Primary processing of grain is one of the most important technological operations,which determines the grain safety. Unlike the existing treatment technologies based on the use of a large set of bulky, power-hungry and expensive grain cleaning machines and standard grain on the proposed technology, the process of processing of grain, consists of three technological operations:clean-normalization of grain heap of small and light impurities chaff, straw, dust and other light impurities, with the simultaneous drying of the surface grain and its disinfection.


10. In Assyrian it would be : iqbi-llla: min~z lepus? qz2l dame akhi-ka itsarakh (or tsaiileh) ana el~=va zilli( ~'r»ari. The 7'.1. i'31~ must be substituted for the ungrammatical D'7y~, -o(ikiiii ' of the Rlassoretic text. It was the voice of the blood ' that cried out, not the blood. Yahweh was the guardian of the West Semitic shepherds, though Cain disclaimed being so, and. He would avenge their death. The blood of the murdered man


Evolvable and Adaptive Hardware (EAH) Systems have been a subject of study for about two decades. This paper argues that viewing EAH devices in isolation from the larger systems in which they serve as components is somewhat dangerous in that EAH devices can subvert the design hierarchies upon which designers base verification and validation efforts. The paper proposes augmenting EAH components with additional machinery to enable the application of model-checking and related Cyber-Physical Systems techniques to extract evolving intra-module relationships for formal verification and validation purposes.


Automobile accident research has increased rapidly in recent years. Yet few researchers in the physical and social sciences, in engineering, in medicine and in statistics are satisfied with the adequacy of presently available accident cause information upon which prevention is based. This article discusses how research and accident prevention efforts in the United States have taken on many forms. These include highway and vehicular design, driver education in the schools, statistical studies of accident rates on different types of highways, publicity and development of community organizations to gain public support of safety efforts, enforcement of safety regulations, driver tests, psychological studies, and many more.


Compressed-air energy storage (CAES) technology represents an economically attractive and technically innovative approach to improving electric utility load management and providing other benefits. To achieve the full potential offered by CAES, it is necessary to realize the best possible reliability, availability, and maintainability (RAM) performance of the system and its components. With this in mind, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) sponsored a two-phase project to develop models. For the first phase, three generic types of CAES plant designs that use salt dome, hard rock, and aquifer (porous rock) geologies were modeled. The objectives in developing these models were to evaluate the expected RAM performance of alternative designs, to investigate trade-offs among design parameters affecting RAM, and to provide models and analysis techniques for use by industry sectors interested in evaluating CAES plants. The second phase of the project was to apply the models to predict the RAM performance of the first US CAES plant, constructed by the Alabama Electric Cooperative (AEC). A detailed fault-tree model of the plant was developed that describes the most likely shutdown and control trip failure modes and probable causes. The model and reliability database describing the plant will be useful to AEC in makingmore » decisions affecting reliability improvement and initial spare parts inventory.« less


This dictionary contains thousands of definitions from various related disciplines and minimizes the need for several dictionaries. The book defines everything from AAMI (Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation) to zymogen (proenzyme). The editor, an internationally recognized expert in the area of biomaterials, has combined knowledge from the fields of medicine, pharmacology, physiology, polymer chemistry, biochemistry, metallurgy, and organic chemistry.


The construction of teaching quality guarantee system is beneficial to cultivating innovative talent.Scientific resources should be given full play to,basic elements of training innovative talent be infiltrated into the training process,a plan be set up for training talent,practical ability and basic quality for doing scientific research be strengthened,teaching methods and examination methods be reformed,a new cultural atmosphere be created,a incentive-oriented quality monitoring system be perfected and the quality of cultivating innovative talent be improved through educational innovation.


The main subject of this study is to determine geography and geography education students' perceptions of "the structure of the Earth" by the method of phenomenographic analysis. A total of 152 undergraduate geography students from Marmara University's Geography and Geography Education Departments were included in the study in the academic year 2011-2012. Of the students, 102 (67.11%) were male and 50 (32.89%) were female; 60 (39.47%) were studying in the Department of Geography and 92 (60.53%) in the Department of Geography Education. In the study, a semi-structured questionnaire was used for data collection. In order to analyse the data, the following steps were conducted respectively: (1) coding and classification, (2) the creation of leading categories, (3) the creation of description categories, and (4) the creation of a description map. As a result of the analysis of the data obtained, it was revealed that the students described "the structure of the Earth" in eight different categories and six different ways. Among the categories, "the structure of the Earth is the structure which is composed of several layers" had the highest number of "metaphors" with a total of 59 records (39%).


Prairie Creek (PC) and Twin Knobs #1 (TKl) are Late Cretaceous diatremes of olivine lamproite in the Murfreesboro field, Arkansas, and are separated by ca. 1 km. Prairie Creek has a historical grade of 13 carats/ 1(X) tonnes, whereas TKl has a grade of <1 carat/100 tonnes (Waldman et al., 1987). We have used the proton microprobe to obtain rapid, non-destructive trace-element analyses of macrocryst (>0.5 mm) garnet, chromite and ilmenite in heavy-mineral concentrates from PC and TKl. The aim is to test the usefulness of such analyses in evaluation of diamond exploration targets, and to explain the difference in grade of these adjacent diatremes.


Let G = (V, E) be a simple graph. G is said to be a mean cordial graph if  f : V(G)→{0,1,2} such that for each edge uv the induced map f* defined by f*(uv) = where  denote the least integer which is ≤ x and |e f (0) - e f (1)| ≤ 1 where e f (0) is no.of edges with zero label. e f (1) is no.of edges with one label. The graph that admits a mean cordial labeling is called a mean cordial graph(MCG).In this paper , we proved that P n ʘK 1 , (P n +K 1 ) , P n × P n ,(P n :C 3 ) ,(P n : S 1 ) , P n ×P 2 ,P n +2K 1 Z-(P n ) are mean cordial graphs. Keywords : Mean cordial labeling, Mean cordial graph. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification 05C78.


Objective:To investigate the typical correlation between the intermittent EEG monitoring findings and the clinical signs in patients with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). Methods: Of 8 patients with CJD(2 males and 6 famales), the serial standard EEGs during different stages of the disease were conducted and the findings of the EEGs were analyzed. Result:In all the 32 recording of EEGs, the typical periodic synchronous discharges(PSDs) consisting of triphasic sharp waves were found when the occurrence of ataxia, myoclonus or disturbance of consciousness. Conclusions: The proceed of PSD depends on the advanced stage of CJD. The appearance of PSDs is very important in diagnosis and prognosis of CJD.


Objective To explore the tissue oxygen metabolism during cardiopulmonary bypass opera-tion of children , through the chance of plasma lactate.Methods Twenty children with congenital disease,below6 ~10years, were assigned into tow-groups. Non-cyanosis congenital disease was infused to Agroup. Cy-anotic congenital disease was infused to B group. Arterial blood lactate lever were measured before operation,before CPB, after CPB30'ewarming 34℃, after CPB1-3'and finishing operation.Results After CPB, theplasma lactate level of both groups increased gradually, was the highest in rewarming 34℃, then slowly re-duced. The change of lactate was significant higher in CPB30′(P0.01),in rewarming34℃, after CPB(1 ~3s) and in finishing operation than before operation and before CPB (P0.05).Conclusion The increase ofthe level of plasma lactate during CPB indicated decrease of tissue intaking oxygen; It was necessary that therewas full oxygen supply during CPB.


The reduction of N2 to NH3 by using transition-metal complexes has been studied energetically because they can convert N2 to NH3 at r.t. and 1 atm. We have reported the first example of the electrochemical reduction of N2 to NH3 using the W.E. coated with Cp2TiCl2–supported ionic liquid under ambient conditions [1]. An ionic liquid, which is a salt in a liquid state under ambient conditions, has recently been employed in a number of different research fields, because it has several unique properties such as low volatility, large electrochemical window, high thermal and chemical stabilities, and high electric conductivity [3]. The reduction of small molecules, such as CO2 and O2, in ionic liquid has been researched because the reactivity is different from that in conventional organic solvents. On the other hand, the reduction of N2 to NH3 in ionic liquid has never been reported. In our study [1], we noticed an ionic liquid, 1−butyl−1−methylpyrrolidinium tris(pentafluoroethyl)trifluoro−phosphate ([C9H20N] [(C2F5)3PF3] ), which is appropriate for use as a supporting material, because of its high chemical stability [2]. When the controlled potential electrolysis was carried out at -1.5 V (vs. Ag/AgCl), the yield of NH3 per Cp2TiCl2 and current efficiency were 27% and 0.2%, respectively, which are significantly higher in comparison with those reported previously [1, 4]. In this paper, we will report the controlled potential electrolysis by Cp2TiCl2 9H20N] [(C2F5)3PF3] – under other experimental conditions [1].


Monte Carlo simulations of diluted Ising-type antiferromagnets in a uniform external magnetic field in three dimensions show rather strong irreversibilities in the magnetization and a slow relaxation of the remanent magnetization of the domain state. A detailed investigation of the domain state and its relaxation shows that for low temperatures domains are strongly pinned at vacancies and that relaxation primarily takes place in the domain walls.


