This paper introduces common agility evaluation criteria for fighter post-stall maneuver missions and constructs visualizing simulation environment to aid agility evaluation. Firstly, Sharkenhausen maneuver is selected as the post-stall agility standard to evaluate fighter performance during acquisition and tracking mission. Subsequently, this paper presents a dynamic inversion tracking control design and realizes Sharkenhausen maneuver for F-16 aircraft nonlinear model in Simulink. Finally, the multi-aircraft visualizing simulation environment is established with Simulink and FlightGear simulator to generate a real-time 3D display for Sharkenhausen maneuver. With an intuitive display effect of FlightGear simulator, the simulation results show that remarkable post-stall maneuver agility is achieved for the tracking design in this paper.


In institutions of tertiary education,teaching and scientific research is in an interactive relationship,in which teaching relies upon scientific research and scientific research is inseparable from teaching.Therefore,the interaction between them is both a prerequisite for talent cultivation in institutions of higher learning and also a necessary outcome produced in the process of teaching.It is concluded that in institutions of higher learning a teacher must attach great importance to both teaching and scientific research: one who is not engaged in scientific research cannot be called an excellent teacher and one who is never engaged in teaching cannot even be called a teacher.


In a continuation of Bill's discussion, it is pertinent to examine actual methods used presently in processing of metals for mirror substrates.


High-resolution remote sensing (HR2S) images contain complex land objects of difference sizes, and it is important for semantic segmentation of the HR2S images to extract multiscale information. In this letter, we introduce a novel multilevel adaptive-scale context aggregating network (MACANet) for semantic segmentation of the HR2S images, which mainly consists of two parts—adaptive-scale context extraction block (AS-CEB) and sequential aggregation block (SAB). In particular, the AS-CEB introduces an inflexible strategy to obtain the features with appropriate scale information based on different asymmetric convolutions and the gated mechanism. Meanwhile, the SAB progressively aggregates multilevel adaptive-scale features, which are used to relieve the semantic gap between different-level features and generate precise score maps. Experimental results on representative HR2S datasets show the advantages of our method. The code is available at https://github.com/RSIP-NUDT/MACANet.


Practice shows that,the marketing personnel become the new group wealth strength of the " boss",compared to other occupation background entrepreneurs,marketers have superior entrepreneurial competency. This paper takes marketing occupation experience entrepreneurs as the research object. Firstly it summarizes their items of competency,constructs competency model by using qualitative research,then tests the model with quantitative research. The results show that their competency is composed of three dimensions: based competency,core competence,key competence. The three dimensions are of differential and aggregate effects,with the largest impact of key competence. Accordingly,suggestions for enterprise new normal situations of China's entrepreneurial choice before marketing related work temper entrepreneurial competency.


The GI absorption characteristics of micronized griseofulvin from an oil-in-water emulsion dosage form, an oil suspension, and an aqueous suspension were assessed in the rat. Although there was a slight delay in the time of occurrence of the peak plasma concentration of griseofulvin following its oral administration in the emulsion, this dosage form produced a mean peak plasma antibiotic level 1.5 and 2.3 times higher than the oil and aqueous suspensions, respectively. In addition, the emulsion dosage form significantly increased the time over which plasma concentrations of drug were maintained above 1 mcg./ml. All six rats dosed with the emulsion attained this 1-mcg./ml. plasma level or greater (mean duration of 7.5 hr.), while only two out of six rats dosed with the aqueous suspension (duration of 3.7 and 4.0 hr., respectively) and four out of six rats dosed with the oil suspension (mean duration of four rats of 3.9 hr.) ever achieved this plasma concentration. Based on area under the plasma concentration versus time curve measurements, it was established that the bioavailability of micronized griseofulvin can be increased 2.5-fold, as compared to an aqueous suspension, by orally administering this relatively water-insoluble antibiotic in an oil-in-water emulsion dosage form.


Abstract Earthquakes cause widespread casualties and significant loss of assets worldwide, and the injuries caused by earthquakes are always complex and of various patterns. In order to provide robust disaster preparedness and an optimized response, the current study tried to identify and describe the exact type and distribution of earthquake injuries of victims who were transferred to hospitals around the world. Four electronic databases (PubMed, Cochrane, Web of Science, and China Knowledge Resource Integrated Database) were used to search for studies about earthquake-related injuries from China as well as from other countries that were published over the past 50 years. 74 research articles were included in our study, with 37 articles in Chinese and 37 in English. In this analysis, fractures, soft tissue and crush injuries were the three most common and most reported injury types. Extremities and the head/neck were the most common and mentioned injury locations. Being struck by an object was the major cause of earthquake-associated morbidity. In high-magnitude earthquakes compared to those in low-magnitude earthquakes we observed a lower percent of soft tissue injury and a higher percent of nerve injury. Patients from countries with high levels of economic development suffered a higher percent of fracture and multiple injuries, but a lower percent of nerve and spine injury compared to those of patients from countries with low levels of economic development. Earthquakes will continue to strike, and healthcare responders must be prepared to overcome the resulting situations by anticipating consequences and planning accordingly.


The radio access technology for railway communications is expected to migrate from GSM for Railways (GSM-R) to a more suitable generation of communication systems for the services offered nowadays, like the fourth generation (4G) or the fifth generation (5G). Recently, considerable attention has been devoted to high-speed trains since this particular environment poses challenging problems in terms of performance simulation and measurement. In order to considerably decrease the cost and complexity of high-speed measurement campaigns, we proposed in the past a technique to induce effects caused by highly-time varying channels on multicarrier signals while conducting measurements at low speeds. This technique has been proved to be accurate for Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) signals, as well as for the waveforms proposed for 5G systems, such as Filter Bank Multicarrier (FBMC). In this work, we employ the technique to estimate experimentally the throughput of modulation schemes proposed for 5G (Cyclic Prefix Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (CP-OFDM) and FBMC) at high speeds.


Sedimentation in the upstream reaches of incised valleys is predominantly fluvial and mostly out from any relative sea level fluctuations. Here, the dynamics of facies distribution respond to an interaction of tectonics and climate. Tectonics can directly influence fluvial aggradation and degradation through local changes in gradient, both longitudinal and transverse to the valley slope.
This paper deals with a –Pliocene – Pleistocene fluvial valley fill developed in the northeastern shoulder of the Siena Basin (Northern Apennines, Italy). Valley fill aggradation resulted from the interaction of autogenic dynamics and extensional tectonics manifested by normal and oblique-slip faults parallel and near orthogonal to the valley axis, which generated rises of local fluvial base level.
This thesis coupled a classical field approach, which aims at analysing the interaction between longitudinal and lateral alluvial plain tectonic tilting and fluvial sedimentation, and numerical modelling, which focuses on the temporal and spatial validation of tectonic forcing on the studied valley fill and on the effects of uplift rate on variable-discharge systems.
Longitudinal tilting was generated by a transverse, upstream-dipping normal fault that controlled aggradation of fining-upward strata-sets both upstream and downstream of the fault zone. Aggradation in the upstream sector occurred as a backfilling process and predated that in the downstream one, where sediment was stored as a downfilling. Lateral tilting, spacing out the aggradations, was governed by the interaction between fault-generated subsidence and the topographic confinement of progradational, flank-sourced alluvial fans. Both longitudinal and lateral tilting anomalies are easily recorded in sedimentary succession generated by high-discharge system disturbed by high uplift rates.


The SIG Business & Society will be happy to welcome you in one of its 6 tracks during EURAM 2012. We have received good papers and our standing tracks are beginning to act as research teams, developing common projects. We do hope to be able to discuss with you, our common goals and organisation: in those times of crisis it is more than ever necessary to build a strong community of engaged scholars focusing on B&S research and education. We will be meeting on June Wednesday 6th from 9:00 to 10:30 and we'll wait for you for our responsible dinner in Rotterdam, the same day in Rotterdam.


The Islamist movement Hamas was founded in Gaza in December 1987 but it has its roots in four decades of Muslim Brotherhood activities that were rarely legal in this territory. Studying the period from the founding of the Muslim Brotherhood in Gaza in 1946 to the first Palestinian Intifada illustrates a complex process of evolution and mutation: The Muslim Brotherhood's support of the 1952 Egyptian revolution propelled young activists to leave the Islamist movement and create the first Fedayin cells in Gaza, the historic heart of Fatah. This divorce between Islamists and Fedayins worsened in 1967 when Sheikh Yasin refused to join the resistance against the Israeli occupation of Gaza. However, Yassin's and Fatah supporters joined forces in 1980 against the progressive militants in Gaza.


The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a pipe (10), wherein a carrier element (1) is coated by means of a thermal spraying process, wherein the material of the subsequently molded tube (10) is selected as the coating material, and wherein the tube (10) forming coating (5) from the carrier element (1) is dissolved, wherein the spraying angle (8), is injected below that of the coating material on the carrier element (1) is selected such that a low adhesion of the coating (5) on the carrier element ( 1) is obtained.


This paper revisits some of the central questions affecting our discipline in higher education at the moment. I raise what will be familiar questions to those working within music departments (and the other arts and humanities), and I explore those issues in relation to the UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) context, notably with reference to the advocacy activity which is currently being undertaken by the National Association of Music in Higher Education (NAMHE), for which I act as vice chair (since 2013) and committee member (since 2012). Along the way I draw on personal anecdote and reference to relevant recent literature. Links are embedded to press releases, news items and government policy throughout the paper.


