Due to the environmental regulations, the fuel efficiency in seaway becomes more important. In this paper, the effect of ship motion on propeller performance will be evaluated. The influence will be divided into two different factors. The first one is the influence due to ship positions in seaway and the induced velocity due to wave itself, and the second one is the interaction between the ship hull and the propeller. The influence of the ship motion to the propeller performance is then the sum of these factors. In this paper, the first factor is considered as mainly the potential flow factor, and the second one is considered as mainly the viscous flow factor. We have assumed these factors are independent to each other in this paper. For the effects of ship positions and the influence of wave itself, a potential flow propeller unsteady flow boundary element method is used with a ship motion prediction program for computations. For computing the interactions between the ship hull and propellers, the viscous flow RANS method is adopted. Instead of using the real propeller geometry in RANS computations, the body forces will be used to represent the propeller effects, and it is called the body force method. A computational example is demonstrated to show that the body force method can successfully simulate the interaction between the ship hull and a propeller. Computational examples are also demonstrated for investigating the effects of ship positions in seaway on the propeller performances. In this paper, we have established the first step to integrate ship motion computational method, the propeller boundary element method, and the viscous flow RANS method to evaluate the propeller performance in seaway.


Cement-gypsum board has been used widely in construction project as a non-structural material. Commercial cement-gypsum board is mostly reinforced with synthetic fiber such as glass fiber. Environment consideration leads to the replacement of synthetic component with natural one in industrial product. In this study, a cement-gypsum board with natural fiber reinforcement—specifically, abaca fiber—was created. To examine the impact of fiber content on the flexural strength and other physical characteristics of cement-gypsum panels, cement-gypsum panels with varying amounts of abaca fiber content (0%, 1%, 2%, 3%, and 4%) were created. The experiment and its materials were created in accordance with Indonesian Standard SNI 01-4449-2006. The experiment's findings demonstrated that the amount of fiber in abaca-cement-gypsum panels had a substantial impact on their flexural strength, density, moisture content, water absorption, and thickness development. The cement-gypsum panel with a 2% fiber content achieved the highest flexural strength of 38.577 MPa. According to the experiment's findings on its flexural strength and physical characteristics, abaca fiber could serve as reinforcement for cement-gypsum board.


The paper presents an approach for the monitoring and diagnosis of multi-agent systems where mobile robotic agents provide services and partial observability of the environment is achieved via a set of fixed sensors. This kind of systems exhibits complex dynamics where weakly predictable interactions among agents may arise. A model-based approach to on-line monitoring and diagnosis is adopted: while the dynamics of the system components and their relations are modeled via communicating automata, the global system model is factored in a number of subsystems dynamically aggregating a convenient set of component models.

The On-line Monitoring Module (OMM) estimates the possible evolutions of the system by exploiting partial system observability provided by sensors and agents messages and enforces global constraints. When the monitor detects failures in the actions execution, the Diagnostic Interpretation Module (DIM) is triggered for explaining the failure in terms of faults in the robotic agents and/or troublesome interactions among them. As a specific case-study we refer to the RoboCare project2.


AIM
The aim of the study was to simplify the dosing regimen of peginterferon alfa-2a in paediatric patients with chronic hepatitis C.

METHODS
A population pharmacokinetic (PK) model was developed using PK data from 14 children aged 2-8 years and 402 adults. Simulations were produced to identify a simplified dosing regimen that would provide exposures similar to those observed in the paediatric clinical trials and in the range known to be safe/efficacious in adults. Model predictions were evaluated against observed adult and paediatric data to reinforce confidence of the proposed dosing regimen.

RESULTS
The final model was a two compartment model with a zero order resorption process. Covariates included a linear influence of body surface area (BSA) on apparent oral clearance (CL/F) and a linear influence of body weight on apparent volume of distribution of the central compartment (V1 /F). A simplified dosing regimen was developed which is expected to provide exposures in children aged ≥5 years similar to the dosing formula used in the paediatric clinical trial and within the range that is safe/efficacious in adults. This simplified regimen is approved in the EU and in other countries for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C in treatment-naive children/adolescents aged ≥5 years in combination with ribavirin.

CONCLUSION
Pre-existing adult PK data were combined with relatively limited paediatric PK data to develop a PK model able to predict exposure in both populations adequately. This provided increased confidence in characterizing PK in children and helped in the development of a simplified dosing regimen of peginterferon alfa-2a in paediatric patients.


Sediments from Middle Stone Age hearths and burnt deposits in
Sibudu Cave (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) were analysed for their
mineral and phytolith contents. The mineral compositions were
determined by FT-IR spectroscopy. The phytoliths were classified
and counted by transmitted polarized light microscopy. Burning
experiments using wood and grasses from species native to the
cave's environment yielded the reference ashes. The visible
hearths and ash dumps contain phytolith assemblages characteristic
of wood fuel. A significant portion of the phytoliths of hearths
and ash layers display morphologies related to intense heating.
This finding is suggestive of long-burning wood fires and/or reuse
of the same fireplace. The heat-altered phytoliths are useful in
tracing fires, especially if hearth structures are not preserved and
ash deposits have been diagenetically and heavily altered. The
phytolith contents and mineralogical composition of the ash
deposits and the surrounding sedimentary matrix are very similar.
This feature suggests that the sedimentary matrix originally
contained fireplaces and ash deposits, whose structures were
destroyed shortly after deposition, presumably by trampling. The
intact circular hearths are most likely the product of intense fires.
Similar results from hearths and their surrounding matrix have been
reported from Middle Palaeolithic cave sites in Israel.


A new optically controlled phased array beamforming technique based on phase modulations of wavelength-division-multiplexed (WDM) single sideband modulated light with carrier using a two-dimensional array liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) pixels device, is presented. It realizes multiple wideband photonic microwave phase shifters, operates over a wide frequency range, and simultaneously integrates the array phase taper and the array amplitude taper within a single unit. The beamforming is software programmable. Experimental results demonstrate multiple independent microwave phase shifters that operate simultaneously over a 10- to 20-GHz frequency range, and results demonstrate beamsteering in a four-element optically controlled beam steering array at 18 GHz.


【Purpose: Many firms have implemented Six Sigma in order to improve employee's creativity and performance. However, few researchers have studied the effect of Six Sigma on performance through creativity process. This study aims to investigate the impact of Six Sigma, exploitation, and exploration on performance. Methods: Based on literature review, this paper develops hypotheses and tests them by employing a structural equations model. Using survey data of 209 Six Sigma experts who have conducted Six Sigma projects from different companies, this study empirically shows that the activities for Six Sigma enhance exploitation, exploration, and performance. Results: Six Sigma affects exploration and exploitation, each of which in turn enhances performance. It is noted that Six Sigma has an indirect influence on performance through exploitation and exploration. Conclusion: Apart from Parast(2011) who insists that Six Sigma is effective in improving exploitation rather than exploration, this study suggest that Six Sigma can affect both in order to enhance corporate performance.】


In overlay networks, in order to obtain accurate measurement results, it is important to solve the measurement conflict problem : the measurement tasks for overlapping paths conflict with each other. In this paper, we propose a measurement method which reduces the number of measurement conflicts, without centralized control in measurement tasks scheduling. In this method, each overlay node uses traceroute to get path information to other overlay nodes and exchanges it with nearby overlay nodes to estimate path overlaps. Based on the number of overlapping paths, the overlay node calculates an appropriate measurement frequency and a measurement timing to minimize the probability of measurement conflicts occurring among overlapping paths. Furthermore, the overlay node exchanges measurement results with a small number of overlay nodes to statistically obtain more accurate measurement results. Simulation results show that when the density of the overlay nodes (the ratio of the number of overlay nodes to the number of routers) is greater than 0.3, our method can run twice as many measurement tasks as existing methods without measurement conflict.


A novel series of PAMAM dendrimer-supported chiral salen Mn(III) complexes has been synthesized and applied to the enantioselective epoxidation of unfunctionalized olefins. Technologies of characterization clearly suggested the axial grafting of the chiral salen Mn(III) complex on the surface of PAMAM dendrimers through a phenoxy group spacer. It was found that the peripherally modified dendrimers benefited from the cooperativity between neighboring sites confined to the surface of the dendrimers, thereby enhancing the asymmetric induction of the catalyst. Higher enantioselectivity for PAMAM dendrimer-supported chiral salen Mn(III) complexes over the homogeneous counterpart was observed in the enantioselective epoxidation of unfunctionalized olefins. Furthermore, the dendritic supports imparted selective solubility properties to the catalysts. These catalysts could be easily recovered from the reaction solution by using solvent precipitation, and could be reused for several times without loss of activity and enantioselectivity.


a short but nowise negligible study of the curious question why classical Greek ethics have no word for 'will' in the moral sense, which he provisionally defines (p. 7, n. 1) as 'a conscious effort to which our intelligence has given its sanction, or at least not withheld it'. He first examines the surviving literature for quasi-equivalents, and is of opinion (pp. 14 ff.) that the nearest is the Platonic du/xoetS&. Attention is also paid to the claims of the Aristotelian irpoatpems (see especially pp. 14, ao; add to the author's references that W. C. Greene, Moira, p. 327, nearly identifies it with will). Passing to a later date, he notes (p. 99) that the conception, and a word for it, make their appearance in the first century A.D. in Seneca (epp. 80. 4 and elsewhere) and in St. Paul (especially Rom. vii. 15-20), although there are adumbrations of it in the last century of the Republic. He suggests (p. 30) that the origin of the idea may be looked for in Cynic oiarpiflai. Thence he proceeds to examine later writers, above all St. Augustine, and to account for the change as due (pp. 38 ff.) to the passage from a static and intellectualist view of the universe and the moral world to a dynamic one, characteristic especially of Christian ethics, with an interesting discussion of which the essay ends (pp. 48 ff.). His final problem is (p. 59) whether a synthesis of the two attitudes is possible.


