type channels, displayed normal macroscopic currents. Co‐injection of 14‐3‐3ζ cRNA increased TASK‐1 current in Xenopus oocytes by about 70 %. After co‐transfection in HEK293 cells, TASK‐1 and 14‐3‐3ζ (but not TASK‐1ΔC5 and 14‐3‐3ζ) could be co‐immunoprecipitated. Furthermore, TASK‐1 and 14‐3‐3 could be co‐immunoprecipitated in synaptic membrane extracts and postsynaptic density membranes. Our findings suggest that interaction of 14‐3‐3 with TASK‐1 or TASK‐3 may promote the trafficking of the channels to the surface membrane.


As the de facto data plane technique of Software-Defined Networking (SDN), OpenFlow introduces significant programmability to enable innovative network applications. However, the simple OpenFlow data plane only maintains flow-level counters and lacks an efficient mechanism to manage network-level states, which limits its support for advanced state-aware applications. Regularly pulling whole state information from the data plane to the controller might incur untimely response to important network-level states such as CPU exhaustion, switch overload, etc and cause unnecessary traffic. To address above challenges, we introduce a novel Network-level State Management Architecture (NeSMA) to efficiently support advanced network-level state-aware applications by exploiting the opportunity of SDN central control. The data plane could be configured to check state regularly and report to the controller when triggered by state transitions. We design both sequential and parallel composition methods to deal with complex network-level states in NeSMA. To demonstrate the feasibility of our approach, we implement a software prototype of NeSMA, based on which we develop a data-center flow scheduling application. Experimental results show that NeSMA can process network-level states with low network resource consumption and high scalability without compromising packet forwarding efficiency.


Purpose – This paper aims to provide a deeper understanding of the effective use of Facebook within the hotel industry. It explored which current Facebook practices are effective/persuasive using the elaboration likelihood model (ELM) as the main theoretical foundation. Design/methodology/approach – Using an experimental design, the effects of consumers' exposure to treatments, involving different levels of elaboration and source credibility, were examined to determine whether consumer's process information from Facebook communication through a central or peripheral route. Findings – The results of this research showed that consumer attitudes are affected by the source credibility, but not by the level of elaboration. Also, intentions to stay at the hotel and intentions to engage with the hotel brand via social media were not affected by the level of elaboration or source credibility. Research limitations/implications – This study presents an important step forward in understanding how consumer persuasion...


Federal Court of Australia, Full Court, Reeves, Farrell Colvin JJ, 24 July 2018. Dismissing creditor's petitions based on certificates of taxation and costs order paid by certain congregation and therefore no more debt was due or payable.


The reasons why supervisory/line management relationships are one of the most frequently cited causes of workplace negative emotions are poorly understood. Existing research on emotions at work provides some clues but largely omits the role of relational context. Drawing on attachment theory, the present research develops a model suggesting that employees hold differing relational models of their supervisory relationship in conjunction with global relational models that they bring with them to the workplace. Together, these relational models are associated with different interpretations of supervisor behaviour, which in turn are associated with differences in emotional reactions. The model was tested with a survey of 174 nurses employed in a UK NHS Trust. Some support was found for the propositions. The research highlights that in order to understand why negative emotions occur in supervisory relationships it is important to examine affective events within the historical relational context in which they occur.


It has been known for centuries that most external anatomical features of the human body are bilaterally symmetric, and that many of the internal organs have highly conserved Left‐Right (LR) asymmetries. However, we are only beginning to understand the developmental mechanisms that coordinate and execute bilateral symmetry and LR asymmetry. This lecture will provide a brief overview of LR developmental pathways that impact cardiovascular and neural development, and a view toward the future, in which the LR development field will impact basic sciences, human genetics and clinically relevant biomedical research.


Background: The COVID-19 pandemic is an infectious disease that has spread worldwide. Prevention of COVID-19 can be suppressed with a good level of knowledge and positive attitudes and behaviors. The community needs to play a role in breaking the chain of transmission of COVID-19 by implementing health protocols. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between the level of public knowledge about COVID-19 and the attitudes and behavior of the people of Denpasar City towards obesity, which are more susceptible to infection with COVID-19. Method: This type of non-experimental research with correlational design and cross-sectional design. The number of samples in this study was 400 respondents using simple random sampling. Data collection uses a questionnaire via WhatsApp with a google form. Results: The results showed that there was a relationship between public knowledge about COVID-19 and the attitudes and behavior of the people of Denpasar City towards obesity being more susceptible to infection with COVID-19 with p = 0.000 and r = 0.307 for attitudes and p = 0.000 and r = 0.408 for behavior. Conclusion: A strong correlation between the variable level of knowledge and attitudes and behavior and the direction of the relationship is positive, which means the better the level of knowledge, the better the attitude and behavior of the community to prevent contracting COVID-19.