The invention discloses a catalytic combustion method in a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine by a curing catalyst. A composite catalyst is subjected to ion implantation or ion plating on the surface of a piston of the internal combustion engine, inner surfaces of a cylinder and a cylinder cover, the surface of an intake valve and the surfaces of parts in the engine, and when the internal combustion engine does work, an oxidation reaction threshold value of carbon particles impacting the surface of the piston of the internal combustion engine, the inner surface of the cylinder, and the surfaces of parts in the internal combustion engine is reduced by the catalyst, and the carbon particles are promoted to be combusted, so that the carbon deposition in the internal combustion engine is reduced, a fuel is fully combusted, the combustion efficiency is improved, heat can fully do work, thermal pollution on environment is reduced, carbon particle emission is reduced and air pollution is reduced. In the prior art, catalytic reaction devices of the internal combustion engine are arranged outside the engine cylinder and inside a cylinder exhaust system, heat energy generated through catalytic combustion of the carbon particles cannot contribute to work doing of the internal combustion engine, and the heat energy is discharged into environment and the thermal pollution on the environment is caused.


The content of 14 chemical elements is defined in the hair of 33 patients with a diagnosis of chronic cerebral ischemia by the atomic-emission method. A statistically significant excess of normal levels is found for manganese, magnesium, sodium, chromium, lithium, nickel and lower content of zinc is found. After repeated clinical examination it has been shown that a significant deviation of the microelement balance of zinc, potassium, sodium, manganese can be considered as a criterion for negative prediction of the disease process.


An entrepreneur is an individual made by self. Entrepreneur along with building and developing self also inspires many potential entrepreneurs. An entrepreneur acts as a galvanizing element by protecting the idea through risk taking and continuous learning. An entrepreneur also acts a galvanizing element by inspiring those entrepreneurs within the realm of possibilities of entrepreneurship by dint of whom the difficult tasks appear to be a simple cakewalk. An entrepreneur is not a wheeler dealer but an inspirer who creates need, job, product, service, idea, technology, it further builds confidence, exploits opportunities with quality of ethics by replacing risk taking. The traits borne by entrepreneur need not be god gifted only, it can also be by virtue of series of observations and absorptions. Entrepreneurs play the role of change agent, the force that initiates an idea and implements material progress. During the journey of entrepreneurship an entrepreneur undergoes little vulnerability that can be dealt and overcome making room for achievements and acting as grappling hooks.


Chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) was the first human cancer linked to an acquired chromosomal abnormality, subsequently shown to be a reciprocal translocation between chromosomes 9 and 22. The resulting fusion gene product, BCR‐ABL, was shown to be the causative agent of the disease. CML has an incidence of around 1–2 cases per 100 000; in Australia, there are probably more than 200 new cases per year and more than 1300 prevalent cases. Treatment of CML with imatinib has been a powerful vindication of the concept of rational, gene‐targeted drug design. Five‐year published experience with imatinib at 400 mg orally daily demonstrates 89% overall survival and an estimated 93% freedom from disease progression. Adverse effects are mostly mild and transient. Higher doses of imatinib may be more efficacious and will be studied in upcoming clinical trials in Australia; however, imatinib is almost certainly not curative. Up to 28% of patients may have to stop imatinib because of intolerance or disease resistance, mostly due to point mutations of BCR‐ABL. In this situation, many patients will respond to second‐ and third‐generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Management of CML patients should involve close monitoring, especially in the first 2 years, with regular cytogenetics and quantitative polymerase chain reaction to optimise response and identify suboptimal responders as early as possible. Bone marrow transplantation remains the only known cure, but is reserved for patients whose kinase inhibitor therapy has failed, or who have advanced disease (accelerated phase or blastic transformation).


Plasma-assisted atomic layer deposition (ALD) of metal oxide films is increasingly gaining interest, however, the underlying reaction mechanisms have rarely been addressed. In this work, a case study is presented for the plasma-assisted ALD process of Al2O3 based on Al(CH3)3 dosing and O2 plasma exposure. A complementary set of time-resolved in situ diagnostics was employed, including spectroscopic ellipsometry, quartz crystal microbalance, mass spectrometry, and optical emission spectroscopy. The saturation of the Al(CH3)3 adsorption reactions was investigated, as well as the reaction products created during both the precursor dosing and the plasma exposure step. The generality of the observations was cross-checked on a second commercial ALD reactor. The main observations are as follows: (i) during the precursor dosing, the Al(CH3)3 predominantly binds bifunctionally to the surface at 70°C through a reaction in which H is abstracted from the surface and CH4 is released into the gas phase; (ii) during the...


Network owners and service providers are interested in the relation between partial discharge activity (PD level or PD intensity) and the expected remaining life of power equipment. Based on the PD monitoring results obtained since 2007 from Smart Cable Guard (SCG) systems the time between the start of PD activity and the moment the component fails is investigated using Weibull statistics. The results of this analysis are: start PD until fault SCG warning level 1 until fault PILC cable systems 16 years 3 years XLPE cable systems 2 months 10 days For example: after seeing for the first time PD activity in an XLPE cable system it will take 2 months to have a chance of 50% on resulting in a cable fault (row 3; column 2). After an SCG warning of the highest level the period is reduced to only 10 days (row 3; column 3).


Including the current mobile activity, social relations and association history, and the history of mobile, search, and browsing history, but information about it in the context of mobile users, not limited by it it is identified and converted into metadata. Metadata is applied to the content source that you are delivering content into the search engine or custom content engine. The metadata contains search results or aggregated personalized information resources, for the mobile user, and is partially used to determine the relative display of the content object is passed as a home page. Users, according to the results from one or more entities or users jesidoem to another context, you can select the information to be automatically delivered to a content feed to your homepage, including multiple content objects or content feeds associated with the entity. Information about the mobile user activity and allows publishers and advertisers to identify target candidates to receive advertising or marketing materials.


We have realized a small-molecule organic light-emitting diode where the intrinsic emitter layer is sandwiched by n- and p-doped transport layers with appropriate blocking layers. The diodes based on this pin concept have exponential forward characteristics up to comparatively high current densities. The diodes reach high brightness at very low operating voltage: for instance, 1000 cd/m2 at a voltage of 2.9 V. Despite the highly doped transport layers, the devices reach very high efficiency for the given emitter system up to high brightness.


Given a redundant dictionary of basis vectors (or atoms), our goal is to find maximally sparse representations of signals. Previously, we have argued that a sparse Bayesian learning (SBL) framework is particularly well-suited for this task, showing that it has far fewer local minima than other Bayesian-inspired strategies. In this paper, we provide further evidence for this claim by proving a restricted equivalence condition, based on the distribution of the nonzero generating model weights, whereby the SBL solution will equal the maximally sparse representation. We also prove that if these nonzero weights are drawn from an approximate Jeffreys prior, then with probability approaching one, our equivalence condition is satisfied. Finally, we motivate the worst-case scenario for SBL and demonstrate that it is still better than the most widely used sparse representation algorithms. These include Basis Pursuit (BP), which is based on a convex relaxation of the l0 (quasi)-norm, and Orthogonal Matching Pursuit (OMP), a simple greedy strategy that iteratively selects basis vectors most aligned with the current residual.


The thesis based on Essential Work of Fracture approach takes an insight look into two different models(two-zone and three-zone models)for describe the deformation and fracture behavior of the tearing ligament.A comparison of these two models was made based on the results from an early experiment.Finally conclusion was three-zone model has a higher accuracy than two-zone model.


When we congratulate Ba Jin's hundred birthday,we respect him more and more by study his works and follow his one century′s footprint,we also admire his inspirit of pursue luminosity and progress in his whole life. The inspirit power of encouraging Ba Jin to go ahead and the inspirit clue of running through his novels are his life consciousness.


Charter of the City of Fort Worth includes the formal act of incorporation including organization of the city, government, police and fire departments, streets and sewers, parks, water and sewerage, taxes and finances, public health and sanitation, courts, and other provisions, ordinances, and laws. Index starts on page 87.


One of the Batang Hari watersheds flows in the Jorong Gasing area of Nagari Lubuk Ulang-Aling, Sangir Batang Hari. In this area, for generations, people use river water for various activities such as irrigating rice fields, transportation facilities, inland fisheries, and toilet washing facilities. But a few years ago there began to be an Unlicensed Gold Mining (PETI) activity. As a result, the condition of the Batang Hari river is alarming, as the level of turbidity is very high, damage to the right-left border of the river, destruction of forest areas, and even affect the social and economic life of the community. Therefore, this research was conducted to describe and prove the full impact of the PETI activity. The results showed a decrease in the quality of Batang Hari Hari river, specifically TSS parameters. The over function land was very significant where land cover in 2000 was 61.22 ha of secondary dryland forest to 25.18 ha in 2017. There was evidence of changes in socio-economic life with 63% of the surrounding community no longer utilizing river water, mutual cooperation activities are decreasing, conflicts often occur, as well as an increase in the economy but its growth is unpredictable.


Background: In the context of a nuclear reactor accident, thyroid is the main target organ of radioactive iodines. To avoid as much as possible thyroid disorders or even cancer development, it is recommended to administer a single dose of potassium iodide to people at risk of exposure. Nevertheless, the Fukushima Dai-ichi disaster has pointed out many questions about the conditions of stable iodine prophylaxis implementation highlighting the need for reflection further revision of the actual "iodine doctrine". Therefore, providing useful data is required notably through the implementation of animal experiments to strengthen current knowledge and to edit new recommendations. Methods: Urinary iodine constitutes a very good indicator to investigate the function of thyroid, its interpretation demands reliable analyses. Prior to perform animal experiments, two calibration methods were designed by our lab and compared together (standard addition and external calibration) to assess the urinary concentration of stable iodine in urine by ICP-MS. They were validated based on several key parameters especially linearity, accuracy and limits of detection (LOD) and quantification (LOQ). Results: The results were nicely satisfying. Indeed, both calibration methods have indicated very good coefficients of correlations, accuracies with low expanded relative uncertainties were obtained. The estimated LOD in the sample for standard addition method and external calibration were fully acceptable, 0.39 μg·L-1 and 0.35 μg·L-1, respectively. All performance criteria have been thus fulfilled successfully. The established methods were proven to be accurate, robust and sensitive. Once validated, both calibration methods were applied to rat urine samples and the results of z-score and Wilcoxon W test concluded that there were no statistically significant differences between both methods.