In this paper we present a new method for off-line Chinese signature verification. The approach is based on feature extraction of every segment segmented from the signature image. A signature image is segmented to some segments. Every segment is represented by a set of seven features, because each type feature has a different impact for the signature verification, each type weighting factor is very import for the Similarity Computation of the off-line Chinese signature verification. Experimental results show a appropriate weight of the features is promising to distinguish skilled forgeries from genuine signatures effectively.


Objective To summarize the clinical features of neonatal gastric perforation complicated with intestinal malrotation (NGPM).Methods Twelve patients with NGPM were recruited in this study.The other 23 neonatal gastric perforation patients without malrotation (NGP) were studied as controls.The clinical data including age,birth weight,gender,initial symptom,perforation and mortality were retrospectively analyzed to summarize the clinical features of NGPM.Results Compared with the NGP group,the NGPM group had heavier weight (average weight,3.04 ± 0.70 kg vs 2.49±0.74 kg,P<0.05),and more frequent vomiting as initial symptom (58.3% vs 17.4%,P<0.05).The percentage of premature neonates,male patients,average age at diagnose,and mortality of NGPM group were 16.7%,75%,4.92 ± 1.08 d,and 83.3%,respectively; compared with 47.8%,91.3%,4.09-± 1.73 d,and 47.8% in NPG group.Of NG-PM group,50.0% patients had gastric perforation at greater curvature,compared with 26.1% of NGP group.Among these clinical data,only the differences of average weight and initial symptom frequency were statistically significant between the 2 groups (all P<0.05).Conclusions NGPM is secondary to the obstruction of duodenum.Exploration of the whole digestive tract is recommended.

Key words:
Intestinal volvulus;  Abdomen,acute;  Infant,newborn


A method that tests pools of reactants with catalysts allows for large-scale surveying of new reactions. Despite many notable advances in rational drug design, high-throughput methods that screen libraries of unrelated compounds have become essential tools in lead compound discovery. However, the discovery of chemical reactions, whether for rational synthesis, library generation, or large-scale manufacturing, has not benefited from high-throughput screening methods to nearly the same extent. On page 1423 of this issue, Robbins and Hartwig (1) describe an approach for high-throughput discovery of chemical reactions catalyzed by transition metals that simultaneously explores broad ranges of reactant functional groups and metal-ligand combinations.


A novel simulation system of upper-limb rehabilitation training exoskeleton controlled by pattern recognition of mechanomyography (MMG) signals is developed in this study. Aiming at the upper-limb rehabilitation training of hemiplegia patients, this system is divided into two parts: one part includes 3 classes of shoulder and elbow movements, and another part includes 6 classes of wrist movements. After collecting multi-channel MMG for upper-limb movements and designing a 7 degrees of freedom (DoF) upper-limb exoskeleton model, the system can generate instructions to control the exoskeleton to assist the patients to do upper-limb (hemiplegia) rehabilitation training according to the pattern recognition results of upper-limb (normal side) movements. The simulation system makes that is possible to assist hemiplegia patients to do passive training for upper-limbs according to the pattern recognition of upper limb movements based on MMG, and the bilateral movements are more benefit to rehabilitation from a medical standpoint.


ABSTRACT The Vatican–Taiwan relationship is an anomalous one, with only a marginal relationship to Cold War issues or questions of the legitimacy of the PRC as a regime. Rather, the rationale for the connection is that the Vatican has an ongoing diplomatic relationship with China, and that Taiwan is the only place in China where it is possible to maintain a nunciature (or embassy). This suits the Taiwan authorities, as the Vatican remains its only diplomatic partner in Europe and is the most important diplomatic relationship remaining to them. But it rests on premises that ceased to be valid decades ago. The likelihood is that the relationship will be severed the moment it becomes feasible for the Vatican to establish a nunciature in Beijing.


Strigolactone acts with other plant hormones to influence shoot architecture by suppressing axiliary bud outgrowth. The exogenous application of synthetic analogues of strigolactone, such as GR24, have been investigated as a way to manage plant architecture in a number of crops. In this study we test whether GR24 can be used to supress bud outgrowth in clonal propagules of tea tree (Melaleuca alternifolia) in order to retain a "single stem" form desirable for machine planting. GR24 was applied to decapitated rooted cuttings of tea tree at two rates (0.5 mg L-1 and 1.5 mg L-1), with and without auxin. By 21 days post-treatment, GR24 at both rates had significantly (p<0.05), reduced the mean number of axiliary buds (5.7 ± 0.4 and 5.5 ± 0.3 buds respectively) compared to decapitated untreated control plants (8.9 ± 0.6 buds). Suppression of buds was significantly higher again when auxin was applied in conjunction with GR24. Nonetheless, no exogenous hormone treatment was as effective at suppressing bud outgrowth as the apical dominance that occurred in intact control plants (1.1 ± 0.4 buds).


"We combine data on international trade linkages with a network approach to map the global trading system as an interdependent complex network. This enables us to obtain indicators of how well connected a country is into the global trading system. We use these network-based measures of connectedness to explain stock market returns during recent episodes of financial crisis. We find that a crisis is amplified if the epicenter country is better integrated into the trade network. However, target countries affected by such a shock are in turn better able to dissipate the impact if they are well integrated into the network. A network approach can help explain why the Mexican, Asian, and Russian financial crises were highly contagious, while the crises that originated in Venezuela and Argentina did not have such a virulent effect. We suggest that a network approach incorporating the cascading and diffusion of interdependent ripples when a shock hits a specific part of the global trade network provides us with an improved explanation of financial contagion." ("JEL" F10, "F36", F40, "G15") Copyright (c) 2009 Western Economic Association International.


The organizationalr metaphors Besides the recognition, in this article, of the metaphors' importance like organizations' heuristic tools, our aim will be centered in the three metaphors anaiysis: the machine, the organism and the culture. Each one of these metaphors has an explanation of limited capacity. The organization complexity can't be understood reporting only the rationai and techmical dimension, as its happens, for instance, with the mechanical explanation. Othenvise it can't also be cir- cunscribed to its symbolic side, like in the culture case. The understanding of the organizational reality implies the interconnection of all these metaphors. Each them apprehend different aspects of the organization, giving rise to a variety of insights, always fruitful.


A mathematical model of calcium sorbent reactions for simulation of sulfur
 dioxide reduction from pulverized coal combustion fl e gasses is developed,
 implemented within numerical code and validated against available
 measurements under controlled conditions. The model attempts to closely
 resemble reactions of calcination, sintering and sulfation, occurring during
 the sorbent particles motion in the furnace. The sulfation is based on PSSM
 (Partially Sintered Spheres Model), coupled with simulated particle
 calcination and sintering. Complex geometry of the particle is taken into
 account, with the assumption that it consists of spherical grains in contact
 with each other. Numerical simulations of drop down tube reactors were
 performed for both CaCO3 and Ca(OH)2 sorbent particles and results were
 compared with available experimental data from literature. The sorbent
 reactions model will be further used for simulations of desulfurization
 reactions in turbulent gas-particle flow under coalcombustion conditions.
 [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. TR-33018: Increase in
 energy and ecology efficiency of processes in pulverized coal-fired furnace
 and optimization of utility steam boiler air preheater by using in-house
 developed software tools]


We present the data reduction pipeline, MEAD, for Arizona Lenslets for Exoplanet Spectroscopy (ALES), the first thermal infrared integral field spectrograph designed for high-contrast imaging. ALES is an upgrade of LMIRCam, the 1 - 5 μm imaging camera for the Large Binocular Telescope, capable of observing astronomical objects in the thermal infrared (3 - 5 μm) to produce simultaneous spatial and spectral data cubes. The pipeline is currently designed to perform L-band (2.8 - 4.2 μm) data cube reconstruction, relying on methods used extensively by current near-infrared integral field spectrographs. ALES data cube reconstruction on each spectra uses an optimal extraction method. The calibration unit comprises a thermal infrared source, a monochromator and an optical diffuser designed to inject specific wavelengths of light into LBTI to evenly illuminate the pupil plane and ALES lenslet array with monochromatic light. Not only does the calibration unit facilitate wavelength calibration for ALES and LBTI, but it also provides images of monochromatic point spread functions (PSFs). A linear combination of these monochromatic PSFs can be optimized to fit each spectrum in the least-square sense via x2 fitting.


Objective:To investigate the characteristics and treatment for serious epistaxis. Method: The clinical data of 76 patients with serious epistaxis were retrospectively studied. Result: Serious epistaxis was most common in the old and in posterior nasal cavity.Thirty-one cases(41%) had hypertension.Sixty-two cases were successfully controlled with filled with nasoforamin,14 cases were cured by ligating artery. No complications were found in a follow-up of one year. Conclusion: Serious epistaxis is urgent and dangerous, and it should be treated by filling with nasoforamin in time, if it is fail,ligating the external carotic artery or/and anterior ethmoid artery should be performed earlier.


Free Space Optics offers many advantages over different communication systems like higher bandwidth, etc. FSO is being used to overcome the drawbacks of other systems like optical and radio communication systems. FSO requires free space as the medium of communication. Attenuation caused by the medium can degrade a system performance. To overcome the effect of these losses due to attenuation, either the data rate is decreased or the laser power is increased. In this article, concept of laser power is analyzed by changing the power level and the performance is compared with that of system with constant power. It has been found that for higher attenuation, there is no significant decrease in link distance where as the power is reduced from 40dBm to 10dBm.