Diagnosing a plant problem when there are no apparent biotic (disease pathogen or pest) causes can present a real challenge. An abiotic plant problem is not caused by any disease organisms or insects. An accurate diagnosis, whether biotic or abiotic, involves both science, (botany, entomology and pathology) and art (strategy, investigation and decision making). Abiotic problems can be very difficult to diagnose because they include site conditions, weather and cultural practices. Determining the difference between the " symptom " and the " sign " of a problem is the first step in making a diagnosis. A " symptom " is the plant's reaction to the causal agent. Typical distress symptoms of an abiotic problem may include very slow growth, poor foliage color, scorch, sparse growth, die-back, or even death of the plant. A " sign " is the actual presence of organisms such as insects, mites, or fungal mycelia (the vegeta-tive part of a fungus). Insect or disease injury may be present but not severe enough to be the primary cause of the problem. This fact sheet deals with typical abiotic problems of woody plants, especially trees. Woody plants, unlike herbaceous plants, are most severely affected by abiotic problems. Herba-ceous plants tend to adapt better to adverse site conditions than woody plants. They also are less expensive, not as permanent, and easier to replace if they die than trees and shrubs. Unfortunately, by the time many gardeners notice that a tree or shrub is dying, it is already too late for a cure. That is why the recognition and prevention of adverse site conditions is very important. Regular consultations with a licensed and certified tree expert (arborist) can be very helpful. Problems with trees require a site visit for an accurate diagnosis. Always select an arborist who is a member of a professional association, such as the Maryland Arborist Association or the International Society of Arboriculture. You may also want to check references regarding their performance. Grade changes typically are necessary during new building construction. Any addition or subtraction from the natural soil grade will adversely affect tree roots. Certain species of trees respond to grade changes differently than others. Sometimes, very young plants adjust to minor soil grade changes. However, older, well established trees and shrubs are very sensitive to grade changes around their root systems. Trees particularly sensitive to grade changes are American beech, tulip poplar and oak. …


This study examined the relationship of the tourist motivation and the cognitive image including the affective component, the structures of the cognitive image and the affective image, and the effects of these image on the tourist's revisit intention. The cannonical correlation and multiple regression analysis show that both cognitive and affective image are differently related with the tourist motivation, and that the relationship of cognitive image and affective image are statistically significant. Some theoretical and practical implications regarding tourism destination images in Jeju island are discussed.


Spontaneous fluctuations of the functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) signal during the resting state have been characterized by the dominant spectral components in the low‐frequency (<0.1 Hz) range. Although previous studies have reported the spatial patterns of activity of the resting‐state network (RSN), the frequency‐dependent characteristics (i.e., spectral coherence) of the resting state activity have not been fully investigated. This article describes the novel application of a non‐negative matrix factorization (NMF) algorithm to the decomposition of the magnitude spectra of fMRI time‐series into distinct spectral components. From the fMRI data of healthy volunteers during the resting state, the frequency‐specific components were decomposed into five basis functions. Group analysis revealed five different spatial patterns associated with these basis functions, in which each of the spatial patterns may correspond to a distinct spectrally coherent RSN. The RSN with the lowest center frequency showed a similar spatial pattern to the "default‐mode" network, which involves the medial superior and middle frontal cortex along with the posterior cingulate cortex. On the other hand, RSNs with higher frequencies were observed mainly in several posterior regions of the brain including the precuneus and lingual gyrus. Subsequent Granger causality analysis demonstrated that these posterior regions may function as the "hubs" of the RSNs, whereas the anterior regions, including the medial superior and middle frontal cortex, may be characterized as "peripheries" of the network. Our proposed analysis scheme provides supplemental information on both spectral and temporal characteristics of the RSNs, which might be used in a range of applications, including those involving clinical populations. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Imaging Syst Technol, 21, 2117–222, 2011


In order to adequately simulate the behavior of a Hall-Heroult electrolysis cell, a finite element model must take into account the properties of each material forming the cell structure and those contained in it. However, there is some lack of full knowledge of the mechanical behavior of these materials, e.g., the long term viscoelastic (creep/relaxation) behavior of the carbon cathode. In this present paper, a three-dimensional viscoelastic model is devised and proposed, being ready to be implemented in a finite element code. This 3D viscoelastic model was developed from the thermodynamics of irreversible processes, where the selection of the model's internal variables was based on a phenomenological approach. The model has been developed at a particular reference state; therefore, the model parameters are represented by constant constitutive tensors. The model's particular parameters were identified for three different types of cathode carbon, i.e., semigraphitic, graphitic, and graphitized.


Coal-fired power plants with carbon capture and sequestration (CCS), natural-gas-fired power plants with CCS, and Small Modular Reactors (SMR) are potentially important emerging energy technologies that could help mitigate climate change and contribute to a low-carbon future. Public opinion and preferences towards these technologies will affect their adoption when they are technologically ready to be implemented. This study examines the nature and stability of public preferences among these options. We find that participants have internally consistent preferences, when tested in several ways. Overall, they prefer SMRs to natural gas with CCS to coal with CCS. On a group level, these preferences depend on the choice alternatives, but not on how fully the technologies are described nor how far away a hypothetical power plant would be sited. On the individual level, preferences are related to participants' perceptions of the technology and their political ideology. Our findings suggest that presenting the three technologies together will produce the most balanced, informed judgment, with the least influence of political ideology.


A variety of studies have shown that machine learning methods like convolutional neural nets and random forests can be used to accurately infer characteristics of people online such as their gender, age, race, or political orientation. However, these methods are atheoretical: producing models which fail to generalize across context and offer little insight why some models perform better in some contexts and not others. This study compares the performance of state-of-the-art, atheoretical models to models informed by social theory on the task of inferring gender in text. Theory-laden models are developed using gender systems theory in sociology. Texts come from five corpora: blog posts, tweets, crowdfunding essays, movie scripts, and professional writing. The results show that models of gender built from theory are as accurate or more accurate than state of the art models. However, performance still varied substantially across corpora and, in some cases, even poor models with little theoretical motivation perform better than the best models. The success of this model suggests the presence of anomalous gender differences with little theoretical ex-


Abstract The sexual health of adolescents globally and in the USA remains a significant public health challenge. No evidence-based sexual health education programs exist that specifically target refugee adolescents. The purpose of this exploratory study was to describe the impact of an evidence-based sexual health education program previously demonstrated effectiveness in nonrefugee populations on refugee adolescents' sexual health attitudes, beliefs, intentions and behaviors using minor adaptations to the curriculum. This analysis used a subsample of adolescents from refugee or immigrant backgrounds who participated in a community-based sexuality education program, Reach One Teach One-North Dakota (ROTO-ND). Previously validated scaled survey items were used to assess participants' sexual health beliefs, self-efficacy, knowledge of sexual health resources, and behaviors. Summary statistics were calculated for sociodemographic characteristics categorized by length of time living in the USA. Bivariate unpaired comparisons demonstrated significant differences in the entire cohort on pre- to post-intervention scores on all outcome measures and scales while controlling for program attendance. Participant (n = 103) mean age was 16 and the majority were male (58%). The present study provides evidence that existing evidence-based interventions not intended to target refugee youth may contribute to meeting the unique sexual health education needs of refugee youth with minor adaptations.


This research investigated the influence of natural rubber latex (NRL) on the performance of cement stabilised recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) as a pavement base material. The influence factors studied included different cement at contents and dry rubber to cement (r/c) ratios. The NRL replacement enhanced the unconfined compressive strength (UCS) and indirect tensile strength (ITS) of cement stabilised RCA. The highest UCS and ITS of cement-NRL stabilised RCA were found at the optimum r/c ratios. Beyond these optimum r/c ratios, the UCS and ITC values decreased although all UCS values were still greater than the minimum requirement for base material. Microstructural analyses indicated the detected cement hydration products and NRL films, which NRL films were found to improve the adhesion and interparticle bonds of RCA particles. However, the excessive NRL additive retarded the cement hydration, whereby the UCS and ITS development was low when the r/c was greater than the optimum value.


In the years 1996- 1998, the occurrence of microscopic fungus-like organisms and fungi in plant associations of seven permanent plots of the Slowinski National Park, Poland, was investigated. The plant associations included Betuletum pubescentis,Betulo-Quercetum roboris, Cirsio-Polygoneum, Filipendulo-Geronietum, Myrico-Salicetum auritae, Phragmitetum australis , and Ribo nigri-Alnetum . A total of 1509 plant samples representing 272 species in 48 families were collected. Three hundred and ten species in 79 genera of fungus-like organisms and fungi were found. Most species were recognized in the warmer and more humid year 1998. The highest number of species represented mitosporic fungi, and the lowest came from the phylum Oomycota. The fungi relatively frequently found also were those of Basidiomycota. The greatest diversity of species of the microorganisms was revealed in the Cirsio-Polygonetum and Filipendulo-Geranietum plant associations.


Stochastic computing (SC) generally suffers from long latency. One solution is to apply proper random number sources (RNSs). Nevertheless, current RNS designs either have high hardware cost or low accuracy. To address the issue, motivated by that the uniform spatial distribution generally leads to a high accuracy for an SC circuit, we propose a basic architecture to generate the uniform spatial distribution and a further detailed implementation of it. For the implementation, we further propose a method to optimize its hardware cost and a method to optimize its accuracy. The method for hardware cost optimization can optimize the hardware cost without affecting the accuracy. The experimental results show that our proposed implementation can achieve both low hardware cost and high accuracy. Compared to the state-of-the-art stochastic number generator design, the proposed design can reduce 88% area with close accuracy.


Abstract : This thesis uses an econometric approach to systematically and comprehensively analyze Navy advertising and recruiting data to determine Navy advertising cost efficiency in the Navy recruiting process. Current recruiting and advertising cost data are merged into an appropriate data base and evaluated using multiple regression techniques to find assessments of the relationships between Navy advertising expenditures and recruit contracts attained. This work estimates an econometric model of cost-efficient allocation of Navy national, local, and joint advertising expenditures. The model is estimated using a simplified logarithmic transcendental cost function. It serves as a descriptive tool and explains the observed pattern of advertising cost and its allocation across media types within the Navy Recruiting Districts (NRD). This work's estimation uses monthly observations of all 31 NRD for the time span October 1991 through March 1995.


Summary Mast cells have been found in the cyst wall of a larval cestode parasite (Hydatigena taeniaeformis). The mast cells were present in the outer 2 layers of the cyst wall. This indicates that the entire cyst wall is of host-inflammatory origin and not derived from parasite tissue nor solely from modified host-liver cells. It is suggested that detection of mast cells as host-mesenchymal cellular units may aid in determining origins of cysts produced by other parasites.


In recent years, the Chu Tian Urban Newspaper in Wuhan has founded a forum for the public by holdingits position of the public, showing its characteristics of the common people and caring the public. The paper has deeply en-tered into and affected the public's daily life. In fact, while this forum is summoning the receptor, the speech of the pow-er blended in the tissue of the media has strategically operated the information and meanwhile let the ideology penetratethrough the public.