Objective To investigate pulmonary tuberculosis with epiphyte infection in our hospital. Methods TO culture and isolate epiphyte according to Chinese committee for clinical laboratory standards (CCCLS). Results Amphotericin B, Econazole, Nystatin, Fluconazole can produce a drastic therapy effect to 123 strains of candida albicans (75.92%), 13 strains of candida tropicalis (8.02%), 6 strains of candida glabrata (3.70%) and 4 strains of candida glulliemondii (2.47%) among 163 strains. Conclusion Antibiotic should be used reasonably and effectively in order to decrease occurrence ratio of epiphyte and resistance to epiphyte.


The professional training of subject teachers should be aimed at developing professional competencies that will allow them to be successful in their field, to be professionals, ready for change, and be able to adapt to various situations. A significant element of professional training at a university is pedagogical practice, during which the student performs the subject teacher functions. However, students in practice often face such difficulties as organizing their activities and the activities of students in the lesson, allocating time to the lesson stages and observing the time schedule, selecting didactic materials, evaluating outcomes of students' activities, solving unexpected pedagogical situations, and others. Particular attention should be paid to the psychological readiness of the future mathematics teacher to work at school. Therefore, it is essential to prepare students methodically and psychologically for the implementation of primary professional activities in teaching practice. This can make it feasible to carry out methodological practice, which is a transitional stage between educational and industrial practice. The issue of organizing methodological practice is currently new. Based on the literature analysis and the experience of organizing and managing practices, the paper proposes a model of methodological practice, which is aimed at applying active teaching methods to prepare future mathematics teachers for the main activity in teaching practice, namely, preparing and conducting lessons. The model includes seven stages with tasks, describing active learning methods and student activities.


The tetrachoric correlation coefficient is often used in a 2x2 contingency table to measure the relationship of two binary variables assuming that each variable has an underlying continuous normal distribution. Researchers often demand a correlation matrix of more than two variables to perform more advanced statistical techniques such as multivariate analysis, factor analysis, or structural equation modeling. However, most software lacks the ability to do so. We implemented a program to achieve the goal. The algorithm used Divgi's method as starting values, and exercised tetrachoric series expansion and Gaussian quadrature with a 32-point quadrature adjustment to avoid possibly infinite number of iterations. The program also takes sparse and negative frequencies into consideration. We discussed the algorithm calculating the tetrachoric correlation coefficient matrix and their asymptotic standard errors. The program also performs hypothesis testing for significance of tetrachoric correlation coefficients.


Abstract The cyclopalladated complex [Pd(L3)(μ-I)]2 ([Pd(L3)(μ -I)]2 = bis-{5-(1-nonyl)-2{[4′(1-nonyloxy)phenyl-2′-ato]}pyrimidine-N′,C2′]-μ-iodo}dipaladium (II); C→105·1°C (C1)→128·1°C (SA)→202·5°C (I)) has been investigated by X-ray diffraction and the electron density profile along the director, in the smectic phase, determined. [Pd(L3(μ -I)]2 is a mesogenic species with a lateral-lateral fused molecular shape whose main features are: (i) the solid C1 phase when observed with a polarizing microscope gives a polygonal texture like a smectic A phase, and (ii) to describe properly the electron density profile along the director a model which takes into account a high electron density area (i.e. the four aromatic rings and the Pd2I2 fragment) extending perpendicular to the director is required.


The paper overcomes the limitation of the environmental impact assessment existing in highway construction project,combines with the content of existing in highway construction project environmental impact assessment and the relevant theories of traffic environmental carrying capacity,establishes rating indexes system.The paper sets up the assessment model by using the advanced analytic hierarchy process and the fuzzy comprehensive evaluation,and obtains the whole carrying situation of the traffic environment of the highway construction project,finally the paper combined with the example analyzation certify the efficient of model.


Several comparative pharmacokinetic data such as absorption,distribution and metabolism had been studied on enrofloxacin(ENR) in Chinese mitten-handed crab,Eriocheir sinensis with different water temperature,dose and dosage regime(oral administration and intramuscular injection).Results indicated that the hemolymph concentration-time data of Enrofloxacin in Eriocheir sinensis were best described by a two-compartment open model under different conditions.The main pharmacokinetics parameters by intramuscular administration with 10 mg/kg b.w.at 16 ℃: AUC 96.818mg /(L·h),Cmax 6.54 μg/mL,t1/2α 0.851h,t1/2β 95.415 h;the main pharmacokinetics parameters by intramuscular administration with 10 mg/kg b.w.at 25 ℃: AUC 168.457 mg /(L·h),Cmax 7.12 μg/mL,t1/2α 0.58h,t1/2β 88.833 h;the main pharmacokinetics parameters by intramuscular administration with 20 mg/kg b.w.at 25 ℃: AUC 155.612 mg /(L·h),Cmax 11.045 μg/mL,t1/2α 5.239 h,t1/2β 88.378 h;the main pharmacokinetics parameters by oral administration with 10 mg/kg b.w.at 25 ℃: AUC 86.525 mg /L·h,Cmax 3.469 μg/mL,t1/2α8.071 h,t1/2β 61.842h.Results showed that the main pharmacokinetic parameters under different conditions were significantly different.The active metabolite ciprofloxacin(CIP) was checked in hemolymph of Eriocheir sinensis in all experiments,but all compartment models were not suitable for concentration-time data,and the concentration was very low,which indicated the poor capability of Eriocheir sinensis metabolizing enrofloxacin into ciprofloxacin.


Dr. Jerry Faeth was the pioneer to study turbulent combusting flows using time and space series (TASS) analysis in late 1980s. Because of its capability to simulate instantaneous realizations of temporal and spatially correlated fluctuating variables, TASS analysis became a suitable tool for the investigation of nonlinear interactions between turbulence and other physical/chemical process, such as radiation. During the last 20 years, TASS analysis has been used in many applications with the development of new algorithms. These applications covered a wide range of premixed and non-premixed flames, luminous and nonluminous flames, momentum-driven jet flames and buoyancy-driven pool fires. Accomplishments of various researchers demonstrated that TASS analysis is a powerful and versatile tool in studying turbulent combustion. Extension of TASS analysis to new applications is highly expected.


The importance of annotations, as a by-product of the reading activity, cannot be overstated. Annotations help users in the process of analyzing, re-reading, and recalling detailed facts such as prior analyses and relations to other works. As elec-tronic reading become pervasive, digital annotations will become part of the essential records of the reading activity. But creating and rendering annotations on a 3D book and other objects in a 3D workspace is non-trivial. In this paper, we present our exploration of how to use 3D graphics techniques to create realistic annotations with acceptable frame rates. We discuss the pros and cons of several techniques and detail our hybrid solution.


The subject of this research is the neural stem cells obtained from the embryonic mice which are cultured in four different kinds of mediums,37 ℃ and 50 mL/L CO_2 saturated humidity.The mediums consist of four different arrays composed of 20 ng/mL bFGF,5 μg/mL Heparin and 1 μg/mL Laminin,then each array is added F12-DMEM (1∶1),including 1% B27 (-%V/V-%) and 20 ng/mL EGF.After 7 days of culturing,cells are immunized with ChAT.Results show that ChAT can only be detected in two mediums containing 20 ng/mL bFGF,5 μg/mL heparin,1 μg/mL laminin (FHL) and 20 ng/mL bFGF,5 μg/mL heparin (FH).This result suggests that cholinergic neuron can be primed and differentiated in mediums that contain FHL and FH,which will be important in the treatment of old age dementia and epilepsy.


The spatial distributions of animals generally are affected by the availability of food, competition, predators, mates, and the need to communicate with conspecifics. Behavioural, physiological and morphological adaptations to these selecting agents have allowed members of the Order Carnivora (C. Mammalia) to occupy a wide range of environments, but at the same time, each combination of characteristics places constraints on the habitat a particular species is able to occupy. For example, many members of the Family Mustelidae are vulnerable to extreme temperatures as a result of their tubular body shape. The American mink (Neovison vison) likely faces these temperature constraints, being a smaller-bodied mustelid that ranges over a large portion of North America. Despite its large range, and its historical importance to the fur industry, the species has remained largely understudied in its native habitat. During 2011-2012, I conducted winter telemetry on 7 adult mink and used resource selection function models to assess habitat selection patterns while considering spatial scale and gender. I found that at a larger scale, the animals' use of habitat was strongly linked to riparian features, whereas this effect was less noticeable at a fine scale. The larger males selected more lakeshore habitat, whereas the smaller females generally were near streams in more forested areas. I suggest this spatial separation could be linked to an inability of females to forage aquatically in winter as a result of their smaller body size. This may make females more sensitive to competition from other forest carnivores as well as impacts from resource development activities. During winter 2013, I surveyed for mink using remote cameras (n=37) deployed in riparian habitat, including lakeshore/stream confluences. I found that fish-bearing streams positively affected mink occupancy, while the amount of older (>40yrs) coniferous forests had a negative relationship with mink occupancy. I postulate that while mink seem to occur at high densities in altered ecosystems and in areas where they are invasive, in their native range these animals are limited by environmental constraints (low winter temperatures) and competitive pressures in the system. Future work on mink and other carnivores should explore interspecific interactions in addition to habitat selection in order to develop more robust monitoring and management practices.