Seismic imaging and interpretation of salt bodies and surrounding minibasins have been always a challenge in areas with salt tectonics. Complex steeply dipping flanks along salt structures and adjacent stratigraphy remain problematic areas owing to the complex ray paths of the seismic waves travelling through the salt. This fact avoids a clear image of the salt-sediment interface, increasing the uncertainty of the interpretation of salt structures and surrounding minibasins. In this study, a 3D seismic cube located in the Nordkapp Basin (western Barents Sea), has been used to develop suitable interpretation attribute workflows which will allow the interpreter to: (1) improve interpretation and mapping techniques of salt bodies, salt-related structural elements, and adjacent minibasin stratigraphy; and (2) obtain a better understanding of salt kinematics, trapping geometry, and reservoir distribution adjacent to salt structures. The mapping and characterization of salt structures have been carried out using the attribute dip-illumination and variance. In contrast, chaos and anttrack highlight the presence of radial faults and have been used to better understand diapir kinematics. The surrounding minibasins have been interpreted using frequency filters and cosine of instantaneous phase, which have been essential to identify the different types of composite halokinetic sequences and the presence of sedimentary wedges which might act as potential reservoirs.


The authors consider the simultaneous problem of optimal robust stabilization and optimal tracking for single-input/single-output (SISO) systems in an L/sup /spl infin//-setting using a two-parameter compensator scheme. Optimal robustness is linked to the work done by Georgiou and Smith (1992) in the L/sup 2/-setting. Optimal tracking involves the resolution of L/sup 1/-optimization problems. The authors consider in particular the robust control of delay systems. They determine explicit expressions of the Bezout factors for general delay systems which are in the Callier-Desoer class /spl Bscr//spl circ/(0). Finally, they solve several general L/sup 1/-optimization problems and give an algorithm to solve the optimal robust control problem for a large class of delay systems.


The vapors over solid gold(III) chloride and the vapor-phase equilibria of thegold(III) chloridealuminum(III) chloride binary system have been investigated spectrophotometrically. The thermodynamic functions of the sublimation 2AuCl 3 (s)=Au 2 Cl 6 (g) were determined: ΔH S o =114.2±1.8 kJ mol -1 and ΔS S o =160.5±3.3 J mol -1 K -1 (480


of those beats have any redeeming social impact is telling. Cole is less integrated into the film (itself an equivocal desire) than evidence that Hollywood can't figure out how to use him—which Wager reads unconvincingly as an instance of Brecht's alienation effect rather than, say, Hollywood's structures of racial dominance. Kiss Me Deadly for its part keeps Cole safely offscreen, Wager notes, where his music can authorize with greater ease Mike Hammer's (Ralph Meeker) white-Negro aura, a fact Wager could lean on much more critically. And so it goes, variously, across the other analyses here. The promise of Afromodernist musical subversion is held out, dashed by the readings Wager herself offers, and yet equivocally upheld by the author despite her own evidence to the contrary. All this amid, as I say, plenty of useful production detail and other research, as well as insightful observations having nothing to do with music. Wager, for instance, remarks only in passing that Chico Hamilton is turned into "the help" in Sweet Smell of Success: "the sound of Hamilton's jazz and the musicians' hip and sophisticated presence help characterize the otherwise completely bland white hero" (62). This describes the whole industry problem in a nutshell if only Wager were interested in pursuing it; she nicely observes that Hamilton's later drum solo becomes the perfect backdrop to one character's imminent beating but doesn't insist enough on the way that that very fact cements jazz as mere cultural donor, an allusive use-value in the depiction of white sordidness. Wager notes without exploring the way the Miles Davis soundtrack improvisations that give Elevator to the Gallows much of its narrative energy are still essentially there to underscore white recklessness, criminality, and despair, as are Ellington's and collaborator Billy Strayhorn's quite novel and ingenious contributions to Anatomy of a Murder, remaining the tain for the silver screen's mirror of white people behaving badly. The somewhat more nuanced film-music relations that define Odds Against Tomorrow—its depiction of Black family life (for once) as threatened by white racism and criminal henchmen; its sympathy for the plight of vibraphonist Johnny Ingram (Harry Belafonte), subtended by the indelible music of the Modern Jazz Quartet—come too late in the book to disrupt the standard pattern and, in any case, fulfill many of the usual noir soundtrack functions in scoring Ingram's descent into criminality and self-destruction. Wager remains hopeful to the end about jazz's "brief and complex seizing of the screen at the end of the classic noir cycle in the late 1950s" (131), but as she herself senses, its mortal yoking with urban threat, sexual danger, and white hipness ultimately leaves its presence in these films an exploitative and retrograde ornamentation, or at best a series of missed opportunities.


Energy Audit (EA) is indeed a tool and a technique to bridge the gap between the requirement and demand of energy needs, partially and practically. This paper discusses the practical audit methodologies and procedures of conducting water audit, HVAC audit, envelope audit and waste audit of an IT facility, in its first part. In the later part, it deals with the energy saving proposals or energy conservation opportunities found in one of the IT building facilities, done by the authors. Energy saving calculation and cost payback analysis for the investments will also be discussed.


An experimental study is conducted to observe structural performance of steel post systems for bridge guardrails consisting of 3 different anchor bolt types. A total of 6 steel post specimens (two chemical anchor bolt specimens (CH-1, CH-2), two L-shape anchor bolt specimens (L-1, L-2), and two Head-shape anchor bolt specimens (HD-1, HD-2)) were prepared, and their structural behavior and ultimate capacity were assessed under quasi-static lateral loading conditions. In the case of steel post specimens fixed with chemical anchor bolts, a lamellar tearing failure mode was observed at the concrete curb on the tension side. On the other hand, in the case of steel post specimens fixed with L-shape and Head-shape anchor bolts, concrete compressive failures due to base plate bearing were observed on the compression side of the concrete curb. Through the experiment study, it was found that the steel post systems consisting of L-shape or Head-shape anchor bolts could develop at least 30% higher strength as compared with the steel post systems fixed with chemical anchor bolts. Also found in this study were that better structural performance of the steel post system could be assured when the steel post buckles prior to failure of the concrete curb, and that ultimate capacity of the steel post systems could be effectively increased with longer base plate length and higher concrete curb strength on its compression side.


Purpose This paper aims to provide evidence of the major role of non-technological activities in the innovation process. It highlights the effects of marketing and organizational innovation strategies on technological innovation performance. Design/methodology/approach The article tests theoretical hypotheses on a sample of 555 firms of the 4th Community Innovation Survey (CIS 4) in 2006 in Luxembourg. Data are analyzed through a generalizedTobit model. Findings In the present study, evidence is found to support the impact of innovation in the marketing and organization fields on a firm's capacity to innovate, but not on the innovative performance. The paper also statistically shows that the effects of non-technological innovation differ depending on the phase of the innovation process. Research limitations/implications The causal link and the question of time frame between the various innovations could be further investigated, especially through longitudinal studies. Further research should also focus on the differences between large versus small firms, and service versus industrial firms. Practical implications The effects of non-technological innovation are not the same according to whether the firm is in the first step of the innovation process (i.e. being innovative), or in a later step (i.e. innovative performance). Managers should be aware of these various effects in order to efficiently adopt non-technological innovation strategies. Originality/value Few works have taken into account the role of other innovative strategies such as marketing and organization. At our knowledge, this is the first study based on recent CIS data that looks at the interrelations between different types of innovation.


The article discusses the system of ratings, Anton Chekhov's creative work, developed in the reviews and articles of Dmitry Filosofov of the 1900s. The features of his critical method, which were realised during this period, are characterised.
It is proved that Dmitry Filosofov perceives Anton Chekhov's work as the artistic peak of Russian literature of the early 20th century and at the same time as a certain limit in its movement. It is noted that using the principle of «in occasion
of criticism» in his own way, he refracts the traditions of Vissarion Belinsky, Nikolay Dobrolyubov, Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Apollon Grigoryev. It is argued that the tendency to think in antinomies, manifested in the works of Dmitry Filosofov on
Anton Chekhov in the 1900s, connects him with Dmitry Merezhkovsky. An important role in the formation of philosophical assessments of Anton Chekhov's creative work is played by the antinomies «Chekhov and Chekhovism», «Everyday tragedy and everyday heroism». They perform the function of bonds, connecting reviews and articles of this critic in a kind of «Chekhov» cycle. Dmitry Filosofov was one of the fi rst to use the antinomy «Chekhov and Chekhovism» in his works, which later became a constant in criticising the Fin de Siècle as a whole. Assessments of Anton Chekhov's artistic heritage, concentrated in reviews and articles by Dmitry Filosofov of the 1900s, are focused on dialogue with statements by contemporaries – Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Zinaida Gippius, Vasily Rozanov. In an indirect form, they broadcast the ideas of building a «new religious consciousness». But at the same time, Dmitry Filosofov not only illustrates other people's critical concepts, but also opens up new facets of Anton Chekhov's work.