The efficacy of the drug encapsulated in the polymeric matrix is closely related to the kinetics of drug release from the matrix, therefore the study about the kinetic release of a drug from a certain matrix is essential to be carried out. This study aims to evaluate the release of β-carotene from the starch-chitosan crosslinked by tripolyphosphate matrices (starch-chitosan/TPP) in the in vitro digestive media (artificial intestinal fluid (AIF) and artificial gastric fluid (AGF)) as well as in ethanol, and to evaluate the antioxidant activity of the released β-carotene. The effect of starch types, i.e. native and acid hydrolyzed starch, on both parameters was investigated. The results show that the β-carotene release in AIF is slower than that in AGF. In each applied medium, the release rate of β-carotene from hydrolyzed starchchitosan/TPP matrices is slower than from native starch-chitosan/TPP matrices. The release kinetics of β-carotene in absolute ethanol medium follows the Korsmeyer-Peppas model with an exponent of release (n) value for encapsulation products using the native starch-chitosan/TPP matrix and using the hydrolyzed starch-chitosan/TPP matrix are 0.14 and 0.16, respectively. This value indicates that the mechanism of β-carotene release in both matrices follows the quasi-fickian diffusion. Furthermore, the antioxidant activity of β-carotene released from the matrices does not decrease significantly after encapsulation, indicating the effectiveness of the matrices in protecting the activity βcarotene.


Introduction: Municipal solid waste (MSW) incineration fly ash is a harmful residue formed during the incineration process. It contains high concentrations of hazardous heavy metals, such as lead, zinc, aluminum, and iron.Methodology: In this study, bioleaching integrated with an electrokinetic approach for heavy metal remediation from MSW incineration fly ash using Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans bacteria was tested.Results and discussion: The physicochemical properties of fly ash included a particle size of 26.1 μm, with the presence of heavy metals. A. ferrooxidans and A. thiooxidans produced sulphuric acid (0.0289 M and 0.0352 M) during the proliferation; this acid enhances the bioleaching of heavy metals from fly ash. The results of an integrated approach showed an 85%, 47%, 92%, 85%, 46%, 67% 11%, and 55% removal of the heavy metals K, Na, Ca, Mg, Al, Zn, Pb, and Mg, respectively, in the presence of A. ferrooxidans. Overall, these results evidenced that heavy metals were completely removed from the fly ash using an integrated approach. Therefore, this integrated approach can be used as an effective heavy metal removal method for treating fly ash in MSW.


This study was aimed to evaluate the implementation of good manufacturing practice (GMP), microbiological quality of meat and their relationship at the slaughterhouses in the Province of Bangka Belitung Islands. Thirteen slaughterhouses were used in this study. Questionnaires were used to measure the implementation of 7 GMP aspects (location, layout and design, main building facilities, equipment, production, personal hygiene and sanitation). The data were observed by interviewing the respondents (butchers). Microbiological quality of meat were determine by using Total Plate Count (TPC) method. Data implementation of GMP were descriptively analysed. The relationship between GMP implementation and microbiological quality were analysed by Pearson Product Moment correlation. The results showed that GMP implementation score in this study was 2.43 of 5 of all GMP aspects. No slaughterhouse had implemented all 5 aspects. TPC of meat was 4.34 log CFU/ml. There was negative correlation between GMP implementation and TPC value (r = - 0.396 (P < 0.030)). It is concluded that slaughterhouses had implemented some aspects of GMP with the percentage level of 45.99%,(40 – 60%). There was negative correlation between the implementation of GMP and microbiological quality of meat at the slaughterhouses in the Province of Bangka Belitung Islands.


This guide is meant to serve as a reminder of the concepts and strategies we discussed during our library information session. The guide includes basic how-to's and research strategies to help you get started. This includes some general search tips that apply across databases and search engines.


A database of head-related transfer function (HRTF) and morphological measurements of human subjects and mannequins is presented. Data-driven HRTF estimation techniques require large datasets of measured HRTFs and morphological data, but only a few such databases are freely available. This paper describes an on-going project to measure HRTFs and corresponding 3D morphological scans. For a given subject, 648 HRTFs are measured at a distance of 0.76 m in an anechoic chamber and 3D scans of the subject's head and upper torso are acquired using structured-light scanners. The HRTF data are stored in the standardized "SOFA format" (spatially-oriented format for acoustics) while scans are stored in the Polygon File Format. The database is freely available online.