O-GlcNAc glycosylation occurs on specific serine/threonine residues of intracellular proteins, which is widely related to various diseases, including type II diabetes, cancer and Alzheimer's disease. Human O-GlcNAcase (hOGA) is responsible for the removal of O-GlcNAc modification, and thus serves as the main target for the inhibitor design. In this work, we systematically investigated the mechanism catalyzed by hOGA using the quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical method. Based on calculated free energy profiles, two essential steps named cyclization (Cyc) step and ring opening step (RO) are required to generate the final hemiacetal product. The cyclization of the 2-acetamido group, the rate-limiting step, leads to the generation of the intermediate of a bicyclic oxazolinium ion (EI1). Next, the oxazoline ring could be broken via the nucleophilic attacking of a water molecular at C1 position, which generates the final product. Along with this, our simulations clearly suggest the existence of an oxazoline intermediate (EI2), which is produced via a proton transferring (PT) from 2-acetamido (EI1) to D174. This PT step features a reversible process with a low energy barrier, which could be attributed to a low barrier hydrogen bond between the donor and acceptor. The stabilizing effect of LBHB on EI1 is proposed to be very important for accelerating the overall reaction. In fact, the site-directed mutagenesis simulations of D174A and D175A strongly indicate that the catalytic residues mainly affect the observed reaction rate by affecting the stability of the intermediate.


Gravel deposits positioned in high altitude areas of Süntel Mountains are described from the carst area of Riesenberg. Not only cave gravel of pre-glacial age, but also those of glacial age occur. While the pre-glacial deposits comprise local, but xenotopic components, the younger ones display also material of northern derivation as well as reworked gravels from the Weser-River. The sediments were deposited both in caves and at summit region of the Süntel Mountains. Conditions of deposition and age relation to the glaciations are discussed.


PurposeThe rapid shift in the emerging pedagogies of customer behavior has changed the business preferences in the hotel sector. This study prioritizes the hotel's main task to develop customer re-patronage intention. Keeping in line with these factors, this study investigates the impact of customer empowerment on re-patronage intentions through customer value co-creation in the hotel sector of Pakistan. Furthermore, the study examines the moderating impact of sensation-seeking on customers.Design/methodology/approachA total of 350 potential customers participated in the online survey using purposive and snowball sampling techniques. Partial least square structural equation modeling was employed using Smart PLS-3 to test the projected hypotheses.FindingsThis study reveals that empowered customers improve their behavior and involvement in value co-creation, which, in turn, increases the prospects of re-patronage intention. Moreover, sensation-seeking moderates between consumer empowerment and customer value co-creation.Research limitations/implicationsCustomer-dominant logic and sense-making theory present interesting insights where customer empowerment and value co-creation have a positively significant impact on customer re-patronage intention. Findings also elaborate on a significant mediating role of customer value co-creation activities, which is an interesting call for hotel managers to add thought-sharing ecosystems. The suggested factors add long-lasting results in terms of revenues, performance and global GDP.Practical implicationsIt provides guidance for the hotel managers through novel factors that activate the customer to augment an intention to re-patron. Moreover, it provides a direction to add sensation-seeking strategies that strengthen the effects on customer empowerment and value co-creation.Originality/valueThis study has its uniqueness in introducing an environment in hotels where customers are empowered to further actively participate in value co-creation initiatives, along with sensation-seeking acting as a stimulus among them. These factors have greatly impacted the hotel's objectives (i.e. re-patronage intention).


HERMES is a high-resolution fiber-fed echelle spectrograph combining high throughput with high instrumental stability. The optical design is based on a large R2.7 echelle grating, operating in quasi-Littrow and white-pupil configuration, using a double-prism cross-disperser. It records the complete spectrum from 380 to 900 nm in a single exposure on a monolithic 2kx4.5k pixels CCD. HERMES offers 1) a high-resolution and high-efficiency observation mode through a 80-μm optical fiber (2.5 arcsec sky aperture) equipped with a two-slice image slicer, resulting in a resolution of λ/Δλ = 85000 and a peak-efficiency higher than 25%; and 2) a high-stability mode through a 60-μm fiber (2.15 arcsec sky aperture, R = 55000) equipped with a double fiber scrambler for improved spectrograph illumination stability. The latter mode is intended for high-precision radial velocity measurements and it offers the possibility of recording the spectrum of a wavelength calibration lamp simultaneously and interlaced with the stellar spectrum for precise tracking of instrumental drifts. To optimize instrumental stability, the spectrograph will be housed in a temperature and pressure controlled chamber, and it will operate in one fixed optical configuration. This instrument has a wide astronomical scope, going from asteroseismology to binary star research and chemical studies of stars and circumstellar material. HERMES is currently under construction and will be mounted on the 1.2-meter Mercator Telescope at the Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory on La Palma.


In eclipsing binaries the stellar rotation of the two components will cause a rotational Doppler beaming during eclipse ingress and egress when only part of the eclipsed component is covered. For eclipsing binaries with fast spinning components this photometric analog of the well-known spectroscopic Rossiter–McLaughlin effect can exceed the strength of the orbital effect. Example light curves are shown for a detached double white dwarf binary, a massive O-star binary and a transiting exoplanet case, similar to WASP-33b. Inclusion of the rotational Doppler beaming in eclipsing systems is a prerequisite for deriving the correct stellar parameters from fitting high-quality photometric light curves and can be used to determine stellar obliquities as well as, e.g., an independent measure of the rotational velocity in those systems that may be expected to be fully synchronized.


Aim of Study: There is limited information regarding the α-emitter radiopharmaceuticals dose calculation used in the setting of men with prostate cancer (PCa). The present study investigates the α-emitter radiopharmaceuticals absorbed dose distribution in the body organs. Materials and Methods: The α-emitter radiopharmaceuticals dose coefficient and absorbed doses biokinetics distribution, which are used for the treatment of PCa in all over the world, were performed using the "Internal Dose Assessed by Computer" (IDAC-Dose 2.1) program. The results of absorbed dose distribution in any organ of the body, were compared in studied α-emitter radiopharmaceuticals. Results: The absorbed dose value of 223Ra radiopharmaceutical in the prostate organ was evaluated 9.47E-9 Gy/Bq. The maximum and minimum absorbed doses due to biokinetics distribution of 223Ra were found in the thymus (9.53E-8 Gy/Bq) and eye lenses (1.30E-10 Gy/Bq) organs, respectively. Furthermore, the 225Ac absorbed dose in the prostate organ was obtained 1.91E-9 Gy/Bq, where this value is 1% of total body dose. While the absorbed dose distribution of 225Ac in body organs shows the highest concentration in the spleen (1.47E-8 Gy/Bq) and lowest in the eye lenses (7.93E-12 Gy/Bq). Conclusion: The absorbed dose in the body organs due to 223Ra and 225Ac α-emitter radiopharmaceuticals which are used in metastasized castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), calculated in this study. The results of this study will assist in evaluating and analyzing human body organ doses from application of 223Ra and 225Ac that used in mCRPC patients.


which started during the nineteen eighties, has come a long way. The activity o f the European Union has been essential in that respect. The high level of rapprochement of the laws of member states that has been reached was unthinkable only two decades ago. The technique used by the European Union to achieve this harmonisation has always been the same. It is by enacting directives that the laws of member states have been harmonised in this area. Many directives have been enacted so far. Among others, three directives played a prominent role. Without being exhaustive, it is necessary to mention, first of all, the directive on unfair terms in consumer contracts.,1 secondly the directive on protection of consumers in respect of distance contracts,2 and finally the recent directive on certain aspects of the sale of consumer goods and associated guarantees.3 It is noticeable that these directives do not follow the same approach of harmonisation: the former two follow a horizontal approach, i.e. regulating a specific situation despite the contract in question, and the latter follows a vertical approach, i.e. only regulating a specific contract. This difference of approach can lead to overlaps where the provisions o f two directives pretend to regulate the same situation:


W. L. MACDONALD (Sydney), in openingthe discussion,said that he agreedwith the needfor early institution of an orthopredic programmefor the victim of poliomyelitis; but while the fiail limb could probablybe recognizedthreeto six months from the onsetof the disease,lessseriousparesiswould merit treatmentoverat leasttwo years. Whenactivephysiotherapy ceased, regular supervision was stilI necessaryto prevent deformity of the active and passive type. In the latter category,he had been troubled by the occurrenceof knockkneedeformity associatedwith external rotation of the tibia, which made splint fitting difficult. Experienceand experimentation as the result of two wars had evolved artificial limbs which were serviceable and comfortable to their wearers. In dealing with a fiail lower limb in the child or adult, the orthopredicsurgeonwas prone to be satisfiedwith someslight modification of the Thomascaliper.Dr. Macdonald believed that the poliomyelitis victim, often handicappedby other muscleweaknessapart from his fiall limb, was worthy of alI the ingenuity of the skilled prosthesismaker. In correction of the deformities associatedwith the fiail foot, Dr. Macdonaldconsideredthat the Dunn type of stabilization would answernearly alI demands. Adequatebackward displacementwould control foot .drop, and if sufficient bone was removed from the under-surfaceof the astragalus,lateral and antero-posteriorstability was also achieved.


Palm acid oil (PAO) is product from last portion of converted crude palm oil (CPO) in the end of that consist free fatty acid (FFA) over 50%. The chemical properties in PAO make it be a part of animal feed as it is low in FFA and cheaper than CPO [1]. To reduce the environmental pollution from palm oil mill, PAO can be used for producing laundry soap. However, it also can be served as an important ingredient in making goat feed formulations. This study is to develop goat feed from nutritious waste to reduce the increasing cost in feeding production in order meet the policies of green technologies. The wastes used are PAO from POME, jackfruit leaves and soybean waste. The nutrient of all material is identified to fulfil the need by animal for growth performance. In addition, development of goats feed by utilize PAO from POME can reduce the environmental caused by effluents coming from palm oil mill. It is following the policies of green technology that conserve environment by developing evolution and application of product and system [2]. The feed formulations are based on Department of Veterinary Services Feeding Guide book. This study is focus on reducing the negative impact to the environment by utilizing the waste to wealth. Three formulations were tested on goats to determine the most suitable formulation. The formulations have different amount of each material. The nutrient in each formulation was calculated based on feeding guides by Department of Veterinary entitled nutrient composition of Malaysian feed materials and guides to feeding of cattle and goats [3]. Three goats involved in this study. Two goats were fed with new formulations, meanwhile the other one was fed with its regular feeds which is Napier grass Taiwan and commercial pellet that act as control. The results obtained were compared with control goat. The feed intake of each goat was recorded. As results, the suitable formulation of the composition of waste material had been choose as it can increase the weight and performance of Asian domestic goats. The uses of waste proved that development of waste to wealth in animal feed meet the green technology and Malaysia Industrial revolution in livestock industries.