Catalysis by Heteropoly acids (HPAs) and polyoxometalates (POMs) having a higher demand worldwide, as it can be designed to accelerate complex reactions and be more environmentally friendly. However, recycling of water-soluble solid catalysts remains a problem. The synthesis of a recyclable composite with catalytic properties is the key to better use of HPAs and POMs. Many researches have mentioned the method of synthesis by immersing a porous carrier in a supported solution. However, the catalytic stabilities of the previously studied composites after multiple uses have rarely been mentioned. In this research, a novel idea is proposed to synthesize a heteropoly acid supported composite. A complex hydrogel with catalytic properties was synthesized by mixing an anionic monomer with a heteropoly acid. The heteropoly acid particles were inserted inside the hydrogel by the interaction forces between the anions. Thus, preventing the water-soluble heteropoly acid from being lost during the catalytic reaction. The complex hydrogel is consisted of the anionic monomer 2-acrylamide-2methylpropanesulfonic acid (AMPS) as a carrier, N,N'-Methylenebisacrylamide (MBAA) as crosslinkers and the typical Keggin-type HPA: H3PW12O40. At last, a composite with (NH4)3PW12O40 particles was synthesized.


The purpose of this study is to evaluate Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs for local communities around mining companies in Kalimantan, Indonesia, based on environmental, economic, and social perspectives. We create evaluation criteria consisting of; six on the environmental perspective, three on the economic perspective, and two on the social perspective. CSR reports are collected from the company website. Each company was given a score based on whether these evaluation criteria were present (1) or absent (0). The evaluation scores of the CSR mining companies programs' in Kalimantan, Indonesia are high in considering cleaner production, waste reduction, material flow management, and recycling, committed to managing energy and water, developing infrastructures surrounding mining companies, has good corporate ethics, and encourages employees to volunteer for social causes and provides incentives for these activities; medium in committed to following all applicable laws and policies concerning environmental standards and policies, committed to conserving biodiversity, committed to managing sound and vibration from mining activities as well as protecting the air quality around the mining area, and enhancing self-employment options for local communities; low in taking long-term factors into accounts, such as global climate change and other environmental threats, and providing jobs opportunities for local communities. From the evaluations above, access to information, public participation, and transparency in discussing areas of corporate-community issues are all things that mining companies must improve. If there is a lack of congruence between aim, activity, and effect, civil society organizations should frequently criticize mining companies' CSR operations.


This article searches for respond to the question whether biopolitic's objective (to manage life and construct lifestyles) and necropolitic's objective (to administrate death and destroy habitats and peoples), polarized, make both concepts opposites, or on the contrary, if they indicate a dialectical relationship and mutual construction in phenomena such as migration. To answer the question, the article first examines biopolitics in the work of Michel Foucault and seeks how it has been taken up in the analysis of contemporary migration. The paper then describes necropolitics in the work of Achille Mbembe, and how it has been taken up to identify the causes of forced migration and racism against migrants. Finally, it reviews the literature on biopolitical and necropolitical studies in the context of international migration.


ABSTRACT In this descriptive database study, we examine 19 male patients who showed significant deficits in the initiation and persevera-tion subtest of the dementia rating scale yet scored a 25 or greater on the mini-mental state examination. We compared this I/P impaired group to 42 patients scoring well on the same dementia rating scale subtest, and found no significant differences in demographics, medical burden, agitation or degree of psychosis on hospital admission between the groups. Functioning as assessed by activities of daily living and independent activities of daily living questionnaires was also similar between the two groups on admission. We concluded that executive dysfunction as measured by the I/P subtest of the Dementia Rating Scale, does not impair patients' ability to function independently. Perhaps, the subtleties of executive function are not adequately addressed with the I/P subtest and more detailed instruments may be more useful in predicting independent functioning.


S. is a 28-year-old female patient who was being monitored in a Day Hospital for eight months prior to the interview due to a psychiatric admission for psychotic decompensation of her baseline disease, this disease being paranoid type schizophrenia. On the other hand, in the last months, S. has become more interested in religiousness, and during the last week, she has attended mass every day. She has also attended sessions of exorcism and spiritualism, stating that she feels the presence of a malignant spirit within her.


This paper summarizes the connotation,concept and model of information commons,explores the building mode and effect of the physical space in the information commons,and sums up the construction principle and construction strategy of the physical space in the information commons.


A newly designed device for the experimental characterization of rarefied pressure driven gas flows is presented. The device is intended for both the thermal and the hydrodynamic analysis of gas flowing inside a single micro channel. The innovative feature of the present design is the integration of temperature and pressure sensors inside the micro channel itself. The sensors are fabricated as an array on longitudinal thin film membranes, installed on a polymeric supporting frame. A peculiar multi layer configuration of the device allows, on the one hand, the mounting of the sensor layer as a separate channel upper wall and, on the other hand, the interchangeability of the test sections. The sensors directly face the gas stream, registering the temperature and the pressure profiles along the channel. This gives additional information about the gas behavior compared to the simplified assumption of a linear profile developing between the measured inlet and outlet values. Examples of integrated sensors in micro channels have been already realized; however the majority of them are in silicon channels, as only with silicon fabrication technologies the sensor sizes can be reduced down to the micron range. This of course limits the field of application of the obtained results. In the present case, although silicon technology is still employed for the sensor manufacturing, this refers to the sensor wall only, while the remaining three-wall-channel is machined into an exchangeable foil. The foil, in principle, can be made of any material and can be easily replaced. Several channel dimensions and materials, as well as different surface roughness levels can be tested with the same device, making it very flexible and suitable for a broad characterization of gas wall interactions. A future experimental campaign will investigate the influence of roughness and material on the flow and the heat transfer characteristics. This is a very critical point in rarefied gas applications in MEMS, as the similarities with conventional flows as well as new features need to be identified and analyzed. With the described configuration it is possible to have insight into the flow parameters and to understand the actual behavior of gases under specific flow conditions. This is important in order to obtain a proper modeling and to validate the results of simulations and calculations on rarefied gas flows in micro channels.Copyright © 2010 by ASME


The results of small-scale exposure and retorting tests indicate that oil recovered from shale that has "been broken with nuclear explosives will be contaminated with tritium. When oil shale was heated in sealed flasks with tritiated water vapor or with tritiated hydrogen, both the shale and the oil subsequently retorted from the shale contained tritium. There was much less contamination of the shale or oil, however, when the shale was exposed to tritiated methane and ethane. Contamination of shale and oil with tritium, as the result, of exposure to tritiated water, increased as the exposure temperature, exposure pressure, and the tritium concentration in the water were increased. This contamination also increased as the exposure time was increased up to 25 days, but not significantly thereafter. More than 9CP/0 of the tritium was removed from contaminated shale by treating the shale with moist air at elevated temperatures. Only small amounts of the tritium were removed from crude oil by contacting it with solid drying agents or with water. When tritium-contaminated shale oil was distilled, the tritium contents of the recovered fractions were found to be approximately equal.


Significance A pool of latently infected resting CD4+ T cells in patients on antiretroviral therapy is a major barrier to a cure for HIV-1. Clinical trials are underway to assess whether small molecules can "kick" HIV-1 out of latency, but the potency of such latency reversing agents has not been evaluated at the level of single proviruses. Using a unique quantitative system, we found that the histone deacetylase inhibitor vorinostat (suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid), which is being investigated clinically, did not induce unspliced cellular viral RNA or lead to virion production from the large majority of proviruses in resting CD4+ T cells. Our results demonstrate that more potent interventions will likely be necessary to reduce the size of the latent reservoir. Reversal of proviral latency is being pursued as a curative strategy for HIV-1 infection. Recent clinical studies of in vivo administration of the histone deacetylase inhibitor suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA; vorinostat) show increases in unspliced cellular HIV-1 RNA levels in resting CD4+ T cells. A critical unknown, however, is the proportion of latent proviruses that can be transcriptionally reactivated by SAHA or T-cell activation. In this study, we quantified the fraction of HIV-1 proviruses in resting CD4+ T cells from patients on suppressive antiretroviral therapy that were reactivated ex vivo with SAHA or antibodies to CD3/CD28. At concentrations of SAHA achieved clinically, only 0.079% of proviruses in resting CD4+ T cells were reactivated to produce virions, compared with 1.5% of proviruses in cells treated with anti-CD3/CD28 antibodies after correcting for spontaneous virion production in the medium control. A significant positive correlation (ρ = 0.67, P < 0.001) was found between levels of virions in the supernatant and unspliced cellular HIV-1 RNA following anti-CD3/CD28 treatment, but not following SAHA treatment (ρ = 0.21, P = 0.99). These results reveal that the majority of HIV-1 proviruses are not reactivated by current therapeutic approaches and that more effective means of reversing proviral latency will likely be required to deplete HIV-1 reservoirs.


The output conductance of double-gate SOI transistors (DG-MOSFETs) exhibits a dependence versus frequency. This behavior is shown to be related to the loss mechanism due to capture and emission of carriers by interface traps. The interface trap behavior can be represented by an equivalent capacitance C/sub it/ and resistance R/sub it/ model. We have shown that the EKV model combined with SILVACO simulations fully accounts for (i) the pinch-off voltage variation with drain voltage, (ii) the effect of the interface trap density on the output conductance (Vandooren et al., 1999), and (iii) the conductance degradation with total radiation dose. This paper investigates the frequency behavior of the output conductance observed in double-gate MOSFETs. We demonstrate that this behavior can be reproduced by including the frequency properties of interface traps in the EKV model.


:According to the field geological evidence and the 40Ar/39Ar and thermoluminescence chronological data the faulting deformation history of the Shougouling fault zone in the Guangzhou area is divided into 6 stages of deformation, that is, the stage of ductile extension detachment in the Late Triassic-Early Jurassic, the stage of ductile compressive thrusting in the Middle Jurassic, the stage of brittle fracturing and silicification in the terminal Late Jurassic-initial Early Cretaceous, the stage of synsedimentary normal faulting and silicification in the Late Cretaceous-Paleogene, the stage of sinistral normal-strike slip faulting in the late Paleogene, and the stage of normal faulting in the Quaternary.The relationship between the stages of deformation and the regional tectonic evolution is also discussed in this paper.