We examined the effect of deletion of different segments in the helical subdomain (the so-called "lid") of the DnaK peptide-binding domain on peptide binding and protein stability. At 25 °C, wt DnaK and the deletion mutant proteins are able to stably bind peptides with similar affinity. However, at physiological (37 °C) and stress (42 °C) temperatures, removal of the N-terminal half of αB and the rest of the lid drastically decreases the ability of the protein to bind substrates. Differential scanning calorimetry and infrared spectroscopy show that this behavior is accompanied by destabilization of the peptide-binding domain. Our data suggest that the reversible interaction between the lid and β-sandwich subdomains of DnaK peptide-binding domain is required for the stabilization of the loops that form the peptide-binding site, which in turn modulates the protein affinity for peptide substrates. This interaction might have functional implications because it could prevent rebinding of the peptide substrate, which would be forced to fold.


In the paper are presented the research directions regarding the computer aid determination and optimization of the main parameters of geothermal power plant the University of Oradea Also, the methodology regarding the CO, parameters self regulation when disturbances occur is presented with the purpose of the power plant automaon analysis upon the results, we that for input parameter geothermal water flow rates and cooling water flows) a thermodynamic cycle of maximum rated power can by maintained upon the base of automation methodology presented in this paper.


The extraction of astaxanthin from shrimp shell with endogenous enzyme is studied,and astaxanthin content in the extract is determined by high performance liquid chromatography(HPLC).The pH,temperature and hydrolysis time are considered as the factors to study the extraction effect.Orthogonal test is adopted for optimization,taking the yield of astaxanthin from shrimp shell as the evaluation indicator.The results show that the optimum process conditions are 4.0 pH,50 ℃ and 1.5 h hydrolysis time,with the astaxanthin extraction from wet shrimp shell of 32.16 μg·g-1,which is 28% more than the extraction by direct ultrasonic treatment.No significant effect on the yield of astaxanthin is observed by adding lipase.Extracting astaxanthin by endogenous enzymes achieves better extraction effect and is economical.


Objective To explore the diagnosis and treatment of renal calyceal diverticulum.Methods Clinical data of 7 cases of renal calyceal diverticulum were reported,and the clinical characteristics and image findings were retrospectively analyzed.Of the 7 patients,2 presented distending pain on the waist and the other 5 presented no specific clinical manifestations.All cases were diagnosed as renal cyst with ultrasonography before surgery.2 cases underwent intravenous pyelography and were suspected as renal calyceal diverticulum.5 cases received CT delayed sweep and were diagnosed as renal calyceal diverticulum before surgery.The related literature was searched in Pubmed and CBM databases and clinical data were reviewed.Results 1 patient received expectant treatment,1 underwent renal cyst unroofing and leakage of urine after surgery and then partial nephrectomy.The other 5 patients underwent laparoscopic calyceal diverticula excision successfully.The ureteral catheter was inserted at the beginning of the surgery and methylene blue was used throughout the surgery to locate the diverticula open.During the follow-up of 6 to 24 months,no diverticula recurrence was detected.Conclusions Renal calyceal diverticulum is a rare disease,which is easily misdiagnosed.Intravenous pyelography and CT scan,especially CT delayed sweep can help the accurate diagnosis while retroperitoneoscopic surgery is safe and effective to treat this disease.


Aim  The aim of this study was to systematically review the clinimetric properties of longitudinal neonatal neurobehavioural and neuromotor assessments for preterm infants.


Two-dimensional current flow in shallow-junction lateral transistors is analyzed. Emitter and base currents in stripe-geometry and circular devices are expressed in terms of a transform of the excess carrier concentration at the base surface. The dependence of current gain on device parameters is presented graphically.


Low-cost solutions for delivering high communication bandwidths in both short- and long-haul systems are urgently required. Electroabsorption modulated lasers (EMLs), comprising a distributed feedback (DFB) laser and electroabsorption modulator (EAM), can address this. They are compact and offer a high modulation speed with low drive voltage, low chirp, and high extinction ratio [1] . To the best of our knowledge, the EAM in EMLs based on identical epitaxial layer technology has so far been configured with a lumped electrode. This can take the form of either a circular-pad, a rectangular-pad or the centre electrode of a ground-signal-ground (GSG) configuration. All result in a high capacitance, which in turn limits the modulation speed. Although the GSG choice has a similar configuration to that of a coplanar waveguide (CPW), it still behaves as a lumped electrode because of the lack of impedance matching. A planarized film of low- k material can be used to reduce the capacitance, however standard methods such as Benzocyclobutene or polyimide-based planarization are very difficult to implement as they are incompatible with many photonic integration steps [2] .


Confucius sighed,"Time slides away quietly no matter it′s day or night",which first brought about the understanding of life in later ages.Thoughts on the flowing water in the river displayed the basic characteristics of the view of life shared by ancient Chinese,namely,the mode of perceptual and rational thinking,the understanding of the combination of human life and all things of creation,and of the philosophy of existence and extinction as an integral whole.People after him convey their understanding of active and progressive life as well as their helplessness and sadness in life with the expression,the flowing water in the river.Su Shi profoundly expounded the philosophical sense of the expression and regarded it as a spiritual aid to rid of the confusion and puzzlement in life.The expression of flowing water in Ming and Qing Periods embodied the increasingly complex feelings about life and the puzzlement about how individuals could achieve their personal value.


This is the fifth post in the blog series "Movements and Institutions".
The article traces a formalization process within the Interventionist Left (IL). Against theoretical expectations that would assume a de-radicalization of aims and repertoires of protest, we find that due to the network's multi-track strategy, and the claim to radicalize existing social debates, the IL did not de-radicalize despite a formalization process and a partial integration into established systems.


The Transformer is a natural language processing model that uses attention mechanisms, originally introduced by Google in 2017. Due to its excellent feature extraction capabilities, researchers in the industry have explored the application of Transformer in computer vision tasks. Following the success of the Vision Transformer in 2020, the Swin Transformer was introduced, which outperforms traditional convolutional neural networks on various benchmarks in the vision field. As a result, Swin Transformer has become a popular backbone for practical production applications. While Swin Transformer excels in accuracy, its large parameter size and high energy consumption pose challenges for deployment at the edge. Addressing this issue is crucial for the wide-scale adoption of Swin Transformer. Current research on energy consumption for Transformer-based models is still in its early stages. To reduce model size and energy consumption while preserving accuracy, this study focuses on model compression. Specifically, we propose a combination of group-wise transformation and local aggregation methods from traditional CNN models. By introducing local aggregation and group-wise transformation calculation methods while maintaining the original shifted window attention mechanism of Swin Transformer, the proposed approach effectively reduces the number of model parameters. Our experimental results show that the Swin-Transformer model trained with this method on an RTX-3090 graphics card can save up to 24% of energy, with an accuracy improvement of about 1%.


Streptomyces produces a wide spectrum of bioactive compounds used for manufacture of antibiotics, anti-tumors and immunosuppressant drugs. It also produces a plethora of secondary metabolites one of which is cellulase, an important catalyst for biological conversion of cellulose into biofuel. Conventional methods in identifying Streptomyces include growth morphology on agar media, however, this method does not allow identification of the species epithet which is very important to determine since this bacterial genus is highly evolving. Oligonucleotide primers were designed to amplify three polymorphic cellulase genes, celB, celS2 and celS, which encode putative cellulase B precursor, putative cellulose binding protein and putative sugar hydrolase, respectively, to identify Streptomyces coelicolor M145 strain from other cellulase-producing actinomycetes. BLAST results revealed high specificity of designed primers to S. coelicolor M145 strain and this was supported by the phylogenetic analysis performed with other unknown soil actinomycetes using unrooted Neighbor-Joining method.


The invention comprises a procedure for conditioning and perfuming textiles and a product suitable for carrying out this procedure, with a long-lasting persistence of the perfuming effect in the garments. The procedure comprises the phases for obtaining a solid product that comprises a hydrosoluble core and an enveloping layer composed by at least one water-soluble softening active ingredient. These ingredients have water-soluble surface activity, adjuvants and perfumes. The procedure also includes the phases of dosing the solid treatment product at a concentration between 0.2 and 15 g/l of treatment liquid, the application of the solid and the washing water in rinsing phase at pH between 3 and 10.


This paper presents nonparametric evidence on the effects of the expansion of the Old Age Pension program in South Africa on child health. Did this increase in household resources improve child health and nutrition? Does the gender of the recipient of the pension affect its impact? The answers to these questions have very important policy implications. There is evidence that inadequate nutrition during childhood (and even in utero) affects long-term physical development, as well as the development of cognitive skills. This in turn affects productivity later in life (see Partha Dasgupta, 1993; John Strauss and Duncan Thomas, 1998; T. Paul Schultz, 1999). In the United States, the evidence suggests that monetary transfers to the poor have very little impact on child welfare (Janet Currie, 1995; Susan Mayer, 1997). However, the effects of parental income and monetary transfers on child outcomes are likely to be of greater magnitude among poor households in developing countries. The South African Pension program provides an unusual opportunity to evaluate the possible effects of such a monetary transfer. This paper exploits the rapid increase in the coverage and benefits of the Old Age Pension program in South Africa which took place in the early 1990's (Anne Case and Angus Deaton, 1998). At the end of the apartheid era, the government committed to achieving parity of benefits and eligibility requirements between whites and Africans. This was achieved mostly by increasing the benefits received by the Africans. In 1993, 80 percent of African women above age 60 and 77 percent of African men above 65 received the pension. The maximum benefit of 370 rands per month (aproximately $3 per day) was equal to half of the minimum wage, and about twice the median income per capita in rural areas. Due to living arrangements inherited from the apartheid era, close to onethird of African children under the age of 5 currently live with a pension recipient. Children who live with a pension recipient tend to come from relatively disadvantaged backgrounds. As a consequence, they tend to be smaller than other children their age. To estimate the effect of receiving a pension on the anthropometric status of children, this paper exploits the fact that height reflects accumulated investments in child nutrition. The larger the proportion of her life during which a child is well-nourished, the taller she will be, given her age. Due to the expansion of the program in the early 1990's, individuals of qualified age became more likely to receive a pension, and the benefits became substantially larger. Thus, children born after the expansion of the program are more likely to have spent a larger fraction of their lives wellnourished, if they live with a pension recipient, to the extent that the pension resulted in improved nutrition. In this paper, I present nonparametric evidence of the program's effect on nutrition based on this observation.