In this paper we use optimal control techniques, SEIR model of Covid 19 in case Indonesia, in order to establish vaccination, personal protective measures and treatment plans to control the spread of an infectious disease. We validate them by the use of the Maximum Principle. The findings revealed that the best practice of combining all three intervention measures considerably reduces the proportion of people who are exposed and symptomatic, as well as those who are asymptomatic.


Second only to immediate family, child care is the context in which early childhood development unfolds. Starting as early as infancy, high quality child care affects a child's ability to succeed in school, to develop relationships, and to master social competence. Elements of high quality infant and toddler child care include: small groups, high staff-to-child ratios, a primary caregiver, adherence to health and safety policies and procedures, highly trained staff, well-planned and interesting environments, and cultural and linguistic competence and continuity. What is the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG)?


Abstract : Simulated back reflection and transmission x-ray laue patterns have been generated on a digital computer of beta-SiC and alpha-SiC polytypes 2H, 4H, 6H, and 15R. For each polytype, the Laue patterns corresponding to the (100), (001), (111) and (210) crystal orientations are generated as well as the corresponding stereogram. The Laue Patterns are based on a specimen to film distance of 3.0cm, and each Laue spot is scaled in proportion to the relative intensity of the particular reflection and the number of superimposed reflection orders. Only those (hkl) values consitent with the space group vanishings of the particular polytype are plotted. The simulated Laue patterns are presented in indexed and unindexed plots to enhance pattern symmetry recognition. The use of these patterns for the rapid identification of polytype is demonstrated.


This paper reports a study on the microstructure of two series of copolyperoxides of α-methylstyrene, with styrene and with methyl methacrylate. The copolyperoxides were synthesized by the free radical-initiated oxidative copolymerization of the vinyl monomer pairs. The copolyperoxide compositions obtained from the 1 H and 13 C NMR spectra led to the determination of the reactivity ratios. The product of the reactivity ratios indicates that α-methylstyrene forms a block copolyperoxide with styrene and a random copolyperoxide with methyl methacrylate. Microstructural parameters like average sequence length, run number, etc. have been determined for the latter copolyperoxide from analysis of its 13 C NMR spectrum. The aromatic quaternary and carbonyl carbons were found to be sensitive to triad sequences. The end groups of the copolyperoxides have been identified by 1 H NMR as well as FTIR spectroscopic techniques. The thermal degradation of the copolyperoxides has been studied by differential scanning calorimetry, which confirms the alternating peroxide units in the copolyperoxide chain.


This paper examines the teaching of Wiḥdat al-Wujūd in Majelis Shalawat Muhammad in Surabaya and Bojonegoro from 2011 to the study period. As a Sufi "organization," Majelis Shalawat under Gus Kahar and Gus Mursyidin (murshid) learned the Sufi thoughts on Ibnu 'Arabi doctrine. This article was established on qualitative research using participatory techniques, in which the author was deeply involved in the Majelis Sahalawat. On the one side, this paper explores the Sufi education system of Gus Kahar and Gus Mursyidin from 'lelaku' or riyāḍah. The result of the inquiry presented a connection between the sanad and Sufi scholars in Java. On the other hand, Sufi thought in various Majelis Shalawat indicates a strong Wiḥdat al-Wujūd thought. This article argues that the thought of Wiḥdat al-Wujūd continuing living from time to time is proven by the thoughts of the two murshids in Majelis Shalawat Muhammad in East Java. These two murshids do not directly use the term Wiḥdat al-Wujūd; instead, the term aḥad or aḥadiyah is more frequent, which is synonymous with Wiḥdat al-Wujūd doctrines of Ibnu 'Arabi. It also emphasizes that Indonesian Sufism denotes the importance of locality and cultural catharsis within Javanese Muslim's spiritual practices.


To make strategy selecting more accurate and scientific.researching on high-quality corporation strategy selecting of green technological innovations with support vector machine contributes to environmental protection and the sustainable development of corporations.Support vector machine was applied to corporation strategy selecting of green technological innovation in this paper.In simulation study,LibSVM software was adopted to establish the model,grid-search method was used to optimize the penalty parameter and core function parameter to achieve better generalization performance,and actual cases were analyzed.The simulation results show that the support vector machine model has good performance for strategy selecting and can help corporations make green decision rapidly and accurately.