Experimental EAS muon lateral distributions for Eμ ≥ 5 GeV at fixed primary energy at the knee region measured with the modernized muon hodoscope of the GAMMA installation (Mt. Aragats, Armenia) are presented. Comparison with the data of the previous hodoscope configuration for fixed shower sizes is made. The experimental muon lateral distributions at fixed primary energies are obtained using a new method for estimation of energy of the primary particles. Approximation function for experimental distributions is proposed. Data are compared with the simulated CORSIKA data.


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This was a qualitative, exploratory study examining the use of a word cloud activity with Extension agents to promote dialogue around the sensitive topic of farmer/rural stress to understand their community needs. With an increasing amount of health-related issues in rural America and abroad, particularly mental health and rural stress, the use of a word cloud activity helped identify individual regional needs through a visual thematic qualitative analysis. Through a constant comparative analysis, regional and state-wide themes were deduced to begin creating programming opportunities to address community needs in Georgia, the U.S., and the world. The identified themes indicated a need for support, resources and education in rural areas regarding farmer and rural stress.


The absorption coefficients of gaseous carbonyl sulfide have been measured in the spectral region 2000 to 2650 A. Band structure has been observed superimposed on apparently continuous absorption. The bands can be arranged into four progressions, one of which arises from population of an excited vibrational level of the ground electronic state. It is concluded from the temperature dependence of the long wavelength portion of the spectrum that the "continuous" absorption is due to a transition to a bent upper state of OCS, namely (1Δ)1A′ or (1Σ−)1A″.


Richard Troeger holds degrees in performance and musicology from Indiana University, as wellas a doctorate in early music. He plays harpsichord, clavichord, and early piano and has lectured and performed throughout the United States and Canada. Troeger is a columnist for Continuo magazine (Toronto), frequenty writingon early performance practice. Hehaswritten twobooks andhascontributed achapter on dance to Anthony Newman's book, Bach and the Baroque (Pendragon) and contributed to the text ofFrank Koonce's guitar edition, The Solo Lute Works of Johann Sebastian Bach (Kjos). Troeger teaches at the University of Alberta-Edmonton. As a Canada Research Fellow, heiswritingabook on baroque and classical instrumental articulation aswell asa numberofarticles for theforthcoming Garland Encyclopedia of Keyboard Instruments.


Using dried and wet sludge to prepare sludge CWS,the influence of the sludge addition on the slurring properties was investigated. The original unmodified sludge can't be mixed with coal to prepare the high quality sludge CWS due to its high moisture content. Adopted the alkaline matter to modify the sludge,used Na OH,KOH,Ca( OH)2and K2CO3 as the modifiers,the best modification condition was found. The results showed that the high quality and high concentration sludge CWS can be produced when the dried sludge blending ratio was 10%,the sludge CWS had the highest concentration when the wet sludge was modified by 15% Na OH for 1 h.


Steady state thermal conductivity measuring device was designed to measure the effective thermal conductivity of composites. Computer simulations of thermal conduction revealed that the designed device over estimates the effective thermal conductivity, and the correction coefficient was suggested. With this designed device, the effective thermal conductivities of Al/SiC particle-dispersed composites were measured by changing the size of SiC particles from 0.3 μm to 3 μm. The critical element size which could determine the optimal size of reinforcements have been suggested, and validity of the critical element size for Al/SiC composites was confirmed. The thermal conductivity of the composites including small SiC particles was degraded by the interfacial thermal resistance between the matrix and the reinforcement. On the other hand, the thermal conductivity of the composites including large SiC particles was not affected by the interfacial thermal resistance. These results suggest that consideration of the critical element size is valid.


Owing to the favorable energy efficiency and environmental compatibility, capacitive deionization (CDI) has been greatly developed as a potential technology to overcome the ever-growing global water shortage. Herein, an effective and simple strategy is reported to boost the desalination performance by 30 percentage through expansion of interlayer spacing. The final redox active Hybrid CDI consists of WS2 nanoflowers embedded in a highly conductive free-standing rGO-CNT (WS2/rGO-CNT) aerogel as an anode and rGO-CNT aerogel as a cathode. WS2 is applied as a redox-active material for sodium ions intercalation, and three-dimensional (3D) rGO-CNT facilitates the diffusion of the ions to boost the reaction kinetics. Upon charging/discharging, sodium ions intercalate/deintercalate into/from the WS2 lattice structure which is confirmed via in-situ XRD measurements, and chloride ions are physically adsorbed/desorbed by rGO-CNT aerogel. Benefiting from the synergistic effect between highly conductive and porous rGO-CNT framework and WS2 nanoflowers with tuned structure, the as-assembled HCDI device enables stable desalination performance with superior removal capacity of 80 mg/g, and excellent removal rate of 3.9 mg/g/min.


The intergroup differences between the three groups of Newars of Nepal (Shrestha, Gubhaju and Jyapu) are not significant for any of the morphological and genetical characters studied.

In body measurements the Newars on the whole are similar to other Nepali populations and to several populations of the western and northeastern Himalayas. In serological characters the Newars resemble the Nepalis as well as many of the Himalayan and Assam tribal populations.

In mid-phalangeal hair, phenyltheourea tasting ability and colour-blindness the Newars are similar to several Cis-Himalayan groups. In dermatoglyphic traits, the Newars are close to some Mongoloid populations of the Far East and several populations with Mongoloid affinities residing in the western Himalayas.


The complex oscillation of non-homogeneous linear differential equations f ″+e-zf ′-e-zf=h1(z)e-z+h2(z) is investigated,where h1(z) is a polynomial,and h2(z) is an entire function of order less than one.Every non-zero solution of such equations must be of infinite order and infinite the exponent of convergence of its zero-sequence.


A surface analysis system is described using an unconventional illumination approach. The optical system utilized incorporates two orthogonally polarized He-Ne lasers operating at 633nm. It is capable of sizing PSL (latex) particles on bare silicon wafers smaller than 0.2μm and provides first order differentiation between particles and defects. The scanning mechanisms are most similar to that used in optical disk drives. The optical system employs a dark-field microscope objective enabling the analysis of particles on transparent materials, such as glass, as well as on highly reflective materials such as silicon and dielectric mirrors. In addition to semiconductor wafer inspection, the new instrument can be configured to analyze polished memory disks, optical elements, and ring laser gyro mirrors.


Clustering is an example of a class of optimization problems. In the classical clustering, an item must belong to any one cluster. But fuzzy clustering describes more accurately the ambiguous type of structure in data. The fuzzy ISODATA clustering exhibits the rapid convergence in finding the best classification program when the classification number is given. In this paper, we propose the algorithm to solve the choosing lands problem and show the result of the experiment. The result is satisfied to realtors in choosing lands.


The effect of the localized longitudinal impedance is investigated by using the Vlasov equation approach. The motivation is trying to explain the observed discrepancy between the analytical study and numerical simulation on the bunch lengthening phenomenon. The /spl nusub s/=m/2l resonances are found to play a noticeable role. As another application of this treatment, synchro-betatron resonances are also recovered.<<ETX>>


The system of selecting and appointing cadres in an open and fair manner is helpful for the excellent women cadres to fully demonstrate their leading abilities. This system is a new mechanism incorporating social gender into mainstream decision-making and promoting the equal development between men and women. However, gender imbalance still exists in practice. For this reason, there's still a long way to go in developing an advanced social gender culture, improving the system of cadre selection and appointment, and promoting gender equality.


Recent theoretical research shows that in asset markets vague state probabilities lead to price volatility, trading inertia, and may worsen risk-sharing efficiency, whereas Subjective Expected Utility theory implies that prices, volumes, and final allocations for risky and uncertain assets should be equivalent. We investigate experimentally whether prices, trading, and final allocations are affected in a market in which traders form subjective probabilities of payoffs. Results show that average prices for risky and uncertain assets converge. Price bubbles form in both markets even if subjects can arbitrage by trading fully hedged portfolios. Equivalent volumes of trade and risk-sharing efficiency are observed. JEL code: D81


The authors studied the cytotoxic activity of the lymphocytes in the peripheral blood of 16 schizophrenic patients and 14 normal donors in respect to autological erythrocytes. It was demonstrated that the hemolytic activity of the lymphocytes of patients was significantly higher, than in the control group. Activated cells possess cytotoxic properties.


In this article the alkali metal-intercalated two-dimensional (2D) polymer Na4C60 is studied under pressure up to 41 GPa at room temperature by Raman spectroscopy and x-ray diffraction (XRD) measur ...


In a recently published retrospective case–control study of the new cavum septi pellucidi (CSP) ratio for diagnosis of partial agenesis of the corpus callosum (pACC)1, the authors concluded that evaluation of this CSP length-to-width ratio has the potential to identify fetuses at high risk for pACC. We feel that this assumption is not supported by their data. First, the authors visualized the corpus callosum (CC) in the midsagittal plane on two-dimensional (2D) ultrasound, with color Doppler demonstration of the pericallosal artery, or, indirectly, by acquiring a three-dimensional (3D) volume with multiplanar reconstruction. According to the article, fetuses with only a corpus callosum reconstructed from a 3D volume were excluded from the control group whereas no information about the scanning mode (2D or 3D) in the study group was reported; perhaps in this group those with only 3D reconstruction were included? However, all the measures were compared with 3D reference charts of the corpus callosum2,3, potentially introducing bias in the correct evaluation of pACC. We strongly suggest that the authors verify their data by comparing their 2D measures with more recent and robust 2D reference charts which included measurements from 2950 fetuses4, since 323 cases with 2D measurements seems to be a small sample size from which to generate a robust chart. In fact, a small sample size will produce imprecise estimates for reference intervals, especially at centile extremes (i.e. 5th and 95th centiles)4. Finally, the authors did not provide any information about the statistical method that they used for construction of the reference chart from the control group. Second, their comparison of 2D measurements with a 3D reference chart is incorrect because the percentage agreement between the 2D and 3D methods was not reported. In our experience, there could be an underestimation of CC length on 3D volume reconstruction when compared with a 2D reference chart. Third, in the results section, the authors state that both width and length of the CSP increase in a linear relationship with gestational age. This is quite in contrast with previous studies5, in which the width of the fetal CSP increased gradually between 19 and 27 weeks of gestation, reaching a plateau between 28 weeks and term, during which time the width of the fetal CSP no longer correlated with gestational age or biparietal diameter. The lack of gestational age distribution in the control group and the small sample size could explain this difference.