PET-CT scans using 18F-FDG with a co-registered CT scan are increasingly used to detect cancer. This paper compares deep learning-based lesion detection tools trained on PET, CT and combined modality data. 486 pre-contoured scans were used from a retrospective cohort study into esophageal cancer. Scans were partitioned into training, validation and test sets with an 80:10:10 ratio. 1000 image segments were generated from each scan, with tumor present segments located on the contoured lesion and tumor absent segments distributed randomly within the patient but excluding the tumor. PET and CT image segments were used to train a separate dedicated 5-layer convolutional neural networks (CNN). Testing on segments from unseen scans resulted in an accuracy of greater than 95% for the PET data, and greater than 90% for CT data.


The media industry started to develop towards groups since 1970s.Mergers and acquisitions brought by media enterprises to enhance competitiveness are the major means to the emergence of media groups.The integration has resulted in large and diversified media groups whose businesses cover every communication fields like print and electronic media.The article discusses the influences of such integration on the media industry.


Water stress, concentrations of foliar nutrients and damage of foliage by insects were studied over an eleven month period, for eight dieback eucalypts and eight closely matched healthy trees growing in close association on two grazing properties near Brisbane. Four healthy eucalypts in a neighbouring State Forest were also studied. The study region had suffered severe climatic stress between 1972 and 1976 when dieback was first observed by residents and when high populations of defoliating insects were observed. Dieback trees had a higher proportion of foliage damaged by insects and higher concentrations of foliar nutrients than did matched healthy trees. The study period was one of low climatic stress during which dieback and healthy trees followed similar seasonal patterns of predawn xylem pressure potential. Dieback trees developed lower daytime minimum xylem pressure potentials than did matched healthy trees, and differed in their stomatal responses. A model of initiation and development of rural eucalypt dieback is proposed. This may have general application to many non‐specific rural diebacks in which heavy insect damage is implicated. The balance between rural eucalypts and their insect herbivores is precarious. Any factor capable of causing extensive defoliation, or an increase in foliar nitrogen, or an increase in populations of insect herbivores may upset this balance. A positive feedback loop may be activated, whereby the production of nitrogen rich epicormic foliage enhances a build up of insect populations. Repeated insect defoliation leads to tree dieback. Evidence in the literature supporting the model is reviewed and aspects requiring further research are outlined. Copyright


Purpose: This study was to develop, implement, and evaluate an e-learning education program for improving practical knowledge and preventing nursing errors and adverse events of nurses working in the operating room (OR). Method: The e-learning program was developed and evaluated according to the following processes: 1) preparation phase 2) implementation phase 3) evaluation phase. In evaluation phase, the effectiveness was analyzed based on the Kirkpatrick's model. Results: The e-learning program consisted of OR basic nursing skills and techniques and nursing activities' manual based on the categories of nursing errors: surgical operation preparation, nursing skills and techniques, environment management, patient safety and comfort, and patient monitoring. The program was provided through on-line, http://cafe.daum.net/pnuhorn, for 4 weeks. The mean score(percent) of participants' satisfaction was 21.24±1.71(68.2%). Their total knowledge level was significantly improved(Z=-3.00, p=.003) and specifically in the category of environment management(Z=-3.77, p<.001) and patient monitoring(Z=-2.46, p=.014). The occurrence of nursing errors or adverse events was a little decreased, but not statistically significant(Z=-3.10, p=.756). Conclusion: E-learning for nurses is one way of effective and efficient teaching-learning strategies. For better e-learning, it is important to develop the vital content of the education and objective measures for detecting nursing errors and adverse events.


Eye movements in overall similarity and single-dimension sorting. Fraser Milton (firstname.lastname@example.com) School of Psychology, University of Exeter, United Kingdom A.J. Wills (email@example.com) School of Psychology, University of Exeter, United Kingdom Abstract A free classification study is presented that uses eye-tracking to better characterize the strategies that are employed in the creation of overall similarity and single-dimension categories. The number of fixations across the dimensions and the proportion of dimensions fixated were significantly greater for overall similarity sorters than for single-dimension sorters. Single-dimension sorters generally fixated a single dimension from the outset, a strategy in line with the principles of SUSTAIN (Love, Medin, & Gureckis, 2004). The pattern of eye movements is consistent with the idea that overall similarity sorting can be a time consuming process that involves greater perceptual processing of the stimuli than single-dimension sorting. Keywords: free classification; family resemblance; unidimensional; eye tracking; match-to-standards. Introduction Categorization is a fundamental cognitive mechanism that enables us to function effectively in our everyday environment. However, in view of the immense number of objects we encounter, this process must necessarily be highly constrained. One reasonable assumption is that the categories we prefer to create would reflect the underlying structure of objects we encounter outside the laboratory. Perhaps the most influential theory of natural categories is the idea that they are organized around a "family resemblance" (overall similarity) structure (e.g., Rosch & Mervis, 1975), in which categories possess a number of characteristic but not defining features. If an item has enough features characteristic of a category it can be considered a member of that category. Previous work has shown that when people are asked to free classify stimuli (i.e., categorize without feedback) they find it far from natural to sort by overall similarity. In fact, people have a strong tendency to classify on the basis of a single dimension (e.g., Ahn & Medin, 1992; Medin et al., 1987). Whilst manipulations of the method of stimulus presentation (Regehr & Brooks, 1995), the level of spatial integration of the stimuli (Milton & Wills, 2004), time pressure (Milton, Longmore, & Wills, 2008), perceptual difficulty (Milton & Wills, 2008), previous sort strategy (Milton & Wills, 2009), category structure (Pothos & Close, 2008), and background knowledge (Spalding & Murphy, 1996) all influence the extent of family resemblance sorting, such sorting is still far from ubiquitous. It therefore appears important to better understand the processes that are involved in different classification strategies. Traditionally, single-dimension and overall similarity sorting are thought to be the result of different processes. Single-dimension sorting is believed to be the result of the analytic processing system which requires selective attention and is a relatively effortful and deliberate process whereby stimuli are broken down into their constituent dimensions and categorization is determined on the basis of a subset of these dimensions (E.E. Smith, Patalano, & Jonides, 1998). In contrast, overall similarity sorting is the result of a quick, automatic, non-analytic process, where stimuli are processed as integral wholes (e.g., J.D. Smith & Kemler Nelson, 1984). A number of studies have provided support for this distinction (e.g., Kemler Nelson, 1984; J.D. Smith & Kemler Nelson, 1984; Ward, 1983). Recently, however, it has been proposed that overall similarity sorting, as well as single-dimension sorting, can be the result of analytic processes. Milton and Wills (2004) argued that an alternative way to sort by overall similarity may be for people to break the stimulus down into its constituent dimensions and then integrate these dimensions into a "majority-features" dimensional summation rule. One prediction of this account is that overall similarity sorting should take more time and require greater use of working memory than single-dimension sorting due to the greater complexity of the categorization rule. These predictions have been supported by Milton et al. (2008) who showed that the introduction of a concurrent task load reduced overall similarity sorting and increased single- dimension sorting. Similarly, they showed that a moderate time constraint reduced overall similarity sorting and increased single-dimension sorting. Such findings challenge a non-analytic account of overall similarity sorting. Eye-tracking is a technique that could further our understanding of the approaches people employ to spontaneously construct overall similarity and single- dimension categories. To date, relatively few studies have used eye-tracking to investigate categorization (though see Kruschke, Kappenman, & Hetrick, 2005; Rehder & Hoffman, 2005a, 2005b; Wills, Lavric, Croft, & Hodgson, 2007). One important study, however, is that by Rehder and Hoffman (2005a), who used eye-tracking to study a version of Shepard et al.'s (1961) six classic categorization problems to provide evidence for the existence of multiple systems of category learning. They showed that participants


In 2008 Google launched Flu Trends, showing that the search volume of certain terms in a region was strongly correlated with levels of flu activity in that region. They also found that the increase in the usage of flu-related terms happened days before health care authorities were able to report an increase in cases of flu. The reasons are twofold: there are delays in the official data collection done from hospitals, and people search for symptoms before visiting a doctor. Despite the success of Flu Trends, it was not beyond criticism. Lazer et al. (2014) highlighted a series of issues with its predictions, including a systemic bias that produced an overestimate in 100 out of the 108 weeks analyzed during a two-year period. As a more general criticism, Lazer et al. denounced this as an example of big data hubris: the assumption that a large dataset can be a substitute, rather than a supplement, to a traditional analysis method. The popular press has lambasted "big data fundamentalism," the idea that larger datasets imply more objective results. Researchers performing social science research have embraced and criticized, sometimes at the same time, the usage of large-scale datasets from social media. Social media, as a reflection of social interactions at large scale and in digitally accessible formats, provides a larger quantity of data at a much lower cost than alternative datasets, such as surveys or direct observations. However, the infamous "streetlight effect" may be at play here: scientists inclined to search for evidence where it is easier, instead of where better evidence is likely to be found. The representativeness of social media and other types of digital traces, and their lack of context, are often cited as key factors to distrust conclusions based solely on them. "Just because you see traces of data doesn't mean you always know the intention or cultural logic behind them. And just because you have a big N doesn't mean that it's representative or generalizable."4 For instance, methods to use trends found on Twitter data as direct predictions of political election results, have been to a large extent debunked (Gayo-Avello, 2012). This chapter warns against a naive interpretation of results obtained from social media data from emergencies. The quality of social media data for this purpose is affected by at least two types of factors.