José de Alencar published, between January and April 1857, the serial novel O Guarani in the pages of Diário do Rio de Janeiro. This text introduced a project of national literature to the readers Afterwards, this work was published as a book; it was also subject of an opera; during the twentieth century, it was object of seven film versions, and, finally, it was object of more than one comic book versions. Starting from the original novel's publication, that it to say, the pages of Diário do Rio de Janeiro, we intend to observe the aspects of the related serial novel which were assimilated by the author; and we also aim to analyze how these elements have been adapted or deleted during the process of transposition from newspaper to other media. In order to achieve these objectives, we use, as theoretical support, Marie-Eve Thérenty's studies about the relationship between literature and journalism in the nineteenth century. In addition, we consider the most recent studies in the field of transmediality, such as Alfonso de Toro's works (2013) Our hypothesis is that this transposition of the novel (which was firstly published in a kind of supplement attached to newspaper) to many other medias over two centuries may characterize O Guarani as the first potential media product of Brazilian cultural history.


In this paper, an edge based smoothed finite element method (ES-FEM) for 3D multiscale electrostatic lens modeling is presented. In the ES-FEM, the computational domain is first decomposed into a number of non-overlapping smoothing domains associated with each edge of tetrahedrons. Unlike the traditional FEM, the smoothed gradient technique is then applied to averaging the gradient of nodal basis functions in ES-FEM and leads to an averaged stiff matrix. Since adjacent geometry information is considered in the ES-FEM, it is much more stable to mesh distortions. A multiscale electrostatic lens is modeled to demonstrate the capabilities of the ES-FEM. Therefore, the ES-FEM shows great potential to solve practical complex multiscale problems.


This paper introduces how to apply computer technology to the calculation of inverted frequency spectrum as well as the diagnosis of equipment faults, describes a computational model for inverted frequency spectrum and points to the conclusion that the application of the model, combined with the corresponding software system designed by use of object-oriented technology, improves the automatization of detection system.


moral strength that comes from promoting here at home &dquo;a more perfect union.&dquo; It is to this end that Professor Maclver has written this indispensable book. I say &dquo;indispensable&dquo; because nowhere have I seen-certainly not within the compass of so slender a volume-such a penetrating study of the &dquo;tensions, rifts, and cleavages between groups of different origin, stemming from different peoples or races.&dquo; This is essentially a study of caste lines in America and the consequences that ensue from the latent or actual conflicts which a


Human Face is main part human body can be used for various purposes. Facial expressions, resulting from movements of the facial muscles, are the face changes in response to a person's internal emotional states, intentions, or social communications. Computer recognition of facial expressions has many important applications in intelligent human-computer interaction, awareness systems, surveillance and security, medical diagnosis, law enforcement, automated tutoring systems and many more. Face detection and Facial expression recognition system can be good source for express recognition activity. It can be used for important information, current state, and user behaviour and expression retrieval. Biometric area of research is well known activity of applications due to human interaction applications. As LBP convert any high definition file to greyscale, it leads to convert this file into low quality work. PCA suffers with the issue of involvement of least important facial part. The dark part of all such technique is lake of efficiency and accuracy due to consideration for least important facial feature during reorganization process. 2DPCA and E2DPCA algorithm can be used as the replacement algorithm to observed better accuracy and feature extraction. This work proposed to replace LBP with E2DPCA as the advance variant of PCA to get better level of performance. E2DPCA would remove least important part of face by estimating average value for individual classes than whose face. Subsequently, a modular approach will be used to obtain more perfection in extraction process. This work also proposed the use of .Euclidian distance measure for expression classifier. Yale algorithm for auto faces detection purpose. The best part of proposed work is evaluation on user images. The complete work will be evaluated on basis of JAFFE, Cohn-kanade and Self Images.


A study has been performed for the development of elastic-wave structures, involving screen printed and fired piezoelectric layers on non-piezoelectric substrates, intended for new families of thick film sensors. This study considers electroacoustic effects, i.e. the coupling between the electromechanical parameters of the layers and the elastic properties of the substrate, related to wave propagation. In this work particular attention is devoted to devices implemented on alumina substrates where SAW as well as (symmetric and anti-symmetric) Lamb waves are generated. The realisation processes and the performance characteristics of these structures are presented


The structure of the earth's crust is a fundamental and very important topic in seismology, because the crustal structure can be used as initial information to study the surface conditions of an area. One method to determine the structure of the earth's crustal layers is by analyzing the dispersion of surface waves, because surface waves are very sensitive to S waves. The shear wave velocity as a result of Rayleigh wave velocity inversion can provide the information of the subsurface material properties in the earth that can be study the structure of the earth's crust. The inversion results using the SVAL program can provide the Rayleigh wave dispersion curve with group velocity which shows the station on the island of Sumatra is higher than the velocity on the island of Nias. The structure beneath the island of Sumatera was formed earlier than the island of Nias. The thickness of the crust varies in the Sumatra region, the thickness of the crust on the island of Sumatra (BKNI, LHMI, MNAI and PMBI) is 28 km and 33 km. Specifically on the island of Nias, the thickness of the crust is 19 km. S-wave velocity in the crust is 3.1 km/s to 3.7 km/s.


S>Values of the masses and binding energies are presented for the nuclei of osmium, iridium, platinum, gold, and mercury isotopes. The masses were measured on a mass spectrograph possessing a resolving power of 60000 to 80000. The isotope masses were derived from doublets by direct comparison with the masses of corresponding organic compounds. The masses of 18 stable isotopes were measured and the masses of 18 radioactive isotopes were computed. The data thus obtained were used to evaluate the binding energy of nuclei, the binding energy per nucleon (E/A), the binding energies of the last neutron and proton (B/sub n/ and B/sub p/), and the pair energies of neutrons and protons (P/sub n/ and P/sub p/). For N = 116 the binding energy of nuclei was found to vary in a nonmonotonous manner for even as well as odd values of Z. (auth)


Pwpose: To describe the relationship between impairment, personal and environmental factors, and community participation for Australian girls and women with Rett syndrome Methods: Data was collected from the 2009 follow-up questionnaire completed by families participating in the Australian RettSyndrome Database (n = 214). Univariate and multivariate logistic regression were l!sed to analyse relationships between impairment, personal and environmental factors and participation. Results: In.2009, the mean age was 17.6 years (SD = 7.95, range three to 34 years) with 114 (53.3%) girls still at school and 100 (46.7%) women post school. Frequency of activities was influenced by levels of walking, community support and maternal education. For girls living at home, participation in activities was associated with greater functional independence, higher levels of maternal education and better family income. Participation in recreational (90.1 %), physical/skill-based (67.6%) and/or social (70.3%) activities were commonly reported by families, whilst self-improvement (17.6%) activities were less reported. Younger girls participated in activities mainly with family members and older girls more frequently participated with carers. Conclusion: Participation for girls and women with Rett syndrome could be enhanced by stronger community suppOlis. Future studies should use both qualitative and quantitative methodologies to determine the level of satisfaction and enjoyment experienced by girls and women in community activities.


The effect of reactive power compensation facilities on harmonic in power supply system has been studied.Firstly,the role of harmonic affected by shunt capacitors is analysed and discussed.Secondly,the effect of harmonic under Y connected mode and triangle connected mode is compared.Finally,according to specific problems of current application of shunt capacitors,the corresponding treatments are proposed.


ABSTRACTStarting in a work done in the environment teaching,investigation and university extension, around the communityof Once zone, about childhood rights ...


Secor, an associate professor of plant pathology, and Oleson, a professor of biochemistry, point out the biotechnology approach to plant improvement differs substantially from that of standard plant breeding methods. Unlike standard plant breeding, where im proved varieties are the result of the sexual interactions of intact plants in field plots or greenhouses, plant biotechnology involves the genetic manipulation of populations of individual plant cells in a laboratory.


21 monitoring spots have been defined based on topography,soil character and fertility level in typical cultivation areas,and the main nutritional elements were determined for soil samples collected from 0~20 cm and 20~40 cm layers.The results showed that: soils in Qin-zhou-huang millet cultivation base were relatively impoverished with middle to low integrated fertility,especially with low available boron which had considerable important effect to millet quality and yield.It was suggested,based on local conventional fertilization,to increase the organic manure in base fertilizer,to take a reasonable N to P ratio of 1∶(0.6~0.7)and a proper fertilizer application rate were K 150 kg,Z and B 7.5 kg respectively.


ABSTRACT The outlying haylands and pastures were important for collecting winter fodder at the farms in Norway, almost until the end of World War II. The grass- and cottongrass-dominated rich fens, the low and tall herb grasslands and the poorer grasslands and heathlands with the hard mown mat grass were all well known to people. Poets who themselves had experienced the work in the outfields show an ecological understanding of the harvesting, the vegetation and the species found. This article discusses the ecology of poems on the subject, with emphasis on poems written by the Norwegian poets Hans Børli (1918–1989, a lumberjack) and Olav H. Hauge (1908–1994, an apple farmer). For comparison a few poems by Helge Torvund and Ellen G. Foros, post-war poets more removed from the practical experience of this work, are also presented. The findings are discussed in an ecocritical and pastoral context.