The so-called 'Marian century' in modern Europe began in 1854 with the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception and climaxed during the decade after 1945.1 European congregations reported thirteen to fourteen apparitions a year to Church officials from 1945–1954; eleven instances occurred in the German Catholic strongholds of Bavaria, the Palatinate, and the Rhineland as well as the West's most prominent twentieth century case of stigmata.2 West Germany participated in a trans-European revival of religious miracles that occurred while many other Christian religious institutions lost popular support. Overlooked by mainstream accounts of German history, as well as by otherwise thorough research networks on the German Catholic history, this postwar surge in Catholic miracles, nevertheless, captured the attention of a handful of specialists who connect the stunning popularity of the apparition movement to war trauma, anti-Communism, and the Cold War. Building on existing research, this essay argues that a far-reaching movement based around Marian visions and stigmata emerged as a reaction, not only to the Cold War, but also to anxieties about Americanisation, consumerism, and Catholic narratives about the Nazi past. Furthermore, this brief but intense period of faith in the miraculous represented a power struggle within the German Catholic community between traditional male powerbrokers and vulnerable and, primarily, powerless churchgoers over access to spiritual influence. The historiography on twentieth century apparitions identifies Catholic milieu structures and war trauma as the stimuli for German Catholicism's attraction to visions of the Virgin Mary. Anna Maria Zumholz addresses Third Reich Marian apparitions within the context of the Catholic milieu, the hegemonic theoretical model for understanding modern German Catholicism. Numerous


Fundamental electrical properties are investigated for metal-asymmetrical Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) film-metal devices using thermally stimulated currents (TSCs). Alternate-layer LB films of merocyanine (MC) dyes and fatty acids (FAs) are deposited. The orientations of MC molecules are in opposite directions with respect to the substrate. Pyroelectric currents whose directions depend on the orientations of MC molecules are observed between 100 and 300 K without application of bias voltages. In addition, TSC peaks due to dipolar polarization are observed below room temperature. Pyroelectric currents that remarkably increase with temperature above approximately 330 K are observed in the first heating stages for the two types of films. The directions of the currents also depend on the types of LB films, and they are the same for currents below room temperature. The results indicate that positive charges easily transfer from MC head groups to adjacent FA head groups in the heating stages, or that negative charges easily transfer from FA to MC.<<ETX>>


Krishna Subramanyam arranged scientific and technical literature in a circular model in the 1970s. As a pedagogical construct, the circle conceptualizes the processes of producing and consuming information. Although more than twenty years old, the model is still valid. Can it be adapted to help undergraduate students of today's information literacy curriculum understand the structure of the information they need to be able to use to succeed as students and as professionals? This paper presents the model, the revision, and its application to the information literacy curriculum for engineering and technology students.


Indirect burden of patients with moderate inflammatory bowel disease in Uppsala County Council, Sweden : a retrospective study using real-world data


Objective To observe the protection effect of Yangshenshengmai freeze-dried powder(YSSM,traditional Chinese medicines) on acute myocardial ischemia.Methods Using the acute myocardial ischemia model of rats subjected to Pit and Iso,the effects of YSSM on ECG and the biochemical indicator in blood serum in myocardial ischemia rats were inveseigated.Results At the dose of 6.4,3.2,1.6 g·kg-1,YSSM could markedly degrade the height of T wave(P0.05,P0.01)after injecting Pit through lingual vein,and could significantly degrade the increasing level of ∑ST(P0.01,P0.001)through hypodermic injection of Iso and degrade the myocardial enzymes(AST,LDH,CK and CK-MB)activity of blood serum in acute myocardial ischemia rats(P0.01,P0.001).Conclusions YSSM have the effect of anti-myocardial ischemia.


Manufacturing industry producing high-value products of high quality with short lead times is vital to sustain Western economies. With such a variety of industry in any sophisticated economy, ascertaining its needs and subsequently satisfying them is a difficult task. The authors present a unique partnership venture between industry, government and the University of Sunderland to assist UK industry compete successfully in the 21st century. The Centre for Achievement in Manufacturing and Management (CAMM) will undertake 'holistic approaches to manufacturing in which the integration of efficiency with high-quality life is fundamental to the successful achievement of a profitable and sustainable competitive advantage' to serve the needs of the partners. The authors describe the industrial background of the North East of England, how the needs of the present and future industries have been met, and how CAMM is responding to those needs.


A laccase from the culture filtrate of Xylaria polymorpha MTCC-1100 has been purified to homogeneity. The method involved concentration of the culture filtrate by ammonium sulphate precipitation and an anion exchange chromatography on diethylaminoethyl (DEAE) cellulose. The sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (native-PAGE) both gave single protein bands indicating that the enzyme preparation was pure. The molecular mass of the enzyme determined from SDS-PAGE analysis was 63 kDa. Using 2,6- dimethoxyphenol, 2,2 ' (Azino-bis-(3-ethylbonzthiazoline-6-sulphonic acid) diammonium salt) (ABTS) and 4,4 ' (Azino-bis-(methenylylidone) bis (2,6-dimethoxyphenol)) (syringaldazine) as the substrates, the Km, kcat and kcat/Km values of the laccase were found to be 120 μM, 9.30 s -1 , 7.75×10 4 M -1 s - 1 , 48 μM, 9.30 s -1 , 19.38×10 4 M -1 s -1 and 80 μM, 9.30 s -1 , 11.65×10 4 M -1 s -1 , respectively. The pH and the temperature optima were 4.0 and 50 ○ C, respectively. The enzyme was most stable also at pH 4.0 and temperature 50 ○ C when exposed for one hour. Thermal denaturation energy of the purified laccase is 15.26 × 10 3 J/mol/K.


Why do we "analyze the variance" to determine if significant differences exist between means? That is a reasonable question from a student in a beginning statistics or measurement course encountering analysis of variance (ANOVA) for the first time. Over several years of teaching such courses I have worked out a simple example for the explanation of this apparent mystery. Most statistics texts present a section about one-factor ANOVA immediately after explanation of thet test. Typically, the ANOVA presentation starts with an explanation of why the use of multiple t tests is not appropriate. Next, the methods of obtaining the sum of squares for total, between, and within; how these are converted to mean squares; and finally the calculation of the F ratio are presented. Usually this is followed by a computational illustration. I have found the presentation in Table 1 to be most effective following the computational illustration. However, I have one caution: To make the example as simple as possible I have devised a very small data set with only two means being compared. Thus it will be necessary to remind the students that the t st, which would normally be employed here, is really a special case of ANOVA. The question of interest is whether or not there is a significant difference between the mean for Group A ( M = 2) and the mean for Group B ( M = 4). As a partial answer to the question posited at the beginning of this article you might point out that, if the null hypothesis is true, then the two means should be equal. The fact that they are not equal and thus "vary" from each other suggests that if the differMEASUREMENT IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND EXERCISE SCIENCE, 4(3), 179–182 Copyright © 2000, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.


A sermon written by Reverend William Holmes Baldridge, grandfather of Mrs. H. B. Loomis and Mrs. Willie C. Smith, is visible on a piece of paper. The sermon is on confidence in Christ for the Lasting Hope Congregation. The sermon was delivered in 1850 and is over 2nd Timothy 1 and 12.


Slow-cooling technique enables tank lacking top vent to be filled with cryogenic liquid. New technique: pressure buildup prevented through condensation of accumulating gas resulting in condensate being added to bulk liquid. Filling method developed for vibration test on vacuum-insulated spherical tank containing liquid hydrogen.


Breaking concrete slab universal exist,especially on heavy-load and overload highway section.The careful investigation and the detailed analysis is significant for the treatment of breaking concrete slab.On the basis of investigation,the paper explained the cause of breaking concrete slab and the corresponding treatment measures for reference.