In this article I am focusing on the problem of greatness and on the social destiny of strong individuals in some moments of Nietzsche's reflection, investigating the ethical-pedagogical implications of this assumption, without neglecting the importance of the historical experience. On this basis, I value Nietzsche's attempt to reconfigure subjectivity and intersubjective relations through new models of coexistence (even in democratic contexts marked by decadence), by appealing to the human capacity for self-overcoming, in accordance with the demands of a "concrete reason" which makes explicit the multiple ways of being in the world.


Statolon, an extract of the mold Penicillium stolonijerum containing a double stranded RNA mycophage, can convert a rapidly lethal Friend leukemia viral (FV) infection into a dormant one (1-5). One inoculation of statolon, administered when FV is disseminated throughout the body, induces interferon and FV-cytotoxic antibody thereby suppressing both virus and virus-transformed cells (2, 5). This suppression results in a long lasting clinical remission during which no infective Friend virions can be detected (1, 4). The FV genome is present however, as shown by the spontaneous emergence of FV leukemia late in the life of mice with dormant infections and by the leukemogenicity of spleen cells transferred from mice with dormant infections to normal mice (3). Interferon production leads to suppression of FV replication, but by itself cannot completely suppress the disease; poly I:C and Newcastle disease virus can produce as much interferon as statolon, clear the blood of FV but cannot convert FV leukemia into a dormant infection (2). Production of humoral antibody against both virus and virus transformed cells appears to be crucial for development of the FV-dormant state. Untreated FV leukemic mice have no demonstrable antibody and are considered immunosuppressed in this regard, although high titers of circulating virus may mask the presence of antibody. Numerous investigators have used the immune response to sheep erythrocytes (SRBC) to evaluate the immunocompetence of FV-infected mice (6, 10). These workers have demonstrated repeatedly that the response to this antigen in infected mice is severely depressed relative to normal levels. In this report we describe preliminary investigations of immunological reactivity to SRBC in FV-infected and statolon-treated mice. Using the Jerne and Nordin assay for hemolytic antibody plaque forming cells (anti-SRBC PFC) (11), we found that statolon abrogates the FV-induced immunodepression of the anti-SRBC response.


The distribution of carbonate on the floor of the Pacific has been remapped on the basis of 1313 points from 80 references stored in the World Ocean Sediment Data Bank of Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Percent distribution maps and carbonate versus depth diagrams generally agree with previously published information and reflect the major controlling factors of carbonate sedimentation (depth, hydrography, fertility, and sedimentary processes). While carbonate distributions are of limited use in attempting to construct dissolution profiles, major trends are identifiable. In particular, the degree of lowering of the equatorial calcite compensation depth (CCD) together with an estimate of the differences in supply rates between the equator and the subtropical gyre can be used to estimate dissolution rate increase below the lysocline. There is considerable variation in the sharpness of the 'CCD transition' a concept defined here. This variation is thought to reflect both geographic differences in dissolution rate gradients and redeposition processes (carbonate, deep-sea sediments, calcite, and compensation depth).


We show that for magnetic resonance (MR) images with signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) less than 2 it is advantageous to use a phase-corrected real reconstruction, rather than the more usual magnitude reconstruction. We discuss the results of the phase correction algorithm used to experimentally verify the result. We supplement the existing literature by presenting closed form expressions (in an MR context) for the probability distribution and first moments of the signal resulting from a magnitude reconstruction.


Objective:To investigate the present condition and the level of the articles of clinical therapeutic trial in Journal of Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.The articles on randomized controlled trials(RCTs)and controlled clinical trials(CCTs)were searched,laying down as the foundation for the systematic review.Method:Guided by Cochrane Center hand search guideline,18 volumes(102 issues from 1981-1998)of the journal were searched.Results:The ratios of the articles of RCTs and CCTs of the clinical therapeutic trials were 19 42% and 10 79% respectively.The quantity of RCTs in 1990's ioasincreased significantly as compared with that in 1980's,especially in the recent 3 years.The change of the ameunt of articles of CCTs was not conspicuous.Conclusion:The ratios of the articles of RCTs and CCTs of the clinical therapeutic trials published in Journal of Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine were lower,however,the ratios of the articles of RCTs of the clinical therapeutic trial has increased significantly,but there are some inadequate aspects requiring improvement.


Political culture is a deep - seated psychological factor of social politics. By studying the tradition and status quo of political participation in the period of social transition in our country, we can see that in our country political culture is changing from traditional obedience - based to present - day participation - based one . To improve socialist democracy and promote the development and maturation of citizens' participation in political affairs, it is essential to develop participation - based political culture.


The dynamic behavior of flexible rotor systems subjected to base excitation (support movements) is investigated theoretically and experimentally. The study focuses on behavior in bending near the critical speeds of rotation. A mathematical model is developed to calculate the kinetic energy and the strain energy. The equations of motion are derived using Lagrange equations and the Rayleigh-Ritz method is used to study the basic phenomena on simple systems. Also, the method of multiple scales is applied to study stability when the system mounting is subjected to a sinusoidal rotation. An experimental setup is used to validate the presented results.


Objective
To study the effect of endurance training on energy metabolism in young men in rest state.

Methods
Fifty males from Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine from September 2017 to December 2017 were randomly assigned to endurance training group(n=25) and sedentary group(n=25) by random number table method.Endurance training group rided power bike with intensity of 75% maximal oxygen uptake(VO2max), 50 minutes each time, once a day for 12 weeks.The sedentary group maintained the daily life of the state can be guaranteed to exercise less than 60 minutes per week for 12 weeks.The basal metabolic rate(BMR), respiration quotient(RQ), body mass index(BMI), lean body mass(LBM) and body fat percentage(BF%) were measured before and after training in both two groups.

Results
Before training, there was no statistically significant difference between the two groups(all P>0.05). After training, the BMR, RQ, BMI and LBM in the endurance training group were (5 720.0±711.3)kJ/d, (0.780±0.043), (23.33±3.30)kg/m2, (55.58±4.21)kg, respectively, which were significantly improved compared with before training [(4 828.0±712.6)kJ/d, (0.820±0.033), (27.69±3.28)kg/m2, (51.37±3.76)kg, t=7.434, -2.182, -2.578, 2.035, all P<0.05], BF%[(14.76±5.90)% vs. (23.60±5.37)%] decreased more significantly(t=-10.492, P<0.01). After training, the BMR[(5 720.0±711.3)kJ/d vs. (4 896.0±715.6)kJ/d] and LBM[(55.58±4.21)kg vs. (51.25±3.45)kg] of the endurance training group were significantly higher than those of the sedentary exercise group(t=6.789, 2.103, all P<0.05). RQ[(0.780±0.043) vs. (0.820±0.030)] and BMI[(23.33±3.30)kg/m2 vs. (27.73±3.58)kg/m2] of the endurance training group were significantly decreased(t=-2.179, -2.232, all P<0.05), BF%[(14.76±5.90)% vs. (23.62±5.42)%] decreased more significantly in the endurance training group (t=-10.462, P<0.01).

Conclusion
Endurance training can significantly improve the energy metabolism of young men and consume more fat in rest state.

Key words:
Resistance training; Energy metabolism; Basal metabolism; Body mass index; Rest; Male; Adolescent


A set of selfconsistent Schwinger-Dyson equations for the Walecka model is derived within the framework of the Cornwall-Jackiw-Tomboulis formalism. In the Hartree approximation these equations are solved by propagators with T- and μ-dependent masses. The results are compared to tree-level calculations. The difference is most pronounced for the mass of the scalar meson.


The coronary slow flow phenomenon is an angiographic finding characterized by delayed distal vessel opacification in the absence of significant epicardial coronary disease. Extensively studied both in the experimental and clinical setting, it was clearly associated with unfavourable clinical outcome and prognosis.1,2 Several hypotheses, including embolization of platelet-rich thrombi or atherosclerotic plaque debris that can 'sludge' the distal vessel, and release of vasoconstrictive substances causing intense vasospasm of the distal microcirculation, were advocated to justify this event in the context of percutaneous coronary intervention.

If the principal mechanism of the slow flow phenomenon is vasoconstriction, this would explain the favourable response seen with intracoronary administration of calcium antagonists such as verapamil, or vasodilators such as nitroprusside, papaverine, and adenosine.

Nicorandil, a nicotinamide ester, is a vasodilator agent approved as an antianginal agent, with a compound and balanced mechanism of action which relaxes coronary vascular smooth muscle by stimulating guanylyl cyclase and increasing cGMP levels as well as by a second mechanism resulting in activation of K+ channels and hyperpolarization.3 Potassium channel opening effects a titratable and sustained dilating action on both coronary artery conductance and resistance vessels.

Kawai et al. have provided evidence that a prophylactic bolus of 6 mg of nicorandil administered i.v. immediately prior to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) reduces the incidence of the slow flow phenomenon without any side effects.4 Conceptually, this strategy improves coronary flow and myocardial perfusion by dilating those vessels with loss of endothelial integrity and reducing capillary and arteriolar blockages resulting from the presence of leukocytes …

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Recurrence formulae determining radial matrix elements of rs, rs(1n r)k and rs dn/drn between hydrogenic wavefunctions are derived using ladder operators together with the hypervirial theorem. The closed-form expressions are well suited to computing diagonal and off-diagonal matrix elements for any values of the n and l quantum numbers and can easily be programmed on a hand calculator.


Human gnathostomosis, a serious public health issue in Mexico, is endemic to Sinaloa. The disease is mainly caused by consumption of the raw meat of freshwater or estuarine fi shes infected with the advanced third stage larvae (AL3) of Gnathostoma binucleatum. In the present study, we examined estuarine turtles with a sample consisting of 23 Trachemys scripta and 5 Kinosternon integrum from Sinaloa, Mexico for the presence of Gnathostoma larvae; such examination was made by the pressing method of skeletal muscles between 2 glass plates. The results showed that both turtles harbored G. binucleatum AL3; identification was achieved by morphology and also by PCR/sequencing of the ITS2 region of ribosomal DNA of the larvae. Infection prevalence was higher for K. integrum (80%) than for T. scripta (69.6%), but heavy infection (> 10 AL3/turtle) was observed in the larger sized individuals of T. scripta. Consumption of the raw meat of these turtles represents a risk to acquire the disease.