This paper deals with direct torque control of an induction motor (IM) with constant switching frequency. The desired torque is obtained from the speed controller which is designed using the IP controller. Decoupling control of torque and flux is developed based on the energy model of IM using the IP controller strategies. The desired d-axis and q-axis stator voltage components are obtained from the designed controller, which decouples torque and flux. The constant switching frequency can be applied using space-vector pulse width modulation, since the desired stator voltage can be known from the decoupling torque and flux controllers. In order to achieve stable operation of the proposed IP controllers, the gains of the controllers are chosen by setting the poles in negative (left) half of s-plane and by choosing the rising time for the response of the step function. The proposed controller was verified in simulations using Matlab/Simulink and results have proven excellent performance. It was found that the proposed IP controllers can provide excellent performance to track the desired torque and speed and to reject the disturbance of load.


Method of fabricating a microelectronic assembly is provided. A semiconductor substrate having a first thickness (20) is mounted on a support substrate (28) at a low temperature adhesive. The semiconductor substrate is thinned from a first thickness to a second thickness. At least one contact structure (50) is formed on a semiconductor substrate, high-energy electromagnetic radiation (56) is directed to at least one contact structure to reflow the at least one contact structure.


Recently, M. Ludewig and G. C. Thiang introduced a notion of a uniformly localized Wannier basis with localization centers in an arbitrary uniformly discrete subset $D$ in a complete Riemannian manifold $X$. They show that, under certain geometric conditions on $X$, the class of the orthogonal projection onto the span of such a Wannier basis in the $K$-theory of the Roe algebra $C^*(X)$ is trivial. In this short note, we clarify the geometric conditions on $X$, which guarantee triviality of the $K$-theory class of any Wannier projection. We show that this property is equivalent to triviality of the unit of the uniform Roe algebra of $D$ in the $K$-theory of its Roe algebra, and provide a geometric criterion for that. As a consequence, we prove triviality of the $K$-theory class of any Wannier projection on a connected proper measure space $X$ of bounded geometry with a uniformly discrete set of localization centers, coarsely equivalent to $X$.


This research is focused on organizational management training activities so that organizations in the city of Denpasar can be actively involved in accordance with their functions, namely engage in the development participation. This research was carried out by organizing organizational management training which was attended by 38 mass organizations in the city of Denpasar. The results are the understanding of the concept of organizational management and organizational establishment requirements that are in accordance with the policy/regulations of the government system of Indonesia and the regional government by organizations in Denpasar, understanding the processes and mechanisms contained in organizational institutional management, understanding the importance of the organization's role active in development participation in the city of Denpasar, the realization of effective communication between community organizations and the government in order to create good synergy related to development participation and community organizations are expected to be able to improve life skills, ability and professionalism in running the wheels of the organization. In addition, it is hoped that there will be synergy between community organization and the government, especially in the field of disaster preparedness, where community organization are able to become the foremost pioneers in disaster management with the government.


The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) has been reported to interact with multiple signaling pathways during prostate cancer progression to castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) including the androgen receptor. Previously published data from our lab shows that AhR protein is overexpressed and constitutively active in castration resistant (DU145, PC3 and PC3M) prostate cancer cells. Pharmacological inhibition of AhR in these advanced prostate cancer cell lines reduced the growth rate under androgen depleted conditions. Furthermore, shRNA mediated depletion of AhR expression in castration resistant C4-2 cells, which were derived from hormone sensitive LNCaP cells, resulted in decreased expression of androgen responsive genes as well as a decreased growth rate which was comparable to LNCaP cell growth. In the present study, we evaluate cloneA (moderate increase in AhR) and CloneB (high increase in AhR) for alterations in AhR and AR signaling. AhR was overexpressed in LNCaP using PLNCX2 retrovirus vector containing AhR cDNA to determine if ectopic overexpression alone induces a castrate resistant phenotype. The highly overexpressed AhR clone (CloneB) illustrated further increase in transcriptional and promotor activity for AhR and AR compared to the moderately overexpressed AhR clone (Clone A) and control. Western blot analysis showed more AhR, AR, cSrc, and pSrc protein expression in clones compared to empty vector control. AhR overexpression was found to induce several biological properties such as migration, invasion, proliferation, and promotion of G1 to S phase during the cell cycle. Bicalutamide treatment had no effect on AR transcriptional activity in either clone, proving resistance to anti-androgen therapy. Our results confirm that overexpression of AhR induces constitutive AhR activity and stimulates androgen receptor signaling. This suggests a role for AhR in the development of CRPC. Citation Format: Maryam Ghotbaddini, Sakura McLaughlin, Kailen Turner, Devyn Pirtle, Joann B. Powell. Constitutive AhR signaling enhances androgen receptor signaling and growth in prostate cancer cells [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2019; 2019 Mar 29-Apr 3; Atlanta, GA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2019;79(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 2629.


Lipase enzymes can be isolated from thermophiles in hot springs. This present study
involves the identification and retaining the interested genes by cloning. Previous
thermophiles (Al , A3, A4, AS, A6, A8, Al3 and A14) which were kept in glycerol stocks
were subcultured onto Castenholtz Tryptone Yeast (CTYE) agar for further study.
Rhodamine 8-olive oil agar plate culture was used to screen for lipase enzyme followed
by PCR. Isolates A1, A3, A4 and AS was a circular, pin point, creamy colonies with
entire margin on CTYE media, whilst A6, A8, A13 and A14 was irregular, spreading,
wavy, and creamy colonies. Four isolates (A1 , A3, A4 and Al3) showed the presence of
orange fluorescence around colonies on rhodamine B olive oil agar plate thus indicating
the presence of lipase. Amplification and sequencing of lipase gene showed that A 1, A3,
and A4 were 98% similar to Geobacillus and Bacillus sp. compared to other lipase
sequences in the GenBank. Interestingly, A 14 was 90% similar to nucleoside permease
gene fromAnoxybacillus jlavithermus WKl. A14 was further identified by 16S rRNA
gene which showed 93% similarities to Anoxybacillus flavith ermus WK1. On further
gene-protein translation study, A14 was found to contain an amino acid sequence highly
homologous to the putative domain hits to nucleoside permease protein. Lipase gene from
isolate A 1 and nucleoside permease gene from isolate A 14 were cloned using pBAD
TOPO expression kit cloned. Lipase gene of A 1 was not successfully cloned; however,
the cloning of nucleoside permease gene of A 14 was successful and further sequenced
and reconfirmed as such. In conclusion, three lipase producing bacteria, Geobacillus spp.
(Al , A3, A4) and one nucleoside permease producer, Anoxybacillus sp. (A14) were
identified in this study. Lipase and nucleoside permease enzymes are recommended for
further characterization and its suitability for industrial usage.


The aim of this work was to make an analysis about the Roman school institutions during the Republic and Empire period. Following the path of these institutions, the educational phenomenon in the family and militar sphere was firstly discussed, for then, centralize the debate in the role of the "private institution" in this process, that occurred in three levels: elementary, medium, higher; which, influenced by the Greek education, had the same structure, programs and methods. The State, still marking its boundaries, was involved in the formation scene, either to control or to adapt it to its practical and immediate needs. When the State took control of the education as public charge it was more like a propagandist strategy than a public policy.


Lipsticks and lip care products may contain saturated hydrocarbons which either stem from mineral oil saturated hydrocarbons (MOSH) or are synthetic, that is polyolefin oligomeric saturated hydrocarbons (POSH). Some of these hydrocarbons are strongly accumulated and form granulomas in human tissues, which prompted Cosmetics Europe (former Colipa) to issue a recommendation for their use in lip care and oral products. From 2012 to 2014, MOSH+POSH were determined in 175 cosmetic lip products taken from the Swiss market in order to estimate their contribution to human exposure.


Most plasmas have a very thin sheath compared with the plasma dimension. This necessitates separate calculations of the plasma and sheath. The Bohm criterion provides the boundary condition for calculation of plasma profiles. To calculate sheath properties, a value of electric field at the plasma-sheath interface has to be specified in addition to the Bohm criterion. The value of the boundary electric field and robust procedure to approximately patch plasma and collisionless sheath with a very good accuracy are reported.


In a quasi-one-dimensional conductor with an open Fermi surface, a charge- or a spin-density-wave phase can be destroyed by an electric field perpendicular to the direction of high conductivity. This mechanism, due to the breakdown of electron-hole symmetry, is very similar to the orbital destruction of superconductivity by a magnetic field, due to time-reversal symmetry.


An analytical solution of the Mott transition is obtained for the Hubbard model on the Bethe lattice in the large coordination number ($z$) limit. The excitonic binding of doublons (doubly occupied sites) and holons (empty sites) is shown to be the origin of a continuous Mott transition between a metal and an emergent quantum spin liquid insulator. The doublon-holon binding theory enables a different large-$z$ limit and a different phase structure than the dynamical meanfield theory by allowing intersite spinon correlations to lift the $2^N$-fold degeneracy of the local moments in the insulating phase. We show that the spinons are coupled to doublons/holons by a dissipative compact U(1) gauge field that is in the deconfined phase, stabilizing the spin-charge separated gapless spin liquid Mott insulator.


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A laser beam manipulator device having apparatus for receiving a laser beam and conducting it to an opening therein in which is located an object to be treated. The manipulator includes a laser beam trap that intercepts the laser beam to prevent it from emerging from the manipulator.


A bioethicist's harrowing encounter with prescription painkillers highlights systemic health care problems Imagine having your foot pinned between a moving van and a motorcycle and subsequently undergoing five surgeries to restore function to your mangled limb over a 1-month period. In order to endure the debilitating pain, you are prescribed high doses of opioid analgesics, only to discover that your care team has no exit strategy. Feeling abandoned by the medical establishment, you decide to subject yourself to a process of aggressive self-tapering and subsequently experience a gruesome withdrawal. Travis Rieder tells such a story—his story—in his new book, In Pain: A Bioethicist's Personal Struggle with Opioids. As an academic bioethicist, Rieder provides a philosophical lens to his lived experiences.