The PT-Cy was considered as one of the mainstay protocol for graft verus host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis. Recent study demonstrated that PT-Cy combined with other immunosuppressants could further reduce the incidence of GVHD and improve the GVHD and relapse free survival (GRFS). In this prospective phase II study, we evaluated the effect of a new GVHD prophylaxis consist of PT-Cy combined with tacrolimus and low dose anti-thymoglobulin (ATG). A total of 23 patients were enrolled including 20 patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and three patients with T cell lymphoma. The median age was 29 years (range, 16~58 years). Patients with HLA-matched related donor (MSD, n=7) received PT-Cy combined with tacrolimus, while patients with HLA matched unrelated (MUD, n = 2) or haplo-identical (Haplo, n = 14) donor received additional ATG at 2.5 mg/kg on day 15 or day 22 after engraftment of neutrophils. As to the acute GVHD (aGVHD), only three patients developed grade I (n = 1) or grade II (n = 2) aGVHD with 100-day incidence of all aGVHD and II-IV aGVHD at 13.0 ± 5.1% and 9.1 ± 6.1% respectively. Only two patients had mild and one had moderate chronic GVHD (cGVHD), with 1-year incidence of cGVHD and moderate/severe cGVHD at 15.2 ± 8.7% and 4.6 ± 4.4% respectively. A high incidence of CMV reactivation was documented (14/16 with MUD/Haplo donor and 2/7 with MSD) with only 1 CMV disease documented. There were two EBV reactivation without post-transplantation lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD) documented. With a median follow-up of 303 days (range, 75~700 days), three patients relapsed leading to 1-year cumulative incidence of relapse (CIR) at 12.8 ± 9.2%. Only one patient died of CMV pneumonia on day 91 with both 100-day and 1-year non-relapse mortality (NRM) at 4.6 ± 4.4%. The 1-year overall survival (OS), event-free survival (EFS) and GRFS were 95.5 ± 4.4%, 82.6 ± 9.5%, and 68.0 ± 11.3% respectively. Based on Simon's stage II design, our primary data showed that the PT-Cy+tacrolimus ± ATG protocol was promising in preventing aGVHD and cGVHD, which may translate into low NRM without increased CIR. Further clinical trial with large number of patients should be warranted. This trial was registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov as #NCT 04118075.


Set-size effects in change detection is often used to investigate the capacity limits of dividing attention. Such capacity limits have been attributed to a variety of processes including perception, memory encoding, memory storage, memory retrieval, comparison and decision. In this study, we investigated the locus of the effect of increasing set size from 1 to 2. To measure purely attentional effects and not other phenomena such as crowding, a precue was used to manipulate relevant set size and keep the display constant across conditions. The task was to detect a change in the orientation of 1 or 2 Gabor patterns. The locus of the capacity limits was determined by varying when observers were cued to the only stimulus that was relevant. We began by measuring the baseline set-size effect in an initial experiment. In the next experiment, a 100% valid postcue was added to test for an effect of decision. This postcue did not change the set-size effects. In the critical experiments, a 100% valid cue was provided during the retention interval between displays, or only one stimulus was presented in the second display (local recognition). For both of these conditions, there was little or no set-size effect. This pattern of results was found for both hard-to-discriminate stimuli typical of perception experiments and easy-to-discriminate stimuli typical of memory experiments. These results are consistent with capacity limits in memory retrieval, and/or comparison. For these set sizes, the results are not consistent with capacity limits in perception, memory encoding or memory storage. Significance Section The change detection paradigm is often used to demonstrate effects of divided attention. But it is not clear whether these effects are due to perception, memory, or judgment and decision. In this article, we present new evidence that the divided attention effect in change detection is due to limits in memory retrieval or comparison processes. These results are not consistent with limits in perception, memory encoding or memory storage.


Landslides are one of the crucial problems that have an impact on land degradation and human life. This study aimed to develop vulnerability maps using ANN to mitigate land degradation in the Bromo Tengger Semeru with the extending area of Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Coordinate System Top 91277639, Bottom 911569, Left 692860, and Right 706860. The method applied the Artificial Neural Network (ANN) model using RStudio machine learning. Landslides were mapped using Sentinel Image and Orthomozaic photo interpretation from data acquisition using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). The landslide control factor data was obtained through DEMNAS (National Digital Elevation Model) with a spatial resolution of 8 meters. Data normalisation was conducted using the Mix-Max method before it was processed using RStudio. The landslide existing for ANN workflow was processed using the Bioclim model. The results showed landslide susceptibility was categorised into four classes i.e., low susceptibility (29.83%), which was spatially spread on most in the lower slopes, moderate susceptibility (3.11%), high susceptibility (2.99%), and very high susceptibility (15.94) which is scattered on the upper slope to the middle slope of the watershed. The most significant factor influencing the landslide is the topography factor, with a Relative Importance (RI) value of 0.86; the hydrological factor, with an RI of 0.833 and the surface feature, with an RI of 0.355. The results of the landslide susceptibility model are very proper for land degradation mitigation strategies. It has high accuracy through an Area Under Curve (AUC) of 0.965 and a Precision Recall Curve (PRC) of 0.976.


PCE(Passenger Car Equivalents) is used to analysis of road capacity and LOS(Level of Service). In this study calculates PCE by number of lane and 12 vehicle type by MOLIT(Minister of Land, Infra Structure and Transport) using individual vehicle data. The results of the calculation, PCEs are increased when high vehicle classification level, many number of lanes and weekend. Heavy vehicle factors are smaller than KHCM on 4, 6 lane. Also, In this study estimates of PCE variation model by heavy vehicle percentage. Impact of Heavy vehicles on PCEs is the most sensitive on 2 lane. The results of the study, heavy vehicles low impact on PCE on multi-lane and business trips are a little in weekend.


Objective To understand the indoor decoration pollutants,prevent and control the decoration pollution and carry out the indoor air quality examination.Methods According to Indoor Air Quality Standards,indoor air quality of 246 decorated rooms for 82 households was detected in urban.Results Formaldehyde and benzene were the main pollutants.Total over standard rate of formaldehyde was 79.3%,the formaldehyde concentration increased 1.3-1.5 times while the indoor temperature increased every 5℃.The formaldehyde concentrations in different decoration situations had significant difference(P0.05).Conclusion The formaldehyde and the benzene are the main decoration pollutants.The 2nd and the 3rd quarter of a year is advantageous to the indoor air quality examination,and people should pay more attention to the toluene and xylene examinations for the decoration houses.


In an earlier "Journal of Consumer Research" article, Kahn, Moore, and Glazer examined the phenomenon of constrained choice in experimental settings and found empirical results that ran counter to generally accepted models of hierarchical choice (e.g., preference trees). In this article, the authors reexamine those findings. Specifically, their main purposes are (1) to provide an explanation for the deviations from accepted theoretical models, (2) to suggest operational measures for the new constructs identified by Kahn, Moore, and Glazer, and (3) to propose a modification of hierarchical models that improves choice prediction by adjusting for bias against lone alternatives. Copyright 1991 by the University of Chicago.


Scores of different evaluation measures resulting from website tests are difficult to interpret without comparative data. Benchmarks and optimal cut points provide such interpretation aids. Benchmarks are usually built with test score means based on a tested pool of comparable websites. Optimal cut points are calculated with an external criterion using receiver-operatingcharacteristic (ROC) based methods applied on website evaluations. Due to relevance and sensitivity of the topic, making the right decision based on evaluation data is of particular importance for creators and owners of websites presenting health-related information. Thus, we combined data of two studies, with a total of n = 2.614 participants, evaluating m=33 health-related websites. Established questionnaires were applied: Web-CLIC (website content), PWU-G and UMUX-Lite (usability), VisAWI-S (aesthetics), and trusting belief scales of McKnight et al. [7]. We calculated overall and specific values for four categories of e-health websites. Benchmarks were quite comparable among categories while optimal cut points differed more. Particularly, cut points were high for charity websites and partly lower for the category "Personal sites & support groups". In general, user requirements for e-health websites appear to be significantly higher than available published benchmarks and cut points for websites in other areas.


Deep brain stimulation is widely used for treatment of neuropsychiatric diseases, showing its unique advantages in the treatment of central nervous diseases, such as epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, drug-refractory psychiatric diseases, drug-refractory pain, improvement of arousal and cognitive functions, and addiction diseases. After more than 30 years of clinical research, animal experiments and material research, the scopes and modes of DBS use have been fully developed, and important progress has been made in seeking better stimulation targets and modes. The complexity and individuality of the disease lead to differences in the response of each patient to DBS treatment, so it is necessary to further clarify its mechanism of action and explore better therapeutic targets and parameters to meet higher clinical requirements. This paper reviews the clinical application of DBS as follows.

Key words:
Deep brain Stimulation; Nervous system disease; Psychiatric disease; Disorder of consciousness; Pain


As the distribution rate of smart device increases, users of smartwork are increasingly able to work without constraints imposed by time and space. However, there are many security threats in smartwork environment. Security threats is illegal information for an unauthenticated device. Especially, smartwork environment is approach to users. Therefore, there are other matters concerning justifiable user and device authentication. However, the studies of smartwork are still in early stage of development, and the studies of user and device authentication also not enough to apply smartwork environment. In this paper, we proposed USIM based user and device authentication scheme in the smartwork environment.


When planning, designing or managing a marine traffic system, the system evaluation must be made. In this paper, a computer simulation evaluation method for marine traffic is presented. The evaluation indexes(parameters) are the mean numbers of heading on, overtaking, crossing, multi encounter, time delay and the maximum number of ships. At first, put the marine traffic plans to the computer as a simulation input and simulate an calculate the evaluation indexes and fitting on the value of the indexes under deferent traffic volume, finally, carry on synthetic evaluation and optimal choice for plans. An application of computer simulation evaluation method is introduced using an example of two traffic management plan.


Automated Hematology Analyzers are being introduced into all types of medical facilities, regardless of size, as a device directly related to medical care. These devices analyze blood, raw cells as it were, so an Automated Hematology Analyzer must battle with time to quickly report highly precise test results. The ability to achieve this can contribute to accurate diagnoses and effective medical treatment. In this paper, we discuss the practical application and current status of the Horiba LC-5000 (Pentra 60) Automated Hematology Analyzer, which is being used in emergency cases during daytime hours and for testing during nighttime and holiday hours at the Kitasato University Higashi Hospital.