CA 19-9 were 19.7 U/mL and 69.2 U/mL, respectively. Robot-assisted surgical staging including total hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, and retroperitoneal pelvic and paraaortic SLN biopsy was planned. Diluted ICG (1.25 mg/ mL, Dongindang Pharmaceuticals, Siheung, Korea) was prepared with an injection needle (0.7 mm needle tip, 330 mm working length, 5 mm diameter, 20 mm needle length; RZ Mediz-intechnik GmbH, Tuttlingen, Germany). Fluorescent lymphatic channels were visualized using Firefly imaging system (Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, CA, USA). In this video, we described the procedure in 10 steps: (1) Exploration of abdominal cavity; (2) Peritoneal cytology; (3) Bilateral tubal ligation at fimbria; (4) ICG injection on the bilateral uterine cornus; (5) Paraaortic SLN; (6) ICG injection on the uterine cervix; (7) Pelvic SLN biopsy; (8) Total hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy; (9) Saline irrigation of pelvic cavity; (10) Vaginal vault closure. Paraaortic SLNs were identified 15 minutes after ICG in - jection on the uterine cornus. After the paraaortic SLN biopsy, ICG was injected on the uterine cervix. Bilateral pelvic


On October 14 th , 2011, Peregrine Energy Group met with the North Hampton Energy Committee to review and discuss several of the Town's buildings including the Library, Town Clerk Building, Old Town Hall, and the Town Offices / Fire / Police Complex, as well as the building audit prepared by the Committee in 2009. We briefly toured each building to obtain a firsthand understanding of the buildings and to review improvement opportunities. Our work is funded by the NH OEP's Energy Technical Assistance and Planning program ("ETAP") with the goal of supporting the Town's efforts with respect to energy efficiency improvement and capital upgrades. This memorandum summarizes accomplishments to date under the Committee's efficiency initiative and identifies further opportunities to reduce utility use with potential cost and savings implications. We commend the Committee for creating a valuable and comprehensive planning document and also commend the Town for moving forward and implementing many Committee recommendations. Table1 (below) summarizes the previously identified opportunities, their current status, and our recommendations for next steps for these measures. Our Table-2 (following page) summarizes the additional opportunities we observed during our site visit, with estimated cost for implementing each measure and anticipated savings and other benefits. Measures we recommend for immediate implementation are identified and the total investment and cost savings for these items are totaled at the bottom of the table. The cost for this recommended subset of measures is around $6,050 and will result in annual savings of $1,430, for a simple payback of just over four years.


Major research efforts have been focused towards developing high dielectric constant ( e ), low loss (tan δ ) and high electrical breakdown dielectrics for energy storage capacitors. Combining the low cost, ease of processing and high breakdown field strength (BDS) of polymers with the high e ceramic fillers will result in high-energy storage capacitors. Herein, we show progress in developing low cost, low weight and high electrical energy storage capacitors by mixing polystyrene (PS, mw = 177,000 g/mol) and hydroxyl-BaTiO 3 nanoparticles ( h -BT, ~50 nm) in a highly polar solvent (DMF) on weight percent basis. Surface modification of crude-BT( c -BT) by H 2 O 2 resulted in h -BT, which renders h -BT highly dispersed due to the surface hydroxyl functional groups. Ceramic-polymer nanocomposites (80PS-20 h BT and 20PS-80 h BT) exhibited relatively high BDS (~475 kV/cm and 247 kV/cm) and a large e (~13 and 40). Room temperature (300 K) energy density values for PS, 80PS-20 h BT, 20PS-80 h BT and h -BT are 4.33, 0.12, 0.10 and 0.36 J/cm 3 , respectively.


8 ASUBTITLE: AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DEREGULATING THE ROUTES ACROSS THE SEA WHICH DIVIDES THEM -- THE TASMAN: THIS LOOKS AS IF THIS WILL LEAD TO A DOMESTIC AUSTRALASIAN MARKET, WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR OUTSIDERS AS WELL AS THE HOME


Institutional addresses 1 EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research and Department of Public and Occupational Health, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 2 TNO (Netherlands Organisation of Applied Scientific Research) Life Style, Leiden, The Netherlands. 3 EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.


Internet banking was introduced in the developed countries around the 1980s whereas in developing countries like Nigeria, it only started around the year 2000. This study focuses on investigating the online features of Internet banking websites of Nigerian banks and the impact of their relationships with the acceptance behaviors of users from an information systems (IS) view. The empirical results obtained from a sample survey of 55 Internet banking users indicate that technology acceptance model (TAM) is an appropriate model for use in forecasting the acceptance behaviors of Internet banking customers. It also indicates that online features have positive effect on customer's perceived usefulness, attitude and behavioral intension to adopt Internet banking websites.


Sir, We describe a case of successful recanalization and stenting of a long-segment occlusion involving the femoral and iliac veins followed by subsequent Melody valve (Medtronic Inc., Minneapolis, MN, USA) implantation in the pulmonary position. A 20-year-old male with pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum, status-post 1.5-ventricle repair, underwent cardiac catheterization for right ventricle-pulmonary artery (RV-PA) conduit stenosis and regurgitation. He was found to have bilateral femoral vein (FV) occlusion involving a long segment from the right FV to the inferior vena cava [Figure 1]. Serial angioplasty was performed along the occluded right iliofemoral venous system with 5 mm and 7 mm Sterling balloons (Boston Scientific Corp., Marlborough, MA, USA). Subsequently, five premounted Palmaz Genesis stents (Cordis Corp., Warren, NJ, USA) were implanted along the affected vessel totaling a length of 11 cm. All stents were further dilated with a 10 mm OPTA Pro balloon (Cordis Corp., Warren, NJ, USA). The final luminal diameter improved to 7.6 mm [Figure 2]. The patient was discharged home on aspirin with the plan to undergo repeat catheterization in 2 months for Melody valve implantation, thereby allowing adequate time for stent endothelialization to minimize the risk of stent malposition.


A mirror-tracer apparatus was used by dentists, whose blood mercury levels were assessed, to attempt to evaluate changes in hand and finger steadiness with degrees of mercury contamination. Dentists whose blood mercury levels were assessed were asked to trace a pattern on an electronic grid while viewing the image of the pattern in a mirror. Both the number of errors and the time the dentists spent off the pattern increased with the ages of the dentists. No differences were found between dentists with normal blood mercury values and those with higher values.


The Nicaraguan Autonomous School Programme is notable among the growing number of school governance decentralization reforms in the Americas in the degree of control given to parents, especially in decisions regarding the allocation of school resources. Much of schools' discretionary spending was accumulated through various school charges. This paper analyses rare school‐level budget data to determine the proportion of resources that derived from parental contributions and other school‐based commercial activity. We find the contributions to be significant, highly varied, and correlated with income. The results have implications for many decentralization reforms that encourage local contributions as part of both their financing and accountability strategies.


Based on the commercial application case of China Telecom, it describes TMC/TMP/TMS protection measurement, protection of docking with RNC and LAG protection. It also analyzes the various scenes in PTN construction.


A driver assistance system for a lane change operation of a vehicle (100) from a first lane (111) to a second lane (112) is described. The driver assistance system is configured to change the vehicle (100) from the first lane (111) to a lane boundary (113), in particular to a lane boundary (113), between the first lane (111) and the second lane (112). introduce. Furthermore, the driver assistance system is set up to check at the lane boundary (113) at least one lane change condition for a change to the second lane (112). In addition, the driver assistance system is arranged to lead the vehicle (100) over the lane boundary (113) to the second lane (112), if it is determined that the at least one lane change condition is fulfilled.


Although the small bowel is a common site of metastasis, its involvement in melanoma is clinically diagnosed in few cases, usually reflecting advanced disease. Symptomatic lesions requiring emergency surgery are extremely rare. Surgical resection improves the quality of life and may provide a survival advantage in selected cases. A 41-year-old woman was referred for acute abdominal pain, constipation, nausea, and vomiting. Past medical history included immunotherapy for the presence of positive lymph nodes in the right axilla from metastatic melanoma of unknown primary since 20 months. No objective clinical response was obtained, and chemotherapy was started obtaining stable disease. At admission, physical examination revealed the condition of acute abdomen with pain, distension, and absent bowel sounds. Her laboratory test was unremarkable, except for mild leucocytosis and anemia. CT scan showed ileocolic invagination with dilated proximal intestine (Fig. 1 A). The patient underwent emergency laparotomy, and intussusception proximal to the ileocecal junction was observed. Reduction revealed two palpable polypoid masses of 5 and 4 cm, respectively, in the terminal ileum, and right hemicolectomy was performed. Microscopic examination revealed malignant spindle cell neoplasm in the intestinal wall, with negative lymphnodes. Immunohistochemical analysis showed positive staining for S-100, melanin A, and HMB45, whereas cytokeratins were negative. The postoperative course was unremarkable, and the patient was discharged after seven days. Chemotherapy was started, and she was alive with stable disease at 27 months. A 52-year-old man was referred for abdominal pain, constipation, and weight loss. Past medical history included excision of a melanoma located in the right back shoulder with concomitant omolateral axillary lymphadenectomy 56 months before. Left maxillectomy with controlateral laterocervical lymphadenectomy for a metastatic lesion was performed eight months later. Because the patient had BRAF mutation, treatment with vemurafenib was started. Secondary resistance with pulmonary metastases occurred one year later, and immunotherapy was started obtaining stable disease. At admission, physical examination revealed abdominal distension with a painful tender palpable mass in the right side. His laboratory test was unremarkable, except for mild leucocytosis and anemia. CT scan showed stable disease in the thorax and the presence of a 9 · 3.5-cm small bowel thickening in the pelvis (Fig. 1 B). PET/CT scan showed uptake increase in the intestinal mass without other visible metastasis. Laparotomy revealed a polylobulated solid mass in the ileum infiltrating the sigmoid colon and abutting the bladder and open double segmental sigmoid, and small bowel resection was performed. Microscopical and immunohistochemical analysis again showed metastasis from the melanoma. The postoperative course was unremarkable, and the patient was discharged after eight days. Immunotherapy was started again, and the patient was alivewith stable disease at the last follow-up of 18 months. A 66-year-old woman was referred for decreased appetite, weight loss, and fatigue. Past medical history included amputation of the first toe of the left foot for a melanoma 39 months before. She underwent left inguinal lymphadenectomy for melanoma recurrence after 17 months and started immunotherapy with apparent clinical benefit until symptoms occurred. At admission, physical examination was unremarkable. Her laboratory test showed mild leucocytosis, anemia, and low protein level. CT scan showed the presence of a 11.5 · 6.5-cm contrast-enhancing mass in the distal small bowel with satellite macroscopic lymphadenopathy (Fig.1 C). A second 5 · 6-cm small bowel thickening in proximity of the ileocecal valve was also observed. The patient underwent open enlarged right hemicolectomy with lymphadenectomy. Microscopical and immunohistochemical analysis again showed metastasis from the Address correspondence and reprint requests to Fabio Carboni, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Digestive Surgery, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, via Elio Chianesi 53, Rome, Italy 00144. E-mail: email@example.com.