An easily reusable software framework can reduce software maintenance costs and improve development efficiency.Based on hierarchical state machine,a highly scalable,object-oriented,reusable state machine engine is designed and implemented which is based on event-driven model,with resources management,exception handling,and a template-based code generator.In this paper,the overall framework of the state machine engine and the key mechanism used are described in details.In the end,the framework is applied to a real project.


Ginseng and American ginseng were ashed by drying-method, the residues were dissolved by HNO_3.Ten trace elements including copper, zinc, iron, manganese, cobalt, nickel, calcium, magnesium, cadmium and lead in the solution were determined by flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry.


Thispaperdetails thedesign andtesting ofahigh transportation industry, isthattheoverall efficiency ofthe dynamic performance, modular linear permanent magnet (PM) machine isimproved because onlythosearmature modules machine anddrive system withanFPGA basedcontroller. whichcanactively contribute toforceproduction are Advantages ofthemodular design andtheimpacts ofthis energized atanytime.Inaddition toitsmanybenefits the arrangement onthedrive andcontrol systems arediscussed. A ener ata t . n a ns ma nybeintefs,th modular nature ofthismachine offers someinteresting complete description oftheprototype machine isgiven, includingtechnical challenges inthedesign ofthepowerelectronic and themajordesign choices andconstruction. The necessary functions ofthepowerelectronic drive areexplained, asarethe control systems employed indriving themachine. tasks andarchitecture ofthesystem control. Finally, results Theuseoffield programmable gatearray (FPGA)versus fromextensive testing oftheentire system arepresented. processor basedcontrol hasbecomeofsignificant interest in thelast decade. Thebenefits ofusing anFPGA include I.INTRODUCTION increased dependability withdedicated hardware, the versatility ofparallel execution andfaster possible loop Linear electromagnetic machines areincreasingly being speeds. Thescheme usedtocontrol theprototype machine usedtoreplace existing rotary tolinear motionsystems.consists ofacurrent hysteresis loopimplemented using an Currently, theprimary marketsectors ofapplication are FPGA. machining andfabrication environments aswellasthe transportation industry. Inaddition, boththeU.S.Navyand


The SNAP 8 reactor bearings are designed to provide low-friction self-lubrication at 1150 F while in the environment of a nuclear reactor operating in space. A four-phase program is described that has successfully developed these low-speed, oscillating bearings. Phase One was the study and screen testing of static adhesion of bearing materials. Phase Two was the study and screen testing of bearing materials in sliding couple. Phase Three was the application of the bearing materials into bearing designs where prototypes were fabricated and tested. And Phase Four was the optimizing and testing of the final designs for reactor ground test in "poor" vacuum (10−5 torr), and simulated space—ultrahigh clean vacuum (10−9 torr). Results of shock and vibration tests are also presented. Contributed by the ASLE Aerospace Council and presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Lubrication Engineers held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 3–5, 1966. Work performed under AEC Contract AT(I1-l)-GEN- 8


ABSTRACT With the continuing growth of the tourism industry over recent decades, has come a change in tourist behavior from the traditional stereotypical 3-S tourist (sun, sand, sex) to an increasingly sophisticated and demanding tourist. These "new" tourists like to learn about history, nature, and wildlife, and they expect an educational component on wildlife tours. This study investigated swim-with-dolphin tours in Kaikoura, New Zealand with regard to the educational content and the overall anatomy of these tours, using data from observations on a total of 32 tours during December 2011. The resulting data were then compared with the data from Hrycik and Forestell's study, which investigated the content of questions asked by passengers on whale-watching tours in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. Results of the on-tour observations indicate that the surveyed tours display a structured approach to interpretation, which is customized to the specific tour anatomy of a "swim-with" tour, and varies in some parts significantly from "watch-only" tour interpretation.