Evaluation of dc and pulsed dc electroluminescent (EL) properties in the system ZnS: Mnx: Cuy has been made on films deposited by rf co-sputtering from three targets of ZnS, Mn and Cu by an automated method. Enhancement of the performance of the EL films was achieved by coating them with current-limiting rf-sputtered cermet films. The optimum composition of the EL films was found to be 0.6 and 0.3 mole% Mn and Cu, respectively. Mean brightnesses of up to 770 fL and 20 fL have been measured with pulsed dc excitation at 12.5% and 0.1% duty cycle, respectively, at power efficiencies in the range of 10-4 to 10-3, (0.04 to 0.4 lumens/watt). Thus far, cell half-life of 400 hr (at 15 fL constant brightness) has been achieved. This work was sponsored by the U.S. Army Electronics Command, Ft. Monmouth, NJ, under Contract No. DAABO7–69–C–0290.


The aim of this paper is to investigate basic performances of the proposed two-axis actively positioned bearingless disk motor, intended for a use as a compact contamination-free centrifugal pump. In this bearingless disk motor, two-axis radial motion is actively positioned. On the other hand, axial and tilting motions of the rotor are passively stabilized. The rotor is magnetically suspended and is stably driven at the rated rotational speed of 3000 r/min with a radial vibration amplitude of 20 μm. The test results demonstrate the feasibility of the bearingless disk motor for an application to the centrifugal pump.


"In line with that, there are 23 Critical Agenda Project which are being emphasised by UMS such as the Nation's Higher Education Strategic Plan. Among those that are being looked into at the Postgraduate level is Internationalisation, MyBrain 15 and Continuous Learning," he said at the Vice-Chancellor's Message and Oath-taking ceremony for the new intake of Postgraduate students for the 2013/2014 Academic Session 1. His speech was read by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and International), Prof. Dr. Haji Shariff Abdul Kadir S. Omang Al-Haj.


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We propose a visualization method showing relative characteristics of multiple documents which have different contexts. We provide users with an interactive graph correlating common words in multiple documents with characteristic words in each document, using co-occurrence and context similarity information. By allowing the users to discover underlying differences between superficially similar documents and to become conscious of them as new viewpoints, we intend to support understanding in terms of cooperative group activities or individual information collections. We examine our method using a document set with context information.


The|Na10.2KCs0.8|8[Al12Si12O48]8(Fm3[combining macron]c)-LTA zeolite adsorbs CO2-over-CH4 with a high selectivity (over 1500). The uptake of carbon dioxide is also high (3.31 mmol g(-1), 293 K, 101 kPa). This form of zeolite A is a very promising adsorbent for applications such as biogas upgrading, where keeping the adsorption of methane to a minimum is crucial.


Nowadays, the issues of etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis and surgical treatment of such a combined pathology as nodular goiter and autoimmune thyroiditis (AIT) remain relevant. Autoimmune thyroiditis, as a background disease of nodular goiter, in which hypothyroidism almost always develops, has not yet been studied enough. Timely and accurate diagnosis of nodular forms of goiter against the background of autoimmune thyroiditis is important in the choice of the method of treatment of nodular thyroid pathology, indications, volume and nature of surgical treatment. All this causes the urgency of studies aimed at studying the features of pathogenesis and the course of nodular colloidal goiter against the background of autoimmune thyroiditis (NCGAIN). The presence of family forms of the disease and genealogical research data is evidence of the important role of the genetic factor in the pathogenesis of AIT [1011]. Confirming their opinion that as a result of a complete genetic scan, some loci associated with AIT were found, with the genes HLA (human leukocyte antigen) of the system and protein-4 associated with cytotoxic T-cells playing a key role in the predisposition, Lymphocytes (Cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated-protein 4, CTLA4) [12-17]. But the influence of these genes on the overall genetic predisposition to AIT is only about 5 %. The aim of the study – to conduct an analysis of the frequency of polymorphic variants of the genes BCL-2 (rs17759659), CTLA-4 (rs231775), APO-1 / Fas (rs2234767) in patients with thyroid gland pathology, taking into account its type (BACK, ASHP-adenoma of the thyroid gland), changes in functional active thyroid gland (euthyroidism, subclinical and clinical hypothyroidism) and the degree of thyroid gland enlargement (IB, II and III items). Materials and Methods. The frequency of polymorphic variants of the genes BCL-2 (rs17759659), CTLA-4 (rs231775), APO-1 / Fas (rs2234767) in 125 patients operated on the thyroid nodular pathology with its species taken into account – changes in functional activity of the thyroid gland (euthyroidism, subclinical and clinical hypothyroidism) and the degree of thyroid gland enlargement (IB, II and III century). Also, 25 practically healthy donors were examined. Investigation of gene polymorphism was carried out by real-time polymerase chain reaction. Results and Discussion. Hyperplasia of the thyroid gland in patients in general, as well as in such with NGAIT, is associated with the wild A gene of the CTLA-4 gene (AA and AG genotypes): IB and III degree of hyperplasia were significantly more frequent in carriers of the AA genotype by 30.13 % and 26–35 % (χ2= 9.26, p = 0.01), and the degree of thyroid gland enlargement in patients with AG genotype is 33.52 % and 34.04 % (χ2= 12.34; P = 0.002), respectively. The pathology of the thyroid gland as a whole has an unreliable chance of inheritance depending on the polymorphism of the genes BCL-2 (rs17759659), CTLA-4 (rs231775) and APO-1 / Fas (rs2234767). Conclusions. The presence of a polymorphic variant of the CTLA-4 gene in the genome of a patient with an AG increases the risk of hyperplasia of the thyroid gland of the second degree twice (OR = 4.69, 95 % CI OR: 1.60–13.69, p = 0.004), whereas the carriage of the main allele in the homozygous state (AA-genotype), on the contrary, is effective preventive and makes the chances of hyperplasia of the thyroid gland of II-degree low in the surveyed population (OR = 0.46, 95 % CI OR: 0.09–0.73, p = 0.009). The remaining polymorphisms of the analyzed genes do not associate with risk neither NСGAIT, TA, nor thyroid function, or the degree of its increase.


Using the method of text-analysis,this article investigated the text of live broadcast about retirement of Yao Ming,taking the image data of Yao Ming retirement as the object of study,based on the media events theory of Daniel Dayan and Elihu Katz.The main idea of this article is that,with the help of retirement events of Yao Ming,CCTV sports channel constructed a significant media gathering and media events,and by means of long live broadcasting of five hours,the social emotion of different sex,different social stratum,different region and different age was cohered.


A cleaning method for managing a bottom electrode inside an etching chamber is provided to shorten a time required for managing a bottom electrode by using a chemical material of liquid state in order to remove foreign material of a surface of the bottom electrode in which embossing is formed. A take-in test step(51) measures a dimension of a fixed part of a bottom electrode separated from an etching chamber. A preprocess step(52) cleans a surface of the bottom electrode by using mixture solution of KOH, H2O2, and deionized water for 10~60 minutes. A cleaning step(53) cleans the surface of the bottom electrode by using mixture solution of HF, HNO3, and deionized water for 10~60 minutes. A neutralization process step(54) cleans the surface of the bottom electrode by using the deionized water for 30~60 minutes after cleaning the surface of the bottom electrode by using mixture solution of acid diluents and deionized water for 10~60 minutes. A post process step(55) cleans the surface of the bottom electrode by using alcohol for 30~60 minutes. A baking step(56) leaves the surface of the bottom electrode at a fan flow atmosphere of 20~60 degrees for 3~10 hours after blowing the surface of the bottom electrode at a room temperature for 10~30 minutes. A take-out test step(57) compares a dimension of the surface of the baked bottom electrode with the dimension measured in the take-in test step.


Based on the DVBT COFDM modulation scheme, this paper presents an algorithm for estimating the coarse decimal frequency offset with ML method through Matlab and Quartus simulation, and the problem in this algorithm is pointed out. Also, it proposes a new adjustment model easy to be implemented for coarse decimal frequency offset. The correspondent FPGA hardware circuit through actual testing process proves the excellent performance of this model.


Abstract In mountainous terrain, the relationship between ice sheet dynamics and basal topography is complex, with each component influencing the other. This paper investigates how the last glacial maximum Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet might have modified its bed both at maximum extent and during progressive grounding line retreat. Focussing on the Marguerite Trough Ice Stream we then examine the degree to which basal topographical conditions affected the rate of ocean-forced recession. Zones of peak subglacial erosion are preferentially located in areas of convergent flow and where horizontal strain rates are highest. During ice sheet retreat, potential erosion rates increase in these areas, but the foci remain fixed. This leads to selective and progressive deepening of subglacial basins. As grounding lines migrate landward, faster retreat tends to occur over subglacial basins, especially if flow is divergent, whereas slower retreat takes place on sloping beds and where the geometry of the outlet allows convergent flow and a non-negative flux balance. In conclusion the Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet selectively erodes its bed beneath linear outlets and, over successive glacial cycles, progressive deepening of subglacial basins may bring about non-linear retreat of the ice sheet margin.


Based on field surveying and indoor analysing,dealing with principal problems of the classification in Lou soil at present,the paper disscussed the effect of anthropogenic activity on the soil weathering and development. Because of artificial tilth cultivation and fertility processing,Lou soil has formed immense thick artifical mulch and argic horizon, produced twice recalcic evidence, soil weathering development is situates in desalting siallitic stage with childhood characters. Therefore,Lou soil can be serverd as foundation and criterion for soil grouping. That is,if the thickness of artifical mulch is over 50 cm,it should be serve as a new soil group from original soil type,and should be classified alone,otherwise,it should belong to the original soil group-cinnamon soil.