We have developed a novel planarization technique for gallium nitride (GaN) substrates using a photo-electro chemical process and solid acid catalyst. In this method, a GaN surface is oxidized by ultraviolet (UV) light irradiation, and the oxide layer is chemically removed by a solid acid catalyst. In the current work, the dependence of the removal rate on the UV light intensity was investigated.


La Guajira is home to one of the most representative indigenous communities in the country, the Wayuu, who currently suffer a constant threat from the exploitation of minerals in their ancestral territories. Therefore, their lifestyle, traditions and interaction in society have been damaged, which has given rise in recent years to an alert for the possible disappearance of the community, a dilemma denounced by different international organizations, among them is Equal Time , which recently published articles such as "The risk of disappearance of ancestral cultures" (EqualTime.org. 2017). The Colombian state has maintained a land allocation policy to certain multinationals that wish to do exploration and excavation in the national territory, which leads the private sector to generate responsibilities towards the environment, and somehow initiate the creation of a Responsibility policy Social that protects and reduces the possible damages caused.


Upwelling in eastern boundary current regions is crucial to bringing nutrient‐rich water to the photic zone and supporting the associated ecosystems. This upwelling is a result of the wind‐driven ocean circulation and is therefore susceptible to changes in the atmospheric circulation. We use the Community Earth System Model and observational data to explore the response of upwelling in the California Current and Canary Current systems to shifts in the Northern Hemisphere subtropical high‐pressure systems. We find that shifts in the North Pacific subtropical high explain a substantial fraction of both the short‐term variability and projected trend in upwelling in the California Current system during boreal summer. By contrast, the Canary Current system is less affected by shifts of the North Atlantic subtropical high, mostly because the strongest wind anomalies associated with shifts of this high‐pressure system occur too far north. We also find little impact from the Northern Hemisphere Hadley cell.


Subjective well-being is an important indicator to evaluate quality of life in hypertension.There are many factors to influence general well-being,such as culture,character trait,economic,health status and so on.The association between hypertension and subjective well-being is complicated.


Geranium plant (Pelargonium graveolens L'Her) is one of the geranium oil producing plants that has many benefits. Callus culture is a technique that can be used to plant multiplication and increase production of secondary metabolites. This study aims to determine the effect of the concentration of Benzyl Adenine on the formation of geranium callus from petiole and leaf explants. Callus induction was carried out by culturing petiole and leaf explants on MS medium + 0.1 mg.L-1 NAA + Benzyl Adenine (0; 0.5; 1; 1.5 and 2 mg.L-1). Callus morphological parameters, percentage of callus formation, and time of first callus formation were observed. The formation of geranium callus influenced by the explant type and the concentration of Benzyl Adenine. In the 2nd week, the geranium callus was initiated, light green colored with a compact callus texture. At 4th week, the percentage of callus formation containing NAA 0.1 mg.L-1 of petiole and leaf explants was 20% and 8%, whereas the percentage of callus formation on medium containing 0.1 mg.L-1 NAA combined with 0.5-2 mg.L-1 Benzyl Adenine of petiole and leaf explants was 52-80% and 24-52%. The best percentage of callus formation was found on the culture medium containing 1 mg.L-1 Benzyl Adenine, equaled 80% of petiole explants, and 52% of leaf explants.


Near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) was used to develop equations to predict condensed tannins (CT) in greater lotus (Lotus uliginosus Schkuhr) with a precision satisfactory for the screening of genotypes in a plant breeding programme. NIRS equations were developed using both partial least squares and stepwise multiple linear regression techniques, and a wide range of mathematical treatments of the log 1/reflectance NIRS data. In general, equations developed using partial least squares regression techniques had 10–15% lower standard errors than those developed using stepwise multiple linear regression, during both calibration and prediction. Standard errors of calibration ranged from 10 to 17 g kg−1, standard errors of prediction from 12 to 17 g kg−1. These errors equate to coefficients of variation in the order of 20% The use of NIRS to predict CT in greater lotus will allow more rapid evaluation and selection of genotypes than could be achieved using butan-1-ol/HCl hydrolysis. © 1997 SCI.


The coupling between two identical square dielectric waveguides with parallel axes has been studied for various configurations, in which one of the guides was arbitrarily rotated with respect to the other. In one case, the first guide was kept fixed while the second guide was rotated from 0deg; to 180deg;. It was found that the coupling coejcient was maximal when the inclination angle was 0deg; or 180deg; and vanished when it was 90deg;. In another case, one corner of the first guide faced one corner of the second guide. It was found that the coupling coejcient was less than half the maximal value obtained for the previous configuration. This study has a practical aspect; it proposes a possible way to select an appropriate coupling in order to satisfy a given engineering design.


In this article, the nonlinear optical (NLO) switching action of Ru(III/II) carboxylate complexes was investigated by density functional theory (DFT). Among the studied complexed, Ru(III)PhCOO− has the largest β value of 4972 × 10−30 esu. Through the proton transfer (PT) process, the COOH group of Ru(III)PhCOOH and Ru(III)COOH complexes can form the COO− group. Then, COO− group acts as a strong donor and Ru(III) acts as an acceptor, which may be the most favorably used in the development of metal complexes NLO material. The redox NLO switching and PT NLO switching of Ru(III)PhCOO−, Ru(III)PhCOOH, Ru(II)PhCOO−, and Ru(II)PhCOOH complexes have been studied. The β value of Ru(III)PhCOO− complex is ∼36 and ∼48 times larger than those of reduced Ru(II)PhCOO− and Ru(II)PhCOOH, respectively. Note that the β value of deprotonated Ru(III)PhCOO− is ∼215 times larger than that of Ru(III)PhCOOH. The molecular electrostatic potential analysis also confirms that Ru(III)PhCOOH may have poor performance in the second-order NLO response. In addition, the TDDFT calculations show that the ligand to metal charge transfer transition lead to the largest β value of the Ru(III)PhCOO− complex. This investigation provides important insight into the remarkably large NLO properties and NLO switching of Ru(III/II) carboxylate complexes. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem 000: 000–000, 2011


In recent years, home ICT services have been actively proposed. To realize the services, power consumption of sensor station increases when a sensor station often wakes up to report sensor data. In this paper, we proposed an application-aware power-saving control method for sensor stations and confirmed an effect of a proposed method which is constructed as OSGi bundle in HGW. By using the proposed method, it is possible to extend a reporting period of sensor station to a requesting period of service providing server. And a timing difference between reception of sensor data and reception of request from the server in HGW can be reduced to 49 msec in the evaluation.


Consider an integrator that has the input-output relation y(t) = x(r) dr Determine the input-output relation for the inverse system. The first-order difference equation y[n]-ay[n-1] = x[n], 0 < a < 1, describes a particular discrete-time system initially at rest. (a) Verify that the impulse response h[n] for this system is h[n] = a'u[n].


1-Thiocarbamoyl-3, 5-diphenyl-2-pyrazolines 4 and 5 have been prepared by cyclization of 1,3-diphenyl-2-propene-1 ones (chalcones) 3 with thiosemicarbazide in the presence of sodium hydroxide. Reaction of 3 with hydnazinehydrate followed by condensation with aryl isothiocyanates yields 1-N-substituted thiocarbamoyl-3, 5-diphenyl-2-pyrazolines 5. These compounds have been characterized on the basis of elemental analysis, IR, 1 H NMR and MS. Compounds have been evaluated for their cardiovascular activity and toxicity.


The PP/SF wood-plastic composites were prepared through masticating and melt-compounding.The effect of water immersion of SF on the mechanical properties,thermal properties and micro-structure of the wood-plastic composites was studied.When the SF content was 50 %,water immersion time was 8 d,the impact and flexural strengths of the wood-plastic composites decreased sharply,by 33.74 % and 51.42 %,from 9.88 kJ/m2 and 21.02 MPa,respectively.The thermal stability of the composites,crystallization rate and degree of crystallinity of PP were also decreased.All these changes were attributed to the water molecules diffused into the wood-plastic composites.


The main objective of the present study is to introduce a novel predictive model that combines evolutionary algorithms and machine learning (ML) models, so as to construct a landslide susceptibility map. Genetic algorithms (GA) are used as a feature selection method, whereas the particle swarm optimization (PSO) method is used to optimize the structural parameters of two ML models, support vector machines (SVM) and artificial neural network (ANN). A well-defined spatial database, which included 335 landslides and twelve landslide-related variables (elevation, slope angle, slope aspect, curvature, plan curvature, profile curvature, topographic wetness index, stream power index, distance to faults, distance to river, lithology, and hydrological cover) are considered for the analysis, in the Achaia Regional Unit located in Northern Peloponnese, Greece. The outcome of the study illustrates that both ML models have an excellent performance, with the SVM model achieving the highest learning accuracy (0.977 area under the receiver operating characteristic curve value (AUC)), followed by the ANN model (0.969). However, the ANN model shows the highest prediction accuracy (0.800 AUC), followed by the SVM (0.750 AUC) model. Overall, the proposed ML models highlights the necessity of feature selection and tuning procedures via evolutionary optimization algorithms and that such approaches could be successfully used for landslide susceptibility mapping as an alternative investigation tool.