This study identifies the factors that affect the Yield to Maturity of Banking Sector Bonds Listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the 2015-2020 Period. The population in this study are banking sector companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the 2015-2020 period. The sampling technique was purposive sampling which obtained as many as 11 companies consisting of 22 corporate bonds which were used as  research objects. The dependent  variable in this study is Yield to Maturity (YTM) while the dependent variable is Interest Rate (IRATE), Exchange Rate (KURS), Leverage (DER), Liquidity (CR) and Firm Size (SIZE). The research analysis method used is descriptive statistics and panel data regression Random Effect Model (REM) which is processed using E-VIEWS 12. The purpose of this study is to analyze the influencing factors and their implications for the yield to maturity of corporate bonds, based on their respective relationships. variable or simultaneously. The results showed that partially the Interest Rate variable had a significant negative effect on Yield to Maturity and Exchange Rate had a significant positive effect on Yield to Maturity, while the Leverage, Liquidity and Firm Size variables had no effect on Yield to Maturity


Elongated iron-cobalt particles prepared by electrodeposition into mercury and partially oxidized to provide a ferrite coating derive high coercivities from the crystalline anisotropy of the ferrite and retain a high remanent magnetization due to the iron-cobalt core. The orientation relationships between the major particle axis and the iron-cobalt and ferrite lattices are derived from electron diffraction data. The (110) plane of the iron-cobalt was found to be parallel to the (100) plane of the ferrite. The direction in the iron-cobalt was parallel to the direction in the ferrite. The angular dependence of the intrinsic coercivity and the reduced saturation remanence of unoxidized and partially oxidized particles has been determined. The general form of the coercivity dependence indicates that the mode of magnetization reversal of iron-cobalt particles is modified by the development of a cobalt ferrite coating. This modification is made complicated by the epitaxy relation between the iron-cobalt and ferrite phases.


The effect of different cooking methods (Raw, steaming, microwave cooking, baking, grilling, pan frying and deep frying) on proximate composition and fatty acid profile of Labeo calbasu fish species from Pakistan were analyzed to determine the nutritional qualities in terms of the long chain n-3 PUFA particularly EPA and DHA. In all cooking methods moisture content decrease and protein content increased as compare to raw sample. The moisture content of fish sample seemed to be inversely related to the total extractable lipid content. In steamed, microwave, baked, grilled and pan fried methods MUFA were the abundant fatty acids followed by SFA and PUFA. Deep fried fish sample had the opposite trend having highest PUFA as contrast to MUFA and SFA. Long chain n-3 PUFA were found higher in contrast to n-6 PUFA in all other cooking methods excluding deep frying. The results indicates that steamed and grilled cooking are the best cooking method for healthy eating as they contain more n-3 PUFA (EPA and DHA). Losses of n-3 content in pan fried and deep fried fish were higher than those of fish cooked by other methods.


Zn1-xMgxO (x=0.00, 0.01, 0.02, 0.03, 0.04 and 0.05) solutions were prepared by sol-gel synthesis using acetate precursors which were dissolved into different solvents of ethanol, methaol, 2methoxyethanol and chelating agents of monoethanolamine, diethanolamine and triethanolamine . Syntehsized particles were then annealed at various temperatures and times and were observed for effect of doping ratio and temperatures on particle structure. Zn1-xMgxO thin films with different thickness were produced on glass substrate using sol-gel dip coating system and annealed same as the annealing of nanoparticles. The particle size and crystal structure of nanoparticles and thin films were characterized by X-Ray diffraction (XRD) and Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). The surface morphologies and microstructure of thin films were investigated by SEM and XRD. The surface morphology of the Zn1-xMgxO films depend on substrate nature and sol-gel parameters such as withdrawal speed, drying, heat treatment, deep number (film thickness) and annealing condition. Surface morphologies of Zn1-xMgxO thin films are dense, without porosity, uniform, crack and pinhole free. The particle size, surface morphology, film thickness of nanoparticles and the thin films with different solvents and chelating agents, doping ratio, thickness, temperature and time of annealing process are presented.


ROBERT WILLIAM PHILIP was born on 29 December I857. He came of a clerical family, his father and three paternal uncles being ministers of the Free Church. His father was the Rev. George Philip, D.D., of Aberdeen, minister of the Union Church in Govan at the time of the birth of his son. In I866, Dr. Philip was called to St. John's Free Church, Edinburgh, which is now St. Columba's Free Church, at the east end of Johnston Terrace. His son's curriculum vitae, therefore, virtually began at the Royal High School of Edinburgh. After an outstanding career as a student, he graduated in arts and then with honours in medicine in I882. He had, as he was to remark later, the luck to be born medically in the year when Robert Koch announced his discovery of the tubercle bacillus. He was resident house physician in the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, and then went to Leipzig and Vienna for a period of post-graduate study. While abroad, he saw the tubercle bacillus for the first time. Koch's discovery fascinated him irresistibly, and its wide implications kindled his imagination. Much thinking over the matter was to determine the principal activities of his life, and he returned to Edinburgh in I883, resolved to devote special attention to the study of tuberculosis. But he met with scant encouragement. On hearing of his plan, a respected professor of the Medical Faculty remarked, 'Don't think of such a thing. Phthisis is worn to a very thin thread. The subject is exhausted.' Philip, however, was convinced that no apology was needed for engaging in the study of phthisis. The enormous annual mortality and the overpowering weight of unrecorded suffering directly attributable to pulmonary consumption urgently called for the utmost effort. In 1887 he obtained the doctorate in medicine of the University of Edinburgh with gold medal for a thesis on an aetiological and therapeutic study of phthisis. In his thesis, he described the results of animal experiments with extracts of sputum from tuberculous patients. These results, he believed, pointed conclusively to the presence of a toxic principle or principles of considerable potency, depressant in character and affecting particularly the circulation by way of the neuro-muscular system. The conception of muscular intoxication was to dominate his later thought. The discovery of the tubercle bacillus by Robert Koch in i882 inaugurated a time of Sturm und Drang-the strife of critics and opposing doctrines. In the decade that followed, many distinguished physicians maintained that the organism was not the cause of the disease but merely a harmless concomitant. The world indeed was hardly prepared for the swift intimation that 56


Bachelor thesis called The problems of domicilary services and day care in clients from social services institutions is focused on satisfaction of elderly. The thesis is devided in theoretical and practical part. There are four chapters in the theoretical part. Growing old and associated physical and psychice changes is a theme of the chapter one. Chapter two defines the concept of nursing and nursing process. Chapter three is concentrated on comu-nity, community work and care. In chapter four there is an explaination of the act of social services number108/2006l subsequently amended and social services. During the practical part I investigate with help of a questionary the elderlys contentment with social services institutions.


The quadratic three-dimensional assignment problem (Q3AP) is a generalization of the well-known quadratic assignment problem (QAP). Unlike QAP which has been extensively studied by the combinatorial optimization community, few works have been devoted to the resolution of the Q3AP which is proved to be an NP-hard problem. In this paper, a particle swarm optimization algorithm hybridized with a tabu search is presented to solve the quadratic three-dimensional assignment problem.


Abstract:Using quare theory as a theoretical framework and critical narrative inquiry as a methodology, researchers centered the stories of 20 queer Women of Color affiliated with culturally based sororities. Participants spoke about how they perceived gendered and heterosexist norms in their sororities and how they negotiated their identities in these environments. Findings reveal that queer Women of Color made crucial decisions regarding their identity negotiation while in the process of joining their organizations. Moreover, some participants articulated how, once affiliated, they strategically minimized attention to their sexuality and gender, while others asserted these identities to disrupt hegemonic norms.


Cryptosystem cryptanalysis is regarded as an NP-Hard task in modern cryptography. Due to block ciphers that are part of a modern cipher and have nonlinearity and low autocorrelation in their structure, traditional techniques and brute-force attacks suffer from breaking the key presented in traditional techniques, and brute-force attacks against modern cipher S-AES (simplified-advanced encryption standard) are complex. Thus, developing robust and reliable optimization with high searching capability is essential. Motivated by this, this paper attempts to present a novel binary hybridization algorithm based on the mathematical procedures of the grey wolf optimizer (GWO) and particle swarm optimization (PSO), named BPSOGWO, to deal with the cryptanalysis of (S-AES). The proposed BPSOGWO employs a known plaintext attack that requires only one pair of plaintext–ciphertext pairs instead of other strategies that require more pairs (i.e., it reduces the number of messages needed in an attack, and secret information such as plaintext-ciphertext pairs cannot be obtained easily). The comprehensive and statistical results indicate that the BPSOGWO is more accurate and provides superior results compared to other peers, where it improved the cryptanalysis accurateness of S-AES by 82.5%, 84.79%, and 79.6% compared to PSO, GA, and ACO, respectively. Furthermore, the proposed BPSOGWO retrieves the optimal key with a significant reduction in search space compared to a brute-force attack. Experiments show that combining the suggested fitness function with HPSOGWO resulted in a 109-fold reduction in the search space. In cryptanalysis, this is a significant factor. The results prove that BPSOGWO is a promising and effective alternative to attack the key employed in the S-AES cipher.


This article talked about the processing and utilization of original peach gum and its procucts, and gave the problems to be resolved.


The utility model discloses a screw rod fastener for an expansion nut. The screw rod fastener for the expansion nut comprises a sleeve (1), a line pipe (2) and a line pipe handle (5); a hole is formed in the middle of the sleeve (1); the sleeve (1) is arranged at the end part of the line pipe (2); the line pipe (2) is connected with the line pipe handle (5); the line pipe (2) and the line pipe handle (5) are fixed through a line pipe joint (3) and screws (4); the sleeve (1) is arranged at the inner side of the end part of the line pipe (2), and the inner diameter of the line pipe (2) is fitted with the outer diameter of the sleeve (1). According to the screw rod fastener for the expansion nut disclosed by the utility model, a lead screw passes through the line pipe, and the expansion nut is screwed up directly by the sleeve, and therefore the manual labor is greatly saved, and the construction progress is accelerated; a worker can conveniently fasten the expansion nut on the ground, and therefore the safety of the worker is guaranteed, and the labor efficiency is greatly improved.