Background Social support groups are an important resource for people to cope with problems. Previous studies have reported the different types of support in these groups, but little is known about the type of reactions that sharing of personal experiences induce among members. It is important to know how and to what extent members of support groups influence each other regarding the consumption of medical care. We researched this in a web-based Facebook group of women sterilized with Essure. Essure was a device intended for permanent contraception. From 2015 onward, women treated with Essure for tubal occlusion raised safety concerns and numerous complaints. Objective This study aimed to evaluate the use of social support in a Facebook community named "Essure problemen Nederland" (EPN; in English, "Essure problems in the Netherlands"). Methods All posts in the closed Facebook group EPN between March 8 and May 8, 2018, were included. In total, 3491 Facebook posts were analyzed using a modified version of the Social Support Behavior Codes framework created by Cutrona and Suhr in 1992. Posts were abstracted and aggregated into a database. Two investigators evaluated the posts, developed a modified version of the Social Support Behavior Codes framework, and applied the codes to the collected data. Results We found that 92% of messages contained a form of social support. In 68.8% of posts, social support was provided, and in 31.2% of posts, social support was received. Informational and emotional support was the most frequently used form of provided social support (40.6% and 55.5%, respectively). The same distribution was seen with received social support: informational support in 81.5% and emotional support in 17.4% of cases. Our analysis showed a strong correlation between providing or receiving social support and the main form of social support (P<.001). In a total of only 74 (2.2%) cases, women advised each other to seek medical care. Conclusions The main purpose of women in the EPN Facebook group was to provide and receive informational or emotional support or both.


Political parties that cannot meet the requirements set up by statute for participation in the direct primary, or for the holding of legal conventions, are authorized in most states to choose their candidates by an alternative method. The statutory provisions on this matter vary widely. Some states follow a liberal policy, making it relatively easy for small parties to get a place on the ballot with their candidates' names identified by the party name or emblem. A few states follow a different policy, and make it difficult for small parties to put forward their candidates and allow no distinction upon the ballot between independent candidates and the candidates of small parties. The forty-eight states may be divided into several classes as respects their statutory provisions for the nomination of candidates by new political parties and small parties which cannot meet the statutory definition of a political party: 1. States prescribing no minimum size for a political party to participate in the favored method of nomination, whether convention or direct primary—six states. In these states, new and small parties are in the most favored position. In the matter of nominating candidates and gaining a place on the general election ballot, they are accorded equal treatment with parties of long standing and substantial size.


Minshat Ezzat is one of the small villages of the Sinbillawein District (Dakahlia Province) located 40km to the south of Mansoura and 20km to the southwest of Mendes2• The excavation areas at Minshat Ezzat are agricultural lands. It was unknown to Egyptologists as an archaeological site until 1997. When a farmer using a part of these agriculture lands accidentally found a sculpture fragments, comparable to old kingdom types, and fragments pottery vessels dated to the Late Predynastic Period, the inspection of the Dakahliah Province immediately put these lands under the control and supervision of the Supreme Council of the Antiquities.


Part 1 Sociability: sociability and misogyny in the life of John Cannon, 1684-1743, Tim Hitchcock manliness, effeminacy and the French - gender and the construction of national character in 18th-century England, Michele Cohen. Part 2 Virtue and friendship: the body of the friend - continuity and change in masculine friendship in the 17th century, Alan Bray and Michel Rey homo religiosus - masculinity and religion in the long 18th century, Jeremy Gregory James Boswell's manliness, Philip Carter. Part 3 Violence: reforming male manners - public insult and the decline of violence in London, 1660-1740, Robert B. Shoemaker boys will be boys? - manhood and aggression 1660-1800, Elizabeth Foyster. Part 4 Sexuality: "nothing is so secret but shall be revealed" - the scandalous life of Robert Foulkes, David Turner "the majesty of the masculine-form" - multiplicity and male bodies in 18th-century erotica, Karen Harvey. Part 5 Conclusion: the old Adam and the new man - emerging themes in the history of English masculinities, 1750-1850, John Tosh.


This paper discusses the historical relationship between states and indigenous peoples. It deals specifically with how nations in their drive to industrialize must choose between national identity and economic development, on the one hand, and on the other, the survival of an apparently negligible segment of their societies, the indigenous peoples. Drawing on case studies of the Batang Ai dam in Sarawak, Malaysia, the Narmada Valley Project in India, and the Three Gorges Project in China, this study examines the divergence between macro- and micro-interests, most clearly illustrated by the egregious impacts of hydraulic projects on indigenous peoples of Asia.


Tuneable vibration absorbers (TVAs) are used as semi-active controllers to reduce the undesirable vibrations in applications such as electrical transmission lines, machining processes, gas turbines, engines, and bridges. In this paper, the application of a TVA to suppress vibration of a cantilever plate is presented. The TVA, including mass, spring, and damper elements, is attached to the cantilever plate under harmonic excitation. In addition, the effect of the spring mass is considered in this analysis, which cannot be neglected in the small-scale problems. After the formulation of the problem, the optimum specifications of the absorber, including the spring stiffness and its position, are determined using an algorithm based on mode summation method. Using a numerical algorithm, the spring stiffness of the absorber and its best position are found for different values of excitation force position and frequency.