Economic inequality in China has increased significantly over the past four decades, and I examined the cultural resources that Chinese people have deployed to frame this new inequality. Based on 75 interviews with Chinese people, I identified three framings of inequality: The meritocratic framing views inequality as the result of differences in effort, ability or contribution; the developmental framing emphasizes that because everyone is doing materially better than four decades ago, it does not matter that economic inequality has increased; and what I call the difference-order framing, which emphasizes that individuals are born into different families with different levels of resources; therefore, they cannot be equal, which is not unfair. As such, even though China was a much more economically equal society just a few decades ago, available cultural resources enable Chinese people to frame inequality in ways that justify, rather than problematize, the phenomenon.


Abstract : The objective of the research was to explore the feasibility of concomitant detection and of breast cancer through the development of multifunctional nanocomposites that will enable early detection of breast tumors, visualization of dormant metastatic cells and prevent their spread. Fluorescent nanocomposites consisting of CdS and PbS quantum dots (QDs) encapsulated in dendrimers, a class of organic macromolecules, were synthesized, and their optical absorption spectra, emission spectra, and fluorescence lifetime were measured. The CdS-based nanocomposites fluoresced in the visible, and PbS-based nanocomposites fluoresced in the near-infrared spectral regions. Optical imaging experiments demonstrated the potential for using these nanocomposites as contrast agents. Three chemokine mimics were synthesized and a toxicity study carried out under a collaborative arrangement showed that none of the mimics to be toxic to MDA MB 468 breast cancer cell lines. Attempts were made to conjugate a chemokine to PbS-dendrimer nanocomposite surface.


Abstract
 This chapter enumerates some of the biosecurity challenges in the equine industry and how principles such as reducing exposure, susceptibility, and increasing resistance can help control diseases in horses. This chapter also presents pointers on improving biosecurity in equine facilities and personnel which includes risk assessment, quarantine, cohorting, zoning, access management, isolation, syndromic surveillance, active surveillance, event attendance procedures, personal hygiene, cleaning and disinfection, surface materials, manure management, pasture management, transportation, personnel, auditing, and communication.


Objective To investigate the expression of cyclooxygenase -2 in retinoblastoma and the mechanism of COX-2's selective inhibitor,NS -398,on HXO -RB_ 44 .Methods The expression of COX-2 in RB tissues of 37 cases was analyzed by using LSAB immunohistochemical method. HXO -RB_ 44 cells were cultured.The cell growth rates were assessed,when treated with NS -398,by using MTT method.Results COX-2 was overexpressed in retinoblastoma ( 75.7% ). NS -398 inhibited the proliferation of cells in a dose and time-dependent manner.Conclusion The over expression of COX-2 is significantly related with the tumor formation of RB. HXO-RB44 cells can be inhibited by NS -398 with dose-dependent.


With the development of market modernizing and economy globalizing, sharing inner advantages and realizing advantageous situations are important to the economy of a certain region. In Pan-Asian countries, the distribution of resources and technology is unbalanced, as some Asian countries own abundant natural resources without advanced technology, while some countries have developed industry but fewer resources. Therefore, it is more important to share the advantages in Pan-Asian countries. However, this cooperation should not be made at the cost of convenient transportation. To improve the economic and political status of Asia, we will work to reduce the cost and guarantee the security and efficiency of our product. This paper aims to study the sufficiency and necessity of integrated transportation in Asia, and make adjustments accordingly. These countermeasures will play important roles in the economic development of Asia.


Wireless data acquisition has been applied in lots of areas. Foreign scholars and engineers referred and designed many methods of wireless data acquisition system. The independence and singularity of the wireless data acquisition technique conduct that it can't meet the requirements of manufacture system. This paper starts from the introduction of the status of wireless data acquisition system and analysis of requirements for the wireless data acquisition system in the manufacturing process. Through the presentation of data acquisition mode in the manufacture process and the analysis of the regular data acquisition system, an intelligent on shop wireless data acquisition system is developed. It also researches the topological structure mode, function of intelligent unit and the coordination process between the operation mechanisms based on the intelligent unit wireless system and IPC on workshop.


Through acetonitrile solution extraction,PSA adsorbent purification,RP-HPLC separation and UV detection,the residues of Diafenthiuron and Pyridaben in soil were determined.Then,the methanol/water(85/15,V/V) was used as mobile phase and three levels were chosen to conduct fortified recovery experiment.The results showed that average recovery rate of Diafenthiuron was 96.27% and its standard deviation was 2.18~11.63;average recovery rate of Pyridaben was 91.23% and its standard deviation was 3.26~6.17;the chromatographic resolution degree(R) between Diafenthiuron and Pyridaben was more than 1.5.


ABSTRACT:This essay recommends a revised framework for approaching periodicals by putting the Bay Area Dadaists' 1970s "Dadazines" into dialogue with San Francisco punk zines, and by linking these periodicals with each group's performances. For these artists and for punks, zines offered a shared, cheap, quick means of expression and communication. Their zines also show that periodicals have the potential to be dynamic sites, like performances, that foster cross-fertilization and interaction and productively hold in tension materiality and ephemerality, mediation and liveness. Indeed, we can understand them as performances in their own right.


teaching stretched between the studies of the 1920s and 1930s-reported in such works as Willard Waller's The Sociology of Teaching (1932), Willard S. Ellsbree's The American Teacher: Evolution of a Profession in a Democracy (1939/1970), and Florence Greenhoe's Community Contacts and Participation of Teachers (1941)-and the appearance nearly a half-century later of Dan Lortie's Schoolteacher: A Sociological Study (1975), Nancy Hoffman's Woman's "True Profession": Voices from the History of Teaching (1981), and the formation of Division K (on Teaching and Teacher Education) of the American Educational Research Association


The mesoporous silica is prepared by controlling different TEOS-to-PEO-b-PCL ratios and different solvents and reveals that the mesostructure will change by various TEOS and solvents contents. The long range ordered mesoporous silica is synthesized by F127, and the morphologies are controlled from a hexagonal cylinder structure to a bcc by varying TEOS. In addition, we synthesize the pentablock copolymer PCL-PEO-PPO-PEO-PCL and then examine the effect of its PCL segments on the morphology. We fabricated a series of mesoporous silica/organosilicate with hybrid porosity through EISA and tailor the mesostructure by varying ratio of TEOS and OV-POSS-SILY. The hierarchical mesoporous silica of with tetragonal cylindrical and fcc pores with uniform pore size is synthesized through EISA by PE-PEO-PLA templates. And then, the FITC is used as drug and load into the hierarchical materials. It has been found that the release kinetics is influenced by these hierarchical materials. Bimodal mesoporous silica is prepared by co-templating method using PEO-b-PLA and F127. The pore size distribution is bimodal can be divided between the larger pores, originating from PEO-b-PLA, and the smaller pores, originating from F127. This novel bimodal mesoporous silica is employed as a drug-carrier for doxorubicin.


UHV power transmission is of enormous economic benefits and technical advantages,and has found wide application abroad.As the present 500 kV grid can not meet the demands of long-distance and large-capacity power transmission in southern power grid of China,it is suggested that 1 000 kV UHV AC transmission should be developed.In view of the large transmission capacity and high technical requirements of the UHV AC transmission line as well as its great influence on the stability of the system,this paper presents the idea and scheme of the local area network(LAN) for the protection of UHV AC transmission system based on analyzing the successful experience abroad and the conditions of southern power grid of China,so as to provide reference for technical personnel concerned.


Excess Loop Delay (ELD) induced feedback DAC nonideality is a dominant factor causing error in the transfer function of CT ΣΔ modulators and eventually leading to instability. This paper will present a novel technique which aims to track the amount of excess loop delay, and compensate by using digital logic elements and an RC feedback network. A 2nd order CT ΣΔ modulator with 1-bit DAC was built at transistor-level in 65nm CMOS to demonstrate the efficiency of the method. The Cadence simulation results show that, by using the proposed technique, the modulator can track the ELD up to 50% of the clock period duration and compensate it, leading to 69.2dB SNDR when compared with the ideal value of 70dB SNDR.


ARTICLE INFO Nanofluids are good replacements for cooling fluid in radiators and thermal exchangers. Materials with higher thermal properties are required to increase the performance of radiator. The use of nanofluids is one of the methods to increase heat transfer in radiators. In this research, cooling of car radiator has been investigated by using nanofluids. Results of the research indicated that the used nanofluid can increase heat transfer up to 50%. Reduction in size and weight of the radiators are among the achievements of this research. In addition to reducing the production cost, better designation of cars are possible when the radiator becomes smaller in size. Nanofluids are produced by stable dispersing of nanoparticles in heat transfer fluids that are usually water or ethylene glycol. In this research, a system similar to car radiator cooling system has been designed and produced.


Recent studies reported on a new magnetospheric phenomenon called cusp energetic particle (CEP) events. It has been suggested that these energetic particles with significant fluxes up to several hundred keV/e are accelerated locally in the cusp. An alternative explanation for the energetic particle events is that they are accelerated at the quasi-parallel bow shock, then transported downstream and enter the cusp along newly reconnected field lines or some other solar wind entry mechanism. It is well known that shock-accelerated ions have characteristic abundance ratios, composition ratios relative to the solar wind composition, temperatures, and spectral dependency on solar wind conditions. These parameters are used to distinguish between a local (cusp) and remote (bow shock) acceleration. Our results show that average values of these parameters in the cusp are comparable to those at quasi-parallel shocks. Furthermore, changes in some of these parameters indicate a solar wind entry process that depends on energy and mass. No local acceleration is required to explain the observed CEP events up to 150 keV/e. For ions above 150 keV/e the magnetosphere itself may be responsible for the observed cusp fluxes.