The processes developing in the political protest field of the region during the period of "political winter" in December 2011-March 2012 are analyzed. The important focus is on identifying the main trends of the perception of political protests by inhabitants of the region.


AbstractIn this paper, the authors estimate the uncertainty of the rainfall products from NASA and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission (TRMM) Precipitation Radar (PR) so that they may be used in a quantitative manner for applications like hydrologic modeling or merging with other rainfall products. The spatial error structure of TRMM PR surface rain rates and types was systematically studied by comparing them with NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory's (NSSL) next generation, high-resolution (1 km/5 min) National Mosaic and Multi-Sensor Quantitative Precipitation Estimation (QPE; NMQ/Q2) over the TRMM-covered continental United States (CONUS). Data pairs are first matched at the PR footprint scale (5 km/instantaneous) and then grouped into 0.25° grid cells to yield spatially distributed error maps and statistics using data from December 2009 through November 2010. Careful quality control steps (including bias correction with rain gauges and quality filtering...


Computer experiments have been widely used in many industrial applications including Noise, Vibration and Harshness (NVH). So far, selecting the proper computer experiment to be used for a given NVH study has been done in an arbitrary manner. We offer a guideline computer experiment selection based on complexity level of the system under consideration. This report focuses on four different types of experiments: Factorial Designs, Taguchi Orthogonal Arrays, Monte Carlo Simulation, and Latin Hypercube Sampling. We also review various causes of model complexity and propose possible techniques to simplify NVH models prior to analysis.


Objective To understand the epidemic status and characteristics of M.Tuberculosis drug resistance patterns in Wuhan city,so as to provide evidence for evaluating and improving TB control program.Methods Registry records between March and August of 2008 were collected,all new smear positive and newly registered retreatment smear positive patients were included for survey,questionnaires,patients' clinical data were collected;The proportional method was applied,6 drugs:Isoniazid,Rifampicin,Ethambutol,Streptomycin,Kanamycin,Ofloxacin were subjected to DST test(drug susceptibility test).939 cases of smear positive were included,through serotype identification,885 cases were M.Tuberculosis(Mtb).Results Among 885 cases of MTB,the overall rate of drug resistance was 22.4%(198/885),and ratefor mono-drug was 9.7%(86/885),6.1%(54/885)、MDR-TB 6.2%(55/885)for poly-resistance was 6.1%(54/885),for multi-resistance was 6.2%(55/885) and extensive drug resistance was 0.3%(3/885).The same rates for new smear positive patients were 9.0%(62/688),4.5%(31/688),4.2%(29/688) and 0.3%(2/688) respectively.Resistance rates for retreatment smear positive patients were 12.2%(24/197),11.7%(23/197),13.2%(26/197) and 0.5%(1/197)respectively.Of all the 6 drugs tested for drug susceptibility,29 resistance patterns were recognized,of which,5 patterns were of mono-resistance,13 patterns were of poly resistance,11 patterns were of multi-drug resistance(including extensive drug resistance). ConclusionBaseline data and characteristics of TB drug resistance were for the first time obtained in Wuhan city.The TB drug resistance rates in wuahn city was below the national average,however,still facing the threat of MDR-TB and XDR-TB.The control of drug-resistant TB epidemic has become an important part of tuberculosis control program in Wuhan city.


[Purpose] To investigate efficacy of transcatheter arterial chemoembolization(TACE) combined with support treatment for patient with advanced primary liver carcinoma(PLC) complicated with HBV infection.[Methods] Fifty-two cases with advanced PLC complicated with HBV infection were enrolled and divided into support treatment group and TACE group.Support treatment and antiviral treatment were given in support treatment group,in addition TACE was given in TACE group.After the treatment,the response and toxicity were evaluated respectively.[Results] In support treatment group and in TACE group,the negative rate of serum HBV DNA 1 year postoperation was 45.0% and 46.9%,respectively with no significantly difference(P0.05);the response rate was 30.0% and 59.4%,the disease control rate was 55.0% and 87.5%,respectively(P0.05);the 1-year survival rate was 40.0% and 75.0%,2-year survival rate was 5.0% and 37.5%,respectively(P0.05);the median survival time was 10 months and 19 months,respectively;the quality of life improvement rate was 80.0% and 84.4%(P0.05).No significant toxicity was observed in support treatment group.The main toxicity in TACE group was nausea,vomiting,myelosuppression with Ⅰ~Ⅱdegree.[Conclusion] TACE combined with support treatment for advanced PLC complicated with HBV infection is effective,and the toxicities can be tolerable.


Several possible probability distributions of speeds that can be observed in everyday life are presented in this paper. Positioning systems and devices are commonly used worldwide, for example, portable positioning devices and smartphones that have a combination of positioning mechanisms. Positioning devices can obtain the user's position and the corresponding time information, which comprises one positioning tuple. From a consecutive pair of positioning tuples, we can calculate the speed between two positions using various methods. The main problem in these systems is that the position data obtained by positioning devices have errors, and it is nearly impossible for the end-user's positioning device to identify the occurrence and number of errors. Therefore, the speed values calculated from the positioning data also have errors. Before identifying erroneous speed values from calculated speeds, one or more meaningful probability distributions of speeds are required. Statistical fitting methods are employed on the positioning data set collected by volunteers and several meaningful distributions for human movement speeds are presented and discussed. For scenarios with various ranges of speed, several good fits for the probability distributions of human movement speeds are presented.


Learning from foreign experience,housing protection projects in Chinese urban is mainly public rental or low-cost housing.Right now,the construction fund of public rental and low-cost housing is still government finance depending,and the lack of fund has seriously restricted its security role.This article focus on the present situation of financing plight and experience from foreign country,based on which policy suggestions are proposed.


The jet-induced forces generated on short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) aircraft when in close proximity to the ground can have a significant effect on aircraft performance. Therefore, accurate predictions of these aerodynamic characteristics are highly desirable. Empirical procedures for estimating jet-induced forces during the vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) portions of the flight envelope are currently limited in accuracy. The jet-induced force data presented significantly add to the current STOVL configurations data base. Further development of empirical prediction methods for jet-induced forces, to provide more configuration diversity and improved overall accuracy, depends on the viability of this STOVL data base. The data base may also be used to validate computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis codes. The hover data obtained at the NASA Ames Jet Calibration and Hover Test (JCAHT) facility for a parametric flat-plate model is presented. The model tested was designed to allow variations in the planform aspect ratio, number of jets, nozzle shape, and jet location. There were 31 different planform/nozzle configurations tested. Each configuration had numerous pressure taps installed to measure the pressures on the undersurface of the model. All pressure data along with the balance jet-induced lift and pitching-moment increments are tabulated. For selected runs, pressure data are presented in the form of contour plots that show lines of constant pressure coefficient on the model undersurface. Nozzle-thrust calibrations and jet flow-pressure survey information are also provided.


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Abstract The aim of the present work was to test for an association between religiosity and happiness. One hundred and one undergraduate students completed the Francis Scale of Attitude Towards Christianity, the Depression-Happiness Scale (DHS), the Oxford Happiness Inventory (OHI), the Purpose in Life Test (PIL), and the Index of Self-Actualisation (ISA). It was found that higher scores on the Francis Scale were associated with higher scores on the DHS, the OHI, the PIL, and the ISA, providing evidence for a positive association between religiosity and these facets of subjective well-being. However, partial correlations suggested that the association between religiosity and happiness is a function of purpose in life.


Pharmacists are increasingly being asked to play a greater role in front line public health delivery. Pat Kelly looks at how the sector is promoting smoking cessation for the overall benefit of public health and health services themselves.


This paper introduces the safety problems and trend of current safety precaution technology development of oil- gas pipelines that are widely studied and applied nowadays,and tries to make a comparison among these methods.


The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and its suite of instruments will offer significant capabilities towards the high contrast imaging of objects such as exoplanets, protoplanetary disks, and debris disks at short angular separations from their considerably brighter host stars. For the JWST user community to simulate and predict these capabilities for a given science case, the JWST Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) is the most readily available and widely used simulation tool. However, the ETC is not capable of simulating a range of observational features that can significantly impact the performance of JWST's high contrast imaging modes (e.g. target acquisition offsets, temporal wavefront drifts, small grid dithers, and telescope rolls) and therefore does not produce realistic contrast curves. Despite the development of a range of more advanced software that includes some or all of these features, these instead lack in either a) instrument diversity, or b) accessibility for novice users.


Summary The fitness of human zygotes depends on both biological and demographic parameters. Some of the demographic parameters are changing at present in this country and accurate estimates of them are not available but this imprecision has no great bearing on the estimate of fitness offered below. Of 100 human zygotes, now, in this country, it is estimated that embryonic and early fetal loss (before the end of the 3rd month) accounts for 44; induced abortion, 7; late fetal loss (after the 3rd month), 4; and mortality between birth and maturity, 1½. Of the remaining 43½ who reach maturity, it is estimated that 8 fail to reproduce, leaving 35½ who do reproduce. The standard error of this estimate must be large because of the large standard error of the estimate of the incidence of natural reproductive wastage from which it was derived.


The important role of polymer melt structure in intensive thermodegradation temperature or thermostability of polymer blends has been shown. The last characteristics depends on chemical constitution of polymer, compactness of macromolecular coil in melt and oxidizer diffusion type. The intensive thermodegradation temperature calculation according to the proposed model has been shown a good correspondence to experiment.